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Art. A collection of art & miscellaneous reference, including Antique Boxes - Inside and Out..., by Genevieve Cummins, 1st edition, London: Antique Collectors' Club, 2006, large 4to, Lucy Kemp-Welch 1869-1958, The Spirit of the Horse, by Laura Wortley, 1st edition, London: Antique Collectors' Club, 1996, large 4to, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/oblong folio, together with 2 19th century hand-coloured maps, 'Environs of Bath and Bristol' & 'A Modern Map of Dorsetshire', both framed & glazedQty: (3 cartons)

Porter (Eliot). Antarctica, 1st edition, Hutchinson, 1978, together with: Scott (Doug), Himalayan Climber, 2 copies, 1st editions, 1992, Bonington (Chris), Mountaineer, 3 copies, 1st editions, 1989, Reader (John), Kilimanjaro, 2 copies, 1st editions, 1982, Rowell (Galen), Mountain Light, In Search of the Dynamic Landscape, 1st edition, 1986, Lukan (Karl, editor), The Alps and Alpinism, 1st edition, 1968, all with colour illustrations, mostly from photographs, original cloth in dust jackets, 4to/folio, plus other modern Himalayan and general mountaineering interest, mostly 1st editions in original cloth and dust jackets, 4to/8vo, mostly VGQty: (64)

Windus (Thomas). A New Elucidation of the Subjects on the Celebrated Portland Vase, formerly called the Barberini: and the sarcophagus, in which it was discovered, London: for the author by W. Pickering, 1845, ten lithograph plates (including frontispiece, three hand-coloured), scattered spotting, bookplate of Sir James French to upper pastedown, original blind & gilt-blocked cloth, slightly frayed at head & foot of spine, slim folio, together with: Indian Tea Production, Report on the Government Tea Plantations in Kumaon and Gurwahl..., by William Jameson, Calcutta: Printed by J.C. Sherriff, 1848, eight lithograph plates at rear (five hand-coloured), text leaves toned, bound with, The Cultivation of Tea in the District of Kangra, by W. Jameson, Lahore: Printed at the Lahore Chronicle Press, by Mahomed Azeem, 1853, bound with, Papers on the Tea Factories and Plantations in Kuaon and Gurhwal, Agra: Secunda Orphan Press, 1854, and bound with at front Report on the cultivation and manufacture of tea in Kemaon and Gurhwal, by William Jameson, Esq. Superintendent Botanica Gardens, North-Western Provinces, 1845, contemporary half calf, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, Thomson (Hugh, illustrated), The Story of Rosina and other Verses by Austin Dobson, London: Kegan Paul, French Trübner & Co., 1895, numerous monochrome plates, light spotting, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original gilt-blocked cloth, 8vo, and other miscellaneous literature, reference and few children's annuals etc., including nine titles by P.G. Wodehouse, including Lord Emsworth and Others, 1st edition, 1937, and Uncle Fred in the Springtime, 1st edition, 1939, both in original cloth, 8voQty: (a carton)

Browne (D. et al [printed for]). Tryals for High Treason, and other comes with proceedings on bills of attainder, and impeachments..., 6 volumes, London, 1720, bookplates to the front pastedowns of volumes 1, 4 & 6, period inscriptions to the front endpapers, some light spotting & toning, uniform contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards & spines rubbed with some loss, 8vo, together with; Woodhead (Abraham), An Historical Narration of the Life and Death of our Lord Jesus Christ, in two parts, Oxford: printed in Theater, 1685, black & white engraved illustration to the title-page, bookplate to the front pastedown, period inscriptions to the front endpapers, gutters cracked, some light toning & spotting, contemporary gilt decorated full mottled calf, boards & spine light rubbed, front hinges cracked, 4to, plus, Bowers (G.), Canters in Crampshire, London: Chatto & Windus, circa 1880, black & white full page illustrations, front endpaper creased, some minor toning, in publishers original illustrated boards with red morocco spine, boards & spine rubbed with some minor loss, oblong 4to, and other 18th & 19th-century reference & literature, including The History of England, 2 volumes, by Rapin de Thoyras, 3rd edition, 1743, folio, mostly leather bindings, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folioQty: (2 cartons)

Nash (Treadway R.). Collections for the History of Worcestershire, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, London: printed for John White, 1799, black & white illustrations, folding plates & maps, ex-library copy with associated stamps to the verso of plates, later endpapers, inscription to the front endpapers, some light toning & marks modern brown cloth, boards & spines slightly rubbed, folio, together with; Richardson (J.), Furness Past and Present: its History and Antiquities, 2 volumes, Barrow-in-Furness: J. Richardson, 1880, ornate colour & gilt decorated half-title, colour & monochrome plates, modern endpapers, some light spotting, modern gilt decorated half calf, minor rubbing to boards, 4to, plus Brayley (W.E.), History of Surrey, 4 volumes, revised edition, London: Virtue & Co., circa 1877, black & white plates & colour maps, some marginal toning, gutters reinforced, top edges gilt, rebound retaining contemporary gilt decorated boards & spines, slight rubbed with minor loss to head & foot, large 4to, and other 19th & 20th-century U.K. topography reference, including Staffordshire and Warwickshire, past and present:, 4 volumes, by John Alfred Langford, London: William Mackenzie, circa 1880, Old West Surrey..., by Gertrude Jekyll, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1904, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some odd volumes, some ex-library copies, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (5 shelves)

Grew (Nehemjah). The Anatomy of Plants. With an Idea of a Philosophical History of Plants. And several other Lectures, Read before the Royal Society, printed by W. Rawlins, 1682, 82 black & white engraved plates, plate 82 bound as a frontispiece, some water damage & light spotting & toning, later half vellum to marbled boards, boards & spine rubbed, minor loss to the calf spine label, folio, plus another copy, together with, Nolet (l'Abbé), Leçons de Physique Experimentale, 6 volumes, Amsterdam: Arkste'e & Merkus, 1754, black & white folding plates, volume 1 split down the spine at pp.122, pp.123-142 disbound, volume 3 split down the spine at pp. 192, some spotting & toning throughout, uniform contemporary gilt decorated calf, boards & spines rubbed with minor loss to head & foot, volume 1 front board detached, 8vo, plus Reid (Thomas), An Inquiry into the Human Mind, on the principles of Common Sense, 6th edition, Edinburgh: Bell & Bradfute, 1810, later endpapers, later inscription to the front endpaper, some light spotting, later gilt decorated half calf, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, and other 17th to 20th century medical & scientific reference & related, some leather bindings, some original cloth, some French language & odd volumes, G, 8vo/folioQty: (6 shelves )

McGrath (Raymond & A. C. Frost). Glass in Architecture and Decoration, 1st edition, London: The Architectural Press, 1937, numerous monochrome illustrations, some spotting to the endpapers, some minor marginal toning, publishers original green cloth, folio, together with; Longstaffe-Gowan (Todd), The London Square, Gardens in the Midst of Town, 1st edition, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, plus Hart (Vaughan), Nicholas Hawksmoor, rebuilding ancient wonders, 1st edition, New Haven: Yale University Press, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 8vo, and other decorative art & architecture reference & related, including The Church of Haghia Sophia at Trebizond, edited by David Talbot Rice, 1st edition, Edinburgh: University Press, 1968, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (5 shelves)

Steadman (Ralph). I, Leonardo, reprinted, London: Jonathan Cape, 1983, signed & inscribed including an original drawing by Ralph Steadman to the front endpaper, prize bookplate to the front endpaper, numerous colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot with a 2-inch tear to the head of the front cover, oblong 4to, Jones of Colorado, 1st edition, London: Ebury Press, 1995, signed by the author to the half-title, black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, together with; Le Neve (Ethel), Her Life Story, with the true account of their flight and her friendship for Dr. Crippen, Manchester: The Daisy Bank Printing & Publishing Co., 1910, black & white illustrations, marginal toning, publishers original wrappers in a custom green cloth book box, 8vo, plus Maugham (W. Somerset), A Writer's Notebook, limited edition, London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1949, signed by the author to the limitation page, bookplate to the front pastedown, some minor toning, top edge gilt, publishers original quarter vellum to blue cloth, slight loss to the head of the spine, 8vo 471/1000, Cakes And Ales, or The Skeleton in the Cupboard, limited edition, London: William Heinemann Ltd., circa 1949, illustrations by Graham Sutherland, signed by the author & illustrator to the limitation page, some minor toning, top edge gilt, publishers original two-tone full morocco, minor loss to the head of the boards & spine, 8vo, 967/1000, and Bennet (Alan), Untold Stories, limited edition, London: Faber & Faber, 2005, signed by the author to the limitation page, publishers original boards in slipcase, 8vo, 93/250, plus other fiction & literature, including Thorns of Thunder, selected poems, by Paul Eluard, limited edition, London: Europa Press & Stanley Nott, 1936, 8vo 52/600, & works by Ronald Searle, John Updike, Joyce Cary, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (6 shelves )

Lloyd (Nathaniel). A History of English Brickwork..., 1st edition, London: H. Grenville Montgomery, 1925, numerous monochrome illustrations, rusty staple mark to the head of the front endpaper through to the 'Contents', some light marginal toning & spotting, top edge gilt, publishers original gilt decorated green cloth, boards & spine slightly marked & rubbed to head & foot, large 4to, together with; French (James Weir), Modern Power Generators..., 2 volumes, London: The Gresham Publishing Company, circa 1910, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, some spotting & toning, publishers original gilt decorated green cloth designed by Talwin Morris, boards & spine lightly rubbed, folio, plus Beamish (Richard), Memoir Of The Life of Sir Marc Isambard Brunel..., 1st edition, London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1862, portrait frontispiece, black & white illustrations, bookplate to the front pastedown, some light spotting, publishers original green cloth, boards & spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, and other late 19th & early 20th-century engineering reference & related, including Practical Coal-Mining, 6 volumes, by W. S. Boulton, London: The Gresham Publishing Company, 1907, 8vo, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (6 shelves)

Russ (Karl). The Speaking Parrots: a scientific manual, London: L. Upcott Gill, circa 1890, colour & black & white illustrations, advert to rear, some toning & spotting, front gutters cracked, publishers original gilt decorated red cloth, boards & spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with; Bullinger (Ethelbert W.), The Witness of the Stars, 2nd edition, London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1895, blue & white illustrations, pencil inscription to the front endpaper, some light marginal toning, publishers original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards & spine lightly rubbed & marked, 8vo, plus, Morris (F. O.), A History Of British Butterflies, 9th edition, London: Routledge and Sons, 1904, 79 hand-coloured plates, some light toning, top edge gilt, contemporary gilt decorated green three-quarter morocco, spine faded, boards & spine slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and other 19th & 20th-century natural history & astronomy reference, The Anatomy of the Horse, by George Stubbs, London: G. Heywood Hill, 1938, folio, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (3 shelves )

Churchill (Winston Spencer). London to Ladysmith via Pretoria, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1900, 3 black & white maps & 4 plans [lacking frontispiece map], some toning & spitting throughout, publishers original decorated boards, rear hinge cracked, boards & spine marked & rubbed, spine partially detached, 8vo, together with; Fortune (Robert), A Residence among The Chinese: inland, on the coast, and at sea, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1857, 22 black & white illustrations, bookplates to the front endpapers, gutters cracked, spine partially detached, some toning & spotting, publishers original embossed cloth, boards & spine rubbed with minor loss to head & foot, 8vo, plus Chapman (Olive Murray), Across Iceland, the land of frost and fire, 1st edition, London: The Bodley Head, 1930, colour & monochrome illustrations, period inscription to the front endpaper, some pages damaged during separation, some toning & spotting, publishers original blue cloth, 8vo, and other late 19th century & modern travel reference, including The Hudson River, from ocean to source, by Edgar Mayhew Bacon, New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1910, 8vo, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (3 shelves )

Feilchenfeldt (Walter). Vincent van Gogh, The Years in France, complete paintings 1886-1890, 1st English edition, London: Philip Wilson, 2013, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, together with; Young (Marnin), Realism in the Age of Impressionism, Painting and the Politics of Time, 1st edition, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2015, colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, as new in original plastic wrap, 4to, plus Maheux (Anne & Jean Sutherland Boggs), Degas Pastels, 1st edition, London: Thames & Hudson, 1992, numerous colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, folio, and other Impressionism reference & related, many original cloth in dust jackets, some paperback editions, some as new in original plastic wrap, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (3 shelves )

Fitzpatrick (Percy). Jock Of The Bushveld, 7th impression, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1911, 23 colour & monochrome plates plus numerous in-text illustrations, period inscription to the front endpaper by "'Kathleen Itale', some light toning, publishers original gilt decorated green cloth boards & spine slightly rubbed & marked, 8vo, together with; Spratt (G.), Obstetric Tables: comprising graphic illustrations, with descriptions and practical remarks;..., Philadelphia: James A. Bill, circa 1850, colour & black & white plates, some spotting & toning throughout, modern endpapers, modern calf spine, rebound retaining contemporary mottled calf boards, large 4to, plus other 18th-century & modern miscellaneous literature, including A Complete History of England,..., 11 volumes, by T. Smollett, 2nd edition, London: printed for James Rivington & James Fletcher, 1758, 8vo, & works by Arthur Ransome, Thomas Hardy, W. B. Yeats, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (3 shelves )

Art. A large collection of art reference, including publications by Oxford, Yale, Könemann, Antique Collectors' Club, many original cloth in dust jackets, some paperback editions, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (6 shelves & a carton)

Sloss (D. J. & J. P. R. Wallis). The Prophetic Writings of William Blake, 2 volumes, reprint edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, circa 1960, black & white frontispieces, period inscriptions to head of the front endpapers, publishers original blue cloth, spine slightly rubbed to head & foot, minor tear to the head of volume 1, 8vo, together with; Trollope (Anthony), The Last Chronicle of Barset, 2 volumes, London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1867, black & white illustrations by George H. Thomas, period inscriptions to the head of both front endpapers, some light toning, contemporary uniform gilt decorated green half calf, spines lightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus Buchan (John), John Prester, London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, circa 1910, colour illustrations, some light toning, publishers original gilt decorated green cloth, 8vo, and other miscellaneous literature 7 reference, some leather bindings, some original cloth in dust jackets, many paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (6 shelves )

Military Dress. A large collection of modrrn military dress & toy modelling reference, including publications by A & C Black, Pen & Sword, Blandford, Ian Allan, Greenhill Books, some foreign language, many original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (6 shelves )

Cohen (John). Past Present Peru: Photos, Music, Films, 1st edition, Göttingen: Steidl, 2010, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, publishers original binding, 'as new' in un-opened original cardboard packaging, folio, together with; Smyth (David R.), David R. Smyth, essays by Lily Wei, Marc Le Bot, Dieter Bogner, 1st edition, Lausanne: Acatos Publisher, 2000, numerous colour illustrations, publishers original cloth in dust jacket & slipcase, 'as new' in original plastic wrap, folio, plus, Stern (Robert A. M. et al), New York 1960, Architecture and Urbanism Between the Second World War and the Bicentennial, new edition, Honhenzollernring: Taschen, 1997, numerous monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, and other modern art reference & related, including publications by Yale, Taschen, Royal Academy of Arts, some original cloth in dust jackets, some paperback editions, some 'as new' in original plastic wrap, VG, 8vo/folioQty: (3 shelves )

Günther (Jörn), Mittelalterliche Handschriften Und Miniaturen, katalog und retrospektive, 1st edition, Hamburg: Jörn Günther Antiquariat, 1993, numerous colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket & slipcase, large 8vo, together with; Roche (Serge), Cadres Français et Étrangers du XVe Siècle au XVIIIe Siècle, Allemagne, Angleterre, Espagne, France, Italie, Pays-Bas, Paris: Étienne Bignou, 1931, 154 monochrome plates, some light toning throughout, publishers original cloth folder with fabric ties, spine rubbed with some loss, folio, plus, Nakov (Andréi). Kazimir Malewicz, le peintre absolu, 4 volumes, 1st edition, Paris: Thalia Edition, 2006, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, French language, publishers original boards in slipcase, large 4to, and Richardson (John), A Life of Picasso, 3 volumes, 1st editions, London: Jonathan Cape, 1991-2007, colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jackets, volume 1 dust jacket slightly marked & rubbed with 2 small tears to the head of the front cover, 8vo, plus other art reference & related, many original cloth in dust jackets, some paperback editions, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (6 shelves )

Pop-Up Books. A large collection of modern illustrated pop-up books, all in publishers original boards, some as new in original plastic wrap, G/VG, 8vo/folio approximately 150 volumesQty: (6 shelves & a carton)

Fleetwood (William). Chronicon Preciosim: or, An Account of English Gold and Silver Money;..., London: printed for T. Osbourne, 1745, 12 black & white engraved plates, front endpaper detached, some light toning & marks, contemporary gilt decorated mottled full calf, front hinges cracked, boards & spine rubbed, 8vo, together with; Boswell (James). The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., 4 volumes, London: printed for E. Lloyd and Son, 1824, black & white portrait frontispiece to volume 1, volume 1 front gutters cracked, some toning & light spotting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated blue half calf, boards & spines slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus, Dickens (Charles), Dombey And Sons, London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848, 38 black & white illustrations by H. K. Browne, period inscription to the front endpaper, some toning, front & rear gutters cracked, contemporary gilt decorated half morocco, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, and other 18th & 19th-century literature & reference, all leather bindings, many gilt decorated, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folioQty: (6 shelves )

Jekyll (Gertrude). Wood & Garden,..., 6th impression, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1899, numerous monochrome illustrations, some light spotting & toning, publishers original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards & spine lightly rubbed & faded, 8vo, Wall and Water Gardens, London: Country Life, 1901, numerous monochrome illustrations, bookplate to front pastedown, some spotting & toning, top edge gilt, contemporary gilt decorated green half calf bound by Bickers & Son, boards & spine rubbed & faded with minor loss to head & foot, 8vo, Colour Schemes for the Flower Garden, 4th edition, London: Country Life, 1919, colour frontispiece & numerous monochrome illustrations, some light spotting & toning, publishers original blue cloth, boards lightly marked, spine slightly toned & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with; Hulme (F. Edward), A Series of Sketches from Nature of Plant Form, London: Day and Son, 1863, 100 colour plates, title page to pp.10 detached, some light spotting, all edges gilt, publishers original gilt decorated red cloth boards & spine rubbed & slightly toned, 8vo, plus, Boyle (Frederick), About Orchids, a chat, 1st edition, London: Chapman and Hall, 1893, 8 colour plates, some light spotting, publishers original gilt decorated red cloth, spine slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and other 19th & early 20th-century horticulture & botany plate-books & reference, mostly original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (6 shelves )

Lang (Andrew). The Lilac Fairy Book, new impression, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1928, 6 colour plates & numerous black & white illustrations by H. J. Ford, some light toning throughout, publishers original lilac cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, The Red Book of Heroes, 1909, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 8 colour plates & numerous black & white illustrations by A. Wallis Mills, front & rear gutters cracked, some light toning, all edges gilt, publishers original gilt decorated red cloth, 8vo, Arabian Nights, new impression, London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1956, black & white illustrations by Vera Bock, publishers original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with; Irving (Washington), Old Christmas, 2nd edition, London: Macmillan & Co., 1876, black & white illustrations by Randolph Caldecott, some toning & light spotting, all edges gilt, publishers original gilt decorated green cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus other late 19th & early 20th-century illustrated & juvenile literature, including Rudyard Kipling, Gustav Dore, Kenneth Grahame, Edward Lear, mostly original cloth, many gilt decorated, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folioQty: (6 shelves )

Badeslade (Thomas.) The History of the Ancient and Present State of the Navigation of the Port of King's-Lynn and of Cambridge, and the rest of the Trading Towns in those parts..., with the Method proposed for draining the said Fens and amending the Harbour of Lyn: By Col. John Armstrong, Chief Engineer of England, published L. Davis, C. Reymers and B. White, 1766, lacking 2 preliminary leaves, title page torn with light loss (not affecting the printed image) and repaired, preface backed with archival tissue, 2 uncoloured folding maps, three engraved plates, and two further maps with contemporary outline colouring, very slight marginal spotting, later endpapers, modern quarter morocco with contrasting morocco gilt label to the spine, upright folioQty: (1)NOTESUpcott p.1000.

Slater (Isaac, publisher). Slater's New British Atlas, Comprising the Counties of England (upon which are laid down all the Railways completed and in Progress) with Separate Large Sheet Maps of England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland and a Circular one of the Country round London..., Isaac Slater (Late Pigot & Slater) and others, circa 1850, decorative title, contents and seven distance and mileage tables, three large engraved folding maps of England & Wales, Scotland and Ireland, each with contemporary hand colouring and each laid on linen, slight wear where old folds cross, 39 (complete as list) engraved county maps, all with contemporary outline colouring, including one folding (Yorkshire), some marginal staining, dust and finger soiling throughout, the map of Warwickshire, with the margins crudely strengthened with tape, large circular map of London and its environs bound at rear, marbled endpapers, rear endpaper with long repaired closed tear, bookplate of Thomas King, contemporary half calf, re-backed but retaining the original boards, heavily rubbed and worn, folioQty: (1)NOTESChubb CCCCXXIX. The distance tables reference the population census of 1841, however, the map of Scotland is dated 1850 and the map of Ireland 1845.

Stone (Percy Goddard). The Architectural Antiquities of the Isle of Wight, 2 volumes, London: Published by the author, 1891, monochrome frontispieces and numerous plates, hinges repaired, top edge gilt, original gilt-blocked cloth, slightly rubbed at head & foot of spines, volume 1 with slight ink stain towards head of upper joint, volume 2 with ink splashes to lower board, folio, together with: Heath (Sidney), Some Dorset Manor Houses, London: Bemrose & Sons Ltd., 1907, monochrome plates and illustrations, scattered spotting, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original cloth, spine lightly faded, large 4to, Isle of Wight, The Beauties of the Isle of Wight; containing an account of its Watering Places..., Portsea: S. & S. Horsey, 1826, folding uncoloured aquatint frontispiece (with closed tear and torn fore-edge crudely repaired with adhesive tape, some toning throughout, original boards, upper board detached and lacking spine, old repair to spine edge of boards, worn, 12mo, and other related topography, including the Isle of Wight, Devon and Hampshire related etc., including Barber's Picturesque Illustrations, of the Isle of Wight, [1834], numerous engraved plates, original cloth, upper board detached, spine torn with loss, 8voQty: (12)

[Ward, Edward]. A step to the Bath: with a character of the place, 2nd edition, London: Printed & sold by J. How, 1700, 16pp., advertisement to verso of title page, browning and scattered spotting throughout, small rust/burn hole to D1, 20th century bookplates to front endpaper, late 19th century mottled calf, neatly rebacked, morocco title label to spine, slim folioQty: (1)NOTESESTC R218893: Wing W759. Only four UK locations found (British Library; Guildhall Library; Bodleian Library, Oxford and Bristol Central Library. The first edition was also published in 1700.

Alken (Henry). Ideas, Accidental and Incidental to Hunting, and other Sports; Caught in Leicestershire, 1st book form edition, London: Thomas M'Lean, [1826-30], letterpress title, 42 fine hand-coloured etched plates after Henry Alken (complete), plates watermarked 1829, frontispiece and front endpaper detached, occasional light spotting and soiling, a few closed tears to paper guards (title with short repaired tear), front hinge broken, small booklabel of F.G. Cooper, original black half morocco gilt over green boards, black morocco label to upper cover (one corner chipped), joints and edges a little rubbed, some fading and stains to cloth, folio, 36 x 25.5 cmQty: (1)NOTESPodeschi 136; Schwerdt I, pp. 17-18; Tooley 36. "The copy described here is the first issue in book form and is sought after by collectors especially when preserved in the original binding. The draftsmanship is good, the colouring vivid, and the inscriptions on the plates are humorous. No copy in the Brit[ish] Mus[eum] " (Schwerdt), "First issued in upright fplio. A fire consumed part of the stock and the plates were reissued in oblong folio. These latter are inferior. A reprint was issued in 1900." (Tooley). Provenance: F.G. Cooper, most probably Frederick Gross Cooper (1883-1961), American artist and designer.

Brookshaw (George). Groups of Flowers, drawn and accurately coloured after nature, with full directions for the young artist; designed as a companion to the Treatise on Flower Painting, 2nd edition, London: Thomas McLean, printed by Turner and Hadley, Minerva Press, Cheltenham, 1819, bound with Groups of Fruit, 2nd edition, 1819, and Six Birds, 2nd edition, 1819, 3 parts bound in one, half-titles and advertisements not present, 18 hand-coloured stipple-engraved plates after Brookshaw, and 18 uncoloured duplicates of the same plates (6 hand-coloured and 6 uncoloured duplicates to each part, forming a total of 36 plates), each subject with accompanying leaf of text describing the species and giving guidance for drawing and colouring, some scattered, mostly light, spotting and minor offsetting (first title with somewhat heavier spotting), all edges gilt, bookplate of C. Robert Bignold to front pastedown, contemporary gilt-decorated straight-grained red full morocco, rubbed and a little scuffed, some marks and surface tears repaired, old reback, with original gilt decorated spine laid down, folio (sheet size 36 x 26 cm, 14.25 x 10.25 ins)Qty: (1)NOTESDunthorne 53, 55 & 54; Oak Spring Flora 91 (Groups of Flowers); Oak Spring Pomona 41 (Groups of Fruit); Nissen IVB 150 (Six Birds). Complete set of Brookshaw's finely illustrated series of natural history drawing manuals in contemporary morocco binding. Oak Spring Pomona 41 "exceedingly rare".

Houghton (William). British Fresh-Water Fishes, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: William Mackenzie, 1879, 41 hand-finished chromoxylographic plates, occasional spotting and marginal damp-staining, bookplate of R.A.F. Reid to pastedown, original pictorial cloth, corners bumped, spines rubbed with loss to extremities, endpapers of volume 1 stuck down with new endpapers added, hinges of volume 1 repaired, edges in gilt, folioQty: (2)

Keulemans (John Gerrard). A Natural History of Cage Birds, Parts 1-3 (of 4), only, 1st edition, London: John Van Voorst, [1871], 3 parts bound in one, title-page, 82 pages of text, 18 fine hand-coloured lithographed plates, original printed wrapper to first part bound in at front, single-leaf prospectus, and printed wrappers to second and third parts bound in at rear, top edge gilt, contemporary blind-panelled sprinkled full calf, a little rubbed to joints and edges, small folio (sheet size 28.7 x 19 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESMullens & Swann, page 327 "exceptionally fine plates"; Nissen IVB 492; Sitwell (1990), page 111. Only 4 parts of a projected 20 were issued.

The Indian Mutiny Medal awarded to Sir Raymond West, K.C.I.E., the noted Indian civil servant, judge and jurist, who was later acquainted with Florence Nightingale and M. K. Ghandi Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Raymond West. C.S.) naming officially re-impressed in a slightly later style, toned, nearly extremely fine £300-£400 --- Medal authorised on 31 May 1872: ‘I am entitled to the Indian Mutiny medal as having served with Colonel McLean’s force in the Belgaum district, and on the Madras and Goanese frontiers in the year 1858.’ (L/MIL/5/93 Folio 43 refers) Raymond West was born at Ballyloughrane, county Kerry, on 18 September 1832. He was educated at Queen’s College, Galway, and appointed to the Bombay Civil Service after the Open Competition of 1835, one of the second batch of so-called ‘competition-wallahs’. He arrived in India on 18 September 1856, and served in the Bombay Revenue and Judicial Departments as an Assistant Collector, Magistrate, Assistant Judge and Sessions Judge. Officiating Under-Secretary to the Government in the Judicial and Political Departments and Acting Judge and Sessions Judge, Registrar of the High Court, Bombay, June 1863. Served on the Judicial Committee and Judge of the Sadar Court in Sind, June 1872. Judge of the High Court, Bombay, September 1873. On special duty as a member of the Law Committee, Calcutta, April to November 1879. Vice Chancellor of the University of Bombay, 12 November 1887. K.C.I.E., June 1888. Retired April 1892. Sir Raymond West died on 8 November 1911. Sold with research including copies of letters from Florence Nightingale to Sir Raymond in support of his work on the Bombay Village Sanitation Bill, taken from Florence Nightingale on Social Change in India, collected works published by Wilfred Laurier University Press. Of interest in particular is a letter she wrote in January 1892 which closes, ‘It seems late to wish you a happy & successful New Year and many of them; nevertheless I do with all my heart.’ So, too, details of correspondence with M. K. Ghandi, thanking Sir Raymond for his support for the efforts being made to improve the circumstances of Indians living in South Africa: ‘The thought that so many distinguished men and heart and soul with us buoys us up and enables us to hope for better things though the cloud seems to be blackest.’ Another officially impressed medal is known.

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Dr. Saml. De Gratt.) nearly extremely fine £400-£500 --- Provenance: Captain R. C. Bentley Collection, Sotheby 1970. ‘Doctor Samuel De Gratt. Civil Assistant Surgeon. Hazereebad. Engaged Chuttra. Accompanied the troops to Chuttra and was in medical charge of the Seiks, was present under fire in the engagement of 2nd October 1857, proceeded with the Seiks to the village of Kuthoutea and was engaged in affording aid to the wounded.’ (Indian Mutiny medal roll L/MIL/5/86 Folios 44, 116 & 169 refer). Note: The entries of the surname on the medal roll are all shown as De Gratt and the medal is so named. A search of the Surgeons Records (L/MIL/9/395 Folio 264) shows that the doctor’s correct surname was Delpratt. The confusion is easily understood when you view his extremely florid signature. Samuel Delpratt was appointed Assistant Surgeon, 6 May 1854; Surgeon, 29 March 1866; Surgeon Major, 17 February 1875. He served with the Artillery; 1st Bengal Fusiliers; 3rd European Regiment; Civil Assistant Surgeon, Arrah, December 1854; 44th Regiment N.I.; served throughout the Sonthal campaign in medical charge of 13th, 31st & 42nd Regiments N.I.; Civil Assistant Surgeon, Hazaribagh, March 1856; Civil Assistant Surgeon, Kanchee, November 1865; 10th Madras N.I., 1865; Assistant Surgeon, Hazaribagh, September 1868. ‘The Ramgarh battalion, consisting of the two companies of the 8th Native Infantry at Hazaribagh, decided on the 30th July to start the mutiny from the evening of the following day. Captain Simpson, the District Commissioner, got the news of the actual hour fixed for the outbreak from one of his servants. The only safety lay in immediate flight. Captain Simpson, Dr Delpratt and Mr Liebart of Sitagarh hastily set out on foot towards Ichack which they reached at night fall. They were supplied with horses and after a few hours rest they set out for Bagodar.’ (Hazaribagh Old Records 1761-1878, by P. Choudhrey refers). On the matter of an outbreak of Rinderpest ‘in the district of Hazeerbagh the Civil Surgeon Dr S. Delpratt reported that no remedy was known, and no medicine had been administered... sacrifices of goats to Kali and poojahs have been made, but without any favourable responses having been vouchsafed by the goddess.’ Doctor Samuel Delpratt died in England on 17 February 1875.

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Captn. F. C. Tombs 18th Bengal N.I.) toned, nearly extremely fine £500-£700 --- Frederick Cooper Tombs was born at Calcutta on 8 February 182, son of Major-General J. Tombs, 6th Bengal Light Cavalry, and Mary, an elder brother to Sir Henry Tombs, V.C., K.C.B., Bengal Horse Artillery (see Dix Noonan Webb sale, 6 December 2017). Frederick Tombs was educated at Soton & Mayer, Wimbledon, and was gazetted Ensign in the Bengal Army on 9 December 1837; Lieutenant, 12 April 1848; Captain, 7 June 1854; Major, 10 June 1861; Lieutenant-Colonel, 25 March 1862. Lieutenant-Colonel Tombs served in the Punjab campaign of 1848 and 1849, and was present at the siege and surrender of Mooltan and the battle of Goojerat (Medal and clasps). Served in the Indian Mutiny as Field Pay Marshal at Lucknow. ‘Captain F. C. Tombs, 18th Native Infantry. Field Pay Marshal. Was present at Benares when the native troops mutinied on 4 June 1857, at Futteghar and siege and capture of Lucknow. Dated 5 September 1859. Calcutta.’ (Indian Mutiny medal roll L/MIL/7/77 Folio 181.’ Record of an officer of the late 18th Regiment Bengal Native Infantry who was employed in the suppression of the Mutiny in India.’ refers) ‘Not long before his death, Hodson had applied to the paymaster, Captain F. C. Tombs, for two months’ pay for his regiment. General Mansfield, then Chief of Staff to Sir Colin Campbell, had sanctioned the application. At Hodson’s request the sum of Rs. 60,000 was paid to him in the shape of bills on Calcutta, for which at that time there was great demand among the upcountry bankers. “That they were duly paid”, writes his brother, “all allow... It is perhaps needless after this to say that it can be proved that no such sums came into the hands of his bankers at Calcutta or was found by his executors”.’ Lieutenant-Colonel F. C. Tombs died at Long Marston, Bishopsteignton, South Devon, on 22 May 1905.

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Major Fitzgerald, Attd. Goorkha Force) nearly extremely fine £500-£700 --- George Fleetwood Charles Fitzgerald was born at Buckfastleigh, Devon, on 3 January 1808, son of T. F. Fitzgerald, Purser Royal Navy. Educated privately and at Addiscombe 1823-25, he was gazetted 2nd Lieutenant to the Bengal Artillery on 28 September 1825, and arrived in India on 18 March 1826; Lieutenant, 19 August 1832; Captain, 1 April 1845; Major, 20 February 1855; Lieutenant-Colonel, 10 November 1858. Served with the Nizam’s Artillery, April 1841 to 1853; Adjutant Nizam’s Engineers, April 1853 to May 1857. Served with the Turkish Contingent from 20 March to 20 September, 1855, with local rank of Colonel in Turkey (London Gazette 27 March 1855), in command of the artillery of the Contingent under General Vivien. He resigned on account of the state of his health. Appointed to command 4th Company Nizam’s Artillery, 28 August 1857. ‘Major G. F. C. Fitzgerald. Lucknow. Served throughout the campaign with the Goorkha Forces under Maharaja Jung Bahadur.’ (Indian Mutiny medal roll ‘Officers on the Staff of Brigadier General McGregor C.B. attached to the Goorkah Forces of Jung Bahadur’ L/MIL/5/77 Folio 14 refers). Despatch from Brigadier-General McGregor, Gorruckpore, 7 January 1858: ‘Major Fitzgerald, who accompanied Colonel Lall Singh, has gained the confidence of that officer. He gave him sound and judicious advice, which was well acted on.’ Lieutenant-Colonel Fitzgerald retired on 10 November 1858, and died on 5 March 1888, at 2, Fauconburg Villas, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Capt. R. T. N. Tubbs, 9th By. N.I.) toned, extremely fine £400-£500 --- Robert Tubbs Nightingale Tubbs was born on 16 March 1823, son of Robert Tubbs of Cheltenham, and Cavendish Square, and Sophia. He was educated at Eton College, and Exeter College, Oxford, where he matriculated on 9 February 1843, aged 19 years. Ensign, 9th Bombay Native Infantry, 3 May 1845; Lieutenant, 31 December 1846; Captain, 20 May 1858; Invalided, 1 June 1860, and retired 31 December 1862; Hon. Lieutenant-Colonel, Cinque Ports Artillery Volunteers, 23 July 1879; Colonel Commandant, Cinque Ports Artillery Volunteers, 1883. ‘Captain R. T. N. Tubbs, 9th Bombay Native Infantry. Central India. Sent 19 August 1864.’ (Indian Mutiny medal roll L/MIL/5/83 Folio 26 refers). Tubbs receives mention in Howells & Italy, by J. L. Woodress, on William Dean Howells, an American author and literary critic who made the acquaintance of Tubbs in Italy: ‘The ocean voyage itself, while not part of the Italian backdrop, is taken from the authors own crossing in the 1860’s, and the ship life aboard the “Aroostook”, even though a sailing vessel, is much like the daily round of activity Howells remembered from the “City of Glasgow”. The characterisation of the satirised Englishman in the uncle, Henshaw Erwin, is worth a brief comment, for he may have been suggested by one of Howells’ early friends in Italy, a Captain Tubbs, formerly of the East India Company service, with whom the consul held joint ownership of a gondola. The Indian background and the singular gondola-rowing of the fictitious Erwin suggest the parallel with this Englishman Howells had known.’ Lieutenant-Colonel Tubbs died at St Leonards, near Hastings on 26 July 1891. Sold with a copied photograph of Tubbs with his wife from the Howells family photograph album at Harvard, which is accompanied by the following caption: ‘Captain and Mrs Tubbs. English friends from Hotel Vittoria days. He was most amusing. Was in the East India Company’s service. Half owned a gondola with me.’

The Indian Mutiny Medal awarded to Colonel E. C. Garstin, C.B., Executive Engineer, Bengal Staff Corps, the only East India Company Officer attached to the Royal Engineers during the Mutiny Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow (Ensn. E. C. Gasstin, Attd. to Royal Engrs.) toned, good very fine £800-£1,200 --- Provenance: Sotheby, January 1973. Indian Mutiny medal roll L/MIL/5/77 Folio 152: ‘Royal Engineers. Roll of Officers of the Hon. E.I.C. Service attached to the Royal Engineers who have been employed in the suppression of the Mutiny: Ensign E. C. Garstin. Relief of Lucknow & Lucknow. An Ensign of the 29th Bengal Native Infantry acting as Interpreter to the 23rd Co. R.E. has since entered the College of Roorkee.’ Ensign Garstin was the only East India Company Officer attached to the Royal Engineers during the Mutiny. The medal itself is named ‘Gasstin’. Edward Charles Garstin was born at Meerut on 30 May 1837, and baptised on 17 June 1837, at Calcutta. He was educated at Grosvenor College, Bath, and Addiscombe; was nominated by for the H.E.I.C. Army by J. P. Muspratt and recommended by his father Colonel, Bengal Engineers. Gazetted Ensign, 13 June 1856; Lieutenant, 30 April 1858; Captain, 13 June 1869; Major, 13 June 1876; Lieutenant-Colonel, 13 June 1882; Colonel, 13 June 1886. Ensign Garstin arrived in India on 23 October 1856. Proceeded with a detachment under Sir William Peel, R.N., and present at the action of Kudjwah, 1 November 1857; present with the 23rd Company Royal Engineers at the relief of Lucknow under Sir Colin Campbell, November 1857; at the battle of Cawnpore against the Gwalior Contingent, December 1857; present with the 23rd Company Royal Engineers at the action of Khudagunj and the occupation of Fatteghar, capture of Lucknow, attack on the Fort of Rooyah, action of Allygunj and capture of Bareilly 1858 (Medal with two clasps). Although Ensign Garstin was attached to the 23rd Company Royal Engineers as an Interpreter, it is clear from the report of Lieutenant Knox R.E. on the demolition of the Fort of Tutteah on 29 December 1857, that Garstin was actively employed in the blowing of several mines. Garstin held his appointment with the Royal Engineers until 2 July 1858, when he entered Thomason College, Roorkee, and remained there until 1 November 1859. He was promoted to 2nd Grade Engineer, 12 November 1860; 1st Grade Engineer, 1 April 1865; Subordinate Magistrate of the 2nd Class for the purpose of enforcing the law, Bari Doab Canal; promoted Executive Engineer 3rd Grade, 1 September 1872; in charge of Bari Doab Canal 1st Division, 30 October 1872. Colonel Garstin died on 29 April 1909. Sold with a cabinet portrait photograph of Colonel Garstin wearing his medal.

A SMALL FOLIO OF WATERCOLOURS AND DRAWINGS comprising three works by Frederick William Burton; a watercolour by Claude Hayes; two watercolours over etched line (possibly by Sandby?); and six sundry items, various media, various sizes, the largest 20.5 x 29.5cm. (folio) ++ Mixed condition; fair overall

GEORGE RICHMOND, RA (1809-1896) THORNS IN ASHTEAD PARK 1842 Inscribed and dated as title, charcoal and red chalk 21.5 x 37.5cm. * Richmond stayed as a guest of the Hon. Fulke Greville Howard (1773-1846) at his home, Ashtead Park, in 1842. ++ Contact transfer marks from having been in a folio

ATTRIBUTED TO HENRY MONRO (1791-1814) AN INTERESTING FOLIO OF INK DRAWINGS comprising 39 leaves, some densely worked with figure subjects, heads in profile and landscape studies, all with studies recto and verso, pen and brown ink, some with grey wash and/or pencil Most leaves 16 x 26.5cm approx * Henry Monro was the second son of J. M. W. Turner's and Thomas Girtin's tutor Dr Thomas Monro (1759-1833), whose academy fostered the talents of many notable artists in the mid-1790s. One of the sheets appears to depict a young Thomas Girtin, as the attribution and subject are closely comparable with a single sheet, attributed to Henry Monro, sold at Sothebys London, July 14th 2010, lot 71 (with similar but lengthier provenance). The strong nose and chin of the profiled man to the left may identify him as Turner, a fellow student at Monro's Academy. Provenance: Sir Edward Bunbury Bt (1811-1895), possibly purchased from Dr. Thomas Monro; Walter Fawkes, Farnley Hall, Yorkshire (1769-1825), a distinguished patron of Turner ++ Some sheets creased and worn; all sheets in need of a light clean

One volume “Murals in the Tombs of Li Hsien and Li Chung-Jun of the Tang Dynasty (abstract)”, published by the Chen-zhi Provincial Museum, the Commission for the Preservation of Archaeological Monuments Chin-zai Province, published 1974 containing 50 and 40 illustrated prints, published by the Wenwu Press, Peking 1974, tooled and gilded cloth board bound, with cardboard box and brochure (folio size

One volume “English Supplement to the Gems of Chinese Paintings in the Shanghai Museum”, published by Joint Publishing Co. Hong Kong Branch December 1980 (folio size) with numerous colour plates and key, in cardboard outer case (x 2) (second volume without key), together with another two similarCondition ReportOuter box with damage to corners, cloth board cover dust with slight mis-shapen front edge (slight smile?), otherwise seems basically in good condition, see images for further detail. Both books and boxes in similar condition. 

One volume “Statues and Pictures of Gautama Buddha”, edited by The Chinese Buddhist Association, published by The Nationalities Publishing House, Peking 1956 (folio size) (cover in poor condition)

A cardboard boxed folio of Japanese prints published 1963 (folio), another tooled and gilded clothboard bound folio volume of colour prints in cloth board bound outer case, a cloth board bound volume of ink stones, a paper board bound volume "Portrait Paintings of the Ming and Qing Dynasties" (The Nanjing Museum Circa 1979), paper board bound with dust jacket and cardboard sleeve, a cardboard folio of monochrome prints, published 1963, a tooled and gilded cloth board bound volume of Chinese prints with dust jacket and cardboard sleeve and a printed cardboard folio of colour prints (7)Condition ReportOuter cardboard casing with rip to lower edge and further rips to corners, dust jacket with some discolouration though other wise sound, the book itself basically sound. Images ditto. Book two: plain outer cardboard case basically sound, thought clearly used, covers with some discolouration, interior pages basically sound. Book three: outer cardboard case with some marks, frontice piece dated 1963 with discolouration, pages to interior in sound condition. Book three with red and silver printed outer case: the plastic cover rippled but ok, outer cardboard case appears in good condition, interior pages look good. Book three with black on gold printed label: cardboard outer case with denting and damage conducive to age and use, inner cardboard cover similar, dust jacket and book itself in good condition. Book with grey cloth cover and pink and black label: outer cover, with sun bleaching otherwise ok, paper to interior of box with some ripping and discolouration. Main book with tooled and gilded cloth board: cover basically sound, interior images look ok. Last book with brown and white printed label and cloud decoration: with some discolouration to the outer case and some damage to the paper, images to interior look good. 

A cardboard boxed folio of Japanese prints published 1963 (folio), another tooled and gilded clothboard bound folio volume of colour prints in cloth board bound outer case, a cloth board bound volume of ink stones, a paper board bound volume "Portrait Paintings of the Ming and Qing Dynasties" (The Nanjing Museum Circa 1979), paper board bound with dust jacket and cardboard sleeve, a cardboard folio of monochrome prints, published 1963, a tooled and gilded cloth board bound volume of Chinese prints with dust jacket and cardboard sleeve and a printed cardboard folio of colour prints (7)Condition ReportCondition of that similar to 212. See 212.

A folio of Japanese prints published 1963, cardboard boxed, together with a cloth board bound volume with dust jacket of colour prints and a further cardboard folio of prints (3)

A folio of Japanese prints published 1963, cardboard boxed, together with a cloth board bound volume with dust jacket of colour prints and a further cardboard folio of prints (3)

A folio of Japanese prints published 1963, cardboard boxed, together with a cloth board bound volume with dust jacket of colour prints and a further cardboard folio of prints (3)

A printed cardboard folio of colour prints, 2 x cloth board bound volumes of Japanese prints with dust jacket and cardboard slip and cover and another similar Condition ReportCondition similar to 212. See condition report of 212.

Volumes I, II and III "Complete Etchings of Rembrandt with Authentic Copies Edited with an Introduction by HW Singer", published E Weyhe New York, stamped to frontispiece "Made in Germany", tooled and gilded paper board bound, folio size (circa 1920)Condition ReportDamage to each of the covers, some slight discolouration to the pages and a few leaves have bent/creased edges. See images for examples. General wear and tear conducive to age and use.

THREE FOLIO SOCIETY BOOKS TO INCLUDE CHURCHILL AND THE CELTS

THE POETICAL WORKS OF THOMAS TRAHERNE, B.D. 1636?-1674 Now First Published From the Original Manuscripts' edited by Bertram Dobell, published by The Editor, 77 Charing Cross Road 1903, together with 'Macbeth by William Shakespeare' A Facsimile of The First Folio Text with an introduction by J. Dover Wilson, Litt. D.', printed at The Chiswick Press and published by Faber & Gwyer, and 'Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam', presented by Willy Pogany, published by George G. Harrap & Co., inscription dated 1919 (3)

Folio - prints, watercolours, etc

A FOLIO OF PRINTS, PHOTOGRAPHS and other items, including an 1820s sketchbook

Catherine of Austria (1567 - 1597, daughter of Philip II of Spain) ' La Infanta Donna Catalina ', one page folio document, Turin 4th April 1589, requesting the presence of the Marchese di Bagnasco, countersigned and with papered armorial seal attached, 12.75ins x 8.5ins approximately

Isabel Clara Eugenia (1566 - 1633), daughter of King Philip II of Spain, an autograph signed letter on a folio leaf in Spanish, dated Marymont, All Saints Day, 1609 to her cousin, the Duchess, thanking her for her present, together with a signed one page manuscript document in French, dated Brussels, June 24th 1632 authorising Philip Albert Hubert de Guernovil to engage two squadrons of Dutch footmen to serve the King and a one page letter from Charles, Prince of Lorraine, 1712 - 1780 to an unidentified correspondent and a cut out autograph of Charles XIV (Bernadotte 1736-1844, King of Sweden)

Ferdinand I (Holy Roman Emperor), signed letter on two folio pages, Vienna 15th December 1563 to the Chancellor and Councillors of Lower Austria expressing concern at the lapse of religious observances, integral address leaf, trace of seal, endorsements etc. 11.75ins x 8.75ins

King Hussein of Jordan and family, folio containging ten photographs and six signed greetings cards

' The Beatles ' an illustrated record, revised and updated 1978, folio containing a quantity of various photographic reprints of stars etc, album containing a quantity of various newspaper cuttings and seven framed Punch annual images

Early 20th Century table model wind up gramophone by Dulcetto, with original two tone green finished toleware horn, with folio of various HMV '78 records

Box containing a quantity of modern Royal biographies and a box containing a quantity of Folio Society and other art and history related refernce books