SOLD Lot 450 - Milne (A.A.) The Christopher Robin Verses

Milne (A.A.) The Christopher Robin Verses

lot 450 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)

first edition, "When we were young" and "Now we are six", 12 colour plates and plain illustrations by E.H. Shepard, original pictorial cloth, gilt, ... read more

Sold for £262    Result plus buyers premium More details 5  

SOLD Lot 451 - Potter (Beatrix) Peter Rabbit's Almanac For 1929

Potter (Beatrix) Peter Rabbit's Almanac For 1929

lot 451 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)

first edition, with original glassine dust jacket, some small tears to jacket, pictorial endpapers, colour title with colour plates throughout, some ... read more

Sold for £525    Result plus buyers premium More details 4  

Potter (Beatrix), The Tale Of Benjamin Bunny

lot 452 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)

first edition, "muffetees" to page 15, pictorial endpapers, colour plates throughout, some loose binding, small wear on spine, a few colour plate ... read more

Estimated at £100 - £200 More details 4  

SOLD Lot 453 - Potter (Beatrix), The Tale Of Tom Kitten

Potter (Beatrix), The Tale Of Tom Kitten

lot 453 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)

first edition, pictorial end pages, colour plates throughout, name inscriptions in pencil, slight wear to spine, 84pp

Sold for £212    Result plus buyers premium More details 5  

Potter (Beatrix), The Tale Of Jemima Puddle-Duck

lot 454 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)

pictorial endpapers, colour plates throughout, ink gift inscription, corners slightly bumped, 84pp

Estimated at £100 - £200 More details 4  

SOLD Lot 455 - Potter (Beatrix), The Tale Of Peter Rabbit

Potter (Beatrix), The Tale Of Peter Rabbit

lot 455 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)

first commercial edition, first, second or third printing with "wept big tears" on page 51, floral endpapers, colour plate page depicting Peter’s ... read more

Sold for £1,062    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

Potter (Beatrix), The Tale Of Two Bad Mice

lot 456 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)

first edition, original red boards, pictorial endpapers, colour plates throughout, pencil name inscription, damage to spine, colour plate next to ... read more

Estimated at £150 - £250 More details 5  

SOLD Lot 457 - Potter (Beatrix), The Tale Of Timmy Tiptoes

Potter (Beatrix), The Tale Of Timmy Tiptoes

lot 457 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)

first edition, original brown boards, first or second printing with date on title page, pictorial endpapers, colour plates throughout, minor bumping ... read more

Sold for £112    Result plus buyers premium More details 4  

Potter (Beatrix), The Tale Of Mr. Tod

lot 458 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)

first edition, first or second printing with date on title, damage to spine board, water marks to back, bumping on corners, 93pp

Estimated at £50 - £80 More details 4  

SOLD Lot 459 - Potter (Beatrix), The Tale Of Pigling Bland

Potter (Beatrix), The Tale Of Pigling Bland

lot 459 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)

first edition, first or second printing with date on title, original maroon boards, pictorial endpapers, colour plates throughout, slight sun damage ... read more

Sold for £138    Result plus buyers premium More details 4  

SOLD Lot 460 - Potter (Beatrix), The Tale Of Johnny Town Mouse

Potter (Beatrix), The Tale Of Johnny Town Mouse

lot 460 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)

first edition, second printing with "London" on title page, light green boards, pictorials to endpapers, colour plates throughout, sun damage to ... read more

Sold for £112    Result plus buyers premium More details 4  

SOLD Lot 461 - (Rackham, Arthur, Illustrator) Dickens (Charles), A Christmas Carol

(Rackham, Arthur, Illustrator) Dickens (Charles), A Christmas Carol

lot 461 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)

first trade edition, with original pictorial dust jacket, green decorated cloth, 12 colour plates, some tears to dust jacket, minor bumps to cloth ... read more

Sold for £438    Result plus buyers premium More details 5  

SOLD Lot 462 - Milne (A.A) Now We Are Six & When We Were Very Young

Milne (A.A) Now We Are Six & When We Were Very Young

lot 462 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)

decorations by E.H. Shepard, Now We Are Six second edition, in original dust jacket, some tears to jacket, pencil inscription, minor bumping to ... read more

Sold for £500    Result plus buyers premium More details 7  

SOLD Lot 463 - Potter (Beatrix), Ginger & Pickles

Potter (Beatrix), Ginger & Pickles

lot 463 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)

first edition, first or second printing, date on title, pictorials to endpapers, colour plates throughout, some bumping to corners and end of spine, ... read more

Sold for £100    Result plus buyers premium More details 4  

SOLD Lot 464 - The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book

The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book

lot 464 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)

1946 edition with original dust jacket, colour plates, small tears to dust jacket, red cloth cover with minor bumping to corners and spine

Sold for £175    Result plus buyers premium More details 4  

Barrie (J.M) Peter Pan In Kensington Gardens

lot 465 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)

illustrated by Arthur Rackham, second trade edition, green cloth & gold gilt cover, illustrated map of Kensington Gardens to endpapers, list of ... read more

Estimated at £70 - £100 More details 4  

SOLD Lot 466 - Barrie (J.M) Peter & Wendy

Barrie (J.M) Peter & Wendy

lot 466 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)

illustrated by F.D. Bedford, early edition 1911, green & gilt cover, some fading, minor bumping on corners and spine, occasional light foxing

Sold for £338    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

SOLD Lot 467 - Wain (Louis) The Cat Scouts

Wain (Louis) The Cat Scouts

lot 467 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)

cats by Louis Wain, verses and tales by Jessie Pope, first edition, some light foxing throughout, bumping to corners and ends of spine, some wear to ... read more

Sold for £175    Result plus buyers premium More details 4  

SOLD Lot 468 - Potter (Beatrix) Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes

Potter (Beatrix) Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes

lot 468 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)

first edition, first or second printing, pictorial end pages, colour plates throughout, minor bumping to corners and spine ends, ink inscription of ... read more

Sold for £262    Result plus buyers premium More details 4  

SOLD Lot 469 - Potter (Beatrix), The Tale Of The Flopsy Bunnies

Potter (Beatrix), The Tale Of The Flopsy Bunnies

lot 469 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)

first edition, first or second printing with notice board illustration on p14, pictorial endpapers, colour plates throughout, minor bumping to ... read more

Sold for £188    Result plus buyers premium More details 4  

SOLD Lot 470 - Potter (Beatrix), The Story Of Miss Moppet

Potter (Beatrix), The Story Of Miss Moppet

lot 470 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)

first edition, pictorial endpapers, colour plates throughout, ink gift inscription, minor bumping to corners, slight browing of spine, 52pp

Sold for £188    Result plus buyers premium More details 4  

SOLD Lot 471 - Potter (Beatrix), The Story Of A Fierce Bad Rabbit

Potter (Beatrix), The Story Of A Fierce Bad Rabbit

lot 471 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)

first edition, pictorial endpapers, colour plates throughout, some light rubbing to front cover and spine, 52pp

Sold for £162    Result plus buyers premium More details 14  

SOLD Lot 472 - Potter (Beatrix), The Tailor Of Gloucester

Potter (Beatrix), The Tailor Of Gloucester

lot 472 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)

first edition, colour endpapers, colour plates throughout, ink inscription to title page, damage to spine, small part of page 81 torn, 85pp

Sold for £81    Result plus buyers premium More details 5  

Potter (Beatrix), The Tale Of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle

lot 473 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)

first edition, "How Keld" illustraition on p.20, pictorial endpapers, colour plates throughout, pages partially detached from spine, ink inscription, ... read more

Estimated at £150 - £250 More details 4  

Potter (Beatrix), The Tale Of Mr. Jeremy Fisher

lot 474 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)

first edition, pictorial endpapers, colour plates throughout, pencil gift inscription, minor bumping to corners, some tears to spine

Estimated at £200 - £300 More details 4  

SOLD Lot 475 - Medicine - Schroeder, Karl Ludwig Ernst, 1886

Medicine - Schroeder, Karl Ludwig Ernst, 1886

lot 475 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)

Schroeder, Karl Ludwig Ernst, plates in a folder titled 'Tafeln zu der Schwangere und Kreissende uterus, Beitrage zur Anatomie und Physiologie der ... read more

Sold for £19    Result plus buyers premium More details 9  

SOLD Lot 476 - A Small Dossier of Miniature Camera Magazine Issues

A Small Dossier of Miniature Camera Magazine Issues

lot 476 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)

Full-year of 1947, to include Dec 1947, Nov 1947, Oct 1947, Sept 1947, Aug 1947, July 1947, June 1947, May 1947, April 1947, Mar 1947, Feb 1947, Jan (Qty: 1) ... read more

Sold for £1    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

An Archive of Magic Lantern & Optical Toy Reference Books

lot 477 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)

including: Encyclopedia of the Magic Lantern, Robertson, Herbert & Crangle, 2001 Peepshows, a Visual History, R. Balzer, 1998 Thechnological History ... read more

Estimated at £60 - £80 More details 1  

SOLD Lot 478 - A Selection of Photographic Books

A Selection of Photographic Books

lot 478 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)

to include: WAR, A Voyage to the South, Nature in Focus, Sleeping with Ghosts, & Blink: 100 Photographers, 10 Curators, 10 Writers, (Qty: 1)

Sold for £25    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 479 - Five Bound Folders of Amateur Photographer

Five Bound Folders of Amateur Photographer

lot 479 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)

with contents pages that highlight articles of interest, (Qty: 1)

Sold for £31    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

Potter (Beatrix), The Tale Of Mrs Tittlemouse

lot 480 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)

with original dust jacket, colour plates throughout, pictorial endpapers, some small tears, 58pp

Estimated at £20 - £30 More details 4  

Potter (Beatrix), The Tale Of Squirrel Nutkin

lot 481 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)

later printing with text to title page "Author of The Tale Of Peter Rabbit", with colour plates throughout, pictorial endpapers, handwritten ... read more

Estimated at £100 - £200 More details 4  

2 Microscopes

lot 482 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)

including a Bausch & Lomb microscope in a case, finished in black enamel and brass lacquer, and engraved to the side D I BOSWORTH, with a later LOMO ... read more

Estimated at £60 - £80 More details 4  

SOLD Lot 483 - French -Legion d'honneur Medal

French -Legion d'honneur Medal

lot 483 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)

In the original presentation box with ribbon, enamel in good condition, together with a presentation case of 3 white metal coins celebrating Gustave ... read more

Sold for £62    Result plus buyers premium More details 7  

SOLD Lot 484 - A Late Victorian Silver Perfume Flask

A Late Victorian Silver Perfume Flask

lot 484 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)

or stirrup flask by William Comyns and with date marks for 1895, decorated with scenes of village life, 24 cm L, (2.5 ozt.) 78.5 g

Sold for £94    Result plus buyers premium More details 7  

SOLD Lot 485 - A Fine 18th Century Inverted Bell Top Bracket Clock

A Fine 18th Century Inverted Bell Top Bracket Clock

lot 485 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)

English, late 18th Century, the dial engraved 'Abraham Lynn London, the black ebonised case with inverted bell top with canted corners to the edges, ... read more

Sold for £388    Result plus buyers premium More details 4  

SOLD Lot 486 - Small French Carriage Clock

Small French Carriage Clock

lot 486 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)

French, c.1900, unmarked, brass case with single bell to base, white enamelled face with key, height to top plate10.5cm, with key

Sold for £56    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

A Gentleman's Certina Wristwatch

lot 487 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)

manufacturer's code: C034.654.16.037.01. In VG-E condition, full working order, in maker's box with tags & cards, (Qty: 1)

Estimated at £150 - £250 More details 4  

SOLD Lot 488 - Attributed to Willem Maris (The Hague 1844-1910)

Attributed to Willem Maris (The Hague 1844-1910)

lot 488 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)

an old woman reading with a child, pencil & wash, in a period frame marked J. Maris ( Jacob Maris), image 9cm x 11.5cm Jacob Hendricus Maris ... read more

Sold for £162    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 489 - Willem van Mieris (Leiden 1662-1747) Wooded Landscape with Figures

Willem van Mieris (Leiden 1662-1747) Wooded Landscape with Figures

lot 489 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)

showing a wooded landscape with two women, with inscription 'W. vanMieris Fec' to the middle of the bottom, black chalk, black chalk framing lines, ... read more

Sold for £5,625    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

SOLD Lot 490 - 19th Century Meissen Floral Encrusted Miniature Cup and Saucer

19th Century Meissen Floral Encrusted Miniature Cup and Saucer

lot 490 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)

decorated with hand-painted floral sprays, both pieces marked to the base, 3 cm H overall

Sold for £38    Result plus buyers premium More details 10  

SOLD Lot 491 - A Qing Dynasty Polychrome Porcelain Bowl

A Qing Dynasty Polychrome Porcelain Bowl

lot 491 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)

of lobed form and decorated with pine trees and foliage in underglaze blue, iron red and turquiose with gilt clobbering, four character mark to the ... read more

Sold for £50    Result plus buyers premium More details 6  

A Small Group of African Carvings

lot 492 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)

including figures, bust, and lidded bowl, plus an indonesian example (5)

Estimated at £20 - £30 More details 17  

African Spice Pestle

lot 493 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)

92 cm H including mortar

Estimated at £20 - £30 More details 1  

SOLD Lot 494 - An Interesting WWII vintage German Walking Stick

An Interesting WWII vintage German Walking Stick

lot 494 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)

made from stripped rough hardwood with metal end spike. The shaft has been decorated with various German place souvenir plaques including Bodensee ( ... read more

Sold for £56    Result plus buyers premium More details 6  

SOLD Lot 495 - A Selection of Vinyl Record Albums

A Selection of Vinyl Record Albums

lot 495 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)

Various LP's, approximately one hundred including Soundtracks, Classical, Comedy etc, various years and conditions (a lot)

Sold for £12    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

2 Reproduction Insurance Fire Marks

lot 496 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)

both cast metal and painted, sun insurance and Phoenix

Estimated at £10 - £20 More details 2  

SOLD Lot 497 - A Wolff Bros violin, with two piece back 36cm

A Wolff Bros violin, with two piece back 36cm

lot 497 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)

A Wolff Bros violin, with two piece back 36cm, with paper lable inside reads 'Wolf Bros Violin Manufacturers N.922 1891' to the top of the lable is a ... read more

Sold for £562    Result plus buyers premium More details 16  

SOLD Lot 498 - Large Collection of Early Light Bulbs

Large Collection of Early Light Bulbs

lot 498 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)

including an early example with a Edison type screw with a white ceramic insulated base, acid etched with a star and POLARLAMPE, along with several ... read more

Sold for £81    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 499 - A 19th Century Wooden Hand-Cart

A 19th Century Wooden Hand-Cart

lot 499 (The Collectors Sale, 26th Apr, 2023)

or dog-cart, this one with Wilfried Kölling Idensen No. 16 stencilled to one side, of plank construction with scumble finish, 122 cm L approx.

Sold for £94    Result plus buyers premium More details 7