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Lot 657
A tall and impressive puginesque 19th century continental gothic thirteen light floor-standing candelabra, with scrolling arms adorned with acanthus sprigs, cradling pierced rounders, raised on a stepped architectural tabernacle base, with cast acanthus supports, 97cm high From the private collection of a Cotswold gentleman
Lot 661
A tall pair of 19th century bronze five light candelabra, with ebonised finish, scrolling and swept branches, raised on tripod supports with lion’s paw supports, in the Aesthetic Movement style, each 59.5cm high, each indistinctly numbered to undersides. From the private collection of a Cotswolds gentleman.
Lot 6
30 Minute Learn to Fly lesson - Feel the adrenaline rush as you take the controls of a light aircraft and soar across the sky above the English countryside while learning what it’s like to actually pilot a plane with this 30 Minute Flying Lesson for one. At your chosen location you’ll receive one-to-one tuition from a Civil Aviation Authority-licensed instructor, meaning you’ll have expert guidance in getting to grips with the controls during every moment in the air, donated by Tour.
Lot 871
A large 20th Century circa 1920s / 1930s Chinese converted lidded china vase / urn into table lamp light. The vase having pale yellow ground with hand painted blue flowers and twin handles with brass light fittings to top, raised upon a square bracket gold base. Together with a large shade. Measuring approximately 87cm x 43cm with shade.
Lot 109
Military, First & Second World War interest. A collection of 19th & 20th century books. The lot including titles such as The London Cage by A. P. Scotland, 1932 and 1955 The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Chronicle, The Camouflage Story by Geoffrey Barkas, 1901 The Regimental Records of the British Army by John S. Farmer (ex lib), 1941 Fisherman at War by Leo Warmsley, Desert Journey by George Rodger, A Frenchman in Khaki by Paul Maze (rebacked), Peaceful Invasion by Ian Hay, Vellum Book of the Honourable Artillery Company, LMS At War by Nash, Some Experiences of the Irish R.A. by Somerville and Martin Ross, The History of the Royal Army Veterinary Corps 1919-1961, Head-dress Badges of the British Army Vol 1 only by Arthur L. Kipling & Hugh L. King. 25 titles in lot.
Lot 119
Ornithological & natural history interest. Three 17th century and later engraved plates / etchings of birds. The lot comprising hand coloured engraving Plate 62 by Johann Leonhard Frisch from Vorstellung der Vogel Deutschlandes printed 1733-1763; 1678 line engraving from the Ornithology of Francis Willughby engraved by William Sherwin, depicting Grus (Crane) and Grus Baelerica (black crowned crane); and 1751 hand coloured engraving Plate 35 after Francois-Nicolas Martinet engraved by Robert Benard, depicting five birds, from Encyclopedie by Diderot and d'Alembert. All in very smart condition, just the odd light spot, no offsetting and minimal edgewear, the latter with one corner of the leaf folded over not affecting the illustration. Largest measures approx. 42.5cm x 27cm.
Lot 48
Kipling, Rudyard. Three works, including two 1890s titles in orig. wraps. Comprising In Black and White & Soldiers Three both published by Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington Ld. for A. H. Wheeler & Co's Indian Railway Library, in publisher's original paper wraps (loss to extremities and spines, both with rear wrap loose but present); and 1935 The Maltese Cat, illustrated by Lionel Edwards, first edition thus publ. Doubleday, Doran & Company Inc. In publisher's orig. full cloth binding with unclipped dw (closed tear to front board with some loss, extremities & tail of the spine with light loss). Illustrated with Edward's characteristic horse black & white line drawings. Small 8vo.
Lot 15
Disney, Walt. 1934 Mickey Hop-La! Published Hachette as part of Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies series, with black & white and full colour pop-up illustrations after his own. Publisher's original paper covered boards, light wear to extremities & the odd mark and scuff to the boards, occ. light spotting to pages, all four pop-ups in smart & bright condition, one with historic gutter repair but otherwise no apparent losses. A charming 1930s French early Disney pop up book, featuring Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Pluto and other beloved characters. 4to.
Lot 111
Canadian travel interest - Maur, Mrs. Algernon St. (Susan St. Maur, Duchess of Somerset). 1890 Impressions of a Tenderfoot, during a Journey in search of Sport in the Far West. Publ. John Murray, with map and illustrations. First edition. Publisher's orig. full cloth binding, some wear to head & tail of the spine, spine a touch cocked, light lifting to cloth at base of front board, 1908 ownership bookplate of Marie Jellis to front pastedown, contep. ownership inscr. to ffep, hinge starting with binding visible, complete with folding map to verso, otherwise smart. An interesting examination of the author's travels across Canada in the late Victorian era. 8vo.
Lot 73
A collection of ten uncorrected advance proof copies. The lot comprising Disraeli Rising by Maurice Edelman, Ring of Truth by Vernon Scannell, Greenvoe by George MacKay Brown, My Father & Myself by J. R. Ackerley, I Must Fly - Adventures of a Woman Pilot by Shiela Scott, Black Swan Green by David Mitchell, One Traveller's Africa. On Canaan's Side by Sebastian Barry, The Eye of the Storm by Patrick White, and The Artist and the Theatre by Raymond Mander and Joe Mitchenson introduced by W. Somerset Maugham. Maj. in publisher's wraps, some in cellophane wrap, mostly smart with light edgewear, The Artist and the Theatre in dust wrapper with significant loss. 8vo.
Lot 56
Architectural interest - Segal, Walter. 1948 Home and Environment. Publ. Leonard Hill Limited. Publisher's original full cloth binding in unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with plans and diagrams throughout. Light wear to the head and tail of the spine, the odd scuff and mark to the dust wrapper, ffep with some damage to edges and prior ownership inscription, otherwise in good condition. The first published work by an influential architect in the world of self-building, known for Segal's self-build method. 4to.
Lot 33
Rackham, Arthur (illus.) & Barrie, J. M. 1906 Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, with drawings by Arthur Rackham. Published Hodder & Stoughton. Publisher's orig. full cloth binding with gilt pictorial boards, wear & loss to head of spine and bumping & rubbing to tail and hinges, light black ink spots to edges of front board, contemp. ownership inscription. to half title page, which along with frontispiece is loose but present, first & last leaves spotted. Tipped in colour plates bound to verso. 4to.
Lot 35
Brassington, W. Salt (ed.). 1894 A History of the Art of Bookbinding. With some account of the Books of the Ancients. Illustrated with numerous engravings, and photographic reproductions of Ancient Bindings in Colour and Monotints. Published by Elliot Stock. One of fifty copies only of this edition printed on large paper, of which this is No. 5. Publisher's orig. full cloth binding, gilt pictorial board, wear to the head and tail of the spine, extremities a touch bumped, occ. light wear to hinges, some spotting internally, odd plate loose. A beautifully illustrated history of book binding, binders and their craft. 4to.
Lot 118
Cartography. Three maps. The lot comprising two hand coloured engraved plates from 1739 Geographie Universelle Exposee dans les Differente metodes by le Pere Buffiere, being p 173 map of Italy (L'Italie& p 277 map of Asia (L'Asie), along with a folding map engraving of Russia titled A New and Accurate Map of the Whole Russian Empire by Thomas Kitchin, from Vol II page 918 of an 18th century text. All in bright & smart condition, light age-toning to edges, no evidence of repairs, Russia map lightly spotted in plates. Largest measures approx. 52cm x 40cm.
Lot 11
Polar interest - Nansen, Fridtjof. 1898 Farthest North, being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the ship Fram 1893-96 and of a Fifteen Months Sleigh Journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen, with an Appendix by Otto Sverdrup, Captain of the Fram. Publ. George Newnes Ltd. Publisher's original highly decorative blue cloth with gilt boards depicting the ship and ice, similarly decorated spines. Illustrated with vignettes, black & white and full colour plates after Nansen's own drawings. Prior bookseller's marks in pencil to ffep of vol I, otherwise no prior owner's inscriptions, bookplates or stamps. Light bumping to heads of the spine & extremities, spines just a touch cocked, rear board of vol II straining at joint, otherwise bright & smart copies of Nansen's biographical description this important Arctic journey, the 'Farthest North' travelled by man until the North Pole in the early 20th century. 4to.
Lot 46
Two mid 19th century Victorian Christmas Books. The lot comprising 1866 Christmas Books - Mrs. Perkins's Ball, Our Street & Dr. Birch by William Makepeace Thackeray, first single volume ed., publ. Smith, Elder & Co. 1866; publisher's orig. cloth binding with blind stamped & gilt detail to spine and boards, ownership bookplate of Gillie Potter to front pastedown, folding plate frontispiece to illustrated half title, light bumping to extremities & odd stain to boards. Along with 1852 Christmas Books - A Christmas Carol, The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Battle of Life and the Haunted Man by Charles Dickens, publ. Chapman and Hall, illus. John Leech; half crushed morocco binding with rubbing to extremities and head of the spine, contemp. ownership inscription to ffep, marbled edges & endpapers. 8vo.
Lot 38
Hedges Butler, Frank. 1920 Fifty Years of Travel by Land, Water & Air. Publ. T. Fisher Unwin Ltd, with 89 illustrations. Inscribed by author to ffep, To My Friend George King, with the Author's Best Wishes & a Happy New Year Jan 1 1921. Publisher's orig. full cloth binding with paper label to front board, extremities a touch bumped, as are head & tail of the spine, light spotting to edges. 8vo.
Lot 121
E. Kaufman (engr.) after H. Watkins Wild - The Bramham Hunt - a set of six engraved chromolithographs of hunting interest. The engravings in the lot comprising No. 1 Near Branham Calling The Field to Order, No. 2 Boggart House Drain Near Walton - Our Hedger and Ditcher, No. 3 Ass Bridge, Parlington Full Cry, No. 4 Bramham Crossroads - Where Ignorance Is Bliss Tis Folly to be Wise, No. 5 Harewood Bridge Cigar vs Sport, and No. 6 Wighill For'ard On. All hand coloured, some age-toning & light spotting. Framed & glazed in ebonised reeded Victorian frames. Sheet measures approx. 57cm x 43cm, 65cm x 51cm to include frame.
Lot 34
A collection of nine late 19th century - early 20th century decorative cloth bindings, along with two examples in leather. The lot comprising 1895 The Story of Rosina and other Verses by Austin Dobson illus. Hugh Thomson, 1903 Evelina by Fanny Burney introduced by Austin Dobson and illus. Hugh Thomson, 1906 Scenes of Clerical Life by George Eliot illus. Hugh Thomson, 1882 Bracebridge Hall by Washington Irving illus. Randolph Caldecott, 1907 Cranford by Mrs. Gaskell illus. Hugh Thomson, 1907 Silas Marner by George Eliot illus. Hugh Thomson, 1910 The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith introduced by Austin Dobson and illus. Hugh Thomson. Along with 1845 The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith ed. Bolton Corney in half calf Arts and Crafts binding and 1948 Wives and Daughters by Mrs. Gaskell in half crushed morocco binding. Silas Marner with wear and loss to the spine and joints, other volumes in smart condition with just light bumping to extremities and heads and tails of the spines, contemp. & mid century prior owner's inscription to most volumes. A smart collection of turn of the century gilt cloth bindings. 8vo.
Lot 14
Christie, Agatha. 1933 The Hound of Death and Other Stories. Publ. Odhams Press, first edition, 1933. Publisher's orig. full cloth binding, spine a little discolour, odd light mark to boards, edges a touch spotted, occasional spotting internally, otherwise a smart first edition. 8vo. Unusually not published by William Collins & Son, this work was not available to purchase from shops upon publication, but rather using coupons collected from The Passing Show magazine. It first appeared in retail in 1936, now published by Collins Crime Club. Considered one of the more affordable pre-war Christies due to its method of purchase, it being a short story collection rather than a novel, & the lack of her iconic protagonists, Hercule Poirot or Miss Marple.
Lot 61
Dickens, Charles. 1853 Bleak House, with illustrations by H. K. Browne (Phiz). Publ. Bradbury and Evans, 11 Bouverie Street. First edition bound from the original parts, with characteristic holes to the gutter, first edition issue points all present, elgble to page 19, line 6; chair to page 209, line 23; counsinship to page 275 line 22; and picter to page 529 line 32. Contemporary half calf binding, gilt raised bands and titles to the spine, light rubbing to head of the spine and rubbing & bumping to extremities, marbled boards with some wear, plates and title page a little age-toned. 8vo.
Lot 3
Watson, James D. 1968 The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA. Publ. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. First UK edition in unclipped dust wrapper, light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities, small closed tear to the front board to the DNA decoration along the hinge, clean internally and no prior owner's inscriptions. A smart first UK edition of this biographical work on the momentous discovery of the double helix structure of DNA by Franklin, Watson and Crick. 8vo.
Lot 43
Wheeler Wilcox, Ella & Tennant, Dudley (illus.). Circa 1907 Poems of Passion and Pleasure. Published Gay & Hancock. Publisher's original full decorative cloth binding, gilt decorated borders and front board depicting a harp and illuminated letter P; spine a touch discoloured, odd light scuff to boards, just the odd spot internally. Beautifully illustrated with tipped in Golden Age plates. 4to.
Lot 63
Legal interest. A complete run of thirty-one facsimile volumes of Reports of Cases of Criminal Law, argued and determined in all the Courts in England and Ireland. Ed. Edward W. Cox Esq. of the Middle Temple, spanning from 1843 until 1941. Originally publ. J. Crockford at the Law Times Office. A recent facsimile edition, with no date or published stated. Full buckram binding, prior ownership bookplate to ffep of each volume, light bumping to extremities & the odd volume sunned to red spine label, otherwise excellent. A scarce & complete run of Cox's Criminal Law Cases. 8vo.
Lot 72
Agatha Christie interest. 1981 Tom Adams' Cover Story, with commentary by Julian Symons and introduction by John Fowles. With signatures of Symons and Fowles tipped onto title page. Publisher's original card boards, light edgewear. An interesting commentary on the striking illustrations of Tom Adams as featured on paperback covers for Christie's books including for Fontana and Pocket Books. 4to.
Lot 62
Langton Douglas, Robert. 1900 Fra Angelico. Published George Bell and Sons. Author & publisher's presentation copy, with letter from the publisher tipped in to ffep, addressed to George & Alice Dormer Fawcus, with author's presentation to Alice signed to half title page. Publisher's original blue cloth binding with decorative gilt boards, light bumping to head and tail of the spine and extremities, renewed endpapers, internally smart. An attractively bound signed copy on this important Italian painter of the Early Renaissance. 8vo.
Lot 499
Dinky Toys - A boxed pre-war Dinky Toys #62t Armstrong Whitworth 'Whitley' Bomber. The model in camouflage with yellow roundels, features two 3-blade red tinplate propellers plus gliding hole, and comes with original gliding hook and original instruction leaflet. The model has some signs of age and light play, appearing to be in Very Good - Excellent condition on the whole, with no apparent signs of fatigue. The model is housed in a blue lift off lid box which has some age and storage related wear, nonetheless appears to be in Good - Good Plus condition. (This does not constitute a guarantee)
Lot 770
Corgi - Vintage Glory Of Steam - Vanguards - 5 x boxed die-cast Corgi vehicles in 1:50 and 1:43 scales - Lot includes 2 x limited edition Corgi Vanguards Classics Triumph Stag in Mimosa Yellow livery. A limited edition #80108 Vintage Glory Of Steam Fowler B6 Crane Engine. A Vintage Glory Of Steam #80106 Fowler B6 Road Locomotive and Badge. A Corgi Vanguards #VA05007 50th Anniversary MGA Open Top in gold livery. Comes with certificates and accessories. Boxes appear in very good condition with some having light storage wear. Die-cast models appear in excellent condition. (This does not constitute a guarantee) (M)
Lot 628
Dinky - A boxed UFO Shado 2 # 353. This version features orange roof panel, white interior, light green base, brown rollers and silver tracks. The model appears Near Mint with only a few paint marks, its still has its inner card packing piece and instruction leaflet and the box is in Good condition with some light wear. (This does not constitute a guarantee) [ba]
Lot 558
Corgi - Bburago - 2 x boxed models, The Dukes Of Hazzard 1:36 scale General Lee Dodge Charger with Bo and Luke figures # CC05301 and a 1:24 scale Citroen 15CV TA # 1501. The models appear Mint, the Corgi box has some light storage wear, the Bburago box is tatty with a split window. (This does not constitute a guarantee) [ba-2]
Lot 880
Hornby Series - Tinplate - A pair of unboxed O gauge tinplate clockwork locomotives to include 0-4-0 LMS 2115 in Maroon Livery and 0-4-0 LMS 2270 in Light Maroon livery. Items are in a fair condition with signs of play wear. The 2270 has a missing end to one of the cab levers. 2115 has a missing rear coupling hook. Both keys are missing. Untested. (This does not constitute a guarantee) RG-2
Lot 554
Corgi - 4 x boxed sets, ERF dodgem truck & trailer # 09901, Scammell Highwayman with trailer & caravan also in Pat Collins livery # 16502, Scammell Contractor in Austen Bros livery # CC12303 and Scammell in Harris's livery # CC10705. The Austen Bros model has a damaged spot light and mirror, the others appear Mint with certificates and accessories. One box has some storage damage. (This does not constitute a guarantee) [ba-4]
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