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A sale of antiquarian books at Chiswick Auctions in west London on July 12 will feature this c.1630 English book in embroidered binding of The Psalms of David in Metre (above).

Similar Psalms books with embroidered binding are held by the British Library and mostly date to between 1635-41.

Estimate £300-400.

chiswickauctions.co.uk

This c.1930s travel poster above was published by LNER to promote railway services to the town of Dunoon in the west of Scotland.

It was designed by William Lee Hankey (1869-1952), the British artist best known for his paintings of landscapes, character studies and portraits of pastoral life.

The framed 3ft 3in x 4ft 1in (1 x 1.24m) poster is estimated at £200-400 at McTear’s of Glasgow on July 20.

mctears.co.uk