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Four boxes of books to include numerous volumes of the Children's Encyclopedia, Life among the English etc.

Encyclopedia of Homosexuality, edited by Wayne R. Dynes, two volumes, The Greek Body, Fabuloso and other similar books:- One Box

Various books, fiction, non fiction, to include AA Travel Guide To South Africa, Readers Digest Library Of Modern Knowledge various volumes, Encyclopedia Of Walt Disney's Animated Characters, Grogan (John) Marley and Me, Bumper Book Of Insults, etc. (a quantity)

Three framed and glazed antique engravings. Two hand coloured botanical engravings from the Encyclopedia Londensis, 1825 and a engaving by William Hogarth, 1740. H.44 W.55cm

Box of assorted vintage accessories and clothes to include; a 1970's wedding dress with long tulle sleeves and crochet trim and detachable hood with Emenson label, various leather and other handbags, vintage lady's gloves, vintage lady's shoes and boots, together with the 'Encyclopedia of New Zealand Rugby' book etc. (B.P. 21% + VAT)Wedding dress in good condition, some staining to the bottom of the hood, otherwise no obvious damage.Rugby book - some wear to cover and a stain to edge of pages but internally good.Bags generally good, some wear and bit grubby, some bent out of shape.Gloves good with no obvious damage noted but not looked at individually. Shoes/boots - generally ok but some wear.

A collection of jewellery reference books, to include 'Jewellery Through 7000 Years', C De Guitaut's 'Fabergé's Animals', Nicolas Estrada's 'New Rings', Eric Bruton's 'Clocks and Watches', R. Duda and L. Rejl's 'Minerals of the World', and 'The Complete Encyclopedia of Fossils' (6)

An album of world stamps together with a small quantity of antiquarian books, children's encyclopedia etc

A contemporary open bookcase containing Encyclopedia Britannica volumes

Ca. 1300–1400. Medieval Central European. A rare conical iron helmet with an extended chainmail neck guard. The original chainmail, attached to the rear with large butted rings, helped to deflect a blow to the back of the head and neck. These helmets were built around a framework of bronze or iron strips, overlaid with sheets of bronze or copper. A well-made conical helmet was an effective defence against a sword or a mace. Excellent condition; custom-made stand included. For more information on Medieval helmets, see Cantor, N. F. (1999). The Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages. Viking Publishing, 44ff. & Bradbury, J. (2004). The Routledge companion to medieval warfare. London: Routledge. Size: L:450mm / W:210mm ; 1.6kg. Provenance: Property of a collector A. V., previously owned by B. S., acquired from an ancient art dealer J. W. in 1986 on the UK market. The original invoice will accompany this purchase.

Six volumes on ceramics - Alwyn & Angela Cox Rockingham 1745-1842 (Collectors Club Edition); The Rockingham Pottery, Eaglestone & Lockel 1967 (2nd); Geoffrey Godden's Encyclopedia of British Pottery and Porcelain Marks, 1991 Revised Edition; two vols on blue and white pottery by Coysh & Little; Yorkshire Potteries by Oxley Grabham (6)

Encyclopedia Britannica, Cassells and other books.

ABSURDITIES, A BOOK OF COLLECTED DRAWINGS BY HEATH ROBINSON,Hutchinson & Co. Ltd, London, along with Motion Picture Production Encyclopedia 1949 Edition (2)

A collection of assorted books and trading cards to include: F. Warne & Co.; Children's Encyclopedia, Buffy, CSI, The Simpsons. (one box)

The Encyclopedia of vanished species David Day, with forward by the late HRH The Duke of Edinburgh (ISBN 0947889302) with dust cover

Harmsworth's Home Doctor encyclopedia vol 1-6 plus A Millicent Ashdown complete system of nursing

SEVEN VOLUMES OF THE ILLUSTRATED CHAMBERS'S ENCYCLOPEDIA, with pictorial plates

Various books, to include: 'Queen Mab's Fairy Realm' (1901), 'Dictionary of National Biography', Cassell's mechanical encyclopedia by Paul Hasluck (8 volumes), 'Puck of Pook's Hill' by Rudyard Kipling, 1906 Golden Poets series (12 volumes), among others. (1 box)

The Popular Encyclopedia, fourteen volumes; and a collection of various late 19th early 20th Century novels, contained in two boxes

Dickens, Charles: The Fireside Edition fourteen volumes, green cloth boards together with Churchill, Winston, The Second World War, six volumes, The Illustrated Chambers Encyclopedia, ten volumes, and various authors

Two stamp albums with 19th Century and later contents including Victorian penny black, Commonwealth and European. An encyclopedia of British Empire Postage Stamps Volume 1

Box of books, Sherlock Holmes Mysteries, Encyclopedia of archaeology and DVD's, etc.,

SWAYSLAND, W. Familiar Wild Birds 4 vols. 1903, London, 8vo orig. gt. dec. cl. plus THOMAS, H.H. The Popular Encyclopedia of Gardening 3 vols. 4to orig. cl. plus 4 others (11)

A quantity of books on various subjects to include thirteen volumes of 'The National Encyclopedia', printed in London by McKenzie, books on Housewifery and Cookery, 'Waldens Encyclopedia of Needlework', 'Scholes The Oxford Companion to Music' 10th edition, a quantity of mainly King James translations of the Bible, and a Revised Standard Version of the King James Bible 1881, etc. (2).

A quantity of books relating various subjects to include informative, an 1880 gardening book vol one, T.E. Lawrence; 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom' volumes I and II, complete unabridged and illustrated from the Re-print Society London, 'Pears Encyclopedia', 'The Lyle Official Antiques Review' reference book 1976, Shirley Hibberd; 'The Fern Garden', 'Memoirs of Anthony Eden', 'Full Circle', printed by Cassell and others (2).

Illustrated World War II Encyclopedia by Eddy Bauer, in twenty four volumes. Not available for in-house P&P, contact Paul O'Hea at Mailboxes on 01925 659133

A set of Encyclopedia Brittanica within a lead glazed cabinet

Firearms reference books: A.E. Hartink, 'The Complete Encyclopedia of Hunting Rifles'; Coward and McCann, 'Guns of the Old West'; Dixie Gun Works Catalog No 163; Bonanza (pub), 'The Collecting of Guns'; Henry J. Kauffman, 'The Pennsylvania and Kentucky Rifle'; Bearse, 'Sporting Arms of the World'; Blackmore, 'Guns and Rifles of the World'; William Reid, 'The Lore of Arms'; W.H.B. Smith. 'Book of Pistols and Revolvers'; Kφnig and Hugo, 'Service Handguns'; John Walter, 'The Luger Book'; A.B. Zhuk, 'The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Handguns'; Hogg and Weeks, 'Pistols of the World. [13]

A selection of sporting hardback books, including: Vol 1-4 of The Heinemann Encyclopedia of Sports and Games by the Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire (Ed.); several volumes of the Guiness Book of Records; Cricket Old and New by A.C.Maclaren; along with a selection of hardback books relating to pubs, beer brewing and others, contained across 2 boxes.

A collection of vintage 20th century medical books to include Mansons Tropical Diseases, The Complete Illustrated Household Encyclopedia, Elements Of Human Physiology, Anatomy and Physiology For Nurses, Dietetics For The Nurse, practical Nursing, A practical Treatise On The Diseases Of Women, Text-Book Of Anatomy And Physiology, Hygiene For Nurses, Everybody’s Family Doctor.

A late Nineteenth Century set of ten volumes of Cassell's Illustrated History of England; the 'New and Revised Toned Paper Edition', together with two volumes of Cassell's Encyclopedia of General Information.

Guido Mondani, Genua, 2015, Rolex Encyclopedia, Texte in Englisch und Italienisch 3 Baende im Schuber Bd.1: 213 Seiten; Bd. 2: 214 Seiten; Bd. 3: 214 Seiten, 32,8 x 25,5 x 10 cm

Partial set of Everyman's Encyclopedia, volumes 5 - 12. (8)

Sterling - Dorling Kindersley - Octopus - A box of 21 x vintage and modern books and annuals including Fantasy Art Techniques by Boris Vallejo, The Warner Bros. Story by Clive Hirschorn, The DC Comics Encyclopedia and others. (This does not constitute a guarantee)

GESNER [or GESSNER], Conrad (1516-65). Vogelbuch, Zürich, 1557, 219 fine woodcut illustrations of birds, in an EXCEPTIONALLY FINE contemporary pigskin binding. FIRST GERMAN EDITION.GESNER [or GESSNER], Conrad (1516-65).  Vogelbuch. Darin die art, natur und eigenschafft aller vöglen. Zürich: Christoffel Froschouer, 1557. Folio (384 x 245mm). Woodcut illustration on title, initials, 219 fine woodcut illustrations of birds, most attributed to Lukas Schan or Schram of Strasbourg (a few small holes to title not affecting letters or illustration, 3 leaves torn without loss not affecting illustrations, marginal stain starting at LXXXVI and expanding towards the end, but not affecting text or illustration, a few other mainly marginal stains and spots). EXCEPTIONALLY FINELY BOUND IN ELABORATE CONTEMPORARY BLIND-STAMPED PANELLED PIGSKIN, with small figures of the Apostles, and old, probably original, engraved clasps, the upper cover with the initials "VGGJEFZA" and the date "1561" stamped in black, the spine with 5 raised bands (some light staining and rubbing). Provenance: later pencil inscription on the front pastedown explaining the initials on the front cover: "V(on) G(ottes) G(naden) J(oachim) E(rnst) F([illegible word]) Z(u) A(nhalt)";  later illegible pencil signature on front free endpaper; Edwin Schindler 1950 (marginal stamp on title). THE FIRST GERMAN EDITION of the second volume (on birds) of Gesner's monumental work of natural history, often regarded as "the starting-point of modern zoology" (Anker). "Conrad Gesner was one of the great polymaths of the Renaissance ... His 'History of Animals' is an encyclopedia of contemporary knowledge, intended to replace not only medieval compilations but even Aristotle's work of the same title ... The work consists of five large volumes [of which the present volume is the second] ... The first four volumes deal with quadrupeds, birds and fishes; the posthumous fifth volume with snakes and, in an appendix, scorpions ... Although the Historia animalium does not yet show any recognition of a connexion between different forms of living nature and fails to conform to our modern ideas of biological research, it was a great step forward and remained the most authoritative zoological book between Aristotle and the publication of Ray's classification of fauna in 1693" (PMM). Anker p.10-11: "The volume dealing with birds ... was [first] published in 1555. It gives descriptions and pictures of a large number of birds (altogether 217 figures) material for which was drawn from many different sources ... But this volume also contains original observations made by the author or by his contemporary and fellow zoologists, from whom he procured information ... Gesner's encyclopedic work acquired such prestige and importance during the following period that it is often regarded as the starting-point of modern zoology. Its great reputation and wide circulation were largely due to the fact that it was decorated with so many pictures in the form of woodcuts that it marked a new departure in the field of zoological illustration"; Brunet II, 391-392 (citing the full work "Historia animalium" of 5 vols., but not mentioning this edition of the ornithological volume, or erroneously dating it to 1554): "Pendant près de deux siècles ce grand ouvrage a été le livre le meilleur et le plus complet que l'on eût sur la zoologie générale, et sous plus d'un rapport il mérite encore une place distinguée dans la bibliothèque du naturaliste curieux de suivre l'histoire des progès de la science"; Nissen IVB 350; PMM 77 (citing the full work "Historia animalium" of 5 vols.); Wood p.356.

BOUGAINVILLE, Louis-Antoine, Comte de (1729-1811). A Voyage Round the World, London, 1772, folding engraved plate and maps, contemporary calf. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH.BOUGAINVILLE, Louis-Antoine, Comte de (1729-1811). A Voyage Round the World. Performed by Order of His Most Christian Majesty, in the Years 1766, 1767, 1768, and 1769 ... Translated from the French by John Reinhold Forster. London: "Printed for J. Nourse ... and T. Davies", 1772. 4to (268 x 215mm). Folding engraved plate, 5 large folding engraved charts (variable spotting and staining throughout, with a few leaves heavily spotted, but the plate and charts generally clean). Contemporary calf, spine gilt with red morocco lettering-piece, marbled endpapers (some flaking and rubbing, rebacked preserving old spine). Provenance: Sir Henry Mainwaring Bart. (armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH of an account of the earliest French circumnavigation of the globe. The work is important for its descriptions of the Falkland Islands, the straits of Magellan, the South Seas and the East Indies. It also provides an early account of Tahiti and includes a glossary of the Tahitian language in the Appendix. cf. Brunet I, 434 (citing the first French edition, also of 1772); Cox I, p.55; Hill 165; Howgego Encyclopedia of Exploration B142; Sabin 6869; Spence 158.

Meister der weiblichen Halbfiguren, in den Niederlanden tätig zwischen 1525 und 1550 JUNGE FRAU BEIM SCHREIBEN AM TISCH MIT PRUNKPOKAL Öl auf Holz. Parkettiert. 53 x 43 cm.Expertise von Prof. Dr. Paul Vandenbroeck, Univ. Leuven, mit Literaturverweisen und Einordnung des Gemäldes in den Zeitraum 1535-1540. Bekanntlich konnte der eigentliche Name des Künstlers bis heute noch nicht ermittelt werden. Aufgrund von Bild- und Stilvergleichen prägte Max J. Friedländer (1867-1958) den Notnamen „Meister der weiblichen Halbfiguren“. Der Malstil lässt annehmen, dass der Maler überwiegend in den südlichen Niederlanden, möglicherweise auch in Antwerpen gearbeitet hat. Seine stets unsignierten Bilder zeigen die meist jungen Mädchen elegant gekleidet, vor allem aber mit ausgesprochen anmutigen Gesichtern. Stets werden sie bei einer Betätigung gezeigt, ob beim Musizieren, wie das berühmte Gemälde in Schloss Rohrau aus der Graf Harrach´schen Sammlung zeigt, oder die „Lauternspielerin“ in der Galleria Sabauda in Mailand. Einige Darstellungen, wie in dem vorliegenden Bild, zeigen die Halbfigur beim Schreiben. Nicht selten hat der Meister ein Prunkgefäß ins Bild gesetzt, was dazu geführt hat, bei etlichen dieser Motive die Dargestellte als Heilige Magdalena zu deuten. Gemeint wäre hier also die „weltliche“ Heilige vor ihrer religiösen Sendung. Dies gilt jedoch vor allem bei Darstellung eines Salbgefäßes. Es sei dahingestellt, ob dies auch in unserem Falle zutrifft. In dem hier präsentierten Gemälde trägt die junge Dame ein rotes, mit goldenem Gürtel eng geschnürtes Miederkleid, eine feine Halskette mit Anhänger sowie eine mit Steinen besetzte Kette am Rand der Haube. Auch ihre gerafften Ärmel sind mit Goldreifen geschmückt. Ihre Schreibhand hält eine Feder, die Linke ein Radiermesser. Das könnte zur Interpretation führen, dass sie als unentschlossen bei der Abfassung ihres Briefes gezeigt werden sollte. Ein dunkles Futteral auf der hellen Tischplatte und der dahinterstehende goldene Deckelpokal bereichern die Darstellung. Auffallend jedoch ist der Körperschatten auf der grünlich gemalten Rückwand. In solchen Darstellungen sehen wir bereits den Wandel der Portraitkunst aus dem Mittelalter hin zur Renaissance. Unabhängig von der Frage, ob es sich nun um die Darstellung einer Heiligen handelt, werden die Figuren bereits im Umfeld ihrer Tätigkeiten erfasst, mit Beschäftigungen aus dem Alltagsleben. Wenngleich der Meister für die ihn benennenden halbfigurigen Frauendarstellungen bekannt wurde, so kennen wir auch religiöse Werke seiner Hand, wie etwa die „Kreuzabnahme mit Stiftern“ (Münster LWL-Museum), eine „Versuchung des Heiligen Antonius“ (Dublin, National Gallery) oder die „Landschaft mit der Ruhe auf der Flucht“ (Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum). Darüber hinaus befinden sich seine Werke in etlichen weiteren, bedeutenden öffentlichen Sammlungen und Museen. A.R. Provenienz: Ehem. Privatsammlung Wien. Dorotheum 1986. Literatur: Max J. Friedländer, Der Meister der weiblichen Halbfiguren, in: Meisterwerke der niederländischen Malerei des XV. und XVI. Jahrhunderts auf der Ausstellung zu Brügge 1902, München 1903, S. 29-30, Abb. auf Tafel 78 und 79. Ellen Konowitz, The Master of the Female Half-Lengths Group, Eclecticism and Novelty, in: Oud-Holland, Bd. 113, Nr. 1/2, 1999. Gordon Campbell, Master of the Female Half-lengths, in: The Grove Encyclopedia of Northern Renaissance Art, Oxford 2009. (12903119) (11)Master of the female half-lengths,active in the Netherlands between 1525 and 1550 YOUNG WOMAN WRITING AT A DESK WITH MAGNIFICENT CUP Oil on panel. Parquetted.53 x 43 cm.An expert‘s report by Professor Dr Paul Vandenbroeck, Leuven University with bibliography and dating of the painting to 1535 - 1540 is enclosed. As is well known, the actual name of the artist has not yet been identified. Based on image and style examples of comparison, Max Jacob Friedländer (1867-1958) coined the notname „Master of Female Half-Lengths“. Although the master became known for the half-length depictions of women naming him, religious works by his hand are also known, such as “The Deposition from the Cross with Donors” (Münster LWL Museum), a “Temptation of Saint Anthony” (Dublin, National Gallery) or the “Landscape with the Rest on the Flight into Egypt” (Vienna, Kunsthist. Museum). In addition, his works are held at several other important public collections and museums. Provenance: Formerly private collection, Vienna. Dorotheum 1986. Literature: Max J. Friedländer, Der Meister der weiblichen Halbfiguren, in: Meisterwerke der niederländischen Malerei des XV. u XVI. Jahrhunderts auf der Ausstellung zu Brügge 1902. F. Bruckmann, Munich 1903, pp. 29-30, illustrated on plate 78 and 79. Ellen Konowitz, The Master of the Female Half-Lengths Group, Eclecticism, and Novelty, in: Oud Holland, vol. 113, no. 1/2, 1999.Gordon Campell, Master of the Female Halflength, in: The Grove Encyclopedia of Northern renaissance Art, Oxford 2009.

A group of ceramic reference books. To include: Don Pottery (Griffin), A Potwork in Devonshire (Adams & Thomas), Castleford Pottery (Roussel), Master Potters of the Industrial Revolution (Hillier), Blue Printed Earthenware (Coysh), Encyclopedia of Pottery & Porcelain Marks (Godden), Made in Liverpool (NMGM), Staffordshire Porcelain Stonewares and Stone Chinas (NCS), Scottish Pottery (Cruickshank), The Clyde Pottery (Boa, Denholm, Quail), The Potteries of Tyneside (Bell & Gill), Pots at the Pans (May), Scottish Tradition in Pottery (Paul). (14) Condition: some wear from use.  Provenance: Ex-Kentish Collection. 

A quantity of Children's encyclopedia and mixed books.

A set of encyclopedia Britannica in a purpose made mahogany bookcase, 66 x 74.

Eight boxes various books including "Encyclopedia Britannica", 14th edition, "Harmsworth's Universal Encyclopedia", 9 volumes, various editions of "The Dial", circa 1926-29 (x 18), "A Pictorial History of the Silent Screen" by BLUM, various other books on the subject of the arts, history, etc

A large collection of books, including 'Wild Flowers As They Grow' by Waverley, seven volumes, The Children's Encyclopedia, eight volumes, and many more, plus postcards and ephemera (quantity)

Impressive collection all relating to the classic XBOX game HALO. To include HALO Reach Legendary Edition (as new and in original packaging), 8 x Halo Games/DVDs inc HALO 4 Limited Edition, bag of 20 McFarlane Halo figures and weapons, boxed set of weapons and 6 books/magazines relating to Halo including Encyclopedia, games guides etc.

A mixed selection to include : leather bound Encyclopedia of Names, Strand magazine 1 & 2 Wonder Book of Why and What, The Penny Magazine 1904, She Stoops To Conquer, two maps English and Scottish Railways, poster print Girl Guides Uniforms etc.Cond: All well used, Encyclopedia with damage to leather, loose front and back cover.

A book trough containing The Children's Encyclopedia, edited by Arthur May.

A quantity of 1931 Popular Wireless magazines, Harmsworth Wireless Encyclopedia magazines, etc.

Various volumes including Tolstoy - His Life and Works 1902; Chandler's Half-encyclopedia 1956 signed; Yeats-Brown (F.) The Lives of a Bengal Lancer, first edition 1930 dust jacket; British Naval Intelligence 1914-18 and others etc.

 DICK PHILIP K.: (1928-1982) American Writer of Science Fiction, considered a master of dystopian fiction. A lengthy, interesting T.L.S., love, Phil (with a love heart and arrow drawn in his hand alongside his signature), three pages (separate leaves), 4to, n.p. (Santa Ana, California), 13th January 1981, to Professor Patricia Warrick. Dick commences his letter 'Another insight, an important one, and it is one that will seem very important to you, in view of your knowledge and interest regarding quantum mechanics. I not only experienced thinking matter (the two attributes of the one substance, mind and spatial extension) but I experienced this monistic reality as a single continuum. Will Durant says that rather crudely put, “Mind is substania perceived externally, from outside.” Normally, the only part of reality that we experience both ways is our own self; we experience ourself as a body occupying space, and as a mind within that body governing the body. Now, I quoted Spinoza in a previous letter as saying: “It is mere folly or insanity to suppose that extended substance is made up of parts or bodies really distinct from each other”, which my Encyclopedia (sic) of Philosophy rightly says indicates that Spinoza's view of the world amazingly collates with that of quantum mechanics. Okay; I saw both attributes of world rather than just physical extension in space; I have discussed this; but the other aspect of this - - which is what I called Valis - -  was the multiplicity reverted (as I tend to say) into unity; plural objects and their causal processes became a single unified field or continuum…and, I relaize, this continuum included me; so I was privy to the inward attribute of the not-me because it was no longer the not-me; since a single continuum existed, I had of necessity to be part of that continuum; otherwise there would have been no single continuum: by logic it had to include me. Thus the me and the not-me were no longer divided', and continues to further explain 'This sense of unity, according to Charles Tart, is the underlying premise - -  basis - - of the mystical experience; he analyzed many, many mystical experiences, drug-induced and not drug-induced, and it was his opinion that this sense of unity was the primary element that earned the term “mystical experience” for what he was being told about. Well, we need not concern ourselves with mysticism, here, because philosophically we have Spinoza and his conception of extension being everywhere at once, not divided into distinct discrete separate bodies, and we also have modern-day theoretical physics. Moreover, when the AI voice recently commented to me on what I had seen that I have called Valis, it said, “A perturbation in the reality field”; i.e. the voice used the term “field”, and this is another word for what Spinoza is talking about and it is another word for “single continuum”. So, as I am sure will please you, this use of Spinoza's metaphysics to explain my perception of Valis, the macrometasomakosmos, dovetails with quantum mechanics, with field-theory.' Dick also recounts his personal experiences, 'That the mind-attribute of the reality field was available to me is indubitable, inasmuch as it transferred vast concepts to me, and, in addition, the information about little Christopher's birth defect (until then unnoticed). But what struck me always as strange - - as if the whole experience were not strange! - - is that this mind acted through the interface of ordinary physical reality; but this is precisely why I claim that Spinoza's monism with its twin attributes is the explanation! This was not a mind without a body, a mind without a brain; the physical world was its brain, and, in addition, its interface or transducer. It was so eerie; I was listening to a Beatles' tune on the stereo, “Strawberry Fields Forever”, and all at once the lyrics became scrambled up and, so-to-speak enhanced and rearranged; and then the light struck me and blinded me, and through this transduction of what I saw (light) and what I heard (the lyrics of the Beatles' tune) I thereby and thereupon knew all about Christopher's birth defect, knew it completely and with absolute certitude, and went instantly to tell Tessa about it. So there was no division between physical reality, normal reality, and this mind; the two could not be distinguished. This is why the key that opened up everything for me a few days ago was to realize that I had seen physical thoughts. And I suddenly perceived the implications of this, that Valis' thoughts were physical and only physical, and that this had titanic significance for our understanding and interpreting of the universe, because it meant that - - as I say in VALIS, say without grasping the significance of what I am saying, but, merely, reporting what I saw - - what we call matter although this is correct insofar as it goes - - well, this matter is a language, it is information; yet somehow we are unable to discern it as information. Not only do we not know what it says, we do not know that it says anything'. Dick summarises his experiences and writes of their relationship to quantum mechanics and field theory, referring to Brahmanism, Taoism, Wittgenstein and the first philosophers, the Greek naturalists, 'This is the basis of man's attempt to understand the universe based on his own reason and his own experience and his own observations. There is no appeal to revelation, doctrine or dogma…..I believe Valis exists because I experienced Valis, and starting with that experience I am trying to reason - - with the aid of the accumulated knowledge of the species - - what it was, this that I term “Valis”. The word “Valis”, after all, is only a description, a way by which I can refer to it handily; the term tells me very little. But I have to call it something.', also briefly discussing the 'odious' historical bigotry of Christianity, before returning to Valis and concluding his letter with an anecdote, 'My belief in Valis, being based on experience, has passed through almost seven years of analysis and scrutiny and out of this there arises in me, based on the enormous exegesis that I have brought into existence, a conviction that ultimately I will be able to find a rational, rather than supernatural, explanation for March 1974. My experience was unusual and perplexing, but that does not make it ad hoc incomprehensible. It may have been incomprehensible to me at that time, but so were the results of the Michelson-Morley experiment. An inexplicable experience - - encounter - - with reality, that is, reality behaving inexplicably in affront to all known laws, is a challenge to the reasoning human, the human who is dignified by an innate curiosity; he wants to know what the hell caused it, what the hell happened. I remember one time when my cat Sasha ran across the living room and got caught in the strap of Tessa's mail pouch purse, whereupon Sasha found herself swinging up into the air, suddenly airborne. A moment later she returned to the purse and,....... OWING TO RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED BY THE SALEROOM WE ARE UNABLE TO PUBLISH THE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF THIS LOT. PLEASE REFER TO IAA EUROPE S.L. FOR MORE INFORMATION 

SEVEN VOLUMES OF THE ILLUSTRATED CHAMBERS'S ENCYCLOPEDIA, with pictorial plates

A 20TH CENTURY OAK GLAZED SMALL BOOKCASE CONTAINING SIXTEEN VOLUMES OF THE ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, (Eleventh Edition), H 175 cm, W 116 cm

Mechanical Music books, by Bowers (Encyclopedia, Phonoliszt/Violano), Reblitz (The Golden Age of Automatic Musical Instruments), Haspels (Musical Automata) and fourteen other books and booklets (18)

Late 18th-19th Dynasty, 1319-1189 BC. A large carved alabaster overseer (rais) shabti wearing a duplex wig 'perruque à revers', normally associated with the dress of the living, an ornamental collar, ousehk, visible between the lappets of the wig, the face broad and reminiscent of a funerary mask with delicate cosmetic lines; holding a crook and flail in his hands, each painted in black pigment; wearing a long layered kilt and a pleated apron with a painted hieroglyphic text tentatively identified as 'sHD wsir / wrwy / Dd.f' (on the instructions of Osiris / Werwy (personal name) / says), remains of feet visible beneath the kilt; the overseer's belt, wig and shirt pleats continued in black pigment on the reverse of the figure with surviving red pigmentation to the obverse; mounted on a custom-made display stand. See Schneider, H. D., Shabtis, Leiden, 1977, p.237, no.3.2.5.2-6; Milde, H., 'Shabtis' in Wendrich, W. (ed.), UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology, Los Angeles. 2012; the less detailed pair to this shabti previously sold by Bonhams, New Bond Street, London, 30 November 2016, lot 175 [sold for £35,000 hammer]; accompanied by copies of the relevant catalogue pages. 3.3 kg total, 37cm including stand (14 1/2"). Property of a central London gentleman; previously with Pierre Bergé & Associés, Paris, France, 30 May 2015, lot 32 (32,000-35,000 euros); acquired from a private European collection, in 1978; previously with Maspero collection, Paris, in 1963; formerly in the Carieau family collection, Belgium, acquired in 1952; accompanied by an academic report by Dr Alberto Maria Pollastrini and a scholarly note TL05403 by Dr Ronald Bonewitz; this lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no.10876-180803; and copies of the relevant Pierre Bergé & Associés catalogue pages. Fine condition.

Caius Plinius Secundus Naturalis historae libri XXXVII e castigationibus Hermolai Barbari, ac codicis in alemannia impressi. 2 Teile in 1 Band. Venedig, M. Sessa & P. Ravani 1525. Dritte illustrierte Ausgabe der berühmten naturwissenschaftlichen Enzyklopädie, gegenüber der ersten von 1513 um den Index des Johannes Camers ergänzt. Die eleganten Holzschnitte zeigen neben Darstellungen aus Bergbau, Handwerk, Medizin, Musik etc. auch Karten von Europa und Afrika. Der Text folgt der Hagenauer Ausgabe von 1518. Einband: Blindgeprägter Lederband des 17. Jahrhunderts über Holzdeckeln mit Messingbeschlägen und 3 (st. 4) Schließen. Folio. 31 : 22 cm. - ILLUSTRATION: Mit 2 Holzschnitt-Titelbordüren, 3 Holzschnitt-Druckermarken (1 wdh.), 38 Textholzschnitten sowie zahlreichen schwarzgrundigen Criblé-Initialen. - KOLLATION: 72 nn. Bll. (Index); 14 nn., 219 num. Bll., 1 w. Bl. - PROVENIENZ: Titel mit altem Monogrammstempel. LITERATUR: Essling 6 (ohne Index). - Sander 5764. - Mortimer 388 Anm. - Adams P 1559. - Schweiger II, 786. Third illustrated edition of the famous encyclopedia. 2 parts in 1 vol. With 2 woodcut title borders, 3 woodcut printer's devices (1 rep.), 38 woodcuts in text and numerous criblé initials. 17th century leather over wooden boards with brass fittings and 3 (of 4) clasps. - Partly slight staining, 1 leaf with repaired corner damage, spine and endpapers renewed, boards (and few leaves) with minor worming, leather clasps partly chipped. Dieses Objekt wird regel- oder differenzbesteuert angeboten.

Conrad Gesner Thierbuch - Vogelbuch - Fischbuch. - 3 Werke in 1 Band. Zürich, Chr. Froschauer 1563, 1581 und 1575. Gesners berühmte Tier-Enzyklopädie, drei seiner Hauptwerke in frühen deutschen Ausgaben. Vor allem wegen der schönen Holzschnitt-Illustrationen bis ins 18. Jahrhundert hinein das maßgebliche zoologische Nachschlagewerk. Sammelband mit den drei selbständig erschienenen Hauptteilen Tierbuch (in erster deutscher Ausgabe), Vogelbuch und Fischbuch (jeweils in zweiter Ausgabe). Unter den schönen Holzschnitten stammt die stilisierte Rhinozeros-Darstellung von Albrecht Dürer. 'An encyclopaedia of contemporary knowledge, intended to replace not only medieval compilations but even Aristotle's work of the same title' (PMM 77). Einband: Blindgeprägter Schweinslederband der Zeit über Holzdeckeln. Folio 40,5 : 25,5 cm. - ILLUSTRATION: Mit 3 Titelholzschnitten und ca. 1000 tls. ganzseitigen Textholzschnitten. - KOLLATION: 4 nn., 171 (von 172) num. Bll.; 6 nn., 261 num. Bll.; 6 nn., 202 num. Bll. - PROVENIENZ: Hinterer Innendeckel mit Besitzeintrag von Bernhardt Leffler (Löffler), datiert 11. September 1588. - Exlibris des Lodenfabrikanten und Konsuls von Guatemala Georg Frey (1902-1976). - Wappen-Exlibris des Sohnes und Unternehmers Herbert Frey (1928-2019). LITERATUR: VD 16, G 1728, 1735 und 1742. - Nissen 1552 und 1555 sowie Vogelb. 350 und Fischb. 59. - Ley S. 89f. Gesner's famous encyclopedia. The 3 major parts in 1 volume. With 3 title woodcuts and ca. 1000 woodcuts in text, partly fullpage. Contemp. blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards. - Lacking last leaf of 'Thierbuch'. Partly browned and waterstained, few leaves stronger stained. In the 'Thierbuch' first 51 leaves with partly larger marginal defects (remargined, 6 leaves with minim. loss of text) and approx. 25 leaves with marginal defects at the end (isolated minor loss of text), approx. 15 leaves in the 'Vogelbuch' with backed marginal tears, 2 leaves with loss of text (1 half-page; rebacked). Binding rubbed, edges partly scraped, movable clasps and 1 brass fitting removed. Dieses Objekt wird regel- oder differenzbesteuert angeboten.

A box of books to include "The British Encyclopedia"

A Liberty style mahogany book stand, together with a set of the Encyclopedia Britannica, width 91cm, depth 39cm, height 84cm

Dickens, Charles - Works in 22 vols, London, Encyclopedia Britannica c. 1860, quarter red Morocco, 8vo

Books and annuals, Eagle Annual, Dandy book, Beano book, Star Trek Encyclopedia, LPs of classic children's songs, Rupert annual, etc. (2 boxes)

F G AFLALO: 'The Encyclopedia of Sport', 2 volumes 1897/98. [gt. dec. hf. moroc. 40 photograv.plts]. Est £50 - £80.

A box containing antique and later volumes to include Encyclopedia Britannica, Dickens Poetical Works etc

Ca. 1200–700 BC. Western Asiatic/Aegean. A large and well-formed bronze blade with a central raised ridge that bifurcates at the base of the blade and a sturdy tang ending cast in one piece with the blade. Beautiful patina, good condition; on a custom stand. Bronze weaponry production flourished in Western Asia, the Aegean, and mainland Greece from the 2nd millennium BC to about 700 BC, when it was gradually replaced by iron. Swords, spears, and arrows were important symbols of war in Greek Bronze Age societies and served as powerful reminders that authority rested in the hands of those who could earn it. To find out more about Archaic Greek swords, see Warry, J. (1995). Warfare in the classical world: An illustrated encyclopedia of weapons, warriors, and warfare in the ancient civilisations of Greece and Rome. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. Provenance: Property of a North London gentleman; previously acquire on the UK/European art market in the 1980s. Size: L:510mm / W:78mm ; 565g