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Great Britain. An assortment on loose album pages. Includes Great Britain 1953 Coronation in mint blocks of four, 1955 Waterl

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Lot 194

Great Britain. An assortment on loose album pages. Includes Great Britain 1953 Coronation in mint blocks of four, 1955 Waterlow high values mint; various Queen Victoria used (line engraved and surface printed); includes 1858 to 1864 1d block of six RI/TJ Plate 144 used bloc of six with Birmingham Telegraph Office CDS and Plate 139 horizontal strip of three QD/QF, 1854 6d purple cut to shape, used. 1924 1/2d King George V unmounted mint with top half of stamp missing (as supplied from a vending machine). Also several Queen Victoria and King Edward VII used in Levant Plus odd Malta

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Black Carrier Bag containing clean GB QEII booklet, FDCs and stamp collection in five volumes. High face in mint stamps

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Lot 208

Black Carrier Bag containing clean GB QEII booklet, FDCs and stamp collection in five volumes. High face in mint stamps

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Large Carton containing GB stamps and Presentation Packs (face exceeding £700), FDCs, off paper in box, small amount of world

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Large Carton containing GB stamps and Presentation Packs (face exceeding £700), FDCs, off paper in box, small amount of world in box, reference books, stamp Atlas and catalogues

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1d Black lettered J-G s.t.b. plate 4; 4 good to large margins cancelled by red Maltese cross. Nice looking stamp

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Lot 232

1d Black lettered J-G s.t.b. plate 4; 4 good to large margins cancelled by red Maltese cross. Nice looking stamp

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1d Black lettered P-I s.t.b. plate 6; 4 good margins cancelled by red Maltese cross. Clean stamp

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Lot 234

1d Black lettered P-I s.t.b. plate 6; 4 good margins cancelled by red Maltese cross. Clean stamp

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1d Black lettered H-D s.t.b. plate 7; 4 good to large margins showing part of adjacent stamp below cancelled by red Maltese c

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Lot 235

1d Black lettered H-D s.t.b. plate 7; 4 good to large margins showing part of adjacent stamp below cancelled by red Maltese cross. Attractive

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1d Black lettered B-K s.t.b. plate 8; 4 fair to good margins cancelled by red Maltese cross. Nice Stamp

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Lot 236

1d Black lettered B-K s.t.b. plate 8; 4 fair to good margins cancelled by red Maltese cross. Nice Stamp

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1d Black lettered E-I s.t.b. plate 10; (v.g.l.to n.e.sq.) 4 fair to good margins cancelled by black Maltese cross. Nice stamp

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Lot 238

1d Black lettered E-I s.t.b. plate 10; (v.g.l.to n.e.sq.) 4 fair to good margins cancelled by black Maltese cross. Nice stamp

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1d Black lettered O-B s.t.b. plate 1b; 4 good to large margins showing part of the adjacent stamp, cancelled by red Maltese c

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Lot 241

1d Black lettered O-B s.t.b. plate 1b; 4 good to large margins showing part of the adjacent stamp, cancelled by red Maltese cross. Very nice example

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1841 2d Blues on stock card s.t.b. plate 4, Eight four margined stamps, O-L; C-I; T-I; D-E; H-E; D-B- R-J; P-K: one three mar

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Lot 263

1841 2d Blues on stock card s.t.b. plate 4, Eight four margined stamps, O-L; C-I; T-I; D-E; H-E; D-B- R-J; P-K: one three margined stamp B-I. Clean examples

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Great Britain Collection of stamp booklets from the Silver Jubilee booklet of 1935 to recent and quantity of face Olympic win

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Lot 287

Great Britain Collection of stamp booklets from the Silver Jubilee booklet of 1935 to recent and quantity of face Olympic winners stamps

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Great Britain: three albums, first album showing the history of WWII in stamps and covers; album 2 containing 10 coin covered

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Lot 313

Great Britain: three albums, first album showing the history of WWII in stamps and covers; album 2 containing 10 coin covered relating to the history of WWII; album 3 containing 16 different GB coin covers including cover with £10 stamp and Coronation anniversary crown

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Box containing two well filled albums of postcards, noted Mabel Lucie Attwell; topographical; comic and greeting cards plus s

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Lot 334

Box containing two well filled albums of postcards, noted Mabel Lucie Attwell; topographical; comic and greeting cards plus some loose cards. Homemade Wills and Players cigarette card album with several sets including Dogs; Birds and Wildfowl; Coats of Arms; Aircraft; Medals and Decorations, not stuck down. 1920 small autograph book plus juvenile stamp album

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Two Green Trays containing large quantity of album boxes etc with GB PHQ cards, FDCs, stamp booklets, small quantity of GB 1/

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Lot 78

Two Green Trays containing large quantity of album boxes etc with GB PHQ cards, FDCs, stamp booklets, small quantity of GB 1/- and 6d coins - sets of Trade cards

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Carton containing GB FDCs with some Presentation Packs, Commonwealth stamps in 6 volumes, £20+ GB face and 4 New South Wales

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Lot 93

Carton containing GB FDCs with some Presentation Packs, Commonwealth stamps in 6 volumes, £20+ GB face and 4 New South Wales covers to Huddersfield 1860-70s, one with stamp missing, and few 1d red covers

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A box of World stamp albums - kiloware on/off paper

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Lot 401

A box of World stamp albums - kiloware on/off paper

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A box of World stamp albums - kiloware on/off paper

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Lot 402

A box of World stamp albums - kiloware on/off paper

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L S Lowry: "The Pond", artist signed print, with JLK blind stamp, 18" x 23", framed and glazed

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Lot 430

L S Lowry: "The Pond", artist signed print, with JLK blind stamp, 18" x 23", framed and glazed

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An early/mid 20th century golden oak sideboard by Waring & Gillows, with carved low raised back, 2 drawers, 2 arched side cup

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Lot 557

An early/mid 20th century golden oak sideboard by Waring & Gillows, with carved low raised back, 2 drawers, 2 arched side cupboards and central double cupboard, all set with burrwood panels, on turned legs, impressed stamp and metal label, length 68"

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A 1960's light oak nest of 3 occasional tables by Gordon Russell, with stamp

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Lot 631

A 1960's light oak nest of 3 occasional tables by Gordon Russell, with stamp

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Illuminated Testimonial. An illuminated testimonial for John Dent Goodman upon tendering his resignation as director and chairman of the London and Midland Bank Ltd., 15th July 1898, produced by Blades, East & Blades, [1898], a total of 4 well-executed watercolour, gilt and gouache leaves, the first 2 with text, the third leaf with 23 mounted vignette oval portrait photographs (manuscript key leaf loosely inserted), the fourth leaf with 15 vignettes of bank buildings (11 albumen print photographs and 4 well-executed watercolours to match), the Art Nouveau decorative borders with floral and foliage designs, the second leaf with 2 armorials and mottos to lower border, each 34 x 25 cm and window-mounted in thick card, Blades, East & Blades gilt stamp to final blank leaf, some mostly marginal spotting, moire silk doublures, all edges gilt, contemporary red morocco with gilt rules and bank's circular gilt crest to upper cover, inner dentelles with gilt floral design, minor rubbing at head and foot of spine, large 4to (49 x 40 cm) From the collection of his grandson Sir Victor Goodman, Clerk of the Parliaments. (1)

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Lot 110

Harte (Glynn Boyd). Temples of Power, Cygnet Press, 1979, introduction and architectural notes by Gavin Stamp, 16 colour lithographs by Glynn Boyd Harte, original cloth-backed boards, dust jacket, oblong folio Limited edition 214/250 signed by Glynn Boyd Harte and Gavin Stamp. (1)

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Culpeper (Nicholas). Culpeper's Complete Herbal..., printed by Richard Evans, 18185, 40 hand coloured plates to rear, black

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Lot 134

Culpeper (Nicholas). Culpeper's Complete Herbal..., printed by Richard Evans, 18185, 40 hand coloured plates to rear, black and white portrait frontispiece, some spotting and toning, ex libris stamp to foot of title page, modern endpapers, modern red half calf, 4to, together with Braybrooke (Richard, Lord, editor), Memoirs of Samuel Pepys, Esq. F.R.S..., 2 volumes, 1825, 13 black and white plates, bookplate to front pastedown, some spotting and offsetting, uniform modern gilt decorated calf spines retaining contemporary calf boards, boards slightly rubbed with minor loss, large 4to, and Walpole (Horace), Memoirs of The Last Ten Years of the Reign of George the Second, 2 volumes, 1822, 10 monochrome plates, including frontispieces, some minor spotting, bookplates to front pastedowns, rebound uniform contemporary gilt decorated half calf, minor loss to boards and spines, large 4to, plus other 19th century history, biography and reference, including The Life of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D., 4 volumes by James Boswell, 1805, all leather bindings, some modern rebindings, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4to (69 volumes) (3 shelves)

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Court Martial. The Case of Captain Downing. With the Proceedings of a General Court Martial and Copies of Letters to and from the Duke of Richmond, Sir Charles Morgan, Judge Advocate General, &c. With the Opinion of Counsel Concerning the Legality of the Trial, by Captain John Downing, in the Royal Regiment of Artillery, printed for the author, 1796, 66 pages, pp. 33-34, repaired at foot, pp. 35-36 cropped at foot (both with some loss of text), some light soiling, booklabel and stamp of the Royal United Service Institution, library cloth, spine faded with shelf label, 12mo, together with Gordon (George, Lord), The Trial of the Hon. George Gordon, commonly called Lord George Gordon, for High-Treason, at the Bar of the Court of King's Bench, on Monday, the 5th of February, 1781..., taken in short-hand by William Vincent..., printed for Fielding and Walker, 1781, grease stain to a few lower margins, disbound, somewhat soiled, 8vo in 4s (2)

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Dionysius the Areopagite (). Opera omnia quae extant, una cum eiusdem vitae scriptoribus nunc primum Graece et Latinae coniun

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Lot 32

Dionysius the Areopagite (). Opera omnia quae extant, una cum eiusdem vitae scriptoribus nunc primum Graece et Latinae coniunctim edita. Accesserunt S. Maximi Scholia, nunc primum Latinitate donata, et Georgii Pachymerae paraphrasis in Epistolas. Omnia stuio et opera Petri Lansseli Grauelingani, Paris, Claude Morel, 1615, engraved portrait frontispiece, title page printed in red and black, Greek and Latin text in double column, woodcut head- and tailpieces and initial figures, contents toned, small damp-stain to top margin of prelims and first few text leaves, contemporary ownership inscription to title, contemporary sprinkled calf, rebacked with the original spine laid down, corners restored, rubbed and slightly marked overall, folio, together with Philostratus the Athenian, [Greek title] Philostratorum quae supersunt omnia ... ex Mss. Codd. recensuit notis perpetuis illustravit versionem totam novam feit Gottfridus Olearius, Leipzig, 1709, half-title, title page printed in red and black, foxing and browning, Durham University ink-stamp and manuscript deaccession note to title verso, contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt in compartments, joints cracked but firm, extremities rubbed, tips rubbed, folio, together with 4 English imprints of other Greek works, comprising: Lysias & Isocrates, The Orations, translated from the Greek: with Some Account of their Lives; and a Discourse on the History, Manners, and Character of the Greeks, from the Conclusion of the Peloponnesian War, to the Battle of Chaeronea, by John Gillies, 1st edition thus, London, 1778, 2 engraved portraits, terminal errata leaf, small tide-mark extending from top edge of prelims, contemporary sprinkled calf, richly gilt spine, red morocco label, shallow chip to headcap, a few scuffs to sides, tips slightly worn, 4to; Polybius, The General History, in Five Books, translated from the Greek by Mr. Hampton, 1st edition thus, London, 1756, 2 engraved folding maps (1 after d'Anville), sporadic foxing, maps slightly browned and offset, small intermittent worm-track in lower outer corner, the text never affected, contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt spine rather dry, headcaps chipped, joints partially cracked, but firm, extremities rubbed, 4to; [Aldrich, Henry], Artis Logicae Compendium, 1st edition, Oxford, Sheldonian Theatre, 1750, engraved frontispiece portrait of Aristotle, vignette title page, contents toned, a few contemporary ink-splashes, contemporary sheep, slightly rubbed, mild stripping, 12mo; Dionysius Longinus, Dionysii Longini quae supersunt Graece et Latine, recensuit, notasque suas atque animadversiones adjecit Joannes Toupius, accedunt emendationes Davidis Ruhkenii, editio altera, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1778, dedication leaf, mild toning, contemporary sprinkled calf, rebacked to style, 8vo (6)

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Leti (Gregorio ). The Life of Pope Sixtus the Fifth ... translated from the Italian, with a Preface, Prolegomena, Notes, and Appendix, by Ellis Farneworth, 1st edition in English, London, 1754, engraved vignette arms to dedication, bookplates of John Peyto-Verney, 14th Baron Willoughby de Broke (1738-1816) and Henry Wheelwright Marsh (1860-1943), ownership inscription of Henry Stanhope, 4th Earl Stanhope (1781-1855) to title page, very mild sporadic foxing, contemporary calf, gilt spine, rolled floral border gilt to covers, spine slightly worn, joints cracked but firm, slight rubbing to extremities, corners restored, folio, together with 7 similar works, comprising: Caraccioli, Louis-Antoine, Marquis, The Life of Pope Clement XIV (Ganganelli), 2nd edition in English, revised, London, 1778, engraved portrait frontispiece, contemporary tree calf, gilt spine, damp-staining along bottom edges of boards, 8vo; Cabassut (Jean), Notitia ecclesiastica historiarum, conciliorum, et canonum invicem collatorum, veterumque juxta, ac recentiorum ecclesiae rituum, 3rd edition, corrected, Lyon, 1702, half-title, title page printed in and black with institutional ink-stamp, light foxing, contemporary mottled sheep, richly gilt spine, folio; Marti (Manuel), Epistolarum libri duodecim, 2 volumes in 1, 2nd edition, corrected, Amsterdam, 1778, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, title page printed in red and black, 2 plates depicting antiquities (1 folding), plates browned and offset, sporadic mild soiling, contemporary tan sheep, floral devices gilt to spine compartments, sides a little scuffed, 4to; Dos Martyres (Verissimo), Director Ecclesiastico das ceremonias da Cinza, Ramos, e de toda a Semana Santa, conforme as rubricas do Missal Romano ... 1st edition, Lisbon, 1755, engraved music score throughout, contemporary ownership inscriptions to title, general light soiling leaf of manuscript score partially pasted over p. 259, contemporary sheep, geometric blind roll to covers, front joint partially cracked, but firm, tips worn, 8vo; Calmet (Augustin), Commentaire Litt‚ral sur tous les livres de l'Ancien et du Nouveau Testament, 8 volumes (of 25), 1st editions, Paris, 1707-15, including La GenŠse, Job, L'Eccl‚siastique, L'Evangile de S. Matthieu, L'Evangile de S. Marc et de S. Luc, L'Evangile de S. Jean, Ezechiel et Daniel, Les XII. petits prophŠtes, bound in contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed and worn, 4to; Thomassin (Louis), Vetus et nova Ecclesiae disciplina ... editio omnium novissima, 2 volumes (of 3), Venice, Balleoni, foxing, contemporary cat's-paw sheep, gilt spines, rubbed, folio; Teresa d'Avila (Saint) Cartas, volume 4 only of the 4-volume Obras, 2nd edition, Antwerp, Plantin, 1661, contemporary sheep, rubbed and worn, worm-holes to spine, 4to Set of works of Roman Catholic interest; the Director Ecclesiastico is a scarce antiphonary with one copy traced in libraries (Bibliotheca Casanatense), and its binding exhibits Islamic influence. (16)

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Mann, ThomasThis War. New York: A. Knopf, 1940. First American edition, presentation copy inscribed "To Lord Lothian, as an e

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Mann, ThomasThis War. New York: A. Knopf, 1940. First American edition, presentation copy inscribed "To Lord Lothian, as an expression of my admiration for the great people he represents. Princeton, May 14 1940 Thomas Mann", original cloth, dustwrapper, Newbattle Abbey College stamp and inscription "Presented by the Lothian Trust" to endpaper, dustwrapper frayed and fadedProvenance: The property of the Newbattle Abbey College Trust

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Miscellaneous books, a quantity, includingScott, F.E. Shall the New Foreign Office be Gothic or Classic ? 1860, presentation

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Lot 148

Miscellaneous books, a quantity, includingScott, F.E. Shall the New Foreign Office be Gothic or Classic ? 1860, presentation copy, lacks wrappers; Harper, Robert G. Observations on the Dispute between the United States and France. Dublin: P. Byrne, 1798, original wrappers frayed, uncut; Holland, L.G. A Descriptive & Historical Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures at Hatfield House. Privately Printed, 1891. 4to, original cloth, t.e.g.; Granville, A.B. The Spas of Germany. 1839, folding map, plates, original brown embossed cloth; Gosse, P.H. The Ocean. 1845; original cloth; Erskine, T. A View of the Causes and Consequences of the present War with France. 1798, lacks wrappers, uncut; D'Aumont, J.B. A Narrative of the Proceedings relating to the Suspension of the King of the French. Manchester, 1792, lacks wrappers, uncut; Phillippart, J. Memoirs &c &c of General Moreau. 1814, original boards, uncut, lacks spine; De Cahumereix, M. Narrative of M. de Chaumereix who escaped from the Massacres. 1795, lacks wrappers, uncut; Dundas, Mr First Report from the Committee of Secrecy. 1794, lacks wrappers, uncut; The Second Report from the Committee of Secrecy. 1794. Fourth edition, lacks wrappers, uncut; Londonderry, Marquis of Substance of a Second Speech. 1822, lacks wrappers, uncut, 2 copies; Forbes, James Hortus Woburnensis. A Descriptive Catalogue of upwards of Six Thousand Ornamental Plants. 1833, engraved title and plates, lithographed frontispiece, contemporary calf gilt, one joint partly split; [Shebbeare, John] A Letter to the People of England. 1755, Second edition, 8vo, contemporary half calf, worn; Wright, E.M. The Life of Joseph Wright. 1932, 2 vol., dust-jackets, Newbattle Abbey College stamp to title-pages; Shakespeare, W. The Works, edited by Charles Knight. London: Virtue & Co., [c.1880], 2 volumes, folio, 2 sets, both contemporary half calf, worn; [Borneo] Views of British North Borneo. 1899. Oblong 4to, original red cloth gilt, slightly soiledProvenance: The property of the Newbattle Abbey College Trust

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Miscellaneous books, a quantity, including Harris, William CornwallisThe Wild Sports of Southern Africa. 1852. Fifth edition,

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Lot 149

Miscellaneous books, a quantity, including Harris, William CornwallisThe Wild Sports of Southern Africa. 1852. Fifth edition, 8vo, folding map and 34 (of 36) hand-coloured lithographed plates, virutally disbound, lower board only, title page dust-soiled and with stamp at head, occasional light soiling but plates mostly very clean; Egbert, D.D. The Tickhill Psalter and Related Manuscripts. New York, 1940. Folio, Newbattle Abbey College stamp to title and endpaper, original cloth, dustwrapper torn; Skrine, F.H. Life of Sir William Wilson Hunter. 1901., original cloth, stamp to title-page; [Oxford] An Account of the visit of His Royal Highness the Prince Regent and their Imperial and Royal Majesties the Emperor of Russia and the King of Prussia, to the University of Oxford. Oxford, 1815. Folio, folding sheet & 2 uncoloured plates, lacks the frontispiece, original boards, uncut, worn, cover detached; Maxwell, M. Stalking Big Game with a Camera. 1925. 4to, original cloth, worn, upper hinge broken; sold not subject to return (quantity)Provenance: The property of the Newbattle Abbey College Trust

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Ricardo, DavidOn the Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation. London: John Murray, 1817. First edition, 8vo, Contents l

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Lot 156

Ricardo, DavidOn the Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation. London: John Murray, 1817. First edition, 8vo, Contents leaf torn and repaired with glue, Paisley Free Library stamp to margins (p.1, 51, &c.) and "Paisley 20" in biro to title, lacks advertisements, contents spotted and dust-soiled, later half morocco, corner of p. 377 torn away, very wornProvenance: The property of the Newbattle Abbey College Trust

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Scottish history, c. 62 volumes, including Barclay, JohnDiary of Alexander Jaffray, Provost of Aberdeen. 1834. contemporary c

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Lot 165

Scottish history, c. 62 volumes, including Barclay, JohnDiary of Alexander Jaffray, Provost of Aberdeen. 1834. contemporary calf, lacks head of spine; Laing, David The Historians of Scotland. 1872, 10 vol., original cloth. vol. 4 shaken; Hogg, James The Raid of the Kers by the Ettrick Shepherd. [1876], lithographed throughout, original pictorial cloth gilt, g.e.; Cadell, R. Sir John Cope and the Rebellion of 1745. 1898, 4to, original buckram gilt, t.e.g.; Wilson, Professor Noctes Ambrosianae. 1864, 4 volumes; Recreations of Christopher North. 1865, 2 vol, original cloth; Tayler, A. Jacobites of Aberdeenshire & Banffshire in the Forty-Five. 1928; Jacobite Letters to Lord Pitsligo 1745-1746. 1930, stamp to titles, original cloth; Royal Scottish Academy 42nd, 61st, 64th, 65th, 68th Annual Report. 1869-95, original red cloth gilt; Chambers, R. Domestic Annals of Scotland. 1858. 3 volumes, original cloth; Glenfillan, G. The National Burns. [c.1870], 4 volumes, 4to, plates, original pictorial cloth gilt, g.e.; Hunter, James Fala and Soutra. 1892. 4to, original cloth; Allan, C.J. Cockpen Bazaar Book. 1897, original cloth; Chambers, R. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen. 1835, 4 vol., contemporary half calf gilt; MacEchern, D. The Sword of the North. 1923. 4to, original cloth; Boulton, H. Prince Charlie in song. 1934. 4to, frayed dustwrapper; and c.20 others, on Scotland (c. 62)Provenance: The property of the Newbattle Abbey College Trust

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China - Chinese Porcelain, Pottery, Ivory & Painting, 7 volumes, including Laufer, BertholdChinese Pottery of the Han Dynasty

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Lot 189

China - Chinese Porcelain, Pottery, Ivory & Painting, 7 volumes, including Laufer, BertholdChinese Pottery of the Han Dynasty. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1909. First edition, 8vo, plates, illustrations, original maroon buckram; Pope, John A. Chinese Porcelains from the Arderbil Shrine. Washington, 1956. 4to., plates, original blue cloth, stamp & small mark to endpapers; Singapore Art Society in association with The China Society A Loan Exhibition of Chinese Art. British Council Centre, 1952. 4to, plates, original wrappers, some spotting; Skesa-Weiss, E. Bambushalm und Pfirsichblute, 1959. 4to, original cloth-backed boards Maspero, H., Groussset, R. & L. Lion. Les Ivoires Religieux et Médicaux Chinois. Paris, 1939. 8vo, plates, original wrappers; Tsiu-Sen, Lin Meisterwerke Chinesischer Tuschezeichnungen. Zurich, 1946. 4to., 22 plates, loose as issued in original cloth-backed board folder, 1 flap detached, binding somewhat rubbed and soiled; Sotheby's Catalogue of Important Chinese Ceramics, the Property of Mrs Alfred Clark. 1975, original cloth, dustwrapper (7)

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Defoe, DanielThe History of the Union between England and Scotland. London: John Stockdale, 1786. 4to, portrait, contemporary

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Lot 248

Defoe, DanielThe History of the Union between England and Scotland. London: John Stockdale, 1786. 4to, portrait, contemporary calf, rebacked with later spine, covers with stamp of the Faculty of Procurators, Glasgow, bookplate of John Prebble, some spotting, joints weak

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Kinglake, Alexander WilliamThe Invasion of the Crimea. 1863-87. Third edition, 8 volumes, 8vo, plates, folding maps, red half

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Lot 257

Kinglake, Alexander WilliamThe Invasion of the Crimea. 1863-87. Third edition, 8 volumes, 8vo, plates, folding maps, red half morocco gilt by Morrell, t.e.g., ownership stamp to front endpapers

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Chaucer, Geoffrey - Thomas TyrwhittThe Canterbury Tales of Chaucer... Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1798. Second edition, 2 vo

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Lot 277

Chaucer, Geoffrey - Thomas TyrwhittThe Canterbury Tales of Chaucer... Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1798. Second edition, 2 volumes, 4to, portrait, contemporary calf gilt, neatly rebacked, with a note stating that the volumes were bound by Hering, but with no binder's stamp, bookplates of William Lacon Childe and corresponding signature to volume 1 title-page [ESTC T75508]

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Delphin ClassicsApuleius. Opera ex edition Oudendorpiana. 7 volumes, full tan calf, spines worn and hinges weak; Aulus Gelliu

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Lot 280

Delphin ClassicsApuleius. Opera ex edition Oudendorpiana. 7 volumes, full tan calf, spines worn and hinges weak; Aulus Gellius. Noctes atticae ex edition Jacobi Gronovii. 2 volumes, cloth; Pliny. Naturalis historiae ex edition Gabrielis Brotier. 10 volumes, 8vo., cloth; Plautus. Comoediae ex edition J. Gronovii. 3 volumes, cloth, and 22 other volumes, London: Valpy, 1820-29. 8vo.; Lucretius Carus, Titius. De rerum natura libri sex. London: Richard Taylor, 1832. 4to., contemporary morocco, gilt tooled border of anthemion leaves and flowers, spine decorated gilt in compartments. a.e.g., libray stamp of the Archdeacon of Huntingdon on the verso of the front endpaper, inscription on recto of second front endpaper; Juvenal & Persius. Satirae. London: Charles Whittingham, 1845, 4to., pages within a decorative red border, contemporary tan calf, gilt tooled borders, spine decorated gilt in compartments, upper inner joint splitting, printed Eton prize leaf at front; and 5 others (51)

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Gaelic Language and LiteratureShaw, William A Galic and English Dictionary. London: W. and A. Strahan, 1780. 2 volumes bound

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Lot 292

Gaelic Language and LiteratureShaw, William A Galic and English Dictionary. London: W. and A. Strahan, 1780. 2 volumes bound together, 4to, contemporary tree calf, joints split, ownership stamp of James Grant to title-page; Forbes, Alexander Robert Gaelic Names of Beasts... Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1905. 8vo, original green cloth; Holmer, Nils M. Studies on Argyllshire Gaelic. Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells, [1938.] 8vo, original wrappers; Mackenzie, John The Beauties of Gaelic Poetry and Lives of the Highland Bards. Edinburgh: John Grant, 1907. 8vo, modern red cloth; Carmichael, Alexander Carmina Gadelica... Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1928. 6 volumes, 8vo, original cloth, volumes 5 & 6 with torn dust-jackets; and a collection of works published by the Scottish Gaelic Texts Society; and a collection of others, sold not subject to return

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[Macpherson, James] - OssianThe Poems of Ossian in the Original Gaelic... London: G. and W. Nicol, 1807. 3 volumes, 8vo, larg

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Lot 302

[Macpherson, James] - OssianThe Poems of Ossian in the Original Gaelic... London: G. and W. Nicol, 1807. 3 volumes, 8vo, large paper copy, contemporary half calf neatly rebacked; Davies, Edward The Claims of Ossian... Swansea: Longman and Co., 1825. 8vo, original boards; [MacNeill, Archibald] Notes on the Authenticity of Ossian's Poems. Edinburgh, 1868. 8vo, inscribed to half-title with the author's compliments, later quarter calf; Graham, Patrick Essay on the Authenticity of the Poems of Ossian. Edinburgh: Peter Hill..., 1807. 8vo, contemporary calf; MacPherson, James Fingal, an ancient epic poem. London: T. Beckett and P.A. De Hondt, 1762. 4to, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked with gilt tooled spine; [Idem] Dàna Oisein Mhic Fhinn... Edinburgh, 1818. 8vo, contemporary calf; Mackenzie, Henry Report of the Committee of the Highland Society of Scotland appointed to inquire into the nature and authenticity of the Poems of Ossian. Edinburgh, 1805. 8vo, modern quarter calf; Clark, John An Answer to Mr Shaw's Inquiry into the Authenticity of the Poems ascribed to Ossian. Edinburgh, 1781. 8vo, modern half calf, dust-soiled, stamp of the Free Church College Edinburgh; and 12 others, sold not subject to return (22)

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Spark, MurielRobinson. London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd, 1958. First edition, 8vo, signed on title-page by Spark, original green

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Lot 315

Spark, MurielRobinson. London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd, 1958. First edition, 8vo, signed on title-page by Spark, original green cloth, dust-jacket a little chipped; [Idem] The Comforters. London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd, 1957. First edition, 8vo, original blue cloth, dust-jacket price clipped; [Idem] The Go-Away Bird, with Other Stories. London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd, 1958. First edition, 8vo, original red cloth, dust-jacket chipped, stamp attached to flyleaf (3)

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Jonaeus, Jonas, editorOrkneyinga Saga sive Historia Orcadensium… Copenhagen: P. Frid. Suhm., 1780. First edition, 4to, plate,

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Jonaeus, Jonas, editorOrkneyinga Saga sive Historia Orcadensium… Copenhagen: P. Frid. Suhm., 1780. First edition, 4to, plate, contemporary half calf with gilt stamp of the Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow to the upper cover, bookplates of the Earl of Fife and J. Robertson, hinges split, a little foxing, some rubbing to spine

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Scottish music, including Kennedy-Fraser, Marjory & Kenneth MacleodSea Tangle. London: Boosey & Co., 1913. 4to, signed and in

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Lot 391

Scottish music, including Kennedy-Fraser, Marjory & Kenneth MacleodSea Tangle. London: Boosey & Co., 1913. 4to, signed and inscribed from Marjory Kennedy-Fraser to Miss Dickie, original paper wrappers; [Idem] From the Hebrides... Glasgow: Paterson's Publications, Ltd., [n.d.] 4to, signed and inscribed from Marjory Kennedy-Fraser to John Wishart, red cloth gilt; [Idem] Songs of the Hebrides. London: Boosey & Co., 1922-1917-1921. 3 volumes, mixed edition, 4to, original printed boards with cloth spines, stamp to title-page of volume 1, a little foxing, some wear to covers; MacFarlane, Malcolm Songs of the Highlands. Inverness: Logan & Company, [n.d.] 4to, original green cloth gilt, ownership signature; Gunn, John An Historical Enquiry respecting the Performance on the Harp. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Company, 1807. 4to, contemporary red half morocco gilt, rubbed, bookplate (7)

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Chapman, Philip - New NaturalistCaves and Cave Life. London: Collins, 1993. First edition. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket n

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Lot 395

Chapman, Philip - New NaturalistCaves and Cave Life. London: Collins, 1993. First edition. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket not price clipped, ownership stamp to free endpaper; Maitland, P. S. and R. N. Campbell. Freshwater Fishes. London: Collins, 1992. First edition. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket price clipped, ownership stamp to free endpaper; Majerus, Michael E. N. Ladybirds. London: Collins, 1994. First edition. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket price clipped, ownership stamp to free endpaper; Simms, Eric British Warblers. London: Collins, 1985. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket not price clipped, ownership stamp to free endpaper; Walters, Max.Wild & Garden Plants. London: Collins, 1993. First edition. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket price clipped, ownership stamp to free endpaper; (5)

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Jameson, RobertMineralogical Travels through the Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland Islands and Mainland of Scotland... Edinburgh:

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Lot 403

Jameson, RobertMineralogical Travels through the Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland Islands and Mainland of Scotland... Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1813. 2 volumes bound together, 2 folding linen-backed maps, 11 plates, modern cloth, stamps of the Carnegie Trust and cancelled NLS library stamp, some browning

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Natural History, a collectionBritten, James. European Ferns. London: Cassell, Peter, Galpin & Co., (n.d.). 4to, contemporary

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Lot 413

Natural History, a collectionBritten, James. European Ferns. London: Cassell, Peter, Galpin & Co., (n.d.). 4to, contemporary half calf, several pages repaired with loss to text; Maxwell, Herbert, Sir. The Flyfisher's Classic Library, 2000. 4to, limited edition no. 230 of 950 copies, leatherette gilt;Walton, Izaac. The Flyfisher's Classic Library, 2003. 4to, limited edition no. 87 of 150 copies, leatherette gilt; Millais, Jogh, G. The Wildflower in Scotland. Wales, 1974. 4to, limited edition no. 55 of 500 copies, leatherette gilt; Ratcliffe, Derek. Bird Life of Mountain and Upland. Cambridge, 1990. 4to, original cloth, signed by illustrator; Scrope, W. Salmon Fishing in the Tweed. Edinburgh, 1975. Facsimile edition. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket not price clipped; Baxter, E. V. Geographical Distribution... Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1928. 8vo, original cloth, t.e.g.; most with previous ownership stamp (28 books & 8 pamphlets)

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New Naturalist MonographNeal, Ernest. The Badger. London: Collins, 1962. Second edition. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket not

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Lot 416

New Naturalist MonographNeal, Ernest. The Badger. London: Collins, 1962. Second edition. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket not price clipped, ownership stamp to free endpaper; Buxton, John. The Redstart. London: Collins, 1950. First edition. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket price clipped, ownership stamp to free endpaper; Stuart, Smith. The Yellow Wagtail. London: Collins, 1950. First edition. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket price clipped, ownership stamp to free endpaper; Tinbergen, Niko. The Herring Gull's World. London: Collins, 1976. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket price clipped, ownership stamp to free endpaper; Shorten, Monica. Squirrels. London: Collins, 1954. First edition. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket not price clipped, ownership stamp to free endpaper; Thompson, Harry V. and Alastair N. Worden. The Rabbit. London: Collins, 1956. First edition. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket not price clipped, ownership stamp to free endpaper; Jones, J. W. The Salmon. London: Collins, 1972. Fourth impression. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket price clipped, ownership stamp to free endpaper; Summers-Smith, J. D. The House Sparrow. London: Collins, 1963. First edition. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket price clipped, ownership stamp to free endpaper; Murton, R. K. The Wood Pidgeon. London: Collins, 1965. First edition. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket price clipped, ownership stamp to free endpaper; Frost, W. E. & M. E. Brown. The Trout. London: Collins, 1972. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket price clipped, ownership stamp to free endpaper; Mellanby, Kenneth. The Mole. London: Collins, 1974. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket price clipped, ownership stamp to free endpaper (11)

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Brenchley, Julius L.Jottings during the Cruise of H.M.S. Curaçoa among the South Sea Islands in 1865. London: Longmans, Green

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Lot 481

Brenchley, Julius L.Jottings during the Cruise of H.M.S. Curaçoa among the South Sea Islands in 1865. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1873. First edition, "Presented by the Publishers" blindstamp to title margin, 8vo, folding double-page chromolithograph frontispiece, 50 lithograph plates (all but 9 in colour), 1 chromolithograph & 8 wood-engraved plates & folding map, partly hand-coloured in outline, original green pictorial cloth, small gilt stamp of C.L.A. on upper cover, head of spine worn, joints repaired

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Natural HistorySelous, Edmund The Bird Watcher in the Shetlands. London: J.M. Dent, 1905. 8vo, original cloth gilt, worn; two

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Lot 50

Natural HistorySelous, Edmund The Bird Watcher in the Shetlands. London: J.M. Dent, 1905. 8vo, original cloth gilt, worn; two more copies, one in modern half calf; Saxby, Henry L. - Stephen H. Saxby, editor The Birds of Shetland. Edinburgh: Maclachlan & Stewart, 1874. 8vo, original cloth, stamp of G.F. Argyll Saxby to title-page, covers and initial leaves very worn; Barclay, Dr. Remarks on some parts of the Animal that was cast ashore on the Island of Stronsa, September 1808, pp.418-444 extracted from Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society, volume 1, (these pages only and 2 plates) 8vo, in modern brown calf gilt; Baikie, W.B. and Robert Heddle Historia Naturalis Orcadensis. Zoology, part i. Edinburgh: J. and W. Paterson, 1848. 8vo, modern calf; and two other copies; Buckley, Thomas E. and J.A. Harvie-Brown A Vertebrate Fauna of the Orkney Islands. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1891. 8vo, green cloth gilt; Crichton, A.W. A Naturalist's Ramble to the Orcades. London: Jon van Voorst, 1866. 12mo, original cloth; Spence, Magnus Flora Orcadensis. Kirkwall: D. Spence, 1914. 8vo, original green cloth; and 2 other copies; Edmondston, Thomas A Flora of Shetland. Aberdeen: Geo. Clark and Son, 1845. 12mo, original cloth gilt; and another copy; Claridge Druce, G. Flora Zetlandica. Arbroath: printed by T. Buncle & Co., September 1922. 8vo, original wrappers, upper wrapper detached; and 6 others, sold not subject to return (22)

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IcelandHenderson, Ebenezer Iceland; or the Journal of a Residence in that Island... Edinburgh: Waugh and Innes, 1819. Second

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Lot 503

IcelandHenderson, Ebenezer Iceland; or the Journal of a Residence in that Island... Edinburgh: Waugh and Innes, 1819. Second edition, 8vo, folding map, 16 plates, later half calf, gift inscription in biro, a little foxing and offsetting; Barrow, John A Visit to Iceland... London: John Murray, 1835. 8vo, 9 plates, original green cloth, cancelled library stamp to title-page, ownership inscriptions to endpapers, some spotting (2)

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Orkney & Shetland - Neill, PatrickA Tour through some of the Islands of Orkney and Shetland... Edinburgh: A. Constable, 1806.

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Lot 525

Orkney & Shetland - Neill, PatrickA Tour through some of the Islands of Orkney and Shetland... Edinburgh: A. Constable, 1806. First edition, 8vo, later half calf, bookplate and cancelled library stamp to endpaper, neat marginal tear to p.145 with no loss to text; Peterkin, Alexander Rentals of the Ancient Earldom and Bishoprick of Orkney. Edinburgh, 1820. 8vo; [Idem] Notes on Orkney and Zetland. Edinburgh: Macredie, Skelly, and Company, 1822. 8vo, volume 1 (all published), frontispiece, plate; uniformly bound in contemporary calf gilt with black morocco gilt labels to spines, bookplates of John M. Slater, some spotting (3)

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Orkney Library & Bibliography, including Craven, J.B.Descriptive Catalogue of the Bibliotheck of Kirkwall (1683). Kirkwall: P

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Lot 53

Orkney Library & Bibliography, including Craven, J.B.Descriptive Catalogue of the Bibliotheck of Kirkwall (1683). Kirkwall: Privately printed, 1897. 8vo, one of 25 copies, frontispiece, original green cloth gilt, J. Robertson bookplate; Institution, Rules, & Catalogue, of the Orkney Library. Edinburgh: John Moir, 1816. 8vo, lacking 8 pages, modern morocco gilt; [Baikie, W.B., editor] List of Books and Manuscripts relating to Orkney and Zetland... Kirkwall: the Kirkwall Press, 1847. 8vo, black cloth, stamp of Wm. Traill to title-page, bookplates of Ronald P. Doig, James Shand and J. Robertson; Cursiter, J.W. List of Books and Pamphlets relating to Orkney and Shetland. Kirkwall: Wm. Peace & Son, 1894. 8vo, original blue cloth gilt, interleaved with notepaper, ownership stamp of Nicol Spencer to free-endpaper; and another copy (5)

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White, J. ClaudeSikhim & Bhutan. Twenty-one years on the North-East Frontier 1887-1908. London: E. Arnold, 1909. First editio

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Lot 546

White, J. ClaudeSikhim & Bhutan. Twenty-one years on the North-East Frontier 1887-1908. London: E. Arnold, 1909. First edition, 8vo, portrait frontispiece, folding map, 40 plates, original pictorial green cloth gilt, spine faded, extremities worn, NLS de-accession stamp & label to front endpapers

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10 volumes on Scotland, comprising Wilson, DanielMemorials of Edinburgh in the Olden Time. Edinburgh, 1873. 4to, folding fron

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Lot 94

10 volumes on Scotland, comprising Wilson, DanielMemorials of Edinburgh in the Olden Time. Edinburgh, 1873. 4to, folding frontispiece, engraved plates, original quarter brown morocco, some spotting, Newbattle Abbey stamp to title, some spotting, rubbed; Stuart, John, Marquess of Bute, J.R.N. Macphail & H.W. Lonsdale. The Arms of the Royal and Parliamentary Burghs of Scotland. 1897. 4to, one of 325 copies, illustrations, original white buckram, binding dust-soiled; History of the Society of Writers to Her Majesty's Signet. Edinburgh, 1890. 4to, plates, original red buckram, t.e.g., uncut, faded; Clan Donald Roll of Honour 1914-1918. 1931. 4to., original cloth, library stamp to title verso; Skinner, William The Society of Trained Bands of Edinburgh. 1889. Presentation copy signed by W. Skinner, large folding map, original cloth gilt; An Actto raise and Establish a Militia Force in Scotland. 26th June 1802. Edinburgh, 1802. 8vo, quarter calf, worn; Ornsby, R. Memorials of James Robert Hope-Scott of Abbotsford. 1884. 2 volumes, original cloth; Masson, D. Memories of Two Cities. 1911, original cloth; and 1 other (10)Provenance: The property of the Newbattle Abbey College Trust

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Victorian pink lustre pictorial plaque of rectangular form, "The Falconer", back stamp for B. & Co., 22cm wide; also two pres

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Lot 187

Victorian pink lustre pictorial plaque of rectangular form, "The Falconer", back stamp for B. & Co., 22cm wide; also two present ware plates for Liverpool and New Brighton. (3).

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Dahl-Jensens Copenhagen porcelain figure of a panther lying, no. 1019, green transfer mark, 16cm high. Condition Report. Good

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Lot 201

Dahl-Jensens Copenhagen porcelain figure of a panther lying, no. 1019, green transfer mark, 16cm high. Condition Report. Good condition, v. slight glaze impurities to torso. Marked as second with scratched line through stamp.

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Dahl-Jensens Copenhagen porcelain figure of a snarling bobcat, no. 1024, with green transfer mark, 15cm high. Condition Repor

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Lot 202

Dahl-Jensens Copenhagen porcelain figure of a snarling bobcat, no. 1024, with green transfer mark, 15cm high. Condition Report. Good condition, slight glaze defects on underside of legs. Marked as second with scratched line through stamp.

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A Shelley Eve shape tea service, banded in silver and green, comprising eleven cups, ten saucer, eleven side plates, sugar bo

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Lot 3012

A Shelley Eve shape tea service, banded in silver and green, comprising eleven cups, ten saucer, eleven side plates, sugar bowl, two bread and butter plates, printed marks, retails stamp for Lawleys, Regent Street, pattern no.12133

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A Beswick Beatrix Potter figure, Mr Alderman Ptomoly, 8.5cm high, brown back stamp; others, Foxy Whiskered Gentleman; Amibl

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Lot 3025

A Beswick Beatrix Potter figure, Mr Alderman Ptomoly, 8.5cm high, brown back stamp; others, Foxy Whiskered Gentleman; Amible Guinea Pig (3)

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A Beswick Beatrix Potter figure, Pigling Bland, 10.25cm high, brown back stamp; others, Jemima Puddle Duck; Tommy Brock (3)

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Lot 3026

A Beswick Beatrix Potter figure, Pigling Bland, 10.25cm high, brown back stamp; others, Jemima Puddle Duck; Tommy Brock (3)

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A Beswick Beatrix Potter figure, Tabitha Twitchet, 8.5cm high, brown back stamp; others, Tailor of Gloucester; Appley Dappl

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Lot 3027

A Beswick Beatrix Potter figure, Tabitha Twitchet, 8.5cm high, brown back stamp; others, Tailor of Gloucester; Appley Dapply; Mrs Flopsy Rabbit; Mr Benjamin Bunny; Mrs Rabbit; Samuel Whiskers (7) Condition Report: Samuel Whiskers

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** Stamp /stamps A mixed accumulation of GB, Commonwealth FDCs, plus some postal stationery. Also small schoolboy collection

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Lot 1227

** Stamp /stamps A mixed accumulation of GB, Commonwealth FDCs, plus some postal stationery. Also small schoolboy collection.About 100 covers.

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