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EDWARD VII: (1841-1910) King of the United Kingdom 1901-10. D.S., Edward R & I, as King, at the head, one page, large oblong folio, Court of Saint James, 1st March 1905. The partially printed document is a diplomatic commission appointing John Bowring Spence to be Consul for the provinces of Dalmatia, Carniola and the Austrian Littoral and to reside at Trieste and grants him the power and authority to 'aid and protect Our Merchants and others Our Subjects, who may trade with, or visit, or reside. in the said Provinces and also to appoint Vice Consuls....'. Countersigned at the foot by Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice (1845-1927) 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, British Statesman, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1900-05. With a blind embossed seal. A manuscript docket appears to the verso, in German, dated at Vienna, 10th April 1905, signed by Count Agenor Maria Goluchowski (1849-1921) Polish Statesman, Minister of the Imperial and Royal House and of Foreign Affairs of Austria-Hungary 1895-1906.  Some overall staining, discoloration and age wear, slightly affecting the text and signatures, FR

[MALMEDY MASSACRE]: An attractive D.S. by the Burgermeister of Malmedy, one page, folio, Malmedy, 18th November 1941, in German. The red and black printed document is an appointment certificate issued to Wilhelm Buhrke, making him an honorary civil servant on the recommendation of the representative of the NSDAP and district president in Aachen, signed in bold fountain pen ink by the Burgermeister at the foot alongside the official circular black ink stamp of the Stadt Malmedy. Together with a second attractive D.S. by an unidentified SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer, one page, oblong folio, Aachen, 18th May 1941, in German, also issued to Wilhelm Buhrke at Malmedy, the document featuring borders with a design incorporating swords and oakleaves and with an image of the Nazi eagle and swastika at the head. Both documents are loosely inserted into a red hardbound folio folder with stamped titles and emblems, including the Nazi eagle and swastika, to the cover. G to VG, 3 Wilhelm Buhrke served as the Kreiskriegerfuhrer at the time of the Malmedy Massacre, a war crime committed by members of the Kampfgruppe Peiper (part of the 1st SS Panzer Division) at theBaugnez crossroads near Malmedy, Belgium, on 17th December 1944 during the Battle of the Bulge. Over 80 American prisoners of war were killed by their German captors and further massacres were committed by the same unit in the following days, eventually resulting in the Malmedy Massacre trial which was conducted as part of the Dachau Trials in 1946.  

 ALEXANDER II: (1818-1881) Emperor of Russia 1855-81. Assassinated. D.S., Alexander, in Cyrillic, one page, folio, n.p., 1869, in Cyrillic. The partially printed document appoints Hans Lothar von Schweinitz to be a Knight of the Imperial and Tsarist Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st Class. Signed by the Emperor at the conclusion alongside a blind embossed paper seal. With integral leaf bearing a docket in German and dated at Marburg, 1901. A band of discoloration to the right and lower edges and some small tears and extremely small areas of paper loss and with a light circular stain, only very slightly affecting the conclusion of the Emperor’s signature, G   Hans Lothar von Schweinitz (1822-1901) Prussian General of the Infantry who served as the Prussian Minister in Saint Petersburg 1865-69 and as German Ambassador in Saint Petersburg 1876-92.  

 MUSSOLINI BENITO: (1883-1945) Italian Fascist Dictator of World War II. T.L.S., Mussolini, two pages, small folio, Rome, 23rd May 1925, to the President of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister), President of the Supreme Defence Commission. on the printed stationery of the Minister of the Navy, in Italian. Mussolini’s letter is written in regard to the ‘Assignment of a Navy Corps of Engineers senior officer to the Joint Supreme Defence Commission on the basis of art.4 of the Presidential Decree 21st June 1923’ and states, in part, ‘The Office of the General Staff of the Royal Navy since May 1924 raised the very important question concerning requirements that merchant ships should meet to be inscribed in the State auxiliary fleet from the point of view of the buoyancy safety, armament, provisions for airplanes etc. in order to let the Merchant Navy to take part in resistance and national defence in the event of a war. The question later developed by the Supreme Defence Commission and conveyed for the necessary technical opinions to the Committee for ship projects has recently…..given rise to a settlement scheme that should now further be developed. Your Excellency with a letter from March this year stressed on the necessity to properly provide these important studies “for the reconstitution of the auxiliary fleet which the Supreme Defence Commission intends to gradually implement in order to assure to the Country maritime communications and supplies in case of conflict”. I would therefore judge necessary and urgent that a Navy Corps of Engineers senior officer, to be appointed for this task, which I would indicate in the Navy Corps Engineers Colonel Pugliese Umberto, particularly competent in the matter. This Superior Officer should be assigned to the Joint Supreme Defence Commission…..and…..during the period of preparation of studies, this Superior Officer would depend on the Office of the General Staff of the Royal Navy for the necessary connections with this Supreme Defence Commission and with the other institutions interested in carrying out the same studies’. With an official red ink stamp and several annotations to the head of the first page. A letter of good content in which Mussolini looks to strengthen the Italian Navy ahead of a potential war. A few extremely small tears and light age wear to the edges, not affecting the text or signature, otherwise VG   The present letter is a curious example of Italian bureaucracy as Mussolini was in fact writing to himself – the Italian Dictator was serving as both Minister of the Navy (January 1933 – July 1943) and President of the Council of Ministers (October 1922 – July 1943) at the time.  

WOODY WILLIAM S.: (1925-1989) American Commander with the United States Navy who served in World War II and also saw action in Korea. A small collection of personal items previously belonging to William Sterling Woody and relating to his career in the United States Navy including his hardback 8vo Aviators Flight Log Book covering the period March 1945 – September 1950 and with many entries in his hand, signed on numerous occasions by Woody and his commanding officers, his CAA-WTS Flight Training Record for 1944, completed by Woody and signed by him and his instructors, his United States Department of Commerce CAA War Training Service Pilot Rating Book for 1944, completed and signed by Woody and his instructors and featuring various comments regarding his progress (‘Student is relaxed and is very eager to learn’), a folio hardback record ledger used as a flight log for various pilots including Woody and others, completed in pencil to a small number of pages at the beginning and covering the period September 1953 – March 1954, Woody’s khaki garrison cap featuring a blue and gold Navy V-5 patch, etc. Some light overall age wear, generally G, 6 

 POMARE IV: (1813-1877) Queen of Tahiti 1827-77. L.S., Pomare, one page, folio, Porapora, 8th April 1857, to one of the tax administrators of Tahiti, in a Polynesian language, most likely Maori, on the Queen’s blind embossed stationery. The untranslated letter is boldly signed by the Queen at the conclusion. With integral address leaf (a few small areas of paper loss caused by the breaking of the original seal). Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG 

 RUSSELL LORD JOHN: (1792-1878) British Prime Minister 1846-52, 1865-66. L.S., J Russell, one page, folio, Whitehall, 24th November 1837, to the Archdeacon of Suffolk. Russell writes, in full, 'I have had the honour to lay before The Queen, the loyal and dutiful Address on the Occasion of Her Majesty's Accession to the Throne, from the Archdeacon and clergy of the Archdeaconry of Suffolk. And I have to inform you that the same was very graciously received by Her Majesty'. Some light creasing to the upper left corner, not affecting the text or signature, otherwise VG   Henry Berners (1769-1852) Archdeacon of Suffolk 1819-46.   Queen Victoria had acceded to the throne on 20th June 1837, less than six months before the date of Russell's letter. The future Prime Minister served as Home Secretary from 1835-39. 

 SIDMOUTH VISCOUNT: (1757-1844) British Prime Minister 1801-04. L.S., Sidmouth, two pages, folio, Whitehall, 3rd December 1819, to Thomas Wallace. Sidmouth writes, in full, 'I have had the Honour to lay before His Royal Highness The Prince Regent the Declaration, delivered to me by you, of the Gentlemen, Clergy, and Inhabitants of the Parish of Haltwhistle in the County of Northumberland. And I am to acquaint you that His Royal Highness is much gratified by this Testimony of their firm Attachment to the Constitution of their Country, and their Determination to uphold and defend it'. Very slightly irregularly trimmed to the left edge, only very slightly affecting one word of text, and with a very small area of paper loss to the lower left corner. About VG   Thomas Wallace (1768-1844) 1st Baron Wallace. English Politician, Member of Parliament for Weymouth 1818-28. Wallace acquired Featherstone Castle near Haltwhistle, in Northumberland and remodelled it in a Gothic Style in the 1820s.  

 [GORING HERMANN]: (1893-1946) German Political and Military leader, a prominent member of the Nazi Party. Commander of the Luftwaffe during World War II. KEITEL BODEWIN (1888-1953) German General of World War II, Chief of the Army Personnel Office of the Reichswehr and the Wehrmacht 1938-42. Brother of Wilhelm Keitel. An important D.S., Keitel, one page, folio, n.p. (Berlin?), n.d. (c.1940), in German. The elegantly penned manuscript document is a contemporary copy of the original document promoting Hermann Goring to be a General of Infantry, as issued in Berlin on 30th August 1933 and originally signed by Paul von Hindenburg (President of the German Reich), Werner von Blomberg (Commander-in-Chief of the Reichswehr) and Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord (Chief of the German Army Command). Signed by Keitel at the foot in his capacity as Chief of the Army Personnel Office, certifying that the document is a correct copy, and bearing an official circular black ink stamp featuring the Nazi eagle and swastika alongside his signature. A document of historic content, illustrating Adolf Hitler consolidating his military power in 1933, as well as that of Goring who would become the second most powerful man in Germany. Some very light, extremely minor creasing and a few very light stains, not affecting the text or signature, VG Following Adolf Hitler's appointment as Chancellor of Germany in January 1933 Hermann Goring was appointed as minister without portfolio, as well as Minister of the Interior for Prussia and Reich Commissioner of Aviation. One of his first acts as a cabinet minister was to oversee the creation of the Gestapo, which was established in November 1933, just a few months after the original promotion document was presented to Goring.  The present document may have been prepared as a certified copy for retention in the archives of the Army Personnel Office, or may have been issued as a duplicate copy to Hermann Goring himself for his personal records.  

 FORD JOHN: (1894-1973) Irish-American Film Director, Academy Award winner. A good collection of twelve A.Ls.S. and two T.Ls.S., most signed Pappy, mainly on picture postcards although a few letters on folio sheets of feint ruled paper, various places, 1942-64 and a few undated, all to Meta Stern. The director writes a series of social letters to his friend, stating, in part, ‘We are all well and send our love. However, life here is not all hula girls’ (also signed by four others and written on a postcard from the Moana Hotel at Waikiki and postmarked by the US Navy, March 1942), ‘No kidding, this is Pappy writing you a letter at long last, but when I start to write there just doesn’t seem to be anything to say. I think I’m getting war weary. The boys all came through the invasion in great style……Meta, war is hell, especially in Washington. I’m a wreck…..Willy-nilly Navy may order me to M.G.M. for temporary duty (God what a war) to direct “They Were Expendable”. The money, of course, I will use as trust fund for my boys….’ (14th September 1944, signed ‘The Director’ in bold pencil and accompanied by an unsigned carbon typed copy), ‘St. Pat’s day greetings. Tell the ladies of the “Green Valley” club that we have our party on my return’ (14th March 1955), ‘Start in coupla days. Looks good. Swell cast etc.’ (26th March 1956), , ‘finish to-morra, cast weather swell. Its been really fun. 4 days ahead’ (3rd April 1956), ‘Iceland bound…..wrapped up in blankets & sister is it cold……this is fairly legible for a guy writing with gloves on, eh?.....Mark the saluting Demon is aide-de-camping all over the place – gold ropes on his shoulder – sir this, sir that & has everything all screwed up. My address is Rear Admiral John Ford USNR….Navy No 510….New York. Hell Meta I’ll write when I get there. My hands are freezing…..We are now turning South & going to the Azores!!!! S-H-I-T’ (‘Somewhere in the Artic’, n.d.), ‘Quite a movie colony here – Raoul Walsh…..Harry Cohen’s, Geo. Sidneys, L. K. Sidney, Alfred Hitchcock und frau & assorted characters whom I know not….’ (n.d.). Also including an original telegram (received copy) from Ford to Sterne, dated 18th April 1947 and stating, in part, ‘Please have Hank Fonda remake following lines because of dirty negatives quote I have no wine for the mass stop quote Is there any in the house stop……’. Some light creasing and age wear to the letters and one with a large tear crudely repaired with Sellotape and just affecting a few words of text but not the signature. FR (1), G to generally VG, 16   Meta Stern (1899-1975) American Researcher & Script Supervisor who worked on various films, mainly during the 1940s and 1950s, including twelve which were directed by John Ford, amongst them The Grapes of Wrath (1940), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) and The Quiet Man (1952).   John Ford served as head of the photographic unit for the Office of Strategic Services during World War II, making documentaries for the Navy Department. Commissioned as a Commander in the United States Navy Reserve, Ford won two Oscars during this time. The director filmed the Japanese attack on Midway and was also present at Omaha Beach on D-Day. His last wartime film, mentioned in the present letters, was They Were Expendable (1945) which provided an account of America’s disastrous defeat in The Philippines. Ford repeatedly declared that he disliked the film and had never watched it, complaining that he had been forced into making it. Ford remained an officer in the United States Navy Reserve after World War II, returning to active service in the Korean War and being promoted to Rear Admiral on his final day of service.  

NAPOLEON I: (1769-1821) French Military and Political leader, Emperor of France 1804-14, 1815. A very fine D.S., Bonaparte, as General in Chief of the Army, three pages, folio, Cairo, Egypt, 27 Fructidor, year 6 (13th September 1798), in French. The lengthy manuscript document is in the form of a report prepared for Napoleon, providing plans for the loading of a cargo to be made of products from Egypt and to be sold in Smyrna and Salonika, giving very detailed instructions for the transportation of the Egyptian produce, comprising rice, ammonium salt, incense and coffee, to markets in Greece and the Levant and for the subsequent use of the local monies generated in income, the report justifying the selection of produce ‘Because the English, in case they come and visit, would be more easily persuaded that this shipment belongs to locals who never allocate all their funds to one good’ and  ‘because the coffee would facilitate the outright sale of all the rice, in case it was abundant in Smyrna and in Salonika, where a lot of it is shipped and sold when there is a lack of rice from here. From then on, buyers who would like to buy coffee, since it is a much sought-after commodity, would have to buy a quantity of rice equal to the quantity of coffee they would ask for. This way, the deal would only be quicker, and infinitely more profitable’, further stating ‘Ammonium salt would find its place, for there is such a lack of it in the Levant, where they haven’t received any of it from England for a long time……And although it is expensive here, it deserves our attention, especially if the quantity produced could be larger. Incense, because of its great consumption by the Greeks, in their homes and in their churches, would be an excellent good. We would need fine quality, and white. This constitutes, at all time, an easy trade’, adding that ‘The same applies to good quality hemp, since I have heard there won’t be any of it shipped to Turkey, as well as seeds and other drugs in Constantinople, but as it is not a good time to put together a large shipment because of its scarcity, we can choose goods that are easier to obtain, while making sure to give preference to the ones that can facilitate the trade of rice, which should be the base of the load’. The author of the report also remarks ‘This shipment’s net proceeds would be spent right away on wet goods such as wine, spirits, fine linseed oil. I would buy the wine in Santorini, Naxos, or any other island in the archipelago where they produce it in great quality. I would prefer these islands to Tenedos, because although the wine there is as good in colour and in taste, they are less busy - I could make purchases and load the ship in much less time. Besides, the load would look like it is destined to be shipped to Russia, which they do in that area now and again. This pretext would hide the destination all the more since I have known the merchants of the said islands for several years; they know I was conducting business in the Black Sea when I was settled in Bucharest’, continuing to inform Napoleon that ‘I could also load dry fruits, such as figs and various types of raisins. I will arrive just as the shipments to Russia begin, and very certainly nobody will assume that what I bought was to be shipped to Egypt. It will, moreover, be up to me to take all the precautions, for a swift and fortunate return, the season we are about to enter being the most favourable for such venture’ also adding various reasons why he is ‘convinced that I would easily escape our enemies’ vigilance’ and recommending a sailing ship and Captain named Hadgi Ourea Dipsara based in Alexandria, whom he has known for a long time, adding ‘It would be his decision to choose a suitable night to slip away without being seen’ and concluding ‘He would certainly succeed thanks to his vessel being in a superior running order, and well-found since he has 25 men, then would go to the harbour to find the 250 barrels, which is more than adequate for the goods referred to above. They will be loaded in appearance for various Greek and Turkish recipients, and branded as such. To add more credibility to the operation, each part will have an accompanying letter written in the oriental style.’ At the conclusion of the report appears a statement in another hand, reading, in full, ‘Desirous of favouring the said commercial undertaking, as much as to have news of what is happening on the archipelago as to procure wine for Egypt, Citizen Poussielque will draw up a report for me concerning the means at our disposal for procuring the above mentioned cargo’. The instruction is signed by Napoleon at the conclusion. A document of fascinating content. Some very light, extremely minor age wear and one very small, neat tear to the upper right corner of the final page, only very slightly running through two lines of text, VGIn 1798 Bonaparte led a military expedition to Egypt which was to serve as a springboard to his goal of achieving political power (a coup was orchestrated by Bonaparte in November 1799 with the result of him becoming First Consul of the Republic).  In August 1798, the month before the present document was signed, the British Fleet commanded by Horatio Nelson had captured or destroyed all but two French vessels in the Battle of the Nile which had severely damaged Napoleon’s desire to strengthen the French position in the Mediterranean. His army had succeeded in a temporary increase of French power in Egypt, although it faced repeated uprisings. Citizen Poussielque served as the Chief Administrator of the French Army. 

NO RESERVE Pascin (Jules).- Hemin (Yves) & others. Pascin: Catalogue Raisonné, vol.1 & 2 only (of 5: Peintures, Aquarelles, Pastels, Dessins), limited edition, original cloth, dust-jackets, 1984-87 § Drawings by Pascin, one of 200 copies, loose as issued in original cloth portfolio, slip-case, 1966, illustrations, some colour, Paris; and 6 others on Pascin, 4to & folio (9)

NO RESERVE Villon (Jacques).- Ginestet (Colette de) & Catherine Pouillon. Jacques Villon: Les Estampes et les Illustrations. Catalogue Raisonné, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, small split at hinge, folio, Paris, 1979.

Grigoriev (Boris).- Réau (Louis) & others. Boris Grigoriev: Faces of Russia, number 23 of 500 copies signed by the artist, 30 plates & illustrations, most tipped in, many colour, tissue guards, vignettes printed in brown, original pictorial half vellum, gilt, a little soiled and browned, bumped at edges and corners, 1924 § Vsevolod (D. & V.) Intimité, out-of-series copy from an edition limited to 1000, text in Russian, plates by Grigoriev, colour frontispiece not mounted but bound in (smaller), later cloth with original upper wrapper mounted on cover, rubbed, sticker to upper cover, St.Petersburg, 1918 § Grigoriev (B.) Rasseja, plates and illustrations, original pictorial cloth, Potsdam & Berlin, 1921, folio & 4to (3)

NO RESERVE Picasso (Pablo).- Ramié (Alain) Picasso: Catalogue of the Edited Ceramic Works 1947-1971, 2 vol., photographic reprint, original wrappers, plate vol. spiral-bound, 1988; Céramique de Picasso, Paris, 1974 § McCully (M.) Picasso: Painter and Sculptor in Clay, New York, 1999 § Temkin (Ann) & Anne Umland. Picasso: Sculpture, New York, 2015 § Giménez (C.) & others. Picasso and the Age of Iron, New York, 1993, illustrations, many colour, all but the first original cloth with dust-jackets, the second slightly defective; and 12 others on Picasso's ceramics and sculpture, some catalogues, 4to & folio (18)

NO RESERVE Monet (Claude).- Wildenstein (Daniel) Monet or the Triumph of Impressionism [& Catalogue Raisonné], 5 vol. including supplement, supplement in French, illustrations, some colour, original cloth, supplement with dust-jacket and a little larger, Cologne & Lausanne, 1996-91; and 7 others on Monet, 4to & folio (12)

NO RESERVE Bugatti (Rembrandt).- Des Cordes (J-C. & V.F.) Rembrandt Bugatti: Catalogue Raisonné, limited edition, Paris, 1987 § Horswell (Edward) Rembrandt Bugatti: Life in Sculpture, signed by the author on title, 2004, illustrations, some colour, original cloth with dust-jackets; and 4 others on Bugatti, folio & 4to (6)

NO RESERVE Chagall (Marc).- Lassaigne (Jacques) Marc Chagall: Drawings and Water Colors for the Ballet, with an original colour lithograph printed by Mourlot Frères, New York, 1969 § Meyer (Franz) Marc Chagall, New York, [c.1963] § Kamenski (Alexandre) Chagall: Periode Russe et Sovietique 1907-1922, Paris, 1988 § Heinrich (C.) & others. Chagall, Kandinsky, Malewitsch und die Russiche Avantgarde, Hamburg, 1998 § Baal-Teshuva (J.) Marc Chagall 1887-1985, Cologne, 1998, plates and illustrations, many colour, original cloth or boards with dust-jackets, the first slightly frayed at edges; and 11 others on Chagall, folio & 4to (16)

NO RESERVE Courbet (Gustave).- Fernier (Robert) La Vie et l'Oeuvre de Gustave Courbet: Catalogue Raisonné, 2 vol., illustrations, some colour, original cloth with dust-jackets, Lausanne & Paris, 1977; and 9 others on Courbet & others, folio & 4to (11)

A vellum leaf painted with 6 illuminated capitals depicting Bibical scenes; a 'Cyprus Holiday 1885' folio journal in paper cover; Alan Bennett 'Office Story' typescript for LWT programme, 1978, (Rosamund Greenwood's copy); and a few engravings

Church literature, mostly leather bound, a mixed assortment of mostly 19th century books, including Pearson (J) Exposition of the Creed, 4th edition 1676, folio, binding worn; Tillotson's Works, 1722, vol. II only, folio, rebacked; others and odd volumes

A small group of Folio Society books including The Lord of the Rings trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkein, The Fables of Aesop, The Greek Myths volumes 1 and 2 by R. Graves, etc.

ADDED LOT A 19th century oval hand-coloured engraving (originally from a book/folio) 'Puck's Palette (A little memento found in our Artist's studio after his departure for Europe, the work shows James Abbott McNeil Whistler as the "Rake" surrounded by the ladies, thus, the Artist's Palette!), 33cm x 41cm, faux-walnut-framed and glazed

Pablo Picasso, Spanish (1881-1973) Color crayons on paper printed with publisher's information "Head of a Satyr". Signed, inscribed Pour Pierre Bertrand and dated 12.8.63. Original Parke-Bernet Catalog Pages of the item from their sale in 1966 where the work was offered affixed verso. Also various labels including Kulicke Frames, NY. Measures 10-3/4" x 14-1/2", frame measures 25-34" x 21-3/4". Condition: The folio is slightly loose inside the frame, light toning from age. Estimate: $30000.00 - $50000.00 Domestic Shipping: $285.00

A late Victorian silver and tortoiseshell folio page turner, with a spiral handle and long oval turner, Birmingham, 1888, 41.5cm long CONDITION REPORT: blade is chipped in numerous places, silver handle is scratched and minor dents, conversant with use

THE HAMMOND NEW WORLD LOOSE LEAF ATLAS, FOLIO, 6TH EDITION, MAROON BUCKRAM

FOUR SHELVES OF FOLIO SOCIETY BOOKS

TEN FOLIOS FROM A DISPERSED ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT, CENTRAL INDIA, CIRCA 18TH CENTURY, ink and gouache with gold on paper, depicting scenes from the life of Krishna, each inscribed in devanagari with punctuation and significant words in red,16 x 12.5cm; 6 1/4 x 5in each (folio) Condition: Illuminations generally good, some damage with losses and staining to margins

An interesting folio of 19th and 20th century watercolours and sketches, including a watercolour by Charles James Lauder, (Scottish School). Approximately 20 artworks in total, some signed.

A. TuckerThe Watermillsigned, grisaille watercolour, 28.5cm x 20.5cm; a small folio of four pencil sketches by Robert Kennard, street scenes, each measuring 28cm x 38.5cm; a pencil sketch monogrammed JMB (6)

An Interesting folio of original Ladybird Book type illustrations, including Goldilocks, Footballers, African scenes, cats, the solar system etc, approximately 12

A 12TH CENTURY SELJUK KORAN FOLIO (AD 750-1258), 28cm x 22cm.

Trollope (Francis E. & Thomas A., editor). Italy from the Alps to Mlount Etna, 1877, numerous engraved plates, engravings to text, original gilt decorated cloth, spine repaired to rear joint, folio

Shakespeare (William). The Works of Shakspeare, 2 volumes, Imperial Edition, edited Charles Knight, circa 19th Century, numerous steel engraved plates, contemporary half morocco gilt, worn, folio

[Vernet, Antoine Charles Horace]. Campagnes des Francais sous le Consulat & L’Empire Album de Cinquante-Deux Batailles et cent Portraits des Marechaux, Generaux et Personnages les plus Illustres de L’Epoque et le Portrait de Napoleon 1er. published Paris, no date, circa mid 19th Century, portrait frontispiece, fifty-seven engraved plates, contemporary cloth, rebacked, folio

Suiceri (Joh. Caspari) Thesaurus Ecclesiasticus e Patribus Graecis..., 2 volumes (in one), published Amsterdam, 1682, additional engraved title page, contemporary annotations to margins, contemporary vellum, folio

Two vintage cases, vintage leather bag, folio case and sewing box with contents

GUSTAVE DORE ILLUSTRATIONS. "Fables de la Fontaine." plts comp, orig cl gt, recased, folio, c1860's; plus 2 misc.

GILBERT (C.S.). "An Historical Survey of the County of Cornwall ..." 3 Vols, engr plts etc comp, well bound calf gilt recased, folio, 1817-20 good set.

WILLIAM BORLASE. "The Natural History of Cornwall." 28 (of 29, missing plt eleven) engr plts which incls map, old covers worn, folio, 1758.

NUMISMATICS."British Coins." 24 hand col engr prints after Smirke, printed Bowyer 1796, loose, large folio.

Letarovilly (P), Edifices de Rome Moderne Folio, published Paris 1850, a 1936 Bibby's Annual, various early/mid 20th century Italian and other magazines and historic newspapers and other ephemera

Lancelot Speed ( 20th Century), a folio of watercolour studies for theatrical costume, a mixed folio of sketches and charactertures, various 1980's and other posters and similar items, a quantity

Edmund Dulac's Fairy Book, published by Hodder and Stoughton circa 1920's, together with a folio of Vargas lithographs, Jackanapes by Juliana Ewing and a small quantity of other antiquarian books

A group of Lladro collectors items to include three Society plaques one being boxed, magazines in folio folders, two boxed wallets, leather belt hoop etc.

Knoop, Johann Hermann - Beschrijving en afbeeldingen van de beste Soorten van Appelen en Peeren ... 3 works in 1, folio, contemporary half calf, with 15 only (of 39) hand-coloured plates, Amsterdam and Dordrecht 1790

Stern, Bert - The Last Sitting, folio, photographic boards, with d.j's with slight tears, London 1988

Brangwyn, Frank - The British Empire Panels Designed for the House of Lords, number 158 of 200, 4to, original cloth with torn d.j., with a signed etched plate, folding coloured frontis, 30 plain and 21 coloured plates, London 1933 and Lucas, E.V. - The Pageant of the Empire, illustrated by Frank Brangwyn, Spencer Pryse and MacDonald Gill,folio, with folding panorama plate of the Pageant by Frank Brangwyn, Fleetway Press, London 1924

Yosl Bergner; Walls folio, 52/100

Richter, H.Davis - Floral Art, Decoration and Design, folio, cloth, foreword by Frank Brangwyn, F. Lewis, South Benfleet 1932 and Rhead, George Woolliscroft - History of the Fan, one of 450, folio, cloth, includes a design by Frank Brangwyn,spine bumped, edges worn, London 1910

Grimms Fairy Tales, illus. Arthur Rackham, The Folio Society 2013, in slipcase; Hans Andersen;s Fairy Tales, illus. W. Heath Robinson, The Folio Society 2013, in slipcase; The Story of Alice, Robert Douglas Fairhurst and Lewis Carroll Photographs. (4)

FOLIO SOCIETY ILLUSTRATED BOOKS - 'East of The Sun and West of the Moon' illustrated by Kay Nielsen, J. M. Barrie 'Peter Pan' illustrated by Paula Rego, 'The Fables of Aesop' illustrated by Detmold, E. Nesbit - 'The Railway Children', together with Roald Dahl - 'Tales of the Unexpected' (5)

FOLIO SOCIETY THOMAS HARDY BOXED SET, six volumes together with Charles Dickens 'A Christmas Carol' and 'The English Christmas' (8)

A COLLECTION OF ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS to include three volumes of Shakespeare illustrated by Daziel 1858-9, Portraits Folio Vanity Fair c.1871, five volumes of New Peoples Physician with coloured pull-out charts, one volume of the Ingoldsby Legends illustrated by George Cruikshank c. 1840 and three volumes of 'The Brief' (13)

FOLIO SOCIETY BOXED SETS ETC. - E.M. FORSTER six volumes, H. RIDER HAGGARD, three volumes & JOSEPH CONRAD, four individual volumes in slipcases (13)

FOLIO SOCIETY - RUDYARD KIPLING, seven volumes in slipcases to include 'The Jungle Book', 'The Second Jungle Book', 'Poems', 'Just So Stories', 'Short Stories', 'Puck of Pook's Hill' and 'Kim' (7)

FOLIO SOCIETY - James Morris - 'Pax Britannica' boxed set, three volumes, J. B. Priestley - 'English Journey', 'Captain Cook's Voyages 1768-1779', 'London Characters & Crooks' and Hiram Bingham - 'Lost City of the Incas', all in slipcases (7)

JAMES THOMSON - GLASGOW UNIVERSITY ETCHINGS, a folio of six mounted etchings

FOLIO SOCIETY - FIRST WORLD WAR INTEREST - Seigfried Sassoon, boxed set of three volumes, Barbara W. Tuchman, boxed set of two volumes, Lyn Macdonald - 'Ordeal By Fire', 'Anthem For Doomed Youth', Robert Graves - 'Goodbye To All That' and Leon Wolff - 'In Flanders Fields' (9)

FOLIO SOCIETY - EVELYN WAUGH, a boxed set of three books together with 'The Loved One' with illustrations by Beryl Cook in a slipcase (4)