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Click here to subscribe[Burma/Malaya] Jungle Green by Arthur Campbell 1953, Spearhead in Malaya by Morgan 1959, Branch Line to Burma 1958, The Green Torture Dennis Holman 1962, Noone of the Ulu 1958, Taming the Jungle by Pat Barr 1977, The Singapore Story by Attiwill 1959 (second impression) and Escape from Hell by Walter Wallace 1958, first editions in dust-wrappers and Red Jungle by John Cross (9)
Tales from Shakespeare by Charles & Mary Lamb Illustrated by Arthur Rackham published Dent & Dutton 1909 first edition with 12 coloured plates and black & white illustrations, in original gilt cloth, Nonsense Novels by Stephen Leacock illustrated by John Kettelwell 1921 first illustrated edition, Beatrix Potter Tale of Little Pig Robinson 1930 in dust-wrapper, Beautiful Flowers & How To Grow Them 1926 with 32 colour plates by Eleanor Brickdale, Fairfax Muckley, H. Ackerman etc in colour decorated cloth, Unaddressed Letters by Frank Swettenham 1898 illustrated cloth (5)
The Clematis As A Garden Flower: being Descriptions of the Hardy Species and Varieties of Clematis or Virgin’s Bower, with select & classified lists, directions for cultivation & suggestions as to the purposes for which they are adapted in modern gardening by Thomas Moore & George Jackman, 1872 first edition with 17 plates (including 2 folding hand-coloured plates) bound in gilt cloth, The Useful Garden Plants of Great Britain by C. Pierpoint Johnson Illustrated by John E. Sowerby (c.1865) with hand-coloured plates, bound in cloth with gilt illustrated spine (2)
A rare Belleek First Period serving dish and covercirca 1863-90of oval form, the shell moulded with pink scallop shells and coral picked out in pale blue, printed factory mark in black,24.2cm wide (restored)Condition report: Some good restoration to the four slightly raised stems of coral to the underside of the base. The shell finial to the cover has also been broken off at some stage, with some further good restoration to the finial alongside the blue coral supporting the shell to cover this repair.
A Belleek spill vase, First Period (circa 1863-90), the tall vase surrounded by a gecko or salamander, on a naturalistic circular base, black printed factory mark, 22cm high; together with a Belleek First Period seahorse with shell vase with the pink-tinted interior, black printed and impressed marks, 10cm high(2)Condition report: Salamander with small section of glaze loss and discolouration to the tip of its nose alongside three small hairline cracks to the underside of the base, probably manufacturing flaws.Seahorse shell with small shrinkage crack to one side of the stomach area and one further shrinkage crack to the underside of the base.
Two French bronze and marble figural mantel clocks, the first surmounted by a gilt bronze figure of William Shakespeare, seated beside the movement barrel and set on a shaped white marble base, the eight-day movement striking on a bell, 39cm wide x 28cm high, the second surmounted with a bronze figure of Jean de la Fontaine writing, seated beside a fox and a swan atop the movement barrel, set on a white marble base, the eight-day movement striking on a bell, 35cm wide x 29cm high. (2)Condition report: Shakespeare: Figure and barrel have some surface wear and scratches. Barrel finial loose. Dial poor, cracked, marked and retouched. Marble base fair with some hairlines and cosmetic marks. Movement winds and strikes but does not run.Fontaine: Figure and barrel appear fair to good with minor/typical rubbing in places consistent with age and use. Dial good. Base has nibbles to the edges and corners and a crack to one side. Movement winds, runs and strikes. Not tested for time keeping or longevity.
Three various brass framed portrait miniatures, 19th century and later, the first Continental school of a young lady, oil on canvas, 9.5cm; the second of a young gentleman in grey jacket, colour on ivory, 4cm; the third of a medieval gentleman, 3.5cm, oil on panel, each in a cast brass frame.
Two cast iron standing fireside figural tool caddies, the first modelled as a Beefeater holding a tower staff containing a 'sword' poker, the tongs and brush concealed behind, 93cm high, the second modelled as a guardsman, his helmet plume topping the poker, with tongs and brush concealed behind, 80cm high. (2)Condition report: Beefeater: surface patina and slight oxidation. Signs of age and use.Guardsman: general signs of age and use.
A pair of Belleek First Period spill vases in the form of fishlate 19th centurymodelled vertically posed with open mouths, standing on naturalistic bases, printed factory mark in black and relief-moulded diamond registration mark,19cm high (2)Condition report: Some good restoration to the mouth and head of one vase. This fish also has a dark hairline crack running across the top of fin, near where it meets the rest of the body.The second vase is without repair but has two hairline cracks to the top of the fins.
Two French hand-woven tapestries, 19th century, the first of Aubusson type, worked with a central flower medallion within scroll and flower spandrels against a beige ground and with a turquoise linen fringe border, 177cm square, the second worked with a scene of a walled town beside a river viewed through leafy trees and bushes, within a formal foliate border, 160cm x 142cm. (2)Condition report: Aubusson type: consistent fading throughout. Some minor staining in places. Small hole/tare bottom left. Some tares to bottom and top edges at fringe border joins. Fringe edges frayed. General signs of age and use throughout.Landscape: Consistent fading and loss of colour. General moderate ware and signs of age.
Books: Anthony Sampson, Anatomy of Britain Today; D C Watt, A History of The World In The 20th Century; Max Nicholson, The System, 3 vols, gilt tooled blue leather, first editions, published by Hodder & Stoughton, London 1967, in a blue slip case, gilt decanted to the lid "Presented to the Right Honourable Harold Wilson on the occasion of his visit to C. Tinling & Company Limited Prescot. Lancs, 29th March 1968".
Mitsubishi Lancer Equippe, Registration FY55 GLV, petrol, 1584cc, four door saloon, silver, first registered 28/09/2005, V5 present, no keys present, vehicle is currently unlocked but is temperamental. We are unable to obtain the current mileage of the vehicle as it is a digital dial and the battery remains flat and unchargeable. To be sold upon instructions from the executors of Phylliss Waddington (Dec'd)
A group of Wedgwood Foxwood Tales collector's plates and a Brambly Hedge calendar plate, comprising A Letter for Rue., Jam Making At Foxwood., Tobogganing., Time For Bed., Carols At Foxwood., Grandpa's Old Bicycle., Mrs Rabbit's Kitchen., Picnic at Foxwood., Mr Gruffey's Shop., The Foxwood Library., Foxwood Regatta., A Wonderful Dream., and a 2002 collector's plate. (14) Upon initial inspection all plates appear in a good overall condition, with no signs of major damage or repair. There is wear to the foot rims generally as you would expect through light use. They are first quality.
Lewis Carrol, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, centenary edition, illustrations after Gwynedd M. Hudson.Condition- The spine is faded and there is some slight disclouration to the inside cover and first couple of pages. The illistrations are loose. There is a paper label to the inside cover and no other inscriptions.
Seekers (1992) Television series, directed by Peter Barber-Fleming, Starring Brenda Fricker and Josette Simon, Budget and unit lists and a collection of photographs Provenance - The vendor states:I worked the Film Industry for thirty years under my maiden name Jeannie Stone starting as a Production Secretary through to Production Co-Ordinator, Unit Manager, Production Manager, Production Supervisor and Associate Producer. Among the films I worked on throughout this period were Polanski’s Macbeth and later Tess. The Three Sisters with National Theatre cast including Olivier, Joan Plowright and Alan Bates. Superman I and II with Christopher Reeve and Marlon Brando. Supergirl, The Fourth Protocol with Michael Caine and Pierce Brosnan, A Dry White Season again with Marlon Brando and David Fincher‘s first film Alien III. I also worked on television productions The Canterville Ghost with David Niven, the original The Woman in a Black, Seekers, a Lynda La Plante production and Post Production Supervisor on Scarlett a 4 two hour mini series for RHI.
Collection of four books, comprising: Gammer Grethel, or German Fairy Tales and Popular Stories from the Collection of MM. Grimm and Other Sources, London: John Green, 1839, octavo, blue cloth lettered in gilt; Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas, by Jules Verne, Author's Edition with Illustrations, London: Sampson Low, c.1891 or later, publisher's catalogue (verso of frontis.) lists other works including Purchase of the North Pole [first published by Sampson Low in 1891], octavo, publisher's gilt decorated cloth; Poems, by Christina G. Rossetti, New and Enlarged Edition, London: Macmillan, 1892, octavo, publisher's gilt blue cloth; The Keepsake for 1837, edited by The Lady Emmeline Stuart Wortley, London: Longman et al., octavo, cloth binding crudely reinforced with tape, sold as found with all faults (4)
Collection of old tins , the matching pair are for C W S biscuits , 5 cm high , 17 cm x 11.5 cm diameter , a fuller's peppermint lumps , 2 first prize medal flies tins by Foster Bros , Ashbourne , a Songster needles tin , a Thorn's toffee tin and 2 Player's whiskey tobacco tins . (9)Condition , some wear
Baron, Carl (Ed.). A Memoir of D. H. Lawrence, 'The Betrayal', by G. H. Neville, [c.1981]. Typed/printed draft, unbound, with marginal notes and annotation, the editor's sections in Xerox (the more extensive annotation is printed), title page inscribed 'For Mr. Neville', main body of text inscribed in pencil, 'spare copy of Neville's memoir', together with another printed proof/draft of the same work with manuscript title and list of sections 'to come', housed in worn brown paper wrappers, inscribed, 'From C E Baron, St Catharine's Coll. Cambridge UK'. The synopsis of the final published work describes George Henry Neville as 'D. H. Lawrence's closest childhood friend', making his memoir an important first-hand account; it was first published by Cambridge University Press in 1981
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