"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
MACHIAVELLI, Nicolò (1469-1527). Tutte le Opere ... Divisi in V. Parti, [?Geneva: no publisher but ?Pietro Aubert], 1550 [but c.1635]. 5 parts bound in one, 4to, woodcut portraits, double-page illustration (variable staining), contemporary vellum.
MACHIAVELLI, Nicolò (1469-1527). Tutte le Opere ... Divisi in V. Parti, […
MACHIAVELLI, Nicolò (1469-1527).  Tutte le Opere ... Divisi in V. Parti, et di Nuovo con Somma Accuratezza Ristampate. [?Geneva: no publisher but ?Pietro Aubert], 1550 [but c.1635]. 5 parts bound in…
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £300 - £500
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
MILNE, A. A. (1882-1956). Winnie-the-Pooh, London, 1926, 8vo, half title, illustrations by E. H. Shepard, some full-page, original green pictorial cloth gilt, dust-jacket. AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION.
MILNE, A. A. (1882-1956). Winnie-the-Pooh, London, 1926, 8vo, half title,…
MILNE, A. A. (1882-1956).  Winnie-the-Pooh. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1926. 8vo (190 x 125mm). Half title, wood-engraved illustrations by E. H. Shepard, some full-page. Original green pictorial…
Hammer price: £1,800
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
MILNE, A. A. (1882-1956). The House at Pooh Corner, London, 1928, 8vo, half title, illustrations by E. H. Shepard, some full-page, original pink pictorial cloth gilt, dust-jacket (some light staining to jacket, slight fraying to edges). FIRST EDITION.
MILNE, A. A. (1882-1956). The House at Pooh Corner, London, 1928, 8vo,…
MILNE, A. A. (1882-1956).  The House at Pooh Corner. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1928. 8vo (188 x 125mm). Half title, wood-engraved frontispiece and illustrations by E. H. Shepard, some full-page.…
Hammer price: £240
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
[PYNE, James Baker (1800-70). The English Lake District, London, 1853]. Folio, 24 lithographed plates by Pyne, one coloured by hand, disbound in contemporary half morocco (very worn). Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return.
[PYNE, James Baker (1800-70). The English Lake District, London, 1853].…
[PYNE, James Baker (1800-70).  The English Lake District. London: Thomas Agnew & Sons, 1853]. Folio (625 x 445mm). 24 plates lithographed by William Gauci after James Baker Pyne, the plate of…
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £300 - £500
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
"SALLUST" (86-35BCE). De L. Sergii Catilinæ coniuratione, ac bello Iugurthino historiæ, Lyon, 1545, 8vo, woodcut printer's devices and initials (some mainly marginal spotting, staining and browning). Contemporary vellum.
"SALLUST" (86-35BCE). De L. Sergii Catilinæ coniuratione, ac bello…
"SALLUST" [i.e. Gaius Sallustius Crispus (86-35 BCE)].  De L. Sergii Catilinæ coniuratione, ac bello Iugurthino historiæ, nunc denuo, adhibitis aliquot uenerandæ uetustatis exemplaribus, iisq;…
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £50 - £80
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
SANSOVINO, Francesco (1521-83). Historia Universale dell' Origine, et Imperio de' Turchi, Venice, 1582, 4to, 14 woodcut illustrations of Turkish costume (variable browning and staining), contemporary full vellum.
SANSOVINO, Francesco (1521-83). Historia Universale dell' Origine, et…
SANSOVINO, Francesco (1521-83).  Historia Universale dell' Origine, et Imperio de' Turchi ... Et riformata in molte sue parti per ordine della Santa Inquisitione. Nella quale si contengeno le leggi,…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £400 - £600
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
SPEED, John (1552-1629). Barkshire Described, [London: 1629 or later], hand-coloured engraved map of Berkshire, title within baroque cartouche, panoramic view of Windsor Castle at the top, 380 x 510mm., framed and glazed. A FINE COPY.
SPEED, John (1552-1629). Barkshire Described, [London: 1629 or later],…
SPEED, John (1552-1629).  Barkshire Described. [London]: John Sudbury and George Humble, [c.1627 or later]. Hand-coloured engraved map of Berkshire, title within baroque cartouche with the Royal coat…
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £200 - £300
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
SPEED, John (1552-1629). Dorsetshyre, [London: 1611 or later], hand-coloured engraved map of Dorset, baroque cartouches, inset bird's-eye-view of Dorchester, sea monsters and galleons, 380 x 510mm., framed and glazed. A FINE COPY.
SPEED, John (1552-1629). Dorsetshyre, [London: 1611 or later], hand…
SPEED, John (1552-1629).  Dorsetshyre with the Shyre-towne of Dorchester described, as also the Armes of such noble families as have bene honored with the Titles thereof since the Normans Conquest to…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £300
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
SUFFRAGETTES - Helen BLACKBURN (1842-1903). Women's Suffrage, London, 1902, 8vo, plates and tables, original buckram. FIRST EDITION. With another related (defective) book, a collection of 15 SUFFRAGETTE POSTCARDS, and a related badge. (18)
SUFFRAGETTES - Helen BLACKBURN (1842-1903). Women's Suffrage, London, 1902…
SUFFRAGETTES - Helen BLACKBURN (1842-1903).  Women's Suffrage. A Record of the Women's Suffrage Movement in the British Isles with Biographical Sketches of Miss Becker. London: Williams & Norgate,…
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £300 - £500
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
TARTAGLIA, Nicolo (c.1499-1557). La Nova Scientia, Venice, 1558, woodcut illustrations, diagrams and initials [bound with 2 other works by the same author], 4to, contemporary vellum. Please see the full description below.
TARTAGLIA, Nicolo (c.1499-1557). La Nova Scientia, Venice, 1558, woodcut…
TARTAGLIA, Nicolo (c.1499-1557).  La Nova Scientia ... con una gionta al terzo Libro. Venice: [no publisher], 1558. Full-page woodcut allegorical illustration on the title, woodcut illustrations,…
Hammer price: £450
Estimate: £500 - £800
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
TENNANT, Stephen (1906-87) & Pamela GREY (1871-1928). The Vein in The Marble, London, 1925, 4to, 32 plates by Tennant, original boards. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Pamela Grey to Clare Mackail. With 3 other related books. (4)
TENNANT, Stephen (1906-87) & Pamela GREY (1871-1928). The Vein in The…
TENNANT, Stephen (1906-87, illustrator) & Pamela GREY (1871-1928).  The Vein in the Marble. London: Philip Allan & Company, 1925. 4to (245 x 190mm). Half title, illustrations on the title and on the…
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £200 - £300
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
"TWAIN, Mark" (1835-1910). Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, New York, 1885, 8vo, frontispiece, heliotype portrait, illustrations by E. W. Kemble, original green cloth. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, of "one of the great works of American fiction."
"TWAIN, Mark" (1835-1910). Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, New York, 1885,…
"TWAIN, Mark" [i.e. Samuel Langhorn CLEMENS (1835-1910)].  Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade). Scene: The Mississippi Valley. Time: Forty to Fifty Years Ago. New York: Charles L.…
Hammer price: £1,200
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,000
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
4 December 2024 , 17:00 GMT
WILLIAM, Alexander, Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, Lord Lindsay (1812-80). The Creed of Japhet, London, "Printed for Private Circulation", 1891, large 8vo, lightly browned and stained, original cloth. FIRST EDITION. "COPY 3" OF 150 COPIES. VERY RARE.
WILLIAM, Alexander, Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, Lord Lindsay (1812-80)…
WILLIAM, Alexander, Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, Lord Lindsay (1812-80).  The Creed of Japhet, that is of the Race Popularly Surnamed Indo-Germanic or Aryan, as held Before the Period of its…
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
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 COINS AND BANK NOTES (10)
A GROUP OF COINS AND BANK NOTES (10)
Comprising; two Tristan Da Cunha silver proof 25 pence coins, 1977, with Royal Mint cases, two 1951 Festival of Britain crowns, with boxes, two 1972 crowns, two brass gaming counters and two Bank of…
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £40
3 December 2024 , 15:00 GMT
3 December 2024 , 15:00 GMT
AN ELIZABETH II SOVEREIGN AND FURTHER COINS (QTY)
AN ELIZABETH II SOVEREIGN AND FURTHER COINS (QTY)
1974, in a pendant mount, unmarked, weight 9.4 grams, together with a small group of British and foreign coins, including a 1960 crown, two Victoria half crowns 1845 and 1894, an Austria fifty…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £300 - £350
3 December 2024 , 15:00 GMT
3 December 2024 , 15:00 GMT
A COLLECTION OF MASONIC JEWELS (41)
A COLLECTION OF MASONIC JEWELS (41)
Comprising; one silver gilt and enamelled Surbiton Lodge jewel, eight further silver, silver gilt and enamelled Masonic jewels and badges, together with ten mostly Surrey oval apron jewels and twenty…
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £100 - £150
3 December 2024 , 15:00 GMT
3 December 2024 , 15:00 GMT
RUDOLPH IHLEE (BRITISH, 1883-1968)
RUDOLPH IHLEE (BRITISH, 1883-1968)
Portrait of a gentleman wearing a suit and striped tie
signed with initials and dated 'R. I '21' (lower left)
oil on board
45 x 37cm
ARR

Provenance
Sale, Bonhams, London, 5th April 1989, lot 27 (as …
Condition ReportThe board is sound.  Minor abrasion to the paint surface off the upper, central border, otherwise paint surface is sound.  Ultraviolet reveals one small patch of retouching to the…
Hammer price: £1,300
Estimate: £500 - £700
21 November 2024 , 17:00 GMT
21 November 2024 , 17:00 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
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

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