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Click here to subscribeA Victorian silver book chain and vesta case, composed of a series of double ridged links, with applied beads and star motifs, to a later large bolt ring suspending a heart-shaped vesta case stamped 925 Sterling. 450mm long. Gross weight 50.46gCondition ReportA few weak links.Damage to two star motifs. Later bolt ring with an added jump ring.
Stamps of Croatia: Large blue KABE album and stock book of mostly Croatia with some WWII German Occupation of this and various other countries, definitives, commemoratives, official, postage due, Red Cross, charity, express letter and newspaper. Numerous mint sets, with se-tenant and gutter pairs including labels and tête-beche, sheetlets and mini-sheets and blocks. 1945 ‘Creation of Croatian Storm Division’ set and other scarcer issues seen, high SG cat value, unusual lot.
Assorted volumes to include "Jones' Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland....", published by Jones & Co. 1829, 3 vols, engraved plates, marbled endpapers, half leather with gilt titles and decorations to the back strip, marbled boards, Milne A.A. "Now We are Six" Methuen & Co. 1927, binding loose, red cloth stained, corners bruised and bent, foxed, "John Bellows - A Centenary Tribute 1831-1931", privately printed, blue boards, Lambert Miss, "The Hand-book of Needlework" [Charles MacKenzie], "Natural History" ills throughout, poor condition, Vernon, George, Rector of Bourton on the Water in Gloucestershire "The Life of ...Dr Peter Heylyn, Chaplain to Charles I and Charles II.....", printed for C. Harper 1682, front hinge cracked, contemporary full speckled leather, small 8 vol. and "The Works of Aristotle....His Complete Masterpiece....", printed for Miller, Law and Carter, contemporary full leather, O'Connor, Violet and Armel "Peace-Makers.." Mary's Meadow Series no IX, limp covers, loose, Gambier-Parry Mark "Highnam Memoranda" typed manuscript bound for the author (12)
Gurney, Ivor (Private of the Gloucesters) "Severn & Somme" Sedgwick & Jackson 1917, binding a little loose, damp marks from the boards through (see images) lower section of the book, pale pink cloth with shelfwear, pastedown title to back strip and pencil price and note on ffep, with Hilaire Belloc "The Path to Rome": Thomas Nelson and Sons - this book is signed and dedicated by Ivor Gurney to "To Winifred Chapman, For Her Birthday and as consolation from I B G August 1919" - both books provenance by descent (2)
GB stamps: Two crates of KGVI - QEII covers, mostly decimal, in various albums, folders and sleeves plus PHQ cards, 2 stock-books of used pre-decimal and decimal definitives and c£20 of mint decimal face value, small amount of all world and cinderella stamps plus small empty stock-book seen.
Baker, E C Stuart "Indian Ducks and their Allies", published the Bombay Natural History Society 1908, colour plates, some slight foxing, half title, marbled ep, half morocco over green boards, gilt titles and raised bands to backstrip which is slightly faded, t.e.g. Stuart Baker E C "Indian Pigeons and Doves", Witherby & Co 1913, colour frontis with tissue guard, colour plates, marbled ep, inked name on ffep dated March 1914, bound similarly to previous book Stuart Baker E C "Indian Ducks and their Allies", published in the Bombay Natural History Society's Journal 1898 to 1900, colour plates, some slight water damage to some of the plates but not affecting the picture, front hinge cracked with the mute swan plate separating and the ep separating, signed on ffep with the author's compliments E C Stuart Baker, quarter red leather over black boards, gilt titles, all rather bumped and worn (3)
Carroll, Lewis (Dodgson , Charles Lutwidge) "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", Centenary Edition illustrated by Gwynedd M Hudson, colour plates tipped in with lettered tissue guards, illustrations throughout, pictorial ep, some offsetting, original publishers red cloth, gilt titles and decorations, shelfwear, "Through the Looking Glass", a Puffin story book 1948, "The Hunting of the Snark", illustrated by Henry Holliday, Macmillan & Co 1899, red gilt pictorial cloth, some damage to the backstrip, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", Macmillan 1917, pictorial cloth Morris, Frankie "Artist of Wonderland the Life, Political Cartoons and Illustrations of Tenniel", Lutterworth Press 2005, dust wrapper, "Songs from Alice in Wonderland", music by H Frazer Simpson with an introduction by A A Milne, Methuen & Co, six framed plates by Arthur Rackham, illustrations for Alice in Wonderland and related volumes (1 box)
Fairytales - Hodgson Burnett, Frances "A Little Princess being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time", Frederick Warne & Co 1905, illustrations in colour by Harold Piffard, colour frontis with tissue guard, colour plates, one is loose, the binding is loose, pictorial ep with an inked name dated September 1906, green cloth, pictorial pastedown to front board, glit titles and decorations, the whole book is cocked with corners bumped and rubbed and slight foxing throughout Laing, Andrew "The Yellow Fairy Book", Longmans Green & Co 1894, plates and illustrations, foxed throughout, the gilt illustrated boards are faded, corners bumped, a.e.g. Barker, Cicely M "The Book of Flower Fairies", Blackie & Son, colour plates throughout, prize plate on ffep dated 1953, green cloth with gilt titles Robinson, Charles (ills) "Father Time Stories" Thurston, E Temple "The City of Beautiful Nonsense", Chapman & Hall 1910, illustrations by Emile Verpilleux and related volumes (17)
Whitaker, Thomas Dunham "The History and Antiquities of the Deanery of Craven in the County of York - Third Edition with many additions and corrections..." Leeds - Joseph Dodgson, London Cassell Petter & Galpin 1878, frontis portrait with tissue guard, col half title, maps, sepia tinted plates, folding plates, book plate inside front board for George Bertram Holdsworth, Catteral Hall, Giggleswick, marbled end-papers, original publishers full leather, panelled, gilt tiles and black rules, t.e.g., folio
A Tailors Reference Book of Regimental Colours, Public Schools, University, Club and Regimental Colours, University Colleges and Clubs, etc to include Oxford, Cambridge, London Hospitals, etc Thornton, J P "The International System of Garment Cutting, including coats, trousers, breeches and vests ...", The Thornton Institute, 6th edition, n.d., frontis photographic portrait, plates and illustrations throughout, the front board and backstrip are detaching Couts, Joseph "A Practical Guide for the Tailor's Cutting-Room ...", Blackie & Son, diagrams for cutting patterns of various outfits to include Highland Costumes, Sporting Dresses, Capes and Cloaks, Children's Dresses and various coloured fashion plates mainly of gentleman and black and white plates, contemporary full leather, front and back boards detached, backstrip missing (3)
Thomson, Hugh "She Stoops to Conquer ...", by Oliver Goldsmith, Hodder & Stoughton, no.293 of 350 copies, numbered and signed by the artist, colour plates tipped in, full vellum with elaborate gilt decorations of roses, floral decoration and titles, with gilt and blue rules, ribbon ties not present Baumer, Lewis (ills) "Vanity Fair", Hodder & Stoughton, colour frontis tipped in, colour plates tipped in with lettered tissue guards, buckram with gilt titles and pictorial pastedown to front board Reynolds, Frank (ills) "The Personal History of David Copperfield by Charles Dickens", Hodder & Stoughton, colour frontis tipped in, colour plates tipped in with lettered tissue guards, red cloth with gilt titles Spencer Pryse, G ( ills.) "The History of Tom Jones ..., by Henry Fielding Esq" by John Lane, the Bodley Head 1930, plates, pictorial ep, purple cloth with pictorial gilt front board and gilt titles, glassine cover Robinson, Charles (ills) "The Big Book of Nursery Rhymes edited by Walter Gerrold", Blackie & Son, colour plates, red blindstamped front cloth with blindstamped front board and gilt titles to backstrip Austen, John (ills) "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy ...", John Lane, the Bodley Head 1928, illustrations throughout, bkpl inside front board, decorated ep, gilt decorated black cloth "Souvenir of the First Anniversary Performance in London of the Universally Popular Play with Music, the Merry Widow ...", William Heinemann 1908, colour plates tipped in, pictorial boards (7)
GB Stamps: Large 60-page ‘PRINZ’ A4 stock book over 2/3rds full of QV used line engraved from 1/2d red to 2d blue including first 1840s issues, with 1d blacks, red and black Maltese Cross, seen. 1d red plate numbered issues from 71-224, all halfpenny plates less 9, most 2d plates with perforation variations, large range of postmark interest with cuts and covers from all regions including Ireland, with specifics such as Channel Isles, various Edinburgh Brunswick Stars, ‘shoe’ and late fee cancels plus covers and Mulready 1d front, numeric ‘8’, Ivory head, perforation and watermark varieties, good lot, needs to be seen to be fully appreciated, 100s with SG cat in £1000s.
Portugal Colonial Stamps: Large 48 page stock book of mint and used issues including Angola, Azores, Cape Verde, Funchal, Cape Verde, Portuguese India, Macao, Madeira, Mozambique, Nyassa and others. 100s. Definitives, commemoratives, postage due, air, fiscal and telegraph. Sets, blocks and se-tenant, 100s.
Sitwell, Sacheverell, Buchanan Handasyde and Fisher, James "Fine Bird Books 1700-1900", Collins and Van Nostrand 1953, limited edition no.236 of 295 numbered copies which have been printed on pannekoek mould made paper, the binding executed by Mansell of London, text pages have been printed by the Chiswick Press, London, the plates printed in 8-colour photo-litho offset and collotype monochrome by Van Leer of Amsterdam, signed by the three authors, pictorial ep showing bird feathers, half red crushed morocco over marbled boards within a marbled board original slip case, this has a little wear and another copy of the book, published by H F & G Witherby Ltd 1953, black cloth, dust wrapper price clipped, 50cm x 35cm (2)
Folio Society - David, Elizabeth "A Book of Mediterranean Food", two copies, one within its slip case Three editions of "Mrs Beeton's Everyday Cookery", Ward Locke & Co, in various condition David Elizabeth "Italian Food", Macdonald 1954, blue cloth, no dust wrapper, rather rubbed and worn, "The Complete Tante Marie Cookery Book", Nicholas K London 1963, dust wrapper Saulnier, L "Le Repetoire de la Cuisine" translated from the original French by E Brunet, British Deluxe edition 1957, the Florian Press "Buckmaster's Cookery", George Routledge "Cooking in Ten Minutes" "Daily Dinners, 366 menus in English and French" (11)
Amuchastegui, Axel "Some Birds and Mammals of Africa", descriptive text by Hillary Hook, the Tryon Gallery, this is no.35 of 505 copies signed by the artist, colour plates with tissue guards, two leaflets for advertising the book, quarter leather over marbled boards with gilt signature to front board and gilt titles, t.e.g., elephant folio with original slip case, 54cm x 36cm
GB Stamps: Decimal face value of c£300 in boxed collection in 2 quality sleeved SG purposed albums, a folder and stock-book, mint & used, KEVII-QEII, definitives, commemoratives, postage due, regionals and higher values to KGV 5/-, £1 in KGVI & £10 in QEII with earlier mint issues and many Machins, first day covers, presentation & other packs such as high value 1988 ‘Castle’ set, mini-sheets, FARMA labels, booklets and varieties.
GB & British Empire: Box of 3 albums and stock book of QV-QEII issues including KGV/KGVI Omnibus with mint/used sets of Aden and its states, Ceylon, India, Maldives and Singapore seen in black Simplex and 1945 Victory in red Senator, definitives, commemoratives, fiscals, postage due and QEII regionals, including first day covers.
Various volumes to include:- Laing, A "The Library ...with a chapter on modern English illustrated books by Austin Dobson", London, Macmillan 1881, blue cloth and two other copies dated 1892 and 1881 Millais, John Guille "The Life and Letters of Sir John Everett Millais", Methuen 1902, 3rd edition, 2 vols, numerous illustrations and plates throughout, blue cloth with Art Nouveau-style gilt decorations and titles to the front boards Wright, Andrew and Trice-Martin, Charles "Court-Hand Restored ...", plates with tissue guards, library plates inside front board, cream cloth, The Book Man Christmas 1918, Hodder & Stoughton, colour frontis tipped in by Arthur Rackham, creased, other illustrations to include Jessie Wilcox-Smith and others, photographic portrait studies of serving officers, red cloth Brangwyn, Frank "Belgium", London Keegan, Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co 1916, numerous woodcut illustrations throughout and other volumes
Mee, Margaret " Flowers of the Brazilian Forests" The Tryon Gallery in Association with George Rainbird 1968, no 347 of 500 limited edition, col plates with tissue guards, quarter green leather over hand marbled paper boards, 54 x 40 cm. with green slip case, Walford James F. "A Book of Orchid Paintings" number 192 of 490 singed by the author. col.plates, quarter vellum over green boards with green slip case, Johnson Reprint Corporation "John Lindley Sertum Orchidaceum" , no 451 of 1000 copies, col plates, green boards with gilt titles, 50cm x 35 cm, and three other related volumes on orchids (6)
USA Stamps: Album and stock book of used definitives, commemoratives, postage due, air, parcel, special delivery and handling plus fiscal from period 1851 onwards including 1890-3 issue to 90c, later issues up to $5, Molly Pitcher, Hawaii, Kansas and Nebraska overprints with first day and first flight covers.
[Ching, Raymond] "Raymond Ching the Bird Paintings, watercolours and pencil drawings/1969 to 1975", text by David Snow, A H Chisholm and M F Soper, Collins, the Tryon Gallery, no.337 of a limited edition of 360 copies numbered and signed by the artist, each copy contains a special frontis piece entitled 'Kingfisher Taken from a Watercolour Painted by the Artist in 1975" and each copy includes a signed print of 'Fledgling Owl' from the collection of the artist and available only in editions no.1-360, black and white and colour plates throughout, pictorial ep showing bird feathers, full brown crushed morocco with gilt titles to the backstrip, a.e.g. within its original card slip case and a silk ribbon to retrieve the book from the slip case which has a leather pastedown with gilt initials to the front board, 48cm x 34cm, binding by Zaehnsdorf with another copy published by Collins 1978, colour plates, buckram boards with gilt titles to backstrip, dust wrapper within a pictorial slip case, 48cm x 33.5cm (2)
Edward Backhouse Jnr. (1808-1879), bound collection of etchings of birds, circa 1840, with index listing the 32 plates. Bound in full calf by Dresser & Sons of Darlington, in fine condition. NB: Edward Backhouse Jnr. was the son of Edward Backhouse (1781-1860) philanthropist and founder of the Sunderland branch of the Backhouse Bank, his uncle, Jonathan Backhouse (1779-1842) is famed for his backing of the Stockton to Darlington railway. This privately published book is very rare; only about half a dozen copies are known and every copy varies, it is not in the British Library, this copy is by family descent from the Backhouse familyNo title page. Contents complete as specified in the index. Some cracking to leather binding, particularly the spine, contents generally in good condition with very minor time staining
Interesting early 19th century leather bound Yeoman Muster Roll and recipe book, the inside cover inscribed 'Yeoman Muster Roll / Stoney Stratford Troop / Bucks Yeomanry 1807' with muster roll following; the other side of the book is inscribed with a number of recipes for various treatments and cures for humans and animals (dogs/horses), including rheumatism, gout, dogs with ticks, cows with distemper, for blight on trees, for flatuence, etcMuster roll runs from 1807 - 1815 approximately, occupying approximately 38 double pages, the rear of the book contains recipes, occupying approximately 7 double pages
Arno Hintjens, White Ass European Cowboy, Artist's book, each page of the book made from a rectangular cut LP, photographs of Arno by Danny Willems, 1999, signed and numbered 30/50, Publisher: Imschoot GentArno Hintjens, White Ass European Cowboy, Kunstenaarsboek, elke pagina van het boek gemaakt van een rechthoekig gesneden langspeelplaat, foto's van Arno door Danny Willems, 1999, getekend en genummerd 30/50, Uitgeverij: Imschoot Gent21 x 15 x 4.5 cm
Antique book ‘P.C. Hoofts Nederlandsche Historien, seedert de Ooverdraght der Heerschappye...’, 1677, third edition, leather binding , interior fresh and sturdy, a very good copy, profusely illustrated with copper engravings, folio, 32x21cm, completeAntiek boek 'P.C. Hoofts Nederlandsche Historien, seedert de Ooverdraght der Heerschappye…', 1677, derde druk, lederen band , interieur fris en stevig, een zeer goed exemplaar, rijkelijk geïllustreerd met kopergravures, folio, 32x21cm, compleet
Folon and Alechinsky, folder FOLON with eau forte et aquatint X/L, signed and book Entre Zut et Zu with etching Pierre ALECHINSKY, numbered 26/51 and signedLot Folon en Alechinsky, map FOLON met eau forte et aquatint X/L, getekend en boek Entre Zut et Zu met ets Pierre ALECHINSKY, genummerd 26/51 en getekend15.5 x 10 & 15.5 x 13.5 cm
Book Faust by Goethe, Mit Bildern und Zeichnungen von A. v. Kreling, publisher: Munich, Friedr. Bruckmann with cover in morocco and with brass corner pieces, top cover with six mounted metal portraits, 1877Boek Faust van Goethe, Mit Bildern und Zeichnungen von A. v. Kreling, uitgever: München, Friedr. Bruckmann met kaft in marokijn en met messing hoekstukken, bovenkaft met zes gemonteerde metalen portretten, 187751.5 x 38.5 x 6.5 cm
Collection of 3 books, José Miguel Ullan , art book with embossed prints on handmade paper and ‘Acorde’ on Papier Vélin 111/125, filled with artwork and Bruno Bruni (1982) with 3 signed original lithographsLot van 3 boeken, José Miguel Ullan , kunstboek met reliëf afdrukken op handgeschept papier en 'Acorde' op Papier Vélin 111/125, gevuld met kunstwerkjes en Bruno Bruni (1982) met 3 gesigneerde originele litho's
FRANCE. FIRST FRENCH EMPIRE. Napoleon I. Bronze Medal, Dated year 13 = 1804. Paris. Dies by Andrieu and Jeuffroy; Denon, mintmaster. Obv: NAPOLEON EMPEREUR., laureate head right, DENON DIR. ANDRIEU F. below. Rev: LE SENAT ET LE PEUPLE, mantled figure of Napoleon standing facing, holding eagle-tipped sceptre, being carried by a senator left and a solider right; open book in left field, plowshare in right; AN XIII DENON DIR. ANDRIEU F. in exergue.Die break to rev..Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd. E-Sale 85 (17 June 2021) Lot 1409; The R. T. Collection of Napoleonic Medals from the First French Republic and Empire; Acquired from Phidias (Paris), vente numismatique.Reference: Bramsen-326.Diameter: 32.3 mm.Thickness: 2.1 mm.Weight: 15.71 g.Composition: Bronze.PLEASE NOTE: A 20.00% buyer's premium will be charged separately. VAT on the buyer's premium may apply in accordance with UK regulations. Additional 6% fee charged on the Saleroom. Payment can be made in EUR, CHF, or USD for an exchange fee. Please contact us to find out more.
UNITED KINGDOM. Elizabeth II, 1952-2022. Gold 2 Pounds, 2015. Royal Mint. Proof. Commemorates the 800th Anniversary of the Magna Carta, a charter of rights agreed to by King John of England on 15 June 1215.Fourth crowned bust of Elizabeth II within beaded circle facing right; ELIZABETH · II · D · G · REG · FID · DEF · TWO POUNDS · 2015. Design by Ian Rank-Broadley. / Front-facing King John of England seated holding quill and scroll, flanked by a bishop holding a book to left and knight holding a shield to right, ornamental arches above, all set within the border of the inner disc of the coin; in the outside border inscription in ornate Medieval typefont 'MAGNA · CARTA' above and the anniversary dates '· 1215 - 2015 ·' below. Design by John Bergdahl. Edge milled and inscribed (incuse lettering); FOUNDATION OF LIBERTY.In secure plastic holder, graded NGC PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO, certification number 6768030-019.NGC Census in this grade: 1, single finest graded.Total NGC Census: 1Reference: S-K36 (was 4737); KM-1342Mintage: 99.Diameter: 28.4 mm.Thickness: 2.5 mm.Weight: 15.9761 g. (AGW=0.4711 oz.)Composition: 917/1000 Gold.PLEASE NOTE: This lot is exempt from VAT. A 20.00% buyer's premium will be charged separately. VAT on the buyer's premium may apply in accordance with UK regulations. Additional 6% fee charged on the Saleroom. Payment can be made in EUR, CHF, or USD for an exchange fee. Please contact us to find out more.
HAROLD HARVEY (1874-1941)Interior with a Lady Seated beside a Window, a book beside her, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1920 lower left,65 x 59cm. The frame is old but may have been regilded at some stage, cracks and losses to right hand side, two marks to back possible repair otherwise appears in good condition.Canvas is lined, paint is glazed two marks to back possible repair otherwise appears in good condition, no cracking to the paint surface or other defects, slight paint loss to edges, we have not had the picture out of the frame.
An Edwardian Pair of Cased Sets of Bartholomew's Road Maps for England and Wales and Scotland, in brown crocodile skin cases, each with brass lock and catches, initialled 'J.W' to lids, the interiors compartmentalised with linen-backed folded maps, 37 for England and Wales and 29 for Scotland (each case missing the contour map book), with measuring wheels and keys.
ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGE JAMESONE (1589-1644)A Portrait of John 6th Earl of Rothes, 1600-1641, standing in an interior beside a book placed on a table, oil on canvas, signed lower right,216 x 129cm. Relined, Small paint loss throughout especially to middle left hand side, Paint loss and retouching to book/ clock, Larger paint loss between legs, Area of repair/ patch to left hand side 1/3 the way up plus scratch, crackling to paint, repair to right hand side, frame has losses, repairs and repainting - see images.Face has been repainted and scrubbed of paint on left handside
ARR Gordon Snee was born in Burnley to a working class family. In 1948 he won an academic scholarship that enabled him to study at the Slade School of Art where he received a classical education in drawing and painting. He exhibited with the Young Contemporaries and The London Group.This picture is sold with a copy of the limited edition book 'The Joy of Seeing' Gordon Snee 1931-2013 by Simon Evans.GORDON SNEE (1931-2013) *ARRBig Band, abstract 1962, oil on canvas, signed verso,126 x 68cm.*Exhibited at the 'Young Contemporaries Exhibition' at the RBA Gallery 1962.
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