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Place of Origin: English
A Very Fine 20th Century Taxidermy Deer Head
Located in Dublin, IE
A very fine 20th Century beautifully detailed taxidermy deer head mounted on a well figured oak shield plaque.
Category
Mid-20th Century English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Oak
19th Century Cast Iron Umbrella or Stick Stand
Located in Dublin, IE
A stunning 19th Century heavy cast iron umbrella or stick stand of exceptional quality. The finely wrought pierced back support surmounted with cherub is decorated intricately throu...
Category
19th Century Antique English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Iron
Handcrafted Nightstand, Walnut & Oak
Located in London, GB
American black walnut handcrafted nightstands or end tables.
These are constructed from the finest American black walnut with the inner dovetailed traditionally jointed drawer carca...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Oak, Walnut
$3,985 / item
This pillowcase made from a Early 20th C. English Crewel Work Embroidery
Located in Istanbul, TR
It does not come with an insert .
Cotton in the back.
Zipper closure.
Dry clean is recommended.
Category
Early 20th Century English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Wool
Pair of Miniature Globes Lane’s on Tripod Bases, London post 1833, ante 1858
By Lane's
Located in Milano, IT
Pair of miniature globes
Lane’s, London, post 1833, ante 1858
Papier-mâché, wood and paper
They measure:
Height 9.44 in (24 cm);
Sphere diameter 2.75 in (7 cm);
Diameter of t...
Category
1840s Early Victorian Antique English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Paper, Wood
Frank Brangwyn, Armchair for the Canadian Pacific Liner 'SS Empress of Britain'
By Frank Brangwyn
Located in London, GB
Frank Brangwyn. An important armchair.
Brangwyn's last interior designs were for the Canadian Pacific Liner; 'The SS Empress of Britain', which was launched in 1931 by the Prince of Wales, later to be King Edward VIII who renounced his throne to marry Wallis Simpson in 1930.
These armchairs were designed for the 1st class dining room; 'The Salle Jacque Cartier' (see last image) and they were made by H.H. Martyn and Co. Cheltenham. The 1st class dining room was described in the Bulletin of The Decorative Arts Society 1890-1940 as 'In the fully fledge modern restaurant and cinema style of the 1930s'. The Studio in a long article on the liner, discusses and illustrates Brangwyn's Salle Jacques Cartier: 'So architectural it is, so true proportion, so devoid of Extraneous ornament. In contrast to this austerity of line, hue and colour, his great wall paintings are rich in colour; composed in the bold, yet intricate pattern of figure, fruit and flowers that characterizes Mr Brangwyn's decorative works'.
Tragically the liner was sunk in 1940 by a U-boat. Brangwyn also designed marquetry panels for the private dining rooms and they were executed by the Rowley Gallery, he also designed a frieze carved in wood for their gallery façade in 1936.
The armchair has a central under bar below the seat which still has the original bolt and eye to secure the chain to and then to the floor, that would prevent all the chairs from sliding around in stormy weather.
It is lacking ivorene numbered disc which would have sat in the very top of the head rail.
In October 1940 the most famous of the Canadian Pacific Railway liners and flagship of the company's Atlantic Fleet, the Empress of Britain, was attacked and sunk. She was travelling to Glasgow from Suez via South Africa, where she was bombed near the north-west coast of Ireland by a German Focke Wulf Condor plane. When the Condor attacked the Empress of Britain the ship's crew couldn't shoot the plane down and soon the Empress was burning out of control and the Captain C.H. Sapsworth gave the order to abandon ship. 45 people died and the remaining survivors including women and children, were later rescued that day by the British destroyer HMS Echo and the Polish destroyer Burza and 3 British naval trawlers Paynter, Cape Agona and Drangey. The Empress still burning managed to stay afloat and the day after 2 Royal Navy tugs, Marauder and Thames tried to tow her into port with many escort ships around her but in spite of the protection she was given from the escort ships on October 28th, a German U-boat, U-32, managed to get by the escorts un-noticed and torpedoed the crippled Empress. She sank within ten minutes. The Empress of Britain was the largest Allied passenger liner to be sunk and weighing 42,348-tons she was the biggest merchant ship loss of the war. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth had travelled aboard Empress of Britain after their 1939 Royal Tour...
Category
1930s Arts and Crafts Vintage English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Oak
The Complete Newgate Calendar. Stories of sin, crime, criminals - 5 vol. illustr
Located in Middletown, NY
Rayner, J.L. and G.T. Crook, editors
The Complete Newgate Calendar; Being Captain Charles Johnson's General History of the Lives and Adventures of the Most Famous Highwaymen, Murdere...
Category
Early 20th Century English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Gold Leaf
Late 19th Century "9-Spot" Dominoe Game 55 Piece Set in Jointed Hardwood Box
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a rare and original '9 Spot' Dominoe game of 55 individual dominoes, coming complete with its jointed wooden box or case.
Dominoe sets are normally six-spot sets giving a to...
Category
Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Bone, Wood
EXQUISITELY CARVED ANTIQUE ViCTORIAN CIRCA 1880 FLAMED HARDWOOD DOUBLE BED FRAME
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely sublime quality, hand carved Honduras Mahogany double bed frame
Please note the delivery fee listed is just a guide, it covers within the M25 only for the UK and local Europe only for international, if you would like an accurate quote please send me your postcode and I’ll provide you with the exact price
This is one of the finest beds of this type I have ever seen, it is ornately hand carved all over, made with solid panels of flamed mahogany, it is stunning! The bed is a current UK double so takes a 137cm wide mattress
Condition wise we have deep cleaned, hand condition waxed and hand polished the frame from top to bottom, it may have some very light patina marks here from transport, to my eyes and hands it looks exquisite
Dimensions of the complete bed frame
Height:- 126.5cm headboard, 66cm footboard
Width:- 152cm
Depth:- 217cm
Dimensions inside for the mattress
Height:- Side rails 30cm
Width:- 137cm
Depth:- 199cm
Please note all measurements are taken at the widest point, if you would like any additional or specific measurements please ask
Any questions please feel free to ask before you bid
This item is available for collection from our Pulborough warehouses RH20 1DF. We can have it delivered nationwide to include Scotland Wales and Ireland. Please contact me via email or my contact information is under the business seller section of the listing with your postcode for a delivery quotation. Please be sure to include which item you would like to buy as the price is determined on size and distance, if you would like more than one piece of furniture we offer a substantial discount on the second and third item, for international shipping please view the below information.
ABOUT US
Royal House Antiques is a privately owned family ran business founded in Wimbledon SW19 and now based in Pulborough RH20. We specialise in finding, restoring very fine luxury antique leather seating, along with every single other type of antique ranging from the 16th century to the 20th century. We also stock a number of designer brands such as Fritz Hansen, Ralph Lauren, Cavalli, Charles & Ray Eames, Vitra, David Linley, Rolex, Tiffany, Jager Le Coulter and so on.
CONDITION
Please view the very detailed pictures as they form part of the description pertaining to the condition. Please also ask any questions before you bid and not after, all of our items are sold as seen and as listed.
Royal House Antiques cannot be held liable for any independent assumptions made regarding the items we sell, if you are unsure on any point, please feel free to ask for clarity.
Please note vintage period and original items such as leather seating will always have natural patina in the form of creasing and wear, we recommend annual waxing to ensure no moisture is lost, also hand dyed leather is not recommended to sit in direct sunlight for prolonged periods of time as it will dry out and fade.
COURIER, LARGE ITEMS ONLY THAT CAN’T BE POSTED
We can arrange delivery nationwide, mostly with our nominated couriers, for Europe we use one reasonably priced professional company that we trust, for the rest of the world we use international shippers that can send any size item crated via air freight within 7-14 days after crating or soft packed and container shipped via sea freight within 30-60 days. The time frames outlined are guides only, non-domestic shipping is almost entirely governed by the airlines, sea freight loading times and custom clearances.
Whomever delivers will always require help on the larger items to unload, the price you will be quoted will always be based on this assumption, if this is not possible, please let us know as it will affect the price to send a two-person team.
Delivery is to the ground floor only, again if you need help upstairs or in flats etc that's absolutely not a problem, the couriers...
Category
1880s High Victorian Antique English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Hardwood
Unforgiven by Alan Le May, First British Edition, 1957
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Le May, Alan. The Unforgiven. London: Collins, 1958. First British edition. Octavo. In original publisher's dark blue hardback boards and pictorial dust jacket. New archival cloth sl...
Category
1950s Vintage English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Paper
Christies July 2004 Old Master & 19th Century Drawings, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Christies July 2004 Old Master & 19th Century Drawings. Published by Christie's Auctioneers, London, 2004. 1st Ed softcover auction catalog. 205 lots, 104pp. Illustrated in color artists: Abbate Aertsen Antwerp School; Arthois van Asch van Balen Baziray Beerstraten Bellucci Berentz van Blarenberghe van Bloemen de Bloot Bock. Bolognese School Bonito After Borch van Borssom Boschi Boucher Boudewijns Brakenburgh Bramer Bredael Bruandet Brueghel Cagnacci del Cairo Calraet Cano Caravaggio Carre Casissa. Catalan School: Ceresa de Champaigne van Cleve Coecke van Aelst Colombel Cossiers Courtois Crespi Cunningham Cuyp van Diepenbeeck Dietrich Dughet Dujardin. Dutch School: van Dyck El Greco van Falens. Flemish School and Florentine School: Floris de la Fosse Francken. French School: Gael Gandolfi Geldorp Ghisolfi Gianni Giovane Giovanni van Goyen Greuze Guardi Guercino Hardime Heeremans Heinz van Herp Hobbema Horemans van Huysum. Italian School: Joli Kalf Kauffman Key Lagoor de Lairesse Lancret Lanfranco Le Sueur Ledoux van Loo Lorrain Luini Luti Magnasco Manetti Marieschi Master of the Langmatt Foundation Views Master of the Parrot Mazzoni Metsu van Mierevelt...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Paper
Quality Antique Victorian Figured Walnut Canterbury
Located in Suffolk, GB
Quality antique Victorian figured walnut canterbury having the impressive original turned finales above three sections with fantastic quality turned solid walnut supports a single dr...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Walnut
Pillow Case Made from a European Embroidery, E 20th C.
Located in Istanbul, TR
It does not come with and insert.
Linen in the back.
Zipper Closure.
Dry cleaning is recommended.
Category
Early 20th Century Suzani English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Cotton
Pair of George III Mahogany Bedside Cabinet Nightstands Manner of Gillows
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in London, by appointment only
A very useful pair of late 18th century bedside cabinets
Crafted from the finest South American mahogany
With curved opposing doors and raised on tapering fluted legs in the manner...
Category
Late 18th Century George III Antique English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Mahogany
The Hansom Cab & the Pigeons – Eric Ravilious engravings / Golden Cokerell Press
Located in Middletown, NY
GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS / Eric Ravilious ill. / Strong, L.A.G.
The Hansom Cab and the Pigeons; Being Random Reflections upon the Silver Jubilee of King George...
Category
Early 20th Century English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Gold Leaf
Brampton Salt Glazed Jesus College Cambridge Presentation Pottery Tyg
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A large and impressive Jesus College, Cambridge University Rowing Presentation salt glazed pottery tyg by Brampton dated 1869. The large stoneware tyg is of cylindrical shape standin...
Category
1860s High Victorian Antique English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Silver Plate
The Gentleman's Magazine, with 1777 Flag Resolution, June 1783
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is an June 1783 issue of London's "The Gentleman's Magazine," containing significant historical content relating to the end of the Revolutionary War, the 1777 Flag Resoluti...
Category
1780s American Colonial Antique English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Paper
Pair Of Lantern Wall Sconces Attr. Anderson And Gyde Birmingham, England
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A stylish pair of wall sconces in the form of WWII ship lanterns sporting rustic black metal forms with industrial style attributed to Anderson and Hyde make...
Category
20th Century Industrial English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Metal
"The Wrong Man" Original British Film Poster
Located in London, GB
Original British film poster for Alfred Hitchcock's 1957 film.
This Hitchcock drama stars Henry Fonda and Vera Miles, and is based on a true story of an innocent man charged with a ...
Category
1950s Vintage English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Paper
$1,649 Sale Price
20% Off
A Fine Theodolite By Troughton And Simms In Its Original Case
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A very good example of a lacquered brass theodolite with half circle adjustment, silver scales, and the original fitted mahogany case. Signed Troughto...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Brass
Taxidermy Impala Shoulder Mount
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Big Game Taxidermy, Impala Shoulder Mount.
This prepared game trophy shoulder mount is of an Impala, it may not be antique but it is an impressive piec...
Category
1980s Sporting Art Vintage English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Animal Skin
Art Deco Bleached Blonde Walnut Chest of Drawers, c1930
Located in Devon, England
Superbly stylish 1930s Art Deco bleached blonde walnut chest of three drawers. Rare bleached blonde walnut veneers with a beautifully detailed pattern and grain which easily integrat...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Walnut
C. 1870s English Victorian Ladies Walking Stick
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1870s Victorian ladies walking stick, English. Gold filled handle elaborately floral decorated & engraved: Ella F. Talmadge. Apparently re-fitted to the stick several times. Ru...
Category
1870s Victorian Antique English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Gold
Large Bronze Imperial Standard Bushel Measure For Northumberland
Located in Essex, MA
Circular with wood bound handles and inscribed Bate London " Maker of The Original Standards For The Exchequer , City Of London " . Imperial Standard Bushel Measure for Northumberla...
Category
1820s George IV Antique English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Antique Children's Carriage
Located in London, GB
A Children’s Painted Calèche
Modelled on a full-sized barouche, this fully functional children’s carriage was either goat- or dog-drawn. The fram...
Category
19th Century Antique English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Metal, Steel
Guide to The Victoria and Albert Museum, 1910
Located in valatie, NY
Guide to The Victoria and Albert Museum. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1910. Moroccan leather and green cloth hardcover with gilt lettering and no dust jacket as issued. 62 pp. An antique guide to the Victoria and Albert Museum in South Kensington, England. The guide includes the museum's hours, a list of rooms and galleries. Departments include Architecture and Sculpture, Ceramics, Glass, and Enamels, Engraving, Illustration, and Design, Library and Book Production, Metal Work, Paintings, Textiles, Woodwork, Furniture, and Leather. With 30+ illustrations in black and white with four fold-out floor plan maps in color. The binding is labeled and by Jas. Truscott & Sons, Book Binders...
Category
Early 20th Century English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Paper
Illustrations of British Hawk Moths and their Larvae, by Theophilus Johnson
Located in Middletown, NY
One of the rarest English works on moths.
Johnson, Theophilus (1836-1919)
Illustrations of British Hawk Moths and their Larvae (including the Sesidae); with thirty-six original draw...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pair of Brass Field Binoculars by W. Watson &. Sons of London
Located in High Point, NC
Pair of wonderfully aged brass field binoculars with moveable brass eye shields, which help to give clearer views without additional light coming through the sides. This pair of bin...
Category
1910s Vintage English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Brass
Mr. Knife Miss Fork by R. Crevel - Surrealist illustrations by MAX ERNST
Located in Middletown, NY
A striking and important Surrealist collaboration. A rare SINGED COPY.
Ernst, Max / René Crevel
Mr. Knife Miss Fork; Translated by Kay Boyle
Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1931.
FIRS...
Category
Early 20th Century English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Gold Leaf
Now We Are Six by A. A. Milne, Illustrated by Ernest Shepard, First Ed., 1927
By A.A. Milne
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Milne, A. A. Now We Are Six. London: Methuen & Co., 1927. First Edition. Illustrated by Ernest Shepard. Octavo. In the publisher's original red leatherette boards, stamped in gilt, with new joints and linings, and presented with a new archival ¼ cloth slipcase.
Presented is the first edition of A. A. Milne’s iconic children’s poems, Now We Are Six. This collection of verses was published by Methuen & Co, in London in 1927. It is presented here in the publisher’s original gilt-stamped red leatherette boards, with new joints and linings, and filled with E. H. Shepard’s charming illustrations. The book is now protected in a custom, archival red cloth slipcase with gilt stamped inlays...
Category
1920s Edwardian Vintage English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Paper
Quality Antique Victorian Brass Scales
Located in Suffolk, GB
Quality antique Victorian brass scales having a quality set of brass scales with 2 circular brass pans standing on a brass tripod base
Quaint examples in...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Brass
Walnut Works circa 1940s Light Walnut Headboard Bedside Tables Part Large Suite
By Walnut Cabinet Works
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale lovely circa 1940’s light Walnut King size headboard with built in pair of bedside tables made by The Walnut Cabinet ...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Walnut
$1,545 Sale Price
25% Off
Collection of 3 Victorian Silver & Gold-Filled Parasol Handles
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A COLLECTION OF 3 VICTORIAN
SILVER & GOLD-FILLED PARASOL HANDLES
Late 19th to early 20th Century.
In various styles, two gold-filled with hand chased and engraved decoration
and on...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Silver
Handcrafted Walnut Nightstand
By SUM Furniture
Located in London, GB
Handcrafted architectural American black walnut nightstand. Designed at Sum furniture and handcrafted using traditional furniture making techniques ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Walnut
$2,556 / item
1846 "North America" Map, Engraved by I. Dower
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is an original 1846 map of “North America.” The map was drawn and engraved by I. Dower and published in London by Orr & Company. The map depicts North America, to include G...
Category
1840s Victorian Antique English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Paper
2 Vol. Austen Henry Layard Esq., Nineveh and Its Remains
Located in New York, NY
2 Vol. Austen Henry Layard Esq., Nineveh and Its Remains: with an Account to the Chaldæan Christians of Kurdistan, and the Yezidis, or Devil-Worshippers; and an Enquiry into the Mann...
Category
19th Century Antique English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Leather
1950's ocean liner porthole with the opening window fitted with a mirror
Located in London, GB
A ship's oval porthole from the 1950's Ocean Liner MV Aureol.
The hinged locking window fitted with mirror plate.
From the ocean liner AUREOL built by Alexander Stephen & Sons, of ...
Category
Mid-20th Century English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Brass
9 Vol. Romesh Chunder Dutt C.I.E, History of India
Located in New York, NY
9 Vol. Romesh Chunder Dutt C.I.E, History of India. Edited by A.V. Williams Jackson Ph.D. LL.D. Edition de Luxe, limited to 1000 copies. Copy #443. Colored illustrated frontispiece. ...
Category
20th Century English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Leather
18th Century English Oak Children's Rocking Chair
Located in Delft, NL
An 18th century English oak children's rocking chair
An lovely 18th century English oak rocking chair for children
Made of solid oak with a beautiful original patina
The measu...
Category
18th Century Antique English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Oak
Romney Green, Style of, an Arts & Crafts Cotswold School Walnut Bedside Cabinet
By Romney Green
Located in London, GB
Romney Green, in the style of.
An Arts & Crafts Cotswold School walnut bedside cabinet with a single drawer, an open area below and a chip carved door with ebonized handles, on shap...
Category
1910s Arts and Crafts Vintage English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Oak
Fine Presentation Sword Given to Lieutenant Charles Peake
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A fine presentation sword given to Lieutenant Charles Peake as a token of gratitude by the Men of His Ship when recommissioned for Foreign Service i...
Category
1820s Antique English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Metal
1 Vol. M. Rostovtzeff. The Social & Economic History of The Roman Empire.
Located in New York, NY
1. Vol. M. Rostovtzeff. The Social & Economic History of The Roman Empire. Bound in full blue calf, top edged gilt, raised band, marbled endpapers, illustrated. Published: Oxford, Cl...
Category
20th Century English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Leather
A painted model of a famous English medieval house built from matchsticks C1910
Located in Central England, GB
This superb highly detailed English folk art model dates to the early 20th century and depicts a complicated half timbered and thatched famous Hereford property entitled “The Old Hou...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Other
Handcrafted Night Stand, Walnut & Oak
By SUM Furniture
Located in London, GB
American black walnut handcrafted nightstands or end tables.
These are constructed from the finest American black walnut with the inner dovetailed jointed traditional drawer carcass...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Oak, Walnut
$3,993 / item
Norman Adams Auction Catalogue from Sotheby's London
Located in valatie, NY
The Norman Adams Legacy 1923-2009 auction catalogue from Sotheby's London of Classic English Furniture London held 21 April 2009. London: Sotheby's, 2009....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Paper
Rare Hand Carved 1587 Fighting Scots City of York Coat of Arms Armoiral Crest
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely hand carved wall plaque coat of arms for the city of York Fighting Scots dating from 1587
This is a very good looking and well made ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Mid-Century Modern Antique English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Wood
$3,607 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique English Military Metal Trunk on Stand
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Antique English military metal trunk with brass latch on custom iron base. Trunk shows evidence of daily, loss of paint, adds to the overall authenticity of the trunk.
Category
Early 1900s Antique English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Iron
All_vellum Copy of R. L. Stevenson's Virginibus Puerisque
Located in Middletown, NY
Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers.
London: Chatto & Windus for the FLORENCE PRESS, 1910. Limited Edition.
4to, 10 x 7 1/2 in. (253 x 189 mm); [6] leaves, including 1 blank + 120 pp + [2] leaves, including 1 blank. 12 chromolithographed plates by Norman Wilkinson, printed on plate paper and not included in the pagination, legends on tissue guards printed in red. This is COPY no. 4 OF 12 COPIES PRINTED ON VELLUM, as noted on the limitation page, on verso of second leaf: «Of this edition of Virginibus Puerisque / have been printed on Aldwych hand- / made paper 250 copies, of which 235 are / for sale; on vellum 12 copies, of which 10 / are for sale. / Vellum Copy No. 4». Limp vellum binding with four green ties; gilt lettering on spine and upper cover, t.e.g. Very faint spotting to front free endpaper, slight offsetting of ties. Otherwise a pristine copy.
Provenance: William Russell Flint (from the family, by descent).
[Beinecke, Stevenson 79; Ransom 278:6; Tomkinson 85:6; Prideaux 13] Fine.
A splendid edition of Stevenson's first collection of essays which promote a spirit of playfulness in defiance of both the hardships of human life and the restrictions imposed by bourgeois callowness. The volume brought together essays that had been previously published in the Cornhill Magazine and Macmillan’s: “Virginibus Puerisque i” (1876); “ ii” (1881); “iii: On Falling in Love” (1877); “iv: The Truth of Intercourse” (1879); “Crabbed Age and Youth” (1878); “An Apology for Idlers” (1877); “Ordered South” (1874); “Aes Triplex” (1878); “El Dorado” (1878); “The English Admirals” (1878); “Some Portraits by Raeburn” (previously unpublished); “Child’s Play” (1878); “Walking Tours” (1876); “Pan’s Pipes” (1878); “A Plea for Gas Lamps” (1878)
The essays inspired Norman WILKINSON (1878 – 1971) to create the 12 striking and lyrical images that accompany the texts. Wilkinson was a British artist, renowned for his poster work and honored by the British Admiralty for coming up with the idea and design for “dazzle camouflage...
Category
Early 20th Century English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Gold Leaf
English 1800s Georgian Period Plum Wood Child's Rocking Chair with Rush Seat
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Georgian period plum wood child's rocking chair from the early 19th century, with rush seat, ladder back and turned base. Born in the very early y...
Category
Early 19th Century Georgian Antique English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Rush, Wood
English Edwardian Period 1900s Inkwell with Brass Equestrian Motifs and Base
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Edwardian period inkwell from the early 20th century, with brass equestrian motifs and wooden base. Born in the early years of Queen Victoria's son Edward VII's reign, thi...
Category
Early 20th Century Edwardian English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Brass
19th Century Coromandel Vanity Box with Silver Gilt Fitted Interior by Asprey
By Asprey International Limited
Located in London, GB
A Victorian Coromandel and Brass bound Dressing Case
By Asprey
The hinged cover with an inset brass monogram, the base with a jewellery drawer and two fitted internal trays, contai...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Brass, Silver, Vermeil
The Silverman Collection by Robert Brown, 1st Ed Exhibition Catalog
Located in valatie, NY
The Silverman Collection by Robert Brown. Published London: Richard Nagy Ltd, 2012. 176 pgs w/ 25 color plates and many other color & b&w illustrations. A beautiful collection of Ger...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Paper
Art Deco Original 1930s Vintage Black Leather and Chrome Ladies Bag
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this superbly stylish 1930s vintage leather and chrome trim ladies handbag, the size and color are an absolute dream, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Leather
19th Century Louis XIV Style Marquetry Baby Grand Piano by Collard & Collard
By Collard & Collard
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine Anglo-French 19th century rosewood, palisander, amboyna and satinwood marquetry (inlaid) art-case baby grand piano, the works by "Collard & Collard". The intricately deco...
Category
Late 19th Century Neoclassical Revival Antique English More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Bronze
$75,600 Sale Price
20% Off
The Devonshire Collection of Italian Drawings Roman & Neapolitan Schools 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Devonshire Collection of Italian Drawings: Roman and Neapolitan Schools by Michael Jaffe. Published by Phaidon Press, London, 1994. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. The Collection of Old Master drawings at Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, home of the Dukes of Devonshire, ranks with the Royal Collection at Windsor Castle as the finest privately owned group of such drawings in Britain and as one of the great princely collections of Europe. It contains outstanding drawings by the great masters from every artistic school. The book is devoted to the Italian drawings have detailed entries for nearly 1,000 works from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries, among them numerous reattributions and discoveries. This volume includes the works of Pietro da Cortona, Giulio Romano...
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Paper
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Leather, Bakelite
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Located in Chapel Hill, NC
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Pair Antique English Sheffield Silver Mounted Trophy Horns, Circa 1890.
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Early 1900s Late Victorian Antique English More Furniture and Collectibles
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Brass
Antique English Leather Four-Panel Room Divider, Early 1900s Decorative Screen
Located in Atlanta, GA
This English turn-of-the-century four-panel leather screen from circa 1900 is a statement of antique craftsmanship and classic elegance. Each panel is covered in hand-dyed leather in...
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Early 20th Century English More Furniture and Collectibles
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Leather
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