CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924) - A collection of 20 books by Joseph Conrad.…
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924) - A collection of 20 books by Joseph Conrad comprising: Almayer's Folly. A Story of an Eastern River (London, 1896, 8vo, original green cloth gilt, "Second Edition"), The N…
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
[DEFOE, Daniel ([?]1661-1731)]. The Fortunate Mistress, London, 1724, 8vo,…
[DEFOE, Daniel ([?]1661-1731)]. The Fortunate Mistress: Or, A History of the Life and Vast Variety of Fortunes of Mademoiselle de Beleau, Afterwards Call'd The Countess de Wintselheim, in Germany.…
Hammer price:
£16,000
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
EUCLID (fl. 300 BC) & Christopher CLAVIUS (1538-1612). Euclidis…
EUCLID (fl. 300 BC) & Christopher CLAVIUS (1538-1612). Euclidis elementorum libri XV. [Second volume: Euclidis posteriores libri IX] Accessit XVI. de Solidorum regularium cuius libet intra quodlibet…
Hammer price:
£380
Estimate: £400 - £600
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
FEININGER, Lyonel (1871-1956). A series of 15 letters, of which two…
FEININGER, Lyonel (1871-1956, German-American expressionist painter). A series of 15 letters, of which two autograph and the remainder typed, all but three signed ("Leo" or "Larry"), sent to "Fritz"…
Hammer price:
£1,900
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS - T. E. Lawrence (1888-1935). Crusader Castles,…
GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS - Thomas Edward LAWRENCE [i.e. "Lawrence of Arabia"] (1888-1935). Crusader Castles, edited by A. W. Lawrence. London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1936. 2 volumes, 4to (250 x…
Hammer price:
£650
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
GRAHAME, Kenneth (1859-1932). The Wind in the Willows, London, 1950, large…
GRAHAME, Kenneth (1859-1932) & Arthur RACKHAM (1867-1939, illustrator). The Wind in the Willows. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1950. Large 8vo (232 x 150mm). Half title, 12 coloured plates by Arthur…
Hammer price:
£150
Estimate: £200 - £300
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
KING, Stephen (b.1947). Christine, London, 1983, large 8vo, original black…
KING, Stephen (b.1947). Christine. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1983. Large 8vo (232 x 145mm). Half title. Original black cloth, the spine lettered in gilt, the dust-jacket designed by Ian Hughes…
Hammer price:
£600
Estimate: £500 - £800
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen van (1563-1611). Histoire de la Navigation ... Aux…
LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen van (1563-1611). Histoire de la Navigation de Jean Hugues de Linschot Hollandois: Aux Indes Orientales. Contenant diverses Descriptions des lieux iusques à present descouverts…
Hammer price:
£16,000
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
"MAC ORLAN, Pierre" (1882-1970). Boutiques, Paris, 1925, coloured…
"MAC ORLAN, Pierre" (pseudonym of Pierre DUMARCHEY, 1882-1970, writer), Lucien BOUCHER (1889-1971, illustrator) & Georges LEROUX (1922-99, binder). Boutiques. Paris: Editions Marcel Seheur, 1925.…
Hammer price:
£1,100
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
MILNE, A. A. (1882-1956). Winnie-the-Pooh ... Fifth Edition, 1927, 8vo,…
MILNE, A. A. (1882-1956). Winnie-the-Pooh ... Fifth Edition. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1927. 8vo (189 x 125mm). Half title, illustrations by E. H. Shepard, some full-page. Original green pictorial…
Hammer price:
£90
Estimate: £70 - £100
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
MISCELLANY - E. R. PENNELL (1855-1936) & J. PENNELL (1857-1926). The Life…
MISCELLANY - E. R. PENNELL (1855-1936) & J. PENNELL (1857-1926). The Life of James McNeill Whistler. London: William Heinemann, [November] 1908. 2 volumes, 4to (255 x 195mm). Half titles, 2 etched…
Hammer price:
£20
Estimate: £70 - £100
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
PORTLOCK, Nathaniel (c.1748-1817). A Voyage Round the World; but more…
PORTLOCK, Nathaniel (c.1748-1817). A Voyage Round the World; but more particularly to the North-West Coast of America: Performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte…
Estimate: £500 - £800
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
ROWLING, J. K. (b.1965). Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, London,…
ROWLING, J. K. (b.1965). Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. London: Bloomsbury, 1998. 8vo (198 x 128mm). Half title (lightly browned at margins, as usual). Original coloured pictorial boards…
Estimate: £70 - £100
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
SANSOVINO, Francesco (1521-83). Historia Universale dell' Origine, et…
SANSOVINO, Francesco (1521-83). Historia Universale dell' Origine, et Imperio de' Turchi ... Et riformata in molte sue parti per ordine della Santa Inquisitione. Nella quale si contengeno le leggi,…
Hammer price:
£220
Estimate: £400 - £600
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
SUFFRAGETTES - Helen BLACKBURN (1842-1903). Women's Suffrage, London, 1902…
SUFFRAGETTES - Helen BLACKBURN (1842-1903). Women's Suffrage. A Record of the Women's Suffrage Movement in the British Isles with Biographical Sketches of Miss Becker. London: Williams & Norgate,…
Hammer price:
£260
Estimate: £300 - £500
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
WYATT, C. W. (1842-1900). British Birds, London, 1894-99, 2 volumes bound…
WYATT, Claude Wilmot (1842-1900). British Birds: Being Coloured Illustrations of all the Species of Passerine Birds Resident in the British Isles, with Some Notes in Reference to their Plumage …
Hammer price:
£1,200
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
TWO FIRST WORLD WAR PERIOD BRONZE MEMORIAL PLAQUES (2)
The first detailed Bhima (there are several recorded Indian names, on The CWGC database), the second detailed Khem Ram (we could not locate this name of The CWGC database)
Provenance: Estate of the Late Michael Leonard (1933-2023),
who used these for inspiration with his highly detailed ''Portraits in Time’
series.
Hammer price:
£45
Estimate: £60 - £80
3 December 2024
, 15:00 GMT
3 December 2024
, 15:00 GMT
A GROUP OF FIVE MEDALLIONS (5)
Comprising; a silver coloured example, detailed Mc Nabb's School, Dollar Institution, engraved Awarded to Douglas G.R. Leonard for Highest Attainments in Art 1917/18, a Swedish bronze medallion…
Provenance: Estate of the Late Michael Leonard (1933-2023),
who used these for inspiration with his highly detailed ''Portraits in Time’
series.
Hammer price:
£60
Estimate: £70 - £90
3 December 2024
, 15:00 GMT
3 December 2024
, 15:00 GMT
SIR JOHN LAVERY (IRISH, 1856-1941)
Study for ‘The Ratification of the Irish Treaty in the House of Lords, December 1921’
signed 'J Lavery' (lower left), inscribed 'HOUSE OF LORDS STUDY/ LAVERY' (on the backboard)
oil on canvas-board…
Catalogue NoteArguably, 16 December 1921 is one of the most auspicious dates in British history. On that
Friday, the Irish Treaty passed from the Commons to the House of Lords for ratification. …
Hammer price:
£35,000
Estimate: £20,000 - £30,000
21 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
21 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
FRANCIS WYNNE THOMAS (BRITISH, 1907-1989)
Buckingham Scene
signed 'F WYNNE THOMAS' (upper left) and with remnants of inscribed label (to back of frame)
oil on canvas
50.5 x 61.5cm
ARR
Provenance
Sale, Sotheby's, London, 19th July 1989, lot…
Condition reportOriginal canvas; light surface dirt to the paint surface and a small spot of uneven varnish, lower left; traces of bloom to the central tree; no sign of retouching under ultraviolet…
Hammer price:
£3,800
Estimate: £300 - £500
21 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
21 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
MADELEINE DOWDEN (BRITISH, 1933-2021) AND ATTRIBUTED TO FRANK AUERBACH …
A folio of life drawing sketches, approximately twenty with annotated sketches showing corrections or improvements attributed to Frank Auerbach (1958 and 1959)
some dated '58' or '59'
pencil
twenty…
FootnoteMadeleine Dowden lived at 2 The Ridgeway, Gunnersbury, London and in the late 1950's attended evening art classes in Ealing. Frank Auerbach was her art teacher. It is understood that he…
Hammer price:
£100
Estimate: £200 - £400
21 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
21 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
DUNCAN GRANT (BRITISH, 1885-1978)
Study for Nymph and Satyr (C. 1926)
charcoal
44.5 x 54cm
ARR
Provenance
Sale, Christie's, London, 2nd November 2001, lot 51;
Private collection, UK
FootnoteThis work relates to a well-known paining by Grant called Nymph and Satyr which was in the collection of Raymond Mortimer and is reproduced in Mortimer's volume on Grant (1944) in the Penguin…
Hammer price:
£2,200
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
21 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
21 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
FRITZ KRAMER (AUSTRIAN, 1905-1969)
Boats in a harbour
signed 'Kramer' (lower left)
gouache, pen, ink and watercolour
33 x 45cm
ARR
Provenance
Private collection, UK
Condition reportThe card/board has bowed outwards slightly; minor surface dirt/scuffing to paint surface, in the sky, lower left and some further; framed and under glass, unexamined out of frame…
Estimate: £400 - £600
21 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
21 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
JOHN STANTON WARD (BRITISH, 1917-2007)
Kate Asleep
pencil on paper
31.5 x 29cm
ARR
Provenance
Archeus Fine Art, London, from whom acquired by the present owner;
Private collection, UK
Condition reportSlight rippling to sheet, otherwise sound condition overall; framed and under glass, unexamined out of frame.
Hammer price:
£380
Estimate: £400 - £600
21 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
21 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT