AN INDIAN CARPET
AN INDIAN CARPET
The madder field with a faceted ivory and dark indigo medallion, matching dark indigo spandrels all with floral sprays; a dark indigo palmette border
440cm x 297cm
Condition:Generally good. Both ends need attention. Side boards have areas of wear. Some moth damage down one side. See extra images of the moth damage..Needs cleaning.
Estimate: £50 - £60
3 August 2022 , 01:00 BST
3 August 2022 , 01:00 BST
A PAIR OF GEORGE III INLAID MAHOGANY SHIELD BACK DINING CHAIRS (2)
A PAIR OF GEORGE III INLAID MAHOGANY SHIELD BACK DINING CHAIRS (2)
53cm wide; 93cm high
Condition report: Relatively good order considering age. Seats need to be reupholstered and old woolwork overs are worn with various holes, fraying and fading. Some of the webbing is loose to the…
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £150 - £200
3 August 2022 , 01:00 BST
3 August 2022 , 01:00 BST
A LATE 19TH CENTURY FRENCH GILT METAL MOUNTED PARQUETRY KINGWOOD INLAID TREFOIL SHAPE OCCASIONAL TABLE
A LATE 19TH CENTURY FRENCH GILT METAL MOUNTED PARQUETRY KINGWOOD INLAID…
35cm wide; 81cm high
Condition ReportThe parquetry top is flat, it is the metal mounts which have been warped and need reshaping.Minor losses to parquetry mounts, otherwise structurally sounds. 
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £100 - £200
3 August 2022 , 01:00 BST
3 August 2022 , 01:00 BST
POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943).  The Tale of Peter Rabbit, London, [April, 1903], 12mo, 31 full-page coloured illustrations by Beatrix Potter, original boards. FIRST WARNE EDITION, fourth issue.
POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943). The Tale of Peter Rabbit, London, [April,…
POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943).  The Tale of Peter Rabbit. London: Frederick Warne and Co., [April, 1903]. 12mo (143 x 109mm). Half title, coloured frontispiece, illustration on title and 30 full-page…
Hammer price: £450
Estimate: £500 - £800
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943). The Tailor of Gloucester, London, 1903, 12mo, 27 coloured plates by Beatrix Potter, original boards. FIRST WARNE EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. With 4 other books by Beatrix Potter, all but one FIRST EDITIONS. (5)
POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943). The Tailor of Gloucester, London, 1903, 12mo,…
POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943).  The Tailor of Gloucester. London: Frederick Warne and Co., [October] 1903. 12mo (144 x 109mm). Half title, coloured frontispiece and 26 full-page coloured plates by…
Estimate: £400 - £600
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943). The Tale of Mr Jeremy Fisher, London, 1906, 12mo, 27 full-page coloured illustrations by Beatrix Potter, original boards. FIRST EDITION.
POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943). The Tale of Mr Jeremy Fisher, London, 1906,…
POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943).  The Tale of Mr Jeremy Fisher. London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1906. 12mo (143 x 109mm). Half title, coloured frontispiece, illustration on title, and 26 full-page…
Estimate: £200 - £300
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943). The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, London, 1908, 12mo, 27 full-page coloured illustrations by Beatrix Potter, original boards. FIRST EDITION.
POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943). The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, London, 1908,…
POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943).  The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck. London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1908. 12mo (144 x 109mm). Half title, coloured frontispiece, illustration on title, and 26 full-page…
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £200 - £300
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943). The Roly-Poly Pudding, London, 1908, large 8vo, 16 full-page coloured illustrations by Beatrix Potter, original cloth. FIRST EDITION. With another by the same author (reprint, defective). (2)
POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943). The Roly-Poly Pudding, London, 1908, large…
POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943).  The Roly-Poly Pudding. London. Frederick Warne and Co., 1908. Large 8vo (207 x 165mm). Half title, coloured frontispiece, coloured illustrations on title with lettering…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943). Ginger & Pickles, London, 1909, large 8vo, 10 full-page coloured illustrations by Beatrix Potter, original boards. FIRST EDITION. With another by the same author (reprint). (2)
POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943). Ginger & Pickles, London, 1909, large 8vo, 10…
POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943).  Ginger and Pickles. London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1909. Large 8vo (182 x 141mm). Half title, coloured frontispiece, illustration on title, and 9 full-page coloured…
Estimate: £150 - £250
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943). The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies, London, 1909, 12mo, 27 full-page coloured illustrations by Beatrix Potter, original boards. FIRST EDITION.ADDED TO LOT IN DECEMBER 2022 BOOK SALE.
POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943). The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies, London, 1909,…
POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943).  The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies. London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1909. 12mo (144 x 109mm). Half title, coloured frontispiece, illustration on title, and 26 full-page…
Estimate: £300 - £500
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943). The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies, London, 1909, 12mo, 27 full-page coloured illustrations by Beatrix Potter, original boards. FIRST EDITION.
POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943). The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies, London, 1909,…
POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943).  The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies. London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1909. 12mo (144 x 109mm). Half title, coloured frontispiece, illustration on title, and 26 full-page…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £400
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943).  The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, London, 1903, 12mo, 27 full-page coloured illustrations by Beatrix Potter (some fraying with slight loss), original boards. FIRST EDITION. With another book by the same author (defective). (2)
POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943). The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, London, 1903,…
POTTER, Beatrix (1866-1943).  The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin. London: Frederick Warne, 1903. 12mo (139 x 105mm). Half title, coloured frontispiece, illustration on title, and 26 full-page coloured…
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £70 - £100
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
TENNYSON, Alfred, Lord (1809-92). Maud, and Other Poems. London, 1855, 8vo, original green cloth. FIRST EDITION. With 5 other books by Tennyson. (6)
TENNYSON, Alfred, Lord (1809-92). Maud, and Other Poems. London, 1855, 8vo…
TENNYSON, Alfred Lord (1809-92).  Maud, and Other Poems. London: Edward Moxon, 1855. 8vo (171 x 110mm). Half title, 8-pages of publisher's advertisements dated July 1855 bound in at the front before…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £200 - £300
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
Child Torture in Scotland, Edinburgh, 1895, 8vo, contemporary red morocco. FIRST EDITION, THE DEDICATEE'S COPY. The author is unknown. RARE.
Child Torture in Scotland, Edinburgh, 1895, 8vo, contemporary red morocco.…
Child Torture in Scotland. By an Officer of the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Edinburgh: The Edinburgh Press, 1895. 8vo (174 x 120mm). Half title, half tone portrait…
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £70 - £100
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
LANG, Andrew (1844-1912). The Violet Fairy Book, London, 1901, 8vo, original pictorial cloth. FIRST EDITION. With 29 other illustrated and children's books. (30)
LANG, Andrew (1844-1912). The Violet Fairy Book, London, 1901, 8vo,…
LANG, Andrew (1844-1912, editor).  The Violet Fairy Book. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1901. 8vo (184 x 125mm). Half title, coloured frontispiece and 32 plates by H. J. Ford, of which 7 coloured…
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £300 - £500
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
CRYSTAL PALACE - [General title from publisher's advertisement:] Guides and Handbooks, Illustrative of the Contents of the Crystal Palace, London, 1854, 11 guides bound in 2 vols., 8vo, contemporary half calf. With 2 other books. (4)
CRYSTAL PALACE - [General title from publisher's advertisement:] Guides…
CRYSTAL PALACE - [General title from publisher's advertisement:]  Guides and Handbooks, Illustrative of the Contents of the Crystal Palace. London: Crystal Palace Library; and Bradbury and Evans,…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £100 - £150
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
MONTEATH, Robert ([dates unknown]). The Forester's Guide, Stirling, 1820, 8vo, 2 engraved plates, original pebbled cloth. FIRST EDITION. With 8 other books of related interest. The lot sold not subject to return. (9)
MONTEATH, Robert ([dates unknown]). The Forester's Guide, Stirling, 1820,…
MONTEATH, Robert ([dates unknown]).  The Forester's Guide; or, a Practical Treatise on the Training and Pruning of Forest Trees ... To which is added, a Description of a Newly-Invented Machine for…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £200 - £300
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
RAFFALD, Elizabeth (1733-81). The Experienced English Housekeeper, London, 1775, 8vo, 2 plates only (of 3), contemporary calf. Fourth edition. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.
RAFFALD, Elizabeth (1733-81). The Experienced English Housekeeper, London,…
RAFFALD, Elizabeth (1733-81).  The Experienced English Housekeeper, for the Use and Ease of Ladies, Housekeepers, Cooks, Wrote purely from Practice ... The Fourth Edition. London: Printed for the…
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £100 - £150
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
AUSTEN, Jane (1775-1817). Pride and Prejudice, London, 1894, 8vo, illustrations by Hugh Thomson, original elaborate peacock cloth gilt. FIRST "PEACOCK" EDITION, and the first edition to be fully-illustrated.
AUSTEN, Jane (1775-1817). Pride and Prejudice, London, 1894, 8vo,…
AUSTEN, Jane (1775-1817).  Pride and Prejudice ... with a Preface by George Saintsbury. London: George Allen, 1894. 8vo (181 x 120mm). Half title, printer's device on verso of half title, wood…
Hammer price: £1,300
Estimate: £500 - £800
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
AUSTEN, Jane (1775-1817). Emma, London, 1898, 8vo, illustrations by "Chris." Hammond, original decorated cloth gilt. FIRST "HAMMOND" EDITION. With 18 other works in 19 vols. in decorated or pictorial cloth bindings gilt. (20)
AUSTEN, Jane (1775-1817). Emma, London, 1898, 8vo, illustrations by "Chris…
AUSTEN, Jane (1775-1817).  Emma ... with an Introduction by Joseph Jacobs and Illustrations by Chris Hammond. London: George Allen, 1898. 8vo (180 x 120mm). Half title, wood-engraved frontispiece and…
Hammer price: £950
Estimate: £400 - £600
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
GALLEN, Thomas ([dates unknown]). A Compleat Pocket Almanack, London, 1683 [bound with:] Rider's British Merlin, 1683, 2 works in one vol., tall 12mo, printed in red and black, contemporary vellum gilt.
GALLEN, Thomas ([dates unknown]). A Compleat Pocket Almanack, London, 1683…
GALLEN, Thomas ([dates unknown]).  A Compleat Pocket Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1683 ... Containing the Lunations, Eclipses, Aspects of the Planets, and Inclination of the Air ... With The…
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £70 - £100
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
[ANON.]. Travels in South-Eastern Asia, Dublin, 1823, 12mo, contemporary calf. With François-Auguste Chateaubriand's Atala (London, 1809). (2)
[ANON.]. Travels in South-Eastern Asia, Dublin, 1823, 12mo, contemporary…
[ANON.]. Travels in South-Eastern Asia, compiled from the most Authentic and Recent Sources. Dublin: Printed by J. Jones, 1823. 12mo (134 x 85mm). Woodcut frontispiece, woodcut illustration of an…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £150 - £200
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
BENOIT, Pierre (1886-1962).  L' Atlantide, Paris, 1939, 4to, fine hand-coloured illustrations by Léon Carré, original wrappers. ONE OF 1,100 COPIES, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by the author to Frank Jay Gould.
BENOIT, Pierre (1886-1962). L' Atlantide, Paris, 1939, 4to, fine hand…
BENOIT, Pierre (1886-1962).  L' Atlantide. Roman. Paris: L' Édition d' Art H. Piazza, 1939. 4to (227 x 165mm). Half title, title within green decorative border with central ornament, fine hand- or…
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £100 - £150
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
FLEMING, Ian (1908-64). From Russia, With Love, London, 1957, 8vo, original black cloth, dust-jacket (some fraying with loss of letters at head of backstrip). FIRST EDITION.
FLEMING, Ian (1908-64). From Russia, With Love, London, 1957, 8vo,…
FLEMING, Ian (1908-64).  From Russia, With Love. London: Jonathan Cape, 1957. 8vo (188 x125mm). Half title (a few spots to page edges). Original black cloth with gun and rose motif stamped in red and…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £200 - £300
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST

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