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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang story and lyrics book, published 1968. Tussauds official guide book, 1932. Lawrence Wright's 13th Book of Words of 64 songs.

Pigot, James New Plan of London Taken from the Best Authorities with the Geographical Bearings from the Dome of St. Paul's...The whole forming the most complete guide to London and ITS VICINITY YET PUBLISHED. J. Pigot & Co., [1823]. Hand-coloured according to Explanation. Published in Pigot's Metropolis Guide and Book of Reference, this map covers from Kensington Gardens to Blackwall and Camberwell to Hackney. Contrary to many marketing claims, this really did stand to bill itself as the best map of London of the time.

Building and Construction Vincent, John Country Cottages. A Series of Designs for an Improved Class of Dwellings for Agricultural Labourers. Robert Hardwicke, 1861. Folio, org. cloth, sometime rebacked retaining org. spine; all plates as called for. Second ed. Kelly, Thomas Kelly's Practical Builder's Price Book or Safe Guide to the Valuation of All Kinds of Artificer's Work. Thomas Kelly, 1848. 8vo, later archival binding, spine with morocco lettering-piece; four plates, illus to text. Birkbeck, Doctor. A Lecture on the Preservation of Timber by Kyan's Patent. John Weale, [c.1834]. pp. 48, four plates. Bound with Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, The Report from the Committee to Investigate Mr Kyan's Patent. J. and C. Adlard, 1837. pp. 46. And with Dickson, Robert, A Lecture on the Dry Rot. J. and C. Adlard, 1837. pp. 50, [2 (Advert for Kyan's patent, verso colophon. All 8vo, in archival binding. C. Jennings & Co. Catalogue, 1914. 8vo, org. cloth; numerous illus. Together with one volume of The Building World journal, 1901, and one volume of the Building News and Engineering Journal, 1888. [6]

A 1943 second edition copy of Plonks Party by Raff & Anthony Armstrong.Ink signature to inside of front cover. Book dedicated to the young men of the Air Training Corps. Together with a first edition of War Cartoons by John. F. Knott, cartoonist for the Dallas news. Part of the private collection of a local aviator, WWI & WWII military historian and battlefield tour guide.

A Royal Air Force Pilot's Flying Log Book No 2 W/CMDR G. P. Gibson D.F.C. 1976 Reproduction copy.Reproduced by permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office. Published by After the Battle Magazine. This edition includes the reproduction photo which was missing from the original item, found in the July 1944 entries of the log book. Reproduction details are exact copies of original coloured inks, with first and last two pages stuck together as the original would have been. Log book covers period between November 1940 and September 1944. Includes Dambusters raids. Together with reproduction copy The Daily Telegraph dated May 18th 1943 and other Dambuster related ephemera. Part of a private collection from a local aviator, WWI & WWII military historian and battlefield tour guide. Item used for research purposes.

Hippocrates. [Opera] Hippocratis Coi medicorum omnium longe principis, octoginta volumnia, quibus maxima ex parte, annorum circiter duo millia Latina caruit lingua, Graeci vero, Arabes, et prisci nostri medici, Rome: Francesco Minizio Calvo, 1525, title-page with architectonic border, roman type, side-notes in italic, [superscript 2]pi1 in gothic, first quire (pi1-4) including title-page misbound after register leaf F4 and the architectonic title just shaved at head, lacking privilege leaf 3P7 and final blank 3P8, 3P7 replaced in good-quality facsimile on old paper, variable generally light spotting, soiling and damp-staining to margins, moderate browning to initial quires [superscript 2]pi-F and a few later leaves, first-bound quire [superscript]2pi more extensively damp-stained, first-bound leaf [superscript 2]pi1 marked and finger-soiled, a few ink- or oil-stains elsewhere in the text, notably in quire D and leaves [superscript 2]R3, and [superscript 2]2I2, short slits to lower margins of [superscript 2]D4, [superscript 2]U5, [superscript 2]2S1, and [superscript 2]2Y6 not affecting text, frequent contemporary marginalia and manuscript manicules in brown ink in at least 2 hands, crude decorative initials supplied around a few guide-letters in a contemporary hand, contemporary blind-tooled pigskin over thick reverse-bevelled wooden boards, brass clasps and catches, rubbed, housed in a custom leather solander box in imitation of an early binding, folio (28 x 20.5 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: 1) 'Caesaris Odoni' (contemporary ownership inscription to [superscript 2]pi1); 2) John Rathbone Oliver (1872-1943), American psychiatrist and medical historian (bookplate); 3) Michael Sharpe (bookplate). 'Caesaris Odoni' is likely to be Cesare Odoni (or Odone, d. 1571), botanist and professor of medicine at Bologna, and author of commentaries on Theophrastus (1561) and Aristotle (1563). Adams H567; Heirs of Hippocrates 10; Norman 1076; Osler 149; PMM 55; Waller 4495; Wellcome 3177. First complete edition in Latin of the Hippocratic corpus, printed a year before the Greek editio princeps (1526). 'Although various fragments of Hippocrates' works had been published earlier in Greek and Arabic versions, these eighty works, translated for the first time from the Greek texts into Latin by Marco Fabio Calvo (d. 1527), form the first so-called "complete" Hippocrates ... These eighty texts, the most familiar of which is the Aphorisms, were probably written by a number of authors, but all are in the Hippocratic tradition. This historically important book ... must be regarded as the definitive Hippocrates' (Heirs of Hippocrates).

Pain (William). The Builder's Golden Rule, or, The Youth's Sure Guide, containing the greatest variety of ornamental and useful designs in Architecture and Carpentry, with the most ready practical methods of executing the same, from the plan to the ornamental finish, in the most prevailing modern taste, to which is added, an estimate of prices for materials and labour..., 1st edition, printed for the author, by H.D. Steel, 1781, 104 single-page copper engraved plates (numbered 1 to 98 in roman numerals, with 6 unnumbered plates), minor running wormhole to top blank margin, not affecting plates or text, title with very short closed tear towards foot of fore-edge, contemporary ownership inscription 'William Field His Book 1781' to front endpaper, and repeated to front pastedown, stamped ownership of J. Pope Eton to front endpaper, and printed bookplate of Samuel Gurney (dated 1926) to front pastedown, contemporary tree calf, rubbed and a little wear to extremities, 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESHarris 616; Archer 237.1,

Del Rio (Martin-Antonio). Disquisitionium Magicarum Libri Sex, in tres tomos, nunc secundis curis auctior longè, additionibus multis passim insertis: correctior quoq. mendis sublatis, 3 volumes in one, Mainz, Johann Albin, 1603, [12 ff.], 276 pp., [8] ff.; [2 ff.], 268 pp., [10], [2] ff., 250 pp., [5] ff., text in double column, engraved titlepage, with early ink inscription at head ‘Societatis Jesu Augusta’, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, folding table to Book II (torn without loss), occasional browning to some leaves and light toning throughout, bookplates of St. John’s Seminary, Wonersh to front pastedown, contemporary blindstamped vellum over wooden boards, with brass clasps intact, some wear and soiling, head of spine torn but largely without loss, vellum repair to foot of upper cover, outer corners slightly chipped or showing, folio (Qty: 1)NOTESPalau 268269; De Backer-Sommervogel, II, 1899; Robbins 283; Graesse, Magica, 47; Coumont, Demonology and Witchcraft, D45.3. One of the two best known treatises on magic (along with Malleus Maleficarum), Jesuit scholar Martin Del Rio’s Disquisitionum Magicarum was first published at Louvain in 1599-1600, and quickly went through a number of editions. The text, written from a counter-reformation viewpoint, covers superstition, idolatry and devil worship, amulets, incantations, spells, alchemy, exorcism, prophecy, divination, and provides a list of satanic authors (including Bacon, Paracelsus, and George Ripley). It became the standard guide for priests and ecclesiastical judges, both Catholic and Protestant, throughout the 17th century, particularly during the height of the witch-hunts in France and the German states in the first decades of the seventeenth century.

Two small boxes containing a collection of hard plastic 20th Century dolls, bag of various doll books, eight various ' Blue Book of Dolls and Values ' and a hard plastic dolls identification and price guide book

[Hone, William, John Fairburn, and others] A collection of early nineteenth century satirical political tracts and ballads, bound in 7 volumes, many with illustrations by George Cruickshank, most later editions, contemporary half calf or cloth, 8vo, c.1815-1830, sold not subject to return (7) Including: A Lecture on Various Subjects, 1821; The Queen's Matrimonial Ladder, fortieth edition, 1820; The Political House That Jack Built, forty-seventh edition, 1820; The Political 'A, Apple-Pie', 1820; The Dorchester Guide; or, A House That Jack Built, [n.d.]; Non Mi Ricordo!, fifth edition, 1820; The Constitutional Apple Pie: or Rythmical Red Book, 1820; The Theatrical House that Jack Built, second edition, 1819; A Political Christmas Carol, Set to Music, [n.d.]; The Political Plough that Jack Built, 1820; The Total Eclipse, [n.d.]; The Spirit of Despotism, third edition, 1821; The Right Divine of Kings to Govern Wrong, 1821; A Letter to the Vice-Presidents and Stewards of the Pitt Club, 1821; The Retort Curious, 1821; The Miraculous Host, Tortured by the Jew, sixth edition, 1822; and A Briton's Call to His Countrymen, 1821.

GOLF AUTOGRAPHS The 2002 European Tour Official Guide book signed inside by approximately 200 different players. Good

RUFF'S HORSERACING GUIDE 1952 Hardback book. Generally good

GOLF AUTOGRAPHS The 2011 European Tour Official Guide book signed inside by approximately 190 different players. Good

SEVE BALLESTEROS AUTOGRAPH A signed single sheet removed from a European Guide book and a programme for the Challenge of Champions, Ballesteros v. Jack Nicklaus 21/7/1986 in Dublin, slightly creased. Generally goof

A Doctor Who 1990s biographical collection, a book David J Howe and Mark Stammers; 'Doctor Who Companions: The Complete Guide to Everyone Who Has Been on Doctor Who's Adventures in Time and Space, all the Time Lord's Travelling Companions, Three Decades of Beautiful Women and Other Companions' with exclusive interviews and facts and numerous autographs to first two pages and a 'First New-Look Issue Doctor Who Poster Magazine' issue 7, December 1995, 'Remembrance of the Daleks', fifteen colour and black and white photographs of various starts, once featured in Doctor Who series to include Tom Baker, Elizabeth Sladen (Sarah-Jane Smith), John Pertwee, Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred and others (2).

Three Victorian parquetry inlaid mother of pearl card cases, two with abalone shell inlay along with a similar prayer book.Condition report intended as a guide only.Two abalone cases each missing one piece of mother of pearl and some losses to the ivory fillets. 

A Victorian rosewood and Tunbridge inlaid book stand, 24cm high.Condition report intended as a guide only.Strut broken off but retained. No other issues.

"The Illustrated Book of Pistols" by Wilkinson, colour and photo illus, 1979, in DW (worn); "Duelling Pistols" by Atkinson, illus, 1964, "The NRA Gun Collectors Guide" illus, card covers; "Encyclopedia of Firearms" ed Peterson, illus, 1964, in DW (torn), 6 similar titles. GC GC

Quantity of Collectors Books. The Great Book of Corgi 1956-1983 by Marcel R. van Cleemput. The Great Book of Britains by James Opie. The D.C. Comics Encyclopedia. Great Lego Sets - A Visual History. Lego Star Wars Character Encyclopedia. The Matchbox Toy Price Guide. THe Dinky Toy Price Guide, both by Thompson. Plus a selection of Britains, Corgi, Matchbox etc catalogues and a few other items. GC-VGC, some some wear to outer covers. £40-60

A collection of 16 volumes on Paper Making, Bookbinding, Typography, Book Production, including Spicers Ltd (published): Spicers Papers in three volumes - Writings - Printings - Miscellaneous', 1956, trade catalogue/sample book, 3 spiral bound blue cloth volumes + fourth volume 'Spicers Guide to Paper Substances', spiral bound blue cloth, all in original cloth slip case; T.W. Chalmers: 'Paper Making and its Machinery', London, Constable, 1922, 2nd edition, original cloth gilt, ex library; Silvie Turner: The Book of Fine Paper', New York, T & H, 1998, 1st edition, 18 samples of paper in folder loosely inserted, original cloth, dust wrapper, plus 10 others (16)

(Essex Topography & History, collection of 12 titles from the library of Sir John Ruggles Brise (1908-2007), 2nd Baronet, Lord Ltnt. of Essex 1958-78, of Spains Hall, Finchingfield, Essex),including Eliza Vaughan, 2 titles: '"The Stream of Time" - Sketches of Village Life in Days Gone By', 1928, 2nd revised edition, signed and inscribed, 'The Essex Village in Days Gone By', 1930, 2nd edition, signed and inscribed to FFEP with snapshot photo of Finchingfield blacksmith's c.1920's loosely inserted, each original cloth gilt; W. Lack, H. Stuchfield & P. Whittemore: 'The Monumental Brasses of Essex', 2003, two volumes, volume 1 signed by Lack & Stuchfield, original card wraps; A. Clifton Kelway: 'Memorials of Old Essex', 1908, 1st edition, illustrations as called for, original cloth gilt, armorial bookplate to front paste down; J.J. Howard and H. Farnham Burke: 'Theydon Mount: Its Lords and Rectors. With a Complete Transcript of the Parish Registers and Monumental Inscriptions', privately printed, [1894], limited edition, 'sixty copies only', frontis, xiii,66,[6]pp, 4to, original quarter japanese vellum; 'Burke's and Savills Guide to Country Houses Volume III East Anglia', London, 1981, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper; Stephenson: 'The Book of Colchester', 1978, limited edition, subscribers presentation copy, numbered (this copy No.5 for Sir John Ruggles Brise, signed and inscribed verso limitation page, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper, plus 4 others similar, of which 3 signed and inscribed to Sir John Ruggles Brise (16)

Atlases.- Gray (George Carrington) Gray's New Book of Roads. The Tourist and Traveller's Guide to the Roads of England and Wales and part of Scotland on an entirely new plan..., decorative title with engraved vignette, frontispiece of a folding map of England and Wales, additional title, further single-page index map of England and Wales and 48 county maps, with index bound at rear, some minor spotting and surface dirt, contemporary half morocco, worn and rubbed, 8vo, Sherwood, Jones and Co., 1824

ELIZABETH HAMMOND: MODERN DOMESTIC COOKERY AND USEFUL RECEIPT BOOK,,, London, Dean & Munday, 1815, 1st edition, added engraved title dated 1816, frontis and 4 plates, some leaves browned and soiled, old half calf worn + [WILLIAM GILES]: THE GUIDE TO DOMESTIC HAPPINESS, London for William Button, 1806, 7th edition, engraved frontis, contemporary stained calf gilt worn (2)

BRADSHAW'S GENERAL RAILWAY STEAM NAVIGATION AND HOTEL GUIDE FOR GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, 1937, original printed wraps, worn and reinforced, + BRADSHAW'S BRITISH RAILWAYS GUIDE, 1960, original printed wraps worn + BRADSHAW'S DESCRIPTIVE RAILWAY HAND-BOOK OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, 2012, facsimile edition, original boards (3)

DOROTHY RUDYERD-HELPMAN: PATROL EMBLEMS FOR GIRL GUIDES, Glasgow, 1929, 1st edition, original wraps + E M R BURGESS: 4 titles: THE GIRL GUIDE BOOK OF RECREATION, Glasgow, 1939 reprint, original pictorial wraps; THE GIRL GUIDE BOOK OF IDEAS, Glasgow, 1939 reprint, original pictorial wraps; THE SECOND GIRL GUIDE BOOK OF IDEAS, Glasgow, 1939 reprint, original pictorial wraps; THE GIRL GUIDE BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE, Glasgow, 1941 reprint, original pictorial wraps + ROSE KERR: 2 titles: THE STORY OF THE GIRL GUIDES, London, 1940, 2nd impression, original cloth; THE STORY OF A MILLION GIRLS GUIDING AND GIRL SCOUTING AROUND THE WORLD, London, 1941, 5th impression, original cloth (7)

JOHN STACY: A TOPOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF NORWICH, ITS ANTIQUITIES AND MODERN IMPROVEMENTS INTENDED AS A BOOK OF EASY REFERENCE TO THE INHABITANT AND AS A GUIDE TO THE TRAVELLER, Norwich and London 1819 1st edition, large paper, 257pp, engraved frontis, lacks folding plan and folding table, original boards, printed paper label + PHILIP BROWNE: THE HISTORY OF NORWICH FROM THE EARLIEST RECORDS TO THE PRESENT TIME, Norwich, Bacon Kinnebrook 1814 1st edition, 4 aquatint plates, rebound (not recent), half calf, spine gilt titled (2). From the collection of the late Ron Fiske of Morningthorpe Manor.

PETER, NANCY AND HERBERT SCHIFFER: THE BRASS BOOK, Pennsylvania, 1978, 4to, original cloth, dust wrapper + JOHN NORRIE: CADDY SPOONS, AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE, London, John Murray, 1988, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper + NANCY ARTON (ED): TEA CADDY SPOONS, THE COLLECTION OF MR & MRS O R ARTON, Hamilton, Bermuda, 2007, 1st edition, 4to, original boards + IAN PICKFORD: SILVER FLATWARE, ENGLISH, IRISH AND SCOTTISH 1660-1980, Antique Collectors Club 1988 reprint, 2 copies, original cloth, dust wrappers + ERIC DELIEB: SILVER BOXES, London, Ferndale Editions, 1979, 4to, original cloth, dust wrapper + TIMOTHY SCHRODER: THE NATIONAL TRUST BOOK OF ENGLISH DOMESTIC SILVER 1500-1900, Viking, 1988, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper + 4 others Silver interest (11)

One box: THE BOOK MONTHLY - ILLUSTRATED RECORD GUIDE AND MAGAZINE FOR BOOK BUYERS, READERS AND WRITERS, The Bookseller's Librarians & Publishers

Victorian and later leather bound books; The Heavens by Amedee Guillemin, 1882, The Land and the Book by W.M. Thompson, The Earths Beginning by Sir Robert Ball, New Ed. 1909, Selections from some of the writings of Rev C. Kingsley, 1876 and other books incl. Ball's Popular Guide to the Heavens 1910, Emily Bronte, Jane Austen etc (12) Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs

Second World War Pilots Flying Log Book named to 745731 SGT. J.E.W. Ballard R.A.F.V.R., the log book entries commence on 6th May 1939, with early training in Miles Magister, continuing into 1940, with further training in an Airspeed Oxford and a Harvard, before he took the controls of a Spitfire for the first time on 25th September 1940. Now attached to 610 (County of Chester) Squadron, SGT. Ballard continued training, before heading south with the Squadron to RAF Westhampnett in early 1941, taking part in offensive sweeps into France, convoy escorts and patrols over the English Channel. On 3rd April 1941 SGT. Ballard saw his first ariel combat of the War, sharing in the kill of a Junkers Ju. 88 with a F/LT Norris, off Beachy Head, an accompanying newspaper article details the action. In the summer of 1941 the logbook details further sorties into France, including shooting at an ME109 in June 1941 which went on to be downed by another member of the Squadron. In July of 1941 whilst escorting Bristol Blenheims over the channel, one of the aircraft crashed, with SGT. Ballard circling the crash scene in order to guide rescue boats to its aid. On 26th August 1941, whilst on an air firing exercise SGT. 'Bill' James Eric William Ballard 745731 RAFVR failed to return in Spitfire Vb W3503 DQ-Q. He was 23 years old. Included with the logbook is a photograph album which shows SGT. Ballard in training and later photographs of him in flight gear and in his Spitfire. A very interesting and tragic collection showing the reality of life in Fighter Command during the early years of the Second World War. N.B. See also http://aircrewremembered.com/denchfield-herbert.html

Book-Reader's Digest -Treasures in your Home-all illustrated Guide to Antiques and their Prices

Kakuzo [Okakura] - The Book of Tea reprint 1980 with slip case, Mount Omei illustrated guide and 2 Japanese related books

Railwayana - The Railway Carriage & Wagon Handbook, The Locomotive Publishing Co., Ltd, London [c.1934]; Great Western Railway Rule Book 1933 [reprinted 1945]; The Railway Travellers' Factotum, A Complete Guide to the Principal Railways in England 1825 - 1840 (3)

A sealed 'F1 The Definitive Visual Guide' hardback book with a limited edition numbered print signed by Lewis Hamilton - NO RESERVE

ESTIMATE £3,000 - £5,000Chassis number ZFA17600006036034 - extremely rare on the UK market and virtually impossible to find in this colour combination and specification. Built in the Bertone factory and supplied new by Wilson Purves Fiat of Sussex on August 1st 1997, and appears to have remained in the Sussex area for most of it s life, the car would have cost £13,255 which included an extra £289 for the wider alloy wheels and tyres (original purchase invoice included). To add to the extreme rarity of the model itself this example is in very original and stunning unrestored condition, appearing completely rust free with no apparent body repairs or welding. The car also comes with original hood tonneau cover, factory wind deflector in the original bag, original wheel locks and factory floor mats. There is an extensive Service History file which includes the original Service Book detailing services at 8,878 / 17,994 / 27,234 / 35,677 / 45,030 / 51,751 / 57,328 / 59,817 / 60,267 / 61,278 / 67,581 (cambelt and kit)/ 69,406 / 71,498 and 79,142. The file also includes previous invoices, MOT test certificates, original Handbooks and the all important "Red Key" it also includes a now rare original power hood operation guide. During the cars MOT Test on June 15th 2019, it was noted that the car had new rear brake callipers, new shock absorbers and springs front and rear, new brake pipes front to rear and a new clutch slave cylinder (see photos). This version comes with 4 power windows and a power hood, all working. This example represents an unrepeatable opportunity for any prospective purchaser.R245LNJ Miles:79,477 Keepers:3 Year:1997 MOT:14/06/2020 Doors:2 Color:White

BADEN-POWELL ROBERT: (1857-1941) British Lieutenant General who, in 1899 during the Second Boer War in South Africa, successfully defended the city in the Siege of Mafeking. Later Baden-Powell founded the Scout Movement. Autograph Manuscript signed, with his initials BP, three pages, 8vo, Waiho Gorge, Westland, New Zealand, n.d. (1934), in pencil, on the printed stationery of the Glacier Hotel at the Franz Josef Glacier. Baden-Powell's manuscript, with several corrections throughout, is entitled On a Glacier and states, in part, 'As I write this I am sitting on a bluff on the shoulder of one of the great mountains which rear their snowclad heads high above me on every side. In front and below me runs a wide valley which is filled from side to side with a vast white sheet of ice; not the sort of ice you know at home but a jumbled mess of blocks and waves and walls of ice. It is a glacier, or frozen stream, a mile wide and twelve miles long from where it starts…..I can see three tiny moving specks some two miles away on the glacier. These are my two daughters mountain climbing with their guide. Dressed in breeches and puttees and heavy iron-shod climbing boots and armed with ice axes for cutting steps in the ice and with goggles to escape the glare of the snow, they love the excitement of clambering over those great slippery crags…..As for me I am taking it easy, sitting on my bluff and gazing over this mighty frozen torrent. There is a steady rumbling hum in the air, just like the roar of the traffic in London as you hear it sitting in Hyde Park. This rumbling is the sound made by that vast mass of ice slowly, slowly grinding its way over the rocks and stones beneath it. Watching it and standing on it you can perceive no movement, but moving it is all the same…..It behaves just as a stream of water does in running down a steep water course, the difference being that it is all a solid block of ice….'  The final page is lightly and neatly laid down to a page most likely removed from a scrapbook and the first two pages are neatly laid down to the left edges alongside. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, about VG The present manuscript was most likely written in preparation for Baden-Powell's book Scouting Round the World (1935) which records the Chief Scout's round-the-world voyage undertaken in 1934 in the company of his wife, Olave Baden-Powell, and their two daughters. The book features a description of his observations as his daughters climb the Franz Josef Glacier.

The Newgate Annual; Or, The Guide to the Gallows, edited by Jack Ketch, 'To be had of the Editor, at the Debtor's-door, Newgate; and at all Coffee-shops, Night-Houses, and Flash Kens in the Metropolis'. A bespoke binding comprising 17 pages of text (complete article plus three pages from Principles of Translation), engraved cartoon by "Phiz" [Harblot Knight Browne] acting as frontispiece ('The Way to the Gallows made easy and pleasant', depicting murderers Burke & Hare), numerous blank leaves at front and rear, and a newspaper clipping relating to Ketch mounted on front pastedown. Quarter buckram binding (imitation crocodile skin), paper covered boards, letterpress title on laid paper to upper board, 'Autobiography of Jack Ketch'. The name "Jack Ketch" can mean death, Satan, executioner, and stems from the original John Ketch - English executioner notorious for his barbarous ineptitude, employed by Charles II. Content of book is from The New Monthly Magazine [1840]. General discolouration and wear in places. Criminology Interest

A collection of early 20th century liner brochures:, including Anchor Line, Coe Gle Transatlantique, Lloyd Autrichien Trieste 1914, a General Steam Navigation Co, Guide Book, a South Manchuria Railway Handbook 1913, a Port of Manila Year Book 1928 and others (a lot).

Four vintage car books to include a Triumph Herald owner's manual, The Book of the Standard Vanguard, Standard Cars A Practical Guide Covering All Models from 1936, Motor If You Must by J. B. Boothroyd and a motoring and hiking map

Vintage South African travel books, to include CHAPART, G. A romance of motor pioneering in South Africa, inscribed by author; CHILVERS, H. The seven lost trails of Africa, 1st ed., pub. Cassell, 1930; FRIEDLANDER, V. Poor Me, 1st ed., pub. 1911; a book of road maps from 1917; a pictoral book , Scenes from the sunny south, pub. 1890, plus three other guide books. (8)

Golf, an European Official Media Guide, with autobiographies of all the players of the circuit. The 650 page book is multi signed by 182 players include, Clarke, Faldo, McIlroy, Jaider etc

Durrell (Lawrence) Alexandria Quartet Novels: All 1st Editions (Justine, 1957; Mount Olive, 1958 5th Imp. Balthazar 1958 7th Imp. and Clea 1960, 5th Imp.). All with DJ's but Justine's is little worn and faded, the rest are good. Collectible set. Justine published by Dutton, the rest Faber. + Crete guide book. 5 items.

Collection of vintage and antique writing accessories to include; a cardboard box of quill pen nibs by J.C & S Music London, an early 20th Century 'Georgian Sealing Set' containing melting pot, signet ring, candle and 33 wax balls, a brass blotter, a plated brass nib box, three copper finish hand shaped nibs with M.Turner & Co makers mark, a brass and steel stamp perforator with wooden handle, a bag of cardboard labels on string, two wafer boxes; one is cardboard 'Best super fine wafers' and the other ivory with 'wafers' engraved on the lid. Together with a bag containing various pens including an olive wood carved souvenir pen, pencils etc, a small metal bookmark and a Miller's 'Pens & Writing equipment' collectors guide book. (10)(B.P. 24% incl. VAT)

A Rolleiflex camera, guide and book

' Star Wars Vintage Action Figures  - A Guide For Collectors ' by John Kellerman. A rare hardback first edition of the ' bible ' Star Wars collectors' book. Mint condition, likely unread. The definitive guide for Star Wars MOC collectors. Rare publication. 

NO RESERVE Taxonomy.- Stafleu (Frans A.), Richard S.Cowan & others. Taxonomic Literature: A Selective Guide to Botanical Publications and Collections..., 15 vol. including 8 vol. supplement [all published in book form], vol.1-7 second edition, original cloth, Utrecht, 1976-2009; and c.30 others on taxonomy and Linnaeus, many pamphlets, 8vo & 4to (c.45)

Collection of various books relating to Toys comprising of titles; The War Toys, The Collectors Book of Dolls by Coleman, Toy Boats (Miller & Forbes), Collecting Toy Trains (Pearce Calson) Matchbox price Guide (Frank Thompson), etc

Bibliography and Bibliophily - Book History, volumes 1-4 only, edited by Ezra Greenspan and Jonathan Rose, The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1998-2001, contemporary blue cloth, 8vo, (4); Gaskell (Philip), A New Introduction to Bibliography, Clarendon Press, Oxford 1972, h/b, d/j, 8vo; Esdaile's Manual of Bibliography, Fifth revised edition by Roy Stokes, The Scarecrow Press, 1981, blue cloth, 8vo; McKerrow (Ronald B.), An Introduction to Bibliography for Literary Students, second impression, Clarendon Press, Oxford 1928, red leather spine and buckram boards, neat ex-lib copy, 8vo; Hirsch (Rudolf), The Printed Word: Its Impact and Diffusion, (Primarily in the 15th-16th Centuries), Variorum Reprints, London 1978, blue cloth, 8vo; Review Copy, Luborsky (Ruth Samson) [...], A Guide to English Illustrated Books 1536-1603, two-volume set, 1998, paper covers, 8vo, (2); other works on earlier printing; Private Libraries Association: Faxon (Frederick W.), Literary Annuals and Gift Books: A Bibliography, 1823-1903 [...], 1973, red cloth, 8vo; Harrop (Dorothy A.), A History of the Gregynog Press, 1980, blue cloth gilt and blind, 4to; Twyman (Michael), Early Lithograph Books [...] with a Catalogue, 1990, drab cloth gilt, 4to; Rota (Anthony): Apart from the Text, 1998 & Books in the Blood: memoirs of a fourth generation bookseller, 2002, h/b, d/j, 8vo, (2); Alderson (Brian), Edward Ardizzone: A Bibliographic Commentary, 2003, red cloth gilt, 8vo; A Modest Collection: Private Libraries Association 1956-2006, Pinner 2007, green cloth gilt, 8vo; The Fanfrolico Press: Satyrs, Fauns & Fine Books, 2009, blue cloth gilt, 4to; Cooke (Simon), Illustrated Periodicals of the 1860s: Contexts & Colloborations, 2010, h/b, d/j, 4to, (7); Printing Places: Locations of Book Production & Distribution Since 1500, edited by John Hinks [...], The British Library, 2005, h/b, d/h; further reference, academic and non-academic; (collection)

Bradshaw (George). Railway Companion, [1843], folding & double-page maps (some hand-coloured), without title-page & printed front free endpaper, adhesive tape staining to initial leaf, contents loose, original cloth, rubbed, 12mo, together with Markland (J.H.) , Some Remarks on the early use of Carriages in England, and on the modes of Travelling adopted by our Ancestors. Communicated to the Society of Antiquaries... in a letter to Thomas Amyot, from Archaeologia vol. xx, 1823, 35pp., two engraved plates, modern mock leather, slim 4to, with Churton (Edward) , Railroad Book of England, [1851], wood engraved frontispiece and few vignette illustrations, bookplate of the Earl of Portsmouth to front pastedown, top edge gilt, near contemporary red half morocco gilt, extremities rubbed, 8vo, with Measom (George) , The Official Illustrated Guide to the North-Western Railway (including the Chester and Holyhead Line), and all their branches, [1859], wood engraved vignette illustrations, advertisements at rear (one folding), adhesive tape residue to title, all edges gilt, modern red cloth, thick 8vo, plus three others including West Cumberland Railway Guide and Steam Packet Directory also, a list of Coaches in the Lake District..., Whitehaven: William Pagen, August, 1894; The Reshaping of British Railways, by the British Railways Board, 2 parts (text & maps), 1963; Turnpike & Highway Abstracts, 11 parts (various), for 1834-1872, disbound folio and The New Ennerdale Railway Bill 1884 (Qty: 18)

Olsen (Klaus Malling & Larsson , Hans) . Skuas and Jaegers, a guide to the skuas and jaegers of the world, 1st edition, 1997, Pica Press, Sussex, numerous black & white illustrations, previous owner inscription to front endpaper, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly toned & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with Lack (Peter & Ferguson, David) , The Birds of Buckinghamshire, 1st edition, 1993, The Buckinghamshire Bird Club, black & white illustrations, book plate to front paste down, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, and Ripley (S.Dillon) , Rails Of The World, a monograph of the family Rallidae, 1st edition, 1977, U.S.A., 41 colour plates painted by J. Fenwick Lansdowne, black & white maps, book plate to front paste down, original cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly spotted & rubbed to head & foot, folio, plus other modern ornithology & natural history reference, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/folio. (Qty: 6 shelves)From the library of Brian L. Sage.

Burleigh (Thomas D.) . Georgia Birds, 1st edition, 1958, University of Oklahoma Press, U.S.A., numerous colour and black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot, 4to, together with Bár?arson(Hjálmar R.) , Birds of Iceland, 1986, Iceland, numerous colour and black & white illustrations, book plate to front endpaper, original cloth in dust jacket, square 4to, and Juniper (Tony & Parr, Mike) , Parrots, a guide to the parrots of the world, 1998, Pica Press, East Sussex, numerous colour and black & white illustrations, book plate to front paste down, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, plus other modern ornithology reference & related, including publications by Academic Press, Yale, Princeton, Helm, Cambridge, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/4to. (Qty: 6 shelves)From the library of Bryan L.Sage.

ARSENAL A miscellany including 5 pennants, 11" red with badge, 13" Fairs Cup Winners 1970, 15" Double Winners, 15" Arsenal v Barcelona 1974 and 15" Sixty Consecutive Years First Division and 2 Books: Allison Calling and Arsenal Season's Guide Pocket Book 1994/95. Generally good

A QUANTITY OF PAPER RAILWAYANA AND OTHER RAILWAY EPHEMERA, to include Railway Clearing House Appendix to the Official Handbook of Railway Stations etc 1916, L.M & S Railway list of stations and map 1939, B.R. (W.R.) Train Register Book from Priestfield Junction Signal Box (between Wolverhampton & Dudley) for August and September 1961, L.M. & S.R. General Instructions 'Curvest', B.R. Information Sheets regarding the painting of stations, dated 1949, B.R. L.M.R. Guide to Station Display, Midland Railway Passes & Season Ticket Information for 1918, 1955 Sutton Coldfield Accident Report, assorted maps, pocket and other timetables, handbills, information leaflets, reports, staff magazines, Ian Allan ABC's and other books and pamphlets, badges, cigarette cards, diesel locomotive piston ring, playing cards, jigsaw, etc (three boxes)

Storer (James) - A Description of Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire - illustrated, published 1812, one hundred copies printed, (the only contemporary guide book while William Thomas Beckford lived there).

Senault (Louis) Heures nouvelles tirees de la Sainte Ecriture, engraved throughout, calligraphic script with fine decorative initials, fleurons, sub-title borders and other decorations, with 5 engraved plates after Champagne, Le Brun, Mignard, Le Guide and Carmarat each with border ruled in gold, early 19th century red morocco, gilt, g.e., [Bonacini 1689], 8vo, Paris, Chez l'Autheur, [after 1690].⁂ One of many editions of this beautiful printed Book of Hours, probably dating to around the beginning of the 18th century; the breasts of the sirens on p.210 are covered by fleurons indicating it is a second edition at the earliest.

A small Library of Chinese Art Reference Books and Saleroom Catalogues, including: Christie's New York/21.3.2012/20.3.2001; Sotheby's catalogue of The Mr and Mrs Eugene Bernat Collection; Christie's London 21.4.1986/15.7.1981/18.4.1977/15.12.1980; Christie's Hong Kong catalogues 8.10.1990/20.3.1990; Christie's catalogue of The Hardy Collection of Early Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art from the Sze Yuan Tang; Sotheby's Hong Kong catalogue of 'An Important Private Collection of Chinese Celadons and Other Ceramics'/5.11.1996; 'Chinese Ceramics/The New Standard Guide' by He Li; 'Later Chinese Porcelain' by Soame Jenyns; 'The Art of The Tang Potter' by Mario Prodan (1960); and 'Oriental Ceramics/The World's Great Collections-The Percival David Foundation' with introduction by Margaret Medley (lot)Provenance: The Property of a Gentleman. From a Private English Library.. Please note that this is a group lot of books where the extent of wear, soiling, deterioration may vary from book to book, and catalogue to catalogue. Some areas of damage extant.. Please note that this is a group lot of books where the extent of wear, soiling, deterioration may vary from book to book, and catalogue to catalogue. Some areas of damage extant.

A collection of hardback reference books on antiques and collectables along with reference history and war books. To include Millers Guides, Making Cabinets & Built Ins, The Animals War, Fly Now!, Leather, Victorian & Edwardian London, Wade reference books, Modern Homes, The Western Front ( 2vols), Robert Schneider Still LIfe, Pocket Book of Silver, Practical Upholstery, Carn Pottery, Sylvac guide, The World At War and others

Book: BRISTOL CHANNEL GUIDE (Official Handbook to P&A Campbell White Funnel Fleet Marine Excursions).c1920 - just post WWI. Profusely illustrated with Paddle Steamers (some as War time Mine-Sweepers) topo views and interesting adverts.38th edition, hardback, 318 pages with pull-out maps. Rare.

The Spectator in Eight Volumes, London J. Parsons 1793 full calf 16mo, to/w later vols including Hulme, F. Edward, Familiar Garden Flowers 1st series with coloured plate, Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. 5 vols c.1880, cloth, 8vo; four 19th century and later cookery books, including Gouffe, Jules, The Royal Cookery Book, English Translations by Alphonse Gouffe, London: Sampson Law, Son & Marston 1868 dec red cloth (disbound); Fillippini, Alexander, The International Cook Book, New York Doubleday, Page & Co. 1907 red cloth (disbound); Kettner's Book of the Table, London: Dulau & Co. 1877 8vo; Francatelli, C E, The Cook's Guide, London 1868; five other various volumes (22)

Photograph albums, art prints, guide book and photographs of European travel, dating from the late 19th Century onwards