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Colvin (H.M.). A Biographical Dictionary of English Architects, 1660-1840, 1st ed., 1954, together with a revised edition of the same work, pub. 1978, both orig. cloth in d.j., thick 8vo, plus Gray (A. Stuart), Edwardian Architecture. A Biographical Dictionary, pub. Wordsworth Editions, 1988, num. b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in d.j., folio, and others of architectural interest incl. The Town Planning Review, Liverpool University Press, vol. 37, no. 1, April, 1966-vol. 56, no. 4, October, 1985, a run, comprising seventy-nine orig. quarterly issues, b & w illusts. from photos, diags., etc. all orig. printed wrappers, slim 4to (3 shelves)

Betjeman (John and Piper, John). Murray's Berkshire Architectural Guide, 1st ed., 1949, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. dec. boards in slightly frayed d.j., slim 8vo, with other British topography, including four Shell county guides (Essex, Wiltshire, Northampton, the Isle of Wight), mostly 20th-century hardback publications, many in d.j.s, G/VG (3 shelves)

*Prints & engravings. A large mixed collection, mostly 19th century, including approx. 125 cricketing portraits from ‘Famous Cricketers and Cricket Grounds', Art Journal plates, architectural engravings, numerous ILN/Graphic wood engravings, etc., some mounted (approx. 1000+)

*Topographical engravings. A large mixed collection, mostly 19th century, including mounted steel engraved views, architectural engravings, etched views after Joshua Bryant, etc. (approx. 1000+)

A 19th CENTURY FRENCH GILT MANTEL CLOCK with circular white enamel dial, Roman numerals and striking mechanism, the case with figure support and architectural finial, 19" high

Hope (W.H. St. John). Windsor Castle. An Architectural History, 3 vols. (including folder of plans), 1st ed., pub. Country Life, 1913, col. frontis. to each vol., numerous collotype plts. and other b & w illusts., eight large folding col. plans contained in separate matching folder, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. half vellum gilt, lightly soiled, folio. Limited edition, 476/1050 copies. (3)

A late Victorian gold pendant in architectural revival style, the central lozenge hung from a roundel with pendant rod and sphere each side

A mantel clock with eight-day movement in an oak architectural type case, 22.25cm (8.75") high

A late 18th century oak and mahogany longcase clock, having architectural pediment and fluted pillars containing brass and silver dial with 30hr movement by W Yeardon Stourbridge, over crossbanded inlay and pillared trunk

An early 20th century walnut cased mantel clock having architectural case containing brass spandrel and silver face with striking German movement

AFTER T S BOYS, BLACK AND WHITE LITHOGRAPH, ‘North Front to St James Palace from Cleveland Row’, 16” x 12” and two further architectural PRINTS, various sizes, (3)

AFTER SAMUEL PROUT, 50 HAND COLOURED ENGRAVINGS, Published by Ackermanns, c1813, Architectural subjects, paper size 10 ½” x 14 ½”, (50)

An Italian sculpted white marble model of a maiden personifying Night, after Michelangelo Buonarroti's Tomb of Giuliano de' Medici, late 19th century, portrayed wearing crescent moon corona and reclining amongst drapery, an owl beneath her raised left knee, on an architectural base, 45.5cm high, 61cm wide. The iconography of this work is more complex than it might at first seem. The figure wears the half moon crown usually associated with Diana the Huntress. This accoutrement though is indicative of the Moon and therefore Night, another and lesser known of Diana's associations. (Luna, Goddess of the Moon was associated with Diana by the Romans). The mask beneath her is suggestive of the casting off of a disguise to reveal newness behind, as happens with sleep. The owl, whilst usually associated with Athena as a symbol of Wisdom, was in the 16th century more reminiscent of witchcraft, magic and death, and therefore again, Night.

A George II giltwood framed wall mirror, circa 1740 and later, the architectural pediment centred with Prince of Wales' feathers, the rectangular plate with an arched top, the surround with leaf scrolls on a sanded ground, 87cm high, 60cm wide, (alterations and additions)

A rosewood and ivory marquetry cabinet by Collinson & Lock, last quarter 19th century, the panelled rear gallery with a central shelf supported by columns, the rectangular breakfront top above three doors, each panel profusely decorated depicting classical figures, architectural elements and arabesques, on reeded square tapering legs with a rectangular undertier, the top of one small door stamped 'COLLINSON & LOCK 3127', 166cm high, 111cm wide, 41cm deep

Architecture - Wright, Frank Lloyd. A testament. New York, 1957 4to, original red cloth, dustwrapper, chipped at edges, rubbed, stain to lower section of backstrip, endpapers dusty; Kaufmann, Edgar (ed) An American Architect, Frank Lloyd Wright New York, 1955 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper, sunned; Le Corbusier The Modulor. London, 1954 square 8vo, original grey and red cloth, decorative dustwrapper, sunned, some dust marks; Bayer, Herbert Bauhaus 1919-1928. Boston, 1952 8vo, original blue and white cloth, dustwrapper, fading, rubbed at edges; Johnson, Philip Mies van der Rohe. New York, 1947 8vo, original beige cloth, dustwrapper, some fading, rubbed, chipped at edges; Blake, Peter Marcel Breuer. New York, 1949 8vo, original paper wrappers, heavily rubbed, interior clean; Papadaki, Stamo The work of Oscar Niemeyer. New York, 1948 8vo, original black and yellow cloth, dustwrapper, faded and chipped; Mindlin, H. Modern Architecture in Brazil. London, 1956 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper, some fading; Hatje, Gerd New German Architecture. London, 1956 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper, some chipping to edges, rubbing; Nelson, George & Wright, Henry Tomorrow's House. London, 1945 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper, chipped along edges, rubbed; Yorke, F.R.S. The Modern House. London, 1946 4to, illustrated, original cloth, dustwrapper, chipped at edges and 2 architectural journals (13)

A late 17thC German architectural mantel clock with 8 day movement.

General books on architectural and topographical subjects.

A large architectural table lamp.

A possibly medieval architectural corner stone fragment depicting St Catherine, Christ and Mary, 13" high.

Victorian black slate Mantel Clock, architectural case, the dial with Roman numerals, eight-day movement.

A Vienna large octagonal plate, the centre painted with a square panel with Thetis and Achilles within a raised matt and gilt frame with palmettes reserved on a claret, lilac and lemon border gilt with scrolling acanthus and architectural vignettes, 31cm wide, beehive mark, circa 1880 (rim restored)

A 17TH CENTURY FLEMISH TORTOISESHELL AND IVORY VENEERED CABINET, the door with architectural mouldings with a lady and gentleman in period costume, against a brickwork ground, on a later seven drawer chest, on ball feet, 16" high.

A late 19th century mantel clock, the 8-day movement striking on a gong, having a gilt and enamel dial, the centre panel pierced fretwork griffins and foliage, the architectural mahogany case inlaid brass stringing, on a plinth base. 12in. (30.5cm.).

[Willis, Robert]. An Attempt to Analyse the Automaton Chess Player of Mr. De Kempelen, with an Easy Method of Imitating the Movements of that Celebrated Figure, Illustrated by Original Drawings, to which is added, a Copious Collection of the Knight's Moves over the Chess Board, 1st ed., 1821, 40 pp. incl. half-title, ten litho. plts. incl. frontis., occ. spotting and dust-soiling, ownership signature of F[rancis] Nicholson and his identification of the anonymous author to title, an additional leaf inserted between front free endpaper and half-title with Nicholson's personal account concerning Willis and the origins of the book in his neat holograph, ownership signature of Lewis C. Ingram, 1914, to front free endpaper, orig. boards with remnants of printed paper label to spine, soiled and some wear, upper cover det., tall 8vo Robert Willis (1800-75, architectural historian and polymath): 'In 1820 he went with his sister Mary to London's Spring Gardens to scrutinise Wolfgang von Kempelen's automaton chess player. Having established that there was ample room for an adult to lurk within, mimicking machine intelligence, he published in 1821 an exposé which Edgar Allan Poe passed off as his own in 1836' (DNB). Francis Nicholson (1753-1844) was a watercolour painter who established a large teaching practice from his home in Portland Place. His other varied interests included organ building and fishing. Nicholson's note reads: 'At the time when this analysis was made, Mr. Willis and his sister were my pupils, I am therefore well informed respecting his proceeding. He visited the automaton many times for the purpose of estimating the dimensions of the compartments within the chest behind which the figure was placed. He then caused to be made a similar chest, and copied the parts of the interior. His sister who was full grown entered the chest, and moved through the different compartments. In the prints Mr. W. has given the different positions of the figure by dotted outlines, and has proved the changes to be very easily made and the spaces quite sufficient to contain any middle sized person.' The following three related ephemeral items were discovered inside this volume by the current owner. These would all seem to have come from the library of Thomas Crofton Croker, the Irish antiquary who married Nicholson's daughter, and seemed to share an interest in automata and other mechanical and musical curiosities. (1)

Fore-edge paintings.. Winkles's Architectural and Picturesque Illustrations of the Cathedral Churches of England and Wales; the Drawings... by Robert Garland, architect, with Descriptions by Thomas Moule, vols. 1 & 2 only (of 3), 1836-38,. addn. eng. titles, 119 eng. plts., correct as lists, first vol. with minor fraying to fore-edge of final three leaves repaired, and with Canterbury Cathedral plan torn at fore-edge with loss, a.e.g., contemp. gilt dec. maroon morocco by Richmond, extrems. rubbed, spines faded, 4to. First volume with a fore-edge painting of Ely Cathedral from the river, and second volume with a fore-edge painting of Wells Cathedral. (2)

A pair of 19th century grained pine architectural columns. Of fluted tapering design with Ionic-style capitals and stepped circular plinth bases (2) 300cm high, 52cm diameter at base

A fine George III period mahogany framed 'Gainsborough' type open armchair. the rectangular back above padded arms with leaf carved scrolling terminals on rocaille carved supports, the square section 'architectural' style legs decorated with bell flowers and fish scales on beaded block feet united by chamfered H-stretchers

FOLDER: ASSORTED PENCIL DRAWINGS, mainly architectural and figure subjects

ITALIAN SCHOOL, PEN, INK AND WASH DRAWING, Architectural study of a faade, 8" x 19"

* Lethaby (William Richard, 1857-1931). Study of the Madonna and Child, 1892, pencil on paper, signed and dated, approx. 330 x 235mm (13 x 9.25ins), framed and glazed W. R. Lethaby (1857-1931), English Architect and Designer, and important figure in the Arts and Crafts movement. He worked as an assistant designer to the Architect Richard Norman Shaw, from 1879 onwards, leaving in 1892 to pursue his own independent architectural and design projects. He became the first Professor of Design at the Royal College of Art in 1901, and Principal of the Central School of Arts and Crafts in 1902. (1)

* Berrington (Adrian, early 20th c.). Waterloo Bridge, London, panoramic etching, numbered 12/50, approx. 455 x 1300mm (18 x 51ins), with orig. label to verso, framed and glazed Adrian Berrington, etcher and architectural draughtsman, exhibited from 1911 to 1913, and became Associate Professor of Architecture and the University of Toronto. (1)

Waterfield (George R., 1886-). A collection of approx. 23 engravings and woodcuts, incl. animals and birds, farmyard scenes, architectural studies, landscapes, etc., some signed, various sizes, approx. 220 x 300mm (8.5 x 12ins) and smaller, most mounted, contained in qtr. cloth portfolio (1)

* Architectural drawings. Design for the interior of a cafe, c. 1950s, watercolour and gouache, unsigned, approx. 520 x 750mm (20.5 x 29.5ins), framed and glazed (1)

A mahogany stick barometer, 19th century, the rectangular silvered register signed J GALLY, with alcohol thermometer and exposed mercury level over a round cistern with ebony and ivory dot inlay, the silvered register under an architectural pediment, 95 cm high

A mahogany wheel barometer, 19th century, the 8 dia. silvered register signed J A CAPELLA, Coventry, under an alcohol thermometer, in a mahogany boxwood-strung conch shell inlaid case with architectural pediment, 96 cm high

A late Victorian/Edwardian rosewood and marquetry mirror-back side cabinet, the architectural pediment with central urn finial over a pierced galleried concave open shelf, over a bevelled mirror plate with full-length open shelf below and turned and tapering supports to the fore over a base with a central long drawer and central open recess, flanked by a single-glazed cabinet door to each side over four front turned and tapering supports united by a platform stretcher over a shaped apron on short peg feet, 122 cm wide, 209 cm high, 39 cm deep

After W. R. Bigg, 'The Sailor boys return.......' and 'The Shipwrecked Saylor', a pair of prints in satin-birch frames; an architectural print after Pietro Parboni, and a small watercolour sketch of barges on the Thames, (4).

Edwin Charles Pascoe Holman RWS (1882 - 1955), a collection of landscape and architectural pencil sketches, some titled, (quantity).

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, a set of three engraved architectural prints, 99 x 69 cm (3).

19th Century English School, figures in an Italian architectural landscape with a bay beyond, unsigned, oil on canvas, 62.5 x 75 cm

Bryan Ingham 1976, Gallery - Kew, signed, titled and dated, 16/100, engraving, 20 x 28 cm; June Berry, The Garden Gate, 67/100, print, 16.5 x 11.5 cm; Alan Woohhouse, The Needles, Isle of Wight, watercolour, 17 x 26 cm; Modern Russian School, Architectural study, gouache, 41.5 x 29.5 cm; Two modern Eastern signed prints, an abstract lithographic print, and a psychedelic study of symmetry, gouache, (7).

A modern hardwood and gilt box pedestal, possibly Thai, decorated with Buddhist figures in an architectural ground, 119 cm wide x 69 cm high x 88 cm deep.

Messrs. Newcombe & Newcombe (Architects) 16 3/4in. x 20 3/4in. (42.5 x 52.5cm) "Proposed new premises for the Alliance Assurance Company, Newcastle Upon Tyne"-an architectural elevation in full colour Inscribed in a cartouche. NB: This property survives currently as Scottish Provident House, Mosley Street.

A Carter s Tiles, Poole architectural panel the design attributed to Ron Goodwin, cast in relief with a coat of arms, inscribed Floreat Domus , in colours on a grey ground impressed Carter s Tiles Poole, minor chips and damages 91 x 61cm.

A Carter s Tiles, Poole architectural panel the design attributed to Ron Goodwin, cast in relief with coat of arms, inscribed Amor Angliae Rusticae in colours, unmarked, chips and minor damages 77 x 48cm.

A LATE 19TH CENTURY MAHOGANY AND SATINWOOD TORCHERE of rectangular tapered outline, inlaid to the concave frieze with urns and to the four panels with ribboned architectural pendants and leafage, on plinth base, 107cms high See Web illustration

An early 20th century mahogany cased adjustable calendar, the architectural pediment above windows onto canvas rollers printed with day date and month, 22.5cm wide

A quantity of architectural Ironmongery including mortice locks, 4 pairs of brass door knobs etc.

19th Century mahogany cased Mantel Clock, architectural case, the circular painted dial with Roman numerals, eight-day movement.

Flaxman, John (1755-1826) - Pencil and ink sketch for part of the frieze for the British Museum - Prov. Festival of architectural Drawing Bristol 1984, 16cm x 36cm

A French ormolu and champleve enamel mantel clock, the circular matt gilt dial with Roman chapter ring, inscribed 'Le Roy & Fils, 67 New Bond St, Made in France' and 'Palais Royal, Paris', eight day movement, striking on a bell, the breakfront arched architectural case beneath a cylindrical lantern with lofty pierced finial, colourfully enamelled throughout with flower sprays on a bright turquoise ground, freestanding pillars to angles and set with putti, 43cm high

A mahogany musical bracket clock, in George III style, the brass dial with shell and leaf scroll spandrels, silvered Roman chapter ring, matted centre with three winding holes, the arch with silvered 'Chime-Silent' and 'Chime On Eight Bells-Chambridge Chimes' dials, eight day movement, striking on a gong, chiming on bells, the brass mounted rectangular architectural case with stop-fluted angles, pierced side panels, ball finials and lifting handle, 37cm high

A George II oak hanging corner cupboard, mid-18th century, of architectural design, the three shaped shelves enclosed by an arched door with six raised-and-fielded panels beneath a deeply moulded arch with fluted keystone and fielded spandrels, flanked by broad fluted pilasters beneath a moulded cornice and chequer banded frieze, 84cm wide, 116cm high

A fine mid Victorian rosewood and ebonised architectural Timepiece, unsigned, the arched case flanked by spires, on outset corners with cluster columns, to a shaped plinth base, raised on four compressed bun feet, to a shaped and glazed door, with brass surround to a 3” arched gilt dial with engine turned decoration to a Roman chapter ring and outside minute track, with blued steel heart shaped hands, to a single fusee movement, the plates united by five gun barrel pillars, and anchor escapement, height 9 ½” (ILLUSTRATED INSIDE COVER)

A late 19th Century black slate Mantle Clock, the architectural case with palladium pediment over six three standing columns to a plinth base, with cast brass bezel enclosing a 3½“ chapter ring with outside minute track and blued steel hands to a matted centre and circular brass movement with anchor escapement, strike on a coiled gong, height 12”

AUGUST PUGIN & AUGUST WELBY PUGIN: "Examples of Gothic Architecture", published John Grant, Edinburgh 1895, three volumes, and Pugin and Britton, "The Architectural Antiquities of Normandy" (4)

WINKLES "Architectural and Picturesque illustrations of the Cathedral Churches of England and Wales", published London 1836, three volumes, "The Holy Bible", calf bound, three volumes, Borows, "Bible in Spain", three volumes and other similar books (a collection)

Winkles (H. & B.). Winkles's Architectural and Picturesque Illustrations of the Cathedral Churches of England and Wales, 3 vols., 1836-43, addn. eng. titles to each vol., 177 eng. plts. & plans, correct as list, occn. minor spotting, contemp. half calf, gilt dec. spines, slightly rubbed to extrems., 4to (3)

Coomaraswamy (Ananda K.). Les Miniatures Orientales de la Collection Goloubew au Museum of Fine Arts de Boston (Ars Asiatica XIII), Paris & Brussels, 1929, numerous b&w illusts., some light foxing, orig. printed wrappers, a little rubbed and wear to extreme head and foot of spine with minor loss, in torn glassine d.j., with some loss, large 4to, together with Millet (Gabriel & Rice, D. Talbot), Byzantine Painting at Trebizond, 1st ed., 1936, numerous b&w plts., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, plus Kelemen (Pal), Medieval American Art, Masterpieces of the New World before Columbus, New York, MacMillan, 1956, numerous b&w illusts. after photos, orig. cloth, 4to, and Radin (Paul), African Folktales & Sculpture, Bollingen series XXXII, 2nd imp., 1953, numerous b&w illusts. after photos, orig. cloth, 4to, plus others on Byzantine & Pre-Columbian art, together with Emery (Anthony), Dartington Hall, Oxford University Press, 1970, numerous b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, VG, together with Borg (Alan), Architectural Sculpture in Romanesque Provence, Oxford University Press 1972, b&w plts., orig. cloth in torn d.j., 4to, plus Barasch (Moshe), Crusader Figural Sculpture in the Holy Land, Massada Press, 1971, b&w plts., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, and Wilm (Hubert), Die Gotische Holzfigur, Leipzig, 1923, numerous b&w illusts. after photos, orig. cloth-backed boards, rubbed, 4to, plus Söderberg (Bengt G.), Svenska Kyrko Malningar, fran Medeltiden, Stockholm, 1951, tipped-in col. plts., numerous b&w plts., orig. vellum-backed patterned boards, rubbed, 4to, and others on medieval art, including Joan Evans, Art in Medieval France, 1948, Aymer Vallance, Greater English Church Screens, 1947, A. B. Tonnochy, Catalogue of British Seal-Dies in the British Museum, 1952, Die Parler und der Schöne Stil 1350-1400, 2 vols., Cologne, 1978, etc., mostly 4to/8vo (61)