A CARVED-IVORY-MOUNTED MAHOGANY LARGE WALL BRACKET
A CARVED-IVORY-MOUNTED MAHOGANY LARGE WALL BRACKET
Second half 19th Century
The canted rectangular top, above a stepped frieze, supported by five scrolled brackets, terminating in a carved leaf finial48cm high; 52cm wideIMPORTANT INFORMATION This lot contains ivory and has…
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £300 - £500
5 December 2024 , 14:00 GMT
5 December 2024 , 14:00 GMT
A CONGREVE ROLLING BALL CLOCK
A CONGREVE ROLLING BALL CLOCK
By Andrew Fell, 1974
The substantial brass frame with turned uprights and finials, three silvered dial rings, fusée movement with maintaining power, high-leaf pinion count to the train, signed to the reverse ANDREW FELL…
Hammer price: £2,800
Estimate: £300 - £500
5 December 2024 , 14:00 GMT
5 December 2024 , 14:00 GMT
SIR GEORGE AIRY'S TRANSIT OF VENUS 1874 EXPEDITION - A VICTORIAN BRASS-BOUND ROSEWOOD TWO-DAY OBSERVATORY CHRONOMETER
SIR GEORGE AIRY'S TRANSIT OF VENUS 1874 EXPEDITION - A VICTORIAN BRASS…
By Charles Frodsham, 84 Strand, London, No. 3178, Circa 1860
In a two-tier brass-bound rosewood box (missing hinged upper lid), with glazed observation panel, the front with circular maker's ivory roundel, above a shaped brass escutcheon and further ivory…
Hammer price: £4,800
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
5 December 2024 , 14:00 GMT
5 December 2024 , 14:00 GMT
A RARE EARLY VICTORIAN ASHFORD BLACK ‘MARBLE’ MANTEL TIMEPIECE
A RARE EARLY VICTORIAN ASHFORD BLACK ‘MARBLE’ MANTEL TIMEPIECE
By Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy, London, No. 1658, Circa 1845
The case of architectural form with an arched top, above a moulded cornice, the front with a foliate engraved glazed bezel , with 4in silvered engine-turned dial signed VULLIAMY LONDON with blued…
Hammer price: £6,000
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
5 December 2024 , 14:00 GMT
5 December 2024 , 14:00 GMT
A GEORGE III BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY STRIKING & REPEATING VERGE BRACKET CLOCK
A GEORGE III BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY STRIKING & REPEATING VERGE BRACKET…
By Bennington & Thorpe, London, Circa 1790
The broken-arched case surmounted by a brass carrying handle, above a single pad, with moulded cornice, above arched glazed panel door, the sides each with an arched fish-scale pierced brass grille…
Hammer price: £2,200
Estimate: £1,200 - £1,800
5 December 2024 , 14:00 GMT
5 December 2024 , 14:00 GMT
A REGENCY BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY AND BOXWOOD-INLAID LANCET MANTEL CLOCK
A REGENCY BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY AND BOXWOOD-INLAID LANCET MANTEL CLOCK
By William John Upjohn, London, Circa 1820
The lancet-shaped case inset with a brass fret panel to the front and inlaid with boxwood lines and shaped panels, flanked by a slender three-quarter cluster column to each corner, with brass bezel…
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £600 - £1,000
5 December 2024 , 14:00 GMT
5 December 2024 , 14:00 GMT
A GEORGE III GILTMETAL-MOUNTED MAHOGANY BRACKET CLOCK
A GEORGE III GILTMETAL-MOUNTED MAHOGANY BRACKET CLOCK
Rol Fawney, London
The break-arch case surmounted by a brass carrying handle, above arched glazed door, with a brass fish-scale grille panel to each side, the 7in cream-painted dial detailed Rol Fawney, London, with…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £400 - £600
5 December 2024 , 14:00 GMT
5 December 2024 , 14:00 GMT
Atlante dell' America Contenente le Migliori Carte Geografiche, e Topografiche delle Principali Città, Laghi, Fiumi, e Fortezze del Nuovo Mondo, Livorno, 1777, folio, frontispiece, 43 etched plates (some staining at centrefolds), contemporary full vellum.
Atlante dell' America Contenente le Migliori Carte Geografiche, e…
Atlante dell' America Contenente le Migliori Carte Geografiche, e Topografiche delle Principali Città, Laghi, Fiumi, e Fortezze del Nuovo Mondo Con una succinta Relazione dei diversi Stablimenti…
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
BINDING - A. A. MILNE (1882-1956). Winnie-the-Pooh, London, 1967, 8vo, illustrations by E. H. Shepard, attractively bound in full green pictorial morocco gilt by Bayntun-Rivière.
BINDING - A. A. MILNE (1882-1956). Winnie-the-Pooh, London, 1967, 8vo,…
BINDING - A. A. MILNE (1882-1956).  Winnie-the-Pooh. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1967. 8vo (180 x 120mm). Half title, illustrations by E. H. Shepard, some full-page. Attractively bound in full green…
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £300 - £500
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
BINDING - Liturgia, London, 1670, 8vo, engraved portrait of Charles II and 47 engraved illustrations, rubricated throughout, attractively bound in contemporary black calf elaborately decorated in gilt and blind, gauffered edges.
BINDING - Liturgia, London, 1670, 8vo, engraved portrait of Charles II and…
BINDING - Liturgia, seu liber precum communium, et administrationis sacramentorium, alirumque rituum atque ceremoniarum ecclesiæ, juxta usum ecclesiæ Anglicanæ: unà cum psalterio seu psalmis Davidis.…
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £300 - £500
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
BINDING - Willi KURTH (b.1881, editor). The Complete Woodcuts of Albrecht Dürer, New York, 1963, 4to, illustrations, FINELY BOUND BY DON ETHERINGTON in full cream pigskin, box.
BINDING - Willi KURTH (b.1881, editor). The Complete Woodcuts of Albrecht…
BINDING - Willi KURTH (b.1881, editor).  The Complete Woodcuts of Albrecht Dürer ... With an Introduction by Campbell Dodgson. New York: Dover Publications, 1963. 4to (305 x 210mm). Full-page…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £200 - £300
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94) & Al PURDY (1918-2000). The Bukowski Purdy Letters. 1964-1974. The Paget Press, 1983, 8vo, boards. FIRST EDITION. COPY "D" OF 26 SIGNED BY BOTH POETS, WITH AN ORIGINAL PASTEL BY BUKOWSKI AND HOLOGRAPH POEM BY PURDY. RARE.
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94) & Al PURDY (1918-2000). The Bukowski Purdy…
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94) & Al PURDY (1918-2000).  The Bukowski Purdy Letters. 1964-1974. A Decade of Dialogue. Edited by Seamus Cooney. Sutton West & Santa Barbara: The Paget Press, November 1983.…
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94) & Michael MONTFORT (1940-2008, photographer). 24 Photographs 1977-1987, Santa Barbara, 1987, 4to, boards. FIRST EDITION. LIMITED TO 496 COPIES, THIS ONE OF 26 SIGNED BY BUKOWSKI WITH AN ORIGINAL SELF-PORTRAIT. RARE.
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94) & Michael MONTFORT (1940-2008, photographer).…
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94) & Michael MONTFORT (1940-2008, photographer).  24 Photographs 1977-1987 by Michael Montfort. With an Introduction and Poem by Charles Bukowski. Santa Barbara: Graham…
Estimate: £500 - £700
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94). Bring Me Your Love, Santa Barbara, 1983, 4to, illustrations by R. Crumb, original cloth-backed pictorial boards. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 346 OF 376 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR. Krumhansl 79b.
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94). Bring Me Your Love, Santa Barbara, 1983, 4to,…
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94).  Bring Me Your Love. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1983. 4to (267 x 190mm). Title printed in pink and turquoise, illustration on title and 3 full-page illustrations…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £500
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94). Crucifix in a Deathhand, New York, 1965, 4to, 4 etched plates by Noel Rockmore, original wrappers with fold-ins. FIRST EDITION. ONE OF 3,100 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR IN PINK INK AND DATED BY HIM "3-19-65."
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94). Crucifix in a Deathhand, New York, 1965, 4to,…
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94).  Crucifix in a Deathhand ... new poems 1963-65. New York: "A loujon press award book: Lyle stuart inc.", April 1965. 4to (320 x 215mm). Printed on vari-coloured paper,…
Estimate: £400 - £600
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
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: £400 - £600
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
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: £700 - £1,000
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
CHINA - Athanasius KIRCHER (1602-80). La Chine, Amsterdam, 1670, folio, additional engraved title, 2 maps, 22 plates, 61 illustrations (lacking the portrait, some spotting and staining), contemporary vellum. FIRST FRENCH EDITION.
CHINA - Athanasius KIRCHER (1602-80). La Chine, Amsterdam, 1670, folio,…
CHINA - Athanasius KIRCHER (1602-80).  La Chine ... Illustrée De plusieurs Monuments Tant Sacrés que Profanes, et de quantité de Recherchés de la Nature & de l' Art. A Quoy on à adjousté de nouveau…
Hammer price: £850
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
CHINA, TURKEY AND THE LEVANT - A sammelband consisting of 207 fine original watercolours of Turkish and Levantine figures, and 3 related 17th- and 18th-century printed works, including fine hand-coloured Chinese costume plates, folio, contemporary calf.
CHINA, TURKEY AND THE LEVANT - A sammelband consisting of 207 fine…
CHINA, TURKEY AND THE LEVANT - A sammelband consisting of 207 fine original watercolours and 3 printed works, comprising: 207 FINE ORIGINAL WATERCOLOURS OF MAINLY TURKISH AND LEVANTINE FIGURES, many…
Hammer price: £6,000
Estimate: £7,000 - £10,000
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
CLARKE, Graham (b.1941, illustrator). Balyn and Balan, Monchelsea: Ebenezer Press, [1969], folio, coloured linocut text and plates by Clarke printed on folded sheets, each plate initialed by the artist, original boards. ONE OF 25 ARTIST'S PROOF COPIES.
CLARKE, Graham (b.1941, illustrator). Balyn and Balan, Ebenezer Press, …
CLARKE, Graham (b.1941, illustrator).  Balyn and Balan. Boughton Moncheslea, Kent: Ebenezer Press, [1969]. Folio (510 x 355mm). Coloured linocut title, text and plates by Graham Clarke, printed on 16…
Estimate: £300 - £500
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). The Mirror of the Sea, London, 1906, 8vo, original cloth. FIRST EDITION, IMPORTANT PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on the front free endpaper, "To Miss Hallowes from her friend Joseph Conrad. 1906."
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). The Mirror of the Sea, London, 1906, 8vo,…
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924).  The Mirror of the Sea. Memories and Impressions. London: Methuen & Co., 1906. 8vo (190 x 130mm). Half title, publisher's advertisement on the verso of the half title, the…
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). The Secret Agent, New York, 1907, 8vo, some staining, original cloth. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, IMPORTANT PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on the front free endpaper, "Miss Hallowes from her friend the Author. 1907."
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). The Secret Agent, New York, 1907, 8vo, some…
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924).  The Secret Agent. A Simple Tale. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, [September] 1907. 8vo (187 x 125mm). Title printed in orange and black in single rule border with…
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). Chance, London, 1913, 8vo, original green cloth gilt. FIRST EDITION. Please see the extensive notes regarding the edition below.
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). Chance, London, 1913, 8vo, original green…
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924).  Chance. A Tale in Two Parts. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1913. 8vo (190 x 125mm). Half title, publisher's advertisement on the verso of the title, title with "First…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £500
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). Lord Jim, New York, 1900, 8vo, original green pictorial cloth. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, second issue,  with the copyright page on the verso of the title reading "Copyright, 1899 and 1900."
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). Lord Jim, New York, 1900, 8vo, original green…
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924).  Lord Jim. A Romance. New York: Doubleday & McClure Co., 1900. 8vo (198 x 130mm). Half title, title within double rule border with woodcut device (some very light mainly…
Estimate: £100 - £150
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT

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