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Roy Ehrhardt & Joe DeMesy - Patek Philippe, Wristwatches, Pocket Watches, Clocks : Identification & Price Guide: Retail & Vintage Prices, Book 1, first edition, published 1991

WWI/II Medal Group - War Medal and Victory Medal to 22652 Leonard Oxford Caton, Norfolk Regiment and his son: 14438169 Signals R.L. Canton, France and Germany, 1939 - 45 Medal and General Service Medal with Palestine 1945-48 clasp. A large amount of photos and documents including small diaries, Soldiers book, WWI dog tags, Jerusalem guide and various Arabian water colours, Liberation of Norway certificate etc. A rare family grouping well worth a look.

Book - Building Trade Manuals - a collection of 12 trade manuals including 5 Ashrae Handbooks, 3 Cibse Guides, part 1 of the 'Piping Guide' Plus carrier and Trane air conditioning manuals.

BEATLES - mixed selection of books and magazines to include a 1st edition copy of John Lennon's In His Own Write (includes original receipt for 9s 6d), Pixerama book, Alan Freeman Pop Guide, Beat Book 1 & 2, 5 x Pop Pics Specials, Beatleopaedia, Punch Out Portraits Book, Liverpool Council PR press pack and a Fabulous song book.

"Kelly's Directories for Shropshire 1913", rebound, red cloth, leather pastedown to spine, "Herefordshire 1913", rebound, red cloth, leather pastedown, "Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 1941", "Lincolnshire and Hull 1896", "Hereford and Shropshire 1895" Norton, Jane E "Guide to the National and Provincial Directories of England and Wales, excluding London, published before 1856", London (1950) "The Blue Book Cambridge Directory 1938", "British Directories the Second Edition", "Post Office Directory of Northumberland (1879)", rebound, "The Spalding Director 1935-36" and "History and Directory of East Cumberland", blue cloth, condition poor (1 box)

English topographical books including Black's Picturesque Guide Through North & South Wales & Monmouthshire 1851, Cliffe's Book of South Wales, Bristol Channel, Monmouth & the Wye 1848, Baedeker's Great Britain, seventh edition 1910, etc, 17 volumes

A vintage timber crate containing an assortment of vintage children's toys to include plastic soldiers and further animal figures, plastic tea set, puzzles, games, model vehicles, drawing sets, accessories for Mr Potato Head, etc together with publications to include Circus, Pyramid Painting Book, Pixel Land, several volumes of The Girl Guide Annual dating from the 1980s, etc

MOSKVA PUTEVODITEL [MOSCOW: GUIDE-BOOK], 1915MOSKVA. Putevoditel. [Moscow. Guide-Book]. Moscow: Kushnerev, 1915. First thus, text in Russian, 16mo (152 x 101 mm); cloth, V pp; 54 illustrations, 6 plans and 4 diagrams. Afanasiev, Piotr (1866-1960): well-known Russian and Soviet painter, graphic artist. Studied from Korovin. Exhibited from 1895THIS LOT IS BEING SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE.

James Bond actors signed book. Large hardback edition of The Essential Bond - The Authorized Guide to the World of 007. Signed on the title page by actors who have appeared in these fantastic films - Diana Rigg, Roger Moore, Gloria Hendry, Ben Wishaw, Honor Blackman and Jane Seymour. Good condition. All signed items come with Certificate of Authenticity. Can be shipped worldwide.

Collection of books relating to carpets, rugs and textiles, including Black, David, A Comprehensive Guide for the Buyer and Collector; Eiland, Murray L. Oriental Rugs, A New Comprehensive Guide; Bennett, I. Rugs & Carpets of the World; Bogolyubov, A.A. Carpets of Central Asia, The Crosby Press, 1973; Cohen, M. The World of Carpets; Thompson J. Carpets from the Tents, Cottages and Workshops of Asia; Formenton, F. Oriental Rugs and Carpets; Fokker, N. Caucasian Rugs of Yesterday; O’Bannon, G. W. The Turkoman Carpet; Schurmann, U. Oriental Carpets (2 copies); Jourdan, U. Oriental Rugs, Vol. 5, Turkoman; Amini, M. Oriental Rugs, Care and Repair; Bennett, I. Book of Oriental Carpets and Rugs; Bennett, I. Oriental Carpet Identifier; Reed, S. Oriental Rugs & Carpets; Gregorian A. T. Oriental Rugs and The Stories They Tell; Izmidlian, G. Oriental Rugs and Carpets Today; Ayyildiz, U. Turkish Carpets; Campana, M. Oriental Carpets; Delabere May, C. J. How to Identify Persian Rugs, London 1920; and two pamphlets published by the Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Textiles, Notes on Carpet-Knotting and Weaving. (23 vols).

OPIE, James. The Great Book of Britains - 100 Years of Britains Toy Soldiers: together with ATTERBURY P. Moorcroft - A Guide to Moorcroft Pottery 1897 -1993. (2).

TWO BOXES OF VARIOUS BOOKS, MAGAZINES AND GUIDE BOOKS ETC, relating to football, stamp collecting, vehicle maintenance etcCondition Report:Please note: every page of every book is not checked, if you are unable to view yourself please ask for detailed information

OLYMPICS, selection, inc. 1972 Munich Official Guide, 1964 Tokyo Mizuno scarf, badge; book, History of Olympics 1976 etc., G to VG, Qty.

Two boxes of Books: Family Guide to Nature, Girls Story Book etc, novels and more

The Jet Stream Memorabilia Collection, including a rare bottle of The MacCallan, 12 year old single Highland malt Scotch whisky, 43% vol, specially bottled for British Aerospace PLC with original presentation box. Plus boxed Airfix-72 Scale Jet Stream model (complete with instructions). Jet Stream Skip cap, Jetstream 41 plastic case with three highlighting pens, Jet Stream brown leather luggage label, Jetstream Super 31 note pad, Book Scotland Scanned, guide to Aviation in Scotland, Fifth Edition 1982, with Jet Stream photograph on cover, and a large white prototype model of a Jet Stream, used in wind tunnel research

Burge (Squadron-Leader C.G.). The Air Annual of the British Empire, 1929, 1930 & 1932-33, together 3 volumes, 1929-32, numerous sepia illustrations after photos, some folding plates, adverts at front and rear, original blue cloth gilt in bright condition, with dust jacket to each volume, with some fraying to extremities, and third volume torn without loss to spine, large thick 8vo, together with Nelson (Wing Commander H. & Williamson, Wing Commander G.W.), Aeronautics, A Complete Guide to Civil and Military Flying, 4 volumes, George Newnes, circa 1935, numerous illustrations to text, data sheets to rear of each volume, original blue cloth gilt in very good condition, 8vo, plus Burge (Squadron-Leader C.G.), The Airman's Year Book and Light Aeroplane Manual 1935, Pitman, 1935, original boards in dust jacket, a little rubbed and some marks, 8vo, and Barber (H.), The Aeroplane Speaks, 6th revised edition, 1918, monochrome illustrations, original green cloth, rubbed and some marks and a little wear, 8vo, plus other pre-World War II aviation interest, various, including W.L. Hope and N.W. Kennedy, A Complete Course for the Commercial Flying Licence, 1st edition, 1931, A. Fage, The Aeroplane, A Concise Scientific Study, 5th edition, revised, 1918, Major Oliver Stewart, Flying As A Career, Pitman, 1934, etc. (38)

WARD LOCKS BRIGHTON & HOVE GUIDE BOOK

Georgano (Nick, editor). The Complete Encyclopaedia of Motorcars, 1st edition, 1968, 640 pp. with its original dust jacket, good, clean condition, corners a little bumped, also, other large format books to include: Price Guide to Automobilia, 1996, L'Automobile, an Italian book about pre-1940 cars, Vintage Miniature Racing Cars by Robert Ames, a signed 'Author's Proof' of a limited edition of 1500 copies, with a very clean dust jacket, The Custom Body Era by Hugo Pfau, The Complete Car Modeller by Wingrove and other good titles (11)

A collection of local interest books from Bristol and the surrounding area's, to include a Ward, Lock and Co's Bath, Cheddar, Wells, Glastonbury illustrated guide book, Post War Bristol, Bristol as it Was 1914 - 1900 by Reece Winstone, Stories From St. Philips, Bristol 1918 It's History, It's Commerce, It's Citizen's along with Hamslip Flecther's drawing's of Bombed London and a copy of Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler

TWO BOXES OF VARIOUS BOOKS, MAGAZINES AND GUIDE BOOKS ETC, relating to football, stamp collecting, vehicle maintenance etcCondition Report:Please note: every page of every book is not checked, if you are unable to view yourself please ask for detailed information

Golfing Legends signed book. Large softback edition of The Complete Illustrated Guide to Improving Your Golf, signed inside on the title page by golfing superstars Tony Jacklin, Colin Montgomerie, Bernhard Langer and Nick Faldo. Very rare. Good condition. All signed items come with a Certificate of Authenticity and can be shipped worldwide.

PETER LANYON Collaged Book Circa 1956 (See illustration) The book is a 1934 copy of 'The Story Of Cornwall' by A.K. Hamilton Jenkin. Upon the front cover under the title, Lanyon has pasted "THE WADDINGTON Guide" from printed cut outs. On the second page is pasted a piece of a compliments slip from Gimpel Fils Gallery, Lanyon's London dealers in Mayfair. In the book Lanyon is mischievously poking fun at his fellow artists; Terry Frost, Patrick Heron, Roger Hilton, John Wells and Bryan Wynter, who were all represented by The Waddington Galleries in Cork Street. Lanyon was the only 'native' Cornishman amongst the group, whereas the others were all 'incomers'. Various illustrated pages in the book have been 'doctored' by Lanyon and allude to jokes and tensions between the artists. The first photograph in the book is of the Tamar Bridge, to which has been added a tiny Peter Lanyon chiselling away at the base of the bridge, in order, we suppose, to bring it down and keep the foreigners out. The next collaged photograph is of Lanyon Quoit: A colour image of Patrick Heron is precariously placed upon the top of the quoit, with strings tied to his wrists and ankles. The strings are being pulled and controlled by two small Peter Lanyons on either side of the quoit. Scattered throughout the book are 14 carefully constructed collages featuring Lanyon's artists. In some, a head has been simply replaced; near the end of the book John Wells' head tops the suit of armour of the renowned seaman Sir Richard Grenville. On page 53, Terry Frost's head has been stuck onto the body of Anthony Payne, the Cornish Giant, he also holds one of his pictures which has been painted by Lanyon in grey. Bryan Wynter's head appears comically poking out of a fogou (a Cornish, pre-historic underground chamber). The page depicting the Merry Maidens stone circle, upon which several woman who look like magazine models have been superimposed (along with Lanyon and a dancing sailor) refers to an occasion when the hip London photographer Cornel Lucas was sent to Cornwall to photograph the St Ives artists with fashion models in their studios. It is not difficult to imagine the amusement this idea generated. The person most teased in these collages is Patrick Heron, who Lanyon had a falling out with over mining in Cornwall. In the most detailed collage, Heron stands firing a gun at a Cornish mining pump house, at his feet is a large self portrait in a heavy frame, whilst overhead, a glider, presumably containing Lanyon, swoops down like an attacking bird. We have not been able to identify the subjects in all the collages. Lanyon regularly sent satirical collaged cards to his friends and family but this book is a more unusual and elaborate creation. He had a wicked sense of humour and liked to poke fun at those that took themselves too seriously. Although we can only suppose what inspired this book, humour and satire were an important part of Lanyon and his work. Authenticated by Andrew Lanyon. From the effects of Sir Terry Frost. Condition Report: Book itself is in fair condition as are the collages.

GIBSON (W): 'The Farrier's New Guide...' London, 1725. Fourth Edition. 8vo, contemp calf boards, rebacked, some wear and browning. BUCHAN (William): 'Domestic Medicine: or, a treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases..' London, 1776. Fifth Edition. 8vo, period calf boards, rebacked: together with approx 53 others, general antiquarian books and bindings 17th-early 20thc, some defective, to include an early edition of Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management. (2 shelves)

Scout and guide interest. A hand written scrap book of 1952 Gang Show with original poster.

DISMALAND MISC: A collection of assorted Banksy / Dismaland miscellany, comprising of: an original Banksy Versus Bristol Museum leaflet, ' Below ' book by Darren Cullen, ' Join The Army ' by Darren Cullen (folding pamphlet story), a print of Monkey Parliament by Banksy, original set of Banksy Greenpeace ' Save Or Delete ' stickers and an original Dismaland leaflet etc NOTE: From a private collection of Dismaland / Banksy and related items. Some of which were obtained directly from Dismaland, or directly from the artist(s) associated. Where something is listed as possibly Banksy buyers are reminded to satisfy themselves as to originality, condition and authenticity, and no artwork comes with authentication or any guarantee implied or given. Provenance, where given, is there for reference or guide only. The vendor will be donating an amount of the proceeds raised in this sale to a local Bristol homeless charity.

Shell nodding head figures, RAC and AA badge, goggles, 1960's Ford at Dagenham Tour guide book, Butlins together with Scouting, petrol and vehicle enamel badges, coronation pen knife etc

Shaw (Joseph), Parish Law, or a Guide to Justices of the Peace, Ministers, Church Wardens .........', cf gt, 8vo, 1755; Baxter (Richard), Gildas Salvianus; The Reformed Pastor, 2nd edn, cf, 8vo, 1657; The Office of an Executor, no tp, cf, 12mo, n.d; The Book of Common Prayers, cf, 8vo, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1790.

WILLIAMS, Wellington:Appleton’s New and Complete United States Guide Book for Travellers, Embracing the Northern, Eastern, Southern and Western States, Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Etc.,Two volumes in one with a general title page plus two other title pages. D Appleton, New York, 1853, new and revised edn. Volume1: pp303, (i)blank and 27 maps only of 30?? (the missing ones are supposed to be on page 313, which does not exist!). Volume 2: pp140, plus 10 pages of maps. Many of the maps are folding or double-page; the title page states that there are 45 maps and plans (this is possibly because there is more than one map on some map pages). Original cloth. Lacking one cover and spine; a few pages frayed at edges; occasional foxing

THE WORKING MAN'S COMPANION THE RESULTS OF MACHINERY NAMELY CHEAP PRODUCTION AND INCREASED EMPLOYMENT EXHIBITED ..., London 1831, 3rd edition, original cloth, top board detached but present, plus THE HOUSEKEEPER'S GUIDE OR EVERY MAN HIS OWN DOCTOR CONTAINING MANY VALUABLE RECEIPTS AND PRESCRIPTIONS ... FOR THE CURE OF THE HUMAN BODY TO WHICH IS ADDED A DESCRIPTION OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF BATHS BATHING ELECTRICITY ETC ALSO A TREATMENT OF THE CHOLERA, Leeds 1837, 7th edition, 59pp, rebound wraps, plus S H PRATER: CHART TO TELL WHETHER AN INDIAN SNAKE IS POISONOUS OR HARMLESS, Bombay Natural History Society 1917, folding coloured chart on linen, original cloth, plus "CRAVEN": WALKERS MANLY EXERCISES CONTAINING ROWING SAILING RIDING DRIVING RACING HUNTING SHOOTING AND MANY OTHER MANLY SPORTS, London 1860, 10th edition, original blind stamped cloth gilt, plus SAMUEL JUBB: HISTORY OF THE SHODDY-TRADE ITS RISE PROGRESS AND PRESENT POSITION, London 1860, original printed wraps, plus PATENTS FOR INVENTIONS ABRIDGEMENTS OF SPECIFICATIONS RELATING TO COOKING BREADMAKING AND THE PREPARATION OF CONFECTIONERY, London 1873, original printed wraps worn, plus BOOK OF ILLUSTRATIONS OF S MAW SON & THOMPSON QUARTERLY PRESS CURRENT SURGEONS INSTRUMENTS ETC, London 1891, 235pp catalogue illustrated throughout, original cloth worn (7)

THE MOTORIST'S REFERENCE AND YEAR BOOK THE COMPLETE AUTHORITY AND GUIDE FOR CAR OWNERS AND ALL INTERESTED IN MOTORING, London 1928, original limp cloth gilt

A R H MONCRIEFF: SCOTLAND, A & Black, 1922, 2nd edition revised, original blind stamped cloth gilt, plus T F HENDERSON AND F WATT: SCOTLAND OF TO-DAY, 1907 2nd edition, original cloth gilt, plus L J RINTOUL: LARGO VILLAGE BOOK, Cupar-Fife, 1932, original cloth, plus J M GILBERT: HUNTING AND HUNTING RESERVES IN MEDIEVAL SCOTLAND, 1979, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper, plus M LYNCH: EDINBURGH AND THE REFORMATION, 1981, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper, plus W F H NICOLAISEN: SCOTTISH PLACE NAMES THEIR STUDY AND SIGNIFICANCE, 1989 reprint, original laminated wraps, plus D & W B STEVENSON: SCOTTISH TEXT AND CALENDARS AN ANALYTICAL GUIDE TO SERIAL PUBLICATIONS, 1987, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper, plus M R APTED AND S HANNABUSS: PAINTERS IN SCOTLAND 1301-1700 A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1978 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper, plus GEORGE F BLACK: THE SURNAMES OF SCOTLAND THEIR ORIGIN, MEANING AND HISTORY, 1993, original laminated wraps (9)

A WAINWRIGHT, 9 TITLES: PENNINE WAY COMPANION, 10th impression; A PICTORIAL GUIDE TO THE LAKELAND FELLS - BOOK 7 THE WESTERN FELLS, 32nd impression; A PICTORIAL GUIDE TO THE LAKELAND FELLS - BOOK 6 THE NORTH WESTERN FELLS, 13th impression; BOOK 5 THE NORTHERN FELLS, 11th impression; BOOK 4 THE SOUTHERN FELLS, 22nd impression; BOOK 3 THE CENTRAL FELLS, 21st impression; SCOTTISH MOUNTAIN DRAWINGS - VOLUME 2 THE NORTH WESTERN HIGHLANDS - VOLUME 3 THE WESTERN HIGHLANDS - VOLUME 6 THE ISLANDS, circa 1975-78, each original faux leather gilt dust wrappers "Scottish Mountain Drawings", obl (9)

E L CUTTS: HISTORIC TOWNS COLCHESTER, 1889, 2nd edition, original cloth gilt, plus L A BATEMAN: HISTORY OF HARLOW, 1969, original cloth, dust wrapper, plus G H MORGAN: FORGOTTEN THAMESIDE, 1966 revised edition, original cloth, dust wrapper, plus F G EMMISON: GUIDE TO THE ESSEX RECORD OFFICE PART ONE QUARTER SESSIONS, BOROUGH, OTHER OFFICIAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL RECORDS PART TWO ESTATE FAMILY AND BUSINESS ARCHIVES, 1969 2nd edition revised, original boards, plus F G EMMISON: ELIZABETHAN LIFE WILLS OF ESSEX GENTRY AND MERCHANTS PROVED IN THE PREROGATIVE COURT OF CANTERBURY, Chelmsford 1978, original cloth, dust wrapper, plus D H ALLEN: ESSEX EDITED TEXT VOL 1 ESSEX QUARTER SESSIONS ORDER BOOK 1652-1661, 1974 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper, plus J J MALING: COLCHESTER THROUGH THE AGES, 1979, original wraps, plus N PEVSNER: THE BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND - ESSEX, Penguin, 1954 1st edition, original wraps, dust wrapper (8)

CRICKET MISCELLANY Including Surrey CCC membership card 1935, Nottinghamshire CCC rules 1935, Daily Worker handbook 1948, Cyril Washbrook Annual 1949, Daily Dispatch Fight for the Ashes guide 1948, Sunday Chronicle Annual 1950, Book: Cricket Controversy - Test matches in Australia 1946-47 by Cliff Cary, 6 scorecards, 5 from the Oval 1938 - 1958 and Warwickshire v. West Indies 1950. Generally good

ROWANS RUGBY GUIDE Pocket size edition 1934-35, 254 pages, Scottish Rugby Union reference book. Very good

PLEASE NOTE: The vendor reports that the speedomoter cable on this vehicle snapped on the way to the MOT station on Monday. It has since driven only from Whitchurch, Hampshire, to the auction venue. - Only three registered owners from new, with the second for 38 years - Only 37,000 recorded miles and a quantity of lovely early documentation - One of Pininfarina's finest designs in very rare right hand drive configuration This beautiful and very rare right hand drive Lancia Flavia 1.8 Coupe was first registered on January 27th 1969, and according to the original green log book on file, in January 1970 the car was owned by a Mrs Sonya Burt from Lindfield, West Sussex, and the engine number on the document matches that of the unit in the car today. A letter on file from Mr Burt to a later owner states that he "acquired (the car) for my Wife back in the 60's" so possibly Mrs Burt was the first owner. An invoice on file shows that in November 1972 the car was purchased by a Dr C.N.D Eastes of Hove, West Sussex and a copy of a 1985 V5 registration document show that by 1985 Dr Eastes had moved to nearby Storrington. In June 2010 ownership changed to a Gentleman in Eastleigh, Hampshire, and a letter typed during the purchasing negotiations implies that the car was being purchased from Dr Eastes' son. The current vendor acquired the car in 2012 but due to it joining his Lancia and Italian car collection and his keenness not to put another owner in the registration document, he never registered it in his name. The history file contains many wonderful early documents such as a January 1972 MOT certificate (where the mileage was recorded as being 27,400), an April 1985 certificate (27,704 miles recorded), a January 1972 tax disc, a handbook, a radio user guide, and a BP Energol maintenance booklet. The Flavia is described by the vendor as being excellent in all respects having never been rusty, with them adding that during the 2015/16 winter the car had a bare metal repaint carried out to all panels except for the original paint on the roof, that the engine shows good oil pressure, the synchromesh on the gearbox are good, and that the interior is original and near perfect. This glorious car has had only three recorded owners and has covered just 37,200 miles from new, an odometer reading that is warranted by the vendor. A very beautiful, special, and captivating car.

Ephemera, interesting selection of animal feed advertising booklets & ephemera inc. Thorley's Poultry Keepers Guide, Hints to Pig Feeders, Thorley's Poultry Keepers account book, Spillers Poultry Keeping, Thorley's Farmers Almanack 1937, also Thorley's bills, various advertising leaflets, 1893 postcard, Thorley's Specialities booklet, corn ready reckoner etc (mixed condition)

Book of Railways, Engine Spotters Guide, Railway Dominos, GWR jigsaw puzzle 'The Cheltenham Flyer'

MONTAGU (LORD), "THE CAR" ROAD AND GUIDE BOOK, new edition revised, with large folding map, leather folding cover with printed adverts and inset compass, London, Car Illustrated, 1914 (1)

A boxed 48 inch haematite necklace with a Guide to Gems & Jewellery book.

A quantity of games including 'Sorry', Draughts, Ludo, Old Maid card game, 'The Whist Players Guide' book, Jacks, 'A Danish Girl Squeeze Toy, etc.

A Retro Acorn Electron home computer with Plus 1 Module and Acorn Data recorder, Two power supplies, cables, user guide, book 'start programming with the electron', Cassette Games: Introductory cassette, Bouncing Bombs, Rig Attack, Positron, Gauntlet, Death Star, Karate Combat, The French Mistress, Winter Olympics, Hopper, Chess, Boxer, Arcadians and Business Games. Cartridges: View Word Processor and View Sheet spreadsheet.

A box of books to include an unused London Midland and Scottish Railway Company Address Book; Modern Needlework in 600 Pictures; The Pictorial Guide to Modern Needlecraft; Punch on Children (Frederick Muller); Who's Who 1987 and 1969 and one other

Langley (B. & T.). Gothic Architecture, Improved by Rules and Proportions. In many Grand Designs of Columns, Doors, Windows, Chimney-Pieces, Arcades, Colonades, Porticos, Umbrellos, Temples, and Pavillions &c. with Plans, Elevations and Profiles, Geometrically Explained. To which is added An Historical Dissertation on Gothic Architecture, 1st edition, printed for I. & J. Taylor, [1742], engraved title and sixty-four engraved plates (numbered I-LXII, A, B), 4pp. folding publisher's catalogue at rear, front free endpaper with decorator's oval ink stamp, and a couple of pencil drawings, contemporary sheep, worn, with upper cover detached, 4to, together with Smith (George), The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide..., 1826, additional engraved title-page, 152 engraved plates, thirty-eight hand-coloured, generally toned and some spotting, one plate with closed tear repaired on verso, final few plates water-stained, endpapers renewed, book ticket on front pastedown, contemporary calf, sometime, rebacked, rubbed and some slight wear to extremities, recornered, 4to, plus a bound collection of twenty-eight engraved plates (plus engraved general title and letterpress title for part III) from New Designs for Chinese Temples Triumphal Arches, Garden Seats, Palings &c. by William Halfpenny, 1750, some browning, spotting, and one of two repairs, hinges repaired, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked, 8vo, plus a defective and stained copy of The Cabinet-Maker, Upholsterer and Complete Decorator, 1826, by Peter Nicholson, with numerous engraved plates, many hand-coloured, 4to Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (4)

A quantity of books to include children's annuals such as Jackie, Judy for Girls, Diana for Girls, Mandy for Girls, Knockout Fun Book 1953, Superman Adventure Book, Stars and Films of 1937, Shirley Temple, Self Education for the Police 6th Edition, A Model Guide and French Annual for English Visitors to Paris and the French Exhibition, The Illustrated Liverpool News, May 1962, The Illustrated London News, commemorating George VI and Queen Elizabeth, a vintage copy of Tit-bits, October 6th 1962, vintage maps etc.

A Leica M3 Rangefinder Camera, Serial No 73345 dated 1955, fitted with a Summicron f=5 cm 1:2 Lens & Leica Light meter, included Leitz Wetzlar Hektor Lens: f-13.5 cm 1:4.5 Leica lens hood, Leica lens cap, leather case, Leica flash gun with folding reflector, eight assorted Leica filters, two pistol grips, Metz Mecablitz 213 re-chargeable flash gun, assorted cable releases, flashbulbs, films etc together with fourteen copies of The Leica Magazine dating from the 1950's and 60's. Leica instruction booklets and a Leica Manual and Data Book published by Morgan & Lester and Photojournalism: A Freelancers Guide by Harvey L. Bilker published by Contemporary Books Chicago.

WWI Private Purchase Fluid Filled Pocket Compass with 1915 dated pocket book map reading, WWI Booklet Company Drill, WWI Book for Non Commissioned Officers Guide to Promotion. Good lot

Mirror Book 1959 In The Form Of A Bottle - ' Spring Tonic' (1 copy - very rare/only second compilation of his cartoons, printed with unusual flicker book action depicting the duo in action) Hall Syndicate' (US) 1963 'Meet Andy Capp' 1963 (rare US edition, introducing Andy by Time Magazine as 'the newest folk hero of the comic strips' on cover and including Reg's pencil jottings on p.1 and 4), a colour copy of 'Andy goes to the Parks'', a survival guide in comic book format published by the US Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington D.C., rare war time colour edition of Tip Top comic, featuring the Lil Abner strip, and given to Reg during his trip (4)

BEATLES HELLO LITTLE GIRL/'TIL THERE WAS YOU ACETATE - (***Please notify the auctioneer by email/phone of your intention to bid on this lot otherwise your bid may not be accepted on the day***) this unique 10" 78RPM acetate record featuring 'Hello Little Girl' on one side and 'Til There Was You' on the other was cut in the Personal Recording Department of the HMV record store on Oxford St, London. Brian Epstein had the disc cut from the Decca audition tapes before presenting it to George Martin (EMI) on 13th February 1962 in his desperate attempt to get them a recording contract. This meeting, despite Martin's initial reticence, was to eventually lead to the breakthrough they were looking for. The disc was later given to The Fourmost to record their own version of Hello Little Girl (recorded 3 July 1963) and then to Les Maguire of Gerry & The Pacemakers (recorded Hello Little Girl 17th July 1963). This is the first time it has come to the marketplace, having been tucked away in Maguire's loft until now. Epstein's handwriting on the labels reads as follows: side 1 Hullo Little Girl, John Lennon & The Beatles, Lennon,McCartney' and side 2 'Til' There Was You Paul McCartney & The Beatles'. The acetate is in VG (Very Good) condition with light scuffs and scratches - nothing heavy. It has been played through once when digitally recorded at BBC studios and it played through well with crackle but no skips or jumps. In his book Tune In, the leading Beatles historian Mark Lewisohn said of the disc, 'Its uniqueness is enhanced by Brian Epstein's handwriting on the labels, and the recognition of what it led to - making it one of the rarest and most collectable of all Beatles records.' According to Ian Shirley, Record Collector Rare Record Price Guide Editor "This is one of those Holy Grail items like the original Quarrymen acetate that the band recorded themselves. This acetate is a unique item that, in many respects, helped Brain Epstein to start the ball rolling to musical world domination'. Interviews with Mark Lewisohn and Ian Shirley can be found on our website. The lot also comes with a CD containing the digital recording taken from the disc at BBC studios on 19th February 2016. This is understood to be the first time the disc had been played since the 1960s. Background Information Extracted with permission from Tune In by Mark Lewisohn (volume one of The Beatles: All These Years), pages 1105-1108. Text © Mark Lewisohn Brian's April 1961 visit to Hamburg and Hanover as a guest of Deutsche Grammophon had already proven fruitful in getting My Bonnie released in Britain, and now it paid dividends a second time. Another delegate on the course was Robert Boast, manager of His Master's Voice (HMV), the self-proclaimed world's largest record store, situated on Oxford Street in the heart of London. After Decca's rejection, Brian took the opportunity to renew Boast's acquaintance; he had no obvious plan in mind, but Boast was an address-book contact and he was exploring every possibility. Brian had with him the Beatles' Decca tape and sat in Boast's office saying his boys would become very big stars if only someone would take a chance with them. 'He said he'd had a very wearing two days visiting record companies. It seems they just weren't prepared to listen. I was, though it was beyond my powers to help him. But at that time we had a small recording studio on the first floor, where budding artists could make 78rpm demonstration discs. I took Brian there and introduced him to our disc cutter, Jim Foy.' It made sense for Brian to pitch the Beatles from discs rather than a reel of tape. Every recording manager had an office gramophone (as they were still called), not everyone had a tape deck. The first floor at HMV included the Personal Recording Department, a smart counter beyond which customers could make one-strike records of personal greetings. Musicians used it too (the room contained a grand piano) and it was here, in 1958, that Cliff Richard recorded Lawdy Miss Clawdy c/w Breathless, which prompted Norrie Paramor to sign him to EMI's Columbia label. Jim Foy and Brian Epstein chatted while a lathe cut the Beatles' sound into 78rpm acetate discs of heavy black lacquer. As Foy would remember: 'I remarked that the tape sounded very good, to which he replied, rather proudly, that some of the songs were actually written by the group, which was uncommon. I asked whether they had been published, and when he said they hadn't I told him that the office of Ardmore and Beechwood, one of EMI's music publishing companies, was on the top floor of the shop. Should I fetch the general manager, Sid Colman? He said yes, Sid came down, listened to the tape and he too expressed interest. When I'd done the cutting, he and Brian went back up to the office.' ...George Martin's desk diary for 13 February 1962 includes Judy Lockhart Smith's lightly-pencilled untimed entry for 'Bernard Epstein'. Brian was chancing his arm at EMI, trying to wrest a Yes where there'd been a No. The recording managers had already turned down the Beatles on the basis of their appearance on the Tony Sheridan disc; Brian must have been hoping this wouldn't be remembered, and that he might score a better result with a personal approach and different product. It could also be that he was after any appointment at EMI House and George Martin was the only man available - two of his three A&R colleagues, Norman Newell and Norrie Paramor, were on holiday this week. George wasn't there when Brian arrived, so the first person he met was Judy. She would always remember appreciating how well-dressed, well-mannered and well-spoken he was, not at all like the other managers who came into the office, while Brian would later write, genuinely, of how he and Judy developed 'an instant friendship.' George's day was filled with appointments, and when he arrived he wouldn't have been able to give his visitor much time. The two sat across a desk - one man aged thirty-six, the other twenty-seven, both in smart suits and ties, and with polite, cultured voices that had benefited from self-improvement. Brian was desperate but trying not to seem so, George was tolerant, pleasant and in a position of power. Brian told him about the Beatles, saying how big they were in Liverpool and affecting surprise when George said he hadn't heard of them. This somewhat riled his host: as George would reflect, 'I almost asked him in reply where Liverpool was - the thought of anything coming out of the provinces was extraordinary.' By interpreting the way Brian remembered the meeting, there was probably time to hear only one of his new-cut records - a ten-inch 78 acetate with Hello Little Girl on one side and Till There Was You on the other. He'd written the essential details on the labels in blue fountain-pen. With limited space, and constantly keen to demonstrate the Beatles had more than one singer, he wrote that Hullo Little Girl [sic] was John Lennon & The Beatles - adding too the songwriting credit Lennon, McCartney - and that Til There Was You [sic] was Paul McCartney & The Beatles. Brian's recollection two years later was: 'George liked Hello Little Girl, Till There Was You. Liked George on guitar. Thought Paul was the one for discs'.

A leather cased Leica Ernst Leitz Wetzlar D.R.P camera, model III, 1934, No 130956, the lens numbered Summar f=5cm, No. 193494 together with a Leica guide book, a small camera tripod, etc

A Collection of Printed Ephemera to Include 1951 Motorcycling Guide, The Story of The TT, A Racing Motorist, The BSA Gold Star Book Together with Two Framed Motor Racing Prints and A Framed Photograph of A Steam Engine.

WW2 British Home Front Babies Respirator in it's original cardboard box of issue. Dated 1939. Complete with Home Office Anti Gas ARP guide book July 1939.

Books - Complete 'Punch Library of Humour' pub. The Educational Book Co. Ltd (25 vols) together with 'A Guide to Modern Cookery' by A. Escoffier (pub. 1920) and two copies of 'The Windsor Magazine' (1905/6) and (1908/9) in one box

Scarce Antiquarian Book 'The Official Illustrated Guide to The Great Eastern Railway (Colchester Line) ' by George Measom, 8vo published by C Griffin & Co, London 1865. A very good example embellished with a multitude of Engravings & Maps.

SPORTING MISCELLANY Selection of sporting memorabilia, mainly football from the 1960s, includes: 3 x Soccer Star (10/3/62, 18/3 and 3/6 1966); 3 x Footballers in Action (no. 2, 14 & 16); News of the World Football Annual 61/2; The Remember Football Annual 65/6; F.A Year Book 65/6; Non-League Supporters' Guide & Year Book 2010; Famous Teams in Football History x 12 in Sportsman's Wallet; programme for International Men's hockey, England v Wales 4/4/64; Essex CCC Handbook 1969 and more. Generally Good

HAND-BOOK FOR TRAVELLERS ALONG THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM AND GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAYS two folding maps, one coloured in full, wood engraved illustrations, later cloth, R Groombridge [c1840] § Osborne's Guide to the Grand Junction or Birmingham Liverpool and Manchester Railway with the Topography of the Country Through which the Line passes…., Birmingham 1838 § Freeling's Railway Companions, 1838 § Lacey's Rail-Way Companion and Liverpool and Manchester Guide to Business and Pleasure with Engravings, original pink wrappers preserved, later quarter vellum, Liverpool [1835], all signed by W A Cadbury (4) ++++

A HAND-BOOK FOR TRAVELLERS ALONG THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY folding map in full colour and illustrations, some leaves spotted and browned, cloth with title label [c 1838] § Walker's Map of the Railways in England and Wales, 1841 § Tebbutt's Guide or Companion to the Midland Counties Railway, wrappers worn, browned and detached, signed by W A Cadbury, Leicester 1840 § William Fletcher - The History and Development of Steam Locomotion on Common Roads, folding illustrations, 1891 (4) ++++

A boxed 48 inch haematite necklace with a Guide to Gems & Jewellery book.

A Corfield Periflex 35 mm Camera with Case Containing Ernst Leitz Wetzler Lens, Light Meter and Other Accessories. Periflex Instruction Book and Guide Etc.

Book-Golf Guide-James Braid (spine missing)