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The Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition, New York 1910, 29 volumes in a stained beech bookcase with leaded glass door, 36cm (14") wide

Four American titles: A silver collectors glossary and list of early American silversmiths and their marks by H. French, American silversmiths and their marks by H. French, American silversmiths and their marks II by S. Ensko, Handbook of American silver and pewter marks, by C.J.Thorn and an Encyclopedia of early American silversmiths and their marks by R.Benson. (4)

A Collection of Reference Books pertaining to Guns: 'Encyclopaedia of shotguns & other game guns' by A.E. Hartink, 'The World's Great Guns' by Frederick Wilkinson, 'Firearms The History of Guns', 'Firearms', 'The Pleasure of Guns' by Joseph G. Rosa & Robin May, 'Rifles of the World' by Oliver Achard, 'Guns' by Dudley Pope,'Sporting Guns' by Richard Akehurst, 'The International Encyclopaedia of Shooting' edited by Michael Brander, 'War & Weapons', 'Winchester An American Legend' by R.L. Wilson, 'Guns in Colour', 'Vietnam A Visual Encyclopedia' by Philip Gutzman.

A Collection of Reference Books Pertaining to Guns: ' The Encyclopedia of European Historical Weapons', 'The World of Guns' by Richard Akehurst,'Antique Guns and Gun Collecting' by Frederick Wilkinson, 'Armes et Armures' by Michele Byam, 'Firearms, a Collector's Guide: 1326-1900', 'The Complete Handgun 1300 to the Present' by Ian V. Hogg, 'The Books of Guns & Gunsmiths' by Anthony North & Ian V. Hogg, 'The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Firearms' by Ian V. Hogg, 'Antique Weapons A-Z' by Douglas J. Fryer, 'Antique Guns & Gun Collecting' by Frederick Wilkinson, 'The Collecting of Guns' edited by James E. Serven.

A Collection of Reference Books Pertaining to Guns & Gunsmithing Etc.: 'Book of Guns and Gunsmiths' by Anthony North & Ian V. Hogg, 'The Birmingham Gun Trade' by David Williams, 'Firearm Blueing and Browning' by R.H. Angier, 'The Art of Gunsmithing-The Shotgun' by Lewis Potter, 'Guns and How they Work' by Ian V. Hogg, 'The Amateur Gun-Craftsman', Three volumes of 'The Modern Shotgun' by Major, Sir Gerald Burrard, Two volumes of 'The Modern Gunsmith' by James Virgil Howe, 'Complete Guide to Handloading' by Philip B. Sharpe, 'Encyclopedia of Modern Firearms Parts & Assembly', 'Textbook of Firearms Investigation, Identification and Evidence' by J.S. Hatcher, 'Shotguns & Cartridges for Game & Clay', 'The Gun and It's Development' by W.W. Greener, 'Advanced Gunsmithing' by W.F. Vickery, 'Twenty-two Caliber Varmint Rifles' by Charles S. Landis, 'Elementary Gunsmithing' by Perry D. Frazer, 'In the Gunroom' by Major Gerald Burrard, 'New Principles of Gunnery' by Benjamin Robins F.R.S., 'Gunsmithing' by Roy F. Dunlap, 'Modern Gunsmithing' by Clyde Baker, 'The Gun Digest Book of Exploded Firearms Drawings', and some pamphlets & magazines of a similar interests.

GARNETT, Dr. Richard, The International Library of Famous Literature, 1/2 green leather and marbled boards, 20 vols, The Harmsworth Encyclopedia, red cloth, 10 vols, and ODHAM'S, The Illustrated Encyclopedia, 2 vols (decorative bindings) (Two Boxes)

Literature: 'Sotheby's Concise Encyclopedia of Porcelain', and nine other reference books for English and European ceramics. (10)

E.L.Tarbuck; The Encyclopedia of Practical Carpentry and Joinery for the Carpenter, Joiner and Staircase Builder with a Complete System of Lines 260pp plus 74 plates 11" leather bound G+

"The Gardeners Assistant a Practical and Scientific Expedition of the Art of Gardening in all its Branches" by Robert Thompson with numerous engravings in the text and a series of plates in colour and black and white, in two volumes published by the Gresham Publishing Company, 34 Southampton Street, Strand, London 1904, in green half calf binding (af), "A History of the Vegetable Kingdom" by William Rhind in half calf black leather binding and brown boards, illustrated, "Many Engravings on Wood and Steel" printed by Blackie & Sons, Parternoster Row, London, 1870, "The Gardeners Assistant Practical & Scientific" by Robert Thompson with twelve coloured plates, half calf black leather binding and brown boards-the vendors father was the head gardener under Lord Egerton at Tatton Park and reputedly these came out of Lord Egerton's library, also with this lot are seven volumes of "The Harmsworth Encyclopedia" and two volumes of "The Book of Knowledge"

4 books on furniture: "Chippendale" by Harris, "The Hepplewhite Director" by Bell; "The Sheraton Director" by Bell; "Encyclopedia of Chairs" by Yates, also a Miller’s Antiques fact file.All GC with DW.. . (5)

4 books on North American Indians: "Encyclopedia of Nth American Indian Tribes" by Yenne, a comprehensive study of tribes from Abitidi to the Zuni; "Fighting Indians of the West" by Schmitt and Brown, a pictorial history; "Native Tribes of Nth America" by Johnson & Hook, concise encyclopedia; "Nth American Mythology" by Spence, illustrated guide. All GC with DW

Three volumes - 'The Popular Encyclopedia of Gardening'

COPE'S RACEGOER'S ENCYCLOPEDIA 1949,50,52 TO 58 (9).

Watchmaking- twenty six volumes relating to the watchmaking trade: Daniels, George WATCHMAKING Sotheby Publications, London 1981, dj; Cardinal, Catherine THE WATCH from its origins to the XIXth century Wellfleet, New Jersey 1985, dj; Camerer Cuss, T. P. The Camerer Cuss Book of ANTIQUE WATCHES Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge, 1976, dj; Burton, Stanley H. The Watch collection of Stanley H. Burton 'WARTS and ALL' B. T. Batsford, London 1981, dj; Baillie, G. H. WATCHES their history, decoration and mechanism N.A.G. Press Ltd, London facsmile of the original 1929 edition 1979, dj; Priestley, Philip EARLY WATCH CASE MAKERS of ENGLAND 1631-1720 NAWCC, Columbia 2000, signed and dedicated to John Hooper by the author; Ullyett, Kenneth Watch Collecting Frederick Muller, Worcester and London 1970, dj; Weiss, Leonard WATCHMAKING IN ENGLAND 1760-1820 Robert Hale, London1982, dj; Jagger, Cedric THE ARTISTRY OF THE ENGLISH WATCH David & Charles, Newton Abbot 1988, dj; Cutmore, M. The Watch Collector's Handbook David & Charles, Newton Abbot 1976, dj; White, Allen THE CHAIN MAKERS published by the author, Christchurch 1967, and a 2000 reprint (2 copies); Camerer Cuss, T. P. Early Watches Country Life Collectors' Guides, Feltham 1971; Clutton, Cecil and Daniels, GeorgeWATCHES B. T. Batsford, London 1965; Jaquet, Eugene and Chapuis, Alfred Technique and History of the Swiss Watch Spring Books, London 1970 (reprinted from the 1953 edition); de Carle, Donald WATCH & CLOCK ENCYCLOPEDIA N. A. G. Press Ltd, London 1976 reprint, dj; Chamberlain, Paul M. IT'S ABOUT TIME The Holand Press, London 1978; the remaining nine being standard lesser works or duplicates of the above (25). Provenance: The Library of John Hooper. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.

"The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Firearms" by Hogg, fully colour and photo illus, 1987, in DW; "British Rifles: Catalogue of the Enfield Pattern Room", HMSO 1981, card covers; "The Book of the Gun" by Peterson, colour and photo illus, 1966; "The Rifled Musket" (USA) by Fuller, illus, 1958, in DW; 8 similar titles. GC (12)

17 hardcover and 4 soft relating to aircraft of all periods and the RAF to include The International Encyclopedia of Aviation, Stirling at War by J Falconer etc (x 21)

Three hardback volumes, comprising "Hints on Light and Shadow, Composition, etc, as applicable to landscape painting" illustrated with examples by Samuel Prout, new edition, London 1876, also "The Art of The Plasterer" by George P Bankart, London 1908 and "An Encyclopedia of Textiles From The Earliest Times to the Beginning of The 19th Century", with a multitude of colour and black and white illustrations, Ernest Benn Ltd, London (3).

E.W.Lane, Arabian Nights, pub C.Knight, London, 1841, 3 vols, calf; D.Macgibbon & T.Ross, The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Scotland, Edinburgh,1896-7, 3 vols, cloth, Castellated & Domestic Architecture of Scotland, Vols III & V, together with Chambers Encyclopedia 1923-7, in ten vols, cloth.

Annuals: twenty-one publications including three Rupert, Dandy, Eagle, TV Comic, Laramie, Robin and Swift, late 1950's/early 1960's and sixteen Junior World Encyclopedia 1960 (37)

"Collecting Volunteer Militaria" by Wyatt, illus, 1974, in DW; "A History of the Regiments and Uniforms of the British Army" by Maj Barnes, colour illus, nd; "British Infantry Uniforms since 1660" and "British Cavalry Uniforms since 1660", both by Barthropp, colour and photo illus, 1980 and 1984; "An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Old West" by Newark, colour and photo illus, 1980, in DW; 4 similar titles. GC

C HAMILTON ELLIS, 7 ttls: THE TRAINS WE LOVED, 1947, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w (tatty); FOUR MAIN LINES, 1950, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w; THE BEAUTY OF OLD TRAINS, 1952, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w; THE SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY, 1956, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w; THE LONDON BRIGHTON AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY, 1960, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w; THE PICTORIAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RAILWAYS, 1969, orig cl, d/w; RAILWAY ART, 1977, 1st edn, 4to, orig pict wraps (7)

A group of books on Gardening comprising; McIntosh Practical Gardener, The Florist 1877, Florist and Pomologist 1876, Encyclopedia of Botany Vol2, Nicol, Gardener 1802, Forsyth, Fruit Trees 1803, Tyas-Sentiment of flowers (9th edition) Gardeners Calender 1818, English Gardener, Cobbett 1833, Thomas The Ideal Garden, British Gardeners Director, James Justice, Marshall-Knowledge and Practive of Gardening, Rt. Hon. Lady Charlotte Murray-The British Garden 1808 (3rd edition).

A Fine Late 16th Century Gothic/Early Renaissance Carved Oak Dressoir. The moulded top above a pair of cupboard panel doors on decorative strap hinges flanking a centre panel; each panel centred by a Romayne head amidst scrolling foliage, with linen fold panels to the sides, heavily moulded framework and two frieze drawers below. The drawers carved with grotesques bearing the ring handles in their mouths flanked by lavish scrolls of foliage above a scalloped under-edge of overlapped petals centred by a pendant finial. The carved baluster legs leading down to an pot shelf below on a shaped rail and stile feet, 59 ins (150 cms) high, 50½ ins (128 cms) wide, 20½ ins (52 cms) deep.[A very similar example circa 1540 can be seen in Encyclopedia of Furniture by H. Schmitz, Ernest Benn Publ. 1926]

THE LADIES' DIARY OR WOMAN'S ALMANACK 1811 to 1816, bound with The Celestial Atlas or a New Epheneris 1813 to 1815, re-bound, 3/4 morocco , marble boards; DILLMOUND (THERESE DE) - Encyclopedia of Needlework, Mulhouse n.d. new edition, b/w illusts. orig. green cloth; The Historian's Pocket Dictionary, n.d., circa 1788, half calf, boards and end papers detached; STEVENSON (ROBERT LOUIS) - Prayers Written at Valima, illust. with facsimile illuminated drawings by Alberto Sangorski, Chatto and Windus, n.d. orig. boards, d.w. (4)

A run of nine publisher bound volumes of Charles Buchan's Football Monthly 1955 to 1963, red cloth covered boards, gilt titling to spine, together with loose copies of the magazine, complete sets for 1964, 1965 & 1968; sold with an incomplete set of the Marshall Cavendish Encyclopedia partworks 'Book of Football', in three publisher's binders; the lot also including a selection of collectors photocards of footballers and football teams (a qty.

Collection of 6 model railway related hard covers to include The Hornby Book of Trains 25 year edition, Encyclopedia of Model Railways etc, plus an LGB, Peco and 3 Hornby catalogues

The National Encyclopedia, engraved plates; other books

Loudon (J.C.) . Encyclopedia of Gardening, nd., [c1834], wood engravings throughout, some annotation in pencil, half morocco

The New Popular Encyclopedia, 1903, morocco bound in 14 volumes

Two early to mid 18th century volumes The New Encyclopedia or Modern Universal Dictionary of Arts & Sciences by William Henry Hall, 3rd edition, includes various engraved plates (af)

8 hardback books Great Battles of WWII (MacDonald), similar (Goodenough), complete encyclopedia of Warships (Batchelor/Chant), 'Monty' (Sommerville), Battleships (Preston), Famous Fighting Ships (MacIntyre), Fighter (Gunstan) a paperback and 5 related videos

10 hardback books, How to go Railway Modelling (Simmons), Model Railway Manual (Freezer), Encyclopedia of Model Railways (Allen), Practical Model Trains (Ellis), Complete Railway Modelling (Smeed), Model Railways (Freezer), Model & Miniature Railways (Whitehouse/Adams), PSL Guides 1/2, 5/6. 7/8 (Andress), and 3 paperback

SHAW (Henry) The Encyclopedia of Ornament, 4to, chromo title & 58 plates, contemp. half morocco, L., 1842.

Chambers's Encyclopedia, A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, in 10 volumes, London: William & Robert Chambers 1888-92, 4to, folding maps, half morocco gilt (10)

Various, leather bound. Burkitt's Expository Notes on the New Testament, ninth edition, London 1729, folio; Burnett's History of His Own Time, volume 1, 1724, folio; Drake's Shakespeare and His Times, in 2 vols 1817; British Encyclopedia or Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, 5 vols only, 1809, 8vo, plates; Encyclopaedia Londinensis, volume 13, 1815 4to, plates, various others in 3 boxes, sold with all faults and not subject to return

Shakespeare (William) & Rackham (Arthur) A Midsummer-Night's Dream, 1919, tipped-in colour plates, cloth (spine defective); The Postscript (House Organ of Yorkshire Conservative Newspapers, 1929-39, 1947-1953, 89 issues bound in 3 vols., cloth; Wylde (James) The Circle of the Sciences, nd., 2 vols., engraved plates, half calf (worn); Lomax (Edward) & Gunyon (Thomas) Encyclopedia of Architecture, nd., 2 vols., damp staining, half calf (worn) (8)

ARMS AND ARMOUR SOCIETY VOLUME 1; The Art of the Armourer (1963); AZIZ, ABDUL: Arms & Jewellery of the Indian Moghuls (1948); CIMARELLI, ALDO: Arms & Armour (1973); CREPIN & LEBLOND: Les Couteaux de Jet (1978); GRUND: Encyclopedie des Armes (1993); HELD, R. A Review of 162 Antique Arms and Pertinent Objects (1976); HELD, ROBERT: Arms and Armor Annual; HUBER (PUBLISHER): Hand und Faust-feuer-waffen, Schweizerische Ordonnanz 1817-1975 (1971); KOSAR, FRANZ: A Pocket History of Artillery Light Fieldguns (1974); NICKEL, HELMUT (INTRODUCTION): The Art of Chivalry; OGAWA, MORIHIRO: Japanese Master Swordsmiths: The Gassan Tradition (1989); PAYNE-GALLWEY, SIR RALPH: The Crossbow (1986); PITOUS, J.-P. & CREPIN-LEBLOND: Le tir aux armes anciennes (1979); SARGEAUNT,B.E: Weapons (1908); TARASSUK, LEONID & BLAIR (ed): The Complete Encyclopedia of Arms & Weapons (1982); THE SCOTTISH ART REVIEW: Scottish Weapons (1963); VENNER, DOMINIQUE: Les Armes de Cavalerie (1977)

Half Leatherbound Volume with full gilt edged pages "Medical Scrap Book" G.O. Mitchell containing wide variety of Early C18th-C20th Caricatures, Medical Encyclopedia, prints, engravings, sketches, portraits etc. in red Morocco binding

Collection of Railway modelling books to include PSL model D guides 1 + 2, 3 + 4, 5 + 6, plus 7 + 8, Encyclopedia of Model Railways, Complete Railway modelling by Vic Smeed etc (x 8) plus 26 x Railway Modeller Magazines 1977, 78 and 79

Railway related books x 12 all Great Western/Welsh/Wessex related plus 3x Steam Railway Long Playing Records plus 3 Eastern Region Railway related hard covers plus the Pictorial Encyclopedia of Railways by Hamilton Ellis (x 19)

Natural history plates c.120 hand-coloured plates engraved by J. Pass, some for the Encyclopedia Londinensis, c.1805-27, 4to; and c. 10 uncoloured plates, some dust-soiling and spotting

Seventeen volumes "The Encyclopedia Britannica", 8th edition, published by Adam & Charles Black, Edinburgh, 1860

MACIVER PERCIVAL: THE CHINTZ BOOK, 1923, 1st edn, orig 2-tone cl worn + ERNST FLEMMING: THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF TEXTILES, 1958, 4to, orig cl gt, ex lib + RODERICK TAYLOR: EMBROIDERY OF THE GREEK ISLANDS AND EPIRUS, 1998, 1st edn, 4to, orig cl, d/w (3)

Hutchison, 'Indoor Games and Recreations - A Popular Encyclopedia for Boys', published by The Religious Tract Society, London, 1891, 4to, illustrated blue cloth boards, also 23 other late 19th century volumes of children's pastimes and reference books, the majority with illustrated boards (24)

LOMAX (Edward) and GUNYON (Thomas), Editors Encyclopedia of Architecture, 2 volumes, London no date, 4to, engraved plates (some spotting), half bound morocco

Various. HARRIS (John) Elements of Geometry, eighth edition, London 1746, 8vo, half calf (rubbed, spine cracked); CLAXTON (Timothy) Hints to Mechanics, London 1844, BRUCE-ALLEN (C) Cottage Building, London 1849-50, WHITE (John) An Abstract of General Geography, 3 folding maps, half bound as one (covers worn); LOUDON (J C) An Encyclopedia of Cottage, Farm and Villa Architecture and Furniture, London 1863, 4to, red cloth gilt and three others (6)

Ceramics and Furniture. Collection of volumes including The Concise Encyclopedia of English Pottery and Porcelain, second impression, 1968; World Furniture, 1989, etc, condition varies (2 boxes)

Approx 30 wagons and coaches by Triang , Hornby, Playcraft etc one item boxed, some incomplete and Encyclopedia of Model Railways Allen/Jenkinson (FG)

''The Encyclopedia of Sport'' 4 volumes and 3 other books. (7).

Encyclopedia Encyclopedia of religion. New York: Macmillan, 1987. 16 volumes, 4to., publishers cloth (16)

Railway books: sixty-two publications including The Pictorial Encyclopedia of Railways, Britains New Railways, Portrait of Steam, Steam For Pleasure and Early Railways (62)

THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BRITISH POTTERY AND PORCELAIN MARKS by Geoffrey A Godden and eight associated books.

A COLLECTION OF GOLF REFERENCE BOOKS, including Golf In The Making by Ian T. Henderson and David Stirk, Golf and Antiques by John M. & Morton W. Olman, The Encyclopedia of Golf Collectibles etc (6)

Henderson (Ian T.) and Stirk (David I.) Golf In The Making, two copies of the second revised edition, 1986, both in mint condition; together with three mint copies of Olman & Olman's Encyclopedia of Golf Collectibles (5)

Chambers encyclopedia in ten leather bound volumes

A mahogany cased set of three Encyclopedia Britannica (3)

Encyclopedia Britannica twenty four volumes, 14th edition, 1929

Fosbroke Encyclopedia of Antiquities and Elements of Archaeology, 1825, two volumes

The Popular Encyclopedia or Conversations Lexicon, pub Blackie and Son 1874 (14)

TWO BOXES: History of England, Cassells Household Guide, Chambers Encyclopedia and War Years (2 Boxes)