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[VICTORIA]: (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom Great Britain & Ireland 1837-1901. An original printed oblong 8vo ticket for the Coronation of Queen Victoria, issued by the Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal, to Mr. Grisdale, allowing admittance to the South Door, Poets Corner of Westminster Abbey on 28th June 1838. The attractively printed invitation, featuring a crowned monogram at the head and blind embossed seal, is numbered 604. The Coronation of Queen Victoria was a relatively small ceremony, thus making invitations scarce. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, about VG

GEORGE V: (1865-1936) King of the United Kingdom 1910-36. D.S., George R I, as King, at the head, one page, oblong folio, Court of St. James, 16th June 1931. The partially printed document approves the appointment by the President of Argentina for William George Rogers Dunstan to serve as Vice-Consul at Manchester. Countersigned at the foot by Arthur Henderson (1863-1935, British Politician, Foreign Secretary 1929-31, Nobel Peace Prize winner 1934). With blind embossed seal. Some light staining, extensive around the edges of the document, affecting Henderson`s signature, but not the King`s. Together with a military commission bearing a rubber stamped signature of Queen Elizabeth II, 1976. FR to G, 2

GEORGE V: (1865-1936) King of the United Kingdom 1910-36. D.S., George R I, as King, at the head, one page, folio, Court at Saint James`s, 3rd June 1935. The partially printed document grants the Dignity of a Companion (Military division) of the Order of the Bath to Major-General Charles William Macleod, Director of Supplies and Transport at the War Office. Countersigned at the foot by Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught (1850-1942, Son of Queen Victoria) in his capacity as Great Master. With blind embossed seal. Both signatures are a little faded, although remain completely legible. Horizontal fold at centre, only very slightly affecting a few letters of text. Framed and glazed in a plain black frame to an overall size of 13 x 15.5. About VG

MARY: (1867-1953) Queen Consort of the United Kingdom. An unusual vintage signed 12.5 x 15.5 photograph, the image depicting Queen Mary standing in a full length pose at the side of a table. Seated at the table is a young blind girl who reads Braille from one of the books before her. Signed (`Mary R`) in dark fountain pen ink to the lower photographer`s mount and dated 14th February 1923 in her hand. Some slight creasing to one upper corner, otherwise VG Queen Mary served as a Patron for the National Institute for the Blind.

NICHOLAS II: (1868-1918) Emperor of Russia 1894-1917. A very fine signed 9 x 13 photograph showing the Tsar standing in a three quarter length pose in uniform. In one hand he holds a pair of white gloves, and the other hand rests on a table at his side. Photograph by Boissonnas and Eggler and bearing their blind embossed stamp to the lower mount. Signed by the Emperor in English (`Nicholas`) in bold fountain pen ink to the lower photographer`s mount and dated 1914 in his hand. Rare. Some very slight silvering to the extreme edges of the image and a very few minor creases to the base of the mount. VG

MARLBOROUGH DUKE OF: (1650-1722) John Churchill. English Soldier and Statesman. D.S., Marlborough, one page, folio, Office of Ordnance, 24th December 1714. The manuscript document is addressed to Thomas Erle, Lieutenant General of His Majesty`s Ordnance, and states that it has been thought necessary `for the better expediteing his Matys. Service….that fifty qualifyd and able persons should be entertaind by this Office….to serve & provide Lighters and great and Small Boates at Woolwich to carry Guns, Carriages, Shot, and other Stores of Warr from thence to Tower Wharf, Deptford, Greenwich, Galleons, Longreach, Gravesend, Hope, Buoy of the Nore, Sheerness, Chatham or Elsewhere as Occassion shall require` and appointing Stephen Anthony and James Swift to the Office. Signed by Marlborough in dark ink at the conclusion. With blind embossed paper seal affixed (cracked). Some age wear at the folds (particularly evident to the central horizontal fold, just affecting the text) and minor areas of paper loss at the edges and corners, not affecting the text or signature. Neatly mounted, G

HITLER ADOLF: (1889-1945) Fuhrer of the Third Reich 1934-45. D.S., A Hitler, one page, 4to, Berchtesgaden, 24th October 1936, in German. The partially printed document, issued in The Name of the Reich, appoints Lieutenant-Colonel Toussaint, Commander of the First Battalion of the 19th Infantry Regiment, to be the Military and Air Attaché with the German Embassies in Prague and Bucharest and to be based in Prague, from 1st November 1936. It is also stated that he will wear the uniform of the War Ministry of the Reich. Boldly signed in dark fountain pen ink by Hitler at the conclusion in his capacity as Fuhrer and State Chancellor. Countersigned at the foot by Werner von Blomberg (1878-1946) German Generalfeldmarschall, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Erhard Milch (1892-1972) German Generalfeldmarschall, oversaw the development of the Luftwaffe, and one other. With blind embossed seal featuring the Nazi Eagle and Swastika. Two file holes to the left edge, not affecting the text or signature, VG

BRAUN EVA: (1912-1945) German Companion and, briefly, wife of Adolf Hitler. Rare A.L.S., Eva Braun, on two sides of her personal blind embossed monogrammed oblong 8vo correspondence card, Obersalzberg, 14th April 1937, to her friend [Hanni Morell], in German. Braun thanks her friend for her Easter card and remarks `Please don`t be angry with me for leaving it so long before sending you news.` She continues to inform Morell that she has been in the Obersalzberg mountains for the past fortnight with a girlfriend and asks what her plans are for Whitsun, commenting `perhaps something can…still be arranged. I would be so happy to see you again, but I believe our next gathering will be in Bavaria. How does that seem to you? Munich and the mountains are so beautiful, you know, especially, at Whitsun.` In concluding Braun sends her best wishes to Morell`s husband. A heavy vertical fold runs through the centre of the correspondence card, only lightly affecting the boldly penned text, which remains completely legible, and not affecting the signature. G Hanni Morell, a wealthy German actress, married Theodor Morell (1886-1948) in 1920. Theodor Morell was to become Adolf Hitler`s personal physician, and was well known in Germany for his unconventional treatments. It was Eva Braun who introduced Theodor Morell to Hitler during a party at the Berghof, near Berchtesgaden, in 1936. Morell`s wife was apparently unhappy when her husband accepted the job as Hitler`s personal physician.

HEYDRICH REINHARD: (1904-1942) German Nazi official, SS-Obergruppenfuhrer and Chief of the Reich Main Security Office 1939-42, Deputy Reich-Protector of Bohemia and Moravia 1941-42. Rare D.S., Heydrich, one page, folio, Berlin, 24th January 1939. The partially printed document, in German, appoints Walter Hess to be an assistant detective superintendent. Signed by Heydrich at the foot on behalf of the Reich Minister of the Interior. With blind embossed Nazi Eagle and Swastika seal. With blank integral leaf. Four central folds and two file holes to the left margin. VG

A late Victorian mahogany four poster bed, the blind fretwork carved cornice on reeded and leaf carved supports, with plain headboard, on square section legs with block feet and castors, 211cm high x 171cm wide x 214cm long

Muriel Fife Fairlie Abstract Scrolls Oil on panel, 51 x 52cm Selling on behalf of the Blind Association

PORCELAIN - A DOULTON LAMBETH STONEWARE JUG, the tapered body moulded in relief with blind fret lattice and floral decoration, chocolate brown neck and base, 20cm high

PRINTS - "AFTER DAVID SHEPHERD "First Light at Savuti", Limited Edition Colour Print, signed and numbered in pencil with blind stamp, published Solomon & Whitehead, 50cm x 80cm"

Detmold (Edward J., illust.). The Fables of Aesop, Hodder and Stoughton, [1909],. half-title present (foxed), twenty-three tipped-in col. plts., with captioned tissue guards, incl. frontis., cream moiré silk endpapers, t.e.g., recent mustard crushed morocco by the Cottage Bindery (signed on front turn-in), gilt wavy line roll decorated raised bands, gilt lettered direct in second and third compartments, remainder with central flower spray tool and volute cornerpieces, covers with gilt border of hound’s tooth roll and scrolling roll between single fillets, inner blind roll, upper cover with inset circular col. illust. of an owl and crescent moon, within a gilt frame, contained in tan cloth slipcase, 4to (1)

Golden Cockerel Press. The Country of the Blind 1939, by H.G. Wells, pub. 6th September, 1939,. wood engraved illusts. by Clifford Webb, t.e.g. remainder rough-trimmed, orig. vellum-backed cloth by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, 4to. Limited edition. Number 229 of 280 copies. Edward Hodnett, in Five Centuries of English Book Illustration (1988), considers the frontispiece to this book to be one of the finest wood engravings made during this period. (1)

Frasconi (Antonio, illust.). Bestiary/Bestiario. A Poem by Pablo Neruda, Translated by Elsa Neuberger, pub. Harcourt, Brace, New York, 1965, tipped-in colour frontispiece, signed in pencil by the artist, colour illustrations, original cloth-backed boards, slipcase (split along one fold), folio, limited edition, 262/300 copies signed by the artist and printer, together with Twelve Fables of Aesop, Newly Narrated by Glenway Wescott, pub. Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1954, b & w lino cut illustrations by Frasconi, original cloth-backed decorative boards, spine faded, slipcase, lightly rubbed, 4to, limited edition, 373/975 copies signed by artist, narrator and printer, with two others illustrated by Frasconi: The Snow and the Sun, 1961 and The Little Blind Goat, 1981. (4)

An early 20th Century oak bookcase, having rising, sliding and glazed door over cupboard doors, the base with further pair of rising, sliding doors and blind door on square moulded feet.

A late 17th Century oak bible box with hinged cover, having strapwork hinges, the front panel with floral blind fret carved decoration, 63.5cm (25") wide

AUGUSTE BROUET (1872-1941) Work outside the Romany caravan, 19/75, signed and numbered in pencil in the margin and with embossed blind stamp, etching, 5" x 9"; together with a further etching of a girl and father on horse and cart (2).

HELEN BRADLEY (1900-1979) `Big Bertha Comes to Lees`, signed in pencil in the margin and with blind stamps, coloured lithograph, 17 1/2" x 23 1/2", sold together with the book `The Queen Who Came to Tea` by Helen Bradley

Kaempfer (Engelbert). Amoenitatum Exoticarum Politico-Physico-Medicarum. Fasciculi V, Quibus Continentur Variae Relationes, Observationes & Descriptiones Rerum Persicarum et Ulterioris Asiae..., Lemgo, 1712, eng. frontis. (frayed to fore-edge), title printed in red & black with eng. illust., fifteen folding eng. plts. (inc. folding map) and sixty-three full-page eng. illusts. (one folding to lower edge, inc. 8 full-page woodcuts), eleven other smaller eng. & woodcut illusts. to text, occ. scattered spotting & browning, full-page illust. to leaf 4D4 torn with slight loss and repaired, contemp. vellum, blind arabesque to centre of each board, upper joint cracked, 4to. Armorial bookplate to verso of title of Alexander Home, 1st Earl of Home (c.1566-1619). Hunt 427. (1)

Paris. Paris sous Napoleon III (so titled on upper cover), n.d., pub. Lebrasseur & Dutot, c. 1860s, eighteen eng. plts., orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, rubbed and somewhat soiled, oblong 4to, together with Views of Paris, pub. Rock & Co., c. 1860s, fifty steel-eng. vign. views on twenty-five leaves, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, slim 8vo, plus A Map of the Kingdom of France according to the Treaty of Paris, November 20, 1815, Divided into Departments and Districts from the Map of M. Cassini de Theury, Sold by W. Faden, December 4, 1815, hand-col. eng. map, sectionalised on four sheets, overall size approx. 48 x 47 in (122 x 119cm) in orig. card slipcase, with a large collection of late 19th/early 20th c. Paris guides and maps, etc. (2 cartons)

Price (William). Journal of the British Embassy to Persia; Embellished with Numerous Views Taken in India and Persia: also, a Dissertaion upon the Antiquities of Persepolis, vol. 1 [all pub.], 2nd ed., 1825, fifty litho and eng. plts., blind library stamps mostly to fore-edge margins of plts., occ. minor scattered spotting and slight dust soiling, sewing broken and text block split into three parts, disbound, without covers, oblong folio. Wilson p.179. (1)

Scott (Captain R.F.). Scott’s Last Expedition, 2 vols., 3rd ed., 1913, photogravure portrait frontispiece to each, folding maps, coloured and b & w plates, blind embossed library stamp to half-titles and engraved bookplate to upper pastedowns, t.e.g., original blue cloth gilt, large 8vo (2)

Ackermann (Rudolph, pub.). A History of the University of Cambridge, its Colleges, Halls and Public Buildings, vol. 1 (of 2), 1815, eng. port. frontis., thirty-five hand-col. aqua. plts. (including the Founders’ plts.), correct as listed, mostly offset to text and all with small ink lib. stamp to an image corner within plt. impression, contemp. calf gilt, lib. label to pastedown and blind stamp to upper cover, plain antique-style calf reback and corner restoration, 4to. Abbey, Scenery, no. 80. (1)

Bartlett (W.H. & Beattie, William). The Ports, Harbours, Watering-Places and Coast Scenery of Great Britain, 2 vols., 1842, engraved frontis and half title to each, portrait of Queen Victoria to vol. 1, 120 (of 122) uncoloured engraved plts. (lacking Beriwck Lighthouse & Portsmouth Harbour entrance), some spotting and marginal finger soiling throughout, some damp staining to rear of vol. 1, contemp. blind panelled calf with gilt titles to spines, a little rubbed and worn, 4to, together with, Neale (John Preston & Shepherd Thomas & Britton John), Jones’ Views of the Seats, Mansions, Castles &c. of Noblemen & Gentlemen in England, Wales, Scotland & Ireland and other Picturesque Scenery, 1 vol. (only?), pub. Jones & Co., 1829, calligraphic title with eng. vignette and near contemp. manuscript ownership signature, 200 eng. views on 100 sheets, some spotting and staining throughout, marbled end papers, contemp. half morocco gilt, rubbed, frayed and worn, 4to (3)

Britton (John). The Architectural Antiquities of Great Britain Represented and Illustrated in a Series of Views, Elevations, Plans, Sections and Details of various Ancient English Edifices, vols.1 & 4 (only), 1807 & 1814, dec. half titles, 105 eng. plts., some spotting throughout, vol. 1 a.e.g., contemp. dec. blind stamped calf, gilt dec. spine, rubbed, worn and frayed, vol. 2 disbound, folio, together with, Hall (S.C.), The Baronial Halls and Ancient Picturesque Edifices of England...., vol. 1 (of 2), pub. Henry Sotheran & Co., 1881, thirty-six tinted litho. plts. (complete as list), occ. spotting throughout, some plates loose and shaken, a.e.g., contemp. half morocco gilt, rubbed and frayed, folio, with, Morris (Rev. F. O.), A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain, vols. 1, 3 (2 copies) & 4 only, n.d., c.1880, numerous chromolitho. plts., occ. spotting, a.e.g, orig. pubs. dec. cloth, rubbed and frayed, vol. IV disbound, 4to, plus approx. 175 loose plts, together with one other similar. Sold as a collection of prints, not subject to return. (8)

Morison (Douglas). Views of Haddon Hall, pub. Henry Graves & Co., 1842, dec. litho. title page, list of subscribers and dedication, twenty-five litho. plts. (complete as list), some spotting throughout, orig. qtr. morocco gilt, bumped and stained, folio, together with, Rayner (S.), The History and Antiquities of Haddon Hall, pub. Robert Moseley, Derby, 1836, title page, dedication and list of subscribers, thirty-two litho. plts. on india wove (correct as list), six extra litho. plts. not called for in list bound in at rear, some spotting throughout, contemp. half blind stamped dec. calf, upper board detached, spine loose and partially lacking, rubbed, frayed and worn, folio (2)

Morden (Robert). A collection of nineteen engraved maps, [1695 or later], uncoloured engraved maps, each with elaborate strapwork cartouche, occ. spotting and staining, two maps trimmed to plate mark, occ. marginal closed tears, two maps with library blind stamp, each approx. 350 x 420mm. The maps comprise of :- Monmouthshire, Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland, East Riding of Yorkshire, North Riding of Yorkshire, North Wales, Cambridgeshire, Cumberland, Cheshire, Derbyshire, Durham, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Northumberland, Suffolk, Westmorland and Wiltshire. (19)

* Cruikshank (George). The Mathew-Orama for 1824 - or - Pretty considerable d ___ d particuler Tit Bits from America - being all well at Natchitoches, pub. G.Humphrey, Apr. 15th. 1824, etching with aquatint on wove, original hand colouring, slight finger soiling to margins, 260 x 360mm, together with, Cruikshank (Robert), Blind man’s Buff, pub. C.Tregear. c.1824, aquatint on wove, original hand colouring, 230 x 290mm, with, Cruikshank (George), Barney Buntline and Billy Bowling, or The Advantages of being at Sea, pub. John Alvey Turner, n.d., c.1820, hand coloured etching, calligraphic titles below image, 4pp. (bifolium), printed musical notation to central leaves, paper size 370 x 260mm, with two similar examples (5)

* Snaffles (pseud. Charles Johnson Payne.). “If there is Paradise on Earth, It is This ! Its is This !! It is This !!!”, n.d., c.1932, colour print laid on to backing paper (as published), uncoloured remarque and title below image, crossed snaffle bit blind stamp and pencil signature to lower right corner, overall size 470 x 670mm, mounted (1)

Newlands (James). The Carpenter and Joiner’s Assistant, Blackie & Son., c.1850, 100 engraved plates, numerous wood engravings, spotting to endpapers, contemp. black half calf, rubbed, folio, together with Aesop. Fables of Aesop and other Eminent Mythologists, vol. 1 only (of 2), 1699, engraved portrait and separate frontispiece, contemp. mottled calf, later reback, folio, and Lemnius (Levinus), Occulta Naturae Miracula, Antwerp: Apud Guilielmum Simonem ad insigne Scuti Basiliensis, 1567, lacking engraved portrait and first 16 pp. including title, contemp. calf with distinctive blind-stamped stag motif to upper and lower covers, 8vo (3)

[Defoe, Daniel]. An Account of Some Remarkable Passages in the Life of a Private Gentleman; with Reflections Thereon. In Three Parts. Relating to Trouble of Mind, Some Violent Temptations, and a Recovery; in order to Awaken the Presumptuous, and Encourage the Despondent, 1st ed., 1708, appears to lack four prelims (a3-8), a few marks to title, a few minor marginal defects, contemp. blind-panelled calf, worn, 8vo [sometimes attributed to Dr. Thomas Woodcock], together with Woodforde (James), The Diary of a Country Parson: The Reverend James Woodforde, 1758-1796, edited John Beresford, 4 vols. (of 5), mixed eds., OUP, 1926-29, frontis. to each, orig. cloth with paper title label to spines, worn (spare labels tipped in at rear), 8vo, and other miscellaneous antiquarian (a carton)

Knight (Charles, ed.). The Arts and Industry of all Nations; Or Pictorial Gallery of Arts: Illustrating the Progress in Painting, Sculpture, Architecture (Civil and Ecclesiastical), Agriculture, Raw Productions, Manufactures, Trades, Etc., from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, 2 vols., c. 1860s, fifty steel-eng. plts., num. wood-engs., a.e.g., orig. blind-stamped and gilt-dec. cloth, a little soiled, minor wear to extremities, folio, together with The Building News and Engineering Journal, 4 vols., 1877, 1879 (Plates), 1881 & 1885, num. wood-engs., many double-page or folding, all contemp. half roan gilt, some minor wear, thick 4to, plus other miscellaneous books, mostly late 19th c. large-format, including a further bound volume of The Building News (Plates), 1874-86, four bound vols. of The Graphic, 1872, 1887 & 1897 (badly damp stained), three bound vols. of The Engineer, 1903 & 1905, several scrap albums, odd vols., etc. (8 cartons)

Lydekker (Richard). The Royal Natural History, 6 vols., London & New York, 1893-96, seventy-two chromos. with captioned tissue guards, num. wood-engs., a.e.g., contemp. olive half morocco gilt by Bickers & Son, a little rubbed and a few minor scratches, 4to, together with Francis (Francis), Hot Pot; Or, Miscellaneous Papers, 1st ed., 1880, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, rubbed and minor wear to extremities, 8vo (A Medley of Angling Stories and Reminiscences), with other natural history (a carton)

Morin (Jean). Antiquitates Ecclesiae Orientalis, Clarissimorum Virorum Card. Barberini..., dissertationibus epistolicis enucleatae, nunc ex ipsis autographis editae, 1682, ink annotation to title, contemp. calf, gilt dec. spine, joints, board edges and head & foot of spine worn, 8vo, together with Lapide (Cornelius Cornelii), R.P. Cornelii Cornelii a Lapide e Societate Jesu ... Commentaria in omnes Divi Pauli Epistolas, Editio novissima anterioribus auctior, & correctior, Venice, 1740, wood eng. illust. to title, front endpaper and initial four leaves with worm trail to centre of each leaf, contemp. pigskin over wooden boards, blind roll-work decoration, slight wear, clasps intact, folio, with Manuscript notebook, A volume of verse, reflections and notes collected together by Rachel L. Lambert, c.1930s, approx. 150pp. of manuscript written in black and blue ink, printed theological verse pasted-in, bookplate of Rachel Lowe Clopton (formerly Rachel Lowe Lambert) pasted to final leaf, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, contemp. gilt dec. sheep, with ‘Rachel L. Lambert Her Book’ applied in gold to upper board, spine and extrems. rubbed, 4to, (Rachel Lowe Lambert Lloyd Mellon was born in 1910. An American horticulturalist, gardener, philanthropist, fine arts collector and widow of the art collector and banking heir Paul Mellon), plus other misc. antiquarian, including odd volumes. Includes Walton (Izaak), The Complete Angler, 1925, contemp. Green calf by Sangorski &Sutcliffe, gilt dec. spine, 8vo, plus Wollaston (William), The Religion of Nature Delineated, 6th ed., 1738, eng. port. Frontis., contemp. calf, joints cracked, worn 4to (a carton)

Murphy (John). A Treatise on the Art of Weaving, with Calculations and Tables for the Use of Manufacturers, 9th ed., revised and enlarged, Glasgow, 1847, half-title present, eng. frontis., fourteen folding eng. plts. at rear (fore-edge of some plts. a little soiled and frayed), orig. cloth, soiled, minor wear to extremities, 8vo, together with Dolly’s Outfit. An Amusing and Instructive Work, Teaching Children how to Dress their Dolls, assisted by Cut-Out and Made-Up Patterns of each Article of Dress, by Cousin Nellie, 1872, wood-engs., orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, rubbed, slim 4to, with others on cutting and garment-making, trade catalogues, etc (2 cartons)

Vyner (R.T.). Notitia Venatica: A Treatise on Fox-Hunting. To which is added, a Compendious Kennel Stud Book, 1st ed., 1841, eight tinted litho. plts., three wood-engs. to text, correct as list, some minor scattered spotting, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, rubbed and a little soiled, together with Whitaker (Joseph), A Descriptive List of the Deer-Parks and Paddocks of England, 1st ed., 1892, frontis., t.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed and a trifle soiled, 8vo, plus The Sporting Magazine, 6 vols., 1851-56, steel-engs. non-matching contemp. half morocco gilt, some wear, 8vo, and others (a carton)

Carter (John). The Ancient Architecture of England, including the Orders during the British, Roman, Saxon, and Norman Eras ... new and improved edition with notes and copius indexes, by John Britton, 2 parts in one, pub. Henry G. Bohn, 1837, numerous b&w engs., ex. lib. copy with unobtrusive blind stamp to upper right hand corner of most plates, t.e.g., contemp. red. half morocco, gilt decorated spine, rubbed, tall folio, together with Abbey Square Sketch Book, vols. 1-3, pub. John Douglas, Architect, Chester, c. 1880s, numerous eng. plts., and ground plans, etc., ex. lib. copy with circular inkstamps to verso of most plates, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, tall slim, folio, with other with architectural folios and similar, all ex. lib. (2 cartons)

Measom (George). The Official Illustrated Guide to the Great Western Railway, including the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton, and Chester and Holyhead Lines, and Isle of Man, bound with The Official Illustrated Guide to the Bristol and Exeter, North and South Devon, Cornwall, and South Wales Railways, n.d., c. 1860s, steel-eng. frontis., wood-engs., num. commercial ads. at rear, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, worn on spine, thick 8vo, together with Pambour (Chev. F.M.G. de), A Practical Treatise on Locomotive Engines upon Railways... , 1st ed., 1836, half-title present, four folding engs. at rear, some spotting, contemp. half morocco, covered with self-adhesive plastic, 8vo, with others of railway interest, topography etc. including Batsford publications, King’s England series, etc. (3 shelves)

Murchison (Sir Roderick Impey). Siluria. A History of the Oldest Rocks in the British Isles and Other Countries, 4th ed., 1867, col. litho. frontis., wood-engs. to text, forty-one double-page uncol. litho. plts., 32 pp. publisher’s cat. at rear and folding map in rear pocket, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, worn, thick 8vo, together with Barton (Benjamin H. and Castle, Thomas), The British Flora Medica: A History of the Medicinal Plants of Great Britain, new ed., Revised, Condensed and Partly Re-Written, by John R. Jackson, 1877, num. hand-col. plts., ex-lib. copy with oval ink stamp to most plts., orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, rubbed and some minor wear to extremities, thick 8vo, with other miscellaneous books, including military and naval history, Bohn’s publications, etc., all ex-lib. copies with usual marks (4 shelves)

Vassa (Gustavus). The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, Written by Himself, 2 vols., 2nd ed., [1789], port. frontis. to vol. 1, list of subscribers, folding eng. plt. in vol. 2, contents spotted and generally finger soiled, a few unobtrusive circular blind stamps, contemp. boards, worn, 12mo, together with a 3rd ed. of the same work, 1784, plus A Memorial for the Present Age, and Information to Posterity, of the Loyalty, Patriotic Zeal, and Spirited Exertions of the Citizens of Bristol: Being an Account of the Cause, Rise, Progress, and Military Improvement of the Volunteers of the Said City. With a Correct List of the Names of Officers, and every Soldier of the Cavalry and Infantry, pub. Bristol, 1797, 65 pp., orig. marbled wrappers, some wear, slim 8vo, plus The Report of the Trials of the Rioters, at the Assizes Held at Warwick, August 20, 1791, Before the Right Hon. Mr. Baron Perryn... , Birmingham, [1791], 154 pp., some dust soiling, orig. boards, worn on spine, slim 8vo, and other miscellaneous antiquarian, mostly small-format multi-volume sets, all ex-lib. copies with usual marks (4 shelves)

Fielding (Henry). The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, 4 vols., 1768, contemp. sprinkled calf, rebacked, 12mo, together with Dickens (Charles), Master Humphry’s Clock, 3 vols., 1st ed., 1840-41, b & w illusts. by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne, orig. blind-stamped cloth, gilt-dec. spines, sl. frayed at head and foot of spines, tall 8vo, with other misc. antiquarian, mostly German language, mostly leather-bound (6 shelves)

Lysons (Rev. Daniel and Samuel). Magna Britannia; Being a Concise Topographical Account of the Several Counties of Great Britain, vol. 5 (Derbyshire), 1817, double-page eng. map, eng. plts., ex-lib. copy with unobtrusive blind stamp to upper right-hand corner, just affecting image of most plts., a.e.g., contemp. half calf gilt, worn, 8vo, together with Tunnicliffe (C.F.), Shorelands Summer Diary, 1st ed., 1952, num. wood-engs., orig. cloth in torn d.j., 4to, and other miscellaneous books, including antiquarian, illustrated works, gardening and natural history, several volumes of Punch, etc. (6 shelves)

Attributed to Edward Bird, RA, The blind harpist, oil on panel, 25cm x 20cm

A c.1920/30`s mahogany sideboard with moulded top rim above a bowed central section with 2 drawers and serpentine alcove, flanked by blind fret carved columns and 2 panelled doors, raised on square tapering and fluted legs with spayed feet (as viewed, evidence of a removed dresser back, 183cms wide)

A mid 20th century mahogany display book case with shallow moulded cornice above a blind fret carved frieze enclosed by a pair of astragal glazed doors revealing 3 adjustable wooden shelves with cloth back and raised on a plain rectangular stand with serpentine legs and shaped pad feet (123cms wide x 190cms high)

A mahogany library writing desk, in George III style, the rectangular moulded and black leather lined top with gilt tooled decoration, above three dummy frieze drawers to each side, the ends with a pair of real drawers, all with brass handles and escutcheons, the straight chamfered legs with chinoiserie blind fret carved decoration and pierced fretwork brackets, on moulded feet and brass castors, 79cm high, 183cm wide, 110.5cm deep. May have recently adapted elements.

A pair of carved stools, in 19th century style, each with a blind tooled leather saddle seat fixed with brass nailed scroll ends, the leaf carved Vitruvian scrolled sides with brass paterae studs, on splayed legs with leaf carved panels, 42.5cm high, 68.5cm wide

A late 19th century mahogany corner wall display cabinet having dentil and blind fret frieze over glazed door

CHARLES JOHNSON PAYNE (SNAFFLES) (1884-1967), "TALLY-HO BACK", lithograph in colours, signed in pencil, with "Snaffles bit" blind stamp. Platemark 25.5cm by 39cm

ARCHIBALD THORBURN (1860-1935), PHEASANTS IN FLIGHT IN WOODLAND & BLACK GROUSE AND GROUSE IN FLIGHT IN A WINTER LANDSCAPE, A PAIR OF COLOURED PRINTS, EACH SIGNED, with Fine Art Trade Guild blind stamp, published W.F. Embleton 1925, framed. Plate mark 36cm by 51cm

A DECORATIVE BRASS TABLE CLOCK, unusually cast as a bell, with top mounted carrying handle, the case decorated with blind fretwork and Latin inscriptions, circular dial with French two train spring driven movement striking on a gong. 30cm

George III mahogany housemaids cupboard with blind fretwork frieze to top, cupboards under and two short and one long drawer below, on bracket feet

Aristotle. Organum, quod Logicam, vol 1. only (of 4 of a complete edition), woodcut ornament to title, diagrams, head-pieces and initials, title with small hole to inner margin and several 17th century owneership inscriptions, o4 lower corner torn away, not affecting text, lightly browned, contemporary calf, upper cover with gilt centre-piece depicting the cruxifiction, lower cover with gilt armorial centre-piece, spine in compartments, spine ends and corners worn with loss, some worming, rubbed, [Adams A1751], Lyon, apud Ioannam Iacobi Iuntæ F., 1579 § Binding.- Sallustius Crispus (Gaius) De L.Sergii Catilinae coniuratione ac Bello Iugurthino historiæ, title with partially hand-coloured woodcut printer`s device and early ink ownership inscription, variant woodcut printer`s device to otherwise blank final f., occasional early ink marginalia and underlining, lower corner of title repaired, trimmed at head, trimmed at head, occasionally just touching the running title, a couple of small ink spots to preliminaries, attractive contemporary ornately blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, upper cover with initials `CCZ` and `1559`, 3 raised bands carefully removed, lightly soiled, rubbed, [Not in Adams], Antonius Vincentius, 1556, 16mo (2)

Mirandula (Octavianus) Illustrium Poetarum Flores, title within woodcut floral and foliage border, woodcut head-pieces, some worm holes or traces to second half, mostly marginal, but affecting the odd letter on several ff., but without loss of sense of text, handsome contemporary ornately blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, covers with large central portraits of a genetleman bearing arms, metal clasps (one lacking), soiled, [Not in Adams], 8vo, [Lyon], apud, Ioannem Tornesium, 1586.

Tossanus (Daniel) The Exercise of the faithfull soule:, edition with title page line 6 reading `manner`, with final blank Z2 sigs Y and Z loose, some staining (including title), worm traces to lower gutter of sigs. G&H, very small single worm hole to lower margin of all to sig.R., contemporary calf, blind-stamped arabesque centre-pieces, worn, [STC 24144.5], 8vo, Imprinted at Henrie Middleton for Henrie Denham, 1583. *** Rare. ESTC lists only 2 other copies (BL and Bodleian). It lists a further edition where line 6 of the title reads `maner`.

Barker (George) A comprehensive collection of first editions, comprising 35 items of poetry, 3 novels, 1 play and 3 other items, some items are inscribed or signed, overall very good condition, v.s., 1932. (42) *** "According to T.S. Eliot, the poet and author George Granville Barker (1913-1991) was a "very peculiar fellow". Eliot accepted Barker`s second volume of poetry for Faber and Faber in 1935 and offered necessary support. Barker`s first volume, Thirty Preliminary Poems, had been published by the Parton Press, run by David Archer at the Parton Street bookshop in Bloomsbury. Encouraged by Eliot and praised by W.B. Yeats, Barker was only in his twenties when he rose to prominence. Throughout the 1930s he tried to find a unique voice and to mark his position as a poet. The unsettling circumstances of the war, and arguably his own personality and emotional involvements, proved disruptive to his creativity. Barker moved from Japan to Canada, from California to New York and back to London. He formed a close relationship with the Canadian writer Elizabeth Smart whose point of view is conveyed in her 1945 poetic novel, By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept. The fifties and sixties appear to be chacterised by Barker`s erratic living arrangements. Barker wrote poetry and prose including the Guinness prize winner, View from a Blind I (1962), and fathered yet more children. Barker would finally settle down with the Scottish writer Elspeth Langlands and most of his later work is marked by an elegiac and meditative stance as well as an expressive delight in family life. Arguably, Barker`s inconsistencies mar his position as a poet which remains somewhat controversial." R.Fraser, The Chameleon Poet, 2001.

Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Hound of the Baskervilles, first separate edition, with A.L.s. from the author in envelope loosely inserted, discussing a visit to Galashiels and the American publishers Griffiths, 16 plates by Sidney Paget, some springing to gatherings, pencil inscription & blind-stamp on front endpapers, original cloth decorated in gilt & black, rubbed and frayed at spine and corners, some running of colour visible on endpapers, [Green & Gibson A26a], 8vo, 1902.

Italian School, 19th Century Blind man's buff above Rome oil on canvas 21 1/8 x 38¼ in. (53.7 x 97.2 cm.) View on Christie's.com