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DC Comics and related a group of seven hardback books includes, COWSILL (Alan). DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle, within slipcase, first edition, first printing, with two colour prints in pocket affixed to front endpaper by DC Comics artist, Ryan Sook, foreward by Paul Levitz, showcases comic art by Jim Lee, Adam Hughes, Alex Ross and others, an insight into the history of DC Comics from the 1930s and the characters they created, pictorial boards and slipcase artwork by Ryan Sook. published by DK 2010; JURGENS (Dan). Zero Hour: Crisis in Time 25th Anniversary Omnibus, first edition, colour comic-strip illustrations throughout, dust-jacket unclipped, pictorial boards, published by DC Comics, 2009, together with, JOHNS (GEOFF). The Fifty-Two Omnibus, first edition, published by DC Comics, 2012; The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe, Updated and Extended, reprint, published by DK publishing, 2008: USLAN (Michael). Mysteries in Space: The Best DC Science Fiction Comics, first edition, soft pictorial wrappers, published by Simon and Schuster New York, 1980; and others. 4to, 8vo. (7) Condition Report: mostly near fine conditions.

A quantity of 16 Jane's aviation books & one other "Complete Fighters Encyclopedia"

Books - 2 Vols, Encyclopedia Mancuniensis; or the New School of Arts, Science, and Manufactures; Being an Elementary Circle of the Sciences, And general display of Useful Knowledge; Designed As a familiar introduction to Natural Philosophy, Chemistry. with 24 Engravings, compiled and Arranged by F M Hodson, published, J Gleave 196 Deansgate, Manchester, 1815; Whitakers Almanack 1945; History of England etc

DC Comics Reference Books x seventeen including The Silver Age of DC Comics, The Bronze Age of DC Comics, The Golden Age of DC Comics, DC Comics Year by Year, The Ultimate Guide to The Man of Steel, The DC Comics Encyclopedia, The Ultimate Character Guide and other titles, generally Excellent to Near Mint. (17) COLLECTION ONLY FROM VECTIS OFFICES.

Marvel Comics Reference Books x Thirteen including Monsters Unleashed, Year by Year A Visual Chronicle, Chronicle, Avengers Encyclopedia, Spider-man Chronicle and other titles, generally Excellent to Near Mint. (13) COLLECTION ONLY FROM VECTIS OFFICES.

A Collection of Various Vintage and Later Published Books to Include 19th Century Bound Volume of Some Account of Ancient and Present State of Shrewsbury, Published 1810, The Popular Encyclopedia, Mary Webb, Birds Show to the Children etc

Ten red leather bound volumes of The Children's Encyclopedia by Arthur Mee

A box containing a quantity of assorted agriculture and horticulture related books including The Standard Encyclopedia of Modern Agriculture and My Garden, etc.

Lowmax (James), Otter Hunting Diary 1829 to 1871, 4to, half calf, illus., 1910; Bryden (H. A.) Hare-Hunting and Harriers, 8vo, cloth, illus., from The Hunting Libary, 1903; Blaine (D. P.), The encyclopedia of Rural Sports, 8vo, cloth, illus., 1873; Jelf (Wilfred), Sport in Silloutte, 4to, original boards, illus., by Gilbert Holiday, For Country Life Limited, first edition, 1933 and six other volumes on country sports.

Poetry. A large collection of modern poetry, poets & plays reference, including The Spenser Encyclopedia, edited by Hamilton, Routledge, 1996, plus further volumes on SpenserPlays, Poems, and Miscellaneous Writings associated with George Villiers, Second Duke of Buckingham, 2 volumes, by Hulme & Love, Oxford, 2007, original cloth in dust jackets, 8voPiers Plowman, 2 volumes, by Langland & Skeat, reprint edition, Oxford, 1968, some minor spotting to the top text-block, 8voMinor Poets of the Caroline Period, 1968, 3 volumes, edited by Saintsbury, Oxford, some minor toning, original cloth in dust jackets, 8vo, together with other modern poetry, poets, plays, academic criticism & biographies, plus a box of items about John Clare, some leather bindings, many original cloth, some in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8voApproximately 200 volumesQTY: (6 shelves & 4 cartons)

Nicholson (William). The British Encyclopedia, or Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, 6 volumes, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809, numerous engraved plates including few folding, some browning and scattered spotting, contemporary diced calf, gilt decorated spines with green morocco title labels, 8voQTY: (6)

Collection of lace interest and lace making books to include: three copies of the 'Encyclopedia of Needlework' by Therese de Dillmont (two pocket size, one full size), two books by Whiting, Gertrude 'Lace Guide for Makers and Collectors' 1920 and 'Tools and Toys of Stitchery' 1928, 'Anna Dike Scott collection of Old Lace' limited edition of 50 copies printed for private circulation MDCCCCV, half Moroccon bound 'Catalogue of a collection of antique lace formed by Samuel Chick with descriptions by Alan S Cole', printed and published by J Pitcher & Co, The Newman Steam Press, 'Peasant Art in Russia' special Autumn number of 'The Studio' 1912, 'Sixteenth Century Industry' published by Bonaventure press, Tebbs, L.A 'The Art of Bobbin Lace', third edition & 'The Art of Bobbin Lace Supplement' both 1911, 'Weldon's Encyclopedia of Needlework', two editions of Hudson Moore, N 'The Lace Book', first edition 1904 and 1937 edition, Lewis May, Florence 'Hispanic Lace and Lace Making' 1939, Channer C.C 'Making Bucks point-ground' revised edition by Ed Waller 1953, Milroy, M.E.W 'Guide to Lace Making', first edition 1934 and Penderel Moody, A 'Lace Making and Collecting', first edition 1909. (18)(B.P. 21% + VAT)

Mixed books to include H.G Wells and an Encyclopedia Britannica. Not available for in-house P&P

Collection of 18th century and later books to include Punch 1849-1851, The Spectator - seven volumes in total, The Tater or Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff Vol IV 1777, also historical and literature books to include "Collection relating to the History of Mary Queen of Scotland" Vol. | & Ill printed for Fletcher Gyles, New Family Prayer-Book, containing the Book of Common Prayer." printed by J. Wilkes 1786, The History of the Russian Empire under Peter the Great, newly translated from theFrench of M. De Voltaire Vol. Il London, "Chambers's Encyclopedia, a Dictionary of Universal Knowledge" Vol. III Edinburgh, etc. 1 box

Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile, published in three volumes, second edition 2001 by Office Stationery, A-L (volume one) M-Z (volume two) together with the companion volume Encyclopedia of Automobile Coach BuildingFord Interest: A dedication medallion dated June 6th 1968, given to all employees at The Assembly Plant of Canada to celebrate the opening, with original booklet and a printed copy of the full history of the event

Wells (H.G.) Things to Come: A Film Story Based on the Material Contained in History of the Future "The Shape of Things to Come", first edition, signed by the author and actor Derrick de Marnay on front free endpaper, very light scattered spotting, original cloth, gilt, near-fine, 4to, 1935.⁂ A 'Film Story' based on Wells' future history The Shape of Things to Come which follows a financially devastated Europe threatened with an incoming plague. The 1936 film, Things to Come, was directed William Cameron Menzies and stars Derrick de Marnay as Richard Gordon. "Things to Come qualifies as the first true masterpiece of science fiction cinema." - Gary Westfahl's Bio-Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Film

SMALL TRAY OF BOOKS TO INCLUDE FOUR VOLUMES OF THE NEW ELECTRICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA

National Hunt horse racing ephemera and books including several Cope's Racegoer's Encyclopedia c1950s, National Hunt Festival 1986 etc

Diderot,D. & J.d'Alembert.: Encyclopedie, ou dictionnaire universel raisonne des connoissances humaines. Mis en ordre par M. de Felice. (Planches). Bde. I, II und VII (von 10). Yverdon, o. Dr., 1775-78. 4°. ╔Mit 403 tls. gefalt. Kupfertafeln.╗ Hldr. d. Zt. (Altersspuren). Lough 48-51. Poggendorff I, 731 (unter Felice). - Vgl. Brunet II, 701. - Umarbeitung der berühmten Enzyklopädie von Diderot und d'Alembert im protestantischen Geiste. Die Zusätze stammen von F. B. Felice, der Professor der Mathematik und Physik in Neapel war. - "This work is much more an independent creation than the various reprints listed above. - It is, however, abundantly clear that the Swiss Protestant editor and contributors gave the 'Encyclopédie d'Yverdon' a very different tone from that of the 'Encyclopédie' of Diderot and d'Alembert, and that, in a chapter on the different editions of the latter work De Félice's encyclopedia can appear only in an appendix" (Lough). - Die Tafeln zeigen u. a. Darstellungen und Abläufe aus vielen Handwerksberufen, darunter Brauer, Drucker, Gitarrenbauer, Kartenmacher, Knopfmacher, Sattler, Ziegelei, ferner zu Anatomie, Architektur, Astronomie, Kriegskunst (Militär und Marine), Landwirtschaft und Reitkunst.- Block tls. gebrochen, wenige Tafeln mit kleinem Einriß, leicht fleckig. - Unterschiedlich gebunden.

Four boxes of miscellaneous books including a run of the Chambers Encyclopedia

A carton of books of mainly gardening and cooking interest including Gardening in Colour, An all-the-year-round Picture Encyclopedia by Frances Perry M.B.E., and Cassell's Dictionary of Cookery etc.

A cased set of Harmsworth Encyclopedia housed a mahogany box. 40 cms wide.

A tub of books to include Earth Dawn of a New Era, Popular Encyclopedia of Gardening, etc.

Two boxes of The World War Two Encyclopedia and History of The War 1914 by John Haywood Ltd etc

Box of books - Encyclopedia of Model Making, Colour Library of Great British Writers etc

Deathnote Black Edition, six paperback edition containing volumes 1-12 of The Popular Manga, Story by Tsugumi Ohba, Art by Takeshi Obata; together with The Ultimate Deathnote Encyclopedia

Fine Binding - The Encyclopedia of Sport edited by the Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire, Hedley Peek and F.G. Aflalo, 1st ed., pub. London, Lawrence & Bullen, Ltd., 1897 and 1898, 2 vols with fine full dark green morocco by Joseph Zaehnsdorf, 1901, aeg, marbled end papers, 4to. (2) *Corners bumped, wear to corners, head & tail of spine and bands. Some scratches to covers, inc. large scratch to back of vol. 1. Margins toned to marbled end papers. Spotting to ffeps and half titles. Occasional light spotting and heavier spotting to tissue guards.

10 x Cookery & household books mainly 19th century - The spirit of cookery Thudichum 1895, Pot-Pourri from a Surrey Garden Earle 1898, The English Table Cooper, Dictionary of Cookery, Things a lady would like to know - Domestic Management Henry Southgate 1876, Encyclopedia of domestic economy Webster, Dictionary of Practical receipts Cooley, Spons Household manual 1887, Domestic economy Walsh & The household account book of Sarah Fell Penny (10)

A Collection of Various Vintage Books to include the Encyclopedia of Sport Vol II, Art Poster Books Etc

Six antiquarian books, a Brown's Self Interpreting Family Bible, Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management, Illustrated London News Vol.27 1855, The Concise Universal Encyclopedia, The Ecclesiastical Histories, & The Book of Common Prayer

94 ALBUMS & 7 BOX SETS - VARIOUS GENRES : EASY LISTENING/JAZZ/CLASSICAL/POP + ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ALBUMS BOOK.

A box of sporting and motoring books and annuals. Includes Motoring Encyclopedia 1-34, Stanley Matthews Football Book, Golfing magazine, Roy of the Rovers, etc.

Pritchard, David B(rine). The encyclopedia of chess variants. Godalming, Games & Puzzles, 1994. 8°. Mit Textabb. und Diagrammen. XIX, 364 Seiten. Originaler Pappband mit Schutzumschlag. (74)* Zusammenstellung von Brettspielen, die in Verbindung zum Schach stehen.

Baden - Baden 1925. Adams, Jimmy. Baden - Baden 1925 international chess tournament. The arrival of the hypermodern chess. Translated ... by Jimmy Adams. Yorklyn, Caissa Editions, 1991. 8°. Mit 2 Tafeln und vielen Diagrammen. 382 Seiten, 1 Bl. Anzeigen. Orig. roter Leinenband. (70)* Turniersieger wurde, ohne eine Partie zu verlieren, Aljechin vor Rubinstein. Beiliegt: Goldman, W. H. (Hrsg.) Temesvar 1912. (Second hungarian chess congress.) Gaiberg, Goldman, 1981. 8°. Mit Diagrammen. 114 Seiten. Orig. geheftet. Lusis 1429. "Encyclopedia of Tournament Chess".

Complete set of Encyclopedia Britannica in its own wooden bookcase

A Large Box Containing Philatelic Accessories and Publications, including 'The Story of Definitive Stamps' bt Richard West, 'Philatelic Bulletin' Volumes three through to twenty six, 'Encyclopedia of British Empire Postage Stamps' by Robson Lowe (Volume One). Plus various S.G catalogues (mainly pre decimal).

Sampler book and others, comprising - Bibliotheque D.M.C. Alphabet de la Brodeuse, 92 pattern pages plus adverts / Dillmont (Th. De) Encyclopedia of Needlework / Four Dryad handicraft booklets and another, last all ex library. (7)

Buttons - reference books, comprising Hughes(L) and Lester(M), The Big Button Book, 1981, signed, blue cloth / Luscombe(S.C.), The Collector's Encyclopedia Of Buttons, 5th Edition, 1975, dust wrapper, and eight other books and booklets on buttons. (8)

A QUANTITY OF BOXED VINTAGE GAMES TO INCLUDE A LEGO BASIC SET, LETTER LOTTO, POKER NIGHT, SHUT THE BOX GAME, ETC PLUS A HARDBACK BOOK 'THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ANIMALS

A Minerva fountain pen, c1930, of marbled and black celluloid, impressed MINERVA MARC. DEP. / ENCYCLOPEDIA TRECCANI, gold nib marked MILLER 10 14CT, on contemporary marble base with brown phenolic resin holder Good condition for age, marble base scratched

Book-'The College Encyclopedia'-First published 1985-staining on top of pages other wise good condition

An Archive of Magic Lantern & Optical Toy Reference Books, including: Encyclopedia of the Magic Lantern, Robertson, Herbert & Crangle, 2001 Peepshows, a Visual History, R. Balzer, 1998 Thechnological History of Motion Pictures and Television, R Fielding, 1967 Histoire de la Camera Cine Amateur, Auer & Ory, 1979 Magic Images, 1990 Image Lumineuse du theatre d'ombres ala Lanterne Magique, (x2) along with other titles

genoemt Het Portael: Inhoudende De Grondtveste der dingen, en onser Wijsheyd omtrent de dingen (…). Prima Pars Scholasticæ Eruditionis dicta Vestibulum (…). Amst., G. de Roy, 1658. (16),156,(72) p. Engr. title-p. by C. de Passe and 38 full-p. engr., text in Latin and Dutch. Contemp. vellum w. manuscript title on spine. Sm. 8vo. Fine condition, especially considering this was a children's school book. 1st Dutch ed. of this famous pictorial encyclopedia for school children by Comenius, who was the first to put pictorial education into practice.

Three boxes of Encyclopedia Britannica and two photo frames

A Lilliput Mark IV typewriter contained in shipping crate, a folding chess board and an unboxed Compedia 1980s Electronic Encyclopedia with its topics manual. Lot also includes a boxed Linka stone work set but is unchecked for completeness. [2]

Château Lafite, 1961, original wooden case (empty); together with 15 various claret box ends, two 19th century empty bottles, one volume Christie's World Encyclopedia of Champagne & Sparkling Wine, and one volume Academie du Vin wine course

HUTCHISON G. A. (Ed).  Indoor Games & Recreations, A Popular Encyclopedia for Boys. Illus. Thick square 8vo. Orig. dec. blue cloth gilt, some mkg. & wear. 1891; also The Chick's Own Annual for 1939 & 3 other vols.  (5).

Antiquarian. A collection of miscellaneous antiquarian books, 18th & 19th century, including Gibbon (Edward), The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 11 volumes only of 12 (lacking vol. 11), 1815, contemporary half calf, gilt decorated spines, volume 2 lacking spine and lower board, worn, 8vo, together with 11 volumes of The Britannic Magazine, miscellaneous literature and poetry etc., few decorative leather bindings, and three defective 18th & early 19th-century folio Bibles, etc., plus selection of plates from Diderot's Encyclopedia, c. 1750sQTY: (2 cartons)NOTE:Sold with all faults, not subject to return.

3 SHELVES OF ENCYCLOPEDIA BOOKS

Two crates of books, The Works of Dickens, British Encyclopedia, Gone with the Wind etc

TANGKA REPRÉSENTANT LE PORTRAIT DE DAMARUPATIBET CENTRAL, MONASTÈRE DE NGOR, VERS 1600 Distemper on cloth; with original blue cloth mounts inscribed on the reverse along the top in Tibetan, identifying the painting's subject, and also with original red lacquered, gold painted dowel rod; verso inscribed in black ink with 'om, ah, hum' incantations behind each figure and many lines arranged into the form of a stupa, comprising Sanskritized and Tibetan prayers and mantras consistent with a formula repeated throughout the Ngor lamdre lineage set of paintings; the painted recto with Tibetan inscriptions in gold identifying the majority of figures, and two separate lines of inscription along the bottom red painted border, the second identifying the secondary 'Chandali Perfection Stage Lineage' sequence of figures within the painting, the first an homage to the central subject, translated:'Seeing the excellent meaning of reality,By releasing from worldly practiceAnd remaining in the conduct of accomplishment;To Damarupa, I bow.'Himalayan Art Resources item no. 88707 Image: 78.5 x 67 cm (30 7/8 x26 3/8 in.); With silks: 126 x 68 cm (49 5/8 x 26 3/4 in.)Footnotes:A PORTRAIT THANGKA OF DAMARUPACENTRAL TIBET, NGOR MONASTERY, CIRCA 1600藏中 俄爾寺 約1600年 達瑪如巴肖像唐卡 Published:Pratapaditya Pal, Tibetan Painting, Basel, 1984, pl. 40.Wisdom Calendar of Tibetan Art, Schneelowe Verlagsberatung und Verlag, Haldenwang, 1987 (October).Pratapaditya Pal, Himalayas: An Aesthetic Adventure, 2003, p. 262, no. 174.Rob Linrothe, Holy Madness: Portraits of Tantric Siddhas, New York, 2006, pp. 300-1, no. 51.David Jackson, The Nepalese Legacy in Tibetan Painting, New York, 2010, pp. 22 & 41, fig. 2.23. Exhibited:Himalayas: An Aesthetic Adventure, Art Institute of Chicago, 5 April – 17 August 2003; National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., 18 October 2003 – 11 January 2004. Holy Madness: Portraits of Tantric Siddhas, Rubin Museum of Art, New York, 11 February – 3 September 2006.The Nepalese Legacy in Tibetan Painting, Rubin Museum of Art, New York, 3 September 2010 – 23 May 2011. Provenance:Schoettle Ostasiatica, Stuttgart, 1982Michael Henss Collection, ZurichOne of the best-preserved paintings from the famous Ngor lamdre lineage set, this near-pristine composition depicts Mahasiddha Damarupa, 'The Drummer'. According to traditional accounts, Damarupa trained under Kanha at every potent charnel ground and site of tantric power in India, prompting his zestful depiction. In addition to being the third mortal master of the lamdre tradition, Damarupa is a renowned adept of the important Chakrasamvara Tantra, which the composition alludes to through the pair of Chakrasamvara deities from differing teaching traditions in the corners at either side of his ornate throne-back. His eponymous damaru, a double-sided hand drum, embodies one of three principal ritual instruments of a tantric practitioner, alongside the vajra and ghanta (bell). Formed by attaching two craniums of enlightened masters, the drum, in the context of Chakrasamvara Tantra, is the Prajna (wisdom) to which the male applies his skillful means (i.e. compassion) activating the union of these two highest Buddhist principles (Huntington & Bangdel, The Circle of Bliss, 2003, no. 106). With modulations from soft to loud and slow to rapid beats, Damarupa, as the drum's archetypal practitioner, is able to produce a single tone that summons all Buddhas, inspiring them with supreme joy (Beer, The Encyclopedia of Tibetan Symbols and Motifs, 1999, p. 258).At the center of the painting, Damarupa whips the pair of golden clappers against the drum with a flick of his wrist. The drum's long tassel of jade beads, gems, gold fastenings, and tri-colored silk streamers trail in countermovement. The painter repeats its flurried arc with the extension of Damarupa's left leg, which, coupled with a half-cocked elbow gingerly cradling a skull cup full of nectar, deftly conveys the peripatetic drummer in a half-seated-half-dancing liminal posture. Airy crimson sashes twirl around his arms and knees, and spiral before his feet. Damarupa's piercing, bloodshot brown eyes and excited grin invite the viewer to hear the 'sound of great bliss' he has produced for all those that can perceive it. He wears a crown of five emblazoned gems borne alternately from Indian lotuses and Chinese peonies. The colored order of each gemstone correlates to the surrounding structure of green, red, and blue aureoles of perfect Newari scrollwork. Meanwhile, his black hair wrapped in an intricate bone lattice is pulled up into a trilobed bun that echoes the edge of the throne-back above him, further harmonizing with the mahasiddha's visage.Twenty-six vividly executed portraits comprising the 'Chandali Perfection Stage Lineage' surround Damarupa in formal rows along the top and side registers. This secondary lineage within the painting is one of over thirty traditional Sakya tantric lineages for which Ngor claimed to excel. Delightful details abound throughout the depicted succession of masters, including Vajra Ghantapa's mid-air tantric sexual congress with his consort (3), and the founder of the Sakya tradition, Sachen Kunga Nyingpo's, aqua cloak and strigine tufts of hair (12).

TANGKA REPRÉSENTANT LE PORTRAIT DE KANHATIBET CENTRAL, MONASTÈRE DE NGOR, VERS 1600 Distemper on cloth; with original blue cloth mounts inscribed on the reverse along the top in Tibetan, identifying the painting's subject, and also with restored original red lacquered, gold painted dowel rod; verso inscribed in black ink with 'om, ah, hum' incantations behind each figure and many lines arranged into the form of a stupa, comprising Sanskritized and Tibetan prayers and mantras consistent with a formula repeated throughout the Ngor lamdre lineage set of paintings; recto with two separate lines of Tibetan inscription in gold along the bottom red painted border, the second identifying the secondary 'Crooked Made Straight Lineage' sequence of figures within the painting, the first an homage to the central subject, translated:'With the profound advice, release my mind,Performing the benefit of othersWith the practice of vows;To Kanha, I bow.'Himalayan Art Resources item no. 1443 Image: 74.5 x 62.8 cm (29 3/8 x 24 3/4 in.); With Silks: 124 x 66 cm (48 3/4 x 26 in.)Footnotes:A PORTRAIT THANGKA OF KANHACENTRAL TIBET, NGOR MONASTERY, CIRCA 1600藏中 俄爾寺 約 1600 年 坎哈巴肖像唐卡 Published:Marion Boyer, La peinture bouddhiste tibétaine, Paris, 2010, p. 132. Provenance:Private German Collection, acquired in Nepal, 1970sMichael Henss Collection, Zurich, acquired from the above in 2008 A frequent praise of the widely published Ngor lamdre lineage set of paintings that includes this portrait of Kanha is the insightful, nuanced capturing of each central subject's character and legacy. Here, the mahasiddha's soft wispy eyebrows and facial hair frame a calm, encouraging expression befitting Kanha's standing as the principal exponent of the lamdre tradition's 'gradual method'. He is one of the most popular of the 84 Indian tantric great adepts and his epithet (Tib. Nagpopa; 'The Black One') is ascribed to numerous tantric teachings. Kanha occupies a prominent role in the lamdre tradition as the primary disciple of the tradition's first mortal master, Virupa. Before meeting Virupa, Kanha was a Hindu Shaivite yogin and upon the completion of his training was dispatched to convert a lustful Hindu king and court.The artist portrays Kanha cradling a human skull-cup (kapala) before his chest, which is a fairly ubiquitous attribute used when depicting the early Indian masters of Buddhist tantra. Similar to Kanha's own story, the kapala is rooted in Buddhism's repudiation of the Hindu caste system, its Brahmanical hierarchy, and its seemingly inflexible doctrine of spiritual evolution. The punishment for inadvertently killing a brahmin in Kanha's time was a severe ostracism in which the penitent was banished for twelve years to a desolate crossroads (like a charnel ground) and forced to beg for food with a human skull as an alms bowl, as well as the skull of the brahmin they had slain mounted on a wood staff as a banner (Beer, The Encyclopedia of Tibetan Symbols and Motifs, 1999, p. 249). A profound expression of Tantric Buddhism's antinomian nature, in which things that would be regarded as polluting in Indian culture are put to use to overcome dualities and transcend the fetters of existence, the kapala serves as a seminal ritual implement in tantric practice. Painted in royal-yellow swells, the artist depicts the elixir of immortality that tantric treatises (sadhanas) often say is contained within the inverted cranium. Kanha balances the kapala with effortless poise while articulating his fingers in the dharmachakrapavartina mudra of 'progressing the Dharma', which is likely another allusion to his role as the principal exponent of the 'gradual' lamdre method.Unlike the depiction of his disciple, Damarupa, or any other mahasiddha in the Ngor lamdre lineage set of c. 1600, Kanha's matted locks are piled up in the form of an ushnisha surmounted by a lotus-borne, wish-fulfilling gem (cintamani). This feature likens Kanha to the peaceful supremely enlightened Amitabha and Amitayus Buddhas located over his shoulders. Similarly, the painter clads Kanha in fine garments and jewelry that are essential features in the depiction of a buddha's samboghakaya form, its celestial 'reward body' resulting from advanced spiritual attainment. The delicate gold floral sprays patterning the crimson lower garment are redolent of luxurious embroidered silks. Nonetheless, the archetypal tantric trainee, Kanha, having achieved Buddhahood through tantric means, is bedecked, not in gold, but intricate lattices of human bone and a crown of dried skulls.

Three boxes of books including Encyclopedia Britannica and The World of Wildlife and one other box of books

A Samuel Windsor satchel; a walking stick with silver collar and a collection of "Encyclopedia of Bird" magazines

A box of books to include; The National Encyclopedia, London Stories vol. 1, Sussex in the 20th Century (a/f), etc.

Two boxes of books containing; Encyclopedia of Gardening, Gnomes, The Year of the Rabbit by Ken Dancer, etc.

A tub of books to include; British Atlas, Great Western Railway magazine January to December 1908, L.S. Lowry A Biography by Shelly Rohde, Pictorial Encyclopedia of Railways, etc.

A group of mainly Railway/Steam related hardback Books to include British Railways Steam in Retrospect; The Golden Years of British Trams; The Encyclopedia of Model Railways, 100 Years of Classic Steam; The History of Trains plus many others - conditions are generally Fair to Near Mint - see photo. (50+) COLLECTION IN PERSON ONLY

Two part leather-bound antiquarian carpentry books, including The Encyclopedia of Practical Carpentry and Joinery edited by Edward Lance Tarbuck (Architect), no publishing date but signed and dated on the inside page by 'Henry W. Hopkins, May 22nd 1859', and Nicholson's New Carpenters Guide by John Hay, Esq. Architect, no publishing date, (2).

Two boxes of various books and the National Encyclopedia