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JOHNS (CAPT. W.E.) Biggles Defies the Swastika, FIRST EDITION IN DUST-JACKET, John Hamilton Limi...

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JOHNS (CAPT. W.E.) Biggles Defies the Swastika, FIRST EDITION IN DUST-JACKET, colour frontispiece, and 6 full-page illustrations by Howard Leigh and Alfred Sindall, publisher's pictorial cloth, top edge red, publisher's pictorial cloth (unclipped priced '4/- Net'), light dust-soiling to lower cover, spine very slightly frayed at foot and with short tear at upper joint but generally very clean, 8vo, John Hamilton Limited, [1934] This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing

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JOHNS (CAPT. W.E.) Biggles Defies the Swastika, FIRST EDITION IN DUST-JACKET, John Hamilton Limi...

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JOHNS (CAPT. W.E.) Biggles Flies Again, FIRST EDITION IN DUST-JACKET, John Hamilton Limited, [1934]: JOHNS (CAPT. W.E.) Biggles Flies Again, FIRST EDITION IN DUST-JACKET, half-title (listing only earlier titles), colour frontispiece and 4 plates, publisher's blue cloth, top edge blue, light fading

JOHNS (CAPT. W.E.) Biggles Flies Again, FIRST EDITION IN DUST-JACKET, John Hamilton Limited, [1934]

JOHNS (CAPT. W.E.) Biggles Hits the Trail, FIRST EDITION IN DUST-JACKET, O.U.P., [1935]: JOHNS (CAPT. W.E.) Biggles Hits the Trail, FIRST EDITION IN DUST-JACKET, half-title, colour frontispiece and 6 full-page illustrations by Howard Leigh and Alfred Sindall, spotting to title, abrasion

JOHNS (CAPT. W.E.) Biggles Hits the Trail, FIRST EDITION IN DUST-JACKET, O.U.P., [1935]

JOHNS (CAPT. W.E.) Biggles Flies South; Biggles Flies North; Biggles Goes to War, firsts, later ...: JOHNS (CAPT. W.E.) Biggles Flies South, later issue (mentioning 'Biggles Goes to War' on half-title, jacket with piece of lower wrapper torn away, [c.1938]; Biggles Goes to War, jacket frayed with a

JOHNS (CAPT. W.E.) Biggles Flies South; Biggles Flies North; Biggles Goes to War, firsts, later ...

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JOHNS (CAPT. W.E.) The Rescue Flight; A Biggles Story, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE IN DUST-JACKET...

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JOHNS (CAPT. W.E.) Biggles - Secret Agent, FIRST EDITION, IN DUST-JACKET, O.U.P., [1940]

JOHNS (CAPT. W.E.) Biggles in the Baltic. A Tale of the Second World War, FIRST EDITION IN DUST-...: JOHNS (CAPT. W.E.) Biggles in the Baltic. A Tale of the Second World War, FIRST EDITION IN DUST-JACKET, colour frontispiece, and 6 full-page illustrations by Howard Leigh and Alfred Sindall,

JOHNS (CAPT. W.E.) Biggles in the Baltic. A Tale of the Second World War, FIRST EDITION IN DUST-...

JOHNS (CAPT. W.E.) Biggles in the South Seas, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, O.U.P., [1940]: JOHNS (CAPT. W.E.) Biggles in the South Seas, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, colour frontispiece, and 6 full-page illustrations by Norman Howard, publisher's pictorial green cloth (light fading to

JOHNS (CAPT. W.E.) Biggles in the South Seas, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, O.U.P., [1940]

JOHNS (CAPT. W.E.) Biggles Sees it Through, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE IN DUST-JACKET, O.U.P., [...: JOHNS (CAPT. W.E.) Biggles Sees it Through, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE IN DUST-JACKET, colour frontispiece, and 6 full-page illustrations by Howard Leigh and Alfred Sindall, publisher's pictorial

JOHNS (CAPT. W.E.) Biggles Sees it Through, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE IN DUST-JACKET, O.U.P., [...

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JOHNS (CAPT. W.E.) Biggles Investigates, 1965; and 16 other Biggles (17)

JOHNS (CAPT. W.E.) A fine collection of first edition Biggles titles in dust-jackets, 1944-1964: JOHNS (CAPT. W.E.) A fine collection of first edition Biggles titles in dust-jackets, comprising: Biggles in the Orient, [November 1944]; Biggles Delivers the Goods, [January 1946]; Sergeant

JOHNS (CAPT. W.E.) A fine collection of first edition Biggles titles in dust-jackets, 1944-1964

KERR (JUDITH) The Tiger Who Came to Tea, FIRST EDITION, Collins, [1968]: KERR (JUDITH) The Tiger Who Came to Tea, FIRST EDITION, colour illustrations by the author, a little soiling to first free endpaper and title-page, two pages with tears repaired with tape, a few

KERR (JUDITH) The Tiger Who Came to Tea, FIRST EDITION, Collins, [1968]

KEYNES (JOHN MAYNARD) A Revision of the Treaty. Being a Sequel to The Economic Consequences of t...: KEYNES (JOHN MAYNARD) A Revision of the Treaty. Being a Sequel to The Economic Consequences of the Peace, FIRST EDITION, 6pp. advertisements at end, unidentified ownership signature dated January

KEYNES (JOHN MAYNARD) A Revision of the Treaty. Being a Sequel to The Economic Consequences of t...

GIBBINGS (ROBERT) Twelve wood Engravings, NUMBER 106 OF 125 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, [Printe...: GIBBINGS (ROBERT) Twelve wood Engravings, NUMBER 106 OF 125 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, 12 wood-engraved plates by Gibbings, publisher's cloth-backed boards, FINE COPY, small 4to, [Printed at the

GIBBINGS (ROBERT) Twelve wood Engravings, NUMBER 106 OF 125 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, [Printe...

GILBERT AND GEORGE Pink Elephants, complete set of 8 pictorial cards, 'Art For All', 12 Fournier...: GILBERT AND GEORGE Pink Elephants, complete set of 8 pictorial cards, photolithographed, bifolium, SIGNED BY THE ARTISTS in red ink, all but one in the original envelope with the artist's red stamp

GILBERT AND GEORGE Pink Elephants, complete set of 8 pictorial cards, 'Art For All', 12 Fournier...

GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS - ERIC GILL CHAUCER (GEOFFREY) The Canterbury Tales, 4 vol., NUMBER 267 OF...: GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS - ERIC GILL CHAUCER (GEOFFREY) The Canterbury Tales, 4 vol., NUMBER 267 OF 485 COPIES ON PAPER, wood-engraved decorative borders, illustrations and initials by Eric Gill,

GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS - ERIC GILL CHAUCER (GEOFFREY) The Canterbury Tales, 4 vol., NUMBER 267 OF...

£3,400(2 bids)

GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS - ERIC GILL The Four Gospels, 500 COPIES, 1931: GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS - ERIC GILL The Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ According to the Authorized Version of King James I, NUMBER 372 OF 500 COPIES, ADDITIONALLY SIGNED BY GILL ('Eric G' within

GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS - ERIC GILL The Four Gospels, 500 COPIES, 1931

GOODEN (STEPHEN) - PRINTED ON VELLUM. Aesop's Fables, ONE OF 8 COPIESVELLUM, SIGNED BY THE ILLUS...: GOODEN (STEPHEN) - PRINTED ON VELLUM Aesop's Fables. Translated by Sir Roger L'Estrange, ONE OF 8 COPIES PRINTED ON ROMAN VELLUM, SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR, from an overall edition of 533, engraved

GOODEN (STEPHEN) - PRINTED ON VELLUM. Aesop's Fables, ONE OF 8 COPIESVELLUM, SIGNED BY THE ILLUS...

GREENE (GRAHAM) [Works], 14 vol.; Waugh, 3 vol.; Kipling, 2 vol. (19): GREENE (GRAHAM) [Works], 14 vol., FIRST EDITIONS, comprising: The Man Within, 1929; Rumour at Nightfall, 1931; Stamboul Train, 1932; The Old School. Essays by Divers Hands. Edited by Graham Greene,

GREENE (GRAHAM) [Works], 14 vol.; Waugh, 3 vol.; Kipling, 2 vol. (19)

£2,400(4 bids)

HEANEY (SEAMUS) A collection of 13 first or limited editions signed by Heaney; and 3 others (16): HEANEY (SEAMUS) A collection of 13 first or limited editions signed by Heaney, comprising; Field Work, signature dated 5 February 1980, [1979]; Selected Poems 1965-1975, [1980]; Preoccupations.

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£2,600(5 bids)

HEANEY (SEAMUS), GEORGE MACKAY BROWN, TED HUGHES AND CHRISTOPHER FRY Four Poets for St. Magnus, ...: HEANEY (SEAMUS), GEORGE MACKAY BROWN, TED HUGHES AND CHRISTOPHER FRY Four Poets for St. Magnus, NUMBER 80 OF 106 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE FOUR POETS, one lithographed plate by Bryce Wilson, 5 tipped-in

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