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Lot 214
A bronze arrow head, the blades inscribed, 14cm long together with an African double bladed spear head, 33cm long, a stone hand axe, possibly Mesolithic, with other hardstone hand axes, grinding stones, hammer stones, etc from Libya, Laos, Botswana and Vietnam, a collection of hardstone tools, and a collection of hard stone arrowheads, some barbed, various sizes
Lot 725
DICKENS, Charles, 'Our Mutual Friends', hardcover, Chapman & Hall London 1865. 1st Ed. 2 vols bound as one. full gilt tooled calf. 40 plate illustrations by Marcus Stone. note mispelling of 'principal'. Vol 2. P115. fair overall condition plus DOMBEY & SON, hardcover, Chapman & Hall 1848. 1st Ed. 1/2 red calf and marbled boards. vignette half title and 38 illus. by Hablot K. Browne. 8vo. foxing and binding loosening. b/p plus 3 further Dickens titles (5)
Lot 55
Two pairs of Italian alabaster obelisks, 20th century, of typical tapered form and with stepped square section plinths, one pair lacquered red; another, smaller pair, in variegated and veined green stone; and a collection of approximately nineteen decorative spheres, to include examples in various stone specimens, glass, ceramic and composition, presented in a ribbed glass bowl, the bowl circa 50cm diameter, the spheres between 4-13cm Provenance: Hambrook House, Gloucestershire The Property of Graeme Alexander and Scott Carlton
Lot 78
A pair of substantial white painted stone composition models of the Borghese vase, early 21st century, each Campana body relief cast with a figural frieze, above a fluted socle, 90cm high, on square section pedestals with swag decoration, the pedestals 92cm high, 182cm high overall Provenance: Hambrook House, Gloucestershire The Property of Graeme Alexander and Scott Carlton
Lot 422
Advertising - Automobilia/Motoring - a vintage/retro Crompton "Minor" Fractional HP Motor packing crate; a Minton's Denmark pattern octagonal side plate, decorated in red in the Aesthetic Movement taste, registration lozenge, c. 1870; Chinese hardwood stands, various; 19th century Cantonese enamel libation cups, (2); blue and white ginger jar; 19th century glass advertising bottles, (2); hand-coloured mezzotint portrait print; country house print, Appuldurcombe House, Isle of Wight; 19th century leather carriage clock case; fossilized stone specimens; Cowrie shell; wristwatch (faults), costume jewellery; wicker hamper; ephemera; etc
Lot 242
* Witchcraft. An untitled manuscript receipt of how to be 'not afraid of that wicked woman for that gives her power over you', circa 1730, 2 pp., written in a legible hand, small burnhole, old folds, small 4to, together with: Government Pension Payments. Autograph letter written by Jonathan West to Charles Compton, Paymaster, authorising and listing the names of 35 persons (26 women), who are to receive the amount listed as a pension for the quarter commencing 10 October 1754, Treasury Chambers, 11 October 1754, 2 pp., written in a neat secretarial hand, signed by West, with integral address leaf, some soiling and fraying, folio, plus Walpole (Horatio, 1678-1757). Manuscript order from His Majesty to pay Horatio Walpole the sum of £125 being his half-year salary as Auditor General of Plantation Revenues, 4 October, 1754, bifolium, written in a secretarial hand, signed by Walpole, some insect damage, soiling and wear, old folds, 4to (Qty: 3)NOTESThe first manuscript is a somewhat bizzare receipt for presumably warding off the attentions of a witch, including taking 'a stone bottle of about a quart into which put your oune water in the morning fasting & allso your finger & two nails & a lock of your hair cut ofe of ye crown of your head... allso as many ould crocked & rusty pins or crocked nails & bent bits of old iron... if you pleas put in some of ye water of your husband & beshor to spit into ye bottle last of all then corke doune fast which being done at night after your husband has come in... git allso sum St. Johns Wort & lay or hang it about your hous & bed & carry of it aboute with you allways & besure to have a good corage & be not afraid of that wicked woman for that gives her power over you'; the second manuscript lists 35 names to be paid a total of £1665, each name with the amount and a tick indicating payment has been paid (except poor old George Tilson, no tick); the third item is a payment order to Horatio Walpole, younger brother of Robert Walpole and Auditor and Surveyor General of all His Majesty's Revenues (America).
Lot 264
Dickens (Charles). The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, with forty-three illustrations by R. Seymour and Phiz, 1st edition, London: Chapman and Hall, 1837, half-title, etched frontispiece and additional title-page (with 'Weller'), 41 etched plates, toned and spotted (generally lightly or to margins), one with short edge tear, one with long horizontal tear neatly repaired (probably when book was rebound), a few leaves with light brown stain to upper outer corner, armorial bookplate of Robert George Wyndham Herbert, Ickleton, mid-19th century tree calf gilt, lightly scratched, extremities somewhat rubbed, with 2 corner tips showing, 8vo, together with: The Personal History of David Copperfield, with illustrations by H.K. Browne, 1st edition, London: Bradbury & Evans, 1850, etched frontispiece and additional title, 38 etched plates, half-title discarded, variable spotting and toning, top edge gilt, 19th century green calf gilt, pale discolouration to front cover, spine sunned, extremities rubbed, front joint cracked, 8vo, Our Mutual Friend, with illustrations by Marcus Stone, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Chapman and Hall, 1865, half-titles, 40 engraved plates, pale dampstain to one upper margin, scarce light spotting, preliminary blank to each volume with early ink signature H. L. Gibbs, both front pastedowns with armorial bookplate Henry Lloyd Gibbs, 19th century half calf gilt, a trifle rubbed, some corners slightly worn, 8vo, and 7 other Dickens 1st editions: Bleak House, Dombey and Son, Our Mutual Friend, Little Dorrit (2 copies), Martin Chuzzlewit, Nicholas Nickleby (Qty: 14)NOTESPickwick Papers: Eckel, pp.17-58; Gimbel A16. Later state, with additional title page showing 'Weller' instead of 'Veller', and lacking the two 'Buss' plates, but still with two Chapters III.
Lot 416
* Laying Press. A modern laying press and tub, of hardwood construction (& tub of plywood & softwood construction), with approximately 63.5 cm (25 in) between metal screw threads, opening to 13 cm (5 in), included with a Russell Bookcrafts plough, and an assortment of backing & gilding boards etc., together with: Nipping Press , A Dryad nipping press, with 4 cast metal outer pillar supports, cast iron central tightening screw, wooden platen dimensions 25 x 44.5 cm (10 x 17.5 in), opening to 31 cm (12 in), with a few pressing tins, and a small lithography stone, approximately 23 x 33.5 cm (9 x 13.25 in) (Qty: -)
Lot 338
Hughes-Stanton (Blair, illustrator). Epithalamion. A Poem by Ida Graves, with Associate Wood-Engraving, 1st edition, Higham: Gemini Press, 1934, 56 pp., signatures [ a]3 b-g4 h1, 24 full-page wood-engravings (a1 recto=title, a1 verso= duplicate of the engraving for stanza 8, a2 recto=duplicate text of stanza 8, a2 verso='Intimation: by Blair Hughes-Stanton', a3=duplicate title, verso blank), spotting, later green morocco, folio (34 x 19.7 cm), number 198 of 280 copies on Basingwerk Parchment, together with: Dodgson (Campbell), Contemporary English Woodcuts, 1st edition, London: Duckworth & Company, 1922, 27 woodcuts, printed on thick paper, original quarter cloth, dust jacket (worn), 4to, number 331 of 550 copies only, Thomas (R. S.), The Mountains, illustrated with ten drawings by John Piper, engraved on the wood by Reynolds Stone, New York: Chilmark Press, 1968, original quarter cloth, slipcase, folio, number 103 of 240 copies, Nonesuch Press, Homer. The Iliad, Pope, 1st edition thus, London: Nonesuch Press, 1931, bookplates of Michael Jaffé and Oreste Sinanide, gift inscription to initial blank, original orange morocco, marked, wear to rear board, large 8vo, and approximately 30 others, private press, wood-engraved books, and related reference (Qty: approx. 40)
Lot 405
* Bookpress. A Dryad Bookpress, with wooden platen and metal column side supports, central screw thread and tightening wheel above, platen approximately 25 x 44 cm (10 x 17.5 ins), opening to approximately 30 cm (12 ins), together with a hardwood finishing press, 40 cm (15.75 ins) between wooden screws, opening to 12.5 cm (5 ins), plus a hardwood sewing frame with keys, the frame with 49 cm (19.25 ins) between pillar supports, and a knocking-down iron, a 7lb traditional style weight, a paring stone: 27.5 x 16 x 6 cm (11 x 6.25 x 2.5 ins), a Dahle 560 guillotine, cutting length 34 cm (13.5 ins), a plastic washing tray, some sewing cord, and a small selection of headbands (Qty: -)
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