POUND, Ezra (1885-1972).  Indiscretions, Paris, Three Mountains Press, 1923, large 8vo, original cloth-backed paper boards. FIRST EDITION. ONE OF 300 COPIES.
POUND, Ezra (1885-1972). Indiscretions, Paris, Three Mountains Press,…
POUND, Ezra (1885-1972).  Indiscretions; or, Une Revue de Deux Mondes. Paris: Three Mountains Press, 1923. Large 8vo (263 x 170mm). Half title, woodcut printer's device on title, headpieces,…
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £200 - £300
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
[BUCHAN, John  (1875-1940)]. These For Remembrance, Privately Printed, 1919, 4to, [?]original boards. FIRST EDITION, ONE OF A SMALL UNSPECIFIED LIMITATION, PRESENTATION COPY.
[BUCHAN, John (1875-1940)]. These For Remembrance, Privately Printed,…
[BUCHAN, John (1875-1940)].  These for Remembrance. [No place:] [Colophon:] "Privately Printed at the Riccardi Press Fount at the Chiswick Press by the Medici Society, Ltd.", 1919. 4to (230 x 160mm).…
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £400 - £600
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 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
"MYTH AND LEGEND" SERIES - A. R. HOPE MONCRIEFF (1846-1927). Classic Myth and Legend, London, [?1912], large 8vo, plates, original green cloth decorated in art nouveau style. [?]FIRST EDITION. With 6 other books from the same series. (7)
"MYTH AND LEGEND" SERIES - A. R. HOPE MONCRIEFF (1846-1927). Classic Myth…
"MYTH AND LEGEND" SERIES - A. R. HOPE MONCRIEFF (1846-1927).  Classic Myth and Legend ... With Illustrations in Colour and Monochrome from famous Paintings and Statuary. London: The Gresham…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £100 - £150
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
COLLINS, Greenville (1643-94). The River of Thames from London to the Buoy of the Noure, London, [1693 or later], large hand-coloured engraved coastal chart, 590 x 930mm., framed and glazed.
COLLINS, Greenville (1643-94). The River of Thames from London to the Buoy…
COLLINS, Greenville (1643-94). The River of Thames from London to the Buoy of the Noure. London: "Sold by Richard Mount at the Postern on Great Tower Hill," [1693 or later]. Large hand-coloured…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
ZANGAKI BROTHERS (fl. 1860s-90s, photographers). 15 albumen silver prints of Egypt by the Zangaki Brothers, some with printed signature, undated, but c. 1870, average image size 210 x 280mm. (15)
ZANGAKI BROTHERS (fl. 1860s-90s, photographers). 15 albumen silver prints…
ZANGAKI BROTHERS (fl. 1860s-90s, photographers). 15 albumen silver prints of Egypt by the Zangaki Brothers, some with printed signature, undated [but c. 1870], average size of photographs 210 x 280mm…
Estimate: £200 - £300
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
BIBLE, in English - The Bible, Amsterdam, Thomas Stafford, 1644, folio, general title and title to the New Testament, woodcut maps and illustrations including 2 full-page, contemporary calf (worn). THE LAST EDITION OF THE GENEVA BIBLE.
BIBLE, in English - The Bible, Amsterdam, Thomas Stafford, 1644, folio,…
BIBLE, in English - The Bible, that is, The Holy Scriptures contained in the Old and New Testament. Translated According to the Hebrew and Greek, and conferred with the best Translations in divers…
Estimate: £400 - £600
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
STURLUSON, Snorri (1179-1241).  Heims Kringla, Stockholm, 1697, 2 vols. bound in one, folio, parallel text in Old Norse, Swedish and Latin, modern old-style panelled calf. FIRST EDITION. With Peter Murbeck's Christeliga Bredikningar (Kalmar, 1785). (2)
STURLUSON, Snorri (1179-1241). Heims Kringla, Stockholm, 1697, 2 vols.…
STURLUSON, Snorri (1179-1241).  Heims Kringla eller Snorre Sturlusons Nordlänske Konunga Sagor. Sive Historiæ Regum Septentrionalium, ê Snorrone Sturlonide, Ante secula quinque, patrio sermone…
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £300 - £500
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS OR "QUAKERS" - "Christian and Brotherly Advices Given forth from time to time by the Yearly Meetings in London." [?London: c. 1738-1771]. Folio. c. 400-page manuscript (many leaves lacking), contemporary reverse calf.
RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS OR "QUAKERS" - "Christian and Brotherly…
RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS OR "QUAKERS" - "Christian and Brotherly Advices Given forth from time to time by the Yearly Meetings in London Alphabetically digested under proper Heads." [?London: c.…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £300 - £500
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
THEOLOGY, English - William CAVE (1637-1713). Apostolici, London, 1677, folio, engraved title and illustrations, contemporary calf (worn). With 17 other English theological works in 19 vols., most folios. (20)
THEOLOGY, English - William CAVE (1637-1713). Apostolici, London, 1677,…
THEOLOGY, English - William CAVE (1637-1713).  [Engraved title:]  Apostolici or The Lives of the Primitive Fathers for the three first Ages of the Christian Church [Printed title:]  Apostolici: or,…
Hammer price: £950
Estimate: £500 - £800
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
[RYVES, Bruno (1596-1677)].  Mercurius Rusticus: or, The Countries Complaint of the barbarous Out-rages Committed by the Sectaries of this late flourishing Kingdome, [Oxford], 1646, 8vo, engraved title, 19th-century morocco. FIRST EDITION.
[RYVES, Bruno (1596-1677)]. Mercurius Rusticus: or, The Countries…
[RYVES, Bruno [with many variants in spelling] (1596-1677)].  Mercurius Rusticus: or, The Countries Complaint of the barbarous Out-rages Committed by the Sectaries of this late flourishing Kingdome.…
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £200 - £300
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
"MAZARINADES" - A collection of 30 pamphlets. Please see the full listing of titles and footnote below. (30)
"MAZARINADES" - A collection of 30 pamphlets. Please see the full listing…
"MAZARINADES" - A collection of 30 pamphlets, all printed in Paris in 1649 unless stated otherwise, comprising:1) L' Orphee Grotesque avec le Bal Rustique. En vers Burlesques. Premiere Partie [only] …
Estimate: £70 - £100
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
BINDING - Anne Isabella Noel BLUNT (1837-1917) and Wilfrid Scawen BLUNT (1840-1922). The Celebrated Romance of the Stealing of the Mare, [Newtown], The Gregynog Press, 1930, 4to, VERY FINELY BOUND in morocco by Denise Lubett. NUMBER 94 OF 275 COPIES.
BINDING - Anne Isabella Noel BLUNT (1837-1917) and Wilfrid Scawen BLUNT …
BINDING - Anne Isabella Noel BLUNT, 15th Baroness Wentworth (1837-1917) and Wilfrid Scawen BLUNT (1840-1922).  The Celebrated Romance of the Stealing of the Mare. Translated from the Original Arabic…
Hammer price: £1,700
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
CHERRY-GARRARD, Apsley George Benet (1886-1959). The Worst Journey in the World, London, 1922, 2 vols., large 8vo, 61 plates and maps, original hessian-backed paper boards. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE.
CHERRY-GARRARD, Apsley George Benet (1886-1959). The Worst Journey in the…
CHERRY-GARRARD, Apsley George Benet (1886-1959).  The Worst Journey in the World. Antarctic 1910-1913. London: Constable and Company Limited, 1922, 2 volumes, large 8vo (228 x 145mm). Half titles, 2…
Hammer price: £1,600
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
BROWN, Robert Hewitt (1830-83). Stellar Theology and Masonic Astronomy, New York, 1882, large square 8vo, 2 coloured plates (one volvelle lacking from the second plate), original decorated cloth gilt. FIRST EDITION. RARE.
BROWN, Robert Hewitt (1830-83). Stellar Theology and Masonic Astronomy,…
BROWN, Robert Hewitt (1830-83).  Stellar Theology and Masonic Astronomy; or, The Origin and Meaning of Ancient and Modern Mysteries Explained ... With Numerous Illustrations by the Author. New York:…
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £100 - £150
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer (1874-1965). A "Romeo y Julieta" cigar butt, 50mm. long, acquired by the vendor, Iris Howell (née White), while tending to Winston Churchill in her capacity as a flight attendant for British European Airways in the 1960s. (3)
CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer (1874-1965). A "Romeo y Julieta" cigar butt,…
CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer (1874-1965).  A "Romeo y Julieta" cigar butt, 50mm. long, with the vendor's British European Airways (BEA) diary for 1963, inscribed on Wednesday 12th June "Nice, Sir…
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
CRUIKSHANK, George (1792-1865). 2 autograph letters and a post card, signed; and another autograph letter and an autograph poem, both in an unidentified hand. (5)
CRUIKSHANK, George (1792-1865). 2 autograph letters and a post card,…
CRUIKSHANK, George (1792-1865). Autograph letter to Alec Gould, signed, on two pages, headed "241 Queens Road, Battersea Park, London," dated indistinctly, stating, "My dear Alec, I herewith send…
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £200 - £300
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616). The Merchant of Venice, London, The Folio Society, 2010, 2 vols., folio and 8vo, original half green goatskin and cloth, fitted cloth box. NUMBER 117 OF 1,000 COPIES. "The Letterpress Shakespeare." (2)
SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616). The Merchant of Venice, London, The…
SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616).  The Merchant of Venice, edited by Jay L. Halio. London: The Folio Society, 2010. 2 volumes, folio (348 x 253mm) and 8vo (215 x 140mm). Original half green Nigerian…
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £70 - £100
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
BEARDSLEY, Aubrey (1872-98, illustrator) - Thomas MALORY (1415-71).  Le Morte Darthur, London, 1927, 4to, 22 plates by Aubrey Beardsley, illustrations, original dark blue pictorial cloth gilt (spine detached). ONE OF 1,600 COPIES. Third Beardsley edition.
BEARDSLEY, Aubrey (1872-98, illustrator) - Thomas MALORY (1415-71). Le…
BEARDSLEY, Aubrey (1872-98, illustrator) - Thomas MALORY (c.1415-71).  The Birth Life and Acts of King Arthur of His Noble Knights of the Round Table ... and in the end Le Morte Darthur. London: J. M…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
CRADDOCK, Harry (1876-1963). The Savoy Cocktail Book, London, 1930, 8vo, coloured illustrations and decorations by Gilbert Rumbold, original coloured and silver pictorial boards. FIRST EDITION, second issue.
CRADDOCK, Harry (1876-1963). The Savoy Cocktail Book, London, 1930, 8vo,…
CRADDOCK, Harry (1876-1963).  The Savoy Cocktail Book. Being in the main a complete compendium of the Cocktails, Rickeys, Daisies, Slings, Shrubs, Smashes, Fizzes, Juleps, Cobblers, Fixes, and other…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £200 - £300
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE - Rev. Wilbert AWDRY (1911-97). A 2-page autograph letter, signed, dated "25.6.53", relating to the first live TV broadcast of 'The Sad Story of Henry' on June 14 1953; with 'Thomas, the Tank Engine' (London, [1950 or earlier]). (2)
THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE - Rev. Wilbert AWDRY (1911-97). A 2-page autograph…
THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE - Rev. Wilbert AWDRY (1911-97).  A 2-page autograph letter, signed, on paper blind-stamped "Emneth Vicarage, Wisbech", dated "25/6/53", stating, "Dear Mrs Adams, Thank you very…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £200 - £300
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
14 July 2022 , 17:00 BST
DERRICK GREAVES (BRITISH, 1927-2002) AND ROY FISHER (BRITISH, 1930-2017) (2)
DERRICK GREAVES (BRITISH, 1927-2002) AND ROY FISHER (BRITISH, 1930-2017) …
‘…had no window, the darkness moulded me/ it said the messages were; settled/ we must be crossing a frame of sleep, the sunlit…’, a pair
each signed and dated by artist and poet ‘Derrick Greaves 72…
Condition reportSome spots and marks including what look like dirty finger prints in places. Otherwise overall generally good.
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £80 - £120
21 June 2022 , 17:00 BST
21 June 2022 , 17:00 BST
ALAN ALDRIDGE (BRITISH, 1938-2017) (10)
ALAN ALDRIDGE (BRITISH, 1938-2017) (10)
A collection of ten concept artworks for surreal ceramic pieces, late 20th Century
'Café-doodle doo' (a tea pot in the form of a cockerel), 'Posie Teapot', 'Intergalactic Coffee Pot', 'Pets Mugs' …
each design captioned and signedcoloured ink and felt-tip design on tracing paperthe largest sheet 45.5 x 61cmARR(10)FootnoteThese designs were commissioned for a collection of Aldridge ceramics but…
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £400 - £600
21 June 2022 , 17:00 BST
21 June 2022 , 17:00 BST
LESLIE GILBERT ILLINGWORTH (BRITISH, 1902-1979) (4)
LESLIE GILBERT ILLINGWORTH (BRITISH, 1902-1979) (4)
"Look at all the flags" said Janet, "That" said Miss Harris "is Nelson's immortal signal, 'England Expects'", An illustration for The Strand Magazine
signed 'ILLINGWORTH' (lower left) and with…
together with three other illustrations in watercolour, ink and pencil heightened with white for The Strand Magazine by the same hand, A naval battle, 37 x 52cm; "I don't believe Miss Harris is…
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £60 - £80
21 June 2022 , 17:00 BST
21 June 2022 , 17:00 BST

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