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* A Victorian oak rectangular side table, with a veined white and grey marble top, raised on blind Gothic fretwork frieze, pierced arched supports united with a platform stretcher, on casters, 137cm wide x 60cm deep x 77cm high

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RICHARD GRIFFITHS, DENBIGH (1791-1840), AN EARLY 19th CENTURY WELSH LONGCASE CLOCK, the honey oak and mahogany crossbanded case with long trunk door, the hood with blind fretwork frieze, 33cm square white dial, signed, with subsidiary seconds and date crescent, 4 pillar 8-day falseplate movement with rack strike and anchor escapement. 2.05m

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HUGH LOUGH, PENRITH (1740-1791), AN 18th CENTURY OAK LONGCASE CLOCK, with long trunk door and star burst flanked by 1/4 round pilasters, the hood with blind fretwork frieze, now with 31cm square brass dial with Halifax moon and date crescent, 30-hour 4 pillar mechanism with outside countwheel strike. 2.07m

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E.A.SOPER. Signed in pencil, etching on paper, children playing 'Blind Man's Buff'. 5" x 9"

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Bible [English]. The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament and the New: Newly Translated Out of the Original Tongues ..., printed by Jo. Bill, Tho. Newcomb, and H. Hills, 1679, eng. general title and New Testament title present, bound with The Whole Book of Psalms; Collected into English Metre by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins and Others..., 1679, small hole to last leaf, contemp. blind panelled morocco, joints and corners with some wear, 8vo (1)

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Burnet (John). Practical Essays on Various Branches of the Fine Arts, 1st ed., David Bogue, 1848 , the half-title present, lithograph frontispeice after David Wilkie, contemp. calf, gilt, joints rubbed, together with Guthrie (Thomas), Seed-Time & Harvest of Ragged Schools, or a Third Plea, with New Editions of the First & Second Pleas, A. and C. Black, 1860, wood-engraved frontispiece, orig. green cloth, a little soiled, and Chalmers (Thomas), On Political Economy in Connexion with the Moral State and Moral Prospects of Society, Second Edition, William Collins, 1832, text foxed, half morocco, rubbed, and Ramsay (Allan), editor, The Ever Green, being a Collection of Scots Poems, Wrote by the Ingenious before 1600, 2 vols., J. Cameron, Glasgow, 1824, 19th c., calf, stamped in blind, and others, 8vo et infra (25)

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Hutchinson (Lucy). Memoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson, Governor of Nottingham Castle and Town, Representative of the County of Nottingham in the Long Parliament, and of the Town of Nottingham in the First Parliament of Charles II..., 1806, eng. port. frontis. (offset to title) and four eng. plts. (foxed), folding genealogy at rear, marbled endpapers and edges, contemp. diced calf, dec. in blind and gilt, spine sl. faded, 4to (1)

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Juveniles. More (Hannah), An Estimate of the Religion of the Fashionable World, 5th ed., 1793, contemp. half calf, worn on spine (with portion missing), 16mo, together with Roberts (William), Memoirs of the Life of Mrs Hannah More, new ed., 1828, port. frontis., a.e.g., contemp. blind-stamped morocco by B. West, worn on spine, 16mo, plus Copley (Esther), Anna and her Doll, pub. William Darton, c. 1830s, uncol. litho. frontis. and addn. vign. title, four uncol. litho. plts., single ad. leaf at rear, some minor marginal dampstains, contemp. red half morocco gilt, heavily rubbed on spine, 18mo, with other juvenile books, mostly 19th-century, incl. some odd vols. (approx. 230)

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Manuscript Cookery Book. A manuscript cookery book, mid. 19th c., title page with the signed "Mrs Bignell" and blind embossed library stamp for the library of C & E Lawrence, approx. 345 pages of neatly written recipes, 12pp. thumb index at front of volume, occ. minor spotting, recent endpapers, inner joint repaired, contemp. morocco, upper joint crudely strengthened with adhesive tape, extrems. rubbed, 4to. Includes recipes for plum pudding, ginger wine, poppy cordial, excellent soda buns, spiced beef and potted mushrooms etc. (1)

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Raffe (W.G.). Poster Design, Chapman & Hall, 1929, col. and b&w plts. and illusts., some tipped-in (one or two missing), orig. orange cloth, rubbed and some soiling, 4to, together with Posters and Publicity, Fine Printing and Design, 1927 & 1928, together two vols., tipped-in col. plates (one or two plates missing), numerous b&w illusts., t.e.g., orig. blind-patterned blue cloth gilt, a little rubbed, plus Binder (Joseph), Colour in Advertising, pub. The Studio, 1934, tipped-in col. plts., orig. black cloth, very sl. rubbed, 4to, and Unwin (Raymond), Town Planning in Practice, an Introduction to the Art of Designing Cities and Suburbs, pub. T. Fisher Unwin, 1909, numerous b&w illusts., orig. green cloth gilt, very sl. rubbed, small 4to (5)

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Froment (E.). The Story of a Round Loaf. Thirty-Two Engravings on Wood from Designs by E. Froment, Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1868, thirty-two wood engs., each with a caption, printed in sepia on the rectos only, half-title present, a little light foxing, orig. brown cloth, blocked in gilt, black, and blind, 8vo. Printed in Strasburgh by G. Silbermann. An excellent copy. Not in Osborne or Gamuchian. (1)

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Alden (Edward C.). Fifty Water-Colour Drawings of Oxford, pub. Oxford & London, c. 1920s, fifty tipped-in col. illusts., orig. boards in frayed and chipped d.j., large 8vo, together with McDowall (William), History of the Burgh of Dumfries, with Notices of Nithsdale, Annandale, and the Western Border, 1st ed., Edinburgh, 1867, tinted litho. frontis. and addn. vign. title, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, faded and rubbed on spine, thick 8vo, plus Kitchin (Thomas), A General Map of England & Wales, Divided into its Counties... , pub. Laurie & Whittle, 12 May, 1794, hand-col. eng. map, hand-col. in outline, uncol. eng. historiated title cartouche, sectionalised on linen, approx. 63 x 53 cm, in orig. cardstock slipcase with printed label, with other misc. topography, folding maps, etc. (a carton)

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Bristow (Henry William). The Geology of the Isle of Wight, 2nd ed., revised and enlarged, by Clement Reid and Aubrey Strahan, pub. HMSO, 1889, wood-engs. to text, five folding maps and diags. at rear, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, a little rubbed and faded on spine, tall 8vo, with others of Isle of Wight, plus Our Beautiful Homeland series, 7 vols., pub. Gresham, c. 1910, num. col. illusts., orig. dec. cloth (six vols. contained in orig. cardstock boxes), 4to, and a few misc. books etc. (2 cartons)

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Hopkinson (Joseph, Jnr.). The Working of the Steam Engine Explained by the Use of the Indicator; being an Exposition of the Best Means of Producing the Greatest Effect from a Given Quantity of Impulsive Power, with the Least Expenditure of Fuel, 2nd ed., enlarged, John Weale, 1857, frontis., diags. to text, pubs. ads. at rear, some minor scattered spotting, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, a little rubbed, minor wear to extrems., 8vo, with others of railway interest, mostly recent hardback pubs., many in d.j.s. (2 cartons)

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[Kent, Miss E.]. Flora Domestica, or the Portable Flower-Garden; with Directions for the Treatment of Plants in Pots, 1st ed., 1823, a few minor pen and pencil marks to margins, contemp. blind-panelled calf, worn and broken on spine, 8vo, together with [Apperley, Charles James, pseud. ‘Nimrod'], The Life of John Mytton, Esq., of Halston, Shropshire, 4th ed., revised, 1865, eighteen fine hand-col. aquas. (correct as list), orig. gilt dec. cloth, broken on spine, backstrip deficient, 8vo, plus Sawer (J. Charles), Odorographia, a Natural History of the Raw Materials and Drugs used in the Perfume Industry. Intended to Serve Growers, Manufacturers, and Consumers, 1st & 2nd series, 1892-94, folding map and a few b & w illusts. and diags., indelible ink stamp on title of second vol., orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, plus other misc. books, mostly late 19th-century/early 20th-century, including natural history interest and several T.N. Foulis publications, etc. (2 cartons)

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Pennant (Thomas). Some Account of London, 2nd ed., 1791, eng. plts. but lacks folding map, modern calf gilt, 4to, together with Knight (Charles), London, 6 vols., 1841-44, wood-engs., orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, a little worn on spines, small folio, with others of London interest (2 cartons)

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Suetonius Tranquillus (Gaius). Ex Recensione Joannis Georgii Graevii cum Ejusdem Animadversionibus, ut et Commentario Integro Laevini Torrentii, Isaaci Casauboni, & Theodori Marcilii, nec non Selectis Aliorum, Editio Secunda Auctior & Emendatior, The Hague, 1691, addn. eng. title and twelve eng. port. plts., hinges reinforced with fabric tape, near contemp. blind panelled vellum, upper joint split, and spine with horizontal tear, 4to, together with Bewick (Thomas), History of British Birds, 2 vols., (land & water birds), Newcastle, 1804, together with A General History of Quadrupeds, 5th ed., Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1807, with A Memoir of Thomas Bewick, Written by Himself, 1862, numerous wood eng. vignettes throughout, near contemp. uniform calf, some loss of leather to spines and upper board of Quadrupeds vol. detached, joints cracked and some wear to extrems., 8vo, plus [Syme, Patrick]. A Treatise on British Song-Birds. Including Observations on their Natural Habits, Manner of Incubation, &c. with Remarks on the Treatment of the Young and Management of the Old Birds in a Domestic State, pub. Edinburgh & London, 1823, half-title, twelve fine hand-col. eng. plts. (of 15), orig. cloth, worn, spine and upper cover detached, 8vo, plus others misc., incl. nat. hist., juveniles, etc., 19th and 20th c. (carton)

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Walpole (Horace, Earl of Orford). Memoires of the Last Ten Years of the Reign of George the Second, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1822, eng. plts., some minor scattered spotting, orig. linen-backed boards, soiled and some wear, 4to, together with An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present: Compiled from Original Authors, vol. 1 only, 1736, folding eng. maps and plts., contemp. blind-panelled calf, worn on spine, thick folio, plus Lucretius Carus (Titus), De Rerum Natura Libri Sex... , pub. Salmurii, 1662, upper corner of title torn away (without loss), contemp. mottled calf, worn on spine and upper cover detached, 4to, and other misc. antiquarian, mostly 18th & 19th-century, incl. odd vols. (3 shelves)

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Owen (Rev. John).. The History of the Origin and First Ten Years of the British and Foreign Bible Society, 2 vols., 1816, untrimmed, orig. boards with paper label to spines, a little worn and soiled, together with Raikes (Thomas), A Portion of the Journal kept by Thomas Raikes, Esq., from 1831 to 1847: Comprising Reminiscences of Social and Political Life in London and Paris During that Period, 4 vols., 2nd ed., 1856, half-titles present, eng. frontis. to vols. 1, 3 & 4, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, rubbed on spines (some inner joints broken), 8vo, plus Howitt (Margaret), Mary Howitt, an Autobiography, edited by her daughter, 2 vols., 1889, woodburytype photographic port. frontis. to each, a few wood engs. to text, t.e.g., orig. blue cloth, a little rubbed, tall 8vo, and other 19th c. history and biographies, mostly multi-volume sets (3 shelves)

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Stowe (Harriet Beecher). Dred; A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp, 2 vols., 1st English edition (?), pub. Sampson Lowe, Son & Co., 1856, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, rubbed and soiled, minor wear to extrems., together with. James (G.P.R.), Arrah Neil; Or, Times of Old, 3 vols., 1st ed. 1845, half-titles present, orig. linen-backed boards, soiled and worn, plus [Wilson, Prof. John], The Recreations of Christopher North, 3 vols., 1st ed., Edinburgh, 1842, half-titles present, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, a little rubbed, and other 19th c. multi-volume literature and similar, all 8vo (3 shelves)

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Martin (Geoffrey Thorndike). The Tomb of Hetepka and other Reliefs and Inscriptions from the Sacred Animal Necropolis Saqqara, 1964-73/The Southern Depedencies of the Main Temple Complex, Egypt Exploration Society, 1979 & 1981, both orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, together with Fairbairn (James), Fairbairn's Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland, revised by Laurence Butters, 2 vols. (text/plates), 1860, eng. plts., orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, a little frayed at head and foot of spines, 8vo, plus Freeman (Lewis R.), In the Tracks of the Trades. The Account of a Fourteen Thousand Mile Yachting Cruise to the Hawaiis, Marquesas, Societies, Samoas and Fijis, 1921, b & w illusts. from photos, t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, orig. gilt dec. cloth, a little frayed at head of spine, 8vo and other misc. books including natural history, reference books, HMSO publications plus a complete set of Book and Magazine Collector (6 shelves)

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[Henningsen, C.F.]. Revelations of Russia: Or, the Emperor Nicholas and his Empire in 1844, by an English Resident, 2 vols., 2nd ed., 1845, eng. frontis. to each (spotted), folding map and single ad. leaf at rear of vol. 2, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, rubbed, 8vo, together with Lowth (George T.), The Wanderer in Arabia; Or, Western Footsteps in Eastern Tracks, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1855, six uncol. litho. plts. (complete as list), 15 pp. publishers ads. at rear of vol. 1, errata leaf and 4 pp. publishers ads. at rear of vol. 2, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, rubbed and soiled, 8vo, plus Robertson (William), The History of America, 11th ed., in which is included the Posthumous Volume, Containing the History of Virginia, to the Year 1688; and of New England, to the Year 1652, 4 vols., 1808, four folding eng. maps by Thomas Kitchin, folding plt., contemp. calf, worn on spines, several covers detached, 8vo, and other misc. travel and related, mostly 19th-century, including a few odd vols. (3 shelves)

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Murray (Rev. Richard).. Ireland and Her Church, 2nd ed., enlarged, 1845, orig. blind stamped cloth gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with Phillips (Walter Alison), History of the Church of Ireland from the Earliest Times to the Present Day, 3 vols., Oxford & London, 1933, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and marked, vol. 2 in frayed d.j., (contents of vol. 3 heavily underscored in red), 8vo, plus others of Irish interest, incl. pamphlets and periodicals, etc. (3 shelves)

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Chappell (William). Old English Popular Music, 2 vols., new edition, revised by H. Ellis Wooldridge, London & New York, 1893, frontis to vol. 1, orig. cloth gilt, slightly frayed at head of spines, tall 8vo, together with Child (Francis James, editor), Traditional Scottish Ballads, 8 vols., 1861, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, spines sunned and a little frayed at head and foot, small 8vo, with other music, ballads and related (3 shelves)

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[Barron, William]. History of the Colonization of the Free States of Antiquities, applied to the Present Contest between Great Britain and her American Colonies, with reflections concerning the Future Settlement of these Colonies, 1st ed., 1777, half-title with marginal browning, a few leaves lightly foxed, b1 with small hole in blank gutter margin, modern calf-backed marbled boards, blind dec. spine with leather label, 4to. Sabin 3644a. (1)

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Lumisden (Andrew). Remarks on the Antiquities of Rome and its Environs: being a Classical and Topographical Survey of the Ruins of that Celebrated City, 2nd ed., 1812, eng. port. of the author, twelve folding eng. plts. and plans, extra illustrated with thirty-six early 19th c. eng. views, slight browning, some marginal staining, mid 19th c. blind-stamped cloth, faded, rebacked, orig. backstrip retained, 4to. Some of the extra plates are by Pinelli, with W.B. Cooke's imprint, 1827-33; and others have the imprint of H. Moses, 1811. Lowndes notes that copies re-issued by Bohn have thirty-six additional plates. (1)

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Maillard (Nicholas Doran). The History of the Republic of Texas, from the Discovery of the Country to the Present Time, and the Cause of her Separation from the Republic of Mexico, 1st ed., 1842, folding map frontis. of Texas with outline hand-colouring, 24 pp. pubs. ads. at rear, orig. blind-stamped green cloth gilt, a little rubbed and faded on spine, 8vo, VG. Basic Texas books 134; Howes M255. A superior copy of a very uncommon and controversial book. (1)

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Hawker (Lieutenant-Colonel P.). Instructions to Young Sportsmen, on the Choice, Care, and Management of Guns; Hints for the Preservation of Game; Directions for Shooting Wildfowl..., with a Concise Abridgment of the Principal Game Laws, 2nd ed., 1816, hand-col. eng. frontis., and five uncol. eng. plts., correct as list, hinges strengthened, contemp. calf, dec. in blind and gilt, rebacked (preserving orig. spine) and recornered, 8vo (1)

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Morris (Rev. F.O.). A History of British Birds, 8 vols., Cabinet Edition, n.d., c. 1870's, numerous hand-col. plts., few pages in vols. 2, 3 & 4, t.e.g., orig. blind stamped cloth gilt, slightly rubbed, 8vo (8)

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Morris (F.O., editor). A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, 6 vols., Wm. Mackenzie, [c. 1870's], 240 colour-printed plates by Benjamin Fawcett, after A.F. Lydon, including a title-page vign. in each vol., orig. brown cloth, blocked in gilt, black, and blind, lightly frayed at extrems., slightly stained at bottom corners, a.e.g., 4to (6)

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AFTER SIR WILLIAM RUSSSELL FLINT: 'DANEA MORTANA' reproduction in colours, pencil signed in the margin and with blind stamp, 20" x 26".

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Eleven plated labels: YORKSHIRE RELISH, an enamelled CAYENNE, a GIN & BRANDY pair, a SHERRY & a PORT crescent, a vine leaf SHERRY, a CLARET, a CURACOA, a label with reversible SWEET & DRY title, and a disc label with a laurel border and blind-fretted BRANDY. (11)

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A Mahogany Tallboy with blind fret carved pediment over cupboard and two drawers the base with two short and two long drawers with brass handles on bracket feet.

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An 18th Century mahogany tallboy chest of six long and two short drawers below a blind fret frieze and dentil cornice, the upper part with fluted, canted corners, raised on ogee bracket feet, 114cm (45") wide

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William Henry Knight, 1823-1863, Blind Man's Buff, signed and dated 1856, oil on panel, 17.75x22.75cm.; 7x9in.

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A coloured print after Helen Bradley, street snow scene, Lees, 1970's signed on mount with blind stamp C.L.F. 15"x22.5"

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An early 19th century mahogany chest of two short and three long cock beaded drawers having foliate blind fret frieze and shaped feet W45"

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AFTER G MORLAND, PAIR OF COLOURED PRINTS, ‘The nut gatherers’ and ‘Blind Man’s Buff’, 13” x 17”, (2)

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A WILLIAM BROWN, SIGNED IN MARGIN, ARTIST’S COLOURED PROOF WITH BLIND STAMP, Continental market scene, 17” x 25”

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BERYL COOK, SIGNED IN PENCIL TO MARGIN, ARTIST’S COLOURED PROOF WITH BLIND STAMP, Pub interior, 20 ½” x 10”

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HELEN BRADLEY, SIGNED IN PENCIL TO MARGIN, SET OF FOUR ARTIST’S COLOURED PROOFS WITH BLIND STAMPS, ‘Spring’; ’Summer’; ‘Autumn’ and ‘Winter’, 8” x 12”, (4)

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SIR WILLIAM RUSSELL-FLINT, SIGNED IN PENCIL TO MARGIN, ARTIST’S PROOF WITH BLIND STAMP, ‘Danza Montana’, 18 ½” x 25”, (faded)

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SIR WILLIAM RUSSELL-FLINT, SIGNED IN PENCIL TO MARGIN, ARTIST’S PROOF WITH BLIND STAMP, ‘Interlude’, 11 ¾” x 21 ½”

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GERALD COULSON, SIGNED IN PENCIL TO MARGIN, LIMITED EDITION COLOURED PRINT, (20/600), ‘Last quiet moment’, 19 ½” x 26” and GERALD COULSON, SIGNED IN PENCIL TO MARGIN, COLOURED PRINT WITH BLIND STAMP, ‘Solitude’, 19 ¾” x 26”, (2)

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A walnut and upholstered sofa, late 19th/early 20th century, with shaped rectangular back and overscrolling arms, above a blind fretwork frieze and carved hairy paw feet, 147cm wide

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A mahogany cabinet bookcase on stand, early 19th century and later, the dentil cornice above two astragal glazed doors above the associated stand with plain frieze and square carved blind fretwork legs on block feet, 178cm high, 164cm wide, 41cm deep

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Victorian mahogany Bow Front Display Cabinet, with shaped cornice, the centre with mirrored back, with frieze drawer and an undertier, flanked by cabinets with glazed doors and sides, fitted serpentine fronted shelves, the whole with blind fretwork, scrolls and flowers, fluted apron and on melon fluted bun feet, 158cms, (5'2").

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Rocque, John. A New and Accurate Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster. London, [1746], folio [54cm by 40cm], title printed in red and black, in English, French and Latin, engraving on title, 16 double-page plates, all mounted on guards, title strengthened in inner margin, contemporary half calf, upper board loose, ex-library copy with maps unobtrusively blind-stamped Note: REf and note.

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[Macpherson, James]--Thomas Travers Burke, translator. Temora: an Epic Poem of Ossian. Translated into English verse by Thomas Travers Burke. Perth: R. Morison, for the author, 1818 first edition, the translator's own copy with manuscript additions and corrections to the final section of notes, 8vo, half-title, contemporary crimson morocco, sides panelled in gilt and blind, spine gilt, gauffered edges Note: A superb copy in contemporary crimson morocco. The binding is unsigned but is almost certainly by D. Morison of Perth, son of the printer. The translator's own copy with manuscript additions: viz. "In the orthography (which I inserted as it was given me by a gentleman residing near the spot) there is, unquestionably, a mistake.". Provenance: Conyngham Library, with bookplate. See Ramsden, p.211

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Phillip II, King of Spain, 1556-1598. Carta Executoria de Hidalguia in favour of Francisco de Escalante of Seville, royal official in Seville and Granada, in Spanish, illuminated manuscript on vellum, 43 leaves, (7 blank), plus 2 contemporary flyleaves, lacking one leaf after f1 otherwise complete, 34 lines, written in dark brown ink in a fine rounded gothic hand, every page within a gold border with elaborate foliate flourishing at top and bottom of pages, fourteen large illuminated initials- (3 to 10-line, mostly 7 line) in designs of gold heightened with colour on coloured grounds with white tracery, large portrait miniature of Philip II enthroned, 107 x 97mm., showing the king seated on a renaissance throne lettered ''Filipus 2'', four pages with full-page miniatures or coats-of-arms surrounded by full borders, showing 1) the Crucifixion, the grantor and his son kneeling by the Cross, landscape background, scatter border of naturalistic flowers in the Ghent/Bruges style, 2) St. James on horseback vanquishing the Moors, landscape background, border of putti,caryatids, etc. 3) and 4) coats-of-arms within very elaborate mantling and with full borders including flowers, putti with masks, etc., additions at end, signatures at both ends, fine contemporary Spanish goatskin gilt and blind-stamped over paste boards, roll-tooled in concentric panels of classical heads within foliage, military accoutrements and ropework designs, gilt stamped with floral and rosette tools and a cockle shell, binding skillfully repaired, 304 x 213mm., [Granada, 9 December, 1564], green morocco-backed buckram box Note: The fine Grenadan binding is by the same binder as a Carta Executoria of 1570 which was lot 2997 in the sale of Major J.R.Abbey at Sothebys, 20 June 1978; the first and second roll-tooled borders are identical with the first and third on the Abbey binding and four of the small gilt floral stamps occur on both bindings

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Beningfield, Gordon. Countryside. London, 1980 square 8vo, number 3 of 100 copies, signed by the artist, deluxe full morocco gilt, blind stamp on upper board, slipcase, a fine copy and another fine trade edition signed by the artist (2)

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Barrow, John. Distionarium polygraphicum: or the whole body of arts regularly digested. London: for C. Hitch and C. Davis, 1735 2 volumes, 8vo, frontispiece, 54 folding plates, contemporary panelled calf gilt, worn, boards loose, hinges split, some browning, various plates torn [no losses], some plates stained at outer edges; Buxtorf, Joannes Grammaticae chaldaicae et Syriacae, libri III. Basel: Gonradi waldkirchi, 1615. 8vo, pp. [16] 416 contemporary vellum with ties, blind stamped boards, ink title on backstrip, vellum discoloured, some browning to pages (3)

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Blacker, William. Art of Flymaking &c, Comprising Angling & Dyeing of Colours. London: the author, 1855 12mo, engraved title, 21 plates (17 hand-coloured), publisher's blind-stamped green cloth with floral design at corners of covers Note: The "third" edition of 1855 ending at page 259 but with the frontispiece uncoloured. Some light spotting but a bright fresh copy; Westwood & Satchell, p.32. Provenance: Macfarlane, armorial bookplate

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Everitt, Nicolas. Broadland Sport. London, 1902 8vo, illustrated, original decorative green cloth gilt, interior clean and another similar copy; Day, J. Wentworth Broadland Adventure. London, 1951 8vo, illustrated, original cloth, dustwrapper, torn at hinge, ink inscription on front free endpaper; Ibid Sporting Adventure. London, 1937 8vo, illustrated, original blind-stamped green cloth gilt, a very good copy; Ibid A Falcon on St. Paul's. London, [no date], 8vo, illustrated, original red cloth, sunned, interior clean (5)

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[Locke, James]. Tweed and Don; or, Recollections and Reflections of an Angler for the last Fifty Years. Edinburgh: W.P. Nimmo, 1860 first edition, presentation copy inscribed on endpaper to Mr George Croal from Mr Locke, Oct. 1860 engraved frontispiece, illustrations in text, original pictorial blind and giltstamped brown cloth, [Westwood & Satchell, p.136] Note: A fine copy

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Scotland - Abbott, Samuel. Ardenmohr among the Hills, a record of Scenery and Sports in the Highlands of Scotland. London: Chapman and Hall, 1876 8vo, illustrated, original decorative cloth gilt, some rubbing to edges, some foxing, front endpaper blind stamped; Pell, C.V.A. Wild Sport in the Outer Hebrides. London, 1901 illustrated, original red cloth gilt, backstrip faded, interior clean; Speedy, T. Sport in the Highlands and Lowlands of Scotland with Rod and Fun. Edinburgh, 1884 8vo, illustrated, original green cloth gilt, interior clean, owner's ink inscription to front endpaper; Hall, Henry Byng Highland Sports and Highland Quarters. London, [no date], 8vo, 2 volumes, illustrated, contemporary half blue morocco gilt, backstrips faded, some foxing; Mackenzie, Osgood A hundred Years in the Highlands. London, 1921 8vo, 6 plates, original cloth gilt, heavily stained boards, interior clean; Peel, E. Lennox A Highland Gathering. London, 1885 8vo, illustrated, original decorative grey cloth gilt, foxi g; and 11 others (17)

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An Edwardian mahogany linen press with dentil moulded and blind fretwork cornice, above four slides enclosed by panelled doors with drawers below, 49 1/2" wide.

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A mahogany finished twin pedestal 'Dickens' style desk with sloping top flanked by four drawers, blind centre drawer with two smaller side drawers above single door pedestals.

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An Edwardian display cabinet, the glazed and blind doors open to reveal three fitted shelves, the base of similar design, fitted one shelf.

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SECRETAIRE CHEST ON CHEST, the upper section with a dentil moulded cornice above a frieze of blind fretwork, above three short and three long graduated drawers between canted corners with conforming decoration, the secretaire drawer fitted with short drawers and pigeon holes above two further long drawers with brass drop handles, on shaped bracket feet, 43" wide.

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