More Adventures of Mickey, The Adventures of Mickey Mouse, story and illustrations by the Staff of Walt Disney Studios published by Dean, London. No date but circa 1932. In stiff illustrated boards size 19.5 by 14 cm. Endpapers contain maps of Mickey’s neighbourhood. Small dedication in ink above title. New blue cloth spine and sympathetic restoration to endpapers, where a tear has been closed and some earlier tape repairs removed. Good condition. £145
Miniature Scrapbook. A small scrap album dating from the mid Victorian period (circa 1840-80). Full leather binding. All edges gilt. Size 11.5 by 9.5 cm. Approximately 75 pages, the majority of which have small coloured pictorial scraps pasted in. These include images of a paddle steamer (the Leeds); Balmoral and Windsor castles; Christmas cards; cards produced by Marcus Ward; verse; cut-outs or silhouettes; a silk page; the Lord's Prayer in a 2cm spiral plus images of children and country scenes. Blind-stamped decoration to front, back and spine. Good to VG condition. £95
Hand Atlas der Anatomie des Menschen by Professor C E Bock, published by Volckmar, Leipzig 1840. A 1st edition. In stiff marbled boards size 33 by 24 cm, leather spine with gold-stamped title and bands. Approximately 130 pages, 68 pages of text (in German) plus 26 hand-coloured steel engravings of human anatomy, each with one or two pages of explanatory text. Some foxing and one plate has a closed tear. Binding Good and overall condition Fair to Good. £150
Ordnance
Survey Map of Iver & West Drayton 1900. A large map on folding linen, size
102 by 70 cm. Scale six inches to the mile. In 36 sections, comprising parts of
OS sheet LIII SE and LIV (Bucks) with parts of sheets XIV and XV (Middlesex).
Published by the OS, Southampton 1900. Includes part of Uxbridge, Hillingdon
and Harmondsworth. Folds into stiff leather covered boards. VG condition. £35
Origin of the Western Nations and Languages by Charles Lassalle, published by John Heywood, Manchester 1883. A 1st edition. In stiff cloth-covered decorated boards size 22 by 14 cm. 431 pages. Slight weakness to front hinge, some scuffing to corners and to head and foot of spine but with these reservations in Good condition. £40
Cruchley’s Travellers’ Companion through England and Wales showing the Railways and Stations to the Present Time, published by G Cruchley, London 1863. On folding linen in 30 sections, size 79 by 67 cm. Scale approximately 15 inches to the mile. A detailed map with some hand-colouring which shows railways completed and railways in progress. Folds into stiff boards with marbled endpapers. Boards faded but sound. Map VG condition. £90