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Click here to subscribeSIGNED BOOK. – Margaret THATCHER. The Path to Power. London: HarperCollins, 1995. First edition, signed by Margaret Thatcher on two mounted photographs, 8vo (232 x 149mm.) Numerous photographic illustrations. (Mild toning.) Original black cloth, dust-jacket. Note: the signed photographs are mounted on the front-free endpaper and to p.1, the ‘Part One’ leaf. Provenance: from the estate of the late David Sadler.
SIGNED BOOKS. – David NIVEN. Bring on the Empty Horses. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1975. First edition, second impression, signed by David Niven, 8vo (213 x 131mm.) Photographic illustrations. (Mild toning.) Original pink cloth, dust-jacket (sunning to spine). Provenance: John Coldstream, author and editor (ink inscribed to from the author). – And a further three volumes, all signed (Kenneth More’s ‘Happy Go Lucky’, 1959, 8vo, and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. ‘The Salad Days’, [inscribed to ‘Boo’, actress and singer Evelyn Laye], 1988, 8vo, and ‘Musical Comedy, a Story in Pictures’ by Raymond Mander and Joe Mitchenson, inscribed by Judi Dench [the dedicatee of the book], 1969, 4to) (4).
LEE, Laurie. Cider With Rosie. London: The Hogarth Press, 1959. First edition, first impression, 8vo (196 x 125mm.) (Toning, light spotting to first and last leaves.) Original green cloth, dust-jacket (slight insect-damage to inner flap crease). Note: with the line ‘There was a fire at the piano-works’ on p.272. – And a further twenty-five volumes of 20th century literary fiction, all first editions (including Richard Hughes’ ‘A High Wind in Jamaica’, 1929, 8vo, and Somerset Maugham’s ‘Cakes and Ale’, 1930, 8vo, and Iris Murdoch’s ‘A Severed Head’, 1961, 8vo, and Murdoch’s ‘The Bell’, 1958, 8vo, and Anthony Burgess’ ‘Enderby Outside’, 1968, 8vo, and Graham Greene’s ‘Our Man in Havana’, 1958, 8vo) (26).
DAHL, Roald. The BFG. London: Jonathan Cape, 1982. First edition, first impression, 8vo (232 x 149mm.) Illustrations by Quentin Blake. (Spotting to first and last leaves, toning.) Original grey cloth, dust-jacket (small tear and creasing to spine ends). – And a further seven volumes by Roald Dahl, all first editions (including ‘The Twits’, 1980, 8vo, and ‘My Uncle Oswald’, 1979, 8vo, and ‘Switch Bitch’, 1974, 8vo) (8).
SIGNED BOOKS. – Hugh MORGAN. Me262 Stormbird Rising. Wisconsin: Motorbooks International, 1994. First edition, with 13 black and white signed photographs of Luftwaffe pilots mounted and bound-in and a further 5 signatures in the text of men related to the Me262, 4to (267 x 196mm.) Photographic illustrations. (Mild toning.) Original black cloth, dust-jacket. Note: contains the signed photographs of George-Peter Eder, Wolfgang Spate, Hermann Buchner, Gerhard Barkhorn, Walter Schuck, Adolf Galland, Erich Rudorffer, Johannes Naumann, Wilhelm Herget, Wolfgang Schenk, Walter Krupinski, Hans Grunberg and the signatures in the text of Urban Drew, Walter Schuck, Hans-Guido Mutke, Herbert Tischler and George Tischler. – And a further eight volumes related to the Luftwaffe (including Hermann Buchner’s ‘Stormbird’, including 3 loosely-inserted signed photographs of Hermann Buchner, 2000, 4to, and Walter Schuck’s ‘Luftwaffe Eagle: From the Me109 to the Me262’, 2009, 4to, and Christer Bergström’s ‘Graf & Grislawski, A Pair of Aces’, limited edition, being number 342 of 400 copies with a bookplate signed by Alfred Grislawski, 2003, 4to, and Christer Bergström’s ‘Hans-Ekkehard Bob’, with a plate signed by the author and Hans-Ekkehard Bob, 2007, 4to, and John Manrho and Ron Pütz’s ‘Bodenplatte, The Luftwaffe’s Last Hope’, 2004, 4to, and Holger Nauroth’s ‘Jagdgeschwader 2 Richthofen’, 2004, 4to, and Jerry Scutts’ ‘JG 54 Jagdgeschwader 54 Grünherz’, multi-signed, 1992, and Peter Hinchliffe’s ‘The Lent Years’, multi-signed, 2003). Provenance: from the estate of the late David Sadler (9).
SIGNED BOOKS. – Günther RALL. My Logbook. Reminiscences 1938-2006… edited by Kurt Braatz. NeunundzwwanzigSechs-Verl: Moosburg, 2006. First U.K. Edition, number 6 of only 25 ‘Proof’ copies signed by Günther Rall, 8vo (255 x 172mm.) Photographic illustrations. Original printed boards. – And a further seven related volumes, all signed (including Jill Amadio’s ‘Günter Rall, the Authorized Biography’, multi-signed, 2002, 8vo, and Traudl Junge’s ‘Until the Final Hour’, mounted signed photo of Junge, 2003, 8vo, and Hans Baur’s ‘Hitler at My Side’, 1986, 8vo). Provenance: from the estate of the late David Sadler (8).
ORWELL, George. Nineteen Eighty-Four. London: Secker & Warburg, 1949. First edition, first impression, 8vo (183 x 118mm.) (Toning, staining to p.8.) Original green cloth, red lettering to spine (some spine lean, finger-mark to upper cover, slight fading to spine). Provenance: Lowenschein (bookplate to front pastedown).
[SAUNDERS, Richard.] ‘Cardanus Rider’. Rider’s British Merlin: for the Year of our Lord God 1743. London: R. Nutt, for the Company of Stationers, [1742.] Title in red and black, woodcut illustration. (Toning.) [Bound with:] The Court Kalendar Compleat for the Year 1743. London: J.A. Watson, 1743. Woodcut device to title. (Toning.) 12mo (127 x 73mm.) Contemporary red morocco, gilt lozenge and borders to covers, bosses and clasps, g.e. (extremities rubbed). – And a further seven volumes (including Richard Hayes’ ‘Interest at One View’, second edition, 1736, 8vo, and Edward Hatton’s ‘Comes Commercii, or, the Trader’s Companion’, 12th edition, 1766, thin 4to, and ‘Vade Mecum: or, the Necessary Pocket Companion’, 20th edition, 1762, thin 4to, and ‘Avis aux Femmes Enceintes et en Couches, ou Traité’, first French edition, 1774, 8vo) (8).
BATH. – [Julius Caesar] IBBETSON and J. LAPORTE and J. HASSELL. A Picturesque Guide to Bath, Bristol Hot-Wells, The River Avon, and the Adjacent Country; Illustrated with a Set of Views, Taken in the Summer of 1792. London: for Hookham and Carpenter, 1793. First edition, 4to (262 x 198mm.) 16 hand-coloured aquatint plates, tissue-guards, errata leaf to rear with publisher’s advertisement verso. (Lacking half-title, browning to title, occasional light spotting, marginal paper repair verso one plate, minor marginal finger-marks, soiling verso last plate.) Near contemporary green half morocco over marbled paper-covered boards (extremities lightly rubbed, upper cover corner heavily rubbed). Provenance: G.F. de[?] Wilde (ink name inscribed to title). [Tooley 277]. – And a further four volumes (including Richard Fenton’s ‘A Historical Tour Through Pembrokeshire’, 1811, 4to, and Giraldus de Barri’s ‘The Itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin Through Wales A.D. MCLXXXVIII’, vol. 2 [only], 1806, 4to) (5).
SIGNED CHEQUE. – Alex KERSHAW. Jack London, A Life. London: Harper Collins, 1997. First edition, with a tipped-in signed cheque written and signed by Jack London, 8vo (233 x 149mm.) Errata slip, photographic illustrations. (Mild toning, small tear to the cheque.) Original black cloth, dust-jacket. Note: the cheque is made out to the ‘Sunset Telephone Co.’ to the amount of $4.35 and is stamped ‘APR 7 1905’ in purple ink by the ‘Central Bank, Oakland’. London spent much of his childhood in Oakland and the waterfront bars include Johnny Heinhold’s ‘First and Last Chance Saloon’ which inspired much of ‘Call of the Wild’ and ‘The Sea Wolf’ and is mentioned many times in ‘John Barleycorn’. Oakland also has a ‘Jack London Square’ and ‘Jack London Train Station’. Provenance: from the estate of the late David Sadler.
DURRELL, Lawrence. Justine. London: Faber and Faber, 1957. First edition, first impression, 8vo (203 x 126mm.) (Mild toning.) Original red cloth, dust-jacket (price-clipped, browned to spine, slight chipping at top of spine). – And a further twelve volumes by Lawrence Durrell, first editions (including ‘Reflections on a Marine Venus’, 1953, and ‘Clea’, 1960, and ‘Bitter Lemons’, 1957, and a reprint of ‘The Black Book’, signed by the author, 1973, and a reprint of ‘The Dark Labyrinth’, 1961) (13).
RACKHAM, Arthur (illustrator) and James STEPHENS. Irish Fairy Tales. London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1920. First trade edition, 4to (209 x 162mm.) Half-title, 16 colour plates with captioned tissue-guards, black and white illustrations in the text. (Mild toning.) Original green cloth, gilt to upper cover (fading to spine gilt). Provenance: ‘Miss. Guggenheim’ (ink inscribed to on the front-free endpaper). – And a further six illustrated volumes (W. Heath Robinson’s ‘Bill the Minder’, 1912, 4to, and John Witt Randall’s ‘The Fairies’ Festival’, illustrated by Francis Gilbert Attwood, 1895, 4to, and Charles Kingsley’s ‘The Water Babies’, illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith, [1919], 4to, and Alice Talwin Morris’ ‘Old Friends and New Fables’, illustrated by Carton Moorepark, 1916, 4to) (7).
AINSLIE, Kathleen. Catharine Susan and Me’s Coming Out. London: Castell Brothers Ltd., [1907.] First edition, 12mo (143 x 119mm.) 15 chromo-lithographic illustrations, 1 double-paged. (Toning, scattered spotting.) Original card covers sewn with cord (spotting to upper cover). – And a further volume by Kathleen Ainslie (‘Me and Catharine Susan’, [1903], 12mo) (2).
MOTOR-RACING. – Tony BAILEY and Paul SKILLETER. Mike Hawthorn Golden Boy. Hampshire: P.J. Publishing, 2008. First edition, with a mounted signature of Mike Hawthorn in blue ink, 4to (292 x 219mm.) Photographic illustrations. (Mild toning.) Original red cloth, dust-jacket. – And two related volumes (Ed McDonough’s ‘Peter Collins, All About the Boy’, with a mounted signature of Peter Collins, 2008, 4to, and Chris Nixon’ ‘Mon Ami Mate, the Bright Brief Lives of Mike Hawthorn & Peter Collins’, signed by Chris Nixon and Louise Collins, 1991, 4to). Provenance: from the estate of the late David Sadler (3).
ISHIGURO, Kazuo. The Unconsoled. London: Faber and Faber, 1995. First edition, first impression, signed by the author, 8vo (232 x 149mm.) Original black cloth, dust-jacket (slight lift to upper panel). – And a further four volumes by Kazuo Ishiguro, all first editions, first impressions (including ‘The Remains of the Day’, 1989, 8vo, and ‘An Artist of the Floating World’, [second state], 1986, 8vo, and ‘When We Were Orphans’, 2000, 8vo, and ‘Never Let Me Go’, 2005, 8vo) (5).
BOYD, William. A Good Man in Africa. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1981. First edition, first impression, 8vo (214 x 128mm.) (Mild toning.) Original brown cloth (lightly bumped extremities), dust-jacket (corner of upper panel rubbed, spine ends bumped). – And a further sixteen first edition volumes by William Boyd, including five signed (‘Transfigured Night’, 1995, and ‘Fascination’, 2004, and ‘Brazzaville Beach’, 1990, and ‘Sweet Caress’, 2015, and ‘The Blue Afternoon’, 1993) (17).
MOTOR-RACING. – Anthony PRITCHARD. Maserati, A Racing History. Somerset, Yeovil: Haynes Publishing, 2003. First edition, with mounted signed photograph of Stirling Moss and mounted signatures of Bruce Halford and Roberto Mieres, 4to (250 x 248mm.) Photographic illustrations. (Mild toning.) Original black cloth, dust-jacket. – And a further nine volumes related to motor-racing (including Tony Bailey and Paul Skilleter’s ‘Mike Hawthorn, Golden Boy’, 2008, 4to, and Gianni Cancellieri and Luca dal Monte’s ‘Maserati, A Century of History’, 2013, 4to, and Ed McDonough’s ‘Marquis de Portago’, 2006, 4to, and Graham Howard’s ‘Lex Davison, Larger than Life’, 2004, 4to). Provenance: from the estate of the late David Sadler (9).
AMIS, Kingsley. That Uncertain Feeling. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1955. First edition, 8vo (183 x 118mm.) (Toning.) Original red cloth, dust-jacket (slightly chipped top of spine panel). – And a further forty-nine volumes by or about Kingsley Amis, three signed by Amis, all first editions (including [with Robert Conquest] ‘The Egyptologists’, 1965, 8vo, and ‘The James Bond Dossier’, 1965, 8vo, and [as ‘Robert Markham] ‘Colonel Sun’, 1968, 8vo, and [attrib. to Kingsley Amis: ‘William Tanner’s’ ‘The Book of Bond’, 1965, 8vo). Note: the two signed books are ‘Difficulties With Girls’, 1988, and ‘Memoirs’, 1991 (50).
KEYNES, John Maynard. How to Pay for the War. London: Macmillan and Co., 1940. First edition, first issue, 8vo (190 x 120mm.) (Mild toning.) Original blue boards (slight fading, minor dust-soiling.) Note: this is the uncorrected first issue. A corrected version in orange boards was published a few months later. The book presents a Keynesian solution to the economic problem of waging a long war against Germany. The first two chapters are an argument for full employment, the third chapter is a manual on how to achieve that. However, Keynes was aware that even at full employment the output would not be enough unless the population reduced their consumption, accept ‘Deferred Pay’, and accept the diversion of resources towards the war effort.
PHOTO-BOOK. Owen SIMMONS. The Book of Bread. London: Maclaren & Sons, [1903.] First edition, 4to (284 x 220mm.) 2 tipped-in gelatin silver prints on card, 8 tipped-in black and white plates on black card, 11 chromolithographed plates, photographic illustrations, advertisements to rear. (Corner loss to p.105 and tear to p.255, some corner creases to plates, a marginal tear to a gelatin print, pp.7-8 loose, toning, lacking ‘List of Tables’ to rear.) Original green cloth (some staining, fading, wear to spine ends). – And a further two related volumes (including Ernest Schulbe’s ‘Cake Decoration, Illustrated with Photographically Reproduced Full Sized Engravings of Designs of Cake Tops, Sides, and Ornaments’, 1901, 4to) (3).
SIGNED BOOKS. – Christopher SHORES and Clive WILLIAMS. Aces High, a Tribute to the Most Notable Fighter Pilots of the British and Commonwealth Forces in WWII. London: Grub Street, 1994. First edition, signed by 21 ‘Flying Aces’, 8vo (247 x 171mm.) Photographic illustrations. (Mild toning.) Original blue cloth, dust-jacket. Note: all original signatures signed to a mounted bookplate on the front-free endpaper. – And a further fourteen volumes related to WWII flying aces, all signed multiples times on ‘Vector Fine Arts’ mounted plates (including Ian Carter’s ‘Fighter Command 1939-45’, 2002, and Richard C. Smith’s ‘Al Deere’, 2003, and John Golley’s ‘John ‘Cat’s Eyes’ Cunningham’, 2000, and Jack Rae’s ‘Kiwi Spitfire Ace’, 2001, and Oliver Clutton-Brock’s ‘Footprints on the Sands of Time’, 2003, and Peter Brown’s ‘Honour Restored’, 2005, and Richard C. Smith’s ‘Second to None’, 2004, and Brian Kingcome’s ‘A Willingness to Die’, 1999, and Peter Townsend’s ‘Duel of Eagles’, 1991, and Christopher Shore’s ‘Aces High, vol. 2’, 1999, and Len Deighton’s ‘Battle of Britain’, 1980). Provenance: from the estate of the late David Sadler (15).
SIGNED BOOK. – Ursula HARTMANN and Manfred JAGER. German Fighter Ace Erich Hartmann, The Life Story of the World’s Highest Scoring Ace. Pennsylvania, Atglen: Schiffer Press, 1992. First edition, with 11 black and white signed photographs of Luftwaffe pilots mounted and bound-in and a further 2 loosely inserted photographs, 4to (277 x 210mm.) Photographic illustrations. (Mild toning.) Original red cloth, dust-jacket. – And a further three volumes related to the Luftwaffe (including Raymond F. Toliver’s ‘Fighter General, The Life of Adolf Galland’, containing the signatures of 10 Luftwaffe pilots and a further 20 signatures of Allied pilots, 1999, 4to, and Raymond F. Toliver and Trevor J. Constable’s ‘Fighter Aces of the Luftwaffe’, containing the signatures of 9 Luftwaffe pilots, all holders of the Knights Cross, 1996, 4to, and Eric Mombeek’s ‘Defending the Reich’, signed by the author and also by Alfred Grislawski and Fritz Losigkeit, 1992, 4to). Provenance: from the estate of the late David Sadler (4).
HELLER, Joseph. Catch-22. London: Jonathan Cape, 1962. First U.K. edition, 8vo (197 x 129mm.) (Mild toning.) Original pink cloth (some scratches to upper cover), dust-jacket (price-clipped, damp-stained to edges of upper panel and lower panel). – And a further eight volumes by Joseph Heller, mostly U.K. first editions (including ‘Now and Then, From Coney Island to Here, a Memoir’, signed by the author, 1998, 8vo, and ‘Something Happened’, 1974, 8vo) (9).
FISHING. – [Michael THEAKSTON.] A List of Natural Flies That Are Taken By Trout, Grayling, & Smelt, In the Streams of Ripon. Ripon: W. Harrison, 1853. First edition, 8vo (167 x 103mm.) 8 black and white lithographic plates printed recto and verso. (Mild toning.) Original green cloth, pink paper label mounted to upper cover (sunned to spine). Provenance: Chas F. Humbert (circular bookplate to front pastedown); S.N. Rudge (ink name to front pastedown).
MILITARY. – Dorothy LAWRENCE. Sapper Dorothy Lawrence. London: John Lane, Bodley Head, 1919. First edition, 8vo (187 x 120mm.) 5 photographic plates. (Spotting to half-title and to fore-edge, toning.) Original green cloth, dust-jacket (chipping to extremities, dust-soiled to lower panel). Note: scarce. An account of the author’s experiences on the front line near Loos where, having elaborately dressed up as a male soldier, she undertook mining work with the Royal Engineers. Fearful of the consequences, arrested and interrogated as a spy, she was eventually deported back to England.
MOTOR-RACING. – Mike HAWTHORN. Champion Year, My Battle for the Drivers’ World Title. London: William Kimber, 1959. First edition, with a loosely-inserted signature of Mike Hawthorn, 8vo (215 x 137mm.) Photographic illustrations. (Mild toning.) Original red cloth, dust-jacket. – And a further three volumes related to motor-racing, all with signatures (including Rudolf Caracciola’s ‘A Racing Driver’s World’, with a loosely-inserted signed photograph, 1962, 8vo, and Raymond Mays’ ‘Split Seconds, My Racing Years’, with a mounted signature, 1951, 8vo, and Stirling Moss’ ‘A Turn at the Wheel’, signed on the half-title, 1961, 8vo). Provenance: from the estate of the late David Sadler (4).
MILITARY. – Ernst UDET. Ace of the Black Cross… translated from the German by Kenneth Kirkness. London: Newnes, [1937.] First U.K. edition, 8vo (182 x 119mm.) Photographic frontispiece. (Toning.) Original green cloth, gilt lettering to spine (slight staining to upper cover, wrinkling to lower cover). Note: the German fighter pilot with the most ‘victories’ to survive World War 1, Udet became a stunt pilot and light-aircraft manufacturer in the 1930’s, before joining the Nazi party. He was influential in the development of the Luftwaffe but killed himself in 1941. – And a further four related volumes (including Joseph Morris’ ‘The German Air Raids on Great Britain 1914-1918’, with 6 folding maps, [1925], 8vo, and ‘Vigilant’ [Claude W. Sykes]’s ‘German War Birds’, [1931], 8vo) (6).
SANSON, Henry (editor). Memoirs of the Sansons, From Private Notes and Documents [1688-1847.] London: Chatto and Windus, 1876. 2 vols., first edition, 8vo (194 x 122mm.) Half-titles, 32pp. publisher’s catalogue to rear of vol. 1. (Toning, occasional light spotting, endpapers replaced.) Original red blind-stamped cloth (rebacked, some staining to covers, extremities rubbed). Note: scarce. The Sansons were a seven-generation dynasty of executioners. The last executioner in the family was Henri Clémont and he held the official position from 1840 to 1847 at which point the hundred- and fifty-nine-year-old dynasty came to an end (2).
AMIS, Martin. The Rachel Papers. London: Jonathan Cape, 1973. First edition, first impression, 8vo (196 x 126mm.) (Mild toning, gift inscribed on front-free endpaper.) Original black cloth, dust-jacket (price-clipped, repair verso at top of spine, some marginal creasing, fading to title on spine panel). Note: Amis’ first novel.
SWIFT, Graham. Shuttlecock. London: Allen Lane, 1981. First edition, 8vo (213 x 129mm.) (Mild toning.) Original green cloth, dust-jacket. – And a further seven works of fiction by Graham Swift, all first editions (including ‘Learning to Swim’, 1982, ‘Waterland’, 1983, and ‘Out of This World’, 1988, and ‘Ever After’, 1992, and ‘Last Orders’, 1996, and ‘The Light of Day’, 2003, and ‘Tomorrow’, signed by Graham Swift, 2007) (8).
JEKYLL, Gertrude. Garden Ornament. London: George Newnes, 1918. First edition, folio (392 x 263mm.) Half-title, mounted colour plate frontispiece, numerous photographic illustrations. (Preliminaries browned, toning, gift inscribed from 1921 to the front-free endpaper.) Original blue cloth, g.e. (mottled, fading, some splitting with repair to spine panel, extremities rubbed).
HARVEY, William Henry. Phycologia Britannica: or, A History of British Sea-Weeds. London: Reeve and Benham, 1846-51. 4 vols., first edition, 4to (254 x 147mm.) 358 hand-coloured plates. (Mild toning, gutta-percha perishing in vols. 1 and 2 with many leaves loosening.) Original blind-stamped cloth, gilt lettering to spines (spines sunned, lightly bumped extremities) (4).
A pair of Royal Crown Derby 2451 pattern shaped circular plates, Silver Jubilee visit of HRH Queen Elizabeth II to Derby 1977, limited edition of 500, numbers 438 & 439 21cm diameter, first quality, certificates; a pair of Royal Crown Derby plates, Queen Elizabeth II 90th Birthday Dessert Plates, limited editions 98 and 99 of 426, 22cm, certificates each boxed; a Royal Crown Derby plate, Charles & Diana, Royal Wedding 1981, limited edition 128/750, certificate, boxed (5)
A collection of Bonzo portfolios, including 2 sets of the first, second, third and fourth portfolios from the 1920s, 1 set of the fifth, and fourth and fifth Bonzo portfolios front covers from the first four, and a bound edition of the fourth Bonzo portfolio and 2 bound copies of Bonzo illustrations, from the Gay Owen CollectionGeneral good condition, some small tears and bruising to edges and wear commensurate with age
De Imitatione Christi, Heribert Rosveyidi, first edition. Thomae Kempis. Dated 1660. With 454 pages and index. Some copper print illustrations. In black leather hard cover with gild description. 8,5 x 5,5 cm.The hammer price will go directly to the social help of the Caritas of Vienna, Provenance; estate found Erzdiozese Wien.
This lot includes two Royal Doulton large character jugs from the limited-edition series of 5000, each designed with exceptional attention to detail. The first jug, "The Auctioneer," is model number D6838. It features a lively portrayal of an auctioneer, complete with a gavel-shaped handle and a figure of a woman in a flowing dress. The second jug, "The Antique Dealer," is model number D6807. It depicts a charming dealer with a hat and cane-shaped handle, capturing the spirit of antique enthusiasts. Both jugs showcase Royal Doulton’s renowned craftsmanship and are stamped with their respective model numbers on the base, along with their edition information. Largest item measures 6"H.Issued: c. 1988Dimensions: See DescriptionCountry of Origin: EnglandCondition: Age related wear.
This set of four Royal Doulton character jugs showcases the brand's iconic craftsmanship and detailed designs, including two distinct versions of Dick Turpin. The first Dick Turpin jug (D5485) is the original edition, introduced in 1935 and retired in 1960, featuring a slightly different design that highlights the early artistry of Royal Doulton. The second Dick Turpin jug (D6528) is the updated version, introduced in 1960 and retired in 1991, capturing the infamous highwayman with refined detail, his signature mask, and tri-corner hat. The Guardsman (D6755), introduced in 1987 and retired in 1993, portrays a British Guardsman in ceremonial uniform with a bearskin hat. The Beefeater (D6206), introduced in 1947 and retired in 1960, represents a Yeoman Warder in traditional ceremonial attire. Each jug is marked with the Royal Doulton hallmark and its corresponding model number, ensuring authenticity. The tallest jug measures 7.25 inches in height, making this set perfect for collectors and enthusiasts of Royal Doulton pottery.Issued: 20th centuryDimensions: See DescriptionCountry of Origin: EnglandCondition: Age related wear. As is. First edition Dick Turpin, chipped at the handle.
Swarovski SCS Isadora, model number 279648, designed by Adi Stocker. Released in 2002 as the first piece in the Magic of Dance trilogy, this stunning figurine portrays the legendary dancer Isadora Duncan in an expressive pose. Crafted in clear faceted crystal, Isadora’s flowing gown features vibrant blue and red accents, capturing the energy and movement of dance. This limited-edition piece was available exclusively to Swarovski Crystal Society (SCS) members. Included in this lot are the original box, certificate, matching title plaque, and display stand.Artist: Adi StockerIssued: 2002Dimensions: 8"HCountry of Origin: AustriaCondition: Age related wear.
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