Cheyne (John). Essays on the Diseases of Children, with Cases and Dissections, Essays I-III in 2 vols., 1st edition, Edinburgh, 1801-08, seven hand-coloured engraved plates after Charles Bell, errata slip at end of volume II, library stamps, light spotting and offsetting, contemporary half calf, joints splitting, rubbed, 4to, together with An Essay on Hydrocephalus Acutus or Dropsy in the Brain, 1st edition, Edinburgh, 1808, library stamp, bound with The Pathology of the Membrane of the Larynx and Bronchia, 1st edition, Edinburgh, 1809, eight engraved plates, bound with An Essay on the Chemical History and Medical Treatment of Calculous Disorders, by Alexander Marcet, 1st edition, 1817, ten engraved plates (three hand-coloured), first two titles lacking half-titles and advertisements, library stamps, light spotting and offsetting, library cloth, lower board detached, 8vo, plus Cases of Apoplexy and Lethargy: With Observations upon the Comatose Diseases, 1st edition, 1812, five engraved plates, library stamps, some water stains and offsetting, BMI presentation label from Sir Willoughby Wade, modern morocco-backed boards, 8vo. John Cheyne studied pathology and dissection under Charles Bell and authored important early works, the first being Essays on the Diseases of Children, 1801-08. His Pathology of the Larynx and Bronchia is noted: ‘Cheyne’s important book deals mainly with the lesions of croup’ (G-M 3252), An Essay on Hydrocephalus Acutus... ‘Acute hydrocephalus first described’ (G-M 4635) and Cases of Apoplexy and Lethargy... ‘Cheyne believed that cerebral anaemia might be the cause of apoplexy and described pathological cases of cerebral infarction and of cerebral haemorrhage. The work contains the first illustration of a subarachnoid haemorrhage’ (G-M 4519.1). (4)
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A COLLECTION OF BOOKS INCLUDING SLEEPING BEAUTY AND CINDERELLA BY ARTHUR RACKMAN, NONSENSE SONGS AND STORIES ILLUSTRATED EDWARD LEAR, A DOG DAY, HUNTING IN HARD TIMES, THE HUMOURS OF SPORT BY G D ARMOUR, MRS BEATON`S HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT, WEBSTER NEW INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY, LONDON G BELL & SONS LTD, THE TIMES GAZETTEER `OF THE WORLD`, THE TIMES ATLAS OF THE WORLD 1920.
Macfall (Haldane). Whistler. Butterfly, Wasp, Wit, Master of the Arts, Enigma, pub. Foulis, 1905, b & w illustrations by Frederick Keppel and others, t.e.g., original vellum gilt, 8vo, limited edition, 58/100 signed by the author, together with Nine Letters to Th. Watts-Dunton from J. McN. Whistler, printed for private distribution, Chelsea, 1922, original wrapper, 4to, limited edition, 7/50, plus The Grasshoppers Come, by David Garnett, 1931, wood-engraved illustrations, t.e.g., original cloth, spine faded, 8vo, limited edition, 209/210 signed by the author, with others including The Letters of T.S. Eliot, Edited by Valerie Eliot, vol. I (only), 1988, limited edition, 69L/500 signed by the editor, E.M. Forster`s Commonplace Book, 1978, limited edition, 47/350, Vita Sackville West`s Andrew Marvell, 1929, Iris Murdoch`s The Bell, 1958, Philip Larkin`s The Whitsun Weddings, 1964 and Tom Stoppard`s Lord Malquist & Mr Moon, 1966, and others signed by Salman Rushdie, Martin Amis, Lawrence Durrell, Laurie Lee etc (47)
Cooke (James). Mellificum chirurgiae, or, The Marrow of Chirurgery, with the anatomy of human bodies according to the most modern anatomists ..., 4th ed., enlarged, with many additions, 1700, nine engraved plates only, numerous tears, defects and repairs, lib. stamps, old dampstaining, modern green morocco, spine faded, 4to, together with Bell (Benjamin), A System of Surgery, vols. 1-5 only (of 6), Edinburgh, 1785-87, engraved plates, lib. stamps, modern half morocco gilt, spines slightly faded, 8vo, plus Cooper (Samuel), A Dictionary of Practical Surgery... , 2nd ed., 1813, title soiled and sl. Torn (relaid), late 19th-c. library cloth, frayed at head of spine, 8vo, plus other miscellaneous medical, mostly 19th century, many odd volumes and defective works, all ex-library with stamps inside and out, mostly 8vo (6 shelves) These are all being sold with all faults and are not subject to return.
A James Smith & Sons brass skeleton clock Circa 1845, English, etched signature to support plate ``Smith & Sons / Clerkenwell``, the circular pierced silvered dial with black Roman numerals and blued steel hands, with lead pendulum bob and oak rod, supported on a scroll-pattern three-plate frame enclosing a fusee chain-wound 8-day single train movement, striking on the hour, surmounted by a bell standard and halberd-form striking hammer, the whole mounted on a stepped oblong white marble base with a glass dome, the clock alone: 17`` H x 12.25`` W x 3.5`` D Provenance: Private Collection, San Diego, CA. Condition: Clock and base overall: 19.75`` H x 17.5`` W x 8.5`` D; glass dome alone: 18`` H. Overall good condition. Bell crooked in mount. Refinished. Marble base possibly later. Working condition unknown and not guaranteed.Your bid indicates acceptance of our Conditions of Sale. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL
Sergon (1945-* Filipino/California) ``In the Shed``, Still life with bell and wood box, signed and dated lower right: Sergon `81, signed and dated again and titled verso, numbered on the stretcher: no.200, unframed oil on canvas, 24`` H x 30`` W Provenance: Estate, West Los Angeles, CA. Condition: Visual: Generally good condition. Some minor scattered rubbing to the canvas edges. Unframed as stated. Blacklight: No evidence of restoration under blacklight.Your bid indicates acceptance of our Conditions of Sale. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL
A Bing ‘0’ gauge clockwork 4-4-0 tender locomotive. An outside cylinder locomotive, in North American style, with headlight to smoke-box door, bell to boiler top, unpainted twin domes and cow-catcher. RN 0 35. In red lined black livery. GC-VGC, some reticulation to paintwork. Hand rails missing.
BELL & ROSS CHRONOGRAPHE VINTAGE 120, VERS 2007 Montre bracelet en or jaune avec chronographe. Cadran argenté et guilloché avec index chiffres arabes et trois compteurs pour la petite seconde et pour le chrono avec compte à rebours. Guichet dateur à 6h. Aiguilles en acier bleui. Mouvement quartz. Couronne et fond vissés. Bracelet cuir avec boucle ardillon en or jaune BR. Cadran, boîtier et mouvement signés. Numérotée 120Y00102. Écrin, certificat et mode d`emploi. Diam. 38 mm
BELL & ROSS BR 02, SÉRIE CONTEMPORAINE Montre bracelet de plongée en acier mat et poli. Boîtier tonneau avec cadran noir, index et aiguilles luminescents. Seconde centrale et guichet dateur entre 4 et 5h. Lunette intérieure tournante unidirectionnelle avec graduation minutes pour les temps de décompression (réglable avec couronne vissée à 2h. Valve à hélium sur la tranche à 9h (étanche 1000 m). Mouvement automatique. Couronnes et fond vissés. Bracelet caoutchouc avec boucle ardillon en acier BR. Cadran, boîtier et mouvement signés. Numérotée 01991. Écrin, certificat (vierge), mode d`emploi et un bracelet supplémentaire. Dim. 49 X 44 mm
BELL & ROSS CHRONOGRAPHE VINTAGE 120, SÉRIE CONTEMPORAINE Montre bracelet en or jaune avec chronographe. Cadran argenté et guilloché avec index chiffres arabes et trois compteurs pour la petite seconde et pour le chrono avec compte à rebours. Guichet dateur à 6h. Aiguilles en acier bleui. Mouvement quartz. Couronne et fond vissés. Bracelet cuir avec boucle ardillon en or jaune BR. Cadran, boîtier et mouvement signés. Numérotée 120Y00067. Joint deux bracelets supplémentaires neufs en feutrine Bell & Ross, pochette et Bulletin de réparation de juillet 2011 Diam. 38 mm
A silver collar glass decanter with stopper, 19th century, of baluster form, height 22 cm; another glass decanter with stopper, 19th/ 20th century, of mallet form, height 22 cm; three Caithness glass items, 20th century, to include a vase, a bell and a twist stem goblet; with further items to include a cut glass bowl; a glass vase; two glass claret jugs; two silver decanter labels, (11).
A French Raingo Freres Paris gilt metal mantle clock, late 19th century, surmounted with seated full length female figure in classical setting, the shaped rectangular case enclosing circular enamelled dial, the eight day movement striking on a bell, signed to dial and movement, height 41 cm.
Two taxidermy turtles, late 19th/ early 20th century, largest 15 cm long; with a quantity of miscellaneous items to include two circular tortoiseshell pots with covers, diameter 11 cm, two gilt metal models of tortoises, a gilt metal figural bell, an Islamic silver circular pot with cover, a crocodile skin clutch bag and another leather bag, (a lot)
Merrythought Noddy, c.1959: pressed velvet face with painted features, head on spring to allow nodding motion, large flat soled feet, blue felt hat with bell, red velvet jersey, blue felt shorts, yellow neckerchief with red polka dots, red felt shoes with purple ribbon ties, Merrythought label to foot. Height 27cm. A couple of pink marks to feet, and small patches of felt missing to soles of feet and back of shorts but otherwise excellent clean condition.
[STEVENSON, JOHN HALL]. Two Lyric Epistles..., First Edition, R. and J. Dodsley, 1760. Half title; bound with Crazy Tales, First Edition, 1762. Engraved frontispiece (stained and shaved); Fables for Grown Gentlemen, Second Edition, R.and J. Dodsley, 1762; bound with Moral Tales..., New Edition, Printed for T. Beckett, 1783. Together 2 vols., 4to., later half blue stained calf (some wear). Bookplates of Thomas Bell 1797 and Henry Lloyd Gibbs. With 3 1/4 pp. ms. notes on the author, initialled "TB" in first volume. (2) John Stevenson Hall was Laurence Sterne`s notorious university friend, who appeared as the character Eugenius in Tristram Shandy, and A Sentimental Journey.
P H ARCH "College life in a nutshell-Routine", a study of nine clock faces at various times, inscribed "Turn out pandy", "Chapel bell", "Breakfast", "Dinner bell", "Dorms open", "P.S. Fellows", "Chapel bell", "Holiest breath", and "Dry up chaps", monochrome wash, signed and dated 1889-90 lower right, RONALD RUTHERFORD "River", watercolour, monogrammed and dated 1984 lower right and a reproduction limited edition coloured print of Trinity College Cambridge
A parquetry inlaid mahogany North Country longcase clock early 19th century, the eight day twin train bell strike movement with anchor escapement, with painted arched Roman dial with moonphase, subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, pierced engraved brass hands, the spandrels painted with buildings in landscapes, the case with swan`s neck pediment centred by a parquetry architectural surmount, over a parquetry banded frieze and arched glazed door flanked by turned ropetwist columns, the trunk with extensive parquetry banding and conforming columns, 90¼in. (229.5cm.) high, 26¼in. (66.5cm.) wide. * Please note that this clock has been regularly maintained by the Guernsey Clockmakers and is in good working order.
Duncan Grant (Scottish, 1885-1978) Ornamental urns in Charleston garden oil on canvas, signed and dated `D Grant \ 72` lower left, `No 2` in red chalk verso 20½ x 17½in. (52 x 44.5cm.) * Charleston was the East Sussex home of Duncan Grant and his wife Vanessa Bell (sister of Virginia Woolf), both pivotal figures within the Bloomsbury Group. Grant was also a founding member of the Camden Town Group in 1911, exhibited with the Grafton Group in 1913 and became a member of the London Group in 1919. He was represented at the Venice Biennale in 1926 and 1932, and his work was included in the Coronation Exhibition of Contemporary British Artists at Agnew and Sons, London, in 1937. The Tate Gallery held a retrospective of his work in 1959 and an exhibition at the Tate Gallery was held in 1975 in honour of his 90th birthday, together with an exhibition at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. The urns in this painting can be seen in a photograph on the cover of `The Garden at Charleston: A Bloomsbury Garden through the Seasons` by Sue Snell, pub. 2010 by Frances Lincoln.
* Tape measures. A collection of Mauchline Ware tape dispensers, including a dispenser in the form of a hand bell, photographic printed view of ‘Penrith Castle’, a similar dispenser printed ‘Castle Dinas, Bran’, a barrel-shape dispenser, printed ‘St. David’s Cathedral’, a milk churn dispenser, photographic printed ‘Cromer, from the Beach’, and two others. (6)
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