A SHERBORNE SCHOOL GOLD PRIZE MEDALLION
Lot 25 - 16 July | Coins & Medals Sold
A SHERBORNE SCHOOL GOLD PRIZE MEDALLION
The rim detailed 'DAVID SECRETAN JONES 1851', diameter 44mm, weight 51 grams, with the original case
CONDITION REPORTThe medallion is offered as a high grade gold, there are no hallmarks, we are unable to determine the exact carat of the grade and as it has now been on view for some time, we are not…
Hammer price: £2,900
Estimate: £1,800 - £2,200
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
A GROUP OF FIVE SECOND WORLD WAR MEDALS TO RONALD PEGRUM B.E.M AND FURTHER ITEMS (QTY)
Lot 104 - 16 July | Coins & Medals Sold
A GROUP OF FIVE SECOND WORLD WAR MEDALS TO RONALD PEGRUM B.E.M AND FURTHER…
Comprising; a George VI B.E.M. military issue to S/7915432 A /W.O.CL.2 RONALD H.C.PEGRUM, R.A.S.C., The 1939-45 Star, The Africa Star with bar 8th Army, The 1939-45 Defence Medal and The War Medal,…
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £150 - £250
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
ALBUM, MAINLY OF IRISH INTEREST - A collection of autograph letters, clipped signatures etc. by Daniel O'Connell, John O'Connell, William O'Brien, Thomas Henry Huxley, Disraeli, Tennyson, Ruskin, etc. Please see the full description below.
ALBUM, MAINLY OF IRISH INTEREST - A collection of autograph letters,…
ALBUM, MAINLY OF IRISH INTEREST - A collection of c.50 autograph letters and clipped signatures, the letters variously mounted on hinges or secured by silk ribbons or loosely-inserted, the clipped…
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
ARIAS MONTANUS, Benedictus (1527-98). Sacra geographiae tabulam, Antwerp: [Plantin], 1571 [but 1572], engraved twin-hemisphere world map, galleons and sea-monsters, 315 x 530mm. AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE COPY OF THE VERY RARE FIRST STATE. Shirley 125. RARE.
ARIAS MONTANUS, Benedictus (1527-98). Sacra geographiae tabulam, Antwerp: …
ARIAS MONTANUS, Benedictus (1527-98) [with variants].  Sacra geographiae tabulam ex antiquissimorum cultor. Familiis a mose recensitis: ad sacrorum libror explicandor. Commoditatem Antwerpiae in…
Hammer price: £3,200
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
ASTRONOMY, AMERICAN - John VOSE (1766-1840). A System of Astronomy, Concord [New Hampshire], 1827, 8vo, contemporary calf-backed boards. FIRST EDITION. RARE. With 3 other books of related interest. (4)
ASTRONOMY, AMERICAN - John VOSE (1766-1840). A System of Astronomy,…
ASTRONOMY, AMERICAN - John VOSE (1766-1840).  A System of Astronomy, on the Principles of Copernicus: Containing, Besides the Usual Astronomical Calculations, A Catalogue of Eclipses Visible in the…
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
BAKER, Ezekiel (1758-1836). Remarks on Rifle Guns, London, 1835, 8vo, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece and 9 plates, including 7 hand-coloured, tables, contemporary half black morocco (heavily restored). Eleventh edition.
BAKER, Ezekiel (1758-1836). Remarks on Rifle Guns, London, 1835, 8vo, hand…
BAKER, Ezekiel (1758-1836).  Remarks on Rifle Guns: Being the Result of Sixty Years' Practice and Observation: with Specific Remarks on Fowling Pieces, the Percussion Lock, and Fire Arms in General.…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
BAKER, Samuel White (1821-93). The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon, London, 1854, 8vo, 6 coloured lithographed plates, attractively bound in modern green half morocco. FIRST EDITION.
BAKER, Samuel White (1821-93). The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon, London,…
BAKER, Samuel White (1821-93).  The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon ... With Numerous Illustrations Printed in Colours, and Engravings on Wood. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854. 8vo …
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £70 - £100
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
BARTHOLOMAEUS ANGLICUS (c.1203-72). De proprietatibus rerum, Cologne, 1481, folio, 456 leaves, contemporary pen flourishes in red and grey ink to initials on two pages incorporating drawings of hares, old calf. Provenance: John Yudkin (bookplate). RARE.
BARTHOLOMAEUS ANGLICUS (c.1203-72). De proprietatibus rerum, Cologne, 1481…
BARTHOLOMAEUS ANGLICUS or BARTHOLOMAEUS DE GLANVILLE [with many variants] (c.1203-72).  De proprietatibus rerum. [Colophon:] Cologne: "Impressus per me Johanem koelhoff de lubeck", 1481. Chancery…
Hammer price: £14,000
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
BIZOT, Pierre (1630-96). Histoire Metallique de la Republique de Hollande, Paris, 1686, folio, additional engraved title, initials and illustrations, 12 engraved plates, contemporary vellum. FIRST EDITION of this work on Dutch coins, medals and emblems.
BIZOT, Pierre (1630-96). Histoire Metallique de la Republique de Hollande,…
BIZOT, Pierre (1630-96).  Histoire Metallique de la Republique de Hollande. Paris: "Chez Daniel Horthemels Libraire, rue Saint Jacques, au Mecenas," 1687. Folio (370 x 240mm). Additional engraved…
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
BLUNT, Charles F. (fl.1811-45). The Beauty of the Heavens, London, 1845, 4to, 104 FINE coloured aquatint and chromolithographed plates by Charles Blunt, contemporary burgundy half morocco gilt.
BLUNT, Charles F. (fl.1811-45). The Beauty of the Heavens, London, 1845,…
BLUNT, Charles F. (fl.1811-45).  The Beauty of the Heavens. A Pictorial Display of the Astronomical Phenomena of the Universe. Exhibited in One Hundred and Four Scenes, Accompanying and Illustrating…
Hammer price: £1,300
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
BUCHAN, John (1875-1940). The Gap in the Curtain, London, 1932, 8vo, original green buckram, dust-jacket. A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION of the author's only novel which incorporates supernatural and science fiction elements.
BUCHAN, John (1875-1940). The Gap in the Curtain, London, 1932, 8vo,…
BUCHAN, John (1875-1940).  The Gap in the Curtain. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1932. 8vo (186 x 130mm). Half title, 4-pages of publisher's advertisements at the end. Original green buckram with a…
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £80 - £120
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
"CARROLL, Lewis" (1832-98). Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, London, 1872, 8vo, illustrations by John Tenniel, original red buckram, "Twenty-Ninth Thousand". With the same author's Through the Looking-Glass (London, 1872, "Thirty-Second Thousand"). (2)
"CARROLL, Lewis" (1832-98). Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, London, 1872…
"CARROLL, Lewis" [i.e. Charles Lutwidge DODGSON (1832-98)].  Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. London: Macmillan and Co., printed by Richard Clay, 1872 [but October 1871]. 8vo in 4s (183 x 125mm).…
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
CASSINI DE THURY, César-François (1714-84). La Meridienne de l' Observatoire Royal de Paris, Paris, 1744, 4to, 14 folding engraved plates and maps, contemporary mottled calf gilt (rubbed). FIRST EDITION.
CASSINI DE THURY, César-François (1714-84). La Meridienne de l'…
CASSINI DE THURY, César-François (1714-84).  La Meridienne de l' Observatoire Royal de Paris, Vérifiée dans toute l' Etendue du Royaume par de Nouvelles Observations. Pour en Déduire la Vraye…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
CATS, Jacob (1577-1660). Alle de Wercken, Amsterdam, 1712, 2 volumes bound in one, folio, additional engraved allegorical title, engraved plates and c. 400 emblematic illustrations, contemporary calf gilt.
CATS, Jacob (1577-1660). Alle de Wercken, Amsterdam, 1712, 2 volumes bound…
CATS, Jacob (1577-1660).  Alle de Wercken ... Ridder Oudt Raadtpensionaris van Hollandt. &c. De laatste Druk; waar on het Twee-en-Tachtig Jaarig Leeven des Dichters beneffens desselfs Slaapeloose…
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £400 - £600
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
CLARKE, Graham (b.1941, illustrator). Balyn and Balan, Monchelsea: Ebenezer Press, [1969], folio, coloured linocut text and plates by Clarke printed on folded sheets, each plate initialed by the artist, original boards. ONE OF 25 ARTIST'S PROOF COPIES.
CLARKE, Graham (b.1941, illustrator). Balyn and Balan, Monchelsea:…
CLARKE, Graham (b.1941, illustrator).  Balyn and Balan. Boughton Moncheslea, Kent: Ebenezer Press, [1969]. Folio (510 x 355mm). Coloured linocut title, text and plates by Graham Clarke, printed on 16…
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £100 - £150
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
COMMONWEALTH OF ENGLAND, ACT OF PARLIAMENT - An Act giving Licence for Transporting Fish in Forreign Bottoms, London, "Printed by Henry Hills and John Field, Printers to His Highness the Lord Protector," 1657, bifolium.
COMMONWEALTH OF ENGLAND, ACT OF PARLIAMENT - An Act giving Licence for…
COMMONWEALTH OF ENGLAND, ACT OF PARLIAMENT - An Act giving Licence for Transporting Fish in Forreign Bottoms. At the Parliament begun at Westminster the 17th Day of September, Anno Domini 1656.…
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £70 - £100
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924) & Ford M. HUEFFER (1873-1939). The Inheritors. London, 1901, 8vo, original yellow pictorial cloth (some light staining). FIRST EDITION. With the same authors' Romance (London, 1903, 8vo, original blue cloth, FIRST EDITION). (2)
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924) & Ford M. HUEFFER (1873-1939). The Inheritors.…
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924) & Ford Madox HUEFFER (1873-1939, changed to Ford Madox FORD in 1919).  The Inheritors. An Extravagant Story. London: William Heinemann, 1901. 8vo (192 x 130mm). Half title,…
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £100 - £150
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). Laughing Anne, London, 1923, large 8vo (dampstained), vellum. FIRST EDITION. NO. 4 OF 200 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed, "To L. H. who prepared this edition for the press, her friend, J. C., 1923.""
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). Laughing Anne, London, 1923, large 8vo …
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924).  Laughing Anne. A Play. London: The Vine Books, 1923. Large 8vo (240 x 160mm). Half title, title with a vignette of palm trees printed in green (heavily dampstained…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). Nostromo, London, 1904, 8vo, (some staining and spotting), original blue cloth lettered and decorated in white, spine gilt (rubbed). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, of what is widely-regarded as the author's masterpiece.
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). Nostromo, London, 1904, 8vo, (some staining…
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924).  Nostromo. A Tale of the Seaboard. London: Harper & Brothers, 1904. 8vo (184 x 125mm). Half title, publisher's advertisement on the verso of half title, woodcut printer's…
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £150 - £250
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
DUELLING - The Art of Duelling, by a Traveller, London, 1836, 8vo, attractively bound in later green crushed morocco gilt. FIRST EDITION. The author is unknown. RARE. With another related book in 2 vols. (3)
DUELLING - The Art of Duelling, by a Traveller, London, 1836, 8vo,…
DUELLING - The Art of Duelling, by a Traveller. Containing Much Information Useful to Young Continental Tourists. London: Joseph Thomas ... F. C. Westley ... R Willoughby, 1836. 8vo (185 x 105mm). 2…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
FULLER, Samuel ([?]d.1736). Practical Astronomy, Dublin, 1732, 8vo, 10 folding engraved plates, 2 of which printed in sanguine, contemporary calf (rebacked). Provenance: Alice Grace (old armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION.
FULLER, Samuel ([?]d.1736). Practical Astronomy, Dublin, 1732, 8vo, 10…
FULLER, Samuel ([?]d.1736).  Practical Astronomy, in the Description and Use of both Globes, Orrery and Telescopes. Wherein the most useful Elements, and most valuable modern Discoveries of the true…
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
GAZIUS, Antonius (1449-1528). Corona florida medicinæ: sive De conservatione sanitatis, Venice, "per Johannem de forlivio & Gregorium fratres", 1491, folio, 125 leaves, painted initials, old calf. Provenance: John Yudkin (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. RARE.
GAZIUS, Antonius (1449-1528). Corona florida medicinæ: sive De…
GAZIUS, Antonius (1449-1528).  Corona florida medicinæ: sive De conservatione sanitatis. [Title at [a1]:]  Florida corona medicinae omnibus sanitatem affectatibus utilis & necessaria ... Capitulum…
Hammer price: £8,000
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
JACOVLEFF, Alexandre (1887-1938). Dessins et Peintures, Paris, 1927, 4to, 50 coloured plates by Jacovleff, unbound as issued in original portfolios, booklet. NUMBER 104 of 750 COPIES, THIS COPY "POUR SIMONE VINDEVOGHEL."
JACOVLEFF, Alexandre (1887-1938). Dessins et Peintures, Paris, 1927, 4to,…
JACOVLEFF [or IACOVLEFF or YAKOVLEV], Alexandre Yevgenievich (1887-1938).  Dessins et Peintures d' Afrique. Exécutés au cours de l' Expédition Citroën Centre Afrique ... Édité Sous la Direction de…
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £1,200 - £1,500
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
KENSINGTON, LONDON - Leigh HUNT (1784-1859). The Old Court Suburb, London, 1902, 2 volumes, 4to, plates and illustrations by H. Railton, C. Shepperson and Edmund J. Sullivan, vellum gilt. ONE OF 150 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTISTS. With 2 related books. (4)
KENSINGTON, LONDON - Leigh HUNT (1784-1859). The Old Court Suburb, London,…
KENSINGTON, LONDON - Leigh HUNT (1784-1859).  The Old Court Suburb: or Memorials of Kensington, Regal, Critical, & Anecdotical [sic] ... edited by Austin Dobson & newly embellish'd. London:…
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £100 - £150
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST

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