Collector's Sale

AN EDWARDIAN OAK SMOKERS CABINET, carved twin panelled doors, fitted interior, width 28cm 30-40

A TURNED WOODEN TIPSTAVE, length 38cm

A CARVED OAK DESK BLOTTER, late 19th Century, Morocco lined, 35cm x 26cm (closed) and a hardwood tray (2) 30-40

A WALNUT WRITING SLOPE, Victorian, brass bound, fitted interior, width 40cm 30-40

A WALNUT WRITING SLOPE, Victorian, brass escutcheon, fitted interior, width 30cm 20-30

A MAHOGANY AND BRASS BOUND WRITING SLOPE, 19th Century, frieze drawer, baize lined fitted interior, width 40cm 30-50

A MAHOGANY CASED STAUNTON CHESS SET, late 19th/early 20th Century, thirty two playing pieces, Jaques and Son label to lined case 50-80

A BLACK FOREST STYLE DESK CALENDAR, carved bear and cub below a fir tree with cardboard insert dated 1937, height 28cm 50-60

A BUSH CREAM BAKELITE WIRELESS, Type D.A.C 90, cloth grille 30-40

VARNEY'S ELECTRIC LIFE INVIGORATOR, early 20th Century, mahogany case, Directions label to lid, drawer to freize, width 18cm 30-40

A CASED VIOLIN AND TWO BOWS, early 20th Century, two piece back, 'Stradivarius' facsimilie label and penci signature 'Lowendall' int...

A CASED SERIES OF EIGHT TURNED WOODEN LAWN BOWLS, and two ceramic 30-40

A CUCKOO CLOCK, 20th Century, (pendulum and two pine cone weights) 30-40

A 'CARR & CO BISCUIT' ADVERTISING SIGN, early 20th Century, length 78cm, with an 'OXO' barometer (2) 20-30

A COPPER SHOT FLASK, 19th Century, shell pattern, length 16cm 20-30

A CHILD'S SAMPLER, c.1840, worked by Anne Holdbeach, subjects include symbolic motifs, birds, beasts, flowers, within a dog tooth border, period...

AN EDWARDIAN OAK BAROMETER, elaborate carved case, thermometer over a weather gauge and timepiece, height 50cm 40-60

A MAELZEL METRONOME, height 24cm 20-30

A VICTORIAN WALNUT BOX, (for flatware), chamfered corners, boxwood and ebony inlay, width 28cm 20-30

AN EDWARDIAN DUPLEX PARAFFIN LAMP, amber opaline reservoir, fluted brass column, black glazed ceramic plinth, height 70cm 50-80

A HARDYS CANE FISHING ROD, in cloth case and a cased Hardy Bros L R K Lightweight reel (2) 30-40

A PRINCESS MARY WWI GIFT BOX, 1914, containing original tobacco contents and a matchbox cover (2) 20-30

A SLATE MANTEL CLOCK, late 19th Century, architectural case inset marble and gilt incised, 15cm Roman dial, height 48cm, (no key or pendulum) 50-80

A SLATE MANTEL CLOCK, late 19th Century, architectural case, 10cm Arabic dial, coil strike, height 31cm, (no key or pendulum) 30-40

A SLATE MANTEL CLOCK, late 19th entury, architectural case, inset verte marble and columns, 10cm Arabic dial, coil strike, height 37cm, (no key or pen

A SLATE MANTEL CLOCK, late 19th Century, architectural case, 10cm Roman dial, coil strike, height 33cm, (pendulum only, no key) 30-40

A COLLECTION OF ANTIQUITIES, Egyptian ushabti figures, faience, scarabs, glass fragments etc, (in a pine writing box) 30-50

A BRASS POCKET TINDER BOX, dated '1797' and an erotic clay pipe bowl (2) 20-30

A MAHOGANY COLLECTORS' BOX, mid 19th Century, containing three trays of mineral specimens, (some labelled in manuscript) Bluejohn, agate, malach...

A GEORGE BAXTER PRINT, 'Copper Your Honour', in a period birds eye maple frame, 15cm x 10cm 30-40

BLACK AND WHITE MAGAZINE', July- December 1899, July-December 1902, Boer War, Dreyfus Case, submarines, torpedoes, two volumes, folio (2) 50-60

MAGGIBBON AND ROSS, 'Ecclesiastical Architecture of Scotland', 1896, three volumes quarto cloth (3) 20-30

ANDERSON, J, 'Scotland in Pagan Times' and 'Scotland in Early Christian Times', 1886 and 1881, octavo cloth (2) 20-30

BUDGE, E.A.W, 'The Book of the Dead Papyrus of Ani', two volumes quarto, the Medici Society 1913, original d.w, and 'The Book of Secret ...

GREEN, J.R, 'A Short History of the English People', 1894, quarto cloth (4) 20-30

A SERIES OF FIVE HARRAP MYTHS AND LEGENDS, 'Celtic Race', 'Greece and Rome', 'Middle Ages' etc (5) 20-30

PROCTER, R.W, 'Memorials of Manchester Streets', 1874, octavo cloth (s.d.)

'THE GRAPHIC MAGAZINE', 1894, July- December, (binding weak) 30-40

'THE STRAND MAGAZINE', a series of 1890's issues, 1893 - July-December, 1895 complete (2), 1896 - January-June, 1897 complete (2), 1898 ...

COOKE, G.E, '....System of Geography', c.1795, thick quarto old calf, volume two only, (numerous folding maps and a series of plates costume...

GREEN, GRAHAM, 'Our Man in Havana', 1958, original d.w, and another, (reprint) (2) 20-30

GORDON, R, 'Doctor at large', 'Doctor at Sea' (first ed) and 'The Captains Table', all original d.w (3) 20-30

CRUCHLEY, G.F, 'Map of London' (and suburbs), c.1850, showing railways and stations, hand coloured in cloth slip case

PENZER, N.M, 'Nala and Damayanti', 1926, quarto half vellum, (limited to 1,000 copies, this being 85), illustrated by P. Zenker 20-30

DENT, R, 'Old and New Birmingham', 1880, quarto binding weak

OAKESHOTT, GEORGE, 'Detail and Ornament of the Italian Renaissance', 1885, Folio, Batsford 20-30

A ROYAL LETTERS PATENT, 24 April 1865 to Joseph Vaughan of Birmingham, Manufacturer, for improvements in steam hammers and atmospheric presses, engros

DENT, R, 'Old and New Birmingham', 1880, quarto, weak binding, 'The Story of Birmingham's Growth', 1911 and a blank 'Dainty ...

'THE VILLAGE SCHOOL', 1828, '.... Entertaining Histories .....For Good Children', pamphlet 20-30

AN ITALIAN COSTUME BOOK, c.1820, for instruction of habits of the papal court, folding plates, hand coloured in slip case 30-50

A SERIES OF MINUSCULE ALMANAC PLATES, 1789-90, and 'Le Petit Naturaliste' (2) 20-30

FIELDING, SARAH, 'The Governess of the Little Female Academy', c.1770, and 'Trusler's Chronology', 1778 (2) 20-30

WYLD, JAMES, Map of Sussex, c.1860 20-30

'MEMOIRS OF A PEG TOP', c.1770, (woodblock illustrations in the text, the boards covered in contemporary wallpaper) 80-100

'THE UNIVERSAL MAGAZINE', 1747, octavo, calf spine, marbled boards, (engraved frontispiece and twenty in text Newcomen Engine, Glass making,...

ROYAL JUBILEE 1897, 'Programme of Royal Procession', (black and white military plates and two tickets to Gwydyr House, 22nd June 1897) (3)

A SERIES OF SIX JUVENILE PUBLICATIONS, late 19th Century, chromo illustrated 'Miss Mischief', 'Home Words', 'The Giant Show'...

A VICTORIAN COLOURED MAP, England and Wales, Swiss map, 'Africa', 'London', motorist map, album cigarette cards, 'Motor Cars'...

MEEKE, MRS, 'Mamma's Gift', c.1825, (32 page pamphlet), lacks final leaf and end paper, 12 h.c woodblock illustrations, with Nursery Mor...

BREWERY ADVERTISING EPHEMERA, late 19th/early 20th Century, 'Worthington's India Pale Ale', chromolithograph, 42cm x 52cm and another &#...

THE SHERWOOD FORESTERS ANNUAL, 1913, 1914 and 1935, octavo (3) 30-40

WALKER, J, 'Pronouncing Dictionary', 1823, octavo, disbound, and Hopper, M, 'Little Dinners', 1880 (2)

'THE KEEPSAKE 1850' ANNUAL, quarto green Morocco, library binding, gilt doubleures t.e.g 20-30

CROMWELL DESBROUGH FAMILY CORRESPONDENCE, 1813-1823, several hundred sheets, postmarks, covers, seals, (mainly inter-family social news, shopping comm

JACOB, G, 'General Table to the Statutes', 1739, octavo, contemporary calf, and a single volume Washingon's 'Abridgment of the Statu...

SWIFT, JONATHAN, 'A Tale of a Tub', 1751, duodecimo, 12th edition, contemporary calf binding 20-30

'LOVE ELEGIES', written of the year 1732, sixth editon, 1768, duodecimo, contemporary calf binding 20-30

A COLLECTION OF BEATLES MEMORABILIA, including boxed Subuteo models of The Band, (plus another set), 'The Beatles Book' issues, and other pr...

A NOVELTY BABY CROCODILE FIGURE, formed as a lady with handbag and parasol taking a stroll, height 28cm 20-30

A BRASS TELESCOPE, four barrels, leather covered, (lacking lens cap) full length 60cm and a 1910 coronation cast iron plaque (2) 30-40

A TWIN PILLAR CORKSCREW, 19th Century, a steel bow corkscrew, two straight pull screws and an early can opener (5) 20-40

A TRIBAL POT, humanoid shape, unglazed clay, height 20cm 20-30

A BLACKWOOD OBOE, nickel keys, French simple system, length 58cm 20-30

AN AFRICAN BLACKWOOD CLARINET, length 56cm 20-30

A CLARINET, simple system, nickel silver keys, (unsigned) length 57cm 30-40

A BOXWOOD CLARINET, Percival Woods Patent, ivory and bone trim, makers' mark impressed, length 48cm 150-200

A CASED CLARINET, signed 'Zimmerman' 20-30

A CASED CLARINET, signed 'Amati', blackwood and early synthetic 20-30

A PAIR OF COMMEMORATIVE PRINTS, Treaty of Amiens 1802, Napoleon and George III, Triumphal car, and Peace in a chariot, stretched on canvas, 26cm x 35c

A WOODEN KHODANZA, 20th Century, silk lined drawers, width 23cm 30-40

CRANE, WALTER, two illustrations, 'I had a little nut tree' and '...Good King Arthur', framed, 15cm x 15cm (2) 30-50

A BOXED CONWAY STEWART MARBLED PEN/PENCIL SET, a boxed Parker three piece pen/pencil set, a Parker rolled gold pen and a Conway Stewart 'Dinkie ...

AN EDWARDIAN PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM, sepia cartes de visite, half plates, fashion and children, and two others (3) 20-40

APPROXIMATELY 900 CIGARETTE CARDS, loose broken sets, and an album 'Birds and their Young', (box and album) 20-30

APPROXIMATELY 900 CIGARETTE CARDS, loose collated, mostly singles or broken sets, (tin) 20-30

NINE WWI SILK POSTCARDS, (pencilled messages from the Front) (9)

TWO CIGARETTE CARD ALBUMS, Ogdens Guinea Gold, portraits, motorbikes, motoring, and another, Players Dickens characters, etc, (two albums of loose car

A QUANTITY OF SEPIA POSTCARDS, Nether Whitacre, Warwickshire, c.1905, characters and views 40-60

A QUANTITY OF SHIPPING LINE POSTCARDS, coloured and plain, Orient Line 'Otranto', 'Orion' etc, Cunard 'Queen Mary', 'Bri...

A QUART BOTTLE OF BASS & CO NO.1 STRONGE ALE, (first brewed 18th December 1869) driven in cork, wax capsule, (good level and label)

A BOTTLE OF 1958 DELAFORCE VINTAGE PORT, driven in cork, lead capsule, (good level and label) 30-40

A BOTTLE OF 1953 ST EMILION CHATEAU PUYBLANQUET, driven in cork, lead capsule, (good level and label) 20-30

A BOTTLE OF GLENLIVET WHISKY, 80% proof, bottled Gordon & Macphail, screwcap 20-30

A BOTTLE OF MOET ET CHANDON SILVER JUBILEE 1977 CHAMPAGNE, a bottle of 1967 Chateau du Tertre, white Bordeaux, five commemorative beers, and two 20th

A BOTTLE OF 1944 VINTAGE PORT, Da Silva, (shippers Augustus Barnet) driven in cork, (fair level, label dirty) 20-30

A BOTTLE OF BENEAGLES SCOTCH WHISKY, boxed, in a Beswick decanter 20-30

A BOTTLE OF BELLS SCOTCH WHISKY, Wade decanter, a flagon of Tullamore Irish Whiskey, Dimple Haig Whisky, a miniature and two other liqueurs (6) 20-30

A HAND LOOM, c.1930, with an example of a carpet weaving together with a Kelim fabric 30-40

THREE UNBLEACHED LINEN SHEETS, and two bleached (5) 30-40

AN EMBROIDERED LINEN SHEET, and three plain (4) 30-40