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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 88
NO RESERVE Ford (Ford Madox) A Mirror to France, colour frontispiece, some light foxing (including to title), endpapers browned, original cloth, extremities discoloured, dust-jacket, tears at upper edge panel folds, two other small tears to panels, spine ends chipped, some surface soiling, 1926; It was the Nightingale, original cloth, dust-jacket, very slightly chipped at upper edge, 1934, first editions, 8vo (2)
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 239
Sackville-West (Vita) Heritage, slight shelf-lean, light sunning to spine, spine ends and corners a little bumped, 1919; The Dragon in Shallow Waters, bookplate to pastedown, light sunning to spine, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light spotting to covers, 1921; Grey Wethers, light spotting, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light rubbing to extremities, 1923; Grand Canyon, fading to spine tips, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, extremities a little rubbed, 1942; The Easter Party, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, spine ends and corners with minor chipping, 1953, first or first English editions, light browning to endpapers, original cloth or boards, [Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A4a, A5a, A10a, A39b & A50a]; and 4 others, novels by the same, 8vo (9)
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 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).
![Sackville-West (Vita) Collected Poems. Volume one [all published], number 74 of 150 copies signed by the author, very light b](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/2b8c8e8e-fc46-4bcd-9cb6-ade500fc0639/a3631342-6cbe-40e0-8e9d-ade5011b72db/468x382.jpg)
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 315
Wodehouse (P.G.) Very Good, Jeeves!, small marginal tear upper fore-edge at p.67, very occasional marginal spotting, including to title, endpapers browned, spine lightly sunned, 1930; Spring Fever, spotting to half-title and endpapers, 1948; The Mating Season, spine sunned, 1949, first editions, original cloth; and 3 others by the same, first editions, 8vo (6)
Lot 312
NO RESERVE Whitsed (Juliet de Key) Come to the Cook-house Door!, signed by the author front endpaper, ink ownership inscription front endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine sunned, head a little rubbed, 1932 § Dent (Olive) A V.A.D in France, illustrations by R.M. Savage and others, contemporary ink ownership inscription to contents, very occasional spotting, original pictorial cloth, spine slightly ribbed, 1917, first editions, 8vo (2) ⁂ These two autobiographical accounts bear testimony to the service given by many women who served during the First World War as 'V.A.D.s' - the Voluntary Aid Detachment, nursing at auxiliary hospitals, transporting the sick and wounded, running canteens etc. Whitsed was based in Salonika (present-day Thessaloniki, Greece) from 1917. Dent, a school teacher, was a nurse on the Western Front from 1915; her memoir was used by the BBC research teams for the WWI hospital drama, The Crimson Field (2014).
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 112
NO RESERVE Hammett (Dashiell) The Maltese Falcon, early issue dust-jacket, 1930 § Chandler (Raymond) Playback, 1958; The Lady in the Lake, early reprint, 1948, first two first editions, occasional light browning or spotting, original cloth, dust-jackets, lightly chipped and rubbed; and c.100 others, thriller and detective fiction, 8vo (c.105)
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."
![[Rivett (Edith Caroline)] "E.C.R. Lorac". Death Came Softly, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket with small repairs to](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/2b8c8e8e-fc46-4bcd-9cb6-ade500fc0639/7d491ffc-7bf4-44e5-bee2-ade5011bbd51/468x382.jpg)
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 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 39
NO RESERVE Byatt (A.S.) Passions of the Mind, signed by the author on title, dust-jacket with some very light surface soiling, 1991 § Coetzee (J.M.) Summertime. Scenes from a Provincial Life, 2009 § Rushdie (Salman) The Moor's Last Sigh, 1995, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, overall near-fine; and 13 others Booker Prize authors, 8vo (16)
Lot 245
Sackville-West (Vita) Knole and the Sackvilles, browning to endpapers, bookplate of Lady Sackville to pastedown, spine ends and corners bumped and a little frayed, rubbing and light surface soiling to spine and covers, 1922; Aphra Behn, dust-jacket, spine browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, 1927; Pepita, browning to endpapers, dust-jacket, light browning to spine and panels, spine ends and corners a little chipped, chipping to head of lower panel, closed tear to head of upper panel, [Woolmer 419], Hogarth Press, 1937; Daughter of France, dust-jacket, price-clipped, light sunning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped and creased, 1959, first editions, original cloth or boards, [Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A8a, A15a, A32a & A57a]; and 11 others, biographies by the same, 8vo (14)
Lot 275
Sackville-West (Vita).- Nicolson (Nigel) Portrait of a Marriage, signed by the author on title, jacket with rubbing and creasing to head and foot, 1973 § Nicolson (Harold) Diaries and Letters, 3 vol., New York, 1966-68 § Jullian (Philippe) and John Phillips. Violet Treyfusis. Life and Letters, ink ownership inscription of Ursula Codrington (Sackville-West's secretary) to endpaper, A.C.s. from Vita Sackville-West to Codrington in autograph envelope loosely inserted, 1976 § DeSalvo (Louise) and Mitchell A. Leaska, editor. The Letters of Vita Sackville-West to Virginia Woolf, New York, 1985 § Lee-Milne (James) Harold Nicolson a Biography, 2 vol., 1980-81, first or first American editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and c.35 others, Vita Sackville-West, Harold Nicolson and their circle, v.s. (c.40)
Lot 302
Verne (Jules) Vingt Mille Lieues sous les Mers; L'Ile Mysterieuse, both with wood-engraved illustrations, first with hinges weak, second with some light water-staining at beginning and end, both in superb original pictorial cloth, gilt, g.e., Paris, Collection Hetzel, n.d.; and 8 others by the same, some in pictorial cloth, others in original morocco-backed cloth, all in the Voyages Extraordinaires series, large 8vo (10)
Lot 161
Maugham (William Somerset) The Making of a Saint, title in red and black, light browning and ink ownership inscription to endpapers, 1898; The Merry-go-round, spine ends and corners bumped and frayed, 1904; The Magician, ink ownership inscription, spine ends and corners a little bumped, extremities rubbed, 1908; The Narrow Corner, light spotting, dust-jacket, chipping and creasing to head and foot, 1932; Theatre, bookplate of Anthony Eden, to pastedown, 1937, first or first English editions, original cloth, [Stott A2b, A7a, A11a, A44a, A52b]'; and 5 others, novels by the same, 8vo (10)
![[Turner (John Victor)] "David Hume". Bullets Bite Deep, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket slightly chipped at spine](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/2b8c8e8e-fc46-4bcd-9cb6-ade500fc0639/a77188b5-eb18-4433-be7c-ade5011b11f8/468x382.jpg)
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 52
KIESELSTEIN-CORD: TOURMALINE BANGLE, 1988The ridged cuff inset with three square-cut green tourmalines between rows of channel-set pink tourmaline baguettes, signed Kieselstein-Cord, dated 1988, inner diameter 5.65cmFootnotes:Born in Manhattan and educated at Parsons School of Design, Barry Kieselstein-Cord worked as an art director in advertising before pursuing a career as an artist-jeweller. His work was first introduced by Georg Jensen in New York in 1973. Today, his work is sold across a number of boutique locations in America, Europe, Moscow and the Far East. His jewellery is characterised by tactile matt-gold sculptural forms inspired by antiquity and the natural world. His 'Women of the World' cuff bracelet is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (accession number 1995.380.2).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 118
SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND RING, CIRCA 1920The cushion-shaped sapphire, weighing 3.52 carats, between old demi-lune-shaped diamonds and single-cut diamond shoulders, demi-lune shaped diamonds approximately 1.60 carats total, ring size N½Footnotes:Accompanied by a report from AGL stating that the sapphire is of Classic™ Kashmir origin, with no evidence of heat treatment. Report number 1118392, dated 22nd October 2021.Accompanied by an Appendix letter from AGL stating that the sapphire has received the highest origin determination issued by AGL of Classic™ Kashmir. Reference number 1118392, dated 22nd October 2021.AGL Classic™ Kashmir is the highest origin determination issued by AGL. To receive an AGL Classic™ Kashmir designation, the sapphire must be of superior quality and possess several geological characteristics allowing for a very high level of confidence in the country-of-origin determination. It is the most prestigious rating that AGL bestow upon a sapphire.Accompanied by a report from Gübelin stating that the sapphire is of Kashmir origin, with no indications of heating. Report number 21100356, dated 11th November 2021.Accompanied by a report from SSEF stating that the sapphire is of Kashmir origin, with no indications of heating. Report number 100503, dated 6th June 2018.'In India my eyes have been dazzled by such jewels as never have been seen by the Western world.'Sapphires hailing from Kashmir display a vivid velvety blue hue that is unique to the region. They are among the most highly-prized gems due to their rarity and their scarcity; while there are still superfine sapphires to be found in Burma and Sri Lanka, no mining activity has taken place in Kashmir for many decades and the mine that yielded the finest specimens was largely exhausted by 1887, after only six years of production. Kashmir sapphires were first discovered in the late 1870s/early1880s high up in the snow-clad Great Himalayas of north-western India where a landslide revealed hitherto unknown deposits in a rock valley 4500m above sea level. By 1882 the Maharaja of Kashmir had taken control of the mine that could only be worked from July-September each year due to the high altitude and near perpetual heavy snowfall. Because of its remote location mining techniques were always primitive. This first mine, known as the Old Mine, was really just a series of shallow pits sunk into the rock. Apparently, the first specimens were so huge and abundant, they were studded in places as thick as 'plums in a pudding' and could be plucked from the rock. By 1887 the Old Mine was nearly exhausted and a New Mine, on the valley floor 250m below, gave up some fine sapphires but they were generally of lesser quality, size and quantity. The area was worked sporadically until the late 1920s/early 1930s but the glory years of the 1880s were never repeated. Legend tells that the finest stones from this 30-40 year period were all acquired by the Maharaja and jealously guarded in the chambers of the Kashmir State Treasury. British geologist, Charles Stewart Middlemiss, Superintendent of the Mineral Survey of Jammu and Kashmir State from 1917 until 1930, recorded seeing some of this fabled hoard, describing the sacks of rough and cut gems as a 'king's ransom', with some sapphires the size of polo balls.Today, Kashmir sapphires set the standard against which all other sapphires are measured and are avidly sought by collectors who are prepared to pay princely sums for top-quality specimens from this extraordinary period in the history of gemmology.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 2248
Early 20th century silver mounted child's rattle, the shaped scrolling silver body with suspension bells, floral embossed whistle and mother of pearl handle, hallmarked Crisford & Norris Ltd, Birmingham, date letter indistinct, L11.5cm, together with two silver stamp holders modelled as envelopes, the first example hallmarked Albert Ernest Jenkins, Chester 1911, the second stamped Sterling Silver, approximate gross weight 1.38 ozt (43 grams)
Lot 2240
Modern silver dish of circular faceted form, hallmarked C J Vander Ltd, London 1959, D11cm, together with two modern silver spoons, the first example with pronounced rat tail bowl, hallmarked R A S Cowper, Edinburgh 2003, the second hallmarked A Haviland-Nye, London 2000, approximate total weight 5.46 ozt (170 grams)
Lot 2434
English Provincial School, 1612, Portrait of Mrs Smyth and her young son, Inscribed and dated 1612, Oil on panel, 66 x 53 cm.The portrait almost certainly depicts the wife and son of John Smyth (1567-1641), historian and author of The Berkeley Manuscript.The work was published under the title The Berkeley Manuscripts: The Lives Of The Berkeleys, Lords Of The Honour, Castle And Manor Of Berkeley, In The County Of Gloucester, From 1066 To 1618, With A Description Of The Hundred Of Berkeley And Of Its Inhabitants.Smyth wrote the manuscripts for the Berkeley family who retain their seat at Berkeley Castle to this day, in an unbroken line of more than 850 years.The Manuscript details the lives of people that Smyth himself would have known and is credited with providing an extraordinary insight to the lives and times of the 1500s and 1600s.Smyth also completed two other important works: The Lives of the Berkeleys and Men and Armour for Gloucestershire in 1608.The child in this portrait is John Smyth the Younger (1611-92), who followed his father as steward of the Gloucestershire lands of Lord Berkeley and continued his practice of writing and archiving papers. The inscription above the childs head in the portrait notes that he is pictured in his first year, which tallies with the 1612 date inscribed opposite.For the practical purpose of toilet training, from the mid 16th to late 19th century, it was the custom of well-to-do families to dress all young children in gowns like this until the age of six or seven when they were breeched or first put in trousers.Smyth the Youngers writing shed light on how families were reluctant to take sides in the Civil War.J.H. Cooke, referred to on the auction catalogue cutting pasted to the verso, was James Herbert Cooke, Land Steward to the Right Honourable Lord Fitzhardinge, the illegitimate grandson of the 5th Earl of Berkeley. Cooke was also the Local Secretary of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, founded in 1876, and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.In 1873 he published the book A Sketch of the History of Berkeley, and was author of other books too.He is credited with writing a number of articles for the society, including On the Great Berkeley Law-Suit of the 15th and 16th Centuries, A Chapter of Gloucestershie History (1878-79), and Wanswell Court, and its Occupants for Seven Centuries (1881). The articles appear in Volumes 3 and 6, respectively of the societys Transactions and both draw on the Smyth papers.Provenance: A label on the reverse suggests the picture belonged to a J. H. Cooke Esq, and was included in his collection sale held on March 24th 1886, lot no 120.Condition Report: General wear to the picture, consistent with age, with small surface scratches across much of the board. Chipping and cracks to back of the board and edges. Approximately 1cm deep indentation along all edges of the board, indicating previous framing. Long, thin vertical crack from top to bottom of the left-hand side of the board, with accompanying vertical section of canvas lining to reverse of the picture, indicating repair work.
Lot 156
A late 20th century stainless steel twin dial, calendar, wristwatch.Jaeger-Le Coultre, Reverso.The movement, (unseen), to two signed rectangular dials: the first, silvered and engraved with Arabic numerals and inside minute track with date apertures at 7, day/night aperture at 2 and subsidiary seconds at 4:30. This opposed by a second, black rectangular dial with Arabic quarters and outside minute track, power reserve at 1:30, 24 hour, day/night, subsidiary at 5 and GMT at 7. A, all contained in a polished rectangular case with reeded detail, to a signed winding crown, flanked by 2 push buttons and pivoting within a polished and matted case frame with tapering shoulders and signed "Jaeger-le Coultre, "Reverso", 240.8.18, 2225655, fitted with a stitched brown leather strap, signed IWC and a fitted JLC deployant clasp. Together with Guarantee and operating manuals in a white fitted case with card slip case.Width excluding crown 29mmQty: 1Condition report: Case- all over light age related wear from use.Dials- FineMovement- Free and running at present. Hands set and functions all appear to be working.Strap and clasp- Age related wear from use.Box and papers- All over age related wear.
Lot 4189
Star Wars: A collection of 11 Star Wars: The Force Awakens boxed figures to include: Kylo Ren, First Order Stormtrooper, Darth Vader, Finn (Jakku), TIE Fighter Pilot, Chewbacca, Captain Phasma, and First Order Flametrooper. Boxes appear generally good, slight wear. All appear to be unopened. (11 items)
Lot 4051
Star Wars: A collection of eleven Star Wars Black Series boxed figures to comprise: Obi-Wan Kenobi 32, Lando Calrissian 39, Rey (Jedi Training) 44 (two examples), Kylo Ren 45, Luke Skywalker 46, Maz Kanata 49, Elite Praetorian Guard 50, Finn (First Order Disguise) 51, Captain Poe Dameron 53, and Jaina Solo 56. Hasbro. (11)
Lot 4181
Star Wars: A collection of 15 assorted Star Wars: The Black Series boxed figures to comprise: Kylo Ren 03, First Order Flametrooper 16, Sergeant Jyn Erso 22, Captain Cassian Andor 23, K-2SO 24, Imperial Death Trooper 25, Director Krennic 27, Princess Leia Organa 30, AT-AT Pilot 31, AT-AT Driver 31, Han Solo 62, Range Trooper 64 (Two examples), Lando Calrissian 65, and Hovertank Pilot. All boxes appear unopened. (one box)
Lot 4050
Star Wars: A collection of eleven Star Wars Black Series boxed figures to comprise: Kylo Ren 03, First Order Stormtrooper 04, Captain Phasma 06, TIE Fighter Pilot 11, Jango Fett 15, First Order Flametrooper 16, Finn (FN-2187) 17, Han Solo 18, Sergeant Jyn Erso 22, Rey (Jedi Training) 44, and Sergeant Jun Erso B9607. Hasbro. (11)
Lot 4016
Funko: A collection of seventeen Funko Pop! Star Wars boxed figures to comprise: Rey 58, Kylo Ren 60, BB-8 61, First Order Flametrooper 68, Finn 76, Han Solo 79, Princess Leia 80, Finn 85, Han Solo (Snow Gear) 86, Luke Skywalker 90, Han Solo 91, Rey 104, Kylo Ren 105, General Leia 107, Padme Amidala 237. Boxes appear generally good. Some dinks and knocks. It is unknown whether the items have been out of box. (17)
Lot 4052
Star Wars: A collection of eleven Star Wars Black Series boxed figures to comprise: Rey (Jedi Training) 44, Kylo Ren 45, Elite Praetorian Guard 50, Clone Captain Rex 59, Han Solo 62, Lando Calrissian 65, Tobias Beckett 68, Han Solo (Bespin) 70, Hovertank Pilot, First Order Snowtrooper, and Clone Commander Gree. Hasbro. (11)
Lot 164
Approx. sixty military cap badges and other insignia, some copies: to include Queens Lancers, First Life Guards, XXIV Lancers and The Devonshire Regiment (Please Note: this lot is subject to the statement made in the Auctioneers Glossary of Certain Terms under 'Militaria & Associated Items' in the Terms & Conditions of Sale)
Lot 59
Approx. forty British military cap badges, some copies: to include XII Royal Lancers, First Life Guards, 3rd Dragoon Guards and 19th P.O.W Hussars (Please Note: this lot is subject to the statement made in the Auctioneers Glossary of Certain Terms under 'Militaria & Associated Items' in the Terms & Conditions of Sale)
Lot 563
A SEALED GLASS ONION WINE BOTTLEPROBABLY OXFORD, CIRCA 1700-1720Of dark-olive green tint, string rim15.5cm highBearing a seal stamped with "CC" (addorsed and interlinked), surmounted by an Earl's coronet, within a lined border. The initials relate to Cornbury and Clarendon and the bottle can be attributed to Henry Hyde, The first Lord Cornbury and second Earl of Clarendon (1638-1709). Similar seals have been found at Cornbury Park, north of Oxford, the home of the family. See page 245/246 in Roger Dumbrell's "Understanding wine bottles", Antiques Collectors Club, publ. 1983.See: "Antique Sealed Bottles 1640-1900 by David Burton and Christopher Mortimer, Volume 3, P.1086Condition Report: 2cm section of seal rim missing at 6 o'clock, string rim fine, scratches and abrasions to the bottle surface commensurate with ageCondition Report Disclaimer
Lot 635
A MAHOGANY BOOKCASE'PEPYSIAN' TYPE, SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY233cm high, 130cm wide, 45cm deepAn unusual feature of this bookcase is that the profile of the glazing bars of the upper section has also been used to bisect the panels of the lower section.The profile of the thick glazing bars also suggests dating the bookcase to the second quarter of the 18th century. The same profile of glazing bars is present to the windows of several Spitalfields houses of the period. In addition the use of mahogany is evident in the construction of the documented staircase at 4-6 Fournier Street, Spitalfields. Mahogany was also known to have been used at Houghton Hall and various churches at this early period.For further discussion and evidence of the early mahogany trade and use of the timber, See Adam Bowett, The English mahogany trade 1700-1793, thesis, 1996. This bookcase is similar in form to the 'Pepys Bookcase' first made by the Master Joiner Thomas Simpson (alias Sympson the Joiner) for the naval administrator and diarist Samuel Pepys to house his vast collection of books at his residence at Seething Lane, London. It is possible that Pepys himself had a hand in the design of the original bookcase. For a related example of bookcase, see Adam Bowet, Early Georgian Furniture 1715-1740, Antiques Collectors Club, 2009, page 133, plate 3:75. Condition Report: Marks, knocks, scratches and abrasions commensurate with age and use. Old splits and chips. Various losses to the putty securing the glazed panels. Locks and catches appear original. Key present and operates both locks. Escutcheons are period replacement. Some small filled holes are visible from previous escutcheons. Two escutcheons are lacking some of their securing pins but remain firmly in position. Hinges are old replacements. Small fillets of timber have been applied adjacent to them to fill the gap from the previously larger hinges. The screws securing the hinges have been 'overdriven' in places resulting in the tips of the screws poking out of the sides of the bookcase. Some small filled holes are also visible to the front of the doors adjacent to the hinges. Some old vertical splits and cracks to backboards. Evidence of old worm. Later securing blocks to backs or feet are detached, three are present. One rear foot with detached rear facet.Please refer to additional images for visual reference to condition. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 660
A GEORGE II YEW AND CHESTNUT 'GOTHIK' WINDSOR ARMCHAIRTHAMES VALLEY, MID 18TH CENTURY106.5cm high, 64cm wide, 55cm deep overallA remarkably similar chair is held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (Accession Number: 2016.234). Eighteenth century chairs with Gothic shaped backs and pierced splats are considered to represent the pinnacle of Windsor chair design, as fashionable items of furniture made in the first half of the 18th century and into the second half. Although now very rare, they were regularly made and listed in invoices by makers in St Paul's Churchyard from the second quarter of the 18th century. In 1734, for example, one invoice records 'Paid John Willis rect in Paul's Churchyard for 1 Windsor Settee with 4 seats, Two ditto with 3 seats each, and 8 single chairs at 6 ye seat £5.8.0. Pd' [Ref. George Bowes, London accounts 1733-34. Durham Record Office. D/Strathmore/V1390].Chairs of this type owe much to the Gothic revival in architecture and furniture which took place in the second quarter of the 18th century. This style was famously reflected in the home of Horace Walpole (1717 - 1797), who purchased a house at Strawberry Hill, London, and converted it into a cottage with Gothic tracery windows, which has become synonymous with this style of seating. Condition Report: There are some marks, scratches, chips, splits, abrasions consistent with age and use.This chair has typical running repairs including some peg/dowel fixings to the back rails joining the pierced splats. The back of the seat has a section of timber set into it. The arched crest rail has an opened joint to the tip and two cracks to the moulding at the most extreme point in the bend of the timber. The shaped end of one arm chipped, the shaped section of the arm end cracked and repaired. There are some cracks to the legs. Please refer to the additional images for a visual reference of condition. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 726
Y TWO LATE GEORGE III INLAID TEA CADDIES CIRCA 1810 The first in satinwood and with shell/leaf paterae11cm high, 11.75cm wide, 9cm deepThe second of oval form with Tunbridge ware style banding and ivory escutcheon11.5cm high, 14cm wide, 8cm deepCondition Report: Both with marks, knocks, scratches, abrasions consistent with age and useOld splits and cracks, some chips and losses, The canted rectangular caddy with internal lid but no stays to keep it up, this appears to have been re-lined, there are repairs to the hinges, there is no key but the caddy is openThe oval caddy with distressed lining, and no internal lid, there is no baize to the underside, some old splits and cracks Condition Report Disclaimer
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