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Lot 15
An Asian low grade silver / white metal matched condiment set, the salt with stamp to base together with a Modern silver handled paperknife, box and a collection of electro plate, EPNS to include: set of six boxed fruit knives and forks; three piece Georgian style condiment set; pair of Victorian style fish servers, boxed; teaspoons, mug, posy vase and oval tray (1 bag)
Lot 23
Garrard: A matched pair of early 20th Century silver octagonal entree dishes and covers, ring handles above domed central section with gadroon border, the bodies with gadroon border and swing handles, hallmarked by Garrard & Co., London, 1912 & 1928, 63.94 ozt (1989.1 grams) CONDITION:With retailer's stamp to basesone entree dish with pitting to centreone entree dish numbered 7 inside borderone cover numbered 2 to interiorplain bodies no engravings marked on handles
Lot 428
A pair of Derby early Osmaston Road, circa 1877-1880 Chinoiserie two handled vase and covers, profusely painted with flower and foliage geometric borders, reticulated scroll handles, gilt heightened, the domed covers with gilt circular finials, the bases with black factory stamp, pattern no: 504, incised 244, 13cm high overall (2)
Lot 434
Two early 19th Century Bloor Derby porcelain shaped oval graduating platters / meat plates, the centres decorated with bouquet of flowers, with floral sprigs to raised borders, red factory stamp to bases together with a Bloor Derby shaped oval serving bowl, the border decorated with trailing pink roses and gilt flowers beneath gilt border, red factory stamp and a Staffordshire shaped oval tazze, pattern no: 2986, apple green border, with anthemion gilt banding, central bouquet of flowers (4)
Lot 413
Elijah Wood, actor who played 'Frodo Baggins' in the 'Lord of the Rings' film trilogy. A signed New Zealand FDC 'Fellowship of the Ring' postcard. Postmarked 4th Dec. 2001 with a $1. 50 LOTR stamp attached. . Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 513
David Hockney, considered to be one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century. A 1992 signed (in green and blue ink) European Market FDC with insert. The stamp was designed by David Hockney. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 537
Terence Stamp signed British Films Royal Mail FDC triple PM 8th Oct 1985 London W1 MCMLXXXV British Film Year. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 85
Ian McKellen, a signed New Zealand The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring FDC postcard. Postmarked 4th Dec. 2001 with a 40c LOTR stamp attached. An actor who played Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 1015
An Islamic Oil Painting, depicting figures with mosque in the background, signed bottom right Basi ----- and dated 1998; together Stella Parslow limited edition prints, Osbourne-Allen stamp cover presentation celebrating Prince William and Kate Middleton, a pair of Thomas Kinkade cushions:- One Box.
Lot 102
Newton (Charles Thomas) A History of Discoveries at Halicarnassus, Cnidus, and Branchidae, 2 vol. (without the Atlas, as often), half-titles, folding engraved map with route supplied in red, 14 lithographed plates, 2 folding, errata leaf in vol.2, tear to foot of title repaired, a few other minor tears to edges where pages unopened, ex-library copy with embossed stamp to titles and a few other leaves, 1862; Travels and Discoveries in the Levant, 2 vol., half-titles, 2 folding map frontispieces and 39 maps, plates & plans, some mounted photographs by Bedford, some photogravure, a few folding or double-page, illustrations, [Blackmer 1193, Atabey 869], 1865, first editions, both with a few minor tears to edges where pages unopened or carelessly opened, uniform modern half black morocco, spines ruled in gilt, uncut, 8vo (4)
Lot 113
Ramsay (W.M.) The Cities and Bishoprics of Phrygia, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, errata slips, 5 maps & plans, 3 folding, one in pocket at end, 3 plates, vol.2 with advertisement slip at beginning and leaf at end, original cloth, a little soiled, ex-library copies with stamp/numbers to pastedowns and spines but a good set, Oxford, 1895 § Perrot (Georges) & Charles Chipiez. History of the Art in Sardinia, Judaea, Syria, and Asia Minor, 2 vol., first edition in English, half-titles, 2 folding plans, 6 plates, one folding, numerous illustrations, occasional foxing, original pictorial blue cloth, spines a little faded, London & New York, 1890; and 3 others on Turkey, large 8vo & small 4to (6)
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Lot 132
Thackeray (William Makepeace).- [Kennedy (Robert Blair)] Squibs and other Papers, in Prose and Rhyme...By the Honorary Secretary of the Madras Opium Club, first (?only) edition, signed presentation copy from the author to W.M.Thackeray inscribed on slip pasted to front free endpaper and Thackeray's embossed stamp to head of title, mounted photographic portrait frontispiece with caption in pencil beneath, original pictorial blue cloth, gilt, a little rubbed, preserved in later cloth folder and blue morocco slip-case with pull-off top, spine gilt, 8vo, Madras, Pharoah and Co., 1862-63.⁂ Rare. Library Hub records only 4 printed copies (BL, University of Liverpool, National Library of Scotland, and Oxford).The inscription reads, "To the Author of 'Vanity Fair' this humble volume is respectfully proffered by the Author. R.Kennedy - Engrs. Dr. Public Works Madras".
Lot 141
Winterbottom (Thomas) An Account of the Native Africans in the Neighbourhood of Sierra Leone, 2 vol., first edition, folding engraved frontispiece, 5 plates (2 folding), and 2 folding engraved maps (one torn and repaired), frontispiece foxed, some light soiling or offsetting, staining to corners at beginnings and ends, old library stamp to title of vol.2 and verso of plates with shelf no. and contemporary circulating label to endpapers, contemporary marbled boards, uncut, rebacked in calf and corners repaired, cracks to upper joints, 8vo, 1803.⁂ Rare controversial account of the author's experiences as a surgeon to the Sierra Leone Company in West Africa. The first volume describes the geography and customs of the country, the second concerns the diseases which were rife, particularly dysentery and malaria. It also contains detailed information on venereal disease, childbirth, abortion, male and female circumcision etc. which led to the second volume being suppressed in some circles.
Lot 151
America.- James (Edwin) Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, 3 vol., first English edition, half-titles to vol.2 and 3, large folding engraved map with tape repairs to verso, folding engraved plate with geological profiles, 8 aquatint plates, 2 hand-coloured and another partially so, all with slight stain to lower corner, extra-illustrated by the insertion of 3 hand-coloured lithograph plates of Native Americans after Catlin from Prichard's Natural History of Man (1842) mounted on verso of each title, a few leaves carelessly opened, vol.1 U8 and X1 torn from partially adhering, with slight loss of text, uncut in modern half morocco over marbled boards, [Abbey, Travel 650; Howes J41; Sabin 35683], 8vo, 1823.⁂ Major work of Western Americana, originally named the Yellowstone Expedition, detailing the exploration of the trans-Mississippi West under Major Stephen Long, following the expeditions of Lewis & Clarke and Zebulon Pike. Edwin James was the botanist, geologist, and surgeon for the expedition and this work is based on his own records, the brief geological notes of Major Long, and the early journals of Thomas Say, the expedition's zoologist. This London edition follows the Philadelphia publication in 3 volumes of 1822-23, has some additional text, the plates re-engraved and two maps combined into one.Provenance: Bibliotheca Triniciavelli (embossed stamp in various places).
Lot 160
China.- Wright (Rev. George Newenham) and Thomas Allom. China, in a Series of Views, 4 vol. in 2, 4 engraved vignette titles and 124 plates, some foxing and occasional browning, ink stamp of Dominican Library Woodchester to endpapers, hinges weak, contemporary full green morocco, gilt, g.e., spines a little faded, a few scuffs but a handsome set, 4to, [c.1840].
Lot 162
India & China.- Daniell (Thomas and William) A Picturesque Voyage to India by the Way of China, first edition, 50 hand-coloured aquatint plates with wash on stiff card, all plates and text leaves mounted on stubs, occasional chipping to corners or edges, some light foxing and toning, loswer corner to plates and some text leaves with oval embossed stamp of the Library of the Peabody Institute, text leaves watermarked 1808, modern red half morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe for Bernard Quaritch, t.e.g., [Abbey, Travel 516; Tooley 173; Colas 797], 4to 1810.⁂ Handsome copy of this important pictorial account of Thomas and his nephew William's voyage via Madeira, the Cape of Good Hope, Java and then along the coast of China to India.⁂
Lot 170
Mountaineering.- Minney (R.J.) Midst Himalayan Mists, first edition, map frontispiece and 23 photographic plates, light foxing, ink ownership stamp and inscription to title, oiginal cloth, gilt, pictorial onlay to upper cover, spine ends and corners a little bumped rubbed, [Yakushi M409], 8vo, Calcutta, 1920.⁂ Rare, we can trace only 2 copies at auction in the last 50 years. Minney (1895-1979) had a varied carrier as journalist, film producer and playwright and was a passionate traveller. The present volume recount a trek through the Himalayas on horseback.
Lot 187
Computing.- Babbage (Charles) On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures, first edition, large paper presentation copy, with ink inscription 'For the Rev. Ch. Currie from the author' to front free endpaper, engraved title with vignette portrait of Roger Bacon, 2pp. publisher's advertisements at end, embossed stamp of Unitarian College to dedication leaf, light foxing to endpapers, title and dedication, marginal damp-staining to title and rear endpapers, hinges cracked, but holding, original purple cloth, rebacked with original back-strip laid down, rubbed and faded, a few small areas of loss to spine, [Einaudi 224; Goldsmith 27346; Norman 92], 8vo, 1832.⁂ First edition of Babbage's most popular work, described as 'at once a hymn to the machine, an analysis of the development of machine-based production in the factory, and a discussion of social relations in industry' (Hyman, Charles Babbage, p. 103). With the publication, Babbage established himself as an expert in political economy, the work influencing both John Stuart Mill and Karl Marx. A total of 3,000 copies of the first edition were issued in June 1832, selling out within two months.
Lot 197
Scientific controversy.- Maupertuis (Pierre Louis Moreau de) Koenig (Samuel) Euler (Leonhard) and F.M.A. de Voltaire. Maupertuisiana, first edition, 17 parts in 1, general title with engraved vignette, small ink stamp on title, final leaf laid down, occasional foxing, modern morocco-backed marbled boards, 8vo, Hamburg etc., 1753.⁂ First collected edition of 16 pamphlets (printed in Leyden, London, and Berlin) relating to the controversy between Maupertuis and Samuel König about the validity of the principle of least action and particularly to whom it should be credited (Leibniz being the other candidate). Maupertuis found much support in Euler, and the Berlin Academy adjudicated in his favour, but Voltaire's savage invective greatly distressed him.
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Lot 209
[Sterne (Laurence)] The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, 9 vol., vol. 1 & 2 fourth editions, vol. 3 second edition, vol. 4-9 first editions, vol.VII first state with errata on verso of title, signed by author at head of first chapter of vol.V, VII & IX as issued, engraved frontispieces to vol. 1 & 3, vol. 1 with black f., vol. 3 with marbled f., half-titles in vol. 4-6, lacking that in vol. 9, vol. 5 with initial blank, ink inscription and ownership stamp to front free endpapers, bookplate to front pastedowns, contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt in compartments with morocco labels, an excellent set, [Rothschild 1970], 8vo, for R. & J. Dodsley [- for T. Becket and P.A. Dehondt], 1760-67.
![[Goldsmith (Oliver)] The Vicar of Wakefield: a Tale. Supposed to be written by himself, 2 vol., second edition, vol. 1 with i](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1896b4f6-a2af-458e-8424-ae4e00bb1313/1d7e5fd5-bfdb-4d30-b280-ae4e0142bfa6/468x382.jpg)
Lot 211
[Goldsmith (Oliver)] The Vicar of Wakefield: a Tale. Supposed to be written by himself, 2 vol., second edition, vol. 1 with initial and final blank ff., ink ownership stamp of W. H. Chauncy to endpapers, bookplates of Thomas Carter and Graham Pollard to front pastedowns, contemporary speckled calf, some repairs to head of spine, vol. 1 upper joint cracked at foot, corners a little bumped, 12mo, F, Newberry, 1766.
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