antiques & fine art sale

A George III period white metal and mother of pearl scalloped shaped snuffbox, with engraved lid, believed to have been owned by Edward Gibson, Bishop of London, 56 grams, width 75 mm.

Sold for £95

A pair of Asprey & Co wishbone pattern silver sugar tongs, 1908, length 10 cm.

Sold for £75

A pair of George III silver bowls by Charles Kandler II, each with beaded rim, engraved with the Arms of the Order of the Garter, London 1781, diameter 11.4 cm, combined weight 307 grams (see illustration).

Sold for £320

Six silver decanter labels, maker William Comyns, London 1948.

Sold for £140

An Edward VII silver tea kettle, by D & J Wellby, London 1909, 1327 grams gross, and together with a silver plated tripod stand with burner (see illustration).

Sold for £520

A George V silver teapot and sucrier, London marks for 1910 and 1911, maker D & J Wellby, gross weight 1,017 grams.

Sold for £400

A rectangular silver salver, of small form, Edward VII 1901, maker Carrington & Co (John Bodman Carrington), 223 grams, 14.5 cm x 20 cm.

Sold for £120

A George III silver boat shaped salt, with blue glass liner, London 1796, makers mark rubbed, together with a silver matchbox holder, Birmingham 1909, a small silver funnel, a silver coloured metal snuffer, a continental silver christening mug stamped 835 and a silver mustard spoon.

Sold for £45

Three silver sauce ladles, a pair London 1841 Chawner & Co (George William Adams) and another 1823, each length 18 cm, 194 grams.

Sold for £100

A matched canteen of silver Old English Thread pattern cutlery, comprising 12 table forks, 12 dessert forks, 6 tablespoons, 8 dessert spoons, fish slice. Table forks 5, London 1912, 2 London 1847, 2 1853, 3 1835. Dessert forks 6 London 1860, 6 London 1835 (1 repaired). Tablespoons 4 London 1860, 2 London 1835. Dessert spoons 5 London 1835, 1 London 1856, 2 London 1869. Fish server London 1842. Combined weight 2,974 grams (see illustration).

Sold for £1250

A set of 8 silver handled pistol grip knives, London mark 1967.

Sold for £50

A matched set of 6 silver dessert spoons, 5 London 1881, 1 London 1832, makers Francis Higgins the second and probably William Heaton, 298 grams.

Sold for £95

Five silver dessert spoons, London by Josiah Williams & Co (George Maudsley Jackson & David Landsborough Fullerton), 1912 together with a dessert fork and condiment spoon, weight 339 grams.

Sold for £120

A pair of cased Trefoil spoons, London 1900, maker Thomas Bradbury, length 20 cm, 128 grams.

Sold for £50

A Dutch silver pickle set, cased.

Not Sold

An Edwardian silver salver, Sheffield 1917, maker Stevenson & Law, 576 grams. Diameter 25.5 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £240

A George III silver cream jug, London 1811, 165 grams.

Sold for £60

A Mappin & Webb silver bowl, with pierced rim, Sheffield 1908, 278 grams. Diameter 25 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £130

A George III silver fish slice, London 1818, maker Walter Brind or William Bennett, length 28 cm, a pair of silver plated cheese trowels, a plated butter knife and preserve spoon.

Sold for £30

A silver mounted cut glass scent bottle, 1899, height 11 cm, and a silver topped cut glass dressing table jar, Chester 1903.

Sold for £20

A small silver bowl, Chester hallmark rubbed, circa 1900, and a two pepperettes, walker & Hall, Birmingham 1897, and five further silver and silver mounted condiments.

Sold for £80

A pair of Newcastle silver tablespoons, 1830 and 1831, maker Dorothy Langlands, length 23.5 cm, another pair, London 1792, makers mark rubbed, 249 grams.

Sold for £100

A set of six Victorian Newcastle silver teaspoons, 1853, maker Thomas Sewell, three odd spoons, pickle fork and four serviette rings various.

Sold for £80

A cased set of six silver hors d'oeuvres forks, by James Dixon & Sons, Sheffield 1924, a pair of silver sugar tongs, London bright cut 1800, maker Eley & Fearn and a silver castor, Chester 1914, height 18 cm.

Sold for £95

A pair of Scottish Dumfries silver sugar tongs, with coiled anchor and unicorn marks, maker D.G., probably David Grey active 1810-41.

Sold for £50

Greenwood Map of the County of Westmorland dated January 1st 1824, handcoloured and with an illustration of the view of Appleby with original leather slip case. Published by George Pringle of London.

Sold for £380

A Pictorial History of England, 10 volumes by George Craik and Charles McFarlane published by Charles Knight & Company, London 1837, leather spines and marble boards, illustrated with more than 100 woodcuts.

Sold for £110

Seventeen volumes of The Works of Charles Dickens, published by The Gresham Publishing Co. Ltd., and 10 volumes of the Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, The New Edition by William Hazlitt, published by George Routledge & Co. circa 1851.

Sold for £100

Old Pewter Its Makers and Marks in England Scotland and Ireland, by Howard Cotterell, and 3 letters from the author.

Sold for £45

Ten books on jewellery, Understanding Jewellery by David Bennett, Georgian Jewellery 1714-1830, Art Nouveau Jewellery from Pforzheim, Art Nouveau Jewellery by Vivienne Becker, Egyptian Revival Jewellery, Oriental Jewellery and Works of Art, etc.

Sold for £230

A collection of Guides to Antiques, Jewellery, Ceramics, etc., Derby Porcelain by Dennis Rice, Claude Lorrain by Helen Langdon, Derby Porcelain 1748-1848 by John Twitchett, Dictionary of British Watercolour Artists up to 1920, Christopher Dresser A Design Revolution, Fans in Spain by Nancy Armstrong, etc.

Sold for £20

A Pictorial Dictionary of British 19th Century Furniture Design, by the Antiques Collector's Club, and A Pictorial Dictionary of British 18th Century Furniture Design by the Antiques Collectors' Club, large edition of Jackson's Silver and Gold Marks, Design Classics 1880-1930, Chandeliers by Elizabeth Hilliard, etc.

Sold for £30

Five volumes of 19th century crests and monograms etc.

Sold for £55

A four volume set of Kirkman's British Birds, published T C and E C Jack, 1911 first edition.

Sold for £130

Six volumes of Studio Publication "Turners Watercolours", first edition, Farnley Hall, complete.

Sold for £65

Four volumes John Leach "Pictures of Life and Character".

Sold for £60

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", illustrated by J Noel Paton, published Art Union of London 1863, first edition.

Sold for £60

Robert Burton, two volumes "The Anatomy of Melancholy", illustrated by E McKnight Kauffer, signed by E McKnight Kauffer to his friend Allan Walton, limited first edition published 1925.

Sold for £220

Two boxes of Sworders and Sothebys catalogues, Asian Art, Oriental, Silver & Jewellery, etc.

Not Sold

Burkes Peerage 1953 Edition, Debrett's Peerage 1910 Edition, Classical Dictionary by J Lempriere (1832), Dictionary of Dates by Joseph Haydn (1857) and The Portfolio The Etchings of Rembrandt by PG Hamerton (1894).

Sold for £35

Alfred Wainwright (1907-1991), pictorial Guide to The Lakeland Fells Book 1 the Eastern Fells, first edition with dust jacket priced 12s 6d. (see illustration).

Sold for £120

Alfred Wainwright (1907-1991), Westmorland Heritage, first edition of the popular edition.

Sold for £40

Alfred Wainwright (1907-1991), The Outlying Fells of Lakeland, first edition, and A Pictorial Guide to The Lakeland Fells Book 2 The Far Eastern Fells.

Not Sold

Alfred Wainwright (1907-1991), Pennine Way Companion and Walks in Limestone Country, both first editions, and a Guide to the View from Scafell Pike and Walks from Ratty (first edition).

Sold for £30

Alfred Wainwright (1907-1991), Welsh Mountain Drawings, first edition, and Scottish Mountain Drawings Volume 6 The Islands, first edition.

Sold for £65

Alfred Wainwright (1907-1991), Lakeland Mountain Drawings Volume 4 first edition, Lakeland Mountain Drawings Volume 1 first edition, and a Second Lakeland Sketchbook first edition.

Sold for £50

The Art of Beatrix Potter, arranged by L Linder, with inscription by Leslie Linder October 1971, hardback edition with dust wrapper.

Sold for £130

Five aviation books by AJ Jackson, British Civil Aircraft 1919 to 1959 Volumes 1 and 2, first editions, no dust jackets, both signed editions, De Havilland Aircraft Since 1909, signed, 1978 edition with dust jacket. Blackburn Aircraft Since 1909, signed first edition with dust jacket and Avro Aircraft Since 1908, signed first edition with dust jacket.

Sold for £95

Thirteen climbing books, The Big Walls by Reinhold Messner, The Cuillin by Gordon Stainforth, Ascent by Steve Roper and Alan Steck, Mountains of The Gods by Ian Cameron and Climb by Bob Godfrey, etc.

Not Sold

Fourteen mountaineering and climbing books, The Age of Mountaineering by James Ramsey Ullman 1956 first edition with dust jacket, Mountaineering in Britain by Ronald W Clark 1957 first edition, Avalanches and Snow Safety by Colin Fraser, In Balance by Peter Gillman, Frost on Everest the Search for Mallory and Irvine, La Suisse a Pied (Switzerland by Foot) Souvenir of a Holiday for Young tourists by Charles Dehansy with fold out map published in French with 10 tinted plates and unfolded map published in 1961, etc.

Not Sold

Box of science books, History of Inductive Sciences by William Whewell (1847), rebound copy for Discourse on The Revolution of The World in French published in 1828, Science and Literature in The Middle Ages by Paul Lacroix with more than 400 engravings, The Midnight Sky by Edwin Dunkin with 32 star maps and numerous illustrations, etc.

Sold for £28

Two boxes of motoring books, Shelsley Walsh by C.A.N. May, The Story of Brooklands by W Boddy, The Autobiography of W.O. Bentley, British War Production 1939-45, The Grand Prix Car Volumes 1 and 2 by Lawrence Pomeroy, Motor Racing S.C.H. Davies, Beyond Expectation The Volkswagen Story, etc.

Sold for £170

Chinese Armorial Porcelain, by David Sanctuary Howard, first edition hardback, published 1974 by Faber & Faber, no dust jacket, red boards, 1034 pages (see illustration).

Not Sold

A collection of Antique Guides, Coloured Worcester Porcelain by Rissik Marshall, Dated English Delft Ware by Lipski and Archer, English Goldsmiths and Their Marks by Sir Charles James Jackson, American Glass by Helen McKearin, Encyclopaedia of British Porcelain Manufacturers by Geoffrey Godden, 200 Years of American Blown Glass, etc.

Not Sold

"The Illustrated War News", five volumes, red boards, red leather spines with gilded illustrations volumes 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 and volume six with green board and brown leather spine, published by the Illustrated London News & Sketch Ltd.

Sold for £60

Thirty two volumes "The Universal Geography", with illustrations and maps, green boards with gilded illustrated covers, circa 1870, published by J.S. Virtue.

Sold for £220

Two volumes "The Works of Shakespeare", with noted by Charles Knight, published by Virtue & Co., circa 1865, illustrated, red boards with leather spines.

Not Sold

"The Works of William Shakespeare", the text revised by the Reverend Alexander Dyce, nine volumes, second edition, published in 1866, leather bound editions with marbled end papers, illustrated, published by Chapman & Hall (see illustration).

Sold for £120

A box of fishing related books, including "Our Country's Fishes and How to Know Them" by W.J. Gordon (circa 1990) with coloured plates, "Index of Orvis Fly Patterns" by John Harder (1978), "A History of Fish Hooks" by Hans Jorgen Hurum (1977), etc. (32).

Sold for £20

A box of books on mountaineering, including "Road to Rakaposhi" by George Band (1955), "At Grips with Jannu" by Jean Franco and Lionel Terray (1967), "Nanga Parbat" by Karl Herrligkoffer (1954), "Tents in The Clouds" by Monica Jackson and Elizabeth Stark (1956), etc. (21).

Not Sold

A box of cricket books, including a signed copy of "Dickie Bird White Cap and Bails" (1999), "Born to Bowl" by Douglas Miller (2004), "Hutton & Washbrook" by A.A. Thompson (1963), etc. (20).

Not Sold

Two boxes of books and ephemera, agriculture related, to include "Report of Agriculture Sub-Committee 1918", Reports Referencing The Corn Laws 1814", "Reports from Committee of The House of Commons Woollen Trade 1806-1821", "Journal of The Board of Agriculture" 4 volumes 1911-12, 1914-15, 1915-16 and 1926-27.

Sold for £70

COPLAND SAMUEL, "Agriculture Ancient & Modern, A Historical Account of Its Principles & Practice" (not dated, late 19th century), illustrated with engraved plates. Ex public library in library bindings. 2 volumes.

Sold for £50

"Lloyds Register of British & Foreign Shipping Rules & Regulations for The Construction and Classification of Steel Vessels", 4 volumes 1877-78, 1884,85, 1885-86 and 1900-01, and "Det Norske Veritas Rules & Regulations 1900", ex Elswick Shipyard (5).

Not Sold

SCOTT. SIR WALTER, Waverley Novels. Cadell & Company, Edinburgh 1829-33, engraved frontispieces and vignette titles, complete 48 volume set, and two volumes "The Waverley Anecdotes" 1833, uniform, half calf, marbled boards (50).

Sold for £220

DICKENS. CHARLES, "Dombey & Son" Bradbury & Evans 1848, engraved frontispiece, title page vignette and 38 plates by H.K. Browne, first edition in book form, issue points include hook on left arm of Captain Cuttle in the engraved title, page 15 no page entry for the frontispiece and vignette, the second listing has no quotation marks around the party, page 14 line 41 aint has no apostrophe, page 26 line 11 reads fidgetty, page 40 shew and shewed is printed instead of show and showed, page 97 has the register for that register, page 101 line 43 has dull crying for dull cooing, page 102 line 20 has Quintius before Curtis, page 324 last line has capatin for captain, page 582 has no fullstop to the last line, dark plate opposite page 547, engraved plates as listed with 8 extra plates bound in. Full leather, spine lacks portion above first band, browning to edge of plates, some staining to text.

Sold for £50

DICKENS. CHARLES, "The Personal History of David Copperfield", Bradbury & Evans, 1850, engraved frontispiece, title page vignette and 38 plates by H.K. Browne. First edition in book form, issue points include the engraved vignette title is dated 1850, VIII has the last letter out of align, the contents page lists chapter XXVII at page 283, it is at page 282, 6 line errata at page XV, pages 16 line 1 and 225 line 22 have recal instead of recall, page 19 line 39 is printed cha pter, page 132 line 20 has the first issue point of screamed instead of screwed, page 387 line 45 has the incorrect spelling of corroboration, page 472 line 37 the quotation is not closed, dark plate opposite page 482. Full leather, browning and staining to plates (see illustration).

Sold for £200

KEEBLE. JOSEPH, "The Statues at Large in Paragraphs & Sections or Numbers from Magna Charta Until This Time", 2 volumes, London 1681 and 1684. Both volumes lacking some pages.

Sold for £70

WHITAKER. THOMAS DUNHAM, "The History and Antiquities of The Deanery of Craven in The County of York", third edition 1878, illustrated. Ex reference library, poor condition, and WHITAKER. THOMAS DUNHAM, "Loidis Elmete", Leeds, 1816, with engraved plates. THORSEBY. RALPH, "Ducatus Leodiensis or The Topograph Town & Parish of Leedes", Leeds, 1818, second edition with notes by Whitaker, engraved plates and many handcoloured armorials, ex public library, with detached boards. (3)

Not Sold

SIEUR DE ROAUMOUNT, "The History of The Old and New Testament, Extracted Out of Sacred Scripture", London 1699, illustrated with engravings and folding maps, front board detached. GIUSEPPE BIANCHINI, "Evangeliarium Quadruplex Latinae Versionis Antiquae Seu Veteris Italicae Pars Prima", Romae 1749, one volume only, leather bound, distressed. Facsimile of "The Black Letter Prayer Book" (1871), handwritten book containing many extracts, poems, etc., theology related, leather bound, cover detached. (4)

Sold for £55

MR RAPIN DE THOYRAS, "The History of England", London 1743, third edition in two volumes, title pages printed in red and black, illustrated with engraved plates, folding maps, charts and tables, leather bound, covers worn. (2)

Sold for £75

BURN. RICHARD, "One of His Majesty's Justice of The Peace for The County of Westmorland", "The Justice of The Peace and Parish Officer", 1758, fifth edition.

Not Sold

GUILLIM. JOHN, "A Display of Heraldry", London 1724, sixth edition, title page printed in black and red, many full page engraved plates.

Sold for £70

"The Artwork of The State of Oregon", "Edition Deluxe of Photogravures", published by W.D. Harney (1909).

Sold for £80

Herds registers etc, a collection of part completed ledgers. Private herd registers designed and published in Barttleboro in Vermont. Register certificates relating to C.L. Banks, New Berlin, New York. Many records completed by hand, circa 1904-1932, and part completed ledger relating to harness and harness repairs, circa 1930, "New York and Farmers Directory and Account Book" by L.L. Syphers, 1911, and part completed 1912-1917. (5)

Not Sold

A box of ephemera, mostly Cumbria related, including "Thomas Bland of Penrith Daybook" 1850-69, part completed. Correspondence, etc. relating to Stockhow Hall, Whitehaven. Army form B50, small book of "Joseph Pepper, Little Langdale Quarryman". Regiment of 2nd, 4th Border Regiment", etc.

Sold for £65

A box of Lake District and Cumbria interest, including "Photogravures of Cumberland and Westmorland Scenery" by Herbert Bell, Ambleside, and a sketchbook of pencil drawings mostly of the Lake District dated 1843.

Sold for £240

A collection of +/- 50 invoices and receipts, circa 1895-1905, Carlisle related, including Messrs Wright & Brown Solicitors, William Sloan Painter & Glazier, R. Black & Son Joiners and Contractors, etc.

Sold for £10

A collection over 50 receipts, invoices, etc. relating to blacksmiths, circa 1850-1900.

Sold for £85

A collection of over 50 receipts, invoices, etc. relating to saddlers and harnesses, circa 1850-1900.

Sold for £80

A collection of over 40 receipts, invoices, etc. relating to coach builders and carriages, circa 1850-1900.

Sold for £90

A collection of 20 veterinary bills, circa 1855-1900.

Sold for £10

Plan of Scarness and Braidness Estate in the Parish of Bassenthwaite in The County of Cumberland, William Hodgson surveyor. C. Thurnam & Sons Lithographers. Coloured plan, 56 cm x 72 cm, late 19th/early 20th century, five copies.

Sold for £32

A printed notice of Meetings of Proprietors of Ulverston & Liverpool Steam Vessel 1825, and a part complete ledger of maritime interest with references to The Euphrates, Queen of The Age, Belted Will, Bacchante, Devana, etc. Wholesale references to chests and boxes of teas covering the years 1865-1917.

Sold for £55

Six commemorative launch brochures from The Elswick Shipyard of W.G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. Ltd., illustrated in colour. Launch of The Brazilian Scout, Rio Grande do Sul, April 20th 1909. Launch of HMS Weymouth November 18th 1910. Launch of The Brazilian Battleship Rio de Janerio 22nd January 1913. Launch of His Majesty's Ship Birmingham May 7th 1913. Launch of Royal Norwegian Armoured Coast Defence Ship Nidaros 9th June 1914. Launch of The Royal Norwegian Armoured Coast Defence Ship Bjorgvin 8th August 1914. A copy of Vickers News March 1940 and a decorative Vickers Armstrong Long Service certificate 1946.

Sold for £120

Sketches of Warships, Constructed by Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth & Co. Ltd., for The Imperial Japanese Navy. Elswick Shipyard, Newcastle upon Tyne 1899. Nine ships" described and illustrated and a reproduction on card of one of the ships illustrated.

Sold for £45

Eight 19th century scrap albums, containing scraps, postcards, greetings cards, prints, some of the Lake District, fashion plates, photographs, etc. and a bag of 19th century scraps.

Sold for £900

A poster issued by The National Savings Committee, Bing Crosby says "Save now for blue skies ahead".

Sold for £18

A manuscript "Estate of Confirmation in Favour of The Honourable Sir John Archibald Murray Knight of The Lands of Murrayfield 1857", and Drumlithie Estate in Cardinshire letter book 1914-21 containing correspondence.

Not Sold

Glasgow & South Western Railway 1901 coloured map, showing lines authorised in course of construction, etc. and coal fields, 74 cm x 1087 cm, two copies, and a four page document Border Counties Railway (North Tyne section) Notice of Land Required 1857, two copies, on with map, and Great Western Railway brass plaque dated 1863.

Sold for £70

Auction sale particulars of estates, a collection, Garbridge near Appleby 1885, four pages of sale particulars with coloured folding map, Down Hall Estate in the Parish of Aikton 1858, four pages of sales particulars with coloured folding map, sale of estate near Keswick known as Castelette Tower 1888, four pages of sales particulars with coloured folding map, Mire End Estate near Cockermouth, six pages of sale particulars with coloured folding map, circa 1900, the Scruton Estate, Yorkshire, North Riding, 1953, 38 pages of particulars with 2 coloured folding maps, Freehold Lands at Aikton Cumberland 1864 with coloured folding map, Brayton Estate Cumberland, 47 pages of sales particulars illustrated with 2 photographs, with coloured folding map, Portions of Muncaster Estate in Eskdale, paper bound, 33 pages with 3 pages of photographs, Coniscliffe Estate Durham 1881, sales particulars, 15 pages with coloured map, and a collection of estate plans and details of farm sales, most late 19th and early 20th century mostly relating to Yorkshire.

Sold for £400

Atlas de Joan Martinez 1587, 1973 facsimile of The Martinez Atlas, limited edition 2011, 19 double page maps.

Sold for £42

A collection of Folio Society books in sleeves, 8 volume set of Edward Gibbons "The History of The Decline & Fall of The Roman Empire", "The Celts" by Nora Chadwick, "The Phoenicians" by Glenn E Markoe, "Empires of The Nile" by Welsby & Phillipson, etc. (16)

Sold for £75

A collection of Folio Society books in slip cases, "The Hittites" by O.R. Gurney, "The Persians" by J.M Cook, "The Egyptians" by Alan Gardiner, "Cover Her Face" by P.D. James, "The Spanish Inquisition", etc. (13)

Sold for £45

A collection of Folio Society books in slip cases, "The Somme", "Rights of Man" by Thomas Paine, "The Florentine Renaissance", "Travels and Discovery in Renaissance", "The Renaissance in Europe", "Red Coats and Rebels" by Christopher Hibbert, etc. (16)

Sold for £60

A collection of Folio Society books, "The Incas" by Nigel Davies, "The Aztecs", "The Mayans", "The Minoans" by J. Lesley Fitton, etc. (11)

Sold for £30

A Gazetteer of The World, or Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge published in Edinburgh and Dublin by A. Fullarton, 7 volumes, illustrated with numerous woodcuts, engravings and maps.

Sold for £35

"The Survey Atlas of England and Wales", published by Bartholomew in 1939, red boards with half leather binding, 81 plates. 45.5 cm x 32.5 cm.

Sold for £30

A collection of boxing books, 6 hardback, "Hitting and Stopping" by Jimmy Wild, "Henry Cooper, An Autobiography", "Ring Battles of The Century", "Shake Hands and Come Out fighting", etc., and 7 softbacks "Big Fight" by Denzil Batchelor, "Rocky Marciano", "Jack Dempsey Story", etc.

Not Sold

A box of naturalist books, "Land Molluscs of North America", "Land Snails on Madeira", "Tropical Rain Forest Ecology", "Welsh Ferns, Clubmosses, Etc." by H.A. Hyde, "Field Guide to Ferns" by Boughton Cobb, "Terrestrial Slugs", "Butterflies and Moths", etc.

Sold for £140