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A lot comprising a quantity of cut glass and crystal drinking glasses, a Gleneagles bowl with frosted floral decoration, another by Durand, press moulded vases, fruit baskets, trinket dishes, pitchers etc Condition Report: Not available for this lot

A Victorian stained pine linen press, upper section fitted with sliding trays, the base with two short and two long drawers with white knob handles, three sections, height 210cm.

A 19th century figured mahogany linen press, the upper section fitted pull-out trays enclosed two panelled doors over one deep and two shallower drawers, on bun feet, 48" wide x 21" deep x 82" high

An early 19th century mahogany linen press having two panelled doors revealing four sliding shelves above two short and two long drawers 202cm h x 130cm w

An oak and walnut press cupboard, incorporating late 17th century elements, 211cm high, 147, 61cm deepProvenance: From the contents of Shirburn Castle, thence by family descent. Condition Report: Marks, knocks, scratches, abrasions consistent with age and useOld chips and losses to some areas, there are various sections of mitred mouldings that have been detached and are not present with the lot, these appear to have 'darkened' and have presumably been missing for some time. There are signs of woodworm to some of these areas tooSome old splits and cracksThe metal ware appears to be original throughout and fitted at the time of this pieces last construction (probably circa 1900). There are six slides fitted to the interiorThe drawers are tight and not running easily - they may benefit from a lubricate, this drawer is very heavy which also impacts this.Please refer to additional images for visual reference to condition Condition Report Disclaimer

Y A Regency mahogany clothes press, circa 1820, in the manner of Gillows, the panel doors enclosing three sliding trays, 209cm high, 116cm wide, 56cm deepCondition Report: Marks, knocks, scratches and abrasions commensurate with age and use.Some old splits and chips.The interiors lacking three sliding trays and a hanging rail has been later addedSolid turned rosewood handlesLocks appear original, no key present, all locks openEvidence of old worm to the backboard and the undersideFeet are old replacementsOld nail repairs to moulding at sides between upper and lower sectionsPlease refer to additional images for visual reference to condition. Condition Report Disclaimer

A William IV mahogany linen press, circa 1835, 222cm high, 144cm wide, 64cm deepCondition Report: Marks, knocks, scratches, abrasions consistent with age and useOld splits and cracksChips and lossesThe backboards have not been attached for the view - they are presented along side the wardrobeSome warping to the cupboard doors, there are no keys present so Dreweatts can make no comments as to whether it is lockable There are flanking cupboards to each side, the central cupboard doors enclose slides and two deep 'hat' drawers, there are hooks fitted to the end cupboards This has not been screwed together whilst with Dreweatts, there are no screws provided, the purchaser would need to source these for installation, it breaks down for transport, the doors are screwed on and these could be removed if wishedPlease refer to additional images for visual reference to conditionCondition Report Disclaimer

Y A Pair of Regency mahogany side chairs, circa 1820, in the manner of Gillows, each with vertical splats to the horizontal bars of the back and with a tulipwood banded tablet, drop in seat and legs joined by X-stretchers, each 88cm highFor chairs with related features see Lindsay Boynton, Gillow Furniture Designs 1760-1800, Bloomfield Press, 1995, figs 286 and 287. See also Susan E. Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, Antique Collectors Club, Plates 171 and 172 (pages 178 & 179) for chairs with related features almost certainly supplied by Gillows to Sir Robert Peel. Condition Report: Marks, knocks, scratches, abrasions consistent with age and useOld splits and cracksChips and lossesThe X-shaped stretcher has had cracks and splits to the ends that meet the legs, these have signs of glued repairs to these areasOverall the frames appear fairly solid with some movement to some jointsThe upholstered seats in fair condition overallPlease refer to additional images for visual reference to condition Condition Report Disclaimer

A George III mahogany wardrobe, circa 1780, the panel doors enclosing a hanging rail, with two false drawer fronts and one long drawer, 208cm high, 150cm wide, 65cm deepProvenance: Private Collection, The Old Rectory, Gloucestershire Condition Report: Marks, knocks, scratches, abrasions consistent with age and useOld splits and cracksChips and lossesThis appears to have been conceived as a wardrobe with a large hanging space, there is no evidence that this has been a linen press and converted - the doors incorporate the panels and the top two 'drawers' as false drawer fronts.Please note however there are no keys present with this lot - all elements are open at time of report, the lock to the doors appears to be later, the lower lock to the drawer appears to be original but there are no keys. The interior has been lined, this appears to be a more recent replacement - this obviously disguises if there are any shadows of brackets for previous shelves or other fittings - Dreweatts cannot guarantee so adaptions have not occurred previously There have been some repairs and in filling around the hinges Condition Report Disclaimer

Brett (Reginald, 2nd Viscount Esher). The Girlhood of Queen Victoria, a selection from Her Majesty's diaries between the years 1832 and 1840, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1912, black & white illustrations, period prize bookplates to the front pastedowns, some minor marginal toning, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated full red morocco bound by Bumpus, spines lightly faded & rubbed, remnants of a sticker to volume 1 spine, 8vo, together with; Sladen (Douglas), Queer Things about Japan, 3rd edition, London: Anthony Treherne & Co., 1904, period inscription by the author 'To Beatrice Freen...Xmas 1911' & minor tear to the front endpaper, monochrome illustrations, some light toning & spotting, front gutters cracked, publishers original gilt decorated red cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus Titchmarsh (E. C.), Introduction to the Theory of Fourier Integrals, 1st edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1937, some minor spotting & toning, original blue cloth in dust jacket, covers toned with minor tears to head, 8vo, and early 20th-century literature, mostly original cloth, G/VG,8vo/4toQty: (3 shelves )

Aviation. A large collection of modern aviation reference, including publications by Airlife, Conway, Arms & Armoyr Press, Sutton, Ian Allan, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4toQty: (6 shelves )

Literature. A collection of mostly modern literature, including Sitwell (Sacheverell). The Cyder Feast and Other Poems, 1st edition, London: Duckworth, 1927, uncut and untrimmed, original yellow cloth, 8vo, limited signed edition 24/165, together with:Doctor Donne & Gargantua, The First Six Cantos, 1st edition, 1930, untrimmed, original green cloth in marked and slightly frayed dust wrapper with slight loss, author's presentation copy, inscribed to front endpaper 'For John Merrell from Sacheverell Sitwell in gratitude 8 November 1966', plus:Canons of Giant Art, Twenty Torsos in Heroic Landscapes, 1st edition, Faber & Faber, 1933, original red cloth in rubbed dust wrapper, 8vo, author's presentation copy, inscribed to front endpaper, 'To John Merrell with all good wishes Sacheverell Sitwell Weston 8 November 1966', and:Sadleir (Michael). XIX Century Fiction, A Bibliographical Record based on his own collection, 2 volumes, Cambridge University Press, 1951, original maroon cloth in worn dust wrappers, 4to, limited edition of 1025 copies, plus other mostly English literature, including Vernon S. Morwood, Our Gipsies in City, Tent, and Van. Containing an account of their origin and strange life, fortune-telling practices, &c., 1st edition, 1885, some marks throughout, contemporary blue cloth gilt, 8vo, Aldous Huxley, Leda, 1st edition, 1920, Jesting Pilate, 1926, Eyeless In Gaza, 1936, [Robert Plumer Ward], Tremaine or The Man of Refinement, 3 volumes, 3rd edition, London: Henry Colburn, 1825, with contemporary autograph signature to head of title of each volume of J.H. Tremayne, first few leaves at front of volume 1 almost loose, contemporary half maroon calf gilt, a little rubbed and spines lightly faded, 8vo, other Sacheverell Sitwell titles including Poltergeists, 1940, Splendours and Miseries, 1943, All Summer in a Day, 1926, Far From My Home, 1931, Old Fashioned Flowers, illustrated by John Farleigh, Country Life, 1939, etc., mostly 1st editions, with dust wrappers, etc.Qty: (3 shelves )

Adam (Frank). The Clans, Septs & Regiments of the Scottish Highlands, 1st edition, Edinburgh: W. & A. K. Johnston, 1908, monochrome illustrations, period inscription to the front endpaper, some light toning, original gilt decorated blue cloth in dust jacket, covers rubbed with some loss to head & foot, 8vo, together with; Campbell (J. L. & Francis Collinson [editors]), Hebridean Folksongs, a Collection of Waulking Songs by Donald MacCormick, 2 volumes, 1st editions, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1969-77, black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jackets, volume 1 dust jacket price-clipped, 8vo, plus Marwick (Hugh), Orkney Farm-Names, Kirkwall: W. R. Mackintosh, 1952, inscribed by the author to the front endpaper, some light toning, original cloth in price-clipped dust jacket, covers slightly toned & rubbed with minor loss, 8vo, and other modern Scottish history reference, including works by Seton Gordon & publications by The Moray Press, Routledge, Scottish Mountaineering Club, all original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4toQty: (3 shelves )

Tunnicliffe (C.F.) Shorelands Summer Diary, London: Collins, 1952, colour plates, illustrations, top edge gilt, original cloth-backed decorative boards, acetate wrapper, slipcase (small splits and marginal toning, 4to, limited signed edition 82/125, from a total edition of 150, together with Perrott (C.L.E.) A Selection of British Birds, with a new introduction and a commentary by Philip J.K. Burton on the birds, facsimile edition, London: The Publishing Partnership/Ilkley: Scolar Press, 1979, 5 colour plates, original half morocco, folio, with the prospectus for the work (with loose order forms and correspondence from the publisher), bound in matching morocco-backed boards, 4to, both contained in morocco-backed solander box, folio, limited edition of 250 (this copy not numbered and without limitation statement), plus Henry Williamson's The Star-Born, illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe, 1st edition, 1933 (lacking dust-jacket)Qty: (3)

* Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Le Prophete, by Giacomo Meyerbeer, June 25th, 1850, silk programme, printed by R.S. Francis, Printer, 25, Museum Street, Bloomsbury, 38 x 16 cm (15 x 6.25 ins), lightly creased where previously folded (generally in very good condition), a few minor spots to extremities, and one or two small nicks to extreme upper margin, framed and glazed, together with: Theatre Royal Covent Garden, Promenade Concerts. Special Grand Concert, October 29th, 1883, silk programme with border tassels, printed in blue, with a programme including performances by Mr Santley, Mr Sims Reeves, and Miss Damian, 26 x 43.5 cm (10.25 x 17.1 ins), clip frame, glazed (40 x 60 cm), plus three others similar: Metropolitan Opera House, Gala Performance of Grand Opera in Honor of the Visit of H.R.H. Prince Henry of Prussia, February 25th, 1902, silk programme printed in blue by Dempsey & Carroll, New York, with a programme including Wagner's Lohengrin and Tannhauser, Bizet's Carmen, Verdi's Aida and La Traviata, and Massenet's Le Cid, including Madame Gadski, Edouard de Reszke, Emma Eames and others, tasselled border, 35.5 x 26.5 cm (14 x 10.5 ins), framed and glazed (47.5 x 39.5 cm), and By Command of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, in honour of the State visit of Their Imperial Majesties the German Emperor & Empress to the Royal Italian Opera, Wednesday 8th July, 1891, silk programme printed in blue, with vignette illustrations to borders, programme including Lohengrin, Romeo and Juliet, and Gluck's Orfeo, and Muyerbeer, Les Huguenots, featuring Emma Eames, Edouard De Reszke, Jean De Reszke, Madame Albani and others, printed by the London Stereoscopic Company, 51 x 30 cm (20 x 11.75 ins), framed and glazed (64.5 x 43 cm), and Souvenir of the State Performance at the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, by Command of Her Most Gracious Majesty The Queen, in honor of the marriage of their Royal Highnesses the Duke of York and the Princess May of Teck, July 4th, 1893, silk programme printed in black and with text in brown, featuring Gunod's Romeo et Juliette, featuring Nellie Melba, De Reszke, Ghasne, Castelmary, etc., framed and glazed (62 x 42.5 cm), and Royal Opera Covent Garden, State Performance to Commemorate the Sixtieth Anniversary of Her Majesty's Accession to the Throne, Wednesday June 23, 1897, silk programme printed in green, brown and purple, designed and printed by the Nassau Press, silk thread tassels to outer edges, 36 x 26.5 cm, framed and glazed (56 x 44.5 cm)Qty: (6)

* Clarke (Graham, 1941-). Graham Clarke's Grand Tour, Oxford: Phaidon, 1989, numerous colour and black & white illustrations, pictorial half-title with ink manuscript authorial inscription, original cloth, dust jacket, 4to, plus 5 other books signed by Clarke: One Hundred & Fifty years of Boughton Monchelsea School, 2000; The Watercolours (exhibition programme), 1990; W. Shakespeare Gent., His Actual Nottebooke, 1992 (two signed copies); Goût de Grenouille, 1981, with a collection of other Graham Clarke-related items including, The Hayle Mill Papermakers Song, 1977, (limited edition, 1 of 200 total copies), Notte Todaye, notes for the interested, 1984, printed at the Florian Press, signed by both Clarke and Graham Williams (printer), Graham Clarke, by Clare Sydney, 1986 (two copies), Joe Carpenter & Son, an English Nativity, by Graham Clarke, 1990, 12 calendars illustrated by Clarke (some duplicates, one signed by Clarke), copies of various books with illustrations by Clarke including: 2 copies of Siegfried Sassoon Centenary celebration programme, 1986; 1 copy of North Downs Way, 1999; 14 copies of The Turning of the Year, 1990, also a quantity of Graham Clarke illustrated greetings cards, including 8 signed by Graham and his wife (6 personally inscribed to 'Viv and Paul'), reproductions of watercolours and paintings by Clarke, numerous related posters, prospectuses, exhibition invitations, a Graham Clarke 1500 piece jigsaw puzzle, a vinyl LP copy of William Mathias' This Worlde's Joie, 1976, the cover illustrated by Graham Clarke, and other related ephemera, including Balyn & Balan, 1969, two colour wood and linocut illustrations only (of 23), and two text sheets only (of 18), with woodcut lettering, some light spotting, taken from the limited edition unbound book Balyn & Balan, each window mounted, mount aperture 44.3 x 32.8 cm and smallerQty: (-)

Gloucestershire Newspapers. A collection of over 400 mostly Gloucestershire newspapers, circa 1840s and later, including Cheltenham Examiner, 1841 to 1901, (316 copies), Cheltenham Looker-On, 1883/1919 (7 copies), Cheltenham Chronicle, 1917/1992 (26 copies), Cheltenham Free Press and Gloucester Herald, 1850/1852 (7 copies), Cheltenham Mercury, 1887 & 1891 (2 copies), various mostly post-1930s' issues of Cheltenham Illustrated, Cheltenham Circular, Gloucester Echo, Gloucester Journal, The Citizen, etc., and 4 bound annual volumes of Cheltenham Examiner (1859, 1910-1912, some damage), some creasing, fraying and soiling, mostly broadsheet sizesQty: (400+)

Heath (Benjamin). Notae sive lectiones ad tragicorum graecorum veterum. Aeschyli, Sophoclis, Euripidis, quae supersunt dramata deperditorumque relliquias, 3 parts in one, Oxford: E typographeo Clarendoniano, 1762, imprimatur leaf present, light scattered spotting, contemporary calf, joints cracked, 4to, together with: Clinton (Henry Fynes), Fasti Hellenici. The Civil and Literary Chronology of Greece from the earliest accounts to the death of Augustus, 3 volumes, Oxford: University Press, 1834, scattered spotting, armorial bookplates of Robert William Plumptre & Edward Vallis Cecil Plumptre to front endpaper, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines lacking labels, upper board of volume 1 detached, joints cracked, 4to, Weber (William Ernestus), Corpus Poetarum Latinorum uno volumine absolutum, one volume in two, Frankfurt: Henrici Ludovici Broenneri, 1832, scattered spotting, contemporary vellum, large 8vo, Dindorfii (William), Poetarum Scenicorum Graecorum, Aeschyli, Sophoclis, Euripidis et Aristophanis..., 2nd edition, corrected, Oxford: Joannes Henricus Parker, 1851, contemporary vellum, large 8vo Plato, Platonis opera omnia uno volumine comprehensa..., edidit Godofredus Stallbaumius, Leipzig: Ottonis Holtze, 1873, light scattered spotting, bookplate of Henry Rudolf Reichel to upper pastedown, contemporary half calf, black morocco title label to spine, joints cracked at head, small folioQty: (8)

Whitney (J.D.) The Yosemite Guide-Book: A description of the Yosemite Valley and the adjacent region of the Sierra Nevada, and of the big trees of California, 2nd edition, Cambridge MA: Cambridge University Press, 1869, illustrations, 2 (facsimile) folding maps contained in front and rear pockets, a few minor spots, original green cloth gilt, small split to lower joint, a little rubbed, 8voQty: (1)NOTESHowes W389. The second edition with wood-engravings instead of photographs.

Exhibition catalogue. British Association for the Advancement of Science. Birmingham Meeting, 1886. Exhibition of Local Products & Industries in Bingley Hall, Birmingham, from 26th August to 2nd October 1886, Official Catalogue, Birmingham: Houghton & Co. Ltd., 1886, folding lithograph plan, numerous wood engraved advertisements throughout including some folding, bookplate of Charles Hart and John L. Marks to front endpaper, all edges gilt, contemporary maroon morocco, gilt decorated spine and panelled decoration to boards with gilt title to upper board, light wear to extremities, 8vo, together with: Auction catalogue, Catalogue of a most superb and valuable collection of engravings & etchings ... form by ... George Smith..., which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. S. Leigh Sotheby & John Wilkinson, 4th March 1861, 78 p., manuscript prices realised throughout, armorial bookplate of Frederick Parr to upper pastedown, contemporary green half calf, printed paper label to upper board, 8vo, and The Baker Collection, Manuscripts of and relating to Admiral Lord Nelson, briefly noted by Sir John Knox Laughton, Knight, with three facsimiles, London: Chiswick Press, 1913, 3 folding monochrome plates, bookplate of John Roland Abbey to upper pastedown, top edge gilt, contemporary brown quarter morocco, green cloth sides, slim 4toQty: (3)

Fleece Press. Claughton Pellew. Five wood engravings printed from the original blocks with a biographical note by Anne Stevens, Fleece Press, 1987, 5 wood-engraved plates, each contained in printed wrappers, text in separate wrapper, all loosely contained in original dropover box, folioQty: (1)NOTESLimited edition of 150.

Fleece Press. Eric Ravilious: Landscape, Letters & Design, by Anne Ullmann, Christopher Whittick & Simon Lawrence, with a foreword by Alan Powers, 2 volumes, Fleece Press, 2008, numerous colour illustrations, a few folding, original cloth, slipcase, oblong folioQty: (2)NOTESLimited edition of 650.

Fleece Press. Ravilious at War. The complete work of Eric Ravilious, September 1939-September 1942, edited by Anne Ullmann, Fleece Press, 2002, numerous colour illustrations, original blue cloth, label inset to upper cover, oblong folioQty: (1)NOTESLimited edition of 750.

Fleece Press. The Inward Laugh. Edward Bawden and his circle, bt Malcolm Yorke, Fleece Press, 2005, colour illustrations, a few folding, original cloth-backed decorative cloth, together with an additional suite of 4 copper-engravings on two sheets in original wrappers, all contained in original dropover box, 4toQty: (1)NOTESLimited edition of 100 special copies from a total edition of 675.

Orgel (Stephen & Roy Strong). Inigo Jones. The Theatre of the Stuart Court, 2 volumes, Sotheby Parke Bernet/University of California Press, 1973, numerous illustrations, original cloth, dust jackets, contained in original cloth slipcase, folioQty: (2)NOTESLimited edition 143/2000

Piper (John). John Piper's Stowe, Hurtwood Press in association with the Tate Gallery, 1983, colour and monochrome illustrations, original marbled cloth, a couple of small marks, 4to, limited edition of 300, signed by the artist, this copy inscribed 'Artist's Copy', together with two others, facsimiles: Gerard van Spaendonck's Flowers Drawn from Nature, edited by Wilfred Blunt Leslie Urquhart Press, 1957, and Edward Lear's Views in the Seven Ionian Islands, Hugh Broadbent, Oldham, 1979, limited edition 44/1000Qty: (3)

Previous Parrot Press. The Wood Engravings of Frank Martin, Previous Parrot Press, 1998, wood-engraved illustrations, original cloth-backed decorative boards, folio, limited signed edition 258/360, together with Hughes-Stanton (Penelope). The Wood-Engravings of Blair Hughes-Stanton, Private Libraries Association, Pinner, 1991, wood-engraved illustrations, original cloth, folio, plus two others: The Artistry of Leslie Cole, told for the first time by Malcolm Yorke, Fleece Press, 2010, and Joanna Selborne's British Wood-Engraved Book Illustration 1904-1940, 2001Qty: (4)

Reynolds (Graham). The Early Paintings and Drawings of John Constable, 2 volumes (text/plates), Yale University Press for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 1996, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, text volume with some marginal water stains towards end, original cloth, dust jackets, 4to, together with Nicolson (Benedict). Joseph Wright of Derby. Painter of Light, 2 volumes (text/plates), Paul Mellon Foundation for British Art, 1968, colour and monochrome illustrations, Henry Sotheran ticket, original cloth, dust jackets, a couple of small tears, 4to, with others including W.G. Strickland's A Dictionary of Irish Artists, IUP reprint, Shannon, 1968, A.E. Haswell Miller & N.P. Dawnay's Military Drawings and Paintings in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, 2 volumes, 1969-70, A.J. Finberg's The History of Turner's Liber Studiorum, 1924, and W.A. Churchill's Watermarks in Paper in Holland, England, France etc, in the XVII and XVIII centuries and the interconnection, 1935Qty: (13)

* Linen/book press. A hardwood linen or book press with single drawer to base, central screw thread, platen approximately 91 x 44 cm (36 x 17.25 ins), opening to 20 cm (8 ins), with pair of plywood pressing boards, together with a 19th century blank volume for mounting scraps or prints, contemporary half morocco, gilt decorated spine, rubbed and some wear, slim folio (leaf size 60 x 44 cm)Qty: (2)

* Nipping press. A large cast iron nipping press (by W.L. Harrild & Partners Ltd.), finished in freshly painted black, platen size approximately 45.5 x 31 cm (18 x 12 ins), opening to approximately 34 cm (13 ins)Qty: (1)NOTESIn excellent condition.

* Nipping press. A large cast iron nipping press by Harrild & Sons, London, platen size approximately 57 x 44cm (22.5 x 17.5ins), opening to approximately 33cm (13ins), on sturdy wooden standQty: (1)

Printing, publisher, bibliography, illustrator reference, including Baynton-Williams (Roger), The Art of the Printmaker 1500-1860, London: A & C Black, 2009, colour & monochrome illustrations, title signed by the author, original boards in dust-jacket, 4to; Spalding (Frances), John Piper - Myfanwy Piper, Lives in Art, Oxford: University Press, 2009, colour plates and monochrome illustrations, original boards in dust-jacket, 4to; McKerrow (Ronald B.), Printers' & Publishers' Devices in England & Scotland 1485-1640, London: Bibliographical Society, 1949, monochrome illustrations, original cloth-backed boards, 4to; Smith (Charles John), Historical and Literary Curiosities: consisting of facsimiles of original documents..., selected and engraved, London: Chatto & Windus, 1875, engraved frontispiece and plates, scattered spotting, top edge gilt, contemporary brown half grain sheep, extremities rubbed, 4to; Cave (Roderick), The Private Press, London: Faber & Faber, 1971, monochrome frontispiece, plates and illustrations, original cloth in dust-jacket, 4to; Garrett (Florence Rome), The Mill and us, Bridgewater, Connecticut: Flume Press, 1978, colour printed illustration to title and line engraved vignette illustrations, sample of hand-made paper bound-in at rear, original cloth, 8vo (limited edition 134/450), and other printing & publishing related etc.Qty: (approx. 105)

Austen (Jane). The Novels of Jane Austen. The text based on collation of the early edition by R.W. Chapman, 5 volumes, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1923, half-titles present, colour frontispieces (one with overlay), few colour & monochrome plates, two folding monochrome plans, edges untrimmed, bookplate of Frederick John Hancock Lloyd, publisher's quarter cloth, marbled sides, printed title labels to spines creased & rubbed, large 8vo (large-paper edition, limited to 1,000 sets of which 950 are for sale), together with Trollope (Anthony), Can you Forgive Her? London: Chapman & Hall, 1868, and Phineas Finn, the Irish Member, new edition, London: Chapman & Hall, [1880?], uniform near-contemporary half calf, rubbed and some wear, 8voQty: (7)

Bennett (William). John Baskerville. The Birmingham Printer, his Press, Relations and Friends, 2 volumes, Birmingham: City of Birmingham School of Printing Central School of Arts & Crafts, 1937, portrait frontispiece to volume 2 and one illustration, original cloth in slipcases, tall 8voQty: (2)NOTESFront free endpaper of first volume inscribed 'To Thomas Cuthbertson with best regards from the author and printer Eilliam Bennett [&] Leonard Jay, 22.3.37'

Birmingham Guild of Handicraft. The Quest, numbers 1-3 (of 6) bound in 1 volume, printed at the Press of the Birmingham Guild of Handicraft, published by Cornish Brothers, Birmingham, November 1894-July 1895, woodcut illustrations, initials and ornaments by Edmund Hort New, Charles M. Gere, A J. Gaskin and others, occasional light offsetting, light spotting to endpapers, contemporary vellum, a few light stains, 4to, manuscript note at front: 'This edition is limited to 300 copies of which this is number nine, C.N.C.' (Claude Napier-Clavering), together with Vincent Press. Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia. A Tale by Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Written in 1759, Birmingham: Vincent Press, 1898, title and opposite leaf within wood-engraved border, printed in red and black, wood-engraved initials, original limp vellum, cloth ties, 8vo, limited edition of 310 copies, plus Five Ballads about Robin Hood, Birmingham: Vincent Press, 1899, wood-engraved illustrations, initials and ornaments, printed in red and black, bookplate of Thomas Evelyn Scott-Ellis VIII Baron Howard de Walden (1880-1946), original limp vellum, cloth ties, 8vo, limited edition of 210 copiesQty: (3)NOTESTomkinson pp. 187 & 175 respectively. The Birmingham Guild of Handicraft Press was founded in 1894 by Arthur Dixon, Montague Fordham and C. Napier-Clavering and originally intended as a scheme of craft classes for slum boys, ceasing publication in 1902. The Vincent Press began in 1898 with the object of reprinting classic works but only produced the two books present here.

Bukowski (Charles). Fire Station, Santa Barbara, CA: Capricorn Press, 1970, illustration, original red wrappers with embossed gilt fireman's pole, 8voQty: (1)NOTESLimited edition of 100 copies, published simultaneously with the hardback edition also limited to 100.

Folio Society. The Novels of Anthony Trollope, 48 volumes, London: Folio Society, circa 1981-99, all original cloth in slipcases, VG, 8vo, together with: Terry (R. C.), Oxford Readers Companion to Trollope, 1st edition, Oxford: University Press, 1999, monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, 8voQty: (49)

Hemingway (Ernest). Green Hills of Africa, The Dangerous Summer, The Sun Also Arrives, Death in the Afternoon, The Fifth Column, The Torrents of Spring, By-Line, & Islands In The Stream, 8 volumes, Norwalk: Easton Press, 1990, full gilt pictorial leather bindings, gilt text blocks, silk ribbon markers, some minor rubbing to boards, 8vo, VGQty: (8)

Mosley (Charlotte). In Tearing Haste, Letters between Deborah Devonshire and Patrick Leigh Fermor, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 2008, signed by Patrick Leigh Fermor, Deborah Devonshire and Charlotte Mosley on the title page, publisher's boards and dust jacket, slight toning to dust jacket, 8vo with Harte (Geoffrey Bret, editor). The Letters of Bret Harte, 1st edition, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1926, presentation copy to the writer H. Remsen Whitehouse, his bookplate to front pastedown, stamp to front endpaper, original publisher's cloth, staining to spine, boards rubbed, 8vo, plus Sedgwick (Romney, editor). Some Materials Towards Memoirs of the Reign of King George II, by John, Lord Hervey, 3 volumes, London, 1931, frontispiece to each, residue from small label removal from front endpapers, small bookplates, top edge gilt, original blue cloth gilt, 8vo, limited edition 161/900, with 7 others including R.R. Palmer's The Age of Democratic Revolution. A Political History of Europe and America, 1760-1800, 2 volumes (The Challenge, Princeton University Press, 1959; The Struggle, 1964, The Letters of Nancy Mitford, edited by Charlotte Mosley, 1993 (signed by the editor), and A Traveller in Romance. Uncollected Writings 1901-1964. W. Somerset Maugham, edited by John Whitehead, 1984 (signed by the editor)Qty: (12)

Garnier (Philippe). Quatro dialogi di Garnero, con alcune curiosita che seguitano ... Tre sonetti di Petrarcha ... Ultima editione molto piu corretta che la prima, Geneva: Giouan di Tornes, 1627, printer's woodcut device to title, bound with, Sette dialogi e piacevoli a ragionamenti utili a i ... di questa lingua, il tutto correto e? rivisto di nuovo secondo lo stile moderno di scrivere, Geneva: Giovan di Tornes, 1645, printer's woodcut device to title, scattered spotting throughout, bookplates of William Stirling-Maxwell & Victor De Guinzbourg and Keir House to endpapers, late 19th century calf, blind embossed monogram of William Stirling-Maxwell to centre of each board, joints cracked and extremities rubbed, small 8vo, together with: Du Bois de Gomicourt (Jacques), Sentenze e Proverbii Italiani, cavati da diversi famosi autori antichi, e moderni, portati in Francese per commodita de'Virtuosi dell'una, e l'altra Lingua..., Rome: Michel Ercole, 1679, lacking initial and final leaf (blanks?), underscoring to text in red pencil, small hole to dedication leaf, light dampstains and toning, bookplates of William Stirling-Maxwell & Victor De Guinzbourg and Keir House to endpapers, hinges cracked and upper hinge repaired, all edges gilt, contemporary red morocco, blind embossed monogram of William Stirling to centre of each board, rebacked, small 8vo, Manning (John), The Emblem, London: Reaktion Books Ltd., 2002, monochrome illustrations, original boards in slightly marked dust-jacket, 8vo, plus other late 19th and 20th century books, including Peacham (Henry), Minerva Britannia 1612, facsimile edition, Leeds: Scolar Press, 1966, original cloth, 8vo; Moseley (Charles), A Century of Emblems, An Introductory Anthology, London: Scolar Press, 1989, original boards in dust-jacket, 8vo; McFarlane (I.D.), The 'Délie' of Maurice Scève, Cambridge: University Press, 1966, original cloth in dust-jacket, 8vo; Whitney (Geffrey), A Choice of Emblemes, London: Scolar Press, 1989, original boards, 8vo, and other Scolar Press facsimiles etc., plus a box folder of 20th century dice game booklets and magic books etc.Qty: (a carton)

Borlase (William). The Natural History of Cornwall..., new edition, London: E & W Books, 1970, monochrome illustrations & folding map, some light spotting to the text-block, top edge gilt, original cloth in price-clipped dust jacket, folio, limited edition if 350 copies, together with; Henrey (Blanche), Britush Botanical Horticultural Literature before 1800, London: Oxford University Press, 1975, colour & monochrome illustrations, publishers original uniform blue cloth in slipcase, 8vo, plus Taubert (Sigfred), Bibliopola, 2 volumes, London: Allen Lane The Penguin Press, 1966, numerous monochrome illustrations, publishers original uniform cloth in slipcase, large 8vo, and other modern bibliography reference & related, including publications by Edinburgh University Press, Yale, Oxford, Minerva, Witherby, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (4 shelves)

Mosley (Oswald & Edwin Brown). The Natural History of Tutbury, together with The Fauna and Flora..., 1st edition, London: John can Voorst, 1863, 9 colour & monochrome plates, ex-libris ink stamp to front endpaper & half-title, some marginal toning, contemporary brown cloth, spine & front board partially detached, 8vo, together with; Kennedy (May), Life and Natural History Notes of Ewen Kennedy, limited edition, Edinburgh: privately printed at The Ballantyne Press, 1913, inscribed by the author to the front endpaper, 10 colour plates & numerous monochrome illustrations, bookplate to the front pastedown, some light toning, top edge gilt, publishers original brown cloth with brown morocco spine label, boards & spine slightly rubbed, large 8vo, 53/75 copies, plus Nelson (Henry W.), Report upon Natural History Collections made in Alaska between the years 1877 and 1881, 1st edition, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1887, 21 colour plates with tissue guards, later inscription to the front endpaper, some light toning, publishers original black clothesline slightly faded & rubbed, large 4to, and other 19th & early 20th-century natural history reference & related, mostly original cloth, some leather bindings, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (3 shelves )

Miscellaneous Literature. A large collection of late 19th century & modern miscellaneous literature & reference, including A History of Technology, 5 volumes, edited by Charles Singer et al, 1st editions, Oxford: Clarendin Press, 1954-58, ex-library copies with associated stamps, 8vo, A History of Newark-on-Trent,..., 2 volumes, by Cornelius Brown, 1st edition, Newark: S. While, 1904, large 4to, The Red True Story Book, by Andrew Lang, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1895, 8vo, mostly original cloth, some gilt decorated, some foreign language & odd volumes, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (6 shelves )

Kuban (Dogan). Ottoman Architecture, 1st edition, Suffolk: Antique Collectors' Club Ltd, 2010, numerous color and black and white illustrations, minor marginal toning, original cloth in dust jacket, light rubbing to head and foot, large 4to, together with; Komaroff (Linda), Gifts Of The Sultan The Arts Of Giving At The Islamic Courts, 1st edition, London: Yale University Press, 2011, numerous color illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed to head and foot, large 4to, and Acheimastou-Potamianou (Myrtali), Greek Art Byzantine Wall-Paintings, 1st edition, Greece: Ekdotike Athenon, 1994, ink inscription to front endpaper, numerous color illustrations, minor marginal toning, original cloth in dust jacket with slipcase, 4to plus other modern Turkey reference & related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets some original wrappers, G/VG, large 4to/8voQty: (3 shelves)

Rau (William). Nineteenth-Century European Painting From Barbizon To Belle Èpoque, 1st edition, Suffolk: Antique Collectors' Club, 2012, numerous color illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket with slipcase, barcode sticker back cover, large 4to, together with; Postle (Martin [editor]), Johan Zoffany RA Society Observed, 1st edition, London: Yale University Press, 2011, numerous color and black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, and Pedrocco (Filippo), Frescoes Of The Veneto Venetian Palaces And Villas, 1st edition, New York: Vendome Press, 2009, numerous color illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, plus other art reference and related including publications by Yale, Abbeville Press and Taschen, mostly original cloth in dust jacket, G/VG, large 4to/8voQty: (5 shelves & 2 cartons)

Richardson (A. E. & Hector O. Corfiato). Design In Civil Architecture, volume 1, Elevational Treatments, 1st edition, London: The English Universities Press, April 1948, numerous black & white illustrations, minor toning, original cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly faded & rubbed with tears & minor loss, large 4to, together with; British Road Federation, Urban Motorways, report of the London Conference...1956, 1st edition, September 1957, numerous monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed with some minor loss to head & foot, large 8vo, plus Gunther (R. T.), The Architecture of Sir Roger Pratt..., 1st edition, Oxford: University Press, 1928, black & white illustrations, publishers original white cloth. 8vo, and other architecture reference & related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/4toQty: (6 shelves )

Lloyd (Nathaniel). A History of English Brickwork..., 1st edition, London: H. Grenville Montgomery, 1925, numerous monochrome plates, period inscription to the front endpaper, some light toning, publishers original gilt decorated green cloth, large 4to, together with; Blomfield (Reginald), A History of French Architecture, from the reign of Charles VIII till the death of Mazarin, 4 volumes, 1st edition, London: G. Bell and Sons, 1911, numerous monochrome plates, some light spotting & offsetting, top edge gilt, publishers original uniform cloth, boards & spines slightly toned & rubbed to head & foot, large 8vo, plus Jackson (T. G.), The Church of St. Mary The Virgin, Oxford, 1st edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1897, black & white illustrations, later inscription to the front endpaper, some marginal toning, top edge gilt, publishers original gilt decorated quarter vellum with green morocco spine labels, large 4to, and other late 19th-century & modern architecture reference & related, including The Buildings of England, 14 volumes by Nikolaus Pevsner, reprinted, circa 1980s-90s, 8vo, & publications by Yale, Oxford, Batsford, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4toQty: (5 shelves )

Burd (Van Akin [editor]). The Ruskin Family Letters..., 2 volumes, 1st edition London: Cornell University Press, black & white map endpapers, publishers original red cloth in slipcase, spines lightly faded, 8vo, together with; Bryson (John [editor]), Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Jane Morris, their correspondence, 1st edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1976, black & white illustrations, original cloth in price-clipped dust jacket, spine slightly faded, 8vo, plus other John Ruskin & the Pre-Raphaelite circle biography & reference, including publications by Oxford, Yale, Cambridge, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/4toQty: (5 shelves)

Bebb (Richard). Welsh Furniture 1250-1950 A Cultural History of Craftsmanship and Design, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 2007, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, inscribed by the author to Victor Chinnery to front endpaper 'To Vic with best wishes Richard Bebb, July 2007', original brown cloth gilt in dust jackets, with slipcase, 4to, VG, together with:Shaw (Henry). Specimens of Ancient Furniture drawn from existing authorities, with descriptions by Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick, 1st edition, London: William Pickering, 1836, 74 engraved plates, a few minor marks, bookplate of Fitz Patrick of Grantstown Manor, Queen's County to front pastedown, original blue-green cloth, with title label to spine, some marks, 4to, plus:Forman (Benno M.). American Seating Furniture 1630-1830, An Interpretive Catalogue, New York, 1988, numerous monochrome plates and illustrations, original dark blue cloth gilt in dust wrapper, 4to, and other furniture reference and related, including Robert Ashley, The Rushlight and Related Holders, A Regional View, Ashley Publications, 2001, (inscribed by the author to Victor Chinnery to title), Claudie Kinmonth, Irish Country Furniture 1700-1950, Yale University Press, 1993, (signed by the author to title), Victor Chinnery, Names for Things, a description of household stuff, furniture and interiors 1500-1700, edited by Jan Chinnery, 2016, Charles Hasler, The Royal Arms, Its Graphic and Decorative Development, 1980, Richard Suggett, Houses & History in the March of Wales, Radnorshire 1400-1800 (Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales), reprinted 2006, Eurwyn Wiliam, The Welsh Cottage, Building Traditions of the Rural Poor, 1750-1900 (Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales), 2010, P. Smith, Houses of the Welsh Countryside, 2nd enlarged edition, HMSO, 1988, Wiltshire Records Society, Marlborough Probate Invetories 1591-1775, 2007, Robert Tarule, The Artisan of Ipswich, Craftsmanship and Community in Colonial New England, 2004 (author's presentation copy to Victor Chinnery), Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology, West Country Households 1500-1700, edited by John Allan, Nat Alcock and David Dawson, Boydell Press, 2015, Medieval Ireland, The Barryscourt Lectures I-X, 2004, Percy Macquoid, A History of English Furniture, 4 volumes, etc., 4to/8vo (approximately 80 volumes)Provenance: Ex libris Victor Chinnery, author of Oak Furniture, The British Tradition, 1979, and other works.Qty: (3 shelves )

Cheetham (Francis). English Medieval Alabasters, with a catalogue of the collection in the Victoria & Albert Museum, 1st edition, Oxford, Phaidon/Christie's, 1984, some colour and numerous monochrome illustrations, original cloth gilt in dust wrapper, 4to, VG, together with:Tracy (Charles). English Gothic Choir-Stalls 1200-1400, 1st edition, Boydell Press, 1987, monochrome illustrations, original brown cloth gilt in dust wrapper, 4to, plus:Jervis (Simon Swynfen). British and Irish Inventories, A List and Bibliography of Published Transcriptions of Secular Inventories, 1st edition, Furniture History Society, 2010, original maroon cloth gilt in dust wrapper, 8vo, VG, and:Chinnery (Victor). Oak Furniture, The British Tradition, 1st edition, reprinted Antique Collectors' Club, 1986, some colour and numerous monochrome illustrations, original brown cloth gilt in frayed and torn dust wrapper, with some loss, 4to, plus other furniture and art reference and related, including Pride and Joy, Children's Portraits in the Netherlands 1500-1700, edited by Jan Baptist Bedaux & Rudi Ekkart, Amsterdam, 2000, Marta Ajmar-Wollheim and Flora Dennis (editors), At Home in Renaissance Italy, 1st edition, V&A Publications, 2006, Frances Gruber Safford, American Furniture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, I. Early Colonial Period, The Seventeenth-Century and Wiliam and Mary Styles, New York, 2007, Francis Haskell & Nicholas Penny, Taste and the Antique, Yale University Press, 1981, Thomas Crispin, The English Windsor Chair, 1st edition, Alan Sutton, 1992, etc., including related auction catalogues, all 20th century publications, 4to/8vo (approximately 100 volumes)Provenance: Ex libris Victor Chinnery, author of Oak Furniture, The British Tradition, 1979, and other works.Qty: (3 shelves )

Military. A large collection of modern military & tank reference, including publications by Naval & Military Press, MLRS, Arms & Armour Press, mostly in original wrappers, some original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (6 shelves )

Croft-Murray (Edward). Decorative Painting in England 1537-1837, volume I, Early Tudor to Sir James Thornhill, 1st edition, Country Life, 1962, monochrome plates, original orange-red cloth gilt in dust wrapper, price-clipped, large 4to, together with:Harris (John). The Artist and the Country House, A History of Country House and Garden View Painting in Britain 1540-1870, 1st edition, Sotheby, 1979, some colour and numerous monochrome plates and illustrations, original green cloth gilt in dust wrapper, large square 4to, plus:Starkey (David, editor). The Inventory of King Henry VIII, Society of Antiquaries MS 129 and British Library MS Harley 1419, 1st edition, Harvey Miller Publishers for The Society of Antiquaries of London, 1998, original maroon cloth gilt in dust wrapper, 4to, and:Worsley (Giles). Inigo Jones and the European Classicist Tradition, Yale University Press, 2007, colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust wrapper, 4to, plus others related on English architecture, country houses, interiors, etc., including John Cornforth, The Search for a Style, Country Life and Architecture 1897-1935, 1st edition, 1988, Anthony Wells-Cole, Art and Decoration in Elizabethan and Jacobean England, The Influence of Continental Prints 1558-1625, Yale University Press, 1997, etc., mostly original cloth, many in dust wrappers, 4to/8vo (approximately 75 volumes)Barryscourt Trust, Medieval Ireland, The Barryscourt Lectures I-X, 1st edition, Co Cork, 2004, colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, plus other decorative art & interiors reference including publications by Yale, Antique Collectors' Club, Cornell University Press, V&A, H.M.S.O., many original cloth in dust jackets, some paperback editions, G/VG, 8vo/folioProvenance: Ex libris Victor Chinnery, author of Oak Furniture, The British Tradition, 1979, and other works.Qty: (6 shelves )

The Illustrated War News. New series, 16 volumes, London: Illustrated News And Sketch, Ltd., numerous black and white illustrations, minor marginal toning, publishers original gilt decorated half morocco, spines and covers slightly rubbed, 8vo/oblong 4to together with; The War Illustrated, 9 volumes in 8, London: The Amalgamated Press Ltd., numerous black and white illustrations, endpapers toned, marginal toning throughout, publishers original pictorial cloth, spines faded & rubbed to head and foot, 4to, and The Great War, 4 volumes, London: The Home Library Book Company, many black and white illustrations, publishers original red cloth, covers slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus History Of The Great War, 20 volumes, numerous black and white illustrations, gilt decorated red cloth, covers and spines slightly rubbed, large 8vo, GQty: (3 shelves )

John Partridge (1789-1872) Portrait of Signor Ambrogetti, in the character of Don Giovanni, and Giuseppe Naldi as Leporello Oil on canvas 76.5 x 63.9cm; 30 x 25in Together with a letter from Ambrogetti to the editor of The Examiner, complaining of a bad review (2) Provenance: From the collection of Edward Croft-Murray (1907-1980) Literature: Roger Parker, The Oxford Illustrated History of Opera (Oxford University Press, 2001), p.113, pl.viii Exhibited: London, Royal Academy, 1819, no.215; The Wirral, Lady Lever Art Gallery, Theatrical Exhibition, 1949, no.159

Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA, FRS, FRSA (1723-1792) Girl leaning on a pedestal, 'The Laughing Girl' Oil on canvas 76.4 x 63.5cm; 30 x 25in Provenance: Painted for the Polygraphic Society, 1787; Their sale, Christie's, London, 14 November 1793, where purchased by John Opie RA (1761-1807); His posthumous sale, Peter Coxe, London, 6 June 1807, lot 108, where purchased by William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale (1757-1844) (£451.10s); By descent to William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale (1787-1872); By descent to Henry Lowther, 3rd Earl of Lonsdale (1818-1876); By descent to St George Lowther, 4th Earl of Lonsdale (1855-1882); His sale, Christie, Manson and Woods, London, 8 March 1879, lot 5 (unsold); By descent to Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale (1857-1944); His sale, Christie, Manson and Woods, London, 18 June 1887, lot 819, where purchased by Thos. Agnew & Sons; From whom purchased by James Orrock RI, ROI (1829-1913), 23 June 1887; Arthur Sanderson Esq. by c.1900; His sale, Christie, Manson and Woods, London, 6 May 1910, lot 120 (unsold); Christie, Manson and Woods, London, Important Pictures by Old Masters, 2 July 1937, lot 21, where purchased by The Fine Art Society, London (£199); The Fine Art Society, London, November 1937; Private Collection, Berkshire; And by descent Literature: James Northcote, The Life of Sir Joshua Reynolds (London, 1819), vol. II, p.350; Joseph Farington, The Farington Diary, ed. James Greig (London, Hutchinson & Co.), vol. I, p.18; Algernon Graves and William Vine Cronin, A History of the Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds (London, 1899), vol. III, p.1167, and vol. IV, p.1456; Sir Walter Armstrong, Sir Joshua Reynolds: First President of the Royal Academy, (London, 1910), p.240; Martin Postle, Sir Joshua Reynolds: The Subject Pictures (Cambridge University Press, 1995), pp.106-107; Martin Postle, in David Mannings, Sir Joshua Reynolds, A complete catalogue of his paintings (New Haven and London, 2000), text vol., p. 532, cat. no. 2074 (untraced) Exhibited: London, British Institution, 1813, no.81; London, British Institution, 1823, no.39; London, British Institution, 1833, no.44; London, British Institution, 1843, no.2; London, Royal Academy, 1876, no.2 Engraved: W. Bond, in stipple, 1813, as 'The Laughing Girl. Engraved from a highly finished Enamel, painted by H. Bone Esq. from the original picture now in the possession of Lord Lonsdale'; J. Singleton, small oval stipple; G.S. Shury, 1864 Despite its illustrious provenance, this fine example of Sir Joshua Reynolds' 'fancy pictures' has not been seen since 1937, and has only been recently rediscovered, after hanging for decades unrecognised on the walls of a family home. Reynolds painted two distinct versions of this subject, popularly known as 'The Laughing Girl', which Martin Postle has labelled Type A and Type B. The original version of Type A is at Kenwood House, probably painted in 1782, and shows a girl wearing a cream coloured dress, golden shawl and hair held back by a hairband. It is thought that Reynolds may have originally painted Type B, to which the present version belongs, as a pendant to Rembrandt's Girl at a window (Dulwich Picture Gallery, no.163). Reynolds painted the present work in 1787 for the Polygraphic Society, a commercial venture which produced facsimile copies of both old masters and modern paintings. When the society closed, the painting was bought by the artist John Opie. On 25 November 1793 Joseph Farington (1747-1831) recorded in his diary that 'Opie has bought a three-quarter picture painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds, for which he gave to the Proprietors of the Polygraphic Manufactory 60 guineas. The subject of a girl resting on her arms. Opie thinks Sir Joshua was the greatest colourist that we have any knowledge of by their works, including the Italian and Flemish masters'. Whilst in Opie's collection the painting was also copied by the noted enamel painter Henry Bone (1755-1834), and Bone's squared drawing of Reynolds' work is in the National Portrait Gallery (no.D17474). After Opie's death, the painting was purchased at auction by William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale, when it was described as 'The Laughing Girl - one of his [Reynolds'] best performances, if not his very best - it is Perfection itself! and has all the great merits of Rembrandt, with the taste and beauty of Correggio'. It seems to have been whilst it was in the collections of successive Earls of Lonsdale that the present work achieved wider popularity, partly due to its regular appearance in exhibitions, and partly due to its dissemination through engravings. Reynolds began to paint 'fancy pictures', so called to distinguish them from traditional commissioned portraits, in the early 1770s and became increasingly fixated on the genre towards the end of his career. While he could complete the face of a portrait sitter within a matter of hours, his subject pictures often absorbed him for months. As Postle notes, 'it is clear from Reynolds's own preoccupation with them, and the critical coverage they received during his day, that the subject pictures lay at the very heart of Reynolds's practice as a painter'. Postle lists four autograph versions of this composition, of which the present work is the only one recorded as untraced. However, there are also numerous copies, which are a testament to the success and popularity of the scene, and a reflection of the importance of this rediscovered work.

John Beamish MC. Burma Drop. A First Edition Hardback book, Signed on title page by Battle of Britain Pilots :- Bob Doe, Peter Ayerst and Byron Leonard Duckenfield. Printed and bound by The Garden City Press Ltd of Hertfordshire in 1958. spine is showing signs of age, Cover is wrapped in navy blue cloth. 222 pages. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

Liddell Hart. T.E Lawrence - In Arabia and After. A Signed hardback book. Signed and dated 7th May 1941 by Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart on first page, Dedicated. Printed by The Alden Press of Oxford, GB. Spine and page edging showing signs of age. Cover is showing signs of age, wrapped in green cloth with silver writing on the spine. 491 pages. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

Eric Kennington. Drawing the RAF. A signed hardback book of portraits. Signed by F N Backhouse in black pen on first page. Printed by the Oxford University Press in 1942. Spine showing signs of age, as are the page edging. Cover is wrapped in a blue cloth which is also showing signs of age. 144 pages. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

Birds and Fishes- The Story of Coastal Command By Philip Joubert de La Ferte. A First Edition Signed Hardback book. Signed and dated 22/4/60 by the Author Philip Joubert de La Ferte with a personal inscription. Printed in 1960 by The Anchor Press of Essex. Spine in good condition. cover is wrapped in navy blue cloth with gold writing. 224 pages. good condition overall. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

Chaz Bowyer. Fighter Pilots Of The RAF 1939-1945. a WW2 First Edition signed hardback book. Signed by Mike Croskell of 87 squadron. Dust-Jacket and spine showing early signs of age. Printed and Bound in the UK by The Garden City Press, Letchworth, Herts. 223 pages with black and white photos/images. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99