Lot: 41
Arthur Conan Doyle, P.G. Wodehouse, Aldous Huxley and others. The Strand Magazine, Vol.65, January-June 1923, original pictorial cloth, VG, including the Sherlock Holmes story The Adventure of the Creeping Man and Doyle's The Cottingley Fairies: An Epilogue, plus five stories by Wodehouse, and Aldous Huxley's A Deal in Old Masters. This volume lacks a preliminary index but has an ‘Important Forthcoming Features' page prior to the main text. Browning to endpapers o/w fine internally.
Lot: 42
Arthur Conan Doyle, Winston Churchill, P.G. Wodehouse and others. The Strand Magazine, Vols. 66 and 67, July 1923 to June 1924, original pictorial cloth, gilt, Vol. 67 with slight bruising to front cover and spine rather faded, o/w VG; including Churchill's My Escape from the Boers complete in two parts; the Sherlock Holmes story The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire, plus Doyle's The Forbidden Subject and Memories and Adventures; eleven stories by P.G. Wodehouse, coloured glamour illustrations by Suzanne Meunier, and full-page colour cartoons by Heath Robinson. Endpapers browned o/w fine internally. (2)
Lot: 43
Lt. Col. Frederick S. Brereton The Dragon of Pekin: A Tale of the Boxer Rebellion, Blackie & Son, [1922]; octavo, pictorial cloth, near fine; abrasions to front pastedown (removal of old bookplate), endpapers browned, and occasional minor tone mark in margin affects a few pages. Seven b/w plates.
Lot: 44
Erasmus (and N. Bailey, translator) Erasmi Colloquia Selecta Decem: or, Ten Select Colloquies of Erasmus, J. Brotherton, J.Hazard & others, London, 1733; the text in original Latin followed by an English translation; 12mo, full calf, worn, old tape marks around the hinges; gilt author label intact; red speckled sides; browning to endpapers, good clean text. xi, 250,(2)pp
Lot: 45
Percy Fitzgerald The Life of Charles Dickens as Revealed in his Writings, Chatto & Windus, 1905, 2 Vols., 1st Edn; octavo, original gilt cloth near fine; uncut two sides, t.e.g.; gravure frontisp.to each vol.; endpapers browned o/w fine internally, without inscriptions; facsimile letter in Vol.1.
Lot: 46
Jazz history & reference, mostly h/bk in d/jkts, some softbacks, including few relating to composers and vocalists. Fine throughout. (22)
Lot: 47
Harry Fox (Daily Mirror photographer) and others, a selection of full-plate press photographs featuring animals, 1960s, including police escorting London ducklings (3 different), a squirrel sharing a basket with a cat & kittens (2 different), zoo animals, etc. VG/VF, printed descriptions on reverse. All very good quality. 11 x 14”. (10)
Lot: 48
Karl Marx Capital: A Critique of Political Economy, Lawrence & Wishart, London, 1977, three volumes, gilt cloth; heavy underlining to chapter VII of Volume 1, rear inner hinge of Vol.3 cracked. (3)
Lot: 49
Terence M. Russell (Editor) The Napoleonic Survey of Egypt: The Monuments and Customs of Egypt, Ashgate Publishing Ltd, Aldershot, 2001, 2 Volumes; tall quarto, cloth bound with gilt lettering in complete d/jkts, the spines of the jackets slightly faded; superb condition, appear unread. No inscriptions; xvi, 603pp, plus numerous photo-plates. First English Language edition.
Lot: 50
The Parish Register of Sheffield, Hunter Archaeological Society, volumes 2 to 5, 1918-27, plus volume 6 by the Yorkshire Archaeological Society, 1981; covering the period 1560- 1736; all softbacks with the original printed wraps with yapp edges (vol.5 rather foxed and frayed). Clean internally, volumes 2 to 5 unopened. (5)
Lot: 51
James Thomson & James Maclaren The History of Dundee, John Durham, 1874, revised edition; octavo, rebound in modern cloth; title page torn & marked; lacking the map; xvi, 419,(1),xxiii,8pp
Lot: 52
Mannex & Co History, Topography and Directory of Westmorland and the Hundred of Lonsdale and Amounderness in Lancashire, Michael Moon reprint, 1978; gilt cloth in VG d/jkt; slight spotting to edge of textblock o/w fine. 720pp
Lot: 53
Oliver Ratcliff History and Antiquities of the Newport Pagnell Hundreds, published by the author, Olney, 1900; recased with new endpapers, preserving the original cloth, backstrip worn & faded; VG internally with map as frontispiece and many illustrations. 594pp plus publisher's adverts.
Lot: 54
Thomas Brayshaw & Ralph M.Robinson A History of the Ancient Parish of Giggleswick, Halton & Co, 1932; quarto, original gilt cloth, a little marked with minor wear; previous owner's signature to front endpaper; VG internally with map & plates; 281pp
Lot: 55
Henry Bourne The History of Newcastle Upon Tyne, Frank Graham 1980, facsimile reprint of the 1736 edition; tall quarto, gilt cloth, fine; includes large folding plan of the city. 250pp
Lot: 56
John Sydenham The History of the Town and County of Poole, 1986, facsimile reprint of the 1839 edition; octavo, gilt cloth, a little rubbed; fine internally; xiv,491,(12)pp.
Lot: 57
T.L. Wilson History and Topography of Upminster, Wilson & Whitworth, 1880; octavo, recased, preserving much of the original gilt cloth and the original endpapers; illustrated with engravings and laid down photographs. Occasional foxing but largely clean internally. 208pp + photos.
Lot: 58
John Harris The Parish of Erith in Ancient and Modern Times, Mitchell & Hughes, 1885; orig. gilt cloth; ex-Library; 18 fine plates (one folding); binding very weak, one pair of plates loose. 88pp
Lot: 59
Cornelius Brown The Annals of Newark-Upon-Trent, H. Sotheran, 1879; tall quarto, original gilt cloth, a little worn at corners, hinges professionally reinforced; fine internally with the Woodburytype photos as plates complete; viii,(1),342,(4)pp
Lot: 60
Benjamin Poole Coventry: its History and Antiquities, John Russell Smith, 1870; quarto, half-leather, worn, gilt title; inner hinges weak, final gathering loose; all plates & illustrations intact; clean internally; folding map at rear torn & in need of repair. 412pp