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Click here to subscribeHOWARD COLE: FORMATION BADGES OF WORLD WAR TWO, BRITAIN, COMMONWEALTH AND EMPIRE, 1985, original cloth gilt, dust-wrapper + M R D FOOT: SOE IN FRANCE, AN ACCOUNT OF THE WORK OF THE BRITISH SPECIAL OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE IN FRANCE 1940-1944, London, HMSO, 1968, 2nd impression, original cloth, dust-wrapper + T A INNES & IVOR CASTLE: COVENANTS WITH DEATH, London, Daily Express publications 1934, original pictorial cloth (3)
JOHN & PRISCILLA TOLKIEN: THE TOLKIEN FAMILY ALBUM, London, HarperCollins 1992, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, dust-wrapper, + SARAH WELLS (EDITOR): THE RING GOES EVER ON, PROCEEDINGS OF THE TOLKIEN 2005 CONFERENCE 50 YEARS OF THE LORD OF THE RINGS, Coventry, The Tolkien Society, 2008 1st edition, 2 volumes, uniform original pictorial laminated wraps + MICHAEL COREN: J R R TOLKIEN, London, 2001 1st edition, original cloth, dust-wrapper + ALIDA BECKER: A TOLKIEN TREASURY, Courage Books 1989 1st edition, original cloth, dust-wrapper (5)
IKE MATTHEWS: FULL REVELATIONS OF A PROFESSIONAL RAT-CATCHER, AFTER TWENTY-FIVE YEARS EXPERIENCE, Manchester, The Friendly Society's Printing Company, 1898, original cloth gilt plus E H R FREEMAN AND FRED FOSTER: POACHERS AND PRESERVES: A HANDY GUIDE TO THE LAW RELATING TO GAME AND SPORTING RIGHTS, DUTIES AND LICENCES, London, Police Review Publishing Co Ltd, [nd circa 1900], new and revised edition, 70pp original printed wraps, plus CHARLES WHYMPER (ILLUSTRATED): THE GAMEKEEPER AT HOME SKETCHES OF NATURAL HISTORY AND RURAL LIFE, London, 1880, 1st edition, 41 black and white illustrations as called for, original pictorial cloth gilt plus "DEADFALL" OF "THE FIELD": THE EXPERIENCES OF A GAME PRESERVER, London, Horace Cocks, 1868, original blind stamped cloth gilt "Field Library Volume 6" plus IAN NIALL: THE POACHERS HANDBOOK FOR THE MAN WITH THE HAIR POCKET AND THE BOY WITH THE SNARE, 1951, 2nd reprint, original cloth, dust wrapper plus BRIAN VESEY-FITZGERALD: IT'S MY DELIGHT, illustrated D J Watkins-Pitchford, 1947, 1st edition, original cloth plus A T CURTIS AND F J SPEAKMAN: A POACHER'S TALE, 1960, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper (7)
WAYNE G HAMMOND & CHRISTINA SCULL: J R R TOLKIEN, ARTIST AND ILLUSTRATOR, London, HarperCollins, 1995 1st edition, original cloth gilt, dust-wrapper + KAREN WYNN FONSTAD: THE ATLAS OF MIDDLE-EARTH, Boston, Houghton Mifflin 1981 1st edition, 6th impression, original cloth gilt, dust-wrapper, + JAMES H GILLAM: TREASURES FROM THE MISTY MOUNTAINS, A COLLECTORS GUIDE TO TOLKIEN, 2001, original pictorial wraps + REALMS OF TOLKIEN, IMAGES OF MIDDLE-EARTH, London, HarperCollins, 1996 1st edition, original cloth gilt, dust-wrapper + MYTH AND MAGIC, THE ART OF JOHN HOWE, London, HarperCollins, 2001, 1st edition, original cloth silvered, dust-wrapper (5)
(COLLECTION BEE-KEEPING/APICULTURE), DOROTHY HODGES: THE POLLEN LOADS OF THE HONEYBEE A GUIDE TO THEIR IDENTIFICATION BY COLOUR AND FORM, 1974, "facsimile of full original edition with addenda", original cloth, dust wrapper plus FRANK R CHESHIRE: BEES AND BEEKEEPING; SCIENTIFIC AND PRACTICAL, London, The Bazaar Exchange and Mart [nd], vol 1 scientific, original cloth gilt plus ROBERT COUSTON: PRINCIPLES OF PRACTICAL BEEKEEPING, Kilmarnock, 1972, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper plus MARTIN LINDAUER: COMMUNICATION AMONG SOCIAL BEES, 1971, 3rd printing, original cloth silvered plus COLIN G BUTLER: THE WORLD OF THE HONEYBEE, 1954, 1st edition, New Naturalist Series No 29, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper plus J G DIGGES: THE PRACTICAL BEE GUIDE A MANUAL OF MODERN BEEKEEPING, 1947, 14th edition, original printed wraps plus HERBERT MACE: A BOOK ABOUT THE BEE, London, Hutchinson [nd] original cloth plus C N BUZZARD: SHINING HOURS, Collins, 1946, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper plus TED HOOPER: GUIDE TO BEES AND HONEY, 1976, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper plus E B WEDMORE: A MANUAL OF BEEKEEPING FOR ENGLISH SPEAKING BEEKEEPERS, 1975, 2nd edition revised, reprint, original cloth, dust wrapper plus E L ATKINS AND OTHERS: THE HIVE AND THE HONEYBEE, Dadant & Sons 1976, extensively revised edition 3rd printing, original cloth plus HERBERT MACE: THE COMPLETE HANDBOOK OF BEEKEEPING, 1976, fully revised edition, original cloth, dust wrapper, plus quantity NORFOLK BEEKEEPING YEAR BOOKS, PRINTED CORRESPONDENCE, MANUSCRIPT NOTES etc, housed in box file (13)
CHRISTOPHER TOLKIEN: PICTURES BY J R R TOLKIEN, London, 1979, 1st edition, original cloth gilt worn, dust-wrapper + BRIAN SIBLEY & JOHN HOWE: THE MAP OF TOLKIEN'S BELERIAND AND THE LANDS TO THE NORTH, London, HarperCollins, 1999 1st impression, folding coloured map, original pictorial wraps + KAREN WYNN FONSTAD: THE ATLAS OF MIDDLE-EARTH, London, Grafton, 1992, 1st UK edition, original pictorial laminated wraps + DAVID DAY: 2 titles: TOLKIEN THE ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPAEDIA, London, 1991 1st edition, original cloth gilt, dust-wrapper, A TOLKIEN BESTIARY, New York, Ballantine Books 1979, original cloth, dust-wrapper (5)
(COLLECTION EX JOHN FOWLES' LIBRARY), R T PETERSON: A FIELD GUIDE TO WESTERN BIRDS, Boston, 1961, John Fowles's copy, original cloth, dust wrapper plus JAMES FISHER: THE BIRDS OF BRITAIN, 1942, 1st edition, RSPB public school essay, competition label of front pastedown to J [ohn] R [obert] Fowles dated 1942 specially bound half blue morocco gilt worn, RSPB gilt stamp on top board, spine gilt in compartments plus W H HUDSON: FAR AWAY AND LONG AGO, 1918, 1st edition, John Fowles' bookplate, original cloth plus V S SUMMERHAYES: WILD ORCHIDS OF BRITAIN, 1951, 1st edition, New Naturalist Series No 19, ex John Fowles's library with his signature and bookplate on front free end paper, 3 autograph notes and 6 drawings of orchids by Fowles loosely inserted, original cloth, dust wrapper plus ANNA FAVORD: THE TULIP, 1999, 1st edition, ex John Fowles's library, his signature on title page, original cloth, dust wrapper plus JOHN SPARKES: THE DISCOVERY OF ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, 1983, 1st Book Club edition, John Fowles' bookplate, original cloth, dust wrapper (6)
J R R TOLKIEN: POEMS FROM THE HOBBIT, HarperCollins 1999, 1st edition, 24mo miniature book, original pictorial laminated boards, dust-wrapper plus ALIDA BECKER (EDITOR): A TOLKIEN TREASURY, Philadelphia and London, Running Press, 2001 1st edition, miniature book, original cloth gilt, dust-wrapper plus POEMS BY J R R TOLKIEN, London, HarperCollins 1993, 1st miniature book edition, 3 volumes, each original pictorial laminated boards, dust-wrapper, original slip case plus J R R TOLKIEN: FATHER CHRISTMAS LETTERS, London, HarperCollins 1994, 1st miniature book edition, 3 volumes, each original pictorial laminated boards, dust-wrapper, original slip case (8)
MARTIN SANFORD AND RICHARD FISK: A FLORA OF SUFFOLK, 2010, 1st edition, original pictorial laminated boards plus GILLIAN BECKETT AND ALEC BULL: A FLORA OF NORFOLK, 1999, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper plus MARTIN GEORGE: THE LAND USE, ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION OF BROADLAND, 1992, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper plus D E PRIME: THE FLORAL ETC OF THE OLD CHURCHYARDS OF ST NICHOLAS GREAT YARMOUTH, 2000, original paper wraps, plastic backstrip, plus THE FLORAL ETC OF THE OLD CHURCHYARDS OF ST NICHOLAS GREAT YARMOUTH, 2001, plus ADDITIONS TO THE LIST FOR 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 5 volumes, each original printed wraps, plus PETER R ALLARD: THE BIRDS OF GREAT YARMOUTH, 1990, Norfolk and Norfolk Naturalist Society occasional publication No 3, original pictorial laminated wraps plus REX HANCY: THE STUDY OF PLANT GALLS IN NORFOLK, circa 2000, Norfolk and Norfolk Naturalist Society occasional publication No 5, original pictorial laminated wraps plus 2 others similar (14)
ADRIAN M RILEY AND GASTON PRIOR: BRITISH AND IRISH PUG MOTHS ... A GUIDE TO THEIR IDENTIFICATION AND BIOLOGY, 2003, 1st edition, original pictorial laminated boards plus BARRY GOATER: BRITISH PYRALID MOTHS A GUIDE TO THEIR IDENTIFICATION, 1986, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper plus W EGMONT KIRBY: BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, London [1927] 3rd edition, original pictorial cloth gilt, plus BRIAN SAWFORD: THE BUTTERFLIES OF HERTFORDSHIRE, 1987, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper plus JIM ASHER AND OTHERS: THE MILLENNIUM ATLAS OF BUTTERFLIES IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND, 2001, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper plus A D A RUSSWURM: ABERRATIONS OF BRITISH BUTTERFLIES, 1978, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper plus A R PITTAWAY: THE HAWKMOTHS OF THE WESTERN PALAEARCTIC, 1993, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper (7)
C N COLYER AND CYRIL O'HAMMOND: FLIES OF THE BRITISH ISLES, 1951, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper plus ALAN E STUBBS AND S J FALK: BRITISH HOVERFLIES AN ILLUSTRATED IDENTIFICATION GUIDE, BENHS, October 1983, original pictorial laminated wraps worn plus PAUL HILL AND COLIN TWIST: BUTTERFLIES AND DRAGONFLIES A SITE GUIDE, 1998, 2nd edition, original pictorial laminated wraps plus S G BALL AND ROGER K A MORRIS: PROVISIONAL ATLAS OF BRITISH HOVERFLIES (DIPTERA, SYRPHIDAE), Huntingdon, Biological Records Centre, 2000, 1st edition, original printed wraps, plus CYRIL O'HAMMOND: THE DRAGONFLIES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, 1977, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper plus R R ASKEW: THE DRAGONFLIES OF EUROPE, 2004, 2nd revised edition, original wraps plus K D B DIJKSTRA [EDITED]: FIELD GUIDE TO THE DRAGONFLIES OF BRITAIN AND EUROPE INCLUDING WESTERN TURKEY AND NORTH WESTERN AFRICA, Gillingham, BWP, 2006, 1st edition, original pictorial wraps plus E D V PRENDERGAST: THE DRAGONFLIES OF DORSET, 1991, 1st edition, original wraps plus R MERRITT AND OTHERS: ATLAS OF THE DRAGONFLIES OF BRITAIN AND IRELAND - ITE RESEARCH PUBLICATION NO 9, London, HMSO, 1996, 1st edition, original pictorial laminated wraps plus 3 others similar (12)
MICHAEL J ROBERTS: THE SPIDERS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, Colchester, Harley Books, 1985, 1st edition, volume 3 colour plates (of 3 volumes) only, 237 coloured plates as called for, original cloth, dust wrapper plus J A MARSHALL AND E C M HAES: GRASSHOPPERS AND ALLIED INSECTS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, illustrated Denys Ovenden, 1988, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper plus JIM PORTER: COLOUR IDENTIFICATION GUIDE TO CATERPILLARS OF THE BRITISH ISLES (MACRO LEPIDOPTERA), 1997, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper plus MICHAEL CHINERY: INSECTS AMAZING IMAGES OF FASCINATING CREATURES, London, Cassell, 2007, 1st edition, folio, original cloth silvered, dust wrapper plus M MAJERUS AND P KEARNS: NATURALISTS HANDBOOK TEN - LADYBIRDS, 1989, original pictorial laminated boards plus ADRIAN MOON: LADYBIRDS IN DORSET, 1986, original wraps plus R D HAWKINS: SHIELD BUGS OF SURREY, 2003, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper plus M EVANS AND R EDMUNDSON: A PHOTOGRAPHIC GUIDE TO THE SHIELD BUGS AND SQUASH BUGS OF THE BRITISH ISLES, 2005, 1st edition, original wraps (8)
P J HODGE AND R A JONES: NEW BRITISH BEETLES - SPECIES NOT IN JOY'S PRACTICAL HANDBOOK, 1995, 1st edition, original cloth gilt plus MICHAEL L COX: ATLAS OF THE SEED AND LEAF BEETLES OF BRITAIN AND IRELAND, 2007, 1st edition, original pictorial laminated wraps plus K W HARDE: A FIELD GUIDE IN COLOUR TO BEETLES, 1984, 1st UK edition, original cloth, dust wrapper plus BERNARD DURIN: DURIN'S KAFER, Munchen, Schirmer/Mosel, 1986, 48 coloured plates as called for, original pictorial laminated wraps, plus NORMAN H JOY: BRITISH BEETLES THEIR HOMES AND HABITS, 1933, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper (5)
E F LINSSEN: BEETLES OF THE BRITISH ISLES, London, Frederick Warne & Co, 1959, 1st edition, series 1 and 2, 2 volumes (printers code 902.1058 and 903.105) plus T R E SOUTHWOOD AND B LESTON: LAND AND WATER BUGS OF THE BRITISH ISLES, 1959, 1st edition, (printers code 957.659), 1st title, original cloth, dust wrappers, 2nd title original cloth (3)
R S R FITTER: LONDON'S BIRDS, 1949 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper plus KENT DURDEN: GIFTS OF AN EAGLE, 1972, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper plus FRANCES PITT: BIRDS IN BRITAIN, 1948, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper plus IAN PITMAN: AND CLOUDS FLYING, ill Peter Scott, 1947 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper plus JOHN RAMSBOTTOM: A HANDBOOK OF THE LARGER BRITISH FUNGI 1944, 1st edition original cloth plus RACHEL CARSON: THE EDGE OF THE SEA, 1955 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper plus ERNEST NEAL: UGANDA QUEST, 1971 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper plus DOUGLAS P WILSON: THEY LIVE IN THE SEA, 1947 1st edition, 4to, original cloth, dust wrapper (8)
T F S BEWES: KIKUYU CONFLICT MAU MAU AND THE CHRISTIAN WITNESS, 1954 3rd reprint, original cloth, dust wrapper plus DAVID KEITH JONES: SHEPHERDS OF THE DESERT, 1984, 1st UK edition, signed and inscribed, original cloth, dust wrapper plus M AMIN AND OTHERS: THE LAST OF THE MASSAI, 2000, 3rd impression, original cloth, dust wrapper plus CAROLINE ELKINS: BRITAIN'S GULAG - THE BRUTAL END OF EMPIRE IN KENYA, 2005, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper plus TERENCE GAVAGHAN: OF LIONS AND DUNG BEETLES, 1999, 1st UK edition, original cloth, dust wrapper plus RAPER: KLONDYKE TO KENYA, 1938, 1st edition, original cloth v worn and soiled (A/F inner joints split, frontis reinforced, reading copy only) plus TIM NODE AND ANN BIRNIE: TREES OF KENYA, 1994, 4th edition, signed Ann Birnie, original boards plus F R C CAGNOLO: THE AKIKUYU THEIR CUSTOMS, TRADITIONS AND FOLKLORE, Nyeri, Mission Printing School, 1933, original cloth gilt worn plus B A GRAY: BEYOND THE SERENGETI PLAINS, 1971, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper plus ESMOND B MARTIN AND C M P MARTIN: QUEST FOR THE PAST AN HISTORICAL GUIDE TO THE LAMU ARCHIPELAGO, 1973, signed and inscribed E B Martin, original wraps plus J STEWART AND B KENDALL: ORCHIDS OF KENYA, 1996 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper plus one other similar (12)
R T MCMULLEN: DOWN CHANNEL FROM LONDON TO THE LANDS END IN THE "LEO"..., London, 1869, 1st edition, frontis + 4 maps (of which 2 folding), original blind stamped cloth gilt worn, + SUMMER TOURS IN SCOTLAND, GLASGOW TO THE HIGHLANDS, THE ROYAL ROUTE WITH TIMETABLES AND LIST OF FARES, WITH DAVID MACBRAYNE'S ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS "COLUMBA", "IONA" ETC, 1896, "Official Guide - new edition", original pictorial cloth gilt worn + LT COL F M BAILEY: CHINA - TIBET - ASSAM, A JOURNEY, 1911, 1945 1st edition, original cloth gilt + S M BURROWS: THE BURIED CITIES OF CEYLON; A GUIDEBOOK TO ANURADHAPURA AND POLLONARUA; WITH CHAPTERS ON DAMBULLA, KALAWEWA..., Columbo, A M & J Ferguson, 1885, folding map + folding railway timetable, original half cloth worn and soiled, + R P MURRAY: THE FLORA OF SOMERSET, Taunton, 1896, rebound half calf gilt, top edge gilt + FISHERS DRAWING ROOM SCRAPBOOK WITH POETICAL ILLUSTRATIONS, London, 1833, grey frontis, engraved vignette title + 34 engraved plates as called for, original calf backed blind stamped cloth gilt, all edges gilt, inner joints split (6)
R NISBET BAIN: THE DAUGHTER OF PETER THE GREAT ..., Westminster 1899 1st edition, frontis plus 6 plates as called for, inscribed presentation copy, original cloth gilt worn plus W K KOROSTOWETZ: THE RE-BIRTH OF POLAND, 1928 1st edition, frontis plus 4 maps as called for, original cloth gilt ex German Consulate Glasgow Institutional markings plus THE DOWAGER MARCHIONESS OF DUFFERIN AND AVA: MY RUSSIAN AND TURKISH JOURNALS, London, John Murray 1916 1st edition, frontis plus 11 plates as called for, original cloth gilt worn, ffep, frontis and half title loose plus A F FOORD: SPRINGS, STREAMS AND SPAS OF LONDON HISTORY AND ASSOCIATIONS, 1910 1st edition, original cloth gilt plus JOHN FINNEMORE: PEEPS AT MANY LANDS INDIA, Illustrated Mortimer Menpes, London, A & C Black 1907 1st edition, 12 coloured plates plus map as called for, original cloth worn plus 1 other similar (6)
R FRISON-ROCHE AND G TAIRRAZ: SUR LES TRACES DE PREMIER DE CORDEE, Paris and Grenoble, 1952, black and white and colour illustrations from photographs as called for, rebound, half calf gilt + MICHEL FABRIKANT: LES TOPO-GUIDES DE L'ALPINIST ET DU RONDONNEUR EN CORSE II LE MASSIF DU SINTO, Club Alpin Francais et de la Federation Francaise de la Montagne, circa 1960, parts 1-4 in 3 volumes + supplement + folding map (5 volumes), each original printed wraps, original slip-case + G FLEMWELL: CHAMONIX, Blackie, 1913, 1st edition, 12 coloured plates as called for, original boards, pictorial label to top board + ROGER FRISON-ROCHE: 50 ANS EN MONTAGNE, 1974, original cloth, dust-wrapper + EMILE GOS AND LOUIS SEYLAZ: ALPES VAUDOISES, Lausanne, 1948, 1st edition, original cloth, dust-wrapper + G REBUFFAT AND G M OLLIVE: CALANQUES, 1957 reprint, original cloth pictorial label to top board + PATRICK CORDIER: LES PREALPES DU SUD, 1981, original pictorial laminated boards + MASSIF DES ECRINS, folding map circa 1922, (7)
JOLLIE'S CUMBERLAND GUIDE AND DIRECTORY 1811, 1905 reprint, original cloth, dust wrapper plus MAURICE HARRISON AND CO: COMMERCIAL DIRECTORY AND GAZETTEER OF THE COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND 1861, 2000 reprint, 2 duplicate copies, each original cloth, dust wrapper plus D R HAINSWORTH (EDITED): THE CORRESPONDENCE OF SIR JOHN LOWTHER OF WHITEHAVEN 1693-1698, 1982, 2 copies, 2 duplicate copies, each original cloth, dust wrapper (5)
(COLLECTION MAINLY A & C BLACK TRAVEL): W G CLARKE: NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK, 1921 1st edition, original cloth gilt worn plus ALFRED AUSTEN, 2 titles: LAMIA'S WINTER-QUARTERS, 1907 1st edition; HAUNTS OF ANCIENT PEACE, 1908, 1st edition, each original cloth gilt worn plus J D NEWTH: AUSTRIA, 1931, 1st edition, original cloth plus R BAGOT AND L M RAGG: THE ITALIAN LAKES, 1932 4th edition, original cloth plus ELIZABETH BUTLER: LETTERS FROM THE HOLY LAND, 1912 reprint, original cloth worn and soiled plus W T PALMER: THE ENGLISH LAKES, 1943 1st edition, original cloth plus RONALD CARTON: ENGLAND, 1949 reprint, original cloth plus 2 others similar A & C Black plus H G HUTCHINSON: THE NEW FOREST, 1907 3rd edition, original cloth gilt plus WILLIAM A DUTT: THE NORFOLK BROADS, 1903 1st edition, 48 coloured plates by Frank Southgate as called for, original cloth gilt (12)
G A HENTY: 2 titles: WITH FREDERICK THE GREAT, A STORY OF THE SEVEN YEARS WAR, London, Blackie & Son, 1898, [1897], 1st edition, 12 black and white plates + 8 black and white maps as called for, 32pp adverts at end, headed "Books for Young People", original pictorial red cloth gilt, bevelled edges, THROUGH THE SIKH WAR; A TALE OF THE CONQUEST OF THE PUNJAUB, London, Blackie & Son, 1894, variant issue, 12 black and white plates + map as called for, original pictorial grey cloth gilt, bevelled edges, all edges olive green + S R CROCKETT: SWEETHEART TRAVELLERS, A CHILD'S BOOK FOR CHILDREN, FOR WOMEN AND FOR MEN, London, Wells, Gardner, Darton & Co, 1895, 2nd edition, black and white frontis, illustrated title page + 12 plates as called for, original pictorial cloth + HAMPDEN GORDON: OUR GIRLS IN WARTIME, illustrated Joyce Dennys, London, John Lane [1917] 1st edition, original cloth backed pictorial boards (4)
W PITT: GENERAL VIEW OF THE AGRICULTURE OF THE COUNTY OF WORCESTER..., 1969, facsimile of the 1st edition published 1813, folding map frontis, original cloth dust-wrapper + MAXWELL FRASER: COMPANION INTO WORCESTERSHIRE, 1949, 4th edition, original cloth + R M HAINES: A CALENDAR OF THE REGISTER OF WOLSAN DE BRANSFORD, BISHOP OF WORCESTER 1339-49, 1966 1st edition, original cloth dust-wrapper + CALENDAR OF WILLS AND ADMINISTRATIONS IN THE CONSISTORY COURT OF THE BISHOP OF WORCESTER 1601-1652, 1968, Kraus reprint, original printed wraps + M PATERSON & ERNIE WARD: ASHTON KEYNES, A VILLAGE WITH NO HISTORY, 1986 1st edition, original cloth dust-wrapper + VICTOR SKIPP: MEDIEVAL YARDLEY, THE ORIGIN AND GROWTH OF A WEST MIDLAND COMMUNITY, 1970, original cloth dust-wrapper + R HUNT & R JACKSON: INKBERROW WAYS, 1982, original printed wraps + ARTHUR MEE: WORCESTERSHIRE, THE GARDEN IN THE HILLS, 1947 reprint, original cloth dust-wrapper (8)
MASONIC INTEREST: A SILVER PRESENTATION SALVER, with piecrust rim and three scroll feet, engraved with inscription to 'Bro.E.Geoffrey Handley from The Brethren of Doric Lodge, on the occasion of his marriage 14th May 1935', by James Dixon Sheffield 1937, retailed by James R Ogden and Sons, 25.6cm diameter, approximate weight 19oz
A large sapphire and diamond cluster ring, probably 18 ct, the stamp covered by sizing alteration (see illustration). CONDITION REPORT: It is not possible to accurately give the size of this ring due to the sizing balls on the interior of the shank. On a ring sizer it currently slides up to L/M but in reality is quite a lot larger than this and probably more like R/S or T. The sapphire dimensions are approximately 15 mm x 11 mm.
BWM to 41375 Pte A.G.Cooke the Queens Reg entitled to pair, BWM to 201727 Pte V.P.Dodd RIF Brig entitled to 1915 trio and SWB, BWM to GS/82187 Pte R.W.Smith R Fuss entitled to pair, BWM to 12630 Pte E.Dawson A CYC core entitled to pair, BWM to 20200 Pte B.Aston AVC entitled to pair, BWM to 2364 Pte F.J.Purton 2nd London Reg entitled to 1915 trio, five in total
Sapphire and White Zircon Band Ring, two rows of graduated, round cut, blue sapphires, to either side of a row of natural white zircon, also graduated and round cut, totalling 2.5cts, set between the two millgrain edges of the rhodium vermeil and silver mount, creating an elegant, classic ring; size R/S
Three Items of Early to Mid 19th Century Pottery comprising a pair of 'Frog Mugs', each with transfer printed and hand coloured Commedia Dell'arte figures, Harlequin, Columbine and Pantalone to one side, and Capitano and Pedrolino to the other; Pedrolino shown dressed and made-up in the guise of the legendary British clown of the period, Joseph Grimaldi; each mug has three well modelled frogs to the interior; plus a T & R Boote, Mosaic ware jug, showing Ceres below a fruitful, seed bearing, trailing plant; date lozenge for 1847 plus partial Boote mark to underside (all a/f)
An Excellent Collection of British Silver Coins ( 7 ) In Total - Please See Photos. Comprises 1/ George VI Silver Crown - Date 1937. High Grade 0.500 Silver. 2/ Edward VII Silver Half Crown - Date 1906. Scarce, ESC 751. 3/ Edward VII Silver Half Crown - Date 1904. Very Rare. ESC 749 R. 4/ William III - 1st Bust Silver Shilling. Date 1696 ( ING ) Mint Mark Cartouche. ESC 1078. 5/ Victoria Silver Gothic Florin, Date 1859. Scarce ESC 817, Nice Coin. 6/ Edward VII Silver Half Crown, Date 1906. Scarce. ESC 751. 7/ Victoria Silver Jubilee Florin, Date 1887 - Rare Poss Proof Coin.
A Very Good Collection of 18th / 19th Century Half Pennies and Tokens ( 6 ) In Total. Comprises 1/ Very Scarce 18th Century Chester Half Penny, 3 Castles. R & Co. DXH 5.7. 2/ George III - Half Penny Token, Date 1794. D & H 306. Middlesex - I Fowler Whale Fishery, High Grade. 3/ George III Condor Token, Date 1794 - Middlesex D & H 146.7. High Grade. 4/ William IV Penny, Date 1831/ No ' WW ' Peck 1455 - Good Grade. 5/ 18th Century Toke Half Penny Poole - Dorset High Grade - Rare Coin. D & H 6. 6/ Victoria Half Penny, Date 1856. High Grade Coin.
First World War memorial (death) plaque, named to Morris Lewis, together with trio comprising 1914 - 1915 Star, War and Victory medals, named to 9831 PTE. M. LEWIS ESSEX. R. mounted in glazed frame with memorial plaque letter, named on reverse 'Private Morris Lewis 1st Battalion The Essex Regiment killed in action, 6th August 1915. His name appears on the Helles Memorial at Gallipoli on panels 144 - 150 where there are the names of 493 fellow members of the Essex Regt. All killed in action at Gallipoli'
First World War memorial (death) plaque, named to Jesse Read, together with trio comprising 1914 - 1915 Star, War and Victory medals, named to 3 - 7340 PTE. J. Read. Dorset. R., mounted in glazed frame with memorial scroll and two First World War pairs (possibly to his brothers), one named to 17235 PTE. F. W. Read Dorset. R., the other to 44472 PTE. C. W. Read. R. War. R
Sharp's New Model 1863 Patent breech-loading percussion carbine, with rifled barrel, marked - 'New Model 1863 Sharp's Rifle Manufg. Co. Hartford Conn.', folding rear sight, marked - 'R. S. Lawrence Patented Feb 15 1859', walnut half stock, steel furniture with slide bar and ring and patch box, frame marked - 'Sharp's Patent Oct 5th 1852', 'R. S. Lawrence Pat April 12th 1859' and 'Sharp's Patent Sept 12th 1848'. Serial no. 77264, 100cm overall length
After Laporte, horseracing scene, Racing - Winning, coloured engraving, published by A J Isaacs, March 1860, 34.5cm by 57cm, together with an early 20th century coloured print titled 1902, The double event as given by Lavry Luny in ''The People', of two racehorses and their jockeys, Black Sand (R Cannon) and Ballantine (J E Watts), 30.5cm by 43cm
Curling, B.W.R. (Hotspur) Edwards, Lionel (illust), British Racecourses, pub. Witherby 1951, red cloth boards, good dust jacket; together with R. C. Lyle 'Royal Newmarket', pub. Putnam and Co. 1945, green cloth boards with blue title, illustrations by Lionel Edwards, ink dedication to front page. (2)
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