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
WATHEN, James ([?]1751-1828). Journal of a Voyage in 1811 and 1812, to Madras and China; Returning by the Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena, London, 1814, 4to, 24 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, modern half morocco gilt. FIRST EDITION.
WATHEN, James ([?]1751-1828). Journal of a Voyage in 1811 and 1812, to…
WATHEN, James ([?]1751-1828).  Journal of a Voyage in 1811 and 1812, to Madras and China; Returning by the Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena; in the H. C. S. The Hope, Capt. James Prendergrass. London…
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
WIDNALL, Samuel Page (1827-94). A Mystery of Sixty Centuries. Or A Modern St. George and the Dragon, Grantchester, 1889, 8vo, frontispiece and plates, original cloth-backed boards. FIRST EDITION. RARE.
WIDNALL, Samuel Page (1827-94). A Mystery of Sixty Centuries. Or A Modern…
WIDNALL, Samuel Page (1827-94).  A Mystery of Sixty Centuries. Or A Modern St. George and the Dragon. Written, Printed, Illustrated and Published, by S. P. Widnall. Grantchester: [S. P. Widnall],…
Estimate: £100 - £150
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
WILKINSON, Robert (c.1768-1825). Atlas Classica, London, 1808, 51 hand-coloured maps and charts only (of 53), contemporary half calf (worn, covers detached).
WILKINSON, Robert (c.1768-1825). Atlas Classica, London, 1808, 51 hand…
WILKINSON, Robert (c.1768-1825).  Atlas Classica. Being A Collection of Maps of the Countries Mentioned by the Ancient Authors Both Sacred and Profane. London: Robert Wilkinson, 1808. 4to (343 x…
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £50 - £80
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
WILSON, Charles William (1836-1905, editor). Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt. London: J. S. Virtue and Co., [1881-84]. 4 volumes, 4to, engraved titles with vignettes, 39 engraved plates, illustrations, contemporary half roan. FIRST EDITION. (4)
WILSON, Charles William (1836-1905, editor). Picturesque Palestine, Sinai…
WILSON, Charles William (1836-1905, editor).  Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt. London: J. S. Virtue and Co., [1881-84]. 4 volumes, 4to (323 x 250mm). Additional engraved titles with vignettes,…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
WITTGENSTEIN, Ludwig (1889-1951). Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, London, 1947, 8vo, original buckram. Provenance: "Kim" Philby (label). With two inscriptions ([?]to Philby) signed "B."
WITTGENSTEIN, Ludwig (1889-1951). Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, London,…
WITTGENSTEIN, Ludwig (1889-1951).  Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus ... With an Introduction by Bertrand Russell, F.R.S. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & So., Ltd, 1947. 8vo (223 x 133mm). Half…
Hammer price: £900
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
WOODVILLE, Richard Caton (1856-1927, illustrator). Army & Navy Album, [No place], "Made in Germany", [c.1900]. 4to, Chromolithographed title and pictorial borders by Richard Caton Woodville, with contemporary photographed portraits, original album.
WOODVILLE, Richard Caton (1856-1927, illustrator). Army & Navy Album, [No…
WOODVILLE, Richard Caton (1856-1927, illustrator).  Army & Navy Album. [No place or publisher:] "Made in Germany", [n.d. but c.1900]. 4to (283 x 210mm). Chromolithographed title and pictorial borders…
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £70 - £100
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
YEATS, W. B. (1865-1939). The Tower, London, 1928, 8vo, original green pictorial cloth gilt after a design by Thomas Sturge Moore. A FINE BRIGHT COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. Wade 158: "2,000 copies."
YEATS, W. B. (1865-1939). The Tower, London, 1928, 8vo, original green…
YEATS, W. B. (1865-1939).  The Tower. London: Macmillan and Co., 1928. 8vo (194 x 130mm). Half title, 2-pages of publisher's advertisements at the end (second page of advertisements lightly browned).…
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
A FRENCH LUNARIUM
Lot 1251 - Fine Clocks Unsold
A FRENCH LUNARIUM
Signed Delamarche, 25 rue Serpente, Paris, circa 1890
The geared brass armature supporting the 3” globe, from a brass upright rising from the burr walnut base, with oval enamel panel, showing the months and seasons, with the equinoxes and solstices, a…
Estimate: £500 - £800
26 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
26 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY STICK BAROMETER
Lot 1252 - Fine Clocks Sold
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY STICK BAROMETER
By George Burton, London
The arched top above silvered two-piece scales, the barometer dial signed Geo Burton, London, cranked mercury tube, above the full-length thermometer tube with pierced brass reservoir cover, above a…
Hammer price: £450
Estimate: £200 - £400
26 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
26 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
A LARGE MAHOGANY SHOP WINDOW BAROMETER
Lot 1253 - Fine Clocks Sold
A LARGE MAHOGANY SHOP WINDOW BAROMETER
By J. Hicks, 8,9,10 Hatton Garden, London
The glazed upper part with porcelain scales and brass verniers, the lower part with a solid door, the original mercury tube now replaced by a blue-coloured spirit in a replacement tube169cm…
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £200 - £300
26 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
26 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
A LATE REGENCY ROSEWOOD AND BRASS-INLAID WHEEL BAROMETER
Lot 1254 - Fine Clocks Sold
A LATE REGENCY ROSEWOOD AND BRASS-INLAID WHEEL BAROMETER
With ‘onion’ top, above hydrometer dial and bow-front removable thermometer, 8in silvered dial, with brass setting hand, above a brass-outlined level at the base97cm high***Please note this object…
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £50 - £80
26 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
26 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
A LATE LOUIS XVI PROVINCIAL GILTWOOD AND GESSO BAROMETER
Lot 1255 - Fine Clocks Sold
A LATE LOUIS XVI PROVINCIAL GILTWOOD AND GESSO BAROMETER
Signed Joseph Thiery
Surmounted by a ribbon-tied oak and acorn cresting, above moulded circular frame, the circular painted dial with maker’s inscription and wavy steel barometric indicator, with mercury-filled tube105cm…
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £200 - £400
26 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
26 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
A FRENCH MAHOGANY BAROGRAPH
Lot 1256 - Fine Clocks Unsold
A FRENCH MAHOGANY BAROGRAPH
By Richard Frères, Paris, late 19th Century
The case with two retaining hooks and three glazed panels,  steel carrying handle, the mechanism on a rectangular brass plate, stamped RICHARD FRÈRES / CONSTRUCTEURS BREVETÉS À PARIS and with a small…
Estimate: £100 - £150
26 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
26 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
AN EDWARDIAN OAK GLAZED BAROGRAPH
Lot 1257 - Fine Clocks Unsold
AN EDWARDIAN OAK GLAZED BAROGRAPH
Turnbull & Co, Princes Street, Edinburgh
With five bevelled panels, the mechanism on a brass rectangular plate, no 4673, with seven aneroid chambers, arched silvered thermometer scale, drum movement and ink bottle and holder to the left…
Estimate: £150 - £250
26 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
26 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
A RARE FRENCH SILVER MINIATURE COMPASS SUNDIAL AND CASE
Lot 1258 - Fine Clocks Unsold
A RARE FRENCH SILVER MINIATURE COMPASS SUNDIAL AND CASE
By Roch Blondeau, Paris, third quarter 17th Century
The oval silver dial  with engraved Roman chapters from IIII to XII and I to VIII, with 15-minute divisions, centred by a rosette with inset glazed compass with engraved North-South line and blued…
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
26 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
26 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
A ROSEWOOD THREE-TIER DECK WATCH CASE
Lot 1259 - Fine Clocks Sold
A ROSEWOOD THREE-TIER DECK WATCH CASE
Circa 1860
The stop-hinged lid opening to reveal a glass observation panel, the mid-section, also stop-hinged, with brass star-inlaid push-piece, opening to reveal a dished compartment and key recess, the lock…
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £100 - £200
26 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
26 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
HOROLOGY - A GROUP OF TEN BOOKS TO INCLUDE
Lot 1261 - Fine Clocks Sold
HOROLOGY - A GROUP OF TEN BOOKS TO INCLUDE
Derek Roberts, British Skeleton Clocks, , Woodbridge, 1987Richard C. Barder, The Georgian Bracket Clock, Woodbridge, 1993Percy G. Dawson, The Iden Collection, Woodbridge, 1987, a limited edition no.…
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £50 - £100
26 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
26 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
HOROLOGY - A SMALL GROUP OF BOOKS TO INCLUDE
Lot 1262 - Fine Clocks Sold
HOROLOGY - A SMALL GROUP OF BOOKS TO INCLUDE
Tony Mercer, Chronometer Makers of the World, Colchester, 1991
F. J. Britten, Old Clocks & Watches and Their Makers, London, 1989
R. W. Symonds, Thomas Tompion His Life and Work, Feltham, 1969…
Hammer price: £35
Estimate: £40 - £60
26 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
26 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
THOMAS TOMPION, LONDON:  A FINE SILVER PAIR-CASED VERGE POCKET WATCH
Lot 1263 - Fine Clocks Unsold
THOMAS TOMPION, LONDON: A FINE SILVER PAIR-CASED VERGE POCKET WATCH
No. 1292, circa 1690-91
The plain outer case with square hinge, case-maker EA incuse (for Thomas East), the inner case with a convex glass, later pendant and bow, numbered 292 and maker's mark WI incuse (for William Jaques)…
Estimate: £15,000 - £25,000
26 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
26 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
EVANS, CARTER & WRIGHT, THOMAS TOMPION 300 YEARS, STROUD, 2013
Lot 1264 - Fine Clocks Sold
EVANS, CARTER & WRIGHT, THOMAS TOMPION 300 YEARS, STROUD, 2013
Leather and cloth, in a slip case, with original wrapper, unnumbered limited edition
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £150 - £250
26 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
26 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
A REGULATOR MOVEMENT
Lot 1265 - Fine Clocks Sold
A REGULATOR MOVEMENT
Unsigned, 20th Century
Weight driven, with 10 1/2in circular silvered dial with sweep central minute dial and subsidiaries for second and hour, with four plain pillars, screwed, maintaining power, deadbeat escapement, with…
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £200 - £300
26 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
26 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
A GEORGE II 12in SQUARE BRASS DIAL LONGCASE CLOCK MOVEMENT
Lot 1266 - Fine Clocks Sold
A GEORGE II 12in SQUARE BRASS DIAL LONGCASE CLOCK MOVEMENT
Unsigned
The 12in dial with matted centre and calendar aperture below seconds subsidiary, the twin train five-pillar movement with rack strike on a bellCONDITION REPORTIn good condition.  It will require a…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £150 - £200
26 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
26 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
A GEORGE III LONGCASE CLOCK MOVEMENT
Lot 1267 - Fine Clocks Sold
A GEORGE III LONGCASE CLOCK MOVEMENT
By John Huggins, Ashwellthorp
The 12in arched brass dial with a silvered roundel to the arch engraved with a phoenix, above silvered chapter ring and pierced spandrels, enclosing an engraved silvered centre, with recessed seconds…
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £100 - £150
26 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
26 June 2024 , 17:00 BST

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