A mixed collection of silver plated items, to include a twin handled tray, circa 1860; together with a main course and two under dishes, and an old Sheffield plate chamber stick (5)

***WITHDRAWN*** A Venetian cream painted and parcel gilt dressing stool, 19th century, with an upholstered seat, on cabriole legs ***WITHDRAWN***

Amis (Kingsley) One Fat Englishman, FIRST EDITION, spine slightly faded, dust-jacket frayed at head and with tear at foot, chipped at corners, little browned, Victor Gollancz, 1963; Wolfe (Tom) The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, edges spotted, foot of spine little knocked, dust-jacket chipped at head and foot, 1969, original cloth and boards, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1969; and 18 others, 8vo (20)

Bannerman (Helen) The Story of Little Black Sambo, FIRST EDITION, colour illustrations by the author, original green decorated cloth, spine slightly darkened, contemporary inscription on verso of flyleaf, later fold-over cloth box, 32mo., Grant Richa rds, 1899.

Butler (Samuel) The Way of All Flesh, FIRST EDITION, armorial bookplate of W. R. Stuart Majendie, later bookplate, half title, some scattered foxing throughout, original red cloth, gilt lettering, t.e.g., top corners bumped, short tear at foot of upp er joint, some cracking to top hinge, preserved in cloth slip-in case, 8vo, Grant Richards, 1903.

Conrad (Joseph) Almayer's Folly, A Story of an Eastern River, FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE, bookplate, original green cloth, gilt, light handling marks, t.e.g., others uncut, T. Fisher Unwin, 1895; An Outcast of the Islands, FIRST EDITION, bookplate, original green cloth, gilt, t.e.g., lightly rubbed at head of spine, some foxing to endpapers, 1896; The Nigger of 'Narcissus', FIRST EDITION, bookplate, original grey cloth, gilt, edges uncut, light foxing, some light bumping, Heinemann, 1898; Tales of Unrest, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, bookplate, original green cloth, gilt, t.e.g., T. Unwin Fisher, 1898; together with 10 other novels by Conrad, first editions, original cloth, 4 titles in original dust-jackets, 8vo (14)

Joyce (James) Pomes Penyeach, FIRST EDITION, errata slip tipped-in at end, original printed pale green boards, 'Price One Shilling' printed on lower cover, spine ends and corners slightly bumped, sunned. particularly at inner margins, still an excel lent copy overall, [Slocum & Cahoon A24], 16mo, Paris, Shakespeare & Company , 1927.

Masefield (John) Salt-Water Ballads, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, bookplate, half title, original blue buckram, gilt lettering, some fading to corners and spine, t.e.g., others untrimmed, endpapers slightly browned, front hinge a little strained, 8vo , Grant Richards, 1902.

Shaw (George Bernard) Mrs. Warren's Profession: A Play in Four Acts, with 12 photographic illustrations, half title inscribed to Arthur Symons, first leaf (half-title), frontispiece and upper cover loose, original grey printed wrappers, upper cover detached, and frayed, repairs to lower joint, preserved in a cloth chemise and original slipcase, 8vo, Grant Richards, 1902. ***First separate impression, with a new Preface. Originally appeared in 1898 in vol. 1 of 'Plays Pleasant and Unpleasant', it was published following the play's first performance, in January 1902. The inscription reads: "To Arthur Symons, the author of that epigram about Euclid (see pp. xxii & xxiv), from G. Bernard Shaw, 6th June 1902".

White (E.B.) Stuart Little, FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, (10-5 and I-U), illustrations by Garath Williams, original decorated dust-jacket, first state dust-jacket showing original price of $2.00, slight toning to jacket and slight chipping to ta il of spine, very good, 8vo, New York, Harper & Brothers, 1945.

Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron...translated by John Payne, 2 vol., NUMBER 115 OF 174 COPIES, titles in red and black, plates by Louis Chalon, tissue guards, pencil ownership inscriptions on end-papers, original gilt-lettered cloth, gilt ornament s on front covers, heads of front joints little damaged, folio, Lawrence & Bullen, 1893.

Nonesuch Press.- [Dante Alighieri] La Divina Commedia or The Divine Vision of Dante Alighieri in Italian and English, NUMBER 868 OF 1475 COPIES, text in Italian and English, double-page plates after drawings by Botticelli, original vellum stained or ange, gilt, t.e.g., very slightly rubbed and marked, covers slightly bowed, but spine without the usual fading, folio, Nonesuch Press, 1928.