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English School (20th century), Study of a bearded figure in classical drapery, supported by a cloud of cherubim and holding aloft his right hand in a gesture of triumph, signed indistinctly upon the mount, lower right, bears aquisition stamp 'PM' within an oval cartouche lower right, pen and ink, 25 x 16.5 cm This modern pen and ink sketch was intended to look earlier than its date, for the purposes of experimenting with washes and paper aging processes.

I. R. Reynolds, Playing with a monkey, aquatint, s. 44 x 55 cm, P. Gauguin after W. R. Bing, A shipwrecked sailor boy telling his story at a cottage door, mezzotint, s. 49.5 x 57 cm, in a maple frame, and a sketch of a huntsman astride his hunter, pencil, coloured chalks and watercolour

Tate (Harry) and Wal Pink. Fishing, 19pp., [1p.], 'French's Acting Edition', No.1393, 1p. advertisements at end, foxing, original printed wrappers with portrait ?of author mounted on upper cover, light soiling, portrait a little chipped, 8vo, n.d., [?c.1922]. *** Scarce. "Harry Tate's Famous Sketch" - a comedy in one act.

[Thornton (Col. Thomas).] Brander (Michael) Soho for the Colonel, On the Trail of Colonel Thornton, 215pp., plates, original boards, dust-jacket, extremities a little chipped, light dust-soiling to lower cover, 8vo, Letchworth, Douglas Saunders in association with Macgibbon & Kee, 1961. *** A modern retracing of the 1804 edition of Thornton's "A Sporting Tour Through the Northern Parts of England, and ... Scotland ... ". Includes a sketch of Thornton's life and a bibliography.

Younger (John) River Angling for Salmon and Trout ... with a Memoir of the Author, xliv, 206pp., [14pp.], second edition, light browning, 14pp. advertisements at end, bookplate of J.A. Harvie-Brown, hinges weak, original cloth, later paper label to spine, slightly rubbed, spine a little faded, [Westwood & Satchell p.244], 12mo, Kelso, J. & J.H. Rutherfurd, 1860. *** Posthumously published, an expanded second edition of "On River Angling for Salmon and Trout" first published in 1840. Includes a lengthy 'Sketch of the Author's Life', and 'Animadversions' - Younger here defends his flies and fly patterns from changes made by Stoddart. It also describes how Younger first developed flies described with other names by Scrope in his book.

William Powell Frith R.A. 'WRESTLERS' pencil Sketch (from album), 14 x 5 cm, and two further anonymous pen and watercolour sketches

Marie Laurencin Watercolour and Pencil Sketch "Jeune Femme" signed in gilt frame, 17cm x 12cm

Charles Edmund Brock 'THE PARIS SKETCH BOOK' - the frontispiece for Thackeray's 1902 publication. Signed and dated 1902, pen and ink, {21cm by 22cm}; and Six Other Illustrations for the Book, mounted in three frames, all signed, inscribed and dated 1902, various sizes. (7).

Phillip Wilson Steer (1860-1942) "Ironbridge" watercolour sketch, signed indistinctly, 9.5 x 13.5"

Sir George Hayter (1792-1871) "Portrait of Charles Shaw Lefevre, Viscount Eversley" half length, oil on board, signed and inscribed 'Sketch 1836', 13 x 11".

---. YOSY (A.) SWITZERLAND, 2 vol. in 1, half-title to vol.1 only, 50 hand-coloured aquatint plates of costumes, minor occasional soiling, contemporary blind and gilt-stamped calf, rebacked preserving original spine, rubbed, FORE-EDGE PAINTING OF A SWISS LAKE AND MOUNTAIN VIEW, 8vo , 1815. *** The fore-edge painting is signed by the artist John T.?Beer. There is also a watercolour sketch on the rear free endpaper of ?the same lake, Lake Uri with the artist's initials J.T.B.

Far East.- Asiatic Society Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, vol. 1-2, 4-5, 8, 6 hand-coloured plates and 5 albumen prints to vol.VIII, 12 folding plates on tissue of scenes of a mining town, sketch maps, plates, later half calf, rubbed at extremities, 8vo, Yokohama, 1874-80.

---. Wallace (Harold Frank) A Stuart Sketch Book 1542-1746, colour plates and black and white illustrations by the author and Lionel Edwards, original cloth, gilt, t.e.g., [c.1933] ~ Simpson ( Rev. Robert) Traditions of the Covenanters, new edition, plates, A.L.s. from Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch concerning Scottish ballads loosely inserted, foxed, original pictorial cloth, rubbed and faded, Edinburgh, n.d., 4to & 8vo (2).

SCOTT (Sir WALTER) THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL, 1811; and another copy, 1816, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, gilt spine; Halidon Hill; a Dramatic Sketch from Scottish History, half title chipped, original boards, tanned, Philadelphia, 1822; The Lady of the Lake, 11 mounted albumen prints, slight foxing, contemporary green panelled morocco, gilt, Edinburgh, 1869 ~ Pindar (Peter) The Works, 3 vol., contemporary half calf with later marbled paper laid-on, Paris, [n.d.] ~ Cowper (William) Poems, 2 vol., new edition, contemporary morocco, gilt spine, for J.Johnson, 1806; and 16 others, Literature, Fine Bindings, 12mo & 8vo (25).

Women's Exhibition, Earls Court, 1900, gilt bronze medal, For Merit (Miss L. Watson …. Mona Band); Lincoln Art & Industrial Exhibition, 1910, bronze medal (T. E. Harrison for a sketch); Board of Education medals (2), Victoria, old head (Mabel Stowe, 1901), Edward VII (Elizabeth C. Roberts, Group in Oil Colours, 1910); Handel Concerts, bronze medals (2), 50mm and 42mm; and 1926 LNER General Strike medal, generally very fine -7

David Bates (1841-1921) - Oil sketch - "View - Stream near Bromsgrove" - River landscape with girl crossing stepping stones and trees to background, board 8ins x 6ins, signed in full, in later gilt moulded frame

ARTHUR ANDERSON FRASER, INITIALLED, WATERCOLOUR, Fenland river view (sketch), 5" x 7"

ARTHUR E DAVIES, RBA, RCA, PEN SKETCH, Sketch inscribed '6.30pm Lambeth Bridge, September 13, 1956', 5" x 7"

HORACE BRODSKY, Seated Male Nude, unsigned, pen sketch, 12 1/2" x 10 1/2" stained frame, and a similar item (2).

HORACE BRODSKY, Reclining Male Nude, signed, pencil sketch and dated 1911, 6" x 11 3/4" stained frame, and Striding Male Nude, unsigned, pen and wash, 6 1/4" x 4 1/2" stained frame (2).

AMBROSE MCEVOY, Head of a Woman, signed, pencil sketch, 12 1/4" x 9" stained frame, and Two Figures, signed, pen and wash, 9" x 7 3/4" stained frame (2).

PHILIP NAVIASKY, Male Nude Study, signed pencil sketch, 15" x 10 1/4" unframed, and four other unframed sketches (5).

Frank Henry Mason (1876-1965): Whitby Abbey, pencil sketch, 11cm x 18cm (4.5" x 7").

Ackermann (Rudolph, publisher) Historical Sketch of Moscow, first edition, 12 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, all leaves and plates guarded at inner margin, modern calf-backed marbled boards, [Abbey, Travel 224; Tooley 262], 4to, R.Ackermann, 1813.

Wilson (Sir Robert) Brief Remarks on the Character and Composition of the Russian Army, and a sketch of the campaigns in Poland in the years 1806 and 1807, first edition, half-title, 7 folding engraved plans and large folding engraved map, all partly hand-coloured, engraved bookplate of General Robert Taylor and modern bookplate of Roger Pethybridge, contemporary half russia, rubbed, joints split, label scratched, 4to, 1810.

John Falconer Slater (1857 - 1937) - The Farm Pond, with cockerel and hens taking a drink, signed, oil sketch, board, 5.5in x 8in

John Falconer Slater (1857 - 1937) - Farmyard Friends, signed, oil sketch, board, 8.75in x 10.75in

John Falconer Slater (1857 - 1937) - On The Moors, heavy horses and log cart, signed, oil sketch, board, 9.5in x 13.5in

John Falconer Slater (1857 - 1937) - Farmyard Friends, signed, oil sketch, board, 9.25in x 7.75in

A 19th Century miniature half-length portrait of a young lady in a black dress, 3 1/2" x 2 3/4"; also a small pencil sketch of Sir Walter Scott (2).

A.B. JUNIOR A Greek landscape with figures in the foreground, signed with initials, 8 1/4" x 12"; also an unframed pencil sketch of a lady (2).

JAMES BAYNE A beached fishing boat, signed, 10 1/4" x 6 3/4"; and a small pencil sketch of an urchin (2).

J.H A study of a young peasant boy, signed with initials, pencil sketch, 9 1/2" x 7 1/2".

Queen ((The)) The Lady's Newspaper, vol.53, 55, 57-59, 66, 69, 73-74, engraved plates, some hand-coloured, illustrations, g.e., original embossed cloth, gilt, some covers slightly warped, extremities worn, 1873-83 ~ Tatler (The). Vol. I-IV, illustrations, original cloth, soiled, titles and cover vignette blocked in gilt, 1901-2 ~ Sketch (The). Vol.1-8, 19-21, plates, some coloured, illustrations, original cloth, soiled, worn at extremities, 1893-98; and a quantity of Periodicals, including late 30's and early 40's Vogue (Beaton, Horst), folio (qty).

Humboldt (Alexander von) Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, 5 vol., engraved frontispiece, slight foxing, original embossed cloth, soiled, corners bruised, spines faded, rear edge of spine of vol.I torn, 8vo, 1849.

A 19th century pencil sketch by Emilly Willis depicting an early view of a cricket scene at Kennington Oval, framed. 21 x 11cm

A 19th century pencil sketch with a view of Cambridge, Chesterton and Granchester, framed. 14 x 15cm

Giorgio Angiolini. 11in. x 15.25in. (28 x 39cm). A Florentine palazzo - pencil. Signed and inscribed; together with. Various artists. A watercolour sketch book, a miniature study of a river bridge, engraved book plates and prints. All unframed. (qty)

Wilson Hepple. Various sizes. Brainshaugh Chapel on the Coquet; and three Coquet Valley landscapes. One inscribed "My first sketch in open August 1912", unframed. (4)

Attributed to James Duffield Harding, watercolour, Sketch of Dutch harvesters and a cart, Agnews label verso, 5ins x 8ins

John Eyre (d.1927), watercolour sketch, Chelsea pensioners in a library, signed, 11ins. x 8.5ins.

Dame Laura Knight (1877-1970) pen and ink, sketch of a clown, signed, 8ins. x 6ins.

Crawhall (Joseph) Border Notes and Mixty-Maxty, the author's copy marked up for the printers, inscribed "Proof copy - for trials", with 1 original watercolour illustration inscribed "first rough sketch", 143pp., one of 50 copies of which 40 were for sale, lithographed throughout with several full-page illustrations by Joseph Crawhall II and III in facsimile of the original manuscript, some hand-coloured for the publisher, numerous hand-coloured woodcut illustrations in the text, occasional manuscript notes by the author including 4 verses on front and rear endpapers, 2 bookplates of Joseph Crawhall, original watercolour and several pp. of unique material tipped in, contemporary blue calf, rubbed, covers detached, t.e.g., 8vo, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1880. *** Unique copy of an extremely scarce work with some unpublished material. This marks the first appearance of Joseph Crawhall III drawings in a book. Dedicated to his friend, Charles Keene, the famous Punch illustrator.

Bewick (Thomas) Thomas Bewick and the Fables of Aesop, 61pp., one of 518 copies, half-title, portrait frontispiece, biographical sketch by John W. Borden, history of the fables by Janet S. Krueger, illustrations by Bewick throughout, original leaf from the first edition of 1818 tipped in, original boards, dust-jacket, San Francisco, Book Club of California, 1983. *** The most collectable copy for the collector of angling books, this incorporates a leaf from the original 1818 Bewick edition, of the fable "The Angler and the Little Fish". Other copies of this book had different fables inserted. Bewick himself was no coarse fisherman for his fable begins "An angler caught a small trout ... ". The same fable in the classic 1722 edition of Aesop by Samuel Croxall begins with "A man was angling in a river and caught a small perch ... ".

Two Old Master Portrait Prints mounted on panels, modern, 12" x 8", and A Print - sketch of a wellknown Tory Colonel. (3)

AUGUSTUS JOHN THREE PENCIL SKETCHES OF A FEMALE NUDE housed in a single frame, verso, a cut piece of paper from the original sketch reads 'Slade School, Augustus John', inscribed in pencil, largest 13" x 6 1/2" (33 x 16.5cm)

Gilbert Spencer, (1892-1979), Sketch for 'Scene from a window', oil on panel, signed and inscribed verso 'Painted at Box, Minchinhampton, John Duguid's house', 39.5 x 31cm.

Campbell A** Mellon, (1876-1955), 'Sketch - St. Olaves'; Cattle grazing beside a Suffolk river, a windmill beyond, inscribed verso, 'Sketch - St. Olaves; June 1939, C. A. Mellon', oil on panel, 29 x 36.5 cm.

ITALIAN SCHOOL, a pencil sketch of a girl with upraised eyes, 9"x8", in gilt frame and a pen and ink series of sketches of botanical subjects in gilt frame, 7"x9".(2)

20TH CENTURY ENGLISH SCHOOL, figures on a beach, watercolour sketch, indistinctly signed and dated 1922, 4 1/4"x7".

19TH CENTURY ENGLISH SCHOOL, A seascape with figures and boats, a watercolour of river landscape and a pencil sketch of a barn. (3)

HERCULES BRABAZON BRABAZON (1821-1906), A watercolour sketch of a coastal scene with clouds, signed with initials, 5"x7 1/2", in gilt frame.

HERCULES BRABAZON BRABAZON (1821-1906), Coastal scene with mountains, watercolour sketch, signed with initials, 8 1/2"x11".

AFTER RAPHAEL, oval Mother and Child, oil on canvas, 8"x6", framed, and a pencil sketch of a girl, mounted and framed. (2)

THACKERAY W.M. 'The Irish Sketch-Book' Chapman & Hall. London 1861. 8vo engr. Frontis. some spotting, hinges weak, bds. soiled. loss to spine. Tog. with HALL. MRS. S.C. 'Popular Tales of Irish Life and Character', Glasgow/London nd. revised edn. b&w illus. plus SQUIRE, Charles 'Celtic Myth and Legend', the Gresham Publishing Co. ND. cold & Monochrome plts. plus 3 others. (6)

EARLY 20TH CENTURY SCHOOL, Sketch of coastal town (probably South of France) Oil on Board 22 x 27cm.

The 'Illustrated War News' published by The Illustrated London News and Sketch Ltd. 14 volumes, (6 from the new series)

Frank Henry Mason (1876-1965): 'Norwegian Traders in old Scarborough Harbour', on canvas, signed and dated '49, at the reverse painted with self portrait sketch of the artist, 50cm x 60cm (19.5" x 23.5")

* Caffyn (early 20th century): Interior of a fisherman's cottage, sketch on paper laid on board, signed, 39cm x 63cm (15." x 25")

A COLLECTION OF THREE COLOURED PRINTS IN A COMMON MOUNT, all featuring "Bonzo" for "The Sketch"magazine, one golfing example captioned "Lost Ball", the two others featuring Lawn Tennis and Swimming, 75x35cm, and two metal shafted golfing woods. (3)