SENDAK, Maurice (1929-2012, illustrator) - William BLAKE (1757-1827).  Poems from William Blake's Songs of Innocence, London, 1967, tall 12mo, 8 illustrations by Maurice Sendak, printed in sepia. Original wrappers. FIRST EDITION. ONE OF 275 COPIES. RARE.
SENDAK, Maurice (1929-2012, illustrator) - William BLAKE (1757-1827). …
SENDAK, Maurice (1929-2012, illustrator) - William BLAKE (1757-1827).  Poems from William Blake's Songs of Innocence. London: The Bodley Head at The Stellar Press, 1967. Tall 12mo (192 x 110mm). 8…
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £400 - £600
11 October 2022 , 13:59 BST
11 October 2022 , 13:59 BST
[DE QUINCEY, Thomas (1785-1859)].  Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, London, 1822, 12mo, half title, original publisher's boards, later book box by Riviere. FIRST EDITION.
[DE QUINCEY, Thomas (1785-1859)]. Confessions of an English Opium-Eater,…
[DE QUINCEY, Thomas (1785-1859)].  Confessions of an English Opium-Eater. London: "Printed for Taylor and Hessey," 1822 [Appendix dated Sept. 30th, 1822]. 12mo (180 x 105mm). Half title, with the…
Hammer price: £2,800
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
11 October 2022 , 13:59 BST
11 October 2022 , 13:59 BST
DOUGLAS, Gawin (1474-1522). The xiii. Bukes of Eneados of the famose Poete Virgili Translated ... into Scottish metir, London, 1553, 4to, FINELY BOUND in later morocco. FIRST EDITION of the first translation of a poem from antiquity into English. RARE.
DOUGLAS, Gawin (1474-1522). The xiii. Bukes of Eneados of the famose Poete…
DOUGLAS, Gawin or Gavin (c.1474-1522, translator) and VIRGIL (70 BC - 19 BC).  The xiii. Bukes of Eneados of the famose Poete Virgili Translated out of Latyne verses into Scottish metir, bi [sic] the…
Hammer price: £24,000
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
11 October 2022 , 13:59 BST
11 October 2022 , 13:59 BST
A STAFFORDSHIRE PORCELAIN PINK-GROUND CYLINDRICAL MUG (3)
A STAFFORDSHIRE PORCELAIN PINK-GROUND CYLINDRICAL MUG (3)
Coleridge Collection, Mid 19th century
Printed and coloured with a gilt-framed panel of a gallant and lady dancing, 11.5cm high; also a Coalport limited edition Light Infantry commemorative plate and…
The mug with some wear to the gilding. Both plates in good conditionProvenance The Anthony & Marietta Coleridge Collection
Estimate: £80 - £120
8 September 2022 , 17:00 BST
8 September 2022 , 17:00 BST
REVISED DESCRIPTION; A LE PETIT CHEVAL 2005 DOUBLE MAGNUM AND A BOTTLE OF CHATEAU CANON PREMIERE GRAND CRU 1971, POSSIBLY A REHOBOAM  (2)
Lot 48 - Wines and Spirits Sold
REVISED DESCRIPTION; A LE PETIT CHEVAL 2005 DOUBLE MAGNUM AND A BOTTLE OF…
Chateau Canon 1971, case opened on site, Le Petit Cheval case unopened
UPDATED Condition Report: 'Vintage' is not shown on the case for Chateau Canon but we have opened the case to confirm it is 1971. The size of the bottle is not indicated anywhere on the label, bottle…
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £150 - £250
15 August 2022 , 01:00 BST
15 August 2022 , 01:00 BST
12 BOTTLES AUSTRALIAN SHIRAZ
Lot 144 - Wines and Spirits Sold
12 BOTTLES AUSTRALIAN SHIRAZ
Salena Estate Wines Twisted Sticks Organic 2020; Nina Stocker The Feather Plucker's Daughter 2020 and The Brave Goose Reserve 2020; Morambro Creek Jip Jip Rocks 2020 and Single Vineyard 2019; O'Leary…
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £50 - £70
15 August 2022 , 01:00 BST
15 August 2022 , 01:00 BST
[BUCHAN, John  (1875-1940)]. These For Remembrance, Privately Printed, 1919, 4to, [?]original boards. FIRST EDITION, ONE OF A SMALL UNSPECIFIED LIMITATION, PRESENTATION COPY.
[BUCHAN, John (1875-1940)]. These For Remembrance, Privately Printed,…
[BUCHAN, John (1875-1940)].  These for Remembrance. [No place:] [Colophon:] "Privately Printed at the Riccardi Press Fount at the Chiswick Press by the Medici Society, Ltd.", 1919. 4to (230 x 160mm).…
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £400 - £600
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
RUSKIN, John (1819-1900). Modern Painters, London, 1851-60, 5 volumes, large 8vo, 84 plates. FINELY BOUND in dark green crushed morocco gilt. Mixed Editions, but the last 3 vols. FIRST EDITIONS. (5)
RUSKIN, John (1819-1900). Modern Painters, London, 1851-60, 5 volumes,…
RUSKIN, John (1819-1900).  Modern Painters. London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1851-60. 5 volumes, large 8vo (255 x 172mm). Half titles, 84 engraved, lithographed and mezzotint plates by J. C. Armytage,…
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £400 - £600
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
STURLUSON, Snorri (1179-1241).  Heims Kringla, Stockholm, 1697, 2 vols. bound in one, folio, parallel text in Old Norse, Swedish and Latin, modern old-style panelled calf. FIRST EDITION. With Peter Murbeck's Christeliga Bredikningar (Kalmar, 1785). (2)
STURLUSON, Snorri (1179-1241). Heims Kringla, Stockholm, 1697, 2 vols.…
STURLUSON, Snorri (1179-1241).  Heims Kringla eller Snorre Sturlusons Nordlänske Konunga Sagor. Sive Historiæ Regum Septentrionalium, ê Snorrone Sturlonide, Ante secula quinque, patrio sermone…
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £300 - £500
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
[RYVES, Bruno (1596-1677)].  Mercurius Rusticus: or, The Countries Complaint of the barbarous Out-rages Committed by the Sectaries of this late flourishing Kingdome, [Oxford], 1646, 8vo, engraved title, 19th-century morocco. FIRST EDITION.
[RYVES, Bruno (1596-1677)]. Mercurius Rusticus: or, The Countries…
[RYVES, Bruno [with many variants in spelling] (1596-1677)].  Mercurius Rusticus: or, The Countries Complaint of the barbarous Out-rages Committed by the Sectaries of this late flourishing Kingdome.…
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £200 - £300
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
HALL, Joseph (1574-1656). The Shaking of the Olive-Tree, London, 1660, 4to, folding engraved frontispiece portrait, modern calf, new endpapers. FIRST EDITION.
HALL, Joseph (1574-1656). The Shaking of the Olive-Tree, London, 1660, 4to…
HALL, Joseph (1574-1656).  The Shaking of the Olive-Tree. The Remaining Works ... With Some Specialties of Divine Providence in his Life. Noted by His own Hand. Together with His Hard Measure:…
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £300 - £500
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
BISHOP, Frederick ([dates unknown]). The Wife's Own Book of Cookery, London, [1856], 8vo, wood-engraved frontispiece, title, folding plate and illustrations, original pictorial cloth gilt. FIRST EDITION.
BISHOP, Frederick ([dates unknown]). The Wife's Own Book of Cookery,…
BISHOP, Frederick ([dates unknown]).  The Wife's Own Book of Cookery. London: Ward and Lock, [1856]. 8vo (187 x 125mm). Wood-engraved frontispiece, additional wood-engraved title, folding plate of …
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £50 - £80
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
STEINBECK, John (1902-68). Cannery Row, New York, 1945, 8vo, original yellow cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION, second issue.
STEINBECK, John (1902-68). Cannery Row, New York, 1945, 8vo, original…
STEINBECK, John (1902-68).  Cannery Row. New York: The Viking Press, January 1945. 8vo (187 x120mm). Half title, one-page list of works at the end. Original bright yellow cloth lettered and ruled in…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £500
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
BINDING - Anne Isabella Noel BLUNT (1837-1917) and Wilfrid Scawen BLUNT (1840-1922). The Celebrated Romance of the Stealing of the Mare, [Newtown], The Gregynog Press, 1930, 4to, VERY FINELY BOUND in morocco by Denise Lubett. NUMBER 94 OF 275 COPIES.
BINDING - Anne Isabella Noel BLUNT (1837-1917) and Wilfrid Scawen BLUNT …
BINDING - Anne Isabella Noel BLUNT, 15th Baroness Wentworth (1837-1917) and Wilfrid Scawen BLUNT (1840-1922).  The Celebrated Romance of the Stealing of the Mare. Translated from the Original Arabic…
Hammer price: £1,700
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
ALBUM - Edward LEAR (1812-88). One-page autograph letter, signed, contained in an album containing c. 80 autograph letters from various recipients, clipped signatures and envelopes.
ALBUM - Edward LEAR (1812-88). One-page autograph letter, signed,…
ALBUM - Edward LEAR (1812-88). One-page autograph letter, signed, on paper addressed in hand, "27 Duke Street, St. James's", [undated], stating, "My dear Madam, I shall be delighted to have the…
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £200 - £300
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
DICKENS, Charles (1812-70). Master Humphrey's Clock, London, 1840, 3 vols., large 8vo, 3 frontispieces, illustrations, original pictorial cloth gilt. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, THE PUBLISHER'S COPY, annotated. (3)
DICKENS, Charles (1812-70). Master Humphrey's Clock, London, 1840, 3 vols.…
DICKENS, Charles (1812-70).  Master Humphrey's Clock. London: Chapman and Hall, 1840-41. 3 volumes, large 8vo (256 x 170mm). 3 wood-engraved frontispieces and illustrations by George Cattermole and …
Estimate: £500 - £800
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer (1874-1965), Clementine CHURCHILL (1885-1977), Clement ATTLEE (1883-1967), Peter Geoffrey OATES (1919-2007), and others. An archive of manuscript and printed material. Please see the full description. (qty)
CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer (1874-1965), Clementine CHURCHILL (1885-1977),…
CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer (1874-1965), Clementine CHURCHILL (1885-1977), Clement ATTLEE (1883-1967), Peter Geoffrey OATES (1919-2007), and others. An archive of manuscript and printed material…
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
CRUIKSHANK, George (1792-1865). 2 autograph letters and a post card, signed; and another autograph letter and an autograph poem, both in an unidentified hand. (5)
CRUIKSHANK, George (1792-1865). 2 autograph letters and a post card,…
CRUIKSHANK, George (1792-1865). Autograph letter to Alec Gould, signed, on two pages, headed "241 Queens Road, Battersea Park, London," dated indistinctly, stating, "My dear Alec, I herewith send…
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £200 - £300
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
BEARDSLEY, Aubrey (1872-98, illustrator) - Thomas MALORY (1415-71).  Le Morte Darthur, London, 1927, 4to, 22 plates by Aubrey Beardsley, illustrations, original dark blue pictorial cloth gilt (spine detached). ONE OF 1,600 COPIES. Third Beardsley edition.
BEARDSLEY, Aubrey (1872-98, illustrator) - Thomas MALORY (1415-71). Le…
BEARDSLEY, Aubrey (1872-98, illustrator) - Thomas MALORY (c.1415-71).  The Birth Life and Acts of King Arthur of His Noble Knights of the Round Table ... and in the end Le Morte Darthur. London: J. M…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
CRADDOCK, Harry (1876-1963). The Savoy Cocktail Book, London, 1930, 8vo, coloured illustrations and decorations by Gilbert Rumbold, original coloured and silver pictorial boards. FIRST EDITION, second issue.
CRADDOCK, Harry (1876-1963). The Savoy Cocktail Book, London, 1930, 8vo,…
CRADDOCK, Harry (1876-1963).  The Savoy Cocktail Book. Being in the main a complete compendium of the Cocktails, Rickeys, Daisies, Slings, Shrubs, Smashes, Fizzes, Juleps, Cobblers, Fixes, and other…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £200 - £300
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE - Rev. Wilbert AWDRY (1911-97). A 2-page autograph letter, signed, dated "25.6.53", relating to the first live TV broadcast of 'The Sad Story of Henry' on June 14 1953; with 'Thomas, the Tank Engine' (London, [1950 or earlier]). (2)
THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE - Rev. Wilbert AWDRY (1911-97). A 2-page autograph…
THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE - Rev. Wilbert AWDRY (1911-97).  A 2-page autograph letter, signed, on paper blind-stamped "Emneth Vicarage, Wisbech", dated "25/6/53", stating, "Dear Mrs Adams, Thank you very…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £200 - £300
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
GUCCI- A HORSEBIT 1955 SHOULDER BAG AND A TRAVEL DUFFEL CASE IN BAG (2)
GUCCI- A HORSEBIT 1955 SHOULDER BAG AND A TRAVEL DUFFEL CASE IN BAG (2)
With Gucci box and tissue paper
Horsebit 1955 bag with original box and tissue paper, Gucci care label within, 25cm x 18cm x 8cm; the travel bag in beige GG print folds down into its own matching carry case, bag measures 64cm x…
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £250 - £350
22 June 2022 , 11:27 BST
22 June 2022 , 11:27 BST
12 BOTTLES NEW ZEALAND SAUVIGNON BLANC
Lot 113 - Wines and Spirits Sold
12 BOTTLES NEW ZEALAND SAUVIGNON BLANC
Marisco Vineyards The Craft Series Pride and Glory 2020; Giesen Wines Ara Select Blocks Organic 2021; Asda Aupouri 2020; Whitehaven Wine Company Greg Single Vineyard 2020; Tiki Wine and Vineyards…
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £50 - £70
13 June 2022 , 21:00 BST
13 June 2022 , 21:00 BST
12 BOTTLES AUSTRALIAN SHIRAZ
Lot 123 - Wines and Spirits Sold
12 BOTTLES AUSTRALIAN SHIRAZ
Co-op Limetree 2020; Peter Juicy Gajewski 2020; Whispers 2019; Workshop Wine Company 2020; McWilliams Stolen Colt 2019; Nina Stocker The Feather Plucker's Daughter 2020; Taylors Wines Wakefield 2019;…
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £50 - £70
13 June 2022 , 21:00 BST
13 June 2022 , 21:00 BST

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