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Robinson (Charles, illust.). The Black Cat Book, Rhymes by Walter Copeland, Blackie, n.d., c.1905, numerous illusts. printed in red and black, some spotting, hinges repaired, orig. cloth backed boards with col. illust. inset to upper cover, some wear, 4to, together with Blackburn (J.W.), The White Cat, Blackwood, 1847, ten litho. plts., some spotting, a.e.g., orig. patterned boards with gilt dec. of cat to upper cover, rubbed, spine ends a little worn, slim 4to, plus Lamburn (Joan), Mr Soloski's Cats, Cape, 1948, b&w illusts. by Tony Stoney, owner name plate, orig. patterned boards in sl. worn d.j., 4to, and Freedley (George), Mr. Cat, 1st ed., N.Y., 1960, b&w illusts. by Victor Dowling, orig. cloth in rubbed and browned d.j., 8vo, together with thirty other 20th c. cat books (34)

A 21" Pedigree hard plastic walker doll with brunette mohair wig and wearing original outfit contained within the original box lid. The doll is in excellent condition, box lid very distressed, some extra clothes including straw hat, party dress and rain cape with wellington boots.

19th Century painted pine Figure of Madonna wearing a shawl, with curled hair, a cape and her arms spread, standing on a snake and on octagonal base, 82cms, (32½").

A Cape di Monte Table Lamp, in the form of two musicians playing a violin and a grand piano upon shaped base

A Cape di Monte Table Lamp, in the form of a girl playing a harp and another similar in the form of a mother with child

A D JOHNSON, SIGNED AND DATED 1933, PEN AND INK DRAWING, Inscribed to margin ‘Royal Cape Yacht Club, Cape Town’, 4” x 11” and A PENCIL DRAWING by the same artist of a sailing ship, (A/F), (2)

A Chinese red and blue silk jacket embroidered with butterflies and buddhist emblems and a black cape, blue silk trimmed with wirework embroidery.

"Morris W. Whittington (1905-1984) - “Off the Horn"" - Clipper in choppy seas rounding Cape Horn, canvas 14ins x 18ins, signed in full, in modern gilt moulded frame"

"A Queen South Africa medal - “To No. 2871 Private S. Jones, South Wales Borderers"", with four bars - South Africa 1901, Johannesburg, Orange Free State and Cape Colony"

T. E. Lawrence. 'Revolt in the Dessert', pub. Jonathan Cape 1927, gt. cloth.

Fleming, Ian. Thunderball (London: Cape, 1961), 1st edn, 8vo, boards, dustjacket; with The Man with the Golden Gun (London: Cape, 1965), 1st edn, 8vo, boards, dustjacket; and another copy of the latter, (3).

Fleming, Ian. You Only Live Twice (London: Cape, 1964), 1st edn, 8vo, black boards; Forsyth, Frederick. The Day of the Jackal (London: Hutchinson, 1971), 1st edn, 8vo, boards, dustjacket; and Deighton, Len. London Dossier (London: Cape, 1967), 1st edn, 8vo, boards, dustjacket, (3).

A collection of early 20th century ladies' costume and accessories, including: a bias-cut evening dress of gold lame and black devore velvet, the v-shaped neckline with fall collar, three quarter length semi-full sleeves to ballerina length skirt, circa 1930s; a black devore velvet bolero cape jacket; a royal blue velvet jacket; a lady's day dress of black devore velvet; another of floral printed cotton; a fur-trimmed cape; a sequined trimmed net skull cap; and a sequinned purse (qty)

A collection of 19th century and later costume and accessories, including: a bodice of striped silk/sateen, the v-shaped neckline with rear hook-and-eye fastening to short sleeves trimmed with imitation chantilly; lengths of champagne satin, woven with foliate motifs to a flounce of repeat foliate and floriate motifs, joined to form a skirt circa 1830s; pairs of silk stockings; theatrical costume to include an 18th century silk bodice, converted to braces, and a pair of matching sleeves; various lengths of machine-made lace; a whitework embroidered double-collar circa 1860s; a Buckspoint collar; theatrical costume of an 18th century style robe; and a collection of children's costume including a baby's carriage cape of fine ecru wool, ornately embroidered with scrolling floral motifs, with Irish crochet trim, to collar and integral short cape, lined (qty)

Four Second World War silk handkerchiefs each printed with a map to include English Channel, Cape Verde etc, with assorted cap badges etc

Cape Buffalo (Syncerus Caffer Caffer), Mounted Bos Tip to tip: 102.2cm (40 1/4in) Locality: Bechuanaland, South Africa *Provenance: Ex. Sir E. Loder Collection

A pair of Staffordshire type figures, one of a lady in an orange cape holding a basket of flowers, the other of a gentleman and dog, 38 cms high.

AN AUSTRIAN FIGURE, modelled as an Art Deco lady with dress and cape. 81/2ins high

A late 19th century brass aneroid barometer of drum form, the brass dial inscribed J. Cooke & Sons Ltd, London, York & Cape Town, No. 622

A Victorian ivory wool Christening cape, a childs blue wool coat and a quantity of baby dresses, an Edwardian embroidered white muslin skirt with train and a quantity of lace braids and fragments.

Attributed to Arthur Minton (English fl. c.1901-1912) watercolour on ivory, Miniature of a young woman wearing a pink fur trimmed cape, oval, 4.75ins x 3.25ins together with 1912 Fine Art Society exhibition catalogue of works by the artist, oval, 4.75ins x 3.25ins

HORSBURGH, JAMES. Horsburgh's East India Pilot. Printed for Black, Parbury, & Allen, Booksellers to the Honorable East India Company, 1817. Large folio, stitched into original sail-cloth covers. 25 hinged engraved maps and charts, mostly folding or double page, dating between 1806-1821. Printed title listing the maps: Whittle & Laurie's English Channel 1-4, Captain Horsburgh's North Atlantic Ocean 5, South ditto 6, Gough's Island and Bird Islands 7, Indian Ocean 8, Cape of Good Hope 9 to 10, Arabian Sea 11, Hindoostan 12, Bombay Harbour 13, Goa River and Murmagoa Road 14, Maldiva Islands 15, Peninsula beyond the Ganges 16, Straits of Malacca 17 to 19, China Sea 20 to 21, Luzon and Formosa 22. With a further four unlisted and unnumbered charts: Islands and Channels at the Southwest Extremity of the China Sea; Strait of Sunda; Chart [of Chinese waters etc.] Intended as an Accompaniment to the Book of Directions for navigating to, from and in the East Indies (small repair) and chart dedicated to various sea captains at Canton in 1818. Apart from a few short tears, mostly at lower margins, occasional very light spotting and a few creases, in very good condition. With a one page "Memoranda from Horsburgh's East India Pilot" loosely inserted. Manuscript, probably in the same hand as lot 1002, that of Henry Kent. Folio. With comments on reefs, depths, weather conditions etc. And a torn and defective manuscript chart of an area with Penetenguishene Harbour at centre. (3)

MACNIECE,Louis, 'Selected Poems' Faber, 1940. 1st edn. Tog.with DICKINSON, Emily, 'Selected Poems' edn. Conrad AIKEN, Jonathan Cape, 1924. 1st thus, Plus a quantity of other poetry. 26

DAVIES,W.H. 'True Travellers' Jonathan Cape, 1923.Ltd.edn. 24/100 sgd.by author.and Ill. William Nicholson. Marbled pp.bds. label to spine & upr.bd. Tog.with 'Moss & Feather' by same, Ariel Poems. Plus 'The Bird of Paradise and Other Poems' by same, Methuen, 1914. lacks backstrip. Plus 2 others by same. 5

DAHL,Roald,'The BFG' Jonathan Cape, 1982. 1st edn. in d/w. sm. tear at top corner.Ill.Quentin Blake.

BRADLEY,Helen, 'And Miss Carter Wore Pink' Jonathan Cape, 1971. in d/w. Tog.with 'Miss Carter Came With Us' 1973. in d/w. 2

Agar-Hamilton, J. A. & Turner, L. C. F. The Sidi-Rezeg Battles 1941. Oxford University Press, Cape Town, 1957; Chamberlain, P. & Ellis, C. Making Tracks. British Carrier Story 1914 to 1972. Windsor, 1973; Edwards, Roger. Panzer. A Revolution in Warfare, 1939-1945. 1989; Margiotta, Franklin D. [Ed.]. Brassey's Encyclopedia of Land Forces and Warfare. Washington, 1996; Hogg, Ian V. The Greenhill Armoured Fighting Vehicles Data Book. 2000. Together with a collection of books relating to tanks and tank warfare.

A rare Meissen figure of a nun, circa 1743, modelled by J.J.Kandler and J.F.Eberlein, seated on a rocky mound reading from the Bible, the open page inscribed "Der 65 Psalm/ vers 2/ Gott man lobet/ dich in der Stille/ zu Zion und dir/ bezahlet man/ Gelubte", the binding finely decorated in shades of brown and with formal gilt foliate decoration, her cape painted with iron-red stars, wearing a white habit over a black cowl, the base finely painted with rockwork, traces of crossed swords mark in blue, 13.5cm, 5 1/4in, right little finger restored. Kandler's Taxa of 1740-48 records: 1 Nonne auf einem Felsen sizend und betend mit beyden Handen ein Buch haltend, vor die Aebti§in von Herfordt, 3 Thlr. [1 nun seated on rockwork holding a book with both hands and praying, for the Abbess of Herfordt]. Eberlein records in November 1743: 1 Nonne nachgeholfen, zum abgie§en zerschnitten [assisted with 1 nun, cut for moulding]; both quoted by R.Ruckert, Meissener Porzellan, p.181, no.976. A similar example inscribed with the same verse is in the Bavarian National Museum (Ruckert, op.cit.), and another was sold by Sotheby's Zurich, 5th December 1991, lot 200.

A Queen's South Africa Medal, with two clasps Cape Colony and Orange Free State, awarded to 5729 PTE.F.ROZEDILL, S.WALES BORD.; a St John's Ambulance medal, awarded to 20600 AMB.OFFICER ARTHUR J.BEALE. ABERCARN DIV.MONMOUTHSHIRE 1939 (2)

A Queen's South Africa Medal, with clasps Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, and Belfast, awarded to 7282 PTE.R. PRIESTMAN VOL.COY.YORK REGT.; together with a plated vesta case and a tobacco box, each engraved Pte.R.Priestman (3)

A Queen's South Africa Medal, with clasps Cape Colony, with two loose clasps Orange River Colony? and South Africa 1901, awarded to 4893 SERGT.T.GASKELL. L.N.LANC.REGI.; a Victory Medal, to 18-714 PTE.F. J.CORDES. DURH.L.I.; a silver war badge, two DLI badges, five religious medallions, two Nottingham Boy Scouts badges, cloth Sergeant's chevrons, five USA silver dollars etc

A Queen's South Africa Medal, with three clasps CAPE COLONY, SOUTH AFRICA 1901 and SOUTH AFRICA 1902, awarded to 38153 SERJT.B.J.F. BENTLEY BRABANT'S HORSE

TWENTY EIGHT GOSS LICHFIELD JUGS, height 6cm, Criccieth, Durham, Huntingdon, Clovelly, Ipswich, Colchester, Birnham, Sligo, Cape Good Hope, Merionethshire, N.Berwick, Bodmin, Denmark, St Albans, Hulton, Cowes, Dorking, Middlesex Hospital, Merevale, Malvern, Westminster, British Empire Exhibition, W. Dereham, New Zealand and a thistle transfer (28)

A Great War O.B.E. group of six awarded to Albert Henry Royds. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire 1st type, Military, Q.S.A. bars for Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittenberger (Lieut A.H. Royds, Scots Gds), K.S.A. bars for 1901,1902 (Lieut A.H.Boyds Scots Gds) 1914-15 Star (Maj. A.H. Boyds S. Guards), British War and Victory Medals M.I.D. oakleaf (Lt.Col A.H. Boyds).

A Bow porcelain figure of a monk, modelled seated in cowl and wearing sandals, reading the Bible, 11cm. high, circa 1755, some loss to cape.

Richard Hayley Lever, R.B.A., R.W.A., N.A. (1876-1958) Cape Town inscribed on the reverse oil on canvas 25.5 x 30.5cm.

Queen's South Africa medal, with clasps 'CAPE COLONY', 'ORANGE FREE STATE' and 'SOUTH AFRICA 1902', named to '3755 TPR: A.F. WILLIAMS. S.A.C.', a medal ribbon bar QSA, KSA and Africa General Service 1902, a pair of SAC epaulettes, a silver SAC sweetheart brooch, 1914-15 Star named to 'CPL A.F. WILLIAMS S.A.S.C.- M.C.', 1914-18 War medal named to '18136. CPL. A.F.J. WILLIAMS. R.F.C.', a cloth observers wing, a compass, Sgt. Pilot Williams' RFC Rough log book containing documents and information, and a quantity of military and other photographs relating to the Williams family

Victorian Boer War Commemorative plate, depicting military figures and National emblems, with Crown above central wording 'WAR DECLARED IN SOUTH AFRICA BY PRESIDENT KRUGER OCT. 11TH 1899. LORD ROBERTS COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF CAPE COLONY. GENERAL BULLER COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF NATAL', 'GOD SAVE OUR QUEEN' and other period slogans, 91/2in (24cm) diameter

A STAFFORDSHIRE PORCELAIN FIGURE modelled as a Tyrolean gentleman, in hat and green cape, raised on green oval base with gilt embellishment, 19th century, 10" high

A MINK SHOULDER CAPE 19" long, together with a similar item, early to mid 20th century (2)

Ransome (Arthur). Secret Water, 1939; The Big Six, 1940; Missee Lee, 1941; The Picts and the Martyrs, 1943, all 1st eds., pub. Jonathan Cape, first vol. signed by the author on half-title (faint juvenile pencil names to half-title also), b&w illusts. to each, dec. endpapers, a few occasional pencil markings, all orig. uniform green cloth gilt, rubbed, 8vo, together with six other Ransome reprint editions in similar condition (10)

Chatwin (Bruce). On the Black Hill, 1st ed., pub. Jonathan Cape, 1982, signed by the author on the title-page, pp.13/14 with very small closed tear in blank gutter margin, orig. boards in d.j., 8vo (1)

Deighton (Len). Funeral in Berlin, 1st ed., Cape, 1964, signed by the author on title, orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo (1)

Ballard (J.G.). The Atrocity Exhibition, 1st UK ed., Cape, 1970, owner name to front free endpaper, orig. cloth in d.j. with sl. creasing to top edge, spine lettering faded (as often), 8vo (1)

Lowry (Malcolm). Under the Volcano, 1st ed., Jonathan Cape, 1947, orig. cloth in frayed d.j., minor loss to extrems., 8vo (1)

Naipaul (V.S.). Miguel Street, 1959; Mr Stone and the Knights Companion, 1963; A Flag on the Island, 1967; In A Free State, 1971, all 1st eds., pub. Deutsch, owner's name to front free endpapers, all orig. cloth in d.j.s, first vol. a little rubbed and cocked, some edge wear to each, 8vo, together with Marquez (Gabriel Garcia), One Hundred Years of Solitude, 1st UK ed., Cape, 1970, orig. cloth in d.j. with some sl. edge wear, 8vo (5)

Cape of Good Hope.] Red stockbook containing range of mint and used triangulars (57 and one front), together with fifty later issues in mixed condition

"Heinlein (Robert A.). Starman Jones, 1st UK ed., Sidgwick & Jackson, 1954, orig. cloth in sl. rubbed d.j., 8vo, together with Wyndham (John), The Day of The Triffids, 1st ed., Joseph, 1951, ex-lib. copy with markings to endpapers, orig. cloth in frayed and torn d.j., rubbed, 8vo, plus Fleming (Ian), Thunderball, 1st ed., Cape, 1961, orig. cloth in rubbed and chipped d.j., some wear to spine ends, 8vo, and twelve others, related, Stephen King, SF etc. (15)"

"Williams (Alpheus F.). Some Dreams Come True. Being a Sheaf of Stories Leading up to the Discovery of Copper, Diamonds and Gold in Southern Africa, and of the Pioneers who took part in the Excitement of those Early Days, pub. Cape Town, [1948], port. frontis., num. b & w illusts. from photos., a few col. plts., orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed and faded, 8vo, together with Stokes (C.S.), Sanctuary, pub. Cape Town, 1941, port. frontis., num. b & w illusts. from photos. of wild animals, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed, 4to, (with presentation slip, signed by the author, tipped-in at front), plus others of southern and central African interest, mostly 20th c. publications (3 shelves)"

"Travel. A large quantity of approx. 2000 gelatin silver prints by a cruise ship photographer, c. 1950s, num. locations incl. Suva, Hawaii, Egypt, Beirut, Yugoslavia, Italy, Norway, Finland, Cape Verde islands, etc., each approx. 12 x 16 cm, mostly mounted six images to one album leaf with place names and negative numbers to mounts (approx. 2000)"

"Kipling (Rudyard, 1865-1936). Autograph Letter Signed ('Rudyard Kipling'), The Woolsack, Rosebank, [Cape Town], n.d., prob. early 20th c., to an unnamed recipient, acknowledging a note and letter of introduction from Sir E. Poynter, telling that they are home most afternoons and will be glad to see him at teatime ('4.30-5'), noting directions on how to find them from Rosebank Sation, 1 page, 8vo (1)"

'B. Giroux' - A Bronze of a seated Soux Indian warrior, Continental. The figure seated on a grassy bank wearing a bear skin cape. Impressed makers name to the base. Mounted on slate plinth. 11cm overall height. Also a congo malachite mineral specimen, 64 ozs, 14cm max width. (2)

A Bronze Figure of a Falconer, signed 'Bouret'. French, 19th century. The young male falconer, modelled wearing a cape and sword, with a falcon on his arm. 52cm high.

A 19th Century Motschman wax headed doll with closing blue eyes and open mouth showing four teeth, moulded hair and jointed wooden body, 21ins high, wearing grey serge dress and cape

An Armand Marseilles "G327B" bisque headed baby doll with closing blue eyes and open mouth showing one tooth, jointed composition body with bent limbs, wearing mauve velour dress, matching fur trimmed cape and hat

A Victoria Queen's South Africa Medal with five bars for Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal and South Africa 1901 and 1902 awarded to 1230 Third Class Trooper G.L.Willmott F.A.C

A Pair of Royal Doulton "Blue Children" Two-Handled Vases of flattened baluster shape, one decorated with young girl in hooded cloak in snowy landscape - the other with a woman sheltering a small girl from the snow with her fur cape, gilt enriched at handles, base and rim, 10ins, .

A VIRTUALLY UNUSED W.W.GREENER 'LIGHT HARPOON GUN', serial no. 582, full cased outfit consisting of Geener 'GP' martini-action harpoon gun with 20in. take-down barrel (fires .38 special blank (14.5GRs No.5 Cordite)), hard chrome finish, 14 1/2in. stock including buttplate, three 16oz. stainless steel harpoons with arrowhead tips and two spreading barbs, two line release frames (with lines), two cleaning rods, three shooting lines, one tin container for two boxes 50 Greener harpoon gun blanks (boxes present, no blanks) cleaning equipment and original tin of oil, with extra harpoon, in its wood case. The gun was completed in 1963 and was purchased by the Vendor from new to assess the market for shark hunting off the shores of the Cape in South Africa (known as the home of the Great White). Having arranged a boat and a bevy of potential clients to demonstrate the gun to, the disappointment of a complete no show on the shark front was considerable. After loosing a single harpoon at a passing fish as a compensatory gesture - but missing (being the first time the gun had been fired) the gun and its accoutrements were consigned to a local bar as a conversation piece (where it has remained until the present day). Please note that VAT at 17.5% plus Duty at 3.2% is applicable to this Lot.

AN UNUSUAL W.W.GREENER 12-BORE 'GRADE M' BOXLOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 49484, 36in. nitro reproved barrels engraved 'W.W.Greener, 68 Haymarket, London & St Mary's Square, Birmingham, Winner at the London Gun Trials 1875, 1877, 1878 & 1879 made for W.Rawbone, Cape Town' 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. 1/2 choke in both, action engraved with scrollwork, manual side safety, 15in. well-figured replacement semi-pistolgrip stock including 1/2in. rubber recoil pad, fore-end wood replaced, weight 8lbs. 5oz., in its canvas case. The maker has kindly confirmed that the gun was completed in 1900. Please note VAT at 5% is applicable on this lot

AN UNUSUAL W.W. GREENER 12-BORE 'GRADE A9' TOPLEVER WILDFOWLING HAMMERGUN, serial no. 52937, 36in. nitro barrels with matt rib engraved 'W.W.Greener Maker 68 Haymarket, London Works St Mary's, Birmingham made for W Rawbone, Cape Town' 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. extra full choke in both, rebounding sidelocks retaining much original colour-hardening, percussion fences, 14 3/4in. figured semi-pistolgrip stock, weight 7lbs. 10oz. Please note VAT at 5% is applicable on this lot. (Please see lot 806 for image)