A French St Louis cut glass perfume atomiser, early 20th century, with gilt band decoration, acid-etched mark

An statue of an immortal, early 20th Century, modelled standing wearing a long robe, holding the peach of immortality, 28cm high; together with another two figures of dignitaries and a late 19th Century Chinese wood carving of Shoulao, 19cm high (4)

After Myles Birkett Foster R.W.S. (1825-1899), a pair of early 20th Century heightened coloured prints, landscape view of Mediterranean harbour at Bellagio - Lake Como, with boats and figures at summertime, 24 x 16cm, re-framed in the 1970's in Eastb ourne (2) FOOTNOTES: One of his watercolours depicting 'Lake Como' was the first Continental subject exhibited by Birket Foster at the Royal Watercolour Society in 1867.

A novelty bronze effect Art Nouveau style lamp, 20th Century, modelled as a stretching cat, the tail supporting an iridescent glass shade, 45cm high

A Chinese scroll, 20th Century, ink on paper, dedicated to an 80 years old friend and signed 'FU HUA'

A North Indian white metal twin handled elephant trophy, early 20th Century, embossed to both sides with cartouches of elephants surrounded by palm tress, raised on a circular wooden base, 36cm high

A collection of Meissen 'Green Vine' pattern porcelain, early 20th Century, all decorated to the border with green vine leaves, comprising six cups and saucers, an oval serving tray and a trinket box (Q)

A pair of Vienna style jewelled porcelain pedestal urns and covers, late 19th Century, of neoclassical shape, each painted with mythological vignette panels, including 'Paris and Helena', 'Edward and Eleonora' and 'Europa and the Bull', both signed A . Keil, 26cm high (one damaged) (2)

A gilt bronze Empire style Lyre clock garniture, late 19th Century, the candlesticks modelled with classical bronze figures, the bases set with Sevres style porcelain pictorial plaques (3)

Isabelle Brent (French, b.1961), 'Garden of Eden', a medieval style watercolour, mounted, framed and glazed

A Herend porcelain supper set, 20th Century, comprising circular dish and seven shaped inserts, all painted with flower baskets

A painted bisque porcelain portico clock, 20th century

A pair of French porcelain lamps, late 19th Century, possibly Samson, Chinoiserie decorated in famille rose style, together with shades (2)

A collection of miniature watercolours of steam trains and tenders, 19th Century, from the 'London, Brighton and South Coast Railway', mounted, framed and glazed as one

A shaped red lacquered mirror, circa 1930's, decorated in Chinoiserie style with raised motifs, 43 x 47cm; together with another shaped mirror with reverse engraved decorative detail, 65 x 35cm (2)

NO LOT

Edwin Augustus Porcher (British, 1824-1878), a set of four scenic watercolours, including 'Oak Hill, Barnet 1872', 'Llandudno', 'Anstey Manor 1869', and 'Shakespeare Cliff 1874', 21 x 35cm (4)

NO LOTS 321-322

Peter Anthony Cooke (20th Century), an Italian townscape in Umbrig, a view across the hills, 35 x 59.5cm, mounted, glazed and framed

NO LOTS 324-325

A Royal Worcester porcelain dinner and part tea service for eight, 20th Century, in 'Regency' pattern (53 pieces)

An interesting collection of ceramics and glass, 20th Century, to include a Kosta Boda Open Minds footed glass dish by Ulrica Hydman-Vallien, 19cm high, a Copenhagen Faiance black and yellow fruit pattern vase by Nils Thorsson, 19cm high, a Monart gl ass vase (drilled), a Haviland Limoges Alain Thomas panda dish, two Limoges boxes, and a studio vase (7)

A Longines gold plated gentleman's quartz wristwatch, the circular white dial marked with Roman numerals

Two pewter effect models of vintage Jaguar racing cars, 20th Century, the larger 32cm wide (2)

Two George V gold full sovereigns, dated 1911 and 1912 (2)

A collection of eight stickpins, including one with an enameled falcon, one set with an imitation pearl, seed pearl and demantoid garnet cluster, one with an opal-set insect, one set with a pink tourmaline, one with a turquoise-set parrot, one set wi th a blister pearl, and two with paste clusters (8)

A four-glass brass mantle clock with mercury pendulum

BOOKS: 'Handbook of the Birds of the World', vols. 1-5, published by Birdlife International; together with Sydney Humphries, 'Oriental Carpets, Runners and some Jacquard Reproductions' (1910), published by Adam and Charles; Bury Palliser, 'A History of Lace'; and 'The Complete Encyclopaedia of Antiques' (1962), published by The Connoisseur (8)

Alcott (Louisa May) Little Men. Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys, FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, frontispiece, original cloth, top edge green slightly faded, some light wear to extremities, slight crack to front joint, stain to fore-edge of front ads, book plate to flyleaf, 8vo., Boston, Robert Brothers, 1871.

Amis (Kingsley) One Fat Englishman, FIRST EDITION, spine slightly faded, dust-jacket frayed at head and with tear at foot, chipped at corners, little browned, Victor Gollancz, 1963; Wolfe (Tom) The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, edges spotted, foot of spine little knocked, dust-jacket chipped at head and foot, 1969, original cloth and boards, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1969; and 18 others, 8vo (20)

Amis (Martin) Dead Babies, a fine copy, book label to pastedown, 1975; Success, 1978; Other People: A Mystery Story, 1981; London Fields, signed by the author, 1989; Time's Arrow, signed by the author, 1991, ALL FIRST EDITIONS, original boards, dust- jackets, Jonathan Cape; with 9 other first editions by the same author, including some signed, 8vo (14)

Bannerman (Helen) The Story of Little Black Sambo, FIRST EDITION, colour illustrations by the author, original green decorated cloth, spine slightly darkened, contemporary inscription on verso of flyleaf, later fold-over cloth box, 32mo., Grant Richa rds, 1899.

Bates (H.E.) The Black Boxer Tales, FIRST EDITION, bookplate, inscribed by the author on the flyleaf to F.G. Robinson. advertisement leaf, manuscript page (corresponding to pp. 46-47 in the book and including many variations to the published version ), minor spotting to pastedowns and free endpapers, original yellow cloth, dust jacket with spine slightly toned, Pharos Editions, 1932; The Last Bread. A Play in one Act, FIRST EDITION, signed by the author on title page and with ALs from the same to a Mr Malcolm loosely inserted, dated April 21, 1931 ["My first published work was 'The Last Bread'. It appeared I think in March 1926 (...) I am sending the book with this letter. Yours sincerely, H. E. Bates"], original paper wrappers, 8vo, Labour Publishing, 1926; Charlotte's Row, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 96 OF 107 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, tissue guard, bookplate, occasional spotting, original quarter tan morocco with marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt, t.e.g., others uncut and largely unopened, Jonathan Cape, 1931; and one other by the same author (4)

Beckett (Samuel) Waiting for Godot. A tragicomedy in two acts, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, 4 photographic plates, bookplate to flyleaf, original blind-stamped black cloth, some slight wear to top edge of upper board, original dust-jacket, slightly tir ed, small repairs to head and corners, 8vo., New York, Grove Press, 1954.

Belloc (Hilaire) Cautionary Tales for Children, FIRST EDITION, inscribed by the author "To Mr and Mrs Meade. Their obedient servant, H.B. 29th of November 1907", illustrations, original decorated boards, browning to endpapers, box, [1907]; New Ca utionary Tales, FIRST EDITION, bookplate, some foxing throughout, original pictorial boards, dust-jacket with some overall soiling and chipping, 8vo, Duckworth, 1930. (2) ***Micheal Sadleir's copy, with his bookplate and pencil note beneath the inscription.

Bennett (Arnold) Imperial Palace, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, NO 80 OF 100 SETS, printed on Saunders' handmade paper and signed by the author in vol. 1, title page in red and black, original yellow vellum, spine lettered in gilt, single fillet border to upper boards, minor creasing on spine of vol. 1, discolouration to edge of upper boards, endpapers foxed, t.e.g., with others uncut, Cassell, 1930; A Man from the North, FIRST EDITION, printer's device on title page, leaves uncut, bookplate of J. Timothy Kenwick, original red cloth, title lettered in white on upper cover and spine, John Wilson & Son, 1898; The Strange Vanguard. A Fantasia, FIRST EDITION, owner's note on flyleaf, original black cloth, gilt title, spine slightly bumped, minor spotting, Cassell, 1928; with one other by the same author, 8vo (5)

Brooke (Rupert) Poems, FIRST EDITION, bookplate, half title, light soiling throughout, original dark blue cloth, corners slightly bumped, ownership inscription to front pastedown, 8vo, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1911.

Buchnan (John) The Thirty-Nine Steps, marginal browning, original blue cloth, rubbed at spine head and tail, Edinburgh, William Blackwood, 1915; Minton (John), and Ross (Alan) Time was Away, letter from author tucked in dust-jacket, text illustrati on by John Minton, original dust jacket, John Lehmann, 1948; Wakefield (H. R.) Ghost Stories, original cloth, 1932; Golding (William) The Inheritors, original dust-jacket, slight chipping at head and tail, browning, Faber and Faber, 1955; Fraser (George MacDonald) Flashman, original cloth, Herbert Jenkins, 1969; Bates (H. E.) The Duet, NUMBER 127 OF 250 SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, original black cloth gilt, 1935, FIRST EDITIONS, original dust jacket, 8vo; with 9 others (11)

Burnett (Frances Hodgson) Little Lord Fauntleroy, FIRST EDITION, bookplate, frontispiece and 25 further illustrations after drawings by Reginald B. Birch, modern half grey morocco, t.e.g., marbled endpapers with illustration to pastedown, autograph l etter signed by the author pasted onto verso facing half-title, 8vo, Frederick Warne, 1886.

Butler (Samuel) The Way of All Flesh, FIRST EDITION, armorial bookplate of W. R. Stuart Majendie, later bookplate, half title, some scattered foxing throughout, original red cloth, gilt lettering, t.e.g., top corners bumped, short tear at foot of upp er joint, some cracking to top hinge, preserved in cloth slip-in case, 8vo, Grant Richards, 1903.

Chesterton (G.K.) The Innocence of Father Brown, FIRST EDITION, bookplate, frontispiece and 7 further plates by Sidney Seymour Lucas, minor foxing sand soiling throughout, original red cloth, gilt lettering, light wear to corners, 8vo, Cassell, 191 1; The Wisdom of Father Brown, FIRST EDITION, bookplate, half title, tissue guard, some foxing throughout, original dark blue cloth, upper cover blind-stamped, slightly sunned, rear hinge strained, dust-jacket with creasing and chipping, a few short tears with spots of internal tape repair, 8vo, Cassell, 1914 (2)

Churchill (Winston Spencer) Lord Randolph Churchill, 2 vol., FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, photoengraved frontispieces, plates (including folding letter facsimile), occasional foxing, book plate on free endpaper, original red cloth gilt, spines slightly f aded, gilt emblem stamped on vol. 2 front cover, Macmillan & Co, 1907-1906; and 1 other ( 3)

Churchill (Winston Spencer).- The Centenary Limited Edition The Collected Works of Sir Winston Churchill Centenary Limited Edition, 38 vol. ( includes the four volumes of Collected Essays), NO. 1016 OF 3000 COPIES, vellum over boards, spine gilt, gi lt coat of arms stamped on upper board, a.e.g., some vol. with natural blemishes, marbled endpapers, original green morocco slip case, with gilt coat of arms stamped on upper board, including certificate for each volume, 8vo, Library of Imperial History, 1973-76 (38)

Conrad (Joseph) The Secret Agent. A Drama in Three Acts, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 107 OF 1000 COPIES, signed by the author, bookplate, half title, portrait frontispiece, captioned tissue guard, original quarter cream parchment with grey boards, edges un trimmed and unopened, some chipping, creasing and marks to dust-jacket, 8vo, Privately Printed for Subscribers Only by T. Werner Laurie, 1923.

Conrad (Joseph) Almayer's Folly, A Story of an Eastern River, FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE, bookplate, original green cloth, gilt, light handling marks, t.e.g., others uncut, T. Fisher Unwin, 1895; An Outcast of the Islands, FIRST EDITION, bookplate, original green cloth, gilt, t.e.g., lightly rubbed at head of spine, some foxing to endpapers, 1896; The Nigger of 'Narcissus', FIRST EDITION, bookplate, original grey cloth, gilt, edges uncut, light foxing, some light bumping, Heinemann, 1898; Tales of Unrest, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, bookplate, original green cloth, gilt, t.e.g., T. Unwin Fisher, 1898; together with 10 other novels by Conrad, first editions, original cloth, 4 titles in original dust-jackets, 8vo (14)

(De la Mare) Ramal (Walter) Songs of Childhood, FIRST EDITION, signed and inscribed by the author "Walter de la Mare, for Elbridge Adams with his best wishes [...] I had a secret laughter,/ I laughed it near the wall:/ Only the ivy & the wind/ May tell of it at all, February 1929" on flyleaf, bookplates, half title, sepia frontispiece by Richard Doyle, tissue guard, original quarter vellum, blue cloth with gilt publisher's device, t.e.g. with some soiling, darkening to spine, preserved in blue morocco slipcase and blue folder with bookplates, 8vo, Longmans, Green 1902; The Three Mulla-Mulgars, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, bookplate, half title, colour frontispiece and a further colour plate by J.R. Monsell, original green cloth, endpapers slightly browned, dust jacket with some wear, one closed tear to top margin and one small spot of internal tape repair, 8vo, Duckworth, 1910; with typed letter signed by the author loosely inserted (2)

Dexter (Colin) Last Bus to Woodstock, 1975; Last Seen Wearing, 1976; The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn, 1977; The Riddle of the Third Mile, 1983, all FIRST EDITIONS, third with ownership inscription to flyleaf, original boards, toning to edges, foxi ng to top edge of third, dust jacket of the second a little frayed to head and with a couple of short closed tears, 8vo, Macmillan (4)

Dickens (Charles) The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece by Daniel Maclise in first state with imprint, 39 engraved plates by Hablot K. Browne (Phiz), some light staining and browning to frontispiece and plates, bookplates, publisher's first state olive green cloth, with boards and spine ruled in blind, spine lettered in gilt, little rubbed and bumped, upper joint repaired, 8vo, Chapman & Hall, 1839. *** Before its book publication on October 23, 1839, 'Nicholas Nickleby' was issued in twenty parts, published serially in nineteen monthly installments from April 1839 - October 1839. The William Maryon-Kenyon Starling-Self copy, with three bookplates on paste-down.

Du Maurier (Daphne) Jamaica Inn, FIRST EDITION, original blue cloth, minor spotting, dust-jacket darkened to backstrip panel and borders, some chipping to spine extremities, 8vo, Victor Gollancz, 1936.

Du Maurier (George) Trilby, FIRST EDITION, 3 vol., original linen, blue lettering on upper cover and spine, light wear to boards, spotting to the edges, with an autograph letter signed by the author loosely inserted into vol. 1, 8vo, Osgood, McIlvain e & Co., 1894.

Eliot (T.S.) Ezra Pound. His Metric and Poetry, FIRST EDITION, bookplate, frontispiece portrait of Pound by Gaudier-Brzeska, light toning throughout, original red boards lettered in gilt, some fading, original plain dust-jacket with tears and creasin g, 8vo, New York, Knopf, 1917. ***The author's second book, and very scarce in the dustjacket.

Eliot (T.S.) Homage to John Dryden. Three Essays on Poetry of the Seventeenth Century, FIRST EDITION, bookplate, light foxing, original printed cream card wrappers with Vanessa Bell design, light soiling, 8vo, Hogarth Press, 1924; Sweeney Agonistes F ragments of an Aristophanic Melodrama, FIRST EDITION, bookplate, original blue boards, soiling to dust-jacket, some creasing, 8vo, Faber and Faber, 1932: Murder in the Cathedral, FIRST EDITION, original printed wrappers, light fading and creasing, custom box with bookplate, 8vo, Canterbury, H.J. Goulden, 1935; Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, FIRST EDITION, bookplate, contemporary gift inscription to flyleaf, some overall soiling, original yellow cloth with red illustration by author stamped to upper board, edges untrimmed, dust-jacket price-clipped and soiled, heavy chipping to corners, loss at head, 8vo, Faber and Faber, 1939; and three others (7)

Ellson (Hal) Reefer Boy. Story of Teen-age Drug Addicts, FIRST EDITION, original cloth, slightly frayed and browned dust-jacket, Neville Spearman, 1955; Georgian Poetry 1916-1917, later issue, from Stephen Spender's library with facsimile bookplate, original cloth, rubbed and marked, The Poetry Bookshop, 1922; Mencken (H.L.) Happy Days, 1880-1892, FIRST EDITION, inscribed by the author on front free endpaper ["For Channing Way Jr via his lovely mother 1940"] portrait, paper little toned, original decorated cloth, dust-jacket browned and scuffed, tear at head of spine, New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1940; Fowles (John) Mantissa, FIRST EDITION, signed by the author on title, original cloth, dust-jacket, small mark on back cover, 1982; Banks (Iain) Walking on Glass, PROOF COPY, signed by the author on title, original wrappers, little rubbed, Macmillan, 1985; Lovesey (Peter) The Staring Man and Other Stories, LIMITED EDITION OF 350 COPIES, this 'one of 12 additional copies [...] for the personal use of the author', signed and inscribed on title, original wrappers, Helsinki, Eurographica, 1988, 8vo; and a quantity of others, modern literature, including several more from Spender's library (quantity)

Faulkner (William) Soldier's Pay, FIRST EDITION, bookplate, original blue cloth, yellow lettering and publisher's device, some rubbing to spine extremities, edges slightly toned, patterned endpapers, 8vo, New York, Boni & Liveright, 1926.

Fleming (Ian) Octopussy and The Living Daylights, FIRST EDITION, original cloth embossed boards, gilt lettering, original pictorial dust jacket, original price with new price sticker overlapped, [Gilbert A14a], 8vo, Jonathan Cape, 1962; together wi th 8 similar copies (9)

Fleming (Ian) The Man with the Golden Gun, FIRST EDITION, second state, original black cloth gilt lettered on spine, light rubbing, patterned green endpapers, tears to head and foot of dustj acket light wear, 8vo, Jonathan Cape, 1965; You Only Liv e Twice, FIRST EDITION, original black cloth, tape repairs to corners, head and foot of spine of dust jacket, some overall soiling, 8vo, Jonathan Cape, 1964 (2)

Forester (C. S.) Lord Hornblower, FIRST EDITION, publishers orange cloth, original dust-jacket, slight chipping and creasing, rubbed, 8vo, Michael Joseph, 1946; Forester (E. M.) Two Cheers for Democracy, FIRST EDITION, bookplate on front free endpa per, publisher's blue boards, original dust-jacket, slight toning, 8vo, Edward Arnold and Co., 1951; Macaulay (Rose) The Writings of E. M. Forster, FIRST EDITION, publisher's blue cloth, original dust-jacket, slight toning, 8vo, Hogarth Press, 1938 (3)

Galsworthy (John) The Forsyte Saga, FIRST COMPLETE EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, bookplate, half title, folded Forsyte Family Tree following dedication page, a little creased, original green cloth, gilt lettering and publisher's device, top edge green, very light wearing to head of dust-jacket, 8vo, William Heinemann, 1922: On Forsyte' Change, FIRST EDITION, bookplate, half title, original green cloth with gilt lettering and publisher's device, top edge green, a few fox spots to fore-edge, minor chipping to dust-jacket, 8vo, Heinemann, 1930 (2)

Gide (André) Le Caves du Vatican. Sotie par l'Auteur de Paludes, FIRST EDITION, 2 vol., half-title, lithographed author's portrait by Paul Albert Laurens and tissue guard, original orange paper wrappers, rebound in later brown quarter maroon morocco , with vellum covered boards, gilt title on spine, leaves untrimmed, small tear on upper corner of half-title in vol. 1, minor spotting, intermittent light water staining in both volumes, vellum a little soiled, 8vo, Paris, Editions de la Nouvelle Revue François, 1914.

Graves (Robert) Good-Bye to All That, FIRST EDITION, FIRST STATE, bookplate, portrait frontispiece and 7 further plates, original salmon-pink cloth, edges a little toned and top-edge dustsoiled, dust jacket a little browned overall, with a few tiny c losed tears, 8vo, Jonathan Cape, 1929; Claudius the God and his Wife Messalina, FIRST EDITION, bookplates, two fold-out genealogical plates, original black boards, a few surface marks, top edge soiled, 8vo, Arthur Barker, 1934 (2)