Lot: 81
Jonas Hanway An Historical Account of the British trade over the Caspian Sea: with the author's journal of travels from England through Russia into Persia: and back through Russia, Germany and Holland: to which are added the revolutions of Persia during the present century with the particular history of the great usurper Nadir Kouli: illustrated with maps and copper plates. London, 1762, the Third Edition, complete in 2 volumes, quarto, requiring re-binding, 8 folding Maps (including Persia), three with tears requiring repair; the text and engravings intact and free of foxing but one text page torn and needing repair.
Lot: 82
Autograph collection in modern album, chiefly entertainers; including signed Photos and Letters featuring signatures of Pat Phoenix (2), Gordon Jackson (ALS), Violet Carson (ALS), and Jimmy Jewel (ALS, photo and signed print). Also pair of novelty ear-rings presented by Pat Phoenix. (Qty)
Lot: 83
A.R. and P. Van der Burg Painting for the Imitation of Woods & Marbles, The Technical Press, 1936, 7th Edition, tall folio, original printed 2-colour cloth, good; spotting to prelims otherwise VG internally with all 36 chromolitho and engraved plates. 48pp
Lot: 84
Harrison Marks Solo, Issue Nos. 1 to 8, and No. 21, Kamera Publications, 1958 to 1959, slight wear to spines, back cover of Issue No.1 with light crease. (9)
Lot: 85
Pin-Up Magazines late 1950s, small format, including Models photographed by Roye; Vues from Revues (2); Glamour No. 4 photographed by Robert Alexander; Nus et Soleil Issues 1 and 2 (Gaffinia Ltd, each 64 pages), etc. (9)
Lot: 86
Roland Carre and others Paris-Vision, Concord Publications, Issue Nos. 1 to 5, and No. 7, late 1950s. (6)
Lot: 87
Roland Carre and others Paris-Vision, Concord Publications, Issue Nos. 8 to 14, early 1960s. (7)
Lot: 88
1950s to 1980s magazines with Marilyn Monroe front cover photos, including Picture Show (3 different), and 1972 & 1982 issues of Life. Most are 1980s and include American, French & German titles. (12)
Lot: 89
Picture Post 1930s to early 1950s, a selection of issues with famous film stars as the cover photos, including Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Fred Astaire, Laurence Olivier, Betty Grable, Ingrid Bergman, Richard Burton, Orson Welles, Charlie Chaplin & other well-known. Some wear to spines otherwise good and all complete. (15)
Lot: 90
Record Industry magazines and ephemera together with a fine Philips All Electric Radio pre-WW2 trade catalogue; includes 1950s pre-release publicity brochures (21), 1959-65 issues of Records Magazine (6), etc, (37)
Lot: 91
W. Somerset Maugham Purely for My Pleasure, Heinemann, 1962, quarto, hardback in very good dustjacket, signed and inscribed on the endpaper by the author. Light browning to endpapers otherwise VG.
Lot: 92
Arnold Haskell Baron Encore, Collins, 1952, quarto, full leather, gilt, VG; No.58 of 250, signed by the photographer Baron and by Arnold Haskell, 100s of Baron's photographs of Ballet productions with descriptive text. Foxing to endpapers and prelims.
Lot: 93
Charles Forte signed copy of The Cafe Royal Story: A Living Legend, Hutchinson,1963, inscribed at top of title page To Sir John Rothenstein with all best wishes from Charles Forte. Large format h/b in original clear plastic wrapper, fine, in worn slipcase.
Lot: 94
F. R. Leavis (1895-1978) a series of three 1949 autograph letters to Paul Baxter, together with two autograph open testimonials, the letters congratulating Baxter on obtaining a First at Downing College Cambridge, encouraging him to use Leavis's name as a referee, and making reference to the testimonials; all bar one on Downing College headed notepaper. Frank Raymond Leavis was an influential British Literary Critic and one of the foremost thinkers of the 20th Century. (5)
Lot: 95
Charles Dickens Master Humphrey's Clock, Chapman & Hall, 1840-41, three volumes, First Edition in book form, original gilt brown cloth, with hands on clock pointing to volume numbers; backstrips frayed and near detached, neat ownership inscriptions top of title pages, later bookplates of Euphemia Davidson dated 1892; some minor scattered fox marks and upper right corner of title page of Vol.II torn away, otherwise VG internally.
Lot: 96
Leather bound literature 1904-15, comprising full tree-calf (2) and speckled calf bindings, and another in three-quarter vellum, all gilt, the Shakespeare requiring repair. (4)
Lot: 97
Thomas Ingoldsby The Ingoldsby Legends, Heinemann, 1913, original gilt cloth, spine somewhat faded otherwise good; illustrated by Arthur Rackham, the colour plates complete; frontispiece creased, the 23 other tipped-in plates fine; some scattered foxing.
Lot: 98
The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray, Smith Elder, 1891-1892, set of 13 volumes, octavo, half leather over marbled boards, green title labels, gilt; some wear to top of spines of a few volumes otherwise a VG set. (13)
Lot: 99
Football Programmes including 1966 World Cup Official Souvenir (no internal markings) and 1954 F.A.Cup Final Preston North End v West Bromwich (2, both without internal markings). (10, plus a review)
Lot: 100
The Modern Plumber and Sanitary Engineer, Gresham, 1907, 6 vols, fine; Fairholm and Pain A Century of Work for Animals, 1924, good; General Booth In Darkest England and The Way Out, 1890s, good; and 4 others. (12)