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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)

FOUR BOXES: Reference, Dictionaries, Encyclopedia etc (4 Boxes)

A Dorothy Elizabeth Evelyn Coleman “Collectors Encyclopedia of Dolls”, Volume 2

A Jurgen and Marianne Cieslick “German Doll Encyclopedia 1800-1939”

Coleman.E.J, The Collector's Encyclopedia of Dolls, R.Hale, London, 1968, together with Volume two 1986, together with a large collection of modern reference works relating to dolls, toys, ceramics, and collectibles, (sold not subject to return).

A Pair of Pedestal Busts of Children "Mirth" and "Grief", W H Goss, circa 1880, gazing to sinister and dexter respectively, on swept circular bases applied with laurel trimmed medallions, 22.5cm high See illustration Similar busts are illustrated in Pine (Nicholas) The Concise Encyclopedia and Price Guide to Goss China, pg.66.

Cupid Asleep on a Bed, a Tinted Parian Figure, Parcel Gilt, W H Goss, published 1867, the infant god with his head on a large pillow, his bow and quiver of arrows at his side, incised "Published by W H Goss, Stoke-on-Trent, 15 May 1867 as the Act directs Dec 54 Geo 111 C56", 27cm long, 14cm wide See illustration A similar figure is illustrated in Pine (Nicholas) The Concise Encyclopedia and Price Guide to Goss China, pg.85 and 86.

A Dressel and Kister porcelain half-doll Pierette, blue painted marks, 15cm high; another similar in coloured bisque, 12cm high; and a pair of legs (4) See Marion, Frieda & Werner, Norma. The Encyclopedia of Half-Dolls. New York 1979, p. 48, no. MW 177-621 for the first

Thomson (John & Co., pub.). A New General Atlas, consisting of a Series of Geographical Designs, on Various Projections..., Edinburgh, 1821, two uncoloured diagrams, 50 engraved maps only (of 74), mostly double-page and all hand coloured in outline, brown damp stain to lower part of volume throughout, contemp. boards, together with the remains of an A.K. Thomson World Atlas and other plate books including a broken volume of an 18th century encyclopedia with numerous folio engraved plates, architectural designs, broken volumes of The Vernon Gallery of British Art, State of War in the East, etc. (17 volumes)

Paasch; "Illustrated Marine Encyclopedia" 1890, Prince; "The Royal Tour 1901" 1980. (2).

5 hard covers relating to London Railways to include London's Termini by Alan A Jackson, plus Labyrinths of Iron by Benton Bobrick plus Steam Locomotives of BR by MC Casserley, and the Pictorial Encyclopedia of Railways by Hamilton Ellis (8)

BRITISH CERAMICS: FIVE REFERENCE BOOKS; comprising Godden, G.A., Encyclopedia of British Porcelain Manufacturers, pub. 1988, dust wrapper; Copeland, R., Spode & Copeland Marks, second ed., pub. 1997, dust wrapper; Fisher, S.W., English Blue and White Porcelain of the 18th Century, pub. 1947; Lewis, G., A Collectors History of English Pottery, fifth ed., pub. 1987; and Lewis, J. & G., Pratt Ware 1780-1840, pub. 1993. (5)

LEWIS, G. A COLLECTORS HISTORY OF ENGLISH POTTERY pub. Antique Collectors Club 1999 (fifth edition), dust wrapper; together with Godden, G.A., An Illustrated Encyclopedia of British Pottery and Porcelain, pub. 1928, dust wrapper. (2)

Antoninus [Forciglioni], Saint, Archbishop of Florence Chronicon. [Basle: Nicolaus Kessler, 1502]. 3 volumes, folio,[xiv], 215, [v]; [xiv], 240, [v], 1 blank; [xii], 256, [iv], Black Letter, text in two columns, initials added in red, printer's device following the colophon in volume 3, modern vellum, brown morocco lettering pieces, some patches of worming (mostly in 1 & 3) touching letters of text, a few leaves with some light water staining, titlepage to volume 1 with repair to upper margin, some early marginalia, but generally a good and clean copy (3) Note: Adams A1207. This edition not in the British Library catalogue. Intended as a general history of the world to show the workings of divine providence (Catholic Encyclopedia,) the work is more valuable when the author turns to contemporary events with which, from his frequent embassies on the part of the Republic of Florence, his correspondence with Popes and others, his close links to the Medici family, he was closely connected. Born in 1389, he entered the Dominican order and was the founder of the famous Covent of San Marco at Florence. The Chronicon was first published at Venice 1474-79, as part of his Opera omnia.

Rockingham, an 8" plate, together with three matching basket-weave breakfast cups and saucers, and three teacups and saucers, painted with bright summer flowers within a foliate blue and gilt boarder, the cup exteriors with gilt cartouches enclosing foliate sprigs, three saucers bear the rare "Griffin" mark with the wording "Manufacturers to the Queen", See Godden's Encyclopedia of British Pottery and Porcelain Marks, page 546/3360

Railway Books: fifty-three including Encyclopedia of World Railway Locomotives, Metro Memories, LNER Wagons and London's Termini (53)

Transport books: eleven including buses, trams and The Encyclopedia of Model Making (12)

Four assorted glass reference books, "Nineteenth Century British Glass", Contemporary British Glass", The Encyclopedia of Glass" and "British Glass 1800 - 1914". (4).

A QUANTITY OF BOOKS comprising THE AGE OF FIREARMS by Robert Held; EARLY PERCUSSION FIREARMS by Lewis Winant; ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FIREARMS by Harold L. Peterson; ANTIQUE WEAPONS by Richard Akehurst; together with twenty-four others relating to firearms and shooting. (28)

STRONG (ROY) The Collectors Encyclopedia, Victorian to Art Deco 1974, dw; Lawrence (Heather) Yorkshire Pots and Potteries 1974, dw; Liberty's 1875-1975, an Exhibition 1975, Hughes (Therle and Bernard) English Painted Enamels 1967, dw; Battie (David) Turner (Michael) Price Guide to 19th and 20th century British Pottery 1987, dw; Haslam (Malcolm) Marks and Monograms of the Modern Movement 1875-1930 1977, dw; Haslam (Malcolm) English Art Pottery 1865-1915 1875, dw

Karl Trabert for BAG (Bronzewarenfabrik AG), a desk lamp, circa 1930, black painted sheet steel domed shade, with an ebonised wood and chrome-plated tubular stem and a black finished disc base, 46cm high. See Byars, Mel. The Design Encyclopedia. London: Laurence King/ New York: MoMA 2004, pp. 749 for an illustration of a similar lamp and a discussion of this little known Bauhaus designer of lamps

BOWERS (Q.DAVID) "Encyclopedia of Automatic Musical Instruments." cl, thick 4to, N.Y. 1983 vg.

Chaffers (William) - Marks & Mongrams on European and Oriental pottery and porcelain, ninth edition, revised and edited by Frederick Litchfield, 1900, later ¾ Morocco; Mankowitz (Wolf) and Haggar (Reginald G) - The Concise Encyclopedia of English pottery and Porcelain, 1957, original cloth bds; Wilmer (Daisy) - Early English Glass - a guide for collectors of table and other decorative glass of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, 1910; Pilkington (Mathew) - Dictionary of Painters, new edition, 1829, 2 vols, orig ½ calf. (5).

THE BOOK OF ENGLISH BALLADS, illustr. contemp. red morocco gilt, extremities sl. rubbed, BOHN, {1853}--ENGLISH ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE, 3 vols, 1884-87, contemp. green morocco gilt, sl. rubbed--CHAMBER'S JOURNAL, 5 vols 1864-68, contemp. half calf gilt--CHAMBER'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ENGLISH LITERATURE, 3 vols, new ed, orig. cl., corner staining,1903 (12) LOCATION M

a Rockingham 'Parroquet' pattern blue printed ashet with gadrooned border, impressed and printed mark 54cm wide for details of this rare mark see 'Encyclopedia of Brittish Pottery and Porcelain marks' page 545 reference 3357

GROUP OF BOOKS RELATING TO GLASS; comprising Hartmann, Carolus, "Glasmarken Lexikon", an encyclopedia of glass makers' marks, 1600-1945, Europe and North America; Hajdamach, Charles R. (for Antique Collectors' Club), "British Glass 1800-1914", pub. London 1991; Duncan, Alastair, (for Antique Collectors' Club) "Orrefors Glass", pub. London 1995; "Art of the Barovier, Glassmakers in Murano 1866-1972", exhibition catalogue Venice, 1993, (two copies); Klein, Dan, "Artists in Glass, Late Twentieth Century Masters in Glass", pub. London 2001; and "Jorge F. Zimmermann, Glass Artist", monograph, various contributors, pub. 1993. (7)

Loudon (J.C.). An Encyclopedia of Agriculture, 1825 , numerous wood-engravings in the text, slight foxing, recent half calf, marbled board sides, together with Pontey (William), The Forest Pruner; or Timber Owner's Assistant... Fouth Edition, Leeds, Printed for the Author, 1826, nine engraved plates, some of them folding, recent qtr. calf, marbled board sides, edges untrimmed, and fourteen others, including books by and about Willam Cobbett, 8vo (16)

Seven volumes - American silver, comprising: Hood, G: American silver 1971, Fales, M.G: Early American silver 1970, Ralph, M and Kovel, T.H: A directory of American silver, pewter and silver plate 1976, Rainwater, D.T: Encyclopedia of American silver manufacturers 1979, Schwartz, M.D: Collectors guide to antique American silver 1982, Bigelow, F.H: Historic silver of the colonies and its makers 1917, hardbound and Bryant & Son, W.C. Catalogue: Silverplate for American homes, 1927. (7)

Natural History & Gardening - Loudon, J.C An Encyclopedia of Plants. London, 1836 8vo, modern half calf gilt, interior clean; Thompson, Robert The Gardener's Assistant. London, c.1870's, 8vo, 12 coloured plates, contemporary half calf, upper board loose rubbed at edges, ink stamps to title and half title; Goldsmith, Oliver A History of the Earth and Animated Nature. London, 1848 8vo, 2 volumes, engraved titles with hand coloured vignettes, portrait frontispiece in volume I, 45 hand coloured plates, modern cloth gilt, new endpapers, staining to titles, some foxing; Kirby, W.F. European Butterflies and Moths. London, 1882 4to, 60 [of 61] coloured plates, half morocco gilt, hinges cracking, rubed at edges, some foxing; Sowerby, G.B Monograph of the Genus Conus. London, 1858 8vo, 36 plates, original cloth gilt, rubbed, corners bumped, some light foxing and 11 others. Sold not subject to return. (17)

The remainder of Syds library, comprising fourteen books to include The Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry (Syd has put his name in this book but has then stuck a white label over it), The Penguin Concise Columbia Encyclopedia, Emperor, The Gods of War, four garden related books from the Expert Series, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Card Games, Ivanhoe, and The Odyssey, mostly signed or initialled (RB or RKB) and dated

A William IV rosewood three-compartment music canterbury, circa 1835, after a design by John C. Loudon, the four X-shaped dividers centred with a lotus wreath above a drawer applied with leafy strapwork, turned finials, the baluster legs with brass socket castors, 51cm wide, 52cm high The present canterbury based on a design by John C. Loudon, published in 1833, in the Encyclopedia of Cottage, Farm and Villa Architecture and Furniture

NICHOLAS GOODISON: "English Barometers 1680-1860", Suffolk 1977, together with "Navigating Instruments" by Bruington, "A Supplement to a Catalogue of Scientific Instruments" in the collection of J A Billmeir, "Collecting Microscopes" by G Turner, "Old English Instruments of Music" by F Galpin, "Old Musical Instruments" by R Clemencic, "Musical Boxes" by A Ward-Hume and "An Encyclopedia of Antique Scientific Instruments" by J Mills (8)

PAUL JOKELSON: "Sulphides, The Art of Cameo Encrustation", New York 1968, together with "Scent Bottles" by K Foster, "European Glass" from the F Biemann Collection, "English Painted Enamels" by T & B Hughes, "English Glass for the Collector" by G Hughes, "English and Irish Glass" by W Thorpe, "The Encyclopedia of Glass Paperweights" by P Hollister and "The Crystal Years" by R Williams-Thomas (8)

LYDIA MEZ-MANGOLD: "A History of Drugs", Switzerland 1971 together with "Scales and Weights" by B Kisch, "Antique Medical Instruments" by E Bennion, "Early English Drug Jars" by G Howard, "The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft and Demonology" by Robbins, "Antiques of the Pharmacy" by L Matthews and "Magic and Superstition" by D Hill (7)

Aircraft Engineering, vols. 22-26, 1950-1954, together with Aeronautical Engineering Review, vols. 1948, 1950, 1953 and 1954, originally bound for the Royal Aero Club Aviation Library, green cloth covered boards, red leather with gilt, 8vo, together with Air Pictorial, a collection of issues for 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975 and 1976, in pubs. orig. binders, together with a similar collection of Air Enthusiast for 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974 and 1975, in pubs. orig. binders and a volume of The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft -21

Mankowitz & Hagger; "Concise Encyclopedia of English Pottery and Porcelain" 1957, Connoisseur (Pub); "The Early Georgian Period 1714 - 1760" 1957, Houghton; "An Addict's Guide to British Golf" 1959 and 21 miscellaneous books. (24).

Chaffers; "Marks & Monograms on Pottery & Porcelain" 1954, Mankowitz & Haggar; "Encyclopedia of English Pottery & Porcelain" 1968. (2).

Haggar (R G) The Concise Encyclopedia of Continental Pottery and Porcelain and The Concise Encyclopedia of English Pottery and Porcelain

Godden (G A) Encyclopedia of British Pottery and Porcelain Marks, 1964 and The Illustrated Encyclopedia of British Pottery and Porcelain

Hollister (P) The Encyclopedia of Glass Paperweights, 1969 and two other books on paperweights, Vincent (K) Nailsea Glass, 1979, Witt (C), Weedon (C) and Schwind (A P) Bristol Glass, 1984 and Warren (P) Irish Glass, 1970

Six books about dolls, their clothes and furniture, a book about teddy bears, another encyclopedia of toys and a child's companion, all hard back (9)

*Posters. A collection of 27 c.1920s colour litho. posters advertising magazines, including The Humourist, The Passing Show, Harmsworth's Children's Encyclopedia, The Children's Fairy, My Magazine, Picturegoer, Sunday Companion, etc, a few nicks and tears but generally in good condition, each approx. 760 x 510 mm (27)

Fourteen volumes 'The Popular Encyclopedia and twenty one volumes Children Britannica, and other mixed books Best Bid

"Encyclopedia of Sporting Firearms" by Petzal, photo illus 1991; "The World's Finest Sporting Guns" by Blackmore, colour illus, 1983; "A History of English Country Sports" by Billett, illus 1994; "A Treasury of Modern Small Arms" ed Burk, fully colour and photo illus, 1988; "The New Encyclopedia of Handguns and Smallarms" by Chant, fully colour and photo illus, 1995; all in DWs; 17 other titles. Generally GC. . (22)