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An early 20th Century mahogany breakfront side cabinet decorated blind fretted friezes, on square fluted legs

A mid Victorian figured walnut side table in the French taste, the shaped rectangular top having a four quarter veneer with centre marquetry panel, crossbanding, the corners inset with leaf and flower marquetry displays, all above a blind frieze drawer, the whole with gilt metal mounts and raised on French cabriole supports, width 68cm

A late 19th century joined oak Wainscot type chair, the raised scrolling panelled back carved with acanthus leaf and mythical beasts, all within acanthus leaf capped square cut scroll arms on bobbin turned supports, panel seat, further blind carved frieze and raised on bobbin turned supports united by low square stretcher

A Victorian figured walnut games table, the rectangular top having satinwood and dark stained wood chess board top within scroll marquetry surrounds, having a single blind frieze drawer, the whole raised on double end slender turned and fluted supports, united by low turned and fluted stretcher, square cut acanthus leaf carved scroll feet with brass castors, width 71cm

A circa 1700 oak coffer, the rising planked lid on replacement ironstrap hinges above a three panel front with later blind carving, the whole raised on stile end supports, width 131cm

An antique oak Bible box of typical form, the front with later blind carving, the whole on later stand with spiral turned columns and low stretchers, width 70cm

An antique carved and joined oak panel back elbow chair in the Carolean style, the back with carved line mask issuing scroll leaves and mythical creatures, chair having square cut scroll arms and panel seat, blind carved frieze and raised on turned and square cut supports

A late Georgian mahogany bowfront sideboard in the manner of Gillows, the top having a reeded edge above a centre drawer, above a blind sunken drawer, flanked to the right with a single deep drawer disguised as two drawers and the left with single shallow drawer and cupboard, each drawer having unusual pressed brass sprung knobs and double cockbeading, all within reeded columns having pinched ends, the whole raised upon six turned and reeded tapering supports, width 193cm, depth 78cm

An Edwardian mahogany floor standing corner cupboard, with dentil pediment over a blind-fret frieze, the tracery glazed door enclosing four shelves, on bracket feet, 34" wide x 78" high

After William Russell Flint (20th Century), reclining nude, limited edition colour reproduction, numbered in pencil 708/850 with blind stamp, 16 1/2" x 23", gilt frame

A late 19th/early 20th century dark mahogany display cabinet in the Chippendale style, with arched moulded and beaded cornice and blind fret frieze, enclosed by 2 glazed doors with central glazed panel, the base with shell and acanthus carved decoration, scrolled brackets and square moulded legs, width 60", height 77" (illus)

An Edwardian Mantel Clock with German movement, steel and brass dial in figured walnut case with blind fret carved decoration, canted corners and scroll feet. 15 1/2" (39cms) high.

Spelman (Sir John) THE LIFE OF AELFRED THE GREAT, engraved portrait frontispiece, title vignette, discrete shelf mark to foot of spine but with no other library marks, contemporary ownership signature on title and occasional underlining, later half morocco over patterned boards, spine blind- and gilt-stamped, [Wing S-4934], 8vo, Oxford, 1709.

Travel Fontane (Marius) VOYAGE PITTORESQUE A TRAVERSE L'ISTHME DE SUEZ, 25 chromolithographed plates, tissue guards, some spotting, mainly marginal, lacking map, original blind- and gilt-stamped boards, worn, crudely rebacked, gutta percha perished, large folio, Paris, [1869].

Porcacchi (Thomaso) L'ISOLE PIU FAMOSE DEL MONDO, engraved title, 30 engraved maps in text, light to moderate damp staining, contemporary speckled calf, blind-stamped, folio, Venice, S. Galignani & G. Porro, 1572.

Tristram (Henry Baker) THE LAND OF ISRAEL; A JOURNAL OF TRAVELS IN PALESTINE, second edition, half-titles, 2 folding maps, 4 chromolithographed plates, 8 engraved plates, 1866; BONOMI (JOSEPH) Nineveh and its Palaces, second edition, g.e., 1853; and another, similar, bookplates on front pastedowns, contemporary calf and sheep, blind-stamped, spines gilt, morocco spine labels, 8vo (3).

A Victorian mahogany display cabinet, late 19th century, the dentil moulded cornice above blind fret work frieze over a pair of glazed doors enclosing shelves flanked by stop fluted columns upon tapering square section supports, 175 x 133 x 48 cm.

A 19th Century Prattware small circular Pot Lid “Blind Man’s Buff", 3" diameter

TERENTIUS (PUBLIUS) "Commoediae Sex." 2 Vols complete, ed Lindenbruch & Westerhove, 2 engr frontis, engr port, red and black titles, cont blind stamped vellum, thick 4to Hagne, Gosse 1726 vg.

A Royal Crown Derby twin-handled vase and cover, the mottled dark blue ground extensively gilded and enamelled with flowers and foliage, the shoulders and handles with gilt scrolling decoration, the cover with blind pierced gilt roundels and two tiered finial, on round base and eight feet, red printed mark to cover and base, 32.5cm high, (one handle restored)

Richard Hamilton b.1922- "Kent State",1970, Wad 75, Whitworth 31; sreenprint in colours, from the edition of 5000, on Schoeller Durex paper, published by Dorothea Leonhart, Munchen, printed at Dietz Offizin, Lengmoos, Bavaria, signed and numbered 556/5000 in pencil, bears publisher's blind stamp, in an aluminium frame, 71x100cm. See: pg 48 and 49 'The Prints of Richard Hamilton', Davison Art Center, Conneticut 1973 (may be subject to Droit de Suite)

Bernard Dunstan RA b.1920- Reclining female nude in a bedchamber; lithograph printed in colours, signed and numbered 72/195 in pencil, 38.3x35.2cm: Linda le Kinff b.1949- Female figure seated holding a flower; lithograph prionted in colours, signed and numbered 39/200 in pencil, 47.7x64.8cm: together with three hand-coloured etchings by David Suff b.1955 each signed, titled, numbered 95/150, bearing publisher's blind stamps and dated 1980, 15x10cm and 10x15cm., (5) (may be subject to Droit de Suite)

* Jacques Villon 1875-1963- "L'Italienne", after Amedeo Modigliani 1884-1920, publ by Berheim Jeune, 83 Faubourg St Honore, Paris, 1926; aquatint, signed within the plate, bears facsimile signature, numbered 32/200 in pencil, bears publisher's blind stamp, 49.5x30.5cm

Iranian Poetry.- NIZAMI: ISKANDERNAMEH, QAJAR IRAN, mid-19th century, Persian manuscript on paper, 264ff. with 12ll. of black nasta'liq, titles in red, miniatures in gouache within the text, blind-stamped morocco, rubbed, 22 x 17.5cm. NOTE: Please note that most lots of Iranian origin are subject to U.S. trade restrictions which currently prohibit their import into the United States. Similar restrictions may apply in other countries.

THE PROGRESS OF AN ESTATE IN SCOTLAND... 10 engraved plates, 7 hand coloured maps, a little light spotting, half-morocco, oblong folio, n.d. [c.1836]; BLACKS' TRAVELLING MAP OF ENGLAND, handcoloured in outline, a little light soiling and uniform browning, segmented, linen-backed, detached from boards, publisher's cloth, blind- and gilt-stamped, 12mo, n.d., [c.1920]; and 9 others, general, (11).

Billon (Francois de) LE FORT INEXPUGNABLE L'HONNEUR DU SEXE FEMENIN, 2 engraved vignettes on titles, 9 double-page illustrations, a few quires affected by damp-staining, contemporary ink inscription on front pastedown, contemporary calf, ruled in blind, gilt-stamped, with armorial crest, recornered, 4to, Paris, 1555.

Howard (Robert, Sir) FOUR NEW PLAYS, finger soiling to title, contemporary sheep, tooled in blind, worn, boards detached, [Wing H2995], folio, 1665.

An early 20th Century mahogany vitrine in a Chippendale pattern, the hinged and glazed top with blind fretwork detail over fret-cut square legs with rosette detail united by a conforming galleried stretcher shelf, 77cm wide by 77cm high.

An early 20th Century mahogany games table in the Georgian style, the fold-over top with canted corners with provision for candle stands above a blind fretwork detailed frieze and raised to acanthus carved legs with claw and ball feet, 84cm square when opened.

A baluster shaped mug: Snap Dragon (253) and Blind Man's Buff (246) brick red ground, gold line decoration,

Blind Man's Buff (246) 82mm

BY AND AFTER JAMES PRIDDEY RBSA, BRITISH (1916-1980) Port Isaac, North Cornwall, coloured etching, signed and titled in pencil to the margin, Warwick Gallery blind stamp, 23.5cms x 30.5cms

BY AND AFTER JAMES PRIDDEY RBSA, BRITISH (1916-1980) Pembroke Castle, coloured etching, signed and titled in pencil to the margin, Warwick Gallery blind stamp, 27.5cms x 36.5cms

Ortelius, Abraham[An epitome of Ortelius his theatre of the world... amplyfied with new mappes wanting in the Latin editions. London: Henry Swingenius for John Norton, 1602], first edition of the Epitome in English, 2 parts in one volume, oblong 8vo (110 x 145mm.), 125 engraved maps, contemporary calf, blind-stamped fillet around boards with heart motif in corners, lacking the title, dedication leaf torn in inner margin with loss of three letters, dedication leaf A2 and following leaf A3 (The Celestial Globe) cropped diagonally affecting headlines and first line of text of A3 verso, lightly dampstained from M2 onwards, a few light marks, without the final blank or cancel leaf, head and base of spine worn, small wormhole to upper board . Note: First English edition of Ortelius's Epitome. The first English edition of 1602 is dedicated to Mr. Richard Gargrave, who was knighted by King James in 1603. "These two little books were the earliest world atlases to be published in England and the earliest world atlases with English text" (R.A. Skelton, "Bibliographical Note" in Abraham Ortelius The Theatre of the Whole World. Amsterdam, 1968). The maps were engraved by Philip Galle after the maps in Ortelius's Theatrum of 1570, this edition being printed by Hendrik Swing (Swingenius) for the London bookseller, John Norton, the same person who published, in partnership with John Bill, the Theatrum in 1606. Koeman III, Ort 62; Phillips, Atlases 418; van der Krogt 332:31

Essex House Press - Wordsworth, William. Intimations of immortality... London: Essex House Press, 1903, 8vo, number 23 of 150 copies on vellum, colour frontispiece, original vellum gilt, blind stamped on upper board

Scots Law - Institutional Writers. Bell, George Joseph. Principles of the law of Scotland. Tenth edition, revised by William Guthrie. Edinburgh: Clark, 1899. 4to., with the signature of Andrew Shearer, father of the Rt. Hon Lord Avonside; Bell, George Joseph. Commentaries on the laws of Scotland. [Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1870]. Seventh edition, 2 volumes, 4to., lacking titlepage and some preliminaries, volume 1 misbound as volume 2; Hume, David, Baron. Commentaries on the law of Scotland … with a supplement by Benjamin Robert Bell. Edinburgh: Bell & Bradfute, 1844. 2 volumes, 4to; Erskine, John, of Carnock. An institute of the law of Scotland: a new edition by James Badenach Nicolson. Edinburgh: Bell & Bradfute, 1871. 2 volumes, 4to.; Stair, Sir James Dalrymple, Viscount. The Institutions of the law of Scotland … new edition with notes and illustrations by John S. More. Edinburgh: Bell & Bradfute, 1832. 2 volumes, 4to., with the small blind stamp of J.C. McCaig, Writer, Stranraer on the titlepages, uniformly bound in modern quarter red morocco, cloth boards, some joints a little rubbed. (9)

Astley, Thomas. A new general collection of voyages and travels... comprehending every thing remarkable in its kind in Europe, Asia, Africa and America. London: for Thomas Astley, 1745-47, 4to, 4 volumes, 221 [of 231] plates and maps, contemporary calf gilt, rebacked, rubbed at edges, bookplate and blind-stamp [on title] of the Royal Forth Yacht Club in each volume (4) . Note: Despite the title, the work was never completed, neither Europe nor Africa being published.

Cunningham, Alexander. Ladak, physical, statistical and historical. London: W.H. Allen, 1854, first edition, 8vo, folding engraved map hand-coloured in outline laid down on linen as issued, 31 plates (16 coloured), publisher's blue blind-stamped cloth, some light spotting, textblock split, hinges weak, head and tail of spine worn, some spotting, chiefly to lower board . Provenance: Robert Price 1858; J.E.R. Oldfield; and later inscription on endpapers

Camden (William). Britannia, Newly Translated into English: with large additions and improvements, 1st ed. of Edmund Gibson's translation, 1695, eng. port. frontis. by R. White, eight single-page plts. of coins and antiquities, fifty double-page eng. county maps by Robert Morden (two folding), few eng. illusts. to text, two small oval ink stamps to title, few minor marks and slight dust soiling to margins, later endpapers, 19th c. brown morocco with blind roll-work dec. to boards, rebacked (with note to front endpaper 'binding repaired Sept 1920 by the bookbinder of the British Museum'), extrems. rubbed, folio.. Wing C359; Chubb CXIII. (1)

Cary (John). Cary's Traveller's Companion, or, a Delineation of the Turnpike Roads of England and Wales..., 1819, eng. title (browned at blank margins), advertisement & contents leaves, forty-two (of 43) maps hand-col. in outline, lacking folding map of Yorkshire, 4pp. pubs. ads. at rear, recent blind-panelled calf, sm. 8vo, together with Cary's New Itinerary..., 1812, large folding map, with left-hand margin (incl. border) excised and re-joined on verso, six folding eng. maps, ink stamp to title-page, some browning, upper hinge split, contemp. straight-grained calf, rubbed, spine torn at head with loss, joints cracked, 8vo (2)

Pennant (Thomas). Mr. Pennants History of London, Westminster, and Southwark..., 2 vols., 1814, EXTRA ILLUSTRATED with 224 engs. (inc. many portraits), some slight browning and slight offsetting to few pages, a.e.g., contemp. straight-grain morocco, gilt dec. spines and blind roll work dec. to board edges, 4to (2)

Fore-edge painting. Rhodes (E.), Peak Scenery, or Excursions in Derbyshire: Made Chiefly for the Purpose of Picturesque Observation, 4 parts in one, 1818-23, twenty-nine eng. plts. (complete) by W.B. & G. Cooke, after F.L. Chantrey, some foxing to plts., hinges split, a.e.g., contemp. morocco, elaborately dec. in gilt and blind, rubbed, 4to. With contemp. fore-edge landscape painting of a wide river with mountains, buildings and figures, presumably the Peak District. (1)

Wood (John George). The Principal Rivers of Wales Illustrated; consisting of a Series of Views from the Source of each River to its Mouth. Accompanied by Descriptions, Historical, Topographical, and Picturesque, 2 vols., Printed for the Author, by T. Bensley, 1813, with four folding coloured maps, and 157 sepia-tinted soft-ground etched plates by Wood, twenty-four of which are double-page, including two not called for in the Directions to the Binder, 3-page list of Subscribers present in Vol. 1, some browning in the wide margins of the text, mid-19th century green hard-grained morocco, sides with wide decorative borders in gilt and blind, spines gilt in compartments between double raised bands, very slightly rubbed at extremeties, a.e.g., 4to (2)

Davies (Henry). The Stranger's Guide through Cheltenham; containing an Account of its Mineral Waters; with Descriptions of the Various Pump Rooms, Public Institutions, and Places of Fashionable Amusement. And an Account of the Principal Places in the Environs. Second Edition, Cheltenham, H. Davies, Montpellier Library, [1834], the half-title present, additional lithographed title-page, fourteen lithograph and two engraved plates, sixteen full-page wood-engravings, with a folding map, a folding plan (with two clean tears), and a folding coloured geological diagram, orig. green cloth, blocked in blind, the sides with floral decoration around a central panel, the panel on the upper cover lettered in gilt, and that on the lower cover with a design in blind representing a sacrifice to Amitie, spine lettered in gilt, and faded, covers a little rubbed, stitching weak in places, large 12mo. Hyett and Bazeley, Vol. II p. 94. Austin 6054. Many of the plates were drawn and lithographed by George Rowe. (1)

Nicholls (H. G.). The Forest of Dean; an Historical and Descriptive Account, 1st ed., John Murray, 1858, two folding maps, wood-engraved frontispiece, wood-engravings in the text, short tear at the head of frontispiece and title-page, slight soiling, orig. black morocco-grain cloth, with an all-over pattern of cream dots, gilt effigy of a Forest Free Miner on the upper cover, spine lettered in gilt, rubbed at extrems., together with The Personalities of the Forest of Dean; being a Relation of its Successive Officials, Gentry, and Commonalty, 1st ed., John Murray, 1863, the half-title present, advert. leaf at the end, orig. green cloth, sides blocked in blind, spine lettered in gilt, a trifle faded, 8vo and small 8vo. Hyett and Bazeley Vol. I pp. 241/2. Austin 2942 and 2943 respectively. (2)

Fielding (T. H.). A Picturesque Description of the River Wye, from the Source to its Junction with the Severn, Ackermann & Co., 1841, twelve highly-finished hand-coloured aquatint plates, unsigned, without titles or imprints, numbered in manuscript 1-12 at the head, original green cloth, blocked in blind, lettered in gilt on the upper cover within a gilt frame, a.e.g., slightly rubbed at extrems., but an excellent copy, small folio. Abbey, Scenery, 550. Tooley 218. (1)

Rowe (George). Rowe's Illustrated Cheltenham Guide, Cheltenham, Published by George Rowe, [?1845], engraved title-page, text printed in blue, profusely illustrated with wood-engravings, with at least one on practically every page of text, with [4]+[lii] pages of indexed adverts. at the end, these printed entirely in blue, apart from one ornate engraved advert. from W. Percival, which is in black on glossy paper, and the final leaf, which is printed in black on blue paper, orig. cream cloth, blocked in blind, upper cover lettered in gilt, soiled, neatly rebacked, orig. backstrip laid down, 8vo. Hyett and Bazeley, Vol. II p. 98. Austin 6065 "Mainly a guide to the shops and principal houses, with illustrations on every page of letterpress". H. and B. states that "some copies have 39 tinted plates". Norton 343 "... each street is described, giving the names and occupations of the inhabitants of the chief buildings ... A pretty example of the illustrated directory". (1)

Twamley (Louisa Anne). An Autumn Ramble by the Wye, Charles Tilt, [engraved title-page dated 1839], two maps, eighteen engraved plates after Copley Fielding, David Cox, etc., including the additional vignette title-page, advert. leaf present at the end, orig. red cloth, sides blocked in blind, spine gilt, worn, a.e.g., 8vo. Miss Twamley undertook her tour by road, from Chepstow to the source. (1)

Pair of circular vaseline glass vases with frilled green blind rims decorated with flowers in relief, 4" high

A George III mahogany kneehole dressing table, the canted top with a moulded edge above a baize lined slide and a frieze drawer with an arcaded drawer with recess cupboard door behind enclosing a shelf flanked by three further drawers to each side, the blind fret canted angles on ogee bracket feet, 32.5in (82.5cm) h, 41.25in (105cm) w, 21in (53.5cm) d.

Edwardian mahogany hanging corner cabinet with blind fret carving

Diaries. A collection of nineteen pocket journals, 1830s-70s, written in an unidentified hand, a.e.g., various contemp. blind panelled morocco, with clasp to each, small 8vo (19)

Bible [Greek & English]. The English Hexapla Exhibiting the Six Important English Translations of the New Testament Scriptures..., the Original Greek Text after Scholz..., Samuel Bagster & Sons, [1846], title in red and black, parallel columns, Greek text printed at the top of each page, a.e.g., orig. blind-stamped morocco gilt, rubbed and worn to joints and extrems., 4to (1)

Bible [English]. The Bible: translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in divers languages ..., imprinted at London by Robert Barker, Printer to the Queenes Most Excellent Maiestie, 1602, black letter text, woodcut general title and NT title both present, bound with Concordances, dated 1602, at rear, some light soiling (generally in clean condition, rubricated edges) occn. sl. close-trimmed, touching a few running titles, 19th c. blind-ruled full calf, rubbed, 4to. Herbert 269. (1)

Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New ..., printed by Robert Barker, Printer to the Kings Most Excellent Majestie, and by the Assignes of John Bill, 1634, black letter text, woodcut general title and woodcut NT title, dated 1636, both present (some light soiling and both relined), Booke of Psalmes, dated 1639, bound in at rear, text ends on G5, lacking one or two leaves at end, some soiling throughout, but with margins generally in tact, minor marginal stains at rear, early ownership inscription to NT title of George Gleadstone and John Herbert, 19th century blind-ruled full calf with bevelled edges, 4to Herbert 502. (1)

Blake (William, illust.). The Grave, A Poem, by Robert Blair, Illustrated by Twelve Etchings Executed from Original Designs, to which is added a Life of the Author, pub. R. Ackermann, 1813, eng. port. of Blake, twelve eng. plts., incl. addn. eng. title, list of subscribers, orig. blind-stamped cloth, rubbed and some wear, backstrip partly deficient, damp-stained to covers, folio (1)

[Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock]. John Halifax, Gentleman... 3 vols., 1st ed., 1856, ad. leaves at rear of each vol., orig. blind-stamped brown cloth, slightly chipped at head & foot of spines, 8vo, contained together in purpose-made triple bookform slipcase, qtr. morocco gilt with raised bands, together with an associated autograph letter signed by the author loosely inserted. Sadleir 1812a. (3)

Gesner (Conrad). Bibliotheca Universalis, sive Catalogus Omnium Scriptorum Locupletissimus, in Tribus Linguis, Latina, Graeca et Hebraica..., pub. Christophorum Froschouerum, Zurich, 1545, woodcut illust. to title, loss to title imprint and with repairs, leaf * 2 and last few leaves repaired to margins, some worm holes and trails (mostly at rear of volume), some soiling and marks mostly to first & last leaves, recent endpapers, late 18th/early 19th c. blind panelled reversed calf, neatly rebacked, folio. The compilation of bibliographical catalogues of books was attempted by St. Jerome who made lists of Christian writers and their works which were continued by Gennadius. Progress was made in the Middle Ages and in the late 15th c., notably by Johannes Trithemius, Abbot of Spanheim. These writers confined themselves to Christian literature. Gesner, the German-Swiss naturalist and polymath, attempted to describe all the existing books in Latin, Greek and Hebrew (not those in the vernacular) in a set of volumes. These were the earliest systematic 'book about books' to be published and they mark the beginning of modern critical bibliography. PMM 73; Adams G516. (1)

Pogany (Willy, illust.). Tannhauser. A Dramatic Poem, by Richard Wagner, [1911], tipped-in col. plts., b & w illusts. and decorations by Willy Pogany, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. blind-stamped morocco, joints cracked, small folio, (limited edition 184/525, signed by the artist), together with Bull (Rene, illust.), Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald, pub. H. & S., [1913], tipped-in col. plts. and num. decs. to text, orig. dec. cloth, rubbed on spine, 4to, plus Harrison (Florence, illust.), Guinevere and Other Poems, by Alfred Lord Tennyson, 1912, tipped-in col. plts. and decs. to text, some minor spotting of prelims., t.e.g., orig. gilt dec. cloth, rubbed on spine, 4to, plus other misc. illustrated books, incl. art and design (approx. 55)

Hopkins (Tighe). The Man in the Iron Mask, 1901, b & w illusts., some folding, orig. pict. cloth gilt, a trifle rubbed, 8vo, together with Lamartine (Alphonse de), Memoris of Celebrated Characters, 2 vols., 2nd ed., with Additions, 1854, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, rubbed, 8vo, plus other misc. books, incl. bindings (a carton)