Lot: 1
Henry Houlding Rhymes and Dreams, Legends of Pendle Forest, and other Poems, Burnley, 1895, half-leather, gilt, tissue-guarded plates; Stella Benson Hope Against Hope and other stories, Macmillan, 1931, signed by the author; Tennyson Maud, 1921, illustrated by Edmund Sullivan & signed by him; Jim Sargisson Joe Scoap's Stwories, Whitehaven, 1911; James Macaulay Poems on Various Subjects, Edinburgh, 1790, half-leather, engraved frontispiece, title page creased; Daniel Defoe A Tour Thro' the whole Island of Great Britain, Peter Davies, 1927, 2 vols; and various others. (16)
Lot: 8
[Henrietta Wilson] Things To Be Thought Of. Addressed to the Young, W.P. Kennedy, 1853, gilt calf, rubbed at periphery; The Poetical Works of George Herbert and Reginald Heber, Gall & Inglis, [1881], half leather, gilt, eight fine steel engravings; Compendium of Evidence of Christianity, D.Walther, 1821, six vols bound in three, half-leather, gilt, light foxing to preliminary leaves; and nine other antiquarian books in mixed condition. (12)
Lot: 9
Assorted books with William Andrews Historic Romance: Strange Stories, Characters, Scenes, Mysteries, 1883, and a variety of others including four more by Andrews. VG to fine condition throughout. (13)
Lot: 23
Edward Hake Newes out of Powles Churchyarde, Henry Sotheran, 1872, full vellum, darkened, No.38 of 131 (one of six in vellum), signed by the editor; Galsworthy Author and Critic, 1933, No.195 of 300; Charles Doughty Mansoul, 1923, No.53 of 500, author signed; L.A.G. Strong The Sacred River: An Approach to James Joyce, 1949, full leather, gilt, No. XII of twelve presentation copies, signed by the author; James Henry James Herefordia, Edward Lacey, 1861; Charles Scott Per Contra, 1902, privately printed, signed and annotated by the author, the annotations based on recommendations by Andrew Lang; and various others. Mansoul with boards bowed. (15)
Lot: 24
Walter & Graham Judd Flora of Middle-Earth, 2017, and James Campbell The Art of Winnie-the-Pooh, 2017, both in d/jkts, fine; and another. (3)
Lot: 26
Agatha Christie The Pale Horse, Collins Crime Club, 1961, First Edition, signed by Agatha Christie on title page, fine, in a complete slightly worn d/jkt.
Lot: 27
Neil Ferrier (Ed.) Churchill, the Man of the Century, 1955, signed by Winston S. Churchill on title page, together with a letter from Churchill's Private Secretary, Doreen Pugh, at Chartwell, to Mr. E.C. Peckham, confirming that the book has been signed by Sir Winston for Mr Peckham's son, the letter laid down on front pastedown. Front endpaper bears the ownership signature of Edward Paul Peckham, the rear pastedown with a compliments slip from Churchill's private secretary. The first 64 pages of the book show staining at foot.
Lot: 29
Men's magazines, 1954/55, comprising Razzle (4), Eros (7, two with rear cover damaged) and The Man (5). Colour plates. (16)
Lot: 30
Colm O Lochlainn Irish Street Ballads and More Irish Street Ballads, both Three Candles Ltd, Dublin, 1965, latter in d/jkt; G.M. Tweddell Rhymes and Sketches to illustrate the Cleveland Dialect, Stokesley, 1875, limp cloth, very worn; and three others, regional poetry. (6)
Lot: 31
Ben Brierley's Tales and Sketches of Lancashire Life, Abel Heywood, 1882-85, nine volumes, gilt cloth; bookplates of W.H. Lever of Thornton Manor and ownership stamps of Robert Holland Ford. Most with front endpaper removed, hingeing weak in places, Vol.VI with few loose pages. Some foxing to prelims. (9)
Lot: 32
Alan Moorehead The Rage of the Vulture, Hamish Hamilton, 1948, First Edn., in very scarce d/jkt, the author's first novel. The d/jkt worn and chipped in places.