A 19th Century Hand Written Account "The Observations on the Campaign of the Year 1815 (Waterloo)", in a maroon cloth bound notebook with leather spine, the inner cover inscribed James Mure, 20 Gloucester Place, Portman Square, the contents are very detailed, with numerous diagrams, notes and statistics, the first 86 pages are numbered, followed by 24 un-numbered pages, the final paragraph reads " Surely no General ever deserved the credit of Victory less than the Duke of Wellington whom fortune, or we ought rather to say Providence, gave the Victory notwithstanding all his enormous faults"; a Small Quantity of Military Ephemera, mainly from the First/Second World Wars, including postcards and official Royal Navy Christmas cards, Field Report Books, Public Information leaflets etc, and two small bronze plaques dated 1916, each with profile bas relief bust portrait of a British high ranking officer - possibly Haig
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HMS Foudroyant Interest: a 24 lb Cannon Ball, later painted black, set on an oak circular plinth, the edge carved CANNON SHOT 24 H.M.S. FOUDROYANT 1800 MALTA NAPLES, circumference 49cm; a Spittoon, made from copper salvage, of semi fluted globular form with undulating flange rim set with a bust seal of Horatio Viscount Nelson, 20cm; an Oak Walking Cane, made from salvaged wood, the copper pommel embossed with the Nelson seal and portrait of the ship; also, an unrelated cluster of grape shot wrapped in canvas (4)
A First World War Memorial Plaque, to Gunner BERNARD ROFFEY, Royal Field Artillery, set to the pediment of a carved oak plaque with bronzed plaster insert modelled with two soldiers flanking a memorial card; also, a First World War Naval silk picture with lifebuoy framing a portrait photograph, and five unframed military prints (7)Condition report: The top part of the pediment has broken off and is missing.
A First World Pair, comprising British War Medal and Victory Medal, awarded to 5-42480 PTE.D.(David) McKINLEY, GORDONS, together with his dog tag, silver cigarette case, Red Cross Society 1914-18 War Service medal, Glengarry cap and Tam o'Shanter cap with badges, an overpainted portrait photograph, a small quantity of postcards, two Christmas cards, a snapshot album and related ephemera; a First World War Pair, comprising British War Medal and Victory Medal, awarded to 67217 PTE. J.W. STENHOUSE, M.G.C.
18TH CENTURY OAK BUREAU, later carved with acanthus leaves and portrait medallions to the top fall and drawer fronts, stepped fitted interior with well slide, pierced brass escutcheon, 104h x 89w x 50cms, along with a Victorian walnut oval table, 104cms long (one pillar replaced with chair leg), and an Edwardian mahogany and marquetry corner chair (3)
A pair of mirrored frames a/f together with a framed photographic portrait of three gentlemen, an embroidered picture of two parrots, tapestry of a bouquet of flowers, painting on silk of flowers, print entitled English Landscape depicting an umbrella, rolled map of Norwich and two prints (10)
Late 18th century oval miniature portrait of a gentleman in a red jacket, painted on on ivory within a beaded gold coloured metal frame, signed indistinctly, (probably a clasp from a pearl bracelet) 3.5cm x 3cm, 18th century oval miniature of a young woman painted on ivory, set in a gold coloured metal mourning locket 7cm x 5cm and two oval miniatures of young men, (4)
England: A collection of assorted England framed football memorabilia to include: a signed First Day Cover signed by ten various members of the 1966 World Cup squad, signatures faded, a framed Alf Ramsey limited edition portrait print with signature, Gordon Banks montage with signature, signed Michael Owen photograph with £1 First Day Coin Cover, and signed England squad photograph from the Germany 1-5 England game, glass damaged. (5)
O'Flaherty (Liam) Civil War, unopened, light foxing to endpapers, spine a little chipped, 1925; The Child of God, the odd spot, 1926; Darkness. A Tragedy in Three Acts, frontispiece portrait of the author by William Roberts, signed in lower margin by artist, 1926, each one of 100 copies signed by the author, original marbled wrappers, some fading to covers; and 4 others, pamphlets by the same, 8vo (7)
Hughes (Ted) Adam and the Sacred Nine, title in red and blue, illustrations by Leonard Baskin, original blue calf, rubbed, t.e.g., others uncut, slip-case, 1978; Henry Williamson. A Tribute, tipped in frontispiece portrait, original wrappers, uncut, 1979, each one of 200 copies signed by the author, [Sagar & Tabor A59 & A68], Rainbow Press, 8vo (2)
O'Flaherty (Liam) The Life of Tim Healy, A. L. s. from Healy loosely inserted, frontispiece portrait loosely inserted, bookplate of Dennis Wheatley to pastedown, light foxing or browning to endpapers, jacket with light sunning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, 1927; Two Years, frontispiece portrait, light browning to endpapers, jacket spine slightly browned, chipping to extremities with loss to lower panel, 1930; A Tourist's Guide to Ireland, jacket spine a little browned, light surface soiling, [1929], first editions, original cloth or boards, dust-jackets; and 5 others, biography and non-fiction by or about the same, 8vo (8)
Maugham (William Somerset) Cakes and Ale, signed by artist, lithographed frontispiece portrait and decorations by Graham Sutherland, glacine dust-jacket, chipped and browned, slip-case, [1954]; Ah King, 1933; A Writer's Notebook, signed presentation inscription from the author to Elsie Tritton "This book to dip into now and then" to endpaper, slip-case, 1949; The Vagrant Mood, slip-case, 1952, limited editions, signed by the author, original cloth or boards, [Stott A40d, A46b, A70c & A74a]; and the American limited edition of A Writer's Notebook, 8vo (5)⁂ Elsie Tritton (1897-1983), noted collector and friend of Maugham's who introduced the author to Alan Searle, Maugham's private secretary and companion for the final two decades of his life.
Sackville-West (Vita) The Heir, number 4 of 100 copies, of which first 50 for general sale, signed by the author below frontispiece portrait, ink ownership inscription and light browning to endpapers, original cloth, paper label to spine, spine and label a little browned, label rubbed, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light toning to covers, [Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A7b], 8vo, 1922.
NO RESERVE Conrad (Joseph) The Secret Agent, number 13 of 1000 copies signed by author, portrait frontispiece, bookplate, previous owner's ink signature, original parchment-backed boards, scattered faint spotting, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, 2 short tears to edges, lightly browned spine, slight chipping to spine extremities, 1923; Typhoon and other stories, first edition, original cloth, gilt, a little rubbed, slight bumping to spine extremities, 1903; 8vo (2).
Sackville-West (Vita) Orchard and Vineyard, first edition, signed by Lady Sackville on endpaper, spotting to edges, original cloth-backed boards, paper labels to spine and upper cover, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners a little bumped, [Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A6a], 1921; The Land, second impression, signed by the author on title with strike through printed name, bookplate of Victoria Sackville to facing page, small photo-portrait of the author laid onto title, occasional scattered foxing, original cloth, paper label to spine, 1926, 8vo (2)
Yeats (William Butler) A Vision: An Explanation of Life Founded upon the Writings of Giraldus upon Certain Doctrines attributed to Kusta Ben Luka, one of 600 copies signed by Yeats, portrait frontispiece, plate and illustrations by Dulac printed on brown paper, original parchment-backed boards, sunned spine as usual, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 8vo, 1925.
Sackville-West (Vita) The Heir. A Love Story, number 93 of 100 copies signed by the author below frontispiece portrait of which number 51 to 100 are for private circulation, signed presentation inscription from Lady Sackville to Alice Warrender "In anticipation of the much-valued prize given to young writers through her great generosity from the author's mother (B. M.)" to endpaper, additionally signed below dedication, browning to endpapers, original cloth-backed boards, paper label to spine, label browned and rubbed, [Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A7b2]8vo, Printed for Private Circulation, [1922].⁂ An excellent association inscribed by the dedicatee to the philanthropist Alice Warrender, the founder of the Hawthornden Prize. Sackville-West would win the prize twice, for The Land in 1926 and her Collected Poems in 1933. The book is dedicated to "B.M." which Lady Sackville identifies as referring to her on the dedication page ("Bonne Maman").
NO RESERVE Crozier (Brig. Gen. F. P.) A Brass Hat in No Man's Land, first edition, portrait frontispiece, small ink stamp to front endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, two small tape reinforcements to verso, corners of flaps clipped, 8vo, 1930.⁂ A biography from the commander of the 36th Ulster Division, who saw action at Thiepval on thefirst day of the battle of the Somme.
O'Flaherty (Liam) Seán Ó Faoláin, H. E. Bates, T. F. Powys and others. Charles' Wain, a miscellany of Short Stories, one of 85 copies signed by the contributors, this copy out-of-series marked "Charles' copy", frontispiece portrait by Nina Hamnett signed in pencil below, ownership inscription to pastedown, original cloth, light toning to spine, 1933; and 10 others with contributions by O'Flaherty, 8vo (11)⁂ The publisher Charles Lahr's own copy of this anthology of short stories collected together to rescue him from his financial difficulties.
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NO RESERVE Addy (G. H.) A Memoir [of] Kenneth James Balguy Addy, signed presentation inscription from the author to front endpaper, portrait frontispiece, contemporary photograph loosely inserted, occasional light foxing, original cloth-backed boards, 1916 § Sasson (Siegfried) Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, first edition, original cloth, lightly sunned, dust-jacket, spine toned, a few small tears and chips to edges, light surface soiling, 1930, 8vo, (2)⁂ The collection of Lieutenant Addy's correspondence from the trenches was collated by his father who contributes a moving foreword, and privately printed. Photograph is of Kenneth Addy and two family members.
NO RESERVE Bruce (Talbot Baines) "Missing", first edition, portrait frontispiece, ink ownership inscription to front pastedown, very occasional light foxing, original cloth, dust-jacket, toning to spine and folds, small tear at upper joint spine head, upper edge very slightly creased, 8vo, 1930.
Joyce (James) A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, first English edition, half-title, faint abrasion mark to front pastedown where inscription erased, original cloth, slight bumping and fraying to spine extremities, small split to spine head, fading to upper cover, otherwise a very good copy, [Slocum & Cahoon A12], 8vo, 1916 [but 1917].⁂ One of c.750 copies bound with sheets from the American first edition, after English printers refused to run the risk of printing it.
NO RESERVE Day (Jeffery) Poems and Rhymes, portrait frontispiece, original cloth, dust-jacket, toning to spine and upper panel, 1919 § Bowman (Archibald Allan) Sonnets from a Prison Camp, small marginal tear to p.19, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket, some toning to spine and folds, a few very small chips at spine head and folds, 1919 § Herbert (A. P.) The Bomber Gipsy and Other Poems, endpapers browned, original cloth, dust-jacket, very light surface soiling, 1919; and 5 others similar in original wrappers, poetry, 8vo (8)⁂ Collections of poets from some of the most celebrated poets of their sections of the Armed Forces; e.g. Day was recognised as the most famous poet in the Royal Naval Air Service during the First World War.
Maugham (William Somerset) Strictly Personal, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Elsie Tritton on endpaper, frontispiece portrait, some light marginal toning, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, dust-jacket, very light toning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, creasing to head and foot, repairs to verso, [Stott A60d], 8vo, 1942.⁂ Maugham's collection of recollections from his period in France during the Second World War, rare signed. Elsie Tritton (1897-1983), noted collector and friend of Maugham's who introduced the author to Alan Searle, Maugham's private secretary and companion for the final two decades of his life.
Maugham (William Somerset) The Judgement Seat, frontispiece by Ulrica Hyde signed by the artist below in pencil, some very light fading to covers, Centaur Press, 1934; The Unconquered, tissue dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped, New York, House of Books, 1944; The Book-Bag, frontispiece portrait, uncut and unopened, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners, a little chipped and creased, Florence, G. Orioli, 1932, limited editions signed by the author, original cloth or boards, near-fine generally, [Stott A48, A62 & A43b]; and 10 others, periodicals with contributions by Maugham, 8vo & folio (13)
O'Flaherty (Liam) Darkness. A Tragedy in Three Acts, number 4 of 100 copies signed by the author, with additional signed presentation inscription from the author to endpaper, portrait frontispiece by William Roberts, signed in lower margin by the artist in pencil, original marbled wrappers, uncut, a fine copy, preserved in custom cloth chemise and morocco-backed slip-case, 4to, E. Archer, 1926.
Sackville-West (Vita).- Nicolson (Nigel) Portrait of a Marriage, signed by the author on title, jacket with rubbing and creasing to head and foot, 1973 § Nicolson (Harold) Diaries and Letters, 3 vol., New York, 1966-68 § Jullian (Philippe) and John Phillips. Violet Treyfusis. Life and Letters, ink ownership inscription of Ursula Codrington (Sackville-West's secretary) to endpaper, A.C.s. from Vita Sackville-West to Codrington in autograph envelope loosely inserted, 1976 § DeSalvo (Louise) and Mitchell A. Leaska, editor. The Letters of Vita Sackville-West to Virginia Woolf, New York, 1985 § Lee-Milne (James) Harold Nicolson a Biography, 2 vol., 1980-81, first or first American editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and c.35 others, Vita Sackville-West, Harold Nicolson and their circle, v.s. (c.40)
Dominicus Custos (Flemish, c1560-1612). After Giovanni Battista Fontana. 'Armamentarium Heroicum'. A set of eight hand coloured portrait engravings each depicting a knight within an ornate architectural alcove with a blank title cartouche below. Published c1603. The portraits include Frederick II, King of Denmark and Norway; Louis II, King of Hungary and Bohemia; Giovanni Maria Fregosa and Ferdinandus Consaluus of Cordoba. Each sheet 48.5 x 33.5cm. Framed and glazed (8)
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