ENGLISH SCHOOL, EARLY 20TH CENTURY (2)
Is this your cat
oil on board
39 x 29cm
together with A Top Note, an oil on canvas by another hand
(2)
Hammer price:
£70
Estimate: £50 - £100
7 August 2023
, 01:00 BST
7 August 2023
, 01:00 BST
BENES, Eduard (1884-1948). Democracy. Today and Tomorrow, London, 1939,…
BENES, Eduard [or Edvard] (1884-1948). Democracy. Today and Tomorrow. London: Macmillan & Co., Limited, 1939. 8vo (204 x 135mm). Half title (some creasing to corners at the end). Original blue…
Hammer price:
£1,000
Estimate: £400 - £600
13 July 2023
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13 July 2023
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[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
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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
EDEN, Anthony (1897-1977). The Memoirs, Boston, 1962-1965-1960, 3 vols.,…
EDEN, Anthony, 1st Earl of Avon (1897-1977). The Memoirs. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1962-1965-1960. 3 volumes, large 8vo (215 x 140mm). Half titles, maps. FINELY BOUND in uniform…
Hammer price:
£950
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 July 2023
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13 July 2023
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ETON - R. A. AUSTEN-LEIGH (1872-1961). Bygone Eton, Eton, 1912, 4to, 47…
ETON - Richard Arthur AUSTEN-LEIGH (1872-1961). Bygone Eton being a Collection of Historical Views of the Buildings at Eton College with Descriptive Notes ... Second Re-Issue. Eton: Spottiswoode &…
Hammer price:
£200
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 July 2023
, 01:00 BST
13 July 2023
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FORSTER, E. M. (1879-1970). The Celestial Omnibus and other Stories,…
FORSTER, E. M. (1879-1970). The Celestial Omnibus and other Stories. London: Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd., 1911. Square 8vo (184 x 135mm). Half title, printer's woodcut ornament, 3-pages of publisher's…
Hammer price:
£480
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 July 2023
, 01:00 BST
13 July 2023
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[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
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
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13 July 2023
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KING PETER II OF YUGOSLAVIA (1923-70) - A King's Heritage, London, 1955,…
KING PETER II OF YUGOSLAVIA (1923-70). A King's Heritage. London: Cassell and Company Ltd., 1955. 8vo (209 x 135mm). Half title, half tone frontispiece and illustrations. FINELY BOUND in dark blue…
Hammer price:
£550
Estimate: £400 - £600
13 July 2023
, 01:00 BST
13 July 2023
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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
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LOCKHART, Robert Hamilton Bruce (1887-1970). Comes the Reckoning, London,…
LOCKHART, Robert Hamilton Bruce (1887-1970). Comes the Reckoning. London: Putnam, 1947. 8vo (216 x 140mm). Half title (one leaf torn without significant loss, some marginal staining). Original dark…
Hammer price:
£220
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 July 2023
, 01:00 BST
13 July 2023
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[PATMORE, Coventry (1823-96)]. The Unknown Eros and Other Odes, London,…
[PATMORE, Coventry (1823-96)]. The Unknown Eros and Other Odes. Odes I. - XXXI. London: George Bell and Sons, 1877. 8vo (190 x 145mm). Half title (single spot to half title and title, not affecting…
Hammer price:
£280
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 July 2023
, 01:00 BST
13 July 2023
, 01:00 BST
SCHMIDT, Paul-Otto (1899-1970). Hitler's Interpreter, London, 1951, 8vo,…
SCHMIDT, Paul-Otto (1899-1970). Hitler's Interpreter ... Edited by R. H. C. Steed. London: William Heinemann, 1951. 8vo (213 x 135mm). Half title, half tone portrait frontispiece of the author, 10…
Hammer price:
£600
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
13 July 2023
, 01:00 BST
13 July 2023
, 01:00 BST
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…
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
13 July 2023
, 01:00 BST
13 July 2023
, 01:00 BST
SPEARS, E. L. (1886-1974). Prelude to Victory, London, 1940, 8vo, plates…
SPEARS, Edward Louis, 1st Baronet (1886-1974). Prelude to Victory ... With an Introduction by The Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill. London: Jonathan Cape, January 1940. Large 8vo (222 x 146mm). Half title…
Hammer price:
£650
Estimate: £400 - £600
13 July 2023
, 01:00 BST
13 July 2023
, 01:00 BST
WHEELER-BENNETT, John (1902-75). Munich. Prologue to Tragedy, London, 1948…
WHEELER-BENNETT, John W. (1902-75). Munich. Prologue to Tragedy. London: Macmillan & Co., 1948. Large 8vo (220 x 150mm). Half title, 9 full-page illustrations of contemporary cartoons from "Punch"…
Hammer price:
£750
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
13 July 2023
, 01:00 BST
13 July 2023
, 01:00 BST
WINE - Charles Walter BERRY. In Search of Wine, London, 1935, original red…
WINE - Charles Walter BERRY (dates unknown). In Search of Wine. A Tour of the Vineyards of France. With a thought to Bacchus in particular and a Humble Recognition of the Wisdom of Others. London:…
Hammer price:
£550
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023
, 01:00 BST
13 July 2023
, 01:00 BST
YOSHIDA, Shigeru (1878-1967). The Yoshida Memoirs, Boston, 1962, large 8vo…
YOSHIDA, Shigeru (1878-1967). The Yoshida Memoirs. The Story of Japan in Crisis ... Translated by Kenichi Yoshida. Boston [Mass.]: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1962. Large 8vo (212 x 145mm). Half title…
Hammer price:
£200
Estimate: £300 - £500
13 July 2023
, 01:00 BST
13 July 2023
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BOOKS ANNOTATED BY, OR OTHERWISE ASSOCIATED WITH, ANTHONY EDEN. Please see…
BOOKS ANNOTATED BY, OR OTHERWISE ASSOCIATED WITH, ANTHONY EDEN (arranged chronologically) - L. J. TROTTER. Rulers of India. The Earl of Auckland, Oxford, 1893, 8vo, cloth, annotated and underlined in…
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
13 July 2023
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13 July 2023
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BOOKS PRESENTED TO ANTHONY EDEN. Please see the full listing below. (c.90)
BOOKS PRESENTED TO ANTHONY EDEN (arranged chronologically) - George MEREDITH. Modern Love, London, 1892, reprint, 8vo, dark blue buckram, inscribed, "From Dolly, Xmas 1892," and further inscribed in…
Hammer price:
£2,400
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
13 July 2023
, 01:00 BST
13 July 2023
, 01:00 BST
BERNARD, Claude (1813-78). Introduction à l' Étude de la Médecine…
BERNARD, Claude (1813-78). Introduction l' Étude de la Médecine Expérimentale. Paris, London & Madrid: J. B. Baillière et Fils [on verso of half title and verso of p.400:] Imprimerie de E. Martinet…
Estimate: £150 - £200
13 July 2023
, 01:00 BST
13 July 2023
, 01:00 BST
BROWN, Thomas (dates unknown). A Letter in Reply to the Report of the…
BROWN, Thomas (dates unknown). A Letter in Reply to the Report of the Surgeons of the Vaccine Institution, Edinburgh; With an Appendix, Containing a Variety of Interesting Letters on the Subject of…
Hammer price:
£100
Estimate: £200 - £300
13 July 2023
, 01:00 BST
13 July 2023
, 01:00 BST
DOVES PRESS - William SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616). The Tragedy of Julius…
DOVES PRESS - William Shakespeare (1564-1616). The Tragedie of Julius Caesar. Hammersmith [London]: The Doves Press, 1913. 4to (233 x 165mm). Printed in red and black throughout, 4-pages of errata…
Hammer price:
£1,500
Estimate: £400 - £600
13 July 2023
, 01:00 BST
13 July 2023
, 01:00 BST