BUFFON, Georges-Louis Marie Leclerc, Comte de (1757-1840). Oeuvres Complètes, Brussels, 1828-33, 20 volumes, large 8vo, 2 lithographed portraits, 2 maps, one table, 735 lithographed plates, many hand-coloured (one lacking), 19th-century calf gilt. (20)
BUFFON, Georges-Louis Marie Leclerc, Comte de (1757-1840). Oeuvres…
BUFFON, Georges-Louis Marie Leclerc, Comte de (1757-1840).  Oeuvres Complètes ... Suivies de ses Continuateurs Daubenton, Lacépède, Cuvier, Duméril, Poiret, Lesson et Geoffrey-St-Hilaire. Brussels:…
Estimate: £400 - £600
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
BURNETT, Frances Hodgson (1849-1924). The Secret Garden, London, 1911, square 8vo, 8 coloured plates by Charles Robinson, original green pictorial buckram gilt. FIRST U.K. EDITION.
BURNETT, Frances Hodgson (1849-1924). The Secret Garden, London, 1911,…
BURNETT, Frances Hodgson (1849-1924).  The Secret Garden. London: William Heinemann, 1911. Square 8vo (202 x 150mm). Half title, title printed in red and black with foliate border and small…
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
DIGBY, Kenelm (1603-65). A Late Discourse made in Solemne Assembly ... Touching the Cure of Wounds by the Powder of Sympathy; with Instructions how to make the said Powder, London, 1658, 12mo, later calf. Second [English] edition. RARE.
DIGBY, Kenelm (1603-65). A Late Discourse made in Solemne Assembly ...…
DIGBY, Kenelm (1603-65).  A Late Discourse Made in a Solemne Assembly of Nobles and Learned Men at Montpellier in France ... Touching the Cure of Wounds by the Powder of Sympathy; with Instructions…
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
DOVES PRESS - William SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616). The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Hammersmith, The Doves Press, 1913, 4to (233 x 165mm), printed in red and black, contemporary dark blue morocco gilt by the Doves Bindery. ONE OF 200 COPIES ON PAPER.
DOVES PRESS - William SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616). The Tragedy of Julius…
DOVES PRESS - William Shakespeare (1564-1616).  The Tragedie of Julius Caesar. Hammersmith [London]: The Doves Press, 1913. 4to (233 x 165mm). Printed in red and black throughout, 4-pages of errata…
Hammer price: £1,500
Estimate: £400 - £600
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
DUMOURIEZ, Charles François du Périer (1739-1823). Thoughts on the French Invasion of England ... Translated from the French ... The Third Edition, London, 1798, 4to, folding hand-coloured engraved chart, contemporary wrappers. VERY RARE.
DUMOURIEZ, Charles François du Périer (1739-1823). Thoughts on the French…
DUMOURIEZ, Charles François du Périer (1739-1823).  Thoughts on the French Invasion of England ... Translated from the French. Illustrated ... The Third Edition. London: Printed for John Stockdale,…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
EMMANUEL-AUGUSTIN-DIEUDONNE-JOSEPH, Comte de (1766-1842). Memorial de Saint Helene, London, 1823-35, 8 parts in 8 vols., 8vo, 20 plates and maps, attractively bound in 19th-century half red morocco gilt by Bumpus. (8)
EMMANUEL-AUGUSTIN-DIEUDONNE-JOSEPH, Comte de (1766-1842). Memorial de…
EMMANUEL-AUGUSTIN-DIEUDONNE-JOSEPH, Comte de (1766-1842).  Memorial de Saint Helene. Journal of the Private Life and Conversations of the Emperor Napoleon at Saint Helena. London: Printed for Henry…
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £150
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
FLOYER, John (1649-1734). A Treatise of the Asthma, London, 1698, small 8vo, some leaves mis-bound [see full description], but all present, later calf. FIRST EDITION. RARE.
FLOYER, John (1649-1734). A Treatise of the Asthma, London, 1698, small…
[FLOYER, John (1649-1734)].  A Treatise of the Asthma. Divided into Four Parts. In the First is given A History of the fits ... In the Second, The Cacochymia which disposes to the Fit ... In the…
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
GRIFFITH, Elizabeth ([?]1727-93).  The Morality of Shakespeare's Drama Illustrated, London, 1775, 8vo, engraved portrait frontispiece of Shakespeare, contemporary calf (worn). FIRST EDITION. With another related work in 2 vols. (3)
GRIFFITH, Elizabeth ([?]1727-93). The Morality of Shakespeare's Drama…
GRIFFITH, Elizabeth ([?]1727-93).  The Morality of Shakespeare's Drama Illustrated. London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1775. 8vo (214 x 125mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece of Shakespeare, woodcut…
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
HEANEY, Seamus (1939-2013). An autograph postcard, dated "29.1.82", stating, "Carolle - Thank you for sending these poems ... I am off to Harvard to-morrow ... There is a real authenticity of feeling in the poems ..." With a copy of the poem, annotated.
HEANEY, Seamus (1939-2013). An autograph postcard, dated "29.1.82",…
HEANEY, Seamus (1939-2013).  An autograph postcard, dated "29.1.82", stating, "Carolle - Thank you for sending these poems, and forgive the hasty response - I am off to Harvard to-morrow to teach for…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £70 - £100
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
INDIA & EGYPT - Samuel BOURNE (1834-1912) & C. SHEPHERD (fl.1858-78, photographers). 83 fine original albumen prints mounted on card, chiefly of Indian views, 225 x 285mm., c.1860-80, in an album. With 10 others of Egypt, unbound, by H. Arnoux. (11)
INDIA & EGYPT - Samuel BOURNE (1834-1912) & C. SHEPHERD (fl.1858-78,…
INDIA & EGYPT - Samuel BOURNE (1834-1912) & Charles SHEPHERD (fl.1858-78, photographers).  83 fine original albumen prints mounted on card, most or all by Samuel Bourne or by Samuel Bourne & Charles…
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £200 - £400
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936). Just So Stories, London, 1902, 4to, 22 plates by the author, original red pictorial cloth. FIRST EDITION. With 6 other books by the same author, all FIRST EDITIONS. (7)
KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936). Just So Stories, London, 1902, 4to, 22…
KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936).  Just So Stories. For Little Children. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1902. 4to (230 x 180mm). Half title, initials, 22 plates by the author including one map…
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
LARKIN, Philip (1922-85). The North Ship, London, 1945, 8vo, original black cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION of the author's first book. Bloomfield A1a: "... it is not likely that the edition exceeded 500 copies."
LARKIN, Philip (1922-85). The North Ship, London, 1945, 8vo, original…
LARKIN, Philip (1922-85).  The North Ship. London: The Fortune Press, 1945, 8vo (188 x 130mm). Half title (some light spotting, more pronounced to the last few leaves). Original black cloth, spine…
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
MACDONALD, Isabel (dates unknown). The Fairy Tradition in the Highlands and Some Psychological Problems, Keighley, 1938, 8vo, original wrappers. FIRST EDITION, inscribed on the upper wrapper by the author. RARE.
MACDONALD, Isabel (dates unknown). The Fairy Tradition in the Highlands…
MACDONALD, Isabel (dates unknown).  The Fairy Tradition in the Highlands and Some Psychological Problems. Keighley: The Rydal Press, 1938 [from the imprint on the verso of title]. 8vo (182 x 125mm).…
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £50 - £80
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
RACKHAM, Arthur (1867-1939, illustrator) - J. M. BARRIE. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, London, 1906, 4to, 50 mounted coloured plates by Arthur Rackham, original pictorial vellum gilt. FIRST RACKHAM EDITION, ONE OF 500 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST.
RACKHAM, Arthur (1867-1939, illustrator) - J. M. BARRIE. Peter Pan in…
RACKHAM, Arthur (1867-1939, illustrator) - J. M. BARRIE (1860-1937).  Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1906. 4to (275 x 225mm). Half title, illustration on title, 50…
Hammer price: £1,500
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
RAMPANT LIONS PRESS - The Song of Solomon, Cambridge, Rampant Lions Press, 1937, 4to, printed in red and black, 6 linocut illustrations by Harry Hicken, 4 of which full-page, original hessian-backed boards. NUMBER 12 OF 125 COPIES.
RAMPANT LIONS PRESS - The Song of Solomon, Cambridge, Rampant Lions Press,…
RAMPANT LIONS PRESS - The Song of Solomon According to the Authorised Version. Cambridge: Rampant Lions Press, 1937. 4to (330 x 255mm). Printed in red and black, hand-set in Goudy text, 6 linocut…
Hammer price: £25
Estimate: £70 - £100
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616). Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies, London, [E. & J. Wright, 1807], folio, engraved portrait, contemporary boards (worn). The first facsimile edition of Shakespeare's first folio. With 3 other related works in 12 vols. (13)
SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616). Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies, London…
SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616).  Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. Published according to the True Originall Copies. London: "Printed by Isaac Jaggard, and Ed. Blount, 1623" [but London: E. & J.…
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
The Lord of Hardivyle. An Historical Legend, [London], 1800, 12mo (lacks all before title and all after final text leaf), boards (rubbed). FIRST EDITION. RARE. With 8 other works in 11 vols. The lot sold not subject to return. (12)
The Lord of Hardivyle. An Historical Legend, [London], 1800, 12mo (lacks…
The Lord of Hardivyle. An Historical Legend of the Fourteenth Century. [London:] "Printed for W. Trespass, No. 31, St. Martin's Le-Grand. J. Rider, Printer, Little-Britain," 1800. 12mo (190 x 110mm).…
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £400 - £600
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
The Pelman System of Mind and Memory Training. London, [1914]. Numbers 1 - 12 bound in one volume, tall 8vo, contemporary red morocco by Zaehnsdorf, with presentation stamp to L. G. Chiozza Money on the upper cover.
The Pelman System of Mind and Memory Training. London, [1914]. Numbers 1 -…
The Pelman System of Mind and Memory Training. London: The Pelman School of the Mind, [1914]. Numbers 1 - 12 bound in one volume, tall 8vo (203 x 100mm). Folding "examination sheet" at the end of…
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £70 - £100
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
WAUGH, Evelyn (1903-66). Brideshead Revisited, London, 1945, 8vo, original pink cloth, dust-jacket (torn with some loss at corners). FIRST EDITION.
WAUGH, Evelyn (1903-66). Brideshead Revisited, London, 1945, 8vo, original…
WAUGH, Evelyn (1903-66).  Brideshead Revisited. The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder. A Novel. London: Chapman & Hall, 1945. 8vo (185 x 120mm). Half title (some leaves with short…
Hammer price: £450
Estimate: £500 - £800
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
‘GINGER BROWN’ A FAUX SHAGREEN SIDE TABLE
Lot 2614 - The Modern Interior Sold
‘GINGER BROWN’ A FAUX SHAGREEN SIDE TABLE
35cm wide; 59cm high; 26cm deep
Three out of four of the corners to the top are damaged, see Additional images. Metal supports in good co
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £100 - £150
29 June 2023 , 01:00 BST
29 June 2023 , 01:00 BST
‘SOFA & CHAIR COMPANY’ A GREY LEATHER UPHOLSTERED COFFEE TABLE
Lot 2633 - The Modern Interior Sold
‘SOFA & CHAIR COMPANY’ A GREY LEATHER UPHOLSTERED COFFEE TABLE
With central lift out tray, 116cm wide; 42cm high; 85cm deep
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £100 - £200
29 June 2023 , 01:00 BST
29 June 2023 , 01:00 BST
BASED UPON; IF I HAD KNOWN WHAT I KNOW NOW: BRITISH ISLES
Lot 2690 - The Modern Interior Sold
BASED UPON; IF I HAD KNOWN WHAT I KNOW NOW: BRITISH ISLES
Polished bronze wall hanging, signed to the cast ‘Based Upon’, ‘1/3’ foundry stamp for PANGOLIN EDITIONS, the largest section 65cm wide; 92cm high
Based Upon were founded in 2004. This three piece wall sculpture was produced in an edition of 3. Another edition was sold in Aynhoe Park Collection, Dreweatts, 20 January 2021, lot 13 for £28,000.…
Hammer price: £8,500
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
29 June 2023 , 01:00 BST
29 June 2023 , 01:00 BST
PIERRE LE FAGUAYS (1892-1962); AN ART DECO FRENCH METAL FIGURAL GROUP KNOWN AS ‘TROPHÉE’
PIERRE LE FAGUAYS (1892-1962); AN ART DECO FRENCH METAL FIGURAL GROUP…
Modelled with two athletes supporting the victor, holding an olive branch symbolic of peace or victory, inscribed ‘La Faguays’ to the polished Belgium black marble plinth, 34cm wide; 63.5cm high
Condition report: There are several scuffs and scratches - notably to the shoulder of the top figure and knee of the same figure. There palm leaf stem with a break around the stem, that has been…
Hammer price: £480
Estimate: £600 - £1,000
26 June 2023 , 01:00 BST
26 June 2023 , 01:00 BST
JAMES BERESFORD & SONS BIRMINGHAM, AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY BRASS WALL MOUNTED FOLD OUT WASH BASIN
JAMES BERESFORD & SONS BIRMINGHAM, AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY BRASS WALL…
53cm wide; 46cm high
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £100 - £200
26 June 2023 , 01:00 BST
26 June 2023 , 01:00 BST

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