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A QUANTITY OF BRASS ITEMS TO INCLUDE A MINIATURE 'GRETNA GREEN' ANVIL, THREE BLIND MICE, A LEAPING FISH, BOATS, ETC

A 1920's period style mahogany china cabinet with beaded decoration and blind fret frieze, with single door and square tapered legs.

A REGENCY GILTWOOD PIER MIRROR,of upright rectangular form, fitted with plain glass plate, below a blind grill segment and a row of applied spheres, with twin side supports. 104cm high x 59.5cm wide

Bob Carlos Clarke (1950-2006), Delta of Venus #5, 1980, a signed Limited Edition photographic print, 278/750, with blind stamp, signed in black into to the lower right Condition Report:overall 40.5cm x 51cm, the image is 30.5cm x 40.5cm 

Bob Carlos Clarke (1950-2006), Evil and Innocent, a signed Limited Edition photographic print, 44/300, with blind stamp, signed in black into to the lower right

Bob Carlos Clarke (1950-2006), The Chase, a signed Limited Edition photographic print, 102/300, with blind stamp, signed in black into to the lower right

Bob Carlos Clarke (1950-2006), Shaft of Darkness, 1980s, a signed Limited Edition photographic print, 118/300, with blind stamp, signed in black into to the lower right

An oak table, early 20th c, in William and Mary style, the spayed fold-over top above blind carved drawers and split baluster mouldings, on turned legs with stretchers, 76cm  h; 41 x 80cm Wear and marks, top warped

A Continental silver cast figural standing seal in the form of a falconer, blind matrix, 80mm h, import marked B Muller, London 1895 and a Dutch silver miniature birdcage, salt cellar and tea strainer, 4ozs 10dwts (4) Seal slightly dented, polish residue

A George V silver fruit dish, die stamped with flowers and blind and open trellis, 31cm l, by Mappin & Webb, Sheffield 1911, 13ozs 17dwts Good condition, not split, no engraving

'Snaffles' Charles Johnson Payne (1884-1967)/The Gunner/Le Poilu/each with Snaffles blind stamp/colour print, 28.5cm x 20.5cm (2) CONDITION REPORT: ARR Artist's Resale Right may apply to the sale of this lot if the hammer price is the equivalent of 1000 Euros or more, incurring an additional fee. For further information please ask Chorley's or visit www.dacs.org.uk Condition information is not usually provided in the description of the lot but is available upon request; the absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is without imperfection

A fine George II walnut chest on chest, circa 1740, with moulded cornice above a Greek Key blind fret frieze above two short and three long drawers, double feather and cross banded within reeded and canted corners upon a conforming chest of three drawers and bracket feet, 187cm x 107cm /see illustration CONDITION REPORT: 60cm deep, 188cm high. This chest has been re-veneered and handles and escutcheons replaced. Cornice missing moulding at one corner. Secretaire drawer re-fitted. Sides split to both top and bottom. Area of veneer missing at bottom right hand pillar. In two parts- top 90cm high x 53cm deep. Base- 94cm high x 57 deep.

Early 20th century Chippendale revival mahogany bijouterie table, hinged glazed top with blind fret edge on square tapered legs and pierced spandrels, united by a galleried undertier, 58cm wide x 41cm deep x 77cm high

W. Russell Flint, Iberian Flounces and The Girl from Rio, three limited edition prints, including a pair, each with blind stamp and numbered in the margin, all in gilt glazed frames (largest 61cm by 77cm).

CHIPPENDALE STYLE MAHOGANY BOOKCASE CUPBOARD - elegant example with fretwork pediment, blind fretwork throughout the front, twin thirteen pane bevelled edge astragal glazed doors, the base having five drawers over two cupboard doors with urn and swag carved detail flanked by double pillar decoration, 244cms H, 121cms W, 46cms D

A Daley Blind signed Manchester United shirt with accompanying photographs in mount, framed as one.

Helen bradley signed print with blind stamp titled Sunday Afternoon in Alexandra park limited edition 604/750

° ° Beeton, Isabella - Mrs Beeton's Household Management: a complete cookery book ... new edition (by 'the Editors'). 32 coloured and many b/w plates, half title; original blind-decorated and gilt lettered cloth, v.thick 8vo. Ward, Lock & Co., (ca.1925)

° ° The Self-Interpreting Bible, with an evangelical commentary, by the late Revd. John Brown.....2 vols. (in one). portrait frontispieces, engraved pictorial title (general title) and printed title (NT), num. plates; earlier 19th century blind-ruled and gilt lettered black morocco, ge., folio, London: R. Evans, 1814 and Thomas Kelly, 1820

° ° Cennini, Cennino - (Il Libro Dell'Arte Ovvero Trattato della Pittura). Rzecz o Malarstwie ... Rekopsis 2 Roku Panfkiego MCCCCXXXVII przechowany w Bibljotece Laurencjanfkiegi we Florencji ... Limited edition. title in red and black within decorated border, a facsimile and 12 other plates (some tinted or coloured); publisher's gilt-ruled and blind-decorated chocolate calf, central gilt ornament (in blind on lower cover), gilt-lettered spine, gold and coloured pictorial e/ps., 4to. Warsaw, 1934

Etherington of Driffield - Rare three-train late 18th century 30-hour longcase clock in an oak case, flat topped hood with dentil moulding and blind fret, break arch hood door with attached pillars, trunk with a conforming door on a deep stepped plinth with shaped base, dial with a fully painted arch and scroll spandrels in raised gesso, an unusual and rare dial having separate dials for the hours and minutes, dial inscribed "Etherington, Dryfield", with a recoil anchor escapement, striking the hours and quarters on three bells. No weights or pendulum.John Etherington is recorded as working in Driffield (Yorkshire) 1775-d.1790.Dimensions: Height: 220cm  Length/Width: 48cm  Depth/Diameter: 20cm

Edwardian mahogany display cabinet, arched top and enclosed by two glazed door, lined interior fitted with two shelves, on square supports with blind fretwork decoration joined by shaped undertierDimensions: Height: 182cm  Length/Width: 123cm  Depth/Diameter: 38cm

SIR WILLIAM RUSSELL FLINT RA ROI (1880-1969) British, Morning Dinard, limited edition print numbered 276/850, published by The Cavendish Press with blind stamp to margin. 33 x 25 cm.

After Charles Johnson Payne "Snaffles" (1884-1967)"The Huntsman, the' oss loves the' ound but I loves both"Signed in pencil with the Snaffles bit blind stamp, a colour reproduction, 39cm by 36.5cm

Tullamore ? blended Irish whiskey, Rutherfords blind? and four Bells decanters (6)

After Helen Bradley (1900-1979) - The Fair at Daisy Nook - limited edition print, blind stamped, signed in pencil to the margin, Kingfisher Gallery label to verso, framed & glazed, 78 by 54cms.Condition ReportGood overall condition, slightly browned in colour to the margins, no splits or damage, good overall condition

Trade catalogues.- R. & W. Wilson & Sons. A Catalogue of general tin goods and japanned wares, ink ms. note to head of B3 drawing customer's attention to loosely inserted price list for coal scoops, dated 1st October, 1877, original brown cloth, blind-stamped with company name on upper cover, spine little faded, rubbed, seemingly unrecorded, T. Pettitt & Co., [c.1877]; and 4 others, British and Continental trade catalogues, v.s. (5)

Bread.- Photobook.- Simmons (Owen) The Book of Bread, first edition, 2 tipped-in gelatin silver prints, 8 tipped in black & white prints, 12 chromolithographed plates, photographic illustrations, ex-library copy with stamps to versos of prints and plates, preliminaries, and occasionally in text, otherwise internally clean, occasional creasing to lower inner corner of prints (including 1 gelatin), as often, some offsetting, original green cloth, lettered in gilt and black, library blind-stamp to upper cover, lower edges little worn, a couple of nicks, rubbed, [Bitting p. 435; Parr & Badger The Photobook, I, 56], 4to, Maclaren & Sons, [1903].⁂ 'one of the humblest, yet most essential of objects is catalogued as precisely, rigorously and objectively as any work by a 1980s Conceptual artist' (Martin Parr in The Photobook).

Thacker (John) The Art of Cookery. Containing above Six Hundred and Fifty of the most approv'd Receipts, first edition, woodcut illustrations, 32pp. letterpress bills of fare at end, errata slip mounted on final blank, S2 [i.e. S1] piece from upper margin torn away, water-stained, some spotting or mostly light staining, lightly browned, contemporary blind-stamped calf, spine in compartments, spine ends and corners worn, joints splitting, but holding, water-stained, rubbed, [Bitting p.458; Cagle 1019; Maclean pp.140-141; Oxford p.88], 8vo, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Printed by I. Thompson and Company, 1758.⁂ Thacker was cook to the Dean and Chapter of Durham Cathedral and opened a cookery school in the city in 1742. The influence of French cookery is evident in the collection.Provenance: 'Anne Williamson' (later ink signature to head of title); Mary Chadsey (modern bookplate to front pastedown).

Woolley (Hannah) The Ladies delight: or, a rich closet of choice experiments & curiosities, containing the art of preserving & candying both fruits and flowers: together with the exact cook; or, the art of dressing all sorts of flesh, fowl, and fish, 3 parts in 1, engraved frontispiece, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, occasional early ink passage marking, single wormhole increasing to trace within text at lower corner from sig. G to end, trace mostly in sig. P and not confined just to the lower corners, traces repaired, a few other ff. with worming outside of lower corners, all with seemingly no loss of sense of text, a few small mostly marginal repairs, closely trimmed, mostly at head, but occasionally just touching text on a few ff. at outer margins (without loss of sense) and just within outer and lower borders of frontispiece, some spotting or staining (including ink), lightly browned, contemporary sheep, covers with blind-stamped initials 'MB', rebacked, covers little marked and rubbed, [Oxford p.35; Notaker 552; Wing W3279], 12mo, Printed by T[homas]. Milbourn, for N[athaniel]. Crouch, in Exchange-Alley over against the Royal-Exchange in Cornhil, 1672.⁂ Rare, especially complete. ESTC records only a BL copy (defective), and Library Hub adds a Royal Society of Medicine copy. The second and third parts are 'The Exact Cook: or excellent receipts for Cookery' and 'The Ladies physical closet, or, choice receipts and experiments in Physick and Chyrurgery', both by the same printers and dated 1672. Provenance: Mary Watson (contemporary ink signature to head of title).

[Brillat-Savarin (Jean Anthelme)] Physiologie du gout, ou méditations de gastronomie transcendante, 2 vol., first edition, first issue, [one of 500 copies], half-titles, woodcut ornament to titles, ink author attribution to title of vol.1, water-stained, foxing, lightly browned, contemporary red straight-grain morocco-backed glazed boards, gilt and blind-stamped spines in compartments, vol.1 head of spine neatly repaired, little rubbed, [Cagle 98; Simon Vinaria p.218; Oberlé Fastes 144; Vicaire 116-117; cf. Simon BG 253], 8vo, Paris, A. Sautelet & Co., 1826.⁂ 'Brillat-Savarin's great book ... became such a landmark in the history of modern gastronomy that it set, and is still setting, the pattern for hundreds of imitators' (Elizabeth David, French Provincial Cooking, London, 1960, p.45). The rare first issue, with the 'E' of 'BOURSE' in imprint of first volume lying horizontally, and a weak 'D' in the 'DU' of 'A L'ORDRE DU JOUR'.

NO RESERVE Glasse (Hannah) The Art of cookery, made plain and easy, facsimile of the first edition of 1747, number 2 of 12 copies specially bound by C.B. Lewis for Janet Clarke, modern blind-tooled calf by C.B. Lewis, spine in compartments and with double red leather labels, Prospect Books, 1983; and a copy in original cloth, small folio (2)

Gouffé (Jules) Le Livre de cuisine, first edition, half-title, title in red and black, chromolithographed frontispiece and 24 plates, tissue guards, numerous steel-engraved illustrations, foxed, original red morocco-backed blind-stamped cloth, gilt spine in compartments, corners worn, rubbed, [Bitting p.195; Cagle 218; Oberlé Fastes 226; Vicaire 417-418], Paris, Hachette, 1867; Le Livre des Conserves, ou Recettes Pour Preparer et Conserver, first edition, half-title, title in red and black, steel-engraved portrait frontispiece and numerous illustrations, foxed, early 20th century cloth-backed marbled boards (?from a notebook, or similar), spine ends little frayed, corners worn, rubbed, [Bitting p.196 (note); Cagle 220; Oberlé Fastes 229; Vicaire 418], Paris, Hachette, 1869; and 4 others, by the same, including a duplicate of first mentioned in original cloth, v.s. (6)

Wine.- [Henderson (Alexander)] The History of Ancient and Modern Wines, first edition, half-title, mounted wood-engraved vignette to title, wood-engraved vignettes and historiated initials, half-title foxed, some spotting or mostly light foxing, occasional marginal water-staining, most noticeable in sigs. SS & TT, lightly browned, later half calf, spine in compartments and with red leather label, rubbed, [Bitting p.562; Gabler G23690; Simon BG 831 & Vinaria p.6], 4to, Baldwin, Craddock and Joy, 1824.⁂ Includes discussion of the practice of 'blind tasting'.

World cuisines.- [Hochheim (Amalia von)] A Handbook of foreign cookery, principally French, German and Danish, second edition, title printed in red and black, occasional spotting or light staining, original blind-stamped and gilt pictorial cloth, spine faded, spine and upper joint frayed, stained, Printed for Henry Washbourne, 1849 § Bregion (Joseph) and Anne Miller. The Practical cook, English and foreign; containing a great variety of old receipts...in English, French, German, Russian, Spanish, Polish, Dutch, American, Swiss, and Indian cookery, 12 engraved plates, advertisement f. at end, a few sigs. working loose, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, original blind-stamped cloth, spine gilt, some staining, faded and rubbed, [Bitting p.58], Chapman and Hall, 1845; and 6 others, World cuisines, some in Swedish or Danish, v.s. (8) ⁂ The first mentioned is rare, with Library Hub and WorldCat recording a BL copy only. It is not found in the standard bibliographies.

Housekeeper's Manual of English cookery (The), preserving, pickling, confectionary, and bread making, brewing, and British wine making, 3 parts in 1, each part with half-title and separately paginated, 16pp. publisher's catalogue at end, some spotting and finger-marking, lightly browned, original gilt and blind-stamped cloth, spine faded, head of spine and corners little frayed, stained, but still a solid copy, John F. Shaw, 48, Paternoster Row, 1859; and 15 others, 19th century cookery & household, including Kitchiner and Acton, v.s. (16)⁂ The first mentioned seemingly unrecorded.

Johnson (Mary) Madam Johnson's present: or, the best instructions for young women, in useful and universal knowledge, engraved portrait frontispiece of the author, title printed in red and black, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, final contents f., portrait working loose, edges of portrait and title browned, some spotting or light foxing, occasional staining, lightly browned, contemporary blind-stamped and blind-ruled sheep, spine in compartments, head of spine with short neat split, foot of spine with small chip, upper joint splitting, but holding firm, rubbed and little scuffed, [Maclean pp.75-77; cf. Bitting p.247, Cagle 782; Oxford p.83 & Vicaire 465], large 12mo, Printed for M. Cooper, Pater-noster-row; and C. Sympson, at the Bible, Chancery-Lane, 1754.⁂ Rare first edition under this title. It was originally published in 1753 as The Young Woman's Companion. ESTC records only four copies of this edition (all in America or Canada), and Library Hub adds a copy at Leeds University. Includes carving, pickling, and pastry & confectionery. As with another copy consulted the pagination of the preliminaries is as follows: [2], ii, [1], vi-xiii [i.e xiv, the recto of final f. thus numbered].Provenance: 'E. Guertz, 1754' (ink inscription to verso of portrait); loosely inserted letter from Sub-Librarian of Brotherton, Leeds to bookseller Mike McKirdy regarding their copy of the work. It is interesting to note that in the preliminaries of their copy the pagination also skips from ii to vi.

Brewing.- Loftus (William Robert) The Brewer : a familiar treatise on the art of brewing, with directions for the selection of malt and hops...instructions for making cider and British wines, 2 parts in 1, first edition, advertisement slip for thermometers tipped-in to front free endpaper, 2 initial advertisement ff., full-page wood-engraved illustration of 'New Improved Saccharometer', bifolium E3&4 (signed E2) loose, occasional spotting, lightly browned, original brown cloth, gilt, spine and edges faded, a few spots, rubbed, [Gabler G27890; cf. Simon BG 964], rare, William R. Loftus, 1856 § [Robinson (James)] The Art and Mystery of Making British Wines, Cider and Perry, Cordials and Liqueurs..., first edition, half-title, wood-engraved illustrations, contemporary ink recipes to endpapers, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, hinges weak, original green blind-stamped cloth, spine gilt, foot of spine little chipped, corners worn, stained, rubbed, [Gabler G34470], Chapman and Hall, 1865; and 2 others, Brewing, v.s. (4)

Fish & Fisheries.- Mitchell (John M.) The Herring its natural history and national importance, first edition, half-title, folding chromolithographed frontispiece, 5 tinted lithographed plates, original green cloth, spine gilt, damp-stained, but solid, Edinburgh & London, Edmonston and Douglas, 1864 § [Hughes (William)], "Piscator". A Practical Treatise on the Choice and Cookery of Fish, second edition, lightly browned, original green blind-stamped cloth, spine gilt, spine darkened and with head chipped, some staining to lower cover, [Bitting p.237; Cagle 765; Oxford p.173 (note); Simon BG 1183], Longman [& others], 1854; and 9 others, Fish & Fisheries, including 3 early 20th century billheads for a Norfolk fish company, v.s. (11)

Small books & pocket guides.- The Modern family cook, or, Housekeeper's instructor, containing marketing directions, and upwards of three hundred receipts, stained, lightly browned, original blind-stamped cloth, head of spine and corners worn, rubbed, rare, T. Goode, [c.1850] § Warne's bijou books. Etiquette of the dinner-table: with the art of carving, half-title, chromolithographed frontispiece and additional pictorial title, wood-engraved illustrations, occasional spotting or light foxing, near fine original green pictorial cloth, gilt, Frederick Warne and Co., 1867; and 12 others, similar, v.s. (14)

A Victorian Gothic Revival carved oak throne chair in the manner of Pugin, the pierced carved top rail flanked by French baroque style columns, the main back panel decorated with armorial shield and Gothic arch and foliate carved decorated field, the swept arms with lion mask caps and pierced side panels over a plain two plank seat with foliate carved edge over pierced carved rails on blind fretwork carved front supports united to the plain back supports by a shaped chamfered H stretcher 67 cm wide x 59 cm deep x 136.5 cm high CONDITION REPORTS The seat is split badly, gapping around the joints, some chips knocks, etc to the extremities especially the top right hand finial. Appears to have had some restoration throughout and possible replacement block supports under the masks on the arms. General wear and tear conducive to age and use. See images for more information.

Remington .36 percussion revolver Remington .36 percussion revolver, 4.5inch octagonal barrel with faint maker's name and address stamping, five shot cylinder, and brass trigger guard, the nipples are currently unscrewed from the cylinder.Section 58(2) antique / obsolete calibre, can be owned without a licence. The buyer must be over the age of 18. Photo ID will be required if the lot is to be posted out. 24cm longThe action cocks with a very strong mainspring, it has perhaps been replaced as it feels stronger than would be expected. The cylinder rotates and indexes, every so often it does not rotate correctly but this error is only very sporadic. The metalwork generally has some light overall pitting, dents and marks. The bore has some light pitting but a good rifling pattern remains. The frame has a spot weld repair see images 3 and 4 online. The foresight has been filed down and adapted. The loading lever stop looks to be a replacement and there is a vacant blind hole ahead of the stop perhaps where the original was located. One grip has been replaced. The screw head gates are chewed. The nipples are currently unscrewed from the gun. We don't see any major reason why the shouldn't be easily fitted back we just don't have the correct size key to do this.

An early 19th century mahogany candlebox or wall pocket with blind fret carved decoration, 20.5cm wide x 12cm deep x 31.5cm high together with a coopered bucket or waste bin of tapering form, 25.5cm wide x 22cm high (2)In good condition, with minor surface marks due to age and use

A George III mahogany chest of two short and three long drawers with brass swan neck handles, blind fretwork decoration and raised on bracket feet, 107cm wide x 53cm deep x 82.5cm highSome veneer restoration to the top, general surface scratches and marks

Gregynog Press. The Lamentations of Jeremiah. No. 231/250. Printed in blue and black with illustrations by Blair Hughes-Stanton. Dark blue calf with blind title. Newton Montgomery 1933. Corners bumped, minor scratches and spotting. Fo. (386 x 260mm)

Gregynog Press. The Revelation of Saint John the Divine, no. 131/250. Blair Hughes Stanton (Illus) 13 full page, red and black print. Newton Montgomery, 1932. Terracotta calf with blind title. Small Fo. (345 x 210mm) in slip caseSlipcase with surface scuffs and on the corners.  A 2cm tear to one corner.  A bit of sun damage too.Book again has some surface ware and around the edges.  Interior of book, condition good.Weight 1.075kg in total.

Helen Bradley (British, 1900-1979) Blackpool Stationprint, signed in pencil lower right, blind stamped lower left for the Fine Art Trade Guild, letter code BDF, mounted and framedoverall 60cm x 77cm, within mount 37cm x 56cmCondition:

Atlases. Moll., Hermann. (d.1732) et al., Athlas Royal (The World described: Or a New and Correct sett of Maps)London, c.1733pen annotated endpaper listing 28 copper engraved maps as bound with contemporary outline colouring, b&w frontis engraved by J. Cole., elephant folio, containing as numbered in pen: all Moll, Hermann and published by J & T Bowles unless stated 1. A New & Correct Map of the Whole World, 1719, folding, 2. A New and Correct Map of the World, laid down according to the Newest Discoveries.3. Map of Europe, 17084. Map of Asia5. A Map of the East-Indies6. Parker. S. , Geographia Sacra or a New & Compendious Maps of the Holy Land ..., sold by Overton & Hoole7. Map of Africa8. Map of The Turkish Empire in Europe, Asia and Africa, ... also Morocco9. Map of North America10. A New an Exact Map of the Dominions of the King of Great Britain on ye continent of North America, 171511. A New Map of the North Parts of America claimed by France, 1720 12. Map of South America13. Morden., Robert A New Map of the West-Indies, or the Islands of America, printed by William Knight14. A New & Exact Map of the Coast, Countries and Islands within ye limits of the ye South Sea Company14. The South Part of Great Britain, called England and Wales, 171015. The North Part of Great Britain, called Scotland, 171416. A New Map of Great Britain17. A New Map of Ireland, 171418. A New and Exact Map of Spain & Portugal, 171119. A New and Exact Map of France20. A New and exact Map of the United Provinces, or Netherlands &c.21. A Most Exact Map of Flanders or Austrian Netherlands &c.22. A New Map of Germany. Hungary. Transilvania & The Suisse, 1712, 23. A New & Exact Nap of the Electorate of Brunswick-Lunenburg and yr rest of ye Kings Dominions in Germany24. Overton, Philip , Oxfordshire Actualy Survey'd &C. 171525. Map of Moscovy, Poland, Little Tartary and ye Black Sea, Bowles26. A New Map of Denmark and Sweden27. A New Map of Italy, 171428. Del Isle, William., An Hisorical Map of the Roman Empire, 1709extra illustrated: Dodlsey & Millan.,The Victorian or Dionysion Period or Great Paschal, 1745., Dusauzet, Geography Epitomis'd, London, 1733. Senex, John. A scheme of the Solar System with the Orbits of the Planets Condition: Lacking top board and spine. End paper is lose and annotated in pen listing 28 map. The endpaper is loss with tears and chips. No title page. Occasional marginal chips throughout water / damp marks to margins from The South Part of Great Britain, called England and Wales, 1710 onwards A New Map of Denmark and Sweden, small hole right hand side of vignette of Laplander removing his Family Dodlsey & Millan.,The Victorian or Dionysion Period or Great Paschal, 1745, lose with a central tear, edges chipped, margins soiled. Rear board covered in blind tooled goatskin is present but in poor condition.

An album of 19th century ephemera to include an unissued admissions ticket for the Funeral of the Duke of the late Field Marshal The Duke of Wellington North Side', bearing blind stamp for the Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal' bearing exhibition label verso for The Victorian Era Exhibition - London, 1897', other ephemera relating to the same exhibition to include an invitation to the opening, loan exhibits receipt including that for the Wellington Funeral Ticket, other ephemera, 1887 and 1897 Jubilee celebrations tickets, programmes, a folding map of the Diamond Jubilee procession, a black and white photograph of the 1887 Golden Jubilee procession and another of the 1897 Diamond Jubilee Procession by the Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace Garden Party, 1887 concert programme, unopened 1897 Floral Sachet' etc. other ephemera to include a ladies ticket for the Opening of Clifton Suspension Bridge', a set of twelve scraps The life of Queen Victoria' by Harry Pane', a trade card for the North London Bicycle School c.1880, Official Daily Programme for the Royal Naval Exhibition, 1891, various Condition: mostly fair, viewing recommended

Scottish history, theology and law Collection of works, 17th-18th century Leslie, John. De origine moribus et rebus gestis Scotorum libri decem ... Nunc denuo recus. [Amsterdam?: no printer], 1675. 4to, contemporary calf, 11 full-page engraved genealogies in text, each with portrait roundel, binding rubbed, small paper flaw in 3Z1;[Scottish martyrs]. A Cloud of Witnesses, for the Royal Prerogatives of Jesus Christ; or, the Last Speeches ... of those who have suffered for the Truth, in Scotland, since the Year 1680. [Edinburgh?: no printer], 1714. First edition, 4to, 19th-century marbled boards, rebacked, title-page in red and black, tape-repairs in H2 and 2I4, rear inner hinge split between final two signatures [ESTC T167253, tracing five copies only worldwide, and five copies for another edition published the same year, slightly different pagination, priority not established];Forrester, Thomas. The Hierarchical Bishops Claim to a Divine Right. Edinburgh: James Watson, 1699. First edition, 4to, contemporary panelled sheep, rebacked, front board near detached errata slip pasted onto final blank (loose) [ESTC R4954];[Gordon, James]. The Reformed Bishop: or, XIX Articles, tenderd by ... a Well-Wiher of the Present Government of the Church of Scotland. [No place]: for the author, 1679. 8vo, contemporary mottled sheep ruled in blind, errata leaf, terminal blank, rubbed, front joint split at head, worming in gutter, Gordon Castle label to front free endpaper [ESTC R10195: 9 UK copies, of which 4 in the NLS];Forbes, William. A Treatise of Church-lands and Tithes. Edinburgh: heirs and successors of Andrew Anderson, 1705. 8vo, contemporary sprinkled calf, engraved bookplate of the Earls of Lauderdale, book-label of one J. R. P. Forrest, contemporary ownership inscription ('Lauderdale') and shelfmark to title-page, binding slightly worn [ESTC T130854];Buchanan, George. De jure regni apud Scotos. [No place: no printer], 1680. 12mo, contemporary sheep, spine slightly defective, closely trimmed at foot [R19572];[Stewart, Sir James]. Naphtali, or the Wrestlings of the Church of Scotland for the Kingdom of Christ. [No place: no printer], 1693. 12mo, contemporary sheep, retaining final blank [ESTC R33803];[Skene, Alexander]. Memorialls for the Government of the Royall-Burghs in Scotland. Aberdeen: John Forbes, 1685. First edition, 8vo, contemporary sheep [ESTC R38926];[Clark, James]. A Sermon preached at the Kirk of Auldhamstocks. Edinburgh: John Reid, 1690. 4to, 12 pp., disbound, stained [ESTC R36023: 10 copies worldwide];Spalding, John. A Sermon before His Grace John Earl of Tullibardine. Edinburgh: George Mosman, 1696. 4to, disbound, 19 pp., [ESTC R34583: 9 copies worldwide];Ferguson, Robert. The Late Proceedings and Votes of the Parliament of Scotland, contained in an Address delivered to the King. Glasgow: Andrew Hepburn, 1689. 4to, 39 [1] pp., disbound, shaved [ESTC R224225];[Ridpath, George]. The Scots Episcopal Innocence. London: [no printer], 1694. First edition, 4to, stitched as issued, untrimmed, title-page stained, closed tear in penultimate leaf [ESTC R28104];and approx. 18 others (these not collated), including: Samuel Rutherford, A Sermon preached before the Right Honourable House of Lords, 1645 (disbound, tear to corner of title-page); James Durham, The Unsearchable Riches of Christ, Glasgow, 1709; Lockhart, Memoirs concerning the Affairs of Scotland from Queen Anne's Accession ... to the Commencement of the Union, 1714 (contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, bookplate of the Viscounts Melville); and similarNote: Note: Leslie's work was first published in Rome in 1578.Provenance: Dictionaries of the Scottish Language (with markings including ink-stamps to endpapers and remnants of labels to spines).

Defoe, Daniel and others 10 works in one volume The Several Declarations, together with the several depositions made in Council, on Monday, the 22nd October, 1699, concerning the Birth of the Prince of Wales. London: Printed, and Sold by the Booksellers of London and Westminster, [?1711], pp. 40, [ESTC N22677];[Cibber, Colley] The Secret History of Arlus and Odolphus, Ministers of State of the Empress of Grandinsula. [London], Printed in the year MDCCX, [1710]; third edition, pp.37, [ESTC T47389];[Defoe, Daniel] Eleven Opinions about Mr H----y; with Observations. London: J. Baker, 1711; pp.89, [5], [ESTC T56890];[Swift, Jonathan, doubtfully attributed to] An Essay towards the Life of Lawrence, Earl of Rochester. London: John Morphew, 1711, pp. [4], 43, [1], [ESTC T53971];[Defoe, Daniel] A Letter to the Whigs, being an Enquiry into the Particular Resentments of the Times at the Assassination of Mr Harley by the Marquis de Guiscard. [?London]: Printed in the Year, 1711, pp. 16, [ESTC N33703];[Robinson, John] An Account of Sweden. London: Tim Goodwin, 1711. Second edition, pp. [8], 85, (1), [ESTC T56697]; [Benson, William] A Letter to Sir J- B-, by Birth a Swede, but Naturaliz'd and a M----r of the Present P-----t, concerning the Minehead Doctrine. London: A. Baldwin, 1711; pp. [8], 40, [ESTC T143007];[Benson, William] A Second Letter to Sir J- B-, by Birth a Swede... London: S. Popping, [c.1711], pp. 24, [ESTC N21733];Some Remarks by Way of Answer to a late Pamphlet, entituled A Letter to Sir J.B. London: J. Bowyer, 1711, pp. [4], 40, [ESTC T69983]; An Exhortation to the Love of our Country, with some Reflections on a Late Protest. London: J. Morphew, 1712, pp. [13, [1], 34, [ESTC T33799];10 items in one volume, contemporary blind-stamped panelled calf, red lettering piece, slight wear to top of spine

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).

Bible; English; Authorised The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testament [Amsterdam?: no printer], 1672. Folio in sixes (37.2 x 22cm), 19th-century 'divinity' calf over heavy bevelled boards, spine and covers blind-tooled overall with geometric panelling and floral devices, marbled endpapers, all edges dyed red, [26] 710 248 pp., engraved additional title-page, binding scuffed, engraved title-page soiled and laid down, text with variable light soiling (old finger-marks, ink-splashes and oil-stains), OT with small holes in A2 and S6, NT n4 with repaired closed tear [Darlow & Moule 556; ESTC R30791, tracing 10 copies world-wide; Wing B2285]Note: Note: This rare edition combines the text of the Authorised version with the notes of the Geneva version.

Scottish herringbone binding The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments Edinburgh: Alexander Kincaid, 1764. 18mo, contemporary Scottish morocco, blind-tooled overall, covers each with panel of repeating feather devices radiating from central stem in herringbone pattern, enclosed by inner frame of heart motifs and outer frame of a doubled sawtooth roll, against a ground of flower, bird and volute motifs, A3F6/12, joints and extremities rubbed, a few small areas of wear to covers, Y3-4 slightly short (affecting catchwords), small hole in 2T3, bound with an edition of the Psalms at the rear (Kincaid, 1764, lacking final leaf) [Darlow & Moule 1157; ESTC T9194];Book of Common Prayer. The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments. Oxford: Mark Baskett, 1765. [Bound with:] [Vickers, William]. A Companion to the Altar. Shewing the Nature and Necessity of a Sacramental Preparation, in order to our Worthy Receiving the Holy Communion. London: John Beecroft, 1768. [And:] [Psalms]. The Whole Book of Psalms. London: for the Company of Stationers, 1767. 3 works in one volume, 8vo (18.8 x 11.8cm), contemporary red morocco, spine-compartments decorated with dotted saltires and seed-head and star tools gilt, covers each with dotted outer border enclosing lobed central panel incorporating dogtooth and floral rolls gilt, comb-marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, BCP signatures a-b8 A-2A8 2B4 (-2B4), Vickers signatures A-H8, with engraved frontispiece (apparently A1), ownership inscription of one Elizabeth Fairchild dated 1784 to the front free endpaper, and a prayer written perhaps in the same hand on the rear blank [ESTC T81419, BCP, 5 copies worldwide, T84901, Vickers, T142243, Psalms, 5 copies];Bugg, Francis. The Picture of Quakerism Drawn to the Life. In Two Parts. The First shewing the Vanity of the Quakers Pretence of their being the one, only Catholick Church of Christ … The Second, containing a Brief History of the Rise Growth, and Progress of Quakerism. London: for W. Kettleby, and W. Rogers, 1697. [Bound with:] Quakerism Withering, and Christianity Reviving ... Wherein their Errors ... are further detected, and G. Whitehead further unmask'd. London: for the author, 1694. 2 works in one volume, both first editions, 8vo, contemporary panelled calf, first work with double-page plate, front board detached [ESTC R6912 & R23819];Bunyan, John. The Pilgrim’s Progress, from this World, to that which is to come: delivered under the Similitude of a Dream. A New Edition. London: for J. Caddel, T. Dodsley, A. Baldwin, and R. Millar, 1783. 8vo, contemporary sheep, 12 woodcut plates, front board detached [ESTC T58394, 8 copies worldwide];[Angling]. The Gentleman Angler … with several Observations on Angle Rods, and Artificial Flies … also an Appendix, containing the Art of Rock and Sea Fishing … by a Gentleman who has made it is His Diversion upwards of Fourteen Years, London: for G. Kearsley, 1786. First edition, 24mo, old boards, engraved frontispiece, advertisement leaf, binding worn, general soiling to contents, front inner hinge cracking between frontispiece and title-page, light marginal worming towards front [ESTC T57574, 9 copies worldwide];Argyll, Archibald Campbell, Marquess of. Instructions to a Son, containing Rules of Conduct in Publick and Private Life. Glasgow: R. Foulis, 1743. First Scottish edition, 8vo in half-sheets, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, bookplate of Scottish politician George Baillie (1664-1738), presumably applied posthumously by a descendant, early ownership inscription ‘Grisell Baillie’ to title-page [ESTC T108119, 7 copies worldwide];and 14 others similar (these not fully collated), comprising: Book of Common Prayer, John Baskett, 1738 (8vo, contemporary black morocco panelled in gilt, engraved additional title-page and plates, binding worn, repairs to plates); [Hannah Neale], The History of the Jews … Being an Appendix to the Sacred History in Sixteen Letters, 1796 (8vo, contemporary calf, engraved folding map, front cover detached, ESTC T114150, nine copies world-wide); [Samuel Johnson], [Rasselas] The Prince of Abissinia, The Sixth Edition, 1783 (8vo, contemporary marbled calf, spine worn); James Thomson, The Seasons, Edinburgh, 1761 (8vo, contemporary calf, 4 engraved plates); idem, Glasgow, 1775 (title-page loose); The Laws and Acts of Parliament made by King James the First and his Royal Successors, Kings and Queens of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1682 (12mo, contemporary calf); George Anson, A Voyage round the World in the Years M,DCCXL, I, II, III, IV … The Ninth Edition, 1767 (8vo, contemporary calf); Thomas Boston, A View of the Covenant of Grace from the Sacred Records, Glasgow, 1772 (8vo, contemporary sheep); Allan Ramsay, The Gentle Shepherd; A Scots Pastoral Comedy, 1775 (8vo, contemporary calf, spine worn, lacking frontispiece); Samuel Rutherford, Letters, 1825 (8vo, contemporary sheep); Theophrastus, Les caractères, Brussels, 1692 (8vo, spine worn away, title-page loose); [Sammelband of plays published by John Bell, 1776-7], comprising Aaron Hill, Zara, Thomas Otway, Venice Preserv'd, Nicholas Rowe, Jane Shore, John Huges, The Siege of Damascus, Ambrose Philips, Distrest Mother (8vo, contemporary quarter calf, worn, edges untrimmed); Samuel Johnson, A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, 1817 (lacking covers); and George Dawe, The Life of George Morland, 1807 (lacking covers)

Stephenson, John Medical Zoology and Mineralogy or Illustrations and Descriptions of the Animals and Minerals Employed in Medicine, and of the Preparations derived from them: including an Account of Animal and Mineral Poisons. London: John Churchill, 1838. First edition, 8vo, 45 hand-coloured lithographed plates, tissue guards, contemporary green calf gilt, covers tooled in gilt and blind, armorial bookplate of John J. Tate, M.D.

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.

Herbert, Sir Thomas Some Yeares Travels into Divers Parts of Asia and Afrique Describing especially the two Famous Empires, the Persian, and Great Mogull. London: for Jacob Blome and Richard Bishop, 1638. Folio (29 x 18cm), contemporary calf, rebacked and relined, blind rules to covers, engraved additional title-page, engravings throughout the text, including zoological and ethnographic subjects, maps and views, a few old stains, occasional marginalia in ink or pencil, initial blank (A1) discarded, closed tears in C2, E4, Y1, 2D2, 2F4, 2X4, marginal tears in 2C4, spill-burn in 2F4, damp-staining to quire 2Y, final leaf (2B4, index) torn with loss of a few numbers recto, repairs in gutter verso [ESTC S119691; STC 13191]Note: Note: Second edition, and the first under this title (the work was originally published in 1634 as A Description of the Persian Monarchy). Herbert travelled to Persia in 1627 as part of the disastrous embassy of Sir Dodmore Cotton, visiting 'the notable Persian cities of Gombroon [modern Bandar Abbas], Shiraz, Esfahan, Ashraf, Qazvin, and Qom as well as other Asian and African locales such as Surat, Mauritius, the Cape of Good Hope, and St Helena' (ODNB). Notably the work contains an extensive section on the Persian Gulf (pp. 109-119), containing descriptions of Muscat and Hormuz, and a vignette containing two coastal views.

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.

Folio Society. Comprising a collection of Folio Society books, to include Barchester Towers, Framley Parsonage, The Kellys and the O'Kellys, Nelson and Emma, Vanity Fair, The Blind Watch Maker, and others. (1 shelf)

A matching pair of retro teak bedside chests / nightstands with each of low form having single blind fronted drawers. Each measures approx; 35cm x 58cm x 52cm.