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Eric Sturgeon, by and after, an associated pair, Bishops Palace, Wells and Curry Rivel, limited edition artist's proofs, blind stamped, signed in pencil to the margin, titled to verso, 83cm x 69cm and 70cm x 92cm; others, various

Rhodesia & Nyasaland: 1961 1d and 6d Postage Due (SG D1 & D4) unmounted mint blocks of 4, with varieties. 1d block has incomplete perf to left vertical pair. 6d block has blind perf between horizontal pairs & clear colour differential between vertical pairs. SG Cat for full imperf between pairs is £800 & £1.9K respectively; total value (counting 2 pairs of the latter) - £4.6K. These are an interesting variance.

A 9 x 12cm Mahogany & Brass Tailboard Camera, possibly homemade, with an unidentified brass lens with wheel stops, a Thornton Pickard roller blind shutter, a DDS plate holder, some early 20th century wooden photographic accessories and a lightweight wooden tripod

Jeffrey Archer signed hardback book titled Turn A Blind Eye signature on the inside title page. 330 pages. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

A GEORGE II MAHOGANY FOLDING CARD TABLE POSSIBLY IRISH, CIRCA 1750 The hinged and shaped top opening to a baize inset playing surface and counter wells 72cm high, 83cm wide, 41cm deep (when closed)Together with a letter of provenance, the letter probably 19th century in date and titled 'Card table from Flaxley Abbey'.Provenance: Flaxley Abbey, GloucestershireCondition Report: Marks, knocks, scratches and abrasions commensurate with age and use. Some old chips and splits. Some small old repairs. Some additional dark marks and ring marks to top. Baize is a later replacement. It has some wear and fraying to edges and has 'bubbled' slightly along the fall line. Some plugged holes visible to front counter wells. Handle is a later addition (it appears to be early 19th century). The table originally would have had a 'blind' drawer (without handle). A later screw has been applied to the side of the drawer to stop it being pulled out fully. Some old vacant screw holes to the underside from where previous supports have been applied to splits in the board of the underside. Later baize has been applied to the top of the hinged rear leg. Please refer to additional images for visual reference to condition.  Condition Report Disclaimer

Three Royal Crown Derby paperweights, 'Foxhound' limited edition 69/250, 'Imari Jack Russell' limited edition 7/150 and 'The Derbyshire association for the blind Labrador, all with printed marks to bases and gold stoppers, with certification and boxes, largest measures 20cm long

A good quality 18th Century walnut Longcase Clock, with arched blind fret work hood over a brass and silver dial, the circular chapter ring with Roman numerals, a second hand, and aperture, signed Thomas Wilmshurst of Deal, the main body with arched panelled door on box base, approx. 219cms (86")high. (1)

Francis Bindon (1690 – 1765)Portrait of Jonathan Swift, 1735, oil on canvas, 87 1/2" x 5' (222cms x 153cms);  102" x 75" (260cms x 190cms) including frame, the contemporary frame carved with oak leaf sprays and acorns, and carved floral head corners, egg n' leaf carved moulded edge and inside border with interlaced floral design. (1)In his History of Howth and its Owners, published by the Royal Society of Antiquaries in Ireland in 1917, Francis Ball describes the artworks in Howth Castle, focusing on the most important canvas: “ On the walls there hung a whole-length portrait of Swift by Francis Bindon, unique amongst portraits of him, in that its history is determined with absolute certainty. .”  This same painting is mentioned by Jonathan Swift in a letter he wrote to his friend Sheridan on 16th June 1735: ‘I have been fool enough to sit for my picture at full-length by Mr. Bindon, for my Lord Howth’ He had sat that day for two and a half hours. Standing full-length, wearing wig and clerical robes, Dean Swift is depicted holding a scroll on which is written “The Drapier’s fourth Letter to the Whole People of Ireland.” Alongside him, grovelling on the ground, is a caricature of William Wood, clutching his ‘patent’. In 1722, the British government had granted the Duchess of Kendal a licence to issue copper coinage for Ireland. A mistress of George I, Kendal quickly sold the patent to William Wood, for ten thousand pounds. In Dublin, alarm spread and a campaign was mounted to stop the issuing of ‘Wood’s Halfpence’, as it would devalue existing Irish currency. Using the pseudonym “Drapier”, Dean Swift wrote letters, pouring scorn on the proposal. He also wrote songs, ballads and poems ridiculing Woods. Faced with almost universal opposition, the proposal to issue the coinage was quietly withdrawn. However, in Ireland the campaign had united disparate mercantile and political interests, and so laid the foundations for Grattan’s parliament. In the fourth of Drapier’s letter, Swift waxed eloquent: “One great merit I am sure we have, which those of English birth can have no pretence to, that our ancestors reduced this kingdom to the obedience of England, for which we have been rewarded with a worse climate, the privilege of being governed by laws to which we do not consent, a ruined trade, a House of Peers without jurisdiction, almost an incapacity for all employments; and the dread of Wood's halfpence.” Although a reward was offered for the exposure of the author of the letters, Swift was not betrayed. The campaign won Swift the admiration of families such as St. Lawrence and during the early 1830’s he became a frequent guest at Howth Castle. He was a great admirer of Lucy, the young wife of William St. Lawrence, referring to her as a ‘nymph’. Lucy wrote him several letters, prompting Swift to advise that she ought ‘to go to a writing-school and spelling-book’. In 1735, Lord Howth commissioned Francis Bindon to paint a portrait of the Dean. The result is a sympathetic portrayal, showing Swift at a time when several of his close friends, including the writers John Gay and John Arbuthnot, had died, while the great love of his life, Esther Johnson, or ‘Stella’, had passed away seven years before, leaving him increasingly disillusioned and facing a lonely old age. Bindon depicted the Dean being crowned with laurel by a muse, while in the background, in a classical tempietto, a winged figure of Victory blows a trumpet. In a letter written from Kilfane on July 6th, William St. Lawrence thanked Swift for agreeing to sit for Bindon, adding that he had asked Dr. Grattan to carry the portrait to his own house, in order that a copy might not be substituted for the original.Born in County Clare, as a young man Francis Bindon had travelled extensively in Italy, and later studied with Godfrey Kneller in London. As a landowner and member of the Royal Dublin Society, he was independently wealthy and not obliged to produce flattering images of sitters. Apart from churchmen such as Dr Delany and Archbishop Cobbe, he is thought to have painted the blind harper Turlough O’Carolan in a portrait now in the National Gallery of Ireland. Bindon also studied architecture with Edward Lovett Pearce, and designed houses such as Bessborough, Woodstock and Castle Morres, in County Kilkenny. Jonathan Swift is without doubt the most important Irish writer of the eighteenth century. Born in Hoey’s Court, Dublin, he attended Kilkenny College before going on to study at Trinity College Dublin, where he received his BA in 1686. When William of Orange became King, Swift moved to England, becoming secretary to the diplomat Sir William Temple. At Temple’s home, Moor Park, Farnham, Swift was also a tutor, and among his pupils was a young orphan, Esther Johnson, who he nicknamed ‘Stella’. After receiving his MA degree from Hertford College Oxford in 1692, Swift was ordained a priest in the Church of Ireland and when Temple died in 1699, Swift returned to Ireland, becoming chaplain to Lord Berkeley, a job that allowed him time to write and also to visit London, where he lobbied government on behalf of the Irish clergy. He became a key negotiator for the Tory party, and fell in love with another orphan, Esther Vanhomrigh, whom he nicknamed ‘Vanessa’, presumably to distinguish her from his other Esther. Infatuated with Swift, Vanessa followed him to Ireland in 1714, where seventeen years later their relationship ended with a confrontation involving Stella. Between these complicated love affairs Swift attempted to progress his career, but Queen Anne stymied his efforts. With the Whigs in power in England, he accepted the post of Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral, which he regarded as a disappointment, and indeed a form of exile, having hoped for a bishopric in England. However, at St Patrick’s, Swift began to turn his writing skills in support of Irish causes and also began to write his best-known work, Gulliver’s Travels. Published in 1726, this was an instant success and established Swift as a writer of note.Important Note:In view of the cultural and historic importance of this lot , the vendors have granted an option to the Irish State to acquire same at a price equal to the hammer price realised at the auction date, should a private or trade buyer successfully bid for same. This option shall be valid for a period of three months from the auction date, and the Irish State ( as represented by the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, in conjunction with the National Museum, National Gallery and National Library of Ireland and Office of Public Works) shall have the option to acquire and purchase this lot within this time frame, at the final hammer price achieved at the auction date, plus buyer's premiums. This lot shall be retained within this jurisdiction, and collection and shipment of same shall only be permitted on the expiryand non-exercise of this option by the Irish State bodies. A binding purchase contract shall still exist in relation to any private or trade buyer who successfully bids for this lot on the sale date and the full purchase price plus buyer's premiums due, shall become payable immediately following the expiry of the above option period.

Milton H Green: an original photograph of Diahann Carroll with studio blind stamp, 19" x 15", in decorative mount and aluminium strip frame

After Terrance Cuneo - group of framed and glazed prints depicting trains to include the Night Express, a 1970s limited edition print signed in pencil to lower margin, FATG blind stamp, in glazed frame, and nine other prints including one by Don Breckon

Cecil Aldin (1870-1935). Nocturnal town scene with figures, colour print, signed in pencil with blind stamp, Fine Art Trade Guild, plate size 39cm x 25cm, framed and glazed.

Bible [English]. The Bible: Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in divers languages..., Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, 1602, [2], 434, [4], 441-554 leaves, general and New Testament titles within woodcut border, double-column black letter text, Apocrypha present, preliminary leaf after title misbound between A 8 & B1, occasional early annotations and marginalia, leaf 3M1 torn to lower blank margin, closed tear to 3O1, small hole to 3V6 & 3Z6, repaired closed tears to 3X3, bound with The Revelation of Saint John the apostle and evangelist, with a briefe and learned commentarie, written by Franc. Junius, &c., [Imprinted at London: By Richard Field for Robert Dexter, 1600], 22, [2] p., caption title, imprint from colophon, bound with Two right profitable and fruitfull concordances..., collected by R[obert]. F. H[errey]., Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, 1602, browning, some dust & finger soiling throughout volume, occasional damp stains, occasional marginal fraying, 19th century marbled endpapers, contemporary calf over wooden boards, blind rollwork decoration to boards, brass central bosses, corner pieces and clasp attachments (without clasps), rebacked and board edges repaired, 4to (22.3 x 16.3 cm), together with a three-quarter length daguerreotype portrait photograph of a former owner of the Bible, Dr Richard Ingham (1810-1873), seated holding a volume, portrait photograph contained in original embossed leather case with hinged lid and fasteners.Qty: (2)NOTESHerbert 269; Darlow & Moule 204; ESTC S116971; STC 2186. The Geneva "Breeches" Bible, quarto version.Provenance: Rev. Dr Richard Ingham (1810-1873), thence by descent. The daguerreotype photograph included is believed to show him before he was ordained. His first ministry was at North Parade Baptist Church, Halifax in 1854 aged 44. Ingham was the ?rst Minister at North Parade, began his ministry on the ?rst Sunday in November 1854 until 1862 when for health reasons he left to take up less strenuous ministry at the Vale Church, near Todmorden. He remained there until 1866, when the Church decided to invite him to resume his work at North Parade with the assistance of Mr J.H. Atkinson, a young man fresh from college, as his co-pastor. They continued their ministry until January 1869, when Mr Atkinson’s health broke down and he was compelled to resign. Dr Ingham, however, continued to serve the Church until the settlement of the Rev. Isaac Preston as minister in October, 1869. Dr Inghham married Grace Gibson his cousin. The Bible in all probability was already in their family at this time. They had a daughter Susannah who married Moses Bottomley and together built Woodleigh Hall near Leeds.

Bible [English]. The Bible: Translated according to the Hebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in divers languages..., Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, 1615, general title and New Testament titles present, both within decorative woodcut borders, Apocrypha present, double-column black letter text with marginal notes in roman type, lower outer corner of A1 torn with slight text loss and repaired, toning and some light marginal browning, occasional spotting and few marks, light damp staining at head, bound with the Genealogies by John Speed at front (ink marks and manuscript entry to title, without map), and bound with at rear, Two right profitable and fruitful Concordances..., Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, 1615, ink stain to initial seven leaves, bound with, The Whole Booke of Psalmes. Collected into English Meeter, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others..., London: Company of Stationers, 1616, final leaf torn with loss, some cropping to running titles mostly to Concordances & Book of Psalms, four blank leaves at rear with late 17th-mid 18th century manuscript genealogical entries, including "November 25 1671 James Bradley son of John Bradley was baptised" and "my father John Bradley deceased September ye 14 day 1714 in ye 80th your of his age..."later endpapers, contemporary blind panelled calf, rebacked and corners repaired, light wear to extremities, 4to (21 x 16.5 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESHerbert 340; Darlow & Moule 264; STC 2241. Geneva version. Apparently the last black-letter quarto edition of this version printed by Barker. There are two varieties of this date, this example being version A. General title: ... rea | die finding ..., Certaine questions and answers ..., *3 b, 2nd col.: ... be instruc- | ted, assured ...

Biondi (Francis). An History of the Civill Warres of England, betweene the two Houses of Lancaster and Yorke..., Englished by the Right Honorable Henry Earle of Mounmouth, 2 volumes bound in one, London: T.H. and I.D. for John Benson, 1641, & E.G. for Richard Whitaker, 1646, 2 printed titles, woodcut initials, large woodcut device to verso of final leaf, contemporary blind-ruled full calf gilt, some wear with joints partly cracked, folio, together with: Barrow (Isaac). Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, London: printed by E. Flesher, for Brabazon Aylmer, 1678, engraved portrait frontispiece of the author by David Loggan, 519, 243, 140 pages, with single unnumbered advertisement leaf at end, part-title to the second paginated section with upper portion excised (possibly affecting one or two words), 19th century black half morocco, rubbed and some wear to joints and edges, 8vo, plus: Brooke (Raphe). A Catalogue and succession of the Kings, Princes, Dukes, Marquesses, Earles, and Viscounts of this Realme of England, since the Norman Conquest, to this present yeere 1622, together with their Armes, Wives and Children; the times of their Deaths and Burials, with many of their memorable actions. Collected by Raphe Brooke, Esquire, Yorke, Herauld, and by him inlarged, with amendment of divers faults, committed by the Printer, in the time of the Authors sicknesse, 1622, woodcut title, woodcut initials and numerous woodcut illustrations of coats-of-arms, S1 (pages 193-194) loose and with central closed horizontal tear without loss, Kk2-5 loose, lacking Kk6 (pages 383-384), damp marked to lower margins towards rear of volume, contemporary calf, worn with some loss to spine, folio, and: [Parsons, Robert]. The Warn-Word to Sir Francis Hastinges Wast-Word: conteyning the issue of three former Treateses, the Watch-word, the Ward-word and the Wast-word (intituled by Sir Francis, an Apologie or Defence of his Watch-word) togeather with certaine admonishes & warnings to the said knight and his followers, [Antwerp, A. Conincx), 1602, some soiling to title and one or two leaves at front and rear, with some marks, lacks Z8 and Aa1, and all after Aa8 at end, late 19th century plain cloth, rubbed and minor fraying and discolouration to spine, 8vo, plus three other 17th century works: Richard Capel, Tentations: Their Nature, Danger, Cure, to which is added a briefe dispute, as touching restitution in the case of usury, fifth edition, 1655, Edmund Wingate, An Exact Abridgment of all Statutes in Force and Use, upon the 4th day of January, in the year of our Lord 1641/42, 3rd edition corrected and amended, printed by T.R. for Henry Twyford and Tho. Dring, 1659, and Winter-Evening Conference between Neighbours, 3rd edition corrected, printed by J.M. for R. Royston, 1686, all leather bound, generally worn, 8voQty: (7)

Descartes (René). De Homine figuris et Latinitate donatus a Florentio Schuyl, inclytae urbis Sylvae Ducis Senatore, & Ibidem Philosophiae Professore, 1st edition, Leiden: Franciscus Moyaerd & Pieter Leffen, 1662, title with woodcut device, depicting Apollo beneath a tree with the motto 'insigne Apollinis laurus', 10 engraved plates (including one of the heart, with one of two overlays only) and four folding (three of which are frayed to outer margins, with a little shaving touching the image), numerous engraved and woodcut illustrations to text (several full-page), 19th century bookplate of Robert Palk Mogridge to inside front cover, contemporary full calf with triple blind-ruled outer border, modern antique-style reback, a little rubbed to extremities, small 4to, (200 x 150 mm)Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Robert Palk Mogridge (1795-1837), surgeon, of Ashburton, Devon. Garrison & Morton 574; Guibert, Descartes Bibliographie, pages 197/198; Krivatsy 3120; Norman 627; Waller 2376; Heirs of Hippocrates 453. First edition of the first text book on physiology, in which Descartes is amongst the first to recognise Harvey's doctrine of the circulation of the blood. 'Descartes was prepared to publish this book in 1633, but decided to withhold it when he learned of Galileo's condemnation by the Church. As a result, the first edition was not published until 1662, twelve years after Descartes' death. The Latin translation [by Schuyl] preceded the French edition by two years' (Heirs of Hippocrates).

Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies of the Church..., together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be sung or said in churches, Oxford: printed by the University Printers, 1708, with additional engraved title 'The Liturgy of the Church of England. Adorn'd with 55 Historical Cuts, London: sold by John Sturt', engraved portrait of Queen Anne by Sturt and 53 plates, lower outer blank corner of one plate excised and closed tear to one other plate (plate no. 2 & 3 respectively), bound with Book of Psalms, The Whole Book of Psalms, collected into English Metre, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others, London: printed by William Pearson, for the Company of Stationers, 1708, titles and borders red-ruled throughout volume, margins close trimmed with some running titles shaved, toning, light dust-soiling and occasional scattered spotting, all edges gilt, 19th century blind decorated calf, extremities slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with: New Testament [English], The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ..., London: printed by Charles Bill, and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb, deceas'd, 1707, title and borders red-ruled, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt panelled and decorated brown crushed morocco, 12mo, Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies of the Church..., together with the Psalter or Psalms of David..., London: printed by Charles Bill, and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb, deceas'd, 1706, title and borders red-ruled, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt panelled and decorated brown crushed morocco, 12mo, Bible [English], The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament, and the New..., Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1788, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated red morocco, extremities rubbed, 12mo, plus 10 other Bibles, Book of Common Prayer etc. including three early 19th century and remainder 20th century editionsQty: (14)

Horatius Flaccus (Quintus). [Opera], Birmingham: John Baskerville, 1762, engraved frontispiece and vignette to title, some browning, damp staining and spotting, contemporary calf, lacking title label, joints cracked at head & foot, 12mo in 6s, together with: Herbert (George), The Temple. Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations, 11th edition, London: printed by S. Roycroft for R.S., 1679, early signature of Margaret Williams to title, black wax seal applied to upper pastedown, contemporary blind panelled calf, later title label to spine, joints cracked and light wear to extremities, 12mo, and 13 other antiquarian volumes including The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte ... with a preliminary view of the French Revolution, by Sir Walter Scott, 9 volumes, Edinburgh: printed by Ballantyne & Co. for Longman, Rees, Orme, et al., 1827, contemporary half calf, worn and with some spines detached, 8voQty: (15)NOTESFirst work - Gaskell 23.

[Binding]. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the use of the Church of England: together with the Psalter or Psalms of David..., Oxford: at the Clarendon Press, 1795, armorial bookplate of the Bertie family, Earls of Abingdon and Lindsey, and sometime Dukes of Ancaster and Kesteven, oval bookseller's ticket of John Bally, Bath, all edges gilt, contemporary red morocco gilt, rubbed and marked, rear cover with small loss, 2 corners showing, both covers with gilt crest of the Bertie family, within decorative gilt-roll borders, gilt-decorated spine faded, gilt-decorated board edges and turn-ins, 8vo, together with: The Book of Common Prayer ..., Cambridge: by John Baskerville, 1760, first few leaves with pale dampstaining to blank margins, armorial bookplate of the Bertie family, Earls of Abingdon and Lindsey, and sometime Dukes of Ancaster and Kesteven, rear hinge cracked before endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary red morocco gilt, worn and stained, both covers with gilt crest of the Bertie family, within decorative gilt-roll borders, gilt-decorated spine faded, front cover detached, rear joint cracked, 8vo, plus: The Book of Common Prayer ..., Cambridge: by John Burges, 1796, armorial bookplate of the Bertie family, Earls of Abingdon and Lindsey, and sometime Dukes of Ancaster and Kesteven, endpapers and blanks dampstained, all edges gilt, contemporary black straight-grained morocco, covers and spine elaborately decorated in blind, rubbed with a little wear to extremities, some discolouration, both covers with gilt crest of the Bertie family, 8vo, with: The Book of Common Prayer ..., Oxford: at the Clarendon Press, 1791, armorial bookplate of the Bertie family, Earls of Abingdon and Lindsey, and sometime Dukes of Ancaster and Kesteven, oval bookseller's ticket of John Bally, Bath, all edges gilt, contemporary black straight-grained morocco, rubbed and a little scuffed, spine faded, both covers with gilt crest of the Bertie family, 8vo, and one other: The Holy Bible, Edinburgh: Sir D. Hunter Blair and J. Bruce, 1814, 4toQty: (5)

Bible [German]. Biblia Das ist: die ganze Göttliche Heil. Schrift Alten und Neuen Testaments, nach der Uebersetzung Doct. Martin Luthers..., Minden: Druck und Verlag von Johann Adolph Müller, 1799, engraved frontispiece, bound with Die 150 Psalmen des Königes und Propheten Davids and bound with Rede des Mundes, und Gespra?ch des Herzens mit Gott, darin enthalten..., Hagen: G. W. Voigt, circa 1790s?, strengthening repair to verso of final leaf, general toning throughout volume, Dutch gilt endpapers, gilt gauffered edges, contemporary blind embossed floral decorated black vellum(?), raised white metal oval cartouche to centre of each board with engraved initials 'D.B.' & 'A.S.S.B.', white metal edges and engraved clasps, joints cracked and slight splitting to leather on spine and lower board, 8vo (16.5 x 9.7 cm)Qty: (1)

Bindings. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments..., together with the Psalter or Psalms of David..., Oxford: printed at the Clarendon Press, by Dawson, Bensley, and Cook, 1802, front blank inscribed 'Mary Ann Worsfold, a present from Mr. E. Dawson, London Dec 14 1802', all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated green straight grain morocco, oval gilt JHS device to centre of each board with red onlay, extremities scuffed, 4to, together with: Ibid., Junius. Stat nominis umbra, 2 volumes, London: Henry Sampson Woodfall, 1772, engraved titles, contemporary gilt decorated red crushed morocco, contrasting morocco labels to spines, 8vo, Young (Edward), Night thoughts on life, death & immortality ... With notes critical and illustrative, by the Rev. C.E. De Coetlogon, A.M. To which is prefixed the life of the author, London: Chapman & Co., [1793], 15 engraved plates (including portrait frontispiece and title), some spotting and toning, subscriber's copy with armorial bookplate of Sir John Smith, Bt. of Sydling House, Dorset to upper pastedown, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated vellum, gilt armorial of Sir John Smith to centre of each board, green background to title on spine, few marks, large 8vo, Bewick (Thomas, illustrated), Poems by Goldsmith and Parnell, London: printed by W. Bulmer & Co., Shakspeare Printing Office, 1804, wood engraved vignette to title, five wood engraved plates and vignette illustrations, marbled endpapers with skinning to at gutter to front endpaper, contemporary gilt panelled calf, blind decoration to boards, rebacked, 8vo, and other antiquarian and decorative bindings, including The Christian's Family Bible and the Apocrypha at large, illustrated with annotations by the Revd. James Wood, circa 1830Qty: (10)

Eusebius (Caesariensis). Chronicon: quod Hieronymus presbyter divino eius ingenio Latinum facere curavit; & Usque in Valentem Caesarem Romano adiecit eloquio. Ad quem & Prosper & Mattheus Palmerius, & Matthias Palmerius, demum & Joannes Multivallis complura que ad hec usque tempora subsecuta sunt adiecere, Paris, H. Estienne and Jodocus Badius Ascensius, 1512, title within woodcut border, with text printed in red and black, woodcut initials, including some criblé, main text printed in red and black throughout, lacking folios 173-174 (Y5-6), title and first and last few leaves with browning to outer margins (signatures A and B at front, and Y at end), title with a little loss to blank fore-margin, not affecting text or printed area, 17th century ink annotation to verso of title, occasional marginal marks elsewhere, modern endpapers and blank leaves, contemporary blind stamped full calf over wooden boards with remains of clasps, some wear, modern reback, 4to (212 x 160 mm)Qty: (1)NOTESAdams E1073; Harvard/Mortimer, French Books 217 (1518 edition), Lande S733; Renouard, Estienne 15; Sabin 23114; Streeter I, 91. The first Estienne edition, containing 'The first account of the Canadian Indian' (Lande). On folio 172 verso, a 20-line entry for the year 1509 describes the arrival of 'Septem Homines Sylvestres ex ea insula (que terra nova dicit)...', which translates as: Seven Savage Men from the Islands called Newfoundland, brought to France by Thomas Oubert, pilot of the Jean Angot. The men are described as having tattoos, long and black hair, who spear fish, eat roasted meat and drink nothing but water. The text incorporates the initial translation by Saint Jerome, with additions by Prosper Aquitanus, Matteo Palmieri, and Mattia Palmieri, the whole edited by Johannes Multivallis of Tournai, with his latest additions up to the date of publication.

Camden (William). Britannia, sive florentissimorum regnorum, Angliae, Scotiae, Hiberniae, et insularum adiacentium ex intima antiquitate Chorographica descriptio. Nunc tertio recognita, & magna accessione adaucta, London: George Bishop, 1590, title with the first word contained within a woodcut cartouche (below which an ownership name is scratched out), woodcut royal coat of arms, loss to lower outer blank corner, woodcut initials and decorations, leaf of Anglo-Saxon alphabet within woodcut frame (A8), separate title page with woodcut vignette to Hiberniae, et insularum Britanniae, occasional marks, contemporary blind-stamped calf, with oval gilt stamp to centre of each cover of a laurel wreath encircling and eagle, later reback, with some wear to head of spine, thick 8voQty: (1)NOTESSTC 4505.

Blackmore (John). Views on the Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Railway, from Drawings by J. W. Carmichael, Currie and Bowman, Newcastle, Thurnham, Carlisle and C. Tilt, London, 1837, decorative title, 22 (of 23) uncoloured engravings on India wove, each with a page of descriptive text and tissue guard, some repaired marginal closed tears and slight creasing, in two parts and retaining publishers paper wrappers, contents washed and repaired, later endpapers, modern half-speckled calf over marbles boards with gilt title to spine, 4to, together with Roscoe (Thomas). Illustrated History of the London and North Western Railway, from London to Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester &c...., 2 volumes bound in one, George Routledge and Co. 1847, additional half-title, 27 (complete as list) uncoloured engraved views, upper hinge weak, publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, re-backed with later calf gilt title labels to the spine, boards stained, 8vo, with Drake (James, publisher). Drake's Road Book of the Grand Junction Railway from Birmingham to Liverpool & Manchester, published Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester & London [1837], frontispiece of a folding linear map of the Grand Junction Railway, numerous engraved advertisements and illustrations throughout, publisher's card wrappers, upper cover torn with loss and replaced in facsimile, small 4to, with another seven reference books, catalogues and periodicals, all relating to railways, including Blackwells's Catalogue 865 relating to Transport and Technology and Phillips 1977 catalogue of fine early railway prints, various sizes and conditionQty: (10)

Bates (George). Elenchus motuum nuperorum in Anglia: or, A short historical account of the rise and progress of the late troubles in England, in two parts..., London: Abel Swalle, 1685, additional engraved title a little damp stained, final advert leaf present, bookplate/shelf label of Porkington Library and manuscript entry 'William Owen Esq. his booke 1723', contemporary sheep, lacking title label, rubbed and some wear, 8vo (Wing B1083; ESTC R29020), together with: Larrey (Isaac de), The History of the Reign of King Charles I, containing a more particular and impartial account of the rebellion and civil wars than has yet been published, 2 volumes in one, London: A. Bell, T. Varnam, J. Osborn, et al., 17716, engraved portrait frontispiece with small worm hole, light worm holes and trial to fore-margins towards rear of volume, toning and some spotting, contemporary blind panelled calf, later paper title label to spine, some wear to extremities, 8vo, Clarke (Samuel), A Collection of the Lives of Ten Eminent Divines, London: William Miller, 1662, engraved portrait frontispiece cropped and lined to verso, browning, spotting and dust-soiling, contemporary calf, paper strip to spine crudely applied, upper board detached, 4to, Chamberlayne (Edward), Angliae Notitia: or, the Present State of England compleat..., 2 parts in one, 17th edition, London: T. Hodgkin for R. Scot & T. Sawbridge, 1642, engraved frontispiece, title cropped to lower ruled margin, armorial bookplate of Hickman Bart. to upper pastedown, contemporary mottled calf, gilt decorated spine lacking title label, joints cracked and light wear to extremities, 12mo, and two others, A Short View of the Life and Reign of King Charles, (The second Monarch of Great Britain) from his Birth to his Burial, London: Richard Royston, 1658, lacking A1 (frontispiece), contemporary sheep, old reback, upper board detached, 12mo and State Worthies. Or, the States-men and Favourites of England since the Reformation..., 2nd edition, London: Thomas Milbourn for Samuel Speed, 1670, engraved frontispiece, contemporary calf, old reback, corners repaired, joints cracked, head & foot of spine worn, 8voQty: (6)

Camden (William). Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland and the Islands Adjacent..., Enlarged by the Latest Discoveries by Richard Gough, 4 volumes, printed for John Stockdale, 1806, portrait frontispiece, printed title, additional half-title to each volume, 51 engraved folding maps by John Cary, all with contemporary hand colouring, 6 additional uncoloured maps (including 2 folding) and 103 uncoloured engraved plates, including (8 folding) and 1 folding pedigree of Oliver Cromwell, numerous illustrations to the text throughout, a few maps trimmed to the neatline, indexes bound at the rear of each volume, marbled endpapers, joints and hinges weak, contemporary blind-stamped gilt calf with contrasting red morocco labels to spines, rubbed and a little worn, some staining to the boards, folioQty: (4)NOTESChubb. CCLXXII.

Europe. Theunissen (Andre), Carte Philatélique de l'Europe 1915, Editions DeLandre, Paris, 1915, allegorical colour lithographic map divided into geographical regions, each represented by the symbols and designs which appear on the individual countries postage stamps, key plate to lower right, with an additional title above the map 'Carte Symbolique - Guerre de 1914 - 1915', publisher's blind stamp to the lower right corner, one small repaired marginal closed tear, 430 x 560 mmQty: (1)NOTESUncommon.

Folding Maps. A collection of seven maps, mostly 19th century, including Cruchley (G. F.). Cruchley's (Late Cary's) New Map of Ireland, showing Railways and all the Turnpike Roads with the Rivers and Canals..., circa 1845, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, calligraphic title and table of explanation, 760 x 640 mm, tartan endpapers with the bookplate of J. Stewart Robertson, contained in a contemporary cloth slipcase with publishers' printed label to upper cover, slipcase a little faded and worn at extremities, together with Cary (John). Cary's New Map of Ireland Exhibiting the whole of the Turnpike Roads with the Rivers and Canals..., 1832, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, slight offsetting, 760 x 640 mm, chalk endpapers, contained in a contemporary card slipcase with publisher's printed label to the upper cover, slight wear at extremities, with Walker (J. & A.). To Lieut. General The Most Honble. the Marquis of Anglesey, K. G. G. C. B..., This Map of North Wales is with his Lordship's permission most respectfully dedicated..., circa 1845, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, calligraphic title, engraved vignette of the Menai Bridge, slight staining and dust soiling, near-contemporary ink ownership signature to the upper margin, 625 x 770 mm, cloth endpapers, blind-stamped cloth binding with gilt publisher's stamp (Letts Son & Co.) to upper cover, faded and frayed along the spine, plus Cary (John). Cary's Reduction of his Larger Map of England and Wales with Part of Scotland..., 1805, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, 760 x 630 mm, contained in a card slipcase with circular publisher's label to upper cover, slipcase heavily worn and frayed, and Laurie (Robert & Whittle James). A New Map of Scotland or North Britain, Drawn from the most approved Surveys..., 1794, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, inset map of the Shetland and Orkney Islands, slight staining, 570 x 525 mm, with Ordnance Survey (publishers). Map of Neath, Edward Stanford, circa 1860, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, scale 1 inch to the mile, 970 x 1430 mm, contained in a contemporary cloth slipcase with publisher's printed label to upper cover, slipcase stained and a little frayed, and plus a folding map of Argyleshire by John Johnstone and W. & A. K. Johnston and House of Commons Commissioners (publishers). Sixth Report of the Commissioners for Roads and Bridges in the Highlands of Scotland, 24th February 1813, title page and 45 pages of text, including an engraved plate of an elevation and plans of the Bonar Bridge and an engraved folding map of Scotland by A. Arrowsmith, contemporary outline colouring, map size 610 x 500 mm, contemporary blue paper wrappers with printed titles to both sidings, and a 20th-century book box, the covers decorated with a reproduction of H. Hondius's map of the word, 255 x 175 mmQty: (9)

Scotland. Ordnance Survey, Maps nos. 1 - 131 (complete), bound in 2 volumes, Ordnance Survey Office, circa 1900, tipped in key plate to volume 1, 131 uncoloured photo-lithograph maps on a scale of 1 inch to a mile, occasional marginalia and later crude outline colouring, some dust and finger soiling throughout, key plate to the front pastedown of each volume, some maps trimmed at the base, a few with an Ordnance Survey office blind stamp to the lower right corner, a few maps split along central fold, a few maps with marginal fraying and tears, seven index maps bound at the rear, later endpapers, modern cloth with gilt cloth labels to the upper sidings, a little bumped, large folio, together with Ordnance Survey (publishers). Ordnance Survey Atlas of Scotland, Quarter Inch to the Mile, Southampton, 1924, title, index and table of explanation, 18 colour printed double-page maps, each laid on linen, index bound at rear, later endpapers, modern red quarter morocco gilt over marbled boards with a gilt vellum title label to the upper cover, oblong folio, (355 x 400 mm)Qty: (3)

* Ward (William). A Vist to a Boarding School & Blind Mans Buff, J. R. Smith, 1779 & 1778, a fine pair of uncoloured mezzotints after George Morland, good margins, each approximately 450 x 550 mm, uniformly framed and glazedQty: (2)NOTESGood early dark impressions in very good condition

Bindings. A collection of ten Arts & Crafts style bindings, including: 1. Malory (Thomas), Le Morte Darthur. The history of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round Table, reprinted, London: Medici Society, 1935, colour plates after Russell Flint, decorative patterned endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary terracotta morocco, elaborate gilt decoration with oak tree and acorn design, green morocco shield onlays to upper board, 8vo, 2. Shakespeare (William), The Sonnets of William Shakespeare, Birmingham: printed by Birmingham Guild of Handicraft, London: Tylston & Edwards and A.P. Marsden, 1895, decorative initials and page decorations by Ernest G. Treglown engraved on wood by Charles Carr, printed endpapers, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, contemporary gilt & blind decorated brown morocco, binder's monogram to turn-in to lower board MSK 1927, small 4to, 3. Argyll (John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, Duke of), Guido and Lita: A Tale of the Riviera, London: Macmillan & Co., 1875, wood engraved frontispiece, vignette title and plates, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated dark green morocco, small 4to, 4. Keats (John), Odes, London: Curwen Press for Duckworth & Co., 1923, frontispiece and illustrations by Vivien Gribble, printed endpapers, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, contemporary gilt decorated blue-green morocco, slim 8vo, 5. Bright (William), Chapters of Early English Church History, 3rd edition, revised, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1897, colour map frontispiece, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated terracotta brown morocco by F. Garrett, gilt armorial of Lichfield Theology College to centre of upper board, 8vo, 6. Aesop, Fables, a new translation by V.S. Vernon Jones, London: William Heinemann, 1912, colour plates after Rackham, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated dark green morocco, scratch to upper board and board edge rubbed at head, 8vo, and four others similarQty: (10)

Orwell, (George). Nineteen Eighty-Four, 1st edition, London: Secker & Warburg, 1949, half title, some light spotting to fore margins, endpapers with repeat photographic close-up images of George Orwell's eyes and nose, modern novelty binding in blue morocco with single 'eye' mounted to upper cover atop blind design of the Ministry of Truth, lettered in gilt to covers, 8voQty: (1)

Dibdin (Thomas Frognall). Bibliomania; or Book Madness: A Bibliographical Romance,..., 2 volumes, London: privately printed for the author by J. McCreery, 1811, black & white illustrations & vignettes, ex-libris blind stamps to the front endpapers, some light toning & spotting, front & rear hinges cracked, contemporary full mottled calf, boards & spines slightly rubbed with minor loss to head & foot, 8vo, together with; Kristeller (Paul), Early Florentine Woodcuts. with an annotated list of Florentine illustrated books, 2 volumes [text, plates], limited edition, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, and Co., 193 black & white illustrations, some light toning, top edge gilt, publishers original gilt decorated quarter brown morocco, boards & spines slightly rubbed, large 8vo, 34/50 plus Kökeritz (Helge), Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies, facsimile edition, London: Oxford University Press, 1955, errata to 'Preface', numerous black & white facsimiles, original cloth in dust jacket, covers spotted, marked & rubbed, large 4to and other 19th-century & modern bibliography reference & related, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, most volumes have a previous owner inscription to the front pastedown or endpaper, G/VG, 8vo/4toQty: (6 shelves)

Curtius Rufus (Quintus). De rebus gestis Alexandri Magni Macedonus regis Historia, Lyon: Seb. Gryphium, 1548, printer's woodcut device to title, contemporary notations to title and final text leaf, damp-staining to some leaves (affecting text), contemporary marginal annotations to occasional leaf, marbled pastedowns, contemporary sheep gilt, gilt blind-stamped motif to boards, hand-tooled gilt embellishments to spine, raised bands, worming to spine, rubbing to extremities with loss, joints rubbed, boards marked and rubbed, corners bumped with loss, 12moQty: (1)

Aquinas (Saint Thomas). In S. Prophete Iob librum longe difficillimum, historia dilucidaque explicatio... , Paris: Sébastien Nivelle, 1557, [4], 200 leaves, printer's woodcut device to title, woodcut initials, later ink inscription to lower margin of A2, bound with Ribera (Francisco), In duodecim prophetas minores commentarii historici selecti, Cologne: Arnold Mylius, 1600, [48], 336 pp., small woodcut device to title, some woodcut initials, some occasional spotting and old damp staining, mostly affecting first work, contemporary blind-stamped vellum over wooden boards, six raised bands, lacks clasps, heavily rubbed and slightly darkened on spine, 8vo (15 x 9.5 cm)Qty: (1)

Jewel (John). The true copies of the letters betwene the reverend father in God John Bisshop of Sarum and D. Cole, upon occasion of a Sermon that the said Bisshop preached before the Quenes Maiestie, and her most honorable Counsel. 1560. Set forthe and allowed, according to the order appointed in the Quenes Maiesties Iniunctions. Cum gratia & privilegio Regiae Maiestatis per septennium, [London, printed by John Day, 1560], 177 leaves, plus 9 unnumbered leaves (A-Z8, AA4), title page with woodcut decorative border (close-trimmed with slight loss to top and fore-margin), gothic black letter text, woodcut initials, A2 with closed tear repaired without loss, early ownership initials in brown ink to verso of title 'W. W. Oxon 2d', with additional manuscript text references in the same hand to 'ABp Cranmr. 62.63, Albert Pighius p.23, Bp Gard. Mistakes Dr Smith's Prooff of Transcubst, Dr Oglethorp's fals Concord, and with further annotations apparently in the same hand to final blank and rear pastedown (Adoration of ye bred a new devise. p:138, Comunion under one kind. page: 109.135, corpus-Xi day beegan: p:138, The Word of Transubstantion/p:43 Private Masse not in ye church for 600 yeares. p:152, etc.), contemporary blind-ruled sheep, somewhat worn on spine, with joints partly cracked, small 8voQty: (1)NOTESSTC 14613. Only two copies traced at auction, in 1938 and 1951. First edition containing the exchange between the newly-created Bishop of Salisbury John Jewel, and Henry Cole (circa 1500-1579/80), a Roman Catholic apologist and fellow of New College, Oxford, who preached the sermon at the execution of Thomas Cranmer, following which Cranmer famously recanted his short-lived adherence to the Catholic faith. The text includes Bishop Jewel's sermon at Paul's Cross, better known as the Challenge Sermon, which helped to ignite a decade of controversy over the relationship between the Church of England and the 'true universal church'.

An Edwardian mahogany Chippendale style bowfronted turnover top games table, with green baize lined playing surface, blind fretwork frieze and moulded legs. Height 74.5 cm, width 68 cm, depth 40 cm.

A Chippendale style armchair, with splat back stuffover seat and blind fretwork carved front legs.

A George III mahogany turnover top tea table, with carved edge, frieze drawer and blind fretwork moulded legs. Width 84 cm.

After Sir William Russell Flint (1880-1969), a colour print "The Shower", 1961. 45 cm x 57 cm, framed, signed in margin, limited edition of 756 with blind stamp.

After Sir William Russell Flint (1880-1969), a colour print "Awkward Encounter", 1956. 44 cm x 57 cm, framed, signed in margin in pencil from an edition limited to 760 with blind stamp.

After Sir William Russell Flint (1880-1969), a colour print "Marie Manosque", 1960. 48 cm x 63 cm, framed, signed in margin in pencil, limited edition of 751 with blind stamp.

After Sir William Russell Flint (1880-1969), a colour print "Dubious Bernini", 1960. 45 cm x 57 cm, framed, signed in margin in pencil, limited edition of 756 with blind stamp.

After Sir William Russell Flint (1880-1969), a colour print "Little Flower Girl", 1961. 49 cm x 64 cm, framed, signed in margin in pencil, limited edition of 775 with blind stamp.

After Sir William Russell Flint (1880-1969), a colour print "Le Quatorze Juillet", 1956. 48 cm x 63 cm, framed, signed in margin in pencil, limited edition of 700 with blind stamp.

BINDINGS, including Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam in green grained calf by Worsfold, Pierre Charron-De la Sagesse, in elaborate blind stamped dark green leather, (Pfister bookseller stamp) and 4 volumes of Ruskin in (unsigned) blue, (Trinity College, Oxford) (9) (Est. plus 17.5% premium)

S. PATRIS NOSTRI GREGORII EPISCOPI NYSSENI Fratris Basilii Magni Opera, 1617, Antonii Hierat, folio, bound in stamped pigskin with some repairs, 'MDGAA' blind stamped on upper board, dated, '1626' below. Some worming, dried mould and old damp staining (Est. plus 17.5% premium)

THE HOLY BIBLE, Oxford Printed by the University Printers, 1701, large folio, nineteenth century bevel-edged blind-stamped sheepskin binding, cracked along outer hinges. Tape reinforcement to inner hinges (Est. plus 17.5% premium)

ROBERT BARCLAY - An Apology, blind stamped calf, 1678, AND A Short Account of the Life & Writings of Barclay, 1802, and A Catechism and Confession of Faith ... General Assembly, Philadelphia 1864, WITH A Genealogical Account of the Barclays of Urie, 1812 and John Barclay - Diary of Alexander Jaffray, 1833, and John Woolman - Serious Considerations on Various Subjects of Importance, 1773 (6) (Est. plus 17.5% premium)

DANTE ALIGHIERI - La Divina Commedia, Firenze 1599, vellum, with four other 16th century religious tomes and six 17th century and later similar, including Commentaria in Regulam SS P. Benedicti, c.1643, cont. blind tooled and panelled vellum over bevelled wooden boards., spine raised in compartments with original clasps and catches (12 - the majority in original vellum bindings) (Est. plus 17.5% premium)

A Edwardian silver  Mr Punch novelty standing seal,   blind matrix, 75mm, by Crisford & Norris, Birmingham 1903 and four silver bookmarks, including a mother of pearl handled trowel, Glasgow 1929, 1ozs 3dwts (5) Good condition

A  gold  fob seal, blind amethyst matrix, 14.5g Good condition

A gold openwork fob seal, banded agate blind matrix, 6.5g Good condition

A mahogany display cabinet, flared cornice above blind fret applied frieze, single bowed glazed door with panel to base, square legs with pierced angle brackets, 170cm h; 72cm w Abrasions, scratches and faults

An oak eight day longcase clock, William Barnard, Newark, 12" brass dial, ring winding squares and urn spandrels, case with ogee pediment and blind fret frieze, pendulum and weights, 203cm h excluding later finials Basically good condition

A breakfront mahogany library bookcase, early 20th c, with key fret cornice and blind fret carved frieze, the upper part enclosed by three glazed doors, the lower part with four raised-and-fielded panel doors,  lower part fitted with cutlery trays to accommodate a canteen of silver, 213cm h; 50 x 188cm Good condition

A carved hardwood mirror, 20th century, Indian, in a deep blind carved frame decorated with scrolling foliage, 49 x 42cm, together with a smaller painted hardwood mirror, 40 x 33cm (2)Condition report: Knocks and splits, Made up from older fragments, both plates modern. Overall good serviceable condition.

David Shepherd, two unframed and mounted Limited Edition prints of elephants, No. 371 and 372 of 850, blind stamp and pencil signatures, 21ins x 41ins each and a David Shepherd unframed print of the Scotsman 34, with blind stamp and pencil signature, 19ins x 32ins

Russell Flint, Limited Edition print, No. 100 of 850, titled ' In A Burgundian Granary ', unsigned, 20ins x 27ins, framed and an unframed Limited Edition Russell Flint print, No. 400 of 850, bearing blind stamp, titled ' Variations II ', with certificate, unsigned, 20ins x 27ins

Beryl Cook, signed print, ' The Art Class ', with publishers blind stamp left side, 18ins x 17.5insUnfortunately the image has suffered from bad positioning and is somewhat faded from sunlight. Frame needs replacing.

Fine 19th Century mahogany twin pedestal sideboard of Chippendale revival form, circa 1880, the ornate back carved in deep relief with a scene depicting shepherds in a landscape, the pedestals each with a galleried blind fretwork and acanthus moulded top above a cellarette drawer with swivel action and cupboard door, the tapering pedestals each with a cupboard door decorated with further carved mouldings flanking a dropped centre with two further drawers above a panelled lower back and ogee bracket feet, 104.5ins wide x 76ins high