605 Loeb Classical Library. A collection of 54 vols., 1921-2000, all orig. cloth gilt, thirty-seven vols. in orig. d.j.s., small 8vo (54)
612 Pogany (Willy, illust.). Tannhauser. A Dramatic Poem, by Richard Wagner, Freely Translated in Poetic Narrative Form, by T.W. Rolleston, Harrap, [1911], sixteen tipped-in col. plts., numerous illusts. and decorations to text, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, front hinge splitting, orig. blind-stamped morocco, rubbed, rebacked preserving orig. spine and recornered, sm. folio (limited edition 227/525 copies, signed by Pogany), together with Mandrake Press, Amorous Fiammetta, by Giovanni Boccaccio... now edited, with an Introduction, by K.H. Josling and Decorated in Colour by M. Leone, 1929, twenty col. plts., col. illusts. on letterpress, a.e.g., small nick in fore-edge affecting a few leaves, orig. green dyed vellum gilt, yapp fore-edges, somewhat rubbed and marked, with spine sun-mottled and adhesive stain on upper cover, 4to (limited edition 379/550 copies), plus Robinson (Charles), The Four Gardens by Handasyde, Heinemann, 1912, eight col. plts., incl. frontis., bookplate of Minnie Cochrane on front pastedown, orig. gilt dec. cloth, sl. rubbed and soiled, spine faded and frayed at ends, sm. 4to, plus twelve other misc. books, incl. The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God, by Bernard Shaw, 1st ed., 1932, seven Impressions of the Russian Ballet booklets, and two books illust. by Robert Gibbings
£150-200
606 Marshall (Alfred). Industry and Trade. A Study of Industrial Technique and Business Organization; and of their Influences on the Conditions of Various Classes and Nations, 1st ed., 1919, prize award bookplate to front pastedown, orig. cloth, spine faded and slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Money Credit & Commerce, 1st ed., 1923, blind presentation copy stamp to title, orig. cloth gilt, 8vo, together with, The Economist, Weekly Commercial Times, Bankers’ Gazette, and Railway Monitor: A Political, Literary, and General Newspaper, vols. 12 & 13, 1854-55, contemp. cloth gilt, slightly rubbed to extrems., folio, and Arnold (R. Arthur). The History of the Cotton Famine, from the Fall of Sumter to the Passing of the Public Works Act, 1st ed., 1864, half-title (sl. chipped to fore-margin), title-page with contemp. ms. inscription at head, 16pp. pubs. ad. at rear, ex. lib. with occn. oval ink stamps, some finger-soiling and marginal staining, untrimmed, recent qtr. calf, spine with gilt lettered morocco label, 8vo, plus others related (9)
£80-120
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607 Milne (A.A.). Winnie-the-Pooh, 1st ed., Methuen, 1926, illusts. and decs. by E.H. Shepard, t.e.g., remainder roughtrimmed, orig. gilt dec. green cloth, one or two minor marks, 8vo, together with a worn copy of The Story of Little Black Quasha, by Helen Bannerman, pub. Nisbet (2)
613 Potter (Beatrix). Ginger & Pickles, 1st ed., 1909, col. frontis. and plts., b & w illusts., pictorial endpapers, orig. boards with inset col. illust. to upper board, extrems. slightly rubbed & scuffed, small 4to, together with a worn first edition of The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies, pub. 1909, plus seven other Beatrix Potter titles, mostly early editions
£100-150
608 Milne (A.A.). Winnie-the-Pooh, 1st ed., Methuen, 1926, illusts. and decs. by E.H. Shepard, orig. front endpapers bound in at front preceding half-title, t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, modern green half morocco gilt, with part of orig. gilt dec. green cloth covers relaid on front and back boards, 8vo (1)
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£150-200
614 Putnams Aeronautical Books. A collection of forty-four aviation related vols. pub. by Putnam & Co., c. 1950’s-1990’s, b&w illusts. throughout, some ex-lib., mostly orig. cloth in d.j.s, a few with some wear, 8vo
£70-100
Titles include Fokker: The Creative Years, by A. R. Weyl, 1965; British Aviation, The Adventuring Years 1920-1929, by Harald Penrose, 1973; Aircraft of the Royal Air Force, Since 1918, by Owen Thetford, 1976 & Curtiss Aircraft 1907-1947, by Peter M. Bowers, 1979. From the library of Hugh J. Yea (19182009). Hugh joined Imperial Airways in 1935 at the age of 17 with a brief spell in the RAF before early release in 1935 to rejoin the then named British Airways (later to become BOAC). With 42 years continuous service around the world, he finally retired from British Airways in 1978. Until 2009, Hugh dedicated time to researching the history of aviation, contributing to many books and articles on civil and military aviation. (46) £300-400
609 Morris (William). The Earthly Paradise in Twelve Parts, Longmans, Green & Co., 1905, port. frontis. to part one, orig. qtr. cloth, slim 8vo (12)
£100-150
£70-100
610 Napkin-Folding. A Series of Fully Illustrated Original Designs (Strictly Copyright). Price Two Shillings and Sixpence, [cover-title], Newton and Eskell, [1891], full-page diagrams throughout on letterpress, orig. cloth-backed printed boards, a few faint marks, but overall a clean copy, 4to Rare: only the British Library copy located on COPAC. Giving instructions and step-by-step diagrams for forty-nine designs, including: The CockleShell; The Lady Betty Balfour; The Turkey-Cock Tail; The Spill-Box; Sugar Tongs; The Four-Pointed Fan; and The Opera Glasses. (1) £70-100
615 Rackham (Arthur, illust.). Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, by J.M. Barrie, 1st ed., Hodder & Stoughton, 1906, 50 tipped-in col. plts., with captioned tissue guards, half-title becoming detached, orig. gilt dec. cloth, soiled and marked, 4to
611 [Pepys, Samuel]. A descriptive Catalogue of the Naval Manuscripts in the Pepysian Libray at Magdalene College, Cambridge, edited by J.R. Tanner, 4 vols., pub. Navy Records Society, 1903, pencil annotations to margins, together with Samuel Pepys’s Naval Minutes, edited by J.R. Tanner, pub. Navy records Society, 1926, with, The Tangier Papers of Samuel Pepys, Transcribed, edited and collated with the Transcription of Mr. W. Matthews by Edwin Chappell, pub. Navy Records Society, 1935, edges untrimmed, uniform publisher’s cloth gilt, 8vo
616 Ransome (Arthur). Swallowdale, with illustrations by Clifford Webb, 1st ed., Jonathan Cape, 1931, numerous b & w illusts., many full-page, incl. frontis., map endpapers, orig. blue cloth gilt, spine and cover margins faded, tiny nick at head of upper joint, 8vo
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From the library of Sir Arthur Bryant (1899-1985), historian and prolific writer. The catalogue of the Pepysian Library volumes contain Sir Arthur Bryant’s copious pencil annotations. (6) £100-150
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