Autumn Fine Art

circa 1745, possibly Liverpool, decorated with an oriental landscape, with a figure walking over a bridge to a house, 35cm diameter

circa 1740, possibly Lambeth, decorated with a central floral medallion, with an outer border of floral sprays, together with two further smaller English delftware plates decorated with oriental landscapes, 34.5cm diameter

circa 1760, decorated with an Oriental fishing scene, with a bianco-sopra-bianco border with pine cones, 22.8cm diameter

circa 1680, decorated in the Chinese transitional ‘Kraak style’, with two women in the interior; and a similar smaller example, 34.5cm diameter and 30.3cm diameter (2)

18th century, of octagonal baluster shape, the polychrome ground decorated with peacocks and flowers, 42cm high

Provenance: The Estate of the late Rufus Eyre

19th century, emblematic of the seasons, the cream ground painted in polychrome enamels and highlighted with gilding, on rustic bases, 38cm high (4)

Provenance: The Brymer family at Ilsington House, Puddletown, Dorset and by descent.

the cranberry glass with floral enamel decoration, with tapering glass lustres, 32.5cm high (2)

Provenance: The Estate of the late Rufus Eyre

by William Eaton, London, 1839, including six large spoons, six dessert spoons, six large forks and six smaller forks together with two associated serving spoons (a lot)

with gadrooned rims and shell splayed feet, (c.6oz) (4)

with gadrooned rims, standing on three splayed feet, (c.3.5oz) (2)

with gilt interiors, 7.5cm x 8.5cm (c.11oz)

Burgandy, circa 1475, 147 11, 14 lines to a page, written in a large clear gothic hand, headings in red, calendar written in blue, red and black. Eight large miniatures in arched compartments, each page with a miniature surrounded by a full illuminated border with naturalistic flowers, fruit and foliage; three similar half-borders; many large and small initials in burnished gold on pink and blue grounds,190mm x 140mm

the first entry dated 30th September, with some pasted-in scraps and poetic verse

Provenance: Kerrison Preston Esq. and by descent

written from Sayde and dated March 9th 1818, reading "Gentleman, I have this day drawn a bill upon your house for the sum of three hundred pounds sterling, payable to the order of Mr Jarett of Pera (of Constantinople), which same I trust you will honour, I am Gentleman, your humble servant, Hester, Lady Stanhope"; together with a copy of Lady Hester Stanhope's biography by Joan Haslip, Cobden-Sanderson, 1934. First Edition., 1934,

Provenance: C.J.F. Jarchow
Kerrison Preston Esq. and by descent

1814, first edition, printed for R. Ackermann, London, illustrated with fifteen engravings, full red calf with gilt lettering and five raised bands
to the spine

Provenance: Kerrison Preston Esq. and by descent

a play from Kenneth Grahame's book 'A Wind in the Willows' 1929, limited edition signed by Mile and Grahame, number 47 of the edition of 200 on handmade paper, Methuen, London, green leather binding with gilt lettering and animals to the spine

Provenance: Kerrison Preston Esq. and by descent

Rhymes by Arthur Waugh, Heinemann, 1900, 12 chromolithographed plates, original cloth-backed pictorial boards

Provenance: Kerrison Preston Esq. and by descent

retold by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, Edition de Luxe, number 76 signed by Dulac, first edition, 1910, with 30 magnificent colour lithographs, fully bound in brown Morocco with gilt decoration and lettering, Hodder & Stoughton, London

Provenance: Kerrison Preston Esq. and by descent

(BIBLE IN ENGLISH.) Brangwyn, Sir Frank. The Book of Job. 33 etchings by Brangwyn, each signed in pencil, with pencil annotations, printed in brown and black, original gilt-stamped 1/2 vellum, one of 110 unnumbered copies with the signed etchings. Leigh-on-Sea: F. Lewis, 1948

Provenance: Kerrison Preston Esq. and by descent

Vale Press, 1903, vellum covers, with ten woodcut illustrations

Provenance: Kerrison Preston Esq. and by descent

signed copy, number 9 from the edition of 80, publ. Bertram Rota, London, designed and printed by Will Carter at the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge, hand-bound by George Percival at Leicester, colour printed engraved plates, some double page, morocco backed pictorial cloth, transparent wrapper, slip case

Provenance: Kerrison Preston Esq. and by descent

translated by J. Amyot, illustrated with woodcuts by Gwen Raveat, hand coloured initials in blue by Graily Hewitt, published by The Ashendene Press, Chelsea, 1933, limited to 290 copies on paper, Ptolemy type with marginal notes in red, original vellum-backed boards with gilt vignette on upper cover and gilt lettering to spine, original patterned slip case

Provenance: Kerrison Preston Esq. and by descent

with coloured lithographs by Marie Laurencin, Verone Press, London, number 627 of the edition of 1200, Small quarto decorated pale green cloth. Red leather label to the spine, lettered in gilt, designed by Hans Mardersteig and printed in the Autumn of 1939 at the Officina Bodoni, Verona, with tipped in Publisher's Note

Provenance: Kerrison Preston Esq. and by descent

publ. Douglas Cleverdon, Bristol, 1927, printed by Robert Gibbings at the Golden Cockerel Press and completed on the 30th June 1927, limited edition 189/260, signed by Gill

Provenance: Kerrison Preston Esq. and by descent