A collection of mostly early 20th century silver and costume jewelleryto include an Arts and Crafts moss agate brooch in the manner of Bernard Instone, a citrine brooch by Charles Horner, silver-gilt amethyst brooch, pair graduated cultured pearl screwback drop earrings stamped 9ct, Chinese silver and carved white jade buddha clip, enamel, turquoise and coral set silver finger nail guard brooch, two kingfisher feather brooches, silver gilt leaf design panel bracelet, Art Nouveau floral scroll panel bracelet, Ruskin brooch,Thai silver and niello charm bracelet, paste set ivorine snake bangle, assorted shell cameo portrait brooches etc., (qty) various Condition: Mostly fair condition. Viewing recommended in person, occasional paste stones absent, rubbing.
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Travel History: An interesting early 19th century album relating to Ottoman Empire, Benjamin Franklin and European travel,containing; forty four watercolour portraits of figures in Turkish dress, after Dalvimart (Octavien Alexander William) "The Costumes of Turkey", depicting courtly and other figures in typical clothing each with inscription in English, figures including Sultan Mahmout II, Son of Sultan Mahmout II, Grand Vizier in State Dress, Captain Pacha in State Dress, Kislar = Aga Chief of the Black Eunuchs, Hamadgi: Chief Boatman of the Sultan, Chiboukgi Bashi Chief Pipe Bearer, Dwarf in the Seraglio (A Jester) amongst others, the album additionally containing a number of topographical watercolours of Constantinople, coloured printed views of Switzerland, a watercolour after Charles van Loo, marine watercolours, a number of printed portraits of Benjamin Franklin, printed portrait of Charles Lord Montagu (Charles Francis Greville), within marbled boards with Morocco leather spineoverall 36cm high x 26.5cm wideCondition: Losses and splitting to spine, cover loose, some staining to watercolours - generally bright. The Starbuck Family thence by descent.Of the 44 watercolours, some are loose, but most are still stuck down. Most have minor marks to their corners and some creases in places, mostly to the corners Some corners have marks where the glue underneath has left an impression. Some have foxing in the backgrounds and some backgrounds are more stained and less white than others. See the images of various examples.
The Marquis of Lafayette (Gilbert du Motler, Marquis de La Fayette) : A rare early 19th century commemorative white kid leather glove, probably produced to celebrate Lafayette's visit and tour of the United States of America, c. 1824/5, decorated with printed portrait medallions of George Washington and Lafayette alongside one another, captioned 'Lafayette - Grateful Welcome to the Friend of our Illustrious Washington, Duty entered According to Act of Congress', with paper bearing letter of provenance, Length 21.5cm, width 8.5cm Condition: In good overall condition - slight crease visible to leather. Letter of provenance inscribed 'Lafayette Glove, Presented to George Starbuck by Mrs. Myers, who received it from the United States of America - I believe. Mrs. Myers is the wife of one of the Ministers'. These gloves were often worn by women who met Lafayette during his tour.
A collection of Victorian daguerreotype and ambrotype photographs to include a portrait of a gentleman by John Jabez Edwin Mayall, c.1850, red moroccco case stamped 224. Regent St (Argyll Place) Mayall & 433, West Strand., two other daguerreotype portraits of gentleman, one in a moulded bois durci case and another of a young boy bearing label verso 'Ludgate Hill Photogrpahic Establishment, a vulcanite cased pair of ambrotype portraits of children, other cased ambrotypes, on stamped H. Greatrey 70 Regent Street, a group portrait of four children, a full Length portrait of a couple in a moulded bois durci frame, (14)largest case Height 14cm,Condition: Mayall daguerreotype in good condition. bois durci cased daguerreotype is lacking cover as ais other portrait of a gentleman. Glass for daguerreotype of young boy lacking bottom corner.leather spines of two case ambrotypes have worn through so front lifts off. Overall varying condition, viewing recommended in person
A collection of Victorian cabinet photographs and cartes de visiteto include a portrait gentleman in Orientalist costume, children, family groups etc.School photographs and a album containing twenty two photographs relating to the Kings Cross Laundry, 1908, (Qty)various Condition: Various, mostly fair. Viewing recommend in person
![Scottish history and law 16th-18th century works Boethius, Hector. [Scotorum historiae]. [Paris: Jodocus Badius], 1527. First](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/5f895d06-bae6-4344-8d09-af8900a8ea60/7236de2e-d67c-46f8-956e-af8900e91a16/468x382.jpg)
Scottish history and law 16th-18th century works Boethius, Hector. [Scotorum historiae]. [Paris: Jodocus Badius], 1527. First edition, folio (32 x 21.5cm), later calf, signatures āēīō8 (-ā1) u10 a-z8 A-Z8 AA-BB8 2C6, main title-page (ā1) lacking, large woodcut criblé initials throughout, woodcut arms to ā2, second part with title-page incorporating elaborate woodcut border and central vignette of a printing shop, binding rubbed, joints cracked, rear board near detached, a few light damp-stains, wide margins [Adams B2308];Idem. Scotorum historiae prima gentis origine. Paris: Jacques du Puys, 1575 [colophon: Lausanne, François Le Preux at the expense of Jacques du Puys]. Folio (30.5 x 19cm), contemporary sprinkled calf, rebacked and relined, woodcut initials, bookplates, extra-illustrated with an engraved portrait of Henricus Florent Laurin by Petrus de Jode after Abraham van Diepenbeeck (c.1662), contemporary marginalia, detailed contemporary annotations to two rear blanks, repaired losses to title-page, ink-stamp of the University of Edinburgh to foot of title, very occasional light damp-staining [Adams B2310];Scott, George (editor). The Memoires of Sir James Melvil of Hal-Hill: containing an Impartial Account of the most Remarkable Affairs of State ... relating to the Kingdoms of England of Scotland, under the Reigns of Queen Elizabeth, Mary Queen of Scots, and King James. London: by E. H. for Robert Boulter, 1683. Folio, contemporary mottled calf, covers detached, two holes in 2P2 [ESTC R201];Lindsay, Robert. The History of Scotland; from 21 February, 1436 to March, 1565 ... To which is added, a Continuation, by Another Hand, till August 1604. Edinburgh: printed by Mr Baskett and Company, 1728. 2 copies, both first editions, folio, one in contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, joints cracked, spotting and browning, marginal tear to d1, 2Y2 closed marginal tear extending into text, the other in 19th-century half russia, covers detached, upper margin of title-page excised, spotting and browning, short closed tears in 2G1 and 2P2 [ESTC T87021];Skene, Sir John. Regiam Majestatem. The Auld Lawes and Constitutions of Scotland. Edinburgh: Thomas Finlason, 1609. First edition in Scots (and any vernacular; first published in Latin the same year), 2 copies, folio, first in copy 20th-century blue cloth, woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials throughout, title-page dust-soiled and with small marginal hole, part 2 ff. A3-4 with partial loss of text from ink corrosion, X6 with short closed tear, repairs to final extant leaf 2H3 (2H4, blank, discarded), second copy in 20th-century black cloth, initial two quires with smaller margins and possibly supplied from another copy, title-page spotted and soiled, lacking index (3 leaves, H2-4) at end, damp-staining towards rear [ESTC S117424];Idem. Regiam Maiestatem Scotiae. London: John Bill, 1613. Folio, contemporary mottled calf, woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials throughout, title-page with early inscriptions including 'Bibliotheca Colbertina' (i.e. the library of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, 1619-1683, French statesman), manuscript catch-title to bottom edge, spine very worn, title-page with shallow chips along fore edge, stitching strained between part 2 quires F-G, leaves G2-5 loose, final 2 leaves working loose [ESTC S117425: 'A reissue, with cancel title, of the 1609 [Latin] edition'];Parliament of Scotland. The Lawes and Actes of Parliament, maid be King James the First, and his Succesours Kinges of Scotland. Edinburgh: Robert Walde-grave, 1597. First edition, 2 copies, folio, 20th-century blue and brown cloth respectively, both with letterpress title-page only (an engraved title-page was also issued but 'one of the title-pages is generally missing', ESTC), retaining all medial blanks (e1, h4, n2, 2D4, E6) and folding genealogical table (repaired in one copy, torn in the other), woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials throughout, first copy (blue cloth) with contemporary signature 'Jo. Skene' to end of Table (part 3 sig. E5), possibly the autograph of the compiler Sir John Skene, first leaf (pi1) containing explanatory verses laid down and remargined, second copy (brown cloth) 2G6 with ownership inscription 'George Wichtane notarie burges of Dondie is owner of this book the first of February anno Dom 1626', lacking pi1, part 2 sigs. T3-4, and all of De verborum significatione (sigs. H-T), title-page (pi2) soiled and with woodcut headpiece trimmed, pi4 torn with loss of woodcut headpiece [ESTC S116931];Spottiswoode, Sir Robert. Practicks of the Laws of Scotland. Edinburgh: printed by James Watson, 1706. First edition, folio, contemporary mottled calf, from the library of David Erskine of Dun (1670-1758), Scottish advocate, with ownership inscription 'Ex libris Davidis Erskine' and engraved bookplate, front board detached, toning, spotting to outer leaves [ESTC T101198];and 2 others (a fragment of The Lawes of Actes of Parliament, containing De verborum significatione only, 1599, worming; Thomas Thomson, editor, A Collection of Inventories and Other Records of the Royal Wardrobe and Jewlhouse; and of the Artillery and Munitioun [sic] in Some of the Royal Castles, Edinburgh: [privately printed], 1815, 4to, contemporary red quarter morocco, not collated)Note: Provenance: Dictionaries of the Scots Language (with associated bookplates).
Scottish history, theology and law Collection of works, 17th-18th century Leslie, John. De origine moribus et rebus gestis Scotorum libri decem ... Nunc denuo recus. [Amsterdam?: no printer], 1675. 4to, contemporary calf, 11 full-page engraved genealogies in text, each with portrait roundel, binding rubbed, small paper flaw in 3Z1;[Scottish martyrs]. A Cloud of Witnesses, for the Royal Prerogatives of Jesus Christ; or, the Last Speeches ... of those who have suffered for the Truth, in Scotland, since the Year 1680. [Edinburgh?: no printer], 1714. First edition, 4to, 19th-century marbled boards, rebacked, title-page in red and black, tape-repairs in H2 and 2I4, rear inner hinge split between final two signatures [ESTC T167253, tracing five copies only worldwide, and five copies for another edition published the same year, slightly different pagination, priority not established];Forrester, Thomas. The Hierarchical Bishops Claim to a Divine Right. Edinburgh: James Watson, 1699. First edition, 4to, contemporary panelled sheep, rebacked, front board near detached errata slip pasted onto final blank (loose) [ESTC R4954];[Gordon, James]. The Reformed Bishop: or, XIX Articles, tenderd by ... a Well-Wiher of the Present Government of the Church of Scotland. [No place]: for the author, 1679. 8vo, contemporary mottled sheep ruled in blind, errata leaf, terminal blank, rubbed, front joint split at head, worming in gutter, Gordon Castle label to front free endpaper [ESTC R10195: 9 UK copies, of which 4 in the NLS];Forbes, William. A Treatise of Church-lands and Tithes. Edinburgh: heirs and successors of Andrew Anderson, 1705. 8vo, contemporary sprinkled calf, engraved bookplate of the Earls of Lauderdale, book-label of one J. R. P. Forrest, contemporary ownership inscription ('Lauderdale') and shelfmark to title-page, binding slightly worn [ESTC T130854];Buchanan, George. De jure regni apud Scotos. [No place: no printer], 1680. 12mo, contemporary sheep, spine slightly defective, closely trimmed at foot [R19572];[Stewart, Sir James]. Naphtali, or the Wrestlings of the Church of Scotland for the Kingdom of Christ. [No place: no printer], 1693. 12mo, contemporary sheep, retaining final blank [ESTC R33803];[Skene, Alexander]. Memorialls for the Government of the Royall-Burghs in Scotland. Aberdeen: John Forbes, 1685. First edition, 8vo, contemporary sheep [ESTC R38926];[Clark, James]. A Sermon preached at the Kirk of Auldhamstocks. Edinburgh: John Reid, 1690. 4to, 12 pp., disbound, stained [ESTC R36023: 10 copies worldwide];Spalding, John. A Sermon before His Grace John Earl of Tullibardine. Edinburgh: George Mosman, 1696. 4to, disbound, 19 pp., [ESTC R34583: 9 copies worldwide];Ferguson, Robert. The Late Proceedings and Votes of the Parliament of Scotland, contained in an Address delivered to the King. Glasgow: Andrew Hepburn, 1689. 4to, 39 [1] pp., disbound, shaved [ESTC R224225];[Ridpath, George]. The Scots Episcopal Innocence. London: [no printer], 1694. First edition, 4to, stitched as issued, untrimmed, title-page stained, closed tear in penultimate leaf [ESTC R28104];and approx. 18 others (these not collated), including: Samuel Rutherford, A Sermon preached before the Right Honourable House of Lords, 1645 (disbound, tear to corner of title-page); James Durham, The Unsearchable Riches of Christ, Glasgow, 1709; Lockhart, Memoirs concerning the Affairs of Scotland from Queen Anne's Accession ... to the Commencement of the Union, 1714 (contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, bookplate of the Viscounts Melville); and similarNote: Note: Leslie's work was first published in Rome in 1578.Provenance: Dictionaries of the Scottish Language (with markings including ink-stamps to endpapers and remnants of labels to spines).
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Wishart, George 5 works Wishart, George. I.G. [i.e. James Graham, Marquess of Montrose] De rebus auspiciis serenissimi, et potentissimi Caroli ... sub imperio illustrissimi Iacobi Montisrosarum Marchionis, Comitis de Kincardin &c. ... commentarius, interprete A. S. [i.e. Agricola Sophocardio pseud. of George Wishart]. [Amsterdam], 1647. First edition, small 8vo, [xii], 248, contemporary olive-green morocco, gilt, double panel with a fleur-de-lis at the inner corners of the inner panel, and a gilt lozenge-shaped floral centrepiece, g.e., bookplate of Thomas Maitland of Dundrennan and John Whitefoord Mackenzie, pencil note to endpaper 'Sotheby 10/11/1916, lot 1362 ("Wotton binding"), £3/7/6 to Maggs', spine slightly faded, joints slightly rubbed [not traced on ESTC];Wishart, George. I.G. [i.e. James Graham, Marquess of Montrose] De rebus auspiciis serenissimi, et potentissimi Caroli ... sub imperio illustrissimi Iacobi Montisrosarum Marchionis, Comitis de Kincardin &c. ... commentarius, interprete A. S. [i.e. Agricola Sophocardio pseud. of George Wishart] . Amsterdam: Iohannis Crosse, 1648. 12mo, [xxviii], 221, contemporary vellum, armorial bookplate of James Smith, early inscription 'E.H.' and 'ex dono P.M.S.D.M' on title;Wishart, George. The Compleat History of the Warrs in Scotland, under the Conduct of the Illustrious and truly-valiant James Marquesse of Montrose. [?Holland] Printed in the year 1660, small 8vo, [viii], 231, [1], engraved portrait frontispiece, title printed in red and black, 19th century brown morocco, g.e., bookplate of James Gerard Graham, title repaired with some letters supplied in ink facsimile, 5 leaves cut close with loss of a few letters, [ESTC R204133];Wishart, George. Memoirs of the most renowned James Graham, Marquis of Montrose, translated from the Latin of the Rev. Dr George Wishart. Edinburgh, 1819. 8vo, engraved portrait, contemporary half calf, neatly rebacked;Wishart, William Thomas. Six Disquisitions on Doctrinal and Practical Theology. St John, N.B.: J & A. McMillan, 1853, 8vo, contemporary half calf
English Civil War Collection of works Walker, Clement. Relations and Observations, Historical and Politick, upon the Parliament begun Anno Dom. 1640. [Bound with:] Anarchia Anglicana, or, the History of Independency. The Second Part. [And:] The High Court of Justice or Cromwells New Slaughter House in England. [London: no printer], 1648-49-51. 3 works in 1 volume, 4to, early-19th-century olive-green sheep by Hering, arms of the Lumley-Savile family (earls of Scarborough) gilt to sides within dogtooth frames, Greek-key roll gilt to turn-ins, Rufford Abbey bookplate, a few side-notes shaved, second work without plate cited in ESTC [ESTC R186160, R27579, R207365];Vicars, John. Jehovah-Jireh.God in the Mount. Or, Englands Parliamentarie Chronicle. London: by T. Paine and M. Simmons, for J. Rothwell and T. Underhill, 1644. First edition, 4to, contemporary vellum, later labels and endpapers, bookplate (Fairfax of Cameron, dated 1910), short closed tear in D3 [ESTC R1844];Scotland; Convention of Estates. The Acts made in the Second Parliament of our most High and Dread Soveraigne Charles ... holden at Edinburgh. [Bound with:] The Acts done and past in the First Session of the Third Parliament of our most High and Dread Soveraigne Charles ... holden at Edinburgh. [And:] The Acts done and past in the Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Sessions of the First Triennall Parliament of ... Charles ... holden at Edinburrgh, Stirling, Pearth, and S. Andrews respective. Edinburgh: Evan Tyler, 1641-44-46. 3 works in 1 volume, folio, modern half calf, first work title-page repaired and with small hole touching type-ornament border, contemporary marginalia, second work browned and with contemporary underlining [ESTC R33336, R12952, R211320];Blount, Thomas. Boscobel: or, the history of His Sacred Majesties most Miraculous Preservation after the Battle of Worcester. London: for Henry Seile, 1660. First edition, presumed second issue (epistle signed 'Blount'), 8vo, contemporary sheep, rebacked and relined, 3 engraved plates (portrait frontispiece, arms, and folding view), all crudely hand-coloured, frontispiece trimmed along fore-edge, title-page with top margin excised, folding viewed backed on linen and inserted into end-pocket, contemporary ownership inscription 'Elizabeth Amherst August 15th 1660' to binder's blank [ESTC R6431];Holles, Denzil Holles, Baron. Memoirs of Denzil Lord Holles, Baron of Ifield in Sussex, from the Year 1641 to 1648. London: for Tim. Goodwin, 1699. First edition, 8vo, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, engraved portrait frontispiece with half-title recto, contemporary ownership inscription to title-page, spill-burn in C3 [ESTC R3286];Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in Ireland. London: for J. Wilford; and T. Jauncy, 1720. 8vo, contemporary panelled calf, engraved portrait frontispiece [ESTC T53951];and 3 others (these not collated): Spalding, The History of the Troubles ... in Scotland, 1792 (2 volumes); Warner, The History of the Rebellion and Civil-War in Ireland, 1768 (2 volumes); Ricraft, A Survey of Englands Champions, 1647 [i.e.1818]Note: Provenance: The Millmore English Civil War Collection.
17th-century English history Collection of works Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, begun in the Year 1641. Oxford: printed at the Theater, 1707. 3 volumes, large folio, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, half-titles, engraved portrait frontispiece to each volume, engraved vignette of the Sheldonian Theatre to title-pages, engraved head- and tail-pieces and initials, bookplates, scuffs to sides, spotting to latter half of volume 3 [ESTC N5833];Sanderson, William. A Compleat History of the Life and Raigne of King Charles from his Cradle to his Grave. London: for Humphrey Moseley, Richard Tomlins, and George Sawbridge, 1658. First edition, folio, contemporary calf, rebacked and relined, royal crest of Charles I (cipher CAR REX surmounted by crown and with motto 'Dieu et mon droit' on banner below) gilt to covers, 2 engraved portraits, spotting and browning, small hole in 4H4 [ESTC R5305; Wing S646];May, Thomas. The History of the Parliament of England: which began November the third, M. DC. XL. London: Moses Bell, for George Thomason, 1647. First edition, folio, 19th-century half calf, rebacked, imprimatur leaf, title-page printed in red and black with engraved vignette, bookplate (Thomas Graham Dundas), marginal tear in sig. B costing a few words, closed tears in D1 and M2, Q4 torn in margin just touching text, repairs in quires 2F, 2O and 2P, [ESTC R8147; Wing M1410];and 3 others (these not collated): John Rushworth, Historical Collections of Private Passages of State, Weight Matters in Law, Remarkable Proceedings in Five Parliaments, 1721 (8 volumes, folio, recent quarter morocco); Henry Scobell, A Collection of Acts and Ordinances of General Use, made in the Parliament begun at Westminster the third day of November, anno 1640, 1658 (folio, contemporary calf, bookplate of Charles Yorke, 1722-1770, Lord High Chancellor, spine split (just held by one cord); Reports and Cases taken in the third [...] and seventh years of the late King Charles, 1657 (extensively repaired)Note: Provenance: The Millmore English Civil War Collection.
Royal family Substantial collection of signed Christmas cards and photographs each a single bifolium of thick card stock with gilt monogram(s) to front and printed greeting and mounted photograph to inside (most in colour), and comprising:1) Charles III (1948-) and Diana (1961-1997) as Prince and Princess of Wales, 4 cards each signed by Charles and Diana and addressed 'To you both' by Charles, one with printed greeting dated 1992 (i.e. the final year in which Charles and Diana sent a joint Christmas card), the rest undated, one card with fading to photograph (black and white) and faint mark opposite. Together with a portrait photograph of Charles and Diana, signed by both and dated 1992 (mounted and in glass frame, image dimensions 12 x 10 cm, approximate mount dimensions 18 x 14 cm, signatures slightly faded), 3 further photographic portraits (Charles and Diana together, and each separately, mounted, unsigned) and 2 cards without salutation and with presumably autopen signatures ('from Charles and Diana');2) Charles III (1948-), 12 signed cards, of which 4 personally addressed by Charles to 'Philip and Margaret' (including one with additional hand-written greeting 'and kindest regards from ...'), one addressed 'To you both' with additional hand-written greeting, and 7 addressed 'To you both'. Together with a portrait photograph of Charles, signed and dated 1997 (in original green leatherette frame with badge of the Prince of Wales gilt-stamped to head, image dimensions 12 x 10cm, signature faded)3) Prince Andrew, Duke of York (1960-), and Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York (1959-), 5 cards, signed by both Sarah and Andrew, each addressed to 'Philip and Margaret' or similar in Sarah's hand, one card rather spotted and with frayed spine, another finger-marked.Together with a signed portrait photograph of King Constantine of Greece dated 1989, and 7 Halcyon Days Enamels screw-top trinket boxes, each commemorating a tour undertaken by Charles and Diana or Charles singly, inscribed on reverse of lid 'Presented by Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales' or similar, retaining original boxes decorated with badge of the Prince of Wales in gilt
Royal family Collection of signed Christmas cards, gifts and associated memorabilia comprising:1) Group of 9 signed Christmas cards from King Charles III as Prince of Wales, 1990s-2000s, all signed by Charles and variously inscribed 'To you both' or 'Andrew and Christine' in his hand, one additionally signed by Camilla, the Queen Consort, each a single bifolium of thick card stock with mounted portrait photograph, together with a signed portrait photograph, 2006, depicting Charles in Highland dress, additionally signed by Camilla, in green leatherette frame containing his heraldic badge as Prince of Wales gilt to head, glazed, in original Ettinger cardboard case;2) Group of 10 Christmas Cards from Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, 1990s-2000s, all with autopen signatures and mounted portrait photograph, together with a portrait photograph, dated 2006 with autopen signatures, glazed and in leather frame by Smythson of Bond Street, in original light blue cardboard case;3) Slice of wedding cake from the marriage of Charles and Camilla, 9th April 2005, wrapped and in original decorative tin designed by Alec Cobbe, retaining printed compliments slip on card (creased) and in original cardboard box;4) Collection of royal gifts:a) Halcyon Days Enamels thimble and needlecase, decorated with floral design and EIIR monogram, in original case;b) Halcyon Days Enamels trinket box, lid bearing royal arms, lettered on underside 'Presented by Her Majesty the Queen, the Golden Jubilee, Christmas 2002', in original case;c) Royal Collection fine bone china teacup lettered 'To celebrate the eightieth birthday of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth 21st April 2006', retaining original box and tissue paper;d) Silver photograph frame, incised with royal crown and dated 2003 at head, in original box with printed presentation slip ('Presented by Her Majesty the Queen, Christmas 2003');e) Silver-plated carriage alarm clock, face lettered 'Presented by Her Majesty the Queen, Christmas 2005', in original case retaining instruction booklet and replacement battery;f) Royal Scot Crystal hand-cut lead crystal bowl, incised lettering on based 'Presented by Her Majesty the Queen, Christmas 2004', in original box;5) Large collection of official letters and memoranda, approximately 70 in total, including numerous invitations to royal dances and balls (these printed on thick gilt-edged card stock), an invitation to the wedding of Charles and Camilla (together with two related tickets and two copies of the order of service), many original envelopes retained
Aesop Fables, of Aesop and Other Eminent Mythologists With Morals and Reflections. By Sir Roger L'Estrange. The Fourth Edition Corrected and Amended. London: for R. Sare [and others], 1704. [Bound with:] Fables and Storyes moralized. Being a Second Part of the Fables of Aesop. London: for R. Sare, 1699. 2 parts in 1 volume, folio (31.2 x 19.5cm), contemporary panelled calf, [10] 28 [8] 476, [16] 238 [2], engraved portrait frontispiece after Kneller, engraved additional title-page, advertisement leaf to rear, front joint split at foot, frontispiece shaved along fore edge, first part with marginal damp-staining to quires 2A-2D, second part browned [ESTC N8014 & R202378, 8 copies in UK libraries for the first part]Note: Provenance: Sir William Gordon of Invergordon, Baronet (d.1742), Scottish politician and landowner (bookplate to verso of title-page).
Fine bindings 16 volumes Burns, Robert. The Works, edited by Charles Annandale. London: Blackie, 1888, 5 volumes, large 8vo, engraved plates, contemporary blue morocco gilt, spines gilt, g.e.;Hunt, Leigh. The Poetical Works. London: E. Moxon, 1832. First edition, 8vo, fine panelled green morocco gilt, morocco doublures and vellum endpapers, t.e.g., spine slightly faded;Rogers, Samuel. Italy, a Poem. 1830; Poems. 1834, 2 volumes, 8vo, both blue morocco gilt by Riviere & Son, spines gilt, t.e.g.;Dumas, Alexandre. The Borgias. London: A. Humphreys, 1911. 8vo, red panelled morocco gilt by Bumpus, spine gilt, g.e.;Herrick, Robert. The Works. Edinburgh: W. & C. Tait, 1823. 2 volumes, 8vo, crushed citron morocco, gilt doublures, spines gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, leather gilt book label of Robert Hoe;Plato. The Dialogues, translated by B. Jowett. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1892. Third edition, 5 volumes, 8vo, contemporary brown morocco gilt with gilt portrait of Socrates on covers, g.e.
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Machiavelli, Niccolo [Opere] Cosmopoli [Venice: Pasquali], 1769. 8 volumes, 8vo (17.4 x 11cm), contemporary tan quarter calf, red morocco labels, marbled sides, vellum tips, engraved title-page to each volume, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1 (Il Principe), engraved folding plate to volume 6 (Dell' arte della guerra), staining to upper fore corner of first text-leaf in volume 5
Grew, Nehemiah Musaeum Regalis Societatis Or a Catalogue and Description of the Natural and Artificial Rarities belonging to the Royal Society and Preserved at Gresham Colledge. Whereunto is Subjoyned the Comparative Anatomy of Stomachs and Guts. London: W. Rawlins, 1681. First edition, folio (32 x 19cm), contemporary mottled calf, rebacked and relined, edges dyed red, engraved portrait frontispiece, 31 engraved plates (one folding), retaining medial blank 3D3, contemporary manuscript corrections to pp. 62, 81, 282 and 312, binding slightly worn, front joint cracking at head and foot, light browning to contents, small worm-track to head of gutter appearing from quire 2E, a few small additional tracks in gutter of last few quires and plates, text or images never affected [ESTC R23326; Freeman 1464; Garrison-Morton 297; Heirs of Hippocrates 640; Nissen ZBI 1714; Wing G1952]Note: Note: 'Grew, secretary to the Royal Society, compiled this great illustrated catalogue of its museum, then housed at Gresham College. Published with the catalogue is Grew's study of the stomach organs, which is the first zoological book to have the term "comparative anatomy" on the title-page, and also the first attempt to deal with one system of organs only by the comparative method' (Garrison-Morton). It was also one of the first scientific books to be published in England using a subscription model to pay for its engraved illustrations.Provenance: 1) The library at Gaddesden Place, Hertfordshire, seat of the Halsey family (bookplate); 2) Joseph Lyon Miller MD (bookplate).
Lilford, Thomas Littleton Powys, 4th Baron Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands London: R. H. Porter, 1885-1897. First edition, 7 volumes, large 8vo (25 x 16 cm), original green half morocco, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, photogravure portrait frontispiece, photogravure portrait frontispiece, 421 chromolithographic plates after Foster, Lodge, Keulemans and Thorburn, all plates and text-leaves mounted on linen stubs as issued, bookplates (C. W. Higgs), spines sunned, variable spotting, chiefly to margins [Freeman 2244; Mullens & Swann pp. 354-5; Nissen IVB 563]
Bakst, Léon Hand-illustrated typescript copies of two works 'The Designs of Léon Bakst for The Sleeping Princess. A Ballet in Five Acts after Perrault. Music by Tchaikovsky. Preface by André Levinson. London: Benn Brothers Limited, 1923' [i.e. Edinburgh, 1942-c.1946];'Bakst: The Story of the Artist's Life. By Andre Levinson. London: The Bayard Press, 1923' [i.e. Edinburgh, 1941-c.1946]. Both large 4to (approx. 38 x 30cm), contemporary cloth bindings, 130 and 152 pp., typescript on card (rectos and versos), each hand-illustrated throughout with watercolours (and a few pencil drawings) fully replicating the original illustrations in the published works, The Designs accordingly with title-vignette, 2 medallion portraits, portrait of Bakst (after Picasso, in pencil), decorative headpiece and calligraphic titles, and 55 costume and set designs after Bakst, these nearly all mounted and frequently heightened in metallic paint, Bakst: The Story with portrait of Bakst (after Modigliani), and some 100 costume and set designs after Bakst (both mounted and direct), each additionally illustrated with numerous contemporary photographic cuttings depicting Nijinsky, Pavlova, the 1946 Royal Opera House production of The Sleeping Princess (with Margot Fonteyn), etc., tissue-guards throughout, The Designs with occasional spotting to mounts, Bakst: The Story binding somewhat shakenNote: Note: A note on the verso of the title-page of each work states that it is a copy made from that in the National Library of Scotland; that in The Designs is initialled 'W. G. B'.
Semedo, Alvaro The History of that Great and Renowned Monarchy of China wherein all the particular Provinces are accurately described... written by Semedo, a Portughess, after he had resided twenty-two years at the Court and other famous Cities of that Kingdom. London: E. Tyler for John Crook, 1655. Folio, 2 parts in one volume, [viii; 308, [2 -adverts]; engraved portrait frontispiece, cut round and laid down, 1 engraved plate (of 2; at KK1), engraved map on KK3 verso, lacks folding map, slight soiling of title and small repair at foot, contemporary calf
Miscellaneous works c.36 volumes Sporting Magazine. London: I. Pittman, 1819-1828 and 1829-31, volumes 54-56, 58-77, 8vo, engraved titles and plates, contemporary calf or half calf, some spotting, some volumes worn;Filmer, Sir Robert. The Free-Holders Grand Inquest, touching our Sovereign Lord the King and his Parliament... fourth impression. London R. Royston, 1684. 8vo, engraved portrait, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed;Chalmers, George. An Estimate of the Comparative Strength of Great Britain... and of the losses of her Trade. London: J. Stockdale, 1794, 8vo, folding table, contemporary calf, spine gilt, black morocco label;Labillardière, J.J.H. de. Voyage in Search of La Pérouse. London: J. Stockdale, 1800. Volume 2 only, 8vo, 29 plates, contemporary calf;Blackstone, Sir William. Commentaries on the Laws of England. London: T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1809. 4 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf, morocco labels; and other leather bound volumes
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◆ Lawrence, T.E. Seven Pillars of Wisdom, a Triumph [Privately Printed, 1926]. 4to, 250 x 187mm), the subscribers' or "Cranwell" edition, one of 32 "incomplete" copies (from an edition of 211 copies), (annotated by Lawrence "Incomplete copy, I.XII.26 TES" on page XIX), with an autograph letter signed tipped in ("yours ever, T.E. Shaw (used to be Lawrence)"), to Harry Goldie, saying "You, having been one of us, get (if you want it) a gratis copy of the text of the subscribers' edition. I stipulated this in my letter to the subscribers. It's exactly the same text as they have, but has none of the illustrations... I take it, from your letter, that you'd like one of these private copies, & shall send it to you when it's ready... Address A/C Shaw 338171, Hut 105, R.A.F. Cadet College, Cranwell, Lincs", dated 4.5.26, frontispiece portrait of King Feysal after Augustus John and 31 (of 65) plates (mostly in colour) and other text illustrations after William Roberts, Eric Kennington, Paul Nash, William Nicholson and others, 4 folding coloured maps, decorative initials by Edward Wadsworth, original brown half morocco by Coverly and Sons, spine gilt, t.e.g., endpapers by Kennington, preserved in modern velvet-lined brown cloth folding box with black gilt label [O'Brien, A040]; with, unique to this copy, a photograph of H.H. Hussein ibn Ali, Grand Sharif of Mecca by Ronald Storrs (inscribed on verso "this photograph taken by Ronald Storrs on visit to Jeddah, obtained by me at Jeddah 1917"), an original photograph of T.E. Lawrence with Dr Hogarth and Col. Dawnay, an autograph letter signed from King Hussein to Harry Goldie, in Arabic, with typed English translation pasted to lower half of letter, dated 23/11/37 (19/8/19), the letter pasted onto card, with inscription on card verso "Letter from King Hussein on my leaving the Hejaz. 1919. Signed by himself, H. Goldie", and the Order of Service for T.E. Lawrence's funeral at St. Nicholas, Moreton (to which is affixed a newspaper clipping noting the chief mourners - including Mr Harry Goldie)Note: Note:The limited edition of Lawrence's epic masterpiece and a superb association copy.Captain [later Major] H.M. "Harry" Goldie had served during the Boer War in the 14th company of the 5th Imperial Yeomanry [and later 26th Imperial Yeomanry]. At some point in 1916 or 1917 Goldie was attached to the Arab Bureau in Cairo. The Arab Bureau was a section of the Cairo Intelligence Department during the First World War, established in January 1916 to harmonise British political activity in the Near East. Gilbert Clayton was its head or "Chief", David Hogarth, a Naval Intelligence officer, was Acting Director, and Lawrence was an active member. In Lowell Thomas's With Lawrence in Arabia the author refers to a trip around Jeddah "accompanied by Major Goldie, an officer attached to the British mission which had its headquarters there during the campaign". The Imperial War Museum photograph catalogue no. Q60009 is captioned "Captain Goldie on return from Bir Derwish after evacuation of Hejaz Expeditionary Force. Last British officer to leave the Emirs (Ali and Abdulla abna Husain al-Hashimi). At Yenbo." In Behind the Lawrence legend: the Forgotten Few who shaped the Arab Revolt, the author, Philip Walker, notes 'The commandant at Yenbo was the tall 39-year-old Captain Henry ('Harry') Goldie, a banker before the war, who had been engaged in important railway demolition work in the Southern sector with Captain Henry Garland.' According to family tradition, Captain [later Major] Harry Goldie joined Barclays Bank in Cairo after the war in which role he transmitted funds to Lawrence. Amongst other awards, Goldie was awarded The Order of Al Nahda [Order of Renaissance] of the Kingdom of the Hijaz, Third Class, by King Hussain Bin Ali of the Hijaz. British recipients of the Order of Al Nahda were published in the London Gazette, Goldie receiving the Order, 3rd class, on 16 January 1920, with him being listed as "Goldie, HM, T/Capt. Special List." Major Dawnay received the same order, Second Class, on 8th March 1920, at which time he was listed in the London Gazette as Head of Hejaz Operational Staff. In addition to the usual text, bound in at the beginning are four pages "Some notes on the writing of the Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T.E. Shaw" This was a single-fold leaflet, of which about 200 copies were produced in 1927 for distribution to subscribers of the Cranwell edition. [O'Brien, A039]Although the 'incomplete' copies do not have the full tally of plates, they are in fact of greater interest to Lawrence aficionados as they were given by Lawrence himself to those, such as Goldie, who had been intimately involved in Lawrence's wartime activities in the Arab Revolt of 1916-1918.Lawrence's masterpiece is, "a testimony to his vision and persistence and a fulfilment of his desire to write an epic which might stand comparison in scale and linguistic elegance with his beloved Morte d'Arthur and C.M. Doughty's Arabia deserta" (L. James, Oxford DNB.)
Rycaut, Sir Paul The Present State of the Ottoman Empire containing the Maxims of the Turkish Politie, the most material points of the Mahometan Religion... their Military Discipline. London: John Starkey and Henry Brome, 1670. Third edition, folio, [12], 216, engraved frontispiece portrait, 17 engravings in the text, contemporary calf, lacks 2 plates and pp.147-148 and 193-194, rubbed
Waring, Edward Scott A Tour to Sheeraz, by the Route of Kazroon and Feerozabad with Various Remarks on the Manners, Customs, Laws, Language, and Literature of the Persians. To which is added a History of Persia. London: for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1807. First UK edition, 4to, modern half leather, 2 engraved plates including frontispiece, browning, tide-marks to plates, frontispiece slightly frayed along fore edge, old ink-stamp and manuscript call number to title-page, closed tear in R2;Bouhours, Dominique. The Life of St. Francis Xavier of the Society of Jesus, Apostle of the Indies, and of Japan. Written in French. Translated into English. London: for Jacob Tonson, 1688. First edition in English, 8vo, recent half leather, engraved portrait frontispiece (apparently including in register), folding map of Asia, browning, variable marginal worming occasionally touching text, damp-staining to gutter of first few leaves, title-page with effaced ownership inscription (paper consequently worn through), spill-burn in 2Q3 [ESTC R15455];Hyde, Thomas. Veterum Persarum et Parthorum et Medorum religionis historia. Oxford: e Typographeo Clarendoniano, 1760. Second edition, 4to, modern half leather, 20 engraved plates on 19 sheets of which 6 folding (plates 16 and 18 on one sheet), folding letterpress table, browning, worming, title-page strengthened in gutter and with manuscript call-number, [Persia]. The Compleat History of Thamas Kouli Kan, (Afterwards Schah Nadir) Late Sovereign of Persia, London: for J. Brindsley [and others], c.1750. 12mo, modern quarter calf by Atkinson, marbled sides, pp. [2] 163 140 [15], engraved folding map, occasional finger-soiling;Andrada, Jacino Friere de. Vida de D. Joao de Castro, quarto viso-rey da India. Nova ediçao emendada, e accrescentada com a vida do autor. Madrid: officina regia, 1802. 8vo, 19th-century cloth, rebacked, 497 pp., 4 engraved plates including frontispiece (one folding)
Maclean, Harry Aubrey de Vere Early 20th Century photograph album, military manoeuvres, Morocco inscribed on front endpaper 'Souvenir of the Italian Mission June 1906 To Miss Maclean, very sincerely, John Martin Franklin', oblong 4to, 98 ?silver prints, each 8.5 x 8.5cm, showing Maclean on and observing military manoeuvres including cavalry charges, military encampments, camels, European and Moroccan military figures and dignitaries on horseback and on foot, masked Tuaregs on horseback and on foot, bridges, musicians, fort interiors, courtyards, small boats being embarked, horseback procession of dignitaries, contemporary vellum gilt binding by G. Glingler of Rome, album size 25 x 18cm, front endpaper looseNote: Note: The inscription on the front endpaper - 'Souvenir of the Italian Mission June 1906 To Miss Maclean, very sincerely, John Martin Franklin', indicates this was soon after the First Moroccan Crisis or the Tangier Crisis, an international crisis between March 1905 and May 1906 over the status of Morocco which led to the Algeciras Conference.General (Kaïd) Sir Harry Aubrey de Vere Maclean, KCMG (15th June 1848 – 5th February 1920) was a Scottish soldier and instructor to the Moroccan Army. In 1876 he went to Morocco and began his career as an army instructor for Sultan Mulai Hassan. He gained the trust of the Sultan of Morocco and his successor Moulay Abdelaziz through his service and fought against opposing tribes throughout Morocco. During his career, he was kidnapped and held for ransom after a failed first attempt. He visited the forbidden city of Tafilalt, and eventually became commander of the Sultan of Morocco's Army.Although he was loyal to his employer to a fault, he was regarded as an unofficial British agent in the United Kingdom. In June 1901 he was attached to a Special diplomatic mission from Morocco to the United Kingdom to congratulate King Edward VII on his recent accession, and the King appointed him a Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (KCMG) during the visit.He was physically large and used this to his advantage when disciplining insubordinates. Although maintaining his Scottish personality and expert bagpiping skill, he adopted Moorish costume.Various heirlooms of the Kaïd Sir Harry Maclean, including his ceremonial sword, pistol and Matriculation of Arms, are now housed for the Clan Maclean Heritage Trust at the Isle of Mull Museum. His portrait, by Sir John Lavery, hangs in the bar of the El Minzah Hotel in Tangier. Maclean is buried in the graveyard of St Andrew’s Church, Tangier.
Edwardes, Herbert B. A Year on the Punjab Frontier, in 1848-49 London: Richard Bentley, 1851. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, original red pictorial cloth gilt, rebacked with original spines transposed, half-titles, engraved frontispiece to volume 1, chromolithographic portrait frontispiece of Nuwab Bhawul Khan and Dewan Moolraj to volume 2, 2 further chromolithographic plates, 3 engraved plates including folding panorama, 2 folding plans, folding manuscript facsimile, 24 pp. advertisements, bookplates of Herbert Charles Fanshawe ICS (1840-1923), ownership inscription to endpapers, covers soiled, light spotting to chromolithographic plates;Napier, Sir William. The Life and Opinions of General Sir Charles James Napier. London: John Murray, 1857. Second edition, 4 volumes, original green cloth, engraved portrait frontispieces (slightly spotted), bookplates and ownership inscriptions, spines faded;Ashmead-Bartlett, Ellis. With the Turks in Thrace. London: William Heinemann, 1913. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, all halftone photographic plates as called for, folding map, bookplates and ownership inscriptions;Buxton, Noel & Harold. Travel and Politics in Armenia. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1914. First edition, 8vo, original blue cloth, all halftone photographic plates as called for, folding map, plate facing p. 101 working loose, ownership inscriptions to endpapers;Thornton, Edward. The History of the British Empire in India. London: Wm. H. Allen, 1859. Second edition, 8vo, original cloth, folding map, loss to spine-ends, spotting;and 15 others (these not collated), including Gregor Alexinsky, Russia and Europe, 1917, Henry Morgenthau, Secrets of the Bosphrous, 1918, Lord Roberts, Forty-One Years in India, new edition, 1900, R. G. D. Laffan, The Guardians the Gate: Historical Lectures on the Serbs, 1918, and similar, early-20th-century travel and Indian interest, original cloth
Elliot, Robert Views in the East comprising India, Canton, and the Shores of the Red Sea. London: H. Fisher, Son, & Co., 1833. First edition, 2 volumes, 4to, contemporary maroon quarter morocco, 60 engraved plates, hand-coloured, tissue-guards, variable spotting and browning to plates, contemporary ownership inscription and related monogrammed blind stamps to title pages;[India]. The Oriental Annual, or Scenes in India [and:] Lives of the Moghul Emperors. London: for the proprietor, by Charles Tilt, 1834-7. 2 volumes, 8vo, original morocco, pictorial vignettes gilt to spines and covers, vignette title-pages and 45 engraved plates after William Daniell (of 46: lacking plate 15 in volume for 1834), plates hand-coloured and spotted, frontispieces and vignette title-pages damp-stained, volume for 1837 with bookplates and ink-stamp of Prince Konrad of Bavaria, volume for 1834 with endpapers renewed and Konrad's bookplate re-imposed;[India]. Pictorial Tour Round England [bound with:] Pictorial Tour Round India. Madras: Christian Vernacular Education Society, 1888-90. 2 works in 1 volume, 4to, modern half leather, [2] 52, [2] 64 pp., wood-engraved frontispiece to each work, wood-engraved illustrations throughout the text, colour lithographic vignette mounted to title-page of first work (concomitant repair verso), browning, repairs to last few leaves;Barlett, W. H. (illustrator). Canadian Scenery Illustrated. From Drawings by W. H. Bartlett. The Literary Department by N. P. Willis. London: George Vertue, 1842. First edition, 2 volumes, 4to, original cloth, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional vignette title pages, map, 117 plates, bookplates (Colonel C. A. G. Wallington), effaced ink-stamps to front free endpapers and verso of volume 2 frontispiece, wear to spines, mottling to covers, variable spotting to plates [Sabin 3786];and 2 others (these not collated, in similar condition: Scotland Illustrated in a Series of Eighty Views from Drawings by John C. Brown, 1845, 4to; Finden's Views of the Ports, Harbours and Watering Places of Great Britain, continued by W. H. Bartlett, 1839, 2 volumes, 4toNote: Note: Library Hub traces three copies of this edition of Pictorial Tour Round India (in addition to two of an 1888 edition), and no copies of the Pictorial Tour Round England.
Tagore, Sourindro Mohun Mani-Mala, or a Treatise on Gems Calcutta: printed by I. C. Bose & Co., Stanhope Press, and published by the author, 1879. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, modern half morocco, text in English, Hindi, Sanskrit and Bengali, [22] iv [2] 1-496, [4] xiv ii [9] 509-1046 pp., 4 lithographic plates only (of 10), approximately 15 wood-engraved illustrations of Indian musical instruments in the text, lacking at least the portrait frontispiece, additional decorative title-page, letterpress English title-page and pp. 497-506 in volume 1, and 5 preliminary leaves including English title-page in volume 2 (all supplied in photocopy), wormingNote: Note: A working copy of a genuine rarity of Indian printing. The second volume is often absent. 'S.M. Tagore was a 19th century Bengali musicologist who founded the Bengal Music School (1871) and Bengal Academy of Music (1881) and published extensively on music theory. In the early 1880s he set Indian translations of God Save the Queen to popular Indian melodies as national anthems for the Indian Empire' (Royal Collection cataloguing, online).
India Collection of travel narratives including Indian imprints Baikie, Robert. The Neilgherries: including an Account of their Topography, Climate, Soil and Productions; and of the Effects of the Climate on the European Constitution. Calcutta: J. Thomas, at the Baptist Mission Press, 1857. Second edition, 8vo, original cloth, rebacked, tinted lithographic frontispiece and additional pictorial title-page, 2 folding lithographic maps hand-coloured in outline and loose in end-pockets, first map separating along one fold, second map separating along multiple folds, but all sections present and maps overall intact;Griffith, William. Posthumous Papers bequeathed to the Honorable the East India Company ... Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries. Calcutta: Bishop's College Press, 1847. First edition, 8vo, modern half leather, lithographic portrait frontispiece on india paper (mounted), 16 tinted lithographic plates (of 17: lacking plate 15, 'Chindupjee'), lithographic map, text variably browned, tears and crude tape-repairs to prelims, plate 6 wormed;Skinner, Thomas. Excursions in India; including a Walk over the Himalaya Mountains, to the Sources of the Jumna and the Ganges. London: Henry Colburn, 1832. 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary half calf, spines refurbished, new labels and endpapers, mounted lithographic frontispieces, bookplates (Thomas Philip, Earl de Grey, and Sir Edward Every, Bart);Mouat, Frederick. Rough Notes of a Trip to Reunion, the Mauritius and Ceylon; with remarks on their Eligibility as Sanitaria. Calcutta: Thacker, Spink and Co., 1852. First edition, 8vo, modern half leather, wood-engraved illustrations in text, browning and worming, insect damage in fore margins from title-page to p. 10, ink-stamps of St Xavier's College to title-page and occasionally elsewhere;Hilton, Edward H. The Tourist's Guide to Lucknow ... By one of the Beleaguered Garrison. Second Edition, revised and illustrated. Lucknow: Murray & Co., and Peake, Allen & Co., 1894. 8vo, modern half leather, [2] iii 163 xxiv pp., halftone photographic portrait frontispiece of the author, lithographic portrait of Wajid Ali Shah, illustrations in text, extra-illustrated with 26 original photographs (gelatin silver prints and platinum prints, 17.5 x 11cm) mounted on card and captioned in manuscripts, possibly lacking a map (mentioned in BL cataloguing), marginal loss to title-page;Latif, Syad Muhammad. History of the Panjab from the Remotest Antiquity to the Present Time. Calcutta: Calcutta Central Press Company, Limited, 1891. First edition, 4to, modern half leather, folding genealogical table, lacking map, browning, light marginal worming towards rear;and 2 others (Jagatjit Sing, My Travels in China, Japan and Java, 1905, first edition, 4to, modern half leather, browned and wormed, other defects; Angus Hamilton, In Abor Jungles, 1912, first edition, 4to, original cloth, rebacked, photographic plates), the lot sold with all faultsNote: Note: For the works by Griffith and Mouat the only other copies traced in auction records are those from the Brooke-Hitching collection sold in 2014-5. One copy of this edition of Hilton's work traced in UK libraries (at the British Library).
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[Scottish antiquarianism] Bannatyne Club Numbers 1-7 and 9-10 in the Bannatyne Club series all 4to, original half morocco, gilt spines, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, plates (including facsimiles of original documents and similar), many with name of original subscriber Robert Graham picked out in red in list of Bannatyne Club members, bindings rubbed, variable spotting and offsetting, titles comprising:1) Vitae Dunkeldensis Ecclesiae Episcoporum ... ab Alexandro Myln ... Conscriptae, 1823. With 2 hand-coloured engraved plates of manuscript facsimile (heightened in gold), bookplate (Robert Maxtone Graham) [David Laing, The Bannatyne Club. Lists of Members and the Rules, with a Catalogue of the Books printed for the Bannatyne Club since its Institution in 1823, 1867, pp. 45-6]1a) Vitae Dunkeldensis Ecclesiae Episcoporum ... editio altera, cui accedit appendix cum nominum et locorum indice, 1831. With 2 hand-coloured engraved plates of manuscript facsimile (heightened in gold), one further plate of manuscript facsimile [Laing p. 46];1b) Comptum magistri fabrice pontis Dunkeldensis M.D.XIII-M.D.XVI, 1831. Separate edition of the appendix included in the second edition (above), one of 80 copies, one plate of manuscript facsimile [Laing, p. 46];2) Poems by Sir David Murray of Gorthy, 1823. One of 72 copies, engraved title-page, facsimiles of original title-pages, relevant section and portrait from Bannatyne Club publication Adversaria (1867) bound in at front [Laing p. 46];3) The Buke of the Howlat. By Holland, 1823. One of 70 copies, etched pictorial title-page (offset), relevant section and portrait from Bannatyne Club publication Adversaria (1867) bound in at front [Laing p. 47];4) Tales of the Death of Alexander, Earle of Dunfermeling, Lord Chancellar of Scotland, 1823. One of 75 copies [Laing p. 47];5) Discours particulier d'Escosse: escrit ... par Messires Jacques Makgill clerc du registre, et Jean Bellended clerc de la justice. XI Janvier M.D.LIX, 1824. One of 52 copies ('a similar number [were printed] on paper of a larger but inferior quality'), later typescript index bound in at rear [Laing pp. 47-8];6) Robene and Makyne, and the Testament of Cresseid; by Robert Henryson, 1824. One of 65 copies, manuscript compliments slip tipped to front free endpaper [Laing pp. 47-8];7) Report by Thomas Tucker upon the Settlement of the Revenues of Excise and Customs in Scotland A. D. MDCLVI. One of 72 copies [Laing p. 48]9) Auld Robin Gray; a Ballad. By the Right Honourable Lady Anne Barnard, 1825. One of 65 copies, engraved frontispiece (offset) [Laing p. 49];10) Recit de l'expedition en Ecosse l'an M.D.XLVI. et de la battayle de Muscleburgh par le sieur Berteville au roy Edouard IV, 1825. One of 72 copies, engraved folding plate (spotted) [Laing p. 49]Note: Note: The Bannatyne Club was an antiquarian printing society founded in Edinburgh in 1823 by Sir Walter Scott on the model of London's Roxburghe Club.Provenance: 1) Robert Graham (1785-1859), of Redgorton and Balgowan, advocate; 2) Thence by descent; 3) Lyon & Turnbull, 1st February 2005, lot 211.
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[Scottish antiquarianism] Bannatyne Club Numbers 11-25 in the Bannatyne Club series all 4to, original half morocco, gilt spines, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, plates (including facsimiles of original documents and similar), first two with name of original subscriber Robert Graham picked out in red in list of Bannatyne Club members, bindings rubbed, variable spotting and offsetting, titles comprising:11) Hectoris Boetii ... Episcorum Vitae, iterum in lucem editae, 1825. One of 60 copies [David Laing, The Bannatyne Club. Lists of Members and the Rules, with a Catalogue of the Books printed for the Bannatyne Club since its Institution in 1823, 1867, p. 50];12) An Apology for Sir James Dalrymple of Stair, President of the Session, by himself, 1825. Engraved folding portrait frontispiece [Laing, p. 50];13) The Historie and Life of King James the Sext, 1825. One of 52 copies for the Club [there were also 150 copies for sale, printed 'on paper of different and inferior quality', Laing, p. 50];14) The Discoverie and Historie of the Gold Mynes in Scotland. By Stephen Atkinson: written in the Year M.DC.XIX., 1825. One of 72 copies [Laing, p. 51];15) Letters of John Grahame of Claverhouse, Viscount of Dundee, with Illustrative Documents, 1826. [Laing, p. 51];16) De Vita et Morte Roberti Rollok, Academiae Edinburgenae Primarii, Narrationes, 1826. Extract from Bannatyne Club publication Adversaria (1867) bound in at front [Laing, p. 51];17) The Palice of Honour. By Gawyn Douglas, Bishop of Dunkeld, 1827. With manuscript compliments slip from Club member John Gardiner Kinnear mounted to front free endpaper [Laing, p. 52: 'Only two copies of [the original] edition [of 1579] are known];18) Memoirs of his own Life by Sir James Melville of Halhill. M.D.XLIX.-M.D.XCIII. From the Original Manuscripts, 1827. [Laing, p. 52];19) The Bannatyne Miscellany; containing Original Papers and Tracts, chiefly relating to the History and Literature of Scotland, 1827-36-55. 3 volumes [Laing, pp. 52-3];20) Chronicon Coenobii Sanctae Crucis Edinburgensis, iterum in lucem editum, 1828. Hand-coloured seal facsimile as frontispiece [Laing, p. 53];21) Thomae Dempsteri Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Scotorum, 1829. 2 volumes, together with the separately issued corrected sheets for volume 1 pp. 1-120 (in original drab wrappers), volume 2 damp-stained [Laing pp. 53-4: 'The impression of the work being enlarged after part of the first volume had been printed off, the first fifteen sheets were reprinted, with a few verbal corrections, and copies sent along with the Preface in 1829'];22) Extract from the Despatches of M. Courcelles, French Ambassador at the Court of Scotland. M.D.LXXXVI.-M.D.LXXXVII., 1828. [Laing, p. 54];23) Siege of the Castle of Edinburgh. M.DC.LXXXIX., 1828. Extract from Bannatyne Club publication Adversaria (1867) bound in at front [Laing, p. 54];24) Letters from the Lady Margaret Kennedy, to John, Duke of Lauderdale, 1828. [Laing, pp. 54-5];25) The History of the Troubles and Memorable Transactions in Scotland and England, from M.DC.XXIV. to M.DC.XLV. By John Spalding, 1828. 2 volumes [Laing p. 55]Note: Note: The Bannatyne Club was an antiquarian printing society founded in Edinburgh in 1823 by Sir Walter Scott on the model of London's Roxburghe Club.Provenance: 1) Robert Graham (1785-1859), of Redgorton and Balgowan, advocate; 2) Thence by descent; 3) Lyon & Turnbull, 1st February 2005, lot 211.
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[Scottish antiquarianism] Bannatyne Club Numbers 90-115 in the Bannatyne Club series (except 98), all 4to (except 93, 98, 106, 110, 112, and 116, 8vo), all in original cloth (except 107), plates (including facsimiles of original documents and similar), many volumes at least partly unopened, variable wear and sunning to bindings, variable spotting and offsetting to contents, titles comprising:90) The Darien Papers: being a Selection of Original Letters and Official Documents relating to the Establishment of a Colony at Darien by the Company of Scotland trading to Africa and the Indies. 1695-1700, 1849. Map frontispiece, rear joint split, wear to head of spine;91) Descriptive Catalogue of Impressions from Ancient Scottish Seals ... from A.D. 1094 to the Commonwealth ... by Henry Laing, 1850. Front joint split, wear to head of spine;92) Original Letters relating to the Ecclesiastical Affairs of Scotland, chiefly written by, or address to His Majesty King James the Sixth after his Accession to the English Throne, 1851. 2 volumes;93) The History of the Church of Scotland, by John Spottiswood, 1850. 3 volumes;94) Registrum Honoris de Morton. A Series of Ancient Charters of the Earldom of Morton with Other Original Papers, 1853. 2 volumes;95) [Biographical notice of Thomas Thomson, Esq., Advocate, President of the Bannatyne Club, published to accompany an engraved portrait of Thomson, not present];96) Breviarium Aberdonense pars estiva [-hyemalis], 1854. 2 volumes, together with the preface, separately issued, 1855;97) Origines parochiales Scotiae. The Antiquities Ecclesiastical and Territorial of the Parishes of Scotland, 1850-54-55. 2 volumes in 3;99) Memoir of Thomas Thomson, Advocate, 1854. Front inner hinge cracked;100) The Black Book of Taymouth. With Other Papers from the Breadalbane Charter Room, 1855. Bookplate (Robert Maxtone Graham);101) Letters from Roundhead Officers written from Scotland and chiefly addressed to Captain Adam Baynes, 1856;102) Registrum episcopatus Brechinensis cui accedunt quamplurimae originales, 1856. 2 volumes, spines slightly defective at head;103) Vita Sancti Columbae: auctore Adamnano monasterii Hiensis abbate, 1857;104) Original Letters of Mr John Colville 1582-1603. To which is added, his Palinode, 1600, 1858;105) Registrum cartarum ecclesie Sancti Egidii de Edinburgh, 1859;106) A Catalogue of the Graduates in the Faculties of Arts, Divinity, and Law, of the University of Edinburgh, since its Foundation, 1858. Spine torn at head;107) Papiers d'état pièces et documents inédits ou peu connus relatifs à l'histoire de l'Ecosse au XVIe siècle, tirés des bibliothèques et des archives de France, 1852-52-60. 3 volumes, contemporary red half morocco, bookplates (Henry Drummond of Albury Park);108) Tracts by Dr Gilbert Skeyne, Medicinar to His Majesty, 1860;109) Registrum domus de Soltre necnon ecclesie collegiate S. Trinitatis prope Edinburgh etc., 1861;110) Tracts by David Fergusson, Minister of Dunfermline. MDLXIII.-MDLXXII., 1860. Damp-staining to head of covers and text-block;111) Inventaires de la Royne Descosse Douairiere de France. Catalogues of the Jewels, Dresses, Furniture, Books, and Paintings of Mary Queen of Scots, 1863;112) The Works of John Knox, 1846-54. 6 volumes in 7;113) Concilia Scotiae. Ecclesiae Scoticanae statua tam provinicliae quam synodalia quae supersunt, 1866. 2 volumes;114) Royal Letters, Charters, and Tracts, relating to the Colonization of New Scotland, and the Institution of the Order of Knight Baronets of Nova Scotia. 1621-1638;115) Adversaria. Notices Illustrative of some of the Earlier Works printed for the Bannatyne Club, 1867;116) The Bannatyne Club. Lists of Members and the Rules, with a Catalogue of the Book printed for the Bannatyne Club since its Institution in 1823, 1867Note: Note: The Bannatyne Club was an antiquarian printing society founded in Edinburgh in 1823 by Sir Walter Scott on the model of London's Roxburghe Club. This segment contains two of the most sought-after Club publications: The Darien Papers and Royal Letters ... relating to the Colonization of New Scotland.Provenance: 1) Robert Graham (1785-1859), of Redgorton and Balgowan, advocate; 2) Thence by descent; 3) Lyon & Turnbull, 1st February 2005, lot 211.
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[Scottish antiquarianism] Bannatyne Club A Series of Etchings chiefly of Views in Scotland. By John Clerk of Eldin, Esq. With Additional Etchings and Facsimiles from his Drawings. Edinburgh: for the Bannatyne Club, 1855. Large folio (50.5 x 31cm), original maroon quarter roan, printed paper label to front board, lithographic portrait frontispiece on india paper, mounted, additional mezzotint portrait, 55 etched or tinted lithographic plates (numbered 1-55 but many containing multiple separately printed images), one additional plate, spine rubbed, covers slightly sunned, tips bumped, spotting to endpapers, occasional light spotting elsewhere [David Laing, The Bannatyne Club. Lists of Members and the Rules, with a Catalogue of the Books printed for the Bannatyne Club since its Institution in 1823, 1867, p. 85]Note: Note: Second edition, enlarged, number 98 in the Bannatyne Club series; it was first published in 1825 with 28 plates only. John Clerk of Eldin (1728-1812), 'a true child of the Enlightenment' (ODNB) is best remembered today for his Essay on Naval Tactics (1790). 'Clerk was an exceptional amateur artist. His wealthy background afforded him the luxury of entertaining numerous careers, including medicine and business, and he also showed a considerable interest in geology. In the 1740s he began sketching alongside his brother-in-law, Robert Adam, and the artist Paul Sandby. Clerk travelled extensively throughout Scotland, recording a wide range of landscapes and ancient buildings. His sketches of Edinburgh and the surrounding areas are highly personal representations of his native countryside' (National Galleries of Scotland, online). The Bannatyne Club was an antiquarian printing society founded in Edinburgh in 1823 by Sir Walter Scott on the model of London's Roxburghe Club.Provenance: 1) Robert Graham (1785-1859), of Redgorton and Balgowan, advocate; 2) Thence by descent; 3) Lyon & Turnbull, 1st February 2005, lot 211.
A set of eleven silver Rembrandt collection collectors coins, comprising Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph, The Anatomy Lesson of Doctor Tulp, The Money Changer, The Prodigal Son in the Tavern, The Prophetess Hannah, Aristotle Contemplating a bust of Homer, Tobit and Anna with the Kid, A Noble Slav, Jacob Wresting the Angel, Jeremiah Lamenting The Destruction of Jerusalem, and Portrait of Saskia, 24.02 gross.
An ICC Cricket World Cup England and Wales official fifty pence coin collection 2019, Royal Mint The Longest Day D-Day two pound coin, a ten shilling banknote Portrait series Sea coin, number 08186, with certificate, and nine gold plated and colour accented coins, The Changing Face of British Coinage, with certificates.
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Ceylon (Sri Lanka) Interest - A photograph and watercolour album by Captain Nevil Macready, circa 1890/94.The album begins with a studio portrait of a young Macready in uniform, possibly taken during his time as garrison adjutant/staff lieutenant of the military police in Alexandria, Egypt, Followed by several photographs taken in Ceylon with the Gordon Highlanders, including a visit to see his half-nephew, Acting Postmaster General of Ceylon William Charles Macready. William was one of the original members of 'A' Company in the Ceylon Infantry Volunteers and transferred to the Artillery Corps upon its formation. Photographs include Volunteer Huts, troops in parade formation being inspected by Colonel Clarke and the Governor of Ceylon with the members of the Volunteer Artillery, followed by local scenes such as "Basket Women and Native Huts" and Officers of the Gordon Highlanders (December 1891).The album follows with mostly tourist and/or scenic views of Egypt and Tenerife, including The Great Pyramids of Giza; the laying of the foundation stone of All Saints' Anglican Church in Ramleh (Egpyt), Teide Volcano in Tenerife and one interesting photograph of soldiers at the School of Musketry in Hythe, 1893; together with several watercolours, circa 1894, most likely by Macready (several initialled CFNM), including Port Luz, Las Palmas, and flowers, including a Pepper Plant. (Approximately 31 photographs, 34 watercolours)Provenance: Captain Cecil Frederick Nevil Macready, later General Macready, 1st Baronet, GCMG, KCB, PC.Album rear board detached, album edges all scuffed and worn, spine heavily worn and rubbed. Some losses to the leather covering. Some losses to corners of pages to interiors. Photographs stuck down. Album size 37.5cm wide x 28cm high and 4cm deep.
Four military portrait watercolours of Dragoon OfficersC. Clarke (English School, circa 1895), An Officer of the 3rd Dragoons, monogrammed lower right, 164mm x 118mm, 197mm x 151mm framed; together with three attributed to Richard Simkin (1850-1926), comprising a 'Mounted Officer, 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards (Blue Horse) Full Dress', titled, unsigned, 170mm x 122mm, 220mm x 173mm, framed; a 'Mounted Officer 3rd (Prince of Wales) Dragoon Guards', Full Dress, circa 1910, unsigned, titled, 170mm x 122mm, 220mm x 173mm framed; and Officer of the 2nd Dragoon Guards, 1854 (Black Plume) unsigned, 196mm x 126mm, 242mm x 175mm framed(4)
Royal Air Force - A photograph album, circa 1924/26, compiled when the RAF was based in Aden. Comprising twenty-four photographs, the majority captioned verso, 200 x 140mm. Examples include a Bristol fighter with a maintenance crew, having prepared the aircraft for bombing operations. Other pictures show several aircraft (the 1926 plane crash, where FL/LT. Mason and Cole were killed, with Cole’s gravestone, stating he died on 19th February 1926, age 24.) and other Bristol/Vickers planes. There are six military groups, five harbour scenes, one showing a period Panther motorcycle, and buildings/pyramids.Provenance: Gifted to the present vendor after the death of the original compiler, Leonard Reeves Boxall. Boxall is the tallest man standing in the group portrait with pith helmets. Leonard 'Len' Boxall was born on 9th April 1903 and enlisted as a boy with the RAF in 1919, service number 335217. His service records show he was based in Aden from 21st October 1921 - 26th January 1927.
Germany, Third Reich. Approximately 104 Second World War postcards and photographs of Wehrmacht soldiers (mostly Army, Luftwaffe and some SS); and other wartime branches such as the administrative branch members of the police. A mixture of personal snapshots and studio examples, together with a few from pre-printed albums. Various sizes, some with hand-written inscriptions and dates verso - e.g. a portrait of an Infantry NCO wearing a silver wound badge taken in Holland in 1942. Sold together with three Second World War German letters, with post-war added SS stamps to the envelopes and a small group of German stamps.
ROYAL NAVY INTEREST - A photograph album compiled by Dr Thomas Warden, circa 1860-70, comprising 68 leaves with approximately 290 mounted albumen photographs, including numerous portraits identified in the mounts. Many relate to people Dr Warden encountered as Staff Surgeon onboard HMS Psyche.The album begins with a personalised name inscription and date 1869, together with four portraits of Dr Thomas Warden from 1867-1870. Subsequent pages have pictures of fellow Royal Naval officers from HMS Exmouth (1860-61): Alfred (Thomas) Dering Nettleton, Lt. Jacky Balfour, Lt. Paddy Abbott and Lt. V.A Castle. Followed by other portraits, including other Royal Navy and Royal Marine seamen, such as Captain Sir Francis Blackwood (4th Baronet); two Commanders of HMS Psyche (Robert Sterne and Arthur Rodney Blane) and a full-length portrait of Major Terence Waverley Smythe, the captain of the 100th (Prince of Wales's Royal Canadian) Regiment of Foot; John Hales Montagu Calcraft, Second Master James Walsh, Surgeon Marmaduke Ward (Horatio Nelson's grandson) etc. Peppered throughout the portrait pages and filling subsequent pages are topographical photographs of Alameda; Miramar, Trieste, San Carlo Napoli; Genoa, 1866, Princess Street, Edinburgh; a shot of HMS Psyche at Civitavecchia in 1868, together with various artwork and paintings including the "Revenge", the "Bay of Biscay" and the "Bombay" on fire etc. Notes: Dr Thomas Warden (b. 30th Mar 1838 in Edinburgh, Scotland - d. 10th December 1875 in Hampshire, England). He was appointed to HMS Psyche in 1862 and the HMS Aurora in 1872.A newspaper article about Dr Warden's death in the Hampshire Telegraph and Naval Chronicle dated 15th December 1875 "SUDDEN DEATH OF STAFF-SURGEON IN THE ROYAL NAVY" describes the circumstances surrounding his death. After taking sick leave from his post on HMS Asia, he frequently suffered seizures on a worsening basis. Despite this, he much preferred to self-medicate rather than seek the assistance of fellow doctors. At the end of 1875, one of his housemates found his body at the foot of his bedstead. It is presumed that, after a few days of looking noticeably pale and unwell, he had a final seizure from which he, unfortunately, did not recover.Photographs pasted down, album spine defective, pages loose. Many pages are dog-eared at the edges and generally worn, with foxing and discolouration.
A good Royal Navy photograph album, circa 1883-95, compiled by Lieutenant Henry Bradshaw. Containing 148 albumen print photographs, including several large 9 x 6" and some others 10 1/2 x 8 1/5, captioned throughout. Photographs include a wide range of good topographical and other related photographs, including during his early service with the newly formed Training Squadron (1885). Locations include the new and old Lighthouses at Eddystone in Plymouth (showing Smeaton's Tower before its move), Dartmouth, Plymouth, Gibraltar, Malta, Alexandria, Suez Canel, Funchal, Madeira, Bermuda, Antigua, Barbados, Stockholm, Havana and Costa Rica. Royal Navy Vessels photographed include HMS Dreadnought, HMS Tenedos and HMS Tartar. Elsewhere, the album has a photograph of the crew of the Tenedos at Point of Beach, Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, Canada; taken when the ship was anchored at the request of the governor following the Harbour Grace Affray; together with scenes such as the interior of Admiralty House in Valetta (Malta) in 1892, “Camel fighting at Smyrna”, the Upper Deck and the "Landing Party" of HMS Active in 1888, "One of the trenches - Tel El Kebir" and crew pictures including the Stokers, Quartermaster and Signalmen from HMS Dreadnought. The album concludes with a portrait of Henry Bradshaw taken at R. Ellis Studio in Malta, with the inscription 'from HBB' and dated '92 (1892). (album spine board detached) Notes: Henry Buller Bradshaw was born on 11th December 1867 and died in April 1921. He first appears as a Naval Cadet, aged 13, onboard the training ship HMS Britannia. Sold together with a photocopy of his Royal Navy service record confirming service on several of the featured ships during this time period.Many pages creased or slightly wavy, possibly from damp. Photographs are generally good, but a couple are very faded and with some folds or creases. The original board from the spine of the album is missing.
An interesting accumulation of items relating to William ‘Jim’ John Ashman, who travelled from Britain to the United States and enlisted with the 4th Infantry (Machine Gun Company) during the Mexican Revolution and U.S. Occupation of Veracruz before subsequently returning home to serve with the British Armed Forces in WW1. Comprising: Two large panoramic albumen photographs: 5th Brigade Camp, Fort Crockett, Texas, photo copyright 1915 by Medley and Henningsen; and 4th & 7th Infantry Camp, Fort Crockett, Texas 1914, photo copyright Medley and Glandford, each measuring 128cm x 23.5cm (previously framed, now rolled) Approximately 156 loose printed and real photographic postcards relating to America and Mexico, circa 1912-15. Subjects include military camp life and soldiers in Galveston and Veracruz, boxing matches and group portraits; the wreck of a U.S aeroplane at No. 11 Mobilization camp, Texas City; portrait of General Pancho and Mrs Villa; street scenes and views of daily life in Mexico; Mexican outlaws and ‘Mujereres Patriotas’ (with an inscription to reverse ‘I am not afraid of the men but I don’t like to come across this bunch, the women are worse than the men’). Other cards document deaths, damages, and consequences of the invasion, including damage to the Naval School building in Veracruz, prisoners being marched to their execution, and several graphic postcards of such as piles of the dead killed near the customs house (April 21st – 22nd, 1914). Related ephemera - Five Thanksgiving and Christmas Rosters/Menu Cards (‘D’ Company 4thS Infantry – Fort Crook Nebraska 1912 and Camp Crockett Texas, 1913 and 1914); a St Patrick’s Day Masquerade Ball ticket; United States Army Signal Book 1914, circulated Confederate States currency bank notes, including a $500 note; a Special Privilege Card; a copy of ‘American Occupation – Vera Cruz 1914’ (National Capital Press, 1914) named to William Ashman in the inside cover. Ashman’s pair of stirrups; leather gaiters; folding campaign rack, a medal or token commemorating the US Army on the Mexican Border, Galveston Texas; American Occupation of Veracruz Mexico 1914 medal (named to W.J Ashman, very worn) and another, unnamed, etc. A further album of printed postcards of the United States and Canada, including twenty-six different State Girl postcards, felt pennant postcards from Nova Scotia, various Fort Crockett illustrated humorous postcards etc. Together with items relating to Ashman’s service during WW1 and later (Glamorgan Yeomanry, Welsh Regiment and Shropshire Yeomanry): Comprising a bundle of dog tags, 1914-18 War Medal and Victory Medal (named to “320950 Pte. W. J Ashman). War Service badge, pair of Glamorgan shoulder titles. Welch cap badge and a Glamorgan Yeomanry Badge. General Joffre and 1914-1919 War commemorative medals. An Official Copy Soldier’s Prayer book and a copy of the New Testament. A collection of British postcards, including photographs of Ashman boxing and two further small albums of greetings postcards etc. A discharge certificate, dated 2nd July 1921. A small collection of business and trade cards together with a White Star line ticket (for his return to the UK in 1915), various invitations, business and trade cards. A brass button cleaner and two pocket knives.William John Ashman (b. 16th December 1890 - d. July 1970). Travelled to Halifax, Nova Scotia on 18th July 1912. Spent some time working as a cattle rancher before enlisting with the U.S Army on 16th October 1912. Returned home to the UK in 1915. Enlisted with the Welsh Regiment in the same year and later transferred to the Shropshire Yeomanry. Service numbers 320950 and (Tf)396246.The postcards in this lot were sent predominantly to Ashman's sister or parents. The majority are not postmarked, although they are often captioned to the reverse with additional personal commentary by Ashman. Some feature portraits of Ashman, including in uniform and, given his talent for bare-knuckle boxing, during boxing matches in both the United States and at home.
Spanish school of the first half of the 17th century."Portrait of a gentleman.Oil on copper.It presents original frame in iron and bronze.Measurements: 6,5 x 5 x 0,5 cm.This miniature of octagonal format represents a gentleman dressed in the fashion of the beginning of the 17th century. As in the rest of Europe, in the 19th century portraiture became the leading genre par excellence in Spanish painting, as a consequence of the new social structures, embodying the maximum expression of the transformation of the taste and mentality of the new bourgeois clientele. This genre embodies the permanent presence of the image of its protagonists, to be enjoyed in the intimacy of a studio, in the daily warmth of a family cabinet or presiding over the main rooms of the house.
French school ca. 1790."Portrait of a lady.Gouache on vellum.Size: 6,5 x 5 x 0,5 cm.Miniature of oval format representing a French lady dressed in the fashion of the end of the 18th century. Miniature portraits developed in Europe from the 16th century onwards. They consisted of small paintings set in objects such as medallions, table clocks or small boxes. The frame of these portraits was usually oval or circular. They were executed in a wide variety of techniques, such as oil on copper, pewter or ivory, gouaches on parchment or cardboard and, from the 18th century, watercolour on ivory. This delicate art was gradually lost from the second half of the 19th century, in parallel with the development of photography.
Modelled on ADRIAEN BROUWER (Belgium, 1605 - 1638), end of the 19th century."Man.Oil on canvas.Measurements: 33 x 28 cm; 52 x 47 cm (frame).Male portrait in which the protagonist is shown facing the spectator, with his face slightly turned to the left. Against a neutral background that monumentalises the figure of the young man, the artist reveals very few details of the sitter. A cap and a hat stand out against the austerity of the painting. The psychological aspect of the work, defined by his mischievous look accentuated by his smile, is given greater prominence. These characteristics are very much reminiscent of Boewer's painting.Brouwer trained in Holland in the studio of Frans Hals. However, conflicts with his master led the young man to flee to Amsterdam, finally settling permanently in Antwerp in 1931, where he died prematurely only seven years later. Between 1631 and 1632 he became a teacher at the Guild of Saint Luke in Antwerp. Despite his short career, Brouwer was the creator of a new genre of genre within genre painting, namely tavern scenes. His works were chiefly small-format and generally depicted popular, low-life characters, usually drunkards, with a certain violence in their attitudes and behaviour. This type of image allowed Brouwer to experiment with capturing emotions and expressions of pain, fear and other feelings, revealing an interest in human aspects that went beyond the traditional conception of genre painting. Despite his legal and financial problems, Brouwer was a respected painter during his lifetime and in fact both Rubens and Rembrandt acquired some of his works. Today works by Adriaen Brouwer are housed in leading art galleries around the world, including the Louvre in Paris, the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, the Prado in Madrid, the Alte Pinakothek in Munich, the National Gallery in London, the Smithsonian in Washington D.C., the Kunstmuseum in Basel and the Ashmolean in Oxford.
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