Lot: 17
Melvyn Bragg First Editions in d/jkts all warmly inscribed to his close friend the songwriter Alan Blaikley (1940-2022), plus one to Alan's sister Marian; together with a novel by Melvyn Bragg's daughter Marie-Elsa similarly inscribed to Alan Blaikley. Alan Blaikley in collaboration with Ken Howard wrote a series of international hits in the 1960s and 1970s. Fine (7)
Lot: 37
The ‘Land & Water' Edition of Raemaekers' Cartoons, Land & Water, London, 1916-17, two volumes, tall quarto, half-leather, gilt, faded & worn, tape-repairs at spine extremities; front endpaper of Vol.1 creased o/w fine internally with 310 plates and text.
Lot: 38
J. R. Green A Short History of the English People, Macmillan, 1903, illustrated edition, four vols, gilt cloth, wear to top & foot of spines o/w VG, with the colour plates, the folding plate of Old London Bridge creased.
Lot: 39
William A. Shaw Manchester Old and New, Cassell, [1894], 3 vols, illustrated by H.E. Tidmarsh, b/w plates and illustrations in text; tall quarto, gilt cloth, worn at extremities, endpapers browned, few page corners toned o/w fine internally. A good set. (3)