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Joseph Morris Henderson RSA (Scottish 1864-1936) 'A Woodland Stream' Gilt framed oil on canvas, signed 50cm x 60 cm Condition Reports: Canvas has light craquelure throughout but is overall good to the eye. The frame has some areas of loss and possible restoration, and looks to have been repainted.
19th Century French Brass Champlevé enamel mantle clock, the silver dial with numerals contained in a waisted case of Rococo design, on four scroll feet, 28cm high.Condition Report: Overall excellent, mechanism untested, some minor wear to face, light scratches on glass, one small area of enamel loss visible, top centre finial curved backwards
Three bottles of Glen Moray 12 years aged 'Highland Regiments' single malt whisky, to include The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, The Highland Light Infantry and The Black Watch Royal Highland Regiment, all with original presentation tins, 75cl. (3) Condition reports for each lot are available on our website.
A Moorcroft Pottery Hibiscus pattern vase of ovoid form with drawn neck and everted rim, tubeline decorated with salmon glazed flower heads over light green leaves and olive green ground, impressed and painted marks, height 13cm, together with a Moorcroft anemone pattern trinket box and cover, of circular form, tubeline decorated with single flowerhead over green ground, impressed marks, diameter 7cm. (2) Condition reports for each lot are available on our website.
Paar verguld bronzen vierlichts kandelabers, Napoleon III, 19e eeuw, de schildpad fineer stam met boulle marketerie. h. 45 cm. Sotheby's, Amsterdam, European Collections: Paintings, Ceramics, Glass, Furniture and other Works of Art, 17 september 2007, lot170Sothebys, property of a member of the princely house of Saxe - Meiningen, 31 october 2005, lot 732 [2] Pair of gilt bronze and tortoise shell four light candelabra, Napoleon III, 19th century
Frankrijk, paar verguld houten en deels geëboniseerde twee lichts wandappliques, Louis XVI stijl, 19e eeuw; De appliques geplaatst op gestoken bustes en geplaatst op consoles met decoratie van leeuwenmaskers, acanthusblad en guirlandes. (twee armen en guirlande fragmenten afgebroken, maar aanwezig en compleet). h. 95 cm Sotheby's Amsterdam, Property from Royal and Noble Families, 17 December 2008, 'The property of a Dutch Baron, lot nr. 336 [4 + zkj] A pair of wall lights in Louis XVI style, partly gilt and partly ebonised, the female busts each supporting a pair of light arms.
An early 19th century circa 1800 - 1810 handwritten manuscript commonplace book. The writer unnamed, various hands towards the end of the work. Including notes, poems and extracts including Elegy written amongst the ruins of Pontefract Castle,from a Sermon on the Peace by the Rev. H. Crofts preached at Prittlewell Oct 18th 1801, The Hill of Heroes, Man was made to Mourn, a Dirge by Burns, Desultory Thoughts on Education by Dryden, Mr. Cumberland's Prayer, The Revenge of America by Dr. J. Warton, The Kalendar of Flora, The Female Pleasure of More Modest Kind, Contentment - a Sonnet by Lady Manners, On Lord Nelson's Victory by W. T. Fitzgerald Esq., World Anxiety Reproved, St. Michael's Mount a Poem by Rev. W. L. Bowles, The Contemplatist - a Night Piece, An Elegy on a Pile of Ruins on Boslin Abbey, and others by Barbauld, Blair, Jago, Miss. Flora Macdonald, Leyden, Cunningham, Ossian etc. Some copied from the European Magazine, the Gentleman's Magazine & similar. Contemp. quarter calf binding with paper covered boards, front joint worn & with some loss resulting in the spine lifting slightly at the tail, extremities bumped and some light loss and rubbing to the paper. Internally pages generally clean with the odd spot or mark; binding sometimes loosening slightly. Late 20th c. Phillips auction label inserted, lot 270 sale no. 1025. Small 4to.
Austen, Jane. Five mid century 1948 editions of her works, in the orig. dust wrappers, publ. Nicholas Vane for Goldfinch Titles. Comprising Mansfield Park, two copies of Persuasion and Love and Freindship, Emma (inner flap of dw loose but present), and 1949 Northanger Abbey (2nd ed.). All in orig. unclipped striking black and white dust wrappers, some light loss to corners and extremities, spines a touch chipped to the heads and tails, leaves age-toned internally, otherwise a good vintage set of Austen's works. 8vo.
Proud, Samuel. Prout's Microcosm, the Artist's Sketchbook of Groups of Figures, Shipping and other Picturesque Objects publ. David Bogue; and 1838 Hints on Light and Shadow, Composition, etc. as applicable to Landscape Painting, publ. Ackermann and Co. Both richly illustrated with plates throughout demonstrating Prout's artistry. Presented in publisher's orig. full cloth bindings, both discoloured to front boards, extremities bumped and worn, Hints on Light having been rebacked, Microcosm with significant tear through the entire ffep and some of the tissue guards. Folios.
Horror & mystery fiction. Two 1920s works in orig. cloth bindings, comprising 1921 The Wolves of God and Other Fey Stories by Algernon Blackwood and Wilfred Wilson publ. E. P. Dutton & Company, New York; and 1929 In The Shadow by Tod Robbins publ. Elkin Matthews & Marrot Ltd. London. Each in publ. orig. cloth, The Wolves of God with rubbed boards & bumped extremities, binding a touch loose, In the Shadow with spine sl. cocked, extremities spotted & light bumping to head & tail of the spine. Two uncommon first edition collections of mystery short stories. 8vo.
Kagawa, Toyohiko. 1925 Before the Dawn, translated from the Japanese by I. Fukumoto and T. Satchell. Author's presentation copy, with inscription to ffep To Dame Adelaine Anderson with author's compliments, Toyohiko Kagawa April 22 1925, also complete with a letter to Dame Anderson from the author on Toyo-Kwan Hotel letterheaded paper, expressing his thanks, and a copy of his business card. Publ. Chatto & Windus, first ed. Full cloth binding with paper spine label, light bumping to extremities & occ. mark to the boards, otherwise smart. A scarce first edition & presentation copy between these two labour activists, known for work in Japan and China respectively on child labour and women's suffrage. 8vo.
First Civil War interest. circa 1642 The Second Part of Vox Populi. Being the Peoples Report unto the King, upon the Severall Appeales Declared in his Majesties Name. An Egge long since hatcht and covered, and now fledg'd, and upon the Wing towards the Deserts, of his Majesties present abode. May it prove a Dove with an Olive branch to prepare his Resting on these His Mountaines of Ararat. No printer stated, unbound, top edge red, woodcut initial; edgewear to lower corner resulting in some loss, discolouration to edges commensurate with age, general edgewear & light loss not affecting text block. A scarce pamphlet in support of King Charles I against Parliament on the cusp of the onset of the First Civil War, detailing the 'great and imminent danger' presented by the Papists. Unbound, 4to, 12pp.
Powell, Enoch. 1965 A Nation Not Afraid - the Thinking of Enoch Powell, ed. John Wood. First edition, publ. Batsford. Two signed letters from Powell to George Clark Esq. tipped in to ffep, each typewritten dated 1992 and with hand written addressee & signed Enoch, regarding meeting at the Conservative Lawyers & a lent booklet on Maastricht. Publisher's orig. full cloth binding in orig. unclipped dust wrapper, some light wear to the extremities & edges, spine a touch chipped at the head, a mark to the front cover affecting Powell's chin, otherwise smart. 8vo.
Milne, A. A. 1922 The Sunny Side, publ. E. P. Dutton & Company, along with circa 1920 Once on a Time, publ. Hodder & Stoughton and decorated by Charles Robinson. Both in publisher's orig. full cloth binding, The Sunny Side with orig. paper spine label and in unclipped dust wrapper, light edgewear, some chipping to the head of the spine & the odd scratch to the spine, extremities bumped resulting in sl. loss, bindings generally firm & the odd spot internally; Once on a Time with some marks & stains to boards, spine cocked & worn to the head and tail, binding a little tender internally. 8vo.
Folio Society. Pullman, Philip:- 2008 His Dark Materials Trilogy, presented as three volumes in slipcase being Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass; along with 2021 The Book of Dust - La Belle Sauvage Vol. 1. Each illustrated by Peter Bailey with a new preface by the author. Decorative cloth bindings, books mint & unopened, presented in two slipcase, each with just light shelf wear. 8vo.
Tolkien, J. R. R. A collection of vintage works by Tolkien and companion volumes to his works. Comprising 1979 Pictures by J. R. R. Tolkien, foreword & notes by Christopher Tolkien, publ. George Allen & Unwin, first ed. in slipcase; 1979 A Tolkien Bestiary by David Day publ. Mitchell Beazley Publishers, in orig. smart dust wrapper (spine a touch sunned & bumped to head); 1990 Bilbo's Last Song illus. Pauline Baynes publ. Unwin in near fine unclipped dw; 1991 The Hobbit adapted by Charles Dixon & Sean Deming illus. David Wenzel, in publ. orig. gloss wraps (light edgewear); 1976 The Tolkien Companion by J. E. A. Tyler publ. Macmillan, publ. orig. unclipped dust wrapper, chipped to head of front hinge & a touch bumped; 2016 The Battles of Tolkien by David Day, first ed. in orig. soft gum plastic wraps, blind stamped illustrations; 1972 Master of Middle-Earth by Paul Kocher publ. Thames & Hudson, publ. orig. unclipped dw, small school lib. stamp to ffep; 1988 The Book of Lost Tales in clipped dw, 7th imp, dw chipped to head of the spine at rear board; and 2007 70th Anniversary Edition of The Hobbit publ. Harper Collins, presented in slipcase & dw. A smart collection of works by & relating to Tolkien's world as explored in his magnum opus Lord of the Rings trilogy. Largest square 4to.
Ishuguro, Kazuo et al. 1981 Stories by New Writers. Publ. Faber and Faber. Containing works by J. K. Klavans, Steven Kupfer, Tim Owens and Amanda Hemingway as well as Ishiguro. Publisher's orig. full cloth binding in unclipped dust wrapper, one bump to tail of the spine & light bumping to the head of the spine, some light discolouration to spine, pen price inscription to ffep, otherwise a very smart & uncommon first edition of Ishiguro's first appearance in book form, featuring three of his short stories: A Strange and Sometimes Sadness, Waiting for J, and Getting Poisoned. 8vo.
Private Press:- Nonesuch Press. 1931 The Iliad and the Odyssey by Homer, trans. Alexander Pope. Two volumes, printed at the Nonesuch Press. Limited editions, being No. 162 of 925 and No. 819 of 835 respectively, hand numbered in pencil. Publisher's original full morocco bindng in tan, gilt titles to spine, extremities a touch bumped, light rubbing noticeable more to the Iliad at the head & tail of the spine, leather with the odd mark to the boards & in need of a light clean, edges uncut, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, internally mid century bookseller's pricing in pencil, otherwise clean. Complete with the original Ancient Greek text alongside Pope's notable translation. Engraved ornaments by Rudolf Koch & Fritz Kredel, printed in red & black. Small folio.
Machen, Arthur. 1895 The Great God Pan and the Inmost Light. Publ. John Lane. Illustrated title page & cover by Aubrey Beardsley. Publisher's orig. full cloth binding, wear and light loss to the head of the spine, extremities bumped, tail of the spine worn, binding strained & exposed at the front hinge, generally firm otherwise. A stated second edition of this horror novella by Machen, now hailed as a classic of the genre but denounced at its publication for its implicit sexual content. Along with 1923 Strange Roads and With the Gods in Spring, limited edition publ. The Classic Press. Orig. green cloth binding complete with glassine wrap (split to spine & with some loss). Largest 8vo.
Railways of Great Britain. 1841 Bradshaw's Railway Companion, containing the Times of Departure, Fares, &c. of the Railways in England, and also Hackney Coach Fares from the Principal Railway Stations. Illustrated with maps of the country through which the railways pass, and plans of London, Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool and Manchester. Publ. Bradshaw & Blacklock. Two folding maps with hand coloured detail of London East and the Railways in England and Wales, forty-seven leaves of timetable and train information, sixteen single leaf hand coloured maps, and four double-page city plans. Original smart full cloth binding with gilt label with price to front board, light wear & rubbing to extremities, complete with orig. endpapers. 16mo.
[Abbott, Edwin A. as A Square]. 1884 Flatland, a Romance of Many Dimensions. First edition, first issue, publ. Seeley & Co. Publisher's orig. card wraps with pictorial glassine dust wrapper, some discolouration & age toning to dw commensurate with age, light loss to bumped extremities and to the tail of the spine, the odd small stain to front & one or two spots, pencil squiggle to verso of wrapper, no prior ownership inscriptions, half title present, edges uncut and the odd spot to first and final leaves, binding tight & pages generally clean. A scarce first edition of Edwin Abbott Abbott's satirical novella commentating on Victorian society, better remembered for its depiction of dimensions, complete in the less common glacine wraps. 4to.
Jerome, Jerome K. 1889 Three Men in a Boat (To say nothing of the Dog) & Diary of a Pilgrimage (and Six Essays). First editions, publ. J. W. Arrowsmith, Bristol. Three Men in a Boat with illustrations by A. Frederics, the latter illustrated by G. G. Fraser. Both in publisher's orig. full cloth binding, bumped to head and tails of the spines and extremities, Pilgrimage with boards a touch soiled and spine a little cocked, ownership inscription to half title page, binding exposed at front hinge, advertisement for Three Men in a Boat to front pastedown, binding strained & loosening throughout; Three Men in a Boat smarter with light rubbing to boards, ownership inscr. to half title & the odd spot. 8vo.
Cremer, William Henry (ed.). The Magician's Own Book, Recreations in Chemistry, Acoustics, Legerdemain, Electricity, Performances with Cups and Balls, Eggs, Hats, Coin, Books etc. A new edition with 200 practical illustrations. Publ. John Grant, Edinburgh. Publisher's orig. decorative blue full cloth binding with black blind stamped illustrations to front board and spine, gilt titles to spine, ownership inscr. in pencil to top edge & ffep, some light bumping to extremities, spotting to edges & to bottom of first and final leaves. An interesting early 20th century new edition on magic and magic tricks. 8vo.
Modern first editions. A collection of works by Anthony Burgess, William Golding and Saul Bellow, comprising first & early editions all in dust wrappers. Comprising 1997 The Actual 3rd imp. publ. Viking; 1994 It All Adds Up, first imp. publ. Viking; and 1964 Herzog, first UK ed. publ. Weidenfeld & Nicolson; 1976 A Long Trip to Teatime publ. Dempsey & Squires in clipped dust wrapper; 1993 A Dead Man in Deptford, 3rd imp. publs. Hutchinson; 1987 Little Wilson and Big God publ. Heinemann; 1990 You've Had Your Time publ. Heinemann; 1974 Napoleon Symphony publ. Alfred Knopf (flaps of dw pasted to book resulting in discolouration); 1995 The Double Tongue publ. Faber & Faber; and 1984 The Paper Men publ. Faber & Faber, awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. All in smart condition with just light shelfwear. 8vo.
Horse-racing, sport & equestrian interest:- Tattersall, George. 1841 Sporting Architecture. Publ. by R. Ackermann, illustrated with steel engraved plates, plans & intext illustrations, including a vignette to the title page of Ascot Grand Stand. Describing paddocks, stalls, kennels and race stands. Publisher's orig. blue full cloth cloth binding, gilt pictorial front board, title hand written to spine in a naive hand, loss to the head of the spine & light bumping and wear to extremities. Ownership bookplate of Joseph Neeld, MP for Chippenham, Wiltshire & owner of the Grittleton Estate. Front hinge a touch strained at title page, binding otherwise firm. Title page a little spotted & foxed, with damp staining; damp staining affecting a number of leaves & plates at verso. Maj. tissue guards present but some with loss. 4to. Along with a Victorian 1874 handbill advertising Midland Railway trains for Epsom Races. Reading Midland Railway. Epsom Races. International Exhibition. One Monday June 1st 1874, a cheap Excursion Train to London for Six Days. Printed by Thomas Cook & Son. On brown paper & in exceptional, bright condition. Measures approx. 25cm x 16cm.
Keneally, Thomas. 1964 The Place at Whitton. First edition, publ. Cassell, London. Signed & dated 24 May 2007 by the author to the title page. Publisher's orig. full cloth binding in unclipped dust wrapper, some light discolouration and wear to extremities. evidence of restoration along the head & occ. loss to the ink. Along with 1976 Season in Purgatory, first edition publ. Collins, in publisher's orig. full cloth binding in unclipped dust wrapper, light wear & sunning to spine otherwise smart condition. 8vo.
Virgil. 1766 Publii Virgilii Maronis Bucolica Georgica et Aeneis. Typis Johannis Baskerville. Contemp. calf smartly recently rebacked, spine with orig. gilt detail and spine label (orig. spine smoke discoloured), with orig. calf boards. Ownership bookplate of John Somers Lord Somers to front pastedown along with 1781 inscr. by E. C. C. 'Sometimes Remember Me', and a 20th century Digby Stuart College stamp. Vignette woodcut illustration to title page. Internally, firmly bound; pages are age-toned to the extremities, occ. light spotting to margins, page 127 with a tear to centre of page affecting textblock, see image. Small 8vo.
Ornithological interest. A collection of four works from the New Naturalist series by Collins. The lot comprising No. 52, 1971 Woodland Birds by Eric Simms; No. 55, 1975 Finches by Ian Newton (2nd imp, dw clipped, plastic wrap pasted to dw); No. 63, British Thrushes by Eric Simms (clipped dw); and 1980 Waders by W. G. Hale. All in publisher's orig. cloth binding with pictorial dust wrappers depicting the bird subjects designed by Clifford Rosemary Ellis; some light wear to the haeds of the spines, which are a touch sunned, otherwise four smart works from the New Naturalist series, all on the subjects of birds. 8vo.
Verve Magazine. 1939 Verve, an Artistic and Literary Quarterly No. 4 January - March 1939. Published at Rue Ferou Paris by Teriade. Including illustrations, paintings & drawings by Henri Matisse, Rembrandt, Toulouse-Lautrec, Degas, Courbet, Rubens etc, and writings by Jean-Paul Sartre, Georges Bataille, Roger Caillois, etc. Publisher's orig. paper wraps, spine worn and with significant loss, binding strained after the title page, light bumping to extremities, otherwise smart internally. The fourth issue to be released by this important Parisian art magazine, featuring the most prominent writers and artists active in Paris during the early to mid 20th century. Folio.
Dickens, Charles. 1910-11 The Centenary Edition of his Works in Thirty-Seven Volumes. Publ. Chapman & Hall Ltd., with illustrations. All in publisher's orig. full green cloth bindings, gilt titles to spines, some more faded than others, light bumping to the heads & tails of the spines, otherwise an excellent set with little wear or use. Thirty-seven volumes of thirty-six, with an additional copy of Christmas Books. 8vo.
Games & playing cards. A mid 19th century Victorian complete set of fifty-one playing cards, presented in the original gilt & blind tooled blue morocco case. The set complete with fifty-one cards, incl. Old Frizzle ace of spades marked Duty One Shilling, De La Rue & Co. by His Majesty's Royal Patent. The case featuring intricate blind tooling to either side with gilt border, decoratied geometric decoration. Some light rubbing & edgewear, otherwise a lovely set.Case measures approx. 10cm x 7.5cm x 3.5cm.
du Maurier, Daphne. 1938 Rebecca. First edition, first impression, publ. Victor Gollancz Limited. Publisher's orig. full cloth binding, Rebecca in gilt to front board & gilt titles to spine, spine a trifle cocked, light bumping to tail of the spine, extremities similarly a touch bumped, no prior ownership inscriptions. A very smart first edition of this gothic mystery, produced as an Alfred Hitchcock film two years following publication. 8vo.
Private press. Nonesuch Press:- 1929 Izaak Walton The Compleat Angler The Lives of Donne Wotton Hooker Herbert & Sanderson. With love and truth. Miscellaneous Writings edited by Geoffrey Keynes, illustrations by Thomas Poulton and Charles Sigrist. Publisher's orig. full calf binding, gilt title to spine and central I. W. in gilt to front board, slight discolouration & the odd stain to front board, leather in need of a clean, back board discolourated, light rubbing to raised bands & head and tail of the spine, top edge gilt, edges uncut, marbled endpapers, small contemp. lib. label to top of ffep, 1943 gift inscription to front blank. 8vo.
Dickens, Charles. The Works of Charles Dickens, Household Edition publ. Chapman and Hall. A late 19th century circa 1870s set of eight volumes, with illustrations by J. Mahoney, Phiz, F. Barnard & others. Comprising Dombey and Son, Nicholas Nickleby, Pickwick Papers, Little Dorrit, two copies of Bleak House & Barnaby Rudge. Publisher's orig. decorative green cloth with gilt & blind tooling to boards and spines, featuring characters from Dickens' works. Some bumping to the heads & tails of the spine, Pickwick Papers more worn than other volumes, occ. light loss to tails of spines, extremities a touch bumped, boards occ. soiled, one or two with contemp. 19th century ownership inscriptions to ffep. 4to.
Kipling, Rudyard. 1914 If - . Publ. Macmillan and Co. Limited. A scarce early separate edition in paper wraps of this timeless classic poem by Kipling, first penned in 1895 in tribute to Leander Starr Jameson following his failed raid in the Boer War, and first published in Rewards and Fairies in 1910. Publisher's orig. paper wraps, some light spotting & age-toning externally, some foxing to four leaves internally. Disbound as issued. An uncommon survivor in pamphlet form of this poem, which has remained popular in the century following its publication, voted the UK's favourite poem in a public poll in 1996. 16mo.
Shakespeare, William. c1880 The Library Shakspeare. Illustrated by Sir John Gilbert, George Cruikshank, and R. Dudley. Publ. William Mackenzie. Eight volumes in the publisher's original green cloth, gilt decorative front boards and spines featuring portrait of the author to front board, bumping to the heads & tails of the spines and extremities, some occ. light rubbing, all edges gilt, some occ. spotting & age toning internally, otherwise a smart set. Along with 1996 The Norton Facsimile of the First Folio of Shakespeare, second edition prepared by Charles Hinman, presented in slipcase with portrait to front cover of case. Folio.
Rackham, Arthur (illus.) & Swift, Jonathan. 1909 Gulliver’s Travels. Publ. J. M. Dent & Co. Publisher's original full cloth binding, gilt tooled spine & decorative front board, light bumps to head & tail of spine, 1909 gift inscription to half title page & front pastedown, endpapers discoloured & offset, otherwise a bright example. 8vo.
Great Britain. A collection of early 20th century Edwardian ordnance survey maps. The lot to include maps of England and Wales, Scotland, Haddington, Peebles & North Berwick. Along with a Pictorial Map of Edinburgh publ. Geo. A. Reid in paper wraps, and two 1930s plans of Greater Edinburgh printed by the Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory. Ordnance survey maps backed on cloth & in orig. cloth wraps, generally smart with light edgewear and occ. discolouration. 1" to a mile. Scotland map measures approx. 70cm x 52cm.
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