British topography, decorative arts & handicrafts. The library of John Heaton Cope ARPS (1926-2020), comprising 40 boxes of Yorkshire Dales, Lake District (Cumberland and Westmorland) and Warwickshire reference, decorative arts and handicrafts reference (including furniture, pewter, domestic metalwork treen, candlesticks, etc., specific titles including Charles Latham, In Englsih Homes, London: Country Life, 1904, 2 volumes, folio, original pictorial cloth gilt), general literature, a collection of some 30 Batsford titles in good dust jackets, and assorted other material including Mrs Beeton's Book of Household management, new Edition, 1912, and similar (qty: 40 boxes) The lot sold as seen and without reserve. John Heaton Cope ARPS (1926-2020) was a professional photographer with Birmingham City Council for 44 years, latterly working as the chief photographer at Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery. He lectured on the Midlands circuit of photographic societies for over 30 years and was an active member of the Leica Portfolio Club. He specialised in landscape, architectural and portrait photography. John was a keen collector of antique oak furniture, pewter, copper and brass, rustic lighting, horse brasses, treen, engravings, commemorative china and books, with a particular focus on local history. On retiring to Ravenstonedale near Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria in 1993, John continued to add to his collections and published a short history of the shops in the village.