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Click here to subscribeHM Queen Mary 1936 signed photograph.This image was taken by Hay Wrightson of New Bond Street London. Depicting the Queen head and shoulders, wearing Orders and pearls to her neck. To the mount signature “Mary R 1936”. Mounted into a pink leather, gilt tooled glazed table frame mounted with a crown. Overall size 11 x 14 1/2 inches. Image remains clear. GC
British Army WWII medal group awarded to 125674 Sgt B F Summers comprising 1939-1945 Star,France & Germany Star, War Medal, Defence Medal, Territorial Efficiency Medal (with two rosettes) & Dunkirk commemorative medal together with a WWI War Medal named to 3484 Pte W R Summers, Worcestershire Regiment, George VI Coronation medal, silver war badge numbered 251491 etc
Seven Corgi Classics, Commercials and Public Transport diecast model buses and coaches comprising P.C.S.T SeaWorld 98652, Pacific Greyhound Lines 98600, 70th Anniversary Felix Coaches 97105, R W Carney 97193, Fred Bibby 97106, Swan Motor Company 97821 and Eastern Countries 98161, all in original boxes
Moleville (Antoine Fran‡ois Bertrand de). [The Costume of the Hereditary States of the House of Austria ... translated by R. C. Dallas], 1st edition in English, for William Miller by William Bulmer, 1804 [i.e. 1808 or later], xxviii pp. introductory text, list of plates, 50 hand-coloured aquatint plates by William Poole or William Ellis after Kininger each with leaf of descriptive text in French and English, introductory text watermarked 1796 and 1802, description leaves marked 1803, plates watermarked 1804 and 1808, English title page lacking, French title page finger-soiled, light spotting and soiling to plate margins and to introductory and descriptive text leaves, faint offseting, short closed tear to decriptive leaf for plate 1, a few other trivial nicks, endpapers renewed, all edges gilt, contemporary diced russia, rebacked and recornered retaining most of original spine, blind palmette roll and gilt laurel cornerpieces to sides, large 4to (35.2 x 25.2 cm) Abbey Travel 71 (this copy with watermarks 1815-19); Lipperheide 831; Tooley 333 (noting 'late reissues with plates bearing watermark of 1820'). According to Abbey 'early copies are on paper watermarked prior to 1804, and contain an Introduction in English and French on twelve pages, later omitted'. This copy retains the Introduction and its watermarks are largely pre-publication; five plates (19, 20, 28, 32 and 37) are watermarked 1808. The plates depict the costume of the Polish Jewry and various parts of central and Eastern Europe, including Hungary, Bohemia, Moravia, Bukovina, as well as the regions of what is now Austria. (1)
British Isles. Waldseemller (Martin), Principium Europae..., [title on verso], Strasbourg, [1525], uncoloured Ptolemaic map of the British Isles on a trapezoidal projection, 295 x 410 mm, Latin text with elaborate renaissance woodcut panels [believed to have been designed by Albrecht Durer] on verso R. W. Shirley. Early Printed Maps of the British Isles 1477 - 1650, 17. (1)
British Isles. Valk (Gerard), Les Isles Britanniques, qui contiennent les Royaumes d'Angleterre Ecosse, et Irlande..., Tire de G. Cambdene, Chr. Saxton, I. Speede, T. Pont, R. Gordon, et de I. B. Boazius, published Amsterdam, [1694], engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, inset map of the Shetland and Faroe Islands, large allegorical cartouche and mileage scale, 485 x 585 mm, together with De Wit (Frederick), Nova Totius Angliae, Scotiae et Hiberniae..., circa 1680, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, 480 x 565 mm Both maps in good condition. (2)
Roosevelt (Theodore). African Game Trails, an Account of the African Wanderings of an American Hunter-Naturalist, 1st trade edition, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910, photogravure frontispiece, map, 48 photogravure or half-tone plates, contemporary gift inscription to front free endpaper, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, original tan pictorial cloth gilt, recased, a few marks, tips bumped and worn, 8vo, together with: Hunting Trips of a Ranchman, Sketches of Sport on the Northern Cattle Plains, 1st UK edition, Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1886, full-page wood-engravings, spotting to half-title, one gathering (pp. 97-112) proud but holding, contemporary bookplate and ownership inscription of Somerville Reid Livingstone-Learmonth (1861-1934), original maroon cloth, slightly marked, spine sunned, tips bumped and worn, 8vo; Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter, 1st UK edition, Longmans, Green & Co., 1905, photographic plates, occasional finger-soiling to text-block, Brighton College bookplate, discreet blind stamp to title page, original green pictorial cloth gilt, recased, cloth mottled, 8vo; Through the Brazilian Wilderness, 1st UK edition, John Murray, 1914, photogravure frontispiece (spotted), half-tone plates, folding map, endpapers renewed, original cloth, spine faded, covers mottled, 8vo; and 3 others on American game hunting Czech, Africa pp. 138-9 for African Game Trails; Howes R-430 for Hunting Trips of a Ranchman. (7)
Sauvan (Jean-Baptiste-Balthazar). Picturesque Tour of the Seine, from Paris to the Sea: with Particulars Historical and Descriptive, 1st edition, later issue, R. Ackermann, 1821 [i.e. 1828 or after], 24 hand-coloured aquatint plates after A. Pugin and J. Gendall, hand-coloured engraved map, hand-coloured aquatint vignettes to title page and p. 177, dedication leaf, list of subscribers, text watermarked 'H S & S 1818', frontispiece watermarked 'J Whatman Turkey Mills 1828', Triel plate watermarked '1820 J Whatman Turkey Mills', other plates not watermarked, or watermarked Whatman with date obscured, mild offsetting, Havre plate soiled verso, but the plates exceptionally bright, all edges gilt, later 19th-century red half morocco gilt, 4to (34.6 x 27.4 cm) Abbey Travel 90, Tooley 445. (1)
Worcestershire & Warwickshire. Blaeu (Johannes), Wigorniensis comitatus et comitatus Warwicensis nec non Coventrae Libertas. Worcester, Warwik Shire and the Liberty of Coventre, Amsterdam [1658], engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, 410 x 505 mm, Spanish text on verso, mounted, together with Bowen (Emanuel), An accurate map of Worcester divided into hundreds and drawn from the best authorities..., published R. Sayer & Carington Bowles [1779], engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, 535 x 710 mm, together with Bowen (Emanuel), An Accurate map of Worcester divided into its hundreds and drawn from the best authorities..., R. Sayer, C & J Bowles, 1756, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring and some later enhancement, 530 x 705 mm, together with Saxton (Christopher & Hole W.), Wigorniensis comitatus Sabrinae fluminis..., [1637], hand coloured engraved map, large strapwork cartouche, mileage scale and compass rose, 285 x 320 mm, with Van den Keere (Pieter), Worcestershir. circa 1627, hand coloured engraved miniature map, horizontal margins extended, 850 x 125 mm, English text on verso, plus Tunnicliff (William), A new map of Worcestershire..., 1788, engraved map with outline colouring, vertical margins extended, old folds, 470 x 460 mm, with another thirteen maps of Worcestershire, including examples by Conder, Moule, Cary, Lodge, Whittaker, Seller/Grose, Kitchin, Owen & Bowen and Harrison, occasional duplicates, various sizes and condition (19)
*Rowlandson (Thomas). Public Characters, published R. Ackermann, 1801, etching with contemporary hand colouring, slight staining, some creasing, pencil numbers to each 'head', 440 x 435 mm, mounted, framed and glazed Portraits of contemporary figures, including William Pitt, James Fox, Edmund Kean, Horatio Nelson and Rowlandson himself in the centre of the lowest diamond. (1)
Alexander (Sam). Photographic Scenery of South Africa, 1st edition, Sam Alexander, 1880, tinted lithographic title page with onlaid collotype photographic portrait of Sir Bartle Frere, 100 photographic plates mounted to thick card leaves, of which 93 are collotypes, 6 (numbers 1, 3, 4, 10, 54 are 96) are albumen prints (possibly pasted over original collotypes), and 1 (number 2) comprises a partially torn-away albumen print pasted over original collotype, tissue guards throughout, initial text leaves spotted and browned, pp. 7/8 torn and tape-repaired, mounts spotted and toned, one plate (62) scuffed, gilt edges, original maroon morocco, large pictorial block in gilt to front board and blind to rear, extremities rubbed, large 4to, together with: Mendelssohn (Sidney), South Africian Bibliography, 2 volumes, 3rd edition, Holland Press, 1968, original cloth, dust jackets, 4to; Kennedy (R. F.), Catalogue of Pictures in the Africana Museum, 7 volumes, 1st edition, Johannesburg: Africana Museum, 1966-72, photographic illustrations, scattered spotting, original cloth, slightly marked, 4to; Kennedy (R. F.), Catalogue of Prints in the Africana Museum and in Books in the Strange Collection of Africana in the Johannesburg Public Library up to 1870, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Johannesburg: Africana Museum, 1975, photographic illustrations, original cloth, folio; Mendelssohn II p. 345 for Alexander's work, which contains photographic prints of views in Mozambique and Zanzibar as well as South Africa, numerous 'types', and various sites associated with the Anglo-Zulu War. The third edition of Mendelssohn's South African Bibliography was limited to 350 copies. (12)
Baskerville Press. Paradise Lost, a Poem in Twelve Books, the Author, John Milton, from the Text of Thomas Newton, 2 volumes, printed by John Baskerville for J & R Tonson, 1709, minor scattered spotting, marbled endpapers, contemporary diced calf, rubbed to joints and extremities, 4to, together with Symmons (Charles), The Life of John Milton, 2nd edition, Nichols and Son, et al, 1810, engraved portrait frontispiece, one engraved folding plate, minor scattered spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary blind and gilt decorated calf, rubbed to joints, 8vo, plus Horace's works, printed at the Bodani press, and Horatius Flaccus (Quintus). Opera, 2 volumes, Johannes Pine, 1733-37, all-engraved, list of subscribers present in both volumes, lacking list of antiquities (as often), contemporary manuscript index tipped in at rear of volume one, short closed marginal tear to final engraved leaf and final blank, bookplate of William Henry Harford to upper pastedown of each volume, contemporary calf, gilt and blind decorated, gilt decorated spines, a little rubbed at joints, labels partially deficient, 8vo (6)
Dickens (Charles). The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, with Forty-Three Illustrations by R. Seymour and Phiz, 1st edition, Chapman and Hall, 1837, half-title present, etched frontispiece, additional title-page (with 'Veller' for 'Weller') laid down, 41 etched plates (including the Buss plates), plus 32 additional plates, occasional spotting and toning, some edge tears, one plate previously repaired on verso, marbled endpapers, recent dark green morocco by Bayntun-Riviere, blind line decorated raised bands and covers, dentelles with decorative blind tooling, spine gilt lettered direct in second and fourth compartments and at foot, 8vo Eckel, pp.17-58; Gimbel A16. Extra-illustrated with 32 additional plates by Thomas Onwhyn (signed T.O. or with his pseudonym Sam Weller). Onwhyn's plates were issued in eight (though intended to be in ten) monthly parts at one shilling each. They were designed to be bound in with the parts if the owner so desired. (1)
Shakespeare (William). Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies, 10 volumes, printed by Dryden Leach for J. and R. Tonson, 1768, main title page to volume 1, individual volume titles to each, terminal advertisement leaf, light spotting, 19th-century ownership inscriptions to initial blanks, all edges gilt, contemporary tan calf ruled in gilt, rebacked retaining original volumes (except for volume 4), rubbed, labels chipped, 8vo (17.9 x 11.2 cm), together with Goethe (Johann Wolfgang von), S„mmtliche Werke, vollst„ndige, neugeordnete Ausgabe, 40 volumes in 20, Stuttgart & Tbingen: Cotta'sche Verlag, 1840, spotting, contemporary gift inscription, 'F. Wray, from Lady Fetherston, 1853' to front free endpaper of volume 1, the recipient's ownership inscription to remaining volumes, contemporary tan half calf, rubbed, small square 8vo (14.6 x 11 cm) ESTC T138599 for Shakespeare; the editor was Edward Capell. (30)
Fyers (Peter, 1769-1846). Loch Lomond, Loch Katrine, the Trosachs etc., illustrated by a series of Lithographic Sketches, 1st edition, Edinburgh: R. H. Nimmo, [between 1827 and 1829], title page, introductory text leaf, 12 lithographic plates each with accompanying text leaf (all text leaves lithographic), front free endpaper inscribed 'Miss Burrough, with the affection regards of her old friend F. Fyers, June 20th 1850', contemporary roan-backed cloth, title gilt to front board, spine worn, boards rubbed, oblong 4to (16 x 24 cm), together with: Besley (Henry, publisher), H. Besley's Views in Devonshire [cover-title], Exeter: Henry Besley, [circa 1850], 12 steel-engraved plates by G. Townsend, tissue-guards, stab-stitched in original cloth-backed printed card wrappers, oblong 8vo, and Newman and Co., publisher, Twelve Views in Hastings [cover-title], 12 steel-engraved plates, original cloth over limp boards, plates detached from binding (but remaining stitched together), oblong 8vo The first work is a rare suite of lithographic Scottish views, not in Abbey, five copies traces in libraries world-wide (British Library, Edinburgh University, National Library of Scotland, National Library of Sweden, and Smith College). The author is named on the title page as 'Colonel Fyers, C.B., Royal Artillery'; this copy appears to be inscribed by a family member. (3)
*Heron-Allen (Edward & Frith, Henry). A bound collection of letters relating to the authors' book Chiromancy, or the Science of Palmistry, first published Routledge, 1883, a total of 40 autograph letters and notes by various correspondents including Henry Frith, the book's dedicatee Constance M. Foy, Mabel F. Floyer, Lawrence R. Dicksee, Rosa Grossmith, Dora Noyes, etc., mostly 1883-84, various lengths and sizes, bookplate of Heron-Allen and later bookplate of Alfred Ben Richards to front free endpaper, contemporary half roan gilt, rubbed with a little wear to extremities, 8vo (1)
Antique Collectors' Club. Understanding Jewellery, by David Bennett & Daniela Mascetti, revised edition, 2003, Animal Embroideries and Patterns from 19th Century Vienna, by Raffaella Serena, 2002, English Domestic Clocks, by Herbert Cesinsky & Malcolm R. Webster, 1976, 20th Century Britsh Marine Painting, by Denys Brook-Hart, 1981, Spode-Copeland-Spode, The Works and Its People, 1770-1970, by Vega Wilkinson, 2002, together with 17 further volumes of Antique Collectors' Club & 9 more related, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, all original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (31)
Bindings. The New Guide to Masonry, Bricklaying and Plastering, Theoretical and Practical, edited by R. Scott Burn, circa 1877, numerous black and white plates, new endpapers, some minor toning, modern gilt decorated red half morocco, large 4to, The Miscellaneous Writings of John Evelyn..., by William Upcott, 1st edition, 1825, black and white plates, some spotting and offsetting, contemporary gilt decorated half calf, boards and spine slightly rubbed, large 4to, Le Pacte G‚n‚ral de Renonciation A la Gurerre..., by Ren‚ Weiss, Paris, 1929, monochrome plates, contemporary gilt decorated three-quarter morocco, boards and spines rubbed to head and foot, large 8vo, L'Abb‚ Constantin, by Ludovic Hal‚vy, 1888, colour and black and white illustrations and plates, some minor toning, contemporary gilt decorated three-quarter red morocco, boards and spine lightly toned and rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray, 24 volumes, numerous black and white illustrations, uniform gilt decorated red calf, spines slightly faded and rubbed, 8vo, together with other 19th century literature and reference, all leather bindings, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4to, (68 volumes) (3 shelves)
Francis (Grant R.). Old English Drinking Glasses, their chronology and sequence, 1926, 72 black and white plates, some minor spotting, original gilt decorated green cloth, boards and spine slightly faded and marked, large 4to, together with Whitman (Alfred), Nineteenth Century Mezzotints, Samuel William Reynolds, 1903, limited edition of 550 copies, 28 black and white illustrations, bookplate to front pastedown, some light spotting, original gilt decorated green cloth, boards and spine slightly rubbed, large 8vo, and Reynolds (Graham), The Later Paintings and Drawings of John Constable, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1984, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, both original cloth in dust jackets, large 8vo, plus other early 20th century and modern art and ornament reference, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)
Hinman (Charlton). The Printing and Proof-Reading of the First Folio of Shakespeare, 2 volumes, 1st edition, OUP, 1963, black and white illustrations, uniform original cloth in dust jackets, spines slightly rubbed to head and foot, 4to, together with Elton (William R.), King Lear and the Gods, 2nd printing, USA, 1968, original cloth in dust jacket, spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, and Hutton (James), Themes of Peace in Renaissance Poetry, 1st edition, Cornell University Press, 1984, black and white frontispiece, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, plus other English literature, scholarly reference and related, including publications by Oxford, Routledge, Cambridge, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to Provenance: From the Library of Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017). (3 shelves)
Sewers & Drainage. The Laws of Sewers: or the Office and Authority of Commissioners of Sewers. Containing, I. Their Power of Enquiry into Annoyances and Defects of Repairs of Sea-Banks and Walls, publick Streams and Rivers, Ditches and Marsh-Grounds. II. The Authority of the Commissioners in making Laws and Ordinances, and imposing Rates or Taxes for repairing the Walls, Banks, and other Defences. III. Of their Power by Law as to Distresses, and decreeing Lands to be sold to levy Charges for Repairs, and inflicting Punishments, by Fine and otherwise. Also The Particular Offices of Bailiffs, Surveyors, Collectors, and other Officers under the Commissioners, and Proceedings of a Court of Sewers, Orders, Warrants, &c. To which are added, the Laws relating to Rumney-Marsh, and other Marshes and Fens, [London]: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (Assigns of Edw. Sayer, Esq.) for W. Mears, 1726, few stain marks to leaves F5-F8 mostly to fore-margins, contemporary calf, joints splitting at head & foot of spine with a little loss at foot, 8vo (1)
Yarranton (Andrew). England's Improvement by Sea and Land. To Out-do the Dutch without Fighting, to Pay Debts without Moneys, to set at Work all the Poor of England with the Growth of our Lands..., with the Advantage of making the Great Rivers of England Navigable. Rules to prevent Fires in London, and other Great Cities; with Diresctions how the several Companies of Handicraftsmen in London may always have cheap Bread and Drink, part 1 only (of 2), 1st edition, London: Printed by R. Everingham for the Author, to be sold by T. Parkhurst & N. Simmons, 1677, [20],71,[1],97-195,[1] pp., imprimatur leaf before title, 3 folding engraved plates only (of 9, one with closed tear), early signatures to title and following leaf, contemporary sheep with blind initials I.S. to centre of boards, rebacked preserving original spine, extremities rubbed, 4to Wing Y13aA. A second part was published in 1681. (1)
De Salis (Henry Rodolph). Bradshaws Canals and Navigable Rivers of England and Wales. A Handbook of Inland Navigation for Manufacturers, Merchants, Traders, and Others..., 1928, folding colour lithograph map in rear pocket, original green cloth gilt, large 8vo, together with Priestley (Joseph), Historical Account of the Navigable Rivers, Canals and Railways throughout Great Britain, 2nd edition with an introductory note on the compiler by W.H. Cahaloner, Frank Cass & Co., 1967, facsimile of 1831 edition, black & white frontispiece and folding plate at rear, original cloth gilt in transparent plastic dust-jacket, 4to, with Dalton (R. & Hamer, S.H.), The Provincial Token-Coinage of the 18th Century, reprinted with introductory notes and additions, 1996, black & white illustrations, original cloth gilt, 4to, and Wilson (W. Eric), Inland Waterways of Great Britain, 1st edition, 1939, folding colour lithograph map loosely inserted at rear, original cloth in dust-jacket, 8vo, plus other British canal and inland waterways related, plus few aviation reference including RAF Airfields of World War 2, by Jonathan Falconer, 2012 (3 shelves)
Daniel (William Barker). Rural Sports, 3 volumes (including Supplement) in 4, 1st editions, Bunny & Gold [ ... by the Philanthropic Society for the Compiler ... B. & R. Crosby & Co.], 1801-13, engraved title page to each volume, 67 engraved plates (many folding) including portrait frontispiece to Supplement, 1 folding aquatint plate, light spotting, frontispiece to volume 2 part 2 misbound to face volume 2 part 1 p. 305, bookplates, contemporary diced half russia, some minor wear to gilt spines, joints superficially cracked but firm, large 8vo in 4s, together with: Hawker (Peter), Instructions to Young Sportsmen ... the second edition, with explanatory plates, considerably enlarged and improved, printed for R. Hunter, 1816, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece, 5 engraved plates (spotted and damp-stained), later red half morocco, large 8vo; Baker (Sir Samuel W.), Wild Beasts and their Ways, Reminiscenes of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Macillan and Co., 1890, 27 wood-engraved plates including frontispieces, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, contemporary red half morocco, 8vo, and 8 other 19th-century field sports titles including Strutt's Sports and Pastimes (new edition, 1831), leather-bound, 8vo (15)
Armand Marseille bisque shoulder headed girl doll, impressed "7" to the back of the neck, painted eyelashes/eyebrows, sleeping eyes, open mouth with 4 teeth, 17"/43cm. Max Arnold doll impressed "MOA200" Made in Germany, bisque head with open mouth and 3 teeth, 27cm. Simon & Halbig bisque headed doll impressed "HALBIG K * r 23", sleeping eyes, 23cm
Lear (Edward). Illustrations of Birds, drawn for John Gould, collected and introduced by David Attenborough, facsimile edition, Folio Society, 2012, 81 colour plates, additional copy of the Eagle Plate (creased, not called for in the collation) and the publisher's prospectus laid in, original blue-green full morocco richly gilt, original solander box, large folio (54 x 36 cm), together with Sharpe (R. Bowdler), Monograph of the Paradiseidae, or Birds of Paradise, and Ptilonorhynchidae, or Bower-Birds ... with a Foreword by David Attenborough, facsimile edition, Folio Society, 2011, 80 colour plates, original green quarter morocco, large pictorial block in orange and gilt to front board, original slipcase, large folio (54 x 36.5 cm), and Merian (Maria Sibylla), The Surinam Album, facsimile edition, Folio Society, 2006, 91 tipped-in colour plates, original green pictorial morocco, large pictorial block to front board, 3 additional plates laid in, original solander box, large folio (53 x 35.5 cm), and Respectively number 222 of 780 copies signed by David Attenborough, number 249 of 1000 for sale copies, and number 364 of 1000 for sale copies. (3)
Morris (Beverley R.). British Game Birds and Wildfowl, 1st edition, Groombridge and Sons, 1855, 50 hand-coloured wood-engraved plates (of 60), tissue-guards, closed marginal tear in plate facing p.15 (Caipercaillie), front inner hinge slightly tender, a few spots to initial blank, title page and first few text leaves, all edges gilt, a few spots to edges occasionally just encroaching on margins, original red half morocco, cloth sides with gilt vignettes, joints and tips rubbed, 4to (31.3 x 24 cm) Nissen IVB 644. (1)
Duhamel du Monceau (Henri Louis). Des Semis et Plantations des Arbres, et de Leur Culture; ou m‚thodes pour multiplier et ‚lever les arbres, les planter en massiss & en avenues; former les forˆts & les bois; les entretenir, & r‚tablir ceaux qui sont d‚grad‚s: faisant partie du trait‚ complet des bois & des forˆts, 1st edition, Paris, 1760, half title, 17 folding engraved plates, occasional light soiling, bookplate of Joseph Bonnardel Fils, contemporary mottled calf gilt, joints cracking head and foot, a little rubbed with some worming to cover extremities, 4to Nissen BBI 545. (1)
Graham (G. G.). The Flora & Vegetation of County Durham, 1st edition, 1988, two colour plates, numerous monochrome illustrations to text, original cloth in dust wrapper, together with Le Sueur (Frances), Flora of Jersey, 1st edition, Societe Jersiaise, 1984, signed by the author to title, colour plates, monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust wrapper, plus Wynne (Goronwy), Flora of Flintshire, The Flowering Plants and Ferns of a North Wales County, 1st edition, Denbigh, 1993, some colour and numerous monochrome illustrations, original green cloth gilt in dust wrapper, and other regional and country floras of the British Isles, including Christopher R. Boon, Flora of Bedfordshire, 2011, A.O. Chater, Flora of Cardiganshire, 2010, Joshua Gosselin, Guernsey's Earliest Flora, edited by David McClintock, Ray Society, 1982, Michael J. Crawley, The Flora of Berkshire, 2005, Stanley T. Jermyn, Flora of Essex, 1974, A.C. Jermy and J.A. Crabbe, The Island of Mull, A Survey of its Flora and Environment, 1978, M.S. Campbell, The Flora of Uig (Lewis), Arbroath, 1945, etc., all modern publications, mostly original cloth or pictorial boards, many in dust wrappers, 4to/8vo (approx. 70)
Tripp (F.E.). British Mosses, their Homes, Aspects, Structure and Uses, 2 volumes, new edition, 1888, 37 colour plates, original blue cloth gilt, a few light marks, 8vo, together with The British Moss-Flora, by R. Braithwaite, 3 volumes, circa 1900, lithographed plates, occasional light spotting, endpapers toned, original green cloth gilt, one or two marks, 8vo, plus A Natural History of British Grasses, by E.J. Lowe, 1858, 74 colour plates, some light spotting, contemporary ownership inscription, original blindstamped cloth, spine and extremities faded, 8vo, with others related etc including William Henry Pearson's The Hepaticae of the British Isles, 2 volumes, 1902 (ex-libris), M.J. Berkeley's Handbook of British Mosses, 1863, Leo Lesquereux & Thomas P. James's Manual of the Mosses of North America, Boston, 1884, volumes 3-5 & 7-11 of collected works of 'Moss Papers', circa 1880-1900 (R. Braithwaite's copies & ex-libris Royal Microscopical Society) and several editions of H.N. Dixon's Student Handbook of British Mosses and S.M. Macvicar's Student Handbook of British Hepatics, 1920's (46)
Schuster (Rudolf M.). The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America, 6 volumes, Columbia University Press, 1966-92, monochrome illustrations, original green cloth in dust wrappers, thick 8vo, together with Allen (Bruce), Moss Flora of Central America, 3 volumes, Missouri Botanical Garden, 1994-2010, monochrome illustrations, original green cloth, 3rd volume in dust wrapper, large 8vo, plus Crum (Howard A. & Anderson, Lewis E.), Mosses of Eastern North America, 2 volumes, Columbia University Press, 1981, monochrome illustrations, original cloth gilt, and Chien (Gao & Crosby, Marshall R., editors), Moss Flora of China, English Version, 8 volumes, 1999-2005, numerous monochrome illustrations, original green printed boards, 4to, plus other world moss floras, including Sharp Crum & Eckel, The Moss Flora of Mexico, 2 volumes, 1994, Elva Lawton, Moss Flora of the Pacific Northwest, 1971, Bryophytes Cartography, Iberian Peninsular, Balearic and Canary Islands, Azores and Madeira, 4 volumes, Barcelona, 1985-96, etc, mostly original cloth, many in dust wrappers, 4to/8vo, generally VG (approx. 85)
A collection of QVC and Gemporia jewellery to include a QVC sterling silver and pearl choker necklace, an 'Atlantis' turtle gemstone sterling silver ring, size R-S, a multi-coloured gemstone sterling silver butterfly ring, size R-S, a Gems TV 9ct white gold and green sapphire pendant and a 'Zambian Amethyst' and white topaz sterling silver pendant, all in original white material pouches with certificates of authenticity (5).
A selection of QVC and Gemporia sterling silver jewellery to include a sterling silver and yellow sapphire ring, size R-S, a tourmaline quartz and black spinel ring, size R-S, a 'Rajasthan Garnet' and white topaz sterling silver ring, size R-S, a multicoloured natural gemstone sterling silver ring, size R-S and a citrine sterling silver ring, size R-S, all in original white material pouches with certificates of authenticity and two sterling silver pearl mounted bracelets (7).
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