Auction No 427, Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST

235 Lots (displaying 101 - 120)

The Seasons, set of four Chinese scrolls, watercolours on silk, issued by the Marco Polo Company, Kowloon. 1970s/80s. Image sizes 90 x 30cm. Fine (4)

Lot: 101

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
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The Seasons, set of four Chinese scrolls, watercolours on silk, issued by the Marco Polo Company, Kowloon. 1970s/80s. Image sizes 90 x 30cm. Fine (4)

Textiles, 19th Century, comprising a Chinese Tablecloth on pink silk, 1870s; a Victorian ribbon rosebud pillowcase, 1870s; Chinese edgings 1890s;

Lot: 102

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £150 - £200
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Textiles, 19th Century, comprising a Chinese Tablecloth on pink silk, 1870s; a Victorian ribbon rosebud pillowcase, 1870s; Chinese edgings 1890s; an Indian tablecloth with yellow embroidery; a Victorian blue pillowcase 1890s; and a Victorian watered silk fabric with fuscia pattern. VG/Fine. (6). Together with a descriptive valuation conducted by Sotheby's in 1982.  Also a hand-mirror with in an ivory frame, engraved monogram on reverse.

Signed Poster for the Royal Shakespeare Company performance of "Macbeth", with signatures of Derek Jacobi, Denys Hawthorne and 19 other cast members.

Lot: 103

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £40
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Signed Poster for the Royal Shakespeare Company performance of Macbeth, with signatures of Derek Jacobi, Denys Hawthorne and 19 other cast members. Signatures obtained in person by the vendor. 30.5 x 20”. Fine

Michael Tippett autograph: a signed Bristol University Arts Festival programme,1966, signature applied internally.

Lot: 104

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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Michael Tippett autograph: a signed Bristol University Arts Festival programme, 1966, signature applied internally. Some spotting to front cover o/w fine.        

Dame Edna Everage [aka Barry Humphries] "My Gorgeous Life", Macmillan,1989, First Edn in d/jkt, signed "Dame Edna" on the half-title.

Lot: 105

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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Dame Edna Everage [aka Barry Humphries] My Gorgeous Life, Macmillan, 1989, First Edn in d/jkt, signed Dame Edna on the half-title. Fine

Chaffers "Marks & Monograms on European and Oriental Pottery and Porcelain" William Reeves,1946; and bound volumes of "The Connoisseur"

Lot: 106

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £30
SOLD £15
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Chaffers Marks & Monograms on European and Oriental Pottery and Porcelain William Reeves, 1946; and bound volumes of The Connoisseur for Jan-April 1922 (vol.62) and Jan-April 1924 (vol.68). Gilt cloth. VG/Fine (3) [Offered on behalf of The National Trust.] 

"Royal Academy Illustrated", issues for 1924 to 1927, 1929, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1946/47 (The King's Pictures), 1948, 1950, 1952 to 1960

Lot: 107

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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Royal Academy Illustrated, issues for 1924 to 1927, 1929, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1946/47 (The King's Pictures), 1948, 1950, 1952 to 1960 (plus four duplicates), 1963, 1965, 1967 to 1974, 1976, 1977, 1979 to 1985; Royal Academy Bicentenary Exhibition 1968 (2 vols.), plus thireen other exhibition catalogues, many from commercial galleries. Mostly VG/VF, a few with frayed spines. (58)   

George Nicholson "The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening", L.Upcott Gill, [1885-1900], set of 12 volumes, publisher's decorated cloth, gilt,

Lot: 108

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £52
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George Nicholson The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening, L.Upcott Gill, [1885-1900], set of 12 volumes, publisher's decorated cloth, gilt, complete with the 36 colour plates. A few volumes slightly marked; volume VII has a small puncture hole to the front board which has affected the first plate.

‘About Britain’ series, Collins, for the Festival of Britain,1951, Nos.1 to 13, all (bar one) in d/jkts, two signed by the author W.G. Hoskins,

Lot: 109

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £15
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‘About Britain' series, Collins, for the Festival of Britain, 1951, Nos.1 to 13, all (bar one) in d/jkts, two signed by the author W.G.Hoskins, another with ownership signature. VG (13)

"An Historical Account of all the Voyages Round the World Performed by English Navigators", F. Newbery, 1774, Vol.2 (of 4);

Lot: 110

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £20
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An Historical Account of all the Voyages Round the World Performed by English Navigators, F. Newbery, 1774, Vol.2 (of 4); old calf binding in poor condition, front board detached; six plates (one with border partly torn away), lacking endpapers; 440pp plus title.                

"The Wide World Magazine", Newnes, bound volumes for April to Sept. 1899, Oct.1899 to March 1900, Oct.1907 to March 1908, April to Sept.1908,

Lot: 111

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £42
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The Wide World Magazine, Newnes, bound volumes for April to Sept. 1899, Oct.1899 to March 1900, Oct.1907 to March 1908, April to Sept.1908, Oct.1909 to March 1910, and April to Sept.1917; the 1899-1900 volumes in fine half-morocco, the 1917 volume in poor condition. (6)

Richard Hakluyt "The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques & Discoveries of the English Nation", J.M. Dent, ‘Everyman' edition,

Lot: 112

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £30
SOLD £15
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Richard Hakluyt The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques & Discoveries of the English Nation, J.M. Dent, ‘Everyman' edition, set of eight vols., mostly 1926 but vol.8 from the (undated) 1907 edition. A fine set. (8)

Climbing in the Himalayas, a selection including works by Eric Shipton, Doug Scott, Edmund Hilary, C.G. Bruce "Himalayan Wanderer" 1934,

Lot: 113

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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Climbing in the Himalayas, a selection including works by Eric Shipton, Doug Scott, Edmund Hilary, C.G. Bruce Himalayan Wanderer 1934, F.S.Smythe Camp Six 1937 (top of spine repaired), and others. Some first editions. (14)

"Bradshaw’s Railway Time Tables" for November 1842. Large single sheet (36 x 24”), the Birmingham & Derby Jctn. Rly. highlighted

Lot: 114

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £80
SOLD £105
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Bradshaw's Railway Time Tables for November 1842. Large single sheet (36 x 24”), the Birmingham & Derby Jctn. Rly. highlighted with pink w/colour frame. Folds, peripheral faults (no loss of text). 

British Railways luggage, parcel and goods labels, reservation & carriage window labels and similar, late-1940s/early-1960s, all unused,

Lot: 115

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £76
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British Railways luggage, parcel and goods labels, reservation & carriage window labels and similar, late-1940s/early-1960s, all unused, mainly fine. (c.550)

UK Railway Ephemera from 19th Century with goods and carriage labels, paper tickets, way-bills, letterheads, etc, used & unused,

Lot: 116

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £80
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UK Railway Ephemera from 19th Century with goods and carriage labels, paper tickets, way-bills, letterheads, etc, used & unused, wide range including many minor companies. Includes unusual G.E.R. freight payment receipt 1893. Fair to fine. (c.300)

UK Railway Ephemera 1920s/40s, especially LNER and LMS, some Southern and GWR, with luggage and parcel labels, report forms, etc.

Lot: 117

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £72
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UK Railway Ephemera 1920s/40s, especially LNER and LMS, some Southern and GWR, with luggage and parcel labels, report forms, etc. Includes two publicity pamphlets issued by the Railway Companies Association. Mainly good to fine. (c.190)

Great Western Railway Jig-Saw Puzzles, four different, in the original boxes, two incomplete, together with a large map of the GWR system.

Lot: 118

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £24
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Great Western Railway Jig-Saw Puzzles, four different, in the original boxes, two incomplete, together with a large map of the GWR system. Some wear to boxes. (4 + Map)

Collection of Classic Cars fact cards arranged in three large self-adhesive photo albums. (100s)

Lot: 119

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £20
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Collection of Classic Cars fact cards arranged in three large self-adhesive photo albums. (100s)

Bus Tickets, a collection of Independent Operators, 1960s & 1970s, including Berresford Motors, Green Bus Co. (Rugeley & Uttoxeter),

Lot: 120

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £20
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Bus Tickets, a collection of Independent Operators, 1960s & 1970s, including Berresford Motors, Green Bus Co. (Rugeley & Uttoxeter), Warstone Green Service, Hanslope Direct, and others. Many pre-decimal. Mostly fine. (225)