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Lot 137
Palestine and Second World War Group of Four awarded to Group Captain Gerald Peter O’Connell, R.A.F. Medical Branch: General Service Medal 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine, with oak leaf for Mention in Despatches (W/C. G.P. O’Connell. R.A.F.), Defence Medal, War Medal, with oak leaf for Mention in Despatches, Coronation 1953, mounted for wearing, about very fine, with related miniatures (8)
Lot 218
* Russia, Order of St Anne, Civil Division, First Class, breast star by Eduard, St Petersburg, 1908-17, in silver, with silver, silver-gilt and red enamel centre, reverse gilt with vertical gilt brooch-pin, marked on backplate and at two tips, 93.2mm x 92.2mm, damage to the tip of one ray at 7 o’clock, moderate overall wear and has been cleaned in the past, very fine to good very fine
Lot 121
PALOMA PICASSO FOR TIFFANY & CO - a pair of 18ct gold mounted amethyst set earrings each of oval design, collet set with an oval cut amethyst within a plain broad bezel, with post and hinged clip fittings; together with an amethyst and cultured pearl set pendant with chain, the pendant composed of two collet set circular cut amethysts, interspersed by a cultured pearl, with gilt highlights to the snake link chain, clasp stamped 750 and ORO FLASH (2) Lengths: earrings 2cm; pendant 3.7cm (including bale); chain 39cm Paloma Picasso (b. 1949) is an acclaimed fashion designer, best known for her jewellery designs and signature perfumes. In 1980 Paloma began designing jewellery for Tiffany & Co. in New York, introducing gems framed in blocks of gold, large stones on simple cords, and signature "hugs and kisses" ("X`s" and "O`s").
Lot 52
FRANCOLIN, Hans von (1520-86). Thurnier Buech Warhafftiger Ritterlicher Thaten, so in dem Monat Junii des vergangnen LX. Jars in und ausserhalb der Statt Wienn zu Rosz und zu fuesz, auff Wasser und Lannd gehalten worden. Vienna: Raphael Skrzetusky, called Hoffhalter, for the author, [1560-61]. 2° (289 x 191mm). Collation: A6; B-N4 (N4 blank), O-P4 Q2, R-X4, x2, Y-Z4; 7 large folded etched plates, including two by Hanns Lautensack (at G4 and N4), one attributed to Francesco Terzi (at H2), one by the monogrammist FA (at I3), one attributed to Giovanni Guerra (at Q2), one unsigned (at X3) and one attributed to Johann Thwenger. Gothic type. Title printed in red and black surrounded by a border of 10 armorial woodcuts, full-page woodcut portrait of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I by Donat Hübschmann on verso, large emblematic etching by Johann Schlutpacher de Rauris (A6v), full-page woodcut by Hanns Lautensack of the standard-bearer Heinrich the younger, Burgrave of Meissen (E1r), 45 woodcut coat-of-arms in quire x, on Z1r woodcut device incorporating the arms of the printer, a Polish nobleman. (Stain on title and final leaf with colophon, sheet A1.6 somewhat browned, one sheet and one plate detached, short tear in fold of 4 plates, 3 plates just shaved on one side.) Contemporary limp vellum (small hole in spine, ties missing, a second book removed from the binding). Provenance: green library stamp on title (unidentified) -- Lathrop Harper (sold in 1955 to:) -- Paul and Marianne Gourary. FIRST EDITION IN GERMAN of the finest early printed book on tournaments. It describes in detail and spectacularly illustrates the tournaments, staged battles (including an elaborate naval scene), balls and banquets, held at Vienna to honour the visit of Albrecht V Duke of Bavaria (1528-79), son-in-law of Emperor Ferdinand I and brother-in-law of King Maximilian of Bohemia (from 1564 Emperor Maximilian II). According to Graesse (II, 629), the Latin edition of the same year has different illustrations, which he describes as 'moins bonnes', and the same is true for Feyerabend's Frankfurt edition appended to Rüxner's Thurnier Buch (1566). The author served as Herald to John II Sigismund, King of Hungary. In complete condition with the full complement of etched plates, the book is OF THE GREATEST RARITY; both Ruggieri copies were imperfect and Bartsch describes only three of the etchings. FINE IMPRESSIONS. Brunet Supplement II: 767; Mayer, Wiens Buchdruckergeschichte I, 88-89 ('Pearl of all the books printed in Vienna'); Ruggieri 827; Watanabe 21. View on Christie's.com
![PAMPHLETS -- [HEAD, Richard (?1637-1686)]. O-Brazile, or the inchanted Island being a perfect relation of the late discovery](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10058/2803817/d5387110e_468x382.jpg)
Lot 89
PAMPHLETS -- [HEAD, Richard (?1637-1686)]. O-Brazile, or the inchanted Island being a perfect relation of the late discovery and wonderful dis-inchantement of an island on the north of Ireland: with an account of the riches and commodities thereof. Edinburgh: re-printed 1675. 8pp. (Upper margin closely shaved, lightly soiled.) A RARE WORK describing an imaginary island off the cost of Ulster. This is the second edition, known in only 2 other copies (BL and NLS); the first and third editions, also printed in 1675, are also rare and no copy of any edition has sold at auction in over 35 years. The work is dated and pseudonymously signed by Richard Head: Londonderry, March 14. 1674. Wing H1270. Bound with 10 other pamphlets, including: BURNET, Gilbert, 1643-1715. Letter written upon the discovery of the late plot. London, 1678. Wing B5825. -- BURNET, Gilbert. The Unreasonableness and Impiety of Popery: in a second letter written upon the discovery of the late plot. London, 1678. Wing B5935. -- BURNET, Gilbert. A Relation of the Barbarous and Bloody Massacre of about an hundred thousand Protestants, begun at Paris, and carried on over all France by the papists, in the year 1572. London 1678. Wing R814. -- USSHER, James (1581-1656). Strange and remarkable prophefies and predictions of the holy, learned and excellent James Usher. Licensed, November the 16th. Printed 1681. Wing U226. -- [?HUBERT, William] The Puritan Convert or, a discourse by the way of a letter. 1676. Half-title. Wing H3246A. -- BOLDE, Samuel (1649-1737). A Sermon against persecution and the time when the brief for the persecuted protestants in France, was read in the parish church. London, 1682. Fourth edition. Wing B3491. -- [?PEARSON, Anthony] Of Tything amongst the Iewes, 37pp., added before is a manuscript page: 'Anthonie Pe[a]rson's Booke against Tithes who turning Quaker afterward turned so carnall as I was certainly informed that he died in agonies of conscience.' -- BRITTEN, William (d.1669). Silent Meeting, a wonder to the world; yet practised by the apostles and owned by the people of god, scornfully called Quakers. London, 1660. Wing B4825. -- [SMITH, William (d.1673)]. An Holy Kiss of Peace, sent from the Seed of Life. London,1660. Drop-head title. Wing S4307. 11 pamphlets in one volume, 4° (183 x 142mm). (Some browning and soiling.) Contemporary calf (rebacked, quite rubbed). Provenance: 2-page manuscript letter by ?T. Cuthur to T. Hodgkin (tipped-in on front endpaper, dated Newcastle, 23 August 96, explaining that Mr Cuthur is giving this book to T. Hodgkin as a thank you because Mr Hodgkin helped him financially sometime back) -- Thomas Hodgkin (bookplate). View on Christie's.com
![SHÜTZ, O. Je Opet Jasno... [It is again clear...] Smiricei: by the author, 1946. 4° (305 x 215mm). 17 black and white photogr](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10058/2803817/d5387304e_468x382.jpg)
Lot 280
SHÜTZ, O. Je Opet Jasno... [It is again clear...] Smiricei: by the author, 1946. 4° (305 x 215mm). 17 black and white photographs on 15 leaves. Original white wrappers printed in blue (light soiling). FIRST EDITION. A powerful memorial to the village of Lidice, outside Prague, completely annihilated at the command of Himmler in reprisal for the murder of Reinhard Heydrich. Schütz's strikingly modern photographs are accompanied by his own text. WorldCat locates only one copy outside of the Czech Republic: at Utah State University. View on Christie's.com
![BILIBIN, Ivan -- PUSHKIN, Alexander. Skazki Pushkina. Skazka o Tsare Saltane. [With:] -- Skazki Pushkina. Skazka o Zolotom Pe](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10058/2803817/d5387315e_468x382.jpg)
Lot 291
BILIBIN, Ivan -- PUSHKIN, Alexander. Skazki Pushkina. Skazka o Tsare Saltane. [With:] -- Skazki Pushkina. Skazka o Zolotom Petushke. St. Petersburg: Commission for the Preparation of State Papers, 1905, 1907. [And:] Skazki. Skazka ob Ivan-Tsarevich, Zhar-Ptitse i o Serom Volke. St. Petersburg: Commission for the Preparation of State Papers, 1901. [And:] Byliny. Vol'ga. St. Petersburg: I.I. Bilibin, 1904. 4 vols, 2° and oblong 2°. Chromolithographs throughout, some of these full-page. (Occasional light marginal soiling.) Original chromolithographed wrappers, spines reinforced with tape as issued (some wear at the spines, the third work stained on the lower cover, the fourth with some wear at the extremities). FIRST EDITIONS. Tales illustrated by Bilibin are among the most famous children's books both in and out of Russia. One of the nation's most influential illustrators, Bilibin first came to prominence when some of these were shown in the Mir Iskusstva exhibition. The Skazki of 1901 is the first book completely designed and illustrated by Bilibin. Rats Collection 15 & pl. 2; 19 & pl. 124; 3. (4) View on Christie's.com
![KNEBEL EDITIONS -- KRYLOV, I. Tri Basni. Part 1. Illustrated by V. Timorev. Moscow: [1913]. [With:] KRYLOV, I. Tri Basni. Par](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10058/2803817/d5387331e_468x382.jpg)
Lot 307
KNEBEL EDITIONS -- KRYLOV, I. Tri Basni. Part 1. Illustrated by V. Timorev. Moscow: [1913]. [With:] KRYLOV, I. Tri Basni. Part 2. Illustrated by V. Timorev. Moscow: [1913]. [And:] Skazka o Raznotsetnykh Rybakh. Illustrated by N. Ulianov. Moscow: [1914]. [And:] Aladin i Volshebnaia Lampa. Illustrated by N. Ulianov. Moscow: [1914]. [And:] Siniaia Boroda. Illustrated by R. O'Konnell. Moscow: 1914. 5 vols, small 2° (305 x 230mm). Coloured illustrations throughout. Original colour printed wrappers (the last work lightly yellowed). FIVE WORKS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION, including Ulianov's vibrant illustrations for 'The Tale of The Colourful Fish' and Timorev's remarkable interpretation of Krylov's fables. These Knebel editions, when found, are usually in poor condition. Rats Collection (for the Ulianov illustrated works) 51 & pl. 129, 44. (5) View on Christie's.com
Lot 319
LEBEDEV, Ivan (illustrator) and ERENBURG, Il'ia (1891-1967; translator) -- BAISIEUX, Jacques de. O trekh rytsariakh i o rubakhe. [The Three Knights and the Shirt.] Moscow: Zerna, 1916. 2° (290 x 280mm). Initials filled in red throughout. Illustrated throughout. (Lower corner bumped, occasional light soiling.) Stitched in the original self-wrappers (light soiling, lower corner bumped). FIRST EDITION. ONE OF ONLY 25 COPIES ON JAPAN PAPER, SIGNED BY LEBEDEV; this one copy number 9. This translation by Erenburg is among his earliest publications. Rare: WorldCat locates just one copy, at the Berlin State Library. View on Christie's.com
![LEBEDEV, Vladimir (1891-1967) and MARSHAK, Samuil (1887-1964). O Glupom Myshenke. [The Silly Little Mouse.] Moscow and St. Pe](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10058/2803817/d5387347e_468x382.jpg)
Lot 323
LEBEDEV, Vladimir (1891-1967) and MARSHAK, Samuil (1887-1964). O Glupom Myshenke. [The Silly Little Mouse.] Moscow and St. Petersburg: Raduga, 1925. Small 2° (280 x 220mm). Colour illustrations throughout. Original illustrated wrappers (spine fold splitting at head and foot, light wear). FIRST EDITION. Rare: WorldCat apparently locates just one copy, at the Bibliothèque nationale de France. ABPC records no copy selling at auction in over 35 years. Not in MoMA or Rats. View on Christie's.com
![NARBUT, Georgii Ivanovich (1886-1920; illustrator) -- DIKS, B.A. (author). Igrushki. Knizhka pervaia [-- i vtoraia]. [Toys. B](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10058/2803817/d5387350e_468x382.jpg)
Lot 326
NARBUT, Georgii Ivanovich (1886-1920; illustrator) -- DIKS, B.A. (author). Igrushki. Knizhka pervaia [-- i vtoraia]. [Toys. Books one and two.] Moscow: I. Knebel [1911]. [With:] -- Pliashi Matvei, ne zhalei laptei!. Moscow: I. Knebel [1910]. [And:] -- ZHUKOVSKII, V. Kak myshi kota khoronili. [How the Mice Buried the Cat.] Moscow: I. Knebel [1910]. 4 vols, 2° (300 x 228mm). Colour illustrations throughout. (Occasional light soiling, the last title with small marginal repairs.) Original illustrated wrappers (extremities rubbed, some front wrappers discoloured, the last title with repaired hinges and spine). [And:] -- REPNIN, S. Skazka o liubvi prekrasnoi korolevy i vernago printsa. St. Petersburg: Vashnia, 1916. 2° (295 x 220mm). Colour plates, illustrations. Original printed wrappers (repaired at the spine, edges chipped and worn, some tears). Provenance: Russian booksellers (some stamps). FIRST EDITIONS of 5 works illustrated by Narbut, all but one printed by Golike & Vil'borg. Rats Collection 26, 27, 24, 23. (5) View on Christie's.com
Lot 332
PUSHKIN, Alexander -- VASNETSOV, Viktor Mikhailovich (1848-1926; illustrator). Pesn o veshchem Olege. Moscow: A.A. Levenson [c.1900-1910]. 2° (467 x 335mm). Printed in various colours. 4 colour plates by Vasnetsov tipped-in. As issued, concertina-folded, with one printed page serving as front cover and another as back cover (curling slightly at side edges). Provenance: Russian gift inscription in the bottom margin of the front cover. VASNETSOV'S PUSHKIN, a luxurious publication lithographed throughout. The St. Petersburg edition of 1899 was published to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Pushkin's birth. [With:] -- MALIUTIN, Sergei Vasil'evich. (1859-1937; illustrator). Ruslan i Liudmila. Moscow: A.I. Mamontov [1899]. 2° (510 x 400mm). Colour-printed headpieces throughout (light soiling). Original limp linen, upper side stamped in gilt (some soiling and light wear, small remnant of a label on the front free endpaper). JUBILEE EDITION OF PUSHKIN'S FIRST POEM published to commemorate the centenary of his birth. [And:] -- ZARETSKII, Nikolai (illustrator). Grobovshchik. Berlin: Neva [c.1923]. 4° (303 x 243mm). Frontispiece and three plates, illustrations (margins evenly yellowed). Original printed wrappers, brown coated endpapers (long splits at spine ends, some chips at edges). (3) View on Christie's.com
Lot 333
RUDAKOV, Konstantin Ivanovich (1891-1949; illustrator) and AGNIVTSEV, Nikolai Iakovlevich (1888-1932). O Shesterykh vot etikh. [The Six.] Moscow and St. Petersburg: Kniga, 1926. Small 2° (270 x 197mm). Colour illustrations throughout. (Light marginal soiling.) Original illustrated wrappers (short tear at spine foot, lightly yellowed, some soiling). FIRST EDITION. Rare: WorldCat locates just one copy: in the Cotsen Children's Library at Princeton. View on Christie's.com
Lot 334
RUDAKOV, Konstantin Ivanovich. (1891-1949; illustrator) and ANDREEV, M. (author). O Ermile i docheri Liudmile. [Ermil and his Daughter Liudmila.] Moscow and St. Petersburg: Raduga, 1925. Small 2° (280 x 220mm). Colour illustrations throughout. (Light soiling, small faint dampstain in the top margin.) Original illustrated wrappers (long tear at spine fold, some soiling). FIRST EDITION. Rare: apparently not in WorldCat. Rats Collection 110. View on Christie's.com
Lot 345
KNEBEL EDITIONS -- A collection of 12 works published by Knebel of Moscow, all 2° (c.300 x c.225mm), each illustrated throughout (occasional soiling) and in the original illustrated wrappers (occasional soiling and wear), including: VESTFALEN, A. Skazka Gofmana. Snezhnaia Printsessa (1912); VESTFALEN, A. Skazka o Tsarevich Liagushke (1914). From the collection of A.A. Kurenkov with bookplate. Rats Collection 52; MOZALEVSKII, I. and GAUF, V. Kholodnoe Serdtse (1914). Rats Collection 46; CHAMBERS, Mary. Stishki (c.1910s). (Text block detached, spine repaired.) From the collection of A.A. Kurenkov with bookplate; O'CONNELL, R. Siniaia Boroda (1914). From the collection of A.A. Kurenkov with bookplate; R.K. Chto s manichkoi bylo (no date). (Chip in one margin); R.K. Aprelechka. Vesenniaia Skazochka (no date); R.K. Lesovichki (no date). (Dampstain in some margins); and 4 others, uncredited and undated: Kot v sapogakh (text block detached); Tri Medvedia; Babushka zabavushka i sobachka bum (spine crudely repaired); Po lugam po lesam. (12) View on Christie's.com
Lot 347
MOLODAIA GVARDIIA EDITIONS -- A collection of 18 works published by Molodaia Gvardiia of St. Petersburg and Moscow, all in original wrappers, mostly 8° and small 4° (c.220 x c.180mm), mostly in first edition, including: GLEBOVA, T. and VVEDENSKII, A. Puteshestvie v Batum (1931); KIPLING, Rudyard, SHTERENBERG, D. (illustrator) and MARSHAK, S. (translator). 40 Nord 50 Vest (1931). (Rebacked). Rats Collection 416 & pl. 174; KUZNETSOV, K. and ZONNENSHTRAL, E. Ia Pechatnik (1932); GARUSHIN, E. Okhota na medvedia (1933); PETROVA, A. Ot Moskvy do Bukhary (1931); SHVARTS, E. and PEVZNER, T. Ptichii dvor (1931). Rats Collection 444; DON, M. and Brei, A. Pesenka o kroshkakh (1932); KONDRAT'EV, P. and VALOV, V. Krasnyi Partizan (1931); and 10 related others. (18) View on Christie's.com
![CATHERINE II, 'the Great'. O dvorianstve. [On the Nobility.] [Moscow: Senate Press:] 1785 [but c.1788]. 4° (330 x 215mm). Pag](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10058/2803817/d5387381e_468x382.jpg)
Lot 358
CATHERINE II, 'the Great'. O dvorianstve. [On the Nobility.] [Moscow: Senate Press:] 1785 [but c.1788]. 4° (330 x 215mm). Pagination: [6], VIII, 24. (Faint dampstain.) Contemporary green and red combed coloured paper wrappers (spine chipped). Provenance: Van Brienen (signature, dated '93'). A TALL COPY IN CONTEMPORARY WRAPPERS OF A RARE AND NOTORIOUS EDICT, which outlined the duties of the nobility, broadened and tightened their hold over the population, and increased the burden of serfdom following the Pugachev rebellion. This copy may have belonged to an associate of the trading company R. Van Brienen, owner of the Russian ship 'Soleure', now remembered for its peripheral role in the Spencer Perceval assasination. SK 4726; cf. Bitovt 2098, Fekula 2029, Sopikov 3044. View on Christie's.com
Lot 364
GOLOVNIN, Vasilii -- RIKORD, Petr Ivanovich, Captain (1776-1855). Zapiski flota kapitana Rikorda o plavanii ego k Yaponskim beregam v 1812 i 1813 godakh. [Notes of Fleet Captain Rikord concerning his sailing to Japan's shores in 1812 and 1813, and about his relations with the Japanese.] St. Petersburg: at the Naval Press, 1816. 4° (235 x 184mm). Engraved portrait of Takadaya-Kahei, and 4 engraved folding plans after Rikord. (Damptain in the bottom margin of some leaves, light scattered spotting.) Contemporary Russian red half sheep, spine label (spine foot repaired, small repairs on the endpapers). Provenance: 20th-century Russian booksellers (stamps on the endpapers). FIRST EDITION OF RIKORD'S EXPEDITION TO RESCUE GOLOVNIN. It constitutes an important and early first-hand account of contact between Japan and Russia. Rikord sailed to Japan on the Russian sloop-of-war Diana, taking on board a number of Japanese seamen shipwrecked off the coast of Kamchatka, and capturing Takadaya-Kahei and several crew from a large junk. He landed at Kunashie where he negotiated the eventual release of Golovnin, averting war with Japan. Golovnin later wrote a popular account of the experiences; both accounts were translated for an English edition in 1818. Whittaker, Russia Engages the World, p.189; not in Obol'ianinov (which notes only an 1851 edition). View on Christie's.com
Lot 376
NABOKOV, Vladimir -- ZIMMER, Dieter E. Vladimir Nabokov. Bibliographie des Gesamtwerks. Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1963. 8° (190 x 115mm). Original wrappers (small round sticker on the front wrapper). Provenance: Vladimir Nabokov (presentation inscription to:) -- Dmitri Nabokov. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY NABOKOV TO HIS SON DMITRI WITH A LONG MANUSCRIPT POEM. Nabokov inscribed this copy twice, at Christmas 1959 and Christmas 1963, once quoting Pasternak's 'Ia ves mir zastavil plakat' and once with a variant of his own poem that opens: 'Kakoe sdelal ia durnoe delo i ia-li razvratitel i zlodei Ia, zastavliaiushchii mechtat mir tselyi o bednoi devochke moei?' Zimmer's is the first comprehensive bibliography of Nabokov's works. View on Christie's.com
Lot 381
NICHOLAS II -- A sammelband of programmes for coronation ceremonies. Comprising: Vysochaishe Utverzhdennyi Tseremonial Perevezeniia Imperatorskikh Regalii [i] Torzhestvennogo V'ezda v Pervoprestol'nyi Grad Moskvu [i] Torzhestvennago Ob'iavleniia o dne Sviashchennago Koronovaniia Ikh Imperatorskikh Velichestv [i] Pereneseniia v Moskve Imperatorskikh Regalii, and the same in French translation. St. Petersburg: Trenke and Fiusno [1896]. 10 parts in 1 vol, 2° (312 x 200mm). Imperial eagle printed in gilt on the front blank. (Some spotting on the front blank.) Original Russian red morocco portfolio-style binding, sides with a gilt foliate frame, upper side centred with the imperial arms in gilt, inner gilt dentelles, pale blue moiré silk pastedowns (the silk ribbon holding the text block neatly split, sides lightly rubbed, silk lightly spotted). PROGRAMMES FOR THE CORONATION CEREMONIES OF NICHOLAS II IN A DELUXE BINDING OF RED MOROCCO. Cf. Fekula 2200. View on Christie's.com
Lot 386
URUSOV, Sergei P., Prince. Kniga o Loshadi. Nastol'naia Kniga dlia kazhdago konnozavodichka, konevoda, konevladel'tsva i liubitelia loshadi. [The Horse Book.] St. Petersburg: F.V. Shchepanskii, 1902. 4 vols in 2, 8° (246 x 175mm). Plates, illustrated throughout, with both chromo-lithographed plates with flaps. (Light browning in the margins.) Original half roan, spine lettered and blocked in gilt, printed endpapers (extremities rubbed). Provenance: French bookseller (printed label). IN THE PUBLISHER'S BINDING. The second, enlarged and revised edition, of one of the most influential pre-revolutionary Russian books on the horse. (2) View on Christie's.com
Lot 896
A 9ct gold dress ring set with a cluster of opal and rubies, an enamel and marcasite duck brooch, marcasite flower brooch and similar bracelet. Condition: Overall condition fair to good-ring has scratches to shank and opal is very worn, finger size O. Enamel worn around the eye of the duck and some tiny chips to body, a few marcasite missing from brooch and bracelet.
Lot 304
Maugham (William Somerset) Photographic portrait o sepia portrait of the author seated at writing desk some creasing 156 x 121mm. [1910]; photographic portrait of Somerset Maugham black & white portrait of the author with hat & cane 208 x 154mm. [1929] both with duplicated blurb press & obituary stamps (2)(2)
Lot 307
Maugham (William Somerset) Photographic portrait o one-third length black & white portrait of the author in profile 202 x 152mm. 1930; portrait of the author (in hat & swimming trunks) and friend by the pool at the Villa Mauresque sepia 250 x 190mm. 1933; Somerset Maugham and daughter Liza at her wedding to Vincent Paravicini full-length black & white portrait vertical crease 246 x 195mm. 1946 mounted blurb and press/obituary stamps on reverse; and 5 other portraits of the author from the 1930s v.s. (8)(8)
![Maugham (William Somerset) Photographic portrait o half-length black & white portrait signed “to Fred [Bason]”](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/1574/2803914/308-20101116142319_468x382.jpg)
Lot 309
Maugham (William Somerset) Photographic portrait o half-length black & white portrait of the author on the phone in London shortly after his “escape” from France in July 1940 225 x 173mm. mounted blurb and press/obituary stamps on reverse 1940; and 5 other photographic portraits of the author 1940s v.s. (6)(6)
Lot 310
Maugham (William Somerset) Photographic portrait o black & white portrait of the author standing in the doorway with Moorish device on keystone 187 x 140mm. 1950; and 16 other photographic portraits of the author at the Villa Mauresque mostly with mounted blurb and press/obituary stamps on reverse including images of him with the Gauguin glass doors he purchased in 1917 and which were sold by Sotheby`s in 1962 for $37 400 v.s. 1950s (17)(17)
Lot 311
Maugham (William Somerset) Photographic portrait o black & white portrait of the author playing bridge one of his favourite pastimes 208 x 154mm. 1954; and 2 other photographic portraits of the author playing bridge all with mounted blurb and press/obituary stamps on reverse v.s. 1954 (3)(3)
Lot 312
Maugham (William Somerset) Photographic portrait o black & white head and shoulders portrait slightly rubbed at corners studio and press stamps on reverse 1955; and 12 other photographic portraits of the author from the 1950s including studies of him with the librettist and the composer for the opera version of The Moon and Sixpence being interviewed for the ABC programme The Bookman and a full length portrait of the author in front of the Acropolis most with mounted blurb and press/obituary stamps on reverse v.s. 1950s (13)(13)
Lot 316
Maugham (William Somerset) Photographic portrait o full-length black & white portrait of the author walking in the gardens of Villa Mauresque with Alan Searle in the background 250 x 195mm. 1961; and 3 others of the author at the villa with mounted blurb and press/obituary stamps on the reverse v.s. 1960s (4)(4)
Lot 317
Maugham (William Somerset) Photographic portrait o black & white head and shoulders portrait of the author by Cecil Beaton 170 x 122mm. 1962; black & white portrait of the author and private secretary Alan Searle seated at a play 204 x 260mm. 1962; black & white portrait of the author seated in smoking jacket with cigarette by Archie Parker some creasing 255 x 205mm. 1963; and 6 other photographic portraits of the author from the 1960s including one of the author alongside his waxwork effigy in Madame Tussaud`s most with mounted blurb and press/obituary stamps on reverse v.s. 1960s (9)(9)
Lot 6
FOURTEEN POT-LIDS, MAINLY F & R PRATT & CO 10-12cm diam, mainly c1860 ++The Chin-Chew River - some glaze scratches Royal Harbour Ramsgate - old restoration Hauling in the Trawl - old restoration The Village Wedding - large flat chip at 11 o`clock The Room in which Shakespeare was Born - satisfactory condition Pegwell Bay Established 1760 - reissue; satisfactory condition The Snow Drift - satisfactory condition The Picnic - satisfactory condition Pretty Kettle of Fish - satisfactory condition The waterfall - cracked at 9 o`clock The Farriers - surface restoration Fair Sportswoman - minor edge knock Injury (with registration mark) - satisfactory condition French Street Scene - tiny rim chip at 4 o`clock
Lot 7
THIRTEEN POT-LIDS, MAINLY F & R PRATT & CO 7.5-12.5cm diam, mainly c1860, ebonised frames (for details please see online catalogue at www.mellorsandkirk.com) ++Uncle Toby - fine condition; Wimbledon July 2nd 1860 - diagonal crack; The Wolf and the Lamb - fine hairline crack at 8`oclock; The Residence of Ann Hathaway... - fine surface cracks and a few glaze scratches; New St Thomas`s Hospital - satisfactory condition; Il Penseroso - fine glaze scratches but acceptable; Pegwell Bay - glaze scratches, quite severe, possibly an old re-issue; The Master of the Hounds - crazing of the glaze; War - slightly weakly printed and with one or two crazing lines; Little Red Riding Hood - cracked at two o`clock; May Dancers at The Swan Inn - numerous small glaze scratches; Lady Boy and Goat - good condition and Charing Cross - satisfactory condition
Lot 8
TWELVE POT-LIDS, MAINLY F & R PRATT & CO with pots, 12.5-12cm diam, mainly c1860 (for details please see online catalogue at www.mellorsandkirk.com) ++A Fix - good condition with chip on the underside only; Strathfieldsay the seat of the Duke of Wellington - fine condition; The Wolf and the Lamb - good condition. The Village Wedding - good condition. On Guard - good condition. The Enthusiast - one or two very slight glaze scratches, some staining on the underside; Shakespeare`s House Henley Street Stratford-on-Avon - good condition ; HRH The Prince of Wales visiting the tomb of Washington - old hairline crack at 7 o`clock and slight staining of the glaze; Philadelphia Exhibition 1876 - old hairline cracks at 9 and 3 o`clock, some discoloured crazing of the glaze and firing blemish in the sky; Shrimpers - numerous fine glaze scratches but acceptable; Cattle and Ruins - good condition, possibly an old re-issue and Derby Day - satisfactory condition.
Lot 26
TWO DELFTWARE POLYCHROME PLATES, LAMBETH HIGH STREET, WILLIAM AND ABIGAIL GRIFFITH one painted with a long tailed parrot perched on a branch beside rocks and flowers and with three border sprays, the other with a distinctive peony and other flowering plants sprouting from a blue lozenge with yellow centre, the three long border sprays with a large central yellow flower, 22.5cm diam, c1750-75 Comparative Literature: Archer... (M), Delftware... Catalogue of the Collection in The Victoria & Albert Museum, HMSO, 1997, Nos B135 & B175. ++First plate (bird) - in good condition with only one or two small spots of flaking around the rim and an insignificant fine short hairline crack at 4 o`clock. The other plate with rim chip at 10 o`clock and one or two spots of surface flaking around the rim but both good examples and free from restoration
Lot 27
TWO SUNDERLAND SHIPPING-SUBJECT PLATES the first Dixon & Co of creamware, transfer printed in black and painted in enamels with a collier-brig, signed in the print IPS & Co SUNDERLAND POTT... and with verse Success to THE COAL TRADE..., in black lined rim, the white earthenware soup plate perhaps Scott`s Southwick Pottery, printed in black and painted with a portrait of the DUKE OF WELLINGTON - 131 GUNS, in red enamel and pink lustre border, 23.5cm diam, indistinct impressed letter and number, c1813-1819 and c1860 ++Creamware plate - tiny surface nick and some scratches affecting the black enamel border, Wellington plate - small section of the rim at 7 o`clock unglazed, a manufacturing flaw, no restoration
Lot 109
A GOLDSCHEIDER FIGURE OF THE CAPTURED BIRD MODELLED BY JOSEF LORENZL as a dancer, her costume with wings painted in deep pinkish red, blue, yellow and black, poised on an oval base with roses spilling from an urn, 47cm h, impressed 5230/3042/65, incised 16 P, printed mark, painted decorator`s monograms and initials including AS in compendium and 22, c1922 The figure was inspired by a dance performed by Niddy Impekoven (1904-2002). Comparative Literature: Pinhas (O), Goldscheider A Catalogue of Selected Models, Shepton Beauchamp 2006, p118 and dust jacket illustrations. ++Minute flat chip on the lower edge of one end of the base, no restoration
Lot 177
A RARE FRENCH HARD PASTE PORCELAIN DISH, PROBABLY CHATEAU DE LASSAY, DUC DE BRANCAS-LAURAGUAIS` FACTORY of lobed oval shape, painted in famille rose enamels with a butterfly and flowering plants growing from blue rocks, three sprigs to the border, in brown lined rim, 22.5cm w, incised LB, c1764-68 ++Single filled rim chip at 5 o`clock
Lot 123
An emerald and diamond three stone ring, the central octagonal shape emerald is in a sixteen claw setting flanked by old European cut diamonds. Estimated total diamond weight 3.01cts, colour L/Tinted, clarity SI1-2. Emerald weight 2.33cts. Condition: The ring is in overall good condition. The emerald is of medium green hue with an even saturation of colour running throughout the stone, there are typical inclusions scattered throughout the emerald that are not significantly affecting light passing through the stone. There are a couple of small surface reaching fractures and chips to the facet edges of the emerald. Both diamonds are fairly bright, they appear to be slightly abraded to the facet edges. All claws are secure with slight scratches to the ring shank. Ring size O.
Lot 126
An emerald and rose cut diamond cluster ring, the oval emerald cabochon within a rose cut diamond surround. Length 1.7cms. Weight 4.70gms. Condition: The ring is in fair to good condition. The emerald cabochon has a strong hue. Abrasion can be seen to the surface in the forms of chips and scratches. Inclusions are also visible with the unaided eye. The rose cut diamonds are bright. They may improve with a clean. The settings may need attention. Light scratches and scuffs can be seen to the ring, general wear. Ring size O.
Lot 150
An 18ct gold opal and diamond ring, the central oval cabochon opal is in a four claw setting flanked by three brilliant cut diamonds in a triangular shape formation. Estimated total diamond weight 0.18cts. Length of opal 1.6cms, width 0.8cms. Condition: The ring is in overall good condition. There are slight scratches to the ring in keeping with slight wear. The opal is quite grey in colour displaying yellows, pinks and lilac, there are sections of the opal where there is no play of colour. Ring size O.
Lot 172
An 18ct gold three stone diamond ring, each old European cut diamond is in a claw setting. Estimated total diamond weight 1.10cts, colour H-I, Clarity SI2-P2. Condition: The ring is in overall good condition. The back of the ring is quite thin, the diamonds vary in quality the central is quite cloudy and appears hazy. There are easily visible inclusions to the outer diamonds, some of the claws are quite worn. Ring size O.
Lot 262
A single stone aquamarine ring, the rectangular step cut aquamarine collet set with banded design shoulders. Length of aquamarine 12mm, width 10mm. Weight of ring 11.10gms. Condition: The ring is in overall good condition. There are scratches to the ring shank in keeping with the general wear. The aquamarine is pale in body colour. Ring size O.
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