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* JACK VETTRIANO (SCOTTISH b. 1951), DRIFTERS limited edition silkscreen print on paper, signed and numbered 21/295, from the Affairs of The Heart Collection, 2004mounted, framed and under glassimage size 50cm x 40cm, overall size 89cm x 78cm Note: Jack Vettriano was born in Fife, Scotland in 1951. After leaving school at 15, he followed his father down the mine, working as an apprentice engineer. He later moved on to white-collar jobs in management services. Vettriano took up painting as a hobby in the 1970s when a girlfriend bought him a set of watercolours for his birthday and from then on, he spent much of his spare time teaching himself to paint. He learned his craft by copying Old Masters, Impressionists, Surrealists and a plethora of Scottish artists. Prior to moving from Kirkcaldy to Edinburgh, he decided to mark a break with his past work which hitherto had been sold under his family name Hoggan. From this time on, he adopted his mother’s maiden name. The turning point came in 1988 when he submitted two paintings to the Royal Scottish Academy’s Annual Exhibition; both were sold on the first day and Vettriano was approached by several galleries. He held his first solo exhibition at the Edinburgh Gallery in 1992 entitled ‘Tales of Love and Other Stories’ and later that year, he exhibited at the Mall Galleries in London. He was represented by Portland Gallery from 1994-2007 and during this time, he had many sell-out solo exhibitions in Edinburgh, London, Hong Kong and New York and counts Jack Nicholson, Sir Alex Fergusson and Sir Tim Rice amongst his collectors. In 1996, Pavilion books commissioned W. Gordon Smith to compile an anthology, ‘Fallen Angels’, in which over 40 Vettriano images were accompanied by a selection of Scottish writing. Poets, playwrights, novelists and actors were asked for a personal response to an individual painting or poem. In the same year, Sir Terrance Conran commissioned Vettriano to create a series of paintings for Conran’s Bluebird Club in London. The seven paintings inspired by the life of Sir Malcom Campbell hung there for ten years. In 1998, Vettriano moved to London where he continued to have sell-out shows including, ‘Between Darkness and Dawn’, ‘Lovers and Other Strangers’ and ‘Affairs of the Heart’. The year 2004 was exceptional in Vettriano’s career; his best-known painting, ‘The Singing Butler’ was sold at Sotheby’s for close to £750,000; he was awarded an OBE for Services to the Visual Arts and was the subject of a Southbank show documentary, entitled ‘Jack Vettriano: The People’s Painter’; Pavilion published a book ‘Lovers and Other Strangers’ being an anthology of his work to date with text by Anthony Quinn. In 2008, Vettriano was commissioned to paint portraits of Sir Jackie Stewart and Zara Phillips, the latter was part of a charity fundraising project for Sport Relief, the experience of which was captured in a documentary broadcast on BBC One in March 2008. Vettriano launched Heartbreak publishing and his own gallery also called Heartbreak in 2009. In the same year, he was commissioned by the Yacht Club of Monaco to create a series of paintings to mark the centenary of their world-famous yacht Tuiga. The subsequent exhibition ‘A Hommage a Tuiga’ premiered in Monaco as part of Classic Yacht Week. In 2010, an exhibition of over 40 new paintings, ‘Days of Wine and Roses’ was opened at the Kirkcaldy Museum and Art Gallery in Fife. The exhibition then moved to London, opening at Heartbreak in September 2010. In September 2013, a major exhibition, ‘Jack Vettriano: A Retrospective’ opened at Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. It featured over 100 works and ran until February 23 2014. It attracted 123,300 visitors and broke the attendance records held by a Van Gogh exhibition in 1948. Vettriano sold his gallery in London in 2015 and later that year established his own publishing company: Jack Vettriano Publishing. Limited. In 2017, He was one of three artists commissioned to paint portraits of Scottish comedian Billy Connolly. These were then put on display in Glasgow People’s Palace, while images were transferred to murals in the centre of Glasgow. It was the subject of a BBC documentary first broadcast on June 14, 2017.

* CATRIONA MILLAR PROUD HENRY oil on canvas, initialled unframed (as intended) overall size 40cm x 30cm Note: Catriona Millar's work takes its inspiration from the stories that lie at the heart of the human condition, and the sparkle of a narrative behind the eyes of her subjects hints at everything from longing to melancholy. Her work often juxtaposes human characters with a variety of animal confidants, with some seeming physically present in the composition while others take on a talismanic quality. Born in Glasgow, Catriona Millar studied at Harrogate School of Art and Grays School of Art, Aberdeen. Since the success of her sell-out 2005 degree show she has exhibited across the UK including the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh. In October 2006 she came to the attention of Charles Saatchi with her first solo exhibition at the Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh. Catriona Millar now lives and paints in the southeast of England. Catriona Millar is listed in the 2012 edition of Who's Who in Scotland. In the Scottish Contemporary Art Auction of 3rd May 2015 lot 2138 "The Agency" by Millar sold for £2800 (hammer).

* JACK VETTRIANO (SCOTTISH b. 1951), ALTER OF MEMORY limited edition silkscreen print on paper, signed and numbered 21/295, from the Affairs of The Heart Collection, 2004mounted, framed and under glassimage size 50cm x 40cm, overall size 58cm x 78cm Note: Jack Vettriano was born in Fife, Scotland in 1951. After leaving school at 15, he followed his father down the mine, working as an apprentice engineer. He later moved on to white-collar jobs in management services. Vettriano took up painting as a hobby in the 1970s when a girlfriend bought him a set of watercolours for his birthday and from then on, he spent much of his spare time teaching himself to paint. He learned his craft by copying Old Masters, Impressionists, Surrealists and a plethora of Scottish artists. Prior to moving from Kirkcaldy to Edinburgh, he decided to mark a break with his past work which hitherto had been sold under his family name Hoggan. From this time on, he adopted his mother’s maiden name. The turning point came in 1988 when he submitted two paintings to the Royal Scottish Academy’s Annual Exhibition; both were sold on the first day and Vettriano was approached by several galleries. He held his first solo exhibition at the Edinburgh Gallery in 1992 entitled ‘Tales of Love and Other Stories’ and later that year, he exhibited at the Mall Galleries in London. He was represented by Portland Gallery from 1994-2007 and during this time, he had many sell-out solo exhibitions in Edinburgh, London, Hong Kong and New York and counts Jack Nicholson, Sir Alex Fergusson and Sir Tim Rice amongst his collectors. In 1996, Pavilion books commissioned W. Gordon Smith to compile an anthology, ‘Fallen Angels’, in which over 40 Vettriano images were accompanied by a selection of Scottish writing. Poets, playwrights, novelists and actors were asked for a personal response to an individual painting or poem. In the same year, Sir Terrance Conran commissioned Vettriano to create a series of paintings for Conran’s Bluebird Club in London. The seven paintings inspired by the life of Sir Malcom Campbell hung there for ten years. In 1998, Vettriano moved to London where he continued to have sell-out shows including, ‘Between Darkness and Dawn’, ‘Lovers and Other Strangers’ and ‘Affairs of the Heart’. The year 2004 was exceptional in Vettriano’s career; his best-known painting, ‘The Singing Butler’ was sold at Sotheby’s for close to £750,000; he was awarded an OBE for Services to the Visual Arts and was the subject of a Southbank show documentary, entitled ‘Jack Vettriano: The People’s Painter’; Pavilion published a book ‘Lovers and Other Strangers’ being an anthology of his work to date with text by Anthony Quinn. In 2008, Vettriano was commissioned to paint portraits of Sir Jackie Stewart and Zara Phillips, the latter was part of a charity fundraising project for Sport Relief, the experience of which was captured in a documentary broadcast on BBC One in March 2008. Vettriano launched Heartbreak publishing and his own gallery also called Heartbreak in 2009. In the same year, he was commissioned by the Yacht Club of Monaco to create a series of paintings to mark the centenary of their world-famous yacht Tuiga. The subsequent exhibition ‘A Hommage a Tuiga’ premiered in Monaco as part of Classic Yacht Week. In 2010, an exhibition of over 40 new paintings, ‘Days of Wine and Roses’ was opened at the Kirkcaldy Museum and Art Gallery in Fife. The exhibition then moved to London, opening at Heartbreak in September 2010. In September 2013, a major exhibition, ‘Jack Vettriano: A Retrospective’ opened at Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. It featured over 100 works and ran until February 23 2014. It attracted 123,300 visitors and broke the attendance records held by a Van Gogh exhibition in 1948. Vettriano sold his gallery in London in 2015 and later that year established his own publishing company: Jack Vettriano Publishing. Limited. In 2017, He was one of three artists commissioned to paint portraits of Scottish comedian Billy Connolly. These were then put on display in Glasgow People’s Palace, while images were transferred to murals in the centre of Glasgow. It was the subject of a BBC documentary first broadcast on June 14, 2017.

* JACK VETTRIANO (SCOTTISH b. 1951), MODELS IN THE STUDIO limited edition silkscreen print on paper, signed and numbered 21/295, from the Affairs of The Heart Collection, 2004mounted, framed and under glassimage size 39cm x 49cm, overall size 78cm x 88cm Note: Jack Vettriano was born in Fife, Scotland in 1951. After leaving school at 15, he followed his father down the mine, working as an apprentice engineer. He later moved on to white-collar jobs in management services. Vettriano took up painting as a hobby in the 1970s when a girlfriend bought him a set of watercolours for his birthday and from then on, he spent much of his spare time teaching himself to paint. He learned his craft by copying Old Masters, Impressionists, Surrealists and a plethora of Scottish artists. Prior to moving from Kirkcaldy to Edinburgh, he decided to mark a break with his past work which hitherto had been sold under his family name Hoggan. From this time on, he adopted his mother’s maiden name. The turning point came in 1988 when he submitted two paintings to the Royal Scottish Academy’s Annual Exhibition; both were sold on the first day and Vettriano was approached by several galleries. He held his first solo exhibition at the Edinburgh Gallery in 1992 entitled ‘Tales of Love and Other Stories’ and later that year, he exhibited at the Mall Galleries in London. He was represented by Portland Gallery from 1994-2007 and during this time, he had many sell-out solo exhibitions in Edinburgh, London, Hong Kong and New York and counts Jack Nicholson, Sir Alex Fergusson and Sir Tim Rice amongst his collectors. In 1996, Pavilion books commissioned W. Gordon Smith to compile an anthology, ‘Fallen Angels’, in which over 40 Vettriano images were accompanied by a selection of Scottish writing. Poets, playwrights, novelists and actors were asked for a personal response to an individual painting or poem. In the same year, Sir Terrance Conran commissioned Vettriano to create a series of paintings for Conran’s Bluebird Club in London. The seven paintings inspired by the life of Sir Malcom Campbell hung there for ten years. In 1998, Vettriano moved to London where he continued to have sell-out shows including, ‘Between Darkness and Dawn’, ‘Lovers and Other Strangers’ and ‘Affairs of the Heart’. The year 2004 was exceptional in Vettriano’s career; his best-known painting, ‘The Singing Butler’ was sold at Sotheby’s for close to £750,000; he was awarded an OBE for Services to the Visual Arts and was the subject of a Southbank show documentary, entitled ‘Jack Vettriano: The People’s Painter’; Pavilion published a book ‘Lovers and Other Strangers’ being an anthology of his work to date with text by Anthony Quinn. In 2008, Vettriano was commissioned to paint portraits of Sir Jackie Stewart and Zara Phillips, the latter was part of a charity fundraising project for Sport Relief, the experience of which was captured in a documentary broadcast on BBC One in March 2008. Vettriano launched Heartbreak publishing and his own gallery also called Heartbreak in 2009. In the same year, he was commissioned by the Yacht Club of Monaco to create a series of paintings to mark the centenary of their world-famous yacht Tuiga. The subsequent exhibition ‘A Hommage a Tuiga’ premiered in Monaco as part of Classic Yacht Week. In 2010, an exhibition of over 40 new paintings, ‘Days of Wine and Roses’ was opened at the Kirkcaldy Museum and Art Gallery in Fife. The exhibition then moved to London, opening at Heartbreak in September 2010. In September 2013, a major exhibition, ‘Jack Vettriano: A Retrospective’ opened at Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. It featured over 100 works and ran until February 23 2014. It attracted 123,300 visitors and broke the attendance records held by a Van Gogh exhibition in 1948. Vettriano sold his gallery in London in 2015 and later that year established his own publishing company: Jack Vettriano Publishing. Limited. In 2017, He was one of three artists commissioned to paint portraits of Scottish comedian Billy Connolly. These were then put on display in Glasgow People’s Palace, while images were transferred to murals in the centre of Glasgow. It was the subject of a BBC documentary first broadcast on June 14, 2017.

* JACK VETTRIANO (SCOTTISH b. 1951), GAME OF LIFE limited edition silkscreen print on paper, signed and numbered 21/295, from the Affairs of The Heart Collection, 2004mounted, framed and under glassimage size 39cm x 45cm, overall size 78cm x 86cm Note: Jack Vettriano was born in Fife, Scotland in 1951. After leaving school at 15, he followed his father down the mine, working as an apprentice engineer. He later moved on to white-collar jobs in management services. Vettriano took up painting as a hobby in the 1970s when a girlfriend bought him a set of watercolours for his birthday and from then on, he spent much of his spare time teaching himself to paint. He learned his craft by copying Old Masters, Impressionists, Surrealists and a plethora of Scottish artists. Prior to moving from Kirkcaldy to Edinburgh, he decided to mark a break with his past work which hitherto had been sold under his family name Hoggan. From this time on, he adopted his mother’s maiden name. The turning point came in 1988 when he submitted two paintings to the Royal Scottish Academy’s Annual Exhibition; both were sold on the first day and Vettriano was approached by several galleries. He held his first solo exhibition at the Edinburgh Gallery in 1992 entitled ‘Tales of Love and Other Stories’ and later that year, he exhibited at the Mall Galleries in London. He was represented by Portland Gallery from 1994-2007 and during this time, he had many sell-out solo exhibitions in Edinburgh, London, Hong Kong and New York and counts Jack Nicholson, Sir Alex Fergusson and Sir Tim Rice amongst his collectors. In 1996, Pavilion books commissioned W. Gordon Smith to compile an anthology, ‘Fallen Angels’, in which over 40 Vettriano images were accompanied by a selection of Scottish writing. Poets, playwrights, novelists and actors were asked for a personal response to an individual painting or poem. In the same year, Sir Terrance Conran commissioned Vettriano to create a series of paintings for Conran’s Bluebird Club in London. The seven paintings inspired by the life of Sir Malcom Campbell hung there for ten years. In 1998, Vettriano moved to London where he continued to have sell-out shows including, ‘Between Darkness and Dawn’, ‘Lovers and Other Strangers’ and ‘Affairs of the Heart’. The year 2004 was exceptional in Vettriano’s career; his best-known painting, ‘The Singing Butler’ was sold at Sotheby’s for close to £750,000; he was awarded an OBE for Services to the Visual Arts and was the subject of a Southbank show documentary, entitled ‘Jack Vettriano: The People’s Painter’; Pavilion published a book ‘Lovers and Other Strangers’ being an anthology of his work to date with text by Anthony Quinn. In 2008, Vettriano was commissioned to paint portraits of Sir Jackie Stewart and Zara Phillips, the latter was part of a charity fundraising project for Sport Relief, the experience of which was captured in a documentary broadcast on BBC One in March 2008. Vettriano launched Heartbreak publishing and his own gallery also called Heartbreak in 2009. In the same year, he was commissioned by the Yacht Club of Monaco to create a series of paintings to mark the centenary of their world-famous yacht Tuiga. The subsequent exhibition ‘A Hommage a Tuiga’ premiered in Monaco as part of Classic Yacht Week. In 2010, an exhibition of over 40 new paintings, ‘Days of Wine and Roses’ was opened at the Kirkcaldy Museum and Art Gallery in Fife. The exhibition then moved to London, opening at Heartbreak in September 2010. In September 2013, a major exhibition, ‘Jack Vettriano: A Retrospective’ opened at Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. It featured over 100 works and ran until February 23 2014. It attracted 123,300 visitors and broke the attendance records held by a Van Gogh exhibition in 1948. Vettriano sold his gallery in London in 2015 and later that year established his own publishing company: Jack Vettriano Publishing. Limited. In 2017, He was one of three artists commissioned to paint portraits of Scottish comedian Billy Connolly. These were then put on display in Glasgow People’s Palace, while images were transferred to murals in the centre of Glasgow. It was the subject of a BBC documentary first broadcast on June 14, 2017.

* JOHN BYRNE RSA (SCOTTISH 1940 - 2023), SATYR limited edition bronze on wooden base, signed and inscribed AP28cm tall Note 1: This work was cast in Edinburgh in an edition of 9, plus 4 Artist Proofs.Note 2: John Byrne studied at both Edinburgh and Glasgow Schools of Art in the late 50s and early 60s. A superb painter and draughtsman, the multi-talented Byrne was also a first-class playwright (‘The Slab Boys’, ‘Tutti Frutti’), his ear for dialogue was as acute (and witty) as his eye for detail. Much of his subject matter in both disciplines is overtly autobiographical, he often included or refers to the Teddy Boy/Rock and Roll era of his youth. Byrne designed record covers for Donovan, The Beatles, Gerry Rafferty and Billy Connolly. His work is held in major collections in Scotland and abroad. Several of his paintings hang in The Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh, the Museum of Modern Art and the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow.

* JOHN BYRNE RSA (SCOTTISH 1940 - 2023), FEG limited edition bronze on marble base, signed and inscribed AP35cm high Note 1: This work was cast in Edinburgh in an edition of 9, plus 4 Artist Proofs.Note 2: John Byrne studied at both Edinburgh and Glasgow Schools of Art in the late 50s and early 60s. A superb painter and draughtsman, the multi-talented Byrne was also a first-class playwright (‘The Slab Boys’, ‘Tutti Frutti’), his ear for dialogue was as acute (and witty) as his eye for detail. Much of his subject matter in both disciplines is overtly autobiographical, he often included or refers to the Teddy Boy/Rock and Roll era of his youth. Byrne designed record covers for Donovan, The Beatles, Gerry Rafferty and Billy Connolly. His work is held in major collections in Scotland and abroad. Several of his paintings hang in The Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh, the Museum of Modern Art and the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow.

* JACK VETTRIANO (SCOTTISH b. 1951), A VALENTINE ROSE limited edition silkscreen print on paper, signed and numbered 106/275mounted, framed and under glassimage size 70cm x 56cm, overall size 102cm x 89cm Note: Jack Vettriano was born in Fife, Scotland in 1951. After leaving school at 15, he followed his father down the mine, working as an apprentice engineer. He later moved on to white-collar jobs in management services. Vettriano took up painting as a hobby in the 1970s when a girlfriend bought him a set of watercolours for his birthday and from then on, he spent much of his spare time teaching himself to paint. He learned his craft by copying Old Masters, Impressionists, Surrealists and a plethora of Scottish artists. Prior to moving from Kirkcaldy to Edinburgh, he decided to mark a break with his past work which hitherto had been sold under his family name Hoggan. From this time on, he adopted his mother’s maiden name. The turning point came in 1988 when he submitted two paintings to the Royal Scottish Academy’s Annual Exhibition; both were sold on the first day and Vettriano was approached by several galleries. He held his first solo exhibition at the Edinburgh Gallery in 1992 entitled ‘Tales of Love and Other Stories’ and later that year, he exhibited at the Mall Galleries in London. He was represented by Portland Gallery from 1994-2007 and during this time, he had many sell-out solo exhibitions in Edinburgh, London, Hong Kong and New York and counts Jack Nicholson, Sir Alex Fergusson and Sir Tim Rice amongst his collectors. In 1996, Pavilion books commissioned W. Gordon Smith to compile an anthology, ‘Fallen Angels’, in which over 40 Vettriano images were accompanied by a selection of Scottish writing. Poets, playwrights, novelists and actors were asked for a personal response to an individual painting or poem. In the same year, Sir Terrance Conran commissioned Vettriano to create a series of paintings for Conran’s Bluebird Club in London. The seven paintings inspired by the life of Sir Malcom Campbell hung there for ten years. In 1998, Vettriano moved to London where he continued to have sell-out shows including, ‘Between Darkness and Dawn’, ‘Lovers and Other Strangers’ and ‘Affairs of the Heart’. The year 2004 was exceptional in Vettriano’s career; his best-known painting, ‘The Singing Butler’ was sold at Sotheby’s for close to £750,000; he was awarded an OBE for Services to the Visual Arts and was the subject of a Southbank show documentary, entitled ‘Jack Vettriano: The People’s Painter’; Pavilion published a book ‘Lovers and Other Strangers’ being an anthology of his work to date with text by Anthony Quinn. In 2008, Vettriano was commissioned to paint portraits of Sir Jackie Stewart and Zara Phillips, the latter was part of a charity fundraising project for Sport Relief, the experience of which was captured in a documentary broadcast on BBC One in March 2008. Vettriano launched Heartbreak publishing and his own gallery also called Heartbreak in 2009. In the same year, he was commissioned by the Yacht Club of Monaco to create a series of paintings to mark the centenary of their world-famous yacht Tuiga. The subsequent exhibition ‘A Hommage a Tuiga’ premiered in Monaco as part of Classic Yacht Week. In 2010, an exhibition of over 40 new paintings, ‘Days of Wine and Roses’ was opened at the Kirkcaldy Museum and Art Gallery in Fife. The exhibition then moved to London, opening at Heartbreak in September 2010. In September 2013, a major exhibition, ‘Jack Vettriano: A Retrospective’ opened at Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. It featured over 100 works and ran until February 23 2014. It attracted 123,300 visitors and broke the attendance records held by a Van Gogh exhibition in 1948. Vettriano sold his gallery in London in 2015 and later that year established his own publishing company: Jack Vettriano Publishing. Limited. In 2017, He was one of three artists commissioned to paint portraits of Scottish comedian Billy Connolly. These were then put on display in Glasgow People’s Palace, while images were transferred to murals in the centre of Glasgow. It was the subject of a BBC documentary first broadcast on June 14, 2017.

* ALAN DAVIE CBE RA HRSA RWA (SCOTTISH 1920 - 2014) MAGIC PICTURE NO. 1 limited edition lithograph on paper, signed and numbered 299/500framed and under glassimage size 55cm x 75cm, overall size 95cm x 85cm Note: Scottish painter, trained as a painter at Edinburgh College of Art from 1938 to 1940, initially favouring poetic imagery and coming into contact with modernism at exhibitions held in London of works by Picasso (1945; V&A) and Paul Klee (1945; Tate). He explored a diverse range of activities, however, before returning to painting from 1949 to 1953 he earned his living by making jewellery and in 1947 he worked as a jazz musician, an activity he continued in later life. He wrote poetry during the early 1940s. From 1953 to 1956 Davie taught in London at the Central School of Arts and Crafts, where he became interested in African and Pacific art. As early as 1958 Davie emphasised the importance in his work of intuition, as expressed in the form of enigmatic signs. During the 1960s, both in paintings and in coloured lithographs, he represented such images with increasing clarity at the expense of gestural handling. In 1971 he made his first visit to the island of St Lucia, where he began to spend half of each year and which brought Caribbean influences to bear on his suggestive imagery, as in Bird Gong No. 10, Opus 730 (1973; London, Brit. Council). Taking on the role of a disinherited shaman, Davie created a synthesis of mythologies from a variety of cultures for a modern civilisation devoid of its own village myths.

* JACK VETTRIANO (SCOTTISH b. 1951), ALONG CAME A SPIDER limited edition silkscreen print on paper, signed and numbered 21/295, from the Affairs of The Heart Collection, 2004mounted, framed and under glassimage size 39cm x 47cm, overall size 78cm x 86cm Note: Jack Vettriano was born in Fife, Scotland in 1951. After leaving school at 15, he followed his father down the mine, working as an apprentice engineer. He later moved on to white-collar jobs in management services. Vettriano took up painting as a hobby in the 1970s when a girlfriend bought him a set of watercolours for his birthday and from then on, he spent much of his spare time teaching himself to paint. He learned his craft by copying Old Masters, Impressionists, Surrealists and a plethora of Scottish artists. Prior to moving from Kirkcaldy to Edinburgh, he decided to mark a break with his past work which hitherto had been sold under his family name Hoggan. From this time on, he adopted his mother’s maiden name. The turning point came in 1988 when he submitted two paintings to the Royal Scottish Academy’s Annual Exhibition; both were sold on the first day and Vettriano was approached by several galleries. He held his first solo exhibition at the Edinburgh Gallery in 1992 entitled ‘Tales of Love and Other Stories’ and later that year, he exhibited at the Mall Galleries in London. He was represented by Portland Gallery from 1994-2007 and during this time, he had many sell-out solo exhibitions in Edinburgh, London, Hong Kong and New York and counts Jack Nicholson, Sir Alex Fergusson and Sir Tim Rice amongst his collectors. In 1996, Pavilion books commissioned W. Gordon Smith to compile an anthology, ‘Fallen Angels’, in which over 40 Vettriano images were accompanied by a selection of Scottish writing. Poets, playwrights, novelists and actors were asked for a personal response to an individual painting or poem. In the same year, Sir Terrance Conran commissioned Vettriano to create a series of paintings for Conran’s Bluebird Club in London. The seven paintings inspired by the life of Sir Malcom Campbell hung there for ten years. In 1998, Vettriano moved to London where he continued to have sell-out shows including, ‘Between Darkness and Dawn’, ‘Lovers and Other Strangers’ and ‘Affairs of the Heart’. The year 2004 was exceptional in Vettriano’s career; his best-known painting, ‘The Singing Butler’ was sold at Sotheby’s for close to £750,000; he was awarded an OBE for Services to the Visual Arts and was the subject of a Southbank show documentary, entitled ‘Jack Vettriano: The People’s Painter’; Pavilion published a book ‘Lovers and Other Strangers’ being an anthology of his work to date with text by Anthony Quinn. In 2008, Vettriano was commissioned to paint portraits of Sir Jackie Stewart and Zara Phillips, the latter was part of a charity fundraising project for Sport Relief, the experience of which was captured in a documentary broadcast on BBC One in March 2008. Vettriano launched Heartbreak publishing and his own gallery also called Heartbreak in 2009. In the same year, he was commissioned by the Yacht Club of Monaco to create a series of paintings to mark the centenary of their world-famous yacht Tuiga. The subsequent exhibition ‘A Hommage a Tuiga’ premiered in Monaco as part of Classic Yacht Week. In 2010, an exhibition of over 40 new paintings, ‘Days of Wine and Roses’ was opened at the Kirkcaldy Museum and Art Gallery in Fife. The exhibition then moved to London, opening at Heartbreak in September 2010. In September 2013, a major exhibition, ‘Jack Vettriano: A Retrospective’ opened at Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. It featured over 100 works and ran until February 23 2014. It attracted 123,300 visitors and broke the attendance records held by a Van Gogh exhibition in 1948. Vettriano sold his gallery in London in 2015 and later that year established his own publishing company: Jack Vettriano Publishing. Limited. In 2017, He was one of three artists commissioned to paint portraits of Scottish comedian Billy Connolly. These were then put on display in Glasgow People’s Palace, while images were transferred to murals in the centre of Glasgow. It was the subject of a BBC documentary first broadcast on June 14, 2017.

* JACK VETTRIANO (SCOTTISH b. 1951), THE PARLOUR OF TEMPTATION limited edition silkscreen print on paper, signed and numbered 21/295, from the Affairs of The Heart Collection, 2004mounted, framed and under glassimage size 39cm x 47cm, overall size 78cm x 86cm Note: Jack Vettriano was born in Fife, Scotland in 1951. After leaving school at 15, he followed his father down the mine, working as an apprentice engineer. He later moved on to white-collar jobs in management services. Vettriano took up painting as a hobby in the 1970s when a girlfriend bought him a set of watercolours for his birthday and from then on, he spent much of his spare time teaching himself to paint. He learned his craft by copying Old Masters, Impressionists, Surrealists and a plethora of Scottish artists. Prior to moving from Kirkcaldy to Edinburgh, he decided to mark a break with his past work which hitherto had been sold under his family name Hoggan. From this time on, he adopted his mother’s maiden name. The turning point came in 1988 when he submitted two paintings to the Royal Scottish Academy’s Annual Exhibition; both were sold on the first day and Vettriano was approached by several galleries. He held his first solo exhibition at the Edinburgh Gallery in 1992 entitled ‘Tales of Love and Other Stories’ and later that year, he exhibited at the Mall Galleries in London. He was represented by Portland Gallery from 1994-2007 and during this time, he had many sell-out solo exhibitions in Edinburgh, London, Hong Kong and New York and counts Jack Nicholson, Sir Alex Fergusson and Sir Tim Rice amongst his collectors. In 1996, Pavilion books commissioned W. Gordon Smith to compile an anthology, ‘Fallen Angels’, in which over 40 Vettriano images were accompanied by a selection of Scottish writing. Poets, playwrights, novelists and actors were asked for a personal response to an individual painting or poem. In the same year, Sir Terrance Conran commissioned Vettriano to create a series of paintings for Conran’s Bluebird Club in London. The seven paintings inspired by the life of Sir Malcom Campbell hung there for ten years. In 1998, Vettriano moved to London where he continued to have sell-out shows including, ‘Between Darkness and Dawn’, ‘Lovers and Other Strangers’ and ‘Affairs of the Heart’. The year 2004 was exceptional in Vettriano’s career; his best-known painting, ‘The Singing Butler’ was sold at Sotheby’s for close to £750,000; he was awarded an OBE for Services to the Visual Arts and was the subject of a Southbank show documentary, entitled ‘Jack Vettriano: The People’s Painter’; Pavilion published a book ‘Lovers and Other Strangers’ being an anthology of his work to date with text by Anthony Quinn. In 2008, Vettriano was commissioned to paint portraits of Sir Jackie Stewart and Zara Phillips, the latter was part of a charity fundraising project for Sport Relief, the experience of which was captured in a documentary broadcast on BBC One in March 2008. Vettriano launched Heartbreak publishing and his own gallery also called Heartbreak in 2009. In the same year, he was commissioned by the Yacht Club of Monaco to create a series of paintings to mark the centenary of their world-famous yacht Tuiga. The subsequent exhibition ‘A Hommage a Tuiga’ premiered in Monaco as part of Classic Yacht Week. In 2010, an exhibition of over 40 new paintings, ‘Days of Wine and Roses’ was opened at the Kirkcaldy Museum and Art Gallery in Fife. The exhibition then moved to London, opening at Heartbreak in September 2010. In September 2013, a major exhibition, ‘Jack Vettriano: A Retrospective’ opened at Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. It featured over 100 works and ran until February 23 2014. It attracted 123,300 visitors and broke the attendance records held by a Van Gogh exhibition in 1948. Vettriano sold his gallery in London in 2015 and later that year established his own publishing company: Jack Vettriano Publishing. Limited. In 2017, He was one of three artists commissioned to paint portraits of Scottish comedian Billy Connolly. These were then put on display in Glasgow People’s Palace, while images were transferred to murals in the centre of Glasgow. It was the subject of a BBC documentary first broadcast on June 14, 2017.

* JACK VETTRIANO (SCOTTISH b. 1951), TABLE FOR ONE limited edition silkscreen print on paper, signed and numbered 21/295, from the Affairs of The Heart Collection, 2004mounted, framed and under glassimage size 50cm x 40cm, overall size 89cm x 78cm Note: Jack Vettriano was born in Fife, Scotland in 1951. After leaving school at 15, he followed his father down the mine, working as an apprentice engineer. He later moved on to white-collar jobs in management services. Vettriano took up painting as a hobby in the 1970s when a girlfriend bought him a set of watercolours for his birthday and from then on, he spent much of his spare time teaching himself to paint. He learned his craft by copying Old Masters, Impressionists, Surrealists and a plethora of Scottish artists. Prior to moving from Kirkcaldy to Edinburgh, he decided to mark a break with his past work which hitherto had been sold under his family name Hoggan. From this time on, he adopted his mother’s maiden name. The turning point came in 1988 when he submitted two paintings to the Royal Scottish Academy’s Annual Exhibition; both were sold on the first day and Vettriano was approached by several galleries. He held his first solo exhibition at the Edinburgh Gallery in 1992 entitled ‘Tales of Love and Other Stories’ and later that year, he exhibited at the Mall Galleries in London. He was represented by Portland Gallery from 1994-2007 and during this time, he had many sell-out solo exhibitions in Edinburgh, London, Hong Kong and New York and counts Jack Nicholson, Sir Alex Fergusson and Sir Tim Rice amongst his collectors. In 1996, Pavilion books commissioned W. Gordon Smith to compile an anthology, ‘Fallen Angels’, in which over 40 Vettriano images were accompanied by a selection of Scottish writing. Poets, playwrights, novelists and actors were asked for a personal response to an individual painting or poem. In the same year, Sir Terrance Conran commissioned Vettriano to create a series of paintings for Conran’s Bluebird Club in London. The seven paintings inspired by the life of Sir Malcom Campbell hung there for ten years. In 1998, Vettriano moved to London where he continued to have sell-out shows including, ‘Between Darkness and Dawn’, ‘Lovers and Other Strangers’ and ‘Affairs of the Heart’. The year 2004 was exceptional in Vettriano’s career; his best-known painting, ‘The Singing Butler’ was sold at Sotheby’s for close to £750,000; he was awarded an OBE for Services to the Visual Arts and was the subject of a Southbank show documentary, entitled ‘Jack Vettriano: The People’s Painter’; Pavilion published a book ‘Lovers and Other Strangers’ being an anthology of his work to date with text by Anthony Quinn. In 2008, Vettriano was commissioned to paint portraits of Sir Jackie Stewart and Zara Phillips, the latter was part of a charity fundraising project for Sport Relief, the experience of which was captured in a documentary broadcast on BBC One in March 2008. Vettriano launched Heartbreak publishing and his own gallery also called Heartbreak in 2009. In the same year, he was commissioned by the Yacht Club of Monaco to create a series of paintings to mark the centenary of their world-famous yacht Tuiga. The subsequent exhibition ‘A Hommage a Tuiga’ premiered in Monaco as part of Classic Yacht Week. In 2010, an exhibition of over 40 new paintings, ‘Days of Wine and Roses’ was opened at the Kirkcaldy Museum and Art Gallery in Fife. The exhibition then moved to London, opening at Heartbreak in September 2010. In September 2013, a major exhibition, ‘Jack Vettriano: A Retrospective’ opened at Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. It featured over 100 works and ran until February 23 2014. It attracted 123,300 visitors and broke the attendance records held by a Van Gogh exhibition in 1948. Vettriano sold his gallery in London in 2015 and later that year established his own publishing company: Jack Vettriano Publishing. Limited. In 2017, He was one of three artists commissioned to paint portraits of Scottish comedian Billy Connolly. These were then put on display in Glasgow People’s Palace, while images were transferred to murals in the centre of Glasgow. It was the subject of a BBC documentary first broadcast on June 14, 2017.

* OSKAR KOLLER (GERMAN 1925 - 2004), UNKNOWN limited edition lithograph on paper, signed and numbered 15/270mounted, framed and under glassimage size 31cm x 44cm, overall size 62cm x 77cm Note: Oskar Koller was a German artist best known for his vivid, semi-abstracted watercolors of flowers and trees. Characterized by fluid fields of color, Koller used sprays and blots of paint to create colorful, expressive images of nature. “The joy of painting made me an artist,” he explained of his practice. “I sensed the air; saw the flowers, the people, the houses. I studied their forms.” Born on October 16, 1925 in Erlangen, Germany, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg where he was a student of the painter Hermann Wilheims. In 1957, he won a scholarship to study in Paris where he was introduced for the first time to abstract art, leading to his own experimentation with non-representational forms in his work. He was awarded the Culture Prize of the City of Erlangen in 1983, the first of several national accolades, including the Friedrich Baur Prize of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts in 1994. In 2002, he established a foundation to preserve his work for the public. He died May 17, 2004 in Fürth, Germany, and the municipal gallery of that city went on to hold a major retrospective of his work the following year.

* JACK VETTRIANO (SCOTTISH b. 1951), WORDS OF WISDOM limited edition silkscreen print on paper, signed and numbered 21/295, from the Affairs of The Heart Collection, 2004mounted, framed and under glassimage size 46cm x 40cm, overall size 89cm x 78cm Note: Jack Vettriano was born in Fife, Scotland in 1951. After leaving school at 15, he followed his father down the mine, working as an apprentice engineer. He later moved on to white-collar jobs in management services. Vettriano took up painting as a hobby in the 1970s when a girlfriend bought him a set of watercolours for his birthday and from then on, he spent much of his spare time teaching himself to paint. He learned his craft by copying Old Masters, Impressionists, Surrealists and a plethora of Scottish artists. Prior to moving from Kirkcaldy to Edinburgh, he decided to mark a break with his past work which hitherto had been sold under his family name Hoggan. From this time on, he adopted his mother’s maiden name. The turning point came in 1988 when he submitted two paintings to the Royal Scottish Academy’s Annual Exhibition; both were sold on the first day and Vettriano was approached by several galleries. He held his first solo exhibition at the Edinburgh Gallery in 1992 entitled ‘Tales of Love and Other Stories’ and later that year, he exhibited at the Mall Galleries in London. He was represented by Portland Gallery from 1994-2007 and during this time, he had many sell-out solo exhibitions in Edinburgh, London, Hong Kong and New York and counts Jack Nicholson, Sir Alex Fergusson and Sir Tim Rice amongst his collectors. In 1996, Pavilion books commissioned W. Gordon Smith to compile an anthology, ‘Fallen Angels’, in which over 40 Vettriano images were accompanied by a selection of Scottish writing. Poets, playwrights, novelists and actors were asked for a personal response to an individual painting or poem. In the same year, Sir Terrance Conran commissioned Vettriano to create a series of paintings for Conran’s Bluebird Club in London. The seven paintings inspired by the life of Sir Malcom Campbell hung there for ten years. In 1998, Vettriano moved to London where he continued to have sell-out shows including, ‘Between Darkness and Dawn’, ‘Lovers and Other Strangers’ and ‘Affairs of the Heart’. The year 2004 was exceptional in Vettriano’s career; his best-known painting, ‘The Singing Butler’ was sold at Sotheby’s for close to £750,000; he was awarded an OBE for Services to the Visual Arts and was the subject of a Southbank show documentary, entitled ‘Jack Vettriano: The People’s Painter’; Pavilion published a book ‘Lovers and Other Strangers’ being an anthology of his work to date with text by Anthony Quinn. In 2008, Vettriano was commissioned to paint portraits of Sir Jackie Stewart and Zara Phillips, the latter was part of a charity fundraising project for Sport Relief, the experience of which was captured in a documentary broadcast on BBC One in March 2008. Vettriano launched Heartbreak publishing and his own gallery also called Heartbreak in 2009. In the same year, he was commissioned by the Yacht Club of Monaco to create a series of paintings to mark the centenary of their world-famous yacht Tuiga. The subsequent exhibition ‘A Hommage a Tuiga’ premiered in Monaco as part of Classic Yacht Week. In 2010, an exhibition of over 40 new paintings, ‘Days of Wine and Roses’ was opened at the Kirkcaldy Museum and Art Gallery in Fife. The exhibition then moved to London, opening at Heartbreak in September 2010. In September 2013, a major exhibition, ‘Jack Vettriano: A Retrospective’ opened at Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. It featured over 100 works and ran until February 23 2014. It attracted 123,300 visitors and broke the attendance records held by a Van Gogh exhibition in 1948. Vettriano sold his gallery in London in 2015 and later that year established his own publishing company: Jack Vettriano Publishing. Limited. In 2017, He was one of three artists commissioned to paint portraits of Scottish comedian Billy Connolly. These were then put on display in Glasgow People’s Palace, while images were transferred to murals in the centre of Glasgow. It was the subject of a BBC documentary first broadcast on June 14, 2017.

Hard backed book The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes 1894, Arthur Conan Doyle, First Edition

James Bond The Man with the Golden Gun by Ian Fleming First Edition 1965 published by Jonathan Cape Gildrose productions ltd the condition is very good with clipped dust jacket showing some wear to the corners and edges, no inscriptions and clean interior pages

James Bond Goldfinger by Ian Fleming first edition published by Jonathan Cape 1959 gildrose productions ltd signed and autographed by Bond girls Honor Blackman Pussy Galore & Shirley Eaton Jill Masterson the book is in very good condition, price clipped dust jacket is rubbed to corners and edges but no repairs, nice clean interior pages

Two James Bond books You Only Live Twice by Ian Fleming published by Jonathan Cape first edition March 1964 together with From Russia with Love first edition fifth impression The books are in very good condition with unclipped dust jackets showing some signs of wear and reinforcement

CHRISTIE, (Agatha), Death Comes as the End, first edition, London, Collins, The Crime Club, 1945Condition Report: There is small split to the upper corner of the last page, see image. The backboard has some movement to it. Some denting and wear to the top and base of the spine. The dustjacket as per image, but noticeable splits to the front of the dustjacket.

WAUGH, (Evelyn), Black Mischief, 1st edition, London, Chapman & Hall Ltd, 1932, also by Evelyn Waugh, A Little Learning, 1st edition, London, Chapman & Hall, 1964, Men at Arms, first edition, 1952, Unconditional Surrender, 1961, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, 1957, 1st edition, and Love Among the Ruins, 1953, (6)

WD SNOW and PERRINS, The Birds of the Western Paleartic, Concise Edition, Vols I & II, two books, cased, Oxford University Press, first edition, 1998

CHRISTIE, (Agatha), Ten Little Niggers, 1st edition, Collins, The Crime Club, 1939Condition Report: No dustjacket. There is shelf lean. The first endpaper is inscribed 'Anderson', and there is yellowing and foxing to the following endpapers. On p.62-63 and 190-191 there is some separation between the pages at the spine. 109-109 onwards there is some foxing to the lower edges. Most pages are not foxed but the endpapers at the back are noticeably.

JAMES, (B.A.), Moonless Night, One Man's Struggle for Freedom, 1940-1945, London, William Kimber Ltd., first edition, signed and inscribed, 1983, together with a paperback version, signed and inscribed for 1989, and press clippings relating to Bertram 'Jimmy' James. (qty)James, who escaped from various World War II prison camps, was one of the 76 who in 1944 escaped from the prison camp immortalised in the film the Great Escape of 1963. Fifty of his fellow escapees were shot by the Gestapo. His book was published in 1983 to great acclaim. James died in 2008 aged 92. Condition Report: The letters visible in two of the images are no longer part of the lot, as per description.

TOLKIEN, (J.R.R.), The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Fellowship of the Ring, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, London, First Edition, fourth impression, November 1955, The Two Towers, 1955, second impression and The Return of the King, 1955, first edition (3)Condition Report: The Fellowship of the Ring cover is in two parts. All the books have shelf lean. The 1st and last endpapers to the Twin Towers are noticeably marked, see image. The map in the Return of the King is loose. The maps are in good order.

THOMAS, (Dylan), Under Milk Wood, London, J.M.Dent & Sons, Ltd, 1954, Reprinted, inscribed Caroline Hamblett. 1962, together Dylan Thomas,18 poems, first edition, London, The Fortune Press, 1934, inscribed Charles Hamblett, and bearing two stuck in pencil notes with addresses for Dylan Thomas, (2)Charles Hamblett knew Dylan Thomas and drank with him at times in London. Condition Report: Under Milk Wood unclipped. 18 Poems with no dustjacket.

HARRY POTTER, a box form book, J K ROWLING, The Tales of Beedle the Bard, first edition December 2008, the interior with a red velvet bag containing the book, also with an envelope of Collector's Edition Prints, together with its white cardboard sleeve.

CHRISTIE, (Agatha), Murder on the Orient Express, first edition, third impression, London, Collins, The Crime Club, 1934Condition Report: No dustjacket. Very noticeable shelf lean. A lot of foxing to all the endpapers, the title page and the contents page. There is foxing and spotting throughout the book to various degrees but it is not as noticeable as it is to the endpapers. There are ties visible on pages 80-81, 232-233 and 248-249, see images.

CHANDLER, (Raymond), Farewell My Lovely, US first edition, published by Alfred A Knopf, 1940Condition Report: There is some shelf lean to the book. There is wear to the tops and corners. It is inscribed to the front endpaper. There is a small area of separation to the lower corner on the half title page spread and also three marks, see image. The lower part of page 7 is a little loose and pages 8 and 9 are marked at the spine. See pics.

SEAGO, (Edward), Tideline, The Ebb and Flow of Memory and Experience, first edition, London, Collins, 1948Condition Report: Dust jacket not clipped. Not inscribed. Foxing to dust jacket.

CHRISTIE, (Agatha), Why Didn't They Ask Evans?, first edition, later dustjacket, Collins, The Crime Club, 1934, together with two further examples, 1934, (3)Condition Report: The dustjacket is a facsimile. This particular book has shelf lean and some foxing to the opening pages, see image. There is water spotting to the spine. Inscribed and dated Xmas 1934 to first endpaper.

TOLKIEN, (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1954, second Impression, December 1954, The Two Towers, 1954, second impression, and The Return of the King, first edition, 1955, all inscribed and dated 1955, dust jackets unclipped, (3)Condition Report: All three books have shelf lean and the dustcovers are in a tired condition with splits and small losses, see images. The top left rectangle of the folding map from the Fellowship of the Ring is a darker colour, see image. The rear and front endpapers are discoloured/marked on the Twin Towers, and the front endpaper to the Return of the King is similarily marked. The lower edges of the spines of the backboards have some marks.

WD AYOAMA, (Junzo), Butterflies of China, first edition, Tokyo, Tokai University Press, 1998, with dustjacket and case, together with ORR, (A.G.), A Guide to the Dragonflies of Borneo,Their Identification and Biology, Natural History Publications (Borneo) 2003, COMSTOCK, How to Know the Butterflies, 1912, The Butterflies of Hong Kong, Academic Press, 1999, and two further related books, (6)

POWYS, (John Cowper), Samphire, first edition, with inscribed dedication probably by the author, New York, Thomas Seltzer, 1922, together with GREGORY, (Alyse), Hester Craddock, first edition, London, Longmans, Green and Company Co.,1931, together with a signed photograph of the author, (2)

MORPURGO, (J E), BARNES WALLIS, A Biography, first edition, inscribed by Barnes Wallis, 'To Pat Schooling from BarnesWallis', London, Longman Group Limited, 1972, together with a black and white photograph in envelope of Patricia Schooling with Barnes Wallis, (2)

UK coin sets etc: Proof 1998, £5 (Prince of Wales's 50th Birthday) to 1 penny, (10 coins), B Uncirculated (tiny tarnish spot to obv on Euro 50p), housed in Royal Mint Deluxe red leather case (outer card box soiled); 2013 Proof set "Commemorative Edition" £5 to 50p; and including £2 (3) with Underground, British Rail and Anniversary of the Golden Guinea reverses, and £1 (2) English and Welsh reverse, B Uncirculated in smart black packaging; 1971 Proof set (50p to ½p) in plastic case and envelope; Uncirculated sets: 1953 "Plastic" set complete; 1977 set in R Mint case and envelope, 1983 set £1 to ½p; Britains First Decimal Coins wallet, Unc (case AF) and a set "complete decimal issue and last LSD issue of Great Britain" (12 coins) 50p to ½p EF in case (some wear). £50-70

Gordon, George Cartier. A Century of Cartier Wristwatches. 1989. First Edition Nr. 07735. Mit Stoff bezogener Einband. Schuber. (61063)

New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1906. First Edition, Second Trade. A novel that exposes the harsh and unsanitary conditions of the meatpacking industry in Chicago. It follows the struggles of a Lithuanian immigrant, Jurgis Rudkus, and his family as they endure exploitation, poverty, and corruption, leading to Sinclair's call for social and labor reforms. Artist: Upton SinclairIssued: 1906Dimensions: 5.25"L x 1.25"W x 8"HManufacturer: Doubleday, Page & CompanyCountry of Origin: New YorkCondition: Good book condition. Some minimal fading to spine and edges. Some staining to first page and inside of front cover.

Titles include: The Waverly Novels by Sir Walter Scott (1885), Life with Father by Clarence Day (1935) First edition; Heidis Children by Charles Tritten (1939) First edition; and The Potter and The Clay by Maud Howard Peterson (1901) First edition. The dimensions of the collection measures: 6''L x 5.5''H x 8.5''W. Issued: 19th century - Early 20th centuryDimensions: See DescriptionCondition: Heidi Pages separated from the spine. Fair condition.

First edition Dennis Wheatley, Murder off Miami softcover book. It is bound as a folder with ribbon and contains documents and evidence of the police officer investigating the crime. Includes full-page photographs of living people and the scene of the murder, handwritten letters, police reports and the actual clues (human hair, a piece of blood-stained curtain, etc.) presented in correct sequence so that it reads like a straight thriller. Designed to look like and aged and worn case file.  Published by the Crime Book Society by Hutchinson & Co LTD. Issued: 1936Dimensions: 8.50"L x 1"W x 10.50"HCountry of Origin: EnglandCondition: Fair. Paper cover spine is torn.

New York, George Braziller, Inc., 1983. First Edition of English Translation. A 152-page book showcasing vibrant cut-paper collages by artist Henri Matisse, inspired by jazz music. With an introduction by Riva Castleman and the artist's written thoughts, it explores Matisse's innovative use of color and form, reflecting the energy and rhythm of jazz. ISBN: 0807610755. Artist: Henri MatissIssued: 1983Dimensions: 12"L x 1.25"W x 15.5"HManufacturer: George Braziller Inc. Country of Origin: New YorkCondition: Age related wear. Good condition. Slight discoloration to cover. Wear and tear on dust jacket.

WYNDHAM, John. The Day of the Triffids, FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, 8vo, publisher's green cloth lettered in silver, unclipped dust-jacket designed by Patrick Gierth (priced 10s 6d.), internally very good & bright, lightly folded corners, some pale spotting to endpapers, boards a little dusty, lightly bumped to extremities, jacket with pale spotting and some loss, London: Michael Joseph, 1951

Death of a Naturalist, SIGNED FIRST edition, Heaney's first published collection for Faber, internally bright, scant light spots at end paper/edges, untrimmed d.j. well-preserved, slight fading rubbing, London: Faber and Faber, 1966

2 volumes of The Portfolio an Artistic Periodical, 1885, 1888, large 4to, many etchings throughout, wear at spines, some spotting, London: Seely and co._ The People's Gallery of Engravings, c.1840s, half-calf, steel engravings throughout, spotting in places, toning, vol. 1 missing frontispiece, handling marks at boards, London: Fisher, Son & co._ Curry & Rice, containing 40 chromolithograph plates depicting life at a British station in India, original green half-calf, light spotting in places, v. light water stain foot of page, offsetting at pages facing plates, solid, c.1870._ Two Vagabonds in Languedoc, written and illustrated by Jan Gordon and Cora J. Gordon, First edition, light spotting in places._ Rome, large 4to, illustrated throughout, orig. pub. cloth with pictorial design in gilt, some bumping at corners, 1875._ The Cathedrals of Central Italy, contemp. pictures attached to prelims, some spotting, bumping/rubbing at edges._ The Life And Times of Simon Bolivar, First ed., written and illustrated by Hendrik Willem Van Loon, no d.j., New York, 1943._ Robert Montgomery Martin The British Colonies, div. V, VI, VII, IX, XI, maps and engraved plates throughout, spotting in places, offsetting on tissue guards, boards bumped at corners, marking around boards, some loss at spine, c.1860 w/a/f (15) 

Door into the Dark, SIGNED FIRST edition, light spotting at edges, internally bright, unclipped d.j. well-preserved, occasional spots London: Faber and Faber, 1969

FLEMING, Ian. Octopussy and The Living Daylights, FIRST EDITION, 8vo, publisher's imitation black cloth lettered in silver, unclipped dust-jacket (stickered price 16s/80p), an exceptional, near-fine example, housed in protective mylar covers, London: Jonathan Cape, 1966

FLEMING, Ian. From Russia With Love, FIRST EDITION, 8vo, publisher's black imitation cloth lettered in red & silver, gun/rose to upper panel, internally good & bright, boards a little rubbed/marked, corners lightly bumped, unclipped but later dust-jacket with small tape repairs at top edges, London: Jonathan Cape, 1957

FLEMING, Ian. Live and Let Die, first Reprint Society edition, 1956; Dr. No, first Book Club edition, 1958; Thunderball, first Book Club edition, 1961; The Spy Who Loved Me, first Book Club edition, 1962; On Her Majesty's Secret Service, first Book Club edition, 1963; You Only Live Twice, first Book Club edition, 1964; The Man with the Golden Gun, first Book Club edition, 1965. Together with The James Bond Dossier, by Kingsley Amis, FIRST EDITION, London: Jonathan Cape, 1965; Colonel Sun, by Robert Markham, FIRST EDITION, London: Jonathan Cape, 1968; For Special Services, by John Gardner, FIRST EDITION, London: Jonathan Cape, 1982; Scorpius, by John Gardner, FIRST EDITION, London: Guild, 1988, and Licence Renewed, by John Gardner, reprinted 1981. Condition varied, some very good, sold as one collection with all faults (12)

FLEMING, Ian. Thunderball, FIRST EDITION, 8vo, publisher's imitation black cloth lettered in gilt, embossed skeletal hand on upper panel, internally good & bright, light handling marks in places, binding very good, very light bumping to extreme corners, dust-jacket neatly price-clipped but otherwise remarkably well-preserved with only very faint wear to extremities, overall an excellent example, housed in protective mylar covers, London: Jonathan Cape, 1961

[MARRYAT, Frederick]. The Life of Nelson, by the Author of The Black Pirate or The Phantom Ship, first edition, SCARCE, 8vo, worn contemporary calf lettered in gilt, [4, i.e. engraved title & main title], [vi], 568pp., illustrated with 10 engraved plates, internally sound with toning and edge-wear in places, stitched binding shaken but intact, frontispiece portrait detached but present, sold with all faults, very rare, London: William Emans, 1840

Field Work, SIGNED FIRST edition, scant spots, internally bright, unclipped d.j. bright and well-preserved, London: Faber and Faber, 1979

WYNDHAM, John. The Chrysalids, FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, 8vo, publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt, unclipped dust-jacket designed by Wildsmith (priced 10s 6d), internally good & bright, some pale spotting to endpapers and marginally to first and last leaves of text, binding good & square, rubbed and slightly pushed at spine tips, jacket well-preserved with light handling marks and a couple of splits, London: Michael Joseph, 1955

A Brief Description and Historical Notices of the Island of Jersey, FIRST EDITION, scarce, contemporary quarter-cloth lettered in gilt with paper-covered boards, [x], 138pp., internally very well-preserved, good & bright, a few pale spots in places, binding very good with rubbing/marks and wear to extremities, Jersey: C. Le Lievre, [1826]

Wintering Out, SIGNED FIRST edition, some toning at edges, well-preserved, London: Faber and Faber, 1972

MAUGHAM, William Somerset. Cakes and Ale, SIGNED, first edition, [iv], 270pp., 8vo, publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt, internally good with very pale spotting, lacking wrappers, sold with all faults, London: Heinemann, 1930

FLEMING, Ian. The Man With The Golden Gun, FIRST EDITION, 8vo, publisher's imitation black cloth lettered in gilt, unclipped dust-jacket (priced 18s.), internally very good & bright, binding very good, tight & square, tiny bump to edge of rear board, tiny lump to rear panel (an original binding flaw), jacket well-preserved & bold, overall an excellent example, London: Jonathan Cape, 1965

District and Circle, SIGNED FIRST edition, unclipped d.j., faint spots at edges, London: Faber and Faber, 2006

WYNDHAM, John. The Outward Urge, FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, 8vo, publisher's black cloth lettered in white, unclipped dust-jacket designed by Kenneth Farnhill (priced 13s 6d), internally good & bright, some very faint spotting to endpapers and marginally at title, binding good & square, jacket very good recto, paper labels verso, London: Michael Joseph, 1959. Together with The Seeds of Time, FIRST EDITION, 1956; Trouble with Lichen, FIRST EDITION, 1960; Chocky, FIRST EDITION, 1968; Web, FIRST EDITION, 1979, all internally very good & bright, some wear to jacket of Seeds of Time, jacket of Web neatly price-clipped, these two titles also bearing neat gift/owner inscriptions, sold as one collection with all faults (5)

Sweeney Astray, FIRST edition, SIGNED by Heaney with the Irish spelling of his name, he offered signature after a chat at Oxford Literature Festival 8 months before his passing, some faint toning, bright well-preserved, unclipped d.j., Derry: Field Day Theatre Company, 1983