***COMBINED INTO LINE 26*** MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972) (5)
MARGARET METCALFE (BRITISH, 1877-1972) (5)
Gypsy with a rabbit and bird
insribed 'gypsy' (lower right)
watercolour and pencil
27.5 x 15cm
(unframed)
together with four other watercolour and pencil studies of gypsies, the largest 30.5 x 21cm, …
ProvenanceThe artist, thence by descent to her grandson;Private collection, UKFootnoteMargaret was brought up in Horsted Keynes, East Sussex. She studied art at the Slade under Professor Tonks…
Estimate: £50 - £100
5 August 2024 , 17:00 BST
5 August 2024 , 17:00 BST
VALENTINE GREEN (BRITISH, 1739-1813) AFTER LEMUEL FRANCIS ABBOTT
VALENTINE GREEN (BRITISH, 1739-1813) AFTER LEMUEL FRANCIS ABBOTT
To the Society of Goffers at Blackheath
mezzotint
52.5 x 37cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £80 - £120
5 August 2024 , 17:00 BST
5 August 2024 , 17:00 BST
A  VICTORIAN PLASTER LIBRARY BUST OF THE DUCHESS OF SUTHERLAND CAST AFTER A MODEL BY MATTHEW NOBLE R.A.
A VICTORIAN PLASTER LIBRARY BUST OF THE DUCHESS OF SUTHERLAND CAST AFTER…
Inscribed to the reverse of the socle, 'M Noble Sc. 1869', 69cm high
Noble was a leading British portrait sculptor who exhibited prolifically at the Royal Academy from 1845 to 1876. He gained success in 1856 when he won the commission to create the Duke of Wellington…
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £200 - £300
6 August 2024 , 17:00 BST
6 August 2024 , 17:00 BST
MARITIME INTEREST: A FRENCH CAST-IRON STICK/UMBRELLA STICK STAND MODELLED AS A SAILOR
MARITIME INTEREST: A FRENCH CAST-IRON STICK/UMBRELLA STICK STAND MODELLED…
After a model by Alfred Corneau, 20th Century
Modelled as a Jack Tar holding a coiled rope, removable drip tray, 54cm; 71cm high
Condition report: Please note this model was probably cast at some point in the 20th Century. General oxidisation as to be expected and general inevitable scuffs and  overall weathered and worn paint…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £80 - £120
6 August 2024 , 17:00 BST
6 August 2024 , 17:00 BST
AFTER ANNIBALE DE LOTTO ( 1877-1932): A BRONZE PATINATED FIGURE OF THE BOY BITTEN BY A CRAB
AFTER ANNIBALE DE LOTTO ( 1877-1932): A BRONZE PATINATED FIGURE OF THE BOY…
Late 20th Century
Cast after a model by Annibale de Lotto, inscribed to cast 'Je Lotto', mounted on a polished travertine base, 52cm high
Hammer price: £900
Estimate: £200 - £400
6 August 2024 , 17:00 BST
6 August 2024 , 17:00 BST
AFTER FRITZ HANSEN; A SWAN SOFA ON POLISHED CHROME BASE (2)
AFTER FRITZ HANSEN; A SWAN SOFA ON POLISHED CHROME BASE (2)
145cm wide; 78cm high; together with a matching swivel chair, 75cm wide; 80cm high
Estimate: £300 - £500
6 August 2024 , 17:00 BST
6 August 2024 , 17:00 BST
FOUR PAIRS OF 19TH CENTURY CONTINENTAL WALNUT CHAIRS (11)
FOUR PAIRS OF 19TH CENTURY CONTINENTAL WALNUT CHAIRS (11)
Together with a further set of three chairs
Condition report; pictures uploaded of the underside and of minor scratches and repairs. The chairs have signs of old worm. After giving all of the chairs a good wobble we found that the tallest…
Estimate: £120 - £200
6 August 2024 , 17:00 BST
6 August 2024 , 17:00 BST
A MINTON MAJOLICA TURQUOISE-GROUND `ASKOS' WINE  JUG
A MINTON MAJOLICA TURQUOISE-GROUND `ASKOS' WINE JUG
Circa 1868
Modelled after a Renaissance bronze original, with mermaid handle, the sides moulded with putti holding ivy garlands suspended from a satyr mask, impressed factory mark, date cypher for…
Small chip to footrim, approx. 0.5cm by 0.3cm 
Estimate: £400 - £600
7 August 2024 , 13:00 BST
7 August 2024 , 13:00 BST
TWO RARE MEISSEN FIGURES OF A VEGETABLE AND FRUIT SELLER FROM THE `CRYES OF LONDON'
TWO RARE MEISSEN FIGURES OF A VEGETABLE AND FRUIT SELLER FROM THE `CRYES…
Circa 1755
Modelled by J.J.Kaendler and P.Reinicke after engravings by Pierce Tempest (1653-1702), as a woman balancing a basket of cucumbers on her head and holding a bundle of wheat and a man with…
Female- minor glaze chip to the tip of one cucumber.Minor losses to ends of wheat sheaves.Male- restoration and chip to end of forefinger of right hand. 
Hammer price: £3,000
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
7 August 2024 , 13:00 BST
7 August 2024 , 13:00 BST
ALEXANDER III (1845-94) - Description du Sacre et du Couronnement de leur Majeste's Impériales l' Empereur de Toutes les Russies, St. Petersburg, 1883, folio, coloured lithographed plates, preserving wrappers, with the EXCEPTIONALLY RARE limitation leaf.
ALEXANDER III (1845-94) - Description du Sacre et du Couronnement de leur…
ALEXANDER III (1845-94), Emperor of Russia - Description du Sacre et du Couronnement de leur Majeste's Impériales l' Empereur de Toutes les Russies. Alexander III et l' Impératrice Marie Féodorovna…
Hammer price: £2,000
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
BAKST, Léon (1866-1924, illustrator). The Designs of Léon Bakst for The Sleeping Princess, London, 1923, 4to, portrait of Bakst by Picasso, 54 coloured plates by Bakst, original vellum-backed boards. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. NUMBER 385 OF 1,000 COPIES.
BAKST, Léon (1866-1924, illustrator). The Designs of Léon Bakst for The…
BAKST, Léon (1866-1924, illustrator).  The Designs of Léon Bakst for The Sleeping Princess. A Ballet in Five Acts after Perrault. Music by Tchaikovsky. Preface by André Levinson. London: Benn…
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £500 - £800
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
BAWDEN, Edward (1903-89, illustrator). Life in an English Village, London, "The King Penguin Books" [No. 51], 1949, 8vo, 16 full-page coloured lithographed illustrations by Bawden, original decorated paper boards. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST.
BAWDEN, Edward (1903-89, illustrator). Life in an English Village, London,…
BAWDEN Edward (1903-89, illustrator).  Life in An English Village. Sixteen Lithographs by Edward Bawden with an Introductory Essay by Noel Carrington. London: "The King Penguin Books" [No. 51], 1949.…
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £70 - £100
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
BENTHAM, Jeremy (1748-1832). Defence of Usury; Shewing the Impolicy of the Present Legal Restraints on the Terms of Pecuniary Bargains. ... To which is added, a Letter to Adam Smith, London, 1787, 8vo, contemporary half calf. FIRST EDITION.
BENTHAM, Jeremy (1748-1832). Defence of Usury; Shewing the Impolicy of the…
BENTHAM, Jeremy (1748-1832).  Defence of Usury; Shewing the Impolicy of the Present Legal Restraints on the Terms of Pecuniary Bargains. In a Series of Letters to a Friend. To which is added, a…
Hammer price: £4,200
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
BINDING - Charles DICKENS (1812-70). A Christmas Carol, London, 1915, small 4to, 12 coloured plates by Arthur Rackham, FINELY BOUND by Bayntun in red morocco, the covers with figures of Scrooge in morocco onlays, slipcase. First Rackham trade edition.
BINDING - Charles DICKENS (1812-70). A Christmas Carol, London, 1915,…
BINDING - Charles DICKENS (1812-70).  A Christmas Carol. London: William Heinemann, 1915. Small 4to in 8s (193 x 142mm). Half title, coloured frontispiece and 11 plates by Arthur Rackham,…
Hammer price: £850
Estimate: £400 - £600
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
BINDING - Jane AUSTEN (1775-1817). Pride and Prejudice, London, 1894, 8vo, illustrations by Hugh Thomson, FINELY BOUND in original elaborate cloth gilt, the upper cover with a peacock's tail design in gilt. FIRST EDITION IN THE "PEACOCK BINDING".
BINDING - Jane AUSTEN (1775-1817). Pride and Prejudice, London, 1894, 8vo,…
BINDING - Jane AUSTEN (1775-1817).  Pride and Prejudice ... With a Preface by George Saintsbury. London: George Allen, 1894. 8vo (181 x 125mm). Half title, publisher's ornament on verso of half title…
Hammer price: £2,000
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
BINDING, WITH A DOUBLE FORE-EDGE PAINTING - William SOMERVILLE (1675-1742). The Chace, London,1796, 8vo, 6 plates, contemporary scarlet straight-grained morocco, with a DOUBLE FORE-EDGE PAINTING OF HUNTING SCENES.
BINDING, WITH A DOUBLE FORE-EDGE PAINTING - William SOMERVILLE (1675-1742)…
BINDING, WITH A DOUBLE FORE-EDGE PAINTING - William SOMERVILLE (1675-1742).  The Chace, A Poem ... A New Edition. To Which is Prefixed a Critical Essay, by J. Aikin, M.D. London: Printed for T.…
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
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,…
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
BOURKE-WHITE, Margaret (1904-71, photographer) & Erskine CALDWELL (1903-87). Say, is this the U.S.A., New York, 1941, 4to, monochrome photographed illustrations, original pictorial boards, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER AND AUTHOR.
BOURKE-WHITE, Margaret (1904-71, photographer) & Erskine CALDWELL (1903-87…
BOURKE-WHITE, Margaret (1904-71, photographer) & Erskine CALDWELL (1903-87).  Say, is this the U.S.A. New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1941. 4to (307 x 215mm). Half title, monograph photographed…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94). In the Shadow of the Rose, Santa Barbara, 1991, 4to, original coloured decorated boards, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 721 OF 750 COPIES NUMBERED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND WITH A SELF-PORTRAIT SKETCH. Krumhansl 122a.
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94). In the Shadow of the Rose, Santa Barbara,…
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94).  In the Shadow of the Rose. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1991. 4to. Title printed in turquoise, pink and black (some very faint spotting to the title and slightly…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
BURKE, Edmund (1729-97). Reflections on the Revolution in France ... The Eighth Edition, London, 1791 [Bound with Paine's:] Rights of Man ... Fourth Edition, London, 1791, 2 works bound in one, 8vo, 19th-century half calf.
BURKE, Edmund (1729-97). Reflections on the Revolution in France ... The…
BURKE, Edmund (1729-97).  Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London ... The Eighth Edition. London: J. Dodsley, 1791 [bound with:] Thomas PAINE …
Estimate: £500 - £800
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
[BURTON, Robert (1577-1640)]. The Anatomy of Melancholy, London, 1676, folio, half title, engraved pictorial title (some rust holes, spotting and staining to text), modern old-style full calf gilt. The Eighth Edition.
[BURTON, Robert (1577-1640)]. The Anatomy of Melancholy, London, 1676,…
[BURTON, Robert (1577-1640)].  The Anatomy of Melancholy. What it is, With all the kinds, causes, symptomes, prognostickes, & several cures of it. In three Partitions, with their severall Sections,…
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
BUTTERFLIES, Indian - An album of original watercolours of Indian butterflies and moths mounted on paper, the images 130 x 95mm., inset into 38 thick card mounts, one on each side (some staining), 1868 and later, collected by Julius Barras.
BUTTERFLIES, Indian - An album of original watercolours of Indian…
BUTTERFLIES, Indian - An album of original watercolours of Indian butterflies and moths mounted on paper with watercolour backgrounds of flora, the images 130 x 95mm., each inset into 38 thick card…
Hammer price: £4,500
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
CHESSER, Eustace (1902-73). Live and Let live, London, 1958, 8vo, cloth, dust-jacket, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed, "To Valerie with nice thoughts, Eustace, Feb. '58". With 11 other books by the same author, some PRESENTATION COPIES. (12)
CHESSER, Eustace (1902-73). Live and Let live, London, 1958, 8vo, cloth,…
CHESSER, Eustace (1902-73).  Live and Let Live. The Moral of the Wolfenden Report ... With a Foreword by Sir John Wolfenden. London: Heinemann, 1958. 8vo (183 x 125mm). Half title (some large spots…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
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 Eugne (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 Printing…
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST

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