![Nonesuch Press. Dante Alighieri. La Divina Commedia [Divine Comedy], Italian & English text, the English translation by H. F.](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/bce01263-c463-4daa-a57c-aa8800f683ce/65fb77e3-5e5d-4f53-b0d5-aa930110a50a/468x382.jpg)
Nonesuch Press. Dante Alighieri. La Divina Commedia [Divine Comedy], Italian & English text, the English translation by H. F. Cary, limited edition numbered 231 of 1475, Nonesuch Press, 1928. Illustrations after drawings by Sandro Botticelli. Folio, original orange-stained vellum, top edge gilt (remainder untrimmed). Contents very good, clean, bright; offsetting to endpapers caused by three old catalogue clippings hinged with tape to pastedown; very light spotting to extreme outer page edges; binding very good and tight with bleaching to the orange at spine and very faint wear to corners - otherwise an excellent copyProvenance: Consigned to sale by the Turbutt family. The vendor's uncle was Gladwyn M. R. Turbutt - the man who discovered the original Bodleian copy of the first folio of Shakespeare (The Turbutt Shakespeare)
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****PAY COLLECT AND POST ETWALL***LW***Bible. Biblia Sacra: Facsimile Edition of the Gutenberg Bible, limited edition of 1000 (996 for sale), 'This is the first Gutenberg facsimile ever printed in the United States and only the second in the world', New York: Pageant Books, 1961. Text pages printed by lithography, the illuminated pages by sheet-fed gravure. Folio, in two volumes, hand-bound in full burgundy buckram lettered in gilt, bookseller's ticket to front pastedown (Henry Sotheran), each volume housed in solander box bearing title labels. Excellent condition, very good, clean and bright; pencil catalogue note to verso of ffep (presumably by Sotheran) over small worn patch (presumably erased owner inscription); bindings tight and solid, very good; solander boxes have some discolouration and light wear (2)Provenance: Consigned to sale by the Turbutt family. The vendor's uncle was Gladwyn M. R. Turbutt - the man who discovered the original Bodleian copy of the first folio of Shakespeare (The Turbutt Shakespeare)
![Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, first issue [one of only 500], London: Bloomsbury, 199](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/bce01263-c463-4daa-a57c-aa8800f683ce/886dce1e-bde4-42ec-bdc9-aa93011e6f32/468x382.jpg)
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, first issue [one of only 500], London: Bloomsbury, 1997, hardback, publisher's laminated pictorial boards, print line on copyright page reads "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ", "1 wand" appears twice on p.53. Contents good, clean, bright; binding tight and solid; usual very light browning to page margins; Staffordshire Libraries label to verso of title page, barcode and slight remnants of label to front free endpaper; light wear to laminate and faint ghost impression from handwriting to upper board; minor wear to headcaps/corners; very small ink spot to extreme page edges at rear. The author's debut novel and first in the Harry Potter series. Very scarce. One of only 500 copies, 300 of which were sent to libraries - this being an impressive example of ex-library, very good
Wilson, Harrison Corbett. England's Queen, and Prince Albert: A Poem in Two Cantos, also, England's Hero, London: Longman, no date [1849]. Contemporary gilt red cloth, Baxter print portrait of Victoria as frontispiece. Good and bright, occasional light spotting, a little rubbing/wear to binding
![Gesta Romanorum [Strasbourg: Martin Schott, not after 1486]. A popular medieval collection of moral tales, considered the sou](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/bce01263-c463-4daa-a57c-aa8800f683ce/7d8bd1ec-2a13-4fe7-b8a3-aa930110089c/468x382.jpg)
Gesta Romanorum [Strasbourg: Martin Schott, not after 1486]. A popular medieval collection of moral tales, considered the source of some later literature including Shakespeare and Chaucer (the story of the three caskets in Merchant of Venice, for example). 100 leaves, double column, Gothic type, manuscript initials in red. Bound in 19th-century crushed red morocco by Riviere (stamped to verso of front free endpaper), marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, armorial bookplate for T. H. Riches, bookplate for Edward Sullivan, bookplate for John Sparrow. Contents generally good and bright, occasional dampstaining; discolouration and restoration to opening leaf; binding tight and solid with some light wear to extremitiesProvenance: Consigned to sale by the Turbutt family. The vendor's uncle was Gladwyn M. R. Turbutt - the man who discovered the original Bodleian copy of the first folio of Shakespeare (The Turbutt Shakespeare)
Victorian "Amherst Japan" pattern part dinner service comprising large covered tureen, covered sauce tureen and stand, ashet (31cm long), 11 dinner plates and 7 soup plates.Condition report:Tureen and cover - Good condition.Sauce tureen, cover and stand - All good condition.Ashet - good condition.Dinner plates - All generally good condition. Two hare small underglaze rim defects (firing crack and small chip).Soup plates - Five in good condition, two with small rim chips. Some light scratches ans wear overall, consistent with age and light use. Some visible sagger marks. Generally all in good condition except for two chipped soup plates, as images.
Two tier stained beech Lazy Susan with five fitted blue and white Villeroy & Boch "Dresden" pattern dishes. Approx. 36cm diameter.Condition report:Three small old worn holes to underside of large tier.Wood slightly warped.Segment Dishes - One crazed, one with small rim chip.Circular dish - Scratched interior and light crazing.
Large late 18th century Chinese famille rose porcelain bowl, the exterior decorated with cranes in a garden with fence and peonies, the interior with floral spray and lattice border. Unmarked 27cm diameter.Condition report:Interior - Glaze impurities, oxidised and rubbed enamels. Some light scratches also larger 2" scratch, which may be very fine but not visible from exterior and rings when tapped.Exterior - Rubbed enamels and gilt, glaze impurities. Very fine 3" underglaze discoloured line or crack where bowl meets footrim though not visible on underside of footrim.As images.
![Edward Charles Williams (British 1807-1881) The woodman's family Oil on canvas Signed and indistinctly dated 18[]9 lowe](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/8d26359f-e398-4060-85b3-aa7a00c8c128/5e06a37f-0ca5-4d8f-97d7-aa7a00e010ad/468x382.jpg)
A large quantity of Staples Ladderax shelving system comprising 12 ladders, 25 shelves, single drawer, chest of three drawers, glazed cabinet, two drop down cabinets and approx. 62 metal shelve supports. Condition - not great, worn and various damage/dirt.4x room divider ladders (2 feet) at 200cm height2x wall leaning ladders (1 foot) at 200cm height6x wall leaning ladders (1foot) at 132cm heightladders are dirty with small areas of corrosion, no major signs of structural damage, 2 larger wall leaning ladders have wooden batons attached to rear .(wall side)Shelves - 5 x 89cm wide 36cm deep, 6 x 75cm wide 36cm deep, 13 x 59cm wide 36cm deep, 1 x 59cm wide 20cm deep.Cabinets - 1 x small single drawer unit 59 x 13 cm, 2 x drop front cabinets 59 x 40cm, 1 x glass sliding cabinet 89 x 48cm, 1 x 3 drawer chest 89 x 48cm.Shelves have some minor scuffs, stains and partial discolouration present but no major damage, one drop front cabinet has large stains and water damage, glass sliding cabinet has some scuffs, surface damage, drawers have some stains/marks to top surface, no major damage, small drawer unit has damage to front near lock as pictured and light scuffs to edges.
Stamps GB Queen Victoria Collection - to 1918 5 shilling sea horse. Mainly good used with some cds including SG 153 4d PL 15, also includes SG 64 medium garter, 1883 5 shilling nice cds, 1902 10 shilling small light thin otherwise fine, some very high cat stamps with total cat of £9,327 (94 stamps on 2 hagners).
A rare very large pair of Wemyss vases decorated with cabbage rose sprays, impressed mark to base and also painted, height 31 cm. (2) CONDITION REPORT: Condition of these is remarkable, there are no cracks or chips, only light ware and rubbing in areas, typical glaze crazing as expected but even this is moderate.
Three gilt metal and glass double-branch wall light brackets with ribbon and foliate decoration, button swags, each scroll with cut glass tulip-shaped shade, 46cm long overall (3) Condition ReportA hook is missing of one of the long glass chains. There are holes where it looks like more glass chains should be attached. Some of the gilt appears to be rubbing. There are some small chips to some of the glass shades. See attached images.
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