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Sworders
Lot 169

1- Limborch, Philippi A (Limborch, Philippus Van): DE VERITATE RELIGIONIS CHRISTIANAE AMICA COLLATIO CUM ERUDITO JUDAEO. Gouda; Apud Justum Ab Hoeve, 1687, first edition; 4to. PP(xvi), 364, (xiv)Index. Contemporary full leather; worn and dust soiled; front endpaper torn and detached; damp staining, mostly to inner margins; 2- Parecbolae Sive Excerpta e Corpore Statutorum Universitatis Oxoniensis Accedunt Articuli Religionis XXXIX. In Ecclesia Anglicana recepti. Oxford, E Theatro Sheldoniano, 1674; PP: (xvi), 230, (ix). Contemporary full leather; worn and dust soiled; pastedowns and endpapers are made of 16 century pages?; Plus 4 others, including a Derby and Clitheroe imprints (6)

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Sworders
Lot 228

JOHNSON, Samuel: A Dictionary of the English Language : In which the Words are deduced from their Originals, and Illustrated in their Different Significations by Examples from the best Writers. In 2 volumes. L, W. Strahan for J. And P. Knapton, et al., 1755, First Edition. Folio, Double column. Title-pages in red and black. Later full leather with embossed border and five raised bands; Damp staining to the first few pages of vol. 1 and second half of vol. 2. Otherwise a very nice set. (The first edition was published in April 1755 in a printing of 2000 copies. Courtney & Smith p 54; PMM 201; Rothschild 1237.). (2)

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Sworders
Lot 190

1- Report, of the Committee of the, Society of Arts... Relative to the Mode of, Preventing the Forgery of Bank Notes. Printed by the order of the Society, London, 1819, Sold by the Housekeeper.. (Price Four Shillings), First edition, with imprint T.C. Hansard, to verso of title. PP: Half title present, title, 72, plus three additional 57*, 58*, 59*, Plus 6 plates with tissue guards (one folding). Signed ¾ calf binding with gilt lettering to spine and teg. Light stain to top margin of first few pages; otherwise a fine copy (Scarce). 2- Graham, W: The one pound note in the rise and progress of banking in Scotland, and its adaptability to England. 1886, 1st. original cloth; VG; 3- Graham, W: The One Pound Note in the History of Banking in Great Britain. 1911, inner hinges cracked; 4- Baird, W: The One Pound Note: Its History, Place and Power in Scotland, and Its Adaptability for England. 1901, 2nd. edn. little loose (4)

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Sworders
Lot 33

1- Wain, Louis: Pa Cats, Ma Cats and Their Kittens. Raphael Tuck, n.d. (1902), first edition, inscribed 1904. Folio, with 11 colour plates (one double-page); original pictorial covers; rubbed; lacking front blank endpaper; edges of few pages frayed; 2- Rackham, A (ill.): Peter Pan. Hodder & Stoughton, n.d. with 24 colour plates. Original gilt pictorial cloth; 3- Rackham, A (ill.): Aesop's Fables. Heinemann, 1933 first cheap edition. with 8 colour plates. Original gilt pictorial cloth; spine faded; 4- The Silver Fairy Book; n.d. 2nd. edn. ill. (4)

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Sworders
Lot 63

Tolkien, J. R. R.: The Hobbit or There and Back Again. George Allen and Unwin Ltd, London, 1937, First Edition, First Impression. With frontispiece and 9 plates or illustrations (all but one full-page), map endpapers in red and black by the author. PP310, (ii)publisher’s advertisements. Original Publisher's green cloth, lettered and decorated in dark blue. CONDITION: (Original un-restored condition). Covers little rubbed; inscription to front blank endpaper dated 1937; the frontis has been crudely coloured which has resulted in light offsetting to title page; otherwise a very good and firm copy. (Only 1500 copies were printed of this first edition, first impression).

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Gorringes
Lot 1024

Edgar Holloway (1914-2008)etchingCanon W.ff.Sheppard, Vicar of Haxey, Rural Dean, 1931, First commissioned portrait, signed, edition of 30, M36,150 x 100mm.

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Gorringes
Lot 1060

Edgar Holloway (1914-2008)fifteen etchingsSt George's, Doncaster 1981 First state (5) 1st State (3) Trial Proof (1) and six numbered from the edition of 50, all signed, M244,258 x 184mm

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Thomas Watson
Lot 186

HECTOR MILLER FOR AURUM DESIGNS, THREE LIMITED EDITION SILVER COMMEMORATIVE ECCLESIASTICAL GOBLETS, the first for Westminster Abbey, the Queen's Silver Jubilee, ed. 629/750, hallmarked for London 1977, boxed and with certificate; the second for Blackburn Cathedral, ed. 241/750, its consecration in 1977, hallmarked for London 1977, boxed with certificate; the third for Lincoln Cathedral, ed. 229/700, its 7th centenary, hallmarked for London 1981, unboxed with certificate. (3) 33.8oz

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Thomas Watson
Lot 457

PETER ANDREW JONES (BRITISH, b. 1951), the original artwork for the cover of "Ambulance Ship" by James White, gouache, inscribed "To John, with all good wishes, Peter J. 1982", mounted on board with Solar Wind certificate verso; together with White, James, "Ambulance Ship", first edition 1980, and associated printed materials. Artwork 44cm by 91cm

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Thomas Watson
Lot 448

ROBIN JACQUES (BRITISH, 1920-1995), A GROUP OF SEVEN PEN AND INK DRAWINGS, illustrations for "The Founding of Evil Hold School" by Nikolai Tolstoy, black and white and one coloured, annotated in pencil with page numbers, one inscribed "platemaker - please etch out any trace of patch top right", unsigned; together with associated printed materials and Tolstoy, Nikolai, The Founding of Evil Hold School, first edition published W.H. Allen, London 1968.

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London Auctions - Chiswick High Road
Lot 194

A large, rare, German Albert Durer leather-bound folio, Ltd Edition 29/100, published in Berlin in 1919, celebrating the anniversary of Durer's death and titled 'Albrecht Durer, Der Rupferftecher Und Holzschnitt-Zeichner' with many prints made from the original copper plate and on handmade paper made in the manner of 15th century, the tan leather cover embossed with Durer's signature mark, inscription in pen to the first page dating to Christmas 1945, 47 x 36 cm.

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Unique Auctions
Lot 1199

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Ted Smart, first edition, no dust jacket) and Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (Bloomsbury first edition, misprint on page 99, no dust jacket)

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Ryedale Auctioneers
Lot 166

MYSTERY BOX : Star Wars, first edition books, 19th C porcelain, blue and white ceramics, Scarborough interest, blue and white ceramics, pictures, Border Fine Arts, jewellery etc. (all proceeds from our mystery boxes will be donated to a local community project at the end of the year)

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Ryedale Auctioneers
Lot 11

Pine wall hanging box with lift up lid and two sectional interior, 'Reprint Of The First Edition Of The 1 Inch Ordinance Survey Of England And Wales 'Scarborough & Whitby', pair of brass candlesticks on oval bases, framed wood cut picture dated 1920 and framed photographic print

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David Duggleby Auctioneers & Valuers
Lot 206

'First Light Glen Allan' and 'Autumn Mountains', two limited edition colour prints no. 122/850 & 123/850 after Raymond Gilronan signed in pencil with certificate of authenticity verso 21cm x 37cm (2) Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs

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Tennants Auctioneers
Lot 275

Moorcroft baluster vase by Kerry Goodwin, limited edition 56/100, 36cm high, with box First quality, good condition

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Wessex Auction Rooms
Lot 407

Wooden cased First Edition proof set of 100 24k Gold plated silver coins "The Medallic History of Britain" with paperwork

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Rye Auction Galleries Ltd
Lot 73

A first edition of 'Candy Floss' by Rumer Godden, a selection of Reece Winstone books on Bristol, a selection of Ladybird books, three Observer books and other items

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Sheffield Auction Gallery
Lot 685

Butler [Colonel Sir W.F. K.C.B.]: Campaign of the Cataracts, Being a Personal Narrative of The Great Nile Expedition of 1884-5, pub. London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1887, first edition, illus. by Lady Butler, folding map of the Nile from the Mediterranean to the Equitorial Lakes present, rebound half calf; Parry [Judge Edward Abbott: The Seven Lamps of Advocacy, pub. T. Fisher Unwin Ltd, 1923, half blue marbled boards. (2)

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Sheffield Auction Gallery
Lot 657

Milne [A.A.]: Now We Are Six, first edition 1927, illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard, published Methuen & Co. Ltd., London, deluxe blue calf and gilt binding.

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Sheffield Auction Gallery
Lot 682

Bourke [Myles]: Badoli the Ox, pub. Howard B. Timmins & George Allen and Unwin Ltd., llus. Stella Bailey, de-luxe edition number 48/225 copies signed by the author and the illustrator, half tan calfboards, twelve tipped in colour illustrations with tissue guards; The Memoirs of a Lady of Quality, being Lady Van's Memoirs, illus. Vera Willoughby, pub. London, Peter Davies, 1925, number 399/550 copies, rough cut pages; Brangwyn [Frank]: The Bridge, a Chapter in the History of Building, 1926 first edition, pub. John Lane, The Bodley Head, untrimmed pages, tan cloth; plus three others. (6)

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Sheffield Auction Gallery
Lot 662

Monsieur Duquesne : A New Voyage to the East Indies in the Years 1690 and 1691, being a full description of the Isles of Maldives, Cocos, Andamans and the Isle of Ascension, and all the Forts and Garrisons now in possession of the French, with an account of the customs, manners and habits of the Indians, printed for Daniel Dring at the Harrow and Crown near St. Dunstan's Church in Fleet Street, 1696, first edition in English, five engraved plates and a fold-out map (map of India missing), rebound calf.

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Sheffield Auction Gallery
Lot 674

Anthony [Gordon]: Russian Ballet Camera Studies by Gordon Anthony, pub. London, Geoffrey Bles, 1939 first edition, tipped in plates, half blue cloth; The Sleeping Princess, Camera Studies by Gordon Anthony, pub.George Routledge & Son Ltd, 1940; Brahms [Caryl]: Robert Helpmann Choreographer, illus. Tunbridge-Sedgwick, pub. B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1943 first edition; plus five others related and a collection of photographic postcards, two featuring and signed by Robert Helpmann in Hamlet and a Sadlers Wells theatre ticket for a c.1940's production also signed by Robert Helpmann, the choreographer.

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Sheffield Auction Gallery
Lot 658

Fleming [Ian]: You Only Live Twice, printed by Ebenezer Baylis & Son Ltd., first edition 1964, dustwrapper; On Her Majesty's Secret Service, second impression April 1963; The Spy Who Loved Me, second impression 1962; Amis [Kingsley]: The James Bond Dossier, first edition, 1965; Deighton [Len]: Funeral in Berlin; Markham [ Robert]: Colonel Sun. (6)

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Sheffield Auction Gallery
Lot 661

Potter [Francis B.D.] : An Interpretation of the Number 666, printed by Leonard Lichfield, Oxford 1642, first edition, 214pp, bookplate of William Legge, half calf and marbled boards, some pages with losses and worm holes.

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Sheffield Auction Gallery
Lot 670

Sackville [Lady Margaret]: The Dream-Pedlar, colour illustrations by Florence Anderson, pub. Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton Kent & Co., 1914 first edition, decorated blue cloth; Basile [Giambattista]: Stories from the Pentemerone, illus. Warwick Goble, pub. Macmillan & Co., 1911 first edition, tissue guarded colour illustrations, gilt tooled pictorial red cloth; Asquith [Lady Cynthia]: The Children's Cargo, contributors include A.A. Milne, Walter de la Mare etc., pub. Eyre & Spottiswood, tipped in colour illustrations, buff cloth; Aldin [Cecil]: Jerry the Story of an Exmoor Pony, illus. Cecil Aldin (1933 third impression); The Pied Piper, illus. Margaret Tarrant. (5)

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Sheffield Auction Gallery
Lot 526

•AFTER JOE SCARBOROUGH (b.1938) (Sheffield Artist) The First Tram, hand coloured, signed limited edition screen print, number 2/100

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Flints Auctions Ltd
Lot 105

Three original prints from the First Edition of Surgical Anatomy by Joseph Maclise 1851, each mounted under glass in beech wood frame

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Hansons Auctioneers and Valuers
Lot 2124

A boxed limited edition Royal Crown Derby 'Race Horse', No. 129/1500, with certificate, first quality, gold stopper

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Hansons Auctioneers and Valuers
Lot 1136

A quantity of books to include a first edition of 'The Sixth Heaven' by L. P. Hartley, Putnam & Co 1946; 'A History of Caricature', Faber & Gwyer 1926, signed by the author and numbered 48 of 106 (limited edition), and others.

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Hansons Auctioneers and Valuers
Lot 2279

A boxed limited edition Royal Crown Derby 'Barrel Top Gypsy Caravan', No. 230/1250, gold stopper, first quality

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Hansons Auctioneers and Valuers
Lot 2232

A boxed Moorcroft first quality limited edition vase, 229/650 thistle flower pattern signed by designer Rachel Bishop, to base, standing approximately 16.5 cms high

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Hansons Auctioneers and Valuers
Lot 1006

Spike Milligan 'Where Have All The Bullets Gone?' 1985, signed first edition

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Hansons Auctioneers and Valuers
Lot 1234B

Three boxes of assorted antiquarian books, some handsome leather bindings, to include a first edition of 'The Wallypug of Why', G. E. Farrow; 'The Unveiling of Lhasa', Edmund Candler, 1905; 'A Gazetteer of the World' in seven volumes, 1856; Froissart's Chronicles in two volumes, 1857; Harmsworth Atlas c.1910; Strand Magazine in ten volumes, 1890s; Holy Bible, 1811, and others.

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Hansons Auctioneers and Valuers
Lot 2060

A pair of Royal Crown Derby paperweights- Goviers old imari caravan a colour way edition 127/450, gold stopper, signed by artist and Old Imari Caravan with gold stopper, first quality

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Hansons Auctioneers and Valuers
Lot 2229

A boxed Moorcroft first quality limited edition vase 44/50 signed by designer to base, dated 2005 Bird of Paradise type flower pattern on cobalt ground standing approx 16.5 cms high

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Hansons Auctioneers and Valuers
Lot 2078

A boxed limited edition Royal Crown Derby 'Race Horse', No. 140/1500, with certificate, first quality, gold stopper

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Hansons Auctioneers and Valuers
Lot 2123

A boxed limited edition Royal Crown Derby 'Millenium Globe Clock', No. 524/1000, for Sinclair's, first quality, no certificate

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Adam Partridge Auctioneers & Valuers
Lot 615

FLEMING, IAN; Casino Royale, first edition, first impression, published by Jonathan Cape, London 1953, with dust jacket.

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Astons Auctioneers & Valuers
Lot 173

James Bond 007. A group of boxed Corgi James Bond 'Casino Royale' related diecast models including CC99193, a boxed Aston Martin DB5 and DBS set in film canister, CC99195, a First Shot of the DB5 and DBS models - limited edition of 300, together with CC99194, a cased DB5 and DBS set with playing cards and poker chips. Models appear VG/E in generally G+/VG packaging. (9)

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Kodner Galleries
Lot 37

Damien Hirst, British (born 1965) Hardcover 1997 First Edition Book: I Want to Spend the Rest of My Life Everywhere, with Everyone, One to One, Always, Forever, Now. A provocative collection of Damien Hirst's ideas and obsessions, created in collaboration with designer Jonathan Barnbrook. Pieces of his artwork are set against a visual narrative of drawings, words, photography, typography, pop-ups and other special effects. An essay by novelist Gordon Burn looks at Hirst's work and the breadth of its impact. Used condition, with some wear from use. 334 pages. Shipping $58.00 (estimate $500-$700)

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Dreweatts 1759
Lot 177

Holder, William A DISCOURSE Concerning TIME, With Application of the Natural Day, and Lunar Month, and Solar Year, as Natural;... A composite volume incorporating title and contents from first edition, the remaining later, J. Heptinstall for L. Meredith, London 1694 and probably 1701, (cropped) modern full morocco, 8vo . Provenance: The horological library of Michael Hurst. Ex R.K. Foulkes.

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Dreweatts 1759
Lot 162

Thiout, Antoine TRAITE DE HORLOGERIE MECHANIQUE ET PRACTIQUE Second edition, two volumes, Chez Samson, Paris 1767, with errata leaf and 89 of 91 folding plates at end (plates 34 and 35 of volume 2 lacking), modern full morocco incorporating old boards, spine ruled in gilt, 4to, (2). Provenance: The horological library of Michael Hurst. An important French horological work with detailed plates of movements and tools, almost identical to the first edition of 1741 but for the errata.

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Dreweatts 1759
Lot 169

Derham, William THE Artificial Clock-maker, A TREATISE OF Watch and Clock-work Fourth edition with emendations, James and John Knapton, London 1759, 2 folding horological plates, 4 tables and 1 music, modern morocco, red calf label, 8vo; with a facsimile copy of the 1696 first edition, issued by R.K. Foulkes, full sheep, red calf label, 8vo; and a further volume of the same issued by The Thames Facsimile Company, Reading 1962, green cloth (3). Provenance: The horological library of Michael Hurst.

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Dreweatts 1759
Lot 159

Allexandre, Jacques Traité Général des Horloges First and only edition in French, Hippolyte-Louis and Jacques Guerin, Paris 1734, 27 folding engraved plates, 4 folding tables, full morocco spine ruled in gilt, 8vo. Provenance: The horological library of Michael Hurst; also has book dealers s stamp for A. Bertrand, Paris and label for previous owner J. Lavernarde.

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Dreweatts 1759
Lot 181

Cumming, Alexander THE ELEMENTS OF CLOCK and WATCH-WORK, Adapted to PRACTICE In TWO ESSAYS First edition probably first issue, published by the author, London 1766, 16 folding plates at end (lacking Q3 part-title to second essay and replaced facsimile title page), modern half morocco, spine decorated in gilt with red calf label, 4to. Provenance: The horological library of Michael Hurst, inscribed in ink for former owner J.H. Hyde, 3 Southgate, Sleaford, 1943. The author was a mathematician, mechanic and clockmaker from Edinburgh who worked in London and was one of the examiners of Harrison's longitude watch. This is his first book, one of 2 issues published in the same year, this without an errata leaf.

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Dreweatts 1759
Lot 173

Hatton, Thomas AN INTRODUCTION TO THE MECHANICAL PART OF CLOCK AND WATCH WORK First edition possibly composite, T. Longman, G. Robinson and J. Wilkie, London 1773, 18 plates spaced throughout text, modern full morocco, red calf label to spine, 8vo. Provenance: The horological library of Michael Hurst.

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Dreweatts 1759
Lot 172

Smith, John Horological Disquisitions concerning THE NATURE OF TIME and HOROLOGICAL DIALOGUES Facsimile reprints of the Richard Cumberland 1694 and Jonathan Edwin 1675 editions respectively, each issued by R.K. Foulkes, full sheep with red calf label, 8vo; with two further volumes of the same issued by The Thames Facsimile Company, Reading 1962, both green cloth; and a copy of Elliott, Henry THE Clock-Makers ASSISTANT: facsimile reprint of the 1726 edition by Rogers Turner Books, London 2011, softbound, (5). Provenance: The horological library of Michael Hurst. HOROLOGICAL DIALOGUES was the first English language book on Horology to be printed in London.

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Dreweatts 1759
Lot 212

Smeaton, John (Civil Engineer), A Narrative of the Building and a Description of the Construction of the Edystone Lighthouse with Stone: To which is Subjoined, an Appendix, giving some Account of the Lighthouse on the Spurn Point, Built upon a Sand , second edition, corrected, 1793, title with engraved vignette, twenty-three engraved plates, maps and plans, some toning and spotting mostly to leaves of text, aeg, full diced calf, rebacked, large folio; with a copy of Price Edwards, E., The Eddystone Lighthouses (New and Old), Simpkin, Marshall & Co., London 1882, three plates, last two leaves of text supplied in facsimilie, recent cloth, 8vo (2). Provenance: The library of Michael Hurst; the first with the bookplate of Francis Godolphin Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds, KG, PC (1751-1799). Completed in 1759, the lighthouse was in use until 1877, the upper section was then dismantled and reassembled at Plymouth Hoe. This was Smeaton's first project and established his reputation as one of the eighteenth century's foremost engineers.

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Peter Francis
Lot 304

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF POSTMASTERS COLLECTION OF MEDALLIC FIRST DAY COVERS in two special albums, 72 All World Covers, each with a limited edition proof sterling silver medal.(B.P. 24% incl. VAT)

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Peter Francis
Lot 303

WELSH LANGUAGE BIBLE, the second edition of the bible in Welsh, being William Morgan's translation, revised by Richard Parry, Bishop of Asaph. 1620. Not complete, lacks frontispieces and early pages. Expensively and professionally restored.(B.P. 24% incl. VAT) CONDITION REPORT: Expensively and professionally restored but lacking frontispieces, with significant repairs to certain pages, particularly in the early part of the volume, binding is good.First page “Tabl a Chalendar”Title and preliminaries missingTitle of old and new testament missing.Letter to St John and St Paul missing.Last page at back - Pauls' Epistle “Epistol Cyntaf Paul” 11A.Book of revelations missing. Lion “rampant regaurdant” not Lion "passant”.First two pages of Genesis are Facsimilies / restorations, partly retouched.First printed page is “Cwymp dyn pen.iiij Lladd Abel”Matthew first page is present.Last page of Malachi present (“Maccabaeaid”)Last page of job present (Pen.xlij)

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Bourne End Auction Rooms
Lot 365

J E Lawrence, seven Pillars of Wisdom a Triumph, first trade edition 1935, various first editions and early editions to include JRR Tolkein The Hobbit Sixteenth Impression 1966 with dust wrapper, James Joyce Ulysses, new edition 1960 and others (26)

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Byrne's Fine Art Auctioneers
Lot 380

Ian Fleming 'For Your Eyes Only', first edition, published by Jonathan Cape, 1960, with dust jacket

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Golding Young & Mawer
Lot 201

Knight (Lynn). Clarice Cliff, hardback, with dust jacket, 2005 first edition

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Ewbank's
Lot 1084

H G Wells, Four First Edition novels, Mr Blettsworthy on Rampole Island (with William Orpen designed dust jacket) Ernest Benn 1928. Christina Alberta’s Father (with John Austen designed dust jacket) Jonathan Cape 1925. The Research Magnificent, Macmillan and Co, 1915, World Brain Methuen & Co, 1938 (4)

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Baldwin's of St James's
Lot 484

Commemorative Medals, Sweden - Book: Johann Carl Hedlinger (1691-1771): Merchel, Chrétien de, Oeuvre du Chevalier Hedlinger, ou Recueil des médailles de çe celebre artiste, gravées en taille douce, accompagnées d’une explication historique et critique, et précédées de la vie de l’auteur, Basle, 1776, folio, engraved title and dedication [to the King of Sweden], 40 engraved plates, + 64pp, the engraved armorial ‘ex-libris’ of the collector and art connoisseur, politician and MP for Evesham, Baron Northwick [John Rushout, 1st Baron Northwick (1738–1800)] on inside cover contemporary leather binding, spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt and decorated in blind; marbled endpapers; in modern slip-case, some slight browning to the end papers but internally clean, a superb copy of this rare first (and only) edition Merchel, Chrétien de (1737-1817). The Swiss-born Johann Carl Hedlinger (1691-1771) became the 18th century’s foremost medallic artist, moving to Sweden in 1718 where, with some interruptions, he was active until 1746. The Alan Irvine Collection of Historical and Artistic Medals

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Baldwin's of St James's
Lot 498

Commemorative Medals, USA, George Washington (1732-1799), the centenary of his Inauguration celebrated in New York, large cast bronze medal, 1889, by Augustus Saint Gaudens (1848-1907) and Philip H. Martiny (1858-1927), half-length bust left wearing frock-coat and cravat, fasces to right, rev. eagle over New York City arms, legend in 13 lines, …BY THE AVTHORITY OF THE COMMITTEE ON CELEBRATION…, 115mm. (Douglas 53), good very fine with well patinated obverse This medal was Saint Gaudens’s first official medallic commission, from the Committee on Art and Exhibition of the Washington Centennial Celebration. The medal was to be the official souvenir for the centennial of George Washington’s swearing-in as first president of the United States on April 30, 1789 at New York’s Federal Hall. Philip Martiny was Saint Gaudens’s assistant and it was he who did most of the actual modelling. The medal, which was cast by the Gorham Company, was issued in an edition of 2000 specimens in bronze and 10 in silver. The Alan Irvine Collection of Historical and Artistic Medals

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Martin & Pole
Lot 365

Royal Worcester figures: 'Branwen Daughter of Llyr' limited edition, Dancing by Moonlight limited edition, The Queens 80th Birthday, First Night at the Opera, a HMS Victory tankard, four Franklin Mint House of Faberge figures and a poppy design Franz vase (10)

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Burstow & Hewett
Lot 226

Long Ago & Now by Frederick Young,First Edition published by Thomas Newby 1863, leather bound, this copy signed by and given to his wife at publication as a memento of the visit of Garibaldi to London whilst in exile from Italy, an account of his visit is handwritten in the back of the book.

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Burstow & Hewett
Lot 230

Ye Smokiana - The Pipes of the World,by R T Pritchett, First Edition circa 1890, made as a facsimile of a book from the 1700s, half leather bound.

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