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A cased sterling silver circular shaped presentation dish,hallmarked for Asprey & Garrard, London 2000, 17cm diameter
A collection of six various Chinese porcelain circular dishes, Song Dynasty and later, including a blue and white saucer, the largest 17.5cm diameter (6)
A large collection of vintage BONZO and other postcards, early 20th Century, contained in three boxes and two albums; together with an album of black and white Gallagher cigarette cards (3 boxes and 3 albums)
A pair of Royal Doulton commemorative pottery goblets, circa 1980, commissioned by Rogers de Rin to honour the 80th birthday of the late Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and the centenary of Wemyss, both of cup-shaped form on a square pedestal base, painted in Wemyss style with the monogram 'ER' beneath a crown, flanked by garlands of 'Union Flowers' tied with ribbons, the reverse inscribed 'Wemyss 1880-1980', in burgundy presentation boxes, limited edition nos. 353/500 and 432/500, 19.5cm high, printed 'Royal Doulton Tableware Ltd' marks in green, impressed 'WEMYSS', retailed by Thomas Goode & Co, London (2)
A large mixed collection of semi-precious Brazilian fossils, of oval shape, some carved and polished as ashtrays (23)
A selection of four small antique Chinese earthenware items, to include a Song Dynasty stem cup, a Song Dynasty powder bowl and cover, with top moulded flora decoration, and two small bowls (4)
A collection of sterling silver, comprising two cased sets of salts, a pair of napkin rings, and a pair of Berry spoons (6)
A Victorian/Edwardian papier mache box, the lid painted with a hunting scene; together with another Chinoiserie decorated example (2)
A Victorian flame mahogany and brass bound writing slope; together with a later rosewood example with a mother of pearl cartouche (2)
An S.T. Dupont Ligne I gold plated "Laque de Chine" cigarette lighter, 20th century, in original box, 6cm high
A Victorian tilting silver plated kettle, in neoclassical style supported on a fitted tray, marked 'Meriden & Co' to the base, patented November 1868, 52cm high including handle
A Chinese green hardstone teapot and cover, 20th century, of compressed globular form, on a hardwood stand, 10cm high excluding stand
A Victorian mahogany secretaire cabinet, the maple faced interior over two brass grille doors, on bracket feet, 92cm wide
A Victorian rosewood Gentleman's case, 19th Century, fitted with glass jars with silver plated lids
An interesting collection of silver, comprising a rectangular engine turned silver cigar box, circa 1950, a silver cigar cutter, a silver cigarette box, a pair of later silver candlesticks, and two butter knives (7)
Two Cypriot .830 standard silver dishes by Stephanides and Son, one embossed with a Lion Rampant the other with a goose; together with three white metal dishes, a salt, a pricket candle holder and two napkin rings, total approximately 17 ozt. (9)
William Howson Taylor (1876-1935) for Ruskin pottery, a stoneware bowl, dated 1924, the interior glazed with mottled crystaline blue glazes, impressed 'Ruskin 1924', 16cm diameter; together with a C.H. Brannam blue glazed chamberstick (2)
A small Chinese Yixing brown terracotta teapot, enamelled in blue enamelled with butterflies and flowering branches, 9cm high
***WITHDRAWN*** A Paragon bone china twin-handled commemorative loving cup, circa 1973, commemorating the wedding of Her Royal Highness Princess Anne to Capt. Mark Phillips, 14th November 1973, limited edition 338/500, 13cm high, with the original pr esentation box and certificate ***WITHDRAWN***
A collection of late Victorian / Edwardian glassware, late 19th/20th Century, comprising a pair of crystal glass decanters and stoppers with engraved foliage borders, a matching ewer and 18 wine glasses; together with five sherry glasses engraved wit h a heraldic motto in Latin 'Ora et Labora' (Pray and work) (Q)
Two Victorian copper jelly moulds, 19th Century; together with an Arts and Crafts copper coffee pot with a turned wooden handle (3)
A pair of industrial style bar stools, 20th Century, with curved leather covered adjustable backs and solid wooden seats, on waisted metal underframes (2)
Frank A. Butler for Doulton Lambeth, a commemorative three handled jug made for John Mortlock in 1881, the buff body with deeply incised white glazed florets, commemorating the general election of 1880 when for the first time in its history the West Riding of Yorkshire returned six Liberal Representatives to Parliament, 16cm high
A Chinese Ming tomb funeral feast, the table and foods in part glazed terracotta, 23.5cm high FOOTNOTES: These items were made to serve the dead in the afterlife.
A Scandinavian embroidered sampler, early 19th century, incorporating various family monograms, 29.5 x 25.5cm, framed and glazed
A set of eight Venetian glass flutes, late 20th century, of green tint, with tall bowls on short hollow stems, signed to the base, 22cm high (8)
A mixed collection of silver and jewellery, to include a pair of George III bright cut sugar tongs, a George V sauceboat, a 9ct band and diamond-set cluster ring, a cased set of four cut glass salts, a silver cased butterfly wing picture, and others, rings with UK hallmarks (Q)
A Chinese porcelain 'Birds' dish, decorated with four circular panels enclosing birds in iron red, all on a green cloud ground, Quianlong mark, 20.5cm diameter
Two opal rings, one a five-stone ring, the other a three-stone ring with diamond points, mounted in 18ct gold, UK hallmarks (2)
A small mixed lot of silver plated items, to include two Mappin & Webb ice buckets, a Stilton scoop, grape scissors, sugar tongs and a pepper pot (6)
An interesting collector's lot, comprising an Edwardian mahogany oval twin handled tea tray, a circular mahogany Lazy Susan, a white metal five piece dressing table set, and two scent bottles (9)
An 1831 pattern General Officers Mameluke dress sword, by H Poole & Co Saville Row, the two piece ivorine grip with gilt rosettes, the etched 85cm blade within a steel scabbard with twin hangers
A Copeland and Garrett (Late Spode) jug and basin, mid-19th Century, with Chintz decoration; together with a Prattware 'Bacchus' frog mug (2)
Four coloured glass bottles, late 19th/early 20th Century, of tapered form with loop handles, three green and one blue; together with five blue glass tumblers (9)
A blue glass bowl, possibly Steuben; together with a deep Bristol blue tinted glass bowl (2)
A Georgian mahogany rectangular breakfast table, with a reeded edge, supported on a single central support with quatrefoil divide legs, 120 x 90cm
A collection of Victorian coloured glasses, 19th Century, comprising seven ruby flashed wine glasses, eight green flashed glasses, and one blue flashed glass (16)
An Empire style six-branch electrolier in green and gilt
A set of Regimental cuffs and buttons from the uniforms of the Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards, all arranged and mounted within a single frame, overall 73 x 70cm
An Edwardian cased set of two sterling silver mounted square bottles, hallmarked for Asprey & Co., London 1904, in a brown leather case impressed 'Asprey London', each bottle 14cm 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 Herend porcelain supper set, 20th Century, comprising circular dish and seven shaped inserts, all painted with flower baskets
A Royal Worcester porcelain dinner and part tea service for eight, 20th Century, in 'Regency' pattern (53 pieces)
A Longines gold plated gentleman's quartz wristwatch, the circular white dial marked with Roman numerals
Two George V gold full sovereigns, dated 1911 and 1912 (2)
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.
Greene (Graham) The Name of Action, FIRST EDITION, half title, bookplate, minor spotting to gutter of preliminaries, original blue cloth with publisher's device stamped to lower board, spine gilt, dust-jacket with small portions missing at tips of s pine and heavily chipped at top corner of front panel, some further light chipping, spine slightly browned, 8vo, William Heinemann, 1930.
Greene (Graham) Brighton Rock, An Entertainment, FIRST EDITION, original decorated red cloth, slightly faded, top edge black, original dust-jacket, very slightly faded and chipped at extremities, small closed tear to front and rear panels, 8vo, New York, Viking, 1938. ***Published a month ahead of the UK edition.
Greene (Graham) The Third Man and the Fallen Idol, FIRST EDITION, ownership inscription on half-title, paper a little toned, endpapers browned, small tears to dust jacket at head of spine and front corner, corners chipped or frayed, William Heinemann , 1950; The Living Room, a Play in Two Acts, later issue, a little marked, dust-jacket slightly spotted and chipped, William Heinemann, 1953; Travels with My Aunt, a Novel, FIRST EDITION, name on title, dust jacket browned and marked, chipped at ends of spine and corners, New York, Viking, 1969; The Tenth Man, FIRST EDITION, minor yellowing, dust jacket a little toned, New York, Simon and Schuster, 1985; and two others (6)
Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, FIRST EDITION, Omnia issue, signed by the author on dedication page, original pictorial boards, dust jacket, slight 'rippled' at edges with small tear to head of spine, otherwise a good copy, 8vo, 2000. ***Omnia printed a third of all the first editions of this title only, which are, therefore, considered a rarer variant printing.
Rowling (J.K.).- Complete set of Harry Potter Deluxe Editions Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone; Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets; Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban; Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire; Harry Potter and the Orde r of the Pheonix; Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows; FIRST DELUXE EDITIONS, publishers cloth with pictorial insert panel, a.e.g., all unopened except the first one, 8vo, 1999-2007 (7)
Waugh (Evelyn) [Sword of Honour Trilogy]: Men at Arms; Officers and Gentlemen; Unconditional Surrender, 3 vol., FIRST EDITIONS, original blue cloth, t.e.b., dust-jackets with light overall soiling and chipping to spine extremities, tear and fraying to bottom spine of first, 8vo, Chapman & Hall, 1952-61 (3)
Waugh (Evelyn) [Sword of Honour trilogy]: Men at Arms, some chipping and tears to dust jacket, some offsetting to endpaper, 1952; Officers and Gentlemen, light offsetting onto endpaper, some soiling to dustjacket, 1955; Unconditional Surrender, min or creasing to dustjacket, 1961, ALL FIRST EDITIONS, 8vo, Chapman & Hall (3)
Wells (H.G.) The Time Machine. An Invention, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, later issue, publisher's advertisement for 'The Pioneer Series' on verso of half title listing 8 titles, but without the advertisements at the end, foxing to free endpapers, some spotting in throughout, original tan buckram with winged sphinx and lettered in purple, slightly rubbed and rather stained, spine a little discoloured, 8vo, William Heinemann, 1895; with a copy of the same work (2) ***There is no consensus among bibliographers as to whether copies without the advertisements at the end take precedence over those that contain them. [Currey pp. 524-5; Wells Society 4: "The earliest known work of science fiction to be based on the idea of time travel"].
Wells (H. G.) The War of the Worlds, FIRST EDITION, later impression?, some spotting and soiling in throughout, lacking the 16pp. of ads at end, dated 1897, original grey cloth, titles to spine and upper board lettered in black, rubbed and stained, joints cracking, corners bumped, leaves untrimmed, 8vo, William Heinemann, 1898.
Wells (H.G.) The Passionate Friends, FIRST EDITION, 1913; The World Set Free, later issue, ownership inscription to flyleaf, 1914; The Research Magnificent, FIRST EDITION, 1915; overall soiling, original blind stamped green cloth and gilt lettering, wear to corners and spines, 8vo, Macmillan and Co.; and two others including duplicate of first (5)
Wells (H.G.) The Salvaging of Civilization, 1921; Men Like Gods, 1923; Christina Alberta's Father, 1925; The Autocracy of Mr Parham, 1930; FIRST EDITIONS, original bindings, overall wearing and soiling, and several others by the same, mostly reprint s or later issues, v.s. (quantity)
Wells (H.G.) The Outlook for Homo Sapiens, FIRST EDITION, inscribed by the author "To Margarita Aliger, with the greetings and best wishes possible, from H. G. wells New Year, 1944", some foxing throughout, original grey cloth, overall soiling, corn ers bumped, 8vo, Secker and Warburg, 1942. ***Margarita Aliger (1915-1992) was a Russian poet, translator and journalist.
Wells (H. G.) A Collection of nine titles, all FIRST EDITIONS, including: The Wheels of Chance. A Holiday Adventure, FIRST ISSUE, 40 illustrations by J. Ayton Symington, 10 pages of advertisements at end, illustrated frontispiece, title in black and red, ownership inscription, foxing to endpapers, some spotting in throughout, original red cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine and gilt device on front cover, stained and soiled, t.e.g., others uncut, J. M. Dent and Co., 1896; Tono-Bungay, second issue, free endpapers toned, occasional spotting, original green blind stamped cloth, gilt title to spine and front cover, spine and edges discoloured, extremities spine tips rubbed, t.e.g., others uncut, Macmillan and Co., 1909; The Croquet Player. A Story, light soiling, original patterned grey cloth, dust-jacket frayed, 1936; The Brothers. A Story, some spotting, orange cloth, dust-jacket chipped and toned, Chatto & Windus, 1938; The New World Order, some toning and foxing to free endpapers, grey cloth, title lettered in red on spine, stained, corners and spine tips bumped, dust-jacket torn with loss at head of spine, with some creasing and a few repairs, light soiling, t. e. r., Secker and Warburg, 1940; with four others and some duplicates of the same works (14)
Wolfe (Thomas) From Death to Morning, publisher's brown cloth, original dust-jacket, spine head and tail repaired, crease on verso, New York, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1935; Murdoch (Iris) The Bell, bookplate, little foxing on preliminaries, publisher 's green boards, original dust-jacket, light foxing and staining, spine toned, Chatto & Windus, 1958; Greene (Graham) A Burnt-Out Case, bookplate, publisher's blue cloth, original dust jacket, slightly rubbed and stained, William Heinemann, 1961; The Comedians, bookplate, publisher's green cloth, original dust-jacket, spine and head slightly toned, corners chipped, small tears without loss on recto, The Bodley Head, 1966; Baldwin (James) Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone, bookplate, ownership note on pastedown head, publisher's cream cloth, slight toning at head, dust-jacket, slightly toned, New York, The Dial Press, 1968; Powell (Anthony) Temporary Kings, pen ownership note and bookplate on front free end paper, publisher's red cloth, dust- jacket, spine slightly toned, inside price clipped, William Heinemann, 1973; Hearing Secret Harmonies, pen ownership note and bookplate on front free end paper, William Heinmann 1975; ALL FIRST EDITIONS, 8vo; with others, first editions (small quantity)