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John Norden (1548-1628) and William Kipp - Coloured engraving - "Cantium quod nunc Kent", 11.25ins x 15ins, Latin text to verso (circa 1607 - edge of map is clipped in mount and whole discoloured), in Hogarth double sided frame and glazed £120-160 plus 24% BP*
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S. Bellin - Coloured engraving - "Carte du Comte de Kent et du Pas de Calais" - Map of the English Channel and showing Kent, East Sussex and Northern France, 23ins x 34.5ins, published 1759, and one other coloured engraving - "An Accurate Map of the County of Kent, Taken from a Late Actual Survey 1783", 19.5ins x 28ins, both in moulded frames and glazed £150-200 plus 24% BP*
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Robert Morden (fl. 1668-1703) - Coloured engraving - "Map of Kent", 13.75ins x 24.5ins, published 1695, in ebonised and gilt moulded frame, and four 18th Century coloured engravings - "Map of the Hundreds" (from Hasted's History of Kent), "The Hundred of Marden", "The Hundred of Calehill and Chart and Longbridge", "The Hundred of Cranbrooke, Barkley and Rolvenden", various sizes, in walnut frames and glazed £150-200 plus 24% BP*
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Thomas Kitchin (1718-1784) - Coloured engraving - "A Map of the County of Kent, Taken from an Actual Survey", 19ins x 28ins (discoloured - unframed), and two other 19th Century coloured engravings - Maps of Kent, later both framed and glazed £100-150 plus 24% BP*
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John Speed (1552-1629) - Coloured engraving - "Miniature Map of Kent", 3.5ins x 5ins, with text to verso, published 1627 by George Humble in Hogarth frame and glazed, and three other coloured engravings - Maps of Kent, various sizes, all framed and glazed £120-160 plus 24% BP*
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John Speed (1552-1629) - Miniature Speed Atlas - "England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland Described and Abridged with Ye Historic Relation of Things & Worthy Memory Farr Larger Volume", published by George Humble 1627, and containing sixty-three engraved miniature maps in English (forty of which were by Pieter van den Keere) (one volume bound in velum) £800-1200 plus 24% BP*
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William Lambard - "A Perambulation of Kent: Conteining the Defcription, Hystorie and Customes of that Shyre", imprinted in London for Ralphe Nevvberie 1576 (one volume in later full calf binding) £400-500 plus 24% BP*
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Richard Kilburne - "A Topographie or Survey of the County of Kent", printed by Thomas Mabb for Henry Atkinson, Holborn 1659 (one volume in full calf leather binding) £120-160 plus 24% BP*
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W.H. Ireland - "England's Topographer or A New and Complete History of the County of Kent", published by George Virtue, London 1828-1830 (four volumes in half leather bindings) £200-300 plus 24% BP*
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Edward Hasted - "The History of Topographical Survey of The County of Kent", second edition, volumes I-XII", printed by W. Bristow, Canterbury 1797-1801 (twelve volumes in full mottled calf bindings, including maps of the hundreds and various engravings) £350-400 plus 24% BP*
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Charles Igglesden - "A Saunter Through Kent with Pen and Pencil", published by The Kentish Express, Ashford, volumes I to XIV, XVIII to XX, XXVI, LVII and a duplicate volume XVIII (twenty blue cloth bound volumes) £300-400 plus 24% BP*
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A small collection of books of Kent interest, including - William Somner - "A Treatise of the Roman Ports and Forts in Kent", published at The Theatre, Oxford 1693 (one re-bound volume in leather half binding), Charles Seymour - "A New Topographical, Historical and Commercial Survey of the Cities, Towns and Villages of the County of Kent", Canterbury 1776 (one rebound volume in full leather binding), E.W. Brayley - "Delineations, Historical and Topographical of the Isle of Thanet and Cinque Ports", London 1812 (two volumes with mottled calf bindings), and a quantity of other volumes of primarily Kent interest, various £600-800 plus 24% BP*
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P.G. Wodehouse - A collection of books, including - "Doctor Sally", published by Methuen & Co Ltd, London 1932 (one cloth covered first edition), "Spring Fever", published by Herbert Jenkins, London (one cloth covered first edition), "Eggs, Beans and Crumpets", published by Herbert Jenkins Ltd, London (one cloth covered first edition), and fifty-four other volumes, various £150-200 plus 24% BP*
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P.G. Wodehouse - A collection of books, including - "Spring Fever", published by Herbert Jenkins, London (one cloth covered first edition), "The Mating Season", published by Herbert Jenkins, London (one cloth covered first edition), "Joy in the Morning", published by Herbert Jenkins, London (one cloth covered first edition), and fifty-four other volumes, various £150-200 plus 24% BP*
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P.G. Wodehouse - A collection of books, including - "The Girl in Blue", published by Barrie & Jenkins, London (one blue cloth covered first edition), "Service With a Smile", published by Herbert Jenkins, London (one cloth covered first edition), "Ice in the Bedroom", published by Herbert Jenkins, London (one cloth covered volume), and fifty-three other volumes, various £150-200 plus 24% BP*
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John James Audubon with an introduction by Marshall B. Davidson - "The Original Water-Colour Paintings by John James Audubon for The Birds of America", volumes I and II, published by Michael Joseph Ltd and The Connoisseur, 1966 (two full tan linen bound volumes in slip case) £80-120 plus 24% BP*
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W. Harrison Ainsworth - "The Novels and Romances of W. Harrison Ainsworth", published by George Routledge & Sons, London (eight three quarter red leather bound volumes with gilt tooling) £300-400 plus 24% BP*
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William Gostling - "A Walk in and About the City of Canterbury", published by William Blackley, Canterbury 1825 (one volume) £200-300 plus 24% BP*
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C.T.S. Birch Reynardson - "Down the Road or Reminiscences of a Gentleman Coachman", published by Longmans, Green and Co, London 1875 (one half leather bound volume with marbled boards), and Charles Kingsley - "Westward Ho!" and "Hereward the Wake", published by Macmillan & Co, London 1889 and 1890 (two three quarter leather bound volumes) £100-150 plus 24% BP*
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Charles Dickens - "The Works of", published by Chapman & Hall, 193 Piccadilly, London (ten full leather bound volumes) £100-150 plus 24% BP*
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"The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes", comprising - "Fishing", "Hunting", "Shooting", "Yachting" (volumes I and II), "Motors", and "Cricket", published by Longmans, Green & Co, London 1889-1920 (seven cloth bound volumes), and George Fordyce - "Elements of Agriculture and Vegetation", printed for J. Johnson, 72 St Pauls Church-Yard, London 1789 (one volume with marbled end boards) £250-350 plus 24% BP*
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Kate Greenaway (Illustrated) - "Mother Goose", engraved and printed by Edmund Evans, published by George Routledge & Sons, London and New York, with faded ink inscription - "H. R. H. The Princess Christian From Kate Greenaway", and another (two cloth bound volumes)
Note: Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (1846-1923) was the third daughter and fifth child of Queen Victoria £200-300 plus 24% BP*
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Several hands - "A Collection of Poems", printed by J. Hughes et al, London 1763 (six full brown leather bound volumes), John Gay - "Poems on Several Occasions", London 1778 (two full leather bound volumes), and a quantity of other books of literary and religious interest, various £80-120 plus 24% BP*
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Thomas Paine - "Rights of Man", printed for The Booksellers, London 1792, part I, bound with "Agrarian Justice", published by Alexander Leslie, Edinburgh 1797 (one half-leather bound volume) £60-80 plus 24% BP*
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The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments, printed by John Burges, Cambridge 1798 (one leather bound volume) £100-150 plus 24% BP*
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Five albums of early and later 20th Century postcards of primarily English topographical interest, various (approximately 300) £200-300 plus 24% BP*
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A collection of approximately one hundred and twenty postcards of Whitstable, Kent including - "Oyster Fleet at Work", "Whitstable Packing Oysters for Market", "Whitstable-Ruins of the Great Fire, November 9th 1869", contained in two modern albums £100-150 plus 24% BP*
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Three early 20th Century postcard albums containing postcards primarily of topographical, humorous and historical interest, a small number of loose examples of local interest, and an early 20th Century family photograph album (approximately three hundred and seventy) £80-120 plus 24% BP*
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Three late Victorian English notebooks containing a variety of scraps of sentimental, humorous, and decorative interest, and four late Victorian notebooks containing embossed and printed letterheads, various £80-120 plus 24% BP*
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Two Victorian daguerreotypes, one of a married couple, the other of a young woman reading a book, both in maple frames, 11.5ins x 6.75ins, and 9ins x 7.75ins overall, and an engraving of Isaac Milner, D. D., Dean of Carlisle and President of Queens College, Cambridge, published May 17th 1815, by T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, London, in maple frame and glazed, 19.75ins x 16.25ins £80-120 plus 24% BP*
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Seven medical students colour printed physiology wall charts - "Elementary Physiology", 1-3 and 5-8, including "The Organs of Digestion and Assimilation", published by E. J. Arnold & Son Ltd, Leeds, each 40ins x 30ins (unframed) £80-120 plus 24% BP*
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A Russian (Soviet eta) propaganda poster printed in colours with an anti-German (Nazi) message, showing various armed peoples of the USSR against a backdrop of the red flag with hammer and sickle advancing on a German brown shirt carrying an automatic pistol, and top hatted industrialist, against a backdrop of the turret guns from a warship, a revolutionary message printed in red and black below, dated 1933, 29.25in x 41.25ins £300-500 plus 24% BP*
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A Russian (Soviet eta) propaganda poster printed in colours showing two smiling young women carrying rakes over their shoulders, against a backdrop of people bringing in the harvest, with propaganda message printed in brown, dated 1933, 27ins x 40ins £200-300 plus 24% BP*
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A Russian (Soviet eta) propaganda poster printed in colours with scenes of happy, well-fed children being looked after by caring women in white coats, each scene with printed title, dated 1933, 31.5ins x 21.5ins £200-300 plus 24% BP*
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A Russian (Soviet eta) propaganda poster printed in colours showing young, healthy children at various pursuits, supervised by adults, dated 1933, 41.5ins x 28.75ins (tear to lower edge) £200-300 plus 24% BP*
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A Russian (Soviet eta) propaganda poster printed in colours showing the hammer and sickle printed against the globe, with sun rising within a wreath of ripe corn tied with a bow in various languages, above a picture of standing peoples of many nations saluting, with slogan in red, dated 1933, 40.5ins x 28ins £200-300 plus 24% BP*
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A late 19th Century Berlin porcelain oval plaque enamelled in colours with a shoulder-length portrait of a young woman with fur wrap, and another with a young man in 17th Century dress holding a violin, each 6.75ins x 5ins, in gilt oval moulded frames £700-1000 plus 24% BP*
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A pair of late 19th Century "Vienna" porcelain cabinet plates, one painted with "Drei Parzen" - The three goddesses of fate, the other with "Ruth" - from the Old Testament story of Ruth, the rims with raised gilt tooling and white jewels, on a claret ground, 9.5ins diameter, both signed "Mathaus" (each with spurious factory marks in blue and titles of paintings in black) £300-400 plus 24% BP*
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An early 20th Century Meissen porcelain bust after a model by J.J. Kaendler, of Princess Marie Zepherine De Bourbon (1750-55) wearing a close fitting cap, 5.5ins high, cross swords mark and impressed "846", and four Continental porcelain figures, various £150-200 plus 24% BP*
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A modern Meissen porcelain figure of a shepherdess with bird cage, on high mound base, 10.75ins high (crossed swords mark in blue and with incised and impressed numbers - minor damage) £150-200 plus 24% BP*
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A modern Meissen porcelain group of Harlequin and Columbine dancing, 9ins high (crossed swords mark in blue, and incised numbers) £200-300 plus 24% BP*
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Three modern Meissen porcelain "Commedia dell' Arte" figures - Pantalone, 6.25ins high, Mezzetin, 7.5ins high, and Pantalone standing beside a plinth and with outstretched right arm, 7.25ins high (all with blue cross swords marks and model numbers) £300-400 plus 24% BP*
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Two modern Meissen porcelain figures of Orientals, he holding a cap in his right hand, she with raised fan, each 6.25ins high (with crossed swords and impressed and incised marks) £200-300 plus 24% BP*
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A modern Meissen porcelain figural group of an Oriental Mother with two children, one playing a drum, 6ins high (minor damage) and another similar model of a Mother seated in a Western style chair, 5ins high (blue cross swords and impressed and incised marks) £150-200 plus 24% BP*
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A pair of modern Meissen porcelain figures of Malabar musicians, each 7.25ins high (blue cross swords and impressed incised marks - minor damage) £200-300 plus 24% BP*
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Two modern Meissen porcelain figures of musicians, one playing a cello, the other a violin, 4.75ins and 5.25ins high, and a huntsman playing a trumpet, 5.75ins high (all with crossed swords and impressed and incised marks) £200-300 plus 24% BP*
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A modern Meissen porcelain figural group of a couple dancing, she carrying a basket, he with a mattock over his shoulder, 4.5ins high, and another of a woman reading a letter (damage), 5.5ins high (both with crossed swords and impressed and incised numbers) £150-200 plus 24% BP*
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A modern Meissen porcelain flared vase enamelled with Deutsche Blumen within a shaped gilt edged reserve panel on a yellow ground, 16.75ins high £120-160 plus 24% BP*
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A modern Meissen porcelain dish of shaped outline, the centre enamelled in colours with deutsche blumen, the moulded rim picked out with gilt detail, 11ins diameter, another, the rim moulded with acanthus leaves in gilt and white and on a claret ground, 12ins diameter (restored), and a plate, the centre enamelled in colours with deutsche blumen, the rim with a single gold line, 10.25ins diameter (all with blue crossed swords mark and various painters/impressed marks) £80-120 plus 24% BP*
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