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A CONGO PYGMY SMALL BOW AND A HIDE QUIVER,
103cm long
£50-100 (plus 24%BP*)
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A COLLECTION OF TRIBAL ITEMS,
Including an African mask, small dark wooden spoon with figural handle and other related items
£50-100 (plus 24%BP*)
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AN OLD AFRICAN CARVED WOODEN TENT SUPPORT
of simple stacked form with traces of white paint, 100cm high
£70-150 (plus 24%BP*)
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A SCANDINAVIAN CARVED WOODEN CUP,
with geometric pattern, 10cm high
Prov: Private Oxford collection
£20-40 (plus 24%BP*)
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THREE LAPLAND ANTLER CARVINGS,
spoon, needle case and pipe with stag engraved decoration (3)
Prov: Private Oxford collection
£40-60 (plus 24%BP*)
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AN ANTIQUE SCANDINAVIAN MANGLE BOARD,
carved decoration and inscribed 'GVND.BIQR X LYCKS.DATER' dated 1682, 58cm long
Prov: Private Oxford collection
£80-120 (plus 24%BP*)
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A NEW ZEALAND MAORI FISHING LURE,
wood, shell and marine ivory hook with sennit binding, 15cm long
Prov: Private Oxford collection
£100-200 (plus 24%BP*)
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A FIJI NECKLACE WASEISEI MELANESIA,
split sperm whale teeth, with twenty seven curved needle like tusks with faceted tops and with the original sennit, longest tusk 12cm
Prov: Private Oxford collection
£1000-2000 (plus 24%BP*)
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A FIJI TAMBUA WHALE TOOTH PENDANT,
with inscription 12.5cm long
Prov: Private Oxford collection
£100-200 (plus 24%BP*)
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A FIJI KAVA BOWL MELANESIA,
patinated wood, circular form, standing on four tapering legs with a lug handle and remains of the original sennit, 49.5cm wide 10cm high
Prov: Private Oxford collection
£300-500 (plus 24%BP*)
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A MASSIM LIME SPATULA,
Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, wood with carved oval handle 29.5cm long
Prov: Private Oxford collection
£100-200 (plus 24%BP*)
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A NEW ZEALAND MAORI KOTIATE CLUB,
of wood and fiddle shaped with carved decoration and shell inlay, 38cm long
Prov: Private Oxford collection
£50-100 (plus 24%BP*)
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A FIJI KALI NI BITU BAMBOO HEADREST,
on two wooden feet with inscribed name 'Viliame', 47cm long x 17.5cm high
Prov: Private Oxford collection
£100-200 (plus 24%BP*)
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AN OLD UNPOLISHED COCO DE MER
(Lodoicea) from the Seychelles, 27 x 29cm
Prov: Private Oxford collection
£50-100 (plus 24%BP*)
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AFRICAN IGBO TRIBE HEAD MASKS,
three double head masks and one singular, carved wood, largest 30cm
Prov: Private Oxford collection
£50-100 (plus 24%BP*)
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A ZULU WOODEN KNOBKERRIE CLUB,
58cm long, African carved wooden double head figure and four wooden spoons
Prov: Private Oxford collection
£40-60 (plus 24%BP*)
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A SUDANESE CROCODILE SKIN SHIELD,
40cm wide, together with a Maasai spear 166cm long
Prov: Private Oxford collection
£50-100 (plus 24%BP*)
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TWO INDIAN CARVED WOODEN WALL PANELS,
Largest 54cm high
Prov: Private Oxford collection
£40-60 (plus 24%BP*)
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THREE BARBED SPEARS,
dark wood, two from the Fiji Islands and one from Papua New Guinea largest 261cm long
Prov: Private Oxford collection
£100-200 (plus 24%BP*)
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THREE BARBED SPEARS,
dark wood, Papua New Guinea largest 287cm long
Prov: Private Oxford collection
£100-200 (plus 24%BP*)
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TWO SPEARS PAPUA NEW GUINEA,
dark wood, one with white pigment and stylize recurring circular pattern largest 328cm long
Prov: Private Oxford collection
£100-200 (plus 24%BP*)
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THE FOLLOWING LOT FROM THE FAMILY OF THE ANTARCTIC EXPLORER SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON (1874-1922) AND DESCENDANTS:
A LATE 19TH CENTURY WOODEN GAFF RIGGED POND YACHT WITH MIZZEN,
black and cream painted hull, two main wooden masts, one large mainsail and fitted with smaller mainsail, 154cm long overall; together with an eskimo made pine and bone mounted model sleigh, 25cm; and a morocco leather bound Holy Bible inscribed to flyleaf 'Edward A. Shackleton', Genesis - 31.49 July 17 1934 (3)
By Family Repute : The yacht formerly the property of either Sir Ernest Shackleton or his son Lord (Edward) Shackleton (1911-1994)
The sleigh formerly the property of Edward Shackleton or his son, the Honorable Charles Shackleton (1942-1979)
£300-500 (plus 24%BP*)
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A SET OF THREE WICKER WORK GRADUATED BASKETS
in the form of sea eagles with glass eyes, possibly North American Inuit, largest 48 x 28cm
£150-250 (plus 24%BP*)
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AN EARLY INDIAN HARDSTONE FIGURE,
of a young male with raised arm and top knot, possibly quartzite 38cm high
£100-200 (plus 24%BP*)
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A LEOPARD SKIN RUG,
with black felt back, shot in Northern Rhodesia 1961, 230cm long
£100-200 (plus 24%BP*)
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AN ANTIQUE AFRICAN IVORY OLIPHANT OR HUNTERS HORN
decorated with lizard skin and hair, 43cm long
£50-150 (plus 24%BP*)
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A CONGO, AZANDE TRIBE, IVORY OLIPHANT
with lizard skin ornament, probably 19th Century, 32cm long
£100-200 (plus 24%BP*)
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Books from The Library of Dr. Michael Charles Hurst (1931-2016)
EMERITUS FELLOW IN MODERN HISTORY & POLITICS ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE OXFORD. M.A. (HON.D.LITT. Williams College AR), F.R. Hist S.,F.R.G.S., F.R.A.S., Supernumerary Fellow in History and Politics. |
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GIBBON, Edward, The Miscellaneous Works. 5 volumes, John Murray 1814. Full calf.
£30-50 (plus 24%BP*)
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The CORNHILL MAGAZINE, 26 volumes, Smith Elder & Co 1860. half calf. cloth boards. some damage.
£30-50 (plus 24%BP*)
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SASSOON, Siegfried, Memoirs of a Foxhunting Man, Faber 1942. cloth with dust jacket. Together with Sherston's Progress, Faber 1936. cloth. 2
£40-60 (plus 24%BP*)
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The Novels of the SISTERS BRONTE. John Grant, Edinburgh. Thornton edition edited by Temple Scott. 12 volumes. cloth. 12
£40-60 (plus 24%BP*)
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The EDINBURGH REVIEW or Critical Journey. A&C Black. 11 volumes 1869 - 1876. Nicely bound half calf, marbled boards. 11
£30-50 (plus 24%BP*)
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PEPYS'S DIARY. 3 volume set in slipcase. Folio Society.
£40-50 (plus 24%BP*)
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Wedgewood, C.V. The King's War, The King's Peace and The Trial of Charles I. 3 volumes in slipcase. Folio Society. 3
£40-50 (plus 24%BP*)
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BREWER'S Britain & Ireland. Weiidenfeld & Nicholson 2005. Place names of Britain. Together with 23 other titles about Britain and Ireland. 24
£40-50 (plus 24%BP*)
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SHELL Guides to the counties of Britain. Faber & Faber. 26 volumes covering different counties. cloth with dust jackets.
£40-50 (plus 24%BP*)
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A collection of GUIDE BOOKS to Britain and Europe. Various publishers and years, mainly early 20th century. 25
£40-50 (plus 24%BP*)
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SPALDING, T.A. The House of Lords. T Fisher Unwin 1936. Together with 29 other titles, mainly British history and politics. 30
£40-50 (plus 24%BP*)
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A collection of 27 BRITISH POLITICAL BIOGRAPHIES. Including Churchill, Thatcher, Gladstone, Major, Pitt, etc.
£40-50 (plus 24%BP*)
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COURTNEY, L, The Working Constitution of the United Kingdom. Dent 1905. Together with 29 other history and political titles. 30
£40-50 (plus 24%BP*)
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TREVOR-ROPER, Hugh, The Philby Affair, William Kimber 1968. Together with 29 other titles on history and politics.
£40-60 (plus 24%BP*)
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CHESTERTON, A.K. Oswald Moseley: Portrait of a Leader, Action Press Ltd. Together with 29 other political and historical titles.
£40-60 (plus 24%BP*)
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LECKY, W.E.H. History of England, Longmans Green & Co, 1913. 7 volume set. Together with 25 other history and political books. 32
£40-60 (plus 24%BP*)
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MACAULAY, Thomas Babington, The History of England. Longman, Brown, Green and Longman. 1853. 2 volume set. Together with 28 history and politics titles.
£40-60 (plus 24%BP*)
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JEANS, J.S. England's Supremacy, Longmans & Co 1885. Together with 29 other politics and history.
£40-60 (plus 24%BP*)
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LORD, R.H. The Second Partition of Poland. Cambridge 1915. Together with 20 other Russian and Eastern titles.
£30-50 (plus 24%BP*)
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KATKOV, George, Russia 1917 The February Revolution. Longman 1967. Together with 19 other Eastern bloc history and political titles.
£30-50 (plus 24%BP*)
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MANSEL, Philip, Paris Between Empires 1814-1852. John Murray 2001. Together with 21 other French history and political titles.
£30-50 (plus 24%BP*)
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EARLE, Edward Mead, Modern France, Princeton University Press 1951. Together with 20 other French political and history titles. 21
£30-50 (plus 24%BP*)
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