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

The Gentleman's and Connoisseur's Dictionary of Painters, by Matthew Pilkington, London: W. & C. Spilsbury, 1798, and An Illustrative Supplement t...

Napoleon III & Empress Eugenie, pair of Baxter prints, mounted, framed and glazed. Together with New Forest Farm, colour lithograph, limited editi...

Collection of correspondence, comprising: autograph letter signed by Evelyn Ashley (1836-1907), private secretary to Lord Palmerston, headed '10 D...

J. K. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, first edition, hardback, signed by the author in black ink on title page ('To Joely, J K Rowling', wit...

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, first issue [one of only 500], London: Bloomsbury, 1997, hardback, publish...

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, deluxe edition, sealed

Bindings. Collection of 49 Franklin Mint books, literary classics. Octavo, handsomely bound in quarter crushed morocco, varying colours, all edges...

Burn, James. Dead Yet Speaketh: Treatise on Modern Science and Psychic Phenomenon - The History of the Great Pyramid, by James Burn, South Shields...

Collection of 12 miscellaneous leather-bound books, to include Lectures on the Materia Medica, by William Cullen, second edition, Dublin: W. & H. ...

Collection of miscellaneous modern reference (30 hardback, five softback), including art, monographs, architecture, furniture. Mostly illustrated ...

Archer, Thomas. Charles Dickens: A Gossip About His Life, Works and Characters, London: Cassell, no date. Folio, half crushed morocco lettered in ...

The Miser of Acton. Archive of correspondence relating to the famous William Jennens case, together with a manuscript copy of The Great Jennens Ca...

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, first issue [one of only 500], London: Bloomsbury, 1997, hardback, publish...

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, first issue [one of only 500], London: Bloomsbury, 1997, hardback, publish...

V. S. Naipaul. Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul (1932-2018). Autograph letter, signed, addressed to Dr Banik, 25 March 1980. 'Dear Dr Banik, Than...

Pullman, Philip. His Dark Materials. Signed trilogy. Northern Lights, 1995; The Subtle Knife, 1997; The Amber Spyglass, 2000. First editions, Subt...

Gaskell, Elizabeth. The Life of Charlotte Bronte, first edition, in two volumes, London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1857. Association copies bearing owne...

Browne, John. The Mirrour of Architecture: Or the Ground-Rules of the Art of Building, Exactly laid down by Vincent Scamozzi, Mr. Builder of Venic...

Burton, Richard. Admirable Curiosities, Rarities, and Wonders, in England, Scotland, and Ireland, Westminster: Printed for Machell Stace, 1811. Wo...

The Coronation of His Majesty King George IV, Westminster Abbey, 19 July 1821, The Form and Order of Service, London: George Eyre and Andrew Strah...

Nansen, Fridtjof. Farthest North, in two volumes, London: George Newnes, 1898. Chromolithographic plate, folding map, and numerous illustrations w...

Crompton, Richmal. William's Treasure Trove, first edition, London: George Newnes Limited, 1962. Signed by the author on front free endpaper, 'All...

Kipling, Rudyard. Kim, first edition, London: Macmillan, 1901. Red & black title page, frontispiece, all plates as called for, two pages of publis...

Du Maurier, Daphne. Rebecca, first edition, London: Victor Gollancz Limited, 1938. Octavo, publisher's cloth lettered in gilt. Contents generally ...

Gaskin, Arthur J. (Illus.). Stories by Hans Christian Andersen, in two volumes, London: George Allen, 1893. The influence of William Morris is evi...

Carroll, Lewis. Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, London: Macmillan, 1928. Octavo, publisher's pictorial green cloth. Contents...

Collection of poetry to include The Hawk in the Rain, by Ted Hughes, London: Faber and Faber, 1957, blue cloth, dust-jacket with wear/loss; The Wh...

Nussey Family. The Poetical Works of Robert Browning, in two volumes, London: Smith, Elder, 1899, bearing etched bookplate of Helen G Nussey, plus...

Daniell, William (Illus.). The Oriental Album, or Scenes in India, by Rev. Hobart Caunter, three volumes (London: Edward Bull, 1834; London: Charl...

Collection of books, mostly 18th- and 19th-century leather bindings, including A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime...

Buckland, The Rev. William. Geology and Mineralogy, in two volumes, London: William Pickering, 1837. Illustrated with 87 numbered plates depicting...

Vintage mid-20th century alphabetical office filing drawer, light oak, including blank filing cards/dividers. 40cm length

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852). Lock of hair, tied with thread and lightly stitched onto scrap of paper, housed within a sli...

Benjamin West PRA (1738-1820), American-born artist and founder member of the Royal Academy, of which he became the second president (after Joshua...

George Philip & Son, collection of colour maps, sectional and linen-backed, housed within two wooden slipcases bearing publisher labels, 'Comparat...

Speed, John. 17th-century map of The West Riding of Yorkshire, hand-coloured copper engraving on laid/chain-lined paper bearing manufacturer's wat...

Speed, John. 17th-century map of Bedfordshire, hand-coloured copper engraving on laid/chain-lined paper, published by Bassett & Chiswell. Featurin...

Georg Braun & Frans Hogenberg. Cambridge, bird's eye plan, 1575 or later, hand-coloured copper engraving on laid/chain-lined paper. Framed and gla...

Georg Braun & Frans Hogenberg. Canterbury, bird's eye plan, 1588 or later, hand-coloured copper engraving on laid/chain-lined paper. Framed and gl...

Georg Braun & Frans Hogenberg. Bristol, bird's eye plan, 1581 or later, hand-coloured copper engraving on laid/chain-lined paper. Framed and glaze...

Georg Braun & Frans Hogenberg. Chester, bird's eye plan, 1581 or later, hand-coloured copper engraving on laid/chain-lined paper. Framed and glaze...

Georg Braun & Frans Hogenberg. Chester, bird's eye plan, 1581 or later, uncoloured copper engraving on laid/chain-lined paper. Unframed, 41cm by 5...

Georg Braun & Frans Hogenberg. York, Shrewsbury, Lancaster and Richmond, bird's eye plan, 1618 or later, hand-coloured copper engraving on laid/ch...

R. W. Seale. Middlesex, hand-coloured copper engraving, London: Bowles & Sayer, c.1760, map featuring decorative cartouche and coats-of-arms for a...

R. W. Seale. Middlesex, hand-coloured copper engraving, London: Bowles & Sayer, c.1760, map featuring decorative cartouche and coats-of-arms for a...

John Ogilby. The Road from Hereford to Leicester, map, hand-coloured copper engraving on laid/chain-lined paper. Mounted, unframed, 35cm by 45cm (...

Schedel, Hartmann. Nuremberg Chronicle. Anglie Provincia, single leaf with hand-coloured woodcut view of England, c.1493. Unframed, 44cm by 29.5cm...

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

John Bacon (20th Century), sketchbook/album featuring 15 pages of etchings in various stages of printing process, 1910-1912, including streetlight...

Hubert Hilscher (Polish, 1924-1999). Circus poster, 'Cyrk', 1979, screenprint, 33" by 26", unframed, rolled. Well-preserved, clean, bright; some v...

Bert Thomas (British, 1883-1966). WW2 period colour lithographic poster, Railway Executive Committee, London: Haycock Press, no date, 20" by 22", ...

Glen C. Sheffer (American, 1881-1948), 1933 Chicago World's Fair colour poster, a notable Art Deco design by Sheffer, printed in the United States...

Bridget Riley (b.1931), Rose Rose, London 2012 Olympic Games, colour poster, 83.5cm by 59.5cm, unframed, rolled. Good, clean, bright with undulati...

Daphne Padden (British, 1927-2009), unused seaside poster blank, early 1960s, 30" by 20", framed & glazed. Appears good, clean, bright, colours vi...

Leonetto Cappiello (1875-1942), colour advertising poster for Chocolat Klaus, unframed, restoration in places, 23.5cm by 32cm

Three exhibition posters: Patrick Caulfield, Tate, 1981-2; Alexander Calder, Galerie Maeght, no date; The Tate Gallery, John Piper design, 1979. U...

R. Brown (20th Century), 1960s coach travel poster, colour lithograph, 30" by 20", framed & glazed. Appears good, clean, bright; some very faint c...

Andy Warhol exhibition poster, Tate Gallery, 1971, Marilyn Monroe 1964 design, 76cm by 51cm, unframed. Good, clean, bright; some very faint knocks...

Clifford Richards (20th Century), Roundhouse London theatre poster, 1973, William Shakespeare's Henry IV, Parts 1 & 2, 30" by 20", framed & glazed...

Graham Clarke, London Transport poster for Richmond, signed by the artist, Kent: Johnson Riddle & Co. Ltd., 1972, 101.5cm by 63.5cm, unframed, rol...