The Contents of Bishton Hall, Staffordshire & 6 Day Autumn Jewellery, Silver, Fine Art & Library Auction + No Reserve Attic Sale. See Listings.

Georgian English map of Africa by John Cary, published in London in 1805, hand-coloured engraving. Framed & glazed. 50cm x 60cm

Georgian English map of America by John Cary, published in London in 1806, hand-coloured engraving, framed. 50cm x 60cm

Georgian English map of the Kingdom of Denmark by John Cary, published in London in 1801, hand-coloured engraving. Framed & glazed. 50cm x 60cm

Speed, John (1552-1629). 17th-century map of the Channel Islands, hand-coloured copper engraving on laid/chain-lined paper bearing manufacturer's ...

Speed, John (1552-1629). 17th-century map of Poland, hand-coloured copper engraving on laid/chain-lined paper bearing manufacturer's watermark, fe...

Speed, John (1552-1629). 17th-century map of the Isle of Man, hand-coloured copper engraving on laid/chain-lined paper, featuring ships and sea mo...

Speed, John (1552-1629). 17th-century map of the Low Countries ('Ye XVII Provinces of Low Germanie'), showing Belgium and the Netherlands, featuri...

Speed, John (1552-1629). 17th-century map of The North & East Riding of Yorkshire, copper engraving on laid/chain-lined paper bearing manufacturer...

Blaeu, Joan (1596-1673). Scarce 17th-century map showing the Dnieper river flowing through Russia and Ukraine to the Black Sea, featuring figures ...

Jaillot, Alexis-Hubert (1632-1712). Early 18th-century map of Malta featuring inset view and sailing ships, attractive hand-colouring, copper-engr...

Jansson, Jan (1588-1664). Early 17th-century map of Southern Africa, featuring ships and sea monsters plus various animals, hand-coloured copper-e...

Hondius, Henricus (1597-1651). 17th-century map of the Duchy of Holstein, featuring inset views and sailing ships, hand-coloured copper-engraving ...

Blaeu, Willem (1571-1638). 17th-century map of Russia, featuring inset view of Moscow and figures in regional costume, hand-coloured copper engrav...

Blaeu, Joan (1596-1673). Rare 17th-century map of Lithuania, hand-coloured copper-engraving on laid/chain-lined paper, wide margins, French text t...

Blaeu, Joan (1596-1673). 17th-century maps of the Moscow Kremlin in Russia, a pair, hand-coloured copper-engravings on laid/chain-lined paper, wid...

Blaeu, Willem (1571-1638). 17th-century map of Ireland (Hibernia), hand-coloured copper-engraving on laid/chain-lined paper, Latin text to verso. ...

Blaeu, Joan (1596-1673). 17th-century map of Durham, featuring coats-of-arms, figures and ships, hand-coloured copper engraving on laid/chain-line...

Homann, Johann Baptist (1664-1724). 18th-century map/plan of Paris, hand-coloured copper-engraving on laid/chain-lined paper, circa 1739. Framed &...

18th-century maps, a pair, showing plans of Antwerp and Brussels after the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14), when they were transferred fro...

Early 18th-century map of Prussia by Peter Schenck, hand-coloured copper-engraving on laid/chain-lined paper, some discolouration and splitting at...

Bellin, Jacques-Nicolas (1703-1772). Channel Islands. 18th-century maps of Jersey and Guernsey, a pair, coper-engravings on laid/chain-lined paper...

Delisle, Guillaume (1675-1726). Early 18th-century map of Scandinavia showing Denmark, Norway and Sweden, hand-coloured copper engraving on laid/c...

18th-century prospect of Newnham Paddox in Warwickshire, hand-coloured copper-engraving on laid/chain-lined paper, by Kip & Knyff. 45cm x 62cm

Three late-19th/early-20th Century cases of prosthetic glass eyes, brown, blue and olive mixture, total 279, in original cases

An interesting collection of spectacles and lorgnettes, including a pair of late 17th century iron ring side spectacles; iron horn-rimmed spectacl...

Early 20th-century Japanese colour woodblock printed book of birds, reminiscent of Kono Bairei, featuring 16 double-page illustrations, nine singl...

Fleming, Ian. You Only Live Twice, first edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1964, unclipped dust-jacket, neat owner inscription to front pastedown d...

Potter, Beatrix. Collection of early editions (Warne not Limited, but dates to verso of title pages), neat owner inscriptions to all but one (1914...

Travel / Exploration / Natural History / Ornithology / Conservation Interest. Wanderings in South America, the North-West of the United States, an...

Socialist/Communist Interest: Hewlett Johnson (1874-1966), Christian Marxist known as the "Red Dean of Canterbury" who was friends with Mao and Ca...

Collection of photographic portraits, cabinet cards, including Queen Vivtoria & Princess Beatrice (from the studio of Arthur J. Melhuish) and Benj...

***Bishton***C, J, E & J.P Weatherby, The Racing Calendar for the year 1860 and 1871 (2)

Music Hall / Circus / Magic / Clown / Hollywood Interest. Collection of photographic portraits and photographic press cards of performers, 1920s -...

Almanac De Gotha, Gotha: C. W. Ettinger, 1784, vellum binding with slipcase, engraved frontispiece and further plates within the text (including f...

Clewer House School Interest. The Works of Lord Byron, in four volumes, London: John Murray, 1829, together with Vol.V and Vol.VI from a six-volum...

Marquis de Sade. Justine, En Hollande: 1797. Six [of ten] volumes, each volume illustrated with numerous engraved plates depicting sexual acts. A ...

Memento Mori / Macabre Interest. Preparation for Death, by William Wake, second edition, London: Richard Chiswell, 1688, engraved frontispiece dep...

Crompton, Richmal. Collection of 38 books from the Just William series, to include eight first editions (Superman, Television Show, Tramp, Treasur...

Mary of Teck (1867-1953), Queen Consort and wife of King George V, signed photographic portrait dated 1915 (First World War period), autograph in ...

Georges Braque Ten Works, limited edition for USA & Canada only, numbered 46 of 330, New York: A Helen and Kurt Wolff Publication, 1963. Complete ...

Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968), Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, the first human into outer space. Quantity of photographs showing Gagarin, together with a s...

Rolls-Royce / Automobilia Interest. An archive of material relating to Rolls-Royce, including a signed photograph of Henry Royce (1925); private i...

The Dances of Death, by John Holbein, illustrated with etched plates by D. Deuchar, London: S. Gosnell, 1803, later half-calf binding with green m...

Ancient Order of Druids: Collection of ceremonial sickles of brass construction with wooden shafts, two floor carpets, regalia and photographs

Collection of books to include: The History of Freemasonary, Robert Freke Gould, in three volumes, no date; Concise History of Freemasonry, Gould,...

Victorian Freemasonry Interest. Constitutions of the Antient Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons, nineteen volumes covering the years 1827, 184...

Medical Interest. Culpeper, Nicholas. English Physician and Complete Herbal with a Display of their Medicinal and Occult Properties, London: Print...

Freemasonry / SS / Nazi Party Interest. Two scarce anti-masonic German publications: Die Freimaurerei, Berlin: NSDAP, 1938, publisher's black & si...

Manichaeism / Ancient Religion Interest. Histoire Critique de Manichee et du Manicheisme, Isaac De Beausobre, first edition, Amsterdam: Frederic B...

Freemasonry Interest. Histoire Pittoresque de la Franc-Maconnerie et des Societes Secretes Anciennes et Modernes [Picturesque History of Freemason...

Vertot, René-Aubert. Histoire des Chevaliers Hospitaliers [History of the Knights Hospitallers/Malta], in four volumes, Paris: Rollin, 1726, full...

Elizabethan Geneva / Breeches Bible. 'The Bible, that is, The holy Scriptures conteined in the Olde and Newe Testament, Translated According to th...

The Bible, London: Robert Barker, 1605, rebound in full panelled calf with raised bands and gilt title, marbled endpapers, incomplete with replace...

Illustrated manuscript reference work on freemasonry in five volumes: Curiosa Masonica, Impressions of Antique Masonic Jewels and Photographs of M...

Satanic / Devil / Luciferianism / Victorian Freemasonry Interest. Le Diable [The Devil in the 19th Century, Luciferian Freemasonry], Le Docteur Ba...

18th Century Freemasonry Interest. Recueil Precieux de la Maconnerie Adonhiramite, three editions, Philadelphie: 1785 and 1787 (the third with no ...

Shaw, George Bernard. Plays: Pleasant and Unpleasant, the Second Volume, London: Constable and Company, 1923. A presentation copy signed by the au...

Freemasonry / Templars Interest. Règle et Statuts Secrets des Templiers [Rules and Secret Status of the Knights Templar], Maillard de Chambure, sc...

Westcott, William Wynn. Sepher Yetzirah, The Book of Formation with The Fifty Gates of Intelligence and The Thirty-Two Paths of Wisdom, translated...

Sorcery / Satanic / Freemasonry Interest. Superstitions de tous les Peuples du Monde, fourth volume, Amsterdam: Laporte, 1783, illustrated with en...