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Vintage Walt Disney Mickey Mouse Drummer Limited Edition - First In a Series 60th Anniversary by Mattel. With Original Box. Comes From a Private Collector.

Royal Mint Ltd Edition 500th Anniversary of The First Gold Sovereign Set 1489 - 1989 Gold Proof Sovereign Collection. Comprises £5, £2, Sovereign, Half Sovereign. All Proof Coins In 22ct Gold. Comes In Original Box and Certificate - Please See Photo.

Royal Worcester Ltd and Numbered Edition Hand Painted Figure ' First Dance ' Style 2, Series Tissot Collection. RW4591. Modeller - Brian Diment. This Figure 1.339 of 7,500 Pieces. Issued 1995 only. Height 8.5 Inches. 1st Quality and Mint Condition.

Swarovski Cut Crystal SCS Collectors Members Only Annual Edition Stunning Group Figure for 2007 only. Wonders of the Sea. 'Community with plaque. Designer Heinz Tabertshofer. Code number 9100 NR000 044. Issued 2007 only. 7.75 inches tall. First quality, mint condition, never out of box. Comes complete with box, outer box and booklet and stand and mirrors. Wonderful display.

Swarovski Crystal SCS Collectors Members Only Annual Edition Stunning Group Figure for 'Wonders of the Year' 'Eternity' with plaque and members gift scallop. Designer Michael Stamey. Code number 684266 9100 NR 000 008. Issued 2006 retired 2007. 7.75 inches high.. First quality, mint condition, never out of box. Comes complete with box, outer box and booklet.

Swarovski SCS Collectors Society Annual Edition 2002 Crystal Figure Magic Of The Dance Trilogy Collection 'Isadora' Produced exclusively for the collectors club, comes complete with display stand, plaque and paperweight. Designer Adi Stocker code number 7400 NR 200-200. First quality, mint condition, never out of box. Comes complete with box, outer box and certificate and booklet.

Swarovski SCS Collectors Society Annual Edition 2003 Crystal Figure Magic Of The Dance Trilogy Collection Antonio Produced exclusively for the collectors club, comes complete with display stand, plaque and paperweight. Designer Martin Zendon code number 7400 NR 200-300. Size 8.5 inches tall. First quality, mint condition, never out of box. Comes complete with box, outer box and certificate and booklet.

Swarovski SCS Collectors Society Annual Edition 2005 Crystal Group Figure 'Wonders Of The Sea' Designed exclusively for the collectors club by Martin Zendon. Code no. 7400 NR 200 500. Complete with display mirror stand and plaque. First quality, mint condition, never out of box. Comes complete with box, outer box and certificate and booklet.

Swarovski SCS Collectors Society Annual Edition 2004 Crystal Figure Magic Of The Dance Trilogy Collection 'Anna' Produced exclusively for the collectors club, Designer Anton Hirzinger code number 7400 NR 200-400. First quality, mint condition, never out of box. Comes complete with box, outer box and certificate and booklet.

Swarovski SCS Collectors Society Annual Edition 2012 Crystal Figure Humpback Whale 'Paikea' Designed exclusively for the collectors club by Stefanie Nederegger No. 109 5228/ 9100 600 337. A magnificent crystal figure which captures the power and beauty of the humpback whale as it leaps spectacularly out of the water. The whale gleams in shadow crystal with moonlight crystal fins. Comes with box, gloves, outer box, certificate of authenticity and a whale shaped title plaque in clear crystal engraved 'Paikea 2012'. First quality, mint condition, never out of box.

Swarovski SCS Collectors Society Annual Edition 1999 Crystal Figure Masquerade Collection Pierrot Designed by Adi Stocker code no. 7400 NR 099000, height 8 inches. Comes with plaque and display stand. First quality, mint condition, never out of box. Comes complete with box, outer box with certificate and booklet.

Swarovski SCS Collectors Society Annual Edition 2000 Crystal Figure Masquerade Collection 'Columbine' Designed exclusively for the collectors society by designer Gabrielle Stamey, code no. 740 / 200 000 Issued in 2000 only. Height 6.75 inches, First quality, mint condition, never out of box. Comes complete with box, outer box with certificate and booklet. Also includes display stand and plaque.

Swarovski SCS Collectors Society Annual Edition 2001 Crystal Figure Masquerade Collection Harlequin Designed by Anton Hirzinger code no. 7400 200 100, height 5.8 inches. Comes with plaque and display stand. First quality, mint condition, never out of box. Comes complete with box, outer box with certificate and booklet.

Swarovski SCS Collectors Society Annual Edition 2009 Crystal Figures 'Endangered Wildlife' Gorillas Two items in total produced exclusively for the collectors society. Designer Anton Hirzinger, code number 952 504/ 9100/000117. Issued in 2009 only, fashioned from black diamond Austrian crystal and jet crystal eyes. Height, 5 inches and 2.5 inches. First quality, mint condition, never out of box. Comes complete with box, outer box and certificate and booklet.

T. J. Greenwood (1947 - 2010) Two Framed Signed Limited Edition Prints The first, titled 'Grey Squirrel Feeding, signed in pencil by the artist, numbered 28/150. The second, a colour print of a tiger cub with butterfly, titled 'Mamas Tiger', signed by the artist and numbered 3/50 dedicated 'To Barry with best wishes, T.J Greenwood'. Also a limited edition monochrome print titled 'Jackass Penguins' by Gary Hughes, pencil signed by the artist and numbered 133/850.

Aviation Manuals. Manual of Sunbeam-Coatalen Aero-Motors for use of H.M. Air Services, produced under direction of the supervising engineer, Royal Naval Air Service, [1917], 60 monochrome plates after photographs, original cloth, rubbed and some marks and soiling, slightly chipped to head and foot of spine, 8vo, together with Instruction Manual for Wolseley 'Viper' Aero Engines. Hispano-Suiza W.4.A.Type, Wolseley Motors, Birmingham, [1918], monochrome illustrations, 2 double-page colour plates at front of volume, 2 folding plates at rear, original rust-brown cloth gilt, slightly rubbed and small snag to spine, with head of spine fraying, 8vo, plus other similar first world war-period and early 1920s aero engine manuals, including Rolls-Royce Eagle & Falcon Instruction Book, December 1917, Clerget Aero Engines Instructions, 7Z, [1916], A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Erecting and Aligning 80 H.P. Avro Biplanes, Type 504, 1917, Gnome, The Care of the 100 h.p. monosoupape Engine, 9-Cylinder, Type B2, circa 1918, Salmson Aero Engines, Canton-Unn‚ System, M9 Type Working Instructions, Willans & Robinson, Rugby, circa 1914, Instruction Book for Napier 12 Cylinder Aero Engine, circa 1915, with 4 others similar, all bound in original cloth, generally in good condition, 8vo, and 24 other related instructional booklets, specifications, etc., including Daimler Company, Coventry, R.A.F. 1A Engine, Supplement No. 2, November 1st 1915, & R.A.F. 4A, Specification of Engine, corrected to February 20th, 1916, Air Ministry, Types of British Aeroplanes, May 1918 & Types of German Aeroplanes, July 1918, Aeroplane Data Book, issued to Captain D.H. Kennedy, 2nd June 1917, Handbook of the Lewis Automatic Machine Gun Model 1915 & Lewis Machine Gun Mechanism and Stoppages, 5th edition, May 1916, etc., all original printed wrappers, mainly 8vo/4to (36)

Goss (Chris). Brothers in Arms, The Story of a British and a German Fighter Unit, August to December 1940, 1st edition, Crecy Books, 1994, photographic illustrations to text, original cloth in dust jacket, 4to, (special limited edition 63/200 copies, signed by the author and 10 pilots), together with Webb (Alan B.), At First Sight, A Factual and Anecdotal Account of No. 627 Squadron, Royal Air Force, 1943-1945, 1st edition, St Albans, 1991, illustrations to text, signed by author to front free endpaper, original cloth in dust jacket, 4to, plus Gianneschi (Dan, publisher), The 362nd Fighter Group History of WWII 'Mogins Maulers', Aires Press, Chicago, 1981, photographic illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, a little rubbed and soiled, small folio, and Smith (Nigel), Tirpitz: The Halifax Raids, 1st edition, Walton-on-Thames, illustrations to text, bookplate laid in with autographs of 8 related personnel including author, Pilot Officer Donald MacIntyre, Pilot Officer Ian Hewitt, etc., recent cloth with pictorial upper cover and spine label laid down, 8vo, plus other related mostly combat aircraft-related modern publications, mostly signed and in dust jackets, VG (19)

Luftwaffe Fighter Aces Collection. An album containing 24 printed profiles with pencil autographs of the pilots, plus 8 signed postcards and similar, plus a large Knight's Cross first day cover with 6 autographs, purpose-made blue cloth gilt album as published by the Military Gallery, Bath, 4to Limited edition 32/2000 copies. (1)

Putnam. German Aircraft of the First World War, by Peter Grey and Owen Thetford, reprint edition, 1987, German Aircraft of the Second World War, 6th impression, 1989, by J.R. Smith and Anthony L. Kay, British Civil Aircraft, 1919-1972, volumes 1-3, reprint editions, 1987-88, Blackburn Aircraft Since 1909, new edition, 1989, Avro Aircraft Since 1908, new edition, 1990, all by A.J. Jackson, Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War, reprint edition, 1987, Lockheed Aircraft Since 1913, 2nd edition, 1987, McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Since 1920, volumes 1 & 2, new editions, 1988-90, all by Ren‚ J. Francillon, together with 39 further volumes, all original cloth in dust jackets, some covers lightly rubbed to head and foot, some duplicates, 8vo (50)

Royal Aero Club. Year Book 1911, 208 pages, some monochrome plates and avertisements, original blue cloth-backed printed boards, a little rubbed and some light soiling, small 8vo, together with Burls (G.A.), Aero Engines: With a general introductory account of the theory of the internal-combustion engine, 4th edition, 1916, numerous monochrome illustrations, including some folding, original blue cloth gilt, rubbed and some marks, 8vo, plus other various early aviation publications, booklets and magazines, including Royal Aeronautical Society, Lecture by Mr Claude Grahame-White on Commercial & Pleasure Flying, February 19th, 1919, Gresham Publishing Company, Sectional Model of a Voisin Aeroplane, circa 1910, Henry C. Watts, The Design of Screw Propellers with special reference to their adaptation for aircraft, 1st edition, 1920, 8 issues of Flight, 1909-18 (including the first issue of January 2nd, 1909), 9 issues of The Aero, August 10th, 1909-October 1912, and 9 issues of The Aeroplane, April 18, 1912-February 27, 1918, etc., many bound in original printed wrappers as issued, mostly 4to (approx. 60) Includes :he Aircraft Rad - February 1918, The Joy-Stick - February 1918, The Aircraft Rag - November 1917, The Aircraft Rag - March 1918, The Aeronautical Journal - April 1909, Speedy, The C.F.S. Magazine August 1917 / October 1917 / May 1918 / July 1918, The Fledgling - January 1918                

Royal Air Force. A group of 19 multiple-signed large First Day Covers, issued by the Royal Air Force, 1984-87, commemorating the principal honours, decorations and campaign medals issued to various members of the Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force, etc., including award of the Victoria Cross to airmen with autographs of D.J. Freeston, Leonard Cheshire, J.A. Cruickshank, Norman Jackson, F.M.F. West, L.H. Trent, R.A.B. Learoyd and W. Reid, Distinguished Flying Cross with autographs of Bill Ritchie, Neil McDougall, Robin Hooper, F.D. Hughes, H.C. Rigby, Ivor Broom, Neville Duke, K.S. Bachelor and J.K.O. Edwards, Distinguished Flying Medal with autographs of A.F. Burcher, E. Cummings, W. Howarth, L.J. Sumpter, A.G. Mitchell, D.A. Macdonald and J.H. Lacey, with related printed sheet, laid in to 3 modern red rexine photograph albums, 4to All of the covers feature attractive designs with colour 'silk' image of the award and silhouette illustrations of the aircraft flown, and all with Jersey postage stamps. Each cover is of a limited edition, usually 650 but sometimes less. (3)

Wynn (Kenneth G.). Men of the Battle of Britain, A Biographical Dictionary of 'The Few', 60th Anniversary edition, CCB Associates, 1999, photographically illustrated biographical entries, 12 limited edition leaves with pilots' signatures inserted before title-page the first leaf with 13 autographs and the remaining leaves with 10 autographs each, a total of 123 autographs, a partly printed and partly manuscript list bound at front, original blue leather gilt with pictorial dust jacket in watercolour, depicting a Spitfire and inscribed 'Limited edition 119 of 250' to upper panel, a little rubbed, 4to (1)

*Haig (Douglas, First Earl Haig, Field Marshal, 1861-1928). A reproduction monochrome portrait of Earl Haig, circa 1923, issued for the benefit of the Earl Haig Fund by permission of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club, signed in ink 'Haig. FM.' lower right, additionally signed in pencil by the artist Sir James Guthrie lower left, sheet size 56 x 40 cm (22 x 15.75 ins), framed and glazed, together with a small quantity of books, First and Second World War related, mostly hardbacks, including The Anzac Book, 1916, Captain J. de Courcy and Major-General C.E.N. Lomax's The History of the Welch Regiment 1919-1951, signed by Lomax, Major C.H. Dudley Ward's Regimental Records of the Royal Welch Fusiliers, volumes III & IV only, bound in one, 1928, 52 issues from volumes 4 & 5 of The War Illustrated, edited by Sir John Hammerton, 1941-42, Siegfried's Journey 1916-1920, by Siegfried Sassoon, Faber and Faber and the Book Society, 1945, Michael Mann's The Regimental History of 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards, 1993 and Douglas Haig. War Diaries and Letters 1914-1918, edited by Gary Sheffield and John Bourne, 1st edition, 2005 (approx 80)

Pioneer Aviation. Learning to Fly, How Pupils are trained at the Grahame-White School of Flying, soft booklet, 16 printed pages with monochrome illustrations, 24.5 x 15.5cm, together with The Grahame-White New Baby Biplane brochure with manuscript annotations, 19 x 12cm; First Aerial Derby Official Programme 8 June 1912; The London Aerodrome Official Programme for The Aerial Derby 20 September 1913; Flying at Hendon Official Souvenir of the London Aerodrome, 1st Edition 1913 booklet plus Flying at Hendon Season 1913 miniature booklet, 14 x 11cm (6)

Seven Harry Potter first edition books and one other.

Pair of framed and glazed limited edition prints by R A Gilronan of Highland scenes, Autumn Mountains and First Light 35 x 18 cm CONDITION REPORT: POSTAGE: There are postage restrictions on this item. If you are looking to bid please contact the Office on 01925 658833 to discuss shipment options prior to bidding.

A COLLECTION OF TWELVE LIMITED EDITION COLLECTORS PLATES, the majority with certificates of authenticity and numbers, including items from the Art of Fishing collection by Gary Pattison; Heroes of the Sky by Michael Turner Royal Doulton; Royal Doulton Royal Air Force seventy fifth anniversary plate, with certificate; Royal Doulton First Flight of the Hawker Hurricane 6th November 1935; and other plates commemorating the British Royal Air Force etc. (12)

DICK FRANCIS, "Hot Money" first English edition, signed by author, printed by Michael Joseph London, hardcover, in good dust jacket, first printing; together with Dick Francis, "Odd's Against", second impression 1966, printed by Michael Joseph London, hardcover, with dust jacket, fair; Alistair Maclean, "The Guns pf Navarone", printed by Collins St James's Place London 1957, dedicated to his mother, with dust jacket, fair; Ian Fleming, "You Only Live Twice", printed by Jonathan Cape, with dust jacket, fair; Ian Fleming "Goldfinger", this edition issued by the Book Club Sherry Cross Road London, with dust cover, fair; and Ian Flemming, "Octapussy", printed by Jonathen Cape, 30 Bedford Square London, with dust jacket, fine condition. (6)

Bonner (James). The Bee-Master's Companion, and Assistant. Wherein is set forth the properest Methods of managing those insects, so as they may turn out to the best Advantage. Shewing an effectual Way to preserve them from Famine, Cold, Robbers, Mice, or other Enimies..., 1st edition, Berwick: Printed by J. Taylor for the Author, 1789, early signature to title, browning and some dust-soiling, few stains and ink marks, first & last leaves frayed to edges, later boards with crude paper reback, 12mo in 6s British Bee Books 142. (1)

Bonner (James). A New Plan for Speedily Increasing the Number of Bee-Hives in Scotland; and which may be extended, with equal success to England, Ireland, America, or to any other part of the world capable of producing flowers, 1st ed., Edinburgh, 1795, lacking half title, final leaf of index and advert/errata leaf (provided in loosely inserted photocopy facsimile), light toning and occasional spotting, recent endpapers, edges untrimmed, contemporary marbled boards, modern reback, 8vo, together with Keys (John), A Treatise on the Breeding and Management of Bees, to the Greatest Advantage..., new edition, 1814, two engraved plates, without advert leaf, some toning and spotting, edges untrimmed, original boards, rebacked, 8vo, with Huber (Francis), New Observations on the Natural History of Bees, 3rd edition, Edinburgh, 1821, half-title, five folding engraved plates, verso of front free endpaper inscribed 'Thomas Burton Cotterill, January 13-1847', scattered spotting, near contemporary green half sheep, rubbed and some wear, typed paper label to spine, 8vo, plus Payne (J.H.), The Apiarian's Guide, containing Practical Directions for the Management of Bees upon the Depriving System, 1st edition, 1822, two engraved plates at rear, original cloth, paper title label to spine, extremities lightly rubbed, slim 8vo For first title see British Bee Books 151: "Bonner who was Bee-Master at Auchencrow, near Berwick-on-Tweed was the most able and best known of Scottish bee-men." (4)

Chylinski (Dobrogost). The Beekeeper's Manual: Founded on the Experience, during many Centuries, of the Apiarians in Poland. Dedicated to the Agriculturists of Great Britain, 1st edition, 1845, four lithograph plates including frontispiece, half-title with ink inscription 'To Dr Bachoffer with the authors sincere regards', 4pp. publisher's advertisements at rear, occasional light dampstaining at foot, scattered spotting, front pastedown with decorative bookplate of David Smith, all edges gilt, original blind-stamped cloth gilt, rebacked (preserving original spine), small 8vo, together with [Richardson, Mrs.], The Story of a Bee and Her Friends, told by Herself, 1867,half-title (with early ink inscription), hand-coloured lithographed frontispiece and six plates, additional title with hand-coloured vignette (listed as plate), rear hinge split before endpaper, all edges gilt, original green pictorial cloth gilt, small 8vo, plus [Brown, Mrs. Eliza], Children as They Are; or, Tales and Dialogues, for Young Readers..., 1st edition, 1830, engraved frontispiece with early neat colouring, five engraved plates (two with touches of early neat colouring), scattered spotting, occasional dampstaining to lower blank margins, modern cloth with spine label in red morocco gilt, 12mo, plus six others similar First two items: British Bee Books 251 & 301 respectively. Third item: Darton G139. (9)

De Gelieu (Jonas). The Bee Preserver; or Practical Directions for the Management and Preservation of Hives. Translated from the French [by Miss C. S. Graham], 1st English edition, Edinburgh: John Anderson, 1829, half-title, errata slip, a few light spots, ink annotation to front pastedown, original boards, losses to spine, 8vo, together with Warder (Joseph), The True Amazons: or, the Monarchy of Bees, Being a New Discovery and Improvement of those Wonderful Creatures..., 6th edition, [1726], engraved portrait frontispiece, title close-trimmed at tail (affecting final part of imprint), pale dampstaining to some fore-margins, front free endpaper with ink ownership name, modern quarter brown morocco, gilt-lettered spine, 8vo, plus Dzierzon (Johann), Dzierzon's Rational Bee-keeping..., translated from the latest German edition by H. Dieck and S. Stutterd, Second Thousand, 1882, half-title, black and white illustrations, 8pp. advertisements at rear, gathering B loose, scattered spotting (mainly to first and last leaves), front pastedown with decorative bookplate of David Smith, original pictorial blue cloth gilt, 8vo, plus six others similar First three items: British Bee Books 204, 74 & 365 respectively. (9)

Dzierzon (Johann). Dzierzon's Rational Bee-Keeping; Or, the Theory and Practice of Dr. Dzierzon, Edited and Revised by Charles Nash Abbott, 1st English edition, 1882, half-title, illustrations, 6pp. advertisement leaves at rear, scattered spotting, mainly affecting first and last few leaves, Bee Research Association Library label, and decorative bookplate of David Smith, contemporary green cloth (lifting in places), upper cover with large gilt bee, gilt-lettered spine (with library mark at tail), 8vo, together with Letters on Entomology, Intended for the Amusement and Instruction of Young Persons..., 1st edition, 1825, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, two hand-coloured engraved plates, spotting mainly to first two gatherings (plates minimally affected), contemporary half calf, rubbed, 12mo, plus Bagster (Samuel), The Management of Bees, with a Description of the "Ladies Safety Hive", 1st edition, 1834, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, black and white illustrations, occasional spotting and dust-soiling, contents loosening where sewing partially broken, Bee Research Association Library label, and decorative bookplate of David Smith, contemporary cloth, some wear, upper joint partially split and spine ends frayed, 8vo, plus four others similar First three items: British Bee Books 365, 198 & 222 respectively. (7)

Huber (Francis). New Observations on the Natural History of Bees, 2nd edition, Edinburgh, 1808, folding engraved plate (one short closed tear), scattered spotting, bookplate of David Smith, edges untrimmed, original boards, rubbed and marked, spine with original paper label, ends worn, 8vo, together with Bevan (Edward), The Honey-Bee; its Natural History, Physiology and Management, 1st edition, 1827, engraved frontispiece, scattered spotting, front free endpaper with early manuscript notes front and back, a slip of paper with early manuscript notes loosely inserted,bookplate of David Smith, original boards, soiled and extremities worn, joints split, spine with original paper label, worn, 8vo, plus Wildman (Thomas), A Treatise on the Management of Bees; Wherein is contained the Natural History of those Insects..., 1st edition, 1768, three engraved folding plates (one in facsimile loosely inserted), some dampstaining, increasing towards rear (plates barely affected), worming at rear affecting blank inner margin of plate 3, front free endpaper detached, contemporary calf, both boards detached, worn, 4to, plus four others similar First three items: British Bee Books 171, 201, 119, respectively. (7)

Huish (Robert). The Cottager's Manual for the Management of His Bees, For Every Month in the Year..., 1st edition, 1820, contemporary advertisement for "The Huish Hive" mounted on front free endpaper, lightly offsetting onto title, 4pp. publisher's advertisements at rear, early ink ownership annotations to front pastedown and free endpaper, edges untrimmed, original printed boards, a little marked, spine worn, 8vo, together with A Treatise on the Nature, Economy, and Practical Management, of Bees..., Containing also an Accurate Description, illustrated by Plates, of the Hives invented by Lombard... and other foreign Apiarians; and of a Newly Invented Hive..., 2nd edition, with additions, 1817, six engraved plates (one folding), scattered spotting, front pastedown with bookplate of Thomas John Marker, contemporary half calf gilt, somewhat rubbed and worn, spine browned, 8vo, plus Nutt (Thomas), Humanity to Honey-Bees; or, Practical Directions for the Management of Honey-Bees..., 2nd edition, Wisbech: H. and J. Leach, 1834, folding engraved frontispiece, a few spots, modern quarter green calf gilt, 8vo, plus another copy of the same, 7th edition, 1848, folding engraved frontispiece, folding engraved plate, publisher's catalogue at rear (toned), scattered spotting, ink library stamp to title and p.306, early ink ownership name to head of title, library label to front free endpaper, original decorative blind-stamped green cloth, slightly soiled and rubbed, spine a little toned, 8vo, plus five others similar, including The History and Management of Bees, with Notice of a Newly-Constructed Hive, by the Author, John Wighton, Gardener to Lord Stafford, London & Norwich, 1842, wood engraved frontispiece, original green cloth gilt, upper joint splitting, wear at head & foot of spine, slim 8voFirst three items: British Bee Books 184, 176, 215 respectively. (9)

[Johnstone, Christian Isobel]. Scenes of Industry displayed in the Bee-Hive and the Ant-Hill. By the author of "Wars of the Jews"..., 1st edition, [1829], six engraved plates, scattered spotting, half-title with early ink presentation inscription dated 1829, publisher's advertisements at rear, bookplate of David Smith, original quarter morocco, printed boards, soiled and extremities worn, sunned spine rubbed and a little worn at head, 12mo, together with Kirby (William, and Spence, Wiliam), An Introduction to Entomology: or Elements of the Natural History of Insects, 4 volumes, mixed editions, 1816-26, volumes 1 and 2 each with portrait frontispiece (offsetting), 26 plates, including six hand-coloured (offsetting), occasional spotting, contemporary straight-grained brown morocco, a few marks, several joints cracked, some boards loose, volume 4 rebacked with original spine relaid, some losses to spine ends, spines rubbed, 8vo, plus seven others similar First two items: British Bee Books, 203, 177 respectively. (12)

Milton (John). The Practical Bee-Keeper; or, Concise and Plain Instructions for the Management of Bees and Hives, 1st edition, 1843, wood-engraved frontispiece, title-vignette and illustrations, 4 pp. publisher's list at rear, front free endpaper with early ink ownership name to blank verso, partly uncut, original green cloth, 8vo, together with A Short History of Bees. In Two Parts. I. The Natural History of Bees..., II. An Aenigmatical Account of a Neighbouring Nation..., 1st edition, E. Newbery, 1800, engraved frontispiece, a few light spots, recent quarter calf, 12mo, plus Frankly (Mr.). The History of Frugal, the Wild Bee, 1st edition, [1816], hand-coloured frontispiece (with early ink inscription to blank recto), vignette title-page, publiser's advertisement leaf at rear, first few gatherings spotted, front pastedown with early ink names and armorial stencil, both hinges split, contemporary quarter morocco, some wear, 12mo, plus eight others similar First three items: British Bee Books 248, 162, 178. (11)

Murphy (Arthur). The Bees. A Poem. From the Fourteenth Book of Vaniere's Praedium Rusticum, London: printed for F. and C. Rivington, 1799, xxxiv,70pp., lacking the half-title and final advertisement leaf, faint ink inscription to title, some dust-soiling, later blue wrappers, 8vo British Bee Books 157. The first edition of this translation, dedicated to Susanna Arabella Thrale, one of the daughters of Mrs. Piozzi. Vaniere published a celebrated Latin poem in sisteen books on agriculture and the pleasures of rustic life, of which one book was devoted to the natural history and life of the bee. (1)

Rusden (Moses). A Further Discovery of Bees. Treating of the Nature, Government, Generation & Preservation of the Bee. With the Experiments and Improvements arising from the keeping them in transparent Boxes, instead of Straw-hives. Also proper Directions (to all such as keep Bees) as well to prevent their robbing in Straw-hives, as their killing in the Colonies..., 1st edition, Printed for the Author, 1679, engraved frontispiece (cropped to fore-edge with loss to caption at foot of image), three engraved plates (all folding except first plate with right half lacking), title with date provided and overwritten in ball point pen to imprint, scattered spotting, few marks and some browning, late 19th century half calf gilt by Grieve of Edinburgh, upper joint slightly cracked at head, small 8vo Wing R2313, British Bee Books 55. (1)

Topsell (Edward). The History of Four-Footed Beasts and Serpents..., Collected out of the writings of Conradus Gesner and other authors, by Edward Topsel. Whereunto is now added, The Theater of Insects; or, Lesser Living Creatures: as Bees, Flies, Caterpillars, Spiders, Worms, &c. A most Elaborate Work by T. Muffet, Dr. of Physick, 2 parts in one, 2nd edition, The whole revised, corrected and inlarged by J[ohn] R[owland], London: Printed by E. Cotes, for G. Sawbridge, T. Williams & T. Johnson, 1658, numerous woodcut illustrations to text including few full-page, lacking half-title and lower half of title, some leaves torn with considerable loss of text and in some cases images (including leaves A5, C1, B3, E3, H3, P5 & 2F4, 5D1-5D4), numerous closed tears and few old repairs, few ink annotations and stamps, page edges frayed and worn, dust-soiling and marks, old cloth over contemporary calf, old letterpress title label to spine continuing over to boards (possibly originally part of half-title?), worn and soiled, folio Wing G624, British Bee Books 17. The first edition was published in 1607. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (1)

Warder (Joseph). The True Amazons: or, the Monarchy of Bees. Being a New Discovery and Improvement of those Wonderful Creatures..., 4th edition, corrected, 1720, facsimile title, 166pp., scattered spotting (mainly first and last few leaves of text), first few gatherings with pale dampstain to upper blank margins, bookplate of David Smith, modern brown morocco, 8vo, together with another copy, ninth edition, 1765, engraved portrait frontispiece, minor worm damage to image at gutter and very pale dampstain to lower part, 4pp. publisher's advertisements at rear, scattered spotting, contemporary quarter calf, rebacked retaining original spine label, 8vo, plus six others similar including: The Cottager's Manual for the Management of his Bees..., by Robert Huish, 2nd edition, 1821, etc. First two items: British Bee Books 74 (the first edition of 1712 with p.xi wrongly numbered ix). (8)

Warder (Joseph). The True Amazons: or, the Monarchy of Bees. Being a New Discovery and Improvement of those Wonderful Creatures..., 4th edition, corrected, 1720, lacking half-title, some spotting and browning, sewing partially broken and some leaves loose, contemporary sheep, lacking spine, upper board detached and lower board loose, 8vo, together with Wildman (Thomas), A Treatise on the Management of Bees..., to which are added, the Natural History of Wasps and Hornets, and the Means of destroying them, 2nd edition, 1770, three folding engraved plates, occasional scattered spotting, late 19th century inscription to front free endpaper, contemporary sheep, joints cracked and some wear, stain at foot of boards, 8vo, with Huish (Robert), A Treatise on the Nature, Economy, and Practical Management, of Bees..., 1815, faint inscription at head of title, six engraved plates (one folding, outer blank corners torn & gnawed, final plate lined to verso), adhesive tape residue to first two leaves, repaired closed tear to fore-margin of final leaf of index, edges untrimmed, modern half calf gilt, 8vo, and Cotton (William Charles), My Bee Book, 1842, additional wood engraved decorative title, wood engraved vignette illustrations, occasional scattered spotting, original cloth gilt, joints cracked, 8vo, plus Taylor (Henry), The Bee-Keeper's Manual, or Practical Hints on the Management and Complete Preservation of the Honey Bee..., 5th edition, 1855, wood engraved frontispiece and vignette illustrations, 30pp. publisher's book list at rear, all edges gilt, original cloth, gilt decorated spine, 8vo British Bee Books 74, 119, 176, 238 & 227 respectively. (5)

White (Stephen). Collateral Bee-Boxes, or, A New, Easy, and Advantageous Method of Managing Bees. In which Part of the Honey is taken away, in an easy and pleasant Manner, without destroying, or much disturbing the Bees; early Swarms, if desired, are encouraged, and late ones prevented, 2nd edition, 1759, engraved frontispiece, occasional scattered spotting, contemporary half calf with vellum corners, neatly rebacked, with red morocco title label, slim 8vo British Bee Books 109. The loosely inserted typed note (by David Smith) 'It might appear that pages 57-61 are missing, but they are not. It is simply that the numbering is incorrect. The text runs on from p.56 to p61. I have confirmed this by checking with the first edition. Copies in the Moir Library, Ibra Library and my own copy are all similar.' (1)

Worlidge (John). Systema Agriculturae; The Mystery of Husbandry Discovered... and Dictionarium Rusticum: or, The Interpretaion of Rustick Terms, 2 parts in one volume, 4th edition, Thomas Dring, 1687, engraved frontispiece (frayed to edges) and one engraved plate, woodcut initials, occasional dampstaining mostly to fore-edge margins, first leaf (Explanation of the Frontispiece) frayed to margins, detached and cut down at head, ownership inscriptions to title of Thomas Robert and "Eubulo Roberts, his Book, 1726", occasional dampstaining mostly to fore-margins, some dust-soiling and few marks, armorial bookplate of Sir Frederick Richmond to upper pastedown, contemporary blind panelled calf, upper cover detached, worn, folio Wing W3601, British Bee Books 43, Kress 1670 and Goldsmiths 2651. The volume contains a section regarding bees (pp.179-198). (1)

*Dawson (Bertrand, 1st Viscount Dawson of Penn, 1864-1945). A group of 3 appointments for Bertrand Dawson, 1910-25, the first 2 pre-printed appointments issued by the Lord Chamberlain's Office and completed in manuscript, the first dated 7 May 1910 appointing Dawson as Physician Extraordinary to His Majesty [King George V], signed by Lord Althorp, the second dated 29 May 1914, appointing Dawson as Physician-in-Ordinary to His Majesty, in the room of Sir Francis Laking..., deceased, signed by Sandhurst, both one page with integral blank, folio, the third a partly illuminated calligraphic document from the American College of Surgeons appointing Dawson as a Fellow, dated 30 October 1925 and signed by three of the College Officials, 22 x 30 cm, original gilt frame, glazed Dawson had been Physician Extraordinary to King Edward VII, the father of King George V, and this first appointment is dated on the first day of King George V's reign and the day following King Edward VII's death. Controversy surrounds Viscount Dawson who is accused of murder of King George V when he euthanised the King with a mixture of morphine and cocaine on 20 January 1936. In his diary Dawson wrote that he acted to prevent any strain on the family and so that the King's death at 11:55pm could be announced in the morning edition of The Times newspaper rather than 'less appropriate ... evening journals'. Later that year Dawson of Penn was one of the small British party led by David Lloyd George who met with Adolf Hitler for tea at his Berghof residence, Berchtesgaden in Bavaria on 5 September. (3)

Phipps (Colonel Ramsay Weston). The Armies of the First French Republic and the Rise of the Marshals of Napoleon I, 5 volumes, 1st edition, OUP, 1926-39, folding maps (a couple of closed tears), occasional light spotting, bookplates, original blue cloth, spine ends a little rubbed, 8vo, volumes 1 & 2 inscribed by Colonel C.F. Phipps, son of the author and writer of the preface, plus duplicates of volume 1 (2 copies), volume 2 (3 copies, one in dust jacket), volumes 3-5 (two in dust jackets), plus a 1968 revised edition of volume 5 (14)

Trade catalogues. A group of trade catalogues, mostly early-mid 20th century, French and English language, including furniture (Majorelle Freres, circa 1910, Woodhouse & Son, 1930's), instruments (J. Halden & Co., 1930's), homeware, fashion, Wine (Etablissements Nicolas, 1933), books (J. Leonard Monk, 2nd edition, 1911), travel brochures and guides, machinery, postcards (a few French First World War) a few hardbound but mostly original printed wrappers, various sizes and condition (approx 200)

Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia, 6 volumes in three, 1855-56, 201 (of 250) tinted lithographed plates, including five titles and two maps, some spotting, mainly to margins, volume I-II with illuminated vellum presentation leaf at front (dated Halifax 1860), volumes I-II and V-VI with some adhesive tape repairs to inner margins, volume III-IV gutta percha perished and contents loose (majority of missing plates are from this volume), all edges gilt, contemporary red gilt-decorated morocco (volumes III-IV in black morocco), rubbed and marked with some surface wear, spine to volumes V-VI with some insect damage (mainly to joints), together with another slightly defective copy of volume I-II (containing 72 of 87 plates), 4to Abbey Travel 388; Tooley 401, 402. The first quarto edition. Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (4)

Boswell (James). An Account of Corsica, the Journal of a Tour to that Island, and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli, 2nd edition, 1768, half title, title with engraved vignette, folding engraved map, contemporary manuscript note to rear endpaper, light offsetting, armorial bookplate of Rt. Hon. Sir John Rolt, small wormtrack to rear pastedown, contemporary sprinkled calf gilt, small wormoles to spine and lower cover, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, 1st edition, 1785, leaf I5r in the first state with 'in-induced' uncorrected, Q7r 2nd state with 'Kings and subjects' for 'the former and the latter' and U6r 2nd state with 'nor Mrs. Thrale' after 'Beauclerk', E3, E4 & M4 are the usual cancels, bound without half title, errata leaf at end, a little minor spotting, contemporary half calf, modern reback, 8vo, plus The Life of Samuel Johnson, 4 volumes, 1824 (6)

[Casa, Giovanni della]. The Refin'd Courtier,or, a Correction of several Indecencies crept into Civil Conversation [translated by Nathaniel Walker], 2nd edition, London: R. Royston, 1679, portrait frontispiece lacking, front & rear blanks present, some browning & dampstaining, endpapers renewed, contemporary blind panelled calf, rebacked, board corners worn and showing, 12mo Wing C795A. The first edition was published in 1663. (1)

Dickens (Charles). Dombey and Son, illustrated by H.K. Browne, 20 parts in 19, 1st edition, Bradbury and Evans, 1846-48, forty etched plates, including frontispiece and additional title-page, numerous printed advertisements and slips at front and rear of each part (complete according to Hatton & Cleaver), original printed blue wrappers, occasional small expert edge-repairs, slim 8vo, housed in a custom-made red cloth solander box with gilt lettered spine, some fading and remains of small label at head of upper side Eckel, pp.74-76; Hatton & Cleaver pp.225-250. Hugh Walpole's copy with his 'Brackenburn' bookplate, and additional bookplate of bibliophiles Ethel and George Booth (both mounted inside solander box). English novelist Sir Hugh Walpole (1884-1941) bought Brackenburn, overlooking Derwentwater in Cumbria, in 1923, and lived there until his death. The house was a bungalow built of local slate, and he enlarged it, converting the upper storey of the nearby garage into a library and study, which eventually housed his art collection as well as his 30,000 books. This copy of 'Dombey and Son' in the original parts is an excellent set, in usually good condition, and with all the advertisements and slips present as called-for by Hatton & Cleaver. Each part is separately enclosed in a loose paper wrapper, with typed information on each indicating that all the plates are in the first state, and all but one letterpress are in first issue form (that to part XI is second issue, but has a copy of the first issue sheets loosely inserted). (1)

Harris (John). Lexicon Technicum: Or, an Universal English Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: Explaining not only the Terms of Art, but the Arts themselves, printed for Dan. Brown, Tim. Goodwin & others, 1st edition, 1704, engraved portrait frontispiece, title printed in red and black, seven engraved plates, including two folding ('The Engine for Raising Water by Fire' and 'John Marshall's New Invented Double Microscope'), numerous woodcut illustrations, subscribers list, some toning to a few leaves and plates, small closed tear at foot of F4, occasional small marginal water stain, contemporary mottled calf, covers stamped with circular armorial in gilt of Thomas Coningsby, 1st Earl Coningsby (1656-1729), tear at head of spine, joints cracking, a little rubbed, folio Norman 992; PMM 171a: "John Harris, clergyman, mathematician, and (from 1709) secretary of the Royal Society, produced the first English encyclopaedia arranged in alphabetical order. He was the earliest lexicographer to distinguish between a word-book (dictionary, in modern parlance) and a subject-book (encylopaedia proper), thereby overcoming the confusion which Isidore had introduced a thousand years earlier. His Lexicon Technicum appears to be the first technical dictionary in any language. The most famous of his contributors was Isaac Newton." (1)

Johnson (Samuel). A Dictionary of the English Language: in which the Words are Deduced from their Originals..., 2 volumes, 3rd edition, 1766, scattered spotting, light browning, rear hinges split, contemporary half calf gilt, rubbed, 8vo, together with The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets; with Critical Observations on their Works, 4 volumes, 1st edition, 1781, volume II upper blank margin of title with small loss, scattered spotting and dampstaining, all endpapers renewed, near contemporary calf, rebacked, extremities worn, spines somewhat faded, 8vo The first octavo edition of Johnson's Dictionary. (6)

Milton (John). Paradise Lost, a Poem, Glasgow: Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1770, engraved portrait vignette to title (some offsetting), advertisement leaf, list of subscribers, occasional light spotting, front free endpaper with ink gift inscription to John Hare dated 1894, contemporary calf gilt, rubbed, both joints split but holding, some wear to spine ends, contained in modern slipcase, folio, Gaskell 510. First Foulis Press edition. (1)

New Testament [Church Slavonic]. A magnificent Altar Gospel printed in Church Slavonic, Moscow, 7207 (December 1698), [2], 503pp on thick paper, sheet size 445 x 310mm, printed in red and black throughout within typographic woodcut borders and with marginal ornaments, each Gospel opening with a full-page woodcut portrait frontispiece of the Evangelist, and woodcut historiated head-piece, decorated initial and marginal ornament on facing page, gilt-gauffered edges with floral and geometrical design, later (engraved inscription to lower bevelled edge of lower cover dated 1904) brass and gilt ormulu covers over wooden boards, stippled ground and raised foliate design within an applied chased border, the lower cover with central cartouche depicting the Russian Orthodox Cross, decorated spine and spine caps, resting on four lobed feet, two Russian floral cloisonne enamel clasps, the upper cover retaining four original intricate silver niello plaques, the central oval cartouche depicting Christ within a laurel frieze, above which rests a crown and bearing the Moscow silver stamp, circa 1700, three Evangelists and their animal symbols at the corners, lacking the corner-piece for Luke at lower left corner, folio (51 x 36 x 11cm) Peter the Great (1672-1725) visited London for three months in the early part of 1698. While he had contact with the court of William III, he also studied English shipbuilding practice, arranged sailing lessons on the Thames and paid visits to the Woolwich Arsenal, the Royal Observatory and Royal Mint. It was also during this visit that the Russian Orthodox Church was established at the Russian Embassy in London, remaining there until 1917. The four silver niello plaques mounted on the front cover, and possibly the wooden boards, date back to the time of printing. The magnificent recasing in 1904 was made under the supervision of Father Mikhail Derzhavin, possibly for a newly consecrated Church. In recent times this Altar Gospel was present at a Moleben (prayers) service at the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad Cathedral of the Dormition of the Mother of God and the Holy Royal Martyrs in Chiswick, London, for the visiting relic of the Holy Cross from Jerusalem and the 400th anniversary of the founding of the House of Romanov. In attendance were the Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna Romanova and her son Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia, the Tsarevitch and heir to the Russian throne. Later that year, in December 2013, this Altar Gospel featured in a Russian Orthodox Divine Liturgy held in Church Slavonic and English at the Orthodox Church, Bentham, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. The printing date is taken from a translation of the first leaf, this copy possibly lacking a preceding title-page: ‘Printed on the press of the great ruling city of Moscow. By command of the most devout and great sovereign our Tsar and Grand Prince Peter Alexeyevich, autocrat of all the Great Russians, Little Russians [i.e. Ukrainians] and White Russians. … In the year 7207 ... [That is to say] … 1698, […] December.’ No other copy of this edition has been traced. (1)

Saint-Remy (Pierre Surirey de). Memoires d'Artilleries, ou il est traite des Mortiers, Petards, Arquebuses a croc, Mousquets, Fusils, &c. & de ce qui peut servir a l'execution & au service des toutes ces armes; des Bombes, Carcasses, Grenades &c... 2 volumes, Amsterdam, Pierre Mortier, 1702, engraved frontispiece to volume I, titles printed in red and black, 169 engraved plates and tables only (of 170, lacking table 6 at end of volume II), some water stains and marginal wormtracks, a few closed tears, armorial bookplates of General Viscount Wolseley, Baron Wolseley of Cairo (1833-1913), later cloth-backed marbled boards, some wear to spines and edges, 4to The first edition was published in Paris in 1697. (2)

Scott (Walter). The Lay of the Last Minstrel a Poem, 1st edition, 1805, some light spotting & damp mottling, contemporary half red morocco, spine and upper boards faded, somewhat worn, 4to, together with Marmion; A Tale of Flodden Field, 1st edition, Edinburgh, 1808, some light spotting & damp mottling, contemporary half red morocco, spine faded, 4to, with Memoirs of the life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart., 7 volumes, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837-1838, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding fascimile handwriting sample, occasional spots, each title with blind embossed monogram, contemporary half calf gilt, a little rubbed, marbled sides with some rubbed areas crudely coloured, 8vo, and Jonson (Ben, and others), The Dramatic Works of Ben Jonson, and Beaumont and Fletcher: the First printed from the Text..., 4 volumes, 1st edition, 1811, three engraved portrait frontispieces (offsetting), some spotting and browning, most hinges split, contemporary gilt and blind-tooled calf, rubbed with a few marks, spines faded, 8vo (13)

Tacitus (Publius Cornelius). The Annales of Cornelivs Tacitus. The Description of Germanie, [The End of Nero and Beginning of Galba. Foure Bookes of the Histories of Cornelius Tacitus. The Life of Agricola. The fifth Edition], 2 parts in one, [London: Printed by John Bill], 1622, general title strengthened to fore-edge and following leaf frayed, colophon to final leaf of 2nd part (repaired to fore-edge), decorative woodcut initials, without full-page plan, also first and last blank leaves not present, light browning and scattered spotting, late 19th century half calf, red morocco title label, rubbed and scuffed, folio STC 23647. (1)

Wallis (Ralph). The Life and Death of Ralph Wallis, the Cobler of Gloucester: Together with some inquiring into the Mystery of Conventicleism, 1st edition, Printed by E. Okes for William Whitwood, 1670, [4],44pp., some toning and spotting, modern cloth gilt, slim 4to (Wing L2008), together with [Ward, Edward], St. Paul's Church; or, the Protestant Ambulators. A Burlesque Poem, 1st edition, John Morphew, 1716, 32pp., disbound 8vo (Foxon W170), with The Poet's Ramble after Riches. With Reflections upon a Country Corporation. Also the Author's Lamentation in the Time of Adversity, London: Printed and Sold by J. How, 1710, 19pp., disbound 8vo (Foxon W142), with The Parish Gutt'lers: or, the Humours of a Select Vestry, 1st edition, 1st issue, 1722, 64pp., disbound 8vo (Foxon W136), and Consolation to Mira Mourning. A Poem. Discovering a certain Governor's Intreigue with a Lady at his Court, 1st edition, Printed and sold by the Booksellers of London and Westminster, 1710, 16pp., contemporary half calf, marbled boards, rebacked, slim 8vo (Foxon C384), with [Political Pamphlets], A Specimen of Arbitrary Power; in a Speech Made by the Grand Seignior to his Janizaries, 1st edition, 1731, portrait frontispiece, 31pp., disbound, 8vo, with [Erskine, John], A Journal of the Earl of Marr's Proceedings, from his First Arrival in Scotland, to his Embarkation for France, [1716], 48pp., slight spotting mainly to first and last leaves, later paper wrappers, 8vo, plus [Dunton, John], Neck or Nothing: in a Letter to the Right Honourable the Lord -- being a Supplement to the Short History of the Parliament..., Written by his Grace John Duke of --, 1st edition, 1713, 60pp., occasional spotting, later paper wrappers, worn and a little marked, 8vo, and another copy of the same, disbound, plus other 17th & 18th century pamphlets including [Hale, Thomas], Mill'd Lead. Demonstrated to be a better and more Durable Covering for Buildings, &c. and above 20 per Cent. cheaper than Cast-Lead can be; supposing that to be 16s. and this but 13s a Hundred.. And also for Seating Ships against Worn, better, and above Cent. per Cent. cheaper than the ordinariest Wood Sheathing can be, 1695, 4pp. (2 separated sheets), caption title, early manuscript annotation to first leaf, colophon 'London: Printed November 20, 1695', some browning and spotting, repaired at folds, close-trimmed and frayed at head, inside blank margin trimmed for folding, disbound folio (23)

Cork (Richard). Vorticism and Abstract Art in the First Machine Age, 2 volumes, 1975-76, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original cloth in dust jackets, covers slightly rubbed and marked, large 8vo, together with Grigsby (Leslie B.), The Henry H. Weldon Colletion, English Pottery 1650-1800, 1st edition, 1990, numerous colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket and slipcase, large 8vo, and Hoet (Jan), Fetting, 1st edition, 2009, inscribed by the artist to the title page, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original boards to organge cloth spine, large 8vo, plus other modern art and antique reference and related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (38)