A CARVED-IVORY-MOUNTED MAHOGANY LARGE WALL BRACKET
Second half 19th Century
The canted rectangular top, above a stepped frieze, supported by five scrolled brackets, terminating in a carved leaf finial48cm high; 52cm wideIMPORTANT INFORMATION This lot contains ivory and has…
Hammer price:
£350
Estimate: £300 - £500
5 December 2024
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5 December 2024
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AN UNUSUAL FRENCH GILT METAL CALENDAR STRIKING CARRIAGE CLOCK WITH…
Retailed by McCabe, London, Circa 1845
The glazed case with push/repeat, with baluster handle, above a large rectangular panel revealing the skeletonised lever escapement, the silvered dial detailed McCabe, London, with blued steel…
Hammer price:
£1,800
Estimate: £400 - £600
5 December 2024
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5 December 2024
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AN UNUSUAL EARLY FRENCH GILT METAL CALENDAR STRIKING CARRIAGE CLOCK WITH…
Circa 1845
The plain moulded case with twin baluster turned handle, above a large rectangular glazed panel showing the escapement and movement, the gilt finely engine-turned dial with pierced blued steel hands,…
Hammer price:
£1,100
Estimate: £600 - £800
5 December 2024
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5 December 2024
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AN UNUSUAL FRENCH GILT BRASS STRIKING CALENDAR SKELELTONISED MANTEL CLOCK…
By Grignon Meusnier, Paris, No. 117, Circa 1855
The drum-shaped case with a shaped carrying handle, above 3 3/4in white enamel chapter ring, signed, with visible front plate and escapement, blued steel Breguet moon hands, with three subsidiary…
Hammer price:
£950
Estimate: £200 - £400
5 December 2024
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5 December 2024
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SIR GEORGE AIRY'S TRANSIT OF VENUS 1874 EXPEDITION - A VICTORIAN BRASS…
By Charles Frodsham, 84 Strand, London, No. 3178, Circa 1860
In a two-tier brass-bound rosewood box (missing hinged upper lid), with glazed observation panel, the front with circular maker's ivory roundel, above a shaped brass escutcheon and further ivory…
Hammer price:
£4,800
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
5 December 2024
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5 December 2024
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A FINE AND RARE EARLY GEORGE II EBONISED QUARTER REPEATING VERGE BRACKET…
By Quare & Horseman, London, No. 304, Circa 1730
The case with an inverted bell-top and knopped brass handle, above a moulded cornice, with glazed panel door and a glazed panel to each side, with glazed rear door, on a stepped base and block feet,…
Estimate: £15,000 - £25,000
5 December 2024
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5 December 2024
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A GEORGE III BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY STRIKING & REPEATING VERGE BRACKET…
By Bennington & Thorpe, London, Circa 1790
The broken-arched case surmounted by a brass carrying handle, above a single pad, with moulded cornice, above arched glazed panel door, the sides each with an arched fish-scale pierced brass grille…
Hammer price:
£2,200
Estimate: £1,200 - £1,800
5 December 2024
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5 December 2024
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A REGENCY BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY AND BOXWOOD-INLAID LANCET MANTEL CLOCK
By William John Upjohn, London, Circa 1820
The lancet-shaped case inset with a brass fret panel to the front and inlaid with boxwood lines and shaped panels, flanked by a slender three-quarter cluster column to each corner, with brass bezel…
Hammer price:
£500
Estimate: £600 - £1,000
5 December 2024
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5 December 2024
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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
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5 December 2024
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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
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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
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4 December 2024
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BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94). "Old". The original file copy of the poem in…
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94). "Old". The original file copy of the poem in the form of a computer print-out, 47 lines in 5 stanzas, printed on the rectos only of 2 sheets of A4, SIGNED "Charles…
Hammer price:
£250
Estimate: £300 - £500
4 December 2024
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4 December 2024
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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
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CLARKE, Graham (b.1941, illustrator). Balyn and Balan, Ebenezer Press, …
CLARKE, Graham (b.1941, illustrator). Balyn and Balan. Boughton Moncheslea, Kent: Ebenezer Press, [1969]. Folio (510 x 355mm). Coloured linocut title, text and plates by Graham Clarke, printed on 16…
Estimate: £300 - £500
4 December 2024
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4 December 2024
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CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924) & Ford M. HUEFFER (1873-1939). The Inheritors.…
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924) & Ford Madox HUEFFER (1873-1939, changed to Ford Madox FORD in 1919). The Inheritors. An Extravagant Story. London: William Heinemann, 1901. 8vo (192 x 130mm). Half title,…
Estimate: £200 - £300
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024
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CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). An Outcast of the Islands, London, 1896, 8vo,…
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). An Outcast of the Islands. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1896. 8vo (205 x 132mm). Advertisement for "Almayer's Folly" on the verso of the first blank, half title with…
Hammer price:
£300
Estimate: £400 - £600
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024
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CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). Chance, London, 1913, 8vo, original green…
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). Chance. A Tale in Two Parts. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1913. 8vo (190 x 125mm). Half title, publisher's advertisement on the verso of the title, title with "First…
Hammer price:
£200
Estimate: £300 - £500
4 December 2024
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4 December 2024
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[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
FLEMING, Ian (1908-64). Thunderball, London, 1960, 8vo, original mustard…
FLEMING, Ian (1908-64). Thunderball. London: Jonathan Cape, 1960. 8vo (189 x 130mm). Half title. Original mustard wrappers lettered in black and decorated with the publisher's urn motif repeated in…
Hammer price:
£1,400
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024
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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
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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
KNIGHT, Laura (1877-1970, artist). Laura Knight, London, 1923, 4to,…
KNIGHT, Laura (1877-1970, artist). Laura Knight. A Book of Drawings with a Foreword by Charles Marriott and Descriptive Notes. London: John Lane, The Bodley Head Limited, 1923. 4to (315 x 255mm).…
Hammer price:
£200
Estimate: £100 - £150
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
LISZT, Franz (1811-86). Autograph letter, signed ("F. Liszt"), to Hector…
LISZT, Franz (1811-86). Autograph letter, signed ("F. Liszt"), to Hector Berlioz, Eiken, 20 August 1851. In French. Three-pages, 209 x 134mm, on blue paper, bifolium; [with] a letter addressed to…
Hammer price:
£1,000
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT