Gentleman's Library Sale

29 Jan 2013, starting at 14:00 GMT with lot 1. 30 Jan 2013, starting at 10:00 GMT with lot 368.
London, Knightsbridge

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lots

A Desert Rose crystal conglomeration.

A giant form of Selenite and Gypsum,

A rare Charles Tennant mahogany cabinet of minerals, rocks and fossils, English, dated 1858,

A box sextant, believed to belong to the pioneering Geologist Joseph Beetes Jukes (1811-1869)

A formal robe for a Countess,

Per Ardua Libertas. Most Secret, a printed catalogue of MI9 covert equipment,

A silver-mounted perpetual calendar by WJ Myatt & Co, Birmingham 1913; together with a quantity of other items (8)

A matched silver and tortoiseshell toilet set by Charles Henry Dumenil, the bottles by Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co Ltd, London 1916-18 (7)

An Edwardian brown crocodile leather vanity case, initialled 'MH', with tortoiseshell-mounted part dressing table set the mounts by Charles Henry Dumenil, London 1905-1907 (10)

An Edwardian crocodile leather case, initialled 'A.A.W', containing a silver-mounted gentleman's dressing table set the silver mounts by Samuel Summers Drew & Ernest Drew, London 1904, retailed by Drew & Sons, Piccadilly, London

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