Decorative Arts & Collectables (#488) Closed Auction Info PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#Lot NameNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBidsViews Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-53 of 53. Previous|1|Next Lot 1297 [BOTANY & OTHER SCIENCES] "Select Extra-Tropical Plants readily eligible for Industrial Culture or Naturalisation...." by Ferdinand von Mueller [Sydney : Thomas Richards, 1881] 403pp, original green cloth binding; "Report on the Geology, Mineralogy, Botany, and Zoology of Massachusetts..." by Edward Hitchcock [Amherst : J.S. & C. Adams, 1833] 700pp; "The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London" [London : Longman, Brown...; 1854-56]; and three others. (6 vols.) Mixed condition. View details Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$100StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1298 A collection of reference books on silver, Old Sheffield Plate and silver hallmarks (12) View details Quantity12Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$100StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1299 A selection of reference books focusing on the subjects of pottery, porcelain and ceramics, (15) View details Quantity15Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$40StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1300 A selection of antique reference books focusing on general collecting and furniture (8) View details Quantity8Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$20StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1301 A selection of general antique reference books on carpets, paintings, watercolours and glass, etc (13) View details Quantity13Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$40StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1302 General antique collecting reference books old clocks, watch and clockmakers of the world, great authors and dictionaries on general antique marks (7) View details Quantity7Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$20StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1303 ROYALTY: A collection of souvenir editions, special event publications, etc. (50+ items). View details Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$60StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1303a A group of very early printed books: "Gothicarum et Langobardicarum" by Vulcanius [Leiden, 1617] octavo, half leather; "Annales et Historiae de Rebus Belgicis" by Grotius [Amsterdam, 1658], 16mo, vellum; "Satyrae: by Juvenal [London, 1699] octavo, full leather; "Thesaurus Locorum Communium Iurisprudentiae" by Barbosa [Leipzig, 1707] folio, vellum; and "Cornelii Vepotis Vitae Excellentium Imperatorum" by Nepos [Leiden, 1774] octavo, full leather. (5 volumes). View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Price Realized$900StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1304 "Selectae Antiquitatis..." by Christoph Philipp von Waldenfels [Nuremburg, 1677] in 17th century leather binding; "Caussa Dei ac religionis revelatae; et quidem CHRISTIANAE adversus Judaeos...." by Johann Joachim Lange [Halle, Saxony, 1727] in 18th century vellum binding; "History of the reign of Charles the Fifth..." by William Robertson [London : George Routledge, 1857] in contemporary full leather binding; and, "From the land of the Shamrock" by Jane Barlow. (4). View details Quantity4Estimate$400 - $500Price Realized$200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1305 SIR NATHANIEL WILLIAM WRAXELL (1751 - 1831), (edited by Henry B. Wheatley), The Historical and the Posthumous Memoirs of Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall, 1772 - 1784 in five volumes, [London : Bickers & Son, 1884], octavo, three-quarter leather bindings over cloth boards; spines with 5 raised bands with gilt titles and decoration; With bookplates of Sir Tresham Joseph Philip Lever. (5 vols.) View details Quantity5Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$100StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1306 A shelf of superbly bound English literature, mainly 18th & 19th century editions, with works by Samuel Butler, William Makepeace Thackeray, Samuel Johnson, Edmund Spenser, Walter Scott and W.S. Gilbert. (56 volumes). View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Price Realized$3,200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1307 A shelf of superbly bound books on English history, some poetry, commentaries, etc., mainly in sets, 18th to early 20th Century editions with works by Green, Milton, Bridges, Prior, Emerson, Hallam, Ruskin, Butler and others. (39 volumes). View details Estimate$800 - $1,000Price Realized$1,900StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1308 A collection of beautiful leather-bound books with a European theme - ancient to modern - with some in translation and some in their original languages, 1728 - 1905. Noted works by Hallam, Chompre, Calderon, Froude, Corneille, Hyde, James, Vacaresco and Church. (15 volumes). View details Estimate$300 - $400Price Realized$650StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1309 RELIGION: A range of leather-bound volumes comprising "The Works of Josephus" [1683, London] with replaced preliminaries, title and map; "Of the Principles and Duties of Natural Religion" by Wilkins [London, 1734]; "Novum Missale Romanum" [Augsburg, 1739]; "The Bible" in six volumes [London, 1812]; "The Holy State and the Profane State" by Fuller [London, 1841]; "L'Imitation de Jesus Christ" by Kempis [Tours, 1885], "Sacred and Legendary Art" by Jameson [London, 1890] and "Boy - Life" by Benson. View details Estimate$500 - $750Price Realized$1,600StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1310 EDWARD GIBBON, "The Works of Edward Gibbon", [New York, Fred De Fau, 1907], a complete set of 15 volumes, this set limited to 1000 numbered copies. Bound in half brown morocco over brown marbelled boards and matching endpapers. With 5 raised spine bands and titles in gilt, as are the page tops. View details Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$2,800StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1311 WILLIAM HICKLING PRESCOTT (1796 - 1859), History of the Conquest of Peru, [London : Bickers & Son, 1903], 8vo, (xxiv), 510pp; frontispiece map, marbled endpapers and edges; Wellington College prize label to paste down. Handsome tree calf binding with raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. View details Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$100StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1312 HUGH STOWELL SCOTT (Henry Scott Merriman), various works, [London : Smith, Elder & Co., 1904], matching half-leather bindings by Mudie. (9 vols.). View details Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$140StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1313 [ANTHROPOLOGY & ART] A group of hard cover books including "Aku-Aku - The Secret of Easter Island" by Thor Heyerdahl [George Allen & Unwin, 1958] signed by the author and with dust jacket; "Art of the Pacific" by Brake, McNeish & Simmons [OUP, 1979] with d/j; "Oriental Carpets" by Schurmann [Octopus, 1979] with d/j; "Dehua Wares" by Zeng Fan, et al. [Hong Kong, 1990]; "Aboriginal Artists of the Nineteeth Century" by Sayers [OUP, 1994] with d/j; plus others. (9 vols.) View details Estimate$200 - $250Price Realized$80StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1314 FOLIO SOCIETY: A selection of FS publications, all housed in their own slipcases; includes "The Nude" by Kenneth Clark; "Mapping the World" by Peter Whitfield; "The Wannsee Conference and the Final Solution" by Mark Roseman; "Five Days in London, May 1940" by John Lukacs; "Egypt Revealed - Artist-Travellers in an Antique Land" by T.G.H. James; plus seven others. Also, "The History of Violin Playing" by Boyden. (Total: 13 vols.). View details Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$140StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1315 HISTORY, group of 14 books, mainly hardcover View details Quantity14Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$40StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1316 SPORTING: A group including "The Book of the Fly-Rod" by Sheringham & Moore (1936); "Fishing in Many Waters" by Hornell (1950); "The Angler's Bedside Book" by Wiggin (1965); "Gough Thomas's Gun Book" by Garwood (1980); "The Field Book of Cricket" by Allen (1991); "The Royal Yacht Squadron" by Dear (1985); plus six others; all hardcover. (12 vols.) View details Quantity12Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$120StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1317 A diverse range incl. "Universal Dictionary of Violin and Bow Makers" by Henley (1973); "Violin-Making, as it was and is" by Heron-Allen (1984); "Tudor Music" by Wulstan (1985); "The War Diaries of Weary Dunlop" by E.E.Dunlop (1989, with dedication from the author); "Dostoevsky - A Writer in his Time" by Frank (2010); plus nine others. (14 vols.) View details Quantity14Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$60StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1318 "NAPOLEON Texte tire de la Campagne de Russie 1812 par le General Comte PHILIPPE DE SEGUR de l'Academe Francaise" 19th century edition, half morocco with original green marbled boards, published by Ernest Flammarion, [Paris, 1912] View details Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$120StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1319 .JOHN COCKBURN The unfortunate Englishmen, or, A faithful Narrative of the Distresses and Adventures of John Cockburn, and five other English mariners.... [Leith, Wm. Reid & Co., 1817], 168pp + engraved frontispiece "The Muskitoe Indians Plundering the town of Cheriqui & Burning a Spanish Priest"; small leather bound volume with gilt decorations; "Peter Arnold Booksellers" label. View details Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$280StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1320 JAMES PRINSEP (1799 - 1840), Benares Illustrated in a Series of Drawings, [Calcutta : Baptist Mission Press, 1830], folio; incomplete but with 21 lithographed and 7 engraved plates present. View details Estimate$600 - $800StatusUnsold Lot 1321 THOMAS SIDNEY COOPER, Groups of Cattle, drawn from nature, [London : Ackermann & Co.], 1839 first edition. Elephant folio, handsomely bound in contemporary half red morocco over marbled boards with five raised bands to the spine, compartments decorated in gilt and titles in gilt. Page edges gilt; marbled end papers. With 26 tinted lithographic plates (including the title page). View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Price Realized$750StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1322 "COMPLETE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE" 19th century illustrated edition [Syd., Lon., Melb.], leather bound with gilt and embossed boards (front loose), poor to fair condition only View details Estimate$60 - $100Price Realized$180StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1323 [FISHING & FISHERIES], "Stray Notes on Fishing and Natural History" by Cornwall Simeon [Cambridge : 1860]; "Great International Fisheries Exhibition. London, 1883. United States of America : A. Preliminary Catalogue and Synopsis of the Collections exhibited by the United States Fish Commission and by Special Exhibitors..." [Washington : G.P.O., 1883], (2 vols.). View details Estimate$80 - $120Price Realized$40StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1324 WALLACE C. CROWDY (text), The Gallery of Old Masters being a collection of forty-five steel engravings after the chief treasures of the English and Continental Galleries, [London : J.S. Virtue & Co.], circa 1875, 3 vols, red leather with gilt titles and decorations; all plates present together with descriptions and protective leaves. View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$100StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1325 WAR: A shelf of books and pamphlets including "The Victoria Cross" by Gerard (1893); "Sir Ian Hamilton's 3rd Despatch" (1915); "A Short History of the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)" by Wylly [1929]; "I paid Hitler" by Thyssen (1941); "Australian War Memorial Canberra" [May 1946]; "Escape from Singapore" by Marcus Ch'eng; "New Guinea Victory" (1944); "Citizens in War - and after" (1945); "13/13 Vietnam: Search & Destroy" by Baxter (1967), etc. (27 items). View details Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$100StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1326 ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN'S BOOKS; all with hardcovers, incl. "Lost in the wilds of Canada" by Stredder (1896); "Clare Linton's Friend" by Hart (1900); "Rosa's Mistake" by Bradford-Whiting (1907); "Rob Harlow's Adventures" by Fenn (1907); "Queechy" by Wetherell c.1910); "The School on the Steep" by Judd; plus 5 others. (11 vols.). View details Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$80StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1327 "The Illustrated London News Record Of The Reign Of Queen Victoria 1837-1901. The Life And Accession Of King Edward VII And The Life Of Queen Alexandra". Red cloth bound hard cover with gilt lettering. Boards scuff and stained but firm. A fair copy. View details Estimate$80 - $120Price Realized$100StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1328 SHEET MUSIC: A collection; mainly early 20th Century popular titles, many with pictorial covers. (qty). View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$20StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1329 OLIVER BRACKETT, Thomas Chippendale : A study of his life, work and influence. [London : Houghton & Stoughton], but 1924; green buckram, 281pp, 61 plates and 8 text illustrations. With the ownership autograph and date "Keith Murdoch October 30, 1925" to front free end paper. View details Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$60StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1330 "Yvette in the U.S.A. with Titania's Palace" by N.R. Wilkinson [c.1930, no d/j]; "Arctic Adventure" by Peter Freuchen [1936, no d/j]; "Interview with India" by Margaret Bourke-White [1950, with d/j]; "Scandinavia" by Eric de Mare [1952, with d/j]; "I owe Russia $1200" by Bob Hope [1963, no d/j]; "The Strong Brown God" by Sanche de Gramont [1973, with d/j]; plus 2 others. (8 vols.). View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Lot 1331 ENGLAND: A box full of English travel guides, souvenirs, maps, local histories, programmes, London, royalty, castles, several books, etc. (qty). View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$20StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1332 A shelf of books; diverse subjects including royalty, poetry, children's books, etc. View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$60StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1333 A substantial accumulation of travel guides and souvenirs; circa 1930s to 1960s, notably British Isles, Australia, Europe and U.S.A. (qty). View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$80StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1334 ROYALTY: A shelf of hard-cover books, (22). View details Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$60StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1335 CHINA: "China : A Short Cultural History" by C.P. Fitzgerald [1942, with d/j]; "In and Out of China Cities : First Three : Anking - Changteh - Nanchow" by James Gardiner [1947, with d/j]; "The Small Woman" by Alan Burgess [1957, with d/j]; "China Diary" by C.Y. Salisbury [1973; with d/j]. View details Estimate$80 - $120Price Realized$60StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1336 A.A. WHIFE (ed.) The Modern Tailor Outfitter and Clothier : New and Revised Edition, [London : The Caxton Publishing Co.], 1949, 3 Volumes. 8vo. pp. viii, 319; viii, 277; viii, 364. 38 plates (22 double-sided), 7 double-page plates of pattern-laying and numerous text illus. & diagrams. index. A nice set in original deep blue cloth. View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$140StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1337 CHILDREN'S BOOKS: A collection of "Pookie" books by Ivy L. Wallace, including "Pookie", "Pookie in search of a Home", "Pookie at the Seaside", "Pookie and his Shop", etc., several with d/jackets. (6). View details Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$100StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1338 COMICS, a range including BUCK ROGERS, SUPERGIRL, DONALD AND MICKEY, RANGERS, GOOFY, DINO, SUPER STARS, etc. 15+ items View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$80StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1339 COMICS collection of vintage examples including, PHANTOM, SUPERMAN, BATMAN, JETSONS, MICKEY MOUSE and others, mainly poor condition with some exceptions, (70+) View details Estimate$60 - $100Price Realized$80StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1340 A box of ephemeral material. (qty). View details Estimate$50 - $100Price Realized$40StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1341 A range including "Siberia - A Poem by A. Sutzkever" with drawings by Marc Chagall, (1961 1st ed. with d/j; "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote (1966 1st ed. with d/j); "Exiles and other Poems" by Richard Aldington (1923 l/e with d/j); plus 4 other volumes. (7 items). View details Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$80StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1342 FRANK HABICHT Young London, Permissive London, [George G. Harrap, London], 1969 1st edition; with 91 photographic plates by Habicht; text by Heather Cremonesi and Robert Bruce., hardcover with original d/j. View details Estimate$200 - $250StatusUnsold Lot 1343 Horses & Horsemanship: "Equitation" by Wynmalen (1952); "Dressage : A Study of the finer points of Riding" by Wynmalen (1958); "A History of Horsemanship" by Chenevix Trench" (1970) plus 5 other volumes. View details Estimate$200 - $250Price Realized$220StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1344 Six albums; noted advertising cut-outs, a collection of phonecards, romantic postcards, wedding photos, tickets, invitations, etc. View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$60StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1345 Books about collecting postcards, telephones and other collectibles, (7 titles). View details Estimate$40 - $60Price Realized$40StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1346 MOUNTIER Mary, BARRIE Douglas M., CLARK Graeme "NOTABLE AUSTRALIAN THOROUGHBRED" [N.Z. 1981], limited edition 742/3500, blue half morocco with embossed pictorial front board and lettering to the spine, near mint condition, in original blue cloth covered solander box, View details Estimate$120 - $200StatusUnsold Lot 1347 ANTIQUE COLLECTORS REFERENCE BOOKS including "Nineteenth Century Australian Gold & Silversmiths" by Kurt Albrecht, "The Kangaroo In The Decorative Arts" (NGV Publication), "H. R. Hughan Retrospective Exhibition Catalogue" (NGV Publication), Steuben, Icons, general antiques, pewter etc. (12 volumes) View details Quantity12Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$40StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 1348 Collection remainder including a Parker pen, a 1911 Coronation medal, an 1855 edition of Tam O'Shanter by Robbie Burns, plus several other items. 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