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Lot 391

Covered vase in Chinese porcelain of the rose family decorated with characters - Weight: 2.89 kg - Shipping available - Region: Chine - Sizes: H 350 MM D 210 MM - At first glance: good condition

Lot 331

Sculpture offered by the School of Fine Arts in Paris from the 60s. Ex: private Parisian collection - Weight: 1.90 kg - Shipping unavailable - Region: France - Sizes: H 1100 mm x L 800 mm - At first sight: broken / damaged

Lot 136

Painting on silk - 20th century decorated with characters - Weight: 1.87 kg - Shipping available - Region: Chine - Sizes: H 425 MM L 200MM - At first glance: normal wear / patina of use

Lot 459

A large extensive collection of franked and unfranked UK and foreign stamps. Including first day covers; Patient's Tale, Workers' Tale, Settler's tale, Artist's tale, stone and soil, tree and leaf and many others examples. Face value approx. £200. Presented over three albums, some loose. 

Lot 489

A Richard Avedon observations, comments by Truman Capote photography / folio book, New York, 1959.  To include photographic illustrations, original board slip-case (damage to spine). The photographer's first book. Measures 38cm x 28cm

Lot 357

16 GERMAN FIRST WORLD WAR PERIOD PATRIOTIC & MILITARY POSTCARDS

Lot 1

LARGE CD COLLECTION. Warming into the first movement of this year's second classical auction with a fortissimo collection of around 1500 x CDs. Please see photographs for works.

Lot 607A

A commemorative mug issued to mark 'The First Landing on the Moon' with turquoise Pop Art decoration of astronauts, Made in England

Lot 117

A black straw hat by First Avenue and a feather and diamante fascinator, (2)

Lot 86

Two ladies silk scarves, the first by Gucci with cream ground and black and white stripes and floral decoration, the second by Celine in yellows and orange with chain print, each approx. 86cm²

Lot 162

Two early 19th century needlework samplers, the first with alphabet and numerals, with stitched inscription and coloured floral style border, named ' Maria Johnson Cave in the 9th Yeat of her Age 1801', 28 x 31cm, the second with alphabet and numerals in various sizes, separated by stitched borders, with stitched inscription and named 'Augusta Maria Barber. Aged 8 Years. 1838', 30 x 30cm, (2)

Lot 141

FOUR JAPANESE SPLIT CANE AND RED LACQUERED BASKETS AND COVERS FIRST HALF 20TH CENTURYPainted with stylised flowerheads The largest 38cm high, the smallest 29cm high Condition Report: loss of lacquer especially to the top of the covers, cracks to the body commensuration with ageCondition Report Disclaimer

Lot 176

BASILIUS BESLER (GERMAN 1561-1629) FROM HORTUS EYSTETTENSIS Four hand-coloured engravings, circa 1613- 1713 49 x 40cm (4) Please note: These works are a mix of earlier and later states by Besler, three probably dating from the earlier 'first' 1613 edition and the forth from 1713 Condition Report: It appears that the group is a mix of earlier and later states, with the first 3 of them probably being from the earlier "first" edition of 1613, the fourth one with text showing through is later, circa 1713. Poeonia pergrinaflore: There is water damage evident to the sheet with some associated staining and running to the pigment. Creasing throughout. Under glass and unexamined out of frame. Papaver flore pleno: Significant creasing through the centre of the sheet and the edges. Other scattered creasing. Some undulation and slightly discoloured. Tordilion Creticum: Creasing throughout, some surface dirt and undulation to the sheet. Corona imperialis: Some discoloration to the sheet and evidence of two areas of old tape to the upper edge. Some staining notably to the lower edge. A horizontal crease to the centre of the sheet. All works framed under glass and unexamined out of frames.Condition Report Disclaimer

Lot 198

A PAIR OF GREEN PAINTED STANDARD LAMPS FIRST HALF 20TH CENTURY with green lacquered shades the lamps 107cm high, with shade 125cm high overall- shades 55.5cm diameter ELECTRICAL GOODS. These are sold as decorative items only, with plugs removed, and if bought for use must be checked over for compliance with safety regulations by a qualified electrician before use. Condition Report: Wear, marks, knocks and scratches as per age, handling, use, and cleaning. Overall height including shade is 125cm with the shade 55.5cm diameter. Mild signs of wear from use- notably edges of shades. ELECTRICAL GOODS. These are sold as decorative items only, with plugs removed, and if bought for use must be checked over for compliance with safety regulations by a qualified electrician before use. Please see additional images for visual references to condition which form part of this condition report. All lots are available for inspection and Condition Reports are available on request. However, all lots are of an age and type which means that they may not be in perfect condition and should be viewed by prospective bidders; please refer to Condition 6 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers. This is particularly true for garden related items. We must advise you that we are not professional restorers or conservators and we do not provide any guarantee or warranty as to a lot's condition. Accordingly, it is recommended that prospective buyers inspect lots or have their advisors do so, and satisfy themselves as to condition and accuracy of description All lots are offered for sale "as viewed" and subject to the applicable Conditions of Business for Buyer's condition, which are set out in the sale catalogue and are available on request. Buyers are reminded that liability for loss and damage transfers to the buyer from the fall of the hammer. Whilst the majority of lots will remain in their location until collected, we can accept no responsibility for any damage which may occur, even in the event of Dreweatts staff assisting carriers during collection.Condition Report Disclaimer

Lot 134

TWO INDIAN RED AND BLACK DECORATED TURNED WOOD TABLE LAMPS FIRST HALF 20TH CENTURY The tallest 64cm to the top of the wood lamp Condition Report: One broken at base of stem. Will need work. See images available upon requestCondition Report Disclaimer

Lot 188

A STRIPED PINE CONVEX WALL MIRROR FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY 85cm diameter, 10cm deep Condition Report: Possibly old and lacking the gesso and gilt Condition Report Disclaimer

Lot 81

A PAIR OF FRENCH BRONZED METAL COLUMN FORM OIL LAMPS LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY AND LATER FITTED FOR ELECTRICITY Each with label on the base 'BREVETTE D' INVENTION/HADROT LAMPISTE/RUE DES FOSSES MONTMARTRE/No. 14 A PARIS' 75.5cm high including fitment, bases 15.5cm wide AND TWO SIMILAR EBONISED AND GILT WOOD COLUMN LAMP BASES BY ANOUSKA HEMPEL one with paper 'Blakes SW7 3PF' labels the tallest 67cm including fitting the other 62.5cm ELECTRICAL GOODS. These are sold as decorative items only, with plugs removed, and if bought for use must be checked over for compliance with safety regulations by a qualified electrician before use.   Condition Report: Please note revised description: A PAIR OF FRENCH BRONZED METAL COLUMN FORM OIL LAMPS LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY AND LATER FITTED FOR ELECTRICITY Each with label on the base 'BREVETTE D' INVENTION/HADROT LAMPISTE/RUE DES FOSSES MONTMARTRE/No. 14 A PARIS' 75.5cm high including fitment, bases 15.5cm wide AND TWO SIMILAR EBONISED AND GILT WOOD COLUMN LAMP BASES BY ANOUSKA HEMPEL one with paper 'Blakes SW7 3PF' labels the tallest 67cm including fitting the other 62.5cm First pair- generally good- some wear to margins and signs of repatination to base edges which have some old dirt deposits Second pair- worn from use with rubbed gilding to both, the smaller with the Blakes label and more associated wear from hotel use- the larger with vacant wire cord hole to one side ELECTRICAL GOODS. These are sold as decorative items only, with plugs removed, and if bought for use must be checked over for compliance with safety regulations by a qualified electrician before use.  Condition Report Disclaimer

Lot 151

TWO JAPANESE BLACK AND GILT LACQUER KIMONO RAILS FIRST HALF 20TH CENTURY one with engraved brass mounts the largest 162cm high, 182cm wide, 38cm deep Condition Report: one with brass fittings with loss to lacquer on the areas of the stand and one brass fitting loosethe other one with extensive loss to the paint especially to the mid rack, two pegs on the stand getting loose and some splits to the woodCondition Report Disclaimer

Lot 14

TWO SETS OF POLISHED STEEL FIRE IRONS 19TH CENTURY first set possibly late George III with turned knop pommel handles shovel 75.5cm long other set shovel 76cm long Condition Report: Some historic corrosion cleaned up. Please see supporting images to illustrate. These are available upon request. Some blackened areas from use.Condition Report Disclaimer

Lot 205

AN EBONISED AND BAMBOO FOUR FOLD SCREEN BACKED WITH GREEN FABRIC FIRST HALF 20TH CENTURY each panel 161cm high, 58.5cm high Condition Report: Screen with the marks, knocks, scratches and abrasions commensurate with age and use. Some old splits and chips. Old repairs - see imagesVarious old breaks and loses to caned elements. Some later nails/tacks securing scrolled cresting's. Some of the cresting's have joints loose or detached - see images. Some minor 'pulls' and marks to fabrics. Please refer to additional images for visual reference to condition. Condition Report Disclaimer

Lot 67

FIRST AID KIT, FIRE BLANKET AND 4X FIRE EXTINGUISHERS / COLLECTION LOCATION: OLD WOKING DISTRICT RECREATION CLUB, 33 WESTFIELD ROAD, WOKING, GU22 9NG

Lot 179

3X FIRST AID KITS / COLLECTION LOCATION: OLD WOKING DISTRICT RECREATION CLUB, 33 WESTFIELD ROAD, WOKING, GU22 9NG

Lot 472

Ford Fiesta Ghia TCDI Diesel, 1400cc, reg FH57 FVN, mileage 61,841, lime green, 5-door hatchback, first registered Dec '07, MOT until 29.9.23, two sets of keys and service history.

Lot 166

Stamps and first day covers; including a ring binder album of first day covers, schoolboy stamp album, modern commemoratives, etc.

Lot 165

Six albums of RAF Museum Flown First Day Covers, approximately 400, some signed, a 1975 Edition Reference Book and Catalogue of Royal Air Force and Royal air Force Escaping Society Flown Covers.Qty: 7

Lot 173

A collection of British and foreign coins and banknotes, to include seven £5 coins; a World Cup '94 England Winners 1966 Turks & Caicos Islands 20 crowns coin; First men on the Moon commemorative $5 coin; XXVI Summer Olympics Atlanta 1996 Turks & Caicos Islands 5 crowns coin; other commemorative coins; 1968 Specimen Set First and Second Issue, cased; brilliant uncirculated coin collections; British banknotes; and 19th century and later foreign banknotes and coins, some silver content.

Lot 379

A box of 20th century celebrity, greetings and WW I postcards, First Day covers etc

Lot 320

A German WW II Merit of Cross first class badge together with a further Hitler Youth 1939 enamelled badge

Lot 112

A box of coin sets, coins of Great Britain 1977, Heinz Royal Mint coin collection 1983, Britain's First decimal coin set, 1977 Royal Mint Crown in case together with further 1977 Osborne house coin

Lot 11

A collection of coins, Britain's First Decimal coins, one pound note, commemorative coins, antique and later coins.

Lot 246

Crime & Detective Fiction. Stout (Rex), The Final Deduction, first edition, London: Published for The Crime Club by Collins, 1962, original publisher's pictorial dustjacket over red cloth, 8vo, Johnson (Denis), Angels, first edition, New York: Alfred K. Knopf, 1983, original publisher's dustjacket over cloth, spine somewhat sunned, uncut, 8vo, Hjortsberg (William), Falling Angel, first edition, New York: Harcourt Bruce Jovanovich, 1978, dustjacket over cloth, 8vo, Harris (Thomas), Black Sunday, first edition, New York, 1975, dj, hb, 8vo, idem., The Silence of the Lambs, first UK edition, London, 1989, dj, 8vo, signed George P. Pelecanos first edition, Colin Wilson, Masako Togawa, etc., (11)

Lot 51

Cartography. Arlott (John, editor), John Speed's England: A coloured facsimile of the first edition, four-part set, London: Phoenix House Limited, 1953-54, original quarter-cloth over papered boards, slipcases en suite, folio, Curtis (Rev. J.), A Topographical History of the County of Leicester, first edition, Ashby-de-la-Zouche: W. Hextall, et al., 1831, hand-coloured double-page map, original publisher's cloth, split and twisted, 8vo, a mid-19th century schoolboy's exercise book, Georgie Peck, October 1859, illustrated with a double-page watercolour panorama of mountains, 13 world maps executed in pen-and-ink or pencil, some of which are tipped-in, further inscribed in manuscript with a historical timeline, original scarlet quarter-roan over marbled boards, worn with some losses, 4to, 1925 Atlas of Finland, original morocco over boards, ex-lib with expected wear and markings, folio, two volumes of Newbolt's Naval Operation Maps, ex-lib, their cloth, 8vo, Flight: The Aircraft Engineer, 1934, 1936-38 issues, original blue cloth, 4to, Aircraft Engineering, volume XI, 1939, ex-lib cloth, folio, (11)

Lot 94

Europe. Philippart (John, Esq), Memoirs, &c. &c. of General Moreau [...], first edition, London: A.J. Valpy, et al., 1814, portrait frontispiece, folding facsimile and a plan of the Siege of Kehl, original publisher's boards, spine perished and now with some movement, 8vo, Erskine (The Hon. Thomas), A View of the Causes and Consequences of the Present War with France, fifth edition, London: J. Debrett, 1797, disbound, 8vo, [French Revolution], Lettre a Monsieur le Comte de Mirabeau, Sur sa Motion concernant le Caisse d'Escompte, s.l., s.n., n.d., 43pp only, disbound, 8vo, Conseil d'état du roi [de France], 19 printed copies of their edicts, decisions, etc., on various ancien régime subjects, various imprints, dated from 1768 to 1788, disbound, 4to, Décret de la Convention Nationale, 31st January 1793, second year of the French Republic, viz. Nice, Lyon, 1793, disbound, 4to, [&] Grattan's History of the Netherlands, London: Longman, et al., 1830, repaired contemporary quarter-calf, 8vo, (24)

Lot 102

Foulis Press. [Theocritus] & [Heinsius (Daniël, translator)] , Ta tou Theokritou sesōsmena. Theocriti quae extant, sole Foulis edition, Glasgow: In aedibus academicis excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis, 1746, a well-margined copy, Greek text with Latin translation, half-title, erroneous pagination, yet text and register continuous and complete, collating: [12], 32, 45-192, inner-gutter margins of D-E4 wormed with no loss of text, some foxing in places, later 18th/early 19th c morocco gilt, the covers panelled gilt to a geometric design, within blind-rolled foliate borders and a single-fillet gilt, preserved and repaired spine, gilt turn-ins, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, 4to, [Gaskell 78; the first appearance of Andrew Foulis's name as University Printer] Provenance: William Charles Wentworth-FitzWilliam, Viscount Milton (1812-1835), of Wentworth Woodhouse, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire; recto flyleaf with his monogram and crested ink stamp, another recto blank inscribed in ink MS: W.W. Fan July 30th/1826 from/W. C. Wentworth-Fitzwilliam

Lot 118

Illustrated Books. Rackham (Arthur, illustrator) & Barrie (J.M.), Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, from the Little White Bird, first edition thus, London: Hodder & Stoughton, n.d. [1912], 50 tipped-in colour plates with lettered tissue guards, one leaf loose, original pictorial green cloth gilt, spine somewhat dulled, the top of which has a stable tear, 4to

Lot 179

Nevill (Ralph), Old English Sporting Prints, copy no. 907/1500, London: The Studio, 1923, tipped-in colour plates, others b/w, original cloth, pictorial gilt, sunned spine, top-edge gilt, others uncut, 4to, idem., Old English Sporting Books, copy no. 36/1500, London: The Studio, 1924, tipped-in colour plates, others b/w, original cloth, pictorial gilt, sunned spine, top-edge gilt, others uncut, 4to, De Trafford (Sir Humphrey F., Bart), The Horses of the British Empire, volume I only, London: Walter Southwood, n.d. [1907], photogravures, other monochrome plates, some former damp-staining, original maroon morocco, pictorial gilt, all edges gilt, 4to, Gilbey (Sir Walter, Bart), Animal Painters of England, two-volume set, first edition, London: Vinton & Co., 1900, plates, original pictorial cloth, top-edge gilt, others uncut, 8vo, others, similar, including J.F. Herring & Sons, George Stubbs, the Hardy family, etc., (11)

Lot 133

Kipling (Rudyard), Just So Stories: For Little Children, Illustrated by the Author, first edition, London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1902, b/w plates, original pictorial red cloth, spine worn and sunned, 8vo, further Kipling, album of cigarette cards, etc., (8)

Lot 243

Illustrated Children's Books. Tolstoy (Alexei), Schimanskaya (Eugenia, translator), & Kuznetsov (Konstantin, illustrator), Russian Tales for Children, first English edition, London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd, 1944, illustrated, original pictorial dustjacket over cloth, 16mo, Field (Eugene) & Parrish (Maxfield, illustrator), Poems of Childhood, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904, colour plates, original publisher's cloth gilt, upper-cover with papered pictorial onlay, top-edge gilt, others uncut, 8vo, Adams (Richard), The Plague Dogs, first edition, 1977, pictorial dustjacket over cloth, spine sunned, 8vo, Andersen (Hans) & Dulac (Edmund, illustrator), The Nightingale, London: Hodder & Stoughton, n.d. [c. 1920], colour plates, original pictorial papered boards, bumped, perished spine, 4to, Dickens & Bedford (illustrator), The Magic Fishbone, London: Frederick Warne and Co Ltd., n.d. [c. 1920], publisher's binding, oblong 8vo, Christopher Robin's Verses, 1943, 8vo, etc., (7)

Lot 63

Churchill (Winston S.), War Speeches, seven-volume set, mixed editions: volumes I & IV-VII first editions, II & III third and second editions respectively, London: Cassell and Company Ltd, 1941-46, all with original dustjackets, however in various states of condition, green cloth, 8vo, (7)

Lot 144

Local Interest. Thoroton (Robert), The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire [...], first edition, London: Printed by Robert White, for Henry Mortlock, 1677, imprimatur leaf - creased, tatty and loosening, black-ruled title-page printed in red and black, double-column text, pp: [xvi], 507, 8 (coats of arms), [36] (indexes), double-page map and 21 plates, 2 of which are folding and 16 double-page, further in-text illustrations, a respectable copy, 1 folding plate - Newark - repaired with some loss, the contents OK-good with some foxed spots and toning, rarer rust holes with no loss of sense, some creases, 18th c calf boards, rebacked, repaired and the gilding refreshed, all edges gilt, later endpapers, folio (35 x 24cm), [Wing T1063] Provenance: 1) Christopher Hussey, contemporaneous 17th c dated ink MS inscription to original verso blank: 'Memorandū 10th June 1685 if this book/be returned in two months time from *y date/hereof. I will give two shillings for it witnesses/my hand Christopher Hussey-'. 2) Michael Bass, 1st Baron Burton, KCVO (1837-1909), brewing magnate, Liberal politician and philanthropist; his Rangemore Hall, East Staffordshire, bookplate to recto pastedown. 3) Ex Libris Carl J. Fenner, 20th c pictorial bookplate ditto.

Lot 223

Verne (Jules), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. Complete. Author's Edition, with Illustrations, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1885, some preliminary foxing, original publisher's pictorial cloth gilt, slight twist, all edges gilt, lacking ffep, 8vo, [&] Jerome (Jerome K.), Three Men in a Boat, first edition, Bristol: J.W. Arrowsmith, 1889, slight movement, original publisher's pictorial cloth, split, tear to spine, lacking ffep, 8vo, (2)

Lot 173

Natural History. [Botany] Wood (John Frederick, FHS), The Midland Florist and Suburban Horticulturist, volumes I-VIII, London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., 1847-54, mixed contemporary bindings, 12mo in 6s, [Provincial Imprint] Deering (Charles), Catalogus Stirpium, &c., or, A Catalogue of Plants, Naturally growing and commonly cultivated in divers (sic) Parts of England, More efpecially (sic) about Nottingham [...], first and only edition, Nottingham: Printed for the Author, by G. Ayscough, and fold (sic) by C. Rivington, at the Bible and Crown in St. Paul's Church-yard (sic), London 1738, unexamined, contemporary calf boards, repaired and rebacked, 8vo, [Henry 620], Lowe (Robert), General View of the Agriculture of the County of Nottingham, London: Printed for Richard Phillips, et al., 1798, folding hand-coloured map frontispiece, 20th c cloth over boards, etc., (14) Ex-lib, sold with any faults and as such not liable to return.

Lot 164

Miscellaneous. Stevenson (Robert Louis), Treasure Island, second edition, London: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1884, split with loose/loosening quires, original publisher's cloth, worn, split and twisted, 8vo, idem, Island Night's Entertainments, first edition, London: Cassell & Company Limited, 1893, repaired plate, split but holding, original publisher's pictorial cloth, gilt, 8vo, another RLS title, Kipling (Rudyard), Just So Stories, first edition, second impressions, London: Macmillan and Co., October 1902, illustrated, original pictorial cloth, 8vo, idem, Departmental Ditties, first edition, London: George Newnes, Limited, 1899, cloth, 8vo, idem, The Years Between, The Dominions Edition, London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1919, original wrappers, split, perished spine, 8vo, four further RK works, three Joseph Conrad first editions, (14)

Lot 92

Enlightenment Mathematics and Astronomy. An 18th c sammelband of four works, comprising Ferguson (James), Astronomical Tables and Precepts [...], first edition, London: Printed for the Author, 1763, 63pp, errata slip pasted on final leaf, 1 folding engraved plate, which is somewhat tatty, [bound with] Stone (The Reverend Edward), The Whole Doctrine of Parallaxes Explained and Illustrated by an Arithmetical and Geometrical Construction of the Transit of Venus Over the Sun, June 6th, 1761 [...], first edition, Oxford: Printed for J. Fletcher in the Turle, et al., 1763, 108pp, in-text diagrams, [with] West (The Late Rev. Mr. Wm., of Exeter) & Rowe (John), Mathematics, ?second edition, London: Printed by J. Kippax, et al., 1762, pp: [viii], 85, [3], 11 folding engraved plates, clean impressions, a few a trifle tatty around the edges, [&] Le Paute (Madame [Nicole-Reine]), Explication de la carte, Qui représente le Passage de l'Ombre de la Lune au travers de l'Europe dans l'Eclipse de Soleil Centrale & Annulaire, du premier Avril 1764, s.l., s.n., n.d., 8pp only, bound as one in contemporary calf, joints split but holding, light wear and bumps, otherwise sound, MS paper shelf number to tail of spine, red speckled edges, 8vo

Lot 73

Country Pursuits. Edwards (Lionel) & Wallace (Harold Frank), Hunting & Stalking the Deer, London: Longmans, et al., 1927, original blue cloth, 4to, Country Life, volumes XV & XVI, 1904, original moiré cloth gilt, all edges gilt, folios, Conway (James), Forays among Salmon and Deer, first edition, London: Chapman and Hall, 1861, original publisher's cloth, uncut, 8vo, further fishing interest, some hunting, (17)

Lot 100

Fine Binding, Royal Navy. Penrose (The Rev. John), Lives of Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Vinicombe Penrose, K.C.B., and Captain James Trevenen, first edition, London: John Murray, 1850, each biography with a portrait frontispiece of the subjects, lithographed by M. & N. Hanhart after Charles Allingham, finely bound by Folthorp of Brighton, signed with a ticket to recto pastedown, in contemporary dark blue morocco gilt, the covers outlined with a single-fillet enclosing a rolled gothic architectural border, its corners blocked with anchors, conforming six-compartment spine of raised bands, lettered in the second, rubbed, upper-joint splitting near head, recto head with light loss, other lighter wear, anthemion turn-ins, all edges gilt, yellow endpapers, 8vo, [Beddie 2485; not in Hill] Trevenen's life contains an important section concerning Captain James Cook's third and final voyage that includes a previously unpublished note on the death of Cook in Hawaii, 1779.

Lot 180

Nevinson (C.R.W.) & Konody (P.G.), Modern War Paintings, first edition, London: Grand Richards Limited, 1917, lacking the signed colour frontispiece, 79pp, 24 monochrome plates, rare in original dustjacket, chipped and worn, over green cloth-backed boards, 4to

Lot 12

Antiquarianism. Bayley (John), The History and Antiquities of the Tower of London, two-volume set, first edition, London: T. Cadell, 1821, plates, some foxing and mild off-setting, contemporary calf, rebacked and repaired, split and rubbed, marbled edges and endpapers, folio (38 x 28cm), idem., History of the Tower of London, second edition, London, 1830, plates, contemporary red quarter-morocco over marbled boards, rubbed, top-edge gilt, 8vo, Francis (René) & Weirter (Louis, illustrator), The Story of the Tower of London, London, [1915], original cloth, 4to, Richards (Raymond), Old Cheshire Churches, de luxe edition, London: B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1948-49, colour plates, finely bound in original red morocco by the Leighton-Straker Bookbinding Co Ltd, signed, top-edge gilt, others uncut, marbled endpapers, 4to, Winkles' British Cathedrals, three-volume set, London: Tilt and Bogue, n.d. [1836-42], steel engravings, original publisher's cloth, some wear, 4to, (8)

Lot 2

[Cocceius (Johannes)]/Coccei (Johannis), Opera Omnia, volumes I-III, V-VI, VIII only, Amsterdam: Johannis à Someren [Johan van Someren], 1675-[73], printed in double-columns, contemporary Dutch vellum, tooled and outlined in blind, seven-compartment spines of raised bands, the first and second compartments inscribed in contemporary MS, some bindings with worn losses, 4to, [&] [Bibliography], The Reference Catalogue of Current Literature [...], London: J. Whitaker & Sons, 1889, contemporary calf gilt over cloth, worn with light losses, some movement, substantial 8vo, (7) Provenance: 1st: Thomas Hog, Gent., [c. 1830], armorial bookplates to each pastedown. Sold uncollated.

Lot 49

Byron, Romantic & Nottinghamshire Poetry. Four copies of The Giaour, tenth, twelfth, thirteenth & fourteenth editions, London: John Murray, 1814-15, mixed quarter-morocco bindings, 8vo, The Bride of Abydos, eighth edition, London: Printed by T. Davison for John Murray, 1814, quarter-morocco over cloth, 8vo, Beppo, seventh edition, London: John Murray, 1818, original wrappers, enclosed in later half-morocco, 12mo, Mazeppa, London: W. Dugdale, 1825, three-quarter morocco over cloth, 12mo in 6s, two copies of Lara, 1824 & 1830, mixed sizes, [Snart (Charles, editor)], Selection of Poems, two-volume set, sole edition, Newark: Printed and Sold by M. Hage, et al., 1807-08, volume II  includes 'The Mountain Violet', page 66, which has before been attributed to a young Lord Byron, original publisher's cloth over papered boards, volume II disbound, otherwise worn but holding, 8vo, [&] Wild (Marianne), Horns of Melancholy, first edition, Nottingham: R. Allen, 1838, split gutter but holding, contemporary green straight-grain morocco, gilt, rubbed and bumped, all edges gilt, 12mo in 6s, (14) Ex-lib, sold with any faults and as such not liable to return.

Lot 81

Early English Music. Oldham (John) & Blow (Dr John, Master of the Children, and Organist of His Majesty's Chapel-Royal), A Second Musical Entertainment Perform'd on St. Cecilia's day. November XXII. 1684, first edition, London: Printed by John Playford, and are to be Sold by John Carr, at the Middle-Temple Gate, 1685, black-ruled title-page, woodcut printed musical notation, the libretto letterpress printed, pp: [8], 71, [1] (John Carr's music book advertisement), the last two leaves repaired, occasional stains, some marginal soiling, the score with later MS pencil annotations, its blanks and the first five leaves with ex-library stamps, further stamps in places, including the final leaf, slight chips here and there, 19th c institutional quarter-roan over cloth, their bookplates, labels and bibliographical notes, c. 1685 red-speckled edges, 4to

Lot 141

Literature. Marmontel [(Jean-François)], The Incas: or, The Destruction of the Empire of Peru, two-volume set, first English edition, London: Printed for J. Nourse, P. Elmsly, and E. Lyde, 1777, with half-titles, toned and a trifle foxed, contemporary calf, tired and rubbed, 12mo in 6s, [Bacon (Phanuel)], Humorous Ethics: Or, an Attempt to Cure the Vices and Follies of the Age By a Method entirely New. In Five Plays [...], sole collected edition, London: W. Owen, 1757, general and some divisional titles chipped, contemporary calf, 8vo, [Shakespeare], Johnson (Samuel), Steevens (George), et al., Annotations upon Romeo and Juliet, Written by Will. Shakspere (sic), London: Printed for, and under the Direction of, John Bell, 1787, engraved frontispiece, split, original wrappers, chipped and loose, some unopen gatherings, uncut, 12mo, Anon, The History of Little Fanny, fourth edition, London: S. and J. Fuller, 1810, chapbook only, original wrappers and sleeve, 16mo, Sheridan's Rivals, fourth edition, n.d., 8vo, and an odd volume of Gibbon's Roman Empire, (7)

Lot 703

A Desna figural blue glass in a pool desk tray or vide boche and a smaller figural pin tray, first 15.5cm l, etched DESNA Larger item in good condition. Smaller - lacking one foot

Lot 14

Arctic & Polar Exploration. Nares (Captain Sir George, R.N., et al) & Feilden (H.W.), Narrative of a Voyage to the Polar Sea During 1875-6 [...], with Notes on Natural History, two-volume set, first edition, London: Sampson Low, et al., 1878, 6 mounted Woodburytype photographic plates, further mixed media illustrations, volume I lacking fold map, otherwise unexamined, contemporary green quarter-calf gilt over cloth, worn, rubbed and split, some quires loose or with movement, marbled edges and endpapers, 8vo, Von Heuglin (Theodor), Reisen nach dem Nordpolarmeer in den Jahren 1870 und 1871, volumes I & II only, Braunschweig: G. Westermann, 1872-3, chromolithograph frontispieces, 3 folding maps and plan, plates, slightly later institutional library cloth, their bookplates, ink and blindstamps, some repaired faults, 8vo, (4) Condition: Nares volume I lacking fold map, otherwise both volumes unexamined and uncollated.

Lot 605

Derek Carruthers (1935-2021) - Art is An Reliefs, 1978-1979, 16, fibreglass resin, paint, Perspex and mixed media, 61 x 61cm (16) Exhibited: Kendal, Abbot Hall Art Gallery and Nottingham, University Gallery 1979. "In the mid seventies I began to feel inhibited by the rigours of formalism and that analogies between art and music were generally flawed. In the canons of constructivist ideology there was no problem in reconciling form and content... . I felt that "content" had got left behind in the accelerated turbulence of the first half of 20th century. ...Post contemporary art offered a freedom both frightening and exhilarating. Having spent 20 years making none figurative art it came as a relief to introduce words and images into my work in an attempt to find a better basis for communication. I set myself the task of producing a series of reliefs, which would show some of the different ways of defining art as I saw it. They would have in common the inclusion of a phrase "ART IS AN" which had to be followed by a word starting with a vowel to give a definition. At the same time the word "artisan" is about the making process. They had the same dimensions and casting in fibreglass resin in common, but could include words, symbols and images as seemed appropriate."

Lot 83

Early English Printing. [The Kalender of Shepherdes (sic)], a series of 24 woodcuts, (15.1 x 12.8cm), incorporating the Signs of the Zodiac, s.l. [?London], s.n., n.d., probably facsimiles taken from an early English edition of an almanac first published in French in 1493 by Guy Marchant as Le compost et Kalendrier des bergiers, trimmed to the black-ruled margin, Gothic Black Letter to verso, mounted two to a leaf, browned, collected and bound in 19th c tan morocco, chipped and split, upper-cover lettered in gilt: The Shepherd's Kalendar (sic), 1580, blind-ruled borders, 4toThe binding's attribution to the 1580 Elizabethan narrative poem is erroneous: neither the type employed nor the illustrations in our series of prints conform to that title, itself Edmund Spenser's first major poetic work.These woodcuts closely accord with the illustrations in a 1500 French edition of the Compost (Bodleian Library, Oxford, Douce 161), but differ from those in an English edition of 1556. However, the text on the verso of a conforming set of 12 woodcuts in the Royal Collection (RCIN 809372), to which ours also conform in part (here we have 24 rather than 12), is in English.

Lot 44

British India and the Raj.  Cavenagh (General Sir Orfeur, K.C.S.I.), Reminiscences of an Indian Official, London: W.H. Allen & Co., 1884, prelims with worm trail, later three-quarter leather over cloth, later marbled endpapers, uncut, 8vo, Dixon (Lieut.-Colonel C.G., Commissioner, Ajmeer and Mairwara), The Report on Ajmeer and Mairwara, Illustrating the Settlement of Land Revenue [...], sole edition, Agra: Printed [for the Government] at the Secundra Orphan Press, 1853, graduating worm trail until B2 but with no loss of sense, thereafter a just one or two small worm holes with little or no loss, later cloth, 4to, Durand (Colonel Algernon, C.B., C.I.E.), The Making of a Frontier [...], first edition, London: John Murray, 1899, original publisher's cloth, worn and stained, refreshed endpapers, 8vo, [&] The Ashanti Campaign of 1900, repaired cloth, 8vo, (4) Sold as seen, uncollated, with or without any repairs, and not subject to return.

Lot 139

Law. [?Douglas (D)], The Biographical History of Sir William Blackstone, Late one of the Justices of Both Benches [...] and a Catalogue of all Sir William Blackstone's Works [...], By a Gentleman of Lincoln's-Inn, first edition, London: Printed for the Author; and Sold by J. Bew, 1782, original publisher's boards, worn, uncut, 8vo, [&] The Polite Preceptor [...], London: Printed for Stanley Crowder, 1776, contemporary sheep, split and rubbed, 12mo, (2)

Lot 891

Theosophy, Mysticism and Spirituality. The Nature of Mysticism, second edition, Adgar, Madras: Theosophical Publishing House, 1934, cloth, 8vo, further TPH imprints, including Besant (Annie), Puddles of Reconstruction, first edition, 1919, creased, original cloth, 8vo, Leadbeater on Dreams, fourth edition, n.d. [c. 1920], cloth, 8vo, Aphorisms of Yoga, first edition thus, London: Faber & Faber, 1938, original dustjacket over cloth, 8vo, Rudolf Steiner titles, Hermes volume IX, 1983, a defective copy of Ali Nomad's Cosmic Consciousness, 8vo, Huc's Recollections of a Journey Through Tartary, Tibet, and China, During the Years 1844, 1845, 1846, London: Longman, Brown, Green, et al., 1852, half-ttile, split, foxed, original cloth, worn, 12mo, "Fiona MacLeod", volume IV, 1910, 8vo, further works on Buddhism, early 20th c and later copies of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, mixed imprints, bindings and sizes, Dickens, natural history, etc, (4 shelves)

Lot 127

Ireland, Female Education; Possible Royal Presentation Copy. Simple Direction in Needle-Work and Cutting Out; Intended for the use of the National Female Schools of Ireland. To which are added, Specimens of Works Executed by the Pupils of The National Model Female School [i.e. the Quaker-established Kildare Academy/Kildare Place Society], ? a royal presentation copy for Queen Victoria, Dublin: Published by Direction of the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland, et al., 1846, [5], 6-84pp, 85-106ff (Specimens), first part (i.e. text) signatures collating: ¶², B-L⁴, the paginated and unpaginated interleaved green printed specimen leaves 'illustrated' with 60 cotton, linen, wool, lace, further needlework, and printed textiles, comprising samplers, frocks and dresses, hosiery, patchwork, etc., all of which are prefaced by an extra-illustrated silkwork leaf embroidered with the message: The Queen Reigns In the Hearts of Her People Aug. 1849, the cresting and apron embroidered in gilt threads with a royal crown and the Irish harp or clarsach, within a meandering green shamrock border, finely bound in contemporary purple morocco over boards, somewhat bowed, the upper-cover blocked in gilt and centred by the VR cypher within an unlettered garter and crested by St Edwards Crown, each cover outlined with a blind double-fillet border, the white paper printed leaves with all edges gilt, gilt-rolled anthemion dentelles, marbled endpapers, 4to  There are several tantalising indications that this finely bound copy of a usually more restrained volume, two of which have been sold in these rooms before (a c. 1836 edition, July 2022, & the 1853 edition, January 2023), might have been a copy presented to Queen Victoria during her 1849 visit to Ireland. As well as the dated needlework samplers corresponding to the imprint date, i.e. 1849, the extra-illustrated sampler, with its eulogy addressed to the sovereign, is not called for and its uniqueness hints at presentation. The fine binding, again uncommon on such a practical book, strongly indicates a presentation copy. The University of Toronto's database British Armorial Bindings show only one further example of this supralibros, Victoria Stamp 9, on an 1851 Dublin imprint now in the Penes Philip Maddock library.  Provenance: the collection of Sally Tuffin (b. 1938), "Youthquake" fashion designer of the eponymous Foale and Tuffin.

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