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Lot 481
Henley Bridge to Maidenhead Thicket Turnpike Road, a manuscript bond for £500, 1830, issued under Act 'for more effectually repairing so much of the road', 4 pages, signatures of 5 of the trustees, annotated with repayments of part of the principal in 1840 and 1841, blind impressed duty stamp for £4, folds but very fine and scarce. Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Lot 1
Voet (Johannis) COMMENTARIUS AD PANDECTUS First edition: 2 volumes bound in 3: I. (16), 979, (71 errata and index). II. Part 1. (8), 728. Part 2. 729-1028, (78 addenda and index), pages, large woodcut printerÂ’s device on the title page of volume I. Volume I bound in full blind tooled vellum with trimmed edges, volume II in quarter vellum with marbled paper sides (the paper is worn), with uncut edges. Some pages in each volume are browned with some foxing but overall a crisp set. ‘Johannes Voet`s Commentarius ad Pandectas, the leading institutional work in Roman-Dutch law, is also the most frequently quoted exposition of that legal system in the South African courts. The opening title of that magisterial work, however, has for the most part been unjustly neglected by our judges, scholars and law teachers alike. Apart from providing an exceptionally fine introduction to the elements of law and justice, this title reveals the imposing range of Voet`s scholarship, which sweeps within its compass many ancient writings.Â’ Andrew Domanski, Fundamina, A Journal of Legal History, volume 19, Issue 2, 2013. http://reference.sabinet.co.za/sa_epublication_article/funda_v19_n2_a4 Size: I. 330 x 210 mm. II. 355 x 225 mm. Volume I, Lvgdvni Batavorum, : Apud Johannem Verbessel, 1698 Volume II, Hagæ-Comitum, : Apud Abrahamum de Hondt, 1704 1698 - 1704
Lot 38
Hobhouse, Emily (translator) Tant` Alie of Transvaal. Her diary 1880-1902. Translated from the Taal (1923) 185 x 135 This book, one of Emily Hobhouse`s last and rarest, has not previously been listed on these auctions. It contains one of her most eloquent prefaces, with tributes to Lloyd George, Tant` Alie Badenhorst, who died in 1907, and Olive Schreiner, who described the manuscript as ` . . . a revelation of human nature; I think it is wonderful` and promised to write the preface, but who also died before the book was published. The forewords are by Tant` Alie`s son and grandson. `Translated` may give the wrong impression. Badenhorst`s diary was not transcribed from its original state - `not easy to decipher` and when the translation was completed `the European War was almost upon us` and the book `had to be laid aside`. Hobhouse was helped by many, including Deneys Reitz, `with words no dictionary registers`. The author describes the writer of the diary, whom she met in 1902, as having a `fragrance of holiness`. Hobhouse knew all the people and many of the places in the diary, so could vouch for its accuracy. She had decided to translate and publish the diary because Tant` Alie ` . . . much wished [that it] should be published for [her and other] children`s children, desirous that future generations should know and avoid the cruelty of war`. The green cloth-boards, gilt lettered to the spine and blind ruled to the front, are moderately rubbed. The binding is tight The front endpapers have a bookseller sticker on the paste-down and Pieter Erasmus`s attractive ex-libris label on the front free leaf, while on the back paste-down is a small library rubber stamp. The contents - 320 pp of prelims, text and epilogue - are unmarked and undiscoloured, making this a collectable copy. Very Good London George Allen & Unwin 1923
Lot 13
Harris, William Cornwallis The Wild Sports of Southern Africa (1844) 18x25cm pp. xvi + 359, pictorial title page, 24 out of original 26 hand-coloured plates intact as well as a fold-out map of `Africa, North East of the Cape Colony`. Frontispiece and Plate XXIII (Bechuana Hunting the Lion) not present. New endpapers and new leather on spine and back. Front boards shows original red blind-stamped embossing with new leather around front boards edges. New gilt titles to spine, all edges gilt. Some foxing on plates and plate-guards. With a few exceptions, the text pages are without defects and in very good condition, such is the fold-out map. An attractive copy of a scarce work on hunting in South Africa. Good London Pelham Richardson 1844
Lot 299
Backhouse (James) A NARRATIVE OF A VISIT TO THE MAURITIUS AND SOUTH AFRICA 8vo (230 x 150 mm) 648 + lvi pages appendix, frontispiece View of Table Bay - an etching from a drawing by Thomas Bowler, 2 folding maps - 1 large folding at the end (465 x 890 mm) with the author`s travels marked in red, 16 etched plates and 28 woodcuts in the text, original blind stamped blue-grey cloth, gilt tilting on the spine, many gatherings are unopened. The volume has been neatly rebacked with the original backstrip laid down, the original yellow endpapers have been preserved and the hinges strengthened. Contents bright, a very good copy. Mendelssohn (Sydney) South African Bibliography, volume 1, page 62, `The book is in the form of a diary and the author seems to have traversed every part of South Africa where there was a mission station or a missionary. In this way he appears to have met every prominent man connected with mission work in South Africa at this time. From June 1838 to December 1840 the author was constantly travelling, visiting almost every inhabited town and district, carefully noting every point of interest in the country and its inhabitants. There is a good description of Kaffraria and of the Basutos, Griquas and Bechuana countries. There is also a narrative of a journey to Great Namaqualand`. Very good London Hamilton, Adams & Co. 1844
Lot 347
Cornell (Fred C.) THE GLAMOUR OF PROSPECTING (Scarce 1st Edition) 220 x 146 x 38mm 334 pages. Original blind embossed pictorial hardcover (rebacked with gilt title to spine), 22 of the 23 b/w plates as called for are present ( the plate facing pg 20 titled `Sealers at Olifants Rocks` and `Taking the horses across Olifants River` is missing). Includes original fold-out map. Previous owner`s name dated 31/03/1922 neatly penned to front free EP. Light bumping to corners. Some superficial paper loss to rear fixed EP where a paste-down bookplate has been removed. Otherwise clean and tight throughout. `Wanderings of a South African Prospector in Search of Copper, Gold, Emeralds, and Diamonds. Includes: discovery of diamonds in German South-West Africa, humour of Hottentots` paradise, the Namib desert, prospecting in a motor-car, the southern Kalahari, mouth of the Orange river, copper prospects, stewed flamingo and other weird dishes, great anecdotal accounts of prospecting in South Africa and German South-West Africa early last century`. SCARCE FIRST EDITION. Good London T. Fisher Unwin Ltd 1920
Lot 360
Willoughby The Soul of the Bantu 17x23.5cm An ex library octavo (170mm x 234mm) hardcover book in the original gray cloth covers with gilt titles on a brown label to the spine, gilt lines together with a blind embossed torch to the front cover. Sixteen preliminary plus 476 pages of text, including an index and references cited. The upper part of the spine and front cover are somewhat rubbed. The book is otherwise tightly bound, clean, free of library stamps except for one number on the verso of the title page, free of foxing or browning and nice square corners. Black end-papers. Good London The Student Christian Movement 1928
Lot 372
Baines, Thomas Explorations in South-West Africa 229mm x 158mm This is copy number 41 of the Collectors` Edition limited to 90 copies. It is a facsimile reprint of the 1864 edition whose sub-title is: `Being an account of a journey in the years 1861 and 1862 from Walvisch Bay, on the western coast to Lake Ngami and the Victoria Falls.`Housed in the original green buckram book cloth covered slip case.Quarter red leather binding with gilt titling on the spine, title label, blind stamped decorative device on the green buckram boards. Top edge gilt.Number VI in the Heritage Series.Dark maroon coloured map motif end papers. Introduction by Frank R. Bradlow. xii + xiv prelims, 535 pages, 3 fold out maps, colour and black and white illustrations with additional colour plates after Thomas Baines paintings that do not appear in the original edition.CONDITION DETAILS: Close up images of the spine are provided to show the extent of the sun fading to the spine in detail. Also shown is a dark mark at the very base of the spine. Overall a clean and unread copy with minor signs of age and use such as a light crease down one side of the slip case. Attractive Salisbury, Rhodesia Pioneer Head 1973
Lot 399
Alexander (Sir J.E.) AN EXPEDITION OF DISCOVERY INTO THE INTERIOR OF AFRICA. 8vo (210 x 130 mm) Through the hitherto undescribed Countries of the Great Namaquas, Boschmans, and Hill Damaras, performed Under the Auspices of Her Majesty`s Government, and the Royal Geographical Society. 2 volumes: xxiii,302 + viii,306 pages, engraved frontispieces in each volume, folding map, 6 engraved plates and 7 engravings in the text, original light blue cloth, blind decorated on the upper cover and titled and decorated gilt on the spines. Volume I has been rebacked preserving the original back strip, the lower hinge of volume II has been repaired. The original endpapers have been preserved. The plates are oxidised as is often the case with the associated off-setting on the facing pages, otherwise the contents are bright. Page edges uncut. Private library stamps on each title and following page, book plate of Norman Owen Howell on each front paste-down endpaper. Mendelssohn (Sydney) South African Bibliography, volume 1, pages 20-21: `He proceeded to Namaqualand and Damaraland, which countries were very little known at the time. Leaving Cape Town in 1836, he traversed these regions in an ox wagon, and went through a large part of South West Africa arriving at Walvisch Bay almost exhausted with the difficulties of travel and want of water. He succeeded in obtaining a good collection of zoological and other specimens, many of which were at that time unknown to the scientific world. The volumes contain an account of the social condition of the Namaquas, Bushmen and Damaras.` London Henry Colburn Publisher 1838
Lot 317
A Prattware comport printed with a scene titled 'The Last In' by W. Mulready RA, inside an apple green ground with two scrolling handles, together with a similar low oval tassa printed with a scene titled 'The Blind Fiddler' by Sir David Wilkie RA, max d. 33 cm CONDITION REPORT: Some crazing and water staining, oval taster lacking two handles, rubbing to gilt
Lot 1556
DECIMAL MACHIN WINDOW BOOKLETS a comprehensive specialised collection in seven albums with denominated and NVI, plain and a wide range of cylinder blocks, Harrison comb and rotary perfs. Walsall blind at base and bar books, chipped & broken cylinder numbers, Questa perf types, cut & torn perfs, gum variations, blind perfs, translucent papers, shiny & matt cover variations, type 3 Harrison rotary perf 10 x 14p, cylinder B27 p81, type 3A Harrison books with varnished strips, type 4 Double Head Walsall 10 x 20p, W1, W2, W1 blind at base, type 7(10)A Olympic without lines on cover Walsall 4 x 1st plain, W43, W49, W53 & W43, W49, W54, also type 8 loose panes, Boots labels etc. (100`s) Face value £2,400 Symbol: B
Lot 344
An Edwardian inlaid walnut granddaughter clock with a 20cms silver arched dial with Roman numerals with a roundel, engraved tempus fugit with leaf and flower spandrels, with a three train movement striking on five gongs the inlaid case with a domed hood, canted angles with pierced fretwork sides against a red silk ground above a blind fret carved frieze the arched door inlaid with an oval with well figured wood raised upon a plinth base, similarly inlaid with a plinth shaped apron and ogee bracket feet, 184cms high (illustrated)
Lot 92
Charlie Johnson Payne "Snaffles", (1884-1967) "Merry England", circa 1927 signed in pencil and with Snaffle bits blind stamp printed and hand coloured, 42.5cms x 37.5cms including margin (illustrated) **** formally lot 535 The Leverhulme Collection, Thornton Manor, Wirral, Merseyside, property of the late The Right Hon Viscount Leverhulme, K.G
Lot 397
Parker, Duofold, Chikurin, a limited edition maki-e lacquer fountain pen, 2001, the cap with a chikurin in raised taka maki-e, on a togidashi maki-e background, with a medium nib stamped 18K, the blind cap signed by Tatuya Todo, with a cartridge/ convertor filling system, uninked, limited to 150 pieces, in a Parker wooden box with ink, cartridges and outer card sleeve. See Shepherd D., and Zazove, D., ""Parker Duofold"", Brighton 2006, pp 332 - 333
Lot 427
Montblanc, Qing Dynasty, a limited edition fountain pen, no 1562/2002, issued in 2002, the black lacquer barrel with gilt blind cap, the cap made from carved jade depicting a dragon, with gilt cap band and clip, the nib stamped 18K and engraved with a dragon, with a piston filler system, uninked, in its original green lacquer box with paperwork and outer card sleeve
Lot 131
A George III mahogany bureau bookcase the wide flared cornice with dentil moulding over two thirteen-pane astragal doors enclosing adjustable shelves, the plain fall opens to reveal a fitted interior with central cupboard flanked by secret drawers with blind fret fronts and pigeon holes over drawers to either side, the lower section of four graduated, oak-lined drawers with replacement handles on shaped bracket feet, 43in. (109cm.) wide, 21in. (53.5cm.) deep, 85½in. (217cm.) high.
Lot 143
A mid-Victorian matched turquoise and seed pearl suite of brooch, earrings and ring, the circular brooch with a central boss pavé set with lines of turquoise cabochons and half seed pearls (one of each lacking) to a border of alternating fine ropetwist trefoils and further turquoises with a ribbontwist outer edging, verso with glazed panel containing woven chestnut hair, diameter 2.9cm, in original shaped fitted leather case; the earpendants each with a circular boss with ropetwist trefoils suspending a larger boss of very similar form to the brooch but set to the centre with a cruciform of four turquoises around a single seed pearl, closed back settings, length 3.6cm, in a similar original shaped and fitted leather case; the ring set with five graduated oval cabochon turquoises to an arched blind gallery and closed back, with carved shoulders and tapered carved shank, size M; all three of yellow precious metal testing for 15ct gold
Lot 618
A George III later carved mahogany chest on chest, elaborate fret carved swan neck pediment, moulded cornice, greek key and blind fret decorated frieze and repeated decoration to the carcase, gilt brass handles, on conforming carved square bracket feet 214 x 114 x 58cm (83 x 44 x 23in) One escutchoen missing, small splits to the carcase between the drawers
Lot 638
A Swiss pen work and marquetry inlaid carved walnut side table,19th century the top with central ebony inlaid and pen work panel to an line of banding and further pen work border decoration, the base fitted a blind drawer, profusely carved with shell and trailing foliate branches, on swept legs 79 x 95 x 63cm (31 x 37 x 25in) Repair to carved leaf moulding to the area framing the shell centre of the drawer Fading and slight lifting on border inlay
Lot 642
A mythological tapestry depicting Flora and Zephyr, early 18th century, after Louis de Boulogne, within a representation of a gilded frame, the winged god of the west wind crowning Flora with a chaplet of flowers within a landscaped garden, wool and silk weft on a wool warp From the series of `Ovid`s Metamorphoses` In Greek mythology, the story of the West Wind, Zephyr and Flora is set on Mount Olympus where Boreas, the north wind, plots to abduct Flora, the wife of Zephyr. Introducing a game of blind man`s bluff, Boreas separates the couple and kills Zephyr with an arrow before taking Flora to his cave, where she faints from fright. Nine muses in mourning bring Zephyr`s body to Mount Olympus, where, after his funeral procession, he comes back to life. The muses tie Flora securely to Zephyr`s wrist so they will not be separated again and Boreas is punished. 325 x 336cm (127 x 131in)
Lot 173
After David Shepherd (b.1931) "On Shed- As we remember them in the last days of steam" signed artists proof, also bearing the blind stamp for the Fine Art Trade Guild, and inscribed verso on a label, numbered 481/500, coloured reproduction, 53 x 93.5 cm, together with a quantity of other "Railway and Flying" related pictures, including prints after Terence Cuneo, "Mallard", and another, a modern silkwork picture, "The Rocket, 1830", and five prints depicting a Bristol Beaufighter, Halifax Heroes, Hurricane Patrol, and other titles, various sizes, (9)
Lot 183
After Michael Lyne (20th/21st century) Duke of Beaufort's Hunt near the gatehouse of Badminton, a signed artists proof, also bearing the blind stamp for the Fine Art Guild, coloured reproduction, 42 x 55.5 cm, together with various other decorative prints and watercolours, one bearing the name, R**Beatty, figures collecting seaweed on a beach, oval, (6)
Lot 470
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY AN ALBUM OF WATERCOLOURS various subjects and hands, blind tooled oblong calf (26 x 37cm) the subjects include lancers and other soldiers, British topography, plants, figures and interior scenes, several signed with monogram or inscribed on the mount++Internally clean, the binding worn
Lot 627
A GEORGE III OAK EIGHT DAY DEVON LONGCASE CLOCK WILLIAM HARRIS, HATHERLEIGH the 31cm brass dial signed on the silvered chapter ring Willm Harris HATHERLEIGH, engraved to the centre with two scenes and inscribed JOHN SELDON HATHERLEIGH, having subsidiary seconds dial and date sector, mask spandrels, the hood with ogee dentil cornice, blind fret frieze and pilasters, the trunk enclosed by an almost full length panelled door, 217cm h, c1790 Both William Harris and John Seldon, presumably for whom the clock was made are listed in the Universal British Directory, c1794, as a `watch and clock-maker, shopkeeper` and `maltster, respectively. ++A particularly attractive 18th c Devon dial with its original movement, both extremely dirty but apparently complete and unrestored on replacement seat board of perhaps 40 years age. Presumably long associated to the case since the cheeks are packed. The hour hand slightly damaged and the glass in the door to the foot cracked. The case 18th c and of pleasing old dry appearance with one or two minor old replacements and fault but not subject to any restoration. Sold with two iron weights and pendulum with brass bob. Long in present private ownership and consigned by a Devon family
Lot 657
A GEORGE III SERPENTINE MAHOGANY DRESSING CHEST with crossbanded top and blind fret carved angles, the upper drawer with slide but lacking fitments, on bracket feet, 84cm h; 58 x 103cm, c1780++Restored and repolished, the upper drawer containing two divisions but lacking the compartment fitting, the handles replaced, strip of let in veneer across back edge of top
Lot 534
A VICTORIAN ROSEWOOD PEDESTAL TABLE having a rounded rectangular top with beaded edge detail, plain frieze and single blind drawer with further bead moulding, raised on a turned column with three carved down-swept legs finishing with animal paw feet. 80cm(h) x 61cm(w) x 48cm(d)CONDITION: Marks and scratches, generally good.
Lot 535
A VICTORIAN ROSEWOOD BOOKCASE having a moulded cornice and slender frieze, two long glazed doors with floret moulding to upper corners, internal storage and moulded columns, the lower stage having a moulded rectangular top, two spreading blind drawers with two panelled doors and turned columns below, raised on a plinth base. 231cm(h) x 120cm(w) x 55cm(d)CONDITION: Minor marks and scratches, some veneer losses to plinth.
Lot 552
A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY MIRROR BACKED CHIFFIONIER having a the shaped mirror back with foliate scroll carved crest and frame, the rectangular top with rounded front corners, two blind frieze drawers and arched cupboard doors below, raised on a plinth base. 161cm(h) x 122cm(w) x 47.5cm(d) CONDITION: Some marks and scratches, spotting to plate, knocks to plinth etc.
Lot 470
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY AN ALBUM OF WATERCOLOURS various subjects and hands, blind tooled oblong calf (26 x 37cm) the subjects include lancers and other soldiers, British topography, plants, figures and interior scenes, several signed with monogram or inscribed on the mount++Internally clean, the binding worn
Lot 627
A GEORGE III OAK EIGHT DAY DEVON LONGCASE CLOCK WILLIAM HARRIS, HATHERLEIGH the 31cm brass dial signed on the silvered chapter ring Willm Harris HATHERLEIGH, engraved to the centre with two scenes and inscribed JOHN SELDON HATHERLEIGH, having subsidiary seconds dial and date sector, mask spandrels, the hood with ogee dentil cornice, blind fret frieze and pilasters, the trunk enclosed by an almost full length panelled door, 217cm h, c1790 Both William Harris and John Seldon, presumably for whom the clock was made are listed in the Universal British Directory, c1794, as a `watch and clock-maker, shopkeeper` and `maltster, respectively. ++A particularly attractive 18th c Devon dial with its original movement, both extremely dirty but apparently complete and unrestored on replacement seat board of perhaps 40 years age. Presumably long associated to the case since the cheeks are packed. The hour hand slightly damaged and the glass in the door to the foot cracked. The case 18th c and of pleasing old dry appearance with one or two minor old replacements and fault but not subject to any restoration. Sold with two iron weights and pendulum with brass bob. Long in present private ownership and consigned by a Devon family
Lot 657
A GEORGE III SERPENTINE MAHOGANY DRESSING CHEST with crossbanded top and blind fret carved angles, the upper drawer with slide but lacking fitments, on bracket feet, 84cm h; 58 x 103cm, c1780++Restored and repolished, the upper drawer containing two divisions but lacking the compartment fitting, the handles replaced, strip of let in veneer across back edge of top
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