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Royal ephemera related to Edward VIII, comprising a signed portrait print by Van Dyke, in a silver mounted easel back frame, together with a further silver topped walking stick with Royal cipher, and Christmas card tags to Kenneth Crisp, signed by Edward, and a press cutting relating to Horace Crisp. Provenance: Horace Crisp was a valet to Edward VIII and items passed to his son and on to the current owner. Length of walking stick 85cm long
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An unusual early 20th century needlework and mixed media picture with Psalm 73.23 written in German text with a central crucifix, decorated with stars formed of folded paper and surrounded by floral sprays, the crucifix with a central portrait of Christ, the work signed 'Karolina Rusam' and dated 1916, image size 41 x 55cm, set into a moulded gilt frame
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A Persian Steel Kulah Khud, And Two Australian Aboriginal Clubs (Waddy Or Nulla Nulla) The First Qajar, 19th CenturyThe first with domed steel skull etched with a sun, the ground between the rays etched with foliage alternately inhabited by a male portrait bust in contemporary costume, the rim bordered by panels of Persian verses in cursive script, fitted with two plume-holders, adjustable nasal with shaped finials, and vandyked camail (some losses, central spike missing, surface rust patination); the second each of characteristic form and carved with narrow grooves over most of their surface, one retaining much of its spinifex gum terminal (3)The first 15 cm. high, the second 73 cm. and 63 cm. long For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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An Unusual English BackswordCirca 1640-50With tapering blade cut with two fullers along the back over nearly its entire length to the double-edged point, the fullers on each side of the forte incised with bladesmith's name 'Heinrich Kolle' between cross potent marks, the ricasso on one side indistinctly struck with a mark, a crucifix with sacred 'INHS' monogram above, iron hilt comprising cup-guard chiselled with trophies of arms and with a cuirassier on horseback on one side probably representing Charles I, all against punched grounds, an outer side-ring above on each side with central portrait medallion and swept-up to join the knuckle-guard, the latter chiselled with foliage on each side, screwed to the pommel and with vertical lobed quillon against the front of the guard, down bent ovoidal flat rear quillon chiselled with a mask on one side and a leaf on the other, compressed globular pommel chiselled with trophies en suite with the guard, and wooden grip bound with twisted copper wire between Turk's heads 95 cm. bladeFootnotes:ProvenanceSold in these Rooms, Antique Arms & Armour..., 25 November 2015, lot 98For a sword with hilt of similar form including unusual hooked front quillon, see A.R. Dufty, European Swords And Daggers In The Tower Of London, 1974, p. 20, pl. 29 bFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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A German 32-Bore Wheel-Lock Holster Pistol (Puffer)Augsburg, Late 16th CenturyWith swamped two-stage barrel etched with foliage at a later date in front of the girdle and along the top flats of the octagonal breech, the latter struck with maker's mark of M. Klein of Augsburg (Neue Støckel 3955) and with Augsburg mark, tang with later etching, flat lock etched en suite with the barrel and with circular wheel-retaining bracket pierced with a pair of monsters and retained by two screws, sprung manually-operated pan-cover, cock engraved with a further monster and operating on a chiselled spring between a pillar-shaped bridle secured by two screws, and pivoting safety-catch (button replaced) acting against an external spring, blackened full stock inlaid with white staghorn or bone panels between slender horn lines and borders mainly engraved with blackened guilloche, repeated foliage and scrollwork, opposite the lock with addorsed monsters each with a bearded human head, and on either side of the tang with a foliated portrait bust, compressed ball-pommel inlaid with horn roundels each engraved as a flower-head and between bands of guilloche, ramrod-pipes engraved respectively with a blackened helmeted male profile bust and a bird, each within a cartouche, slender iron trigger-guard and baluster trigger, horn fore-end cap engraved with overlapping foliage, later ramrod with tip en suite, and in fine condition 31.8 cm. barrelFootnotes:ProvenanceClapp and Graham, New York 1926Property sold by the Art Institute of Chicago, from the George F. Harding Collection to benefit the Harding Collection of Arms and Armor, Christie's London, Antique Arms And Armour..., 20 September 2007, lot 151This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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A Fine Lloyd's Patriotic Fund Trafalgar Sword Of £100 Value To Philip Chas. Durham Esq.R, Captain Of H.M.S. DefianceDated 21st Octr., 1805With curved single-edged hollow-ground blade richly etched and gilt against a blued ground (some old loss of finish) with flowers, foliage, entwined dolphins, naval and martial trophies, figures of Britannia and Victory, crowned arms and cypher of George III, the recipient's initials in a starburst above a phoenix and the presentation inscription, stirrup hilt of ormolu, the quillons formed as a fasces, the knuckle-guard as a club of Hercules entwined by a snake, the langets cast with acanthus foliage and naval trophies, the back-piece of the partly chequered ivory grip cast as the skin of the Nemean Lion, in its original foliate engraved scabbard of ormolu decorated with naval medallions on each side cast and chased with figures of Britannia framed by the inscription 'Defiance Nelson Trafalgar 21st Octr. 1805', Hercules with the Hydra, and the Nemean Lion, the open panels cast, pierced and chased with naval trophies on navy blue velvet grounds, the two suspension loops in the form of coiled serpents, the chape with a border of graduated beads, the top edge of the locket signed 'R. Teed Sword Cutler Lancaster Court Strand', and retaining nearly all its original blued and gilt finish 78 cm. bladeFootnotes:The presentation inscription reads: 'From The Patriotic Fund At Lloyds To Philip Chas. Durham Esqr. Cap.tn Of H.M.S. Defiance For His Meritorious Services In Contributing To The Signal Victory Obtained Over The Combined Fleets Of France And Spain Off Cape Trafalgar On The 21st Oct.r 1805.'Philip Charles Durham was born in Largo, Fifeshire in 1763 and entered the navy in July 1777 seeing much action in America, the Mediterranean and the West Indies. He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1782 and in 1792 with the rank of Commander, he was appointed to the Spitfire. It was at this time that he was awarded the first piece of plate given by Lloyds, valued at 100 guineas and was promoted to post rank. He was appointed to the Anson (46) in 1794. In 1798 after capturing La Loire (46) he obtained the thanks of Parliament and was presented by the Duke of Clarence with his own sword and belt. In 1801, whilst in command of the Endymion (40) he bought home a convoy of 10 Indiamen from St. Helena for which he was awarded by the Court of Directors a piece of plate valued at 500 guineas.In May 1803 he took command of the Defiance (79) and took part in the battle of Trafalgar where he was slightly wounded. He saw further action in the Mediterranean on the Renown (74). He was promoted Rear Admiral in 1810 and in 1813 appointed to the chief command of the Leeward Islands. On his way out he captured two frigates, went on to clear the area of American cruisers and took part in the reduction of Martinique and Guadeloupe. In 1819 he was promoted to Vice-Admiral and to full Admiral in 1830. In 1836 he was appointed Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth. He was member of Parliament for Queensborough in 1830, and for Devizes between 1835 and 1836. He died in Naples on 2 April 1845. His portrait hangs in the Painted Hall, GreenwichH.M.S. Defiance was built on the Thames and commissioned in 1794; until 1799 she suffered with a number of mutinous crews but subsequently saw much action in the Mediterranean, Copenhagen, Finisterre, Trafalgar, L'Orient and was the ship from which Wellington landed at Coruna. She took part in further actions with distinction until being paid off at Chatham in 1813ProvenanceSotheby's London, Modern Sporting Guns and Firearms; Arms, Armour and Militaria, 8 December 1988, lot 434LiteratureCommander W.E. May, R.N. and P.G. Annis, Swords For Sea Service, 1970, p. 70The original case for the sword was sold Phillips Scotland, The Meldonfoot Collection, 1 October 1991, lot 162This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory. The United States Government has banned the import of ivory into the USA.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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A Cased Colt-Root 1855 Model (2) Percussion Side-Hammer Pocket Revolver No. 17878 For 1857The barrel with pointing hand motif, 'Colt's Pt. 1855' and two line Hartford address all between cross marks, cylinder with integral nipples and roll engraved cabin and Indian scene, frame and back-strap retaining some original blueing, ivory grip carved in relief on one side with a profile portrait bust of a cavalry officer, and matching numbers (some old wear and patination): in original mahogany case (old repairs along the back of the lid) fitted and lined in plum velvet with accessories including powder-flask embossed on each side with American eagle and shield design between stars and motto, and brass bullet mould stamped 'Colt's Patent' 8.9 cm. barrelThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory. The United States Government has banned the import of ivory into the USA.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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A Fine Austrian 22-Bore Percussion Silver-Mounted Sporting GunMid-18th Century, Rebuilt From Flintlock In The Mid-19th Century, Probably VienneseWith barrel retaining some blueing and with raised sighting rib over most of its length, silver fore-sight centred on chiselled symmetrical foliage involving a shell on each side and against finely punched gilt grounds, the breech section chiselled in relief with a landscape scene involving Meleager armed with a quiver and presenting the boar's head to the seated figure of Atalanta, a female profile bust within a crowned palm wreath above surmounted by drapery issuing from a satyr's mask, all within symmetrical arrangements of strapwork and foliage against finely punched gilt grounds, breech and bolster, tang and dolphin hammer all decorated en suite, rounded lock chiselled with a sportsman shooting a hare in a landscape inhabited by wildfowl on a lake, all within a scalloped border and against finely punched gilt grounds, moulded figured full stock (replaced at the muzzle) carved in relief with foliage and involving a grotesque mask behind the barrel tang, full mounts cast and chased in low relief against finely punched gilt grounds and comprising shaped side-plate with gundogs and game in a wooded landscape, crowned escutcheon with a bust of Diana framed by strapwork and crossed palms, butt-plate with the figure of Diana in a landscape surmounted by a hound's mask, a female mask, a female portrait bust against a crossed bow and quiver, and a grotesque mask against a shell, drapery issuing from its mouth, all along the heel tang within foliate borders, the plate with a panel of symmetrical foliage and shells en suite, crowned owner's coat-of-arms above probably engraved at the time of conversion, and old armoury number 'No. 274' below, trigger-guard and rear ramrod-terminal en suite, the former with a hound and fallen boar in a wooden landscape on the bow, baluster ramrod-pipes, replacement dark horn fore-end cap, and contemporary ramrod with horn tip 96 cm. barrelFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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Two German Powder-FlasksThe First Dated Ao Dni 1570, The Second Late 16th CenturyBoth with forked body of natural staghorn, the first with polished dated front engraved with a half-length portrait of a nobleman in contemporary costume between the initials 'A' and 'N H', all within decorative line engraved borders, iron mounts (rust patinated) including turned nozzle with sprung tap, and four later suspension rings; the second carved in low relief with a couple in contemporary costume (small area of damage, iron mounts replaced, belt hook and suspension ring missing) (2)18 cm. and 21 cm. high Footnotes:ProvenanceChristie's South Kensington, Antique Arms And Armour, 21 May 2008, lot 70This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
![D & S LYSONS: ENGRAVED VIEWS Devon Volume II 1822, [disbound]; together with F GROSE: 'Devonshire' (extracted from 'The A](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/05e469f3-e34a-432e-a6a2-adc200c382a2/9c7f12ba-ffbb-408e-907a-ade500bf56d0/468x382.jpg)
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D & S LYSONS: ENGRAVED VIEWS Devon Volume II 1822, [disbound]; together with F GROSE: 'Devonshire' (extracted from 'The Antiquities of England and Wales). [4 engraved plts]; together with Miss PARDOE: 'The Beauties of The Bosphorous', [engraved portrait frontis, title page and 24 plts, library cloth binding]. (3). Est. £30 - £40.
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American Civil War. Collection of memoirs, biographies and letters, including:1) Davis (Varina Jefferson). Jefferson Davis. Ex-President of the Confederate States of America. A Memoir by his Wife, 1st edition, New York: Belford Company, 1890. 2 volumes, 8vo, original cloth, photogravure portrait frontispieces, numerous halftone photographic plates, folding map, bindings rubbed,2) Grant (Ulysses S.). Personal Memoirs, 1st UK edition, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1885. 2 volumes, 8vo, original cloth, 3 engraved plates including frontispieces, 3 plates of manuscript facsimile, folding map, numerous maps in text, spines sunned and nicked, volume 2 largely unopened,3) Sheridan (P. H.). Personal Memoirs, 1st UK edition, London: Chatto & Windus, 1888. 2 volumes, 8vo, original cloth, engraved frontispieces, 11 folding maps,4) Thompson (Robert Means, & Richard Wainwright). Confidential Correspondence of Gustavus Vasa Fox, Assistance Secretary of the Navy 1861-1865, 1st edition, number 625 of 1200 copies 'for the society only', New York: for the Naval History Society by the De Vinne Press, 1918. 2 volumes, 8vo, original half vellum, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, 3 photogravure plates including frontispieces, retaining one slipcase (of two),and 12 others, including: Private and Official Correspondence of Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, 1st edition, Norwood, MA: privately issued, 1917 (5 volumes, 8vo, original cloth); Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, Major General United States Army, 1st edition, New York, 1908 (2 volumes, 8vo, original cloth); The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army, 1st edition, New York, 1913 (2 volumes, 8vo, original cloth); A. L. Long, Memoirs of Robert E. Lee, 1st edition, New York, 1887 (8vo, modern cloth); and similar, the lot not fully collated and sold as seen (qty: 38)
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Eric Hosking OBE Hon. FRPS FBIPP (1909-1991). Set of original photographs, c.1935-55. 5 large gelatin silver prints of birds of prey, portrait and landscape, 370 x 295 mm or reverse, each separately mounted, framed and glazed, signed by Eric Hosking on mount, titles comprising: Sparrow Hawk with young; Marsh Harrier hovering over nest with food in talon; Montagu's Harriers at nest; Buzzard with chicks; Kestrel and young (first four titles provided in manuscript on mount; Kestrel and young thus titled in printed label on verso) (qty: 5)THE LIBRARY, PICTURES & CAMERA COLLECTION OF ERIC HOSKING OBE HON. FRPS FBIPP (1909-1991)Footnote: Sold to benefit the Eric Hosking Charitable Trust, together with a complimentary copy of Eric Hosking's Classic Birds (London: HarperCollins, 1993), one of 1000 copies signed by co-author David Hosking.
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Eric Hosking OBE Hon. FRPS FBIPP (1909-1991). Set of original photographs, c.1935-55. 8 large gelatin silver prints of waders or waterfowl, portrait and landscape, 370 x 295 mm or reverse, each separately mounted, framed and glazed, signed by Eric Hosking on mount, most also with manuscript titles, titles or subjects comprising: Avocet - aggressive display [2 versions]; Avocet with young; Heron, spreading wings while sunbathing; Red-breaster merganser; Wigeon; Black-tailed godwit; and [Stone curlews]; together with 3 additional framed and glazed montages each of 4 smaller prints (150 x 200 mm), titled 'Stone curlew - attitudes while brooding', 'Stone curlew - last scenes at the nest', and 'Male dotterel' (qty: 11)THE LIBRARY, PICTURES & CAMERA COLLECTION OF ERIC HOSKING OBE HON. FRPS FBIPP (1909-1991)Footnote: Sold to benefit the Eric Hosking Charitable Trust, together with a complimentary copy of Eric Hosking's Classic Birds (London: HarperCollins, 1993), one of 1000 copies signed by co-author David Hosking.
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Eric Hosking OBE Hon. FRPS FBIPP (1909-1991). Set of original photographs, c.1935-55. 10 large gelatin silver prints of songbirds etc., portrait and landscape, 370 x 295 mm or reverse, each separately mounted, framed and glazed, signed by Eric Hosking on mount, titles or subjects comprise: Nightjar; Golden plover and young; Starlings assembling before going to roost; Ring ouzel; Yellowhammer; Dartford warbler; Crested tit; Red-backed shrike, aggressive attitude; [Pied flycatcher]; [Redstart in flight] (qty: 10)THE LIBRARY, PICTURES & CAMERA COLLECTION OF ERIC HOSKING OBE HON. FRPS FBIPP (1909-1991)Footnote: Sold to benefit the Eric Hosking Charitable Trust, together with a complimentary copy of Eric Hosking's Classic Birds (London: HarperCollins, 1993), one of 1000 copies signed by co-author David Hosking.
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Aelfric of Eynsham (fl. c.955-1010). An English-Saxon Homily on the Birth-Day of St. Gregory: Anciently used in the English-Saxon Church. Giving an Account of the Conversion of the English from Paganism to Christianity. Translated into Modern English, with Notes, etc. By Eliz[abeth] Elstob, 1st edition, London: W. Bowyer, 1709. 8vo in half-sheets (228 x 134 mm), contemporary panelled calf (rubbed, craquelure to covers, wear to extremities, joints cracked at ends), engraved frontispiece, title-page vignette, 4 headpieces and 5 historiated or portrait initials, Anglo-Saxon and English text in parallel column, light toning, frontispiece slightly offset, occasional marginal damp-staining (extending into headlines and texts towards rear) (qty: 1)Provenance: George Wilbraham (1779-1852), Whig politician, of Delamere House, Northwich, Cheshire (bookplate).Footnote: ESTC T86163.
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Antiquarian. Collection of antiquarian literature from a North Yorkshire country estate, 17th-19th century, including:1) Planta (Joseph). The History of the Helvetic Confederacy, London: John Stockdale, 1800. 2 volumes, 4to, uncut in original boards, engraved folding map, engraved title-pages, wear to spine-ends, damp-staining towards front of volume 2,2) Robert, Prior of Shrewsbury. The Life, and Miracles, of S. Wenefride; Virgin, Martyr, and Abbess; Patroness of Wales, 3rd edition, [London: no publisher], 1712. 12mo (134 x 74 mm), contemporary panelled calf, contemporary ownership inscription ('Barbra Forser' [sic]) to title-page, engraved portrait frontispiece trimmed and mounted verso, bound with The Litanies of S. Wenefride, Virgin and Martyr, [London: no publisher], 1712, 8 pp.,3) Ward (Thomas). England's Reformation ... A Poem in Four Cantos, 3rd edition, London: E. More, 1719. 2 volumes, 12mo (160 x 94 mm), contemporary sprinkled calf gilt, ownership inscriptions ('Eliz. Messenger, 1753'),4) Tassoni (Alessandro). La secchia rapita, poema eroico, Parma: fratelli Bobsi, 1765. 16mo (142 x 90 mm), contemporary carta rustica, woodcut frontispiece, partly unopened, contemporary ownership inscription ('Catharine Lawson') to title, 5) [Henderson, Andrew]. A Full and Authentic History of the Rebellion MDCCXLV. and MDCCXLVI, London: W. Reeve and W. Owen, [1755]. 12mo (166 x 98 mm), contemporary calf (rubbed),and approx. 20 others (not collated), including Wilson The Farmer's Dictionary, c.1850 (2 volumes, 4to), Blackwall, The Sacred Classics defended and illustrated, 3rd edition, 1737 (2 volumes, 8vo), Piganiol de La Force, Nouveau Voyage de France, nouvelle édition, Paris, 1755 (2 volumes, 12mo, engraved folding maps), Travels of Cosmo the Third, Grand Duke of Tuscany, through England, 1st edition, 1821 (4to, disbound, sepia aquatint plates, folding panorama of London lacking section), and similar, including various Catholic interest in English and French (qty: 36)Footnote: ESTC T144801 (Planta), T99781 (Robert, Prior of Shrewsbury, The Life, and Miracles; twelve copies world-wide), T99780 (The Litanies of S. Wenefride: three copies world-wide).The Life, and Miracles of S. Wenefride was first printed by Caxton in 1485, and subsequently in 1635 by the Jesuits.
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Fergusson (W. N.). Adventure, Sport and Travel on the Tibetan Steppes, 1st edition, London: Constable and Company Limited, 1911. 8vo, original green pictorial cloth, half-title, photogravure portrait frontispiece, 2 lithographic folding maps, halftone illustrations from photographs throughout the text (many full-page), small mark to spine, a good copy, together with 7 others (not fully collated), including: Nansen, Farthest North, London: Archibald Constable, 1897 (2 volumes, 8vo, original cloth, extremities rubbed, spines rolled, spotting to early leaves); Wilfred Thesiger, Among the Mountains, 1st edition, 1998 (4to, original boards, dust jacket, signed by the author on plate mounted to title-page); Edward Thomas, The Icknield Way, 1st edition, 1913 (8vo, original green cloth gilt); Frieda Lawrence, "Not I, But The Wind ...", 1st edition, 1934 (8vo, original quarter buckram, signed by the author on the half-title verso); and similar (qty: 9)
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Hebraica & Judaica. Sermons, Addresses and Studies, by the Chief Rabbi (Dr. J. H. Hertz), London: Soncino Press, 1938. 3 volumes, 8vo, original deluxe binding of crushed green morocco, spines lettered in gilt, publisher's device to front covers gilt, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, portrait frontispiece, frequent Hebrew types (qty: 3)Footnote: First edition, deluxe issue, number 2 of 40 sets printed on hand-made paper and signed by the author on the limitation page, this copy further inscribed by him 'To Oscar Deutsch Esq, with the Chief Rabbi's best wishes to the patron of this literary undertaking, March '38'. Oscar Deutsch (1893-1941) was the founder of the Odeon cinema chain.
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Keats (John). Poems, London: C. & J. Ollier, 1817. Foolscap 8vo in half-sheets (159 x 98 mm), contemporary half calf by G. Cannon of Great Marlow (his ticket to front pastedown), pp. [6] 121, on wove paper watermarked 'John Dickinson 1813' (not Dickson as often stated), half-title, title-page with wood-engraved vignette portrait of Spenser, initial blank apparently original, spine defective, front board and first 7 leaves (from initial blank to signature B3) detached, very shallow nick to fore margins of title-page and dedication leaf (A3-4), B1 with 30 mm closed tear in fore margin extending into text, a few spots (qty: 1)Provenance: inscribed 'A.M.B., from H.H.M.B., June 29th 1897, Great Malvern' on the initial blank verso. These figures are Arthur Middlemore Bartleet (1866-1937), barrister and mountaineer (obituary, Alpine Journal, 1938, pp. 125-8), and his brother Hubert Humphrey Middlemore Bartleet (1869-1961), vicar of Great Malvern (private information, supplied by the vendor).Footnote: MacGillivray 1.First edition of Keats's first book, and one of only three books to be published in his lifetime.
![Milton (John). Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books. The Fifth Edition, Adorn'd with Sculptures [bound with:] Paradise Regai](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/db4af7a9-7339-4127-83a8-ad8a00c5b912/57da808c-5890-49f8-81b9-adcc00ff90f5/468x382.jpg)
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Milton (John). Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books. The Fifth Edition, Adorn'd with Sculptures [bound with:] Paradise Regain'd. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is added Samson Agonistes, London: for Jacob Tonson [by R. E. and are to be sold by Randal Taylor], 1692 & 1688. 2 works in 1 volume, folio (325 x 197 mm), contemporary panelled calf (covers detached and worn), Paradise Lost with engraved portrait frontispiece, 11 engraved plates (of 12: lacking plate to face Paradise Lost Book I), the title-page, following text-leaf ('The Verse') and frontispiece all loose, creased and chipped, various closed tears and related old repairs throughout, partly obscuring a few words, catchwords or signature marks in places (qty: 1)Footnote: ESTC R356 (Paradise Lost: seven copies in UK libraries) & R2091 (Paradise Regain'd).Condition report: Closed tears in: PL Book V plate; PL f. 2O2 (extensive); margins of PL ff. 2E1, 2G1 (touching catchword), 2Q2; PR f. H1. Repaired closed tears to: PL ff. 2A1, 2D1, 2C2, 2F2, 2L1-4 (lower margins), 2T1. Hole in: PR f. H3.
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New Lady's Magazine. The New Lady's Magazine; or, Polite, Useful, and Entertaining Monthly Companion for the Fair Sex, London: printed, by Royal Authority, for Alex. Hogg, 1792-6. 5 volumes, 8vo (210 x 120 mm), modern half morocco, each volume issued in 12 monthly numbers plus supplement (1792 without January-June; 1793 incomplete at end; 1796 with section-title for January only, presence or completeness of remaining numbers unknown), 133 engraved plates including frontispieces (many folding, depicting needlework patterns, cuts of meat, zoological subjects, portraits, literary scenes, topographical views, etc.), engraved volume-titles to volumes 1794-6, 22 leaves of folding music (one for each month plus supplement of 1792, and January-September 1793), required plate count unknown but evidently lacking at least 1792 frontispiece and volume-title, 1793 volume-title, and one plate at 1794 p. 59, main text of 1794-6 interspersed with runs of various other periodicals including the Monthly Intelligencer, Wonderful Magazine, and an edition of Pamela, various nicks, creases and tears to plates (generally minor), 1793 frontispiece laid down, January with erosion to lower margin, 1794 with worming in gutter to June (occasional light worming elsewhere), a few other blemishes, the set sold as seen, together with:Kinnersley (Thomas, editor). The Matrimonial Miscellany, and Mirror of Human Nature; containing Essays on Happiness, and Various Subjects connected with Conjugal Felicity [volume 2: The Fruitless Inquiry, or Search after Happiness, written by the Celebrated Mrs. Hayward, corrected and improved], 1st edition, London: T. Kinersley, 1818-19. 2 volumes, 8vo (209 x 126 mm), contemporary tree sheep (rebacked and recornered with original spines laid down, labels renewed, volume 1 front board near detached), volume 1 with 13 engraved plates, volume 2 with 12 (including a portrait, not listed), plates spotted (qty: 7)Provenance: John Harold Fawcett CMG (1929-2019), British diplomat (ownership inscription to volume 3 frontispiece verso).Footnote: ESTC P2594 (New Lady's Magazine, 1786-93) & P2599 (ibid. 1794-5; later numbers not listed). Library Hub traces two copies only of The Matrimonial Miscellany (BL and Oxford), and one or perhaps two complete sets including The Fruitless Inquiry, whose status as the second volume (and not a separate work) is evident in the notice to subscribers in the first.
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Pope (Alexander). The Works. In Nine Volumes, Complete. With his Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements, Dublin: G. Faulkner, and A. Bradley, 1769. 9 volumes, 12mo (170 x 95 mm), contemporary speckled calf, gilt rules, twin morocco labels, volume 2 rear joint partially cracked, marginal worming to volume 8, a good set,Montagu (Mary Wortley). The Works, London: Richard Phillips, 1803. 5 volumes, 12mo (166 x 95 mm), contemporary straight-grain reddish-brown half roan, engraved portrait frontispiece, volume 5 title-page discarded (retaining half-title),Dryden (John, translator). The Works of Virgil, translated into English Verse. A New Edition, London: J. Johnson [and others], 1806. 4 volumes, 12mo (148 x 90 mm), contemporary diced blue calf gilt, spines rubbed,Hawthorne (Nathaniel). [The Works], London: Walter Scott, Limited, c.1890. 12 volumes in 6, small 8vo (152 x 98 mm), contemporary maroon half calf, gilt spines,and approx. 20 others, mainly French literature, 18th and 19th century, small formats, in fine contemporary bindings, including La Fontaine, Contes, London, 1781 (2 volumes, contemporary mottled tan calf gilt), Florian, Gonzalve de Cordoue, Paris, 1823 (3 volumes, contemporary marbled sheep gilt), editions of Corneille, Regnard, Daudet, and similar, the lot not fully collated and sold as a collection of fine bindings (qty: 63)Provenance: John Harold Fawcett CMG (1929-2019), British diplomat, though not marked as such.Footnote: ESTC T5449 (Pope: ten copies world-wide).
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George VI (1895-1952, & Elizabeth, 1900-2002, King and Queen of Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Dominions beyond the Seas). Signed portrait photograph, 1927. Three-quarter-length portrait photograph of George and Elizabeth as the Duke and Duchess of York, gelatin silver print with embossed trademark of Vandyk of London, signed 'Elizabeth, 1927' and 'Albert' in lower margin in brown ink, glazed and in a contemporary straight-grain black morocco frame with brass 'EA' monogram and crown mounted to pediment, aperture 195 x 132 mm, support missing from rear of frame (qty: 1)Provenance: by family repute acquired in Australia during the royal tour of 1927.
![World War I Poetry. 'Cameo's [sic] of the Great War. By J. Denton-Thompson', c.1930. Typescript, 64 leaves (230 x 165 mm), on](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/db4af7a9-7339-4127-83a8-ad8a00c5b912/96b05dc2-51c8-4c14-8939-adcf00cc1298/468x382.jpg)
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World War I Poetry. 'Cameo's [sic] of the Great War. By J. Denton-Thompson', c.1930. Typescript, 64 leaves (230 x 165 mm), on rectos only, containing 50 numbered poems, decoratively hand-ruled in green throughout, 11 watercolour vignettes, original portrait photograph of the author mounted to 'dedication' page, a younger portrait of the author and a telegram to him both laid in, contents string-bound through two grommets in contemporary limp maroon sheep covers lettered and decorated in gilt and blind, title-leaf partially chipped and stained (qty: 1)Footnote: James Denton-Thompson (1886-1949) was an English theatre and silent film actor whose screen credits include John Chivers in Sidney Morgan's 1920 adaptation of Little Dorrit.
![India. Views of Benares from the River Side. Presented by the Maharaja of Benares [cover-title], c.1920-30. Oblong 16mo (118](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/db4af7a9-7339-4127-83a8-ad8a00c5b912/02cf9ac0-6578-48ac-a0bb-adce00945cca/468x382.jpg)
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India. Views of Benares from the River Side. Presented by the Maharaja of Benares [cover-title], c.1920-30. Oblong 16mo (118 x 142 mm), original straight-grain black roan lettered and decorated in gilt, containing 20 gelatin silver print photographs mounted rectos and versos to linen-hinged green card leaves with printed borders and captions in pink, mainly depicting ghats, the first photograph a portrait apparently of Prabhu Narayan Singh (1855-1931), maharaja of Benares 1869-1931 (qty: 1)
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Keate (George). An Account of the Pelew Islands, situated in the Western Part of the Pacific Ocean. Composed from the Journal and Communications of Captain Henry Wilson, 1st edition, London: G. Nicol, 1788. 4to (287 x 230 mm), contemporary half calf, xxvii 378 [2] pp., engraved portrait frontispiece, 2 charts (one folding), 14 plates (including folding panorama), errata leaf, front board near-detached (just held by top cord), plates facing pp. 105 and 127 transposed, a few marks,Williams (John). A Narrative of Missionary Enterprises in the South Sea Islands, 1st edition, 6th thousand, London: for the author, 1837. 8vo (216 x 132 mm), contemporary half calf, xviii [2] 590 pp., chromolithographic frontispiece, vignette title-page, folding map, 6 engraved plates, frontispiece spotted and offset,Ellis (William). Polynesian Researches, being a Residence of nearly Eight Years in the Society and Sandwick Islands, 2nd edition ('enlarged and improved'), London: Fisher, Son, & Jackson, 1832. 4 volumes, small 8vo (158 x 98 mm), contemporary marbled sheep, engraved vignette title-page to each volume, 5 plates including 3 frontispieces, 3 folding maps, 1 folding manuscript facsimile (not listed), advertisement leaf to rear of volumes 1-2, some wear to bindings,and 5 others, travel, leather-bound (Livingstone, Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa, 1st edition, 1857; Meredith, My Home in Tasmania, 1st edition, 1852, 2 volumes in 1; Trollope, The West Indies and the Spanish Main, 2nd edition, 1860; Lyall, The Life of the Marquis of Dufferin and Ava, 1st edition, 1905, 2 volumes; Russell, History and Present Condition of the Barbary States, 1st edition, 1835; these not collated) (qty: 12)Provenance: John Harold Fawcett CMG (1929-2019), British diplomat (armorial bookplates).Footnote: ESTC T122142 (Keate).
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Prescott (William H.). History of the Conquest of Peru. Third Edition; History of the Conquest of Mexico, New Edition; History of the Reign of Charles the Fifth, George Routledge & Co.; History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain. Second Edition; History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic, of Spain. New Edition, Revised, London: [various publishers], 1848-67. 5 works in 11 volumes, 8vo (217 x 132 mm), contemporary tan calf, spines gilt in compartments with twin morocco labels, gilt monograms to front covers, engraved maps and portrait plates (plates variably spotted and offset), bookplates of the Wilson family (motto 'semper vigilans') and of John Harold Fawcett (see note), Motley (John Lothrop). History of the United Netherlands [and:] The Rise of the Dutch Republic, London: John Murray [-Bickers & Son]. 1867-9. 2 works in 7 volumes, 8vo (214 x 128 mm), contemporary tan calf, plates, spines slightly rubbed, Fawcett bookplates,Lamartine (Alphonse). History of the Girondists, London: Henry G. Bohn, 1856. 3 volumes, 8vo (173 x 105 mm), contemporary mid-brown calf, spines gilt in compartments, twin morocco labels,James (William). The Naval History of Great Britain. A New Edition, with Additions and Notes, London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1878. 6 volumes, 8vo (182 x 120 mm), contemporary red half morocco, plates, rubbed in places, a few pale marks to morocco, the lot not fully collated and sold as a set of fine bindings (qty: 27)Provenance: John Harold Fawcett CMG (1929-2019), British diplomat (armorial bookplates).
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Whitaker (Thomas Dunham). An History of the Original Parish of Whalley, and Honor of Clitheroe, in the Counties of Lancaster and York. The Second Edition, with Additions, London: J. Nichols and Son, 1806. 4to (288 x 228 mm), contemporary diced russia gilt, rebacked, gilt edges, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding map, 27 plates (views and portraits, several folding), 11 folding pedigrees, offsetting, short closed tear to map,ibid. The History and Antiquities of the Deanery of Craven, in the County of York. The Second Edition, with many Additions, Corrections, Map, and Views of Gentlemane's Seats, Antiquities, London: J. Nichols and Son, 1812. 4to (310 x 230 mm), near-contemporary half russia gilt, all engraved and sepia aquatint plates as called for (including one plate 'Autographs of the prior and canons of Bolton' facing p. 415, not listed),and 2 others including Speight, The Craven and North-West Yorkshire Highlands, 1st edition, 1892 (4to, original half roan, front inner hinge loose) (qty: 6)
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Attenborough (David, 1926-). The Trials of Life. A Natural History of Animal Behaviour, 1st edition, London: Collins, 1990. Large 8vo, original boards, dust jacket, inscribed by the author 'For Eric - the master - in admiration, David Attenborough', bookplate of Eric Hosking,Healey (Denis, 1917-2015). Healey's Eye. A Photographic Memoir, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1980. 4to, original boards, dust jacket, inscribed by the author 'To a great photographer, Eric Hosking, Denis Healey',Mountevans (Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell, 1st Baron, 1880-1957). Adventurous Life, 1st edition, London: Hutchinson & Co., [1946]. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket (slightly chipped), inscribed by the author 'To Eric Hosking, from Teddy Mountevans, 1948', bookplate of Eric Hosking,Mountfort (Guy, 1905-2003). Portrait of a Wilderness. The Story of the Coto Doñana Expeditions. Illustrated by Eric Hosking. Introduction by Field Marshal the Viscount Alanbrooke, 1st edition, London: Hutchinson, 1958. 4to, original cloth, dust jacket (a few chips and tears), inscribed by Guy Mountfort 'To Eric whose contribution was magnificent, Guy', signed by Alanbrooke,ibid. Portrait of a Desert. The Story of an Expedition to Jordan. Illustrated by Eric Hosking, 1st edition, London: Collins, 1965. 4to, original cloth, dust jacket, signed by Guy Mountfort, bookplate of Eric Hosking,and 9 copies of Eric Hosking's own works, all signed by him, including Which Bird?, 1998 (3 copies, each additionally signed by co-author David Hosking), Just a Lark!, 1984 (2 copies, one copy signed by all contributors, the other signed by Eric and David Hosking), Wildlife Photography (1973), Antarctic Wildlife (1982), Eric Hosking's Waders (1986), and Jim Flegg's Field Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe (1990, additionally signed by David Hosking) (qty: 14)THE LIBRARY, PICTURES & CAMERA COLLECTION OF ERIC HOSKING OBE HON. FRPS FBIPP (1909-1991)
![Kearton (Richard & Cherry). British Birds' Nests [later edition], London: Cassell and Company, Limited, c.1907. 8vo, orig](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/db4af7a9-7339-4127-83a8-ad8a00c5b912/6ca41dfc-a478-4a4d-9b71-adcf0114fc21/468x382.jpg)
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Kearton (Richard & Cherry). British Birds' Nests [later edition], London: Cassell and Company, Limited, c.1907. 8vo, original cloth, plates, with a laid-in original pencil portrait of Cherry Kearton by Yorkshire naturalist John 'Jack' Armitage (1900-1996), dated 1928 and inscribed for Eric Hosking in 1985 on verso,Seebohm (Henry). Coloured Figures of the Eggs of British Birds, 1st edition, Sheffield: Pawson and Brailsford, 1896. 8vo, original cloth, 60 chromolithographic plates, front inner hinges reinforced (stitching between frontispiece and title-page cracked), frontispiece spotted,Dresser (Henry Eeles). A Manual of Palaearctic Birds, 1st edition, London: by the author, 1902-3. 2 parts in 1 volume, 8vo, contemporary cloth, frontispiece to each part,Darwin (Charles). The Origin of Species ... Forty-Ninth Thousand, London: John Murray, 1897. 8vo, original cloth,Ogilvie (Fergus Menteith). Field Observations on British Birds, 1st edition, number 107 of 500 copies only, London: Selwyn & Blount, 1920. Tall 8vo, original quarter cloth (backstrip spotted),and approximately 70 others similar, late-19th and early-20th century ornithology and natural history, original cloth bindings, including later editions of other Darwin titles (Descent of Man; The Expression of the Emotions), Thorburn, British Birds, New Edition, 1925 (4 volumes), Witherby, A Practical Handbook of British Birds, 1st edition, 1920 (3 volumes), other Kearton titles (including Our Bird Friends, Revised Edition, 1923, signed), works by Seton Gordon, and more, many with bookplate(s) of Eric Hosking, the lot sold as seen (qty: approx. 80 volumes in 4 cartons)THE LIBRARY, PICTURES & CAMERA COLLECTION OF ERIC HOSKING OBE HON. FRPS FBIPP (1909-1991)Footnote: Freeman 451 (Darwin, Origin); Mullens & Swann pp. 518 (Seebohm), 180 (Dresser).
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FOUR INDIAN MINIATURE PAINTINGS 18TH/19TH CENTURY One a portrait of Shah Jahan on horseback, two of Indian court scenes, the fourth a figure in a landscape with his horse and hound, together with a Chinese pith paper painting of a lady and her attendant, 33cm max. (5) Provenance: from a private Cornish country estate.
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A red leather and gilt needle book, the covers with Baxter style colour prints, one three quarter length of a lady and titled in gilt script 'Jenny Lind', the other an alpine scene, the interior with numerical compartments divided by a note card, bone stylus closure, 9 x 5.5cms. Jenny Lind (b 1820 - d 1887) was a Swedish opera star, one of the most highly regarded singer of the 19th Century and often called the 'Swedish Nightingale'. The portrait depicting a young woman perhaps commemorates her role when she sang in London in 1847.
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A scarce boxed set of ten cardboard needle packet boxes, the outer box with a green ground and white embossed label titled 'Assortment of Needles For The Use of Ladies' below oval joint portrait bust of Queen Victoria and Albert. The gilt foil inner boxes with five variant patterns in two different colour pallets and titled 'Drill'd Eyd, Celebrated Needles', most containing relevant needle packets for 'St Beissel Wwe and Sohn', outer box 15 x 9.6cms.
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A silver card case of rectangular hinged lid form, one side with a female bust portrait in the Art Nouveau style believed to depict Sarah Bernhardt amid leaf scrolls, flowers and trellis, the reverse of conforming style but with a vacant cartouche, Birmingham 1903 by Marks and Cohen, 10 x 6.8cms. From the collectionof Dr Ian McFeeters
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Three albums containing "Luxury First Day Cover Collections" dating between 1996-2001 including: The 1996 Paralympic Games; Greetings; Henry VIII and his Six Wives; Missions of Faith; The Golden Wedding Anniversary of Her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh; Tales of Terror; Architects of the Air; All the Queen's Horses; Britain's Postal Heritage; Enid Blyton; Christmas 1997; Golden Wedding; Endangered Species; Diana Princess of Wales; The Queen's Heraldic Beasts; The Definitive Portrait; Lighthouses; Britain's Comedy Legends; 50th Anniversary of the NHS, Magical Worlds; Carnival; Legends of Speed; Christmas 1998; Profile on Print; High Value Definitives; The Berlin Airlift; New Wales Country Definitive; The 1999 Royal Wedding; The 1999 Total Solar Eclipse; 1999 Rugby World Cup; Special By Design; The Millennium Dome; The Queen Mother's 100th Birthday; A Treasury of Trees; Occasions; Cats and Dogs; Submarines; English Pictorial Definitives; Buses; and Unseen & Unheard. Approximately 183 covers (two are coin covers) held in three albums.
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The Royal Mint UNITED KINGDOM Elizabeth II proof coin collection 1995 in red leather case with certificate of authenticity, Westminster Mint The Queen's Forth Portrait Specimen Set 2015 nine-coin set. The Perth Mint AUSTRALIA silver proof Kookabura 2oz 999 fine silver two dollars 1998 and BAILIWICK OF JERSEY silver four coin set 1972 Royal Wedding Anniversary.
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA USA George III copper halfpenny 1773 KM Tn25, Washington copper one cent 1783 double portrait KM Tn40, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA USA Coronet cents 1823?, 1833, 1835?, 1837, 1838, Braided Hair cents 1841, 1842, 1844, 1847, 1849, 1850, 1851, 1853 etc., also a “Hard Times” cent 1837.
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Bronze medal by Jean Pierre Montagny, obverse with portrait of Napoleon NAPOLEON LE GRAND, reverse with arch FRANCAISE A L'ARMEE. A white metal medal by Ottley, obverse with Liverpool Mechanics Institution MDCCCXXV (1825), reverse with MEMBER FOR LIFE NOT TRANSFERABLE and motto NON NOBIS SOLUM SED TOTI MUNDO NATI. A white metal medal by Ottley, obverse with horse and rider THE HIPPORDROME PROPRIETORS TICKET, reverse with scene including archer, cricketer, bowler etc and numbered 715. A white metal medal by Faulkner and Wells commemorating King George IV visit to Scotland 1822, (4).
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