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TCHAIKOVSKY PYOTR ILYICH: (1840-1893) Russian Composer. A good vintage signed and inscribed sepia cabinet photograph by Tchaikovsky, the image depicting the composer seated in a half length pose. Signed in bold, dark fountain pen ink to the lower photographer's mount and with a three line inscription in Cyrillic to Margarita Aleksandrovna Eikhenvald, dated 11th November 1891, in his hand. With a small blind embossed coat of arms to the lower photographer's mount. Traces of former mounting to the verso and with a few vertical and horizontal cracks to the image and mount (professionally repaired and only especially visible when viewed at an angle). A rare signed portrait with a good association, G Margarita Aleksandrovna Eikhenvald (1866-     ) Russian Vocalist. Eikhenvald was born in Moscow, the daughter of the noted harpist Ida Eikhenvald. The singer worked with the Bolshoi Theatre (1899-1901) and the Tiflis Opera in Georgia (1901-17). Following the Russian Revolution in 1917 she emigrated to France and was living there in the 1940s. 

Darton (and Clark, publisher). The Cotton Fields and Cotton Factories: being A Familiar View of the Rise and Progress of that Wonderful Branch of Trade, the Cotton Manufacture, Adapted for Youth, by Henry Brown, 1st edition, circa 1840, nine hand-coloured lithographed plates of trades, letterpress title preceded by 'Child's Library' chromolithographed title, contemporary manuscript inscription on front free endpaper, all edges gilt, original red cloth decorated in blind and gilt, somewhat soiled, spine deficient (frayed at head and lacking 3.5cm at foot), small 8vo (Qty: 1)Darton H108 (listing only eight plates, but with the addition of advertisements at rear). Our copy with plates as follows: Cotton Plantation; Batting; Carding; Bobbin & Drawing Frames; Reeding or Drawing in; Spinning; Warping & Winding; Weaving; and Printing.

Miniature books. The Emperor's New Clothes, by Hans Christian Andersen, Translated and Illustrated by Erik Blegvad, Dallas: Somesuch Press, 1994, half-title, six double-page colour illustrations, blank leaf after first illustration inscribed by Erik Blegvad to Stanley Marcus, colour illustrated endpapers, original maroon cloth, upper cover (very lightly marked) with colour pictorial panel, 71 x 61mm, (limited edition, 126/250 copies), together with The History of Imaginary Spinning Tops, by Nick Bantock, Dallas: Somesuch Press, 1994, half-title, eight tipped-in colour plates, dedication leaf at rear signed by the author, original tan morocco, upper cover with blind-stamped design, spine lightly faded, 72 x 60mm, (limited edition, 234/300 copies), plus Quest for the Best, by Stanley Marcus, New York: Viking Press, 1979, numerous black & white illustrations, original blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine, top edges lightly faded, dust jacket, spine and front panel edges faded, front panel top edge somewhat frayed, 77 x 55mm, (limited edition, 790/850 copies), with seven other miniature books, (six from the Somesuch Press) (Qty: 10)Provenance: personal gifts to the owner from Stanley Marcus. Marcus, the former chairman of Neiman-Marcus (a luxury retail store in Dallas, Texas), as well as being an internationally respected businessman was also a well-known local philanthropist. The Somesuch Press was created by Stanley Marcus in 1975, so that he could publish his own work 'Minding the Store' in a miniature edition. Having a deep interest in miniature books, he then continued to publish various titles in miniature form until his death in 2002.

Spielmann (M.A. & Layard, G.S.). Kate Greenaway, first edition, Adam & Charles Black, 1905, colour and black & white plates, illustrations to text, top edge gilt, original blind-decorated cream cloth lettered in gilt, minor soiling, 4to, VG (Qty: 1)Limited edition, 317/500 copies, signed by John Greenaway. NB: Without the original sketch by Kate Greenaway normally inserted in copies of this deluxe edition. Revised estimate £100-150

An oil on canvas 'Blind Fiddler', follower of David Wilkie, early 19th century, oil on canvas, lined, 56 x 68cm. Condition report: This is an early picture that has been lined.

LIMITED EDITION PRINT, 'THE CHAMPIONS' 79/99 DEPICTING CATS BLIND 'EDITION PARIS' GALLERY STAMP

Sandra Bullock signed 6 x 4 colour photo. Sandra Annette Bullock 26/7/1964 is an American actress/producer appeared in Gravity, The Heat, The Proposal, Ocean's 8, The Blind Side. Very Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.

BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS. 16 AUTOGRAPHED ITEMS FROM 13 PRIME MINISTERSINCLUDING EDWARD SMITH-STANLEY, 14TH EARL OF DERBY (1799-1869), Prime Minister 1852, 1858-59, & 1866-68. Autograph letter signed, wishing to convey thanks to the Minister of Agriculture of Sardinia, requesting the animals to be consigned to Mr Mitchell of the Zoological Society Regents Park, 2pp., Knowsley, Jan 20 1852; Hamilton-Gordon, George, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860), Prime Minister 1852-55 Autograph letter signed, to B. Frere, acknowledging receipt of translations of the Plays of Aristophanes, 1pp., Argyll House, May 28 1840; Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784-1865), Prime Minister 1855-58 & 1859-65 Autograph letter signed "these poor refugees are under the care or rather as it would appear, the neglect of the Turkish govt.", 1pp. integral blank, 9 Sept. 1855; Envelope front addressed to Mrs Henry Wood, signed lower left corner "Palmerston"; Disraeli, Benjamin, (1804-1881), Prime Minister 1868 and 1874-80 Autograph letter signed "(B. Disraeli") to the art historian James Anthony Froude, looking forward to discussing a matter before Parliament meets, 3 pages, 16mo, Grosvenor Gate, 15 Nov. 1869; envelope front to I. J. Sheehan of Leeds, signed lower left corner "Disraeli" (with later identifying caption); Gladstone, William Ewart (1809-1898), Prime Minister 1868-74, 1880-85, 1886, 1892-94) Autograph letter side, one side of a correspondence card, to T.L. Roberts, thanking him for a book of verse and commenting "the public is cold and indifferent as to poetry, 7 Feb. 1893"; Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830-93), Prime Minister 1885-86, 1886-92, 1895-1902 2nd half of Autograph letter signed ("Salisbury), regarding an appeal "the result of recent struggles has left the Protestant party in a state of exulting fervour, ready for an aggressive policy...", 4pp.; Primrose, Archibald, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847-1929), Prime Minister 1894-95) Autograph letter signed, regretfully declining an invitation to attend the banquet to the American officers, 3pp., 10 Downing Street, May 14 1894; Balfour, Arthur James, 1st Earl of Balfour (1848-1930), Prime Minister 1902-05), Autograph letter signed, to F.J. Campbell, declining invitation to take the chair at the Annual Festival of the Royal Normal College for the Blind, 6pp., 10 Downing Street, May 25th 1900; Campbell-Bannerman, Sir Henry (1836-1908), Prime Minister 1905-08 Autograph letter signed to "my dear Balfour of Burleigh" regarding "the Stirling matter", 1pp., Belmont Castle, 24 Oct. 1901; Asquith, Herbert Henry, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith (1852-1908), Prime Minister 1908-16) Autograph letter signed for "Dear Sir Theodore", regarding possible visit to Darlington, 2pp., integral blank, 1 Paper Buildings, Temple, 6 May 1896; Lloyd-George, David (1863-1945), Prime Minister 1916-22 Typed letter signed by Lloyd George, regarding ecclesiastical appointment, manuscript note by King George V "Appd. G.R.I", 10 Downing Street, October 1922; Bonar Law, Andrew (1858-1923), Prime Minister 1922-23) Autograph letter signed, declining invitation, 2pp., Kintillo, 7 June 1906; Baldwin, Stanley (1867-1947), Prime Minister 1923-24, 1924-29, 1935-37 Autograph on paper embossed "Prime Minister"; Autograph "Baldwin of Bewdley" on blank slip of paper 5 x 12cm. (16)

MAURO, LUCIOLE ANTICHITÀ DELLA CITTÀ DI ROMA BREVISSIMAMENTE RACCOLTE DA CHIUNQUE HÀ SCRITTO, Ò ANTICO, Ò MODERNO Venice: appresso Giordano Ziletti, 1562. 8vo., printer's device on the title page, 19th century blind stamped and ruled calf, arms stamped in blind on the upper cover, by Christie, title page a little dusty and with early repairs to the outer edges, lacking last two leaves (the first with a device on the verso, the second a blank) with the bookplates of John and Michael BuryProvenance: From the Library of the Late John Bernard Bury Note: USTC 841614. First published in 1542, this guidebook also contains Ulisse Androvandi's Delle statue antiche. The arms on the upper cover are the Marital Arms of Sir George Granville Leveson-Gower, KG, the 1st Duke of Sutherland and Elizabeth Sutherland, the Countess of Sutherland. Sir George was the eldest son of Granville Leveson-Gower, the 1st Marquess of Stafford and his second wife, Lady Louisa Egerton, the daughter and eventual co-heiress of Scroop Egerton, the 1st Duke of Bridgwater, whilst Elizabeth was the second and surviving daughter of William Sutherland, the 18th Earl of Sutherland and his wife, Mary Maxwell, the daughter and co-heiress of William Maxwell, of Preston in the County of Kirkcudbrightshire. George was appointed a Knight of the Garter when the 2nd Marquess of Stafford on the 22nd March 1805. Given the date of George's elevation within the peerage and his death we may presume that he commissioned the binding of this book (undoubtedly with others) sometime between January 1833, the month of his creation as the Duke of Sutherland and July 1833 the month of his death. It has not been not possible to identify the particular Christie from the Scottish Book Trade Index.

A S.E. ASIAN RED PAINTED OPERA MASK, 23 x 15cm (a gift in the 1930's) and a S.E. Asian carved wooden 'blind' mask with scroll ornament, 32 x 19cm approximately (2) (Provenance: Desmond Morris)

AN 18TH CENTURY WALNUT 8 DAY LONGCASE CLOCK the 12" break arch dial with silvered Roman chapter ring, sword hilt half hour marks and Arabic five minutes, signed T H Lewis, Bristol, the matted centre with date aperture, mask and scroll spandrels, the arch with lunar calendar, high water and tidal variations ring enclosing a penny moon, flanked by dolphin mounts, the movement with four knopped and finned pillars, the break arch hood with blind fretwork frieze over plain brass capped columns, the figured book matched break arch trunk door with lenticle, crossbanded base with bracket feet, 234cm high, two iron weights pendulum and keys

A Gothic Revival oak library table the design attributed to E.W. Pugin, octagonal with inset baize top, with four drawers and four blind drawers, one drawer with writing slope, each with Webb & Grew Birmingham locks and brass furniture, the four cruciform arched legs on cross base and inset castors, with carved geometric bands ebonised black, 120cm wide, 77cm high. Literature Paul Atterbury & Clive Wainwright Pugin A Gothic Passion, V&A exhibition catalogue, 1994, page 13 plate 24 for a table with similar configuration to under-carriage. Provenance Robert Kime The Estate of Professor Rodney Fitch CBE

A GOOD PAIR OF CHIPPENDALE DESIGN GAINSBOROUGH CHAIRS, with padded backs, arms and seats, the show wood with blind fret carving.

A GEORGIAN MAHOGANY TRAY TOP BEDSIDE CUPBOARD with blind fret carving, small drawer and two panel doors. 85cms high x 44cms wide.

19TH CENTURY FLEMISH STYLE OAK SINGLE DOOR TWO STAGE BOOKCASE overall heavily carved with mask mounts and ogee mouldings, the upper section with moulded cornice over a single coloured lead glazed door revealing thick shelves to the interior, the base with a single frieze drawer over a blind panelled cupboard, on stile feet. 91 x 50 x 230cm approx. (B.P. 24% incl. VAT) CONDITION REPORT: Overall appearing in decent condition commensurate with age, showing only minor wear and tear.

ARTS AND CRAFTS DESIGN OAK TWO STAGE LIBRARY BOOKCASE of large proportion, having moulded cornice above four lead glazed doors with adjustable shelves, the base having four blind panelled fielded doors standing on moulded base. Measurements: 257 x 62 x 222cm high approx. (B.P. 24% incl. VAT) CONDITION REPORT: Overall in reasonably good condition for age. General wear and scratches as expected. All the glass appears intact. Dry in some places but overall good useable condition.

19TH CENTURY DUTCH MARQUETRY DISPLAY CABINET having arched top with moulded cresting over single geometrically glazed door with shelves to the interior, the projecting base with a pair of blind panelled foliate decorated doors standing on stile feet. 163 x 36 x 250cm approx. (B.P. 24% incl. VAT) CONDITION REPORT: Fair condition only, the back panelling is loose and falling out. Cracks to some panels, general wear and tear commensurate with age. Requiring restoration.

19TH CENTURY WELSH OAK LOW PRESS CUPBOARD having moulded cornice with parquetry inlay and shell motif inlay, above two blind panelled moulded doors, the interior revealing one shelf, the projected moulded base with an arrangement of five drawers with turned handles, standing on associate baluster legs. 132 x 50 x 156cm approx.(B.P. 24% incl. VAT) CONDITION REPORT: Some loss to mouldings in places, splits to side panels. General wear and scratches commensurate with age. The legs are replacements.

19TH CENTURY WELSH OAK SECRETAIRE PRESS CUPBOARD having moulded and dental cornice above two blind panelled doors, the interior revealing two fitted shelves above secretaire drawer with various compartments and three long drawers with turned handles on baluster turned supports. 120 x 55 x 201cm approx. (B.P. 24% incl. VAT) CONDITION REPORT: Rather worn and tired condition. Mouldings missing to the dental cornice area. Splits and losses to mouldings. Replacement piece inserted to left hand side panel. General wear commensurate with age.

LATE VICTORIAN STAINED OAK HEAVILY CARVED DUMB WAITER having carved mask head and foliate moulded top above carved foliate and scroll decoration, the base with two blind panelled carved doors and standing on shaped feet. 148 x 60 x 135cm approx. (B.P. 24% incl. VAT) CONDITION REPORT: Heavily worn in places with some noticeable losses and splits. Rather grubby, the door is currently loose and off. General wear commensurate with age.

19TH CENTURY WELSH OAK TWO STAGE LINEN PRESS CUPBOARD having moulded cornice above two blind panelled doors with ogee fielded panels, the projecting base with an arrangement of seven drawers with turned ebonised handles, ivory shield shaped escutcheons, standing on shaped bracket feet. 136 x 54 x 158cm approx. (B.P. 24% incl. VAT) CONDITION REPORT: Rather tired and worn condition. Mouldings missing to the top of the cornice either side and mouldings at the side panels have shrinkage splits with age. Two handles are replacements. Rather dry in places with general wear commensurate with age.

19TH CENTURY WELSH PALE OAK PRESS CUPBOARD the interior now converted into a wardrobe with hooks and poles, having moulded cornice above two blind panelled moulded doors with turned handles and mother of pearl inlay, the projected base with pull out brush slide and an arrangement of two short and two long drawers with spiral pilasters standing on shaped bracket feet. 142 x 53 x 217cm approx. (B.P. 24% incl. VAT) CONDITION REPORT: Structurally sound, in good condition overall for age. Some minor splits and wear in places as expected but overall in usable condition. Rather grubby in places, slight fading to some parts of the oak.

VICTORIAN MAHOGANY CUPBOARD having moulded top above two arch moulded blind panelled doors flanked by pilaster supports with projected base and shaped apron on baluster turned legs. 132 x 53 x 145cm approx. (B.P. 24% incl. VAT) CONDITION REPORT: General wear as expected with age, some minor splits in places especially to the top. One of the knob handles is loose. Moulding to the right hand side is loose from item but present.

19TH CENTURY WELSH OAK CORNER CABINET having moulded cornice above single door astragal glazed panel, the interior revealing three fitted shelves, above three cock beaded drawers with turned handles, two blind panelled doors with shaped apron standing on bracket feet. 100 x 48 x 205cm approx.(B.P. 24% incl. VAT) CONDITION REPORT: Some noticeable vertical splits to the top. Veneer good colour overall with some general wear, scratches etc as expected.

EARLY 20TH CENTURY IN THE MANNER OF 'BRYNMAWR' OAK SIDEBOARD having gallery top with geometric design above two drawers with geometric handles and two blind panelled fielded doors standing on shaped legs with rectangular under tier. 123 x 56 x 107cm approx. (B.P. 24% incl. VAT) CONDITION REPORT: Shrinkage split to the top of sideboard. Generally in good condition, slightly faded to the top with water stains and marks. Structurally sound with no obvious or serious damage noted.

19TH CENTURY PEMBROKESHIRE PINE SETTLE having three blind panels to the back with shaped open arms and box seat, above three moulded panels on a platform base. 133 x 46 x 115cm approx. (B.P. 24% incl. VAT) CONDITION REPORT: Evidence of paint work at some time. Some losses to one of the back panels and damage. Cracks and splits in places. Evidence of some old woodworm. General wear as expected, structurally pretty sound.

AN EDWARDIAN SILVER SNUFF BOX, of rectangular form, foliate engraved decoration surrounding a shield shaped blind cartouche, worn gilt interior, maker John Rose, Birmingham 1901, together with an Edwardian silver vesta case of rounded rectangular form, engraved initials to cartouche and presentation inscription around edges, makers Hilliard & Thomason, Birmingham 1902 and a miniature silver scent flask, with screw cover, inscribed to cover and cartouche, maker Sampson Mordan & Co, London 1891, height 4cm (3) (condition: dent to back of vesta, dent to front of scent flask, snuff box has dints along right hand side and worn gilt interior)

A PAIR OF VICTORIAN SILVER OVAL TWIN HANDLED PEDESTAL SALTS, worn gilt interiors, foliate repousse decoration, blind cartouches, makers Martin Hall & Co , London 1876, together with a pair of late Victorian silver cauldron salts embossed with acorns and oak leaves, on three scrolled feet, worn gilt interiors, makers Mappin & Webb, London 1897 and a cased pair of Edwardian silver salts of rectangular form and matching spoons, makers William Devenport, Birmingham 1903, approximate gross weight 7.1ozt, 220 grams (5) (condition: cased set missing clasp, gilding bright to spoon bowls but worn in salts, cauldron salts, one has a soldered repair to outer rim, worn gilt interiors, one oval salt has a crease to the foot)

A VICTORIAN SILVER GOBLET, repousse and punched foliate, scroll and swag decoration, beaded foot rim, maker George Unite, Birmingham 1876, height 17.5cm, approximate weight 3.8ozt, 119 grams (condition: gilt interior worn, various dints, both cartouches blind, base very slightly uneven on a flat surface)

TWO LATE VICTORIAN / EDWARDIAN SILVER TEA CADDIES, the Victorian example with plain circular pull off cover over an oval body repousse decorated with flower heads, foliage and scrolls, gilt interior, maker Henry Matthews, Birmingham 1894, height 9cm, the Edwardian caddy of cylindrical form, pull off cover with flower head embossed to the top, the body with blind oval cartouche surrounded by foliate scrolls, Deakin & Francis Ltd, Birmingham 1904, height 8cm, approximate gross weight 4.7ozt, 146 grams (2) (condition: both caddies have rubbed marks to the undersides, cylindrical caddy has a split to shoulder, both have a number of small dents)

A VICTORIAN SILVER CARD CASE, of shaped rectangular form, foliate engraved decoration, blind circular cartouches, hinged cover maker Frederick Marson, Birmingham 1881, length 9.5cm, in a Morocco case with blue silk and velvet lining (condition: leather worn on case in places, slight gap to cover when closed)condition:There is a slight curve to the case and a small ding to one of the cartouches, see image two 

A GEORGE V SILVER RECTANGULAR TABLE CIGAR BOX, blind circular cartouche, rounded corners, horizontal line engine turning to all sides, gilt and cedar wood lined interior, makers Walker & Hall, Sheffield 1914, width 19.5cm x height 6.5cm, gross weight 27.7ozt, 862 grams (condition: no wooden dividers, marks slightly rubbed on hinged cover, light surface scratches)

A VICTORIAN EPBS TEA KETTLE ON STAND, of globular form with fixed handle, floral finial above bulbous body embossed with floral decoration and two blind cartouches, on a circular base with four scrolled legs, lacks burner, height 43cm (condition: plate slightly worn, lacks burner)

AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY FRENCH BOULLE MARQUETRY EBONISED AND ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK, the finial with blind folded cherub holding bow, the gilt dial with enamel Roman numerals, the eight day movement with bell strike, stamped for Samuel Marti No.148055, 'Medaille D'or Paris 1900', height 43cm (condition: finial, boulle and ebonised and ormolu mount loose, strip of tortoiseshell missing behind arched ormolu mount which is missing a pin, brass inlay standing slightly proud in some areas, cherub finial lacks string for bow and probably has an arrow missing from its hand)

Payne (Charles Johnson, 'Snaffles'). "Blimey! Wot a Life". "West of Gib and North across the Bay", circa 1940, colour photolithograph, uncoloured remarque of a destroyer in heavy seas to lower right, signed by artist in pencil, with snaffle bit blind-stamp to lower left, overall size 490 x 690 mm, framed and glazed (Qty: 1)

Bible [English]. The Bible, that is, the Holy Scriptures contained in the Old and New Testament. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in divers Languages..., Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, 1602, general title and New Testament titles present, both within decorative woodcut borders, full page woodcut illustration of Adam & Eve in the Garden of Eden (with closed tear and repair to lower blank margin), title of second part of Old Testament with decorative border (early inscription to verso), few decorative woodcut initials and illustrations, double-column black letter text, Apocrypha present, A2 with long closed tear and old sewn repair, leaves 2R2 (1st leaf of Psalmes of David) & 2U1 torn with considerable loss, occasional marginal fraying and few repairs, sewing weak in places and few leaves loose, bound with at front the Book of Common Prayer, [London: Robert Barker, 1605], printed in black letter with decorative woodcut initials, without title and preliminary leaves, and bound with at rear The Whole Booke of Psalmes, Collected into English meeter by Thomas Sterhold, John Hopkins and others..., London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1606, title within architectural woodcut border, black letter text, incomplete at rear lacking all after M1, some dust-soiling throughout volume and occasional marks, early inscriptions to front pastedown, contemporary blind panelled calf, lower joint split and spine leather split with loss, upper board detached, worn, small folio in 6s, leaf size 280 x 190mm (Qty: 1)Herbert 268; Darlow & Moule 203 & STC 2185. Geneva version, with Thomson's New Testament.

Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament, and the New: Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues: and with the former Translations diligently compared and reuised, By his Maiesties speciall Commandement. Appointed to be read in Churches. Imprinted at London by Robert Barker and by the Assignes of John Bill, 1634], general title and following 3 leaves lacking (A1-A4), New Testament title present within decorative woodcut border, Apocrypha present, double-column black letter text, woodcut decorative initials, few leaves with early manuscript to lower blank margins, first few leaves frayed to margins and with few tears mostly to margins (B1 also creased and some tears with slight loss), printing fault to M6 where paper creased, closed tears to 5D5, 5R3, 5Y6, 6A3 & 6A5 (those to 6A3 & 6A5 running vertically up the length of each), leaves 6D1-6D4 torn at foot with some loss, lacking final two leaves of Revelation (6D5 & 6D6, with remnants of penultimate leaf 6D5 loosely inserted), few other leaves with marginal fraying and occasional tears, occasional dampstaining mostly to lower outer corners of few leaves, 19th century cloth-hinged marbled endpapers a little frayed to edges, contemporary blind panelled calf over wooden boards, with blind roll work decoration, embossed brass corner pieces and central bosses (lower board without upper inner corner piece), some lifting and wear to leather turn-ins, leather to board fore-edges a little torn and board showing, leather to lower board torn with some loss & board showing, old reback torn at head & foot of spine, without clasps, folio, leaf size 40 x 27 cm (Qty: 1)Darlow & Moule 376; Herbert 487; STC 2312. The fourth distinct folio edition, printed in large black-letter, of King James' version. This agrees very closely in all particulars with the folio of 1617. Provenance: St. James' Church, Southbroom, Devizes, Wiltshire. This Bible has for many years been kept in the fine 15th century perpendicular tower, which is the oldest surviving part of the church. The tower bears the scars of the bombardments made from nearby Jump Hill by the parliamentary forces of General Sir William Waller (1597-1668) during the English Civil War siege of Devizes in July 1643. Devizes was a Royalist stronghold throughout the English Civil War. A major battle took place just outside the town on Roundway Down on 13th July 1643, where the Royalists, under Sir Ralph Hopton (1596-1652), defeated General Waller.

Bible [English]. The Holy Bible: containing the Old Testament and the New, London: Robert Barker & Assignes of John Bill, 1638, general title and New Testament title present, both within decorative woodcut borders (17th & 18th century genealogical entries to verso of each), Apocrypha present, occasional short closed tears (mostly to leaves A2-A4, A6 & A7), bound with at front The Genealogies Recorded in the Sacred Scriptures, According to every Family and Tribe. With the Line of Our Saviour Jesus Christ, observed from Adam to the blessed Virgin Mary, by J[ohn] S[peed], 1638, typographic border to title, woodcut genealogies including illustration of Adam & Eve in the garden of Eden, double-page woodcut map of Canaan very slightly close-trimmed at foot, few early manuscript notes and markings throughout volume mostly to margins , occasional dust-soiling and minor marks, later endpapers, contemporary calf with blind roll-work decoration to boards, brass centre bosses, three of eight corner pieces present, spine torn at head, loss of leather to lower board in-filled and board partly recovered in cloth, lacking clasps, rubbed & some wear, 8vo (Qty: 1)Herbert 525; Darlow & Moule 405. There are at least three known varieties of Bible of this date. This example is variety B, with the woodcut ornament before Ezra being a lion and unicorn; the ornament before Hebrews is also a lion & unicorn (inverted). The genealogical entries within the volume include 'Jane Tanty the daughter of John & Margrett Tanty babtised May the 12:1632', 'June the 6th 1704 Baptised John Bellinger [or Ballinger]', 'upon March 2d in 1732.. born Emd.[?] Bellinger the son of John & Esther Bellinger on Friday night about ten or eleven aclock at night', 'Upon ye 17th day Aprill 1735 was born Edmund Bellinger the second son of John and Esther Bellinger on Thursday about six aclock in the forenoon', 'Upon ye 25th day of July 1737 was born Anne: the daughter of John and Esther Bellinger on Munday about five aclock in the after noon', 'Upon ye 9th day of Augt. 1740 was born John[?] Bellinger the son of John & Esther Bellinger on Saturday night.'

Bible [Hebrew]. [The Old Testament, Antwerp: Christophe Plantin, 1580-82], four parts bound as one, signatures 1-64 in 8s except 17 in 4 (last leaf blank), lacks first leaf (title, supplied in later manuscript) and final leaf (blank), pencil ownership signature of I. Vallat to repaired verso [Isaac Vallat, rector at Albury, Surrey, 1749-74], some old ink marginalia including very neat microscopic notes in Latin, soiling and old dampstaining throughout, heavy brown stain to signature 48, early leaves frayed at edges and crudely rehinged with tape, old deleted inscriptions to final page, bookplate of Philipe H. Samuel to rear pastedown, 19th-century blind-stamped morocco, some wear, cracked on joints, 4to, together with a Catherine the Great bible in Old Church Slavonic, published St Petersburg, no date, late 18th or early 19th century, [1], 374, 16 leaves, printed in red and black, heavy worming throughout, occasional spotting, soiling and a few marginal repairs, 19th-century blind-stamped morocco with remains of clasps to upper cover, some wear, backstrip partly deficient and wormed, folio (325 x 200mm) (Qty: 2)1) Adams B1234; Darlow & Moule 5104. 2) Sold with all faults, not subject to return.

Bible [Latin]. Biblia Sacra juxta Germanam Hibraici idiomatis proprietatem, nunc primum adiectis in singula capita perbrevibus argumentis, atque locorum scripturarum concordantiis, summa fide, & non aestimandis laboribus impensisque excusa, Interprete Xante Pagnino Lucense. Accessit praeterea Liber interpretationum Hebraicorum, Arabicorum, Graecorumque nominum quae in arcanis sacrisque literis reperiuntur, ordine alphabetico in usum studiosorum digestus, eodem authore, Cologne, Officina Melchioris Novesiani, 1541, 6 unnumbered leaves, 364 numbered folios, 170 unnumbered leaves, large and numerous small woodcut initials throughout, small waterstain at foot of final few leaves, and final leaf relined, with a few short closed tears to inner margin, contents generally in clean condition, with good margins, armorial bookplate of George Ingram B.D. and printed bookplate of Reverend Joseph W. Reeks, St. George's Cathedral, Southwark to front pastedown, title with woodcut border around the word 'Biblia', and printer's woodcut device of Arnold Birckman below, contemporary blind-decorated full calf over wooden boards with brass clasps (lower clasp missing), somewhat worn on spine with label missing, and covers detached, thick folio (Qty: 1)Adams B1024; Pagninus' (or Pagnini's) edition of the Bible was first published in Lyons in 1528. Pagnini (1470-1541) claimed that he had spent 25 years translating the Old Testament directly from the Hebrew, having made the translation 'verbum verbo', or word for word, from the original. His text had an important influence on later 16th century translations of the bible, including Coverdale's 1534 English translation.

Bible [New Testament - Greek]. [He kaine diatheke Jesou Christou ..., Wittenberg, 1622], [4], 548, [2]pp., title printed in ancient Greek in red & black within ornamental border (manuscript date written under imprint and verso of gutter margin strengthened), some browning and spotting, single worm hole to few leaves at rear of volume (not affecting text), gilt gauffered edges, contemporary pigskin, blind decoration and rollwork to covers, gilt embossed emblem of Christ on the cross to centre of each board, later morocco title label to spine, some soiling and marks, 4to (Qty: 1)Rare New Testament in Ancient Greek, with Arabic paginatian, otherwise completely in Greek, This edition was intended for the Orthodox Christians in the Ottoman Empire.

Binding. Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the use of the United Church of England and Ireland, Oxford: W. Baxter, 1820, a little light spotting to front and rear, contemporary presentation inscription from the Reverend Dr. Watson, Archdeacon of St. Albans to Elizabeth Middleton, dated 1823, front endpaper, all edges gilt, contemporary blind-decorated and gilt-decorated navy full morocco, joints and edges a little rubbed (generally in attractive condition), large 4to (Qty: 1)

Caxton (William). The Game of the Chesse, by William Caxton. [A facsimile reprint of Caxton's second edition of the 1481], Edited, with “Remarks,” by V. Figgins. B.L., [London]: V. & J. Figgins [1855], title in red, 23 woodcut illustrations, checker-board patterned endpapers, bookplate of E. Homan to upper pastedown, contemporary brown morocco, with strapwork effect in relief and with small bosses, central raised panel with Caxton initials in blind, metal clasps at fore-edge, board edges slightly rubbed, neatly rebacked, 4to (Qty: 1)A reproduction of the first work published by Caxton at Westminster. The book was prepared to be as close as possible to the original, the woodcuts were traced from the 1482 Westminster copy in the British Library.

Fore-edge paintings. Poems, by Thomas Edward Hankinson, fourth edition, Thomas Hatchard, 1854, old ownership inscription, all edges gilt, contemporary blind-stamped green morocco, together with The Seasons and the Castle of Indolence, by James Thomson, second edition, William Tegg, 1850, engraved portrait frontispiece and four plates, contemporary pencil ownership inscription of Reverend Doctor Hook, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt-decorated green morocco, both a little rubbed, the first with a fore-edge painting of Radcliffe Library, Oxford, the second with a cruder fore-edge painting of a Victorian city street scene, both 8vo (Qty: 2)

Sermons - America. Sermons on Important Subjects; collected from a number of Ministers, in some of the Northern States of America, Hartford [Connecticut]: Printed by Hudson & Goodwin, 1797, toning and scattered spotting, library ink stamp to front pastedown and evidence of bookplate removal, early 19th century sheep, red morocco title label, joints split, rubbed, 8vo (ESTC W29386), together with Bisse (Thomas) , The Beauty of Holiness in the common-Prayer: as set forth in Four Sermons Preach’d at the Rolls Chapel in the year 1716. The eighth edition. To which is added, A Rationale on Cathedral Worship or Choir Service. A sermon preach’d in the Cathedral Church of Hereford, at the Anniversary Meeting of the Choirs of Worcester, Gloucester and Hereford, Sept. 7. 1720. The second edition, London: W. Taylor and W. & J. Innys, 1721, some dampstaining, bound with three early 18th century sermons, later endpapers, contemporary calf, old reback and corner repairs, rubbed, 8vo, with Bulstrode (Richard) , Miscellaneous Essays..., 2nd edition, 1724, some light marginal dampstaining, contemporary blind panelled calf, lacking title label to spine, upper joint split & board near detached, lower joint cracked, wear to head & foot of spine, 8vo, and Guyse (John) , A Practical Exposition of the Four Evangelists, in the Form of a Paraphrase: with Occasional Notes..., 1739, title in red & black, red morocco gilt ownership label of Harriet Penney to upper pastedown, contemporary mottled calf, gilt decorated spine with red morocco title label, joints cracked, rubbed and some wear, 4to (Qty: 4)

Thomas Aquinas (Saint). D. Thomæ Aquinatis enarrationes, quas Catenam vere auream dicunt, in quatuor Euangelia : ex vetustissimorum codicum collatione, quantum licuit emendatiores qua?m hactenus in lucem edite?. Additus est index rerum scitu dignarum, Paris: Ex officina Iacobi du Puys, 1566, title with woodcut illustration and early signature, torn to lower outer blank corner and lined to verso, both title and a2 detached, a2 frayed to edges and with short closed tears, lacking leaf of tables at rear, some close trimming to margins affecting few marginal notes, occasional worm holes, toning, light dampstains and dust-soiling, last few leaves frayed to margins, late 19th century cloth, upper board detached and spine torn with loss, folio, together with Tacitus (Cornelius) , The Annales of Cornelius Tacitus. The Description of Germanie, [The End of Nero and Beginning of Galba], 2 parts in one, [London: Arnold Hatfield for John Norton], 1612, l acking A1 (blank), ink stamps to general title and with repaired closed tears to lower outer corner, few other repairs to initial leaves, some dampstaining, browning and dust-soiling, endpapers renewed, contemporary blind panelled calf with rollwork decoration, rebacked, upper board corners repaired, lower board corners worn and showing, small folio, with Certaine Sermons or Homilies appointed to be read in Churches, in the time of the late Queene Elizabeth, 2 parts in one, London: Printed by John Bill, 1623, lacking general title and final colophon leaf, printed in black letter, first & last few leaves frayed and with short tears, contemporary blind panelled calf, lacking clasps, light wear to extremities, small folio, plus Wanley (Nathaniel) , The Wonders of the Little World: Or, a General History of Man, 1678, contemporary calf, boards detached with remnants of old reback repair, worn, folio (Qty: 4)

Hall (Basil) . Extracts from a Journal written on the coasts of Chili, Peru, and Mexico in the years 1820, 1821, 1822, 3 volumes, 1826-27, Edinburgh, 3 black & white engraved title pages, previous owner inscription to front endpapers, some light toning, contemporary gilt decorated plum half calf, small 8vo, together with Mansfield (Robert Blachford) , The Water Lily on The Danube: being a brief account of the perils of a pair-oar during a voyage from Lambeth to Pesth, 1833, 8 black & white plates including a map, blind stamp to front endpaper, previous owners inscription to head of the title page, some light spotting, original embossed blue cloth, 8vo, and Janin (Jules) , The American in Paris during the summer,...,1844, 18 black & white engraved plates, spotting to plate margins, all edges gilt, original gilt decorated green cloth, boards & spine lightly marked & faded, 8vo, plus other 19th & early 20th century travel reference, including The Impossible Island, Corsica: its people and its sport, by "Snaffle", 1923, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4to. (Qty: 3 shelves)

Philo (Judeaus). Opera Exegetica in libros Mosis, De Mundi opificio, historicos, & legales quae partim ab Adriano Turnebo... partim a Davide Hoeschelio... edita & illustrata sunt, Cologne, Petrus de la Roviere, 1613, woodcut decorative title, double column text in Greek and Latin, contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed and some wear to joints and corners, folio, together with Lightfoot (John). Opera Omnia: hac nova editione operibus ejusd. posthumis, nunquam hactenus editis, locupletata; quorum syllabus, pagina post Vitam Auctoris ultima, exhibetur. Johannes Leusden Textum Hebraicum recensuit & emendavit, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, Franeker, Leonard Strick, 1699, additional engraved title to first volume, titles printed in red and black, contemporary blind decorated vellum, soiled, folio, plus other antiquarian theology, including a few 17th century, mostly 18th and 19th century works, bound in vellum, calf and cloth, all ex-libris Wonersh Seminary, occasional inkstamps, folio, 4to and 8vo (approximately 100 volumes) (Qty: 5 shelves)Hoffmann II, 67. First complete collected edition in the original Greek of Philo's Opera Exegetica.

Ugolino (Bartholomaeo). De Censuris Ecclesiasticis: idest de excommunicatione, suspensione, interdicto tractatus, Bologna, Giovanni de Rossi, 1594, title with printer's woodcut device, woodcut initials, contemporary limp vellum, worn on spine, folio, together with Venerable Bede. Historiae Ecclesiasticae Gentis Anglorum libri quinque, cura et studio Johannis Smith, Cambridge, 1722, engraved frontispiece by Van der Gucht, folding engraved map, several engraved plates, light waterstain to lower portion of text throughout, contemporary blind-panelled full calf, rubbed and some wear with upper cover detached and rear joint cracked, folio, plus other theology, some 17th century, mostly 18th and 19th century works bound in vellum, calf and cloth, all ex-libris Wonersh Seminary, with occasional inkstamps, etc., folio, 4to and 8vo (approximately 100 volumes) (Qty: 5 shelves)

Puente (Luis de la). Expositio moralis et mystica in Canticum Canticorum: exhortationes continens de omnibus Christianae religionis mysteriis atque virtutibus, 2 volumes, Paris, Dionysius de la Noue, 1622, half-title and engraved title to first volume, printed title in red and black to second volume, text in double column, occasional light browning, contemporary blind-decorated full calf, gilt spines, rubbed and some wear, folio, together with other antiquarian theology, mostly 17th and 18th century, bound in vellum, and calf, all ex-libris Wonersh Seminary, with occasional inkstamps, etc., folio, and 4to (approximately 70 volumes) (Qty: 4 shelves)

Hodgson (John). A History of Northumberland, two parts in five volumes (of six), Newcastle: for the Author, 1820-1840, lacking Part II volume I, engraved portrait frontispiece, approximately 58 engraved plates (one in part 3 volume 1 with closed tear to fore-margin), numerous engraved vignettes and decorated initials to text, variable spotting, part 3 volume 2 page 321 with 6.5cm closed tear, recent uniform half calf gilt, 4to, together with Raine (James) , The History and Antiquities of North Durham , as Subdivided into the Shires of Norham, Island, and Bedlington, which, from the Saxon period until the year 1844, constituted parcels of the County Palatine of Durham , but are now united to the County of North umberland, 1st edition, 1852, portrait frontispiece (spotted, mainly to margins), single page map, ten engraved plates (some spotted), and two pedigrees (one folding), all correct as list, all plate leaves with worm damage to blank margins near foot of gutter (some repaired), and each with dampstaining to fore-margins and head (slightly affecting some plates), text with scarce marginal dampstaining, recent speckled half calf, blind-tooled spine with gilt-lettered label, tall folio (Qty: 6)First item: parts II and III, each in 3 volumes, form the original work by Hodgson. Part I (missing here, as often) was subsequently written by J.H. Hinde to complete the work, being published in 1858.

Middiman ( Samuel). Select Views in Great Britain, [1812], half-title present, general title lacking, 54 engraved plates (53 called for) accompanied by descriptive letter press in English & French, some spotting, light toning and occasional dust-soiling, all edges gilt, contemporary tan morocco, gilt and blind rollwork decorative borders to boards, rubbed and worn, oblong 4to, together with Rome , [Views of Rome, circa 1840], view book containing 30 engraved plates of views of Rome engraved by Domenico Amici after Giovanni Gallarini, some staining to inner blank margins, occasional scattered spotting and light dust-soiling, contemporary half morocco, covers loose, dust-soiled and a little rubbed, oblong 8vo, with Guinot (Eugene) , L'ete a Bade, illustre par MM. Tony Johannot, Eug. Lami, Francais et Jaquemot, 2nd edition, Paris: Ernest Bourdin, circa 1850, engraved portratit frontispiece on india paper, wood engraved vignette title and illustrations, engraved plates (many on india paper), 20th century inscription to half-title, some spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary red morocco with elaborate gilt decoration and armorial to centre of upper board, 8vo, plus Vyner (Robert T.) , Notitia Venatica: A Treatise on Fox-Hunting..., 6th edition, [1871?], hand-coloured lithograph plates and few wood engraved illustrations, original red cloth, gilt blocked to upper board and spine, 8vo (Qty: 4)

A mahogany standing corner cabinet in George III style, with a moulded cornice and a blind fret frieze, above a single long astragal glazed door, enclosing shaped shelves on bracket feet, 193cm H, 78cm W.

After Gustave Henri Marchetti. Quimper Cathedral, artist signed and coloured engraving, blind stamp, 60cm x 39cm.

Cecil Aldin. Rear view of an inn, artist signed coloured print with blind stamp, 43cm x 36cm, Inn at Chaddesley Corbett, artist signed coloured print with blind stamp, 39cm x 44cm and rear view of an inn, with figure and cat, artist signed coloured print with blind stamp, 43cm x 38cm (3).

A late 19th/ early 20thC Edwards and Roberts writing table, in Chippendale style, the raised back with a pierced gallery, above a pair of small drawers and carved brackets, flanked by four pairs of slender turned columns, the base with a leather inset and a slide to each side above seven blind fret carved drawers, with brass handles on cluster column legs, stamped to the central drawer Edwards and Roberts, 76cm H, 120cm W, 67cm D.

Missal.- Missale as sacrosancte Romane ecclesie usum / adiectis aliquot missarij offici[i]s...printed in black letter in red and black throughout, woodcut title, vignettes, borders, historiated initials and in-text plates, many hand coloured, ranging from skilful contemporary and later ink ownership inscriptions to prelims and top of title, sporadic marginalia throughout, collation: [8], [Pt 1] cxxxij, [Pt 2] xlviij, [Pt 3] lxxxvj, [1], lacks [Pt 2.] Fo.cxvii-cxx and Fo.cxxii-cxxx where binding is split with Fos. cxxi and cxxxi detached, worming affecting most of [Pt 3], increasing in intensity towards rear, contemporary calf over boards ornately tooled in blind, heavily worn and wormed, metal escutcheon's and corner pieces, one corner piece missing from top board lacking ties, spine split and lacking leather, boards wormed, folio, Paris, Yolande Bonhomme, 1551.

Burton (Richard) The History of the House of Orange, .. Together with the History of William and Mary. 4to Westminster 1814. New Edn., wd. cut frontis, red & bl. title, bound with: The History of the Kingdom of Scotland, 4to Westminster 1813, New Edn., wd. cut frontis, red & bl. title, & oval wd. cut portraits thro-out, & bound with two other reprints, cont. calf, gilt fillet and blind tooled border, upr. cover detached, otherwise v. good. (1)

Inscribed by Geo. Stephenson, LisburnBoate (Gerard), Molineux (T.) & others, A Natural History of Ireland, 4to D. 1755. 10 fold. & other plts. text illus., wd. cut initials etc., blind tooled vellum (1)* Geo. Stephenson was a renowned engineer in late 18th Century Ireland.

From the 'House of the Dead'James Joyce's Timpiece[Joyce (James)] A George III period Grandfather Clock, the mahogany body with break neck pediment, and blind fretwork, over a glazed door, enclosing a painted dial signed May of Dublin, the shaped panel door with crossbanding flanked by reeded columns on a square base with bracket feet, approx. 236cms (93") high; together with a red brick block, taken during the restoration at 15 Ushers Island. (1)Provenance: No. 15 Ushers Island (House of the Dead) home of James Joyce's aunts, and by descent. The House surrounding the short story "The Dead" from the Dubliners, by descent to the present vendor.