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A large George VI Mappin & Webb silver cigarette box, Birmingham 1937, with engine turned exterior and divided interior, 22cm long CONDITION REPORT: No inscriptions inside or out. scratches throughout, dent/scratch to the top left hand corner of the cover - see the attached images for further clarification.
MENABREA, LUIGI FEDERICO (1809-1896) "Sketch of The Analytical Engine Invented by Charles Babage Esq. by L F Menabrea of Turin Officer of The Military Engineers", with notes by the Translator (Lady Lovelace) extracted from the scientific memoirs Vol III, published Richard and John E Taylor, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London 1843, tooled and gilded burgundy leather bound, with hand-written notes to front page and hand-written inscription after notes by the translator to the frontispiece "Lady Lovelace" (bears old typed note "The Notes on the Fly Leaf of this Vol are undoubtedly by Wm King the co-operator (1786-1865) who was a great friend and adviser of Lady Lovelace. His periodical "Co-Operator" was published by Sickelmore of Brighton and this volume was bound by Manderson of Brighton. Lady Lovelace was daughter of Byron. She trans the notes in this vol." - This is the first separate edition of arguably the most important paper in the history of digital computing before modern times, extremely rare piece, possibly one of six copies including two at Harvard CONDITION REPORTS Cover: with tooled and gilded "LOVELACE". Appears basically sound, though with some scuff marks - see image to front and back. Typed note to interior, loose and with rough edges. Pencil note to first blank page "PJ/- 35/-", hand-written inscription opposite, obviously written by the same hand but at different times. Reading notes: they refer to Ada Lovelace, lineage, birth etc and note at bottom "Babage said of this translation and notes that nothing but genius could have done it". Blank pages and frontispiece with some small areas of browning/staining. Frontispiece with hand-written inscription "Lady Lovelace" below "with notes by the translator". Next page no 666, last numbered page 731. Page 711 being a diagram belonging to Note D and the fold-out "Diagram for the Computation by the engine of the numbers of Bernoulli", with two folds to the rear followed by a single blank page and the end page. The diagram with rough edges to the far right hand side. Most pages, whilst slightly browned and with some minor scuffing, all extant from page 720 - page 731 - some brown spotting to the lower corners - see images for further detail. Items of particular interest: markings to the margin on page 694 by the second paragraph "The analytical engine is an ......." and page 695 four various markings to the third paragraph down. Page 696 line highlighting by the second paragaph down - see images of all pages, covers and edges with this condition report. For any further information please contact the Auctioneers
GEORGE VI SILVER AND ENAMEL SEVEN PIECE DRESSING TABLE SETmaker Padgett & Braham Ltd, London 1941 (other than the powder jar), comprising two hair brushes, two clothes brushes, a comb mount, a hand mirror and a powder jar, each decorated with a garden setting on an engine turned ground, hand mirror 25cm long (7)
ELIZABETH II SILVER CIGARETTE BOXmaker Roberts & Dore, Birmingham 1973, hinged cover with name and dedication within an engine turned border, lined interior with central partition, 15cm wide; along with a George III Irish silver serving spoon (damages to bowl); and a late Victorian silver cigarette case, weighable silver 130g gross (3)
EDWARD VII SILVER STAMP HOLDERmaker Adie Brothers, Birmingham 1905, engine turned exterior with engraved floral sprig and turquoise slide mechanism, gilt wash interior, 5.5cm wide; along with other silver items including cruets, napkin rings, a flower trumpet, etc., weighable silver 487g gross
Assorted silver items to include; engine turned circular compact, Chester 1936 together with two early 20th Century silver lidded glass toiletry jars, small green glass bottle with hinged silver cover, an unmarked white metal circular box and a mother-of-pearl handled fruit/pen knife Condition:
18ct gold Art Deco lady's slim watch, Arabic numerals, engine turned pattern dial, movement unmarked, monogrammed initials to reverse, 18ct gold swiss marks, case size approx. 30mm.Condition Report: Dial good, very slight staining, movement currently working, case minor scratches, wear and tear on a later leather strap. Unfortunately we are not doing condition reports on this sale.
A collection of silver smokers companions, including a George V engine turned vesta case, Birmingham 1931; a small vesta case, engraved with floral leaves, Chester 1904; another vesta case, similar larger, Birmingham 1910; a match box sleeve holder on four ball feet, Birmingham 1898 and a stamp holder, envelope shaped, Birmingham, 1907, 2.87 ozt (89.3 grams approx) (5)

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