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Lot 216
Portmeirion pottery John Cuffley designed commemorative tankard 'Here Men from the Planet Earth first set foot upon the moon July 1969 AD, Apollo 11 we came in peace for all mankind'. Printed mark to base with number 239.(B.P. 24% incl. VAT) CONDITION REPORT: Minor surface wear/blemishes. No obvious damage.
Lot 187
Group of four bone china figurines to include; Royal Doulton lady of the year 2009 'Helena', Compton & Woodhouse Royal Staffordshire 'First Dance', Royal Worcester 'Roses of Love' and Compton & Woodhouse Royal Staffordshire 'Summer'. Each with individual certificates. (4)(B.P. 24% incl. VAT) CONDITION REPORT: No obvious damage.
Lot 555
Please read the Important Information section before registering to bid for this lot.Fabergé nephrite, rock crystal, mother-of-pearl and vari-colour gold miniature model of a sedan chair, marked with the Kokoshnik and 56 to one foot and workmaster’s initials M.N for Mikhail Perchin, St. Petersburg, to another foot, scratched inventory number 5885 at base, circa 1899-1903, with import marks for George Stockwell, London, 1928 to one gold side panel below window. The rocaille vari-colour gold frame chased with scrolls to the interior, mounted with six rich green nephrite panels, the rock crystal windows engraved with simulated swagged and tasselled curtains, the hinged door with functioning handle revealing a mother-of-pearl seat to the interior, each side with two chased gold hinged brackets supporting a reeded gold and nephrite pole, in a velvet and satin-lined Fabergé wooden case 7.8 cm. high Provenance Acquired by Mr. K.W. Woollcombe-Boyce on 9 October 1929 from Wartski for £75 and thence by descent to the present owner. Recorded in two family inventories, the first inscribed: ‘Tortoiseshell, Ivory, Coral, Jade etc, 9.10.29: Jade, gold & crystal miniature sedan-chair with poles, maker Fabergé, from the Russian Imperial Collection at the Hermitage - Wartski, London £75’. The second inventory inscribed: ‘Objects in the Possession of Mr. K.W. Woollcombe-Boyce (and Daughter), made in the Workshop of Peter Carl Fabergé, in St. Petersburg, Moscow Or Odessa between 1841-1918’: ‘Item 1: A Sedan chair with moveable poles, made of Jadeite, mother-of-pearl (seat), crystal (windows) & gold, height 3’’ overall length 6’’. Stamped with gold mark on underside of bottom of one foot and under second foot, Wkmaster M. Perchin. Bought in 1929 from Wartski for £75. In original white-wood case from the Russian Imperial Collection at the Hermitage…’ Further Literature is available from the auctioneers on request Condition ReportThis is in good overall condition. There are remnants of old discoloured glue around the edge of the mother of pearl seat, where two pieces of mother of pearl join at the back of the seat. This may be original and has dried and discoloured over time. There are very small remnants of dried glue to the inner edge of the joining of the nephrite and gold at the opening of the door which are most likely original. One of the nephrite poles is loose and another has traces of glue around the join of the nephrite to the reeded gold pole although it does not appear to have been cracked. The nephrite and rock crystal panels are in good order. The wooden box has some surface scratching, some tearing to the silk lining at the hinge and some typical discolouration to the velvet where the chair sits. 3 tiny holes in goldwork at the top of carriage on the left hand side when facing. TIny scratches to the windows. Chip to the Nephrite, at the base, in one corner. It is highly recomended that you view in person to satisfy yourself of condition before bidding.
Lot 134
Two Asian porcelain bowls, the first decorated in the Imari palette, of fluted form, painted with mons and scrolling iron red and blue foliage, enriched in gilding, 28.5cm diameter (restored - chip to rim) and a bowl with iron red six-character mark, the interior painted with ladies before terracing, bamboo and flowering branches, the border with blue lappet-shaped panels painted with iron red flowerheads, reserved on iron red ground decorated gilt with flowers, 25cm diameter (2)
Lot 114
Two Chinese blue and white vases, blue four-character marks, the first of inverted baluster shape painted with continuous scrolling leaves and flowerheads, 22.5cm high, the second of bottle form painted with flowering prunus on a blue ground (2) Condition ReportThere is a crack on the rim of one. There are some chips to the base of the other. see attached images.
Lot 291
Rackham, Arthur(ill): The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Constable, 1909, first edition thus, with 40 tipped-in colour plates Plus numerous black and white illustrations. PP:xv, 325. Cont. half leather with gilt lettering to spine and top edges gilt. Covers rubbed; inscription to front blank endpaper; the odd small stain. G+
Lot 180
Four brass-cased pocket barometers, the first by the Army and Navy Co-operative Society Ltd., Westminster 4.7cm diameter x 1.7cm deep, the second with altimeter, 0-10000 feet, by Negretti & Zambra, London 3563, the back with an inscription and dated 1882, 5cm diameter x 1.7cm deep, in a leather case, the third with altimeter 0-5000 feet 5cm diameter x 1.7cm deep, and the fourth with altimeter 0-10000 feet, by T and H Doublet, 6 Moorgate Street, Bank, 5cm diameter x 2cm deep (4)
Lot 63
Machiavelli, Niccolo: FLORENTINE HISTORIE. Written in the Italian Tongue by Nicholo Machiavelli Citizen and Secretarie of and Translated Into English by T. B[edingfield]. London: Printed by T[homas] C[reede] for VV[illiam] P[onsonby], 1595, first edition in English, small folio, title within ornamental woodcut border. PP:xii, 222. Early C17 full leather with later spine, gilt lettered label and Bingham (by mistake, for Bedingfield) to spine; later endpapers. Title browned and edges frayed (repair to top edges); occasional light damp staining . Loosely inserted: the receipt of purchase from a Histon, Cambridge bookseller in 1945, for £5.15.0
Lot 115
ARISTOTLE: Aristotelis de poetica liber ex versione Theodori Goulstoni. Lectionis varietatem e codd. IV. Bibliothecae Mediceae, verborum indicem et observationes suas adjunxit T. Winstanley, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1780, Large Paper copy of the first Winstanley edition. PP (viii), xvi, (i), (i) blank, (xliv), (113)-314, (vi), with a folding Table and few diagrams. Text in Latin and Greek. Near cont. full red morocco gilt and marbled endpapers. Spine rubbed and darkened. BSD’s bookplate
Lot 271
SPURGEON (CHARLES HADDON): Scrap book in two sections, the first is all devoted to the Rev. Charles H Spurgeon and contains: 73 numbered pages which include: An engraving of him preaching, Signed by him , a small note: 'admit bearer' and also signed by him , plus one other Spurgeon signature pasted to bottom of page 7; also various engravings, illustrations and cuttings from newspapers and pamphlets including wrappers. Also two autograph letters signed by Charles Blackshaw (who worked at the Stockwell Orphanage where Spurgeon was the President), both dated 1870. The second section with 26 numbered pages of engravings and cuttings relating to Rev. John Love and others. The whole is pasted into an C18 copy of Homers Iliad in Greek!; Plus: Higgs, W Miller: The Spurgeon Family, being an account of the descent and family of Charles Haddon Spurgeon. Eliot Stock, 1906, 1st. Edn. 4to. Together with a loosely inserted engraving of C H Spurgeon, Inscribed: Your very truly, and Signed C. H. Spurgeon ; foxing and browning; Plus: Stevenson, G J: City Road Chapel, London. [1872], 1st. All plates & ill. present ; Plus two others: one by and one about Spurgeon (5)
Lot 181
Four pocket barometers, the first with a tiny compass set in the dial, 4.7cm diameter, the second with a silver case, London 1908, by 'J Hicks, Maker, London 8721', with altimeter, 0-10,000 feet, 5cm diameter overall, in a red leather case, the third with a dial inscribed 'R. Bailey, Bennett's Hill, Birmingham', 0-8000 feet. 5cm diameter, in a red leather case, the fourth, smaller, the dial inscribed 'J.H.Steward, 66 Strand, London' with 0-8000 feet altitude dial (4)
Lot 237
CURTIS, John: British Entomology: being illustrations and descriptions of the Genera of Insects found in Great Britain and Ireland, Complete set of 16 volumes bound in eight. London, printed for the author, 1824-1839, First editions. With all 770 hand coloured plates present, numbered 1-769 plus plate 205*, making 770. Subscribers’ list present in volumes: 1-9 and 11; plus index, etc. Matching half leather by 'Sizer', with gilt lettering and ruling to spines and all edges gilt. The bookplate of: H.L.G.Stroyan (Author and Entomologist), with his signature to front pastedown of each volume. Very occasional minor offsetting; otherwise and excellent set (8)
Lot 182
Three pocket barometer/altimeters , the first by 'Negretti & Zambra, London 25328' engraved to side 'A.J. Power RN' 0-10,000 feet, 5cm (2.5 in) diameter overall, in original double opening red leather case, compass missing , the second by the same maker, 0-8,000 feet altitude, 4.7cm diameter overall, in a red leather case A/F , the third with engine turned case, with 0-15,000 feet altitude scale, 4.7cm (1 5/8 inches) diameter overall, in a red leather case (3)
Lot 135
1- Lapide, Cornelius A: Commentarius In Quatuor Evangelia, 2 vols . In 1. Antwerp, H & C Verdussen, 1695. Folio, PP:620+index; 557+index. Full morocco with leather clasps and only one stud; new endpapers; TP and first few leaves frayed at edges & torn; 2- D. Justiniani, Sacratissimi Principis.. Amsterdam, Elzevir, 1669. PP: (xxiv), 643. full vellum; 3- Tamburini, T: Opera omnia, 3 parts in 1 vol. Venice, N. Pezzana, 1719. Folio. PP:(xii), 320; (viii), 520; (ii), 120, (x)index. Cont. full vellum. ½ title cut away; scattered worm damage ; 4- Valerius Maximus: Cum selectis observat.. Lugduni Batavorum, F Hackius, 1660. Engraved title page; 844pp. Cont. full vellum; 5- Minucius Felix, M: Octavius Cum Integris Omnium . Lugduni Batavorum, Hackiana, 1672. PP:Extra engv. Title, (xlvi), 352, 64, (xxx). Full vellum; 6- Howell, Dr.: Medulla Historiae Anglicanae. J Knapton, 1724. PP:(xiv), 562, (xviii), (i)b+ 21 plates, including frontis and folding table. Cont. panelled calf; hinges cracked (6)
Lot 236
MEYER, Henry Leonard: Coloured Illustrations of British Birds, and Their Eggs. In 7 Volumes. L, G. W. Nickisson, 1842-1857 (volume 6 not dated), first octavo edition. Illustrated with 322 Colour plates of birds, 105 colour plates of eggs Plus 7 black and white plates. Bound in near contemporary full morocco with raised bands, gilt decoration to covers and spines, gilt lettering to spines, gilt inner dentelles and all edges gilt. Occasional light foxing; each volume with the bookplate of: Marcus Steinman Kemmis to front pastedown; on the whole a Very good and Attractive set (7)
Lot 190
Three pocket barometers, the first in a brass case with a curved thermometer and a small star compass in the dial, 4.5cm diameter 2cm deep, the second an American aluminium barometer/altimeter, 0-3,000 feet, by Stieren, Pittsburg PA, 6.7cm diameter, 2cm deep, and the third an air ministry barometer aneroid pocket mark 1, by T Wheeler, London no. 215/38 ref no. 68/114, with altimeter, 0-12000 feet, each with a leather case (3)
Lot 129
QUAKERS: 1- Fox, George: Gospel-Truth Demonstrated.. T. Sowle,1706. PP:(Xiv), 1090, (vi). Cont. full calf; rubbed; front cover detached; Title-page torn without loss; page 559 torn and missing half of it; 2- Burrough, E: The memorable works of a son of thunder and consolation.. 1672. Folio; PP: Title (in facsimile), xlii, 896, (viii),Table. Cont. full leather & later spine; Lacking first leaf of preface, and all before b2 (an Epistle to the reader); pages brittle and many frayed or torn; browning and staining ; A/F; 3- Fox, G: A Journal... W. Richardson & S. Clark 1765, Folio, 679pp. Cont. full calf; little rubbed; Clean copy; 4- Barclay, R: An Apology for the True Christian Divinity.. Quakers . Dublin, M Fuller, 1737. PP:(xiv), 574, 9xvii), (iii)adv. ½ Title present; cont. full panelled calf; part of name on TP rubbed out, leaving small hole (4)
Lot 61
The Domesday-Book : seu liber censualis Willelmi primi regis Angliae... in two volumes. Probably London, 1783, First printing of the main text of Domesday Book, Published without title-pages and prelims (which were issued 30 years later). Folio, PP: Vol.1- A1:9G2; Vol.2- A1:5X2. Cont. full leather, rubbed and detached (2)
Lot 88
Shakespeare: the dramatick writings. 20 volumes. Printed complete from the text of Sam. Johnson and Geo. Stevens, and revised from the last editions. Bell's edition, printed for John Cawthorn, 1787-1811. The general title page of most volumes is dated 1804-05. With plates. The first two volumes contain the Prolegomena. All volumes with Plates. Cont. full treecalf, rebacked with new leather spines, two labels and new endpapers. A couple of volumes with just the general title page (20)
Lot 609
English School, c.1860 PORTRAIT OF THE EXPLORER JOHN HANNING SPEKE (1827-1864), STANDING THREE-QUARTER LENGTH, HOLDING A PAPER Oil on canvas 133 x 99.5cm Provenance: Pine-Coffin Collection, Petworth; Sotheby’s, 30 November 2000, lot 78 John Hanning Speke was an English explorer and officer in the British Indian Army who made three exploratory expeditions to Africa. He is most associated with the search for the source of the Nile and was the first European to reach Lake Victoria.
Lot 283
Dickens, Charles: A Tale of Two Cities. Chapman & Hall, 1859, first edition, early issue; p134 line 12 'affectionately'; p213 numbered correctly. PP:viii, 254, plus 16 plates (including frontis and extra engraved title). Bound without the list of plates and adverts. Cont. full calf; rubbed and with tears to sides of spine. Small tear to margin of one plate; one gathering little loose. Occasional light foxing, on the whole clean and with clean plates.
Lot 280
Science: 1- NIGHTINGALE, Florence: Notes on nursing: what it is, and what it is not. L, Harrison, nd, (1860), first edition, early issue. with '[The right of translation is reserved]' at the base of the title page, and illustrated end-papers bearing advertisements for Burkes' Peerage for 1860, The Foreign Office List for 1860 and Anthems for Parish Choirs. PP:(iv), 79, (i)blank, Plus the printed yellow endpapers. p. 20 margin: 'Why must children have measles, &c.'; p. 40 line 23 'arrow root'; p. 44 Line 22. 'chesnuts'. Original dark brown stipple grained, embossed limp cloth with gilt lettering to upper cover. Covers rubbed, corners and foot of spine chipped, with small loss ; 2- Smiles, S: Lives of the Engineers, 5 vols. 1874; Plus 4 others: Crocker: The Elements of Land Surveying. (1817), folding colour frontis Plan and 14 plates; Child: Water finding and the divining rod (so-called), 1902; The secret instrument: (the birth of the midwifery forceps). 1947, 1st. Dw; Comic Arithmetic. Bentley, 1844, 1st. With numerous comic illustrations; Plus Three others (11)
Lot 104
MANUSCRIPT: S H A H (Sydenham Henry Augustus Hervey), 1846-1946: A manuscript volume, 291 numbered pages: the first 18 pages are Sermons, and the rest his Journal/Diary mainly written while in Bury St. Edmunds (1871-1906). Also includes tipped-in appointments (with the Bishop’s seal)- of Rev. John Frederick Arthur Hervey, when ordained as priest, etc. Plus a tipped in 3pp autograph letter signed, from Charles Heathcote, Florys, Wimbledon Park, July 11th to the Lord Bishop of Bath & Wells (Arthur Charles Hervey) with reference to Heathcote’s brother being deprived by Alfred Lyttelton of his position as Amateur Champion of Tennis. Large 4to. cont. full leather
Lot 281
NIGHTINGALE, Florence: Notes on nursing: what it is, and what it is not. L, Harrison, nd, (1860), first edition, early issue. with '[The right of translation is reserved]' at the base of the title page, and illustrated end-papers bearing advertisements for Burkes' Peerage for 1860, The Foreign Office List for 1860 and Anthems for Parish Choirs. PP:(iv), 79, (i)blank, Plus the printed yellow endpapers. p. 20 margin 'Why must children have measles, &c.'; p. 40 line 23 'arrow root'; p. 44 Line 22. 'chesnuts'. Original dark brown stipple grained, embossed card cloth with Gilt lettering to upper cover. Very good unrestored state
Lot 66
BIBLE: 1542, Latin Vulgate Bible: Biblia Sacra. Printed by Gaspar Trechsel, Vienna. Lugduni (Lyons) , Apud Hugonem à Porta, 1542 . PP:(viii) including title, 1-400 (end of old Testament), 401-500, + 4 (All in leaves). Lacking 2 leaves: 247 and 248; some misnumbering of pages. Later full vellum and new endpapers; Title page frayed and repaired; ink notes and underlining (mainly in the first few pages)
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Lot 53
1- [Seckford's Alms-House] LODER, Robert: statutes and ordinances for the government of the alms-houses in Woodbridge , in the county of Suffolk, founded by Thomas Seckford. collected and published by Robert Loder. Woodbridge, the editor, 1792, 1st and only edn. 4to. PP:Frontis Portrait of Seckford, a tipped-in engraving of: Seckford's Alms Houses, Woodbridge (Trimmed and pasted to another paper), title, (i)blank, (ii)Preface & Subscribers list( only 99 copies printed and 25 of those went to the London bookseller Nichols), Folding Genealogical table, X, 24, (ii), 7, (i), Plus a folding Coloured Plan of the estate (THE TITLE CALLS FOR 4 PLATES). Later half leather with gilt lettering to spine and gilt lettered leather label to upper cover. The copy is interleafed throughout. VG; 2- Pearce, Robert: The Charities of St. Giles Without Cripplegate in the City of London. J. W. Woodley, Printer, 1882, 1st edn. Large 4to. PP:xi, 310 (includes 46 colour plans, two folding). Original cloth. Light damp staining to first few pages and couple of the plans . Also loosely inserted 3pp (Vestry Meeting, 26th June, 1901), and 8pp (Church & Charity accounts, 1900-01) (2)
Lot 605
Colvin Smith RSA (1795-1875) PORTRAIT OF SIR WALTER SCOTT (1771-1832), HALF LENGTH, IN A BLACK COAT Oil on canvas 76 x 63cm Literature: Francis Russell, ‘The Portraits of Sir Walter Scott’, 1987. Smith is best known for his portraits of Scott, the first of which was painted in 1828 for Lord-Chief-Commissioner William Adam. He was commissioned to produce a number of replicas, mostly for friends of the sitter – and the artist records that 'for seven of these Scott gave me one sitting each'. Russell writes that the number of replicas is 'the most striking confirmation of its merits'. Provenance: Christie's, 11 July 1997, lot 22.
Lot 173
A cased brass and lacquered 'Jena' microscope, first quarter of the 20th century, by Carl Zeiss, no. 81528, 38cm high, presented with various lenses, an 'Achromat Kondensor', a 'Bitukni' binocular attachment and user manuals, also with various accessories and slides, and with a series of receipts from the 1920s from J Young & Sons of Leicester (qty.)
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