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A 19th century mahogany chest on chest, having moulded dentil and blind fret-carved cornice over two short and three graduated long drawers flanked by fluted canted angles, with brushing slide and three graduated long drawers below, on shaped bracket feet (restoration), H 184.5cm W 110cm

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A Victorian mahogany longcase clock, Charles Farrer, Barnsley, the 8-day movement running on anchor escapement, chiming on eight bells, striking on gong, and having 12ins brass break-arch dial with silvered Roman chapter ring, subsidiary seconds, 4-bell/8-bell switch, pierced spandrels, and strike/silent dial to arch; the Chippendale Revival case blind-fret carved and having applied foliate carving with carved and pierced swan-neck pediment centred by an urn over a pair of reeded pilasters and arched door, on plinth base with shaped apron, H 248.5cm W 52cm (Please see lot 811 for image)

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A 17TH CENTURY STYLE OAK TESTER BED with pink pleated silk canopy, the panelled back board with acanthus leaf scrolling brackets on reeded pilasters and three carved arched panels, the tester with acanthus leaf moulding and blind fretwork decoration on two carved and turned front supports, 72 1/2" wide and 93" long.

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A GEORGE III SCOTTISH OAK LONGCASE CLOCK, having a silvered arched dial, 12in. (30.5cms), with Roman and Arabic numerals, seconds and calendar subsidiary dials, engraved to the centre with stylized birds and leafage, signed Alex MacFarlane of Perth No. 7 of eight-day movement with repeat strike on a bell, the hood with swan neck pediment above blind fret panels, reeded pilasters, the trunk having a shaped top to the long door, canted corners, on bracket feet, 82in. (208.5cms)

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STORER (J. & H. S.). DELINEATIONS, GRAPHICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE OF FOUNTAINS' ABBEY, in the West Riding of the County of York, Ripon and London nd. Errata slip frontis, fifteen engr'd plates and two vignettes, light spotting, re-bound in contemporary blind stamped dark green cloth

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An early 20th century mahogany longcase clock, the 32cm silvered dial with gilt Arabic numerals, engraved and chased overall with scrolling foliage, subsidiary seconds dial, the arched with strike/silent dial, inscribed Mappin and Webb, Ltd., Oxford Street, London, three winding holes, eight day double fusee movement, striking on a gong, the hood with urn finials to angles, pierced gallery, blind fret work to angles, the shaped door with oval blind fret, plinth base, bracket feet, 233cm high

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A good George III mahogany Chinese Chippendale chest on chest, the dentil cornice above two short and three long graduated cockbeaded drawers, the slightly projecting base with three further drawers, oval loop handles, the whole outlined with blind fret work, bracket feet, 107cm wide, 178cm high, c.1780

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An Art Nouveau oak mirror back sideboard, the arched cresting carved with sinuous flower buds and scrolls, the rectangular bevelled mirror flanked by pierced flower buds and stylised scrolls above single shelf, the projecting base fitted with two short drawers and two blind carved doors, copper handles and oversized hinges, 136cm wide, c.1900.

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A George III mahogany serpentine chest in the manner of Thomas Chippendale, with ropetwist and foliate mouldings above brush slide and four graduated long drawers with brass handles and later Rococo style escutcheons, flanked by acanthus leaf carved and blind fret chamfered canted corners on bracket feet

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(Roberts, John S). The Life and Explorations of David Livingstone. London: Adam & Co., [circa 1875]. Illustrated edition, with tinted lithographic title page, frontispiece and 19 plates, light foxing. Original publisher's blind- and gilt-stamped boards portray Livingstone and include elaborate gilt vignettes full dark brown morrocco, aeg. Large 4to.

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The Dandy Comic No 1 (1937) with free gift Express Whistler and original four page ad for Nos 1 and 2 from the Hotspur. Korky, Desperate Dan and Keyhole Kate start their mirthful adventures. Bright fresh cover colours with cream/light tan supple pages. There is a two inch blind tear passing through the words "Express" and "Free" at the bottom of the front cover. The tear does not extend to the comic's edge and may have been originally caused by the free gift inclusion. There are less than ten first issues known to exist and this copy is the highest grade ever offered at auction [fn+]. The tinplate Express Whistler is the only known example.

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Edwardian mahogany sideboard, blind Greek key pattern, two drawers, two doors, Queen Anne legs

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Inlaid mahogany longcase clock, the fretwork swan neck pediment over blind fretwork frieze above an arched painted dial named for Gibson of Saltcoats with portrait panel of George III to the arch and symbols representing the continents to the spandrels, the face with subsidiary seconds dial and calendar ring, the hood flanked by later reeded columns over trunk with side spiral pilasters and inlaid central patera and all over detail, all raised on bracket feet, 88in (223.5 cm) high

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Daniell (William and Caunter, Rev. Hobart). The Oriental Annual, or Scenes in India, 1835, twenty - two steel engs., correct as list incl. frontis. and vign. title, some light marginal waterstains, a.e.g., orig. olive green blind - stamped gilt dec. morocco, a little worn at head, 8vo (1)

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Findlay (Fredrick Roderick Noble). Big Game Shooting and Travel in South - East Africa. An Account of Shooting Trips in the Cheringoma and Gorongoza Divisions of Portuguese South - East Africa and in Zululand, 1st ed., 1903, photogravure port. frontis. (somewhat browned), folding map, num. b & w illusts. from photos., t.e.g., orig. blind - stamped cloth gilt, rubbed and darkened on spine, together with Selous (Frederick Courteney), Travel and Adventure in South - East Africa. Being the Narrative of the last Eleven Years spent by the Author on the Zambeze and its Tributaries ..., 1st ed., pub. Rowland Ward & Co., 1893, port. frontis., folding map, num. b & w illusts. to text, one minor marginal note in ink (p.299), later cloth, backstrip def., 8vo, and two others (4)

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Knox (John P.). A Historical Account of St. Thomas, W.I., with its Rise and Progress in Commerce; Missions and Churches; Climate and its Adaptation to Invalids; Geological Structure; Natural History, and Botany; and Incidental Notices of St. Croix and St. Johns; Slave Insurrections in these Islands; Emancipation and Present Condition of Labouring Classes, 1st ed., New York, 1852, tinted litho. frontis., folding map, orig. blind - stamped cloth gilt, minor wear to head of spine, together with Truman (George, Jackson, John and Longstreth, Thomas B.), Narrative of a Visit to the West Indies in 1840 and 1841, pub. Philadelphia, 1844, small hole in title, orig. blind - stamped cloth gilt, torn at head of spine, plus The History of the Lives and Bloody Exploits of the most Noted Pirates; their Trials and Executions, Hartford, 1855, woodcut illusts., orig. blind - stamped cloth gilt, rubbed and worn on spine, and Hearn (Lafcadio), Two Years in the French West Indies, New York, n.d., [1890], b & w illusts. from photos., orig. dec. cloth, a little rubbed on spine, all 8vo (4)

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Strzelecki (Count Paul E. de). Physical Description of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, 1st ed., 1845, folding hand - col. geological map, tinted litho. view, two tinted litho. ports., nineteen b & w plts. at rear, 32pp. pubs. cat., some occn. spotting and minor marginal dampstains, orig. blind - stamped cloth gilt, worn on spine, inner front hinge broken, 8vo (1)

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Alinari (Fratelli). Chiesa di S. Michelea Arcangelo, Lucca, 1885, mammoth plate albumen print, photographer's blind stamp lower right, printed caption in blank at foot (no. 8573), some chipping and fraying to lower edge with small loss at lower corners, a few careful archival repairs to verso, 433 x 562mm (1)

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Miscellaneous Photography, mostly late 19th century, inc. misc. photo. albums, glass negatives of various subjects, inc. an early group of stereo - negatives, all in fitted wooden boxes, plus an incomplete and ex - library four - volume set of Men and Women of the Day, 1888 - 91, numerous large carbon prints with library blind stamps to upper corners (2 cartons)

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Blight (J.T.). Ancient Crosses and Other Antiquities, in the West of Cornwall, 1856, num. wood engs., a.e.g., orig. blind - stamped cloth gilt, skilfully rebacked, preserving orig. spine, small 4to, together with Streatfeild (Rev. Thomas), Excerpta Cantiana; being the Prospectus of a History of Kent, preparing for Publication, n.d., c. 1836, 24pp., title inscribed 'Sir John Dodson, from an old friend', folding genealogical table, wood engs. to text, three eng. plts. at rear, some minor scattered spotting, orig. half morocco, rubbed and somewhat scuffed, slim folio, plus Belloc (Hilaire), The Highway and its Vehicles, pub. The Studio, 1926, num. col. and b & w illusts., some tipped - in, orig. cloth in frayed d.j., 4to, (limited edition 407/1000), with other misc. topography (2 shelves)

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Pennant (Thomas). Some Account of London, Westminster, and Southwark, 4 vols., n.d., c. 1820s, num. eng. plts., some spotting and offsetting, a.e.g., contemp. blind - stamped gilt dec. crushed morocco, skilfully rebacked, 4to (4)

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Sussex. Thirty Views of Eastbourne, pub. J. Pulsford, 80 Terminus Road, Eastbourne, c.1860s, thirty eng. vignette views, orig. blind & gilt dec. cloth, together with Twenty Four Views of Eastbourne. T.S. Gowland, Booseller & Stationer, Eastbourne, c.1860s, twenty - four eng. vignette views (engraved by Newman & Co.), orig. green limp cloth, both slim oblong 8vo (2)

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Westwood (J.O.). Lapidarieum Walliae: The Early Inscribed and Sculptured Stones of Wales, Delineated and Described, 1st ed., Oxford, 1876 - 79, 101 tinted plts., t.e.g., orig. blind - stamped cloth gilt, a trifle rubbed, 4to (1)

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Smith (James Edward, and Sowerby, James). English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth..., 36 vols. & 3 suppplement vols. bound in 21, 1790 - 1843, 2867 hand - col. eng. plts., occ. minor spotting to few leaves, contemp. diced calf gilt, with blind stamped decoration, few joints cracked, one vol. with boards detached, 8vo. Armorial bookplate of Robert Heron. (21)

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Tripp (F.E.). British Mosses, their Homes, Aspects, Structure, and Uses, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1874, thirty - nine col. plts., orig. blind - stamped cloth gilt, a little rubbed on spines, 4to (2)

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Audsley (W. & G.). The Sermont on the Mount, Illuminated by W. and G. Audsley, Illustrated by Charles Rolt, [Day & Son, 1861], frontis. and twenty - six pages chromolithographed in cols. and gold by W.R. Tymms, each page mounted on thick card, within a double - line red rule, three leaves from another unrelated work inexplicably pasted - in, some scattered spotting and old waterstaining, a.e.g., orig. brown cloth with col. and chromolithographed cut - out paper onlays, blocked in gilt, lower cover in blind, rubbed, folio, together with Mowbray (A.R., pub.), The Anglican Missal, Oxford, 1869, gilt and hand - col. plts. and initials etc., a.e.g., orig. gilt dec. parchment boards, rubbed, 4to (2)

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Illuminated manuscript. Idylls of the King, by Tennyson, n.d., c.1870's, orig. illuminated manuscript possibly by Alberto Sangorski (fourth leaf apparently containing his initials), consisting of title and eight thick card leaves, each carefully illuminated in gold and colours, incorporating figures and animals, floral decoration etc., title v. sl. chipped to extreme fore - margin, a.e.g., orig. blind - panelled maroon calf, with old bookseller's ticket of H.& C. Treacher, Brighton, to upper outer corner of front pastedown, a little rubbed at extremities, slim folio . (1)

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Manuscript Recipe Book of William Ella de Rompton Com. Nottys., 1729 [and later], 92pp., containing num. medical and household receipts in several hands, incl. receipts for col. inks, varnish and 'soders', num. medical receipts for cramp, miscarrying, piles, rheumatism, jaundice, deafness, watery eyes, etc., etc., continental style blind - stamped calf, lacking clasps and some wear to extrems., small 4to (1)

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Milton (John). The Poetical Works of Mr. John Milton. Containing, Paradise Lost, Paradise Regain'd, Sampson Agnoises, and his Poems on Several Occasions. Together with Explanatory Notes on each Book of the Paradise Lost, and a Table Never Before Printed, 1695, port. frontis., trimmed and relaid, eng. plts., divisional titles, some minor spotting and light browning, contemp. blind - panelled calf, rebacked, folio (1)

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Polybius. Polybii Lycortae..., Historiarum libri qui Supersunt. Isaacus Casaubonus ex Antiquis Libris Emendauit, Latine Vertit, & Commentariis Illustrauit..., Typis Wechelianis apud Claudium Marnium & Haeredes Johannis Aubrii, 2 parts in 1, [Frankfurt], 1609, title printed in red & black, with woodcut printers device to title, parallel text in Greek and Latin, contemp. blind panelled vellum, with central blind arabesque to each board, loss of vellum to lower panel and upper joint split, folio (1)

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Villani (Matteo). Istorie di Matteo Villani Cittadino Fiorentino. Che Continua Quelle di Giouanni suo Fratello. Con l'Aggiunta di Filippo suo Figliuolo, che Arriuano sino all' anno 1364, pub. Firenze, 1581, woodcut device to title, a.e.g., early 19th c. blind panelled calf, boards detached, 8vo. Colophon of 2nd part dated 1596. (1)

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Abrahall (Mrs. H. A. Hoskyns). English Minstrelsy, Illuminated by H. A. Hoskyns Abrahall, A. Tarrant, [c. 1870], thirteen stiff card leaves, chromolithographed in colours and gold on the rectos only, orig. purple cloth, upper cover blocked in gilt, and incorporating illuminated initials in green and blue, lower cover blocked in blind, faded, lower cover stained, becoming loose in case, a.e.g., 4to. Tarrant's remainder issue, with a leaf advertising his purchase of the copyright of many of Day and Son's illuminated books. (1)

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Archer (Thomas). Pictures and Royal Portraits, illustrative of English and Scottish History ..., Engraved from Important Works by Distinguished Modern Painters ..., with Descriptive Historical Sketches, 2 vols., Blackie, [c. 1865], sixty - nine steel - eng. plts., orig. red cloth, ornately blocked in gilt and black, very slightly rubbed, a.e.g., together with another copy, bound in publisher's red morocco, blocked in gilt and blind to a similar design on the upper covers, spines and lower covers more ornately decorated than the cloth example, a.e.g., 4to. The bound - in Prospectus describes the plates as "beautifully executed in steel, and produced in a new and attractive style, which imparts to them the appearance of highly - finished drawings in sepia". The leather copy has additional pictorial title - pages not present in the cloth version. (4)

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Evans (Edmund). The Psalms of David, Sampson Low, 1862, text printed within elaborately decorated wood - eng. borders by W. J. Linton after John Franklin, with wood - eng. initial letters printed alternately in red and blue, some light foxing, orig. blue cloth, blocked in gilt and blind, a trifle rubbed, a.e.g., together with another copy of the same edition, in a variant publisher's binding of purple cloth blocked in gilt and blind to a different design, more elaborate spine but less elaborate upper cover than the blue cloth, a.e.g., small 4to (2)

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Gems of Nature and Art, Charles Griffin, [c. 1865], additional pictorial title - page, and twenty - three plates, after A. F. Lydon, H. Noel Humphreys, T. W. Wood, etc., printed from wood in colours by Benjamin Fawcett, some light foxing, orig. brick - red cloth, upper cover blocked in gilt and black to an ornate design, with a central turquoise and gilt paper onlay, spine blocked in gilt, lower cover in blind, recased, a bright copy, a.e.g., large 8vo. (1)

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Harford (John Scandrett). Life of Michael Angelo Buonarroti; with Translations of many of his Poems and Letters. Also, Memoirs of Savonarola, Raphael, and Vittoria Colonna, 2 vols., Longman, Brown, 1857, twenty plates, including one folding of the Sistine Ceiling, orig. green vertical - ribbed cloth, blocked in blind, spines lettered in gilt, together with The Agamemmon of Aeschylus. Translated from the Greek, Illustrated by a Dissertation on Grecian Tragedy, &c. by John S. Harford, John Murray, 1831, inscribed "from the Author", engraved title - page and fourteen plates, some after Flaxman, two plates and the Appendix by C. R. Cockerell, 19th c. green cloth, MS paper label on spine, bookplate of Davies Gilbert of Cornwall, 8vo (3)

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Humphreys (Henry Noel). The Poets' Pleasaunce: or, Garden of all Sorts of Pleasant Flowers, which our Pleasant Poets have, in past time, for pastime, Planted. By Eden Warwick, Longman, Brown, [etc.], 1847, full - page wood - engraved border introducing each of the thirty flowers, with each page of text surrounded by a repeating wood - engraved border, all designed by Noel Humphreys, full green morocco, panelled in blind, spine lettered in gilt, a trifle rubbed, a.e.g., 8vo (1)

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Jones (Owen). One Thousand and One Initial Letters, Designed and Illuminated by Owen Jones, Day & Son, 1864, title - page and twenty - six plates, chromolithographed in colours and gold, some spotting, orig. purple cloth, blocked in gilt, faded and worn, - a few leaves supplied from another copy, folio, together with Tymms (W. R.) and M. D. Wyatt, The Art of Illuminating as practised in Europe from the Earliest Times, Day and Son, 1860, title - page and 100 plts., mostly chromolithographs, letterpress text printed within borders in red or black, recased in orig. cloth, ornately blocked to an all - over design in gilt and red, rubbed at extrems., hinges weak, a.e.g., large 8vo, and Shaw (Henry), The Art of Illumination, as Practised during the Middle Ages, 2nd ed., Bell and Daldy, 1870, sixteen plts., twelve present in two states (lithograph and chromolithograph), a little foxed, orig. brown cloth, blocked in gilt and blind, slightly rubbed, a.e.g., large 8vo, plus eighteen others on illumination, alphabets, and related subjects, various sizes and bindings (21)

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Lydon (F. A.). Gems from the Poets, Illustrated; The Designs by F. A. Lydon, Groombridge and Sons, 1860, frontis., additional pictorial title - page, and twenty - seven plates, printed in colours from wood blocks by Benjamin Fawcett, recased in orig. green cloth, blocked in gilt and blind, soiled and rubbed, new endpapers, a.e.g., large 8vo (1)

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Montgomery (James). Poems. Selected and Edited by Robert Aris Willmott, Routledge, Warne, & Routledge, 1860, wood - eng. vignettes after Birket Foster, J. Wolf, John Gilbert, etc., engraved by the Brothers Dalziel, slight foxing, excellent in orig. blue cloth, blocked in gilt, a.e.g., together with Buchanan (Robert), North Coast and Other Poems, George Routledge, 1868, frontis, and fifty - two wood - eng. illusts. after J. Wolf, T. Dalziel, A. B. Houghton, and others, engraved by the Brothers Dalziel, slight foxing, orig. red cloth, blocked in gilt and blind, a trifle rubbed, a.e.g., and six other "Dalziel's Fine Art Books", all good in ornate orig. cloth bindings, a.e.g., slight wear, 8vo (9)

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Our Native Land: its Scenery and Associations. A Series of 36 Water - Colour Sketches after Rowbotham, Reed, Needham, and other Eminent Artists, With Descriptive Notes, Marcus Ward, 1879, thirty - six mounted chromos. plts., orig. blue cloth, blocked in gilt and blind, sl. rubbed at extrems., a.e.g., together with Our Native Land - New Series: Windsor Castle and the Water - way Thither. By W. H. Davenport Adams, Marcus Ward, 1880, twelve mounted chromos. plts. from watercolours by F. Jones, seventy - four wood - engs. after R. T. Pritchett, orig. brown cloth, blocked in gilt and black, soiled, sl. rubbed, a.e.g., 4to (2)

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Pickering (William, publisher). Order for the Administration of the Holy Communion and Occasional Offices according to the Use of the Church of England, William Pickering, 1848, printed by C. Whittingham in red and black, full contemp. calf, blocked in blind, rubbed, red edges, 8vo, together with The Book of Common Prayer Noted by John Merbecke, 1550, William Pickering, 1844, musical settings, printed in red and black by Charles Whittingham, foxed, contemp. parchment, gilt, soiled and rubbed, small 4to, and The Enthusiast, or The Straying Angel. A Poem by James Orton, William Pickering, 1852, inscribed "With the Publisher's comps", printed by C. Whittingham, title - page in red and black, orig. blue cloth, blocked in gilt to a design by W. H. Rogers, slightly soiled, 8vo, and two other Pickering titles, in three volumes (6)

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Poe (Edgar Allan). The Poetical Works, with Original Memoir, Sampson Low, 1858, wood - engs. after Pickersgill, John Tenniel, Birket Foster, and others, produced under the superintendence of Joseph Cundall, orig. purple cloth, ornately blocked in gilt to a design by Albert Warren, very slightly rubbed at extrems., a.e.g., together with two other printings of the same edition, Sampson Low 1866; and Ward, Lock and Tyler, [c. 1867], and The Poetical Works, Edinb., William P. Nimmo, 1872, wood - engs. by R. Paterson after Waller H. Paton, John McWhirter, and others; all in orig. cloth, blocked in gilt and blind, a.e.g., very good, bright copies, 8vo (4)

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Poetry of the Year, or Pastorals from our Poets, illustrative of the Seasons, Charles Griffin and Co., [c. 1867], chromolithograph frontis. and additional pictorial title - page, sixteen half - page chromolithographs after paintings by contemporary artists including Birket Foster and David Cox, pasted down onto the text pages, light foxing, orig. blue cloth, blocked in gilt and blind, with oval chromolithographed paper onlay, the same gilt decoration on each cover, but different onlays, a trifle rubbed, skilfully recased, a.e.g., together with another copy of the same edition, in the same blue cloth publisher's binding, a little rubbed at extrems., becoming loose in case, a.e.g., small 4to (2)

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Rhind (W. G.). The Tabernacle in the Wilderness; the Shadow of Heavenly Things. Three Engravings, Coloured, and Inlaid with Gold, Silver, and Brass, According to the Texts of Scripture: with Explanatory Notes, Samuel Bagster, 1842, actually with four engraved plates in colours and gold, contemp. half roan, maroon cloth sides blocked in blind, uniformly faded, printed leather label on the upper cover, folio, good copy (1)

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Stanesby (Samuel). The Sermon on the Mount. Illuminated by Sam. Stanesby, John Field, [c. 1865], twenty thick card leaves, chromolithographed in colours and gold by Thomas Bessant, with two small paste - down photos. incorporated into the chromo. decoration, orig. brown cloth, blocked in gilt and blind, light blue cut - out paper onlays, lightly rubbed, loose in case, a.e.g., together with The Wisdom of Solomon. Illuminated by Samuel Stanesby, Griffith & Farran, [1861], sixteen thick card leaves, chromolithographed in colours and gold by Ashbee & Dangerfield, the frontis. with a small paste - down photograph incorporated into the decoration, publisher's brown calf, blocked in gilt and blind, rubbed, recased, a.e.g., and five other books illuminated by Stanesby, including "Shakesperean Creations", 8vo and small 8vo (7)

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Tenniel (John, illust.). Lalla Rookh: an Oriental Romance. By Thomas Moore, Longman, Green, [etc.], 1861, sixty - nine wood - engs. by the Brothers Dalziel after John Tenniel, four wood - eng. plts. and one colour - printed plate of Persian design after Thomas Sulman, leaf of publisher's adverts. at the end, light foxing, orig. purple cloth, blocked in blind, silver, and gilt to a Persian design, spine and upper cover faded, slightly rubbed, a.e.g., 8vo (1)

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Whistler (James McNeill, and others, illust.). Passages from Modern English Poets. Illustrated by the Junior Etching Club, William Tegg, [1862], forty - seven etchings on forty - five plates, most foxed in the extreme borders, orig. red cloth, blocked in gilt and blind, slightly soiled and rubbed, a.e.g., 4to (1)

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Whymper (Mrs J.W.). Beauty in Common Things. Illustrated by Twelve Drawings from Nature, S.P.C.K., [c. 1870], twelve mounted coloured plates after Mrs. Whymper, printed in colours by William Dickes, orig. green cloth, blocked in gilt and black, lower cover blocked in blind, a.e.g., together with Flower Emblems, or the Seasons of Life, Selections in Prose and Verse from Various Authors, Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1871, twelve coloured lithograph plates, orig. green cloth, blocked in gilt and black, lower cover blocked in blind, slightly soiled and rubbed, a.e.g., both 4to (2)

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Gregynog Press. The Star of Seville: A Drama in three acts and in verse attributed to Lope de Vega translated out of Spanish by Henry Thomas, 1935, col. vign. to title and to blank at rear, text in red and black, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. crushed blind - patterned black morocco gilt, sm. 4to. Limited edition 156/175. (1)

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Gregynog Press. he Misfortunes of Elphin, by Thomas Love Peacock, 1928, b&w wood eng illusts. by Horace Walter Bray, partly untrimmed, orig. full vellum with yapp fore - edges, 8vo, limited edition 213/250, together with The Lovers of Teruel, a drama in four acts in prose and verse, by Juan Eugenio Hartzenbusch, trans. Henry Thomas, Gregynog Press, 1938, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. blind - patterned crushed red full morocco, very sl. frayed to extreme head and foot of spine (generally a very good copy), 8vo, limited edition 94/175 (2)

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Waugh (Evelyn). Decline and Fall, An Illustrated Novelette, 1st ed., Chapman & Hall, 1928, frontis. and illusts., bookplt. to front pastedown, blind - stamped address to half - title, orig. patterned cloth gilt, rubbed, some wear to spine ends, ring - marked to upper cover, in green pictorial d.j. designed by the author with orig. paper label to upper cover, paper label to spine mostly incomplete, spine yellowed, some chippping to corners, some loss to top edge of inner flap, 8vo (1)

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Coleridge (Samuel Taylor). The Pixies Song, 1848, eight uncol. etched plts. by M.G., some minor scattered spotting, a.e.g., contemp. blind - panelled morocco, a little rubbed and marked, slim 4to, together with Histoire de Mr. Vieux - Vois, par Topffer, Paris, 1860, ninety - two uncol. etched plts., a.e.g., orig. gilt dec. cloth, a little worn at head of spine, oblong 8vo, with other various illustrated books (a carton)

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Kelly's Directory of Staffordshire, 1896, folding map (creased), num. illustrated commercial ads. at rear, together with Kelly's Directory of Birmingham with its Suburbs and the Borough of Smethwick, 1903, lacks folding plan, num. illustrated commercial ads. at rear, both orig. blind - stamped cloth gilt, soiled and some wear, large 8vo, with other misc. topography, travel, etc. (a carton)

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Landseer (Thomas). Ten Etchings, Illustrative of the Devil's Walk, 1st ed., pub. F.G. Harding, 1831, ten uncol. etched plts., some minor scattered spotting, orig. morocco - backed printed boards, a little soiled, slim folio, together with The Communists of Paris. Types - Physiognomies - Characters, by Bertall, 1871, forty hand - col. caricatures, orig. blind - stamped cloth gilt, some wear to spine, 4to, plus Paston (George), Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century, 1st ed., 1905, num. b & w illusts., t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. cloth gilt, minor wear to head and foot of spine, tall folio, and others (a carton)

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Illustrated London News, vols. 1 & 2 bound in one, May - December, 1842 & January - June, 1843, num. wood engs., disbound (without covers), folio, together with Tyrrell (Henry), The History of the War with Russia, 6 orig. divs., n.d., c. 1860, steel eng. plts., double - page maps and plans, orig. blind - stamped cloth gilt, rubbed, slim folio, plus Wallett (W.F.), The Public Life of W.F. Wallett, the Queen's Jester: An Autobiography, edited John Luntley, 1870, port. frontis., orig. pict. cloth, a little rubbed, 8vo, and other misc. antiquarian, etc. (3 shelves)

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A George III figured mahogany chest on chest, with dentil cavetto cornice and blind fret frieze over two short and three long graduated drawers with brass swan neck handles flanked by blind fret canted corners to top, over three-drawer base, on bracket feet,with restorations, 177cm high, 114cm wide, 56cm deep.

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19th.Cent. Mahogany Half Round Serving Table On Four Tapered Leg Ending In Spade Feet Blind Fretwork Decoration To Front And Leg

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A REGENCY MAHOGANY BRACKET CLOCK, with white enamel dial, striking mechanism, the arch and case with ebony and brass inlay, having blind fret sides and engraved back plate (no glass and in need of restoration) maker's name rubbed, probably C Lacey of Bristol, 16" high

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WILLIAM LE-HANKEY, BLACK AND WHITE ETCHING WITH BLIND STAMP, circa 1930, 'Mother and Child', (see further details verso), 8" x 6"

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