ALDINGTON, Richard (1892-1962). Images, London, [n.d. but ?1919], 8vo, original paper boards. With 11 other books by the same author, all FIRST EDITIONS. (12) Please see the full listing below.
ALDINGTON, Richard (1892-1962). Images, London, [n.d. but ?1919], 8vo,…
ALDINGTON, Richard (1892-1962).  Images. London: The Egoist Ltd., [n.d. but ?1919]. 8vo (183 x 125mm). Half title. Original tan buckram-backed brown paper boards with printed label on the upper cover…
Estimate: £300 - £500
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
BARROW, Katherine (1849-1915). Three Years in Tristan da Cunha, London, 1910, 8vo, 35 plates, original buckram. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, the front free endpaper inscribed in pencil, "J. S. Chance, from the author." With 2 autograph letters.
BARROW, Katherine (1849-1915). Three Years in Tristan da Cunha, London,…
BARROW, Katherine Mary (1849-1915).  Three Years in Tristan da Cunha. London: Skeffington & Son, 1910. Large 8vo (211 x 135mm). Half title, half tone frontispiece, map, 34 half tone plates (mainly…
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £70 - £100
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
BLUNDEN, Edmund (1896-1974) & Wilfred OWEN (1893-1918). A one-page autograph letter from Edmund Blunden, and his PROOF COPY of an edition of Wilfred Owen's poems from 1931, and another later edition. (3)
BLUNDEN, Edmund (1896-1974) & Wilfred OWEN (1893-1918). A one-page…
BLUNDEN, Edmund (1896-1974) & Wilfred OWEN (1893-1918). A one-page autograph letter from Edmund Blunden, on paper headed "67 Pembury Road, Tonbridge,", and dated, "30 Jan. 1945", stating, "Dear Mrs…
Hammer price: £900
Estimate: £200 - £300
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
CANTERBURY - Georg BRAUN (1541-1622) & Franz HOGENBERG (1536-88). Cantuarbury. Cantuaria urbs fertilissimae Angliae celebris, [Cologne: c.1588], hand-coloured engraved bird's-eye-view of Canterbury, 290 x 430mm., framed and glazed.
CANTERBURY - Georg BRAUN (1541-1622) & Franz HOGENBERG (1536-88).…
CANTERBURY - Georg BRAUN (1541-1622) & Franz HOGENBERG (1536-88).  Cantuarbury. Cantuaria urbs fertilissimae Angliae celebris; Archiepiscopati sede, commendata. [Cologne: c.1588]. Hand-coloured…
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £200 - £300
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
COOKERY & HUSBANDRY - [G. MARKHAM (c.1568-1637)]. The English House-Wife, London, 1668, 4to (browned and spotted throughout), later boards. The Eighth edition. With 12 other books, most related, including works by Hannah Glasse and Elizabeth Raffald. (13)
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
LONDON PANORAMAS - [Matthäus MERIAN (1593-1650), the Elder], attributed. London. [Frankfurt, c.1638]. Hand-coloured engraved panorama of London, 230 x 710mm., framed and glazed. With another smaller panorama of London. (2)
LONDON PANORAMAS - [Matthäus MERIAN (1593-1650), the Elder], attributed.…
LONDON PANORAMAS - [Matthäus MERIAN (1593-1650), the Elder], attributed.  London. [Frankfurt: 1638 or later]. Hand-coloured engraved panorama of London extending from "Whyte Hall" to the Tower of…
Hammer price: £450
Estimate: £400 - £600
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
LOVECRAFT, H. P.  (1890-1937). The Shunned House, Athol, Mass.: The Recluse Press, 1928 [but please see the important note in the full description below]. Original publisher's black cloth gilt, modern book box. Joshi A5. EXCEPTIONALLY RARE.
LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937). The Shunned House, Athol, Mass.: The…
LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937).  The Shunned House ... With a Preface by Frank Belknap Long, Jr. Athol, Massachusetts: "Published by W. Paul Cook. The Recluse Press, 1928" [but please see the important…
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937) & August DERLETH (1909-71). The Lurker at the Threshold, Sauk City, Arkham House, 1945, 8vo, original black cloth gilt, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION. Joshi I-D-i-20. RARE.
LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937) & August DERLETH (1909-71). The Lurker at the…
LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937) & August DERLETH (1909-71).  The Lurker at the Threshold. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1945. 8vo (184 x 128mm). Half title, woodcut publisher's device on the title…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £500
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
LOVECRAFT, H. P. (1890-1937). The Outsider and Others, Sauk City, Arkham House, 1939, 8vo, original cloth, facsimile dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION of "the first major collection of Lovecraft's tales" (Joshi) and the first book printed by Arkham House. RARE.
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
MACHIAVELLI, Niccolò (1469-1527). The Arte of Warre, translated by Peter Whitehorne, London, 1562, small 4to, (lacking a few leaves), old calf. THE FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH AND THE FIRST OF ANY WORK BY MACHIAVELLI TO BE TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH.
MACHIAVELLI, Niccolò (1469-1527). The Arte of Warre, translated by Peter…
MACHIAVELLI, Niccol (1469-1527).  The Arte of Warre, written first in Italia ... and set forthe in Englishe by Peter Whitehorne, student of Graies Inn: with an addicio of other like Marcialle feates…
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
[PHILLIPS, Richard (1767-1840)]. The Wonders of the Telescope; or, a Display of the Starry Heavens and of the System of the Universe, London, 1809, 8vo, 14 engraved plates, contemporary boards. "New Edition." With 9 other works in 12 vols. (13)
[PHILLIPS, Richard (1767-1840)]. The Wonders of the Telescope; or, a…
[PHILLIPS, Richard (1767-1840)].  The Wonders of the Telescope; or, a Display of the Starry Heavens and of the System of the Universe: Calculated to Promote and Simplify the Study of Astronomy ...…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £400
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
RANSOME, Arthur (1884-1967). Swallows & Amazons, London, 1930, 8vo, original blue cloth gilt (some fading, without the dust-jacket). FIRST EDITION. RARE.
RANSOME, Arthur (1884-1967). Swallows & Amazons, London, 1930, 8vo,…
RANSOME, Arthur (1884-1967).  Swallows & Amazons. London: Jonathan Cape, 1930. 8vo (200 x 135mm). Half title, frontispiece, armorial ornament on the title (p.163 with some light staining). Original…
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £200 - £300
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
SPEED, John (1552-1629). Hantshire described and devided, [London, 1676], hand-coloured engraved map of Hampshire, inset bird's-eye-view of Winchester, 380 x 510mm., framed and glazed. A FINE COPY. With R. Morden's Hampshire (London, c.1695). (2)
SPEED, John (1552-1629). Hantshire described and devided, [London, 1676],…
SPEED, John (1552-1629).  Hantshire described and devided. [London:] "Are to be Sold by Thomas Bassett in Fleet Street and Richard Chiswell in St. Paul's Churchyard," [1676]. Hand-coloured engraved…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £300 - £500
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
TURNER, Richard ([?]1720-91). A View of the Earth: Being a short, but Comprehensive System of Modern Geography, London, 1762, 4to, engraved map of the world, 6 maps, plate, diagrams, boards (worn). And 2 contemporary manuscript exercise books. (3)
TURNER, Richard ([?]1720-91). A View of the Earth: Being a short, but…
TURNER, Richard ([?]1720-91).  A View of the Earth: Being a Short, but Comprehensive System of Modern Geography ... To which is added, a Description of the Terrestrial Globe: with its Application to…
Estimate: £200 - £300
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 17:00 GMT
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY, CHEQUER OUTLINED AND INLAID WHEEL BAROMETER
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY, CHEQUER OUTLINED AND INLAID WHEEL BAROMETER
By Joseph Somalvico & Co, No. 256, Holborn, London
The arched pediment with brass finial above teh trunk inlaid with oak leaves and acorns in ovals, with a foliate roundel to the top and base, silvered inset thermometer scale above 8in circular…
Estimate: £120 - £180
3 December 2025 , 12:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 12:00 GMT
AN EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY HIGH_QUALITY UNUSUAL REGULATOR
AN EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY HIGH_QUALITY UNUSUAL REGULATOR
Anonymous, Circa 1850
The hood, now lacking its moulded pediment and with a canvas cover, above a glazed circular brass bezel and four foliate spandrels, flanked by a canted angle to each side, the trunk inset with a…
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
3 December 2025 , 12:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 12:00 GMT
A FINE QUEEN ANNE BURR-WALNUT MONTH-GOING STRIKING LONGCASE CLOCK
A FINE QUEEN ANNE BURR-WALNUT MONTH-GOING STRIKING LONGCASE CLOCK
By Daniel Quare, Exchange Alley, London, No. 40, circa 1707
The case with three later giltwood finials surmounting the elaborate hood above fretwork rectangular panel, moulded projecting cornice with arched glazed door with finely-cast gilt-brass framing…
Hammer price: £14,000
Estimate: £20,000 - £30,000
3 December 2025 , 12:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 12:00 GMT
AN EDWARDIAN MAHOGANY AND BRASS INLAID STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
AN EDWARDIAN MAHOGANY AND BRASS INLAID STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
In the Regency style, circa 1920
Surmounted with a pineapple finial above a gadrooned stepped top, above panelled front with convex glass and 8in white-painted dial inscribed DESBOIS / LONDON, with finely cut blued steel hands, on…
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £300 - £500
3 December 2025 , 12:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 12:00 GMT
A GEORGE III GILTMETAL-MOUNTED FRUITWOOD TRIPLE-PAD TOP STRIKING AND REPEATING BRACKET CLOCK WITH PERIOD BRACKET
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 FRENCH GILT BRASS GORGE CASED STRIKING AND REPEATING CARRIAGE CLOCK
A FRENCH GILT BRASS GORGE CASED STRIKING AND REPEATING CARRIAGE CLOCK
No. 882, Circa 1885
With a moulded pivotted handle above large bevelled glass top panel, the front, back and sides each with a bevelled glass panel, the white enamel dial (restored) with blued steel moon hands above an…
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £80 - £120
3 December 2025 , 12:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 12:00 GMT
AN UNUSUAL FRENCH BRASS PORCELAIN PANELLED STRIKING AND REPEATING CARRIAGE CLOCK
AN UNUSUAL FRENCH BRASS PORCELAIN PANELLED STRIKING AND REPEATING CARRIAGE…
Maker GL, No 748, circa 1900
With scrolled handle above an oval top glass, the sides and dial painted with reserves of flower heads and with a central rectangular field of flower heads, the twin train movement with original…
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £150 - £250
3 December 2025 , 12:00 GMT
3 December 2025 , 12:00 GMT
A KASHMIR SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND RING
A KASHMIR SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND RING
RESTRICTIVE BIDDING ON THIS LOT
Mounted with a central octagonal step cut sapphire weighing a stated 3.24 carats, with a surround of baguette, old cut, and transitional cut diamonds, in platinum,…
accompanied a SSEF report numbered 149205, dated 25th September 2025 stating that the sapphire shows no indications of heating, origin: Kashmir, and a GCS report numbered 5785-3816 dated 9th of…
Hammer price: £100,000
Estimate: £20,000 - £30,000
20 November 2025 , 18:00 GMT
20 November 2025 , 18:00 GMT
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN BRUSH POT, BITONG
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN BRUSH POT, BITONG
Kangxi
Of narrow gently flared form, painted with an official and attendants, a table in the background, apochryphal six-character Chenghua mark to base, 13.5cm high
Shallow chip to the footrim, approx 1cm by 0.5cm. Minor glaze specking around the rim. Firing crack to the base. Some glaze cracks across the base.
Hammer price: £2,600
Estimate: £600 - £800
20 November 2025 , 14:00 GMT
20 November 2025 , 14:00 GMT
A LARGE JAPANESE SATSUMA VASE ADAPTED AS A LAMP
A LARGE JAPANESE SATSUMA VASE ADAPTED AS A LAMP
Meiji period
Ovoid form set with animal mask handles suspending gilt ring and tassels, one side painted with an official and attendants, the reverse with arhats, against a brocade ground, vase 61cm…
Drilled hole through base for electricity. Some typical wear to the gilding, particularly around the rim and to the handles. It is not in working order.
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £100 - £150
20 November 2025 , 14:00 GMT
20 November 2025 , 14:00 GMT

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