DAY 1 : PRINTED BOOKS, MAPS & DOCUMENTS --- DAY 2 : CHILDREN'S & ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, MODERN FIRST EDITIONS, FILM POSTERS & EARLY PLAYING CARDS

Urquhart (Thomas & Motteux, Peter Anthony). Master Francis Rabelais, volumes 1-3, 1904, black and white plates by Louis Chalon, some light spotti...

Paperbacks. A large collection of approximately 1250 Penguin & Pelican paperbacks, including fiction, non-fiction, Penguin scores, Granta, a broke...

Napier (W.F.P.). History of The War in The Peninsula and in The South of France, From the Year 1807 To the Year 1814, volumes 1-6, 1993, uniform ...

Cookery. A large collection of mostly modern cookery reference, all original boards, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo.4to (6 shelves)

Johnson (James). The Influence of Tropical Climates on European Institutions..., 4th enlarged edition, 1827, some spotting, library stamp to titl...

Pugin (Welby). Contrasts: Or, A Parallel between the Noble Edifices of the Middle Ages, and Corresponding Buildings of One Present Day..., 2nd edi...

Miscellaneous Literature. A large collection of modern miscellaneous historical and literary reference, biography, including publications by Oxfor...

Hall (S.C.). The Baronial Halls, and Ancient Picturesque Edifices of England, volumes 1 & 2, 1858, numerous monochrome illustrations and plates, ...

Jefferson (J.B.). The History of Thirsk..., printed by Robert Peat, Thirsk, 1821, 3 black and white illustrations, including frontispiece and tit...

Wright (Thomas & Evans, R.H.). Historical and Descriptive Account of the Caricatures of James Gillray, 1st edition, 1851, marbled endpapers, all ...

Leon (Donna). Death at La Fenice, 1992, Death in a Strange Country, 1993, both UK 1st editions, both original cloth in dust jackets, spines light...

[Aspin, Jehoshophat. Cosmorama; a View of the Costumes and Peculiarities of all Nations, J. Harris, 1827], forty-eight hand-coloured engraved pl...

Blow Book. Early magic trick book, French, circa 1799, eighty-four hand-coloured engraved plates, comprising twelve each of seven subjects, some ...

Cock Robin. The Death and Burial of Cock Robin; as Taken from the Original Manuscript, in the Possession of Master Meanwell, Lichfield: printed an...

Darton (William, publisher). Mrs. Mitford's One Penny Books, Darton & Co, Holborn Hill [wrapper-title], [1849], complete set of twelve chapbooks, ...

Grandmamma Easy's Pretty Stories About the Camel, Boston: Brown, Bazin & Co..., [cover-title], circa 1850s, eight leaves printed on one side only...

Grimm (Jakob & Wilhelm). Kinder- und Haus-M„rchen. Gesammelt durch die Brder Grimm, 3 volumes, Berlin: G. Reimer, 1819-1822, engraved frontispiec...

Manuscript paper doll book. The History of Little Fanny exemplified in a series of figures, A new Edition, circa 1860s, 14pp. manuscript, includi...

Paper Doll Book. Hubert, the Cottage Youth. Being the Sequel to Phoebe, the Cottage Maid, Exemplified in a Series of Rural Figures, 1st edition, p...

Townshend (Miss Barbara Anne). Introduction to the Art of Cutting Groups of Figures, Flowers, Birds, &c. In Black Paper, printed for Edward Orme, ...

*Sampler. A linen sampler by Rebecca Johnson, Ackworth School, 1810, worked in fine cross-stitch in black thread, with a quotation entitled 'Virt...

*Sampler. A linen sampler by Jane Oxley, 1819, worked in fine cross-stitch in black thread, with a quotation entitled 'On Charity', named and dat...

*Samplers. A pair of linen samplers, by Mary Steuart Powell and Sarah Steuart Powell, 1810, worked in fine cross-stitch and eyelet embroidery in ...

*Sampler. A linen sampler by Mary Perry, 30th November 1837, worked in cross-stitch in a variety of coloured threads, with alphabets and numerals...

*School banner. A patchwork banner, circa 1870/80s, large hand-sewn wall hanging of printed patchwork (using earlier fabrics) on a white cotton b...

*ABC. Happy Hours, ABC Blocks, circa 1890s, twenty-four pictorial wooden alphabet blocks, each with a letter (or two) on one side and accompanyin...

*Alphabet. The Pictorial Alphabet, Birmingham: Kendall & Sons, circa 1840, thirty-one circular cards (complete), twenty-five with hand-coloured w...

*Attwell (Mabel Lucie). A pair of three-dimensional calendars, Dundee: Valentine's Novelty Calendars, 1939 & 1949, together two calendars, colour-...

*Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge, 'Lewis Carroll' ). Bronze figurine of the White Queen chasing her shawl, by Barbara Back, the base signed 'Back', a ...

*Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge, 'Lewis Carroll' ). Bronze figurine of the Mad Hatter, by Barbara Back, the base signed 'Back', 17.5cm (7ins) high P...

*Doll. A bisque head doll, Germany: Kammer & Reinhardt, circa 1912, composition character doll with articulated limbs, bisque head impressed '36,...

*Doll. A bisque head doll, Continental, circa 1910, composition character doll with articulated limbs, bisque head impressed '12', brown hair (cr...

*Dolls. A pair of Little Lulu dolls by Marge, American, circa 1944, two identical stuffed cloth dolls, each with black stranded wool hair (with r...

*Farnell (John Kirby). Native doll night dress case, circa 1930s, stuffed doll, with velveteen head, hands and feet, black woollen hair, and large...

* Harris (John and Wallis, John, publishers). Historical Pastime or a New Game of the History of England from the Conquest to the Accession of Ge...

Jigsaw map. Asia in its Principal Divisions, By J. Spilsbury, 1767, hand-coloured engraved map pasted onto wood and dissected along country bounda...

*Jigsaw Puzzles. Old Mother Hubbard Puzzle Box, published by Ernest Nister, circa 1910, set of five chromolithographed card jigsaws, each with i...

*Newbery (E., and Wallis, John, publishers). The Royal Genealogical Pastime of the Sovereigns of England, from the Dissolution of the Saxon Heptar...

*Panorama. [Going to Epsom Races, by Henry Alken, S. and J. Fuller, circa 1819], hand-coloured aquatint strip panorama in eight sections (lacking...

Peepshow. A Brief Account of the Thames Tunnel, B. Azulay, circa 1860, four hand-coloured lithograph divisions, showing pedestrians in the Tunnel...

Peepshow. [The Thames Tunnel, published by T.C. Brandon], n.p., circa 1845, double-decker peepshow, with four hand-coloured engraved divisions, t...

*Pelham Puppets. A large collection of Pelham Puppets, 1940s-1980s, together twenty-two string puppets, including Mexican Girl (type SS), Sandy M...

*Potter (Beatrix). A silver Peter Rabbit rattle and teething ring, by W.H. Collins & Co., Birmingham, 1938, silver Peter Rabbit rattle with mother...

*Schoenhut (A., of Philadelphia). A large collection of jointed wooden circus figures and animals, circa 1910, comprising: four clowns in origin...

*Toy horse. A push along toy horse, early 20th century, carved wood and gesso dapple grey horse, with remains of mane and tail, and with original...

*Toy theatre. Schreiber's Kinder-Theatre, Germany: Esslingen, circa 1895, collection of chromolithographed paper figures for No.36 'Around the Wor...

*Transformation game. Metamorphosises with juvenile pictures. Metamorphosen mit kindlichen Bildern. Metamorphoses avec des images pour la jeunesse...

*Jaques (J., & Son, publisher). The Counties of England, circa 1880s, sixty-three cards, including key card and rule card, many with colour illust...

Robert Morden Miniature Map Playing Cards. [The 52 Counties of England and Wales, Geographically Described in a Pack of Cards, 1st edition, 1st st...

*Playing cards. Tarot Nouveau, B.P. Grimaud, circa 1890, seventy-eight colour lithographed cards (complete), French suits, comprising double-ende...

*Popish Plot. A part pack of Horrid Popish Plot playing cards, Robert Walton, circa 1679, together twenty-three copper engraved pictorial playin...

*American playing cards. The Military Fortune Tellers, Chicago: H.V. Loring, 1918, fifty-six cards, comprising four suits of fourteen (stars, hea...

*Bancks Brothers. A standard English deck of playing cards, circa 1863, fifty-two wood engraved cards, comprising pip cards 1-10 and three full-l...

*Creswick (Thomas, printer). A standard pack of English playing cards, 1823, fifty-two cards, comprising four suits of thirteen, each with pip car...

*Cribbage. A Victorian wooden cribbage box, mahogany box with inlaid top and two drawers, 125 x 240 x 70mm (5 x 9.5 x 3ins), with four carved bon...

*De La Rue (Thomas, and Co., publisher). Queen Victoria & Prince Albert commemorative playing cards, 1839, fifty-two chromolithographed playing ca...

*De La Rue (Thomas, and Co., publisher). Two decks of standard English playing cards, circa 1880s, two decks of playing cards, each with fifty-two...

*De La Rue (Thomas, and Co., publisher). An Exportation deck, 1836, fifty-two cards, comprising four suits of thirteen, each with pip cards 1-10 a...

*De La Rue (Thomas, and Co., publisher). Royal Illuminated Playing Cards, circa 1863, fifty-two cards, comprising four suits of thirteen, each wit...

*Foreign playing cards. A large collection of playing cards, 20th century, approximately 150 decks of playing cards, including 70 American decks ...