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FIVE SETS OF NODDY AND ENID BLYTON RELATED PLAYING CARDS, 1950s - 70s including Happy Families and Snap, two Famous Five card games, and a scarce Faraway Tree card game, all Pepyslargest box 9.5cm long

Captain Greenville (Greenvile) Collins (British 1643-1694): 'The River Humber', showin Hull and coasts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, 17th/18th century engraved map with hand-colouring pub. c1693, 45cm x 56cmNotes: Collins was a hydrographer and officer of the Royal Navy, commissioned by King Charles II in 1676 and appointed by Samuel Pepys to chart the coasts of Great Britain.

Chevalier Fortunino Matania, 1881-1963, Samuel Pepys at the marriage of Philip and Lady Jem, signed pencil on paper, 31 x 42cm

Pepys (Samuel). The Diary of Samuel Pepys M.A. F.R.S., edited with additions by Henry B. Wheatley F.S.A., 10 vols., pub. George Bell & Sons, London, 1899-1900, 8vo, tan gilt calf, gilt spines with Morocco labels, gilt top edge, and marbled end papers. (10)

A collection of twenty British Royal Mint commemorative collectors £2 coin packs to include 2011 The Mary Rose, 2015 The Royal Navy, 2018 Wedgwood, 2018 Samuel Pepys, 2007 Act of Union, 1995 United Nations...etc.. all within original packaging.

ASSORTED TOYS & COLLECTABLES comprising a Chad Valley Donald Duck Bagatelle, boxed; Pepys 'Biggles' card game, boxed; four lace bobbins (three treen; one bone); a Signalling Equipment Ltd No.1262, 4 Volt Electric Motor, boxed; an Astra Traffic Signal, boxed; and other items.

Seven sleeves of Royal Mint uncirculated £2 coins in card, including Jane Austen 2017, Wedgwood, Samuel Pepys and Bravery in the Skies etc. All in good condition, with original sleeve.

Mickey Mouse in Blaggard Castle (Big Little Book 726, 1934) [vg], with Mickey Mouse the Great Big Midget Book (1933 Dean & Son, UK) detached front board [gd-], Chip & Dale Flip Book (1960 Art Corner at Disneyland) [fn+], Mickey and The Beanstalk Card Game, Dan Dare Game of the Future card game (both by Pepys UK 1950s) and The War of the Worlds (Dell U.S.A. 1939) [gd] (6). No Reserve

Pepys, Samuel. The Diary of. Edited with additions by Henry B. Wheatley. London. G. Bell & Sons Ltd. 1904 - 1916. 8 vols. Mixed edition. Half calf; with a further 13 C20 vols. (21)

A COLLECTION OF SIX SILVER TWO POUND COINS, VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY AND OTHERS. Three Royal Mint silver proof £2.00 coins from the 'Voyage of Discovery' series, others for Agatha Christie, H.G. Wells and Samuel Pepys. All in capsules and cases of issue with certificates. *CR Largely as issued.

'Works of Shakespeare' , G Bell 1882, quarter leather , marbled boards, 10 vols, in need of repair and various other books to include Kipling, Rudyard 'The Just So Stories for Little Children' ills by the author , pictorial boards, repairs, " The Jungle Book" Everyman Childrens Classics, another ills by Stuart Tresilian, " The Jungle Book" Macmillan & Co. red cloth, faded with shelf wear , " Alice in Wonderland" ills by Rene Cloke, " The Diary of Samuel Pepys" ills by E. H. Shepard, G. Bell and sons 1932, half blue leather, worn,  South, Richard " Moths of the British Isles " First and Second Series, Frederick Warne & Co,.col plates, pic cloth etc. ( 2 boxes)

Quantity of Folio Society book sets to include Leo Tolstoy "The Collected Stories", Simon Shama "Citizens", Samuel Pepys diary (Three volumes), history volumes etc.

Literatur - Illustrierte Bücher - - Pepys, Samuel. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, from his Ms. Cypher in the Pepysian Library, with a life and notes by Richard Lord Baybrooke. Deciphered, with additional notes, by Mynors Bright. Extra-Illustrated. 6 Bände in 12 Bänden Mit zahlreichen meist gestochenen Tafeln. London, Bickers, 1875-1879. 23 x 15,5 cm. Dunkelblaue Maroquinbände der Zeit mit geprägtem Rückentitel, reicher Rücken-, Deckel-, Steh- und Innenkantenvergoldung, Vorderdeckel mit goldgeprägtem Wappen-Supralibros, Kopfgoldschnitt (signiert: Sangorski & Sutcliffe).Ursprünglich mit 45 Tafeln ausgestattete Ausgabe, hier mit sehr zahlreichen (ca. 300), zusätzlich eingebundenen, teils montierten, teils gefalteten Porträts, Ansichten, Karten, Plänen und Faksimiles. - Leicht gebräunt.

FOLIO SOCIETY: NOTABLE FIGURES IN HISTORY: 6 titles: ROBERT LATHAM (Ed): THE SHORTER PEPYS, 1985; FRANK BARLOW: THOMAS BECKETT, 2002; VITA SACKVILLE-WEST: SAINT JOAN OF ARC, 1995; ROBERT K MASSIE: NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRA, 2002; ANTONIA FRASER: MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS, 2004; GEORGE ORWELL: HOMAGE TO CATALONIA, 1970. All held within original slipcases (6)

Indentures and deeds. A box of 17th century and later indentures on vellum, court rolls and deeds on paper, maj. early 19th century George IV, but incl. numerous earlier examples, many regarding Edmonton, Middlesex and the seizures and surrender of land there. To include deeds regarding the Manor of Edgmonton and admissions to the manor from the mid 18th century onwards, incl. the admission of Thomas Bliss, Robert Williamson, Rebecca Arnold, etc; deeds of covenants regarding the Dean and Chapter of Saint Paul London between James Eykyn Esq. and William Eaton Esquire, Brownswwood manor special court admission, William Willan special court admission to the Manor of Brownswood otherwise Brondeswood, fees regarding the estate at Palmers Green Edmonton for Richard Barry Esq., admissions from the late 18th century to Hackney Lords Hold for Richard Benyon, Peter Beauvoir, Robert Tutt etc; court documents incl. a document signed and sealed by Richard Grace, John Neal Lake, Elizabeth Doughty, William Coleman on an assignment, the last will and testament of Thomas Fletcher of Walthamstow, a receipt of the Rev. John Neal Lake for his stationery; deeds regarding the power or attorney and warrant of attorney to Mr. George Riley stationer to J. N. Lake; 19th century leases for the parish of Saint Clement near Eastcheap incl. signatures by Joseph Charles Mappin, the admission of William Haseldine Pepys, Samuel Pett Esq. and Thomas Weatherly Phipson to the manor of Hackney or the Lord's Hold, a covenant between Benjamin Boddington Esq. and Richard Knight Esq. on Clapton; an 1821 Deed of Separation between Mr. & Mrs. Brown; a 1790 copy will of Mr. Simon Dobbs of Downham Gloucester; probate of the will of Catherine Haghan, spinster; a 1794 birth certificate for Richard son of John Neal Lake signed by Hannah Mowhill, Eliezer Chater and Mary Lewis as witness. Oldest dated 1694, maj. handwritten with occ. printed, with seals & stamps generally present. A good collection, needs to be seen for its value.

Bible [English]. The Holy Bible containing the Bookes of the Old & New Testament, Cambridge: printed by John Field, 1660, engraved general title representing Solomon on his throne (designed by Diepenbeck, engraved by Lombart, with repaired tear to lower outer corner with manuscript infill to image at extreme edge), letterpress New Testament title with imprinted dated 1659, Apocrypha present, colophon dated 1659, bound without prayer book, engraved plate of royal arms and all other plates, several leaves with paper repairs including lower half of R6 in New Testament provided form another 18th-century(?) folio edition of the Bible, leaves 2L& 2L2 repaired to fore-edge with small area of infill text provided in manuscript, occasional marginal repairs and repairs to lower outer corners of several leaves at rear of volume, late 18th/early 19th-century blind panelled reversed calf, neatly rebacked preserving spine, modern maroon morocco spine labels, board corners refurbished, large folio (43 x 26.5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Darlow and Moule 525; Herbert 668.A reissue of Field's large folio of 1659 (Herbert 666) with a new general title, dated 1660, and 'illustrated wth Chorographical Sculps. by J. Ogilby.' The Bible offered here is bound in one volume, whereas Herbert, Darlow and Moule refer to this edition as having been produced as two volumes divided at the end of Job, with the second volume having a separate title page, dated 1660. Herbert, Darlow and Moule state Pepys alluded to this edition of the Bible in his Diary under the date 27 May 1667: 'There come Richardson, the bookbinder, with one of Ogilby's Bibles in quires for me to see and buy, it being Mr Cade's, my stationer's; but it is like to be so big that I shall not use it.'

BOOKS, ANTIQUARIAN CRICKET (and others). 'Felix the Bat Boy: a Scientific Inquiry into the Use of the Cricket Bat Together with the History and Use of the Catapulta, also the Laws of Cricket as Revised by the MCC', 1845. Front board detached but present. With three other items inc. 'Everybody's Pepys' (illus. E.H.Shephard) in 3/4 leather binding.

E. H. Shepard -. Everybody's Boswell. Being the Life of Samuel Johnson, 1930, signed and 32/350, together with Everybody's Pepys, signed and numbered 99/350. Also with The Merchant of Venice, illustrated by James D. Linton, in fine Sangorski and Sutcliffe binding, and Charles Kingsley - Westward Ho!, 1923 in fine binding. (4)

A library of historical publications, 18th and 19th century, in antiquarian bindings to include works by Pepys (2 volumes, 1926), Bolingbroke (1779), Boswell's Life of Johnson (volumes 2 & 4, 1799) and (volumes 1, 2 &4, 1822) etc (22)

Statement of [Robert] Arris, captain of HMS Ipswich of the ‘Gunner’s demand for Sea Store’; 6 May 1707 List of round shot for 12-pounders and sakers, ladles, gunpowder, match, sheet lead and spikes, nails, great and small pulleys, paper, tallow, rope, parchment, cartridges for 12-pounders, sakers and minions, canvas and other commoditiesHMS Ipswich was a 70-gun third-rate ship of the line, 1049 tons burden, launched at Harwich on 19 April 1694, and rebuilt by Joseph Allin the younger at Portsmouth, relaunching on 30 October 1730. She was finally broken up in 1764.Robert Arris was baptized at St Albans St Peter on 5 June 1670, the eleventh of the fourteen children of Thomas Arris, a prosperous doctor of physic and lord of the manor of Great Munden, and his wife Olive. His father died in 1683, which is presumably when Robert went to sea. He is first seen as a lieutenant on HMS Windsor Castle (George Churchill, commander) in January 1690; he was master of the Fortune prize, 1696, the Charles galley, 1696-1697, HMS Looe, 1697-1701, HMS Rye and HMS Assistance 1702-1703, HMS Pembroke (on which he saw action at the battle of Marbella on 10 March 1705), 1703-1706, HMS Ipswich, 1706-1708, HMS Kent, 1708, HMS Torbay, 1708-1710, HMS Devonshire 1710-1711 and HMS Windsor, 1711-1714. He was appointed commander in chief, River Medway and The Nore, in September 1714, and served as Commissioner of the Victualling Board from December 1714 until his death. The next year he was a resident of St James Piccadilly, when his son John was baptized on 20 February. On 17 January 1719 he was buried at St Botolph Aldgate, as Robert Arris esquire of the Victualling Office, a resident of Tower Hill, His widow Margaret, to whom he had left his entire estate by his will of 2 June 1717, married Josiah Burchett (c1666-1746) of St Martins in the Fields, MP for Sandwich 1705-1713, 1722-1741, who between 1680 and 1687 had served as a clerk to Samuel Pepys as secretary to the Admiralty

BINDING SETS: The Diary of Samuel Pepys. Eight vols. Bound in three. Bell, 1924. Cont. half leather, VG; Walpole, H: Anecdotes of Painting in England, in 3 volumes. 1849. Cont. half leather; Goldsmith, O: The History of England, from The Earliest Times to the Death of George II. In 4 volumes. 1771. Cont. full leather, rubbed; Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham: Anecdotes, in 3 vols. 1810. Full tree calf, vg; Adelaide and Theodore; OR, Letters on Education: 3 vols, 1784, cont. full mottled calf, VG; Hallam, H; View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages, in 2 vols. Paris, Baudry, 1835, 1st. Thus. Cont. full calf. (18)

United Kingdom. Royal Mint Elizabeth II 2019 gold proof £2 coin The 350th Anniversary Samuel Pepys' Last Diary Entry in capsule, with certificate numbered 168/250 and booklet, in walnut fitted case with outer card box and case diameter 28.4mm., weight approx. 15.97gCondition: Fine

Samuel Pepys, 1984, a bronze medal by R. Searle for BAMS, draped bust three-quarters left, head facing, rev. standing figure of Pepys taking a bow, 70mm (Attwood 20; cf. DNW 127, 3193). Extremely fine £40-£50 --- Edition of 93

Historical; and archaeological interest books, mostly Roman interest; and The Diary of Samuel Pepys. (4 boxes)

PEPYS SAMUEL.  The Diary. 11 vols. Ltd. ed. 339/1000. Qtr. leather in oak bookcase. Folio Society, 2003.

A GEORGE II MAHOGANY BOOKCASE IN 'PEPYS' STYLE, CIRCA 1740 211cm high, 108cm wide, 34cm deepProvenance: Acquired in Dublin in 2005(This lot is offered without reserve) Condition Report: Shelves are adjustable in height, there are grooves to the sides at regular intervals to allow flexibility - there are three to the upper section, and one to the base section - the base section shelf sits upon two small brackets, the upper shelves hold themselves in the grooves, there is a fitted drawer section to the base of the upper sectionOverall with marks, knocks, scratches, abrasions consistent with age and use Some chips and losses, some splits and cracks and signs of old repair to some mouldingsOverall with a polished appearance and fairly uniform dark brown colour overall Top and base are separate elements, there are holes to put screws to secure both elements for stability when in use, there are also two remnants of hook-and-eye's to connect top and base to the rearNo signs of woodwormPlease see additional images for visual reference to condition Condition Report Disclaimer

Navigation history. The Royal Charter of Confirmation Granted by His most Excellent Majesty King James II to the Trinity-House of Deptford-Strond; London, 1715, 8vo, armorial frontis, 178pp., 20th century half calf with armorial bookplate to first paste-down of William Mercer, an ink note to first leaf, later half calf;Note: See pp. 8-9 for mention of Samuel Pepys as Secretary of the Admiralty & Master.GRIFFITHS (Roger) An Essay to prove that the Jurisdiction and Conservancy of the River of Thames, &c., 1746, 8vo, title a little soiled, age toning, half calf (2)

[Folio Society] Pepys’ Diary 1660-1669 in 3 volumes. Great Fire of London in 1666, The Great Plague, The Monks of War and The Elizabethan Underworld all in red and silver pictorial bindings. Nicholas & Alexandra by Massie 2002. Elizabeth II. Mapping The World, A History of Exploration 2000. The Jubilee Years 1887-1897. Civilisation by Kenneth Clark together with four others, all in slipcases (16)

Shaw (Bernard), The Collected Works of Bernard Shaw, 30 volumes, Ayot St. Lawrence Edition, New York: 1930, monochrome frontispieces, some volumes with light water marks to the foot of the text-block, top edges gilt, all original cloth, all in dust jackets except volume 27, dust jackets slightly rubbed with some tears & small loss, spines slightly faded, 8vo, together with:Pepys (Samuel), The Diary of Samuel Pepys M.A. F.R.S., 11 volumes, reprinted, London: George Bell & Sons, 1897, monochrome frontispieces, some toning & spotting, gutters cracked, top edges gilt, original gilt decorated blue cloth, volume 9 in dust jacket, water damage to some boards, rubbed with some small tears to the head & foot of the spines, 8vo, plusMorris (William), The Collected Works of William Morris, 21 (of 24) volumes, London: Longmans Green and Company, 1910, monochrome frontispieces, some toning, uniform white cloth spines to blue paper boards, some spines rubbed to head & foot, paper spine labels toned with some loss, 8vo, and other late 19th & early 20th Century literature sets, all original cloth, G/VG, 8voQTY: (6 shelves)

Shepard (Ernest H., illustrator). Everybody's Pepys, The Diary of Samuel Pepys 1660-1669..., large paper edition, London: G. Bell and Sons, 1926, signed by the illustrator to the limitation page, numerous monochrome illustrations, some light toning & spotting, top edge gilt, original red cloth, spine faded, boards slightly rubbed & marked, 8vo, together with:Beerbohm (Max), Zuleika Dobson,, 1st edition, London: William Heinemann, 1911, later endpapers, some light spotting & marginal toning, later striped cloth binding with paper spine label, 8vo, plusKent (Rockwell, illustrator), Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey Chaucer rendered into modern English by J. U. Nicolson, 1st edition, London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1935, colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly toned & rubbed with some minor tears to head & foot, 8vo, and Brangwyn (Frank, illustrator), Windmills, 1st edition, London: John Lane, 1923, colour & monochrome illustrations, some very minor toning, original cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, 4toThe Last Fight of the Revenge, by S' Walter Raleigh, London: Gibbings and Company, 1908, monochrome illustrations, original gilt decorated blue cloth, spine & front board lightly faded, 8vo, plus other late 19th & early 20th Century juvenile & illustrated literature, mostly original cloth/boards, G/VG, 8vo/4toQTY: (6 shelves)

Muret (Pierre). Rites of Funeral Ancient and Modern in Use Through the Known World... To which is added a vindication of Christianity against Paganism, translated by Paul Lorrain, 2 parts in one, 1st English edition, London: printed for R. Royston, 1683-82, 2nd part dated 1682, stitching breaking at A2 in second part, occasional light spotting and toning, front hinge reinforced, bookplate and signature of Jerry D. Melton (US book collector), contemporary speckled calf, vertical split to spine, spine repaired, label renewed, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC R28843; Sabin 51433.First published in Paris in 1675, this edition is dedicated by translator Paul Lorrain to Samuel Pepys. Lorrain was Pepys's secretary from 1678 and Ordinary of Newgate Prison from 1698. Chapters 7 and 8 in the first part detail funerals in America and the West Indies.

Books. Twelve shelves of general stock, 19th c and later, including Du Maurier (Daphne), The Apple Tree, first edition, London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1952, original pictorial dustjacket, worn, over cloth, 8vo; Fleming (Peter), Bayonets to Lhasa, first edition, 1961, dj, hb, 8vo; other travel; Capper's Compendious Geographical Dictionary, fourth edition, 1813, folding maps, contemporary straight-grained morocco, split, small 8vo; local Nottinghamshire interest and further British topography; Pepys; decorative bindings; history; literature; etc

Hornby - Pepys - Waddingtons - Others - An assortment of over 30 packs of various playing cards and game sets to include Hornby Railway co. playing Card Game Set, Peter Pan Card Game, Alcatraz and others. Items appear to be in good-very good condition in good plus boxes. Items not checked for completeness. (This does not constitute a guarantee) RG

A quantity of hardback novels to include Empire of The Sun by J.G. Ballard, Prisoner in Red Tibet by Sydney Wignall, Samuel Pepys books by Arthur Bryant, The Years of Peril etc., Handley Cross or Mr Jorrock's Hunt, illustrated by John Leech, Mr Sponges Sporting Tour etc.

An English oak and parcel gilt Pepys type bookcase, first quarter 20th century, with acanthus leaf carvings and four glazed doors, on bun feet, 223cm high, 132cm wide, 40cm deepCondition Report: scratches and knocks throughout, a piece of wood repaired at the back right hand corner of the top section, structurally sound 

Collection of mainly 1950's-60's Corner Shop type plastic and metal Toys and Diecast vehicles, including EMG Dover Junior Typewriter, unboxed Vehicles by Benbros (Milk Floats and Scout Cars), Dinky, Lesney and Corgi, Prestyn Toys Tin Airport Tower (no base), Brimtoy plastic Morris Minor. HCK Spooky Skeleton (2, boxed), loose Airfix Soldiers, small plastic Dolls, Action Man style Phone and Detonator, Pepys Scouting Card Game (boxed), stand alone tinplate Wild Animals Pictures (4), Klikatelle mini Bagatelle (boxed) Klikatelle, mini Bagatelle (boxed), Airfix unmade 1914 Old Bill Bus (boxed), and various other small unboxed toys, P-G, boxes P-F (qty)

Large collection of mainly ex Shop 1950's-60's Corner shop pocket money toys and a few larger toys, Vulcan Junior Child's Sewing Machine and Arrow Telephone Set, both boxed, Klikatelle mini Bagatelle (6, all boxed), Toys in plastic bags with card headers, Scissors (5), Magnet (2), Clime a Clown (2), Compass (2), Shooting Dolls (2), on card Teeth, Squirt Ring, Peter Pan Solitaire (2), boxed items, Snap Cards (5), Salco Try Your Luck, Word Puzzle, Bell Sitting Boy (4, one boxed), Draughts (2), Chess Set, Magnetic Polar Bears Ivy and Brumas, Pepys Picture Dominoes, Pen and Maths Set, various unboxed plastic toys incl Pipes and Ducks, Slikka DCMT Toy Set, Space Jet Water Guns (3), Birds on String, in original paper bags (14), F-VG, boxes P-G (QTY)

Large quantity of ex Shop 1940's-60's Games (qty) Glevum Games, Jay Walking (7), Lights Out (3, Cubs), Pepys, Bottle Neck (3), Horsie Horsie (2), 5-Aside (3), Horse Racing Tonight, TSL, Table Tennis, Tippetty Jinks, Waddingtons Blast Off, Charter Series, Farm Picture Printing Outfit (6) and Home Pets, Spears Car Capers, all in original boxes, generally G-VG, a couple F (Q)

Miscellaneous. Braybrooke (Richard, Lord, editor), Memoirs of Samuel Pepys, Esq, FRS [...] His Diary, five-volume set, second edition, London: Henry Colburn, 1828, portrait frontispieces, original publisher's cloth over papered boards, some portions of the cloth perished or chipped, 8vo; Wotton (Sir Henry, Kt, Late Provost of Eton College), Reliquiæ Wottonianæ, second edition, London: Printed by Thomas Maxey, for R. Marriot et al, 1654, lacking plates, title tatty and detached, split, otherwise unexamined, 12mo; [Pliny], C. Plinii Secundi Naturalis historiæ, volumes II & III only, Lugd. Batav. et Roterod [Leiden and Rotterdam]: Ex Officina Hackiana, 1668, additional title-pages engraved by G. Wingendorp, contemporary Spanish calf, worn and chipped, marbled endpapers, 8vo; Dryden (John, translator), The Satires of Decimus Junius and of Aulus Persius Flaccus, fifth edition thus, London: Jacob Tonson, 1713, plates, contemporary calf, upper-cover detached, 12mo; Dickens (Charles), Cattermole (George, illustrator), & Browne (Hablot, illustrator), Master Humphrey's Clock, London: Chapman and Hall, 1840, unexamined, disbound, 8vo; etc., (19)  Provenance: 3rd: George Ambrose Rhodes (1775-1842), fellow of Gonville & Caius, Cambridge (1798-1842); armorial bookplates to volume II pastedown.

Biography to include: Braybrooke (Richard Lord) Memoirs of Samuel Pepys, second edition, in five volumes, London: Henry Colburn, New Burlington Street, 1828, 8vo, full calf gilt, marbled page edges, numerous folding plates, gilt embossed to front boards with the Sandys crest; Lewis (Charles, Baron de Pollnitz) Memoirs, vols 1-4, London: Daniel Browne, 1737, 8vo, full tree calf gilt, marbled page edges; Lediard (Thomas) The Life of John, Duke of Marlborough, illustrated with maps, plans of battles, sieges and medals, 4 vols, London: J Wilcox, 1736, 8vo, full calf gilt, marbled page edges, numerous folding engraved maps, bookplates for Lord Sandys; Ruffhead (Owen) The Life of Alexander Pope, London: C Bathurst et al, 1769, 8vo, full tree calf gilt, marbled endpapers, engraved frontispiece, bookplate for Lord Sandys, among numerous other volumes largely concerning biographyOmbersley Court, WorcestershireNot collated. Pepys: rubbing and bumping to boards, contents fairly clean with some cockling. Lewis: extensive rubbing and bumping to binding with hinges coming loose, internal contents fairly bright with some cockling. Lediard: rubbing, bumping and general shelf wear to bindings with soiling around endpapers and page edges, moderate foxing and cockling to contents, folding maps fairly bright overall despite soiling around page edges. Pope: scuffing, rubbing and bumping to boards with hinges loose, contents reasonably bright, with some light foxing and cockling. Please contact Chorley's for further condition information concerning other individual volumes that comprise the lot.

Royal Navy fiction and non-fiction, sixteen volumes: BELLOC, Hilaire - The Cruise of the Nona (Constable & Co 1925) CHALMERS, William Scott - The Life and Letters of David Beatty (Hodder and Stoughton 1951) MONSARRAT, Nicholas - HMS Marlborough will Enter Harbour (Cassell 1952, illustrated by James Holland) MONSARRAT, Nicholas - The Cruel Sea (Cassell & Co 1951) DORLING, Taprell ('Taffrail') - A Little Ship (Chambers) DUMAS, Alexander - On Board the Emma (Ernest Benn 1929) BROOKES, Ewart - Proud Waters (Jarrolds 1954) FORRESTER, C.S. - The Ship (Michael Joseph 1943) WYLLIE, W.l., & WREN, M.F. - Sea Fights of the Great War (Cassell & Co Ltd 1918) RICHMOND, H.W. - Naval Warfare (Ernest Benn Ltd 1930) DORLING, Taprell ('Taffrail') - Men o' War (Philip Allan & co Ltd 1929) with the bookplate of Mark Everard Pepys, 6th Earl of Cottenham LOWIS, Geoffrey - Fabulous Admirals (Putnam 1959) MARDER, Arthur J. - From the Dardanelles to Oran (OUP 1974) FIELD, Cyril - The British Navy Book (Blackie & Son) MATTINGLY Garrett - The Defeat of the Spanish Armada (Reprint Society 1961) SCHURMAN,  DM - The Education of a Navy (Cassell 1965)

Pepys (Samuel).The Diary of Samuel Pepys M.A. F.R.S. edited with additions by Henry B. Wheatley.George Bell, 1900-4, ten volumes, frontis to each, plates as called for, top edges gilt, half morocco by Hatchards. (10)

Children's books featuring black characters, comprising Frank Ver Beck Little Black Sambo and the Monkey People, Helen Banner - three The Story of Little Black Mingo, The Story of Sambo and the Twins, The Story of Little black Quasha, The Story of Little Black Sambo (two missing spines) and A Little Golden Book Little Black Sambo; Uncle Tom's Cabin and Enid Blyton's 'The Three Golliwogs' and The Teddy Bear's Party; and Pepys Woodland Happy Families, in original boxThese items are listed on the basis they are illustrative of a bygone culture in which there were different social norms. We understand the potential controversy surrounding this type of item but believe that providing transparent information about historical context fosters greater understanding of our complex cultural history.

Latham, R C and Matthews, W (ed) "The Diary of Samuel Pepys", 11 vols, vol 1 without dust wrapper, Methuen leather vols, Rudyard Kipling, various books on art and art history to include publications by the V&A, Thames & Hudson, Waugh, Alec "The Mule on the Minaret ... Castle", 1965 dedicated and signed by the author, October 1965, dust wrapper which is rather chipped on the edges and other volumes (4 boxes) 

Samuel Knight. The Life of Erasmus, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved plates, some folding, contemporary calf, 8vo, Cambridge: Corn and Crownfield, 1726; Henry Superman. Archaeologus. In modum glossarii, the title-page signed 'John Pepys' in an early hand, contemporary calf, folio, London: Johannem Beale, 1626 (2). *CR (i) boards with extremities rubbed, joints cracked (ii) browned, boards rubbed, spine rebacked.

FOLIO SOCIETY Slip-cased sets of Churchill's The Second World War, A.J.P. Taylor's A Century of Conflict 1848-1948, Muriel Spark's The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, the works of Jane Austen and the Diary of Samuel Pepys Condition Report:Available upon request

A COMPLETE VINTAGE 11 VOLUME SET OF SAMUEL PEPYS DIARIES

Soccer games, 1940s, four boxed sets of football playing cards, two sealed decks of Bertino Calcio, from Italy, still sealed since 1947, "It's a Goal" (complete set of 44 cards and instructions), Pepys "Football Whist" (complete with mat, ball coin, 44 cards and instructions)

A selection of hardback and other books, primarily literature and history, including: The Faery Queene, Book 1, by Edmund Spenser; A Midsummer Night's Dream; Plutarch's Lives; The Pilgrim's Progress, by John Bunyan; As You Like It; Samuel Pepys: The Saviour of the Navy, by Arthur Bryant; Kingfishers Catch Fire, by Rumer Godden; and others, one box.

A UK 2019 50th Anniversary of the 50p DateStamp twelve coin set, comprising Kew Gardens, Britannia New Pence, Scouting, Girl Guides, Sub-Four Minute Mile, Commemorative, D-DAy, VC Award Anniversary, VC Heroic Acts, Battle of Britain, Battle of Hastings, Original 1969, with CoA, cased; and The 2019 DateStamp UK Specimen Year Set, comprising Queen Victoria £5, D-Day £2, Samuel Pepys £2, Wedgwood £2 and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 50p, with CoA, cased.Qty: 2

Pepys (Samuel) The Diary of Samuel Pepys, 3 vol., edited by Henry B. Wheatley, portrait frontispiece, handsomely bound in twentieth century marbled calf, spines gilt with terracotta morocco labels, patches of faint discolouration to spines, g.e., 8vo, G. Bell and Sons, 1928.*** An attractive set. 

Latham (Robert, general editor). Catalogue of the Pepys Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge, The Pepys Ballads, 5 facsimile volumes, edited by W. G. Day, 1st editions, Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 1987, numerous monochrome facsimiles, original uniform black cloth, some minor rubbing, large 8vo, together with:Tennyson (Alfred), In Memorium, reprinted, Sevenoaks: Noel Rawnsley, 1909, portrait frontispiece, some minor spotting, all edges gilt, original gilt white boards, slightly rubbed & marked, 8vo, plusLivingstone (Karen), The Bookplates and Badges of C. F. A. Voysey, architect and designer of the Arts and Crafts Movement, 1st edition, Suffolk: Antique Collectors' Club, 2011, numerous monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, and other late 19th Century & modern literary & bibliography reference, including Alfred Tennyson, Philip Larkin, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8voQTY: (3 shelves)

PEPYS (Samuel) The Diary, 11 vols, 8vo, clo., d.w.'s, L., 1983; & 3 other vols (14).

A SELECTION OF ROYAL MINT BOXED SILVER PROOFS, to include The Snowman & James 50p 2019, The Gruffalo 50p 2019, Wedgwood £2, Wallace & Gromit 50p, Samuel Pepys £2, Sherlock Holmes 2019 50p, Frankenstein £2, James Cook 2019 £2, Shape of Revelution 50p, Rosalin Franklin 50p 2020, Jame Cook 2020 Voyage, 2019 Gruffalo 50p, Paddington at St Pauls 50p, D-Day £2 2019, Paddington at the Tower 50p 2019, 3x Earth 2020 50p coins, Two Peter Rabbit 50p coins 2019, 2020

FOLIO SOCIETY: NOTABLE FIGURES IN HISTORY: 6 titles: ROBERT LATHAM (Ed): THE SHORTER PEPYS, 1985; FRANK BARLOW: THOMAS BECKETT, 2002; VITA SACKVILLE-WEST: SAINT JOAN OF ARC, 1995; ROBERT K MASSIE: NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRA, 2002; ANTONIA FRASER: MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS, 2004; GEORGE ORWELL: HOMAGE TO CATALONIA, 1970. All held within original slipcases (6)

A UK 2019 50th Anniversary of the 50p DateStamp twelve coin set, comprising Kew Gardens, Britannia New Pence, Scouting, Girl Guides, Sub-Four Minute Mile, Commemorative, D-DAy, VC Award Anniversary, VC Heroic Acts, Battle of Britain, Battle of Hastings, Original 1969, with CoA, cased; and The 2019 DateStamp UK Specimen Year Set, comprising Queen Victoria £5, D-Day £2, Samuel Pepys £2, Wedgwood £2 and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 50p, with CoA, cased.Qty: 2

ROYAL MINT; three £2 Silver Proof Coins, comprising The 350th Anniversary of Samuel Pepys' Last Diary Entry, struck in 2019, a Agatha Christie: 100 Years of Mystery, struck in 2020, and a Celebrating the Life and Work of HG Wells, struck in 2021, together with a 2019 A Celebration of Sherlock Holmes 50p Silver Proof Coins, each cased, with certificate of authenticity, booklet, and outer case as issued, all four with matching uncirculated coins in original card casing and outer plastic packaging as issued (8)

From The Estate of Peter Cushing - A complete 'Kensitas Cigarettes Album of National Flags' 9ins x 7.5ins, and a boxed set of 'International Football Whist' cards produced by Pepys, with rule booklet Provenance: From the Estate of Peter Cushing via Joyce Broughton's family members Note: No 'pitch' with the 'International Football Whist' game

Eleven volumes, The Diary of Samuel Pepys

Folio Society; a collection to include a three volume set of Pepys Diary housed in slipcase, Graham Greene's The End of the Affair, and Thomas Babington Macauley's The History of England in the 18th century