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Catalogue No 35 (September 2005) of Antiquarian and Second-Hand Sporting, Children's, Topographical
and many other books for sale
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ANTIQUES AND COLLECTABLES (Sorted alphabetically by author)

76. Barder, Richard C R.: English Country Grandfather Clocks. London, Bracken Books, 1983. Qto, 223 pp, 125 plates, 14 line drawings in the text; Fine in Nr Fine D/W (not price-clipped). Stock ref 900. £30.00

77. Church, A H.: English Earthenware (A South Kensington Museum Science and Art Handbook). London, Chapman and Hall, 1884 (First). A Handbook to the wares made in England during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries as Illustrated by Specimens in the National Collections; Oct, 118 pp, numerous woodcuts; VG in the original green cloth with gilt and blind-stamped titles and decoration. Stock ref 1909. £20.00

78. Foster, JJ.: The Stuarts, being outlines of the personal history of the family. London, Dickinson's, 1907. "Illustrated from portraits, Miniatures, etc, in the most celebrated collections", Lge Qto, 250 pp, 38 illustrations, plus holograph letters and autographs; VG in original gilt-decorated red cloth, minor scuffing and rubbing, spine slightly sunned. Stock ref 765. £65.00

79. Godden, Geoffrey A.: An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of British Pottery and Porcelain. London, Herbert Jenkins, 1966 (First). Qto, xxvi + 390 pp, 16 colour plates and 679 monochrome photographs; VG in the original blue cloth (slight wear to extremities) and poor but still viable D/W (front panel illustration clean and bright, but torn and chipped at the edges, with considerable loss at top and tail of spine). Stock ref 1600. £30.00

80. Ridgway, Maurice H.: Chester Goldsmiths from early times to 1726. Altrincham, John Sherratt & Son, 1968 (1st Edn in book form). Qto, Frontis and 85 other photographs, 5 figure; Near Fine in original blue cloth with gilt titles. We are also offering CHESTER SILVER 1727-1837 by the same author. Stock ref 1248. £40.00

81. Ridgway, Maurice H.: Chester Goldsmiths from early times to 1726. Altrincham, John Sherratt & Son, 1968 (1st Edn in book form). Qto, Frontis and 85 other photographs, 5 figures; Signed by Author on title page (he has also corrected a typographical error in the title) and with a separate inscription from the author to Jean and Edwin Chalmers on the ffep, Fine in original black cloth with gilt titles and VG D/W. We are also offering CHESTER SILVER 1727-1837 by the same author. Stock ref 1007. £45.00

82. Ridgway, Maurice H.: Chester Silver, 1727 - 1837. Chichester, Phillimore, 1985 (1st). Qto, 237 pp, 96 photographs, numerous drawings of marks, etc; Mint in original blue cloth and like D/W; We are also offering CHESTER GOLDSMITHS FROM EARLY TIMES TO 1726 by the same author. Stock ref 749. £25.00

83. Sotheby & Co.: Catalogue of Highly Important English Silver, Sale 16July 1970. London, Sotheby & Co, 1970. "The Property of Mrs Fay Plohn of New York City", Qto, 164 pp, 80+ monochrome photos of Lots; Near Fine (small blemish on front cover, annotated with sale prices). Stock ref 779. £34.00