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Lot 242

Two red Stanley Gibbons stamp albums in slip covers containing Channel Islands mint and used, 1948-1982, together with a small collection of Channel Islands and Isle of Man air letters, a world thematic commemorative album with subjects Napoleon Bonaparte, motor cars and cats, and an album of sixty National Army Museum first day covers, 1970-1972. (5 albums)

Lot 243

A large quantity of Queen Elizabeth II presentation packs, stamp booklets and mini sheets, with conforming first day covers, mostly contained within their original postal envelopes, dating from 1990 to 2021, all contained within two archive boxes.

Lot 245

A large quantity of Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey and Alderney first day covers, many with conforming presentation packs and stamp sheets, all within their original postage envelopes and contained within three archive boxes. (qty)

Lot 246

A quantity of Queen Elizabeth II Great Britain mint postage stamps, mainly decimal issues, to include two green albums of stamp booklets 1962-1980 and 1978-1982, a maroon Royal Mail album of mini sheets, a Kestrel blue cover album containing 'Post & Go' stamps with conforming covers and a black box file containing presentation packs and regional definitives, all contained in an archive box. (qty)

Lot 252

A Stanley Gibbons King George VI stamp album for British Commonwealth issues of the reign of King Edward VIII and the late King George VI, fourth edition published 1968, Aden through to Zanzibar, well filled and all unused, including officials and overprints, George VI Leeward Islands £1, Singapore 1948 Silver Wedding $5 brown and Zanzibar 1948 Silver Wedding 10/- brown, etc

Lot 253

A collection of Queen Elizabeth II decimal definitive and commemorative presentation packs, in three blue ring binder albums but mostly loose including 2018 Game of Thrones edition and limited edition stamp sheets (qty)

Lot 255

An extensive and well curated collection of Great Britain postage stamps, Queen Victoria to Queen Elizabeth II, comprising forty 1840 1d blacks, to include a used pair TH TI with all round margins, an unused plate 6 JC with four margins (smudge to right hand margin), a cover with black Maltese Cross cancel to Arthur West, December 1840 and another (in album two) with red Maltese Cross cancel, May 1840, two plate 11 three margin examples with black Maltese Cross cancels CJ and FJ, numerous 1d red plates, many laid out in partial sheet re-creations and plate 225 (in album two) 2d blues including a strip of eight IE to IL and a strip of four TA to TD, all with black cancels, an 1870 1 1/2d (three half pence) with error of lettering OP-PC for CP-PC with Copestake Brampton & Co underprint (complete with British Philatelic Association certificate dated October 1961), SG77 3d carmine rose, a marginal block of four 1/- green GE GF HE HF (rubbed mark across the upper two and feint black cancel to the lower two), an 1867-80 2/- deep blue QB (some marks to face, complete with with British Philatelic Association certificate dated January 1975), 1867-1883 5/- to £1 (used), £5 orange AJ with Manchester Accounts black cancel 28 Jan 1895 (creased), another £5 orange AI with Belfast Ap 3 91 cancel (crayon cancel marks rubbed), 1883-1884 2/6 to 10/- used and unused (unused 5/- and 10/- creased), an 1884 £1 KC and an 1888 £1 LD (both used), SG212 £1 green TA (unused with broken frame), Edward VIII SG266 £1 green (unused), George V SG403 £1 green marginal (unused), 1915-1918 Seahorses 2/6 to 10/- (unused) and 1918-1930 Seahorses 2/6 to 10/- unused including a marginal 5/- example, a 1924-1926 block of four 1 1/2d (three half pence) Tete-Beche (unused), SG438 1929 Postal Union Congress £1 (unused), a block of four 1854-1857 perforated 1d reds KD KE LD LE (unused), 1912-1922 marginal block of six 1/2d greens with perforation faults and a marginal sixpence with perforation faults, a block of six marginal 1935 George V Silver Jubilee 1d reds, a 2d bisect cover Guernsey, cancelled 17 FE 41, all contained in five red Stanley Gibbons Utile albums, together with a Triumph Derwent commonwealth album, a Triumph world album and an album of airmail covers to include Australian Antartic Territory and covers to Argentina and a small album illustrating types of stamp printing (9 albums) PLEASE NOTE THAT THE VIEWING OF THIS LOT IS STRICTLY BY APPOINTMENT ONLY. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AND ARRANGE A VIEWING SLOT ON EITHER TUESDAY 15TH OR WEDNESDAY 16TH FEBRUARY

Lot 862

Four early 20th Century hallmarked items, a small photograph frame, two stamp cases and a vesta case, various dates with a similar modern small box. (5)

Lot 1066

Record of the Metropolitan fair, A,: in aid of the United States Sanitary Commission, held at New York, in April 1864. New York, Hurd and Houghton 1867. Mit 8 Albuminabzügen a. Karton mont. 5 Bl., 261 S. Hlwd. (Ob. Rckn. beschäd., etw. best. u. berieb.). Die Metropolitan Fair war eine öffentliche Veranstaltung, die von der United States Sanitary Commission in New York organisiert wurde, um während des amerikanischen Bürgerkriegs Spenden und Vorräte für die Unionsarmee zu sammeln. Die erste Messe fand vom 27.10. bis 7.11.1863 in Chicago statt. - Ränder gering gebräunt, einige Photos leicht verblasst. St.a.T., Bibl.-Sch. a. Innendeckel. - The Metropolitan Fair was a public event organized in the Metropolitan City of New York by the United States Sanitary Commission to raise funds and supplies for the Union Army during the American Civil War. With 8 albumen prints on plates. Half cloth (upper spine damaged, somewhat rubbed and bumped). Margins slilghtly browned, few photos slightly faded, stamp on title page, library label on pastedown.

Lot 559

Schmiedekunst, Die.: Nach Originalen des XV. bis XVIII. Jahrhunderts. Bln., Wasmuth 1887. Gr.Fol. Mit 100 Taf. 4 Bl. Läd. Hldr. d. Zt. (Gelenke angeplatzt). Im Anhang eine weitere Tafel (diese mit 2 Randeinrissen, davon einer hinterlegt) mit mont. Unterschrift "Gitter für den Schnelldampfer Columbia der Hamburg-Amerikanischen Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft nach Zeichnung der Hofmöbelfabrik A. Bembe in Mainz ausgeführt von Gebrüder Armbrüster... in Frankfurt am Main", Titelei mit Stempel "Gleim Slg" u. hs. Bibl.-Vermerk, eine Tafel mit hinterlegten Randeinrissen, gering gebräunt, etwas fingerfleckig, sonst gut. With 101 b/w plates. Contemp. marbled half leather with red edges, giltstamped and labelled spine (spine with library label, rubbed, edges and corners partially chafed). - Title with stamp "Gleim Slg" and handwritten library note, one plate with backed marginal tears, minor browning, some fingerstaining, otherwise good.

Lot 3447

Grasset, Eugène Samuel: (1845-1917). Marque Georges Richard - Cycles & Automobiles (1899). Farblithogr., auf Leinen aufgez. Imp. de Vaugirard, G. de Malherbe et Cie, Paris. 108,5 x 148 cm. Das frühe Plakat II 415. - Grasset verbindet in seinem bekannten Plakat dekorative Art Nouveau-Elemente mit der kommerziellen Fahrrad-Werbung im Großformat. - Untere weiße, rechte Ecke ergänzt, Faltstellen mit kl., tls. retuschierten Defekten, etw. stockfl., überwiegend in den Rändern. Mit Steuermarke u. -stempeln. - Nouveau-Elemente mit der kommerziellen Fahrrad-Werbung im Großformat. - Colour lithograph, mounted on linen. The early poster II 415. Grasset combines decorative Art Nouveau elements with commercial bicycle advertising in large format in his well-known poster. Lower white right corner replaced, folded areas with small partly retouched defects, some foxing, mainly in the margins. With tax stamp. R

Lot 34

Biblia germanica.: Biblia, Das ist, die gantze heilige Schrift... Teil 1 (von 2). Wittenberg, H. Krafft 1576). Fol. Mit zahlr. Textholzschn., meist von J. Teufel. 6 (von 20) nn., 390 (von 391) num. Bl. Mod. Ldr. unter Verwendung alten Materials, 8 Metall-Eckbeschlägen u. 2 Schließen. VD 16, B 2785. - Zweite bei Krafft mit diesen Holzschnitten ersch. Ausgabe. - Es fehlen das Titelbl. u. das erste num. Bl. (beide in Kopie eingebunden). Etw. fleckig u. gebräunt, versch. stark wurmstichig (Schluß stark), anfangs mehrere Bl. mit unterl. Randläs., le. Bl. gestemp., fehlt das w. Bl. am Schluß, Vors. erneuert. - Part 1 (of 2). Lacking 14 unnumbered sheets in the beginning and 1 numbered sheet. With numerous woodcuts in the text. Modern leather. Somewhat stained and browned, worming (ending severely), beginning partly repaired, last sheet with stamp, endpapers renewed.

Lot 262

A set of late 19th / early 20th Century W. Parnall & Co of Bristol postal scales, marble tray, white marble base and black stand, complete with brass tray and brass weights. Makers stamp on tray.

Lot 27CR

Make & Model: VW Jetta SE FSIDate of Reg: CX07 ZGVColour: Blackcc: 1598MoT: 14-07-2022Fuel Type: PETROLMileage: 109kTransmission: MANUALSummary: Three registered keepers with the last registered keeper since June 2017. Eight service stamp. Two keys (not tested) Leather seats.

Lot 456

A selection of stamp albums and stamps.

Lot 387

Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887-1976), View of a town, offset lithograph with blind stamp, signed in pencil by the artist, 46cm x 56cmProvenance: Purchased from Cornwater Fine Art 2020

Lot 388

Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887-1976), His family, offset lithograph with blind stamp, signed in pencil by the artist, 55cm x 73cm

Lot 389

Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887-1976), Two brothers, offset lithograph with blind stamp, signed in pencil by the artist, 63cm x 32cm

Lot 395

Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887-1976), The Reference Library, offset lithograph with blind stamp, signed in pencil by the artist, 27cm x 37cm

Lot 408

Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887-1976), The Reference Library, offset lithograph with blind stamp, signed in pencil by the artist, 27cm x 36cm

Lot 571

Fine Victorian burr walnut and mother of pearl inlaid writing box, by Parkins & Jotto, Oxford St, London, sloping box opening to a tooled red leather writing surface, two inkwells, pen tray, stamp compartments and two hidden drawers, width 30cm, depth 24cm, height 11cm

Lot 2260

Solomon Islands, ‘First Day of Issue Presentation Set,’ a set of 5 x First Day Coin & Banknote Covers commemorating the Solomon Islands First National Currency issued in 1977 & comprising: (1) proof set: 1, 2, 5, 10 & 20 cents & 1 dollar with a commemorative 6 cent stamp, FDC (2) sterling silver proof 5 dollars & commemorative 45 cent stamp, FDC (3) two dollars banknote, serial No. A/1 059176 & commemorative 45 cent stamp, (4) 5 dollars banknote, serial No. A/1 059176 & commemorative 45 cent stamp & (5) 10 dollars banknote, serial No. A/1 059176 & commemorative 45 cent stamp; coins struck by Franklin Mint & notes issued by Thomas de la Rue; in a black leatherette album.

Lot 2286

‘The Craven Bank Limited’ comprising 2 x late 19th century unissued £20 sight notes, both 188*, payable ‘Twenty One Days after date’ (1) unnumbered, issuing branch Long Preston, ‘To Mess Dinsdale, Fowler & Co, Bankers, London’ duty stamp for three pence to right, bull in field to left & (2) unnumbered, issuing branch Skipton, ‘To Mess Dinsdale, Fowler & Co’ overprinted in red with names of new London agents ‘PRESCOTT, DIMSDALE, CAVE, TUGWELL & Co., LIMITED,’ bull in field to left; both notes with vertical folds/creases, edges with slight wear, AVF to VF.

Lot 205

Stage & Screen Icons - Marilyn Monroe Interest, Frank Worth photographic print, from How To Marry A Millionaire, estate blind stamp, No 32/270, with certificate ; Billy Wilders Some Like it Hot, The Funniest Film Ever Made; the complete book, Taschen 2002 with box; assorted Marilyn Monroe calendars, mostly sealed qty

Lot 268

stamps - a Strand stamp album of all world stamps inc Victorian penny reds, two penny blues,6D pink etc, others 7D & 9D full and part sheets; Stamford Major all world album, assorted loose stamps etc qty

Lot 279

A George V silver vesta case, polished initialled front, Birmingham 1918; another smaller 1915; 925 silver slide action stamp case, 83g gross (3)

Lot 333

A late Victorian gilt metal slide action propelling pencil, plain seal stamp terminal, suspending a book locket; unmarked; a gold coloured metal oval locket on chain, unmarked, 14.3g gross

Lot 65

A Beswick Walt Disney model, Owl, gilt back stamp; a Walt Disney Productions model, Lady; another Tramp (3)

Lot 81

A Beswick Beatrix Potter figure Timmy Tiptoes, gold base stamp; Nao Polar bear Cub; A Royal Crown Derby Walrus Paperweight (faults) (3)

Lot 97

A stamp collection, in two boxes

Lot 94

A stamp collection, in two boxes

Lot 434

A COLLECTION OF VINTAGE PICTURE CARD ALBUMS, A STAMP ALBUM, BARTHOLOMEW'S SURVEYS, ORDNANCE SURVEYS, AN ALBUM WITH BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS AND A LARGE QUANTITY OF SMALL PLASTIC SLEEVES

Lot 1222

A PAIR OF VINTAGE MINERS/SHIPS LAMPS BEARING THE STAMP 'ADLAKE'

Lot 1540

A VINTAGE CAST TOILET SISTERN BEARING THE STAMP H HUGHES AND SONS LTD

Lot 1238

THREE VINTAGE STONE WARE VESSELS TO INCLUDE A FLAGGON BEARING THE STAMP '262 I AMBERY SPIRIT MERCHANT MANCHESTER'

Lot 1276

A VINTAGE FLOOR SAFE WITH KEY AND THREE BRASS HANDLES, WITH THE LOCK BEARING THE STAMP 'CHATWOODS OF BOLTON'

Lot 251

A silver flower brooch, with three leaf detailing and flower set with blue paste stone, maker's stamp A & Co, GJ stamped Sterling Silver, 9cm high, 17.1g all in.

Lot 301

Philately. Various stamps, stamp albums, etc., collectors stamps, Derwent stamp album containing various early Canadian stamps 1897-1898, others 1898, various other early stamps, other Canada, Newfoundland, various other stamp albums, and a small quantity of coins. (a quantity)

Lot 320

Various Atlas Editions and other diecast trains, etc., PA Class locomotive with black and red livery, 7cm high, etc. and a stamp album. (a quantity)

Lot 394

Various stamps, collectors stamps, Votes For Women stamp sets, etc. (1 box)

Lot 399

Various first day covers, Jersey, stamp sets, 1985, various other 80's artists, Royal Mail first day covers, 1999, etc. (3 albums)

Lot 487

Various stamps, the Queen Mother, six dollar Granada, various stamp sets, etc. (a quantity)

Lot 49

A Danish rosewood side cabinet, of rectangular form, with two doors enclosing sliding trays, shelves, etc., Danish control stamp inside, 68cm high, 141cm wide, 45cm deep. CITES license no. 612358/03

Lot 572

A Lucas vintage Silver King bicycle lamp, with plain circular front glass in brass case with stamp, marked USE ¾inch wick to the interior, 14cm high.

Lot 127

Indian State documents. A pair of Indian State Jaipur Government revenue court fee ink stamp documents, pre 1947, each stamp priced at four Annas with calligraphy and additional decorations in gouache and gold, some soiling, the largest 350 x 220 mm, framed and glazedQty: (1)

Lot 135

Military Portraits. The Right Honourable Francis Earl of Moira, stipple engraving after F. Bartolozzi RA., engraved by H. Landseer, published by C. Willonson, London, image size 47 x 37.5cm, sheet size 55 x 42.4cm, together with General Francois Severin Desgraviers Marceau (1769-1796), colour engraving after Antoinne Francois Sergent, image size 43 x 32, sheet size 53 x 40.5cm, The Honble Robert Henry Clive, M.P., monochrome engraving after H.W. Pickersgill, RA, engraved by G.T. Payne, image size 63 x 41cm, John Walker Pease, mezzotint after Sir Francis Grant, engraved by Thomas Lewis Atkinson 1876, Print Sellers association blind stamp lower right, image size 66 x 39cm, another by the same artist, engraved by S.W. Reynolds 1850, 69 x 42cm and othersQty: (8)

Lot 16

Melland (Frank H.) Cholmeley (Edward H). Through the Heart of Africa, 1st edition, London: Constable, 1912, half-title, frontispiece, numerous plates, folding map to rear, occasional light spotting (mostly marginal), 'presentation copy' stamp to title, original publisher's red cloth gilt, top edge gilt, 8vo, together with: Sykes (C.A.). Service & Sport on the Tropical Nile 1903, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1903, portrait frontispiece, 16 black and white plates after photographs, folding map at end, top edge gilt, fore edge untrimmed, leaves lightly toned and spotted, endpapers toned, original publisher's red cloth gilt, joints worn, faint water stain to lower margin of front board, backstrip faded, corners and extremities lightly bumped, 8vo, together with Pearce (F.B). Zanzibar, the Island Metropolis of Eastern Africa, 1st edition, 2nd impression, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1920, half-title, portrait frontispiece, 48 black and white plates after photographs, 3 maps (one folding), lightly spotted, modern blue half morocco gilt, spine lettered in gilt, foliate embellishments to spine compartments, compartments bordered in gilt separated by raised bands, boards a trifle worn, 4to, with Howard (C). West African Explorers 1951Qty: (4)

Lot 164

Wallace Hester (Robert). With the Pytchley - gone to ground at the Hemploe, Messrs. Fores, 1897, aquatint after H. F. Lucas Lucas, with contemporary hand colouring, blind stamp of the Printsellers Association to lower left, signed in ink by the artist to the lower left and signed in pencil by the engraver to the lower right, very slight spotting and dust soiling, manuscript title to mount, 570 x 430 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, with a small framed and glazed keyplate loosely attached to the verso of the frame, together with Lucas Lucas (Henry Frederick). "Brooksby", circa 1900, hand coloured photogravure, boldly signed in pencil by the artist to lower left and with another pencil signature to the lower right of the subject, Captain Edward Pennell Elmhirst, 335 x 420 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQty: (2)Footnote: Captain E. Pennell Elmhirst or "Brooksby" was the author of several books on fox hunting and an eminent fox-hunter.

Lot 167

Collins (Wilkie, 1824-1889). Autograph envelope signed, [1878], envelope, addressed by hand to Mr C. Thomas, Messrs Robson & Sons, printers, 20 Pancreas Road, N.W., with perforated penny red and half-penny stamp, postmarked to verso London November 25, 1878, and with red wax seals to verso, 12.5 x 16.5 cm (5 x 6.5 ins)Qty: (1)Footnote: Robson & Sons were at this time engaged in the printed of Wilkie Collins novel The Fallen Leaves, published in 1879, one of the authors most important contributions to the subject of the fallen women and her struggle in society. The envelope is addressed to Charles Thomas, of Robson & Sons, who serialised the novel in their magazine The World.

Lot 200

Gibson (Matthew). A View of the Ancient and Present State of the Churches of Door, Home-Lacy, and Hempsted; Endow'd by the Right Honourable John, Lord Viscount Scudamore with Some Memoirs of that Ancient Family; and an Appendix of Records and Letters relating to the same Subject, London: W. Bowyer for R. Williamson, 1727, one folding black and white plate, some toning along crease, five postcards relating to Abbeydore pasted down onto rear endpapers, Quenby Library stamp to verso of title page, J. V. Scudamore bookplate laid onto front pastedown, 'Please Return' stamped in ink to front free endpaper, tree calf binding, gilt decorated spine, some rubbing to edges, 8vo, together with Miles (William). The Horses Foot, and How to Keep it Sound, London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longman, 1847, monochrome illustrations, pencil illustration to top of dedication page, 'Thomas Venables 977? regt" 1848' in ink to top of title-page, printed advertisment slip bound in before title, some spotting, J.V.Scudamore bookplate laid onto front pastedown, S. Hayward of Bath bookseller label to front pastedown, Venables/Scudamore family tree hand written in pencil and ink across front endpapers, cloth blind decorated with gilt title, rubbed, some staining and loss of colour, plus Cannon (Richard). Historical Record of The Seventh Regiment or The Royal Fusiliers: Containing An Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1685, and of its Subsequent Services to 1846, London:Parker, Furnivall & Parker, 1847, three hand-coloured plates, general title page spotted, page a toned, ink inscription to free front endpaper, J.V. Scudamore bookplate laid to front pastedown, previous owners pencil note to top of front pastedown, red cloth blind decorated with gilt title, spine toned, 8vo, with five othersQty: (8)

Lot 21

Rangachar (N.). Diary of a Pilgrimage to Lake Manasarowar and Mount Kailas with H.H. the Maharaja of Mysore in 1931, 1st edition, Mysore: printed by the Asst. Supdt., Govt. Branch Press, 1936, black & white illustrations from photographs, folding map at rear, original printed wrappers, slim 8vo, together with My Jubilee Visit to London by Subadar Mahammad Beg, Sirdar Bahadur, 1st Madras Lancers, Translated by K. Srinivasa Rao, edited by Lieut.-Colonel E.E.M. Lawford, 1st Madras Lancers, Bombay: Thacker & Co., 1899, faint library ink stamp and blue pencil marks to title, a little spotting, institutional library bookplate to front pastedown, original cloth with small manuscript paper label at foot of spine, 8vo, plus Wilson (Minden), History of the Behar Indigo Factories; Reminiscences of Behar; Tirhoot and its Inhabitants of the Past; History of Behar Light Horse Volunteers, 1st edition, Calcutta: Calcutta General Printing Company, 1908, 4 black & white illustrations from photographs, a little spotting, inner hinges cracked, original cloth, rubbed and partly faded, a little edge wear, 8vo, plus Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse, Princess of Great Britain and Ireland. Biographical Sketch and Letters, with Portraits, Translated into Gujerati by Sunabai Dinshah Taleyarkhan, 1st edition, Bombay: Education Society Press, 1897, title, dedication and translator's explanatory preface in English, main text in Gujurati, black & white plates including frontispiece, ink presentation inscription from the translator to the Honourable M.N. Bhownaggree, MP, CIE [British Conservative Party politician, like the translator of Indian Parsi origin], some spotting, original cloth gilt, rubbed and soiled, 8vo, plus other assorted mostly early 20th-century India interest including 3 pamphletsQty: (14)

Lot 217

Saint Anselm. Sancti Anselmi ex beccensi abbate cantuariensis archiepiscopi opera, Paris: Ludovici Billaine and Joannis Du Puis, 1675, half-title, engraved vignette to title, text double column, damp-staining to lower and outer margins of many leaves, sporadic spotting, hinges cracked, library stamp and contemporary ownership inscription to title, some rear leaves with small ink-stain to outer margin, small sticker to upper margin of front free endpaper, near-contemporary half calf, raised bands, missing portion of lower compartment of spine, spine worm-holed, sticker to base of spine, corners and extremities worn, folio, together with: Archbishop of Canterbury. Opera Omnia, Qvæ reperiri potver?nt, Paris: Ioannis Billaine, 1648, engraved vignette to title, title printed in red and black, front endpaper stuck down to pastedown, lacking rear endpaper, library stamps to title and verso of front endpaper, front hinge cracked, contemporary calf, covers bordered in gilt, spine in 7 compartments separated by raised bands, compartments bordered in gilt with gilt floral tools to 5, lacking head and tail caps, spine extremities worn with some loss, boards marked and worn with some loss to corners, folio, with Bible - Book of Daniel. Daniel kata tous Hebdomekonta ek ton Tetraplon Origenous [Greek title]. Daniel secundum Septuaginta ex Tetraplis Origenis nunc primum editus e singulari Chisiano codice annorum supra DCCC, 1st edition, Rome: Typis Propagandae Fidei, 1772, half-title, title printed in red and blank, engraved vignette to title, text double column, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, folding plate to rear, spotting, small marginal damp-staining to the occasional leaf, water-stain to upper margin of title obscuring contemporary inscription, front endpaper stuck to pastedown, contemporary calf gilt, spine in 7 compartments separated by raised bands, compartments finished in gilt, boards worn and marked with front board suffering loss, extremities bumped and rubbed, folio, together with 2 other antiquarian volumesQty: (5)

Lot 229

Indian Textiles. Illustrations of Textile Manufactures of India, London: Science and Art Department of the Committee of Council on Education, South Kensington Museum, 1881, printed title, 86 chromolithograph plates of Indian textiles, including turbans, men's garments, embroidered scarfs and shawls, carpets, etc., some light soiling, mainly to margins, light oval ink stamp to upper outer corner of each plate, just touching image, tissue-guard to each, one or two short closed tears, title with some light marks and vertical creasing, original library bookplate to front pastedown of the Science and Art Department, South Kensington, top edge gilt, contemporary yellow cloth, rubbed and some soiling, some wear to joints and loss to head and foot of spine, large folio (47 x 34 cm)Qty: (1)Footnote: The India collection at the Victoria & Albert Museum (formerly known as the South Kensington Museum) originated in the East India Company's Museum, or Oriental Repository, founded in 1791. Caspar Purdon Clarke (1846–1911), who became keeper of the art collections and subsequently director of the museum, had arranged the new Indian section in 1880, and in 1881 was sent to India with instructions to collect objects in everyday production to encourage the 'native art manufactures' of India, and provide models of design and ornamentation for British manufacturers and students.

Lot 238

Prevost-Marcilhacy (Pauline). Les Rothschild bâtisseurs et mécènes, Paris: Flammarion, 1995, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, small ink stamp 'Service de Presse' to rear pastedown, original cloth, dust jacket, 4toQty: (1)

Lot 260

Coleridge (Samuel Taylor). Biographia Literaria, 2 volumes, London: William Pickering, 1847, half-titles, all edges gilt, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, later green calf gilt, gilt double border to covers, spine in 6 compartments separated by gilt raised bands, gilt devices to 4 compartments, spine lettered in gilt, extremities slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with: Cowper (William). The Poetical Works, 3 volumes, London: Bell and Dandy, 1865, portrait frontispiece to volume 1, all edges gilt, Bickers & Son stamp to upper margin of verso of front free endpaper to volume 2 and 3, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, later crushed red morocco gilt, spine in 6 compartments separated by raised bands finished in gilt, spine lettered in gilt, gilt foliate devices to 4 compartments, boards bordered in gilt, front board of volume 1 detached, extremities slightly rubbed, 8vo, with Browning (Elizabeth Barrett). Poetical Works, 6 volumes, London: Smith, Elder, & Co, 1890, portrait frontispieces, library stamps to verso of titles, lightly spotted (mostly to margins), signed H. Sotheran and Co to lower margins of front pastedowns, broad and elaborately tooled gilt turn-ins, top edge gilt, near-contemporary brown crushed morocco gilt, spine lettered in gilt, raised bands, 8vo, together with 17 other bindingsQty: (28)

Lot 275

London (Jack). The Call of the Wild, 1st UK edition, London: Macmillan, 1903, 18 colour plates (including frontispiece), pictorial pastedowns and endpapers, gift inscription to front pastedown, small stamp and notations to verso of front free endpaper, original publisher's blue pictorial cloth, joints and extremities worn, boards faintly marked, 8vo, together with a framed portrait of Arthur Conan Doyle (555 x 455mm)Qty: (2)

Lot 285

Ross (Alan). The Onion Man, typescript carbon copy, c.1959, [1] 23 (i.e. 24) wove-paper leaves (text on rectos only), most numbered, title with central crease, contained in thick paper wrappers, the whole hole-punched and tied with ribbon, front cover with typescript title label, signed by the author in blue ink, wrappers rubbed and lightly soiled, small slim 4to, together with: The Wreck of Moni, original typescript, c.1965, [2] 47 (i.e. 49) wove-paper typescript leaves (text on rectos only), most numbered, some authorial ink manuscript amendments to text, title signed by author in blue ink, several red ink manuscript printing annotations, especially to title and dedication leaf, some light toning in places, first (dedication) leaf with amended replacement version in pencil manuscript, was adhered over original leaf with adhesive tape (now detached), contained in thick paper wrappers, the whole hole-punched and tied with a Treasury tag, ink manuscript title to front cover, rear cover with name & address ink stamp of Raymond Briggs, wrappers somewhat faded and marked, some edge-fraying, slim 4to, with 5 additional ink manuscript and typescript leaves loosely inserted, giving possibly original versions of the title, dedication page and page '46a', plus 13 leaves of loosely inserted manuscript and typescript ephemera relating to lists of contributors to [The] London MagazineQty: (2)Footnote: The Onion Man and The Wreck of Moni were both published with illustrations by Raymond Briggs. These are possibly working copies that were sent to Briggs, as suggested by the ink stamp on the wrapper of Moni.

Lot 290

Soviet Tobacco Catalogue. KATA?O?, Moscow: Hudozhestvenno-oformitelskie kombinat pischepromizdata MPPT USSR, 1957, numerous full-page colour illustrations (some fold-out), numerous black and white illustrations after photographs, illustrated endpapers and pastedowns, near-contemporary inscription to front pastedown, original publisher's pictorial cloth, backstrip faded to head, slightly bumped to extremities, oblong 4to, together with: Harrods. Fashionable Rendezvous, London: Harrods, circa 1910, 6 mounted coloured plates (with descriptive tissue-guards), 9 black and white plates, decorative pastedowns and endpapers, hinges repaired, original pictorial cloth-backed boards, boards soiled and marked, extremities worn, oblong folio, with The House That Every Woman Knows. Harrod's Diamond Jubilee, 1909, 18 mounted black and white plates, final plate with closed marginal tears repaired with adhesive tape, stamp to fore-edge of text block, a couple of leaves with small damp-stain to upper margin, original decorative cloth, inscription to backstrip, extremities bumped, boards dust-soiled, oblong 8voQty: (3)

Lot 303

Clegg (Samuel). A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture and Distribution of Coal-Gas, its Introduction and Progressive Improvement... , 2 copies, 4th edition, John Weale, 1866, 33 numbered engraved plates including some double-page or folding, plus 32-page publisher's catalogue at rear of each, one copy with some illustrations to text, one copy with occasional institutional library ink stamps including some to plate versos, one copy original cloth gilt, spine torn and frayed, the second copy in near-matching later cloth gilt, both rubbed, 4to, together with: Barlow (Thomas Greaves, editor), The Journal of Gas Lighting, vol. 1, 1849 and 1850, [1850], a few wood-engraved illustrations, classified advertisements, red ink duty stamp to each issue, some spotting, contemporary half calf, worn, covers detached and backstrip deficient, plus The Gas World, vol. 16, 1892, commercial adverts with occasional engraved illustrations, institutional ink library stamps to endpapers, contemporary cloth gilt, frayed at head of spine, folio, plus others mostly gas related, the majority 20th century, but including a copy of Richard Hooker's 'Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie', c. 1640Qty: (approx. 20)

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