STEPHEN TENNANT (BRITISH, 1906-1986)
STEPHEN TENNANT (BRITISH, 1906-1986)
Taormina, Sicily
inscribed
watercolour, pen and ink
55.5 x 37.5cm
ARR
Condition ReportThe sheet has been laid down on card.  Abrasions/ tears to lower right corner, light surface dirt.
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £600 - £800
7 August 2023 , 01:00 BST
7 August 2023 , 01:00 BST
SUMMER NIGHTS/UNDERGROUND POSTER BY VLADIMIR POLUNIN (1880-1957)
SUMMER NIGHTS/UNDERGROUND POSTER BY VLADIMIR POLUNIN (1880-1957)
Circa 1930
63cm wide, 101cm high
Condition: Some restoration at top by moon down through top of marquee. Some touch ups and repairs to border.
Hammer price: £900
Estimate: £600 - £900
7 August 2023 , 01:00 BST
7 August 2023 , 01:00 BST
ARTHUR BOWEN DAVIES (AMERICAN, 1862-1928) (4)
ARTHUR BOWEN DAVIES (AMERICAN, 1862-1928) (4)
American Braves
a set of four, one signed 'Arthur B Davies' (lower right)
coloured chalks on paper laid down on card
the largest 32 x 25.5cm
(4)

Provenance
Graham Gallery, New York;
Sale, Sotheby's…
Estimate: £300 - £500
7 August 2023 , 01:00 BST
7 August 2023 , 01:00 BST
MARTIN VAN STRAATEN & CO., LONDON: A RECTANGULAR EARTHENWARE TILE PANEL
MARTIN VAN STRAATEN & CO., LONDON: A RECTANGULAR EARTHENWARE TILE PANEL
Early 20th century
After the painting `Terugkeer van de markt, Veluwe', after H.Cassiers, depicting Dutch woman returning from the market, 38.5cm by 103cm, mounted on a wooden frame
Some minor nibbles around the edges of the tiles, but overall in good condition, tiles stuck down, the overall size is as staed in description 
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £300
8 August 2023 , 01:00 BST
8 August 2023 , 01:00 BST
ADVERTISING FIGURES INCLUDING A COMPOSITE FIGURAL TABLE LAMP ENTITLED ‘VICHY SOURCE DE BEAUTE’ (4)
ADVERTISING FIGURES INCLUDING A COMPOSITE FIGURAL TABLE LAMP ENTITLED…
47cm high; Together with a Quaker Oats Ltd advertising plaster model 35cm and a papier-mache Birmingham Hospital donation box 32cm high, and Lyons’ Tea tinplate globe 15cm high
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £50 - £80
8 August 2023 , 01:00 BST
8 August 2023 , 01:00 BST
A GROUP OF ART DECO FROSTED GLASS (5)
A GROUP OF ART DECO FROSTED GLASS (5)
Including three wall shades and two bronze mounted elevator up/down lights
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £100 - £200
8 August 2023 , 01:00 BST
8 August 2023 , 01:00 BST
A PAIR OF VICTORIAN STYLE COPPER AND IRON GAS LANTERNS ON BRACKETS (2)
A PAIR OF VICTORIAN STYLE COPPER AND IRON GAS LANTERNS ON BRACKETS (2)
20th Century
Both with label for ‘Foster & Pullen’, 163cm high approx (including bracket)
Provenance: Apparently reputedly from Oxford University. Condition report: These look to be made for gas with the taps and pipes projecting down from the top interior of the lantern and later wired…
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £150 - £250
2 August 2023 , 01:00 BST
2 August 2023 , 01:00 BST
A VICTORIAN GILT METAL AND CERAMIC MOUNTED FIGURED WALNUT CREDENZA
A VICTORIAN GILT METAL AND CERAMIC MOUNTED FIGURED WALNUT CREDENZA
170cm wide; 38cm deep; 107cm high
Condition report: Top with various scratches and dents to the veneer, metalwork is tarnished in areas, one of the ceramic medallions has a diagonal crack through it and the central medallion with…
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £260 - £300
2 August 2023 , 01:00 BST
2 August 2023 , 01:00 BST
A SINGLE ROW NECKLACE OF JADE BEADS AND EIGHT FURTHER ITEMS OF JEWELLERY (9)
A SINGLE ROW NECKLACE OF JADE BEADS AND EIGHT FURTHER ITEMS OF JEWELLERY …
The graduated jade bead necklace on a screw down clasp, length 39cm, also two branch coral necklaces, a single row necklace of cultured pearls, a single row necklace of graduated glass beads,…
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £70
3 August 2023 , 01:00 BST
3 August 2023 , 01:00 BST
ATTLEE, Clement (1883-1967). As It Happened, London, 1954, 8vo, illustrations, original cloth. Reprint. ANNOTATED AND HIGHLIGHTED IN PENCIL BY ANTHONY EDEN THROUGHOUT.
ATTLEE, Clement (1883-1967). As It Happened, London, 1954, 8vo,…
ATTLEE, Clement Richard (1883-1967).  As It Happened. London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1954, 8vo (215 x 140mm). Half title, half tone frontispiece portrait of the author, half tone illustrations.…
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
CAMPBELL-JOHNSON, Alan (1913-98). Sir Anthony Eden. A Biography, London, 1955, 8vo, plates, cloth. PRESENTATION COPY, ANNOTATED AND HIGHLIGHTED IN PENCIL BY ANTHONY EDEN THROUGHOUT.
CAMPBELL-JOHNSON, Alan (1913-98). Sir Anthony Eden. A Biography, London,…
CAMPBELL-JOHNSON, Alan (1913-98).  Sir Anthony Eden. A Biography. London: Robert Hale Limited, 1955. 8vo (218 x 135mm). Half title, half tone frontispiece portrait and 16 full-page plates …
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £400 - £600
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
IRELAND, Samuel (1744-1800). Picturesque Views on the Upper, or Warwickshire, Avon, London, 1795, 4to, 33 plates, attractively bound in contemporary calf, with a presentation note to The Earl of Avon [i.e. Anthony Eden] loosely-inserted. FIRST EDITION.
IRELAND, Samuel (1744-1800). Picturesque Views on the Upper, or…
IRELAND, Samuel (1744-1800).  Picturesque Views on the Upper, or Warwickshire, Avon, from its Source at Naseby to its Junction with the Severn at Tewkesbury: with Observations on the Public Buildings…
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
MACKENZIE KING, William Lyon (1874-1950, Prime Minister of Canada from 1935-48, and before). Canada at Britain's Side, Toronto, 1941, 8vo, red buckram. FIRST EDITION, IMPORTANT PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed extensively by the author to Anthony Eden.
MACKENZIE KING, William Lyon (1874-1950, Prime Minister of Canada from…
MACKENZIE KING, William Lyon (1874-1950, Prime Minister of Canada from 1935-48, and before).  Canada at Britain's Side. Toronto: The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited, 1941. 8vo (219 x 135mm). Half…
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £500 - £800
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
MORICE, Charles (1861-1919). Paul Gauguin, Paris, 1919, 4to, plates, later red cloth, FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED by Anthony Eden. With 3 other related books. (4)
MORICE, Charles (1861-1919). Paul Gauguin, Paris, 1919, 4to, plates, later…
MORICE, Charles (1861-1919).  Paul Gauguin. Paris: H. Floury, 1919. 4to (265 x 200mm). Half title, heliogravure portrait of Stéphane Mallarmé by Gauguin at p.82, plates, some mounted. Later red cloth…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
[PATMORE, Coventry (1823-96)]. The Unknown Eros and Other Odes, London, 1877, 8vo, original buckram (faded), with a one-page autograph letter from the author tipped-in at the front, old bookplate of Anthony Eden. With 5 other books by Patmore. (6)
[PATMORE, Coventry (1823-96)]. The Unknown Eros and Other Odes, London,…
[PATMORE, Coventry  (1823-96)].  The Unknown Eros and Other Odes. Odes I. - XXXI. London: George Bell and Sons, 1877. 8vo (190 x 145mm). Half title (single spot to half title and title, not affecting…
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
SCHMIDT, Paul-Otto (1899-1970).  Hitler's Interpreter, London, 1951, 8vo, half tone illustrations, original buckram. FIRST ENGLISH ABRIDGED EDITION, A HIGHLY IMPORTANT COPY, ANNOTATED AND HIGHLIGHTED IN PENCIL BY ANTHONY EDEN THROUGHOUT.
SCHMIDT, Paul-Otto (1899-1970). Hitler's Interpreter, London, 1951, 8vo,…
SCHMIDT, Paul-Otto (1899-1970).  Hitler's Interpreter ... Edited by R. H. C. Steed. London: William Heinemann, 1951. 8vo (213 x 135mm). Half title, half tone portrait frontispiece of the author, 10…
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
SHERIDAN, R. B. (1751-1816). The School for Scandal, London, [1910], 4to, 25 coloured plates by Hugh Thomson, original elaborate vellum gilt. NUMBER 126 OF 250 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST. With 4 other illustrated works in 5 vols. (6)
SHERIDAN, R. B. (1751-1816). The School for Scandal, London, [1910], 4to,…
SHERIDAN, Richard Brinsley (1751-1816).  The School for Scandal. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1910]. 4to (309 x 250mm). 25 mounted coloured plates by Hugh Thomson, illustrations, some full-page (some…
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
EDEN, Anthony (1897-1977), 1st Earl of Avon - Books annotated by, or otherwise associated with, Anthony Eden. Please see the full listing below. Sold not subject to return. (c.60)
BOOKS ANNOTATED BY, OR OTHERWISE ASSOCIATED WITH, ANTHONY EDEN. Please see…
BOOKS ANNOTATED BY, OR OTHERWISE ASSOCIATED WITH, ANTHONY EDEN (arranged chronologically) - L. J. TROTTER. Rulers of India. The Earl of Auckland, Oxford, 1893, 8vo, cloth, annotated and underlined in…
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
BOOKS PRESENTED TO ANTHONY EDEN. Please see the full listing below. (c.90)
BOOKS PRESENTED TO ANTHONY EDEN. Please see the full listing below. (c.90)
BOOKS PRESENTED TO ANTHONY EDEN (arranged chronologically) - George MEREDITH. Modern Love, London, 1892, reprint, 8vo, dark blue buckram, inscribed, "From Dolly, Xmas 1892," and further inscribed in…
Hammer price: £2,400
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
BOCK, Carl (1849-1932). The Head-Hunters of Borneo, London, 1881, large 8vo, folding map, 30 lithographed plates, of which 28 coloured, illustrations (some staining), original coloured pictorial cloth gilt (partly disbound). FIRST EDITION.
BOCK, Carl (1849-1932). The Head-Hunters of Borneo, London, 1881, large…
BOCK, Carl Alfred (1849-1932).  The Head-Hunters of Borneo: A Narrative of Travel up the Mahakkam and Down the Barito; Also, Journeying in Sumatra. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington,…
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £70 - £100
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett (1806-61).  Poems Before Congress, London, 1860, 8vo, half title, contemporary crushed morocco by R. D. Canape. FIRST EDITION.
BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett (1806-61). Poems Before Congress, London,…
BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett (1806-61).  Poems Before Congress. London: Chapman and Hall, 1860. 8vo (188 x 125mm). Half title, one-page of publisher's advertisements at the end (clean closed marginal…
Hammer price: £25
Estimate: £100 - £150
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
LARKIN, Philip (1922-85). The North Ship, London, 1945, 8vo, original black cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION of the author's first book. Bloomfield A1a: "... it is not likely that the edition exceeded 500 copies."
LARKIN, Philip (1922-85). The North Ship, London, 1945, 8vo, original…
LARKIN, Philip (1922-85).  The North Ship. London: The Fortune Press, 1945, 8vo (188 x 130mm). Half title (some light spotting, more pronounced to the last few leaves). Original black cloth, spine…
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
LINDT, John William (1845-1926, photographer). 12 fine albumen photographic prints by J. W. Lindt, 3 taken on board H.M.S. Dart, the remainder of scenes in New Guinea, mounted in an album. PRESENTATION COPY. Please see the full description below.
LINDT, John William (1845-1926, photographer). 12 fine albumen…
LINDT, John William (1845-1926, landscape and ethnographic photographer). 12 fine albumen photographic prints by John William Lindt comprising three taken on board the H.M.S. Dart and the remainder…
Hammer price: £3,000
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
NEW ZEALAND, aviation - An album of 16 monochrome photographs of the arrival of Imperial Airways flying boat "Centaurus" in Auckland harbour following its flight in Dec. 1937, the first by a flying boat from Sydney. Please see the full description below.
NEW ZEALAND, aviation - An album of 16 monochrome photographs of the…
NEW ZEALAND, aviation -  An album of 16 monochrome photographs recording the arrival of Imperial Airways flying boat "Centaurus" in Auckland harbour, New Zealand, following its flight (originating in…
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST

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