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Couch (Jonathan) A History of the Fishes of the British Islands, 4 vols., 1877-78, 252 col. plts. (complete), some minor scattered spotting, orig. blind stamped cloth gilt, some fraying to head and foot of spines, large 8vo Nissen 979. (4)

Hawker (Lieutenant-Colonel P.) Instructions to Young Sportsmen in all that Relates to Guns and Shooting, 4th ed., corrected & improved, 1825, eng. frontis. and nine eng. plts., t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, contemp. half calf, extrems. and gilt dec. to spine rubbed, 8vo, together with Lyon (P.), Observations on the Barrenness of Fruit Trees, and the Means of Prevention and Cure, Edinburgh, 1813, half-title present, eng. frontis. (browned), foxed throughout, orig. boards, some staining, spine deficient, ms. title label to upper cover, 8vo, plusTate (Ralph), A Plain and Easy Account of the Land and Fresh-Water Mollusks of Great Britain, 1866, eleven hand-col. plts., incl. frontis., letterpress illusts., orig. gilt and blind dec. cloth, 8vo, plus three others country sports interest (6)

Pratt (Anne) The Flowering Plants and Ferns of Great Britain, 4 vols., n.d., pub. SPCK, c. 1860s, num. col. plts., a.e.g., orig. blind-stamped blue cloth, spines lettered in gilt, a little rubbed and minor wear to extrems., 8vo (4)

Syme (John T. Boswell & Sowerby, John Edward) English Botany; Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, 3rd ed., vol. 1 only (of 13), 1863, numerous hand-col. plts., incl. some folding, prelims. and final leaves foxed, re-sewn at gutter, orig. gilt and blind-stamped cloth, spine ends sl. frayed, large 8vo, together with Suffolk (Earl of, Peek, Hedley and Aflalo, F.G., eds.), The Encyclopædia of Sport, vol. 2 only (of 2), 1898, numerous b & w plts. and illusts., hinges split, orig. cloth gilt, spine rubbed and faded, some staining to upper cover, large 8vo, plus Swaysland (W.), Familiar Wild Birds, Illustrated by A. Thorburn and others, 3 vols. (1st, 3rd and 4th series), 1901, numerous col. plts. and b & w illusts., first vol. with two pieces torn from half-title, front free endpapers lacking, hinges split, orig. dec. cloth, marked, spine ends frayed, 8vo (5)

[Boyer, Abel]. The History of the Reign of Queen Anne, Digested into Annals..., 8 vols., 1703-10, seven folding eng maps, contemp. calf, some with slight wear to joints & extrems., 8vo, together with, Josephus (Flavius), The Genuine Works of Flavius Josephus; Translated by William Whiston, 6 vols., 1807, folding map, contemp. calf gilt, red morocco title labels, name in blind to upper board of each, 12mo (14)

Grose (Francis and Astle, Thomas) The Antiquarian Repertory: A Miscellaneous Assemblage of Topography, History, Biography, Customs, and Manners. Intended to Illustrate and Preserve Several Valuable Remains of Old Times, 4 vols., new ed., 1807-9, over 200 eng. plts. and etchings (some folding), incl. double-page hand-col. stipple eng. of the Great Fire of London in the Year 1666, occn. minor spotting, contemp. diced calf, gilt and blind dec., extrems. rubbed, spine ends sl. worn, and some cracking to joints, 4to (4)

The London Encyclopædia, or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature, and Practical Mechanics..., 22 vols, 1836, numerous eng. plts. and maps incl. many folding/double-page, some hand-col., occn. light spotting, contemp. full calf, gilt and blind tooled dec., rubbed, with occn. sl. wear to extrems., large 8vo (22)

Charriere (E.) Chronique de Bertrand du Guesclin par Cuvelier, 2 vols., Paris, 1839, together with Michel (Francisque, ed.), Histoire de la Guerre de Navarre au 1276 et 1277, par Guillaume Anelier de Toulouse, Paris, 1856, plus Guessard (Francois & Certain, Eugene de), Le Mistere du Siege d'Orleans... d'apres le Manuscrit Unique Conserve a la Biblioteque du Vatican, Paris, 1862, occ. lib. blind-stamps, all modern green cloth with red leather title labels and gilt lib. stamps to foot of spines, a little rubbed, 4to (4)

Ferriere (Hector de la) Lettres de Catherine de Medicis, 2 vols., Paris, 1880-85, together with Champollion-Figeac (Aime), Captivite du Roi Francois Ier, Paris, 1847, all contemp. cloth, some wear and upper hinge to last vol. cracked, third vol. rebacked, plus Lettres de Rois, Reines et Autres Personnages des Caurs de France et d'Angleterre depuis Louis VII jusqu'a Henri IV... , 2 vols., Paris, 1839-47, plus Paris (Louis), Negociations, Lettres et Pieces Diverses Relatives au Regne de Francois II... , Paris, 1841, plus Bourquelot (Felix), Memoires de Claude Haton... , 2 vols., Paris, 1857, all vols. with occ. lib. blind-stamps, the last five vols. modern green cloth with red leather title labels and gilt lib. stamps to foot of spines, slightly rubbed, all 4to (8)

Guerard (M.) Collection des Cartulaires de France, Tome IV [-VII]: Cartulaire de l'Eglise Notre-Dame de Paris, 4 vols., Paris, 1850, together with Durand (Paul), Monographie de Notre-Dame de Chartres, Explication des Planches, Paris, 1881, plus Vitet (Louis), Monographie de l'Eglise Notre-Dame de Noyon, Paris, 1845, wood-eng. illusts. to text, eng. plt. before index at rear, all with occ. lib. blind-stamps, modern green cloth with red leather title labels and gilt lib. stamps to foot of spines, a little rubbed, 4to (6)

Michel (Francisque) La Livre des Psaumes, Ancienne Traduction Francais... d'apres les Manuscrits de Cambridge et de Paris, Paris, 1876, double-page heliogravure plt. at rear, together with Chabaille (P.), LI Livres Dou Tresor par Brunetto Latini... , Paris, 1863, plus, De Lincy (Le Roux), Les Quatre Livres des Rois, Traduites en Francais du XIIe Siecle... , Paris, 1841, two part-folding col. chromo. plts., all with occ. lib. blind-stamps, modern green cloth with red leather title labels and gilt lib. stamps to foot of spines, a little rubbed, 4to (3)

Rapetti (Louis) LI Livres de Jostice et de Plet... , Paris, 1850, together with Geraud (Hercule), Paris sous Philippe-Le-Bel, d'apres des Documents Originaux... , Paris, 1837, two plans incl. one folding at rear, plus Depping (Georges-Bernard, ed.), Reglemens sur les Arts et Metiers de Paris, Rediges au XIIIe Siecle... , Paris, 1837, plus five other single vol. titles from the same series, all with occ. lib. blind-stamps, modern green cloth with red leather title labels and gilt lib. stamps to foot of spines, a little rubbed, 4to (8)

After Charlie Johnson Payne (‘Snaffles’, 1884-1967) ‘The Gunner - ÒGood hunting, old sportsmanÓ’ lithograph with hand colouring, with snaffles blind stamp and printed remarques 43 x 34cm (17 x 13 Iin) overall

A pair of 17th century design oak joint stools, each with blind carved arcaded frieze, raised on ring turned supports united by plain stretchers, 30 x 46cm (12 x 18in)

AFTER DICK STURGEON Cricket at Taunton Colour print with blind stamp Signed in pencil and numbered 436/500 17.5in x 22.5in (44.5 x 57cms)

AFTER DOUGLAS ADAMS 'Grouse Shooting' Monochrome print with blind stamp Published by Henry Graves & Co Signed in pencil 23in x 31.5in (58.5 x 80cms)

AFTER DOUGLAS ADAMS Grouse in a Highland landscape Monochrome print with blind stamp Published by Henry Graves & Co 23in x 31.5in (58.5 x 80cms)

AFTER THOMAS BLINKS 'Steady' [Pointer and Setters] Monochrome print Published by Arthur Tooth & Son with blind stamp Signed in pencil (Artist's proof) 30in x 40in (76 x 101.5cms)

AFTER J C HARRISON 'Turning Off' - Partridge in flight Colour print with FATG blind stamp Signed in pencil, with inscription on original mount 10.5in x 14.75in (26.5 x 37.5cms)

AFTER SIR ALFRED MUNNINGS 'The Gap' Colour print with blind stamp Published by Frost & Reed 11.5in x 12.75in (29 x 32.5cms)

AFTER F A STEWART The West Kent - Near Penshurt Colour print with FATG blind stamp Published by Vicars Bros Signed in pencil 9.5in x 25in (24 x 63.5cms)

AFTER ARCHIBALD STUART WORTLEY Walking up - Partridge Shooting Monochrome print with blind stamp Signed in pencil 21in x 31in (53 x 79cms) And a companion picture, Driven Partridge, also signed in pencil, the pair (2)

AFTER CECIL ALDIN Old Inns - The George Inn, Dorchester, Oxon Colour print with blind stamp Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode Signed in pencil, with original label on reverse 15.5in x 16.5in (39.5 x 42cms)

AFTER LIONEL EDWARDS The Brocklesby Hunt at Rothwell Gorse Colour print with FATG blind stamp Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode Signed in pencil 15.25in x 22in (38.5in x 56cms)

AFTER LIONEL EDWARDS 'The Blackmore Vale - Baileyridge Cover' Colour print with FATG blind stamp Pubished by Eyre & Spottiswoode Signed in pencil 15.25in x 20.5in (38.5 x 52cms)

AFTER LIONEL EDWARDS The Devon and Somerset Stag hounds coming out of The Danesbrook Colour print with blind stamp Signed in pencil 18.5in x 25.5in (47 x 65cms)

AFTER LIONEL EDWARDS The Beaufort Hunt - The Dauntsey Vale from Great Wood Colour print with FATG blind stamp Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode Signed in pencil 13.75in x 20.5in (35 x 52cms)

AFTER SNAFFLES 'A National Candidate' Colour print laid down onto support sheet with printed remarque and snaffle bits blind stamp Signed in pencil 18in x 17in (45.5 x 43cms)

AFTER SNAFFLES 'The Huntsman' Colour print laid onto support sheet with printed remarque and snaffles bit blind stamp Signed in pencil 18in x 16in (46 x 40.5cms)

AFTER SNAFFLES 'A Bona Fide Fox Chaser' Colour print laid onto support sheet with printed remarque and snaffle bits blind stamp Signed in pencil 18.5in x 16.5in (47 x 42cms)

AFTER SNAFFLES 'That Far-Far-Away Echo' Colour print laid down onto support sheet with printed remarque and snaffle bits blind stamp Signed in pencil 15in x 20.5in (38 x 52cms)

AFTER SNAFFLES 'The Season 1939 - 40' Colour print laid down onto support sheet with printed remarque and snaffle bits blind stamp Signed in pencil 19in x 27.5in (48.5 x 70cms)

AFTER SNAFFLES 'Blimy! Wot a Life - West of Gib and North across the Bay' Colour print, laid down onto support sheet, with printed remarque and snaffle bits blind stamp Signed in pencil 20in x 25in (51 x 63.5cms)

AFTER SNAFFLES 'The Grand National, The Canal Turn' Colour print, laid down onto support sheet with printed remarque and snaffle bits blind stamp Signed in pencil, and with pencil inscription 'A Memory. The Old Sergeant and Geoffrey Bennet' 21in x 32in (53.5 x 81.5cms)

AFTER SNAFFLES 'Soldiers - Nasty Steeple chasin' devils' Colour print, laid down onto support sheet, with printed remarque and snaffle bits blind stamp Signed in pencil 16.5in x 14.5in (42 x 37cms)

AFTER SNAFFLES 'Tonnage' Colour print laid down onto support sheet with printed remarque and snaffle bits blind stamp Signed in pencil 15in x 14in (38 x 35.5cms)

AN EARLY GEORGE III "WARWICK" CRUET the cinquefoil stand on four dolphin supports with pierced and scrolled shell feet, the central stem with loop handle, fitted with two glass bottles (one later) with detachable covers (unmarked) and three casters of baluster shape with repousse scrolled and floral decoration and pierced covers (one blind), two with pierced covers (one blind), each by Alexander Johnston, 1762, one caster 21cm; two 17.5cm. each; 28cm. high overall; 69.25oz of silver

A Worcester Blind Earl Comport, A/F

A George III figured mahogany eight day longcase clock late 18th century the four pillar rack and bell striking movement with 12in white painted Roman numeral break-arch dial with subsidiary seconds dial arched calendar aperture and formerly signed ‘Thos. Bullock Bath’ to centre with polychrome and gilt floral painted spandrels and strike/silent dial to arch the case with break-arch blind fret fronted pediment and reeded Corinthian pilasters to hood above shaped top trunk door flanked by reeded canted angles on raised panel fronted plinth base 219cm high excluding finial. Thomas Bullock is recorded in Moore A J ‘The Clockmakers of Bristol 1650-1900’ as working in Bath 1764-73.

A oak eight day longcase clock late 18th century with four-pillar rack and bell striking movement and 12in brass break-arch dial with calendar aperture and subsidiary seconds dial to the coastal scene engraved centre within an applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with Arabic five minutes and signed ‘Thomas Field Bath’ to lower edge with foliate scroll cast spandrel applied angles and ‘Tempus Fugit’ engraved silvered boss between dolphin cast mounts to arch in a flat-top case with moulded cornice blind fret infill and integral columns to hood over shaped-top trunk door and plain plinth base 216cm high.. Thomas Field is recorded in Moore A J ‘The Clockmakers of Bristol 1650-1900’ as working 1766-1812.

A French gilt brass combination carriage timepiece/aneroid barometer late 19th century the eight day timepiece movement probably by the Couaillet family with platform lever escapement and white Arabic numeral chapter ring within a gilt foliate scroll cast mask set beside an aneroid barometer with conforming dial and a Fahrenheit thermometer between the case with reeded three-quarter pilasters to angles blind fret frieze and apron and T-shaped carrying handle the top set with a compass above the barometer 16.5cm wide with original tooled leather covered carrying case.

An oak eight day longcase clock with penny moon the four pillar rack and bell striking movement with 12in brass break-arch Roman numeral dial with subsidiary seconds dial calendar aperture and applied ringed winding holes to the matted centre within an applied Roman numeral chapter ring with foliate half hour markers Arabic five minutes and bearing signature ‘Presbury Chester’ to the lower edge the angles with mask and scroll pattern spandrels with penny moon within ring calibrated for the lunar month flanked by dolphin cast mounts to arch in a swan neck pedimented case with blind fret infil and Corinthian pilasters to hood above break arch trunk door and plinth base composite 214cm high.

A marquetry eight day longcase clock the five pillar rack and bell striking movement with 12in square brass dial with subsidiary seconds dial and calendar aperture to the matted centre within an applied Roman numeral chapter ring with Arabic five minutes and signed ‘Will’m Mayhew Wood-bridge’ to the lower edge with foliate scroll cast spandrels to angles the case with moulded cornice and blind fret frieze above integral pilasters to hood and rectangulr trunk door profusely inlaid with cherub inhabited foliate scrolls on a mahogany ground the plinth and sides with conforming decoration case movement and dial circa 1770 marquetry later 212cm high.

A George III oak thirty hour longcase clock circa 1800 the countwheel bell striking movement with white painted 11in square Roman numeral dial polychrome decorated with a Jay perched within foliage and signed ‘Ollive and Reader Cranbrook’ to centre with floral painted spandrels in a flat top case with dentil cornice and blind fret frieze above integral hood pilasters and rectangular trunk door on plinth base 190cm high. Ollive and Reader are recorded in Baillie G H ‘Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World’ as working from Cranbrook in the early 19th century.

A 17th Century continental carved oak court cupboard, the dentil cornice with blind fret carved decoration, and a central recessed panel, flanked by cupboards over a long drawer, on baluster turned supports, 141cm wide (later alterations)

A mahogany breakfront secretaire library bookcase, in the George III style, 20th century with 18th century elements, the stepped projecting cornice with dentil and blind fret frieze, above a central astragal glazed door, enclosing adjustable shelf, flanked by panelled doors, with two drawers below, the base with sloping fall, enclosing a fitted interior, above four long graduated drawers, on bracket feet (alterations) 110cm wide, 208cm high, 55cm deep. Provenance; Property of The Drambuie Liqueur Company.

STANHOPE,Geo. (trans.) 'Pious Breathings Being the Meditations of St. Augustine..... To Which are added select Contemplations from St. Anslem and St. Bernard.' 1714. 4th edn. 8vo. Engd. Frontis to each part. Full blind tooled cf. bumped & worn.

After David Shepherd - 'Last Leaves of Autumn' (Landscape with Cattle), 20th Century colour print, signed and editioned 295/850 with publisher's blind stamp.

An Edwardian mahogany wardrobe with a moulded and blind fretwork cornice above a pair of panel doors, on bracket feet.

COLLIER, Jeremy. A Defence of the Short View of the Profaneness and Immorality of the English Stage. London: 1699. First edition, 8vo (183 x 111mm.) (Browned throughout.) Near contemporary calf panelled in blind (worn, covers detached, lacking front-free endpaper). Wing C5248.

MUDFORD, William. An Historical Account of the Campaign in the Netherlands, in 1815… comprising the Battle of Ligny, Quatre Bras, and Waterloo. London: printed for Henry Colborn, 1817. 4to (320 x 268mm.) Hand-coloured aquatint additional title, 1 hand-coloured aquatint double-page map, 1 folding aquatint map (printed in green and finished by hand), 27 hand-coloured aquatint plates (1 double-page). (The additional title shaved with slight loss at foot, some light spotting, half-title lacking.) Contemporary russia, elaborately tooled in gilt and blind, marbled endpapers, g.e. (extremities scuffed). Provenance: John Ashton Bostock (inscription dated 1889). (See illustrations on back cover & inside pages)

DICKENS, Charles. Little Dorrit. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857. First edition in book form, 8vo (211 x 129mm.) Additional engraved title and 38 plates after H.K. Browne. (Some offsetting.) Contemporary calf, the covers tooled in gilt and blind, the spine gilt, g.e. (spine slightly faded). – And five other works by Charles Dickens (6).

A late Georgian mahogany bookcase bureau, the moulded cornice with blind fretwork frieze over the adjustable interior shelves enclosed by twin astragal glazed doors, fall front under and further fitted with two short and two long drawers below, raised on bracket feet, in need of some restoration, 43" wide by 88" high.

AN EDWARDIAN MAPLE & CO MAHOGANY DRESSING TABLE with blind fret decoration, 42" across

AN OAK DRESSER, early 20th Century, the upper section with blind fret frieze, cupboards and shelves, the lower section, fitted two drawers, 54" across

An early 20th Century oak side cabinet, the rectangular top with ledge back above a central panel door between two glazed cupboard doors, raised on baluster supports united by stretchers, guilloche, blind fretwork and strapwork carving throughout, 154cm wide.

Cox, J. C., Notes on the Churches of Derbyshire. Volume 1: The Hundred of Scarsdale: frontispiece, 19 plates; Volume 2: The Hundreds of the High Peak and Wirksworth: frontispiece, 24 plates; Volume 3: The Hundreds of Appletree and Repton and Gresley: frontispiece, 22 plates; Volume 4: The Hundred of Morleston and Litchurch: And General Supplement: frontispiece, 20 plates; uniform publisher's brown cloth, gilt with black decoration on upper boards, blind on lower boards, Chesterfield Palmer & Edmunds

A Boots mahogany quarter-plate field camera, polished and lacquered brass fitting, fitted with a 134cm lens by Busch in a Thornton Pickard roller blind shutter, c.1900

A Victorian burr-walnut Davenport, three-quarter pierced brass gallery on a raised stationery compartment the sloping top with tooled leather writing surface enclosing a maple lined interior four drawers to side, blind to verso, turned handles, leaf carved cabriole forelegs, on an incurved rectangular platform, bun feet, 54cm wide, 84cm high, c.1860

A George III mahogany bureau bookcase, the lofty blind fret swan neck pediment centred by oval patera, the frieze with conforming patera, above a pair of astragal glazed doors enclosing adjustable shelves, the fall front fitted with baize writing surface, boxwood inlaid drawers, the central drawer inlaid with conch shell, above two short and three long graduated cockbeaded drawers, brass swan neck handles, ogee bracket feet, 111cm wide, 237cm high, c.1780