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
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
FEININGER, Lyonel (1871-1956). A series of 15 letters, of which two autograph and the remainder typed, all but three signed ("Leo" or "Larry"), sent to "Fritz", Falls Village, CT, New Haven, CT, New York City, and Stockbridge, MA, 1939-55. (15)
FEININGER, Lyonel (1871-1956). A series of 15 letters, of which two…
FEININGER, Lyonel (1871-1956, German-American expressionist painter).  A series of 15 letters, of which two autograph and the remainder typed, all but three signed ("Leo" or "Larry"), sent to "Fritz"…
Estimate: £7,000 - £10,000
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
FLEMING, Ian (1908-64). The Spy Who Loved Me, London, 1962, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION, THE RARE FIRST IMPRESSION with the "quad mark" between the "e" and "m" of Fleming on the title page.
FLEMING, Ian (1908-64). The Spy Who Loved Me, London, 1962, 8vo, original…
FLEMING, Ian (1908-64).  The Spy Who Loved Me. London: Jonathan Cape, 1962. 8vo (188 x 125mm). Half title, double-page illustration of "Dreamy Pines Motor Court", chapter numbers within decorative…
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
IRELAND, Samuel (1744-1800). Picturesque Views on the River Medway, London, 1793, large 8vo, map, 29 sepia aquatint plates, contemporary tree calf. FIRST EDITION. With Picturesque Views on the River Thames (London, 1792, 2 vols., contemporary calf). (3)
IRELAND, Samuel (1744-1800). Picturesque Views on the River Medway, London…
IRELAND, Samuel (1744-1800).  Picturesque Views on the River Medway, from the Nore to the Vicinity of its Source in Sussex: with Observations on the Public Buildings and other Works of Art in its…
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
LAW - Lord DENNING (1899-1999). The Discipline of Law, London, 1979, 8vo, original cloth, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY inscribed to Desmond Ackner. With 9 other books. Please see the full listing below. (10)
LAW - Lord DENNING (1899-1999). The Discipline of Law, London, 1979, 8vo,…
LAW - Lord DENNING (i.e. Alfred Thompson "Tom" DENNING, Baron DENNING (1899-1999)), and others.  The Discipline of Law. London: Butterworths, 1979. 8vo (215 x 140mm). Half title, one full-page…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
[LAWRENCE, D. H. (1885-1930)] – Robert BROWNING (1812-89). Love Poems, London, 1908, 16mo, original cloth, INSCRIBED by D. H. Lawrence to "Peg" Brinton.
[LAWRENCE, D. H. (1885-1930)] – Robert BROWNING (1812-89). Love Poems,…
[LAWRENCE, D. H. (1885-1930)] – Robert BROWNING (1812-89).  Love Poems ... With Biographical Introduction by Hannaford Bennett. London: John Long, 1908. 16mo (150 x 100mm). Two photographs of…
Hammer price: £1,400
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
MIRANDA, Francisco de (1750-1816, President of the First Republic of Venezuela). Correspondence, in English, with the British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval and his Private Secretary, J. C. Herries, on the future of Venezuela and South America.
MIRANDA, Francisco de (1750-1816, President of the First Republic of…
MIRANDA, Francisco de (1750-1816, President of the First Republic of Venezuela).  Correspondence, in English, with the British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval and his Private Secretary, J. C. Herries…
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £400 - £600
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
PHOTOGRAPHY, IRAQ - [Title stamped in gilt on the upper cover:] Camera Studies in Iraq, Baghdad, A. Kerim & Hasso Bros., [c.1925], oblong 4to, 50 photographed plates, original padded album. RARE.
PHOTOGRAPHY, IRAQ - [Title stamped in gilt on the upper cover:] Camera…
PHOTOGRAPHY, IRAQ - [Title stamped in gilt on the upper cover:]  Camera Studies in Iraq. Baghdad: A. Kerim & Hasso Bros., [n.d. but c.1925]. Oblong 4to (238 x 310mm). 50 monochrome photographed…
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £200 - £300
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
WASSERMANN, Jakob (1873-1934). Autograph letter, signed ("Jakob Wassermann"), dated 27 November 1921, two-pages, in German, to "Hedwig". Wasserman gives a detailed account of his visit to Hermann Hesse at Montagnola.
WASSERMANN, Jakob (1873-1934). Autograph letter, signed ("Jakob Wassermann…
WASSERMANN, Jakob (1873-1934, prolific German writer and novelist).  Autograph letter, signed ("Jakob Wassermann"), dated 27 November 1921, two-pages, in German, to "Hedwig". Wasserman, giving a…
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £100 - £150
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
A PAIR OF TALL JAPANESE SATSUMA OVOID VASES (2)
A PAIR OF TALL JAPANESE SATSUMA OVOID VASES (2)
Meiji period
Painted with an official seated on the back of a shishi or a bird with two attendants either side, 39.5cm high
Overall in good condition
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £150 - £250
26 June 2024 , 13:00 BST
26 June 2024 , 13:00 BST
JOHN BETJEMAN AND JOHN BRATBY INTEREST (13)
JOHN BETJEMAN AND JOHN BRATBY INTEREST (13)
A collection of 13 photographs of Betjeman in Bratby's studio
one inscribed 'SUN 25 1967/ 2nd visit of/ John. Betjeman/ He had cold' (verso)
polaroids mounted on card
each 11 x 8.5cm
(13)

Betjeman…
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £70 - £100
24 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
24 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
OLYMPIC INTEREST: A COLLECTION OF OLYMPIC TEAM KIT AND MEMORABILIA OWNED BY JOHN JEFFERY, ATHLETICS ASSISTANT TEAM MANAGER
OLYMPIC INTEREST: A COLLECTION OF OLYMPIC TEAM KIT AND MEMORABILIA OWNED…
Barcelona 1992
The official kit bag contents comprising various pieces of team kit including tracksuit jackets, tops, a towel, various magazines and an Official British Guide and Team Handbook,…
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £150 - £250
25 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
25 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
A GROUP OF POSTERS INCLUDING  ‘BAZAAR MAGAZINE: FIGHT AIR POLLUTION’ AND OTHER ANTI-WAR EXAMPLES (12)
A GROUP OF POSTERS INCLUDING ‘BAZAAR MAGAZINE: FIGHT AIR POLLUTION’ AND…
Bazaar poster cover, copyright 1970, Sunset Marketing, 58 x 76cm, (excluding frame), ‘Polaris, No’, design by Reuben Fior, commissioned by the Committee of 100, circa 1961,101 x 75cm; ‘War Changes…
Together with 'This Vacation Visit Beautiful Vietnam' x 2, red ground and another larger example, pink ground, 58.5x89cm; ‘I’d rather be red than dead’, copyright The Old school, 61x100cm; ‘Vote…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £80 - £120
25 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
25 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
A GROUP OF LOOSE GEMSTONES, BEADS AND FURTHER ITEMS (QTY)
A GROUP OF LOOSE GEMSTONES, BEADS AND FURTHER ITEMS (QTY)
To include three rock crystal dropped shaped pendants, faceted amethyst quartz beads, banded agate beads, carbuncle garnets, opals, corals, agates, moonstones, also an Asian scent bottle with foliate…
Provenance: The Purple Shop – The Anthony Gardner Collection.See Bellmans website article for further information: https://www.bellmans.co.uk/story/the-purple-shop-the-anthony-gardner-collection
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £60 - £80
16 April 2024 , 18:00 BST
16 April 2024 , 18:00 BST
ENGLISH SCHOOL, LATE 19TH CENTURY (2)
ENGLISH SCHOOL, LATE 19TH CENTURY (2)
Portrait miniature of a young girl, thought to be Hilda Mary Dowson (née Greg) (1883-1956)
with inscribed label (attached to the back of frame)
on ivory (ref. WY1APGJS)
7.5cm
in a gilt-metal frame…
FootnoteHilda Mary Dowson (née Greg) was born on 23 February 1883 in Wilmslow, Cheshire, to parents Walter and Susan Elizabeth (née Gaskell). She was baptised on 3 April 1883 at Styal Presbyterian…
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £300 - £500
28 March 2024 , 15:00 GMT
28 March 2024 , 15:00 GMT
FREDERICK ARTHUR BRIDGMAN (AMERICAN, 1847-1928)
FREDERICK ARTHUR BRIDGMAN (AMERICAN, 1847-1928)
Sanctuary in the Sahara
signed and dated ‘F. A Bridgman 1879’ (lower left)
oil on canvas
56 x 87cm

Provenance
The artist Arthur Croft (1828-1902);
Thence by family descent to the current owner
Footnote Sanctuary in the Sahara is a product of Fredrick A. Bridgman’s second visit to Algeria.  Having painted Algiers and its neighboring villages in 1872-73 during his first trip to North Africa,…
Hammer price: £26,000
Estimate: £10,000 - £15,000
28 March 2024 , 15:00 GMT
28 March 2024 , 15:00 GMT
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
Portrait of a judge resting his hand on a book
oil on canvas
127 x 100cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £200 - £400
28 March 2024 , 15:00 GMT
28 March 2024 , 15:00 GMT
A PAIR OF CHINESE RICE PAPER PAINTINGS (2)
A PAIR OF CHINESE RICE PAPER PAINTINGS (2)
Late 19th century
Painted with an official and a woman wearing dragon robes, 25cm by 16cm, mounted, framed and glazed
Some tears and markings 
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £80 - £120
27 March 2024 , 13:00 GMT
27 March 2024 , 13:00 GMT
A  CHINESE WUCAI ROULEAU VASE (2)
A CHINESE WUCAI ROULEAU VASE (2)
Transitional period
Painted with a an official and two attendants in a fenced garden, 21cm high; also a famille-verte saucer dish enamelled with a bird amongst lotus, 21cm diameter
Rouleau vase- Neck has been reduced. Vertical crack to reverse of vase, approx. 14cm length.  Two fine vertical haircracks to the reverse, the longest approx. 12cm lengthSaucer dish- extensively…
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £150 - £250
27 March 2024 , 13:00 GMT
27 March 2024 , 13:00 GMT
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE (2)
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE (2)
20th century
Of bottle form, enamelled with an official and three boys at leisure in a landscape, indistinct iron-red four character reign mark, 7.5cm high excluding stopper; also a modern Chinese…
Famille rose snuff bottle- stopper has been glued on. Minor wearModern snuff bottle- shallow chip to the footrim, approx. 2mm. square
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £80 - £100
27 March 2024 , 13:00 GMT
27 March 2024 , 13:00 GMT
A CHINESE LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE OF AN OFFICIAL
A CHINESE LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE OF AN OFFICIAL
Probably Ming dynasty, 16th/17th century
Cast standing wearing a hat and long robes, clutching a tablet to his chest, raised on an integral rectangular base with shaped apron and bracket feet, 23cm…
PROVENANCE:Property from the art critic, Terence MullalyConditionSome wear to the gilding. Loss to tip of his hat an the right side. Some wear to the base.
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £300 - £500
27 March 2024 , 13:00 GMT
27 March 2024 , 13:00 GMT
A CHINESE PORCELAIN OVIFORM JAR  ADAPTED AS A LAMP
A CHINESE PORCELAIN OVIFORM JAR ADAPTED AS A LAMP
Blue six character Chengua mark but later
Painted in underglaze blue and famille verte enamels with an official and attendants in a fenced garden, wood cover and stand, vase only 22cm high
The vase has been drilled through the mark on the base. Some light brown discolouration to the glaze in placesProvenance: An apartment on Eaton Square, Belgravia. Furnished by Colefax & Fowler. 
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £100 - £150
27 March 2024 , 13:00 GMT
27 March 2024 , 13:00 GMT

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