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Click here to subscribeA mahogany four post bed, in George III style, the pierced pagoda frieze carved with acanthus, the tapering upholstered canopy above the rectangular frame, the pair of carved posts of tapering and baluster form, with a cluster column above a baluster stem carved with fruiting vines, the square plinth relief carved with acanthus and flowerheads, on turned feet, 305cm high, 172cm wide, 207cm deep (early 19th century and later elements)
Churchill, Sir Winston. My African Journey. London, 1908. First edition, 8vo, illustrated with photographs, original decorative red cloth, backstrip faded, some tears to hinges, some foxing; Ibid Savrola, a tale of Revolution in Laurania. New York, 1956 8vo, original red and blue cloth, dustwrapper, not price clipped, chipped at head of backstrip, ink inscription on front endpaper; Ibid The War Speeches, to include: Into Battle [First edition], The Unrelenting Struggle [First edition], The Dawn of Liberation [Second edition]. London, 1941-1947 8vo, dustwrappers, price clipped, some tears and chips, interios clean; Ibid The Post-War Speeches, to include: The Sinews of Peace, Europe Unite & In the Balance. London, 1948-1951. First editions, 8vo, dustwrappers, all clean interiors and 5 other works by Churchill (13)
Banks, Sir Joseph (1743-1820), botanist and naturalist. Three page A.L.S., "My Dear Dr Like other persons who fancy they have much to do, as the Fly on the wheel fancies that it raises a great dust, I have not been able to Finish my letters for China & India till you had Finished all your preparations & Lord Cornwallis put in order all his Lordship's immense concerns, I am indeed ashamed of myself. With this you will receive the papers I mentioned to you, the two are copies of proceedings in the P. Council for Trade you will not therefore allow any improper use to be made of them, I mean in publication. Nothing in them has any view to secrecy indeed both were sent to the E. India Company & have most likely been forwarded to the Governor General for the time being. I cannot help hoping that the mention made of my countrymen the Hemp growers has procured them employment if not I commit their care to you & to old Ld. Cornwallis's friendship & Shall be under no small Obligations if you are So good as to put them into the way of becoming usefull to themselves & to their employers I have Troubled you with some letters too late for the Post. Excuse the liberty allow me to wish you & your noble Patrons all success that the sea and the Lord can afford you & I can not hope for your having more good fortune than the interesting & amiable undertaking which has ordered my old schoolfellow at this time of life to Abandon again his Family & his Comforts Clearly deserves of all things however I beseech Both of you to think of nothing with so much pleasure during the whole time of your Absence as the Return to your country & Friends who be Assured will look forward with a pleasing hope to that not far distant event. Believe me my dear sir with sincere esteem & regard you most faithful Hble Servt, J. Banks", Soho Square, 13 April 1805 Note:Although the evidence is not absolutely conclusive, the correspondent is possibly William Roxburgh, or someone associated with him and his work at the Calcutta Botanic Gardens. Apparently not published. We acknowledge the assistance of Neil Chambers, Research Curator and Executive Director, The Joseph Banks Archive Project, c/o The Natural History Museum in cataloguing this lot
Vyner, Robert. Notitia venatica, a treatise on Fox-hunting. London, 1910 new edition revised by William Blew, 12 colour plates, original decorative green cloth gilt, t.e.g., a fine pair; Radcliffe, F.P. The noble Science of Fox-hunting. London, 1893 fourth edition, 8vo, 10 colour plates, original decorative cloth gilt, heavily rubbed, inner hinges weak, some light spotting, bookplate; Badminton Library Hunting. London, 1901 8vo, new impression, illustrated, original cloth gilt, staining, some foxing; Sylvanus The Bye-laws and Downs of England with Turf Scenes. London, 1850 8vo, frontispiece, original cloth gilt, some fading, offsetting to title; Druid, The The Post and Paddock, hunting edition. London, 1862 8vo, engraved title, frontispiece. contemporary half red calf gilt, backstrip faded, half title repaired, interior clean; Sabretache Hunting the Fox. London, [no date], 8vo, original boards, a fine copy (7)
Cary (John). Cary's New English Atlas; Being a Complete Set of County Maps, from Actual Surveys, Corresponding in Size with his General Atlas; on which are particularly Delineated those Roads which were Measured by Order of the Right Honorable the Post Master-General, Corrected with Additions to the Year 1818, eng. title, forty-six double-page hand-col. eng. map sheets, 40pp. index at rear, small paper repair to lefthand margin of map of England, map of Kent partly split along centrefold, Lincolnshire linen backed and two-part folding map of Yorkshire also linen-backed, disbound, without covers, tall folio (1)
American War of Independence. Collection of nine original issues of "The Morning Post and Daily Advertiser" for the year 1779 , each issue containing news of the war in America including, the total destruction of the Grand American fleet at Penobsot Bay, lists of rebel ships taken and destroyed, copies of the rebel signals used, dispatches from Commodore Sir George Collier, returns of killed and wounded, Battle of Stone Ferry in South Carolina, returns of the killed and wounded, State of Massachussets Bay, Proclamations by Brigadier General Solomen Lovell, commander in chief of the state of Massachussets, lists of the armies under General Clinton in New York, General Prescot at Rhode Island, General Prevost in South Carolina, General Campbell in Florida, General MacLean in Halifax, etc., each 4 pp., folio (9)
Augustine (Saint Aurelius, Bishop of Hippo). Sancti Aurelii Augustini Hipponensis Episcopi Operum: Post Lovaniensium Theologorum Recensionem Castigatus Denuo ad Manuscriptos Codices Gallicanos, Vaticanos, Anglicanos, Belgicos &c. nec non ad Editiones Antiquiores & Castigatiores, Operâ & Studio Monachorum Ordinis Sancti Benedicti è Congregatione Sancti Mauri, Editio nova a multis mendis purgata, 11 vols. in eight, Antwerp, 1700, eng. portrait to vol 11, minor damp soiling to some fore-edge margins, contemp. calf, gilt dec. spines, morocco labels to spines, some adhesive tape to spines, some wear to joints & extrems., folio (8)
* Wolmark (Alfred Aaron, 1877-1961). Self Portrait, 1949, oil on canvas, signed and dated, approx. 500 x 400mm (19.5 x 15.75ins), marked P. 93 to verso, modern gilt and stained wood framed Alfred Wolmark is recognised as one of the leading British post-impressionist painters of the first half of the twentieth century, and is known as one of the Whitechapel Boys, an influential group of modernist Jewish artists, which included Bernard Meninsky, Mark Gertler, Jacob Kramer and William Roberts. He is best known for his vibrant landscapes and still lifes. He also produced a range of posters, ballet designs, and portraits of literary figures. A major retrospective of his work was held at the Ben Uri Gallery in the Autumn of 2004, entitled Redisovering Wolmark: A Pioneer of British Modernism. (1)
6 pieces of crested china: Willow, coal truck from Castleford, Arcadian bathing hut with Lerwick crest, a unmarked post box with a Grantham crest, a Victoria musical horn with Bridlington crest, a Carlton model of Scarborough Castle with Scarborough Crest, a Podmore model of Florence Nightingale with a Derby Crest (6).
A Scalex M.G. T.F., cream, generally good condition, unboxed; a Tri-ang Minic No.72M, Articulated Brewery Lorry, post-war, standard type cab, very good condition (lacking barrel load), unboxed; a Matchbox 1-75 series, No.13, Bedford Breakdown Lorry, generally good condition, boxed; a Matchbox 1-75 series, No.8, Caterpillar Tractor, orange, generally very good condition (lacking rubber tracks), boxed (box crushed); and assorted Dinky vehicles, lead figures and accessories, variable condition, all unboxed.
Postcards - Approximately 495 topographical, comic and other cards, including real photographic views of the Level Crossing, Sunningdale; Richmond Terrace; the High Street, North Thoresby; the Post Office and Primitive Methodist Chapel, North Thoresby; Horsington (four different); and a De Havilland aircraft; with views of Church Street, Steyning; and Cheap Street, Sherborne; artist-drawn cards of Felix the cat (1) and Bonzo the dog (2), with others by Cecil Aldin (1); Lawson Wood (1); H.G.C. Marsh Lambert (3); and Mabel Lucie Attwell (1); eleven military subjects by Harry Payne and another by Gilbert Holiday; and additional cards of trains, dogs, cats, birds and horses, (album).
Advertising - A Wills 'Three Castles Cigarettes' promotional glass ashtray; a Price's Coloured Tapers tin, with contents; a Rowntree's commemorative confectionary tin, issued by the borough of Dartford to mark the coronation of Edward VII, 1902; an Ardath 'Quo Vardis' tobacco tin; a Churchman 'Tortoiseshell' cigarettes tin; two tin money boxes in the form of post boxes by Chad Valley (one G.R.; one E.R.); and a small quantity of other items.Best Bid
bJORN SIGURD OSTERN - a 1960's biomorphic pendant, with stamped maker's mark for David-Anderson, also stamped NORWAY, STERLING, 925, S, of slender amorphous design with integral suspension loop; suspended from an oval belcher link chain by Georg Jensen, with post 1945 maker's mark, also stamped 925, S, with modern British import marks and Danish control marks lengths: pendant 10.5cm; chain 70cm, 31g total bjorn Sigurd Ostern worked at David-Anderson Company on a regular basis between 1961 and 1973. He produced vigorous designs, usually in silver, and often set with cabochon cut stones or monochrome enamel.
hENNING KOPPEL - a silver bracelet designed in 1947, maker Georg Jensen (post 1945 mark), also stamped 925, S, DENMARK, numbered 89, composed of pierced amorphous links, with T-bar fastening length 20.5cm, 123g this bracelet's pierced amorphous links have been memorably described as "dinosaur bones...[growing] organically from one another, like vertebrae...[creating] a continuous whole..." The design is remarkably innovative when compared with more traditional chains which are often composed of links connected by separate rings or hinges. henning Koppel's designs for Georg Jensen were a radical departure from their previous fruit and floral motifs. Koppel drew inspiration from the antigeometric vocabulary of Biomorphism and this may in part be due to the fact that he originally trained as a sculptor.
nANA & JORGEN DITZEL - a silver bangle designed in 1956, with import marks for London 1965, maker Georg Jensen (post 1945 mark), also stamped STERLING, DENMARK, NJ within D and numbered 111, of hollow plain pointed oval form width 10cm nana and Jorgen Ditzel began working and exhibiting together in 1944. Nana originally trained in cabinet making meanwhile Jorgen trained as an upholsterer. The began to create designs for Georg Jensen in 1954 and shared an aesthetic based on creating comfortable, wearable and simple items.
aNNA GRETA EKER - a 1960's silver torque form ring, maker Plus, stamped N, AGE, +, STERLING, NORWAY, designed as a broad band with shaped triangular terminals; a silver ring by Peter Guy Watson, with marks for London 1971, maker's mark PGW, collet set with a high domed circular cut amethyst cabochon flanked by trifurcated shoulders; together with a Kim Naver shaped-square silver ring, maker Georg Jensen (post 1945 mark), also stamped 925, S, DENMARK and numbered 186 (3) finger sizes: K (UK), 5.5 (USA) - slightly adjustable; M (UK), 6.l5 (USA) and H (UK), 4 (USA) anna Greta Eker married Erling Christoffersen, leader of the silver workshop at the applied arts centre PLUS in Norway. Founded in 1958 this centre was intended as an arena for designers to create good models for industry. Eker's designs are often sculptural and occasionally mobile.
aSTRID FOG - a late 1960's silver pendant and matching ring, the pendant with import marks for London 1970, maker Georg Jensen (post 1945 mark), also stamped 925, S, DENMARK and numbered 379, the ring similarly marked for 1969, numbered 143, the pendant of open square design, composed of four hollow rounded-rectangular panels, suspended from an oval belcher link chain; the ring composed of a plain band suspending a rounded-square hollow panel, joined by belcher links (2) lengths: pendant 5.5cm; chain 73cm, finger size of ring K (UK);5.5 (USA)
bENT GABRIEL PEDERSON - a 1960's 14ct gold torque ring, with import marks for London 1968, maker Hans Hansen (marked capital H within a larger H), also stamped 585 and DSD, designed as a broad tapering band with rounded cylindrical terminals; together with a Georg Jensen 18ct gold ring, with marks for London 2000, with post 1945 maker's mark, also stamped 750, of asymmetric undulating form (2) approximate finger sizes: M/N (UK), 6.75 (USA) - slightly adjustable and M (UK), 6.25 (USA), 14g total
A post-Regency rosewood two-compartment tea caddy, circa 1830-40, of flared sarcophagus form beneath a domed oversailing lid, inlaid with mother-of-pearl leafy strapwork, bun feet and loose ring handles, 24cm wide; another, of tapering sarcophagus form, inlaid with line-and-disc stringing, 20cm wide; another, similar (3)
A post-Regency mahogany dining table, circa 1830, the rounded rectangular top with matched veneers and calamander banding above a shallow frieze, tilting on a tapering leaf clasped pillar and beaded flared socle, the incurved canted rectangular platform on bold winged paw feet, fitted castors, 137cm x 110cm
A post-Regency mahogany breakfront sideboard, possibly Irish, circa 1835-40, the concave centre with a shallow drawer above a pair of doors, a drawer and cellaret drawer to one side, a drawer and cupboard to the other, all with matched curl veneers and divided by acanthus carved scrolling consoles above tapering lobed legs and bold paw feet, 217cm wide
Stanley Royle R.B.A., A.R.W.A. (1888-1961), "The Shepherdess", signed and dated 1922, watercolour over pencil, 37 x 52cm.; 14.5 x 20.5in. * Stanley Royle was born in Stalybridge, Lancashire. He studied at the Sheffield Technical School of Art, where George Clausen had a profound influence on his early art. In 1912, Royle exhibited at the Walker Gallery in Liverpool, before his work was accepted at the Royal Academy. He showed a total of 39 paintings there during his career. He became an Associate Member of the Royal Society of British Artists in 1919, and in 1921 he became a full member. He emigrated to Canada in the 1930's where he took up a teaching post at the Nova Scotia College of Art in Halifax, before being dismissed by the principle Elizabeth Styring Nutt, who was also originally from Sheffield. She felt that his work was becoming so admired and prized that he may have become a threat to her position at the college. Principal exhibited works include "Corfe Castle, Dorset" and "Winter Evening".
* Dornier-Wal. An all-metal manufacturers display model, the nickel-plated brass structure engraved on both sides of the bows of the hull Dornier-Wal Construzioni Meccaniche Aeronautiche S.A. Marina Di Pisa, with dummy front and dorsal gunners positions two-seat cockpit with dual control wheels, dummy engines with wood propellers, 44 in (111.7 cm) wingspan Known as the Dornier Do. J. Wal Plus Ultra, over 150 of these aircraft were built in Italy post W.W.I. in order to circumnavigate the Peace Treaty restrictions. -1
Maritime ephemera. A collection of fifty early 20th c. glass slides of Royal Navy and other ships, mostly identified in ink, contained in fitted wood case, together with approx. twenty-five similar glass slides contained in a tin, plus approx. 100 shipping and maritime postcards, Edwardian and later, twelve shipping company share certificates, c. 1867-1963, approx. forty pre and post WWII passenger ship menus, incl. Cunard White Star and P & O, various photos. of naval ships, paddlers, ferries, tugs, etc., (incl. two framed and glazed), and other printed ephemera and misc. items, incl. two albums of British and Commonwealth stamps, mostly used, incl. Queen Victoria two penny blue, some early 20th c. Australian interest, etc. (a carton)
Motor Trade Price Guides. A group of pre-and post-war motor trade price guide publications, with rare early examples from 1930s, and others from 1950s-1960s including The Motor, The Autocar , and Glasss Guide etc., (approx. 26), together with a group of motor trade and manufacturers decorative headed letters & correspondence to dealers & agents, including Austin, Citroen, Chrysler, Daimler-Benz, Michelin, Rolls-Royce, Wolseley and others (approx. 20)
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