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Chronicles.- Thomas (A. H.) & I. D. Thornley The Great Chronicle of London, one of 500 copies, half-title, title in red and black, plates, light marginal toning to endpapers, original morocco by Zaehnsdorf, gilt, t.e.g., 1938 § [Tyrrell (Edward, editor)] A Chronicle of London, from 1089 to 1483, one of 250 copies, facsimile frontispiece, some spotting, library stamp to front free endpaper, contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked preserving original backstrip, red and brown morocco spine labels, 1827 § Rerum Anglicarum Scriptorum Veterum, vol.1 only (of 3), engraved vignette on title, P2 and 3 transposed, some foxing and spotting, very small tears to a few pages, library stamp to front pastedown, ink library inscription to title, modern speckled calf, 1684; and 3 other chronicles, either facsimiles or reprints, 4to and folio (6).

R.A.F.- No. 1 Group Operational Summaries: 1/2 May - 31 July 1944, reproduced photographs of bombing targets, blue and black type, corrections by hand, some foxing to inner margins, loose leaves and covers, 1944-5; No. 1 Group Summary: January 1945, loosely inserted hand-coloured chart of bombing targets in March, cartoon illustrations, text in green and black, ink annotations, occasional foxing, upper cover loose, 1945, original wrappers, small folio (2)

Flaxman (John) Compositions from the Tragedies of Aeschylus..., engraved throughout with pictorial title and 30 plates engraved by Thomas Piroli after designs by Flaxman, all mounted on stubs, handsome contemporary calf stained with stripes in green and brown and wide ornate floral borders tooled in gilt, spine gilt with roan label, rubbed and scuffed, spine chipped at foot, new endpapers, J.Matthews, 1795 § Tennyson (Alfred, Lord) Guinevere, 9 engraved plates by Doré, tissue guards, one or two with marginal stains or tears & repairs, 1877 § Coleridge (S.T.) Rime of the Ancient Mariner, 20 plates by J.Noel Paton, title heavily foxed and mounted on stub, some other light foxing, 1863, the last two original cloth, a little rubbed and stained, rebacked or recased, folio & oblong folio (3)

Gavarni (Paul) Rustic Groups of Figures, set of 6 tinted lithographed plates by Day & Son after Gavarni, marginal spotting, stitched in printed pale grey wrappers, advertisements for art materials to rear and inside covers, very slightly soiled at edges, folio, George Rowney & Company, 1850.

Leech (John) Mr.Briggs & His Doings. Fishing, 12 hand-coloured lithographed plates heightend with gum arabic, some light marginal soiling or staining, contemporary half morocco, by Zaehnsdorf, original pictorial orange wrappers bound in (rather soiled and stained), t.e.g., rubbed, spine chipped at foot, corners worn, [Tooley 299; Westwood & Satchell, p.133], Bradbury & Evans, [1860] § Cruikshank (George) Illustrations of Time, etched throughout with pictorial title and 6 plates of multiple scenes, some light foxing and soiling, creased and slightly frayed at edges, with 4pp. letterpress catalogue bound in at beginning, stitched in original printed drab wrappers, uncut, rubbed and frayed at edges, a few stains to upper cover, spine worn, by the artist, [Cohn 179], 1827, oblong folio (2) The result of the artist's visits to fish with his friend Sir John Everett Millais, and featuring his popular character Mr Briggs.

Music.- Hipkins (A. J.) Musical Instruments: Historical, Rare and Unique, one of 1040 copies, 50 fine chromolithograph plates by William Gibb, foxing to text leaves and some plates, original burgundy half morocco, rebacked, bumping to corners and spine tips, folio, Edinburgh, A. and C. Black, 1888.

Schetky (J. C.) A series of four sketches, illustrative of various situations of His Majesty's Ship Pique, on her homeward voyage, from the moment of her coming off the rocks on the coast of Labrador, until her being docked at Portsmouth, leaf of text recording details of Capt. Rous's court martial, 4 lithographed plates by Schetky (signed Schetkey), light foxing or soiling, original printed upper wrapper trimmed and mounted on blank leaf as title, with ink inscription "C.W.Bonham Midshipman 1835" to title and his later inscription to his son "Rear-Admiral Bonham R.N. 1879 Thomas P.Bonham R.N. Naval Cadet" to front free endpaper, later half roan over marbled boards, manuscript label to upper cover "H.M.Ship 'Pique' 1854 Voyage across the Atlantic", rubbed, spine ends worn, [Abbey, Life 343; Bobins 62, both coloured copies but probably later colouring], oblong folio, Portsea, Trives & Maynard, [1835]. *** Rare. HMS Pique ran aground in the Strait of Belle Isle near the Labrador Peninsula. She crossed the Atlantic without her rudder and taking on water, reaching Portsmouth a month later. On arrival the vessel was repaired and a large rock, which had plugged a hole in her hull and prevented her taking on more water, was removed. The rock remains on display in Portsmouth today. The captain, Henry John Rous, was court martialled "on board the Victory...in Portsmouth harbour" on 20th October 1835 but was acquitted due to faulty charts and instruments, and ultimately praised for reaching home safely.  Charles Wright Bonham R.N. (1817-84) entered the Navy in 1832 and rose to Vice-Admiral. Royal Navy Records list him as being mate on the Pique under Capt. Edward Boxer from 1837-38 in North America and the West Indies.Thomas Parry Bonham R.N. (1873-1916), son of the above, was killed in action while in command of HMS Black Prince at the Battle of Jutland in May 1916.

Scrap Album.- Victorian Albums, 2 vol., containing greetings cards, birthday and Christmas cards, advertisements, the Royal Family, military figures, Gulliver's travels, animals, cycling and hunting, winter scenes, images of children and women,  c.40 pp. & 126pp., many chromolithograph or colour printed and arranged in découpage style, occasional worming (affecting some images), some images with abrasion marks, some torn leaves with occasional loss to corners, one or two with juvenile crayon scribble, broken hinges, original cloth, one with colour illustration pasted to upper cover, rubbed and worn, defective spines, rubbed and worn, large folio & folio, 1862-99.

Jones (David) An Introduction To The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner, number XCVII of 115 copies signed and dated by Jones, from an edition of 330, title with engraved vignette, original vellum-backed boards, original glacine dust-jacket, in 2 pieces, small portion of loss to lower corner, slip-case (light scuffing to extremities), small folio, Clover Hill Editions, 1972. 

Jones (David) The Book of Jonah Taken From the Authorized Version of King James I, no. LIV of 100 copies on Barcham Green's R. W. S. handmade paper with an extra suite of 13 engravings on japon in a pocket at end, from an edition of 470, original green morocco-backed boards with fish design by Jones, spine a little sunned, otherwise fine, slip-case, Cambridge, Clover Hill Editions at the Rampant Lions Press, 1979; together with another copy of the same work from the larger cloth-backed limitation, small folio (2) *** The first edition of this book was published by the Golden Cockerel Press in 1926; the new edition was printed using Jones's original blocks.  

Nonesuch Press.- Alighieri (Dante) La Divina Commedia or the Divine Version of Dante Alighieri in Italian & English, one of 1475 copies, translated by H. F. Cary, printed in Monotype Blado, text in Italian and English, double-page plates from drawings by Sandro Botticelli, light spotting to endpapers, original vellum stained orange, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, tiny spotting to upper cover, lightly faded spine, slight bowing, [Dreyfus 50], folio, The Nonesuch Press, 1928.

Moreau Le Jeune (Jean Michel) [Figures de l'Histoire de France], 144 engraved plates only (of 166), a few scattered spots, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, edges and corners rubbed, [Cohen-de Ricci 737], Paris, Chez Moreau Le Jeune, 1785-90 § Josephus (Flavius) Histoire des Juifs, additional engraved title, engraved vignettes throughout, bookplate, eighteenth century half calf, spine gilt, edges and corners rubbed, Amsterdam, Schippers & Henri Wetstein, 1681; and a small quantity of others, French, 4to and folio (sml. qty.)

Exposition du Grand Duché de Finlande, 6 large photographs by Pierre Petit of the Finnish pavilion at the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1889 (one exterior, the rest interiors), c.390 x 280mm., mounted on grey card, some rather faded, loose as issued in original blue cloth portfolio, worn and water-stained, large folio, [Paris], 1889.

Glasgow.- Maclure, Macdonald & Co., Electric Light Photographers, Glasgow. [The City Chambers, Glasgow], only edition, 30 albumen prints mounted on thick card with printed captions and credits to photographers and the architect William Young, spotting in the prints, some soiling to mounts, one plate loose, bookplate of J.Guthrie Smith, ink presentation inscription from ?the architect to front free endpaper, handsome original dark blue morocco with elaborate border in gilt and blind, upper cover with title and city arms in gilt, g.e., a little rubbed, folio, Glasgow, [c.1889].*** In 1881 William Young, a locally born architect, won the competition to design a city hall befitting Glasgow’s importance as a centre of industry and commerce and its status as the second city of the British Empire. Young produced a beaux-arts masterpiece considered one of the great civic buildings of the nineteenth century. The photographers capture the building in all its late-Victorian magnificence. The work was likely prepared and completed in advance of Queen Victoria opening the building on 22 August 1889 and possibly as a gift for members of the City Council or other prominent citizens.John Guthrie Smith (1834-94), antiquarian and Dean of Guild in Glasgow 1891-1893. Together with D. O. Mitchell, Guthrie Smith provided the text for Thomas Annan’s Old Country Houses.  

Pain (William) The Builder's Companion and Workman's General Assistant, second edition, 88 engraved plates numbered 5-92 as issued, 5 folding, offsetting and spotting to plates, small patch of marginal staining to multiple leaves, some marking to margins most notable on title and endpapers, a few very small tears to fore-edge, creasing to front free endpaper, contemporary calf, re-backed and re-cornered, rubbed, folio, 1765. 

Woolley (C. Leonard) Ur Excavations. Volume II: The Royal Cemetery, 2 vol. (text and plates), colour frontispieces, 3 folding maps and plans in vol. I, plates in vol. II some colour and folding, illustrations, tables, foxing, original cloth-backed printed boards, a little soiled, folio, 1934. 

Sweden.- Billmark (C. J.) Aquarell-Lithographier och Tontryck teckningar efter naturen Sverige: Interiörer Exteriörer Gripsholm, lithographed list of plates and 12 tinted lithographed plates on thick paper printed by Lemercier, some finished by hand, no text, some foxing, mostly marginal, original cloth-backed pictorial boards with the same original wrappers bound in, hinges reinforced, rubbed and marked, large folio, Stockholm, [1853].*** Fine views of Gripsholm Castle in Sweden, especially those depicted at night; the artist's breakthrough work.

Scotland.- Small (John) The Castles and Mansions of the Lothians, 2 vol., half-titles, 103 photographic plates, occasional marginal spotting or soiling, bookplate, original buckram, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, folio, Edinburgh, 1883.

Astronomy.- Kepler (Johannes) Tabulae Rudolphinae, 2 parts in 1, first edition, engraved allegorical frontispiece of the Temple of Urania by Georg Koeler bound after printed title, woodcut diagrams, k3 trimmed at fore-edge with loss to side-notes relating to the woodcuts, with the 8pp. Sportula Genethliacis Missa printed in 1629 included at the end of part 1, L3 part of the Tabulae (not a double-page letterpress table as in some copies), repairs to inner margin of tables near end with occasional loss to text, water-stained throughout, contemporary limp vellum, soiled, lacking ties, [Tomash & Williams K27; Houzeau & Lancaster 12754; Norman 1208], folio, Ulm, Jonas Saur, 1627. *** A very good copy in contemporary binding of what Kepler himself called his "chief astronomical work".  "In 1601 Kepler was charged by the dying Tycho Brahe to complete his proposed Rudolphine tables of planetary motion, to be based upon Tycho's great storehouse of observations. When the tables finally appeared twenty-six years later, Kepler excused the long delay in his preface, in which he cited not only salary and wartime difficulties, but also 'the novelty of my discoveries and the unexpected transfer of the whole of astronomy from fictitious circles to natural causes, which were most profound to investigate, difficult to explain, and difficult to calculate, since mine was the first attempt' (Gesammelte Werke 10, pp. 42-43; quoted in DSB). Kepler's work was shaped not only by his Copernican bias and his discovery of the laws of planetary motion, but by the 'happy calamity', in 1618, of his initiation into logarithms, which enabled him to make the complex calculations necessary for determining planetary orbits. Kepler was thus able to take into account the relative heliocentric positions of the earth and planets, calculating these positions separately and combining them to produce the geocentric position; this yielded far more accurate positions than in previous tables, which had erred by as much as five degrees. This improvement constituted a strong endorsement of the Copernican system, and insured the tables' dominance in the field of astronomy throughout the seventeenth century" (Norman). This copy with "Damnatus Author, opus permissum" [forbidden author, permitted work] written in a contemporary hand. Some of Kepler's works were included in the list of books banned by the Catholic Church in the Index Librorum Prohibitorum (eg Astronomia nova, 1609; Harmonices Mundi, 1619; Epitome Astronomiae Copernicanae, 1617-21) but were removed in the 19th century.

Medicine.- Scudamore (Charles) A Treatise on the Nature and Cure of Gout and Rheumatism, third edition, scattered spotting, ex-Richmond Physical Society with label and occasional ink-stamps, contemporary half-calf, cracked joints, upper cover becoming detached, rubbed and worn, 1819 § Arbuthnot (John) An Essay concerning the Nature of Ailments, and the Choice of Them, according to the different constitutions of Human Bodies ..., fourth edition, scattered spotting, bookplate, cracked hinges, contemporary calf, small loss to spine foot, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1756 § Taylor (Charles Bell) Lectures on Diseases of the Eye, ex-Nottingham Library with usual labels and ink-stamps, illustrations, original cloth, library label to upper cover, weak joints, loss to spine extremities, rubbed and worn, 1891; and others, medicine, 8vo & oblong folio (13) 

Eusebius Pamphili, of Caesarea. Evangelicae praparationis lib. XV. [&] Evangelicae demonstrationis lib. X., 2 parts in 1, collation: a-z6, aa-ss6, tt4; Aa-Zz6, AAa-Ccc6, Ddd4, 498, [2]; 138 [i.e. 318], [2] pp., Greek text, woodcut printer's device on titles (Estienne's basilisk as King's printer) and his olive tree device on verso of final leaf, numerous grotesque and foliated head-pieces and initials, errata leaf at end of each part, contemporary ink annotation in Greek to first leaf of text, first title lightly soiled and mounted on stub (also a6), slight worming to lower margin of first part, light water-staining to first and last few leaves, a few minor ink stains, some creasing to corners and at end, contemporary blind-stamped vellum, rubbed and soiled, lacking portion of vellum from lower cover (repaired), folio (320 x 220mm.), Paris, Robert Estienne, 1544-45..  *** A fine, wide-margined copy of the first edition of these two works by the Christian exegete Eusebius, Bishop of Caesarea, also known as Eusebius Pamphili. They are the second and third volumes in a series of Greek texts printed by the Typographus Regius Robert Estienne from manuscripts belonging to the Royal Library in Fontainbleau, which began with Eusebius' Ecclesiastica historia, published earlier in 1544. The Eusebius series represents the first appearance of the first font known as grecs du roi, the types commissioned by King François I and cut by Claude Garamond. "The cursive Greek types, still acknowledged as some of the finest ever cut, were based on the script of the calligrapher Angelo Vergezio, who was then engaged in transcribing and cataloguing Greek manuscripts for the royal library." (Mortimer, French, I, pp. 266-267). The editions are enriched by a handsome set of foliated and grotesque Greek initials and head-pieces, some of which are attributed to the renowned artist Geoffroy Tory.  Literature: Adams E1082 and E1087; Renouard, Estienne, 59-60; Mortimer, French, 220.

Orphans.- Pavia e Pona (António de) Orphanologia practica, em que se descreve tudo o que respeita aos Inventarios, partilhas, e mais dependencias dos pupillos, 3 parts in 1, second edition, double column, half-title, title printed in red and black and with woodcut ornament, woodcut head-and tail-pieces and decorative initials, contemporary ink notes to endpapers, browned (as often), some spotting or staining, contemporary calf, richly gilt spine in compartments and with burgundy morocco label, rubbed, [Innocêncio I, 218], Lisbon, Manoel Antonio Monteiro, 1759; and another, Orphans, small folio & 8vo (2) *** On orphans and their inheritances.

Great Domesday Book, Penny Edition, one of 250 numbered sets, 2 vol., full colour continuous tone offset lithographic facsimile, original calf-backed polished antique oak boards, 2 coins inset in vol. 1 (silver penny of William I, and proof specimen of 1986 bronze penny of Elizabeth II), together with Great Domesday: Introduction and Contents of the Manuscript, signed by Baron Hailsham and G.H. Martin (keeper of public records), original calf-backed cloth, t.e.g., original calf-backed slip-cases, 1986; Domesday Book Studies, illustrations, original cloth-backed boards together with Maps, 28 numbered folding colour maps, morocco-backed drop-back box, 1987; Indices 33 parts, original wrappers, morocco-backed drop-back box, 1988-92; Translation, 2 vol., morocco-backed cloth, t.e.g., 1992; and 2 other Great Domesday slip-case sets relating to Yorkshire and Middlesex, very slight rubbing, folio, 1986-92 (8).  

Manuscript Facsimile.- The Benedictional of Saint Aethelwold, one of 1,000 copies, original brown goatskin, gilt, g.e., Folio Society, 2001; with accompanying commentary volume, original cloth-backed boards, together housed in drop-back box, 2001 § Bede (The Venerable) The History of the Church of England, one of 485 copies, this one of 475 on paper, printed in red and black, wood-engraved illustrations, ink ownership inscription and library stamp to front endpapers, endpapers foxed, original red half calf, t.e.g., spine very lightly sunned, extremities slightly rubbed, 1930 § Alexander (Jonathan) & others. The York Gospels, limited edition for presentation to members of the Roxburghe Club, ink ownership inscription and sticker to front endpapers by Lord Kenyon, illustrations, some colour, original red morocco-backed boards, gilt, 1986; and 10 other manuscript facsimiles in slip-cases or boxes, 4to, 8vo and folio (13)

Numismatics.- Gori (Antonio Francesco) Museum Florentinum Exhibens... Antiqua Numismata, 2 vol. only (of 3), half-titles, vol. 1 title in red and black, 121 engraved plates, engraved vignettes and head-pieces, occasional spots or faint finger soiling, contemporary vellum, minor staining, folio, Florence, Franciscus Moücke, 1740-41*** Two numismatics volumes (of 3) from Gori's larger 12 vol. set on the antiquities exhibited in Florentine museums, published between the 1730s-1760s. 

Irish Parliament.- Anno Regni Caroli Regis, Angliæ, Scotiæ, Franciæ, et Hiberniæ ... At the Parliament begun and holden at Dublin ..., black letter, engraved title, 2 large armorial woodcuts (one Royal, one for Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Stafford), engraved initials, head- and tail-pieces, occasional faint marginal staining, early ink signature to armorial woodcut recto, bookplate, ex-Wigan Library with usual label, blind-stamps and presentation label, minor chipping to edges of first and last few ff., contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, rubbed, lacking ties, [ESTC S112080], folio, Dublin, Society of Stationers, Printers to the Kings most excellent Majesty, 1636.  *** Provenance: Ink signature of Ph: Mainwaring (1589-1661), and the bookplate of Sir Henry Mainwaring (1726-1797), both of the Mainwarings of Over Peover in Cheshire. Presentation label from Thomas Roberts to the Wigan Free Public Library, dated 1902. Bookplate and blind-stamps of Wigan Library.

Guillim (John) A Display of Heraldrie, third edition, title with loss to upper corner and text, laid down and detached, woodcut illustrations, some hand-coloured, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, lacking front free endpaper, E4 and 2K4, several ff. with tears and old repairs, occasionally affecting text or signatures, several ff. with loss to corners affecting text, old ink-stains and doodles, bookplate, later calf, weak joints, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, folio, by Thomas Cotes for Jacob Blome, 1638; sold not subject to return. 

Warwickshire.- Dugdale (Sir William) The Antiquities of Warwickshire, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece by Wenceslaus Hollar, title printed in red & black, 5 double-page engraved maps mounted on stubs and 11 engraved plates and plans by Hollar & others, numerous engraved illustrations including many full-page, errata leaf at end but lacking final blank, marginal paper reinforcement to frontispiece verso, repaired tear running into text R1 (no text lost), marginal paper repair at corner S1, damp-staining, light browning, twentieth century calf, gilt, rebacked, [Wing D2479], folio, Thomas Warren, 1656

Aesop. Aesop's Fables with his Life: in English, French and Latin, additional engraved pictorial title, engraved arms of the dedicatee, William Cavendish, Earl of Devonshire, frontispiece portrait of Aesop and 30 plates by Thomas Dudley only (lacking the 'indecent' plate 17), 107 engraved illustrations by Francis Barlow only, lacking R gathering pp.45-48 (replaced with duplicate Q although misleadingly signed R) and Rr1 pp.137-138, with duplicates of gatherings Bb pp.77-80 & 3M pp. 209-212 bound between 2X & 2Y pp.156-7, browned and water-stained, first few leaves defective at outer corners with slight loss to text or images (reinforced or laid down), some other tears and repairs, bookplate of Harold Bellamy Gardner, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed and stained, corners worn, rebacked in morocco, [Wing A703], folio, by H. Hills jun. for Francis Barlow, 1687; sold not subject to return *** With caption verses to fables by Aphra Behn.

Dryden (John) Fables Ancient and Modern, first edition, lacking half-title and ?final blank, spotting and staining, occasional rust-holes affecting odd letter, later endpapers, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed and worn, bumping to corners and extremities, Jacob Tonson, 1700 § Dugdale (Sir William) A Perfect Copy of all Summons of the Nobility to the Great Councils and Parliaments of this Realm ..., 2pp. manuscript note in an early hand signed Lord Halsted bound-in, occasional marginal ink and pencil annotations, one or two trimmed, 2Y4 with small loss to bottom edge not affecting text, armorial bookplate of Hugh Cecil Earl of Lonsdale, near contemporary diced calf, gilt arms to boards, gilt borders, cracked joints but holding firm, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, by S.R. for Robert Clavell, 1685; and 7 others including 3 odd volumes on the West Indies, folio & 8vo (10).bfeghreahtahtahraehrEG

Gibbon (Edward) The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 8 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece, 2 folding maps, one with short tear at gutter, scattered spotting, previous owner's ink signature to two titles, contemporary diced calf, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1821 § Cervantes Saavedra (Miguel de) The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote, 3 vol., translated by T. Smollett, illustrated by George Cruikshank, 3 frontispieces and 15 plates, scattered spotting, most to plates, previous owner's ink signatures to front free endpapers, bookplate, contemporary calf,  red and green calf spine labels, 1833 § Bray (William, editor) Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn, F.R.S., 4 vol., engraved frontispiece, plates, previous owner's ink inscription to vol. 1, scattered faint spotting, contemporary half-calf, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1862-63; and 2 other sets, 8vo & folio (21)

Folio Society limited edition map of Mundi (The Hereford World Map), number 363/1000, published 2010, 125cm x 150cm high, in presentation box with certificate

Folio Society: The Life of St Edmund King and Martyr, with accompanying commentary volume The Life of Saint Edmund King & Martyr, by John Lydgate, housed together in publisher's original solander box

The Norton Facsimile; The First Folio of Shakespeare, Based on Folios in the Folger Shakespeare Library Collection, prepared by Charlton Hinman, published by W. W. Norton & Company, second edition, 1996, in quarter morocco binding and complete with the original slipcase; with Shakespeare’s Life and World compiled by Katherine Duncan-Jones, published by The Folio Society (2004), in the original slipcase.

Folio Society editions of The Bible and The Book of Common Prayer, both published in 2008 and complete with the original slipcases, the latter bound in quarter morocco

Oxford University Press and Folio Society collection – ‘Shorter Oxford English Dictionary’, two volumes, half morocco bindings and slipcase, fifth edition (2002), ‘Oxford Thesaurus of English’, limited Folio Society edition, 850/1500, bound in half morocco with slipcase (2004), and four-volume dictionary and thesaurus set in full morocco bindings, gilt fore-edges and slipcase (2000-2003).

Collection of Folio Society books, fiction works, to include ‘The Golden Flecee’ by Robert Graves, Jane Austen’s ‘Pride and Prejudice’, ‘Catch 22’ by Joseph Heller, etc, the majority of which are in their original slipcase, 24 volumes

Two reproduction L S Lowry prints, watercolour after Samuel Prout, an engraving, and unframed oil painting and a folio of miscelaneous prints engraving s and odd postcards (qty)

A FOLIO OF ASSORTED PICTURE TO INC A BASIL BRADLEY ENGRAVING, ROB HEFFERNAN, JAMES WRIGHT, DOROTHY LOCKLEY ETC. (7)

WESTMINSTER COLLECTION, TWO PENNY BLUE in original folio

Great Britain Artist's Essays A large folio case crammed with material from the studio of Carol Walklin, for designs commissioned in the late 1970s and early 1980s, including accepted design for the 1981 'A Dickens Christmas' air letter, lots of hand-painted essays including for an unadopted Christmas stamp set and competing designs for the 1981 Folklore issue, one of which evolved into the adopted air letter design, plus photographic proofs, printed overlays and material sent from the Post Office to aid the process (or as post-production souvenirs incl. pack of 1983 £1.60 booklet covers of Walklin's design), as well as original commssioning letters etc. A fascinating glimpse behind the scenes. This is the retained part of this artist's archive sold at Sotheby's 19/11/1985 (Lot 255) for £1,400.

A selection of children's and other books to include various Ladybird books, collection of Elsie J Oxenhome books, some 1st editions, Helen Bennerman - The story of Little Black Senmbo , N.D. spine missing Cassel's family magazine, ornaments, Folio editions and othersLocation:

Group of picturesChinese and Persian, including a pair of Chinese watercolours of birds, blossom and lotus leaves, 8.5cm x 24cm, and two Persian miniature/folio page watercolour/gouache studies, 20cm x 29cm and 12.5cm x 35cm (4) Some marks on the Chinese watercolours.

Queen; The Neal Preston Photographs Edited by Dave Brolan published Reel Art Press 2020, a fully illustrated folio volume with images taken by the band's photographer, including many previously unpublished, bound in heavy colour laminated boards

[Beatles Interest] The Travelling Wilburys Genesis Publications 2009, limited to 3000 numbered copies, signed by Jeff Lynne, a fully illustrated hardback folio volume housed in slipcase with colour onlay title and in publisher's printed cloth bag

Wembley Or Bust; Jeff Lynne’s ELO Genesis Publications 2018, limited to 1500 numbered copies, signed by Jeff Lynne, a fully illustrated folio volume bound in gilt leather backed colour printed cloth boards and slipcase with printed cloth sack and publisher's cloth bag

[Beatles Interest] Mike McCartney’s Early Liverpool with Photographs & Drawings by Mike McCartney, published Genesis Publications 2021, limited to 2000 numbered copies, signed by Michael McCartney / Mike McGear, a fully illustrated folio volume, gilt edging and cloth backed gilt embossed covers, with photograph in envelope loosely inserted. Housed in colour slipcase with printed cloth sack and publisher's cloth bag

[The Beatles] Hamburg Days by Astrid Kirchherr & Klaus Voormann and compiled by Ulf Kruger, published Genesis Publications 1999, limited to 2500 signed and numbered copies, a fully illustrated folio volume with colour photographic covers with separate illustrated volume of The Paintings by Klaus Voormann – the two volumes housed in a printed cloth covered box in publisher's printed cloth bag

[Beatles Interest] Concert for George, Royal Albert Hall London November 29th 2002 edited by Olivia Harrison & Brian Roylance Genesis Publications, limited to 2500 numbered copies, signed by Olivia Harrison, fully illustrated folio volume bound in decorated padded cloth and housed in padded clamshell box with inserts, programme, booklet, printed cloth sack and publisher's printed cloth bag

[Folio Society] P.G. Wodehouse Jeeves & Wooster, collection of eleven titles published Folio Society 1996 & 2000, illustrated by Paul Cox in colour illustrated boards, housed in 2 slipcases together with Wodehouse Leave It To Psmith 1986, in slipcase (12)

[Folio Society] Collection of illustrated novels to include 6 volumes by Anthony Trollope including Phineas Finn, The Eustace Diamonds and Can You Forgive Her and 4 volumes by Thomas Hardy including Tess of The d’Urbervilles and Far From the Madding Crowd, with another 4 volumes including Dickens and Shakespeare (14)

[Folio Society] Kenneth Grahame The Wind In The Willows illustrated by James Lynch, bound in silk with gilt decoration. Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures & Through The Looking Glass illustrated Tenniel in 2 volumes. Frances Burnett The Secret Garden. C.S. Lewis The Screwtape Letters. Kipling’s Poems illustrated W. Heath Robinson. Adventures of Robin Hood illustrated John Holder, Edward Lear’s Complete Nonsense and three others (11)

[Folio Society] Agatha Christie Miss Marple Stories illustrated 2003. G.K. Chesterton The Father Brown Stories, 2 volumes illustrated by Val Biro 1996. Georges Simenon Maigret Trilogy 2018 in 3 volumes. Stories From The Strand 1992. Irish Short Stories 1999. Joseph Conrad’s Typhoon & Other Tales. Crime & Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 1997, all in slipcases (10)

[Folio Society] Samuel Taylor Coleridge Selected Poems, leather backed boards. Betjamen Selected Poems. George Orwell Animal Farm illustrated by Quentin Blake. To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf. Flora Thompson’s Lark Rise. Dylan Thomas Under Milk Wood. Walt Whitman Specimen Days in America. EF Benson The Mapp and Lucia Novels in 6 volumes together with two others, all but first in slipcases (15)

[Folio Society] Travels of Marco Polo. Mission To Tashkent by Lieut Bailey. Impossible Journeys. Shackleton’s Boat Journey. The Buccaneers of America. English Journey by J.B. Priestley. Betjeman’s Britain. Wren’s London. Egypt Revealed. Fuller’s Worthies. The Worlds of John Aubrey and 3 others. [Lancashire] The Tyldesley Diary Illustrated 1873, in half leather (15)

[Folio Society] W.B. Yeats Selected Poems & Paintings 1998. Blake’s Songs of Innocence & Experience. The Impressionist Revolution. Life of The Artists by Giorgio Vasari in 3 volumes. The Pre-Raphaelites & Their World. Ovid’s The Art of Love, Bestiary 764 facsimile. Plato Symposium. The Shadow of Vesuvius and a Victorian leather bound copy of Legends of Madonna by Mrs. Jameson published in 1864 (12)

[Folio Society] The Complete Molesworth by Geoffrey Willans & Ronald Searle 2007. Hilaire Belloc Cautionary Tales illustrated 1997. Folio Book of Humorous Verse. The Pick of Punch. The Cream of Noel Coward. The Wit of Oscar Wilde. The Plums of P.G. Wodehouse and Saki, Dorothy Parker etc, all in slipcases (15)

[Folio Society] Saints & Sinners by Eamon Duffy. The Gunpowder Plot. The Elizabethan Underworld. Life & Death of Thomas Wolsey. Mozart. The Greek Myths by Robert Graves in 2 volumes. The Twelve Caesars. The Monks of War by Desmond Seward. Medieval People. Utopia by Thomas More. Chartres by Colin Ward and eight others (20)

[Folio Society] Thomas Hardy a boxed set of six titles including Far From the Madding Crowd & Tess of the d’Urbervilles. Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility and Emma. Hours In A Library by Leslie Stephens in 3 volumes together with Dickens, Bronte etc (19)

The Tales of Beedle The Bard Translated from the original runes by Hermione Granger with Commentary by Albus Dumbledore and Introduction, Notes and Illustrations by J.K. Rowling issued by Amazon 2008 for Childrens High Level Group a collector's edition comprising a book bound in faux leather with silver metal embellishments, skull and clasp in a velvet bag with authors gold braid signature, housed in sunken compartment in leather book-shaped box with titling, an envelope with prints contained inside front board and with card dust-cover (folio)