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CAROLINGIANS. Louis l`Aveugle (the Blind). As Emperor Louis III, 901-905. AR Denier (21mm, 1.38 g, 6h). Unspecified (Milan?) mint. + HIVDOVVICVI IMP, cross pattée; pellets in quarters / + +IIIPI??? DIIICO, temple façade. Depeyrot 991; M&G 1576a; Gariel pl. LXIII, 4; cf. MEC 1, 1007 (Louis II; for type). Good VF, toned, slight loss of metal along edge. Very rare. From the Joseph R. Lasser Collection for the benefit of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, purchased from Wade Hinderling, 5 April 2010.

ROCK & POP - Collection of 10 x 7'' to include Paul Collins' Beat - Don't Wait up for Me (demo), Eli Culbertson - I Need Your Love Tonight (demo), Bob Seger System - 2 + 2 = ? (promo), Skidoo - A Touch of the Sun (yellow vinyl), The Dalys - Let me go Lover, Tages - There's a Blind man Playin Fiddle in the Street, Mike Hurst - Half Heaven Half Heartache, The Wailing Cocks - Listen to the Wailing Cocks, Hearts & Flowers - She Sang Hymns out of Tune (demo) and Dr John - Let's Make a Better World. Condition is generally EX+.

A C19th mahogany corner cabinet the blind fret carved cornice with cupboards under

CHURCHILL WINSTON S.: (1874-1965) British Prime Minister 1940-45, 1951-55. Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1953. Autograph Envelope Signed, addressed in Churchill’s hand in dark fountain pen ink to Mrs. [George] Scrivings at 12 Bolton Street, London W, England. Signed (‘W S Churchill’) to the lower left corner. With an Egyptian postage stamp affixed and post marked at Khartoum, 24th December 1907. With the blind embossed crest of the Colonial Office to the verso. Some light overall age wear and a few minor stains, about VG Churchill’s correspondent was Mrs. George Scrivings, the widow of Churchill’s servant, who were both employed at the first house Churchill owned in Bolton Street, just off Piccadilly. George Scrivings accompanied Churchill on a journey to East Africa in 1907 but was never to return as he caught a tropical illness and died there. Churchill, grief-stricken, buried him close to the Victoria Falls and on his return home not only made a lifelong provision for George's widow but also gave financial help for many years to his bereaved mother too. Churchill served as Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1905-08.

A GEORGIAN MAHOGANY CELLERATE the rectangular domed hinged lid above a blind panel with cupboards on ogee bracket feet 87cm (h) x 53cm (w) x 47cm (d)

A CHIPPENDALE STYLE MAHOGANY SIDEBOARD the superstructure with bevelled glass mirror above a shaped top with gadrooned rim and two frieze drawers flanked on each side by blind panel doors on cabriole legs and pad feet 164cm x 152cm x 52cm

A CHIPPENDALE STYLE MAHOGANY CORNER DISPLAY CABINET of serpentine outline the moulded cornice above a glazed door between blind fret angles with cupboard to base on square tapering legs with splayed feet joined by an under tier 183cm x 75cm x 35cm

Pratt A. : Flowering Plants and Ferns of Great Britain, Vols. 2 - 5; British Grasses and Sedges; Ferns of Great Britain and their Allies, Club Mosses, Pepperworts and Horsetails. Nd. for any title, C.1870. All 8vo. Green blind stamped cloth, aeg. Chromolithograph plates with tissue guards. Lowe E. : Natural History of New and Rare Ferns, 1864. Binding and plates as above. Paxton's Botanical Dictionary,1868, together with: Pouchet F. : The Universe, 1909. (Colour plates) and 3 other botanical titles. Generally very good.

Gould R. : History of Freemasonry, 1883. 6 Vols. Qto. Blue cloth, gilt decorations, aeg. Illustrated; Fellows J. : The Mysteries of Freemasonry, 1860. 8vo. Hb. gilt on spine & blind-stamped. Engraved frontis & woodcut illus. Scarce; Paillard M. : Constitutions of the Free-Masons or Anderson's Constitutions of 1723. Facsimile in French & English. Qto. Recent full calf binding, gilt. Together with other early titles Vg.

Beeton I. : Mrs. Beeton's Household Management, nd. C.1920. Maroon blind-stamped spine, gilt. Col. plates. Lot 515 from July Sale not sold Some wear to spine but generally a sound copy.

Beattie W. : Scotland Illustrated in a Series of Views, 1838. 1st. Ed. Two vols. Qto. qtr. binding, gilt, aeg. Engraved tp. and plates, fldg. map. Manuscript dedication from author. Wilson D. : Memorials of Edinburgh in Olden Time, nd. c. 1860. Two vols., qto. green cloth blind stamped & gilt. Fldg. plan frontis, engraved plates.

The Hamilton Papers : Letters and Papers Illustrating the Political Relations of England and Scotland in the XVIth. Century. Edited by Joseph Bain. 1890/92. Two vols., large qto., original blind-stamped cloth. Scarce. Spines of bindings faded o/w clean & sound. Some minor foxing to prelims and fore-edge o/w vg.

Bradshaw G. : New Railway Map of Great Britain, 1849. Hand-tinted, folding, linen-backed sectioned map of 'Railways Completed and in Progress and for which Acts of Parliament have been Obtained'. Chart showing 40 Railway Lines and another with charges for Messages by Electric Telegraph. Engraved border. Original maroon blind-stamped & gilt cloth covers. Cover lacks original spine o/w a vg+ copy

Sante Monachesi 1910-1991 Blind walls oil on canvas 70 x 50 cm Signature in th lower right side ca. 1955

Norman Stevens RA (1937-1988) graphite and coloured pencils on paper, "Louvered Blind," signed and dated 1968, 16" x 12", framed.

A late 19th century ""Chippendale Revival"" mahogany rectangular writing desk with 2 blind fret frieze drawers, inset leather effect top, pierced brackets, square top legs, and castors, width 40

Four various African carved hardwood panels, of rectangular form, various sizes, each blind fret carved with figures and animals, within stylized geometric borders, the largest 97 x 30cm.

Fenning (Daniel, Collier J. and others). A New System of Geography: or A General Description of the World Containing a Particular and Circumstantial Account of all the Countries, Kingdoms and States of Europe, Asia, Africa and America...., 2 vols., 1st. ed., 1764 - 65, dec. frontis., twenty-five uncoloured engraved maps (including five folding) by G.Rollos, and twenty-seven engraved plates, slight spotting, book plate of Gilbert Compton Elliot, hinges and joints weak, contemp. reverse blind stamped calf, worn, frayed and stained, folio. (2)

Asgill (John). The Pretender`s Declaration Abstracted from Two Anonymous Pamphlets: The One Intitled, Jus Sacrum; and the others, Memoirs of the Chevalier St. George, with Some Memoirs of the Two Other Chevaliers St. George in the Reign of King Henry VII, pub. A. Baldwin, 1713, 46 pp., some toning and dust soiling, ink library stamp to title, late 19th-century maroon quarter sheep with vellum-tipped corners to boards, library blind-stamp & paper label to upper board, spine and extremities rubbed, slim 8vo, together with [James Prince of Wales], Justice Done to the Late Ministry: Or, the Charge of their Designing to Make the Pretender King of Great Britain, Prov`d from their Conduct to be Groundless, and the Reasons for a Parliamentary Enquiry Consider`d, 1st edition, 1715, 36 pp., disbound, 8vo, with [Earbery, Matthias], An Historical Account of the Advantages that have Accru`d to England, by the Succession in the Illustrious House of Hanover, 1722, 46 pp., some spotting and toning, disbound, 8vo, [Walpole, Horatio], The Case of the Hessian Forces, in the Pay of Great-Britain, Impartially and Freely Examin`d; with some Reflections on the Present Conjuncture of Affairs, in Answer to a Late Pamphlet, Entitled, Considerations on the Present State of Affairs, &c., London: R. Francklin, [1731], 36 pp., modern dark green buckram gilt, 8vo, plus other early to mid 18th-century pamphlets including The Sense of an Englishman on the Pretended Coalition of Parties, and on the Merits of the Whig Interests, pub. T. Cooper, [1735] (12)

Austen (Jane). Pride and Prejudice: A Novel, 3 vols., 2nd edition, printed for T. Egerton, 1813, half-titles discarded, volume 2 with final few leaves lightly water-stained to fore-margin, I7 and I8 in volume 3 with tear and slight loss in blank fore-margin, vol. 1 with preliminary blank near-detached, marbled endpapers, some splitting to hinges, minor residue of bookplate removed from front pastedowns, t.e.g., near contemporary green calf, rubbed and some staining, gilt line and volute decorated raised bands, gilt lettered labels in second and fourth compartments, covers with gilt double fillet and blind palmette roll border, gilt roll on edges, large 12mo. Gilson A4; Keynes 4. (3)

Bindings. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments..., together with the Psalter or Psalms of David..., Oxford: Printed at the University Press, for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1856, a.e.g., contemporary dark purple/black morocco by Hayday, elaborate gilt decoration, ornate brass clasp with engraved initials S.S.B., 8vo, together with Visitatio Infirmorum: or, Offices for the Clergy..., 1848, a.e.g., with gauffered edges, contemporary dark red blind decorated crushed morocco by Masters of 78 New Bond St. (paper label to front endpaper), elaborate engraved brass corner pieces and clasp in the form of the cross, 8vo, with The Book of Common Prayer..., Oxford, 1845, bound with The New Testament, Oxford, 1844 & A New Version of the Psalms of David... by N.Tate & N. Brady, Oxford, 1845, a.e.g., with gauffered edges incorporating hand-painted floral design with the words `Read` & `Mark`, contemporary gilt decorated vellum by Barritt & Co., brass edges to boards and clasp with engraved crests & initials T.B.M to G.C.S, 48mo, (9 x 5.2cm), plus two other 19th c. decorative bindings (5)

Bindings. The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, by the Rev. Gilbert White..., new ed., [1837], wood engraved vignette title and illustrations throughout, occasional light spotting, hinges repaired, a.e.g., contemporary gilt decorated dark blue/green crushed morocco, later morocco title label, joints and extremities rubbed, 8vo, together with An Historical Account of Inventions and Discoveries in those Arts and Sciences, which are of Utility or Ornament to Man..., by J.F. Lake Williams, 2 vols., 1820, aquatint frontispiece to vol. 1 with offsetting to title, armorial bookplate of George Augustus Thursby (1771-1836) to upper pastedowns, contemporary straight grained calf, gilt & blind decoration, Thursby`s gilt crest to upper compartments, volume number label to vol. 2 lacking, extremities slightly rubbed, 8vo (3)

Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments..., Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David..., London: Printed by John Baskett, 1741, engraved portrait frontispiece (contemporary ownership John Woodyear, April 19th, 1778 to verso), additional engraved title and numerous plates, one plate torn to lower blank margin, occasional spotting and one gathering slightly loose, a.e.g., contemporary gilt decorated black morroco, joints cracked and some wear, 12mo, together with Bible [English], The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament, and the New..., Stereotype Edition, London: Printed by George Eyre & Andrew Strahan, 1823, upper pastedown with contemporary engraved paper label for `Stratford, Public Library, Cross, Worcester`, a.e.g., contemporary straight-grain purple morocco, elaborate gilt decoration (possibly by Thomas Stratford of The Cross, Worcester, fl.1840), 12mo, with The Book of Common Prayer..., pub. Samuel Bagster & Sons, c.1860s, a.e.g., with gauffered edges, contemporary blind decorated brown morocco by Bagster, brass corners and clasp, 8vo, plus four other 19th c. theology, including decorative bindings (7)

Chapbooks. The Adventures of Old Dame Trot, Old Mother Hubbard, Courtship, Marriage and Pic-Nic Dinner of Cock Robin and Jenny Wren, Death and Burial of Cock Robin, My Mother, Little Red Riding Hood, The Children in the Wood, Nursery Rhymes, and a pictorial alphabet (title not present), Orlando Hodgson, 111, Fleet Street, c.1840, together nine illustrated children`s chapbooks, bound together, mostly printed one side per page, occasional minor mark or stain, contemporary ownership inscriptions to front free endpaper, dated 5th June 1845, contemporary blind and gilt decorated cloth, small 4to, together with [Fenn (Eleanor)], Cobwebs to Catch Flies or Dialogues, a new edition, 2 vols. (bound as one), Baldwin, Craddock and Joy, 1825, numerous black and white illustrations to text, few minor marks, a little dust-soiled, contemporary morocco, rubbed, worn and fraying, 12mo, plus a miniature children`s scrapbook containing numerous woodcut illustrations, contemporary ownership inscription dated June 1822, and Robert Bloomfield`s THe History of Little Davy`s New Hat, second edition corrected, printed for Harton, Harvey and Darton, 1817 (defective) (4)

[Humphreys, Henry Noel]. The Good Shunammite: ii Kings, Chap iv, v viii, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1847, twenty illuminated chromolithographic pages, gutta-percha perished and contents loose, dust-soiling & occasional spotting, a.e.g. (rubbed), orig. moulded papier-mache boards (minor chipping to corners), blind embossed morocco spine slightly frayed at head & foot, 8vo. Illumination designed by Owen Jones. McLean Victorian book design & colour printing p.92. (1)

Pamphlets. A collection of 157 pamphlets mostly relating to trade, commerce, politics, and theology etc., bound in 6 vols., late 17th - early 20th centuries, mostly comrising 19th & early 20th c. pamphlets, also including Conjugium Languens: or, the Natural, Civil, and Religious Mischiefs Arising from Conjugal Infidelity and Impunity, by Castamore (pseud.), London: printed by R. Roberts, 1700, 28pp., lacking D4 (blank?); Feed my Lambs, or, a Small Systeme of Divinity Minced into a Catechism, and Fitted for the Instruction of Children and young Beginners in Christianity... by J.D. M. of A., London: Samuel Richards, 1686, 12pp.; The Tea-Table: or, a Conversation between some Polite Persons of both Sexes, at a Lady`s Visiting Day..., by Mrs. Eliza Haywood, 1725, 51pp., ink inscription to title; Abridgment of Sir T. Fowell Buxton`s Work on the African Slave Trade and its Remedy, with an Explanatory Preface and an Appendix, 1840, 68pp.; Caste and Slavery in the American Church. By a Churchman [i.e. John Jay], New-York & London: Wiley & Putnam, 1843, 51pp., original wrappers with presentation bookplate to Wigan Free Public Library by the Trustees of the British Museum, March 1890, some dust-soiling and few blind library stamps throughout volumes, early 20th c. half morocco (2 vols.) and full cloth, spines detached (some lacking), worn, thick 8vo (6)

Perkins (John). A Profitable Booke of Master John Perkins, Fellow of the Inner Temple. Treating of the Lawes of England, pub. Richard Tottell, [1593], black letter text throughout, publication date to colophon, with early ink signatures `John Smith, 1620, Robert Clarke & John Vaughan` to free endpapers and with 20th c. blind ownership stamp, some dampstaining (mostly light), contemp. sheep with blind arabesque to centre of each board, joints cracked and wear at head & foot, small 8vo. STC 19639. This work by the legal writer John Perkins (d.1545?) was first published in c.1560. The Profitable Book was intended as a supplement to Littleton`s Tenures, dealing mainly with points of conveyancing which were not to be found in Littleton. (1)

Priestley (Joseph). Letters for Dr. Horne, Dean of Canterbury to the young men, who are in a course of education for the Christian Ministry..., Birmingham: printed for the author, 1787, some offsetting, scattered spotting and occassional small marks, errata pasted onto blank b1, bookplate for David Arthur Palin to upper pastedown, 20th century black half calf, blind stamped decoration, contrasting spine label, 8vo, together with, Tracts in Controversy with Bishop Horsley, London Unitarian Society, 1815, scattered spotting and some toning, near contemporary half calf, a little rubbed, 8vo plus,Institutes of Natural and Revealed Religion, 2 vols., 4th ed., G. Stower, 1808, some offsetting and occasional pencil marginalia, modern brown cloth, plus other Priestley related titles (9)

Scott (Sir Walter). Waverley Novels, 48 volumes, Edinburgh: Cadell & Company, 1829-1833, engraved frontispieces, engraved titles, scattered spotting, contemporary half calf, blind-stamped and gilt decorated spines, contrasting morocco labels, lightly rubbed, 12mo, together with The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French, 9 volumes, Edinburgh: Cadell & Co., 1827, marginal worming to volume one, some light spotting, contemporary half calf, blind-stamped and gilt decorated spines with green morocco labels, a little worn and scuffed, 8vo, plus Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, 7 volumes, Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1832-1833, engraved portrait frontispiece, facsimile letter, some offsetting and scattered spotting, contemporary half calf, blind stamped decoration to spine, a little rubbed and slightly scuffed, 8vo (63)

Sylvester (Charles, engineer). The Philosophy of Domestic Economy; as Exemplified in the mode of Warming, Ventilating, Washing, Drying, & Cooking, and in Various Arrangements contributing to the Comfort and Convenience of Domestic Life, Adopted in the Derbyshire General Infirmary, and more Recently, on a Greatly Extended Scale, in Several other Public Buildings, Newly Erected in this Country..., Nottingham: printed by H. Barnett, 1819, engraved frontispiece, ten engraved plates (including floor plans and diagrams), erratum slip present, bound with Watson (White), A Delineation of the Strata of Derbyshire, Forming the Surface from Bolsover in the East to Buxton in the West, by a Plate, Designed from a Tablet, Composed of the Specimens of each Stratum within the above Line, with a Explanatory Account of the same; together with a Description of the Fossils found in these Strata; and also of the Nature and Quality of the respective Soils, Sheffield: printed by W. Todd, 1811, folding engraved plate of a section of strata, engraved plate depicting the first vase made of Derbyshire Spar (Blue John), bound with Pegge (Rev. Samuel), Sketch of the History of Bolsover and Peak Castles, in the County of Derby... in a Letter to His Grace the Duke of Portland..., Forming no. XXXII of the Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica, London: J. Nichols, 1785, seven engraved plates after drawings by Hayman Rooke (including frontispiece), some spotting and occasional offsetting throughout, contemporary gilt and blind decorated calf, spine & extremities rubbed, 4to. The first title ÒDomestic EconomyÓ is dedicated to William Strutt (1756-1830), who invented much of the equipment in Derby Infirmary. This volume was probably his own copy as it bears the bookplate of his son Edward Strutt (1801-1880) who became the 1st Baron Belper. Edward Strutt was a British Liberal Party politician, who served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1852 to 1854 under Lord Aberdeen. (1)

Boyle (Robert). An Essay of the Great Effects of even Languid and Unheeded Motion, whereunto is annexed an Experimental Discourse of some little observed Causes of the Insalubrity and Salubrity of the Air and its Effects, Sam Smith, 1960, cancel title and sub-title, collates according to Fulton, with I7-8 blanks lacking (as often), short closed tear to head of H6, occasional offsetting, small mark or minor stain, bookplate for G. P. Starkie to upper pastedown, 18th century speckled calkf, blind-stamp decoration, red morocco spine label, a little rubbed at extremities, 8vo. Fulton 165. (1)

Despiau (L.). Select Amusements in Philosophy and Mathematics; Proper for agreeably exercising the Minds of Youth, Translated from the French of M.L. Despiau..., with Several Corrections and Additions, Particularly a Large Table of the Chances or Odds at Play, The whole recommended as an useful Book for Schools, by Dr. Hutton, Professor of Mathematics, at Woolwich, 1st English edition, London: for G. Kearsley; Bell and Bradfute; and Brash and Reid, by W. Glendinning, 1801, spotting and dust-soiling mostly to title, mid 19th c. half calf, gilt and blind decorated spine, extremities slightly rubbed, 12mo. The first French edition was published in London in 1799 under the title Choix d` amusements physiques et mathematiques. The volume contains a large collection of mathematical and physical curiosities, including chapters on arithmetic ÒTo arrange 30 criminals in such a manner as to save 15 of them, &c.Ó, ÒA lady lamenting that her age was triple that of her daughterÓ, Palingenesy Ò... the art of reviving the dead and making the image of a deceased person appear in a glass jarÓ, and amusing secrets ÒTo make people in a room have a hideous appearanceÓ. (1)

Smith (Robert). A Compleat System of Opticks in Four Books, viz. A Popular, A Mathematical, A Mechanical, and a Philosophical Treatise, 2 vols., 1st ed., Cambridge, 1738, subscribers list, eighty-three folding engraved diagrammatic plates (complete), a few minor tears/splits mostly to first few plates (one plate torn to lower margin with slight loss to ruled border), a few ink marks and minor marginal browning, contemporary blind-panelled calf, recently rebacked, morocco title labels, 4to. Babson 161. A Compleat System of Opticks was an influential work on the subject. It includes Jurin`s Essay upon Distinct and Indistinct Vision at end of vol. 2. Smith was the founder of Smith`s prizes at Cambridge, which was awarded to two or more students each year for the greatest progress in mathematics and natural philosophy. The prize was awarded every year from 1769 to 1998 (except 1917). (2)

Slatin Pasha (Rudolph C.). Fire and Sword in the Sudan, a personal narrative of fighting and serving the Dervishes, 1879-1895, translated by Major F. R. Wingate, illustrated by R. Talbot Kelly,, Edward Arnold, 1896, presentation inscription and author's signature to half title, black and white portrait frontispiece, two folding colour maps, twenty-one black and white plates, occasional spotting or slight mark, bookplate for Sir Francis Wingate to upper pastedown, original gilt decorated cloth, slightly scuffed and stained, thick 8vo, together with Bent (J. Theodore), The Sacred City of the Ethiopians, Longmans, Green and Co., 1893, black and white frontispiece with tissue guard, black and white illustrations to text, some spotting, original publisher's guilt decorated cloth, a litle scuffed to spine and corners slightly bumped, 8vo, plus, Stigand (Chauncey Hugh), Equatoria, The Lado Enclave, Constable & Company, 1923, half-title, black and white portrait frontispiece, two folding maps, some scattered spotting, original cloth, rubbed and stained, 8vo, plus Alford (Henry and W. Dennistoun Sword), The Egyptian Soudan, Its Loss and Recovery, Macmillan and Co., 1898, original gilt cloth, a little scuffed, 8vo, plus Lindley (Augustus F.), Adamantia, The Truth about the South African Diamond Fields, Collingridge, 1873, ex library copy, original blind-stamped and gilt cloth, joints cracked, rubbed, 8vo, plus other Africa related (7)

After Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887-1976) "The Football Match" a signed artists proof, also bearing the blind stamp for the, Henry Donn studio, numbered 302/850, from a pencil drawing, black and white reproduction, 26.5 x 37.5 cm May be subject to artist resale rights.

Alken (Henry). The Beauties & Defects in the Figure of the Horse Comparatively Delineated in a Series of Coloured Plates, pub. S. & J. Fuller, [1816], etched title-page and 18 hand-coloured etched plates, some dust and finger soiling, occasional spotting, hinges repaired, contemporary calf, gilt and blind decoration to boards incorporating an ecclesiastical embossed design to centre of each board, rebacked preserving original spine, corners repaired, extremities slightly rubbed and worn, large 8vo in 4s, together with Green (Valentine), The Survey of the City of Worcester, Containing, the Ecclesiastical and Civil Government Thereof... , pub. Worcester, 1764, 14 engraved plates (some folding), one folding plan, occasional offsetting, margins of first and last few leaves browned, front free endpaper, contemporary calf, boards detached, lacking title label to spine, worn, 8vo, with Milton (John), Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books... , revised by John Hawkey, Dublin: S. Powell, 1747, contemporary ownership signatures to upper blank margin of title, occasional annotations to margins, some dust soiling, contemporary calf, upper board detached and lacking title label to spine, some wear, 8vo, and Jones (Griffith), A Further Account of the Progess of the Circulating Welsh Charity-Schools, in a Letter to a Friend, 1740, bound with Cave (John), An Epistle to the Inhabitants of Gillingham, in the County of Dorset: Wherein is a Looking-Glass for the Faithful, to show them that their Names were written in the Lamb`s Book of Life, Before the Foundation of the World... , 2nd edition, Brecknock, 1787, some dust soiling and marginalia mostly to title, bound with [Benjamin, Francis], The Socinian Champion; Or, Priestleyan Divinity: A Poem by Philochristos... , printed for the author, by T. Bensley, 1788, ink erased inscription to title, final leaf detached and creased, bound with two other pamphlets including one defective, some staining and a few marks, dust soiled throughout, contemporary calf, rubbed and some wear, 8vo, plus other miscellaneous antiquarian and 20th-century books including The Golfer`s Manual, Being an Historical and Descriptive Account of the National Game of Scotland by `A Keen Hand`, originally published in 1857 and now reprinted with an Introduction by Bernard Darwin, The Dropmore Press, 1947, wood-engraved frontispiece and vignette illustrations, edges untrimmed, original quarter cloth, 8vo (limited edition 575/750) (a carton)

Pease (A.E.). The Book of the Lion, John Murray, 1913, black and white frontispiece, further black and white illustrations to text, scattered spotting, original red cloth, gilt decoration, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with Morris (Rev. F. O.), A History of British Butterflies, 5th ed., George Bell & Sons, 1870, numerous colour plates, hinges repaired, later faux-leather, 8vo, plus Brown (Thomas), The Book of Butterflies, Sphinxes and Moths, 2 vols., Edinburgh: Constable, 1832, numerous colour plates, crude repairs to initial blanks, contemporary green calf, blind stamped decoration, upper board of volume two detached, 12mo, plus other natural history titles and prints (a carton)

Caird (Edward). The Critical Philosophy of Immanuel Kant, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, Glasgow: James McIlhose & Sons, 1909, occasional pencil marginalia, light scattered spotting, some toning to initial and final leaves, edges untrimmed, original blue cloth gilt, very slightly rubbed to extremities, 8vo, together with Hamilton (William), Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic, 4 volumes, mixed editions, Edinburgh, Blackwood & Sons, 1866-1811, slight scattered spotting, front free endpaper to volume 3 lacking, ownership inscriptions to upper pastedowns, original blind-stamped cloth gilt, a little rubbed with a few minor marks, boards of volume 3 a little damp stained, 8vo, plus Campbell Fraser (Alexander), An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke, Collated and Annotated, 2 volumes, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1894, b & w frontispiece, occasional marginalia throughout, slight scattered spotting, original blue cloth, a little worn, slightly bumped to spine, 8vo, plus other philosophy titles, including Brownson`s Works, 20 volumes, and others, mostly 8vo, mainly original cloth (3 shelves)

Stothard (C.A.). The Monumental Effigies of Great Britain, printed for the author, 1817, large paper copy, numerous hand-coloured plates, original half morocco, gilt decorated spine, rubbed, spine faded, folio, together with Baker (Arthur and Herbert Baker), Plas Mawr, Conway, N. Wales, Farmer & Sons, 1888, numerous black and white plates, some toning, gutta percha perished, original cloth gilt, spine deteriorated, boards stained and faded, folio, plus Meyrick (Samuel Rush), Heraldic Visitations of Wales and Part of the Marches, vol. II., Llandovery: William Rees, 1846, black and white frontispiece, titles printed in red and black, contemporary ownership inscription in ink to title page, ink marginalia, numerous wood engraved blank shields to text, original blind-stamped cloth, joints cracked, rubbed and a little fraying, folio, plus Caernarvonshire Deeds in the Brogyntyn Collection, unpublished report undertaken by Colin Gresham, 1969 (4)

Gedney (Charles William). Angling Holidays in pursuit of Salmon, Trout and Pike, 1st ed., Bromley: Telegraph Printing Works, 1896, numerous black and white plates, occasional small mark or stain, original blind-decorated cloth, gilt decorated spine, spine somewhat faded, a little rubbed and some fraying, 8vo, together with Gingrich (Arnold ed.), The Gordon Garland; A Round of Devotions by His Followers, limited 831/1500, New York: The Theordore Gordon Flyfishers, 1965, black and white portrait frontispiece, five plates, ownership inscription to half title, edges untrimmed, original quarter morocco, worn, contained within slipcase, 8vo, plus, Barrington (Charles George), Seventy Years` Fishing, Smith, Elder & Co., 1906, black and white frontispiece, scattered spotting and some offsetting, edges untrimmed, bookplate to upper pastedown, original cloth, gilt decorated, a little rubbed, 8vo, plus Harris (J. R.), The New Naturalist: An Angler`s Entomology, Collins, 1952, numerous illustrations (many in colour), ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original cloth in d.j., jacket torn to spine, 8vo (4)

An early 20thC mahogany bookcase, the top with a moulded edge above a blind thread frieze with four glazed doors on cabriole legs with ball and claw feet, 183cm wide.

Mid 20th century oak glazed bookcase cabinet with centre blind panel door on bulbous legs and stretchers.

20th century pitch pine blind panelled cupboard with fitted shelves and glass knob handle.

Victorian mahogany sideboard with centred drawer and blind panelled carved doors.

Reproduction flamed mahogany blind panelled cocktail cabinet on bracket feet.

Early 20th century foliate carved blind panelled mahogany bedside cabinet.

Mid 20th century oak single door blind panelled wardrobe.

A 1920s mahogany standing corner cupboard, in the Chinese Chippendale taste, with blind fret cut decoration, and having an astragal bar glazed door, raised on square tapered legs. H: 176cm W: 76cm

Edwardian silver pedestal rose bowl with crinkle rim, the body with pressed C-scroll decoration with central blind cartouches to stepped pedestal base, Sheffield 1904, 14cm diameter, 6oz approx.

After William Russell Flint, The Mirror, signed, colour print, with blind stamp, 27cm x 46cm.

Late Victorian mahogany longcase clock, arched brass dial, signed Pearce & Sons, Leicester, with subsidiary second dial, chime/silent on Whittington/Westminster dials, blind fretwork decoration, silver chapter ring, three chain movement, striking on nine gongs, the case with carved decoration, height 245cm (excluding ball and claw feet).

GUSTAVUS II ADOLPHUS: (1594-1632) King of Sweden 1611-32, known as `The Lion of the North`, regarded as one of the greatest military commanders of all time and credited as the founder of Sweden as a Great Power. Rare D.S., Gustavus Adolphus, as King, one page, folio, Army Camp at Berson (near Kokenhusen, present day Latvia), 6th December 1625. The manuscript document is an Order to the General Quarter Master of the field army to secure sufficient provisions of food for the troops and ordering supplies for Gerdt Didrichsson, Master of the Stables, of hides, alum, salt, tallow, nails for shoeing horses etc., and money to also be made available. Signed by the King at the foot. With integral address leaf bearing a blind embossed paper seal. An attractive and clean document, VG The present document is signed shortly before the King`s significant victory in the Battle of Wallhof on 7th January 1626, fought between Sweden and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

MAY-LING SOONG: (1898-2003) Madame Chiang Kai-Shek. First Lady of the Republic of China 1948-75. Brief T.L.S., May Ling Soong Chiang, one page, 4to, Chungking, Szechuan, 6th December 1943, to Sir Frederic Eggleston of the Australian Legation, on the blind embossed printed stationery of the Headquarters of the Generalissimo. May-Ling writes, in full, `I am sending you a sample of Turkish Delight and Egyptian dates which I hope you will like`. Two file holes to the left edge and a couple of small staple holes to the upper left corner, none of which affect the text or signature, otherwise VG Sir Frederic Eggleston (1875-1954) Australian Diplomat, Lawyer, Politician & Author.

Late 19th/early 20th Century British. A view of a cottage, watercolour on paper. ESK blind stamp, 32x22 cm, f/g.

After Helen Bradley, an Edwardian park with figures and children, duck pond to the fore. A pencil signed print with blind stamp, 30 x 30cm in gilt composite glazed frame.

After Rob Sanders, Ullswater and Clumber Park. A pair of prints, each pencil signed and numbered with blind stamp, with Certificates of Authenticity, 49 x 59cm in cotemporary blue painted frames.

A mid-18th century style mahogany serpentine chest, of four long graduated drawers within blind carved canted corners, mid-20th century, w.91cm, d.51cm, h.81cm

# A one page folio granting the Dignity of Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order to Frederick Donald Fox Esq.', given at St James's 12th June 1999, signed by the Queen Mother in her capacity as Grandmaster and bearing facsimile signature of Queen Elizabeth II, with blind embossed seal upper left, framed and glazed

A Chinese celadon jade archers ring, engraved with bands of script and in jade box, the cover carved in relief with a coiled dragon, h.6cm, all housed in hardwood box blind carved with script

A George III mahogany secretaire chest-on-chest, the upper section having blind carved canted corners, the base with fitted secretaire drawer above three further long graduated drawers, w.115cm, h.191cm, d.53cm