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Scottish history and law 16th-18th century works Boethius, Hector. [Scotorum historiae]. [Paris: Jodocus Badius], 1527. First edition, folio (32 x 21.5cm), later calf, signatures āēīō8 (-ā1) u10 a-z8 A-Z8 AA-BB8 2C6, main title-page (ā1) lacking, large woodcut criblé initials throughout, woodcut arms to ā2, second part with title-page incorporating elaborate woodcut border and central vignette of a printing shop, binding rubbed, joints cracked, rear board near detached, a few light damp-stains, wide margins [Adams B2308];Idem. Scotorum historiae prima gentis origine. Paris: Jacques du Puys, 1575 [colophon: Lausanne, François Le Preux at the expense of Jacques du Puys]. Folio (30.5 x 19cm), contemporary sprinkled calf, rebacked and relined, woodcut initials, bookplates, extra-illustrated with an engraved portrait of Henricus Florent Laurin by Petrus de Jode after Abraham van Diepenbeeck (c.1662), contemporary marginalia, detailed contemporary annotations to two rear blanks, repaired losses to title-page, ink-stamp of the University of Edinburgh to foot of title, very occasional light damp-staining [Adams B2310];Scott, George (editor). The Memoires of Sir James Melvil of Hal-Hill: containing an Impartial Account of the most Remarkable Affairs of State ... relating to the Kingdoms of England of Scotland, under the Reigns of Queen Elizabeth, Mary Queen of Scots, and King James. London: by E. H. for Robert Boulter, 1683. Folio, contemporary mottled calf, covers detached, two holes in 2P2 [ESTC R201];Lindsay, Robert. The History of Scotland; from 21 February, 1436 to March, 1565 ... To which is added, a Continuation, by Another Hand, till August 1604. Edinburgh: printed by Mr Baskett and Company, 1728. 2 copies, both first editions, folio, one in contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, joints cracked, spotting and browning, marginal tear to d1, 2Y2 closed marginal tear extending into text, the other in 19th-century half russia, covers detached, upper margin of title-page excised, spotting and browning, short closed tears in 2G1 and 2P2 [ESTC T87021];Skene, Sir John. Regiam Majestatem. The Auld Lawes and Constitutions of Scotland. Edinburgh: Thomas Finlason, 1609. First edition in Scots (and any vernacular; first published in Latin the same year), 2 copies, folio, first in copy 20th-century blue cloth, woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials throughout, title-page dust-soiled and with small marginal hole, part 2 ff. A3-4 with partial loss of text from ink corrosion, X6 with short closed tear, repairs to final extant leaf 2H3 (2H4, blank, discarded), second copy in 20th-century black cloth, initial two quires with smaller margins and possibly supplied from another copy, title-page spotted and soiled, lacking index (3 leaves, H2-4) at end, damp-staining towards rear [ESTC S117424];Idem. Regiam Maiestatem Scotiae. London: John Bill, 1613. Folio, contemporary mottled calf, woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials throughout, title-page with early inscriptions including 'Bibliotheca Colbertina' (i.e. the library of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, 1619-1683, French statesman), manuscript catch-title to bottom edge, spine very worn, title-page with shallow chips along fore edge, stitching strained between part 2 quires F-G, leaves G2-5 loose, final 2 leaves working loose [ESTC S117425: 'A reissue, with cancel title, of the 1609 [Latin] edition'];Parliament of Scotland. The Lawes and Actes of Parliament, maid be King James the First, and his Succesours Kinges of Scotland. Edinburgh: Robert Walde-grave, 1597. First edition, 2 copies, folio, 20th-century blue and brown cloth respectively, both with letterpress title-page only (an engraved title-page was also issued but 'one of the title-pages is generally missing', ESTC), retaining all medial blanks (e1, h4, n2, 2D4, E6) and folding genealogical table (repaired in one copy, torn in the other), woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials throughout, first copy (blue cloth) with contemporary signature 'Jo. Skene' to end of Table (part 3 sig. E5), possibly the autograph of the compiler Sir John Skene, first leaf (pi1) containing explanatory verses laid down and remargined, second copy (brown cloth) 2G6 with ownership inscription 'George Wichtane notarie burges of Dondie is owner of this book the first of February anno Dom 1626', lacking pi1, part 2 sigs. T3-4, and all of De verborum significatione (sigs. H-T), title-page (pi2) soiled and with woodcut headpiece trimmed, pi4 torn with loss of woodcut headpiece [ESTC S116931];Spottiswoode, Sir Robert. Practicks of the Laws of Scotland. Edinburgh: printed by James Watson, 1706. First edition, folio, contemporary mottled calf, from the library of David Erskine of Dun (1670-1758), Scottish advocate, with ownership inscription 'Ex libris Davidis Erskine' and engraved bookplate, front board detached, toning, spotting to outer leaves [ESTC T101198];and 2 others (a fragment of The Lawes of Actes of Parliament, containing De verborum significatione only, 1599, worming; Thomas Thomson, editor, A Collection of Inventories and Other Records of the Royal Wardrobe and Jewlhouse; and of the Artillery and Munitioun [sic] in Some of the Royal Castles, Edinburgh: [privately printed], 1815, 4to, contemporary red quarter morocco, not collated)Note: Provenance: Dictionaries of the Scots Language (with associated bookplates).

English Civil War Collection of pamphlets comprising:1) [New Model Army]. An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament; for the Speedy Raising of Money in the Easterne Association, and Other Counties Adjacent, for the Maintanence of the Forces imployed in reducing of the Garrison of Newarke. London: by T. W. for Edw. Husband, 13th August 1645. [2] 5 [1] pp., unopened [ESTC R13700: 3 copies worldwide];2) [Ireland]. Sixteene Queres propounded by the Parliament of Ireland to the Judges of the Said Kingdom. London: [no printer], 1641. [2] 14 13-18 pp., without final blank [ESTC R17541];3) [Ireland]. The Particular Relation of the Present Estate and Condition of Ireland ... with those Battels and overthrows lately given to the Rebels to the 16. of this Present February. London: Joseph Hunscott, 1642. 20 pp., deckle edges [ESTC R9885];4) [Yorkshire; Siege of Hull]. A Declaration of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, for the Preservation and Safety of the Kingdom, and the Town of Hull. With the Assurance of both Houses to Satisfie all Losse sustained by any Service done for the Safety of the said Town, by Reason of the Overflowing of the Water upon any the grounds there. London: by Luke Norton and John Field, for Edward Husbands and John Frank, July 13th, 1642. 8 pp., deckle-edges, unopened [ESTC R27933: 10 UK copies];5) [Douglas, Lady Eleanor]. The Benidiction [sic], [London: no printer], 1651, [4] pp., with caption-title 'For the Armies General, His Excellency', [ESTC R26482: 10 copies worldwide];6) Overton, Richard. An Appeale from the Degenerate Representative Body, the Commons of England ... to ... the Free People in General of the Several Counties, Cities, Townes, Burroughs ... and in especially ... Sir Thomas Fairfax ... by Richard Overton, Prisoner in the Infamous Goale [sic] of Newgate. London: [no printer], 1647, [2] 38 pp., [ESTC R201704, 14 copies worldwide];7) An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament; concerning the Proceedings of divers ill-affected persons and Papists within the Counties of Denbigh, Mountgomery [sic], Flint, Merioneth, Carnarvon and Anglesey, who have in Contempt of the Parliament, entered into an Hostile and Dangerous Association amongst themselves. London: for Edw. Husbands, July 11, 1643, 8 pp. [ESTC R6464];8) The High Court of Justice, or Cromwels New Slaughter-House in England ... being the Third Part of the History of Independency. [London]: In the second year of the States Liberty, and the Peoples Slavery, 1660. 71 [1] pp., ink-stamp to final page and blank [ESTC R17922];9) An Advertisement to the whole Kingdome of England, but more especially to the Citie of London, speedily to consider their present Dangers, and prevent their approaching Miseries. London: by R. O and G. D., 1642. [2] 6 pp., title-page with pencilled notes and shallow chip to corner [ESTC R5449: 9 UK copies];10) Pickering, Benjamin. A Firebrand Pluckt out of the Burning. A Sermon preached ... before the Honourable House of Commons ... by Benjamin Pikering [sic]. London: by I. L. for Philemon Stephens, and Samuel Gellibrand, 1645. [8] 28 pp. [ESTC R18962];11) Sedgwicke, William. Zions Deliverance and her Friends Duty ... In a Sermon preached at a Publicke Fast before the Honourable House of Commons. London: for John Bellamy and Ralph Smith, 1642. [4] 54 [2] pp., annotations to title-page and final leaf [ESTC R18932];12) Whittaker, Jeremiah. Eirenopoios. Christ the Settlement of Unsettled Times, in a Sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons. London: for John Bellamy & Ralph Smith, 1642, [8] 61 [1] pp., without A1 (licence leaf or blank?) [ESTC R27065];13) Wilkinson, Henry. Babylons Ruine, Jerusalems Rising. Set forth in a Sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons. London: for Chr. Meredith, and Sa. Gellibrand, 1643. [8] 32 pp. [ESTC R40697].Together with 5 similar pamphlets: Henry Dove, A Sermon preached before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of the City of London, 1682, without initial blank and licence leaf, closely trimmed shaving signature-marks and catchwords, contemporary pen-trials and ownership inscriptions, closed tear in final leaf [ESTC R31365]; John Standish, A Sermon preached before the King at White-Hal, 1675, without initial blank but retaining advertisement leaf [ESTC R13595]; Luke Milbourne, The Danger of Changes in Church or State, 1715/15, Arabic quotation from Erpenius on title-page, [ESTC N28349]; Sir Jonathan Trelawny, A Sermon … for the Signal Successes vouchsafed to Her Majesties Forces by Sea and Land: under the Command of the Earl of Marlborough in the Low Countries, 1702 [ESTC T143136]; Charles Bathurst, A Serious Exhortation to the People of England, to mind their Present Visitation, it being the Day of the Lord's Love unto them, 1669, this edition not in ESTC, one leaf largely torn away.Variable browning, all stitched in modern card wrappers and housed together in single custom quarter-morocco solander boxNote: Provenance: The Millmore English Civil War Collection.

[May, Thomas?] The Life of a Satyrical Puppy, called Nim Who worrieth all those Satyrists he knowes, and Barkes at the Rest. By T. M. London: for Humphrey Moseley, 1657. First and only edition, 8vo (16.6 x 10cm), early-19th-century green calf by Hering (ink-stamp to front free endpaper), gilt arms of the Lumley-Savile family (earls of Scarborough) to covers, edges sprinkled red, Rufford Park library plate to front pastedown, binder's blank with contemporary ownership inscription 'Sr George Savile', possibly the Marquess of Halifax (1633-1695), English statesman, small chip to spine-label, frontispiece absent, somewhat tightly bound, spotting, staining to pp. 64-5 [ESTC R38869; Wing M82A]. Very rare.Note: Note: Only nine copies traced by ESTC in libraries world-wide. Written possibly in the 1620s but published under the Commonwealth, the work is a salacious first-person account of a rake's progress through London society, with a cast of characters including an 'innkeepers daughter, who was thirty years old, and a mayde: her chastitie being starv'd for want of naturall consideration: and her fort vanquisht, by an unboned member (the Tongue)' (p. 32), and 'A certain young gentlewoman [who] grew carnally acquainted with a wealthy ward: one that did not long enjoy her to himself, because he was not alwaies sufficiently provided to please her insatiable appetite' (p. 72).

Fine bindings a quantity including:Le Vaillant, François Voyage de Monsieur Le Vaillant dans l'intérieur de l'Afrique. Paris, 1780, 2 volumes, engraved plates, contemporary calf;Apicius Coelius. De Opsoniis et Condimentis, sive Arte Coquinaria. Amsterdam, 1709, 8vo, engraved frontispiece, RCSI library stamp to title, contemporary calf, rubbed, upper cover detached; Moysant, M. Bibliotheque Portative des Ecrivains François. London, 1800, 4 volumes, contemporary calf gilt;Montesquieu, C. de S. Oeuvres. Paris, 1788, 5 volumes, contemporary calf gilt, spines gilt, g.e.; [Barthelemy, J.J.] Voyage du Jeune Anacharsis. Paris, l'an VIIème, 8 volumes including atlas, 8vo and 4to, maps, contemporary calf, rubbed; Friedel, A.C. Nouveau théatre Allemand. Paris, 1782. 12 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf gilt, head of a few volumes slightly rubbed; Sainte-Beuve, C.A. Causeries du lundi. Paris: Garnier, 1852. Second edition, 9 volumes, 8vo, contemporary half calf, spines gilt, red and green morocco lettering pieces, a fine set;Bonneville, F. Portraits des personnages celèbres de la révolution. Paris: chez l'auteur, 1897. 4 volumes, 4to, engraved plates, contemporary half calf, spines gilt, red morocco lettering pieces;Couvray, Louvet de. Les amours du chevalier de Faublas. Paris, 1825, 4 volumes, 8vo, contemporary green quarter morocco gilt, slightly spotted;and several others; sold not subject to return

Basil the Great, Saint (330-379) [Title in Greek] Opera Graeca quae ad nos extant omnia Basel: Froben, 1551. Folio (31.8 x 21cm), contemporary blind-tooled calf laid down on modern reverse-bevelled wooden boards with spine renewed, covers containing two concentric panels of repeating allegorical motifs including Adam and Eve tasting the forbidden fruit (captioned 'PECCATVM'), the crucifixion ('SATIFACIO' [sic]), and similar, text in Greek, printer's woodcut device to title-page and final page, woodcut initials and headpieces throughout, Luebeckische Stadt-Bibliothek deaccession stamp to verso of title-page, heavily wormed (reducing towards middle), browning towards rear [Adams B331; VD16 B 639]Note: Note: Editio princeps (the first complete edition in the original Greek).

Dentistry - Tomes, John, Surgeon-Dentist to the Middlesex Hospital A Course of Lectures on Dental Physiology and Surgery delivered at the Middlesex Hospital School of Medicine. London: J.W. Parker, 1848. First edition, 8vo, [viii, 398, + 2pp + 4pp. adverts], engraved frontispiece, illustrations, some full-page, original black embossed cloth, slightly spotted, rubbed (upper portion of spine loosely inserted), RCSI Library stamp to title

Wernerian Natural History Society, The Memoirs of Edinburgh: Bell & Bradfute, 1811-[1839], volumes 1-8 part 1 [all published], 8vo, 159 engraved plates and maps, a few folding, some printed in colour, some coloured by hand, volumes 1-5 contemporary half calf, volumes 6-8 contemporary calf gilt, plate 13 of volume 3 evidently never bound in, volume 8 part 1 bound without title [being the final part, possibly never printed], occasional spotting;and a duplicate of volume 7, 45 engraved plates (including 33 bis and 'Explanation plate' counted as plate number 17), also with the 5 plates [but not text] of volume 8 bound in at end (and 2 further duplicate plates), contemporary half calf;stamp of Royal Physical Society Edinburgh to some titles, no stamps to plates, several boards detached, some volumes rubbed, volume 2 lacking head of spine; full plate collation available on request.Note: Note: Rare Complete Run of Robert Jameson's Influential Natural History Periodical. The final part present here - Vol. 8 pt. 1 - is often missing.

Blakiston, Thomas W. Five Months on the Yang-Tsze with a Narrative of the Exploration of its Upper Waters, and Notices of the Present Rebellions in China. London: John Murray, 1862. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece, 15 plates and 2 folding maps by Arrowsmith, original pictorial red cloth gilt, rubbed and slightly soiled, Cruising Library Association stamp to upper cover, small unobtrusive blind-stamp to head of titleNote: Note: In 1861 Blakiston set out from Shanghai to explore the middle and upper course of the Yangtze to ascend the river as far as the Min. He arrived at Pingshan on 25th May, having travelled 1800 miles from Shanghai, 900 miles further than any other European but was forced to return to Shanghai due to insurgencies. This work remained the standard account for the region for at least the following fifty years.

Stella, Claudine Bouzonnet (1636-1697) Pastorales Paris: Claudine Stella, 1667. 17 plates (etchings with engraving) including pictorial title-page, all by Claudine Stella probably after Jacques Stella. Bound with:Simpol, Claude (1666-c.1710). [Les Divertissemens et les occupations de la campagne]. Paris: Jean Mariette, c.1700. 16 plates (etchings with engraving), all unsigned but after Claude Simpol, showing the 12 months and 4 seasons each represented by an occupation or associated festival or ritual, with title and verses to foot, together with 4 similar plates also after Simpol ('Le Matin'; 'Le Midy'; 'Le Soir'; 'La Nuit'). And:Cotelle, Jean (1642/6-1708). [Suite of genre scenes]. Paris: Jean Mariette, c.1700. 4 plates (etchings with engraving).Oblong folio (sheet sizes 31.6 x 41cm, plate sizes 24.5 x 31cm or similar), 19th-century half sheep binding, binding marked, Stella title-page with early ownership inscription 'Ex libris Moynieu de Fourques No 15' and later ink-stamp to lower margin, plates 9 and 11-13 with grid-shaped ink markingsNote: Note:An intriguing volume uniting inter alia two major suites of French pastoral prints both once thought to have been based on paintings by Jacques Stella (1596-1657), French neoclassicist and member of Poussin's circle, an attribution now questioned in one case and categorically dismissed in the other.'In 1667 Claudine Bouzonnet Stella published Les Pastorales, a set of sixteen prints of rural subject-matter which have been called the chefs d'œuvre of the pastoral genre in seventeenth-century France ... Without Claudine's set of prints the profusion of pastoral imagery in the eighteenth century would be almost unthinkable. For such a landmark set of prints the Pastorales are not as well known as they could be, and this is perhaps due in part to the difficulty in allocating responsibility to the two artists involved. The prints are conventionally described as engraved by Claudine ... after a set of paintings by her uncle Jacques Stella ... But ... there may never have been a set of paintings, and perhaps the designer was Claudine rather than Jacques' (Mulherron, 'Claudine Bouzonnet, Jacques Stella and the Pastorales', Print Quarterly, XXV, 2008, 4, p. 393).The first study of Claude Simpol appeared only in 1939 with the publication of an article by Helene Adhemar identifying him as an influence on Watteau. He was a pupil of the history painter Louis de Boullogne the Younger. In 2008 the two suites in this volume showing the four seasons and the twelve months were definitively attributed to him by Jamie Mulherron under the collective title 'Les Divertissemens et les Occupations de la Campagne' ('Claude Simpol's "Divertissemens" for Jean Mariette', Print Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 1, March 2008, pp. 23-36). They had previously been attributed to Jacques Stella and the question of their authorship had preoccupied art historians including Anthony Blunt.The inclusion of the four prints by Jean Cotelle is especially noteworthy as Mulherron (q.v., p. 35) describes these 'the closest equivalent to Simpol's pastorals ... which have so far escaped all art-historical attention. These are slightly more rumbustious, more "Flemish" than Simpol's, but they are clearly in the same vein and supply the same niche'.

Tolkien, J.R.R. and miscellaneous 18 volumes Tolkien, J.R.R. The Fellowship of the Ring. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1954. First American edition, original blue cloth; Idem. The Two Towers. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1955. First American edition, original blue cloth, very worn dustwrapper; Idem. The Return of the King. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1955, First edition, [1st impression], folding map, original red cloth, dustwrapper price clipped and split at fold, slightly frayed and slightly soiled;Mitford, Mary Russell. Our Village. London: G. & W. B. Whittaker, 1824. 8vo, contemporary half calf;Moore, Thomas. The Epicurean. 1827. Third edition, 12mo, contemporary half calf;Smith, J.E. and Mr Sowerby. Supplement to The English Botany. London 1849, volume 4 only, hand-coloured engraved plates numbered 2868-2960, contemporary calf gilt;Ludlow, F. "Birds of Bhutan, Sikkim and S.E. Tibet, 1927-50" (title from spine). 8vo, extracted articles from the Ibis, plates, folding maps, brown buckram lettered in gilt; Seton-Thompson, Ernest. Lives of the Hunted. London: D. Nutt, 1901. 8vo, illustrations, original pictorial cloth; Chrystal, Major R.A. Angling at Lochboisdale South Uist. London, 1939. 8vo, original cloth;Skues, G.E.M. The Way of a Trout with a Fly. London, 1935. Third edition, 8vo, plates, original cloth;Schomberg, R.C.F. Kafirs and Glaciers. Travels in Chitral. 1938. 8vo, plates, folding map, NLS deaccession stamp to endpaper;Kearton, Richard. With Nature and a Camera. 1904. 8vo, illustrations, original cloth, rubbed;Wade, Rev. W.M. Delineations, historical, topographical and descriptive of the Watering and Sea-Bathing Places of Scotland. Paisley, 1822. 12mo, original boards, uncut, rebacked with cloth;Smith, Rev. Gerard. The Ferns of Derbyshire, illustrated from Nature. London: Bemrose, 1869. 8vo, 6th edition, additional coloured lithographed title, coloured plates, later wrappers;Gray, Alasdair. Lanark. Edinburgh: Canongate Publishing, 1981. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper;Gould, B.J. The Jewel in the Lotus. 1957, 8vo, original cloth;Fitzpatrick, Sir Percy. Jock of the Bushveld. 1941. 8vo, original cloth; Dandy, J.E. and G. Taylor. Studies of British Potamogetons 1-3. Extracted from The Journal of Botany, August 1938-40, 5 extracts in a ring binder, bookplate of Sir George Taylor, blue cloth, sold not subject to return

Stein, Sir Marc Aurel Ancient Khotan Detailed Report of Archaeological Explorations in Chinese Turkestan. Carried out and described under the Orders of H.M. Indian Government. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1907. 2 volumes, 4to, recent half leather, pp. xxiv 621, vii, volume 1 containing 34 halftone photographic plates (images numbered 1-71), volume 2 with 118 plates (of 119: lacking plate 119, 'Judaeo-Persian document') including halftones and other media, many in colours, folding lithographic map in end-pocket, volume 1 text-leaves browned, edges slightly friable in places, a few concomitant chips, title-page with pen marks and effaced ink-stamp, leaf D1 loose, closed tears and repairs to plates 64-6, small worm-tracks appearing in text and lower margin from p. 500, volume 2 title-page chipped, crudely repaired in margin and with effaced ink-stamps, plates variably spotted and browned, with a few small worm-tracks up to plate 40, plates 107 with various chips, tears and repairs, folding map browned, friable and torn into sectionsNote: Note: A working copy only. Rare in commerce. The lot sold with a copy of Stein's Preliminary Report on a Journey of Archaeological and Topographical Exploration in Chinese Turkestan, 1901 (first edition, 4to, original cloth, rebacked and relined, 77 pp., 14 plates, browning, light worming, Indian library stamps to title-page).

Waring, Edward Scott A Tour to Sheeraz, by the Route of Kazroon and Feerozabad with Various Remarks on the Manners, Customs, Laws, Language, and Literature of the Persians. To which is added a History of Persia. London: for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1807. First UK edition, 4to, modern half leather, 2 engraved plates including frontispiece, browning, tide-marks to plates, frontispiece slightly frayed along fore edge, old ink-stamp and manuscript call number to title-page, closed tear in R2;Bouhours, Dominique. The Life of St. Francis Xavier of the Society of Jesus, Apostle of the Indies, and of Japan. Written in French. Translated into English. London: for Jacob Tonson, 1688. First edition in English, 8vo, recent half leather, engraved portrait frontispiece (apparently including in register), folding map of Asia, browning, variable marginal worming occasionally touching text, damp-staining to gutter of first few leaves, title-page with effaced ownership inscription (paper consequently worn through), spill-burn in 2Q3 [ESTC R15455];Hyde, Thomas. Veterum Persarum et Parthorum et Medorum religionis historia. Oxford: e Typographeo Clarendoniano, 1760. Second edition, 4to, modern half leather, 20 engraved plates on 19 sheets of which 6 folding (plates 16 and 18 on one sheet), folding letterpress table, browning, worming, title-page strengthened in gutter and with manuscript call-number, [Persia]. The Compleat History of Thamas Kouli Kan, (Afterwards Schah Nadir) Late Sovereign of Persia, London: for J. Brindsley [and others], c.1750. 12mo, modern quarter calf by Atkinson, marbled sides, pp. [2] 163 140 [15], engraved folding map, occasional finger-soiling;Andrada, Jacino Friere de. Vida de D. Joao de Castro, quarto viso-rey da India. Nova ediçao emendada, e accrescentada com a vida do autor. Madrid: officina regia, 1802. 8vo, 19th-century cloth, rebacked, 497 pp., 4 engraved plates including frontispiece (one folding)

Young, William The History of Athens London: J. Robson, 1786. First edition, 4to, contemporary tree calf, lightly rubbed; Chandler, Richard. The History of Ilium or Troy, including the adjacent Country and the opposite coast of the Chersonesus of Thrace. London: J. Robson, 1802. First edition, 4to, engraved map, contemporary half calf, some spotting, worn; [Sainte-Maure, Charles de]. Nouveau Voyage de Grèce d'Egypte, de Suisse, d'Alsace, et des Pais-Bas. Fait en 1721, 1722 & 1723. The Hague: Pierre Gosse, 1724. 12mo, xxx, [2, errata], 412, title printed in red and black, contemporary calf, upper joint slightly split;Tott, François, Baron de. Memoirs of Baron de Tott Containing the State of the Turkish Empire and the Crimea during the late War with Russia, with numerous anecdotes, facts, and observations on the Manners and Customs of the Turks and Tartars. London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1785. First English edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary half calf, uncut, head of spine of volume 2 chipped;Mariti, Giovanni. Travels through Cyprus, Syria, and Palestine with a general history of the Levant. London: G.G. J. and J. Robinson, 1791. First English edition, volumes 1-2 (of 3) in one, 8vo, half-title in volume 2, armorial boookplate of J.R. Aldy Esq. of Albyns, contemporary calf, slightly rubbed, upper joint cracked;Sainte-Maure, Charles de. Nouveau Voyage de Grece, d'Egypte, de Palestine d'Italie, de Suisse, d'Alsace, et des Pais-Bas. Fait en 1721, 1722 & 1723. The Hague: Pierre Gosse & Pierre de Hondt, 1724. 12mo, xxx, [ii], 412; title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, errata leaf after Preface, contemporary half sheep, small initialled coronet stamp to margin of title, occasional small spot or stain, slightly rubbed;Wilson, William Rae. Travels in Egypt and the Holy Land... With a Journey through Turkey, Greece, the Ionian Isles, Sicily, Spain &c. ... with 13 engravings. London: Longman, Hurst [&c.], 1824. Second edition, 8vo, 13 aquatint plates, and extra-illustrated with an additional 5 plates, 19th century calf, lower margin of a few plates dampstained, light spotting, rebacked retaining original spine;Grelot, Guillaume Joseph. A Late Voyage to Constantinople, containing an exact description of the Propontis and Hellespont, with the Dardanels. London: J. Playford, 1683. 8vo, engravings in the text, frontispiece frayed and laid down onto front board, lacks the 8 plates and maps and pp. 119-121 and 219-220, contemporary calf, head of title frayed, some spotting and staining, binding very worn; sold not subject to returnNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Elliot, Robert Views in the East comprising India, Canton, and the Shores of the Red Sea. London: H. Fisher, Son, & Co., 1833. First edition, 2 volumes, 4to, contemporary maroon quarter morocco, 60 engraved plates, hand-coloured, tissue-guards, variable spotting and browning to plates, contemporary ownership inscription and related monogrammed blind stamps to title pages;[India]. The Oriental Annual, or Scenes in India [and:] Lives of the Moghul Emperors. London: for the proprietor, by Charles Tilt, 1834-7. 2 volumes, 8vo, original morocco, pictorial vignettes gilt to spines and covers, vignette title-pages and 45 engraved plates after William Daniell (of 46: lacking plate 15 in volume for 1834), plates hand-coloured and spotted, frontispieces and vignette title-pages damp-stained, volume for 1837 with bookplates and ink-stamp of Prince Konrad of Bavaria, volume for 1834 with endpapers renewed and Konrad's bookplate re-imposed;[India]. Pictorial Tour Round England [bound with:] Pictorial Tour Round India. Madras: Christian Vernacular Education Society, 1888-90. 2 works in 1 volume, 4to, modern half leather, [2] 52, [2] 64 pp., wood-engraved frontispiece to each work, wood-engraved illustrations throughout the text, colour lithographic vignette mounted to title-page of first work (concomitant repair verso), browning, repairs to last few leaves;Barlett, W. H. (illustrator). Canadian Scenery Illustrated. From Drawings by W. H. Bartlett. The Literary Department by N. P. Willis. London: George Vertue, 1842. First edition, 2 volumes, 4to, original cloth, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional vignette title pages, map, 117 plates, bookplates (Colonel C. A. G. Wallington), effaced ink-stamps to front free endpapers and verso of volume 2 frontispiece, wear to spines, mottling to covers, variable spotting to plates [Sabin 3786];and 2 others (these not collated, in similar condition: Scotland Illustrated in a Series of Eighty Views from Drawings by John C. Brown, 1845, 4to; Finden's Views of the Ports, Harbours and Watering Places of Great Britain, continued by W. H. Bartlett, 1839, 2 volumes, 4toNote: Note: Library Hub traces three copies of this edition of Pictorial Tour Round India (in addition to two of an 1888 edition), and no copies of the Pictorial Tour Round England.

India Collection of works on Indian archaeology, architecture and similar North-West Provinces and Oudh Public Works Department. Annual Progress Report of the Archaeological Survey Circle, North-Western Provinces and Oudh, for the Year ending 30th June, 1893 [cover-title]. Roorkee: Thomason College Press, 1893. Folio, original cloth-backed printed boards, 47 pp., folding lithographic plan of Fatehpur Sikri, 6 large albumen print photographs (24 x 17cm, mounted), 3 folding lithographic plates of antique frescoes, front inner hinge cracked;Delhi Public Work Department. Completion Reports in Durbar Works, P. W. D., Delhi, 1911 [cover-title]. Delhi: I. M. H. Press, [1912]. Folio, original cloth-backed printed boards, 36 parts in one volume, separately paginated and evidently first issued as separate works, continuous pagination ink-stamped to foot of each page, inscribed on the front free endpaper 'With compliments S D'A. Crookshank, Major R.E., Supet. Darbar Works, Delhi, 16 4/1912', occasional editorial annotations, text-block near loose in binding, closed tear in pp. 163-4;Burgess, James. Archaeological Survey of Western India, Vol. I. Report on the Elura Cave Temples and the Brahmanical and Jaina Caves in Western India. London: Trübner & Co., 1883. First edition, 4to, contemporary half morocco, recornered, 51 plates including autotypes from photographs, toning, occasional spotting, probable library inscription effaced from title-page, ink-stamp to margin of p. 49;Burrard, S. G., and H. H. Hayden. A Sketch of the Geography and Geology of the Himalaya Mountains and Tibet. Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1907-8. 4 parts in 1 volume, 4to, recent cloth, 2 photogravure plates, lithographic chart as frontispiece, 50 further charts numbered 1-49 (with two plates numbered 6), large folding geological map, withdrawn from University of Bristol library with associated plates and stamps to front endpapers, verso of title-page and a few plates, intermittent damp-staining to lower fore corners;Rose, Archibald, and J. Coggin Brown. Lisu (Yawyin) Tribes of the Burma-China Frontier [caption-title]. [Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1910. Possible offprint, 4to, modern half leather, 249-276 [1] pp., 9 phototype plates;and 1 other (Anderson, Anatomical and Zoological Researches: comprising an Account of the Zoological Results of the Two Expeditions to Western Yunnan in 1868 and 1875, plate volume only, 1878, lacking several plates)

Urdu lithographic printing Ru-numa'i futagrafi ma'ruf bi Usul-i musawwiri [The Unveiling of Photography, or Principles of Photography]. Aligarh: Matba' Faiz-i 'Am. c.1895. 8vo, original pictorial wrappers, [2] 4 185 pp., illustration of a lady in British dress operating a camera to front cover, illustrations of photographic apparatus in text, Urdu-English glossary and 5 pp. advertisements to rear, authorial ink-stamp ('H. M. Ibrahim, Aligarh') incorporating possible autograph signature to rear wrapper, browning, marginal worming very occasionally encroaching on text-panel to minimal effect on text, stitching partially perished but binding remaining sound, remnants of paper spine-covering (with red linen webbing remaining), wrappers marked, purchase ink-stamp dated 1945 to front wrapper, pp. 103/4 with transverse closed tear, paper erosion to foot of gutter of last 9 leaves not affecting text. Together with 2 similar works, both in Urdu, lithographically printed: Mirza Rahim Beg, Naghmat Sitar [Melody of the Sitar], Lahore, c.1880 (8vo, stitched in contemporary marbled wrappers, [2] 181 [1] pp., full-page illustrations of sitars throughout);[Gunnery], Armourer Trainees Notes. [No place, no date but c. 1935] (10 parts in 1 volume, numbered 1-7 but including duplicates of parts 2, 4 and 7, 8vo, contemporary half cloth, text in Urdu and English, 37, 25, 25, 29, 32, 32, 68, 18, 28, 28 pp. (headings comprise: Rifle No. 1 Mk III; Ordnance M. L. 3-Inch Mortar; ditto; Pistol Signal No. 1 MK. III; Mounting Tripod 30'3 M.G. MK IV; ditto; Gun Machine [sic] Lewis 303 MKI; Definition of Military Small Arms; Gun Machine Vickers 303-in Mk. I; ditto)Note: Note: A remarkable artefact of the spread of photography as a popular pastime in 19th-century India. To judge from the cover illustration (and a further illustration on page 63) photography was imagined at least in some circles as an especially female pursuit. The author is named on the title-page as one Hafiz Muhammad Ibrahim. No other copy traced.

Urdu lithographic printing Group of literary works all lithographed throughout, with text in Urdu:1) Kitab Mahabharat manzum bi'l-tasawir [The Mahabharata, in verse, illustrated]. [Lucknow?]: Munshi Nawal Kishore, c.1880. Tall 8vo (25.8 x 15.5cm), contemporary red patterned boards, red calico backstrip, [2] 302 pp. (first leaf possibly a retained original wrapper), text in four columns, illustrated throughout in the style of Indian miniature painting, paper browned and somewhat brittle, occasional small tape-repairs to lower margins, last few leaves (from pp. 293/4) with central longitudinal crease and light paper disruption to gutter;2) Ramayan nazm Urdu [The Ramayana, in Urdu]. Kanpur: Munshi Nawal Kishore, c.1880. 2 volumes in 1, tall 8vo (27 x 18cm), original wrappers (present for each volume), 1-2 1-6 1-158 3-4, 1-2 1-114 3-4 pp. (i.e. wrappers counted in pagination), text in four columns, illustrated throughout in the style of Indian miniature painting, decorative title-pages and section-titles, ownership inscription 'Chundoo Lall, Delhi 18/11/[18]86' to front wrapper, browning, front and rear wrapper damp-stained along edges, damp-related loss to lower fore corner of first 6 leaves;3) Ghiyas al-Lughat. [Lucknow]: Munshi Nawal Kishore, c.1875. 2 volumes in 1, large 4to recent boards, 4, 258, 260 pp., 2 decorative floral title-pages, similar head- and tailpieces, some 10 illustrations in the text including a depiction of the Zodiac (volume 2 p. 188), large folding map of Asia (bound in upside-down), staining to pp. 100-108, marginal damp-staining to final few leaves; 4) Divan-i Ghalib, Urdu. Kanpur: Munshi Nawal Kishore, c.1880. Tall 8vo (25.5 x 16cm), original wrappers, 104 pp., stitching perished, leaves loose in quires, contemporary Indian bookseller's ink-stamp to front wrapper;5) Divan-i Zafar, c.1880. Tall 8vo, 72 pp., decorative title-page, lacking wrappers if issued, stitching perished and leaves loose in quires, possibly lacking text at end;and one other (Nuskhat 'Aql va-Shu'ur, 1863)Note: Note: The Nawal Kishore Press, founded at Lucknow in 1858 by Hindu entrepreneur Nawal Kishore (1836-1895), 'grew into the largest Indian-owned printing and publishing firm in South Asia. Supported by colonial patronage, the firm published an estimated 5,000 titles in Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Sanskrit and Hindi during Nawal Kishore's lifetime, while it also served as an intellectual hub for scholars, poets and literati. As one observer noted: "No other press in India was fortunate to have such a large number of huffaz, scholars, historians, writers and poets as were gathered simultaneously at this press"' (Ulrike Stark, 'Calligraphic Masterpiece, Mass-Produced Scripture: Early Qur'an Printing in Colonial India', in Reese, ed., Manuscript and Print in the Islamic Tradition, 2002, p. 158). Compiled in India in the 1820s by Ghiyas al-Din Muhammad Rampuri, the Ghiyas al-Lughat is considered 'one of the [most] authoritative dictionaries of the Persian language' (Encyclopaedia Iranica). It was probably first printed in Lucknow in 1847-8, and shaped the Persian lexicographical tradition during the 19th and 20th centuries.

A set of six George V silver coffee spoons, each with a scroll decoration, makers stamp J D & S, Sheffield 1918, 2.97oz, in fitted case.

Two WW1 1915 Dated Military Buglescopper and brass military bugles with white metal mouthpieces.  Lower part of bugles with maker stamps "B Samuel & Sons Ld. London 1915" and broad arrow.  The other stamped "Henry Potter & Co. 36 West St. Charing Cross London 1915" and broad arrow.  Issue stamp "6.T.C.10".  Some dents.  2 items.

WW1 1914 Dated Military Buglecopper and brass bugle with white metal mouthpiece.  The lower part stamped with maker "Hawkes & Son Denman Street. Piccadilly Circus London 1914" with broad arrow stamp.  Together with an undated example by "Mayers & Harrison Makers Manchester England" with broad arrow stamp.  Some dents.  2 items.

Two Military Pattern Buglesconsisting a Victorian example in brass, complete with mouthpiece.  Lower body stamped with Vic crown coat of arms over maker "George Potter & Co Aldershot".  Complete with coloured cord bugle cords ... Brass and white metal example, complete with mouthpiece.  Body with maker " J Barretts Made In England" with broad arrow stamp.  Complete with coloured bugle cords and contained in its fitted case.  2 items.

WW2 Pattern Private Purchase Pith Helmetkhaki, six panel, low crown.  Oval brim with leather edging. Multi fold, khaki linen pagri band.  Leather sweatband.  Silk lining with trade stamp "Bowbilt Sun Hat".  Leather chinstrap.  Clean condition.

1908 Pattern Webbing Equipmentconsisting right side, 5 pouch set.  Brass press stud fastening to the pouch flaps.  Rear belt loops and equipment strap ... 1908 pattern webbing waterbottle cradle ... Steel entrenching tool head.  No visible date stamp.  3 items.

Two 1939 Pattern 1st Pattern Utility Ammunition Pouchesrectangular, brown grained leather pouches with riveted seams.  Top flap with leather tab and press stud fastening.  Rear with wide belt loop with brass securing hook and a single narrow belt loop.  Top brass strap buckle.  Both with internal fibre stiffening.  Together with a khaki webbing, Browning Hi-Power holster.  Interior maker's stamp dated 1957.  Clean condition.  3 items.

Pair of Cavalry Pattern Leather Bootsblack leather, high leg boots.  Leather soles and heels.  Top calf securing straps.  Inner size stamp 9.  Minor storage stains.  

WW2 RAF Tropical Survival Bagyellow canvas pack with carrying handles to the top and sides and central securing strap.  Front with top pocket and press stud flap and lower hidden zip fastened pockets.  Issue stamp "22P/24 Tropical".  Rear with central zip and various internal pockets to hold the survival aids.  Zips seized.  

Berlin Secessionist School (German, 20th Century) Landscape with Trees initialled M.S (left and right corner), oil on canvas 68 x 42cm (27'' x 16.5'') Footnote: label for Secession Berlin to stretcher, also stamp for Keltz & Meiners, Hoflieferanten, Berlin

A Chinese famille rose octagonal bowl on foot, with enamelled decoration, and red character stamp to the base, diameter 20cm, height 5.5cmBowl has a surface glazing chip on 1 edge, some other minor surface glazing loss and surface wear otherwise good condition

A pair of Rostand brass Gothic style candlesticks, H64cm, there is an applied stamp to the base and is numbered 318.

A balance scale with brass bell weights, a magnifying glass, postage stamp albums, banknotes etc

A Vintage aluminium radio microphone, stamp on base, "Bat" "Out" microphone narrative is Super Electro Micro, H34cm, a cased Excelsior Klick tripod, a Vintage Primus camera with case, and a selection of one penny coins

A Lincoln stamp album partially filled, various European stamps, including German Empire, Great Britain etc, and anotherThe Lincoln album is only partially filled, the other book just contains a few loose stamps

A group of silver items, to include a pair of silver cufflinks, engraved silver stamp purse, and 3 other small silver propelling tools, and a plated cigar piercer

2 partially filled stamp albums, containing 2 pages of Penny Reds etc, and various other worldwide stamps

A large quantity of UK and worldwide stamps, some partially filled stamp albums, loose stamps etc

A 'Brown Bess' India pattern (Type Two) flintlock musket, 0.75 calibrewith 38.5" barrel, marked with crown over GR and 'Tower' to the lockplate, with a dark walnut stock, brass buttplate and trigger guard and three ramrod pipes, indistinct proof/view marks to the top of the barrel, further impressed storekeeper's stamp to the left-hand side of the stock '80(?)' above W/D arrow, overall length 139cm (trigger guard ill-fitting and probably replaced, with only one screw rather than two)Section 58(2), obsolete calibre and can be owned without a license.

Flemish school of the 17th century.Pair of "Country scenes".Oil on canvas.With documentation of Fine Art, Restoration Co.Size: 48 x 64 cm; 60 x 75.5 cm (frame).The works show idealised landscapes: a series of trees mark a series of pronounced vertical lines, only slightly counterbalanced by the lines of the land and its hills. Both depict characters in the foreground, all individualised in their attire, gestures and postures, as does the white horse in one of the works. The relatively high viewpoint allows more distance to be shown towards the background and much more detail of the terrain. The taste for the anecdotal is shown in figures and details with no apparent relationship between them, and in the absence of a subject of importance to justify the landscape, something that is characteristic of both the period and the school to which the painting belongs. The construction of successive planes was common in Flemish painting from the 15th century onwards.In the West, landscape painting did not appear as a fully independent genre in art until almost the 17th century, thanks to Dutch painting (especially Jacob van Ruysdael). It was treated as a mere backdrop in the Middle Ages until the Renaissance began to show interest in it. It is striking to note the large production of the period, which was aimed at the increasingly wealthy urban bourgeoisie, an abundance of works and a proliferation of pictorial genres. One of these genres was landscape, which developed greatly from the 17th century, a time when it had not yet appeared as an independent theme, without needing the presence of an anecdote in order to exist.Like other genres that became very popular in Flanders during the 17th century, landscape painting has its roots in the Dutch pictorial tradition of the 15th century. The background landscapes in the religious works of Van Eyck, de Bouts and van der Goes occupy a much more important place as an artistic element in these works than landscape painting in Italian painting of the same period. With regard to the representation of the narrative, the landscape of the Flemish Primitives plays an essential role, not only as a natural setting for the characters but also to separate and set the various episodes of the story narrated in the work. With regard to the imitation of nature, 15th-century Flemish painters sought to depict the countryside and towns of their native country in their religious landscapes, detailing their flora with botanical precision and even giving an idea of the time of day and the season of the year in which the scene takes place. This special interest in depicting the landscape increased as the 16th century progressed, when a new type of landscape was developed and popularised for sacred scenes: the panoramic view. Very soon, however, it was the depiction of the landscape itself that was to receive the attention of painters and, of course, of the public. In the panoramic views of Joachim Patinir and his followers the roles are reversed: the religious subject is an excuse for the landscape. In these paintings the landscape becomes completely independent of any narrative, and this is the direction that the Flemish and Dutch painters of the late 16th and early 17th centuries were to follow, a time when landscape painting became very popular in the Low Countries and specialists in the genre began to proliferate. Gillis van Coninxloo, Paul Bril, Jan Brueghel the Elder and Joos de Momper are the most distinguished landscape painters of the transition from the 16th to the 17th century, and each of them gave their vision of landscape a very personal stamp.

CORONATION BOOK, STAMP ALBUM & CIGAR BOXES

A collection of 19th century and later treen, the majority a variety of small storage boxes, the largest 8cm H x 7cm W, a carved coquilla nut, with a crack, 5cm in length and a primitive 'thistle' butter stamp, 5.5cm in length, with historic woodworm, others with minor damage commensurate with age and use, AF (qty)

A late Victorian Renaissance revival ebonised oak and parcel gilt snooker/billiards table by Waring and Gillow, together with two late Victorian scoreboards by J. Bennett & Co. along with an ebonised and parcel gilt cue standthe snooker table and scoreboards circa 1900The projecting top edge above an ovolo form stiff-leaf and bead moulding, over a slightly ovolo frieze carved with an egg-and-dart lower border, each short end of the frieze with a swivel hinged chalk cup, on a total of eight large piers, the four end cluster piers each comprised of two engaged fluted Composite columns headed by an acanthus clasped volute scrolled corbel, the four central piers each comprised of one conforming column headed by a conforming corbel, each column with foliate wrapped baluster shafts terminating in gadrooned scrolled pedestals and plinth bases, the piers linked by eight ogee arches, the spandrels to each arch carved with volute scrolls, scrolled acanthus leaves and berried foliage centred by one of eight individualised masks variously depicting the gods and goddesses: Jupiter, Juno, Mercury, Silenus (or Bacchus), Mars, Minerva, Faunus and Ceres, with a lozenge block and a cluster of scrolled corbels below, the lettering to one short end reads: 'WARING & GILLOW, MANCHESTER', the table stamped: 'WARING & GILLOW LD., MANCHESTER' and also 'U28', the underside of the slate bearing: 'J.B.517', the two scoreboards comprising one for snooker and one for billiards, each of rectangular outline with dot and chevron-incised chamfered square section pilaster surrounds, interspersed by rosette angles and punctuated with trefoils, surmounted by fleur-du-lys finials, the reverse of each scoreboard with the ink stamp: 'From J. Bennett & Co., Billiard Table Makers, 9 Edward Street, Vincent Square, London, S.W.', the stand with fourteen recesses and brackets for cues, flanked by two spiral twist turned columns surmounted by acorn finials, above one long and one short frieze drawer, together with a modern ebonised and parcel gilt domed overhead light, a full set of balls, a triangle and a brush box, each scoreboard: 79cm wide x 15cm deep x 101cm high; the cue stand: 125cm wide x 35cm deep x 173cm high; the table: 383cm wide x 203cm deep x 88.5cm high, (150 1/2in wide x 79 1/2in deep x 34 1/2in high) ;the modern overhead light approximately: 290cm wide x 69cm deep x 54cm high. (5)Footnotes:ProvenanceBy repute of the current owner and vendor, the offered lot was purchased in 1989 from George Apter by the vendor's father. The present snooker table and accessories have remained within the family since that time, although unfortunately no paperwork remains to support this fact.It is important to note that the present lot will only be available to view at the vendor's property and that an appointment for this will need to be arranged directly between any interested party and the vendor. Please contact Thomas Moore, Head of Furniture, for more details of how to go about this in the meantime. Please be aware that the eventual successful buyer, once their payment for the item has completed, will then be required themselves to arrange collection and onward transportation of this lot from its current location at the vendor's property.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A quantity of assorted vintage ephemera. Including a stamp album, a postcard album, cook books, Penthouse Magazine March 1965 Vol.1 No. 1, trading cards, Festival of Britain memorabilia, etc. Condition Report: In a variety of conditions. Some of the stamps and postcards have been used. Several items with staining and tears however most are bright

Ten assorted studio pottery items. Including dish, plate, three vases and a lidded two handle pot, etc Condition Report: Large brown vase has a small white star back stamp on the base, no chips or cracks

Two Victorian stamp albums and a quantity of loose stamps. Mostly European examples, some featuring animals and historical locations Condition Report: The samps in a variety of conditions. Some used, signs of wear and marks consistent with age and usage. Some loose examples and tears to the books.

Five assorted 19th century ceramic figurines and a pair of Copeland Spode's Italian candlesticks. Figurines including 'Shepherdess' and 'Shepherd playing flute', both with stamp 6088/8, together with a cherub vase (with repair), 'Lady with spinning wheel', blue crossed sword mark, and a seated young lady with blue crossed swords mark and a broken arm, on a gilt wood plinth. The candlesticks 21cm high, (AF)

A George V silver card case in the form of a purse, maker Colen Cheshire, Chester, 1919, 10cm wide, four assorted silver stamp holders, a rectangular silver card case and a silver phlebotomist's case containing two blades, total weight of silver 202gms, 6.52ozs.

An Edward VII silver box, maker George Nathan & Ridley Hayes, Chester, 1901 decorated in low relief with figures in a pastoral scene, 6cm wide, together with an unmarked two-division stamp box and two small circular boxes, total weight of silver 163gms, 5.26ozs

A sterling silver vesta case with equestrian decoration, another in the form of a U.S. mail bag, a silver toothpick case and a stamp case, 73gms, 2.35ozs.

Stamp ephemera and accessories to include seven empty folders/ring binders, SG album in sleeve, larger and small stock book with Hawid/Prinz mounts, album pages, bags, other stationery and accessories such as gauges, magnifying glasses and colour charts (2 boxes)From the collection of Tom Pring, a highly respected member of the Belgian Study Circle and the author of two works on Belgian issues, ‘Fine Barbe Varieties’ (2009) and ‘1893 Armoires du Royaume’ (2015). Pring was half-way through a work on the Ostend-Dover Route, which he was sadly unable to complete.

Militaria, assorted volumes relating to WWI and WWII and the military, to include:-Gosse, Philip"Memoirs of a Camp Follower", Longmans, Green & Co, September 1935, in djHornsey, F Haydn "Hell on Earth", Chapman & Halls, n.d., dj Orpen, Sir William"An Onlooker in France 1917-1919", Williams & Norgate 1924Blaker, Richard "Medal Without Bar", Hodder & Stoughton 1930, with coloured bar pastedown to front board, cloth soiled Grabenhorst, Georg "Zero Hour", Brentanos Ltd., 1929, Book Store stamp, Berwick Street"British Military Prints"Carman"British Military Uniforms"Lyon, Thomas M "In Kilt and Khaki", 1915, The Standard Press Kilmarnock and various other volumes (2 boxes) Condition ReportAdditional photos to include plates in 'British Military Prints' & 'British Military Uniforms'.

Quantity of volumes relating to foxhunting and horses, to include:- Radcliffe, F. P. Delme "The Noble Science ... a few general ideas", George Routledge & Sons 1911, numerous plates and illustrations, green pictorial and gilt cloth, small folioSmith, Thomas "Extracts from the Diary of a Huntsman", Edward Arnold 1921Edwards, Lionel (ills)"Galloping Shoes, Verses by W. H. Ogilvie", Constable & Co. 1924, colour plates tipped in, green pictorial cloth Edwards, Lionel (ills)"Scarlet and Corduroy" [Wanderer]"Across Country", illustrated by G. Bowers, Bradbury, Agnew & Co. 1882, quarter leather with marbled boardsMottistone (General Jack Seely) "My Horse Warrior", Hodder & Stoughton 1933, name stamp on ffep with a book number, book seller label Margaretta Webber, Melbourne, blue cloth damaged Knight, Bruce"Dartmoor Days with the Forest Hunt" Other volumes illustrated by Lionel Edwards and other volumes (2 boxes) 

Tolkien, J. R. R."The Fellowship of the Ring", George Allen & Unwin, 5th impression December 1956, red cloth, dust wrapper supported by stamp paper, backstrip chipped and with some loss, red ink spot and other spots on front of the dust wrapper  "The Two Towers", George Allen & Unwin, 4th impression 1956, red cloth, corners slightly bumped, offsetting on ffep from dj which has been soiled and the backstrip"Return of the King", George Allen & Unwin, 2nd impression 1955, pencil name in ffep, slight offsetting on ffep from dust wrapper, backstrip a little faded and chipped at the top, corners slightly bumped (3) all maps presentCondition ReportPhotographs to include the boards and spines.

Three empty stamp albums (two boxed ‘Senator’ and one boxed ‘Simplex’), two stock books, cover album plus watermark detector, ultra violet light and other accessories (1 box)From the collection of Tom Pring, a highly respected member of the Belgian Study Circle and the author of two works on Belgian issues, ‘Fine Barbe Varieties’ (2009) and ‘1893 Armoires du Royaume’ (2015). Pring was half-way through a work on the Ostend-Dover Route, which he was sadly unable to complete.

Belgium: pre-stamp collection, 1621 to 1839, in green SG 'Simplex' album - 30 entires, wraps and fronts, mostly the foremost, with various rating, despatch, transit and receipt marks. Includes Government, maritime, military and Recipients in Britain, France and Switzerland as well as Spanish period, messenger-carried letter, Mons - Florence and Scottish wheeltax surcharge noted on 'steamer' letter. In addition historical notes in plastic sleeve.From the collection of Tom Pring, a highly respected member of the Belgian Study Circle and the author of two works on Belgian issues, ‘Fine Barbe Varieties’ (2009) and ‘1893 Armoires du Royaume’ (2015). Pring was half-way through a work on the Ostend-Dover Route, which he was sadly unable to complete.

Belgium: red 'Centaur' album with specific stamp issues relating to Liege and Liege postal history from 1841. mint 1919 Perron de Liege 5c rare perforated (SG236 cat 600) and other varieties including imperforate and overprints, some on cover, some fiscal-used. Prince de Liege 1938 anti-tuberculosis fund. Stamps, postcards and covers including souvenir sheet, military and prison, railway/ambulant, local trade and 1925/26 flood event, cinderellas and mid-1800's covers seen. Varied collection with wide range of interest From the collection of Tom Pring, a highly respected member of the Belgian Study Circle and the author of two works on Belgian issues, ‘Fine Barbe Varieties’ (2009) and ‘1893 Armoires du Royaume’ (2015). Pring was half-way through a work on the Ostend-Dover Route, which he was sadly unable to complete.

Belgium: Liege - related, written up collection of pre-stamp letters and related postal history of 1630 to 1815 in red 'Centaur' album, over 45 items. Correspondence includes nobility, government, politics and military with 'Arm Sambre', 'Arm du E Rien' and 'Arm Francaise en Espagne' of Napoleonic period noted. Addressees in France, Germany, Spain and Netherlands. Express impressed 'de Liege', scarcer 'Hollande par Hammont' transit and French republican calendar dating and mail coach receipt 1779. Mostly entires, including five from 1630 to 1698 period  From the collection of Tom Pring, a highly respected member of the Belgian Study Circle and the author of two works on Belgian issues, ‘Fine Barbe Varieties’ (2009) and ‘1893 Armoires du Royaume’ (2015). Pring was half-way through a work on the Ostend-Dover Route, which he was sadly unable to complete.

Belgium: Liege-related collection in red 'Centaur' album of some 50 entires/covers of 1815 to 1868 period, either pre-stamp or unstamped post first Belgian stamp issue in 1849, much postal history with scarcer post marks including 'Franco tout' and various ambulant on later letters, official, commercial, director of post, procurer of the King, all seen with correspondence to Britain, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland.From the collection of Tom Pring, a highly respected member of the Belgian Study Circle and the author of two works on Belgian issues, ‘Fine Barbe Varieties’ (2009) and ‘1893 Armoires du Royaume’ (2015). Pring was half-way through a work on the Ostend-Dover Route, which he was sadly unable to complete.

Belgium: Liege-related stamps and postal history from 1850 to late 1800's in red 'Centaur' albums with over 100 entires/covers/postcards including first issue and correspondence to/from countries such as Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, France, Great Britain, Italy, Normandy, Russia and USA. Letter sheets, correspondence cards, telegraph, fiscal (invoices/receipts), registered, express, ambulant, return-to-sender, redirected, postage due, inspector marks and postmark/stamp varieties. Needs to be seen to be fully appreciated.From the collection of Tom Pring, a highly respected member of the Belgian Study Circle and the author of two works on Belgian issues, ‘Fine Barbe Varieties’ (2009) and ‘1893 Armoires du Royaume’ (2015). Pring was half-way through a work on the Ostend-Dover Route, which he was sadly unable to complete.

All world: Strand and other album part filled with mint and used QV-QEII with good quantity earlier. Definitives, commemoratives with a few fiscal and 1902 Newfoundland cover with two GB bundle ware (KEVII and KGV). Various scarcer individual stamp seen, e.g. German mint 7Kr blue (1872-3 issue)

All world: large green half-morocco 1902 SG 'Century' stamp album of 540 pages with QV-KGV period mint and used definitives, commemoratives, officials, postage due, fiscal, journal and cinderellas, GB included. One penny black (black Maltese cross), other line engraved and surface printed issues to 5/-, both QV and KEVII. 1897 400th anniversary of discovery of Canada QV seen. Used jubilee issue to 50c: Australian states, New Zealand, good Africa colonies. Rest of the world, China coiling dragons including mint 1897 double-perforation 4c brown, mint Denmark 1875-1901 issues (some with inverted frame), mint Japan with 5 sen silver Wedding (1894) and early USA with grill variants seen. 

GB: with decimal face £120, large boxed accumulation of 3 large stamp albums, 3 large and 2 small stockbooks and various sleeves/folder of KEVIII to QEII mint and used definitives and commemoratives. In addition circa 150 purposed QEII decimal f.d.c, numerous presentation packs some prestige booklets & two catalogues. Small stockbooks decimal and decimal Machin definitive blocks, mostly of 6, with various control numbers (including varieties). Thousands of stamps with some blocks or part sheets, numerous sets, much on offer (1 box)