Lot: 101
The Seasons, set of four Chinese scrolls, watercolours on silk, issued by the Marco Polo Company, Kowloon. 1970s/80s. Image sizes 90 x 30cm. Fine (4)
Lot: 102
Textiles, 19th Century, comprising a Chinese Tablecloth on pink silk, 1870s; a Victorian ribbon rosebud pillowcase, 1870s; Chinese edgings 1890s; an Indian tablecloth with yellow embroidery; a Victorian blue pillowcase 1890s; and a Victorian watered silk fabric with fuscia pattern. VG/Fine. (6). Together with a descriptive valuation conducted by Sotheby's in 1982. Also a hand-mirror with in an ivory frame, engraved monogram on reverse.
Lot: 103
Signed Poster for the Royal Shakespeare Company performance of Macbeth, with signatures of Derek Jacobi, Denys Hawthorne and 19 other cast members. Signatures obtained in person by the vendor. 30.5 x 20”. Fine
Lot: 104
Michael Tippett autograph: a signed Bristol University Arts Festival programme, 1966, signature applied internally. Some spotting to front cover o/w fine.
Lot: 105
Dame Edna Everage [aka Barry Humphries] My Gorgeous Life, Macmillan, 1989, First Edn in d/jkt, signed Dame Edna on the half-title. Fine
Lot: 106
Chaffers Marks & Monograms on European and Oriental Pottery and Porcelain William Reeves, 1946; and bound volumes of The Connoisseur for Jan-April 1922 (vol.62) and Jan-April 1924 (vol.68). Gilt cloth. VG/Fine (3) [Offered on behalf of The National Trust.]
Lot: 107
Royal Academy Illustrated, issues for 1924 to 1927, 1929, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1946/47 (The King's Pictures), 1948, 1950, 1952 to 1960 (plus four duplicates), 1963, 1965, 1967 to 1974, 1976, 1977, 1979 to 1985; Royal Academy Bicentenary Exhibition 1968 (2 vols.), plus thireen other exhibition catalogues, many from commercial galleries. Mostly VG/VF, a few with frayed spines. (58)
Lot: 108
George Nicholson The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening, L.Upcott Gill, [1885-1900], set of 12 volumes, publisher's decorated cloth, gilt, complete with the 36 colour plates. A few volumes slightly marked; volume VII has a small puncture hole to the front board which has affected the first plate.
Lot: 109
‘About Britain' series, Collins, for the Festival of Britain, 1951, Nos.1 to 13, all (bar one) in d/jkts, two signed by the author W.G.Hoskins, another with ownership signature. VG (13)
Lot: 110
An Historical Account of all the Voyages Round the World Performed by English Navigators, F. Newbery, 1774, Vol.2 (of 4); old calf binding in poor condition, front board detached; six plates (one with border partly torn away), lacking endpapers; 440pp plus title.
Lot: 111
The Wide World Magazine, Newnes, bound volumes for April to Sept. 1899, Oct.1899 to March 1900, Oct.1907 to March 1908, April to Sept.1908, Oct.1909 to March 1910, and April to Sept.1917; the 1899-1900 volumes in fine half-morocco, the 1917 volume in poor condition. (6)
Lot: 112
Richard Hakluyt The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques & Discoveries of the English Nation, J.M. Dent, ‘Everyman' edition, set of eight vols., mostly 1926 but vol.8 from the (undated) 1907 edition. A fine set. (8)
Lot: 113
Climbing in the Himalayas, a selection including works by Eric Shipton, Doug Scott, Edmund Hilary, C.G. Bruce Himalayan Wanderer 1934, F.S.Smythe Camp Six 1937 (top of spine repaired), and others. Some first editions. (14)
Lot: 114
Bradshaw's Railway Time Tables for November 1842. Large single sheet (36 x 24”), the Birmingham & Derby Jctn. Rly. highlighted with pink w/colour frame. Folds, peripheral faults (no loss of text).
Lot: 115
British Railways luggage, parcel and goods labels, reservation & carriage window labels and similar, late-1940s/early-1960s, all unused, mainly fine. (c.550)
Lot: 116
UK Railway Ephemera from 19th Century with goods and carriage labels, paper tickets, way-bills, letterheads, etc, used & unused, wide range including many minor companies. Includes unusual G.E.R. freight payment receipt 1893. Fair to fine. (c.300)
Lot: 117
UK Railway Ephemera 1920s/40s, especially LNER and LMS, some Southern and GWR, with luggage and parcel labels, report forms, etc. Includes two publicity pamphlets issued by the Railway Companies Association. Mainly good to fine. (c.190)
Lot: 118
Great Western Railway Jig-Saw Puzzles, four different, in the original boxes, two incomplete, together with a large map of the GWR system. Some wear to boxes. (4 + Map)
Lot: 119
Collection of Classic Cars fact cards arranged in three large self-adhesive photo albums. (100s)
Lot: 120
Bus Tickets, a collection of Independent Operators, 1960s & 1970s, including Berresford Motors, Green Bus Co. (Rugeley & Uttoxeter), Warstone Green Service, Hanslope Direct, and others. Many pre-decimal. Mostly fine. (225)