GALSWORTHY, John (1867-1933). Soames and the Flag, London, 1930, 8vo, original vellum, glassine wrapper, slipcase. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 753 OF 1,025 COPIES. With 13 other books by the same author, one a signed limited edition. (14)
GALSWORTHY, John (1867-1933). Soames and the Flag, London, 1930, 8vo,…
GALSWORTHY, John (1867-1933).  Soames and the Flag. London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1930. Large 8vo (230 x 150mm). Half title, title printed in turquoise and black with printer's device. Original…
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £80 - £120
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
HAWKER, Peter (1786-1853). Instructions to Young Sportsmen, London, 1816, large 8vo, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece and 4 plates only (of 5), FINELY BOUND in red half morocco. With 4 later editions of the same work. Sold not subject to return. (5)
HAWKER, Peter (1786-1853). Instructions to Young Sportsmen, London, 1816,…
HAWKER, Peter (1786-1853).  Instructions to Young Sportsmen, on the Choice, Care, and Management of Guns; Hints for Preservation of Game; Directions for Shooting Wildfowl ... With a Concise…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
JOUBERT, Felix (1872-1953). Catalogue of the Collection of European Arms & Armour Formed at Greenock by R. L. Scott, Glasgow, 1934, 3 volumes, folio, 107 photogravure plates, original vellum gilt. NO. 3 OF 100 COPIES SIGNED BY SCOTT. With another. (4)
JOUBERT, Felix (1872-1953). Catalogue of the Collection of European Arms &…
JOUBERT, Felix (1872-1953).  Catalogue of the Collection of European Arms & Armour Formed at Greenock by R. L. Scott. Glasgow: David Roberson & Co., 1924. 3 volumes, large folio (460 x 320mm). Titles…
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £300 - £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
LEVER, Charles (1806-72). The Military Novels. London, [c.1892], 9 volumes, 8vo, attractively bound in contemporary green half morocco gilt (spines faded). NUMBER 176 OF 500 "EDITION DE LUXE" SETS. (9)
LEVER, Charles (1806-72). The Military Novels. London, [c.1892], 9 volumes…
LEVER, Charles (1806-72).  The Military Novels. London: George Routledge and Sons, [c.1892]. 9 volumes, 8vo (198 x 132mm). Wood-engraved frontispieces, title vignettes, plates and illustrations.…
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £150 - £250
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
MILNE, A. A. (1882-1956). Now We Are Six, London, 1927, 8vo, illustrations by E. H. Shepard, original buckram (without the jacket). A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. With A. A. Milne's Two People (London, 1931, 8vo, buckram, jacket, FIRST EDITION). (2)
MILNE, A. A. (1882-1956). Now We Are Six, London, 1927, 8vo, illustrations…
MILNE, A. A. (1882-1956).  Now We Are Six. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1927. 8vo (188 x125mm). Half title, illustrations by E. H. Shepard (some light browning to the half title and final blank).…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £150
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
MILNE, A. A. (1882-1956). Winnie-the-Pooh, London, 1926, 8vo, illustrations by E. H. Shepard, original buckram. With The House at Pooh Corner (London, 1928, 8vo, original buckram), without dust-jackets. EXCEPTIONALLY FINE COPIES OF THE FIRST EDITIONS. (2)
MILNE, A. A. (1882-1956). Winnie-the-Pooh, London, 1926, 8vo,…
MILNE, A. A. (1882-1956).  Winnie-the-Pooh. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1926. 8vo (190 x 125mm). Half title, illustrations by E. H. Shepard, some full-page. Original dark green pictorial buckram gilt…
Hammer price: £1,300
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
MILNE, A. A. (1882-1956). Winnie-the-Pooh, London, 1926, 8vo, illustrations by E. H. Shepard, original cloth (without the dust-jacket). FIRST EDITION. With Henry Williamson's Tarka the Otter (London, 1927, 8vo, original cloth, FIRST TRADE EDITION). (2)
MILNE, A. A. (1882-1956). Winnie-the-Pooh, London, 1926, 8vo,…
MILNE, A. A. (1882-1956).  Winnie-the-Pooh. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1926. 8vo (190 x 125mm). Half title, illustrations by E. H. Shepard, some full-page (occasional light mainly marginal spotting…
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
MISCELLANY, SHOOTING AND FIREARMS - Claude BLAIR (1922-2010). Pistols of the World, London, 1968, 4to, attractively bound in red half morocco, PRESENTATION COPY. With 22 related books, almost all attractively bound in near-uniform red morocco gilt. (23)
MISCELLANY, SHOOTING AND FIREARMS - Claude BLAIR (1922-2010). Pistols of…
MISCELLANY, SHOOTING AND FIREARMS - Claude BLAIR (1922-2010).  Pistols of the World. London: B. T. Batsford, 1968. 4to (294 x 228mm). Half title, coloured frontispiece, half tone illustrations.…
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
MISCELLANY, SHOOTING AND FIREARMS - Herbert J. JACKSON (dates unknown). European Hand Firearms of the Sixteenth, Seventeenth & Eighteenth Centuries, London, 1923, 4to, plates, buckram. ONE OF 550 COPIES. With 21 other related works in 25 volumes. (26)
MISCELLANY, SHOOTING AND FIREARMS - Herbert J. JACKSON (dates unknown).…
MISCELLANY, SHOOTING AND FIREARMS - Herbert J. JACKSON (dates unknown).  European Hand Firearms of the Sixteenth, Seventeenth & Eighteenth Centuries ... with a Treatise on Scottish Hand Firearms by…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £500 - £800
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
NEAL, W. K. (1906-90) & D. H. L. BACK. Great British Gunmakers 1540-1740, Norwich, 1984, 4to, illustrations, FINELY BOUND in morocco. ONE OF 750 COPIES. With 6 books by the same authors, including 2 PRESENTATION COPIES, all FINELY BOUND in morocco. (7)
NEAL, W. K. (1906-90) & D. H. L. BACK. Great British Gunmakers 1540-1740,…
NEAL, William Keith (1906-90) & David H. L. BACK (dates unknown).  Great British Gunmakers 1540-1740. [Norwich:] "Historical Firearms" [publishers], 1984. 4to (286 x 210mm). Half title, coloured and…
Hammer price: £900
Estimate: £500 - £800
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
NIELSEN, Kay (1886-1957, illustrator) - Hans ANDERSEN (1805-75). Fairy Tales, London, [1924], 4to, 12 mounted coloured plates, illustrations, original vellum gilt. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 21 OF 500 "EDITION DE LUXE" COPIES SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR.
NIELSEN, Kay (1886-1957, illustrator) - Hans ANDERSEN (1805-75). Fairy…
NIELSEN, Kay (1886-1957, illustrator) - Hans ANDERSEN (1805-75).  Fairy Tales. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1924]. 4to (312 x 255mm). 12 mounted coloured plates by Kay Nielsen, full-page…
Hammer price: £1,200
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
OGILVIE-GRANT, W. R. (1863-1924), and others. British Game Birds and Wildfowl, London, 1912, 4to, portrait and 26 coloured plates by George E. Lodge, original morocco. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 564 OF 950 COPIES. With 4 other books of related interest. (5)
OGILVIE-GRANT, W. R. (1863-1924), and others. British Game Birds and…
OGILVIE-GRANT, William Robert (1863-1924), and others.  British Game Birds and Wildfowl. London: The London & Counties Press Association Ltd., 1912. 4to (316 x 258mm). Half title, photogravure…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
SHURLOCK, Manwaring (dates unknown). Tiles from Chertsey Abbey, Surrey, Representing Early Romance Subjects, London, 1885, folio, frontispiece and 40 plates printed in colours, original-cloth-backed pictorial boards (shaken, text loose). FIRST EDITION.
SHURLOCK, Manwaring (dates unknown). Tiles from Chertsey Abbey, Surrey,…
SHURLOCK, Manwaring (dates unknown).  Tiles from Chertsey Abbey, Surrey, Representing Early Romance Subjects. London: William Griggs, 1885. Folio (485 x 340mm). Coloured frontispiece, title printed…
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
THORNTON, Thomas (1757-1823). A Sporting Tour through Various Parts of France, London, 1806, 2 volumes, 4to, portrait of the author, 53 plates, most aquatints, VERY FINELY BOUND in contemporary green morocco decorated in gilt and blind. FIRST EDITION. (2)
THORNTON, Thomas (1757-1823). A Sporting Tour through Various Parts of…
THORNTON, Thomas (1757-1823).  A Sporting Tour through Various Parts of France, in the Year 1802: including a Concise Description of the Sporting Establishments, Mode of Hunting, and Other Field…
Hammer price: £2,600
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
TROLLOPE, Anthony (1815-82). Travelling Sketches, London, 1866, 8vo, original red cloth gilt, modern slipcase. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. With 12 other works in 19 volumes. (20)
TROLLOPE, Anthony (1815-82). Travelling Sketches, London, 1866, 8vo,…
TROLLOPE, Anthony (1815-82).  Travelling Sketches ... [Reprinted from the "Pall Mall" Gazette.]. London: Chapman and Hall, 1866. 8vo (190 x 128mm). 24-pages of publisher's advertisements, dated…
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £200 - £400
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
VISSCHER, Nicolaes (1618-79). Novissima totius terrarum orbis tabula, [Amsterdam, c.1695], hand-coloured twin-hemisphere world map, with California as an island, Australia and Tasmania with partial outlines, 425 x 525mm., framed and glazed. A FINE COPY.
VISSCHER, Nicolaes (1618-79). Novissima totius terrarum orbis tabula, …
VISSCHER, Nicolaes (1618-79).  Novissima totius terrarum orbis tabula ... cum Privilegio Ordin: General: Belgii Foederati. [Amsterdam: c.1695]. Hand-coloured engraved twin-hemispherical world map…
Hammer price: £1,100
Estimate: £500 - £800
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
VOYNICH, Ethel Lilian (1864-1960). The Gadfly, New York, "Grosset & Dunlap Publishers", [?]1897 [but later, see note below], 8vo, burgundy buckram. PRESENTATION COPY, the front free endpaper inscribed, "Mrs Lionel True's book, 20 Dec. '34. E. L. Voynich."
VOYNICH, Ethel Lilian (1864-1960). The Gadfly, New York, "Grosset & Dunlap…
VOYNICH, Ethel Lilian (1864-1960, née BOOLE).  The Gadfly. New York: "Grosset & Dunlap Publishers" [on verso of title: Henry Holt & Co.], [?]1897 [but later, see note]. 8vo (187 x 125mm). Half title,…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
WALPOLE-BOND, John (1878-1958). A History of Sussex Birds, London, 1938, 3 volumes, 4to, 53 coloured plates by Philip Rickman, original brown buckram gilt (spines faded, some rubbing to covers, without the dust-jackets). FIRST EDITION. (3)
WALPOLE-BOND, John (1878-1958). A History of Sussex Birds, London, 1938, 3…
WALPOLE-BOND, John (1878-1958).  A History of Sussex Birds. London: H. F. & G. Witherby Ltd., 1938. 3 volumes, 4to (246 x 185mm). Half titles, titles printed in red and black, 53 coloured plates by…
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £70 - £100
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
WILSON, Charles William (1836-1905, editor). Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt, London: J. S. Virtue and Co., [1881-84], 4 volumes, 4to, engraved titles with vignettes, 39 engraved plates, illustrations, contemporary half roan. FIRST EDITION. (4)
WILSON, Charles William (1836-1905, editor). Picturesque Palestine, Sinai…
WILSON, Charles William (1836-1905, editor).  Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt ... Assisted by the Most Eminent Palestine Explorers. London: J. S. Virtue and Co., [1881-84]. 4 volumes, 4to (323…
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
A CHINESE PORCELAIN AND WOOD FRAMED EIGHT-PANEL TABLE SCREEN
A CHINESE PORCELAIN AND WOOD FRAMED EIGHT-PANEL TABLE SCREEN
Late 19th/early 20th century
Each panel painted in famille-rose enamels with court scenes and panels of the Immortals riding on waves beside calligraphy, alternating with smaller blue and white…
Some typical wear to the enamels.Each panel has a later eye hook screwed to the top of the frame for hanging
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £400 - £600
25 June 2025 , 01:00 BST
25 June 2025 , 01:00 BST
A TALL JAPANESE IMARI VASE
A TALL JAPANESE IMARI VASE
Meiji period
Ovoid form with scalloped rim, painted each side with a large panel of two birds amongst flower plants agains an elaborate brocaded ground, 57cm high
Some restoration around the rim and top of the neck. Minor wear to the gilding
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £150 - £250
25 June 2025 , 01:00 BST
25 June 2025 , 01:00 BST
A JAPANESE BRONZE FIGURE OF A BIJIN BY GENRYUSAI SEIYA
A JAPANESE BRONZE FIGURE OF A BIJIN BY GENRYUSAI SEIYA
Meiji period
Standing playing a samizen, a parasol across her back, signed, 26cm high
Top of samizen lacking from left hand upwards
Estimate: £80 - £120
25 June 2025 , 01:00 BST
25 June 2025 , 01:00 BST
A CHINESE EXPORT BLUE AND WHITE SHAPED OVAL TUREEN, COVER AND STAND (3)
A CHINESE EXPORT BLUE AND WHITE SHAPED OVAL TUREEN, COVER AND STAND (3)
Qianlong
Painted with scattered flowers inside diaper and scale pattern floral borders, the cover with fruit knop, tureen 27cm wide across handles, stand 31cm wide
Tureen- minor restored patch to top of one handle, approx. 0.5cm square. Some typical glaze frittingCover- overall in good conditionStand- fine haircrack to the rim, approx. 3cm length. Minor glaze…
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £100 - £150
25 June 2025 , 01:00 BST
25 June 2025 , 01:00 BST

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