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AN EARLY 19th CENTURY NORTH WALES OAK DRESSER of excellent colour and patina, the three shelf box canopy rack with shaped side decoration and shoe, with wide backboards on a moulded edge top over three frieze drawers, lower central single and twin blind drawers with flanking flat panel cupboard doors, all having brass knobs, twin panel sided on stile feet, 206 cms high, 153 cms wide, 48 cms deep

A Group of Railway Signs, including enamelled 'Electric Trains Stop' sign, 'Loading and Unloading beyond this sign forbidden unless wires are made dead', a metal-mounted sign showing Eastern Region lines and stations from Liverpool St and Fenchurch St stations, and a destination blind covering the same area, varying F-VG (4)

A large Eastern brass tray/charger of circular form with engraved detail, together with a framed and glazed mezzotint depicting children playing blind mans bluff, signed in pencil bottom right Clifford R James

A Georgian oak long case clock, the shaped door with boxwood and ebony string inlay and blind fret frieze, the arched hood with further carved detail and reeded column supports enclosing a 12 inch broken arch brass dial with silver chapter ring, the arch enclosing a lunar dial with subsidiary calendar and secondary dial engraved Thomas Perkins of Evesham, with eight day striking movement

A 19th century stripped pine overmantle frame in a 17th century manner, the panelled framework with blind fret detail and dentil frieze, the central panel recessed to hold either a mirror or an oil painting, 150 cm high x 192 cm wide

A limited edition print after Pablo Picasso - Seated Portrait of Dora Maar, with blind embossed stamp bottom right, edition number 30/50 - Chelsea Green Editions, Cheapside 86 x 70 cm in silver coloured frame, together with certificate and accompanying literature

After Charles 'Snaffles' Johnson Payne (British 1884-1967)/Jock/circa 1915/printed and handcoloured with blind stamp, 43cm x 33cm Condition Report: ARR Artist's Resale Right may apply to the sale of this lot. For further information please ask Chorley's or visit www.dacs.org.uk

After Charles 'Snaffles' Johnson Payne (British 1884-1967)/A Heilan Lad, printed and hand coloured with blind stamp, 43.5cm x 35cm/see illustration Condition Report: ARR Artist's Resale Right may apply to the sale of this lot. For further information please ask Chorley's or visit www.dacs.org.uk

A George II style mahogany silver table, with galleried top above blind fret carved legs, the top 82.5cm x 53cm/see illustration

An 18th Century mahogany framed Gainsborough armchair, with blind fret carved decoration to the arm supports and legs Condition Report: Both back and arms slightly loose, back legs both chipped and pieces missing, stretcher with wear and indentation and other blemishes also loose, 40cm from floor to top of seat, 49cm from front to the back of seat.

After Charles 'Snaffles' Johnson Payne (British 1884-1967)/Jock (KI)/circa 1915/printed and handcoloured, with blind stamp, 43cm x 35cm Condition Report: ARR Artist's Resale Right may apply to the sale of this lot. For further information please ask Chorley's or visit www.dacs.org.uk

A mid-18th century inlaid oak eight day longcase clock by George Baddely of Newport, Shropshire, the circular 13in. brass Roman dial with Arabic outer minute track, subsidiary seconds at noon and date dial at six, pierced steel scroll hands, signed 'Baddely Newport', within an oak and fruitwood case, the flared dentil inlaid pediment over blind fret frieze on fluted columns, the mahogany banded trunk with blind fret panel over a barber's pole arch inlaid door and fluted pilasters, the base with applied serpentine panel and moulded plinth foot, 77½in. (197cm.) high, with a later plinth with bun feet.

Paul Hogarth OBE R.A. (British, 1917-2001), three limited edition screen prints, ' Nile Delta Fishing Boats - 117/175 ', ' Nile Fisherman and Family - 117/175 ' & ' Pastroudis - 58/175 ', all framed, blind stamped and signed in pencil.

E W Sturgeon, six limited edition prints each signed in pencil & blind stamped, each measuring 10 x 13¾in.

A Set of Three Monogrammed Prints, In Love, Love is Blind and Lived Happily Ever After

John Piper, 'Saints', colour lithograph 1975, signed and numbered from the edition of 90 with publishers blind stamp. H.83cm, W.77cm

Y BIBL CYSEGR-LAN. Family Bible in Welsh.C.1880. Large folio with traditional gilt, blind-stamped binding, brass edges and clasps, Chromolithograph plates and 'family' pages. Together with Joyce Mercer Edition of Andersen and Grimm book A/F and two books 'The Playgoer' c 1920's.

A Quality Edwardian Mahogany bookcase with blind fretwork, geometric glazed doors above a pair of cupboard doors with bracket feet. 145x240 Hight x 52cm deep.

Ercol Dresser in Elmn, Plate Rack Incorporating Two Shelves, Bottom Part With Two Frieze Drawers Over a Blind Cabinet

Solid Ash Side Cabinet, Single Apron Drawer Over a Blind Cupboard

Solid Oak Bookcase, Leaded Glass Doors Enclosing a Single Shelf Over a Blind Cabinet

A pair of Japanese Taisho period large satsuma pottery vase, with two blind decoration.

A fabulous original set of vintage Punch & Judy puppets. All believed to be from a genuine seaside puppet show during the 1950's. Each appears hand made, with fibreglass constructed heads and all are hand painted. Comprising, we believe, of the following characters; Mr Punch, Judy, Baby, Constable, Joey the Clown, Crocodile, Skeleton, The Doctor, the Lawyer, Hector the Horse, Servant, Devil & the Blind Man. Also included is a hangman's noose, and various sticks - likely for supporting the puppets during use. All with original costumes. Provenance unknown. The average height of a puppet being approx; 48cm. A wonderful piece of nostalgia. 

Frank Dicksee Pencil Signed Etching, 1888 Dated, On Japanese Vellum, Blind Stamped Published By Thomas Agnew & Sons London 1892, Woman And Child At The Church Door, Fine Impression, 20 x 15 Inches

18th/19thC Maori Hardwood Paddle, Blind Fret Work Geometric Design With A Stylised Five Prong Fork Motif, Carved Bands To The Shaft, Length 56 Inches

AFTER SIR WILLIAM RUSSELL FLINT (1880-1969) "Variations on a theme", a colour print, bears studio blind stamp and signed in pencil, 45cm x 60cm mounted in a white and gilt glazed frame

AFTER LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY R.A. (1887-1976) "His Family" colour print, signed in pencil to the margin bottom right, bears Trade Guild Blind Stamp bottom left, image size 53cm x 71cm, mounted with fabric slip in ebonised frame

FRANCIS FARMER "Flight of Fantasy", "Country View", "The London Eye", "Flight of Freedom" and "Harbour View", five Artist's Proof limited edition colour Prints, each signed in pencil, editions of 195, with blind stamps, image 35cm square, mounted in maple glazed frames

A LATE VICTORIAN SILVER CIGARETTE CASE, having stylised ivy leaf decoration with blind shield cartouche, Birmingham 1898, together with an Edwardian embossed SILVER MATCHBOX COVER, Birmingham 1902, combined weight 71g.

A George III mahogany chest on chest with blind fret-work decoration

Australasia.- Australia.- Stokes (John Lort) Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers explored and surveyed during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43, 2 vol., first edition, 26 engraved or lithographed plates including 11 of natural history, 8 folding engraved maps, 6 in pockets at front, one with route supplied in red, illustrations, errata leaf in vol.1, with advertisement slip for Eyre's Central Australia' tipped into vol.2 but without that of Dutton in vol.1, advertisements tipped to endpapers at beginning and end of each vol.(some varying to those in Wantrup), light foxing and browning, M1 in vol.1 creased, ink signature of ?Willm. Beauchamp Proctor on front pastedowns, first issue binding of original blue ribbed cloth with elaborate grecian borders stamped in blind, spines gilt with kangaroos and emus at foot, rubbed, light stains to upper cover of vol.2, spines faded and worn at head and foot, corners bumped and worn, [Ferguson 4406; Wantrup 89a], 8vo, 1846.⁂ John Lort Stokes served on H.M.S.Beagle from 1824-41, from midshipman to commander, including the famous voyage of 1831-36 with Charles Darwin on board. This work of 1846 describes the completion of the survey of the coast of Australia including the Torres and Bass Straits and the approaches to Adelaide and the Swan River near Perth. The expedition also discovered new rivers in the Gulf of Carpentaria on the north-west coast.

Estienne.- Callimachus. Hymni (cum suis scholiis Græcis) & Epigrammata, Eiusdem Poematium De coma Berenices, à Catullo versum, edited by Henri Estienne, Nicodemus Frischlin, and others, 2 parts in 1, collation: ¶, ¶¶4 a-i, aa-rr4, Greek, Roman and italic types, woodcut printer's device to title, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, rr4 blank, some marginal staining and light foxing, 18th century vellum over boards, covers with blind-stamped arabesque centre-pieces, spine with part of leather label with date and with another label missing, lightly spotted and marked, 4to (252 x 162mm.), [Geneva], Henri Estienne, 1577.⁂ With Catullus' translation of Coma Berenices, with commentary by the French humanist Marc Antoine Muret. Literature: Adams C232; Renouard, Estienne, 145:3; not in Schreiber.Provenance: 'Bernard Martin, 1601' (ink inscription to title); 'È libris Car: Balston, è C.C.C. Oxon: 1838'; 'C.C. Balston AD 1892' (ink inscriptions to front free endpaper); 'Bibliotheca Puseiana Oxon' (ink stamps).

Africa.- Burton (Sir Richard Francis) Wit and Wisdom in West Africa; or, a Book of Proverbial Philosophy, Idioms, Enigmas, and Laconisms, first edition, half-title (small nick to upper edge), light spotting at beginning and end, ex-library copy with stamp on title and label with borrowing details on front pastedown, variant binding of original orange-brown cloth with blind-stamped border on boards and spine titled as usual but with gilt-stamped illustration of negro at foot, a little rubbed, spine faded, library label pasted on upper cover and small sticker at foot of spine, [Penzer 75], 8vo, 1865.⁂ Important work on West African languages with the information recorded in printed form for the first time.According to Penzer the first issue binding is in red cloth with blind-stamped border and no illustration on spine; the second issue or "remaindered" binding is in plum cloth with the spine titled "Negro Wit and Wisdom" and illustration at foot. This copy appears to be a mixture of the two.

Africa.- Smith (Andrew) Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa, 5 vol., first edition, 279 lithographed plates, all but 12 hand-coloured, some heightened with gum arabic, tissue guards, without the errata slips, very occasional foxing but generally clean (mostly to plates of beetles), Lord Lilford's copy with his ink signature on front pastedowns, also that of Richard Liversidge, original blind-stamped green cloth, rubbed, spines slightly faded, some wear to joints and spine ends, preserved in 3 modern cloth drop-back boxes with roan labels, [Mendelssohn II p.327; Nissen IVB 880 & ZBI 3868], 4to, [1838]-49-[50]. ⁂ A complete set of the first edition of one of South Africa's premier colour plate books: "a handsome and valuable work", giving "full particulars of the natural history subjects of South Africa collected by...Smith's expedition." (Mendelssohn). George Henry Ford (1809-1876) was the expedition member responsible for the majority of the original drawings and he also executed the corresponding plates. The breakdown of plates is as follows: Aves: 114 plates; Reptilia: 78 plates (3 uncoloured); Invertebrae: 4 plates; Mammalia: 52 plates (numbered 1-53, with additional plate 8 and plates 18 & 37 never published, 4 uncoloured); Pisces: 31 plates (5 uncoloured). Thomas Powys (1833-96, 4th Baron Lilford), ornithologist and author of Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands published in 7 volumes in 1891. Richard Liversidge (1926-2003), South African ornithologist and Director of the McGregor Museum in Kimberley.

Polar.- Arctic.- Franklin (Sir John).- Shillinglaw (John J.) A Narrative of Arctic Discovery...with the details of the measures adopted...for the relief of the expedition under Sir John Franklin, first edition, advertisement leaf at beginning, engraved portrait, 2 folding maps in pocket, old ink inscription to front free endpaper, light spotting to portrait, original pictorial blue cloth stamped in gilt and blind, blue and gold patterned-paper endpapers, very slightly rubbed, an excellent copy, [Sabin 80488], 8vo, 1850.Sir John Franklin - see also lots 128-131

Baskerville.- Catullus, Tibullus & Propertius. Opera, A2 and H3 are not cancelled here, occasional spotting, contemporary dark maroon blind-stamped and gilt morocco, rubbed at extremities, g.e., [Gaskell 44], Birmingham, John Baskerville, 1772; and the 8vo edition of the same date in contemporary red straight-grain morocco, gilt (Gaskell 45), 4to & 8vo (2)

Australasia.- Australia.- Eyre (Edward John) Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia, and Overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound, 2 vol., first edition, 2 folding engraved maps with partial hand-colouring (not in pocket but tipped to stubs), 22 engraved or lithographed plates (6 of natural history), vol.1 with advertisement leaf at beginning and 4pp. publishers' catalogue at end, vol.2 with 4pp. at beginning and 8pp. at end, some foxing and soiling, ex-library copy with stamps removed (one or two very faint traces), bookplate of John Thackray Bunce, [Ferguson 4031; Wantrup 133a], 1845 § Hodgson (Christopher Pemberton) Reminiscences of Australia, with Hints on the Squatter's Life, lithographed frontispiece, folding map, [Ferguson 4310; Wantrup 140], 1846 § Gouger (Robert) South Australia in 1837..., [Ferguson 2497; Not in Wantrup], 1838 § Young Emigrants (The); or, a Voyage to Australia, Emigrant Tracts No.V-VII, 3 parts in 1 vol., wood-engraved frontispiece, lightly browned, [Not in Ferguson or Wantrup], SPCK, 1850, all first editions, original blind-stamped cloth, rubbed and faded, the first rebacked preserving original spines (faded and worn), 8vo et infra (5)

Americas.- Central America.- Squier (E.G.) Travels in Central America, particularly in Nicaragua, 2 vol., 30 lithographed or wood-engraved plates on 29 sheets, one folding, several tinted lithographs, 4 maps, 2 folding, wood-engraved illustrations, some offsetting, original blind-stamped cloth, spines pictorial gilt, a little rubbed, spines very slightly faded, corners bumped, [Abbey, Travel 674], 1853 § Young (Thomas) Narrative of a Residence on the Mosquito Shore..., 3 lithographed plates, heavily foxed, ex-library copy with stamp to verso of title and label, later cloth, 1842 § Pim (B.) and Berthold Seemann. Dottings on the Roadside, in Panama, Nicaragua, and Mosquito, 2 maps, one folding, 6 tinted lithographed plates, light foxing to frontispiece and title, later roan, gilt, worn, covers detached, 1869, first editions; and 2 others on Mexico, 8vo (6)

Catullus, Tibullus & Propertius. Catullus. Tibullus. Propertius. his accesserunt Corn. Galli Fragmenta, collation: a-x8, italic type, title with woodcut printer's device, upper corners water-stained, a few small stains elsewhere, contemporary blind-stamped calf over wooden boards, sympathetically rebacked, 8vo (124 x 76mm.), Lyon, Sebastian Gryphius, 1546.⁂ Several of the tools employed in the binding are similar to those used by the atelier of Claude de Piques (see H. M. Nixon in his catalogue of the Jean Grolier exhibition (London, 1965), plates C and D).Provenance: 'Meney' (18th century ink inscription to front pastedown); 'Ex libris Septimi' (19th century ink inscription to front free endpaper); '2e Vente Frière' (20th century pencil inscription to front free endpaper). Literature: Not in Adams.

Polar.- Iceland.- [Stanley (John Thomas) and Dr. Joseph Black.] An Account of the Hot Springs in Iceland with An Analysis of their Waters, ?first separately-issued edition, wood-engraved tail-piece, small stain to I2 not affecting text, bookplate of Eric Davenport, later dark blue straight-grain morocco with borders in gilt and blind, spine gilt, g.e., very slightly rubbed, 8vo, n.p. [?Edinburgh, privately printed], [watermarked 1794].⁂ Scarce. Comprising two letters concerning the hot springs at Rykum and Haukadal from Stanley to Black, and an analysis of the waters by Black, all papers read before the Royal Society of Edinburgh on November 7th 1791, April 30th 1792 and July 4th 1791 respectively.

Bible, Latin. Biblia cum summariorum apparatu pleno quadruplice repertorio insignita, collation: aa-bb8 cc4 dd8 a-z8 A-Z8 †8 AA-NN8 2A-D8 2E4 2F8 2G8, double column, title in red and black and with large woodcut printer's device, woodcut plate depicting the days of creation and decorative initials, rubricated, last f. blank, occasional early ink marginalia, lacking A1, small hole to inner margin of title (not affecting text), little closely trimmed out outer edge, occasionally affecting printed side-notes, antique style blind-stamped calf, 8vo (153 x 91mm.), Paris, [Jean Prevel] for Jean Petit, [11 April, 1523].⁂ Rare. A reissue of Prevel's edition of August, 1519. Literature: Adams B1003.

Sporting.- Berners (Dame Juliana) [The Book of St Albans]: The Book containing the Treatises of Hawking; Hunting; Coat-Armour; Fishing; and Blasing of Arms, facsimile of the Wynkyn de Worde edition of 1496, [one of 150 copies], printed in red and black, woodcut illustrations, some full-page, lightly browned, William Baillie Grohman's copy with his signed ink inscription "...bought this copy at the Gilbey sale 21. June 1915" on front free endpaper, bookplates of Walter Harold Wilkin and James Stevens Cox, worming to hinges, contemporary russia with borders in blind, by C.Hering with his ticket, g.e., a little rubbed and damp-stained, rebacked and recornered in morocco, [W & S p. 28; Schwerdt I p. 63], small folio, 1810.⁂ Facsimile of the first English work to include the earliest printed illustration of a fisherman and passages of veterinary interest, the earliest book printed in English relating to falconry, and the first work in England to use colour printing.William Baillie Grohman (1851-1921), Anglo-Austrian author on hunting and big game hunter. He assembled a large library on hunting and a vast collection of sporting art.

Erasmus (Desiderius, editor) .- Irenaeus (Saint, Bishop of Lyon) Opus eruditissimum in quinque libros digestum, collation: *8 A-Z, AA-MM8, Roman type, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, water-stained, B3 upper corner torn away, just touching the odd letter, sections from an early printed leaf used as endpapers, contemporary blind-stamped calf, upper joint splitting, but holding firm, spine and corners repaired, 8vo (166 x 100mm.), Paris, Oudinus Petit, 1567.⁂ A scarce work by this early Father of the Church. Literature: Adams I156.

Australasia.- Australia.- Mitchell (Sir Thomas Livingstone) Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia; with descriptions of...Australia Felix , and of the present colony of New South Wales, 2 vol., second edition, titles with wood-engraved vignettes, folding engraved map hand-coloured in outline in pocket at beginning of vol.1, 51 plates and maps, most lithographed, some hand-coloured, a few folding, vol.1 with 8pp. 'Opinions of the Press' bound before text rather than at beginning (soiled) and 16pp. publisher's catalogue at end, occasional light foxing or soiling, folding map with a few short tears to folds, second issue binding of original blind-stamped green cloth, spines gilt with titles and kangaroos, emus and boomerangs, rubbed and lightly stained, spines faded, new endpapers, [Ferguson 2811; Wantrup 125], 8vo, 1839. ⁂ Account of expeditions into the interior of Australia by the Surveyor General of New South Wales, and containing important information on aboriginal life.

Africa.- Allen (Capt. William) and T.R.H.Thomson. A Narrative of the Expedition...to the River Niger, in 1841, 2 vol., first edition, engraved portrait and 15 plates, one folding, 2 folding engraved maps, one hand-coloured in outline, hand-coloured cross-section, 3 wood-engraved plates and several illustrations, with loosely-inserted 2pp. manuscript notes in contemporary hand from the journal of one on board (short tear to one edge), some light foxing to plates and at beginning and ends, vol.1 lacking front free endpaper, vol.2 upper hinge broken with first few leaves loose, original blind-stamped cloth, rubbed, spines faded, 8vo, 1848.⁂ The notes relate to time spent at the mouth of the River Nun, near Brass Town, and the possibility of trading for palm oil: "18th Augt. 1841 - Today a son of King William who lives at Brass & a son...King Boy of Brass came on board" to deliver two sheep as a present from King Boy and his brother King William. King Boy's message was that "there is plenty of oil at Brass... he is at present making Juju else he would come himself today but he wishes the ship to wait three days...as he is very desirous to talk to the Captain...". The notes continue that King Boy "would rather sell oil than men" and give details of his canoes, trade, feasts (denying that there are any human sacrifices), his son known as "Jack Fire" and that he has 120 wives and King William only 45. A great deal of the information appears in the published work at pp.170-172 although in print Boy has "one hundred and forty wives".

Catullus, Tibullus & Propertius. Catulli, Tibulli, Propertii, et Cornelii Galli Opera, edited by Horatio Tuscanella, 2 parts in 1, collation: a8 A-X8, a-l8, title with woodcut printer's device, large partially hand-coloured woodcut printer's device to final verso, woodcut decorative initials, X7 blank, some early numbering in red ink and underlining in green ink, lacking blank X8, ink stamp to title, occasional spotting or staining, lightly browned, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over boards, upper cover with central portrait of Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (one of the founders of Helmstedt University), and with his arms to lower cover, initials 'I S R' to head of upper cover, joints split, but holding, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed, 8vo (156 x 100mm.), Basel, [Ex officina Henricpetrina], [March, 1569].⁂ First edition edited and indexed by Tuscanella, who also provided a concordance. Literature: Adams C1152; VD 16 C-1743.

America.- Fremont (John Charles) Narrative of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains...1842, and to Oregon and North California...1843-44, first English edition, 4 lithographed plates, large folding lithographed map by Robert Greenhow, light foxing to plates, map with short tears to folds, original blue cloth ruled and stamped in blind, a little rubbed and marked, spine faded, corners bumped, [Sabin 25841], 8vo, 1846.⁂ Influential account of exploration in the west of America, though Utah, Oregon, California, Nevada and Colorado, which encouraged emigration to the west.

Heaney (Seamus) The Testament of Cresseid, number 119 of 350 copies signed by the author and artist, mounted colour plates by Hughie O'Donoghue, prospectus loosely inserted, original cloth with pictorial onlay to upper cover and label to spine, slip-case, Enitharmon Editions, Designed and Printed by Sebastian Carter of the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge, 2004; Poems and a Memoir, limited edition signed by the author, artist and introducer (Thomas Flanagan), relief engravings by Harry Pearson printed in brown, prospectus loosely inserted, original blind-stamped leather, t.e.g., others uncut, some light spotting to covers, slip-case,[Brandes & Durkan A32], New York, Limited Editions Club, 1982; District and Circle, number 134 of 300 copies signed by the author, original cloth-backed boards, 2006; and another, limited edition, folio & 8vo (4)

Bible, Greek. Tes kaines diathekes hapanta. Novi testamenti omnia. Cum scholiis ex patribus & historiis in loca obscuriora in marginibus adiectis, collation: α8 a-z8 A-D8 E12 F-Z8 Aa12, mostly Greek and some Roman type, title with woodcuts representing the Four Evangelists (one partially hand-coloured), F1 with full-page woodcut of St. Paul, hand-coloured in a contemporary hand, woodcut historiated and decorative initials, large woodcut printer's device to final verso, occasional spotting, a few small stains, contemporary blind-stamped calf over wooden boards, lacking clasps, spine ends worn, rubbed, gilt gauffered edges, 8vo (159 x 97mm.), Basel, Thomas I Platter, Reinhard II Beck & Johann Wattenschnee, 1544.⁂ Rare. Literature: Not in Adams; VD 16 B 4184.

Australasia.- Australia.- Jackson (Andrew) Robert O'Hara Burke and the Australian Exploring Expedition of 1860, first edition, half-title, wood-engraved vignette portrait on title, folding map, 16pp. publishers' catalogue at end, very occasional light spotting, original blind-stamped green cloth, very slightly rubbed, corners bumped but a good copy, [Ferguson 10857; Wantrup 173], 8vo, 1862.** Account of the incompetent Burke and Wills expedition to cross Australia from Melbourne in the south to the Gulf of Carpentaria in the north, on which seven men died including the two leaders. "The single most outstanding disaster in the history of Australian exploration" Wantrup

Australasia.- New Zealand.- Shortland (Edward) The Southern Districts of New Zealand; a Journal, with passing notices of the Customs of the Aborigines, first edition, half-title, 7 maps (2 folding), wood-engraved plate of 2 portraits, 4 folding genealogical tables, 32pp. publishers' catalogue at end, occasional spotting, bookplate of George Whitefield Armitage, original green cloth ruled in blind, a little rubbed, spine slightly faded, [Hocken p.163], 8vo, 1851.⁂ Account of a journey, mostly on foot, along the east coast of the South Island in 1843-44 by Shortland in his role as Protector of Aborigines. The most significant general work on the region before the settlement of Otago, with a great deal of information on the Ngaitahu Maori tribe and their customs, also languages and the whaling stations.

Catullus, Tibullus , Propertius & Caius Cornelius Gallus. C. Valerii Catulli...Liber I. Alb. Tibulli Equitis Romani libri IIII. Sex Aurelii Propertii umbri libri IIII. C N. Cornelii Galli fragmenta, collation: a-z8 A-B8, italic type, woodcut decorative initial, woodcut printer's device to final verso, contemporary and later ink marginalia and underlining, Basel, Henricus Petri, March, 1530 bound after Martialis (Marcus Valerius) Epigrammaton Libri XIIII, collation: A-Z8 Aa-Ff8, italic type, final f. with woodcut printer's device verso, otherwise blank, early ink marginalia, Basel, Henricus Petri, August, 1530, together 2 works in 1 vol., water-stained at head, contemporary blind-stamped panelled pigskin over wooden boards, remains of metal clasps, outer border composed of representations of Thalia (playing the luter), Terpsichore (playing the guitar, dated 1537), Euterpe (playing a wind instrument, signed 'N.C.', and Calliope (playing the harp, signed 'M.A.'), enclosing an inner double file tborder and a central panel of acorns, spine in compartments and with 19th century paper title label at head, crack to upper board (not visible externally), corners little worn, lightly soled, 8vo (149 x 97mm.)⁂ Rare editions in an interesting contemporary binding. Literature: I; Not in Adams; VD 16 C 1740 II: Not in Adams VD 16 M 1163.

Doni (Anton Francesco) I Marmi, 4 parts in 1, collation: A- X4; Aa-Pp4; a4, B-X4; AA-MM4, first part-title with large woodcut globe device of the globe from Doni's I Mondi, other part-titles with different device, each part with final woodcut device within full-page scrollwork borders, full-page woodcut portraits, A1 & A2 slightly foxed and bearing small blind-stamp, 1552 bound with [Bidpai]. La Moral Filosophia..., edited by Doni , collation: A-V4, woodcut frontispiece device within full-page scrollwork borders, title with large woodcut globe device, 1552, together 2 works in 1, numerous woodcut illustrations, decorations and initials, bookplate of Nicolas-Joseph Foucault, old inscription on front fly-leaf, late 17th century speckled calf, spine gilt with partly ablated volume reference to one compartment, small tear to head of spine, small 4to, Venice, Francesco Marcolini, 1552⁂ The first edition of Doni's characteristically unconventional series of imaginary dialogues between numerous figures, historical and fictional, conversing and arguing on the marble steps of Florence's Duomo over a wide range of subjects, including contemporary economics, printing, literature and history. The second work present, Bidpai's fables, is significant not least as it was Doni's selection that was used as the primary source for Sir Thomas North's 1568 English translation, preceding by several years the first English editions of Aesop and the Dialogus creaturarum moralizatus Provenance: Bookplate of the noted French bibliophile Nicholas-Joseph Foucault (1643-1721); the Macclesfield copy, Sotheby's October 2008, lot 4440.Literature: Adams D824 & B1997; Mortimer Harvard Italian 165 & 65; EDIT 16 CNCE 17692

James McNeill Whistler, original lithograph Long Gallery, The Louvre, 1894, signed in the plate with the butterfly monogram, studio blind stamp, Way 52, Levy 83, image 24 x 15 cm mounted

AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY ART NOUVEAU LIBERTY STYLE INLAID MAHOGANY OCCASIONAL TABLE with square moulded edge top inlaid with the Prince of Wales feathers above a carved floral blind fretted frieze; square tapering legs joined by a cross-hatched galleried under-shelf with stylised inlaid tulips 28.5cm square 64cm high.

A LATE 19th CENTURY TRIPLE FUSEE EIGHT BELL BRACKET CLOCK the dark mahogany case with carved tile worked pediment above a carved blind fret glazed door flanked by two reeded corinthian columns enclosing a 7" brass arched dial with silvered engraved Roman chapter ring and matted centre below two subsidiary dials for Chime/Silent and Eight bells/Four bells selector surrounded by gilt spandrels fronting an eight-day chain driven triple fusee movement chiming the quarters on eight bells and the hour on a gong 53cm high - comes with it's original wall bracket.

A PAIR OF 19TH CENTURY WINGBACK MAHOGANY UPHOLSTERED ARMCHAIRS with Chinese Chippendale style blind fret legs joined by pierced ‘H’ stretchers.

§ Laurence Stephen Lowry, RA (British, 1887-1976) Huddersfield signed lower right in pencil "L S Lowry" and with FATG blind stamp offset lithograph 48 x 58cm (19 x 23in) Provenance: Bought from Beaconsfield Art Gallery, Buckinghamshire, 1975 Has slightly slipped in the frame. Some discoloration and offset stains in the margins from the mount.

§ Laurence Stephen Lowry, RA (British, 1887-1976) The Family signed lower right in pen "L S Lowry" and with FATG blind stamp offset lithograph 29 x 22.50cm (11 x 9in) Glass scratched lower right corner and by the top edge. The image itself is good and clear. Very slight discolouration or offset staining visible especially along the bottom edge of the mount.

§ Laurence Stephen Lowry, RA (British, 1887-1976) The Family signed lower right in pen "L S Lowry" and with FATG blind stamp offset lithograph 29 x 22.50cm (11 x 9in)