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New Naturalist Numbers 72-77 Heathlands; The New Forest; Ferns; Freshwater Fishes; The Hebrides; The Soil. London: Collins, 1986-92. 6 volumes, 8vo, original green cloth, dust jackets, jacket spines sunned [Bernhard & Loe NN72A-77A] Note: Notes: First editions, numbers 72-77 in the New Naturalist series, each respectively one of 880, 1850, 1500, 1470, 1500 and 1481 copies printed. Heathlands (72) and The New Forest (73) are both in the first-issue dust jackets each retaining 'Collins' to the foot of the spine-panel, removed for the later Bookclub edition. (Bernhard and Loe cite no such issue-point for the subsequent volumes.)Provenance: From the library of Dr Ian Durance Pennie (1916-2002), Scottish physician and ornithologist. Pennie was co-founder and vice-president of the Scottish Ornithologists' Club, and contributed numerous articles to journals including the Scottish Naturalist, British Birds and the SOC's own Scottish Birds. He spent most of his career in Sutherland, serving as the Sutherland correspondent for the SOC's annual Scottish bird report, and was remembered in his obituary as a 'major contributor to Scottish ornithology' (Scottish Birds, 2002, pp. 57-8).

Antiquarian literature Collection of works Daniel, William B. Rural Sports. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807. 3 volumes, 4to, contemporary diced calf gilt, engraved frontispieces, 70 plates, a little wear to bindings, plates variably spotted and offset;Kay, John. A Series of Original Portraits and Caricature Etchings. With Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes. Edinburgh: Hugh Paton, 1842. 2 volumes, 8vo, numerous engraved plates;Hume, David. The History of England ... A New Edition, Corrected. Dublin: printed for the United Company of Booksellers, 1775. 8 volumes, 8vo, contemporary sprinkled tan sheep, red and green morocco labels, slightly rubbed;Calderwood, David. The True History of the Church of Scotland, from the Beginning of the Reformation, unto the End of the Reigne of King James VI. [Netherlands?: no publisher], 1688. First edition, folio, 19th-century half calf, spine defective at head, bound without index (8 pp.) [ESTC R16833];Macpherson, James. The History of Great Britain, from the Restoration to the Accession of the House of Hannover. London: W. Strahan, and T. Cadell, 1776. 2 volumes, 4to, contemporary calf, lacking portrait, section excised from each title-page;Spottiswood, John. The History of the Church of Scotland. London: for R. Royston, 1655. First edition, folio, 20th-century half calf, lacking portrait;and 3 others including another copy of Calderwood, the lot sold as seen

Clerk, John, of Eldin A Series of Etchings chiefly of Views in Scotland With Additional Etchings and Facsimiles from his Drawings. Edinburgh: for the Bannatyne Club, 1855. Large folio (50.5 x 31cm), original maroon quarter roan (rebacked), printed paper label to front board, xxx pp., lithographic portrait frontispiece and additional mezzotint portrait, both on india paper, mounted, 55 etched or tinted lithographic plates (numbered 1-55 but many containing multiple separately printed images), one unnumbered plate, tissue-guards, wear to corners of boards Note: Note: Second edition, greatly enlarged, number 98 in the Bannatyne Club series; it was first published in 1825 with 28 plates only. John Clerk of Eldin (1728-1812), 'a true child of the Enlightenment' (ODNB) is best remembered today for his Essay on Naval Tactics (1790). 'Clerk was an exceptional amateur artist. His wealthy background afforded him the luxury of entertaining numerous careers, including medicine and business, and he also showed a considerable interest in geology. In the 1740s he began sketching alongside his brother-in-law, Robert Adam, and the artist Paul Sandby. Clerk travelled extensively throughout Scotland, recording a wide range of landscapes and ancient buildings. His sketches of Edinburgh and the surrounding areas are highly personal representations of his native countryside' (National Galleries of Scotland, online). The Bannatyne Club was an antiquarian printing society founded in Edinburgh in 1823 by Sir Walter Scott on the model of London's Roxburghe Club.Provenance: Sir James Young Simpson (1811-1870), physician and pioneer of chloroform, original subscriber; thence by descent.

Arms and armour Group of private and institutional collection catalogues Dean, Bashford. The Collection of Arms and Armor of Rutherfurd Stuyvesant 1843-1909. [New York:] printed privately, 1914. First edition, one of 300 copies, 4to, original vellum gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, etched portrait frontispiece, 53 photographic plates (mounted, numbered 1-51, including 9a and 19a), covers slightly dust-soiled and sprung, a little wear to tips, bookplate (Michael Moad) and ownership inscription;Idem. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Catalogue of European Daggers including the Ellis, de Dino, Riggs, and Reubell Collections. New York: [printed in Paris for the Metropolitan Museum of Art], 1929. First edition, one of 900 copies, 4to, later tan half sheep, 85 photographic plates, most with laid-in tissue guards;Idem. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Catalogue of Court Swords and Hunting Swords including the Ellis, de Dino, Riggs, and Reubell Collections. New York: [printed in Paris for the Metropolitan Museum of Art], 1929. First edition, one of 900 copies, 4to, later tan half sheep, tinted photographic frontispiece, 101 photographic plates, most with laid-in tissue guards;Brett, Edwin J. A Pictorial and Descriptive Record of the Origin and Development of Arms and Amour. To which are appended 133 Plates specially drawn from the Author's Collection at Oaklands, St Peter's, Thanet, and Burleigh House, London. London: Sampson, Low, Marston & Company (Limited), 1894. First edition, large 4to, contemporary red crushed full morocco gilt for Henry Arthur Johnstone, his monogram within armorial lozenge gilt to front board, tan pigskin doublures, incorporating Johstone's naval ex-libris device dated 1899 in blind, 133 plates, bookplates;Laking, Guy Francis. The Armour of Windsor Castle. European Section. London: Bradbury, Agnew & Company, 1904. First edition, 4to, original quarter pigskin, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, 40 mounted photographic plates with tissue-guards, binding slightly rubbed and marked;Gibb, William. Naval and Military Trophies and Personal Relics of British Heroes. A Series of Water Colour Drawings. The Descriptive Notes by Richard R. Holmes. London: John C. Nimmo, 1896. First edition, large 4to, original red pictorial cloth gilt, all edges gilt, 36 chromolithographic plates;Drummond, James. Ancient Scottish Weapons. With Introduction and Descriptive Notes by Joseph Anderson. Edinburgh: George Waterston & Sons, 1881. First edition, one of 500 copies, large, original quarter morocco, rebacked with original spine laid down, 50 chromolithographic plates (of 54: lacking plates 15-18), endpapers renewed, blind stamps of the Royal United Services Institution to heads of plates

Blaeu, Johannes Le Theatre du Monde, ou Nouvel Atlas, cinquieme partie [Scotland and Ireland] Amsterdam: Johannes Blaeu, 1654. Folio (50 x 33cm), [12] 181, 59 pp (rectos of map-sheets not counted in pagination), contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine, engraved architectonic title-page incorporating arms of Scotland and with letterpress title in French on mounted slip, 55 engraved maps (all but one double-page), containing titles within decorative cartouches, several maps additionally with dedication and mileage charts in similar cartouches (a few dedications also incorporating arms of the dedicatee), maps and title-page with contemporary hand-colour throughout, title-page additionally heightened in gilt, woodcut initials and tailpieces, binding pitted, variable browning and offsetting, occasional spotting, small worm-track to lower margin from front to p. 40 (text and maps never affected), repaired closed tears to text-leaf *1 and map of Lennox ('Levinia'), 'Scotia Regnum' map with old circular stain to upper margin, Lower Clydesdale ('Gottiana Praefectura Inferior') map with Dutch text verso and small hole in image [Skelton 59a; cf. Chubb, 'The Atlases of Scotland' II-III, Dutch and Latin editions]Note: Note: 'The first printed atlas of Scotland' (Skelton), being the fifth volume of Blaeu's 1654 world atlas, this copy from the French-text edition: editions with text in French, Latin, Dutch and German were all published in the same year, with a Spanish edition appearing in 1659; the maps themselves are titled in Latin and English. The work contains 'three general maps and forty-six maps of Scottish counties and regions, engraved at Amsterdam from drawings by Robert Gordon of Straloch (1580-1661) and his son James (c.1615-1686), minister of Rothiemay in Banffshire, together with a general map of Ireland and five maps of Irish provinces, after Mercator and Jansson. The maps by the Gordons incorporate the results of the earliest topographical survey of Scotland, that made by Timothy Pont at undetermined dates, apparently within the last two decades of the 16th and the first decade of the 17th century' (ibid.).

Travel Collection of works Shackleton, Ernest H. South. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1920. First US edition, 8vo, original green cloth, all plates and maps as called for, wear to head and foot of spine, front inner hinge tender;Patterson, J. H. The Man-Eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventures. With a Foreword by Frederick Courteney Selous. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1908. First edition, 8vo, original pictorial cloth gilt, photographic frontispiece, map to rear, photographic illustrations throughout the text, contemporary ownership inscription to title-page;Selous, Frederick Courteney. Sport and Travel, East and West. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1900. First edition, 8vo, original green cloth, 18 plates;Roosevelt, Theodore. Through the Brazilian Wilderness. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, all plates and maps as called for, spine sunned and with fraying to head;and 12 others, including Theodore Roosevelt, African Game Trails, reprint, c.1910 (original pictorial cloth), Charles Sheldon, The Wilderness of the Upper Yukon, 1911 (original cloth), W. S. Rainsford, The Land of the Lion, 1909, Lord Roberts, Forty-One Years in India, 1898 (2 volumes, original cloth), William T. Hornaday, Camp-Fires on Desert and Lava, 1908 (original cloth), and similar

Observer books - Weather with a glossy cover, first edition British Insects etc

Coaching Days of England, text by Anthony Burgess, 1750-1850, published by Paul Elek, 1966, first edition, Landscape folio together with Pageantry of Sport, From The Age of Chivalry to The Age of Victoria by John Arlott and Arthur Daley, published by Paul Elek 1968, first edition

Robert Taylor - 'Lancaster' first edition print signed by Group Captain Leonard Cheshire, 35 x 47cm

The Borough of Stoke on Trent by John Ward, first edition 1843 including fold out map and engravings plus The Victorian History of the Counties of England Staffordshire Vol 1 & 8

The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia by Sir Samuel Barker, first edition, Macmillam and Co 1867

The Dunlop Guide to Great Britain, seventh edition, a First Aid Book, The Queens Gift Book and The Borchester Echo 1958

Summoned by Bells by John Betjeman, first edition

Atlas of the Federal Republic of Nigeria- First Edition.

A Collection of Agatha Christie Novels:Passenger To Frankfurt x 2, [First Edition 1970] London, Cat Among The Pigeons 1959 [First Edition] London.The Hounds Of Death and other stories1933 [First Edition] Great Britain.A Caribbean Mystery 1964 [First Edition] London.Endless Night, 1967 [First Edition] London.

Box of antique books; Volume 1-3 Sottish Nation, Golf at the Gallop by Duncan, Fair Perthshire by Hamish Miles, The Carlyle Country by J.M. Sloan, The Caithness book editor Donald Omand- 1st edition, Art Gallery of the World's Columbian Exposition First edition & two volumes History of the Highlands

A Collection Of First Edition Titles To Include Short Of Glory By Alan Judd, London 1984.The Merry Muse, By Eric Linklater, 1959nLondon.Suspense By Joseph Conrad, London, 1925.Jungle - Bogen, Rudyard Kipling Boghandel 1904.Sir Toady Crusoe, By S,R. Crockett. London 1905

First edition, second issue folio issue The Antiquities, Natural History, Ruins, and Other Curiosities of Egypt, Nubia, and Thebes, Frederic Lewis Norden, publ. by Edward Jeffery, London 1792, engraved on one hundred and sixty-four plates, with titles in French frontispiece portrait of the author with an allegorical scene after the title page, by Martin Teuscher, leather bound volume with coloured marble design to covers, gilt title on spine. Footnote: Frederic Lewis Norden (1708-1742) was a Danish captain and explorer, who studied drawing and engraving as part of his duties.  It was on the request of King Christian VI of Denmark, that he make the journey through Egypt and down to Nubia in 1737-1738. The drawings and additional notes were taken at each given location and constitutes a wonderful document of the area as found. 

Half-leather three volume 1838 true first edition of Charles Dickens Oliver Twist, with the 'Fireside' plate in Vol.3 and the author credited as 'Boz' in all three volumes. Condition ReportSome foxing to plates. 'Vol I' section of spine becoming loose. 

First English edition of this classic ballet book by Valerian Svetlov, published by C.W Beaumont, London, 1922, featuring the famous prima-ballerina Thamar Karsavina (1885-1978) with many full page illustrations some sepia toned and others in colour, the back of the book features some images of her in her most notable roles, included is a signed full length black and white photograph inscribed and signed, showing Tamara in costume from a production of the Firebird where she starred alongside Nijinsky circa 1915, with the original book plate for the Cecil  Hopkinson Collection. This lot includes a 1932 copy of Dandré V. Anna Pavlova (good condition) 

1960s Rock/Psychedelic Rock - Various original pressings and reissues, to include The Rolling Stones, No. 2,  LK 4661, first pressing, mono, red Decca label, Blue & Lonesome, 2016 reissue, (sealed), David Bowie - Heroes, INTS 5066-P, picture disc, The Man Who Sold The World, LSP-4816, Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon, SHVLA 804, Wish You Were Here, Israel limited edition picture disc, The Clash - The Clash, 32232, reissue, The Velvet Underground and Nico - The Velvet Underground and Nico, V5008, yellow vinyl, Blind Faith - Blind Faith, 180 gram reissue, The Who - Meaty Beaty Big & Bouncy, and a Ramones limited edition 180 gram picture disc. (11)

1885 edition of the novel L'Epave du Cynthia by French writer Jules Verne (1814-1886) after a manuscript by Andre Laurie (Jean Francois Paschal Grousset, 1844-1909) with illustrations by George Roux. Collection Bibliotheque d'Education et de Recreation with a blue and brown cover a la fougere, gild accents and floral designs, published by Pierre Jules Hetzel et Cie, Paris. Artist: Jules Verne and Andre LaurieIssued: 1885Dimensions: 6.75"W x 9.75"H x 1.40"DEdition Number: First edition Manufacturer: HetzelCountry of Origin: FranceProvenance: Collection of Marie-Claude Lalique Condition: Very good.

First edition a la fougere bicolore of the novel L'Epave du Cynthia by French writer Jules Verne (1814-1886) after a manuscript by Andre Laurie (Jean Francois Paschal Grousset, 1844-1909) with illustrations by George Roux. Collection Bibliotheque d'Education et de Recreation with a brown and green cover, gild accents and floral designs, published by Pierre Jules Hetzel et Cie, Paris. Includes the Ex Libris Docteur et Madame Camplez. Artist: Jules Verne and Andre LaurieIssued: 1885Dimensions: 6.75"W x 9.75"H x 1.40"DEdition Number: First edition Manufacturer: HetzelCountry of Origin: FranceProvenance: Collection of Marie-Claude Lalique Condition: Very good.

New York: Doubleday Doran and Company, Inc., 1945. First edition hardcover autobiography of Sophie Tucker in a blue cover with silver font and accents on the spine. Signed and dated by the author to Matilda in black pen on the page before the title page. Sophie Tucker (American, 1886-1966) a singer, comedian, actress, and radio personality, known for her powerful delivery of comical and risque songs. Tucker was the most popular entertainers in the U.S. during the first half of the 20th century. 'Some of These Days', 309-pages, detailing Tucker's life in the entertainment industry. Artist: Sophie TuckerIssued: 1945Dimensions: 5.75"W x 8.5"H x 1"DEdition Number: 1st Edition Manufacturer: Doubleday Doran and Company, Inc.Country of Origin: United StatesCondition: Good.

First edition of three titles Les Indes-Noires, Le Chancellor and Martin Paz combined in a single volume from Voyages Extraordinaires by writer Jules Verne. It includes illustrations by J. Ferat, Charles Barbant, and Gorge Riou. Collection Bibliotheque d'Education et de Recreation published by Pierre Jules Hetzel et Cie, Paris. Includes ink written note; offert par Madame Leonard a Jules Robert, le 1er janvier 1879. Artist: Jules Verne (French 1814-1886)Issued: 1878Dimensions: 7.50"W x 11"H x 1.50"DManufacturer: HetzelCountry of Origin: FranceProvenance: Collection of Marie-Claude Lalique Condition: Very good.

The Connor Brothers (British, born 1968)The First Thing I Do In The Morning Is Brush My Teeth And Sharpen My Tongue (Red) Giclée print in colours with screenprint varnish and extensive hand-colouring, 2022, on wove paper, signed and dated in pencil, a proof aside from the numbered edition of 20, the full sheetSheet 419 x 294mm (16 1/2 x 11 5/8in)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864-1901)Le Petit Trottin (Wittrock 36) Lithograph in black, 1893, on simili-Japon paper, from the first edition, signed in pencil, one of 20 impressions on this paper (there were also ten impressions on mounted wove paper), published by Édouard Kleinmann, Paris, with his blindstamp, with margins, framedImage 280 x 190mm (11 x 7 1/2in)Sheet 315 x 253mm (12 3/8 x 10in)Footnotes:ProvenanceWilliam Weston Gallery, London, whereby acquired by the present owner.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Conrad J., Hueffer F.M, 'The Inheritors', first edition 1901,, published by William Heinemann, illustrated yellow cloth binding, 19.5 cm high; together with: Huxley A, 'Those Barren Leaves', first edition 1925, published by Chatto & Windus; Thomas B. 'Arabia Felix', 2nd reprint of 1932, with lined maps/illustrations intact, published by Jonathan Cape; and Arnold M. 'The Strayed Reveller, Empedocles on Etna, and other Poems (...)'Location: LWM

A collection of books by and about Jerome K Jerome, including a first edition 'Quay Street' of Three Men in a Boat and three bound volumes of The Idler MagazineLocation:

A Border Fine Arts resin model, The First One In, society members ninth figure, painted by Ayres, B0189, dated 1997, 21cm, certificate, boxed; another, Keeping His Feet Dry, limited edition 1,148/2,500, B0225, 29cm wide, certificate (2)

Goursat (Georges, aka SEM) - First World War WW1 interest Quelques Croquis de Guerre, 25 Dessins Croquis et Aquarelles par SEM, pub. Paris, Devambez, n.d., c.1918, with 25 colour facsimile plates, all loose in publisher's paper chemise and pictorial buff cloth gilt with ties, limited edition no. 4/250, signed by the artist, folio. *Light soiling and corners and spine bumped to folio. Foxing to end papers. Light toning and very faint foxing to title. Grey paper inner folder part torn at fold. Plates very good, with a few tiny fox marks.

Potter (Beatrix) - two first editions with original boards with front paste-downs, comprising: The Tale of Pigling Bland, 1st edition, 1st or 2nd printing, 1913, grey-green boards; and The Tale of Mr. Tod, 1st ed. 1912, pale grey boards. (2) *- Pigling Bland: A little foxing to head and tail of boards, small nick to tail of front board. Cracked at gutters. Scattered foxing throughout. - Mr. Tod: Spine toned, insect damage to top edge of boards, corners bumped. Foxing to back. Printed initials to half title. Some foxing to end pages and occasional spotting elsewhere. Cracked at front gutter.

Churchill family interest, Sarah Churchill (British, 1914-1982) Profile of the artist's father, Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965), etching, signed in pencil lower right, probably a proof in addition to the limited edition of three hundred, framed, 13 7/8 x 10 1/2in. (35.2 x 26.7cm.), together with a framed certificate awarded to Randolph Churchill MBE (1911-1968), the only son of Sir Winston and Lady Churchill, conferring upon him a Fellowship of the Incorporated Society of Auctioneers and Landed Property Agents, dated 7th May 1940. Also an Ezra Brooks novelty ceramic bourbon whiskey bottle in the form of Churchill delivering a speech inscribed "The Iron Curtain Speech March 5 1946 Fulton, Mo", marked beneath "First edition of the Winston Churchill commemorative bottle. As presented to the honored guests at the dedication of the Winston Churchill Memorial and Library in the United States May 7, 1969". Also the steel company seal of Randolph Churchill's company, Hurst Investments Limited. * Sarah Churchill was an actress and dancer, the third child of Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) and Clementine Ogilvy Hozier, Lady Churchill (1885-1977). **Creases in the paper commensurate with a proof etching, otherwise good.

John Constable RA (English, 1776-1837) View of the back of Willy Lott’s House with Log-cutter, 1814. Inscribed upper left with the brush ‘June 1814’; and, on verso (in a later hand), ‘J. Constable [R.A.]’ Oil on canvas laid on canvas, 11 ½ x 9 5/8in. (29.2 x 24.4 cm.). English, early 19th century, swept gilded frame inscribed on the slip “Willy Lott’s House Flatford”. The frame bearing a plaque inscribed with the artist’s name “J. Constable” and dates “born 1776 died 1837”. *Provenance: by descent from the artist to his grandson Hugh Golding Constable (1868-1949); Leggatts by 1899 (probably no. 14, ‘Willy Lott’s House, Flatford’ in Catalogue of Pictures & Watercolour Drawings by John Constable R.A., Leggatt’s, Nov 1899); Caroline M.G. Williams (1933-2018), probably inherited from her grandparents Frederick and Ann Williams; and from 2018, by inheritance. **Literature: C. Peacock, John Constable; The Man and his Work, 1965, revised edition 1971, plate 26 and p.142; R. Hoozee, L’Opera Completa di Constable, 1979, no. 194; see also under G. Reynolds, The Early Paintings and Drawings of John Constable, 1996, p.194 (where discussed in connection with related drawing, no 14.25, in collection of Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter). Note: We are grateful to Anne Lyles for confirming the authenticity of this work based on first hand inspection and for providing the following catalogue essay. ***“This fascinating oil sketch, dated by Constable ‘June 1814’ on the upper left, was last recorded in the scholarly literature on the artist in 1979, when it was catalogued by Robert Hoozee in a catalogue raisonné of the artist’s work published by Rizzoli. It thus now reappears here, on the market, after a gap of over forty years. The sketch has a firm provenance reaching as far back as the nineteenth century when it was owned by Constable’s grandson, Hugh Golding Constable (1868-1949), who subsequently sold it to distinguished Fine Art dealers Leggatt Brothers. It almost certainly featured (as number 14, ‘Willy Lott’s House’) in Leggatt’s historic exhibition mounted in their Cornhill Gallery in November 1899, the first to be devoted solely to Constable’s work. When painting in Suffolk in the early part of his career, it was Constable’s regular practice to make oil sketches in the open air. It seems more than likely that this sketch was made by him directly from nature, a conclusion which his inscription on the upper left, with the date ‘June 1814’, tends to support. It relates closely to a pencil sketch in the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter (fig.1) which was catalogued by Graham Reynolds as ‘ A house amid trees’ (G. Reynolds, Early Paintings and Drawings, no. 14.25). Both Reynolds (op.cit) and Constable scholar Ian Fleming-Williams described the farmhouse in the drawing (and thus by implication the same building in this related oil sketch, which they knew only through reproduction) as an unidentified Suffolk farmhouse (Constable: a Master Draughtsman, Dulwich Picture Gallery, 1994, see under cat. 25 and pp 136-8). However it is now clear that both drawing and oil sketch actually show Willy Lott’s House, the building at Flatford which appears in two of Constable’s most famous paintings, The Hay Wain, 1821 (National Gallery) and The Valley Farm, 1835 ( Tate Britain), but from an unusual angle at the back. This sketch’s original title, as first recorded in the nineteenth century when owned by Hugh Golding Constable and then sold by Leggatt’s, can therefore now be reinstated. When this sketch was first reproduced in the Constable literature by Carlos Peacock (John Constable: the Man and his Work, 1965; revised edition 1971), the author described it as apparently showing a man using a pole to manoeuvre a floating branch. Peacock was presumably basing his interpretation of this figure on his reading of another oil sketch by Constable, Willy Lott’s House from the Stour, c.1812-13, showing the house from the opposite side where a man adopting a similar strenuous posture is polling a ferry boat on the water through the shortcut to the mill stream, Victoria & Albert Museum (fig. 2). As Peacock himself recognised, the latter sketch closely relates to Constable’s painting of The Valley Farm in Tate Britain. However, it would seem that the figure in this oil sketch is actually standing on dry land, and apparently cutting logs, perhaps from a recently felled tree”. Anne Lyles. ****The tiny hamlet of Flatford situated on the north bank of the river Stour in Suffolk is at the centre of the area now known as “Constable Country” where the great painter grew up and which provided the inspiration for much of his work. Willy Lott was a tenant farmer who lived in the house in Flatford attached to the land that he farmed. He lived there for over eighty years and spent only four nights away from the house in his whole life. For Constable the house became emblematic of the rural way of life that was so precious to him. In Edwardian times the house became known as Willy Lott’s Cottage, but John Constable knew it as Willy Lott’s House, as it has been renamed today. *****The English Romantic painter John Constable RA (1776-1837) was best known for his views of the English countryside particularly the area surrounding the river Stour that is known today as “Constable Country”. Born in the Suffolk village of East Bergholt, he entered the Royal Academy schools in 1799 and later exhibited at the Royal Academy and Paris Salon. He made many open-air sketches and used these as the basis for his large exhibition paintings which were completed in the studio. Like many other artists, Constable was influenced by the work of Dutch 17th century painters however he moved away from the idealism expected of the period and experimented with a much freer style of representation, particularly in his studies and sketches. Along with J.M.W. Turner, Constable revolutionised landscape painting in the 19th century and had a profound effect on European artists, particularly in France. As such, Constable is regarded as a precursor of the Impressionists. ******With regard to the attribution, we are pleased to have received the endorsement of Sarah Cove ACR, FIIC, FBAPCR, accredited conservator of paintings and an acknowledged authority on the work of John Constable. Sarah has seen the work and is fully in agreement that this is a work by John Constable. She also anticipates that there would be a significant improvement to the appearance of the painting if it was cleaned. ** CONDITION: The painting has been wax lined and given a thick coat of varnish within the last fifty years and is in stable condition. The conservator and founder of the Constable Research Project, Sarah Cove ACR, FIIC, FBAPCR, has seen the oil sketch and anticipates that there would be a significant improvement to its appearance if it was cleaned. Her approach would be to clean the painting, removing much of the wax that it visible around the edges and on the back and potentially on the surface and remove any old retouchings. If required she would remove the painting from its lining canvas and return the oil sketch to its original structure. Sarah can be contacted at sarahcove101@gmail.com for further information about the conservation of the painting.

Potter (Beatrix) - five first and early editions all with original boards with front paste-downs, comprising: The Tale of Tom Kitten, 1st ed. 1907; The Tailor of Gloucester, 1st ed. 2nd printing 1903; The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, 1st ed. 1904, with "mufetees" misspelt "mufatees" on p.15; The Tale of Jeremy Fisher, 1st ed., 1906, 1st or 2nd printing with date on title; and The Tale of Two Bad Mice, unknown early edition, missing pages. (5) *- Tom Kitten: Spine a little sunned. Corners worn. Cracked at front gutter, ffep's detached. Front pastedown has adhesion damage towards gutter. Small tear p.23 and 44 at gutter head. P. 50/51/52 creased, crumpled and small tears. - Tailor of Gloucester: 1in. loss to head of spine strip, tail of strip lifting. Ink stamped initials to ffep. Ownership inscription to half title. Frontis. partially detached. - The Tale of Benjamin Bunny: Boards and spine almost totally detached, some foxing to boards. Ffep and half title are loose and small tear to head of half title. Ink stamped initials to ffep. Cracking to gutters throughout and some pages partially detached. - Jeremy Fisher: Backstrip detached (but present). Slight oil stain to top of boards near spine. Corners bumped and worn. Ownership inscription to front pastedown and ink stamped initials to ffep. Adhesion damage and a large hole to back free end paper. Otherwise clean throughout. - Two Bad Mice: Ffep, half title, title and first illustration missing - pages commence at p.9. Front board detached, back board partially detached, back strip missing. Light foxing and soiling.

Potter (Beatrix) - two first editions large format, 12mo, with original boards and front paste downs, comprising: The Pie and the Patty-Pan, 1st edition, London: Frederick Warne, 1905, date on title and mottled lavender endpapers; and Ginger & Pickles, 1st ed., 1909, later issue without date to title. (2) *- Pie: Backstrip cracking and lifting at head and tail - also chipped to tail. Corners worn. End papers heavily toned and with ownership inscriptions in pencil. Ink stamped initials to half title and ink presentation inscription dated 1906 to reverse of half title. Small spotted adhesion marks to lower gutter p.8/9. Some spotting and soiling throughout with heavier spotting to a few pages. Cracking at gutter to p.12/13. - Ginger: Cracking to backstrip to centre front and small chips to head and tail. Faint oil stains top edge of boards. Light toning and spotting.

Ian Fleming James Bond 'first' edition books and a Harry Potter 'first' edition book

First edition hand-painted rabbit in a red Vieux Herend fish scale design. Hangs from a metallic gold ribbon. Herend porcelain backstamp. Issued: 20th c.Dimensions: 2.25"L x 1.25"W x 2.25"HManufacturer: HerendCountry of Origin: HungaryCondition: Age related wear.

Ian Flemings Goldfinger (in a cellophane bag). First Impression, first edition 1959 (1)

To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee, UK 1960, First Edition, heinemann. Original dust jacket. (A)

A rare Wedgwood African Animal Series plate Lion first edition and a quantity of other collectors plates (a lot)

Mattel Barbie vintage doll 1997 ; Beautiful The Tale of Peter Rabbit Barbie doll First in a collection of Keepsake treasures collector edition. From a fine private collection and is mint in box (1)

Milne (A A), The House at Pooh Corner, London: Methuen & Co, 1928, first edition, Ernest H. Shepard illus, 8vo, publisher's original pale red pictorial gilt cloth boards CONDITION REPORT: Some condition issues, including extensive sunning to the the boards. Contents generally bright, with some spotting and foxing

Milne (A A), Winnie the Pooh, London: Methuen & Co, 1926, first edition, Ernest H. Shepard illus, 8vo, original green pictorial gilt cloth boards, top edge gilt, illustrated endpapers CONDITION REPORT: Some condition issues, including rubbing and scuffing to the binding and some loss to gilt. Some internal spotting, foxing and fading, with a tear to the page facing the title page.

Rowling (JK), a mixed set of Harry Potter Bloomsbury first edition hardbacks and special editions comprising Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, 2005, 1st ed.; 2 copies of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 2003, 1st ed.; Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, 2005 adult dustcover and black boards, 1st ed.; Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, 2000, 20th impression; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, 2007, 1st ed.; Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Paperback, 2000, 20th Impression; Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Bloomsbury cloth special edition, 1999, 7th Impression; Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Bloomsbury cloth special edition, 1999, 10th Impression (9) CONDITION REPORT: Condition information is not usually provided in the description of the lot but is available upon request; the absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is without imperfection

A nice European late 19th century silver and niello enamel spectacles case and a book, sold with a first edition of only 300 books titled Antique Spectacle Cases, the box 11.5cm long and 76g, rectangular with hinged lid and having gold embellishments and panel to centre. Provenance: from the private collection of Gary Conway and this item features in his book Antique Spectable Cases and is featured on page 30 (2)

Four limited edition Bell's extra special 70cl 40% vol old scotch whisky decanters celebrating great Scottish inventors. The lot comprising The first instalment in the decanter series 1847-1922 Alexander Graham Bell decanter, The second instalment in the decanter series 1736-1819 James Watt decanter, The third instalment in the decanter series 1881-1955 Alexander Fleming decanter, & The fourth instalment in the decanter series 1888-1946 John Logie Baird decanter. All in original boxes. All sealed. 

A vintage 1960s Beatles Banner / Poster by Richard Avedon. First Edition Print issued by the Daily Express published in 1960S featuring all four Beatles. Framed & Glazed, Measures approx. 41cm x 104.

A Hungarian Herend porcelain jardiniere raised on lion paw feet with hand painted decoration. Marked First Edition 6405.0.00/VHFBA to underside. Approx. height 15cm.

Charles Dickens, The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. First edition with forty three illustrations by R. Seymour and Phiz, London. Published by Chapman & Hall, 1837.

Hornby - Triang - Dinky Toys - Meccano - Airfix An A4 lever arch folder containing a large amount of predominately Hornby catalogues and ephemera. Catalogues appear to run mainly the 1970's up to the mid 1980's. Lot does contain an early Hornby Book of Trains 1939-40 (appears Poor) with a first Edition 1962 Airfix catalogue plus some other Meccano and train related books and ephemera. Items range from Poor - Excellent with the vast majority being contained within plastic punched pockets. Items unchecked for completeness. (This does not constitute a guarantee) (K)

TWO BOXES OF GLASSWARE, to include four vintage medicine bottles, eleven champagne flutes, decanter, a pair of small ice-cream/ dessert glasses, a pair of Thomas Webb cut crystal ale glasses, a set of six crystal wine glasses 'Fleurie' design, Brierley Crystal tankard, a modern 'Vintage lightbulb' design table lamp, together with five framed pictures to include a limited edition 19/200 print of Edgbaston cricket ground signed by the England squad for the first test versus South Africa Edgbaston June 1998, etc. (s.d) (2 boxes + 5 pictures)

Original Movie /Film Posters (6) 1990 Darkman 40x30” approx., Liam Neeson, 1986 Absolute Beginners 40x30” approx., 1997 Star Wars Return of The Jedi re-release 27x40” approx., special edition, portrait, 1996 Star Trek First Contact 27x40” approx. portrait, 1996 Dante’s Peak and Teaser 27x40” approx. portrait, 2000 Billy Elliot 40x30” approx. - creases, folds, kept rolled, Ex Cinema Stock

Close Encounters Original Movie/Film Posters (6) – to include Every 15 minutes someone sees a UFO; Close Encounters of the first kind is when you see them! Close Encounters of the Second Kind is physical Evidence of Them! Close Encounters of the Third Kind is when you meet ’em! All measure 20x30” approx., plus 1977 The Special Edition Close Encounters of the Third Kind and What is the Special Edition of Close Encounters of the third kind 40x30” approx. small tears in places, folds, creases apparent, kept rolled Ex Cinema Stock

Book - The Wonderful Isle of Ulla-Gapoo by F. Dubrez Fawcett and many colour pages of illustrations and sketches in text by H E Harman, first edition

Nall, John Greaves; Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft, a handbook for visitors and residents; first edition, two volumes in one, London, Longmans Green Reader & Dyer, 1866, original green cloth binding with gilt titled spine, thick 8vo

Stanley, Henry M.; Through the Dark Continent, The Sources of the Nile Around the Great Lakes of Equatorial Africa and Down the Livingstone River to the Atlantic Ocean, in two volumes, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Livington, first edition London 1878, 8vo, volume I comprising 522 pages, lithographed portrait frontispage, 22 full-page engraved plates and numerous illustrations to text throughout, large fold-out map to rear, volume II comprising 566 pages, lithographed portrait frontispage to inside front cover board, 19 full-page engraved plates and numerous illustrations to text throughout, two fold-out maps within the pages and large fold-out map to rear, rebound in red marbled boards with quarter morocco and gilt titled to spines

Fleming, Ian; From Russia With Love, Jonathan Cape, first edition second printing London 1957, printed by The Alden Press and bound by A.W. Bain & Co, 253 pages, in original black cloth with red and silver tooled revolver and rose to front and titling to spine, with later Richard Chopping designed dustjacket

Oxfordshire, Speed (John); Oxfordshire described with ye citie and the armes of the colleges of ye famous university, first edition, published John Sudbury and George Humble, 1611, hand-coloured engraved map with inset town plan of Oxford, decorated with 18 heraldic shields of the university colleges, with vertical printed crease and some repairs, English text verso, 38.5 x 52cmHas been taped to back of centre fold.Paper otherwise good.Colours good and bright.Glazed front and back.Narrow margin showing on all sides.

Legge, Captain William Vincent: (1841-1918), A History of the Birds of Ceylon, first complete edition, published by the author, London 1880, printed by Taylor and Francis of Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, three volumes in one, 4to (315 x 245mm), containing hand-coloured engraved map, dedication page to his Royal Highness Alfred Ernest Albert, Duke of Edinburgh, preface by the author dated 'Aberystwyth, September 2, 1880', one uncoloured anatomical plate, 34 hand-coloured lithographed plates after Johannes Gerardus Keulemans (including one chromolithographic plate of eggs), and 12 in-text woodcut illustrations, marbled end-pages, rebound in light red canvas with banded title (Legge is spelt Legg) and gilt tooling to the spine.Note: Tasmanian-born soldier and ornithologist, Legge was stationed in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) between 1869 and 1877 and spent his free time there studying the birds of the region. His work was published in three parts between 1878 and 1880, before being combined into this one-volume publication. He was a Colonial Member of the British Ornithologists' Union, an Honorary Fellow of the American Ornithologists' Union, a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a member of the Zoological Society of London, the Linnean Society. He was also a founder and president of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union and vice-president of the Royal Society of Tasmania. Both the Legge's hawk-eagle and the Legge's flowerpecker are named after him. Legge gave part of his collection of Ceylonese birds to the Natural History Museum in South Kensington. Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, visited Ceylon during Legge's time there, being the first time British Royalty had set foot in the country. Lacking list of subscribers, otherwise appears complete.Some minor spotting and foxing throughout - nothing significant.Some pages trimmed and some very slightly coming away at the joins.Very few minor tears/creases.The spine and covers with some general marks and scuffing.The map has not been trimmed.Title page loose to bottom quarter.Many of the coloured plates are slightly smaller than other pages.