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Lot 1032
A SPELTER AND VARIEGATED GREEN MARBLE CLOCK GARNITURE, THE JAPY FRERES MOVEMENT COUNTWHEEL STRIKING ON A BELL AND WITH THIEBLE PENDULUM, THE ENAMEL DIAL WITH ARABIC NUMERALS BELOW A FEMALE FIGURE REPRESENTING PEACE. H 54cms. THE FLANKING TWO HANDLED BALUSTER URNS CAST WITH CLASSICAL FIGURES. H 31.5cms.
Lot 116
Game.- Wallis (John, publisher) Science in Sport or the Pleasures of Natural Philosophy; A New & Instructive Game, folding engraved sheet with 30 vignettes around larger central view of Niagara Falls with 4 small portraits of Boyle, Descartes, Franklin and Bacon flanked by descriptions and rules, dissected and mounted on linen, c.435 x 560mm., contemporary ink signature "P.J.?Grut 1814" to verso, a little soiled, a few stains, a few sections slightly creased at corners, [Whitehouse p.35], small 4to, John Wallis, 1805.⁂ Very rare game featuring scientific experiments, inventions and natural phenomena including fireworks, lightning, a camera obscura, diving bell, and volcano; a companion game to The Pleasures of Astronomy issued a year earlier. Library Hub lists only one copy in the UK (Queen's University Belfast).
Lot 188
Napoleon.- Vernet (Carle) Tableaux historiques des campagnes d'Italie, depuis l'an IV jusqu'à la bataille de Marengo, suivis du Précis des opérations de l'Armée d'Orient, des détails sur les cérémonies du Sacre, des bulletins officiels de la Grande Armée et de l'Armée d'Italie dans tout le cours de la dernière guerre d'Allemagne, jusqu'à la paix de Presbourg, half-title, fine engraved portrait of Napoleon on horseback by Simon after Vernet, 24 plates by Duplessi-Bertaux and others after Vernet only, double-page map, hand-coloured in outline, by Louvet after Dieu, divisional title to 'Cérémonies du Sacre' with stipple-engraved portraits of Napoleon and Josephine, engraved head- and tail-pieces, lacking text pp. 15-16 (1 f.) and 133-136 (2 ff.), c.5 plates with a small stain, occasional spotting and light browning, light green half ?morocco over dark green contemporary marbled boards by Bell Golding, Cambridge, gilt spine in compartments and with original red morocco label, folio, Paris, Auber, 1806. ⁂ A handsomely produced piece of Napoleonic propaganda, recording his achievements in Italy, Egypt and Germany, along with details of his coronation in 1804.
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Lot 250
Sports.- H[owlett] (R[obert]) The school of recreation: or, The gentlemans tutor, to those most ingenious exercises of hunting. Racing. Hawking. Riding. Cock-fighting. Fowling. Fishing. Shooting. Bowling. Tennis. Ringing. Billiards, first edition, engraved frontispiece, advertisement f. at end, woodcut head-piece and decorative initial, frontispiece worn at fore-edge with loss, preliminaries little chipped, a few small wormholes / trace to upper outer margins, affecting some page numbers and the odd letter, closely trimmed at head, just touching the odd headline, some creasing and soiling, lightly browned, disbound, [Schwerdt I, p.225; Thacher p.451; W&S p.110; Wing H3194], 12mo, printed for H. Rodes, next door to the Bear-Tavern near Bride-Lane in Fleet-Street, 1684. sold not subject to return. ⁂ 'a scarce and comprehensive booklet on a great variety of British sports' (Schwerdt). The section on tennis includes a poem 'The Tennis-Court'. Also included are billiards, bell-ringing, bowling, racing and angling. Provenance: 'Samuel Baker bought this book by Bedlam Wall Morefields November ye 24 1736'.
Lot 74
Miniature Books.- Bible, English. The Bible in Miniature, or a Concise History of the Old & New Testaments, engraved general title (second state with "a" in miniature) and another to New Testament, 14 engraved plates, no imprint to p.256, A1 torn, light soiling, creasing at corners, signature torn away from head of front free endpaper, original black morocco, gilt, covers with oval red morocco onlays with cross and "JHS" in gilt, spine gilt in two compartments, g.e., a little rubbed, gilt to one corner of upper cover worn away, [Bondy p.34; Roscoe J28; Spielmann 17], 47 x 28mm., E.Newbery, 1780 § Bible in Miniature..., title soiled, light staining to edge of a few leaves, contemporary calf with decorative gilt border, small stain to spine, 45 x 32mm., Edinburgh, 1826 § New Testament (The) of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, printed in double column on india paper, ownership stamp "Pyne" to front free endpaper, original limp blue roan, red edges, with the original metal case with magnifying glass set into hinged lid (rusted), [Bondy p.111, "a staggeringly small edition"; Spielmann 388], 20mm x 16mm., Glasgow, David Bryce, 1895 § Holy Bible (The), printed in double column on india paper, illustrations by Charles Bell Birch, original dark blue roan richly stamped in gilt and with magnifying glass in pocket at end, g.e., [Bondy p.108; Spielmann 24, "smallest complete Bible"], Glasgow, David Bryce, 1896; and 3 other religious miniature books (7)⁂ Interesting group of "thumb" Bibles. The second is scarce with only 2 UK copies listed on Library Hub (National Library of Scotland & University of Oxford); the third is "the smallest complete New Testament in existence and considering the excessively small type still remarkably readable". Spielmann
Lot 538
A Worcester Blue and White Porcelain Bell-Shaped Tankard, painted with the "Prunus Root" pattern, workman's mark, c.1755-1760, 4.75ins high, a teapot and cover painted with "Prunus Root" pattern, open crescent mark, 4.25ins high, c.1760, and a fluted saucer and a coffee cup similarly painted, both with workman's marks, c.1755-1760
Lot 564
Two Wine Glasses, 18th Century, one with bell bowl, knop to plain stem over a plain folded foot, 6.25ins high, the other with cotton twist stem with double knops, 6.5ins high, two ice cream glasses, 2.75ins and 4ins high, two glass Toddy lifters and a green glass flattened bulbous wine bottle, 8.75ins high
Lot 763
A Late 19th Century French Mantel Clock, by Japy Freres, No. 2668, the 5.25ins diameter white enamel dial signed Joseph Penlington of Paris, with Roman numerals and visible escapement, to the eight day two train movement striking on a bell, contained in black slate and green veined marble cylindrical case with scroll base, 12.5ins high
Lot 771
Two 19th Century French Mantel Clocks, one in ormolu and bronze metal case with 3.25ins diameter white enamel dial, to the eight day movement striking on a bell, contained in bronzed and ormolu case rustic pattern surmounted by standing figure in 17th Century dress, with leaf scroll feet, 16.5ins high, the other clock with 3.25ins diameter white enamel dial, to the eight day two train movement striking on a bell, contained in bronzed metal and gilt brass case flanked by kneeling figure of a nun in prayer, 12.75ins high
Lot 784
A 19th Century American Walnut Cased Drop Dial Wall Clock, the 12ins diameter painted metal dial named N. C. Firth of Chester, to the two train movement striking on a bell, contained in case inlaid with circular panels, boxwood stringings and urn motif, with shaped bezel and carved wings, 42ins high
Lot 794
A Late 18th/Early 19th Century Oak Longcase Clock, by B. Gurden of Daventry, the 12ins arch painted dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, painted with flowers to spandrels and bird to arch, to the eight day two train movement striking on a bell, contained in case with moulded pediment and turned columns to hood, shaped trunk door crossbanded in mahogany, on plinth base, 81ins high Note: Benjamin Gurden of Daventry recorded working 1795
Lot 796
An 18th Century Mahogany Longcase Clock, by Ambrose Stokes of Deal, the 11ins square brass dial with wide chapter ring with Roman and Arabic numerals, matted dial centre and cast spandrels, to the brass and steel framed movement with outside count wheel striking on a bell, contained in plain mahogany case with moulded and dentil cornice and plain turned pillars to hood, on bracket feet, 78ins high
Lot 797
An 18th Century Oak Longcase Clock, by Thomas Ranger of Chipstead In Kent, the 11ins square brass dial with silvered chapter ring with Roman and Arabic numerals and engraved silvered dial centre, to the brass framed thirty hour movement striking on a bell, contained in plain oak case with moulded cornice and plain turned pillars to hood, 74ins highNote: Thomas Ranger recorded working Chipstead circa 1740 to 1773
Lot 3273
An 18th century bell metal travelling chalice, possibly Irish, the conical bowl screw-fitting and inverting for the pocket, 8.5cm high, c.1750; another, similar (2) Reference: It has been suggested that this type of chalice was used by Catholics in Ireland for clandestine worship during the period of the Penal Laws.Reference: Antiques Trade Gazette, Ingenious Chalices Conceal Catholic Purpose, issue no.2440, 2nd May 2020
Lot 583
FIRST DAY COVER SIGNED BY ALF RAMSEY AND COLIN BELL FDC for Wales v England 1974 WC Qualifier date stamped 15/11/1972 and signed on the front by legendary managers, Alf Ramsey and Colin Bell whose signature appears to have been originally written in pencil and overwritten in pen. Generally good
Lot 72
Big Deal at Dodge City first release British quad film poster printed in England by Stafford & Co starring Henry Fonda, with great gambling artwork, Under Fire Quad st Nick Nolte and Gene Hackman, the Brazen Bell film poster starring Lee J Cobb, other posters include Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Whitesnake video poster x3 plus 2 different video sleeves, with other film promotional items for films inc The Pumpkin Eater, The 7th Dawn, Bedtime Story, Topkapi, The Magnificent Showman, Can-Can, Exhibitors campaign book for Battle of the River Plate, plus Elvis Presley full colour portraits x6.Condition report - Mostly very good condition.
Lot 3
Hook 40x30 movie poster from the 1991 fantasy adventure directed by Steven Spielberg starring Robin Williams and Julia Roberts Hook is a 1991 American fantasy adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg[3] and written by James V. Hart and Malia Scotch Marmo. It stars Robin Williams as Peter Banning / Peter Pan, Dustin Hoffman as Captain Hook, Julia Roberts as Tinker Bell, Bob Hoskins as Mr. Smee and Maggie Smith as Granny Wendy. It acts as a sequel to J. M. Barrie's 1911 novel Peter and Wendy . Good Condition. UK Shipping from £4.99, Europe from £6.99 and ROW from £9.99.
Lot 154
Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) The Giaour, A Fragment of a Turkish Tale, new edition, half-title, with 7pp. ms. additions bound in, some purportedly in the hand of Sir James Bland Burges, John Murray, 1813 bound with a sixth edition of The Bride of Abydos, a third edition of The Corsair, and a fourth edition of Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte, occasional spotting or light foxing, a few stains, contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, housed in a modern blind-stamped and gilt drop-back box by Bell Golding, Cambridge, 8vo⁂ Sir James Bland Lamb, 1st Baronet, born and known as Sir James Burges, poet, author, barrister and M.P. He was related through marriage to Lord Byron.
Lot 225
Bewick (Thomas).- Yarrell (William) A History of British Birds, 3 vol., 1843 § Bell (Thomas) A History of British Quadrupeds, 1837; A History of British Reptiles, 1839, all with woodcut illustrations by Bewick, uniform contemporary diced calf, gilt, by Riviere & Son, spines faded, g.e.; and a copy of British Stalk-Eyed Crutsacea, in a near-uniform binding, 8vo (6)
Lot 5066
Dufftown-Glenlivet 10 Years Old Pure Highland Malt Scotch Whisky, distilled and bottled by Arthur Bell & Sons, late 1980s/early 1990s bottling, 40% vol 75cl, in original cardboard sleeve (one bottle), Glenmorangie 10 Years Old Single Highland Malt Scotch Whisky, 40% vol 70cl, in original cardboard tube (one bottle) (2)
Lot 405
ALFRED MONTAGUE RIVERS "Country Scene with Shepherd and his Sheep" watercolour signed and dated '26 lower left together with A D BELL "Rural Scene with Figures, Horse and Dog near a Stream, Sheep and Cottage in the Background" watercolour signed and dated 1946 lower left and a further watercolour of sheep and shepherd in a landscape initialled 'RHFS' and dated 1890
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