LENNON (John): SIGNED COPY 'In His Own Write': London, Jonathan Cape, April 1964 reprint: publishers blue boards, a little rubbed: Signed by John Lennon to front free endpaper in blue ballpoint, with statement of provenance signed and dated by previous owner to a ruled leaf loosely inserted..'in 1964 I was taken by my aunt Dot Dawes to the Foyles Literary lunch where John Lennon was appearing. Dot was large, loud with tightly curled white hair. Many diamond rings decorated her fingers. She bought 6 copies of this book and gave me this one I've always felt that she was the woman spoken about who directed John Lennon 'just to sign'. (1)
about Lot 5
A 4.2ct brilliant cut diamond and platinum ring, colour G/H, clarity VS1/VS2, with accompanying certification.
about Lot 286
A Louis XV satinwood, kingwood and rosewood bombe commode, with gilt metal mounts, 97cm wide.
about Lot 1446
Frank Avray Wilson, untitled abstract, signed and dated '83, oil on cardboard, 64 x 76cm, unframed.
about Lot 1632a
Circle of Frans Hals (Dutch 1582-1666), half length portrait of a seated lady wearing a bridal stomacher, lace diadem and starched linen collar, inscribed 'Aetati 31, Ad 1622', oil on copper, 15.9 x 12.3cm, in a tortoiseshell and ebonised ripple moulded frame.
about Lot 1357
SMITH (Dodie): 'I Capture the Castle', Boston, 1948: First American Edition: 8vo, publisher's cloth with dustjacket, spine browned, minor edge nicks, two tape repairs to lower panel: inscribed from author 'to Jon, with my love. Dodie, Doyles Town Pennsylvania, November 1948'. Together with another copy of the same, dustjacket split along upper hinge with losses, similarly inscribed to Esme Wynne-Tyson. (2)
about Lot 51
A large and impressive Italian carved limestone urn, probably 17th century or earlier, decorated with a shield incorporating a coat of arms and acanthus leaves in relief, 64cm high x 62cm diameter.
about Lot 1140
WILLIAMSON (Henry): 'A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight' series: a complete set of 15 volumes, all First Editions, 1951-1969, publishers cloth with dustjackets, all but the second and fifth titles with Williamson's ownership marks, annotations, dedications or related correspondence loosely inserted. (15)
about Lot 106
A rare Victorian George Jones majolica cheese dish and cover, with frog finial, 33cm high.
about Lot 1476
(THH) A good Regency rosewood, ormolu and brass inlaid library table, attributable to Louis Le Gaigneur, with tooled inset surface above a pair of frieze drawers, on brass casters, 138.5 wide x 97cm deep.
about Lot 1901