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AN ORIENTEERING COMPASS, c.1900, lacquered brass and steel, silvered dial, black moroco pouch, diameter 7cm £80-100

A BRASS TELESCOPE, 19th Century, maker 'F. Wiggins & Sons, Tower Hill, London', pigskin covered barrel, extends to 76cm, (lacking lens c...

DISRAELI, B, 'NOVELS', c.1870, small octavo, library bindings, green stamped and tooled spines, marbled boards and edges (9) £30-50

MILNE, A.A. 'WINNIE-THE-POOH', (n.d.w, 1st edn?) illustrator Shepherd, E.H, green gilt cloth, (lower spine defective) with four unassociated...

MOLYNEUX, W, 'BURTON ON TRENT HISTORY. ...BREWERIES', 1869, small octavo cloth, folding plate, wood blocks in text £20-30

ANASTATIC DRAWING SOCIETY, four annual volumes, quarto, 1856, (2) 1857 and 1860 (4) £30-50

ADAM, ROBERT AND JAMES, 'Works in Architecture', Tiranti's Edition 1931, folio, bookplate of F.H.L Meynell, with 'Examples of Woodwo...

TOURTER, MARY, 'Rupert and His Friend Margot', with 'Rupert and Bill's Aeroplane Adventure', small octavo, printed boards and tw...

AN ALBUM OF WWII PHOTOGRAPHS, press items of ladies war effort, (tanks, munitions) war time weddings, groups, uniforms £20-30

'LEICESTER JOURNAL', Friday March 22nd 1805, (Nelson in pursuit of Toulon Fleet), the same May 23rd 1806, (Troop and Fleet Movements) copies...

A PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM, containing Deustane College programme, 1899, photographic cavalry officer full dress c.1880, wearing Turkish and British medals,

COMPTON, R.H, 'Our South African Flora', c.1935, large octavo, tipped in frontispiece and 97 tobacco cards (out of 100) £20-30

A POSTCARD ALBUM, local Edwardian topographical views of Burton, Derby etc, a Mauretania interior view (Hoffmann) etc £30-50

CUNARD WHITE STAR MEMORABILIA, a luncheon menu from 'Queen Mary' 1938 and an interior postcard (2) £20-30

A PARCEL OF PRINTED EPHEMERA;, dog postcards, unused mourning stationery, topographical cards etc (shoe box)

A REGIMENT MUSTER ROLL, 1894, Queen's Own Royal Staffordshire Yeomanry, illuminated and heraldically embellished, comprising names of all office...

A SWISS CYLINDER MUSICAL BOX, c.1890, table top, single cylinder, three bell strike, musical sheet insert, grained and trophy inlaid case, (with key)

A CASED MEERSCHAUM CHEROOT HOLDER, bird on branch £20-30

A 'PATENT' CORKSCREW, 19th Century, turned bone handle, (lacking brush), bronzed barrel £50-80

A SERIES OF PRINTED AND MSS EPHEMERA, Gas industry, late 19th Century, including two illustrated broadsheets 'George Orme....Oldham' showing...

A WWI MAP SAMPLER, showing England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in colours, framed 62cm x 42cm £30-50

A PAIR OF SLIPPERS, c.1920's, Swansdown trimmed and embroidered, black bead trimmings etc, (parcel) £20-30

KRAY, RON, A TYPED LETTER, from Broadmoor, 1992, in handwritten envelope £20-30

'THE BOOK OF FOOTBALL', 1906, 'History and Record', six 1950's Football Annuals, 1956 Burton Albion programme etc (10) £30...

ABERDARE, LORD, (editor), 'Rackets, Squash, Tennis....', c.1910, d.w, Levi, R, 'Billiards in the 20th Century, Rickmers, W.R, 'ski-i...

KEMP, GEORGE, 'A Map of England and Wales....Railways, Canals and Principal Roads', c.1839, hand coloured dissected and laid down on linen, ...

'PICTURES FROM PUNCH', 1895, vols 1,3,4,5 and 'The Pick Punch' (5) £20-30

MARTIN, R.M, 'The Indian Empire', c.1860, four vols, quarto cloth, steel engraved plates (4) £30-40

'THE GRAPHIC MAGAZINE', 1879, (Feb - June only), disbound £30-40

'THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS', 1812, (July - December) excisions, passim, with other disbound magazines £20-30

VILLIERS, GEORGE, (Duke of Buckingham) 'The Rehersal', 1735, Addison 'The Drummer', 1735 etc, duodecimo, old full calf, (distressed)...

BURNAND, F.C, 'Present Pastimes of Merrie England', 1873, large octavo, printed boards, (Croquet, Billiards, Cricket etc), (spine defective)...

PENROSE'S PICTORIAL ANNUAL, 1909-1910

H.M KING GEORGE VI AND H.M ELIZABETH QUEEN MOTHER, 1934, autographs on a Christmas card to Mr and Mrs Rorison, (colour print 'The Fishers' s...

A SEPIA GROUP PHOTOGRAPH OF A PIERROT TROUPE, c.1930, 'The Opinions', framed, 45cm x 28cm £20-30

A LARGE COLLECTION OF PRINTED EPHEMERA, (parcel)

A SERIES OF DERBY MAPS, 1951 development plans, (folder) £20-30

A QUANTITY OF ADVERTISING EPHEMERA, Be-Ro Self Raising Flour, Shelley China (proof copies), Bemrose (Derby) engraved plates etc, (parcel) £20-30

A COLLECTION OF 1930'S MOTOR RACING PHOTOGRAPHS, and WWII memorabilia, postcards Cunard Tranconia, Union Castle, 'Gloucester Castle', or...

A VICTORIAN FIGURED WALNUT WRITING SLOPE, brass bound, fitted interior, width 35cm £100-150

A 1LB BRASS BEAMSCALE, Victorian, maker W. & T. Avery, Birmingham, six circular flat weights, mahogany plinth, width 50cm £50-80

A REGENCY ROSEWOOD WRITING SLOPE, brass inlaid, fitted interior with secret drawer, width 35cm £50-80

A COMPOSITE SERIES OF ELEVEN BRASS BELL WEIGHTS, late 19th Century, 7lb to 1/2 oz, makers Irk & Greagor, Cardiff, Parnall, (11) £200-250

AN ART NOUVEAU BRONZED METAL DESK SEAL, formed as a classically draped maiden, 'A.R' and a cube head profile seal (2) £20-30

THE ROYAL INSTANTOGRAPH PATENT CAMERA, late 19th Century, cased, with 'Lancaster & Son, Birmingham' plaque, with Busch's Vademecum l...

MORTONS OPHTHALMOSCOPE, early 20th Century, (case distressed) £20-30

A COLLECTION OF FIVE COPPER AND BRASS PETROL MEASURES, 25L to 5SL (5) £100-150

ALDIN, CECIL, 'A Dog Day', duo decimo, cloth spine, printed boards £30-50

MILNE, A.A, 'A GALLERY OF CHILDREN', 1925, imperial quarto cloth, illustrator H Willebeek Le Mair' and 'King Alberts Book' with ...

A PAPIER MACHE VANITY BOX, mid 19th Century, mother of pearl inlay, caddy top, fitted interior with bottles, drawer below, two circular baskets (s.d.)