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Auction date Wednesday, 24 April 2024 10:30 - 17:30 BST
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Head of Sale: 

William Batt & Michael Roberts


Auction: 

Wednesday 24th April at 10.30am


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Monday 22nd April 9.30am - 7pm

Tuesday 23rd April 9.30am - 5pm

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Total lots: 547

A GEORGE II BURR WALNUT AND MAHOGANY KNEEHOLE DESK
Lot 704 Sold
A GEORGE II BURR WALNUT AND MAHOGANY KNEEHOLE DESK
18th century and later, the rectangular moulded top over shallow frieze drawer, six small drawers and central cupboard with internal shelf, decorated with feather banding, and terminating on bracket feet with ogee detailing between, 74cm high x 70cm long x 47cm deep
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £300 - £600
24 April 2024
24 April 2024
AN OAK PLAQUE
Lot 705 Unsold
AN OAK PLAQUE
18th century, carved in relief with a peasant carrying a bundle of sticks, 15cm x 10cm
Estimate: £50 - £100
24 April 2024
24 April 2024
A LARGE LEAD PLANTER OR WATER BUTT
Lot 706 Sold
A LARGE LEAD PLANTER OR WATER BUTT
19th century or later, the front panel decorated with moulded stylised flowers and tendrils, with remnants of an external spout, approx. 69cm high x 73cm wide x 65cm deep; along with a section of lead piping (adrift from the main body), 75cm long (2)
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £200 - £400
24 April 2024
24 April 2024
A RECONSTITUTED STONE EAGLE
Lot 707 Sold
A RECONSTITUTED STONE EAGLE
20th century, perched with wings outstretched positioned on a round socle, resting on an associated square plinth with scrolled corners and foliate decoration, 117cm high (including plinth) x 54cm long (wingspan) x 45cm deep

Provenance: Purchased from Duke’s, Stinsford House auction.
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £400
24 April 2024
24 April 2024
A PAIR OF RECONSTITUTED STONE GARDEN URNS
Lot 708 Sold
A PAIR OF RECONSTITUTED STONE GARDEN URNS
20th century, of bulbous shape with "egg and dart" lips and vitruvian scrolled panels, on associated hexagonal bases, 51cm high x 54cm diameter (2)
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £200 - £400
24 April 2024
24 April 2024
A SET OF FOUR RECONSTITUTED STONE NEO-CLASSICAL URNS
Lot 709 Sold
A SET OF FOUR RECONSTITUTED STONE NEO-CLASSICAL URNS
20th century, with stone cast lion mask ring handles and griffon panels, terminating on foliated round bases, approx. 67cm high x 54cm diameter (4)
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £200 - £400
24 April 2024
24 April 2024
BLUNT, EDMUND M., 'THE AMERICAN COAST PILOT'
Lot 710 Sold
BLUNT, EDMUND M., 'THE AMERICAN COAST PILOT'
thirteenth edition, published by Edmund and George W. Blunt, New York, June 1837, retaining folding plates including Chesapeake Bay, in original full brown calf binding
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 April 2024
24 April 2024
BOLT, CHARLES (ILLUS), THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT
Lot 711 Sold
BOLT, CHARLES (ILLUS), THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT
published by Day & Son, in folio size gilt tooled leather binding; together with Jones, Owen, 'Paradise & The Peri', in gilt tooled brown cloth binding (2)
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £50 - £100
24 April 2024
24 April 2024
BOWDICH, T.E, 'VOYAGE DANS LE PAYS D'ASHCANTIE'
Lot 712 Unsold
BOWDICH, T.E, 'VOYAGE DANS LE PAYS D'ASHCANTIE'
published by Librairie de Gide Fils, Paris, 1819, original pink paper binding with paper half title
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 April 2024
24 April 2024
BULWER-LYTTON, EDWARD, ‘THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII’
Lot 713 Sold
BULWER-LYTTON, EDWARD, ‘THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII’
published by A and W Galignani and Co, Paris, 1834, in red three-quarter leather binding with black half title and marbled boards
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £50 - £100
24 April 2024
24 April 2024
BUTLER, ARTHUR G., ‘BRITISH BIRDS WITH THEIR NESTS AND EGGS’
Lot 714 Sold
BUTLER, ARTHUR G., ‘BRITISH BIRDS WITH THEIR NESTS AND EGGS’
illustrated by F.W. Frohawk, volumes 1-6, published by Brumby & Clarke, green three quarter cloth binding
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 April 2024
24 April 2024
BYRON, LORD GEORGE GORDON, ‘THE POETICAL WORKS’
Lot 715 Sold
BYRON, LORD GEORGE GORDON, ‘THE POETICAL WORKS’
published by John Murray, London, 1846, full maroon leather binding with gilt tooled spine
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £50 - £100
24 April 2024
24 April 2024
CHALMERS, ALEXANDER, ‘THE PLAYS OF WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE’
Lot 716 Sold
CHALMERS, ALEXANDER, ‘THE PLAYS OF WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE’
new edition, volumes 1-8, printed for Longman et al, London 1847, in red leather binding with gilt tooled spines
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 April 2024
24 April 2024
CHING, RAYMOND, 'THE BIRD PAINTINGS'
Lot 717 Unsold
CHING, RAYMOND, 'THE BIRD PAINTINGS'
limited edition folio size presentation copy no. 355, signed in ink by Raymond Ching, including signed print 'Fledgling Owl', published by Heraclio Fournier, 1978, Zaehnsdorf brown leather binding; together with another copy of the same title, both with slip cases (2)
Estimate: £200 - £400
24 April 2024
24 April 2024
CHING, RAYMOND, 'STUDIES & SKETCHES OF A BIRD PAINTER'
Lot 718 Sold
CHING, RAYMOND, 'STUDIES & SKETCHES OF A BIRD PAINTER'
publisher's copy from an edition of 500, signed by Raymond Ching, published by Lansdowne Editions, 1981, pale blue leather bound with box case; together with seven other Raymond Ching volumes (8)
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £200 - £400
24 April 2024
24 April 2024
CHING, RAYMOND, AN ILLUSTRATED AUTOGRAPH LETTER
Lot 719 Sold
CHING, RAYMOND, AN ILLUSTRATED AUTOGRAPH LETTER
to Mr Tryon, dated Tuesday 23rd September 1969, with address of 32 Church Square, Rye, Sussex, landscape format, four pages, discussing various projects, blue cloth bound
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £300 - £500
24 April 2024
24 April 2024
DARWIN, CHARLES, ‘INSECTIVOROUS PLANTS’
Lot 720 Sold
DARWIN, CHARLES, ‘INSECTIVOROUS PLANTS’
published by John Murray, London, 1876, three-quarter leather bound, the gilt tooled spine with black half title
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £50 - £100
24 April 2024
24 April 2024
DU HALDE, P, 'THE GENERAL HISTORY OF CHINA'
Lot 721 Sold
DU HALDE, P, 'THE GENERAL HISTORY OF CHINA'
English edition, volumes 1-4, each with portrait frontispieces, printed by John Watts, Wild Court, London, 1736, gilt tooled brown calf bindings (4)
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 April 2024
24 April 2024
FIELD MARSHAL LORD ROBERTS OF KANDAHAR, 'FORTY-ONE YEARS IN INDIA'
Lot 722 Sold
FIELD MARSHAL LORD ROBERTS OF KANDAHAR, 'FORTY-ONE YEARS IN INDIA'
new edition, published by Macmillan and Co, London, 1900, red leather binding with gilt tooled spine
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £100
24 April 2024
24 April 2024
FORRESTER, MRS, 'FAIR WOMEN'
Lot 723 Sold
FORRESTER, MRS, 'FAIR WOMEN'
volumes I-III; ‘Dolores’ volumes I-III; and ‘My Lord and My Lady’ volumes I and II, all published by Hurst and Blackett, London 1868, 1875 and 1882 respectively, in three quarter brown leather bindings, the gilt tooled spines with green leather half titles (8)
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 April 2024
24 April 2024
GUYON, ABBÉ DE, 'A NEW HISTORY OF THE EAST-INDIES'
Lot 724 Sold
GUYON, ABBÉ DE, 'A NEW HISTORY OF THE EAST-INDIES'
volumes I and II, printed for R. and J. Dodsley, London, 1756, in original spotted full calf binding with gilt tooled spines and half titles, volume two with book plate for Charles Longuet Higgins, Turvey Abbey, 1874
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 April 2024
24 April 2024
HARGROVE, E., ‘THE HISTORY OF THE CASTLE, TOWN AND FOREST OF KNARESBOROUGH’
Lot 725 Sold
HARGROVE, E., ‘THE HISTORY OF THE CASTLE, TOWN AND FOREST OF KNARESBOROUGH’
fourth edition, printed by W. Blanchard, York, 1789, brown three-quarter leather binding with marbled boards
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £50
24 April 2024
24 April 2024
HOMER, ‘THE ODYSSEY’
Lot 726 Sold
HOMER, ‘THE ODYSSEY’
Latin and Greek text, volumes I and II, published by the Clarendon Press, Oxford 1827, brown three-quarter leather binding, the spines with black and red half titles; together with two other antiquarian Homer volumes; two antiquarian Ovid volumes; and a leather bound volume of Latin poetry (7)
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £50 - £100
24 April 2024
24 April 2024
HOUSMAN, LAURENCE, 'STORIES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS'
Lot 727 Sold
HOUSMAN, LAURENCE, 'STORIES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS'
illustrated by Edmund Dulac, limited edition 55/350 signed by Dulac, published by Hodder and Stoughton, 1907, vellum bound
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 April 2024
24 April 2024

Total lots: 547

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