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Interesting Collection of Military Books, Some Rare, Mainly on the Hampshire Regiment. Includes History of the First Volunteer Battalion Hampshire Regiment 1859-1889, Colonel T.Sturmy Cave (a little shaken), 2/4 Battalion Hampshire Regiment 1914-1919, 1st Edition, Victoria College Jersey, The Second Book of Remembrance, Being the record of those who gave their lives in the Second World War, 1939-45, A.H.Worrall, published in Jersey. Also Regimental History The Royal Hampshire Regiment Volume 2 1914-1918, Atkinson, 1st Edition & Regimental Record of the 24th Middlesex Post Office Volunteers from 1868 to 1896, 1st Edition 1868, folding photographs modestly repaired, Soldiers Died Part 41 The Hampshire Regiment,Some Account of the 10th and 12th Battalions The Hampshire Regiment 1914-1918 1st Edition 1930 Major Cowland, 14 issues of the 1st Vol. Batt. Hants Regt. Gazette from 1893,1894, 1895 & 1897, 1st Battalion The Hampshire Regiment, photographic study 1913, Records of the Infantry Militia Battalions of the County of Southampton 1757-1894 Colonel Lloyd-Verney, 1894, Lancing Roll of Honour, Bowley &Standing Orders Hampshire Carabiniers 1905, Brighton College War Record 1914-1919, & History of the Scottish Women's Hospitals, Eva McLaren, 1919,. (Quantity, viewing recommended)

Precis Historique de la Bataille Livree le 10 Avril 1814 sous les murs de Toulouse entre L'Armee Francaise et Les Armes Combines, Anglaise, Espagnole et Portugaise by Louis du Mege and Signed by him on title page, Published Toulouse chez Benichet Cadet, Imprimeur Libraire, rue de la Pomme, no 139.. c. 1815. 208pp., folding hand coloured maps and plans. Book rebound in quarter leather, gilt, with new endpapers, slight hint of old worming to endpapers and lower margin of last few pages, overall Good example of a very rare book

Memoire Justificatif de M.Le Marechal Soult.. Paris Libraire Palais-Royal 1815. 1st Edition 30pp., light blue paper covers with title in faded blue pencil. Very rare justification of failures at Toulouse and very rare. Some foxing, with bound extract from 1838 Quarterly review providing a precis and review of a book on Soult by General Juchereau (2)

RARE LENCI 'NELLA' ART DECO FIGURE modelled by Helen Konig Scavini, as a lady seated on a bench with a book by her side. With a small frog perched on the top of the back, fingers missing from one hand and small chips in places. Marked to the base, Lenci, Made in Italy, Torino, 22.11.32 and star mark, also signed Lenci on the back of the bench. 23.5cms high

ORWELL, George, Down and Out in Paris and London. 1st edition 1933. Orwell's rare first book and one of only 1500 copiesCondition report: Small splits in cloth between front cover and spine. Gutter exposed at title page but generally fairly firm. Scattered fingering. Remains of label stub to rear pastedown, perhaps indicating book was once from a circulating library

Peter Lik (Nevada/Australia B. 1959) "Bedarra" Rare large limited edition photograph of the lagoon near where the artist resides. Signed and numbered (29/950) lower right. Comes with certificate of authenticity along with Coffee table book about the artist. Image Size: 19 x 58 in. Overall Framed Size: 35 x 74 in. Framed behind glass.

Apollo 14 Moonwalker Dr Ed Mitchell signed 12 x 12 inch b/w space book page showing Ed on the moon with rare inscription plus signed First Day cover. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

Rare 18th century Delft Fayence butter pot with stadtholder Willem IV and his wife. Together with a book in which the butter pot is depicted. Lid is missing + glued. Dimensions: 9 x 19 x Ø 12.5 cm. In reasonable condition.

Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) A Bibliography of the Books issued by Hacon & Ricketts, one of 250 copies on paper, printed in red and black, wood-engraved frontispiece by Charles Ricketts after C.H.Shannon and decorative border, light foxing, Charles Home McCall's copy with 2 A.Pcs. (one signed) concerning a catalogue of Whistler's Nocturnes printed by the Ballantyne press loosely inserted, original cloth-backed boards, paper labels to upper cover and spine, spine label chipped, 1904 § Wordsworth (William) Poems..., one of 310 copies, wood-engraved illustrations by T.Sturge Moore, a few pencil markings, original white buckram, soiled, 1902 § Suckling (Sir John) The Poems, edited by John Gray, one of 310 copies, wood-engraved border and initials by Charles Ricketts, original patterned-paper boards, 1896, uncut, all a little rubbed, [Watry B46, B37 & B3], 8vo, printed at the Ballantyne Press [for the Vale Press] (3)⁂ Charles Home McCall was the son of Charles McCall, the manager and printer of the Ballantyne Press and an important influence and guide to Charles Ricketts. Charles Home McCall joined his father at the press in 1893. At the end of the introduction to the bibliography Ricketts pays tribute to the McCalls: "My books would not have achieved that measure of technical success in 'build' and presswork had I not benefitted by the untiring energy and the intelligent sympathy of Mr. Charles McCall and of his son, C.Home McCall...". pp.xvii-xviii.Charles Home McCall's notes on the Whistler catalogue in the first mentioned list the various editions printed. Obviously the notes were originally placed inside a copy of the book: "This is the very rare first edition of the Catalogue..." which consisted of 250 copies but was destroyed "because Whistler was dissatisfied". An additional note in red ink by McCall's son Robin states that, "The Catalogue to which this refers was never found in C.H.Mc's papers...".

Velvet Underground (The).- Leigh (Michael) The Velvet Underground, first edition, light browning to text, original stiff pictorial wrappers, light creasing to spine, light toning to spine and covers, 8vo, New York, 1963.⁂ Rare. The book from which Lou Reed took the name for The Velvet Underground, the band that more than any other typified New York in the 60s and early 70s. The book is rather moralistic exposé of sex parties and other risqué sex practices. It was allegedly discovered lying in the street by Reed's friend Tony Conrad who then showed it to the group who until then had been known as either the Warlocks or the Falling Spikes.

* Grimaud (B.P.). Livre du Destin/Book of Fate, Paris: Chartier-Marteau & Boudin, circa 1900, 32 hand-coloured engraved pictorial playing cards, French suits, each with a miniature standard playing card top left, and captioned in French and English to lower margin below image, maker's name and place of publication lower left and right respectively, dust-soiled, various small annotations to cards, mostly in pencil, but 1 or 2 in ink, rounded corners, 107 x 70mm, mounted and framed in 2 matching frames (i.e. 16 cards in each frame), together with a blank mounted and framed card bearing early annotations relating to the deckQty: (3)Footnote: Wowk, p.143: "Another beautiful pack was made by B.P. Grimaud c.1890 called 'The Book of Fate'. Most of the cards have a well-executed illustration and an English and French interpretation underneath". This rare fortune-telling deck depicts mainly figures, wearing the costume of the 1830s, such as a young gentleman in a shop, captioned 'A Merchant', a young man bearing a basket of flowers, captioned 'A Gift or Surprise', a pregnant lady, titled 'With Child', and a woman with a besom, titled 'Gossips'. There are a few cards, however, depicting objects or scenes, such as a hound carrying a missive in its mouth, captioned 'Love Letter' and a starlit landscape with ruins and an owl, titled 'Prudence or Night'.

Blome (Richard). Armoriall Cards, [1675], calligraphic title in black and red 'Heraldic Cards Ric Blome Temp Car II', fifty-two engraved playing cards, approximately 94 x 63mm (3 3/4 x 2 1/2ins), mounted singly on rectos, some printed rule trim lines present, occasional light rubbing and toning, the four of clubs with two words crossed through and amended in early manuscript, several blank leaves at rear, photocopy of title card loosely inserted, marbled endpapers, hinges split, armorial bookplate on front pastedown, all edges gilt, mid-19th century gilt-panelled tan morocco, extremities slightly rubbed, rebacked preserving original spine, 4toQty: (1)Footnote: Hargrave, pp.173/4; Mann, Collecting Playing Cards, p.131/2; Wowk, pp.97/8. Rare pack of playing cards issued by Richard Blome in 1675, giving instruction in the art of heraldry. At the top of each card is a shield giving an example of a particular aspect of heraldry, with description below. The suit of hearts has the armorial bearings of different ranks, from the king to a squire, whilst the other suits are given to the depiction of the various charges used in heraldry. For example the queen of hearts displays 'Beasts, or four-footed Animals', the four of diamonds shows 'Monsters', the ace of diamonds shows 'The Parts of Mans Body', and the king of diamonds displays 'The severall wayes of beareing of Lyons'. In 1685 Blome issued a book titled The Art of Heraldry using many of the illlustrations which appear on the cards.

Barrie (J.M.) Peter Pan's Play Book, Oxford: Humphrey Milford, OUP, [1929], 24 colour illustrations, including title, each with 2 line text beginning with a letter of the alphabet, bound concertina-style, slight soiling to title and illustration for 'M', original green cloth sidings, slightly rubbed, 4toQty: (1)Footnote: Very rare. No copies recorded at auction.

Potter (Beatrix). The Tailor of Gloucester, 1st privately printed edition, [Strangeways], December 1902, colour frontispiece and fifteen colour plates, plain endpapers, original pink boards, upper cover with printed lettering and vignette of three mice sewing, rounded spine, very light discolouration to covers (generally in excellent condition), very light associated spotting to endpapers,16moQty: (1)Footnote: Provenance: Purchased from Henry Sotheran on 29 March 2000 (original invoice included). Linder p. 420; Quinby 3. Rare. Only 500 copies were printed. The story of the Tailor of Gloucester was first told in a letter from Beatrix to Freda Moore, daughter of her former governess, Annie Carter. Although Frederick Warne had taken up Beatrix's 'Bunny Book', as they referred to 'Peter Rabbit', and published it in October 1902, the author felt that they might not wish to publish a second book so soon, or that they might want to alter it too much. So she returned to Strangeways, the original printers of 'Peter Rabbit', and herself paid for a private edition of 500 copies to be printed. The book differs considerably in both text and illustration from Warne's later edition of 1903. Of all her books 'The Tailor of Gloucester' remained Beatrix Potter's own favourite. The text of this privately printed edition is substantially longer than in the published edition, as Frederick Warne insisted on cuts to the text. 'Evidently, with some regret, Beatrix Potter crossed through the eight or nine pages of text where she had described in detail how Simpkin wandered through the streets of Gloucester on the night of Christmas Eve, where all the animals were talking, and the carol singers were singing. This is the part of the story which contains the majority of her rhymes and verses - but Warnes had asked for 'cuts'!' (Linder, A History of the Writings of Beatrix Potter, (1971), page 117).

Rowling (J.K.). Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows, 1st edition, London: Bloomsbury, 2007, signed by the author to title page, original publisher's binding, dust jacket, 8vo with Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows Part 2 Film World Premiere ticket includedQty: (2)Footnote: A signed copy of the final Harry Potter Book, in fine condition. With a rare example of the ticket issued to fans for the world premiere of the final Harry Potter film in London on 7th July 2011.

Elgar (Edward & others). The Music Of Poets: A Musicians’ Birthday Book, by Eleonore D’Esterre-Keeling, 2nd revised edition, Walter Scott Ltd, 1897, signed by a large number of musicians in the spaces printed for their birthdays, occasional spotting, original red cloth with stamped Art Nouveau design of a musician with a lyre, some wear and spine attached at lower joints only, 4toQty: (1)Footnote: The notable signatories are: Composers: Sir Edward Elgar, Edgar Bainton, Percy Kahn, William G James. Singers: Dame Nellie Melba, Ben Davies, John Coates, R Kennerley Rumford, Dame Clara Butt, Luisa Tetrazzini, Florence Austral, Elsa Stralia, Frank Mullings, Rosina Buckman, Dorothy Silk, Graziella Pareto, Phyllis Lett, Florence Taylor, Edna Thornton, Agnes Nicholls Harty. Pianists: Vladimir De Pachmann, Fanny Davies, Claudio Arrau (extremely rare early example signed when only 17), Adela Verne, Victor Marmont, Ivor Newton, Irene Scharrar. Violinists: Marie Hall, Jan Kubelik, Vivien Chartres, Henri Verbrugghen, Milan Yovanovitch Bratza, Daniel Melsa, Hortense Paulsen, C Rawden Briggs, Jenny Cullen. Violist: Simon Speelman. Cellists: Carl Fuchs, Joseph Hollman, James Messeas. Conductor: Landon Ronald.

Rolex. A fine and rare 18K gold automatic calendar bracelet watch with diamond set bloodstone dialModel: Day-DateReference: 18238Date: Circa 1990Movement: 31-jewel Cal.3155 automatic, adjusted to 5 positions and temperature, No.5599552Dial: Green bloodstone, diamond set hour markers, gilt outer minute track, magnified date aperture at 3, day aperture at 12, gilt baton hands with luminous inserts, centre secondsCase: Brushed and polished tonneau form, screw down back and Oyster crown, fluted bezel, No.E296135Strap/Bracelet: Fitted 18K gold 8385 Oyster link, end links stamped 55BBuckle/Clasp: Signed folding clasp, stamped 012Signed: Case, dial & movement Size: 36mm Accompaniments: Rolex box, outer card (AF), swing tags, note book with spare insert, brochureFootnotes:A variety of Chalcedony, bloodstone is also known as heliotrope. The body colour of the stone is a deep green with red to orange flecks caused by the presence of iron oxides. This striking combination of colours makes for a truly fantastic dial complimented by the yellow gold case on this Day Date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Landseer (John). Lectures on the art of engraving, delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807, bookplate to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, loss at head & foot of spine, worn, 8vo, together with: Bernard (Philippa & Leo and O'Neill, Angus), Antiquarian books. A companion for booksellers, librarians and collectors, Aldershot: Scolar Press, 1994, monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 8vo, Lopez-Vidriero (Maria Luisa), Great Bindings from the Spanish Royal Collections 15th-21st centuries, Madrid: El Viso, Patrimonio Nacional, [2012], numerous colour illustrations, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, 8vo, Middleton (Bernard C.), A bookbinder's miscellany, Oxford: Alan Isaac Rare Books, 2015, colour portrait frontispiece and monochrome illustrations, original cloth, 8vo (plus a duplicate of the same work), Fahey (Herbert & Peter), Finishing in hand bookbinding, a reprint in facsimile of the 1951 edition with a new introduction by Alan Isaac and forward by Maureen Duke, Oxford: Alan Isaac Rare Books with Maureen Duke, 2014, monochrome portrait frontispiece and illustrations, original cloth, slim 8vo (limited edition of 500 copies printed, plus a duplicate of the same work), McKerrow (Ronald B.), An introduction to bibliography for literary students, 2nd impression, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1928, original cloth in price-clipped dust jacket, 8vo, plus other miscellaneous books including some bibliography and book collecting reference etc.Qty: (2 cartons)

Rare GDH Guildford Doll's Hospital Tri-ang Railways and Hornby Railway Illustraded open out Price List, in black and green print on white glossy paper with Tri-ang, Hornby-Dublo, Dublo Dinky, Airfix, Merit and Peco prices with illustrations of Tri-ang stock and photo of the shop, VG, together with Hornby-Dublo 1959 Book of Trains and 2nd Edition, both VG (3)

Theodor Brand, publisher - The Speaking Picture-Book for the Amusement of Children by Image, Verse and Sound, with linen hinged card leaves, lithographed text and eight whole page chromolitho illustrations and pictorial endpaper inscribed A New Picture book with characteristical voices Patented, gilt fore edge with nine 'voice box' pull strings, fret carved wood gilt leaf top and bottom edges, original mushroom grey cloth tooled in black and lettered in gilt, in original rustic carved and stained wood book box with pictorial label as endpaper, the  pastedowns with description and A German Edition is also appearing, 35 x27.5mm Rare in this excellent preservation. All the sounds working smoothly, practically no signs of wear, all the appearances of an unwanted gift. Exterior of the wooden box and particularly scuffed and scratched

CHIDREN'S BOOKS, a collection of classic titles, and rare editions of lesser-known works to include The Second Jungle Book, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Beatrix Potter titles, Owd Bob, The Greengage Summer, Rufty Tufty, Ladybird titles and early comics

 This car was purchased by our vendor in March 2021 after having spent many years in two private collections and was not previously in the Jaguar Daimler Heritage trust as previously stated.   A lovely example of Daimler's exclusive and expensive V12 flagship. Supplied new in October 1992 by Creamer & Sons, Kensington to Associated NewspapersUntil March 2021, this 5.3-litre, HE V12 engined car formed part of the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust collection as an exceptional example of the model45,585 miles indicated and superbly presented in Windsor Blue with a Saville Grey leather interiorFactory-fitted steel sunroof and Daimler contoured seats front and rearRecent complete service with all fluids flushed and replaced. New tyres to OEM specificationsOriginal handbook and stamped service book with brand new workshop manualCarefully prepared and nicely detailed by our fastidious vendor, this is a very desirable example of a rare modelSpecificationMake: DAIMLERModel: DAIMLER DOUBLE-SIX V12 SERIES 3Year: 1992Chassis Number: SAJDDALW3CM486795Registration Number: TBATransmission: AutomaticEngine Number: 7P067480SGDrive Side: Right-hand DriveOdometer Reading: 46560 MilesMake: RHDInterior Colour: Saville Grey

1965 1275S converted for Hill Climbs or Sprints and with the same owner for the last 30 years. This Mini Cooper is a genuine C-A2S7 example with the very rare option of a single fuel tank as detailed on the heritage certificate.An original C-A2S7 car with its Buff Log Book, Heritage Certificate and current V5Owned by our custodian for an incredible 30 years and only 4 previous keepersOriginally built to FIA HSCC 'Class D' and did a short spell on the Rally CircuitRunning a correct Cooper S engine with a 46 IDA carburettor fitted to a period Derrington inlet manifold, straight-cut gearbox with LSD, 'Works' Girling alloy brakes and period Minilite alloy wheelsRan three times at Chateau Impney and won the 2018 "1966 Class" and the 'fastest saloon overall'Lots of potential to return to top form and have some funSpecificationMake: AUSTINModel: MINI COOPER SYear: 1965Chassis Number: CA2S7675272Registration Number: DYN 489CTransmission: ManualEngine Number: 9F.SA.735278Drive Side: Right-hand DriveMake: RHD

Land Rover Defender 90 'G4 Limited Edition' in rare Borrego Yellow. The 'G4 Challenge Expedition' was launched as "Expedition ready"It was designed to celebrate the success of the inaugural Land Rover G4 Challenge, the ultimate global adventure spanning 4 time zones during 4 weeks of extreme sports and driving competitionsAll were supplied appropriately spec'd including A-frame protection bars, front and rear lamp guards, a front exterior roll-cage over the windscreen, 16-inch Boost alloys, black checker-plate on wing tops and sills, NAS rear step and bumper, snorkel, air-conditioning, CD player, sunroof and privacy glassPowered by the 'bomb-proof' TD 2.5-litre, 5-cylinder diesel engine with a manual gearboxFinished in  G4-specific Borrego Yellow and wearing the exclusive G4 decals96,023 miles indicated (atoc). Fresh MOT prior to the saleGood history file containing the Service Book with 10 stamps, previous MOTs, owners' manuals, an original price list, G4 Challenge membership card, and the Heritage CertificateThe appropriate registration number G4 EDN will remain with the car SpecificationMake: LAND ROVERModel: DEFENDER 90 G4 LEYear: 2002Chassis Number: SALLDVB 573A 643958Registration Number: G4 EDNTransmission: ManualEngine Number: 5P32124ADrive Side: Right-hand DriveOdometer Reading: 96023 MilesMake: RHDInterior Colour: Black

An excellent example of the blistering SL55 in a rare colour.Classically presented R230 in Capri Blue Metallic with a grey leather interiorAt launch, AMG's 493bhp, 5.4-litre supercharged V8 propelled the car to 62mph in 4.2 secondsThe theatrical folding roof never fails to impress. 5-spoke AMG alloysSupplied with a complete book pack and stamped service book. Fresh MOTMore recently, the car has benefitted from a new ABC pump, new front discs and pads, new plugs and coil packs in 2020, a new fuel pump in January, and new roof seals along with a new batteryCivilised supercar performance sprinkled with some AMG magic dust at a sensible guideSpecificationMake: MERCEDESModel: SL55 AMGYear: 2003Chassis Number: WDB2304742F036377Registration Number: LK03 THGTransmission: AutomaticDrive Side: Right-hand DriveOdometer Reading: 85000 MilesMake: RHDInterior Colour: Grey

A miniature painting on ivory of a 15th-century gentleman in a gold-painted wood decorative frame, titled ‘Lord Hastings, 1487, rare specimen’ on verso, approx 6cm x 5.5cm. BOOK A VIEWING TIME SLOT ON OUR WEBSITE FOR THIS LOT. IMPORTANT: Online bidding only. Collection by appointment via our website or arrange with Mailboxes Etc couriers ONLY. Restrictions apply to ensure social distancing.

SCOTTISH AND WORLD LITERARY INTERESTSIR WALTER SCOTT HANDWRITTEN AND SIGNED LETTER post mark date August 1825(one of three genuine Scott letters authenticated by same expert) WHICH IS A GENUINE ORIGINAL AND AUTHENTICATED BY THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SCOTLAND Aug 2012 by the Rare Book manager and research team(copy of authentication confirmation letter is included within picture gallery of catalogue)- letter completed in pen ink -Addressee and original post mark and date with original fold marks when posted- letter dimensions 25cm height x 19.5cm width approx- Condition - only slight foxing on the first three lines and middle of 1st page of the letter, and three original posting historical folds across the letter - a tear(but still intact) at the top of the 2nd page at an angle 6cm x 4cm approx- Came from a vintage suitcase full of old documents recently found in an Edinburgh loftAuctioneers comments - "I expect there to be great interest in this letter, from both collectors and museums.â€One of three separate letters which are grouped for auction in sequential lot numbersApprox 1 pieces

SCOTTISH AND WORLD LITERARY INTERESTSIR WALTER SCOTT LETTER - no date - (one of three authenticated by same expert) WHICH IS A GENUINE ORIGINAL AND AUTHENTICATED BY THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SCOTLAND Aug 2012 by the Rare Book manager and research team(copy of authentication confirmation letter is included within picture gallery of catalogue) -Autographed undated note written by Sir Walter Scott probably during his last illness to MrsScott responding to her enquiries about his health. He writes: “I have to report myself agreat deal better as I can take with Tom Purdie’s assistance a walk of a mile or two whichalways rids one of that base and degrading feeling of helplessness which attendsconfinement.†Signed Walter Scott, Abbotsford, Monday. letter completed in ink - letter dimensions 20cm height x 12.5cm width approx - this letter is believed to be one of his letters written towards the latter part of Scott’s illness.- Condition - only slight brown staining at the start of the letter, with original postal four fold marks when posted- Came from a vintage suitcase full of old documents recently found in an Edinburgh loft- Auctioneers comments - "I expect there to be a great interest in this note/letter, as it appears to be in the latter part of Scott's illness, from both collectors and museums.â€- One of three separate letters which are grouped for auction in sequential lot numbersApprox 1 pieces

SCOTTISH AND WORLD LITERARY INTERESTSIR WALTER SCOTT HANDWRITTEN AND SIGNED - see additional notes pic for letter content - four page fold-out LETTER dated 21st January 1815 and post mark date January 24th 1815 addressee Mrs Scott of Harden, Ramsgate By London(one of three genuine Scott letters authenticated by same expert) WHICH IS A GENUINE ORIGINAL AND AUTHENTICATED BY THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SCOTLAND Aug 2012 by the Rare Book manager and research team(copy of authentication confirmation letter is included within picture gallery of catalogue)- letter completed in ink -Addressee and original post mark and date with original postal fold marks when posted- double folding letter dimensions 25cm height x 19.5cm width approx each page, full letter when folded-out is 50cm x 39cm- Condition - No foxing noted - however a cut-out hole on the third page missing 5cm x 2.5cm(only two words of two lines of writings affected)and four original posting historical folds across the letter - a tear(but still intact) on the third page outer edge also at an angle 2.5cm x 3cm approx with no writings affected.- Came from a vintage suitcase full of old documents recently found in an Edinburgh loft- Auctioneers comments - "I expect there to be a great interest in this letter, from both collectors and museums.â€- One of three separate original letters which are grouped for auction in sequential lot numbers

Rare German 19th Century Childs speaking book, The Speaking Picturebook, the book with pull out knobs to make the sound of the animals on the relevant pages

LISIANSKY [or LYSIANSKYI], Yury Federovich (1773-1837). A Voyage Round the World, London, 1814, unbound. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH.LISIANSKY [or LYSIANSKYI], Yury Federovich (1773-1837).  A Voyage round the World, in the Years 1803, 5, 5, and 6; Performed, by Order of His Imperial Majesty, Alexander the First, Emperor of Russia, in the Ship Neva. London: Printed for John Booth ... and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814. 4to (288 x 225mm). 13 engraved and aquatint plates and charts, of which 10 hand-coloured and 2 folding, tables (lacks the portrait and all after p.386 [i.e. final leaf of "Appendix, No. IV], a few marginal tears without loss, some mainly marginal spotting and staining). Unbound, but stitching intact, uncut. Provenance: "William [?]Measam, Jan 1st 1843" (large calligraphic signature on front blank); "Abraham Turner. His Book presented to him by his Sister Hannah June 14th 1857 when about to sail to South Australia in the Ship Oregon" (inscription on front blank); "James and Hannah Barnett. Thare[sic] Book 1843" (further inscription in a different hand on front blank). FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH of this account of the earliest Russian circumnavigation of the world, translated by the author, and important for its descriptions of the Northwest coast of America, Alaska and Hawaii. Abbey Travel 4; Arctic Bibliography 10209; Brunet III, 14: "Cette relation doit être jointe à celle du capitaine Krusenstern"; Forbes 443; Hill 1026; Howes L372b; Kroepelien Bibliotheca Polynesia 740; Sabin 41416. RARE.

The Escape, Wanderings, and Preservation of a Hare, London, [c. 1830], wrappers. With 6 other books. (7)The Escape, Wanderings, and Preservation of a Hare. Written by Herself. London: Printed and Sold by J. & C. Evans, [c. 1830]. 12mo (140 x 89mm). Hand-coloured woodcut frontispiece and 9 hand-coloured woodcut illustrations (some light spotting and staining). Original blue printed wrappers (some staining). Provenance: Emily Agnes [?]Ledsam, St Leonards, 1847 (signature on front free endpaper). With 6 other books, namely [Carlo Edoardo Ignazio’s] Follie Religiose. Poema In Ottava Rima. Scritto in Lingua Piemontese con note Italiane dell’ Autore (“Italia”, Anno 9º Repubblicano”, [i.e. 1801], engraved frontispiece, contemporary calf-backed boards), A. Hunter’s Men and Manners: or, Concentrated Wisdom … The Fourth edition (York, 1809, contemporary calf), Tom Thumb; a Burletta, altered from Henry Fielding. By Kane O’Hara. With Designs by George Cruikshank (London, 1830, original wrappers), Peter Jeremie’s An Essay on the Real Property in Guernsey, and Commentary on the Present Laws of Inheritance and Wills (Guernsey, Published by Henry Redstone, 1841, cloth boards), May Probyn’s Who Killed Cock Robin? … (Being the story which took the second prize in the £100 competition.) ([London, 1880], contemporary green half morocco, RARE) and a printed mid-19th-century French “Commonplace” book with engravings, in an unusual binding of yellow boards and a matching yellow slipcase. The lot sold not subject to return. (7) 

HAMILTON, Patrick (1904-62). Impromptu in Moribundia, London, 1939, original cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION. With another book by the same author. (2)HAMILTON, Patrick (1904-62).  Impromptu in Moribundia. London: Constable and Co. Ltd., 1939. 8vo (187 x 120mm). half title. Original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt (some light dampstaining to upper cover), dust-jacket with price of 7/6 unclipped (short tear to lower wrapper, some fraying and light rubbing to extremities). FIRST EDITION of the author's rare dystopian novel in which "contemporary aspirations have become realities ... [It is] a biting satire on the dubious and far from disinterested idealism that is to be found to-day in all sorts of different spheres. In commerce and advertising it proclaims its presence only too blatantly, but contemporary philosophy, science, literature, patriotism and economics are none of them wholly free from its taint, and each is given its little place in this witty impromptu upon as really clever theme" (from the turn-in). With the same author's The Slaves of Solitude (London, 1947, original blue cloth, dust-jacket, FIRST EDITION). (2)

WELLS, H. G. (1866-1946). The Time Machine [in:] The New Review, London, 1895, Chapters XIII-XV, wrappers. With 6 other books. (7)WELLS, H. G. (1866-1946). The Time Machine [In:] The New Review. Edited by W. E. Henley. London: William Heinemann, May 1895. No. 72. Large 8vo (247 x 170mm). Containing The Time Machine, chapters XIII-XV (only) on [pp. 576]-588. Original wrappers printed in red and black (backstrip tatty, some light staining). FIRST EDITION, preceding the first appearance in book form later in the same year. cf. Bleiler Science Fiction 2325; Wells Society 4. RARE. With 6 other books including the same author's The War in the Air and particularly how Mr. Bert Smallways Fared while it Lasted (London, 1908, original red cloth with illustration mounted on upper cover, worn, FIRST EDITION, second state), Mind at the End of its Tether (London, 1945, original red cloth, dust-jacket, FIRST EDITION of the author's last book), Jules Verne's Le Docteur Ox ... Le Tour du Monde en Quatre-Vingts Jours (Paris, J. Hetzel, 1874, original or contemporary morocco-backed cloth), Frederick Treves' The Elephant Man and Other Reminiscences (London, 1923, reprinted October 1923, original cloth) and Arthur C. Clarke's Islands in the Sky (London, [1952], original cloth, dust-jacket, FIRST U.K. EDITION). The lot sold not subject to return. (7)

[BELOT, Louis Marc Adolphe (1829-90)]. Les Péchés de Minette, Montréal [?but Paris], [c. 1902], black crushed morocco gilt.[BELOT, Louis Marc Adolphe (1829-90), attributed]. Les Péchés de Minette. Par l' Auteur de La Passion de Gilberte. Montréal [?but Paris]: G. Lebaucher [?but Malakoff], [c. 1902]. Small 8vo (162 x 100mm). Half title, small woodcut device on title, headpieces (a few spots). [?]Early 19th-century [i.e. possibly pre-dating the book] or very convincing contemporary old-style black morocco gilt, the covers with gilt foliate cornerpieces and central spray, the spine elaborately decorated in gilt, gilt edges, [?]original plain blue wrappers bound in (rebacked, preserving original spine, extremities lightly rubbed). [?]Second edition of this rare French pornographic novel. The British Library has two copies of the work, one printed in Paris in 1900 and a copy of the present "Montréal" edition to which it erroneously ascribes the date 1912. The Catalogue de la Maison Richard cites the first edition of 1890, while Perceau suggests that the BL copy of the present 1902 edition is wrongly dated 1912. Pia gives a lengthy description of the book and says that, according to a note in an 1894 catalogue of privately printed books, the first edition was printed some years before 1894 in an edition of just 65 copies, for private distribution; if so, it has entirely disappeared. Dutel Bibliographie des Ouvrages Érotiques 672 (stating that "G. Lebaucher" was a pseudonym of Elias Guachier, a publisher of erotic material based in Malakoff, a suburb to the south west of Paris); Pia Livres de l' Enfer 1106-1107; Perceau Enfer de la Bibliothèque nationale 154: "Le récit est amusant, très pimenté et écrit par un maître." 

PAVLOV, Ivan (1849-1936). Die Arbeit der Verdauungsdrusen, Wiesbaden, 1898, original wrappers. FIRST EDITION IN GERMAN. With another copy in half buckram. (2).PAVLOV, Ivan (1849-1936).  Die Arbeit der Verdauungsdrüsen ... Autorisierte Ubersetzung aus dem Russischen. Wiesbaden: Varlag von J. F. Bergmann, 1898. Large 8vo (257 x 175mm). Half title, illustrations, tables and diagrams (some very faint marginal staining). Original pale green printed wrappers (backstrip torn with some loss and repaired with clear adhesive tape, a few small stains, some minor fraying). Provenance: illegible old signatures on upper wrapper; from the Collection of Peter and Margarethe Braune. FIRST EDITION IN GERMAN of this highly important work on conditioned reflexes and automatic responses in dogs which had consequences not only for medicine but for political thought, sociology and psychology, and led to the "behaviourist" view that much human behaviour can be understood as a series of conditioned reflexes. This edition was the first printed in any western language and was published some four years before the first English edition; the first (Russian) edition of 1897, printed in Cyrillic, is excessively rare. "Mouth-watering is a familiar experience and may be induced without the sight or smell of food. The sounds of a table being laid for lunch in another room may induce salivation in man, and the rattle of a dish in which its food is usually served will cause similar reaction in a dog. By detailed analysis of such facts as these Pavlov made great contributions to our knowledge of the physiology of digestion in a series of lectures delivered in St Petersburg and published in the following year. The elaboration of these experiment and their extension to children demonstrated how great a proportion of human behaviour is explicable as a series of conditioned reflexes. Pavlov's results are, indeed, clearly complementary to those of Freud and many regard them as of more fundamental significance. Like Freud's, this was the work of one man and a completely new departure. Pavlov was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1905" (PMM). Garrison-Morton 1022; Horblitt 100 Books Famous in Science no. 83; Dibner Heralds no. 135; PMM 385; Waller 7257. With another copy of the same book in contemporary half buckram. (2)

Bob Dylan Box Sets, Bob Dylan - The Bootleg Series volumes 1-3, (rare and unreleased) 1961-1991, (Columbia 468086) 1991 Five L.P box set including the original book, Bob Dylan - biograph (CBS 40-66509) 1985, three cassette box set including both original booklets. These are both seemingly having had very little plays and very worthy of closer examination.

Museale, seltene gotische Marienfigur mit Betpult – VerkündigungsmadonnaHöhe der Figur: 108 cm, hinten gehöhlt. Pult: Höhe: 64 cm; Breite: 46 cm.Wohl Schwaben, Ende 15. Jahrhundert.Figur und Pult separat gearbeitet. Maria stehend, in weiß gefasstem Kleid mit breitem Gürtel unter rotem, innen blau gefasstem Mantel. Der Kopf leicht nach links geneigt, mit nachdenklichem, nach Innen gerichtetem Gesichtsausdruck. Beide Hände vorgestreckt, in feiner Schnitzqualität. Das mittelgescheitelte braune Haar, mit goldenem Band über der Stirn, fällt seitlich in lockigen Wellen über die Schultern und nach vorne herab. Das Betpult an der Vorderseite mit eingelassenem, geschnitztem gotischem Maßwerk, darunter zwei vergoldete kleine Wappen. Auf dem Pult ein offenes, geschnitztes Gebetbuch, die Seiten mit Text in Majuskeln bemalt. Erg. (insbes. Pult). (1291631)Rare gothic figure of Madonna and prayer stool in museum-quality – Annunciation Madonna Height of figure: 108 cm, hollowed at the back. Prayer stool: Height: 64 cm; Width: 46 cm.Probably Swabia, end of 15th century.Figure and prayer stool worked separately. The Virgin depicted standing, in a white dress with a wide belt under a red coat with blue lining. The front of the prayer stool with inset carved Gothic tracery, including two small gilt coats of arms. A carved prayer book on top of the desk, the pages painted with a text in capitals. Mended (especially prayer stool).

Seltene italienische gotische Heiligenfigurmit BuchHöhe: 94 cm.Mittelitalien, Anfang 15. Jahrhundert.Stein, farbig bemalt, die Malerei wohl noch weitestgehend original erhalten, mit schöner Alterspatina. In Stein gemeißelt, in aufrechter Haltung, mit enganliegendem Kleid, darüber ein durch ein Querband zusammengehaltener Mantel, der an der Vorderseite schüsselförmige Kaskadenfalten ausbildet. Eine Schuhspitze tritt unter dem Mantel hervor. Das Gesicht schlank, mit langem Nasenrücken, gerahmt von einem leicht welligen, mittelgescheitelten Haar, dem ein Perlband aufliegt. Die linke Hand hält ein Buch, der rechte, angewinkelte Unterarm fehlt. Das Buch als Attribut lässt eine Reihe von weiblichen Heiligen in Frage kommen: darunter die Heilige Katharina von Alexandrien oder Klara von Assisi. A.R. (12916226)Rare Italian Gothic figure of a Saint with bookHeight: 94 cm.Central Italy, beginning of the 15th century.Stone; polychromy probably still largely original. With beautiful, aged patina.

Colin Middleton RHA RUA MBE (1910-1983)Abstract with Toy TrainOil on board, 90 x 90cm (35½ x 35½'')Signed with monogramProvenance: : Commissioned by Noel Campbell for Morelli's icecream parlour on the Promenade, Portstewart, Co. Derry, circa early 1970s. Literature: Dickon Hall, Colin Middleton: A Study, Joga Press, 2001, full page illustration, page 79  The variety and range of Colin Middleton's work is often commented on as its most notable aspect. Closer acquaintance with it reveals a unity that carries between styles and periods, both in technique and imagery. In each painting Middleton seems to be looking forward and back. Throughout the six decades that he painted, Middleton never left his initial training as a damask designer far behind, although at times this influence is almost submerged within paintings. Middleton's move to the north coast of Northern Ireland in the late 1950s marked a sharp break in his work; he found a landscape and, through this, a manner of painting that coalesced to express the point at which he found himself as a man and as an artist. During this period, Middleton seems to have been ready to re-introduce elements of his design background into his painting. This work demonstrates the complexity of design and visual inventiveness of which Middleton was capable. The series was painted for Morelli's cafe, famous as an ice cream parlour, on the seafront in Portstewart. This was arranged by Noel Campbell, a local architect who had been instrumental in a number of commissions for murals Middleton received in the late 1960s and 1970s. It was as rare then as it is now in Northern Ireland for an artist to be thus involved in architectural projects, so this panel has an historical resonance as well as occupying a very particular place within Middleton's career. The planned location, an ice cream parlour in a holiday town, might well have influenced their bright colours and energetic exuberance, as well as a choice of imagery likely to appeal to children. There are no known photographs of the panels installed in Morelli's, or any record of how the paintings were intended to be arranged. The diverse formats suggest that the location imposed certain demands upon the artist; the square format of two of the paintings was almost ubiquitous in Middleton's work at this time, but the elongated panels are unusual. The cross-fertilisation of ideas does suggest that they were closely hung to be viewed together. One panel (lot 27) dominates by virtue of the multitude of ideas with which it seems to vibrate. A simplified rendering of what appears to be a llama or alpaca is repeated on various scales, overlapping and creating a dizzying and confused sense of spatial recession. Small panels are placed within these with simplified and angular depictions of fish, a cockerel, a dog and a cat. The latter two recall the notation of Ancient Egypt and the dog is highly reminiscent of depictions of Anubis, the Egyptian jackal headed god (the alpaca might also be read as an image of a Pharaoh dog). In fact these panels carry some overtones of the Egyptian Book of the Dead. The alpaca shape is subtly repeated in the forms of the little house, the train and the girl, all reminders of the holiday spirit. A similar fish image was used by Middleton for the sign of a fish and chip shop in an early painting of Belfast, presumably here another reminder of summer in Portstewart. Middleton's vocabulary is derived from the shapes of objects in the visible world which over decades he has pared into the most visually effective and communicative signifier capable of carrying its meaning. These panels are more than just narrative, although they seem to contain so much. It is up to the viewer to find a personal interpretation or just to enjoy their stimulating presence.  Dickon Hall

Registration No: G10 ALP Chassis No: VFAD5030500086051 MOT: December 2022One of just 68 UK-market Alpine A610sOnly four owners from new with current registered ownership since 2006Approximately 68,000 miles from newOffered with a history file including service book displaying over 20 service stampsManufactured by the Renault-owned French carmaker Alpine and was introduced in 1991 as a replacement for the outgoing Alpine GTA. Both cars used a fiberglass body on a steel backbone chassis with a rear-mounted engine, although only a few parts were interchangeable between them. Pop-up headlights, rear-engined and rear-wheel-drive layout complete the attributes for a 1990s sports car with power provided by the considerably more powerful turbocharged PRV V6, producing some 247 bhp. With just 68 UK-supplied, right-hand drive examples of the Alpine A610, they are undoubtedly a rare and desirable French sportscar worthy of closer inspection.Manufactured in 1995, this final production year example was registered new in the UK on the 14th of March 1995. Finished in Monza Red paintwork with Black leather interior upholstery, the Alpine has just three former keepers, residing in current registered custodianship since 2006. Having covered approximately 68,000 miles from new, with a documented speedometer change (a common occurrence with A610s), at 22,348 miles in April 2002. Benefitting from air-conditioning remediation work recently, the A610 is supplied with a history file comprising a stamped service book illustrating 24 stamps with many from both main dealer or Renault specialists, along with a selection of past MOTs certificates, two sets of keys, book pack and V5C document. Offered with a fresh MOT certificate with no advisories. Footnote: For more information, please contact: Paul Cheetham paul.cheetham@handh.co.uk 07538 667452

Registration No: GV52 YBKChassis No: JTDED192600049529MOT: April 202259,625 miles from new and just 2 former keepersOffered with extensive service history and service book with 14 entriesFinished in Silver complemented to a Black leather interiorA rare example and said to be in 'Excellent' orderThe first-generation Lexus IS (2001-2005) is a far better car than it is often credited. It was Toyota’s first serious attempt at offering an alternative to the established German tradition for entry-level sports sedans. It was a 3-series and C-Class competitor and in many ways, it matched if not even surpassed those vehicles in the crucial areas of driving. Like the Germans, it was rear-wheel drive, powered by six-cylinder engines and came in more than one body style. Vendor Condition Ratings:Bodywork: 'Excellent’Engine: 'Excellent’Electrical Equipment: 'Excellent’Paintwork: 'Excellent’Gearbox: 'Excellent’Interior Trim:'Excellent’ Footnote: For more information, please contact:James McWilliamjames.mcwilliam@handh.co.uk07943 584760

Natural History: A Very Rare Collection of World Seashells, by repute collected by HMS Challenger, 1872-1876, an interesting and rare to find collection outside of any institution and or museum, a large collection of various World seashells collected by the crew of H.M.S. Challenger while circumnavigating the globe between 1872-1876, housed within a period double door collectors cabinet, the doors opening to reveal eight various sized drawers with indexed individual compartments, all shells with attached data labels, including a small handwritten ledger documenting specimens in full, with locations noted, cabinet size 66.5cm by 37.5cm by 68cmWe know more about the surface of the moon than about the ocean floor. Scientists estimate that 91 percent of life under the sea hasn’t been discovered yet and more than 80 percent of the ocean has never been explored. What we do know about the ocean makes it almost more mysterious. It’s an alien landscape, complete with undersea mountain ranges and trenches deeper than Mount Everest is tall, home to a glorious nightmare carnival of weird, often glowing animals. And most of what we know has only come to light in the last 150 years, starting with the expedition of HMS Challenger. From 1872 to 1876, the 200-foot-long warship was repurposed as a floating lab for the world’s first large-scale oceanographic expedition, circumnavigating the globe and dredging up samples of never-before-seen creatures from the ocean floor. The Challenger explorers brought to light thousands of new species and revealed the oceans to be a place of startling depths and untold wonders. Scientists today still rely on the Challenger findings to study everything from seashells to climate change.Condition report: There is a 31 page documented book which states specimens and locations collected, i have added as many images as possible but unfortunately all cannot be uploaded due to file space, if required please contact me via email and i will where possible forward via email request.

The British South Africa Company’s Medal to Trooper F. L. Vogel, Salisbury Horse, formerly Assistant Secretary to Dr. L. S. Jameson and a member of Major Wilson’s heroic patrol, killed in action at Shangani River on 4 December 1893 British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Matabeleland 1893, no clasp (Troopr. F. L. Vogel, Salisbury Horse) extremely fine and a rare casualty £6,000-£8,000 --- Provenance: A. A. Upfill-Brown Collection, Buckland, Dix and Wood, 4 December 1991 (Lot 63); Dix Noonan Webb, June 2009 (Lot 888). Frank Leon Vogel was born in Auckland in October 1870, the second son of the Hon. Sir Julius Vogel, K.C.M.G., the famous early Jewish Prime Minister of New Zealand. After being educated at Charterhouse young Frank joined the London Office of the British South Africa Company in 1890. In April of the following year, however, he departed for South Africa and enlisted in the Mashonaland Mounted Police as a Trooper at Fort Tuli - he appears in a group photograph taken at Rhodes Drift on the Limpopo River in August 1891, The Men Who Made Rhodesia stating that he appears as a ‘young fellow in his early twenties, long-faced and rather sad looking, with a thin moustache. He wears a smasher hat, dark tunic and breeches, top-boots and bandolier, and holds a Martini-Henry rifle.’ Following the disbandment of his unit, Vogel joined the Survey Department at Salisbury, and subsequently became Acting Assistant-Secretary to Dr. L. S. Jameson. But with the advent of the Matabele Rebellion in 1893, he enrolled in ‘B’ Troop of the Salisbury Horse under Captain Borrow, and during the campaign served the Maxim gun attached to his Troop, under Lieutenant Llewellyn. He left Salisbury with the column, but returned alone two or three weeks afterwards on business. Rejoining his Troop two or three days after they left Fort Charter, he marched with the column, and was in all the engagements on the way to Bulawayo, serving the Maxim gun, besides volunteering for special scouting expeditions. He was one of the small party sent out in search of Captain G. Williams, and also one of the expedition on which Captain Campbell was killed, in addition to which he served the Maxim at the engagement on the Shangani River on the 25 October, and also at Imbembesi on 1 November, where he had a narrow escape, one bullet passing through his hat. Reaching Bulawayo safe and sound in early November, on the 10th he wrote his last letter to his relatives, being then evidently in high spirits, and regarding the campaign as over. He departed Bulawayo on the 14th and remained with Major Forbes throughout the patrol which ended at Shiloh; thence again, as a volunteer, he accompanied the force under Major Forbes to the Shangani River, where under Captain Borrow, he joined Major Wilson’s ill-fated patrol. Shangani River Frederick Burnham, the American scout, later Chief of Scouts under Lord Roberts, was the last man to leave the beleaguered patrol before their final stand at Shangani River. In his book Scouting on Two Continents, he describes his last meeting with Major Wilson and his officers, and the fate that befell his patrol: ‘It had now stopped raining. Captains Judd, Kirton, Fitzgerald, Greenfield and Brown gathered with us round Wilson. The first three were experienced colonials, and Wilson asked each what he thought to be the best move. Kirton, with a bitter smile, said: "There is no best move." Fitzgerald said: "We are in a hell of a fix. There is only one thing to do, cut our way out.” Judd said: "This is the end.” Picking up the threads of the grim story, we are told by Majors Forbes and Sir John Willoughby that, after crossing the river and following the king's spoor, Major Wilson and his men reached a series of scherms, or temporary encampments protected by felled bush or trees. These scherms were filled with Matabele, who, however, offered no resistance, probably because they did not know the strength of the whites, or believed them to be but the advance guard of a larger body. So the Patrol rode on till they reached the royal scherm, within which the king's wagons were dimly visible in the gathering gloom. Here a halt was called, and Lobengula summoned to surrender. The reply was an ominous rattle of arms within the reed fence, while parties of Matabele, rifle in hand, came hurrying up from the rear. With so small a force nothing could be done, and the Patrol withdrew into the bush, Captain Napier and Troopers Robertson and Mayne being sent for reinforcements. These in due time appeared in the form of Captain Borrow with eighteen mounted men. A miserable night was passed under arms in the drenching rain, and when day at length dawned, Major Wilson decided to make one more dash for the king, with the tragic result, which will not soon be forgotten in South Africa. From the start the Patrol was outnumbered, and almost as soon as the attack began, Ingram, Burnham, and Gooding had to be sent to cross the river, if that were possible, to ask for further support. That support, however, never arrived, and Burnham's first breathless remark to Major Forbes, after reaching the main body, was “I think I may say we are the sole survivors of that party.” The Shangani had risen in flood, added to which Major Forbes was himself attacked in force on the way down to the river. Either of these circumstances was enough to prevent the arrival of succour in time to save the doomed men to whom the last chance of escape was lost. To the end, however, there was no thought of surrender, no request for quarter. They resolved to show the Matabele that the white man could play a losing as well as a winning game. Taking cover behind the dead bodies of their horses, with an iron calmness they fought on for two long hours, pouring a destructive fire into their encircling foes, and coolly singling out the Indunas for their aim. One by one, however, they sank under the heavy fire from the bush, but many of the wounded continued, so the natives say, to re-load and pass their rifles to their uninjured comrades. Again and again the Matabele would issue from their cover to attempt a conclusive charge, but again and again were repulsed with a well-directed fire; upon which Wilson and his men would wake the echoes with an undismayed, defiant cheer. But at last the end came. Of the thirty-four valiant men whose hearts beat high with hope and courage as they rode behind their leader in the early dawn that morning, only one remained erect; the rest lay prone, dead or dying, upon that field of honour. The name of the one man who stood at bay against an army of Matabele will never be known; his remains could not be identified. But the natives tell that, picking up several rifles and bandoliers, this hero amongst heroes made his way to an ant-heap some twenty yards from where the rest lay stretched upon the earth. From that point of vantage he checked, single-handed, several rushes of the Matabele with a cool and deadly fire. At length, shot through the hips, he sank on his knees, but continued to load and fire until he succumbed to his wounds. Then, and not till then, the Matabele came out from the bush, but on reaching the hallowed circle where the Patrol lay side by side, were fired upon by several of the unconquerable wounded who were still alive. So great had been the terror and demoralisation inspired by the desperate bravery of the Patrol, that when the revolvers rang out the natives turned and fled precipitately into the bush; and it was not till several hours later - ‘when the sun was right overhead' - as the Matabele tell the tale - that they again ventured to leave their cover. But by this time death had mercifully come to the wounded, and as the native war...

A most unusual and rare O.B.E. group of five awarded to Captain W. P. ‘Cocky’ Cochrane, a ‘Special List’ officer who served under Colonel Cyril Wilson, the British Representative at the Jeddah Consulate; operating under the auspices of the Arab Bureau at Cairo, the Jeddah Consulate was a vitally important hub of the Arab revolt and without the quiet diplomacy and intelligence work of Wilson and his small team the revolt would have collapsed and the world would never have heard of “Lawrence of Arabia” The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919, in its Garrard & Co case of issue; British War and Victory Medals, with loose M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. W. P. Cochrane.); Egypt, Kingdom, Order of the Nile, 4th Class breast badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamels, in its J. Lattes, Cairo case of issue; Hejaz, Kingdom, Order of El Nahda, a rare 1st type 3rd Class neck badge in silver, gold and enamels, complete with original plaited neck cord in its original case of issue, together with full-size ribbon pin bar, some minor enamel chips to the last, otherwise extremely fine and rare (5) £3,000-£4,000 --- O.B.E. (Military) London Gazette 3 June 1919: ‘For services rendered during the war.’ M.B.E. (Military) London Gazette 18 November 1918: ‘For distinguished service in connection with military operations in Egypt.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 17 September 1917, 7 October 1918 [Egypt], and 24 March 1919 [Mesopotamia]. Order of the Nile London Gazette 4 April 1918. William Percy Cochrane, born in Armagh in 1878, worked as a shipping agent for the firm of Gellatly, Hankey & Co., of Khartoum, and had worked in Jeddah before the war. August 1916 found Captain ‘Cocky’ Cochrane aboard H.M.S. Fox, anchored off Jeddah, accompanied by Colonel Cyril Wilson and Captain John W. A. Young. Wilson and his two junior officers had spent over two weeks in the cramped quarters of the warship, in their shirt sleeves in the punishing damp summer heat of the Red Sea, sending and deciphering secret coded telegrams, whilst awaiting more favourable conditions that would allow them to be landed by launch at Jeddah. Wilson had been appointed the British Representative at the Jeddah Consulate and, on 15 August 1916, the three officers landed from H.M.S. Fox to take up their appointments at the Consulate. In his memoir, A Little to the East: Experiences of an Anglo-Egyptian Official 1899-1925, Captain John W. A. Young who, arriving at Jeddah in H.M.S. Hardinge in July 1916, “reported to Colonel Wilson, whom I found together with Cochrane sitting in their shirt sleeves in sweltering heat deciphering code telegrams on board the cruiser H.M.S. Fox... it was not until a few days after our arrival that the British Consulate could be made ready for our accommodation.” A section of Sudanese policemen in due course came to the Consulate to guard them and to provide protection in the early months when the British ventured outside the town walls. Young wrote of Jeddah, “There was something about this town which hung heavy on the soul. We all felt it... Cochrane who already knew Jeddah well as a representative of the firm Gellatly Hankey and had lived above their offices there for months at a time, was from the beginning an invaluable foundation on which to build the administration of the Agency, a rock of sound common sense and a bastion of defence against Ruhi’s inaccurate gossip.” Ruhi was a diminutive Persian Bahai, officially interpreter to Colonel Wilson and unofficially an intelligence agent run by Ronald Storrs, Oriental Secretary to the British High Commission in Cairo. “More than once Cochrane and I [Young] were invited on board the flag ship Euryalus as the guests of the Commander in Chief, Admiral Sir Rosslyn Wemyss, and it was well worth the exposure to the midday heat in Gellatly Hankey’s somewhat smelly launch to enjoy his generous hospitality.” Young continues [in early 1917] “we laid out a golf course... while Cochrane and I procured horses on which I used to ride out into the desert to the limit of safety, about three miles beyond the town. But at the commencement political correspondence, Consular questions (settled chiefly by Cochrane), distribution of the monthly supply of gold, assistance to Said Pasha Ali in landing equipment for his Egyptian troops, coding and de-coding cypher telegrams kept us fully occupied.” T. E. Lawrence wrote to Young in 1921 and praised the work of the British Agency at Jeddah: “It was a jolly good improvisation and never broke down under stress. Cochrane and that Gyppy officer and old C.E. (Colonel C. E. Wilson), and Ruhi who brought us all those stories.” The Arab revolt had unofficially begun on 5 June 1916, and Wilson, whose official title was the harmless-sounding ‘pilgrimage officer’, well knew that a disrupted Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca could deal a fatal blow to the revolt. The Turks wanted to break out of Medina and recapture Mecca and Jeddah before the pilgrimage began, at a stroke crushing the revolt. Thus, while Lawrence and other British, Arab, and French officers were blowing up the Hejaz Railway, a forgotten band of British officers at Jeddah, far from the desert campaign, carried out vitally important diplomatic and intelligence work that prevented the revolt from collapse. This untold story is revealed by Philip Walker in his 2018 book ‘Behind the Lawrence Legend - The forgotten Few Who Shaped the Arab Revolt’. The story centres on Colonel Cyril Edward Wilson, the British Representative at the Jeddah Consulate. Wilson was a dependable officer of the old school—the antithesis of the brilliant and mercurial Lawrence. But his strong relationship with Sharif Hussein of Mecca, the leader of the revolt, drew this suspicious and controlling man back from the brink of despair, suicide, and the abandonment of the revolt. Wilson’s undervalued influence over Hussein during critical phases of the revolt was at least as important as the well-known influence of Lawrence over Emir Feisal, Hussein’s son. Wilson’s core team included the ‘unflappable’ Cochrane whose ‘careful preparations and the neutralising of dangerous plotters gave the great event [the Hajj] a favourable wind.’ Cochrane was largely responsible for the success of the Hajj Pilgrimages of 1916, 1917 and 1918. The compelling story of Wilson and his close-knit band points to an inescapable conclusion: the Jeddah Consulate was a vitally important hub of the revolt whose influence has been considerably undervalued. The military campaign in the desert was important, but Jeddah—with its artery to Mecca and Sharif Hussein—was the beating heart of the revolt, whose irregular rhythm needed the vital interventions of Wilson and his team. Without their quiet diplomacy and intelligence work, the revolt would have collapsed and the world would never have heard of “Lawrence of Arabia”. Cyril Wilson was the outstanding forgotten shaper and sustainer of the revolt. Near the end of Wilson’s life, General Reginald Wingate wrote to him praising his indispensable role and his “great work” in the Arab Revolt, without which, he said, it could never have succeeded. Wilson and his circle deserve to be commemorated, a century after their vital work fell through the cracks of history. It is not unreasonable to believe that Lawrence—complex and unfathomable as he was—would have acknowledged that this was so. Captain William Cochrane’s services in these...

WW2 SOE Agent Hatpin Thrust Assassination Dagger. Illustrated in Fighting Knives by F.J. Stephens. A very rare example, the 8 inch spike fluted blade which is set with a rope, twist grip and hand loop. Overall length 11 inches. This actual dagger is illustrated on page 110 of Fighting Knives by Frederick J Stephens. A comparison of this dagger to the dagger illustration shows no doubt. The book states it was carried by a former Far East Chindit.

Confirmation of alms through a gift of land in "Osgotheby" (Osgodby, Selby), Yorkshire, by John de Spineto to Temple Church in the City of London (the headquarters of the Knights Templar), in Latin, manuscript document on parchment [England (Yorkshire, probably north, perhaps vicinity of Durham), first half of thirteenth century (probably first few decades)]Single tiny document, on 10 long lines of a shaky and unpractised English secretarial hand, reverse with numerous contemporary and later endorsements, some small stains and folds, else good condition, seal and seal tag wanting, 80+15 by 110mm.; loosely laid down on large cardProvenance:As noted in the previous lot, manuscripts from the far north of England are rare. Here the grantor lived in the early decades of the thirteenth century, and held land in Sneaton near Scarborough, North Yorkshire, while the principal witness is Gilbert "de Aton" (from Ayton in nearby Pickering), who is also recorded in his youth as holding half a fee of the bishop of Durham in 1166 (albeit under another name, Gilbert de Barlby) and on a grant of the 1180s or 1190s in the Selby cartulary (fol. 112d) as the son and heir of William de Aton. He must have been in his mature years c. 1200, and cannot have survived many decades into the thirteenth century. Another witness, Peter "de Kokefeld" (Cockfield, now in County Durham to the immediate north of Darlington) also suggests a far northern origin. This grant to the Temple Church of St. Mary's, built in 1185 between Fleet Street and the Thames in London as the headquarters of the Knights Templar and serving during the period this charter was written as the royal treasury, strongly suggests that John de Spineto was a member of that military order.The reverse has an inscription showing this to be MS. 28,329 in the collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872); and thereafter it was owned by George Dunn (1865-1912) of Woolley Hall near Maidenhead, Berkshire, an English bibliophile whose collections were sold at Sotheby's 1913-1917. This charter sold 23 November 1917, lot 3021 (part). Thence to E.H. Dring (1863-1928), and his son E.M. Dring (1906-1990), and from them to the Schøyen Collection (their MS. 1616/4) via the London book-dealership Quaritch.

Grant of Land in Castley by Lady Yolande, daughter of Hugh de Lelay, to the Cistercian nunnery of Nun Appleton, Yorkshire, witnessed by an array of local nobility including Sir Robert de Percy, in Latin, single-sheet document on parchment[northern England (North Yorkshire), early thirteenth century] Single document, on 12 long lines of an angular English gothic secretarial hand, seal tag but no seal, spots and stains, one small original flaw in parchment without affect to text, contemporary endorsement of "Castalay" on reverse, overall in good condition, 130+38 by 210mm. Provenance: 1. The Cistercian nunnery of St. John the Evangelist at Appleton Roebuck ('Nun Appleton'), Yorkshire. The house was founded c. 1150 by Adeliz de St. Quintin and her husband Eustace de Merch, with the founding grant of property to the community confirmed by St. Thomas Becket as archbishop of Canterbury. Their possessions were confirmed by King John in 1205, and they grew to be an influential presence in Yorkshire with significant landholdings in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. In 1281 they fell under the suspicion of laxity, and were put under a series of injunctions by Archbishop Wickwane, forbidding the nuns to accept gifts of fine clothing, ensuring that the prioress had to have witnesses present while receiving money and forbidding wealthy women from the region from living permanently with the nuns. The house was dissolved in 1539, and its possessions scattered into private ownership.2. Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872), his MS 41,003; passing to his heirs and thence to the Robinson brothers of 16-17 Pall Mall, London; their sale in Sotheby's 13 April 1981, lot 216(d): the present charter still in the brown foolscap envelope used by Sotheby's to identify individual Phillipps charters in this sale.3. Alan G. Thomas (1911-1992), London bookdealer; his sale at Sotheby's, 21 June 1993, lot 11(4).4. Schøyen Collection of London and Oslo, their MS. 1675/4. Text:Manuscripts from northern English monasteries are rare. The de Lelay (or de Leathley) family were powerful Yorkshire landholders and are commonly met in early archival material. The first settler, Everard de Leathley, was Norman and in the sway of William de Percy, and is recorded as holding this estate and others from de Percy by the Domesday Book. His son was named Hugh, who in turn had a son, named William, who was the father of the Hugh mentioned in the present document. Hugh de Leathley had dealings over land at Baildon with Adeliz de St. Quintin (the founder of Nun Appleton), where she went on to found a chapel there, also dedicated to St. John the Evangelist. This document attests to further property deals between the two, with Leathley's daughter here making a grant to Adeliz's nunnery, perhaps as she entered the community herself. £700-900 

Rare Confederate Revolver A rare and scarce Confederate Navy Contract LeMat and Girard's patent London two barrel Revolver, Sn. 8712. A fine example of this London, England made LeMat Revolver manufactured about 1865. This was the last percussion revolver manufactured under LeMat's patent. Caliber 42 rifled barrel & 16 gauge smoothbore. Serial Number 8712. In the book on LeMats by Doug Adams, Adams states the London LeMats serial numbered 8000 - 9000 were a Confederate Navy contract made by Tipping & Co. in England. Late London made LeMat with 6-9/16" octagon barrel with block letter address on top flat "LeMat & Girard's patent London". It has the tall LeMat front sight & has the serial number on right flat in front of cylinder. Serial number also appears on right front side of frame and barrel near the breech. No serial number was observed on smooth bore barrel near the breech. No serial number was observed on smooth bore barrel but it does have two Birmingham proofs & number "18" which probably refers to bore diameter. It has left side rammer that operates in a channel between barrel and rear barrel boss and the serial number on inside of rammer handle. It has a single pin barrel assembly lock with knurled head. It has a centre mounted articulated hammer nose & 9 shot cylinder that pivots around smooth bore barrel and has serial number with Birmingham proofs around perimeter. It has integral solid butt cap & lanyard loop without ring. This revolver represents one of the important models in the string of variations produced in this revolver. With documentation in Adam's book, it is highly likely that this revolver was manufactured on contract for the Confederacy. This LeMat retains much of its original finish. The remaining metal parts have a nice dark, uncleaned brown patina., some pitting, as a weapon, w.a.f. (1) Provenance:   Important Private Irish Collection.

Concerning the Publication of His First Book MacSwiney (Terence) A long and interesting ALS to Fred Cronin, 27.5.[19]06, 12 pp (three folded sheets), with associated envelope, discussing his plans to publish his first collection of poetry, The Music of Freedom (1907), for which he had obtained costings from Guys (of Cork) and Gills. The estimate for 1,000 copies in cloth gilt came to £33, to be paid in advance, which he confesses 'has staggered me not a little', and Guy's representative also raised queries about the content. 'Moore asked me .. did it not advocate armed resistance? I said it depended on the moral he drew from it! He laughed. He then raised the question of trouble with - what do you think? - the Church! I said there would be no trouble with the Church, as long as I believed in the Church I would write nothing against it. He said of course .. But things are peculiar in Ireland, and there was - the Peasant! He actually brought up the suppression of the 'Peasant'! I told him some of those who disapproved most strongly of that suppression were priests, which seemed to surprise him ..' Also mentions other projects, the Craobh, the Celtic [Literary Society], etc. [Note: Cronin is addressed here as 'Conchubhar', the name he used when writing in Irish]. MacSwiney's collection, The Music Of Freedom, was published in 1907 under his own imprint, The Risen Gaedheal Press, printed by Guys of Cork, under the pen-name 'Cuireadir' ('Sower of seed'). He got his chosen Irish Vellum paper and cloth gilt binding, with the United Irish harp on front cover, but it is very unlikely that 1,000 copies were issued, as the book is rare; about 300 is more likely. A copy is included with this lot. 'For victory Is not in life alone, but in the strength That masters life to serve a noble purpose. And they have won their fight most gloriously, Who flung their lives with passionate resolve Against tyrannous empire; who in falling Did fire a million sleeping breasts to life ..' [p. 67] Provenance: Cronin Collection

British Cold War Era Army School of Civil Defence Instructors Notes, a large bound book, Issues April to August T.A. Training 1964 with supplied to the Public Service ink stamped inside. A rare insight the fear of all our Nuclear Warfare and how the Civilian Population was trained in response. Many pages on the affects of Radiation and Wartime Operational plans.

1937 Jaguar SS 100 3½-Litre Sports TourerRegistration no. CKF 888Chassis no. 18066•One of only 314 SS 100 models made•Originally a 2½-Litre car•Present ownership since 1990•Carefully stored for the last 25 yearsFootnotes:Launched for 1936, the SS100 was the first real high-performance model produced by SS Cars Limited and used a new Weslake-developed overhead-valve engine in a shortened SS1 chassis. The introduction of the OHV unit was considered to justify the adoption of a new name for the series, SS Cars boss William Lyons later recalling 'I immediately pounced on Jaguar as it had an exciting sound to me.' ('Jaguar' would be adopted as the marque name in 1943, 'SS' having by then acquired a somewhat tarnished reputation).'SS' originally stood for the Swallow Sidecar & Coachbuilding Company, which had been founded in Blackpool, England by William Walmsley. The company branched out into motor manufacture in 1926, its first major success being an attractive sports saloon on the Austin Seven chassis, the design being the work of Walmsley's partner, one William Lyons. Relocation to Coventry followed and the Swallow range expanded to include models on Morris Cowley, Wolseley Hornet and Standard Sixteen chassis. Marque status arrived in October 1931 with the launch of the SS1, the chassis of which was supplied exclusively to Swallow by Standard, who also provided the six-cylinder sidevalve engine and four-speed gearbox. Although unspectacular in performance, the SS1 went some way towards establishing the pattern for future Jaguars, combining sporting good looks with a better-than-average specification and all at a bargain price. By the time the SS90 sports car arrived in 1935, William Heynes had joined as Chief Engineer. Based on a shortened SS1 chassis, re-engineered by Heynes, the SS90 again demonstrated Lyons' consummate skill as a stylist, its long bonnet, smoothly flowing wings, cut-away doors and truncated tail making it every inch the epitome of the 1930s sports car. Although good for 90mph, the SS90 was handicapped by the limitations of its sidevalve engine, a deficiency that would soon be rectified by another of Lyons' new recruits, gas-flow consultant Harry Weslake. Launched in 1936 alongside the 2½-Litre saloon, the SS100 Jaguar sports car marked the company's first use of the 'Jaguar' name. Beautifully styled in the manner of its SS90 predecessor, the newcomer employed a shorter, 102'-wheelbase chassis and a revised version of the 2,663cc Standard six which, equipped with Weslake's overhead-valve cylinder head and breathing through twin SU carburettors, now produced 104bhp. Although a fine touring car, the SS 100 was marketed as primarily for competition work. Its first major success came early, if somewhat unexpectedly, when Tommy Wisdom, crewed by his wife, won the arduous International Alpine Trial in 1936, beating Bugatti and bringing the fledgling marque to the attention of the Continental public. This would be the first of many successful rallying forays, including class wins in the RAC events of 1937 and 1938, and the Alpine (outright) again in 1948. Around 198 2½-Litre and 116 of the later 3½-Litre cars had been made by the time SS 100 production was prematurely ended by the outbreak of war.Originally a 2½-Litre model, chassis number '18066' is one of only 314 SS 100s built. The car was supplied new in 1937 to Henlys, Jaguar's main distributor in London, for use as a demonstrator and show car (see Jaguar Heritage Trust Certificate and letter on file from the Jaguar Enthusiasts Club, dated 27th March 1990). 'CKF 888' was purchased by the vendor's deceased husband at auction in February 1990 (bill of sale on file). It appears to have been imported into the UK earlier in 1990 (there is a photocopy C&E 386 form in the document file) while a plaque on the dashboard appears to relate to a previous owner: Dwight F Brooks of Pasadena, California. After acquisition, the late owner retrieved the original registration and appears to have had significant work carried out on both the bodywork and mechanicals, as evidenced by various invoices in the history file. Some of these invoices refer to parts for a 1947 3½-litre engine (the 'S' number prefix of the car's engine identifies it as such). Photographs in the history file show the car with the body removed, and also parts of the running gear. Following the work's completion, the car was used on an occasional basis for shows and ralliesThis car, along with others from the same vendor, has been standing for up to 25 years and like the others, was running and usable when laid-up. The vendor's husband died in 1996, and his collection of cars remained mostly unused from that time. They were all stored in a purpose-built, heated and dehumidified building, which the deceased gentleman had commissioned solely for the purpose of storing his cars. Having been standing for that period of time, they will require careful re-commissioning and safety checks prior to use by a new owner. Accompanying documentation includes a current V5C; two expired MoT certificates; miscellaneous papers; and the aforementioned copy C&E 386, invoices, and JEC letter. There is also a copy spare parts list and copy instruction book with the car, which is presently on SORN. It should be noted that the V5C erroneously records the engine number as '5529'. The SS100 was one of the fastest and best-handling sports cars of its day, as its competition record both before and after the war bears witness to. Representing a rare opportunity to acquire an example of the model that can be said to have started the Jaguar legend, '18066' is eligible for a wide variety of the most prestigious historic motor sports events.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

c.2001 Ducati 748 R Series 2Registration no. Not UK RegisteredChassis no. ZDMH300AA1B008413•Sold new in Italy•Only 200 kilometres recorded•Offered from a respected UK Ducati collection•Requires re-commissioningFootnotes:Introduced in 2000, replacing the 748 SPS, the 748 R was built in order to homologate parts which Ducati required for their World Supersport Championship contender. The frame was borrowed from Ducati's 996 World Superbike racer, permitting the use of a much larger (14-litre) airbox and throttle body with a single shower-type fuel injector. Cams, valves, con-rods, etc were all up-rated and the 996-based engine produced a remarkable 106bhp at 11,000rpm from its 748cc. Other notable features included a slipper clutch, different chassis settings and lightweight Marchesini wheels. For 2001, a second series was introduced, with Öhlins forks and rear shock absorber replacing the previous Showa items. The frame was lightened and at the same time stiffened by using a carbon fibre airbox. There were also detailed improvements to the engine.This machine is one of the desirable 2nd Series, which we understand was limited to circa 1,500 units, this one being number '475'. Released from a respected UK Ducati collection, it is effectively new, having covered only 200 kilometres since it left the Bologna factory. As the machine is virtually unused, it should require light re-commissioning before use. This rare and desirable modern Ducati is offered with its original Italian registration papers; original owner's manual and service book; UK Nova declaration; and two keys.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

RAF Airwoman Mrs M Dentith Personal RAF effects. A Royal Air Force Service and Release Book, Stamped and noted inside, Very Interesting. A Bicycle Registration for a Raleigh Bike on 16th Sept 1942. Identification Card for Mechanical Transport Drivers Available from 1st May 1945. a Pass to be Absent from Duty dated 8/9/42. a Pass TO Be Absent for the purpose or relocation dated 9/3/42. Members Ticket for War Service Womens club in Chester. A Combined Leave Pass and Railway Ticket, Signed off by Captain on 10/7/41. This is A very Unique and Rare Collection. Well Sought After. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

Visitors book with Many Signatures from 1919 1923 by Military Personnel. Over 600 Signatures across 40+ pages. Signatures include LT Col S Murray, Major E S Allsopp, Mr S H Powell, Mr Philip Wood, and many more colonels, Majors and Generals. A great collection of signatures, some maybe rare. Cover showing signs of age. Good Content. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

Florence Jaffray Harriman. Mission to the North. Hardback book, signed by the author, dedicated. Signs of age. 331 pages Rare book. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

Sackville-West (Vita) Seducers in Ecuador, first edition, signed by the author on title with strike through the printed name, publisher's advertisement slip loosely inserted, Vincent Starrett's copy with his ink ownership inscription to half-title and bookplate to pastedown, original cloth with printed paper label to spine (label a little browned), dust-jacket, spine browned with a few repairs and restorations affecting titling, spine ends and corners a little chipped with a few neat repairs to verso, some minor chipping to head and foot with two patches of discolouration to upper panel, [Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A12a; Woolmer 52], 8vo, Hogarth Press, 1924.⁂ Sackville-West's first book printed at the Hogarth Press, one of only 1,500 copies. Rare in the dust-jacket and especially so signed. Vincent Starrett (1886-1974), Canadian-American writer, newspaperman and bibliophile.

Sackville-West (Vita) Challenge, first edition, first printing, light browning and offsetting to front endpapers, ink gift inscription, original green cloth lettered in orange, light discolouration to spine, very light cockling to lower cover, light rubbing to extremities, [Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A9a], 8vo, New York, [1923].⁂ Rare. Challenge was a roman-à-clef that depicted the author's affair with Violet Keppel. Sackville-West substituted herself with a male character, Julian, making this the first time she was depicted as a man in fiction (prior to both Orlando and Broderie Anglais). Nevertheless the author's mother Lady Sackville felt that the substitution would be too clear to those who knew her and urged her daughter to withdraw the book from publication in the UK. The English sheets were sent over to the US and issued with a new title.

[Turner (John Victor)] "David Hume". Bullets Bite Deep, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket slightly chipped at spine ends and to lower edge of upper panel, short tear to lower panel, generally a very good example of a rare jacket, 8vo, 1932.⁂ An excellent copy of a scarce book, the author's first novel, and the introduction of his most famous detective Mick Cardby - regarded as the first true English take on the American 'hard-boiled' school. The plot concerns the curious presence of various American attributes on a corpse discovered in rural Warwickshire (the author had attended Warwick School). The dustjacket, designed by Pat Keely, is particularly striking and most uncommon.

A rare old brass oval name plate from Bickford Smith & Co. Limited Fuse Manufacturers of Tuckingmill surrounded by an early fuse 15" x 8½" mounted on a rectangular wooden plaque together with a relating book "Bickford Smith & Co. Limited 1831-1931"