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Click here to subscribeMatchbox Superfast 20b Range Rover Police Patrol - white body with small Police door labels, clear frosted windows, BLUE SPINNER & LEMON YELLOW ROOF LIGHT, bare metal base, Maltese Cross wheels - Good Plus with corrosion to base (see extra photo) in Good 1978 copyright type J box without New but with English/French/Italian text to rectangular panel on one striker side.
Matchbox Superfast 34b Ford Mustang Vantastic - light orange body with "Sunburst" hood label, turquoise green windows, white interior & base - Excellent Plus (glue starting to show through label which is a little discoloured) in Near Mint to Mint clean but just a little creased across one striker side type K box.
Matchbox Superfast 2 x 11c Bedford Car Transporter - both are dark blue windows, silver-grey plastic upper deck & frame, lemon yellow plastic car load - (1) DARK BURNT ORANGE CAB & CHASSIS, gloss black Lesney England base - Mint in Good Plus Type M blue window box; (2) transitional dark orange cab & chassis, metallic pearl silver Macau base - Good Plus with some light play wear, in Good "New" 1976 Copyright Type K Box. (2)
A Sarouk rug, West Persia, the light cranberry field with all over floral sprays framed by an ivory floral vine border, 196cm x 130cm CONDITION REPORT: Condition information is not usually provided in the description of the lot but is available upon request; the absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is without imperfection
A heavily carved Middle Eastern table of square shape with pierced sides and a similarly carved table on three legs (2) CONDITION REPORT: Square Table: Removable top and folding base. Some scuffing and rubbing. Light chip to one central vine as pictures. Edges of base panels with some chipping and losses. Slight loss and cracking to one lower pierced panel. Missing two hinges to one of the folding base sections. Lobed Table: Some minor chipping to border of top. One leg not glued and unstable but secure. Some racking to base. Later blocking to underside of undertier. One leg secured with later screw and with an adjacent screw-hole.
Manuscript House Books of various sizes relating to the Strickland family of Apperley Court, Gloucestershire; the first with entries from 1812 to 1822 relating to Hugh Edwin Strickland and Arthur Strickland and containing accounts of purchases and expenditure; at the beginning noting Caythorpe Farm, Vellum bound Folio (41cm x 26.5cm); an account book for 1858-1869, 8vo, vellum bound; an account book with E.L Strickland to cover, 1752-1765, 4to (33cm x 21cm) vellum bound; and another similar 1766-1778, 4to (33cm x 21cm) vellum bound; with another smaller vellum bound volume titled '1858 Letters From' and a volume of manuscript extracts of books inscribed for 'Julia Eustacia Strickland from my aunt Frances 1835' with 57 pages in manuscript with a few loose leaf notes inserted (6) CONDITION REPORT: 1 x Volume of manuscript Letters, partially completed, dated 18581 x volume manuscript House Book 1858-18691 x volume manuscript Extracts from Literature1 x volume Account Book 1812-18221 x volume Account book Titled E.L.Strickland 1752-1765 1 x volume Account Book 1766-1780The books are in various conditions with scuffs, corners bumps and minor soiling, endpapers browned in part, Some light smudging and marking to pages. Vellum covers warped. For condition reports on specific volume please contact us.
Manuscript Cookery Book, A late 18th Century manuscript book hand titled to cover 'Receipts in Cookery', comprising 31 pages of recipes and an alphabetical index written on 23 leaves in manuscript, with further blank leaves. With several loose leaves inserted for further recipes, some received by letter; one letter addressed to 'J Strickland, Apperley Court, Tewkesbury' with a franked Penny red stamp mark BA; 8vo (21cm x 17cm), vellum/Note: Likely by Juliana Strickland (1765-1849), daughter of Sir George Strickland Bt. of Boynton, Yorkshire. From the early 1800s she lived at Apperley Court (the home of their brother Henry Eustachius Strickland. Juliana is best known for her work as an artist and illustrator./The manuscript book contains a large quantity of recipes savoury, sweet as well as jams, preserves and wines, including Royston Pudding, Lemon Custards, Blanc Mange, Tansie Pudding, To pickle Broom buds, Amlet of Eggs, Almond Custards, Orange Shrub, Raisin Wine, Muffins, Calves Ears, Trifle, Sugar Tops, Artificial Turtle, Bullofs Cheese, Green Pease Soup without Meat, Minces Pyes, Minced Pies without Meat, Cake without Butter, Bottle Gooseberries, Raspberry Jam, Sauce for Boiled Carp, Trembling Beef, India Pickle, Blue Boars Head, Egg Cheese, Floating Island, Cream Deloutee with Pistachios, Turkey a la Daube, Pigeons in Surprise, Calves Chaldron, Goose Giblets, Sou Meagre, Pickle Pigeons, Everlasting Syllabub, Diet Bread Cake, Savoy & Naples Biskets, Indian Pickled Cabbage, Mint Cakes, To make Potato Yeast and a loose leaf 'Cure for Ague', a printed recipe for Brawn sold by Griffin Hggs, Cook of Queen's-College, Oxford, A recipe for Yeast by Mrs Lockhart, etc. CONDITION REPORT: Vellum boards slightly warped. Some speckling, discolouration and edgewear. Corners bumped. Foxing throughout and some light smudging and browning. Loose leaf manuscript inserts with foxing, browning and minor tears. Binding good, No excised pages visible.
Six Delftware blue and white plates, painted with an Oriental garden, 18th Century, possibly Liverpool or Dublin, 23cm diameter CONDITION REPORT: two have a slight variation on the design to the other four, of those two one has rim chip at 5 o'clock and 9 o'clock. Of the four one has some more noticeable but small rim chips and a glaze chip at 8 o'clock, all with some light rim chipping and glaze fritting, no damage or repairs
Becattini (Francesco), Istoria della Citta' di Gibilterra in Spagna, Florence: Anton-Giuseppe Pagani, 1782, 8vo, 1 plate and fold out frontispiece plate of Duke di Crillon, Later leather binding; together with Bodley (J.E.C.), La France, Paris: Librairie Guillaume, 1904, 8VO, later quarter bound with red leather and umber cloth and Bartlett (William Purser), Syria, The Holy Land, Asia Minor & c Illustrated, London: Fisher, Son & Co, 8vo, red Morocco (3) CONDITION REPORT: Volume on Gibraltar only, the other volumes have not been inspected. Rebound, Cover discoloured to hea and top of boards. Label for bookseller to pastedown as pictured. Inner cover soiled and marked & with losses and tape repairs. Fold out frontispiece browned to top with light tears and losses. Title page partially toned and foxed and page edges worn throughout. Further moisture related browning as pictured. Back cover soiled and edgeworn and inscribed in pencil. Endpapers tanned.
Chaucer (Geoffrey), The Canterbury Tales, William Caxton Facsimile Limited Edition No. 119 of 500 copies, signed by Walter Hamilton Master of Magdalene College Cambridge, Paradine in association with Magdalene College Cambridge, 1973, 4to, full leather binding, 5 raised bands CONDITION REPORT: Generally good condition, with some rubbing, bumping and discolouration to the boards. Internal contents are in good condition, with few issues aside from light foxing.
Jardine (William), Memoirs of Hugh Edwin Strickland, London: John Van Voorst, 1858 together with Selection of the Scientific Writings of Hugh Edwin Strickland, 1858, 4to, bound as two volumes, quarter tan calf (2), frontispiece, both bound with note paper pages with handwritten notes on the author and pasted reviews and articles, Volume 1 inscribed as "Henry E. Strickland's Private Copy, drawings inserted copied by Miss Frances Strickland from the original sketchbook, 8 plates, 15 hand-sketched insertions, Volume 2 with frontispiece and 7 fold out maps, 5 further plates, endpapers pasted with reviews and letters CONDITION REPORT: Some clear wear to bindings of both volumes, with extensive rubbing and some bumping throughout and areas where the spine leather and bands are coming loose. Some considerable foxing around frontispiece and title page to both volumes. Grey wash and pencil insertions are in good condition, with minimal tonal loss or foxing. Aside from this, textual contents are generally bright, with some light foxing.
A collection of Japanese books, late 19th Century, profusely illustrated with Ukiyo-e hand-coloured plates. CONDITION REPORT: Generally good condition. Each book appears completed with no excised pages. Some light soiling to covers and light rubbing / scuffing. Light edgewear to each volume and dustmarked.Binding with ribbons possible of later date, The ribbons intact but a little frayed at the ends. Light bumping to corners of covers. Remnant of red cloth binding to spines as pictured, mostly rubbed away. Interiors generally bright and clean with minor discolouration to interior of endpapers.
A Chinese polychrome porcelain vase, 20th Century, of baluster form with an inverted rim, decorated with sections of celadon, light brown, dark brown and ivory, Tiexiuhua style two Fo dog handles and four high relief Chilongs to the shoulder, converted into a lamp on a wooden stand, the vase 34.5cm high CONDITION REPORT: A few small blemishes to glaze but overall good. Will need to be rewired. We have not examined the vase where it is concealed by the base and the brass fittings to top.
A large Isfahan carpet, Central Persia, the ivory field centred by a raspberry red medallion and with sky blue spandrels, framed by a raspberry red palmette and floral border, 418cm x 299cm CONDITION REPORT: Selvedges professionally secured with faux leather stitched bands. Ends good. Pile overall low but with some area of wear and lower pile as pictured. Scattered light spotting more visible to the ivory field. All over in good used condition.
Taylor (James), The Pictorial History of Scotland, London: James S Virtue, 8vo, 2 volumes, half calf and faux shagreen, half titles and frontispiece to both volumes, bw plates and maps; together with James (GPR.), A History of the Life of Edward the Black Prince, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, 1836, 8vo, 2 volumes, full calf with gilt tooling, red and green title blocks, AEG, volume 1 with half title, fold out map and vignette to title page; and Thackeray, (WM), The History of Pendennis, London: Bradbury & Evans, 1849/50, 8vo, 2 volumes, half calf and marbled boards, frontispieces, vignettes and plates (6) CONDITION REPORT: History of Scotland: covers lightly sunned in parts, five raised bands and gilt tooled spine with minor scuffs, corners bumped. Rebound. Binding solid but front and back hinges cracked. Some scattered foxing to endpapers and first few pages. All over a good set. Black Prince: minor scuffs and and corners bumped, exterior hinges worn and internal hinges cracked, slight rubbing to spine and raised bands. very light foxing to endpapers. Pendennis: cover with wear and losses and wear to leather, edgewear, scattered foxing and watermarks to some plates and endpapers, paste-downs restored, frontispieces browned to the edges.
Shakespeare (William), A number of limited edition cased large folio volumes by Shakespeare to include As you like it, Othello, Titus Andronicus, Much Ado about Nothing, Coriolanus, King Lear and Sonnets and Poems, newly boxed, Limited Edition 927/3750, Folio Society 2007, together with Austen (Jane), The Complete Works: Illustrated edition, Limited numbered 648/7000 (8) CONDITION REPORT: The folio volumes of Shakespeare all include text and commentary volumes within a fold out fitted case. All volumes for Folio Society in this lot also have the original cardboard box originally used for shipping and are in almost as new condition. The Jane Austen volume is unboxed but in near fine condition with only very light wear to the cover.
Franklin (John) Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea in 1819-22, small 8vo, London: John Murray, 1829, contemporary half calf with marbled boards (4 Vols.) CONDITION REPORT: Marbled Boards and Quarter Calf. Fold out maps and plates intact and present. Some rubbing and bumping to spines and corners, Light foxing, more pronounced to endpapers and frontispiece.
Panorama of the Silver Jubilee George & Mary, 1935, on roll, within original wooden tube, with colour printed label [with:] Panorama of the Coronation Procession, May 12th 1937, on roll within original wooden tube, with colour printed label, preserved together in modem green morocco box, lettered in gilt 'Mary McNeile for JR Abbey' CONDITION REPORT: Later box in green leather and cloth. Box with slight wear to corners and edges of cloth binding. Silver Jubilee panorama with varnish of wood lightly worn around finial and on base. Slight soiling to paper covered case. A little wear to scroll end and tanning. Very minor spotting as pictured but generally in good and bright condition.Coronation panorama case in good condition, a little tanned at around the scroll end. Slight toning to end of scroll near wooden handle, light toning and folding where sections of scroll are joined.
Strickland (HE) & Melville (AG) The Dodo and its Kindred or the History, Affinities and Osteology of the Dodo, Solitaire and other extinct birds of the Islands Mauritius, Rodriguez, and Bourbon, London, Reeve, Benham and Reeve, 1848, 4to, 15 plates with a duplicate of plate 2 bound in, Errata, 12 pages of Advertisements, in original publisher's embossed and gilt tooled cloth, bookplate and label for the author and for Henry Eustatius Srickland 1853 CONDITION REPORT: Some wear to the volume, with rubbing, bumping and further discolouration and wear to the boards (but no noticeable loss to gilt). Most printed pages are in good condition, with light foxing. Some futher foxing to page edges. Plates appear to be in tact, and bear varying signs of wear, with some fairly clear and others more extensively affected by foxing.
A Minton porcelain three-light candlestick, circa 1860, modelled with a white owl perched in a turquoise glazed branch arbour, encrusted with white blossom, 33cm high CONDITION REPORT: the left branch nozzle has had half the rim broken off and glued and there is a crack around the lower part of that branch near the owls leg, Some chipping to the applied flowers
Donovan (E) The Natural History of British Birds, 1795-1799, 2nd edition, 4 volumes (of 5), 8vo, modern half calf CONDITION REPORT: 100 hand coloured plates, Vol IV considerably stainedVolume 1: Plates 1-24 complete, Volume 2: Plates 25-48 complete, Volume 3: Plates 49-62 complete, Volume 4: Plates 63-100 complete. Later bound in half leather and marbled boards. Bookplate for Oliver Stirling Lee. Endpapers replaced. Plates hand-coloured and predominantly with original tissue guards. Scattered foxing throughout and light edge browning to the last pages of each volume. Index to each volume appended. Volume 4 with 2 leaves of advertisements. Volume 4 badly oil marked / stained to pages up to plate LXXXVI. Binding generally good with light scuffing to leather spines and corners with light edgewear. Slight sunning to upper front cover of marbled boards for volume 4
Three Sicilian (Caltagirone) polychrome maiolica albarelli, 18th Century, two with a landscape roundel and foliate decoration, 19cm and 23cm high and a third example taller CONDITION REPORT: of the pair one with two hairline cracks from rim to shoulder, large flat foot rim chip and two smaller, some glaze chips to body, the other with three rim chips, flat chip to shoulder at front, two foot rim chips both with light fritting and small glaze chips, the single with a large V shaped section broken from the rim - 12cm wide and 6cm deep approx.. with filling and over painting, one large area glaze loss and over painting to the lower part and some further around the body, foot rim chips
Late Victorian walnut window table, octagonal top with serpentine edge, carved cabriole legs joined by a shelf, the top 75cm, height 74cm.Condition report:Good overall condition, light surface wear to the top, no significant marks or scratches. The odd minor mark to the legs. Structurally sound.
A set of six silver gilt and enamel coffee spoons, William Suckling Ltd, Birmingham 1955, bean terminals, cased.Condition report:The colours are red, dark green, light green (but very subtle difference), brown, light blue and dark blue (more obvious difference). Please see additional uploaded images.
The Perfect Chair Zero Gravity Recliner, leather on a dark walnut effect frame, with paperwork.Condition report:The upholstery is in good order, some light wear through use and just needs a good clean down. The electric motor works. No tears or rips to the leather. The frame has a little bit of parting from the front support to where the back angle joins. A slight notch to the wooden frame on the right hand side.
Collection of modern fly fishing reels, including a Greys GX1000 with spare spool, Grey Platinum X reel, and Greys GRX #5/6 with two spare spools, a Veniard fly tying outfit kit (Standard No. 1), and quantity of fly feathers and material, a bag, and a two-piece carbon fly fishing rod by Simpsons of Turnford, 8'6", line 5-6, presented to Sir Geoffrey Cox, in House of Hardy aluminium tube.Condition report:The reels and spare spools appear to have had little use, they wind freely, and have very light surface wear. The fly trying material - there is a plastic tuppaware full of packets of lines and tying material, and then the cardboard box in the extra images is full of various feathers and fly dressing material. Some of that natural material is beginning to age and deteriorate.
Edwardian oak extending dining table, oval top with moulded edge, turned and ringed legs, two additional leaves, maximum length 220cm, width 145cm, height 69cm, together with a set of four oak high-back dining chairs; and two further dining chairs.Qty: 7Condition report:The winding mechanism doesn't seem to function. There is a light stain to one of the table ends, and the same leaf end has some indented scratch marks. Otherwise the top is pretty clean and the colour between the leaves and extra inserts is fairly even. The chairs are all solid in their frames. There are four with the carved foliate top rail with brown leather seats, and two with the barley twist supports on the backs with a redder seat. The chairs fit but it doesn't leave much room for your legs when sat at it as the rails get in the way.
A House of Hardy 'The Featherweight' trout fly fishing reel, 2 7/8", ebonised handle, in a House of Hardy case, together with a Hardy Favourite Graphite Fly two-piece rod, 8', line #5, (unused), in an aluminium tube.Qty: 2Condition report:Reel - some light scratching to the edging of the named plate. Mechanism still rotates well and spool release is fine. Foot also remains in good shape.
Hardy Bros. 'The Sunbeam' alloy fly fishing reel, 8/9, in soft shell Hardy case, and two other Hardy reels including a St George 3 3/4" MkII, corroded, and another possibly St George, heavily corroded, both in Hardy soft shell cases.Condition report:The Sunbeam is in good condition, light use to the polished alloy. Rotates freely.The other two reels are heavily corroded. The spool release mechanism is fused on the one with black label 'Wf7 ST', but the other the spool release does still work.
A Dutch-engraved Newcastle light baluster glass, c.1740-50, the round funnel bowl well engraved with the Royal coat of arms flanked by a lion and a unicorn, raised on a slender stem with central annulated knop flanked by shoulder and basal knops over a conical foot, 19.5cm.Provenance: a private London collection.
A light baluster wine glass, c.1740, the bell-shaped bowl raised on a composite baluster stem with a teared knop over collar rings and an inverted baluster section with basal knop, and another light baluster or balustroid glass with a bell bowl over a hollow baluster and basal knop above a folded foot, 17.5cm max. (2)Provenance: a private London collection.
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