Prestwich (John). Prestwich's Respublica; or a Display of the Honors, Ceremonies & Ensigns of the Common-Wealth, under the Protectorship of Oliver Cromwell. Together with then Names, Armorial Bearings, Flags & Pennons, of the Different Commanders of the English, Scotch, Irish Americans & French..., London: Printed by & for J. Nichols, 1787, engraved frontispiece and title, ink stamp to title and final leaf, later endpapers, bookplate of the Law Society, contemporary marbled calf, rebacked, title label deficient, rubbed and some wear, 4to, together with [Nayler, George], A Collection of Coats of Arms Borne by the Nobility and Gentry of the County of Glocester, 1792, engraved title with the signature of Walter J. Verco (1907-2001) as Chester Herald, 62 engraved plates of coats of arms, spotting throughout, endpapers renewed, contemporary marbled calf, gilt crest to centre of upper board, crude cloth reback, boards worn, 4to, with Berry (William), Encyclopoedia Heraldica, or Complete Dictionary of Heraldry, volumes 1 & 2 only (of 3), London: Published for the Author by Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper, [1828], engraved title to each volume, spotted and toned particularly to titles, near contemporary half morocco gilt, spine, joints and extremities worn, 4to (4)
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Valerius Maximus. De factorum dictionumque memorabilium exemplis libri novem, cura et diligentia recogniti, una cum Henrichi Loriti Glareani, in eundum Valerium Max. Annotationibus, nunc primum in lucem editis, Basel: Henricus Petri, 1562, complete with the register leaf, woodcut device to title page and final leaf verso, woodcut initials, signature 2b5 restored to partial loss of a few letters verso, very occasional faint damp-staining to margins, tiny worm-hole in final 30 leaves, sometimes touching a letter, a few other minor marks, slightly later German ownership inscription to title page, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, later manuscript spine-title, soiled overall, remains of metal clasps, 8vo, together with Stapleton (Thomas), Promptuarium morale super evangelia dominicalia totius anni ... pars hyemalis, Lyon: Jean-Baptiste Buysson, 1593, volume 1 only (of 2), some light spotting, contemporary and later inscriptions and ink-stamps to title page (including ink-stamp of Buxheim monastery, Germany), pastedowns abraded to reveal lining of contemporary printed binder's waste, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin, decorative panel-stamps in blind to boards, outer frames showing the Four Evangelists enclosing an inner icon of the Annunciation to the front board and the baptism of Jesus to the rear, rubbed overall, ties gone, 8vo Second edition of Valerius Maximus to contain Glarean's Annotationes, which first appeared in 1553 and are considered 'a watershed in the Renaissance commentary tradition' (Crab, Exemplary Reading, Printed Renaissance Commentaries on Valerius Maximus (1470-1600), p. 173. (2)
![Morris & Co. Specimens of Upholstered Furniture, [1911], single gathering of 8 leaves, wire-stitched and glued into origina](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/99e29864-97e2-4325-a07f-a8f900e267c0/dc08dd6c-e908-4c01-8362-ee31406a0127/468x382.jpg)
Morris & Co. Specimens of Upholstered Furniture, [1911], single gathering of 8 leaves, wire-stitched and glued into original printed wrappers as issued (now loose), photographic illustrations, Morris & Co. ink-stamp to title page, together with Morris Chintzes, Silks, Tapestries, Etc., [circa 1912], 20 leaves, wire-stitched and glued into original printed wrappers as issued, photographic illustrations (some in colour), Morris & Co. ink-stamp to text, plus II.-Interior Decoration, Furniture, Panelling, Etc., [circa 1910] photographic illustrations (some in colour), Morris & Co., advertisement slip tipped in, original printed boards, rebacked, all 4to Set of Morris & Co. trade catalogues. Copac traces one copy of Upholstered Furniture (V & A) two for Morris Chintzes (Liverpool and V & A), and none for Interior Decoration, which appears to be the second volume of a two-volume production. (3)
Wyatt (Matthew Digby). Metal-Work and its Artistic Design Dedicated, by Express Permission, to the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, 1st edition, Day & Son, 1852, 50 chromolithograph and tinted lithograph plates (including additional Chromolithograph title), library ink stamp to verso of plates and few leaves of text, occasional light spotting, contemporary quarter morocco gilt, gilt library number at foot of spine, spine torn at head & foot, rubbed & some wear, folio (1)
*Great Britain. A valuable, largely old time collection in ablums and loose, including 1840 1d blacks, (8, with three on covers and one apparently unused), Mulready 1d letter sheet used, 1d red plates to 224, later Victorian including 1s Stock Exchange Forgery on piece, 1850s 4d values on covers to France, other covers including pre-stamp, 1d reds, various to Queen Victoria at Balmoral Castle, 1911 Coronation Aerial Post card, range of George Fifth Controls to 10d, 1948 Wedding mint block of four, also some Commonwealth including Cook Islands 1893 2 1/2d and 10d used, good Tonga early issues, etc. (a lot)
*Lawrence (T.E.). The Letters of T.E. Lawrence, edited by David Garnett, 1st edition, Jonathan Cape, 1938, folding maps, photographic illustrations, some marginal marks and annotations by Eric Kennington in blue ink, original light brown cloth gilt, very slightly rubbed, 8vo Provenance: Eric Kennington's copy, with his autograph signature and address in brown ink, address stamp, and printed presentation label from the Lawrence Trustees, to front endpaper. (1)
Hoffmann (Dr. Heinrich). The English Struwwelpeter or, Pretty Stories and Funny Pictures for Little Children. After the sixth edition of the Celebrated German work of Dr. H. Hoffmann, 1st edition in English, Leipzig: Friedrich Volckmar, 1848, hand-coloured line illustrations throughout, occasional spotting and toning, original printed boards with faint round ink stamp to upper board, detached and spine torn with loss, light spotting, board edges rubbed and some wear, slim 4to This children's classic was first published in German in 1847, and editions translated into other languages soon followed. The first English edition is scarce and few copies have survived in their original printed board binding, on which the date of publication appears. (1)
![Miniature book. Petit Souvenir Journalier 1870, Paris, [1870], almanack printed in blue, a number of leaves torn out, some m](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/99e29864-97e2-4325-a07f-a8f900e267c0/4b0e7117-4d69-443a-d1a4-cbade951121a/468x382.jpg)
Miniature book. Petit Souvenir Journalier 1870, Paris, [1870], almanack printed in blue, a number of leaves torn out, some manuscript notes in pencil at front and rear, mentioning Watersmeet and Lynton in Devon, burgundy moirÚ silk endpapers, incorporating pocket at front and pencil loop at rear, rear pastedown with gilt stamp of Auguste Klein, Rue des Capucines, original engraved brass-edged binding, lightly rubbed, front cover with silver-plated relief of a courting couple in 17th century dress, rear cover of brown morocco, brass clasp, 80 x 60mm (3.25 x 2.25ins) Auguste Klein of Vienna had a shop on the Boulevard des Capucines in Paris, one of the Grand Boulevards which formed the Golden Triangle with Boulevard des Italiens and Rue de la Paix. This area of Paris, with its hotels and shops, was at the centre of fashionable society, and people flocked to shops such as Klein's prestigious establishment with its extraordinary array of wares. Apparently, in 1868, the Boulevard des Capucines was traversed by 23,000 horses daily. Auguste Klein was part of the Aesthetic Movement, and his pieces are both uncommon and sought after. (1)
*Dolls. Three lavender bag dolls, circa 1900, three dolls composed of fabric and card, two in gauze dresses trimmed with ribbon and lace, with lavender in the bottom of the skirts, the other in a tail coat and bow tie, with lavender in the legs, dusty and some wear (card hand missing on one of the female dolls), together with a set of Russian wooden skittles, circa 1930s, seven (of 8?) plus king pin, painted predominantly in red and green, rubbed, king pin with ink stamp on base 'Made in Soviet Union', height 14cm/5.5ins (king pin 15.5cm/6ins), plus fifteen National Costume advertising figures, circa 1930s, colour-printed wooden figures, with six slotted wooden stands, each illustrating the national costume of a country (e.g. 'Rumania', 'Yugo-Slavia', 'Iceland', 'Czecho-Slovakia'), 'Germany' with costume illustration removed (during WWII?), printed on verso "Farmers' Glory" and with the country name and statistics, height 9cm (3.5ins) A collection of somewhat disparate but unusual juvenilia. The wooden figures were given away with Farmers' Glory Wheat Flakes, and there were apparently 36 to be collected in total. (3)
*Oriental. A collection of Oriental games, late 19th/early 20th century, comprising: The Game of "Hana-Awase" Japanese Cards, Tokyo, Japan: printed by the Seishi-Bunsha, 1892, numerous colour woodblock illustrations (some lightly offset), original wrappers, decorative colour front cover, 8vo; a wooden Chinese games box, subdivided into compartments, containing two smaller wooden boxes with sliding lids, one holding 'Go' stones, the other holding decorated and lettered bone counters, plus a set of six shallow baskets, and a pair of stacking wooden trays (one lidded), one holding two sets of Hanafuda cards, the other holding a set of cards for an unknown game, with additional folded cards and a text booklet; a lacquered box with decorative lid, containing approximately four sets of Hanafuda cards, with handwritten instructions and a typed sheet 'Rule for 1915'; a card box containing two Hanafuda sets, one unopened and with 'Nintendo Card Co.' stamp on base; another pair of probaby Hanafuda card sets, both unopened, with Japanese 10 sen stamp sealing each end of both packs, contained in wooden box; and a set of Chinese fortune sticks with instruction booklet, contained in cylindrical gilt-decorated case (6)
*Hasselriis (Else (1878-1953)). A young faun and a cat chasing two butterflies, 1917, black paper scissor cut silhouette, with the butterflies drawn in ink, mount card lightly toned, image size 9 x 16cm (3.5 x 6.25ins), sheet size 23.5 x 28cm (9.25 x 11ins), framed and glazed, together with Schonberg (Eva, early 20th century), A small girl being offered cherries by an older girl carrying a basket, black paper scissor cut silhouette, incorporating coloured fabrics, some light brown stains, and one or two breaks, artist's open scissor blind stamp lower right, sheet size 25 x 19cm (10 x 7.5ins), oval frame, glazed, plus another silhouette by Eva Schonberg similar, of a young girl with a parasol, holding a tiny dog on a lead, some small breaks, backing card toned, artist's open scissor blind stamp lower right just faintly visible, sheet size 26.5 x 20cm (10.5 x 7.75ins), framed and glazed, and Kaskeline (Friedrich, born 1863) A landscape with poplar tress and a figure on a bridge, black paper scissor cut oval silhouette, artist's blind stamp lower right, 26 x 20.5cm (10.25 x 8ins), framed and glazed, plus eight other black paper scissor cut silhouettes, various sizes, mostly of children and animals, two with signatures: 'B. Ulricksen' and 'H. Brenssong [19]36', all framed and glazed Danish artist Else Hasselriis illustrated a number of books with silhouette designs, including: Shen of the Sea, a Book for Children, by Arthur Bowie Chrisman, 1925; The Wind that Wouldn't Blow, by Arthur Bowie Chrisman, [1927]; 'H.C. Andersens Eventyr', 1929; and 'The Nutcracker of Nuremberg, by Alexandre Dumas, 1930. She is also known to have painted pottery. German artist Eva Schonberg was one of the most prolific cutwork artists working in Berlin in the 1920s and 30s. Friedrich Kaskeline studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna under the history and portrait painter Christian Griepenkerl. He subsequently worked chiefly as an illustrator of magazines, journals and postcards, as well as working in commerce and producing propaganda graphics during the First World War. (11)
Bowles (Paul). The Sheltering sky, 1st US edition, New Directions, New York, 1949, endpapers a little toned, red ink stamp to front endpaper, original cloth, dust jacket, spine ends chipped (clear tape repairs to verso), a few chips and tears to folds, 8vo, together with The Hunt For Red October, by Tom Clancy, 1st edition, 1st printing, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 1984, a few light spots to fore edges, original red cloth, 1st issue jacket with six reviews to rear panel, tiny closed tear at head of front panel, 8vo, plus Butterfield 8, by John O' Hara, 1st edition, Harcourt Brace, New York, 1935, light toning, original cloth, rear cover with surface peel and abrasions, dust jacket, a few chips, creases and stains, 8vo, with three others: Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's 1958 and In Cold Blood, 1966 (both 1st UK editions) and J.P. Donleavy's The Ginger Man, Olympia Press, 1958 (2nd state jacket with new flaps adhered) (6)
Christie (Agatha). Murder on the Orient Express, 1st edition, 1934, advertisement leaf at end, some light spotting, red ink stamp and shelf number of Arnaud de Maigret (French author/photographer?) to front endpaper, original orange cloth, spine faded, some mottled damp stains, 8vo, together with The Murder at the Vicarage, 1st edition, 1930, advertisement leaf at end, light spotting, ink stamp as above, original cloth, spine faded, lower cover a little bowed, light stains, 8vo Binding copies. (2)
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Crompton (Richmal). William - The Conqueror, 1st edition, [1926], illustrations by Thomas Henry, advertisements at rear, a few minor spots, previous owner ink stamp to front pastedown and presentation inscription to half title, original red cloth, dust jacket, small chips to spine ends and folds, closed tear and light red stain to rear panel, 8vo (1)
Graves (Robert). Country Sentiments, 1st edition, Martin Secker, 1920, a few light spots, original boards, spine renewed (endpapers), author's presentation copy inscribed to front blank 'Eric Kennington from Robert Graves. See p.22', with Eric Kennington's ownership stamp below, together with Fairies and Fusiliers, 1st edition, Heinemann, 1917, some light spotting at front and rear, Kennington ownership stamp to front endpaper, original cloth, a little rubbed and spine faded, plus The Pier-glass, 1st edition, Martin Secker, [1921], & Whipperginny, 1st edition, Heinemann, 1923, some spotting to half title and advert leaf to first volume, both original boards, with modern reback, rubbed to edges, and other early 20th century poetry, including W.H. Davies, Collected Poems, First and Second Series, reprinted, 1923, Walter De La Mare, Memory and Other Poems, 1st edition, 1938, Rupert Brooke, 1914 & Other Poems, 8th impression, September 1915, Elinor Jenkins, Poems, 1st edition, 1915, Eiluned Lewis, December Apples, 1st edition, 1935, Ralph Hodgson, Poems, 1st edition, reprinted June 1917, Dorothy Wellesley, A Broadcast Anthology of Modern Poetry, 1st edition, Hogarth Press, 1930, etc., all 8vo Ex libris Eric Kennington (1888-1960). (15)
Hardy (Thomas). The Woodlanders, 3 volumes, 1st edition, London: Macmillan and Co., 1887, half-titles, without advertisements as issued, some spotting to half-titles and free endpapers, volume 1 front free endpaper with embossed W.H. Smith & Son library stamp, most hinges cracked, original dark green pebble-grained cloth (secondary binding), gilt blocked to spine and single-rule border with inner frame in black to upper boards, some light mottling, extremities worn, 8vo Purdy, pages 54-57. Originally published in monthly installments, Hardy sometimes mentioned The Woodlanders as being his favourite (and best) of his own novels. The first edition comprised 1000 copies, of which 860 were initially bound, with the remainder bound up in dark green pebbled cloth, blocked in black on the front and in blind on the back with a single-rule border and inner frame with square corners (as here). Purdy states that this secondary, less common, binding is never found on ex-library copies, making this a very unusual example. (3)
O'Brian (Patrick). A complete set of all 20 'Aubrey-Maturin' novels, 1st editions, 1970-1999, from Master and Commander to Blue at the Mizzen, small circular letter 'C' ink stamp to Far Side of the World title, a few light spots to Master and Commander pastedowns and fore edges, light marginal toning to Far Side of the World and Reverse of the Medal, bookplate to front endpaper verso of Mauritius Command, original cloth, dust jackets, H.M.S. Surprise, Fortune of War and Far Side of the World price-clipped, Letter of Marque, Thirteen Gun Salute, Wine-Dark Sea and Yellow Admiral all review copies without printed price to front flaps, very small chip at head of H.M.S. Surprise front panel, slight fading to a few early spines, 8vo, together with The Unknown Shore, 1st edition, 1959, The Golden Ocean (2 copies, one 1st edition 1956 in phootocopy dust jacket, the other a 1970 re-issue), and 1st US editions of The Commodore, 1995 and The Yellow Admiral, 1996 A good set of all 20 'Jack Aubrey' novels. (25)
Waugh (Evelyn). The Loved One. An Anglo-American Tragedy, [1948]; Men at Arms, 1952; Love Among the Ruins, 1953; Officer and Gentlemen, 1955; The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, 1957; Unconditional Surrender, 1961, 1st editions, occasional light spotting, small book seller ink stamp at front of Love Among the Ruins, original cloth, dust jackets, Unconditional Surrender price-clipped, a few small nicks and short closed tears, 8vo, plus Put Out More Flags, 1942 (lacking dust jacket) and Martin Stannard's Evelyn Waugh The Early Years 1903-1939, 1986 and Evelyn Waugh. No Abiding City 1939-1966, 1992 (9)
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Wodehouse (P.G.). Love Among the Chickens, 1st edition, [1906], half title, frontispiece and three illustrations by H.M. Brock, page 31 detached, page 33 with medium closed tear, a little light spotting and soiling, oval ink stamp and previous owner signature at front, library label remnants at end, contemporary green library (?) cloth gilt, a little rubbed, some fading and stains to covers, 8vo McIlvaine A7a. The author's first adult novel. (1)
Wodehouse (P.G.). The Little Nugget, 1st edition, 1913, publisher's catalogues at end dated Autumn 1913 and May 1913, occasional light spotting, pages 16-17 last line with abrasions and loss of one word, rear endpaper lower corner torn away, hinges tender (bookseller ticket and small red ink stamp to rear pastedown), original red cloth gilt, spine faded and rubbed at ends, a ring stain and a few marks to covers, 8vo, together with Indiscretions of Archie, 1st edition, 1921, teastain to page 241, a few light spots, front hinge breaking, original cloth, spine a little faded and rubbed at ends, 8vo, plus PSmith in the City, 1st edition, 1910 (lacking frontispiece) (3)
Wodehouse (P.G.). Jill the Reckless, 1921; Bill the Conqueror, 1924; Sam the Sudden, 1925; The Small Bachelor, 1927, 1st editions, advertisements at rear, some light spotting, small previous owner stamp to front endpaper of Jill the Reckless (front hinge a little tender), original cloth, spines a little rubbed and faded, 8vo (4)
Wodehouse (P.G.). The Inimitable Jeeves, 1st edition, 1923, some light spotting and stains, original green cloth, spine a little darkened and rubbed at ends, a few light stains, slight lean, 8vo, together with Carry On, Jeeves!, 1st edition, 1925, some spotting, small ink stamp at foot of front endpaper, original green cloth, spine a little rubbed and faded, upper cover with small stain and one edge rubbed, 8vo, plus Something Fresh, 2nd edition, 1915, endpapers a little toned, original cloth, spine faded, 8vo, with 11 others by Wodehouse, including first editions Meet Mr. Mulliner, 1927, Big Money, 1931, If I Were You, 1931, Mulliner Nights, 1933, Laughing Gas, 1936, Lord Emsworth and Others, 1937, and The Code of the Woosters, 1938 (14)
A PARCEL OF SILVER, to include an Elizabeth II cased set of six teaspoons, an Edwardian silver mounted crocodile skin cigar sleeve, London 1905, an Edwardian silver pedestal bowl, London 1905, a two division silver stamp box, assorted spoons, cufflinks, thimbles, vesta cases and a late 19th Century silver holy water stoup, sponsor's mark indistinct, import marks London 1896, weighable silver gross weight approximately 18.4ozt, 574 grams
A PAIR OF EARLY 20TH CENTURY GILT METAL AND BLUE ABALONE SHELL EFFECT OPERA GLASSES, in a blue velvet drawstring bag, together with a pair of bone glove stretchers and a pair of early 20th Century oval miniatures, both depicting Madonna and child, in piano key frames, both bear Venetian retailers stamp verso (4)
James Bond film provenance: Gold and turquoise insect brooch, the wings set with diamonds, ruby eyes, and a polished turquoise stone body, stamp marks unclear, mounted in yellow metal testing as 18 ct, 4.8 x 5 cmProvenance Worn by Miss Money Penny played by Lois Maxwell in the 1969 Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service, (wedding scene) and again in the 1983 film Octopussy, (first office scene) Purchased by the current vendor from Christies James Bond sale. 14 Feb 2001, The Property Of Lois Maxwell, lot 162 . Gross weight 15.2 grams Overall excellent conditionnatural pits in turquoise, turquoise matrix visible from back of brooch
James Frederick Darley (1847-1932), Thatched Cottage, oil on canvas, J F Darley Studio stamp verso, 69cm x 51cm.James Frederick Darley spent some time living in Addlestone and Woking, and exhibited at the R.B.A. Many of the subjects were local Surrey scenes, as well as figure studies and views of Sussex, Kent and Essex.. Extensive large craquelure6 patch marks showing to the back of the canvascanvas could do with tightening
Mao's Little Red Book, first edition, half-title printed in red, title printed in red with green imprint and border, sepia-toned portrait of Chariman Mao, uncorrected endorsement leaf of Lin Biao printed in black, and 30 chapters comprising 250 pp., pp.82-83 corrected and without errata slip in pocket at end, small Chinese stamp and ink characters to front fly-leaf, light stain affecting fore-edge of first 20 ff., further light stain to rear fly-leaf, some other minor marking, fly-leaves browned, original card in red vinyl covers, small split near foot of spine, a little light marking, 12mo, [Beijing], printed and edited by the Central Intelligence Bureau of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, 1964.*The first edition of Mao's Little Red Book, in the iconic second issue red vinyl binding, which was issued almost simultaneously with the first issue paper wrappers to be shared and discussed by the P.L.A. brigades.
Four Chinese bronze replica food vessels, from a limited edition of 50, bearing stamp of the Palace Museum, Bejing, Ding (no. 24/50) 21.5cm x 17.9cm, Fang Ding (no.34/50) 24.9cm x 20cm, Li (no.34/50) 18.4cm x 18.1cm x 21.5cm and Gui (no.34/50) 15.7cm x 28.7cm, all with certificates and boxes (4)
A Chinese bronze replica Insense Burner (Boshan) from a limited edtion of 50, bearing stamp of the Palace Museum, Bejing, 24.5cm x 19.3cm (no.34/50) also from the same series a mirror (no.24/50) 12.1cm diameter, a water dropper (no.24/50) 6.7cm x 17.4cm and a lamp (no.34/50) 9.5cm x 19.5cm all with certificates and boxes (4)
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