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WESTLEY RICHARDS. A RARE .177 'HIGHEST POSSIBLE' (FIRST MODEL) AIR PISTOL, serial no. 186, circa 1910, 9in. barrel, air cylinder stamped 'WESTLEY RICHARDS HIGHEST POSSIBLE AIR PISTOL', open heart- shaped frame stamped with the patent number and date, and Westley Richards logo to horn grips (light pitting overall, sear spring at fault).
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A DECORATIVE GERMAN TWO-HAND PROCESSIONAL SWORD IN 17TH CENTURY STYLE, 19th century, with 48in. double-edged waved blade, the long ricasso covered with black leather and with two downcurved side -lugs, iron hilt with large arched quillons, double oval side-rings, leather-covered grip, and faceted pommel (some light surface corrosion).
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A 20-BORE FLINTLOCK OFFICER'S PISTOL SIGNED BASS, LONDON, circa 1815-20, with 8in. octagonal twist sighted barrel signed 'LONDON' towards the breech, border and foliate engraved tang also incorporating the rear -sight, flat border engraved bolted lock signed 'BASS' and with stepped tail, semi-rainproof pan and roller, walnut full stock with chequered butt, engraved iron mounts including trigger-guard with pineapple finial, silver escutcheon, and later horn-tipped ramrod (some light discolouration to metal parts), Birmingham proof marks.
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BOUTET. A FINE CASED PAIR OF FRENCH 20-BORE FLINTLOCK OFFICER'S PISTOLS, early 19th century, each with 10 3/8in. swamped octagonal multigroove rifled sighted barrel signed 'BOUTET DIRECTEUR ARTISTE MANUFACTURE A VERSAILLES' and with two gold-inlaid bands at the muzzle and gold-inlaid Empire style decoration including 'NB' maker's mark at the breech, gold-lined touch-hole, foliate and border engraved tang, border engraved lock respectively signed 'BOUTET DIRECTEUR ARTISTE' and 'MANUF. A VERSAILLES' and with stepped tail,semi-rainproof pan and roller, figured walnut full stock with chequered butt, set trigger, engraved iron mounts including trigger-guard (one cracked at tang) with foliate finial, and original ivory-tipped ramrod, in close-fitted brass-bound mahogany case relined in green leather with accessories including brass- mounted translucent horn pistol-flask, bullet mould and loading rods, the exterior with shaped brass escutcheon. Other Notes: Nicolas-Noel Boutet rightly claimed to be the finest gunmaker of his period in Paris. He was born in 1761 to Noel Boutet who held the position of Arquebusier des Chevaux Legers du Roi (Gunmaker to the King's Light Cavalry). Boutet trained under his father and his career was already assured when he married Louise-Emile Desaintes, the daughter of another royal gunsmith. He continued under his father until, in time, he assumed his position. This status quo remained until the French Revolution; following this Boutet was appointed Director of the new government's arsenal at the Palace de Versailles. In this new position he directed the manufacture of standard issue military arms but his interests lay in the making of fine presentation guns and swords. He received the highest accolades for his Fusils d'Honneur; these were specially made muskets given to soldiers in recognition of their bravery. In addition, he was charged with the building of very fine pistols and sporting arms which were presented to favoured officials and foreign dignitaries by the government. In 1804 Boutet took his son, Pierre- Nicolas, as business partner and they remained the most respected makers in Paris long after the fall of Napoleon in 1815. Boutet died in 1833 after having served France through the most tumultuous of times; when he began his apprenticeship France was still a monocracy but he lived through her transition to republic, followed by a brief rise of the Royal Family and then once again to republic.
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NORFOLK. A CASED 14-BORE DOUBLE-BARRELLED PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN, circa 1850, with 32in. rebrowned twist sighted barrels signed 'NORFOLK. BURY ST. EDMUNDS' on the rib, border engraved patent breeches each with pierced platinum plug and engraved with a pheasant on the rib between, border and scroll engraved tang decorated with a vignette of a hound, finely engraved locks each with stepped tail and signed 'NORFOLK' and engraved with scrollwork and a differing scene involving a spaniel flushing a woodcock on one side and a pointer on the other, hammers each engraved with scrollwork inhabited by a pheasant and a snake, figured walnut half-stock with chequered grip, scroll engraved iron mounts including trigger-guard with a scene involving a pointer and trigger-plate with pineapple finial, silver escutcheon, and brass-mounted ramrod with worm (some light discolouration and some scattered shallow corrosion marks to mounts), London proof marks, in fitted brass-cornered oak case lined with green baize (partially relined) with some accessories including black leather- covered Hawksley powder-flask with white metal top and brass-mounted leather shot-flask, the lid with trade label (maker's name indistinct), the exterior with brass circular escutcheon.
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E. & W. BOND. AN 18-BORE PERCUSSION OVERCOAT PISTOL, circa 1830, with 6in. octagonal sighted twist barrel signed 'E & W BOND 45 CORNHILL LONDON' (signature worn), scroll engraved breech and tang, the latter incorporating the rear-sight, scroll engraved bolted lock signed 'E & W BOND', figured walnut full stock (some bruising), chequered butt, scroll engraved iron mounts, white metal escutcheon and barrel-bolt escutcheons, and stirrup ramrod (iron parts with some light surface corrosion), London proof marks.
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HOLLAND & HOLLAND. A 12-BORE 'ROYAL' SINGLE-TRIGGER SELF-OPENING SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 30929, 28in. nitro chopperlump barrels, tubes engraved 'HOLLAND & HOLLAND. 98, NEW BOND STREET, LONDON.', wall thicknesses just below recommended minimum, 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 choke in both, automatic safety with gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, gold-inlaid cocking-indicators, Holland & Holland patent single trigger, best bold Royal scroll engraving, bright finish overall, 15in. replacement semi-pistolgrip stock, light repair to fore-end wood, weight 6lb. 8oz., in its lightweight leather case.
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GALLYON & SON. LTD. A 12-BORE BOXLOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 12031, 28in. nitro barrels, rib engraved 'GALLYON & SONS. LTD. CAMBRIDGE & KINGS LYNN.', some pitting, 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 and 3/4 choke, automatic safety, bouquet and scroll engraving, the toplever and triggerguard engraved with the horn of plenty, retaining slight traces of original colour-hardening and finish, 14 7/8in. stock (light damage at butt), weight 6lb. 10oz. The gun was completed circa 1960.
![Wrought Ironwork An album of Blacksmiths drawings, nd [early 20th century], oblong folio, includes designs for gates, railing](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10041/2773977/19_468x382.jpg)
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Wrought Ironwork An album of Blacksmiths drawings, nd [early 20th century], oblong folio, includes designs for gates, railings, staircases, brackets, light pendants, inn and other signage, (worn and charred binding); with a bound quantity of `The American Blacksmith` magazine, 1908-10, (worn)
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Wanklyn (Joan) Guns at the Wood, A Record of St. John`s Wood Barracks, 1972, oblong folio, signed and numbered ltd. edition, dust wrapper; Hunt (Leslie C.), The Prisoners` Progress, nd, cloth; Lowe (W.D.), War History of the 18th (S.) Battalion Durham Light Infantry, 1920, folding map, cloth; with a quantity of others (qty)
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A Large Album Containing a Good Collection of Edwardian Postcards, including a large selection of railway related cards, overseas and English topography, artists signed, Hold to Light cards, shipping line advert and other shipping related cards etc; Two Small Albums containing mainly real photographic cards.
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A RARE SOUTH INDIAN RAPIER, LATE 16TH/17TH CENTURY, formed entirely of steel, with slender double-edged blade cut with three short fullers and blunted at the base (tip chipped), the hilt formed with a pair of long panels extending over the lower portion of the blade, a pair of rounded spatulate horizontally recurved quillons, integral grip formed swelling towards the pommel and interrupted by a moulding at the base, and compressed spherical pommel chiselled with fluting and petal mouldings (polished, areas of light pitting), 93cm; 36 1/2in blade. Provenance: The Bikaner Armoury. A number of related swords are preserved in the Junagarh Fort, Bikaner. See R. Elgood 2004, pp.88-89.
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AN INDIAN SWORD, TALWAR, 19TH CENTURY, with curved blade of kilig type, cut with a pair of fullers of differing length (areas of rust, polished bright), earlier steel hilt of characteristic form chiselled with a pattern of raised ribs over the langets and the grip, including knuckle-guard rising to a recurved beak finial, disc pommel fitted with a large pierced foliate washer, engraved over its surface with patterns of scrolling foliage and with gold-plated finish, in its velvet-covered wooden scabbard (light wear) , 70cm; 27 1/2in blade
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Captain John Richard James Hart (1798-1838). The eldest son of General George Vaughan Hart. Royal Military Colleges, Marlow and Sandhurst, 1812-14; ensign, 52nd Foot 1813; lieutenant 1814; lieutenant, 74th Foot, 1816; half-pay 1817; lieutenant, 35th Foot, 1819; lieutenant, 86th Foot, 1820; lieutenant, 4th Light Dragoons 1821; captain, half-pay, June 1825; captain, 10th Foot, July 1825; half-pay 1827. . Served in France and Flanders 1815-16 (battle of Waterloo 1815); Ireland 1816-17; England and Ireland 1819-21; India 1821-25. Said to have been a Justice of the Peace, Co. Donegal, an Alderman of the City of Londonderry and also `Commandant of the City of Derry Yeomanry`. A COMPANY OFFICER`S SHORT-TAILED COATEE OR JACKET, 52nd (THE OXFORDSHIRE) REGIMENT OF FOOT (LIGHT INFANTRY), 1814-16, of scarlet cloth, with light buff collar, lapels and cuffs; the body lined with linen; white metal, half-domed buttons bearing an embossed 52 within a laurel wreath, with OXFORDSHIRE beneath; (some wear, fading and slight moth damage and lacking two buttons and its light infantry pattern `wing` epaulettes). Broadly conforming to the officer`s jacket of 1812 illustrated in Franklin 2008 (p. 223), this jacket lacks the triangle of lace in the small of the back and appears never to have had tail ornaments. Although John Hart received his commission as an ensign in the 52nd in 1813, his father was determined to keep him at the Royal Military College for `at least a year` [letter G.V. Hart to his elder brother John: Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, D3077/B/8/31] and so it is unlikely that he wore this jacket before joining his regiment in 1814. Since he left the 52nd by exchange to the 74th Foot in July 1816, this suggests a period of, at most, 18 months during which Hart can have worn this jacket and in this period Hart served with his regiment at the battle of Waterloo, in the subsequent pursuit of the defeated French army and in the occupation of France. The wear to the cloth of this jacket is consistent with hard service use and this, together with its preservation in the family, lends credence to the belief that Hart wore this jacket at Waterloo and in France and Flanders during 1815 and 1816. The 52nd, comprising the hastily-amalgamated 1st and 2nd battalions of the regiment, was one of the strongest infantry regiments at Waterloo, going into battle `with upwards of a thousand bayonets` [Moorsom 1860, p.259]. Stationed initially in the second line and on the centre-right of the Allied position, the regiment formed part of the 3rd Brigade within the 2nd Division of II Corps, being brigaded with 71st Highlanders and two battalions of 95th Rifles. As the battle progressed, the brigade was moved further to the right as reinforcements; the 52nd then moved forward to engage the advancing Old Guard of the French Army. By moving swiftly to its front and then wheeling left, the 52nd was able to pour immensely destructive fire into the left flank of the Old Guard columns, a manoeuvre that caused the columns eventually to break and retreat, whereupon the 52nd formed part of the final advance south across the battlefield to occupy the original French positions. Exposed to cannon-shot, grape and small-arms fire for much of the second part of the battle, the 52nd suffered 38 officers and men killed and 168 wounded. John Hart wrote his father a letter after the battle in which he gave his own version of the events of the day [reproduced in Hart 1907, pp. 50-52].
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AN INFANTRY COMPANY OFFICER`S EPAULETTE AND WAIST SASH, CIRCA 1816-21, the epaulette`s gold lace strap terminating in a crescent of twisted gold wire and loose gold bullions over a yellow fringe; lacking its underneath reinforcing strap, some bullions detached; the sash of crimson netted silk with silk tassels, 67 inches long and 7 inches wide (unstretched) or 3 inches wide when folded. The styles of this epaulette and sash place them in the second decade of the nineteenth century and their provenance makes it likely that both were worn by Lieutenant John Hart in one of the line infantry regiments in which he served from 1816 to 1821. Between 1810 and 1829, company officers of line infantry regiments wore a single epaulette on the right shoulder (although there were many regimental and other exceptions to this rule): thus, this epaulette may have constituted Hart`s badge of rank once he had left the 52nd and before he joined the 4th Light Dragoons. Of the line infantry regiments in which Hart served 1816-21, the officers of both the 74th and 86th wore gold lace on their coatees and thus wore gold lace epaulettes: this epaulette therefore seems most likely to relate to Hart`s service in one of those two regiments; the form of the sash makes it most likely to have been worn by Hart in a line infantry regiment, rather than one of light infantry, whose sashes might be expected to have been of specific `light infantry` form.
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The following three lots, because of their date-range, may have belonged to General George Vaughan Hart or either of his sons, John Richard James or George Vaughan, or all three men. FOUR PAIRS OF GENTLEMAN`S PANTALOONS, CIRCA 1790-1820, in varying weights of unlined white cotton, three pairs with a four-button waist and one pair with a two-button waist, three pairs with tie-flies and one with a button-fly, all with French bearers, with tie-tighteners at knees and centre backs (varying conditions but all with staining and some damage). Pantaloons were fashionable wear for European gentlemen from the 1790s until circa 1820 and were worn in civilian clothes as well as in naval and military uniform, frequently being made in stretch cotton kerseymere and generally worn with pumps or soft knee-length boots of the type known as `hessians`. These pantaloons resemble what would now be known as `jodhpurs`, a type of legwear derived from the Indian pajama trousers, and this fact, together with their very light weight and manufacture from thin cotton, may indicate that they were made in India for wear in the 1790s by General George Vaughan Hart. However, British naval officers also wore white pantaloons, with hessian boots, until the 1820s and so they may equally have been worn by Commander George Vaughan Hart during his early days in the Royal Navy.
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A FINE SOUTH GERMAN ETCHED COUTER FOR LIGHT FIELD USE, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY AUGSBURG, for the left elbow, made in one piece, open at the rear, shaped to the point of the elbow, embossed at the front with a transverse medial ridge, and widening towards its inner end where it is formed with a central pucker that curves in slightly over the inside of the elbow, the front fitted with a pair of latten eyelets for arming-points, the upper and lower edges decorated with notched inward turns accompanied by finely etched borders of interlinked, foliate-tailed dolphins on a stippled and blackened ground (lightly patinated overall, a short section of the turned lower edge missing at its inner end)
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TIPU SULTAN - Narrative Sketches of the Conquest of Mysore, effected by the British Troops and their Allies, in the Capture of Serigapatam, and the Death of Tippoo Sultaun ... The Third Edition. Edinburgh: J. Denovan, 1801. 8vo. Wood-engraved frontispiece (a few spots and some light staining). Contemporary wrappers (detached). With 4 other books of related interest comprising a fourth edition of the above work, Edward Moor`s A Narrative of the Operations of Captain Little`s Detachment, and of the Mahratta Army, commanded by Purseram Bhow, during the late confederacy in India, against the Newab Tippoo Sultan Bahadur (London, 1794), M. Wood`s A Review of the Origin, Progress, and Result of the late decisive War in Mysore (London, 1800) and Alexander Beatson`s A View of the Origin and Conduct of the War with Tippoo Sultaun ... and of the Siege of Seringapatam (London, 1800). (5) This book lot is zero rated for VAT.
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DIROM, Alexander (1757-1830). A Narrative of the Campaign in India, which terminated the war with Tippoo Sultan, in 1792. With maps and plans illustrative of the subject, and a view of Seringapatam. London: W. Bulmer, 1794. Quarto (270 x 215mm). Engraved frontispiece, plate, maps, most folding, folding table (some light spotting). Contemporary tree calf, spine gilt (joints split but holding, rubbed). Provenance: Christopher Cooke (armorial bookplate). Second edition. This book lot is zero rated for VAT.
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GOLD, Charles. Oriental Drawings: sketched between the years 1791 and 1798. London: Bunney and Co., 1806. Quarto (323 x 257mm). 50 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Charles Gold (frontispiece and title browned and spotted, some other light spotting, staining and offsetting). Contemporary half calf gilt (rebacked preserving old spine, rubbed and scuffed). Provenance: Almeric Hugh Paget, 1st Baron Queenborough (armorial bookplate). Abbey Travel 428. Rare. This book lot is zero rated for VAT.
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BAKER, Ezekiel. Remarks on Rifle Guns … with specific remarks on Fowling Pieces, the Percussion Lock and Fire-Arms in General. London: Joseph Mallett, 1825. 8vo. Half title, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, dedication leaf to George IV with hand-coloured Royal coat-of-arms, 6 engraved plates at the end, all but one hand-coloured, 6-page table of “The Weight and Diameter of Lead Balls” (frontispiece cropped at foot, some light spotting). Contemporary red half morocco gilt (extremities rubbed). Ninth edition. This book lot is zero rated for VAT.
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ROBSON, Francis. The Life of Hyder Ally: with an Account of his Usurpation of the Kingdom of Mysore ... To which is annexed, a Genuine Narrative of the Sufferings of the British Prisoners of War, taken by his Son, Tippoo Saib. London: S. Hooper, 1786. 8vo. 3-page glossary at end (some light staining). Original wrappers (some loss to head and foot of backstrip). Provenance: A. Reece Esq (early signature on front free endpaper). SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AT THE END OF THE PREFACE. This book lot is zero rated for VAT.
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BARON DE COSSON (1846-1929). Le Cabinet d` Armes de Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord Duc de Dino. Paris: Edouard Rouveyre, 1901. Folio (450 x 312mm). Half title, title printed in red and black, 23 photogravure plates by Paul Dujardin, a few tinted (some light, mainly marginal, spotting and staining). Contemporary vellum-backed paper boards, uncut (rubbed and lightly stained). Provenance: Richard Williams (armorial bookplate); Dennis J. Ward (ex-libris sticker). NUMBER 25 OF 200 COPIES. This book lot is zero rated for VAT.
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[BEAUFOY, Henry Benjamin]. Scloppetaria: or Considerations on the Nature and Use of Rifled Barrel Guns, with reference to their forming the basis of a permanent system of National Defence, agreeable to the genius of the country. By a Corporal of Riflemen. London: C. Roworth, 1808. 8vo. Engraved frontispiece and 12 plates (frontispiece soiled and stained, title stained and torn without loss, index torn and repaired with slight loss, a few plates waterstained, occasional light spotting and staining). Contemporary half calf gilt. Provenance: "B.C.L." (armorial bookplate with motto "Fonte Puro"). The first book in English on target rifle shooting. With 5 others of related interest including Hans Busk`s The Rifle: and How to Use It (London, 1858, third edition) and H. Bond`s Treatise on Military Small Arms and Ammunition (London, c.1884). (6) This book lot is zero rated for VAT.
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[FAWCETT, William]. Rules and Regulations for the Sword Exercise of the Cavalry. London: Printed for the War Office, 1796. 8vo. Half title, 29 engraved plates, all but one folding (occasional light spotting and staining). Contemporary red half morocco gilt (extremities lightly rubbed, corners bumped). The author was killed in a cavalry charge at Salamanca. With 4 other books of related interest (one severely worn) including The Sword-Exercise and Movements for Cavalry (Taunton, 1803) and Regulations and Instructions for the Infantry Sword Exercise (London, 1819). (5) This book lot is zero rated for VAT.
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GROSE, Francis. Military Antiquities respecting a History of the English Army from the Conquest to the Present Time. London: T. Egerton, 1801. 2 volumes, quarto (284 x 216mm). Engraved frontispieces and plates (some light spotting and mainly marginal staining). Contemporary calf gilt (rebacked, inner hinges reinforced). This book lot is zero rated for VAT.
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HELM, Franz. Armamentarium Principale oder Kriegsmunition und Artilleren Buch. Frankfurt: Johann Ammon, 1625. Folio (302 x 195mm). Title within elaborate pictorial and figural border with bird`s-eye-view of Amberg in upper section, engraved armorial at head of dedication, head-pieces and initials, with the 4 rare engraved plates at the end, 30 illustrations in the text, a few nearly full-page (inconspicuous repairs to title, some light browning and spotting). Contemporary vellum (a little bowed, lacking ties). Provenance: faint early inscription on title; some faint annotation. FIRST EDITION. Cockle 690 (with no collation); Graesse I:222 (citing a copy lacking the 4 plates); Jahns p.995; Rumpf 1106. The numbering of the illustrations in this work is eccentric. The text illustrations are numbered 1 - 9, 11 - 12, 14 and 16 - 33; the (often missing) plates at the end are numbered 32, 33, 34 and 35. However, the pagination in the present copy is continuous and the catchwords consistent throughout: the work is, therefore, apparently complete. This book lot is zero rated for VAT.
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JOUBERT, Felix. Catalogue of the Collection of European Arms & Armour Formed at Greenock by R. L. Scott. [Glasgow: David Robertson & Co.], 1924. 3 volumes, folio (460 x 323mm). Titles printed in red and black, 107 tinted photogravure plates (a few light marginal stains). Original half vellum gilt, uncut (inner hinges of vol. I splitting, covers scuffed). Provenance: Anne S. K. Brown (label). NUMBER 76 OF 100 COPIES "PRODUCED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION." PRESENTATION COPY, the front free endpaper of vol. I inscribed, "To A. A. Dunbar-Brandon, with all good wishes from R. L. Scott." This book lot is zero rated for VAT.
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MCARTHUR, John. The Army and Navy Gentleman`s Companion; or a New and Complete Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Fencing. London: J. Murray, 1784. Quarto (267 x 220mm). Engraved allegorical frontispiece, engraved title and 19 engraved plates, all but one folding (plate 6 and the following text leaves stained, some light staining, old pen trials to margin of one plate). Modern red cloth gilt, new endpapers. This book lot is zero rated for VAT.
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MEYRICK, Samuel Rush (1783-1848). A Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour. London: Robert Jennings, 1824. 3 volumes, folio (380 x 275mm). Half title, additional titles with wood-engraved vignettes, 80 plates, most hand-coloured aquatints (occasional light spotting and staining). Finely-bound in 19th-century red morocco gilt by Howell of Liverpool, spines gilt in compartments, top edges gilt, others uncut (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: Messenger (ex-libris sticker). FIRST EDITION. This book lot is zero rated for VAT.
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[NOLAN, Louis Edward (1818-1854)]. The Training of Cavalry Remount Horses. A New System. London: Parker, Furnivall & Parker, 1852. 8vo. Half title, wood-engraved frontispiece, title with vignette [counted as a plate] and 18 plates by Henry Alken (some mainly marginal staining and spotting to title and most plates). Original cloth lettered in gilt and decorated in blind (corners bumped). The author is best known for his controversial role in launching the ill-fated Charge of the Light Brigade during the Battle of Balaclava. He was also its first casualty. With 9 other miscellaneous books including The Exercise of the Foot; with the Evolutions, According to the Words of Command (London, 1690) and An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Royal Hospital, and the Royal Military Asylum, at Chelsea (London, 1805). (10) This book lot is zero rated for VAT.
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Rules and Regulations for the Sword Exercise of the Cavalry. Dublin: R. E. Mercier, 1797. 8vo. Half title, 29 plates, 2 folding (some staining, slight wear to half title). Contemporary [?original] paper-backed boards, uncut (spine a little worn with slight loss, some light staining and ink spotting). Provenance: Lord ?Dillon (early signature on upper cover). This book lot is zero rated for VAT.
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SPITZER, Frederic (?1815-90), and others. La Collection Spitzer. Catalogue des Objets d` Art et de Haute Curiosite Antiques, du Moyen Age & de la Renaissance Composant l` importante et précieuse Collection Spitzer. Paris: Maison Quantin, Librairie Centrale, 1890-92 [1893]. 7 volumes including Sale Catalogue, folio (495 x 345mm) [Catalogue 387 x 284mm]. Half titles, titles printed in red and black, 341 photogravure plates, many tinted or coloured, wood-engraved illustrations (occasional light spotting or staining). Finely-bound in uniform early 20th-century dark blue crushed morocco gilt by Birdsall & Son of Northampton, covers with gilt ruled, tooled and blind borders, spines gilt in compartments, dentelles, gilt edges (a few scuff marks, mainly to joints, corners lightly bumped). NUMBER 32 OF 600 COPIES "SUR PAPIER VELIN." Volume VI of this monumental work is devoted to arms and armour. This book lot is zero rated for VAT.
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TRAPP, Oswald Graf. The Armoury of the Castle of Churburg ... Translated, with a Preface, by James Gow Mann. London: Methuen, 1929. Quarto. Half tone plates, errata slip (some light spotting). Original red buckram gilt, top edges gilt. NUMBER 104 OF 400 COPIES. With 18 others relating to collections of armour including Catalogue de la Collection d` Armes Anciennes Européenes et Orientales de Charles Buttin (Rumilly, 1933), Otto Smith`s Det Kongelige Partikulaere Rustkammer. I. Udgivet af Tøjhusmuseet (Copenhagen, 1938) and 3 miscellaneous volumes of Il Museo Stibbert a Firenze (Milan, c.1975). (19) This book lot is zero rated for VAT.
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A .650 CALIBRE 1759 PATTERN LIGHT DRAGOON FLINTLOCK PISTOL BY DURS EGG, of regulation specifications, with signed 9in barrel stamped with Ordnance marks at the breech (rubbed), signed rounded lock engraved with GR` crowned and border ornament (light pitting), walnut full stock (the fore-end with a small crack), brass mounts and associated ramrod, 38cm; 15in
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A .650 CALIBRE NEW LAND PATTERN FLINTLOCK PISTOL, EARLY 19TH CENTURY, of regulation specifications, with 9in barrel stamped with Ordnance marks at the breech (areas of very light pitting), the tang stamped with a crown mark, flat lock engraved `Tower`, and with `GR` crowned, walnut full stock impressed with Ordnance mark, brass mounts and original stirrup ramrod, 38.5cm; 15 1/8in
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A FINE AND RARE 32 BORE D.B. RUSSIAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN BY IVAN PUSHKIN, TULA, CIRCA 1790, with individually forged two-stage barrels faceted over the forward portion, retained by a shaped silver band incorporating the fore-sight towards the muzzle, formed with a broad flat at the breech, inlaid in silver and two colours of gold with elaborate panels of scrollwork enclosing the maker`s inscription in Roman and Cyrillic characters, a pair of birds-of-prey above a cornucopia and all framed by slender panels of martial trophies, silver lined vents, the breech tang fitted with a moulded back-sight and damascened in silver and two colours of gold with scrolling foliage (the barrels very slightly shortened and the back-sight added in the gun`s early working life), stepped bevelled locks inlaid with trophies-of-war beneath the pans and bouquets on the tails, the cocks and top-jaws decorated en suite, figured walnut half stock inlaid with delicate patterns of silver wire scrollwork behind the rear ramrod-pipe, ahead of the trigger-guard, and about the tang (the fore-end with minor repairs), the latter incorporating trophies-of-arms, chequered grip, the butt with carved raised cheek-piece on the left, inlaid with further trophies-of-arms and scrolls in silver wire on each side, the spine and behind the trigger-guard, inlaid with an engraved gilt copper plaque decorated with a cupid mask on the left and right hand sides, a garland incorporating a trophy-of-hunting beneath, the cheek-piece applied with a further gilt-copper plaque decorated with a pair of birds above a bouquet of flowers and garlands formed as an inverted Imperial Crown, engraved steel mounts damascened in silver and two colours of gold, comprising butt-plate decorated with a pair of game birds entwined by a garland supporting a cornucopia, trigger-guard with shaped terminal matching the butt-plate and with a trophy-of-war incorporating a fasces on the bow, rear ramrod-pipe decorated with a trophy and a pair of fronds, vacant gilt copper escutcheon, and engraved bone fore-end cap, and complete with its steel-tipped ramrod (the decoration with light wear and minor losses), 77.5cm; 30 1/2in barrels. Signed Tula firearms are notably rare and few by this maker are recorded. Another is preserved in the Moscow Kremlin and another, formerly in the Clay P. Bedford collection, is illustrated in W. B. Gusler and J. D. Lavin, 1977, p. 226-227. The Bedford gun and the present example both share a number of features that are characteristic of high quality Tula gunmaking of this period. Namely, the use of silver and two colours of gold on the steel mounts, fine silver wire on the stock, and inlaid gilt copper plaques. The style and use of damascene about the tang of the Bedford gun is identical to that of the present gun`s butt-plate and trigger-guard. Both guns share the use of the inverted Imperial crown on the cheek-piece, all of which are indictative of this maker`s work. See J.F. Hayward, 1963, p. 268 and ill. 79C.
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A CASED 54 BORE SIX-SHOT SELF-COCKING PERCUSSION PEPPERBOX REVOLVER BY S. NOCK, REGENT CIRCUS, LONDON, CIRCA 1845-52, with blued fluted barrel group engraved with a band of foliage around the muzzles (areas of rust pitting), engraved case-hardened bar hammer decorated with patterns of tightly scrolling foliage, engraved case-hardened rounded action decorated en suite with the hammer, incorporating nipple-shield (light pitting) and fitted with blued sliding thumb-piece safety-catch, finely chequered figured walnut butt, engraved case-hardened steel butt-cap with folding trap, engraved steel trigger-guard, vacant silver escutcheon: in an associated fitted mahogany case lined in green baize, the lid with facsimile trade label, and complete with some accessories, 23.5cm; 9 1/4in
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A CASED PAIR OF 38 BORE PERCUSSION DUELLING PISTOLS BY SAMUEL NOCK, LONDON, NO.7354, CIRCA 1833, with rebrowned twist octagonal sighted barrels signed in small block capitals on the flat, border-engraved case-hardened breeches fitted with pierced platinum plugs, engraved case-hardened breech tangs incorporating the back-sight, engraved case-hardened flush-fitting stepped back-action locks signed `Samuel Nock Invenit` and decorated with characteristic scrolling serpents and foliage, fitted with engraved case-hardened hammers decorated en suite (spurs replaced), and blued bolt safety-catches, figured walnut half-stocks with slender chequered butts, engraved steel mounts comprising blued trigger-guards decorated with serpents and foliage and a pair of ramrod-pipes (light pitting), vacant silver escutcheons and silver barrel bolt escutcheons, horn fore-end caps, and original ramrods each stamped with matching serial number: in their original fitted mahogany case lined in green baize (areas of wear and minor scratching), the lid with brass flush-fitting carrying handle, the interior with trade label, with some accessories including three-way flask covered in red leather, 40cm; 15 3/4in. A pair of near identical pistols, formerly in the W. Keith Neal Collection, were sold Christie`s 9th November 2000, lot 165. A note accompanying the Neal pistols attributes the form of the stocks to the whim of a Scottish Laird for whom the pistols were apparently made, in the style of the earlier Scottish pistol with fish-tailed butt.
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A PAIR OF 25 BORE FLINTLOCK DUELLING PISTOLS BY JOHN TWIGG, LONDON, CIRCA 1766-70, each with lightly swamped octagonal sighted barrel (very light pitting), signed with second form of signature, stamped with the barrelsmith`s mark, IT crowned, and London proof marks beneath, fitted with standing back-sights and engraved with a band of beadwork at the breech, platinum-lined vent (relined), engraved breech tang decorated with an expanded flowerhead, stepped bevelled lock with signature en suite with the barrel, figured walnut full stock (minor bruising and small cracks), carved with a shell in relief behind the breech tang, flat-sided butt (one cracked), engraved iron trigger-guard decorated with a flowerhead matching the tang, second pattern acorn finial, a pair of moulded ramrod-pipes, and original horn-tipped ramrods with iron worms, 38.8cm; 15 1/4in , (2). Provenance: A. J. P. Penrose. W. Keith Neal. Literature. W. Keith Neal and D. H. L. Back, Great British Gunmakers 1740-90, p.135.
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