FOURTEEN MEISSEN PLATES (18)
FOURTEEN MEISSEN PLATES (18)
Mid 18th century
Each painted with scattered flowers beneath an ozier moulded border, blue crossed swords marks, impressed numerals, each approx. 24cm diameter; and four later matching plates, circa…
Five plates have some restoration to the rim. One plate with a small rim chip. Overall some wear to the gilding on the rims and some wear to the enamels
Estimate: £600 - £800
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
NINETEEN MEISSEN PLATES (20)
NINETEEN MEISSEN PLATES
Mid 18th century
Each moulded with Gotzkowsky Blumen and painted with scattered flowers beneath a gilt diaper pattern rim, blue crossed swords marks, impressed numeral 22; and a later matching plate…
Two plates have rim chips. Varying degrees of wear to the gilding on the rims. Some wear to the enamels.
Estimate: £1,200 - £1,800
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
A PEARLWARE `VICAR AND MOSES' GROUP
A PEARLWARE `VICAR AND MOSES' GROUP
19th century
The cleric holding a goblet and flask of ale, being supported by his assistant carrying a lantern, the scroll moulded base picked out in puce, 22.5cm high, associated stand (2)
Neck of the flask is lacking
Estimate: £70 - £100
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
A MEISSEN PORCELAIN PASTORAL GROUP
A MEISSEN PORCELAIN PASTORAL GROUP
Circa 1745-50
Modelled by J.J.Kaendler, as a young woman seated playing the lute, a gallant standing beside holding a flower posy in each hand, a recumbent lamb on the flower encrusted base, 13.75cm…
Chip to the man's black bow in his hair. Restoration to fingers of right hand. Small chip to her puce bow on bonnet. Some restoration to branch of tree an to the leaves, Small restoration to the tips…
Hammer price: £1,600
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
A MINTONS BONE CHINA CABINET PLATE BY HENRY MITCHELL
A MINTONS BONE CHINA CABINET PLATE BY HENRY MITCHELL
Circa 1880
Painted after Richard Ansdell with two hunting dogs attacking a stag, unsigned, against a turquoise ground and pierced trellis border picked out in gilding, puce printed factory mark and T…
Good condition
Estimate: £100 - £150
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
THREE PIECES OF MOORCROFT POTTERY (4)
THREE PIECES OF MOORCROFT POTTERY
Circa 1930 and later
Comprising; a small `Wisteria' pattern squat vase, 7.25cm high; a small `Hibiscus' pattern jar and cover, 11cm high and a `Magnolia' pattern ivory ground shallow bowl, 18.5cm…
Leaf and Berry vase- obvious firing crack to the rim, approx. 0.75cm length.Hibiscus jar and cover- good conditionMagnolia bowl- overall crazing to the glaze but overall in good condition
Estimate: £100 - £150
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
A GROUP OF SMALL GLASSWARE (19)
A GROUP OF SMALL GLASSWARE (19)
18th century and later
Including; two moulded bonnet glasses; two firing glasses; two wrythen moulded dwarf ale glasses; a deceptive glass; jelly glasses, sizes 7cm to 13.5cm high
One glass with two chips to the rim of the bowl. Otherwise in overall good condition.
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £200 - £300
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
A GROUP OF DRINKING GLASSES
A GROUP OF DRINKING GLASSES
18th century and later
Of various forms and sizes; also a pressed glass two-handled beaker and a triple-bowl cordial glass (20)
Overall in good condition
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £150 - £250
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
ALEXANDER III (1845-94) - Description du Sacre et du Couronnement de leur Majeste's Impériales l' Empereur de Toutes les Russies, St. Petersburg, 1883, folio, coloured lithographed plates, preserving wrappers, with the EXCEPTIONALLY RARE limitation leaf.
ALEXANDER III (1845-94) - Description du Sacre et du Couronnement de leur…
ALEXANDER III (1845-94), Emperor of Russia - Description du Sacre et du Couronnement de leur Majeste's Impériales l' Empereur de Toutes les Russies. Alexander III et l' Impératrice Marie Féodorovna…
Estimate: £7,000 - £10,000
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
BLIGH, William (1754-1817). A Voyage to the South Sea ... in his Majesty's Ship The Bounty ... Including an Account of the Mutiny, London, 1792, 4to, 7 plates and charts (lacks portrait of Bligh), contemporary paper-backed boards. FIRST EDITION.
BLIGH, William (1754-1817). A Voyage to the South Sea ... in his Majesty's…
BLIGH, William (1754-1817).  A Voyage to the South Sea, Undertaken by Command of His Majesty, for the Purpose of Conveying the Bread-Fruit Tree to the West Indies, in his Majesty's Ship The Bounty,…
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
EDEN, Anthony (1897-1977), 1st Earl of Avon - Books annotated by, or otherwise associated with, Anthony Eden. Please see the full listing below. Sold not subject to return. (c.60)
EDEN, Anthony (1897-1977), 1st Earl of Avon - Books annotated by, or…
EDEN, Anthony (1897-1977), 1st Earl of Avon - Books annotated by, or otherwise associated with, Anthony Eden (arranged chronologically) - L. J. TROTTER. Rulers of India. The Earl of Auckland, Oxford,…
Hammer price: £850
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
[?EGAN, Pierce (1772-1849), and others]. Real Life in London, London, 1821-22, 2 vols., 8vo, hand-coloured aquatint frontispieces, titles and 28 plates, FINELY BOUND in 19th-century red morocco. And another related book. Sold not subject to return. (3)
[?EGAN, Pierce (1772-1849), and others]. Real Life in London, London, 1821…
[?EGAN, Pierce (1772-1849), and others].  Real Life in London; or, the Rambles and Adventures of Bib Tallyho, Esq. and his Cousin the Hon. Tom. Dashall, through the Metropolis; Exhibiting a Living…
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £200 - £300
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
[HAZLITT, William (1778-1830)]. Liber Amoris; Or, the New Pygmalion, London, 1823, 12mo, engraved title with portrait (some very light staining), contemporary red half morocco. FIRST EDITION. Provenance: ANTHONY EDEN (1897-1977, 1st Earl of Avon).
[HAZLITT, William (1778-1830)]. Liber Amoris; Or, the New Pygmalion,…
[HAZLITT, William (1778-1830)].  Liber Amoris; Or, the New Pygmalion. London: "Printed for John Hunt ... by C. H. Reynell," 1823. 12mo (172 x 195mm). Engraved title with a small oval portrait of…
Hammer price: £45
Estimate: £100 - £150
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936) & William NICHOLSON (1872-1949, illustrator). An Almanac of Twelve Sports, London, 1898 [but 1897], 4to, 12 full-page coloured woodblock illustrations by Nicholson, original pictorial boards. FIRST EDITION.
KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936) & William NICHOLSON (1872-1949, illustrator).…
KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936) & William NICHOLSON (1872-1949, illustrator).  An Almanac of Twelve Sports. London: William Heinemann, 1898 [but November 1897]. 4to (311 x 255mm). Woodcut publisher's …
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £200 - £300
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
LOUDON, Jane Webb (1807-58). The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Annuals, London, [1849], 4to, 50 fine hand-coloured lithographed botanical plates by Loudon (some spotting and staining), contemporary green half morocco (worn). Second edition.
LOUDON, Jane Webb (1807-58). The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental…
LOUDON, Jane Webb (1807-58).  The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Annuals ... Second Edition. London: William S. Orr and Co., [n.d. but preface dated 1849]. 4to (288 x 232mm). Half title, 50 fine…
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £200 - £300
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
MORLAND, Thomas Hornby (fl.1810). The Genealogy of the English Race Horse, London,  1810, 8vo, engraved frontispiece,  contmporary or original paper-backed boards. Provenance: "GLOUCESTER" (armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION.
MORLAND, Thomas Hornby (fl.1810). The Genealogy of the English Race Horse,…
MORLAND, Thomas Hornby (fl.1810).  The Genealogy of the English Race Horse; with the Natural History of his Progenitors, from the Earliest Times down to the Period when Foreign Blood was First…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
OXENHAM, Elsie Jeanette [pseudonym of Elsie Jeanette DUNKERLEY (1880-1960)] - A Collection of 43 books. Please see the full description below. (43)
OXENHAM, Elsie Jeanette [pseudonym of Elsie Jeanette DUNKERLEY (1880-1960)…
OXENHAM, Elsie Jeanette [pseudonym of Elsie Jeanette DUNKERLEY (1880-1960)] -  A Collection of 43 books comprising: The Abbey Girls (London, Collins' Clear-Type Press, [n.d. but a reprint], 8vo,…
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £500 - £800
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
PONTEY, William (fl.1780-1831). The Forest Pruner, London, 1810, 8vo, 8 engraved plates, some coloured and folding, later half calf gilt. The third edition. With 4 other works in 5 vols. (6)
PONTEY, William (fl.1780-1831). The Forest Pruner, London, 1810, 8vo, 8…
PONTEY, William (fl.1780-1831).  The Forest Pruner; or, Timber Owner's Assistant: A Treatise on the Training or Management of British Timber Trees ... The Third Edition. London: Printed for J.…
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £300 - £500
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
PRIESTLEY, Joseph (1733-1804). Letters to a Philosophical Unbeliever, London, 1787, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary half plum morocco gilt. Provenance: SIR JOHN C. HOBHOUSE (armorial bookplate). Mixed editions.
PRIESTLEY, Joseph (1733-1804). Letters to a Philosophical Unbeliever,…
PRIESTLEY, Joseph (1733-1804).  Letters to a Philosophical Unbeliever. Part I. Containing An Examination of the Principal Objections to the Doctrines of Natural Religion, and especially those…
Estimate: £300 - £500
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam ... Reproduced from a Manuscript Written and Illuminated by F. Sangorski & G. Sutcliffe, London, [c.1910], 4to, illustrations printed in colours and gold, FINELY BOUND IN "deerskin" gilt. Please see the full description.
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam ... Reproduced from a Manuscript Written and…
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Translated into English by Edward Fitzgerald with an Introduction by A. C. Benson ... Reproduced from a Manuscript Written and Illuminated by F. Sangorski & G. Sutcliffe.…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £500 - £800
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
SETON-WATSON, Robert (1879-1951). Britain and the Dictators, Cambridge, 1938, 8vo, buckram. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, A HIGHLY IMPORTANT COPY, ANNOTATED AND HIGHLIGHTED IN PENCIL BY ANTHONY EDEN THROUGHOUT. With another by the same author. (2)
SETON-WATSON, Robert (1879-1951). Britain and the Dictators, Cambridge,…
SETON-WATSON, Robert William (1879-1951).  Britain and the Dictators. A Survey of Post-War British Policy. Cambridge: At the University Press, 1938. 8vo (217 x 140mm). Half title. Original blue…
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £400 - £600
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
SIMLA [now SHIMLA], INDIA - J. G. BRYNING (artist). An album on c.27 leaves of original watercolour studies of Auckland House School, Simla, India, and various landscapes and maritime scenes, small oblong 4to, late 19th-century.
SIMLA [now SHIMLA], INDIA - J. G. BRYNING (artist). An album on c.27…
SIMLA [now SHIMLA], INDIA - J. G. BRYNING (dates unknown, artist).  An album on c.27 leaves of original watercolour studies mainly of Auckland House School, Simla, India, including one captioned, …
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £500 - £800
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
TOLKIEN, J. R. R. (1892-1973). The Lord of the Rings, London, 1955-56, 3 vols., 8vo, 3 folding maps (third vol. lacking title page), original cloth, dust-jackets. FIRST EDITION, various impressions. IMPORTANT: Please see the full description below. (3)
TOLKIEN, J. R. R. (1892-1973). The Lord of the Rings, London, 1955-56, 3…
TOLKIEN, J. R. R. (1892-1973).  The Lord of the Rings, comprising: The Fellowship of the Ring. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., November 1955. 8vo (222 x 140mm). Half title, folding map at the end…
Hammer price: £450
Estimate: £500 - £800
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
[VOLTAIRE, François Marie Arouet de (1694-1778)]. Candide, ou l' Optimisme, Traduit de l' Allemand de Mr. le Docteur Ralph, [?Geneva], 1759, 12mo, TITLE PRINTED IN RED, contemporary morocco. FIRST EDITION. VERY RARE. Please see the full description below.
[VOLTAIRE, François Marie Arouet de (1694-1778)]. Candide, ou l' Optimisme…
[VOLTAIRE, François Marie Arouet de (1694-1778)].  Candide, ou l' Optimisme, Traduit de l' Allemand de Mr. le Docteur Ralph. [?Geneva: no publisher but [?]Gabriel Cramer], 1759. 12mo (139 x 80mm).…
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT

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