CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). Youth, London, 1902, 8vo, original cloth gilt (spine darkened and spotted). FIRST EDITION of this collection of three stories which includes "Heart of Darkness", arguably the author's best-known work.
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). Youth, London, 1902, 8vo, original cloth gilt …
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924).  Youth: A Narrative and Two Other Stories. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1902. 8vo (190 x 125mm). Half title with publisher's advertisement on the…
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £500 - £800
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
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"…
Hammer price: £1,900
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS - T. E. Lawrence (1888-1935). Crusader Castles, London, 1936, 2 volumes, 4to, illustrations, 2 folding maps contained in envelope, original half morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 135 OF 1,000 COPIES. (2)
GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS - T. E. Lawrence (1888-1935). Crusader Castles,…
GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS - Thomas Edward LAWRENCE [i.e. "Lawrence of Arabia"] (1888-1935).  Crusader Castles, edited by A. W. Lawrence. London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1936. 2 volumes, 4to (250 x…
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
GRAHAME, Kenneth (1859-1932). The Wind in the Willows, London, 1950, large 8vo, 12 coloured plates by Arthur Rackham, illustrations, original green cloth gilt, dust-jacket (frayed at edges). FIRST U.K. RACKHAM TRADE EDITION.
GRAHAME, Kenneth (1859-1932). The Wind in the Willows, London, 1950, large…
GRAHAME, Kenneth (1859-1932) & Arthur RACKHAM (1867-1939, illustrator).  The Wind in the Willows. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1950. Large 8vo (232 x 150mm). Half title, 12 coloured plates by Arthur…
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £200 - £300
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen van (1563-1611). Histoire de la Navigation ... Aux Indes Orientales, Amsterdam, 1638, 3 parts in one volume, folio, 3 engraved titles, portrait, 6 maps, 33 plates (?only of 36), contemporary calf (re-backed). Third French edition.
LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen van (1563-1611). Histoire de la Navigation ... Aux…
LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen van (1563-1611).  Histoire de la Navigation de Jean Hugues de Linschot Hollandois: Aux Indes Orientales. Contenant diverses Descriptions des lieux iusques à present descouverts…
Hammer price: £16,000
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
"MAC ORLAN, Pierre" (1882-1970). Boutiques, Paris, 1925, coloured lithographed frontispiece, title and 36 fine plates by L. Boucher, FINELY BOUND BY GEORGES LEROUX. FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 169 OF 520 COPIES. With another BOUND BY LEROUX. RARE. (2)
"MAC ORLAN, Pierre" (1882-1970). Boutiques, Paris, 1925, coloured…
"MAC ORLAN, Pierre" (pseudonym of Pierre DUMARCHEY, 1882-1970, writer), Lucien BOUCHER (1889-1971, illustrator) & Georges LEROUX (1922-99, binder).  Boutiques. Paris: Editions Marcel Seheur, 1925.…
Hammer price: £1,100
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
MANWOOD, John (d.1610). A Treatise of the Laws of the Forest ... The Third Edition, London, 1665, 8vo, printed in black letter (mainly marginal spotting, staining and browning), contemporary calf (rebacked, rubbed). With 2 defective books. (3)
MANWOOD, John (d.1610). A Treatise of the Laws of the Forest ... The Third…
MANWOOD, John (d.1610).  A Treatise of the Laws of the Forest, Wherein is declaered not onely those Laws, as they are now in force, but also the Original and beginning of Forests; and what a Forest…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £500
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
PORTLOCK, Nathaniel (c.1748-1817). A Voyage Round the World; but more particularly to the North-West Coast of America, London, 1789, 4to, portrait, folding general chart, 17 plates and charts only (of 18), old boards wrapped in hessian. FIRST EDITION.
PORTLOCK, Nathaniel (c.1748-1817). A Voyage Round the World; but more…
PORTLOCK, Nathaniel (c.1748-1817).  A Voyage Round the World; but more particularly to the North-West Coast of America: Performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte…
Estimate: £500 - £800
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
QUEEN ELIZABETH II (1926-2022) - "Hardy Amies Ltd. Her Majesty the Queen. Order Book", 4to, 1962-68, 95-pages with carbon copy orders, including descriptions, prices, and sometimes the occasions on which the clothes were to be worn, original wrappers.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II (1926-2022) - "Hardy Amies Ltd. Her Majesty the Queen.…
QUEEN ELIZABETH II (1926-2022) - [Printed label on the upper cover of the order book:] "Hardy Amies Ltd. 14 Savile Row, W1." With the Royal Coat-of-Arms and "By Appointment Her Majesty The Queen…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £300
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
WYATT, C. W. (1842-1900). British Birds, London, 1894-99, 2 volumes bound in one, 4to, 67 fine hand-coloured lithographed plates by C. W. Wyatt (some very faint spotting and staining), contemporary green half morocco gilt (spine faded). FIRST EDITION.
WYATT, C. W. (1842-1900). British Birds, London, 1894-99, 2 volumes bound…
WYATT, Claude Wilmot (1842-1900).  British Birds: Being Coloured Illustrations of all the Species of Passerine Birds Resident in the British Isles, with Some Notes in Reference to their Plumage …
Hammer price: £1,200
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
A GROUP OF MOSTLY BRITISH SILVER COINS (QTY)
A GROUP OF MOSTLY BRITISH SILVER COINS (QTY)
To include a Charles I shilling, tower mint, a Victoria Old head crown 1895, a Victoria double florin 1890, two 1953 crowns, a 1902 coronation medallion, an Isle of Man crown 1976 with a case, and a…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £150
3 December 2024 , 15:00 GMT
3 December 2024 , 15:00 GMT
A GROUP OF BRITISH AND FOREIGN COINS
A GROUP OF BRITISH AND FOREIGN COINS
See description below
Comprising; a bronze medallion, commemorating The 1897 Diamond Jubilee, five United Nations Sterling silver commemorative medal postage covers, displayed in an album, a United Nations silver peace…
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £80 - £120
3 December 2024 , 15:00 GMT
3 December 2024 , 15:00 GMT
A SURBITON LODGE GOLD AND ENAMELLED MASONIC JEWEL
A SURBITON LODGE GOLD AND ENAMELLED MASONIC JEWEL
Detailed 18 CT, the back of the ribbon with a sewn on silver gilt presentation plaque, gross weight 35 grams, with a case
Hammer price: £1,200
Estimate: £700 - £900
3 December 2024 , 15:00 GMT
3 December 2024 , 15:00 GMT
A SURBITON LODGE 9CT GOLD AND ENAMELLED MASONIC JEWEL
A SURBITON LODGE 9CT GOLD AND ENAMELLED MASONIC JEWEL
The back of the ribbon with two gilt rectangular sewn-on plaques, gross weight 37.8 grams, with a case
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £350 - £450
3 December 2024 , 15:00 GMT
3 December 2024 , 15:00 GMT
SIR JOHN LAVERY (IRISH, 1856-1941)
SIR JOHN LAVERY (IRISH, 1856-1941)
Study for ‘The Ratification of the Irish Treaty in the House of Lords, December 1921’
signed 'J Lavery' (lower left), inscribed 'HOUSE OF LORDS STUDY/ LAVERY' (on the backboard)
oil on canvas-board…
Catalogue NoteArguably, 16 December 1921 is one of the most auspicious dates in British history. On that Friday, the Irish Treaty passed from the Commons to the House of Lords for ratification. …
Hammer price: £35,000
Estimate: £20,000 - £30,000
21 November 2024 , 17:00 GMT
21 November 2024 , 17:00 GMT
FRANCIS WYNNE THOMAS (BRITISH, 1907-1989)
FRANCIS WYNNE THOMAS (BRITISH, 1907-1989)
Buckingham Scene
signed 'F WYNNE THOMAS' (upper left) and with remnants of inscribed label (to back of frame)
oil on canvas
50.5 x 61.5cm
ARR

Provenance
Sale, Sotheby's, London, 19th July 1989, lot…
Condition reportOriginal canvas; light surface dirt to the paint surface and a small spot of uneven varnish, lower left; traces of bloom to the central tree; no sign of retouching under ultraviolet…
Hammer price: £3,800
Estimate: £300 - £500
21 November 2024 , 17:00 GMT
21 November 2024 , 17:00 GMT
CHARLES WOLLASTON (BRITISH, B. 1914)
CHARLES WOLLASTON (BRITISH, B. 1914)
The Garden Path
signed 'c h. Wollaston' (lower left) and inscribed with artist's name (verso)
oil on canvas
51 x 41cm
ARR

Provenance
Sale, Toovey's, Washington, West Sussex, 28th November 2018, lot…
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £250 - £350
21 November 2024 , 17:00 GMT
21 November 2024 , 17:00 GMT
DUNCAN GRANT (BRITISH, 1885-1978)
DUNCAN GRANT (BRITISH, 1885-1978)
Study for Nymph and Satyr (C. 1926)
charcoal
44.5 x 54cm
ARR

Provenance
Sale, Christie's, London, 2nd November 2001, lot 51;
Private collection, UK
FootnoteThis work relates to a well-known paining by Grant called Nymph and Satyr which was in the collection of Raymond Mortimer and is reproduced in Mortimer's volume on Grant (1944) in the Penguin…
Hammer price: £2,200
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
21 November 2024 , 17:00 GMT
21 November 2024 , 17:00 GMT
FRITZ KRAMER (AUSTRIAN, 1905-1969)
FRITZ KRAMER (AUSTRIAN, 1905-1969)
Boats in a harbour
signed 'Kramer' (lower left)
gouache, pen, ink and watercolour
33 x 45cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Condition reportThe card/board has bowed outwards slightly; minor surface dirt/scuffing to paint surface, in the sky, lower left and some further; framed and under glass, unexamined out of frame…
Estimate: £400 - £600
21 November 2024 , 17:00 GMT
21 November 2024 , 17:00 GMT
JOHN STANTON WARD (BRITISH, 1917-2007)
JOHN STANTON WARD (BRITISH, 1917-2007)
Kate Asleep
pencil on paper
31.5 x 29cm
ARR

Provenance
Archeus Fine Art, London, from whom acquired by the present owner;
Private collection, UK
Condition reportSlight rippling to sheet, otherwise sound condition overall; framed and under glass, unexamined out of frame.
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £400 - £600
21 November 2024 , 17:00 GMT
21 November 2024 , 17:00 GMT
JOSEF HERMAN (BRITISH, 1911-2000)
JOSEF HERMAN (BRITISH, 1911-2000)
Man ploughing with an ox
inscribed (verso)
ink and watercolour on a postcard
8.5 x 13cm
ARR

Provenance
A gift from the artist to the present owner's late husband;
Private collection, UK
Condition reportThe sheet is generally sound, creases to the right and lower, right corners; some further minor creases to borders and discolouration to paper throughout.  Framed and under glass,…
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £150 - £250
21 November 2024 , 17:00 GMT
21 November 2024 , 17:00 GMT
JOSEF HERMAN (BRITISH, 1911-2000)
JOSEF HERMAN (BRITISH, 1911-2000)
Two seated men
inscribed (verso)
ink and grey wash on a postcard
8.5 x 13cm
ARR

Provenance
A gift from the artist to the present owner's late husband;
Private collection, UK
Condition reportThe postcard has bowed inwards slightly; crease off upper right border, lower left corner and right border; minor staining, lower left corner and very slight discolouration throughout…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £150 - £250
21 November 2024 , 17:00 GMT
21 November 2024 , 17:00 GMT
ATTRIBUTED TO ETHELBERT WHITE (BRITISH, 1891-1972) (2)
ATTRIBUTED TO ETHELBERT WHITE (BRITISH, 1891-1972) (2)
A peaceful valley; Haycart outside a barn
a pair, watercolour
34 x 42cm
(2)
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Condition reportPeaceful valley:  The sheet is sound; a few flecks of very light staining, upper right, otherwise good condition overall; framed and under glass, unexamined out of frame.Haycart…
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £100 - £200
21 November 2024 , 17:00 GMT
21 November 2024 , 17:00 GMT
JOAN MIRO (SPANISH, 1893-1983)
JOAN MIRO (SPANISH, 1893-1983)
Lucifer
signed and numbered 'Miro 24/75' (in lower margin)
lithograph
77 x 56cm
ARR

Provenance
Alley Gallery;
Private collection, UK
Condition reportThe sheet is sound, good condition overall, no discolouration or fading.  Framed and under glass; unexamined out of frame.
Hammer price: £480
Estimate: £300 - £500
21 November 2024 , 17:00 GMT
21 November 2024 , 17:00 GMT

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