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A GD Goulding, Saville Row and St Albans, maroon velvet smoking jacket with braid frogging and satin lapels, no size label, approximately 40-42'' chest measurement and an Aquascutum wool camel coat, no size label, approximately 42'', (2).

A gent's tail suit with two waistcoats, (black wool), a Hardy Amies three-piece suit, an army jacket, (moth-holed) and other items.

Nash (John, editor). The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White, with an Introduction by the Earl of Cranbrook, Ipswich: Limited Editions Club, 1972, colour and black & white illustrations, original leather-backed patterned boards with gilt-titled spine in slipcase (slightly rubbed), small folio, (limited edition, this copy unnumbered, signed by the artist John Nash), together with:Poole (Monica), The Wood Engravings of John Farleigh, 1st edition, Gresham Books, 1985, colour frontispiece, black & white plates, original cloth in dust jacket, folio, plusRussell (Judith, editor), The Wood-Engravings of Gertrude Hermes, 1st edition, Scolar Press, 1993, black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, folio, plusLawrence (Peter, editor), 2020 Vision. Nineteen Wood Engravers, One Collector, and the Artist Who Inspired Them, Compiled and Introduced by Nigel Hamway, Nomad Letterpress & The Society of Wood Engravers, 2020, colour and black & white illustrations including some tipped in, original cloth-backed patterned boards in slipcase, folio, (limited edition, 36/340 copies) and other wood engravers interest including 2 paperbacksQTY: (11)

Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). A Dish of Apples by Eden Phillpotts, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1921, mounted colour frontispiece, two mounted colour illustrations, all with tissue-guards, further black and white illustrations throughout, pictorial endpapers, previous presentation inscription to A1 'Gertrude from A.D.B & C.E.B Xmas 1921', original publisher's pictorial cloth, 8vo, together withThe Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, New York: Heritage Press, 1940, 12 colour illustrations, original blue cloth boards with gilt decoration, title in gilt to spine, spine ends faded, dust jacket, chipped with some loss to lower rear panel, 8vo, plusHousman (Clemence, illustrator). The Blue Moon by Laurence Housman, London: John Murray, 1904, black and while illustrations throughout, previous presentation inscription to front free endpaper, original publisher's blue pictorial cloth, gilt title to spine, 8vo, and 12 other children's illustrated books including: The Water-Babies, 1915; The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, 1923; The Way of Ecben, 1929, (with part of original glassine wrapper); Mickey et Minnie, etc., mainly 8vo QTY: (15)

Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, 1st edition, 2nd impression, London: Jonathan Cape, 1953, original black cloth, lettered and decorated in red, dust jacket, tear with loss to upper panel (touching heart to top righthand corner), rear panel lightly dust-soiled, extremities frayed with small loss to head of spine, a few small black ink spots to spine, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Gilbert 2.1.Ian Fleming's debut novel. The second impression carries the same dust jacket as the first edition, second issue, with the addition of the Sunday Times review to the front flap.

Bulwer-Lytton (Edward). The Haunted and the Haunters, 1st edition in book form, London: Gowans & Grey, 1905, half-title, publisher's advertisement leaf at end, original chromolithographed parchment dust jacket, lightly toned, small amount of wear to head of spine, small 8vo (14.5 x 9 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:The rare first separate edition of Lytton's famous horror story, which H.P. Lovecraft considered "one of the best short haunted-house tales ever written".

Heaney (Seamus). Station Island, 1st edition, signed, London: Faber and Faber, 1984, signed by the author to title, original black cloth gilt, dust jacket, a few small faint marks to panels, 8vo, together with:The Law Lantern, 1st edition, signed, London: Faber and Faber, 1987, signed by the author to title, leaves toned, original red cloth lettered in silver, dust jacket, 8vo, withNew Poems 1966-1987, 1st edition, signed, London: Faber and Faber, 1990, signed by the author to title, original paper wrappers, lightly rubbed, 8vo, plus 2 signed first edition copies of Stephen Spender's DolphinsQTY: (5)

Barnes (Julian). The Sense of an Ending, signed limited edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 2011, original calf-backed green cloth boards, spine lettered in gilt, 8vo, contained in original green cloth slipcase, 4 of 75 copies, together with:Coetzee (J. M). Disgrace, 1st edition, signed, London: Secker & Warburg, 1999, signed by the author to title, original black cloth gilt, dust jacket, 8vo, plusLife & Times of Michael K, signed, Johannesburg: Ravan Press, 2017, signed by the author to title, original black cloth gilt, dust jacket, 8vo, withMartel (Yann). Life of Pi, illustrated by Tomislav Torjanac, signed limited edition, London: Canongate, 2007, signed by the author and illustrator, as new, in wrapping and slipcase, tall 8vo, with 21 other modern first editions, most in dust jackets, many signedQTY: (25)

Yeats (W. B.) Stories of Red Hanrahan and the Secret Rose, 1st edition, London: Macmillan and Co., 1927, 2 colour plates and monochrome illustrations by Norah McGuiness, a little light spotting to title and endpapers, original red variant pictorial cloth, dust jacket, slight toning to spine, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Wade 157. Also issued in dark blue cloth.

* Frost (Robert Lee, 1874-1963). In the Clearing, New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 2nd printing, 1962, a few minor marks to text, author's signed presentation inscription in blue ink to front free endpaper, 'To Anneka Rossiter away over there from her husband's friend, Robert Frost, here in Ripton, Vt, USA, September 18 1962', original cloth in dust jacket, rubbed and a little frayed at edges, together with:Complete Poems of Robert Frost, New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 13th printing, 1961, portrait frontispiece, occasional pencil marks (by Anthony Rossiter), a little occasional finger-soiling and other marks, author's signed presentation inscription in blue ink to front free endpaper, 'To Anthony from Robert, with affection, Ripton Vermont USA, Sept. 18 1962', original cloth in worn dust jacket, 8vo, plus Morrison (Kathleen), Robert Frost, A Pictorial Chronicle, 1st edition, New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, half-tone plates and illustrations, author's signed presentation note sellotaped at margins on to front free endpaper, 'For Anthony and Anneka Rossiter with warm memories of the good days with RF at the Horner Noble Farm and of our fine visit to Lytton in 1961', original cloth in rubbed and spotted dust jacket, large 8vo, plus a copy of The Letters of Robert Frost, edited by Louis Untermeyer, London: Jonathan Cape, 1964, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, and Morrison (Kathleen), Robert Frost, A Pictorial Chronicle, 1st edition, New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, half-tone plates and illustrations, author's signed presentation note sellotaped at margins on to front free endpaper, 'For Anthony and Anneka Rossiter with warm memories of the good days with RF at the Horner Noble Farm and of our fine visit to Lytton in 1961', original cloth in rubbed and spotted dust jacket, large 8vo; plus two letters and a Christmas card from Kay (and Ted) Anthony and Anneka, and a related snapshot and order of service for Robert FrostQTY: (9)NOTE:Provenance: From the family, by direct descent. For further information please see https://www.anthonyrossiter.co.uk In 1962 Rossiter made his first trip to the USA after winning an Arts Council Bursary. He had been invited to stay with the poet Robert Frost in New Hampshire and they became friends. On his return from the USA, Rossiter began work on The Pendulum, which was published by Gollancz in 1966.Kathleen ‘Kay’ Johnston Morrison (1898-1989) was secretary-manager to the poet Robert Frost from 1938 until Frost's death in 1963.

Milne (A. A.). The Sunny Side, 1st edition, London: Methuen, 1921, preliminaries lightly spotted, original green cloth, dust jacket, a few light marks, 8vo, together with:Michael and Mary, A Play, 1st edition, London: Chatto & Windus, 1930, original grey cloth, paper title label to spine, dust jacket, lightly rubbed, 8vo, plusTwo People, 1st edition, London: Methuen, 1931, original grey cloth gilt, dust jacket, a few small losses to spine, a few marks, 8vo, withRackham (Arthur, illustrator). Henrick Ibsen's Peer Gynt, 1st edition, London: George G. Harrap, 1936, 12 colour plates, black and white illustrations, original dark red pictorial cloth gilt, dust jacket, extremities chipped with some small loss, 4to, with a carton other 20th-century worksQTY: (a carton)

Le Carre (John). The Night Manager, 1st edition, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1993, original cloth, price-clipped dust jacket, 8vo, signed by the author to title and dated June '93, together with Seth (Vikram). A Suitable Boy, limited issue, London: Sixth Chamber Press, 1993, very slight marginal toning, original morocco-backed boards, 8vo, limited signed edition 7/100, plus Carey (Peter). True History of the Kelly Gang, 1st edition, University of Queensland Press, 2000, original calf-backed boards, glassine wrapper, 8vo, with a loose slip signed by the author, 8vo, plus other 1st editions, mostly signed by the authors including V. S. Naipaul's A Bend in the River, 1st edition, 1979, Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner, 1st UK edition, 2003, (dust jacket with wraparound band), The English Patient, by Michael Ondaatje, 1992, The Sea, by John Banville, 2005, Atonement, by Ian McEwan, 2001, White Teeth, by Zadie Smith, 2000, and The Life of Pi, by Yann Martel, illustrated by Tomislav Torjanac, 2007, limited edition of 1000 signed by author and illustrator QTY: (42)

Leighton (Clare). The Farmer's Year. A Calendar of English Husbandry, 1st edition, London: Collins, 1933, title with wood-engraved vignette, 12 full-page wood-engravings, pictorial endpapers, original cloth gilt (some fading to extremities), dust jacket, small tears and losses at spine ends and corners, oblong folioQTY: (1)

Waugh (Evelyn). Black Mischief, 1st edition, London: Chapman and Hall, 1932, map frontispiece, original cloth, dust jacket, spine toned, small nicks at spine ends and folds, 8vo, together with The Holy Places, London: Queen Anne Press, 1952, wood-engravings by Reynolds Stone, top edge red, original cloth gilt, price-clipped dust jacket, a few small stains, 4to, limited edition 149/1000, plus Love Among the Ruins, 1st edition, 1953QTY: (3)

Dahl (Roald). The BFG, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1982, illustrations by Quentin Blake, slight toning to textblock and minor spotting to endpapers, original cloth (corners a little bumped), price-clipped dust jacket, short closed tear at head of spine and one fold, tiny nicks at foot of spine, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Signed copy, inscribed to front endpaper in green marker pen 'With love, Roald Dahl, 1982'. Together with a School Book Shop Association letter, dated February 1983 awarding the book as a prize in their Phizzwizard competition.

Bates (H. E.). The Two Sisters, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1926, endpapers a little toned, original cloth, dust jacket, slight toning to spine, one or two small nicks, 8vo, together with Lehmann (Rosamond). A Note in Music, 1st edition, London: Chatto & Windus, 1930, light spotting front and rear, presentation inscription and manuscript note 'I do hope you enjoyed it' at foot of last page, original cloth, price-clipped dust jacket, spine a little faded, small stains to rear panel, 8vo, plus Williamson (Henry). The Lone Swallows and other essays of boyhood and youth, 1st illustrated edition, London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1933, illustrations by C. F. Tunnicliffe, light spotting to endpapers, contemporary presentation inscription to front pastedown, original cloth, a few light marks, dust jacket, spine a little rubbed and toned, 8vo, with others including The Bowmen and other Legends of the War, by Arthur Machen, 1915, Gold Coast Customs, by Edith Sitwell, 1929, Brief Candles, by Aldous Huxley, 1930 and others by Henry Williamson, T. H. White, Arthur Machen, Bruce Chatwin, Angus Wilson, Denton Welch, Peter Ackroyd et alQTY: (approximately 220)

Orwell (George). Nineteen Eighty-Four, 1st edition, London: Secker & Warburg, 1949, a few minor spots to first few leaves, top edge red (re-coloured), original green cloth (extremities a little faded), red dust jacket, spine professionally restored (re-coloured and re-lettered), small repairs at spine ends, at head of rear panel and folds, 8voQTY: (1)

Johns (W. E.). Biggles Sees It Through, 1st edition, London: Oxford University Press, 1941, colour frontispiece, 6 black and white illustrations, contemporary lengthy gift inscription and small mounted paper clipping to front free endpaper, occasional light spotting, original publisher's pictorial orange cloth, dust jacket (text in brown to rear flap with 'found' on the first line of the front flap), a few small archival paper reinforcements to folds, rubbed with small loss to foot of spine, 8voQTY: (1)

Pullman (Philip). Northern Lights, 1st edition, London: Scholastic, 1995, light marginal yellowing to textblock (as often), original cloth, 1st issue dust jacket with 'Point' at foot of spine and Pratt Street address to rear flap, slight fading to spine, 8vo QTY: (1)

Amis (Kingsley). One Fat Englishman, 1st edition, signed, London: Victor Gollancz, 1963, signed by the author to title, original red cloth gilt, dust jacket, panels dust-soiled, spine extremities chipped with small loss, 8vo, together with:One Fat Englishman, 1st edition, presentation copy, London: Victor Gollancz, 1963, inscribed by the author to head of front free endpaper 'Best wishes to Philip Murray, Kingsley Amis', original red cloth gilt, dust jacket, some chipping to extremities with small loss, 8voTake A Girl Like You, 1st edition, signed, London: Victor Gollancz, 1960, signed by the author to title, preliminary and rear leaves spotted with some small damp-stains, rear free endpaper with a few small holes, bookplate residue to front pastedown, original red cloth gilt, tape residue to covers, dust jacket, 8vo, with 5 other Kingsley Amis first editions in dust jacket QTY: (8)

Grimmage (Peter). The Picture Book of Ships, pictured by Helen Craig, New York: The Macmillan Company, 1930, full-page colour illustrations, cartographic endpapers, portions of spotting to endpapers, original yellow cloth, dust jacket, portion of loss at head of spine, extremities frayed with a few small closed tears, 4to, together with:Harsanyi (Zsolt de). The Star-Gazer, 1st edition in English, New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1939, bookplate of Elisabeth Devault Burke to front pastedown, original blue cloth gilt, dust jacket, extremities lightly rubbed, 8vo, plusHuddleston (Sisley). Europe in ZigZags, 1st edition, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1929, 36 black and white illustrations, small ownership inscriptions to front pastedown, original pictorial beige cloth, dust jacket, lightly chipped to extremities, 8vo, withFranklyn (Irwin R.). Flight, An Epic of the Air, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1929, frontispiece, small ink notation to front free endpaper, original blue cloth, dust jacket, lightly rubbed, 8vo, with 14 other works in art deco dust jacketsQTY: (18)

Aldiss (Brian). Somewhere East of Life, 1st edition, London: Flamingo, 1994, original grey cloth gilt, dust jacket, extremities lightly bumped, 8vo, together with:Burgess (Anthony). Devil of a State, 1st edition, London: Heinemann, 1961, loose Heinemann review slip with annotations (presumably by Aldiss) to verso, original red cloth gilt, dust jacket, spine somewhat toned, extremities lightly rubbed, 8vo, plusAmis (Martin). Experience, 1st edition, signed, London: Jonathan Cape, 2000, signed by Amis to title, original black cloth gilt, dust jacket, lightly bumped, 8vo, with approximately 60 other 20th-century worksQTY: (approx. 65)NOTE:Each work from the library of Brian Aldiss (1925-2017) with a loosely inserted provenance note signed by the executor of his estate.

Hemingway (Ernest). A Farwell to Arms, 1st UK edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1929, 1st issue with 'seriosu' uncorrected on p. 66, small abrasions and light toning to front endpaper, bookplate, original cloth (spine faded), dust jacket, a few tears and losses to spine, verso reinforced, 8vo, together with Maugham (William Somerset). Cakes and Ale, 1st edition, London: William Heinemann, 1930, some spotting and light toning, original cloth (spine a little faded), dust jacket, spine toned, a little rubbed with small nicks at head of spine, 8vo, plus O' Connor (Flannery). Wise Blood, 1st UK edition, London: Neville Spearman, 1955, endpapers toned, previous owner inscription, original cloth, dust jacket, some toning to rear panel and flaps, 8vo, with 4 others: The Victim, by Saul Bellow, 1st UK edition, 1948, A Study of Arthur Rimbaud, by Henry Miller, 1st UK edition, 1956, A Town Like Alice, by Nevil Shute, 1st edition, 1950, and A Singular Man, by J. P. Donleavy, 1st UK edition, 1964 QTY: (7)

Drake (Francis and Katherine). Big Flight, London: John Hamilton, circa 1934, fore-edge spotted, original blue cloth, dust jacket, lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:Rochester (George E.). The Flying Spy!, London: John Hamilton, circa 1935, frontispiece, 3 illustrations, original green cloth, dust jacket, extremities chipped with some loss, some loss to front flap, 8vo, withJackals of the Clouds, London: John Hamilton, [1936], frontispiece, 3 illustrations, edges spotted, original red cloth, dust jacket, some small loss to extremities, 8vo, plusJohns (W. E.). Flying Stories, London: John Hamilton, circa 1936, frontispiece, 9 illustrations (6 in colour), margins of leaves lightly toned, original pictorial paper boards, dust jacket, lightly rubbed, tall 8vo, with 27 other titles including the 'Ace' series' in dust jacketQTY: (31)

Gibbings (Robert). A True Tale of Love in Tonga, later edition, London: J. M. Dent, 1954, 23 monochrome engravings, inscribed with an original artwork by the author to the title front endpaper, original cloth in price-clipped dust jacket, rear cover spotted, small tear to the head of the front cover & spine, slim 8vo, together with:Coppard (A. E. & Robert Gibbings), Rummy That Noble Game, 1st edition, Bershire: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1932, monochrome engravings, signed & inscribed by Robert Gibbings 'To R. B. G from R. J. G Nov 1932' to the front endpaper, some light spotting & toning, original cloth in dust jacket, spine toned & rubbed with some minor loss, slim 8vo, un-numbered limited edition of 1000 copies, plusSigurjónsson (Jóhann), Loftur, a play, Reading: University of Reading, 1939, printed by Robert Gibbings at the University of Reading, monochrome wood engravings by S. Maberly Smith, some light spotting & toning, original red quarter morocco, boards & spine lightly rubbed, slim 8vo, and other works by or illustrated by Robert Gibbings with 8 signed by Robert Gibbings to 'Robert' or 'R. G' or 'R. B. G.', including The Wood-Engravings of Robert Gibbings, 1949, Over The Reefs,1948, Till I End My Song, 1957, Sweet Cork of Thee, 1951, 8vo, includes a hand written letter by Robert Gibbings dated 7.7.36 on headed notepaper & in envelope QTY: (13)

Johns (W. E.). Biggles Flies East, London: Oxford University Press, 1937, colour frontispiece, 4 black and white illustrations, ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original pictorial blue cloth, dust jacket, extremities lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:Biggles Defies The Swastika, London: Oxford University Press, 1941, colour frontispiece, 6 black and white illustrations, a few light spots, original red pictorial cloth, dust jacket, spine extremities rubbed, 8vo, withBiggles in the Baltic, London: Oxford University Press, 1941, colour frontispiece, 6 black and white illustrations, original brown pictorial cloth, dust jacket, small loss to head of spine touching title, further small loss at foot of spine, 8vo, with 2 other early reprints in dust jackets, Biggles Flies North (1941) and The Biggles Omnibus (1939)QTY: (5)

Robinson (William Heath, illustrator). Shakespeare's Comedy of Twelfth Night or What You Will, London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1908], tipped-in colour plates, ownership inscription at front, original decorative cloth gilt, a little rubbed and slightly faded on spine, 4to, together with:Nash (John, illustrator), Seven Short Stories by Walter de la Mare, London: Faber & Faber, 1931, 8 colour plates, partly untrimmed, original red cloth gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo, plus Bone (Stephen & Adshead, Mary), The Little Boy and His House, 1st edition, London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1967, colour illustrations throughout, original cloth in dust jacket, a little rubbed and soiled, chipped at head of spine, small folio, plusPiper (John), Buildings and Prospects, 1st edition, London: Architectural Press, 1948, double-page colour lithographic frontispiece and title, half tone plates, original cloth in dust jacket, a little rubbed, small folio, plus other mostly cloth-bound early to mid 20th-century illustrated booksQTY: (approx. 100)

Drayton (Michael). Endimion & Phoebe, Ideas Latmus, Stratford-upon-Avon: Shakespeare Head Press, 1925, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original limp vellum gilt, silk ties, 8vo, together with:O'Flaherty (Liam). The Ecstasy of Angus, London: Joiner and Steele for The Chiswick Press, 1931, signed by the author to limitation, lightly spotted, original green cloth gilt, original glassine dust jacket, paper flaps, chipped with small loss, 8vo, 145 of 365 copies, withIrving (Washington). Knickerbocker Papers, being Rip Van Winkle & The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, London: Medici Society, 1914, edges untrimmed, original cloth-backed boards lettered in gilt, dust jacket, 8vo, with 21 others relatedQTY: (24)

Le Carre (John). The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, 1st edition, London: Victor Gollancz, 1963, endpapers renewed, original brown variant cloth (spine a little faded), dust jacket, tiny nicks at foot of spine and folds, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Signed by the author to title and inscribed 'The American handed Leamas? - and so on!, 22 May '06, London'. The inscription references the opening line in the book 'The American handed Leamas another cup of coffee and said, "Why don't you go back and sleep? We can ring you if he shows up."

Craxton (John, illustrator). Visionary Poems and Passages or the Poet's Eye, chosen by Geoffrey Grigson, New Excursions into English Poetry series, London: Frederick Muller, 1944, 16 colour lithographs by John Craxton, original pictorial cloth, dust jacket, a few small chips and tears, some toning, 8vo, together with 5 others in the same series: English Scottish and Welsh Landscape 1700-c. 1860, chosen by John Betjeman and Geoffrey Taylor, illustrated by John Piper, 1944, Poems of Death, verses chosen by Phoebe Pool, illustrated by Michael Ayrton, 1945, Traveller's Verse, chosen by M. G. Lloyd Thomas, illustrated by Edward Bawden, 1946, Sea Poems, chosen by Myfanwy Piper, illustrated by Mona Moore, 2nd impression, 1946, and Poems of Sleep and Dream, chosen by Carol Stewart, illustrated by Robert Colquhoun, 1947 QTY: (6)NOTE:The full set of New Excursions into English Poetry was in seven volumes, here lacking Soldiers' Verse, chosen by Patric Dickinson, 1945.

Johns (W. E). Biggles & Co, London: Oxford University Press, 1938, colour frontispiece, 6 black and white illustrations, edges and preliminaries lightly spotted, original grey pictorial cloth, dust jacket, some wear with loss to extremities, 8vo, together with:Biggles - Secret Agent, 1st thin edition, London: Oxford University Press, 1940, colour frontispiece, 6 black and white illustrations, original blue pictorial cloth, dust jacket, extremities frayed with some loss to extremities, a few closed tears to panels, 8vo, plusBiggles in the South Seas, London: Oxford University Press, 1943, colour frontispiece, 6 black and white illustrations, original beige pictorial cloth, dust jacket, lightly rubbed, 8vo, with 3 other early editions in dust jackets, Biggles in the Baltic, Biggles Secret Agent and Biggles Flies WestQTY: (6)

Fleming (Ian). Goldfinger, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1959, occasional light spotting, mainly to fore edges, original cloth, dust jacket, slight toning to spine, small tear and loss at one folds, tiny nicks at spine ends, a few light stains to rear panel, 8voQTY: (1)

Waugh (Evelyn). Labels, A Mediterranean Journal, 1st edition, London: Duckworth, 1930, frontispiece, double-page map, further black and white illustrations, original publisher's blue cloth gilt, dust jacket, small neat restoration to head and tail of spine and fold extremities, 8voQTY: (1)

Sackville-West (Vita). Knole and the Sackvilles, 1st edition, London: William Heinemann, 1922, portrait frontispiece, some offsetting and toning to endpapers, contemporary ownership inscription, original boards, light vertical creases to upper cover, dust jacket by William Nicholson, a few small tears and chips to folds and edges, some toning to spine and rear panel, 8vo, together with Vita. The Life of V. Sackville-West, by Victoria Glendinning, 1983, signed by the authorQTY: (2)

Walliams (David). The Boy in the Dress, 1st edition, London: Harper Collins, 2008, illustrations by Quentin Blake, original boards, dust jacket, 8vo, signed by the author, together with Mr Stink, 1st edition, 2009, illustrations by Quentin Blake, original cloth, dust jacket, 8vo, signed by the author, plus 7 others, all signed: another copy of The Boy in the Dress and Mr Stink, plus Ratburger, 2012, Demon Dentist (2 copies), 2013, Awful Auntie, 2014, and Grandpa's Great Escape, 2015 (with price Can $19.99) QTY: (9)

Woolf (Virginia). A Room of One's Own, 1st edition, London: Hogarth Press, 1929, light offsetting from flaps to endpapers, contemporary ink inscription at front "A cure for the fever of Dr Stella Churchill, 8.XI.29", original cloth, spine ends slightly rubbed, dust jacket designed by Vanessa Bell, lacking two-thirds of spine, remainder laid down, tears and marginal losses along folds, tape repairs to flaps and verso, light toning to rear panel, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:Kirkpatrick A12b.

Greene (Graham). The Heart of the Matter, 1st edition, London: William Heinemann, 1948, half-title and endpapers toned (as usual), original cloth (slight edge wear), dust jacket, spine ends very slightly rubbed, a few light spots to top margin of rear panel and flap, 8vo, together with The Quiet American, 1st edition, London: William Heinemann, 1955, original cloth, dust jacket, 8voQTY: (2)

Adams (Richard). Watership Down, presentation copy, London: Rex Collings, 1974, inscribed by the author to title 'For Robin and Paddy Borwick, with all good wishes from Richard Adams', original green cloth gilt, dust jacket, spine faded, lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:Chatwin (Bruce). In Patagonia, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1977, cartographic frontispiece, black and white illustrations after photographs, original blue cloth gilt, dust jacket (price-clipped), 8vo, plusCarré (John Le). Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, 1st edition, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1974, signed by the author to bookplate mounted to half-title, a few spots, small library stamp to title verso, original black cloth gilt, dust jacket, head of spine frayed with small loss, 8vo, withFleming (Ian). The Diamond Smugglers, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1957, frontispiece, black and white illustrations after photographs, neat ownership inscription to head of front free endpaper, original black cloth lettered in silver, dust jacket, spine faded, lightly rubbed, 8vo, with 8 other modern first editions, many in dust jacketsQTY: (12)

Wyndham (John). The Day of the Triffids, 1st edition, London: Michael Joseph, 1951, a few minor spots, small previous owner inscription to front endpaper, original cloth, spine slightly faded with small crease at head, dust jacket, tears and losses at spine ends and foot of panels, clear tape reinforcement to joints and folds and to verso, light toning to rear panel, 8vo, together with a 1st edition, 2nd impression of Titus Groan, by Mervyn Peake, 1946QTY: (2)

Le Carre (John). The Naive and Sentimental Lover, 1st edition, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1971, original cloth, dust jacket, 8vo, signed by the author to title, together with Single & Single, 1st edition, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1999, slight marginal yellowing, original cloth dust jacket, 8vo, signed by the author, plus an uncorrected proof of The Naive and Sentimental Lover, 1971QTY: (3)

Leighton (Clare). The Farmer's Year. A Calendar of English Husbandry, 1st edition, London: Collins, 1933, wood-engraved title vignette, 12 full-page wood-engravings, pictorial endpapers, original green cloth, dust jacket, a few repairs, oblong folio, together with The Return of the Native, by Thomas Hardy, London: Macmillan and Co., 1929, wood-engravings by Clare Leighton, light toning to endpapers, top edge gilt, original vellum-backed patterned boards (vellum a little discoloured), thick 8vo, limited edition of 1500 copies, signed by the artist, plus Country Matters, written and engraved by Clare Leighton, 1st US edition, New York: Macmillan Company, 1937, numerous wood-engravings, some toning to endpapers, bookplate, original cloth, spine a little faded, price-clipped dust jacket, spine toned, 4to, with 9 others illustrated by the artist including The Sea & the Jungle, by H. M. Tomlinson, 1930, limited signed edition 96/515, Four Hedges, a Gardener's Chronicle, 1935, and Where Land Meets Sea, 1st US edition, 1954QTY: (12)

Johns (W. E.). Biggles Sees It Through, London: Oxford University Press, 1941, colour frontispiece, 6 black and white illustrations, original orange pictorial cloth, dust jacket, extremities rubbed, rear panel lightly dust-soiled, 8vo, together with:Biggles Flies West, 1st Australian edition, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1946, 7 black and white illustrations, gift inscription to front free endpaper, original orange cloth, dust jacket, lightly rubbed, 8vo, withBiggles in the South Seas, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, circa 1946, 6 black and white illustrations, original brown cloth, dust jacket, lightly rubbed to extremities, 8vo, plusBiggles Defies The Swastika, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, circa 1946, 6 black and white illustrations, small bookseller's stamp to foot of front free endpaper, original orange cloth, dust jacket, spine worn with loss affecting title at head, 8vo, with 23 other early British and Australian editions in dust jackets QTY: (27)

The Nonesuch Press. Nonesuch Dickensiana, Retrpspectus and Prospectus; I. Charles Dickens and his Illustrations by Arthur Waugh, II. A Bibliographical list of the original illustrations to the works of Charles Dickens being those made under his supervision, now compiled for the first time by Thomas Hatton, III. Retrospectus, Editions of Dickens Works IV. Prospectus, The Nonesuch Dickens, Bloomsbury: The Nonesuch Press, 1937, burnt orange printed title wrappers separating each volume, form for advance subscription bound to rear, bookseller's ticket to lower corner of upper pastedown, light spotting to first and last few leaves, contemporary letter from B+H Blackwell Ltd loosely inserted, publisher's original blue cloth covers by Leighton-Straker, gilt decoration to upper board, spine a little faded, 8vo, together with: Wood Lea Press. Greenwood (Jeremy). Ravilious Engravings, with an Introduction by John Craig, Woodbridge: Wood Lea Press, 2008, portrait frontispiece, colour and black & white illustrations throughout, original grey cloth with silver gilt lettering to spine, contained within matching slipcase, folio, limited to 800 copiesUllman (Anne, editor). The wood engravings of Tirzah Ravilious..., with recollections by Henry Swanzy and Robert Harling, London: Gorden Fraser, printed by The Roundwood Press, 1987, many illustrations, plain paper wrappings with decorative dust jacket, contained within green cloth slipcase, 4to, limited edition 187/1000Whistler (Laurence). Pictures on Glass..., signed by the author, Ipswich: The Cupid Press, 1972, black and white frontispiece, black and white illustrations, letter from the author loosely inserted, original black cloth gilt, contained within matching slipcase, 8vo, limited edition 458/1400 QTY: (4)

Waugh (Evelyn). The Holy Places, limited edition, London: Queen Anne Press, 1952, wood-engravings by Reynold Stone, original publisher's red buckram gilt, dust jacket, margins spotted, spine toned, 8vo, 482 of 950 copies, together with:Ninety-Two Days, 1st edition, London: Duckworth, 1934, folding map, 24 black and white illustrations, publisher's advertisement leaf at end, original publisher's blue cloth gilt, lightly rubbed, 8vo, plusLabels, 1st edition London: Duckworth, 1930, frontispiece, 5 black and white illustrations after photographs, ownership blindstamp at head of front free endpaper, original publisher's blue cloth gilt, spine somewhat faded, 8vo, withRobbery Under The Law, The Mexican Object Lesson, 1st edition, London: Chapman and Hall, 1939, original publisher's blue cloth gilt, upper panel and front flap of dust jacket only, 8vo, with 6 other first edition works in dust jacket, one by Waugh, five by William GoldingQTY: (10)

Mantel (Hilary). Wolf Hall, limited issue, 11th printing, London: Fourth Estate, 2009, original contrasting cloth, publisher's shrinkwrap, 8vo, one of 1000 signed limited editions, together with Bringing Up the Bodies, 1st edition, London: Fourth Estate, 2012, original cloth, dust jacket, 8vo, signed to title and dated 18 May 2012 QTY: (2)

AR * Shepard (Ernest Howard, 1879-1976), 'Ratty and Mole', [1959], fine pencil, ink and watercolour with body colour on off-white wove paper, signed lower left, 26.5 x 18.5 cm, framed and glazed with photocopies of Shepard’s manuscript labels to picture verso pasted to back of frameQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Acquired by the vendors’ parents directly from the artist at an exhibition of his own work in Haslemere, Surrey, 29 May – 12 June 1965. Framed and mounted for the exhibition the picture was priced at 15 guineas.Shepard’s line drawings were first used to illustrate a new Methuen edition of Wind in the Willows in 1931. In 1959 Methuen published a new Shepard edition with an additional eight colour plates from watercolours by the artist.This watercolour of Ratty and Mole in a rowing boat by the reeds in the near foreground and Otter and his young son Portly on the far side of the river. The scene is described in Chapter 7, ‘The Piper at the Gates’, when Mole and Rat reunite the missing Portly with his father.‘They watched the little animal as he waddled along the path contentedly and with importance; watched him till they saw his muzzle suddenly lift and his waddle break into a clumsy amble as he quickened his pace with shrill whines and wriggles of recognition. Looking up the river, they could see Otter start up, tense and rigid, from out of the shallows where he crouched in dumb patience, and could hear his amazed and joyous bark as he bounded up through the osiers on to the path. Then the Mole, with a strong pull on one oar, swung the boat round and let the full stream bear them down again whither it would, their quest now happily ended.’The picture was also used as a full-bleed design for the upper panel of the dust jacket of the first edition in 1959, but later replaced with a design featuring all four of the book’s major characters and title lettering. The original watercolour of this latter design, which Shepard described as the cover design in his inventory for the Haslemere exhibition, was sold by Sotheby’s, London, 10 December 2019, lot 252. In the reed bed at the lower edge of the drawing Shepard has added a hand-painted roughly torn strip of paper that sits raised above the lower edge to give extra depth to the picture. This overlaid strip is original and intentional and is clearly visible in the reproductions.This 'trompe l'oeil' paper strip is an integral part of Shepard’s original drawing and is clearly visible in the reproductions.

Galbraith (Robert, i.e. J. K. Rowling). The Cuckoo's Calling, 1st edition, signed, London: Sphere, 2013, signed by the author to title, authentification hologram to half-title verso, original publisher's dark blue cloth gilt, dust jacket, 8vo, with accompanying Harrogate International Festivals event ticket loosely inserted, together with:The Silkworm, 1st edition, signed, London: Sphere, 2014, signed by the author to title ( with authentification hologram to head of title), original publisher's black cloth, dust jacket, 8vo, withCareer of Evil, 1st edition, signed, London: Sphere, 2015, signed by the author to title, original publisher's black cloth gilt, dust jacket, 8voQTY: (3)NOTE:All books are signed by the author as Robert Galbraith.

Gibbons (Stella, 1902-1989). Cold Comfort Farm, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1932, a little spotting, author's black ink signature dated 'October 31 1932' to front free endpaper with pencil ownership signature of 'M. Scott Johnston, 1932' above, original blue cloth lettered in white, slightly rubbed and faded on spine and at edges, original dust jacket, rubbed, some spotting and soiling, closed horizontal tear to spine and slightly nicked at extremities, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:The owner and presumably dedicatee of this copy was probably the novelist Marjorie Scott Johnston who published three novels between 1938 and 1941: The Mountain Speaks, Pilgrim and the Phoenix and The Ghost in Galoshes.Uncommon in the dust jacket, even more so signed.Please note that in addition to the faults noted the jacket is cleanly split and separated along the lower joints.

Warner (Sylvia Townsend). Time Importuned, 1st edition, London: Chatto & Windus, 1928, light partial offsetting from flaps to endpapers, original boards, dust jacket, spine a little faded, 8vo, together with Smith (Stevie). Harold's Leap, 1st edition, London: Chapman & Hall, 1950, illustrations by the author, a little light marginal toning, original cloth, dust jacket, spine toned and a little rubbed at ends, 8vo, plus Spark (Muriel). The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, 1st edition, London: Macmillan & Co., 1961, previous owner signature, original cloth, dust jacket, edges slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with other 1st editions including Dread Dwelling, by Richmal Crompton, 1st US edition, New York, 1926, Sylvia Townsend Warner's Mr. Fortune's Maggot, 1927, The Salutation, 1932, After the Death of of Don Juan, 1st US edition, 1939, T. H. White. A Biography, 1967 (2 copies), Urania, by Ruth Pitter, 1950, Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont, by Elizabeth Taylor, 1971, Crossing the Water, 1971, and Winter Trees, 1971, both by Sylvia PlathQTY: (28)

Hawking (Stephen). A Brief History of Time. From the Big Bang to Black Holes, 1st edition, London: Bantam Press, 1988, original cloth, dust jacket, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:A fine copy.

Eliot (T. S.). Four Quartets, 1st edition, in book form, London: Faber & Faber, 1944, original cloth in dustwrapper, spine toned, small chips and tears, 8vo, together with Poems Written in Early Youth, 1st edition, London: Faber & Faber, 1947, previous owner signature, original cloth, dust jacket, slight fading to spine, a couple of short closed tears, 8vo, plus Notes Towards the Definition of Culture,1st edition, London: Faber & Faber, 1948, light offsetting to endpapers, original cloth, spine a little faded, dust jacket, spine toned, a few chips and tears, 8vo, plus others by the author including For Lancelot Andrewes, 1st edition, 1928, Homage to John Dryden, 2nd impression, 1927, Anabasis, a poem by St.-J. Perse, translated by T. S. Eliot, 1930, and Ash Wednesday, 1st trade edition, 1930QTY: (27)

Maugham (W. Somerset). The Book Bag, The Lugano Series No. 9, Florence: G. Orioli, 1932, signed by the author at foot of photogravure frontispiece, additionally inscribed by the author to Arthur Jeffress 'For Arthur, his friend, his ancient friend, Willie', with Jeffress' bookplate to front pastedown, uncut, original cloth-backed blue boards, dust jacket, lightly rubbed and marked, 8vo, together with:Ashenden, 1st edition, London: William Heinemann, 1928, small bookseller's ticket at foot of front pastedown, original blue cloth gilt, rubbed, 8vo, plusHaggard (H. Rider). Allan Quartermain, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1887, frontispiece, black and white illustrations, upper hinge cracked, original black cloth gilt, spine faded, lightly rubbed, 8vo, plusDickens (Charles). Master Humphrey's Clock, 3 volumes, 1st edition, London: Chapman and Hall, 1840, engraved frontispiece and illustrations, contemporary green half calf gilt, some wear and scuffing, tall 8vo, with 8 other works including a first edition of Dennis Wheatley's Come into my Parlour (inscribed and in dust jacket) and a first edition of H. G. Well's A Modern UtopiaQTY: (14)NOTE:The first work inscribed to Art Dealer and 'Bright Young Thing' Arthur Jeffress.

* Dickey (James Lafayette, 1923-1997). Deliverance, 1st UK edition, London: Hamish Hamilton, 1970, some old sellotape adhesion remains to endpapers and foremargins of dust jacket flaps, original cloth in dust jacket, a little rubbed and small nick at foot of upper joint, 8vo, together with a Typed Letter Signed from James Dickey, 4620 Lelia's Court, Columbia, 2 November 1970, to Anthony Rossiter, thanking him for his letter and continuing, '... I have very rarely been in Columbia at all, what with the hullabaloo appending Deliverance', the trip to London for the British publication, the negotiations with film people, and the rest. I hope by now that you have read Deliverance, and have found something in it for you. Please understand how very much moved I am by your congratulatory statement. I doubt that I will ever write another novel - though I might, even so - and so it is doubly important for people whom I esteem, as I do you, to like the book, and even more important that they should be so kind as to write and tell me so. I won't go on and on in this immoderate vein, but will just close on thanks, once more... ', telling that he is going to choose another Rossiter picture to buy but only after 'a lot of work to which I am already committed, both myself, by Warner Brothers out in Hollywood, and by other Agencies over which I have little or no control', old sellotape stains, mostly to margins, one page, 4to, together with a group of 8 further Typed Letters Signed, ‘Jim’, from Dickey to Rossiter, 1969-73, as a friend and fan/collector of Rossiter’s art, praising The Pendulum in one and saying that he is re-reading The Golden Chain for the second time in another, ‘and think it’s just terrific’ and wondering if the painting on the front, ‘Conflagration of Cornstooks’ is available to buy, and in one letter referring to Deliverance once more, ‘… thanks for the things you are kind enough to say about Deliverance, both the novel and the film. Yes; the English reviews have been very good, and a great deal more perceptive than the American ones, good or otherwise, and this is all very gratifying’, a total of 7 pages, 4to, with the accompanying envelopes, and two carbon copies of letters from Rossiter to DickeyQTY: (12)NOTE:Provenance: From the family, by direct descent. For further information please see https://www.anthonyrossiter.co.ukThe American poet and novelist James Dickey adapted his novel Deliverance for the eponymous film, released in 1972. Directed by John Boorman it starred Jon Voigt and Burt Reynolds. Critically acclaimed, the film earned three Academy Award nominations. In 2005, the novel itself was included on Time magazine's list of the 100 best English-language novels written since 1923.

Galbraith (Robert, i.e. J. K. Rowling). The Silkworm, 1st edition, signed, London: Sphere, 2014, signed by the author to title (with authenticity hologram at head), original black cloth lettered in silver, dust jacket, publisher's wraparound, 8vo, together with:Rowling (J. K.). Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, 1st paperback edition, London: Bloomsbury, 1999, original pictorial paper wrappers, spine lightly faded, 8vo, plusFleming (Ian). Goldfinger, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1959, ink ownership inscription to final text leaf, small library stamp to head of half-title, some loss to outer blank margin of rear free endpaper, original pictorial cloth gilt, faint tape residue to head and tail of covers, lightly rubbed and marked, 8vo, together with the Lord of the Rings trilogy (later impressions without dust jackets), a first US editon of Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and 11 othersQTY: (18)

Tolkien (J. R. R.). The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, 1st edition, 2nd impression, 1955; The Return of the King, 1st edition, 2nd impression, November 1955, folding map at rear of each, light toning to Return of the King rear endpaper, top edge red, original cloth gilt (Return of the King spine faded, Two Towers faded at head), dust jackets, Two Towers spine toned and torn (torn strip mostly retained), Return of the King jacket torn into 3 pieces, spine toned and rubbed with chips and tears, 8voQTY: (2)

Disney (Walt, 1901-1966). “Sketch Book” [of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs], London and Glasgow: William Collins Sons & Co., 1938, 12 tipped-in colour plates, black and white illustrations, boldly signed by Walt Disney in blue ink, ‘Walt Disney / [19]38’, on the front preliminary page which depicts the Seven Dwarfs marching toward their cottage, some minor spotting and soiling, original coarse-grain cloth in unclipped dust jacket, red pencil number ‘24’ at head of inner flap, a little rubbed and soiled, 4toQTY: (1)

Johns (W. E.). Worrals on the War-Path, 1st Canadian Edition, Toronto: The Musson Book Company, 1944, colour frontispiece, black and white illustrations, a few spots, original beige cloth lettered in red, dust jacket, chipped and frayed to extremities with occasional loss, 8vo, together with:Worrals Carries On, 1st Canadian Edition, Toronto: The Musson Book Company, 1945, colour frontispiece, black and white illustrations, original beige cloth lettered in red, dust jacket, extremities rubbed, 8vo, withWorrals Goes East, 1st Canadian Edition, Toronto: The Musson Book Company, 1946, colour frontispiece, black and white illustrations, original beige cloth lettered in red, dust jacket, lightly rubbed, 8vo, plusWorrals of the Islands, 1st Canadian Edition, Toronto: The Musson Book Company, 1947, colour frontispiece, black and white illustrations, original beige cloth lettered in red, dust jacket, small tape residue to foot of flaps, fraying to spine extremities with small loss, 8vo, with 45 other Worrals titles in dust jacketsQTY: (49)

Orwell (George). Nineteen Eighty-Four, 1st edition, London: Secker & Warburg, 1949, original publisher's green cloth, spine lettered in red, dust jacket (green variant), small closed tear to head of upper panel, extremities very lightly frayed and rubbed with occasional minor loss, spine lightly chafed with small crease mark at head, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Fenwick A12a.An excellent, unrestored copy. Rare in such bright condition.

Johns (W.E). Biggles in Spain, 1st edition, London: Oxford University Press, 1939, colour frontispiece, 6 black and white illustrations, top edge red, original red pictorial cloth, dust jacket, priced 3/6 to front flap, spine extremities rubbed with loss to head affecting 'Biggles' in title, some further minor fraying and loss to foot of spine, 8voQTY: (1)

Johns (W. E.). Biggles Flies South, London: Oxford University Press, 1941, colour frontispiece, black and white illustrations, ownership inscription and stamp to front free endpaper, original beige cloth, dust jacket, spine chipped with small loss, 8vo, together with:Biggles, Air Commodore, London: Oxford University Press, 1940, colour frontispiece, 7 black and white illustrations, original blue pictorial cloth, dust jacket, frayed with small loss, loss to head of front panel affecting title, 8vo, withBiggles Flies West, London: Oxford University Press, 1937, colour frontispiece, black and white illustrations, original pictorial blue cloth, dust jacket (price-clipped), some loss to head of spine affecting title (restored), 8vo, withBiggles Flies South, London: Oxford University Press, 1941, colour frontispiece, black and white illustrations, original pictorial blue cloth gilt, dust jacket, tape residue to flaps, spine chipped with some loss (affecting title at head), 8vo, with 46 other Biggles titles in dust jacketsQTY: (50)