A RARE AND UNUSUAL MARINER SKELETON CLOCK WITH SHIP’S WATCH STRIKING
A RARE AND UNUSUAL MARINER SKELETON CLOCK WITH SHIP’S WATCH STRIKING
By Mappin & Webb, London, No. 53, Circa 1982, after the model made for the Festival of Britain by Frodsham
The shaped glass dome acting as the bell, shaped plates, signed to the reverse, the twin train movement with platform lever escapement with a silvered chapter ring and visible strike and motion work,…
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £300 - £500
5 December 2024 , 14:00 GMT
5 December 2024 , 14:00 GMT
A FRENCH BOULLE MANTEL CLOCK
A FRENCH BOULLE MANTEL CLOCK
Circa 1880
Surmounted by a flower-filled urn, the case of waisted shape with 3 3/4in brass-cast dial and twelve enamel numerals, above a glass panel, on scrolled feet, the drum-shaped movement striking on a…
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £120 - £180
5 December 2024 , 14:00 GMT
5 December 2024 , 14:00 GMT
A RESTAURATION ALABASTER MANTEL CLOCK
A RESTAURATION ALABASTER MANTEL CLOCK
By Landry P.ge Des Panorama, Cleret, Circa 1825
Of architectural form, with a stepped dentil cornice, interspersed by tiered cones, with 3 1/4in white enamel chapter ring, signed, and engine-turned centre with blued steel Breguet hands, above a…
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £100 - £200
5 December 2024 , 14:00 GMT
5 December 2024 , 14:00 GMT
A GOOD WILLIAM III WALNUT AND MARQUETRY LONGCASE CLOCK WITH 10IN. DIAL AND BOLT AND SHUTTER MAINTAINING POWER
A GOOD WILLIAM III WALNUT AND MARQUETRY LONGCASE CLOCK WITH 10IN. DIAL AND…
By Richard Rooker, London, circa 1695
The case with formerly rising hood, moulded cornice above a blind fret and three-quarter turned columns flanking the glazed panel, with quarter columns at the back (wrought-iron spoon mechanism…
Hammer price: £12,000
Estimate: £5,000 - £10,000
5 December 2024 , 14:00 GMT
5 December 2024 , 14:00 GMT
A GEORGE III OAK LONGCASE CLOCK
A GEORGE III OAK LONGCASE CLOCK
By John Peatling, Boston, Circa 1790
The case with a broken arch and Greek key ornament above the arched glazed door, flanked to each side by a three-quarter turned upright, above the trunk inset with an arched panel door, inlaid with a…
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £100 - £150
5 December 2024 , 14:00 GMT
5 December 2024 , 14:00 GMT
A MAHOGANY THREE-TRAIN QUARTER CHIMING LONGCASE CLOCK
A MAHOGANY THREE-TRAIN QUARTER CHIMING LONGCASE CLOCK
The case late 18th Century, the movement/dial later and adapted, associated
The case with a glazed hood, fluted and stopped canted angles, above the trunk with an inset panel door, above a plain base on a stepped plinth; the 12in square brass dial with pierced spandrels and…
Hammer price: £750
Estimate: £200 - £400
5 December 2024 , 14:00 GMT
5 December 2024 , 14:00 GMT
A REGENCY ORMOLU AND BRONZE-MOUNTED WHITE MARBLE MANTEL TIMEPIECE
A REGENCY ORMOLU AND BRONZE-MOUNTED WHITE MARBLE MANTEL TIMEPIECE
By VB, 25 Grafton Street, Soho, circa 1825, after a design by François Rémond
The drum-shaped case surmounted by an outstretched eagle, above the skeltonised dial, with blued steel Breguet moon hands, with an ormolu-cast chapter ring and outer lappet cast bezel, flanked to…
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £400 - £700
5 December 2024 , 14:00 GMT
5 December 2024 , 14:00 GMT
A GEORGE II FRUITWOOD AND LATER WALNUT-VENEERED QUARTER REPEATING AND STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK
A GEORGE II FRUITWOOD AND LATER WALNUT-VENEERED QUARTER REPEATING AND…
By Benjamin Gray, London
The break-arch with a knopped brass handle surmount, above three pads, with moulded cornice above a glazed panel door, with small engraved silvered plate to the base, the sides each with an arched…
Hammer price: £1,300
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
5 December 2024 , 14:00 GMT
5 December 2024 , 14:00 GMT
A GEORGE III GILTMETAL-MOUNTED MAHOGANY BRACKET CLOCK
A GEORGE III GILTMETAL-MOUNTED MAHOGANY BRACKET CLOCK
Rol Fawney, London
The break-arch case surmounted by a brass carrying handle, above arched glazed door, with a brass fish-scale grille panel to each side, the 7in cream-painted dial detailed Rol Fawney, London, with…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £400 - £600
5 December 2024 , 14:00 GMT
5 December 2024 , 14:00 GMT
Atlante dell' America Contenente le Migliori Carte Geografiche, e Topografiche delle Principali Città, Laghi, Fiumi, e Fortezze del Nuovo Mondo, Livorno, 1777, folio, frontispiece, 43 etched plates (some staining at centrefolds), contemporary full vellum.
Atlante dell' America Contenente le Migliori Carte Geografiche, e…
Atlante dell' America Contenente le Migliori Carte Geografiche, e Topografiche delle Principali Città, Laghi, Fiumi, e Fortezze del Nuovo Mondo Con una succinta Relazione dei diversi Stablimenti…
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
BERLESE, Abbé Laurent (1784-1863). Iconographie du Genre Caméllia, Paris, 1843, vol. III only (of 3), folio, 74 hand-coloured plates only (of 100, some spotting and browning), calf-backed boards. Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return.
BERLESE, Abbé Laurent (1784-1863). Iconographie du Genre Caméllia, Paris,…
BERLESE, Abbé Laurent (1784-1863).  Iconographie du Genre Caméllia ou Description et Figures des Camellia les Plus Beaux at les Plus Rares Peints d' après Nature dans les Serres et sous la direction…
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
BINDING - A. A. MILNE (1882-1956). Winnie-the-Pooh, London, 1967, 8vo, illustrations by E. H. Shepard, attractively bound in full green pictorial morocco gilt by Bayntun-Rivière.
BINDING - A. A. MILNE (1882-1956). Winnie-the-Pooh, London, 1967, 8vo,…
BINDING - A. A. MILNE (1882-1956).  Winnie-the-Pooh. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1967. 8vo (180 x 120mm). Half title, illustrations by E. H. Shepard, some full-page. Attractively bound in full green…
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £300 - £500
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
BINDING - Liturgia, London, 1670, 8vo, engraved portrait of Charles II and 47 engraved illustrations, rubricated throughout, attractively bound in contemporary black calf elaborately decorated in gilt and blind, gauffered edges.
BINDING - Liturgia, London, 1670, 8vo, engraved portrait of Charles II and…
BINDING - Liturgia, seu liber precum communium, et administrationis sacramentorium, alirumque rituum atque ceremoniarum ecclesiæ, juxta usum ecclesiæ Anglicanæ: unà cum psalterio seu psalmis Davidis.…
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £300 - £500
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
BINDING - Petites Fleurs de Saint François d' Assise, Paris, 1920, 4to, printed in red and black, woodcut illustrations, initials and ornaments by Jacques Beltrand after Maurice Denis, FINELY BOUND BY RENÉ AUSSOURD after a design by René Gimpel, slipcase.
BINDING - Petites Fleurs de Saint François d' Assise, Paris, 1920, 4to,…
BINDING - Petites Fleurs de Saint François d' Assise. Traduite de l' Italien par André Pératé. Paris: "Les Presses de l' Art Catholique," 1920. 4to (278 x 210mm). Printed in red and black, woodcut…
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £200 - £300
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
BINDING - Willi KURTH (b.1881, editor). The Complete Woodcuts of Albrecht Dürer, New York, 1963, 4to, illustrations, FINELY BOUND BY DON ETHERINGTON in full cream pigskin, box.
BINDING - Willi KURTH (b.1881, editor). The Complete Woodcuts of Albrecht…
BINDING - Willi KURTH (b.1881, editor).  The Complete Woodcuts of Albrecht Dürer ... With an Introduction by Campbell Dodgson. New York: Dover Publications, 1963. 4to (305 x 210mm). Full-page…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £200 - £300
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
BLOCH, Ernest (1880-1959). An important correspondence comprising c.120 autograph and typed letters, signed ("Ernest Bloch"), to Ernest Chapman, many with his replies, 1933-58.
BLOCH, Ernest (1880-1959). An important correspondence comprising c.120…
BLOCH, Ernest (1880-1959).  An important correspondence comprising c.120 autograph and typed letters, signed ("Ernest Bloch"), to Ernest Chapman, many with his replies, San Francisco, Paris, Châtel,…
Hammer price: £850
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94). You Get So Alone At Times That It Just Makes Sense, Santa Rosa, Black Sparrow Press, 1986, 8vo, boards. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 66 OF 126 COPIES SIGNED WITH A SELF-PORTRAIT BY THE AUTHOR AND AN ORIGINAL COLOURED PRINT, SIGNED.
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94). You Get So Alone At Times That It Just Makes…
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94).  You Get So Alone At Times That It Just Makes Sense. Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1986. Large 8vo (228 x 155mm). Title printed in colours, monochrome photographed…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £400 - £600
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
CHEVREUL, M. E. (1786-1889). The Laws of Contrast of Colour, London, 1859, 8vo, 17 plates, all but one printed in colours by Edmund Evans (some spotting), original coloured decorated cloth (neatly rebacked). New Edition.
CHEVREUL, M. E. (1786-1889). The Laws of Contrast of Colour, London, 1859,…
CHEVREUL, Michel-Eugène (1786-1889).  The Laws of Contrast of Colour: and their Application to the Arts of Paintings, Decoration of Buildings, Mosaic Work, Tapestry and Carpet Weaving, Calico…
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £100 - £150
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
CHINA, TURKEY AND THE LEVANT - A sammelband consisting of 207 fine original watercolours of Turkish and Levantine figures, and 3 related 17th- and 18th-century printed works, including fine hand-coloured Chinese costume plates, folio, contemporary calf.
CHINA, TURKEY AND THE LEVANT - A sammelband consisting of 207 fine…
CHINA, TURKEY AND THE LEVANT - A sammelband consisting of 207 fine original watercolours and 3 printed works, comprising: 207 FINE ORIGINAL WATERCOLOURS OF MAINLY TURKISH AND LEVANTINE FIGURES, many…
Hammer price: £6,000
Estimate: £7,000 - £10,000
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
COLOUR PRINTING - James E. DOYLE (1824-83). A Chronicle of England B.C. 55 - A.D. 1485, London, 1864, 4to, 81 coloured illustrations by Edmund Evans after James E. Doyle, attractively bound in contemporary red crushed morocco gilt. FIRST EDITION.
COLOUR PRINTING - James E. DOYLE (1824-83). A Chronicle of England B.C. 55…
COLOUR PRINTING - James E. DOYLE (1824-83).  A Chronicle of England B.C. 55 - A.D. 1485 ... The Designs Engraved and Printed in Colours by Edmund Evans. London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, &…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). The Mirror of the Sea, London, 1906, 8vo, original cloth. FIRST EDITION, IMPORTANT PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on the front free endpaper, "To Miss Hallowes from her friend Joseph Conrad. 1906."
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). The Mirror of the Sea, London, 1906, 8vo,…
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924).  The Mirror of the Sea. Memories and Impressions. London: Methuen & Co., 1906. 8vo (190 x 130mm). Half title, publisher's advertisement on the verso of the half title, the…
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). Nostromo, London, 1904, 8vo, (some staining and spotting), original blue cloth lettered and decorated in white, spine gilt (rubbed). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, of what is widely-regarded as the author's masterpiece.
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). Nostromo, London, 1904, 8vo, (some staining…
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924).  Nostromo. A Tale of the Seaboard. London: Harper & Brothers, 1904. 8vo (184 x 125mm). Half title, publisher's advertisement on the verso of half title, woodcut printer's…
Estimate: £300 - £500
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). Youth, London, 1902, 8vo, original cloth gilt (spine darkened and spotted). FIRST EDITION of this collection of three stories which includes "Heart of Darkness", arguably the author's best-known work.
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). Youth, London, 1902, 8vo, original cloth gilt …
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924).  Youth: A Narrative and Two Other Stories. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1902. 8vo (190 x 125mm). Half title with publisher's advertisement on the…
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £500 - £800
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
[DEFOE, Daniel ([?]1661-1731)]. The Fortunate Mistress, London, 1724, 8vo, fine engraved frontispiece captioned "The Famous Roxana" (some spotting and staining), contemporary calf. THE VERY RARE FIRST EDITION of Defoe's last novel, published anonymously.
[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

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