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Lot 406
A GEORGE II SILVER SALVER, JOHN HUGH LE SAGE, LONDON, 1746 shaped circular, the applied rim cast and pierced with fruiting vine and bearded bacchanal masks and shells at intervals, on three vine panel feet, the centre later engraved (probably in the mid 19th century) with a coat-of-arms, crest, motto and rococo cartouche within a larger 18th century Rococo engraved cartouche, scratch weight oz34=11 33.5cm diameter, 1012gr (32oz 10dwt) The arms are probably those of Wyndham impaling Peto for Penruddocke Wyndham who was born about 1829 at Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire. He married on 22 September 1852, Mary (1832?-1876), daughter of Sir Samuel Moreton Peto, 1st Bt. (1809-1889) and his first wife, Mary (d. 1842), daughter of Thomas de la Garde Grissell. Mr. and Mrs. Wyndham had four children: two daughters and two boys. He outlived his wife by nearly 35 years, dying at Fulham on 29 July 1910.
Lot 221
AN APPLIQUE FELT MIHRAB HANGING, BANYA LUKA, OTTOMAN BALKANS, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY of rectangular form, the design comprising a polychrome central floral arch containing a stylised tree of life, surrounded by a scrolling floral border fringed with scale pattern, laid onto cloth backing 169 x 104cm
Lot 236
A COTTON WARP IKAT, SAVU OR ROTI ISLAND, INDONESIA, FIRST HALF 20TH CENTURY of rectangular form, composed of two pieces stitched together and then sewn again into a 'tube', decorated with stylised foliate horizontal bands on blue-black ground 165 x 59cm (half width, laid flat) Provenance: Private Collection, London For a note on Roti ikats, see Jack Lenor Larsen, 'The Dyer's Art: Ikat, Batik, Plangi', New York, 1976.
Lot 229
A CHINTZ PANEL, MASULIPATAM, SOUTH INDIA, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY cotton, printed and resist dyed with areas of hand drawing, of rectangular form, depicting a central flowering 'tree of life' on cream ground decorated with botehs, under a cusped arch with flowering plants in the spandrels, surrounded by a scrolling floral border, mounted on stretcher 101 x 72cm
Lot 225
A BATIK HIP-CLOTH (KAIN PANJANG), CENTRAL JAVA, FIRST HALF 20TH CENTURY dyed cotton, of rectangular form, the design comprising diagonal bands of foliate and semi-abstract motifs and, at one end, a border of double 'tumbal' (triangle) and lozenge motifs amidst dense foliage, mounted on stretcher 201 x 105cm Provenance: Joss Graham, London, circa 1980. For related cloths in the Victoria and Albert Museum, see Inv. Nos. 626-1891 & 145-1984. They were wrapped around the lower body, and there are two zones of design, so that the same garment could be worn on different occasions.
Lot 279
A PANEL OF FOUR 'DOME OF THE ROCK' TILES, OTTOMAN PALESTINE OR SYRIA, 16TH CENTURY glazed fritware, with underglaze painted blue palmette design on white ground, framed 38cm square (together) Provenance: Property of a European Private Collector (Lots 242-282, for further details see lot 242); Arthur Millner Ltd., 20 February 2001 (a copy of the invoice is sold with this lot) This design was first seen on the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, which was tiled on the instructions of the Ottoman Sultan around 1545, but soon after this, similar tiles appeared on several buildings in Aleppo, most notably Bait Jumblatt, the Umayyad Mosque and the Khosrowiyya Mosque, as well as numerous private houses. There are also near-identical tiles in the Ramanazoglu Mosque, Adana (Turkey). See Damascus Tiles, fig. 4.74, p. 182; 4.85, p.189; fig. 4.105, p.205
Lot 785
ELLA MARY BANKS, NÉE COATES (1884-1937) - ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL FROM THE RIVER THAMES; HARBOUR SCENE; KITCHEN INTERIOR, THE SECOND INSCRIBED VERSO WITH TITLE AND PRICE 5 GNS, THE LAST SIGNED WITH MONOGRAM AND DATED '07, OIL ON PANEL, BOARD AND CANVAS RESPECTIVELY, THE FIRST 35 X 26.5CM, A DESIGN FOR A POSTER OF WHITBY ABBEY, PASTEL AND A GHOSTLY FIGURE OR HERMIT IN A HOLLOW TREE, PASTEL ON COLOURED PAPER, UNFRAMED, THE WORK ON CANVAS UNSTRETCHED (5) All with much dirt and handling marks. The second pastel with small tears and loss
Lot 319
AN ENGLISH SWAG CUT GLASS CONDIMENT OR SWEETMEAT VASE OF UNUSUAL SMALL SIZE, C1820, ENGRAVED WITH INITIALS, ON SQAURE FOOT, 11CM H, A PAIR OF MONTEITH GLASSES, C1800, WITH NOTCHED RIM AND RIBS, ON RUDIMENTARY STEM AND MOULDED SQUARE 'LEMON SQUEEZER' FOOT, A SET OF FOUR RUMMERS, TWO GOBLETS AND A DECANTER (10) First item and Monteith glasses with typical nicks around foot, but no substantial damage. The other items in the lot in good condition
Lot 806
HENRY MORLEY PARK (1850-1895) LEA BRINK FOWNHOPE HEREFORDSHIRE IN AUTUMN, WITH LENGTHY PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION, POSSIBLY IN THE ARTIST'S HAND AS A "FIRST LADY'S PRIZE AT A WHIST DRIVE AT FOWNHOPE SCHOOL" VERSO, DATED JANUARY 21ST 1915, OIL ON ARTIST'S BOARD, 15.5 X 22CM Good original condition beneath glass in early 20th c gilt frame
Lot 198
AN EDWARDIAN SILVER CHILD'S SPOON AND FORK, OLD ENGLISH, THREAD AND SHELL PATTERN, DOUBLY STUCK, BY MARTIN, HALL & CO, SHEFFIELD 1904, CASED AND ANOTHER PAIR, SHEFFIELD 1873, CASED, 4 OZ 7 DWT (4) All in good condition. First pair not initialled, second pair initialled. Cases also in good condition
Lot 548
VINTAGE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. A SET OF BRITISH THOMPSON - HOUSTON CO LIMITED MAZDA DISNEY LIGHTS, C1960, BOXED Apparently as new, box also in very good condition. Important notice: this lot is sold as a vintage item and must not be used for the original purpose unless first checked for electrical safety by a qualified electrician
Lot 393
A MEISSEN BLUE AND WHITE ONION PATTERN PART DINNER SERVICE, 19TH AND 20TH C AND A MATCHING VASE, 14CM H, CROSSED SWORDS (22), A FURTHER GROUP OF MATCHING MEISSEN WARES, CANCELLED CROSSED SWORDS (25) AND SEVERAL MEISSEN STYLE WARES First quality articles - vase and handle of one cup restored, one soup plate cracked, another restored. Most of the second quality items in good condition
Lot 3062
Lewis (Clive Staples) A.L.S., A single page autograph testimonial for Mr Dawson who 'has been my pupil for the final Honour School of English Language and Literature ... the qualities that make a good teacher - an attractive personality, a clean and ready tongue and good humour ... On the linguistic side, especially, he was outstanding ... (C.L. Wrenn ... a notoriously severe judge) pronounced him first class. His mind is still growing and he has good health and great industry ..., C.S. Lewis, May 1936, on headed paper (Magdalen College, Oxford); T.L.S., Typed Letter Signed, from C.S. Lewis to Dawson, 'I don't think that I can write a new testimonial with no new data ..... You have my authority to omit the words ... If you knew what I think the qualities of a successful bureaucrat are, you would perhaps not wish me to say that you possessed them! ...., C.S. Lewis, 10th January 1946; T.L.S., Single page T.L.S, the updated testimonial for Mr Dawson with changed tenses and some lines omitted from the first testimonial, signed C.S. Lewis, May 1946 (3) [Lister Dawson, born in Silsden, read English at Oxford from 1932 to 1935). The C.L. Wrenn mentioned was one of Lewis's fellow 'Inklings'. The later request for a reference arose following Lister's return from service in World War II. After taking up a job at a teacher training college he went on to become a School Inspector in Northern Ireland. ]
![[Bronte (Anne)] Bell (Acton), The Tennant of Wildfell Hall, T.C. Newby, 1848, first edition, second issue with 'second editio](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/5965b0c8-046f-4845-ad8e-ac4400bf696f/7aa6d33e-366a-4a24-addb-ac6b008fdf8f/468x382.jpg)
Lot 3066
[Bronte (Anne)] Bell (Acton), The Tennant of Wildfell Hall, T.C. Newby, 1848, first edition, second issue with 'second edition' title page, three volumes, a little foxing to initial and final leaves, occasional spotting in places, some corner creases, half titles not called for, top edges gilt, half calf gilt (spines faded with a little wear to extremities) [Smith page 91] vi, 358; [2], 366; [2], 342 pages.
![Austen (Jane) Mansfield Park, A Novel, Groombridge, no date [1875, Gilson E43], litho title and seven plates after A. F. Lydo](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/5965b0c8-046f-4845-ad8e-ac4400bf696f/388e41b4-9ceb-446f-8249-ac6b008fe28c/468x382.jpg)
![[Scott (Sir Walter)] Ivanhoe; A Romance, Archibald Constable, 1820, first edition, issue not stated, three volumes, lacking h](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/5965b0c8-046f-4845-ad8e-ac4400bf696f/e35a4fc8-502f-4ddd-9920-ac6b008fe3a1/468x382.jpg)
Lot 3073
[Scott (Sir Walter)] Ivanhoe; A Romance, Archibald Constable, 1820, first edition, issue not stated, three volumes, lacking half titles, contemporary half calf (worn); Edgeworth (Maria), Harry and Lucy Concluded: Being the Last Part of Early Lessons, R Hunter et al, 1825, first edition, issue not stated, four volumes, contemporary half calf; with three others (10)
Lot 3081
Dostoevsky (Fyodor) White Nights and Other Stories by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Heinemann, 1918, translated by Constance Garnett, first edition thus, original cloth (gilt faded); idem, The Idiot, Heinemann, 1915, translated by Constance Garnett, new impression, original cloth (gilt faded, mouldy cloth); Dostoevsky (F.M.), Stavrogin's Confession and The Plan of the Life of a Great Sinner, Hogarth Press, 1922, first thus, original cloth-backed boards (3)
Lot 3091
Field (Michael) Julia Domna, Hacon & Ricketts, 1903, limited edition of 240 copies, some foxing, original quarter style decorative boards; Boccaccio (Giovanni), The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio, translated by J.M. Rigg, Henry Bumpus, 1906, two volumes, plates, top edge gilt, original cloth [with] Additional Plates, eight plates and corrected text leaf in original cloth-backed board folder; Pennell (E.R. & J.), The Life of James McNeill Whistler, Heinemann, 1908, [with] Illustrated Catalogue of the Whistler Memorial Exhibition 1905, edition de luxe, three volumes, original cloth-backed boards; Lucien, translated by C. Jacobitz, Athenian Society, 1895, numbered limited edition of 250 copies, original quarter 'parchment'; Heliodorus, (The Aethiopica), Athenian Society, 1897, numbered limited edition of 250 copies on paper, original quarter 'parchment'; Lawrence (T.E.), Seven Pillars of Wisdom, a triumph, Cape, 1935, first trade edition (first impression), original cloth (10)
Lot 3093
Shakespeare (William) The Plays of William Shakspeare ... with the Corrections of Various Commentators and Illustrations ... to which are added Notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens, J. Johnson et al, 1803, fifth edition [First Variorum, Courtney et al, p. 109] , twenty-one volumes, portrait frontis, four plates (one folding), four folding tables, contemporary sprinkled calf gilt (rubbed)
![Tolstoi (Leon, Count) [Tolstoy (Leo)] War and Peace, A Historical Novel, translated into French by a Russian Lady, and from t](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/5965b0c8-046f-4845-ad8e-ac4400bf696f/ec5a7948-d5d4-4be5-b1d8-ac6b008ff10e/468x382.jpg)
Lot 3098
Tolstoi (Leon, Count) [Tolstoy (Leo)] War and Peace, A Historical Novel, translated into French by a Russian Lady, and from the French by Clara Bell, New York: Harper & Brothers, January 22, 1886 - July 9, 1886, a very early translation published in serial form in Harper's Franklin Square Library Numbers 508, 521 and 521a. 3-94, 3- 80, 3-98 pages (closed tears to fore-edge of first leaves of part two, page 27 of same part torn with loss). Entered by William S. Gottsberger in O.L.C. in 1885. Bound with a Life of Saint Paul; with five other volumes containing editions of the Franklin Square Library, uniform half roan (bar one) (6)
Lot 3109
Binyon (Laurence) Dream Come True, Poems by Laurence Binyon, Eragny Press, 1905, limited edition of 175 copies on paper (150 copies for sale), designs by Binyon and Lucien Pissarro, original paper boards (joints split, backstrip torn); Jerome (Jerome K.), The Idle Thoughts of An Idle Fellow: A Book For An Idle Holiday, Field & Tuer et al, no date, first edition, issue not stated, original cloth (2)
Lot 3110
Kent (Alexander) Form Line of Battle!, Hutchinson, 1969, first edition, dust wrapper; idem, Enemy in Sight!, Hutchinson, 1970, first edition, dust wrapper; with twenty-three others by the author, all first editions except To Glory We Steer (3rd impression) and Sword of Honour (2nd impression), a clean collection, all in dust wrappers (25)
Lot 3111
Early Aviation Photographs An outstanding collection of forty-seven photographs, recording what is believed to be the first air race or aviation meeting on the continent of Africa, held at Heliopolis, Egypt between the 6th and 13th of February, 1910, images depict various aircraft, both on the ground and airborne, as well as scenes of spectators, each photograph approx 116mm x 170mm, each with blindstamp signature of O. Diradour, Cairo, one photograph of a group of men bears an ink royal cypher and possibly includes the Prince Ahmad Fuad (later King Fuad I) who headed the organising committee of the event. Recently housed in modern album [An interesting description of the event can be found at www.thefirstairraces.net/meetings]
Lot 3118
Lawrence (T.E.) Seven Pillars of Wisdom, Cape, 1935, first trade edition (first impression), dust wrapper (two copies); Smith (Clare Sydney), The Golden Reign, The Story of my Friendship with 'Lawrence of Arabia', Cassell, 1940, first edition, dust wrapper; with a quantity of others, both by and about T. E. Lawrence, including two further first trade edition Seven Pillars (without dust wrappers) and a 1935 US Seven Pillars (early impression with illustration issue point but without limitation statement, cloth) together with a small quantity of related ephemera (qty)
Lot 3120
Young (George) & Bird (John) A Geological Survey of the Yorkshire Coast ..., Whitby: George Clark et al, 1822, first edition, quarto, iv, 324 pages, frontis, hand-coloured double page map, hand-coloured double page section, seventeen hand-coloured plates (several with manuscript titles and specimen locations), quarter cloth binding (worn)
Lot 3121
Charlton (Lionel) The History of Whitby and of Whitby Abbey ..., York: T. Cadell et al, 1779, first edition, quarto, xviii, 379 pages, extra-illustrated, with folding plan, the three plates called for and at least four additional plates (three on mounted India paper), half calf gilt with unusual corners, [Boyne p.194]
![[Watkins (William)] The Poetical Remains with other Detached Pieces of the late F. Gibson, Esq. F.A.S., Collector of the Cust](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/5965b0c8-046f-4845-ad8e-ac4400bf696f/7f9d28cc-b4b9-475b-903d-ac6b00900945/468x382.jpg)
Lot 3129
[Watkins (William)] The Poetical Remains with other Detached Pieces of the late F. Gibson, Esq. F.A.S., Collector of the Customs at Whitby, Whitby: R. Rodgers, 1807, [2], xiv, 134 pages, original wraps (worn); Watkins (William), The Fall of Carthage. A Tragedy, First Presented at The Theatre, Whitby, Whitby: Thomas Webster, 1802, [2], 68, [4] pages, later paper wraps retaining original label; idem, The Remains of James Myers, of Whitby: with An Account of his Life, London and Whitby, 1830, small octavo, xliv, 260 pages, all edges gilt, calf gilt; idem, Life and Career of George Chambers, printed for the author, 1841, portrait frontis, engraved title, original cloth (binding broken); with two others (6)
Lot 3131
Scoresby (William) Memorials of the Sea. The Mary Russell, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1850, second edition, portrait frontis, viii, 153 pages plus advert leaf, original cloth; idem, Memorials of the Sea. My Father: Being Records of the Adventurous Life of the Late William Scoresby, Esq. of Whitby, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1851, first edition, possibly lacking portrait frontis, 232 pages, original cloth (2)
Lot 3132
Belcher (Henry) Illustrations of The Scenery on the Line of the Whitby and Pickering Railway, in the North Eastern Part of Yorkshire. From Drawings by G. Dodgson, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman, 1836, first edition, 115 pages, errata slip, engraved title, twelve engraved plates, presentation incription from the author, original cloth (re-backed) [Boyne p.196]; Rock & Co., Views of Whitby, no date, engraved vignettes (dated 1855, 1862, 1863, etc.), some hand-coloured, original cloth; idem, Views of Filey, W. Shires, no date, engraved vignettes (some dated 1872), original cloth; with four other view books (7)
Lot 3136
Jeffery (Reginald W.) Thornton-le-Dale, Being the History of the People of Thornton, Ellerburn-cum-Farmanby, Roxby, Dalby and Thornton Marishes from the earliest times to the present day, Wakefield: West Yorkshire Printing Co., 1931, first edition, folding map in rear pocket, original cloth; Eastmead (W., Rev.), Historia Rievallensis: Containing the History of Kirkby Moorside ..., Baldwib, Craddock ..., 1824, seven plates as called for, half calf; with a quantity of others on North Yorkshire
Lot 3144
Richardson (S.T.) The World's First Railway Jubilee, Darlington: Bailey, 1876, oblong folio, litho. illustrations, original cloth-backed printed wraps; [idem], The Friends in Council, Newcastle: Andrew Reid, [1874], first edition, oblong folio, 25 leaves, litho. illustrations, original cloth-backed printed wraps (2)
Lot 3185
Dickson (Violet) The Wild Flowers of Kuwait and Bahrain, George Allen & Unwin, 1955, signed presentation inscription from the author, dust wrapper; idem, Forty years in Kuwait, George Allen & Unwin, 1971, signed presentation inscription from the author, dust wrapper; Dickson (H.R.P.), Kuwait and Her Neighbours, George Allen & Unwin, 1956, first edition, signed by Violet Dickson (the author's wife who illustrated the book), dust wrapper; idem, The Arab of the Desert, A Glimpse into Badawin Life in Kuwait and Sau'di Arabia, George Allen & Unwin, 1967, signed by Violet, dust wrapper; Freeth (Zahra), Kuwait Was My Home, 1958, George Allen & Unwin, 1958, signed by Violet (mother of the author), dust wrapper; the collection is accompanied by a small archive of letters and postcards from Violet Dickson, together with press cuttings and a photograph (5)
Lot 3186
Firth (J.V.) The Middle East, A Geographical Notebook, George Harrap, 1963, first edition, Christmas card and 1 page A.L.S. from the author loosely inserted, original cloth-backed boards (wear to head and tail of spine); Dakin (Douglas), British Intelligence of Events in Greece, 1824-1827: A Documentary Collection, Athens 1959, Chistmas card with inscription from the author loosely inserted, original wraps; idem, The Greek Struggle in Macedonia, 1867-1913, Thessaloniki, 1993, ?publisher's stamp to acknowledgements and half title, original cloth (3)
Lot 3198
Anon. The Jolly Angler or Waterside Companion. Containing an Account of All the Best Places for Angling, the means used to obtain Permission, as well as an Account of the ..., Effingham Wilson, 1833, first edition, frontis, engraved title, illustrated with eighty wood engravings, ?original cloth-backed boards
Lot 3200
Brown (Nigel) British Gunmakers, Vol. I, London; Vol. II, Birmingham, Scotland & the Regions; Vol. III, Index, Appendices and additional ... Records, Quiller, 2004-09, three volumes, first editions, bookplate signed by the author, dust wrappers; Unsworth (L. Patrick), The Early Purdeys, Christie's, 1996, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, dust wrapper; Musson (Jeremy), Westley Richards & Co., In Pursuit of the Best Gun, 1812-2012, Westley Richards, 2012, first edition, dust wrapper, card fold-over (5)
Lot 3201
Whitehead (G. Kenneth) Half a Century of Scottish Deer Stalking, Swan Hill, 1996, first edition, dust wrapper; Humphrey's (John), Stanley Duncan, Wildfowler, BASC, 1983, first edition, presentation inscription signed by the author, dust wrapper; Prince William of Sweden, Wild African Animals I Have Known, John Lane, Viscount Allenby's copy, original cloth; with a quantity of others on shooting and natural history (qty)
Lot 3205
Strafford (H.) Coates's Herd Book: Containing the Pedigrees of Improved Short-Horned Cows, and their Produce from the Earliest Period as Given in the First Second and Third Volumes, Joseph Rogerson, 1847, engraved plates, torn and worn original boards; with a broken run of twenty others to volume 26 (1880), seven other volumes contain plates, worn boards, (periodical, not subject to return) (21)
Lot 3207
Bird Illustrations Copy Book of Birds, no date or text (presentation inscription dated 1868), folio, a collection of twenty lithographs by Hullmandel and Walton depicting various species of birds with titles, the first illustration has been hand-coloured to a high standard, original decorative cloth gilt (cloth damp-stained)
Lot 3208
Thorburn (A.) British Birds, Longmans, Green & Co., 1915-16, first edition, four quarto volumes, 79 (of 80) colour plates (lacks plate 52 of Goosander & Mergansers), top edges gilt, dust wrappers [with] British Birds Supplementary Part, Longmans, Green & Co., 1918, quarto, two colour plates, original printed card wraps (5)
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