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Click here to subscribeTwo large trays containing Hornby (mainly post-war) clockwork track: approx. quantities: 115 straights; 40 x 2’ curves; No.2 turntable; one each l/h & r/h x 1’ points; CA2 crossing; 2 x CR2 crossing; 20 half straights; 20 quarter straights; 20 x 2’ points (mix of left & right); 9 x No.1 buffers. Mostly very clean (G-VG) Over half are boxed
A COLLECTION OF VOYAGES ROUND THE WORLD: PERFORMED BY ROYAL AUTHORITY. CONTAINING A COMPLETE HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF CAPTAIN COOK'S FIRST, SECOND, THIRD AND LAST VOYAGES (4 VOLS.),Printed for A. Millar, W. Law, and R. Cater 1790, tan leather and marbled calf boards with tooled gilt borders, illustrated and with pull out maps, Lord Belhaven & Stenton 1895 label to cover interior, formerly owned by Lieutenant General Frederick William Hamilton of the Brigade of Guards with name inscribed to interior of Volume I, housed in a glazed mahogany wall mounting cabinet, 55.5cm highCondition report: Additional images available; Vol. 1: 20 plates inc. frontispiece, 2 maps; Vol. 2: 22 plates, 2 maps; 11 plates, 5 maps; Vol. 4: 27 plates, 3 maps; Scuffs, scrapes, mottling and marks to exteriors; foxing to pages, varying extents, at times pronounced, at others fairly clean; maps have been folded for a long time and so display clear folds as well as creases where they have been folded incorrectly over the years, generally ok, one with a noticeable tear, others have smaller tears, some no tears at all, some more heavily foxed than others, no visible patches; no particular odours such as tobacco.
NO RESERVE Bibliography.- Chesterton (G.K.) Gloria in Profundis, Ariel Poem No.5, one of 350 copies, wood-engraving by Eric Gill, original yellow boards, slightly soiled, [1927] § Gill (Evan R.) Bibliography of Eric Gill, 1953 § Kirkus (A.Mary) Robert Gibbings: a Bibliography, 1962 § Andrews (Martin J.) Robert Gibbings, Bicester, 2003 § Reid (Anthony) A Check-list of the Book Illustrations of John Buckland Wright, Pinner, 1968 § Alderson (Brian) Edward Ardizzone: a Bibliographic Commentary, London & New Castle, De., 2003, illustrations, most original cloth, all but the first and last two with dust-jackets, the first two a little rubbed and frayed; and 10 others including 7 Ariel poems, 2 in envelopes, 8vo & 4to (16)
After Peter Lely James II of England, wearing lace jabot, his natural wig curled and worn long Enamel, oval Inscribed J 2 R below a crown (verso) 2.3cm (0¾ in.) high In a gilt metal mount Believed to be after the original painting, c.1650-75, painted by Sir Peter Lely and now in the Bolton Museum and Art Gallery, Lancashire
Aleister Crowley. Biography. Three books, comprising: The Legend of Aleister Crowley, by P. R. Stephensen, London: Mandrake Press Ltd., 1930, owner inscription, 'K. B. Grant', publisher's blue paper covers, well-preserved, clean and bright, spine faded; The Great Beast, by John Symonds, first impression, London: Rider and Company, 1951, octavo, publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt, unclipped dust-jacket, promotional band, internally very clean and bright, binding tight and square, cloth very well-preserved, some wear to edges of jacket and loss to band; Aleister Crowley, by Charles Richard Cammell, first edition, London: The Richards Press, 1951, octavo, publisher's polished red buckram lettered in gilt, unclipped d.j., internally very good and bright, binding tight and square, buckram very well-preserved, some wear/loss to d.j. (3)Provenance: Vendor's uncle was Kenneth Grant (1924-2011), ceremonial magician, writer and personal secretary of Aleister Crowley
Collection of books on bees & beekeeping to include The Apiary of Bees, Bee-Hives and Bee Culture, by Alfred Neighbour, Kent & Co., 1865; Bee-Keeping in Britain, by R. O. B. Manley, first edition, 1948; Bees & Honey, A "Bee-Craft" Book, 1945, and others, condition varied, sold as found with all faults (21)
The Unfortunate Court-Favourites of England, by R. B., London: Nath. Crouch, 1695. Scarce. Engraved frontispiece depicting portraits of the nine figures being documented, including Cardinal Wolsey and Thomas Cromwell. Bound in half morocco with marbled boards. The book ends abruptly at p.156. Sold as found with all faults
Cescinsky, Herbert; Ernest R. Gribble. Early English Furniture & Woodwork, in two volumes, London: The Waverley Book Company, 1922. Folio, illustrated throughout, full crushed morocco lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. Contents good, clean, bright; bindings solid with some surface dirt and light wear to extremities
Roscoe, Thomas. Wanderings and Excursions in North Wales, illustrated with 51 steel-engraved plates, London: C. Tilt, 1836, tall octavo, half crushed morocco lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, internally good with some general discolouration and pale spotting, neat recent bookplate on front pastedown. Together with Welsh Scenery from Drawings, by Captain Batty, London: R. Jennings, 1825, illustrated with 33 steel engravings, full blind-stamped morocco, silk endpapers, neat recent bookplate, contents generally good with some pale marks/spotting and light doodling, morocco worn (2)
Wildman, Thomas. A Treatise on the Management of Bees; Wherein is Contained the Natural History of those Insects, first edition, London: Printed for the Author by T. Cadell, 1768. Quarto, featuring list of subscribers, three folding copper-engraved plates, later half-calf lettered in gilt with marbled boards, all edges marbled, bookplate for Ernest H. Pee, pencil inscription on front free endpaper, 'Purchased at the sale of The Earl of Dudley's Library, 1923', bookseller's ticket on pastedown, 'R. Davies, Birmingham'. Contents generally good and bright with occasional pale spotting including to plates, more pronounced spotting to title and opening leaves; binding tight and square with wear to extremities
Winkles, Henry & Benjamin. Architectural and Picturesque Illustrations of the Cathedral Churches of England and Wales, the Drawings Made from Sketches Taken Expressly for this Work, by Robert Garland, Architect, with Descriptions by Thomas Moule, three volumes bound as one (three title pages), London: Effingham Wilson, 1836-38-42, illustrated with 181 steel-engraved plates (including titles), protective tissue-guards, quarto, full crushed morocco lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, neat recent bookplate on front pastedown, pale spotting to plates, binding good and solid with light bumping and wear to corners/extremities, splitting to inner gutter at front. Together with French Cathedrals, by B. Winkles, illustrated with 50 steel-engraved plates after R. Garland, London: Charles Tilt, 1837, publisher's cloth binding almost detached, contents generally good with some pale spotting, ffep detached, neat bookplate on pastedown, cloth discoloured with wear around spine/headcaps/corners (2)
Collection of books on bees & beekeeping to include The Bee-Keeper's Handbook, by Herbert Mace, 1952; Producing, Preparing, Exhibiting & Judging Bee Produce, by William Herrod, 1912; Beekeeping in Antiquity, by H. Malcolm Fraser, 1951; Wassail in Mazers of Mead, by G. R. Gayre, Phillimore & Co., 1948; The Lore of the Honey-Bee, by Tickner Edwardes, third edition, 1909; Bee-Keeping, New and Old, in two volumes, by William Herrod-Hempsall, 1937, signed by the author; American Honey Plants, by Frank C. Pellett, 1923, presentation copy signed by the author, and others, condition varied, sold as found with all faults (40)
Collection of books on bees & beekeeping to include Bees and Bee-Keeping, by Frank R. Cheshire, in two volumes, published by "The Bazaar", 1886; Beekeeping, by Joseph Tinsley, Aird & Coghill, 1945; Honey Cookery, by Ambrose Heath, 1956, and others, condition varied, sold as found with all faults (34)
Natural History. Mixed collection of books, comprising: Audubon's Birds of America, Baby Elephant Folio edition, New York & London: Abbeville Press, 1990, white buckram, dust-jacket, slipcase; Anatomy and Physiology of the Honeybee, by R. E. Snodgrass, first edition, fourth impression, New York & London: McGraw-Hill, 1925, publisher's cloth; The Book of Poisons, by Gustav Schenk, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1956, green cloth with worn d.j.; The Sacred Bee, by Hilda M. Ransome, London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1937, purple cloth, very worn d.j.; Familiar Wild Flowers, in four volumes, by F. Edward Hulme, London: Cassell, n.d., green cloth, numerous colour plates; The Sport of Shooting, by Owen Jones, London: Edward Arnold, 1911, blue cloth; White's Selborne, stereotyped edition, London: Sonnenschein, n.d., full calf, prize label. Condition varied, sold as found with all faults (9)
Collection of seven books, comprising: Observations, Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty..., Vol.II only, by William Gilpin, London: R. Blamire, 1789, illustrated with 14 aquatint plates and two hand-coloured etchings; The Present State of Great Britain and Ireland, in three parts bound as one, eighth edition, London: Brotherton et al., 1738; Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson, by Hester Lynch Piozzi, London: T. Cadell, 1786; Culpeper's Complete Herbal, London: J. S. Pratt, 1841; La Vie de Sainte Cecile, by Monsieur Dubois, Paris: Edme Couterot, 1694; History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Staffordshire, by William White, Sheffield: Robert Leader, 1834; Cooling Cups and Dainty Drinks, by William Terrington, London: Routledge, 1870. Condition varied, sold as found with all faults (7)
Collection of assorted books, fiction, poetry, ghost stories, history, to include Selected Poems, by Charles Baudelaire, Falcon Press, 1946, bearing owner inscription, 'K. B. Grant', with quotation inscribed on half-title; The Centaur, by Algernon Blackwood, first edition, London: Macmillan, 1911, publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt; Iron and Smoke, by Sheila Kaye-Smith, London: Cassell, 1928, signed by the author; When Evil Wakes, edited by August Derleth, Souvenir Press, 1963; An Anthology of Haiku Ancient and Modern, by Asatoro Miyamori, Tokyo: Maruzen, 1932; In Ghostly Japan, by Lafcadio Hearn, Boston: Little, Brown, 1919; The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James, London: Edward Arnold, 1949; The Chronicles of Clovis, by Saki, London: John Lane, 1926; The Haunted and the Haunters, by Lord Lytton, London: Simpkin, Marshall, 1925; Libro de Cuentos y Leyendas, by Javier Villafane, La Plata, 1945, illustrated with colour lithographic plates; Charles II, by Osmund Airy, London: Goupil & Co., 1901, in paper wrappers; Henry VIII, by A. F. Pollard, London: Goupil & Co., 1902, in paper wrappers, and others, condition varied, sold as found with all faults (32)Provenance: Vendor's uncle was Kenneth Grant (1924-2011), ceremonial magician, writer and personal secretary of Aleister Crowley
ELIZABETH II SCOTTISH SILVER TUMBLE CUP,maker Alan R Baillie, Edinburgh 1997, 6.1cm diameter, approx 122gFootnote: Tumble cups were originally made in gold and issued as prizes by the Duke of Westminster at the Chester horse races over 150 years ago.Condition report: There is no engraving or other marks
GEORGE II SILVER BEER JUG,maker Fuller White, London 1739 (second version of date letter used), repousse decorated in the Rococo manner with floral swags, with C-scroll handle, with later inscription 'R. W. C. A. from C. A. T.', initialled 'C T M' to base, 14cm high, approx 359gCondition report: Images of marks available, rim knocked and misshapen, impressed around lower joint of handle, rim also knocked and misshapen, has a wobble on a flat surface, further indents and some crimping to body, further scratches, nicks and old polish
SET OF EIGHT GEORGE VI SCOTTISH SILVER QUAICHS,maker R & W Sorley, of plain form on splayed circular bases, Sorley Glasgow retailer's stamp to underside, width of each 11cm, approx 920gCondition report: One with small dent to rim, otherwise usual light scratches and nicks, some of the feet with very slight knocks, no signs of engraving visible; stated width includes the handles, diameter of bowl 7.8cmSix Glasgow 1948, two Glasgow 1951
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