A quantity of ORDNANCE SURVEY rolled 1:50000 maps. Includes some laminated maps of South African interest and a wall chart of Tasmanian Mountain Plants.

A box of playscripts and books of analysis including many Shakespeare works, Tennessee Williams, Bernard Shaw, Brecht,

A mixed box of books to include 3 volumes of Thomas Carlyle: Life of John Sterling, On Heroes and Hero-Worship and French Revolution vol. II, Plutarch's life of Nikias (CUP 1887), The Fortified House in Scotland (2 vol.), The Complete Angler by Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton (Pub. George Routledge), John Buchan and His World by Janet Adam Smith, The Complete Richard Hannay by John Buchan (Penguin edition), A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, illustrated by Emil Weiss 1944,

A box of cookery books to include Delia Smith, Gary Rhodes and many more

An antique wooden banded box with a substantial quantity of mainly personal correspondence and ephemera. Lots and lots of letters with some Norway postal interest. Box is in poor state.

A limited edition of BURNS'S CHLORIS: A REMINISCENCE by JAMES ADAMS. A limited edition of 275 large paper copies of which 250 were offered for sale. Dark blue cloth with vellum spine with unclear red lettering on spine. Slight tear on title page, hand-cut pages.

A collection of interesting football programmes to include 1959 Scotland V Germany at Hampden Park, 1967 Inter V Celtic in Lisbon, Hibernian V Juventus 1974 and others.

A set of 16 books of the work of Charles Dickens published by Odhams in the 1930s. Hardback covers in brown. Front covers are embossed with an image of Charles Dickens. In good condition for nearly 100 years old. Contains lovely sketches in the books.

Twenty four EVERYMAN volumes of Sir Walter Scott published by JM Dent plus The Small House at Allington by Trollope, Vanity Fair by Thackeray, and Emma by Jane Austen from the same series and also A Century of English Essays an Anthology ranging from Caxton to R L Stevenson & The Writers of Our Time

All three volumes of The World's Greatest Paintings: Selected Masterpieces of Famous Art Galleries printed by Odhams Press, issued by the Daily Herald each with 33 colour plates. Hardback with faux leather cover with gilt writing. Covers intact with some damage and some pages foxed but plates all in good condition

The Water Babies : A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby by C KINGSLEY published in 1920 by A&C Black. Hardcover with 8 colour plates and black & white illustrations by MH Dawson. Bumped edges, intact pages

A box of fiction books to include early edition Agatha Christies and many more

The OFFICIAL HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA IN THE WAR 1914-18 vol. VIII Australian Flying Corps by FM Cutlack. Published by ANGUS & ROBERTSON in 1923 with 32 maps and 54 illustrations. Original cloth cover with gilt title. Some loosening to spine and some foxing

A box of non-fiction books to include several Whittaker's Almanacs, The Observer's Book of Astronomy by Patrick Moore, The Observer's Book of Trees and Shrubs of the British Isles by WJ Stoke

A vintage collection of books for children of yesteryear to include THE WONDER BOOK OF DO YOU KNOW? ed. by Harry Golding n.d., THE WONDER BOOK OF WONDERS ed. by Harry Golding n.d., THE BEST BOOK FOR SCHOOL BOYS, stories by Harold Avery, Tom Bevan TC Bridges, HOLIDAYS AT THE SEASIDE by Cecily M Rutley plus a vintage copy of HOME ODD JOBS and How to do Them first edition 1934,

A box of vintage non-fiction books to include a 1900 (2nd impression) copy of SIR REDVERS H BULLER V.C. : The Story of His Life by Walter Jerrold

Volumes 2, 3 4 and 5 of BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON edited by Augustine Birrell published by Archibald Constable in 1906. Hardback with partially cut pages in green cloth cover plus GEORGE HERBERT'S REMAINS vol. 1 published by William Pickering 1836 and ESSAYS AND LETTERS by Percy R Shelley edited by Ernest Rhys and published by Walter Scott, 1886,

BIGGLES-SECRET AGENT by Captain W. E. Johns. First edition published 1940 by Oxford University Press. Thick paperback cover with some damage to the spine and some foxing

A box of BIGGLES books by Captain W. E. Johns, mainly hardback and including some first editions

A box of fiction books to include a first edition copy of THE CRUEL SEA by Nicholas Monsarrat and a quantity of Hornblower books plus many others

A box of military themed books to include JANE'S FIGHTING AIRCRAFT OF WORLD WAR I

A mixed collection of books to include Keats, Tennyson plus works on theology and much else

THE SECOND WORLD WAR in 6 volumes by WINSTON CHURCHILL, a first edition hardback copy published in 1952 by Cassell & Co. Dustjackets missing, some foxing to edges but generally good condition

A small collection of early edition sci-fi and fantasy books to include JRR Tolkien, Asimov, Clarke and others. Includes various sci-fi anthologies

A box of books with many memoirs of war heroes including a first edition copy of REACH FOR THE SKY : DOUGLAS BADER His Life Story published in 1954. Dust jacket condition fair, owner's inscription. Also THE ROYAL CORPS IN THE WAR by 'Wing Adjutant', BOMBER PILOT by Group-Captain Leonard Cheshire VC, DSO, DFC, MEMOIRS OF A BRITISH AGENT by RH Bruce Lockhart, TOMMY OF THE TANKS by Escott Lynn, and others

A box of books with a distinct Scottish flavour to include multiple titles by JOHN BUCHAN, RM BALLANTYNE, The Scottish Student's Song Book 2nd edition 1897, The LIFE OF JOHN KNOX by Thomas McCrie, TRADITIONS OF EDINBURGH by R Chambers revised by the author in 1868 and many more

ODETTE: THE STORY OF A BRITISH AGENT by Jerrard Tickell signed by ODETTE CHURCHILL. Published by Chapman & Hall 10th impression in January 1952. Dust cover is damaged, red cloth cover has slightly bumped edges

A large box of vintage books to include a first edition copy of MONSIEUR NICOLAS or THE HUMAN HEART LAID BARE translated by Robert Baldick, published by Barrie & Rockliff in 1966, dust jacket a bit worn but otherwise in good condition, plus THE OPIUM CLIPPERS by Basil Lubbock, and many other titles

Local Interest - BIGGAR AND THE HOUSE OF FLEMING by W Hunter, 2nd edition published 1867 in fragile condition, plus A GUIDE TO TOWN OF BIGGAR and Places of Interest (1902) (front cover detached), also THE MINSTERLSY OF SCOTLAND Romantic and Historical by Alexander Gardner published 1893 and THE COMPLETE WORKS OF ROBERT BURNS published by Collins with index, glossary and notes

JK ROWLING First Edition HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX hardback in good condition. Also a boxed set of Bloomsbury hardback Harry Potter books.

A good quantity of books of interest. Mainly hardbacks, includes Autobiographies, Survival, Diet, recipes etc.

BUNYAN'S CHOICE WORKS The Pilgrim's Progress, The Holy War, The Barren Fig-Tree, Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners and Heart's Ease in Heart Trouble with Numerous Illustrations. Published by Cassell Petter Galpin & Co, undated. Fully bound in leather with clasp fastenings, front cover is detached, pages are tanned with some foxing but remains an impressive tome

Two leatherbound volumes printed in 1713 of Opera et fragmenta veterum poetarum Latinorum profanorum & ecclesiasticorum duobus voluminibus comprehensa (The works and fragments of the early Latin poets, secular and ecclesiastical, comprised in two volumes) by MICHEL METTAIRE. These 2 volumes are showing signs of their age with scuff marks to the leather of the covers, yellowing of the pages and some very slight water damage to one volume. Spines remain intact with all pages. Published by J. Nicholson, B. Tooke & J. Tonson, London

PLUTARCH'S LIVES, TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL GREEK, With Notes, Critical and Historical, And a New Life of Plutarch, in Eight Volumes by John Langhorne and William Langhorne. Volumes I, II, V, VI,VII, VIII. Printed for B Crosby and Co 1808. Each book is leather bound, two with front cover detached (still with book). Otherwise condition as to be expected with 200 year old books.

Volumes 1 -25 of the 1891 centenary edition of THE WAVERLEY NOVELS by Sir Walter Scott, plus 2 volumes of The Poetical Works, 2 volumes of Tales of a Grandfather. The books are all hardback with leather spines with gilt decoration and marbled covers. Most show some signs of foxing and all have been covered (without adhesive) in jute or velveteen which has protected the covers through the decades