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Preisdatenbank abonnierenMettoy (UK) " Giant" tinplate clockwork Racing Car: Impressive large scale example, 38cm long, c1948, first version, light blue with yellow tin printing, steerable front wheels with red seating and interior cockpit details, fitted with substantial clockwork motor driving rear wheels and brake lever, racing number 7, overall rust spots but nice scarce item comes with Key
High Quality Made Model of a Greenwich Gem Fire Engine: Merry weather & Sons were making the popular " Greenwich Gem" steam fire engine. The Gem was constructed for customers wanting " a first-class double cylinder steam fire engine of light weight and small capacity" . The smallest size had a capacity of 225 gpm, weighing 23 cwt. This model was first introduced in 1896 at the London Fire Tournament and could be produced in sizes from 200-500gpm. By 1910 over 250 of this pattern had been sold both home and abroad. The Livery on this Fire Engine is Chance and Hunt Oldbury was one of the works Fire Brigades that helped in 1900 was that of Chance Brothers. These brigades were mainly concerned with incidents within their own factories, and developed an expertise in coping with their particular hazards that the main brigade could never acquire.
1974 Lone Ranger Guitar: " A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust, and a hearty `Hi-yo Silver!` The Lone Ranger! Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear. The Lone Ranger Rides Again!" Presented is a children`s guitar with the screened images and logo in green of " The Lone Ranger" and " Tonto" his trusty sidekick. It measures 31" long and is in Great condition housed in original Box
IN THE MANNER OF GILLOWS A boldly carved oak pier table, c.1835, the shallow rectangular top over a frieze centred by a lions mask within stylised foliage, the legs carved as extraordinary griffin monopedia on claw and ball feet, 150cm wide 44cm deep 90.5cm high CONDITION REPORT: Rear legs reaffixed. Movement to 'stomach' of one griffin where original applied piece has moved. One wing on right hand leg cracked and almost detached. Small hole amidst feathers on wing. General light wear and knocks. Extremities: 173cm wide x 53cm deep.
W A S BENSON A wrought iron and copper reflector standard lamp, the copper oil lamp with a Hinks & Son patent burner and reservoir, on a scrolled iron arm before a flower head shaped copper reflector, the iron column with a brass spiral surround and copper petal shaped mounts, on a scrolled iron tripod base, 148cm high CONDITION REPORT: Shade in image broken. Light rust and pitting to iron.
Kansas State Constitution, Broadside, 1859. Leavenworth, Kansas: Printed at, and forwarded from the State Register Office, [1859]. Constitution of the State of Kansas adopted at Wyandott, July 29, 1859, rare broadside, all details comparable to those of the Newberry Library copy described in the Graff collection of Western Americana, including a manuscript note in pencil on the verso, "Hon John Casey," and the small yellow State Register Office label pasted on the verso, Graff collection 2268; Hawley & Farley 52; old folds, some light edge toning, few small spots, 19 1/4 x 16 in.
Al-Samanudi (fl. circa 123) Sullam or Scala Magna. Manuscript on Paper in Coptic, Arabic, and Greek: Egypt, 17th Century. Text in brown and red ink throughout, with crude ornamental strapwork borders used occasionally as chapter headings, twelve unbound signatures, never sewn, in 10s; one signature with eight leaves, 117 leaves, including blanks, pages may be out of order; light toning, occasional water stain and other minor smudges to text, with large purplish blue ink spill at the top edge, affecting the top blank margin of two signatures, and just touching the top blank margin intermittently in two others; deckle edges throughout, housed in an ornately gilt-tooled leather wrapper, text leaves: 6 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. In this work, the Medieval Coptic Bishop, Al-Samanudi, presents the basic vocabulary for Coptic liturgical texts with Arabic translations, using the Psalms as his examples. Occasionally the original Greek is also given.
Curtis, Edward S. (1868-1952) The North American Indian [Volume Fifteen: The Southern California Shoshoneans, Diegueños, Plateau Shoshoneans, and Washo Peoples]. Norwood, Massachusetts: The Plimpton Press, [1926]. Single text volume and accompanying portfolio of thirty-six prints, numbered 508 to 543, text volume also illustrated throughout; ex library, with perforated stamps, ink stamps, and pencil annotations; in the plate volume, every plate is stamped on the bottom edge of the image; on images where the bottom edge is dark, the stamp is hard to discern, when the bottom is light, the stamp is visible, intruding onto the image by approximately 1/8 inch or less; limited edition set numbered 97 of 500; bound in matching three-quarter morocco and buckram, some damage to portfolio; portfolio: 18 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.; text volume: 12 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. In this volume, the peoples selected for study are grouped together because of similarities in linguistic group, culture and what Curtis calls "physical features" rather than geography. (2).
Curtis, Edward S. (1868-1952) The North American Indian [Volume Fourteen: The Kato, Wailaki, Yuki, Pomo, Wintun, Maidu, Miwok, and Yokut Peoples]. Norwood, Massachusetts: The Plimpton Press, [1924]. Single text volume and accompanying portfolio of thirty-six prints, numbered 472 to 507, text volume also illustrated throughout; ex library, with perforated stamps, ink stamps, and pencil annotations; in the plate volume, every plate is stamped on the bottom edge of the image; on images where the bottom edge is dark, the stamp is hard to discern, when the bottom is light, the stamp is visible, intruding onto the image by approximately 1/8 inch or less; limited edition set numbered 97 of 500; bound in matching three-quarter morocco and buckram, one tie missing a ribbon; portfolio: 18 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.; text volume: 12 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. Curtis`s project documenting North American Indian tribes in photographic portraits and scenes of daily life brought him, for the purposes of this volume, to the coast of northern California, from San Francisco Bay up to Humboldt Bay, and inland from Mount Shasta to the Tehachapi range. This area includes the redwood forests, the Napa and Sonoma valleys, and the gold boom region of the Sierras. (2).
Curtis, Edward S. (1868-1952) The North American Indian [Volume Thirteen: the Hupa, Yurok, Karok, Wiyot, Tolowa and Tututni, Shasta, Achomawi, and Klamath Peoples]. Norwood, Massachusetts: The Plimpton Press, [1924]. Single text volume and accompanying portfolio of thirty-six prints, numbered 436 to 471, text volume also illustrated throughout; ex library, with perforated stamps, ink stamps, and pencil annotations; in the plate volume, every plate is stamped on the bottom edge of the image; on images where the bottom edge is dark, the stamp is hard to discern, when the bottom is light, the stamp is visible, intruding onto the image by approximately 1/8 inch or less; limited edition set numbered 97 of 500; bound in matching three-quarter morocco and buckram, spine of portfolio damaged; portfolio: 18 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.; text volume: 12 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. This volume covers the indigenous peoples of the northwest coast of California, its northern counties, the plains of Nevada and the Klamath Lake region of Oregon. (2).
Curtis, Edward S. (1868-1952) The North American Indian [Volume Twenty: The Alaskan Eskimo]. Norwood, Massachusetts: The Plimpton Press, [1930]. Single text volume and accompanying portfolio of thirty-five prints, numbered 688 to 722, text volume also illustrated throughout; ex library, with perforated stamps, ink stamps, and pencil annotations; in the plate volume, every plate is stamped on the bottom edge of the image; on images where the bottom edge is dark, the stamp is hard to discern, when the bottom is light, the stamp is visible, intruding onto the image by approximately 1/8 inch or less; limited edition set numbered 97 of 500; bound in matching three-quarter morocco and buckram, both boards of the text volume detached; portfolio: 18 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.; text volume: 12 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. This volume concerns itself with the indigenous peoples of the coastal and insular regions of the further reaches of North America, the Aleutian islands, and eastern Greenland. The total population was estimated at 30,000 in the 1920s, when this work was completed. (2).
Dickinson Emily (1830-1886) First [and Second] Series of Poems. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1890 [and 1892]. Two 12mo volumes, first editions, in publisher`s boards, the first series with half gray cloth terminating in a wavy line accented with gold, the title and author`s name stamped in gold, the Indian pipe plant blocked in silver; the second series in full gray cloth, the cover with the same basic motif, stamped completely in gold, slight rubbing at head and tail, both volumes, front board of volume one with light foxing, 7 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. each. (2).
Dunmore, Charles Adolphus Murray, Earl of (1841-1907) The Pamirs. London: Murray, 1893. First edition, two octavo volumes, illustrated, bound in three-quarter green morocco and marbled boards by Maclehose, Glasgow, t.e.g., light occasional foxing, spines sun-faded, 8 x 5 in. [with] Robert Curzon`s Armenia, London: Murray, 1854, illustrated, in three-quarter tan calfskin and marbled paper boards, by H. Wood, the leather a little discolored, joints tender, 7 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. (3).
Faulkner, William (1897-1962) Light in August. Rahway, New Jersey: Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, [1932]. Octavo, stated first printing, with "Jefferson" on page 340, not "Mottstown"; slightly chipped dust jacket designed by Arthur Hawkins Jr., with minor folds, price intact, but inner corners of front and back flap trimmed, three trimming away only a diagonal eighth of an inch, one trimming away half of the word "can" at the bottom of the inner front flap; in publisher`s rough tan cloth, blocked in blue and orange lettering; slight offsetting to front free end leaves; top edge stained reddish orange, fore edges left rough, 8 1/4 x 5 3/4 in.
Hughes, Langston (1902-1967) Two Titles, Inscribed. Not Without Laughter. New York: Knopf, 1930. Stated third printing, in decorative publisher`s cloth, inscribed on ffep, library stamp on page 101, binding slightly worn, 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. [with] The Big Sea, New York: Knopf, 1945, inscribed on ffep, in publisher`s light blue cloth, stamped in red and greenish-blue, with the dust jacket, the text printed on yellow paper due to wartime rationing, [and] Handy, William Christopher (1873-1958) Father of the Blues, New York: Macmillan, 1941, stated first edition, inscribed by Handy on ffep, to dancer and choreographer Katherine Dunham (1909-2006), "whose talent I recognised some years ago and whose achievements are remarkable," 12 August 1941, in publisher`s blue cloth, stamped in black, with edge and shelf wear, spine sunned, inscription bold and distinctive, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (3).
Miller, Henry (1891-1980) Quiet Days in Clichy. Paris: The Olympia Press, 1956. First edition, illustrated by Brassaï (1899-1984), in original boldly printed graphic black, gray, yellow, and white limp paper wraps designed by Shinkichi Tajiri (1923-2009), illustrated throughout with Brassaï`s photographs; light softening of corners, 6 7/8 x 4 1/4 in.
Morris, Earl H.; Jean Charlot; Ann Axtell. The Temple of the Warriors at Chichen Itza, Yucatan. Washington: Carnegie Institution, 1931. First edition, two folio volumes, illustrated with photographs, colored plates, and folding plans, in publisher`s light blue cloth, slightly reflexed, 12 1/4 x 9 in. (2).
Potter, Eliza (fl. circa 1850) A Hairdresser`s Experience in High Life. Cincinnati: for the Author, 1859. First edition, octavo, in publisher`s red cloth, block in blind on the boards, in gilt on the spine, spot on title page, and other light spotting, spine slightly torn, corners bumped, boards with a few stains, 7 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. In a classic upstairs/downstairs confessional, Potter describes the lives of her clients. She describes old New York (upper Fifth Avenue was woods), winters in New Orleans, and shares her abolitionist views. She also struggles with her conscience. "I made up my mind to settle down and be quiet--to see and not see, to hear and not hear--but I found it was impossible to do this and continue my occupation as a hair-dresser.".
Russia, 18th Century, Orthodox Church, Law, Three Volumes: Orthodox Liturgical Book in Church Slavonic, c. 1762, octavo, lacking title page, printed in red and black throughout, with woodcut headpieces, bound in a later leather blind tooled binding with a large cross on the front cover, and "Heilige Schrift" tooled on the spine, this binding likely taken from a German bible and applied to this book; later light blue end leaves, spine reflexed. Alexi of Russia (1629-1676) Ulozhenie po kotoromu sud i rosprava (title and all text in Russian language/Cyrillic alphabet), Saint Petersburg: Printer of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, 1759, quarto, third edition, engraved portrait of Alexi, three-quarter leather and decorated paper boards, worn, rubbed, spotting, some minor water stains. Catherine II`s (1762-1796) Blagochestivi, Saint Petersburg: Royal Typographers, 1785, quarto, two parts in one volume, with separate title page, pagination continuous, 260 pages, half leather, marbled paper boards, some tears, old signature cut from the blank margins of the first title, repaired, some pencil underlining. (3).
Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Snow Bird. [from] Birds of America. London: R. Havell, 1826-1838. Hand-aquatinted copper-plate engraving, loose, in a protective sleeve, sheet: 25 1/2 x 38 1/2 in., Plate 13, No. 3, sheet is clean overall, light toned and chipped at the outer edges, one small tear in the blank margin, more than seven inches outside the plate mark. Male and female snow birds perch on a leafless swamp ash, with pendant fruit.
New Yorker Cartoon, George Price (1901-1995) Original Artwork, 1970. Farewell, brave lover! Come back either with your shield or upon it! Pen and ink drawing with light blue washes on paper, pencil erasures and touch up in white, signed, camera-ready art, matted, depicting a frumpy woman bidding her Walter Mitty-ish husband a good day at work, with stamps, notes, and instructions to the printer on the verso, 14 1/2 x 22 1/4 in.
Half Pound Elizabeth I Milled Coinage S.2543 North 2019/3 Mintmark Star BNJ 1983 Obv 3, Rev 1, this coin noted, Ex-Tom May Collection, Spink Nobles Sydney 17-19 April 2012, Ex-N.C.Jany 1974 (198) and Seaby Coin and Medal Bulletin June 1981 (EG52), Borden and Brown noted 8 specimens from these dies and a total of just 45 known from all dies, the flan with light creasing with a die cud on the reverse at 10 o`clock, GVF/NEF
Halfpenny Edward IV/V m.m. Sun & Rose, Tower mint (Blunt & Whitton Type XXII, Withers 11a, Stewartby p.450, N.1667, S.2148) Fair with light flan split but extremely rare. From the most sought after reign of the medieval series and only struck for a very short period in early 1483.N.B. The cataloguer believes the last Sun & Rose halfpenny in the name of Edward to come to auction was in 2009 (St.James` Auction 12, Lot.1131)
Proof Set 1902 Long Set Five Pounds, Two Pounds, Sovereign, Half Sovereign, Halfcrown, Florin. Shilling, Sixpence and Maundy Set, the Five Pounds and Two Pounds with some very small contact marks, the Sovereign and Half Sovereign with some minor hairlines, the silver with some light hairlines and with an even matching tone, nFDC in the red octagonal dated case, this in fair condition
Proof Sets (3) Bahamas 1973, British Virgin Islands 1975, Barbados 1975, nFDC to FDC in the cases of issue with certificates, some outer cases with light damage, Bahamas Anniversary 1978 10 Dollars a 2-coin set Prince Charles and Milo.B.Butler Silver Proofs FDC, Turks and Caicos Islands 1980 a 3-coin set comprising 20 Crowns 10 Crowns and 5 Crowns Mountbatten nFDC-FDC in the case of issue with no certificate, Bahamas Mint Set 1966 UNC in the blue case of issue, Bermuda (3) Three Dollars 1996 Triangular Silver Proof, Two Dollars 1993 Ships Penny Silver Proof, Dollar 2000 Tall Ships Silver Proof, Bahamas Ten Dollars 1998 50th Anniversary of the University of the West Indies Silver Proof, Barbados Dollar 1997 Golden Wedding Silver Proof, Falkland Islands Five Pounds 1992 400th Anniversary of First Sighting Silver Proof, Falkland Islands Two Pounds 1991 10th Wedding Anniversary of the Prince and Princess of Wales Silver Proof, Cayman Islands (2) Five Dollars 1991 20th Anniversary of the Currency Board Silver Proof, Two Dollars 1997 Establishment of Monetary Authority Silver Proof, Malta Five Pounds 1992 Silver Proof, Guernsey Two Pounds 1995 50th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Channel Islands Silver Proof, Isle of Man Five Pounds 1999 175th Anniversary of the RNLI Silver Proof, New Zealand (2) Five Dollars 1992 Silver Proof (case damaged), One Dollar 1992 Silver Proof Piedfort (case damaged), Alderney (3) Five Pound Crown 1999 Total Solar Eclipse Silver Proof, Five Pound Crown 2008 Recruitment Silver Proof, Five Pound Crown 2008 Over the Top Silver Proof
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