BOOKS AND COLLECTORS ITEMS

A 1987 Royal Mail Year book complete with all stamps.

An early leather bound sparcely filled stamp album but includes a damaged 1d Black, a well filled "Strand" album and three others.

AMENDMENT TO CATALOGUE. NO LOT.

Two volumes:- "The New Ideal Postage Stamp Album" A-J and K-Z foreign countries, stamps throughout, though not well filled but much earlier, and w...

First day covers and catalogues.

A collection of 1930s and 1940s Stamp Auction House Resume plus the odd catalogue and 1950 London stamp exhibition magazines.

AMENDMENT TO CATALOGUE. NO LOT.

THEATRE, SHAKESPEARIANA, MUSIC, BIOGRAPHY ETC. Mostly complete sets, no price clipping on djs. 7 BOXES.

BERKLEY (CAPT. GEORGE). "The Naval History of Britain ... The Conclusion of the Year 1756." red & black title, 14 prelim & 706 pp complete, index ...

WATTS (ISAAC). "The Improvement of the Mind, or, a Supplement to the Art of Logick ..." 2nd edn, 16 prelim & 362 pp comp, 6 pp ads, cont calf, top...

FERGUSON (J.A.). "Bibliography of Australia." Vols 2, 3, 4 & 7 (Q-Z), dj, 1976 good.

RICKARD (WILLIAM) "The Miner's Manual of Arithmetic & Surveying ..." 1st edn, 4 folding col plans comp, orig cl, 8vo, 1859 vg.

OVIDIUS NASO (Publius). "Opera." 3 Vols comp, engr port, cont calf, 36 mo, Amstelaedami, Wetstenium & Smith, 1735 good set.

MARTINEAU (HARRIET). "Deerbrook." 3 Vols, 1st edn, prefixes & pages comp, well bound cont calf, double lettering pieces, sm 8vo, London, Edward Mo...

"The New Bath Guide ..." engr frontis 6th edn, cont calf, sm 8vo, 1768 good.

BEAUVOIRr (LE COMPTE DE). "Java, Siam, Canton." plts etc comp, well bound cont 1/2 cf, sm 8vo, 1870 vg.

WALLACE (EDGAR). "The Four Just Men." 1st edn comp with competition slip, folding frontis, orig cl, 8vo, tallis press, 1905, vg some foxing.

CHEYNEY (PETER). "They Never say When." signed & numbered 1st edn, port, orig cl, 1944 good; plus 5 other detective fiction.

INDIA. "Indian Records, with a Commercial View of the Relations between the British Government & the Newabs Nazim of Bengal, Behar & Orissa." phot...

"The Serio Comic Drama of Punch & Judy." 6 hand col engr plts comp, orig wps, J.L. Marks c1830 small tears.

JOHN HARRIS PUBLISHER. "The Rational Alphabet or Rudiments of Reading." 24 hand col engr scenes comp, orig wps, c 1820 good.

MARY BELSON. "Industry & Idleness." 60 pp comp, 4 pp ads, folding engr frontis; orig wps, William Barton, 1820 good copy.

JOHN HARRIS. "Walks with Mamma, or Stories in Words of One Syllable." 34 pp comp, ad leaf 8 hand col engr plts comp, 1 old stitched cotton repair ...

"The Dandies' Ball, or, High Life in the City." 16 col engrs comp, orig wps, Sherrat & Hughes, 1902 vg.

"Select Poetry for Children." hand col engr frontis other engrs, incl Bewick, 47 pp comp, later wps, Derby, Thomas Richardson, c1830 g.

DE LA MOTTE FOUQUE. "Undine ..." illus Tenniel, orig gilt dec cl, aeg, 12mo, Lumley 1861 fine copy.

WILLIAM UPTON. "The School Boy, A Poem, by William Upton." 6 hand col engr plts comp, orig wps, William Darton, 58 Holborn Hill, Sept 1, 1820 good...

"Jocko, The Brazilian Ape." adapted from the German by Madame de Chatelain, 32 pp comp, hand col engr plts comp, orig illus bds rebacked, Myers & ...

MADAME LEINSTEIN. "Mamma's Tales, or, Pleasing Stories of Childhood, adapted to The Infant Mind." 34 pp comp, 13 hand col engr comp, orig engr wps...

"La Verite est Notre Meilleur Ami." traduit de l'Anglais de Marie Elliot." hand col folding engr frontis & 2 engr plts comp, orig wps, William Dar...

"The Australian Babes in the Wood." engrs comp, orig bds, 1866; plus 8 others.

"The Visit to Brighton or, Amusement & Information combined. 'Pleasing & Instructive Stories for Children." engr plts comp, orig wps, Edward Lacey...

MARY ELLIOT. "Flowers of Instruction, or Familiar Subjects in Verse." 60 pp comp, ad leaf, 4 engr plts comp, orig wps, William Darton, 1820 good.

MARY ELLIOT "The Progress of the Quartern-Loaf." 6 hand col engr plts comp, orig wps, worn & loose, William Darton 1820.

MARY ELLIOT. "The Little Mimic." hand col folding engr frontis & 2 crudely col engr plts comp, orig wps, c1830 g.

"The Adventures of the Pincushion ..." 3 hand col engr plts, later roan, Thomas Hughes, 1824 vg.

HARRIS'S CABINET. "Joe Dobson." 16 hand col engr plts comp, orig wp (lacks back cover), J. Harris, Oct, 1807.

JANE TAYLOR "Rhymes for The Nursery ..." 96 pp comp, 2 ad leaves, cont roan-backed bds, Darton & Harvey, 1836 vg.

WALTER CRANE. "Bluebeard's Picture Book." The John Lane re-issue of 1899, col plts by Edmund Evans comp, orig pict cl, 4to, vg.

"The Chinese Sensitive Leaf." printed dscription complete with hand col figure, sold by Charles White Borough, c 1830 vg.

SMYTH (H. WARINGTON). "Five Years in Siam, from 1891 to 1896." 2 Vols, maps plts & illus comp, orig gt dec cl, small lib stamps on end papers, 189...

BUDGE (E.A. WALLIS) "Egyptian Fairy Tales." orig col wps, 16mo, 1923 vg; plus 4 others.

WRIGHT (THOMAS). "Gesta Romanorum." 2 Vols large paper edn, well bound cont 1/2 calf by Riviere, J.C. Hotten, 1871 vg

ITHELL COLQUHOUN. "Note on the colouring of Homer's Golden Chain Diagram." complete with hand col folding chart. from the library of Robert Lenkie...

THE CORNISH "DUMMY." Deaf & dumb Cadgwith fisherman. illns concert ticket; programme; printed proposal; 3 ALS concerning concert, 1886.

BROAD GUAGE. printed sheet "A Dirge over the Broad Guage" by A.B.Berry 1892; plus 1 other "My Cat us Murdered, Black & Tan full Back our Right."

HELSTON KENNEL WATER-COURSE, printed Hand Bill, July 1884.

HELSTON ELECTION MATERIAL. 2 manu concerning typical local election proceedings, good detail, March 17881 vg; plus further item 1787; plus Wendro...

MANU TREASURY DUES ETC early 18C. Ports of Fowey, Falmouth, Bideford, Plymouth, Penryn; John Manley & Stannary Courts, manu of April 1704 relating...

JENKINS (JAMES). "The Naval Achievements of Great Britain from the Year 1793 to 1817." hand col aqua-tint title, and 13 col aqua-tints after Whitc...

BANNERMAN (HELEN), "The Story of Little Black Sambo." 3rd edn, prelims comp, 109 pp comp & col plts comp, orig cl, 24 mo, Grant Richards 1900 goo...

AWDRY (REV. W.A.). "The Three Railway Engines." early edn (retail mark 4/48). col plts comp, orig cl & dj, good condition.

SENDAK (MAURICE) "The Nutshell Library." 4 Vols in slipcase, each orig cl with dj, 1st U.K. edn, 1964 vg.

FUNKE (CORNELIA). "The Thief Lord."; "Inkheart."; "Inkspell."; "Inkdeath."; & "Dragon Rider." all 1sts, 1st 4 with comp dj, 2002-8 vg.

PULLMAN (PHILIP). "The Northern Lights Trilogy." 1st illus edn, 1st printing, 3 Vols, pict cl in slipcase Folio Society, 2008 mint set.

WILLIAMS (KIT). "Masquerade." 1st edn, 4to, 1979 vg.

POP-UP-BOOKS. "Fungus the Bogeyman.", "Robot." & "Puss in Boots." all 1st edns undamaged.

DALQUIST (G.W.). "The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters." 1st edn, signed copy, dj with orig wrap around band, unclipped 2006 fine; plus the 10 orig...

STEWART (P.) & RIDDELL (C.) "Beyond the Deepwoods." 1st edn, unclipped dj, 1st in the "Edge Chronicles" series 1998 fine.

HILL (JOE). "Heart-Shaped Box." 1st edn, unclipped dj, 2007 vg; plus uncorrected proof copy.