The Fine Sale, Auction 159 10th & 11th October 2018

126 1358 Harris (J., publisher). A Visit to Uncle William in Town; or, a Description of the Most Remarkable Buildings and Curiosities in the British Metropolis., 1818, numerous copper plate engravings, original morocco backed publishers boards, spine strengthened with tape, 8vo £40 - £60 1359 Flack (Captain 'The Ranger'). A Hunters Experiences in the Southern States of America, Being an Account of the Natural History of the Various Quadrupeds and Birds Which are the Objects of Chase in those Countries, 1866, contemporary half calf with morocco labels to spine, upper joint split, 8vo £30 - £50 1360 Beano & Dandy. A collection of seventeen Beano & Dandy Annuals, circa 1950s-70s, comprising Beano 1963, 1964, 1967-69, 1971, 1974 & 1975, Dandy 1951 (Dandy Monster Comic), 1955, 1962-66, 1968 & 1969, plus a Topper annual 1958 £50 - £80 1361 Autographs, eight mainly Ambassadors & Politicians, inc. Mohammed Ali Prime Minister Pakistan signed TLS 1955, Hastings Banda (Nyasaland), Kwane Nkrumah Prime Minister Ghana signed 23.8.1957, George Balanchine (Choreographer) etc., from the Arthur Brierley Collection £30 - £40 1362 Celluloid Negatives, 200 approx 1980’s & Earlier, inc. Political, Historical, Royalty, Views, Europe, Middle East, Sport, Sinatra, End of British rule in Palestine, Poland, Regan and assassination attempt, Early Australian scenes, 18th Century, each in annotated envelope, interesting selection. £80 - £100 1363 Boreman (Thomas). A description of three hundred animals, viz. beasts, birds, fishes, serpents and insects..., 3rd edition, printed for R. Ware, 1736, engraved frontispiece, numerous engravings throughout of animals (including some fictious and some where the author has guessed what they look like), folding engraved plate 'The Greenland Whale Fishery', complete, contemporary manuscript writing to two blanks at end, contemporary speckled calf gilt, 8vo. An unusual but very interesting read £150 - £250 1364 Boer War Correspondence. Letters sent home from an S M William Richard Taylor 2.SWB (2nd South Wales Borderers). To a Mrs J Taylor of Cheltenham, England. All sent around 1900, plus a small cabinet photo (qty) £50 - £100 1365 Beano. The Beano Book, 1st edition, published D.C. Thomson, 1942 (Third Annual), duo-tone / black & white illustrations throughout, original colour pictorial boards, 4to (An excellent example) £400 - £600 1366 Ballet, Margot Fonteyn (1919-1991), signed programme Gala Evening Darlington Civic Theatre, 30th January 1976, gilded cover with original red rope £30 - £40