The Country House Fine Art & Library Auction

An archive of correspondence to include content relating to Ion Perdicaris (1840-1925), famously kidnapped in 1904 (the "Perdicaris Affair"), whic...

Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, signed first edition, first issue, London: Bloomsbury, 1998, hardback, publisher's pictoria...

Rowling, J. K, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, first deluxe edition, London: Bloomsbury, 1999, publication line reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 ...

Folio Society. Tractatus de Herbis, limited edition numbered 162 of 1000, facsimile edition reproduced from the manuscript Egerton MS 747 in The B...

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, first edition, first issue, London: Bloomsbury, 1998, hardback, publisher's pictorial boar...

Golf and Golfers: Past and Present, by J. Gordon McPherson, Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1891, publisher's red pictorial cloth,...

Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, first edition, first issue, London: Bloomsbury, 1998, hardback, publisher's pictorial board...

Potter, Beatrix. The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, first edition, London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1904. Light brown paper covered boards, "muffatees" o...

Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, first edition, first issue, London: Bloomsbury, 1998, hardback, publisher's pictorial board...

French Revolutionary Wars Interest. Manuscript document on laid/chain-lined paper bearing wax seal, issued by the 15th Regiment of Cavalry, featur...

Shakespeare, William. The First Folio of Shakespeare, Folio Society edition in The Norton Facsimile, limited edition numbered 648 of 1000, bound i...

Collection of three golf books: 1) Half Hours with an Old Golfer, by "Calamo Currente", illustrated by G. A. Laundy, London: George Bell and Sons,...

Veterinary / Equestrian Interest. The Ages of the Horse, Correctly Exhibited by the Tables of the Teeth, London: Fores [with mounted label for R. ...

Edwardian album of photographs documenting staff and pupils at Lincoln Training College for Mistresses, 1910 to 1915, including group portraits (w...

Folio Society. Blake, William (Illus.). Inferno, by Dante Alighieri, printed by Bath Press, 2004, bound in Nigerian goatskin leather with publishe...

Hogan, Ben. Power Golf, London: Nicholas Kaye, 1949, third impression, signed (autograph) by the author to frontispiece portrait, publisher's blac...

18th-century book of service lists and pay for the British army & navy, comprising two manuscript Contents pages, owner inscription to front paste...

An History of the Principal Rivers of Great Britain: An History of the River Thames, in two volumes, London: W. Bulmer for John & Josiah Boydell, ...

Australian Legal History Interest. Plunkett's Australian Magistrate, Sydney: J. J. Moore, 1866, extensive manuscript notes and contemporary newspa...

Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton C.B.E. (British, 1904-1980), an illustration for Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, Cecil Beaton Studio ...

Watson, The Rev. John. The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Halifax in Yorkshire, London: T. Lowndes, 1775. Quarto, full contemporary calf...

Bookplate / Ex Libris Interest. Allen, Charles Dexter. Ex Libris: Essays of a Collector, London: Lamson, Wolffe and Company, 1896, publisher's clo...

Travel Interest. Skinner, Robert T. In the Cevennes Without a Donkey, printed for Private Circulation and limited to 100 copies, Edinburgh: Neill ...

E..Maire (French, 20th Century), an Art Deco study of fashionable women, signed and dated 1921 l.r., gouache and ink, 48 by 36cm, unframed

Holy Bible, Old and New Testament, London: Robert Barker, 1630, bound with (first) The Booke of Common Prayer, London: Robert Barker, 1630, engrav...

John Galsworthy (1867-1933), English novelist and playwright. Photographic portrait, signed by Galsworthy in black ink at upper-left, framed & gla...

Salt, Henry. A Voyage to Abyssinia, first edition, London: F. C. and J. Rivington, 1814. 36 [of 37] plates/maps/vignettes, including five folding ...

The Costume of Turkey, London: W. Miller, 1802. Featuring 59 [of 60] hand-coloured stipple-engraved plates with well-preserved vibrant colours, de...

Dugdale, Sir William. The Baronage of England, London: Printed by Thomas Newcomb for Abel Roper, John Martin, and Henry Herringman, 1675. In one v...

Davenant, Sir William. The Works [London: Henry Herringman, 1673], recent buckram binding, beginning at p.67 (J4) with The Play-house to be Let

Davila, Enrico Caterino. Histoire des Guerres Civiles de France [History of the Civil Wars of France], in two volumes, Paris: P. Rocolet, 1657, re...

The Life and Reign of Her late excellent Majesty Queen Anne, London: Printed for the Compiler and sold by the Dealers in Books in Town and Country...

'Illustres Divers', bound collection of French illustrated publications including Paris Grand Prix with hand-coloured horse racing scenes after Ca...

Collection of ten books, including The London Calendar, or Court and City Register for the Year 1792, London: John Stockdale; The Academie of Eloq...

Macquoid, Percy. A History of English Furniture, four volumes (Age of Oak; Age of Walnut; Age of Satinwood; Age of Mahogany), London: Lawrence & B...

Humphreys, H. Noel. The Genera and Species of British Butterflies, London: T. J. Allman [c.1860]. Complete with all 32 hand-coloured lithographic ...

Morris, The Rev. F. O. A Natural History of British Moths, two volumes, London: Longman, 1861-1862. Contemporary half crushed green morocco with m...

Natural History / Entomology / Lepidoptera Interest. Collection of books, to include: British Butterflies and Moths, by H. T. Stainton, L. Reeve &...

Hunting / Equestrian Interest. A scrap album and a photograph album featuring numerous original photographs of horses (some with names inscribed) ...

Collection of 18th & 19th century books to include The Academic Speaker, by John Walker, 1791; Don Juan, by Lord Byron, 1828; Letters on Ancient H...

Yokohama Ukiyoe, printed in Japan, no date. Comprehensive reference work on Ukiyo-e woodblock prints, colour and black & white illustrations throu...

Allom, Thomas and the Rev. G. N. Wright. China, In a Series of Views, Displaying the Scenery, Architecture, and Social Habits of that Ancient Empi...

Allom, Thomas and the Rev. G. N. Wright. China, In a Series of Views, Displaying the Scenery, Architecture, and Social Habits of that Ancient Empi...

Collection of reference books on Japanese art and prints (including Ukiyo-e), 20th century hardbacks, some with slipcases, to include Japanese Pri...

Carel Allard (1648-1709), late-17th century map of British Isles, hand-coloured copper engraving on laid/chain-lined paper, framed & glazed, Boyde...

Three large late-18th century maps of Channel Islands, Isle of Man and Scilly Isles (the Channel Islands map dated 1790, "Frankreich" by Engelman)...

University and City of Oxford, bird's-eye view, aquatint etching after Nathaniel Whittock, dedicated to Duke of Wellington and members of the univ...

Robert Plot map of Staffordshire, 17th Century, copper engraving on laid paper, linen backed, folded, some wear on fold lines, 63 by 53cm, unframe...

Speed, John (1552-1629). 17th-century map of Staffordshire, hand-coloured copper engraving on laid/chain-lined paper, featuring inset views of Lic...

Speed, John (1552-1629). 17th-century map of Worcestershire, hand-coloured copper engraving on laid/chain-lined paper, featuring inset view of Wor...

Speed, John (1552-1629). 17th-century map of Warwickshire, hand-coloured copper engraving on laid/chain-lined paper, featuring inset views of Cove...

Saxton & Hole 17th-century map of Worcestershire, hand-coloured copper engraving on laid/chain-lined paper, framed & glazed, 30cm by 33cm. Togethe...

Collection of four framed antique maps, comprising: John Ogilby road map, London to Shrewsbury, hand-coloured copper engraving on laid/chain-lined...

Kurt Peiser (1887-1967), etching of a lady, signed l.r., limited edition numbered 20/50, framed & glazed, 15.5cm by 12cm (plate-mark) ...[more]

18th-century map of Worcestershire, by Emanuel Bowen, hand-coloured copper engraving on laid/chain-lined paper, published in London by R. Sayer & ...

Charles-Marie Dulac (French, 1866-1898), five landscapes, all signed in pencil to margin and four signed on the stone, one with blindstamp for Mon...

Advertising memorabilia, a 1950's HMV shop advertising banner, printed in red and black on canvas, HMV Suppliers of Radio-Gramophones, Records, Ra...

Laurence Stephen Lowry R.B.A. R.A. (British, 1887-1976), Market Scene in a Northern Town, signed l.r.  colour print, published by Patrick Seale Pr...

Sir Alfred James Munnings K.C.V.O., P,R.A., (British, 1878-1959), Brown Jack, signed l.r., colour print, Frost & Read 1935, Fine Art Trade Guild b...

Eric Gill (British 1882-1940), wood block print from the "25 Nude" series, image 12.5cm x 21cm, mounted, framed and glazed, together with another ...