An Auction of Antiquarian & Secondhand Books

PRIDEAUX FAMILY of Prideaux Place, Padstow, Cornwall; an archive of family papers, photographs, diaries, documents, etc. (1 box).

BOOKMARKS, a collection of silk, Stevens, card & others (Q). ...[more]

BOOK ENDS, BOOK BOXES, BOOK STANDS (Q).

[WILLIAM BLAKE] bronze finish plaster bust by James de Ville, taken from life, impressed verso "PUB. AUG. 1823; DEVILLES 17 Strand London", 11.5 i...

PRIVATE MUSEUM of SHELLS, MINERALS, etc., contained in a mahogany box with trays (1 tray full), with foolscap book, m.s., listing the minerals, la...

LOCK (Anton) artist; 2 rustic prints, signed / inscribed in pencil (2), u/f.

[PHOTOGRAPHY] q. of misc. mostly 19th c. photos, various sizes & formats incl. stereocards (Q). ...[more]

[GUNS] "Sharp's Patent Breech-Loading Repeating Pistol, 4pp. prospectus, folds, p. 3/4 holed, Birmingham, Tipping & Lawden, n.d. ...[more]

MILITARY, coll'n of miscellaneous, incl. WWI, Camel Corps photos, etc. etc. (Q).

[MAP] O. S. Map 1830 [but later] of ca. 12 miles around Oxford hand-col'd, linen-backed, Stanford slipcase, 37 x 34 inches.

THE CHINESE SENSITIVE LEAF, small printed broadside with three & a half 'sensitive' fish and a sensitive woman, Mollet Printer, n.d., ca. mid 19th...

[MAPS] 2 folding linen-backed maps (backing a bit mouldy), NEW ZEALAND, 1864, 1868 (2).

KITCHENER'S ARMY, 2 different posters (multiple copies), printed Cardiff / Bridgend, & q. of associated letters, paperwork etc. (Q). ...[more]

WALES, Bridgend, etc. q. of maps, newspapers, etc. incl. AIREY (John) Railway Map of South Wales 1 inch to 2 miles, h-col'd, linen-backed, folding...

[AUSTRALIA] Illustrated Australian News, Dec. 23, 1875 (a/f) & 3 Supplement plates (1 a/f) incl. "Polo" & "Newcastle N.S.W." (4). ...[more]

[ROYALTY] sm. q. of EPHEMERA regarding the Investiture of The Prince of Wales, 1911, incl. 3 x certificates engraved by G. W. EVE (Q).

[PHOTOGRAPHS] collection of portraiture, 19th c., assembled by the Powell family of Knaresborough, mainly carte-de-visite size, mainly family & as...

[PHOTOGRAPHS / NEW ZEALAND] small photo album with 12 mounted photos in and around TOKOMARU BAY, by G. F. P [owell], ca. 1890.

[KNARESBOROUGH] a collection of printed ephemera, family letters (some postal interest) mostly relating to Charles and Samuel POWELL; & a printed ...

POSTCARDS, an album, mostly pc's of the QUEEN'S DOLLS' HOUSE, & a few topographical. ...[more]

[IMPERIAL CAMEL CORPS / R.A.F. / R.C.A.F.] archive material ex-libris Charles Harry NORMAN ASHLIN, Lieutenant in the 1 / 1st East Riding of Yorksh...

WWII / R.A.F. a good collection of silk escape maps, Burma, Siam, Greece, France etc. misc. ephemera booklets etc., relating to John or Jack Nutta...

WWI & WWII, small q. of WWI ephemera relating to the Lancashire regiment, plus WWII personal diary of JOHNSON K., R.A.F., 198 Squadron (small q.)....

PHOTOGRAPHS, group of 19th c. photographs of Siam, Burma & Japan, albumen. ...[more]

PHOTOGRAPHS / IRELAND, a group of 12 albumen photographs, including Dublin.

PHOTOGRAPHY / BERMUDA, excellent group of snapshot photographs, circa 1930's / 1940's.

FINANCE & BANKING collection of early 20th c. share certificates (Russia, Rhodesia, Bukhara etc.) with a group of early Bank of England government...

PHOTOGRAPHY, 3 album leaves of carte-de-visite of celebrities of the theatre, opera and literature (Wordsworth, Tennyson, Grisi, Alboni, Patti, Je...

PHOTOGRAPHY, 36 carte-de-visite and cabinet cards of Sequah, British & European royalty, including Hungarian aristocrats attending the Emperor of ...

CANADA, BARBADOS, SOUTH AMERICA, group of manuscript maps and sketches from a ship's log (HMS Amethyst) 1879-82, by Lieut. Charles B. Clark.

PHOTOGRAPHY, a large quantity of photographs, albumen and silver print photos, postcards, some ephemera, contained in one box and one old suitcase.

PHOTOGRAPHY / ROYALTY, group of vintage press photos of Mountbatten's wedding, including Queen Mary, Queen Alexandra, the Queen Mother, together w...

PHOTOGRAPHY / CHANNEL ISLANDS, group of albumen photos of Sark & Jersey, 1870's / 80's. ...[more]

HONG KONG, original watercolour of a Wan-chai street scene with trams, circa 1960's / 70's.

RAILWAYANA, 4 large, fine quality replicas of railway signs / emblems, including Buenos Aires, North Western Railway. (4)

WATERCOLOURS, prints etc., portfolio of misc. watercolours, sketches, prints, together with two maps of Japan.

NICHOLSON (William) 2 x views of Oxford, lithos with h-colouring, 3 of 4 signed, 15.5 x 21 inches [5], with original portfolio. (4).

[LONDON MAP] ANDREWS (John) "New and Accurate Map of the County Twenty-Five Miles Round London", h-col'd, sectioned, engraved map, linen-backed (s...

NORWICH ART CIRCLE, 1890's coll'n of over 100 etchings, lithos, etc. after R. Bagge Scott & others (Q). ...[more]

[PRINTS] q. of AUSTRALIA, South Seas, China interest (Q).

[PRINTS] misc., 19th c., ITALY, COSTUME, & misc. (Q). ...[more]

SWITZERLAND, coll'n of 9 tinted lithos by Ciceri after photographs by Martens, u/f., 16 x 22 inches [S], (9).

[TAPESTRY] coll'n of 18th c. French engravings of tapestry manufacture, engr. by Benard after Radel, u/f (Q).

[NAVY] 2 h-col'd aquatints of naval battles, engr. by Sutherland after Whitcombe, u/f, card backed, 9 x 12 inches (2).

MARBLED PAPER, coll'n of loose folio sized marble end-papers, 19th c. (Q).

[EGYPT] 2 folding watercolours of obelisks 27 x 10 each, u/f., & an 18th c. engraving (3). ...[more]

COSTUME PRINTS, coll'n of over 50 19th c. h-col'd engravings (Q).

NATIVE ART, coll'n of prints, titled and signed, 3 by BILL REID, dated '72, mounted on card, each 7.5 x 4.5 inches (6).

[PAPER] approx. 50 sheets of obl. folio colour paper, some watermarked 1825 (Q).

MUSICIANS, misc. portrait prints, photos etc.

[POSTERS] "Skull on Poppy", UN poster against drug abuse, 1973; & 1986 Scotland Commonwealth Games poster (2). ...[more]

[DUTCH INTEREST] 2 x broadsides dated 1654, 1795, Antwerp & Le Haag (2). ...[more]

[MUSIC etc.] misc. song sheets, periodicals, etc. (Q).

AXEL D'ETTER & LADY ALWEN, correspondence & associated material, mostly relating to authorial matters 1930's-1950's (Q). ...[more]

[MAPS] DIX (T.) A New Map of the County of Sussex, folding engr. map, cloth covers, 15 x 18 inches, L. Darton, 1830; & 2 19th c. HUNTING MAPS, Ham...

[MUSIC & THEATRE etc.] coll'n of a.l.s. & t.l.s., etc.,mostly assembled by H. Saxe Wyndham (vide invoice from Maggs Bros., dated 1900) incl. Johan...

[MANUSCRIPTS] a collection of manuscripts in 18th c. hands, suggested by a previous owner to be by Joseph Addison, Sir Stephen Fox, et alia; one e...

[BRITTANY] a signed French ms. legal document, 4pp., dated 1695, f. & g., 10 x 14 inches [I] (1). ...[more]

[MUSIC] a pair of ms. (red & black) song sheets, double-glazed, 18 x 10 inches [I], late 17th / early 18th c. (2). ...[more]

[MUSIC] a pair of very large ms. Antiphonal sheets on vellum, 28 x 18 cms, f. & g., ca. 1600? (2). ...[more]