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Click here to subscribeA Regency rosewood chiffonier, the open shelf with three quarter gallery standing on a mirror back and turned supports, above a rectangular top with beaded moulding to border, over a frieze drawer and two silk panelled doors with a shelf behind, flanked by two turned pilasters, all raised on lobe carved bun supports, H121cm, W92cm, D45cm
A 19th Century Walnut Wall Shelf, of shaped outline, the frieze carved with a basket of flowers and floral ornament with a single shelf under enclosed by turned uprights, with shaped apron, carved with cornucopia and floral ornament, on short cabriole legs, 26ins wide x 10ins deep x 32ins high
An Edwardian Satin Walnut Chiffonier, the upstand with six bevelled mirrors and turned spindle details, the base with a central frieze drawer and cupboard having a painted scene of nesting birds and with canted corner shelves to either side, and the bottom a shelf with turned spindle upstand, 54'' wide x 16'' deep x 68 1/4'' high.
ELIZABETH II SILVER JUBILEE CASED WHITEFRIARS LIMITED EDITION MILLEFIORI INKWELL & STOPPER, 1977, both well and stopper with blue-ground bases patterned with multicoloured canes in the form of a crown and each with three canes inscribed 1952 / EIIR / 1977, base numbered '47', 15cms high, with cushioned conforming boxComments: retained in case, excellent Condition Report:No damage, few light scratches on the underneath of the base.No chips or cracks.The case interior is very dirty. corners are minor shelf wear. opens and closes well.
Austen (Jane) Pride and Prejudice, second 'Peacock' edition, illustrations, head- & tail-pieces, initials and decorations by Hugh Thomson, one or two minor instances of light spotting or finger soiling, overall internally clean, cracking to upper hinge but firm, original pictorial dark green cloth, gilt, with peacock design to over cover and feathers to spine, gilt on spine lightly faded, spine ends a little bumped and frayed, slight shelf-lean, g.e., [Gilson E78], 8vo, George Allen, 1895.
Ballard (J. G.) Crash, first edition, original boards, slight shelf-lean, light vertical crease to spine, dust-jacket, minor chipping and some rubbing to spine head and corner tips, short nick to head of rear panel, some lifting to laminate (as often), but an excellent example generally without the usual fading to spine, 8vo, 1973.⁂ Ballard's superb exploration of car-crash sexual fetishism. Initially controversial, Crash is now regarded as a landmark work of postmodern fiction.
Fleming (Ian) Diamonds are Forever, first edition, original boards, upper cover decorated in blind with silver diamond to centre, spine lettered in silver, very slight shelf-lean, else fine, dust-jacket, price-clipped, slight toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, small nick to foot of upper panel, light creasing to head, but an excellent copy overall, preserved in custom morocco-backed drop-back box, 8vo, 1956.
Milne (A. A.) Winnie-the-Pooh, map endpapers, 1926; Now We Are Six, half-title browned, 1927; The House at Pooh Corner, very light sunning to spine,1928, first editions, illustrations by E. H. Shepard, one or two instances of light marginal spotting or finger-soiling, some browning to endpapers, original pictorial cloth, light bumping to spine ends, very slight shelf lean, overall bright and excellent copies, 8vo (3)
Rendell (Ruth) From Doon with Death, first edition, bookplate signed by the author to endpaper, slight shelf-lean, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners chipped, short nick with light creasing to head of upper panel, light rubbing to extremities, light foxing to verso, but an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1964.⁂ The author's first novel, introducing Chief Inspector Wexford.
Saint-Exupéry (Antoine de) The Little Prince, first English edition, illustrations by the author, light spotting, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, dust-jacket, lower 1/3 of spine supplied in very good facsimile, head of spine and corners a little chipped, faint spotting or marking to panels, light rubbing to fore-edges, but in effect an excellent example, 4to, 1944.
[Wyndham (John)] "John Beynon". The Secret People, first edition, foxing, marginal abrasion to pp. 124-5, p. 129 with toning to margin, light browning to half title and final text p., original first issue red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, slight shelf-lean, rubbed, light finger-soiling, dust-jacket priced at 2/6, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light spotting and surface soiling, short nick with creasing to head and foot of lower panel, but overall an excellent example of a rare jacket, 8vo, [1935].⁂ Wyndham's second novel and his first attempt at science fiction. Exceptionally rare in the dust-jacket, we can trace no other example at auction.
Watson (James D.) The Double Helix, slight shelf-lean, light sunning to spine tips, jacket with short closed tear to foot of upper joint light rubbing to spine tips and corners, 1968; A Passion for DNA, New York, 2000; Genes, Girls and Gamow, jacket with light creasing to head and foot, 2001; DNA. The Secret of Life, New York, 2008, first or first English editions, signed or with signed presentation inscriptions from the author, illustrations, original boards, dust-jackets, near-fine generally, 8vo (4)⁂ A superb group of signed or inscribed works by the Nobel Prize-winning scientist. Along with Francis Crick and Rosalind Franklyn, Watson was responsible for one of the greatest scientific breakthroughs of the 20th century.
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