A GEORGE II FRUITWOOD AND LATER WALNUT-VENEERED QUARTER REPEATING AND STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK
A GEORGE II FRUITWOOD AND LATER WALNUT-VENEERED QUARTER REPEATING AND…
By Benjamin Gray, London
The break-arch with a knopped brass handle surmount, above three pads, with moulded cornice above a glazed panel door, with small engraved silvered plate to the base, the sides each with an arched…
Hammer price: £1,300
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
5 December 2024 , 14:00 GMT
5 December 2024 , 14:00 GMT
A GEORGE III GILTMETAL-MOUNTED MAHOGANY BRACKET CLOCK
A GEORGE III GILTMETAL-MOUNTED MAHOGANY BRACKET CLOCK
Rol Fawney, London
The break-arch case surmounted by a brass carrying handle, above arched glazed door, with a brass fish-scale grille panel to each side, the 7in cream-painted dial detailed Rol Fawney, London, with…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £400 - £600
5 December 2024 , 14:00 GMT
5 December 2024 , 14:00 GMT
BINDING - Liturgia, London, 1670, 8vo, engraved portrait of Charles II and 47 engraved illustrations, rubricated throughout, attractively bound in contemporary black calf elaborately decorated in gilt and blind, gauffered edges.
BINDING - Liturgia, London, 1670, 8vo, engraved portrait of Charles II and…
BINDING - Liturgia, seu liber precum communium, et administrationis sacramentorium, alirumque rituum atque ceremoniarum ecclesiæ, juxta usum ecclesiæ Anglicanæ: unà cum psalterio seu psalmis Davidis.…
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £300 - £500
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94). The Last Night of the Earth Poems, Santa Rosa, 1992, large 8vo, original boards. FIRST EDITION. ONE OF 251 COPIES (LETTERED 'Y') SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND WITH AN ORIGINAL COLOURED SILKSCREEN PRINT BY THE AUTHOR SIGNED "BUK".
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94). The Last Night of the Earth Poems, Santa Rosa…
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94).  The last Night of the Earth Poems. Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1992. Large 8vo (230 x 150mm). Title printed in orange and black, monochrome photographed portrait of…
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
CHINESE CERAMICS - D. HOWARD & J. AYRES. China for the West. Chinese Porcelain & other Decorative Arts ... illustrated from the Mottahedeh Collection, London, 1978, 2 volumes, folio, illustrations, buckram, dust-jackets, slipcase. PRESENTATION COPY. (2)
CHINESE CERAMICS - D. HOWARD & J. AYRES. China for the West. Chinese…
CHINESE CERAMICS - David HOWARD ([dates unknown]) & John AYRES ([dates unknown]).  China for the West. Chinese Porcelain & Other Decorative Arts for Export illustrated from the Mottahedeh Collection.…
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £200 - £300
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
CHINESE CERAMICS - The George Eumorfopoulos Collection. Catalogue of the Chinese, Corean and Persian Pottery and Porcelain by R. L. Hobson, London, 1925-28. Volumes I - VI, folio, 450 plates, some coloured, cloth. FIRST EDITION. ONE OF 725 COPIES. (6)
CHINESE CERAMICS - The George Eumorfopoulos Collection. Catalogue of the…
CHINESE, KOREAN AND PERSIAN CERAMICS -  The George Eumorfopoulos Collection. Catalogue of the Chinese, Corean and Persian Pottery and Porcelain by R. L. Hobson. London: Ernest Benn, Ltd., 1925-28.…
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). The Mirror of the Sea, London, 1906, 8vo, original cloth. FIRST EDITION, IMPORTANT PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on the front free endpaper, "To Miss Hallowes from her friend Joseph Conrad. 1906."
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). The Mirror of the Sea, London, 1906, 8vo,…
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924).  The Mirror of the Sea. Memories and Impressions. London: Methuen & Co., 1906. 8vo (190 x 130mm). Half title, publisher's advertisement on the verso of the half title, the…
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). The Secret Agent, New York, 1907, 8vo, some staining, original cloth. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, IMPORTANT PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on the front free endpaper, "Miss Hallowes from her friend the Author. 1907."
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). The Secret Agent, New York, 1907, 8vo, some…
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924).  The Secret Agent. A Simple Tale. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, [September] 1907. 8vo (187 x 125mm). Title printed in orange and black in single rule border with…
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
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…
Estimate: £300 - £500
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). The Secret Agent, London, 1907, 8vo, half title, 40-pages of publisher's advertisements at the end dated September 1907 (some spotting and staining), original red cloth gilt (extremities rubbed). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE.
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). The Secret Agent, London, 1907, 8vo, half…
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924).  The Secret Agent. A Simple Tale. London: Methuen & Co., 1907. 8vo (190 x 125mm). Half title with publisher's advertisement on the verso, preceded by a blank leaf, 40…
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £400 - £600
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). Youth, London, 1902, 8vo, original cloth gilt (spine darkened and spotted). FIRST EDITION of this collection of three stories which includes "Heart of Darkness", arguably the author's best-known work.
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). Youth, London, 1902, 8vo, original cloth gilt …
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924).  Youth: A Narrative and Two Other Stories. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1902. 8vo (190 x 125mm). Half title with publisher's advertisement on the…
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £500 - £800
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
EISENHOWER, Dwight (1890-1969). A monochrome photograph of Dwight Eisenhower and Laurence Olivier, 275 x 335mm., framed and glazed, [undated, but c.1956]. INSCRIBED beneath the image, "For Sir Laurence Olivier with best wishes, Dwight Eisenhower."
EISENHOWER, Dwight (1890-1969). A monochrome photograph of Dwight…
EISENHOWER, Dwight (1890-1969, 34th President of the United States).  A monochrome photograph of Dwight Eisenhower and Laurence Olivier, both in formal evening wear, standing among others outside the…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
EUCLID (fl. 300 BC) & Christopher CLAVIUS (1538-1612). Euclidis elementorum libri XV, Cologne, 1591, 2 volumes bound in one, folio, 2 titles within elaborate woodcut borders, woodcut diagrams (some browning and staining), contemporary limp vellum.
EUCLID (fl. 300 BC) & Christopher CLAVIUS (1538-1612). Euclidis…
EUCLID (fl. 300 BC) & Christopher CLAVIUS (1538-1612).  Euclidis elementorum libri XV. [Second volume: Euclidis posteriores libri IX] Accessit XVI. de Solidorum regularium cuius libet intra quodlibet…
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £400 - £600
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
FEININGER, Lyonel (1871-1956). A series of 15 letters, of which two autograph and the remainder typed, all but three signed ("Leo" or "Larry"), sent to "Fritz", Falls Village, CT, New Haven, CT, New York City, and Stockbridge, MA, 1939-55. (15)
FEININGER, Lyonel (1871-1956). A series of 15 letters, of which two…
FEININGER, Lyonel (1871-1956, German-American expressionist painter).  A series of 15 letters, of which two autograph and the remainder typed, all but three signed ("Leo" or "Larry"), sent to "Fritz"…
Hammer price: £1,900
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS - T. E. Lawrence (1888-1935). Crusader Castles, London, 1936, 2 volumes, 4to, illustrations, 2 folding maps contained in envelope, original half morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 135 OF 1,000 COPIES. (2)
GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS - T. E. Lawrence (1888-1935). Crusader Castles,…
GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS - Thomas Edward LAWRENCE [i.e. "Lawrence of Arabia"] (1888-1935).  Crusader Castles, edited by A. W. Lawrence. London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1936. 2 volumes, 4to (250 x…
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
MANWOOD, John (d.1610). A Treatise of the Laws of the Forest ... The Third Edition, London, 1665, 8vo, printed in black letter (mainly marginal spotting, staining and browning), contemporary calf (rebacked, rubbed). With 2 defective books. (3)
MANWOOD, John (d.1610). A Treatise of the Laws of the Forest ... The Third…
MANWOOD, John (d.1610).  A Treatise of the Laws of the Forest, Wherein is declaered not onely those Laws, as they are now in force, but also the Original and beginning of Forests; and what a Forest…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £500
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
QUEEN ELIZABETH II (1926-2022) - "Hardy Amies Ltd. Her Majesty the Queen. Order Book", 4to, 1962-68, 95-pages with carbon copy orders, including descriptions, prices, and sometimes the occasions on which the clothes were to be worn, original wrappers.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II (1926-2022) - "Hardy Amies Ltd. Her Majesty the Queen.…
QUEEN ELIZABETH II (1926-2022) - [Printed label on the upper cover of the order book:] "Hardy Amies Ltd. 14 Savile Row, W1." With the Royal Coat-of-Arms and "By Appointment Her Majesty The Queen…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £300
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
TARTAGLIA, Nicolo (c.1499-1557). La Nova Scientia, Venice, 1558, woodcut illustrations, diagrams and initials [bound with 2 other works by the same author], 4to, contemporary vellum. Please see the full description below.
TARTAGLIA, Nicolo (c.1499-1557). La Nova Scientia, Venice, 1558, woodcut…
TARTAGLIA, Nicolo (c.1499-1557).  La Nova Scientia ... con una gionta al terzo Libro. Venice: [no publisher], 1558. Full-page woodcut allegorical illustration on the title, woodcut illustrations,…
Hammer price: £450
Estimate: £500 - £800
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
"TWAIN, Mark" (1835-1910). Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, New York, 1885, 8vo, frontispiece, heliotype portrait, illustrations by E. W. Kemble, original green cloth. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, of "one of the great works of American fiction."
"TWAIN, Mark" (1835-1910). Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, New York, 1885,…
"TWAIN, Mark" [i.e. Samuel Langhorn CLEMENS (1835-1910)].  Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade). Scene: The Mississippi Valley. Time: Forty to Fifty Years Ago. New York: Charles L.…
Hammer price: £1,200
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,000
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
WAUGH, Evelyn (1903-66). Remote People, London, Duckworth, 1931, 8vo, original burgundy buckram gilt, dust-jacket (jacket torn with loss). FIRST EDITION, IMPORTANT PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed, "For Gerald Duckworth with best wishes from Evelyn Waugh."
WAUGH, Evelyn (1903-66). Remote People, London, Duckworth, 1931, 8vo,…
WAUGH, Evelyn (1903-66).  Remote People. London: Duckworth, 1931. 8vo (220 x 140mm). Half title, monochrome frontispiece, 2 folding maps, 6 plates. Original burgundy buckram, the spine lettered in…
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
WYATT, C. W. (1842-1900). British Birds, London, 1894-99, 2 volumes bound in one, 4to, 67 fine hand-coloured lithographed plates by C. W. Wyatt (some very faint spotting and staining), contemporary green half morocco gilt (spine faded). FIRST EDITION.
WYATT, C. W. (1842-1900). British Birds, London, 1894-99, 2 volumes bound…
WYATT, Claude Wilmot (1842-1900).  British Birds: Being Coloured Illustrations of all the Species of Passerine Birds Resident in the British Isles, with Some Notes in Reference to their Plumage …
Hammer price: £1,200
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
SIR JOHN LAVERY (IRISH, 1856-1941)
SIR JOHN LAVERY (IRISH, 1856-1941)
Study for ‘The Ratification of the Irish Treaty in the House of Lords, December 1921’
signed 'J Lavery' (lower left), inscribed 'HOUSE OF LORDS STUDY/ LAVERY' (on the backboard)
oil on canvas-board…
Catalogue NoteArguably, 16 December 1921 is one of the most auspicious dates in British history. On that Friday, the Irish Treaty passed from the Commons to the House of Lords for ratification. …
Hammer price: £35,000
Estimate: £20,000 - £30,000
21 November 2024 , 17:00 GMT
21 November 2024 , 17:00 GMT
JOHN BRATBY (BRITISH, 1928-1992)
JOHN BRATBY (BRITISH, 1928-1992)
Eve
signed 'BRATBY' (lower left), titled and dated 'Eve 58' (verso)
oil on board
142 x 50cm
ARR

Provenance
Sale, Christie's London, 12th May 1989, lot 99;
Sale, Sotheby's London, 15th December 2010,…
FootnoteThe present work forms part of a series of paintings commissioned for the 1958, Oscar-nominated film, The Horse's Mouth, directed by Ronald Neame.  The film is based on a novel of the same…
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
21 November 2024 , 17:00 GMT
21 November 2024 , 17:00 GMT
DAVID HOCKNEY (BRITISH, B. 1937) (2)
DAVID HOCKNEY (BRITISH, B. 1937) (2)
The Boy Hidden in an Egg (from The Brothers Grimm)
etching with aquatint
20 x 17cm
together with a book, Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm with original etchings by David Hockney, Petersburg…
Condition reportThis print is not signed or numbered.Small spot of foxing to lower left of egg.A few small spots of foxing and marks below mount on wider page (see additional photos).Otherwise…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £300 - £500
21 November 2024 , 17:00 GMT
21 November 2024 , 17:00 GMT

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