COOKERY & HUSBANDRY - [G. MARKHAM (c.1568-1637)]. The English House-Wife,…
COOKERY & HUSBANDRY - [Gervase MARKHAM (c.1568-1637)]. The English House-Wife containing The inward and outward Vertues which ought to be in a Compleat Woman: As her Skill in Physick, Chirurgery,…
Hammer price:
£480
Estimate: £300 - £500
3 December 2025
, 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025
, 17:00 GMT
DERLETH, August (1909-71). The Trail of Cthulhu, Sauk City, Arkham House,…
DERLETH, August (1909-71). The Trail of Cthulhu. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1962. 8vo (187 x 135mm). Half title, woodcut printer's device on the title. Original black cloth, the spine…
Hammer price:
£50
Estimate: £100 - £150
3 December 2025
, 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025
, 17:00 GMT
HARTLEY, L. P. (1895-1972). The Go-Between, London, 1953, 8vo, original…
HARTLEY, L. P. (1895-1972). The Go-Between. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1953. 8vo (184 x 120mm). Half title. Original red cloth, the spine lettered and decorated in gilt, top edges red (the gilding to…
Hammer price:
£50
Estimate: £100 - £150
3 December 2025
, 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025
, 17:00 GMT
JOHNSON, Samuel (1709-84). A Dictionary of the English Language, London,…
JOHNSON, Samuel (1709-84). A Dictionary of the English Language: in which the Words are Deduced from their Originals, and Illustrated in their Different Significations by Examples from the Best…
Hammer price:
£2,200
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
3 December 2025
, 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025
, 17:00 GMT
KNOLLES, Richard (1545-1610). The Generall Historie of the Turkes ... The…
KNOLLES, Richard ([?]1545-1610). The Generall Historie of the Turkes, from the first beginning of that Nation to the rising of the Ottoman Familie: with all the notable expeditions of the Christian…
Hammer price:
£1,000
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
3 December 2025
, 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025
, 17:00 GMT
LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937). Something about Cats and Other Pieces.…
LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937). Something about Cats and Other Pieces. Collected by August Derleth. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1949. 8vo (188 x 130mm). Half title, half tone frontispiece…
Hammer price:
£150
Estimate: £200 - £300
3 December 2025
, 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025
, 17:00 GMT
LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937). The Outsider and Others, Sauk City, Arkham…
LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937). The Outsider and Others ... Collected by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1939. Large 8vo (231 x 155mm). Half title. Original…
Hammer price:
£700
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
3 December 2025
, 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025
, 17:00 GMT
MAPS - John SPEED (1552-1629). Holy Iland ... Garnsey ... Farne ... Jarsey…
MAPS - John SPEED (1552-1629). Holy Iland ... Garnsey ... Farne ... Jarsey. [London:] "Performed by John Speede, and are to be solde in Popes heade alley by Joh. Sudbury and G. Humbell," 1610 [but…
Hammer price:
£100
Estimate: £300 - £500
3 December 2025
, 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025
, 17:00 GMT
MORRIS, William (1834-96). The Earthly Paradise, 1905, parts I - XII, 8vo,…
MORRIS, William (1834-96). The Earthly Paradise. A Poem. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1905, Parts I - XII, 8vo (188 x 125mm). Half titles, photogravure portrait of William Morris in the first…
Estimate: £200 - £300
3 December 2025
, 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025
, 17:00 GMT
MOUNTBATTEN, Louis (1900-79). A one-page typed letter, with greeting and…
MOUNTBATTEN, Louis, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-79). A one-page typed letter, with the greeting and signature in autograph, on paper headed "Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean, c/o G.P.O.…
Estimate: £100 - £150
3 December 2025
, 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025
, 17:00 GMT
ORWELL, George (1903-50). Down and Out in Paris and London, London, Victor…
"ORWELL, George" (i.e. Eric Arthur BLAIR, 1903-50). Down and Out in Paris and London. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1933 [but 1932]. 8vo (197 x 130mm). Half title (some light mainly marginal…
Hammer price:
£750
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
3 December 2025
, 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025
, 17:00 GMT
[POUND, Ezra (1885-1972), editor] - Guido CAVALCANTI (1255-1300). Rime ...…
[POUND, Ezra (1885-1972), editor] - Guido CAVALCANTI (1255-1300). Rime ... Edizione Rappezzata fra le Rovine. Genova: "Edizioni Marsano S. A. Anno X", 1931. 4to (290 x 225mm). 40 facsimile plates of…
Hammer price:
£800
Estimate: £300 - £500
3 December 2025
, 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025
, 17:00 GMT
REMARQUE, Erich Maria (1898-1970). All Quiet on the Western Front, London,…
REMARQUE, Erich Maria (1898-1970). All Quiet on the Western Front. Translated from the German by A. W. Wheen. London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, March 1929. 8vo (190 x 125mm). Half title. Original…
Estimate: £400 - £600
3 December 2025
, 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025
, 17:00 GMT
[SALTONSTALL, Wye (c.1602-c.1640), translator]. Ovid's Heroical Epistles.…
[SALTONSTALL, Wye (c.1602-c.1640), translator]. Ovid's Heroical Epistles. Englished by W. S. ... This may be Reprinted, R. L. S. London: "Printed for the Company of Stationers," 1695. Small 8vo (142…
Hammer price:
£150
Estimate: £200 - £300
3 December 2025
, 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025
, 17:00 GMT
WILLIAMS, Margery (1881-1944). The Velveteen Rabbit, London, 1922, 4to, 7…
WILLIAMS, Margery [or] Margery Williams BIANCO (1881-1944) & William NICHOLSON (1872-1949, illustrator). The Velveteen Rabbit Or How Toys Become Real ... With Illustrations by William Nicholson.…
Hammer price:
£5,000
Estimate: £5,000 - £8,000
3 December 2025
, 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025
, 17:00 GMT
A VICTORIA YOUNG HEAD SOVEREIGN PENDANT
The date drilled out, fitted with a scroll suspension, gross weight 8.6 grams
Hammer price:
£580
Estimate: £400 - £600
3 December 2025
, 14:00 GMT
3 December 2025
, 14:00 GMT
A COLLECTION OF SIX MASONIC ITEMS (6)
See description below
Comprising; a late Victorian silver gilt enamelled and colourless paste Diamond Jubilee lodge jewel, London 1897, a gold spherical globular pendant, the suspension designed as a Masonic square and…
Hammer price:
£850
Estimate: £240 - £280
3 December 2025
, 14:00 GMT
3 December 2025
, 14:00 GMT
A ROUTE TO VICTORY EIGHTEEN COIN SILVER PROOF SET OF FIVE POUNDS CROWNS
Gibraltar with certificate cards, giving specifications and display box with lift-out tray and accompanying album of black and white photographs
Hammer price:
£440
Estimate: £280 - £320
3 December 2025
, 14:00 GMT
3 December 2025
, 14:00 GMT
A GEORGE III GILTMETAL-MOUNTED FRUITWOOD TRIPLE-PAD TOP STRIKING AND…
By Alexander Cumming, London, circa 1770
The case with a brass carrying handle over three pads, each with well cut moulded edges, with broken arch above the hinged glazed door with convex glass over 7in white enamel circular dial, signed…
Hammer price:
£1,100
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,000
3 December 2025
, 12:00 GMT
3 December 2025
, 12:00 GMT
A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY CASED SHIP’S STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
The dial signed E & E Emanuel, Portsmouth, the case probably associated
The rectangular case with brass recessed handle above convex glazed dial, plain sides and hinged back door, on block feet, the 5in enamel dial (restored) signed E & E EMANUEL, PORTSMOUTH, with blued…
Hammer price:
£300
Estimate: £400 - £600
3 December 2025
, 12:00 GMT
3 December 2025
, 12:00 GMT
A FINE AND RARE ENGLISH STRIKING AND REPEATING CHRONOMETER CARRIAGE CLOCK
By Dent, 33 Cockspur Street, London, No. 22006, circa 1857
The substantial gilt-brass case with a shaped foliate-cast handle above a recessed top inset with a rectangular deeply bevelled glass panel, the 3in circular white enamel dial with seconds subsidiary…
Hammer price:
£20,000
Estimate: £12,000 - £18,000
3 December 2025
, 12:00 GMT
3 December 2025
, 12:00 GMT
HENRY TONKS (BRITISH, 1862-1937)
Portrait of Mrs Maxwell-Hyslop as a girl
signed with initials and dated '1896' (upper right); inscribed later 'MRS MAXWELL-HYSLOP/ AS A GIRL/ BY H TONKS (on the stretcher, verso)
oil on canvas
153 x…
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
19 November 2025
, 17:00 GMT
19 November 2025
, 17:00 GMT
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…
Hammer price:
£1,400
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,000
19 November 2025
, 17:00 GMT
19 November 2025
, 17:00 GMT
DAME LAURA KNIGHT (BRITISH, 1877-1970)
Unwise Ones
lithograph
25.5 x 18.5cm
ARR
Provenance
Private collection, UK
Condition reportThe sheet is sound; very slight discolouration but generally good condition overall; framed and under glass, unexamined out of frame.
Hammer price:
£80
Estimate: £50 - £100
19 November 2025
, 17:00 GMT
19 November 2025
, 17:00 GMT