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Little Red Book compiled and edited by Tian Xiao Guang first edition first issue Chinese half-title printed in red title in r

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Lot 290

Little Red Book compiled and edited by Tian Xiao Guang first edition first issue Chinese half-title printed in red title in red & green portrait of Mao printed in brown 1p. facsimile of Lin Biao `s calligraphic endorsement printed in black original white wrappers printed in black & red slight rubbing to spine ends small mark to head of upper wrapper 16mo Peking General Political Department of the People`s Liberation Army n.d. [May 1964]. ***The scarce first edition of Mao`s famous Little Red Book this one in the first issue white paper wrappers rather than the red vinyl covers. This edition also has the one page endorsement (in black) by Lin Biao leader of the People`s Liberation Army which was subsequently removed.

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Lot 293

“Chairman Mao”. Selected Military Writings second English pocket edition 1972; Ecrits Militaires... first French pocket edition 1969; and the first Arabic pocket edition of the same frontispiece portrait of Mao original red vinyl covers lettered in gilt 12mo Peking.(3)

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Lot 294

McEwan (Ian) First Love Last Rites bookseller`s small sticker on front pastedown 1975; In Between the Sheets jacket spine slightly sunned 1978; The Cement Garden jacket spine slightly sunned 1978; The Comfort of Strangers jacket spine very slightly sunned 1981; The Child in Time signed by the author jacket spine very slightly sunned 1987; The Innocent 1990; Black Dogs 1992 first editions original boards dust-jackets 8vo(7)

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Meyer (Stephenie) Twilight first English edition original boards dust-jacket 2006; New Moon first Collector` s Edition signed

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Lot 295

Meyer (Stephenie) Twilight first English edition original boards dust-jacket 2006; New Moon first Collector` s Edition signed by the author decorations original cloth slip-case with mounted illustration publisher`s laminate New York 2009; Breaking Dawn first edition original boards dust-jacket some light scratches New York 2008; The Host first English edition original boards dust-jacket 2008; and the first UK edition of Breaking Dawn 8vo(5)

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Lot 296

Murry (John Middleton) Price of Leadership first edition Kurt Hahn`s copy inscribed by him in pencil on front free endpaper original boards 8vo Student Christian Movement Press 1939. ***Kurt Martin Hahn (1886-1974) German educational philosopher founder of Gordonstoun school.

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Naipaul (V.S.) The Mystic Masseur first edition of the author`s first book Canadian novelist John Metcalf`s copy original boa

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Lot 297

Naipaul (V.S.) The Mystic Masseur first edition of the author`s first book Canadian novelist John Metcalf`s copy original boards dust-jacket by Robert Micklewright price-clipped very slight sunning to spine 2 small chips from spine ends otherwise very good 8vo 1957.

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Naipaul (V.S.) A House for Mr Biswas first edition original cloth dust-jacket by Stephen Russ edge wear worn at corners and s

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Lot 299

Naipaul (V.S.) A House for Mr Biswas first edition original cloth dust-jacket by Stephen Russ edge wear worn at corners and spine ends with slight loss 8vo 1961

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Naipaul (V.S.) A House for Mr Biswas first American edition original cloth dust-jacket by Stephen Russ clipped but price pres

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Lot 300

Naipaul (V.S.) A House for Mr Biswas first American edition original cloth dust-jacket by Stephen Russ clipped but price present 2 small closed tears slight rubbing to edges otherwise very good 8vo New York [&c.] [1962].

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Lot 301

Naipaul (V.S.) The Middle Passage some light scratches to jacket 1962; Mr Stone and the Knights Companion 1963; An Area of Darkness 1964; The Mimic Men 1967; A Flag on the Island 1967; In a Free State jacket price-clipped 1971; India: A Wounded Civilisation 1977 first edition original boards dust-jackets; and 21 others Naipaul 8vo(28)

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Naipaul (V.S.) A Congo Diary number 62 of 330 copies signed by the author original patterned cloth Sylvester & Orphanos L

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Lot 302

Naipaul (V.S.) A Congo Diary number 62 of 330 copies signed by the author original patterned cloth Sylvester & Orphanos Los Angeles 1980; A Turn in the South limited edition signed by the author double-page colour frontispiece original patterned leather gilt g.e. Signed First Edition Society Franklin 1989; India: A Million Mutinies Now number 20 of 150 copies signed by the author original cloth-backed marbled boards glacene dust-jacket 1990 first editions 8vo(3)

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Ono (Yoko) Grapefruit introduction by John Lennon first English edition signed by Yoko Ono and John Lennon on front free endp

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Lot 304

Ono (Yoko) Grapefruit introduction by John Lennon first English edition signed by Yoko Ono and John Lennon on front free endpaper illustrations patterned endpapers original boards dust-jacket minor rubbing and light scratches otherwise very good 16mo Peter Owen 1970. ***The scarce first UK hardback edition preceded by a limited edition in Japanese. This copy was signed by Lennon & Ono for the publisher Peter Owen. Owen reflects on their initial meetings with seemingly mixed feelings: “I liked John Lennon he was helpful and did a few drawings for us but she sat there with a big hat on eating caviar out of a jar with a kitchen spoon and she didn`t offer us any and was very unpleasant. She used to phone me at midnight to discuss her book. My daughter Antonia suggested some years ago what about reprinting Grapefruit? And I said I`m not reprinting that rubbish.”.

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Lot 305

Orwell (George) Burmese Days 1935; The Road to Wigan Pier original orange wrappers 1937; Homage to Catalonia covers slightly rubbed 1938; The English People original boards 1947 first editions unless otherwise stated original cloth; and 4 others Orwell 8vo(8)

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Orwell (George) Inside the Whale first edition bookplate with bucolic design by artist Rowland Hilder original cloth dust-jac

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Lot 306

Orwell (George) Inside the Whale first edition bookplate with bucolic design by artist Rowland Hilder original cloth dust-jacket browning to spine chipped at corners and spine ends with some loss light soiling 2 small holes to lower fore-edge 8vo 1940.

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[Plummer (T.Arthur)] The Scarlet Saint first edition signed by the author as Michael Sarne and T.Arthur Plummer 10 typed and

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Lot 308

[Plummer (T.Arthur)] The Scarlet Saint first edition signed by the author as Michael Sarne and T.Arthur Plummer 10 typed and autograph letters from various parties to the author loosely inserted original cloth dust-jacket by Youngman Carter spine sunned edge wear Stanley Paul [1932]; with the original Youngman Carter dust-jacket design for upper panel watercolour ink & body white 260 x 175 mm. inscribed underneath from the artist to the author spotting framed & glazed [c.1932]; and 2 Andrew Frampton titles by Plummer in dust-jackets 8vo(4) ***Thomas Arthur Plummer (1883-1961) best known for his crime fiction and the creation of the popular character Andrew Frampton a DI for Scotland Yard. The Scarlet Saint was the author`s attempt to move away from this genre and tackle more serious issues in this case largely of a religious nature. The letters are mostly relating to The Scarlet Saint sometimes under a working title of God`s Parasite and include letters of polite rejection from several well-known publishing houses as well as a more personal note to Plummer from the author Warwick Depping.

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Pratchett (Terry) and Neil Gaiman. Good Omens first edition signed and inscribed by both authors on title original boards dus

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Lot 309

Pratchett (Terry) and Neil Gaiman. Good Omens first edition signed and inscribed by both authors on title original boards dust-jacket a near fine copy 8vo 1990. ***An excellent inscribed copy of the authors` parody of The Omen; Gaiman has incorporated the tomb device from the dust-jacket`s lower panel as a doodle and writes “For Adam [the name of the young central `antagonist` ] ... gosh. How you`ve grown... Neil Gaiman”; Pratchett`s own contribution more whimsically deadpan “Shame about the end of the world and everything... T Pratchett”.

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Pullman (Philip) The New Cut Gang: The Gas-Fitters` Ball first edition signed & inscribed by the author on title illustra

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Lot 310

Pullman (Philip) The New Cut Gang: The Gas-Fitters` Ball first edition signed & inscribed by the author on title illustrations by Mark Thomas original pictorial boards some light indents rubbed at extreme corner-tips 8vo 1995.

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Pullman (Philip) Clockwork or All Wound Up first edition signed & inscribed by the author on title illustrations and endp

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Lot 311

Pullman (Philip) Clockwork or All Wound Up first edition signed & inscribed by the author on title illustrations and endpapers by Peter Bailey original pictorial boards a near fine copy 8vo 1996. ***The inscription to the head of the title reads “And now it`s all wound up we can begin...”.

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Lot 318

Pym (Barbara) Excellent Women first edition of the author`s second book original boards dust-jacket tears to spine ends rubbed at fore-edges and corners 8vo 1952.

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Rowling. Harry Potter Philosopher`s Stone first edition very minor darkening toward page edges otherwise internally fine orig

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Lot 320

Rowling. Harry Potter Philosopher`s Stone first edition very minor darkening toward page edges otherwise internally fine original pictorial boards minor bump to top edge near upper fore-corners minor rubbing to extreme corner-tips overall an excellent copy 8vo 1997. ***The true first edition one of a very small hardback print run largely intended to meet the needs of public libraries. The number of copies produced in this format are speculated to be between 300 & 500 the vast majority now bearing the ignominy of the usual library markings pockets and sometimes even laminate. Copies therefore in such condition as this are extremely scarce indeed.

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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban first edition third state original pictorial boards dust-jacket a fine copy 8vo 1999

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Lot 321

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban first edition third state original pictorial boards dust-jacket a fine copy 8vo 1999.

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Lot 322

Rowling (J.K.) Philosopher`s Stone deluxe first deluxe edition original red cloth lettered & blocked in gilt with mounted colour illustration slightly bumped with occasional light surface rubbing g.e. 8vo 1999.

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Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter Deathly Hallows first edition signed dedication from the author on title with publisher`s hologra

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Lot 323

Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter Deathly Hallows first edition signed dedication from the author on title with publisher`s hologram sticker on title Moonlight Signing ticket and related ephemera loosely inserted original pictorial boards dust-jacket a near fine copy 8vo 2007. ***The last book in the series one of the copies signed for the Natural History Museum Moonlight Signing publication day event 21st July 2007. The inscription reads “To Marcus James Potter!! JK Rowling x”.

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Lot 324

Rushdie (Salman) Grimus first edition original boards dust-jacket spine slightly sunned rubbed at cornertips 8vo 1975.

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Lot 325

Sackville-West (Vita) Pepita first edition plates bound in modern half calf with marbled boards Hogarth Press 1937; and the facsimile edition of Chatterton uniformly bound 8vo(2)

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Lot 327

Sassoon (Siegfried) Rhymed Ruminations first edition one of 3 copies printed for Hester Sassoon and Geoffrey Keynes this inscribed to Hester Sassoon from Keynes Sept. 1939 printed in red throughout title by Laurence Whistler colophon device handsomely bound in original full brown morocco by Gray of Cambridge with single-roll gilt borders and decorative corner-flourishes on covers each cover with gilt central lyre device titled in gilt on spine and with gilt floral dentelles g.e. [Keynes p.102] small 8vo at the Chiswick Press 1939. ***An excellent copy of this key work in Sassoon`s canon both in terms of condition and association. Several of the thirty-three poems present ominously anticipate the encroaching Second World War. The lyre presumably a reference to the lyre of Orpheus could possibly be a nod to Sassoon`s pseudonym `Pinchbeck Lyre` which he adopted to parody Humbert Wolfe in 1931.

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Lot 329

Sendak (Maurice).- Grimm (Wilhelm) Dear Mili first edition signed by the artist on half-title colour illustrations by Sendak original cloth pictorial dust-jacket a fine copy New York 1988.

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Lot 330

Strachey (Lytton) Books and Characters frontispiece modern half morocco 1922 § Middleton (Richard) Letters to Henry Savage one of 750 copies portrait discolouration affecting lower fore-corner of some ff. modern half morocco Mandrake Press 1929 § Emmons (Robert) The Life and Opinions of Walter Richard Sickert plates modern half calf 1941 first editions; and 6 others 20th century similarly bound 8vo(9)

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Thompson (Flora) Lark Rise first edition of the first in the Candleford trilogy illustrations by Lynton Lamb a little spottin

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Lot 331

Thompson (Flora) Lark Rise first edition of the first in the Candleford trilogy illustrations by Lynton Lamb a little spotting to early and later ff. original cloth dust-jacket clipped but with price present chipped at corners and spine ends overall a very good copy 8vo 1939. ***Scarce. A third series of the BBC`s adaptation began earlier this year.

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Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings 3 vol. first editions first impressions vol.III first state maps bookseller`s small st

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Lot 333

Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings 3 vol. first editions first impressions vol.III first state maps bookseller`s small sticker to foot of front pastedowns Tolkien Society bookmark original cloth dust-jackets chipped at corners with a few other small chips and tears to edges spines slightly browned rubbed at fore-edges closed tear descending into upper panel of vol.I and lower fore-corner of vol.III housed in later board slip-case 8vo 1954-55.

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Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings first 1 vol. deluxe edition on india paper original black buckram deocrated in gilt si

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Lot 339

Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings first 1 vol. deluxe edition on india paper original black buckram deocrated in gilt silver & green a fine copy 8vo 1969.

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Tolkien (J.R.R.) The War of the Ring first edition colour frontispiece original boards dust-jacket an excellent copy 8vo 1990

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Lot 343

Tolkien (J.R.R.) The War of the Ring first edition colour frontispiece original boards dust-jacket an excellent copy 8vo 1990.

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Lot 346

Verne (Jules) Voyage au Centre de la Terre first edition illustrations contemporary half calf Paris [1867]; and another Verne large 8vo & 8vo(2)

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Verne (Jules) 20k Leagues Under the Seas first English edition half-title plates 6pp. advertisements contemporary & later

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Lot 347

Verne (Jules) 20k Leagues Under the Seas first English edition half-title plates 6pp. advertisements contemporary & later ink inscription on front endpapers bookseller`s and binder`s small sticker on rear pastedown hinges pulled and split original russet gilt- & black-pictorial cloth spine damaged and lifting with some loss corner tips worn g.e. Sampson Low Marston Low & Searle 1873.

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Lot 350

Waugh (Evelyn) Scoop A Novel about Journalists first edition contemporary ink ownership inscription on front free endpaper original patterned cloth second state dust-jacket without masthead worn and torn with some loss 2 external tape-repairs to one corner 8vo 1933.

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Waugh (Evelyn) Robbery Under Law: The Mexican Object-Lesson first edition original blue cloth sunning to head of spine light

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Lot 351

Waugh (Evelyn) Robbery Under Law: The Mexican Object-Lesson first edition original blue cloth sunning to head of spine light mottling dust-jacket slightly darkened torn and frayed at edges with some loss 8vo 1939.

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Waugh (Evelyn) Brideshead Revisited first edition original cloth dust-jacket stained at spine and fore-edges worn at upper co

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Lot 352

Waugh (Evelyn) Brideshead Revisited first edition original cloth dust-jacket stained at spine and fore-edges worn at upper corner tips and head of spine 8vo 1945.

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Lot 353

Wheatley (Dennis) The Haunting of Toby Jugg [1948]; The Prisoner in the Mask 1957; The Satanist second impression 1961; They Used Dark Forces 1964; The Ravishing of Lady Mary Ware with friendly T.L.s. from the author loosely inserted 1971 first editions all but third first impressions all with signed brief inscription from the author on title original cloth/boards; and 10 others Wheatley all signed and inscribed from the author 8vo(15)

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Wilde (Oscar) The Importance of Being Earnest first edition number 27 of 1000 copies bookplate and small ownership inscriptio

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Lot 354

Wilde (Oscar) The Importance of Being Earnest first edition number 27 of 1000 copies bookplate and small ownership inscription of C.S.Ascherson original salmon pink cloth gilt designs by Shannon corners bumped covers slightly soiled and spine a little discoloured but overall a good tight copy [Mason 381] 8vo 1899

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Lot 355

Wingfield (R.D.) Hard Frost first edition signed by the author on title original boards dust-jacket a fine copy 8vo 1995.

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Wodehouse (P.G.) Photograph portrait signed black & white near full-length studio portrait of the author holding a pipe a

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Lot 356

Wodehouse (P.G.) Photograph portrait signed black & white near full-length studio portrait of the author holding a pipe against painted pastoral backdrop mounted with photographer`s studio address printed beneath signed by Wodehouse from lower fore-corner of photograph onto mount actual image 153 x 102 mm. Florence Mason 23 Walpole Street London S.W. n.d. [c.1899]. ***An excellent photographic study of the author as a young man. The contemporary signature contains many elements that can be identified in later examples though the first `e` in `Wodehouse` is different to that more commonly known (see also the following lot).

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Wodehouse (P.G.) The Pothunters first edition first issue signed by the author on front free endpaper 10 plates by R.Noel Poc

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Lot 357

Wodehouse (P.G.) The Pothunters first edition first issue signed by the author on front free endpaper 10 plates by R.Noel Pocock without advertisements as issued original blue cloth with silver lettering and loving cup illustrations rubbed at edges with some minor marking spine slightly discoloured [McIlvaine A1; Jasen 1] 8vo Adam & Charles Black 1902. ***The true first issue of the author`s first book set at the fictional public school of St. Austin`s; an excellent copy signed thus.

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Wolfe (Tom) The Kany-Koloured first edition with omitted chapter “Therapy and Corned Beef While You Wait” present

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Lot 358

Wolfe (Tom) The Kany-Koloured first edition with omitted chapter “Therapy and Corned Beef While You Wait” present and loosely inserted as printed proof with chapter device (browned) original cloth dust-jacket 8vo New York 1965.

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Lot 359

Wood (Christopher) The Spy Who Loved Me first edition slight foxing original boards dust-jacket 2 small closed tears spotting to upper panel 8vo 1977.

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Woolf (Virginia) The Waves first edition half-title bound in modern half calf with marbled boards [Kirkpatrick A16a; Woolmer

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Lot 361

Woolf (Virginia) The Waves first edition half-title bound in modern half calf with marbled boards [Kirkpatrick A16a; Woolmer 279] 8vo Hogarth Press 1931. ***A handsome copy.

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Lot 362

Woolf (Virginia) Flush A Biography first edition plates half-title bound in modern half calf with marbled boards an attractive copy [Kirkpatrick A19a; Woolmer 334] Hogarth Press 1933; and the first American edition of the same similarly bound 8vo(2)

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Lot 363

Woolf (Virginia) The Years first edition half-title bound in modern half calf with marbled boards an attractive copy [Kirkpatrick A22a; Woolmer 423] 8vo Hogarth Press 1937.

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World War I.- Your King and Country Need You Join the Army today 26 original pencil and/or pen & ink cartoon drawings mos

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Lot 365

World War I.- Your King and Country Need You Join the Army today 26 original pencil and/or pen & ink cartoon drawings mostly humorous or wry depictions of soldiers during the First World War including pictorial ms. title c. 180 x 215 mm. loosely mounted in modern morocco album oblong folio n.d.; with 3 other loose illustrations also by Allan v.s.

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Wyndham (John) The Day of the Triffids first edition inscribed by the author with triffid doodle on half-title original cloth

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Lot 366

Wyndham (John) The Day of the Triffids first edition inscribed by the author with triffid doodle on half-title original cloth 8vo 1951.hn ***The contemporary inscription reads “To Les Aaronberg / from / John Wyndham / alias / J.B.Harris”. The drawing is almost identical to the one gracing the original dust-jacket`s upper panel with an additional flourish depicting the venomous sting. Scarce signed thus.

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* Messerschmitt Me 262. A fine collection of photographs of this first generation jet fight aircraft, compiled from many sour

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Lot 73

* Messerschmitt Me 262. A fine collection of photographs of this first generation jet fight aircraft, compiled from many sources and with images from Messerschmitt A.G. Harold Martin, Warren Brodie, R.A.E. Farnborough, the U.S. Navy, and similar agencies, including 35 images of the preparation for, and the take-off and first flight of PC & UC on 18th July 1942, other images of PC & UB, PC & UE and VI & AA complement this collection of scarce photographs, together with a remarkable series of Luftwaffe and private images of this important aircraft in operation, aircraft becoming airborne, mechanics servicing, ground aircraft portraits, captured examples, in service with the post-WWII Czech” airforce, pressured aircraft and others of similar interest, approx. 160 images, a few with signs of damp damage and most captioned verso (approx. 160)

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* Aerial Photography. A miscellaneous collection of military photographs, with others taken by observers during the First Wor

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Lot 77

* Aerial Photography. A miscellaneous collection of military photographs, with others taken by observers during the First World War and photo-reconnaissance aircraft during WWII, numerous images of bomb damage, trench systems, shelled “moonscape” on the Western Front, bombs seen falling on target, direct hits on bridges, railways, airfields, shipping and other targets, most images with neat inscriptions and provenance note (Capt. W. E. Johns), an historic, collection, many unpublished, approx. 90 images, contained in a ring binder (approx. 90)

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* Bristol Type 188N. A good, but small, collection of official company photographs of this stainless steel research aircraft

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Lot 83

* Bristol Type 188N. A good, but small, collection of official company photographs of this stainless steel research aircraft XF926, first flown from Filton to Boscombe Down on 14th April 1962 by Chief Test Pilot G. L. Auty, (16 images), together with a collection of photographs of Bristol aircraft compiled from various sources including the company archive and Rolls-Royce, approx. 50 images, contained in a folder (approx. 50)

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Sarkar (Dilip). Bader’s Duxford Fighters. The Big Wing Controversy, 1st ed., 1997, b & w illusts. from photos, orig

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Lot 119

Sarkar (Dilip). Bader’s Duxford Fighters. The Big Wing Controversy, 1st ed., 1997, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. boards in d.j., 8vo, (one of 100 signed copies), together with thirteen other volumes by the same author, mostly with presentation inscription from Dilip Sarkar to Peter Brothers, comprising Spitfire Squadron - No. 19 Squadron at War 1939-1941; The Invisible Thread - A Spitfire’s Tale; Through Peril to the Stars - RAF Fighter Pilots who Failed to Return 1939-45; Battle of Britain - Last Look Back; Battle of Britain - The Movie; Johnnie Johnson - Spitfire Top Gun, Part 1; Missing in Action - Resting in Peace?, 2 copies; Guards VC - Blitzkrieg 1940; Spitfire! Courage & Sacrifice; Battle of Britain - The Photographic Kaleidoscope; Battle of Britain - The Photographic Kaleidoscope, vol. 3 (1 of 100 copies, signed by Lady Bader, Air Commander Ian Brothers, Wing Commander G.C. Unwin, Squadron Leader G. Pushman, Squadron Leader L. Thorogood, Squadron Leader P.F. Morfill, Flight Lieutenant G. Parkin and Mr. J. Milne), Fighter Pilot - The Photographic Kaleidoscope, all VG. The first volume is signed by the following:- Lady Odette Dowding, Lader Bader, Air Commodore P.M. Brothers C.B.E. D.S.O. D.F.C., Wing Commander G.C. Unwin D.S.O. D.F.M., Wing Commander B. Jimms A.F.C. D.F.M., Wing Commander D.G.F.R. Cox D.F.C., Wing Commander James Thomson, Squadron Leader V. Bergman D.F.C., Flight Lieutenant W. Cunningham D.F.C., Flight Lieutenant L.G. Batt, Flight Lieutenant R.L. Jones, Warrant Officer A. Markiewicz, Mr. E.W. French, and the author. (14)

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Lot 138

Jane’s All The World’s Aircraft, 22 vols., 1936/77, numerous b&w illusts., orig. cloth gilt, first vol. ex-lib and lacking spine, many vols. with dates in white ink on spines, the final three vols. with d.j.s, plus reprints for the years 1913 and 1945-6, folio. This lot includes volumes for 1941, 1943 (x 2), 1945, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1957-64 (plus duplicate of 1963), 1969, 1975-77. (24)

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Jane (Fred T., ed.). All The World’s Air-Ships (Flying Annual), 1909, with a Special Chapter on Aerial Engineering by C

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Lot 140

Jane (Fred T., ed.). All The World’s Air-Ships (Flying Annual), 1909, with a Special Chapter on Aerial Engineering by Charles de Grave Sells, 1909, 374 pp. + single addenda leaf at end (sellotaped to inner margin), numerous b&w illusts., after photos, with oval library inkstamp to half-title of the King Edward VII Hospital, Windsor, endpapers renewed, orig. blue cloth gilt, rubbed and some marks, frayed to corners and extrems., oblong folio. The first annual issue of Jane’s Airships. Rare. (1)

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Lot 141

Jane’s All The World’s Aircraft, 1918 & 1919, numerous b&w illusts., commerical ads. at front and rear, some soiling and marks to endpapers, orig. dark blue cloth, lettered in silver, rubbed and frayed with some wear to extrems., upper joint to first vol. partly cracked at foot, oblong folio. The 9th and 10th years of issue. (2)

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Lot 143

Jones (Lloyd S.). U.S. Bombers B1-B70, Los Angeles, 1962, b&w illusts., orig. cloth in frayed d.j., small folio, together with Green (William), Famous Fighters of the Second World War, 1st and 2nd Series, New York & London, 1957-62, b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j.s, the first vol. with sellotape repair at head of spine and d.j. torn with loss, both large 8vo, plus Juptner (Joseph P., ed.), U.S. Civil Aircraft, vols. 1-3, Aero Publishers, 1962-66, b&w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in rubbed and sl. frayed d.j.s, small folio, plus other miscellaneous avation interest (3 shelves)

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Lot 147

Nowarra (H.J. and Brown, Kimbrough S.). von Richthofen and the Flying Circus, 3rd ed., enlarged, pub. Harleyford, 1964, col. frontis., num. b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in sl. chipped d.j., slim 4to, together with Quill (Jeffrey), Spitfire. A Test Pilot’s Story, 2nd imp., 1983, author’s presentation copy, signed and inscribed on title, also signed on title by Endsleigh Castle, with ALS from Jeffrey Quill loosely inserted, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, plus Bruce (J.M.), War Planes of the First World War. Fighters, vols. 1 & 2 (Great Britain), 1st eds., 1965 & 1968, author’s presentation copies to Endsleigh Castle, both signed and inscribed on flyleaf, num. b & w illusts. from photos, orig. boards in sl. torn d.j., small 4to, plus Green (William), The World Guide to Combat Planes, vols. 1 & 2, 1st eds., 1966, with handwritten cryptic note on each title “Jacket design and * 23 ( * 15) “three-view” monotone studies of aircraft without due attribution by P. Endsleigh Castle”, all the unattributed illustrations now signed in the gutter margin by P.E.C., orig. boards in sl. frayed and chipped d.j., oblong 8vo, and others of aviation interest, many with the ownership signature of Endsleigh Castle, a few with author inscriptions, plus a carton of aviation magazines (approx. 100)

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Lot 149

Putnam Aeronautical Books. British Civil Aircraft Since 1919, 3 vols., 2nd ed., 1973-74; German Aircraft of the First World War, 2nd ed., 1970; German Aircraft of the Second World War, 1st ed., 1972; Russian Aircraft Since 1940, 2 copies, 1st eds., 1975; Aeroflot - Soviet Air Transport Since 1923, 1st ed., 1975; The World’s Airliners, 1st ed., 1962; British Aviation - The Great War and Armistice 1915-1919, 1st ed., 1969; British Aviation - The Adventuring Years 1920-1929, 1st ed., 1973; Miles Aircraft Since 1925, 1st ed., 1970; Shorts Aircraft Since 1900, 1st ed., 1967; Gloster Aircraft Since 1917, 1st ed., 1971; Vickers Aircraft Since 1908, 1st ed., 1969; Handley Page Aircraft Since 1907, 1st ed., 1976; Fairey Aircraft Since 1915, 1st ed., 1974; Avro Aircraft Since 1908, 1st ed., 1965; Blackburn Aircraft Since 1909, 1st ed., 1968; The British Bomber Since 1914, 1st ed., 1967; Hawker Aircraft Since 1920, new edition, 1971; Boeing Aircraft Since 1916, 1st ed., 1966; num. b & w illusts. from photos, and others in the same series, all orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, G/VG (43)

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Lot 157

Schneider Trophy. The Schnedier Trophy Contest, Royal Aero Club Official Souvenir Programme, 2 copies, 1929, b&w illusts. and ads., one colour plate to each, double page course map centrefold, race card in each book completed in ink and one with notes to map, together with the souvenir programme for the 1931 contest, race card not completed, a little soiling and fraying, all orig. pictorial wrappers, first two sl. spotted and soiled, the third with covers det. and sl. chipped and soiled, all large 8vo (3)

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* The Dam Busters. A collection of pen and ink, and pencil drawings prepared as studies prior to the final watercolour drawin

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Lot 194

* The Dam Busters. A collection of pen and ink, and pencil drawings prepared as studies prior to the final watercolour drawings published in various magazines, books and First Day covers, etc, with a quantity of “Lancaster” aircraft drawings on tracing paper (-)

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