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Early 20th century mahogany Chippendale style cabinet, carved swan neck pediment above blind fretwork frieze and acanthus carved moulding, two doors enclosing three shelves and a bank of nine drawers with fitted cutlery inserts, below two doors enclosing shelf, scroll carved apron, cabriole legs with ball and claw feet, W126cm, H208cm Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs

Nameplate ROYAL LONDON SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND and Braille badge ex BR class 47 47745. Built at Crewe in November 1965, named september 1994 nameplates removed 20/07/2004. Locomotive scrapped at EWS TOTON by HNRC in August 2004. Cast aluminium In as removed condition measures 51.75in x 9.75in. Badge measures 29.75in x 7.75in. Sold on behalf of DB Cargo (UK) Ltd and comes complete with a certificate of authenticity.

An Early 18th Century Walnut Longcase Clock, signed Roger Penton, circa 1710, later caddy pediment, pierced blind fret work panels, side viewing windows, well figured trunk door with moulded borders, re-built plinth, 12-1/4-inch square brass dial with a silvered chapter ring signed, matted dial centre with seconds dial and date aperture, crown and cherub spandrels, five latched pillars, anchor escapement, outside countwheel striking on a bell, 266cm high see illustration 06.06.19. Case with a later built caddy pediment, case needs restoration throughout, hood door with later hinges, wooden dial surround is later, hood with chips and cracks to veneers and some veneers are missing, trunk door with cracks to the top and bottom sides, half of the trunk door moulded edges are missing, plinth has been re-built, backboard is patched to the top and bottom sides, dial is dirty, movement with one dial foot not locating into the movement front plate, movement needs cleaning, with two weights and a pendulum.

A George III Mahogany Secretaire Chest on Chest, circa 1760, the dentil cornice above a blind fret carved frieze and two short over three long drawers, the bottom drawer with a fitted interior of pigeon holes and small drawers around a blind fret cupboard door, between fret carved pilasters, the base of three deep drawers between fluted pilasters, on bracket feet, 135cm by 59cm by 188cm See illustration

~ A George III Mahogany Chest on Chest, late 18th century, with a Greek Key dentil cornice above a blind fret carved frieze with two short over three long drawers, all between blind fret carved and canted stiles, the base with a pull-out brushing slide and three graduated drawers below, 111cm by 56cm by 178cm See illustration

A Set of Six Chippendale Revival Dining Chairs, modern, with metal plaque to the underside Reproduced from the original in 10. Downing Street. London. England by kind permission of the Right Honourable Sir Harold Wilson K.G. O.B.E. FRSMP Prime Minster 1975, covered in gold and black floral silk fabric, with blind fret and chamfered forelegs with block feet, 60cm by 58cm by 99cm

L/E signed print 'Evening Glare' by Anthony Gibbs 275/550 & blind stamped

LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY R.A. (1887-1976) (ARR) - lithograph "Britain at Play", Fine Art Trade Guild blind stamp, signed in pencil, image size 44.5cm x 59.5cm, framed and glazed

LAURENCE SETPHEN LOWRY R.A. (1887-1976) (ARR) - lithograph "The Pond", Fine Art Trade Guild blind stamp, signed in pencil, image size 44cm x 57cm, framed and glazed

PETER HOWELL (b.1932) A framed and glazed Artists print of Racing horses. Pencil signed bottom right. Blind stamped. 55cm x 77cm

Banksy, two limited edition unframed limited edition mini art prints from the Banksy Dictionary "man walking dog" and "Skipping girl", both with numbered limited edition certificates from ArtF.Ly, with blind stamps, from an edition of just 500 prints from 2015

After David Shepherd CBE FRSA FGRA (1931 - 2017) "The Zambezi Sawmills Railway" and "On the Sub Nigel Mine in the Transvaal", signed limited edition giclee prints bearing Fine Art Trade Guild blind-embossed stamps, 28 cm x 36 cm, uniformly framed and mounted under glass

A Lador (Switzerland) wooden musical rocking crib which plays Three Blind Mice with working hood (24 cm x 14 cm x 14 cm together with a Michael Querzola jointed hard plastic celluloid doll with original dummy and hand-made clothes, approximately 56 cm (h). Estimate £60 - £80

After Montague Dawson (1895-1973) - 'A Winning Tack', colour print pub. by Frost & Reed copyright 1933, signed in pencil and with FATG blind stamp in oak frame, 46cm x 67 cm Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs

After Montague Dawson (1895-1973) - 'The Gallant Mayflower', colour print pub. 1970 by Venture prints, signed in pencil and with blind stamp, 65cm x 77 cm Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs

A Gothic revival cast and gilt metal clock, C and N Muller, the 5 inch enamelled dial with Roman numerals, within a decorated Gothic ogee arched and foliate pinnacled case, with blind arcading below, cast signature, 47.5cm high

Befort Jeune (attributed), a Louis XV style French mahogany secretaire, circa 1865, ormolu mounted, the fall front chest set with three oil on panel paintings, flanked by lions mask and floral garland pilasters, below a floral swag frieze, all on a cabriole legged stand with blind reticulated cast foliate apron and central sun mask, 68cm wide, 118cm high, 37cm deep

A Chinese hardwood stand, late 19th century, rectangular form set with pink marble, reticulated key fieze and blind carved foliate scroll legs, 42cm wide, 25cm high, 31cm deep

Amy Sandheim, an Arts and Crafts silver napkin ring, Lonon 1933, half cylinder form, planished and set with a blind fret cast figure of a lion and star, between square cut carnelians, within chased foliate raised borders, 5.5cm long, 1.21ozt

A London Transport bus destination blind showing 52 destinations

A London Transport bus destination blind showing the 248, 248A and 252 route with 15 destinations

A London Transport bus destination blind in yellow and black showing approximately 16 destinations

A London Transport bus destination blind showing London Transport Green Line 721, 722 and 726

A London Transport bus destination blind made by Norbury Brothers Lts., 1970 showing approximately 70 destinations

Gregory I (Pope) Regula pastoralis, collation: A-G8, double column, 55 ff. (of 56, lacking final blank), 37 lines, Gothic type, initial spaces, wormholes within text and to margins, marginal worm traces at start and end, marginal water-staining, occasional staining within text, new endpapers, contemporary panelled calf, blind-ruled and strapwork borders enclosing an inner panel with 2 strapwork designs in a diamond shape, lacking metal clasps, sympathetically rebacked, corners repaired, small 4to (203 x 143mm.), Venice, Hieronymus de Paganinis, 13 December, 1492.⁂ Rare in commerce. Provenance: Frederick Perkins, Chipstead Place, Kent (engraved armorial bookplate). Literature: BMC V 457; Goff G440; HC 7986*; Bod-inc G-227; ; BSB-Ink G-327; GW 11446; ISTC ig00440000.

Hollar (Wenceslaus) Theatru[m] mulierum, sive varietas atq. differentia habitum foeminei sexus..., engraved throughout with title and 48 plates, titled in English at head or in upper left corner, all titled in Latin at foot and numbered in lower right corner, some light spotting and soiling, nineteenth century red straight-grain morocco with lattice design in blind, spine with four raised bands, g.e., [Wing H2450], 12mo, by Henry Overton, 1643 [but early 18th century].

Medicine.- Collection of medical recipes, 23pp. excluding blanks, ruled in red, slightly browned, bound in a late 17th century black morocco sombre binding elaborately tooled in blind with cottage roof design against a hatched background of a series of squares containing a stylized clover leaf in centre, and around it with tulips and other flowers, corners and head and tail of spine slightly rubbed, g.e., otherwise in fine condition, 8vo, 1767 & [1680s].Saleroom notice: The manuscript appears to have been inserted into an earlier binding with the endpapers renewed.⁂ Recipes, including: "The Ormskirk Medicine for the Bite of a Mad Dog to be had at Mr: Berry's Apothy in Mount Street Berkley Square"; "Recipe Cath. Css Suffolk For a pain in the Back Gout or Gravel"; "Recipe. Snail Jelly For Consumptive cases"; "Recipe. Albury To make Treacle Water" etc.

Barrett (Elizabeth Barrett) Poems, 2 vol., first edition, 8pp. publisher's catalogue dated January 1 1845 at beginning of vol.1 and advertisement leaf at end, light stain to pp.212-213 of vol.2, original blind-stamped green cloth, slightly rubbed and marked, spines a little faded, vol.2 with small split to foot of upper joint, 8vo, 1844.

[Brontë (Charlotte, Emily and Anne)], "Currer, Ellis & Acton Bell". Poems, first edition, second issue, with errata slip tipped in at beginning, advertisement leaf bound at end and final blank, without publishers' catalogue sometimes found at end, a few small spots to title and contents leaf, original ribbed green cloth with blind-stamped border and central harp design to covers, pale yellow endpapers, Westleys & Co. binders' ticket at rear, spine faded, faint rubbed patch to lower cover, corners slightly bumped, [Smith 1 pp.6-14], 8vo, Smith, Elder and Co., 1846 [but 1848].⁂ A very good copy, scarce in such fine condition.

Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) Oratoriarum institutionu[m] Lib. XII., edited by Raphael Regius, Georgius Merual & Badius Ascensius, collation: Aa8 a-z, A-I8, woodcut architectural title printed in red and black with central printer's device, a few woodcut diagrams within text, woodcut criblé initials, occasional early ink marginalia, outer title trimmed at head to printed border, with outer margin frayed and repaired and with a repaired tear, occasional staining, 19th century blind-stamped panelled russia, gilt, covers detached, rubbed, g.e., small folio (265 x 185mm.), Paris, Jodocus Badius Ascensius [& Jean Petit], January, 1516.⁂ A rare copy of this esteemed scholarly edition. Provenance: 'Andro Challmes' (inscription within a transcription of William Whittingham's metrical versions of Psalm 23, 'The Lord is only my support'); H. Maconockie, 1811 (ink inscription); presented by him to W.H. Adams, Edinburgh, 10th March, 1813 (ink presentation inscription to front free endpaper). Literature: Adams Q54.

Binding.- Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) Oratiarum institutionum, edited by Raphael Regius, collation: A4 a-x8 y6, title within ornate woodcut floral and foliage border, woodcut decorative initials, final f. blank, title with a few small repairs and a faded ink stamp, water-stained, some spotting or foxing, occasional light browning, new endpapers, contemporary blind-tooled panelled calf, faded ink ms. title within one panel of upper cover, later cloth ties, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, backstrip worn and with a 20th century ms. paper label, rubbed, rubbed, folio (305 x 207mm.), [Venice], [Bernardino de Viani], July, 1522.⁂ Provenance: Bought from V.A. Heck in May, 1958 for 380 Austrian Schillings (invoice loosely inserted). Literature: Not in Adams; EDIT 16 CNCE 38523.

Binding.- Gryphius.- Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) Institvtionvm oratoriarvm libri XII, 2 parts in 1, collation: a-z, A-Q8 R4; aa-pp8 qq4, titles with woodcut printer's device, woodcut initials, occasional later ink marginalia in red or black, nn7&8 with neat tear within text, occasional staining, lightly browned, contemporary blind-stamped panelled calf, upper cover with lettering 'ADOPLHUS GLAUBUR - CGh' at head, spine in compartments and with floral and foliage decorations, spine chipped at ends and faded, corners worn, rubbed, remains of silk ties, 8vo (179 x 119mm.), Lyon, Sebastian Gryphius, 1536.⁂ Provenance: 'Joannes Rodolphus ab Erlach' (late 16th / early 17th ink inscription to foot of title'; Bibliotheque de Spietz. The von Erlachs of Bern, Switzerland, were a prominent family of politicians, administrators and military commanders, who acquired the castle and lands of Spietz in 1516

Estienne.- Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius) Institutionum Oratoriarum Libri XII., collation: A8 b-z, A-Y8, title with woodcut printer's device, initial spaces with guide-letters, lacking final blank, water-stained, later limp vellum, yapp edges, lacking ties, small 4to (235 x 163mm.), Paris, Robert Estienne, 1542.⁂ 'Édition estimable' (Renouard). Provenance: Mark Pattison (1813-1884), former Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford (small blind-stamp to foot of title); R,G. Austin of Cardiff (invoice from A. Rosenthal, Ltd., 5 Turl Street, Oxford, dated July, 1946, for £4.4s.)Literature: Adams Q64; Renouard, Estiennes, 53:9.

Estienne.- Anacreon. [Odes], editio princeps and the first work printed by Henri Estienne, collation: *4, A-O4, complete with final blank, Greek text and Latin translation, woodcut printer's device on title, woodcut initial and head-pieces, cropped at head affecting headline and pagination, title a little soiled, later vellum, spine defective, 4to, Paris, Henri Estienne, 1554.⁂ "The Anacreontea became the most influential "ancient" Greek poetic text during the Renaissance, and Estienne's edito princeps virtually caused a poetic revolution, not only in France, but also in Italy and Germany...The book is magnificently printed in all three sizes of the "grecs du roi." (Schreiber).Provenance: Earls of Macclesfield (North Library bookplate and small blind-stamp to first 3 leaves).Literature: Adams A1001 ; Schreiber 139; Renouard 115.

Arabic treatise on mathematics.- Muhammad ibn Muhammad Sibt al-Mardini al-Dimashqi (Egyptian mathematician and astronomer, teacher and timekeeper in the Great Mosque of al-Azhar, Cairo, d. AH 907/1501CE) Tuhfat al-ahbab fi 'ilm al-hisab, manuscript mathematical treatise in Arabic, on cream paper, 28pp., in a cursive informal Naskh script, style and corrections suggesting this manuscript is authorial, text in black and red, browned, some edges and corners chipped with small loss, a few ink marks, new endpapers, modern polished purple roan, round blind-stamp decoration on covers, 183 x 128mm., [Cairo], [AH 896/1491CE].

17th century passport.- Juxon (William, Archbishop of London, (bap. 1582, d. 1663) Passport made out to Captain Thomas Edwards to travel abroad, Document signed: "Guil: London" as Bishop of London and Lord High Treasurer, "Jo: Finch" John Finch, first Baron Finch (1584-1660), judge, and politician, Speaker of the House of Commons; "Manchester" Henry Montagu, first Earl of Manchester (c. 1563-1642), judge, politician & others, manuscript, 1p., blind seal at head, browned, folds, right edge creased and slightly stained, folio, Whitehall, 29th May 1640.⁂ Juxon attended Charles I on the scaffold at his execution.

Fabyan (Robert) Fabyans cronycle newly prynted, wyth the cronycle, actes, and dedes done in the tyme of the reygne of the moste excellent prynce kynge Henry the vii. father vnto our most drad souerayne lord kynge Henry the .viii., 2 vol. in 1, black letter, titles in woodcut architectural borders, woodcut historiated initials, first title seriously defective, all to end of sig. h defective at head, affecting main text in first few sigs., then headlines towards end of this group, last few ff. seriously defective, a few tears and holes, stained, contemporary blind-ruled calf, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed, [STC 10660], folio, By Wyllyam Rastell, 1533. sold not subject to return.

Colour-Printing.- Savage (William) Practical Hints on Decorative Printing, [one of 227 copies], colour-printed frontispiece, additional decorative title printed in gold with border in colours, letterpress title in red & black with decorative border, list of subscribers, dedication with coat-of-arms in colours, 6 colour-printed decorative head-pieces and 49 wood-engraved plates, most printed in colours, a few uncoloured printed on india paper and mounted, including 9 defaced plates on 5 sheets at end (4 printed on both sides), a little foxing and light water-staining, mostly marginal, contemporary calf, covers with large recessed hexagonal panel and elaborately stamped in blind, rubbed and slightly stained, upper joint split, [Abbey Life 233], 4to, for the proprietor, 1822.⁂ Important work on colour-printing with the plates "printed from wood blocks, but some in bright tints instead of the neutral shades affected by the old school of chiaroscurists. The tints are achieved by Savage's important discovery of making printing ink without any oil, and therefore more suitable for artistic purposes...The colour prints proper were produced by impressions from two up to as many as twenty-nine blocks." AbbeyThe plates include type-specimens, an ornamental letter printed in gold, 6 sheets of colour swatches, and plates of printing presses, antiquities, landscape views and natural history. Copies appear to vary slightly according to the number of plates. Although this copy has 4 plates of 'Female Street- Sweeper & Child', in 3 different colour separations and one with two colours, it lacks the plate with all three colours. Abbey also calls for 2 plates of Clymer's Columbian Press, one lettered and one unlettered; this copy does not contain the unlettered plate.

δ Bird (Jo, binder).- Betjeman (John) Selected Poems, edited by Alan Powers, illustrations, some colour by Peter Bailey, bound in pale green reversed goatskin, by Jo Bird, lettered with author & title in varying sized fonts in black carbon running across covers & spine in the shape of the North Cornwall coastline, pale green endpapers with circular cut-outs and "Poems" in black carbon or blind, pale green edges with similar lettering, grey sheepskin chemise with two circular cut-outs and lettering in blind, with binder's printed description of the binding, together in grey sheep-skin backed black cloth drop-back box, spine with circular pale green paper label and lettering in black & blind, 8vo (230 x 165mm.), Folio Society, 2004.⁂ Jo Bird studied Illustration and Graphic design at Norwich School of Art and was awarded a Post Graduate Diploma in Fine Bookbinding at London College of Communication in 2004. This book won First Prize and the Mansfield Silver Medal in the Designer Bookbinders Competition of 2005 and she was elected a Fellow of DB in 2010. Her work is held in private collections in UK, including The British Library, and the USA.In her accompanying note on this book she writes, "With my design I wanted to reflect the themes of rural and urban lifestyle that can be found in Betjeman's poetry. The green suede with the playful flowing text that follows the shape of the Cornwall coastline represents Betjeman's fondness for the English countryside and is tactile in texture. The grey chemise...represents his passion for cityscapes..."."It is important to me to bind a given book with great respect for the contents. My aim is to entice and excite the reader into the book, and to achieve harmony between design and function. Through my designs I look to convey an essential element of the book, and for my design to become a natural extension of it."δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.

δ Brockman (James R., binder).- Ninety-First Psalm (The), number 98 of copies, wood-engravings by Dorothea Braby, bookplate of Lord Wardington, bound in vellum, by James Brockman, upper cover onlaid with figure of man in white goatskin within large gilt swirls in the style of Braby, lower cover with similar design in blind with forms beneath the vellum, brown suede doublures, signed "James R.Brockman The Eddington Bindery 1974" at head of rear doublure, g.e., together with original cream buckram binding in light brown cloth drop-back box, spine with vellum label lettered in gilt, (235 x 170mm.), Golden Cockerel Press, 1944 § Fuller (John) The Ship of Sounds, one of 130 copies signed by the author and artist, wood-engraved frontispiece by Garrick Palmer, bound in green goatskin, by James R.Brockman with his ticket, spine titled in palladium, uncut, preserved in cream dust-jacket, (250 x 170mm.), Sidcot, Gruffyground Press, 1981, small 4to & 8vo (2)⁂ James R.Brockman (b.1946) studied under Ivor Robinson and Sandy Cockerell and in 1987 became the first visiting lecturer at the Institute of Fine Binding and Book Conservation, Humanities Research Centre, University of Texas. He is a past President of both Designer Bookbinders and The Society of Bookbinders and his bindings are held by many public and private collections including the British Library, Victoria & Albert Museum, National Library of Wales, and Sir J. Paul Getty II Library. δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.

δ Clements (Jeff, binder).- Eluard (Paul) Le Dur Désir de Durer, translated by Stephen Spender and Frances Cornforth, one of 1500 copies (750 for London), text in French and English, 2 colour frontispieces and black & white illustrations after Marc Chagall, book-label of Samuel R. & Marie-Louise Rosenthal, bound in russet goatskin, by Jeff Clements [in 1965], with six rows of quadrangular and zigzag inlays in citron, black and turquoise goatskin, spine titled in blind, t.e.g, signed on rear turn-in, with T.L.s. from the binder to Anthony Dowd concerning the binding and an article by Dorothy Harrop on Clements from 'The Book Collector' in 1976, together in brown cloth drop-back box, spine titled in gilt, 4to (280 x 220mm.), Philadelphia, Grey Falcon Press, and London, Trianon Press, 1950.⁂ Jeff Clements (b.1934) is a bookbinder, artist and graphic designer, who has been a Fellow of Designer Bookbinders since 1957, serving as President from 1981-83. He has exhibited regularly in Britain, Europe, America and Japan, and examples of his work are held in public and private collections in Europe and America. This binding was illustrated in Bookbinder vol.7 p.18 and is typical in using sculptured boards. As he says in his letter to Dowd, "The design was a sort of arithmetical progression concept with the horizontals increasing in depth whilst the verticals remain static".δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.

δ Incline Press.- Smith (Deirdre Armes) The First Wife: a Voice for Katherine of Aragon, one of 10 specially-bound copies, from an edition limited to 160 signed by the author and artist, printed in red & black, wood-engraved portrait and illustrations by Alan Smith, bound in white vellum, by Lori Sauer, upper cover with small white diamond goatskin with blind letter K onlaid on red leather ground within diamond cut-out fastened at points with small copper staples, spine of split white goatskin over red paste-paper and fastened with staples, red paste-paper endpapers, uncut, signed in pencil at foot of rear free endpaper, with red cloth tray and slip-case, tray with paste-paper pull, slip-case with printed card label inset on upper cover, 8vo (180 x 105mm.), Oldham, Incline Press, 2003.⁂ Lori Sauer was elected a Fellow of Designer Bookbinders in 2001. She has taught for many years in Wiltshire and is interested particularly in the structure and materials of bookbinding.δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.

δ Pearson (John, binder).- Lawrence (T.E.) Seven Pillars of Wisdom, first trade edition, plates, 4 folding colour maps, bound in natural goatskin, by John Pearson, lightly sanded hand-painted scene of desert sand dunes in grey with route of camel train formed by short black dashes of inlaid black calf, tooled gold spots and red arrows across covers and spine, sand-coloured suede doublures, signed and dated 1988 at foot of rear doublure, g.e., with loose later printed leaf of textual omissions from this edition, together in cloth drop-back box, inlaid tan goatskin label with title in blind, 4to (c.255 x 200mm.), 1935. ⁂ John Pearson was a Fellow of the Designer Bookbinders and was introduced to Colonel Bradfer-Lawrence, who commissioned the binding, by Ivor Robinson. δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.

δ Powell (Roger, binder).- Virgilius Maro (Publius) The Georgics, translated by C.Day Lewis, sixth impression, bound in green goatskin, by Roger Powell, covers tooled in gilt with two curved lines forming a "V" above a wreath surrounding an Egyptian ankh & small five-pointed star at head and with two pairs of vertical fillets in blind, spine titled in gilt, Cockerell marbled endpapers, signed "19 RP 51" at foot of rear turn-in, spine very slightly faded, 8vo (220 x 150mm.), 1948.⁂ Roger Powell (1896-1990) trained at the Central School of Art and Crafts, worked with Sandy Cockerell at Cockerell & Son for several years before establishing his own bindery, and taught at the Central School and the Royal College of Art. Notable examples of his work include the rebinding of the Book of Kells and Book of Durrow in 1953, the Lichfield Gospels in 1962, and many other important historical manuscripts. "One of the most important and influential bookbinders of the last hundred years and, arguably, of any period." Bernard Middleton, 'Roger Powell: an appreciation', New Bookbinder, 11 (1991), p.87.δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.

δ Skelton (Clare, binder).- Lawrence (T.E.) Seven Pillars of Wisdom, first trade edition, plates, 4 folding colour maps, bound in fawn goatskin, by Clare Skelton, covers with inlaid Arabic style borders in tan, blue and russet goatskin and blind tooling around small onlaid zigzags in green goatskin, fawn goatskin doublures with green zigzag onlays, signed and dated "C.S. 1990" at foot of rear turn-in, g.e., with loose later printed leaf of textual omissions from this edition, together in grey cloth drop-back box, fawn goatskin label, 4to (c.255 x 200mm.), 1935.⁂ Clare Skelton trained at the Camberwell School of Art and worked at the Eenhoorn Bindery in Amsterdam, establishing her own bindery in 1982. She was a Licentiate of the Designer Bookbinders. The binding was commissioned by Col. Bradfer-Lawrence. δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.

Tern Press.- Jefferies (Richard) The Birth of a Naturalist, number 12 of 20 specially-bound copies with original pen & watercolour illustrations and signed by the binder and artist, from an edition limited to 300, wood-engraved illustrations by Nicholas Parry, bound in brown calf, by George Miller, upper cover with design of bookshelves in blind around central window cut-out inlaid with blue & green goatskin tooled with bird, leaves and flowers in gilt, spine ruled in blind with three raised bands, signed at foot of rear turn-in, uncut, slip-case, small 4to (c.170 x 150mm.), Market Drayton, Tern Press, 1985.

Essex House Press.- Spenser (Edmund) [Epithalamion], number 46 of 150 copies on vellum, hand-coloured wood-engraved frontispiece by Reginald Savage, hand-coloured tail-piece, initials supplied by hand in gold or blue, rubricated throughout, original vellum with 'Soul is Form' device stamped in blind on upper cover, uncut, very slightly soiled, 8vo, printed at the Essex House Press, 1900.

Vale Press.- Shakespeare (William) [Plays], edited by T. Sturge Moore, 39 vol., wood-engraved decorative borders and illustrations by Charles Ricketts, lightly browned endpaper, bookplate, original blind-stamped green cloth designed by Ricketts, very slight bumping to spine extremities, [Watry B44], 8vo, Hacon & Ricketts at the Vale Press, 1900-03.

China.- Semedo (Alvaro) The History of that Great and Renowned Monarchy of China, first edition in English, engraved portrait frontispiece, 2 plates, 1 folding engraved map, short tear, 1 map in text, publisher's advertisement at end, 2 small rust holes (M4 & N1), small tear to top edge (S3), ex-library with label to end pastedown and occasional discreet ink stamps, blind stamp to frontispiece corner, occasional marginal soiling, 20th century library buckram, rubbed and worn, [Wing S2490], 4to, E. Taylor for John Crook, 1655.⁂ An important account of China.

Scotland.- [Leveson-Gower (Elizabeth, Marchioness of Stafford, later Duchess of Sutherland)] Views in Orkney and on the North-Eastern Coast of Scotland, [one of 120 copies for presentation to friends], this copy with slip inscribed "Sir George Beaumont Bart. with Ly Stafford's compts." tipped to front free endpaper (?part of original wrapper), half-title, etched title with vignette map, 12 vignettes and 31 plates on 28 sheets, mostly views, half-title and title foxed, some other spotting, mostly marginal or to tissue guards, handsome contemporary straight-grain turquoise morocco with border of gilt rules and ornaments, spine gilt in compartments with ornaments and five double raised bands, turn-ins with gilt rules & corner-pieces and dentelles in blind, g.e., a little rubbed and spotted, endpapers slightly damp-stained, folio, [privately printed], 1807.⁂ Sir George Beaumont (1753-1827) was an art collector, patron and amateur painter. He was a founding member of the British Institution and had strong and influential views on contemporary artists, favouring Constable but harshly critical of Turner. He was instrumental in the establishment of the National Gallery in 1824 by promising to donate 16 of his Old Master paintings, on condition that the government purchase the collection of the recently-deceased John Julius Angerstein for the nation. His paintings formed the first bequest the following year. The author's husband, the Marquess of Stafford, was also a significant art collector, having inherited a fine collection from his uncle which he greatly expanded, helped by being fabulously wealthy.

Doug Hyde (B.1972), whirlwind romance, colour giclee print on paper, blind stamp, 163/495, titled and signed in pencil. 74cm x 59cm.

Good quality heavy cream jug with blind fretwork rim, raised on paw feet, 6" over handle B'ham 1908 230g.

Group of Three Early Asahi Pentax Cameras. Comprising Tower 26 #150288, copy of Asahi Pentax S sold in the USA by Sears (condition 4F). Pentax #147670 (mirror sticks and 2nd blind slow, hence condition 6G) and a Pentax S #156498 (condition 5F). Each with 42mm thread 55mm f2.2 Takumar lens, plus two ERCs. (Cabinet C)

A 20th century mezzotint entitled "Cherry Ripe" by Sir J.W. Millais and dated 1910. Depicting a young girl and her handkerchief of picked cherries. With "Grafton Proof" blind stamp. Framed and glazed. Frame size approx. 62cm x 50cm.

A fine 19th century Regency polished mahogany chiffonier sideboard - dresser. Raised on bun feet with plinth base supporting an upright body with double door cupboard and bow fronted twin frieze drawers having blind fronts. Each cupboard door with inset arched fielded panels. Above, a stage gallery back having tier shelves united by s-scroll supports. Measures 143cms high x 109cms wide x 51cms depth

Australia - States : I've always liked collectors who accumulate classic material with the intention of sorting it out in the future because these are the real collections where there is a good chance of adding value by subsequent collector-owners making real 'finds'. This is one such 'collection' of Australia and Australian States (a great area to work with because the States are so complicated - for anybody prepared to put in the effort - this is where commitment can pay dividends... Presented here, by a collector who is retiring from philately, is an old A4 sized 'Pronto' 32 sides (page) stockbook, with 21 pages well-filled, predominantly tightly arranged used ranges well displayed, commencing Australia 'Roos' arranged by denomination from perhaps a few roos to up to circa 15 duplicated stamps - values from ½d through to 2 shilling, just one x 5s. Completely unchecked by us for wmks/types pmks/c.t.o., odd perfins noted. Similarly unchecked ranges KGV heads thru to 1s 4d, ovpts/perfins etc. The collection rolls out in like fashion for the 'States' - commencing Victoria, well loaded from very mixed condition imperfs, odd Stamp Duty' noted, followed by Queensland, good ranges imperf / perf chalons for Tasmania (usual cleaned fiscals noted - including a plausible imperf 2d green, mint with gum - stc £5,000 but cleaned and certainly re-gummed). South Australia from few 'imperfs' - noted 1 s. red-brown wmk large star perforate cds used ovpt. M.B. Marine Board, well worth checking with apparent 'blind' roulette to righ hand side, New South Wales follows from 'imperfs', then not so 'punchy' Western Australia 'Swans' perf types only - but possible postmark interest. Condition overall very mixed, many hundreds. Great opportunity for specialist - please ask for scans... HEAVY LOT, OVERSEAS BIDDERS PLEASE ENQUIRE FOR SHIPPING COST (One 'Pronto' Stock-book)

Richard Fawkes imprint.- Hereafter Folowith the boke callyd the Myrroure of Oure Lady very necessary for all relygyous persones, 3 parts in 1, first edition, almost entirely printed in black letter, lacking blank leaf G4 at end of part 2 otherwise complete, first title with large woodcut and decorative border, full-page woodcut to verso, woodcut illustration to B1v and full-page woodcut to R6v, large woodcut printer's device within border to G3v, title to part 3 with large woodcut, woodcut initials throughout, first title with tear and margins repaired and with small portion provided in pen and ink facsimile, lower margin of all other leaves repaired (and thus slightly stained) to some extent, largely unaffecting text but occasionally with some letters provided in pen and ink facsimile, some light browning and marginal staining, later blind-stamped calf, rebacked preserving original spine, corners rubbed, [STC 17542], small folio, Fynysshed and Impryn in the suburbes of the famous Cytye of London withoute Temple Barre by me Richard Fawkes, dwellynge in Durresme Rentes or else in Powles Churchyerde at the synge of the A.B.C., 1530.⁂ Extremely rare - this is the only copy we can trace at auction (it last appeared in 1980) in over 100 years. Part 1 comprises two prologues, a table of the 22 chapters and then 31 leaves on the Divine Service; part 2 begins on folio 32 and ends on folio 144 with the colophon on recto and a woodcut on the verso, followed by a blank leaf (not present in this copy). This middle part consists of the service for each day of the week - each called a 'story' and of which Sunday is by far the longest. Part 3 begins on folio 166 and ends on folio 183 with no colophon or printer's device, followed by 6 leaves.The printer, Richard Fawkes, was born in Normandy and was possibly related to William Faques, the King's printer. His first dated book was issued in 1509 and 2 years later he and others collaborated with Wynkyn de Worde in the production of a Sarum Missal which was printed for them by Raoul Cousturier in Paris. At this period he spelt his name Faques and worked "at the sign of the Maiden's Head in St. Paul's Churchyard." He later changed the spelling of his name to Fakes, then Faukes and finally, as here in the final dated book he issued, Fawkes. The woodcut on the verso of the title-page has the engraver's initials "E.G.", also found in a cut of St. Katherine used by Richard Pynson. "Time has spared very few of his publications, and his books may be treasured among the rarities of the typographical art." (T.F. Dibdin)Provenance: Daniel Rock,1799-1871, Roman Catholic priest (bookplate and signature), plus tipped-in letter relating to the return of this book, along with others, to Sir N. W. Throckmorton of Buckland, nr. Farringdon, Berks after Canon Rock's death.

Mining.- Plattes (Gabriel) A Discovery of Subterraneall Treasure, viz. Of all manner of Mines and Mineralls, from the Gold to the Coale, first edition, woodcut initials and decorations, title browned and closely trimmed at head, touching title, ink stains and blind-stamp to title and final f., occasional light spotting, 18th century marbled boards, rebacked in vellum, corners bumped, rubbed, tightly-bound, [ESTC 2000; Sabin 63360], small 4to, I. Okes for Jasper Emery, 1639.⁂ First edition of one of the first books in English in mining and metallurgy. Includes "interesting notices of the gold and silver mines in Peru, New England, Virginia, the Bermudas, and other parts of America" - Sabin. Provenance: Free Public Library, Wigan (blind-stamps).

Africa.- Ogilby (John) Africa; Being, An Accurate Description of the Regions of Egypt, Barbary, Lybia, and Billedulgerid, the Land of Negroes, Guinee, Aethiopia, and the Abysinnes, with All the Adjacent Islands, either in the Mediterranean, Atlantick, Southern, or Oriental Sea, first edition, title in red and black, 44 engraved double-page maps, views, scenes and plans, 4 single-page plates, 10 single-page plates ?supplied from another smaller copy, engraved initials, head-pieces and numerous illustrations to text, small hold to half-title touching 1 letter of text, 2 plates with short repaired tears to lower margin, occasional light browning, otherwise a clean and excellent copy, contemporary blind-stamped calf, rebacked, [Wing O163], folio, by Tho. Johnson for the author, and are to be had at his house in White Fryers, 1670.⁂ First edition of this important work on Africa, the most comprehensive work on Africa in English published in the seventeenth century, largely based on the work of Olfert Dapper.

Woolley (Hannah) The Gentlewomans Companion; or, a Guide to the Female Sex, first edition, without the engraved portrait by W.Faithorne but with blank S4 and 8pp. advertisements at end, contemporary ink inscriptions to title, upper outer corner of A3 & 4 and G5 & 6 torn away with loss of a few letters, title and B8 with small portion torn away at fore-edge not affecting text (title repaired), title lightly soiled, small stains to a few leaves particularly D1 & 2, bookplate, modern calf with border in blind, morocco label, [Oxford p.36; Wing W3276a; Not in Bitting, Cagle or Vicaire], 8vo, by A. Maxwell for Dorman Newman, 1673.⁂ Rare first edition of this collection of recipes, cosmetics, remedies, and advice to women on education, governesses, servants and social conduct. The portrait by Faithorne which is found in some copies is now believed to depict not Woolley but Sarah Gilly. It is probable that Woolley died in the early 1670s, before this work was published as it was unauthorized.ESTC lists only 5 copies, all in America; COPAC likewise lists no UK copy but according to WorldCat there are 6 copies in the UK. Provenance: Elizabeth ?Polsoleile; Edmund Hopkinson (ink inscriptions); Peter Stewart Young, Tillingham (bookplate).