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Click here to subscribe*Moveable. Royal Nursery Geographical Companion, Dean & Son, circa 1840s, hand-coloured lithograph depicting children being instructed in an affluent interior, with circular volvelle showing the capitals of various countries, some light dust-soiling and spotting, a little faint creasing to lower left corner, but overall in good condition, 26 x 34cm (10.25 x 13.5ins) Rare Dean moveable, designed for the instruction of small children. (1)
Newbery (E., pub.). The History of Jacky Idle, and Dicky Diligent, Exhibiting a Striking Contrast between the different Consequences arising from Indolent Inattention, and Laudable Perseverence. Embellished with Cuts, 1st edition, 1797, wood engraved frontispiece and 12 wood engravings on letterpress, two pages publisher's advertisements at rear, first and last leaves forming pastedowns, verso of title-page with contemporary inscription 'Thomas Isaac his Book Octr 22 1799', generally spotted and toned, and with corners creased, original Durch floral wrappers, a little dusty, lower half of spine lacking, outer corners of front wrapper creased, 10 x 6cm (4 x 2.5ins) ESTC N8761; Roscoe J166. Extremely rare early children's book, attributed to Richard Johnson. Not in Osborne or Gumuchian. We have been unable to trace another copy sold at auction. There is no copy listed in UK libraries and only one in North American libraries (University of California). (1)
*Card game. Der Landtag oder das Debattiren, La diÚte ou les debats, The diet or debates, n.p., circa 1820, eleven (of 12) hand-coloured engraved pictorial cards, and twelve printed cards with letterpress within a single line border (one lightly toned), caption to former and text to latter in German, French, and English, blue pastepaper versos, 10.5 x 7cm (4.25 x 2.75ins), contained in original wooden box (lacking one short side), hand-coloured engraved label on sliding lid (toned and slightly rubbed), together with a set of Jaques' Illustrated Proverbs, circa 1885, 63 (of 64) cards (lacking text card 'thief'), twelve hand-coloured, some light spotting, plus Interrogatory Game, Structure of the Earth, Edward Wallis, circa 1820s, 50 letterpress cards, with rule booklet (corners creased and one short edge-tear), contained in original wooden box with label on sliding lid, plus a compartmented rose wood cribbage box inlaid with brass, containing a number of pink and cream bone counters and a deck of cards published by Reynolds & Sons [between 1862 and 1882], plus a large circular wooden hinged game board, First item extremely rare: we have been unable to trace another set. The attractive picture cards show trades and occupations, for example: An artisan; A merchant; A fabricant; A burg-master; A jurist. The accompanying text cards bear various proverbs and maxims, such as: 'As the fool thinks,/The bell clinks'; 'He that cannot pay/Let him pray'; 'Great boast/Small roast'; 'Children and fools/Should not meddle with edge tools'. (1)
Bannerman (Helen). The Story of Little Black Sambo, 1st edition, Grant Richards, 1899, twenty-seven full-page colour illustrations, some finger-soiling and intermittent spotting, a few light creases, mainly to corners, endpapers lightly spotted and toned, text block spine skilfully strengthened, original light green striped cloth, a few minor marks, some wear to extremities, rubbed and darkened spine, minor loss to tail and part of front joint, 16mo (129 x 79mm) The rare first edition of this classic, published as Number 4 in The Dumpy Books for Children series. (1)
Dandy. The Dandy Monster Comic, No. 1, D.C. Thomson, [1939], monotone and duotone illustrations throughout, signature to ownership leaf before title (with two small strengthened closed tears at fore-edge), toning throughout and browning to margins, minor restoration to front inner hinge, original boards with pictorial front cover, neat cloth reback preserving original pictorial spine (with some wear & loss), board edges a little rubbed and worn, 4to The rare very first Dandy annual. (1)
Disney (Walt). Mickey Mouse Presents Bucky and Bo, Dean & Son, Ltd., circa 1936, black & white illustrations throughout, toned and some light spotting, front pastedown with ownership name dated 1936, hinges strengthened with paper, original colour pictorial boards, rubbed, rebacked, small oblong 8vo, together with 12 other Walt Disney Mickey Mouse related including Mickey Mouse Sails for Treasure Island, 1st edition, Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Co., 1933; Mickey Mouse and Bobo the Elephant, 1st edition, Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Co., 1935; Mickey Mouse and the Sacred Jewel, 1st edition, Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Co., 1936; Mickey Mouse and the Pirate Submarine, 1st edition, Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Co., 1939; The Adventures of Mickey Mouse, Story and Illustrations by Staff of Walt Disney Studio, 1st edition, George G. Harrap & Co Ltd., 1931, etc., all illustrated throughout, some browned, original pictorial boards, 12mo & 8vo The first title is rare, apparently with less than 20 copies known. Not traced on COPAC. (13)
Hobbs (George E.). The Adventures of the Vegemen and the Brownies [cover-title], Ernest Squibb & Co., 1898, 10 full page colour illustrations, a few short closed edge tears, the first leaf with two longer closed tears, intermittent light spotting and soiling, mainly to text, stapled binding, original pictorial wrappers, detached from text block, worn with chipped edges, rear cover with loss to both corners, spine deficient, oblong 8vo Rare: only three copies found on COPAC. (1)
Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Peter Rabbit, 1st privately printed edition, [Strangeways, December, 1901], colour frontispiece, woodblock engravings from the author's line drawings throughout, some finger-soiling, stitching partially broken and signatures starting, contemporary inscription by the author on front free endpaper 'For Mrs Oliver, from Beatrix Potter - with kind regards & best wishes for Christmas 1901', and later ownership name above of Joan Lamb, original olive-green boards (faded to beige), with flat spine, a little rubbed and upper cover with one or two light marks, spine and lower return with old adhesive tape stain to lower half, and joints mostly split, but with only minor loss at ends (.5" at head), upper cover with printed lettering and vignette of Peter and siblings, 16mo Linder, p.420; Quinby 1. An unrestored copy of Beatrix Potter's extremely rare first book: one of only 250 copies, and this copy inscribed by Beatrix Potter. The character of Peter Rabbit was based on Beatrix's own pet rabbit, and he made his first appearance in a letter written in 1893 to Noel, the five-year-old offspring of her former governess, Annie Carter. Noel and his siblings so enjoyed this and subsequent letters that Beatrix thought about having the story published. In 1900 she sent the story to at least six different publishers, all of whom rejected it, including Frederick Warne, who later decided to take the book on. Undeterred, Beatrix decided to have her little book privately printed, and in 1901 250 copies were published priced at 1/6 each, of which this is one. They sold so well that in February 1902 she had a further 200 copies printed with slightly amended text. (1)
Bodkin (M. McDonnell). Paul Beck, the Rule of Thumb Detective, 1st edition, 1898, publisher's advertisements at rear (toned), occasional minor marks, one leaf with 4cm closed tear, endpapers spotted and toned, front pastedown with ownership name removed, front hinge nearly split, original pictorial cloth, mottled, some wear to extremities, spine darkened, 8vo The first collection of Bodkin's short stories to feature the detective Paul Beck. His later book, The Capture of Paul Beck (1909), is credited with inventing the first detective family in fiction. A rare find as a first edition. (1)
Dahl (Roald). The Gremlins. A Royal Air Force Story by Flight Lieutenant Roald Dahl, 1st UK edition, Collins, [1944], colour illustrations, a little light soiling, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, some edge wear and splits to spine, partial fading to rear cover, 4to, with a loosely inserted typed signed letter, dated 20 November 1980 on headed paper: "Dear Dr. (your writing is as indecipherable as all other doctors and I cannot read your name), You are right, it was me who wrote the original Gremlin book published during the war and I wish I could tell you where you could get a copy. With Walt Disney's illustrations it is now a very rare thing indeed and I myself have only one. P.S. Drink a pint of Hook Norton ale for me." (2)
Origin. A Quarterly for the Creative, edited by Cid Corman, Dorchester, Massachusetts, 1st series, numbers I-VI, IX, XI-XVII & XIX-XX, Spring 1951-Winter 1957; 2nd series, numbers 1-14, April 1961-July 1964; 3rd series, numbers 1-7 & 8-20, April 1966-January 1971, illustrations, original wrappers, stapled as issued, occasional light fading or toning to spines, slight soiling to one or two covers, 8vo Rare near complete run of this American periodical, each issue featuring a poet, author or translation. It was edited and published by the poet Cid Corman, who was hosting a Boston weekly radio programme "This is Poetry" at the time and was backed by a listener Evelyn Schoolman, after the poet Robert Creeley had abandoned plans for his own poetry magazine. (49)
Plath (Sylvia). The Colossus, Uncorrected Proof Copy, Heinemann, 1960, publisher's typed note on letterhead, dated 15th August 1960 and giving publication date 3rd October 1960 and price 15 shillings, loosely inserted, original pale yellow wrappers, lettered in black, spine toned, slim 8vo An excellent copy of the rare proof copy of Plath's first published book of poetry. (1)
A rare WW1 Birch & Gaydon Ltd MKII reversing stopwatch for equal distance bomb sight The white dial marked,Birch & Gaydon Ltd, 153 Fenchurch Street, London, Mark II, Reversing Stop Watch for Equal Distance Bomb Sight, Height in Thousands of Feet, Ref. 176, Swiss. the stainless steel case with, military, single round button, back and three-body, brushed, lobed revolving bezel, wire lugs. D. white with painted Arabic numerals graduated from 0.5 to 14, the red hand on the outer graduation in fifth of a second can be set by turning the bezel. Bâton blued steel chronograph hand. Mechanism numbered 636 , Swiss made ', gilt brass, 15 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. The pusher at 11 is for stopping the chronograph hand, the co-axial pusher on the winding-crown is for starting the chronograph function back and forth and return to zero. Case back etched Flying Armament school, Manston and numbered 26467 to inside of case.The school at Manston was established in the water of 1915-16 instruct pilots in the use of the new Handley Page bombers, and by the close of 1916 was known as the Operational War Flight Command and the Handley Page Training School.. Mechanism functioning well at time of inspection, overall in good condition for age.
Rare Victorian silver thimble, the bicycle with broad un-dotted tyres amongst leafy flowers and with a bird, by James Fenton, Birmingham 1896, in fitted leather case, 1.4 cm, 5.4 g. . Case - hinges worn and leather coming away in that area.Light rubbing to marks and light wear to decoration.
A rare first edition signed copy of Thomas Keneally’s ‘Schindler’s Ark’, 2006, Volume IX from the Oak Tree Press First Chapter Series, limited edition number 148 of 150, with images by Antony Gormley, signed and dated by the author ‘27/01/08’.Together with Robert Lebel's ‘La Saint-Charlemagne’, 1976, published by Le Soleil nor, Paris, inscribed ‘c8/250’, and one other book documenting Charles Mozley work (3)
The Bookman Portfolio Containing Plates in Colour by Kay Nielsen Illustrating Hansel and Gretel and Other Stories by the Brothers Grimm. Publisher's original black card wrap covers containing three mounted colour plates (from original run of this rare book) entitled 'Rosebud', 'Catskin', and 'Rumplestilskin', with gold captions to each. Published by Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., London, 1925
After Mathaus Merian (1593-1650)A rare map entitled 'Civitatis Avenionis Omnimq Viarum et Aedificiorum Eius Perfecta Delineatio', 1635 (Avignon), depicting a detailed town plan, fortified walls, churches, bridges, and the neighbouring region33.5 x 26.5 Together with a larger coloured map, 'Siege de Gravelines', 164450.5 x 39.5cm (2)
A rare Bristol porcelain figure: a smiling boy in hard paste porcelain well painted in enamels with turquoise breeches, yellow sash and blue plumed cap playing a hurdy - gurdy, supported by a tree stump, unmarked, flat base. 19cm high. Circa 1775Provenance: a Bristol CollectionNote: Very similar to the one in the Schreiber collection in the V & A.
Swarovski Crystal Figures ( 3 ) In Total. Comprises 1/ Rare Encounters Group ' Elephant ' Baby. No 7640 000 001. Designer Martin Zendon. Issued 1995 - 2012. Height 2.5 Inches. 2/ Rocking Horse - Black and Blue Eyes. No 7479 000 001. Designer Gabrielle Stamey. Issued 1994 - 2004. Height 2.75 Inches - 7 cm High. 3/ South Sea Theme ' Lion Fish ' Designer Martin Zendon. No 7644 000 008. Issued 2002 - 2005. 2.75 Inches Long. All Pieces are with Original Boxes etc. All are 1st Quality and Mint Condition.
Hogg, JamesScottish Pastorals, Poems, Songs, &c. Mostly written in the Dialect of the South. Edinburgh: Printed by John Taylor, Grassmarket, 1801. First edition, 8vo, [1-5], 6-62, 19th century calf-backed cloth, margins seemingly trimmed with scissors or a knife affecting a letter on p.53, several letters on p. 59-62, lower corner of p.58 torn away with loss of 2 or 3 letters, some dust-soiling, chiefly to title-page and verso of final leaf, spine partly detached (and loosely inserted), 2 small numerals in ink at head of title page in inner marginNote: VERY RARE. The first edition of Hogg's Scottish Pastorals is very rare and must have been printed in fairly small numbers. COPAC records only 6 copies in UK libraries (including NLS, Edinburgh and Glasgow University).Scottish Pastorals was published when Hogg was thirty years old and running the sheep-farm of Ettrickhouse in the Ettrick valley. The poems offer a striking picture of rural Scottish life in the early nineteenth century and contain a good deal of raw energy. The year after its publication Hogg met Sir Walter Scott, of whom he later wrote an unauthorized biography. He became widely known as the "Ettrick Shepherd", a nickname under which some of his works were published. He is best known today for his novel The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner. His other works include the long poem The Queen's Wake (1813), his collection of songs Jacobite Reliques (1819), and his two novels The Three Perils of Man (1822), and The Three Perils of Woman (1823).According to his "Memoir of the Author's Life" Hogg arranged for the Scottish Pastorals to be printed after delivering sheep to market in Edinburgh, writing out some of the poems from memory, and engaging 'a person to print at my expense'. As this was undertaken virtually on the spur of the moment Hogg selected, as he later stated, not neccesarily the best poems but those he could remember most. The printer was John Taylor, a stationer, whose premises were opposite the sheep pens in Edinburgh's Grassmarket. Taylor printed mostly cheap chapbooks, of typically poor quality, and is unlikely to have sold many copies from his modest premises while Hogg gave away copies to friends so the publication cannot have been a commerical success. Hogg too was mortified to find numerous textual misprints, so much so that in later life he took little pride in his first collection of poems in print.Provenance: , Dr James Fairweather Milne (1896-1985), one-time General Practitioner at Boddam, bequeathed to 3rd cousin, the vendor.
Jamaica - Gosse, Philip HenryIllustrations of the Birds of Jamaica. London: Jacob van Voorst, 1849. Large 8vo, plate volume only, 52 hand-coloured lithographed plates, some heightened with gum arabic, 4pp. text including title, contemporary half morocco, light worming slightly affecting title and margin of 2nd leaf, light stain to some inner margins, lower margin of 7 plates strengthened on verso, one plate (Himantopus nigricollis) with loss to imageProvenance: The Library of a Country House.Note: A Rare Work by "the father of Jamaican Ornithology".Gosse had been interested in natural history since childhood and by the age of 34 had already published popular scientific books and contributed scholarly papers to the Royal Society. In 1844 he travelled to Jamaica to collect exotic insects and other specimens on a commercial basis. Gosse spent 18 of the happiest months of his life in Jamaica, and collected insects assiduously, some 7,800 of them. But his real interests lay more in ornithology. This fascination led to the publication of three books: The Birds of Jamaica in 1847, its accompanying plate volume, Illustrations of the Birds of Jamaica in 1849, and A Naturalist’s Sojourn in Jamaica in 1851. His books were well received at the time but none were reprinted.Gosse was meticulous and painstaking in his observations, drawings and watercolours, saying that he devoted himself to recording “the condition of living things, of things in a state of nature … their songs and cries; their actions, in ease and under the pressure of circumstances; their affections and passions, towards their young, towards each other, towards other animals, towards man; their various arts and devices, to protect their progeny, to procure food, to escape from their enemies, to defend themselves from attacks; their ingenious resources for concealment”, and so on. Gosse also succeeded in conveying in words the impression of bird calls and songs, a very hard thing to do, analysed their nests in minute detail and kept birds in captivity whenever he had the chance, the better to observe them at close quarters.The Birds of Jamaica, with the illustrated plate volume, Illustrations of the Birds of Jamaica, is regarded as the ornithological classic of the English-speaking Caribbean, and David Lack in Island Biology Illustrated by the Lands Birds of Jamaica notes that “it was far ahead of its time and remained one of the best bird books on any part of the world for at least half a century", while Gosse himself has become known to posterity as "the Father of Jamaican ornithology." The text volume is easy to procure at a nominal sum.
Knip, Antoinette Pauline Jacqueline and Temminck, Coenraad JacobLes Pigeons. Paris: Mme Knip & Bellizard, Dufour & Cie., Typographie de Firmin Didot, [1838-43]. Second edition of volume 1, First edition of volume 2, large folio (533 x 348mm.), 2 volumes, [4], 135, 128, 30, [3]; [4], 114, [2]; half-titles, 147 plates printed in colours and finished by hand after Knip, by César Macret , tissue guards, contemporary green quarter morocco, spines gilt, lightly rubbed, some plates with slight offsetting, discolouration or light spottingProvenance: Pencil note on rear endpaper "Complete, Bernard Quaritch Ltd, GHB"; The Library of a Country House.Note: A tall complete copy of Knip's masterpiece, with the very rare second volume published in 1838-43, volume II "SAID TO BE PROBABLY THE RAREST ITEM IN THE WHOLE OF ORNITHOLOGICAL LITERATURE" (Wood), containing "AMONG THE FINEST OF ALL BIRD PLATES" (Fine Bird Books). This work contains 2 of the very rare plates "avant lettres" not referred to in the standard bibliographies. Publication of the work had commenced in parts in 1808 under the longer title Histoire naturelle générale des Pigeons but rivalry between the artist, Antoinette Knip (née Courcelles) and the author of the text, Coenraad Temminck, led Madame Knip at the publication of the 9th (of 15) parts to appropriate the work to herself, issuing the work under the revised title Les Pigeons, par Madame Knip, née Pauline de Coucelles, with Temminck's role relegated beneath to "Le text par C.J. Temminck". However the copy she sent Temminck did not have the altered title so by the time the work came out and he saw the altered title it was too late. This publishing history explains the hiatus betwwen p. 13 of the Discours and the first leaf of text, describing plate 1, being numbered as [p.23]. Pauline Knip had powerful friends at court, being a close friend of Marie Louise, husband of Napoleon Bonaparte, and Temminck found it impossible to get justice, his only recourse being to republish the text in 3 octavo volumes in 1813-1815.Antoinette Pauline Knip was an exceptional ornithological artist and in 1805 had provided the beautiful plates for Desmaret's Histoire naturelle des tangaras, des manakins, et des todiers. One of the more famous prints in Les Pigeons is of the Mauritius blue pigeon, now extinct. A copy of this work, quite possibly Temminck's own copy, with the text originally envisaged by Temminck, and with 5 original unsigned watercolours, most probably by Knip, and with additional hand-colouring to the perches, was sold at Christie's, 28 November 2001, lot 58, (£30,000). [Fine Bird Books 86; Nissen IVB 511; Zimmer 356]
Temminck, Coenraad Jacob and le Baron Guillaume Michel Jérome Meiffren Laugier de Chartrouse.Nouveau Recueil de Planches Coloriées d'Oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon. Paris: F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg: Même Maison; Amsterdam: Legras Imbert et Comp. [1820]- 1838-[1839]. First edition, 5 volumes, large 4to (353 x 260mm.), half-titles, 597 (of 600) finely hand-coloured engraved plates after Nicolas Hüet and Jean-Gabriel Prêtre, & others, (2 double-page, 3 folding), contemporary green half morocco, spines gilt, top edges gilt, some light spotting and some light offsetting, lightly rubbedProvenance:The Library of a Country House.Note: 'UN DES LIVRES LES PLUS BEAUX ET DES PLUS IMPORTANTS QUE L'ON AIT SUR L'ORNITHOLOGIE' (Brunet), complete with Cuvier's rare 'Prospectus'.This fine treatise, with its remarkable coloured plates, was intended as a supplement to Buffon's Histoire naturelle des oiseaux (1770-1786). This is a particularly large example of the quarto issue of this massive work, originally published in 102 parts over almost two decades from August 1820 to January 1839. Temminck supplied most of the text, while the key contribution of Baron Laugier de Chartrouse lay in providing specimens for the plates from his collection. Published in both folio and quarto formats, uniform with Buffon's work, the work is found with the text and plates bound either in systematic order, like the present copy, following Buffon's species and plates (as described in the 'Table Méthodique' at the beginning of volume 1), or in order of publication. Temminck, director of the Museum at Leiden, is regarded as one of the foremost ornithologists of his time. Jean-Gabriel Prêtre (1768 – 1849) was a Swiss-French natural history painter who illustrated birds, mammals and reptiles in a large number of books. He was an outstanding ornithological artist and worked first for Empress Josephine's zoo, and then for the Natural History Museum in Paris. He drew the natural history specimens collected on a number of important French geographical and exploratory expeditions including Dumont d'Urville's Voyage de l'Astrolabe, Freycinet's Voyage autour du Monde, Laplace's Voyage autour du monde and others. Early in his career Prêtre worked closely with Temminck who paid him the compliment of naming the red-spectacled parrot after him (Phaethornis pretrei). A prolific artist, he also illustrated Palisot's Flore d'Oware et de Benin, Tussac's Flore des Antilles, the Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles published between 1816 and 1830, and the ornithological works of Lesson, Temminck and Vieillot. The plates are superbly hand-coloured. Anker 503; Fine Bird Books, 1990, p. 147; Nissen IVB 932.
Switzerland, Botany - Candolle, Augustin Pyramus dePlantes Rares du Jardin de Genève. Geneva: Librairie de J. Barbezat & Comp., 1829. First edition, 4to, 4 parts in one volume, folio (360 x 273 mm.), [vi], 92, [i]; half-title, 24 stipple-engraved plates, all printed in colours and some finished by hand, after Heyland (21), Mlle. Car. Chuit (2) and Anspach (1) by Heyland (7), Millenet (11), Anspach (4), Bovet (1) and Bouvier (1), printed by Tattegrain, original printed boards (371 x 290mm.), uncut, rebacked with cloth, boards a little dust-soiled and scuffed at foot, internally mostly very cleanNote: FIRST EDITION, second "consolidated" issue, with the title dated 1829, otherwise identical to the first issue. This rare work was originally published in four fascicules between 1825 and 1826 or 1827.The present rare work was published a few years after the Swiss botanist Candolle settled in Geneva where he became director of the ‘Jardin Botanique’. Candolle's main focus was botany but he also contributed to related fields such as phytogeography, agronomy, paleontology, medical botany, and economic botany.Candolle proposed a "natural" method of plant classification as opposed to the artificial Linnaean method, a classification system which he outlined first in his Théorie élémentaire de la botanique (Elementary Theory of Botany, 1813), the principle of which was taxa do not fall along a linear scale; they are discrete, not continuous. This work also introduced the concept of "taxonomy". His theory of "Nature's war" - of plant species fighting each other for space and existence - influenced Charles Darwin and was one of the considerations that influenced Darwin's theory of natural selection.The present work describes a number of rare plants of Geneva's famous botanical garden which was founded by Candolle himself in 1817. The remarkably fine stipple-engravings are all beautifully printed in colour and some are finished by hand. Great Flower Books, p.53; Nissen BBI 327; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 1000.
A rare clockwork duck automaton, circa 1910, possibly French with papier-mâché bill, orange and black glass eyes, carton body with white wool plush belly, purple, green, cream and brown patterned velvet upper, metal and painted cloth webbed feet and fixed key to the rear causing the duck to waddle and quack - 13¼in. (34cm.) high (some wear, one eye chipped)
An unusual and rare German teddy bear circa 1910, with red mohair head and arms, black boot button eyes, black stitched shield shaped nose with a stitch up each side and mouth, exaggerated muzzled swivel head, pin jointed arms, the very odd conical body made of canvas with a card lined base, traces of glue and green, finished up front seam and with no voice mechanism - 9½in. (24cm.) high (one arm professionally replaced, some general wear) - this bear is a mystery, he has the look of Strunz or similar early manufacturer, but his purpose is unknown. Normally this shape of bear has a squeak or tilt growl voice box, but this does not. It would appear that he had felt or even paper clothes glued to him.
A rare Moritz Pappe teddy bear cub, 1930s, with beige wool plush, clear and black glass eyes with orange painted backs, red and pink felt behind eyes, black stitched nose and claws, red felt tongue, swivel head, jointed body with down turned hands, velvet pads and inoperative squeaker - 6¼in. (16cm.) high (slight wear, dusty and missing red felt from one eye)
A rare Schuco clockwork dancing rabbit 1920s, with white mohair head and ears, red metal eyes, pink velvet ear lining, swivel head, jointed arms, integral green felt jacket with white shirt, black felt trousers, metal framed body with keywind mechanism causing the rabbit to dance - 5¼in. (13cm.) high (some wear and thinning to mohair, faded and discoloured); and two wooden toys
Big Ted, a rare very large Strunz teddy bear, circa 1910, with blonde mohair, black flat boot button eyes, pronounced muzzle, black stitched nose with grey felt behind, mouth and five claws, hand finished seam from ear to ear, swivel head, elongated limbs with felt pads, card lined feet, hump and inoperative growler - 38½in. (98cm.) high (balding to legs, other bald spots, general wear, repairs mainly to feet pads and eyes replaced); sold with two original photographs of Big Ted and his owner in their Leigh-on-Sea garden in 1924 and an album about Big Ted’s history - Provenance - Big Ted was bought by Captain George Frederick Jenkinson, possibly in Germany, for his daughter Lydia Rose. Lydia grew up in Leigh-on Sea in Essex and married Eric Black. They moved to Tiverton in Devon and had two daughters, Jenny and Janet, who also played with him.
A rare Florence Callcott papier-mâché dolls’ house cottage, with bay window, hinged door, window and skylight, open at the back to show two rooms with staircase and attic, wallpapers and two fireplaces, the large label on the base and inscribed in pen Made in 1914 pat. Applied for 24th December 1914 - previously in the Christie’s auction of Faith Eaton’s collection October 2005 as lot 142, this actual example also appears in the Ultimate Dolls’ House Book page 73 and 134
Isabella Byne’s christening layette, 1745, a fine and rare quality cream silk satin open christening robe with pleated front and back, elaborately decorated with silk fringing and fly braid in waves encircling and decorating the robe, the neck opening fastened by shoulder strips attached to the bodice - 31in. (79cm.) back neck to hem; a matching layette basket cover stitched with overall complicated quilting design, the gathered border with three rows of braiding - 27in. (69cm.) x 24in. (61cm); a pin-cushion with sewn and pricked design and I.B. and 1745 in pins - 5½in. (14cm.) long; and a handwritten note from Mrs Frederica Capel-Cure in which she writes about her grandmother’s christening garmentsFamily history dictates that this group of dolls and textiles, lots 309 to 315, belonged to Isabella Byne, who was born in 1745 and died in 1797, aged 52. She married Ralph Carr in 1758, aged just 13. From research, it appears that Isabella had five children, including three girls: Isabella Carr, born in 1760, Annabella Carr, born in 1763 and Harriet Carr, born in 1771. Therefore it is most probable that the three dolls, dating from around 1760 and the 1780s, were purchased either for these girls or purchased and kept by Isabella as mementos of the girls. They have always passed down the female line, staying in the same family for the last 250 years: Isabelle Carr, née Byne. Harriet Cheney, née Carr – wife of General Cheney of Langley, Derbyshire and Badger, Shropshire. Frederica Capel-Cure, née Cheney - wife of George Capel-Cure. They have remained in the Capel-Cure family home, Blake Hall at Ongar in Essex, since the late 19th Century. Special Auction Services would like to thank Olivia Bristol and Patricia Frost for their kind assistance in cataloguing this collection.
A rare German clockwork nodding Father Christmas automaton, with composition head, hands and feet, hole in one hand to hold tree, blue painted eyes, rabbit skin beard replenished with cotton wool, mica covered base, original red felt costume and keywind mechanism causing him to nod - 20in. (51cm.) high (damaged fingers)
A rare French push-a-long running dachshund automaton, 1920s, flock covered papier-mâché with brown, black and white glass eyes, detailed moulding with ears flying backwards, tail in and two large wheels causing the four legs to walk when pushed along - 16½in. (42cm.) long (one ear replaced and some wear) - this dog is very similar in manufacture to the barking French bulldogs
A rare Suffragette doll, a German bisque shoulder head doll with stuffed body and bisque limbs, blue painted eyes and blonde wig, original green crepe paper uniform with twisted paper hat and pink petticoat - 9in. (23cm.) high - this rare survival was purchased from a Manchester auction around 30 years ago, at the time she had a printed slip of cardboard saying ‘Vote for Women’, sadly this was lost a few years ago
A rare late 19th century French Velocipede horse tricycle, with cast-iron head, floral chain encasement and frame, carved wooden body, glass eyes, painted wooden wheel with metal treads, hand peddled chain mechanism causing the back wheels to turn - 32½in. (82.5cm.) long (horse repainted brown)
A rare British Manufacturing Company Omega Coaster Monkey, 1920s, with brown mohair, clear and black glass eyes with remains of brown painted backs, felt face, ears, hands and feet, swivel head, jointed limbs and metal framed trolley with wooden wheels - 11in. (28cm.) long (a few bald spots, some general wear and missing squeaker)
A rare Alpha Farnell Babar the elephant 1930s, grey mohair head and hands, brown and black glass eyes, white felt tusks, red velvet open mouth, swivel head, jointed cloth body, cloth pads, black oil-cloth shoes, green felt suit and blue and white woven label - 16½in. (42cm.) high (front of clothes faded and some moth holes)
A rare Simon & Halbig bisque socket shoulder head doll with twill over jointed wood body, the solid domed head with deep blue fixed glass eyes, closed mouth, bisque shoulder plate with slight breast, eight jointed wooden body covered in twill with bisque arms and legs - 8½in. (21.5cm.) high (broken around left side of neck and glued, twill damaged on left arm)
Two rare Dean’s Rag Book Dismal Desmond Party Hats with provenance, the hats black printed white brushed cotton, pink velvet tongues, one with painted linen button eyes, one with felt lining with stiffened rim, the other with cotton lining and stuffed rim - 12½in. (31.5cm.) high (some ageing); and an original photograph of the original owners wearing these hats - the two children in the photograph are Arnold and Gwennie McKerrow; Gwendolin was born in 1911, went to Manchester School of Art and in her 20s moved to London, becoming a commercial artist with Askew Younge. She married in 1954 and became Gwen Mandley; she continued as an illustrator/designer all through her career, but in the 1960s she developed a new career as a painter, mostly in watercolours and exhibited well into the late 1990s; she died in 2004 and passed these two hats on to her daughter, who is now the vendor
A rare small Steiner figure A Le Parisien black bébé No.1, with fixed brown glass eyes, dark black heavy brows, open mouth with two teeth, pierced ears, black mohair wig on plaster pate, jointed papier-mâché brown painted body, blue and white checked dress, pinafore and underclothes, black ink stamp on back of head and indistinct stamp on side of body - 8¼in. (21cm.) high (chipped around ear piercing)
A rare Mutzli (Switzerland) shop window display of a teddy bear family, 1950s, with beige mohair, mummy and daddy bear with brown and black glass eyes, black stitched nose, mouth and claws, swivel head, jointed limbs with felt pads, red and white metal rimmed chest tags, inoperative squeakers, wearing matching pink outfits, collars and flower headdress - 8¼in. (21cm.) high, the similar baby seated with black glass eyes, no pads or tag, with flower headdress, mounted on a gold painted circular wood stand
A rare Omega walking teddy bear 1920s, with golden mohair, clear and black glass eyes with brown painted backs, black stitched nose with typical nostril, mouth and claws, swivel head, jointed arms with felt pads and hinged and weighted legs with knees and felt pads with a leather toe and inoperative growler - 18in. (46cm.) high (slight wear and some repairs to pads) - when you hold the bear and walk him along, his weighted feet cause him to have a walking motion.
A rare small carved and painted wooden trestle rocking horse No.2 for Selfridges, with clear and black glass eyes, painted dappled grey with original leather saddle and tack, brass studs with red rosettes, horsehair tail and mane and trestle rocker on turned posts and stencilled 2 SELFRIDGE - 32in. (81cm.) long x 30in. (76cm.) high (some wear)
A rare French automaton of an Egyptian Sarcophagus 1920s, painted papier-mâché, the body decorated with a winged scarab beetle and other coloured designs in bands, the grey painted face with black moulded hair and white, brown and black glass eyes, a keywind mechanism to back with start-stop knob causing the eyes to move from side to side in a spooky fashion - 24¼in. (61.5cm.) high (slight wear)
A unique Steiff assembled Golden Anniversary gift from Minni Steiff, Immenstadt lake scene featuring fourteen Steiff animals including two blue Nelly snails, a Crabby lobster, a unlisted dark brown Cocker spaniel, a Zicky kid, a Mecki family, pom-pom or woolen two ladybirds, dove, raven and two sparrows, all arranged on a painted wooden beach scene with jetty with cardboard signs ‘Immenstaad’ and ‘Zur Herzlichen Gluckwunsch Goldenen Hockzeit – Minni Steiff’, 1957-63 - 19¾in. (50cm.) x 14in. (35.5cm.) base (some fading and some figures loose) – this rare and charming scene was constructed by Steiff’s exhibition department as a gift for an employee and given from Minni Steiff, Paul Steiff’s widow and Margarete Steiff’s niece-in-law. Immenstadt is a popular alpine resort in Bavaria
A rare pair of white kid dolls’ dancing slippers, circa 1790, cut with two chevrons to reveal pink kid, pink trim and laces, brown suede soles - 3in. (7.5cm.) longFamily history dictates that this group of dolls and textiles, lots 309 to 315, belonged to Isabella Byne, who was born in 1745 and died in 1797, aged 52. She married Ralph Carr in 1758, aged just 13. From research, it appears that Isabella had five children, including three girls: Isabella Carr, born in 1760, Annabella Carr, born in 1763 and Harriet Carr, born in 1771. Therefore it is most probable that the three dolls, dating from around 1760 and the 1780s, were purchased either for these girls or purchased and kept by Isabella as mementos of the girls. They have always passed down the female line, staying in the same family for the last 250 years: Isabelle Carr, née Byne. Harriet Cheney, née Carr – wife of General Cheney of Langley, Derbyshire and Badger, Shropshire. Frederica Capel-Cure, née Cheney - wife of George Capel-Cure. They have remained in the Capel-Cure family home, Blake Hall at Ongar in Essex, since the late 19th Century. Special Auction Services would like to thank Olivia Bristol and Patricia Frost for their kind assistance in cataloguing this collection.
A rare set of fourteen Frank Willis for Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House etchings, signed India Proofs by Frank Willis, A.R.E. measuring - 3¾in. (8.5cm.) x 2¼in. (6cm.) with printed list, in pink envelope signed by Willis; and two hand written letters dated the 4th and 9th of June 1923 from the artist to Mr and Mrs Williams about printing this set for them for the price of one guinea
A rare Japanese export lacquered cutlery urn, c.1800, inlaid with mother-of-pearl bands and floral sprays, the rise/fall mechanism with a tiered green velvet-lined interior,69cm high Provenance: The Bill Brown Collection of Antique Cutlery.Literature: Please see Dr. Oliver Impey, 'Japanese Export Lacquer 1580-1850', p.326, for a similar example in the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, USA.
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