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Lambert (Miss): The Hand-Book of Needlework, 1842, blue cloth, spine detached; Commissioners of National Education, Ireland: Manual of Needlework, 1869, cloth; and The Young Ladies` Journal Complete Guide To The Work Table, cloth, 7th edn. (3)

Small sewing booklets and books, comprising; The Royal Exhibition Knitting, Netting and Crochet Book, by W. Carter, green wrap, featuring Crystal Palace, 13cm x 8.5cm, a concertina pattern book also featuring Crystal Palace, decorative card, 7.4cm x 6cm, Edgcomb`s English German and General Fancy Needlework - a list of articles sold at Edgcomb`s Warehouse, No. 54 Mount St., Lambeth, 8.7cm x 5.5cm, Hart`s Fancy Work Book, 1841, 12cm x 8cm, a Guide To Fancy Needlework and Embroidery, 10cm x 6.7cm, The Book of Stitches by Ellen T. Martin, Etiquette for Ladies - Warnes Bijou Books and Chambers Fireside Amusements, 1853. (8)

A large quantity of The Garden Book Club publications, many first editions, all with dust jackets including the Sackville-West`s Garden Book, etc, together with six volumes of The Flower Grower`s Guide by John Wright in blue covers with ornate red and black decoration to the front and gilt lettering to the spines

(lot of 60) Collection of comic magazines and childrens books including Walt Disney, Looney Tunes, Archie, Hanna-Barbera, Li`l Genius, Sparkle Comics, Fantastic Four, Amazing Spider-Man, Superman, Roy Rogers, Popeye; the Jolly Jump-Ups Vacation Trip pop-up book, Tip+Top on the Farm pop-up book; plus reference material on Food and Drink Containers, Price Guide to Collectible Toys, and Matchbox Toys

A Stroud Brewery ledger / delivery book, licence holder's guide, set of Dumas scissors and a Phorpres LBC miniature brick

Eleven Volumes of The Cyclist`s Touring Club Handbook and Guide (British and Irish) from 1895 to 1906, together with an 1898 Farm House Lodging guide, a membership book and postcard depicting two early cyclists

A rare boxed Britains lead 1406 Bluebird Land Speed Record Car 1930s, the lead toy car with separate plated chassis and lift-off body, the highly detailed chassis with red-brown painted seat, black painted dashboard and separate wire steering wheel, plated hubs with white rubber tyres (double at rear), the body in blue with silver painted windshield, painted driver`s head, black exhaust stubs & air intake and detailed painted flags to nose and tail, 6 3/8in. (16.2cm.) long, in the original lidded box with tissue packing, the model in excellent condition, the box good (lid stained). * The model no. 1406 is extremely rare, possibly unique - it is not recorded in James Opie`s `Pocket Price Guide to Britains` or `The Great Book of Britains` and is also not featured in the Schiffer publication `Britains Civilian Toy Figures`. The model appears to have exactly the same casting as the 1400 Bluebird model, but has more detail to the paint finish. See Illustration.

BOX OF WHISKY BOOKS Included are : The Schweppes Guide to Scotch by Philip Morrice; 2 x Definite Guide to Buying Vintage Macallan 1st Edition.; 2 x Michael Jackson`s Malt Whisky Companion 5th Edition.; Michael Jackson`s Malt Whisky Companion 4th Edition; 25 Years of the MIni Bottle Club foreword by Jim Murray; Michael Jackson`s Malt Whisky Companion; Need to Know? Whiskies by Dominic Roskow; The Single Malt Whisky Companion by Helen Arthur; The Malt Whisky File by John Lamond and Robin Tucek; Scotland`s Malt Whiskies by John Wilson; Whisky in your Pocket by Wallace Milroy and Neil Wilson; Collecting Malt Whisky 2003 by Martin Green and Malcolm Greenwood; Scotch in Miniature by Alan Keegan; Michael Jackson`s Malt Whisky Companion; Scotch Whisky Questions and Answers; Rare Scotch Whisky Miniatures by David L. Maund and Mike Barbakoff; The Whisky Smugglers by Steve Sillett; Wallace Milroy`s MAlt Whisky Almanac 4th Edition; Scotch in Miniature by Alan Keegan; Let`s Collect Scotch Whisky; Collins Gem Guide to Whisky; Collins Gem Whisky; A Century of Whisky by Gavin Smith; Still Life with Bottle, Whisky According to Ralph Steadman; The Scotch Whisky Book by Mark Skipworth; Westcott Price Guide to Advertising Water Jugs. Viewing recommended. Good condition

A large and interesting collection of miscellaneous books, journals, albums, maps, etc, including an original screen play for cinema by Tom Keyes of Zeppelin (first draft 1969), a Festival of Britain Exhibition Guide, a scrapbook, The Stork War Time Cookery Book, three volumes of The Plant Lice Or Aphididae Of Great Britain, two photograph albums, etc

Manuscripts - Manuscript catalogue of an Extensive Collection of Minerals (THS on spine) in fine 19th century hand; manuscript copy by W.H. Jago of the private collection of Curiosities of William Borlase, sold by auction October 1887; a typed guide to the collection of the private museum, Old Market, Wisbech, dated 1921; the manuscript catalogue of the collection of the late Alan Green; an undated mid 20th Century manuscript catalogue of minerals and rocks; and E.P. Bottley`s `Book of Good Intentions`, dated November 1942 (mainly blank)

Elsa Pooley A Field Guide to Wild Flowers Kwazulu-Natal and he Eastern Region-De Luxe Collector`s Edition Number 10-Signed 16 X 22cm This informative, easy to use handbook is a must for anyone with an interest in the indigenous flowers of our country. Whether you`re a weekend enthusiast or highly qualified field naturalist, this book provides accessible information on more than 1800 flower species, including..... Over 2000 colour photographs/Margin Leaf Drawings/Points for easy field indentification/Distrubution Maps.Informative text, facing colour plates/Colour coding/Key to Families/Ecological and gardening uses/Scientific & common names/Medicinal and other uses and more. This copy being Collector`s Edition Numbered 10, with presentation label and signatures dated Durban September 1998. 1/2 green morocco leather and matching marbled boards, with ribbed spine.maps to endpapers. Foreward-630 pages text with all supporting photographs etc. FINE COPY. Fine Durban Natal Flora Publications Trust 36039

Liversidge, Richard; Jill Adams and Norman Lighton illustrators The Birds Around Us . . . (signed by author) 295 x 200 ` . . . 876 Southern African species aranged according to where they are most often seen in the region`s 15 main ecological habitats, with full-page coverage of 459 common species - most with additional paintings of the birds in flight - and smaller paintings of 417 less common birds and 278 species found in more than one habitat` This copy of the standard edition is signed by the author on the title page. Although the copy is otherwise near-fine, the index of English common names has been marked in pencil, possibly to show changed names (such as warbler for apalis and mannikin); but by whom is a mystery as no previous owner - unless it were Liversidge himself - is recorded. Organised into habitats, this book was described on publication as the best field guide to the birds of Southern Africa - ` . . . except that it weighs two kilograms!` Endpaper colour maps of habitats. 488 pp of colour-illustrated text and 4 indexes, all on matt art paper + 2 marker ribbons. Collectable as a pencil-marked and signed copy. Very Good Johannesburg Fontein Books 1991

A book: 'Belleek Irish Porcelain', by Marion Langham, Quiller Press, 1993. Hardback, containing an illustrated guide to over two thousand pieces.

Miscellaneous ephemera good selection including a pocket guide to the Empire Exhibition 1924^ the programme for the European Grand Prix 1950^ the Royal Road Book of Great Britain^ a group of approx. 20 saucy seaside postcards^ a miniature shooter`s year book for 1924^ a British Railways passenger timetable for 1960 with loosely inserted maps^ and various other books^ pamphlets etc. Note: miscellaneous lot not subject to return

Die Vereinigten Staaten von Nord-America This precisely engraved map was designed for a German emigrant guide book. In the west, it is largely drawn from Brue`s map of Mexico (1834). It shows the Republic of Texas depicted in its smaller configuration with its southern border along the Nueces River. The southwest is still shown as Mexican Territory. In the Pacific Northwest, the U.S./Canadian border reflects the American claims into present-day British Columbia. The huge Missouri Territory stretches between the Rocky Mountains and the large Northwest Territory, and between Canada and Texas - thus incorporating the region that would become Indian Territory. The region of the Great Basin does not show Fremont`s exploration and is marked Oede Sand Wuste (Desolate Sandy Desert). A color key assists in the location of eight of the smaller states in the Northeast. In the lower margin is an extensive legend of political and topographical features. This rarely seen map was engraved by J.E. Woerl and is an early lithograph by B. Herder from Freiburg. Issued folding, now flattened, with light soiling and foxing primarily along the folds, and backed with Japanese tissue to reinforce and repair numerous small fold separations. 18.5 W x 25.2 H Bromme, Traugott 1840

Hittell`s Hand-Book of Pacific Coast Travel This travel guide covering the western United States includes two folding maps by Bancroft including Bancroft`s Map of California and Nevada 1887 (11 x 13"") and Bancroft`s Map of Washington Territory and Oregon 1887 (10.7 x 14.3""). Each of the maps is highly detailed and shows cities and towns, railroads, wagon roads, rivers and topography. The maps are still bound into the 263 pp. guide which describes the ""notable views"" along the various railroads routes from the east, as well as information regarding climate, places to visit and distance tables. Published by John Hittell in San Francisco. Hardbound in green cloth with gilt title on front cover. Maps are good to very good with some light toning primarily along the folds and several fold separations that have been closed on verso with archival tape. Contents are very good with light toning and a few pen notations. The covers show light wear. 6.6 W x 4.8 H 1887

Bohn`s Hand-Book of Washington. With an Appendix. Illustrated with Twenty Engravings of Public Buildings, &c. This is a terrific pocket map and tourist guide for the nation`s capital city. The map, Map of the City of Washington in the District of Columbia... (11.3 x 15.3"") is bound into the front of the book. It is printed on fine banknote-style paper and is surrounded with reference tables and information useful to tourists. It is embellished with fancy titling and compass rose, and large vignette of the Capitol building. Interspersed within the text are 17 finely rendered color plates which include the President`s House, U.S. Patent Office, Washington Monument and Navy Yard. Published by Casimir Bohn. Hardbound in green cloth with stamped gilt title and illustrations on front cover. The map is generally clean and bright with some light offsetting and a very short closed binding tear. Text and plates are very good with some faint scattered foxing. Covers and spine show light wear and the spine is slightly sunned. The front hinge is perished. 6.1 W x 3.9 H 1854

[Lot of 2] Maps and Prints for Pleasure and Investment [and] Investing in Maps A. Maps and Prints for Pleasure and Investment, by D.C. Gohm, published 1978 (6.8 x 9.6""). Beautifully illustrated book that provides new collectors of maps and prints a good over-view of the subject. 78 illustrations in color and B&W. It features a helpful glossary. Hardbound in maroon cloth, 196 pages, plus an index.B. Investing in Maps, by Roger Baynton-Williams, published 1969 (8.6 x 12.1""). This comprehensive guide discusses the range of maps that can be found on the market and approximate indications of their values, with descriptions of the methods by which they were made, and the men who made them. While the market values are now quite outdated, the book provides an excellent overview of the various factors affecting value. 160 pages, 16 full-page color reproductions, and many other black and white illustrations. Hardbound in blue cloth, gold titling on spine, with dust jacket protected by a plastic cover. Both books are near fine. The second book has slight wear on the dust jacket. 1969-78

A COLLECTION OF PRINTED EPHEMERA, BILLS, LETTERS, MAPS, BOOK, THE PRINCE OF WALES` AFRICAN BOOK, ILLUSTRATED, POSTCARDS, GUIDE BOOKS ETC IN A4 BOX FILE AND A LARGE COLLECTION OF APPROX. 500 POSTCARDS C1900-1940, TOPOGRAPHICAL SOME REAL PHOTOGRAPHIC, MAINLY UNUSED

A book entitled `Institute of the Laws of England` by Thomas Wood, a quantity of children`s related books to include `Rupert the Bear`, guide books etc.

Green (Charles Frederick). ShakespeareÕs Crab Tree, with its Legend, and a Descriptive Account, Showing its Relation to the PoetÕs Traditional History, SubscriberÕs Copy, pub. Thomas Hailes Lacy, n.d., c. 1840s, eng. portrait frontispiece, single-page map, and nine tinted litho. plates, occ. minor spotting, orig. blindstamped cloth, with large paper label to upper cover, rubbed and faded to spine and edges, 4to, together with Baily (John), Fowls: A Plain and Familiar Treatise on the Principal Breeds, 2nd ed., revised, 1854, a.e.g., orig. blindstamped limp cloth, a little rubbed, plus Cook (Thomas), CookÕs Scottish Official Directory. A Guide to the System of Tours in Scotland, under the Direction of the Principal Railway, Steamboat & Coach Companies, c. 1861, folding map, adverts., etc., orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, rubbed and marked, 8vo, and Hamerton (Philip Gilbert), The Sylvan Year, Leaves from the Note-book from Raoul Dubois, 1st ed., 1876, twenty etched plates by Hamerton and others, contemp. black half morocco gilt, 8vo, plus other various 18th and 19th century antiquarian interest, including the Book of the Repton Centenary, 1857, with mounted photograph frontispiece, early 20th century Trade and Industry interest, including Diamond Drilling for Gold and Other Minerals, by G. A. Denny, 1900, Missionary Travel, etc. (3 shelves)

A quantity of books relating to steam, railways, traction engines, local ploughing, steam in Northamptonshire, a quantity of other steam related books, motorcycle guide, country railway book, George and Robert Stevenson The Railway Revolution, etc.

[MISCELLANEOUS] Saber, Clifford. Desert Rat Sketch Book, first edition, Sketchbook Press, New York, 1959, cloth, illustrations throughout, oblong quarto, in slip-case; Murray, Margaret. The God of the Witches, Sampson Low, Marston & Co., London, no date, cloth, dustjacket, plate illustrations, quarto; Thorold, Henry, & Yates, Jack. Lincolnshire. A Shell Guide, first edition, Faber & Faber, London, 1965, cloth, dustjacket, illustrations from photographs, quarto; and a fourther thirty-six works, (39).

Afrikakorps: Army, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine Tropical Uniforms, Insignia & Equipment of the German Soldier in World War II, Including Special Sections on the Tropical Waffen-SS: The ultimate visual guide for collectors of World War II German tropical uniforms! Using actual items from top Afrikakorps collections tunics, headgear, insignia, documents, field gear as well as many World War II era photographs, this book covers it all in beautiful color. From mint issue items, to rare sun-bleached tunics and caps, the wide variety of tropical uniforms used by the Army, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine and Waffen-SS are illustrated in superb large format photography, including up-close detail.

Personal Scrap Book of Major General Sir Ernest Dunlop Swinton, KBE, CB, DSO, Royal Engineers: Large format Scrap Book (44 x 28cm) only having items on 14 Pages but very scarce items to include Rare Join the Tanks Treat ‘em Rough! U.S. Army Recruiting Poster 37 x 23cm, West Hartlepool Tank Egbert 9th March 1919 Tank Presentation Photographs, Copy of a Letter from Lloyd George wishing him well on His Knighthood 7th June 1923, The British Gazette General Strike Newspaper 7th May 1926, 1920s Girl Guide Photographs and 3 10 x 8 Tank Presentation Press Shots (inspection needed)

DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author. T.L.S., Daphne, four pages, 8vo, Menabilly, Par, Cornwall, 24th February 1964, to 'My dear' (Foy Quiller-Couch). Du Maurier writes upon hearing news of the death of Mrs. Hanson, remarking 'I simply cant think how I missed it in The Times, which I read fully every day….I'm dreadfully sorry, and yet, despite the many peaceful and I'm sure happy years living with you, I always thought of her somehow as a little lost soul, somehow cut off from the world because of that deafness and also stunned into a permanent state of shock deep down because of those tragic family deaths. I always hope one day the reason for these things will be revealed. Why a little person like her should so inwardly suffer for years and years by bereavement, - is it some shaping of her, as though a clay vase, by the potter's hand? Outwardly it doesn't make sense. One would prefer that a more stalwart figure, like Dr. Hanson, should have been the one left, but possibly he was inwardly the weaker vessel. Oh, dear, its such a "Now we see through a glass darkly" but I must confess I ponder so often over these questions, which have been asked since the beginning of time.' Du Maurier further refers to her husband, who is in good form and busy with Civil Defence meetings, as well as her own work, 'I am struggling to get down to a new book, set in Italy, and am surrounded by maps and picture postcards of my city Urbino, but its not like having a real glimpse. Rather as though an Italian woman sat down to write a novel about Fowey, with only the local guide-book and some postcards for reference! One can imagine the nonsense that would be written! So I have to go carefully'. In concluding she makes reference to mutual friends as well as her son, Kits, 'induced to enter the warm waters of the Pacific, apparently emerged a swimmer at last, and…..has never looked so well.' VG Foy Quiller-Couch - daughter of British writer Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863-1944), and a life-long friend of Du Maurier. Indeed, Du Maurier was accompanied by Foy Quiller-Couch when she became inspired with the storyline for her novel Jamaica Inn. Some years previously the two ladies were staying at Jamaica Inn and went riding on Bodmin Moor. They became lost in bad weather conditions and apparently sheltered for some time in a derelict cottage on the moor but were eventually led back to Jamaica Inn by their horses.

Laband, Thompson A Field Guide To The War In Zululand 1879 4to 88 page guide (with maps) to the various battles of the conflict between the Zulus and the British, due to the british invasions of Zululand. Well illustrated with maps, plans, forts, covering the battles of Nyezane, Gingindlovu, Isandlwana, Rorke`s Drift, Ntombe, Ulundi, Hlobane and Nkambule. References and index; now a rather scarce book. Condition: softcover, covers fairly grubby, but good overall, contents very good; some pen notes on front end-paper, as well as occasional markings and notations at various places throughout. good Pietermaritzburg University Of Natal Press 1979 Click here to view further details and to bid

JOHNSTON H H The River Congo - from its Mouth to Bolobo 220 x 150 Work by noted empire-builder, explorer and administrator, who says this work is not intended as a narrative of great pioneering exploration, this having been done by others before him such as Stanley, nor of scientific research, the author not being qualified to do so, but rather a guide-book for would-be travellers to the region. Much on the tribes of the Western Congo basin. 470 pp with numerous text illustrations and engraved plates and two maps - all present. Good condition in contemporary half calf with marbled-paper covered boards. Very slight foxing in prelims, otherwise nice, clean copy. The map has been expertly repaired along some folds, and there are a fe insignificant marginal tears on 5 pages. Good London Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington 1884 Click here to view further details and to bid

J.L.Smail Monuments and Trails of the Voortrekkers-Limited 185/1500 (SIGNED) 25 X 32.5cm Monuments and Trails of the Voortrekkers will be an invaluable guide as additional reading matter for any students and teachers studying this period of South African history. The author has justifiably earned the reputation of being able to set out facts in clear and simple language without verbosity. His first work Historical Monuments and Battlefields of Natal and Zululand,is out of print, the Monuments and Battlefields of the Transvaal War 1881 and the South African War 1899-1902 is also out of print.This third book in this group of publications will make up a set any collector of Africana will be proud to own. This volume is limited to 1500 copies and is numbered 184/1500. Additionally this copy is signed by the author to title page. Hardback with dustcover over original boards- unpagnitated pages, with numerous illustrations, maps and information and photographs. Dustcover rubbed and some wear. Boards and contents very clean. Odd spot to rear endpaper. Very Good Cape Town Howard Timmins 1968 Click here to view further details and to bid

Two Corgi Aviation archive models of a Mosquitos, a guide book and two other models.

A small tin trunk containing a quantity of early 20th century and other maps motoring guides including a 1923 Michelin Guide, a small collection of motorcar documentation including a Motor Fuel Ration Book, The New Anglia Instruction Book, three photographs of footballer Jack Elkes who played for various clubs including Tottenham Hotspur & England between the two world wars, together with a quantity of sheet music

Four carved Austrian wooden figures including an 'Old Lady in a Shawl', 'boy with earache' plus a miniature book 'My Guide a Word for Everyday'

A boxed Hornby Dublo D1 Through Station, girder bridge, footbridge, two controllers, station extender, Hornby Dublo catalogue, Hornby track plans book, Dinky Toys Price Guide, etc

REEL: Ex rare Hardy all brass Silex/Pomeroy West India Tarpon reel variant, 4-5/8” diameter drum with twin white bulbous handles in recessed nickel 2 screw eye plate seats, 2 rows of ventilations, deep drum core, nickel lock screw in adjustable knurled drum screw brake assembly, backplate stamped The Silex and Hardy’s Pat, nickel rivets, factory short foot support as featured on the 1911 Pomeroy, brass Bickerdyke line guide, all brass brake lever runs across frame, ratchet check lever to base, interior has a combination of check mechanisms form the 1911 Pomeroy, 1901-13 Ebona Farne with subtle differences in spring return positions, lever and ratchet block fixtures, a true variant, heavy hammered gun metal bronze throughout, retaining good original bronze finish. For further info see red book; Drewett. J, Hardy Brothers, The Masters, The Men and Their Reels.

ACCESSORIES (3): Hardy Angler’s Guide 1955, green cover, fine clean copy, The Hardy Book Of Flies, glossy S/b with colour plates and a Wheatley Silmalloy 16 compartment alloy dry fly box containing a number of small flies.

10 X ASSORTED GAME FISHING BOOKS COMPRISING – Bickerdyke, J – “The Book Of The All -Round Angler” 5th. Ed 1922, H/b, Grey, Sir E – “Fly Fishing” 1907 revised edition, Jesse, E – “Walton’s Complete Angler” 1903 edition, green cloth binding, water marks, Bridgett, RC – “Dry Fly Fishing” 1st ed, green cloth binding, Biden, CL – “Sea Angling Fishes Of The Cape (South Africa)” 1930 1st ed, green cloth binding and 5 x others by Taverner, Robinson, Williamson, Carter-Platts and The Haig Guide To Trout Fishing In Britain.

4 x Bernard Venables books – “Mr Crabtree Goes Fishing” 1st ed 1952, clean complete card covers, internally very clean, - “Mr Crabtree’s Guide To Good Fishing Tackle” 1969 1st Daily Mirror book, clean throughout, - “Mr Crabtree’s Fishing With The Experts” revised 1978 edition, fine and “Mr Crabtree’s Fishing Gift Book” 1969, glossy H/b, fine. (4)

Three boxes of books, mainly Millers Guide and Clarice Cliff reference book etc. Condition report: see terms and conditions.

Peter Hayman, Norman Arlott, Warwick Tarboton Birds of Southern Africa: The SASOL Plates Collection Quarto Book in near fine slipcase. 432pp of text, including index with illustrations. These illustrations were originally commissioned for the field guide. The illustrations were of such a high standard and so widely admired, that it was decided to reproduce them at their original size to display them to their full advantage. Fine Cape Town Struik Winchester 1994

SMALL SELECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC TOPOGRAPHICAL POSTCARDS, also a MINIATURE `DIAMOND GUIDE TO THE SIGHTS OF LONDON`, a Victorian Book of Common Prayer, published 1856 in leather binding mounted with gilt metal, an alabaster and gilt metal plaquette from a mantel clock, a pewter chamber stick, a SMALL ELKINGTON AND COL., E.P.N.S. TODDY LADLE with whalebone handle, and two plated Napkin rings also a SMALL MODERN HUNGARIAN OIL PAINTING `Still Life`

An interesting collection of early Railway and other Publications - Cassell & Co's 1915 illustrated Official Guide to the L&NWR - McCorquodale & Co Railway Company and Officials Directory for 1919 - L&NWR Rules and Regulations for the Guidance of Officers and Men in their employ from 1st November 1897 - Smiths Railway Rate Book of the Stations, Sidings and Collieries on the English Railways Third Edition - L&NWR Working Timetables Sothern District July 1919 -LM&SR Instructions for the Issue of Free Tickets 1923 - L&NWR Constitution & Regulatios of the Superannuation Fund Association 1916 and a L&NWR Handbill on Express Services between London and the US & Canada via Liverpool.Dept of S&IR Daylight Factor Protractors 1946.

A large colllection of girl guide badges and guide book (writers collection)

Scottish Football, a collection of 5 small booklets, 1906/07 Scottish League Handbook published by Hay Nesbit & Co (in the style of the Wee Red Book, hardback, not complete), 1930/31 J&J Morison Fixtures Booklet, 1931/32 Beggs Lochnager Football Guide, 1932/33 McEwan Football Fixture Book, 1933/34 George Youngers Alloa Ales Fixtures Booklet..

A Book "Mein Kampf", another similar book, a complete guide to military map reading, 1 x book Barrack-Room Ballards, a small French dictionary etc.

Andrew Ross Dinnes Border War Badges (signed) 217 x 305mm Signed, Border War Badges, A Guide to South African Military & Police Badges 1964-1994, hardcover, 302 pages, 217 x 305mm, condition:very good. Illustrated with nearly 6000 colour photographs including descriptions of Army, Navy, Air Force, Medics, Cadets and Police badges and Insignia, this hardcover book covers South Africa, South West Africa/Namibia and the Homelands. Included are buttons, cloth patches, shoulder titles and others for the years 1964-1994. very good Reserve: $75 Click here to view further details and to bid

Postcards, A collection of approx 210 postcards in modern album of Edwardian actors, actresses, variety acts, early cinema artists etc inc. Garbo, Marie Lloyd, Dan Leno, Vesta Tilley, Fay Wray etc. Sold with a book, `A Collector`s Guide Theatrical Postcards` by Richard Bonynge (mainly good)

Hofland (T C) The British Angler's Manual, London 1839, Venables (Bernard) Mr Crabtree Goes Fishing, Daily Mirror 1960 and Bainbridge (G C) The Fly Fisher's Guide, Liverpool 1816 (3) Condition report Report by JB The first book, The British Angler's Manual by T C Hofland: Exterior cover and gilt decoration in reasonable order. Displaying light wear, interior pages unfortunately display noticeable foxing and water stain, concentrated to the front and rear, and some centre sections, and encroaching upon some illustrations. The pages are generally dog-eared, some creased and general markings. The second book, The Fly Fisher's Guide, Bainbridge: Exterior displaying noticeable wear to the spine and corners. Again heavy foxing noticeable to the front and rear and a few sections in the middle. Fold marks and creases present throughout Please see illustrations for details

Mionnet, T.E. DE LA RARETÉ ET DU PRIX DES MÉDAILLES ROMAINES, OU RECEUIL CONTENANT LES TYPES RARES ET INÉDITS DES MÉDAILLES D’OR, D’ARGENT ET DE BRONZE, FRAPPÉES PENDANT LA DURÉE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE ET DE L’EMPIRE ROMAIN. Paris, 1858. Troisième édition. Two volumes. Small 8vo, contemporary matching red quarter morocco with mottled sides; spines with five raised bands, lettered in gilt; marbled endpapers; all page edges marbled. Engraved frontispiece; (4), xxiv, 420; (4), 568 pages; 26 additional engraved plates of coins. Bindings only a bit rubbed, and still quite attractive. Near fine. The last and best edition of the first substantial guide book to the value of coins, now augmented with handsomely engraved plates of coins. An attractive set. Leitzmann 91, recording a third edition issued in 1847.

Claire Loewenfield; Herb Gardening, Garden Book Club Edition, 1964, Sir Herbert Maxwell, Flowers a Garden Notebook, Jackson & Co 1923, Herbert Sanders, A Practical Guide to Pastel Drawing, Brown & Sons London, Mairn Hulme, Wild Flowers of Natal, Shuter and Shooter, Boys Cinema Annual 1951 and a Daily Mail Annual for Boys and Girls edited by Susan French. (6)

FRANCE: Selection of autograph statements signed by various famous French men and women, each one page, folio, 1927-30, comprising Raymond Poincare (in full, 'Cruelly injured by war, the nations all have the same need for peace. More than ever, one must also hope they understand the need to preserve it and appreciate the blessings it brings them.'), Jean Jules Jusserand (in part, 'Men have always aspired to peace and have always made war....May wisdom guide our efforts: peace will come to reign'), Yvette Guilbert, Sacha Guitry (in full, 'I believe the time has come when we must change the way we teach the History of our countries to everyone - and that in France henceforth we should accord Pasteur a place at least equal to that of Turenne'), Viktor Basch (in full, 'Peace will not fall into men's laps like a ripe fruit: it must be conquered in a well fought battle. And the qualities required of the soldiers of Peace are the very ones required of soldiers of war: courage, energy and tenacity.'), Aristide Briand, Maurice Rostand (quotation from Le Cercueil de Cristal) and Gabrielle Colonna-Romano (in part, 'There are no wicked hearts; there are only hearts too distant from one another.'). Some light age wear, G to VG, 8 The statements were prepared for publication in the Pax Mundi book; an anthology of sentiments on peace published in Switzerland by the World League for Peace. Between 1925 and 1932 many notable persons from around the world were asked to comment on the prospects of world peace and the volume included contributions from Marie Curie, Guglielmo Marconi, Albert Einstein, Rabindranath Tagore and many others.

JAMES OPIE "The Great Book of Britains Toy Soldiers", Special Boxed Edition No. 0372, complete with four soldiers and cardboard box, "The Britains Archive Christie's South Kensington Catalogue", ANDREW ROSE "The Collectors Guide to Toy Soldiers", ANDREW ROSE "Toy Soldiers" and NORMAN JOPLIN "Toy Soldiers"

A LARGE COLLECTION OF OVER 150 MINIATURES, the vast majority being assorted whisky together with `The World Guide to Whisky` book by Michael Jackson

A silver Photograph Frame Mount with ribbon, Cigarette Case, Pickle Fork, one silver and three plated Napkin Rings, plated Book Vesta/Stamp Case, Girl Guide Whistle/Compass, Propelling Pencil, Needles in Wallet, etc

The Railways of Great Britain and Historical Atlas by Colonel Michael H. Cobb, The Great Central Railway original plans reduced covering the track from Loughborough to Leicester including Nottingham Victoria Station, limited edition of 250 books, no. 156, and the Dunlop book of the Motorists Concise Guide to the British Isles. (3).

BOOK: Turner, G – "The Ultimate Collector`s Guide" 1st ed 2009, H/b, glossy cover, mint throughout.

BOOK – "Hooks For The Fly" by William E Schmidt 2000 edition, large format S/b, 119 pages giving the technical description and pattern of virtually every fly tyer`s hook known, great reference guide. Fine.

Johnston, H H The River Congo from its Mouth to Bolobo. With a general history of the natural history and anthropology of its western basin (1895) 190 x 140 Bookplate of James G L Penderel-Brodhurst, Count de Boscobel, author and book-collector, on the front paste-down, and another owner signature on the title-page. Revised from the first edition of 1884 and with the author`s more than seventy original drawings, numbered with the text. The red cloth-boards, gilt lettered to the spine, include the words `Travel and Adventure`, as the author, who dedicated the book to Henry Moreland Stanley `in memory of great kindness shown to its author`, preferred to describe his work not as fresh exploration but as a guide-book. xv + 300 pp of illustrated text + a 32 pp list from one of the leading publishers of the time. The covers are lightly rubbed, the canvas between sections P and Q is visible, the binding is tight, the top edge is gilt, the endpapers and first and last leaves are foxed and some other pages are sunned towards the edges.   Good + London Sampson Low Marston 1895 Reserve: $40 Click here to view further details and to bid

Henderson (Mark) WAR DIARY. (‘The smallest book on the Anglo-Boer War.’) 16mo (110 x 76 mm) FEBRUARY 1900 SPECIAL SIEGE EDITION OF HENDERSON’S MONTHLY DIARY, RAILWAY AND POSTAL GUIDE. Containing a complete Diary of the Siege of Ladysmith. Every item of interest dating from September 21st 1899, to end of January, 1900. Graphic accounts of Bombardments and Engagements, with complete list of killed and wounded. 98 pages including many commercial advertisements, printed on newsprint which is browned owing to the acid content of the paper, original green printed paper wrappers. Printed and Published at the Diamond Market Printing Works, Kimberley. A South African Bibliography, volume 2, pages 537, mentions one copy. good Reserve: $1000 Click here to view further details and to bid

C BOYLE AND R BANDURY: GIBRALTAR DIRECTORY AND GUIDE BOOK, 1896, 1 fdg plt, 1 fdg map, orig cl gt, slightly worn at top of spine

GIBRALTAR DIRECTORY AND GUIDE BOOK …., 1931, orig two-tone cl gt + GIBRALTAR DIRECTORY AND GUIDE BOOK …, 1954, orig card wraps, slightly worn (2)