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Lot 35

A Moorcroft Florian ware preserve cover and stand, circa 1900, in a cobalt and light blue poppy design, signed 'WM Des' in green and brown printed 'Florian ware' mark, 9cm diameter

Lot 72

An 18th century iron floor standing rush light holder, the tapering nozzle on a plain iron column and tripod base (at fault) 116cm high

Lot 147

Dan hollowed wood mask, Ivory Coast, with prominent slit eyes and mouth, light colouration across the centre, and bright metal studs, the mask fringed with ten metal bells and cowry shells, length of wood 28cm.

Lot 652

Egyptian New Kingdom 1550-1070 BC, a light green faience Shabti figure with bands of hieroglyphics, 13.5cm. high, also a small figure of Horus, and a moulded clay mask applique in the form of a horned satyr, late Roman period.

Lot 678

A French ormolu and bronze six light candelabra the central stem with six foliate and flowerhead decorated branches, supported by a cherub playing a cello, the circular base with foliate and scroll decoration with beaded borders, 74cm. high.

Lot 680

A circular brass and glass ceiling light in the Empire style with scroll suspension hooks and seated gryphons over a star cut glass shade, 81cm diameter.

Lot 966

BALLANTINE`S LONDON DRY GIN Bottled by George Ballantine & Son Ltd. No capacity or strength statement KAHLUA Coffee Liqueur. 70cl, 26.5% volume. In carton CANADIAN CLUB Whisky Blended Canadian Whisky. 75cl, 40% volume. In carton HIRAM WALKER`S LONDON DRY GIN Produced in accordance with a renowned private formula and bottled for the proprietor`s Hiram Walker & Son`s Limited. 750ml, no strength statement. In carton SANTIGO SUPERIOR LIGHT RUM Produce of Guyana. 70 proof, 26 2/3 fl.ozs. In carton 5 Bottles

Lot 1478

A collection of Augarten Vienna porcelain wares, mostly decorated with the Vienna Rose pattern, including a cake plate, dishes, vases, jars and covers, two sauce boats with integral stands and a pair of three light candelabra.

Lot 2601

A London Olympics 1948 aluminium relay torch, the bowl pierced with the Olympic rings and cast with `XIVth Olympiad 1948, Olympia to London, with thanks to the bearer`, height approx 41cm (converted to a wall light having a drill hole to stem and bulb attachment to interior).

Lot 2608

A brass, verdigris metal and glass ceiling light of cylindrical form with dome top.

Lot 2609

An Art Deco amber glass ceiling light of scallop form, a matching wall light and parts of a ceiling light.

Lot 2610

An early/mid-20th Century cut glass ceiling light with diamond cut decoration, height approx 27cm.

Lot 2676

An early/mid-20th Century cast brass ceiling light, a copper log bin and a group of other metalwork.

Lot 2701

A 20th Century bronzed twin light table lamp in the form of a maiden with arms outstretched below amber glass naturalistic shades, height approx 80cm.

Lot 1137

An Italian clear glass twelve light chandelier

Lot 1101

American cast aluminium 1920`s street light.

Lot 1489

A large light oak book shelf unit together with two small spindled pine units a wicker corner mirrored cupboard and a pine chelfed mirror with coin insert

Lot 1530

Leather inset light oak two drawer desk with inscription under `made by Ceri Howells, Woolverstone Hall in 1966`.

Lot 171

* JOHN LOWRY MORRISON (JOLOMO) MORNING LIGHT, IONA oil on canvas, signed, titled and dated 2002 30cm x 30cm

Lot 245

BRYAN EVANS TRON TRAFFIC LIGHT MAINTENANCE watercolour, signed in pencil 14.5cm x 10cm

Lot 3001

CRANTZ, David. The History of Greenland. London: 1767. First U.K. edition. 2 vols., 8vo (213 x 125mm.) 2 folding engraved maps, 7 folding plates. (Minor light spotting or browning.) Contemporary calf gilt (rebacked, old spine laid down, some scuffing). Sabin 17417.

Lot 3002

SUTHERLAND, Peter Cormack. Journal of a Voyage in Baffin’s Bay and Barrow Straits, in the Years 1850-1851, performed by H.M. Ships “Lady Franklin” and “Sophia”, under the command of Mr. William Penny, in search of the Missing Crews of H.M. Ships Erebus and Terror. London: 1852. 2 vols., 12mo (190 x 113mm.) 2 folding maps, 7 lithographed plates (3 tinted, 1 hand-coloured). (Occasional light browning or spotting.) Contemporary calf gilt, by W. Nutt (extremities slightly scuffed, spines rubbed and darkened). Provenance: George Henry W. Hervey (presentation inscription to preliminary blank: ‘George Henry W. Hervey / from his sincere friend / D. Willoughby / on his leaving Eton / Easter 1860’.) Sabin 93963.

Lot 3004

BACK, George. Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the Mouth of the Great Fish River, and along the Shores of the Arctic Ocean, in the Years 1833, 1834, and 1835. London: John Murray, 1836. First edition, 8vo (210 x 127mm.) 14 engraved plates only (of 16), engraved folding map bound at rear. (Some minor creasing, one plate torn without loss but affecting the image area, 3 plates shaved with loss of titles, light browning.) Near contemporary half-calf (rubbed, spine scuffed, with loss to foot, front-free endpaper torn with loss.)

Lot 3005

BARROW, John. A Chronological History of Voyages into the Arctic Regions. London: John Murray, 1818. First edition, 8vo (205 x 125mm.) Folding engraved map. (Map slightly offset, some spotting to first few leaves, light browning.) Contemporary half-calf (extremities somewhat rubbed). Provenance: C.H. Butler Clarke (armorial bookplate).

Lot 3008

KOLDEWEY, Karl. The German Arctic Expedition of 1869-70, and Narrative of the Wreck of the “Hansa” in the Ice. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, 1874. First edition in English, 8vo (235 x 154mm.) Numerous plates (4 chromolithographed), lithographed chart and folding map at rear, numerous illustrations. (Light spotting, browning or soiling.) Original green decorated cloth (extremities bumped, touches of recolouring to head of spine). Provenance: W.C. Belcher (bookplate to front pastedown).

Lot 3013

ASTRUP, Eivind. With Peary near the Pole… translated… by H.J. Bull. London: 1898. 8vo (220 x 136mm.) Portrait frontispiece, numerous illustrations, folding map bound at rear. (Light browning.) Original cloth blocked in gilt and blind, t.e.g. (extremities bumped, spine faded). Provenance: Capt. C.E. Salvesen (signature, dated ‘India, June 1898’ recto of frontispiece).

Lot 3015

COOK, Frederick A. My Attainment of the Pole, being the Record of the Expedition that First Reached the Boreal Center 1907-1909. New York: The Polar Publishing Co., 1911. First edition, 4to (250 x 184mm.) Portrait frontispiece, 31 plates. (Minor light browning, small marginal tear to pp.39 & 53.) Original decorated cloth (head and foot of spine lightly bumped). Provenance: Reuben Bullock (prize certificate to front pastedown). – And one other volume of similar interest (Robert E. Peary, ‘The North Pole’, London: 1910, 4to) (2).

Lot 3018

[BERNACCHI, L.C., and others.] The Polar Book. London: E. Allom & Co. Ltd., [n.d. but 1930.] 8vo (211 x 131mm.) Folding map bound at rear. (Light spotting.) Original thin card pictorial wrappers (slightly spotted and browned). Note: issued for the British Polar Exhibition of 1930. Spence 125.

Lot 3019

BILBY, Julian W. Among Unknown Eskimo. London: Seeley Service & Co. Limited, 1923. First edition, 8vo (215 x 135mm.) Plates, 1 folding map at rear. 8pp. advertisements at rear. (Light spotting or browning.) Original cloth (head and foot of spine lightly bumped). – And six others of related interest, including one signed by the author (Harry Whitney, ‘Hunting with the Eskimos’, New York: 1911, 8vo, signed presentation at rear of book) (7).

Lot 3020

JACKSON, Frederick G. A Thousand Days in the Arctic. New York & London: 1899. First edition, 8vo (220 x 144mm.) Numerous illustrations, 5 folding maps. (Light browning.) Original decorated cloth (extremities lightly bumped). Provenance: William Herbert Hobbs (bookplate to front pastedown). – And three other works (4).

Lot 3021

FIALA, Anthony. Fighting the Polar Ice. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1907. First U.K. edition, 8vo (157 x 173mm.) Title in red and black, colour frontispiece, plates and illustrations, large folding map at rear. (Map torn without loss, light browning or spotting to first few and occasional other leaves.) Original buckram (extremities bumped).

Lot 3024

SCOTT, Robert Falcon. The Voyage of the ‘Discovery’. London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1905. First U.K. edition, 2 vols., 8vo (236 x 163mm.) Photogravure frontispieces, titles printed in red and black, 2 folding maps in pockets at rear, plates and maps (some colour, some double-page), extra-illustrated with a mounted clipped signature by Scott and a 9p stamp featuring Scott, both to recto of frontispiece to vol. I. (Some spotting and light browning.) Original cloth, the upper covers with raised medallions in gilt (extremities slightly bumped). Spence 1051.

Lot 3035

SHACKLETON, Ernest H. South, the Story of Shackleton’s Last Expedition. London: William Heinemann, December 1919. First edition, second impression, 8vo (249 x 152mm.) Coloured frontispiece, full-page uncoloured illustrations, folding map. (Light browning and spotting, light creasing to first few leaves, occasional minor marginal tears.) Original dark blue cloth blocked in silver (head and foot of spine slightly bumped).

Lot 3044

AMUNDSEN, Roald. The South Pole, an Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the “Fram”, 1910-1912. London: John Murray, December 1912. First English edition, 2nd impression, 2 vols., 8vo (227 x 161mm.) Frontispieces, folding maps, 2 folding charts, folding plan of the Fram, numerous plates. (Occasional light browning, occasional spotting, mostly to fore-edges.) Original red cloth with Norwegian flags to the upper covers and spines (extremities bumped). Note: published a month after the first printing.

Lot 3050

ARMSTRONG, Nevill A.D. Yukon Yesterdays, Thirty Years of Adventure in the Klondike. London: John Long Ltd., 1936. First edition, 8vo (230 x 148mm.) Portrait frontispiece, numerous illustrations. (Light spotting or browning.) Original cloth (extremities bumped), dust-jacket (spotted, minor nicks). Provenance: C.W. Gleeson (signature to half-title). – And fourteen others, the majority on the Yukon and Alaska (15).

Lot 3053

CONWAY, William Martin. The First Crossing of Spitsbergen. London: 1897. 4to (238 x 165mm.) Title in red and black, 8 lithographed plates, numerous illustrations, 2 folding lithographed maps. (Some spotting and light browning.) Original cloth (slightly soiled, extremities slightly bumped). Provenance: Arthur H. Lancaster (armorial bookplate). – And four others, including three first editions (5).

Lot 3057

NANSEN, Fridtjof. Eskimo Life… translated by William Archer… second edition. London & New York: 1894. 8vo (220 x 138mm.) Numerous plates, 32pp. publisher’s advertisements at rear. (Somewhat spotted, some light browning.) Original cloth (extremities bumped). – And four others, comprising one other on Eskimo and three others relating to Nansen (5).

Lot 3058

McCLINTOCK, Frederick Leopold. The Voyage of the ‘Fox’ in the Arctic Seas. A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and His Companions. London: John Murray, 1859. First edition, 8vo (220 x 140mm.) 14 wood-engraved plates, 2 maps on a single folding leaf, folding map in pocket at rear. (Light spotting, first few leaves affected by damp.) Original cloth (extremities bumped, neat repair to head of spine). Provenance: Henry Percy Gordon (presentation inscription verso of front-free endpaper); A.J. Wilmott (blindstamp to front-free endpaper). – And four others (5).

Lot 3061

COLEMAN-COOKE, John. Discovery II in the Antarctic. London: Odhams Press Limited, 1963. First edition, 8vo (222 x 141mm.) Frontispiece, numerous illustrations. (Very minor light spotting.) Original cloth (slightly discoloured or soiled), dust-jacket. Note: signed by the author to front-free endpaper. – And thirty-six others on the Antarctic (37).

Lot 3063

DE LONG, George Washington. The Voyage of the Jeannette, the Ship and Ice Journals… edited by… Emma De Long. Boston & New York: 1883. 2 vols., 8vo (234 x 138mm.) Portrait frontispiece to vol. I, lithographic frontispiece to vol. II, numerous illustrations, charts, diagrams and maps (some folding, 1 folding in pocket at rear of vol. I). (Light marginal browning.) Original decorated cloth (head and foot of spines somewhat bumped). Provenance: Frank L. Harris (address labels to preliminary blanks); Mrs R.W. McCormick (presentation label to:); Farnsworth Art Museum. – And two other volumes (Adolphus W. Greely, ‘Three Years of Arctic Service’, New York: 1886. 2 vols., 8vo, original cloth) (4).

Lot 3072

CHINA. – L.C. ARLINGTON and William LEWISOHN. In Search of Old Peking. Peking: Henri Vetch, 1935. 8vo (190 x 118mm.) Numerous illustrations and plans, some folding. (Light browning, occasional spotting.) Original cloth (extremities slightly bumped and discoloured, spine slightly faded). – And eight others relating to China (9).

Lot 3088

DICKENS, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. London: Chapman and Hall, 1844. First edition in book form, ?second issue, 8vo (210 x 132mm) Frontispiece, engraved additional title, 38 plates by ‘Phiz’ [H.K. Browne]. (Some light browning, some plates offset.) Contemporary green half-calf, spine gilt (extremities slightly rubbed and scuffed). Note: additional title has ‘£100 reward’ and 14 line errata present.

Lot 3089

DICKENS, Charles. The Personal History of David Copperfield. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1850. First edition in book form, 8vo (215 x 135mm.) Frontispiece, additional decorative title, 38 plates by H.K. Browne. (Occasional light browning.) Near contemporary half-calf (spine worn). – And one other later edition by Dickens in a uniform binding (2).

Lot 3093

DICKENS, Charles. Master Humphrey’s Clock. London: Chapman and Hall, 1840-1841. 3 vols. in two, 8vo (253 x 158mm.) 4 plates and numerous illustrations. (Occasional light browning.) Contemporary brown calf, spines gilt in six compartments, lettering pieces in the second and third compartments, the others with repeat decoration in gilt (slightly rubbed and scuffed). Provenance: Blanche Chilton (signatures to preliminary blanks).

Lot 3098

CLARKE, W. (publisher). Original Topographical & Antiquarian Delineations of Great Britain; comprising Views of Curious & Interesting Subjects in England, Scotland, & Wales. London: published for the proprietors, June 1817. 8vo (210 x 126mm.) 96 plates. (Light spotting or browning, 1 plate torn and repaired.) Contemporary red straight-grain morocco, g.e. (rebacked with old spine laid down).

Lot 3101

THOROTON, Robert. The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire. London: printed by Robert White, for Henry Mortlock, 1677. First edition, folio (340 x 219mm.) Title printed in red and black, engraved folding map, 16 plates (most folding or double-page), 8 plates of coats of arms on 4 leaves at rear, engraved illustrations. (Some light browning and soiling, folding plate of Newarke Church torn and repaired.) Late 18th Century diced calf gilt (extremities slightly scuffed, upper joint split and nearly detached, lower joint repaired).

Lot 3105

CARTWRIGHT, Edmund. The Parochial Topography of the Rape of Bramber in the Western Division of the County of Sussex. London: 1830. Vol. II, part II only, folio (381 x 265mm.) 5 maps (2 folding), 24 plates (2 hand-coloured). (Occasional spotting or light browning.) Contemporary boards (soiled and slightly scuffed). Note: vol. I and vol. II part I were published in 1815 and 1819 respectively by James Dallaway, but are scarce due to a fire at the printer’s premises which destroyed the majority of the copies.

Lot 3115

PENGUIN BOOKS. – F. Martin DUNCAN. British Shells. London & New York: King Penguin, 1943. 8vo (181 x 119mm.) 16 full-page coloured illustrations, occasional uncoloured illustrations. (Minor light spotting.) Original pictorial boards (soiled, backstrip chipped at head and foot). – And a quantity of others published by Penguin, including other King Penguins (a quantity).

Lot 3124

BRUN, A.H. Troublous Times, Experiences in Bolshevik Russia and Turkestan. London: 1931. First edition, 8vo (194 x 128mm.) Portrait frontispiece, occasional plates. (Occasional light spotting.) Original cloth (extremities bumped and faded), remnants of dust-jacket. – And a quantity of others, various (a quantity).

Lot 3131

[MEAD, Richard.] Oratio Anniversaria Harveiana. London: apud S. Buckley, 1724. 4to (282 x 217mm.) Engraved title vignette, 3 engraved plates, engraved head and tail pieces. (Minor marginal worm damage, light spotting to first few leaves.) Contemporary calf gilt (extremities scuffed, joints split, front-free endpaper loosely inserted).

Lot 3135

GENTIL, Francis. Le Jardinier Solitaire, The Solitary or Carthusian Gard’ner. London: printed for Benj. Tooke, 1706. 8vo (195 x 119mm) 20 plates (1 folding), numerous illustrations. (Title-page browned, some other light browning or spotting.) Contemporary panelled calf (rubbed and scuffed, spine chipped at head and foot, upper joint split).

Lot 3137

LOUDON, Jane Webb. British Wild Flowers, by Mrs Loudon… second edition. London: William S. Orr & Co., [n.d.but1849]. 4to (288 x 127mm) 60 hand-coloured lithographic plates. (Light soiling or browning.) Contemporary calf (somewhat rubbed). Provenance: Frederick Perkins (armorial bookplate).

Lot 3143

[PLINIUS SECUNDUS, Gaius “Pliny the Elder”. Naturalis Historiae. Cologne: Eucharius Cervicornius, 1524.] Folio (313 x 194mm.) Occasional woodcut initials and decorations. (Light browning and occasional soiling, first few leaves with worm damage, lacking all leaves prior to Aaii, including title-page, final leaf torn with loss but still showing colophon with date.) 19th Century half-calf (worn, covers detached), contained within a modern slipcase (spotted).

Lot 3175

BINDINGS. – Francis BOND. Fonts and Font Covers. London, New York, etc.: Henry Frowde, 1908. 8vo (220 x 130mm.) Numerous illustrations. (Occasional light browning.) Contemporary green morocco, the covers blocked in gilt with the arms of Tonbridge School, the spine lettered in gilt, gilt turn-ins, g.e. Provenance: A. Waterlow (school prize certificate). – And twenty others, all leather-bound (21).

Lot 3193

DIXON, William Hepworth. Her Majesty’s Tower. London: 1869-1871. 4 vols., 8vo (213 x 135mm.) Folding plan bound as frontispiece to vol. I. (Light browning, occasional spotting.) Contemporary half-calf (worn). – And a quantity of others, all leather-bound (a quantity).

Lot 3202

BEWICK, Thomas. History of British Birds. Newcastle: 1804-1821. 2 vols., including parts I & II of the supplements bound at rear of both volumes, 8vo (243 x 149mm.) Numerous wood-engraved illustrations by Bewick. (Occasional light spotting or browning.) Near-contemporary green half-morocco, t.e.g. (partially recoloured, lower hinge of vol. II split and spine now coming away). Note: mixed edition, this work was printed on a number of paper sizes, this set is from one of the larger issues. See Lowndes or Roscoe.

Lot 3205

RANDOLPH, Thomas. Poems… the fourth edition inlarged. London: 1652. [Bound with two incomplete poems of related interest.] 8vo (135 x 83mm.) (Light browning.) Contemporary speckled calf (scuffed, head and foot of spine chipped with loss).

Lot 3209

SUETONIUS TRANQUILLUS, Caius. Opera. Utrecht: 1690. 2 vols., 8vo (196 x 119mm.) Frontispiece to vol. I, 40 engraved plates (1 folding). (Occasional minor browning or light spotting.) Contemporary vellum (soiled).

Lot 3217

HOMER. – ILIAD & ODYSSEY, In French. L’Illiade [et] L’Odyssee… traduite en françois avec des remarques par Madame Dacier. Paris: 1711-1716. 2 works in six vols., 12mo (168 x 95mm.) Two frontispieces. (Light browning to first and last few leaves.) Contemporary speckled calf (extremities scuffed and rubbed). Provenance: Tho’s Brand (armorial bookplate engraved by W. Austin).

Lot 3218

CRUTTWELL, C. A Tour through the Whole Island of Great Britain. London: 1801[-1806.] 6 vols., 8vo (193 x 117mm.) Engraved additional decorative titles, 2 hand-coloured folding maps, 130 engraved plates. (Folding map torn and repaired, occasional light spotting, browning or creasing, marginal worm damage to vol. IV.) Contemporary tree-calf (spines worn, joints split, upper covers of vol. IV & V detached).

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