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Moore Henry Heads Figures and Ideas London & Greenwich Connecticut George Rainbird Limited & The New York Graphic Society folio (470mm x 330mm) colour-authlithograph printed on hand made paper watermarked with Moores signature facsimile illustrations some colour lower margin of leaves stamped with Public Library Barrow original cloth backed spine extremities rubbed bookplate of County Borough of Barrow-in-Furness Public Libraries Reference Department With a number of other works Madanjeet Singh (introduction by) India Paintings from Ajanta Caves (New York 1954) Steuart Erskines Lady Diana Beauclerk (London 1903) a limited edition (No. 376. of 550) of Harry Wearne A Short Account of his Life and Work (New York 1933) The Dunlop Book The Motorists Guide Counsellor and Friend (London & Cheltenham n.d) John Rothenstein The Portrait Drawings of William Rothenstein 1889-1925. (London 1926) Henry R. Knipes Nebula to Man (London 1905) volume two only of Eugene Muntzs Leonardo da Vinci ondon & New York 1898) a three volume set of Robert Freke Goulds The History of Freemasonery (Edinburgh n.d) Walter William Skeat and Charles Otto Blagdens Pagan Races of the Malay Peninsula (London 1906) a limited edition (No. 749. of 1040) of William Stirling-Maxwells The Cloister Life of the Emperor Charles V (London 1891) Robert Hichens Egypt and its Monuments (London 1920) E. Davies Mythology & Rites of the Druids (London n.d) two volumes only (of three) of John Whitakers Mary Queen of Scots Vindicated (London 1788) and a two volume set of William Tytlers An Inquiry Historical and Critical into the Evidence against Mary Queen of Scots (London 1790)

WEBSTER'S ROYAL RED BOOK, INCORPORATING BOYLES' COURT GUIDE AND FASHIONABLE REGISTER, 2 vols: May, 1935 and June, 1936, orig. cl. gilt--WHO'S WHO IN NEW YORK CITY AND STATE, 1909, orig. cl.--WHO'S WHO, 1934--and 5 others (9) LOCATION K

Victoria and Albert Museum Catalogues ... Old English Patterns Book of the Metal Trades, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Collection in the Museum, London, printed under the authorty of his Majesty's Stationery Office, 1913, 8vo, frontispiece, plates, contemporary red cloth, red morocco lettering piece With ‘British Museum Guide to Mediaeval Antiquities' (London, 1924), Victoria and Albert Museum Catalogues ... Old English Pattern Books of the Metal Trades' (London, 1913), and Douglas Barrett's ‘Islamic Metalwork in the British Museum' (London, 1949)

A Victorian 'Royal Cabinet of Games' 'Toulmin & Gale Cheapside' the coromandel case silver-mounted and marked for London 1881 maker J V and having hinged lid and split front opening to reveal a fully fitted interior the contents including backgammon bezique chess cribbage dominoes draughts ecarte euchre Go-Bang loo Race and Steeplechase Speculations Spellicans Spoil Fire and whist the interior bearing retailer's plate and title plate complete with guide book H 19cm W 33cm

An Exakta camera, by Ihagee Kamerawerk, with a Jhagee Anast. Exaktar 1:3.5 f=7.5cm lens, in original leather case; complete with an Exakta Guide book, (2).

ULLYET (Kenneth). CLOCKS AND WATCHES. Illus. Martin Battersby. Paperback 1971. SYMONDS (R.W.) A BOOK OF ENGLISH CLOCKS. Illus. Revised edn 1950. Printed boards (d.w.) BAILLIE (G. H.) GUIDE to the MUSEUM of the CLOCKMAKERS' COMPANY of LONDON 1939. Illus. Card and 9 other books and magazines (12)

A Leica M3 Camera Serial No.958508, with a Summicron f2/50mm lens and Hektor f4.5/135mm lens, instruction book and Leica Guide.

GUIDE BOOK OF DITCHLING, illustrated with black and white woodcuts and eleven advertising pages to the rear which include Riding Lessons from Llewellyn Button, Mrs Mairet Gospels - Hand Weaver and The Downs Hotel, 'Sun Down' 1926

BRIGHTON & SONS VIEW BOOK GUIDE TO BRIGHTON, with numerous black and white photographic plates, oblong; HARRISON (F), HISTORICAL & LITERARY ASSOCIATIONS OF BRIGHTON & HOVE, 1906; and a large collection of Brighton and Sussex related pamphlets and books

Fenning (Daniel). The Universal Spelling Book, or A New and Easy Guide to the English Language, pub. Knevett, Arliss and Baker, 1811, woodcut frontis. and a few woodcuts to text, contemp. calf, some wear, loss to spine ends, 12mo (1)

BIBLIOGRAPHY: LOWNDES (W. T.), The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature, 10 parts in 5 vols., New Edition, half morocco (chipped and rubbed with losses to spines), London, 1857-63; DE RICCI (Seymour), The Book Collector's Guide, Limited Edition of 1100 copies, Buckram, New York, 1921 and 6 other similar.

MORELAND (C.) & BANNISTER (D.), Antique Maps, sm. 4to, illus., clo., d.w., 2nd edn., L., 1983; SALAMAN (F.), A Collector's Guide to Prints & Printmakers, 4to, illus., clo., d.w., Collectors Book Club 1st edn., L., 1973 (2).

"[Lee, N.K.M.]. The Cook's Own Book, and Housekeeper's Register: Comprehending all Valuable Receipts for Cooking Meat, Fish, and Fowl; and Composing Every Kind of Soup, Gravy, Pastry, Preserves, Essences, &c. that have bben Published or Invented During the Last Twenty Years. With Numerous Original Receipts and a Complete System of Confectionery, by a Boston Housekeeper, to which is Added, Miss Leslie's Seventy-Five Receipts for PAstry, Cakes, and Sweetmeats, 1st ed., 2nd printing, pub. Munroe & Francis, Boston, 1833, xxxv, (1),300,37pp., leaf C (p.xxvii-xxviii) torn with loss, some spotting throughout, initial pages frayed and browned to edges, modern qtr. calf, 8vo, (this is the 1st ed., 2nd printing, Boston, New York and Philadelphia, 1833 volume, which has the 38 page supplement on pastry, cakes and sweetmeats added. The 1st printing was published in 1832. Cagle 448, Bitting p.536 and Lowenstein 169), together with The New London Cookery and Complete Domestic Guide, by a Lady, [1827], eng. frontis., eng. vign. title, nine eng. plts. (of ten) only (lacking table setting for January & February), some browning and spotting, final eight leaves (index leaves and misbound table of contents) strengthened with archival tissue, recent half calf gilt with morocco label to spine, 8vo (2)"

"Mate (Charles H., and Riddle, Charles). Bournemouth: 1810-1910, The History of a Modern Health and Pleasure Resort, pub. Bournemouth, 1910, b&w plts., modern half green morocco gilt, 4to, together with Oswald (Arthur), Country Houses of Dorset, 1st ed., pub. Country Life, 1935, b&w illusts. after photos., modern half morocco gilt, large 8vo, plus Pitt-Rivers (Lt.-Gen.), King John's House, Tollard Royal, Wilts., privately printed, 1890, b&w plts., inscribed by the author to title, t.e.g., orig. gilt-dec. blue cloth, rubbed and marked, recased with orig. spine laid down, large 4to, and four others related (The Book of Bournemouth, 1934, Bournemouth Official Guide, 1938/39, and two archeological pamphlets by O.G.S. Crawford), all bound in modern leather bindings, 8vo (7)"

(Chess etc)] A quantity including: Swinton's Chess for Beginners (3rd edn 1897); Gunsberg's The Chess Openings (1933); Love's Chess A New Introduction (1967); Young & Howell's Minor Tactics of Chess (new imp 1910); Hoffer's Chess (c1891); Book of the Sunday Chronicle Chess Tournament (1946); Smullyan's The Chess Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes (1980 paperback); Chess magazine (2 bound vols covering Apr 1944 to Jan 1950); Lee & Gossip's The Complete Chess Guide (1914); Dunne's Draughts Praxis (1905); Euwe's Strategy & Tactics in Chess (1937); Lees' Guide to the Game of Draughts (1930); Laws' The Two-Move Chess Problem (1922); Alexander's Chess (5th edn 1968); Brace's An Illustrated Dictionary of Chess (1977); Matanovic's Chess is Chess (Belgrade 1990); & about 45 others (a quantity)

A Heidecke Rolleiflex Camera, with a Zeiss Tessar 7.5 cm lens, cased, and a Rolleicord Guide Book (2)

4 hard covers to include Bassett Lowke 'Model railway Handbook' 8th edition, GWR rule book, Great Western Signalling, Great Western Coaches by J H Russell, with a London Guide LNER-LMS 1934 with cover by C Clark

Zeebrugge: 3 commemorative plaques/medallions, in bronze, silvered and gilt, in boxes of issue, the reverse of each states "To six very gallant gentlemen Lt R D Sandford VC RN, Lt J Howell Price DSO, DSC, RNR; Sto H C Bendall CGM, Ldg Sea W G Cleaver CGM, DSM; PO W Harmer CGM; ERA A G Roxburgh CGM; GEF; also a book of 10 postcards showing post raid photos of mole, memorial, gun emplacements etc, War Museum Zeebrugge guide book, photos etc.

A Collecting Beswick Guide to Horses, Ponies, and Foals Book, 1992, and a Beswick Price Guide, 1997 (2)

M'Intosh (Charles). The Book of the Garden, 2 vols. (Structural/Cultural), 1853-55, num. b&w engr. plts., incl. some col., illusts. to text, contemp. green diced calf gilt, rubbed and a little worn on spines, thick 8vo, together with Lindley (George), A Guide to the Orchard and Kitchen Garden; or, an Account of the most Valuable Fruit and Vegetables Cultivated in Great Britain, ed. John Lindley, 1831, half-title, occasional minor marks to margins, old manuscript notes to verso of half-title and title, and blank at rear, contemp. half calf, rubbed, 8vo. (3)

Spencer (Charles). The Bicycle Road Book: Compiled for the Use of Bicyclists and Pedestrians. Being a Complete Guide to the Roads of England, Scotland, and Wales, Giving the Best Hotels, Populations of the Towns, Etc., 1st ed., 1880, commercial ads. both front and rear, orig. pict. cloth, rubbed and some wear to extrems., 8vo (1)

Australia. The Australian Handbook (Incorporating New Zealand, Fiji, and New Guinea) Shippers and Importers' Directory & Business Guide for 1886, pub. Gordon & Gotch, 1886, folding litho maps, numerous trade ads. with b & w illusts., first & last lleaves detached, orig. printed wrappers, detached and spine very worn, thick 8vo, contained in modern book box with gilt dec. leather spine (1)

A Swatch Magic Spell wristwatch (Christmas Limited Edition 1995), in original red and gilt Magic Spell book-shaped box, and with outer card slide Cf. Frank Edwards, Swatch, a Guide for Connoisseurs and Collectors, 1998, pages 94-95

COOKE, GEORGE ALEXANDER "TOPOGRAPHICAL AND STATISTICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTY OF HERTFORD..." a copious travelling guide with an illustrated map of thecounty. Printed for C Cooke, a slip pasted onto back endpaper inscribed "C. Cooke's compliments to Mr Bowles and begs his acceptance of these two volumes, September 1814". A book plate of H C Bowles pasted on inside front endpaper. Full calf one vol only

Leach (A.L.), Guide to Tenby and South Pembrokeshire, pictorial boards, end papers loose, third edition, 8vo, 1908; The Book of Old Edinburgh, wrappers, 8vo, 1886; De Fraine (John), Lectures and Addresses, decorative cloth, signed by author, 8vo, 1886, (3).

Besley (Henry, pub.). The Route Book of Devon: A Guide for the Stranger & Tourist to the Towns, Watering Places, and Other Interesting Localities of this County, new ed., Exeter, n.d., c. 1853, four folding eng. maps and plans, num. b&w eng. vign. views, 19 pp. trade ads. at rear, orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, very sl. rubbed, 12mo, together with Recollections of Old Liverpool, by A Nonagenarian, Liverpool, J. F. Hughes, 1863, wood eng. frontis. and title, orig. gilt-dec. maroon cloth, rubbed and frayed to extrems., small 8vo, plus Johnson (James), Excursions to the Principal Mineral Waters of England, in Pursuit of Health and Information, 1843, orig. blindstamped cloth, rubbed and somewhat worn to spine and outer corners, 8vo, and Pope (Alfred), The Old Stone Crosses of Dorset, printed at the Chiswick Press, 1906, folding map frontis., b&w plts. after photos., t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. cloth, backstrip def., some marks and wear to extrems., square 8vo, plus other various topographical interest, mostly early 20th c., including seven vols. Highways & Byways series, Glimpses of Ancient Leicester, by Mrs. T. Fielding-Johnson, 2nd ed., 1906, Murray's Berkshire Architectural Guide, by John Betjeman & John Piper, 1st ed., 1949, etc. (approx. 25)

Granville (A.B.). The Invalid's and Visitor's Hand-Book to the Hot Springs of Bath, 1841, wood eng. frontis., a.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, loss of cloth to lower portion of spine, 12mo, together with Anstey (Christopher), The New Bath Guide..., new ed., 1804, numerous eng. plts., modern calf gilt, 12mo, with Bayly (Thomas), Parliamentary Letters, and Other Poems, by Thomas Bayly, Author of Rough Sketches of Bath, 2nd ed., 1820, orig. boards, slim 12mo, plus other 19th & 20th c. volumes relating to Bath and the surrounding area (approx. 40)

Wainwright (A), A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells Eight vol set: Book One (5th imp), Book Two (3rd imp), Book Three (5th imp), Book Four (1st edn), Book Five (1st edn), Book Six (4th imp), Book Seven (2nd imp), Outlying Fells (4th imp, with dw). Also: Walks in Limestone Country (5th imp); & Walks on the Howgill Fells (10th imp, with dw) (10)

RICHTER (DETLEV) Lacquered Boxes, 1st ed, dustwr, 4to, 1989--SCHIFFER (PETER & OTHERS) The Brass Book, 1st ed, dustwr, 1978--THE VICTORIAN CATALOGUE OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS, dustwr, 4to, 1991--McCONNELL (BRIDGET) A Collector's Guide to Thimbles, dustwr, 4to, 1990--CORBEILLER (CLARE LE) European & American Snuff Boxes, dustwr, 4to, 1983--BICKERTON (L.M.) Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses, dustwr, unopened--and others similar (20) LOCATION O

COPE'S RACEGOER'S ENCYCLOPAEDIA, 1946, 1955-62 (5 duplicates), orig. cloth--TIMEFORM RACEHORSES OF 1954, 1968-70, orig. cloth; 1971, 1973 & 1979, dustwrs--SPORTING CHRONICLE FORM BOOK, Aug. 26, 1961--TIMEFORM FORM BOOK, FLAT RACING, orig. card, 1972--RUFF'S GUIDE TO THE TURF, 1984, and 1 other (25) LOCATION K

The Royal Regiment of Artillery. The Royal Artillery War Commemoration Book, folio, illus throughout, folio, navy blue cloth, G Bell & Sons, 1920; Edwin Lord Weeks - From the Black Sea Through Persia and India, 1896; William Wordsworth - A Guide Through the District of the Lakes in the North of England, fifth edition, Kendal: Hudson & Nicholson, 1835; various books on miscellaneous subjects (20 approx)

Francatelli (Charles Elme). The Cook's Guide, and Housekeeper's & Butler's Assistant: A practical treatise on English and Foreign cookery in all its branches; containing plain instructions for pickling and preserving vegetables, fruits, game, &c.; The Curing of Hams and Bacon; The Art of Confectionery and Ice-Making, and the arrangement of desserts, 1st ed., 1861, eng. port. frontis., wood-eng. illusts. to text, one gathering partly loose, small stain to top margin of first few leaves, orig. blindstamped green cloth gilt, a little rubbed, together with a second edition of the same work, in original blindstamped green cloth gilt, a little rubbed and minor fraying to extrems., both small 8vo, plus The Modern Cook; a practical guide to the culinary art in all its branches: comprising in addition to English Cookery, the most approved and recherche systems of French, Italian and German Cookery, 21st ed., 1872, orig. cloth, rubbed and upper cover discol., some fraying to head and foot of spine and outer corners, 8vo, and a 24th edition of the same work (1876), two further editions of the same work dated 1901 & 1911, an 1880 edition of the Cook's Guide and two modern facsimile paperback eds. of Francatelli's Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes, all 8vo (9)

Hazlemore (Maximilian). Domestic Economy; A Complete System of English Housekeeping; Containing the Most Approved Receipts, Confirmed by Observation and Practise, in every Reputable English Book of Cookery now Extant; Besides a Great Variety of Others Which have Never Before been Offered to the Public. to which is prefixed, in order to render it as Complete and Perfect as Possible, an Elegant Collection of Light Dishes for Supper, Adapted for Every Month in the Year. Also the Complete Brewer. likewise the Family Physician., J. Creswick & Co., [1794], some browning and minor marginal soiling, contemp. half calf gilt, a little worn at extrems., 8vo. Oxford, p. 122. Apparently, this volume is almost identical to 'The Lady's Complete Guide', by Mrs Mary Cole, which raises the question of the author's true identity. (1)

Johnson (Mary). Madam Johnson's Present, or Every Young Woman's Companion, in Useful and Universal Knowledge, 7th ed., Law, 1777, four pp. pubs. ads. at rear, entirely lacking B5-B8, F5-F7 & G12 torn and frayed, some leaves detached or working loose, some old waterstaining, contemp. full calf, spine virtually perished with boards working loose, some wear to boards, 12mo, together with Kettilby (Mary), A Collection of above Three Hundred Receipts in Cookery, Physick and Surgery, 2 parts in one, 2nd ed., 1719, title frayed with loss to lower margin, some other leaves frayed or browned, some old waterstaining, old boards, worn, covers detached, 8vo, and Powell (Mrs), The Guide to Preferment, or Powell's Complete Book of Cookery, Bailey, n.d., c.1800?. lacking frontis. of kitchen, lacking Z4 (final leaf of text), title and index leaves creased at head of gutter margin, lacking covers, 8vo. First volume Bitting, p.247; Oxford, p.83. Second volume Bitting, p.258. Third volume Bitting, p.379; Oxford, p.130. (3)

Escoffier (Auguste). A Guide to Modern Cookery, 2nd imp., 1907, port. frontis., author's signed presentation inscription to half-title, inscribed to John Chivers (of the jam-making confirm), some spotting at front and rear, orig. cloth gilt, sl. rubbed and soiled, lge. 8vo, together with Beeton (Isabella), The Book of Household Management, new ed., c. 1880s, twelve col. plts., frontis. det. and frayed at edges, title soiled, some spotting and soiling throughout, pubs. ads. at rear, last two leaves sl. defective, later cloth, sl. rubbed, thick 8vo (2)

Hazlemore (Maximilian). Domestic Economy; or, A Complete System of English Housekeeping: Containing the Most Approved Receipts, Confirmed by Observation and Practice, in Every Reputable English Book of Cookery now Extant; Besides a Great Variety of Others Which have Never Before been Offered to the Public., to which is Prefixed, in Order to Render it as Complete and Perfect as Possible, an Elegant Collection of Light Dishes for Supper, Adapted for Every Month in the Year. Also the Complete Brewer. Likewise the Family Physician., J. Creswick & Co., 1794, adhesive tape browning to inner margin of title, few minor marks, modern marbled boards with red morocco title label, 8vo. Oxford, p. 122. Apparently, this volume is almost identical to 'The Lady's Complete Guide', by Mrs Mary Cole, which raises the question of the author's true identity. (1)

The Servants' Guide and Family Manual: with New and Improved Receipts, Arranged and Adapted to the Duties of all Classes of Servants: Housekeeper, Cook, Lady's Maid., Forming a Complete System of Domestic Management., pub. John Limbird, 1830, eng. frontis., orig. cloth, rebacked and endpapers renewed, 8vo, together with Houlston & Wright (publishers), The Housemaid, 1867, 84pp., slight browning, orig. cloth gilt, 12mo, with Hammond (Elizabeth), Modern Domestic Cookery; and Useful Receipt Book., 9th ed., n.d., c.1850s, eng. frontis. and addn. title, occ. spotting, slight fraying to fore-edge margins, orig. cloth, worn to extrems., 12mo, plus one other related (4)

Beeton (Mrs. Isabella). Book of Household Management. A Guide to Cookery in all Branches. , New Edition, Revised, Enlarged, Brought Up-to-Date, 1907, together with another copy, 1923, col. plts., num. b & w illusts., both orig. cloth in slightly frayed and repaired d.j.s, thick 8vo, with six others by Mrs Beeton, all in d.j.s (8)

Grigson (Jane). Charcuterie & French Pork Cookery, 1st ed., 1967, Good Things, 1st ed., 1971, Fish Cookery, 1st ed., 1973, English Food, 1st ed., 1974, The Mushroom Feast, 1st ed., 1975, Jane Grigson's Vegetable Book, 1st ed., 1978, Food with the Famous, 1st ed., 1979, The Observer French Cookery School, 1st ed., 1980 (signed), Jane Grigson's Fruit Book, 1st ed., 1982, The Observer Guide to European Cookery, 1st ed., 1983 (signed), & The Observer Guide to British Cookery, 1st ed., 1984 (with Als, contained in envelope inside front cover), all orig. cloth in d.j.s, 8vo/4to, together with Year of the French, illust. Glynn Boyd Harte, Warren Editions Christmas 1982, orig. printed wrappers, small slim 8vo, plus other works by Jane Grigson, various, including The Cooking Game, the delicious new family board game, with recipes by Jane Grigson, n.d., c. 1985 (25)

Fairclough, M. A., The Ideal Cookery Book, London, George Routledge and Sons Limited, [n.d.], 4to (260 x 185mm.), half title, illustrations, many colour, later cloth, rubbed With a number of other cookery related books including Gwen L. Hughes 'Perfect Cooking A Comprehensive Guide to Success in the Kitchen' (Birmingham, n.d.), 'Perfect Cooking Green Edition by Parkinson' (Birmingham, n.d.), 'Cooking with Elizabeth Craig' (London, 1932), 'Radiation Cookery Book' (London, n.d.), C. L. T. Beeching's 'Law's Grocer's Manual' (London, n.d.), and Stanley Wrench's 'The Complete Illustrated Cookery' (London, 1935)

“The Complete Encyclopedia of Knives” by Hartink, 1999, colour and photo illus in DW; “The Gun Digest Book of Knives” by Hughes and Lewis, 1973, card covers; “Levines Guide to Knives and their values” 1985, card covers; “ A History of Knives” by Peterson, 1966, illus, in DW, “Japanese Swordsmanship” by Warner & Draeger, 1993, illus, card covers. GC. (5)

Davidson (H.C., editor). The Book of the Home. A Practical Guide to Household Management, 8 orig. divs., Gresham, 1902, col. and b & w illusts., orig. turquoise cloth blocked in cream, green and gilt with a design incorporating peacock motifs by Talwin Morris, somewhat rubbed with a little dampstaining, large 8vo (8)

Bruce (J. Collingwood) The Wallet-Book of the Roman Wall, 8vo, soft covs., illus., Newcastle 1863; Lumley (D.) The Story of Tynemouth Priory & Castle, 8vo, cloth, illus., Newcastle 1934; and Tomlinson (W.W.) Guide to the County of Northumberland, 8vo, cloth, illus. with fold-out maps, etc., Newcastle, n.d., eleventh edition. (3)

Ali (Salim) The Book of Indian Birds, 8vo, cloth, illus., Bombay 1977; Whistler (Hugh) Popular Handbook of Indian Birds, 8vo, cloth, illus., 1963; Henry (G.M.) A Guide to the Birds of Ceylon, 8vo, cloth, illus., Oxford 1971; and two other volumes on Asian ornothology. (5)

A quantity of graining and marbling tools, book on 'The Practical Arts of Graining and Marbling' and a 19th Century hand written guide.

DURRELL (L), Cefalu: A novel, 1st edition, d/wrapper, 1947; FORSTER (E.m.) Alexandria; a history and a guide, 2nd edition, folded plan and other illustrations, printed boards, Alexandria, 1938, limited issued of 250 numbered copies - this (unique?) one with authors signature erased; and another book by first author

ANSTEY (CHRISTOPHER), THE NEW BATH GUIDE, full calf with engraved frontispiece, 1767, a 1788 publication of the same book and two other books on Bath

Twenty-six hard and soft back books relating to toys, collectables and television series including Kitahara and Shimizu, 1000 Tin Toys, A Trekker's Guide to Collectibles, Jerry Anderson's Fab Facts, Classic Who, Robert Opie, Remember When, The Space Toy Price Guide, Norman Joplin, Toy Soldiers, six Millers Collectibles price guides, Lyle Price Guide Film and Rock & Roll Collectibles, Denis Gifford The Complete Catalogue of British Comics, Official Price Guide to Action Figures, First Edition, Batman book, Collecting for Toy Soldiers, Hobby Japan annuals, Millers Collecting the 1950's, Ramsey's British Diecast, 9th Edition, Francis Baird Action Man and The Dr Who Annual (26)

A Triang, Spot-On & Minic price guide, Triang/Hornby book of trains, catalogues No. 9, 16, 2 18, 19, 2 21, 22, 24, 2 25, 29, 35 & 47 etc. (F-G)

2 hard cover books, Model Railroads (Hollingsworth), Scale Railway Modelling (Beal), Triang Hornby, Book of Trains, Hornby Dublo Price Guide (Tony Oaks) & other catalogues (F-G)

A RARE EARLY 19TH-CENTURY SHEPHERD'S GUIDE or a delineation of the wool and Ear marks on the different stocks of sheep on the East Fells extending from Clover Hill. in Knaresdale to Lune Dale, in Yorkshire, on the East side, and from Croglin to Stainmore, on the West side, printed and published by J. Chapelhow, Appleby, 1819 (Price Five shillings and Six-pence), in original printed card covers, inscribed inside in sepia ink in a contemporary hand "James Nicholson's Book/Blencarn"

Escoffier (A.). A Guide to Modern Cookery, 1st ed., 1907, photogravure port. frontis., later green cloth with upper cover relaid, large, 8vo, together with Beeton (Mrs. Isabella), The Book of Household Management..., 241st thousand ed., c.1870, chromo plts. and b & w illusts., one leaf of index strengtened to margins, few minor marks, printed adverts to endpapers, orig. red qtr. morocco, gilt dec. spine, repaired at head & foot of spine, thick 8vo, with a worn 217th thousand edition of the same work, and Acton (Eliza), Modern Cookery, for Private Families, Reduced to a System of Easy Practice, in a Series of Carefully Tested Receipts..., new ed., 1865, eng. plts. and illusts. occ. spotting, contemp. cloth gilt, repaired at head & foot of spine, joints worn 8vo, plus five other 18th & 19th c. cookery related, mostly defective (9)

Woolley (Hannah). The Accomplish'd Ladies Delight in Preserving, Physick, Beautifying, and Cookery. Containing, I. The Art of Preserving, and Candying Fruits and Flowers, and making of all sorts of Conserves, Syrups, and Jellies. II. The Physical Cabinet, or, Excellent Receipts in Physick and Chirurgery, Together with some Rare Beautifying Waters..., and also some New and Excellent Secrets and Experiments in the Art of Angling. III. The Compleat Cooks Guide, or, Directions for Dressing all Sorts of Flesh, Fowl, and Fish, both in the English and French Mode..., 3rd ed., enlarged, printed for Benjamin Harris, 1683, addn. eng. title page and one woodcut plt., also includes title pages for parts 2 & 3, early appears to lack leaf G1 and also all after N2 at the end of the volume (being the major part of the table to physick and chyrurgery), closed tear to leaves I4 & I5, both repaired with archival tissue, pages frayed to fore - edges with some slight loss to general title and first & last leaves, generally well thumbed, few inner margins of pages strengthened, contemp. sheep, slight wear to extrems., 12mo, contained in modern purpose made morocco covered book box. Text appears complete other than defects noted. Section I appears complete in eleven leaves rather than usual twelve leaves. (1)

Baedeker (Karl). Konstantinopel, Balkanstaaten, Kleinasien, Archipel, Cypern, 2nd ed., 1914, maps and plans, folding map at front near detached, orig. limp cloth, sl. rubbed, 8vo, together with Wainwright (A.), A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, Book 7, The Western Fells, 1966, b&w illusts., orig. cloth in frayed and marked d.j., small 8vo, plus other miscellaneous travel, etc, natural history, incl. Nansen's Fram ofver Polarhafvet den Norska Polarfarden 1893 - 96, 2 vols., Stockholm, 1897, etc (a carton)

Album of Taste and Fashion and Book of Commercial and General Information, George Hennelle, [1877], comprising the Golden Guide to London, seventy-two pages, with wood engr. illusts., followed by hundreds of classified adverts for photographers, fine art dealers, musical instruments and publications, shipping companies, champagne and cognac dealers, and plans of London theatres, some of the adverts. including orig. mounted photographs, champagne and cognac labels in colours, etc., orig. green cloth, blocked in gilt and blind, a.e.g., folio. (1)

Nelson (Thomas, publishers). English Scenery, 1889, 120 half-page chromo. views on sixty leaves, scattered spotting, a.e.g., orig. dec. cloth gilt, a little rubbed, together with Souvenir of the Clyde, 1892, twenty-four half-page chromo. views, minor spotting, orig. dec. cloth gilt, rubbed, both square 8vo, plus Chromo-View Guide Books for The English Lakes and The Scenery of the West Highlands, each with twelve chromo. views bound concertina-style with guide book in orig. cloth, a little rubbed, small 8vo, one similar (5)

Chappell (James). The Potter's Complete Book of Clay and Glazes. A Comprehensive Guide to Formulating, Mixing, Applying, and Firing Clay Bodies and Glazes, New York, 1977, orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, together with Fournier (Robert), Illustrated Dictionary of Practical Pottery, 1973, num. illusts., some col., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, plus Jenyns (Soame), Japanese Pottery, Faber & Faber, reprinted, 1978, col. frontis., b & w illusts. from photos., folding map at rear, orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, and others related (22)

Nicholson (Peter). The Carpenter's New Guide: Being a Complete Book of Lines for Carpentry and Joinery. Treating fully on Practical Geometry, Soffits, Brick and Plaster Groins, Niches of every Description, Sky-lights, Lines for Roofs and Domes ... including some Observations and Calculations on the Strength of Timber, 4th ed., 1805, seventy-eight eng. plts., 4pp. pubs. cat. of 'Modern Books on Architecture', bound in at rear, (folio size, folded), contemp. sheep, rebacked and recornered, 4to, together with Newlands (James), The Carpenter and Joiner's Assistant (text only), 1860, num. wood engs. and diags. to text, contemp. half calf gilt, rubbed and scratched, folio (2)

GENERAL STUD BOOK. The. Containing Pedigrees of Race Horses, &c. &c. Third Edition, vols 1-10. James and Charles Wetherby, 1827-65. Cont. tree calf, spine gilt. Bookplates of William Arthur, Sixth Duke of Portland. With further 22 vols the same, 11-17, duplicate of 17, 19-27, 29-31 and 36 parts 2. (1869-1969). Also 34 various volumes of Ruff’s Guide to the Turf (1900-1930); 45 vols. Of The Bookstock Breeders Review (1923-76); and 69 vols. Of The Racing Calendar (1813-1964). Together 180 vols., cont. calf or half calf and 2 other. All 8vo. Sold not subject to return (182)

Murray (John, pub.). Handbook for Travellers in Greece, including the Ionian Islands, Continental Greece, the Peloponnese, the Islands of the Aegean, Crete, Albania, Thessaly & Macedonia; and a Detailed Description of Athens, 2 vols., 5th ed., 1884, folding maps and plans (one contained in rear pocket), wood engs. to text, orig. cloth gilt, slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Burdon (Katharine Janet), A Handbook of St. Kitts?Nevis, a Presidency of the Leeward Islands Colony, containing Information for Residents and Visitors concerning the Islands of St. Christopher or St. Kitts, Nevis and Anguilla, pub. West India Committee, 1920, b & w illusts. from photos., folding maps and plans, commercial ads. at rear, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo, plus Ebtehaj (G.H.), Guide Book on Iran, 2nd ed., n.d., pub. Pharos, Tehran, c. 1927, three folding maps, b & w illusts. from photos., commercial ads., etc., orig. cloth gilt, a little faded and rubbed on spine, 8vo, and seven other various guides (11)