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[BRONTE (CHARLOTTE)] SHIRLEY A TALE BY CURRER BELL AUTHOR OF "JANE EYRE", FIRST EDITION three vols, adverts (pp318-320) at end of vol III (with "lately Published the third edition of Jayne Eyre") pale yellow endpapers, original dark greyish red ribbed cloth the corners stamped in blind with borders, spines wanting early ownership signature (Henry S Wildes) and round WEST MALLING BOOK SOCIETY stamp to endpapers, 1849

A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CORNER CUPBOARD, LATE 18TH C with line inlaid blind fret frieze and waist, fluted pilasters and unusual recessed pillars to the lower part, 208cm h; 70 x 110cm ++Interior including the serpentine shelves entirely lined or covered in 20th c gold velvet. Door hinges slightly packed where doors have warped slightly cause a slight gap when closed. Encrusted with old polish and dirt, repolished many years ago

A GEORGE III MAHOGANY BOOKCASE, C1800 fitted with adjustable shelves, the sides of stained pine, 241cm h; 37 x 100cm, Reynolds & Co, Bognor depository label inscribed MRS LLOYD 1931 ++In fine condition, in our opinion the top original to the base, the urn finial carved with lobing but left blind in one part, part of the urn chipped at the back. Terminals of the swan neck pediment finished slightly differently to each other but original

**Richard Humphry (b. 1942) BLIND OTTER ON A BEACH Signed mixed technique, unvarnished, 24 x 25.5cm.

19th century English School THE BLIND BEGGAR WITH A GIRL AT HIS SIDE AND A DOG LYING BY HIS FEET Unsigned oil on canvas, 110 x 85cm.

A Georgian oval silkwork picture, depicting Christ healing a blind man, 37cm x 44.5cm and another depicting Christ at a well, the verre églomisé mount broken, 33cm x 27cm

A Georgian mahogany longcase clock, the arched dial with 'High Tide at Bristol' key indicator, silvered chapter ring, subsidiary seconds and date aperture, signed Fran's Weller, Bristol, the case with dentil cornice and blind fret carved frieze above a long trunk door and panelled base on ogee bracket feet, 222cm high/see illustration Condition Report: The case has been restored and re-polished, locks and hinges replaced and hood pillar capitals and bases re-gilded. Interior re-blocked and one leg is loose but present. The face and movement have been restored, the chapter ring replaced and spandrels re-gilded, the moon dial repainted and the ratchets for the same replaced. There is no subsidiary pointer for the tides. There is a painted pointer on the moon dial; the ratchet on the striking train not working therefore fully unwound. The seat board is not original.

Three rare mid-19th century Pratt pot lids with bases 'Ross & Sons Genuine Bear's Grease Perfumed 119 - 120 Bishopsgate Street London', 7.5cm, 'Bear, Lion & Cock', 7.5cm and 'Blind Mans Buff', 7.6cm CONDITION REPORT Ross & Sons Bear's Grease - chip to inside rim of lid, minor chip to base rim, overall crazing and staining, otherwise OK.Bear, Lion & Cock - crack to wall of lid, minor crazing, discolouration.Blind Mans Bluff - chip to rim of lid, hairline to wall of lid, base with rim chips

Mahogany wall bracket of three shelves of graduated depth, bottom shelf having two drawers under with blind fret fronts, the end supports pieced geometrically. 90cm x 55cm x 22cm

A large Waring & Gillow oak compactum, the central section with a glazed two door cupboard to top with lozenge mullions over a flight of four graduated drawers with brass pendant handles, arched bevelled mirrored door to each end enclosing shelf, clothes rail and hooks, the top corniced with blind fret work and the whole standing on carved pear shaped feet (one key for glazed door in office). Height 208cm, width 205cm, depth 52cm

An unusual 20th century coloured study of a native American brave riding on his horse accompanied by an eagle with signature to bottom O Wieghorst, for Olaf Wieghorst, with faint date 20, 64 x 41 cm unframed, together with two unframed limited edition prints, one an abstract subject after Rut Hanselmann and the other of a surrealist style subject after Jochen Wahl 21 x 29 cm approx, both in protective boxes, a 19th century unframed black and white engraving after David Wilkie - Blind-Man's Buff etc.

A Georgian mahogany triple door bookcase of full height, the base enclosed by three panelled doors with applied string inlay detail, the upper section recessed enclosed by three glazed panelled doors with blind sides, 183 cm in length

A signed limited edition coloured print after L S Lowry - Man Holding a Child, including various figures and dogs standing in front of and behind a wall, signed bottom right L S Lowry with Fine Art Trade Guild blind embossed stamp bottom left, with information relating to the Fine Art Trade Guild verso. 49 x 74 cm approx size visible, in black frame and green double mount.

Two contemporary hardwood cabinets both with roller blind fronts and shelf lined interiors.

An Edwardian mahogany display cabinet with astragal glazed panelled door and fitted interior with blind fret and other detail

A signed coloured print after Deborah Jones showing a group of dolls and teddies signed bottom right and with blind embossed Fine Art Trade Guild stamp bottom left, published by the Alexander Gallery, Bristol 35 x 50 cm in gilt frame, together with two further unsigned coloured prints after Deborah Jones both of teddies and dolls and a 19th century monochrome etching by T George Cooper showing a pair of setter dogs in a landscape, all framed.

Framed print with blind stamp, signed in pencil by Jorge Aquilar

Large solid oak cabinet, glazed upper section over blind cabinet base

An late Victorian carved mahogany dressing table, with blind fret detailing, with mirror and four drawers, on cabriole legs, 175cm H x 107cm W x 59cm D

A Victorian carved mahogany bedside cabinet, with blind fret detailing

A late Victorian carved mahogany wardrobe, with blind fret detailing, with mirror door and base drawer, on bracket feet, 210cm H x 136cm W x 87cm D

Carriage print route diagrams x5 all for the MANCHESTER BURY LINE. All in good condition ready to frame, together with a class 504 EMO destination blind MANCHESTER BURY SPECIAL.

A mixed lot of ceramics and a window blind 250 cm x 80 cm

An Edwardian Mahogany two drawer bureau with blind fret carving on cabriole legs

Records : Good lot of quality items incl Animals, Blind Faith, Fleetwood Mac, all vg/exc cond (6).

Records : 50+ prog rock albums incl Frank Zappa, Blind Faith, Cream, Tull etc, some album sleeves have damp damage, generally g/vgc.

THREE CANTONESE CARVED AND PIERCED IVORY BRISEE FANS, Qing Dynasty, late 18th century, each with blind carved decorative guards, 26.5cm, 25cm and 14.7cm long respectively. Provenance: Private Collection, Knightsbridge. Condition report: The largest example has at least seven small pierced vertical line sections with damage and there is staining in patches. The medium example has very bad damage on the far left stick and very small puncture marks and losses throughout. The small example (considered for a child) has gluing and losses on the first three sticks from the left side, a crack in one more stick, and old repairs to two others and losses on another central example. Also staining. All three sold af. 

CHINA TRADE INSURANCE AGREEMENTPartially-printed D.S., 1p. 16" x 20 1/2", Philadelphia, May 10, 1815, a contract from the Philadelphia Insurance Company, insuring the ship PACIFIC for $16,500 for a voyage from Philadelphia to Canton and back again. The document is completed and signed by the owner of the ship, Nathan Trotter, and signed at the conclusion by the president of the insurance company, Pennsylvania congressman ROBERT WAIN (1765-1836). The contract insures the ship-owners from many hazards, including: "...Men of War, Fires, Enemies, Pirates, Rovers, Thieves, Jettisons, Letters of Mart, and Counter Mart, Surprisals, Takings at Sea, Arrests, Restraints and Detainments of all Kings, Princes, or People, of what Nation, Condition, or Quality so ever..." The blind-embossed seal of the company is located near the beginning of the document. Endorsed on the back by Trotter and a registrar, with modern pencil notations. The contract is split horizontally in two along a fold line, with the upper right section similarly separated. Fair to good.

CHINESE AND JAPANESE DIPLOMATIC AND GOVERNMENTAL FIGURESGood group of one letter, one note, one signed photograph, one signed publication and eleven signatures, all executed by Chinese and Japanese diplomats, politicians, and educational reformers of the 19th and 20th centuries, includes: LI TSUNG-JEN (1890-1969) Chinese general, later acting president of the Republic of China. I.S.P. as T.S. Lee, 4" x 6 1/4" b/w, inscribed to Miss A. Hedge, dated June 1, 1948 at Nanking; HIROMICHI KOZAKI (1856-1938) Japanese Christian theologian and educator. Signed and inscribed publication, "Calendar of the Doshisha Preparatory Collegiate Theological Scientific and Politico-Law Schools for the Year 1891-92" (Tokyo: Seishi-Bunsha), 1891, 63pp. 8vo., a catalog containing faculty lists, course lists, and illustrations of the Doshisha School in Kyoto, of which Kozaki was president. Signed and inscribed by Kozaki in black ink on the front cover, which is detached but present; GEORGE YEH (1904-1981) Minister of Foreign Affairs and Ambassador to the United States for the Republic of China. T.L.S., 1p. 4to, [n.p.], Jan. 17, 1953, to Robert R. Gros, Yeh thanks his correspondent for a previous letter, signed in black ink at the conclusion, with a retained copy of Gros's letter present; TSENG CHI-TSE (1839-1890) Chinese minister to Russia, France and Britain. Autograph note in the third person, 1p. 8vo., Tunbridge Wells, Dec. 3, 1885, transmitting his autograph to an admirer, executing his name as "The Marquis Tseng"; ALFRED SAO-KE SZE (1877-1958) First Chinese ambassador to the United States. Signature on a 3" x 5" card; CHEN LANBIN (1816-1895), first Chinese minister to the United States. Signatures in Chinese and English on a 1 3/4" x 3 1/4" card, with a pencil identifying inscription at left; LO TSUNG-YEE Chinese diplomat, represented China at the 1928 meeting of the Olympic Games Committee. Signature as "T.Y. Lo" on a 1" x 1 3/4" slip of card, laid down on a larger sheet with the printed address of the Chinese Legation in London; NAKASHIMA RIKIZO (1858-1918) Japanese Educator and Kantian Philosopher. Signatures in Japanese and English on a 3 1/2" x 4 1/2" card; LO FENG-LUH (1850-1903), Chinese ambassador to Britain. Bold signatures in Chinese and English on a 5" x 7 1/2" piece of stationery, blind-embossed with the image of a dragon and laid down on a larger backing; TAKASAKI MASAKAZE (1836-1912) Japanese Imperial Court councilor and privy councilor, later chief of the Imperial Poem Office. Signature in Japanese on a 3/4" x 2 3/4" slip of paper cut from a letter, accompanied by an autograph letter from Takasaki's son, Masamitsu, 2pp. 8vo., Tokyo, May 2, 1916, transmitting the signature; WANG CHUNG-HUI (1881-1958), first Minister of Justice for the Chinese Republic. Signature on a 2 1/2" x 3 3/4" card, in blue ink; ZAIZE (1876-1929) Manchu noble, advocate for the adoption of a constitutional monarchy in China. Signature in Chinese and English as "Prince Tsai Iseh" on a 2" x 3 1/4" card, adding his title and the date May 13, 1906; WEI TAO-MING (1899-1978) Chinese ambassador to the United States during World War II. Signature in Chinese and English on a 3" x 5" card; ZHANG YINHUAN (1837-1900), Chinese ambassador to Great Britain and the United States. Signature in English on a 3 1/2" x 4 1/2" card, adding his title as ambassador to Britain, along with a second 2" x 5" card bearing his signature in Chinese; and V.K. WELLINGTON KOO (1888-1985) Chinese ambassador to France, Britain and the United States, representative at the Paris Peace Conference, founding member of both the League of Nations and the United Nations. Signature in English on 1 1/2" x 3" card, along with an unsigned typed document, 19pp. 4to., "An Address to be Delivered at the Academy of Political & Social Science, Philadelphia, January 29, 1916", almost certainly written by Koo. Some items bear mounting remnants or identifying inscriptions in pencil on the verso, else very good. Seventeen pieces.

A George III mahogany chest on chest, the moulded and dentil cornice above a blind fret carved frieze, with two short and three graduated long drawers, the base having a brushing slide above three graduated long drawers, on ogee bracket feet, 113 cm wide See illustration Condition report Report by GHVarious losses to blind fretwork and some patched and repaired sections, notably on the right hand side and the rear left around the top. Cornice generally chipped, dented and with losses to moulding, particularly down the right hand side. Various chips and losses to cock beading and several handles loose, but all seemingly present and correct. Drawers all in reasonable condition, a couple with cracked bottom boards, but otherwise reasonably good. Usual age related wear, light cracking to veneer, dents, scratches etc. Very much saleroom fresh condition.The height is 195 cm

Victorian silver baluster shaped mug having embossed decoration depicting a group of children playing Blind Mans Buff and foliate sprays, high loop handle with conforming foliate decoration, makers H.J. Lias & Son, London 1862, 14.5cm high inclusive of handle, 9.1oz approx Condition: Engraved monogram, case is a little worn to the interior and has some damage to the outer lower hinge - **General condition consistent with age

Beryl Cook (1926-2008) - Signed limited edition print - Lunchtime Refreshment, published by Alexander Gallery, signed in pencil and with blind stamp, 49cm x 60.5cm A.R. Condition: **General condition consistent with age

A Transitional style blue and white jar and cover, the baluster shape painted with mothers watching their children play blind man's buff on a garden terrace, 33cm (13 in) high (2) Good

A silver wire inlaid bronze figure of a sage riding a carp, he sits casually reading a scroll as the fish leaps, 16cm (6.25 in) high Other Notes: The Japanese depict the immortal Kinko riding a carp in this way but the silver wire inlay on his clothes suggest that this is Chinese rather than Japanese. Kinko's origins were adapted from a Chinese immortal There are blind holes in the fish's fins suggesting that this was once fitted to some sort of base object.

An Edwardian mahogany card table, the rectangular hinged top with a moulded edge, above a blind carved frieze on chamfered legs, on x stretcher, 61cm wide.

An oak display cabinet, the blind fret carved frieze over lead glazed doors on turned legs joined by stretchers, 93cm wide

A mahogany open bookcase, with blind fret carved frieze and supports on square tapering legs, adjustable shelves, 122cm wide 108cm high

A 19thC mahogany wardrobe, the top with a blind fret cornice, above two panelled doors, enclosing shelves, the base with four drawers, lacking feet, 112cm wide Provenance: Thurlby Hall, Lincolnshire

EIGHTEENTH CENTURY INLAID OAK LONGCASE CLOCK, signed John Hough, Knutsford, (1696-1755), the 12" brass dial with silvered chapter ring and subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture to the gilt matted centre, enclosed by cherub mask and pierced gilt scroll spandrels and set beneath a moonphase dial with circular aperture to the gilt scrolled centre, powered by an eight day movement striking on a bell and housed in a caddy top case with blind fret border to the moulded cornice and free standing turned columns to the forecorners, above a crossbanded, long trunk door with star inlay, moulded border and shaped top, raised on a conforming base with shaped plinth, 86" (218.4cm) high

A Victorian mahogany Partners Desk, with blind tooled leather inset top over drawers either side, on turned legs, 155cms (61") x 92cms (36") wide. (1)

A fine quality early George III serpentine fronted mahogany Dressing Chest, c. 1760, the figured moulded top over a brushing slide with baize inset and four graduating drawers, the top drawer fitted with an adjustable inset mirror and shaped compartments, the covers with ivory handles, the drawers with original decorated brass loop handles and escutcheons, the canted corners with blind fret carving on ogee bracket feet. (1)

17th Century Italian School"The Blind Tobit," O.O.C., 104cms x 127cms (41" x 50") unframed. (1)

An unusual 19th Century Chinese Chippendale style fold-over Card Table, the plain top over a carved edge, with frieze drawer, blind fretwork sides, on four cluster column legs, with block feet, approx. 85cms (33 1/2") wide. (1)

A large late 18th Century Irish Georgian style Serving Table, the rectangular top over a blind fret carved frieze enclosing two drawers, supported by pierced corner brackets, on square legs with pad feet, possibly Butler, Dublin, 197cms (77 1/2") long; 61cms (24") deep. (1)

An exceptionally fine early Irish Georgian style mahogany Side Chair, profusely carved splat in the Chinese Chippendale style, on front square legs with blind fret carving, on block feet, upholstered in yellow floral silk. (1)

After Snaffles, 'The Finest View in Europe', Chromo lithograph, Snaffles blind stamp, & signed in pencil

Pair of framed prints signed Sheila Harwood Parry with blind stamp

MARC CHAGALL, 'The vase et ciel', lithograph, bearing 'Spadem' blind stamp, 42cm x 47cm, framed.

KAZIMIR MALEVICH (1878-1935), 'Supremist Figure', screenprint, 75cm x 55cm, signed 245/2000, bears blind stamp 'Gaerie Gerald Piltzer'.

Two Angela Kaufman Prints - 'Blind Man's Bluff'.

*Instrument Panel. A blind flying instrument panel 6A/760 Mk.1A, in unused condition with apertures for six instruments and fixing mounts, 27 cm high x 34 cm wide (1)

An Edwardian Mahogany Serpentine Side Cabinet by Maple & Co., the pierced carved pediment above a blind fret work frieze and two astragal glazed doors enclosing shelves, the lower section with two similar lined fret work drawers raised upon square tapering legs with under tier, 76 cms wide

John Cother Webb (1855-1927), "The Fox Inn" and "Good Morning", after George Morland, published by G.J.Howell, 1919, signed in pencil, a pair of hand coloured engravings, Print Sellers Association blind stamps, 39 x 49 cm, ebonised frames with verre eglomise mounts (2)

D'urban and Mathew : The Birds of Devon, 1895. Decorative cloth/gilt binding ; Thomas Westcote and George Oliver : A View of Devonshire in MDCXXX. 1845. Blind stamped brown cloth binding ; and R. N. Worth : A History of Devonshire. 1886. Rebound in brown cloth (3)

An early 20th century mahogany serpentine fronted chest, in the George III style, with moulded edged cross-banded top over a brushing slide and four graduated cockbeaded drawers flanked by blind fret canted corners on bracket feet, 84cm wide, 79cm high, 48.5cm deep

Roth, Oriental Silverwork, Malay and Chinese, one volume, Truelove & Hanson, London, 1910. CONDITION REPORT: Top and bottom of spine knocked. White marks/scuff marks to part of surface, lettering good. Inside - generally good condition, very slightly yellowed at edges. Slight bashes to top corner of first few pages. Minimal discolouration, no apparent damage to pages. Slightly dirty finger prints 1-2. Yellow marks and pencil booksellers mark to 1st blank page.Front - slight watermarks to edges of cover, slightly dented. Slight discolouration of silver in lettering and blind stamp.Back - bashes to edges, watermarks worse in back cover and all over.

A Pratt ware tazza transfer decorated with ' The last Inn, by W. Mulready', 29cm diamater, together with a plaque of the same image, 29cm; a low tazza 'The blind fiddler, by Sir David Wilkie, number 123' and another similar (4)

A early 18th century ivory and paper fan, the leaf painted with Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, with gilt border, the reverse painted with three ladies playing ‘blind man’s buff’, engraved and painted sticks, mother of pearl guards, one AF, pattern when closed, 29cm

L. S. Lowry (British,1887 - 1976) "Ferry Boats", gouttelette in colours, Chelsea Green edition, 75/75, studio blind stamp together with certificate of authenticity, frame size 104cm x 89cm.

L.S. Lowry (British, 1887-1976), "Yachts", gouttelette in colours, Chelsea Green edition, 9/99, studio blind stamp together with certificate of authenticity, frame size 82cm x 95cm.