A 19TH CENTURY GILT METAL MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL TEA CADDY
A 19TH CENTURY GILT METAL MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL TEA CADDY
With sprung loaded side drawer, 25cm wide; 15cm deep; 18cm high
Spring loaded drawer works, however it cannot be pulled out any further due to something being stuck inside the drawer, one corner mount has been damaged and is missing half. Shell inlay to the top…
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £100 - £200
2 August 2023 , 01:00 BST
2 August 2023 , 01:00 BST
A 19TH CENTURY ITALIAN INLAID WALNUT CASSSONE
A 19TH CENTURY ITALIAN INLAID WALNUT CASSSONE
68cm wide; 35cm deep; 33cm high
Condition report: Please see extra photos and if further higher res images are required please contact us. One term is loose and off but present, this will need to be repaired back into position. The…
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £300 - £500
2 August 2023 , 01:00 BST
2 August 2023 , 01:00 BST
A LOUIS XV STYLE GILT METAL MOUNTED TULIP WOOD, KING WOOD, WALNUT AND ROSEWOOD BUREAU PLAT
A LOUIS XV STYLE GILT METAL MOUNTED TULIP WOOD, KING WOOD, WALNUT AND…
With two frieze drawers, 105cm wide; 59cm deep; 76cm high
Condition ReportSun fading to top, will need a light polish, otherwise in good useable condition.
Hammer price: £1,100
Estimate: £500 - £800
2 August 2023 , 01:00 BST
2 August 2023 , 01:00 BST
A SET OF SIX REGENCY MAHOGANY BAR BACK DINING CHAIRS (6)
A SET OF SIX REGENCY MAHOGANY BAR BACK DINING CHAIRS (6)
44cm wide; 83cm high
Condition ReportTwo chairs with loose bar backs, will need a simple fix, all framnes are solid, later upholstery good.
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £100 - £200
2 August 2023 , 01:00 BST
2 August 2023 , 01:00 BST
A MODERN GREEN UPHOLSTERED DOUBLE HUMPBACK SOFA
A MODERN GREEN UPHOLSTERED DOUBLE HUMPBACK SOFA
On turned supports, 170cm wide; 82cm high
Condition report: No labels, frame is solid.Will need a light clean.One castor is off at the back foot. Will need to be replaced. Otherwise, general inevitable scuffs, scratches, dents, small chips…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £400
2 August 2023 , 01:00 BST
2 August 2023 , 01:00 BST
A GUN METAL CASED, KEYLESS WIND, OPENFACED QUARTER REPEATING POCKET WATCH AND TWO FURTHER ITEMS (3)
A GUN METAL CASED, KEYLESS WIND, OPENFACED QUARTER REPEATING POCKET WATCH…
The repeating watch with an unsigned gilt jewelled lever movement, the enamelled dial with Arabic numerals and subsidiary seconds and detailed Gufflin, Norwood, also a silver cased, key wind…
Condition Report: The repeating watch; Repeating mechanism working, but is out of sync, balance wheel moving for a while, but soon stops, watch currently not winding properly, i.e appears to wind,…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £300
3 August 2023 , 01:00 BST
3 August 2023 , 01:00 BST
A SILVER (FORMERLY GILDED) PAIR CASED, KEY WIND, OPENFACED GENTLEMAN'S POCKET WATCH
A SILVER (FORMERLY GILDED) PAIR CASED, KEY WIND, OPENFACED GENTLEMAN'S…
The gilt fusee movement with a verge escapement, the backplate and the dust cover detailed Wm Hanson Windsor, No 432, the enamelled dial with Arabic numerals, London 1802, with a mahogany folding case
Condition Report;  Movement runs very briefly, but then stops, would benefit from careful professional cleaning, dial chipped and minor cracks between 9 and 12 o'clock, some loss of gilding to the…
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £150 - £200
3 August 2023 , 01:00 BST
3 August 2023 , 01:00 BST
BINDING - The Holy Bible, London, [c.1940], 8vo, FINELY BOUND in contemporary russet crushed morocco gilt by Bumpus, the upper cover lettered in gilt with unusually extensive quotations. Please see the footnote below regarding the provenance.
BINDING - The Holy Bible, London, [c.1940], 8vo, FINELY BOUND in…
BINDING - The Holy Bible. Oxford: Printed at the University Press, [c.1940]. 8vo (178 x 115mm). Printed on India paper, maps printed in colours at the end. FINELY BOUND FOR LADY GWENDELINE SPENCER…
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £400 - £600
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
BINDINGS - Henry FIELDING (1707-54). The History of Tom Jones, London, 1915, 2 vols., large 8vo, attractively bound in contemporary burgundy morocco gilt by Hatchards. With various other works in 43 vols. bound in calf and morocco. (45)
BINDINGS - Henry FIELDING (1707-54). The History of Tom Jones, London,…
BINDINGS - Henry FIELDING (1707-54).  The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1915. 2 volumes, large 8vo (210 x 140mm). Half title, Title printed in red and black.…
Hammer price: £1,100
Estimate: £500 - £800
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
BINDINGS - [DANTE ALIGHIERI (1265-1321)]. La Vita Nuova, [No place, n.d. but late 19th-early 20th-century]. 16mo, FINELY BOUND in red morocco elaborately decorated and lettered in gilt. With another related book FINELY BOUND in full vellum. (2)
BINDINGS - [DANTE ALIGHIERI (1265-1321)]. La Vita Nuova, [No place, n.d.…
BINDINGS - [DANTE ALIGHIERI (1265-1321)].  La Vita Nuova. [No place: no publisher, n.d. but late 19th-/early 20th-century]. 16mo (103 x 60mm). 118-pages. FINELY BOUND in red morocco elaborately…
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
CAMPBELL-JOHNSON, Alan (1913-98). Sir Anthony Eden. A Biography, London, 1955, 8vo, plates, cloth. PRESENTATION COPY, ANNOTATED AND HIGHLIGHTED IN PENCIL BY ANTHONY EDEN THROUGHOUT.
CAMPBELL-JOHNSON, Alan (1913-98). Sir Anthony Eden. A Biography, London,…
CAMPBELL-JOHNSON, Alan (1913-98).  Sir Anthony Eden. A Biography. London: Robert Hale Limited, 1955. 8vo (218 x 135mm). Half title, half tone frontispiece portrait and 16 full-page plates …
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £400 - £600
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
[CARTLAND, Ronald (1907-40)] - William LANGLAND. The Vision of Piers the Plowman, London, 1935, 8vo, original cloth. ASSOCIATION COPY, inscribed, "In memory of your friendship with my son Ronald, Mary Cartland, April 12, 1942."
[CARTLAND, Ronald (1907-40)] - William LANGLAND. The Vision of Piers the…
[CARTLAND, John Ronald Hamilton (1907-40) & Mary Hamilton CARTLAND (1877-1976)] - William LANGLAND (c.1332-c.1386, attrib.).  The Vision of Piers Plowman. Newly rendered into Modern English by Henry…
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
CHURCHILL, Winston (1874-1965). The World Crisis, London, 1923-31, 6 vols., large 8vo, plates, original cloth. FIRST EDITION, VOLUMES ONE AND V ANNOTATED, HIGHLIGHTED AND WITH PASSAGES UNDERLINED IN PENCIL BY ANTHONY EDEN THROUGHOUT. (6)
CHURCHILL, Winston (1874-1965). The World Crisis, London, 1923-31, 6 vols.…
CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer (1874-1965).  The World Crisis. London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1923-31. 5 parts bound in 6 [as usual], large 8vo (233 x 155mm). Half titles, plates and maps, some…
Hammer price: £2,600
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
COWLEY, Abraham (1618-67). The Works, London, 1708-10, 3 vols., 8vo, 33 engraved plates, contemporary calf. Mixed editions. With 14 other works in 32 volumes. (35)
COWLEY, Abraham (1618-67). The Works, London, 1708-10, 3 vols., 8vo, 33…
COWLEY, Abraham (1618-67).  The Works ... Consisting of those Which were formerly Printed; And those which He design'd for the Press; Publish'd out of the Author's Original Copies. With the Cutter of…
Hammer price: £1,400
Estimate: £500 - £800
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
CUNARD, Nancy (1896-1965) - Robert Louis STEVENSON (1850-94). A Child's Garden of Verses, London, 1902, 8vo, illustrations, original buckram. INSCRIBED, "From Nancy Cunard, to Antony[sic] Eden, Xmas 1906."
CUNARD, Nancy (1896-1965) - Robert Louis STEVENSON (1850-94). A Child's…
CUNARD, Nancy (1896-1965) - Robert Louis STEVENSON (1850-94).  A Child's Garden of Verses. London: John Lane, 1902. 8vo (188 x 130mm). Half title, frontispiece portrait of the author, illustrations,…
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
DOUGLAS, Lord Alfred (1870-1945). Poems, Paris, 1896, 8vo, portrait of the author, early 20th-century tan half morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf. FIRST EDITION. With the same author's Autobiography (London, 1929). (2)
DOUGLAS, Lord Alfred (1870-1945). Poems, Paris, 1896, 8vo, portrait of the…
DOUGLAS, Lord Alfred (1870-1945).  Poems [Poèmes]. Paris: Published by the Mercure de France, 1896. 8vo (182 x 118mm). Heliographed portrait of the author by Dujardin after Walter Spindler inserted…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £150 - £250
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
ELIOT, T. S. (1888-1965). The Literature of Politics. A Lecture ... With a Foreword by the Rt. Hon. Sir Anthony Eden K.G., M.C., M.P., [London], 1955, 8vo, original stiff blue wrappers. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. With 2 other books by Eliot. (3)
ELIOT, T. S. (1888-1965). The Literature of Politics. A Lecture ... With a…
ELIOT, T. S. (1888-1965).  The Literature of Politics. A Lecture Delivered at a C.P.C. Literary Luncheon ... With a Foreword by The Rt. Hon. Sir Anthony Eden K.G., M.C., M.P. [London:] Conservative…
Hammer price: £950
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
[EVELYN, John (1620-1706)]. Acetaria. A Discourse on Sallets, London, 1699, small 8vo, large folding table (heavily spotted and browned throughout, loss of a few letters), 19th-century red half calf gilt. FIRST EDITION.
[EVELYN, John (1620-1706)]. Acetaria. A Discourse on Sallets, London, 1699…
[EVELYN, John (1620-1706)].  Acetaria. A Discourse of Sallets. London: Printed for B. Tooke, 1699. Small 8vo (158 x 95mm). Title within double rule border without rubrication, large folding…
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £100 - £150
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
GOOCH, G. P. (1873-1968). Germany, London, 1926, large 8vo, cloth. "Second impression". ANNOTATED AND HIGHLIGHTED IN PENCIL BY ANTHONY EDEN THROUGHOUT. With 2 other related books. (3)
GOOCH, G. P. (1873-1968). Germany, London, 1926, large 8vo, cloth. "Second…
GOOCH, George Peabody (1873-1968).  Germany ... With an Introduction by The Right Hon. H. A. L. Fisher, M.P. London: Ernest Bevin Limited, 1926. Large 8vo (215 x 140mm). Half title (a few marginal…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
[HEMING, Joyce (dates unknown)]. A Knight there Was. London, 1946, 8vo, original cream boards gilt. Provenance: Anthony Eden (old armorial bookplate). INSCRIBED BY EDEN in pencil, "Sent me by the mother who wrote it. The boy was in 60th. A. E." RARE.
[HEMING, Joyce (dates unknown)]. A Knight there Was. London, 1946, 8vo,…
[HEMING, Joyce (dates unknown)].  A Knight there Was. By Mary England [i.e. a pseudonym]. London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1946. 8vo (185 x 125mm). Half title, title within woodcut typographical border.…
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
JOUVE, Pierre Jean (1887-1976). Processionnal de la Force Anglaise, Geneva, W. Egloff, 1944, 4to, wrappers. FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 10 "HORS COMMERCE" COPIES, PRESENTATION COPY inscribed to Anthony Eden. RARE. With another related book. (2)
JOUVE, Pierre Jean (1887-1976). Processionnal de la Force Anglaise, Geneva…
JOUVE, Pierre Jean (1887-1976).  Processionnal de la Force Anglaise. Geneva: "Sur les Presses d' Albert Kundig ... pour le Compte de W. Egloff" [from the colophon], 1944. 4to (228 x 170mm). Half…
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £70 - £100
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
KENNEDY, John Noble (1893-1970). The Business of War, London, 1957, 8vo, original buckram. FIRST EDITION, ANNOTATED AND HIGHLIGHTED IN PENCIL BY ANTHONY EDEN THROUGHOUT.
KENNEDY, John Noble (1893-1970). The Business of War, London, 1957, 8vo,…
KENNEDY, John Noble (1893-1970).  The Business of War. The War Narrative of Major General Sir John Kennedy ... Edited and with a Preface by Bernard Fergusson. London: Hutchinson, 1957. 8vo (228 x…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £500 - £800
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
LIE, Trygve (1896-1968). In The Cause of Peace. Seven Years with the United Nations, New York, 1954, large 8vo, original cloth. FIRST EDITION, IMPORTANT PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by the author to Anthony Eden.
LIE, Trygve (1896-1968). In The Cause of Peace. Seven Years with the…
LIE, Trygve (1896-1968).  In the Cause of Peace. Seven Years with the United Nations. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1954. Large 8vo (210 x 140mm). Half title, half tone frontispiece portrait of…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
NONESUCH PRESS - Bernard de FONTENELLE (1657-1757). A Plurality of Worlds, London, 1929, 8vo, colour-stencilled astrological illustrations by T. L. Poulton, original vellum gilt. ONE OF 1,600 COPIES. With 9 other books printed by the same press. (10)
NONESUCH PRESS - Bernard de FONTENELLE (1657-1757). A Plurality of Worlds,…
NONESUCH PRESS - Bernard le Bovier de FONTENELLE (1657-1757).  A Plurality of Worlds. John Glanvill's Translation with a Prologue by David Garnett. [London:] The Nonesuch Press, 1929. 8vo (200 x…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £500 - £800
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST
13 July 2023 , 01:00 BST

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