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A collection of GB & World Copper Nickel and Copper Coins including US Dollars, GB Crowns etc along with International Match Corporation Share Certificates , Motor Fuel Ration Book, German 100000 Mark Bank Note F10094950, 2 Mark Notes x2 and a 21st April 1933 Probate/Will Document, Poetry Medal and British Institute of Interior Design Medallion

Kennedy (Richard Hartley) Visconti: An Historical Tragedy, in Five Acts, advertisement f. at end, lacking half-title, title with old ink ownership inscription faintly offset to head and a few tiny marginal holes, final 3ff. with tear to inner margin, some faint damp-staining at beginning and end, foxed and lightly browned throughout, modern antique-style boards, light soiling, Calcutta, Printed for the Author, 1829 § [Mundy (Francis Noel Clarke)] The Fall of Needwood, presentation inscription "From the author" to title, engraved frontispiece (foxed), armorial bookplate, ink inscription "Bought at Sir William Boothby's sale at Ashbourne Hall Nov. 1847 for £12.15.- W. Mundy" to front free endpaper, poems in ink manuscript in a contemporary hand to verso of title and final f., some leaves with pagination corrected in ink manuscript, the odd spot, some very light browning and soiling, contemporary polished calf, spine lacking label and with ends chipped, small scattered staining to upper cover, rubbed, upper cover detached, Derby, Printed at the Office of J. Drewry, 1808, first editions, book-label of J.O. Edwards; and others, most 19th century poetry, v.s. (c.35)

Dover.- Poetry, photographs & ephemera.- Ramsbottom (Augusta C.) Commonplace Book, manuscript signed, c. 520pp. (c. 300pp. of poetry both extracts and original), c. 50 photographs of Dover and various portraits (including 7 photographs of Dover, the Roman Pharos and Dover Castle), numerous religious cards and military crests, 1f. loose, some photographs slightly faded, inner hinges broken, original blind-stamped morocco, edges rubbed, brass clasp, gilt spine, dulled, g.e., 235 x 170mm., 1856-61.   *** The photograph of the Roman Pharos at Dover can be dated to 1860 as it stands next to the church of St Mary in Castro in Dover Castle which can be seen to be covered in scaffolding for the restoration of 1860-62, undertaken by Giles Gilbert Scott. 

Scottish poetry.- Hamilton (James) Virgil's Pastorals, Translated into English Prose; As Also His Georgicks...To which is added, An Appendix, Shewing Scotland's chief and principal worldly Interest, 4pp. list of subscribers, ink inscription to front free endpaper, C2 vertical tear within text but no loss, C3-4 similar tear repaired with very small loss to few letters, some very small and minor worming to lower blank corner near start, some underlining and annotation in a contemporary hand, scattered spotting, light browning, contemporary calf, lacking spine label, some wear to corners, rubbed, upper cover detached, Edinburgh, W. Cheyne, 1742 § Campbell (Thomas) The Pleasures of Hope, 4 engraved plates (offset), armorial bookplate of Oliver Brett, binder's ticket and contemporary ownership inscriptions to front free endpaper, one or two corrections in ink, some light spotting, contemporary straight-grain red morocco by C. Meyer, spine gilt but slightly faded, some spotting to covers, rubbed, g.e., Edinburgh, for Mundell & Son, 1799, first editions, book-label of J.O. Edwards; and others, Scottish poetry, including George Smith's "Douglas Travestie" (Aberdeen, 1824), 8vo & 12mo (10)   *** The author of the first mentioned described on the title-page as "Schoolmaster in East Calder". The volume attracted around 60 subscribers, including his namesake the Duke of Hamilton. The Appendix discusses the difference between crop growing in England and Scotland, and the various ways in which the economic prosperity of Scotland could be advanced by not imitating the practices of English farmers working in a different climate. 

Hunt (Leigh) The Poetical Works, presentation inscription "To Mr. Henry William Sparkes, with the Author's best wishes" to half-title, printed slip "The printed List of Subscribers is withheld at present..." tipped-in before title, advertisement leaf at end, bookplate of Henry Charles Blaksley, book-labels of Simon & Judith Adams Nowell-Smith, some spotting to half-title and fore-edge, modern cloth, Edward Moxon, 1832 § [Ainsworth (William Harrison)] May Fair. In Four Cantos, advertisement leaf at end, brief A.L.s. from the author tipped in at beginning "I have much pleasure in complying with your request to possess my autograph", ownership inscription of Brent Gration-Maxfield to head of pastedown, light spotting, original boards, rebacked in cloth, covers quite worn, William H. Ainsworth, 1827, first editions, book-label of J.O. Edwards; and others, 19th century poetry, including Thomas Moore's "Odes Upon Cash, Corn, Catholics, and Other Matters", 8vo & 12mo (c.20)  

[Ward (Edward)] The Delights of the Bottle: Or, the Compleat Vintner. With the Humours of Bubble Upstarts. Stingy Wranglers. Dinner Spungers...A Merry Poem. To which is added, A South-Sea Song upon the late Bubbles, first edition, lacking frontispiece, book-labels of Charles Whibley and J.O. Edwards to inside upper wrapper, F1 short tear to head without loss, G2-3 working loose, trimmed at head, affecting pagination and first line of text to final f., stab-holes to gutter, spotting, lightly browned, later wrappers, ink inscriptions and small sticker to upper wrapper, wear to spine, upper joint split at foot, [Foxon W58], W. Downing, 1720 § Paradox (A) Against Liberty. Written by the Lords During their Imprisonment In the Tower. A Poem, title fore-edge trimmed, small stab-holes to gutter, disbound, 1679 § [Plaxton (William), attributed to] The Yorkshire-Racers, A Poem, publisher's catalogue to verso of final f., very light browning, disbound, Printed for the Use of all Sorts of Jockeys, whether North, South, East or West, [1709]; and others, 18th century poetry, a few defective, most disbound, v.s. (c.30)   *** The first mentioned the variant with imprint of W. Downing rather than Sam. Briscoe.

[Percy (Thomas)] Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles to vol. 2 & 3 (as called for), vol. 1 with initial blank B1, engraved frontispiece, vol. 2 with engraved plate of music bound after C4, vol. 3 with errata and advertisement leaves at end, engraved title-vignettes and head and tail-pieces, morocco book-label of Estelle Doheny, book-label of J.O. Edwards, vol. 1 B2 & I4 with tear into text without loss, vol. 2 R2&3 with short marginal tear, occasional light soiling, light foxing, uncut in contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, red morocco label to spines, vol. 1 rebacked in modern calf preserving original label, some wear to extremities, rubbed, vol. 1 with new endpapers, housed in a cloth drop-back box, [Rothschild 1521], for J. Dodsley, 1765; and others 18th century, including the Thomas Morell edited Canterbury Tales (1737), 8vo (10)

POETRY; SIME (A), MEMORY AND OTHER SONNETS, 1916; BEECHAM (A), THE COAST OF BARBARY, with dedication from ‘The Author’, 1957; LANG (A), THE POETICAL WORKS OF ANDREW LAND, 4 vols in 2, limited edition, 1923; THE POETICAL WORKS OF WILLIAM COLLINS, later full leather, London, Bensley, 1798; GESENIUS (DR), A BOOK OF ENGLISH POETRY, second edition, gilt red cloth, Halle, 1892; SERVICE (R), RHYMES OF A ROLLING STONE, William Briggs, 1912; BOOTH (M), SELECTED POEMS, signed limited edition, No 50/75, 1990; LAVER (J), LADIES’ MISTAKES, The Nonesuch Press, 1933; and others, some signed, (36).

Illustrated London News Coronation Panorama Number 1911. Modern Wonder (magazine) comprising 20 issues published 1938 (fighting air raiders, empire exhibition Glasgow, monster of the Algerian railway, King Solomon’s mines, Cheltenham Flyer, Whitley Bomber etc). War Atlas, section of The Philadelphia Inquirer Feb. 13 1942 with map. Kessler’s racing print 1873. Animal Stories book (1920s). Set of Wills Air Raid cigarette cards (50). Antique Poetry booklet (1900). Gilbert Wilkinson comic book (from Daily Herald) Colour decorated telegrams from 1940s

Joyce (James). Ulysses, 8th printing, Paris: Shakespeare and Co., 1926, original wrappers, chips and losses to spine, some edge wear, 4to, together with [Yeats, W. B., Ernest Dowson & others]. The Second Book of the Rhymers' Club, London: Elkin Mathews & John Lane, New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1894, publisher's catalogue at rear, original buckram gilt, small 4to, limited edition, one of 650 copies in total, plus Lawrence (D. H.) Love Among the Haystacks & Other Pieces, with a reminiscence by David Garnett, London: Nonesuch Press, 1930, some spotting and toning, original contrasting buckram, dust jacket, light partial toning to rear panel, 8vo, limited edition 523/550, with other poetry and literature including Ted Hughes, Ezra Pound, Lawrence Durrell, Robert Lowell etcQTY: (approximately 100)

Billy Childish (British, 1959) - Heaven's Journey - a limited edition vinyl record box set presented in original hand painted outer box. Comprising book 2005 the man with the gallows eyes, selected poetry 1980-2005 publ. The Aquarium, paperback; Heaven's Journey 12" vinyl LP record Heaven's Journey by Wild Billy Childish and the Chatham Singers; a signed limited edition slip hand signed & lettered C by Childish, there being 100 signed & numbered copies produced by The Aquarium and Damaged Goods, this one unnumbered in the limited run. Presented in an original oil painted box featuring the the man with the gallows eyes in blue, red & pink, with Childish's hand painted name in print to bottom.Measures approx. 32cm x 32cm x 2.5cm.

⊕Edmond Xavier Kapp (lots 83-94) Oh to be silent! Oh to be a painter! Oh (in short) to be Mr. Kapp (Virginia Woolf) Introduction Widely remembered for his portraiture, in particular his distinctive form of character types (he did not like his work to be describe as caricature), Kapp was a highly versatile artist with an enquiring mind and a love of music. Appreciated in his lifetime also for his poetry and his evolving interest in abstraction, he aspired to write, mixed with the leading artists of the day and attracted the attention of critics and the cognoscenti. The following eight lots from his estate capture the singularity of his artistic vision and his constant thirst for innovation. Born in Islington, London, the son of Jewish-German parents, Kapp studied in Berlin, Paris and Cambridge, where he had his first exhibition, wrote for Granta and the Cambridge Magazine and attracted the attention of Max Beerbohm. While a 2nd Lieutenant with the Royal Sussex Regiment in the First World War, he sketched portraits of his fellow soldiers to amuse them in the trenches, including the young poet Edmund Blunden, and crossed paths with William Rothenstein at Amiens, a meeting Rothenstein recalls in his autobiography Men and Memories. After the Armistice Kapp held his first one man exhibition at the Little Art Rooms, Adelphi, London, the catalogue introduction written by Beerbohm. Commissions followed, together with the publication of his first book: Personalities published in 1919 and reviewed by Virgina Woolf in her essay Pictures and Portraits. Prominent figures who featured in his early work included Edwin Elgar, Percy Wyndham Lewis and Richard Strauss. Later, after the War, subjects ranged from Albert Einstein (1923) to the Duke of Windsor, the future King Edward VIII (1932); of leading personalities in the arts he captured the characters of Aldous Huxley and Noël Coward. Kapp typically rejected supplying caricatures to newspapers, preferring to choose his own subjects. But he did take on commissions, such as his series Ten Great Lawyers published in 1924 in the Law Society Journal. And his work appeared in a wide variety of periodicals, most notably Time and Tide, output that resulted in the publication of further volumes of his collected portraits, and an exhibition of his work at The Leicester Galleries, the leading contemporary gallery in London of the day. In 1922 Kapp married Yvonne Meyer, journalist, photographer, translator and writer, now best known for her biography of Eleanor Marx. On their honeymoon the young couple visited Beerbohm in Rapallo and settled the following year in Rome where Kapp studied at Sigmund Lipinsky’s art school and under Antonio Sciortino at the British Academy. There too he met the American painter Maurice Sterne who encouraged him to paint in oil. Kapp also developed his interest in lithography as a means to sell limited editions of his more well-known sitters. It led in 1935 to a commission for portraits of twenty-five delegates to the League of Nations in Geneva. Publication of the series brought him to the attention of Pablo Picasso, and the beginning of a close friendship between the two artists. Kapp captured Picasso’s profile in a sketch of him in his studio at 23 Rue La Boetie, Paris in 1938, purportedly the only likeness for which Picasso agreed to sit (collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum). And there are relaxed and informal photos of Picasso in bathing trunks snapped by Kapp in 1948 outside the restaurant Chez Nounou and the Hotel de la Mer in Golfe Juan when holidaying with Picasso in the South of France. During the Second World War Kapp was an Official War Artist; after the War he worked as an Official Artist to UNESCO. He kept a studio at 2 Steeles Studios, Haverstock Hill in Hampstead, North London and in Beausoleil, near Monaco in the Alpes Maritimes, and explored abstraction (lots 91-94). STILL-LIFE OF FLOWERS IN A BLUE AND WHITE JUGoil on canvas59.5 x 49.5cm; 23 1/2 x 19.5in67 x 57cm; 26 1/2 x 22 1/2in (framed)

SIR JOSEPH NOEL PATON R.S.A. (SCOTTISH 1821-1901) MICHELANGELO SCULPTING THE STATUE OF 'NIGHT' Oil on canvas, arched top 61cm x 76cm (24in x 36in) Presented by A. M. McDougall, Esq., 1932. How is a masterpiece conceived? Sir Joseph Noël Paton invites us to ponder the very alchemy of genius by welcoming us into Michelangelo Buonarotti’s studio as he finishes carving ‘Night’. In a shadowy loggia the Renaissance artist crouches in front of his monumental marble, pausing after a campaign of chiselling to appraise his work. A spent hourglass sits on a nearby table, and a toolbox and sketchbook lie at the artist’s feet, while the view through the arch suggests that Michelangelo has taken the silhouette of Florence as his muse. The city glows blue under the light of the moon, which crests around the arch, illuminating the artist upon the completion of his masterwork.Paton’s use of breaking light to represent ‘divine inspiration’ can be connected to the Pre-Raphaelite artist William Holman Hunt’s seminal 1853 painting ‘The Awakening Conscience’ (Tate Britain). Paton had declined an invitation to join the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, electing instead to return to Scotland, but he continued to paint in a Pre-Raphaelite style and remained familiar with the Brotherhood and their output. So moved was Paton by ‘The Awakening Conscience’ that he was impelled to produce several of his own works exploring the enigma of creation and enlightenment. These include an 1861 painting of Luther who, after a sleepless night induced by a crisis of faith, is suddenly granted spiritual clarity as a ray of dawn sun touches his brow (National Galleries of Scotland), as well as a painting of Dante meditating on the nature of sin beneath an apparition of two adulterous lovers from his Divine Comedy (Bury Art Museum). In the 1860s Paton produced a further painting of Michelangelo in contemplation, which was gifted to the William Morris Gallery in 1935 from the collection of Sir Frank Brangwyn. It might be conjectured that Paton’s interest in the nature of creative conception has something to do with the fact that he received little formal artistic training. At the age of seventeen he took his first job as Head Designer at a muslin manufacturer in Paisley, and after working in this capacity for three years, he briefly studied at the Royal Academy Schools in London, where he formed a lifelong friendship with John Everett Millais. (Rodger, Robin. “The Patons of Dunfermline: Bi-Centenary of Sir Joseph Noël Paton RSA (1821-1901).” Royal Scottish Academy, December 10 2021. [accessed 24th July 2024]). By all accounts, Paton was an expert on folklore and fairytale, themes which inspired many of his paintings and brought him considerable success and renown. In 1861 Paton travelled to Italy, where he likely beheld Michelangelo’s ‘Night’ in the Medici Chapel in San Lorenzo, Florence. Upon his return, Paton published a book of poetry which included ‘A Confession’, a tongue-in-cheek reflection on Michelangelo’s art, so majestic as to drive the viewer to distraction:No, Buonarotti, thou shalt not subdueMy mind with thy Thor-hammer! All that playOf ponderous science with Titanic thewAnd spastic tendon - marvellous, ‘tis true! -Says nothing to my soul. Thy “terrible way”Has led enow of worshippers astray;I will not walk therein!(Sir Joseph Noël Paton, Poems by a Painter, William Blackwood, Edinburgh, 1861, p.156)

A handwritten book of poetry etc belonging to Alice Mary Gilkes, dated October 24th 1865 

Ross, Heroic Poetry from the Book of pf the Dean of Lismore, Scottish Gaelic Text Soc 1939. Anderson, Kings and Kingship in early Scotland, 8vo 1980, dj. Fiona Macleod, The Hills of Ruel and other Stories, 4to, 1921; wonderful col and b/w ills. George Borrow, Celtic Bards, Chiefs and Kings, 1st, 1228, 8vo. (4)

Poetry: Collection of mainly Irish Poetry such as Poems. By 'Eva' of The Nation, 1909; I Bhreasail-a book of lyrics by Daniel Corkery, 1921; The Poems of Joseph Mary Plunkett, 1919 plus 9 others (12)

The Book of Irish Poetry / introduction by Alfred Perceval Graves ; with illustrations by Gerald F. Metcalfe, published c1900's; Legends of Saints and Sinners. Collected and Translated from the Irish By Douglas Hyde, LL.D., D.Litt. Hyde, Douglas Published by The Gresham Publishing Company, London plus 8 others in this collection (10)

RILKE RAINER MARIA: (1875-1926) Austrian poet and novelist. A.L.S., R M Rilke, one page, 8vo, Venice, 10th August 1912, to [Axel] Juncker, in German. Rilke acknowledges receipt of his correspondent's letter and their cheque for DM 179.20 'for the annual accounts of Das B[uch] d[er] B[ilder]' and concludes by expressing his gratitude and sending his best regards. With blank integral leaf. About EXAxel Juncker (1870-1952) Danish bookseller and publisher who worked in both Germany and Denmark. Das Buch der Bilder ('The Book of Images') is a collection of Rilke's poetry from 1899 onwards and was first published by Juncker in 1902. It would be the last of Rilke's works that Juncker published, despite the two men enjoying a good relationship based on intellectual exchanges and meticulous typographic recommendations, before the poet moved to the Insel publishing house.

Miscellaneous. Binding: Hall (Mrs. S.C., editor), The Drawing-Room Table-Book. London: George Virtue, n.d. [1849], printed in foliate lithographed borders, steel-engraved vignettes with tissue-guards, stained, finely bound in contemporary Renaissance Revival citron morocco, boldly blocked and tooled in gilt with knots and strapwork, six-compartment spine of raised bands, lettered in the second, some rubbed portions, spine somewhat sunned, all edges gilt and gauffered, 4to; Buchanan (Robert, editor) & Dalziel (The Brothers, engravers), Wayside Posies: Original Poems of the Country Life. London: George Routledge and Sons, 1867, half-title, plates and poetry, split with movement, finely bound in contemporary red morocco gilt over boards, some rubbed wear, all edges gilt, Merchant Taylors' Company's presentation plate, 4to; Grangerised Copy: Russell's Eccentric Personages, Monsieur le Docteur Devine to Daniel Defoe only, London: John Maxwell and Company, 1865, extra-illustrated with late 18th c and later mixed media prints, though principally 19th c, bound by Root & Son in contemporary blue three-quarter calf gilt over marbled boards, signed, repaired, top-edge gilt, others uncut, marbled endpapers, 8vo; [&] Ruskin (John, editor), Bibliotheca Pastorum, volume IV only: A Knight's Faith, Orpington: George Allen, 1885, contemporary tan quarter-calf over marbled boards, upper-cover just holding, top-edge gilt, others uncut, 8vo, (4)  Provenance: 1st: Robin de Beaumont (1926-2023), bibliophile, President of The Private Libraries Association and benefactor to The British Museum; his book label to pastedown, with his loosely-inserted and other pencil bibliographic notes. 3rd: William Foyle (1885-1963), of Beeleigh Abbey, Essex; his armorial gilt-tooled morocco bookplate to pastedown.

Burns, Robert - The "Kilmarnock Burns" Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect Kilmarnock: John Wilson, 1786. First edition, 8vo, 204 x 117mm, late nineteenth century green morocco gilt by F. Bedford, spine gilt, gilt edges Roderick Terry, noted American bibliophile, armorial bookplate; Previously owned by John Dover of Glasgow; offered for sale by a Scottish institution Robert Burns was an intelligent and fun-loving youth, working as a farm labourer by day and reading the works of Scottish Enlightenment authors and philosophers, alongside playing the fiddle, in his spare time. Unusually for the era, although less so for lowland Scotland at the time, the working-class Robert Burns received a formal education in standard English. He combined this with the influences of the Scots language and folklore to create poetry which has appealed to generations worldwide, identifying the truths of human nature. Burns first started to write poetry as a boy of about fifteen, addressing them to a “bewitching” girl he had met during the harvest. Nearly 240 years after the publication of the 1786 “Kilmarnock Edition”, over 2000 editions of his poems and songs have been published.The “Kilmarnock” – or first – edition of Burns’ poems is the single most famous volume in Scotland's impressive literary heritage. However, the work almost never saw the light of day. Burns' farming activities at Mossgiel farm were not profitable and although he wished to marry Jean Armour, who was carrying his child, the marriage was opposed by her father, so Burns made plans to emigrate. It was only the suggestion by a local lawyer, Gavin Hamilton, that he could finance his voyage to Jamaica by publishing some of his poems, that led to him approaching a nearby printer, John Wilson, in Kilmarnock. On the 31st July 1786 Wilson published the volume of poetry by Burns under the unassuming title Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. It sold for three shillings and the entire print-run of 612 copies sold out within a month, bar 13 copies left with the publisher. The volume contained much of his best writing, including The Twa Dogs; Address to the Deil; Halloween; The Cotter's Saturday Night; To a Mouse; Epitaph for James Smith and To a Mountain Daisy, many of which had been written at Mossgiel farm. The success of the work was immediate.The first edition of Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect is exceptionally rare. As of the 2017 edition of Allan Young's The Kilmarnock Burns: A Census, there were 84 known copies of the book surviving, with 15 of these (including this copy) in private hands. In March 2021, the Burns Chronicle, published by Edinburgh University Press, updated the number to 88 surviving copies. [Literature: Young, Allan. The Kilmarnock Burns: A Census, 2017] 

Occult Cheiro's Private Arcana of Astrology c.1929 or later. Mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only, 15 volumes numbered 1-10 (including 3a, 4a, 5a, 9a, 10a), 4to (26 x 20cm), original pictorial yellow wrappers, staple-bound along top edges, diagrams in text, printed signatures of ‘Cheiro’ and the editor R. H. T. Naylor to wrappers and title-pages, staples rusted, volume 1 wrappers nicked, volume 3 lacking one staple (of 3) and contents now loose, worming to volume 4 An extremely rare astrological course-book attributed to one of the leading society occultists during the spiritualist heyday of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ‘Cheiro’ is now believed to be the alias of William John Warner (1866-1936), an Irish journalist of apparently humble origins, despite his claims of noble descent and adoption of various aristocratic titles. Having been introduced to London society by Arthur Balfour, he became a celebrity fortune-teller consulted by figures ranging from Edward VII to Oscar Wilde, whose story 'Lord Arthur Savile's Crime' concerns a rogue chiromantist. He published several hugely successful books on chiromancy, a novel, and a book of poetry. A notice on the title-page of each volume reads: ‘Issued as absolutely private and confidential instruction. Courses issued under similar titles and names are spurious; note is genuine without the signature of “Cheiro” countersigned by the Editor’. The current year in the appendix to the tenth volume, ‘On Time Standards’, is cited as 1929.

Dundee Collection of manuscripts by James Thomson of Dundee, mid-19th century all closely written in an italic hand, most works signed by James Thomson, a few (e.g. ‘The Houff’ and ‘The Last Literary Remains of Foo-Fozzle’) not signed but in the same hand, contents comprise: ‘The Last Literary Remains and Relics of the World-Renowned Foo-Foozle, D.D.D.D. and M.L. of Ching-Chang, and Mandarin of Ten Golden Buttons and Five Siler Tassel; in Joint Stock with those of the ever famous John Young, Late of Forebank, Esquire … Chang-Quang: Souchong, Printer. Young Hyson, Publisher. 14th Day, VIth Moon, Year 1845'. 4to, 206 pp., lined paper wrappers; ‘An Account of the Island of Icolmkill [Iona] as it was in the year 1771. A New Edition revised and corrected. J. Thomson, Scripsit’, Dundee, 15th June, 1852. 4to, green paper wrappers, 16 pp., old staining to rear; ‘Tour through Part of Perth and Fifeshires from Dundee by Ingergowrie, Foulis, Longforgan, Inchture, Dunsinane, Raitt, Errol, Abernethy, Abbey of Lindores and the Abbey of Balmerino to Newport in 1823. Also An Excursion from Dundee to Meigle in the same year … By James Thomson. Third Edition enlarged [sic]’, Dundee, 18232. 8vo, drab paper wrappers, 116 pp., ownership inscription of John Campbell dated Dundee 1837 to title-page; ‘Poems and Songs by Sigma. In Three Volumes, Volume First [ … Second … Third], 1828 [dated at rear]. 4to, contemporary half calf, 125, 43, 126 pp., inscribed on versos of title-page, ‘Dundee 21st July 1841, presented to Mr John Campbell by the author as a small mark of esteem after an acquaintanceship of sixteen years without a cross word occurring during that time to mar the friendship which endured in the course of these years, James Thomson’; 'Gildas Sapiens, de Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae. Gildas the Wise, concerning the Subversion and Complaint of Britain; being the Historical Part or First Thirty-One Chapters of his Epistle, Modernised from the Translation made from the Original Latin, and published in 1638. With a New Introduction and Copious Notes. By James Thomson', Dundee, 15th July 1852. 8vo, marbled wrappers, 56 pp.; ‘The Houff: a Selection of the best Epitaphs and Inscriptions, Ancient and Modern, in the Houff or Common Burying Ground, Dundee … By Old Mortality, Junior’, Dundee, 1834. 4to, contemporary limp marbled boards, 150 pp., together with another copy with a slightly variant title, disbound; ‘Narrative of Occurrences in the Parish of Newtyle at the Beginning of the 18th Century, as Illustrative of the Mourners of Former Times. With an Appendix of Select Excerpts from the Parish Register of Auchterhouse. By a Gleaner’, Dundee, 1842. Folio, 22 pp., with a pen-and-ink sketch of Newtyle Castle signed J. Thomson to title-page; ‘The Parish Register or Book of the Session, with Notes and an Appendix of Additional Curious Collections. The whole intended as Authentic Illustrations of Former Times. By James Thomson' [no date]. 4to, contemporary half calf, 211 pp., ownership inscription ‘John Campbell, Crichton Street, Dundee’ to p. 1; ‘The Parish Register or Parochial Annals, Being Extracts from the Records of Various Parishes selected as Illustrations of Ancient Manners’, 1828. 4to, blue paper wrappers, 178 pp.; ‘Supplement to the History of Dundee by James Thomson’, Dundee, 1847. Oblong 8vo, plain paper wrappers, 162 ff., written on rectos only; 'The Book of ye comoun Rentallis of the Burgh of Dundie, Almishous and Kirkwark thairof, this maid … in the tyme of Mr James Haliburtoun, Provost … Extracted from the Locked Book of Burgesses by James Thomson', Dundee, 1838. 8vo, 59 pp., blue paper wrappers (front wrapper missing, front blank detaching), inscription in a separate hand (presumably the recipient's) ‘To Mr J. Campbell from J. Thomson the editor … 1841’ on p. [3]; ‘Observations, Exclamations, and Narrations in Verse; being the Reveries, and Day-Dreams, of [symbols]. In six Cantos, by An Observer. Printed by _ And sold by all the Booksellers’. Dundee, 1825. 4to, plain paper wrappers, 40 pp..Together with a further volume of manuscript notes by Thomson (containing transcripts of 18th-century court of session hearings), and a related printed work (A Feast of Literary Crumbs … By Foo Foozle and Friends, Ancient Citizens of Dundee … Dundee: William Kidd, c.1880, no. 1 in the ‘Dundee Reprints’ series, front wrapper captioned ‘facsimile of original cover’ and including imprint J. Valentine, Dundee, 1848') (15) The author of these manuscripts can be identified with that of the published work The History of Dundee (Dundee, 1847; 2nd edition 1874) on the basis of the introduction to the ‘Supplement of the History of Dundee by James Thomson’. A mixture of literary squibs, epic poetry in Byronic cantos, and thorough antiquarianism, they are presented in the style of printed books, with neatly arranged title-pages and in one case ('An Account of the Island of Icolmkill') mock printer's signature-marks to the lower margins. The National Library of Scotland holds a manuscript  by James Thomson of Dundee titled `Gleanings of Antiquity in Forfarshire’ and dated 1825 (Adv.MS.35.6.17). Dundee Central Library holds a small collection of manuscripts by him, including ‘The Houff’ (1835), ‘The Book of the Houff' (1838), and ‘Tours through Parts of Forfar, Perth, and Fifeshires’ (1833). It is possible that parts of the ‘Supplement of the History of Dundee’ and ‘The Last Literary Remains … of Foo-Foozle’ appear in printed form in the 1874 edition of The History of Dundee and A Feast of Literary Crumbs (op. cit.) respectively, but it is unclear whether any of the works in the lot have ever been published in their entirety.

Edinburgh Heather Club Collection of manuscript minute books, 1891-1940 4 volumes, 4to (27.5 x 21.5cm) or folio (33 x 29cm), half leather bindings with black cloth sides and canvas jackets with sections cut away from front covers to reveal red morocco labels, respectively covering 1891-1904, 1907-23, 1924-32, and 1932-40, first and third volumes paginated 480 pp., 478 pp., the remaining volumes unpaginated but of similar extents, with a large quantity of printed ephemera (laid, tipped or pasted in), including programmes for annual outings (booklets in decorative card covers incorporating a photographic portrait of the club captain), dinner menus and notices (including a notice of a dinner in honour of Sir Harry Lauder, 1933), lists of committee members, abstracts of accounts, correspondence, etc., notable contents including an account (with a printed notice and related newspaper cuttings including photographs) of Muriel Spark's receipt of the Heather Club Coronet for her poem ‘Out of a Book’ submitted for the club's poetry commemoration in commemoration of the death of Sir Walter Scott, 1932 (‘… the young poetess rose and made her way to the throne, placed above the stage. Here, Miss Esther Ralston the famous screen star and variety artist … placed the coronet on the head of Muriel Camberg, and kissed her …’). Together with an Edinburgh Heather Club manuscript ledger book of members, outings, etc., c.1898 (partly filled, contents water-stained) and an attendance book for the 1960s-70s (6) The Edinburgh Heather Club was founded in 1823 by Joseph Sutherland, a local merchant, originally as a walking club focused on outings in the Pentland Hills. The scope of the club's expedition expanded with the advent of the railway, and in time they also assumed a variety of social and charitable responsibilities, including a yearly poetry competition of which the 1932 edition was won by a young Muriel Camberg, known to posterity as Muriel Spark, who recalled the occasion in her 1992 autobiography Curriculum Vitae: ‘It was 1932, the year of the centenary of the death of Sir Walter Scott. A poetry competition was launched among the schools of Edinburgh by the Heather Club, a men’s club founded in 1823 (for what purpose I do not know, except that it was very Scottish). I won first prize with my poem about Sir Walter Scott, and another girl at Gillespie's got third prize. The school was doubly jubilant; everyone was delighted … I felt like the Dairy Queen of Dumfries, but I endured the experience and survived it'. An Edinburgh Heather Club captain's baton was sold by Lyon & Turnbull in our Scottish Works of Art and Whisky sale on 21 August 2021 (lot 243).

Bosworth, William The Chast and Lost Lovers Lively shadowed in the Persons of Arcadius and Sepha, and Illustrated with the severall Stories of Haemon and Antigone, Eramio and Amissa, Phaon and Sappho, Delithason and Verista: being a description of severall Lovers smiling with delight, and with hopes fresh as their youth, and fair as their beauties in the beginning of their Affections, and covered with Blood and Horror in the Conclusion. To this is added the Contestation betwixt Bacchus and Diana, and certain Sonnets of the Author to Aurora. Digested into three Poems. London: by F. L. for Laurence Blaiklock, 1651. First edition, first issue, 8vo (15.8 x 9cm), 18th-century calf, [16] 127 pp., type-ornament headpieces, woodcut initials, front board detached, title-page slightly marked and with two ownership inscriptions including ‘T Park’ (possibly Thomas Park, antiquary and bibliographer of poetry, 1758/9-1834), old marginal repairs to B1 and C8, B2 with lower fore corner restored with loss of text (several lines completed in manuscript, probably 18th century). Housed in a custom red cloth solander box [Wing B3799] The Library of a Scottish Gentleman The author's only known work, published posthumously. The epistle dedicatory by ‘R. C.' describes the book as ‘the work of a young Gentleman of 19 years of age, who had he lived, might have been as well the Wonder as the Delight of the Arts’. It was later reissued with a cancel title-page dated 1653.

Christie, Agatha The Road of Dreams London: Geoffrey Bles, [1925]. First edition, first impression, 8vo, 111 pp., original green quarter cloth with printed paper spine-label, dust jacket, uneven fading to covers, strip of browning to free endpapers, occasional light spotting to text, dust jacket slightly marked and with toning to spine and along top edge of rear panel, short closed tear to foot lower outer corner of rear panel, and a little wear and softening to extremities Agatha Christie's first book of poetry, and one of her earliest works in any genre, printed at her own expense and today a rare book in any condition, especially with the dust jacket.

[Macpherson, James] Fragments of Ancient Poetry, collected in the Highlands of Scotland and Translated from the Galic or Erse Language. Edinburgh: for G. Hamilton and J. Balfour, 1760. First edition, 8vo, c.1900 olive-green crushed morocco by Riviere & Son, spine richly gilt in compartments, French fillet frames gilt to covers, sunning to spine and extremities, spots to title-page, stab-holes visible in gutter The Library of a Scottish Gentleman The first book containing the poems of the mythical bard Ossian.

Juvenile Manuscript Book. Illustrated. c1880s. 7pp on card. "My First Ball" By Q. Quibbs with illustrations in pen and ink by Herr Spiderino. With beautifully executed hand drawn illustrations in ink to the front cover and throughout. Measuring; 18cm x 11.5cm. Tie to the spine. Humorous manuscript book regarding a 17 year olds first ball. Poetry. In verse.

PRE WW1 ERA. Manuscript book. “Kenneth Edward Dix Marshall 38th Battalion Australian Imperial Force. Killed October 12th 1917 at Passchendale”. Period half calf, folio size. Contents hand written between April 1911 and October 1912. Book complete with all 180pp filled in, in pencil hand. Manuscript book from WW1 written by one Kenneth Edward Dix Marshall of the 38th Battalion Australian Imperial Force. Various headings throughout which include “A few impressions of various people, places & Prejudices which I have know, seen or conceived, Dartmoor. A Diary, with poetry, and more, with entries from Canada, recalling the “glitter of the Northern lights” , Mediterranean Sea “The morning sun sparkled on the blue, with calmed waves of the Mediterranean Sea” with writing on Sydney, Melbourne, Christ, friends, and a broad range of other subjects. Presumably this manuscript was written before WW1 and the author Dix Marshall was called into service.

UNREGISTERED. HOWE. Anne. A. "Quiet Resting Places" and Other Poems. c1901. 1 of 50 hardback copies. Slim 8vo, original cloth, gilt titles to the upper board. A.L.S by the author to a Mr Splendow, explaining the limitaion and gifting the book. 38pp. No record on Worldcat, Copac and no auction results. Scarce poetry.

After Zhengyan Hu (Chinese, 17thC). Chinese Poetry Paper by the Master of the Ten Bamboo Hall, vol 4, limited edition of 300, in book form reprinted 1952.

Manuscript. A hand-written Receipts book from 1828. Attributed to a Mrs Ashmall, wife of Elias Ashmole Ashmall, Gentleman Farmer of Lichfield in Staffordshire. Comprising 31 leaves of hand-written recipes, including sweets/cakes; preserves; drinks; and savoury items. The rear of the book contains 70 leaves of hand-written poetry and prose. Contemporary half leather, gilt ruled, marbled boards. An interesting item. (1)

A quantity of various vintage books to include: Cassell's History of England, Clifton College Register 1862-1962, Household Book of Poetry, Jungle Book, Kim, Captains Courageous and Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling, The House at Pooh Corner by A A Milne, etc.

* JOHN PHILIP BUSBY RSA RSW SWLA (BRITISH 1928 - 2015), RESTING KOOKABURRA watercolour on paper, signed, titled verso mounted, framed and under glass image size 19cm x 17cm, overall size 37cm x 34cm Exhibition label verso: John Busby - Landscapes & Birds, 8 March - 2 April 1997, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh Note: John Philip Busby was born in Bradford in 1928 and attended Ilkley Grammar School. After National Service, he studied at Leeds College of Art and then at Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) where he was awarded post-graduate and major travel scholarships. On return from France and Italy he was invited to join the staff of ECA, where he taught drawing and painting from 1956 until 1988. In 1959 he was commissioned to paint the mural Christ in Glory in the Scottish Episcopal Church, St Columba-by-the-Castle, Edinburgh. A member of the Royal Scottish Academy (RSA) and the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour (RSW), he served as President of the Society of Scottish Artists, (SSA) 1976-79. A life-long bird watcher and naturalist (at age 17 he was at the inaugural meeting of the Wharfdale Naturalists Society in 1945), he was a founder member of the Society of Wildlife Artists (SWLA). He led courses in Switzerland, Crete, the Falklands and Galapagos Islands, in Orkney and at Nature in Art in Gloucestershire, and in 1989 he began a Seabird Drawing course based at North Berwick. Now named after him, this has continued each year since, attracting participants from many parts of the world. He took part in projects with the Artists for Nature Foundation (ANF) in Holland, Poland, Spain, Ireland, India, Portugal and Israel, and in SWLA/Forestry Commission projects in the New Forest and in the oak woods in the west of Scotland. In 1991 he was filmed in Shetland for the Granada TV production “Portrait of the Wild – Summer‘. John Busby illustrated over 35 books about birds and animals, mostly about behaviour, ranging from seabirds and garden birds to tigers and otters, plus a book of poems by Kenneth Steven (Wild Horses) and many of the illustrations in The RSPB Anthology of Wildlife Poetry. His own books are mentioned elsewhere but also include a booklet Landscapes at the Edge of the Sea in 2010 with his rock pool paintings, and another for the first Curious Eye exhibition which he curated at the RSA in 2007. In 2009 he was declared "Master Wildlife Artist" by the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum in Wisconsin USA. He exhibited widely both at home and abroad and had a major retrospective exhibition at Bradford City Art Gallery in 1999/2000. More recently a retrospective exhibition, planned before his death, was held at Nature in Art, Gloucester in August 2015, and two large exhibitions to celebrate his landscapes (at the Royal Scottish Academy) and drawings (at The Scottish Gallery) were held in Edinburgh in June 2016, with another at the Wildlife Art Gallery in Lavenham, Suffolk in November 2017. In 2019 a major exhibition of his paintings was held during the Edinburgh Arts Festival, 29th July to 2nd September at the Open Eye Gallery in Edinburgh.

Axon (William E A). Caxton’s Game and Playe of the Chesse 1474. A verbatim reprint of the first edition. With an introduction by William E A Axon, London: Elliot stock, 1883, woodcuts, illustrations, head-pieces, intials etc, top-edge gilt, remain untrimmed, original publishers quarter brown morocco gilt, a little rubbed and lightly scuffed, 8co together with Tusser (Thomas). Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry, with an introduction by Sir Walter Scott and a Benediction by Rudyard Kipling incorporated in a foreword by E V Lucas, London: James Tregaskis & son, 1931, woodcut title, original full brown morocco by Bain and Company, quarto plus other reprints of early English texts, including English Reprints series by Arber, 20 volumes, sette of odd volumes, publications, The Bibelot, A Reprint of Poetry and Prose for Book Lovers, Portland main: Thomas B. Mosher, approximately 100 original issues all bound in original printed wrappers, seven volumes from the … series, published by David Nutt, Loeb Classical Library series, approximately 75 volumes, Charles Dickins Works (standard edition), 20 volumes, Gresham Publishing Company, circa 1900, Print Collector’s Club Publications, John Smith, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the most Eminent Dutch, Flemish, and French painters, 9 volumes including Supplement, 1829-42, Reprinted 1908, etcQTY: (6 shelves )

Ackermann's History of Cambridge, 2 vols., (lacking all plates); Milton's Works, 2 vols.,; Poetry of the Year 1853, morocco, gilt; Tennison-Woods, Fisheries, binding detached; Milne Edwards, Zoologie, illustrated; facsimile Hunting book; Boswell's Life of Johnson, 1906, 6 vols, cloth; Architectural print, framed; Times Atlas, folio

DICKINSON, P. Soldiers' Verse 1st.ed. 1945, London, 8vo orig. pict. bds. d/w, plus 4 other New Excursions into English Poetry, all illustrated with lithos ARIEL POEMS nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 & 8, plus STRODE, W. Three Ghosts 1st.ed. 1947, London, orig. wrps. & 2 other 'Greetings Book' plus Lute, Lyre and Lotus Series of Minithologies nos 2, 3, 5, & 24, plus 1 other (19)

LANG ANDREW.  The Green Fairy Book, 1911; The Blue Poetry Book, 1891; The True Story Book, 1894 & The Animal Story Book, 1896. 4 vols. in worn cond.

Autograph album. 1930s / 1940s - To include various Celebrities, film interest and political interest. Includes David Niven, with sketch 'This is me in a few years!'. Neville Chamberlain and Clement Attlee (stuck into book). Numerous autographs, drawing and poetry. Provenance: album belonged to Priscilla Bysouth. Priscilla's father was Harry Bysouth who was Head Butler at Kensington Palace. Condition Report: Album heavily damaged, binding has come apart, many / all pages now loose. Previous tape repairs present. Cover detached

Poetry, approx. 55 assorted titles, some signed/limited editions, privately published etc, including Edward Lucie-Smith: 'Borrowed Emblems', Turret Books, 1967, limited edition (4/250), numbered & signed, 4to, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper; David Wright: 'Moral Stories', Douglas Newton: 'Metamorphoses of Violence', Saint Ives, The Latin Press, the Private Press of Guido Morris, 1952, crescendo Poetry Series No.'s 4 & 7, each original stitched printed wraps; Donald Weeks: 'Frederick William Rolfe & Editors', Edinburgh, The Tragara Press, 1984, limited edition, number 80 of 110 copies only, orig. wraps, printed label to front cover; Shirley Toulson: 'The Fault, Dear Brutus', The Keepsake Press, 1972, limited edition (250), original printed wraps; Frances Nagale: 'Visit to the Illuminator', Dagger Press, 1994, signed, orig. pictorial printed wraps; Mark Hutchinson: 'The Origina of the Deities', Paris, Editions Bec D'Or, 1985, limited edition, No. 17 of 250 copies, orig. pictorial printed wraps; Giles Gordon: 'One man two women', Sheep Press, 1974, limited edition, No. 36 of 149 numbered copies, orig. printed wraps; 'A Tribute to Austin Clarke on His Seventieth Birthday', Dublin, Dolmen Press, 1966, orig. printed wraps, printed review slip loosely inserted; 'Some Vorticist Poetry and a Piece of Prose', London, Privately Printed, 1985, ltd. edn., one of 85 copies only, frontis, content includes Marinetti, Wyndham Lewis, Gaudier-Brzeska etc, orig. stitched printed wraps; Geoffrey Faber: 'Twelve Years', privately printed, 1962, orig. printed wraps; Ken Edwards: 'A4 Landscape', Reality Studios, 1988, limited edition (68/100), signed, orig. stapled printed wraps; Sara Henderson Hay: 'The Stone and the Shell', Univ. of Pittsburgh Press, [1959], signed on FFEP, TLS dated June 30 1959 loosely inserted, orig. cloth gilt, dust wrapper; Charles Wright: 'Bloodlines', Wesleyan Univ. Press, 1977, 2nd printing, signed, orig. pictorial printed wraps, plus 5 others Charles Wright; James Schevill: 'Tensions', Berkeley, CA, Gillick Press, 1947, 1st edition, author's first book, original paper covered boards, dust wrapper; Tambimuttu (ed.): 'Poetry London X', 1944, 1st edition, signed & inscribed by Walter J. Strachan on FFEP, orig. cloth gilt; Andrew Lloyd: 'twelve lyrics and liu', second aeon publications, 1973, limited edition, one of 250 copies only, concrete poetry, orig. stapled pictorial printed wraps, cover by Andrzej Jackowski; plus numerous others including Chanticleer Press, Penelope Shuttle, Brent Hodgson, Margaret Stanley Wrench, Graywolf Press, Hippopotamus Press, Richard Burns, William Heyen, Ecco Press, Randy Roark, Michael Horovitz, Maya Angelou, Brooke Crutchley, Magpie Press, Menard Press, John Roberts Press, etc etc, plus 'London Magazine', 6 issues 1970-72, orig. pictorial wraps (approx. 60 in total)

TWO BOOK COLLECTION BISCUIT TINS, HUNTLEY & PALMERS, one circa 1910, modelled as a stack of children's books, including The Jungle Book and other titles, with handle. It is noted that this tin was created solely for the export market. The other circa 1909, modelled as a stack of books, including Keats poetry and Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, as well as book ends in a mahogany style.Provenance: The Lewis Collection 6cm wide, 22cm wide respectively Qty: 2 Refer to images.

Eliot (T.S.). Four Quartets. Faber and Faber, 1952, ninth impression, signed by the author, Abbey library bookplate, dust jacket laminated to book, spine label; idem, Poetry and Drama, Faber & Faber, 1951, first edition, signed by the author, signed by the author, Abbey library bookplate, dust jacket laminated to book, label to spine and front cover; idem, The Cocktail Party. NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950 or later, edition not stated, signed by the author, cancelled leaf at page 35/6, Abbey library bookplate, dust jacket laminated to book, spine label. (3)

ROBERTSON OF STRUAN - A JACOBITE LEATHER POUCH MID 18TH CENTURY the drawstring pouch with two simple shoulder straps  Alexander Robertson of Struan was a committed Jacobite. Born in 1668, he joined the Jacobite army, but was captured following its withdrawal from Dunkeld. He succeeded in escaping to France, and was subsequently attainted until 1703, when he could return to Scotland. In 1715 he again supported the Jacobite cause, raising, it is said, 500 of his clan, but was taken once more, this time at the Battle of Sheriffmuir. With the assistance of his sister, he escaped yet again, and once more fled to France. Although attainted by Act of Parliament for a second time, he could return home in 1732. In 1745, Struan was 77 years of age, yet nevertheless led 150 of his tenants to join the Prince, and, being too old himself to take up arms, returned to his home in General Cope's carriage, which had been captured at Prestonpans, reputedly with the general's furred nightgown and gold chain as trophies. Murray of Broughton wrote of him: "he is an old Batcheler, (sic) lived long abroad, and is reckoned a man of letters". He was permitted to remain at Struan, and died at Carie on the Struan estate in 1749, 2000 men following his coffin 14 miles from Rannoch to Struan Kirk. In 1725 he was reportedly created a Knight and Baronet by King James VIII. He wrote in English as well as Gaelic, and a book of his poetry was published in 1789. For the personal seal of Robertson of Struan see lot 17, A Private Collection of Seals: Highlights from The Matrix Collection | 749, 19 May 2023, Lyon & Turnbull 

Two collectable books. Comprising P G Wodehouse - The Inimitable Jeeves, 1923, 1st edition, publ. Herbert Jenkins, London; Miniature book: Affections Gift, A love offering in poetry and prose, 1853, 'embellished with engravings', publ. Rock, Brothers & Payne, London.

[Young (Edward), attributed to] A Poem occasion'd by reading Shaftsbury's Characteristicks. Referr'd to the consideration of the author of a book, entitled, The scheme of literal prophesy consider'd, &c., title with woodcut floral ornament, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, cropped at foot, affecting imprint and text, lightly browned, disbound, [Printed for J. Roberts], 1727; and 2 others, 18th century Poetry, 4to & folio (3) *** Rare, with only one copy recorded by WorldCat (NYPL). 

ARGO RECORDS - LP RARITIES PACK. A super selection of 6 LP rarities, all released on the Argo label. Artists/ titles include Norma Winstone - Edge Of Time (ZDA 148, record Ex), Gothic Horizon inc Tomorrow's Another Day (ZDA 150, Ex+) & The Jason Lodge Poetry Book (ZFB 26, VG+). Dave Goulder and Liz Dyer - The Raven And The Crow (ZFB 30, Ex), Jon & Mike Raven - Kate Of Coalbrookdale (ZFB 29, Ex) & Bonnie Dobson - S/T (ZFB 79, VG+). Please note that all sleeves will contain archival stickers from the BBC. The majority of these stickers are 'on top' of the plastic with some 'underneath' (i.e. on the sleeve itself). Some sleeves have been 'laminated' either by way of 'punching' the plastic wallet to two parts of the sleeve or by fully wrapping the plastic to the sleeve - generally G to VG.

ARGO RECORDS - LP COLLECTION. A collection of around 100 LPs, all released on Argo Records. Many titles are duplicated. Artists/ titles include Jon & Mike Raven - Kate Of Coalbrookdale (ZFB 29, Record VG+/ Ex), Gothic Horizon - The Jason Lodge Poetry Book (ZFB 26, Ex+), Bonnie Dobson - S/T (ZFB 79, Ex), Giles Farnaby's Dream Band (ZDA 158), Rick Jones - Hiya Maya, Adrian Hendri - British Poets Of Our Time (x4), Peggy Seeger inc Peggy Alone (x2), Peggy N Mike (x2), Ewan Maccoll inc Angry Muse, The Wanton Muse, The Amorous Muse, The Critics Group, Music From Rumania. The records are generally VG+ to Ex+. Please note that all sleeves will contain archival stickers from the BBC. The majority of these stickers are 'on top' of the plastic with some 'underneath' (i.e. on the sleeve itself). Some sleeves have been 'laminated' either by way of 'punching' the plastic wallet to two parts of the sleeve or by fully wrapping the plastic to the sleeve - generally G to VG. See pictures for detailed spine up images.

A collection of Marc Bolan and T-Rex records including Bolan Boogie, Greatest Hits, T-Rex Tanx, Solid Gold Boogie Boy, Flyback, Bolan and Zip Gun, etc., together with a poetry book, CDs and DVD

Captain John Bull (1771-1851) Small Archive relating to the Captain of the Packet Ship 'Marlborough' Two religious works owned by Captain John Bull, described thusly;Samuel Eyles Pierce. 'Pentateuch. Discourses on the Several Revelations of The Lord Jesus Christ, to the Call of Abraham, Jacob, Moses, &c.,' a Recommendatory Preface by the Rev. Robert Hawker (Morwenstow and poetry fame), contemporary full red morocco, with compartmentalized spine and decorative gilt tooling, James Bull Senior gilt tooled to front board, marbled endpapers, bright gilt edge, lacks half title (if indeed there was one), light sporadic incidences of spotting throughout, light ink finger soiling to preface and pp.1 of Sermon I, pp.577 runs true, pp.1 advertisement to rear Books published by L. I. Higham, a scarce work in vg condition, printed by G. Martin for J. Johnston, London, [n.d but preface suggests c.1815].'The Book of Common Prayer, And Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of The Church of England: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches,' contemporary full red morocco rebacked, with compartmentalized spine and decorative gilt tooling, James Bull Senior gilt tooled to front board, marbled endpapers, modern ink MS label to front pastedown, lacks half title and frontis, title page with conservation, pp.16 of heavy toning at start of The Order for Modern Prayer, Daily throughout the Year, graphite notes to margins towards the rear, good to very good, J. Archdeacon printer to the Unversity, Cambridge, 1776.Hand written family tree of the Bull family, on Marlborough Falmouth blind stamped paper, folded, 20.5cm x 100cm, [c. mid 19th century].Two miniatures depicting him as a young, and as an older man; The elder in a leather case, painted on Ivory, measuring 12.5cm x 9cm, backed onto paper with contemporary signatures, painted by A. Stephens, Hatton Garden, Feb 1853; The younger, also painted on Ivory, measures 10cm x 8cm. (P2R9WV8H and JYXLH8L1 Ivory Exemption Numbers, respectively).Portrait painting on Ivory of Miss Phoebe Bull, daughter of Capt. Bull, contained in an oval case, 6cm x 5cm, [c.1780]; With another portrait painting on Ivory, of a George Parker Bull (descendant of Capt...), in circular case, 4cm x 4cm, painted by Olive M. Sunderland, 1908. (SLF48GN4 and 42GKLUUM Ivory Exemption Numbers, respectively).'The House of John Bull Esq, Captain of H.M's Packet the Duke of Marlborough,' ink and wash architectural drawing showing both front and rear elevations, calligraphic title, signed C. Mitchell to foot, framed and glazed measuring 36cm x 33cm, [c.1810].Two graphite sketches of Marlborough House, Falmouth, showing the front and rear aspects, some light spotting, mounted, frames measure 34.5cm x 41cm, both signed by John Bull, indistinctly signed by the artist, [c.1810]. (10)

Andrew Lang (editor) 'The Lilac Fairy Book,' first edition, original cloth with gilt decorations, some staining and small nibbles to ends of back strip, gilt edge, six colour plates complete, generally vg with some light sporadic spotting, Longsman, Green, and Co, London, 1910; 'The Brown Fairy Book,' first edition, vg original cloth with gilt decorations, gilt edge, plates and colour plates, spotting to verso of some plates, vg, Longsman, Green, and Co, London, 1904; 'The All sorts of Stories Book by Mrs Lang,' first edition, original burgundy cloth with gilt decorations, gilt edge, some light spotting, plates, vg, Longmans, Green, and Co, London, 1911; 'The Blue Poetry Book,' first edition, original blue cloth with gilt decorations, tears to head of baxj strip, gilt edge, text block loosening from cloth,some spotting throughout, good, Longmans, Green, and Co, London, 1891. (4)Brown; All plates complete including colour and vignette.Lilac; All plates complete including colour and vignette.The All Sorts of Stories Book; All plates completeThe Blue Poetry Book; Twelve plates complete with pp.351 running true, suggesting all vignette illustrations are complete, spotting throughout.

FOLIO SOCIETY: POETRY: 7 Titles: ANNA AKHMATONA: SELECTED POEMS; THE FOLIO BOOK OF WAR POETRY; ROBERT BURNS: SELECTED POEMS AND SONGS; YEATS (x2); BLAKE'S SONGS OF INNOCENCE AND EXPERIENCE; FIFTY LOVE POEMS. All held within original slipcases (7)

Rare Drogheda Printing - Unpublished Ledwidge (Francis E.) Legends and Stories of The Boyne Side, 8vo Drogheda (Drogheda Independent) 1914. Unpublished, pp. 1 - 72, in 9 loose gatherings. Ex. Rare.  At the end of 1913 & beginning of 1914, The Drogheda Independent put together a delightful collection of stories and legends by Ledwidge, which they issued in their paper, & with the eventual intention of publishing these in book form, but the project was never completed. For sale here, are the 9 gatherings or sheets, consisting of pages 1 - 72, of that intended publication. Ledwidge was born in Slane, Co. Meath 19th Aug, 1887, & died in First World War on 31st July 1917, at Ypres. He was active in the Irish Volunteers, was a good friend of Lord Dunsany, helped publish his poetry and had a long-term correspondence with Katherine Tynan.

Rare Irish Provincial Book Catalogue Co. Louth: Reilly (Wm.) Librarian,   A Catalogue of Books in the Library of the Dundalk Literary Society, To which are added The Original Regulations of the Society. 12mo Dundalk (W. Reilly, No. 6 Wellington Place) 1835. First Edn., 35pp. orig. ptd. blue wrappers (piece lacking from lr. left corner) Extremely Rare.  * Extraordinary collection and great variety, including many very rare books, with selections from History and Antiquities, Voyages, Travel and Statistics, Poetry, Classics, & Drama, Novels, Tales and Romances, Biography and Memoirs, General Literature, Public Records of Gt. Britain. (1)

Militaria - World War I poetry to include Rupert Brook, Wilfred Owen, Lawrence Binyon, Siegfried Sassoon, Sir Arthur Crossfield and assorted volumes to include Pen & Sword, Australian war photographs, 2 vols, limp covers, Canada in Khaki, 2 vols, limp covers, The Anzak Book written and illustrated in Gallipoli by the men of Anzak, Arthur, Sir George "Life of Lord Kitchener", 3 vols, Macmillan & Co, blue cloth and various other related volumes (5 boxes) 

Charles Arthur Salvador, 'Charlie' (British, b.1952). Born Michael Gordon Peterson, also known as Charles Bronson. 'H.M. Prison Madness'. Self portrait in restraints. Mixed media on paper. Signed Charles Bronson 98'. Paper size A4 (29.5 x 21cm). Provenance: gifted to the vendor by Charles Bronson. Charles Arthur Salvador, 'Charlie', (born Michael Gordon Peterson also known as Charles Bronson), was born 6 December 1952. He is an English criminal who is often referred to in the British press as the "most violent prisoner in Britain" and "Britain's most notorious prisoner". Charlie is one of the highest-profile criminals in Britain and has been featured in books, interviews, and studies in prison reform and treatment. He was the subject of the 2008 film Bronson starring Tom Hardy, a biopic based loosely around his life. Bronson has written many books about his experiences and famous prisoners he has met throughout his incarceration. A self-declared fitness fanatic who has spent many years in segregation, Bronson dedicated a book to exercising in confined spaces. He has also cultivated a reputation as an outsider artist, with his paintings and illustrations of prison and psychiatric hospital life being publicly exhibited and winning him multiple awards. Charlie has 11 Koestler Trust awards for his art and poetry. Some people say the artwork shows the dark corners of a disturbed mind, but supporters say the scenes reflect the events he has witnessed and lived. It is art that has come straight from his soul. It was in 1994 at HMP Wakefield that prison officer Mick O'Hagan encouraged him to take up art, and his lifelong love of art has been his saviour ever since. Charles, who changed his surname as a mark of respect to one of his favourite artists Salvador Dali, is said to have drawn "the madness he has come in contact with."

Charles Arthur Salvador, 'Charlie' (British, b.1952). Born Michael Gordon Peterson, also known as Charles Bronson. 'Broadmoor Asylum'. Pen and ink on paper. Signed Charles Bronson 1997. Paper size 17 x 17.75cm. Provenance: gifted to the vendor by Charles Bronson. Charles Arthur Salvador, 'Charlie', (born Michael Gordon Peterson also known as Charles Bronson), was born 6 December 1952. He is an English criminal who is often referred to in the British press as the "most violent prisoner in Britain" and "Britain's most notorious prisoner". Charlie is one of the highest-profile criminals in Britain and has been featured in books, interviews, and studies in prison reform and treatment. He was the subject of the 2008 film Bronson starring Tom Hardy, a biopic based loosely around his life. Bronson has written many books about his experiences and famous prisoners he has met throughout his incarceration. A self-declared fitness fanatic who has spent many years in segregation, Bronson dedicated a book to exercising in confined spaces. He has also cultivated a reputation as an outsider artist, with his paintings and illustrations of prison and psychiatric hospital life being publicly exhibited and winning him multiple awards. Charlie has 11 Koestler Trust awards for his art and poetry. Some people say the artwork shows the dark corners of a disturbed mind, but supporters say the scenes reflect the events he has witnessed and lived. It is art that has come straight from his soul. It was in 1994 at HMP Wakefield that prison officer Mick O'Hagan encouraged him to take up art, and his lifelong love of art has been his saviour ever since. Charles, who changed his surname as a mark of respect to one of his favourite artists Salvador Dali, is said to have drawn "the madness he has come in contact with."

Charles Arthur Salvador, 'Charlie' (British, b.1952). Born Michael Gordon Peterson, also known as Charles Bronson. 'Max - Secure Prison'. Security cameras. Pen and ink on paper. Signed Charles Bronson 1997. Paper size 17 x 17.5cm. Provenance: gifted to the vendor by Charles Bronson. Charles Arthur Salvador, 'Charlie', (born Michael Gordon Peterson also known as Charles Bronson), was born 6 December 1952. He is an English criminal who is often referred to in the British press as the "most violent prisoner in Britain" and "Britain's most notorious prisoner". Charlie is one of the highest-profile criminals in Britain and has been featured in books, interviews, and studies in prison reform and treatment. He was the subject of the 2008 film Bronson starring Tom Hardy, a biopic based loosely around his life. Bronson has written many books about his experiences and famous prisoners he has met throughout his incarceration. A self-declared fitness fanatic who has spent many years in segregation, Bronson dedicated a book to exercising in confined spaces. He has also cultivated a reputation as an outsider artist, with his paintings and illustrations of prison and psychiatric hospital life being publicly exhibited and winning him multiple awards. Charlie has 11 Koestler Trust awards for his art and poetry. Some people say the artwork shows the dark corners of a disturbed mind, but supporters say the scenes reflect the events he has witnessed and lived. It is art that has come straight from his soul. It was in 1994 at HMP Wakefield that prison officer Mick O'Hagan encouraged him to take up art, and his lifelong love of art has been his saviour ever since. Charles, who changed his surname as a mark of respect to one of his favourite artists Salvador Dali, is said to have drawn "the madness he has come in contact with."

Charles Arthur Salvador, 'Charlie' (British, b.1952). Born Michael Gordon Peterson, also known as Charles Bronson. 'Life And Death Are Just Plain Black And White. Don't Try To Paint It - Like a Rainbow' Prison - Madness / Laughing All The Way To The Crematorium'. Self portrait in restraints. Pen and Ink on paper. Dedicated 'All The Best Matt'. Signed Charles Bronson 97'. Paper size A4 (29.5 x 21cm). Provenance: gifted to the vendor by Charles Bronson. Charles Arthur Salvador, 'Charlie', (born Michael Gordon Peterson also known as Charles Bronson), was born 6 December 1952. He is an English criminal who is often referred to in the British press as the "most violent prisoner in Britain" and "Britain's most notorious prisoner". Charlie is one of the highest-profile criminals in Britain and has been featured in books, interviews, and studies in prison reform and treatment. He was the subject of the 2008 film Bronson starring Tom Hardy, a biopic based loosely around his life. Bronson has written many books about his experiences and famous prisoners he has met throughout his incarceration. A self-declared fitness fanatic who has spent many years in segregation, Bronson dedicated a book to exercising in confined spaces. He has also cultivated a reputation as an outsider artist, with his paintings and illustrations of prison and psychiatric hospital life being publicly exhibited and winning him multiple awards. Charlie has 11 Koestler Trust awards for his art and poetry. Some people say the artwork shows the dark corners of a disturbed mind, but supporters say the scenes reflect the events he has witnessed and lived. It is art that has come straight from his soul. It was in 1994 at HMP Wakefield that prison officer Mick O'Hagan encouraged him to take up art, and his lifelong love of art has been his saviour ever since. Charles, who changed his surname as a mark of respect to one of his favourite artists Salvador Dali, is said to have drawn "the madness he has come in contact with."

Charles Arthur Salvador, 'Charlie' (British, b.1952). Born Michael Gordon Peterson, also known as Charles Bronson. 'Fred West Hanging In The Cell...The Soul Is Burning Down In Hell'. Pen and ink on paper. Signed Charles Bronson. Paper size 17.5 x 17.75cm. Provenance: gifted to the vendor by Charles Bronson. Charles Arthur Salvador, 'Charlie', (born Michael Gordon Peterson also known as Charles Bronson), was born 6 December 1952. He is an English criminal who is often referred to in the British press as the "most violent prisoner in Britain" and "Britain's most notorious prisoner". Charlie is one of the highest-profile criminals in Britain and has been featured in books, interviews, and studies in prison reform and treatment. He was the subject of the 2008 film Bronson starring Tom Hardy, a biopic based loosely around his life. Bronson has written many books about his experiences and famous prisoners he has met throughout his incarceration. A self-declared fitness fanatic who has spent many years in segregation, Bronson dedicated a book to exercising in confined spaces. He has also cultivated a reputation as an outsider artist, with his paintings and illustrations of prison and psychiatric hospital life being publicly exhibited and winning him multiple awards. Charlie has 11 Koestler Trust awards for his art and poetry. Some people say the artwork shows the dark corners of a disturbed mind, but supporters say the scenes reflect the events he has witnessed and lived. It is art that has come straight from his soul. It was in 1994 at HMP Wakefield that prison officer Mick O'Hagan encouraged him to take up art, and his lifelong love of art has been his saviour ever since. Charles, who changed his surname as a mark of respect to one of his favourite artists Salvador Dali, is said to have drawn "the madness he has come in contact with."

Charles Arthur Salvador, 'Charlie' (British, b.1952). Born Michael Gordon Peterson, also known as Charles Bronson. 'Special Cell'. Mixed media on paper. Signed Charles Bronson 97'. Paper size A4 (29.5 x 21cm). Provenance: gifted to the vendor by Charles Bronson. Charles Arthur Salvador, 'Charlie', (born Michael Gordon Peterson also known as Charles Bronson), was born 6 December 1952. He is an English criminal who is often referred to in the British press as the "most violent prisoner in Britain" and "Britain's most notorious prisoner". Charlie is one of the highest-profile criminals in Britain and has been featured in books, interviews, and studies in prison reform and treatment. He was the subject of the 2008 film Bronson starring Tom Hardy, a biopic based loosely around his life. Bronson has written many books about his experiences and famous prisoners he has met throughout his incarceration. A self-declared fitness fanatic who has spent many years in segregation, Bronson dedicated a book to exercising in confined spaces. He has also cultivated a reputation as an outsider artist, with his paintings and illustrations of prison and psychiatric hospital life being publicly exhibited and winning him multiple awards. Charlie has 11 Koestler Trust awards for his art and poetry. Some people say the artwork shows the dark corners of a disturbed mind, but supporters say the scenes reflect the events he has witnessed and lived. It is art that has come straight from his soul. It was in 1994 at HMP Wakefield that prison officer Mick O'Hagan encouraged him to take up art, and his lifelong love of art has been his saviour ever since. Charles, who changed his surname as a mark of respect to one of his favourite artists Salvador Dali, is said to have drawn "the madness he has come in contact with."

Charles Arthur Salvador, 'Charlie' (British, b.1952). Born Michael Gordon Peterson, also known as Charles Bronson. 'Prison - Madness / Laughing All The Way To The Crematorium'. Self portrait in restraints. Dedicated 'Hey Matt.. Good Days Ahead. Keep Your Chin Up! Your Old China'. Signed Charles Bronson 97'. Mixed Media on paper. Paper size A4 (29.5 x 21cm). Provenance: gifted to the vendor by Charles Bronson. Charles Arthur Salvador, 'Charlie', (born Michael Gordon Peterson also known as Charles Bronson), was born 6 December 1952. He is an English criminal who is often referred to in the British press as the "most violent prisoner in Britain" and "Britain's most notorious prisoner". Charlie is one of the highest-profile criminals in Britain and has been featured in books, interviews, and studies in prison reform and treatment. He was the subject of the 2008 film Bronson starring Tom Hardy, a biopic based loosely around his life. Bronson has written many books about his experiences and famous prisoners he has met throughout his incarceration. A self-declared fitness fanatic who has spent many years in segregation, Bronson dedicated a book to exercising in confined spaces. He has also cultivated a reputation as an outsider artist, with his paintings and illustrations of prison and psychiatric hospital life being publicly exhibited and winning him multiple awards. Charlie has 11 Koestler Trust awards for his art and poetry. Some people say the artwork shows the dark corners of a disturbed mind, but supporters say the scenes reflect the events he has witnessed and lived. It is art that has come straight from his soul. It was in 1994 at HMP Wakefield that prison officer Mick O'Hagan encouraged him to take up art, and his lifelong love of art has been his saviour ever since. Charles, who changed his surname as a mark of respect to one of his favourite artists Salvador Dali, is said to have drawn "the madness he has come in contact with."