There are 596780 lots that match your search criteria. Subscribe now to get instant access to the full price guide service.
Click here to subscribeLysons, Daniel, The Environs of London, Being an Historical Account of the Towns, Villages, and Hamlets, within Twelve Miles of the Capital; Interspersed with Biographical Anecdotes, London, printed by A Strahan for T. Cadell and W. Davies, [n.d.], 4to (285 x 215mm.), volume three only, lacking title, obvious repairs to first 3 leaves, plates, contemporary calf gilt, covers with fleur-de-lys stamped in gilt, hinges worns extremities rubbed, incomplete.
Mecham, Clifford Henry, Sketches & Incidents of the Seige of Lucknow, from Drawings Made During the Siege ... with descriptive notices by George Cooper, London, Day & Son, 1858, folio (545 x 345mm.), tinted lithographed title, and 26 tinited lithographed plates on 17 leaves, occasional marginal staining, contemporary half red morocco, rubbed, First Edition.
Mitford, Mary Russell, Belford Regis; or Sketches of a Country Town, London, Richard Bentley, 1835, 12mo (200 x 125mm.), three volumes, half title, occasional marginal browning, contemporary boards, title labels pasted onto spines, spine worn, modern presentation cases, spines lettered in gilt, armorial bookplate of Esher, First Edition.
Monboddo, James, Burnet, Of the origin and Progress of Language, Edinburgh, Printed for A. Kincaid & W. Creech (and others), 1773, 8vo (215 x 125mm.), volume one, engraved frontispiece portrait of Monboddo, contemporary calf, spine decorated in gilt, red and black morocco labels, bookplate of John Dixon, First Edition. Monboddo published another five volumes of this work, the last appearing in 1792. The first volume is usually regarded as the most important: Hans Aarsleff in 'From Locke to Saussure (1982) described this first volume as 'brilliant'.
A Survey of the Province of Moray; Historical, Geographical, and Political, Aberdeen, for Isaac Forsyth, 1798, 8vo (205 x 120mm.), folding frontispiece of Elgin Cathedral, short marginal tear, occasional marginal browning, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed, spine worn, booksellers label of I. Forsyth of Elgin on verso of front cover, First Edition.
Murdoch, Iris, The Bell, London, Chatto & Windus, 1958, half title, original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, original dust-jacket, with yellow Book Society Choice band around the book, bookplate of W. H. Smith & Son Library, First Edition. With a number of other works including volume two only of Walton & Cotton's 'The Complete Angler' (London, 1826), the W. Heath Robinson illustrated Kipling work 'A Song of the English' (London, n.d.), Henry Holt's 'The Life of Prig' (London, 1885), Winston Churchill's 'The Crisis' (London, 1908), and by the same author 'Coniston' (London, 1906), Kingsley Amis 'I Want it Now' (London, 1968), a signed copy of Minette Walters 'The Echo' (London, 1997), and Clare Leighton's 'Four Hedges A Gardener's Chronicle' (London, 1935).
Planche, James Robinson, A Cyclopaedia of Costume..., London, Chatto and Windus, 1876-1879, 4to (280 x 210mm.), half titles, titles printed in red and black, chromolithographed frontispiece, chromolithographed plates, black and white plates, and illustrations, contemporary half red morocco gitl, spines seperated by five raised bands, t.e.g., extremities rubbed, First Edition. With The Complete Works of William Hogarth.
Rampini, Charles, A History of Moray and Nairn, Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1897, 8vo (220 x 140mm.), half title, colour frontispiece map of the ancient limits of Moray, 2 folding maps in pockets at front and end, map, inner stitching becoming loose, occasional spotting, original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, faded, First Edition.
[Surtees, Robert Smith (1803-1864)], and John Leech (illustrator), 'Ask Mamma;' or, The Richest Commoner in England, London, Bradbury and Evans, 1858, 8vo (220 x 135mm.), hand-coloured frontispiece, title vignette, hand-coloured plates, wood-engraved illustrations, silk endpapers, contemporary red morocco gilt by Tout, original cloth wrappers bound in at end, spine seperated by 5 raised bands, and decorated in gilt, cover stamped in gilt with hunting/animal images, t.e.g., lower spine strip slightly worn, First Edition.
Taylor, Jeremy (1613-1667), and William Cave (1637-1713), Antiquitates Christianae: Or, The History of the Life and Death of the Holy Jesus: As also the Lives, Acts and Martyrdoms of His Apostles..., London, by R. Norton for R. Royston, 1675, folio (345 x 215mm.), additional illustrated title, frontispiece, title printed in red and black, historiated initials, illustrations, folding plate (of 4?), contemporary calf, boards detached, First Edition, not complete. With 'The Complete Young Man's Companion; or, Self Instructor' (London, n.d.).
Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel (1892-1973), The Lord of the Rings (The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King), London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1954-1955, 8vo (215 x 140mm.), three volumes, half titles, 3 folding maps at end of each volume, original red cloth, dust-jackets, head and tail of spine frayed, inside flaps tapped down with sellotape. The Fellowship of the Ring & The Two Towers are second impressions, The Return of the King is a first edition.
Vidal, Gore, Myra Breckinridge, Boston & Toronto, Little, Brown and Company, 1968, 8vo (210mm.), half title, original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket, First Edition. With a number of other works including Henry Miller's 'Just Wild About Harry' (New York, 1963), Maude Hutchins 'Love is a Pie' (New York, 1952), Kingsley Amis 'Take a Girl like You' (London, 1960), John Updike's 'Couples' (London, 1968), Lawrence Durrell's 'The Black Book' (New York, 1960), Henry Miller's 'Tropic of Capricorn' (New York, 1961), Nelson Algren 'A Walk on the Wild Side' (London, 1957), Norman Mailer's 'Deaths For The Ladies (and other disasters) ' (New York, 1962), Edna O'Brien 'August is a Wicked Month' (London, 1965), John Osborne 'The World of Paul Slickey' (London, 1959), Stephen Schneck's 'The Nightclerk' (New York, 1965), and Charles A. Lindbergh 'The Spirit of St Louis' (New York, 1953).
Wells, H[erbert] G[eorge], When The Sleeper Wakes A Story of the Years to Come, London & New York, Harper & Brothers, 1899, crown 8vo (190 x 130mm.), half title, 3 black and white plates, original red cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, First Edition. Wells referred ot this works as 'one of the most ambitous and least satisfactory of my books'.
Wells, H[erbert] G[eorge], The First Men in the Moon, London, George Newnes, 1901, 8vo (190 x 130mm.) pp. [i-iv] v-vii [viii] [1] 2-342 [343-344: blank - final leaf blank], half title, frontispiece, and 11 plates by Claude Shepperson, one plate partially loose, original decorated blue cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, extremities lightly rubbed, First Edition.
Wells, H[erbert] G[eorge], The Food of The Gods and how it came to earth, London, Macmilan and Co, 1904, 8vo (190 x 130mm.), half title, advertisements at end, contemporary ownership signature on front free endpaper, original green cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, t.e.g., First Edition. First Issue.
Wells, H[erbert] G[eorge], Men Like Gods, London, New York, Toronto, and Melbourne, Cassell and Company Ltd, 1923, 8vo (190 x 120mm.), half title, slight browning to endpapers, original green cloth, dust-jacket, slightly creased and nicked, second state binding with publisher's name in blind at foot of the spine, First Edition, Second Issue.
Wells, H[erbert G[eorge], The Wonderful Visit, London, J. M. Dent & Co, 1895, 8vo (190 x 130mm.), half title, title printed in red and black, endpapers lightly browned, original red cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, angel designed by Arthur Rackham stamped in gilt on front cover, spine a little faded, and sides slightly bumped and soiled, hinges cracked, First Edition, First issue with the error uncorrected on page 189.
Williamson, Henry, Tarka the Otter His Joyful Water-Life & Death in the Country of the Two Rivers ... With an Introduction by the Hon Sir John Fortescue, London & New York, Chiswick Press for G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1927, 8vo (240 x 155mm.), half title, original cloth backed spine, title label pasted into spine, t,e,g, booksellers label of Marks & Co of London, booklabel of Betty Handley, One of 1100 Limited Edition copies, First Edition.
A ceremonial key, presented on the occasion of the opening of the club house at Lytham and St. Annes Golf Club, 1898, gilded metal, the obverse of the elaborate handle engraved with the club crest and inscribed LYTHAM AND ST. ANNES GOLF CLUB, the reverse inscribed PRESENTED TO THE MOST HONORABLE THE MARQUESS OF LORNE, KT, GCMG, ON THE OCCASION OF HIS OPENING OF THE CLUB HOUSE, MARCH 5TH 1898, 11.5cm., 4 1/2in. Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club was founded in 1886, and the present course constructed in 1897. The present item commemorates the opening of the club house that occurred the following year. It is considered one of the premier links courses in the world and has been host to ten Open Championships, two Ryder Cups and a host of other major tournaments. George V gave permission for the club to be known as Royal Lytham & St Annes in 1926 shortly before the commencement of its first Open, a tournament won by the legendary American golfer Bobby Jones. John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, Marquess of Lorne (later 9th Duke of Argyll) (1845-1914), married Queen Victoria's fourth daughter Princess Louise and became Her Majesty's Governor General of Canada.
The 1874 Open Championship medal won by Mungo Park,in silver gilt, inscribed GOLF CHAMPION TROPHY around a central shield engraved with the Latin motto VI-ET-ARTE (which translates as 'By Strength & Skill"), the shield placed above crossed golf clubs & between golf balls, the reverse inscribed 1874, WON BY, MUNGO PARK, AT MUSSELBURGH, 159 STROKES, in a display case set with a plaque inscribed MUNGO PARK MEDAL, PRESENTED BY A.M.B. PARK-MAY, 1959; sold with original correspondence relating to the medal's endowment to Grim's Dyke Golf Club by the Park family in 1959. The Park Family of Musselburgh. James Park, a Scottish farmer with no golfing connections, set in place a dynasty of important figures in the early history of golf. He had four sons. David and Archibald became ballmakers in the gutta percha era, while Willie & Mungo both became Open Championship winners as well as fine clubmakers. Historically Willie won the very first Open Championship of 1860, when golfers competed for The Belt. He won again in 1863 & 1866 before lifting the new trophy, The Claret Jug, in 1875. Willie's younger brother Mungo won his sole title in 1874.
An unusual Bussey's cricket bat, with patent grip, damage to bottom of face; sold with a miniature 'autographed' bat, Australia, 1948, printed signatures; & 2 cricket programmes (4) This type of stitched & ribbed grip was first developed by Bussey's for golf clubs. This is a rare example of a cricket bat where they transferred the patented idea.
An England team-signed Jack Russell colour print, titled Moment of Glory, depicting the scene at Sabrina Park in 1990, signed in pencil by the England players to the lower margin, numbered 333/495; sold with a limited edition Paul Vater print (8/250) titled the six greatest cricketing allrounders, signed in pencil by Proctor, Botham, Khan, Dev, Hadlee & Sobers; & a small colour print signed by Gary Sobers, the first the largest, 72 by 97cm., 28 1/4 by 38in., all framed & glazed (3)
Michael Schumacher's race-worn Benneton-Ford Formula 1 Racing Team suit from the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim, 25th July 1993, by Sparco, yellow with blue & green trim, numerous embroidered sponsor's patches including tobacco-ban dummies, the belt embroidered with the German national flag & inscribed M.SCHUMACHER. This suit was presented by Michael Schumacher to his then German PR company, Extract. Schumacher, driving in the second season of his illustrious career, finished third in the 1993 German GP behind Alain Prost having started 3rd on the grid and recording the race's fastest lap of 1 m 41.859 s along the way. The German driver finished 4th in the Driver's Championship. The following year Schumacher won the first of his record number of World Championships.
A 9ct. gold and enamel Lonsdale Belt won outright by Tancy Lee in the feather-weight division, 1919, by Mappin and Webb, the gold belt with a central enamel oval plaque of a boxing match, beneath & above the Royal Coat of Arms and an English rose and surrounded by the inscription NATIONAL SPORTING CLUB FEATHER-WEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP, CHALLENGE BELT, the reverse inscribed PRESENTED BY THE RT. HON THE EARL OF LONSDALE, flanked by rose roundels, further enamel plaques, two large commemoration plaques, the first inscribed OCT. 6TH 1913, KID LEWIS DEFEATED ALEC LAMBERT, 17 ROUNDS, £350, the other MAY 31 1915, LLEW EDWARDS DEFEATED OWEN MORAN, 10 ROUNDS, £750, the belt set with four smaller commemoration plaques, chronologically reading JUNE 1917, CHARLIE HARDCASTLE DEFEATED LET. CPL. WYE, ONE ROUND, £375; NOV. 5TH 1917, TANCY LEE DEFEATED CHARLIE HARDCASTLE, FOUR ROUNDS, £400; 21ST OCTOBER 1918, TANCY LEE DEFEATED JOE CONN, 17 ROUNDS; 24 FEBRUARY 1919, TANCY LEE DEFEATED DANNY MORGAN, 20 ROUNDS, the belt supported on a red, white & blue cloth backing; with a baize-lined leather carrying pouch, 84cm., 33in. (2)
The 1900 Olympic Games, Paris: a medal and a badge, a rare silver rectangular medal, signed F. Vernon, struck with a classical athlete and inscribed EXERCICES PHYSIQUES ET SPORTS, the reverse with a winged female figure of victory inscribed REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE, EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE, PARIS 1900, in a leather case; sold with a rare gilt Olympic juror's identification badge, signed L. Bottee, inscribed 1900, JURY (3) The Olympic Museum at Lausanne have an identical medal to that of the first described in this lot. It is associated with a presentation to winning gymnasts at the 1900 games.
Two Edwardian horse racing games by John Jaques & Son Ltd of London, both in polished wooden boxes with a chromolithographic print to the hinged lid the first featuring Edward VII and titled 'Minoru' after his 1909 Derby winner, the game containing eight painted lead racehorses & jockeys, a playing mat & other accessories; the other titled 'Ascot' and containing six painted lead racehorses & jockeys now detached from stringing that pull the runners via a winder to side of box
Aldam (W.H.) A Quaint Treatise on Flees, and the Art of Artyfichall Flee Making, by an old man ... with editorial notes and patterns of flies and samples of the materials for making each fly, John B. Day, London, 1876, first edition, 4to (270 by 210mm), half title, title printed in red and black, 2 mounted chromolithographed plates by James Poole, 22 sunken mounts containing actual flies and materials for making flies, original pictorial cloth gilt, gilt edges, some spotting, binding rubbed at extremities Refrences: Westwood and Satchell, p.3
A silver figure of a footballer, hallmarked Birmingham, 1910-11, modelled as a standing footballer dressed in period kit & holding a button-end football, set on a stepped plinth and square base, inscribed PRESENTED TO J.H. LOVE ESQ., BY THE OUTDOOR STAFF, DECEMBER 31ST 1910. J.H. Love was born at Oldham in 1876 and played for Rochdale, New Brighton & Trowbridge before becoming Fulham FC's first ever professional signing on the 12th December 1898, the day the club joined the ranks of the professional game. He later played for Liverpool but disappears from records shortly after.
A superb Tottenham Hotspur postcard collection, with coverage of the club's entire history from inauguration to modern times, the collection comprising a total of 2,079 post card or post card size pictures of Tottenham Hotspur players, carefully compiled and displayed in plastic sleeves within eleven photograph albums, 319 cards pre-dating World War II, including pre-First World War examples, many of the portrait cards have been autographed by the subjects, the collection also including various cards depicting match-action
A 1966 World Cup flag & a Euro '96 flag, both flown at Wembley Stadium on the occasions of the two most important international football tournaments staged during the old stadium's history, both, very large stadium flags, the first with a white background and central World Cup logo & inscribed WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, JULES RIMET CUP, ENGLAND, 1966; the other with the tournament logo on a white background and inscribed UEFA, EURO 96, ENGLAND
Autographed 1966 World Cup memorabilia, comprising two postal covers, the first a 1966 FDC signed by Alf Ramsey, the other a FIFA 20th anniversary issue (1986) signed by Bobby Moore; together with ten World Cup Willie postcards postmarked 18.8.66, each with a signature of the 10 surviving England winners (12)
Our Next Race Meeting is ..., arched, metal directional sign bearing Ascot logo, white lettering on a blue & cream background, additionally inscribed FOR CONFERENCE, BANQUETING & HOSPITALITY ENQUIRIES PLEASE TELEPHONE 01344 878555, 100 by 60cm., 39 1/2 by 23 3/4in. NOTE TO RONNIE WILKIE, IF THE DATE OF THE FIRST ASCOT MEETING AFTER THE REDEVELOPMENT IN 2006 COULD BE ADDED TO THIS SIGN, IT WOULD MAKE QUITE AN APT FINAL LOT OF THE AUCTION (See lot 305 for illustration).
A group of four Spagnoletti boards, when placed vertically read: DE BEERS DIAMOND DAY; THE KING GEORGE VI; & THE QUEEN ELIZABETH; DIAMOND STAKES, the first a black painted wooden sponsor's raceday board with white lettering, the other race boards painted white with black lettering, each 25.5 by 100cm., 10 by 79in.
Loading...
![[Surtees, Robert Smith (1803-1864)], and John Leech (illustrator), 'Ask Mamma;' or, The Richest Commoner in England, London,](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10011/2615363/453-66-10011_468x382.jpg)
![Wells, H[erbert] G[eorge], When The Sleeper Wakes A Story of the Years to Come, London & New York, Harper & Brothers, 1899,](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10011/2615363/477-66-10011_468x382.jpg)
![Wells, H[erbert G[eorge], The Stolen Bacillus and other incidents, London, Methuen & Co, 1895, 8vo (190 x 120mm.), 32-page p](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10011/2615363/495-66-10011_468x382.jpg)
![Wells, H[erbert G[eorge], The Wonderful Visit, London, J. M. Dent & Co, 1895, 8vo (190 x 130mm.), half title, title printed](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10011/2615363/496-66-10011_468x382.jpg)
