Set of Brass Postal Scales

lot 392 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 12th Mar, 2025)

English, c.1880, unsigned French polished wooden base with single drawer containing fitted tray of weights, single brass column holding beam with ... read more

Estimated at £50 - £100 More details 3  

Steelyard Rod with Weight and Hooks

lot 393 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 12th Mar, 2025)

English, late 18th early 19th century, indistinctly stamped '32 BEACH', constructed of iron with hooks and weight, 35cm

Estimated at £50 - £100 More details 2  

County of Nottingham, 56LB, Outdoor Inspectors Beam Scale

lot 394 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 12th Mar, 2025)

English, stamped ER 1905, beam engraved 'COUNTY OF NOTTINGHAM, CAPACITY 56LB, FOR OUTDOOR USE, DEGRAVE AND CO LTD MAKERS LONDON' in a fitted pine ... read more

Sold for £44    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

A lacquered brass 'Subdivided Inch, Borough of Crewe'

lot 395 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 12th Mar, 2025)

English, c.1903, by W&T Avery Ltd, London, with portcullis verification marks for 1903 and 1913, with pocket magnifier, replaced, in fitted (Qty: 2) ... read more

Sold for £375    Result plus buyers premium More details 6  

Nottinghamshire County Council, Branding Iron

lot 396 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 12th Mar, 2025)

19th Century, branding iron with a crown over the letter N on a long iron handle, length 39cm Note: found in the collection of Nottingham Trading ... read more

Sold for £125    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

A brass Wright, Manchester Mill Machine Sector

lot 397 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 12th Mar, 2025)

English, early 19th century, one face engraved for Machine Wheels, the other for Mill Gear (misspelt) Wheels, in fitted mahogany case

Estimated at £500 - £800 More details 7  

An unusual G Simpson, London, Treen Container possibly for medical use

lot 398 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 12th Mar, 2025)

English, early 19th century, the circular container with tapering threaded lid, enclosing planished silver metal lidded container of acorn form, ... read more

Sold for £338    Result plus buyers premium More details 6  

A nickel-plated brass Berrian Mfg Gold and Silver Counterfeit Coin Detector Rocker

lot 399 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 12th Mar, 2025)

American, with sixteen coin slots

Sold for £138    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

Nottingham Trading Standards, Egg Poises

lot 400 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 12th Mar, 2025)

English, c.1950, trade label for 'W & T Jackson & Co Ltd, Leicester' Polished wooden case containing 8 anodised aluminium egg poises, case with brass ... read more

Sold for £212    Result plus buyers premium More details 6  

A Collection of 16 George V Customs Officers Stamps

lot 401 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 12th Mar, 2025)

Collection of 16 hardened steel punch/stamps for customs inspectors, all marked GR many with crown mark and inspectors number579 , by W & T A Co, 16 ... read more

Sold for £100    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

A Collection of 27 George V Customs Officers Stamps

lot 402 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 12th Mar, 2025)

Collection of 27 hardened steel punch/stamps for customs inspectors, all marked GR many with crown mark and inspectors number 482 , by W & T A Co, 27 ... read more

Sold for £81    Result plus buyers premium More details 7  

Huge Collection of Georve V Customs Officer Stamps & Punches

lot 403 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 12th Mar, 2025)

Large Collection of hardened steel punch/stamps for customs inspectors, all marked GR many with crown mark and inspectors numbers, most by W & T A Co,

Sold for £150    Result plus buyers premium More details 4  

A Collection of 20 Victorian Customs Officers Stamps

lot 404 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 12th Mar, 2025)

Collection of 16 hardened steel punch/stamps for customs inspectors, all marked VR many with crown mark and inspectors numbers

Sold for £150    Result plus buyers premium More details 5  

A Miscellaneous Collection of Customs Officers Stamps & Punches

lot 405 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 12th Mar, 2025)

Large Collection of Customs Officers miscellaneous punches and stamps, including a set of 6 punches with a crown and numbered 494

Sold for £138    Result plus buyers premium More details 10  

A Georgian Set of 3 Customs Inspectors Stamps

lot 406 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 12th Mar, 2025)

customs inspectors hardened steel punch/stamps with 3 crowns above an inverted T shape

Sold for £119    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

M. Manilli, Astronomicon, 1679

lot 407 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 12th Mar, 2025)

M. Manilii, Astronomicon, Interpretatione et Notis ac Figuris illustravit, Michael Fayus Bacc. Theol. & P. Eccl. De Putangelis. Jussu Christianissimi ... read more

Estimated at £800 - £1,200 More details 2  

Stephen Jay Gould

lot 408 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 12th Mar, 2025)

First edition. 480pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed by the author to his close friend and editor at Natural History Magazine, "Richard + Jude All the best ... read more

Sold for £438    Result plus buyers premium More details 8  

W. J. T Mitchell, THe Last Dinosaur Book, Stephen J. Gould's Copy

lot 409 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 12th Mar, 2025)

First edition. 321pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed by the author "For Steven This was written to you, warm regards Tim Mitchell" with card printed 'FROM ... read more

Estimated at £200 - £400 More details 8  

Bigelow, Frank H. Balloon Ascensions, Cordoba - Argentina 1911 1913, Europe and United States

lot 410 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 12th Mar, 2025)

Bigelow, Frank H. Balloon Ascensions. Cordoba - Argentina 1911 1913. Europe and United States. 1906-1911. Perfect bound (352 x 215 mm). 196 page ... read more

Estimated at £200 - £400 More details 8  

Bacon, Gertrude, Memories of Land & Sky, 1928, Signed Copy

lot 411 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 12th Mar, 2025)

Bacon, Gertrude, Memories of Land & Sky, 1928, Signed to the title page 'Gertrude Foggitt Sep 1936, blue fabric binding Gertrude Bacon was a ... read more

Sold for £162    Result plus buyers premium More details 11  

Zanol Products Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, Catalogue, 1925

lot 412 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 12th Mar, 2025)

Zanol Products Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, Catalogue, 1925, 78 fully illustrated pages of products, brown wrappers with blue impressed design, ... read more

Estimated at £150 - £250 More details 13  

Rowling, J. K., Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Signed Copy

lot 413 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 12th Mar, 2025)

Rowling, J. K., Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Signed Copy, 2000, Published in 2000, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the fourth ... read more

Estimated at £200 - £400 More details 11  

Warhole, Andy, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B & Back Again)

lot 414 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 12th Mar, 2025)

Warhole, Andy, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B & Back Again), published 1975, first edition, dust jacket, library copy with DISCARD ... read more

Estimated at £300 - £500 More details 11  

Ratzinger, Cardinal Joseph, Principles of Catholic Theology, Signed Copy

lot 415 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 12th Mar, 2025)

Ratzinger, Cardinal Joseph, Principles of Catholic Theology, Signed Copy, dust jacket, Second printing 1989 First published in German in 1982 and ... read more

Estimated at £200 - £300 More details 8  

Clinton, Bill, Between Hope & History, Signed Copy

lot 416 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 12th Mar, 2025)

Clinton, Bill, Between Hope & History, Signed Copy, dust jacket, published 1996, first edition, with owners inscription to inside dated June 1997,  ... read more

Estimated at £200 - £300 More details 9  

Peckham, George W. & Elizabeth G. On the Instincts and Habits of the Solitary Wasps

lot 417 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 12th Mar, 2025)

Peckham, George W. & Elizabeth G. On the Instincts and Habits of the Solitary Wasps. [Bound together with] "Additional Observations on the Instincts ... read more

Estimated at £80 - £120 More details 10  

Lebour, Marie V. The Planktonic Diatoms of the Northern Seas

lot 418 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 12th Mar, 2025)

Lebour, Marie V. The Planktonic Diatoms of the Northern Seas. With Four Plates. London: Printed for the Ray Society, sold by Dulau & Co., Ltd., 1930. ... read more

Estimated at £80 - £120 More details 11  

Smith, Greene. Catalogue of Birds, Eggs and Nests

lot 419 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 12th Mar, 2025)

Smith, Greene. Catalogue of Birds, Eggs and Nests. Museum Greene Smith, Peterboro, N. Y. July 11, 1880. Morrisville, NY: printed at the Madison ... read more

Estimated at £150 - £250 More details 8  

Augusta, Joseph, Greta Hort, & Zdeněk Burian. Prehistoric Animals

lot 420 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 12th Mar, 2025)

Augusta, Joseph, Greta Hort, & Zdeněk Burian. Prehistoric Animals. Illustrated under the direction of the author by Zdeněk Burian. Translated by Dr. ... read more

Estimated at £100 - £200 More details 12  

Morgan, Ann Haven. Field Book of Animals in Winter.

lot 421 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 12th Mar, 2025)

Morgan, Ann Haven. Field Book of Animals in Winter. With 283 Illustrations, Including 4 Full-Colour Plates. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1939. ... read more

Estimated at £80 - £120 More details 9  

Baker, J. A. The Peregrine.

lot 422 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 12th Mar, 2025)

Baker, J. A. The Peregrine. London: Collins, 1967. Octavo. Original black boards, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. Spine rolled, ends of ... read more

Estimated at £150 - £250 More details 8  

Logsdon, Mayme Irwin. Elementary Mathematical Analysis, with Tables. Volume I [&] Volume II

lot 423 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 12th Mar, 2025)

Logsdon, Mayme Irwin. Elementary Mathematical Analysis, with Tables. Volume I [&] Volume II. New York and London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., ... read more

Estimated at £80 - £120 More details 14  

Williams, Paige. The Dinosaur Artist. Obsession, Betrayal and the Quest for Earth's Ultimate Trophy

lot 424 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 12th Mar, 2025)

Williams, Paige. The Dinosaur Artist. Obsession, Betrayal and the Quest for Earth's Ultimate Trophy. New York: Hachette, 2018. Octavo. Original white ... read more

Estimated at £80 - £120 More details 6  

Turner, E. L. Broadland Birds, Eric Hoskins Copy

lot 425 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 12th Mar, 2025)

FROM THE LIBRARY OF BIRD PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC HOSKING - Turner, E. L. Broadland Birds. London: Country Life, Ltd., 1924. Quarto. Original quarter green ... read more

Estimated at £100 - £150 More details 8  

Wood, J. G., Insects at Home & Vos. Geirge H., Birds & Their Nests

lot 426 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 12th Mar, 2025)

Wood, J. G., Insects at Home, contemporary full leather prize binding, spine elaborately gilt in compartmentsgreen Morocco label with gilt crest of ... read more

Estimated at £80 - £120 More details 14  

Collection of Penguin Natural History Books

lot 427 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 12th Mar, 2025)

including Spiders, Seashore Life and Pattern, Flowers of Marsh and Stream, Edible Fungi, Semi-Precious Stones, Poisonous Fungi, British Butterflies, ... read more

Sold for £106    Result plus buyers premium More details 29  

Glenie, James. The Doctrine of Universal Comparison

lot 428 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 12th Mar, 2025)

Glenie, James. The Doctrine of Universal Comparison, or General Proportion. [Bound together with] A Geometrical Investigation of Some Curious and ... read more

Estimated at £150 - £250 More details 13  

Burr, G. D. [George Dominicus]. Instructions in Practical Surveying

lot 429 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 12th Mar, 2025)

Burr, G. D. [George Dominicus]. Instructions in Practical Surveying, Topographical Plan Drawing, and Sketching Ground Without Instruments. With ... read more

Sold for £188    Result plus buyers premium More details 9  

G. Nicolis & I. Prigogine. Self-Organization in Nonequilibrium Systems. From Dissipative Structures to Order through Fluctuations

lot 430 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 12th Mar, 2025)

ORDER FROM CHAOS - G. Nicolis & I. Prigogine. Self-Organization in Nonequilibrium Systems. From Dissipative Structures to Order through Fluctuations. ... read more

Estimated at £200 - £400 More details 10  

Frazer, R. A. & W. J. Duncan. The Flutter of Monoplanes, Biplanes and Tail Units

lot 431 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 12th Mar, 2025)

Frazer, R. A. & W. J. Duncan. The Flutter of Monoplanes, Biplanes and Tail Units (A Sequel to R. & M. 1155). Aeronautical Research Committee Reports ... read more

Sold for £125    Result plus buyers premium More details 10  

Boole, Mary Everest. The Mathematical Psychology of Gratry and Boole, 1897

lot 432 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 12th Mar, 2025)

Boole, Mary Everest. The Mathematical Psychology of Gratry and Boole. Translated from the Language of the Higher Calculus into that of Elementary ... read more

Estimated at £80 - £120 More details 9  

(Mathematics). Georgian Era Arithmetic Workbook. England, c. 1800-1820

lot 433 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 12th Mar, 2025)

(Mathematics). Georgian Era Arithmetic Workbook. England, c. 1800-1820. 84-leaf blank book (200 x 165 mm). Original tan half skiver, waste paper ... read more

Estimated at £100 - £200 More details 9  

Piccard, Sophie. Sur les Ensembles de Distances

lot 434 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 12th Mar, 2025)

Piccard, Sophie. Sur les Ensembles de Distances. Des Ensembles de Points d'un Espace Euclidien. Neuchâtel: Secrétariat de l'Université, 1939. Octavo. ... read more

Estimated at £80 - £120 More details 9  

[Woodhead, Joseph]. Catalogue or Guide to the Liverpool Museum of Anatomy

lot 435 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 12th Mar, 2025)

[Woodhead, Joseph]. Catalogue or Guide to the Liverpool Museum of Anatomy. Liverpool: Matthews Brothers, Printers, [c. 1870s]. 64-page pamphlet. ... read more

Estimated at £200 - £400 More details 7  

Bonnevie, Kristine, Chromosomenstudien III. Chromatinreifung in Allium cepa. Mit 4 Tafeln

lot 436 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 12th Mar, 2025)

Bonnevie, Kristine. "Chromosomenstudien III. Chromatinreifung in Allium cepa. Mit 4 Tafeln." Offprint from The Archiv for Zellforschung volume 6, ... read more

Estimated at £100 - £200 More details 7  

Schrader, Franz, Mitosis, signed by Molecular Biologist Erwin Chargaff

lot 437 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 12th Mar, 2025)

Franz Schrader (1891–1962) was a pioneering American cytologist and geneticist, known for his groundbreaking studies on mitosis and chromosomal ... read more

Sold for £138    Result plus buyers premium More details 9  

Extinct Monsters: A Popular Account of Some of the Larger Forms of Ancient Animal Life

lot 438 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 12th Mar, 2025)

Rev. H. N. Hutchinson, B.A., F.G.S., Extinct Monsters: A Popular Account of Some of the Larger Forms of Ancient Animal Life, published 1897, 270 ... read more

Estimated at £80 - £120 More details 5  

Goldsmith, Oliver, A History of the Earth and Animated Nature

lot 439 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 12th Mar, 2025)

Goldsmith, Oliver, A History of the Earth and Animated Nature, published 1879, 6 vols. including supplement, illustrated binding with gilt lion ... read more

Estimated at £80 - £120 More details 6  

Dr. Georges P. Yovanovitch, Entomologie Appliquée à la Médecine Légale

lot 440 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 12th Mar, 2025)

Dr. Georges P. Yovanovitch, Entomologie Appliquée à la Médecine Légale, published 1888, paper wrapper with hand written label for 'ent parasites' ... read more

Estimated at £80 - £120 More details 3  

Charles Lyell, F.R.S.

lot 441 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 12th Mar, 2025)

Charles Lyell, F.R.S., Principles of Geology: Being an Attempt to Explain the Former Changes of the Earth's Surface, by Reference to Causes Now in ... read more

Sold for £625    Result plus buyers premium More details 11