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Papa', limited edition print of Winston Churchill, no. 179 of 750, with an 'A' blind stamp to the bottom left, signed in pencil, framed, glazed and mounted, frame size 30cm x 32cm

After W J Shayer,four hunting prints,17.5cm diameter;Gordon Crosby,two motor racing prints; Elizabeth Ansell print; and three Gordon King prints, one signed in pencil in margin with blind stamp.Qty: 10

A Mahogany Shelved and Glazed Cabinet with Blind Carved Geometric Decoration, 93cms Wide

JAMES PRIDDEY artist's proof prints (2) - 'Dolwyddelan Castle', 32 x 23cms and 'Pont Rhyd-yr-Elyll', 29 x 33.5cms, both signed and titled in pencil and with blind stamps

Bohemia, John the Blind (1310-46), Half-Groschen (or Sterling), c. 1311, Kuttenberg, iohannes primvs, facing bust wearing tall crown, rev. dei gratia rex boemie, crowned lion rampant with double tail, 1.70g/12h (Doneb. 828; Weiller 337). Nearly very fine, toned, extremely rare£1,500-£2,000 --- Provenance: Barry Cooke Collection

Low Countries, LuxembOurg, John the Blind (1309-46), Esterlin, Méraude, no stops, 1.16g/4h (Mayhew 277); together with other Esterlins (6) from Brabant (4), Flanders and Hainault [7]. Mostly fine, first scarce but with surface crack £200-£260 --- Provenance: Barry Cooke Collection

A George III style mahogany serpentine chest of four long drawers with blind fretwork decoration to the canted corner and on shaped bracket feet, 111cm wide x 56cm deep x 95cm high Minor marks, dents and scratches overall due to age and use. Some slight water damage to the top. The handles original. Some restoration needed to the front right bracket foot. Some minor losses to the veneer, particularly in the junction between the drawers.

Abau Dieterte, Cattle in a landscape, with Print Sellers Association blind stamp and inscribed twice in pencil in the margin, 68cm x 52cm; together with a decorative print of a Highland view (2)Both similarly framed.

A 19th century oak chest of three short and four long graduated drawers beneath a frieze drawer, the chest with mahogany crossbanded decoration and quarter round fluted pilaster columns, blind fretwork decoration to the frieze drawer, all standing on bracket feet, 103cm wide x 53cm deep x 119cm highMinor marks, dents and scratches overall due to age and use. Some minor losses to the crossbanded decoration, slight splits down either side, the bottom drawer slightly dropped on its runners. The middle two drawers with losses to the edging on the top and lower right corners. The escutcheons and handles replaced, one escutcheon lacking to the second drawer down, the feet possibly reduced in height.

† SIR WILLIAM RUSSELL FLINT; a signed limited edition coloured print, study of three young women, signed lower right and with blind stamp lower left, 44 x 59cm, framed and glazed.

AFTER CHARLES JOHNSON PAYNE 'SNAFFLES' (1884-1967); colour lithograph, 'The Grand National, The Canal Turn', bearing 'Bit' embossed blind stamp, 48 x 66cm including margin, framed and glazed.

Dolls House - A scratch built wooden dolls house depicting a bakery shop entitled 'Kirsties'. The shop opens at the front, and comes with extendable roller blind, and side opening front door. The shop measures approximately 40cms (H) x 41cms (W) x 26cms (D). The shop is built to a Good standard and contains dolls plus quantity of shop fittings that include bread, counter, scales, crates of food, cakes and similar - which appear to be in Good overall condition. (This does not constitute a guarantee)

‡ LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY RBA RA limited edition colour print - 'Group of Children', signed in pencil with Fine Art Trade Guild blind stamp, published in 1975 by Venture Prints Ltd, Bristol, (I) 17.5 x 19.5cms; together with three prints framed together - 'Sketches', of rushing figure with pram, boy on cart, and bearded figure with pram, published by Adam Collection, limited edition of 850 copies, signed and dated 1959 in the prints, one with blind stamp, (I) 8.4 x 11.4cms, 9.4 x 11.8cms, 9.7 x 12.8cms respectively (2) Provenance:private collection Denbighshire, consigned via our Colwyn Bay office, with Charles Nicholls & Son, comes with original purchase receipt dated 1974Condition Report:Group of Children - mounted and unframed. Three Sketches - excellent, in scratched metal frame. Both commonly sold together. The printed sketches from original drawings in the collection of Mr and Mrs Andras Kalman, London, printed by Chorley & Pickersgill Ltd.

Edward Golland of Retford (Notts) - mid-18th century 8-day carved oak longcase c1760 , with a stepped caddy top and blind fret, break arch hood door flanked by carved pilasters with brass capitals, trunk with a carved break arch toped door on a carved plinth with applied skirting and feet, brass dial with matching steel hands, silvered and engraved dial centre and chapter ring, with seconds dial and calendar aperture, four seasons spandrels and boss to the arch with makers name, four pillar rack striking movement, striking the hours on a bell. With weights and pendulum. Edward Golland is recorded as working in Retford during the late 18th century.Dimensions: Height: 240cm  Length/Width: 50cm  Depth/Diameter: 24cm

A Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase of 18th Century Design the upper part with moulded scroll and fretted cornice with brass finials, blind fret carved frieze, fitted twelve cloth-lined shelves enclosed by three pairs of astragal glazed doors, the base fitted cupboards enclosed by pairs of panelled doors flanking centre chest with two short and two long drawers, on plinth support 148ins wide x 20.5ins deep x 104ins high

MASTER COMICS #94 (1948 - FAWCETT) - Captain Marvel Jr. cover art by Kurt Schaffenberger - Golden age gem with Captain Marvel Jr. "Captain Marvel Jr. Gets Bottled Up", Nyoka: "The Savage Custom", Kanvasback: "History Making Reply", Bulletman: "Blind Man's Bluff" & Hopalong Cassidy: "Beyond the Law" stories - Flat/Unfolded - a photographic condition report is available on request

Charles 'Snaffles' Johnson Payne (1884-1967) The Season 1939-1940 colour photolithograph signed in pencil Snaffles bit blind stamp - 29cm x 49.5cm, frame size 55cm x 78cm - The Tryon Gallery Ltd label verso - some surface marks but reasonably good

Charles 'Snaffles' Johnson Payne (1884-1967) A Sight to Take Home and Think About - colour lithograph signed in pencil Snaffles bit blind stamp 28.5cm x 51cm, frame size 53cm x 66.5cm - good condition

An Edwardian mahogany open bookcase with three adjustable shelves, blind fretwork frieze on shaped base - Height 98cm x 92cm x 26cm - in polished condition

An early Victorian mahogany inverted breakfront sideboard, having three blind frieze drawers over four arched panelled lower cupboard doors, with acanthus leaf carved corbels, w.198cmColour is good and strong. Some light marks & scratches.

A mid-Victorian figured walnut ledgeback chiffonier, the raised superstructure on spiral turned supports over blind frieze drawer to twin lower cupboard doors, w.105cm

‡ CERI RICHARDS CBE limited edition (32/150) coloured lithograph - entitled 'Piano', signed and dated '58, with artist's blind stamp initials in a circle bottom leftDimensions: 64 x 47cmsProvenance:private collection London, consigned via our Cardiff officeCondition Report:unframed

A nice quality Mahogany chest on stand having four long and five short drawers, blind fretwork frieze carved and fretworked swan neck pediment, the base having a carved apron and standing on ball and claw feet, 36 7/8" wide x 17 1/2" deep x 69 1/2" high.

Horse Racing Interest - Three prints of horse racing interest to include a limited edition print after Claire Eva Burton entitled Ahead Of The Field, signed in pencil and numbered 103 of 500 by the artist, a limited edition print after Alison Hoare entitled The Classics 1994, signed in pencil and numbered 268 of 500 by the artist, with blind stamp and a limited edition print depicting Frankel, signed in pencil and numbered 105 of 250 by the artist, each framed under glass, largest approximately 38 cm x 58 cm image size. [3]

Henri Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) lithograph "Lassitude", woman lying on her back, from the "Elles" album, c. 1896, monogram and blind stamp for "Toulouse Lautrec Circle", 15" x 20.5" (39cm x 52cm), unframed

Robert Heritage for Gordon Russell - Gr69 - A retro mid 20th Century Designer teak sideboard credenza having four blind fronted doors with carved handles to the top of each. The doors to the left opening to reveal a cutlery and spacious interior. The right fitted with shelves. All raised on straight legs. Measures approx. 73cm x 185cm x 49cm.

A matching pair of retro 20th Century teak wood side tables / lamp occasional tables. Each having blind fronted single drawers support by straight legs. Each measures approx. 72cm x 61cm x 40cm.

VICTORIA: (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom Great Britain & Ireland 1837-1901. Vintage ink signature ('Victoria Rg') on a manuscript document appointing William Deverson as a bedesman at Canterbury Cathedral; folded single sheet 33 x 40cm blind stamped to top left corner for Secretary of State Home Department; further folded for delivery with remains of blind embossed seal affixed to one edge; together with a manuscript letter from Windsor Castle dated 14th April 1854 acknowledging receipt of two letters advising Queen Victoria of the deaths of a number of high ranking soldiers (2)Condition Report:Good condition consistent with age and use.

Education.- Ascham (Roger) The Schoolemaster. Or, Playne and Perfite Way of Teaching Children, to Understande, Write, and Speake the Latin Toong, back letter, title within typographic border, large woodcut printer's device on recto of final leaf, woodcut initials, final gathering with short internal tear running from inner margin, Macclesfield copy with bookplate and blind-stamps, later attractive blue boards, [Pforzheimer 16; STC 836], small 4to, Abell Jeffes, 1589.⁂ The Macclesfield copy of this important work on educational theory by a former tutor to Elizabeth I.

Wemys (Thomas) Beth-Hak-Kodesh. Or the Separation and Consecration of Places for God's publick Service and Worship, only edition, with initial imprimatur leaf, lightly soiled, slight worming to lower margin occasionally affecting a few letters, paper flaw to fore-margin of F4 affecting one letter, John Rawlet's copy with his ink signature to front free endpaper and library tab number attached to lower board, contemporary sheep, for Thomas Dring, 1674 § L'Estrange (Roger) Interest Mistaken, or the Holy Cheat; proving from the undeniable Practises and Positions of the Presbyterians, that the Design of that party is to enslave both King and People under the Masque of Religion, second impression, variant with 150pp., final advertisement leaf, engraved bookplate of Rt.Hon. Thomas Earl of Hadinton to verso of title, 19th century calf ruled in blind, [Wing L1262], for Henry Brome, 1661 § Account (An) of the Conduct of the Roman-Catholick Clergy and Zealots of France, from the First Toleration there of the Protestants, to their Expulsion, endpapers browned, later calf, gilt, spine gilt, worn at head, by J.Morphew, 1710, all rubbed; and another, 8vo et infra (4)⁂ The first has an interesting provenance: John Rawlet (1642-86), preacher and poet from Tamworth with non-conformist sympathies, who left his library to the town of Tamworth for the use of scholars. The library contained mainly theology but also some classical and English literature and an imperfect medieval illuminated manuscript Bible. Housed first in an almshouse and then the grammar school, in 1932 the library was sold at auction and dispersed. ESTC cites 7 UK locations but not including the British Library.Of the second item ESTC lists only 2 UK copies of this variant (Congregational Library and National Trust) and 5 others abroad.

Hanway (Jonas) Serious Considerations on the Salutary Design of the Act of Parliament for a Regular, Uniform Register of the Parish-Poor in all the Parishes within the Bills of Mortality...To which are added, some thoughts on the Usefulness of Ventilation; the pernicious Effects of bad Air, narrow Streets, and ruined Houses; the Advantages of Cleanliness and decent Cloathing..., first edition, engraved title vignette, modern calf with decorative border in blind, black morocco label, [Goldsmiths 9802; Kress 6026], 8vo, for John Rivington, 1762. ⁂ Among the scarcest of all Hanway's published works. The proposed register of "all the infant parish poor within the Bills of Mortality, as far as four years of age" is particularly interesting. Rare in commerce; we have been able to trace only this copy at auction, in these rooms in 2021.

Egypt.- Light (Sir Henry) Travels in Egypt, Nubia, Holy Land, Mount Libanon, and Cyprus, in the year 1814, first edition, half-title, engraved map misbound as frontispiece, 19 plates (2 folding), vignettes, some foxing and offsetting, contemporary blind-stamped calf, a little rubbed, joints cracked, 4to, 1818.

Catullus (Gaius Valerius),Tibullus & Propertius. [Opera], first Aldine edition, first issue, collation: A-E8, F4; A-D8 E4; a-i8, italic type, hole to title with loss of text on verso, later ink inscriptions on title and verso of penultimate leaf, ink pagination and a few annotations, some light foxing, Venice, Aldus Manutius, 1502; bound with Lucanus (Marcus Annaeus) [Pharsalia], collation: a-r8 s4, italic type, ink pagination, later ink annotations to verso of final leaf, some foxing, Venice, Aldus Manutius, 1502, early calf, gilt leaves and title to upper cover and sun device with face to lower cover, all within blind-stamped and ruled borders, spine in compartments, lacking ties, corners and spine ends worn, joints cracked, 8vo (160 x 100mm.).⁂ First work is the first issue with "Propetius" in title and with "Benedicti Filio" in preface, instead of "Leonardi filio".Provenance: pencil note to front pastedown 'Sotheby's 22/x/57 lot 414 £EO/-/-'.Literature: I: Aldo Manuzio tipografo 55; Ahmanson-Murphy 52; Renouard 39:16; Adams C1137; Edit 16 CNCE 10356 II: Aldo Manuzio tipografo 59; Ahmanson-Murphy 56; Renouard 33:3; Adams L1557; Edit16 36129.

Belcher (Capt. Sir Edward) Narrative of a Voyage Round the World, Performed in Her Majesty's Ship Sulphur...Including Details of the Naval Operations in China, 2 vol., first edition, 3 folding engraved maps in pocket at beginning of vol. 1, 19 plates, wood-engraved illustrations, tissue-guards, 16pp. publisher's catalogue at end of vol. 1, bookplate and label of Carberry Tower Library, vol. 1 frontispiece lightly offset, occasional light foxing, mostly to plates, a few with minor damp-staining to foot, hinges repaired, original blind-stamped cloth, neatly rebacked, with original sunned backstrips laid-down, lightly rubbed, [Sabin 4390], 8vo, 1843.⁂ An important survey of the Pacific and its islands, and the coast of Northwest America from California up to Alaska. The naval operations refer to the First Opium War.

Law.- Finch (Sir Henry) Law, or, A Discourse thereof, in foure Bookes, first edition in English, lacking initial blank but final blank present, printed partly in black letter, light water-staining at beginning and end, contemporary calf ruled in blind, rubbed, rebacked, corners and lower cover repaired, new endpapers, [STC 10871], 8vo, Societie of Stationers, 1627.⁂ A classic text in English law. Sir Henry Finch (1558-1625), serjeant-at-law, was engaged with Bacon, Noy, and others on an abortive attempt at codifying the statute law. His main work was Nomotechnia, published in 1613 in four books treating of jurisprudence, common law, procedure, and special jurisdictions. This is the first edition in English but a different version, and an improvement, of the text first published in Law French. It was not superseded as a basic text for law students until Blackstone's Commentaries of 1765-70.

Bougainville (Hyacinthe, Baron de) Album Pittoresque de la Frégate La Thétis et de la Corvette L'Espérance, half-title, 28 lithographed plates and illustrations, all ff. mounted on stubs, plates with discreet "FB" blind-stamp (as usual), margins with occasional light damp-staining and short tears neatly repaired, text with a few small portions of marginal loss repaired, light foxing, later half calf, spine gilt but sunned, lightly rubbed, [Sabin 6874; Hill 161], large folio, Paris, 1828.⁂ The first account of Hyacinthe de Bougainville's diplomatic mission to Réunion, Cochin-China, Pondicherry, Manila and Macao, including visits to Singapore and Rio de Janeiro. This series of fine views was published nine years before the official account of the voyage.

Roads.- [Mace (Thomas)] Profit, Conveniency, and Pleasure, to the whole Nation. Being a short Rational Discourse...concerning the High-Ways of England, first edition, woodcut head-piece and initial, without 7pp. 'Advertisement' at end but text complete, upper outer corner of C1 torn away without affecting text (repaired), Macclesfield North library copy with bookplate but no blind-stamp, modern half calf, red morocco label, [Goldsmiths' 2132; Wing M121], small 4to, Printed for a Publick good, 1675.⁂ Thomas Mace (1612/13-?1706), musician and writer on music, had been appointed a clerk (i.e. singing man) at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1655, and continued in that role for most of his life thereafter. He is most famous for the publication of Musick's monument, or, a remembrancer of the best practical musick in 1676. In this diatribe on the state of English roads, he shows a genuine interest in, and a remarkably good grasp of, the civil engineering required. In addition to other practical ideas, he proposes a scheme for straighter two-lane highways where travellers would keep to the right-hand side.

Roman binding.- Pindar. Olympia, Pythia, Nemea, Isthmia, translated by Johannes Lonicer, collation: α6 A-Z a-z Aa-Mm4 Nn6, woodcut device on title, woodcut initials, short repaired tear to Nn2, tiny marginal worm-holes to last few leaves, some light foxing and toning, endpapers lightly wormed, contemporary Roman binding (c.1545-47), by Niccolò Franzese for G.B. Grimaldi, gold- and blind-tooled dark brown morocco over pasteboards, covers panelled in gilt with interlocking central lozenge containing a horizontal medallion of Apollo and Pegasus stamped in blind and with remains of gold and green paint highlights, Greek motto lettered around medallion edge, 'Pin Darus Poeta' at head of inner panel, solid arabesque, bird and fleur-de-lys tools, spine in compartments and with a single fleuron tool in each compartment, headbands renewed, expert restorations at spine ends, joints and corners, g.e., housed in a modern fleece-lined cloth drop-back box, 4to (text block 214 x 135mm., binding 220 x 145mm.), Basel, Andreas Cratander, 1535.⁂ Second Latin edition of the complete works of the Greek lyric poet in a stunning contemporary Roman binding. In forming the library on behalf of Grimaldi, Tolomei balanced modern literature with ancient, but provided the works of Greek authors in Latin translation, since Grimaldi did not know Greek.Niccolò Franzese (Niccolò Fery of Rheims), one of three binders working on behalf of Tolomei for Grimaldi (c.1524-c.1612), was a Frenchman active at Rome, whose work there played a role in popularising Parisian design. He was binding books for the Pope's private library by 1542, worked for the Vatican from 1549, and in 1556 was appointed by Pope Paul IV to the Vatican staff as its first staff binder, a post he held until his death in 1570-71 (see Hobson, pp. 76ff.). 'Niccolò was the most successful Roman binder of the mid-sixteenth century, to judge from the number of survivors from his shop' (Hobson, p.77).Provenance: Giovanni Battista Grimaldi (binding); Libreria Ulisse Franchi (sale Florence, 8 April 1902, lot 450); M. Zubaloff ; L.-A. Barbet (title signature; sale Paris, 13 June 1932, lot 127); Federico Gentili de Giuseppe; Madame R. Salem, Paris (monogram booklabel); sale Sotheby's, 31 October 1977, lot 52, £1,000 to H.D. Lyon; The Michel Wittock Collection, Part I : Important Renaissance Bookbindings, 2004.Literature: Fumagalli, 44; De Marinis 763; G.D. Hobson, Maioli, no. CII; A.R.A. Hobson, Apollo and Pegasus, no. 97; Cinq siècles d'ornements, no.1; Hobson/Culot 2 5; Musea Nostra, p. 24; F. & L. Macchi, Dizionario illustrato della legatura, Milan, 2002, pl. XII.; VD 16 P 2798.

Bottomley (Gordon) A Vision of Giorgione, number 31 of only 60 copies signed by the author (50 for sale), 1922; another, ordinary copy, signed and inscribed by the author to Wilfrid and Geraldine Gibson on front free endpaper, 1922; Gruach and Britain's Daughter: Two Plays, number 39 of only 60 copies signed by the author (50 for sale), 1921; another, ordinary copy, signed and inscribed by the author to Robin de la Condamine, 1921; Poems of Thirty Years, letter H of only 12 signed copies for presentation, from an edition limited to 87, inscribed by the author with 2 long poems to [W.] Graham [Robertson] on front free endpaper, invitation to exhibition loosely inserted, 1925; another, ordinary copy, with 4pp. A.L.s. from the author to a Mrs Matthay loosely inserted, 1925; Scenes and Plays, number H of only 12 signed copies for presentation, from an edition limited to 112, signed and inscribed to [W.] Graham Robertson, original cream cloth, 1929; The Gate of Smaragdus, first edition, plates by Clinton Balmer, signed and inscribed "For Paul Delaney, to remind him of his exploration among the Gordon Bottomley papers, with best wishes from Roger Lancelyn Green..." on front free endpaper, original cloth-backed boards, with the fragile dust-jacket (a little torn and frayed), 1904, occasional foxing, all but the last two in original cloth bindings designed by Charles Ricketts, the special copies in cream cloth blocked in gilt, the others in green cloth stamped in blind or red cloth in yellow, all uncut, most a little rubbed, some spines faded; and 7 others by Bottomley, some signed or with letters, v.s. (15)

Emblemata.- Amoris Divi et Humani Effectus Varii, first edition, engraved title with pictorial border composed of musical instruments, swords and rifles, 39 numbered engraved plates by Michael Snyders (some after Gillis van Schoor), each with Latin caption and French distichon opposite, 21 additional engraved emblems without text at end, some staining to outer margins, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary blind-stamped vellum, lacking ties, g.e., [Landwehr, Low Countries, 33; Praz pp.254-255], small 8vo, Antwerp, Michael Snyders, 1626.

Russia.- [Alexander (William)] The Costume of the Russian Empire, first edition, 73 hand-coloured stipple-engraved plates, title, dedication and text in English and French, text and plates watermarked 1796, faint off-setting, contemporary calf, rebacked retaining original backstrip, g.e., decorated in blind and gilt, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Abbey Travel 244], folio, 1803.

δ O'Connor (Gemma, binder).- Theocritus. Sixe Idyllia, number 198 of 270 copies, from an edition limited to 417, 8 etchings by Anthony Gross, bound in dark brown oasis goatskin, by Gemma O'Connor, upper cover with bull's head inlaid in fawn goatskin and tooled in gilt, bull's head in blind to lower cover, Greek lettering in blind to spine, g.e., suede flyleaves and light brown goatskin endpapers, custom morocco-backed drop-back box, 4to (c.340 x 250mm.), New York, Chilmark Press, Clover Hill Editions, 1971.δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.

Hawaii.- Jarves (James Jackson) History of the Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands, first edition, additional vignette title, engraved frontispiece and folding map, plates and illustrations, some offsetting, a few leaves slightly browned, light foxing, mostly to endpapers, original blind-stamped cloth, spine gilt but sunned, small chips to spine ends, lightly rubbed, 8vo, Boston, 1843.

Cinderella.- Geiler von Kaisersberg (Johann) Das irrig Schaf. Sagt von kleinmuetigkeit und verzweiflung. Geprediget und gedeutscht... mit sampt den nachvolgenden tractaten, first edition, 7 parts in 1, collation: A8 B-C4 D8 E-F4 G6 H4; a8 b-c4 d8 e4 f6; aa6 bb8 cc-dd4 ee8; Aa6 Bb8 Cc6 Dd-Ee4 Ff8; (a-(b8 (c-(d6; (A6 (B4; AA4 BB6 CC-DD4 EE6, complete with all blanks, title and sectional titles with woodcut illustrations, first five gatherings rubricated, upper margin of title repaired, some worming, mostly marginal but single hole through most of text, contemporary blind-stamped pink-stained half pigskin and wooden boards, tears to spine, brass clasp (tip of catch missing), 4to (196 x 139 mm.), Strasbourg, Matthias Schürer, 1510.⁂ First edition of this collection of Geiler's moral tales, including the earliest illustrated appearance in print of Cinderella 'Der eschen Grüdel'. Geiler was a popular Strasbourg preacher of the pre-Reformation era, and this volume was published around the time of his death, March 1510.Provenance: Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow, sale at Christie's NY 2013, lot 186 $15,000 (bookplate).Literature: Dacheux Die Altesten Schriften Geilers 47; Kristeller 528; Panzer Annalen 670; Ritter Catalogue... de la Bibl. Munnicipale de Strasbourg 1078; VD16 G 764.

Melville (Herman) Moby-Dick or the White Whale, second English edition, a few spots to fore-edge, light browning to endpapers, Lord Rosebery's copy with his "Durdans" blind-stamp to to title and pp.99 and 101 and the odd pencil note or marking to margins and endpaper, original pictorial cloth, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners slightly bumping, small patch of fraying to foot of upper cover, some slight rubbing or faint marking, but a bright, crisp copy generally, 8vo, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1892.⁂ The second English edition of one of the Great American Novels and a key work of 19th century literature. This second English edition is both rare (we have traced not like example at auction) and significant as it is the first English edition to include the missing epilogue as well as a number of other passages and phrases that were omitted for the Bentley first edition (an edition that was famously mutilated by self-appointed censors).

Prisons.- Rules and Regulations for the Government of the Gaol and House of Correction, at Dorchester, 1835, light spotting, modern cloth, Dorchester, [1835] § Symons (Jelinger C.) Tactics for the Times; as regards the Condition and Treatment of the Dangerous Classes, first edition, half-title, tinted lithograph frontispiece,4 hand-coloured lithographed bar charts, 3 folding tables, original blind-stamped cloth, rubbed and faded, rebacked, new endpapers, [Goldsmiths' 36553], 1849 § Hunt (Henry) Investigation at Ilchester Gaol..., first edition, etched frontispiece by George Cruikshank and 5 plates (probably by Robert Cruikshank), with additional portrait of the author mounted & bound in and with both supplementary addresses not always found, foxing and offsetting, later half morocco, uncut, rubbed, [Cohn 421; Goldsmiths' 23262 (but lacking the address to Graham)], 1821 § Campbell (John) Thirty Years' Experience of a Medical Officer in the English Convict Service, first edition, presentation copy from the author inscribed on front free endpaper, 4pp. advertisements at end, original cloth, spine rubbed and faded, 1884; and 4 others on prisons, 8vo (8)⁂ The first is very rare and not listed by Library Hub although it does include an earlier set of rules of 1824 in the British Library.Henry Hunt was a radical politician who had been incarcerated in Ilchester gaol for his involvement in the Peterloo Massacre of 1819. He was released in 1822 and brought a series of complaints against the prison particularly the gaoler, William Bridle, instigating an Inquiry into prison conditions.

Busti (Bernardinus de) Mariale. Officium et missa Immaculatae Conceptionis, collation: A8 B6 a-d8 e-h6.8 i-l8 m8 n-p6 q-z8.6 aa-qq8.6 rr6 ss-zz8.6 AA-FF6 GG8, double column, 378 ff., 54 lines and headline, Gothic type, initial spaces with guide-letters, title with marginal repair / strengthening verso and mounted on stub, water-stained, worming to lower margins of last few text ff. and rear pastedown (mostly small holes to text ff.), some spotting and staining, lightly browned, contemporary blind-stamped panelled calf over wooden boards, metal clasps, sympathetically rebacked, loss / wear to original leather of covers, folio (270 x 181mm.), Strasbourg, Martin Flach, 15 August, 1498.⁂ Rare at auction, with the last copy we can trace being in 2009. Bernardino de' Bustis (c.1450-1513) was a Franciscan friar at Legnano, near Milan. He was an early advocate of the Monti di Pietà, a pawnshop which offered small loans at much more favourable terms than the open market. Literature: BMC I, 155; Goff B-1335; HC(Add) *4162; GW 5806; BSB-Ink B-1017; ISTC ib01335000.

Freemasonry.- Hutchinson (William) The Spirit of Masonry in Moral and Elucidatory Lectures, first edition, engraved frontispiece and title with masonic vignette, light spotting, later bookplate, later half roan, g.e., rubbed, rebacked, for J.Wilkie, 1775 § Smith (Capt. George) The Use and Abuse of Free-Masonry, first edition, half-title, engraved title-vignette, some foxing, [Vibert p.39], later half calf, for the Author, 1783 § Exposition (An) of the Causes which have produced the late Dissensions among the Freemasons of Scotland, first edition, half-title, light soiled, stab-holes, ex-library copy with blind-stamp to title and label, old cloth-backed boards, Edinburgh, 1808, 8vo (3)

Economics.- Postlethwayt (Malachy) Great-Britain's True System..., first edition, contemporary ink signature of Lewis Johnson to head of title, title and final leaf browned at edges, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked preserving old label, [Goldsmiths' 9266; Kress 5639; Sabin 64565], A.Millar, 1757 § Sheffield (John Baker Holroyd, Lord) Observations on the Commerce of the American States, A New Edition, Much Enlarged, 10 folding tables, light water-staining at beginning and end, contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt, a few slightly worn or stained patches, spine repaired at head, [Goldsmiths' 12622; this edition not in Kress], J.Debrett, 1784 § Report of the Commissioners for Taking, Examining, and Stating, the Publick Accounts of the Kingdom, 1711; Report from the Commissioners appointed to Take, Examine and State the Publick Accounts of the Kingdom, 1712; A Report from the Commissioners appointed to Take, Examine and Determine the Debts of the Army, &c., [Goldsmiths 4755, 4906 & 5055], 1713, together 3 works bound in 1 vol., early 19th century calf with border in gilt and blind, g.e., rebacked preserving old gilt spine with roan labels, 8vo (3).⁂ The first was Postlethwayt's last published work; the second was Sheffield's attack upon Pitt's proposal to relax the navigation laws against the new United States of America; the third relates to charges against the Duke of Marlborough.

Orwell (George) Animal Farm. A Fairy Story, first edition, ownership blind-stamp to front free endpaper, original cloth, very light fading to spine light sunning to spine tips, dust-jacket, Searchlight advertisement printed in red on verso, spine slightly darkened, spine ends and corners a little chipped, 2 closed tears with creasing to head of lower panel, joints rubbed, a very good, sharp copy, [Fenwick A10a], 8vo, 1945.⁂ An attractive copy of Orwell's classic satirical allegory. Increasingly scarce in good condition. Orwell struggled to find a willing publisher, eventually Secker and Warburg obliged after it was rejected by Gollancz (Orwell's usual publisher) as well as Faber and Faber and Jonathan Cape.

Montagu (Richard) Diatribae upon the First Part of the late History of Tithes, first edition, with initial blank, light foxing at beginning and end, slight worming to upper margins occasionally touching a letter, John Sparrow's copy with his book-label, contemporary calf, covers ruled in gilt and blind with fleurs-de-lys in gilt at corners and traces of original blue silk ties, g.e., rubbed and slightly stained, wormhole to head of spine, [Goldsmiths' 504; Kress 381; STC 18037], 4to, Felix Kyngston for Matthew Lownes, 1621.⁂ Richard Montagu (1577-1641) is well known to historians for his scurrilous and indiscreet letters to John Cosin, describing the ecclesiastical faction-fighting of the 1620s in rich detail. Montagu had a nice line in personal invective, well brought out in the present work, written in response to John Selden's Historie of Tithes of 1618.

Gambling.- Rouse (William) The Doctrine of Chances, or the Theory of Gaming made easy to every Person...Lotteries, Cards, Horse Racing, Dice &c. with Tables on Chance, first edition, presentation copy from the author inscribed on front free endpaper, engraved vignette title (foxed), 3 tables on 2 folding sheets (one with splits to folds), H.S.Foxwell's copy with his manuscript note of acquisition, ex-library copy with blind stamps and label, contemporary diced calf, a little worn, rebacked, [Not in Kress or Goldsmiths'], for the Author, [1814] § Fatal Effects of Gambling (The) exemplified in the Murder of Wm.Weare, and the Trial and Fate of John Thurtell, the Murderer..., first edition in book form, engraved additional vignette title and 11 plates, some foxing, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, rebacked, red morocco label, Thomas Kelly, 1824 § [?Duff (James, Earl of Fife)] Hints for a Reform, particularly in the Gambling Clubs, first edition, lacking half-title, small stain to final leaf, modern cloth-backed marbled boards, roan label to upper cover, [Not in Kress or Goldsmiths'], R.Baldwin, 1784, the first two rubbed, 8vo ⁂ The second item is perhaps the fullest of the many contemporary accounts of the murder of William Weare, an unscrupulous London gambler, who had been pulled from a horse-drawn gig and murdered in a quiet country lane in Hertfordshire. The arrest and trial of three men for Weare's murder became one of the most famous and sensationalized crimes of its time.Herbert Somerton Foxwell (1849-1936), economist and book-collector whose library of 30,000 books forms the nucleus of the Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature. Duplicates and later purchases, totalling a further 24,000 volumes, were sold after his death to Harvard, forming the focus of the Kress Library.

Orwell (George) Nineteen Eighty-Four, first edition, endpaper collage of Orwell's eyes, small compartments to front pastedown revealing the Queen and George Washington's faces, binder's "Certificate of Authenticity" leather label in panel to rear, letter from binder regarding this copy loosely inserted, light edge-spotting, modern black morocco in jacket design with metal skull buttons and gilt lettering "Winston Smith" to the left breast, onlayed prosthetic eye to chest with calf eyelid, radiating design in blind depicting the gaze of Big Brother to upper cover, title, author and date lettered in gilt on lower cover, 8vo, Secker and Warburg, 1949.⁂ This copy number 4 of 5 specially-bound "black edition" copies bound to commemorate the death of Queen Elizabeth II. The compartments in the front pastedown conceal a ten shilling Bank of England note and an old one dollar bill.

Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) Draft typescript speech commencing "During the last fortnight the British Navy", 11pp. one side only, with revisions in Churchill's hand to 4pp., on paper blind-stamped "G.R." and with tag holes to upper corner, light surface soiling to initial and final pp., 1940; and a carbon copy of Churchill's speech delivered at the Congress of Europe in The Hague, 7 May, 1948, 4to (2)⁂ A working draft of Churchill's War of the Unknown Warriors speech, delivered 14 July, 1940, on the BBC. This draft contains significant differences to the version that was ultimately delivered, including a middle portion about the Home Guard that was partially excised, with the violent language toned down.

India & elsewhere.- Skinner's Horse (1st Bengal Cavalry).- Chamberlain (Anna Eugenia, née Morgan, 1786-1867, wife of Sir Henry Chamberlain, first Bart., diplomat, 1773-1829) Photograph album, including: 2 photographs of Skinner's Horse; a Bourne and Shepherd print of the Supreme Indian Council, Simla; Prince and Princess of Wales, Napoleon III and other royalty, General Jean Baptiste Pelletier (1777-1862), "He fired off the last French gun, as the British swept down upon the retreating Middle Guard, at Waterloo... Henry Chamberlain"; friends and family, cartes de visite photographs, c. 140 photographs on 41pp. excluding blanks, most with manuscript captions, all laid down, original blind-stamped morocco, lettered "A.E.C." on upper cover, corners and edges slightly rubbed, photographs 205 x 178mm. & smaller, album 4to, [1860s].

A dome top casket on stand, blind fret banded decoration, fitted with lift out trinket tray, four square section slender supports united by under tier, 81cm high, 39cm wide

A Capodimonte figure group, Blind Man's Buff, modelled as an 18th century lady with blindfold and companion, on circular base with moulded foliate border

A pair of chintz glazed cotton professionally made curtains, printed in autumnal hues with gulag irises and violets, 105cm wide at gathered top, another single curtain, 130cm wide, a door curtain all 280cm drop and a pelmet, 50cm drop x 260cm wide.; together a toile de jour French style terracotta single ruched blind, 250cm wide and a set of yellow/gold relief woven curtains, 140cm wide , approximately 280cm drop, a shorter example and a matching pelmet

Blind Faith, Blind Faith (583059) - 1969 UK pressing with gatefold sleeve, matrix 583059 A//1 420 - Very Good to Very Good Plus in Very Good to Very Good Plus (slightly creased at corners) sleeve.

After Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973) 'Notre Dame', Picasso Estate Collection limited edition colour lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil 'Collection Marina Picasso, 233/500', with blind stamps 'A Limited Edition After A Work By Pablo Picasso' & a motif, printed verso in English & French 'Limited edition re-creation of an oil on canvas entitled "Notre Dame" by Pablo Picasso created October 25, 1954, Approved by the Heirs of Pablo Picasso' and '© Beatrice Dwork 1979', on Arches paper, with certificate of authenticity, Image approximately 60cm x 50cm, Overall 75.5cm x 55.5cm