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A SIR ROBERT PEEL CAMEO RING (2)
Lot 765 - 4-5 August | Antique & Interiors Sold
A SIR ROBERT PEEL CAMEO RING (2)
With central cameo depicting a portrait of Sir Robert Peel, in an unmarked gold mount, the underside with a glazed panel with a lock of hair, and engraved Sir Robert Peel Ob 1850 at 62, size…
Sir Robert Peel (1788–1850) was an MP, Home Secretary and twice Prime Minister, serving from 1834–1835 and 1841–1846. He was a key figure in the formation of the modern Conservative Party and is best…
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £600 - £800
4 August 2025 , 17:00 BST
4 August 2025 , 17:00 BST
A GOLD MOUNTED REVERSE PAINTED INTAGLIO OVAL PENDANT
Lot 804 - 4-5 August | Antique & Interiors Sold
A GOLD MOUNTED REVERSE PAINTED INTAGLIO OVAL PENDANT
Decorated with a floral spray motif within a ropetwist surround, width 15.5mm, gross weight 4 grams
Condition ReportSlight discolouration to the interior backing of the painted intaglio, which can be seen to some extent in the image.  It would seem that water or some other fluid has seeped in…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £100 - £150
4 August 2025 , 17:00 BST
4 August 2025 , 17:00 BST
A WROUGHT IRON ‘WINNIE THE POOH’ WEATHERVANE
Lot 1004 - 4-5 August | Antique & Interiors Sold
A WROUGHT IRON ‘WINNIE THE POOH’ WEATHERVANE
20th Century
The black painted bracket decorated with scrolls, the painted arrow featuring Christopher Robin, Winnie The Pooh and Piglet running through flowers and grass, approx. 140cm high,…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £80 - £120
5 August 2025 , 17:00 BST
5 August 2025 , 17:00 BST
A VICTORIAN ART UNION CAST-IRON RELIEF TWIN HANDLED TAZZA
Lot 1057 - 4-5 August | Antique & Interiors Sold
A VICTORIAN ART UNION CAST-IRON RELIEF TWIN HANDLED TAZZA
Design by Edward William Wyon, 19th Century
The bowl cast with classical figures, the underside of the foot stamped 'ART UNION OF LONDON 1851’, 32.5cm diameter; 13cm high
Established in 1837, the Art Union London was an art subscription service or lottery, through which the aspiring middle classes of the mid 19th Century could acquire art collections. An annual fee…
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £80 - £120
5 August 2025 , 17:00 BST
5 August 2025 , 17:00 BST
JOHN BROADWOOD AND SONS, LONDON; A SATINWOOD AND ROSEWOOD GRAND PIANO
Lot 1240 - 4-5 August | Antique & Interiors Sold
JOHN BROADWOOD AND SONS, LONDON; A SATINWOOD AND ROSEWOOD GRAND PIANO
On tapering octagonal supports, 126cm wide; 240cm long; 92cm high
Provenance: From a Private Collection in NorfolkFootnotes: This lot contains ivory and has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (section10). Reference PTY2NDZ9 Prospective buyers should…
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £300 - £500
5 August 2025 , 17:00 BST
5 August 2025 , 17:00 BST
A 19TH CENTURY FRENCH GUERIDON CENTRE TABLE
Lot 1326 - 4-5 August | Antique & Interiors Sold
A 19TH CENTURY FRENCH GUERIDON CENTRE TABLE
With dished marble top, 96cm diameter; 69cm high
multiple small chips around the bottom edge of the marble top, moulded edge around the top the base starting to lift in places, old marks and scratches to the base, with a crack running through…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £300 - £500
5 August 2025 , 17:00 BST
5 August 2025 , 17:00 BST
AN 18TH CENTURY FRENCH WALNUT TWO DOOR ARMOIRE
Lot 1327 - 4-5 August | Antique & Interiors Sold
AN 18TH CENTURY FRENCH WALNUT TWO DOOR ARMOIRE
With foliate carved decoration, 140cm wide; 60cm deep; 260cm high
old marks and scratches present expected with the age, has been through a restoration at some point with restoration to the cornice, side splits and the back left leg has been re attached at some…
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £150 - £250
5 August 2025 , 17:00 BST
5 August 2025 , 17:00 BST
LONGMAN AND BRODERIP; A LATE 18TH CENTURY SQUARE PIANO
Lot 1481 - 4-5 August | Antique & Interiors Sold
LONGMAN AND BRODERIP; A LATE 18TH CENTURY SQUARE PIANO
156cm wide; 57cm deep; 86cm high
The piano was fully restored in the 90s, and is in a fair condition.All the strings are in good condition, but four or five keys are sticking (partly because of a couple of slightly bent levers and…
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £100 - £150
5 August 2025 , 17:00 BST
5 August 2025 , 17:00 BST
A SILVER EDINBURGH ACADEMY FENCING PRIZE MEDAL AND A GROUP OF UNIFORM BUTTONS
Lot 103 - 16 July | Coins & Medals Sold
A SILVER EDINBURGH ACADEMY FENCING PRIZE MEDAL AND A GROUP OF UNIFORM…
Including silver plated livery buttons, Garth Hunt buttons, Rifle Brigade and East Africa Police, also a pair of officer's collar badges and a title for The Calcutta Light Horse, two South…
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £60 - £90
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
ALBUM, MAINLY OF IRISH INTEREST - A collection of autograph letters, clipped signatures etc. by Daniel O'Connell, John O'Connell, William O'Brien, Thomas Henry Huxley, Disraeli, Tennyson, Ruskin, etc. Please see the full description below.
Lot 301 - 16 July | Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts Sold
ALBUM, MAINLY OF IRISH INTEREST - A collection of autograph letters,…
ALBUM, MAINLY OF IRISH INTEREST - A collection of c.50 autograph letters and clipped signatures, the letters variously mounted on hinges or secured by silk ribbons or loosely-inserted, the clipped…
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
BARRIE, J. M. (1860-1937). Peter Pan or The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up [in: The Uniform Edition of the Plays of J. M. Barrie]. London, 1928, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION of Barrie's play. With 2 other volumes from the same set. (3)
Lot 307 - 16 July | Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts Sold
BARRIE, J. M. (1860-1937). Peter Pan or The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up [in:…
BARRIE, James Matthew (1860-1937).  Peter Pan or The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up [in: The Uniform Edition of the Plays of J. M. Barrie]. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1928. 8vo (182 x 120mm). Half…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £80 - £120
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
[?BEAUFOY, Henry Benjamin Hanbury (1786-1851, attributed)]. Scloppetaria: or Considerations on the Nature and Use of Rifled Barrel Guns, London, 1808, 8vo, 13 engraved plates (stained), contemporary calf. FIRST EDITION. With another related work. (2)
Lot 310 - 16 July | Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts Sold
[?BEAUFOY, Henry Benjamin Hanbury (1786-1851, attributed)]. Scloppetaria:…
[?BEAUFOY, Henry Benjamin Hanbury (1786-1851, attributed; see note)].  Scloppetaria: or Considerations on the Nature and Use of Rifled Barrel Guns with Reference to their Forming the Basis of a…
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £400 - £600
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
BERENGER, Charles Random de (1772-1845). Helps and Hints How to Protect Life and Property. With Instructions in Rifle and Pistol Shooting, London, 1835, 8vo, 10 plates, 2 of which folding, original green publisher's pebbled cloth. FIRST EDITION.
Lot 311 - 16 July | Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts Sold
BERENGER, Charles Random de (1772-1845). Helps and Hints How to Protect…
BERENGER, Charles Random de (1772-1845).  Helps and Hints How to Protect Life and Property. With Instructions in Rifle and Pistol Shooting, &c. London: "Published for the Proprietor, by T. Hurst, 65,…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
BINDING - William SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616). Complete Works and Life, London, 1904, 4 volumes, large 8vo, plates, attractively bound in contemporary burgundy half calf gilt (covers stained, spines lightly rubbed). "The Hampstead Edition." (4)
Lot 316 - 16 July | Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts Sold
BINDING - William SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616). Complete Works and Life, London…
BINDING - William SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616).  Complete Works and Life. London: James Finch & Co., Limited, 1904. 4 volumes, large 8vo (188 x 125mm). 4 photogravure portrait frontispieces, titles…
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
"CARROLL, Lewis" (1832-98). Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, London, 1872, 8vo, illustrations by John Tenniel, original red buckram, "Twenty-Ninth Thousand". With the same author's Through the Looking-Glass (London, 1872, "Thirty-Second Thousand"). (2)
Lot 321 - 16 July | Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts Sold
"CARROLL, Lewis" (1832-98). Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, London, 1872…
"CARROLL, Lewis" [i.e. Charles Lutwidge DODGSON (1832-98)].  Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. London: Macmillan and Co., printed by Richard Clay, 1872 [but October 1871]. 8vo in 4s (183 x 125mm).…
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
CLARKE, Graham (b.1941, illustrator). Balyn and Balan, Monchelsea: Ebenezer Press, [1969], folio, coloured linocut text and plates by Clarke printed on folded sheets, each plate initialed by the artist, original boards. ONE OF 25 ARTIST'S PROOF COPIES.
Lot 327 - 16 July | Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts Sold
CLARKE, Graham (b.1941, illustrator). Balyn and Balan, Monchelsea:…
CLARKE, Graham (b.1941, illustrator).  Balyn and Balan. Boughton Moncheslea, Kent: Ebenezer Press, [1969]. Folio (510 x 355mm). Coloured linocut title, text and plates by Graham Clarke, printed on 16…
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £100 - £150
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). Lord Jim, New York, 1900, 8vo, original green pictorial cloth. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, second issue, with the copyright page on the verso of the title reading "Copyright, 1899 and 1900."
Lot 334 - 16 July | Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts Sold
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). Lord Jim, New York, 1900, 8vo, original green…
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924).  Lord Jim. A Romance. New York: Doubleday & McClure Co., 1900. 8vo (198 x 130mm). Half title, title within double rule border with woodcut device (some very light mainly…
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £50 - £80
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). Nostromo, London, 1904, 8vo, (some staining and spotting), original blue cloth lettered and decorated in white, spine gilt (rubbed). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, of what is widely-regarded as the author's masterpiece.
Lot 335 - 16 July | Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts Sold
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). Nostromo, London, 1904, 8vo, (some staining…
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924).  Nostromo. A Tale of the Seaboard. London: Harper & Brothers, 1904. 8vo (184 x 125mm). Half title, publisher's advertisement on the verso of half title, woodcut printer's…
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £150 - £250
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). Under Western Eyes, London, 1911, 8vo, half title, 32-pages of publisher's advertisements at the end dated August 1911, original red cloth gilt, uncut. FIRST EDITION.
Lot 341 - 16 July | Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts Sold
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). Under Western Eyes, London, 1911, 8vo, half…
CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924).  Under Western Eyes. London: Methuen & Co., 1911. 8vo (192 x 125mm). Half title, publisher's advertisements on the verso of half title, 32-pages of publisher's…
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £100 - £150
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
DUELLING - The Art of Duelling, by a Traveller, London, 1836, 8vo, attractively bound in later green crushed morocco gilt. FIRST EDITION. The author is unknown. RARE. With another related book in 2 vols. (3)
Lot 344 - 16 July | Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts Sold
DUELLING - The Art of Duelling, by a Traveller, London, 1836, 8vo,…
DUELLING - The Art of Duelling, by a Traveller. Containing Much Information Useful to Young Continental Tourists. London: Joseph Thomas ... F. C. Westley ... R Willoughby, 1836. 8vo (185 x 105mm). 2…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
GAZIUS, Antonius (1449-1528). Corona florida medicinæ: sive De conservatione sanitatis, Venice, "per Johannem de forlivio & Gregorium fratres", 1491, folio, 125 leaves, painted initials, old calf. Provenance: John Yudkin (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. RARE.
Lot 353 - 16 July | Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts Sold
GAZIUS, Antonius (1449-1528). Corona florida medicinæ: sive De…
GAZIUS, Antonius (1449-1528).  Corona florida medicinæ: sive De conservatione sanitatis. [Title at [a1]:]  Florida corona medicinae omnibus sanitatem affectatibus utilis & necessaria ... Capitulum…
Hammer price: £8,000
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
GLISSON, Francis (1597-1677) & others. A Treatise of the Rickets ... Enlarged ... and ... amended ... By Nich. Culpepper, London, 1651, 8vo, calf. Provenance: From the Collection of John Yudkin (bookplate). Second, or first "enlarged", edition in English.
Lot 355 - 16 July | Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts Sold
GLISSON, Francis (1597-1677) & others. A Treatise of the Rickets ...…
GLISSON, Francis (1597-1677), Nicholas CULPEPPER (1616-54, editor) & others.  A Treatise of the Rickets: Being a Disease common to Children. Wherein (among many other things) is shewed, 1. The…
Hammer price: £2,000
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
HARVEY, Gideon (c.1640-c.1700). The Disease of London: or a New Discovery of the Scorvey, London, 1675, 8vo, ornaments, contemporary calf. Provenance: From the Collection of John Yudkin (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Wing H1063. RARE.
Lot 357 - 16 July | Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts Sold
HARVEY, Gideon (c.1640-c.1700). The Disease of London: or a New Discovery…
HARVEY, Gideon (c.1640-c.1700).  The Disease of London: or a New Discovery of the Scorvey. Comprizing The Nature, Manifold Differences, various Causes, Signs, Prognostics, Chronology, and several…
Hammer price: £850
Estimate: £500 - £800
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
HAWKER, Peter (1786-1853). Instructions to Young Sportsmen, London, 1816, large 8vo, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece and 4 plates only (of 5), FINELY BOUND in red half morocco. With 4 later editions of the same work. Sold not subject to return. (5)
Lot 358 - 16 July | Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts Sold
HAWKER, Peter (1786-1853). Instructions to Young Sportsmen, London, 1816,…
HAWKER, Peter (1786-1853).  Instructions to Young Sportsmen, on the Choice, Care, and Management of Guns; Hints for Preservation of Game; Directions for Shooting Wildfowl ... With a Concise…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
16 July 2025 , 01:00 BST
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