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A studio pottery model of a hare reclining, unmarked 38cm long; a similar stoneware model of a rabbit; a French reproduction game pie dish; a cheese dish as a bull (4)

Toys & Juvenalia - board games and novelty games, including Merit Electric Derby, boxed; Chad Valley Larkins game, boxed; others (quantity)

* Austrian Shooting Festival Piquet cards, Schützenfest, Vienna, F. Piatnik, circa 1868, the complete deck of 32 stencil coloured engraved cards, comprising 4 suits of 8 (French suits), each with pip cards ace & 7-10 and 3 single-figured court cards, the aces showing scenes of the festival buildings, the kings depicting men involved in organising the event, the queens are allegorical characters, two representing Austria and Germany, knave of hearts with maker's name, 7 of hearts with Austrian tax stamp, some very light toning or dust-soiling (mainly to margins), versos fuzzy red cells, each card 97 x 59 mm, together with: Austrian Hunting Tarock. Comic Hunting Tarock, 1st edition, Vienna, Austria: Ferdinand Piatnik, circa 1858, the complete deck of 54 stencil coloured (with some hand-colouring) engraved cards, comprising 4 suits of 8 (French suits), each with pip cards ace-4 (red) or 7-10 (black) and 4 double-ended court cards, ace of hearts with maker's emblem and with two tax stamps, plus 22 trump cards, comprising 21 trumps (bearing double-ended Roman numerals I-XXI) depicting humerous hunting scenes, except trump XXI which shows the young Franz Josef I standing near a woodgrouse he has shot, and Fool card, trumps III, VII & XVII with engraver's name 'J. Surch', the latter dated 1856, variable toning to most cards, occasional light finger-soiling, 1 pip card and trump VII (to blank margin) with tiny adhesion from a card verso, versos red asterisk pattern, each card 104 x 58 mm, plus a later deck of the same, 3rd edition, Vienna: Ferd. Piatnik & Söhne, circa 1891, the complete deck (54 cards) as above, trump XXI depicting the older Kaiser Franz Joseph I, ace of hearts with Austrian tax stamp and Piatnik jockey logo, lighly toned and dusty, rounded corners, versos red asterisk pattern, each card 110 x 63 mm, 41 cards from each tarock pack and 18 from the picquet pack corner mounted onto 5 display boards, encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of display boards), the remainder loosely contained in 3 clear plastic bags, the display boards 55 x 39.5 cmQTY: (3)NOTE:First item: a rare pack celebrating the Shooting Festival held in the Prater, Vienna in 1868. The aces depict the buildings erected specially for the event: a large shooting or 'Festival' hall, the main gate, the 'Temple of Gifts' where prizes were awarded, and an overview of the whole festival site. The kings depict: President Dr. Kopp (hearts), Vice-presidents Maurer (spades) and Schmidt (diamonds), and the Bürgermeister of Vienna (clubs).Second item: Cary collection, AUS 227; Kaplan, II, p.452 & 458-459 (illustrated); World Web Playing Cards Museum, 02069/01.This particular deck has been used for a 42 card game, as the pip cards (excepting the red aces and black 10s) appear unused.

Chapman (Abel). On Safari, Big-Game Hunting in British East Africa, with studies in bird-life, 1st edition, London: Edward Arnold, 1908, half-title, photogravure frontispiece, black & white illustrations throughout (some after photographs, many full-page), lightly spotted, original pictorial black cloth gilt, rubbed, 8vo, together with:Wild Spain, records of sport with rifle, rod, and gun, natural history and exploration, 1st edition, London: Gurney and Jackson, 1893, folding cartographic frontispiece, full-page black & white illustrations throughout (most after photographs), further illustrations to text, contemporary green half morocco gilt, top edge gilt, spine faded, lightly rubbed, 8vo, withUnexplored Spain, 1st edition, London: Edward Arnold, 1910, photogravure frontispiece, full-page black & white plates throughout, further illustrations to text, lightly toned, contemporary green half morocco gilt, spine faded, rubbed, 8vo, with Chapman's Wild Norway (1897)QTY: (4)

Millais (J.G). The Natural History of British Game Birds, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1909, 36 plates (18 colour) by Millais and Thorburn, original red quarter cloth gilt, top edge gilt, rubbed, backstrips faded, folio, together with:Thorburn (Archibald). Game Birds and Wild-Fowl of Great Britain and Ireland, London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1923, 38 colour plates (with tissue-guards), lightly spotted & toned, original red cloth gilt, rubbed, 4toQTY: (3)

Franklin Mint Chinese checkers The Collectors Edition game table and pedestal with the COAs and gemstones, H: 74 cm. Not available for in-house P&P

Dan Maskell signed 5x4 colour photo. Daniel Maskell CBE (11 April 1908 - 10 December 1992) was an English tennis professional who later became a radio and television commentator on the game. He was described as the BBC's voice of tennis, and the voice of Wimbledon. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

Football, Gary Lineker signed interactive DVD game sleeve and casing titled Gary Lineker's Football Challenge. This item features a signature on the front of the cardboard DVD case and also the DVD sleeve. The DVD game is included. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

BASIL EDE; a collection of limited pencil signed and gallery stamped prints from the Game Birds Wildfowl collection, no.92/500 (5), Birds of Britain, no.88/350 (8), all signed with gallery stamps, in the portfolio folders, together with approximately twenty unsigned coloured prints by the artist, mostly depicting birds.

Collection of U.S. sleeve patches to Fisheries, Game Departments, sports clubs , etc, (qty)

Sylvanian Families TOMY vintage toy sets; Post office and cottage hospital, original vintage SF brochures over the years and also a good rolled poster, Camping tent for the animals and contents in the stores and hospital as shown-rolled poster  showing all products of SF in detail,and a child’s SF game boxed.In VGC and not checked for completeness-please see all photographs for detail .(quantity) all owned from Vendors childhood and well kept pieces.

A FABULOUS FRED ELECTRONIC GAME AND A WARHAMMER GAME OF FANTASY BATTLES

VARIOUS NEW AND BOXED ITEMS TO INCLUDE A XYLOPHONE, TEDDY, CUDDLY CATERPILLARS, SNATCHING GAME ETC

After Archibald Thorburn, game birds, prints ,various studies (6). Together with a watercolour of a white fluffy cat. (7) (B.P. 21% + VAT)  The frame sizes are 19x21cm approx.

Collection of farming related toys, to include: Britains farm playbase x2 in original box, farming board-game, a new family game to test your skill, tree models, other Britains boxed items including: all terrain vehicle etc. (B.P. 21% + VAT)

A box of toys to include track racing game, Flying Fighters, helicopter, Robotech, etc.

Portmeirion game casserole dish with 9 other Portmeirion items

STAR WARS SAGA EDITION BATTLEFIELD GAME IN BOX

A POKEMON 25TH ANNIVERSARY TIN WITH ASSORTED CARDS, GAME TOKENS ETC

A VINTAGE WOODEN CASED MAHJONG SET AND A BOXED HALMA GAME

A MONOPOLY ELECTRONIC GAME, SONY MICROCASSETTE-CORDER, BATTERY CHARGER FOR AA/AAA, ETC

ATARI 2600 CONSOLE, CONTROLLER AND STAR WARS GAME A/F

Sealed Pokémon WOTC Fossil Booster Card Packs, containing eleven additional game cards, differing artwork on each pack, pack weights as follows, Lapras 21.0g, Zapados 21.0g, Aerodactyl 21.0g, E, sealed (3)

Sealed Pokémon WOTC Fossil Booster Card Packs, containing eleven additional game cards, differing artwork on each pack, pack weights as follows, Lapras 21.4g, Zapados 21.0g, Aerodactyl 21.1g, E, sealed (3)

Sealed Pokémon WOTC Fossil Booster Card Packs, containing eleven additional game cards, differing artwork on each pack, pack weights as follows, Lapras 21.3g, Zapados 21.0g, Aerodactyl 21.1g, E, sealed (3)

Sealed Pokémon WOTC Fossil Booster Card Packs, containing eleven additional game cards, pack weights as follows, Lapras 21.1g, Zapados 21.1g, Lapras 21.0g, E, sealed (3)

Sealed Pokémon WOTC Fossil Booster Card Packs, containing eleven additional game cards, pack weights as follows, Lapras 21.1g, Zapados 21.3g, Lapras 21.0g, E, sealed, with original empty trade box (4)

Sealed Pokémon Base Set Booster Card Pack, Charizard artwork, containing eleven additional game cards, pack weighs 20.8g, E, sealed

Sealed Pokémon Base Set Booster Card Pack, Blastoise artwork, containing eleven additional game cards, pack weighs 20.6g, E, sealed

Sealed Pokémon Base Set Booster Card Pack, Venasaur artwork, containing eleven additional game cards, pack weighs 20.8g, E, sealed

Mettoy 1955 Trade Catalogue, A4 size 28 pages including Washing machine, tin Dolls House, Siren Toys, Mettoy Motors, Police Station and Fire Vehicles and Stations, plastic Coaches and Buses, National Benzole Tanker, Friction Drive cars and Battleships, Boats, Airplanes, Roto Dan Dare Space Game, Space Ship, Novelty Toys, Dart Guns, Tractors and Equipment, Typewriter and Cash Register, Train Sets and accessories including Safetyelectric Trains, in English only, together with a 1955 4 page Supplementary list including Junior Flyer, Flying Helicopter, Flying Squad Van and Ambulance, Bus and Milk Float, Milk Float, G, covers loose, leaflet VG (2)

Mettoy 1957 Trade Catalogue, A4 size 34 pages including Battery driven electric Vehicle, Tanker and Dustbin Lorry, Buses and Coaches, Friction Drive Vehicles, Airplanes and Hanger, Police Station and Garage, Viscount, Dan Dare Roto Game, Tractors and Equipment, Polythene Toys, Battery Boats, Typewriters and Printing Machine, Novelty Toys, Musical Melody Makers, Safari Dart Guns, Davy Crockett water Pistol, Rifle, Automatic Machine Gun, Dolls House, Girls Toys, Safetyelectric and Clockwork Train Sets, Filling Station, Sunshine vinyl Toys and Cuddly Toys, Disney Figures and Bath Toys, together with 1957 Supplementary 4 page List including Scooter, Breakdown Lorry, Milk Float and Delivery Vans, Valiant and Viscount, Aircraft Carrier, Sooty Musical box and Ford Zephyr Kit, G-VG, half of page 21/22 cut out (2)

Mettoy 1958 Trade Catalogue, A4 size 28 pages including 6272 Airport, 6280 Service Station, Castoys, Battery Driven Models, Friction Drive Models, Luxury Coach, Airplanes and Hangar, Tractors and Equipment, Polythene Toys, Dan Dare Roto game and plastic airplanes, Girl's Toys, Swords and Shields, Tommy and Thunder burp guns, Machine Gun, Dart guns, Targets, Musical Melody makers, Novelty Toys, Safetyelectric and Clockwork Train Sets, Sunshine vinyl Toys and Cuddly Toys, Disney Figures, Noddy, Sooty, Father Xmas, Sally and Steve, together with 1958 4-page Price List, 4-page Supplementary List including Army Toys, Car Transporter, Skip Loader and Truck with seat and steering, Spring Beach and Garden Toys leaflet and 6270 Filling Station Leaflet, G-VG (5)

Vintage Star Wars Millennium Falcon, with Cargo Ramp and one Strut, Cockpit Canopy, Game Table, Support Arm, complete Quad Cannon assembly, complete Radar Dish assembly, Rear Cover, F, discoloured, some parts missing

A Sinclair ZX Spectrum+ Personal Computer, Serial No.S01-096577, with mains power supply and user guide only, in original box, with 60+ game cassettes and other related items, G-VG, untested, box F, no inner packing (qty)

Sega Mega Drive & Atari 2600 Consoles & Games, Sega Mega Drive with Control Pad, Control Stick and RF Switch only, seven games, Mortal Kombat, Jungle Strike, Sonic, Fifa 96, Menacer 6-Game Cartridge, Super Kick-Off, Haunting, all boxed except Haunting, Atari 2600 with Joystick and Power Adaptor only, six games, Mario Bros, Laser Gates, Moonsweeper, Star Voyager, Wing War, Crossbow, all unboxed with instructions except Laser Gates, some additional manuals etc, F-G, untested (qty)

A Japanese Sega Kid's Gear (Game Gear) Handheld Game Console, with twelve game cartridges including Kid's Gear Virtua Fighter Mini, Game Gear Ninku, Ninku 2, Torarete Tamaruka!?, F-15 Strike Eagle, Lion King, Rise Of The Robots, Road Rash, Mortal Kombat, Castle Of Illusion and two unlicensed cartridges, G-VG, console tested and working at time of cataloguing (13)

Vintage toys to include Tri-ang Express pull-along blue locomotive, GB teddy bears R. A. F bear, Britain's plastic animals and fencing, wooden play blocks and the Indoor Carpet Game B & A Bowls

Boxed Subbuteo football game together with a Subbuteo grandstand and a Subbuteo Astro Pitch

Collection of mainly Waddingtons children's board games to include Strawberry Fayre Doctor who, Waddingtons Ratrace, Formula 1, Game of Dracula, Campaign, Golfwinks, etc (one box)

Sabretooth Games Combat Hex The Lord of the Rings Tradeable Miniatures Game Balrog figure set, Near Mint UNUSED, within Good Plus opened packaging. Play Along The Lord of the Rings Armies of Middle Earth Battle Scenes Bridge at Khazad-Dom with Balrog set, Near Mint UNUSED, within Excellent opened packaging. Play Along The Lord of the Rings Armies of Middle Earth Battle At Helms Deep set, within Excellent sealed packaging. Play Along The Lord of the Rings Armies of Middle Earth Elven Warriors of Helm's Deep Soldiers and Scenes figure set, within Excellent sealed packaging. (4)

Quantity of TV & Film collectables including Mezco Silent Screamers Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde figure, within Good Plus sealed packaging. Mezco Silent Screamers Metropolis Maria figure, within Good sealed packaging. Hasbro Star Wars Micro Machines Action Fleet AT-TE, within Good sealed packaging. Hasbro Star Wars Destroyer Droid Electronic Game, within Good Plus sealed packaging. Playmates Star Trek The Next Generation Phaser (untested), Excellent complete, within Excellent opened packaging. Playmates Star Trek Movie Series Starfleet Phaser (untested), Excellent complete, within Good opened packaging. Kenner Batman Forever Batmobile, Near Mint UNUSED complete, within Good Plus opened packaging. Kenner Batman Forever Batwing Batplane, Near Mint complete, within Good Plus opened packaging. Large quantity of TV Zone film magazines, generally Good to Good Plus. (qty)

Quantity of TV and Film related reissue board games x seven includes The Magic Roundabout Game, The Lone Ranger Chase, Z-Cars, The Sweeney, Captain Scarlet The Fight with the Mysterons, Thunderbirds, Mattel Games Rock'em Sock'em Robots, generally all Good, unchecked for completeness, within Good Plus to Excellent packaging, with some being sealed. (7)

Palitoy Star Wars Escape from the Death Star Game, Good (unchecked for completeness), within Good opened box. Star Wars Model Kits x four including X-Wing Fighter, Darth Vader's TIE Fighter, Jabba The Hutt Throne Room and Encounter with Yoda on Dagobah, all Good (unchecked for completeness), within Fair to Good opened packaging. (5)

Star Wars Escape from the Death Star Game and Battle at Sarlacc's Pit Game, both Good (unchecked for completeness), both within Fair to Good opened box. Star Wars Model Kits x four including X-Wing Fighter (sealed), Snowspeeder (unmade), Millennium Falcon (built, unchecked for completeness) and Trade Federation Tank (unmade, unchecked for completeness), all within Fair to Good packaging. (6)

Large quantity of Star Trek collectables including Model Kits, Board Game, Figures and Accessories, all generally Good to Excellent, within Good to Good Plus packaging. (9)

Vintage Nintendo Game Boy, within Games and case, Good (untested). Alien Trilogy VHS Video Box set, Near Mint, within Face Hugger carry case. Star Wars Return of the Jedi Ralph McQuarrie Portfolio, Near Mint, within Good outer folder. Star Wars Interactive Video Board Game, Good (unchecked for completeness), within Good opened box. (4)

Quantity of Batman collectables including Figures (all sealed), Play-sets, CD, Board Game, DVD sets and vintage Trading cards, generally Good to Excellent. (qty)

Quantity of Planet of the Apes collectables including vintage Mego Figures (all incomplete), Jigsaws (unchecked), Board Game (unchecked), DVD sets, Novels and vintage Trading cards, generally Good to Excellent. (qty)

Large selection of TV & Film related collectables including Sgt Bilko Board Game, Sliderama Projector, The Herbs Jigsaw, Xena Warrior Princess figures, Farscape figure, The Saint Trading Cards, James Bond Pussy Galore figure, Black Hole 12" figure and other items, generally Good to Excellent, many items within packaging, unchecked for completeness. (qty)

Oak lazy Susan, game dish, copper kettle and an opaque glass bowl (4).

George MacDonald Fraser, five first editions in dust wrappers, comprising: 'Flashman in the Great Game', L, Barrie & Jenkins, 1975 (two copies), 'Flashman's Lady', L, Barrie & Jenkins, 1977, 'Flashman and the Dragon', L, Collins Harvill, 1985, 'Flashman and the Mountain of Light', L, Collins Harvill, 1990; Bernard Cornwell: 'Sharpe's Prey', L, 2001, 1st edition, signed & inscribed, original cloth, dust wrapper, plus 5 other Bernard Cornwell "Sharpe" 1st editions in dust wrappers (11)

Stephen King, seven UK 1st editions, all original cloth, all in dust wrappers, comprising: 'Firestarter', London, Macdonald, 1980, 'Cujo', L, Macdonald, 1982, 'Christine', L, Hodder & Stoughton, 1983 (plus another duplicate copy of same title with d/w spine faded), 'The Eyes of the Dragon', L, Macdonald, 1987, 'The Dark Half', L, Hodder & Stoughton, 1989, 'Gerald's Game', L, H & S, 1992, together with George Beahm: 'The Stephen King Story', L, Little, Brown & Co, 1993, orig. cloth, dust wrapper (8)

(Mountaineering, Exploration, Travel, Hunting), a collection of sixteen late 19th/early 20th Century mountaineering and exploration books relating to the Himalayas, Alps, Rockies, Andes, Dolomites etc, including Edward WHYMPER, 3 titles: 'Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69', London, John Murray, 1871, 4th thousand, 5 folding maps, 23 full page engraved plates + 92 illustrations in text as called for, 432pp, original green cloth, spine decorated and lettered in gilt (VGC). Edward Whymper (1840–1911) was an English mountaineer, explorer, illustrator, and author best known for the first ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865. Four members of his climbing party were killed during the descent. Whymper also made important first ascents on the Mont Blanc massif and in the Pennine Alps, Chimborazo in South America, and the Canadian Rockies. His exploration of Greenland contributed an important advance to Arctic exploration, 'The Ascent of the Matterhorn', London, John Murray, 1880, 1st edition, 2 folding maps + 14 full page engraved plates + 91 illustrations in the text as called for, xxii, 325pp, original blue decorative cloth gilt, bevelled edges, gilt blocked illustration of the Matterhorn to front cover (VGC), 'Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator', L, John Murray, 1892, 2nd edition, folding lithographic map in rear pocket + 3 further maps (of which 2 folding) + 20 full page engraved plates + 118 ills. in text as called for, original decorative cloth gilt, bevelled edges; Lieutenant P.T. Etherton: 'Across the Roof of the World: a Record of Sport and Travel Through Kashmir, Gilgit, Hunza, the Pamirs, Chinese Turkistan, Mongolia and Siberia', London, Constable & Co, 1911, 1st edition, folding map, portrait frontis + numerous full page plates and ils. in text as called for, original pictorial cloth gilt, top edge gilt. The author hunted sheep, gazelle, ibex, wapiti, and roe deer. Czech, p. 73: "This book represents a wonderful blend of travel, explorations, and big game hunting."; Guido Rey: 'The Matterhorn', L, T. Fisher Unwin, 1907, 1st edition, 14 tipped in tinted plates + 11 full page plates from photographs + 23 in text ills. by Edouardo Rubino as called for, 336pp, original cloth, leather gilt labels to spine, top edge gilt, others uncut; Hugh Tuttledge: 'Everest: The Unfinished Adventure', L, Hodder & Stoughton, November 1937, 1st edition, portrait ills. of the 13 expedition members on 7 full page plates at front (including Hugh Ruttledge as the portrait frontispiece) + 2 folding maps & portfolio of sixty-three photographic plates at rear, as called for, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper. After his attempt to summit the mountain in 1933, Ruttledge was invited to lead the sixth British attempt on Everest in 1936. Because of recent failed expeditions, the pressure on Ruttledge's large and talented team to succeed was great, but heavy snow and an early monsoon forced them to abort their summit attempt; James D. Forbes: 'Norway and Its Glaciers, Visited in 1851; Followed by Journals of Excursions in the High Alps of Dauphine, Berne, and Savoy', Edinburgh, A & C black, 1853, 1st edition, 2 coloured lithograph maps (of which 1 folding at rear) + 10 coloured lithographic plates (including frontis) + 22 wood engravings in text as called for, xxiv,349pp, original blindstamped cloth gilt (VGC). Bookplate of Peter Bicknell (1907-1995), British architect, author, exhibition curator and mountaineer, attached to FFEP; Sir William Martin Conway: 'THE FIRST CROSSING OF SPITSBERGEN. Being an Account of an Inland Journey of Exploration and Survey, with Descriptions of Several Mountain Ascents, of Boat Expeditions in Ice Fjord, of a Voyage to North-East-Land, the Seven Islands, down Hinloopen Strait, nearly to Wiches Land, and into most of the Fjords of Spitsbergen, and of an almost complete circumnavigation of the main Island', L, Dent, 1897, 1st edition, 8 colour lithographic plates (after sketches by H.E. Conway) + 2 large folding colour maps + numerous photographic black & white plates & ills. as called for, xii,371pp, original quarter beige over green bevelled edge cloth gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. The author spent the summers of 1896 and 1897 exploring the interior of West Spitsbergen. They made 13 mountain ascents, produced a survey sketch of about 600 sq miles of central West Spitsbergen, almost completed a circumnavigation of the main island; Samuel Turner: 'Siberia. A Record of Travel, Climbing and Exploration', L, T. Fisher Unwin, 1905, 1st edition, portrait frontis + 2 folding maps + numerous full page & in text black & white ills. from photgraphs as called for, original red pictorial cloth gilt, top edge gilt. A journey across Siberia and the pioneering winter exploration of the Altai Mountains, the highest mountains of Siberia; Lewis R. Freeman: 'On The Roof Of The Rockies. The Great Columbia Icefield Of The Canadian Rockies', NY, Dodd Mead, 1925, 1st US edition, frontis + 60 full page ills. from photographs as called for, xiii,[3],270pp, original pictorial cloth gilt, dust wrapper (scarce in d/w); J. Monroe Thorington: 'The Glittering Mountains of Canada - a Record of Exploration and Pioneer Ascents in the Canadian Rockies, 1914-1924', Philadelphia PA, John W. Lea, 1925, 1st edition, limited edition (1059/1500), numbered, 65 plates from photos (including frontispiece), 4 panoramic plates and 6 maps as called for, original cloth gilt; Walter Dwight Wilcox: 'The Rockies of Canada. A Revised and Enlarged Edition of "Camping in the Canadian Rockies", NY & London, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1909, 3rd edition, large folding colour map in pocket at rear + numerous photogravure and other ills. by the author as called for, orig. cloth gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut; plus Sanger Davies 'Dolomite Strongholds', 1894, John Tyndall 'The Glaciers of the Alps', 1860, Marsh 'Two Seasons in Switzerland', 1895 & Javelle 'Alpine Memories', 1899 (16)

Two Trivial Pursuit Games and a Game of Boggle

A Collection of Various Portmeirion to comprise Treacle Glazed Oven To Table Game Pot, Egg Crock and Three Pieces of Suzan Williams-Ellis Design Jug, Pot and Oil Bottle

(Asia, Travel, History), a collection of thirty eight titles relating to Arabia, the Middle East, Central Asia, the Silk Road, China, including Bertram Thomas: 'Arabia Felix: Across the Empty Quarter of Arabia', foreword by T.E. Lawrence, London, Jonathan Cape, February 1932, 2nd impression, large folding coloured map of Southern Arabian Desert, + 2 maps and numerous plates, many from photographs, as called for, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (15s price intact). English diplomat and explorer Bertram Thomas undertook a number of expeditions into the Arabian desert and became the first European to cross the Rub' al Khali from 1930 and 1931, a journey he recounted in Arabia Felix with detailed descriptions of the animals, inhabitants, and culture; Eric Newby: 'A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush', L, Secker & Warburg, 1958, 1st edition, 1st impression, frontis + 40 illustrations from photographs as called for, original cloth lettered in silver (VGC), dust wrapper (slightly worn/small part loss at top edge, else 25s price intact, generally VGC). A generally very good first edition example of Newby's most celebrated and sought after famous travel book; Freya Stark: 'The Southern Gates of Arabia: A Journey in the Hadhramaut', London, John Murray, 1936, 1st edition, 1st impression, 2 folding maps plus numerous illustrations from photographs by the author as called for, original cloth gilt. The author's first book to recount her remarkable journey into the Hadhramaut, into which no previous European had ever ventured so far. She would receive the Royal Geographical Society's Founder's Gold Medal in 1942 for her travels in, and accounts of, southern Arabia; Esther Fihl: 'Exploring Central Asia: From the Steppes to the High Pamirs 1896-1899', Seattle WA, University of Washington Press, 2010, 2 volumes, profusely illustrated with photographic and other illustrations throughout, large 4to, original pictorial boards; John Hedley: 'Tramps in Dark Mongolia', L, T. Fisher Unwin, 1910, 1st edition, large folding map at end + 50 illustrations from photographs as called for, original pictorial cloth gilt; Sven Hedin: 'Jehol City of Emperors', L, Kegan Paul, 1932, 1st edition, frontis + 62 illustrations from photos + 4 line ills./maps as called for, orig. cloth gilt; Frederic Villiers: 'Port Arthur: Three Months with the Besiegers', L, Longmans, 1905, 1st edition, maps and ills. as called for, original cloth gilt; Gorm Pedersen: 'Afghan Nomads in Transition, a Century of change among the Zala Khan Khel', Copenhagen, 1994, profusely illustrated from photographs in colour and black & white, 4to, original cloth, dust wrapper; plus Sykes 'Persia and Its People', 1910, Morden 'Across Asia's Snow and Deserts', 1928, Galwan 'Servant of Sahibs', 1924, Forbes 'The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80', 1892, Wendell Phillips 'Unknown Oman' and 'Oman a History', 1st editions in wrappers, 'The Country of the Turcomans', 1977, plus others Opium Wars, Great Game, Silk Road, Syrian Desert, Ondaatje 'Sindh Revisited a Journey in the Footsteps of Captain Sir Richard Burton', etc etc (38)

Franklin Hudson: 'The Brasses of Northamptonshire', London, Thomas McLean, 1853, 1st edition, 94 lithograph plates printed in grey, gold and black (of which 20 double page/folding), folio, original blindstamped cloth gilt (slightly worn), rebacked retaining orig. backstrip, Rugby School armorial bookplate "L.S. Schol: Rugbirns: Biblioth." to front pastedown, with another bookplate beneath of Matthew Holbeche Bloxam (1805-1888), native of Rugby, a Warwickshire antiquary and amateur archeologist, and author of a popular guide to Gothic architecture. He was the original source of the legend of William Webb Ellis' invention of the game of Rugby football

(New Naturalists), a collection of 26 assorted Collins New Naturalist series titles, of which 22 1st editions, all original green cloth gilt, all in dust wrappers, comprising B. Vesey-Fitzgerald: 'British Game', No.2, 1946, 1st edition; L. Dudley Stamp: 'Britain's Structure & Scenery', No.4, 1946, 1st edition, Autograph Letter Signed by Sir Laurence Dudley Stamp (1898-1966), geographer and naturalist, dated February 1959 on his headed paper loosely inserted, ownership signature of the geologist and glaciologist Geoffrey Hattersley-Smith (1923-2012) on FFEP; F. Fraser Darling & J. Morton Boyd: 'The Highlands & Islands', No.6, 1964, 1st edition; J. Ramsbottom: 'Mushrooms & Toadstools', No.7, 1953, 1st edition; A.D. Imms: 'Insect Natural History', No.8, 1947, 1st edition; W.B. Turrill: 'British Plant Life', No.10, 1971 reprint; C.M. Yonge: 'The Sea Shore', No.12, 1961 reprint; 'Snowdonie', No.13, 1949, 1st edition (2 copies); W. Blunt: 'The Art of Botanical Illustration', No.14, 1950, 1st edition; J.E. Lousley: 'Wild Flowers', No.16, 1971 reprint; H.J. Fleure: 'A Natural History of Man in Britain', No.18, 1951, 1st edition; V.S. Summerhayes: 'Wild Orchids of Britain', No.19, 1951, 1st edition; L.A. Harvey & D. St Leger-Gordon: 'Dartmoor', No.27, 1953, 1st edition; H.L. Edlin: 'Trees, Woods and Man', No.32, 1956, 1st edition; C.B. Williams: 'Insect Migration', No.36, 1958, 1st edition; E.A. Armstrong: 'The Folklore of Birds', No.39, 1958, 1st edition; J.B. Free & C.G. Butler: 'Bumblebees', No.40, 1959, 1st edition; K.C. Edwards: 'The Peak District', No.44, 1962, 1st edition (2 copies); L. Dudley Stamp & W.G. Hoskins: 'The Common Lands of England & Wales', No.45, 1963, 1st edition (2 copies); L. Dudley Stamp: 'Nature Conservation in Britain', No.49, 1969, 1st edition; M. Proctor & P. Yeo: 'The Pollination of Flowers', No.54, 1975 reprint; S. Potter & L. Sargent: 'Pedigree: Words from Nature', No.56, 1973, 1st edition; Christopher Perrins: 'British Tits', No.62, 1979, 1st edition (26)

(Natural History, Colour Plates), 'Lloyd's Natural History', 1896-97, fourteen volumes, all edited R. Bowdler Sharpe, each with numerous colour lithograph plates, comprising: 'A Hand-Book to the Order Lepidoptera. Butterflies; Butterflies & Moths', 1896-97, 5 volumes, 158 plates, of which 156 colour (of which 2 double page), plates collated complete/as called for, uniform original cloth gilt, Forbes: 'A Hand-Book to the Primates. Monkeys', 1896-97, 2 volumes, 41 colour litho plates + 8 folding maps, plates collated complete as called for, orig. cloth gilt (worn, vol II lacks majority of backstrip), plus 'A Handbook to the Birds of Great Britain', 2 vols, 'A Handbook to the Game Birds', 2 vols, '...Marsupialia and Monotremata', '...British Mammalia', '...Carnivora. Part I. Cats, Civets, and Mungooses', each with numerous colour litho plates, all with ownership signatures of one W.E. Mayes at front, this possibly William Edward Mayes (1861-1952), painter from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, who mainly painted the Norfolk Broads, in the style of fellow Broadlands painter Stephen John Batchelder; together with an early 19th Century juvenile Natural History title with engraved plates, entitled 'The Elements of Natural History...for the Use of Schools and Young Persons', 1811, 6th edition, by William Mavor, contemporary calf gilt (15)