English literature, travel and history.Miscellaneous books, 19th c and later, to include Jekyll & Jones Old English Household Life, Steevens - With Kitchener to Khartum, Nolan - The History of the British Empire...
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GILT-DECORATED BLUE AND WHITE 'MERIASYBILLA MERIAN' BOTANICAL PLATE
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1740 ??? ?1740? ????????·???·????????painted in rich blue and heightened in gilding, the centre with...
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ALLAN BROOKS (CANADIAN, 1869-1945)Ducks
signed"Allan Brooks" lower left
watercolor, 13 3/4 by 10 1/2 in.
Allan Cyril Brooks was born in 1869 in India, educated as a boy in England, and moved to Canada in 1881 where his...
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HUGH C.C. MONAHAN (1914-1970)Teal
signed"H Monahan" lower right
oil on canvas, 20 1/4 by 24 in.
Hugh Monahan was born in 1914 in Dublin, Ireland, but largely grew up in India before attending boarding school in...
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TN EPHEMERA AND PRINTS, 30 PCSAssortedTN Prints and Ephemera, 30 items total. 1st item: "Fourth Annual Report of the Public Schools of the City of Nashville, Tennessee" imprint, published by Smith, Camp, and Company,...
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GRP: ASSORTED BOOKS ON EUROPEAN ARTHISTORY AND EXPLORA...Large lot of miscellaneous books, dealing primarily with European exploration, art, and history. Titles include "The British Empire before the American...
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A GROUP OF FIFTY-THREE ANTIQUE HISTORYBOOK TITLES, NAP... BOOK TITLES, NAPOLEONIC, SCIENCE AND ENGLISH INTEREST, 1751-1902, comprising, "History of England," a set of twelve vols., Froude, London, 1870; "Hudibras,"...
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TWO CHINESE EXPORT ARMORIAL PORCELAINOBJECTS, DALE AND...comprising: circa 1770, milk jug centered with arms of Dale, blue ground with three bugle horns, surmounted with wheat sheaf crest, arms flanked by foliate...
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19TH C. BRITISH ENGRAVING - BATTLE SCENE- MAJOR EYRE**Originally Listed At $300**
England, "Major Eyre Driving the Oude Rebels from Allahahaead", ca. 1860 CE. A hand-colored steel engraving, an illustration from...
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19TH C. BRITISH ENGRAVING BATTLE SCENEOF INDIAN MUTINY...**Originally Listed At $300**
England, "Capture of the Guns by the Highlanders before Cawnpore", ca. 1860 CE. A hand-colored steel engraving created as...
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TWO QAJAR LACQUERED LEATHER PAPIER MACHEBOOK COVERS
PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY with central reserves of lovers on white grounds adorned with peacocks and flowers within script borders, the opposing sides with panels of...
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SPINACH GREEN JADE WITH AGATE INSETOPIUM PIPE
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY ? ????????????????the cylindrical shaft in plain form with metal mount, inset both ends with agate mouthpiece, the stone of luscious...
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3 ANTIQUE LEATHER BOUND BOOKS GROUPOF 3 VERY FINE ANTIQUE LEATHER BOUND BOOKS, ALL WITH MARBELIZED FORE-EDGE; TITLES INCLUDE "HISTORY OF BRITISH INDIA" BY MACFARLANE 1866; "EASTLAKE LITERATURE OF THE FINE ARTS"...
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FOUR BOXES OF BOOKS ON JAPANESE ANDTHEATRE, CULTURE, LITERATURE AND ART THEATRE, CULTURE, LITERATURE AND ART, including 'Shanks' Mare, Japan's Great Comic Novel of Travel and Ribaldry' by Ikku Jippensha, Translated...
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BRITISH COLONIAL HISTORY IN INDIA ANDAFRICA AFRICA, [Travel/ India and Africa] 5 titles: Administration Reports of the North West Frontier Province, 1929-1930 and 1931-32. Printed and published by the Manager,...
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Howell (Thomas) A Journal of the Passagefrom India, by a route partly unfrequented, printed by C. Forster, no date (1789); Outline of the Revolution in Spanish America, by a South-American, London 1817 and An Abridgement...
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JAPANESE KUTANI LIDDED VASE ?? ?????ofbottle form, painted with three figures on the bulbous body(1)30cm highProvenance: Kimmerghame, Duns, the Estate of the Late Major General Sir John Swinton K.C.V.O., O.B.E.,...
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FAMILLE ROSE 'LOTUS POND AND MANDARINDUCKS' GINGER JAR
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY ? ???????????of ovoid form, painted to one side with a pair of Mandarin ducks in a lotus pond with large foliage and florals,...
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TWO FAMILLE VERTE GINGER JARS AND COVERS
QINGDYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY ? ?????????????each similarly painted with a continuous lotus pond scene, with wooden stands(2)heights: 17.5cm and 19.5cmProvenance: Kimmerghame, Duns,...
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PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE 'COVERT EIGHT IMMORTALS'PLATES
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY ? ???????????each painted to the central medallion with attributes of Eight Daoist Immortals, including a double-gourd, sword, plantain fan,...
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BLUE AND WHITE AND UNDERGLAZED-RED BOTTLEVASE
20TH CENTURY ???? ??????????the globular body supported on a slightly flared foot, rising to a long straight neck, painted with fruits borne on foliage underneath bands...
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SANG-DE-BOEUF BOTTLE VASE
QING DYNASTY,18TH-19TH CENTURY ? ?????sturdily potted from a recessed foot rising to a bulbous body and straight long neck, applied overall with a thick red glaze thinning on the mouth...
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TURQUOISE-GLAZED HANDLED VASE
QING DYNASTY,19TH CENTURY ? ???????rising from a short foot to globular body, waisted neck and wide flared mouth, two makara heads with water emerging from mouth flanking the neck forming...
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OX-BLOOD-GLAZED LANGYAO MEIPING VASE
QINGDYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY ? ???????the high shouldered baluster body rising from a spreading foot to a waisted neck and terminating to a flared rim, covered overall with...
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MUGHAL-STYLE WHITE JADE 'CHRYSANTHEMUM'BOWL
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY ? ???????????elegantly carved with steep and gently flaring plain sides, supported on a medallion of a blossoming chrysanthemum, the thin polished...
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MUGHAL STYLE PALE CELADON JADE HANDLEDBOWL
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY ? ???????????????the delicate body intricately carved in low relief on the exterior with a band of acanthus leaf, the tip rising from the rim...
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Baden-Powell letter, Boy Scouts: threetyped pages, each headed "Governor's Camp, United Provinces", March 10, 1937, signed "Baden Powell" (Sir Robert Baden-Powell, British, 1857-1941, Boy...
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Four prints by Selby (Prideaux JohnSelby, British, 1788-1867): Nuthatch Creeper, plate XXXIX, plate 16-3/8 x 10-1/2 in., page 26 x 19-3/4 in.; Osprey Female, plate IV, plate 21-5/8 x 16-3/8 in., page 26 x 19-1/4...
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