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A Collection of Hammersley Porcelain "Victorian Violets" Patten, including dinner, tea, coffee and ornamental wares (one shelf)A condition report is not available for this lot. A cursory inspection reveals that the lot appears to be in overall good condition. Every effort is made during valuation and sale setup to seperate damaged pieces. This does not mean that the lot is without fault.
A 19th Century Inlaid Mahogany Writing Table, the two door superstructure over a lower section fitted with a drawer, on square section supports joined by a shelf stretcher, 71cm by 48cm by 128cmSome splits and movement to the doors, as a result one has had an addition so that the lock still engages. With a key for the top that functions. Drawer does not have a key. Good colour overall. Structurally sound.
A GEORGE II MAHOGANY BOOKCASE IN 'PEPYS' STYLE, CIRCA 1740 211cm high, 108cm wide, 34cm deepProvenance: Acquired in Dublin in 2005(This lot is offered without reserve) Condition Report: Shelves are adjustable in height, there are grooves to the sides at regular intervals to allow flexibility - there are three to the upper section, and one to the base section - the base section shelf sits upon two small brackets, the upper shelves hold themselves in the grooves, there is a fitted drawer section to the base of the upper sectionOverall with marks, knocks, scratches, abrasions consistent with age and use Some chips and losses, some splits and cracks and signs of old repair to some mouldingsOverall with a polished appearance and fairly uniform dark brown colour overall Top and base are separate elements, there are holes to put screws to secure both elements for stability when in use, there are also two remnants of hook-and-eye's to connect top and base to the rearNo signs of woodwormPlease see additional images for visual reference to condition Condition Report Disclaimer
HARDY (Thomas) Works in Prose and Verse, Wessex Edition, 20 vols. 1912-13, 8vo, plus 'Miscellaneous Verses' 1919, each with photogravure frontis and a map of the Wessex, uniform cloth. Titles include: Tess of the D’Urbervilles, Far from the Madding Crowd, Jude the Obscure, The Return of the Native, The Mayor of Casterbridge, The Woodlanders, Under the Greenwood Tree, etc (21)Under the Greenwood Tree 1912The Trumpet Major 1912Two on a Tower 1912Wessex Poems 1912Laodicean 1912Tess of the D'Urbervilles 1917Life's Little Ironies 1912Desperate Remedies 1912Satires of Circumstance 1919The Well-beloved 1912Jude the Obscure 1912The Mayor of Casterbridge 1912The Dynasts 1913A pair of Blue Eyes 1912Wessex Tales 1912The woodlanders 1912A Group of Noble Dames 1912The Hand of Ethelberta 1912Far from The Madding Crowd 1919The Return of the Native 1912The Dynasts 1913Armorial bookplate to Arthur Stafford Crawley inside cover each volumeShelf mark in ink to inside of each coverTwo with faded spinesGeneral Condition - spine ends crushed and canvas showing through, wear to the corners with canvas showing through (paler in colour) dirt to top edge. Contents very slightly toned to margins with slightly yellowed pages
BLYTON (Enid) Five Run Away Together, 1st printing August 1944, gift inscription, chipped dust jacket, slight shelf lean; The Island of Adventure, 1st edition Macmillan 1944, illustrated by Stuart Tresilian, original cloth in lightly worn dust jacket; The Mystery of the Secret Room, 1st edition 1945, contemporary gift inscription, otherwise good in dust jacket; (3)Please see additional photos
THE NEW NATURALIST, a collection of 35 vols, comprising, 53, 56 x3, 59, 68, 76, 82 x4, 84, 87 x4, 88, 90, 92, 93 x3, 94 x4, 96 x2, 98 x2, 102, 103 x4 (36). Condition Report: The earlier vols with light shelf wear to jackets and boards. Pages with some toning and odd foxing here and there. Later numbered vols generally clean and bright, only nominal shelf wear. All vols with pencil dealer notes to the front end papers. Some jackets with sun fading to the spines.No 53 – ink name to the back of the front board.No 56 – price clipped.No 68 – price clipped.No 87 – small repair to half title.No 97 – small crease to fold over of jacket.No 87 – Light creases to jacket.No 94 – later wrapped cover.
TOLKIEN (J.R.R), THE LORD OF THE RINGS, limited edition, 99/250 and signed by illustrator Alan Lee, 3 vols, ¼ binding with green cloth boards and matching slipcase, Harper Collins, 1991 (1).Condition Report: The bindings have slight wear to the edges of the top and bottom of the spine where they have rubbed close together in the case. There is a slight scuff to the back of one volume. (see images). Internally clean and bright. Slip case with nominal shelf wear. Overall, a good set. Additional images have been uploaded.
KURT VONNEGUT; a collection of first edition books, paper backs and other editions, to include, GALAPAGOS, signed limited edition, Signed First Edition Society; SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE OR THE CHILDREN’S CRUSADE, first UK edition, Seymour Lawrence / Delacorte Press, 1969; GOD BLESS YOU MR ROSE-WATER OR PEARLS BEFORE SWINE, Jonathan Cape, 1965; SLAPSTICK, Delacorte Press, 1976 (34)Condition Report: The jacket with general edge wear, sun fading to the spine, some creasing to the edges of the fold overs. Green cloth bright with light shelf rubbing to the top and the bottom. Front end paper with pencil book sellers’ notes. Page block slight dusty / dirty. Pages perhaps with very slight toning. This is a first English edition. Extra images have been uploaded.
JACKSON (P), WATERWAYS AND WETLANDS, limited edition, No 219/500, frontis gouache plate 'A Sharp Wind Across the Wetlands', titled and signed in ink by the author, ¾ leather with cloth boards bound by Lumsden, Somerton, 1987 (1).Condition Report: Boards with some minor scuffs and some light marks, back board with three small but darker marks. Edges of spine and corners with some minor darker marks from rubbing and shelf wear to the top and bottom edges. Bottom of spine with slight mark. Title to the spine with light creases. Internally good. Book dealer pencil notes to the top of the front end paper and front blank.
A collection of seven modern fair-style folding shelves, height 93cm, width 70cm, depth 29cm (7).Condition Report: There are variations in colour, wood and construction. The sizes may vary slightly between model and model and from use because some appear slightly wider etc. The books in the image are not included in the lot. Please note - there are only 7 not 10 shelf units. (one in need of repair) Construction is natural wood and ply wood.
THE NEW NATURALIST, a collection of 35 volumes, comprising, No 53, 1973; No 56, 1973; No 58, 1974; No 59, 1977; No 61, 1977; No 62, clipped, 1979; No 64, 1980; No 68, 1982; No 70, laser printed facsimile jacket, 1985; No 72, clipped, 1986; No 76, 1990; No 77, 1992; No 78, ex-library with traces of labels and marks where labels were, facsimile jacket, 1992; No 82, 1995; No 83, jacket sunned – with a later copy additional jacket, 1996; No 84, 1999; No 86, 2000; No 87, 2000; No 88, 2001; No 89, 2001; No 90, 2002; No 91, 2001; No 92, 2002; No 93, 2003; No 94, 2004; No 96, 2006; No 97, 2005; No 98, 2006; No 99, 2006; No 100, 2006; No 101, 2007; No 102, 2007; No 103, unopened original wrap; No 105, 2008; No 106, 2008, (35). Condition Report: No 58 – Ink stamp for Blue Cross Animal Hospital.No 61 with question mark pencil note from book dealer ‘later issue?’No 70 with facsimile jacket. Lake district with horizontal mark along the top of the jacket and this has affected the cloth a little. Some slight marks to free end papers. Pages with light toning.No 56 – Jacket clipped.No 58 with Blue Cross Animal Hospital Stamp to the front.No 61 – The book dealer note says ‘later issue?’. Jacket may not be original,No 62 – clipped jacket. Not a glossy jacket.No 64 – some foxing to page edges when closed and to the end papers.No 70 – with facsimile jacket.No 72 – clipped jacket.No 78 – ex-library. Damage to title page and end papers lacking / replaced. Facsimile jacket.No 83 – jacket sunned and with a later facsimile jacket placed over. Paper surface damage to the back of the front board.No 96 – the jacket may be a facsimileNo 99 – the jacket is glossy on the inside, not the outside.The earlier copies with some minor shelf wear to the jackets, edge wear to the cloths. Some jackets with some spine sunning. Pencil dealer notes to the front papers. Earlier numbers with some minor page toning. Later numbers in good condition.
A collection of 17 children’s illustrated books, to include, CHESTERTON (G), THE COLOUR LANDS, unclipped d.j., Sheed & Ward, 1938; DOWD (J), PEOPLE OF IMPORTANCE, London, Country Life, popular edition, 1936, (17).Condition Report: The Phantom Tollbooth with a clipped jacket which has five tape repairs, one for a tear, another three for small tears along the bottom edge and one to the top of the spine. Jacket with age wear browning and foxing and shelf wear to the edges. Blue cloth clean with minor shelf wear. Page block evenly browned and with a mark to the top. Pencil dealer notes to end paper and ink dedication to half title. Internally with general page toning. Extra images uploaded.
RICKMAN (P), A SELECTION OF BIRD PAINTINGS AND SKETCHES, limited edition, 392/500, signed by the author, ¾ green leather, and pictorial green cloth, Curpotten Limited, 1979, with slip case (1).Condition Report: The binding in clean bright condition with only vert slight wear if being very picky. Internally clean and bright, the end paper and blank with very slight undulation to the paper at the top. A good copy. Slipcase with light shelf wear rubbing to all edges / corners.
CROM (T), HOROLOGICAL SHOP TOOLS 1700 TO 1900, brown cloth with pictorial front board, Florida, 1980; HOROLOGICAL AND OTHER SHOP TOOLS 1700 TO 900, Florida, 1987, (2).Condition Report: Larger volume with lighter cover, some uneven sun fading. The spine has a concave curve along the vertical. Light shelf wear to edges. Page block with light foxing spots. Smaller book with some small marks to front board and lesser edge wear. Undulation to the paper on the half title. Both internally clean and bright. The larger book with pencil book seller notes to front.
MAMMATT (E), A COLLECTION OF GEOLOGICAL FACTS AND PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS INTENDED TO ELUCIDATE THE FORMATION OF THE ASHBY COAL-FIELD, with 102 plates only, many hand coloured, later ¾ leather with marbled boards, Ashby-De-La-Zouch, 1834 (1)Condition Report: Later binding with rubbing to the edges of the boards and general light shelf wear. Frontis map with three small tape repaired tears and other small tape pieces at edges, foxing and browning to the edges. Internally with page toning, some foxing throughout, wear to page edges and rounding to page corners. Water marks to the page edges to the latter part of the book. Please see additional images. Some of the tissue guards with creases. An ink stamp for ‘Jas A. Full & Co Ltd’ to the back of one plate which has transferred to the tissue guard. The book may be lacking folding profiles and plate sections.
THE NEW NATURALIST, four vols comprising, No 41, DRAGONFLIES, 1960; No 72, HEATHLANDS, 1986; BRITISH LARKS, PIPITS & WAGTAILS, 1992; THE NATURAL HISTORY OF POLLINATION, 1996, all first editions, all unclipped, (4). Condition Report: Heathlands: Jacket with slight sun fading to spine, minor shelf wear to the top, top edges with some slight browning – more so to the fold overs. Some light creases to the fold of the fold overs and gutters of the spine. Green cloth generally clean and bright, slight with only very slight shelf rubbing. Book dealer pencil notes to front free end paper. Very slight edge toning to some of the pages and one small fox spot to front free end paper. A good copy.Pollination: Jacket with nominal shelf wear to the top edge. Green cloth clean and bright. Pencil dealer notes to front end paper. One page with a slight small crease to edge – nothing serious. Minor page edge toning to some pages but overall internally bright.Dragonflies: Jacket with browning, darkest to top edge and folds. Minor edge wear. Flat vertical tear to the middle of the spine. Three areas of small fox spots to the back of the jacket. Green cloth with small blemish to front board, two blemishes to the spine and the back board with some small blue marks, possibly biro, and a couple of slight scuffs. Light rubbing to the edges and corners. Internally with pencil book dealer notes to front free end paper. Pages with light toning throughout.British Larks: Jacket with slight shelf wear to the tope edge, light fading to spine and small pin head size indentation here and there. Green cloth clean and bright with slight wear to the bottom of the spine. The bottom half of the gutter to the front of the book is open and the front free end paper is slightly detached.
THE NEW NATURALIST, a collection of 11 vols, comprising, No 8, revised edition, 1956; No 8, 1951; No 11, clipped, reprint, 1977; No 16, reprint, 1971; No 31, 1955; No 33, 1956; No 39, 1958; No 41, 1960; No 46, different design, 1965; No 48, poor internally, 1966; No 49, second, Blue Cross Animal Hospital ink stamp, 1970; with No’s 9, reprint, ink stamp as other, 1971; No 13, 1956 and No 17, 1960, of a smaller size (11). Condition Report: No 33 – small book dealer tab to bottom edge of the back of the front board. Some foxing to the jacket.No 49 – small tear to the top edge of spine, and two other smaller tears to the edge of the spine of the jacket. Blue Cross Animal Hospital ink stamp to the back of the front board.No 31 – chipping and losses to the jacket, particularly the bottom of the spine. Jacket grubby with shelf wear etc throughout. Foxing internally.No 11 – price clipped jacket.No 9 - foxing and some chipping to the jacket, shelf wear and some small tears to edges,No 8 – is a revised edition 1956. Some foxing.No 48 – Heavy foxing to the front and back. Front gutter open.No 46 – jacket with two repaired tears and other creases. Plate at page 56 with a crease.NMN No 9 with Blue Cross Animal Hospital ink stamp to the back of the front board.NMN 13 heavily foxed.All vols with general shelf wear to jackets and green cloths, some heavier than others, odd small crease etc. Some foxing and general browning. Some page tops when closed are dusty or darker.
Maples & Co. - Edwardian mahogany wardrobe, projecting cornice over frieze inlaid with checkered stringing, central vertical panel inlaid with lyre and scrolling foliate decoration, two oval mirror glazed doors enclosing hanging rails and hooks, the base fitted with two short drawers, on splayed bracket feetDimensions: Height: 213cm Length/Width: 166cm Depth/Diameter: 57cmCondition Report:The cornice does not sit perfectly flush and has some repairable damage. Many areas of the wardrobe show signs of wear and could use some attention. The bottom shelf on the left side has sunk and needs repair.
Large Italian walnut buffet wall cabinet, projecting cornice above three leaded glazed doors, each enclosing shelving, flanked by carved caryatids, central open shelf below, supported by a pair of figural lion supports, over three drawers with carved lion mask handle, base fitted with three carved doors, the central panel depicting the Pantheon, the left panel featuring the Colosseum, and the right panel showing the Parthenon, flanked by columns with spiral fluting, raised on a stepped plinth baseDimensions: Height: 220cm Length/Width: 264cm Depth/Diameter: 57cm
Late 19th century mahogany bow-fronted sideboard or serving table, the shaped top with gadroon carved edge and raised back gallery over two frieze drawers, apron decorated with foliate carvings, on square tapering supports united by undertier shelfDimensions: Height: 100cm Length/Width: 122cm Depth/Diameter: 60cm

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