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Preisdatenbank abonnierenNO RESERVE Forester (C.S.) The General, 1936 § Guthrie (Ramon) Parachute, 1927 § [Bower (J. G.)] "Klaxon". On Patrol, 1919, first English editions, original boards, some with very minor fading to spine ends, dust-jackets, first extremities bumped and creased with minor chipping, others with light soiling but overall bright and crisp; and 7 others, First World War novels, 8vo (10)
NO RESERVE Greene (Graham) The Heart of the Matter, 1948; Our Man in Havana, 1958; A Burnt-Out Case, 1961, first editions, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, first and second lightly marked, dust-jackets, first stained and faded, light creasing to extremities, still overall bright copies; and 7 others by Greene, 8vo (10)
NO RESERVE Greene (Graham).- Publisher's poster.- Original Advertising Poster for 'The Third Man', original artwork in gouache heightened with white, mounted on letterpress poster base, small scuff to top left corner, light adhesive stains visible to poster where mount is coming away, small stain to upper border of poster base not affecting artwork, National Book League, artwork measuring 470 x 380mm, framed and glazed, [1950].⁂ Rare original artwork for a poster which probably hung in the foyer of The National Book League's office at 7 Albermarle St in Mayfair to promote the film The Third Man (1950) - a 1949 British film noir directed by Carol Reed, written by Graham Greene and starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, and Trevor Howard.
NO RESERVE Mackenzie (Seaforth) Dead Man Rising, 1951 § Carlson (Eric Stener) The Saint Perpetuus Club of Buenos Aires, one of 300 copies, 2009, first editions, first with minor spotting to endpapers, original boards, dust-jacket, first with light spotting to lower panel, second in fine condition; and 8 others, horror fiction, 8vo (10)
NO RESERVE Mulford (Clarence) Hopalong Cassidy's Protégé, ninth edition, jacket small tear to foot of spine, 1933 § Joscelyn (Archie) Blue River Riders, first edition, 1945 § Brand (Max) Cleaned Out, small damp-stain to upper cover and jacket upper panel, 1942; and 22 others, all Western and frontier, a couple with ink inscriptions, some occasional spotting, original cloth, dust-jackets, slightly chipped and bumped, a few with small tears, some light toning, 8vo (25)
Nabokov (Vladimir) Lolita, jacket spine ends and corners a little chipped, some light rubbing and creasing, 1959; Invitation to a Beheading, jacket spine dulled, spine chipped at foot, some creasing to head and foot, New York, 1959; Despair, jacket with chipping to corners, short split to foot of upper joint, some chipping to foot of upper panel, light creasing to head and foot, New York, 1966; The Defense, jacket with light toning to spine, light surface soiling, light creasing to head and foot, New York, 1964, first English or American editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and 5 others by the same, 8vo (9)
NO RESERVE Rhys (Jean) Voyage in the Dark, 1934 § Lessing (Doris) This was the Old Chief's Country, 1951 § Byatt (A.S.) The Game, 1967 § Beauclerk (Helen) The Love of the Foolish Angel, illustrations by Edmund Dulac, 1929, first editions, some endpapers browned, last with light occasional spotting, original cloth, first a little faded and bumped, all but the first with dust-jackets, chipping to extremities, spine ends bumped and creased, some light browning to panels; and 13 others, women writers, 8vo (17)
Rhys (Jean) Wide Sargasso Sea, first edition, very faint foxing to endpapers, original boards, light bumping to spine ends and corners, dust-jacket, rubbing to tips of spine and corners, 2 short tears to head of upper panel with some accompanying creasing, an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1966.
NO RESERVE "Sapper" [McNeile (H.C.)] Word of Honour, sixteenth edition, spine repair to jacket verso, 1935; The Man in Ratcatcher, twenty-eighth edition, 1934; Challenge, A Bulldog Drummond Novel, ink ownership inscription to title, 1939; and 12 others by the same, mixed editions, occasional spotting, including to some titles, original cloth, dust-jackets, some chipped or with small tears, some light discoloration, 8vo (15)
Shaw (George Bernard) The Adventures of the Black Girl in Search for God, first edition, signed presentation inscriptions from the author and artist to half-title, A.L.s. from the artist loosely inserted, illustrations by John Farliegh, original pictorial boards by Farliegh, slight bowing to upper cover, light rubbing to tips of spine and corners, an excellent copy overall, 8vo, 1932.
NO RESERVE Sitwell (Edith) Planet and Glow-Worm, 1944; The Canticle of the Rose: Selected Poems 1920-1947 1949, first editions, presentation inscriptions to L. P. Hartley from the author to front free endpapers, very light browning to second endpapers, original cloth, dust-jackets, light fading, minor chips and creases to extremities, light soiling to lower panel of first, still bright copies overall, 8vo (2)⁂ Edith and L. P. Hartley were friends for many years, and were avid correspondents. Hartley later included Edith Sitwell as a chapter in his literary treatise 'The Novelist's Responsibility', alongside Emily Bronte, Jane Austen, Henry James and Osbert Sitwell.
NO RESERVE Verne (Jules) A Journey into the Interior of the Earth, pictorial frontispiece, jacket toned,[c.1940] § Harding (Robert) Poison of Kali, first edition, colour frontispiece, some light foxing, 1939 § Operator 1384 [John H. Barrington] Queen of the Riffs, first edition, 1937, dust-jackets, some small tears to upper panels, chipped; and c.40 others, all adventure and exploration, some with ink inscriptions, original cloth, dust-jackets, a few torn and others chipped, some discolouration, 8vo (c.45)
West (Rebecca) Henry James, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Bethel Solomons dated 1978 to endpaper, portrait frontispiece, browning and ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original cloth, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners a little frayed, extremities rubbed, 8vo, 1916.⁂ The author's first book.
NO RESERVE Bates (H.E.) My Uncle Silas, 1939 § Nesbit (E.) Long Ago When I Was Young, 1966 § Trevor (Meriol) Sun Slower Sun Faster, 1955 § Brand (Christianna) Nurse Matilda, 1964, illustrations by Ardizzone, first editions, third with ink ownership name to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jackets, light bumping and chipping to corners, first with small portion missing to spine head, tail frayed, others in excellent condition, 4to & 8vo; and a large framed lithograph poster of Ardizzone's 'Shelter Scene' from 1941, published by the National Gallery, 665 x 990mm (5)
NO RESERVE Henty (G. A.) Wulf the Saxon, 1895; With Roberts to Pretoria, 1902; Won by the Sword, 1900, first editions, contemporary ink ownership or presentation inscriptions to endpapers, light spotting, slightly heavier to first few pp., original pictorial cloth, lightly rubbed; and 24 others by Henty, 8vo (27)
*** Please note, the description to this lot has changed ***NO RESERVE Juster (Norton) The Phantom Tollbooth, first English edition, illustrations by Jules Feiffer, 1962 § Garner (Alan) Elidor, signed by the author to title and additionally to endpapers, light spotting to first few pp., 1966, original boards, first with very minor fading to spine ends, dust-jacket, light chipping and creasing to corners, some short tears without loss, lower covers lightly discoloured or spotted; and 2 others, children's, 8vo (4)
Milne (A. A.) [The Christopher Robin Books], 4 vol., comprising When We Were Very Young, eighteenth edition, 1929; Winnie-the-Pooh, third edition, 1927; Now We Are Six, second edition, 1927; The House at Pooh Corner, first edition, ink inscription to half-title, spine browned, 1928, all with illustrations by E.H. Shepard, pictorial endpapers, occasional light soiling, original pictorial cloth, t.e.g., extremities scuffed, 8vo, (4)
Hogarth (William) Hogarth Restored, The Whole Works, 88 engraved plates (?only), 15 with multiple images, re- engraved by Thomas Cook, light dampstaining, several shaved within margin, affecting captions, a few margins extended or reinforced, upper hinge broken, 19th century half roan, gilt, rubbed, folio, 1802.
Malory (Sir Thomas) Morte d'Arthur, third edition, one of 1600 copies, illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley, occasional light foxing or minor damp-staining to upper margins, original black cloth, ornately gilt with Beardsley design, light bumping to spine ends and corners but an excellent copy overall, lge 4to, 1927.⁂ The work was initially issued by Dent in 12 parts and was Beardsley's first commission as a 20-year-old art student. Known to be the most complete edition of the work with ten illustrations not included in the two first printings.
NO RESERVE Photography.- Beaton (Cecil) Near East, first edition, 1943 § Korda (T., editor) Photography Year Book, vol.1, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, rubbed and soiled, 1935 § Brandt (Bill) Nudes 1945-1980, 1982 § Duncan (David Douglas) The Silent Studio, [c.1973] § Rosa (J.) A Constructed View: The Architectural Photography of Julius Shulman, New York, 1994 § Elwall (R.) Building with Light: The International History of Architectural Photography, 2004 § Morgan-Griffiths (L.) Ansel Adams: Landscapes of the American West, 2008, illustrations, all but the second original cloth or boards with dust-jackets, some a little rubbed, the first slightly frayed at edges; and c.95 others on photography, v.s. (c.100)
NO RESERVE Wyss (Johann) The Swiss Family Robinson, frontispiece and 19 tipped-in chromolithograph plates by Heath Robinson, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, very light foxing, original pictorial cloth, gilt, very lightly faded, dust-jacket, lightly marked, spine faded, small chips to spine and upper panel with minor loss, still overall an attractive copy, 8vo, 1936.⁂ First edition illustrated by Heath Robinson.
Williams (Jonathan) The Loco Logodaedalist in Situ, number 7 of 50 copies signed by the author, illustrations by Joe Tilson, bookplate of Tom Maschler, original cloth, light fading, Cape Goliard Press, 1971 § Stevenson (R.L.) The Long Journey, number 60 of fewer than 200 copies signed by the artist and printer/binder, wood-engravings by Robin Mackenzie, with an additional suite of plates loose as issued in portfolio, Oldham, Incline Press, 2014 § Yorke (Malcolm) Today I worked well - the picture fell off the brush: The artistry of Leslie Cole, one of 500 copies, illustrations, Upper Denby, Fleece Press, 2010; and 9 others, limited editions and illustrated, v.s. (12)
Architecture.- Chamberlain (Henry, editor) A New and Compleat History and Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster...By a Society of Gentlemen, first edition, engraved frontispiece, 2 folding maps and 64 engraved plates, list of subscribers, some light spotting and offsetting, map of environs of London with tear to fold, Pp2 torn without loss, pencil inscription of Kerry Downes, contemporary calf, spine gilt with red morocco label, a little worn, joints split, folio, for J. Cooke, [?1770].
NO RESERVE Architecture.- Hitchcock (Henry-Russell) Architecture: Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, 1958 § Blunt (Anthony) & others. Baroque & Rococo Architecture & Decoration, 1978 § Freeden (Max H. von) Balthasar Neumann: Leben und Werk, Munich, 1981 § Mark (R.) Light, Wind, and Structure: The Mystery of the Master Builders, Cambridge, Mass., 1990 § Pavlik (M.) & Vladimir Uher. Dialogue of Forms: Prague Baroque Architecture, New York & London, 1976, illustrations, original cloth or boards with dust-jackets, the first rubbed and frayed; and c.30 others on architecture, 8vo & 4to (c.35)
NO RESERVE Architecture.- Krecic (Peter) Plecnik: The Complete Works, New York, 1993 § Dobney (S., editor) Chen Shi Min: Selected and Current Works, Mulgrave, Vic., 1998 § Garcia (J.V.) Teoria della Arquitectura, inscribed to Denis Sharp on half-title, Mexico, 1988 § Gössel (P.) & Gabriele Leuthäuser. Architecture in the Twentieth Century, Cologne, 1991 § Murray (Peter) & MaryAnne Stevens. New Urban Environments: British Architecture and its European Context, Munich, 1998 § Butterfield (Jan) The Art of Light & Space, New York, 1993, illustrations, some colour, original cloth or boards with dust-jackets; and a quantity of others on architecture, mostly 20th century, including some periodicals and pamphlets, v.s. (c.150)
Mynors (R.A.B., editor) Durham Cathedral Manuscripts to the end of the Twelfth Century, one of 250 copies, some light spotting, elaborated ownership inscription to front free endpaper, Oxford, 1939 § Pächt (Otto) & others. The St.Albans Psalter (Albani Psalter), 1960 § Gibson (M.) & others. The Eadwine Psalter: Text, Image, and Monastic Culture in Twelfth-Century Canterbury, 1992 § Deshman (R.) The Benedictional of Aethelwold, Princeton, NJ, 1995 § Shepard (D.M.) Introducing the Lambeth Bible: A Study of Texts and Imagerey, Turnhout, 2007 § Wormald (F.) The Winchester Psalter, 1973, plates and illustrations, some colour, original cloth or boards, the first slightly soiled, the last four with dust-jackets; and 8 others on Anglo-Saxon and early English illuminated manuscripts, v.s. (14)
Wordsworth (William) The White Doe or Rylstone; or the Fate of the Nortons, first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece (light marginal spotting), browning to C3 from previous insert, short tear to fore-edge of D2, contemporary half calf, rebacked preserving old spine (partly lacking), rubbed, covers detached, 4to, for Longman etc., 1815.
[Yeats (William Butler) & others.] The Book of the Rhymers' Club [&] The Second Book of the Rhymers' Club, together 2 vol., one of 50 & 70 large paper copies respectively, titles in red & black, light foxing to endpapers, bookplate of Edward S.Sullivan, contemporary crimson morocco, by Bickers & Son (vol.1) and Morrell (vol.2), spines titled in gilt, inner gilt dentelles, t.e.g., others uncut, slight rubbing to joints and edges, 8vo, 1892-94.⁂ With contributions by Ernest Dowson, Lionel Johnson, Richard le Gallienne, Arthur Symons, Yeats and others.
Milton (John) Paradise Lost, copper-engraved frontispiece, p.514 misnumbered 524, small stain to title, contemporary diced russia, lightly rubbed, joints weak, for Jacob Tonson, 1727 § Egan (Pierce) Life in London, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece and 35 hand-coloured plates by Cruikshank, wood-engraved vignettes, 8pp. advertisements, occasional light browning to plates, contemporary calf, spine gilt in compartments, upper cover detached; and 9 others, v.s. (11)
Nelson.- Nelson (Horatio) The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton, 2 vol. in 1, half titles, extra illustrated with engraved plates, mainly C19th ports and views, occasional light soiling and offsetting, MacDonald & Son for Thomas Lovewell & Co., 1814, bound with Unpublished Letters of Lord Nelson to Sir Thomas Troubridge, [?1889], half morocco, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, extremities rubbed, 8vo.
Broadside songs.- The Banks of the Dee, The Jolly Skiffsman [and] I'm going ober de mountain, 250 x 189mm., double column, wood-engraved vignette at head, some light spotting, Durham, Walker, [c.1830]. ⁂ The two final songs have black men as their subjects, who are described using denigrating language.
NO RESERVE Burns (Robert) Auld Lang Sine, illustrated by George Harvey, title in red and black, 5 engraved plates, paper guards, foxing, original cloth, lightly scuffed, for the Royal Association for Promotion of the Fine Arts in Scotland, 1859; and 8 others for the Royal Association,1860 - 1873, all with engraved plates, either accompanying texts or upon mixed subjects, some light foxing, original cloth, some fading, joints and extremities scuffed, folio (9)
NO RESERVE [Clemens (Samuel Langhorne)] "Mark Twain". Life on the Mississippi, first English edition, half-title, frontispiece, illustrations, advertisements dated March 1883, small ink ownership stamps to endpapers, 1883 § Wells (H. G.) Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul, first edition, ownership signature to pastedown in crayon, very light foxing to first few pp., 1905, original pictorial or blind stamped cloth, gilt, first upper cover very lightly marked with slight bumping and creasing to extremities, spines a little rubbed and faded; and 2 others, similar, 8vo (4)
NO RESERVE [Howe (Julia Ward) & others.] A Memorial of Ulysses S.Grant from the City of Boston, engraved portrait (foxed), Boston, 1885 § Lathrop (E.) Historic Houses of Early America, New York, 1946 § Leacock (Stephen) Canada: The Foundations of its Future, Montreal, 1941 § Kempers (A.J.B.) Ageless Borobudur, 1976 § Ducarel (A.C.) Antiquités Anglo-Normandes..., lithographed plates, some on india paper and mounted, some folding, light foxing, contemporary half calf, Caen, 1823 § Greenwood (J.) Curiosities of Savage Life, First & Second Series, 2 vol., third edition, chromolithographed frontispieces, some spotting or browning, vol.1 contemporary half roan, vol.2 original cloth, 1865, plates and illustrations, the first four original cloth, rubbed; and c.95 others, miscellaneous history and travel, particularly America, v.s. (c.100)
NO RESERVE Brown (John) Marjorie Fleming, plates, light spotting, bound in Arts & Crafts style russet morocco ruled in gilt with square floral corner-pieces and small circles in gilt, g.e., a little rubbed, upper cover slightly faded, Edinburgh, 1885 § Thornbury (W.) Two Centuries of Song, wood-engraved plates, text with decorative borders in brown, contemporary red morocco with elaborate border and central ornament in gilt, spine gilt, g.e., 1867 § Stowe (Harriet Beecher) Uncle Tom's Cabin, hinges weak, original grey-brown cloth stamped in blind, wear to spine ends, Thomas Bosworth, 1852 § Jerome (Jerome K.) Three Men in a Boat, original turquoise cloth, Bristol, 1889 § Harris (Frank) Undream'd of Shores, signed presentation copy from the author inscribed on front free endpaper, original cloth, stab-holes to upper cover, New York, 1924 § Gill (Eric) Art-Nonsense and other essays, ex-library copy, original blue buckram, uncut, 1929, rubbed; and a quantity of others, mostly literature, v.s. (c.100)
NO RESERVE First World War.- Hardy (J. L.) I Escape!, plates, 1927 § [Harriman (Karl Edwin)] Wine, Women and War, A Diary of Disillusionment, 1927, first editions, light foxing to fore-edge, endpapers lightly browned, original cloth, first lightly marked, spine frayed and faded, ends a little bumped, second with dust-jacket, lightly soiled with small chips to extremities; and 7 others, similar, v.s. (9)⁂ I Escape! follows the remarkable memoir of a poW who made twelve attempts while imprisoned by the Germans in the First World War, five of which were successful. His methods of escaping include breaking through brick walls, slipping away from a bathing party, picking locks and breaking through a skylight, and disguising himself as a German soldier. Hardyand finally escaped for good in 1918, having been a PoW for nearly four years.
NO RESERVE Cocktails.- Craddock (Harry) The Savoy Cocktail Book, printed in black and colours with illustrations and decorations by Gilbert Rumbold, pictorial endpapers, occasional light foxing, original cloth backed art deco boards in black, gold and green, spine rubbed, head and joints chipped, corners scuffed, 8vo, 1933.
NO RESERVE Churchill (Winston S.) The Great War, 3 vol., first edition bound from the parts, illustrations, light browning to endpapers, contemporary half morocco, spines gilt, corners and spine ends lightly rubbed, 1933; and 2 others, including an original caricature of Churchill, Eisenhower and Malenkov signed by the artist John Jones, v.s. (5)
A Chinese pale celadon jade archaistic vase and cover, Qing Dynasty, 18th or 19th century, carved and incised with a taotie mask enclosed by scrolls on each of the flattened sides, the angular handles with pierced scrolls, the cover knop with incised details, the stone of light celadon tone with some white inclusions, the vase approximately 15cm high x 8.2cm wide x 3cm deep, silver inlaid pierced and fitted wood stand measuring 3.5cm high x 9cm wide x 6cm deepProvenance: Formerly in a private South African Collection purchased in Cape Town 28th October, 1986清18-19世纪 青白玉饕餮纹双耳盖瓶拍品来源：南非私人收藏， 1986年10月28日购自开普敦Condition Report: crack and tiny chip to rim possibly a natural flaw or a bruise but cannot be seen when lid is on Condition Report Disclaimer
A fine Chinese Qingbai glazed bowl, Southern Song Dynasty, circa 1200, of conical form carved on the interior with twenty-two roundels with comb technique borders, covered overall in a rich and even pale blue glaze pooling on the underside towards the foot rim, the biscuit base revealing the high-fired ceramic body, 18.5 cm diameter. Provenance: Formerly in an old Hong Kong collection and purchased from Susan Chen & Co., 25th July 1985. Sold by Marchant, 19th June 1991. Formerly in the collection of a titled English gentleman. A similar bowl of this design and size is included by Junkichi Mayuyama in Mayuyama, Seventy Years, Volume One, no. 433, p. 148; another related bowl incised with boys, in the Baur Foundation, Geneva, was included by Monique Crick in the exhibition of Chinese Trade Ceramics for South-East Asia, Collection of Ambassador and Mrs. Charles Müller, 2010, no. 74, pp. 164/5, where the author notes, 'A bowl with identical decoration was brought to light from a tomb dated 1201, in the district of Yihuang in Jiangxi.' 南宋 青白釉刻花笠式碗拍品来源：英国私人绅士收藏，此前曾于1991年为英国著名古董商Marchant所售，其购自香港旧藏 Condition Report: in nice condition with only a very tiny rim nick which is hardly noticeable and some scratches to the interiorCondition Report Disclaimer
A Chinese coral-ground 'peony' Bowl, Daoguang six-character mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1821-1850), finely enamelled to the exterior with three lemon-yellow ground panels, each enclosing a shaded pink blossom peony framed by foliate scrolls and connected by the slender stems bearing three smaller blue flowerheads amidst further leafy foliage, all reserved on a rich coral ground, six-character seal mark in underglaze blue to base, 11cm diameterProvenance: From a Noble English family, prior to 1921 Other bowls of this pattern with a Daoguang mark have been published: one in the Olmer Collection, Roemer-Museum, Hildesheim, is illustrated by U. Wiesner, Chinesisches Porzellan, Mainz am Rhein, 1981, p. 197, no. 138; one in the collection of Simon Kwan was included in the exhibition, Imperial Porcelain of Late Qing, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 13 August - 25 September 1983, p. 72, no. 51; another in the collection of the Hong Kong Museum of Art was included in their exhibition, The Wonders of the Potter's Palette, 2 November 1984 - 6 January 1985, pp. 158-159, no. 104 and another similar bowl from the Greenwald Collection, illustrated by Gerald M. Greenwald, The Greenwald Collection, Two Thousand Years of Chinese Ceramics, 1996, no. 70.清道光 珊瑚红地珐琅彩"大清道光年制"花卉图碗拍品来源：英国显赫贵族私人收藏 Condition Report: restored and under a light one can see the bowl has been in several pieces with at least three large pieces restored back on rim measuring into total an area approximately 18cm long x 4cm high and the interior of the bowl with old restoration spray now a cream colour with age and peeling away and under a bright light most pieces are present but there are two small black areas measuring approximately approximately 4mm x 3m and 3mm x 2mm which are presumably filled areas where the porcelain is missingCondition Report Disclaimer
An uncut Chinese brocade dragon robe, Qing Dynasty, circa 1860, with 9 dragons woven with grey blue scales and each clasping the pearl of wisdom, the ground silk has faded from an apricot-orange to a paler version, overall size excluding red border at one end, 289cm x 145cm and a smaller piece 146cm x 63cm (2) This may have been an offering robe for a temple to bestow good fortune and health upon a young prince or princess who would have the right to wear apricot orange in the Imperial Court. As the clouds are interspersed with delicate flowers and bats it may indicate a female garment. See a robe of yellow satin with similar five-clawed dragons at the V&A Museum, dated circa 1860, Accession Number 12-1881. According to the registration records, the robe came from the Summer Palace, Pekin. Provenance: Private Collection 约清1860年 黄地龙袍料拍品来源：英国私人收藏。见英国维多利亚与阿尔伯特博物馆藏类似五爪龙袍（疑圆明园所获），博物馆编号12-1881。 Condition Report: red stain to approximately 22cm x 17cm and to the right of the red stain the yellow silk if frayed right down that side in several places (please refer to images for visual reference to condition) overall fading / light damage throughout the smaller piece with fading /light damage and some small stains and small area of fraying to silk approximately 2.5cm x 1.5cm and other small stains and minor holesCondition Report Disclaimer
The front and back of a Chinese Dragon robe, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, woven brocade, probably made for offering to a Tibetan temple, the unmade blue silk bolt now edged with yellow, 124cm high x 161cm wide including borderBrocades were typically given by wealthy Chinese Courtiers as lavish silk offerings to Buddhist temples, so prayers could be made to bestow good fortune upon the family. Unused Chinese silks were also at the end of the Qing dynasty, often made into panels for export to the west. 清19世纪 石青地龙袍料前胸及后背Condition Report: overall in very presentable conditionsome fading light damage commensurate with age eight stains mainly to centre area the largest 5cm x 3cm and smaller border sticking coming away in a few small areasCondition Report Disclaimer
Y A Chinese Export tortoise shell box and cover, 19th century, elaborately carved to top and bottom with figures pursuing various activities, all within a lush village landscape, 7.7cm diameter x 2.8cm high; a large Chinese silver and copper spoon, 19th century, the handle made of black coral (?), 19.5cm long; and a boar's tooth pendant, one end with moulded copper finial, 11.8cm diameter (3) Provenance: From the private collection of a Gentleman, by descent from his father清19世纪 镂雕玳瑁山水台阁图盖盒等三件拍品来源：英国绅士私人收藏，其父亲早年所购，并由家族传承Condition Report: the tortoise shell box with small hole to the cover which can bee seen when held up to the light otherwise all generally in good condition, minor wear and oxidation to the metalCondition Report Disclaimer
A Chinese miniature stand in the design of an alter table, Qing Dynasty, the panelled rectangular top with everted flanges, supported on legs joined by a stretcher and flanking an openwork ruyi panel, 37.8cm long x 11.5cm high x 12.2cm deepSee a similar miniature alter table sold at Sotheby's London, Lot 112, 4th November 2020 清 黃花梨袖珍翘头案Condition Report: light stain on the top and surface slightly scratches throughout commensurate to ageCondition Report Disclaimer
A Chinese light blue-ground porcelain snuff bottle, Qing Dynasty, painted in darker blue with lotus flower, 7.3cm high, later stopper; a Chinese blue and white miniature vase, Kangxi, 4.5cm high; a Chinese double-gourd blue ground snuff bottle with running horses, Qing dynasty, 4.5cm high without stopper and a blue-ground miniature vase, circa 1800, 6.3cm high (4) Provenance: The late J.B. da Silva (1918-2003) and then by family descent.清 青花鼻烟壶等一组四件拍品来源：前英国外务部官员J.B. da Silva (1918-2003) 私人收藏 Condition Report: the larger snuff bottle good other than firing blemishes the miniature blue and white vase goodthe horses snuff with rim missing and with restoration to rim made upthe blue ground bottle vase with foot rim chip but in the firing Condition Report Disclaimer
An attractive Chinese pale celadon lobed bowl, Qing Dynasty, 18th century, after a Song original, the exterior with eight vertical lines to simulate petals, the glaze with an even light crazing, the foot rim dressed with brown, with kiln warp, 16.5cm diameterProvenance: From the collection of Sir David and Lady Scholey.Tang Ying (AD 1681-1756), appointed resident supervisor of the imperial kilns at Jingdezhen in AD 1728, describes contemporary Yongzheng period production of high-fired grey-green iron glazes made in imitation of Ru, Guan and Ge celadons at Jingdezhen in his 陶成紀事 (Taocheng jishi, 'Records of Ceramic Production').清18世纪 冰裂纹仿官釉碗拍品来源：英国Scholey爵士及女爵伉俪私人收藏，David Scholey爵士为前英格兰国家银行总监及英国国家肖像画廊主席 Condition Report: with kiln warp and leaning to the side some surface wear to glaze and crazing throughout Condition Report Disclaimer
A Dressell 1349 bisque head doll, German circa 1910, with weighted blue glass eyes, painted lashes, feather brows, pierced ears and open mouth with upper teeth, original light brown wig and on a fully jointed wood and composition body, wearing a cream dress and lace bonnet, (condition: good, stringing loose), 18” (45cm) tall.
An A.M 390 bisque head doll, German circa 1915, with weighted blue glass eyes, feather brows, and open mouth with upper teeth, blonde wig and on a fully jointed wood and composition body, wearing a light blue dress with white apron and bonnet, 21” (53cm) tall, (condition: good), together with a similar doll in pink dress and a shoulder head doll, (a/f), (3 items).
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![NO RESERVE Verne (Jules) A Journey into the Interior of the Earth, pictorial frontispiece, jacket toned,[c.1940] § Harding (R](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/b6d116f5-e7d3-438c-bdeb-ad2100a91de6/95a6b269-8533-4887-b539-ad2100ae7c70/468x382.jpg)
![Milne (A. A.) [The Christopher Robin Books], 4 vol., comprising When We Were Very Young, eighteenth edition, 1929; Winnie-the](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/b6d116f5-e7d3-438c-bdeb-ad2100a91de6/3aa084a8-ebc1-497b-be22-ad2100ae9ec4/468x382.jpg)
![[Swift (Jonathan)] A Tale of a Tub..., hand-coloured etched frontispiece and 6 plates, light foxing, modern half red calf, by](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/b6d116f5-e7d3-438c-bdeb-ad2100a91de6/d234e931-7899-4ea3-a7d5-ad2100ae377a/468x382.jpg)
![[Yeats (William Butler) & others.] The Book of the Rhymers' Club [&] The Second Book of the Rhymers' Club, together](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/b6d116f5-e7d3-438c-bdeb-ad2100a91de6/ba65c00e-6a44-49ef-9dc4-ad2100ae1fe2/468x382.jpg)
![Broadside songs.- The Banks of the Dee, The Jolly Skiffsman [and] I'm going ober de mountain, 250 x 189mm., double column, wo](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/b6d116f5-e7d3-438c-bdeb-ad2100a91de6/28b19a05-b673-4076-8187-ad2100adf875/468x382.jpg)
![NO RESERVE [Clemens (Samuel Langhorne)] "Mark Twain". Life on the Mississippi, first English edition, half-title, frontispiec](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/b6d116f5-e7d3-438c-bdeb-ad2100a91de6/52ffb124-d788-4145-87ee-ad2100adf9bb/468x382.jpg)
![NO RESERVE [Howe (Julia Ward) & others.] A Memorial of Ulysses S.Grant from the City of Boston, engraved portrait (foxed)](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/b6d116f5-e7d3-438c-bdeb-ad2100a91de6/551fe2d2-ec38-405c-9d7e-ad2100ae6fab/468x382.jpg)
![NO RESERVE First World War.- Hardy (J. L.) I Escape!, plates, 1927 § [Harriman (Karl Edwin)] Wine, Women and War, A Diary of](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/b6d116f5-e7d3-438c-bdeb-ad2100a91de6/f6932aed-1367-4e7f-9b03-ad2100ae238d/468x382.jpg)
