Date : 16/05/2024 Lot 2066

Victorian and later silver jewellery including book link chain necklace, horseshoe brooch, belt buck...

Victorian and later silver jewellery including book link chain necklace, horseshoe brooch, belt buckle and a Christmas cracker brooch, Chinese silver one Yen coin brooch, gold jewellery including fob watch, stamped 14K, 9ct gold brooches, 8ct gold brooch and a gilt brooch

Estimate: £150 - £250

Date : 03/11/2023 Lot 3132

Four 1970s Sinclair electronic calculators - Cambridge in hard case with booklet; Scientific Programmable with Program Library and booklet; Scientific in hard case; and Oxford 300 in soft case with booklet; together with Texas PC-100 SR56 programmable slide-rule calculator on base station with readout, two booklets, keys and cover, serial no.9103093

SOLD £40

Date : 29/09/2023 Lot 5242

Children's annuals, books and booklets, including Scorcher Annual 1975, Valiant Annual 1977, Beano Annual 2004, 2005 etc, The Big Enid Blyton Book, various Woman's Weekly magazines, Spot's Magical Christmas by Eric Hill and other similar hardback children's books etc, in four boxes

SOLD £20

Date : 09/02/2024 Lot 5194

Two Oriental style wooden stands, wooden chequers set, book stand and six Edwardian and later books on wood carving, book binding etc

SOLD £35

Date : 29/09/2023 Lot 5256

Four reference books of US Military interest comprising Basic Training US Army Training Center Infantry Fort Jackson, South Carolina; two books on the 43rd Infantry Division; and WW2 Combat Squadrons of the USAF; and three other books including German Army & Navy Uniforms and Insignia 1871-1918 (7)

SOLD £20

Date : 26/04/2024 Lot 5218

Collection of reference books, including William Morris by Himself, Moorcroft by Paul Atterbury, Frank Meadow Sutcliffe Photographs, The Complete Book of Modern Drumming, etc

SOLD £15

Date : 05/04/2024 Lot 214

W. Marshall (20th century) - Town Dock Hull; watercolour; gilt frame; two Amy Johnson enamelled brooches as aircraft and Amy Johnson medallion; and quantity of books and booklets of Hull interest

SOLD £30

Date : 05/04/2024 Lot 237

Collection of books, including Henry Fielding; The History of the Adventure of Joseph Andrews and His Friend Mr Abraham Adams, vol II, ninth addition London 1779, Baedekers Belgien und Holland, Muirhead's Southern France, The Queen Travel Book 1929-30, I Watts; Hymns and Spiritual Songs, J. Binns Leeds 1787, Samuel Johnson; The Idler, A Strahan London, 1801 etc

SOLD £25

Date : 05/04/2024 Lot 235

Collection of books, including D.H Lawrence; Lady Chatterley's Lover, Martin Secker, London, 1932 print second edition, Stephen King; Carrie, Doubleday & Company, New York 1974 and Carrie, New English Library, Kent 1974, BB; At the Back of Ben Dee, Down the Bright Stream and The Countryman's Bedside Book, all illustrated by DJ Watkins-Pitchford etc (12)

SOLD £30

Date : 05/04/2024 Lot 239

Collection of antiques books, including The Sailors Handbook, Kidnapped, The Stories of an Expert etc

SOLD £25

Date : 05/04/2024 Lot 5351

Collection of books, including Mr Tompkins in Wonderland, The Book of Artemas, Tobit Transplanted, The Polar Regions etc

SOLD £25

Date : 16/03/2024 Lot 1263

William Gostling of Diss (Norfolk)- Late 18th century 8-day oak longcase clock c1780-90, break arch top with scalloped cresting and three brass finials, glazed break arch hood door flanked by turned pilasters with brass capitals, trunk with a long trunk door and rounded top on a square plinth with an applied and shaped skirting, early painted Wilson of Birmingham dial with Roman numerals and five minute Arabic's, matching steel hands and second pointer, arched square ended calendar aperture with date disc behind, floral spandrels within gesso borders and a painted rocking automaton representing Mercury to the break arch, dial pinned via a false plate to a weight driven rack striking movement with a recoil anchor escapement, striking the hours on a cast bell. With pendulum weights and key. William Gostling (II) is recorded as working in Diss from 1774 to 1797, succeeded by widow Anne and son George . The dial of this clock is illustrated and discussed in detail in M.F. Tennants book "The Art of The Painted Clock Dial" Francis Tennant was a highly respected 20th century painted dial restorer and wrote two books on the restoration and history of longcase clocks with painted dials.

SOLD £900

Date : 01/03/2024 Lot 244

Collection of books, to include four 1920s Great Western Railway publications on Abbeys, Castles and Cathedrals, including three hardback examples, together with The Bible Designed to be Read as Literature, The Register of Edmund Lacy Bishop of Exeter 1420-1455 Vols 1-5, Laura Knight by Janet Dunbar, A Calendar of Cornish Glebe Terriers 1673-1735, The Parliamentary Survey of the Duchy of Cornwall Parts 1 and 2 and two Bradburys Hallmarks books

SOLD £35

Date : 01/03/2024 Lot 5093

Royal Doulton Heinz Centenary decanter set, boxed, modern games compendium, RMS Queen Mary book and a 1937 Coronation souvenir book, together with matchboxes, cigarette cards, costume cufflinks and other collectables,

SOLD £35

Date : 01/03/2024 Lot 5271

Collection of books, including The second Great War, Foxes Book of Marytyrs, Dictionary of the Bible etc, in five boxes

SOLD £15

Date : 09/02/2024 Lot 5075

Collection of fiction and non fiction books, to include Penguin books, and titles by Evelyn Waugh, Ernest Hemingway and Gladys Mitchell, together with a chess set

SOLD £15

Date : 09/02/2024 Lot 5116

Large collection of books, mainly antique reference books, including Miller's guides, Lyle antiques guide, clock guides etc, in five boxes

SOLD £15

Date : 09/02/2024 Lot 5141

Collection of books, to include four volumes of Muspratts Chemistry, The Beatles Unseen Archives, Hobbies magazines, The Encyclopaedia of Sanitary Plumbing and a collection of motor engineering books, etc, in three boxes

SOLD £15

Date : 09/02/2024 Lot 5581

Polished pine bookcase with drawer (W53cm); small oak open bookcase; three-tier trolley; 1950s coffee table

SOLD £45

Date : 19/01/2024 Lot 5087

GPO pre -decimal stamp booklets and other stamp booklets, some being complete

SOLD £25

Date : 19/01/2024 Lot 5284

Twenty one volumes of Charles Dickens, by The Home Library Book company, together with The Readers Digest bedside book of the art of living

SOLD £40

Date : 15/12/2023 Lot 246

Nine 19th century leather bound books including De L'Action Du Clerge by M. Rubichon. 1929; The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas. 1860; The Drama: or Theatrical Pocket magazine. Volumes 1,2 & 3 1821-22; and six other books including Twelve Centuries of Jewish persecution by Gustav Pearlson. 1898; Fish Stories - A Collection of Angling Yarns etc

SOLD £60

Date : 15/12/2023 Lot 5192

Large collection of sheet music, fiction books and reference books, in ten boxes

SOLD £30

Date : 08/12/2023 Lot 248

John Sergeant (British 1937-2010): Winter Landscape, oil on artist's board unsigned 19cm x 31cm Provenance: from the artist's wife Carolyn's studio sale. Born in London, Sergeant moved to Faversham in Kent after his family was bombed out during World War II. He entered the Royal Academy Schools in 1959, where he won a Drawing Prize in 1961. After graduating, Sergeant taught part-time at art schools in Kent and worked on commissions including book jacket designs and a series of ‘room-portraits’ of interiors. He moved to Wales in 1983, and held the first of three exhibitions at the Maas Gallery in Mayfair in 1986. In 1989 the Prince of Wales (now King Charles III) asked Sergeant to contribute drawings to his book Visions of Britain; two years later Sergeant accompanied the Prince on an official visit to Prague, resulting in an exhibition.

SOLD £240

Date : 17/11/2023 Lot 183

Folio Society; twenty five volumes, including The Folio Book of Humorous Anecdotes, The Spy's Bedside Book, The Old Wives Tale, Julius Caesar etc

SOLD £70

Date : 17/11/2023 Lot 5068

James Bond Casino Royale book signed by Daniel Craig, Judy Dench and other case members, together with Beatles book and Wing dust cover with spurious signature and other signed TV and sport memorabilia

SOLD £240

Date : 17/11/2023 Lot 5175

Collection of books by Terry Pratchett, of mostly Discworld interest, to include hardback edition of Going Postal, and further books such as Men at Arms, Sourcery, Small Gods etc

SOLD £40

Date : 03/11/2023 Lot 3170

'The Hollies' - good quality sectional wooden doll's house in the form of a Georgian style four-storey bay windowed town house with simulated brick front elevation, rendered sides, off-set corner stonework, faux slate-hung top floor with flat roof and chimney stack, working sash windows, iron railings around front basement courtyard with hinged front elevation to two rooms with spiral staircase, side hinged central section approached by external steps with iron balustrades to the sides leading to a front door, entrance hall with stairs to landing and two rooms on two floors with dado panelling and fire-surrounds, the top floor with top hung front elevation revealing stairs to a landing and bedroom; wired for electricity L51cm D65cm H107cm including chimney; together with a good quantity of quality wooden furniture and accessories including piano, dressers, bookcase and books, rugs, double half-tester bed, metalware, pictures etc

SOLD £480

Date : 29/10/2023 Lot 14

20th century oak four tier bookcase (W92cm, H120cm, D22cm); pine shelf (W77cm, H102cm, D28cm); another oak open bookcase (W122cm, H105cm, D25cm); and a 19th century pine wall hanging plate rack (W167cm, H126cm) (4) - THIS LOT IS TO BE COLLECTED BY APPOINTMENT FROM THE OLD BUFFER DEPOT, MELBOURNE PLACE, SOWERBY, THIRSK, YO7 1QY

SOLD £60

Date : 29/10/2023 Lot 40

19th century pine shelf (W110cm, H123cm, D31cm); two 20th century open bookcases; polished pine four tier book case; and a pine coffee table (5) - THIS LOT IS TO BE COLLECTED BY APPOINTMENT FROM THE OLD BUFFER DEPOT, MELBOURNE PLACE, SOWERBY, THIRSK, YO7 1QY

SOLD £40

Date : 20/10/2023 Lot 200

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam 1920 with tipped in colour plates by Frank Brangwyn; Barker Cicely M.: The Book of the Flower Fairies Ndc1943; Watson & Abercrombie: A Plan for Plymouth. 1943; and two other books (5)

SOLD £45

Date : 20/10/2023 Lot 5029

Domesday Books Yorkshire Edition, comprising three volumes; Introduction and Translation, Folios and Maps, and Domesday Book Studies, published by Alecto Historical Editions, London 1987

SOLD £40

Date : 20/10/2023 Lot 5031

Victorian Fry's red velvet chocolate box, with applied shield to cover and silk interior, together with a collection of Brookes tea card books, including Inventors and Inventions and British Butterflies, etc and a quantity of football books

SOLD £15

Date : 19/10/2023 Lot 2710

Great British and World stamps, including Queen Elizabeth II mint decimal stamps in presentation packs, first day covers mostly with printed addresses and special postmarks, Royal Mail Special Stamp books 1989, 1990 and 1991 each with mint stamps, World including Isle of Man, Lundy, Fiji, Ireland, Spain, France, Germany etc, mint and used stamps seen with postmark interest, housed in various albums, stockbooks and folders, in two boxes

SOLD £240

Date : 13/10/2023 Lot 3018

Seventeen modern books on guitars and guitar playing including The Classic Guitars of the 50s and 60s; The Acoustic Guitar by Freeth & Alexander; Electric Guitars - An Illustrated History by Jonathan Lister; Electric Guitars and Basses by Gruhn & Carter; Acoustic Guitar White Pages; The Ultimate Guitar Book by Tony Bacon etc

SOLD £25

Date : 29/09/2023 Lot 197

Book of Martyrs with an Account of the Acts and Movements of Church and State, Vol II pub D Brown, london, together with Consult me, to know how to cooks, pub; William Nicholson and sons and other books

SOLD £40

Date : 29/09/2023 Lot 5214

Books and ephemera, mostly related to Freddie Mercury, Queen, Leeds United, musical theatre, four of which bearing authors signatures, and other books etc, in three boxes

SOLD £100

Date : 29/09/2023 Lot 5236

Seven Folio Society books, including The Divine Comedy, Charles Dickens Christmas Book, The Proud Tower, etc, all with outer sleeves

SOLD £25

Date : 29/09/2023 Lot 5254

Three boxes of books, periodicals and DVDs of military interest with particular emphasis on WW2 including The History of World War Two in thirty original parts by Orbis, The D-Day Experience by Richard Holmes, The World War Two Databook, The World at War, Special Forces etc

SOLD £15

Date : 29/09/2023 Lot 5684

Corinthian bagatelle board, two composite planters modelled as masks of a king and queen, Lladro Magic of Porcelain book, Story of the Norman Conquest book, two metal boxes, etc

SOLD £60

Date : 25/08/2023 Lot 5107

Large collection books, to include Diary of Samuel Pepys, the complete opera book, John Buchan Hols the door, etc, in four boxes

SOLD £25

Date : 11/08/2023 Lot 3060

Der Weltkrieg cigarette card album by Cigaretten - Bilderdienst Dresden partially stocked with WW1 interest military cards; another fully stocked cigarette card album 'Lloyd Flotenbilder' by Martin Brinkman; The 'John Bull' Portfolio of War Celebrities; 1995 booklet on Hitler's Eagles Nest; oak framed display of forty-nine cigarette silks of regimental crests, country flags etc; Lord Roberts memorial Fund For Disabled Soldiers and Sailors War Portrait Stamp Album; and other booklets and prints of military interest

SOLD £30

Date : 11/08/2023 Lot 3086

Bradford City Police pre-1974 helmet plate, buttons and Police Box key with finders fob; post-1974 West Yorkshire Police cap badge; Leeds City Police Pockebook with Bradford Notebook; quantity of Girl Guide Memorabilia including boxed Wedgwood limited edition jasperware 1970 Diamond Jubilee loving cup; brass banner pole finial; various metal, silver and enamel badges and paperwork etc 1950s - 1980s all relating to Maureen Margaret Jowett (AKA Jewitt)

SOLD £260

Date : 11/08/2023 Lot 3137

Six books on handguns/pistols comprising David R. Chicoine: Smith & Wesson Six Guns of the Old West.2004; Chris C. Curtis; Systeme Lefaucheux. 2002; Geoffrey Boothroyd: The Handgun. 1970; William Chipchase Dowell: The Webley Story. 1962; Derek Fuller: Muzzle Loading Pistols. 2002; and George Layman: The British Bulldog. 2006; and three other books on Colt and Winchester guns (9)

SOLD £40

Date : 11/08/2023 Lot 3138

Collection of books, pamphlets and catalogues on guns and shooting including Colin Greenwood: Rook & Rabbit Rifle. 2006; Frank de Haas: Bolt Action Rifles. 1984 and Single Shot Rifles and Actions. 1969; Ian Skinnerton: .577 Snider-Enfield Rifles and Carbines. 2003 and two Small Arms Identification Series booklets; two Collectors Guides on Air Rifles by D.E. Hiller etc; and Bruce Bairnsfather Bystander's Fragments From France No.4

SOLD £90

Date : 25/07/2023 Lot 8

Sledmere Friends, Family Membership. Take advantage of 12 months free entry to the beautiful grounds, stunning walled garden, rare breed farm park and adventure play area at Sledmere House, with a Sledmere Friends Family membership for two adults and two children. Membership includes: - FREE entry on every visit for 12 months (subject to the opening schedule). - Priority booking or special discounts for other events such as ‘Musical Fireworks Spectacular’, ‘The Magical Santa Experience’ and others to be announced during the year. - 5% discount in all catering and retail outlets Tuesday–Friday. - 5% off bookings for the East Lodge Holiday Cottage. - Monthly newsletters throughout the year to keep you updated on offers, events and what’s going on at Sledmere. Generously donated by Sledmere House.

SOLD £80

Date : 21/07/2023 Lot 275

Spender A. Edmond: Two Winters in Norway. 1902; Strabolgi Lord: Narvik and After; and over forty further books and booklets on Norway and Denmark

SOLD £30

Date : 21/07/2023 Lot 277

Young England An Illustrated Annual 1918; three children's books by Joanna Lloyd; Pettman Grace: Missing The Tide. 1949; and five other children's books; some with dustjackets (10)

SOLD £20

Date : 20/07/2023 Lot 2530

Modern silver bookmark, with bookworm to top right corner and blue tassel, hallmarked A J Poole, Birmingham 2013, L11cm

SOLD £40

Date : 30/06/2023 Lot 161

Three 19th century Horological Journals, together with other horological reference books, and similar books by J Ruskin

SOLD £25

Date : 30/06/2023 Lot 167

Barker, Cicely; The book of the Flower Fairies, Blackie & Son Ltd, Glasgow, Hind, Lewis. C; Turner, T.C & E.C. Jack, London, Knight, Laura; Oil Paint and Grease Paint, Ivor Nicholson & Watson, London and two other books

SOLD £40