Kennett (Basil) The Lives and Characters of the Ancient Grecian Poets, first edition, engraved frontispiece and two portrait plates, engraved portrait vignettes, final advertisement leaf, a couple instances of ink correction in a contemporary hand, H5 with very short tear into text without loss, browning, generally light but heavier at points, some foxing, final few leaves with lower outer corner creased, upper cover nearly detached, [Wing K297], for Abel Swall, 1697 § Euclid. The Elements of Euclid Explain'd...Written in French, by...F Claud. Franic Milliet de Chales...Now made English, fourth edition, additional engraved title, woodcut diagrams, a few small ink marks to title and doodles to one or two diagrams, fractional worming to upper corner throughout, sig. M & N becoming larger trace but not affecting text, light browning and occasional soiling, some light damp-staining towards end, upper cover detached, Oxford, L. Lichfield, 1704, contemporary calf, quite worn, spine labels missing, lower joint split but holding; and 2 others, antiquarian, one relating to John Locke, 8vo & 4to (4)
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Fore-edge painting.- Mavor (William Fordyce) Poems, the Doheny copy, with a fore-edge painting depicting boats on the river at Henley-on-Thames beneath the gilt, bookplate of Lord F.A. Spencer, morocco Ex Libris of Estelle Doheny, bookplate of J.O. Edwards to both pastedowns, very few light spots to leaves, marbled endpapers, contemporary straight-grained green morocco gilt, covers with Greek key and foliate borders, spine tooled with starbursts, harp and sun devices, very slight bumping to corners, lower cover slightly scuffed, 8vo, G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1793.Provenance: Sold by Christie's in 1989 as part of The Estelle Doheny Collection, from The Edward Laurence Doheny Memorial Library, St. John's Seminary, Camarillo, California [Doheny V, lot 1949].
Wales, England, Belgium & Holland.- Roberts Family (originally Lords of the Manor of Abergavenny and later living in London & England) Commonplace Book & A Short account of a trip which I took into Belgium & part of Holland in the Summer of 1846, manuscript, 252pp. excluding blanks (travel journal 61pp.), reverse entries, in several hands, in black and light blue ink, 6pp. in shorthand, several pen and ink illustrations, browned, some slight foxing, some ff. excised, original reverse calf, lettered direct "Commonplace Book 1835/Accounts" on covers, sm. 4to, 1836-91.⁂ An interesting manuscript, compiled by a member of the Roberts family, originally owners of the Manor of Abergavenny in Monmouth, but later moving to England. Many of the family notes are by William Roberts (1767-1807), barrister and writer, recording notes by his grandfather, another William Roberts added to his own and probably transcribed by another. Other notes include recipes, politics and excerpts from various works, including on archery. Later notes in another hand mention Burstead Lodge in Billericay.Radagunda Roberts (c. 1728-88), translator and sermon writer; friend of Hannah More; translator of Francoise de Graffigny's novel, The Peruvian Letters... With an Additional Original Volume, 1774, and author of verse tales set in the middle ages, Albert, Edward and Laura, and The Hermit of Priestland: Three Legendary Tales, 1783. Entries in the manuscript include, "1788 Jany 13 My dear sister R Roberts died one happy year at home!!", and "Extract from the will of Rhadagunda Roberts 'My next request is to be buried with my father and my mother. I give and bequeath to my dear niece Margaret Roberts [a close friend of Hannah More] my mourning ring with my dear Mother's name in it wrought with her own hair, which being the same name with my nieces, I hope she will keep it as a remembrance of my Mother and me.'" According to the Oxford DNB, Roberts always signed her pieces as "RR" or "R Roberts", and it has only recently been proved by research by the University of Kent that Roberts' Christian name was Radagunda. Recipes and extracts include: "India Rubber Glue"; "How to make your own yeast"; "Poetical receipt for a Salad"; "Cancer Valuable recipe"; "Head ache to arrest"; "Latin metrical Translation by Arthur Roberts [(1801-86)] Vicar of Woodrising"; "Death of Sir Thos Picton at Waterloo"; "Archery - Excerpta from Hansards 'Book of Archery'"; "Pedigree of Roberts"; "Logarithms" etc.
Art technique.- Sculputra-Historico-Technica: or the History and Art of Ingraving, first edition, 10 engraved plates, 1p. advertisements at rear, bookplate, title and endpapers browned at margins, front endpaper detached, contemporary speckled calf, rubbed, upper cover detached, for S. Harding, 1747 § Gilpin (William) An Essay on Prints, third edition, bookplate, 1731; this bound with [Chelsum (James)] A History of the Art of Mezzotino, Winchester, by J. Robbins, 1786, occasional light foxing, later half calf, corners and joints a little rubbed; and a fourth edition of the Art of Engraving, 8vo (3)
Women Poets.- Seward (Anna) Monody on Major Andrè. By Miss Seward...To which are added Letters Addressed to her by Major Andrè in the Year 1769, first edition, signed by the author on p.28, book-label of J.O. Edwards, occasional light spotting, attractively bound in modern half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt but a touch sunned, very light rubbing to spine ends and corners, marbled endpapers, [Adams 81-65a; Sabin 79478], 4to, Lichfield, J. Jackson, 1781 § [Anonymous] "A Lady". The Fine Gentleman's Etiquette; or, Lord Chesterfield's Advice to his Son, Versified, half-title, title with engraved vignette, half-title torn and silked to verso, with repaired portion of loss to upper corner affecting typographic ornament, a couple short tears to final two leaves (partly repaired), affecting text but without loss of sense, some light foxing, light soiling to peripheral leaves, disbound, [Gulick 130], for T. Davies, 1776; and others by women poets, including Hannah More, 18th and 19th century, 8vo & 4to (9)⁂ Seward, known as the 'Swan of Lichfield', was a poet and woman of letters whose adoptive sister, Honoria Sneyd, had been courted by Major John André. He was executed as a spy during the War of American Independence for carrying details of the fort at West Point from the traitor Benedict Arnold to the British forces. The work contains a bitter attack on George Washington.
Vicary (Thomas) The Surgion's Directorie, for Young Practitioners, In Anatomie, Wounds, and Cures, &c, title printed in red and black within typographic border, A8 (final Contents f.) supplied in facsimile, various 18th century ink inscriptions to front endpapers, title trimmed at foot with loss to border, preliminaries foxed and frayed at fore-edge, with some text loss to A2-3, a few headlines shaved, very small worming to foot throughout within text, reducing to single wormhole towards end, very occasional underlining in purple ink, light browning, the odd small stain, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked and recornered, [cf.Wing V335], 12mo, T. Fawcet, 1651.⁂ A later manifestation of Vicary's A Profitable treatise of the Anatomie of mans body, the first edition to be published under this title. One of two issues of 1651 with slightly different imprint, this not recorded by Wing. Scarce, ESTC records just two copies (Wellcome Institute & Folger Shakespeare). Provenance: Samuel Fishor...a surgeon (ink inscription to front endpaper, dated 1725); Rich.di Gardner (ink ownership inscription to head of title); Wm. Wooton (ink inscription to rear pastedown, dated 1728).
Oxford imprint.- Layng (Henry) The Rod, A Poem, engraved frontispiece (lightly browned), some light foxing, particularly to title, some faint damp-staining to head, modern marbled boards, Oxford, W. Jackson, 1754 § [Jones (Sir William)] Poems consisting chiefly of Translations from the Asiatick Languages, with final errata leaf, very occasional contemporary ink correction or marginalia, some light browning and foxing, contemporary calf, spine gilt in compartments and with red morocco label, small paper label to spine foot, light rubbing to spine and corners, Oxford, Clarendon-Press, 1772, first editions, book-label of J.O. Edwards, occasional light soiling; and others, 18th century, Oxford imprint, 8vo & 4to (10)⁂ The second mentioned including the poem "Caissa, or, The Game at Chess".
NO RESERVE Trollope (Anthony) Orley Farm, 2 vol., first edition, illustrations by J. E. Millais, occasional light scattered spotting, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, spines faded, 1862; The Vicar of Bullhampton, first edition, half-title, illustrations by Henry Woods, modern red morocco-backed boards, upper cover lightly soiled, 1870; and 3 others by the same in attractive bindings, 8vo (6)
Theatre.- Castelo Branco (Camilo) Espinhos e flores, drama original, first edition, half-title, lithographed portrait frontispiece of the author, some spotting or light foxing, lightly browned, original blue printed wrappers bound in, modern burgundy calf, gilt, spine in compartments, [Innocêncio II, 15 & IX, 10; Lacape 23], Porto, J.A. de Freitas Junior, 1857; and 4 others, Theatre, v.s. (5) ⁂ The first mentioned is rare in commerce.
NO RESERVE Castle (Agnes and Egerton) Charles Robinson (illus.), Our Sentimental Garden, first edition, colour frontispiece and plates, illustrations, some light spotting, ownership inscription in ink to pictorial half-title, pictorial endpapers, original pictorial cloth gilt, lightly rubbed, 1914 § The Queen's Gift Book § The Blinded Soldiers and Sailors Gift Book, last two with colour plates and frontispiece tipped-in, illustrations, some spotting and toning, ownership inscription in ink and pencil to front free endpaper, original pictorial cloth, slightly rubbed, n.d.; and 6 other illustrated books (9)
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Shelley (Percy Bysshe) Queen Mab. a Philosophical Poem, "first American edition" [but second unauthorised edition], engraved title, bookplates, title offset to endpapers, some spotting, contemporary calf, tooled and gilt border, red calf labels to spine, corners bumped, head and foot of spine worn, some scratching to covers, joints cracked, New York [but London], J. Baldwin, 1821 § Smith (William) British Heroism, bookplate, some light toning, contemporary half calf, rebacked, red morocco label to spine, rubbed, new endpapers, Sunderland, 1815 § Marshall (George) Epistles in Verse, between Cynthio and Leonora, wood-engraved frontispiece and plates, engraved vignette on dedication, some spotting, heaviest to title and plates, later half calf, red morocco label to spine, slightly bumped at corners, Newcastle, 1812; and 11 others, nineteenth-century poetry, including a defective copy of Mary Leadbeater's "Poems" in the original boards, v.s. (14)⁂ The first mentioned the second unauthorised edition of Queen Mab known as the "First American edition", believed to have been published by William Benbow in London in 1821, bearing a false imprint recording the publication in New York. George Goodspeed, in "The 'First American' Queen Mab" argues: "The suppression of Clark's edition of Queen Mab left the field open to another publisher. Demand had been stimulated by the controversy and the source of supply had been cut off" (The Colophon, New Graphic Series, No. 1, p.25-32, 1939).
Scottish Poetry.- Caledonia, A Poem, half-title, with ink author attribution to Sir William Dunbar of Durin in a near contemporary hand, small ink mark to title, small stab-holes to inner margin, some inner margins neatly strengthened, modern calf-backed marbled boards, spine with morocco label but a touch faded, uncut, for T. Cadell, 1778 § Miss Kitty: A Parody, on Lenora; A Ballad, with final blank leaf, later ink ownership inscription to pastedown, a couple very small marginal chips or tears, some light marginal toning, endpapers browned, later calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt but lightly sunned, light rubbing to spine ends and corners, later wrappers bound in, uncut and mostly unopened, Edinburgh, Geo. Reid and Co., 1797, first editions, book-label of J.O. Edwards; and others, 18th century poetry of Scottish imprint or interest, 8vo & 4to (c.13)⁂ The second mentioned a parody of Gottfried August Bürger's "Lenore", with the parallel text of William Taylor's translation.
Nicholls (Thomas) The Harp of Hermes. Poems, first edition, engraved vignette title, engraved armorial bookplate of the Marquis of Stafford, book-label of J. O. Edwards, one or two short marginal tears, into text to D1 but without loss, some light browning and foxing, upper hinge neatly repaired, near contemporary half calf, upper cover with blind-stamped garter arms of the Duke of Sutherland, highly skilful repairs to joints and corners, lightly rubbed, for the Author, [c.1797] § James (Charles) Poems, engraved portrait frontispiece and 5 plates, 4pp. engraved music, some foxing, hinges weak, uncut and partly unopened in original boards, loss to spine, worn, joints split but just holding, J. Davis, 1792; and others, 18th century poetry, 8vo (c.17)⁂ The first mentioned scarce, with only three copies recorded on ESTC.
NO RESERVE Bunbury (Sir Charles J.F.) Life, Letters and Journals of Sir Charles J.F. Bunbury, Bart., 3 vol., frontispieces., half titles, bookplates, damp-staining to frontispiece in vol.1 and first few pages vol.3, some light spotting, original cloth, extremities rubbed, spines sunned, hinge broken vol.1, all hinges cracked, 8vo, [1894].
NO RESERVE Radclyffe (Edward) Etchings from the Drawings by the Late David Cox, 12 engraved plates, proofs on India paper, some light water-staining to plate margins not affecting image, modern limp morocco-backed wrappers, rubbed, corners tender, [c.1862-3]; and a work of The Drawings of Frederic Remington, New York, 1900, oblong 8vo (2)
NO RESERVE Scotland.- Billings (Robert William) The Baronial and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Scotland, 4 vol., engraved pictorial titles, numerous engraved plates and illustrations, some light offsetting, some foxing, some hinges cracked but holding firm, near contemporary crimson morocco, spines richly gilt in compartments, a few light marks, lightly rubbed, a little heavier to corners and spines, still a handsome set, g.e., 4to, [c.1852].
Victorian 18ct gold open face key wound lever pocket watch by Thomas Russell, Liverpool & London, No. 60854, stop/work lever, white enamel dial with Roman numerals, case by Thomas Russell, Chester 1873Condition Report:Approx 119.55gm, inner dust cover pendant and bow also 18ct, movement functioning, start/stop button functioning, hands moving freely, light brown spot to dial above 6 o'clock, case diameter = 50mm, teeth marks at inner dust cover opening, some light scratches to case and light thinning to bow top
Early - mid 20th century silver dog bangle, five panels with applied rose gold dogs including West Highland Terrier, Labrador and Dachshund, Chester 1940, in velvet and silk lined boxCondition Report:Approx 27.5gm, inner circumference = 16.5cm, link depth = 1.9cm, a few light dents (not pierced through), not detrimental, clasp and hinge good
Early 20th century gold-plated full hunter keyless lever pocket watch by American Watch Company, Waltham, No. 8307335, white enamel dial with Roman numerals and subsiderary seconds dial, two silver pocket watches and a white metal pocket watchCondition Report:Waltham good condition, dial and movement clean, some light marks around case opening, case diameter = 40mm, one silver watch does not work other two functioning, max case diameter = 40mm
18ct gold Brazilian pink topaz and round brilliant cut diamond pendant, the milgrain set pear cut topaz of 8.80 carat, with graduating diamond surround and diamond set bailCondition Report:Approx 4.2gm, length = 30mm, good condition, topaz with very light inclusion to base, perhaps crack, visible under 10x loop, bright well matched diamonds
Edwardian 18ct gold open face keyless lever pocket watch by John Mason, Rotherham & Barnsley, No. 208923, white enamel dial with Arabic numerals and subsidiary seconds dial, the monogrammed back case by Rotherham & Sons, Birmingham 1903Condition Report:Approx 89.8gm, inner dust cover, pendant and bow also 18ct, movement not functioning but clean and wheel free, winding from top, hands moving freely, dial with very light hairline above 2 o'clock, case diameter = 46mm
Heuer Autavia gentleman's stainless steel manual wind chronograph wristwatch, circa 1970's, 17 jewel movement, Ref. 73363, Cal. 7733, Serial No. 214929, dial with subsidiary dials at 3 and 9 for 30 minute and 12 hour recording, red seconds, bi-directional bezel, on black leather strap with original buckleCondition Report:Movement functioning and clean, push buttons operating, hands moving freely, stiff to wind, dial good, some light enamel loss to minute hand, some light scratches / losses to rotating bezel, bezel rotating, case diameter = 41mm (excluding crown), strap not original buckle is
Early 20th century 18ct gold bezel set octagonal cut aquamarine intaglio ring, with Cupid as a blacksmith forging two hearts, Birmingham 1919Condition Report:Approx 13.7gm, size P-Q, max depth 12.1mm, head height = 6.4mm, aquamarine = approx 12.5mm x 10.3mm x depth 6mmsome light scratches to gold and some very light scratches to stone, internal inclusions to stone, all visible under 10x loop, otherwise well presented ring
Rolex Oyster perpetual Datejust ladies 18ct gold automatic wristwatch, circa 1963, Ref. 6517, serial No. 882914, champagne dial with baton hour markers, hallmarked, on green leather strapCondition Report:Movement - loose parts moving around, movement working intermittingly within, requires service, strap not associated with watch, no box or papers, original crown screws down, dial marked, glass scratched with light crack to base, case diameter = 24mm (excluding crown)
Victorian 18ct gold garnet, topaz, enamel and pearl hinged bangle, the central oval cut rhodolite garnet, set with two imperial topaz's either side and sounded by four enamel and pearl sections, the shoulders with engraved foliate decoration, in velvet and silk lined boxCondition Report:Approx 33.05gm, tested 18ct non magnetic, inner closed circumference = 15cm, max depth = 25mm, hinges good, overall good condition, couple of light surface losses to a couple of pearls (visible under 10x loop) enamel good, topaz stones approx 14mm x 5mm x depth 3mm, yellow with very faint pink/orange hue under certain angles, box missing clasp
Tag Heuer Formula 1 gentleman's stainless steel quartz wristwatch, Ref. CAZ101AG, on original fabric strap with buckle, boxedCondition Report:Movement functioning, dial good, push buttons jump back to between 9 & 10 o'clock only, potentially needs a service, case diameter = 43mm (excluding crown), some light scratches to case and strap, no papers
Omega De Ville gentleman's 18ct gold quartz presentation wristwatch, Ref. 73203412, silvered dial, with date aperture, on original leather strap with gilt buckle, boxed with warranty dated 2002Condition Report:Approx 33gm gross, movement functioning, dial good, back case inscribed 'D. A . Francis 25 Years Service C.P.L 2002', wear to strap, case with some very light scratches, case diameter = 32mm (excluding crown)
Cartier Santos Galbée gentleman's stainless steel automatic wristwatch, Ref. 2319, silvered guilloche dial with Roman numerals and secret signature at 7 o'clock, boxed purchase certificate dated 2003, pouch and service receipt dated September 2023Condition Report:Movement functioning, dial good, well presented with some very very light scratches to bracelet and case (not detrimental), case diameter = 32mm (including crown), no additional links, inner circumference = 18cm, box good, inner cushion with some marks
An Unofficial pattern ship's tampion, from the Light Cruiser H.M.S. Coventry, c.1916, cast in brass with profile elephant and castle with lion over, and motto 'AVIS MEA CREDO' under, within rope border, tampion 18cms diameter, overall 24cms diameter.Built by Swan Hunter in 1916 but not commissioned until February 1918, H.M.S. Coventry was a C-Class light cruiser of just over 4,000 tons and capable of 29 knots. Assigned to the Atlantic Fleet, from 1920 she was HQ ship to Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham. As WWII approached, she was converted to an anti-aircraft cruiser to meet the threat of increasingly sophisticated aircraft and was damaged by German aircraft attacking the Shetland islands in January 1940. Assigned to the Mediterranean, she survived an Italian torpedo attack and, on 18th May 1941, won the campaign's first VC, awarded posthumously to Albert Sephton for his defence against repeated Stuka dive bomb attacks. On 14th September 1942 she was attacked by a squadron of Junkers 88s and damaged to such an extent H.M.S. Zulu was obliged to scuttle her. Her official pattern badge, also an elephant and castle, was granted on 2nd December 1919.
A collection of 20th Century medals, including: Queen Elizabeth II Imperial Service medal awarded to Ralph William Donald Creffield; a pair of First World War medal 63317 Private J.E. Layfield, Durham Light Infantry; Africa Service medal 1939-45 awarded to 43609 W.J. Daniels; First World War Merchentile Marine medal awarded to Charles Tommans; Korea Medals; The Coastguard Auxillary Long Service medal awarded to D.J. Denholm; Second World War Air Crew Europe star; George VI Terrirorial Efficiency medal awarded to 7009285 S.Sergeant C.H.W. Fyffe McFadden, Royal Engineers; George V India Gerneral Service medal with Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 bar awarded to 1352 Sepoy Gaddi, 41st (Dogra) Bengal Infantry; and various others including some replicas.
Around 35 play worn plastic figures to include Britains, Timpo & Crescent examples, featuring Britains Deetail American Civil War, Wild West and Medieval figures; together with a boxed ELF Fort Cheyenne painted wooden model fort (partially built, unchecked for completeness, showing light damage, box very tatty) (2)
Four boxed Revell plastic model kits to include Trucks Of The World 1/25 Kenworth Aerodyne (no. 7413 - unbuilt with instructions, ex), 1/25 '50 Austin Drag Sedan (no. H-1208 - unbuilt, no instructions, gd box), 1/25 Skipper's Critter '51 Anglia (no. H-1281 - part-built & painted, no instructions, box shows light storage wear) and 1/12 Chain Gang Chopper (built & painted, with instructions, box shows some storage wear); plus a boxed Phantom Die-cast 3.5-Channel Infrared RC Mini Helicopter (957B)
Seven boxed / cased Scalextric slot cars to include C289 Porsche With Lights - Gold, C125 Porsche (split to box window), C126 Lotus 77, C134 Elf Renault, C129 March Ford (case with broken hinge) & C050 JPS Formula 1 & C126 Team Lotus Special (incorrectly cased). (Slot cars appear gd-vg overall, some with light surface wear & dustiness; boxes / cases show varying wear)
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