Sign in
Register
notifications_none notifications Alerts

We found 892280 price guide item(s) matching your search

Refine your search

Year

Filter by Price Range
  • List
  • Grid
  • 892280 item(s)
    /page

Unique Auctions
Lot 501

A shabby chic painted 1930's oak bureau

More details

Unique Auctions
Lot 503

A 1930's 3 mirror dressing table on Queen Anne legs

More details

Unique Auctions
Lot 510A

A 1930's adjustable lantern standard lamp

More details

Bigwood Fine Art Auctioneers Limited
Lot 147

CHATEAU RAUSAN-SEGLA 1928, shipped and bottled by Corney & Barrow, 1 bottle (dusty label, t/s)

More details

Bigwood Fine Art Auctioneers Limited
Lot 254

A SELECTION OF PORTS & SHERRIES; Don Pablo Tawny, C. da Silva Morgan Bros 1987 LBV, Cockburn's Special Reserve (boxed) Garvis "Royal Decree" Manzanilla 1960's, Sandeman Secco Dry Fino Sherry and Harvey's Bristol Cream 1970's (6)

More details

Bigwood Fine Art Auctioneers Limited
Lot 308

PERNOD Fils, 1970's, 1 litre

More details

Bigwood Fine Art Auctioneers Limited
Lot 355

COURVOISIER Three Star Luxe Cognac, 1980's, 1 x 68cl bottle

More details

Bigwood Fine Art Auctioneers Limited
Lot 368

THE SOCIETY'S FINEST SPECIAL HIGHLAND BLEND of North British Distillery and 40% Islay Malt Whisky, 70 degrees proof, 1950's bottling, 1 clear glass bottle

More details

Bigwood Fine Art Auctioneers Limited
Lot 369

THE SOCIETY'S FINEST SPECIAL HIGHLAND BLEND of North British Distillery and 40% Islay Malt Whisky, 70 degrees proof, 1960's bottling, 1 green glass bottle

More details

Bigwood Fine Art Auctioneers Limited
Lot 378

A SELECTION OF SCOTCH/IRISH WHISKIES; Jameson Irish Whiskey (1L) and one bottle J.G. Kinsey 1970's Scotch Whisky Claymore Scotch Whisky, Highland Prince Scotch Whisky and James Dowell Finest Scotch Whisky (6)

More details

Bigwood Fine Art Auctioneers Limited
Lot 379

DEWAR'S Finest Scotch Whisky, 1 bottle TEACHER'S HIGHLAND CREAM Scotch Whisky, 1980's, 1 litre bottle (2)

More details

Elstob & Elstob
Lot 122

 A 1960'S GIARDINETTO ROCK CRYSTAL, SAPPHIRE, EMERALD AND RUBY BROOCH, modelled as a basket, set with a carved rock crystal to the bowl with brilliant cut diamond highlights, beneath a central cluster of two round cabochon cut emeralds, sapphires and ruby highlights depicting fruit, on brooch pin fitting. Stamped 18K. Width 3cm. Length 2.5cm. Weight 6.1gms. 

More details

Elstob & Elstob
Lot 143

A PAIR OF 1980'S 18CT YELLOW GOLD AND DIAMOND SET EARRINGS, the curved mounts of textured metal detailing set throughout with six diamond highlights, on clip back fittings. Stamped 750. Length 2.5cm. Total weight 12.6gms. 

More details

Elstob & Elstob
Lot 205

A 1950'S BAKELITE BANGLE, in green, yellow and red stripe design. Diameter 6.5cm. Weight 25.7gms. 

More details

Elstob & Elstob
Lot 210

A CONTEMPORARY 18CT WHITE GOLD GEM SET PENDANT, the S shaped pendant set throughout with diamond highlights, suspending articulated multi gem faceted drops to include amethyst, citrine and sapphire, suspending from a diamond set chain with lobster catch. Stamped 750. Total length 43cm. Weight 7.8gms. 

More details

Elstob & Elstob
Lot 47

A GEORGE III SILVER TWO-HANDLED CUP, NATHANIEL SMITH & CO, SHEFFIELD 1798, the belted body with S-scroll handles and raised on a pedestal foot, engraved with monograms. 7.6 troy ounces, 15cm

More details

Elstob & Elstob
Lot 98

A 1970'S RUBY SET COCKTAIL RING, in Van Cleef and Arpels style, of two rows of six ruby highlights set on a structured moulded scroll detail mount between pierced scroll detail shoulders on a tapering band. Ring size M. Weight 9.2gms. 

More details

Lyon & Turnbull
Lot 133

§ John Duncan Fergusson R.B.A. (Scottish 1874-1961) Royan, c.1910 Charcoal (Dimensions: 11.5cm x 11.5cm (4.5in x 4.5in))(11.5cm x 11.5cm (4.5in x 4.5in))Footnote: Provenance: Graeme Mundy Gallery Ltd., Glasgow Note: During the early 1900s, Paris was the epicentre of the art world - a melting pot for the avant-garde artists, writers and poets of the day. Enchanted by the culture and life of the city, John Duncan Fergusson relocated to Paris in 1907. He established a studio in Montparnasse and immediately immersed himself in the café society for which the city was renown. Dividing his time between Paris and London, Fergusson was highly influenced by the French modern movements of the early 20th century. He thrived in the artistic setting of Paris, befriending acclaimed artists such as Picasso, Matisse and Andre Dunoyer de Segonzac. Quoted in Elizabeth Cumming ‘s introduction to The Colourists and France , Dunoyer de Segonzac praised Fergusson’s work as using, 'stunning fresh colours allied to rich, sumptuous matiere'. He spoke of his friend as 'a great and wholly independent artist' and whose painting would stand the test of time. Remembered as perhaps the most innovative of the Scottish Colourists, Fergusson maintained a flourishing career throughout the early 20th century. From 1907 to 1912, Fergusson was a regular exhibitor at the Salon d'Automne showing alongside Marquet, Chabaud, Friesz and Matisse.

More details

Bonhams
Lot 103

JOYCE, JAMES. 1882-1941.Dubliners. London: Grant Richards, 1914. 8vo. Half-title with publisher's advertisement on verso. Publisher's red cloth, spine and upper cover gilt-lettered, custom cloth slipcase, spine faded, some soiling and rubbing, spotting to early leaves. Provenance Ava Heslow; S. Steel (owner's names on front free endpaper). FIRST EDITION. Slocum & Cahoon A8.

More details

Bonhams
Lot 13

SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. 1564-1616.Macbeth, A Tragedy: With all the Alterations, Amendments, Additions, and New Songs. London: Printed for Hen. Herringman, sold by Jos. Knight and Fra. Saunders, 1687. 4to (213 x 161 mm). 20th century half calf, custom red morocco box. Browning, especially to first and last two leaves, a few repairs at margins of title, ink mark after imprint.Provenance: Ralph Vallone (bookplate).FOURTH QUARTO EDITION. This adaptation, by William Davenant, was first printed in 1674. This is the second edition of Davenant's version. Jaggard 381; Pforzheimer 914; Wing S-2932.

More details

Bonhams
Lot 159

COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE. 1789-1851.The Last of the Mohicans; A Narrative of 1757. Philadelphia: H.C. Carey & I. Lea, 1826. 2 volumes. 12mo. With all blanks, including conjugate with title page in vol 2. Publisher's paper boards, and printed spine labels, uncut, custom cloth chemise for each volume, morocco spine labels, dropback cloth box, with skillful repairs to spines, some foxing throughout, as usual. Provenance: H.C. Thompson (ink signature); Minnie S. Lewis (faint pencil note); Jean Hersholt (1866-1956, translator of Hans Christian Andersen, bookplate); Dr. Thomas A. McGraw (sold Parke-Bernet, 1967, lot 41); Carol G. and William E. Simon (bookplate).FIRST EDITION OF COOPER'S MOST POPULAR NOVEL, THE FIRST PUBLISHED LEATHER-STOCKING TALE, with all first edition points, including BAL's state A of the copyright page in vol 2, and all blanks, including the conjugate to the title page in vol 2. 'The most famous of the Leatherstocking Tales, and the first in which the scout Natty Bumppo was made the symbol of all that was wise, heroic and romantic in the lives and characters of the white men who made the American wilderness their home ... The novel glorified for many generations of readers, in England, France, Russia, and at home, some aspects of American life that were unique to our cultural history' (Grolier American 34). BAL 3833; Spiller & Blackburn 7.

More details

Bonhams
Lot 16

SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. 1564-1616.Julius Caesar: a Tragedy as it is now Acted at the Theatre Royal. London: Henry Herringman, 1691. 4to (219 x 160 mm). 19th century half green morocco and marbled boards, marbled endpapers, modern custom quarter green morocco box. Small repairs at fore-edge of title, scattered spotting. Provenance: Frederick William Cosens (1819-1889, bookplate); Ralph Vallone, Jr. (bookplate).SECOND QUARTO EDITION. Julius Caesar was one of the twenty plays which made their first appearance in the 1623 First Folio. Of these, three were issued in quarto format during the 17th century: The Taming of the Shrew, Macbeth, and Julius Caesar. The first quarto of Julius Caesar appeared in 1684. Bartlett placed four undated quartos between this and the present 1691 edition (making this the sixth). However, more recently Wing gave priority to this edition, placing the undated editions at around 1695. Bartlett 117; Pforzheimer 886 ('Sixth(?) edition'); Wing S-2922A.

More details

Bonhams
Lot 17

SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. 1564-1616.K. Henry IV. With the humours of Sir John Falstaff. A Tragi-comedy. London: Printed for R.W. and Sold by John Deeve, 1700. 4to (212 x 163 mm). Modern paneled calf, Custom black cloth box. Repairs and ownership stamp to title, light browning and soiling. Provenance: John Brown (ownership stamp dated 1756); Mary Hyde [Viscountess Eccles] (bookplate; her sale, Christie's New York, April 14, 2004, lot 95); Ralph Vallone, Jr. (bookplate).NINTH EDITION and the first edition of Thomas Betterton's adaptation. Abridged and—as printed on the title page—'Revived, with Alterations' by Betterton (1635-1710). In his time, Betterton was the preeminent actor and theater manager in England. Wing S-2928.

More details

Bonhams
Lot 19

HOWELL, JAMES. 1594-1666.The Nuptials of Peleus and Thetis. Consisting of a Mask and a Comedy. London: Henry Herringman, 1654. 4to (203 x 141 mm). 19th century calf. Rebacked, title page trimmed at top margin, lacking final blank.Provenance: Henry Huth (bookplate); Lord Fairfax of Cameron (bookplate); Robert S. Pirie (bookplate; his sale, Sotheby's New York, December 2, 2015, lot 317 [part]).In two parts, the second with a separate title page, and the title The Nuptials of Peleus and Thetis, a new Italian Comedy ... made English by a nearer adherence to the original than the French translation. The first part (the Mask) from this work, was incorporated by Lord Lansdowne in The Jew of Venice, his adaptation of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice [see lot 18]. Wing H-3097.

More details

Bonhams
Lot 214

HARRIS, JOEL CHANDLER. 1948-1908.Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation. New York: D. Appleton, 1881. 8vo. Frontispiece, 7 illustrations and illustrations in text after Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser, 8 pp advertisements at rear. Publisher's cloth, pictorially stamped in gilt and black, patterned endpapers, minor wear to cloth, newspaper article pasted to verso of final textual leaf.WITH: Autograph Letter signed ('Joel Chandler Harris'), 1 p, 108 x 137 mm, on The Constitution letterhead, Atlanta, GA, May 28, 1883, to The World offices asking for two copies of the issue 'containing a notice of the June Century,' light soiling.Provenance: E. Laffam (ownership name); St. Pancras House Improvement Society (stamps to endpapers).FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with 'presumptive' to p 9, and no mention of the work in ads. A clean copy of Harris's retelling of African-American folk-tales and myths, with an Autograph Letter Signed from Harris laid in. BAL 7100; Grolier American 83; Parley to Penrod pp 56-57.

More details

Bonhams
Lot 24

DRYDEN, JOHN. 1631-1700.Absalom and Achitophel. A Poem [WITH: The Second Part of Absalom and Achitophel]. London: Jacob Tonson, 1681-82. Folio (300 x 190 mm and 350 x 220 mm). Part 1 without initial blank, bound in early 20th century half morocco, the second part stitched and uncut, title and final leaf slightly worn. Loose in a cloth case. FIRST EDITION, 1st issue of Part 1; part 2 in the second state with Fleet St added to imprimatur, and 12 lines on the final leaf. Macdonald 12a/15a. Wing D-2212/D-2350. Provenance: Part I Robert S. Pirie (bookplate); Part II, Belmont Corn and Robert S. Pirie (bookplates).WITH: The Medall. A satire against sedition. London: J. Tonson, 1682. Small 4to. Modern green half morocco. Provenance: Winston Henry Hagen (Bookplate); Robert S. Pirie (Bookplate). Wing D-2311; Macdonald 13 Aii. A fine group of three of Dryden's political satires, all from the Pirie Library. Dryden wrote this political verse at the request of Charles II, using biblical allegory to describe the political situation regarding the arrest of the Earl of Shaftesbury for treason, his imprisonment in the Tower of London and his acquittal after his trial in 1681. Part 1 appeared anonymously describing the arrest and trial while part 2 was published a year later, although largely written by Nahum Tate, it was revised by Dryden, and included his satirical portraits of Thomas Shadwell and Elkanah Settle. Dryden's political stance brought about a slew of anti-Dryden sentiment, most couched in verse!

More details

Bonhams
Lot 240

KING, STEPHEN. B.1947.It: The 25th Anniversary Edition. Baltimore: Cemetery Dance, 2011. 4to. Publisher's black leatherette, lettered in silver and red, original wraparound pictorial dust-jacket, publisher's traycase stamped in silver and red.DELUXE ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF STEPHEN KING'S CLASSIC, number 662 of 750 copies signed on the colophon by King, as well as illustrators Glen Orbik, Alan M. Clark and Erin S. Wells, with a new afterword by Stephen King. 'I worked on the book in a dream. I remember very little about the writing of it, except for the idea that I'd gotten hold of something that felt very big to me, and something that talked about more than monsters...' (Afterword). A fine copy.

More details

Bonhams
Lot 29

RESTORATION DRAMA.5 titles: 1. CONGREVE, WILLIAM. 1670-1729. The Way of the World. A Comedy. London: Jacob Tonson, 1700. Small 4to (204 x 150 mm). Modern red morocco gilt. Spine sunned, half-title supplied from another copy, light browning. Wing C-5878; Grolier One Hundred Books famous in English Literature 75.2. LEE, NATHANIEL. 1653-1692. The Tragedy of Nero, Emperour of Rome. London: James Magnus and Richard Bentley, 1675. Small 4to (212 x 157 mm). 20th century three-quarter morocco and marbled boards by Riviere-Mounteney. Upper joint starting, minor browning. Wing L-883. Provenance: Harold Greenhill (bookplate); Robert S. Pirie (bookplate).3. ETHEREGE, GEORGE. 1636-1692. The Man of Mode, or, Sr Fopling Flutter. A Comedy. Small 4to (216 x 152 mm). London: Henry Herringman, 1676. 20th century green half morocco and marbled boards. Wing E-3374; Macdonald 110A. Provenance: Robert S. Pirie (bookplate). 4. SHADWELL, THOMAS. 1642-1692. The Lancashire Witches and Tegue o Divelly the Irish Priest. A Comedy Acted at the Duke's Theater. Small 4to (216 x 167 mm). London: John Starkey, 1682. Modern quarter morocco and marbled boards. Very slight chipping to corners of title, some light browning. Robert S. Pirie (bookplate). Wing S-2853.5. ---. The Amorous Bigotte: with the Second Part of Teague O Divelly, a Comedy. Small 4to (214 x 162 mm). Modern red morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Slight scuffing to upper cover, repaired tear at outer margin of title affecting a few letters. Wing S-2835.A fine collection of Restoration plays.

More details

Bonhams
Lot 80

TENNYSON, ALFRED, LORD. 1809-1892.Queen Mary: A Drama. London: Henry S. King & Co., 1875. 8vo. Publisher's green cloth, later green cloth chemise and slipcase. Slightly rubbed, minor spotting.FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED TO HIS SON, on the title page, 'Hallam, from A.' Hallam, 2nd Baron Tennyson, worked for his father as personal secretary, and wrote his father's biography. He later served as Governor-General of Australia.

More details

Kings Russell Auctioneers
Lot 72

A collection of Chinese photogravures by D. Mennie, published by A. S. Watson & Co,, Shanghai, together with two books of Chinese interest,

More details

Bellmans
Lot 623

RIDER HAGGARD, Henry (1856-1925). Smith and the Pharaohs. And Other Tales. Bristol: J. W. Arrowsmith Ltd., 1920. 8vo (182 x 122mm). Half title (lightly and fairly consistently browned throughout). Original russet cloth, lettered in black, upper wrapper of dust-jacket laid down on front pastedown (ink stain on lower cover, corners lightly bumped, extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: "Given to Nina ... by Budgie, 9.9.21" (inscription on half title). FIRST EDITION, with "truck" on p.48, and "Man-kau-ra" on p. 58, PRESENTATION COPY, the half title inscribed, "To E. Wallis Budge [?]de A. S., H. Rider Haggard, 10 Nov. 1920," with a card, tipped onto the front free endpaper, with printed heading "North Lodge, St Leonards on Sea," dated "10. Nov: 1920", inscribed, "My dear Budge, Perhaps Smith and the Pharaohs may amuse you; I don't know but invest S in postage on the chance. I much enjoyed our chat the other day. Procured your [illegible word] stuff and am trying it on my mucous membranes. Ever sincerely yours, H. Rider Haggard." Rider Haggard's friendship with the renowned Egyptologist Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge (1857-1934) is well-documented; the author dedicated his novel Morning Star (London, 1910) to him, a copy of which (the first edition, in original cloth) is included in the lot. Scott 75; Whatmore F49. (2)

More details

Bellmans
Lot 639

AVIATION - Report of the Advisory Committee for Aeronautics for the Year 1909-10. London: Printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1910. Large 8vo (242 x 150mm). Folding plates and tables. Modern blue cloth, original upper wrapper bound in (wrapper torn and repaired with loss). Provenance: Grimsby Public Library (stamps throughout). With 17 other works in 28 vols., all but one relating to aviation, including M. A. S. Riach's Air-Screws (London, 1916, cloth), A. J. Sutton Pippard & J. Laurence Pritchard's Aeroplane Structures (London, 1919, cloth), Walter Raleigh & H. A. Jones's The War in the Air (Oxford 1922-37, vols. I-VII including appendices vol., and vols. III & V of map boxes [only], cloth), Henley's ABC of Gliding and Sailflying (London, 1931, cloth, dust-jacket), M. Langley's Metal Aircraft Construction (London, 1932, cloth), Daniel J. Brimm's Seaplanes (London, 1938, cloth, dust-jacket), W. E. Wynn's Civil Air Transport (London, [n.d. but ?1946], inscribed by the author, cloth, dust-jacket), W. D. Brown's Parachutes (London, 1951, cloth, dust-jacket), Paul Maincent's Genèse de la Poste Aérienne du Siège de Paris (Rouen, 1951, wrappers, one of 1,000 copies), Denis Richards' Royal Air Force 1939-1945 (London, 1953, 3 vols., cloth, dust-jackets), Aviation Psychology (The Hague, 1964, buckram, dust-jacket); and Torpedo Manual for His Majesty's Fleet ... Volume I [only]. Electricity and Magnetism, Electric Lighting and Machinery (London, 1907, coloured plates, cloth). The lot sold not subject to return. (29)

More details

Bellmans
Lot 646

DANIELL, Samuel (1775-1811). African Scenery and Animals. A facsimile reprint of the aquatint plates originally published in 1804-5. With an introduction and notes by Frank R. Bradlow. Cape Town & Rotterdam: A. A. Balkema, 1976. Large folio (600 x 450mm). Half title, facsimile dedication vignette, 32 plates after S. Daniell, all but one coloured. Original half black sheepskin and marbled boards gilt by E. D. Seabrook. NUMBER 525 OF 550 COPIES SIGNED BY FRANK R. BRADLOW. With W. Cornwallis Harris's Portraits of the Game and Wild Animals of South Africa ... A Facsimile Reprint (Mazoe [ie. Mazowe, Zimbabwe], 1976, folio, coloured plates, original "Buffalo leather"-backed buckram, NUMBER 338 OF 550 COPIES). (2)

More details

Bellmans
Lot 655

MEDICINE, ophthalmology - Hermann SCHEFFLER (1820-1903). The Theory of Ocular Defects and of Spectacles ... translated by Robert Brudenell Carter. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1869. 8vo (198 x 124mm). Half title, diagrams (some light mainly marginal staining). Original pebbled cloth gilt. Provenance: John Tweed (old signature on front free endpaper); Wellcome Institute Library (stamp on verso of title and withdrawal stamp on front free endpaper). With 5 other books of related interest, namely Hans Virchow's Beiträge zur vergleichenden Anatomie des Auges (Berlin, 1882, cloth), Swan M. Burnett's A Theoretical and Practical Treatise on Astigmatism (St. Louis, 1887, cloth), M. S. Mayou's The Changes Produced by Inflammation in the Conjunctiva (Hunterian Lectures, R.C.S., 1905) (London, 1905, cloth), Sydney Stephenson's Ophthalmia Neonatorum (London, 1907, cloth) and O. Haab's Atlas and Epitome of Ophthalmoscopy (Philadelphia, 1909, coloured lithographed plates, cloth). The lot sold not subject to return. (6)

More details

Bellmans
Lot 657

NATURAL HISTORY, mostly ornithology - William Homan THORPE (1902-86). Duetting and Antiphonal Song in Birds. Its Extent and Significance. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1972. Large 8vo (244 x 160mm). Illustrations and musical notation. Original green printed wrappers. PRESENTATION COPY, the upper wrapper inscribed, "Dillon Ripley, with best wishes, from Bill Thorpe." Sidney Dillon Ripley (1913-2001) was a distinguished American ornithologist and Secretary of The Smithsonian Institution from 1964 to 1984. With 11 other books including W. E. Evans' The Songs of the Birds ... Second edition (London, 1851, cloth), S. Henry Berthoud's L' Esprit des Oiseux (Tours, 1867, plates and illustrations, cloth), J. Hendrik van Balen's Onze Vogels of de Vogels van Nederland (Groningen, 1880, calf-backed boards, original coloured wrappers bound in), E. T. Booth's Catalogue of the Cases of Birds in the Dyke Road Museum Brighton ... Third Edition (Brighton, 1901, plates, cloth-backed boards) and V. Régnier's Hormone Ovarienne et Caractères Raciaux du Plumage chez le Coq et la Poule Domestiques (Paris, 1937, wrappers, PRESENTATION COPY). The lot sold not subject to return. (12)

More details

Bellmans
Lot 725

JONES, David (1895-1974). In Parenthesis. Seinnyessit e gledyf ym penn mameu. London: Faber & Faber Ltd., 1937. 8vo (222 x 140mm). Monochrome frontispiece and a plate after David Jones, map. Original tan linen boards, dust-jacket with price of "10s.6d. Net" unclipped (piece torn away from head of backstrip affecting 2 letters, some fraying at edges, more particularly at upper fore-corner of upper wrapper, some light staining). FIRST EDITION of this genre-defying modernist work which won the Hawthornden Prize and which T. S. Eliot judged "a work of genius" and W. H. Auden "a masterpiece."

More details

Bellmans
Lot 728

[LEVESON, Henry Astbury (1828-75)]. The Forest and the Field, by H. A. L., The "Old Shekarry." London: Saunders, Otley and Co., 1867. Large 8vo. Half title, mounted albumen print frontispiece, title printed in red and black, 8 wood-engraved plates, 24-pages of printed reviews at the end (occasional light spotting and staining). Original green pictorial cloth gilt (corners bumped). Provenance: Arthur James Lewis (armorial bookplate); H. S. Gunner (old signature on front free endpaper). Second edition. With 21 other books of related interest including Samuel W. Baker's The Albert N'Yanza (London, 1867, 2 vols., in clean bright green pictorial cloth), E. F. Burton's Reminiscences of Sport in India (London, 1885, partly disbound), Sainthill Eardley-Wilmot's Forest Life and Sport in India (London, 1910) and Bernard C. Ellison's H. R. H. The Prince of Wales's Sport in India (London, 1925), all in original cloth, in variable condition. The lot sold not subject to return. (22)

More details

Bellmans
Lot 751

RACKHAM, Arthur (1867-1939, illustrator) & AESOP (1st-century AD). Fables. A New Translation by V. S. Vernon Jones with an Introduction by G. K. Chesterton. London: William Heinemann, 1912. 4to (290 x 225mm). Half title, tipped-in coloured frontispiece, title within pictorial border, and 12 tipped-in coloured plates by Arthur Rackham, illustrations, some full-page (some light browning and staining to text, a few leaves with darker browning including limitation leaf). Original cream pictorial buckram gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut (spine darkened, some light staining and spotting to covers). NUMBER 580 OF 1,450 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST. Latimore & Haskell pp.38-39; Riall p.111.

More details

Bellmans
Lot 772

STEVENSON, Robert Louis (1850-94). A Collection of 26 books comprising: Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes (London, 1879, rather worn), The Dynamiter (London, 1885, red cloth), The Merry Men (London, 1887), Memories and Portraits (London, 1887), The Black Arrow (London, 1888), The Wrong Box (London, 1889, co-written with Lloyd Osbourne), The Master of Ballantrae (London, 1889), Ballads (London, 1890), Across the Plains with Other Memories and Essays (London, 1892, 2 copies), A Footnote to History (London, 1892), Catriona. A Sequel to "Kidnapped" (London, 1893), Island Nights' Entertainments (London, 1893), The Ebb-Tide (London, 1894, co-written with Lloyd Osbourne), Weir of Hermiston. An Unfinished Romance (London, 1896), A Lowden Sabbath Morn (London, 1898, illustrated by A. S. Boyd), St. Ives (London, 1898), An Inland Voyage (London, 1900), In the South Seas (London, 1900), Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers ... Fine-Paper Edition (London, 1909), The Silverado Squatters ... Fine Paper Edition (London, 1910), Lay Morals and Other Papers (London, 1911), Records of a Family of Engineers (London, 1812), Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin (London, 1912), On The Choice of a Profession (London, 1916) and Edinburgh ... People's Edition (London, 1920), most FIRST EDITIONS, all in original cloth. (26)

More details

International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 285

 CHURCHILL WINSTON S.: (1874-1965) British Prime Minister 1940-45, 1951-55. Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1953. War date T.L.S., Winston S. Churchill, with holograph subscription, one page, 4to, 10 Downing Street, Whitehall, 31st December 1940, to Viscount Maugham ('My dear Lord Maugham'), on the printed stationery of the Prime Minister. Churchill thanks his correspondent for their letter and remarks 'I shall read your book with much interest when I have a chance', continuing 'I only regret that I shall not be able to write a Foreword, as I am far too pressed to undertake such a task at this time'. Matted in gold and blue alongside an image of Churchill standing in a full length pose on the steps of 10 Downing Street and framed and glazed in a gold coloured wooden frame to an overall size of 21.5 x 16.5. VG Frederic Maugham (1866-1958) 1st Viscount Maugham. British Barrister & Judge who served as Lord Chancellor 1938-39. His book Lies as Allies or Hitler at War was published in 1941. Provenance: The vendor purchased the present letter from B. Altman & Co. in New York during the 1980s and it has not appeared on the market since. 

More details

International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 312

 BARTON EDMUND: (1849-1920) Australian Politician, the first Prime Minister of Australia 1901-03. A.L.S., Edmund Barton, two pages, 8vo, Commonwealth Offices, Melbourne, 23rd October 1901, to Flaton (?). Barton explains that he has deferred writing to his correspondent as he understood that he was going to give him a letter from Mr. A. S. Gordon and continues ‘I do not know whether he has called, but I have not seen him. This however would not be surprising as I am often too busy to be visible’, further referring to a Bismuth mine and the formation of a company and asking if the capital is sufficient, remarking ‘It is very kind indeed of you to propose presenting me with some shares, but you really must not think of robbing yourself in that way. I wish I could see you make your fortune. By the way how is the Quicksilver mine at Yulgilbar going on? I never hear of it’. Lightly mounted to a 4to page removed from an album, otherwise VG 

More details

International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 315

 RADHAKRISHNAN SARVEPALLI: (1888-1975) Indian Philosopher & Statesman, first Vice President of India 1952-62 and second President of India 1962-67. Vintage signed 6.5 x 8.5 photograph of Radhakrishnan in a formal head and shoulders pose. Signed ('S. Radhakrishnan') in fountain pen ink to a light area at the base of the image and dated 18th August 1961 in his hand. Together with a T.L.S., with a truncated form of his signature, one page, 8vo, New Delhi, 18th August 1961, to Kenneth E. Crouch, on the printed stationery of the Vice-President. Radhakrishnan thanks his correspondent for their letter and good wishes and sends a signed photograph as desired. Some light corner and surface creasing to both the photograph and letter, G, 2 

More details

International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 316

 NEHRU JAWAHARLAL: (1889-1964) First Prime Minister of independent India, 1947-64. Vintage blue fountain pen ink signature ('Jawaharlal Nehru') and date, 15th January 1947, in his hand on a slim oblong 12mo piece, neatly laid down to a page removed from an autograph album. Together with Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) Indian Philosopher & Statesman, first Vice President of India 1952-62 and second President of India 1962-67. Vintage fountain pen ink signature ('S. Radhakrishnan') and date, New Delhi, 31st December 1949 (?) in his hand on a page removed from an autograph album. Some light staining to Radhakrishnan's page, not affecting the signature, otherwise VG, 2 

More details

International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 109

 SARGENT JOHN SINGER: (1856-1925) American Painter. A.L.S., John S. Sargent, two pages, 8vo, Tite Street, Chelsea, n.d. ('Friday'), to Lord Russell. Sargent announces 'Both your portraits will be fetched today or tomorrow' and continues 'Allow me to remind you that I want you to give me in writing the proper designation for both your portraits in the catalogue', further concluding by remarking that he hopes Russell received a note which he had left 'at your house on Saturday evening last'. A very slight trace of former mounting to the verso and one extremely small area of paper loss to the upper corner, neither of which affect the text or signature, VG   Charles Russell (1832-1900) Baron Russell of Killowen. Irish Statesman, Lord Chief Justice of England 1894-1900. 

More details

International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 164

 AUTOGRAPHS: A small oblong 4to album containing over 100 signed clipped pieces, cards, some A.Ls.S., by a wide variety of famous men and women of the late 19th century, each laid down to pages (most in multiples) and a few loose, including Otto von Bismarck, George, Duke of Cambridge, Randolph S. Churchill, Marquis of Salisbury, Garnet Wolseley, Evelyn Wood VC, Gerald Graham VC, Fred Burnaby, Viscount Melbourne, Henry Wellesley, Thomas Frankland Lewis, William Gull (considered a suspect in the Jack the Ripper murders), James Paget, William Jenner, Lord Shaftesbury, John Everett Millais, Frederic Leighton, Luke Fildes, Jules Massenet, Wilson Barrett (A.Q.S.), Squire Bancroft, Henry Irving, Johnston Forbes Robertson, Frederick Hobson Leslie (with a small ink caricature), Charles Wyndham, Weedon Grossmith, R. Corney Grain, Emma Albani, Madge Kendal, Marion Terry, Ellen Terry, Sarah Bernhardt etc. Binding loose and with some light overall age wear, G 

More details

International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 166

 AUTOGRAPHS: A miscellaneous selection of signed clipped pieces, A.Ls.S., a few T.Ls.S. etc., by a variety of famous men and women, most associated with the Arts, including Muriel St. Clare Byrne, Leslie Hartley, Leon Goossens, Alec Guinness, Arthur Bliss, Thomas Bodkin, Thomas Armstrong, Peter Pears, John Keating, Geoffrey Fisher, Andre Dunoyer de Segonzac, Edward Maufe, William Reid Dick, John Ward, James Fitton, Arnold Machin, Charles Wheeler, Peter Hawkins (stating, in part, 'I was up at the Palace for half of last week making the last two Flower Pot films for the present…..', 8th May 1954), Siegfried Charoux (2), Diana Armfield, Jennifer Dickson, John Ward (stating, in part, 'How very, very kind of you to write about my book. It was fun to do - although I found I could only write sense for about 2 hours a day. I can manage about 4 hours painting a day….I hardly ever get to the R.A. these days - but what fun it was when Sidney was secretary & the place still belonged to the R.A.'s! I have been away painting in Monte Carlo…..'), William Russell Flint, Norman Wilkinson, Yvonne Arnaud, Solomon, Alec Clifton-Taylor (discussing the British art historian and Secretary of the Royal Academy Sidney Hutchison, 1967), Audrey Russell (7; in one stating, in part, 'How nice of you to write about "Going for a Song". I should have replied long ago & certainly before my resounding defeat at the hands of Spike Milligan. I don't quite know why, but I was very off colour that day, though that is an amateur's excuse - the reason was, as you may have observed, that Spike Milligan knows much more about antiques & their value than I do! I was sorry not to get through as that kind of programme is such marvelous publicity, which I rather need just now. I've never met Milligan before, though he had written to me once or twice about programmes. I liked him - immensely intelligent - & of course amusing, & mad on antiques & with a sort of gentleness unusual in this day & age'). Donald Wolfit, R. F. Delderfield (5), Donald Sinden (stating, in part, 'So delighted you enjoyed This is Your Life: it was quite a traumatic experience - especially when Mai Zetterling came on. I had never met her before!!'), Anna Neagle (2), Andre Tchaikowsky, Kyffin Williams (stating, in part, '….I always feel I am a bit of an outsider in the R.A. John Ward, Bernard Dunstan & Anthony Green are old friends but otherwise, apart from Diana, I am an academic loner….'), Hugh Gaitskell, Ernle Chatfield, Lord Woolton, Alexander of Tunis, Montgomery of Alamein, Frederick Browning etc. G to VG, 78   The majority of the letters in the present lot were written to Margaret Hallett (1928-2018) British Clerk and Assistant Librarian at the Royal Academy of Arts in London 1955-65.  

More details

Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers
Lot 267

Princess Margaret & Peter Townsend. 57pp typescript account by a foreign office employee & insider. Early 1950's in a ring binder with one or two other items incl. The Glorious Restoration of Wells Cathedral by Doctor R. D. Reid.

More details

Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers
Lot 276

FERGUSON R. S.  A History of Cumberland. Qtr. dark morocco. 1890; also 4 typescript folio vols., Howard Family Documents deposited at Durham, 1967-1970 & 2 others.  (7).

More details

Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers
Lot 286

HARTLEY D. & ELLIOT M. M.  Life & Work of the People of England. 3 vols. Many illus. Orig. cloth in pict. wrappers. Batsford, 1920's/1930's; also one other vol.  (4).

More details

Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers
Lot 299

LYSONS D. & S.  Magna Brittania ... Volume the Fourth Containing Cumberland. Many fldg. & other eng. plates & plans. Quarto. Half dark calf, marbled brds. 1816.

More details

Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers
Lot 176

HONE WILLIAM.  Bound vol. of 11 trials & graphic satires published by Hone. Illus. by George Cruikshank, one plate damaged & repaired but incl. the rare "The Queen's Matrimonial Ladder" pasted in. Old qtr. morocco, internal browning & foxing, c.1817-early 1820's.

More details

Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers
Lot 209

Political Pamphlets.  17 various pamphlets & related items re. English fascism, communism, Russia, the Spanish Civil War, etc. 1930's/early 1940's.

More details

Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers
Lot 221

CUMMINGS E. E.  The Enormous Room. Orig. cloth, a little wear. 1st English ed. of the author's first book, 1928; also Fred Bason's Diary (a book dealer's memoirs), 3 vols. in d.w's, one signed & inscribed, early 1950's & 1 other.  (5).

More details

Thomson Roddick Auctioneers & Valuers
Lot 227

Late Victorian Album.  A well worn quarto album containing pasted-in cuttings, manuscript notes, incl. Dumfries interest & a pasted-in Dumfries Commercial Bank 1 guinea banknote c.1880's; also another similar but smaller album, mainly of press cuttings.  (2).

More details

Mallams Ltd. - Oxford
Lot 424

Edward S. Lowe (act.1893-1928) Waiting for the fishing boats, Concarneau signed (lower left) oil on paper 21cm x 24cm. Provenance: Collection of Peter Dingley.

More details

Mallams Ltd. - Oxford
Lot 608

John Stanton Ward (1917-2007) Le Clos, early morning oil on board 25.5cm x 30.5cm, unframed. Provenance: J S Maas & Co Ltd., London.

More details

Mallams Ltd. - Oxford
Lot 609

John Stanton Ward (1917-2007) Piazza della Rotunda, Rome, 1971 signed and dated (lower right) watercolour 31cm x 47cm. Exhibited: J S Maas & Co Ltd. Exhibition of drawings and watercolours by John Ward, London, 1973, no.6. Provenance: J S Maas & Co Ltd., London.

More details
Loading...Loading...
  • 892280 item(s)
    /page

Recently Viewed Lots