MANNING, Olivia (1908-80). A collection of fifteen autograph letters and postcards, signed, and seven typed letters, signed, to Count Giacomo Antonini, dated between 1967-77. A correspondence which starts formally but grows in warmth and candour.
MANNING, Olivia (1908-80). A collection of fifteen autograph letters and…
MANNING, Olivia (1908-80).  A collection of fifteen autograph letters and postcards, signed, and seven typed letters, signed, to Count Giacomo Antonini, dated between 1967-77. A correspondence which…
Hammer price: £1,400
Estimate: £400 - £600
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
MAR, José de la (1776-1830). A series of 8 letters signed ("Jose de la Mar") to Andrés de Santa Cruz, Guayaquil, [Ecuador], 14 January - 15 June 1822. In Spanish. 8-pages in total, chiefly 303 x 212mm.
MAR, José de la (1776-1830). A series of 8 letters signed ("Jose de la Mar…
MAR, José de la (1776-1830, Peruvian military leader and third President of Peru).  A series of 8 letters signed ("Jose de la Mar") to Andrés de Santa Cruz, Guayaquil, [Ecuador], 14 January - 15 June…
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
MEREDITH, George (1828-1909). The Works, London, 1896-1912, 39 volumes, large 8vo, plates, attractively-bound in contemporary green half calf gilt. NUMBER 864 OF 1,025 SETS INITIALLED BY THE AUTHOR. (39)
MEREDITH, George (1828-1909). The Works, London, 1896-1912, 39 volumes,…
MEREDITH, George (1828-1909).  The Works. London: Archibald Constable and Co., 1896-1912. 39 volumes, large 8vo (217 x 140mm). Frontispiece portrait of the author after John Singer Sargent in vol.…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
MILLER, Henry (1891-1980). A collection of corrected typescripts and letters, [late 1920s-after 1979]. 6 typed drafts of magazine articles with autograph annotations, together with 16 autograph and 3 typed letters, postcards and memoranda. (qty)
MILLER, Henry (1891-1980). A collection of corrected typescripts and…
MILLER, Henry (1891-1980).  A collection of corrected typescripts and letters, [late 1920s-after 1979]. 6 typed drafts of magazine articles with autograph annotations, together with 16 autograph and…
Hammer price: £1,600
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
MILLER, Henry (1891-1980). A series of 38 autograph and typed letters, all but one signed ("Henry Miller", "Henry" etc.), to Zofia Slaboszowska, Pacific Palisades, 19 May 1965-13 November 1979, c.63 pages in total.
MILLER, Henry (1891-1980). A series of 38 autograph and typed letters, all…
MILLER, Henry (1891-1980).  A series of 38 autograph and typed letters, all but one signed ("Henry Miller", "Henry", "Heinrich von Mueller", "Heinrich der Knarr", "Henry-san", "Heinrich von Offenbach…
Hammer price: £1,400
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
NORWICH, John Julius (1919-2018). A Christmas Cracker, [Shrewsbury], 1991-2018, 26 numbers (lacking 1994 & 2013), 8vo, wrappers, all but the last INSCRIBED, "Charles and Jane [Williams], With Christmas love, John." Please see the note on provenance. (26)
NORWICH, John Julius (1919-2018). A Christmas Cracker, [Shrewsbury], 1991…
NORWICH, John Julius (1919-2018).  A Christmas Cracker being a commonplace selection. [Shrewsbury or no place: Livesey Limited or no publisher], 1991-93, 1995-2012, 2014-2018 (i.e. lacking the…
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £70 - £100
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
OSBORNE, Francis (1593-1659). Advice to a Son. Or Directions for your better Conduct, Oxford & London, 1658, 2 parts in one volume, 12mo, 19th-century limp calf (rubbed, upper inner hinges broken).
OSBORNE, Francis (1593-1659). Advice to a Son. Or Directions for your…
OSBORNE [or OSBORN], Francis (1593-1659).  Advice to a Son. Or Directions for your better Conduct, Through the various and most important Encounters of this Life. Under these Generall Heads. I.…
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £70 - £100
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
Private Eye, London, 1961-2024, numbers 1-1,620, 4to, original wrappers. A COMPLETE RUN OF THE WORLD'S MOST CELEBRATED AND LONG-RUNNING SATIRICAL PERIODICAL, INCLUDING THE EXCEPTIONALLY SCARCE FIRST THREE NUMBERS, PRINTED ON YELLOW PAPER.
Private Eye, London, 1961-2024, numbers 1-1,620, 4to, original wrappers. A…
Private Eye. [London: various publishers], Friday 25th October 1961- March 2024. Numbers 1-1,620, 4to (300 x 210mm). The first 3 numbers printed in "off-set litho" on yellow paper, the remainder…
Hammer price: £5,000
Estimate: £5,000 - £8,000
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
[PYNE, James Baker (1800-70). The English Lake District, London, 1853]. Folio, 24 lithographed plates by Pyne, one coloured by hand, disbound in contemporary half morocco (very worn). Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return.
[PYNE, James Baker (1800-70). The English Lake District, London, 1853].…
[PYNE, James Baker (1800-70).  The English Lake District. London: Thomas Agnew & Sons, 1853]. Folio (625 x 445mm). 24 plates lithographed by William Gauci after James Baker Pyne, the plate of…
Estimate: £500 - £800
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
RAVEN, Simon (1927-2001). The original autograph manuscript of the first three chapters of the novel "Friends in Low Places", written in blue ink on the rectos only of 174-pages, with a typed covering letter from the author, contained in a cloth box.
RAVEN, Simon (1927-2001). The original autograph manuscript of the first…
RAVEN, Simon (1927-2001).  The original autograph manuscript of the first three chapters [as eventually published] of "Friends in Low Places", the second novel in the "Alms for Oblivion" sequence,…
Hammer price: £3,000
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
SUTHERLAND, Graham (1903-80). 24 autograph letters & 7 typed letters, signed ("Graham Sutherland" or "Graham"), to Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, West Malling, Cap-d'Ail, Venice, and elsewhere, 1954-64. Together c.80-pages, various sizes. (c.80-pages)
SUTHERLAND, Graham (1903-80). 24 autograph letters & 7 typed letters,…
SUTHERLAND, Graham (1903-80).  24 autograph letters and 7 typed letters, signed ("Graham Sutherland" or "Graham"), to Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, West Malling, Kent, Cap-d'Ail, Venice, and…
Hammer price: £1,600
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
TRYPANIS, Constantine Athanasius (1909-93). "Take a Soldier Take a King. A tragedy in three acts," [Oxford], 1957, original typescript on 75-pages of A4, in a cloth-backed folder. With an autograph letter from the author.
TRYPANIS, Constantine Athanasius (1909-93). "Take a Soldier Take a King. A…
TRYPANIS, Constantine Athanasius (1909-93).  "Take a Soldier Take a King. A tragedy in three acts." [Oxford], 1957. Original typescript on 75-pages of A4 (255 x 200mm), typed on the rectos only, with…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £70 - £100
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
WATHEN, James ([?]1751-1828). Journal of a Voyage in 1811 and 1812, to Madras and China; Returning by the Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena, London, 1814, 4to, 24 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, modern half morocco gilt. FIRST EDITION.
WATHEN, James ([?]1751-1828). Journal of a Voyage in 1811 and 1812, to…
WATHEN, James ([?]1751-1828).  Journal of a Voyage in 1811 and 1812, to Madras and China; Returning by the Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena; in the H. C. S. The Hope, Capt. James Prendergrass. London…
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
YEATS, W. B. (1865-1939). The Tower, London, 1928, 8vo, original green pictorial cloth gilt after a design by Thomas Sturge Moore. A FINE BRIGHT COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. Wade 158: "2,000 copies."
YEATS, W. B. (1865-1939). The Tower, London, 1928, 8vo, original green…
YEATS, W. B. (1865-1939).  The Tower. London: Macmillan and Co., 1928. 8vo (194 x 130mm). Half title, 2-pages of publisher's advertisements at the end (second page of advertisements lightly browned).…
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED WHITE MARBLE LYRE CLOCK
Lot 1285 - Fine Clocks Sold
A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED WHITE MARBLE LYRE CLOCK
In the Louis XVI style, after Kinable, circa 1900
Surmounted by a sunburst, above two shaped arms, on an oval floral festoon swag mounted socle and turned feet, the 4 1/4in convex enamel dial inscribed Kinable Paris, decorated with floral swags,…
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £250 - £350
26 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
26 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
A RESTAURATION ORMOLU AND GRIOTTE MARBLE MANTEL TIMEPIECE
Lot 1322 - Fine Clocks Sold
A RESTAURATION ORMOLU AND GRIOTTE MARBLE MANTEL TIMEPIECE
The movement by Barwise, London,
The case surmounted by a model of the Crouching Venus, after the Antique, with a rectangular case, the base with a pair of recumbent dogs centred by a box ‘ BÖETE AUX LETTRES’ above a stepped plinth,…
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
26 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
26 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
HENRY WRIGHT KERR (BRITISH, 1857-1936) (4)
HENRY WRIGHT KERR (BRITISH, 1857-1936) (4)
Haymaking
signed and dated 'H Kerr 4/7/14' (lower left)
watercolour
29 x 45cm
together with; A woodland river, a signed watercolour by William Outhwaite; Mervyn Goode (British, B. 1948), From the…
Estimate: £50 - £100
24 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
24 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
AFTER LEONARDO DA VINCI
AFTER LEONARDO DA VINCI
The Last Supper
oil on board
49 x 102cm
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £80 - £120
24 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
24 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
***COMBINED INTO LINE 20-319*** AFTER LEON BAKST (5)
AFTER LEON BAKST (5)
Costume designs, including for The Sleeping Princess, Artemis Troublee and Aladdin
prints in colour, a set of four
each 29 x 23cm
(all unframed)
together with another print in colours after Leon…
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
24 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
ARTHUR CROFT (BRITISH, 1828-1902) (2)
ARTHUR CROFT (BRITISH, 1828-1902) (2)
A rocky coastline
watercolour
29 x 96cm
together with another watercolour by the same hand, Lake Orta, signed and dated 'arthur croft 1874' (lower left) and inscribed (verso), 30 x 56.5cm
(2)
Footnote Arthur Croft (1828-1902) was a British watercolour artist. He was one of six children of the architect John Croft. Of the children, three became artists (John, Marian and Arthur), and one …
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £50 - £100
24 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
24 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
ARTHUR CROFT (BRITISH, 1828-1902) (3)
ARTHUR CROFT (BRITISH, 1828-1902) (3)
View from Hotel Window, Falmouth
with remnants of old artist's label (wedged behind stretcher to the reverse)
watercolour
35 x 61cm
together with two other watercolours by the same hand; Bishop's…
Footnote Arthur Croft (1828-1902) was a British watercolour artist. He was one of six children of the architect John Croft. Of the children, three became artists (John, Marian and Arthur), and one …
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £50 - £100
24 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
24 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
AFTER DAVID ROBERTS (2)
AFTER DAVID ROBERTS (2)
The Citadel of Sidon; Temple of Waby Dabod, Nubia, a set of two
lithographs by Louis Haghe
each 30cm x 36cm
(2)
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £50 - £80
24 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
24 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
AFTER GEORGE EDWARDS (2)
AFTER GEORGE EDWARDS (2)
Birds, a set of two
engravings
each 24 x 18.5cm
(2)
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £50 - £80
24 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
24 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
JOHN COTHER WEBB (BRITISH, 1855-1927) AFTER RICHARD ANSDELL (2)
JOHN COTHER WEBB (BRITISH, 1855-1927) AFTER RICHARD ANSDELL (2)
Duck shooting
engraving in colour
29.5 x 43cm
together with Waiting the Word, an engraving in colour by Edward Gilbert Hester after James Hardy
(2)
Estimate: £50 - £100
24 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
24 June 2024 , 17:00 BST

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