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Post (George E.) Flora of Syria, Palestine and Sinai, 2 vol., illustrations, original cloth, spine gilt, faded, Beirut, American Press, 1932 § Goodspeed (T. Harper) Plant Hunters in the Andes, plates from photographs, original cloth, gilt, cocked, [c.1940] § Pratt (Anne) Ferns of Great Britain and Their Allies the Club-Mosses, Pepperworts, and Horsetails, coloured plates, illustrations, inner hinges cracked, original decorated cloth, rubbed, extremities frayed, head of spine torn, [c.1860] § Sanders (St. Albans Ltd.) Sanders' Orchid Guide, revised edition, frontispiece portrait, original cloth, gilt, spine ends frayed, St. Albans, 1927; and a quantity of others, Botanical, v.s. (qty).

Dickson (W.K.L. and Antonia) The Life & Inventions of Thomas Alva Edison, 200 illustrations by W.K.L.Dickson and others, 1894 § Bateson (W.) Mendel's Principles of Heredity, portrait, 6 colour plates, text illustrations, Cambridge University Press, 1913 § Fabre (J.H.) Social Life in the Insect World, 14 plates, 1913 § Parkinson (John) The Dinosaur in East Africa, 12 plates, 8 text figures and maps, 1930 § Clarke (George Aubourne) Clouds, 44 plates, 4 in colour, 17 text figures, spine faded, 1920, bookplate, original cloth; and 29 others, Science and Natural History, 8vo (34).

A PORCELAIN PLAQUE painted with a bust portrait of a young woman, the Maid of Orleanse, 7 1/2in. (19cm.) x 5 3/4in.(14.5cm.)

A PAIR OF CAMEOS The Shells carved with a portrait of a bearded man with an eagle after the antique and the companion portrait of a lady, with wreath of vines, oval, 2.25 x 1.75in.(5.5 x 4.5cm.). Now in black frames

MINIATURE. Portrait of a gentleman, wearing masonic regalia, head and shoulders, on ivory, oval, late 19th Century, 2.5 x 2in.(6.5 x 5cm.), and three various watercolour portraits, 19th Century (4)

SILHOUETTE. The Duke of York, head and shoulders, heightened with gilt, oval, by Watkins, 3 x 2.75in.(8 x 6cm.), and a portrait of a lady by Adolphe of Brighton, June 1839, and two other silhouette portraits (4)

GERMAN SCHOOL, EARLY 19TH CENTURY Miniature portrait of a young gentleman, wearing a black jacket, head and shoulders, on ivory, oval, 3 x 2.5in. (8 x 6.5cm.), indistinctly signed ++Good condition, case detached.

AFTER BERNARD LENS Miniature portrait of a friar and a young woman, on ivory, 2.25 x 3in. (6 x 8cm.), in tortoiseshell frame, another miniature portrait and a Victorian photograph frame (3)

A HORN TOBACCO BOX The pressed cover with a portrait possibly of Charles II, a tortoiseshell and silver snuff box, the cover with a kitchen interior, 18th Century, an egg shape box and two others (5) ++Some damage

THREE BROOCHES A two colour gold hunting horn brooch, a gold RAF wings brooch, and a horse's head portrait brooch in silver

A WHITE MARBLE PORTRAIT HEAD OF A YOUNG WOMAN her hair piled up, 12 1/2in. (32cm.) high

JOHN BOWLES (PUBLISHER) THE ROYAL PALACE OF WINDSOR Etching, with hand colouring, trimmed and with part of title affixed to backboard 21.5 x 38.5cm.; with a coloured aquatint of 'Interno della Metropolitana di Sienna' by Eckerlin after Gilio, 44.5 x 33cm., margins dampstained; and a colour stipple portrait of Napoleon by Bartolozzi after Appiani, 33 x 28.5cm., fair. (3)

H** JOUVRY (?) (Fl. circa 1798-1799) PORTRAIT OF SIR JOHN STANLEY (b.1735); and of LADY STANLEY (nee OWEN) WITH HER SON JOHN THOMAS, AND DAUGHTER ISABELLE Two, he standing with a dog by a tree, she standing on steps with her children, the former signed with initials and dated 1799, the latter indistinctly signed and dated 1798, each pencil, the former with some crayon and wash, 30 by 26cm.; and 30.5 x 23.5cm. (2) ++ Each needs a clean. With much provincial charm.

TRISTRAM HILLIER (1905-1983) PORTRAIT OF VIOLET WYNDHAM Bust length study, signed, dedicated and dated 'december 1933', pencil 24.5 x 23cm. ++ Slight light staining.

PERCY WYNDHAM LEWIS (1882-1957) PORTRAIT OF FANNY WADSWORTH, EDWARD'S WIFE Signed and dated 1922, pencil 32.5 x 27.5cm. ++ Some slight, pale foxing and faint surface handling marks

AFTER TITIAN (c.1488-1576), 19th CENTURY PORTRAIT OF A KNIGHT OF MALTA Oil on canvas 39.5 x 29cm. ++ Relined and restretched. Retouching. Needs a clean. * After the original in The Uffizi, c.1515

Three South Pole exploration cards featuring Captain Scott: an "In Memoriam" card and two copies of the ship "Terra Nova" with inset portrait, all real photographic by Rotary

Italian School (late 18th/early 19th century), Statue of an equestrian portrait of an Emperor within an extensive landscape, pen, ink and sanguine, oval, 39 x 27.5 cm

Geoffrey Williams (early 20th century), Susan of Sivoke; a portrait of a great dane, Verinda of Send; a portrait of a great dane, gouache on unprepared panel, the first signed lower left and inscribed with title lower centre, the second signed and dated 1933 lower right and inscribed with title lower centre, each 26 x 30 cm

Ben Ploeme (late 19th/early 20th century), Portrait of a young girl wearing a white dress, pastel on canvas, signed and dated 1910 lower right, oval 43 x 54 cm

English School (19th century), Portrait of a young girl, full length, seated on a rock at the seashore, oil on canvas, inscribed verso I. R. Vernon, 37.5 x 31 cm in a 19th century gilded plaster composition frame designed with scrolling acanthus

Alessandro Ossani (d. 1888), Portrait of Walter Gough Calthorpe, seated, half length, wearing a jacket with red edging and a lace collar; Portrait of Constance Gough Calthorpe, seated, half length, wearing a white dress with a pink sash, each oil on canvas, the first signed and dated 1877 left edge and inscribed verso with sitter, dated 1877, and aetatis. sue IV, each 54 x 44 cm each within a 19th century gilded plaster composition frame with beaded and reeded borders

W** Fryer (early 19th century), Matilda Eastburn: portrait of a young girl wearing a cloth bonnet, oil on panel, bears indistinct inscription 'Cottage Girl' and artist verso, in a 19th century hand, 17.5 x 14.5 cm W** Fryer (early 19th century), Portrait of Demosthenes, oil on panel, bears title and artist verso in a 19th century hand, 18 x 14 cm

English School (mid/late 17th century), Portrait of a gentleman wearing a lace cravat and exaggerated sleeves, a sword at this side, oil on sunstretched canvas, 123.5 x 101 cm unframed

Dutch School (17th century), Portrait of a gentleman holding a flowerhead, oil on canvas, 73 x 60.5 cm

English School, (18th century), Allegorical portrait of a lady in deshabille, possibly as Cleopatra, holding a bunch of flowers in her left arm, and grasping a serpent in her left hand, within an extensive landscape, oil on canvas, 125 x 101.5 cm in a composite plaster frame applied with repeating leaf and berry motifs. In the present condition, it is difficult to tell if the snake is entwined around the sitter's arm; if this is the case, the allusion is to Eurydice, the wife of Orpheus, who fleeing from an unwanted suitor, trod on a sanke, and died from its bite (Ovid, Metamorphsis, 10: 1-10). However, it seems more likely that the allusion is to Cleopatra, who is often depicted holding a snake to her breast.

English School (mid 19th century), Portrait of a lady wearing a green dress with a pink stole; Portrait of a gentleman wearing a Superior Officer's uniform, each oil on unstretched canvas, each 123 x 99 cm each unframed

English School (c.1580-1600), Portrait of a gentleman wearing a ruff and holding a leather glove, aged 62, accompanied by a young boy, aged 7, oil on panel, 67.5 x 52 cm, unframed, with a walnut case.

John Theodore Heins (1697-1756), Portrait of a lady seated, half length, wearing a green velvet dress with a brooch at her breast and a jewel at her cuff, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1731 lower left, 75.5 x 63.5 cm

After Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788), Portrait of Mrs Richard Brinsley Sheridan, half-length, wearing a white dress with a blue sash and ribbon, oil on canvas, 76 x 64.5 cm, bears paper label verso for Knightsbridge Galleries, 31a Brompton Road, London S.W., and numbered 2472-31-720.

English School (19th century), Portrait of a gentleman, bust length, wearing an officer's uniform, believed to be Sir Michael le Sileming (?), Baronet, oil on panel, bears inscription concerning sitter in a 19th century hand verso, 17.5 x 13.5 cm in a 19th century plaster and gilded frame

John Ewart Robertson (1820-1879), Portrait of Mrs Laurence *** standing three-quarter length, wearing a grey silk dress and holding a rose, within an extensive landscape, oil on canvas, 139.5 x 107.5 cm. Paper label fragment verso, with quote from a commentary to an exhibition in which it featured, reads; ..though very severe in sentiment, is one of the best painted lady portraits in the exhibition. There is only one by Mr. Watts, superior not only to this, but to many others in the exhibition, but, after that, we are inclined to give this work the next position.

David Martin (1737-1797), Portrait of Robert Ramsay of Camno (1722-1806), half length, wearing a black top hat and carrying a walking stick, a harbour and shipping beyond, oil on canvas, signed lower left, 76.5 x 63.5 cm, bears handwritten paper label verso, relating to sitter's life and physical characteristics.

Manner of Francis Cotes (1726-1770), Portrait of a lady, half length, wearing a pink dress and a black lace shawl, within a painted oval, oil on canvas, 76 x 63.5 cm.

Robert Baker (1909-1992), Portrait of Eve, the artist's wife, wearing a red apron over her dress, oil on board, 51.5 x 34 cm unframed

James Mc Ardell after Sir Joshua Reynolds, Portrait of Miss Greville and her brother as Hebe and Cupid, mezzotint, s. 50 x 35 cm published 1762.

Otto Gobler (19th century), Study within a barn, with a sheep laughing at an abandoned sheep portrait, chromolithograph, signed and dated 1890 within the plate lower left, s. 41.5 x 59 cm

F** Longstaft (early 20th century), Portrait of a young child, watercolour, signed and dated 1906 lower left, 36 x 24.5cm

Italian School (19th century), Portrait of an old woman wearing a yellow scarf in her hair; Portrait of an old man with a pipe, each watercolour, each 32 x 22.5cm both unframed

Sylvain de Vigny (1902-1970), Portrait of a young girl, oil on card, signed upper right, 64.5 x 59.5cm, bears details verso on paper headed Hollywood Road Gallery, London SW10, unframed

Boswell, James (1740-95), The Life of Samuel Johnson, London, Henry G Bohn, 1835-1851, 8vo, (mixed edition?), ten volumes, one engraved portrait frontispiece, nine other frontispieces, ten additional engraved titles, eleven folding facsimile manuscript leaf, three of which small illustrations on the bottom, fifteen plates of which two are folding, occasional spotting, contemporary half green morocco, spine in gilt compartments, five raised bands, cover very lightly rubbed in places, contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper

A 19th century alabaster portrait bust of an elderly gentleman, his head turned slightly aside, wearing official robes, on canted square socle, 68cm high

Frans Pourbus the Younger (1569-1622) Portrait of a Young Man in armour with a white ruff and a red sash Oil on copper, a miniature Painted in 1580, 11cm diameter In an octagonal frame.

Jacob Gerritsz. Cuyp (1594-1651) Portrait of a Young Girl, wearing a coral necklace and holding a pretzel, a Spaniel puppy beside her Oil on canvas 104 x 76cm

Jan de Bray (circa 1626-1697) Portrait of a Girl in a brown velvet dress. Oil on canvas, 36 x 28cm,

François Joseph Heim (1787-1865). Portrait of a Young Man standing, holding a hat and cane, Signed and dated 1817, Oil on canvas, 28 x 19cm.

Charles Jervas (1675-1739) Portrait of Sir Robert Walpole (1676-1745), as Chancellor of the Exchequer, in a black velvet coat, wearing the Star and Riband of the Order of the Garter, with his hand resting on a table, on which sits the embroidered silk cover of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Seal. Painted circa 1725. Oil on canvas, 125 x 100cm,

Lotte Laserstein (1898-1990) The Young Swedish Couple. A portrait of Rolf and Gun Bolin, Signed upper left. Oil on canvas, 83 x 116cm.

English School (early 19th century) Portrait of Edward Trelawny (1792-1881), Oil on card, a miniature, Painted circa 1819. Bears Inventory No. 117 on the reverse, 9 x 8 cm. In a gilt and red velvet cased frame, together with a photocopy of a portrait by W E West of Edward Trelawny, 1829.

William Utermohlen (born 1933) Self Portrait, 1967, Mixed media on paper, 53 x 40.5cm.

G Nomonsky (Russian School, 19th century) Portrait of Nikolay Vasilyevich Gogol (1809-1852), Signed, Black chalk, 35 x 30cm.

Attributed to Stephen Slaughter (1697-1765) Portrait of the Most Reverend Dr John Connolly holding a manuscript "Flego and Marsh, Grafton Square". Oil on canvas, 48 x 99cm.

Irish School (18th century) Portrait of a Lady in a blue dress. Oil on canvas, 74 x 62cm.

Irish School (18th century) Portrait of Miss Elizabeth Crowley, Oil on canvas, 73 x 62cm.

Circle of George Knapton, Portrait of a Gentleman in a Wig, holding a book entitled "Sydenham". Oil on canvas, 74 x 62cm.

George Rochford (18th century) Portrait of a Nobleman wearing the Parliamentary robes and holding the coronet of an Earl. Oil on canvas, 125 x 100cm.

Irish School (18th century) Portrait of William French of French Park (1764-1820), who died in India. Oil on canvas, 89 x 70cm.

Attributed to Michael Dahl (1659-1743) Portrait of a Lady in a blue dress holding a garland of flowers. Oil on canvas, Painted circa 1700-1710, 125 x 99cm.

Irish School (19th century) Portrait of Major Walker. Oil on canvas, 75 x 62cm.

Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828) Portrait of a man in a red jacket. Oil on canvas, 74 x 62cm.