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Auction date Wednesday 15 October 2025 10:30 - 17:30 BST
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William Batt


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Wednesday 15th October at 10.30am

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Total lots: 608

A LARGE ANTIQUE ERSARI CARPET
Lot 433 Unsold
A LARGE ANTIQUE ERSARI CARPET
late 19th/early 20th century, the brick red ground decorated with repeating elephant's foot ghuls, 460cm x 308cm
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
MANNER OF VICTOR ROUSSEAU (1865-1954) A bronze figure of a boy
Lot 434 Unsold
MANNER OF VICTOR ROUSSEAU (1865-1954) A bronze figure of a boy
signed to the naturalistic base, modelled holding a large flower head, 41cm high
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A MAHOGANY OCCASIONAL TABLE
Lot 435 Unsold
A MAHOGANY OCCASIONAL TABLE
20th century, the octagonal top on a turned stem and tripod base with scroll feet, 71cm high x 41cm wide
Estimate: £80 - £150
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A DUTCH WALNUT AND MARQUERTRY DISPLAY CABINET
Lot 436 Sold
A DUTCH WALNUT AND MARQUERTRY DISPLAY CABINET
late 18th/early 19th century, decorated throughout with profuse floral inlay, the upper section with a moulded pediment centred by a carved finial, two glazed doors beneath opening to a shelved interior, the bombe base with three long graduated drawers, on ball and claw front feet, 211cm high x 150cm wide 48cm deep
Hammer price: £900
Estimate: £800 - £1,500
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A GILT METAL SIX BRANCH CHANDELIER
Lot 437 Sold
A GILT METAL SIX BRANCH CHANDELIER
20th century, decorated with cut glass swags and drop pendants, 58cm drop x 54cm diameter
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
AN ELM AND OAK COFFER
Lot 438 Sold
AN ELM AND OAK COFFER
17th century, the hinged lid opening to a vacant interior, on shaped bracket feet, 50cm high x 99cm wide x 34cm deep
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A ROSEWOOD BRACKET CLOCK BY F. LECLUSE OF 7 FRITH STREET, SOHO
Lot 439 Sold
A ROSEWOOD BRACKET CLOCK BY F. LECLUSE OF 7 FRITH STREET, SOHO
19th century, signed to the dial, the two train fusee movement striking on a bell, the silvered dial with Roman numerals and a 'strike silent' switch to the top, the neoclassical case with moulded pediment, canted corners, and on compressed bun feet, 42cm high x 31cm wide
Felix Lecluse was born in France in 1817, having completed his watchmaking training, he travelled…
Hammer price: £460
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A CARVED GILTWOOD AND GESSO MIRROR
Lot 440 Sold
A CARVED GILTWOOD AND GESSO MIRROR
19th century or later, the bevelled rectangular mirror plate set within pierced scrolling acanthus leaf surmounted and flanked by scallop shells, 58cm high x 78cm wide
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A LARGE ANTIQUE TEKKE TURKMAN BAG FACE
Lot 441 Sold
A LARGE ANTIQUE TEKKE TURKMAN BAG FACE
woven in off-white and blue with four rows of ten guls, on a madder ground with conforming border and kilim ends, 285cm x 197cm
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND SATINWOOD SERPENTINE CHEST OF DRAWERS
Lot 442 Unsold
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND SATINWOOD SERPENTINE CHEST OF DRAWERS
the shaped top above four long graduated drawers, the canted corners inlaid with simulated fluting, on conforming shaped bracket feet, 83cm high x 110cm wide x 60cm deep
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A NEAR PAIR OF REGENCY MAHOGANY ELBOW CHAIRS
Lot 443 Sold
A NEAR PAIR OF REGENCY MAHOGANY ELBOW CHAIRS
each with reeded down sweeping arms and the upholstered seats above turned front legs, 80cm high x 54cm wide x 48cm deep; together with a similar example (3)
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A PERSIAN HERIZ RUNNER
Lot 444 Unsold
A PERSIAN HERIZ RUNNER
20th century, the red ground decorated with repeating floral medallions, 480cm x 73cm
Estimate: £800 - £1,500
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A CONTINENTAL POLYCHROME PAINTED PINE CORNER CUPBOARD
Lot 445 Sold
A CONTINENTAL POLYCHROME PAINTED PINE CORNER CUPBOARD
19th/20th century, with moulded top and canted corners, the cupboard door with central cartouche depicting a man and dragon opening to reveal a shelved interior, 72cm high x 52cm high x 30cm deep
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £150 - £250
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A PAIR OF WILLIAM IV ROSEWOOD CHAISES LOUNGES
Lot 446 Unsold
A PAIR OF WILLIAM IV ROSEWOOD CHAISES LOUNGES
possibly Irish, the acanthus leaf carved shaped back above a serpentine front rail, on bold cabriole legs and scrolling feet, 90cm high x 180cm wide x 70cm deep (2)
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A GROUP OF THREE BRONZE FIGURES
Lot 447 Sold
A GROUP OF THREE BRONZE FIGURES
including a Just Andersen (1884-1943) figure of a young boy blowing a horn, marked to the stand, 17.5cm high, a French bronze cherub standing on a shell, marked to the shell, on a marble socle base, 20cm high overall, and an Art Deco figure of a girl, inscribed to the base 'LUC', 10cm high (3)
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A PERSIAN CARPET
Lot 448 Sold
A PERSIAN CARPET
20th century, decorated with a central floral medallion against a red ground of repeating lozenges, within conforming borders, 408cm x 239cm
Hammer price: £270
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A LEAD FIGURE OF A GIRL AND DOG
Lot 449 Sold
A LEAD FIGURE OF A GIRL AND DOG
early 20th century, English, on a circular base bearing a plaque 'Made from Lead Taken from Obsolete Warships broken up by Hughes Bolckow & Co Ltd Blyth Northumberland', 68cm high
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £150 - £250
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A MEDIEVAL STONE GARGOYLE
Lot 450 Sold
A MEDIEVAL STONE GARGOYLE
probably c.1400, the four-legged mythical beast figured downfacing with upturned snout, the top of the block inscribed later with the numeral '16', 39cm high x 35cm wide x 60cm deep
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
A PAIR OF VICTORIAN CAST IRON PLANTERS
Lot 451 Sold
A PAIR OF VICTORIAN CAST IRON PLANTERS
of rectangular section, decorated in relief with crowns, 35cm high x 61cm wide x 24cm deep (2)
Hammer price: £360
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
ABBOTT À BECKETT, GILBERT: 'THE COMIC HISTORY OF ROME' and 'THE COMIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND'
Lot 452 Unsold
ABBOTT À BECKETT, GILBERT: 'THE COMIC HISTORY OF ROME' and 'THE COMIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND'
published by Bradbury, Agnew & Co. and The Punch Office respectively, gilt tooled, green cloth bindings (2)

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
AGRICOLA, GEORGIUS: ‘DE RE METALLICA’
Lot 453 Sold
AGRICOLA, GEORGIUS: ‘DE RE METALLICA’
translated from the first Latin edition of 1556 by Hoover, Herbert Clark and Hoover, Lou Henry, published by The Mining Magazine, Salisbury House, London 1912, vellum bound, the front flyleaf with ink presentation ‘To C.F.H Leslie with compliments of H C Hoover’

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.

This important work was translated by HC Hoover 33rd US President who served between 1928-1933.
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
AIKIN, J: ‘THE WOODLAND COMPANION’
Lot 454 Unsold
AIKIN, J: ‘THE WOODLAND COMPANION’
third edition, printed for Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, London 1820, later half green vinyl bound with marbled boards, retaining numerous fold out plates; together with ‘Natural History of Remarkable Trees, Shrubs and Plants’, printed by G. Bull, Dublin’s, 1821, brown leather bound (2)

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
AIMSWORTH, ROBERT: 'THESAURUS LINGAE LATINAE COMPENDIARIUS'
Lot 455 Unsold
AIMSWORTH, ROBERT: 'THESAURUS LINGAE LATINAE COMPENDIARIUS'
new edition, volumes 1-2, printed for T. Longman et al, London 1796, gilt tooled brown leather bound with titled spines and Bridehead bookplates; together with Vieyra, Anthony: 'A Dictionary of the Portuguese and English Languages', new edition, printed for F. Wingrave et al, London 1794, gilt tooled brown leather bound with titled spine (3)

Provenance: Bridehead, Dorset.
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
ALDIN, CECIL: 'DOGS OF CHARACTER'
Lot 456 Sold
ALDIN, CECIL: 'DOGS OF CHARACTER'
signed and limited edition no. 111/250, published by Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1927, half vellum bound with gilt tooled boards, original paper wrap and box
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
ARDIZZONE, AINGELDA AND ARDIZZONE, EDWARD: TWO COPIES OF ‘THE NIGHT RIDE’
Lot 457 Sold
ARDIZZONE, AINGELDA AND ARDIZZONE, EDWARD: TWO COPIES OF ‘THE NIGHT RIDE’
both first editions, published by Longman 1973, one an ex-library copy, hardbound with dustwrapper; together with ‘The Little Girl and the Tiny Doll’, reprinted 1978 (3)
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £50
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
ARDIZZONE, EDWARD: EIGHT ‘TIM’ STORIES
Lot 458 Sold
ARDIZZONE, EDWARD: EIGHT ‘TIM’ STORIES
mostly first editions, including ‘Tim and Lucy Go To Sea’, published by Oxford University Press, London 1958, with dustwrapper; together with two paperback copies (10)
Hammer price: £340
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
ARDIZZONE, EDWARD: SEVEN CHILDREN’S BOOKS
Lot 459 Sold
ARDIZZONE, EDWARD: SEVEN CHILDREN’S BOOKS
mostly first editions, comprising ‘Paul - The Hero of the Fire’, published by Porpoise, West Drayton 1948, ‘Johnny The Clockmaker’, OUP 1960, ’Peter The Wanderer’, published by OUP 1963, ‘Sarah and Simon and No Red Paint’, Constable Young 1965, ‘Johnny’s Bad Day’, Bodley Head 1970, ‘Lucy Brown and Mr Grimes’, Bodley Head 1970 and ‘Nicholas and The Fast Moving Diesel’, Bodley Head 1980 (7)
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
ARISTOPHANE: ‘LYSISTRATA’
Lot 460 Unsold
ARISTOPHANE: ‘LYSISTRATA’
illustrated by Alain Bonnefoit, specimen edition, published by Editions De L’Odeon, unbound folio with loose watered cloth boards; together with Bedier, Joseph - ‘Le Roman de Tristan et Iseut’ illustrated by Robert Engels; Moylan, D.C. (trans) - ‘Manon Lescaut’ illustrated by Alastair, limited edition, published by the Bodley Head, 1928; and three other French books (6)

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
AYRTON, MICHAEL: ‘TITTIVULUS’
Lot 461 Sold
AYRTON, MICHAEL: ‘TITTIVULUS’
first edition, published by Reinhart, London 1953, red cloth bound with dustwrappper

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £50
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
BAILEY, NICHOLAS: ‘AN UNIVERSAL ETYMOLOGICAL ENGLISH DICTIONARY’
Lot 462 Unsold
BAILEY, NICHOLAS: ‘AN UNIVERSAL ETYMOLOGICAL ENGLISH DICTIONARY’
seventh edition, printed for Knapton et al, London 1735, rebound half brown leather with marbled boards; together with
Boyer, Mr A: - ‘Le Dictionanaire Royal Francois-Anglois’, new edition, volumes 1 and 2, published by Bathurst et al, London 1763, bound together as one in full brown leather (2)

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
BATES, H. E.: ‘MY UNCLE SILAS’
Lot 463 Sold
BATES, H. E.: ‘MY UNCLE SILAS’
first edition, illustrated by Edward Ardizzone, published by Jonathan Cape, 1939, green cloth bound; together with a Reprint Society copy of the same title, 1947; two copies of ‘Sugar for the Horse, both first editions 1957, one with dustwrapperp; ‘Fair Stood the Wind for France’, first edition 1944, the latter three published by Michael Joseph; and Buchan, John: two copies of ‘The Thirty Nine Steps’ illustrated by Ardizzone, first illustrated edition 1964 and 1975 reprint, latter with dustwrapper (7)
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £50
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
BEARDSLEY, AUBREY: 'THE EARLY WORK OF AUBREY BEARDSLEY'
Lot 464 Unsold
BEARDSLEY, AUBREY: 'THE EARLY WORK OF AUBREY BEARDSLEY'
with a prefatory note by H.T. Marillier, published by John Lane at The Bodley Head, London 1899, half maroon leather bound with gilt tooled spine and red cloth boards, ex libris Hendon Libraries; together with Wilson, Simon: 'Beardsley', published by Phaidon 1983, hard bound with dust wrapper (2)

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI: ‘THE DECAMERON’
Lot 465 Unsold
BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI: ‘THE DECAMERON’
illustrated by John Payne, limited edition 707/1000, volumes 1 and 2, published by Lawrence and Bullen, 1893, green cloth bound (2)

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
BOUILLON DE LA GRANGE, E.J.B: ‘MANUEL D’UN COURS DE CHIMIE’
Lot 466 Unsold
BOUILLON DE LA GRANGE, E.J.B: ‘MANUEL D’UN COURS DE CHIMIE’
volumes 1 and 2, published by Chez Bernard, Paris, An VII, later brown leather binding, ex Libris Athenaeum Library, Liverpool (2)

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Estimate: £30 - £50
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
BRADLEY, JOHN: ‘THE HISTORY OF THE SEYCHELLES’
Lot 467 Sold
BRADLEY, JOHN: ‘THE HISTORY OF THE SEYCHELLES’
second edition, volumes 1 and 2, printed by the Clarion Presa, Victoria, 1940, rebound in grey card, retaining plates (2)

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
BRITTON, JOHN AND BRAYLEY, EDWARD WEDLAKE: ‘THE BEAUTIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES’
Lot 468 Sold
BRITTON, JOHN AND BRAYLEY, EDWARD WEDLAKE: ‘THE BEAUTIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES’
volumes 1-6, printed by Thomas Maiden, Sherbourne-Lane, for Vernor and Hood et al, London 1801, three-quarter brown leather bound with marbled boards, red and green leather half titles and Bridehead bookplates, retaining plates (6)

Provenance: Bridehead, Dorset.
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
CARY, JOHN: ‘CARY’S NEW ITINERARY’
Lot 469 Sold
CARY, JOHN: ‘CARY’S NEW ITINERARY’
published by J. Cary, London 1798, later three-quarter brown leather bound with marbled boards

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £30 - £50
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
CAVALLO, TIBERIUS: 'A COMPLETE TREATISE ON ELECTRICITY'
Lot 470 Sold
CAVALLO, TIBERIUS: 'A COMPLETE TREATISE ON ELECTRICITY'
4th edition, volumes 1-3, printed for C. Dilly, London 1795, brown leather bound with repaired spines (3)

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £30 - £50
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
CAVE, WILLIAM: ‘PRIMITIVE CHRISTIANITY OR THE RELIGION OF THE ANCIENT CHRISTIANS’
Lot 471 Sold
CAVE, WILLIAM: ‘PRIMITIVE CHRISTIANITY OR THE RELIGION OF THE ANCIENT CHRISTIANS’
third edition, parts 1-3, printed by J.G for Chiswell, London, 1676, rebound together in one three quarter brown leather volume

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
CHEYNE, GEORGE: ‘AN ESSAY OF HEALTH AND LONG LIFE’
Lot 472 Sold
CHEYNE, GEORGE: ‘AN ESSAY OF HEALTH AND LONG LIFE’
sixth edition, printed for George Strahan, London 1725; together with Marryat, Thomas: ‘Therapeutics’, sixteenth edition, Bristol 1802; and Combe, Andrew: The Physiology of Digestion’, Edinburgh 1881 (3)

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
CONAN DOYLE, ARTHUR: 'THE GREAR BOER WAR'
Lot 473 Unsold
CONAN DOYLE, ARTHUR: 'THE GREAR BOER WAR'
third impression, published by Smith, Elder & Co., London 1900, blue cloth bound with gilt titled spine, retaining maps to rear of volume

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
COOKE, GEORGE ALEXANDER: FIVE TITLES
Lot 474 Unsold
COOKE, GEORGE ALEXANDER: FIVE TITLES
including Topographical and Statistical Descriptions of Bedford, Northampton, Cambridge Huntingdon and Norfolk, printed for C. Cooke, London, all bound in one volume, rebound three-quarter brown leather, retaining fold-out plates

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
CRABB, GEORGE: ‘UNIVERSAL TECHNOLOGICAL DICTIONARY’
Lot 475 Sold
CRABB, GEORGE: ‘UNIVERSAL TECHNOLOGICAL DICTIONARY’
volumes 1 and 2, printed for Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, London 1823, three quarter green leather bound (2)

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
CRISWICK, J.: 'A WALK ROUND DORCHESTER'
Lot 476 Sold
CRISWICK, J.: 'A WALK ROUND DORCHESTER'
printed by and for J. Criswick, Dorchester 1820, rebound half green cloth with buff card boards, retaining fold-out map

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £50
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
DAY LEWIS, CECIL: TWO COPIES OF ‘CHRISTMAS EVE’
Lot 477 Sold
DAY LEWIS, CECIL: TWO COPIES OF ‘CHRISTMAS EVE’
illustrated by Edward Ardizzone, both first edition pamphlets published by Faber and Faber 1954, the crisper copy with original envelope containing note from legendary cricket commentator John Arlott regarding Ardizzone ‘wine material’ addressed ‘The Vines, Longis Road, Alderney’ and dated 26th May 1981; together with four copies of ‘The Otterbury Incident’ (6)
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
DE AZARA, FELIX: ‘VOYAGES DANS L’AMERIQUE MERIDIONALE’
Lot 478 Sold
DE AZARA, FELIX: ‘VOYAGES DANS L’AMERIQUE MERIDIONALE’
volumes 1-4, published by Dentu, Paris 1809, gilt tooled brown leather bound; together with Campe: ‘La Decouverte de L’Amerique’ volumes 2 and 3, 1784; and three other antiquarian French books (9)

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
DEL RIO, MARTIN ‘DISQUISITIONUM MAGICARUM’
Lot 479 Unsold
DEL RIO, MARTIN ‘DISQUISITIONUM MAGICARUM’
books 1 & 2, published by Ursellana, Mainz 1606, vellum bound with painted and hand titled spine

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
15 October 2025
15 October 2025
DETMOLD, EDWARD J. (ILLUS.): 'THE FABLES OF AESOP'
Lot 480 Unsold
DETMOLD, EDWARD J. (ILLUS.): 'THE FABLES OF AESOP'
published by Hodder & Stoughton, London, the title page embossed 'Presentation Copy', in gilt tooled brown cloth binding; together with a collection of nine early 20th century illustrated books; and eleven modern re-issue volumes (21)

Provenance: A Dorset bibliophile.
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 October 2025
15 October 2025

Total lots: 608

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