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Mallams Ltd. - Cheltenham
Lot 515

A WHITE METAL PENCIL, British General Life Insurance Co. Ltd., another G Rowney & Co. London, a silver pencil by S. Mordan, another marked P.Wm. and five other various pencils

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Mallams Ltd. - Cheltenham
Lot 520

A SILVER ENGRAVED BUTTER KNIFE with carved bone handle, Birmingham 1828 by John Bettridge, a Victorian silver and bone handled cake knife, Birmingham 1857, makers H & T, four other silver butter knives, one with mother of pearl handle, one bone handle and two silver pickle forks, Birmingham, 1864 98)

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Mallams Ltd. - Cheltenham
Lot 570

AN OLD PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM containing mostly Victorian black and white photos, together with Kelly`s Directory of The Watch, Clock & Jewellery Trades 1917 and five art books

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Mallams Ltd. - Cheltenham
Lot 236

DURRELL, GERALD My Family and Other Animals, First Edition, with original dust jacket, London: Rupert Hart-Davis & The Book Society Ltd, 1956: Angela Thirkell, What Did It Mean?, London: Hamish Hamilton, 1954, with original dust jacket, First Edition, and two further books (4)

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Mallams Ltd. - Cheltenham
Lot 1

AN EDWARDIAN MAHOGANY AND CARVED BREAKFRONT LOW GLAZED BOOKCASE with adjustable shelves and retailer`s label, S & H Jewell of Holborn, 8` across x 45" high

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Mallams Ltd. - Cheltenham
Lot 30

A 19TH CENTURY OAK AND METAL BOUND SILVER TRUNK, with fitted original tray interior and brass label `Hunt and Roskell` late Storr & Mortimer, 156 New Bond Street, London`, 25" wide

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Mallams Ltd. - Cheltenham
Lot 46

ATTRIBUTED TO E. W. GODWIN (1833-1886) A set of six oak and ebonised side chairs with ring turned legs, upper splat band carved with eight-petalled flowers interspersed with stylised leaves and with brass tacked upholstery. The castors stamped `C & C Patent` and the back leg stamped 5251. Note: A similar example can be found in Susan W. Soros, The Secular Furniture of E. W. Godwin, New York: Yale University Press, 1999, p. 127, but this example has a straight top rail. Another set with arched top rails sold at auction in 1982 at Adare Manor, Ireland and one further set at Stair Galleries, Hudson, America in March 2009. (see illustration)

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Mallams Ltd. - Cheltenham
Lot 105

LAURIE & WHITTLE (Publishers) `A general view of the house and gardens of Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, a beautiful seat of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire`, published by Laurie and Whittle of Fleet Street, London, engraving, 12 1/2" x 17"

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Mallams Ltd. - Cheltenham
Lot 120

A PAIR OF OVAL MINIATURE PRINTS, each in an ebonised frame, Liszt & Schubert

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Mallams Ltd. - Cheltenham
Lot 140

THOMAS LEWIN (b.1774) `Cissa Thalassina` (Borneo and Java), a short-tailed magpie, signed `D & P by Tho Lewin.` lower right, watercolour and gouache, 11 1/2" x 10 1/4" (see illustration)

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Dominic Winter Book Auctions
Lot 6

Burns (Robert). The Northumbrian Minstrel: A Choice Selection of Songs, parts 1 & 3 only, pub. Alnwick, 1811, eng. frontis. to each, orig. printed wrappers, slightly rubbed, 12mo in 6’s, together with Thumb (Tom), The Famous History of Tom Thumb. Wherein is Declared, His Marvellous Acts of Manhood..., parts 1 & 3 only, c. 1800, num. engs. to text, orig. printed wrappers, small 8vo, plus [Fenn, Lady Eleanor], Cobwebs to Cath Flies; Or, Dialogues in Short Sentences, Adapted to Children from the Age of Three to Eight Years, vol. 2 only, c. 1820, eng. frontis., contemp. calf backed boards, rubbed, 8vo, plus one other (6)

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Lot 7

Carew (Bampfylde-Moore). The King of the Beggars; or, the History of Bamfylde Moore Carew; Who Was the Son of a Gentleman Near Plymouth, and Ran Away from his Father and Joined a Gang of Gipsies, Detailing the Numerous Tricks and Impositions, Practised by Him in Various Disguises, Derby, Thomas Richardson, [1840], 24 pp., folding hand-col. frontis., orig. green printed wrappers, spine split, frayed to edges, slim 8vo, together with Darton (William, & son, pub.), Rural Amusements and Employments, n.d., c. 1836, twenty-four hand col. engs. on 12 leaves, some offsetting, orig. pale blue printed wrappers, spine worn, rubbed to extrems., slim 8vo, plus Hughes (T., pub.), The Shipwreck; Or the Adventures, Love, and Constancy, of Paul and Virginia..., [1809], eng. frontis., orig. printed wrappers, spine worn, frayed to extrems., slim 8vo, plus two others similar (5)

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Lot 10

Colesworthy (S.H., publisher). Juvenile Stories for the Instruction of Children, Portland, [Maine]: S.H. Colesworthy, 1839, wood eng. illusts., orig. printed wrappers, later sewing to spine, slim 16mo, together with Phinney (H. & E., pub.), The Farmyard Journal, for the Amusement and Instruction of Children, Cooperstown, New York, 1841, wood eng. vignette illusts., ink signatures to half-title, orig. printed wrappers (dated 1839), slim 16mo, with A Walk in the Hay-Fields, Cooperstown, New York, c.1840, wood eng. illusts., orig. printed wrappers stitched to spine, slim 16mo, plus five others similar (8)

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Lot 14

Darton (William, pub.). The Young Moralist, Consisting of Allegorical and Entertaining Essays, In Prose and Verse. Compiled from Various Authors. Chiefly Designed to implant the Principles of Virtue and Morality in the Minds of Young Gentlemen and Ladies..., by G. Wright, 5th ed., enlarged, 1819, etched frontis. and one plt., contemp. red qtr. morocco gilt, slightly rubbed, 12mo, together with Plain Things for Little Folks; Seasoned with Instruction, both for the Mind and the Eye, by their Friend, Mary Elliot, [1823],twelve eng. plts. (inc. frontis., few with juvenile colouring), bound with The Kings of England, from William the Conqueror, to George III, Comprising the Remarkable Events of Each Reign, [c.1820], woodcut port. illusts., bound with The Crocus, Containing Original Poems for Young People, by J.E.M., [1824], six eng. plts. (inc. frontis.), few plts. with juvenile hand-colouring, bound with [Harris & Son, J., pub.], The Rose; or, Admonitory Pieces in Verse for Children. By the Authour of the Snow-Drop, pub. 1823, hand-col. vignette to title and hand-col. woodcut illusts., contemp. qtr. sheep, spine rubbed, small 8vo. (2)

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Lot 16

Dean & Munday (publishers). The New Quizzical Valentine Writer. An Excellent Collection of Humorous, Droll, and Merry Valentines, c.1820, aquatint frontis. with orig. hand-colouring (frayed & fre closed-tears to margins, loose & some adhesive tape to inner margin), some offsetting to title, orig. printed wrappers, edges frayed & some dust-soining, old spine repair, slim 8vo, together with Darton & Clark (publishers), The New Nursery Alphabet, c.1830, hand-col. wood eng. illusts. some dust-soiling and few marks, orig. prints wrappers, dust-soiled and some wear, slim 8vo. (2)

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Lot 19

[Fenn, Lady Eleanor]. The Mother’s Grammar: Being a Contunuation of the Child’s Grammar; To Which it Forms a Second Part; with Lessons for Parsing; and a Few Already Done, as Examples, by Mrs. Lovechild, 1804, contemp. calf, upper cover detached, wear to extrems., small 8vo, together with Cruikshank (George), The Diverting History of John Gilpin: Showing How He Went Farther Than He Intended, and Came Safe Home Again, 1828, six engs. by George Cruikshank, occ. spotting, bookplate for “Marjorie Moon” to inside front cover, orig. printed wrappers, small 8vo, plus Greenaway (Kate, illust.), Dame Wiggins of Lee, and Her Seven Wonderful Cats..., 2nd ed., 1897, woodcuts to text, orig. cloth gilt, slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus twenty-eight other late 18th/early 19th c. childrens books, incl. a ms. story book entitled “Baby”, dated March 1891 & The House I Live In; or, Popular Illustrations of the Structure and Functions of the Human Body, ed. Thomas C. Girtin, 1837 (31)

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Lot 21

Griffin (John). A Child’s Memorial; or, a New Token for Children..., 1805, slight foxing to lower margin, orig. printed wrappers, slight loss to base of spine, rubbed, small 8vo, together with [Dorset, Catherine Ann Turner], The Peacock ‘at Home’, by a Lady, 22nd ed., 1844, hand-col. frontis., hand-col. illusts. to text, orig. printed wrappers, neatly rebacked with cloth tape, 8vo, plus Roberts (G.), A Catechism of Classical Biography: Or, the Lives of Illustrious Poets, Historians, Orators, &c. of Antiquity, New ed., c. 1820, eng. frontis., orig. printed wrappers, rubbed, small 8vo, plus approx. ten others similar (13)

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Lot 28

Harris (John., pub.). Tom Trips’s Museum: Or, a Peep at the Quadruped Race, c. 1825, parts 1-3, three titles, two with hand-coloured vignettes, 48 hand-coloured engaved illustrations of animals, bound-with Tommy Trips’s Museum; Or, a Peep at the Feathered Creation, parts 1 & 2, titles with hand-coloured parrot vignette, 28 hand-coloured engraved illustrations of birds, advert. leaf for Harris’s Cabinet of Amusement and Instruction, listing 22 titles, one or two light spots, previous owner inscriptions to front pastedown, contemporary calf-backed boards, loss to head of spine, joints splitting, rubbed, 8vo. (1)

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Lot 29

Hine (Henry George, illust.). The Remarkable History of the House that Jack Built, Splendidly Illustrated and Magnificently Illuminated by the Son of a Genius, Grant & Griffiths, [1854], ff.12, hand-col. lithos. throughout, contemp. ms. inscription on front pastedown, orig. gilt-printed green wrappers, old sewn repair to spine and covers detached, oblong 4to. Scarce. Not in Osborne or Gumuchian. (1)

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Lot 30

The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes; Otherwise called Mrs. Margery Two-Shoes. With the Means by which she acquired her Learning and Wisdom, and in Consequence thereof her Estate..., printed for T. Carnan & F. Newbery, 1775, pp.156+[4](pubs. ads.), copper eng. frontis., thirty-five woodcuts to text, first and final few leaves with marginal worming, clipping text in places, and with some consequent loss to margins, stitching partially broken, lacking front free endpaper, orig. boards, with contemp. cut-out engs. of a boy with a dog, and a girl with a kitten, mounted on upper and lower covers respectively, rubbed and wormed, with some surface wear and loss of spine, 24mo (in 8’s) Roscoe J167(10). See Quayle, Collector’s Book of Children’s Books, pp.23-24. First published in 1765, all early editions are rare. (1)

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Lot 31

Hitch (C., Hawes, L. & Crowder S., publishers). The Right Pleasant and Delightful History of Fortunatus, and His Two Sons. In two parts..., First Penned in the Dutch Tongue, and thence Translated, and now Published in English, [1760?], woodcut illusts. to text, leaves E5 & E6 repaired to upper outer corners, contemp. sheep, joints slightly cracked at head & foot, upper board repaired to upper outer corner, 12mo. (1)

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Lot 32

The Infant’s Library. Books 1, 2 & 7 printed and sold by John Marshall, No. 4 Aldermary Church Yard, c.1780s, together with A Short History of England, for the Infant’s Library, c.1780s, wood eng. illusts., orig. boards, with paper labels to covers (heavily rubbed), spines with old stitched repair, each approx. 60 x 46 mm (2.5 x 1.75 ins), plus three other defective volumes of the Infant’s Library, contained together in a small early 20th c. leather-covered box with hinged lid & clasp (7)

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Lot 33

Kay (R.). The New Preceptor, or, Young Lady’s & Gentleman’s True Instructor in the Rudiments of the English Tongue, Newcastle: Printed by and for M. Angus & Son ... and for W. Charnley, 1801, title-page with woodcut coat-of-arms of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, small woodcut illustrations by Thomas Bewick to text, some minor browning, late 19th c. red half morocco, spine & extrems. slightly rubbed, 12mo. (1)

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Lot 36

Manuscript. History of Sammy’s Bed not of Down, nor a turn down, though it turned out down at last, Drawn by himself, November, 1856, pp.[iv]+26, loose leaves, pen and ink thoughout, with title-page, leaf of text, and twenty-six humourous pen and ink sketches with caption below, unbound, oblong 8vo. Presumably a near contemporary copy of a book published by Thomas McLean in 1857 (British Library and V&A on COPAC). (1)

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Lot 38

Mills (Alfred). Natural History of 48 Birds, pub. Darton, Harvey & Darton, 1810, forty-eight eng. plts., contemp. red straight-grain morocco gilt, slightly rubbed, approx. 65 x 60mm, together with A Short History of the Bible and New Testament, with 48 Neat Engravings, 1825, forty-eight eng. plts., contemp. red straight-grain morocco gilt, rubbed & slight wear, 70 x 62mm, with Marcilly (pub.), Les Soirees de l”Enfance, Paris, c.1830, eng. plts., a.e.g., orig. blind embossed boards, contained in orig. slipcase, approx. 70 x 47mm, plus other antiquarian juvenile books (10)

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Lot 49

[Pinchard, Elizabeth Sibthorpe, Mrs.] The Blind Child, or Anecdotes of the Wyndham Family, written for the use of Young People, by a Lady, 1st ed., E. Newbery, 1791, copper eng. frontis., single ad. leaf at rear, some browning and finger-soiling, early ms. inscriptions to front endpapers, hinges with sellotape repairs, contemp. calf, gilt dec. spine with label lacking, joints cracked and spine worn at head & foot, 12mo. Gumuchian 4568; Osborne p.923; Roscoe J289(1). (1)

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Lot 51

[Quarles, Francis]. Emblems and Hieroglyphicks on a Great Variety of Subjects, Moral and Divine. In Four Books. Intended for the Recreation and Improvement of Youth, and the Encouragement of Virtue and true Piety among Christians..., printed for M. Cooper, W. Reeve & C. Sympson, 1753, woodcut frontis. and illusts., sewing weak, contemp. sheep, joints cracked and some wear, 12mo, together with Baldwin (Edward), The Pantheon: or Ancient History of the Gods of Greece and Rome. For the use of Schools, and Young Persons of Both Sexes, 3rd ed., M.J. Godwin, 1810, etched frontis. and eleven etched plts., ink ownership signature ‘Frances Elizth. Milford, 1811’ to upper margin of title, upper outer corners of leaves G9 & G10 torn, occ. minor spotting, contemp. sheep, joints cracked and some slight wear, 12mo. (2)

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Lot 54

Steerwell (J.). The Little Traveller; or, a Sketch of the Various Nations of the World: Representing the Costumes, and Describing the Manners and Peculiarities of the Inhabitants..., by J. Steerwell, Jun. R.N., Printed and Sold by Dean & Munday, c.1830, hand-col. eng. frontis., hand-col. illusts. to text, bound with Finch (Charlotte), The Gamut and Time-Table, in Verse. For the Instruction of Children, pub. Dean & Munday, c.1830, hand-col. eng. frontis. and illusts. to text, bound with Dean & Munday (pub.), Mamma’s Gift; or, Pleasing Lessons, adapted for Children of an Early Age, by Mrs. Meeke, c.1830, hand-col. eng. frontis. and illusts. to text, bound with The Birth-day Present: or, Pleasing Tales, of Amusement and Instruction, by Mrs. Meeke, c.1830, hand-col. eng. frontis. and illusts, bound with, Elliott (Mary), William’s Secret, pub. William Darton Jun., 1819, folding eng. frontis. and two eng. plts., (each close-trimmed to margins with slight loss), bound with Harvey & Darton (pub.), Little Truths, for the Instruction of Children, vol. 2 only, 1821, eng. vignette to title, eng. illusts. to text, bound with A Present for a Little Girl, 1820,eng. title (stained & laid-down to front pastedown), eng. illusts. to text, contemp. sheep, rubbed and slight wear, 12mo. (1)

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Lot 56

[Taylor, Ann]. The Mother’s Present to her Little Darling, or the Progress of Life, pub. G. Martin, c.1820, hand-col. etched title (trimmed & laid down), twelve leaves of hand-col. etched illusts. with text to lower margins, gilt morocco bookplate with initials “A.L.” (Andrew Lang?), contemp. qtr. sheep gilt, 12mo (approx.100 x 100mm) (1)

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Lot 61

Wilson (Lucy Sarah Atkins). A Visit to Grove Cottage for the Entertainment and Instruction of Children, pub. Harris & Sons, St. Pauls, 1823, hand coloured engraved title, five hand col. plates, a few contemp. ink jottings, orig. morocco-backed printed boards, rubbed and faded, spine worn and frayed, 12mo, together with William Darton (pub.), A Visit to a Farm House; or, an Introduction to Various Subjects Connected with Rural Economy...by S.W., 7th ed., 1820, nine engraved plates, publishers catalogue at rear, a few minor marks and stains, contemp. morocco-backed marbled boards, rubbed to extrems., 12mo, plus other similar antiquarian children’s books including Religious Tract Society, some incomplete or with torn plates, mostly 12mo. (20)

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Lot 67

Dodgson (Rev. Charles Lutwidge, “Lewis Carroll”). The Hunting of the Snark, an Agony, in Eight Fits, 1876, b&w illusts. throughout, a.e.g., orig. pict. cloth, 8vo. (1)

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Lot 68

Dodgson (Rev. Charles Lutwidge, “Lewis Carroll”). Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, 1st ed., 1st issue, Macmillan, 1872, frontis. and b & w illusts. by John Tenniel, misprint on p. 21 (wade for wabe), together with Alice’s Adventures Under Ground, 1st ed., Macmillan, 1886, ownership inscription of the Earl of Ducie to half-title of first vol., dated Christmas 1871, both a.e.g., some foxing to endpapers of each vol., contemp. matching red half morocco gilt, with “Ducie” stamped to foot of spine of each vol., 8vo. (2)

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Lot 70

Doyle (Arthur Conan). The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, 1st ed., pub. Newnes, 1894, b & w illustrations by Sidney Paget, occasional light spotting, endpapers renewed, t.e.g., original blue cloth gilt, minor wear at spine ends, lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 2nd ed., 1893, illustrations by Sidney Paget, hinges splitting, some spotting, front endpaper tape-reinforced at hinge, presentation inscription, t.e.g., original pale blue decorative cloth, spine rubbed and a little darkened, one or two stains, 8vo, with two others: The Strand Magazine Vol. XXII-XXIII, Nos. 128-1360, August 1901-April 1902, The Hound of the Baskervilles. Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes, and Baker-Street Studies, ed. H.W. Bell, 1934 (4)

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Lot 87

* Children’s Writing Sheets. Guy Fawkes, Or the Gunpowder Treason, November 5th 1605, pub. R.H. Laurie, 1st October 1823, engraved writing sheet with seven hand-coloured illustrations of scenes from the Gunpowder Plot, paper watermarked J. Whatman, 1822, 42.5 x 35.5 cm (16.75 x 12.75 in), together with King Henry the 8th, printed & sold by W. Belch, n.d., c. 1820, litho. writing sheet with seven hand-coloured scenes from the life of King Henry the Eighth, several closed marginal tears, lower outer corner torn with a little loss (repaired), not affecting image, 47.5 x 38 cm (18.75 x 15 in) (2)

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Lot 89

* Cut-Outs & Engravings. A collection of approx. forty various Victorian cut-out illustrations, Valentine cards, pierced lace paper doilies, etc., mainly 19th c., including six hand-col. scenes showing figures in a landscape, two hand-col. cut-outs of flowers, entitled Gentlemans and Ladies Magical Flowers, another similar entitled Flowers of Fortune, coloured paper cut-outs of pressed flowers, a group of hand-col. childrens printed illustrations by H. Harral, several pierced or embossed paper memorial cards, dated 1847-58, etc., various sizes (approx. 15 x 22.5 cm and similar) (approx. 35)

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Lot 92

* Fantascope. A Fantascope, by T. T. Bury, second series, published by Ackerman & Co., [1833], containing six fantascope discs with hand-coloured aquatint designs of a bell-ringer, a cat chasing a bird, a cross-legged Eastern man juggling a ball through a racket balanced on his teeth, a dancing couple, a man’s head catching a ball in his mouth with a magpie on top of his skull cap, and a running and jigging Scotsman in kilts, the last two with printed publication date of 1833 “by S. W. Fores” to margin, a little soiling, some damage to marginal cat and bird heads, 25 cm diameter and fractionally smaller, loosely contained in orig. marbled boards with linen backstrip, pictorial paper label to upper cover and printed instructions to front pastedown, slightly rubbed and soiled, backstrip def., and covers lacking ties, sl. rubbed and soiled, square 4to. (1)

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Lot 93

* Fantascope. Le Phenakisticope, pub. Alphonse Giroux, Paris, c. 1830s, comprising fifty-five single-sided picture discs without grooves, all but five hand-coloured, depicting moving figures, geometric designs, etc., some soiling, approx. 17.5 cm diameter and similar, together with larger base disc and wooden spindle, contained in orig. decorative cardboard box with printed paper label to upper cover, some restoration, rubbed and soiled, 25 x 25 x 4 cm. Invented by Joseph Plateau in 1831 the Fantascope was named and introduced into England by Ackermann and then into France as the Phenakisticope [as here]. The name was later changed to Phenakistiscope and so the lot here sold would be an early version. The address of “Alph. Giroux & cie” on the printed label is “7 rue du Coq-Saint-Honore” where the firm traded from until 1857. (1)

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Lot 94

* Game. Sky-Hi, An Improved Building Game, New York: McLoughlin Bros., Patented, Feb. 3rd 1885, printed baseboard, wooden & printed card building pieces, contained in orig. box with chromo. litho label to lid, box worn to edges, box dimensions approx. 300 x 280 x 60mm (1)

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Lot 95

Games. Pip-Pip. Motor Car Game for 2 to 6 Persons, pub. C.W. Faulkner & Co, c.1906, including twenty chromo cards (to form the track course), six chromo motor car playing pieces and two dice, rule cards present, contained together in orig. chromo printed box, box worn and lacking one side, box approx. 125 x 95 x 35mm, together with The New Icosian Game Invented by Sir William R. Hamilton, Andrews” Professor of Astronomy in the University of Dublin, and Royal Astronomer of Ireland, c.1860s, twenty ceramic counters, contained in orig. mahogany box with printed paper label to lid, box approx. 75 x 125 x 30mm, plus other misc. games (a carton)

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Lot 97

* Harris (J., pub.). Historical Pastime or a New Game of the History of England from the Conquest to the Accession of George the Third, 1803, folding hand-col. eng. game sheet sectionalised on linen, slightly dust-soiled and rubbed, (lacks counters), together with two rule books (pub. 1804 & 1815 respectively), 1804 rule book torn and frayed, contained together in orig. wallet, worn eng. paper label to one side, game sheet approx. 560 x 525mm (22 x 20.5ins) (1)

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Lot 101

* Jigsaw map. Scotland, pub. Edinburgh, Gall & Inglis, c.1880s, wooden jigsaw puzzle of Scotland, hand-col. in outline, approx. eighty pieces, 492 x 395 mm (19.25 x 15.5 ins), together with hand-col. eng. guide sheet, folded twice, lightly foxed, closed tears neatly repaired on verso with archival tape, contained in orig. box, sliding lid with label, rubbed, 335 x 248 x 48 mm (13.25 x 9.75 x 2 ins) (1)

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Lot 102

* Jigsaw map. North America, pub. Gall & Inglis, Edinburgh, c.1890, wooden jigsaw map of North America with original hand colouring, approx. fifty pieces (three replaced in facsimile), some abrasion to image, 370 x 295 mm (14.5 x 11.5 inches), contained in orig. box with varnished colour litho. design to sliding lid, printed “Hamley Bros. (Branches) London” label laid over base of original lithographic design, box dimensions 250 x 205 x 50 mm (10 x 8 x 2 inches) (1)

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Lot 106

Miniature Shakespeare. The Works of William Shakespeare, 40 vols., Allied Newspapers Ltd., c.1930s, b & w frontis. to each, orig. black rexine, lettered and dec. on spines, approx. 52 x 36 mm (2 x 1.5 ins), contained in orig. wooden three-tier miniature bookcase (40)

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Lot 107

* Moveables & Transformation Pictures. A collection of twenty various Victorian moveable illustrations and humourous transformation scenes, including four mid-19th c. French lithographic scenes with lift-up flap, pub. Aubert, including three hand-col., a printed maze game, entitled I Can”t Get in and I Can”t Get Out, pub. W. Spooner, a pictographic booklet entitled The Picture Letter and another by Catherine Sinclair, 1866, six hand-col. moveable scenes of figures at home and on the street, four colour-printed fold-out Valentine sheets, two early 19th c. French hand-held moveables, one entitled C”est la Couronne de l”Amour et de l”Himen, and the other entitled Le Sans Soucie, etc., various sizes (largest sheet size 36 x 27.5 cm) (20)

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Lot 118

* Scissor Cut Pictures & Silhouettes. A collection of approx. twenty-five various early to mid 19th c. scissor cut illustrations and silhouettes, including Napoleon on horseback, David and Goliath, La Litiga (Sicilian travelling), The Heronry, hunting scenes, groups of putti, floral still lifes, animals etc., plus six various silhouette scenes on pressed leaves, mostly mounted on old backing paper, various sizes, including some small-format (largest sheet 35 x 26 cm) (approx. 25)

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Lot 120

* Wallis (John, publisher). The Geography of England and Wales, Accurately Delineated... , Including the Boundaries, Extent, Products, Manufactures &c. of each County with Directions for Playing an Entertaining Game, 1799, forty-nine (of 52) letterpress printed playing cards, folding explaination leaf present, contained in orig. box, printed paper label to one side, box torn & worn (with loss of some text to title label), cards approx. 120 x 80mm (1)

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Lot 121

* American playing cards. A deck of playing cards, Philadelphia and New York, Samuel Hart & Co., c.1850, fifty-two colour-printed cards, queen of diamonds supplied in facsimile, comprising four suits of thirteen, each with pips 1-10 (ace of spades with imprint), and three full-length court cards, patterned versos, rounded corners, generally dust-soiled and some staining, 88 x 63 mm (3.5. x 2.5 ins), together with two other US decks, both by A. Dougherty, one lacking the 2 of clubs, the other with ace of spades supplied in facsimile. See Hargrave p.335 for first item. (3)

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Lot 122

* Bancks Brothers. A standard English deck of playing cards, Bancks Brothers, Successors to Hunt & Sons, c.1840, fifty-two wood eng. cards with stencilled colours, comprising four suits of thirteen, each with pip cards 1-10 and three double-ended court cards, “one shilling” on duty ace (browned), plain versos, 88 x 59 mm (3.5 x 2.25 ins), together with another deck similar, Bancks Brothers late Hunt, incomplete, with a number of cards cut down (2)

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Dominic Winter Book Auctions
Lot 130

* De La Rue (Thomas & Co.). A standard English deck of playing cards, c.1860, fifty-two colour-printed cards, comprising four suits of thirteen, each with pip cards 1-10 and three double-ended court cards, “one shilling” on duty ace, violets on blue versos, 94 x 64 mm (3.75 x 2.5 ins), together with two other De La Rue decks similar, both dusty and incomplete, plus seven later De La Rue decks, c.1900, all with “three pence” on duty ace, incl. a Bezique set, with ace of spades missing from one deck, housed in orig. morocco case, and one other incomplete deck (10)

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Dominic Winter Book Auctions
Lot 135

* French playing cards. A twin set of playing cards, Paris, B.P. Grimaud, late 19th/early 20th c. respectively, two similar decks, each with fifty-two colour-litho. cards (complete), comprising four suits of thirteen (French suits), each with pip cards 1-10, and double-faced court cards showing king, queen, and jack, rounded corners, earlier deck dust-soiled, 87 x 56 mm (3.5 x 2.25 ins), contained together in contemp. double-compartment cardboard slipcase box, with eng. label of G. Erremus & Fils on underside. Later deck illustrated in Roger Tilley, A History of Playing Cards, 1973, p.97. (2)

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Dominic Winter Book Auctions
Lot 138

* German playing cards. A twin set of playing cards, [Darmstatt, Germany, Frommann & B?nte], c.1890, two identical decks, each with fifty-two eng. cards with stencilled colours (complete), comprising four suits of thirteen (French suits), each with scenic aces, pip cards 2-10, and double-faced court cards showing king, queen, and jack in medieval attire, plain pink versos, a.e.g., 82 x 56 mm (3.5 x 2.25 ins), contained together in contemp. double-compartment cardboard slipcase box, covered in adhesive tape. Similar to a deck illustrated in Roger Tilley, A History of Playing Cards, 1973, p.63. (1)

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Dominic Winter Book Auctions
Lot 141

* Goodall (Charles). A deck of playing cards, c.1837, fifty-two wood eng. cards, with stencilled colours, comprising four suits of thirteen (standard English pattern), each with pip cards 1-10 and three full-length court cards, “one shilling” on duty ace, cerise versos, with “V R” and the Queen’s arms in gilt (probably produced to commemorate Queen Victoria’s coronation), 92 x 64 mm (3.5 x 2.5 ins), together with a Goodall & Son Ltd. deck of cards, c.1901, complete, with English monarchs on court cards, and versos with portrait of Queen Victoria with the dates of her reign, and a De La Rue deck commemorating Queen Victoria’s diamond jubilee, complete, contained in remains of orig. box (3)

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Dominic Winter Book Auctions
Lot 147

* Hunt (& Sons). A standard English deck of playing cards, c.1810, fifty-two wood eng. cards with stencilled colours, comprising four suits of thirteen, each with pip cards 1-10 and three full-length court cards, “duty one shilling” on ace of spades, ‘superfine” ink stamp on ace of clubs, blue-patterned versos, 93 x 64 mm (3.5 x 2.5 ins), together with another complete deck almost identical, but with plain versos, most cards with single worm hole in one corner, the two decks contained in a modern wooden box with lid, plus an incomplete set identical (but with pink versos), consisting of the duty ace and the twelve court cards only (with jack of hearts supplied in facsimile) (2)

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Dominic Winter Book Auctions
Lot 148

* Hunt (& Sons). A standard English deck of playing cards, c.1800, fifty-two wood eng. cards with stencilled colours, comprising four suits of thirteen, each with pip cards 1-10 and three full-length court cards, ‘sixpence addl. duty”, “G.III Rex.” and “No. 107” on ace of spades, ‘superfine” ink stamp on ace of clubs, plain versos, 93 x 64 mm (3.5 x 2.5 ins), together with another deck similar by Hunt (duty one shilling and sixpence”, “G.III Rex”, No. 64), fifty of fifty-two cards, lacking jack of diamonds and four of spades, plain versos (2)

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Dominic Winter Book Auctions
Lot 153

* Ludlow & Co. (publisher). Patent Knight’s Cards, 1800, a complete set of fifty-two playing cards, the four ace cards copper engraved, each with coat of arms representing the four Orders of Chivalry (spades the Order of the Garter 1344; diamonds the Order of the Bath 1499; clubs the Order of the Thistle 1703; hearts the Order of St. Patrick 1783), ace of clubs with publisher’s name and date, ace of spades with sixpence duty, remainder woodcuts, the court cards with stencilled colours, some light dust-soiling, a.e.g., 89 x 60 mm (3.5 x 6 ins), contained in contemp. pull-off cardboard box (small adhesive tape repair inside), covered with gilt-patterned pink paper, rubbed, ms. note in ink on one side, and a couple of later small labels. For illustration see Tilley, A History of Playing Cards, 1973, p.118. (1)

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Dominic Winter Book Auctions
Lot 157

* A standard English deck of playing cards, c.1845, fifty-two wood eng. cards with stencilled colours, comprising four suits of thirteen, each with pip cards 1-10 and three full-length court cards, “one shilling” on duty ace, blue patterned versos, 93 x 65 mm (3.5 x 2.5 ins), together with another deck by Reynolds & Sons similar, dusty, with gilt patterned cream versos, plus two later packs by Reynolds, both incomplete, and a few cards from a further Reynolds deck (4)

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Dominic Winter Book Auctions
Lot 165

* Belgian animal tarot cards. Anciennes & Veritables Cartes du Jeu du Tarot, Fabrique de Daveluy, Bruges, [1870], seventy-eight chromo. cards (complete), comprising four suits of fourteen (national suits), each with four courts and ten pips, plus twenty-two single-ended trumps, comprising twenty animal trumps and Fool card (bearing Roman numerals I-XXI) and musician card (unnumbered), patterned on verso, 113 x 60 mm (4.5 x 2.25 ins), contained in orig. pull-off cardboard box, with pictorial label on front, sl. rubbed, bottom of box missing (1)

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Dominic Winter Book Auctions
Lot 168

* Woolley & Company. A deck of playing cards, mid 19th c., fifty-two wood eng. cards, with stencilled colours, comprising four suits of thirteen (standard English pattern), each with pip cards 1-10 and three full-length court cards, black-patterned blue versos, soiled, 91 x 63 mm (3.5 x 2.5 ins), together with Eureka Playing Cards, late 19th c., fifty-two colour-printed cards, standard English pattern, comprising four suits of thirteen, each with pip cards 1-10 with two indices, and three double-ended court cards, red-patterned pink versos, rounded corners, 88 x 62 mm (3.5 x 2.5 ins), contained in orig. cardboard slipcase box, with printed labels, sl. rubbed and soiled, plus another two other decks by Woolley similar, with double-ended courts and rounded corners (one dusty) Darling took over the firm of Woolley on the 1890s. (4)

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Dominic Winter Book Auctions
Lot 169

* Playing cards. A collection of playing cards relating to transport, 20th c., incl. shipping, railway, motoring airlines, e.g. Bean Pleasure Cars and Commercial Vehicles; Pratt’s Perfection Spirit; Dagenham Motors Ltd.; Orient Line to Australia; Yeoward Line Liverpool to Lisbon, Madeira & Canary Islands, Pleasure Cruises; The all new Ford Anglia; Railway Centenary 1825-1925; Blue Anchor Line, Royal Jordanian Airline, etc., some in boxes or wallets, some incomplete, approx. 200+ (a carton)

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Dominic Winter Book Auctions
Lot 175

* Alice in Wonderland. The New and Diverting Game of ‘Alice in Wonderland’ Consisting of Forty-Eight Pictorial Cards, Adapted, drawn in Fac-simile, and Elaborately rendered in Colours, from Sir John Tenniel’s Original Designs, by Miss E. Gertrude Thomson, Thomas de la Rue & Co. Ltd, c.1910, forty-eight colour-printed pictorial cards (being sixteen sets of three cards each), maroon waterlily pattern to versos, folding instruction card present, contained in orig. printed box with pictorial card to front, ink ownership signature to one side of box, card dimensions 91 x 62mm (approx. 9.5 x 2.5ins) The printed text to the side edge of the box states “Manufacturers to His Majesty Thomas de la Rue & Co., Ltd. 110, Bunhill Row, London.” which therefore dates the cards to after 1901. (1)

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