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Lot 186

NO RESERVE Moncrieff (Charles Scott) The Song of Roland, first edition of this translation, presentation inscription from the author to front free endpaper, light browning to endpaper and occasional spotting throughout, original cloth, paper label to spine a little chipped, spine faded and ends bumped, 8vo, 1919.

Lot 308

Wells (H.G.) Tono-Bungay, first edition, signed and inscribed by author, faint spotting to first and last few leaves, advertisements at end, original cloth, gilt, fractional bumping to spine ends otherwise and excellent copy, 8vo, 1909.

Lot 266

NO RESERVE Sackville-West (Vita) The Dark Island, first American edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to endpaper, light toning to endpapers, original cloth, light fading to upper and lower edges, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine chipping to head and foot, crease with some splitting to spine with neat tape repair to verso, extremities rubbed, [Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A30b], 8vo, Garden City, NY, 1934.

Lot 153

Lewis (C.S.) Till We Have Faces, first edition, light browning to endpapers, jacket price-clipped, light spotting to lower panel, rubbing to spine tips and corners, creasing to foot, 1956; Till We Have Faces, first American edition, jacket with light sunning to spine, spine ends and corners a little rubbed and chipped, light toning to lower panel, New York, 1957, original boards, dust-jackets, excellent copies; and the uncorrected proof of The Dark Tower, 8vo (3)

Lot 273

NO RESERVE Sackville-West (Vita).- Bridgman (John) An Historical and Topographical Sketch of Knole, in Kent, first edition, half-title, 9 engraved plates, light foxing, ink ownership inscriptions, original cloth-backed boards, paper label to spine, spine ends and corners a little bumped, 1817 § Sackville-West (Lionel) Knole House: Its State Rooms, Pictures and Antiquities, signed presentation inscription from Lady Sackville to endpaper, plain and colour plates, lacking plate facing p.72, ink ownership inscription, original cloth, light fading to spine and covers, Sevenoaks, Privately Printed, 1906 § Osborne (Charles Francis, editor) Historic Houses and Their Gardens, photographic illustrations, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine ends and corners a little bumped and frayed, Philadelphia, 1908, [Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme U46, U13 & B1]; and c.20 others on Knole, Sisinghurst and other stately homes and their gardens, v.s. (c.25)

Lot 73

Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Poison Belt, first American edition, faint foxing to endpapers, original cloth, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket priced at $1.20, very slight darkening to spine, spine ends and corners chipped affecting publisher's imprint at foot and just touching title at head, chip to upper fore-edge, extremities rubbed, light creasing to head and foot, but a very good copy overall of a rare jacket, [Green and Gibson A38c], 8vo, New York, 1913.⁂ A rare dust-jacket not recorded by Green and Gibson. We can trace only one other example at auction in the last 50 years. The Poison Belt features Doyle's science fiction counterpart to Holmes, Professor Challenger.

Lot 54

NO RESERVE Conrad (Joseph) The Secret Agent, first American edition, gutter slightly cracked at p.144, hinges reinforced, original pictorial cloth, spine lightly toned, head and foot a little rubbed, 8vo, 1907.

Lot 8

Allingham (Margery) Hide My Eyes, first edition, slight browning to endpapers, original boards, dust-jacket with tear to head of spine and a little rubbed and soiled, 1958 § Hill (Reginald) A Clubbable Woman, first edition, 1970; A Pinch of Snuff, first edition, 1978, both signed by Warren Clarke (D.Supt Andy Dalziel) on front free endpaper, original boards, dust-jackets, 8vo (3)

Lot 76

Faulks (Sebastian) Birdsong, first edition, bookplate signed by the author to title, original boards, slight bumping to spine ends and corners, dust-jacket, light creasing to tips of spine and corners, else fine, 8vo, 1993.

Lot 179

Maugham (William Somerset) Then and Now, first American edition, two signed presentation inscriptions from the author to Elsie Tritton "to while away and idle hour on board ship" to endpaper and "Almost the author's last novel" to half-title, original cloth, light rubbing to spine ends, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped, closed tear to foot of lower panel, light creasing to head and foot, [Stott A64a], 8vo, New York, 1946.⁂ Two charming inscriptions with an excellent association. Elsie Tritton (1897-1983), noted collector and friend of Maugham's who introduced the author to Alan Searle, Maugham's private secretary and companion for the final two decades of his life.

Lot 306

NO RESERVE Waugh (Evelyn) The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, first edition, top-edge stained blue, 1957; Helena, 1950 § Waugh (Alec) My Brother Evelyn and Other Profiles, 1967, endpapers browned, original cloth, dust-jackets, small tears to spine ends but overall very clean and crisp copies; and 20 others by or relating to Waugh, 8vo (23)

Lot 230

Reed (Jeremy) Inhabiting Shadows, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to tile, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, 1990; Vicissitudes, author's copy with signed presentation inscription from the author to half-title verso, small amount of soiling at gutter title, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine toned, tape remains lower flap, 1972; Dicing for Pearls, number 5 of 35 copies signed by the author, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, sunned, 1990; and 16 others by the same, many signed, v.s. (19)

Lot 11

NO RESERVE Amis (Kingsley) Lucky Jim, first edition, very occasional light foxing, mainly opening pages, original cloth, spine foot discoloured, dust-jacket, spine ends chipped, foot with two chips and a tear along joints, two other small tears to lower panel, spine toned, 8vo, 1953.

Lot 224

NO RESERVE [Plowman (Max)] "Mark VII". A Subaltern on the Somme in 1916, first edition, damp-stain upper edge rear endpaper, browning to endpapers, original pictorial cloth, dust-jacket, spine toned, small tear upper edge lower panel, some damp-staining, 8vo, 1927.⁂ Scarce with dust-jacket. Regarded as a classic account of life in the trenches during World War I, Plowman evokes a deeply personal account of the Battle of the Somme, during which his own battalion in real life, the 10th West Yorkshires, suffered among the highest casualties loosing nigh on half their men in a single day. Wounded and sent home in 1917, Plowman went on to become a pacifist and conscientious objector and spent time in prison for his beliefs after the War.

Lot 192

Nabokov (Vladimir) Lolita, first English edition, upper hinge a little weak, ink signature on front free endpaper, original boards, dust-jacket worn and with pieces missing from spine ends and corners, a little creased, 8vo, 1959.

Lot 132

Joyce (James) A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, first English edition, half-title, faint abrasion mark to front pastedown where inscription erased, original cloth, slight bumping and fraying to spine extremities, small split to spine head, fading to upper cover, otherwise a very good copy, [Slocum & Cahoon A12], 8vo, 1916 [but 1917].⁂ One of c.750 copies bound with sheets from the American first edition, after English printers refused to run the risk of printing it.

Lot 221

Peters (Ellis) A Morbid Taste for Bones, first edition, presentation copy signed by the author on title, original boards, dust-jacket with minor dink to spine but not reaching board, near fine overall, 8vo, 1977.⁂ An excellent copy, inscribed "Sincere good wishes from 'Ellis Peters' (Edith Pargeter.) Shrewsbury, 1977", of the first Cadfael novel.

Lot 216

Orwell (George) Nineteen Eighty-Four, first edition, margins trimmed, occasional markings to margins, title with short tear to foot of gutter, endpaper collage of Orwell's eyes, modern red morocco, with blind-stamped design of the Ministry of Truth lettered in gilt above and onlayed fake eye above with blind-stamped lines radiating outwards, book title lettered in gilt on lower cover, 8vo, 1949.

Lot 178

Maugham (William Somerset) The Razor's Edge, first English edition, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, else fine, dust-jacket, very slight toning to spine, minor chipping to spine ends, light creasing to head and foot, some ery light surface soiling, a bright and excellent copy, [Stott A63c], 8vo, 1944.

Lot 60

Dahl (Roald) George's Marvellous Medicine, first edition, bookplate signed by the author and cut signature of the illustrator to title, illustrations by Quentin Blake, original boards, light bumping to spine ends and corners, light sunning to lower edge, dust-jacket, short tear to head of lower pane, spine ends and corners a little chipped and creased, 8vo, 1981.

Lot 205

O'Flaherty (Liam) The Puritan, first edition, first issue with date of 1931 to verso of title, signed presentation inscription from the author "To the pure all is pure" to endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine slightly browned, spine ends and corners chipped, repair to head of spine verso, closed tears with some creasing to head, 8vo, 1931.⁂ A rare O'Flaherty title, especially so inscribed. The second of his novels to be banned by the Irish state.

Lot 110

NO RESERVE Guthrie (Ramon) Parachute, first English edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine head slightly creased, 8vo, [1927].⁂ A scarce title from the American author, about a small town of Berkenmeer that has two US airforcemen arrive and hide out.

Lot 32

Bowen (Marjorie) Sheeps Head and Babylon, first edition, light browning to half-title, original cloth, sunning to spine but a sharp and excellent copy otherwise, 8vo, 1929.⁂ An excellent example of this rare collection of supernatural short stories.

Lot 23

Blackwood (Algernon) The Tales of Algernon Blackwood, first edition, signed by the author on frontispiece, endpapers browned,original cloth, dust-jacket, spine sunned, surface soiling, a few small water stains to spine and joints stained, tear lower panel fold, a few other small chips and tears, tape repairs to verso, [Tymn 3-38], 8vo, 1938.⁂ Scarce in dust-jacket. Marshall B Tymn, Horror Literature (1981) lists the same title [3-38] with publication year 1939.

Lot 115

Heller (Joseph) Catch-22, first English edition, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine head, second state dust-jacket (with five reviews on lower panel), 2 tiny tears and faint creasing to top edge, overall a very good copy, 8vo, 1962.

Lot 164

Maugham (William Somerset) Of Human Bondage, first English edition, first issue with list of works facing half-title and list of works by other authors to half-title verso, without advertisements, light browning to endpapers, original blue cloth, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, retaining original backstrip, spine darkened, preserved in folding chemise and custom morocco-backed slip-case, [Stott A21b], 8vo, 1915.⁂ Maugham's most celebrated novel, first published in America in the same year where it was reviewed enthusiastically by Theodore Dreiser.

Lot 247

Sackville-West (Vita) Challenge, first edition, first printing, light browning and offsetting to front endpapers, ink gift inscription, original green cloth lettered in orange, light discolouration to spine, very light cockling to lower cover, light rubbing to extremities, [Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A9a], 8vo, New York, [1923].⁂ Rare. Challenge was a roman-à-clef that depicted the author's affair with Violet Keppel. Sackville-West substituted herself with a male character, Julian, making this the first time she was depicted as a man in fiction (prior to both Orlando and Broderie Anglais). Nevertheless the author's mother Lady Sackville felt that the substitution would be too clear to those who knew her and urged her daughter to withdraw the book from publication in the UK. The English sheets were sent over to the US and issued with a new title.

Lot 180

Maugham (William Somerset) Liza of Lambeth, Jubilee edition, one of 1,000 copies signed by the author, signed presentation inscription from the author "For Elsie [Tritton], the author's first book written when he was twenty one: with his love, 1st December 1947" to endpaper, original vellum-backed boards, slight bowing to covers, dust-jacket, sunning to spine, light creasing and some minor chipping to head, [Stott A1f], 8vo, 1947.⁂ An excellent association copy. Elsie Tritton (1897-1983), noted collector and friend of Maugham's who introduced the author to Alan Searle, Maugham's private secretary and companion for the final two decades of his life.

Lot 82

Fleming (Ian) The Spy Who Loved Me, first edition, variant issue with printer's quad mark to title, original boards, dust-jacket, spine a little dulled, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light foxing to lower panel, upper panel with light abrasion and short tear to upper corner, 8vo, 1962.

Lot 290

NO RESERVE Thatcher (Margaret) The Downing Street Years, first edition, signed by the author on blank leaf before title, original boards, dust-jacket, 1993.

Lot 176

Maugham (William Somerset) Strictly Personal, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Elsie Tritton on endpaper, frontispiece portrait, some light marginal toning, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, dust-jacket, very light toning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, creasing to head and foot, repairs to verso, [Stott A60d], 8vo, 1942.⁂ Maugham's collection of recollections from his period in France during the Second World War, rare signed. Elsie Tritton (1897-1983), noted collector and friend of Maugham's who introduced the author to Alan Searle, Maugham's private secretary and companion for the final two decades of his life.

Lot 257

Sackville-West (Vita) The Edwardians, first trade edition, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, very light fading to spine tips and corners, else fine, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, a few nicks or small chips to head and foot of panels with light creasing, but an excellent example overall, [Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A20a; Woolmer 235B], 8vo, 1930.

Lot 236

[Russell (William)] "Waters". Recollections of a Detective Police-Officer, first edition, engraved frontispiece, light offsetting, ink ownership inscription to p.[9], modern half calf with red morocco label to spine, upper corners and spine head a little rubbed, 12mo, 1856.⁂ Listed as No.2 in the Queen's Quorum, preceded only by Edgar Allan Poe's, Tales (1854). "Waters" is identified as a detective in the Metropolitan police and many of his cases are reported in this book, recounted in an engaging and readable style. The book is a result of the publicity and public relations during the development of the new Metropolitan Police during the 1820s, officially founded with the Metropolitan Police Act of 1829. An interesting and early historical book in the early days of crime and mystery fiction.

Lot 37

Burroughs (Edgar Rice) The Warlord of Mars, first edition, half-title partially browned, marginal spotting, endpapers renewed, contemporary advert card loosely inserted (slightly creased and stained), original cloth, dust-jacket, surface soiling and some toning, some creasing, chipping and some small tears, tape repairs to verso, 8vo, 1920.⁂ Scarce in dust-jacket. Contemporary advert card for this title and the early Tarzan series up to 1920.

Lot 301

Updike (John) Rabbit, Run, first edition, author's cut signature loosely inserted, original cloth-backed boards, faint mark to upper cover, dust-jacket, minor chipping to spine extremities, else a very good copy, 8vo, New York, 1960.

Lot 262

Sackville-West (Vita) Family History, first edition, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original cloth, light fading to spine tips and corners, else fine, dust-jacket by George Plank, spine browned, spine ends and corners chipped with tape repairs to verso, short split to head and foot of upper fore-edge, closed tear to head of upper panel, extremities rubbed, overall a very good example of a rare jacket, [Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A28a; Woolmer 307], 8vo, Hogarth Press, 1932.

Lot 92

Forster (E.M.) The Story of the Siren, one of 500 copies, first edition, first state, unopened, original marbled paper wrappers, slight fading at spine, label to upper cover in first state, 2 tiny tears and faint creasing to top edge, else an excellent copy, [Kirkpatrick A6], 8vo, Richmond, Hogarth Press, 1920.

Lot 26

Blish (James) Doctor Mirabilis, first edition, 1964; A Case of Conscience, first edition, 1959, both in original boards, dust-jackets; and another first edition by Blish, 8vo (3)

Lot 173

Maugham (William Somerset) Don Fernando, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Elsie Tritton to endpaper, original cloth, spine ends and corners a little bumped and frayed, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped, tear to head to lower panel with creasing, light rubbing and creasing to extremities, [Stott A49a], 8vo, 1935.⁂ Elsie Tritton (1897-1983), noted collector and friend of Maugham's who introduced the author to Alan Searle, Maugham's private secretary and companion for the final two decades of his life.

Lot 158

Malamud (Bernard) The Magic Barrel, jacket with toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light creasing to head and foot, light rubbing to extremities, New York, 1958 § Crichton (Michael) Sphere, signed by the author, jacket with light creasing to tips of spine and corners, New York, 1987, first editions; and 20 others, modern literature, including Tolkien first edition, later impression copies of Fellowship of the Ring and Return of the King, 8vo (22)

Lot 19

Beckett (Samuel) Waiting for Godot, first English edition, programme for the 1955 English-language premier (including notes, possibly for review) loosely inserted, tipped in publisher's note, browning to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, very light toning to spine, slight rubbing and chipping to spine ends and corners, light rubbing to panels, 8vo, 1956.

Lot 45

Chevalier (Tracy) Girl With a Pearl Earring, first edition, cut signature of the author on title, original boards, first issue jacket with "earing" to lower panel, light fading to spine, 8vo, 1999.

Lot 165

Maugham (William Somerset) Of Human Bondage, Cheaper Edition, spotting to edges, original cloth, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, very light sunning to spine, minor chipping to spine ends and corners, light creasing to head and foot, light surface soiling but an excellent example overall, [cf. Stott A21b], 8vo, 1931.⁂ A rare example of the dust jacket, which is almost identical to the suppressed jacket of the first edition, with Carey's club foot drawn on the wrong foot.

Lot 34

NO RESERVE Bröger (Karl) Pillbox 17. The Story of a Comradeship-In-Arms, first English edition, translated by Oakley Williams, small paper repair to half-title, original cloth-backed boards, 1930 § Farrar-Hockley (A. H.) The Somme, signed presentation inscription from the author to title, bookplate to front pastedown, photographic illustrations and maps, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine lightly sunned, 1964 § Benstead (Charles R.) Retreat. A Story of 1918, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine sunned, a few very small tears, 1930; and 3 others, First and Second World Wars, 8vo (7) ⁂ The presentation inscription from Farrar-Hockley in The Somme reads, 'For: Richard Adams, a famous author and sometime comrade-in-arms'. This book comes from Adams' library, his bookplate alluding to his famous work, Watership Down (1972).

Lot 264

Sackville-West (Vita) Collected Poems. Volume one [all published], number 74 of 150 copies signed by the author, very light browning to endpapers, original parchment-backed cloth, spine lettered in gilt, light rubbing to upper and lower edges, [Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A29b; Woolmer 331A], Hogarth Press, 1933; and the first trade edition of the same, 8vo (2)

Lot 160

Maugham (William Somerset) Liza of Lambeth, first edition, first issue, 6pp. advertisements for 1897, browning to endpapers, front free endpaper a little chipped with split to head of gutter, original green pictorial cloth, gilt, spine darkened, spine ends and corners a little rubbed and bumped, some light rubbing and faint surface soiling, but very good generally, slip-case, [Stott A1a], 8vo, 1897.⁂ Maugham's first novel, its success led to three issues appearing in rapid succession.

Lot 147

Lewis (C.S.) Hamlet. The Prince or the Poem?, first edition, browning and chipping to extremities, tape repairs to spine, From the Proceedings of the British Academy, [1942]; The Abolition of Man, Lawrence Whistler's copy with his ink ownership inscription to head of title, ink lettering to spine, spine chipped with loss, upper cover detached, extremities creased, Oxford University Press, 1943; The Weight of Glory, light toning to covers, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1942, first or first separate editions, original printed wrappers; and 9 others, pamphlets or works with essay contributions by Lewis, v.s. (12)

Lot 14

Asimov (Isaac) Foundation, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, light surface soiling, a few small tears and chips at spine ends, corners and edges, tape repair to verso at spine head, 8vo, 1953.

Lot 30

Bonfiglioli (Kyril) Something Nasty in the Woodshed, first edition, presentation copy signed by the author on front free endpaper, pages browned as usual, original boards, dust-jacket price-clipped, 8vo, 1976.⁂ The second in the Mordecai series, this set in Jersey. Inscribed copies are quite scarce. The inscription reads "For Donald - a new friend. If you believe my tales you'll believe anything! Kyril Bonfiglioli."

Lot 233

[Rivett (Edith Caroline)] "E.C.R. Lorac". Death Came Softly, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket with small repairs to spine verso, 8vo, 1943.⁂ An exceptional copy of this key work from the Golden Age of detective fiction, featuring Chief Inspector Robert Macdonald.

Lot 152

Lewis (C.S.) The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, second impression, erased ink ownership inscription to endpaper, jacket price-clipped, light browning to spine, 1954; Prince Caspian, first edition, jacket price-clipped, spine browned with loss to head affecting title, closed tear to head of upper panel, light surface soiling to lower panel, [1951]; The Silver Chair, second impression, jacket with light browning to spine, chipping to head and foot with loss, a few tears to head and foot, 1956; The Horse and his Boy, first edition, some light browning to endpapers, jacket with light browning to spine, short split to head of upper joint, a few short nicks to head and foot, 1954; The Magician's Nephew, first edition, small ink annotation to Contents p., jacket with light browning to spine, minor chipping to spine ends and corners, extremities a little rubbed, 1955; The Last Battle, first edition, jacket price-clipped, light browning to spine, a few small nicks with light creasing to head and foot, 1956, plates, illustrations and maps by Pauline Baynes, including colour where called for, original boards, dust-jackets, 8vo (6)

Lot 307

Wells (H.G.) When the Sleeper Wakes, first edition, staining to bottom fore-edge and; very slightly affecting few margins, 1899; The First Men in the Moon, plates, 1904, cloth, lightly rubbed; and 12 others by Wells, 8vo (14)

Lot 2

Achebe (Chinua) Arrow of God, first edition, original boards, very slight bumping to spine ends and corners, else fine, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, light rubbing a creasing to spine tips and corners, but a sharp and excellent example overall, 8vo, 1964.⁂ Achebe's third novel and the second in his celebrated African Trilogy, rare.

Lot 87

Fleming (Ian).- Moyle (Alan) Nature Cure Explained, first edition, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, small loss to spine head, light surface soiling to lower panel, slight creasing to extremities, 8vo, 1950.⁂ A relatively scarce source book mentioned in Ian Fleming's 'Thunderball.' James Bond is sent to a health clinic "Shrublands", where the provided bedside reading is this medical text.

Lot 144

Le Carré (John) The Night Manager, first edition, signed by the author on title, original boards, slight shelf-lean, spine ends a little bumped, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, light creasing to head and foot, 1993; and a first edition of A Small Town in the Germany, 8vo (2)

Lot 299

[Turner (John Victor)] "David Hume". Bullets Bite Deep, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket slightly chipped at spine ends and to lower edge of upper panel, short tear to lower panel, generally a very good example of a rare jacket, 8vo, 1932.⁂ An excellent copy of a scarce book, the author's first novel, and the introduction of his most famous detective Mick Cardby - regarded as the first true English take on the American 'hard-boiled' school. The plot concerns the curious presence of various American attributes on a corpse discovered in rural Warwickshire (the author had attended Warwick School). The dustjacket, designed by Pat Keely, is particularly striking and most uncommon.

Lot 94

VAN CLEEF AND ARPELS: MOTHER-OF-PEARL, LACQUER AND DIAMOND LIMITED EDITION 'TSURUKAME' BUTTERFLY BROOCHThe mother-of-pearl wings decorated with cranes and turtles in vari-coloured lacquer, the body set with brilliant-cut diamonds, signed VCA, numbered CL 44025 and P.06/20, workshop mark, French assay marks, length 5.0cm, maker's case and certificate of authenticityFootnotes:Please note, this lot will be subject to US Fish and Wildlife regulations if imported into the USA.In 2011, Van Cleef & Arpels collaborated with the renowned Japanese lacquer-artisan, Mr. Junichi Hakose, on a collection of limited edition brooches called, 'Lacquered Butterflies'. Each butterfly - a symbol of metamorphism - was individually designed and hand lacquered by Mr. Junichi Hakose himself. The butterfly brooches were first produced in gold, with a mother-of-pearl base in the Van Cleef & Arpels workshops. The brooches were then sent to Wajima in Japan, where Mr. Junichi Hakose's workshop is located, to be lacquered with traditional motifs and innovative finishes. Each exquisitely rendered limited edition design is unique and numbered out of twenty.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Ω YΩ VAT on imported items at the prevailing rate on Hammer Price and Buyer's Premium.Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 93

VAN CLEEF AND ARPELS: WOOD, LACQUER, DIAMOND AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL LIMITED EDITION 'KIKUMAKIE' BUTTERFLY BROOCHThe wooden wings decorated with flowering chrysanthemums in vari-coloured lacquer, with mother-of-pearl accents and a repeating scroll motif composed of small studs, the body set with brilliant-cut diamonds, signed VCA, numbered CF 10980 and E 15/20, workshop mark, French assay marks, length 5.0cm, maker's case and certificate of authenticityFootnotes:Please note, this lot will be subject to US Fish and Wildlife regulations if imported into the USA.In 2011, Van Cleef & Arpels collaborated with the renowned Japanese lacquer-artisan, Mr. Junichi Hakose, on a collection of limited edition brooches called, 'Lacquered Butterflies'. Each butterfly - a symbol of metamorphism - was individually designed and hand lacquered by Mr. Junichi Hakose himself. The butterfly brooches were first produced in gold, with a mother-of-pearl base in the Van Cleef & Arpels workshops. The brooches were then sent to Wajima in Japan, where Mr. Junichi Hakose's workshop is located, to be lacquered with traditional motifs and innovative finishes. Each exquisitely rendered limited edition design is unique and numbered out of twenty.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Ω YΩ VAT on imported items at the prevailing rate on Hammer Price and Buyer's Premium.Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 57

BRUNO MARTINAZZI: A LIMITED EDITION GOLD 'APPLE SLICE' RING, 1971The apple slices in brushed 18 carat bicoloured gold, signed Martinazzi, numbered 3/6, maker's mark R&Co, London hallmark, ring size OFootnotes:This ring design was illustrated in a fashion feature for the 8th June 1972 edition of Country Life, as supplied by River, 17/18 Old Bond Street, London. Another 'Apple Slice' ring from this limited edition, numbered 2/6, sold at Bonhams, Knightsbridge on 14th May 2014, lot 9. For similar pieces, see Bernabei, Robert, 'Contemporary Jewellers', Berg, Oxford & New York, 2011, chapter 13.The Italian artist, Bruno Martinazzi (1923-2018) studied music and chemistry in his native Turin. In 1951, he left the chemical industry to work as a goldsmith's apprentice to the Mussa brothers, while also attending night school at the Scuola Orafi Girardi. His art and sculpture studies then took him to Florence and Rome, where he held his first one man show of enamelled copper and silver reliefs in 1954. In 1960, Martinazzi participated in an exhibition of Italian jewellery at the Neiman-Marcus store in Dallas, Texas, of which Arnaldo and Gio Pomodoro were two of the organisers. The following year he received an award for his submissions to the International Exhibition of Modern Jewellery at the Goldsmiths Hall in London. In 1967, he completed his Marce della Pace in the form of a series of bracelets and brooches composed of abstract figures walking in step or standing in a crowd as a protest against the Vietnam War.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Lot 4138

EFE: A collection of fourteen boxed Exclusive First Edition (EFE) buses. All appear to have never been opened. Some creasing and damage to boxes. Please assess photograph. (one box)

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