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Preisdatenbank abonnierenA Rolleiflex 6008 professional medium format camera outfit, No. 612620027, with Rollei Planar f2.8 80 mm HFT lens No. 14393102, Rollei Sonnar f4 150 mm HFT No. 0916444, all boxed. Together with battery charger, extra film back, Metz 45 CL-4 flash, Seconic light meter, quantity of filters, film and case (see illustration).
A cased silver condiment set Birmingham 1920, maker Walker & Hall. CONDITION REPORT: The condiment set has had little to no use. There is light tarnishing to most of the pieces and the blue glass liners to the salts have some minor chipping to the edges. All pieces when placed onto a flat surface are steady and do not rock.
An Edwardian mahogany longcase clock, with three train fusee movement by The Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company Regent Street London, with both Whittington and Westminster chimes, strike/silent mechanism and three brass cased weights and pendulum. Height 248 cm, maximum width 58 cm, depth 39 cm (see illustration). CONDITION REPORT: We currently have the clock running and it is chiming away nicely. The clock is generally in very good order. Showing signs of age-related wear, light dents, scratches etc but nothing massively untoward. There is however in the front panel at the base signs of historic woodworm. Internally it could do with a good clean but other than this it is good to go.
A Dresden porcelain cabinet cup and saucer, with town scene. Saucer diameter 15.5 cm, together with a coffee can and saucer and a Dresden two handled cup and saucer. CONDITION REPORT: The largest cup has rubbing to the gilded areas, the saucer has a hairline crack leading from the rim towards the base +/- 6 cm in length. The twin handled cup and saucer are good condition with no signs of any chips, cracks or restoration. The smallest cup has some light rubbing to the gilding as does the saucer.
A Victorian mahogany tilt top occasional table, raised on a turned column with four carved legs. Height 73 cm, width 51 cm, depth 40 cm. CONDITION REPORT: The top of the table shows light use with the usual bumps, scratches etc. The tilt top action works as it should and the main shaft is again in good order. The legs show signs of use nut nothing untoward.
A Zenza Bronica EC medium format camera, with Carl Zeiss Zenzanon MC f.28 80 mm lens No. 9680222. Two extra film backs, light meters, film and case (see illustration). CONDITION REPORT: Overall the camera looks tired. The leather is peeling at the edges. It has not been stored properly. There is no power, the battery is flat. With the back off, the shutter fires and the mirror moves as expected and because of no power fires at 60 and B. There appears to be three or four fungus spots internally in the lens. All three backs have dust and mould to the doors, hence the low estimate.
A Gillows of Lancaster breakfront desk, inlaid with burr wood, boxwood stringing etc, the top with brass gallery and tooled leather surface with central long drawer stamped 5311 Gillows, flanked on either side by five short drawers all with brass handles. Height including gallery 77 cm, width 122 cm, depth +/- 58 cm (see illustration). CONDITION REPORT: The desk is generally in good condition. Te brass gallery is in good shape and the leather writing surface has been used but is still usable. There is a light scratch to the front right-hand side which goes from the front of the desk off towards the right-hand side through the leather writing surface although I am sure that a good polish would sort this out. There is general wear and tear from age and related use but nothing majorly untoward. All the handles are intact and all the drawers work as they should.
A continental mahogany and gilt metal bijouterie table, late 19th/early 20th century of shaped outline with bevelled glass top, the interior lined in a pink velvet and raised on cabriole legs. Height 74 cm, width 54 cm, depth 54 cm (see illustration). CONDITION REPORT: The table is in good order. It shows signs of light use but we can see no signs of anything untoward.
A Mdina cut ice fish vase, designed by Michael Harris. Height 21.5 cm (see illustration). CONDITION REPORT: The vase is in good order. There are some light scratches and there is a slight imperfection to the glass which is a line at the rear which is approx. 6 cm in length. Other than this there is nothing untoward.
A 19th century boulle and ormolu mounted cabinet, with single door with oval panel to the centre opening to two adjustable shelves and black marble top. Height 129 cm, width 93 cm, depth 43 cm (see illustration). CONDITION REPORT: The top has various dents, light scratches etc from use and age related wear. The left-hand side of the cabinet again shows signs of age related wear. There are some woodworm holes in the rear upper section but this is long gone. There is also a section of brass stringing which is missing. The cabinet has been re-polished at some point and there are a number of splits, longest +/- 38 cm. The base has numerous woodworm holes but again this is not live. There is also some cracking to the veneer. The front of the cabinet is generally in good condition. Some of the brass metalwork is lifting to the top of the oval central panel. Towards the centre of the oval panel there are other raised sections, some of which have been pinned back into place, this continues down into the lower portion of this section. There are some woodworm holes to the front but this is long gone. The right-hand side has some sections of cracking and some woodworm holes. Right at the base there is a section of brass stringing which has become loose and is sticking out. The longest of the cracks on the right-hand side is 30 cm in length.
An oil painting on canvas, full length portrait of a young girl with flowers. 127 cm x 53.5 cm in gilt frame. CONDITION REPORT: The painting is behind glass and is relatively clean, however there is some slight mould to the left-hand side and at the bottom right-hand side. There is also looking under UV light some patches towards the base which appear to have been touched up at some point. On the lower half of the canvas the paint is quite crackled. The frame is relatively modern but has some slight cracks but nothing majorly untoward and looking at the canvas from the rear it appears to be relatively clean and tight.
A George III oak press cupboard, in two sections the top half with moulded cornice above a pair of panelled doors opening to hanging space and with bone lock escutcheons, the base with two dummy above two short and one long drawer with wooden knob handles and all raised on bracket feet. Height 200 cm, width 133 cm, depth 56 cm (see illustration). CONDITION REPORT: The press is in excellent condition. It has the usual dents, bumps, light scratches, age-related wear etc but the colour is very good. Some of the beading to the left-hand side has been replaced but this has been done to a high standard and is barely noticeable.
A George III oak side table or lowboy, fitted with two frieze drawers and raised on moulded legs. Height 72 cm, width 81 cm, depth 45 cm (see illustration). CONDITION REPORT: The lowboy is in good order. It shows signs of use, light water staining, ring marks to the top and an old scratch which has been worn smooth but runs from the left-hand side nearly the full length, but this is barely visible from an angle. The legs are solid and are in good condition, there is a small loss to the rear right-hand leg in the centre but again this is barely noticeable. The drawers work as they should, however there is a modern alteration to the rear of both drawers which stops them from being pulled all the way out unless placed at an angle. The left-hand drawer base also has a full length split which is very slightly open.
An Edwardian inlaid rosewood small Sutherland table. Height 56 cm, width 54 cm, depth flaps down 13.5 cm. CONDITION REPORT: The table is in very good order. It has light scratches, marks, etc. but nothing untoward. It is solid and still a good colour. It has more than likely been gently restored at some point but this has been to a good standard.
One volume "Modern Farriery" by WJ Miles MRCVSL, London published William McKenzie Ludgate Hill. CONDITION REPORT: The front of the book has some water staining and the edges are bumped and rubbed. The lower spine of the book is split and is coming away and the rear is also rubbed and split. Internally there are some light foxing marks but nothing particularly untoward and all the pages appear to be complete.
A set of fourteen Chippendale style dining chairs, each with yoke shaped top rail, pierced and carved splat back with stuffover seat upholstered in green leather and raised on moulded legs. Height to top of back 97 cm, width across front of seat 54 cm (see illustration). CONDITION REPORT: The chairs are all generally in very good order, showing signs of use, age related wear etc, light scratches, dent. There are two seats with scratches to the leather although these are not particularly visible and would hopefully buff out. There are three chairs which have had the cross stretchers glued back into place and one is possibly a replacement. These would benefit in our opinion from being taken apart and re-glued.
Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), a watercolour Derwentwater and Friars Crag. 18 x 25 cm, framed and mounted. CONDITION REPORT: The painting is generally in good order. There is a slight speck, possibly some foxing, to the top right-hand corner in the sky and there is a slight ripple to the paper, however it is neatly presented and in a good mount and frame. The glass to the right-hand side of the mount has an air bubble and the frame has some very light chipping.
Harry Stinton Royal Worcester vase, decorated with highland cattle in a mountainous landscape, signed H Stinton with puce mark to the bottom, circa 1923. Height 16 cm (see illustration). CONDITION REPORT: The vase is in very good order, however on the underside there is a dark line leading towards the tip of one of the downward pointing gilt finials. This is also marked with the letter R, we are unsure as to whether this is a crack or just a simple firing flaw of some sort. After looking at it under UV light we cannot see anything glowing at all. Other than this there are no signs of any chips, cracks or restoration.
A large key wind silver pocket watch by Waltham, together with a silver Albert chain. Case diameter 55 mm. CONDITION REPORT: The watch will wind and ticks away nicely. The outer case has general wear and tear as you would expect and the engraving to the rear has been worn smooth around the edges. There is some very light denting to the rear at the top right-hand side. The dial is a little grubby in places but nothing untoward. The fob has slight bends to the tips of the outer edges. Other than this everything is in good working order.
JHP Tamlin (flourished 1903 died 1911), an oil on canvas "Shipwrecks at Kings Lynn", signed and dated 1909. 44 x 59 cm, framed. CONDITION REPORT: The picture has some light crazing particularly around the sky which has a couple of patches of lost flaky paint. There is also a very slight dent or hole to the left-hand side near the tallest building to the left. Other than this it is in good order but may benefit from a light clean.
An Omega tank Art Deco wristwatch, knob wind and with subsidiary seconds hand, case dimensions excluding lugs 20 mm x 30 mm (see illustration). CONDITION REPORT: The case length is 5 cm and the width excluding the crown is 2.1 cm. The watch winds and ticks. There are age and use related light scratches to both the metalwork and glass, there is also some dirt accumulated in the corners.
A Victorian walnut and inlaid corner whatnot, with fretwork decoration and turned carved pillars, with three shelves and cupboard to the bottom section raised on turned legs and castors. Height 146 cm, width at the base 81 cm, depth +/- 54 cm. CONDITION REPORT: The fretwork in the upper section has some repairs. The first shelf is in good condition with some minor losses to the inlay but nothing untoward. Below this shelf there should be an apron but this is missing. The second tier down has damage to the fretwork which has been glued back into position and the shelf is in a similar condition with minor losses to the inlay and also some bubbling and losses to the veneer. The next section down has fretwork in good order with no damage but the shelf has some very light water damage and discolouration to the front section. The cupboard to the bottom is in good order. The lock works as it should but would benefit from some oil.
A pair of mahogany lamp standards, formerly early 19th century bedposts, each with circular base. CONDITION REPORT: Both stands have had sections of timber broken from the tops and have been glued into place although this has been done a long time ago and is barely noticeable. The main shafts and bases show signs of wear and tear, general use. The shades externally are in good condition for their age, but internally the lining fabric has started to disintegrate. Both shades would be serviceable but would benefit from a light clean.
A William IV rosewood turnover top tea table, with faceted column, quatreform base and scroll legs with castors beneath. Height 74 cm, width 89 cm, depth 44 cm. CONDITION REPORT: The tabletop is very slightly faded and there are numerous light scratches and some ring marks. To the right-hand side edge there is a loss of veneer which is approximately 2 x 1 cm and to the left-hand side there is also a loss of veneer approx. 1 x 1 cm. Opening the table the interior is a rich dark colour, there are signs of dust, light use etc. Also, on the edge on the rear left-hand side there is a loss of veneer which is approximately 4 x 1 cm. The column of the table is again slightly faded and has some splits, the worst of which is at the rear and goes from the upper quarter of the column down through the main section and towards the base nearly the full length and this is slightly open. The table base again has a crack possibly the full length going from side to side underneath the column and the feet show signs of age-related wear. There are some veneer losses to the base at the front which should be visible on the photograph but the largest of which is approx. 6 x 2 cm.
A William IV flame mahogany segmented breakfast table, with snap action and circular base raised on three scroll feet with castors. Diameter 138 cm, height 75 cm (see illustration). CONDITION REPORT: The table is generally in good order. There are signs of use, wear, light dents etc. There is some cracking to one side which matches up with the planks to the underside. The column and base have splits and cracks to the veneer but nothing that is particularly open or untoward, just general drying out. The feet have age related wear, rubbing etc. which have been touched up at some point. Generally the table is in good order and has a very nice colour.
A classical guitar by AA Jones of Norwich, with gold label inscribed Concert Guitar and Flute Maker 1976, with rosewood backboard with A10 Certificate No. 24GBA10H1730C. Comes in its own case (see illustration). CONDITION REPORT: The guitar is in good order. It does show signs of age related wear i.e. light dings, scratches. There is also a fine smattering of emulsion paint although this will scrape off. We can see no splits, cracks or holes. The diapason is 65 cm and the nut has a width of 5.5 cm.
Subbuteo a mixed boxed group of sets and teams to include, 'Continental Club Edition' with some teams, Yellow and blue (Brazil etc) and Blue and light Blue (Coventry etc). All players seem repainted and with numbers painted on the back. Not checked for completion or correctness. Contents generally appear Poor to Good in generally Good boxes.
Collection of decimal and pre-decimal coinage, primarily British and base metal. This comprises a number of 25p commemorative Crown coins including a boxed 1951 Festival of Britain Crown; a small quantity of pre-1920 UK coinage (132g) as well as a group of pre-1947 coins (28g), accompanied by bronze issues, decimal currency and a range of primarily-20th century money from India, France, Jersey, Guernesy, Southern Rhodesia, Hong Kong and others. Also a map measurer/magnetic compass in a box, an uninscribed shield pendant/medal hallmarked 925 sterling silver and a Victory Medal (incorrect ribbon) inscribed to 200123 Pte. F. Harvey, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry.
Vintage 35mm cameras and equipment. Pentax MG camera with pentax-m 50mm 1:1.7 lens; Pentax ME super camera with Pentax-A 50mm 1:1.7 lens; kiron 28-70mm f/3.5-4.5 lens; vivitar 17mm 1:3.5 wide angle lens, sigma mini-wide 1:2.8 lens; exida zoom 1:48 80-250mm; kiron 80-200m f/4.5 macro; also flash, light meter and two new rolls of film.
A print decorated and inlaid rosewood Tunbridge ware box of sarcophagol form, with diamond boxwood escutcheon, boxwood line edges, the domed lid with an untitled cut corner rectangular colour print of the North Foreland light house within a feather painted border and an outer feather and line inlaid border, interior relined, tray lacking divisions, 20 x 12.8 x 10cms. From the collection of the late Dr. Brian Austen
Churchill, Sir Winston Typed letter, signed, to Keith G. Feiling Written on 10 Downing Street letterhead, dated 16th October 1944, 19 x 20.5cm, to British historian Keith G. Feiling, sent during the Moscow Conference with Stalin, regarding a biography of Neville Chamberlain and asking Feilig to consider “the requirements of official secrecy”, some light staining and soiling, and a light diagonal crease to the upper left corner Churchill writes:I shall certainly be very glad to see you after my return. Meanwhile, I see no objection to your using the proposed extracts, so long as their context is made clear. I must say however that I feel that end of next year is very early for the publication of a book of this kind. I am glad that you are showing the text to Bridges for examination from the point of view of the requirements of official secrecy.The letter probably refers to Feiling's The Life of Neville Chamberlain, eventually published in 1946. From October 9th to the 19th, 1944, Churchill was present at the 'Moscow Conference', where Britain and the Soviet Union discussed dividing postwar Europe into Western and Soviet spheres of influence.
Shepard, E. H. (illustrator) Playtime and Company A Book for Children. Verses by E. V. Lucas. Pictures by E. H. Shepard. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1925. First edition, signed limited issue, one of 100 numbered copies printed on handmade paper and signed by E.H. Shepard and E. V. Lucas on the limitation page, 4to, 95 pp., original light blue quarter cloth, purple paper boards, printed label to front board, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, frontispiece and illustrations throughout the text by E. H. Shepard, with the dust jacket. Customary browning to free endpapers, dust jacket unevenly sunned and with a few faint marks;idem. The Golden Age. By Kenneth Grahame. With Illustrations and Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. London: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1928. Signed limited edition, one of 275 numbered copies printed on rag paper and signed by Kenneth Grahame and E. H. Shepard on the limitation page, 8vo, 166 pp., original japon-backed marbled boards, frontispiece and illustrations throughout by E. H. Shepard, glassine dust jacket, slipcase with printed label containing manuscript limitation as issued. Several leaves unopened, dust jacket toned and with a few shallow chips;and a later edition of When We Were Very Young (3)
Autographs Group of signed letters George Macdonald Fraser (1925-2008), typed letter signed to Ion Smeaton Munro (q. v.), Isle of Man, 1969, 2 pp., a superb farewell letter written on Fraser's resignation from the Glasgow Herald, mentioning Flashman and the film ‘Zulu’;J. M. Barrie (1860-1937), autograph letter signed to Ion Smeaton Munro, 1913, 1 p.;William Heath Robinson (1872-1944), 2 autograph letters signed, 1927-31, the first to a Miss Smeaton Munro, politely declining an opportunity to illustrate her poems but recommending his brother Charles Robinson and referring to his illustrations for Robert Louis Stevenson's Child's Garden of Verses, 2 pp., the second to a Mrs Bilsland, a very gracious letter concerning a missed engagement in Glasgow ('… I remember quite well the pleasure I had in illustrating “Topsy Turvy Tales”');Field Marshal Lord Frederick Roberts (1832-1914), letter signed to Ion Smeaton Munro, 1913, 1 p., the body of the letter written in a secretarial hand;Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson (1853-1937), actor and impresario, autograph letter signed, 1912, 1 p.; and 2 others (8) Ion Smeaton Munro (1883-1970) was a journalist and decorated army officer of Scottish origin who between the wars worked as the Rome correspondent of Glasgow's Morning Post and subsequently the Daily Mail. 'He was appointed press attaché at the British embassy in 1938 and then, on Italy’s declaration of war, he was posted as head of the Italian section at the Ministry of Information. He rejoined the army in 1941 and served on Wavell’s staff in India. When the invasion of Italy was being prepared he flew to North Africa, later entering Rome with the liberating army in June 1944. He was a chief press officer during the Italian campaign, and when demobilised he became press liaison officer in the Foreign Office conference department specially concerned with UN affairs in London. In the 1946 New Year honours list Lieutenant-Colonel Munro was awarded the OBE (Military) for “gallant and distinguished service in Italy”’ (Duncan Beaton, ‘The Notable Descendants of John Munro’, in A. O. M. Clark, ed., The Kist: The Magazine of the Natural History & Antiquarian Society of Mid-Argyll, no. 45 (Spring 1993), pp. 6-7). Ion Smeaton Munro wrote two books on his Italian experiences, Through Fascism to World Power: A History of the Revolution in Italy (1933), and Beyond the Alps (1934); he also wrote Youth of Yesteryear: Campaigns, Battles, Service and Exploits of the Glasgow Territorials in the Last Great War (1939), and co-edited The Seventeenth Highland Light Infantry: Record of War Service 1914-1918 (1920).
Maxwell, James Clerk On a Method of Making a Direct Comparison of Electrostatic with Electromagnetic Force With a Note on the Electromagnetic Theory of Light. [In:] Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Vol. 158.-Part II. London: Taylor and Francis, 1869. First edition, 4to, original printed wrappers, unopened, Maxwell's article occupying pp. 643-57 with one diagram in text, 17 lithographic plates relating to other works in the volume (several folding), small ink stains to pp. 646-7, superficial split to paper on spine, a few marks to covers;Together with: Account of Experiments on the Perception of Colour. [Pp. 41-7 in:] The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine, and Journal of Science. Fourth Series. No 90.-July 1857. 8vo, original printed wrappers, short split to head of front joint;On Mr. Grove's “Experiment in Magneto-electric Induction." In a Letter to W. R. Grove, F.R.S. [And:] Proceedings of Learned Societies. Royal Society … On Governors. [Pp. 360-63 and 385-98 in:] The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine, and Journal of Science. Fourth Series. No 238.-May 1868. London Taylor and Francis, 1868. 8vo, original printed wrappers, chipping to head of spine, short splits to feet of joints;On the Displacement in a Case of Fluid Motion. [Offprint from the Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society, c.1870]. 8vo, paginated 65-96, Maxwell's piece occupying pp. 82-7, with 3 diagrams, apparently original wrappers with printed title 'Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society Nos. 25, 26' to front, longitudinal central crease, wrappers detached, rear wrapper spotted and torn, variable spotting to contents; and 1 other similar (4) 'On a Method of Making a Direct Comparison of Electrostatic with Electromagnetic Force' is the last of Maxwell's five major papers on electromagnetism. ‘On Governors’, originally published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, is today considered one of the foundational papers on cybernetics.
Carroll, Lewis [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] Alice's Adventures Under Ground Being a Facsimile of the Original MS. Book afterwards developed into “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland”. London: Macmillan and Co., 1886. First edition, 8vo, viii [8] 95 pp., original red cloth decoratively lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, small abrasion to fore edge of front board, tips very slightly bumped;Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. London: Macmillan and Co., 1886. First edition, 79th thousand, 8vo, 192 pp., original red pictorial cloth gilt, all edges gilt, illustrations throughout by John Tenniel, 2 pp. advertisements to rear, general soiling, spine rolled, quire K working loose (held by top cord), stitching strained between quires M and N;The Hunting of the Snark, an Agony, in Eight Fits. London: Macmillan and Co., 1876. First edition, 8vo, 83 pp., original buff cloth decorated in black, all edges gilt, wood-engraved frontispiece, similar illustrations throughout (full-page but counted in register), tissue-guards, bookplate (Sir Charles Philip Huntington, 3rd Baronet), spine rolled, light cockling to cloth in places;Together with 6 others including G. K. Chesterton, Greybeards at Play, 1900 (first edition, original cloth-backed pictorial boards) (9)
Lawrence, William, Frank Meadow Sutcliffe, G.W. Wilson, Frith and London Stereoscopic England and Ireland, c.87 photographs 20 large format albumen photographs of Ireland by William Lawrence, a partial album with 20 further photographs of Ireland, carbon print of Whitby Harbour by Frank Meadow Sutcliffe with pencil signature, 14 large format photographs of London and Liverpool by London Stereoscopic, 53 small mostly albumen photographs of England by G.W. Wilson and Frith, amongst others, including military, hop picking, street scenes etc. and a small packet of Irish rural views. Whitby photograph has some surface marks and is mounted on paper, Frith photographs have curled right edges, photographs in album have some edge fading and light foxing, the album pages are curled (quantity) Formerly owned by the Late Murray Mackinnon, a renowned collector of photography documenting Scottish life from the mid-19th to early-20th century.
Austen, Jane Northanger Abbey [and:] Persuasion London: Richard Bentley, 1833. First Bentley edition, 8vo, 2 parts in 1 volume with continuous pagination and register, [2] 212 [3] 216 440 pp., engraved frontispiece and additional vignette title-page, separate letterpress title-page to each work, bound without series-title, binding rubbed, loss to head of spine, split to foot of front joint, crude tape-repair to inner hinges, frontispiece and vignette title spotted, Northanger Abbey leaf B1 tipped-in, textblock split between 2F3 and 2F4 (penultimate and final leaves) with 2F4 tipped in, occasional light soiling, a few leave dog-eared [Gilson D4; Sadleir 3734a 28]
Simpson, William The Seat of the War in the East London: P. & D. Colnaghi, 1855-56. First edition, 2 volumes in one [First & Second Series], folio, 55.5 x 35.5cm, lithographed pictorial titles and 79 tinted lithographed plates, occasional spotting, mostly light, occasional slight marginal dust-soiling, plate 11 in part 1 and plate 20 in part 2 torn without loss (9cm and 19cm tear respectively), lithographed pictorial caption guards, occasional dampstains, contemporary maroon half morocco gilt, morocco gilt lettering piece to upper cover, spine gilt in compartments, g.e., rubbed
Morris, Francis Orpen A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Eggs London: George Bell and Sons, 1875. Second edition, 3 volumes, large 8vo, contemporary dark blue crushed full morocco by Andrew Grieve of Edinburgh, spines lettered in gilt, marbles endpapers, top edges gilt, 232 chromolithographic plates numbered 1-231 (including 17 bis), tissue-guards, bookplates of Andrew Smith of Whitchester and Cranshaws, bindings slightly rubbed in places, light fading to spines, faint transverse scuff to volume 3 front board, edges spotted, a few intermittent spots internally (3)
Lang, Andrew Collection of works London: Longmans, Green, and Co., all 8vo unless otherwise stated.The Arabian Nights Entertainment, 1898, first edition, original blue pictorial cloth gilt, 33 plates, spine rolled, extremities slightly rubbed, inner hinges cracked with webbing exposed, ownership inscriptions to half-title and recto of frontispiece, half-title slightly marked, ink-stain to head of title-page and dedication leaf (with concomitant paper-erosion to latter);Old Friends among the Fairies. Puss in Boots and Other Stories, 1926. 4to, original green pictorial cloth, 4 tipped-in colour plates, dust jacket (with a few nicks);The Book of Princes and Princesses by Mrs Lang. Edited by Andrew Lang, 1908, first edition, original blue pictorial cloth gilt, all edges gilt, 8 colour plates, spine slightly rolled, light rubbing to extremities, tips bumped;Tales of Troy and Greece, 1907, first edition, original cloth, 18 plates;The Book of Romance, 1902, first edition, original blue pictorial cloth gilt, all edges gilt, 8 colour plates;The Red Romance Book, 1905, first edition, 8vo, original red pictorial cloth gilt, all edges gilt, 8 colour plates (plate facing p. 264 detached), spine faded, covers marked;Together with approx. 25 others including 6 other Andrew Lang titles, several Walter Crane titles, etc. (30+)
Allom, Thomas (illustrator) China, in a Series of Views With Historical and Descriptive Notices by the Rev. G. N. Wright. London: Peter Jackson, Late Fisher, Son, & Co., [n.d.] 4 volumes in 2, small 4to, engraved titles, 125 engraved plates, volume 1 disbound, volumes 2-4 bound as one in black half calf gilt, a little light browning in places (2)
[Wynne, John Huddlestone (1742-1788)] The Man of Honour: or, the History of Harry Waters, Esq. London: printed for F. and J. Noble, at their respective circulating libraries, 1771-3. 3 volumes, 12mo (16.6 x 10cm), [2] 242, [2] 212, [4] 199, contemporary speckled sheep, spines ruled in gilt with twin red and green labels, half-title to volume 3 only, a little skinning and rubbing to leather, very occasional light soiling internally, volume 1 with shallow loss to head of spine, old stain to top spine compartment, leaves D3-10 working loose (held by bottom cord), volume 2 with short crack to head of front joint, volume 3 title-page slightly marked (3) Title-pages with ownership inscriptions ‘Margt Horn Elphinstone’ (dated 1792 in the first volume), presumably Margaret Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone (c.1765-1849, daughter of General Robert Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone (1718-1794) of Logie Elphinstone, Aberdeenshire, and wife of Sir Robert Burnett of Leys, 7th Baronet (1755-1837); subsequently from the library of the late Robert Bogdan (1950-2023), of Boghead of Torries and Dykehead of Avochie, Aberdeenshire, geography master at Charterhouse and sometime chairman of the Scottish Castles Association. First edition, extremely rare, the only known complete copy of this 18th-century triple-decker Bildungsroman, previously thought to be extant solely in the form of a copy of the first volume only at the John D. Rockefeller Colonial Williamsburg Library in Virginia, USA; a German translation was published in 1777 with the title Der Rechtschaffene oder Geschichte des Herrn Heinrich Waters. The author was once thought to have been John Cleland, author of Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, better known to posterity as Fanny Hill, on the basis of a remark in a contemporary obituary of Cleland, but the reference is now understood to be an obvious mistake for Cleland's 1768 work The Woman of Honour, and an issue of the London Chronicle (17-19 October 1771) names the author of The Man of Honour as J. H. Wynne, a hack writer who had spent time in the service of the East India Company.
Ships, shipbuilding and paddle steamers 19th and 20th century, 50 photographs 2 albumen photographs of sailing ships from Aberdeen, the clipper Nineveh by Richards of Sydney, dated 1876, 25 x 20.5cm, some damage to mount, and the Wave Of Life by Goode of Sydney, 24 x 19cm, faded and mount damaged; large albumen photograph mounted onto thick paper 27.5 x 22cm, large albumen photograph of a Clyde steamship, 1881, 27.5 x 22cm, mounted onto thick paper; large albumen photograph of a troopship in Egypt, 27 x 19.5cm, faded; 3 cabinet cards of named sailing ships and a deck shot, good condition; group of 5 silver gelatin photographs of a ship in drydock and a dredger, 15.5 x 11cm; 3 albumen photographs of sailing warships, two small unidentified photographs and a larger photograph by Frith of 3 training ships - Impregnable, Inconstance and Emerald - at Devonport in 1913, 20.5 x 14cm, slight edge fading; mid-20th century silver gelatin photograph of Aberdeen lifeboat, 18.5 x 12cm; press photograph of the Empress of Scotland; 6 photographs relating to shipbuilding including a large silver gelatin photograph of workers leaving the Fairfield Shipbuilding Yard in Govan, Glasgow, c.1900, 29 x 21cm; small silver gelatin photograph of Henderson’s shipbuilders on the Clyde, 16 x 12cm; press photograph of the launch of H.M.S. Kipling in 1939, another showing crowds at the launch of the Queen Elizabeth in 1938, each 25 x 20cm; 2 platinum prints of shipbuilding at Barrow-In-Furness, some light surface marks; 10 silver gelatin photographs related to Sir Donald Skiffington of John Brown Shipyard, mixed sizes; mounted albumen photograph of 2 small sailing ships near Stranraer by G.W. Wilson, 24 x 16.5cm; 10 albumen photographs of paddle steamers and ferry piers in Scotland, sized from 29 x 18.5cm to 9 x 7cm, some edge fading some foxing to mounts (50) Formerly owned by the Late Murray Mackinnon, a renowned collector of photography documenting Scottish life from the mid-19th to early-20th century.
Cleland, Elizabeth A New and Easy Method of Cookery Treating I. Of Gravies, Soups, Broths, etc. II. Of Fish, and their Sauces. III. To Pot and Make Hams, Etc. Iv. Of Pies, Pasties, etc. V. Of Pickling and Preserving. Vi. Of Made Wines, Distilling and Brewing, etc. Edinburgh: for the author by W. Gordon, C. Wright, S. Willison and J. Bruce: and sold at her house in the Luckenbooths, 1755. First edition, 8vo, [12] 204 pp., contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, contemporary ownership inscription ‘Janet Miller Novbr 15 1774’ to front free endpaper, later inscription ('Janet Miller was for years house keeper at Dr Erskine's & died in the house') below, Janet Miller's ownership inscription repeated on title-page, laid-in manuscript note addressed to Mrs Erskine containing a receipt for pease pudding, binding worn and soiled, leather on spine largely perished, contents toned, occasional light spotting and soiling, marginal damp-staining to title-page and contents leaves, more extensive damp-staining to final gathering From the library of the late Robert Bogdan (1950-2023), of Boghead of Torries and Dykehead of Avochie, Aberdeenshire, geography master at Charterhouse and sometime chairman of the Scottish Castles Association. Very rare: no other copy traced in auction records. The author appears to have run a cookery school in Edinburgh, the work being described on the title-page as ‘chiefly intended for the benefit of the young ladies who attend her school’. A third edition appeared in 1770.
Maxwell, James Clerk A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1873. First edition, first issue, 2 volumes, 8vo, xxix [3] 425, xxiii [1] 444 pp., original maroon cloth, spines lettered in gilt, publisher's device stamped to covers in blind, 21 lithographic plates (including one facing volume 1 p. 148; the rest at rear of volumes), volume 1 with errata slip tipped to p. 1, volume 2 with 15 pp. publisher's catalogue to rear (listing the present work on p. 10 as ‘Just Published’), diagrams throughout the text, spines sunned and with wear to head and foot, volume 2 with sections of wear along front joint affecting lettering, light rubbing to covers and extremities of both volumes, tips bumped and worn, variable spotting to endpapers, half-titles and plates, each volume housed in custom cloth slipcase [Horblit 72; Norman 1466; PMM 355 note] (2) One of the most important works of physics ever published, Maxwell's Treatise had only a limited impact during his own lifetime, but within a few years of his death his electromagnetic theory of light 'came to be accepted and regarded as one of the most fundamental of all physical theories. Maxwell's equations gained the status of Newton's laws of motion, and the theory was basic to the new technology of electric power, telephony, and radio. His reputation and the status of Maxwellian physics was enhanced by the advent of “modern” physics in the twentieth century, understood as resting on his conception of the physical field and appeal to statistical descriptions' (ODNB).
Minerva Press - Canadian Novel - Slavery Yamboo; or, the North American Slave A Tale. In Three Volumes. By the Author of The Bravo of Bohemia. London: printed at the Minerva-Press, for A. K. Newman and Co., 1812. Volumes 1 and 3 only (of 3), 12mo, [2] 243 [1], [2] 216 pp., contemporary half calf, marbled paper sides, both volumes lacking front free endpaper, contemporary ownership inscriptions to front pastedowns and to first page of text, traces of old ink-stamps (Bury free library) to title-pages, occasional light soiling, volume 1 binding with paper covering detached from rear board and lifting from front board, calf backstrip also lifting, title-page with very small worm track to gutter, volume 3 with damp-staining to signature B, worming to lower margins of final signature (K) (2) From the library of the late Robert Bogdan (1950-2022), of Boghead of Torries and Dykehead of Avochie, Aberdeenshire, geography master at Charterhouse and sometime chairman of the Scottish Castles Association. First edition, extremely rare, no other copy traced in auction records. Set in the 1790s and dedicated to Martin Hunter, commander-in-chief, New Brunswick, Yamboo is the tale of a runaway slave who is taken in by a Colonel Beresford and his family and subsequently accompanies him to India to fight against Tipu Sultan, ruler of Mysore. ‘The first 68 pages take place in New Brunswick and contain long descriptions of St John, Frederictown, defenses, fashions, Indians, etc., all taken from obvious first hand knowledge’ (MacLeod, The Minerva Press, p. 371).
British topography and history Collection of works Logan, James. The Scottish Gael; or, Celtic Manners, observed among the Highlanders. London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1831. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary tan half calf by J. Philip of Aberdeen, 8 hand-coloured aquatint plates including frontispieces, half-titles, contemporary ownership inscriptions (Alexander Irvine) to title-pages, volume 2 spine-label detaching;Bartlett, W. H. (illustrator). The Ports, Harbours, Watering-Places, and Coast Scenery of Great Britain. With Descriptions by William Beattie. London: George Virtue, 1842. First edition, 2 volumes, 4to, contemporary tan half calf by John Trail of Fraserburgh (with his ticket), numerous engraved plates, tissue guards;Brown, John C., & others. Scotland Illustrated in a Series of Eighty Views by John C. Brown, William Brown, Andrew Donaldson, John Fleming, David M. Mackenzie, W. B. Scott, D. Stewart, and Other Scottish Artists. London: A. Fullarton and Co., 1845. First edition, 4to, contemporary tan half calf by John Trail of Fraserburgh, numerous steel-engraved plates, tissue guards, joints cracked;Macgibbon, David and Thomas Ross. The Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland from the Twelfth to the Eighteenth Century. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1887-92. First edition, 5 volumes, large 8vo, original cloth;Campbell, J. F. Popular Tales of the West Highlands, Orally Collected, with a Translation. Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1860. First edition, 4 volumes, 8vo, original cloth, frontispieces to volumes 2-4, bookplate of Hugh Henry Robertson Aikman to volume 1 (with related gift inscription to half-title), W. H. Smith & Son subscription library labels to front pastedowns of volumes 3 and 4, volume 2 cloth very mottled and rubbed, binding shaken, light mottling and rubbing to bindings of other volumes;[Landon, Letitia E.]. Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book; with Poetical Illustrations. London: H. Fisher, R. Fisher, & P. Jackson, 1835. 4to, original blind-stamped cloth with gilt-tooled leather backstrip, engraved plates including Indian subjects, front inner hinge cracked and frontispiece loose;Thornbury, Walter. Old and New London: a Narrative of its History, its People, and its Places. London: Cassell Petter & Galpin, c.1880. 6 volumes, 4to, contemporary red half calf, numerous wood-engraved plates;Gilpin, William. Remarks on Forest Scenery, and Other Woodland Views. Edinburgh: Fraser & Co., 1834. 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary blue-green straight-grain half morocco gilt;Leslie, Forbes. The Early Races of Scotland and their Monuments. Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1866. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, original blue cloth gilt, tinted lithographic plates (25) From the library of the late Robert Bogdan (1950-2022), of Boghead of Torries and Dykehead of Avochie, Aberdeenshire, geography master at Charterhouse and sometime chairman of the Scottish Castles Association.
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