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Lot 326
A 1960s Danish rosewood wall unit, possibly by Omann Jun, having twin glazed upper doors enclosing adjustable glass shelves, over open shelf, to base fitted with four recessed panelled drawers, h.191cm, w.110cm, d.48cm; together with a 1960s Danish rosewood low open bookshelf, having twin adjustable shelves, h.55cm, w.110cm, d.33cm (2)CITES Article 10: 566032/01
Lot 334
A pair of 1960s G-Plan teak low double door side cupboards, each raised on turned tapering supports, h.63cm, w.82cm, d.46cm Condition Report / Extra Information One cupboard with three surface scratches to top (the largest 13cm long). Another 16cm scratch to left hand side panel on this cupboard. Other cupboard is generally minus the scratches but there is some variance to the colour and surface patina on this example. There is one interior shelf missing also. One back panel is also loose to the top and would need re-fixing. Please see three images relating to scratches.
Lot 775
A 19TH CENTURY LADY'S ROSEWOOD WRITING TABLE, having decorative turned galleried shelf upstand, on fancy carved supports, the base section having a lift-up writing slope with four interior drawers, the carcass having concealed slide and storage drawe r, the whole supported on carved classical column uprights and acanthus scrolling feet, 111cm high x 63cm wide
Lot 939
A French kingwood, rosewood, gilt metal mounted credenza with cabouchon band above a foliate freeze and floral roundels above a pair of quarter veneered doors inset with sevres-pattern floral bouquet plaques within gilt metal scroll frames surrounded by foliate panels, enclosing a shelf and above plinth base, 110cm high x 43cm deep x 184cm wide
Lot 985
An Arts and Crafts oak sideboard probably by Wylie & Lochhead, Glasgow, the superstructure with an open shelf on tapering supports flanked by chamfered uprights carved with scrolling foliage above three drawers fitted with hammered copper and enamel set handles above three doors carved with pomegranates and on tapering legs, 197cm wide x 72cm deep x 146cm high
Lot 11
A 1960's mid century teak veneer set of ‘PS System’ shelves and cabinets. Made in Denmark. Consisting of 2 chests of drawers, a single drawer section, 3 uprights and 4 shelves. In good vintage condition with some age related wear. 162.5cm wide / 197cm high / 45cm deep (drawers) / 3 x 25cm deep shelves / 1 x 30cm deep shelf / small drawer section 30cm deep
Lot 141
Medieval Escheats for Norfolk and Suffolk.- [List of Escheats to the crown from the reigns of Henry III to Henry VI/Edward IV (1216-1460) for Norfolk and Suffolk], manuscript, 351pp. excluding blanks, in two neat legal hands in single columns (most in 1 hand), margins ruled in red throughout, slightly browned, contemporary full vellum, gilt arabesque centre ornaments on both covers, single line gilt borders, holes for ties on covers, slightly soiled, gilt spine with remains of paper labels, sm. 4to, [c. 1600].⁂ Written by a legal clerk, this work is an unusually detailed and precise listing of references to inquisitions carried out by the Crown's escheators for Norfolk and Suffolk, forming in effect an index, part at least taken from the Charter Rolls. A few references are no longer extant, i.e., from the Charter Rolls, today are extant for 11-17 (not 18), 19-26, (not 27), 28-34 etc. (not 38 & 40) Henry III.. The work comprises alphabetical lists of places arranged by regnal years with references to shelf-marks, with at end an index listing manors, chapels and abbeys and another in regnal order listing private persons."Escheats. An 'incident' of feudal law, whereby a fief reverted to the lord when the tenant died without leaving a successor qualified to inherit under the original grant. Hence, the lapsing of land to the Crown, or to the lord of the manor, on the death of the owner intestate without heirs." - OED.
Lot 254
Goudge (Elizabeth) The Little White Horse, first edition, illustrations by C. Walter Hodges, map endpapers, front free endpaper clipped, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, spine faded, dust-jacket, spine browned, spine ends and corners chipped, creasing to head and foot, rubbing and surface soiling, 1946 § Dahl (Roald) The BFG, light toning to text margins, small ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original boards, dust-jackets, minor chipping and creasing to head and foot, 1982 § Hill (Susan) The Woman in Black, illustrations by John Lawrence, front free endpaper clipped, original boards, dust-jacket, minor chipping to spine ends and corners, 1983, first editions; and 3 others, Dahl, 8vo (6)
Lot 259
Heaney (Seamus) Death of a Naturalist, first edition, signed by the author on front free endpaper, endpapers spotted, original cloth, shelf-lean, spine ends and corners bumped, extremities, a little rubbed and faded, 1966; [Another copy], first paperback edition, signed by the author on front free endpaper, ink ownership inscription, original stiff wrappers, rubbed and a little creased, 1969; Poems, 1965-1975, reprint, signed presentation inscription from the author with two line quotation from Blake's Auguries of Innocence to front free endpaper, minor spotting to fore-edge, original stiff wrappers, small crease to upper cover, light marking, slip-case, 1986, [Brandes & Durkan A2a; A2c]; and 10 others, Heaney, including A.L.s. from Heaney to Liam Miller, 8vo & 4to (13)
Lot 265
Le Carré (John) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, cut signature of the author loosely inserted, jacket spine faded, 1974; The Honourable Schoolboy, cut signature of the author to title, 1977; Smiley's People, cut signature of the author to title, jacket spine faded, 1979; The Little Drummer Girl, double-signed by the author on title, slight shelf-lean, jacket spine slightly faded, 1983; A Perfect Spy, 1986; The Russia House, 1989; The Secret Pilgrim, 1991; The Night Manager, 1993; Our Game, cut signature of the author to title, 1995; The Tailor of Panama, 1996; Single & Single, 1999; Sarratt and the Draper of Watford, 1999; The Constant Gardener, 2001; Absolute Friends, 2003; The Mission Song, 2006; A Most Wanted Man, 2008; Our Kind of Traitor, 2010; A Delicate Truth, 2013; A Legacy of Spies, 2017; [Another copy], one of 250 copies, slip-case, 2017, first editions, first printings, all signed by the author unless where mentioned, original cloth, all but the last with dust-jackets, excellent or near-fine copies, 8vo (20)⁂ A superb and unbroken run of the author's works from the first book in the Karla Trilogy to last year's A Legacy of Spies. Including the rare first printing of Our Game, designated for UK export and airport bookshops due to the author's dislike of the jacket design.
Lot 275
Waugh (Evelyn) Sword of Honour, first collected edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "with affectionate regards" to Maurice Bowra on front free endpaper, bookplate of Maurice Bowra to pastedown, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, spine ends a little bumped, 8vo, 1965.⁂ A good association copy. Sir Maurice Bowra (1898-1971), classical scholar at Wadham College Oxford, where he taught Waugh. He is believed to be the model for the academic Mr. Samgrass in Brideshead Revisited.
Lot 476
Polar.- Ross (Capt. Sir James Clark) A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions, during the years 1839-43, 2 vol., first edition, 8 lithographed plates (1 folding), 8 engraved maps (3 folding), unpaginated contents ff. to each chapter, most with wood-engraved vignette, wood-engraved illustrations, some spotting or foxing, school prize inscription to front free endpaper of vol.1, contemporary polished calf, gilt, rebacked, preserving original gilt spines in compartments and with red and green leather labels, spotted, rubbed, 8vo, [Ferguson 4636; Sabin 73367; Spence 993; Taurus Coll. 9], 8vo, 1847.⁂ Ross was the nephew of Sir John Ross and accompanied him on his first Arctic voyage in search of a Northwest Passage in 1818. He also took part in four Arctic expeditions under Sir William Parry between 1819 and 1827, and again served under his uncle on his second Arctic voyage from 1829 to 1833. Between 1839 and 1843, Ross commanded an Antarctic expedition comprising the vessels HMS Erebus and HMS Terror and charted much of the coastline of the continent. Joseph Dalton Hooker was the assistant surgeon on the expedition. In 1841, James Ross discovered the Ross Sea, Victoria Land, and the volcanoes Mount Erebus and Mount Terror, as well as the low, flat-topped ice shelf they called the Victoria Barrier, later named 'Ross Ice Shelf' in his honour.
Lot 549
Ireland.- Spenser (Edmund) A View of the State of Ireland, 3 parts in 1, first edition, 2 woodcut architectural titles, the first laid down and with corner defective, second part without separate title but each part separately paginated, first part with 8pp. "Certaine verses [of the Faerie Queene]" bound at end ?denoting "A" issue, a few small holes with occasional slight loss, a couple of tears, part 2 water-stained, some soiling and browning, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving original gilt spine, [see STC 25067], folio, Dublin, Printed by the Society of Stationers, 1633.⁂ Rare work by Spenser written while at his home at Kilcoleman, c.1596. It remained in manuscript in Archbishop Usher's Library until published by Sir J. Ware in 1633. This copy appears to collate complete: [8], 120, +8pp. Certaine verses; 223 + 2pp blank; 12, 138, 2pp.Provenance: old ink signature scribbled out from first title, Daniel Jeffers (ink inscriptions on verso of final leaf "Faults escaped"; old library shelf sticker "FFd" on front pastedown.
Lot 230
A George III joined oak two-part floor standing corner cupboard, the stepped pediment over a pair of two panel doors on brass butterfly hinges, enclosing a blue painted interior with three shelves, over a conforming base section with single shelf and moulded plinth base, 75½in. (191.75cm.) high, 34in. (86.25cm.) wide.
Lot 252
An Edwards & Roberts fiddleback mahogany and marquetry desk, of bowed breakfront outline, banded in satinwood and decorated with ribbon tied husk garlands and foliate sprays, the galleried superstructure with a central raised shelf flanked by curved lidded compartments, each fitted with a drawer and decorated with oval panels of cherubs, over a central kneehole drawer flanked by two banks of three bow-fronted graduated drawers, raised on square tapered legs with spade feet, 48 x 23¾in. (122 x 60.25cm.), 36½in. (92.75cm.) high, the centre drawer stamped 'Edwards & Roberts', some losses.
Lot 253
A Victorian walnut, marquetry, ebonised and ormolu mounted credenza, the moulded top over a marquetry frieze and central cupboard door with marquetry urn and swagged decoration, enclosing a single shelf, flanked by bowfronted glazed doors enclosing two shelves, on a chamfered plinth and ebonised toupie feet, 65¼ x 17in. (165.75 x 43.25cm.), 41¼in. (104.75cm.) high.
Lot 632
A French burr walnut escritoire, 19th century, the rectangular top with grey marble, above frieze drawer and fall front, enclosing fitted interior to include leather writing surface, six drawers and shelf compartment, above three long drawers on ogee style feet, 148cm high x 98cm wide x 45cm deep
Lot 741
A George III style white and Spanish Broccatelle marble chimneypiece, with rectangular shelf above a frieze applied with floral bosses on geometrically inlaid ground, with endblocks carved in relief with column and foliage designs, on line inlaid jambs with block feet, 137cm high x 165cm wide x 22cm deep
Lot 748
A large Louis XV style polychrome inlaid chimneypiece, in blue veined Carrara Giorgio Curva marble, inlaid with shaped specimen panels of Spanish Brocatelle, Spanish Zafra Rojo, Bianco e Nero Antico marbles, with serpentine shelf over the panelled, breakfront carved frieze, on conforming supports, 122cm high x 187cm wide x 21cm deep
Lot 2973
A good mid George III mahogany cylinder bureau cabinet, the upper section with a lattice satinwood veneered and dark wood strung frieze over a pair of brass grille panelled doors, above a cylinder opening onto pigeon holes, drawers and a sliding adjustable writing surface, over two frieze drawers with ebony beading, on plain square section tapering legs with brass casters, the cylinder and two drawers with late Victorian handles, width 74.5cm, height 130cm. (See illustration) Condition report: The cabinet is missing a shelf.
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