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Preisdatenbank abonnierenRonald Ossory Dunlop R.A., R.B.A. (British, 1894-1973)Self-Portrait oil on canvas, laid on board 36.5 x 29cm (14 3/8 x 11 7/16in).Painted circa the early to mid-1930sFootnotes:We are grateful to Peter Boyce for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Eliot Hodgkin (British, 1905-1987)Roses bears added signature 'Eliot Hodgkin' (upper left)oil on panel40.5 x 37.5cm (15 15/16 x 14 3/4in).Painted circa 1936with a further oil portrait of a man, on the reverse, by the same handFootnotes:ProvenanceWith The Fine Art Society, London, October 1963Sale; Sotheby's, Olympia, 4 July 2002, lot 265Private Collection, U.K.ExhibitedPossibly London, Picture Hire Ltd, Exhibition of Paintings by Eliot Hodgkin, 1-24 October 1936, no. 12We are grateful to Mark Hodgkin for his assistance in cataloguing this lot. He is currently preparing the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the Artist's work and would like to hear from owners of any work by the Artist so that these can be included in this comprehensive catalogue. Please write to Mark Hodgkin, c/o Bonhams, Modern British Art Department, Montpelier Street, Knightsbridge, London, SW7 1HH, or email britart@bonhams.comThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) and others.A Collection of Etchings... [201 works included]Bound album with 5 etchings by Rembrandt, re-worked and printed circa 1810-1820, 14 after Rembrandt, and others by or after Martin Schongauer, Claude Lorrain, Cornelis Bega, Hollar, Runciman, Castiglione, Della Bella and others, various sizes, most trimmed to or just within the platemark, presented in contemporary straight-grain morocco, spine gilt and lettered 'Original Etchings', some losses to spine, rubbed and very worn, folio, published by J. Kay, [circa 1820] ⁂ Etchings by Rembrandt include later impressions from the original plates of the following: 'Portrait of Jan Antonides van der Linden'; 'Old man with beard, fur cap and velvet cloak'; 'Christ Crucified Between Two Thieves: An Oval Plate'; 'The Agony in the Garden'; 'Joseph's Coat Brought to Jacob'.
δ Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)Portrait d'Hermann DietzPen and ink and graphite on wove paper, circa 1906, initialled and inscribed in ink, sheet 305 x 185mm, (12 x 7 ¼ in) (framed) Hermann Dietz ran a crammer in Val-Andre where a young Cocteau was sent in order to improve his studies, he was by all accounts a very poor student. In Cocteau's first novel Le Grand Ecart the character Monsieur Berlin is said to have been inspired by Dietz.A certificate of authenticity issued by Mme Annie Guedras accompanies this lot. δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
BOP/ COOL - JAZZ LPs. A superb selection of 7 jazz LPs. Artists/ titles include Bill Evans inc A Simple Matter Of Conviction (SVLP 9161, UK stereo, Ex/ Ex), BE Trio With Symphony Orchestra (VLP 9137, side 1 has a light feelable mark, VG/ side 2 Ex/ sleeve Ex). Portrait In Jazz (OJC-088, Ex+/ Ex). Ike Quebec - Blue & Sentimental (ST-84098, Japanese press with insert. Ex/ Ex), John Coltrane - Blue Train (BST 81577, French reissue, Ex+/ Ex), Duke Jordan - Flight To Denmark (SCS-1011, Japanese press, Ex/ Ex) & Sonny Rollins - Way Out West (OJC 337, Limited Edition reissue. Ex+/ Ex).
CONTEMPORARY FUNK/SOUL - LPs/12". Essential grooves with 23 x LPs/12". Artists/titles include Jazz Today Volume 1, Loose Ends - A Little Spice, A Portrait Of Walter Jackson, Southern Freez, Slipstream - The Best Of British Jazz-Funk, Stan Ivory - Never Give Up, Impact - The Pac Is Back, Howard Johnson- Keepin' Love New, Prince Phillip Mitchell, Mike & Mike, The Jazz Renegades - A Summer To Remember, Char-Lette, Paul Kelly, Pieces Of A Dream, Lamont Dozier - Black Bach, Broomfield, Anthony White, David Simmons, Impact and Rufus & Chaka Khan. Condition is generally VG+ to Ex+
PHILLY INTERNATIONAL & RELATED LABELS - 7" COLLECTION (UK/US). Gettin' into the Philly sound with these 54 x 45s which includes cuts on Golden Fleece, Gamblem CBS, Epic and Portrait. Including UK and US copies, expect sevens from Instant Funk, The Jacksons, The Trammps, Dee Dee Sharp, Harold Melvin And The Bluenotes, MFSB, People's Choice, The Three Degrees, Billy Paul, Frantique, The Intruders, The O'Jays, David Sigler/Dee Dee Sharp, The Ebonys, Dexter Wansel, The Ethics and Love Committee. Condition is generally clean VG+ to Ex+.
A Gentleman's Montanus wristwatch, the black dial with Arabic numerals, portrait of His "Majesty King Abdulaziz Abdul Rahman al saud" 32mm diameter, the watch was a gift to S Dorgan, together with photographs of the recipient in Saudi Arabia in the early 1950's, other wristwatches and a 1951 Festival of Britain crown CONDITION REPORT: None of the clocks and watches are sold as working, the Montanus wristwatch does tick when wound, the hands do move when the crown is rotated, glass is scratched, gold plating is heavily worn, in used condition
AN AUSTRIAN GILT BRONZE, SILVERED COPPER AND ENAMEL, MOUNTED OAK PRESENTATION BOX BY AUGUST KLEIN WITH PROVENANCE TO THE HOUSE OF BISMARCK, CIRCA 1895Of rectangular form with foliate handles and scrolling feet, the later leather inset top centred by a medallion of Friederich Ludwig Jahn within an enamel band inscribed Uns Deutschen kann nur durch Deutsche geholfen werden - Freiderich Ludwig Jahn with the Prince Otto von Bismarck coat of arms above a dated enamel cartouche 1815-1895, all within oak leaf borders, the lid opening to reveal a red velvet and silk lined interior containing a folio and various dedications21cm high, 55cm wide, 39cm deepProvenance: The present lot is by repute from the collection Otto Eduard Leopold, Prince of Bismarck and was presumably kept at his Berlin residence, the Reichskanzlei or palace. Thence by descent. Otto Eduard Leopold, Prince of Bismarck, Duke of Lauenburg, known as Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898) was a conservative Prussian statesman and was the first Chancellor of the German Empire between 1871 and 1890 after German unification which he is today considered largely responsible. At the time of unification, Bismarck styled himself as Imperial Chancellor of the unified German states as well retaining control of Prussia although Austria was excluded. Bismarck's diplomancy and powerful rule at home gained him the nickname 'The Iron Chancellor'. The House of Bismarck was a noble German family which rose to prominence in the 19th century largely through the achievements of Otto von Bismarck. He was granted the ducal title Duke of Lauenburg for his lifetime, a hereditary comital title in 1865 and the hereditary title of Prince of Bismarck in 1871. Several of his descendants, notably his son Herbert, Prince of Bismarck, were also politicians. The portrait image of Friedrich Ludwig Jahn (1778-1852) applied to the casket is presumably to affirm German nationalistic pride. Jahn was considered the 'father of gymnastics' founding the turnverein (gymnastics club) movement in Germany. He was also a fervent patriot, believing that physical education was the cornerstone of national health and strength which was crucial in strengthening character and German national identity. Jahn penned a vigorous defence of cultural nationalism in his work 'Das Deutsches Volkstum (German Nationality) in 1810 and it was this publication which rose to prominence after the German Unification and hence why his image is portrayed on the casket with an inscription which translates 'Germans can only be helped by Germans'Condition Report: Marks, knocks, scratches, abrasions consistent with age and use,Overall clean, there is some discolouration to the wood near the mounts to one side of the topThe gilt metal overall bright and freshThe enamel appears in good order overallThe lined interior with signs of age and wear, probably from the removal and replacing of the folio over time, the supporting arm securing the lid open at time of report and the catch securing Please refer to additional images for visual reference to conditionCondition Report Disclaimer
ENGLISH SCHOOL (20TH CENTURY)PORTRAIT OF WINSTON CHURCHILLOil on canvas74 x 60.5cm (29 x 23¾ in.)Condition Report: The canvas has been relined. Some scuffs and surface dirt throughout and some separation occuring to the pigment in the background. There is light craquelure throughout and an old horizonal stretcher mark to the centre of the composition and one to the right hand edge. There is rubbing and abrasions to the framed edges. Ultraviolet light reveals a green masking varnish and evidence of some retouching throughout.Condition Report Disclaimer
A LARGE SILVER ARCH TOP RECTANGULAR PHOTOGRAPH FRAMEWith a black and white portrait photograph of Mary, Marchioness of AilsaCatalogue Note: Mary, Marchioness of Ailsa (1916-2007) was the widow of Lieut.-Col. the 7th Marquess of Ailsa, OBE, of Cassillis, Maybole, Ayrshire. She was born Mary Burn, daughter of a Northumberland railway worker, John Burn, and married the 7th Marquess in 1954. He died in 1994.
A 19th century miniature portrait on ivory of the Great Countess of Cumberland, a miniature portrait on ivory of James I, depicted in profile with ruff and red fabric sash, in rich clothing, of oval form within a black painted frame and two 19th century watercolour miniature portraits, both on paper
Ellis (Henry). Journal of the Proceedings of the Late Embassy to China; comprising a correct narrative of the public transactions of the Embassy, of the voyage to and from China, and of the journey from the mouth of the Pei-Ho to the return to Canton, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1817, portrait frontispiece of Lord Amherst (detaching), 2 engraved maps only (of 3, lacking most of folding map), 6 hand-coloured aquatint plates only (of 7, lacking plate 7), errata leaf at end, some spotting and soiling, Douglas Library stamps to frontispiece and title, contemporary half calf, rubbed, 4toQty: (1)NOTESAbbey Travel 536; Hill 542. Sold with all faults not subject to return.
* Blyton (Enid, 1897-1968). Autograph sentiment signed, no date, inscribed in brown ink on a small piece of paper 'love from Enid Blyton', aperture mount beneath a reproduction photograph of Blyton reading a book in front of a bookcase, framed and glazed, together with four further autograph signatures of authors on small sheets of paper and similarly presented, including Tennessee Williams (1911-1983), signed in pencil, Charles Kingsley (1819-1875), small clipped signature, J.B. Priestley (1894-1984) and John Masefield (1878-1967), each presented in an aperture mount with a reproduction portrait of the author and computer-printed biographical information, all framed and glazedQty: (4)
* Dietrich (Marlene, 1901-1992). Photograph signed, being a film still from the 1936 film 'The Garden of Allah' showing here with co-star Charles Boyer, 20 x 25 cm, presented in a framed montage with a signed small photograph of Charles Boyer and computer-printed biographical information, etc., glazed, 44 x 34 cm, together with other framed and glazed film autograph material including a signed photograph of Laurence Olivier, 25 x 18 cm, a typed letter signed from Edward G. Robinson with reproduction photograph and biographical information, felt tip pen signature of Bette Davis, autograph of Richard Todd and Sybil Thorndike, Ken Russell, each framed with a reproduction portrait, Robert Donat (signed photograph with presentation inscription dated 1947), all framed and glazed, plus mounted autographs and portraits without frames of the actors Hermione Gingold, Robert Beatty and Joanna LumleyQty: (11)Note - Revised Estimate (was £150-200)
* Strauss (Richard, 1864-1949). Autograph signature, no date, signed in blue ink on a small piece of paper, presented in an aperture mount with reproduction portrait and computer-printed biographical information, framed and glazed, together with 8 similarly presented musical autographs of Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), William Walton (1902-1983), Yehudi Menuhin (1916-1999), John Philip Sousa (1854-1932), Jan Paderewski (1860-1941), Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945) and Feodor Ivanovich Chaliapin (1873-1939), all framed and glazedQty: (9)Note - Revised Estimate (was £150-200)
Allan (John Hay). The Bridal of Caölchairn; and other poems, London: T. Hookham & W. & C. Tait, 1822, front free endpaper inscribed 'from the author to Miss Dunmore, London, 1822', armorial bookplate of Napier of Ballikinrain to upper pastedown, edges untrimmed, original boards, some wear to joints, head & foot of spine and board corners, 8vo, together with: Macneill (Hector), The Pastoral, or Lyric Muse of Scotland; in three cantos, Edinburgh: Archibald Constable & Co., and London: John Murray, 1808, half-title, dust-soiling mostly to margins, armorial bookplate of Napier of Ballikinrain to upper pastedown, edges untrimmed, original boards, joints cracked and spine worn, slim 4to, Ramsay (Allan), The Ever Green being a collection of Scots Poems, wrote by the ingenious before 1600, 2 volumes, Edinburgh: Alexander Donaldson, 1761, armorial bookplate of Napier of Ballikinrain to upper pastedowns, contemporary calf, upper joint of volume 1 detached, other joints cracked, rubbed and some wear, 16mo in 8s, Thomson (James), The Works ... with his last corrections and improvements, 4 volumes, Edinburgh: Printed by J. Robertson for A. Kincaid, J. Bell & J. Robertson, 1768, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1 (with short closed tear), armorial bookplate of Napier of Ballikinrain to upper pastedown, contemporary sheep, joints cracked, spines lacking title labels, rubbed and worn, 12mo in 6s, and other antiquarian poetry, literature, reference and theology etc., mostly 19th centuryQty: (20)
[Anstey, Christopher]. The New Bath Guide: or, memoirs of the B-r-d family. In a series of poetical epistles, 1st edition, [London]: Sold by J. Dodsley; J. Wilson, J. Fell & J. Almon; W. Frederick, at Bath; W. Jackson, at Oxford; T. Fletcher & F. Hodson, at Cambridge; W. Smith, at Dublin; and the booksellers of Bristol, York, and Edinburgh, 1766, 104pp., occasional toning & light spotting, minor damp stain towards rear, edges untrimmed and some fraying, contemporary marbled wrappers, spine and extremities worn, 4to (29.5 x 22 cm), contained in modern book box (ESTC N5216), together with: Ibid., An Election Ball, in Poetical Letters from Mr. Inkle, at Bath, to his wife at Glocester: with a poetical address to John Miller, Esq. at Batheaston Villa, 3rd edition, Bath: Printed for the author by S. Hazard, 1776, etched frontispiece, bound with Ibid., Ad C.W. Bampfylde, Arm: Epistola Poetica Familiaris... Poematis cujusdam Anglicani, cui titulus An Election Ball..., Bath: printed for the author, 1776, engraved device to title and few illustrations to text, some offsetting and light toning throughout, upper pastedown with 19th century bookplate of Lord Rivers and recent bookplate of Laurence family, contemporary half calf, rebacked and corners repaired, slim 4to, Ibid., The Poetical Works of the late Christopher Anstey, Esq. with some account of the life and writings of the author, by his son, John Anstey, Esq., 1st edition, London: T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1808, engraved portrait frontispiece, five engraved plates and few illustrations to text, light scattered spotting and some offsetting to text, recent endpapers with modern bookplate and ownership signature, contemporary half calf, rebacked, 4to,Qty: (3)
Bindings. The History of England..., by Lord Thomas Macaulay, 8 volumes, London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green, 1864, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, occasional spotting, contemporary calf, elaborate gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco title labels, small 8vo, together with other decorative leather bindings including, Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, by Lord Macaulay, 3 volumes, new edition, 1865, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, small 8vo; The Diary of Samuel Pepys..., edited with additions by Henry B. Wheatley, 6 volumes in three, London: G. Bell & Sons Ltd., 1923, all edges gilt, contemporary half calf gilt by Riviere & Son, 8vo; The English Nation, or a history of England in the lives of Englishmen, edited by George Godfrey Cunningham, 5 volumes, Edinburgh & London: A. Fullarton & Co, [1863-68], publication date in manuscript at foot of volume 1 title, contemporary dark green half calf, gilt decorated spines with morocco title labels, large 8vo, D'Arblay (Frances Burney), Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay, edited by her niece [Fanny Burney], 7 volumes, London: Henry Colburn, 1842-46, late 19th/early 20th century half calf gilt, 8vo, and others similarQty: (43)
Dante Alighieri. Dante con l'espositione di Christoforo Landino, et di Alessandro Vellvtello, sopra la sua comedia dell' Inferno, del Purgatorio, & del Paradiso : con tauole, argomenti, & allegorie, & riformato, riueduto, & ridotto alla sua uera lettura, per Francesco Sansovino fiorentino, Venice: Appresso Giouambattista, Marchio? Sessa, & fratelli, 1564, title with woodcut portrait & early signature (leaf slightly torn & lined to verso, dust-soiled), woodcut initials and illustrations, verso of final leaf with printer's woodcut device above colophon, occasional spotting mostly to margins, slight damp staining mostly towards rear of volume, 18th century calf, gilt decorated spine without title label, joints split, worn to head & foot of spine, joints and extremities, folio (31.7 x 21.4 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESAdams D103. This volume is the first Sansovino edition, and the first to include the commentaries of Landino and Vellutello together. The numerous woodcut illustrations are from the 1544 edition of Marcolini.
Fraser (James Baillie). The Persian Adventurer: being the sequel of "The Kuzzilbash", 3 volumes, London: Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley, 1830, light scattered spotting, contemporary half calf, gilt decorated spines with red morocco labels, joints split, some wear to extremities, 8vo, together with: Seuse (Heinrich), Vita et opere spirituali del Beato Enrico Susone, religioso estatico dell'Ordine di S. Domenico. Raccolte dal padre Ignatio del Nente..., Rome: Nicolo? Agnelo Tinassi, 1663, engraved portrait frontispiece (small ink stain to image with ink-burn & early inked-out signature to lower blank margin), title with woodcut and inked-out early signatures with some ink-burn & show-through, toning and scattered spotting throughout volume, 19th century boards, spine torn with loss and upper joint split, 4to, Congreve (William), Five Plays, London: Printed & sold by H. Hills, 1710, light damp staining at rear of volume, without free endpapers, contemporary blind panelled calf, joints splitting, extremities worn, small 8vo, [Pinamonti, Giovanni Pietro], True wisdom: or, Considerations for every day of the week. Written in Italian by the pious and learned Father F. Paul Segnery, of the Society of Jesus, and late preacher to Pope Innocent XII. With an appendix of what is necessary for a good confession and communion, York: Printed in the year 1792, some toning, 19th century boards, lacking spine, 12mo in 6s, and six other 18th & 19th century antiquarian volumesQty: (12)
Glasgow Hospital. A Short Account of the Towns Hospital in Glasgow. With the Regulations and Abstracts of the Expences for the First Three Years, 2nd edition, Glasgow, 1737, 40 pp., B2 with small hole affecting text, water stain throughout, later half morocco, upper cover detached, spine rubbed, 12mo, together with Lindsay (Sir David). The Works of the Famous and Worthy Knight, Sir David Lindsay of the Mount, alias, Lyon, King of Arms, Glasgow: printed by Robert Sanders, 1712, 296 pp., some leaves close-trimmed, a couple of lower corners torn away, some toning and damp stains, all edges gilt, later blue straight-grained morocco gilt, a little rubbed with wear at spine ends, 12mo, plus [Miller, Hugh]. Poems, written in the Leisure Hours of a Journeyman Mason, 1st edition, Inverness: printed by R. Carruthers, 1829, additional portrait pasted to half title verso, some light spotting, mainly to fore edges, bookplate, top edge gilt, later half calf, spine with red labels and gilt decoration, 8vo, with others including The Edinburgh Almanack, or Universal Scots and Imperial Register for 1829, John Sinclair's Observations on the Scottish Dialect, 1782, The Funeral Sermon of Margaret Countess of Richmond and Derby, 1708 and The Tea-Table Miscellany. A Collection of Choice Songs, Scots and English, 2 volumes in 1, 17th edition, Kilmarnock, 1788Qty: (12)NOTESFirst work ESTC T175087.
Hastings (Warren). The History of the Trial of Warren Hastings, Esq., late Governor-General of Bengal, before the High Court of Parliament in Westminster-Hall, on an impeachment by the Commons of Great-Britain, for high crimes and misdemeanours..., London: J. Debrett, Vernor & Hood, 1796, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding plan of the High Court (strengthened at fore-edge with archival tissue), modern bookplate to upper pastedown, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, board edges and corners worn, 8vo, together with: Dundas (Henry), The Trial, by Impeachment, of Henry Lord Viscount Melville, for high crimes and misdemeanors, before the House of Peers, in Westminster Hall, between the 29th of April and the 17th of May, 1806..., London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806, engraved portrait frontispiece, armorial bookplate of William Mitford of Pitts Hill to upper pastedown, later bookplates to front endpaper, contemporary diced calf, 8vo, [Stephens, Alexander], Public Characters of 1798-[1801], 3 volumes, London: R. Phillips, 1799-1801, engraved folding portrait frontispieces to each, some scattered spotting, early 19th century red morocco gilt ownership label of John Fawcett to upper pastedowns and modern bookplate to each, contemporary half sheep, rubbed and some wear, 8vo, and seven othersQty: (12)
Library catalogue. Manuscript library catalogue for Arthurstone House, Perthshire, late 19th/early 20th century, 442pp. neatly written catalogue arranged alphabetically, later endpapers, near contemporary green half morocco, 4to, together with: Clerk (Archibald), Memoir of Colonel John Cameron, Fassiefern, K.T.S., Lieutenant-Colonel of the Gordon Highlanders, or 92d Regiment of Foot, for private circulation, Glasgow: Printed for Sir Duncan Cameron, Bart., of Fassiefern, by Thomas Murray & Son, 1858, tinted lithograph portrait frontispiece ad two plates, signature to upper margin of title lined through, front blank with inscription to Peter Carmichael of Arthurstone, all edge gilt, original gilt-blocked red cloth, slim 4to, Carlyle (Thomas), A collection of three works, comprising, Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches, 3 volumes, be edition, London: Chapman & Hall, 1857; History of Friedrich II of Prussia, called Frederick the Great, 7 volumes, London: Chapman & Hall, 1869; The French Revolution, 2 volumes, London: Chapman & Hall, 1869, together 12 volumes, uniform contemporary red half morocco, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, 8vo, and other miscellaneous works including few Scottish topography (some odd volumes)Qty: (25)NOTESProvenance: Arthurstone House, Perthshire. The former seat of the Carmichael family.
Michelotti (Francesco Domenico). Sperimenti Idraulici. Principalmente diretti a confermare la teorica, e facilitare la pratica del misurare le acque correnti, 2 volumes in 1, 1st edition, Turin: Stamperia Reale, 1767-71, folding engraved portrait frontispiece of Carlo Emanuele III, King of Sardinia, titles with engraved vignettes, 11 folding engraved plates, 7 folding tables, a few minor spots, contemporary calf gilt, joints cracking, light edge wear, 4toQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Matthew Boulton (1728-1809), engineer and manufacturer, his Soho Library bookplate and M. Boulton's Library Soho sold at Christie's December 1986 label.
Nelson (Horatio). The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton; with a supplement of interesting letters by distinguished characters, 2 volumes, London: Macdonald and Son for Thomas Lovewell, 1814, half titles, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume I, a couple of leaves roughly opened, occasional minor spotting, top edge gilt, later half morocco, some fading to spines, 8voQty: (2)NOTESProvenance: Lord Rosebery, 5th Earl Rosebery (1847-1929), Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1894-95, his Durdans bookplate.
Raleigh (Walter). The Historie of the World. In five bookes..., [London: Printed for H. Lownes, G. Lathum, and R. Young, 1628], 'The Minde of the Front' leaf present (with early manuscript markings to both sides), additional engraved title dated 1614, engraved portrait to general title, eight engraved maps & battle plans (complete, comprising 5 double-page maps, one folding map & 2 double-page battle plans), few woodcut initials and genealogies to text, "The first part of the Historie of the World .. The third booke" begins with new pagination (register is continuous), imprint from colophon, final leaf of contents at rear of volume torn to lower outer blank corner and repaired, occasional repaired worm holes & trails to lower blank margins of few leaves, scattered spots and few light brown ring marks, lower outer corners of some leaves lightly damp stained, verso of general title with armorial bookplate of Sir Thomas Littleton Bt. Treasurer of Her Majestie's Navy dated 1702, marbled endpapers with bookplate to front pastedown with baron's coronet and initials RN, near-contemporary panelled speckled calf, elaborate gilt decorated spine, professionally repaired at head & foot of spine and to lower joint, upper joint slightly cracked, board corners discretely repaired, folioQty: (1)NOTESSTC 20640; ESTC S116303. A handsome volume.
Bartolozzi (Francesco). Eighty-Two [-Seventy-Three] Prints Engraved by F. Bartolozzi, &c from the original collection of Drawings of Michael Angelo [et al] in the Collection of His Majesty, 2 volumes, London: John & Josiah Boydell, circa 1800, first volume containing 82 engraved or etched plates (including 1 folding) and second volume containing 72 engraved or etched plates (of 73, without Leonardo portrait) on 69 sheets, by Bartolozzi, Zocchi, Vitalba, and others, printed in sepia, closed tears to last two leaves of plates in second volume, margins frayed, some spotting, browning, few occasional damp stains, sewing broken and contents loosely contained within contemporary half sheep boards, lacking spines, worn, large folio (57.5 x 38 cm)Qty: (2)NOTESFine engravings by Francesco Bartolozzi, and others, after paintings and drawings by Guercino, Carracci, Michelangelo, da Cortona, Parmigiano, and other Old Masters in the Royal Collection. Sold as a collection of plates.
Butler (A. S. G.). The Architecture of Sir Edward Lutyens [The Lutyens Memorial], 3 volumes, London: Country Life, 1950, numerous monochrome illustrations & plates, ex-libris bookplates to the front pastedowns, publishers original green cloth in dust jackets, covers spotted & rubbed with repaired tears & loss to head & foot, folio, together with; Hussey (Christopher), The Life of Sir Edward Lutyens, special edition, London: Country Life, 1953, black & white portrait frontispiece plus further illustrations, minor marginal toning, original cloth in dust jacket, some minor marks to the front cover, spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 4toQty: (4 )
Nowrojee (Jehangeer & Merwanjee, Hirjeebhoy). Journal of a Residence of Two Years and a Half in Great Britain, 1st edition, William H. Allen & Co., 1841, lithographic portrait frontispiece of the first author, 12 pp. publisher's catalogue tipped in at rear, a little minor spotting and soiling, inscribed to front free endpaper, 'I.J. Hawkes Esquire, with the authors' best respects', original cloth gilt, heavily rubbed, spine ends restored with original cloth relaid, new pastedowns, 8voQty: (1)NOTESThe authors were cousins and naval architects from Bombay who were instructed in shipbuilding in Chatham.
Lloyd (Nathaniel). A History of English Brickwork..., 1st edition, London: H. Grenville Montgomery, 1925, numerous monochrome illustrations, rusty staple mark to the head of the front endpaper through to the 'Contents', some light marginal toning & spotting, top edge gilt, publishers original gilt decorated green cloth, boards & spine slightly marked & rubbed to head & foot, large 4to, together with; French (James Weir), Modern Power Generators..., 2 volumes, London: The Gresham Publishing Company, circa 1910, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, some spotting & toning, publishers original gilt decorated green cloth designed by Talwin Morris, boards & spine lightly rubbed, folio, plus Beamish (Richard), Memoir Of The Life of Sir Marc Isambard Brunel..., 1st edition, London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1862, portrait frontispiece, black & white illustrations, bookplate to the front pastedown, some light spotting, publishers original green cloth, boards & spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, and other late 19th & early 20th-century engineering reference & related, including Practical Coal-Mining, 6 volumes, by W. S. Boulton, London: The Gresham Publishing Company, 1907, 8vo, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (6 shelves)
Bossuet (Jacques-Bénigne). Oeuvres de Messire Jaques-Bénigne Bossuet, Évêque de Meaux,..., 12 volumes, Paris: Antoine Boudet, 1772-78, black & white vignettes, some toning & light spotting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards & spines rubbed with minor loss to some spine labels, 4to, together with; d'Aguesseau (Henri Fraçois), Oeuvres de M. Le Chancelier d'Aguesseau, 13 volumes, Paris: Les Libraires Associés, 1759-89, some light toning, uniform contemporary gilt decorated mottled full calf, boards & spines lightly rubbed, 4to, plus de Thou (Jacque-Auguste), Histoire Universelle, 15 volumes, London, 1734, black & white engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, some light spotting & wear, uniform contemporary gilt decorated mottled full calf, boards & spines lightly rubbed, 4to, and Longueval (P. Jacques), Histoire de l'Eglise Gallicane, dediée a nosseigneurs du clergé, 18 volumes, Paris: François Montalant et al, 1732-49, black & white engraved frontispiece & period inscription to the head of the front endpaper of volume 1, some light spotting & toning, uniform contemporary mottled full calf, volumes 5-8 with gilt decorated armorials to front & rear boards, boards & spines lightly rubbed, 4to, overall condition is generally good/very goodQty: (5 shelves)
Temperley (H. W. V.). A History of the Peace Conference of Paris, 6 volumes, 1st editions, Oxford: University Press, 1920-24, black & white maps, some light spotting & toning, publishers original uniform red cloth, volumes 2-6 faded & slight rubbed & marked, 8vo, together with; Goldstein (Erik), Winning The Peace, British Diplomatic Strategy, Peace Planning, and the Paris Peace Conference 1916-1920, 1st edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1991, original cloth in dust jacket, spine lightly faded, 8vo, plus Morris (A. J. A.), The Letters of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles à Court Repington CMG, Military Correspondent of The Times, 1903-1918, [Publications of the Army Records Society Vol.15], 1st edition, Stroud: Sutton Publishing, 1999, black & white portrait frontispiece, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, and Otter (T. G. & Keith Nelson), Railways and International Politics, Path of Empire, 1848-1945, 1st edition, Abingdon: Routledge, 2006, publishers original boards, 8vo, plus other modern diplomatic, political, & military history reference, including publications by Yale, Oxford, A & C Black, Manchester, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8voQty: (6 shelves )NOTESEx libris Dr. Nigel J. Brailey (1942-2008), Lecturer in History, University of Bristol, and specialist on Thailand and South-East Asia. He is the author of numerous articles and reviews, as well as books, including Thailand and the Fall of Singapore: A Frustrated Asian Revolution (Boulder, 1986), The Satow Siam Papers: The Private Diaries and Correspondence of Ernest Satow (Bangkok, Historical Society, 1997), A Diplomat in Siam - Ernest Mason Satow (Bristol & Tokyo, 1998), Masanobu Tsuji's 'Underground Escape', edited by Nigel Brailey (Folkstone, 2008), Imperial Amnesia: Britain, France & "The Question of Siam", (2009).
Book of Common Prayer. The Book of Common Prayer, and administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church,..., Oxford: printed by John Baskett, printer to the University, 1726, period inscription to the title page, later endpapers, some light spotting & toning throughout, red calf label to the front pastedown 'Jane Bray died Nov: 8th 1729 Aged 92', rebound with a modern calf spine retaining later gilt decorated full calf with 'J. Halse' embossed in gilt to the front board, boards & spine lightly rubbed, 4to, together with; Rowlandson (Thomas [illustrator]), The Tour of Doctor Syntax, In Search of the Picturesque, 3 volumes in 1, by William Coombe, mixed editions, London: R. Ackermann, circa 1850, 78 hand-coloured plates, some spotting & light marginal toning, contemporary gilt decorated red half morocco, boards & spine rubbed with minor loss, front hinges cracked & boards partially detached, 8vo, plus, Dibdin (Thomas), The Reminiscences of Thomas Dibdin,..., 2 volumes, London: Henry Colburn, 1827, black & white portrait frontispiece to volume 1, modern bookplates & later inscriptions to the front endpapers, ex-libris of the 'London Tailors Club and Institute' with ink stamps throughout both volumes, some light spotting & toning, top edges gilt, uniform contemporary gilt decorated half morocco, boards & spines slightly rubbed, 8vo, and other mostly 19th-century literature, mostly gilt decorated leather bindings, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4to Approximately 155 volumesQty: (6 shelves )
Architecture reference. A collection of architecture reference relating to historic British building construction techniques and restoration etc., mostly 20th century publications, including, Hammond (Adam), The Art of Practical Brickcutting and Setting, London: Crosby Lockwood & Son, 1889; Beard (Geoffrey), Craftsmen and Interior Decoration in England 1660-1820, Edinburgh: John Bartholomew & Son Ltd., 1981; Crossley (Fred H.), Timber Building in England from early times to the end of the Seventeenth Century, London: B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1951; Welannder (David), The History, Art and Architecture of Gloucester Cathedral, Stroud: Alan Sutton, 1991, together with a small selection of ceramics reference including, Hayward (Leslie & Atterbury, Paul), Poole Pottery, Carter & Company and their successors 1873-1998, Shepton Beauchamp: Richard Dennis, 1998; Pugh (P.D. Gordon), Staffordshire Portrait Figures and allied subjects of the Victorian Era, reprinted, Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club Ltd., 1988; Eyles (Desmond; Dennis, Richard & Irvine, Louise), Royal Doulton Figures produced at Burslem Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent: Royal Doulton Ltd., & London: Richard Dennis, 1987Qty: (3 shelves)
Fleetwood (William). Chronicon Preciosim: or, An Account of English Gold and Silver Money;..., London: printed for T. Osbourne, 1745, 12 black & white engraved plates, front endpaper detached, some light toning & marks, contemporary gilt decorated mottled full calf, front hinges cracked, boards & spine rubbed, 8vo, together with; Boswell (James). The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., 4 volumes, London: printed for E. Lloyd and Son, 1824, black & white portrait frontispiece to volume 1, volume 1 front gutters cracked, some toning & light spotting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated blue half calf, boards & spines slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus, Dickens (Charles), Dombey And Sons, London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848, 38 black & white illustrations by H. K. Browne, period inscription to the front endpaper, some toning, front & rear gutters cracked, contemporary gilt decorated half morocco, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, and other 18th & 19th-century literature & reference, all leather bindings, many gilt decorated, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folioQty: (6 shelves )
Napoleon. The confidential correspondence of Napoleon Bonaparte with his brother Joseph, sometime King of Spain, 2 volumes, 1st & 2nd edition respectively, London: John Murray, 1855-56, armorial bookplate of Richard Hungerford Pollen to upper pastedowns and signature to free endpapers, original cloth, 8vo, together with: Armstrong (W.C., edit.), Bourrienne's Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, amplified from the works of Las Cases, Rovigo, Constant, Gourgaud, Rapp, and other celebrated French writers..., Hartford: Silas Andrus & Son, 1856, engraved frontispiece (cropped and lined to verso), froe-edge of title repaired, later front endpaper, original cloth, gilt-blocked spine frayed at head & foot, 8vo, [Griswold, Rufus W.], Napoleon and the Marshals of the Empire, 2 volumes in one, Philadelphia: J.B. Linnincott & Co., 1859, engraved portrait frontispieces and few plates, scattered spotting, contemporary blind-blocked black sheep, extremities rubbed, 8vo, and others similar and relatedQty: (6 shelves)
Vincent (Frank, jun.) The Land of the White Elephant, Sights and Scenes in South-Eastern Asia. A personal narrative of travel and adventure in farther India embracing the countries of Burma, Siam, Cambodia, and Cochin-China (1871-2), 1st UK edition, London: Sampson Low, 1873, 3 maps and plans (2 folding), illustrations, a little minor spotting, original cloth gilt, a little rubbed with losses at spine ends, 8vo, together with Bock (Carl). Temples and Elephants: the Narrative of a Journey of Exploration through Upper Siam and Lao, 1st edition in English, London: Sampson Low, 1884, portrait frontispiece, folding map, 2 colour plates (one detached with tears and clear tape repairs), plates and illustrations, advertisement leaf at end, some toning and offsetting, stitching strained, some leaves detached, small wormtrack and holes mainly to first few leaves and map, ink stamp and inscription to title, original green pictorial cloth, faded ink stamp to upper cover, a few flecked marks, crease mark to lowe cover, 8vo, with three others including George Curzon's Problems of the Far East, new & revised edition, 1896Qty: (5)NOTESEx libris Dr. Nigel J. Brailey (1942-2008), Lecturer in History, University of Bristol, and specialist on Thailand and South-East Asia. He is the author of numerous articles and reviews, as well as books, including Thailand and the Fall of Singapore: A Frustrated Asian Revolution (Boulder, 1986), The Satow Siam Papers: The Private Diaries and Correspondence of Ernest Satow (Bangkok, Historical Society, 1997), A Diplomat in Siam - Ernest Mason Satow (Bristol & Tokyo, 1998), Masanobu Tsuji's 'Underground Escape', edited by Nigel Brailey (Folkstone, 2008), Imperial Amnesia: Britain, France & "The Question of Siam", (2009).
[Thicknesse, Philip]. The new prose Bath guide, for the year 1778. Dedicated to Lord N----. With a frontispiece characteristic of the times. By the author of A Year's Journey through France & Spain, [London?]: Printed for the author: and sold by Dodsley, and Brown; and in Bath, only by Mr. Wood, hosier, opposite the Pump Room, [1778?], engraved frontispiece lightly offset to title, front endpaper with 19th century inscription, 20th century ownership & bookplate, 19th century half calf, rebacked, 16mo in 8s, together with: Ibid., The Valetudinarians Bath Guide. Or, the means of obtaining long life and health. Dedicated to the Earl of Shelburne, 1st edition, London: Printed for Dodsley, in Pall-Mall; Brown, in the Strand; and Wood, opposite the Pump-Room, Bath, 1780, engraved frontispiece slightly offset to title, advert leaf at rear, few leaves close-trimmed to fore-edge & at foot, modern bookplate and signature to front endpaper, recent calf-backed marbled boards, slim 8vo in 4s, Ibid., Memoirs and Anecdotes of Philip Thicknesse, late Lieutenant Governor of Land Guard Fort, and unfortunately father to George Touchet, Baron Audley, 2 volumes in one, [London?]: Printed for the author, 1788, early signature to upper margin of title, modern bookplate to upper pastedown, contemporary marbled boards with vellum corners, recent sheep reback retaining maroon morocco title label, 8vo, [Anstey, Christopher], The New Bath Guide: or, memoirs of the B-r-d family. In a series of poetical epistles, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Printed and sold by Fletcher & Hodson, 1766, half-title, light spotting & toning, few gutter margins neatly strengthened, modern bookplate & ownership to front endpaper, recent calf-backed marbled boards, slim 8vo in 4s, Bath, The New Bath Guide; or, useful pocket companion for all persons residing at or resorting to this antient city. Giving an account of The First Discovery of its medicinal waters by King Bladud; Saron and Roman Antiquities, Nature and Efficacy of the Warm Baths and Sudatories. With the Rules and Prices of Bathing and Pumping..., New edition, Bath: Printed by R. Cruttwell, for A. Taylor, 1796, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding engraved map, four engraved plates, modern bookplate and signature to front endpaper, recent half calf, green morocco title label to spine, slim 8vo, Wade (William M.), Walks in Oxford; comprising an original, historical, and descriptive account of the colleges, halls, and public buildings of the university..., Oxford: R. Pearson, 1817, engraved frontispiece, folding map and ten engraved & etched plates, some browning and spotting, 20th century bookplate and ownership signature to front endpaper, hinges cracked, contemporary calf, rebacked, morocco title label, 8vo, Malcolm (James Peller), Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London during the eighteenth century, 2 volumes, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme, 1810, 44 engraved & etched plates, light offsetting and scattered spotting, bookplate of John Garratt to upper pastedowns, near contemporary half calf, gilt decorated spines with red morocco title labels, 8vo, Timbs (John & Gunn, Alexander), Abbeys, Castles, and Ancient Halls of England and Wales, 3 volumes, re-edited, revised and enlarged, London: Frederick Warne & Co., [1893], numerous plates from photos, contemporary half calf, gilt decorated spines with contrasting skiver labels, spines slightly rubbed, 8voQty: (11)
Warner (Richard). The History of Bath, 1st edition, Bath: Printed by R. Cruttwell, 1801, half-title discarded, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding engraved map, 13 engraved plates, some toning and scattered spotting, offsetting from plates, few leaves at rear damp stained at foot, later endpapers retaining 19th century bookplate of Alfred Thrale Perkins, 20th century bookplate and ownership signature to front endpaper, hinges split, contemporary diced calf, rebacked preserving spine, board edges worn, 4to, together with: Bath, The New Bath Guide; or, useful pocket companion for all persons residing at or resorting to this antient city. Giving an account of the first discovery of its medicinal waters by King Bladud..., new edition, improved and much enlarged, Bath: Printed by R. Cruttwell, 1785, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved folding map, four engraved plates, original stab holes at gutter where previously sewn (with few leaves neatly strengthened to gutter margins, including frontispiece & title), original plain wrappers bound-in, modern calf-backed marbled boards, maroon morocco title label to spine, slight fading to spine, 12mo, Warner (Richard), A New Guide through Bath, and its environs, Bath: Printed & sold by Richard Cruttwell, 1811, ink stamp crest to title, ownership name and date to dedication leaf 'L. Clutterbuck, 3rd Nov. 1813', modern bookplate and ownership signature to front endpaper, contemporary green half calf, blind decorated spine with red morocco title label, extremities slightly rubbed, 12mo, and two other Bath related, Mainwaring (Rowland), Annals of Bath, from the year 1800 to the passing of the new Municipal Act, Bath: Printed by Mary Meyler & Son, 1838, and Britton (John), The History and Antiquities of Bath Abbey Church, London: Printed for the author, 1825Qty: (5)
Buffon (Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de). Keepsake d'Histoire Naturelle... Oiseaux... texte de Buffon, revu, reduit et precede d'une introduction, par M. Achille Comte, Paris: Bazouge-Pigoreau, 1839, half title, engraved portrait, additional hand-coloured engraved title and 38 hand-coloured engraved plates after Victor Adam, plate 35 with short closed marginal tear, occasional light spotting, small private library ink stamp, all edges gilt, contemporary red morocco gilt, joints slightly rubbed, 8voQty: (1)NOTESNissen IVB 202.
Culpeper (Nicholas). Culpeper's English Physician; and Complete Herbal... , 2 volumes in 1, 15th & 13th edition respectively, W. Lewis & J. Adlard, 1813-1812, engraved portrait frontispiece (heavily browned) and 42 engraved plates, occasional spotting and mostly light browning, blank foremargin of pp. 67-68 of volume 1 neatly trimmed away not affecting text, closed tear tissue repairs to final 3 leaves (receipts and index leaf) with a little loss of legibility to a few words, contemporary sheep-backed tree calf with spine label, heavily rubbed, 4toQty: (1)
Three: Private H. Daft, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 13 October 1914 1914 Star, with clasp (717 Pte. H. Daft. R. War: R.); British War and Victory Medals (717 Pte. H. Daft. R. War. R.); Memorial Plaque (Herbert Daft) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace enclosure; together with the recipient’s aluminium identity disc, ‘717 H. Daft R. War. R. C. of E.’, extremely fine (4) £240-£280 --- Herbert Daft was born in Walsall, Staffordshire, and attested for the Royal Warwickshire Regiment at Birmingham. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 August 1914, and was killed in action on 13 October 1914. He is buried in Meteren Military Cemetery, France. Sold together with a Royal Warwickshire Regiment silver sweetheart brooch; a small portrait photograph of the recipient mounted in a large ‘patriotic’ glazed frame; and copied research, including a newspaper cutting that notes that the widow was left with an infant child, born since her husband went away. Please note that this lot is not suitable for shipping, but can be hand delivered within mainland Britain by prior arrangement with Christopher Mellor-Hill.
Four: Captain and Quartermaster J. Ellis, Cheshire Regiment, who was Mentioned in Despatches for services in Egypt 1914-15 Star (Q.M. & Capt. J. Ellis. Ches. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Q.M. & Capt. J. Ellis); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (2282 C.Serjt. J. Ellis. Cheshire Regt.) mounted as worn, generally very fine and better (4) £200-£240 --- Joseph Ellis, a native of Birkenhead, Cheshire, attested for the Cheshire Regiment in 1886, under the alias of Joseph Weeks, and served for 15 years in the 1st Battalion, being awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 172 of 1904. He retired in 1914, as Acting Sergeant Major on the Permanent Staff of 6th Battalion Cheshire Regiment (T.F.), but was subsequently commissioned Lieutenant (Quartermaster), and served during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 7 August 1915. He saw further service in Egypt, Palestine, and Belgium, and was Mentioned in Despatches for his services in Egypt (London Gazette 22 January 1919). Sold with a portrait photograph of the recipient, wearing his L.S. & G.C. Medal.
Family Group: Pair: Private F. Burdett, Manchester Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 23 June 1917 British War and Victory Medals (40916 Pte. F. Burdett. Manch. R.), both in named card boxes of issue, with outer OHMS transmission envelopes addressed to ‘Mrs. M. Burdett, 204, Harrison Road, Leicester’; Memorial Plaque (Frank Burdett) in card envelope, extremely fine Pair: Private W. H. Burdett, South Staffordshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (5333 Pte. W. H. Burdett. S. Staff. R.) nearly extremely fine (5) £120-£160 --- Provenance: Acquired by the vendor directly from the recipient’s family. Francis Burdett was born in Leicester and attested there for the Leicestershire Regiment. Transferring to the Manchester Regiment he served with the 19th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on the Ypres Salient 23 June 1917. He is buried in Perth Cemetery, Zillebeke, Belgium. Sold with named Record Office enclosures for both medals, a large portrait photograph of the recipient, mounted in a glazed display frame; and copied research. William H. Burdett, the brother of Francis Burdett, was born in Nottingham and attested for the South Staffordshire Regiment, serving with them during the Great War on the Western Front. Wounded, he was honourably discharged on 5 May 1919. Sold with the recipient’s Honourable Discharge Certificate, this mounted in a glazed display frame. Please note that this lot is not suitable for shipping, but can be hand delivered within mainland Britain by prior arrangement with Christopher Mellor-Hill.
Pair: Third Engineer S. F. Townend, Mercantile Marine, who survived the sinking of S.S. Verdi by the German Submarine U-53 on 22 August 1917 British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (Sidney F. Townend) both in slightly damaged named card boxes of issue, with out OHMS transmission envelope, addressed to ‘Mr. S. F. Townend, 9 Coltart Road, Princes Park, Liverpool’; together with the recipient’s cloth Officer’s Torpedo Badge, extremely fine (3) £80-£120 --- Sidney Firth Townend was born in Sandal, Wakefield, Yorkshire, on 19 September 1890 and served during the Great War in the Mercantile Marine. He was serving as Fifth Engineer in the Liverpool, Brazil, and River Plate Steam Navigation Company’s S.S. Verdi when, on a voyage from New York to Liverpool, she was sunk by the German submarine U-53 115 miles north west of Eagle Island on 22 August 1917, with the loss of six lives. Sold together with the recipient’s Continuous Certificate of Discharge; testimonial letter; portrait photograph, and other ephemera.
The Indian Mutiny Medal awarded to Colonel E. C. Garstin, C.B., Executive Engineer, Bengal Staff Corps, the only East India Company Officer attached to the Royal Engineers during the Mutiny Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow (Ensn. E. C. Gasstin, Attd. to Royal Engrs.) toned, good very fine £800-£1,200 --- Provenance: Sotheby, January 1973. Indian Mutiny medal roll L/MIL/5/77 Folio 152: ‘Royal Engineers. Roll of Officers of the Hon. E.I.C. Service attached to the Royal Engineers who have been employed in the suppression of the Mutiny: Ensign E. C. Garstin. Relief of Lucknow & Lucknow. An Ensign of the 29th Bengal Native Infantry acting as Interpreter to the 23rd Co. R.E. has since entered the College of Roorkee.’ Ensign Garstin was the only East India Company Officer attached to the Royal Engineers during the Mutiny. The medal itself is named ‘Gasstin’. Edward Charles Garstin was born at Meerut on 30 May 1837, and baptised on 17 June 1837, at Calcutta. He was educated at Grosvenor College, Bath, and Addiscombe; was nominated by for the H.E.I.C. Army by J. P. Muspratt and recommended by his father Colonel, Bengal Engineers. Gazetted Ensign, 13 June 1856; Lieutenant, 30 April 1858; Captain, 13 June 1869; Major, 13 June 1876; Lieutenant-Colonel, 13 June 1882; Colonel, 13 June 1886. Ensign Garstin arrived in India on 23 October 1856. Proceeded with a detachment under Sir William Peel, R.N., and present at the action of Kudjwah, 1 November 1857; present with the 23rd Company Royal Engineers at the relief of Lucknow under Sir Colin Campbell, November 1857; at the battle of Cawnpore against the Gwalior Contingent, December 1857; present with the 23rd Company Royal Engineers at the action of Khudagunj and the occupation of Fatteghar, capture of Lucknow, attack on the Fort of Rooyah, action of Allygunj and capture of Bareilly 1858 (Medal with two clasps). Although Ensign Garstin was attached to the 23rd Company Royal Engineers as an Interpreter, it is clear from the report of Lieutenant Knox R.E. on the demolition of the Fort of Tutteah on 29 December 1857, that Garstin was actively employed in the blowing of several mines. Garstin held his appointment with the Royal Engineers until 2 July 1858, when he entered Thomason College, Roorkee, and remained there until 1 November 1859. He was promoted to 2nd Grade Engineer, 12 November 1860; 1st Grade Engineer, 1 April 1865; Subordinate Magistrate of the 2nd Class for the purpose of enforcing the law, Bari Doab Canal; promoted Executive Engineer 3rd Grade, 1 September 1872; in charge of Bari Doab Canal 1st Division, 30 October 1872. Colonel Garstin died on 29 April 1909. Sold with a cabinet portrait photograph of Colonel Garstin wearing his medal.
The Poignant, Historically Important Manuscript Journal, Peking Siege Commemoration Medal and Archive of Doctor Wordsworth Poole, who was Mentioned in Despatches for his devoted and gallant services as Physician to the British Legation during the Siege at Peking, having previously served as Principal Medical Officer in Central Africa and Southern Nigeria. Poole’s Journal, lavishly illustrated by sketches, diagrams, and tables, is a fascinating account of the rising tension between the foreign Legations and the Qing Court, the appearance of anti-foreigner ‘Boxers’, and the daily struggles of the defenders of the International Legations, all from the perspective of ‘the fighting doctor’ who set up and ran the improvised International Hospital and was a close confidante of, and advisor to, Sir Claude Macdonald, British Minister to the Qing Emperor, and his wife Ethel, Lady Macdonald. i) Peking Siege Commemoration Medal, 57mm, bronze, the obverse featuring the Ch’ien Men engulfed in flames, in the exergue a cannon, ‘junii xx - augusti xiv’, the reverse featuring Britannia and Germania standing facing, clasping hands, a Chinese female standing behind; below a dragon, ‘mene. mene. tekel. upharsin. ichabod!’ impressed on the edge (Dr Wordsworth Poole C.M.G.) ii) Dr Poole’s Personal handwritten Journal (marked ‘Private’) in two volumes, the first (rebound) running from January 1896 to May 1901, the second covering the period May 1901 up to November 1901, when he fell ill prior to his death in January 1902, the several hundred pages of acute observation and commentary contain much of historical, medical and mental health interest iii) Dr Poole’s personal photograph album, covering the period 1895-1901, a fascinating companion to the Journal, 26 pages with hundreds of images in excellent condition, annotated and covering many of the personalities and places mentioned in his Journal and letters, including the Siege of the Legations iv) Dr Poole’s personal letters to his family, mostly typed transcripts but some of the later ones from 1900 onwards are handwritten originals v) Two framed original portrait photographs of the recipient vi) Obituaries, notices, and much other ephemera relating to Wordsworth Poole, generally very good condition and an important and rare archive (lot) £12,000-£15,000 --- Dr Poole’s medal group, comprising The Order of St. Michael and St. George, Companion’s breast badge; Central Africa Medal 1891-98 with clasp Central Africa 1894-98; East and West Africa Medal 1887-1900, with clasp 1897-98; and China Medal 1900 with clasp Defence of Legations, was sold in these rooms in March 2021. Wordsworth Poole was born at St. Paul’s Cray, Kent, on 7 December 1867, the son of Samuel Wordsworth Poole, an M.D. of Aberdeen and Vicar of St. Mark’s, Cambridge, and the grandson of Richard Poole, an eminent physician, psychiatrist and phrenologist, who practised in Edinburgh. He was educated at St. Olave’s School, London, where he won several scholarships, and St. Catherine's College, Cambridge. Completing his medical training at Guy’s Hospital, an organisation to which he developed a lifelong loyalty, qualifying as an M.B. and B.C.H. and serving time as house surgeon, he went overseas in search of adventure, first to Africa, then to China. Africa Poole kept a private Journal and wrote many letters to members of his family, providing a rare insight into an important period of British rule in the interior of Africa, dealing with the final overthrow of the armed forces of the African and Arab leaders who conducted a huge traffic in slaves. They also contain much of interest from a medical and mental health perspective and many references to the life led by the early Europeans in the interior of Africa (and subsequently, China). One of Poole’s first tasks was to make and fit a prosthetic for an African whose leg had been bitten off by a crocodile. Poole found his work with the indigenous peoples highly rewarding; he considered many of the European missionaries and soldiers less likeable as patients and companions. The sickness and mortality rate amongst the Europeans must have been one of the highest in the world, an overall annual death rate of around 10%. The death rate among officials was particularly high. In 1897-98 out of the total of 65 in the country around Lake Nyasa there were 12 deaths (18%), practically all in the prime of life. Kinetic injuries abounded, especially in rural areas. Dr Poole joined Major C. E. Edwards on his campaign against Zirafi, a powerful slaver chief based on a steep, easily defended hill covered with boulders, which was tough to approach ‘with people potting at you from good cover.’ The skirmishing en-route was described by Poole in a letter to his mother: ‘I and my hospital carriers were passing a clearing when about 70 yards away from us two guns blazed off from behind rocks. The porters threw down their loads and hooked. My boy ran up to me with my rifle, and I was trying to catch sight of someone to fire at (I’m fairly steady with the rifle now) when I saw a flash and some smoke, followed by another, and a bullet fell near my feet, knocking up dust into my face.’ Poole performed several operations in the field: ‘Last Saturday I took off a man’s hand. He had been shot through the wrist by one of Zirafi’s men about six weeks ago. Since then he has had Tetanus… He is doing well now and it has all healed up by primary union.’ On 24 November 1895, Poole accompanied Major Edwards, Smith and Bradshaw of 35th Sikhs on the German Steamer S.S. Hermann von Wissman on their way up to subdue the Arab slaver strongholds of Mloze, Kopa Kopa and Kapandanser; their force of 400 soldiers arriving in detachments. Stopping on the way at Likoma, a missionary station, Poole reflected on the psychology of Europeans who came to Africa: ‘There is a peculiarity about the men who have been in Africa some time. You get into a groove of your own and can’t bear anyone else to be running the show with you. Look at Livingstone and his fearful temper and quarrels with other white men. Kirk, Stanley and all of them the same. One’s temper must become ruined. It is so noticeable with every head of out-stations; they are all bears in one way and brook no interference. I see that one must make enormous allowances for people out here. The circumstances are so adverse. There is no public opinion and such a fierce light of criticism beats upon the actions of a handful of white men out here.’ Poole described in his letters the appalling outbreaks of severe dysentery, malaria and blackwater fever and the difficulties he had in dealing with them single-handed: ‘Just now there is a great deal of sickness about. In the last fortnight I have had about 40 cases of very acute dysentery, some cases of pneumonia and other minor ones.’ He too succumbed to recurrent bouts of fever in the Nyasa region and in Nigeria, to extent that he had to return to England as a convalescent. He recorded his options in his Journal on 6 June 1899: ‘1. Another billet from Colonial Office in a healthy climate. Such a billet as would be worth my while accepting would probably be a long time turning up. 2. Stay at home and try and get on Tropical School of Medicine - but pay poor. 3. Foreign Office said there was a possibility of post of physician to Legation at Peking falling vacant. Worth about £700 a year. Climate good. Drawbacks to this appointment not allowed private practice… and no further advancement. But an easy well-paid billet. My prospects in Nigeria were good...
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![Butler (A. S. G.). The Architecture of Sir Edward Lutyens [The Lutyens Memorial], 3 volumes, London: Country Life, 1950, nume](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/10fe502f-d88e-4615-8dd7-ad5900f01de2/ccf1c168-f228-4274-aba9-ad590111b953/468x382.jpg)
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