SOLD FOR £1550
Lawrence T.E. - "Seven Pillars of Wisdom", 1st Trade Edition Jonathan Cape London 1935, bound for Asprey in gilt and brown Morocco, with inlaid hand painted portrait of Lawrence to cover, illustrated throughout with charcoal/line drawings and pull out maps, contained in half bound gilt and brown Morocco faux plush lined book casing, 4to
SOLD FOR £1950
Circle of Sir Thomas Lawrence (English 1769-1830) - three quarter length Portrait of a Lady wearing a silk and organza empire dress and holding a rose and a three quarter length Portrait of a Gentleman wearing a black jacket, yellow waistcoat and white stock, in front of a stone column, a pair of early 19th Century oils on canvas, Christie's stencils verso, each 90cm x 69cm, both within gilt composition frames with egg and dart ornament
SOLD FOR £1550
An extensive collection of autographs mainly collected in the 1930's contained in a leather bound folio to include Rudyard Kipling, Don Bradman, Gordon Richards, Malcolm Campbell, Baden Powell, Olave Baden-Powell, Prince Philip of Greece, Field Marshall Montgomery, General De Gaulle, Sir Lawrence Olivier, Stanley Baldwin, Wing Commander F F E Yeo-Thomas, Dr Michael Ramsey (Archbishop of Canterbury), the 1935 South African Cricket Team, Field Marshall Allenby, Norman Birkett, Augustus John, Anthony Eden, Viscount Snowdon, Margaret Scriven and others, together with one other album including a small collection of signed photographs including George Robey as Falstaff and Sonja Fleurie
SOLD FOR £60
Oeuvres Completes, J J Rouseau New Edition, Volume 22, 1793, fully bound in mottled calf with gilt border 12 mo., The Orestes of Euripides by The Reverend J. R. Major, London Longman and Co., 2nd edition 1836, quarter bound calf and marbled boards, 12 mo., Le Cama Soutra (The Cama Sutra) translated to French by E Lamairesse Paris Georges Carre 1891, bound in half red Morocco with brown mottled boards, the spine with raised bands, gilt tooling 4 to., Cooke Stenson "This Motoring", limited presentation edition (although un-numbered) fully bound in cream velum, 1st edition 1931, Cassell & Company Ltd. London., Sand George A "Le Secretaire Intime" Paris 1886, quarter bound brown Morocco, gilt spine, green boards, 12 mo., Herroditus translated from the Greek by the Rev. William Beloe, revised edition London Jones and Co 1830, quarter bound in dark brown Morocco the spine with raised bands, marbled boards 8vo., "Report of The Proceedings in the Visitatorial Court of His Grace The Arch Bishop of York" Monday 18th January 1841, London Crofts and Blenkarn 1841, fully bound in calf and gilt spine 8vo., Durand Ralph "Oxford It's Buildings and Gardens" with 32 drawings in colour by William A Wildman, London Grant Richards 1909, bound in full velum and gilt, 32 tissue guarded tipped in colour plates, 4to., Cupples George "The Green Hand, Adventures of a Naval Lieutenant" W H White and Co. London 1910, half bound green Morocco, gilt banded spine, green boards 12mo., Ballantyne E M "The Dog Crusoe and His Master" London T Nelsons and Sons 1889, bound in red cloth and gilt 12mo., a folio of illustrations by D C Selous of Dereward "The Wake" by Charles Kingsley 1870 Chambers Book of Days, "A Miscellany of Popular Antiques" in 2 volumes 1864, half bound in red Morocco with marbled boards, the spine with raised bands and gilt tooling 4to., "The Political Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow" with illustrations, Cassell and Company Ltd, half bound in calf with dark green boards, the spine gilt tooled and with raised bands 4to., "Stories From the Arabia Nights", retold by Lawrence Bourgman with drawings by Edmund Dulac, Hodder and Staunton for Boots 4to., Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen illustrated by Harry Clark, George Harrup a Co. London 1930 4to.
SOLD FOR £320
A set of 3 graduated silver St George and The Dragon boxes no.460 of 500, London 2001, maker Christopher Nigel Lawrence 6cm, 682 grams, boxed
SOLD FOR £200
A collection of 1940's and 50's signed football memorabilia (some memorabilia signed later) including Burnley FC (1950), Liverpool and Middlesbrough FC team sheets and signed cigarette cards, a ticket for the England V Germany 11th September 1991 and other club tickets, programmes, brochures etc, volumes of Topical Times promotional photographs (four of which are signed), an album of collectable football cards including Chix, Soccer Bubblegum, Famous Teams in Football History (presented by sport) and an album with signatures of Bon Jovi from the 1990's, Sid Lawrence orchestra etc
SOLD FOR £320
T E Lawrence, a letter from the War Office and Press Committee typed by Sir Edmund Robbins, dated September 27th 1918, warning an undisclosed recipient not to publish photos of Lieutenant Colonel T E Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) as his face is not known to the Turks and publication could endanger his life
SOLD FOR £3500
A fine Victorian silver 2 handled tray with cymric pattern handles and border enclosing a duplicate border and a rectangular cartouche, engraved with the family crest of the Davies of Maesmawr Hall, London 1892, makers Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Co. (William Gibson and John Lawrence Langman) 6941 grams (224 ozs), 83.5cm x 50.5cm, contained in the original fitted mahogany box with armorial
SOLD FOR £160
5 signed pieces of framed film and theatre memorabilia to include John Wayne, Bette Davis (on pencil artwork by Lawrence Golbey, Jack Lemmon, Ava Gardner/Charlton Heston and Kathleen Turner/Bill Irwin
SOLD FOR £150
Tom Lawrence, oil on canvas, signed, an interior scene with a lady and child with spinning wheel beside an inglenook fireplace 25cm x 32cm
SOLD FOR £80
T E Lawrence "The Seven Pillars of Wisdom" 1935, half leather bound, Surtees "Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour" half leather bound (cover f), William H Prescott "History and Conquest of Mexico" leather bound, A H Clough "Plutarch's Lives" vols 1-5 1898, Robert Smith Surtees 4 vols. "Ask Mamma", "Mr Romford's Hounds", "Plain Ringlets", "Hawbuck Grace", Henry Lachouque "The Anatomy of Glory" 1961 half leather bound
SOLD FOR £150
F Molton of St Lawrence Steps, Norwich, a 19th Century mercury wheel barometer and thermometer contained in an inlaid mahogany case with silvered dial
SOLD FOR £120
Charles M Doughty, volumes 1 and 2 "Travels in Arabian Desert" published by Jonathan Cape 1936, Arthur Keith 1 vol. "Arabia Felix" published by Jonathan Cape, T E Lawrence "The Seven Pillars of Wisdom" and David Garnett "Letters of T E Lawrence"
SOLD FOR £220
T E Lawrence, 3 black and white photographs of Lawrence riding a motorcycle wearing an aircraftman's uniform together with 2 black and white copies and a black and white photograph of Lawrence's grave with a letter from George Brough Motorcycle Manufacturers Haydon Road, Nottingham 3rd June, 1935
SOLD FOR £150
Trevor Lawrence, a late 19th Century acrylic on canvas, abstract street scene, signed and dated '78 17"h x 10.5"w