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
A HONG KONG GOLD PROOF $1000
Lot 405 - Coins & Medals Sold
A HONG KONG GOLD PROOF $1000
1975, commemorating The Royal Visit, with a pamphlet and case
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £650 - £750
18 July 2024 , 16:00 BST
18 July 2024 , 16:00 BST
TWO GOLD COINS AND FOUR FURTHER ITEMS (6)
Lot 442 - Coins & Medals Sold
TWO GOLD COINS AND FOUR FURTHER ITEMS (6)
Comprising; a one tenth krugerrand 1982, a 9ct gold imitation of an Edward VIII half sovereign, a silver proof two pounds coin 2003, a silver proof two pounds coin 2005, a 1977 silver proof crown,…
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £200 - £300
18 July 2024 , 16:00 BST
18 July 2024 , 16:00 BST
A ROYAL MINT QUEEN'S DIAMOND JUBILEE SILVER PROOF CROWN COLLECTION
Lot 444 - Coins & Medals Sold
A ROYAL MINT QUEEN'S DIAMOND JUBILEE SILVER PROOF CROWN COLLECTION
Comprising; twenty-four silver proof crown sized commemorative coins, with the original case, having two lift out trays, a magnifying glass, twenty coin specification cards and further paperwork
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £300 - £400
18 July 2024 , 16:00 BST
18 July 2024 , 16:00 BST
The Abu Album, 1895-96. Mhow, India: Herzog & Higgins, [1895-96], oblong 4to, 43 mounted photographs, with 2 additional photographs at the end including one of 2 schoolgirls' cricket teams, morocco. PRESENTATION COPY. RARE. With a related map. (2)
The Abu Album, 1895-96. Mhow, India: Herzog & Higgins, [1895-96], oblong…
The Abu Album, 1895-96. [Title on upper cover.] Mhow, Central India [now Dr. Ambedkar Nagar]: Herzog and Higgins, [1895-96]. Large oblong 4to (358 x 485mm), average size of photographs 280 x 210mm.…
Hammer price: £2,000
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
ARTISTS - A collection of 12 letters by artists, mainly British and French, 1816-1923, including Ruskin, Whistler, Lucien Pissarro and others. (12)
ARTISTS - A collection of 12 letters by artists, mainly British and French…
ARTISTS - A collection of 12 letters by artists, mainly British and French, 1816-1923, including John Ruskin, James McNeill Whistler, Lucien Pissarro and others, including John Ruskin, two letters,…
Hammer price: £1,100
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,000
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
ARTISTS - A collection of c.24 letters by artists, mainly French and Italian, 1795-1870 and [n.d.], including Canova, David, Delacroix, Corot, Millet, Thorvaldsen and others. (c.24)
ARTISTS - A collection of c.24 letters by artists, mainly French and…
ARTISTS - A collection of c.24 letters by artists, mainly French and Italian, 1795-1870 and [n.d.], including Antonio Canova, Jacques-Louis David, Eugène Delacroix, Camille Corot, Eugène Millet,…
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
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
BIBLE, in English - The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New, London, Robert Barker, 1613 [New Testament dated 1614], 4to, genealogies, 2 woodcut titles (laid down), contemporary half calf. With the "she" reading in Ruth 3:15.
BIBLE, in English - The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the…
BIBLE, in English - The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New: Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues. London: Robert Barker, 1613 [New Testament dated 1614]. Small 4to in 8s …
Hammer price: £850
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
BINDING - A fine illuminated manuscript in German on two vellum leaves, with wide painted decorative borders, folio (420 x 310mm), VERY FINELY BOUND in contemporary highly elaborate panelled armorial morocco with garnets. Please see the full description.
BINDING - A fine illuminated manuscript in German on two vellum leaves,…
BINDING - A fine illuminated manuscript in German on two vellum leaves, written on the rectos only, both leaves with wide painted decorative armorial, allegorical and foliate borders, one…
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £500 - £800
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94). Epos. A Quarterly of Poetry. Poems and Drawings by Charles Bukowski, Crescent City, Florida, 1962, 8vo, illustrations by the author, wrappers. FIRST EDITION. No limitation stated but probably ONE OF ABOUT 500 COPIES. RARE.
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94). Epos. A Quarterly of Poetry. Poems and…
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94).  [Title from the upper wrapper:] Epos. A Quarterly of Poetry. Poems and Drawings by Charles Bukowski. The Work of American and British Poets, edited by Will Tulos, Evelyn…
Estimate: £500 - £800
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94). It Catches my Heart in its Hands, New Orleans, Loujon Press, 1963, 8vo, printed on multi-coloured paper, original boards. FIRST EDITION. ONE OF 777 COPIES, SIGNED AND DATED BY THE AUTHOR IN SILVER INK. Krumhansl 12.
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94). It Catches my Heart in its Hands, New Orleans…
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94).  It Catches my Heart in its Hands. New & Selected Poems 1955-1963. Introduction by John William Corrington. Gypsy Lou Series No. 1: A Loujon Press Award Book. New Orleans…
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94). Poems Written Before Jumping out of an 8 Story Window, Glendale, California, Poetry X/Change, [1968], square 8vo, illustration by the author, original pictorial wrappers. FIRST EDITION. RARE.
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94). Poems Written Before Jumping out of an 8…
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94).  Poems Written Before Jumping out of an 8 Story Window. Glendale, California: Poetry X/Change, [1968]. Square 8vo (209 x 157mm). Double-page centrefold illustration by…
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94). The Captain is Out to Lunch and the Sailors have Taken Over the Ship, Santa Rosa, Black Sparrow Press, 1998, large 8vo, boards. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 128 OF 426 COPIES WITH A PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR BY ROBERT CRUMB, SIGNED.
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94). The Captain is Out to Lunch and the Sailors…
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94).  The Captain is Out to Lunch and the Sailors have Taken Over the Ship. Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1998. Large 8vo (228 x 150mm). Full-page coloured serigraph [i.e.…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £300
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
CONAN DOYLE, Arthur (1859-1930). The Case for Spirit Photography, London, [1922], 8vo, 16 photographed plates, original wrappers (lacks backstrip, frayed with some loss). FIRST EDITION. RARE. With 2 books of related interest. (3)
CONAN DOYLE, Arthur (1859-1930). The Case for Spirit Photography, London, …
CONAN DOYLE, Arthur (1859-1930), and others.  The Case for Spirit Photography ... [From upper wrapper:]  With Corroborative Evidence by Experienced Researchers and Photographers. London: Hutchinson &…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
DARWIN, Charles (1809-82). The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, London, 1873 [but later], 8vo, 7 photographed plates, illustrations, original green cloth gilt. FIRST EDITION, "Tenth Thousand".
DARWIN, Charles (1809-82). The Expression of the Emotions in Man and…
DARWIN, Charles (1809-82).  The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals ... With Photographic and Other Illustrations. Tenth Thousand. London: John Murray, 1873 [but some advertisements dated…
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £70 - £100
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
"DINESEN, Isak" [i.e. Karen BLIXEN (1885-1962)]. Out of Africa, New York, 1938, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. With c.24 other books by, or relating to, the same author. (c.25)
"DINESEN, Isak" [i.e. Karen BLIXEN (1885-1962)]. Out of Africa, New York,…
"DINESEN, Isak" [i.e. Karen BLIXEN (1885-1962)].  Out of Africa. New York: Random House, 1938. 8vo (206 x 140mm). Half title, title in a green panel (stain at margin of one leaf near the end).…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
"DINESEN, Isak" [i.e. Karen BLIXEN (1885-1962)]. A typed letter in Swedish, signed ("Karen Blixen"), on blue paper, to "Mrs Shou", two-pages, dated 2 September 1938, thanking her very warmly for her letter about her African farm and "Out of Africa".
"DINESEN, Isak" [i.e. Karen BLIXEN (1885-1962)]. A typed letter in Swedish…
"DINESEN, Isak" [i.e. Karen BLIXEN (1885-1962)].  A typed letter in Swedish, signed ("Karen Blixen"), on blue paper, to "Mrs Shou", two-pages, dated 2 September 1938, thanking her very warmly for her…
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
DONIZETTI, Gaetano (1797-1848). Autograph letter, signed ("Donizetti"), to Giovanni Ricordi, [Rome], 1 August 1833. In Italian. Three-and-a-half-pages, 242 x 189mm, including two brief musical quotations.
DONIZETTI, Gaetano (1797-1848). Autograph letter, signed ("Donizetti"), to…
DONIZETTI, Gaetano (1797-1848).  Autograph letter, signed ("Donizetti"), to Giovanni Ricordi, [Rome], 1 August 1833. In Italian. Three-and-a-half-pages, 242 x 189mm, including two brief musical…
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
[DOWER, John (1825-1901). A New General Atlas, London, c.1840], 4to, 52 engraved maps (lacks title), contemporary roan (worn). Inscribed, "... from Dr Alexander Watson, R. N. One of the few things saved from H. M. S. 'Cormorant' when she sank ... 1859."
[DOWER, John (1825-1901). A New General Atlas, London, c.1840], 4to, 52…
[DOWER, John (1825-1901).  A New General Atlas of the World. London: Orr & Company, c.1840]. 4to (295 x 240mm). 51 engraved maps, hand-coloured in outline, with an additional chart [not called for on…
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £100 - £150
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
EMERSON, Peter Henry (1856-1936). Wild Life on a Tidal Water, London, 1890, 4to, 30 photogravure plates, folding chart, original buckram gilt (spine and corners rubbed). FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 21 OF 500 COPIES. RARE. With 3 medals awarded to Emerson. (4)
EMERSON, Peter Henry (1856-1936). Wild Life on a Tidal Water, London, 1890…
EMERSON, Peter Henry (1856-1936, photographer).  Wild Life on a Tidal Water. The Adventures of a House-Boat and her Crew ... Illustrated with Thirty Photo-Etchings by P. H. Emerson and T. F. Goodall …
Hammer price: £950
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST

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