Christmas Library & Country House Fine Art Auction at Bishton Hall. WEBCAST ONLY

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Christmas Library & Country House Fine Art Auction at Bishton Hall. WEBCAST ONLY

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A large Egyptian brass tray top table, decorated engraving, folding hardwood mother of pearl inlay base. 57cm H x 55cm WCondition Report:in good c...

A George III mahogany folding tea table, circa 1820, folding top forms a rectangular smooth edge top, raised on turned tapering supports. 74cm H x...

An Arts and Crafts empire style oak armchair, heraldry engraving to the back united with swept arms, leather seats, raised on square supports unit...

1987 Ford Capri 2.8 Injection. Registration number: D 208 BPA. A two owner vehicle, the second owner having owned the car since 1988. A very well ...

Collection of approximately 150 sporting autographs, including football, tennis, golf, cricket, motor racing, athletics, snooker. Some signed on p...

Potter, T. R. The History and Antiquities of Charnwood Forest, London: Hamilton, Adams, and Co., 1842, complete with 20 engraved and lithographic ...

Collection of books, predominantly late-Victorian, to include 11 volumes of Thackeray; three works by 'Currer Bell' [Charlotte Bronte] published b...

Album of Edwardian and early-20th century photographs, to include several images of passengers and crew on board RMS Empress of Ireland (which tra...

Catherine Gladstone (1812-1900), wife of Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone. Autograph letter on headed paper (11 Carlton House Terrace), head...

Rutherforth, Thomas. A System of Natural Philosophy, first edition, Vol.II only, Cambridge: J. Bentham, 1748, illustrated with engraved scientific...

Manuscript. Education. Specimens of Penmanship, by John Farrer, copied from Mr Richard Kemplay's select and original pieces at his Academy, Leeds,...

A series of four Mughal illuminated bookplates, probably 19th Century, depicting processional scenes with figures and animals, script, page size 1...

Collection of autographs, comprising: Peter Sellers, signed photographic card; George H. Elliott, signed photographic card; David Kossoff, signed ...

Kathleen Ferrier, CBE (1912-1953), English contralto singer. Autograph card signed. Photographic card by Georg Fayer, inscribed and signed by Ferr...

Collection of theatre programmes, 1930s to 1960s, to include 'London's Folies Bergere', Beyond the Fringe, Halle Concert Society programmes, and o...

Lewis, Samuel. A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, in two volumes, London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837. Quarto, publisher's cloth lettered in gilt. Co...

Bindings. A collection of leather-bound books, mostly 19th century, including calf, crushed morocco, some with marbled boards, contrasting title l...

Twelve by Eight Press. Mason, John. The Twelve By Eight Papers of John Mason: More Papers Hand Made by John Mason, Leicester: Twelve by Eight Pres...

Gregynog Press. Milton, John. Four Poems by John Milton: L'Allegro, Il Penseroso, Arcades, Lycidas, with Wood-Engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton, ...

Plough Press. Wallis, Lawrence. George W. Jones: Printer Laureate, Nottingham: Plough Press, 2004. Special limited edition, signed by the author a...

Solmentes Press. Esslemont, David (Illus.). To Autumn, by John Keats, Decorah: Solmentes, 2008. Edition C, signed by Esslemont on colophon. Folio,...

Whittington Press. Morgan, Gwenda. The Diary of a Land Girl: 1939-1945, illustrated with Morgan's wood-engravings, Risbury: The Whittington Press,...

Bremer Presse. Emerson, Ralph Waldo. Nature, Munchen: Bremer Presse, 1929. Limited edition numbered 70 of 280 for subscribers of the Bremer Presse...

Society of Wood Engravers. Two By Two: A Noah's Ark, The Society of Wood Engravers, 2003. Printed on Zerkall paper by Paul Kershaw at his home on ...

Lion and Unicorn Press. Morison, Stanley. Splendour of Ornament, London: Lion and Unicorn Press, 1968. Two copies, limited editions numbered 233 a...

Golden Cockerel Press. Gill, Eric (Illus.). Sonnets and Verses, by Enid Clay, illustrated with wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Golden Cockerel Press...

De Quincey, Thomas. Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, edited by Richard Garnett, large paper edition numbered 29 of 50 and signed 'Charles Wh...

The Book of Psalms, one of only ten copies printed by Ronald Harrington Hutson, Lincoln, 1932. Octavo, full vellum lettered in gilt. Featuring tip...

Johnson, John; Strickland Gibson. Printer and Privilege at Oxford to the Year 1700, London: Oxford University Press, 1946. Quarto, quarter-cloth l...

Fry, Edmund. Pantographia: Containing Accurate Copies of all the Known Alphabets in the World, London: Printed by Cooper & Wilson for John and Art...

Laboratory Press. Garnett, Porter. A Documentary Account of the Beginnings of the Laboratory Press, Carnegie Institute of Technology, for private ...

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel. Hand and Soul, limited edition numbered 66 of 125 (110 issued for sale), Hilversum: Printed by S. H. de Roos at De Heuvel...

Cresset Press. Spenser, Edmund. The Shepheardes Calendar, illustrated by John Nash, London: The Cresset Press, 1930. Limited edition numbered 34 o...

Fleece Press. Brett, Simon. Mr Derrick Harris: 1919-1960, Denby Dale: The Fleece Press, 1998. One of 280 copies, printed on Zerkall paper, bound b...

Golden Cockerel Press. Morgan, Gwenda (Illus.). Gray's Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1946. Limited edi...

Ashbee, Charles Robert. Four Essex House Reprints: The Deserted Village; Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard; The Eve of St Agnes; Adonais, Lond...

Fleece Press. Gwen Raverat: Wood Engraver, by Joanna Selborne and Lindsay Newman, Denby Dale: The Fleece Press, 1996. One of 260 copies, printed b...

S. Dominic's Press. Wood Engraving, by R. John Beedham, with an Introduction and Appendix by Eric Gill, Ditchling: S. Dominic's Press, 1925. Octav...

Zapf, Hermann. Manuale Typographicum: 100 Typographical Arrangements, Frankfurt & New York: Z-Presse, 1968. Limited edition, signed by Hermann Zap...

Hart, Horace. Notes on A Century of Typography at the University Press, Oxford, 1693-1794, Oxford: Printed at the University Press, 1900. One of 1...

Wilson, Joyce Lancaster (Ed.). The Work & Play of Adrian Wilson: A Bibliography with Commentary, Austin: W. Thomas Taylor, 1983. Limited edition n...

Kelmscott Press. Morris, William. A Note by William Morris on His Aims in Founding the Kelmscott Press, facsimile of the last book printed at the ...

Signed Poetry. Collection of seven books, comprising: 1. Murdoch, Iris. A Year of Birds, illustrated by Reynolds Stone, Tisbury: Compton Press, 19...

Souvenir of Banquet Held at the Fleetway House, London: Amalgamated Press, 1912, printed at The Cranford Press. Folio, full vellum with gilt paper...

Nonesuch Press. Collection comprising: Minnow Among Tritons, 1934, limited edition numbered 381 of 675, signed by Francis Meynell, blue buckram le...

Curwen Press. Collection comprising: Adam 300, 1966, pictorial cloth covers and dust-jacket by Jean Cocteau; Willobie His Avisa, 1926, pictorial c...

Poetry. Collection to include Patriarch Tree, by Raissa Maritain, Worcester: Stanbrook Abbey Press, 1965, limited edition numbered 448 of 550, qua...

Ardizzone, Edward (Illus.). To War with Paper & Brush, by Malcolm Yorke, Upper Denby: Fleece Press, 2007. One of 700 copies (650 issued for sale)....

Bodoni, Giambattista. Manuale Tipografico, in two volumes, facsimile of the 1818 edition, London: Holland Press, 1960. One of 500 copies. Quarto, ...

Johnson, John. Typographia or the Printers' Instructor, first edition, in two volumes, London: Longman, 1824. Contemporary cloth with recent paper...

Collection of books on the history of private press, printing, typography. To include The Ladies of Gregynog, 1984, limited edition numbered 9 of ...

Collection of miscellaneous private press, to include Portable Pleasures, by Margot Coates, Marlborough: Libanus Press, 1992, limited edition numb...

Collection of illustrated books, to include The Story of David, by John Farleigh, London: A & C Black, 1934, full cloth with dust-jacket; Graven I...

Collection of slim private press publications and booklets to include Christmas card, 1923, Gregynog Press [one of 120], featuring mounted woodcut...

Small collection of ephemera relating to printing & typography, to include four leaflets by British Standards Institution bound in quarter cloth w...

Collection of private press keepsakes, advertising and ephemera, including ballad sheets. Whittington Press, Incline Press, Dolmen Press, Ariel Pr...

Waterlow Bros. & Layton, Ltd., Catalogue of General Stationery, 1912, illustrated, including specimens of bankers' cheques. Quarto, green cloth le...

Naphtol AS in Textile Printing, manual, c.1925, featuring more than 250 coloured swatches (including Art Deco patterns). Quarto, red buckram lette...

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