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Click here to subscribeSam Toft (British, b. 1964). E. H. Mustard, limited edition handmade Jig Doll with walking stick, numbered 42, together with a "passport" (listing his occupation as a 'tuneless hummer'), original booklet, a signed postcard giving thanks for placing the order, and a Mustard Shop postcard of thanks from "Nan Mustard" (4)
Assorted 20th Century Teddy Bears and Soft Toys comprising three modern HM Bears, small Clemens bear, pressed fabric cloth doll, two small 'Funsup' kewpie type dolls and two costume dolls, orange plush bear with growler, Gruss Aus Berlin small brown bear, plush covered camel, small bear with boot button eyes, Chad Valley bear (one box)
A Heubach Koppelsdorf 302.11 Bisque Socket Head Doll, with original plaited wig, sleeping blue eyes, open mouth on a jointed composition body, wearing a white cotton dress and undergarments, 78cmSlight scuffing and rubbing to the face, eyelids chipped and lashes cut, cracked and damaged to the chest.
Automaten - - Paolo Ricchini. Su gli automi de' Signori padre e figlio Droz, elveti e su due recentissimi effalmatori che ora viaggiar fannosi per Italia a Pubblico-Prezzolata Mostra di se: Dissertazione archeologica con note critiche e spiegativa di Paolo Ricchini, Patrizio Vogherese, Membro della Romana Accademia d'Archeologia. Voghera, Tipografia Sormani, 1828. 86 S. Kl.-8°. Brosch. d. Zt. mit DTitel u. ornamentaler Bordüre (berieben, etw. braunfleckig u. bestoßen, Ecken angeknickt). Erstausgabe des Berichts über die Jaquet-Droz-Automaten. - KVK: kein Exemplar in Deutschland, BL London, Schweizerische Nationalbibl. Bern, Luzern, Neuchâtel, Locle, Smithsonian, Getty Research, Stanford, nicht in Tomash Library. - Die Jaquet-Droz-Automaten gehören zu den zahlreichen Automaten, die von der Familie Jaquet-Droz gebaut wurden. Es handelt sich um drei Puppenautomaten, die zwischen 1768 und 1774 von Pierre Jaquet-Droz, seinem Sohn Henri-Louis und Jean-Frédéric Leschot gebaut wurden: der Musiker, der Zeichner und der Schriftsteller. Sie gelten als die entfernten Vorfahren der modernen Computer. Die Automaten wurden als Werbe- und Unterhaltungsspielzeug entworfen und gebaut, um den Absatz von Uhren beim europäischen Adel im 18. Jh. zu steigern. Die Musikerin ist als Orgelspielerin dargestellt, die ein echtes, speziell angefertigtes Instrument spielt, indem sie die Tasten mit ihren Fingern drückt. Der Zeichner ist einem kleinen Kind nachempfunden und kann vier verschiedene Bilder zeichnen: ein Porträt von Ludwig XV., ein königliches Paar, einen Hund mit der Aufschrift "Mon toutou" ("mein Hündchen") und eine Szene, in der Amor einen von einem Schmetterling gezogenen Wagen fährt. Der Schreiber - der komplexeste der drei Automaten - kann jeden beliebigen Text mit bis zu 40 Buchstaben schreiben. - Tls. unbeschnitten u. unaufgeschnitten, durchgehend stockfleckig. First edition of the report on the Jaquet-Droz automata. - Contemp. wrappers with printed title and ornamental border (rubbed, somewhat brownstained and bumped, corners creased). - The Jaquet-Droz automata are among the numerous automata built by the Jaquet-Droz family. They are three doll automata built between 1768 and 1774 by Pierre Jaquet-Droz, his son Henri-Louis and Jean-Frédéric Leschot: the musician, the draughtsman and the writer. They are considered the distant ancestors of modern computers. The automata were designed and built as promotional and entertainment toys to increase the sales of clocks among the European aristocracy in the 18th century. The musician is depicted as an organist playing a real, specially made instrument by pressing the keys with her fingers. The draughtsman is modelled on a small child and can draw four different pictures: a portrait of Louis XV, a royal couple, a dog with the inscription "Mon toutou" ("my little dog") and a scene in which Cupid drives a chariot pulled by a butterfly. The writer - the most complex of the three automata - can write any text with up to 40 letters. - Partly uncut and untrimmed, foxing throughout.
G F NEWMAN: 2 Titles: THE PLAYER & THE GUEST, London, New English Library, 1972, first edition, leaves browned at edges as usual, original cloth, d/w, SET A THIEF, London, Michael Joseph, 1986, first edition, original cloth, d/w, plus KATE HAMER: 2 Titles: THE GIRL IN THE RED COAT, London, Faber & Faber, 2015, first edition, original cloth, d/w, THE DOLL FUNERAL, London Faber & Faber, 2017, first edition, signed and inscribed, original cloth, d/w plus PIERRE AUDENARS: 2 Titles: SLAY ME A SINNER, New York, Walker & Company, 1979, first edition, signed and inscribed, original cloth, d/w, NOW DEAD IS ANY MAN, New York, Walker & Company, 1980, first edition, signed and inscribed, original cloth, d/w plus ALI LAND: GOOD ME BAD ME, London, Michael Joseph, 2017, first edition, signed, original cloth, d/w plus ALISON JOSEPH: SACRED HEARTS, London, Headline, 1994, first edition, original cloth, d/w, THE HOUR OF OUR DEATH, London, Headline, 1995, first edition, original cloth, d/w, THE QUICK AND THE DEAD, London, Headline, 1996, first edition, original cloth, d/w, A DARK AND SINFUL DEATH, London, Headline, 1997, first edition, original cloth, d/w, THE DINING LIGHT, London, Headline, 1999, first edition, original cloth, d/w, all titles vgc (12)
A late 19th/early 20th century bisque-headed doll with kid leather torso and legs and articulated carved wooden painted arms and hands, in original clothing, stamped to the reverse of the bisque head 'D', 37cm high overallThe silk dress with tears and marks due to age and use. Some signs of old insect infestation. The carved hands with losses particularly to the left-hand thumb and the tips of some fingers. Wear to the paintwork. The small leather shoes are stamped with a number one beneath. Generally in used condition with the cut but possibly original wig. There appears to be no hairline cracks or restoration to the doll.
An early 20th century toy field gun with bronze barrel and cast iron base; together with an Armand Marseille German bisque headed doll with impressed numbers 990/6, with papier-mâché body, 44cm longThe gun with barrel and carriage separated and in need of restoration. The doll with losses to fingers, the wig a later replacement, hairline crack to other back of the head, further minor marks and damages as can be seen in the photographs.
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