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RANDOLPH CALDECOTT: HUNTIN' & HOLLERIN' A SELECTION FROM RANDOLPH CALDECOTT'S LINE ILLUSTRATIONS FOR THREE JOVIAL HUNTSMEN, Beckenham, Kent, The Chimera Press, 1982, (75), numbered (4), original cloth backed pictorial boards, glassine d/w, two copies on Copac plus GEORGE BORROW: LETTERS TO JOHN HASFELD 1835-1939, 1841-1846, ed Angus M Fraser, Edinburgh, The Trhegara Press, 1982, 1984 (140), (150), 2 vols, numbered (138) (104), original wraps, printed paper labels, plus JOHN GOHORRY, A LETTER FROM LEWIS CHAUCER TO HIS FATHER GEOFFREY CHAUCER, Salisbury, Perdix Press, 1985 (100), 2 copies numbered (81 and 82) and signed, original wraps plus THOMAS BEWICK: WAITING FOR DEATH AN UNFINISHED WOOD ENGRAVING BY THOMAS BEWICK, Greenock, The Black Pennell Press, 1982 (250) numbered (197), original wraps, original chemise, all titles vgc (6)

DENISON OLMSTED: LETTERS ON ASTRONOMY ON WHICH THE ELEMENTS OF THE SCIENCE ARE FAMILIARLY EXPLAINED.., New York, Harper & Bros, 1859, revised edition including the latest discoveries, 8 plates, 4pp adverts at end, original blind stamped cloth worn, spine gilt lettered plus SIR JOHN FREDERICK WILLIAM HERSCHEL: THE TREATISE ON ASTRONOMY, Philadelphia, Carey Lea & Blanchard, 1838, new edition, title page damaged with small part loss at lower right corner, lacks front free end paper, 12mo, original cloth worn and soiled, plus DIOMYSIUS LARDNER: THE MICROSCOPE, London, Walton & Maberly, 1856, first edition, 8pp, adverts at end, original blind stamped, cloth gilt (3)

ADA GOODRICH-FREER 'MISS X': ESSAYS IN PHYCHICAL RESEARCH, London, George Redway, 1899, first edition, 2pp adverts at end, original cloth, book plate of Samuel H Strang on front paste down, various inscriptions on front paste down and front free end paper plus CHARLES DUNBAR BROAD: LETTERS ON PHYCHICAL RESEARCH INCORPORATING THE PERROTT LECTURES GIVEN IN CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY IN 1959 AND 1960, London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1962, first edition, original cloth, d/w (small part losses) (2)

JOSEPH BEVAN BRAITHWAITE: MEMOIRS OF JOSEPH JOHN GURNEY, Norwich, Fletcher & Alexander, 1854, first edition, 2 vols, both vols signed and inscribed, vol 2 4 folding facsimile letters as called for, 8pp adverts at end, original blind stamped cloth worn, plus SIR JAMES PAGET: MEMOIRS AND LETTERS, Ed Stephen Paget, London, Longmans Green, 1901, first edition, 10 plates as list, original cloth (3)

WILLIAM ALFRED DUTT: THE KINGS HOMELAND SANDRINGHAM AND NORTH-WEST NORFOLK, introduction Sir Henry Rider Haggard, London, Adam & Charles Black, 1904, first edition, plates collated complete, original cloth gilt worn, armorial book plate of Hunstanton Hall on front paste down, ownership signature of Hamon le Strange dated 1904 on front free end paper, 2 autograph letters signed from Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856-1925) to Hamon le Strange (1840-1918) loosely inserted, both dated November 1911, re a small erroneous detail in Haggards introduction, both letters with le Strange's autograph signed relevant comments

A Second World War Military Medal group and ephemera, awarded to 5121638 Lance-Corporal James Reed Duffy, M.M., Royal Engineers, comprising: Military Medal, War Medal, War Star, Africa Star, Italy Star, France & Germany Star, and Campaign medal roll paper awarded 8th Army clasp to Africa Star (now missing); also includes Royal Engineers cap badge, original medal box, a selection of military portrait and family photographs, flyer to Eight-Army 'Personal Message from the Army Commander'; letter from War Office dated 8th February 1946 informing Duffy's mother of his approval of Military Medal; original copy of The London Gazette no.36168 second supplement naming Duffy as recipient; letter from Royal Engineers Record Office of condolence on the death of Duffy; another giving his death on 5th February 1945 as 'the result of an accident which occurred in the forward Battle Area'; letters of condolence from Officers and men, the King (facsimile signature); a letter from Buckingham Palace for attendance at ceremony; photographs of grave site; and other ephemera; his father's First World War medals awarded to 21-1069 Private Arthur Joseph Duffy, Northumberland Fusiliers; and other ephemera, silks and items.Note: Military Medal citation reads:On the 6th April 1943, Sapper Duffy was one of a minefield gapping party near the Djebel Roumana. The party was subject to heavy rifle and machine gun fire from a range of about three hundred yards, but Sapper Duffy with amazing coolness continued to work his mine detector. Later, his party working on the anti-tank ditch were forced into it by heavy fire, but Sapper Duffy remained working in an exposed position. Seeing that the tapes marking the edge of the gap had been badly cut by the shellfire, he ran back by himself from cover and repaired them so that the tanks could cross. When his platoon officer was wounded he ran back two hundred yards with another supper over ground swept by fire to bring up a stretcher and helped to carry him back to safety. Throughout the operation his complete disregard of danger and initiative were outstanding and a magnificent example to the remainder of his party.

A box containing a quantity of collectable items including levels, chrome classic car GB letters, etc.

Donner (Patrick) Crusade A Life Against the Calamitous Twentieth Century, The Sherwood Press, 1st Ed. 1984, Type written and signed letter from Patrick Donner glued to front cover inside page, Lord Denning signature glued into book, Ex-Libris sticker for Tony M. Chance, newspaper articles glued into book, Denning(Lord)Misuse of Power, BBC, 1980, Rebound, Lord Denning signature glued in, Ex-Libris sticker for Tony M. Chance, Home(Lord) The Way the Wind Blows, Collins, 1976, Signed, glued in signed letter, newspaper articles glued in, Home(Lord) Letters to a Grandson, Collins, 1st Ed. 1983, author signature glued in, Ex-Libris sticker for Tony M. Chance, newspaper articles glued in, & Jenkins(Roy) Churchill, Macmillan,1st Ed. 2001, Signed Compliments slip glued in, newspaper articles glued in, (5)

Album of postcards, postage letters, etc. from Edward VII onwards, inc. some foreign issue and small selection of franked letters inc. Royal Albert Hall and Sandringham Estate

Collection of letters from a Cambridge undergraduate largely to his parents, circa 1918-1922, approx. 180 items in envelopes and with period stamps, together with six stamp albums with associated stamps (qty)

A folder of German First and Second World War ephemera, postcards, letters and photographs

Collection of wooden and plastic letters

Bachem, Bele: (1916 Düsseldorf - München 2005). Bele Bachem. Sammlung von 40 e. Briefen, Postkarten (7) und Widmungen. Von um 1974 bis um 2003 (meist undatiert). Teilweise 'Malerbriefe' mit e. teils kolor. Zeichnungen, Lithographien oder mont. Fotos von eigenen Arbeiten. Unterschiedliche Formate und Papiere, einige Schreiben auf Briefpapier mit Briefkopf, einige auf karierten Bögen oder Skizzenpapier; teilw. mit e. Kuverts. Dabei auch 2 großformatige OrLithographien mit rücks. Brief oder Widmung am Rand. In Leinen-Kassette mit R.- u. Deckelschild, die beiden großen Lithos in separater Leinenkassette mit verg. Rt. Die Schreiben sind gerichtet an die Freundin Gertrude ("Gerti") Meyer-Jörgensen (1918-2011), die in Wiesbaden eine psychotherapeutische Praxis führte. Die Briefanreden reichen von "Sehr geehrte Frau Meyer" über "Liebe Dame Meyer" bis zu "Liebe Gerti". Die jahrzehntelange Freundschaft von Bele Bachem zu Gerti Meyer war geprägt von großer Verehrung für deren Intellekt und Schönheit. Die Korrespondenz behandelt künstlerische Projekte, wie Ausstellungen, Zeichnungen, Illustrationswerke, Skulpturen, und Medien, Familiäres über ihre Tochter Bettina und ihre Enkelkinder, Reisen, Schönheitsoperationen, gesundheitliche Probleme u.v.m. In die Brieftexte fließen oft skizzenhafte Zeichnungen oder Bildmontagen ein, die die symbolhaft-mysteriöse und grotesk-erotische Bildwelt der Künstlerin spiegeln. - Zwei große Originallithographien sind mit einer Widmung am Bildrand oder mir rückseitigem Brieftext versehen: Zigeunerlokal mit blauer Ziege. Farblithographie, signiert. 48 x 64 cm. - Am unteren Rand undatierte vierzeilige Widmung in Bleistift an Gerti zum 50.(sic!) Geburtstag (vielmehr wohl späterer Geburtstag). - Gärtner 970. (Im linken u. rechten w. Rand gefaltet) / Gärtnerin im Gebirge. Farblithographie, 1978, unten mit Bleistift signiert, betitelt u. bez. "E.A.". 53,5 x 43,5 cm. Verso in Bleistift mit Geburtstagsglückwünschen und ausführlich über die vorliegende Lithographie, die Bele Bachem ihr als einen von 4 Probedrucken widmet; auch über andere Arbeiten, Reisen etc. - Gärtner 904. - Collection of 40 personal letters, postcards (7) and dedications. R

Lepke, Gerda: (1939 Jena - lebt in Wurgwitz u. Gera). Konvolut von 7 hs. Künstlerbriefen mit Tusche- u. Aquarellzeichnungen. Adressiert an Maria und Hans-Peter Müller (Herausgeber d. Butzbacher Künstler Interviews). Je auf Japan o. Papier, 1989-2011. Zw. ca. 20 x 30 u. 38 x 50 cm. - Tls. knittrig, tls. mehrfach gefaltet. ╔Dabei: 2 Künstlerbriefe mit Kaltnadelradierungen╗, 1989. - Convolute of 7 Artist letters from Gerda Lepke to Mr. and Mrs. Müller, 1989-2011. Ink and watercolours on paper. Enclosed 2 artist letters with drypoint etching. D

Brentano,C.: Sämtliche Werke und Briefe. 1-38 in 53 Bänden. Stgt., Kohlhammer 1982ff. Olwdbde. Noch nicht abgeschlossene Reihe. Bei den älteren die Einbandbeschriftung etwas verblasst. - Neupreis ca. 12.000,-. - Complete Works and Letters. 1-38 in 53 volumes. - Series not yet completed.

Alcasar (Alcazar),L.de.: Vestigatio arcani sensus in apocalypsi cum opusculo de sacris ponderibus ac mensuris. Antwerpen, Martin Nutius Erben 1619. [10] Bl., 960, 82 S., [1] Vak.-Bl., [36] Bl. Blindgeprägter Schweinslederbd. d. Zt. über Holzdeckeln. Schließen nur fragmentarisch erhalten. USTC 1508122. - Bedeutender, erstmals im Jahre 1614 posthum veröffentlichter Kommentar zur Johannes-Offenbarung des spanischen Jesuiten Luis de Alcazar (1554 - 1613). Die Arbeit gilt als erster Versuch, im Zuge der Interpretation eine präteristische Auslegung anzuwenden: Lt. Alcazar seien zahlreiche Ereignisse bereits eingetroffen. Hier der vierte Druck a.d. Jahr 1619, reich illustriert mit Kupfern nach Don Juan Jaureguy (1583 - 1641). --- Mittelfeld des Rückdeckels stark bestoßen. Deckel u. Buchblock stellenw. m. kleinen Wurmspuren (vereinzelt leichter Buchstabenverlust), ansonsten sehr guter Zustand bei fester Bindung und sauberem Text. --- Important commentary on the Revelation of John written by the Spanish Jesuit Luis de Alcazar (1554 - 1613), published posthumously for the first time in 1614. His work is considered as the first attempt to apply a preterist interpretation to the prophecies: According to Alcazar, some of the events have already happened. Our copy is the fourth print, published in 1619, richly illustrated with engraved illustrations by Don Juan Jaureguy (1583 - 1641). - Blind stamped pigskin over wooden lids. The clasps are only preserved in fragments, the center area of the rear board is heavily bumped. Boards and pages with minor worm traces (occasionally slight loss of letters), otherwise very good condition with firm binding and clean text.

A North Carolina State College 1931 class ring, set with synthetic ruby, shoulders featuring the North Carolina State Seal and the earned Bachelor of Science degree letters on one side, a shield with the letters NCS and graduation year '31' on another side, on a background of wheat spikelets, yellow metal marked 'JENKINS Baltimore 10K' and inscribed with personal engravings, ring size S, total weight of item 24.8 grams.

Koons (Jeff): 'GOAT: A Tribute to Muhammad Ali', edited Howard L. Bingham, Art by Jeff Koons, Taschen, numbered 8955 from an edition of 10,000, signed to cover page by Ali and Koons, photographically illustrated throughout, original pink leather-backed padded moire cloth with pink leather letters stitched to upper cover, contained in original box with branded cardboard outer box, together with a signed photo lithograph 'Radial Champs' by Jeff Koons (50 x 40 cm), numbered 103, loosely inserted.

WILLIAMSON (Henry): 'The Flax of Dream' series: 'The Beautiful Years', 1929, No.15/200 copies signed by author, publishers blue cloth: 'Dandelion Days', 1930, signed by Williamson in green ink and out of series: 'The Dream of Fair Women', 1931, marked 'numberless' in Williamson's hand and with extensive manuscript background to the story's construction in author's hand to limitation page: 'The Pathway', 1928, Williamson's own copy containing 2 letters from John Masefield received in June 1934, plus tipped in photograph and further handwritten background on the narrative in author's hand to limitation page, marked No.201/200 copies (1 of 3 belonging to the author, dated Shallowford 1931) all 8vo: together with another set, 2 of the volumes also with extensive inscriptions by Williamson, plus 4 copies of 'Some Notes on the Flax of Dream and Other Essays', pub. Paupers Press, 1988. (12)

HENRY WILLIAMSON: PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE: a large quantity of personal correspondence to Henry Williamson, including letters from Gwendoline Rondle mainly 1920-24: a group of ALS from Williamson's 'Granny Hibbert', late 1920s period: correspondence from aunts Maude, Isabella & Leopoldina: letters from his father and mother, 1930s period and numerous others, including ALS from his mother following his breaking the news of Ann Thomas's pregnancy: together with a second box file, largely containing unsent ALS and TLS from Williamson to various correspondents. (Qty, 2 box files)

ASSOCIATION COPIES: THOMAS (Helen): 'As It Was', London, Heinemann 1926: inscribed to front FE 'ILW from HWW at Xmas 1926...the poet of this story...was Edward Thomas, who was killed under Vimy Ridge in April 1917 during the attack...': sm.8vo, publishers orange cloth with dustjacket, spine darkened and chipped: 'World Without End': Heinemann, 1931: inscribed from Helen Thomas to Henry Williamson, with his notes and amendments to several pages: PAINTER (George D) 'The Road to Sinodun..', London, 1951: front FE inscribed 'for my admired friend Henry Williamson, George D Painter election day 1951: publishers cloth with dustjacket, light wear and marking: with 16 others, mostly literature, all inscribed by/to Williamson or with related letters inserted and tipped in. (19)

T E LAWRENCE: 'The Home Letters of T E Lawrence and His Brothers..', Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1954: with contemporary pencil inscription by Williamson to title page and his notes to FFE: 4to, publishers black cloth with dustjacket chipped to extrems: with 13 other books by or about Lawrence, plus an envelope of related press cuttings. (14)

IAN MACKENZIE (WORLD WAR I POET, 1898-1918): a voluminous archive of correspondence relating to the Mackenzie family, including correspondence between Arthur and Kate Waugh to Eileen Mackenzie (inc. ALS dated Nov 10 1929, breaking news of his brother Evelyn's wife's infidelity): numerous letters from the Mackenzie family circle to various family members, inc. ALS from Scott-Moncrieff, J C Squire, Osbert Sitwell, Robert Graves, Robert Nichols (Re Siegfried Sassoon): wartime letters inc. correspondence from Ian Mackenzie, Susanna Mackenzie to Ian relating to a friend's death, 4 letters from Eileen to Mackenzie's mother following his death, Nov/Dec 1918: Ian Mackenzie's own copy of Alec Waugh's 'Resentment Poems' (Grant Richards) 1918, inscribed by him to front FE, together with 9 other early editions of his poems, some family copies: Mackenzie's service book, with grave number handwritten to lower FE: plus a very substantial archive of other Mackenzie family correspondence, mostly arranged and string-tied into bundles, contained in old suitcase. (Qty)

THOMAS BAILEY, WINE MERCHANT AND AUTHOR, NOTTINGHAM: a collection of correspondence and invoices relating to provincial wine and spirits trade, circa 1840s. Thomas Bailey was the father of Philip James Bailey, author of Festus, includes printed billheads with manuscript entries, ms. letters entire etc, approx 60+ items. (Bundle)

An official American Mitchell & Ness Hardwood Classics NBA Allstars 98 Chicago Bulls Jordan 23 basketball vest, never worn, size Large, in white with red and black trim, numbers and letters. Location:BWR

'E-Type Jaguar & Motor Journey to the U.S.A'. Dated 1949, 17pp of typed notes written by the then editor of the magazine, Christopher Jennings, the front label of the file announcing that it is a single copy. Also, a May 1958 typed two-page document headed 'Secret and Confidential' by C. Jennings to R. E. Dangerfield, the text commencing: 'I spent the past weekend in a car of such sensational potential....... The car is a Jaguar, known at the moment as the E-Type'. Jennings goes on the describe his use of a prototype supplied to him by William Lyons. Also, seven pages of typed copy letters from Christopher Jennings to a Lord Crucible regarding the road test of a Harrier. Three historic documents. (3)

Book Plates and Signed Letters by Raymond Mays (2), Michael Sedgwick and J. A. Ganz. Also, signatures of Prince Chula, Richard Twelvetrees, Betty Haig, Pat Moss and Eric Carlson, together with bookplates for, Chula, C. S. Rolls, Eric Onions, Alfred Harmsworth, Inman Hunter and others. (15)

Various Motor Cars. An album of motor car makers beginning with 'C' to include; Cadillac, Calcott, Calthorpe, Carden, Charron, Celer, Chambers, Chenard-Walker, Chevrolet, Chrysler, some with text verso, postcard size monochrome photographs, small end prints, several typed letters. Approximately 230 images.

Riley 1899 - 1969. An album of monochrome postcards and photographs of various sizes, end prints, some special bodies and other images. Also typed letters, documents and restoration project images. Approximately 130 images.

Singer 1905 - 1970. An album of monochrome postcards, postcard size photographs, others of various sizes, end prints, some special bodies and magazine pages and typed letters. Approximately 200 images.

Sunbeam Veteran - 1960s. An album of monochrome postcards, postcard size photographs, others of various sizes, end prints, full-plate and some special bodies, typed letters. Good clean condition. Approximately 180 images.

Various Motor Cars. An album of motor car makers beginning with 'S' and 'N' to include; SAAB, Saxon, Scott Sociable, Scripps-Booth, Seal, Seneca, Shaw?, Sheffield-Simplex, Sheret, Silver Hawk, Sizaire Berwick, Studebaker, S.P.A., Speedwell, Stafford, Stanley, Siddeley-Deasy, Ner a Car. Mainly monochrome postcards, postcard size photographs, others of various sizes, end prints, full-plate and some special bodies, typed letters. Good clean condition. Approximately 180 images.

Various Motor Cars. An album of motor car makers beginning with 'V' and 'W' to include; Vale Special, Volga, Victrix?, Voisin, Volvo, Vinot, VW, Vulcan, Wanderer, Waddington, Warwick, Waverley, White Steamer, Willys & Wills-Knight, Windsor, Willy Whippet etcetera. Mainly monochrome postcards, postcard size photographs, others of various sizes, full-plate and some special bodies, typed letters. Good clean condition. Approximately 180 images.

Various Motor Cars. An album of motor car makers beginning with 'S' to include; Stellite, Steyr, Stoewer, Straker-Squire, Studebaker and Swift. Mainly monochrome postcards, postcard size photographs, others of various sizes, full-plate promotional images, typed letters. Good clean condition. Approximately 200 images.

Various Motor Cars. An album of motor car makers beginning with 'T' and 'U' to include; Talbot, Tamplin, Tatra, T.B., Terraplane, Thames, TM Schneider, Thornycroft, Triumph, Trojan, Turner, Turcat Mery, Unic, Unicar etcetera. Mainly monochrome postcards, postcard size photographs, others of various sizes, end prints, full-plate and some special bodies, typed letters. Good clean condition. Approximately 280 images.

Various Motor Cars. An album of motor car makers beginning with 'R' to include; Railton, Raleigh, Regent, Record, Regal Underslung, Reliant, REO, Rex, Rhode, Roamer, Rose National, Rossel, Royal Tourist, Ruston Hornsby, Richardson etcetera. Mainly monochrome postcards, postcard size photographs, others of various sizes, full-plate promotional pictures, typed letters. Good clean condition. Approximately 100 images.

Various Motor Cars. An album of motor car makers beginning with 'N' and 'O', to include; Nash, New Orleans, NSU, Oakland, Oldsmobile, O.M., Omega, Opel, Orient Express, Overland etcetera. Mainly monochrome postcards, postcard size photographs, others of various sizes, full-plate promotional images, typed letters. Good clean condition. Approximately 160 images.

Adrian Rigby - The Queen of the Skies, a Concorde print, together with a ménage of Concorde letters and photographs entitled The Supersonic Era together with mixed soft toys to include KellyToy Popeye & Pals, together with a 'Mickey Mouse Through the Years Showcase Collection' Location: RWB

WILLIAM STEPHEN COLEMAN (BRITISH 1829-1904)CHILDREN BY A LILY PONDOil on canvasSigned and dated 1902 (lower right)60 x 90cm (23½ x 35¼ in.)Provenance:Tooth Brothers, LondonCondition Report: In overall good condition. The canvas is unlined. Four pin-prick pin holes in the corners of the canvas. Some light surface dirt and discolouration of the varnish, colours appear fresh and it appears to have been cleaned relatively recently. Paint shrinkage visible in the dark hair of the girl on the left commensurate with age. UV reveals the letters 'PP' in both lower corners, but no signs of restorations.Condition Report Disclaimer

‡  REMBRANDT VAN RIJN (DUTCH 1606-1669)SAINT FRANCIS BENEATH A TREE PRAYINGEtching and drypoint, 1657, a very good impression of New Hollstein's second state (of two) with remnants of drypoint burr printing in places, on laid paper with Strasbourg lily watermark with letters 'WR' below [cf. Hinterding B.C. 2]Platemark 180 x 245 mm (7 x 9 5/8 in)Sheet 185 x 250 mm (7 1/4 x 9 3/4 in) (unframed) Provenance:Colnaghi & Co., London [stock number in pencil verso C.26656]Private Collection, Norway Literature:Bartsch 201; New Hollstein 89 i/iCondition Report: - Some toning to sheet, most notably in the upper right corner and lower left, with exposure line from previous mount visible along the lower edge- Very fine and small nick repaired at the left edge of sheet Condition Report Disclaimer

‡  REMBRANDT VAN RIJN (DUTCH 1606-1669)CHRIST DISPUTING WITH THE DOCTORS: A SKETCHEtching and drypoint, 1652, a dark impression of New Hollstein's first state (of two), printing with the rust marks along the upper plate edge but before later rework, on laid paper with Arms of Amsterdam watermark with letters 'A.I.' [cf. Hinterding D-d-a]Platemark 125 x 214 mm (4 7/8 x 8 3/8 in)Sheet 130 x 217 mm (5 1/8 x 8 1/2 in) (unframed) Provenance:Private Collection, Norway Literature:Bartsch 65; New Hollstein 267 i/iiCondition Report: - One small (1-2 mm) brown spot in the upper left corner- No other condition issues of noteCondition Report Disclaimer

A good selection of military related and Royal autographs and signatures, fragments from letters etc, including Field Marshal Sir Charles Yorke (served in Peninsula and at Waterloo), General E Woodgate (killed at Spion Kop), William Gladstone, Major General Drury Lowe, George IV, General Sir William Butler, Marquis of Salisbury, Lord Chelmsford, Lord Herbert, General Wolseley, Field Marshal Viscount Wolsley, Field Marshal Roberts, Lord Sandhurst, General Sir Frederick Roberts, Willoughby de Broke, etc, (42)

Mixed lot of ephemera and documents including a Queen Elizabeth II signed letter on Buckingham Palace paper (framed and glazed), another Elizabeth II signed letter to accompany a banner presentation to the Royal Observer Corps, with various old letters a indentures e.g. Annuities dated 1716, QEII Coronation Souvenir prgramme, a George VI and Mary signed Grant for OBE, (qty)

A Print makers drawers, containing brass letters and print holders.

Orwell (George). The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters of George Orwell, edited by Sonia Orwell and Ian Angus, 4 volumes, London: Secker & Warburg, 1968, portrait frontispiece to each, original cloth, dust jackets, spines a little faded, 8vo, together with The Road to Wigan Pier, 1937QTY: (5)

[Plath, Sylvia]. The Bell Jar, by VictoriaLucas, 1st edition, London: Heinemann, 1963, ownership initials of the writer Alan Jenkins (who also wrote under the pseudonym John Bancroft): 'A.J. Belstone' to front endpaper, original publisher's black cloth, spine lettered in silver, in pictorial dust-jacket (designed by William Simmonds), minimal fraying to extreme head of spine (generally without loss), a few creases to upper and lower margins, and one or two to upper part of the wrapper, 8vo, together with two 3-page autograph letters in blue ink from Susan O'Neill-Roe to her mother Nancy, and stepfather Alan Jenkins, dated 16th January 1963 and 15th February 1963 respectively, '... Sylvia's book "The Bell Jar" by Victoria Lucas was reviewed in the Sunday Times - not a marvellous review but not too bad...', and 'I just can't believe that Sylvia's killed herself - it just doesn't feel real - I went round there yesterday morning - Nick was asleep so I didn't see him - Frieda seemed to be cheerful and was friendly - but poor Ted was very dazed & hardly knew what had hit him... Have you seen the reviews of her book "The Bell Jar" - by Victoria Lucas - Ted gave me a copy of it, it's all about this girl Esther Greenwood and is in fact an account of her (Sylvia) time when she was up at college - it's horribly depressing and she has told me of some incidents that took place in it she tries to commit suicide and is always thinking about death - so it is all very sad and so sudden. Because Corin saw her on Wednesday evening and she seemed to be cheerful then and making lots of plans'QTY: (3)NOTE:Provenance: Susan O'Neill-Roe, children's nurse to Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes' children Frieda and Nicholas from the autumn of 1962. This copy of The Bell Jar was given to Susan O'Neill Roe by Ted Hughes shortly after the death of Sylvia Plath on February 11th 1963.A qualified children's nurse, whose family lived near Sylvia's home in North Tawton, Devon, Susan was engaged to look after Frieda and Nicholas Hughes on October 21st 1962, and continued in this role until mid-December when she was due to return to her post as staff nurse at London's Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children. Susan's family lived near Sylvia's home (Court Green in North Tawton, Devon) at Pear Trees in Belstone, a village close to Corscombe, where Plath went horseriding on a horse called Ariel. In a fragile state of mental health, Plath had recently separated from her husband Ted Hughes, and was living alone in Devon with their two children. Susan's help came as a godsend to her, and she fitted in perfectly with Sylvia's needs and way of life. Moreover, Plath was experiencing at that very time (October to November 1962) a rich upsurge in poetic inspiration: many of her her finest poems were written during this period, one of which, Cut, written on October 24th is dedicated to Susan.Alan C. Jenkins (1912-1996) was a children's author and nature writer. Susan's mother was Nancy Jenkins, secretary of the local beekeepers. Plath visited the Jenkins at Pear Trees on Saturday 17th November 1962 after her riding lesson that morning, and (according to her Letts Diary held by Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, Plath's alma mater), invited Nancy and Alan to dinner at Court Green a week later on 24th November 1962, where she served chicken and macaroni.Tabor A4a.1. 2000 copies printed.

Bradley (Richard). The Country Housewife and Lady's Director, in the Management of a House, and the Delights and Profits of a Farm. Containing instructions for managing the brew-house, and malt-liquors in the cellar; the making of wines of all sorts. Directions for the dairy, in the improvement of butter and cheese upon the worst of soils; the feeding and making of brawn..., 6th edition, with additions, London: D. Browne and T. Woodman, 1732, engraved frontispiece, occasional early marginalia, light dust-soiling, marginal spotting and few marks, armorial bookplate of Hope Bt. of Craighall to upper pastedown, contemporary blind-panelled calf, rebacked, with dark green morocco title label to spine, light wear to board edges and corners, 8vo, contained in book-box, together with:Johnson (Samuel), Letters to and from the late Samuel Johnson, LL. D. to which are added some poems never before printed. Published from the original MSS. in her possession, by Hester Lynch Piozzi, 2 volumes, London: A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1788, front endpapers with bookplates of Samuel Leightonhouse and Harlech College Library, contemporary marbled calf, morocco title labels to spines, joints splitting, with adhesive tape to joints of first volume, small area of leather loss to spine of second volume at foot of upper joint, 8voQTY: (3)

Cobbett (William). The Woodlands: or a treatise on the preparing of ground for planting; on the planting; on the cultivating; on the pruning; and on the cutting down of forest trees and underwoods, 1st edition, London: William Cobbett, 1825, title with ink stamp of the Bibliotheca ex oblatorum S. Caroli, Bayswater, with bookplate of William J, Lescher to front pastedown, and additional bookplate of Peter M. Scott, contemporary half-calf, modern reback, together with Steele (Andrew). The Natural and Agricultural History of Peat-Moss or Turf-Bog, 1st edition, Edinburgh: W. & D. Laing and Adam Black, 1826, half-title, contemporary presentation inscription to head of title 'Lt. Col. Eardle... from Capt A. Duff, R: N:', bookplate of Peter M. Scott to front pastedown, top edge gilt, modern brown half-calf (by Maltby's of Oxford), plus other various 19th & 20th-century publications including The Book of the Farm, by Henry Stephens, 2 volumes, 3rd edition, 1876, Lord Dufferin, Letters from High Latitudes, 3rd edition, 1857, A bound collection of 19th-century pamphlets on the Land Question by Henry George, Arnold Toynbee, Havelock Fisher, Charles Bradlaugh, and others, The Master of Ballantrae by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1st edition, 1889, Alec Rose, My Lively Lady, 1st edition, 1968, limited signed edition 43/260, etc., all leather bound, 8voQTY: (20)

Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft). Frankenstein: or, the Modern Prometheus, revised, corrected and illustrated with a new introduction by the author, [3rd edition] London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831, engraved frontispiece and additional title, bound without the letterpress series title ('Standard Novels No. IX'), light spotting and small marginal water stains to frontispiece and additional title, p. 13 with closed marginal tear at foot, bound with The Ghost-Seer! From the German of Schiller, volumes I & II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831, half title for volume I, bound without advertisements at end, p.21 in volume I with very small hole in text affecting one or two letters, p. 143 in volume II with small marginal tear and loss, previous owner signature of G. Hamilton in pencil to Frankenstein additional title and front pastedown, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, calf label to spine, joints and edges a little rubbed, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:Sadleir 3734a; Wolff 6280a. The first Bentley edition, the first illustrated edition and the third overall of Frankenstein, with extensive revisions by the author, including the new introduction in which she relates the origin of the story in 1816 whilst at the Villa Diodati in Switzerland, prompted by Lord Byron' suggestion that all the guests write a ghost story. It was issued as the ninth volume of Bentley's Standard Novels series, the volume also contained Friedrich Schiller's Ghost-Seer volume I only. This copy unusually has both volumes of the Ghost-Seer bound-in. Frankenstein was first published in three volumes in 1818, the second edition appearing in 1823.

* Handle letters. Five sets of handle letters, including two sets with serif typefaces, letter heights approximately 19 & 26 mm, and three sets with gothic typefaces, letter heights approximately 10, 12 & 29 mm, wooden handle to eachQTY: (2 cartons)NOTE:Provenance: From the bindery of Trevor Lloyd MBE.

* Handle letters. Five sets of handle letters, including three sets with serif typefaces, letter heights approximately 13, 19 & 26 mm, and two sets with gothic typefaces, letter heights approximately 10 & 12 mm, wooden handle to each, plus approximately 35 word handle letters and six gougesQTY: (3 cartons)NOTE:Provenance: From the bindery of Trevor Lloyd MBE.

* Handle letters. Four sets of large gothic handle letters, letter heights approximately 20, 25, 26 & 34 mm, wooden handle to eachQTY: (2 cartons)NOTE:Provenance: From the bindery of Trevor Lloyd MBE.

* Handle letters. Five sets of York handle letters, comprising 10, 12, 18, 22, and 30 pt, wooden handle to each, contained in original wooden boxes with sliding lidsQTY: (a carton)NOTE:In very good condition.

* Handle letters. Four sets of handle letters, comprising 10pt, 14pt and 22pt Edinburgh, together with 2mm letter height handle letters (possibly 8pt Edinburgh?), wood handle to each, each set contained in original plywood box with sliding lid, plus a selection of size related numerals, with wooden handlesQTY: (small carton)NOTE:Handle letters in excellent condition.

* Handle letters. Nine sets of handle letters, comprising 12 pt York, 18 pt Edinburgh, 8 pt serif typeface, 2mm, 3mm (2 sets), 4mm, 13mm letter height serif typeface handle letters, with wooden handle to each, plus one other incomplete set (22 pt serif?)QTY: (a carton)

* Handle letters. Seven sets of handle letters, comprising 10 & 16 pt Kent, 10 & 16 pt Devon, and 14, 18 & 22 pt Edinburgh, wooden handle to each, Devon and Kent sets contained in original wooden boxes with sliding lids and Edinburgh sets contained in original cardboard boxesQTY: (a carton)

Matthews (John). A Voyage to the River Sierra-Leone, on the Coast of Africa; Containing an account of the Trade and Productions of the Country, and of the Civil and Religious Customs and Manners of the People; in a Series of Letters to a Friend in England ... With an Additional Letter on the Subject of the African Slave Trade, 1st edition, for B. White and Son, and J. Sewell, 1788, 2 folding plates (map and topographical view), final text leaf repaired to outer and lower margin (touching text), map reinforced to gutter, small neat notation '1869' to title upper margin, preliminary and rear leaves lightly spotted, endpapers renewed, 20th-century sprinkled quarter calf gilt over marbled boards, red morocco title label, 8voQTY: (1)

Morison (Robert). Plantarum Historiae Universalis Oxoniensis, volumes 2 & 3, Oxford: Sheldon Theatre, 1680-99, engraved title page vignettes, engraved portrait of the author to volume 3, bookplate to the front end paper of volume 2, front & rear gutters cracked, some light toning & spotting, contemporary uniform gilt decorated full calf, boards & spines slightly rubbed, hinges cracked, folio, together with:Swift (Jonathan), The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, 17 volumes, London: printed for W. Bowyer et al, 1768-75, copper plate illustrations by John Hawkesworth Letters, Written by the Late Jonathan Swift..., 6 volumes, new edition, London: printed for T. Davies, some volumes with bookplates to the front pastedowns, some light toning & spotting, all contemporary uniform gilt decorated mottled full calf, many boards detached, some lacking spine labels, boards & spines slightly rubbed with some minor loss to head & foot, 8vo, plusThe Spectator, 8 volumes, Glasgow: printed by William Duncan, 1757, monochrome vignettes to the title pages, bookplates to the front pastedowns, some gutters cracked, some light toning, contemporary uniform gilt decorated full calf, boards & spines slightly rubbed, 8vo, and other 17th & 18th-century literature & reference, mostly leather bindings, some odd volumes, some volumes incomplete & sold as seen, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folioApproximately 55 volumes QTY: (3 shelves)

Chapbooks. A collection of 14 chapbooks, Alnwick: W. Davison, circa 1815-1830, woodcut illustrations, original wrappers (except 1 lacking wrappers), some lightly rubbed or soiled, 1 with spine deficient, including: History of Monkeys; The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe; The Story of Blue Beard; The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe; The Anecdote Book; The Adventures of the Renowned Robin Hood; Ducks and Green Peas; History of Jack the Giant-Killer; The History of Crazy Jane, etc., together with 7 other similar chapbooks by various publishers including: Oliver & Boyd; S. Wilkinson, G. Miller & Son, J. & M. Robertson, titles including: The British Primer with engravings by T Bewick; The Proverbs of Little Solomon; Mother Bunch's Fairy Tales, etc., all 12mo or 16mo, and a New Battledore (No. 2), published Derby: J. and C. Mozley, single sheet of paper laid on blue card, folded to form 2 leaves with a flap, printed inside with alphabets and letters, and on the outside with animals and birdsQTY: (22)

Prior (James). Voyage along the Eastern Coast of Africa, to Mosamibque, Johanna, and Quiloa; to St. Helena; to Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, and Pernambuco in Brazil, in the Nisus frigate, London: Richard Phillips, 1819, 2 engraved folding maps, 1 aquatint, lightly spotted, endpapers renewed, untrimmed, modern quarter calf gilt, 8vo, together with:Voyage in the Indian Seas, in the Nisus Frigate, London: Richard Phillips, 1820, folding map frontispiece, 3 plates, lightly spotted, untrimmed, lightly spotted, endpapers renewed, modern maroon quarter morocco gilt, 8vo, withA Visit to Madras; being a sketch of the local and characteristic peculiarities of that presidency, in the year 1811, London: Richard Phillips, 1821, untrimmed, lightly spotted, endpapers renewed, modern quarter calf gilt, 8vo, with P. J Dumont's Narrative of thirty-four years slavery and travels in Africa (1821) & Letters written during the late voyage of discovery in the western Arctic Sea (1821), and 3 others relatedQTY: (8)