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
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
MANWOOD, John (d.1610). A Treatise of the Laws of the Forest ... The Third…
MANWOOD, John (d.1610). A Treatise of the Laws of the Forest, Wherein is declaered not onely those Laws, as they are now in force, but also the Original and beginning of Forests; and what a Forest…
Hammer price:
£200
Estimate: £300 - £500
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
MISCELLANY - [LOCH, C. G. (1854-1904)]. The Foreign Tour of the Misses…
MISCELLANY - [LOCH, Catharine Grace (1854-1904)]. The Foreign Tour of the Misses Brown and Jones and Robinson Being the History of What They Saw & Did at Biarritz & The Pyrenees by Mrs Brown. London…
Hammer price:
£40
Estimate: £200 - £300
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
MITFORD, Nancy (1904-73). The Pursuit of Love, London, 1945, 8vo, original…
MITFORD, Nancy (1904-73). The Pursuit of Love. A Novel. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1945, 8vo (184 x 120mm). Half title, title printed in red and black (printing crease to pp.61/62 only very slightly…
Hammer price:
£170
Estimate: £200 - £300
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
TARTAGLIA, Nicolo (c.1499-1557). La Nova Scientia, Venice, 1558, woodcut…
TARTAGLIA, Nicolo (c.1499-1557). La Nova Scientia ... con una gionta al terzo Libro. Venice: [no publisher], 1558. Full-page woodcut allegorical illustration on the title, woodcut illustrations,…
Hammer price:
£450
Estimate: £500 - £800
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
"TWAIN, Mark" (1835-1910). Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, New York, 1885,…
"TWAIN, Mark" [i.e. Samuel Langhorn CLEMENS (1835-1910)]. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade). Scene: The Mississippi Valley. Time: Forty to Fifty Years Ago. New York: Charles L.…
Hammer price:
£1,200
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,000
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
WAUGH, Evelyn (1903-66). Remote People, London, Duckworth, 1931, 8vo,…
WAUGH, Evelyn (1903-66). Remote People. London: Duckworth, 1931. 8vo (220 x 140mm). Half title, monochrome frontispiece, 2 folding maps, 6 plates. Original burgundy buckram, the spine lettered in…
Hammer price:
£600
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
WILLIAM, Alexander, Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, Lord Lindsay (1812-80)…
WILLIAM, Alexander, Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, Lord Lindsay (1812-80). The Creed of Japhet, that is of the Race Popularly Surnamed Indo-Germanic or Aryan, as held Before the Period of its…
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
4 December 2024
, 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024
, 17:00 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
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
JEAN VARDA (TURKISH/AMERICAN, 1893-1971)
Spanish dancers in an abstract landscape
signed 'J. Varda' (lower right) and inscribed 'No. 16' (to backboard)
mixed media collage on board
53 x 73cm
together with a ring-bound file with information…
FootnoteJean 'Yanko' Varda was a Turkish born American artist of mixed Greek and French descent. At the age of 19 he moved to Paris where he met Picasso and Braque, before moving to London during the…
Hammer price:
£950
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
21 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
21 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
JEAN VARDA (TURKISH/AMERICAN, 1893-1971)
Fish in underwater scene
signed 'J. Varda' (lower right) and inscribed 'No. 10' (to backboard)
mixed media collage on board
40 x 49.5cm
ARR
Provenance
Private collection, UK
FootnoteJean 'Yanko' Varda was a Turkish born American artist of mixed Greek and French descent. At the age of 19 he moved to Paris where he met Picasso and Braque, before moving to London during the…
Hammer price:
£1,400
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
21 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
21 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
FRED YATES (BRITISH, 1922-2008)
The Frozen Lake
oil on board
45 x 61cm
(unframed)
Provenance
The Estate of the Artist
Condition reportSurface and ingrained dirt.Some abrasions, mostly to edges.Some old pin holes and associated small spots of paint loss.A few small losses of impasto.To far left edge there is an extra…
Hammer price:
£300
Estimate: £200 - £400
21 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
21 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
DEBORAH LANYON (BRITISH, B. 1958)
Panticosa (1998)
signed with initials 'DL' (lower right) and inscribed with artist's name and date '98' (to backboard)
acrylic and mixed media
36.5 x 29cm
ARR
Provenance
Archeus Fine Art, New Bond…
Hammer price:
£130
Estimate: £150 - £250
21 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
21 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
DAVID HOCKNEY (BRITISH, B. 1937)
Diver, Olympische Spiele München 1972
offset lithograph on heavy stock paper
98 x 62cm
(unframed)
ARR
Condition reportA little discolouration and yellowing to edges of paper in lower section (under main image), to lower left, right and bottom edge of paper.Otherwise appears generally good.
Hammer price:
£500
Estimate: £100 - £150
21 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
21 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
A TALL CHINESE GILT -SPLASHED BRONZE VASE FOR THE ISLAMIC MARKET
Six character Xuande mark but later
Of tapered octagonal form, incised with two rows of script, 39cm high
Condition Report.Some wear to gilt splashes. Its possible that the inscriptions may have been done at a later dateWeight is 3,364.5 grams
Hammer price:
£20,000
Estimate: £600 - £800
20 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
20 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
A CHINESE FAMILLE-ROSE MINIATURE GARDEN SEAT
19th century
The sides pierced with cash and enamelled with a bird in flowering branches, the top painted with flowers on a blue ground, 22cm high
Overall in good condition with a tiny amount of wear
Hammer price:
£1,300
Estimate: £400 - £600
20 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
20 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
A CHINESE YELLOW-GROUND DAYAZHAI STYLE GARDEN SEAT
Late 19th century
Of barrel with pierced `cash' to the sides and top, painted with two brown and grey dragons amongst grisaille flowers between turquoise borders, 46cm high
Some rubbing to the gilding on the cash and moulded studs. Some surface wear to the top
Hammer price:
£1,100
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
20 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
20 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
KINOSHITA ITSUUN ( 1799-1866) A JAPANESE SCROLL PAINTING
Mountainous landscape, ink on silk, 123cm by 42cm, mounted on brocade
Footnotes: This lot contains ivory and has been registered
in accordance with the Ivory Act (section10). Reference No. B6C9RRFV Prospective buyers
should be aware that some countries have…
Estimate: £500 - £700
20 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT
20 November 2024
, 17:00 GMT