Fashion. La Belle Assemblée 1817, or, Bell's Court and Fashionable Magazine, volumes 15 & 16 bound as one, J. Bell, 1817, 24 hand-coloured fashion plates, 11 (of 12) plates of embroidery, sporadic spotting, lightly toned, contemporary half calf, rebacked with original spine re-laid, rubbed, 8vo, together with: Journal des Demoiselles, Paris: Au Bureau du Journal, 1845, 11 yellow folding plates, numerous lithographs, sporadic spotting, some light marginal toning, front hinge tender, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, worn, 8vo, with Belle Assemblée 1835, no publisher, c. 1835, 10 double-page hand-coloured fashion plates, numerous additional black and white plates, lightly spotted, front hinge repaired, final leaf pasted down to rear pastedown, contemporary half calf, some wear to joints and extremities, plus a carton of 24 others, mostly 19th-century, some related to fashionQty: (27)
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A small brass propeller attached to a mahogany plinth, diameter approx 28cm, a brass cased porthole ship's clock, the white enamelled dial set with Roman numerals and subsidiary seconds hand bearing Arabic numerals, mounted to a mahogany plinth, diameter 23cm and a small wall mounted brass bell with later hand knotted striker handle (af) (3). CONDITION REPORT The dial of the porthole clock is in need of some attention. There is an area between 8 and 9 o'clock that has been repainted, with further areas of the painted finish missing. Crazing and fading visible to the numbers.
A late 19th/early 20th century oak lap desk of small proportions, decorated with applied brass anchor motifs to the corners, the hinged lid enclosing a small recess (lacking pen tray), the fold-out section with baize-lined panel (lacking the upper part of the writing slope), a treen three-section pipe rack modelled as a lighthouse and a further desk ornament in the form of a ship's wheel centred with a brass bell (3).
JOHN TAYLOR OF PETWORTH; a c1790 pine cased cottage-style longcase clock, the moulded cornice above square glazed door, flanked by turned quarter pilasters, enclosing a square brass dial with silvered chapter ring set with Roman numerals and a five-minute track, the inner silvered dial marked 'Taylor Petworth' (John) and decorated with columns, swags and floral patterns, with pierced corner brass spandrels, single weight thirty-hour movement striking on a bell, height approx 206cm, diameter of dial 9"/23cm.
A collectors' lot to include a vintage boxed 'Escalado' race game, a large quantity of cigarette cards, many sets in their original boxes, including Players 'Military Uniforms', Benson & Hedges 'Modern Naval Craft', 'Household Hints', State Express Cigarettes 'Do You Know?' series, etc, a framed and glazed set of cigarette cards, all jockeys to include S. Donoghue, W. Nevitt, J. Dines, etc, various vintage tins, a New Bensons Royal Gala tin containing a large number of various razors, a barber's leather strap, vintage spray, hair clippers, a tin containing vintage metal penknives, two IMCO Triplex Junior cigarette lighters and various tobacciana aids, a large quantity of mainly Lancashire Constabulary buttons and cap badges, WWII ARP buttons, various badges, a white metal ring with a Third Reich insignia, John Player & Sons albums of cigarette cards and a schoolboy's 'Commando' illustrated stamp album containing a quantity of British and world stamps, and a quantity of c.1950s black and white photographs of the TT Isle of Man races, featuring various riders to include T. Wood, L. Graham, J. Locket, Howard Daniel, Artie Bell, Bill Doran, Art Western and small quantity of British, African and Continental coinage, etc.
Various metalware collectibles to include two small brass pans with tapered steel handles, small brass jam pan with steel handle, four various bell weights, an ornamental patina brass ornament depicting a Native American on horseback, with bow, postal scales on oak base and three weights, 4oz, 2oz and 1oz, three commemorative keyrings for RMS Queen Mary, made from the propeller, with certificates and various horse brasses.
Books - Poetry - The Romantics - Reiman (Donald H., editor), The Carl H. Pforzheimer Library: Shelley and his Circle, 1773-1822, volumes VII & VIII, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1986, b/w illustrations, red cloth over grey buckram, 4to, (2); The Illustrated Byron, London: Henry Lea, [n.d., c. 1865], contemporary pictorial blue cloth gilt, 4to, (1); Al-Tirmidhi, Hadtih, two volumes, [?India: 1927-1928], printed in Arabic within black-ruled borders, contemporary quarter-cloth over marbled boards, final leaf of volume II with contemporaneous Indian bookseller's bi-lingual stamp: Sharafuddin & Sons, Arabic Booksellers, Shendi Bazar, Bombay, 4to; Bredow (Gottfried Gabriel), Van Brée (Sir Mattew), & Bell (Major James, translator), Compendious View of Universal History and Literature, In A Series of Twenty Tables [...], fourth edition, London: T.C. Hansard, 1833, pp: xxi, 21 two-page tables with contemporary hand-colouring, fold-out explanation leaf, 19th century green cloth, folio (49.5cm x 34cm), (1); Genealogy of the Royal Family of France, 1816, London: Printed by William Nicol, Shakespeare Press, 1825, genealogical table of descent over 8 sheets, laid on linen, 76.5cm x 132cm, 20th century gilt-lettered cloth sleeve, neat institutional stamps and/or markings, (1); Rimer (William, illustrator), Illustrations of Thomson's Castle of Indolence, London: Art Union of London, 1845, loose in sheets, 29cm x 42.5cm, cloth portfolio, (1); Music - Opera Librettos - Rossini [Gioachino], [Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra], Elisabeth, Königin von England : Oper in zwei Aufzügen, Amsterdam: Schmidts & Co., 1819, PP: [ii], [3]-36, original wrappers, contemporary bookseller's ticket and stamp: M.H. Binger, 8vo, (1); 19th century English imprints of English Comic and Italian Romantic operas, including Bizet's Carmen, Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia, Verdi's Il Trovatore, others, for various companies, including Royal Strand Theatre, The Crystal Palace Company, Carl Rosa Opera Company, others, original wrappers, various sizes,, loosely-inserted into a 19th century collector's marbled slipcase, (11); Ballet, Gades (Antonio), Carmen, [Barcelona]: Edicions de l'Eixample, S.A., 1985, contemporary lettered red velvet overlaid with scarlet tissue paper, slipcase en suite, oblong 4to, (1); Music - Opera Librettos - Rossini [Gioachino], [Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra], Elisabeth, Königin von England : Oper in zwei Aufzügen, Amsterdam: Schmidts & Co., 1819, PP: [ii], [3]-36, original wrappers, contemporary bookseller's ticket and stamp: M.H. Binger, 8vo, (1); 19th century English imprints of English Comic and Italian Romantic operas, including Bizet's Carmen, Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia, Verdi's Il Trovatore, others, for various companies, including Royal Strand Theatre, The Crystal Palace Company, Carl Rosa Opera Company, others, original wrappers, various sizes,, loosely-inserted into a 19th century collector's marbled slipcase, (11); Ballet, Gades (Antonio), Carmen, [Barcelona]: Edicions de l'Eixample, S.A., 1985, contemporary lettered red velvet overlaid with scarlet tissue paper, slipcase en suite, oblong 4to, (1); Music - Opera Librettos - Rossini [Gioachino], [Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra], Elisabeth, Königin von England : Oper in zwei Aufzügen, Amsterdam: Schmidts & Co., 1819, PP: [ii], [3]-36, original wrappers, contemporary bookseller's ticket and stamp: M.H. Binger, 8vo, (1); 19th century English imprints of English Comic and Italian Romantic operas, including Bizet's Carmen, Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia, Verdi's Il Trovatore, others, for various companies, including Royal Strand Theatre, The Crystal Palace Company, Carl Rosa Opera Company, others, original wrappers, various sizes,, loosely-inserted into a 19th century collector's marbled slipcase, (11); Ballet, Gades (Antonio), Carmen, [Barcelona]: Edicions de l'Eixample, S.A., 1985, contemporary lettered red velvet overlaid with scarlet tissue paper, slipcase en suite, oblong 4to, (1) [21]
Music - CD's, various genres including pop, disco, easy listening, classical, jazz, etc, and various artists including Marc Bolan, Patsy Cline, Kate Bush, Joe Brown, The Cars, The Carpenters, Foreigner, Eydie Gorme, Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby, Bix Beiderbecke, Freddie Bell and The Bellboys, Neil Sedaka, Sweet Potato Tooters, Mariah Carey, Billie Holiday, Herman's Hermits, Bill Haley and The Comets, The Hollies, The Hoosier Hot Shots, John Lee Hooker, Buddy Holly, Jose Carreras, Ray Charles, Tony Christie, Acker Bilk, LaVern Baker, The Bachelors, Bonzo Dog Band, Acker Bilk, Boney M, etc (large quantity of over 300 in 3 boxes)
A selection of silver and white metal jewellery. The lot includes a rhodonite set circular silver pendant and necklace, silver mother of pearl inlay flower pendant and necklace, silver bow form brooch set with a central black stone, silver link bracelet, silver black disc pendant and necklace, silver rectangle set yellow stone pendant and necklace, silver bell bracelet, silver 'I love you to the moon and back' pendant and necklace, silver heart necklace, a silver red marquise shaped pendant with necklace and earring set, silver mother pearl set ring, white metal filigree pendant/ brooch, silver flower bracelet and three further silver necklaces. The lot also includes three pairs of silver earrings and a pair of white metal filigree earrings. Plus two Alpaca Mexico abalone brooches one in the form of a fan and the other of foliage design and a white metal and plastic bracelet with hook clasp. All silver items hallmarked or marked 925. Combined weight 121g.
*Duncan Grant (1885-1978)A gateway, Firle, Lewessigned 'D. Grant' l.r., inscribed verso, oil on canvas board35 x 46cmIn 1916, Firle, Lewes became the home of Grant when he moved to Charleston with Vanessa Bell and her two sons. This retreat from London was frequented by many of the Bloomsbury Set and was central to the ongoing artistic output of both Grant and Bell, who lived at the house for the rest of their lives.*Artist's Resale Right may apply to this lot.Condition report: Some surface dust. Some small loses to upper edge where board has slipped in frame and pushed against nails of frame. Diagonal mark to right corner appears to have been made by artist rather than a later scratch. Seen under uv light. No obvious retouching.
A GEORGE III CIRCULAR BASKET with a corded border and a swing handle decorated with graduated bell flowers, the wirework sides decorated on the interior with matted vine leaves, bunches of grapes and tendrils, the centre engraved with a coat of arms and the motto "VIRTUTI", by Benjamin Smith (II), London 1808; 12.75" (32.5 cms) diameter; 60,85 oz
Assorted volumes to include Fletcher Bannister "A History of Architecture on the Comparative Method", Batsford 1950, photographic illustrations, plans and dreawings, Please note the Pepys volumes are with drawn and will be in the book sale June 7th Volumes of the Diary of Samuel Pepys, G, Bell & Sons 1910, Vols 2, 5, 7 and the Index only, Braybrooke Lord "The Diary Samuel Pepys" Vol 1 only, Samuel Pepys Letters and The Second Diary 1656 and 1703, James Dent & Sons, Uniform with "The Travels of Marco Polo The Venetian", J.M. Dent & Sons, Weekly, Henry B "Samuel Pepys and the World he lived in", Gilbert, W.S. "The Savoy Operas", MacMillan & Co. 1932, "The Bab Ballads" 1930, blue cloth with gilt decorations and titles, Escoffier, August "Ma Cuisine", Paul Hamlyn, "King Albert's Book", Reverend George Crabb - Life and Poems of ..., Volume 8 only, published John Murray 1834, rebound, half Morocco, gilt titles and raised bands, Seymour E.H. "Remarks Critical Conjectural and Explanatory upon the Plays of Shakespeare..." London, printed Wright 1805, rebound half Morocco contemporary boards laid down, appear to be varnished, and various other volumes ( Please note the Dornford Yates books also with drawn/(2 boxes)
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