The Gentleman's Library Sale

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The Gentleman's Library Sale

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BINDINGSDICKENS (CHARLES) The Works, 40 vol. bound in 80, 'The National Edition', LIMITED TO 750 COPIES, numerous engraved plates by Cruikshank, ...

BINDINGSDICKENS (CHARLES) The Works, 17 vol. (Complete), 'Crown Edition', plates, occasional light spotting, opening gathering to David Copperfie...

BINDINGSMACAULAY (THOMAS BABINGTON) The Works, 12 vol., new impression, 12 plates, contemporary half calf, spines tooled in gilt within raised ba...

BINDINGSELIOT (GEORGE) The Writings, 25 vol. (Complete, including 'The Life' by J.W. Cross'), LARGE-PAPER EDITION, frontispiece printed in 2 stat...

BINDINGSGREVILLE (CHARLES C.F.) The Greville Memoirs, 8 vol., edited by Henry Reeve, maroon straight-grained morocco gilt by Bickers & Son, sides...

NAVAL – MAURICE SUCKLINGLetters patent appointing Maurice Suckling Comptroller of the Navy ('...except those thereof relating to the Comptrolling...

BINDINGSLAMB (CHARLES) The Life and Works, 12 vol. (complete), 'The Edmonton Edition', edited by Alfred Ainger, with introduction and notes, LIMIT...

BINDINGS[ARABIAN NIGHTS] The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night. with Introduction Explanatory Notes on the Manners and Customs of Moslem Men...

BINDINGSMOTLEY (JOHN LOTHROP) The Works, 9 vol. (complete, comprising: The United Netherlands, 3 vol.;The Rise of Dutch Republic, 4 vol.; The Life...

English School, 19th CenturyStill life of food with a cat stalking a mouseoil on canvas 50.5 x 60.5cm (19 7/8 x 23 13/16in).For further informatio...

English Naive School, 19th CenturyA jockey with a horse in a landscape oil on canvas91.4 x 122.2cm (36 x 48 1/8in).unframedThis lot is subject to ...

English School, 19th CenturyCall of the huntoil on canvas 63.8 x 76.5cm (25 1/8 x 30 1/8in).For further information on this lot please visit Bonha...

English School, 19th CenturyA view of Rochester with busy shipping on the Medway oil on canvas26.7 x 44.7cm (10 1/2 x 17 5/8in).For further inform...

L. Evans, 19th Century'View on Regent's Canal' signed, indistinctly inscribed and titled 'L Evans 3 Devonshire/---- Camden Town/No1 View on Regent...

Follower of Richard Wilson, R.A (British , 1714-1782)Tabley House, Cheshire oil on canvas50.8 x 61cm (20 x 24in).For further information on this l...

English School, early 19th centuryBritish soldiers preparing cannon for an impending engagementoil on metal 33.4 x 56.5cm (13 1/8 x 22 1/4in).For ...

John Augustus Atkinson (British, 1775-1833)The 1st King's Dragoon Guards at Waterloo watercolour and pencil22 x 34cm (8 11/16 x 13 3/8in).Footnot...

Charles Henry Seaforth (British, 1801-died after 1859)Ships of the Imperial Russian Navy in stormy seas signed and dated 'C.H SEAFORTH/1859' (lowe...

After Benjamin Marshall, early/mid 19th century'The Trimmed Cock'; 'The Cock in Feather' a pairboth bear signatures and dateoil on canvas50.5 x 40...

Louis François Gerard van der Puyl (Utrecht 1750-1824)Portrait of a gentleman, half-length, seated holding a letter from the Cape of Good Hope sig...

Anglo-Irish School, 18th centuryPortrait of Jonathan Swift, Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Londona wooden identification plaque affixed to the lo...

Edgar Hunt (British, 1876-1953)Goats and chickens feeding in a farmyard interiorsigned and dated 'E. Hunt. 1916' (lower right) oil on canvas 35.8 ...

Edwin Frederick Holt (British, 1830-1912)Cows in a farmyard with chickens and chickssigned and dated 'E.F.Holt.1900' (lower left) oil on canvas 40...

Follower of John Nost Sartorius (British, 1759-1828)A cockerel with trimmed feathersoil on canvas 53.5 x 60.5cm (21 1/16 x 23 13/16in).For further...

H. Knight (British, 19th century)A portrait of a seated girl and her dog with a garden beyond signed and dated 'H.Knight pinxt/1857' (lower left)o...

British School, early/mid 19th centuryA primitive school portrait of a young girl, seated, holding a puppet of a soldier (or an Indian servant) an...

Felice Santoloni (Italian, born circa 1800-)Three wall designs of baccanti taken from Herculaneum the first and third signed and inscribed 'Felice...

Circle of Charles Collins (British, 1680-1744)A badger and a rabbit in a landscape oil on canvas61 x 74.3cm (24 x 29 1/4in).Footnotes:ProvenanceRo...

Roman School, circa 1800A black retriever with a lizard and a dead duck in a landscape oil on canvas55.5 x 68.6cm (21 7/8 x 27in).For further info...

Dutch School, 17th CenturyA barking dog in a landscape bears signature and date 'Adrian./Adriaen v***/velde.fec/ 1662' (strengthened, lower right)...

Thierry Poncelet (Belgian, born 1946)West highland white terriers as a Regency band performing in the gardens of a country house signed 'Th. Ponce...

Thierry Poncelet (Belgian, born 1946)A gentleman settersigned and dated 'Th. Poncelet 1993' (lower left) oil on canvas 83.2 x 60cm (32 3/4 x 23 5/...

Christophe Huet (French, 1700-1759 Paris)A pair of singerie works depicting monkeys training a dog oil on canvas laid to board46.9 x 37.5cm (18 7/...

Charles Frederick William Dening (British, 1876-1952)Going cheep - The Old Pet Shop on the Horsefair, Bristolsigned and dated 'C.F.W.DENING/1926' ...

Frank Paton (British, 1856-1909)A set of ten etchings complete with a focal subject and surrounded by smaller satirical and comic images in refere...

Attributed to James Walsham Baldock (British, 1822-1898)Two bay horses in a landscape with a goat at restoil on canvas 79 x 107cm (31 1/8 x 42 1/8...

R. Yeomans (British, 19th century)A horse greeted by a dog signed, dated and inscribed 'R. Yeomans/Chatham/1854' (lower left)oil on canvas66.6 x 8...

Chris Christoforou (Cypriot, born 1954)Tiger and Cubssigned and dated, watercolour and gouache 54.5 x 79.5cm (21 7/16 x 31 5/16in).This lot is sub...

Chris Christoforou (Cypriot, born 1954)British Raptorssigned, acrylic on board 59 x 44cm (23 1/4 x 17 5/16in).This lot is subject to the following...

Ronald Cobb (British, 1907-1977): A signed original costume design of a Murray's Cabaret club showgirl in a brown and white ensemble,1951,the hand...

Ronald Cobb (British, 1907-1977): An original costume design for a Murray's Cabaret Club showgirl in a yellow and black dress,1950's,the hand-pain...

Ronald Cobb (British, 1907-1977): A large signed original costume design of a Murray's Cabaret Club showgirl in a blue and white dress,1950's,the ...

Ronald Cobb (British, 1907-1977): A signed original costume design of a Murray's Cabaret Club showgirl in a yellow and black dress,1952,the hand-p...

Ronald Cobb (British, 1907-1977): An original costume design for a Murray's Cabaret Club showgirl in a milkmaid costume,1950's,the hand-painted pe...

Ronald Cobb (British, 1907-1977): An original costume design of a Murray's Cabaret Club showgirl in a white dress with red cape,1950's,the hand-pa...

Frederick Rowland Emett (British, 1906-1990): A 1-inch scale model of Emett's masterpiece automaton 'A Quiet Afternoon in the Cloud Cuckoo Valley'...

Frederick Rowland Emett (British, 1906-1990): A Scale model of Emett's automaton 'HMS Pussiewillow I',English, late 1970's,constructed using paper...

Frederick Rowland Emett (British, 1906-1990): An original watercolour of a cat,English, 1981,pencil and watercolour on paper, depicting a cat and ...

A whitehead torpedo gyro, serial number 2841Footnotes:Robert Whitehead (1823-1905) a British engineer working in Austria, developed the self prope...

An A.Picart refractometer on stand, French, late 19th century,signed A. Picart, 20 rue Mayet, Paris, with rack and pinion focusing to the eye pie...

A brass spectroscope, probably English, late 19th centurywith collimator and telescope, on circular platform above tripod base, 12in (31.5cm) hi...

A Swift & Son monocular compound microscope, English, circa 1900,signed Swift & Son, 43 University St., London W.C., with anodised brass stand,...

A brass surveying level, French, late 19th century,the telescope with lens cap, supported by two brackets above circular platform and three levell...

A 1/2-inch refracting telescope in case, Italian, 18th century,with turned horn mounts, eye-piece and objective caps, three vellum draws and oute...

A 15 INCH BETT'S PATENT PORTABLE GLOBE, English, circa 1860,George Philip & Son Ltd, a collapsible umbrella globe with eight printed coloured lith...

A pair of scrimshawed whale's teeth, English, mid 19th century,one decorated with a portrait of a sailor holding a Union flag and the other with ...

An Adams double-action air pump, English, early 19th century,signed Adams London, the brass and mahogany pump with double vacuum cylinders and ra...

A Ducretet & Lejeune 18 1/2-inch twin disc Whimshurst machine, French, late 19th century,with makers plaque E Ducretet & L.Lejeune, Paris, on maho...

A Nicole Freres key-wound two-per-turn cylinder musical box, Swiss, Circa 1844No. 26693, the 30 x 8cm cylinder playing twelve popular airs as l...

A bells-in-sight cylinder musical box,Swiss, circa 1880,the 11in (25cm) cylinder playing 8 airs accompanied by 6 saucer bells, contained in rosewo...

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