LEAR, Edward (1812-88). Illustrated autograph letter, signed ("Edward Lear"), to Hallam Tennyson, Varese and Monte Generoso, 16 and 21 September 1880. Four-pages, 210 x 130mm and 262 x 205mm, illustrated with a self-caricature of Lear as a bird.
LEAR, Edward (1812-88). Illustrated autograph letter, signed ("Edward Lear…
LEAR, Edward (1812-88).  Illustrated autograph letter, signed ("Edward Lear"), to Hallam Tennyson, Varese and Monte Generoso, 16 and 21 September 1880. Four-pages, 210 x 130mm and 262 x 205mm,…
Hammer price: £1,500
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
LEAR, Edward (1812-88). Illustrated autograph letter, signed ("Edward Lear"), to Mrs Digby Wyatt, San Remo, 6 February 1871. Two-pages, 210 x 265mm, illustrated with three self-caricature drawings.
LEAR, Edward (1812-88). Illustrated autograph letter, signed ("Edward Lear…
LEAR, Edward (1812-88).  Illustrated autograph letter, signed ("Edward Lear"), to Mrs Digby Wyatt, San Remo, 6 February 1871. Two-pages, 210 x 265mm, illustrated with three self-caricature drawings…
Hammer price: £2,200
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
LEIBOVITZ, Annie (b.1949). Annie Leibovitz, New York, Taschen, 2014, "SUMO" size, i.e. very large 4to (690 x 500mm), 240 photographed plates by Leibovitz, boards, Whoopi Goldberg dust-jacket. ONE OF 10,300 COPIES, SIGNED. With the stand by Marc Newson.
LEIBOVITZ, Annie (b.1949). Annie Leibovitz, New York, Taschen, 2014, "SUMO…
LEIBOVITZ, Annie (b.1949, photographer).  Annie Leibovitz. New York: Taschen, 2014. "SUMO" size, i.e. very large 4to (690 x 500mm). Half title, preface by Steve Martin titled "The Preface No One Will…
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
LISZT, Franz (1811-86). Autograph letter, signed ("F. Liszt"), to Hector Berlioz, Eiken, 20 August 1851. In French. Three-pages, 209 x 134mm, on blue paper, bifolium, on staging Berlioz's opera "Benvenuto Cellini" at Weimar.
LISZT, Franz (1811-86). Autograph letter, signed ("F. Liszt"), to Hector…
LISZT, Franz (1811-86).  Autograph letter, signed ("F. Liszt"), to Hector Berlioz, Eiken, 20 August 1851. In French. Three-pages, 209 x 134mm, on blue paper, bifolium; [with] a letter addressed to…
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
LONDON, UXBRIDGE - George REDFORD (1785-1860) & Thomas Hurry RICHES (dates unknown). The History of the Ancient Town and Borough of Uxbridge, London, 1818, 8vo, 12 plates, illustrations, contemporary roan-backed boards. FIRST EDITION. RARE.
LONDON, UXBRIDGE - George REDFORD (1785-1860) & Thomas Hurry RICHES (dates…
LONDON, UXBRIDGE - George REDFORD (1785-1860) & Thomas Hurry RICHES (dates unknown).  The History of the Ancient Town and Borough of Uxbridge, containing Copies of Interesting Public Documents, and a…
Hammer price: £25
Estimate: £50 - £80
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
MANDELA, Nelson (1918-2013), and others. Reflections in Prison, Cape Town, 2001, 4to, 9 portraits, leatherette, slipcase. COLLECTOR'S EDITION. NUMBER 88 OF 100 COPIES SIGNED BY NELSON MANDELA, DESMOND TUTU AND 7 OTHERS, further inscribed by the editor.
MANDELA, Nelson (1918-2013), and others. Reflections in Prison, Cape Town,…
MANDELA, Nelson (1918-2013), and others.  Reflections in Prison. Edited by Mac Maharaj. Cape Town: "Published by Zebra and the Robben Island Museum", 2001. 4to (243 x 180mm). 9 full-page portraits by…
Hammer price: £1,700
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
MAR, José de la (1776-1830). A series of 8 letters signed ("Jose de la Mar") to Andrés de Santa Cruz, Guayaquil, [Ecuador], 14 January - 15 June 1822. In Spanish. 8-pages in total, chiefly 303 x 212mm.
MAR, José de la (1776-1830). A series of 8 letters signed ("Jose de la Mar…
MAR, José de la (1776-1830, Peruvian military leader and third President of Peru).  A series of 8 letters signed ("Jose de la Mar") to Andrés de Santa Cruz, Guayaquil, [Ecuador], 14 January - 15 June…
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
MILLER, Henry (1891-1980). A series of 38 autograph and typed letters, all but one signed ("Henry Miller", "Henry" etc.), to Zofia Slaboszowska, Pacific Palisades, 19 May 1965-13 November 1979, c.63 pages in total.
MILLER, Henry (1891-1980). A series of 38 autograph and typed letters, all…
MILLER, Henry (1891-1980).  A series of 38 autograph and typed letters, all but one signed ("Henry Miller", "Henry", "Heinrich von Mueller", "Heinrich der Knarr", "Henry-san", "Heinrich von Offenbach…
Hammer price: £1,400
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
MILNE, A. A. (1882-1956). A Gallery of Children, London, [1925]. 4to, 12 coloured plates by H. Willebeek le Mair, original cream pictorial buckram. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 392 OF 500 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.
MILNE, A. A. (1882-1956). A Gallery of Children, London, [1925]. 4to, 12…
MILNE, A. A. (1882-1956) & Henrietta WILLEBEEK LE MAIR (1889-1996, illustrator).  A Gallery of Children. London: Stanley Paul & Co., Ltd., [1925]. 4to (322 x 255mm). Half title, coloured illustration…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
MIRANDA, Francisco de (1750-1816, President of the First Republic of Venezuela). Correspondence, in English, with the British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval and his Private Secretary, J. C. Herries, on the future of Venezuela and South America.
MIRANDA, Francisco de (1750-1816, President of the First Republic of…
MIRANDA, Francisco de (1750-1816, President of the First Republic of Venezuela).  Correspondence, in English, with the British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval and his Private Secretary, J. C. Herries…
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £400 - £600
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
MISCELLANY - LONGUS (2nd-century AD). Daphnis et Chloé, Paris, 1872, 8vo, illustrations, FINELY BOUND in red morocco gilt by W. Pratt. With 13 miscellaneous works in 25 volumes. Please see the full description below. (26)
MISCELLANY - LONGUS (2nd-century AD). Daphnis et Chloé, Paris, 1872, 8vo,…
MISCELLANY - LONGUS (2nd-century AD).  Daphnis et Chloé. Traduction d' Amot. Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles, 1872. 8vo (160 x 102mm). Half title, etched and wood-engraved illustrations and…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
MISCELLANY, 20TH-CENTURY - T. E. LAWRENCE (1888-1935). The Mint, London, 1955, 4to, original pigskin-backed cloth, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 620 OF 2,000 COPIES. With c.50 miscellaneous books. Please see the more detailed listing below. (c.50)
MISCELLANY, 20TH-CENTURY - T. E. LAWRENCE (1888-1935). The Mint, London,…
MISCELLANY, 20TH-CENTURY - T. E. LAWRENCE (1888-1935, "Lawrence of Arabia").  The Mint. London: Jonathan Cape, 1955. 4to (253 x 195mm). Half title, title printed in red and black. Original dark blue…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
[MOULIN, Peter du (1601-84, attributed)]. Tragicum theatrum actorum, Amsterdam, 1649, small 8vo, 8 engraved portraits, folding plate of the execution of Charles I (lacks all before title [i.e. blanks]), contemporary calf. FIRST EDITION.
[MOULIN, Peter du (1601-84, attributed)]. Tragicum theatrum actorum,…
[MOULIN, Peter du (1601-84, attributed)].  Tragicum theatrum actorum, & casuum tragicorum Londini publice celebratorium, quibus Hiberniæ proregi, Episcopo Cantuariensi, ac tandem Regi ipsi, aliisque…
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £100 - £150
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
NORWICH, John Julius (1919-2018). A Christmas Cracker, [Shrewsbury], 1991-2018, 26 numbers (lacking 1994 & 2013), 8vo, wrappers, all but the last INSCRIBED, "Charles and Jane [Williams], With Christmas love, John." Please see the note on provenance. (26)
NORWICH, John Julius (1919-2018). A Christmas Cracker, [Shrewsbury], 1991…
NORWICH, John Julius (1919-2018).  A Christmas Cracker being a commonplace selection. [Shrewsbury or no place: Livesey Limited or no publisher], 1991-93, 1995-2012, 2014-2018 (i.e. lacking the…
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £70 - £100
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
PHOTOGRAPHY, IRAQ - [Title stamped in gilt on the upper cover:] Camera Studies in Iraq, Baghdad, A. Kerim & Hasso Bros., [c.1925], oblong 4to, 50 photographed plates, original padded album. RARE.
PHOTOGRAPHY, IRAQ - [Title stamped in gilt on the upper cover:] Camera…
PHOTOGRAPHY, IRAQ - [Title stamped in gilt on the upper cover:]  Camera Studies in Iraq. Baghdad: A. Kerim & Hasso Bros., [n.d. but c.1925]. Oblong 4to (238 x 310mm). 50 monochrome photographed…
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
SYMONDS, R. W. (1889-1958). Thomas Tompion, London, 1951, 4to, plates, original blue cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed, "For Conrad Ackner, best wishes from Robert Symonds, Dec. 1951."
SYMONDS, R. W. (1889-1958). Thomas Tompion, London, 1951, 4to, plates,…
SYMONDS, Robert Wemyss (1889-1958).  Thomas Tompion. His Life & Work. London: B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1951. 4to (291 x 222mm). Half title, coloured frontispiece, title printed in red and black, coloured…
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £50 - £80
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
"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.…
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
A VICTORIAN WALNUT REGULATOR
Lot 1307 - Fine Clocks Sold
A VICTORIAN WALNUT REGULATOR
By R. Morse, 8 Charing Cross, circa 1870
The drum-shaped pediment supported by a pair of adorned dolphins, centred by a shell, above a moulded base with brass panel engraved GREENWICH MEAN TIME, on tapering plinth, the 12in diameter brass…
Hammer price: £4,200
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
26 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
26 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
A PAIR OF TALL JAPANESE SATSUMA OVOID VASES (2)
A PAIR OF TALL JAPANESE SATSUMA OVOID VASES (2)
Meiji period
Painted with an official seated on the back of a shishi or a bird with two attendants either side, 39.5cm high
Overall in good condition
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £150 - £250
26 June 2024 , 13:00 BST
26 June 2024 , 13:00 BST
AN UNUSUAL CHINESE EUROPEAN SUBJECT LACQUERED AND GILT RECTANGULAR PANEL
AN UNUSUAL CHINESE EUROPEAN SUBJECT LACQUERED AND GILT RECTANGULAR PANEL
Early 19th century
Depicting six figures and a dog out walking before a church and pagoda, trees in the background, within a wood framed carved with bats and branches of prunus blossom, 48cm by 66…
Some losses and wear to the panelMissing moulded edge down right hand side of frame. Two slips missing from reverse of frame
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £200 - £300
26 June 2024 , 13:00 BST
26 June 2024 , 13:00 BST
JULIUS SCHMIDT FELLING (GERMAN 1835-1920): AN ART NOUVEAU PATINATED BRONZE AND IVORY TABLE LAMP
JULIUS SCHMIDT FELLING (GERMAN 1835-1920): AN ART NOUVEAU PATINATED BRONZE…
Late 19th/ Early 20th Century
The base modelled as a boy, with ivory hands and face, beneath a tree, the mustard yellow glass shade in place of the tree canopy, signed to the base of the bronze, upon…
Condition report: In goog condition.Ivory Certificate URUFGHTN Special Note Prospective buyers should be aware that some countries have limitations on importing items made from endangered species &…
Hammer price: £450
Estimate: £150 - £250
25 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
25 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
OLYMPIC INTEREST: A COLLECTION OF OLYMPIC TEAM KIT AND MEMORABILIA OWNED BY JOHN JEFFERY, ATHLETICS ASSISTANT TEAM MANAGER
OLYMPIC INTEREST: A COLLECTION OF OLYMPIC TEAM KIT AND MEMORABILIA OWNED…
Barcelona 1992
The official kit bag contents comprising various pieces of team kit including tracksuit jackets, tops, a towel, various magazines and an Official British Guide and Team Handbook,…
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £150 - £250
25 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
25 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
ROLFE & SONS 112 CHEAPSIDE LONDON; A MAHOGANY CASED SQUARE PIANOFORTE
ROLFE & SONS 112 CHEAPSIDE LONDON; A MAHOGANY CASED SQUARE PIANOFORTE
On turned supports, 170cm wide; 63cm deep; 72cm high
Important Note Prospective buyers should be aware that some countries have limitations on importing items made from endangered species, including materials such as coral, ivory, and tortoiseshell.…
Estimate: £400 - £600
25 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
25 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
JOHN HARRISON LONDON; AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY ROSEWOOD BANDED MAHOGANY SQUARE PIANO
JOHN HARRISON LONDON; AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY ROSEWOOD BANDED MAHOGANY…
On reeded supports, 172cm wide; 63cm deep; 85cm high
Important Note Prospective buyers should be aware that some countries have limitations on importing items made from endangered species, including materials such as coral, ivory, and tortoiseshell.…
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £150 - £250
25 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
25 June 2024 , 17:00 BST

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