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Chambers`s Encyclopedia, in fifteen volumes, published by International Learning Systems 1969.

Books mainly non fiction, war, Hitler, Nazi`s, weapons of war etc, small quantity of other reference books and encyclopedia`s etc.

BINDINGS. JUSTICE OF THE PEACE REPORTS AND PUBLIC GENERAL ACTS approximately two hundred and forty volumes, 19th and 20th c uniform calf or vellum bound, and Encyclopedia Britannica, ninth edition, Edinburgh 1879 (approximately 260)

Encyclopedia Britannica 1797 3rd edition 19 volumes (of 20), brown tree calf, plus 2 vols of plates and supplements dated 1811 (2 vols) and 1824 (6 vols) (29 volumes).

A collection of books of model railway interest, including The Encyclopedia of Model Railways, Advanced Model Railways by Dave Lowery and Model Railways by Michael Andress.

The Children`s Encyclopedia, ten volumes

"The Encyclopedia of Sport", edited by The Earl of Suffolk & Berkshire, Hedley Peak & F.G.Aflalo, Standard Edition, four volumes, published Lawrence & Bullen, 1900 (Ex Library Maj.Gen. MacNeill CB), cloth and leather bound boards and gilt inscribed spines

A bottle of Bells 1994, commemorative whisky; a bottle of Bells Special Reserve; a Marie Brizzard boxed gift set, comprising four liqueurs, a mixing spoon and an encyclopedia of liqueurs, and a United Distillers boxed gift set, of four miniature whiskies, gin and Pimms (3)

Arthur Mee - The Childrens Encyclopedia, volumes 1-10.

`Odhams Encyclopedia for children`, signed and inscribed `To Fred Clampitt with much love from Enid Blyton, Christmas 1953`, embossed grey boards, 4to

Two books on Antiques - Encyclopedia of antiques and J. Bly collect antiques

Four boxes of Encyclopedia Brittanica

Five stamp collectors books including two Danish books, illustrated encyclopedia and Stanley Gibbons

Five volumes of Machinery`s Encyclopedia plus one other

Rees (Abraham) New Encyclopedia 1820 29 vol. only including 5 plate vol. and 1 atlas vol. c.1000 engraved plates and maps plate subjects include Natural History Scientific Instruments Horology Navigation Anatomy Agriculture and Astronomy some water-staining particularly to atlas and first half of natural history vol. occasional spotting or damp-staining all but 1 vol. in contemporary tree calf the other in modern calf contemporary calf a little worn c.1820 § Grose (Francis) and Thomas Astle The Antiquarian Repertory:...Topography History Biography Customs and Manners 3 vol. only (of 4) numerous engraved plates modern calf and morocco over original cloth gilt 1807-1808; and a 3 vol. set of Winkles`s Cathedrals 4to(36)

Diderot (Denis). A Diderot Pictorial Encyclopedia of Trades and Industry..., 2 vols., Dover Publications, 1959, b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j.s., 4to, together with other misc. books including Gollancz editions of Ellery Queen novels (inc. some ex-lib.), approx. twenty titles by Hendrik Van Loon, cookery, science fiction, and history etc. (8 shelves)

BIHALJI-MERIN, Oto, TOMASEVIC, Vebojsa-Bato, `World Encyclopedia of Naive Art`, Bracken books, nd. in d/w.

* A collection of miscellaneous items to include, a leather bound encyclopedia and another similar, a scrap book, a Japanese vase, brass mounted ceramic table lamp, and other items, (a lot).

`The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening a Practical and Scientific Encyclopedia of Horticulture for Gardeners and Botonists` with numerous black and white and colour illustrations of plants and flowers, edited by George Nicholson in twelve volumes, printed by L Upcott Gill, `Bazaar Buildings`, Drury Lane, London c.1900 bound in green and gilt cloth

The London Encyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature and Practical Mechanics. Nd. circa 1826, 41 volumes, large, 8vo. Original paper covered boards with publisher`s printed title etc on upper board.

Conan Doyle A: Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes and one other section lacking title page, 1899, George Newnes, 8vo hb. Aeg. Single volume with three separately paginated sections containing many well known stories, eg `The Speckled band, Silver Blaze, The Sign of Four`, etc. Romanes G: Animal Intellignece, 1886, 8vo hb. Buber M: Mamre. Essays in Religion, 1946 8vo hb & dj. Dillmont T: Encyclopedia of Needlework, nd, circa 1930, 12mo hb Teg

Alderson (Brian) & Oyens (Felix de Marez) Be Merry and Wise, Origins of Children`s Book Publishing .., 2006, dust wrapper; Rickards (Maurice), The Encyclopedia of Ephemera .., 2000, dust wrapper (2)

Hooper; "The History of Newgate and The Old Bailey", 1935, Rothery; "Concise Encyclopedia of Heraldry", 1985, Morley; "A Talent to Amuse", 1985 and 20 miscellaneous books. (23).

DIDEROT, Denis (1713-1784) and Jean Le Rond D'ALEMBERT (1717-1783, editors). Six volumes of plates for L'Encyclopédie Méthodique Padua: n.p., 1784-92. 6 vols in 13, 2° (301 x 215mm). Engraved title vignettes and 1091 plates, of which 190 double-page and 30 folding. (Occasional light browning, occasional light marginal dampstain.) 19th-century vellum [vols 1-3] and vellum-backed boards [vols 4-6], the spines numbered in manuscript (spine labels renewed, some staining, extremities rubbed). Provenance: G. Bertoni (neat stamps). The first 6 volumes of plates from this Padua edition of 'the greatest encyclopedia of science, which had widespread effect in establishing uniformity of terminology, concept, and procedure in all fields of science and technology' (Horblit). Cf. Horblit 25b; cf. PMM 200. (13) View on Christie's.com

GALLUCCI, Giovanni Paolo -- REISCH, Gregorius (d.1525). Margarita Filosofica. Venice: Barezzo Barezzi, 1599. 8° (216 x 160mm). With blanks, folding table and woodcut volvelle map, illustrations. (Occasional light soiling, one gathering browned, faint marginal dampstain in some gatherings.) 17th-century limp vellum (spine cracked, hinges split, lacking ties). Provenance: Dr. Andrea Raineri (inscription in an early hand) -- an early 20th-century collection (press label on the front cover). FIRST EDITION IN ITALIAN OF THIS CELEBRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA, translated by Gallucci. The Addenda comprises some of the additions of the 1512 Strasbourg edition, including Martin Waldseemüller's treatises on architecture and perspective, and Masha'allah's composition of the astrolabe. Some of the new additional treatises in this Italian edition are on arithmetic, geography and grammar. 2 issues are known, with apparently no priority: one with Barezzi's imprint, and another with Somascho's imprint which is more common institutionally. Not in Adams; Cicognara 3321; Sabin 69132 (Somascho imprint). View on Christie's.com

SOLINUS, Caius Julius. De situ orbis terrarum. Pesaro: Hieronymus Soncino, 31 January 1512. 2° (304 x 215mm). (Title lightly soiled, light waterstaining throughout, heavier towards the end). Adams S1390. [Bound after:] STRABO (63 BC-24 AD). De situ orbis. Venice: Philippus Pincius, 13 July 1510. 2° (304 x 215mm). Woodcut on title of a master and 4 pupils all seated at their desks, woodcut initials, some large, and including an initial 'A' on n3r which is the upside-down upsilon used in Callierges' Etymologicon magnum, Venice, 1499. (Light waterstaining, heavier from gathering S on, a few leaves lightly browned). Adams S1900; Sander 7091. 2 works bound together. 18th-century polished calf (spine repaired). Solinus' important compendium of curiosities and wonders of the ancient world, bound with a later edition of Strabo's great geographical encyclopedia. View on Christie's.com

THE WORLD OF AUTOMOBILES & ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE MOTOR CAR. (one box).

A large collection of books on aviation including The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft, James Orwells Aircraft 1945 Collector`s Edition printed in 1994, also Jane`s Fighting Ships and WWII Aircraft etc, a large collection of videos, bound books of Halifax, Lightning and Vulcan etc, several bound copies of Fly Past Magazine etc.

[Books]. Coleman, D., E. & E. The Collector`s Encyclopedia of Dolls, Hale, London 1970; with The Collector`s Encyclopedia of Dolls, Volume Two, Hale, London 1986; five other assorted books on dolls; and a quantity of magazines of related interest.

Five miniature leather bound books with gilt page edges, English Dictionary, Classic & Mythology, Encyclopedia, Gazetteer, English Proverbs and Quotations

Several large Books - The English Garden and Italian Gardens, Great Houses of Europe, Art of Margot Fonteyne, Sotheby`s Concise Encyclopedia of Furniture and Book of Drawing Rooms (house & garden)

Doll Collectors Reference Books and other doll related items: The Collectors Encyclopedia of Dolls by Dorothy, Elizabeth A and Evelyn J Coleman; The Collectors Books of Dolls Clothes, by Dorothy S, Elizabeth A, and Evelyn J Coleman; plus assorted items including Doll Dress-making Patterns, Rag Doll Kit, Deans Rag Book Knockabout Toy and Doll Sheets (reproductions), Golden Era Antique Dolls collectors cards including dolls and teddy bears, wood furniture kits, miniature dolls boxed cleaning apparatus including brushes, pail, Swyt soap, Junior Miss sewing kit within illustrated box, Theriaults The Doll Masters boxed playing cards with illustrations of fine dolls, teddy bear playing cards, Paddington Bear soap, Dress Me doll, Dolly Dimple nursery rhyme puzzle box, plus other assorted jigsaws, Vulcan Junior boxed child`s sewing machine, wooden deck-chairs, Singer boxed chain stitch sewing machine, etc - conditions are mainly Good to Excellent. (qty)

A group of mainly hardback Books to include Dinky Toys and Modelled Miniatures, The Collectors Encyclopedia of Metal Toys, Frog Model Aircraft, The Collectors Guide to Transport Toys plus many others - conditions are generally Excellent to Mint - interesting lot. (16)

A group of mainly hardback Books to include The Ultimate Doll Book, The Teddy Bear Encyclopedia, Antique Toys by Gwenn White, Steiff Sensational Teddy Bears, Animals & Dolls, Collectable McDonald`s Toys, plus many others - conditions are generally Near Mint to Mint, outer dust covers are generally Good Plus to Mint - interesting lot. (22)

Two boxes containing Encyclopedia Britannica volumes, various road maps and assorted pictures and prints

A run of Chambers encyclopedia, part leather and gilt bound with marblised boards and 10 leather and marblised bound volumes of Punch

Quantity of Assorted Books, including Encyclopedia etc in nine boxes

10 Volumes of The Popular Encyclopedia, illustrated with numerous engravings, edited by Charles Annandale MG Ltd. Victorian era.

4 Books on porcelain - English Pottery & Porcelain, Collector`s Encyclopedia - English Ceramics, Pottery and Porcelain Tablewares, History of Wedgwood, British Pottery & Porcelain and English Porcelain and bone china

Hornby Railways: selection of lineside accessories including Village Station, Signal Box, Underlay, viaducts, Tunnel, Girder Bridge, Engine Shed, Main Line Station and track, majority with original boxes; Encyclopedia of Model Railways 1979

Cassells Popular Gardening. Four Vols; A Concise Encyclopedia of Gastronomy Published by The Wine And Food Society; A G Tansley - The British Isles And Their Vegetation; and approx 25 others similar :- One Box

The National Encyclopedia, Published By William Mackenzie c.1868. six volumes 4to, full re morocco, gilt stamped and tooled borders, gilt spine and edges, profusely illustrated with engraved plates and text illustrations.

The New National Encyclopedia Atlas. Published by William Mackenzie. 4to, full red morocco with decorative gilt stamped and tooled borders, gilt spine and edges, marbled endpapers. Thirty Five double page maps mostly after J Archer, plus index.

Antiques and Collectors Guides - Harold Lewis Bond `An Encyclopedia` of Antiques`, Grosvenor House Art and Antiques Handbooks :- One Box

A quantity of Books of Shooting interest, Encyclopedia of Shotguns, History of Rifles and Carbines and others

MacMillan (Allister). Seaports of the Far East, Historical and Descriptive, Commercial and Industrial Facts, Figures, & Resources, 2nd ed., 1925, b & w illusts., mostly from photos, orig. gilt-dec. cloth, a little fraying and soiling, some corner wear and several worm channels, together with Ports & Cities of the World, One of a Series of Standard Commercial Encyclopedias on the Actual and Potential Markets of the World, 9th publication, comprising Indo-China, Malaya, Siam, India, Burma, Ceylon, Egypt, compiled and published W.H. Morton Cameron, editor-in-chief Walter Feldwick, pub. Globe Encyclopedia Company, 1927, some col. and num. tinted or b & w illusts. from photos, gilt-titled cloth thumb tabs, a.e.g., orig. green morocco gilt, sl. rubbed and spine darkened, both 4to. (2)

C Cooke, act 1789, Publisher- "System of Anatomy, plate 2; The Diaphragm and muscles..... plate 4, Views of the Human Viscera..., plate 5; published for the Royal Encyclopedia and published by C Cooke, Paternoster Row, Aug 12th 1789, engravings, 35x22cm: William Hogarth 1697-1764- "A Rake`s Progress, plate 8, Tom Rakewell ends up in the Bethlehem Hospital madhouse; first published by William Hogarth in 1735, engraving, 34x38.5: together with a collection of 18/19th century medical related engravings by and after various hands, (a lot) (unframed) Note: Almost thirty years (1763)after completing A Rake`s Progress, Hogarth returned to this final plate and made one significant addition. On the wall he etched an image of a halfpenny portraying Britannia with her hair wildly flying behind her. Within the lower margin he also wrote, "Retouch`d by the Author, 1763." In the last year of his life, Hogarth clearly felt that Britain and its ruling classes had not improved.

Ivory. AHistory and Collector`s Guide. 1987 Large Qto hb &dj Britten`s Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers. 1982. Large Qto hb & dj. Cardinal C: The Watch from its origins to the 19th Century 1984 Large Qto hb & dj. Kybalova J: European Creanware 1989. Large Qto hb & dj, Peterson H: Encyclopedia of Firearms 1964 Qto hb & dj. Watson W: Ancient Chinese Bronzes 1977 8vo hb &dj. Snook B: English Historical Embroidery 1960 8vo hb & dj. Wilkinson F: Antiques Arms and Armour 1972 8vo hb & dj Barker R: Netsuke 1983 Qto hb & dj. Together with 4 other small volumes relating to collectors items

Harmsworth`s Wireless Encyclopedia nd C.1930s. 3 volumes Qto hb. Greig j: The Musical Educator nd. C. 1930s 5 vols. Qto hb. Brown C: Nicholls`s Seamanship and Nautical Knowledge 1931 8vo hb and 2 other Admiralty Navigation Manuals. Jane`s fighting Ships 1978 -79. Jane`s Weapons Systems 1979 -80. Tolkien J: The Lord of the Rings 1993 8vo. hb 3 volumes set in slip case. Together with 14 other volumes.

Georgano G (Ed): Encyclopedia of Motorsport 1971. Cottenham C: Steering Wheel Papers 1932 Klose O: Autodesign Mercedes- Benz S-Class 1991. Register of Machines of the VMCC 1991 3rd Ed. Together with 23 other motoring volumes

BAILLIE, CLUTTON and ILBERT, Britten`s Old Clocks, Watches and Their Makers, pub 1956, 7th edition, CLUTTON and DANIELS, Clocks and Watches in the Collection of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers, 1975, BRUTON, Clocks and Watches, and DE CARLE`s Watch and Clock Encyclopedia (4)

HALFPENNY Pat, English Earthenware Figures 1740-1840, GILHESPIE and BUDD, Royal Crown Derby China, GODDEN Geoffrey A, Encyclopedia of British Pottery and Porcelain Marks, SAVAGE George, 17th Century and 18th Century, French Porcelain and two others (6)

Chambers Encyclopedia, new edition, circa 1950 George Noombs Limited, ten volumes.

The National encyclopedia, leather bound and well illustrated, thirteen volumes

Hugard (Jean) Encyclopedia of Card Tricks New York, 1940 § Hilliard (John Northern) Card Magic, Minneapolis, 1945 § Farelli (Victor) Thanks to Leipzig, 1948; Nate Leipzig`s Card Stab, [1952] § Ortiz (Darwin) The Annotated Erdnase, 4to, Pasadena, 1991 § Avis (Jack) and Lewis Jones. Ahead of the Pack, two copies, both signed by both authors, 2002 § Fisher (Aaron) and John Lovick. The Paper Engine, Seattle, 2002 § Marlo (Ed) Revolutionary Card Technique, 4to, Chicago, 2003 § Johnson (Karl) The Magician and the Card Sharp, New York, 2005, all but the first first editions, illustrations, the third and fourth in original wrappers, the remainder in original cloth or boards, all but the first and sixth with dust jackets; and eight others on card magic, 8vo and 4to(18)

Lippy (John D.) Chemical Magic with an introduction by Howard Thurston, New York, 1930 § Hugard`s Annual of Magic, 2 vol., New York, 1937 and 1938/1939 § Victor( Edward) Further Magic of their Hands, inscribed be the author, with the bookplate of Francis White, 1945 § Gaultier (Camille) Magic without Apparatus, Berkeley Heights, 1945 § Dhotel (Jules) Magic with Small Apparatus, vol.1 (all published), Berkeley Heights, 1947 § Scarne(John) and Clayton Rawson. Scarne on Dice, presentation copy, inscribed by Clayton Rawson to Martin Gardner, 1946 § Hilliard (John Northern) Greater Magic, revised edition, Minneapolis, 1947 § Rice (Harold) and Mark Trimble. Encyclopedia of Silk Magic, 4 vol., Wynnewood, 1948-1993, illustrations, original cloth or boards, the first and seventh with dust jackets; and twelve others, 8vo(24)

A quantity of books, miscellaneous literature, Thackerary, Dickens, Kingsley, Scott, Encyclopedia Britannica etc.

SET OF ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA

SET OF ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA AND MAHOGANY BOOKCASE

One volume Pauline Cockrill "The Teddy Bear Encyclopedia", one volume Linda Mullins, "Teddy Bears Past and Present", one volume "Miller`s Collecting Teddy Bears and Dolls", and one volume A & K Spelchains "Mechanical Toys" (4)