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Cooper (W Heaton), The Legs, signed, first edition, and assorted books on art (box)

Rowling (J K), Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban, first edition, sun damage, and The Order of the Phoenix, The Half Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows first editions (4) Provenance: Sold on behalf of the SNCB Society

Brown (Christie), My Left Foot, first edition, losses to dust jacket, and other books (box)

De Imitatione Christi, Heribert Rosveyidi, first edition. Thomae Kempis. Dated 1660. With 454 pages and index. Some copper print illustrations. In black leather hard cover with gild description. 8,5 x 5,5 cm.The hammer price will go directly to the social help of the Caritas of Vienna, Provenance; estate found Erzdiozese Wien.

Whisky - The Great Drams Blended Cask Series, The Lockdown Lock-In Dram 12 years old, limited edition botted April 2021, bottle number 286, 50cl., 48.2% Vol.; Glenfiddich Fire & Cane, single malt scotch whisky, experimental series #04, 70cl., 43% Vol. boxed; Apollo "Sce To Aux" Single Malt Scotch Whisky, distilled at 'Tomatin' 10 years old, 2011 vintage, matured in a first fill Oloroso hogshead, distilled 2011, bottled in June 2021, bottle #027 of 276, 70cl., 46.4% Vol.

Townsend [Patricia Rose]: 'Hogarth Pictur'd Morals', printed by Historical Arts, first edition, 1967, green cloth binding and ''Leonardo Da Vinci', pub by Leisure Arts, two volumes. (3)

Coronelli, Vincenzo Maria: Mémoires, historiques & géographiques du royaume de la Morée, Negrepont et des places maritimes, jusques à Thessalonique. Traduit de l'Italien. Amsterdam: W. Waesberge, Boom & van Someren 1686. 15 x 9,5 cm. Mit 42 doppelblattgr. Kupfertafeln mit Ansichten, Karten und Plänen. 2 Bll., 232 SS. (ohne letztes Bl. Index). Ldr. mit Rs. und reicher Rv.(Etwas berieben und bestoßen. Innengelenk vorne l. angebrochen. Stellenweise l. feucht.- bzw. altersfleckig, einige kl. reparierte Papierverletzungen, Titel mit getilgtem Besitzvermerk, mit kl. Stempel und Namenszug.)Blackmer 407: "A scarce edition and the first printed in the Netherlands, this is a new translation prepared from the Italian text rather than being simply a reprint of the French translation by Barbin. It seems to have appeared in octavo only, and not in folio as with other editions. The plates were also newly engraved for this edition."

Biblia graeca. - Tes kaines diatheches apanta. Nova testamentum. Ex bibliotheca regia. 2 Bde. Paris: R. Estienne 1568-69. 11,5 x 7,1 cm. Mit 2 Hz.-Titelvignetten (wdh.). 16 Bll., 494 SS.; 342 SS., 1 w. Bl., 19 Bll. Späteres Ldr. auf 4 Bünden mit Rv.(Stark berieben. Ecken bestoßen und aufgeplatzt. Lederbezug abfärbend. Rückengelenke aufgeplatzt. Kapitale und Deckel im Bereich der Gelenke mit kleinen Bezugsfehlstellen. Haupttitel im Oberrand hinterlegt, im Fußsteg wasserfleckig, mit Braunfleck im Außenrand und hs. Vermerk in brauner Tinte. Erste 50 Seiten inkl. Titel des ersten Bandes mit Wurmspur im Bundsteg. Zahlreiche Marginalien in brauner Tinte. Teilverlust der Marginalien durch knappen Zuschnitt des Buchblocks am Ober- und Außenrand. Der erste Band mit Feucht- bzw. Braunfleck im Außenrand. Einige Blätter beider Bände mit Wasserrand. Blatt bb4 des zweiten Bandes im unteren Außenrand hinterlegt, das Folgeblatt mit Eckausriss und kleiner Beschabung des Satzspiegels. Gebräunt.)Adams 1671. Brunet V, 737. Darlow/Moule 4634. Graesse VI/2, 76. - Griechische Ausgabe des Neuen Testaments im Taschenformat. In den beiden kleinsten Graden von Robert Estiennes griechischer Type gedruckt, wobei die Register nochmals kleiner als der Haupttext gedruckt sind. - Eines der wenigen Exemplare mit dem auf das Jahr 1569 datierten Haupttitel. - „Printed by Robertus Stephanus, the son of the great Robertus and brother of Henricus. The text closely follows the elder Stephanus’ first edition of 1546, differing only in five places“ (Darlow/M.).

Coronelli, Vincenzo Maria: Mémoires, historiques & géographiques du royaume de la Morée, Negrepont et des places maritimes, jusques à Thessalonique. Traduit de l'Italien. Amsterdam: W. Waesberge, Boom & van Someren 1686. 14,8 x 9,2 cm. Mit 42 doppelblattgr. Kupfertafeln mit Ansichten, Karten und Plänen. 2 Bll., 232 SS., 1 Bl. Ldr.(Berieben und bestoßen. Stellenweise gebräunt u. feuchtfleckig. Der Plan von Lefkada / S. Maura mit Eckausriss.)Blackmer 407: "A scarce edition and the first printed in the Netherlands, this is a new translation prepared from the Italian text rather than being simply a reprint of the French translation by Barbin. It seems to have appeared in octavo only, and not in folio as with other editions. The plates were also newly engraved for this edition."

WWI York & Lancaster Regiment Theme Books, 'History of The Sheffield City Battalion' by R.A Sparling First Edition 1920, Sheffield City Battalion by R. Gibson and P. Oldfield, Pals by J. Cooksey, booklet 'Roll of Honour of Sheffield Men Who Fell or Died of Wounds in The Great War 1914-1918 and plan 'Manchester Ship Canal 1902.

A SET OF SIX GEORGE III GILTWOOD ARMCHAIRS CIRCA 1770 93.5cm high, 71cm wide, 53cm deep Provenance: Possibly supplied to Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke (1720-1790), for Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire, Wrest Park, Bedfordshire or St. James's Square, London, thence by descent Illustrated: The Connoisseur, May 1965, p.4Sets of giltwood Louis XV-style chairs were fashionable in Britain from the 1750s onwards with the publication of Thomas Chippendale's first edition of the Director (1754), which featured several designs for 'French chairs' (plates XVII, XVIII, XIX, XX). Chippendale's contemporary, John Linnell, was also making chairs derived from French patterns (Victoria & Albert Museum, E.59-1929; E.85-1929; E.102-1929). The 1835 inventory for Wimpole Hall, Cambridge, included two large sets of such chairs including: '8 Gilt Framed Cabriole Elbow Chairs stuffed seats & backs & Elbows covered to match' (No. 49, Red Drawing Room). A comparable set at Wimpole was probably commissioned by Philip, 2nd Earl Hardwicke, between 1777-80 when a new Eating Room and a Grand State Dining Room was added to the mansion; this set sold Sotheby's New York, 23 October 1998, lot 341. At Wrest Park, the 1917 sale of the contents of the mansion show that three sets of carved and gilt fauteuils in the Louis XV-style were sold (Wrest Park: Contents of the Mansion, Messrs. Foster, 10/9/1917 and four following days, lots 65, 77, 155). Condition Report: Condition Report Disclaimer

A CARVED AND WHITE PAINTED CONSOLE TABLE PROBABLY GEORGE III, MID 18TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF MATTHIAS LOCK The rectangular Brocatello marble top above a pierced frieze of foliage, C-scrolls, and trellis, the cabriole legs carved with flower garlands and with foliate and block feet, redecorated, the marble replaced 86cm high, 141cm wide, 67cm deep The table relates to patterns by Matthias Lock, in particular, plate 5, as published in Six Tables (1746). Along with his other publications, these designs epitomise the advanced early rococo style of English furniture, some ten years before Chippendale's first edition (M. Heckscher, 'Lock and Copland: A Catalogue of the Engraved Ornament', Furniture History, vol. 15, 1979, plate 9). Several designs by Chippendale, for example in his Director, 3rd ed. 1763, pl. CLXXV and by Messrs Ince and Mayhew pattern book Universal System of Household Furniture, 1762, pls. LXXIII and LXXIV, served to popularise the pattern, called 'frames for marble slabs' or simply `slab frames'. Lock, of Long Acre, London, was one of the outstanding carvers and designers in the rococo style, and was acclaimed by the upholder James Cullen as 'reputed the best draftsman in that way that had ever been in England'. The first of his several published works was issued in 1740, he collaborated with Henry Copland in 1752, and then apparently worked in some form of partnership with Thomas Chippendale. Many of Lock's designs, including furniture for Earl Poulet at Hinton House, Dorset, are preserved in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London and in the Metropolitan Museum, New York. Condition Report: Good, structurally secure with wear and tear consistent with age and use. The catalogue illustration is accurate. The table has been previously stripped and freely white-painted. In places where the white paint has chipped the pine carcase wood looks grey and dry consistent with stripping. There are minor small chips and repairs to the carving including glued repairs to the central cartouche. There is a section of moulding loose to the front left foot. The marble top is associated but with some age, it is about 5cm too shallow, a strip of wood simulated as marble has been attached to the back edge of the table to make up the shortfall. While the table has the design and spirit of the 18th century, it might be noted that the construction of frieze and legs is unconventional but with the amount of white paint used it is not possible to be entirely confident in the dating. Condition Report Disclaimer

A George II astronomical clock by Gandy of Cockermouth dated 1757, with two train striking movement and 14" dial with broad chapter ring with wavy minute band surrounded by an annual calendar and signs of the zodiac.  The arch is considerably more than a semi circle to accommodate the major part of a 24 hour chapter ring which is traversed by the sun and has moving shutters to show sunrise and sunset.  The outer edge of the ring is divided into degrees to indicate the suns amplitude and the inner edge has signs of the zodiac, Cancer through to Sagittarius, on each side.  The arched centre has the remaining signs of the zodiac surrounding a lunar and tidal dial.  All housed in a red walnut case raised on ogee moulded bracket feet, complete with weights and pendulum.   Height 7' 2 1/4".  NOTE:  This complicated clock has been entered for sale form a local estate and its existence in the Cockermouth area has been known by Mitchells for at least the last 40 years.  This is a very important and interesting clock boasting features that rarely appear outside of London. It exhibits great individuality in both design and construction equalling that of many of the principal London makers.  All the more remarkable is that it was made nearly 270 years ago.  The Gandy family were originally of Cockermouth and later Maryport.  The business was started by James Gandy I who was born circa 1700 and who died a pauper in Cockermouth in 1779.  James's eldest son Samuel (1726-1803) and his younger son also James (1730-1793) were the principal clock makers of this name.  This information gleaned from "The Clockmakers of Cumberland" by John B Penfold 1977. The clock is nationally known and is illustrated and discussed in "The Longcase Clock" by Tom Robinson published by The Antique Collectors Club first edition 1981.  The clock is illustrated on page 224, 304 and 306 in the 1981 edition and discussed on page 305 (see illustration).

Two limited edition commemorative coin first day covers, Queen Mother memorial silver coin cover, Royal Mail definitive stamps collection, Victorian lilac and green series stamps, Victorian 1858-1881 low value denomination stamps and a small selection of British Armed Forces currency £5, £1 bank notes etc.

"Beyond The Border" by W D Campbell, published by Archibald Constable & Company 1898, first edition, pictorial gilt covers and spine.There is rubbing to the gilding on the spine top and bottom and the front board bottom right-hand corner.  The boards front and back internally are still attached but show the bindings as the paper is ripped the length of the boards.  The flyleaves are discoloured but internally the pages are in very good condition with a nice clean colour with no inscriptions.  Overall I would classify this book as being in good condition.

"The Flowerers, A Story of Ayrshire Needlework" by M H Swain, published by W & R Chambers London and Edinburgh, hard cover first edition with dust wrapper 1955, with signed dedication to book and card from the author.

Two first edition books by Kathleen Fidler, "Mr Simister Appears Again", illustrated by Margaret Horder, signed by the author, together with "Mr Simister Is Unlucky", both volumes have dust wrappers.

Fleming Ian "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", hard cover first edition, published by Jonathan Cape 1963, with dust cover, together with "The Spy Who Loved Me" 1964 sixth impression.Overall, the two books in this lot are in good condition, however ”On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” has the poorer dust jacket with small tears of a few milometers mostly to the spine and a 1 cm tear near the fold to the front cover board.  There is some discoloration and the dust cover is slightly grubby with two slight blemishes to the spine.  There is a previous owners name inside.  However the pages are nice and clean there is no major issues with the book. 

Fleming Ian "You Only Live Twice", published by Jonathan Cape, first edition 1964 with dust wrapper.There is a name inside in pen, slight foxing to the end papers, internal pages are clean as are the boards of the book. The dust wrapper has a 2 cm rip on the fold, a 1 cm rip on the spine, 2 or 3 small other tears and slight fold marks to the bottom left-hand corner and top edge, however the dust wrapper is generally clean, and the spine is in good condition.

Fleming Ian "Man With The Golden Gun", published by Jonathan Cape 1965, first edition with dust wrapper.

Alfred Wainwright (1907-1991), a Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, book 2 The Far Eastern Fells, published in 1955 by Henry Marshall, grey Rexine covers with rounded corners and red lettering, dust wrapper prices 12/6, first edition (see illustration).Underneath the dust wrapper on the front board is a name and address, date April 1957, the spine is severely faded, there is foxing to the dust cover, the internal pages are in good condition with no marks. 

Alfred Wainwright (1907-1991), a Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, book 3 The Central Fells published in 1958 by Henry Marshall, blue Rexine covers with rounded corners and silver lettering, dust wrapper priced 12/6, first edition. The book says published 1958 and book for in preparation.  The cover has a price of 12 shillings and sixpence. There are no later impression marks. There are no internal inscriptions or marks on the pages, the dust cover has been covered in plastic to repair the rips to the dust cover.

Two books on Gamebirds and Hunting, "Gamebirds and Wild Fowl of Sweden and Norway" by L Lloyd, published by Frederick Warne & Company, hard cover first edition 1867, with green boards and gilded decoration, together with "The English Sportsman The Western Prairies" by Grantley Berkeley, published by Hurst & Blackett London 1861, rear board detached but still present and spine damaged top and bottom but still securely attached.

Six topographical and local history books, "The Kirby Family" by Lewis Kirby, signed first edition 1994, limited to 250 copies, "A History of Whitby" by George Young, 1976 reprint and "A History of Whitby and Streoneshalh Abbey" 1990 reprint hard covers, "A History of The Parish Church of Burnside" by Elizabeth Bingham, "Carlisle Down Memory Lane" by Mary Scott Parker 2013, together with "The Rise and Fall of Ewanrigg Hall" by Doris Riley, signed.

Thirteen signed local interest books, "Cumberland's Rum Butter Coast" by Bob Orrell, "Lakeland Yesterday" by Irvine Hunt, "The Shepherds Life" by James Rebanks, "Even More Muck" by Joyce Wilson, "Last Post and Reveille" by Patrick of The Hills, "Patrick of the Hills" by Patrick Gordon Duff Pennington, "St Mary's Church in Applethwaite", "A Softer Landscape The Works of Jenny Cowern" by Valerie Rickerby, "Tale of Mrs William Heelis" by John Heelis, "Old Towns and Cities Carlisle" by Kenneth Smith, "The Allerdale Years" by Ted Winter, "Memories of The Lakes" by Mary Scott Parker and Melvyn Bragg "A Christmas Child" signed first edition.

Sir Peter Blake RA (born 1932), signed limited edition print "The First Print Target?" 64/75, signed bottom right, with CCA Galleries London certificate.   Sheet size 111 x 101 cm, image size 86.5 x 80 cm. ARR (see illustration).The print is in first class condition and is packed in a protective envelope 

Sir Peter Blake RA (born 1932), signed limited edition print "I Love You" 72/175, signed to the bottom right and with CCA Galleries London blind stamp, with CCA Galleries London certificate.   Sheet size 82 x 59.5 cm, image size 66 x 45.5 cm. ARR (see illustration).This print is in first class condition. It is unframed and currently housed in a protective plastic fronted cover.

Sir Peter Blake RA (born 1932), signed limited edition print "Sources of Pop VII" 50/175, signed to the bottom right. Sheet size 106 x 101 cm, image size 81 x 81 cm. ARR (see illustration).The print is in in first class condition.  It is unframed and currently housed in tissue paper and a protective cardboard wallet.

Sir Peter Blake RA (born 1932), signed limited edition print "Marilyn Monroe - Black" 138/175, signed to the bottom right, with CCA Galleries London certificate.   Sheet size 85 x 65 cm, image size 66 x 42.5 cm. ARR.The print is in first class condition.  It is unframed and currently housed in a protective plastic fronted wallet.

Sir Peter Blake RA (born 1932), "Replay" box set of signed limited edition prints (12 in total), portfolio number 16/175, with CCA Galleries London certificate.   Sheet size 82 x 60 cm, image size 66 x 46 cm. ARR (see illustration).The prints are in first class condition.  They are housed inside the portfolio which has some slight marks to the exterior and some slight rounding to the corners but nothing untoward. 

Sir Peter Blake RA (born 1932), "Classroom Suite" a set of four signed limited edition prints  8/100, signed to the bottom right, with CCA Galleries London certificate.   Sheet size 71 x 95.5 cm, image size 51.5 x 77.5 cm. ARR (see illustration).The four prints are in first class condition.  Although unframed they are housed in protective sleeves with cloth bound edges and metal corners. 

Sir Peter Blake RA (born 1932), "Paris Quartet" set of four signed limited edition prints 14/125, signed to the bottom right. Sheet size 83.5 x 59 cm, image size 66.5 x 43.5 cm. ARR.The four prints are in first class condition with no issues.  Whilst they are unframed, they are housed in Selwyn’s plastic protective covers with cloth bound edges and protective metal corners.

Sir Peter Blake RA (born 1932), signed limited edition print "Sources of Pop Art III"  58/175, signed to the bottom right, with CCA Galleries London certificate.   Sheet size 68.5 x 66.5 cm, image size 51 x 51 cm. ARR (see illustration).The print is in first class condition.  It is housed in tissue paper and a protective plastic fronted wallet.

Sir Peter Blake RA (born 1932), signed limited edition print "Sources of Pop Art IV"  76/175, signed to the bottom right, with CCA Galleries London certificate.   Sheet size 69 x 66.5 cm, image size 51 x 51 cm. ARR.The print is in first class condition.  It is housed in tissue paper and a protective plastic fronted wallet. 

Sir Terry Frost RA (1915-2003), a signed limited edition print "Swing Blue" 143/150, signed to the bottom right, framed and mounted, with CCA Galleries London certificate.  Image size 60 x 38 cm. ARR.The print is in first class condition.  It is housed in tissue paper and a protective plastic fronted wallet. 

Sir Terry Frost RA (1915-2003), a signed limited edition print "Sun Tree" 21/70, signed to the bottom right. Sheet size 84 x 80 cm, image size 60 x 60.5 cm. ARR (see illustration).The print is in in first class order.  As is the frame and mount, It is ready to hang.

Sir Terry Frost RA (1915-2003), a signed limited edition print "Spirals" 50/125, signed to the bottom right. Sheet size 54.5 x 67.5 cm, image size 35.5 x 51 cm. ARR.The print is in first class condition.  It is housed in a protective cardboard packaging with plastic front.  It is not framed.

Sir Terry Frost RA (1915-2003), a signed limited edition print "Swing Rhythm" 29/70, signed to the bottom right. Sheet size 79 x 103.5 cm, image size 63.5 x 86.5 cm. ARR (see illustration).The print is in first class condition.  It is housed in a protective cardboard packaging.

Sir Terry Frost RA (1915-2003), a signed limited edition print "Lilac and Red Tolcarne" 56/75, signed to the bottom right, with CCA Galleries London certificate.  Image size 85 x 47 cm, framed and mounted. ARR.The print is in in first class condition as is the mount.  The frame has a tiny bruise to the top right-hand side but this is barely noticeable.  

Graeme Lothian, a signed limited edition print Everest, 165/300, signed by Edmund Hilary, George Lowe (both on 1953 Everest Expedition), Chris Bonington, Doug Scott (first Brit with Doug Hasken to climb Everest), Rebecca Stevens (first British woman to climb Everest). 30.5 x 45 cm, framed and mounted.The print is in very good condition with no scratches or discoloration.  It is well mounted and under glass.  The black painted exterior frame has various scuff marks and is a little damaged in places. 

Ɵ LEE, RONALD A. THE KNIBB FAMILY * CLOCKMAKERS, OR AUTOMATOPAEI KNIBB FAMILIAEIManor House Press, Byfleet, Surrey 1964, 1st limited edition numbered 378 out of 1,000 copies, titled blue cloth, remnant of dj; together with a copy of Symonds, R.W,THOMAS TOMPION HIS LIFE AND WORK B.T. Batsford Limited, London 1951, and Hirst, Michael THE FIRST TWELVE YEARS OF THE ENGLISH PENDULUM CLOCK excerpt printed by the Antiquarian Horological Society, London 1979, staple bound, (3). 

Ɵ HOROLOGICAL REFERENCE BOOKS MAINLY ON ENGLISH CLOCKSTHIRTEEN PUBLICATIONS:Symonds, R.W, THOMAS TOMPION HIS LIFE AND WORK The Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited, London 1969, dj; Cescinsky, Herbert and Webster, Malcolm R. ENGLISH DOMESTIC CLOCKS The Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited, London 1969, dj; Cescinsky, Herbert OLD ENGLISH MASTER CLOCKMAKERS AND THEIR CLOCKS George Routledge and Sons Limited, London 1938; Dawson, P.G., Drover, C.B. and Parkes D.W. Early English Clocks Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge 1982, binding incomplete; Royer-Collard, F.B. SKELETON CLOCKS N.A.G. Press Limited, London 1969, dj; Roberts, Derek BRITISH SKELETON CLOCKS Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge 1987, dj; Hawkins, J.B. THOMAS COLE & VICTORIAN CLOCKMAKING Published by the author, Sydney 1975; Allix, Charles and Bonnert, Peter CARRIAGE CLOCKS, Their History and development Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge 1974, dj; Beeson, C.F.C. ENGLISH CHURCH CLOCKS 1280-1850 Brant Wright Associates Limited, limited first edition numbered 207, Ashford 1977; Edwards, Ernest L. The Grandfather Clock John Sherratt and Son Limited, Altrincham 1974, dj; Clutton, Cecil; Baillie, G.H. and Ilbert, C.A. BRITTEN'S OLD CLOCKS & WATCHES AND THEIR MAKERS ninth edition, Bonanza Books, New York 1956; Howse, Derek THE TOMPION CLOCKS AT GREENWICH AND THE DEAD-BEAT ESCAPEMENT reprint from December 1970 and March 1971 issues of 'Antiquarian Horology', The Antiquarian Horological Society, London undated, staple bound, and Roberts, Derek An Exhibition of:- PRECISION PENDULUM CLOCKS, JUNE 1986 Derek Roberts Antiques, Tonbridge 1986, softbound, (13). 

Ɵ THIOUT, ANTOINE TRAITE DE HORLOGERIE MECHANIQUE ET PRACTIQUEFirst edition, two volumes, chez Charles Moette, Paris 1741, signed by the author, 91 folding plates at end, 19th century quarter red morocco, titled and ruled in gilt to spine, 4to, (2). Provenance:Previously in the library of the celebrated French horologist Jean-Claude Sabrier. An important French horological work with detailed plates of movements and tools. The first volume is signed by the author (in ink to the lower margin after the text titled PRIVILEGE DU ROY) and was believed by the late Charles Allix as being one of only two signatures known by Thiout. 

[Jerome (Stephen)] The Arraignement of the whole creature, At the barre of Religion, Reason, and Experience Occasioned upon an Inditement preferred by the Soule of Man against the Prodigals vanity and vaine prodigality ... , London: by B. Alsop and Tho: Fawcet, 1631, first edition, small 4to, contemporary limp vellum, complete with the pictorial title and explanatory page by Martin Droeshout, manuscript A and flourish of leaves, thistle and rose to reverse of explanatory leaf, heavily annotated in a contemporary hand [STC 13538.5]The writer and protestant minister Stephen Jerome was a “paradoxical puritan”, whose “association with godly clergy marked him out as a rising young puritan preacher” until in 1622 he was caught in a decidedly impure act with a parishioner’s wife and fled to Ireland. After serving as a minister there, he returned to England and took up a post in Cheshire, before an accusation of rape by his maidservant sent him back to Ireland, Surviving records lose track of him after the publication in 1650 of his book 'A Minister’s Mite'.The arraignement – anonymous, but confidently attributed to Jerome – announces its argument in the second chapter: “the whole lustre and glory of the world […] with which the heart of man hath beene bewitched […] are not all of them, of any validity, or sufficiency, to give any true […] satisfaction to the heart and soule, and spirit of a man, till […] hee truely turne and convert unto GOD […] as this Prodigall heere, to his Fathers house”. It’s unclear whether Jerome was writing in a hypocritical or penitential frame of mind (as “this Prodigall heere”) after his transgressions, but the early annotator of this damaged copy, one “James Rudyerd” (name inscribed at the head of B1), seems to have taken him at his word. Rudyerd has annotated over 100 pages with notes ranging from single words (“Drinkinge”, “Beautye”) to longer phrases (“ye toyle of pleasure”, “Dantes Excluded from a feast for meane cloathes”). He seems especially interested in the use of similes and often marks these “Simile *” or with remarks such as “Simile of man in pleasures". A James Rudyerd is mentioned as a correspondent of Lord Salisbury in William Peter Bird's thesis 'The Third generation of an arriviste family' and his name is found in several other religious volumes, such as Didacus Stella's Reverendi Patris Fratris Didaci Stellae monioranti regularies Observantiae Provinciae Sancti Jacobi, Antwerp 1622 lacking ties, soiled, text block nearly detached from binding. Rodent damage to A1-H3 including explanatory leaf and front free endpapers , since trimmed resulting in loss of text to lower corners (6cm to A1, diminishing by leaf H3).

Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Road Goes Ever On A Song Cycle ... Music by Donald Swann with decorations by J.R.R. Tolkien, London: George Allen & Unwin, 1968, 4to, first edition, original boards and dustcoverBoards a little darkened to edges and light spotting to lower edge, a little perforation near spine, dustcover with scattered spotting and light tears and chips to folds, spine chipped and with losses to head and toe of spine, a little soiled to back

Dowing (J[oseph]) A Treatise on the Disorders incident to Horned Cattle, comprising a description of their symptoms, and the most rational methods of cure ... to which are added, receipts for curing the gripes, staggers, and worms in horses; and an appendix, containing instructions for the extracting of calves, Stourbridge: sold by T. Hurst, Longman and Rees, Rivington, 1797, [re-issue of the first edition, published the same year], 8vo, lacking the half-title, numerous blanks bound in at the end, with fourteen pages of manuscript remedies, modern half calf and marbled boards, endpapers renewed Downing’s treatise contains details of symptoms and treatments for diseases in cattle, together with a small number of remedies for maladies in horses. Most of its over 250 subscribers listed at the end are from Stourbridge and Worcestershire.

Leaf of the Gutenberg Bible, Mainz, circa 1455[Gutenberg, Johannes (d. 1468)] Biblia Latina [Mainz: Johannes Gutenberg and Johann Fust, c.1455]An incunabulum leaf of the Gutenberg Bible, "the first substantial book to be printed with moveable type in the Western world" (PMM)This leaf from Numbers partial 8:13 - partial 10:23 [The setting apart of the Levites, The Passover, The Cloud above the Tabernacle]Folio (39.2cm x 28.6 cm). One leaf, 42 lines, double column, Gothic type. Lombard initials in red and blue. Gothic title letters NU and MERI alternating in red and blueWith several loose pages [cut margins] of an essay by Newton (A. Edward) A Noble fragment being a leaf from the Gutenberg Bible 1450-1455, New York: Gabriel Wells, 1921. incunabula Whilst the presence in this lot of the extract of the essay by Newton (which was included with each sale and presented with the leaf in a goatskin portfolio folder) does not provide a firm provenance of the current leaf being one of the Wells leaves, it does add credence to the potential of this provenance.Gabriel Wells (1861–1946) was one of the most important antiquarian booksellers in America and Britain in the first half of the twentieth century. One of the most significant transactions of Wells' career was his purchase of a Gutenberg Bible from Joseph Sabin, who had bought it at auction in 1920. Wells opted to break up the Bible (which was not overall in perfect condition and to sell the leaves individually, thus reaching a wider market. The leaves in good condition sold for an average of $150 each while the ruined leaves were priced around $100. Leaf from the first substantial European printed book produced under the temporary partnership of Johann Gutenberg, inventor of European typography, and Johann Fust, a well-off Mainz lawyer. Production of the edition of more than 640 leaves presumably took several years and a team of workmen. The humanist Aeneas Sylvius, Latin secretary of Emperor Fredrick III, saw sample sheets of the Bible at the Imperial diet in Frankfurt am Main, in late October or early November 1454, and again at Wiener Neustatt in March 1455, from where he wrote about the amazing production to his friend Cardinal Carvajal in Rome. Copies were printed in separate issues of paper and vellum, in a total edition of 180 copies, and were widely distributed.Fourty-nine copies (or substantial portions of copies) have survived. They are thought to be among the world's most valuable books, although no complete copy has been sold since 1978 References500th Anniversary Pictorial Census n. 128; Formatting the Word of God 2.1Goff B-526; GW 4201; BMC I 17 (IC.55); BSB-Ink B-408; Bod-inc B-237. Censuses: De Ricci Mayence 34.53=78; Schwenke 37; Needham P18; Folter 45 Leaf toned and foxed with fold to centre with a little fold wear. A little red stain from the page edge colouring onto leaf at centre outer edge. Some marginal browning and chipping. inked '9' to inner margin, inner margin with paper strip backing. No visible watermarks. Very slight loss to upper corner.

Bell (Thomas) The Woefull crie of Rome Containing a defiance to popery. With Thomas Bells second challenge to all fauorites of that Romish faction, London: Printed by T[homas] C[reede] for William Welby, 1605, small 4to, later full figured calf with red title label, only edition, woodcut device to title and faintly inscribed 'Iohn Salsy' [?], decorative headpiece and decorative woodcut initials [ESTC S101554. ESTC shows only 8 copies in the UK, 6 in the US]Bell was an English Roman Catholic priest, and later an anti-Catholic writer. After leaving Catholicism he participated in the persecution of Catholics, advocating the use of the rack, leading night-time searches of Catholic homes and making lists of Catholics who had previously given him money as well as Lancastrian houses where Catholicism was still practised. lacking the first and final blanks, darkened leather to side of spine front and back cover, dampstained first few pages, pages toned, occasional spotting and ink smudging, bookplate removed, corners o binding bumped and a little rubbed to the extremities

Hey (Richard) Three related dissertations including A Dissertation on the pernicious effects of Gaming, Cambridge: J. Archdeacon for J. & J. Merrill & T. Cadell, 1783, first edition.[bound with] A Dissertation on Suicide, Cambridge: J. Archdeacon for J. & J. Merrill & T. Cadell, 1783, 8vo, first edition, contemporary tree calf, rubbed; together with a separately bound volume Smith (William) and Hey (Richard) A Dissertation on Duelling, London: for B. Uphill [et al.], 1801, 8vo, second edition, rebound in modern cloth, 1 page of publisher's advertisements verso (2)Richard Hey was an essayist and mathematician. He graduated from Magdalene College, Cambridge in 1768 and further from Sidney Sussex College in 1771. In 1792, he published 'Happiness and Rights', a response to Thomas Paine’s Rights of Man, but his Dissertation on the Pernicious Effects of Gaming (1783) is considered his “chief work” and won him a prize of 50 guineas from the University of Cambridge. Further prizes from his alma mater greeted his Dissertation on Duelling (1784) and his Dissertation on Suicide (1785), and the three essays were published together in 1812.

Hardy (Thomas) Works to include: The Famous Tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall, London: Macmillan and Co., 1923, 8vo, first edition, original gilt stamped cloth; The Dynasts, London: Macmillan and Co., 1910, 8vo, original green publisher's cloth; together with further volumes and sets of Hardy's Works including secondary biographical literature on the author and Wessex (qty)A Gloucestershire book collector

[Caxton] Higden (Ranulphus) Polychronicon, a single incunabulum leaf from the Liber Ultimus showing the end of the 6th chapter and beginning of the seventh (capitulum septum) from the first edition, lettre batarde, 40 lines and headline, rubricated, one 2-line initial and several side-notes in red, some early ink annotations, small folio (17.3cm x 22.6cm), Westminster: William Caxton, 1482 within a red cloth chemise with gilt lettering to front board;together with an early printed Hebrew leaf and plate CCCXLI presumed from Fuchs (Leonhard) De historia stirpium commentarii insignes, Pfersichbaum [(sic) Pfirsichbaum - The Peach Tree] (3)incunabula Ranulf Higden (c.1280-1364) was a Benedictine monk and a chronicler. He lived, and is buried, at the monastery of St. Werburgh, now Chester Cathedral. Thought to have been completed around 1363, Higden’s great work, the Polychronicon, belongs to that most ambitious category of book – the universal history. Testament to its importance and popularity, the Polychronicon was copied out “hundreds, if not thousands of times during the later fourteenth and fifteenth centuries” (Given-Wilson, p. xxii). Often, in the process, the text was brought up to date with the addition of the history of the intervening period, making the title of this work – ‘chronicle of many times’ – particularly apt. He continued widespread use of Higden’s Polychronicon was further cemented in 1482 when William Caxton (c.1422-1491), England’s first printer, chose to stabilise in print the first English translation of Higden’s work, which was made by John of Trevisa in the 1380s. Trevisa’s translation included an extension taking the history of the final book of the Polychronicon up to 1360. 100 years later, Caxton made his own contribution to this well-established historiographical tradition, with a continuation covering the events of the intervening century up to 1460. Caxton named this appendix the Liber Ultimus. [*] Caxton: Slight chipping to margins, outer corners with small losses, a little scattered spotting, diagonal band of browning, one smudged word as picture. light dampstain to centrePlease enquire for condition report on other items in the lot

Y MONTBLANC, PATRON OF ARTS, KARL DER GROSSE, 888, HOMAGE À CHARLEMAGNE A LIMITED EDITION FOUNTAIN PEN, NO. 791/888, 2000 Cap and Barrel: White gold cap and barrel with pierced bands set with tsavorite garnets and engraved with Renaissance patterns, with a mother of pearl Montblanc rounded star in the cap, stamped with 750 with Swiss assay marks and common control mark Nib and Filling System: Medium two tone gold coloured nib, stamped 18K and 750, piston filling system, uninked Accessories: Original Montblanc Karl Der Grosse 888 black lacquer box, Karl Der Grosse International Service Certificate, Karl Der Grosse 888 outer card box and outer white card sleeve Charlemagne (748-814) was the first Carolingian Emperor who united much of Western and Central Europe, incorporating much of present day France, Southern Germany, Northern Italy and the Low Countries. His reign brought political stability and ushered in the intellectual movement of the Carolingian Renaissance, which helped to preserve ancient Greek and Roman culture, and saw the spread of ideas across literature, the visual arts, architecture, music and legal frameworks, bringing about political and social change. Condition Report: As new, uninked and unused. Packaging in almost mint condition.Condition Report Disclaimer

ANCORA, GRAND COMPLICATIONS 80TH ANNIVERSARY TWO LIMITED EDITION CLEAR FOUNTAIN PENS, NO. 12/25 AND 12/33, CIRCA 1999Cap and Barrel: Each with a clear cap and barrel, the caps with foliate swag decoration and clips, the first in gold coloured overlay, stamped 750, no. 12/25, the second in silver coloured overlay, stamped 925 Nib and Filling System: Gold coloured nibs stamped 18K 750, piston filling systems, inked Accessories: Each with an Ancora box, instruction leaflet and outer card packaging  

50 Boxed EFE Exclusive First Editions diecast model buses to include Limited Edition, The Routemaster Series, De-Regulation, Bachmann, etc, all diecast ex, boxes vg overall, with a couple showing signs of storage and edge wear and a couple with some discoloured windows (2 Boxes)

First 4 Figures Sonic the Hedgehog Classic Metal Sonic Exclusive Edition Resin figure with LED Eyes with COA card (numbered 288-350) without box, vg

Boxed First 4 Figures Sonic the Hedgehog Metal Sonic Exclusive Edition Resin figure with COA card (numbered 375-1000) in original trade box, box vg, figures appearing unused

59 Boxed EFE Exclusive First Editions diecast model buses to include De Luxe Series, Limited Edition, De-Regulation, etc, all diecast ex, boxes vg overall with some light wear and a couple showing signs of discolouration to plastic windows

41 Boxed / cased diecast model buses to include 31 x EFE Exclusive First Editions including De Luxe Series and Limited Edition and 10 x Corgi Original Omnibus, all diecast ex, boxes vg overall with some showing some dustiness

55 Boxed diecast models to include 6 x Vanguards (VA19000, VA8000, VA38000, etc), Corgi James Bond 007 04303 Aston Martin DB5, Corgi Classics 04419 Mr Bean's Mini, Corgi Public Transport, Corgi Commercials, Burago 1/18 Special Edition Mercedes Benz 300S, 2 x 1/24 Burago models, Oxford Diecast, EFE Exclusive First Editions, etc, all diecast ex, boxes vg overall (3 Boxes)

Star Wars - Six Original Star Wars figures featuring 2 x Y-Wing Fighter, 1 x B-Wing Fighter, 1 x Rebel Transport, 1 x Millennium Falcon with first edition box & 1 x AT-AT with box, in play worn condition with tatty boxes (2 boxes)