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Lot 3217

A green paste five-stone ring, length of ring head ca. 1.6cm, ring size M, total weight ca. 2.2gms.

Lot 3221

An 18ct gold, round, mixed-cut ruby and round, brilliant-cut diamond cluster ring, estimated ruby weight ca. 0.60ct, total estimated diamond weight ca. 0.80ct, H-I colour, SI1-2 clarity, length of ring head ca. 1.2cm, ring size M, total weight ca. 4.8gms.

Lot 3226

A round, brilliant-cut diamond and round, mixed-cut blue zircon cross-over ring, estimated diamond weight ca. 0.90ct, H-I colour, P1-2 clarity, length of ring head ca. 1.3cm, ring size M, total weight ca. 3.4gms.

Lot 3227

A round, mixed-cut blue zircon and old-cut diamond, three-stone ring, diamond weight ca. 0.55ct, tinted colour, P1-2 clarity, stamped '18CT', length of ring head ca. 1.6cm, ring size M, total weight ca. 2.1gms.

Lot 3237

A round, cabochon-cut opal ring, estimated opal weight ca. 0.35ct, length of ring head ca. 1.5cm, ring size M, total weight ca. 2.2gms.

Lot 3239

A 9ct gold Rotary watch cocktail ring, with bark-like textured hinged lid, with hallmarks for London, 1969, length of ring head 2.3cm, ring size M, total weight ca. 11.4gms, accompanied by fitted, period case.

Lot 3241

An 18ct gold, cultured pearl, marquise and step-cut diamond, cross-over ring, diameter of cultured pearls ca. 7.9-8mms, total estimated diamond weight ca. 0.35ct, with import marks for London, 1989, length of ring head ca. 1.6cm, ring size M, total weight ca. 5.3gms.

Lot 3242

A cultured pearl ring, the cultured pearl is of light yellow hue with pinkish overtones, diameter ca. 3.5mms, length of ring head ca. 0.8cm ring size M, total weight ca. 3.4gms.

Lot 3248

A cabochon-cut turquoise, openwork ring, length of ring head ca. 2cm, ring size M, total weight ca. 6gms.

Lot 3276

A double-row, round, brilliant-cut diamond, half-eternity ring, total estimated diamond weight ca. 1.2cts, H-I colour, SI1-2 clarity, stamped '18CT & PLA', length of ring head ca. 2.3cm, ring size M, total weight ca. 5.5gms, accompanied by fitted case.

Lot 3277

A Goldsmiths & Co, 18ct gold, 'Wishbone', round, brilliant-cut diamond, half eternity ring, total diamond weight 0.38ct according to mark, length of ring head ca. 2cm, ring size M, total weight ca. 3gms.

Lot 3282

An 18ct gold, round, brilliant-cut diamond, nine-stone ring, total estimated diamond weight ca. 1.10cts, I-J colour, SI1-2 clarity, with partial hallmarks for Birmingham, length of ring head ca. 2.2cm, ring size M, total weight ca. 8.3gms.

Lot 3289

An old-cut diamond, five-stone ring, total estimated diamond weight ca. 0.50ct, L-M colour, SI2-P1 clarity, length of ring head ca. 1.4cm, total weight ca. 3.3gms.

Lot 3305

An old-cut diamond, three-stone ring, total estimated diamond weight ca. 1.10cts, H-I colour, SI1-2 clarity, stamped '18CT & PT', length of ring head ca. 1.6cm, ring size M, total weight ca. 3.2gms.

Lot 3306

A cushion-cut diamond, three-stone ring, total estimated diamond weight ca. 1.10cts, I-J colour, P1-2 clarity, stamped '18CT', length of ring head ca. 1.3cm, ring size M, total weight ca. 2.8gms.

Lot 3307

A round, brilliant-cut diamond and heart-shaped decoration, cross-over ring, estimated diamond weight ca. 0.10ct, H-I colour, SI1-2 clarity, stamped '750', length of ring head ca. 0.9cm, ring size M, total weight ca. 3.2gms.

Lot 198

▴ Gladys M Black (1895-1975)'A Prayer';'Nimrod'both signed 'GMB' and dated 1934 and 1935 respectively, watercolour 37.5 x 26cm, framed, overall 52 x 40cm (2)Exhibited: 'Gladys Black: an Exhibition of Watercolours and Photographs, 1918-1936', Louise Whitford Gallery, London, 1979, nos. 42 and 45 in the catalogue.

Lot 355

▴ Peter Collingwood (1922-2008)'M.48 No.9'a microgauze wall hanging of woven khaki linen and steel, signed on label and stamped 'Peter Collingwood M.48 No.9',62.5cm wide 128.5cm highPurchased from Park Square Gallery Ltd., 57 St Paul's Street, Leeds, 4 November 1970. With original invoice and inscribed to paper roll 'Khaki'. Peter Collingwood (1922-2008) was at the forefront of weaving for fifty years. His wall hangings use the traditional craft to create visual abstraction and are admired worldwide. Trained, after national service, by the master weaver Ethel Mairet, he worked with Alastair Morton, who became the visionary Artistic Director at the Edinburgh Weavers.In 1952, Peter set up a studio at Archway in North London and sold his work in Liberty’s and Heal's. He also exhibited at the Red Rose Guild and the Arts and Crafts Society. He later moved to Digswell Arts Trust in Hertfordshire, where he met and exhibited with Hans Coper.Collingwood moved to Nayland near Colchester in 1964, where he worked until his death in 2008.Condition ReportSome sections slacking slightly - most notably to the lower section, and the upper right hand side. Some minor spotting to the rods. Some general dust and dirt to the threads - more notable due to the green colour of the weave. Additional images uploaded.

Lot 512

A yew wood wall-mounted open side cabinet, designed and made by John Makepeace, mounted with tan leather, labelled 'Designed and Made by John Makepeace M.S.I.A., Craftsmen M Doughty, A Freeman, D Pearson, signed John Makepeace and dated 26th June, 1971',184cm wide42cm deep98cm highCondition ReportSome scuffing to the leather edges and surfaces. Label is worn and pieces missing. Appears to have had new screws to areas and to the supports.

Lot 539

A large bespoke rug,contemporary, by M Carpet Atelier, Moscow, of rectangular form, with one rounded corner, the pile in blue melange with relief forming a mosaic pattern, labelled,345 x 530cm

Lot 562

A large bespoke rug,contemporary, by M Carpet Atelier, Moscow, of rectangular form, the gray field with abstract melange splotches, labelled,330 x 400cm

Lot 577

A Travertine Rosso marble 'Angelo M' table,modern, designed by Leo Aerts for Alinea, with a circular top, raised on a tapering column,130cm diameter75cm high Condition ReportWith some minor nibble so the rim. Overall good and sturdy impression. The marble top is circular. The base is solid. Unable to provide an approximate weight due to insufficient scales. For reference the base took three porters to move.

Lot 7289

A collection of Norfolk and East Anglia interest titles, including Walter Rye, 2 titles: 'The First Register Book of the Parish of Lammas and Little Hautbois', Norwich, 1905, 75pp, original cloth backed printed paper covered boards. Scarce, plus First Register Old Buckenham, 1902, same binding (spine worn); J.W. Norie: 'The New Seaman's Guide and Coaster's Companion', L, J.W. Norie & Co, Chartsellers to the Admiralty and East India Company, 1829, engraved frontispiece depicting lighthouses, beacons and lightships, including Cromer and Lowestoft, 372pp, manuscript ownership signatures at front Henry Kettle Winterton Norfolk 1837 & Benjamin Kettle Winterton Norfolk 1845, oblong, original cloth (worn); A.M. Wilson: 'Friends of Yesterday', L, A.H. Bullen, 1903, 1st edition, appears to be a satire/fictitious account of rural life in Norfolk & Suffolk, frontis + 16 b/w ills. from photographs, original cloth gilt (worn); John Kirkpatrick: 'History of the Religious Orders and Communities, and of the Hospitals and Castle, of Norwich', Yarmouth, Sloman, 1845, intro. Dawson Turner, some m/s notes at front, rebacked retaining original cloth gilt; W.A. Cutting: 'Gleanings about Gayton', Norwich, 1889, 267pp, old cloth backed boards; C.M. Hoare: 'Records of a Norfolk Village, Being Notes on the History of the Parish of Sidestrand', 1914, 5 b/w plates from photos as called for, orig. printed paper covered boards (worn); 'Domesday Book...Fac-Simile of the Part Relating to Norfolk', 1862, 343pp, large 4to, old cloth gilt (worn); 3 booklets by T.H. Swales reprinted from Norfolk Archaeology on Norfolk Manorial Lords, Suppression of Monasteries, Dissolution, 1950's-60's; plus Bryant's Norfolk Churches 4 vols Hundreds of Diss, Brothercross, Taverham, Shropham; plus 2 others (17)

Lot 7153

(Witchcraft, Spiritualism, Occult), a collection of 15 titles, including Montague Summers (edited); Nicolas Remy: 'Demonolatry', London, John Rodker, 1930, limited edition (658/1275), numbered, xliii,188pp, 4to, original cloth gilt; W.J. Crawford: 'The Reality of Psychic Phenomena, Raps, Levitations, Etc.', L, John M. Watkins, 1916, 1st edition, portrait frontis, original cloth gilt (worn); Hereward Carrington: 'Modern Psychical Phenomena, Recent Researches and Speculations', L, Kegan Paul, 1919, 1st edition, frontis + 22 illustrations as called for, xi,331pp, original cloth gilt; John Symonds: 'The Magic of Aleister Crowley', L, Frederick Muller, 1958, 1st edition, frontis + 11 illustrations as called for, original cloth gilt (slightly worn);Harry Price & Eric Dingwall: 'Revelations of a Spirit Medium', L, Kegan Paul, 1922, facsimile of the original 1891 edition, lxiv,327pp, original cloth gilt; Montague Summers: 'The History of Witchcraft and Demonology', NY, University Books, 1956, original cloth; J. Arthur Hill: 'Spiritualism, Its History, Phenomena and Doctrine', intro. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, L, Cassell, 1918, 1st edition, original cloth gilt; Harry Price: 'Fifty Years of Psychical Research, A Critical Survey', L, Longmans, 1939, 1st edition, frontis + 14 plates + 3 ills in text as called for, orig. cloth gilt, etc (15)

Lot 7022

Nine Private Press books, including: 'Miscellany 2: A New Collection of Work Completed or Projected, or Done to Display Types and Pictures, Printed at the Rampant Lions Press by Sebastian Carter', Cambridge, Rampant Lions Press, 1998, 1st edition, limited edition, number 90 of 225 copies, [104]pp., illustrations and samples throughout, checklist of books printed at the Rampant Lions Press 1988-1997 at end, original quarter cloth over decorative paper covered boards, acetate dust wrapper; Philip Sidney: 'The Lad Philisides; Being a selection of Songs, Pastoral Eclogues & Elegies from The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia', Old Stile Press, 1988, limited edition, number 121 of 225 copies, wood engravings throughout by Harry Brockway, signed by the artist to colophon, original publisher's raw silk spine, leather gilt title label, decorative paper covered boards, original buckram slipcase, mounted wood engraved illustration to cover; Velona Pilcher: 'The Searcher: A War Play: Reading Version', L, Heinemann, 1929, 1st edition, limited edition of 1,000 copies, 9 wood engraved illustrations by Blair Hughes-Stanton as called for, 84pp, large 8vo, original quarter cloth gilt, pictorial paper covered boards; A.E. Housman: 'A Shropshire Lad', Birmingham, The Hayloft, 1995, limited edition, number 198 of 450 copies, illustrations throughout by Claud Lovat Fraser, 78pp, Oblong (24.5 x 20cm), original oatmeal cloth, mounted illustration to front cover; Elizabeth Rashley: 'Nine Mths', Avenue Press Offcut Editions, 2000, limited edition, number 14 of 266 copies, signed, linocut ills. by Rashley throughout, orig. spiral bound pictorial wrappers (approx 15 x 15cm); 'Adventures of John M'Alpine', Greenock, Black Pennell Press, 1985, ltd edn, number 60 of 200 copies, wood engraved ills. by Kathleen M. Lindsley throughout, orig. quarter leather, prospectus loosely inserted; 'The Old Bookseller', Black Pennell Press, 1989, ltd edn (66/75), numbered, orig. quarter leather, marbled paper covered boards, printed title label to front cover; plus 2 others (9)

Lot 7175

(Cookery), a circa early 19th Century manuscript receipt book, paper watermarked 1807, ownership inscription at head of first leaf "Elizabeth Crockett Rye-Hill 1812", 200+ pages of m/s cookery recipes, including white catsup; pickled salmon; potted shrimps and herrings; "Hamburgh Pickle"; veal cutlets; "to dress a hare with cream"; "to collar an eel"; stewed pigeons; mock turtle; scalloped eggs; oyster patties; stewed carp; "to boil a Turbot which never fails"; "to Ragout a crest of Veal"; Spanish Creams; blancmange; sillabub; honey-comb cream; Macaronie; "To make Capillaire"; plus many others various puddings, cakes, biscuits, cheesecakes, toffee, "Good treacle beer", gingerbread, pies, dumplings, various wines, jams, marmalades, jelly, "Raspberry Ice", butter, cream, cheeses, etc etc; plus some domestic receipts at end including "to prevent clothes catching fire"; "rusty knives"; "tin kettles leak", to make blacking, clean glass decanters, to stop a leak in a cask, etc etc, recipe for potted shrimp “To pot Shrimps. To one quart of shrimps, take 2 ounces of butter, put it in a small pan, with salt, pounded mace, Cayenne, and nutmeg, to your taste, put it on the fire ‘till it melts, then pour in the shrimps, and stir them over the fire ‘till quite hot through, then take half of them out, and pound them in a mortar, when pounded mix part of them with the whole ones, and the remainder spread at the top of the pot, to make a smooth surface for the butter to be poured on. Mrs Lloyd”, 6 page manuscript index of receipts at front, contemporary half calf (worn), approx size 24 x 20cm

Lot 7180

(Cookery, Medicine), a circa late 18th/19th Century manuscript receipt book, 124 m/s numbered pages of entries of m/s cookery recipes, remedies & cures etc, paper watermarked 1794, receipts include various puddings including apple, custard, fancy, chipman, malbrough, sippet, hunting, millet, vermicella; cheesecakes, custards, curds, puddings, cheeses, syllabubs, biscuits, cakes, jams, preserves, butters, vinegars, catchups, curry, meat dishes etc etc; plus remedies including Daffy's Elixir; stomatic tincture; beef tea, hooping cough, Houghton drops; "for a pain in the bowels, colick and indigestion; to kill bugs, vapour water, piles, milk of roses etc, inscription at end "Keep the head cool the feet warm the body open and bid defiance to the Physician, the celebrated Dr. G", old reverse calf, approx. size 18 x 12cm

Lot 7011

(Fleece Press, Private Press), three titles, comprising Tirzah Garwood: 'Long Live Great Bardfield & love to you all, her Autobiography, 1908-43, edited and with biographical notes on the period 1943-51, by Anne Ullmann', Upper Denby, The Fleece Press, 2012, limited edition of 550 copies (475 for sale), colour & b/w ills. throughout, folio, original quarter cloth, printed title label to spine, decorative paper covered boards (near fine), reproduced Tirzah Garwood bookplate to front pastedown, m/s note at head of FFEP "* Display copy, not for sale*"; Edward Ardizzone; Malcolm Yorke: 'To War With Paper and Brush. Captain Edward Ardizzone, Official War Artist', Upper Denby, The Fleece Press, 2007, limited edition, (700), profusely illustrated in colour and black & white throughout, 169pp, oblong 4to, original cloth, printed title label to spine, orig. prospectus loosely inserted, orig. slipcase; 'Dearest Joana. A selection of Joan Hassall's lifetime letters and art. Edited by Brian North Lee. With an introduction by John Dreyfus.', The Fleece Press, 2000, 2 volumes, limited edition, one of a total edition of 300 copies, this one of 240 copies on Zerkall paper, quarter bound in cloth, printed title labels to spines, marbled paper covered boards, over 60 engravings, all but three printed from the wood, and around 60 line drawings and colour plates either tipped-in or printed as inserted sections, mostly full-page, orig. prospectus loosely inserted at front of volume 1, all housed in original slipcase (4)

Lot 7002

(George Sas, Marble Hill Press, Private Press), a collection of 24 booklets/items from the private press of George W. Sas, from the period 1954-1970, including 'Snowflake: A Greeting at Yuletide 1954 for friends of Miriam', [1954], numbered 36, privately printed in an unspecified limited edition; Arthur M. Hind: 'General notes on The hand-Colouring of fifteenth Century Woodcuts', New York, The Marble Hill Press, limited to an edition of "about 100" copies, printed as a keepsake for private distribution, woodcut ills., large 4to, original printed wraps, ribbon ties, orig. broadsheet loosely inserted; Friedrich von Schiller: 'William Tell Act Three Scene One', NY, Marble Hill Press, 1964, limited to an edition of "about 80" copies, printed as a keepsake, large 4to, orig. stitched printed wraps; 'Precatio Terrae et Precatio Omnium Herbarum', Marble Hill Press, 1967, one of about 80 copies, large 4to, orig. tied printed wraps; 'The Mutability of Literature', NY, Marble Hill Press, 1964, limited edition, numbered 100 of 140 copies and presented to Trevor Hickman, large 4to, orig. stitched wraps gilt, together with another copy of the same title, numbered 82/140 and presented to George Tee; Talbot Baines Reed: 'Old & New Fashions in Typography', NY, Marble Hill Press, 1965, one of about 100 copies, large 4to, orig. stitched printed wraps; plus others similar 'The Book of Ruth', 1962, 'Spuyten Duyvil', 1969, 'A Christmas Carol by Christina Rossetti', [nd], limited edition of about 160 copies, 'The Fables of Avianus', 1967, 'Niccolo Machiavelli 1469-1527', Spuyten Duyvil, 1970 (80), etc etc. Marble Hill Press was unusual as a private press in that George Sas didn't own printing equipment. He worked for a New York City printing and engraving firm as a hand compositor, and one of the perks of his job was the use of plant facilities at evenings and weekends. This gave him access to a wealth of beautiful types and ornaments, his output being primarily booklets and Christmas cards, printed on heavy cover stock and hand sewn, all beautifully designed and often printed in several colours (24)

Lot 7160

(Psychology, Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis), a collection of 9 titles, including Fritz Wittels: 'Sigmund Freud. His Personality, His Teaching, & His School', London, George Allen & Unwin, 1924, 1st edition, portrait frontis, 287pp, original cloth gilt; Sigmund Freud: 'Wit and Its Relation to the Unconscious', L, Kegan Paul, [1922], reprinted from the American Edition, m/s annotations to text and margins throughout, m/s index at end, orig. cloth gilt; Melvin Feffer: 'The Structure of Freudian Thought', New York, [1982], orig. cloth, dust wrapper; J.A. Schinka & R.L. Greene: 'Emerging Issues and Methods in Personality Assessment', Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1997, orig. laminated boards; 'Persepctivism in Social Psychology: The Yin and Yang of Scientific Progress', American Psychological Association, 2004, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w; Anthony Ryle: 'Neurosis in the Ordinary Family. A Psychiatric Survey', Tavistock Publications Ltd, 1967, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w; plus 3 others (9)

Lot 7296A

Francis Blomefield and Charles Parkin: 'An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk...', Fersfield and Lynn, 1739-1775, first edition, four volumes (of five, lacks volume 5), numerous engraved plates/plans/folding genealogical tables + numerous engravings in the text, folio, contemporary reverse calf gilt worn, some boards detached but present, ownership signatures at front of each volume "John Beevor M.D.", inkstamps "J. Beevor 1770" & "J. Beevor 1768", pencil inscription on front pastedown volume I "From the library of Lord North august 1885", old manuscript pen & ink indexes/lists of religious houses at end of each volume, a few m/s annotations to margins of text (4)

Lot 7137

Robert M. Pirsig: 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance', London, The Bodley Head, 1974, 1st UK edition, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (by John Sewell, price clipped). Pirsig's fictionalized autobiography following a father and his young son on a summer motorcycle trip across America's Northwest, to complete the Chautauqua spiritual journey. A powerful philosophical examination of how we live and a breathtaking meditation on how to live better, one of the most influential books written in the past half-century that transformed a generation and continues to inspire millions.

Lot 7300

Charles Stonham: 'The Birds of the British Islands', illustrated Lilian M. Medland, London, E. Grant Richards, 1906-1911, 1st edition, 5 volumes, 2 folding maps, double-page diagram + 318 full page tissue-guarded engraved plates as called for, ex Repton School library, armorial bookplates to front pastedowns and relatively unobtrusive inkstamps to title pages, large 4to, uniform contemporary green cloth gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut (5)

Lot 7307

A late Georgian commonplace album circa 1830 containing a number of attractive hand coloured, black & white engravings and pen, ink & watercolour illustrations, plus good quantity of leaves of manuscript extracts of prose, poetry etc, leaves watermarked 1830, later m/s list of b/w and colour illustrations loosely inserted, contemporary calf (very worn), approx size 24 x 19cm; together with two late 19th Century well executed botanical pen, ink & watercolour sketches, each with m/s pen & ink captions, including "Corn Cockle Agrostemma Githago. Class Decandria Order Pentagynia...Pink Tribe found at Earls Colne in a Corn Field July 21. 1882", each paper size approx 36.5 x 27cm, housed together in 20th Century half cloth portfolio (2)

Lot 7304

A manuscript book containing m/s pen & ink list of birds to be found in the neighbourhood of Hatton, Middlesex, approx. 86 pages m/s entries of birds, a few with corresponding observations and remarks, ownership signature of Geo. F. Pollock 1839 at front, possibly George Frederick Pollock (1821-1915), barrister and Queen's Remembrancer, 50+ further pages of m/s entries at front on classics/Horace by Pollock "answers to certain questions on Horace bkII Odes -E Libris Georgii Frederici Pollocki alumni scholae regalis Londini...", contemporary cloth, m/s title to front cover "Bird Book 1839"

Lot 7179

(Cookery, Medicine), a circa late 18th/early 19th Century manuscript receipt book, 45+ pages of manuscript mainly cookery recipes, plus a few m/s remedies & cures, domestic receipts etc, receipts include almond pussings; apricock marmalade; almond faggots; blacking for shoes; currant jelly; pickled cucumbers; pulled chicken; cinnamon water; calves foot broth; ginger bread; gooseberry wine; Harts horn or calves foot jelly; oyster pie; Surfeit water; Cumberland puding; diet bread; various cakes and puddings, lemonades etc, old vellum binding, approx size 20 x 16cm

Lot 7242

A collection of C19th & C20th manuscript diaries, seven of which dated 1903-1919 appear to be the diaries of Lady Constance Baird (1867-1931), member of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (Princess Royal's Volunteer Corps) a British independent all-female charity which was formed in 1907 originally to provide rapid first aid to injured soldiers by travelling on horseback. In WW1, they drove ambulances and originally the Army wanted nothing to do with them so they supported the Belgians and French. Her four diaries for 1916-1919 with m/s entries re driving to Paris Plage Le Touquet, Etaples, convalescent Hospital Boulogne, entry for Friday February 15 1918 "Fine day, raw cold wind. Godden[?] & I worked on car all the morning - taking down magneto & cleaning it & tuning up plugs. Went to Boulogne at 3,30 & took a girl from Woodside in. Met boat, brought out an M.O. & a V.A.D. for St. Johns also Sister Workman. Car pulling much better but still pretty hard to steer", photographic postcard of female WW1 ambulance driver from Constance Baird loosely inserted in 1916 diary, (presumably image is of Constance Baird), postally used with British Red Cross and Field Censor inkstamps, these 7 diaries each with ownership signatures/inscriptions "Constance Baird"/"Contie Baird" at front, each full or very near full of m/s pen & ink entries, near uniform leather gilt by Houghton & Gunn/Asprey, spines sunned/worn, each approx. 13 x 11cm, plus 2 other diaries similar 1909 & 1911 with ownership sigs. of Norah D. Maude (and with later pencil notes beneath "later Hanbury-Keck 1889-1977 (Dan Dan)", plus other diaries earlier with entries 1864-1894, entries Dorset/New Forest area (11)

Lot 7182

A manuscript book of remedies, cures, medicines etc circa 1836-1896, 100+ pages of manuscript entries including accounts entries, some receipts/remedies etc, "Cure for Head-ache, take of spirits of wine one ounce, camphor four drachms, volatile spirit of camphor four drachms, mix and apply to the head, with the hand frequently", "A very nice salve for healing sores & wounds. 2oz of Burgundy pitch. 1oz of good beeswax. 1oz of lard put them in a jar, melt them in an oven, stir them now and then with a stick of lead. Recipe given to us by Mrs Barton August 24th 1876", "1838 1 Jan. Case of Scurvy in the hands [?] 20 years...2nd Jan. Blotches in the face. Mr Joseph[?] Hawley embrocation pills & drink...4th Jan. Scrofula very bad...a boy named Morstyn [?] aged 12 years - brought by his mother... flesh eaten round his neck, shoulder and mouth and left eye - very thin...St Thomas's Hospital six months but got worse - dsimissed July 1836 pronounced incureable. Washed the parts with ---[?] and annointed them with...." etc etc, similar remarks on treatments/medicines for patients with King's Evil, wound on thigh, "woman from Limehouse for husband Rheumatism gave her box of pills" "Tuesday...Woman from workhouse...gave Embn. for piles" "Mrs Riches - lump between the breasts...", plus other receipts including cure for ringworm; mixture for worms; for the Rheumatism; for Hooping Cough; "The way to make Queen Anne's Salve", cure for toothache, " for the relief of bronchial tubes. Jan. 9 1865. Roast a turkey [?] open and put in as much Brimstone as will lay upon a fourpenny piece, and eat it in bed. repeat it a few nights till well. This recipe from an old gent in the railway carriage"; for dislocations and broken bones before setting; for dropsy etc etc, some accounts entries also for clothing, some domestic receipts etc, the m/s book possibly relating/originating from London, mentions of Covent Garden, King's Road, Chelsea, Limehouse, old vellum (worn), printed copper engraved label to front pastedown "Hay, Printer, Stationer & Bookbinder, No. 114 Long Lane, Borough"

Lot 7311

Folio Society, 30+ assorted volumes, including Evelyn Waugh 'Sword of Honour' trilogy, 3 volume set in slipcase; Albert Einstein 'Relativity'; James M. Cain 'The Postman Always Rings Twice; Aldous Huxley 'Brave New World'; plus others Robert Louis Stevenson, Oscar Wilde, Joseph Conrad, Ernest Hemingway etc (30+)

Lot 7284A

A manuscript land enclosure award/survey for Westhall, East Suffolk (nr. Halesworth), c.1812, with 35 well executed manuscript pen, ink and wash maps, each with corresponding m/s records of the land occupiers, and with their respective acreage/area of land divided into columns for arable and pasture land., with a further 21 pages of manuscript list of land occupiers and proprietors at front, each with reference number referring to their numbered plots of land on the manuscript maps, inkstamp "J. Neave Westhall" to blank leaf at front, 4to (25.5 x 21cm), rebound in full crushed dark brown morocco gilt, compass vector design in gilt and inlaid burgundy morocco to front cover, inlaid green, brown and tan morocco gilt map design to lower cover, covers decoratively ruled in gilt, spine with burgundy morocco gilt labels and gilt in compartments, housed in custom made leather backed clamshell boxThe 3 manors in Westhall were Westhall Hall, Empole's and Barrington's. The main manor of Westhall Hall was held by the Crown at the time of King John. The manor was sold in 1589 to Thomas Feltham who sold it in 1613 to Edmund Knevitt who sold it to Edmund Bohun in 1622. It remained in the Bohun family until the early 1800s when it was purchased by Alexander Adair (1743-1834) of Flixton Hall. Bacon's manor was conveyed to the Bohun's in 1563 and followed the course of the main manor, which absorbed the other manors.Alexander Adair inherited the Flixton Hall estate from his uncle in 1783, and at his death bequeathed it to his distant kinsman, (Hugh) William Adair (1754-1844).He died 17 March 1834, aged about 91, and is commemorated by a memorial in St. James' church, Piccadilly, London. Will proved 11 April 1834 (estate under £700,000); his fortune was left mainly to members of the Baring and Roe families and only the Flixton estate passed to his Adair kinsman.

Lot 7099

John & Ada Galsworthy: 'Carmen', London, Elkin Mathews and Marrot, 1932, limited edition (589/650), numbered & signed by John & Ada Galsworthy, orig. quarter cloth; Laurence Whistler: 'The Emperor Heart', illustrated Rex Whistler, London, Heinemann, 1936, 1st edition, short Typed Letter Signed by Laurence Whistler dated 1965 attached to front pastedown, original cloth gilt, bookplate of Tony M. Chance to FFEP; Richard Aldington (translated): 'Euripides Alcestis', L, Chatto & Windus, 1930, special limited edition (166/260), signed by Aldington, orig. quarter cloth gilt; George Moore: 'The Making of an Immortal', NY, The Bowling Green Press, 1927, limited edition (90/1240), signed & numbered, orig. paper covered boards; 'Selected Bab Ballads', Allen Lane, Christmas 1955, limited edition (1500), 1955 Christmas Card signed from the publisher attached to FFEP, ownership signature at head of FFEP of the mountaineer and author Wilfrid Noyce (1917-1962), orig. cloth gilt (5)

Lot 7310

Buffon (Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de). Oeuvres complètes de Buffon. Par M. Le Comte de Lacepède, nouvelle edition, Paris, A. Eymery Librairie, 1825, 25 volume set, 234 engraved plates/maps (some folding), all collated complete/as called for, uniform old calf gilt very worn, majority of volumes with losses to backstrips, three lacking backstrips (25)

Lot 7165

Albert Einstein, H.A. Lorentz, H. Minkowski & H. Weyl: 'The Principle of Relativity, A Collection of Original Memoirs on the Special and General Theory of Relativity...with Notes by A. Sommerfeld, translated by W. Perrett and G.B. Jeffery', London, Methuen & Co., 1923, 1st edition, viii,216pp, ex library, inkstamp to recto and verso of title page, else no other library m,arkings, rebound cloth gilt, replenished EP's/front pastedowns. Many of the papers appear here in English in book form for the first time, notably Einstein's 'Does the Inertia of a Body Depend on its Energy Content?' [The E=MC2 Paper]. Uncommon. Weil 59a.

Lot 451

Four books on Japanese Arts from the Nasser Khalili collectioncomprising of:J. Earle, Splendors of Imperial Japan, Arts of the Meiji Period from the Khalili Collection.O. Impey, M. Fairley, The Nasser D. Khalili Collection, Decorative Arts of Meiji Japan, Volume II Metal Work Part I, The Kibo Foundation.O. Impey, M. Fairley, The Nasser D. Khalili Collection, Decorative Arts of Meiji Japan, Volume III Enamel, The Kibo Foundation.O. Impey, M. Fairley, The Nasser D. Khalili Collection, Decorative Arts of Meiji Japan, Volume IV Lacquer Part II, The Kibo Foundation. (4)

Lot 2711

Frank Stella (1936), geëmailleerde plaque, 1970; Uitgevoerd met 17 kleuren vormend de letter M, voor Metropolitan Museum. Gemerkt F.Stalla Copyright MMA. h. 7,5 cm, b. 7,5 cm [1]

Lot 416

SCHLEIFENBROSCHE. Herkunft: Wohl Frankreich. Datierung: Um 1925/30. Material: 750/- Weißgold, Punze. Gesamtgewicht: ca. 11,5 g. Maße: 7,0 x 1,5 cm. Diamanten: 3 größere Altschliffdiamanten zus. ca. 1,2 ct., Mittelstein M, die 2 äußeren I-J, VS, 1 Stein P1, 6 weitere Altschliff-Diamanten zus. ca. 0,7 ct., gute Qualität, 82 Diamant-Rosen Ø ca. 1,2 - 2,3 mm. Edelsteine: 4 dreieckige und 64 viereckige, facettierte Saphire zus. ca. 1,9 ct. Beschreibung: 1 Punze endend auf S. Schmuck Art Deco Brosche Weißgold Saphir 1ct + FrankreichErläuterungen zum Katalog

Lot 420

DIAMANT-OHRSCHMUCK. Herkunft: Wohl Deutschland. Material: 750/- Weißgold, Punze, getestet. Gesamtgewicht: ca. 17,5 g. Maße: Länge 5,1 cm. Diamanten: 2 Diamanten im Alt-Schliff zus. ca. 3,9 ct., getönt/SI-P1, ca. 132 kleine Diamanten im Alt-Schliff zus. ca. 1,8 ct., M-N/P1. Schmuck Ohrschmuck Weißgold Diamant 5ct + DeutschlandErläuterungen zum Katalog

Lot 440

SOLITAIRE-RING. Herkunft: Deutschland. Datierung: Um 2000. Material: 585/- Weißgold, Punze. Gesamtgewicht: ca. 4,5 g. EU-RM: 55,5. Diamanten: 1 Brillant ca. 1,7 ct., L/SI1, 18 Brillanten zus. ca. 0,5 ct., J-M/VS. Schmuck Moderner Schmuck Solitaire Weißgold Diamant 1ct + DeutschlandErläuterungen zum Katalog

Lot 451

DIAMANT-RING. Herkunft: Italien. Datierung: Um 2020. Material: 750/- Weißgold, Punze. Gesamtgewicht: ca. 6,0 g. EU-RM: 59. Beschreibung: Laut HRD Antwerpen Jewellery Report 3 Brillanten, jeder ca. 1,01 bis 1,02 ct., J-M/VS-SI. HRD Report vom 05/2022 anbei. Schmuck Ring Weißgold Diamant 1ct + ItalienErläuterungen zum Katalog

Lot 480

BAEDERMondstein-Diamant-Ohrschmuck. Herkunft: Deutschland. Datierung: Um 2020. Material: 750/- Gelbgold, 950/- Platin, Punze. Gesamtgewicht: ca. 47,5 g. Maße: 5,9 x 1,9 cm. Diamanten: Ca. 124 Diamanten im Brillant-, 8/8- und Alt-Schliff Ø ca. 1,4 - 1,9 mm VS-P1/J-M. Edelsteine: Ca. 84 gelbe Saphire im Brillant-Schliff Ø ca. 2,1 - 2,7 mm, 4 Mondstein-Cabochons ca. 20,0 - 22,0 x 14,7 mm, 2 geschnitzte Gemmen 18,8 x 16,5 mm. Beschreibung: Punze "Baeder". Baeder Schmuck 2020er Ohrschmuck Gelbgold Mondstein DeutschlandErläuterungen zum Katalog

Lot 510

SOLITAIRE-RING. Material: 750/- Gelbgold, Punze. Gesamtgewicht: ca. 5,0 g. EU-RM: 52. Diamanten: 1 Altschliff-Diamant ca. 1,5 ct., M/SI1. Schmuck Solitaire Gelbgold Diamant 1ct +Erläuterungen zum Katalog

Lot 530

PFAUEN-BROSCHE. Material: 750/- Gelbgold und Silber, getestet, grün, gelb und blaues transluzides Email. Gesamtgewicht: ca. 39,5 g. Maße: Ca. 6,5 x 6,0 cm. Diamanten: 25 Diamanten im Alt- und Achtkant-Schliff zus. ca. 0,4 ct., M-P, 16 Diamanten im Achtkant-Schliff zus. ca. 0,2 ct. Edelsteine: 9 ovale und tropfenförmige Türkise ca. 4,8 ct., 109 runde, facettierte Saphire zus. ca. 1,4 ct., 51 runde, facettierte Rubine zus. ca. 1,1 ct. Beschreibung: Ein Saphir fehlt. Schmuck Brosche Gelbgold FarbsteineErläuterungen zum Katalog

Lot 601

EMAIL-PERL-ANHÄNGER. Datierung: Um 1850. Material: 585/- Gelbgold, getestet, blaues Email. Gesamtgewicht: ca. 18,5 g. Maße: 5,5 x 4,5 cm. Diamanten: 42 Diamanten im Rosen-Schliff zus. ca. 0,1 ct. Org. Substanzen: 20 kleine Perlen Ø ca. 2,8 mm. Beschreibung: Rückseitige Miniatur der M. Albanesi datiert 1855. Vorderseitig diamantgeziertesMonogramm "RR" mit Krone. Beilage: Zartes Gold-Kettchen, 750/- Gelbgold, Kette mit winzigen Perlen. Schmuck Historismus / Belle Epoque Anhänger Email PerleErläuterungen zum Katalog

Lot 605

DIAMANT-RING. Material: 585/- Gelbgold, Silber, getestet. Gesamtgewicht: ca. 4,5 g. EU-RM: 58. Diamanten: 1 Diamant im Alt-Schliff ca. 0,9 ct., 2 Diamanten im Alt-Schliff zus. ca. 0,4 ct., M-N/P, 17 Diamanten im Rosen-Schliff Ø ca. 1,2 - 1,7 mm. Schmuck Ring Gelbgold DiamantErläuterungen zum Katalog

Lot 613

DIAMANT-BROSCHE. Datierung: Um 1920. Material: Nadel 950/- Platin, Punze, Brosche Platin, getestet. Gesamtgewicht: ca. 7,0 g. Maße: Ø 4,2 x 1,6 cm. Diamanten: 1 Diamant im Alt-Schliff ca. 0,6 ct., M/P, 12 Diamanten im Alt-Schliff zus. ca. 0,8 ct., 38 Diamanten im Achtkant-Schliff zus. ca. 0,8 ct., L-M/VS-P. Beschreibung: Punze "FS". Schmuck Art Deco Brosche Platin DiamantErläuterungen zum Katalog

Lot 693

SMARAGD-DIAMANT-BROSCHE. Material: 750/- Weißgold, Punze, getestet. Gesamtgewicht: ca. 9,5 g. Maße: Ø ca. 4,5 cm. Diamanten: Ca. 61 Diamanten im Achtkant- und Brillant-Schliff zus. ca. 2,3 ct., K-M/SI. Edelsteine: 10 kleine Smaragde im Emerald-Schliff zus. ca. 0,8 ct. Beschreibung: Punze "BREV". Schmuck Brosche Weißgold Diamant 1ct +Erläuterungen zum Katalog

Lot 729

DIAMANT-BROSCHE. Herkunft: Deutschland. Datierung: Um 1990. Material: 585/- Weißgold, getestet. Gesamtgewicht: ca. 9,0 g. Maße: Ø ca. 3,8 x 2,4 cm. Diamanten: 1 Brillant ca. 1,0 ct., K/P2, 18 Brillanten zus. ca. 1,0 ct., L-M/VS-SI, 3 Diamant-Baguetten zus. ca. 0,3 ct. Schmuck 1990er Brosche Weißgold Diamant DeutschlandErläuterungen zum Katalog

Lot 736

SOLITAIRE-RING. Herkunft: Deutschland. Material: 750/- Weißgold, Punze. Gesamtgewicht: ca. 4,0 g. EU-RM: 58. Diamanten: 1 Brillant ca. 2,5 ct., M/P1, wohl lasergebohrt. Schmuck Solitaire Weißgold Diamant 1ct + DeutschlandErläuterungen zum Katalog

Lot 41

Football Riyad Mahrez signed Manchester City 12x8 colour photo. Riyad Karim Mahrez (Riyad Kar?m Ma?raz; born 21 February 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Premier League club Manchester City and captains the Algeria national team. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10.

Lot 27

H/M SILVER GEORGIAN PILLBOX - 1.7 OZS APPROX

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