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20th century light oak refectory dining table, rectangular top on shaped and pierced end supports, united by pegged stretcher (168cm x 76cm, H74cm); together with a pair of oak armchairs and a set of four ladder back dining chairs Dimensions: Height: 107cm Length/Width: 65cm Depth/Diameter: 50cm
Los 1164
Late 20th century mahogany framed three seat sofa, upholstered in cream fabric with repeating cross pattern, raised on cabriole supports (W192cm, D98cm, H89cm); matching armchair in light pink fabric (W92cm, D98cm, H89cm) Condition Report:Seat cushions on the cream sofa could use some attention
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Prunkvoller Solitärring mit 1 Brillanten 2,80 ct, 90-er Jahre750/- Weißgold; Gesamtgewicht: ca. 3,8 g.; erhöhte 6-fache Krappenfassung mit gefasstem Brillant 2,80 ct; Maße des Steins: Durchmesser: ca. 9,22 mm; Höhe: ca. 5,54 mm; Farbe: O-P, light yellow; Reinheit: VVSI+; schlichte Zungenschiene; Maße der Ringmitte: Durchmesser: ca. 10,3 mm; Höhe: ca. 8,9 mm; Ringgröße: 56.
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ELGAR (EDWARD)Series of 20 autograph letters signed ('Edward Elgar', 'Elgar') to Sir Alfred Herbert Brewer (1865-1928), one to Mrs Brewer and one to Charles Brewer, the first recommending Brewer's Emmaus nos. 7 & 8 [of 1901] for the Madresfield Competition ('...if I might be so bold I wd suggest the 3 bars at K (a fifth lower naturally) these would lead into the chorus well...'), the majority concerning the management of the Three Choirs Festival of 1921 and 1922 and mentioning contributions by Bliss and Goosens, ('...the boys are very pleased & it will be a first class thing for the festival... & do away with the remnant of the notion that everything must be a sort of C of E propaganda...'), technical issues (suggesting '...a heavier bass at H'ford on account of the shortness of organ ped there...'), choice of programme ('...I do not want to think the Three Choirs is or are cutting things down....'), making arrangements, and much else, the final letter to Charles Brewer asking him to arrange an audition for Doris Leech, 50 pages, light dust-staining, creased at folds, some small tears, 4to (254 x 202mm.) and smaller, Malvern, The Athenaeum, Brooks's, St James' Place, Perryfield House and elsewhere, 21 November 1901 to 6 November 1931; with two envelopes; autograph letter signed ('Anthony Hope Hawkins') to the Midland Regional Director of the BBC, 6 January [19]31; and further typed letter signed from the BBC to Elgar, 27 October 1931 (24)Footnotes:This correspondence spans some thirty years, but the majority of the letters date from 1921 and 1922 when Elgar and Brewer collaborated on the Three Choirs Festival, an event which began in 1715 and involved the choirs of Hereford, Worcester and Gloucester Cathedrals. Born and bred in Gloucester, Sir Albert Herbert Brewer (1865-1928) held the post of organist and master of the choristers of Gloucester Cathedral from 1896 until his death in 1928. He trained under Charles Villiers Stanford and his pupils included Ivor Novello, Ivor Gurney and Herbert Howells. Through his involvement with the festival, Brewer met Elgar and many other important composers and artistic figures and, during his conductorship '...he introduced many new works and showed great enterprise in the drawing up of programmes...' (F.G. Edwards et al, Grove Music online). His own compositions largely comprised church music for organ and choirs which remain in the standard Anglican canon, including cantatas such as Emmaus of 1901, mentioned here by Elgar. Indeed, Brewer talked at length in his memoir Memories of Choirs and Cloisters of the invaluable assistance Elgar gave him with the score - '...a more generous act could not be imagined...' he wrote. Other works comprised The Holy Innocents and lighter pieces such as The Fairy Pipers which was recorded by Clara Butt. He transcribed several of Elgar's works for organ including Prelude and Angels Farewell from The Dream of Gerontius, In the South, Chanson de Matin and The Coronation March. His son Charles Brewer (d.1978) was a BBC producer who was appointed head of the BBC in Paris in 1944, shortly after the Nazi occupation. In 1945 he was in New York as head of the BBC office in North America. These letters derive from the collection of esteemed ceramics expert and writer the late Henry Sandon, who had a particular interest in Elgar and his works. Provenance: Sir Albert Herbert Brewer (1865-1928); Charles Brewer (d.1978); his nephew Cecil Tew Bruton (1912-1997); purchased from the family of the recipient in 2004 by Henry Sandon (1928-2023); thence by descent.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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DARWIN (CHARLES)Autograph letter signed ('C. Darwin') to Joseph Dalton Hooker ('My dear Hooker'), thanking him for recommending a gardener ('...I despatched a letter this morning telling the young man about the place... I will keep all the documents & return them to you if the man does not wish to come here...'), adding as a postscript '...It is vy good of you to remember about heliotropism of insectivorous plants...', one page, dust-staining and discolouration, some marks and creasing, small 2cm repair to fold tear on reverse, 8vo (205 x 130mm.), Down, 5 October [1879]Footnotes:HOOKER HELPS DARWIN FIND A NEW GARDENER AND PROMPTS DARWIN TO BEGIN RESEARCH INTO HELIOTROPISM: Our letter is one of a series from October 1879 in which Joseph Dalton Hooker is charged with suggesting the name of a prospective gardener to help Darwin at Down House, where Hooker was a frequent visitor. It is published in the Darwin Correspondence Project online (ref.12249F) and they suggest that the candidate mentioned here is likely to be William Duguid (c.1849-1923), a Scot, who, according to the Down House accounts, was employed as Darwin's head gardener in 1879 but left the following year after a scandal (involving 'mysterious dealings in cows' according to the DCP). In the letter, Darwin also thanks Hooker for reminding him about heliotropism (ie. the movement of plants in relation to light) of insectivorous plants. The Project has not identified further correspondence between Darwin and Hooker on the subject, but in 1880, the year after our letter, Darwin published The Power of Movement in Plants, the result of experiments undertaken with his son Francis, in which he concluded that he had not found insectivorous plants to be heliotropic as their priority was to orientate themselves to catch insects rather than receive sunlight. Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911) was not only Charles Darwin's closest friend, he was his most prolific correspondent, and their letters '...provide a structure within which all the other letters can be explored...', (Darwin Correspondence Project). Their correspondence spans forty years of friendship and illuminates both Darwin's scientific and, as shown here, personal life. The post of Head Gardener needed to be considered carefully. The gardens at Down were a 'living laboratory' where Darwin created experimental beds in order to conduct trials on adaptation, seed dispersal, genetic inheritance, cross-breeding and natural selection (Emily Parker article, Down House website).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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ROWLING (J.K.)Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, with the number sequence 10 down to 1 on reverse of title-page, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the dedication page, , publisher's pictorial boards, dust-jacket (light fading to spine) [Errington A2(a)], 8vo, Bloomsbury, [1998]; together with a 'Golden ticket'Footnotes:FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.Provenance: Signed for the vendor's mother at event held at Waterstone's in Newcastle, 10 July 2000 during 'The Hogwart's Express Book Tour' for the launch of The Goblet of Fire.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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BLAEU (WILLEM AND JAN)Toonneel des Aerdrycz, oft Nieuwe Atlas... Tweede Deels, 2 parts in 1 vol., engraved architectural and allegorical titles with pasted-down letterpress overslip on first title, 89 engraved maps (of 92, lacking Africa, America and Virginia), minor marginal soiling and damp-staining, washed, modern half vellum gilt antique, light soiling [Koeman Bl 27A], folio (500 x 330mm.), Amsterdam, Jan Blaeu, 1642Footnotes:FIRST EDITION IN DUTCH of Part II of Blaeu's Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, containing maps of France, Spain, Portugal, Asia (including China and the Holy Land) and the Americas (including Florida, West Indies, Brazil and Peru).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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ROWLING (J.K.)Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, reverse of title-page with the number sequence from 10 to 1, the author's name given as 'Joanne Rowling' and no space between 'Taylor' and '1997', p.53 with the duplication of '1 wand' on the equipment list, and lower cover with misspelling 'philospher's' and 'Wizardry, and Witchcraft' reversed, internally with the usual light browning towards the edges of the pages, fine in publisher's pictorial boards, spine a little bumped at head and very slightly faded [Errington A1(a)], 8vo, Bloomsbury, 1997Footnotes:THE FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST HARRY POTTER NOVEL, AND THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK.Provenance: Gifted by Rowling's literary agent Christopher Little to his close friend, the present owner.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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BLAEU (WILLEM AND JAN)Toonneel des Aerdrycks oft Nieuwe Atlas...Vierde Deel, engraved title and 58 engraved maps, marginal damp-staining, small wormholes to upper margin (not touching text or plates), washed, modern half vellum gilt antique, light soiling [Koeman Bl 45A], folio (500 x 330mm.), Amsterdam, Jan Blaeu, 1646 [but 1647]Footnotes:FIRST EDITION IN DUTCH of Part IV of Blaeu's Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, containing maps of England and Wales.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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CHESHIRE - SAXTONSAXTON (CHRISTOPHER) Cestriae comitatus (romanis legionibus et colonys olim insignis) vera et absoluta effigies, double-page hand-coloured map engraved by Francis Scatter, decorated with large ornamental cartouche, coat-of-arms, ships, sea monsters and compass with dividers, bunch of grapes watermark, scattered light spotting, 2 small single holes in blank area, 390 x 515mm., 1577 [but 1579, or slightly later]Footnotes:The first printed map of Cheshire.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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MALTON (THOMAS)A Picturesque Tour through the Cities of London and Westminster, Illustrated with the Most Interesting Views, Accurately Delineated, and Executed in Aquatinta, 2 vol. in 1, FIRST EDITION, engraved calligraphic titles, engraved dedication to the Prince of Wales with hand-coloured aquatint vignette, letterpress list of subscribers, and 100 FINE HAND-COLOURED AQUATINT PLATES, some with light foxing visible only in margins, others with margins trimmed (3 with loss of imprint, a few with imprint shaved, a number in volume 2 without plate numbers), full burgundy straight-grain panelled morocco gilt by Bayntun Riviere, sides with elaborate roll-tool borders and a carnation in each corner, inner panel with gilt rule border incorporating further carnations and spiral tooling, gilt panelled spine in 6 compartments separated by gilt tooled bands, gilt lettered in one compartment, the others decorated with carnations and pointille within borders of floral tendrils and drawer handle tools, inner gilt dentelles, g.e., slight rubbing to joints (upper one just beginning to crack at head), 404 x 295mm. [Abbey Scenery 204; B. Adams, London illustrated 1604-1851 (1983), no. 72, p.170-5], folio (405 x 300mm.), T. Bensley for T. Malton, 1792-[1801]Footnotes:ONE OF THE FIRST AND FINEST SERIES OF LONDON VIEWS - RARE HAND-COLOURED COPY IN A HANDSOME BAYNTUN RIVIERE BINDING.Thomas Malton (1748-1804) exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy, and was principally known for his views of the capital's streets, squares and buildings. He also designed scenery for Covent Garden Theatre and ran a drawing school whose students included Turner and Girtin. The 100 meticulously observed views in the Picturesque Tour Through London were all composed, engraved and aquatinted by Malton, a remarkable endeavour at a time when the aquatint process was still in its infancy in England. The work represents the first large collection of aquatints of London, or anywhere else in the country, and includes views of Chelsea Hospital, Hyde Park, Grosvenor Square, Westminster Abbey, The Horse Guards, Charing Cross, St. Martin's in the Fields, The Adelphi, Covent Garden, Somerset House, St. Paul's, Mansion House, The Bank of England, Royal Exchange and Greenwich Hospital.'The Picturesque Tour is remarkable, if not unique, in that the 100 large plates of which it is composed were all engraved and aquatinted by the artist in person' (Bernard Adam). 'Like Horwood's Plan – and unlike works like Modern London or the Microcosm – Malton's book was pitched as a solo endeavour, a vision of the city produced by a man keen to establish his cultural credentials and capable of fine artistry, accurate perception, technological innovation and skilful composition... London looms in Malton in ways that most other contemporary illustrations fail to capture. The metropolis is not a threatening city in his works, but it is one that reaches up in great spires and vaulting arches, a place of proud ingenuity and soaring, untroubled magnificence' (Matthew Sangster, www.romanticlondon.org/maltons-picturesque-tour-intro/).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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ARNIM (ELIZABETH VON)Archive relating to Elizabeth von Arnim (1866-1941) and Alexander Stuart Frere (1892-1984), including unpublished correspondence recording their close relationship over twenty years, with two draft novels and personal photographs, comprising: i) Extensive correspondence of around 225 autograph letters, including 170 from Elizabeth von Arnim to Frere and 37 from Alexander Frere to von Arnim (the remainder from other correspondents), variously signed ('Elizabeth', 'E.A.', 'L.G.', 'Leiber Gott', 'Tuppence', 'Tup', '2d'), the majority dating from the height of their relationship c.1921-1922, beginning with her offer of employment in March 1920 ('...Would you like to arrange & catalogue books, stick in bookplates and be generally obliging & useful in a chalet up in the Swiss mountains... I feel already as if you are my right hand...'), Frere replying '...I only hope to be able to repay your trust, confidence and kindness...', continuing with a wide-ranging and intimate correspondence, revealing their feelings for each other, but also her struggles with writing ('...I am sticking to Vera, with the result that blackest dejection sits clutching on my soul... say prayers for the safe delivery of this book...'), Frere sending a verse by Alice Meynell ('... 'I run, I run, I am gathered to thy heart'...') to which she replies ('...I wish the last line could come true! But it will someday...'), on Katherine Mansfield ('...when I think of her I am ashamed that I have too much happiness & light & warmth & love in my life...') and John Middleton Murry ('...He is by nature a sad man...'), with many amusing anecdotes ('...off I go, clutching my m.s. in one hand & my best bonnet in the other...'), on walking in the mountains ('...I start out... with a skirt on... I take it off directly I'm out of sight & stride about breeched...'), on depression and loneliness ('...I love to be pictured in someone's mind...'), much on her numerous dogs, her garden and her routine, mutual friends, travel, excursions, etc.; letters after 1936 mainly on publishing matters, on her fears of Hitler's rise to power ('...Incredible what a man can do in five years if he is entirely ruthless & has the gift of the gab...') and her plan if he invades ('...taking the five dogs to the vet to be put to sleep... putting myself to sleep in a full bath with a chloroform pad over my face... there'll be no real peace in the world until Franco's widow tells Stalin on his deathbed that Hitler was murdered at Mussolini's funeral...'), on her novel Mr Skeffington ('...I'm really distressed that you didn't like Mr Skeff... not a line of it has anything to do with me, or with you, or with anyone else... It is a good subject. And only a woman could treat it really thoroughly & truthfully...'), the last group including a telegram from Patricia Frere notifying Frere of Elizabeth's death ('Elizabeth died this morning in her quiet sleep'), some 440 pages, dust-staining, small tears, 4to and 8vo, Chateau Soleil, Whitehall Court, Cambridge, Portofino, Mas des Roses, USA and elsewhere, 17 March 1920 to July 1947ii) Manuscript draft of her novel Christopher & Columbus, incomplete, written in ink with many deletions, additions and corrections, leaves 4-30 and 102-197 present, plus 2 extra leaves at end, dust-staining, tears, some leaves loose, disbound, lower cover missing, 4to (219 x 142mm.), [c.1919]; with additional manuscript draft for the same novel, ink and pencil, 66 leaves, dust-staining, tears, some leaves loose, in a 'Glendower Bond' notebook, 220 x 164mm., [c.1919]; manuscript drafts of the beginning of a 'Novel in Letters', a correspondence between 'David Fellowes' and 'Anne Doughty' written by von Arnim and Frere, 19 leaves, 4to; further three typescript leaves of 'correspondence' between 'Mrs Denison' and 'William Brayton', [1922-1923]; manuscript draft of Elizabeth von Arnim's review of A Passage to India ('...Plot. A wretched one. The man Forster is a lover of men. He is also shy, fastidious, & therefore frightened of his public... the form of this wretched plot is good. Like a good tune...'), 3 pages, 337 x 215mm., [n.d.] iii) Around 100 photographs from Frere's collection, including von Arnim, Frere and guests at Chateau Soleil, skiing, landscapes, also of student life in Cambridge (punting, picnics), many annotated by Frere on reverse, 140 x 84mm. and smaller, [c.1920's]; and other material including printed pamphlet, 'Note on a Passage in Shelley's Ode to Liberty', The Doves Press, 1914, with accompanying letter of presentation from The Doves Press; Shelley's Poems, Canterbury Poets edition, with von Arnim's bookplate and presentation inscription to Frere, dated 29 September 1921; various notebooks, two in Frere's hand; correspondence between Frere and von Arnim's biographer, Karen Usborne, c.1978-1979, and much else For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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BRUNHOFF (JEAN DE)Le voyage de Babar, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, WITH FULL-PAGE PEN AND INK DRAWING OF BABAR IN A HAT SHOP opposite the title-page, and inscribed on title 'A monsieur et madame Gregory/en souvenir de Montana et de leur excellent traduction/hommage respectueux de l'auteur/Jean de Brunhoff', the original pen and ink illustration (image approx. 190 x 250mm.) depicting Babar in an overcoat talking to a shopkeeper holding up a hat, with 4-line caption below in distinctive cursive script ('Babar - Je voudrais un chapeau pour Mr. Gregory./Le vendeur - Voilà un modèle que je vous recommande./Babar - Très joli! Vous l'enverrez aujourd'hui/de ma part à Mr. Gregory au Chalet La Fenière.-', colour illustrations throughout, pictorial endpapers, contents shaken, occasional light foxing or toning, publisher's cloth-backed pictorial boards, worn and soiled with some abrasions, tears to spine with minor losses, folio, Paris, Editions du Jardin des Modes, [1932]Footnotes:RARE ORIGINAL PEN AND INK DRAWING OF BABAR IN A PRESENTATION COPY OF LE VOYAGE DE BABAR, the second in the series of Babar books. The illustration depicts Babar smartly dressed in overcoat, kerchief and hat in the interior of a milliner's, buying a hat from the shop assistant and requesting it be sent to 'Mr. Gregory au chalet La Fenière'. The book was gifted by Jean de Brunhoff (1899-1937) to the recipients as a souvenir of their meeting at Montana, Switzerland. From an early age de Brunhoff suffered from tuberculosis, and spent much of his time (and eventually dying aged thirty-seven) receiving treatment at a sanatorium in Crans-Montana. In Le voyage de Brunhoff depicts a resort based on the town (with 'Hotel Suisse') where Babar, Celeste and the Old Lady go for 'le bon air des montagnes et faire un peu de ski'.Provenance: Monsieur and Madame Gregory, gift inscription from the author; later inscription ('To my darlingest Winkie, with all my love, Bernard, 1971') beneath a tipped-in bookplate on the verso of the title-page.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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DODGSON (CHARLES LUTWIDGE) 'LEWIS CARROLL'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland... With Forty-Two Illustrations by John Tenniel, SECOND (FIRST PUBLISHED) EDITION, first issue with page 30 correctly numbered and the inverted 'S' in the last line of the contents page, half-title, frontispiece and numerous illustrations by Dalziel after Tenniel, some spotting and soiling, short tear to fore-edge of pp.5-6, one corner creased on pp.81-2, light blue endpapers, tissue guard between frontispiece and title, publisher's pictorial red cloth gilt (with 'Bound by Burn...' ticket on rear paste-down), g.e., recased with lower joint restored, spine ends and corners strengthened, hinges repaired (with paper to match endpapers), 1866; Through the Looking-glass, and What Alice Found There, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with misspelling 'wade' on p.21, frontispiece and illustrations by John Tenniel, tissue guard between frontispiece and title, dark endpapers, publisher's pictorial red cloth gilt (with 'Burn & Co.' at rear), recased with short repairs to joints and spine ends, hinges strengthened, 1872, housed together in fleece-lined box, gilt lettered on spine [Williams, Madan & Green 46 and 84], 8vo, Macmillan and Co. (2)Footnotes:Provenance: First book, 'H.M. Archer, Oxford, 1865', ink inscription on half-title, blind-stamp of 'Wheeler & Day, 106 High St., Oxford' on front free endpaper; second book, 'H.M.A[rcher] from F. Wilberforce Bird, 1871', inscription in two hands on half-title.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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WALCOTT (DEREK)25 Poems, second edition, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on the half-title to 'The Editor, Poetry Quarterly, compliments of Derek Walcott', publisher's wrappers, light soiling and wear, 8vo, Bridgetown, Barbados, Advocate Company, [April] 1949Footnotes:PRESENTATION COPY OF NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING DEREK WALCOTT'S VERY SCARCE FIRST BOOK OF POEMS, inscribed to the editor of Poetry Quarterly, the poet Charles Wrey Gardiner (1901-1981), editor of the influential poetry magazine from 1940 to 1953.'My first book of poems was published privately in 1949,' Walcott recalls, smiling. 'That was my mother. The book was 25 Poems. It cost 200 dollars' (interview with James Campbell, The Guardian, 4 October 2008). First published in January 1949, this second edition appeared in April of the same year. This printing was issued in both cloth and, as here, in wrappers. All the issues are exceedingly rare.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX, SaintDe consideratione... ad Eugenium Papam, 38 leaves (of 45, lacking final section 'Cypriani...'), 37-39 lines, Gothic text, rubricated in red, 2 large 10-line capitals (1a and 36b) painted red and blue, other capitals in red, light stain to fore-margin of final 2 leaves, occasional spotting, some marginal ink annotations (and underlining of a few words on 5 pages) in several early hands, late nineteenth century boards, scuffed [BMC II, 345; Goff B368; GW 3914; Hain 2887], small folio (383 x 200mm.), [Augsburg, Anton Sorg, c.1475/77]Footnotes:Provenance: Buckfast Abbey.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
![BIBLE, IN HEBREWDerech Ha'Kodesh [in Hebrew] Via sancta...sive Biblia Sacra eleganti et maiuscula characterum forma, edited](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/13d0b16f-612a-4d8d-a899-b22100d6bf7d/de53428a-fc7c-4ae7-917e-b22100dae92f/468x382.jpg)
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BIBLE, IN HEBREWDerech Ha'Kodesh [in Hebrew] Via sancta...sive Biblia Sacra eleganti et maiuscula characterum forma, edited by Elias Hutter, Roman and Hebrew types, general title-page, 2 tables, engraved head-pieces, occasional later manuscript annotations in English, some toning [Adams B1235; Darlow & Moule 5108], Hamburg, Johannes Saxon, 1587; Cubus alphabeticus sanctae Ebraeae linguae, light toning [USTC 625788], Hamburg, Jacobus Wlfius, 1588, 2 works in 1 vol., half vellum over marbled boards, morocco title label on spine, five raised bands on spine, some shelfwear and light soiling, joints a little cracked at head and foot of spine, folio (390 x 260mm.)Footnotes:Hutter's Hebrew Bible was the earliest production of a Hebrew press in Hamburg, cleverly printed using thick and hollow type, and superscript, to help students learn Hebrew grammar.Provenance: Buckfast Abbey, bookplate and inscription dated 1914.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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ROWLING (J.K.)Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, UNCORRECTED PROOF OF THE FIRST EDITION, publisher's blue and white wrappers, a few light marginal creases, and light erased pencil mark to upper cover but generally bright and clean [Errington AA2(a)], 8vo, Bloomsbury, [1998]Footnotes:UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY OF THE SECOND HARRY POTTER NOVEL. Errington notes that 'an unconfirmed print-run of 300 copies is generally accepted... Bloomsbury is unable to provide accurate figures and has merely suggested between 200 and 300 copies'.Provenance: Sold on behalf of the 'North Devon Hospice'.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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JARDINE (WILLIAM)The Naturalist's Library, 40 vol., 40 engraved portraits, 40 additional engraved pictorial titles (25 hand-coloured), 1286 engraved plates (of 1280, lacking some of the called for plates but with additional ones), mostly hand-coloured, one double-page, 16 half-titles only, light age-toning, partially unopened, later green half calf, slight fading to spines [Nissen ZBI 4708; Wood, p.405; Zimmer, p.326], 8vo, Edinburgh, W.H. Lizars, 1842-1843Footnotes:Comprising: Mammalia (13), Ornithology (14), Ichthyology (6), and Entomology (7).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
![TOLKIEN (J.R.R.)The Fellowship of the Ring; The Two Towers; The Return of the King [The Lord of the Rings], 3 vol., FIRST EDI](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/13d0b16f-612a-4d8d-a899-b22100d6bf7d/61522fa4-7ace-40cf-878b-b22100db0f31/468x382.jpg)
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TOLKIEN (J.R.R.)The Fellowship of the Ring; The Two Towers; The Return of the King [The Lord of the Rings], 3 vol., FIRST EDITIONS, FIRST IMPRESSIONS of 'The Fellowship' and 'The Return' (third state with sagging text and numeral 4 on p.49), second impression of 'Two Towers', each with folding red and black map (loose in 'Fellowship'), spotting to edge of text block, endpapers toned, publisher's red cloth, 'Fellowship' worn with white damp spots to upper cover and spine, 'Two Towers' worn with light cup stains on upper cover, dust-jacket to 'The Return' (spine soiled with small loss at extremities, a few small 'tea' stains on upper cover), upper cover and flap only of 'Two Towers', 8vo, George Allen and Unwin, [1954-1955]This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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PALESTINE MANDATE AND ISRAELFranco-British Convention of December 23, 1920, on Certain Points Connected with the Mandates for Syria and the Lebanon, Palestine and Mesopotamia. Presented to Parliament by Command of His Majesty. Miscellaneous No. 4 (1921), 4pp., old light folds, folio, H.M.S.O., 1921Footnotes:Scarce important paper to establish the borders of the territories to be ruled by the British and French mandates of Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia and Lebanon, considered one of the foundational documents concerning the eventual borders of the State of Israel, and an influence on the history of the region to this day.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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ANTIPHONAL[Antiphonarium secundum morem Sancte Romane Ecclesie completum continens dominicale, sanctuarium, commune et hymnarium et quedam officia noua ... Correctum per fratrem Franciscum de Brugis ordinis minorum de obseruantia], vol. 1 only (of 2), 194 leaves of 199 (lacking title-page and last 4 leaves), 19 lines, Gothic letter, music on 4-line red staves, printed in red and black, large inhabited woodcut initials, light soiling and occasional marginal damp-staining, final 2 leaves with extensive loss to lower right corner, contemporary red stained blind-stamped vellum over heavy wooden boards, metal corner-pieces and bosses, metal fittings on lower cover, five raised bands on spine, rubbed, foot of spine repaired, lacking clasps and some fittings [USTC 820057; EDIT 16 CNCE 11111], large folio (555 x 390mm.), [Venice, Lucantonio Giunta, 1503]Footnotes:Provenance: Buckfast Abbey.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
![BIBLE, IN LATIN[Biblia Latina] Biblia cum concordantiis veteris et novi testamenti, 408 leaves, 56 lines and headline, 2 col](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/13d0b16f-612a-4d8d-a899-b22100d6bf7d/b2d47b4b-5585-41cf-a832-b22100dc9b91/468x382.jpg)
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BIBLE, IN LATIN[Biblia Latina] Biblia cum concordantiis veteris et novi testamenti, 408 leaves, 56 lines and headline, 2 columns, Gothic letter, large opening initial in red and blue, capital spaces filled in alternate red and blue, some with decorative flourishes, paragraph marks in red, opening leaf laid down with loss to blank fore-margin, paper flaw to margin of one leaf (Z1, with loss of a couple of letters), heavy dampstain to 4 leaves (Aa1-4), light dampstain to upper margin of approximately 20 leaves, single wormhole to opening few leaves, and a few single wormholes to index at end, strip of manuscript binder's waste visible after a8, a few minor ink annotations (mostly marginal) in several early hands, early blind-stamped vellum over wooden boards, rebacked in vellum, covers soiled and without metal fittings [ISTC ib00593000; BMC III 695; Goff B593; GW 4270], folio (305 x 215mm.), [Freiburg im Breisgau, Kilianus Piscator (Fischer), c.1493-94] or [Basel, Johann Amerbach, c.1494-95]Footnotes:The identity of the printer of this Bible, only one copy of which has been traced at auction, has been the subject of some disagreement. It was traditionally ascribed to Amerbach at Basel, but BMC examined the different types used and attributed it to Freiburg's first printer, Kilianus Fischer, who is known to have relocated to Basel by 1497.Provenance: Raitenhaslach Abbey (Cistercian abbey, near Burghausen, Germany), ownership inscription in lower margin of a2; Leonard Lindsay, bookplate; Buckfast Abbey.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
![HOBBES (THOMAS)Leviathan, or the Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-wealth Ecclesiatical and Civill, [second edition], a](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/13d0b16f-612a-4d8d-a899-b22100d6bf7d/015a9227-2c01-46ab-8f3e-b22100dca4c4/468x382.jpg)
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HOBBES (THOMAS)Leviathan, or the Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-wealth Ecclesiatical and Civill, [second edition], additional engraved allegorical title, printed title with woodcut device of bear and foliage, folding letterpress table, early ink correction of a few words on p.79 and a few letters neatly inked over on 3 or 4 further pages, old ink stain affecting a few letters on p.67, thin traces of worming at gutter margin towards end, occasional light spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked retaining early morocco label, worn [ESTC R13936; cf. Pforzheimer 491; c.f. PMM 138], folio (290 x 193mm.), Andrew Crooke, 1651 [but John Redmayne and Christoffel Cunradus, 1678]Footnotes:The second edition of Hobbes' 'major treatise on psychology, politics, and religion... [for which] Hobbes appears to have been genuinely afraid that he might be prosecuted for heresy' (ODNB). First published in 1651 it was banned by the censors, thus appearing in this second pirated edition under a false imprint.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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PALESTINE - BRITISH MANDATEAn archive of 'Confidential' administrative reports, testimonies, correspondence with General Montgomery, photographs, and ephemera, from the archive of Morris Bailey O.B.E., District Commissioner in Haifa and Samaria during the British Mandate in Palestine, including: Approximately 20 mimeographed or typescript reports or copy correspondence relating to Bailey's role as administrator for the British Mandate, together approximately 100 pages, a few with manuscript annotations, several countersigned by Bailey with his initials or with his purple stamp, some headed 'Secret and Personal', 'Confidential', etc., 4to, c.1921-1944[Montgomery] Four autograph letters signed by General Montgomery ('B.L. Montgomery') to Bailey ('My dear Bailey'), relating to disagreements over how to 'quell the rebellion [by the local Arab population] - which is really the only thing that matters', Montgomery uncharacteristically stating that 'it was my fault' that their differences had escalated, and addressing Bailey's 'complaint about the incident at the B.S.S. I... have dealt with the office concerned, he will be wiser in future...', and promising to address 'municipal scavenging... Personally I object to dirty streets, and I shall therefore arrest the municipal workers whenever they go on strike', together 7 pages, paper headed 'Headquarter 8th Division, Haifa, Palestine', dated 17 January-1 April 1939; together with associated copy correspondence and reports'Changing Palestine', from National Geographic, specially bound 40-page article, inscribed to Bailey by the author, Edward Keith-Roach, District Commissioner of North Palestine, 1934[King Faisal I of Iraq] Items relating to the reception on 14 September 1933 of the body of King Faisal I of Iraq at Haifa, en route for Baghdad, aboard H.M.S. Despatch where 'the streets... were thronged throughout the night... many thousands of Arab spectators, drawn from all parts of Palestine and from Trans-Jordan...', including 5 press photographs (one showing Morris Bailey alongside Edward Keith-Roach), and a decorative metal nail removed from the coffin (to allow it to fit onto the aeroplane to Baghdad) made into a paperweight[Haile Selassie] Four photographs of Bailey welcoming the exiled Emperor Haile Selassie on his arrival in Haifa in 1935, together with a newspaper cutting of the occasionMargaret Bailey. Manuscript account of her life in the Holy Land in 1920s-40s, rich in detail of every day life, engagements with the Bedouin, Arab chiefs and militia, local women, and her husband Morris' work, approximately 200 pages, ink on paper, many corrections and some loose pages inserted, contemporary cloth, 4to, c.1945; 'Holy Week in Jerusalem [in 1940]' including a 14-page account with mention of her meeting with the 7-year old King Faisal II of Iraq; and 4 other typescript articles by Margaret on local ceremoniesEphemera, including a portrait photograph of Bailey, military commendations for his WWI actions, and newspaper cuttings relating to his service in Palestine, a collection of 10 folding maps, including sheets 1-6 of the Palestine Survey map of Palestine, c.1921-1944 (quantity)Footnotes:'THERE IS CONSIDERABLE APPREHENSION, FEAR AND DISMAY' - Confidential papers shedding a light on the conflicting interests of the British administration, Arab and Jewish populations during the British Mandate of the 1920-30s, from the archive of Morris Bailey, who in 1921 was Assistant Governor to Beersheba District, and was appointed as District Commissioner to the North Palestine regions in 1933. The earlier papers mostly relate to problems of the local economy ('The Fellaheen are virtually slaves of the money-lenders... [so] that on political as well as economic grounds the solution of the Usury problem is the most pressing need of the country') and its impact on local unrest.Bailey's insights on British governance are outlined in his response to a 'personal and confidential' questionnaire (24 June 1921) issued by the High Commissioner, and again in May 1936 when he reports on the fanning of civil unrest amongst both Arabs and Jews by newspaper propaganda, and another (7 June 1936) warning about the 'deep-rooted feeling of despair among all classes of Arabs that it is the intention of the Home Government to swamp them and eventually hand over the country to the Jews', and suggests that economic and political solutions should be prioritised over military ones to suppress strikes and unrest amongst the Arab population. In March 1937 his report on the security situation in Galilee Division states that 'the Safad Jews are hysterical... there is considerable apprehension, fear and dismay...', and suggests measures to prevent 'intimidation of both Arabs and Jews'. Bailey's views were critical of the increasingly punitive measures undertaken by the military to control both Arab and Jewish insurgencies, leading to clashes with General Bernard L. Montgomery, chief of the 8th Infantry Division at Haifa. Montgomery is forced to write an apology to Bailey ('I am glad we have made it up. It was my fault', 19 Jan. 1939), whilst Harold MacMichael, the British Commissioner at Government House, writes to Bailey stating that whilst his difference of opinion with Montgomery 'is perfectly legitimate... I do not like the way it is put. It is provocative' (16 January 1939).Provenance: Morris Bailey O.B.E, District Commissioner of the Northern District of Palestine. He died whilst serving in Palestine in 1944, Edward Keith-Roach noting in his funeral eulogy that Bailey had 'an unrivalled knowledge of peasant life... the many hours he spent on horseback up and down the country-side [led to] many a blood feud being settled due to this intervention and many murders prevented'. Included with the lot is document with the circular ink stamps of 29 mukhtars of the 'Jabal' villages of the Hebron Sub-District offering sympathy on his death, dated 6 January 1944; by descent to the present owner.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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ESQUEMELIN (ALEXANDRE OLIVIER)De Americaensche Zee-Roovers. Behelsende een pertinente en waerachtige Beschrijving van alle de voornaemste Roveryen, en onmenschelijcke wreedheden, die de Engelse en Franse Rovers, tegens de Spanjaerden in America, gepleeght hebben, FIRST EDITION, black letter, additional engraved title-page, section titles 'Piratica America', 12 engraved plates (4 double-page), light toning to text leaves and light occasional offsetting from plates, first gathering washed, nineteenth century cerise morocco by Riviere with gilt decoration on covers and spine, marbled endpapers and elaborate gilt dentelles, g.e., light wear mostly to extremities of spine, 3 small scratches on upper cover, custom-made red morocco gilt felt-lined clamshell box [USTC 1814458; Howgego E39; Sabin 23468], 8vo (196 x 150mm.), t'Amsterdam, Jan ten Hoorn, boekverkoper, 1678Footnotes:'PIRATICA AMERICA' - EXTREMELY RARE FIRST EDITION. We have traced no complete copy at auction in the last 130 years. Written by Alexandre Olivier Esquemelin (c.1645-1707, also spelled Exquemelin, Esquemeling, Exquemeling, or Oexmelin) the Americaensche Zee-Roovers is a swashbuckling account of pirate exploits in the Caribbean. Known in English as the Buccaneers of America, the book has twelve engravings that bring the fearsome pirate captains to life, and unflinching descriptions of the violence and plunder that both horrified and fascinated readers.Among the colourful characters populating Esquemelin's eye-witness account, none looms larger than the infamous privateer Henry Morgan (1635-1688). As Morgan's confidant and barber-surgeon, Esquemelin had a front-row seat to some of the most audacious raids in pirate history, including the sack of Maracaibo in 1669 and the daring assault on Panama in 1671 (both depicted in the plates). Esquemelin paints a complex portrait of Morgan – as a brilliant tactician and fearless leader, but also a man capable of great cruelty. Following the publication of the English translation in 1684, which accused Morgan of torture and the use of nuns and monks as a human shield, Morgan took steps to discredit the book and successfully brought a libel suit against the book's English publishers William Crooke and Thomas Malthus.'Perhaps no book in any other language was ever the parent of so many imitations' (cf. Sabin) and it became the cornerstone of pirate literature for centuries to come, Esquemelin's vivid prose and intimate knowledge of buccaneer life captivating readers across Europe. First published in this edition in 1678, it was then translated into German (1679), Spanish (1681), English (1684) and French (1686). The German translation is a faithful translation of the original Dutch while the Spanish translation adds new material quite freely and without acknowledgment, and frequently mistranslates the Dutch. The English translation appears to be a translation of the Spanish edition, including most of its deviations from the Dutch original. Finally, the French translation of 1686 is substantially a new work with many additions, including new pirate biographies (Daniel Montbars and Alexandre Bras-de-Fer) and the complete rearrangement of some sections.First editions such as this are of 'extreme rarity' (Sabin) and we have traced no other complete copies at auction since 1894 (Bangs, 25 April 1894, lot 301), with an earlier record in 1884 (Leavitt & Co., 3 March 1884, 909a). Only six copies have been traced in institutions (cf. USTC 1814458). Plates and maps comprise: Bartholomeus de Portugees (Bartholomew the Portuguese), p.40; Rock, de Brasiliaen Genaemt (Rock Brasiliano), p.42; François Lolonois, p.46; The Cruelty of Lolonois, p.60; Johan Morgan (Henry Morgan), p.74; Morgan Attacks Puerto del Principe, Cuba, p.82; Morgan Attacking the Forts at Chagre, Panama, p.88; Afbeeldingh van de Stadt en t'Landtschap van Marcaibo (A Map of the City and Country of Maracaibo), double-page map, p.94; Captain Morgan Torturing Prisoners After the Battle of Maracaibo, p.98; Morgan Destroys the Spanish Fleet at Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela, double-page view, p.102; Afbeeldingh van de Stadt en t'Landtschap van Panama (A Map of the City and Country of Panama), double-page map, p.130; Reskontre van de Spanijaerden tegens de Roovers voor de Stadt Panama, Nevens het Verbranden en Ruijneren van de selve Stadt (The Battle Between the Spaniards and the Pirates for the City of Panama, and the Burning and Ruining of the Same City), double-page view, p.134.Provenance: Charles George Milnes Gaskell (1842-1919, MP for Morley), bookplate. Gaskell was an English lawyer and Liberal Party politician and also a serious book collector. Other books in his collection included a first edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein in its original boards (later in the library of Jerome Kern) and a first issue of Robinson Crusoe.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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TWENTIETH-CENTURY LITERATUREThe remaining papers of Alexander Stuart Frere of Heinemann, including author correspondence, draft manuscripts and photographs, comprising: J.B. Priestley: c.60 autograph and typed letters, much on novels and publishing ('...these long novels of mine are not a clever stunt and a sort of pastiche of the older novelists, but my natural way of expressing myself...'), the American Press ('...the attitude of the press here, particularly the stinking Hearst papers, towards England and the crisis is enough to make you sick...'), politics and the atomic bomb ('...very bad news... no real world machinery for making proper use of such power...'), discussing book rights, on Anthony Powell ('...it is a damned sight easier writing 12 novels about the same people than it is creating different sets of people for 12 different novels...'), his marriage, visits to the Freres ('...I left the cord of my dressing gown attached to the electric light in my bedroom... Could I have it please?...'); with thirty-five letters from Jacquetta Priestley, mostly letters of thanks, one asking Frere to contribute to C.N.D.; a number of Frere's copy replies; sheets of accounts for the Good Companions Trust, printed Homosexual Law Reform Society Annual Report, 1962-3, correspondence and photographs of his fortieth anniversary dinner hosted by Heinemann, 1962, over 120 pages, 4to and smaller, Isle of Wight, Devon, Hampstead, USA, Alveston, and elsewhere, January 1930 to October 1977; portrait photograph of Priestley as a young man, signed and inscribed 'A.S. Frere/ from his friend/ J.B. Priestley', framed and glazed, with frame 220 x 155mm.Rebecca West: c.17 autograph letters and postcards, sending corrections to proofs of Noël Coward's autobiography of 1937 ('...He seems to have heard of so little of what is going on in the world... quite staggering...'), long letter relating a conversation with H.G. Wells regarding their son Anthony ('...told me with the greatest sweetness, the greatest kindness, the greatest wisdom... he thought the boy had fallen into a silly set...') and justifying Anthony's behaviour, news of family and mutual friends, copy of letter from Harold Nicolson on his criticism of Edgar Wallace with additional comments by West ('...This means a lot from Harold...'), an angry letter regarding Elizabeth von Arnim's biographer, etc., c.32 pages, 4to, Tisbury, London, High Wycombe, 1937 to 1981; with manuscript review of William Gerhardie's novel Futility, 1922; photograph of West and her ?son, captioned June 1936 on reverseNoël Coward: Carbon typescript of his play Peace in Our Time, 80 leaves, buff wrappers, 4to (256 x 204mm.), [c.1946]; carbon typescript of his autobiography Future Indefinite, 500 leaves, pale blue wrappers, 4to (258 x 200mm.), [c.1954]; with a Christmas card signed 'Love to all Freres and Mice xxx Noël'Richard Church: Draft autobiography Over the Bridge, written in ink in ten manuscript notebooks, each with ownership inscription, c.580 pages, three green cloth with initials RC on upper cover, seven stapled green wrappers, 4to (206 x 128mm.), 1954; volume ten containing manuscript of 'The Nightingale', dated 10 February 1947 (10)W. Somerset Maugham: large quantity of material including over 25 autograph and typed letters, on various subjects including the death of Pat's brother in 1944, film rights, his health, invitations and thanks, 34 pages, 4to, [1934-1962]; with other papers including letters from Maugham's assistant Alan Searle, carbon copies of outgoing correspondence from Frere, various publishing and TV agreements, copies of essays, Maugham's biography, etc.; 18 black and white snapshots; album of 29 black and white press photographs of Somerset Maugham, ABC television interview, each 257 x 204mm., 14 October 1958; photostat typescript of Looking Back, with accompanying note by Frere on his refusal to publish, 7 August 1963; Gin & Bitters, by A. Riposte, Heinemann, 1931 with autograph note by Frere on inside front cover ('...This book is by Mrs Elinor Mordaunt... none but a few proof copies was ever printed. In a revised form it was subsequently published by Secker who yielded to pressure... & withdrew the book...'); with a copy of the American edition, Farrar & Reinhart, 1931; file of business papers (1940-1981) including Frere's copy correspondence, telegrams, financial papers regarding the estate of Alan Searle, various printed pamphlets, sale catalogues, etc.Correspondence from other authors to Frere and his wife, including George Millar (c.50); Hugh Walpole (c.35); Edith Sitwell (6, with a Christmas card); Tom MacGreevy; H.E. Bates; R.F. Delderfield; Elizabeth Enright; Victor Gollancz; John Masefield; John Middleton Murry (2); 'Pino' Orioli; C.P. Snow; Thornton Wilder, etc.; with menu for the Savoy Restaurant, 24 June 1930 signed by fifteen authors in pencil including H.G. Wells, Frank Swinnerton, John Drinkwater; Frere's list of Heinemann authors at the time of the Tilling takeover; presentation copy of T.H. White, Burke's Steeragei, Collins, 1938, inscribed by the author to Pat Wallace '...and this time she doesn't have to read it or pay for it...'; printed Air Force List, 1932, with spoof title page 'What's Wrong with the Air Force? By Pat Wallace', signed in pencil by 28 authors including H.G. Wells, Noel Streatfeild, J.B. Priestley; unpublished corrected typescript of Liza Maugham's memoirs, [c.1964/5] with associated correspondence (quantity)Footnotes:This lot forms part of an archive of letters and papers from the personal collection of publisher Alexander Stuart Frere-Reeves (1892-1984), known as 'Frere' to his friends, which brings together many of the most important authors of the twentieth-century, and demonstrates a wide web of influence and relationships. As managing editor of William Heinemann, he built up an extraordinary list of talent represented here in correspondence from, amongst others, John Steinbeck, Thomas Wolfe, Rebecca West and her lover H.G. Wells, W. Somerset Maugham, Noël Coward, and J.B. Priestley, a lifelong friend with whom he edited Granta. Frere tended towards the younger, more 'modern' authors, several of whom became close friends, as is shown by these intimate letters, which blur the lines between personal and business relationships: '...He had a flair for detecting talent, and encouraging it, and the gift of establishing friendships with the people he liked and respected, among whom were most of his authors. He prided himself on publishing authors rather than books only...' (obituary, The Times, 6 October 1984). As a young man he had an intense relationship with the novelist Elizabeth von Arnim, nearly 30 years his senior, their hitherto unpublished correspondence also offered here (see lot 91). Many of our letters are addressed to his second wife Patricia Marion Caldecott Wallace (1907-1995), writer, theatre critic and daughter of the author Edgar Wallace, most notably some revealing correspondence from her close friend Daphne du Maurier (see lot 92).After leaving Christ's College, Cambridge, Frere's career began as a journalist on the London Evening News. He joined William Heinemann, a subsidiary of Doubleday, in 1923, rose rapidly within the firm and was made managing director in 1932 under the chairmanship of C.S. Evans when F.N. Doubleday sold his shares after the Wall Street crash. He resigned as president in 1961 and retired a year later to become advisor to The Bodley Head. His papers have remained in the family until now.Provenance: Alexander Stuart Frere (1892-1984); thence by descent to the present owner.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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ORWELL (GEORGE)Nineteen Eighty-Four, FIRST EDITION, half-title, publisher's light green cloth, top edge of text block in red (slight fading at head of spine and edges, small stain at foot of lower cover), dust-jacket by Michael Kennard printed in red with white lettering (spine faded and frayed at head and foot, small losses at tips of front flap fold) [Connolly, The Modern Movement 99; Fenwick, A.12a], 8vo, Secker & Warburg, 1949Footnotes:FIRST EDITION OF ORWELL'S FINAL NOVEL AND THE BENCHMARK FOR ALL DYSTOPIAN FICTION. The jacket was printed in both red and green variants, with no priority established.Provenance: Henry Gubler, NY, pencil note inside upper cover. 'The Holliday Bookshop... New York' label inside lower cover.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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TORQUEMADA (JUAN DE)Expositio regulae S. Benedicti, 159 leaves (of 160, without first blank), 50 lines, Gothic text, blue and red manuscript initials, numerous early marginal manuscript annotations in several hands, table of contents bound at front, k7 repaired in lower margin, v8 cut down to size and laid down without loss of text, some margins trimmed affecting manuscript annotations, light toning, later cats-paw calf gilt, red edges, rebacked, some shelfwear [ISTC it00516000; Goff T516], 4to (250 x 190mm.), [colophon:] Paris, Pierre Levet, for Nicolaus Militis, 4 May 1491Footnotes:Provenance: Buckfast Abbey, bookplate.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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CONSTANTINOS MALEAS (1879-1928)Côte d'Attique signé en grec en bas à droitehuile sur carton contrecolle sur toile34 x 49,5 cm. (13 3/8 x 49.5in.)signed in Greek lower rightoil on cardboard laid on canvasFootnotes:ProvenancePrivate collection, Athens.ExpositionsAthens, Maleas' studio, Attica Seashores, Autumn 1920-1021 (possibly).LittératureA/Kotidis, Constantinos Maleas (1879-1928),Adams editions, Athens 2000, no. 154, pp.151-152(discussed) p.336 (catalogued), p. 158, fig. 97 (illustrated).Full of life and paganistic fervour, this restless work conveys the artist's emotional response to the landscape, translating a stretch of coastal land into a powerful visual language of form and colour. Using richly layered, dynamic brushwork and a strong, expressive palette, Maleas focuses on nature's colours, shapes, and textures as integral elements to his pictorial arrangement. Rather than resorting to the picturesque, he relies on purely painterly means to create a dynamic tension between nature and abstraction. Instead of merely depicting a landscape, he conveys the impression that we are actually witnessing the process of its birth. Following in the steps of Cezanne, who exhorted painters to look for solidity and discover the enduring character of their subjects, Maleas handled the natural environment not only as coloured patterns of light that would have satisfied an impressionist eye, but also as substantial forms with volume, mass and structure. Similarly, he transcended impressionism in the rendering of space, suggesting recession into depth not by diminution of tonal contrast but through the arrangement of form in a sequence of planes. (Note how the distant mountains are as lucid and vivid as the foreground shrubs). While painting the view in front of him with complete directness, Maleas did so with a deep understanding of the landscape as a complex entity, entrusting his subject to the truth of vision and then recomposing it with freedom and creativity.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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NIKOLAOS LYTRAS (1883-1927)Pente, île de Poros signé en grec en bas à gauchehuile sur toile62 x 46,5 cm. (24 7/16 x 18 1/8in.)signed in Greek lower leftoil on canvasFootnotes:ProvenanceMaria N. Lytra, Athens.Private collection, Athens.ExpositionsAthens, Zappeion Hall, Exhibition of Works by Nikolaos N. Lytras 1902-1927, April 7 - May 7, 1929, no. 95 (listed in the exhibition catalogue, p. 6).Venice, XX Esposizione Biennale Internationale d'Arte, Greek Pavillion, May 31 - September 29, 1936, no. 103 (listed in the exhibition catalogue, p. 283).LittératureE. Matthiopoulos, Greek Participation in the Venice Biennales 1934-1940, doctoral dissertation, vol. III, Rethymno 1996, p. 620, no.106/103 (listed).A. Kouria, D. Portolos, Nikos Lytras, Building Form with Colour and Light, exhibition catalogue, National Gallery - A. Soutzos Museum & Hellenic Literary and Historical Archive, Athens 2008, p. 291 (shown in a photograph of the artist's 1929 posthumous retrospective exhibition).Considered lost, shown only in an archival black and white photograph of Lytras's 1929 posthumous retrospective exhibition at Zappeion Hall, Pente, Île de Poros captures the eternal structure of the Greek landscape. The bold, dramatic steepness of the rugged terrain, the large, close-up shapes of the trees with their Cezannesque corporeality, the sweeping, energetic brushwork in the vein of van Gogh, and the density and texture of the paint itself convey a sense of substance, immediacy, and presence, betraying the sure hand of a master expressionist. The overall development of the oblique design builds up a solid compositional edifice and an architectural organisation of active spaces and vibrant, undulating forms, demonstrating the painter's endeavour to liberate form from visual reality without breaking from the world of appearances. The fluid rhythm of execution becomes the means by which the artist not only paints a view of the landscape but becomes part of it in search of an interpretative approach to nature and a deeper pictorial truth.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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CARTIER, PANTHERE A MID-SIZE BI-METAL BRACELET WATCH WITH DATE, NO. 8395706825Movement: Cal. 83, quartz, 9 jewels Case: Stainless steel case, gold coloured bezel, screwed down case back with eight screws Dial: Silvered Bracelet: Cartier bi-metal bracelet with concealed clasp Size: 29mm, bracelet 18cm Signed: Case, dial, movement, clasp Accessories: None Condition Report: Movement is currently functioning. New battery fitted 03.10.24Movement appears to be in a generally good condition with little sign of previous intervention when viewed under a 4x loupe. Dial appears to be in a generally good condition with no marks visible when viewed under a 4x loupe. Hands appear to be in a generally good condition.Glass appears free of significant scratches or marks when viewed under a 4x loupe. Case appears to be in good condition with minor scratches and marks. Crown has light scratches when viewed under a 4x loupe. Bracelet has light scratches and some signs of light stretching to links. Clasp is currently functioning and appears to be in good condition. Bracelet measures approximately 18cm including case.This lot does not come with box or papers.Dreweatts 1759 do not guarantee the working order or accuracy of any lots sold. Due to opening of the case back we recommend this watch is re-sealed by a qualified technician to ensure any stated water resistance is achieved.If you should have any further questions regarding this lot, please contact the Watch Department on 01635 553 553 or at watches@dreweatts.com Condition Report Disclaimer
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A RUBY, DIAMOND AND ENAMEL BANGLE The hinged tapered bangle with blue enamel front, set with a cushion shaped and circular cut ruby and old European cut diamond flower head between similarly set foliate motifs, to an engraved border, diamonds approximately 2.00 carats total, unmarked Size/dimensions: inner diameter 6.0cm Gross weight: 49.5 grams Condition Report: The bangle has some light wear, some solder to the backs of the settings. Testing as 14 carat gold.Condition Report Disclaimer
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UNSIGNED A GOLD KEYLESS WIND FULL HUNTER QUARTER REPEATER POCKET WATCH WITH CHRONOGRAPH SECONDS, NO. 281003Movement: Overcoil balance spring, lever escapement, repeater work Case: Gold five piece hinged case, stamped 0.585 with a poinçon Dial: White Size: 55mm Signed: Unsigned Accessories: None Condition Report: Movement is currently functioning. Repeater functioningMovement has scratches, marks and tarnishing commensurate with general wear visible when viewed under a 4x loupe. Dial appears to be in a generally good condition with no marks visible when viewed under a 4x loupe. One small mark between 12 and 1 o'clockHands appear to be in a generally good condition.Glass appears free of significant scratches or marks when viewed under a 4x loupe. Case shows light scratches and marks. Cuvette is also marked, but is thinHinges appear intact.Crown has light scratches when viewed under a 4x loupe. 112g grossThis lot does not come with box or papers.Dreweatts 1759 do not guarantee the working order or accuracy of any lots sold. Due to opening of the case back we recommend this watch is re-sealed by a qualified technician to ensure any stated water resistance is achieved.If you should have any further questions regarding this lot, please contact the Watch Department on 01635 553 553 or at watches@dreweatts.com Condition Report Disclaimer
Los 24
A FANCY LINK NECKLACE Composed of shaped alternating textured and polished fancy links, with indistinct marks to the concealed box clasp Size/dimensions: 44.5cm long Gross weight: 75.8 grams Condition Report: Some light wear commensurate with age and use, the clasp in working order, safety clasp makes it secure however the loop needs a slight adjustment as it is slightly hard to get over the bead. It is higher carat gold, testing as 14-18ct. Condition Report Disclaimer
Los 217
PATEK PHILIPPE, LA FLAMME, REF. 4816/3 A LADY'S 18 CARAT GOLD AND DIAMOND BRACELET WATCH, NO. 2892732, CIRCA 1990Movement: Cal. E15, quartz, 6 jewels Case: 18 carat gold case, diamond set bezel and lugs, snap case back, stamped with 0.750 common control mark Dial: Cream Bracelet: Patek Philippe 18 carat gold and diamond bracelet with snap clasp Size: 23mm, bracelet 15cm Signed: Case, dial, movement, crown, clasp Accessories: Patek Philippe box Condition Report: Movement is currently functioning. Movement appears to be in a generally good condition with little sign of previous intervention when viewed under a 4x loupe. Dial appears to be in a generally good condition with no marks visible when viewed under a 4x loupe. Hands appear to be in a generally good condition.Glass appears free of significant scratches or marks when viewed under a 4x loupe. Case appears to be in good condition with minor scratches and marks. Crown has light scratches when viewed under a 4x loupe. Bracelet appears to be in a generally good condition, with light scratches and no signs of significant stretching, twisting or distortion of the links. Clasp is currently functioning and appears to be in good condition. 67g grossBracelet measures approximately 15cm including case.This lot comes with a box but no papers.Dreweatts 1759 do not guarantee the working order or accuracy of any lots sold. Due to opening of the case back we recommend this watch is re-sealed by a qualified technician to ensure any stated water resistance is achieved.If you should have any further questions regarding this lot, please contact the Watch Department on 01635 553 553 or at watches@dreweatts.com Condition Report Disclaimer
Los 260
Y PATEK PHILIPPE, CALATRAVA, REF. 3919 AN 18 CARAT GOLD WRISTWATCH, NO. 2868677, CIRCA 1990Movement: Cal. 215, manual wind, 18 jewels Case: 18 carat gold case, snap on bezel, case back stamped with 0.750 common control mark Dial: White Strap: Patek Philippe black alligator strap with gold pin buckle Size: 33m Signed: Case, dial, movement, crown, strap, buckle Accessories: None Condition Report: Movement is currently functioning. Movement appears to be in a generally good condition with little sign of previous intervention when viewed under a 4x loupe. Dial appears to be in a generally good condition with no marks visible when viewed under a 4x loupe. Hands appear to be in a generally good condition.Glass appears free of significant scratches or marks when viewed under a 4x loupe. Case shows light scratches and marks. Crown has light scratches when viewed under a 4x loupe. Strap appears to be in good condition with minor marks and creasing. Buckle appears to be in good condition with minor marks and scratches when viewed under a 4x loupe.39g grossThis lot does not come with box or papers.Dreweatts 1759 do not guarantee the working order or accuracy of any lots sold. Due to opening of the case back we recommend this watch is re-sealed by a qualified technician to ensure any stated water resistance is achieved.If you should have any further questions regarding this lot, please contact the Watch Department on 01635 553 553 or at watches@dreweatts.com Condition Report Disclaimer
Los 256
JAEGER-LECOULTRE, REVERSO NIGHT AND DAY, REF. 270.8.54 A STAINLESS STEEL REVERSIBLE DOUBLE DIAL WRISTWATCH WITH 24 HOUR INDICATION, NO. 1952539, CIRCA 2005Movement: Manual wind Case: Stainless steel reversible sliding case Dial: Silvered, the reverse grey Strap: Jaeger-LeCoultre brown ostrich strap with stainless steel deployant clasp Size: 26mm Signed: Case, dial, crown, strap, clasp Accessories: None Condition Report: Movement is currently functioning. We have been unable to gain access to the movement to be able to report its condition. Silver dial has a scratch at 7 o'clockGrey dial appears to be in good conditionHands appear to be in a generally good condition.Glass has some scratches and marks when viewed under a 4x loupe. Case appears to be in good condition with minor scratches and marks. Crown has light scratches when viewed under a 4x loupe. Strap shows marks and creasing. Buckle appears to be in good condition with minor marks and scratches when viewed under a 4x loupe.This lot does not come with box or papers.Dreweatts 1759 do not guarantee the working order or accuracy of any lots sold. We recommend this watch is tested by a qualified technician to ensure any stated water resistance is achieved.If you should have any further questions regarding this lot, please contact the Watch Department on 01635 553 553 or at watches@dreweatts.com Condition Report Disclaimer
Los 203
THE 1ST EARL OF LIVERPOOL, A VICTORIAN SENTIMENTAL LOCKET NECKLACE CIRCA 1880-1895 Designed as a snake link chain suspending ten gem set gold lockets, decorated with acrostic gem charges, reflecting the system of cadency, including a mullet, martlet, annulet or fleur-de-lys for the sons, and hearts for the daughters, each reverse engraved with initials and dates for each child, around a glazed compartment containing a lock of hair, unmarked Size/dimensions: 39.5cm long Gross weight: 78.1 gramsProvenance: Cecil George Savile Foljambe, 1st Earl of Liverpool, PC (7 November 1846 - 23 March 1907) and The Countess Liverpool Lady Rosamund Foljambe (1893-1974), later Countess of Leven Thence by direct family descent.The 1st Earl of Liverpool and his second wife, Susan Cavendish, The Countess Liverpool, had eleven children, the first ten represented by lockets as follows: Gerald William Frederick Savile Foljambe, 3rd Earl of Liverpool (1878-1962), an officer in the Oxfordshire Light Infantry - a garnet set mullet, reverse engraved G.W.F.S.F., born 12 May 1878 Lady Edith Margaret Emily Mary Foljambe (1879-1962), married Brigadier-General D'Arcy Legard - an emerald set heart, reverse engraved E.M.E.M.F., born 6 Sept.r 1879 Lady Alice Etheldreda Georgiana Mary Foljambe (1880-1922), a painter - an amethyst heart beneath a diamond crescent, reverse engraved A.E.G.M.F, born 18 Sept 1880 Lady Mabel Evelyn Selina Mary Foljambe (1881-1915), married Dr. William Woodburn - a moonstone heart beneath a diamond mullet, reverse engraved M.E.S.M.F, born 25 Sept.r 1881 Brevet Major Honourable Josceline Charles William Savile Foljambe (1882-1916), an officer in the Northumberland Fusiliers, killed in action in the First World War - a zircon (jargoon) and diamond set martlet, reverse engraved J.C.W.S.F, born 16 Oct.r 1882 Margaret Susan Louisa Mary Foljambe (14 January 1884 - 16 January 1884), died in infancy - a moonstone heart in a black enamel surround with a rose cut diamond martlet above, reverse engraved M.S.L.M.F born 14 Jan.y 1884, died 16 Jan.y 1884 Lady Constance Blanche Alethea Mary Foljambe (1885-1977), married Reverend Hezekiah Hawkins - a carbuncle garnet heart beneath a rose cut diamond annulet, reverse engraved C.B.A.M.F, born 26th February 1885 Robert Anthony Edward St Andrew Savile Foljambe, 4th Earl of Liverpool (1887-1969) - a ruby annulet, reverse engraved R.A.E.St.A.S.F., born 3rd April 1887 Honourable Bertram Marmaduke Osbert Savile Foljambe (1891-1955), married Joyce Edmunson, grandfather to the present Earl of Liverpool - a beryl and rose cut diamond fleur-de-lys, reverse engraved B.M.O.S.F, born 6th January 1891 Lady Rosamond Sylvia Diana Mary Foljambe (1893-12 April 1974), married Archibald Leslie-Melville, 13th Earl of Leven - a moonstone heart beneath a ruby, sapphire and diamond fleur-de-lys, reverse engraved R.S.D.M.F., born 30th January 1893.The eleventh child, the Honourable Victor Alexander Cecil Savile Foljambe (1895-1975), has no locket on this necklaceIn heraldry, cadency is any systematic way to distinguish arms displayed by descendants of the holder of a coat of arms when those family members have not been granted arms in their own right. Historically, arms were only heritable by males, and therefore cadency marks had no relevance to daughters. As the 1st Earl of Liverpool had two sons by his first wife, Louisa Howard, Gerald Foljambe, bears the charge of the mullet, symbolic of the third son, Brevet Major Honourable Josceline Foljambe, that of the swift symbolic of the fourth son. The daughters cadency is unusually also marked with the same charges above the hearts. Condition Report: All stones present and correct. Two of the lockets have slightly different coloured glass frames to the reverse. Chain slightly discoloured at front Overall in good condition with some surface wear, nicks and scratchesCondition Report Disclaimer
Los 168
CARTIER, A GEM SET BASKET BROOCH CIRCA 1960 The ropetwist and polished rod basket with brilliant cut diamond accent, issuing a spray of circular cut emeralds, sapphires and rubies and brilliant cut diamonds, signed Cartier Paris, numbered 016103, stamped with maker's mark and French poinçon Size/dimensions: 3.2cm long Gross weight: 15.5 grams Condition Report: The basket has some light wear, the stones are all present and correct, bright, some stones have chips, but this appears to be from manufacture, the signature is fairly clear, the Cartier is partially on, stamps are clear- request images. The clip clasp is in good working order, the pins are slightly angled away from the back of the brooch, but this may be from manufacture. Condition Report Disclaimer
Los 244
ROLEX, OYSTER ROYAL, REF. 6246 A STAINLESS STEEL WRISTWATCH, NO. 234275, CIRCA 1950Movement: Cal. 710, manual wind, 15 jewels Case: Stainless steel case, screw down crown, screw down case back Dial: Silvered Strap: Unsigned black leather strap with steel pin buckle Size: 31mm Signed: Case, dial, movement, crown Accessories: Rolex box Condition Report: Movement is currently functioning. Movement has scratches, marks and tarnishing commensurate with general wear visible when viewed under a 4x loupe. Dial appears to have noticeable marks and scratches. DiscolouredHands show marks and tarnishing when viewed under a x4 loupe. Glass has some scratches and marks when viewed under a 4x loupe. Case shows light scratches and marks. Crown screws down and has light scratches when viewed under a 4x loupe. Stem can sometime stick and will require attentionStrap shows wear with visible marks, creasing and discolouration. Buckle appears to be in good condition with minor marks and scratches when viewed under a 4x loupe.This lot comes with a box but no papers.Dreweatts 1759 do not guarantee the working order or accuracy of any lots sold. Due to opening of the case back we recommend this watch is re-sealed by a qualified technician to ensure any stated water resistance is achieved.If you should have any further questions regarding this lot, please contact the Watch Department on 01635 553 553 or at watches@dreweatts.com Condition Report Disclaimer
Los 170
BOUCHERON, A LADY'S 18CT GOLD BRACELET WATCH CIRCA 1965 The navette shaped textured gold dial with baton hour markers, within a bamboo design bezel, to a similarly designed link bracelet, case back and bracelet signed Boucheron Paris, maker's marks, case number 73766, bracelet number 1203255, stamped with French poinçons and Swiss assay marks for 18ct gold, manual wind movement, with suede Boucheron pouch Size/dimensions: case 1.8cm wide, watch 18.0cm long Gross weight: 65.7 grams Condition Report: Movement is currently functioning. Dial appears to be in a generally good condition with no marks visible when viewed under a 4x loupe. Hands appear to be in a generally good condition.Glass appears free of significant scratches or marks when viewed under a 4x loupe. Case shows light scratches and marks. Crown has light scratches and marking. Bracelet appears to be in a generally good condition, with light scratches and no signs of significant stretching, twisting or distortion of the links. Clasp is currently functioning and appears to be in good condition. Bracelet measures approximately 17.5cm including case.66g grossThis lot comes with a pouch .Dreweatts 1759 do not guarantee the working order or accuracy of any lots sold. We recommend this watch is tested by a qualified technician to ensure any stated water resistance is achieved.If you should have any further questions regarding this lot, please contact the Watch Department on 01635 553 553 or at watches@dreweatts.com Condition Report Disclaimer
Los 227
CARTIER, PANTHERE, REF. 1120 A LADY'S BI-METAL BRACELET WATCH, NO. 157818CD, CIRCA 1995Movement: Cal. 157, quartz, 4 jewels Case: Stainless steel case, gold coloured bezel, screwed down case back with eight screws Dial: Silvered Bracelet: Cartier bi-metal bracelet with concealed clasp Size: 22mm, bracelet 17cm Signed: Case, dial, movement, clasp Accessories: Cartier box Condition Report: Movement is not currently functioning. A new battery was fitted. This may be indicative of the need for a service or symptomatic of something more serious. Movement appears to be in a generally good condition with little sign of previous intervention when viewed under a 4x loupe. Dial appears to be in a generally good condition with no marks visible when viewed under a 4x loupe. Hands appear to be in a generally good condition.Glass appears free of significant scratches or marks when viewed under a 4x loupe. Case shows light scratches and marks. Crown has light scratches when viewed under a 4x loupe. Bracelet has light scratches and some signs of light stretching to links. Clasp is currently functioning and shows light scratches and marks. Missing central linksBracelet measures approximately 17cm including case.This lot comes with a box but no papers.Dreweatts 1759 do not guarantee the working order or accuracy of any lots sold. Due to opening of the case back we recommend this watch is re-sealed by a qualified technician to ensure any stated water resistance is achieved.If you should have any further questions regarding this lot, please contact the Watch Department on 01635 553 553 or at watches@dreweatts.com Condition Report Disclaimer
Los 2
A MID 19TH CENTURY LONG CHAIN Composed of textured gold links to a barrel shaped clasp with cannetille decoration and cabochon turquoise accents, unmarked Size/dimensions: 142.0cm long Gross weight: 69.7 grams Condition Report: The links have some small patches of very light channelling from the links rubbing together, slight thinning, but nothing too major. A couple of the soldered joins on the links have not soldered the whole way across, this is from manufacture, a couple of resoldered links. The clasp is a period clasp, but may not be original to the piece, it is in working order, but one of the turquoise has been replaced with a flat hardstone panel, the other stones have some discolouration. Condition Report Disclaimer
Los 219
CARRERA Y CARRERA A GOLD COLOURED AND DIAMOND WRISTWATCH, NO. 304 190970, CIRCA 1998Movement: Cal. ETA 956112, quartz, 7 jewels Case: Gold coloured case, diamond set eyes to the lugs, snap case back, stamped 18k 0.750 Dial: Champagne Strap: Carrera Y Carrera brown leather strap with gold coloured deployant clasp, stamped 750 Size: 32mm Signed: Case, dial, strap, clasp Accessories: Carrera Y Carrera guarantee card, unsigned pouch Condition Report: Movement is currently functioning. Movement appears to be in a generally good condition with little sign of previous intervention when viewed under a 4x loupe. Dial appears to be in a generally good condition with no marks visible when viewed under a 4x loupe. Hands appear to be in a generally good condition.Glass appears free of significant scratches or marks when viewed under a 4x loupe. Case appears to be in good condition with minor scratches and marks. Crown has light scratches when viewed under a 4x loupe. Strap shows marks and creasing. Buckle appears to be in good condition with minor marks and scratches when viewed under a 4x loupe.64g grossThis lot does not come with a box, but comes with papers dated .Dreweatts 1759 do not guarantee the working order or accuracy of any lots sold. Due to opening of the case back we recommend this watch is re-sealed by a qualified technician to ensure any stated water resistance is achieved.If you should have any further questions regarding this lot, please contact the Watch Department on 01635 553 553 or at watches@dreweatts.com Condition Report Disclaimer
Los 57
CARRERA Y CARRERA, A PANTHER BRACELET AND EARRING SET The bracelet composed of a series of interlocking panther design links, the earrings en suite, each stamped 750 with maker's marks, numbered 160383 and 239029, maker's cases and guarantee cards Size/dimensions: 19.5cm and 1.6cm long Gross weight: 37.7 grams Condition Report: Earrings slightly wide, and might require some tightening for secure wear. Clip backs with fairly good tension. Light surface wear. Links articulate well, clasp closes securely, slightly stiff to open. Light surface wear.Condition Report Disclaimer
Los 114
A MOONSTONE AND DIAMOND BRACELET Composed of a graduated row of facetted oval cabochon moonstones in rose cut diamond surrounds, clasp stamped 14c Size/dimensions: 19.5cm long Gross weight: 28.0 grams Condition Report: The bracelet is of recent manufacture. The diamonds are all present and correct, fairly bright and lively, most stones have a tint, I clarity. The moonstone above the clasp has has a slither of the stone fracture off, the slither has been glued to the side of the setting, the breakage appears to be from manufacture. Some light wear to the settings, the clasp in good working order Condition Report Disclaimer
Los 223
Y GARRARD A LIMITED EDITION PLATINUM WRISTWATCH, NO. 17/20, CIRCA 2000Movement: Automatic Case: Platinum case, hinged snap case back, stamped with .950 common control mark Dial: Silvered Strap: Garrard black crocodile strap with white gold deployant clasp Size: 37mm Signed: Case, dial, movement, strap, clasp Accessories: None Condition Report: Movement is currently functioning. Movement appears to be in a generally good condition with little sign of previous intervention when viewed under a 4x loupe. Dial appears to be in an average condition with some light marks and scratches when viewed under a 4x loupe. Hands appear to be in a generally good condition.Glass has some scratches and marks when viewed under a 4x loupe. Case shows light scratches and marks. Hinged case back does not shut firmlyCrown has light scratches when viewed under a 4x loupe. Does not currently set the handsStrap shows marks and creasing. Buckle appears to be in good condition with minor marks and scratches when viewed under a 4x loupe.123g grossThis lot does not come with box or papers.Dreweatts 1759 do not guarantee the working order or accuracy of any lots sold. Due to opening of the case back we recommend this watch is re-sealed by a qualified technician to ensure any stated water resistance is achieved.If you should have any further questions regarding this lot, please contact the Watch Department on 01635 553 553 or at watches@dreweatts.com Condition Report Disclaimer
Los 252
BELL & ROSS, INSTRUMENT PHANTOM, REF. BR-01-92-SB A LIMITED EDITION BLACK COATED STAINLESS STEEL WRISTWATCH, NO. 231/500, CIRCA 2005Movement: Automatic Case: Black coated stainless steel screwed case, screw down crown Dial: Black Strap: Bell & Ross black rubber strap with pin buckle Size: 46mm Signed: Case, dial, crown, strap, buckle Accessories: Guarantee card, booklet, strap changing tools, Bell & Ross black strap, Bell & Ross magnetic bag lamp Condition Report: Movement is currently functioning. We have been unable to gain access to the movement to be able to report its condition. Dial appears to be in a generally good condition with no marks visible when viewed under a 4x loupe. Hands appear to be in a generally good condition.Glass appears free of significant scratches or marks when viewed under a 4x loupe. Case appears to be in good condition with minor scratches and marks. Crown screws down and has light scratches when viewed under a 4x loupe. Strap appears to be in good condition with minor marks and creasing. Buckle appears to be in good condition with minor marks and scratches when viewed under a 4x loupe.This lot does not come with a box, but comes with papers dated .Dreweatts 1759 do not guarantee the working order or accuracy of any lots sold. We recommend this watch is tested by a qualified technician to ensure any stated water resistance is achieved.If you should have any further questions regarding this lot, please contact the Watch Department on 01635 553 553 or at watches@dreweatts.com Condition Report Disclaimer
Los 214
Y ROLEX, CHAMELEON, REF. 8788 A LADY'S GOLD COLOURED WRISTWATCH WITH INTERCHANGEABLE STRAPS, NO. 259519, CIRCA 1957Movement: Manual wind, 17 jewels Case: Gold case, snap case back, stamped 18K 0.750 with a poinçon Dial: Cream Strap: Rolex black lizard strap with gold plated pin buckle Size: 16mm Signed: Case, dial, movement, strap, buckle Accessories: Rolex box, guarantee, seven spare straps, four gold plated pin buckles Condition Report: Movement is currently functioning. Dial appears to be in a generally good condition with no marks visible when viewed under a 4x loupe. Hands appear to be in a generally good condition.Glass appears free of significant scratches or marks when viewed under a 4x loupe. Case appears to be in good condition with minor scratches and marks. Crown has light scratches when viewed under a 4x loupe. Strap appears to be in good condition with minor marks and creasing. Buckle appears to be in good condition with minor marks and scratches when viewed under a 4x loupe.This lot comes with a box and papers dated .Dreweatts 1759 do not guarantee the working order or accuracy of any lots sold. Due to opening of the case back we recommend this watch is re-sealed by a qualified technician to ensure any stated water resistance is achieved.If you should have any further questions regarding this lot, please contact the Watch Department on 01635 553 553 or at watches@dreweatts.com Condition Report Disclaimer
Los 119
STEPHEN WEBSTER, A DIAMOND BANGLE The oval openwork front of abstract openwork design, set throughout with brilliant cut diamonds, approximately 4.00 carats total, to engraved bifurcated shoulders, maker's mark SW, stamped 18K 750 Size/dimensions: inner diameter 5.2cm Gross weight: 51.9 grams Condition Report: One of the small diamonds to the border appears to have been replaced with a slightly smaller stone, it is not held with any claws, but not noticeable when worn. The diamonds are all bright and lively. A few light scuffs and scratches on the metal work. Inner circumference approximately 16cm. No boxes or Condition Report Disclaimer
Los 208
GOLDSMITHS & SILVERSMITHS CO. LTD. AN 18 CARAT GOLD KEYLESS WIND HALF HUNTER POCKET WATCH, CIRCA 1905Movement: Three quarter plate, bimetallic split balance, overcoil balance spring, lever escapement Case: 18 carat gold five piece hinged case, the front cover with a blue enamel Arabic numeral chapter ring, the back cover engraved with a crest over G.C, hallmarked London 1905 Dial: White Size: 49mm Signed: Movement Accessories: Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. Ltd. box Condition Report: Movement is currently functioning. Movement has scratches, marks and tarnishing commensurate with general wear visible when viewed under a 4x loupe. Dial appears to be in an average condition with some light marks and scratches when viewed under a 4x loupe. Hands show noticeable marks and tarnishing. Glass has some scratches and marks when viewed under a 4x loupe. Case shows light scratches and marks. Hinges appear intact. Engraving crispCrown has light scratches when viewed under a 4x loupe. 92g grossThis lot comes with a box but no papers.Dreweatts 1759 do not guarantee the working order or accuracy of any lots sold. Due to opening of the case back we recommend this watch is re-sealed by a qualified technician to ensure any stated water resistance is achieved.If you should have any further questions regarding this lot, please contact the Watch Department on 01635 553 553 or at watches@dreweatts.com Condition Report Disclaimer
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