Puck's Yule Faggot. A Selection from Puck's Post-Bag for 1873 & 1874,…
Puck's Yule Faggot. A Selection from Puck's Post-Bag for 1873 & 1874. Winchester: "James Pamplin, High Street," 1875. 8vo (180 x 121mm). 8vo (180 x 120mm). Additional hand-coloured title [?partly…
Estimate: £300 - £500
7 December 2023
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7 December 2023
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RACKHAM, Arthur (1867-1939, illustrator) - Mother Goose, London, 1913, 4to…
RACKHAM, Arthur (1867-1939, illustrator) - Mother Goose. The Old Nursery Rhymes. London: William Heinemann, 1913. 4to (288 x 230mm). Half title, mounted coloured frontispiece and 12 mounted coloured…
Hammer price:
£375
Estimate: £500 - £800
7 December 2023
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7 December 2023
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RODKER, John (1894-1955). Hymns, London, The Ovid Press, 1920, 8vo,…
RODKER, John (1894-1955). Hymns. [London:] The Ovid Press, 1920. Large 8vo (250 x 155mm). Half title, title with yellow publisher's motif, initials and ornaments by Edward Wadsworth. Original tan…
Hammer price:
£190
Estimate: £200 - £300
7 December 2023
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7 December 2023
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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam ... Reproduced from a Manuscript Written and…
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Translated into English by Edward Fitzgerald with an Introduction by A. C. Benson ... Reproduced from a Manuscript Written and Illuminated by F. Sangorski & G. Sutcliffe.…
Hammer price:
£400
Estimate: £500 - £800
7 December 2023
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7 December 2023
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SETON-WATSON, Robert (1879-1951). Britain and the Dictators, Cambridge,…
SETON-WATSON, Robert William (1879-1951). Britain and the Dictators. A Survey of Post-War British Policy. Cambridge: At the University Press, 1938. 8vo (217 x 140mm). Half title. Original blue…
Hammer price:
£600
Estimate: £400 - £600
7 December 2023
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7 December 2023
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SIMLA [now SHIMLA], INDIA - J. G. BRYNING (artist). An album on c.27…
SIMLA [now SHIMLA], INDIA - J. G. BRYNING (dates unknown, artist). An album on c.27 leaves of original watercolour studies mainly of Auckland House School, Simla, India, including one captioned, …
Hammer price:
£600
Estimate: £500 - £800
7 December 2023
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7 December 2023
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STEINBECK, John (1902-68). Cannery Row, London, 1945, 8vo, original yellow…
STEINBECK, John (1902-68). Cannery Row. London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1945. 8vo (184 x 125mm). Half title. Original mustard yellow buckram lettered in black (corners very lightly bumped), dust…
Hammer price:
£80
Estimate: £70 - £100
7 December 2023
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7 December 2023
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TOLKIEN, J. R. R. (1892-1973). The Lord of the Rings, London, 1955-56, 3…
TOLKIEN, J. R. R. (1892-1973). The Lord of the Rings, comprising: The Fellowship of the Ring. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., November 1955. 8vo (222 x 140mm). Half title, folding map at the end…
Hammer price:
£450
Estimate: £500 - £800
7 December 2023
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7 December 2023
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THE VINE PRESS, STEYNING - Lilligay, Steyning, 1920, 8vo, woodcut…
THE VINE PRESS, STEYNING - Lilligay: An Anthology of Anonymous Poems. Steyning: The Vine Press, 1920. 8vo (96 x 128mm). Half title, title printed in red and black with woodcut illustration, full-page…
Hammer price:
£100
Estimate: £200 - £300
7 December 2023
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7 December 2023
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THE VINE PRESS, STEYNING - Lillygay, Steyning, 1920, 8vo, woodcut…
THE VINE PRESS, STEYNING - Lillygay: An Anthology of Anonymous Poems. Steyning: The Vine Press, 1920. 8vo (195 x 125mm). Half title, title printed in red and black with woodcut illustration, full…
Estimate: £300 - £500
7 December 2023
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7 December 2023
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[VOLTAIRE, François Marie Arouet de (1694-1778)]. Candide, ou l' Optimisme…
[VOLTAIRE, François Marie Arouet de (1694-1778)]. Candide, ou l' Optimisme, Traduit de l' Allemand de Mr. le Docteur Ralph. [?Geneva: no publisher but [?]Gabriel Cramer], 1759. 12mo (139 x 80mm).…
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
7 December 2023
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7 December 2023
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WILCOX, Ella Wheeler (1850-1919). Poems of Passion and Pleasure, London, …
WILCOX, Ella Wheeler (1850-1919). Poems of Passion and Pleasure. London: Gay & Hancock, [1912]. 4to (290 X 230mm). Half title, mounted coloured frontispiece and 19 plates by Dudley Tennant (a few…
Hammer price:
£150
Estimate: £200 - £300
7 December 2023
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7 December 2023
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WYLD, James (1790-1836), the elder. A General Atlas, Containing ... Maps…
WYLD, James (1790-1836), the elder. A General Atlas, Containing Maps illustrating some important periods in Ancient History and distinct Maps of the Several Empires, Kingdoms and States in the World…
Hammer price:
£550
Estimate: £300 - £500
7 December 2023
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7 December 2023
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11 BOTTLES KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON AND 1 RYE WHISKEY
Square 6 High-Rye; Evan Williams; The Wiseman Straight and Rye; Benchmark Top Floor, Full Proof, Bonded and Old No8 Brand; Wild Turkey and Wild Turkey 101; Larceny Barrel Proof; Thomas S Moore…
Hammer price:
£120
Estimate: £80 - £120
4 December 2023
, 17:00 GMT
4 December 2023
, 17:00 GMT
12 BOTTLES HUNGARIAN, AUSTRIAN, GERMAN, SOUTH AFRICAN AND MOLDOVAN WHITE…
Salcuta 2 x Winemaker's Way Pinot Gris 2021; Weingut Johann Schneeberger 2 x Kittenberg Sauvignon Blanc 2020; Shoredrift 2 x Sauvignon Blanc 2021; Schäfer-Reichart Selections 2 x Emma Reichart…
Hammer price:
£30
Estimate: £40 - £60
4 December 2023
, 17:00 GMT
4 December 2023
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A CHARLES II CARVED LIMEWOOD PORTRAIT PLAQUE
Attributable to the workshop of Grinling Gibbons (1648-1721), circa 1680
Carved in deep relief with a floral border enclosing a portrait relief of a gentleman with curly wig and cravat, later…
PROVENANCE: The Earls of Essex, Cassiobury ParkAcquired by Frederick Poke, circa 1922, possibly from the
contents sale of Cassiobury Park or at some point soon after, and thence by descent.LITERATURE…
Hammer price:
£4,000
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
22 November 2023
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22 November 2023
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DESIGNED BY C.A. LLEWELYN ROBERTS: AN ART DECO CHAMPLEVE ENAMEL MOUNTED…
Circa 1930
Of tapering octagonal columnar form, with three bands of plaques, the lower tier depicting Chinese and Indian inspired figures, the central band with birds, the upper tier with hunting…
Provenance: Acquired from Bonhams, London, 4th June 2008, lot 89. Previously owned by descendants of a Naval Attaché to the British Embassy in Singapore in the 1940s. C.A Llewelyn Roberts was the…
Hammer price:
£550
Estimate: £400 - £600
22 November 2023
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22 November 2023
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A SCALE MODEL OF THE SAILING SHIP / TEA CLIPPER THE ‘NORMAN COURT’
20th Century
With three masts and full rigging, green, black and red painted hull, planked decking, on stand, 27cm wide;180cm long; 120cm high
The Norman Court was a composite built tea clipper initially intended
to run the Asia Europe trade route. Built just as the Suez canal opened in 1869,
the ship was design by William Rennie, built by…
Hammer price:
£850
Estimate: £400 - £500
22 November 2023
, 00:00 GMT
22 November 2023
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A FRENCH GILT-METAL MOUNTED ‘GLOBE DE MARIEE’ OR MARRIAGE GLOBE
Second half 19th Century
With pressed gilt-metal foliage, birds, wax floral sprigs and mounted with mirrors about a central red velvet cushion, 46cm high
This ‘globe du mariage’ or ‘globe de mariee’ was a French tradition, established in the early 19th Century, to record the marriage day of newly weds and their life together. Each mirror, pressed…
Estimate: £80 - £120
22 November 2023
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22 November 2023
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TWO YELLOW GOLD AND TASSEL CURTAINS (2)
20th Century
Mixed materials including some cotton and silk, with yellow gold and cranberry red tassel fringes to the vertical edge and one with bottom edge, 148cm wide (per curtain); 296cm high (no…
Condition Report:Some wear and fraying in areas, some loose thread and some pulled. One curtain without a fringe to the bottom edge and one with. Otherwise a near pair. Not interlined. Widths at…
Hammer price:
£220
Estimate: £80 - £120
22 November 2023
, 00:00 GMT
22 November 2023
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A LOUIS PHILIPPE EBONISED AND BRASS INLAID STRIKING TRAVELLING CLOCK WITH…
By Robert
The rectangular case inlaid with engraved cut-brass and mother-of-pearl, with a brass carrying handle above the glazed signed dial (restored) with blued steel moon hands, and flanked to each side by…
Hammer price:
£300
Estimate: £200 - £400
23 November 2023
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23 November 2023
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A FRENCH BRASS STRIKING CARRIAGE CLOCK
By A. Margaine, No. 7995, circa 1890
Of squat form, the enamel dial detailed Hy. Norman, 27 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW, blued steel ‘Breguet’ moon hands, with original silvered platform lever escapement, the backplate stamped to…
Hammer price:
£380
Estimate: £100 - £200
23 November 2023
, 00:00 GMT
23 November 2023
, 00:00 GMT
A FRENCH BRASS STRIKING AND REPEATING CARRIAGE CLOCK
By E. Maurice & Co, Paris, No 1249, circa 1900
The case with reeded uprights and five rectangular bevelled glass panels, the brass dial plate with overlaid pierced and chased foliate panel, enclosing a silvered chapter ring detailed R. Stewart…
Hammer price:
£400
Estimate: £200 - £400
23 November 2023
, 00:00 GMT
23 November 2023
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A FRENCH ENGRAVED GILT BRASS GORGE CASED STRIKING AND REPEATING CARRIAGE…
By H. L. No. 5521, For Parkinson & Frodsham, No. 740 circa 1870
The case engraved all over, the top with large bevelled glass panel and four others below, with push repeat, white enamel dial detailed PARKINSON & FRODSHAM, with blued steel ‘Breguet’ moon hands and…
Hammer price:
£350
Estimate: £300 - £500
23 November 2023
, 00:00 GMT
23 November 2023
, 00:00 GMT