The April Fine Art & Antique Auction

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The April Fine Art & Antique Auction

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A novelty celluloid tape measure, modelled as a young child, the internal tape printed in centimetres terminating in a lady bug, 55mm high, togeth...

A tortoiseshell veneered snuff box, 19th century, of curved rectangular form with silver coloured mounts, vacant cartouche to hinged cover, 54mm w...

A Charles Hull 1864 Patent Royal Club single lever roller type corkscrew, with brass oval plaque inscribed "C. HULL, PATENTEE, BIRMINGHAM, ROYAL C...

A set of six carved ivory bandsmen, Bavaria (19th century), each modelled standing atop a coppered ale barrel playing an instrument, each approx. ...

An Art Deco shagreen cigarette box, of rectangular form, ivory mounts to hinged cover, fruitwood lining, 16.6cm W x 10cm D x 5.8cm H Condition rep...

J.R.R. TOLKIEN INTEREST: A hand-written letter by J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973) on headed paper for 76 Sandfield Road, Headington, Oxford, probably w...

J.M. BARRIE INTEREST: A hand-written letter from J.M. Barrie to an unknown recipient, on folded note paper dated "13 . 2 . 85", the handwriting di...

THEATRICAL AND LITERARY INTEREST: A collection of signed theatrical memorabilia, comprising: an autographed portrait card signed by Noel Coward (1...

A Victorian hand-written passport copy numbered 70292 and dated 23rd July 1863, signed by Viscount John Earl Russell in favour of Mr James C. Roge...

Sitwell (S), Buchanan (H) and Fisher (J), FINE BIRD BOOKS 1700-1900, limited edition, large folio, 3/4 red cloth, marbled boards, illustrated endp...

Smith (A), THE THEORY OF MORAL SENTIMENTS; OR An Essay towards an Analysis of the Principles by which Men naturally judge concerning the Conduct a...

Audubon (J.J.), THE BIRDS OF AMERICA, with introduction and descriptive text by William Vogt, illustrated green cloth boards, portrait lithographi...

FLASHMAN INTEREST: Fraser (G.M.), a collection of nine first edition FLASHMAN novels by George MacDonald Fraser, comprising: FLASHMAN, Herbert Jen...

Zeitlin (I), GESSAR KHAN, A LEGEND OF TIBET, illustrated by Theodore Nadejen, first edition, DJ, orange cloth boards with embossed title and decor...

Stewart (A) and Long (G), PLUTARCH'S LIVES TRANSLATED FROM THE GREEK. WITH NOTES AND A LIFE OF PLUTARCH, 4 vols, 3/4 leather, marbled boards, gilt...

Evelyn (J) & Bray (W) (Ed.), MEMOIRS OF JOHN EVELYN, ESQ. F.R.S., Author Of The "Sylva," &c. &c. Comprising His Diary, From 1641 To 1705-6, And A ...

THE ILLUSTRATED EXHIBITOR AND MAGAZINE OF ART: COLLECTED FROM THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS OF PAINTING, SCULPTURE, ARCHITECTURE, HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY, AR...

Onwhyn (T), RECOLLECTIONS OF THE WATER CURE, red card boards, gilt title and decoration to cover, ten comical concertina-bound vignettes, this edi...

Onwhyn (T), [THE PICKWICK PAPERS] THE ILLUSTRATIONS, 32 PLATES BY SAMUEL WELLER, illustrated card boards, thirty plates (two not present), each pl...

Concanen (E) and Onwhyn (T), A NEW MATRIMONIAL LADDER, unbound, engraved title page and seventeen plates designed by Onwhyn, Read & Co, London, wi...

Onwhyn (T), PLEASURES OF THE WATER CURE BY A PATIENT WHO HAS BEEN WELL DRENCH'D AND WRENCH'D AND RESTORED TO HEALTH, illustrated thin card boards,...

Onwhyn (T), 12 ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE PICKWICK CLUB, first edition, blue folded paper wrapper, Albert Jackson "Advertisement" folded paper wrapper, ...

Onwhyn (T), £300 A YEAR OR SINGLE AND MARRIED LIFE, DEDICATED TO ALL YOUNG BACHELORS, illustrated red card boards, blue cloth spine, engraved titl...

Shakesides (W), WELCOME; AND ACTING CHARADE, IN THREE COMEDIETTAS. INTENDED TO ENLIVEN LONG EVENINGS, ESPECIALLY WHEN "THE DEAR BOYS AND GIRLS" AR...

Onwhyn (T), 12 ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE PICKWICK CLUB, first edition, blue folded paper wrapper, Albert Jackson "Advertisement" folded paper wrapper, ...

Leighton (J) writing as Luke Limner, MONEY - HOW OLD BROWN MADE IT, HOW YOUNG BROWN SPENT IT, 2 vols, illustrated paper boards, later tape and thr...

Onwhyn (T), a collection of book illustrations, other engraved illustrations on paper and fragments of larger works, various sizes, to include GAT...

THOMAS ONWHYN INTEREST: Lambton (W), SKETCHES OF THE BRITISH LEGION IN SPAIN (chapter 1), a handwritten manuscript on paper containing three pen ...

Bradney (J.A.), A DISSERTATION ON THREE BOOKS ENTITLED De Anglicani cleri retinenda in Apostolicam Sedem observantia, 1659; Monumetham excantatus,...

Austen (J), MANSFIELD PARK, edited by Reginald Brimley Johnson, third edition, 2 vols bound as one, later ¾ leather, marbled boards, colour lithog...

COUNTRY LIFE magazine, four issues from 1936 comprising vol. LXXIX Nos 2042, 2044, 2045 and 2047, with THE LONDON GAZETTE No 2608 dated Thursday 6...

Andersen (H.C.), THE FAIRY TALES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN, 3/4 leather, blue cloth boards, monochrome illustrations throughout by Helen Stratton...

Bagshaw (S), HISTORY, GAZETTEER, AND DIRECTORY OF SHROPSHIRE; COMPRISING A GENERAL SURVEY OF THE COUNTY, WITH A VARIETY OF HISTORICAL, STATISTICAL...

Wakefield (P), AN INTRODUCTION TO BOTANY IN A SERIES OF FAMILIAR LETTERS, WITH ILLUSTRATIVE ENGRAVINGS, marbled boards, laid paper, eleven engrave...

Paul Fr. Parthenopaeus, ORATIO PAULI FR. PARTHENOPAEI DE GRATIA AD ILLUSTRISSIMU SENATUM GENUEN HABITA PRIDIE IDUS SEPTEMBRIS M.D.XL, later sage b...

THE "SINO-JAPANESE DISTURBANCES" SOUVENIR ALBUM. SHANGHAI. 1932, woven silk boards, laced binding, containing numerous tissue guarded photographs ...

Haggard (H.R.) & Lang (A), THE WORLD'S DESIRE, signed first edition, gilt titled cloth boards, signed "H. Rider Haggard" to half title page, Longm...

Johnson (S), A JOURNEY TO THE WESTERN ISLANDS OF SCOTLAND, full leather, gilt decoration to spine, laid paper, inscribed in brown ink to title pag...

Newman (F), THE CURIOSITIES AND BEAUTIES OF ENGLAND DISPLAYED, CONTAINING THE MOST COPIOUS AND COMPLETE HISTORICAL DESCRIPTIONS OF THE MOST REMARK...

THE DIFFERENT MODES OF CULTIVATING THE PINE-APPLE FROM ITS FIRST INTRODUCTION INTO EUROPE TO THE LATE IMPROVEMENTS OF T.A. KNIGHT, ESQ. BY A MEMBE...

A collection of Glyndebourne Festival Opera programmes covering the period 1958 to 1982, later half leather bound in four volumes, red leather wit...

Burgess (A), COACHING DAYS OF ENGLAND CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF WHATEVER WAS MOST REMARKABLE FOR GRANDEUR, ELEGANCE AND CURIOSITY IN THE TIME OF TH...

CRITICAL ENQUIRIES INTO THE VARIOUS EDITIONS OF THE BIBLE: PRINTED IN DIVERS PLACES AND AT SEVERAL TIMES. TOGETHER WITH ANIMADVERSIONS UPON A SMAL...

Jardine (Sir William), THE NATURALIST'S LIBRARY - ORNITHOLOGY. BIRDS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, 4 vols, The People's Edition, 3/4 leather, blue...

Burton (R. F.), THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT, With Introduction Explanatory Notes On The Manners And Customs Of Moslem Men And A Te...

THE MEMOIRS OF GIACOMO CASANOVA DI SEINGALT, translated by Arthur Machen, 12 vols, limited edition, blue boards with gilt embossed fleur de lys mo...

Cust (L) (Ed.), ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY, limited edition, 2 vols, 3/4 red leather, red cloth boards, marbled endpap...

Bunyan (J), THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS, limited edition, brown cloth boards with embossed title and decoration, tissue guarded engraved portrait front...

Farren (R), THE BIRDS OF ARISTOPHANES, AS PERFORMED BY MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITY AT THE THEATRE ROYAL CAMBRIDGE, NOVEMBER 1883, DRAWN AND ETCHED B...

Heath Robinson (W), BILL THE MINDER, first thus, DJ, illustrated orange cloth boards, tipped in colour frontispiece, fifteen further tipped in col...

DECORATIVE BINDINGS: A miscellany of illustrated decorative bindings, to include Barrie (J.M.), QUALITY STREET - A COMEDY IN FOUR ACTS, Eliot (G),...

A hand coloured map on paper titled "La Moravia Divisa Ne’soui Circoli… Roma, 1796", visible plate mark, 36.5cm x 50cm, framed and glazed, with tw...

After Willem Janszoon Blaeu (Dutch, 1571-1638), an engraved and hand coloured map titled "TERRITORIUM NORIMBER GENSE" showing Nuremberg and the su...

After Willem Janszoon Blaeu (Dutch, 1571-1638), an engraved and hand coloured map titled "GALLIA LE ROYAUME DE FRANCE", on laid paper with visible...

After Jan Jansson (Dutch, 1588-1664), an engraved and hand coloured map titled "NOVA ET ACCURATA IAPONIAE TERRAE ESONIS ac Insularum adjacentium e...

After John Senex (British, 1678-1740), an engraved and hand coloured map titled "SOUTH AMERICA CORRECTED FOR THE OBSERVATIONS COMMUNICATED TO THE ...

After Jean-Claude Dezauche (French, fl. 1780-1838), an engraved and hand coloured map titled "CARTE DES PROVINCES UNIES DES PAYS BAS", published 1...

After Gerardus Mercator (Flanders 1512-1594), an engraved hand coloured map titled "AQUITANIA AUSTRALIS REGNU ARELATENSE CUM CONFINIJS", published...

After John Speed (1551-1629),A hand coloured map of Montgomeryshire and Merionethshire,9cm x 12.5cm,Framed and glazed,With a letter of authenticity

After John J Audubon (American, 1785-1851),Two large ornithological studies comprising: "Carolina Parrot" and "Red-shouldered Hawk",Facsimile prin...

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