There are 44913 lots that match your search criteria. Subscribe now to get instant access to the full price guide service.
Click here to subscribeAn early 20th Century oak cased Timepiece, Thwaites & Reed of London, the arched case with acorn finials, and blind fret carved mask and raised on bracket feet, to a cast brass bezel, with convex glass, enclosing a 5” Roman brass dial, with outside minute track and blued steel spade hands, to a single fusee movement with four knopped pillars and anchor escapement, also bearing a Thwaites & Reed paper label, 15 Bowling Green Lane, Clarkenwell, height 17 ½”
A late 19th Century oak cased ‘Gothic Revival’ Musical Bracket Clock, the arched case surmounted by a detachable spire, with blind fret panels and acanthus leaf mounted corners, over outset corners with similar spire decoration and panelled columns, with arched and pierced sound frets, to a single glazed door, and further blind fret panel, with plinth base, to an 8” arched silvered and engraved dial, with subsidiaries for chime/silent regulation and Westminster Chimes/Chime on eight bells, with scrolling foliate decoration, to a Roman chapter ring, with outside minute track and blued steel spade hands, to a triple chain fusee movement, with heavy brass plates united by four shouldered pillars, with pull repeat and anchor escapement, strike on eight bells and a coiled gong, height 35”
* Merchant Navy. Cargo ships, liners, ferries and other vessels, collection of press and other images of numerous vessels of these classes, including some official ship portrait images with Vickers Limited blind stamps, ships include H.M.T. City of Marsailles, the Wilson Line Eskimo later converted into a commerce- raider, the Pilsudski, Conte di Savoi, Parquoi pas, the Russian ice-breaker, Epmak, the launch of the Los Angeles and others, approx. 75 images, various sizes (approx. 75)
* Leyland. A catalogue, c. 1922, illustrating and describing the range of fire-engines, appliances and Rotary pumps manufactured by this company, colour frontis., numerous photos after the originals, covers creased, 14 pp., with layout drawing of chassis to rear, together with two original blind-stamped Merryweather photographs of Tilbury and Farnham fire-engines (a lot)
Colburn (Zerah). Locomotive Engineering, and the Mechanism of Railways: A Treatise on the Principles and Construction of the Locomotive Engine, Railway Carriages, and Railway Plant, 2 vols., 1st ed., [1871], sixty-four double-page eng. plts. in a separate plt. vol., num. wood-engs. in the text, some light foxing, orig. cloth, recased, new endpapers, blind lib. stamp on the title-page of the text vol., folio Ottley 2762 -2
Lever (Ellis). The Railway and the Mine. Levers Illustrated Year-Book, 1861, eng. title-page with vign., eight eng. plts. of geological specimens, sixteen pages of trade ads. on pink paper at the end, orig. maroon cloth, blocked in blind, lettered in gilt, together with Ritchie (Robert), Railways; their Rise, Progress, and Construction: with Remarks on Railway Accidents, and Proposals for their Prevention, 1st ed., 1846, wood-engs. in the text, orig. cloth, corners worn, roughly rebacked, and Salt (Samuel), Railway and Commercial Information, 1st ed., 1850, text browned, orig. cloth, faded and rubbed, hinges sprung, and Pratt (Edwin A.), British Railways and the Great War. Organisation, Efforts, Difficulties and Achievements, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1921, illusts., maps, and diagrams, some spotting, orig. cloth, rubbed, and others, 8vo et infra -11
Measom (George). Official Illustrated Guide to the Great Northern Railway, including all the Branch Lines and Continuations, W.H. Smith and Son, [1857], with a presentation inscription from the author on the front free endpaper, folding map, num. wood-engs. in the text, 190 pp. trade ads. at the end, orig. blind-stamped cloth, lettered in gilt, faded, a trifle rubbed, a.e.g., 8vo, [Not found in Ottley], together with Fraser (James), Hand Book for the Lakes of Killarney, and the Surrounding Scenery, with Observations on the Country Travelled through by the Great Southern and Western Railway from Dublin; and the Railways from Limerick and Cork, Dublin, 1849, folding map, orig. cloth boards, soiled, stained, small 8vo, and Parry (Edward), The Railway Companion from Chester to Holyhead... To which is added, the Tourists Guide to Dublin and its Environs. Seventh Thousand, Chester, [?1849], folding map, orig. cloth boards, soiled, slightly rubbed, small 8vo -3
Wyse (Right Hon. Sir Thomas). An Excursion in the Peloponnesus in the Year 1858 ... edited by his niece, Winifrede M. Wyse, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1865, half-titles present, double-page eng. map, twenty-four uncol. etched plts., some folding, woodcuts to text, some minor scattered spotting, orig. blind-stamped cloth, spines lettered in gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo Blackmer 1847. Sir Thomas Wyse (1791-1862) was a distinguished anglo-Irish politician, diplomat, linguist and travel writer. He was appointed ambassador to Athens in 1849 and from then on devoted himself to Greek affairs. Wyse travelled throughout Greece to gather information on the economic and social conditions of the Peloponnesus and recorded his experience in a remarkable series of journals. He fell ill before the work had been published but he spent his final days correcting the manuscript, which he then bequeathed to his niece who had it published posthumousley. (1)
Emerson (Peter Henry). Wild Life on a Tidal Water, the Adventures of a House-Boat and her Crew, 1st ed., 1890, thirty photo-etchings by Emerson and T.F. Goodall, folding map, ex-lib. with circular blind-stamp touching upper right corner of all but one images, water stain to lower outer corner touching eight illusts., contemp. half morocco, joints slightly cracked, slightly rubbed and soiled and library gilt classification number to foot of spine, 4to One of 500 copies, this copy not numbered. (1)
Klitz (Philip). Sketches of Life, Character, and Scenery in the New Forest: A Series of Tales, Rural, Domestic, Legendary, and Humorous, 1st ed., London & Romsey, 1850, list of subscriber's and pubs. ads. at rear, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, worn on spine (with portion missing), 8vo, together with Dallas (Charles C.), New Forest Shooting, Past and Present, pub. Lymington, 1927, 31 pp., b & w illusts. from photos., orig. printed wrappers, slim 4to, plus Hope (Brigadier-General J.F.R.), A History of Hunting in Hampshire, 1st ed., Winchester, 1950, b & w illusts. from photos., orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed and marked, 8vo, with others of New Forest/Hampshire interest, incl. pamphlets (approx. 25)
Sowerby (James). English Botany; or Coloured Figures of British Plants, 12 vols., 3rd ed., 1902, numerous hand-col. plts., blind library stamps to titles and plts., 20th c. half morocco library binding, with usual marks to spines, slightly rubbed & dust soiled, large 8vo Sold as a collection of plts., not subject to return. (12)
Bate (George). Elenchus Motuum Nuperorum in Anglia, simul ac Juris Regii & Parlamentarii brevis Enarratio, 1676, bound with Skynner (Thomas), Elenchi Motuum Nuperorum in Anglia, Pars III. Sive, Motus Compositi ... Caroli Secundi in Angliam Reditus, eiusdemque Regiae Majestatis per decennium gesta fideliter enarrantur, 1676, two works bound in one, contemp. blind-panelled full calf, rubbed and upper joint partly cracked, small 8vo Wing B1082 & S3948. A defence of Charles II in his quarrel with Parliament. (1)
Byron (Lord George Gordon Noel). The Works of the Right Honourable Lord Byron, 7 vols., John Murray, 1818, contemp. gilt dec. calf, blind stamped arabesque to each board, small 8vo, together with English Bards, and Scotch Reviewers; A Satire, 4th ed., 1811, eng. port. frontis. with offsetting to title, slight worming to inner margins, orig. printed boards, spine & extrems. worn, 8vo, with Moore (Thomas), Letters and Journals of Lord Byron: with Notices of his Life, 2 vols., 1830, occ. spotting, modern cloth, 4to (10)
Bèze (Théodore de). Jesu Christi Domini Nostri Novum Testamentum, sive, Novum Foedus, cujus Graeco Contextui Respondent Interpretationes duae, una, Vetus; Altera, Theodori Bezae..., 2 part in one, Roger Daniels, Cambridge, 1642, eng. printers vignette to title, some slight damp staining, contemp. vellum, folio, together with Cappel (Louis), Ludovici Cappelli... Commentarii et Notae Criticae in Vetus Testamentum. Accessere Jacobi Cappelli... Observationes in Eosdem Libros. Item Ludovici Cappelli Arcanum Punctationis Auctius & Emendatius, Ejusque Vindiciae Haetenus Ineditae. Editionem Procuravit Jacobus Cappellus..., ex Typographia P. & J. Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1689, title printed in red & black with woodcut device, contemp. vellum with blind stamped arabesque to each board, cover slightly damp soiled and vellum lifting on both boards, folio, with Maimbourg (Louis), Viti Ludovici a Seckendorf... Commentarius Historicus et Apologeticus de Lutheranismo, sive de Reformatione Religionis ductu D. Martini Lutheri... in quo ex Ludovici Maimburgii ... Historia Lutheranismi anno MDCLXXX Parisiis Gallice edita libri tres ab anno 1517 ad annum 1546 Latine versi Exhibentur, Corriguntur, & ex Manuscriptis Aliisque Rarioribus Libris Plurimis Supplentur... Editio secunda emendatior, Friderici Gleditschii, Leipzig, 1694, half-title, eng. frontis., small worm hole to lower inner margin of initial few leaves, contemp. vellum gilt, folio (3)
Calvin (Jean). Joannis Calvini Noviodunensis Opera Omnia; in Novem Tomos Digesta. Editio Omnium Novissima, ad Fidem Emendatiorum Codicum quam Accuratissime Recognita, & Indicibus locupletissimis non sine Maximo Labore & Studio Adornata..., Apud viduam Joannis Jacobi Schipperi, Amsterdam, 1671-67, general title to vol. 1 printed in red & black and with woodcut illust., individual title page to each vol. with eng. port. to each, eng. port. plt., eng. map to text, contemp. vellum, blind embossed arabesque to boards, most spines lacking and defective, folio, (Brunet I.1499), together with Marca (Pierre de), Illustrissimi viri Petri de Marca Archiepiscopi Parisiensis Dissertationum De Concordia Sacerdotii et Imperii, seu, De Libertatibus Ecclesiae Gallicanae Libri Octo, Editio tertia auctor, emendatior & elegantior, Paris, 1704, contemp. vellum, blind embossed arabesque to boards, folio (10)
Dickens (Charles). A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, 3rd ed., 1843, half-title printed in blue, title printed in red and blue, four hand-col. plts. by John Leech, single ad. leaf at rear, minor spotting to first few leaves, cream glazed endpapers, a.e.g., orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, cocked, sl. faded and marked, spine frayed at ends, sm. 8vo (1)
Dugdale (William). Origines Juridiciales, or Historical Memorials of the English Laws, Courts of Justice, Forms of Tryal, Punishment in Cases Criminal, Law-Writers, Law-Books, Grants and Settlements of Estates, Degree of Serjeant, Inns of Courts and Chancery. Also a Chronologie of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal, Lord Treasurers, Justices Intinerant ..., 3rd ed. with additions, printed for Christop. Wilkinson, Tho. Dring, and Charles Harper, 1618, lacks imprimatur leaf at front (A1), title printed in red and black, thirty-two mostly full-page eng. armorials, one eng. plate of funeral monuments, eight eng. ports., including three by W. Hollar, two by D. Loggan, etc., errata leaf at rear, contemp. blind-panelled calf, later reback with outer corners renewed, rubbed and marked with minor wear to extrems., folio Wing D2490. (1)
Josephus (Flavius). [Phlabiou Iosepou Ioudaikes archaiologias logoi 20. Ioudaikes haloseos logoi 7. Peri archaiotetos Ioudaion kata Apiononos logoi 2. Eis tous Makkabaious logos. E peri autokratoros logismou]. Flavii Josephi Opera, [Hieronymus Froben and Nicolaus Episcopius], Basileae, 1544, title printed in red & black, peppered worm holes to initial few leaves reducing through volume (generally not affecting legibility), early ink underscoring and marginal annotations throughout, contemp. pigskin over wooden boards, blind roll-work & embossed decoration to covers, worm holes to upper board, lacks brass clasps, upper joint cracked and slight wear to extrems., folio Adams J351. (1)
Lapide (Cornelius Cornelii a). Commentarius R.P. Cornelii Cornelii a Lapide Societatis Jesu..., 10 vols., pub. Jacobum Meursium, Antwerp, 1664-71, 9 vols. with eng. titles, some woodcut initials, head & tail pieces, upper margins of some half-titles excised, peppered worm holes throughout most volumes, contemp. pigskin with wooden boards, blind roll work dec. to boards, worming holes to most covers, some spines without leather labels, lacks clasps, folio Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (10)
Beigel (Hermann). The Human Hair: Its Structure, Growth, Diseases, and their Treatment, 1st ed., 1869, wood engs. to text, orig. printed yellow cloth boards, slightly soiled, 8vo, together with Lardner (Dionysius), Hand-Book of Natural Philosophy (Optics), 1856, half-title present, wood eng. frontis., num. wood engs. and diags. to text, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, a little frayed at head and foot of spines, 8vo, plus Ferguson (John), Bibliotheca Chemica, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1954, orig. cloth gilt (vol. 1 in d.j.), 8vo, with other science and medicine, etc., incl. a qty. of specialist catalogues (2 cartons)
Euclid. The English Euclide, being the First Six Elements of Geometry, translated out of the Greek, with annotations and useful supplements by Edmund Scarburgh, M.A., Chaplain to His Grace The Duke of Buckinghamshire ... and Rector of Upwey in the County of Dorsett, Oxford, 1705, half-title, eng. vign. title, numerous b&w illusts., geometrical diags., etc. to text, light waterstain to upper portion of volume throughout, contemp. blind-panelled full plain calf, rubbed and some marks, joints partly split at foot, folio (1)
Lowe (E.J.). A Natural History of British Grasses, 1871, num. col. plts., some spotting of prelims., orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, a little worn on spine, large 8vo, together with Jermyn (Stanley T.), Flora of Essex, 1st ed., 1974, col. illusts., folding maps (inc. large folding map at rear), orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, with others of gardening and natural history interest (3 shelves)
Fellows (George). History of the South Notts. Yeomanry Cavalry 1794-1894, pub. Nottingham, 1895, port. frontis. and plts., library ink stamp to verso of frontis, last leaf and ink stamps to both sides of title, modern library buckram with usual markings, 4to, together with Edwards (Capt. R.F.), Professional Papers of the Corps of Royal Engineers, Royal Engineers Institute Occasional Papers, vol. 26, 1900, numerous folding maps & plans etc., orig. cloth gilt, thick 8vo, withThompson (C.W.), Records of the Dorset Yeomanry, Dorchester, 1894, frontis. & plts., ink stamps to verso of frontis, both sides of title and last leaf, lacks front free endpaper, ink stamp and library ticket to front pastedown, orig. cloth, blind library stamp to upper board, 4to, and Graham (Col. W.A.), Abstract of the Official Record of Proceedings of the Reno Court of Inquiry Convened at Chicago, Illinois, 13 January 1879... to Investigate his Conduct at the Battle of the Little Big Horn 25-26 June, 1876..., pub. Stackpole Company, Pennsylvania, 1954, frontis. and folding map, orig. cloth, 8vo, plus thirteen others (nine relating to General Custer and battle of the Little Big Horn) (17)
Coalport twin-handled urn shaped vase and cover with gilt lion's head handles, the blue and gilt decorated ground painted with a scene of birds in a landscape, signed F. Howard, printed mark to base, 25cm high, a/f, Royal Worcester 'Blind Earl' pattern part tea service, cream jug 12.5cm high, printed mark to bases, and a Meissen sugar bowl painted with flowers, underglaze blue crossed swords mark to base, 8cm high, (11)
A George III mahogany open armchair, with padded back and seat in gros and petit point needlework with a serpentine crest, arms with moulded and leaf carved swept supports on straight blind fret carved legs, with pierced brackets. (the pierced brackets of a later date). Provenance; Chas Tozer Limited, 25 Brook Street, London, 28th February 1949, £135.
An Edwardian mahogany cabinet having two cupboards enclosed by glazed bar doors, on cluster column supports and with one long and two short drawers between, a bottom board under, fitted a break top superstructure over with a central cupboard enclosed by a pair of glazed bar doors, with mirror back shelves below and to the sides, the whole with pierced and blind fret mounts, 152.5cm (60") wide
DUTCH WALNUT MARQUETRY LONGCASE CLOCK the thirty hour plated movement with outside countwheel, the 11 brass dial signed Pieter Veldhooven, Amsterdam, with moon phase to the arch over floral engraved centre and calendar aperture, the inlaid case with bombe base, gilt masked lenticle and surmounted by a shaped cornice and blind fretwork panel, 96 high.
THOS. STOBO, STRATHAVEN, A GEORGIAN MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK, the square top blind fret hood with arched door and integral spiral-twist pillars, the barbers pole strung door flanked by quarter columns with carved corinthian capitals, raised on a stepped base, the foliate engraved brass dial with silvered chapter ring, date window and subsidiary seconds, supporting a twin train movement, 83 ins high.
After David Hockney RA b.1937- Exhibition poster 'David Hockney, Zeichnungen und Duckgraphik, Staatliche Graphische Sammlung Munchen Meiserstr. 10 Aussetellung 25. Februar- 17. April 1977'; lithograph, 84x59cm: Chris Orr b.1943- 'Arthur's Kitchen'; lithograph, signed, titled numbered 32/100 and dated 1978, bears publisher's blind stamp, 37x52cm: together with an colour aquatint by a different hand, signed indistinctly in pencil and dated 1974, tondo, 24cm., dia., (3)
After Cecil Charles Windsor Aldin 1870-1935- Horses in a cobbled yard; publ Eyre & Spottiswood Ltd, East Hardings St, London. EC; reproduction print in colours, signed within the plate and in pencil, bears blind stamp for the Fine Art Trade Guild, 44X36cm: After George William Joy 1844-1925- Nelson as a boy; chromolithograph, signed within the plate, in an oak Oxford frame, 58x45cm.,(2)
Loading...
