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Lot 356

Trollope (Anthony) The Last Chronicle of Barset, 2 vol. first edition in book form, first issue, bound from parts, frontispieces and 30 wood-engraved plates by G. H. Thomas, vignette illustrations, scattered foxing, original decorative cloth, gilt, spines a little darkened, corners a little bumped, vol. 2 with neat repairs to spine ends, light rubbing, neatly recased, endpapers sympathetically renewed, [Sadleir 26], Smith, Elder and Co., 1867; and a third edition Small House at Allington, 2 vol., 8vo (4)

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Lot 329

Dickens (Charles) The Mystery of Edwin Drood, first edition in book form, engraved frontispiece, additional title and 12 plates by Luke Fildes, 1f. list of Dickens' works, some light foxing, original blind-stamped olive cloth (Carter variant C), spine lightly sunnned, spine ends and corners a little bumped with some fraying to foot of spine, but a sharp, excellent example overall, [Carter, Binding Variants, pp.108-9; Eckel pp.96-8; Smith I, 16], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1870.

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Lot 349

Trollope (Anthony) Framley Parsonage, 3 vol., first edition in book form, 3 wood-engraved frontispieces and 3 plates by Dalziel after J. E.Millais, 16 pp. of publisher's advertisements dated April 1861 at end of vol. 3., occasional light foxing and some light creasing, book-label of Owen Wynne to pastedowns, original blind-stamped purple cloth, neatly rebacked, retaining original backstrips, sunning to spines, library label to vol.2 upper cover, removed from other vol. with resultant shading, corners a little bumped, light rubbing, [Sadleir 11], 8vo, Smith, Elder & Co., 1861.

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Lot 323

Dickens (Charles) Our Mutual Friend, first edition in the original 19/20 parts, first issue of part 1 without the printer's imprint on front wrapper, wood engraved frontispiece and 39 plates after Marcus Stone by Dalziel and W.T. Green, part 1 lacks Thorley's 4pp. ad., part 6 lacks Armadale slip and Norton's Pills 4pp ad., part 7 with Thorley's Farmer's Almanack duplicated at front of ads., part 14 lacks Mappin Webb & Co. 4pp. ad., part 18 lacks Norton's Pills and Liverpool & London & Globe ads. but with 8pp. Chapman & Hall ads. not called for, part 19/20 with additional 2 ads. for John F. Dunn's City Book Mark each 2pp. inserted at front and back, all other slips and advertisements as called for, part 13 with light damp-staining to plates, occasional spotting but generally clean internally, original printed blue wrappers, some occasional light repair or retouching to spines, part 1 upper cover rather creased and soiled with some chipping to head an foot, part 6 with hole to lower wrapper, part 19/20 a little soiled with some chipping, still a very good set generally, preserved in 2 custom red calf drop-front boxes, [Hatton & Cleaver pp.343-370], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1864-65.

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Lot 328

Dickens (Charles) The Mystery of Edwin Drood, first edition in book form, engraved frontispiece, additional title and 12 plates by Luke Fildes, 1f. list of Dickens' works and 32pp. advertisements dated Aug. 31, 1870 at rear, some cracking to gutter and upper hinge with 1 plate and 1 text f. working loose, original green decorative cloth with design in black and gilt (Carter variant A), spine a little dulled, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light rubbing, [Carter, Binding Variants, pp.108-9; Eckel pp.96-8; Smith I, 16], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1870.

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Lot 152

Browne (Sir Thomas) Religio Medici, Urn Burial, Christian Morals, and other Essays, one of 310 copies on paper, wood-engraved vine border designed by Charles Ricketts, some light spotting, George Parker Winship's copy with his book-plate, original linen-backed boards, uncut, a little browned and spotted, spine label chipped, [Vale Press], 1902 § Revelation of Saint John the Divine (The), from the first printed English translation MDXXV, decorative borders, plates after Durer, signature of G.P.Winship, original half vellum, uncut, Cranbrook Press, 1901 § Tinker (C.B.) & Frederick Albert Pottle. A New Portrait of James Boswell, one of 425 copies printed under the supervision of Bruce Rogers, with signed note by Rogers "One of the few (?15) 'author's copies' - with a date corrected in the List of Plates, by Bruce Rogers" to front free endpaper, with cancelled sheets pp.3-10 loosely inserted, plates, some foxing, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, Cambridge, Mass., 1927, all rubbed; and another, small folio & 4to (4)⁂ George Parker Winship (1871-1952), American author and librarian at the John Carter Brown Library in Providence, Rhode Island and later the Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library at Harvard.

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Lot 344

Trollope (Anthony) La Vendée. An HIstorical Romance, 3 vol., first edition, second issue with cancel titles without publisher's imprint to verso, without half-titles (only vol. 2 called for), vol.3 with first page of advertisements only (of 16), the odd spot or patch of light soiling, aubergine crushed half morocco, gilt, by Putnam's, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, spines slightly dulled, t.e.g., [Sadleir 3], 8vo, Henry Colburn, 1850.⁂ Rare, one of only 500 copies printed.

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Lot 378

Trollope (Anthony) Mr. Scarborough's Family, 3 vol., first edition in book form, half-titles, 32pp. advertisements dated March 1883 at end of vol. 1 (last ad. f. browned with loss to corner), vol. 2 title with chip to head, light browning to titles and endpapers, vol. 1 lacking rear endpaper, original green-blue cloth decorated in brown, vol. 1 spine dulled and with slight shelf-lean, spine ends and corners a little bumped, a bright and excellent set overall, [Sadleir 66], 8vo, Chatto & Windus, 1883.

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Lot 75

Lane (Allen) Boxwood & Graver: A Miscellany of Blocks, limited edition, wood-engravings by Reynolds Stone and others, original parchment-backed veneer boards, privately printed, 1958 § Furst (Herbert, editor) The Woodcut: An Annual, Nos.1 & 2 only (of 4), with 2 tipped-in patterned-paper samples by Enid Marx and Eric Ravilious, light spotting, original cloth-backed patterned-paper boards, The Fleuron, 1927-28 § Bliss (Douglas Percy) A History of Wood-Engraving, original buckram, spotted and browned, 1928 § Farleigh (John) Graven Image: An Autobiographical textbook, first edition, Hilary Boyntun's copy, 1940 § Brett (Simon) An Engraver's Globe: Wood Engraving World-Wide in the Twenty-First Century, 2002 § Hamilton (James) Wood Engraving & the Woodcut in Britain c.1890-1990, 1994, plates and illustrations, the last three original cloth or boards with dust-jackets, the first price-clipped; and 15 others on wood-engraving, 8vo & 4to (22)

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Lot 368

Trollope (Anthony) The Prime Minister, 4 vol., first edition in book form, occasional light foxing or soiling, original brown cloth, decorated in black and lettered in gilt, vol. 1-3 with neat repairs to spine ends, vol. 3 endpapers renewed, but an excellent set overall, [Sadleir 45], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1876.

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Lot 445

White (Patrick) The Aunt's Story, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "Roy de Maistre - Patrick White Dec. 1947" to endpaper, author's compliments slip loosely inserted, original boards, spine ends and corners a little bumped, some light staining and a few scratch marks to covers, first issue dust-jacket without reviews to front flaps, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, a few closed tears to head and foot with creasing, with a rather chipped and worn second issue dust-jacket, 8vo, New York, Viking Press, 1948.⁂ A superb association copy inscribed to White's principal mentor and influence whose painting The Aunt was one of the key inspirations for this work. The first US edition preceded the UK edition. White first met De Maistre (1894-1968) in 1936, the artist and the two men were briefly lovers before settling in to their more enduring roles of pupil, mentor and firm friends. De Maistre and his work became an immensely important influence, acknowledged by White when dedicating his first book Happy Valley to him. Around 1945 White purchased a new painting by De Maistre titled The Aunt and it proved the catalyst for his first new work following years of creative drought: "The image of the 'Aunt' fused in White's mind with a long-planned novel about a wandering spinster going mad in a world on the brink of violence... The title that fastened itself to this idea was The Aunt's Story. Shortly after buying Roy's painting and within a month of his demobilisation, White was at work on the novel." - David Marr, Patrick White. A Life, p.237. The integral link between De Maistre's painting and White's novel is acknowledged in the first English edition which uses the painting for the dust-jacket design.

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Lot 186

Arthur Rackham.- [Dodgson (Rev. Charles Lutwidge)] "Lewis Carroll". Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, one of 1130 copies, 13 tipped-in colour plates with captioned tissue guards, illustrations and pictorial endpapers by Arthur Rackham, slight abrasion from verso of one brown paper plate-mount to facing text leaf, some light toning, some browning to endpapers, original pictorial buckram, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, spine slightly dulled, 2 small splash marks to upper cover, 4to, [1907].

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Lot 434

Maugham (William Somerset) The Painted Veil, first English edition, first issue, third state with 26 titles listed on half-title verso, light browning to endpapers, foxing to fore-edge, original cloth, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, some light creasing, [Stott A33c], 8vo, 1925.⁂ Scarce in the dust-jacket. The complex printing history of The Painted Veil stems in a large part from a number of complaints and threatened suits, the most significant of which came from the Hong Kong Government regarding the setting of the novel. This complaint was not made however until two printing runs of 4,000 copies each had been completed.

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Lot 401

Stoker (Bram) Dracula, eighth edition, some light spotting to fore-edge, original red cloth, decorated and lettered in black, slight sunning and minor speckling to spine, small bump to foot of spine, very slight fading to cover margins, but a bright, fine copy overall, original glacine dust-jacket, some chipping a light creasing to head and foot, 8vo, Archibald Constable, 1904.⁂ A superb example of this attractive edition with the original glacine jacket, itself a remarkable survival.

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Lot 431

Lewis (C.S.) [The Chronicles of Narnia], 7 vol., first editions, comprising The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, ink ownership inscription and light browning to endpaper, newspaper clipping loosely inserted, sunning to spine along with upper and lower edges, jacket price-clipped, light toning to spine, chipping to head touching titling at head of spine and upper panel, 2 short tears to foot, a few light patches of soiling, 1950; Prince Caspian, slight shelf-lean, jacket with light toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, a few short closed tears with some creasing to head and foot, 1951; The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, slight browning to spine tips, minor chipping to spine ends and corners, closed tear to head of rear panel, a few short nicks to head and foot with light creasing,1952; The Silver Chair, light browning to front endpapers, jacket with light toning to spine, minor chipping to spine ends and corners, 2 short closed tears to head of upper panel, a few short nicks to head and foot with light creasing, 1953; The Horse and his Boy, light browning to endpapers, light sunning to spine of jacket and boards, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light soiling to lower panel, a few short tears to head with creasing, light rubbing to extremities, 1954; The Magician's Nephew, jacket with light rubbing to tips of spine and corners, very short closed tear to head of upper panel with light creasing, 1955; The Last Battle, jacket with light browning to spine and rear panel, rubbing to tips of spine and corners, 1956, plates, illustrations and maps by Pauline Baynes, including colour where called for, original boards, dust-jackets, 8vo⁂ A sharp and excellent set of C. S. Lewis' classic children series.

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Lot 473

India.- Paget (Lt. Col. W. H.) A Record of the Expeditions undertaken against the North-West Frontier Tribes, first edition, 18 folding maps and plates, a few with slight tears, mostly at folds, occasional spotting, title and last 2 leaves with tape repair to tears, title with label "For Official Use Only" pasted above imprint and another at head of preface, title also with label of Durham 1st V.B. Light Infantry, page 489 bearing label Newburgh, Casingwold, modern morocco-backed marbled boards, 8vo, Calcutta, Office of Superintendent of Government Printing, 1874.

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Lot 292

Dickens (Charles).- [Prest (Thomas Peckett)], "Bos". The Penny Pickwick, nos. 1-103 (of 112), without titles or preface, wood-engraved illustrations, occasional light browning, repaired hole to first 3ff. with loss to a few words of text, contemporary crushed red morocco, gilt, neatly rebacked, preserving original gilt backstrip, t.e.g., 8vo, [1837-39].⁂ An extremely rare piece of plagiarism, rarely, if ever, found complete and often lacking far more numbers than in the present example.

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Lot 270

Food and Drink.- Y-Worth (William) The Compleat Distiller: or the Whole Art of Distillation Practically Stated, 2 parts in 1, second edition, engraved frontispiece and 4 plates, final advertisement leaf present, tear to F8 just touching text block, tear also to K5 into text, browned, some light water-staining mostly to corners, lower corner of first c.40pp. nibbled (no loss of text), contemporary panelled calf, worn, covers with several repairs and almost detached, [Simon BG 1641; Blake 497; Duveen p.630; Ferguson II, 558; Kress S.2329], 8vo, Printed for J. Taylor, 1705.⁂ Second edition. A reissue of the first edition of 1692 (Introitus Apertus ad Artem Distillationis), omitting the Latin title.

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Lot 315

Dickens (Charles) Bleak House, first edition in the original 19/20 parts, 40 plates by H.K.Browne ("Phiz") , with the explanation of the accident to plate 17 in part 9, part 1 an unusual issue without any ads., the upper cover misnumbered, and the lower cover blank, part 7 with Bleak House advertiser misbound but all present, part 16 lacking the "Grave Aguilar's Works" insert, part 19/20 lacking the "Works of Samuel Warren", W. Mott and John Cassell ads., all other slips and ads. otherwise present as called for included the rare "Village Pastor" insert to part 15, some foxing to plates, original printed blue wrappers, chipping to spines, 7 parts with covers detached, occasional light foxing or soiling to some covers, part 19/20 stitching broken with contents becoming loose, preserved in custom drop-back box, [Hatton & Cleaver p.273-304], 8vo, 1852-53.

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Lot 297

Dickens (Charles) Oliver Twist, 3 vol., third edition, etched frontispieces and 19 plates only by George Cruikshank (of 21 with 1 plate in vol. 1 duplicated), some light offsetting and occasional spotting, original green cloth, slight shelf-lean, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light rubbing to extremities, but an excellent set overall, [Smith I, p.37], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1841.⁂ The last of the three volume editions and the first to contain Dickens' Introduction.

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Lot 388

Unrecorded provincial poetry.- Fettes (James) Zuleika, the Christian's Bride; A Ballad: and the Dream, a Poem. With other miscellaneous pieces, light spotting and browning, disbound, Newcastle upon Tyne, Henry Gibb, Liberator Office, 1840 § Alice (Lady) No.1 Illuminated Psychclopædia. Early Snow Drops; or Spring Offerings, small hole to lower blank corner of title, occasional staining, marginal creasing, disbound, no printer, 1855, 8vo (2)⁂ Both unrecorded. The second mentioned contains a poem on the death of Wellington.

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Lot 313

Dickens (Charles) Dombey and Son, first edition in book form, bound from parts, half-title, engraved frontispiece, title-page with 38 plates by Hablot K. Browne, without errata and list of plates, some marginal loss to pp.425-32, bookplate of W. G. Osbourne to pastedown, orignial variant green cloth, fading to spine, spine ends and corners bumped and frayed, light rubbing, a few light marks to lower cover, a very good copy overall, [Eckel pp.74-6; Smith I, 8], 8vo, Bradbury and Evans, 1848.

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Lot 246

Unrecorded epic poem.- Herron (George) The Six Cantos. A Romance, manuscript, 185 numbered pp., but with some errors in pagination, a few corrections / edits to text, some light spotting and staining, contemporary cloth, rebacked in modern calf, cloth stained, corners worn, rubbed, 8vo, 1830.⁂ '"Sorry your Honor? Lord Bless you I have none to tell". Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin' (on title).

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Lot 453

Yeats (William Butler) Responsibilities: Poems and a Play, errata slip loosely inserted, bookplate to pastedown, Dundrum, 1914; The Bounty of Sweden, Dublin, 1925; A Packet for Ezra Pound, bookplates to pastedown, Dublin, 1929; The Words Upon the Window Pane, Dublin, 1934; Pages from a Diary Written in Nineteen Hundred and Thirty, glacine dust-jacket, Dublin, 1944, first editions, limited editions, devices to titles, some light browning to endpapers, original cloth-backed boards, occasional light toning, but generally bright and excellent, [Wade 110, 146, 163, 174 & 207], 8vo (5)

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Lot 260

NO RESERVE Early printing.- A group of c.20 English and Continental leaves, including leaves printed by Wynkyn de Worde, Richard Grafton, William Copland, a leaf from a 1561 Canterbury Tales by Kingston and a leaf from a printed book of hours by François Regnault, some light browning or soiling, loose in portfolio, v.s., 1516-c.1560.

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Lot 287

[Dickens (Charles)] Sketches by Boz Illustrative of Every-day Life, and Every-day People, New Edition, Complete, first one volume edition, first issue with "reeledbefore" on p.526 and all plates before "Greenwich Fair" (at p. 120) without the Chapman & Hall imprint, frontispiece and 40 etched plates by George Cruikshank, half-title, some very light offsetting, occasional foxing to plates but very clean generally, the odd marginal tear, pulling to a few gatherings with some sheets and 2 plates working loose, cream endpapers, upper hinge repaired, original blind-stamped vertically-ribbed cloth, light sunning to spine, corners a little bumped, some light fraying to joint ends, light rubbing and faint spotting to covers, but a very good copy overall, [Smith p.16 n.4; Eckel pp.14-15], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1839.⁂ "When Chapman and Hall obtained the copyright of Sketches in 1837, they published all of them in twenty monthly parts from November 1837 through June 1839... In May, 1839, Chapman and Hall published these parts complete in one volume with all 40 of Cruikshank's illustrations."

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Lot 394

Tolstoy (Count Lev Nikolayevich "Leo") War and Peace, 3 vol., third English edition, early ink ownership inscriptions to half-titles, occasional spotting, original decorated boards, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, vol. 3 retaining backstrip, vol. 1 retaining lower half of backstrip, bumping to corners, light rubbing and surface creasing, 8vo, Vizetelly & Co., 1889.⁂ Rare in the notoriously fragile boards.

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Lot 342

Trollope (Frances) The Widow Married, 3 vol., first edition, frontispieces and 18 plates by Buss, 8pp. ads. at start of vol.1, 2pp. ads at end of vol. 3, 1 plate detached, occasional light spotting or foxing, vol. 2 lower hinge weak, McInerney bookplate to pastedowns, original blue blind-stamped cloth, shelf-lean, light sunning to spines, some scattered spotting or marking, vol. 1 with some splitting to lower joint, [Sadleir 3251 ], 8vo, Henry Colburn, 1840.⁂ Rare in the original cloth, we can trace only one other example at auction.

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Lot 195

Arthur Rackham.- Irving (Washington) The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, one of 375 copies, this one of 250 for England and marked 'Special Copy', 8 mounted colour plates, numerous illustrations and pictorial endpapers by Arthur Rackham, some light foxing at beginning and end, original pictorial cloth, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, 4to, 1928.

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Lot 417

Greene (Graham) A Gun for Sale, second impression, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original cloth, light bumping to spine ends and corners, near-fine otherwise, dust-jacket priced at 7/6 designed by Barbosa, light sunning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, some creasing to head and foot, light rubbing to extremities, a very good example, [cf. Wobbe A12], 8vo, 1936.⁂ One of Greene's rarest titles, especially so in the dust-jacket. The second impression jacket is identical to that of the first except for the reviews to the flaps. The last copy of the first impression we can trace at auction is the Hobson copy which made £6,200 in 1996.

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Lot 357

Trollope (Anthony) The Claverings, 2 vol., first edition in book form, frontispieces and 14 wood-engraved plates after M. Ellen Edwards, tissue-guards, occasional light finger-soiling, vol.1 with a few ff. working loose, original blind-stamped and gilt green cloth, vol. 2 neatly and sympathetically rebacked retaining original backstrip, vol. 2 rather rubbed and discoloured, but vol. 1 an unusually bright and clean example, [Sadleir 27], 8vo, Smith, Elder & Co., 1867.⁂ Sadleir notes two cloth issues, the present example and one blocked in gilt and black.

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Lot 318

Dickens (Charles) Little Dorrit, first edition in the original 19/20 parts, first issue with 'Rigaud' for Blandois in part 15 and errata slip in part 16, 40 etched plates by H.K.Browne ("Phiz"), all advertisements and slips as called for, part 6 with additional 4pp. catalogue of works by Henry Ince at front, clean internally, original printed blue wrappers, some light creasing to spines or covers, 1 or 2 spines with possible very light repairs, but a sharp, bright set overall, preserved in 2 red calf, drop-front boxes with bookplate of Ethel and George Booth to inside upper cover, [Hatton & Cleaver pp.307-330], 8vo, 1855-57.

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Lot 442

Stoppard (Tom) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, first edition, very light toning to endpapers, original cloth, slight fading to spine and upper cover, dust-jacket, slight sunning to spine and foot, spine ends and corners a little chipped, very small patch of browning to 1 corner, but an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1967.

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Lot 424

James (M.R.) A Thin Ghost and others, first edition, light browning to half-title, erased ownership inscription to endpaper, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to spine ends and corners, some light surface soiling to covers, light rubbing to extremities, an excellent example overall, [Tymn 3-127], 8vo, 1919.⁂ James' third collection of ghost stories.

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Lot 238

Binding.- Osorio da Fonseca (Jeronimo) [Théologie curieuse], translated by Jacques de Jant, manuscript, 189pp., without title, 1p. biographical notes mounted at start, corrections to text, ruled throughout in red, some spotting and light staining, handsome contemporary calf, gilt, spine in compartments, semé with fleurs-de-lys, foot of spine and corners worn, rubbed, g.e., small 4to (binding 208 x 164mm.), [?Dijon], [c.1660].⁂ The work was published in Dijon in 1666. Questions include De l'age du Monde; De l'unité du Monde; De la rondeur de la Terre; and Du Globe de la Terre. Fonseca (1506-1580) was a Portuguese Catholic bishop, historian and polemicist. The Chevalier Jant was French ambassador to Portugal. Provenance: 'Manuscrit original' (later ink inscription to front free endpaper); Robert, Marquess of Crewe (engraved armorial bookplate).

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Lot 439

Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first paperback edition, first printing, usual light marginal browning, some light creasing, original pictorial wrappers, very slight sunning to spine, light vertical creasing to spine and upper cover, light rubbing and creasing to tips of spine and corners, split to foot of upper joint, light lifting to laminate at cover extremities, but still an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1997.

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Lot 345

Trollope (Anthony) The Warden, first edition, without advertisements, light marginal browning, later brown cloth with original spine and cover panels neatly laid down, retaining original pastedowns and endpapers, light browning to spine, [Sadleir 4], 8vo, Longman Brown, Green and Longmans, 1855.⁂ The first of Trollope's Barchester series, rare in the original cloth. The present example in either Sadleir's first or second binding but with pastedown advertisements different to those called for.

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Lot 222

Descartes (René) Les Passions de l'Ame, first edition, title with printer's woodcut device, woodcut initials and tail-pieces, very occasional light spotting, bookplate to front pastedown 'Henry Edward Bunbury', printers waste from a C17th English work used as endpapers, browned, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked preserving original spine, spine gilt with morocco label, corners rubbed, [Garrison Morton 4965, Norman 626; Willems 1083], 8vo, Amsterdam, Louys Elzevier, 1649.⁂ One of Descartes' most influential works, published the year before his death, The Passions is the fullest account of his understanding of the interaction between body and soul, setting forth his famous theory of the pineal gland. Consistent with his dualistic view, Descartes espoused the total distinctiveness of body and soul, and simultaneously equated the soul with the mind. From this, based on reasoning that alone of all parts of the brain the pineal gland was without a double, he argued that it was the unique locus for connection between the material body and immaterial mind. Although he had written privately on this subject already in Traité de l'Homme during the 1630s, this remained unpublished until after his death. Indeed, Descartes was reluctant even to publish The Passions, since he claimed its original purpose served only as part of his dialogue with the Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia (with whom he held an intimate correspondence between 1643-45), and of whose mind alone he was confident of being sufficiently elevated to understand his arguments contained therein.

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Lot 285

[Dickens (Charles)], "Boz", contributor. The Library of Fiction, or Family Story-Teller, 2 vol., first edition in book form, half-titles, 26 wood engraved plates only (of 28) after R. Seymour, R.W. Buss, Hablot K. Browne and others, vol.2 without pp. 161-208, occasional light foxing, ink ownership inscriptions to endpapers, original variant blue-green cloth with blind-stamped pattern of grapes and leaves, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light rubbing and fading, [Eckel p.150-151], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1836-37.⁂ These volumes bound from parts and lacking 4 stories in vol. 2. Contains two early pieces by Dickens as 'Boz' in vol.1; The Tuggs at Ramsgate and A Little Talk About Spring and Sweeps.

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Lot 489

English School, mid 19th Century - Oil on canvas - Portrait of a lady, her parted hair with ringlets, wearing off-the-shoulder velvet dress and with furs, unsigned, 75cm x 62.5cm, in arched gilt slip and gilt frameCondition report: Re-lined. Exanmibation under UV light reveals overpainting, most noticeable to right forearm (this is also visible with the naked eye). General fine cracking / crazing. Minor frame losses and would benefit from a clean.

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Lot 178

Victorian silver vinaigrette of shaped rectangular form, the exterior having engine turned decoration within floral scrolls, the hinged lid opening to reveal a pierced grille with floral decoration, sponsors mark of Edward Smith, Birmingham 1861,3.5cm wide, 17 grams approxCondition report: The lid is loose, with the lid having two sections broken. Wear to the gilded interior. Engraved initials to the lid. Some light surface wear and scratches, some loss of definition to the decoration.

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Lot 4

Three stone diamond ring, the white mount stamped '18ct', the brilliant cuts calculated as weighing approx 0.5, 0.72 and 0.45 carats (measuring 5.3mm x 2.9mm deep, 6mm x 3.2mm deep, and 5.2mm x 2.7mm deep), size K½, 2.2g gross approxCondition report: The diamonds appear bright, white and lively, no obvious inclusions with the naked eye, you can see some with a 10 x loupe. One diamond has an inclusion on the edge which appears like an abrasion, but there are no chips that I can see. Clarity approx SI. The claws are all present but with signs of wear. The shank has a visible sizing mark and light overall wear. **General condition consistent with age and use.

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Lot 405

Burmantofts – Pair of large Faience ‘Dragon’ vases and pedestals, of double gourd form with flared collar neck, shape number 676, both with a relief moulded dragon entwined around the body, on the first vase the dragon is looking up to a baby dragon clinging to the edge of the neck, another at its feet; on the second the adult dragon is looking down at a baby dragon crawling on the lower body, both with relief moulded flowers and grasses to the lower body, 61cm high; together with a pair of olive glazed pedestals of pillar form with spreading base, shape 622, the shaft with diaper moulding, 59cm high, both with impressed factory marksCondition report: Vase 1: On edge of neck, 10mm loss to side of baby dragon's spine fin. Interior of neck has dried glue residue but no apparent structural faults. Approx 10mm x 8mm chip to underside of dragon's tail near the tip. A few grazes to glaze on scales towards end of spine.Vase 2: Significant restoration to neck with cracks restored but still faintly visible and matt finish to the restored areas. UV light shows restoration to dragon's right ear. Bottom of left wing broken approx. 70mm from the end and re-stuck with 10mm x 5mm loss on underside. Further small areas of restoration along lower part of spine and near end of tail.Pedestals with patches of wear, together with light scratches and minor crazing to the tops. One with old overpainted chip to edge of base. Both with a few minor glaze chips to the base and a couple of small manufacturing flaws under the glaze.

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Lot 185

Asprey (Retailers) - Late Victorian cast silver bon bon dish of shaped circular design with floral decoration and standing on three cast feet, sponsors mark of George Fox, London 1899, 13.5cm diameter, 185 grams approxCondition report: Some light surface wear and scratches, some loss to the decoration from polishing and use.

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Lot 182

Victorian bachelor's silver three-piece tea set of pear shape in the Queen Anne style, comprising teapot, cream jug and sugar bowl, London 1844, 690 grams gross approxCondition report: Some light surface wear and scratches, some loss of definition to the decoration. Seams appear in good order.

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Lot 172

George IV silver three-piece silver tea set of melon-shaped form, comprising, teapot, sugar bowl, and milk jug, sponsors mark of William Eley, London 1821, teapot 14.5cm high, 1590 grams gross approxCondition report: All items have an engraved crest to one side and a presentation inscription to base reading 'A token of affection from Grandmother Morrison to her Grandaughter Sophia Peters'. Some minor surface scratches and light wear all over, Some loss of definition to the decoration and crest from polishing. A series of dents and small dings all over, most notably by the crest on the teapot.

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Lot 161

George III silver tankard of baluster form with an applied reeded girdle and scroll handle, the domed cover with a pierced thumbpiece, sponsors mark of Jacob Marsh or John Moore, London 1765, 21cm high, 900 grams approxCondition report: Engraved initials. The rim to the lid is out of shape with at least two flattened areas. Dent approx 1.5cm long above initials. Hallmarks are clear, though the third sponsor's mark to the lid is mis-struck having just one letter. Some light surface scratches and wear.

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Lot 441

Victorian silver mounted cameo glass scent bottle of tapered form decorated with a white floral spray to a yellow ground in the manner of Thomas Webb, sponsors mark of the John Newton Mappin, London 1884, 14.5cm longCondition report: Some minor losses to the glass around the stem ends (see images). The silver lid has had a knock. Internal stopper appears original, with only some minor nibbles. Some light surface scratches to the whole.

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Lot 207

Early 20th Century Asian white metal baluster vase with all-over embossed bamboo decoration, unmarked, 8cm high, 42 grams approxCondition report: The vase is a little out of shape. Some light surface wear and scratches, some loss of definition to the decoration.

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Lot 246

Post Second World War Willys Jeep Smokers Compendium comprising table lighter / cigarette case, with ashtray trailer, by W Baier, US Zone, West Germany, having etched decoration and rubber tyres, the door handles push down to reveal the lighter underneath the bonnet, with magnetically attached ashtray in the form of a trailer, 24cm x 8cm high Condition report: Light mechanism functioning, but light doesn't spark, general knocks and scratches in various places, inner label slightly damaged, general condition consistent with age.

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Lot 187

Edward VII silver snuff box of shaped rectangular form with engraved floral scroll decoration, the hinged lid opening to reveal a gilt interior, sponsors mark of Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. Ltd., London 1901, 6cm wide, 60 grams approxCondition report: Heavy wear to the gilded interior. Engraved crest to the lid. Hinges are in good order. Some light surface wear and scratches, some loss of definition to the decoration.

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Lot 181

Victorian silver teapot of circular form with engraved decoration and embossed foliate panels, standing on a circular pedestal base, sponsors mark of John Edward Walter & John Barnard, London, 1868, 18.5cm high, 685 grams gross approxCondition report: Some minor surface scratches and light wear all over, Some loss of definition to the decoration from polishing. Some small dents all over, most noticeably on the carouche. Knop maybe a replacement.

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Lot 180

Victorian silver mounted claret jug with all over etched star decoration the scroll handle having cast vine leaf mount and a fox finial to the hinged lid, sponsors mark of IEP C&Co, Sheffield 1862, 26cm highCondition report: Some light surface scratches and wear, some loss to the decoration from polishing and use. Glass and hinge appear in good order. Glass is a little cloudy.

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Lot 199

George V silver shaped circular salver with piecrust border standing on four hooved feet with Masonic inscription 'Presented to W.Bro.W.J.Woodward, L.R. by the members of The Panmure Lodge (no.720) of Instruction as a mark of appreciation and esteem for his continuous service and preceptor for 21 years, Jan 20, 1921', sponsors mark of C.S.Harris & Sons Ltd, London 1901, 36cm diameter, 1200 grams approxCondition report: Some minor surface scratches and light wear all over, Some loss of definition to the decoration from polishing. Some small dents all over.

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Lot 204

Cased set of six Elizabeth II silver goblets, sponsors mark of Deakin & Francis, Birmingham 1973, each 16cm high, 1800 grams approxCondition report: Some light surface wear and scratches, some loss of definition to the decoration. Light wear to the case.

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Lot 594

Late 19th Century inlaid rosewood envelope card table, the segmented top inlaid with classical motifs opening to a green baize interior with four inset counter wells, over single frieze drawer with gilt metal drop handles, raised on shaped supports united by conforming pierced under tier, 54cm x 54cm x 69cm high Condition report: Some fading to top, together with light scratches and minor losses to inlay. Wear to ebonised edge.Some minor scuffs and losses to lower part of legs commensurate with age and use.

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Lot 159

Early 17th Century silver provincial seal top spoon having tapering facet stem with fig-shaped bowl and scroll and fluted finial, the disk prick-dot engraved 1600, 15.5cm long, 33 grams approxCondition report: Some light surface wear and scratches, some loss of definition to the decoration. The reverse of the bowl has an engraved NE and pin pricked SF. Some possible signs of gilding to the finial.

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Lot 289

Late 19th Century Sorrento ware box, the lid with marquetry panel of figures with a donkey laden with panniers flanked by inlaid scrollwork, 28cm longCondition report: Marquetry panel with overall crazing and light scratches. Top panel with small split, some losses to inlay and banding. The lid panel becoming unstuck. Overall light scratches and losses to bandings.

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Lot 198

Pair of George V silver column candlesticks of Corinthian form with Adam style classical decoration, sponsors mark of Hawksworth, Eyre & Co Ltd, Sheffield 1918, 24cm high, weightedCondition report: Both candlesticks have engraved presentation 'Newcastle Insurance Friends 1922' Some wear to the edges but no noticeable splitting to the seams. Some small dents. Some light surface wear and scratches, some loss to the decoration from polishing and use.

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Lot 154

George V 18ct gold full hunter pocket watch, white Roman dial with sunken subsidiary at 'VI', and monogrammed engraving to front, internal inscription 'May 25th 1911, From R.R.H, Birmingham, 1910, '712061' marked to plate, 94.5g gross approx, with caseCondition report: Not currently running, cracks to the dial, between 'V & VII', monogram is over-polished, with losses in places, denting to the front and back of the case in various places, with light scratches,

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