RAMSAY RICHARD REINAGLE (BRTISH 1775-1862) A HUNTING DOG HOLDING A CAT AT A BAY IN A WOODLAND, 1793 Oil on canvas Signed, dated, and inscribed 'R. R. Reinagle 1793 AE: sui 18' (centre left) 150 x 120cm (59 x 47 in.) Provenance: Sale, Christie's, London, 19 November 1982, lot 8 Sale, James Adam & Sons, Townley Hall, 10 October 2017, lot 422. Private collection, UK, acquired at the above sale Exhibited: (Probably) London, Royal Academy, 1793, n. 282, as 'Portrait of a favourite dog' Son of the painter Philipp Reinagle (1749 - 1833), Ramsay Richard executed this picture at the precocious age of 18 and had begun exhibiting at the Royal Academy five years earlier. The sure handling of composition and chiaroscuro belies the artist's youth. Taught by his father, Ramsay Richard was strongly influenced by 17th century Dutch painters of nature such as Ruisdael, Potter and Wouwerman, and he occasionally reproduced their works. Reinagle was an adept painter of animals, hunting scenes and landscapes, and the influence of these earlier artists is often detectable in his paintings during a period when earlier Dutch art was highly collectable in Britain. Adapting these modes to appeal to a contemporary audience, Reinagle made sure to depict subjects and themes which could appeal to the English country gentleman and often portrayed hunting scenes prominently featuring English breeds of dog. In this composition a water spaniel has cornered a wild cat up an oak tree and a standoff has ensued. The scene has been caught with a theatrical spotlight effect using the backdrop of a large sandstone boulder. The spaniel has chased the cat away from its prize of a dead bird which now lies before the spaniel's front paws, its feathers littering the ground. The spaniel, however, appears to be less interested in stealing the cat's kill than in enjoying having cornered the furious feline, which scrabbles and hisses angrily on a tree branch. Beneath them both the broken body of the bird lies suspended by foliage over a pool of water which separates the viewer from the battle. One might read this scene as a metaphor for the struggle between civilisation and wilderness: the well-groomed, domesticated spaniel tackling a savage, leering cat. A feather of the innocent bird dangles from the cat's claws, evidence of its crime.
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AFTER FRANZ XAVER WINTERHALTER (GERMAN 1805-1873) VICTORIA, PRINCESS ROYAL (1840-1901) LATER EMPRESS FREDERICK OF GERMANY Oil on canvas With initials and date 'F. W.1857' (lower left) 31 x 23cm (12 x 9 in.)Provenance: Lady Jane Abdy, London Gifted to the present ownerAfter the picture in The Royal Collection (RCIN 404580)Princess Victoria, Queen Victoria's eldest daughter, wears the badge of the Order of Victoria and, in the three-quarter-length portrait, a prominently displayed ring on her left hand, alluding to her engagement to Prince Frederick William of Prussia, whose portrait Winterhalter painted at the same time (Schloss Friedrichshof). She was 17 years old. This painting is the first in a set of portraits of Queen Victoria's four eldest daughters. The Queen recorded in her Journal: 'Winterhalter has done a beautiful picture of Vicky, & is making an excellent head...of Fritz'.
‡ GEORGE ROMNEY (BRITISH 1734-1802) MRS. HENRIETTA HAWKINS BROWNE (1752-1802), 1793 Oil on canvas 127 x 102cm (50 x 40 in.) Provenance: Painted for the sitter's husband, Isaac Hawkins Brown (1745-1818); and by descent to The Hon. C. Hay Agnew's, London, acquired from the above in May 1889 W. Lockett Agnew, acquired from the above in March 1892 Mrs. Agnew's Sale, Christie's, London, 15 June 1923, lot 52 (£787 10s) Tooth [presumably Arthur Tooth, London], acquired at the above sale Sale, Christie's, New York, 12 January 1978, lot 140 Private Collection, acquired at the above sale Literature: H. Maxwell, George Romney, London, 1902, p. 171, n. 40 H. Ward & W. Roberts, Romney, A Biographical and Critical Essay with a Catalogue Raisonné of his Works, London & New York, NY, 1904, vol. II, pp. 19-20 A. Kidson, George Romney, A complete catalogue of his paintings, New Haven, CT & London, 2015, vol I, p. 99, n. 165 (illus.; as 'untraced') Exhibited: Birmingham, Museum and Art Gallery, Loan Collection of Portraits, 1900, n. 13 The sitter was the eldest daughter of the Hon. Edward Hay, fourth son of the 8th Earl of Kinnoull, and his wife Mary, nee Flower. In May 1788 she married Isaac Hawkins Browne of Badger, Salop., who served as MP for Bridgenorth from 1784 - 1812. The couple had no children. In his catalogue raisonné of Romney's work, Alex Kidson notes nine sittings by Mrs. Hawkins Browne between 28 January and 20 April 1793, with two further ones cancelled. Her husband paid Romney half his fee of 60 gns. At the first sitting and the remainder, along with the costs of packing and shipping, in March 1794. It was framed by Saunders (£5 18s) and sent on 24 July 1793. On 4 August, Mr. Hawkins Browne wrote to Romney thanking him for 'the very fine picture of Mrs. Hawkins Browne', which had recently arrived. He continued: 'I shall always set a high value upon it for her sake and for yours,' and stated that on his next trip to London he would 'take the first opportunity of returning you my best thanks in person' (Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, NY). According to Kidson, 'the portrait is one of the earliest in a sequence of female half-lengths which - arguably in response to the works of Lawrence and Raeburn - took the effects of loose brushwork and informality to new levels in Romney's portraiture'. Condition Report: The canvas has been lined ad re-varnished. It is however now a little slack. Craquelure and some paint shrinkage throughout however the paint surface appears stable. Rubbing and abrasions to the framing edges, The framing corners with some undulation to them, probably caused by the lining process. Inspection under UV light reveals scattered retouching and in-filling under a green cloudy varnish. The paint sits under the varnish, so we cannot be certain but it has been suggested that the necklace the sitter is wearing has been later added. Taking into account the artist's tendency not to use jewellery in his compositions, this seems a likely assertion. Condition Report Disclaimer
ARTHUR WILLIAM DEVIS (BRITISH 1762-1822) A DOUBLE PORTRAIT OF TWO BOYS, ONE POINTING TO INDIA ON A GLOBE: A DOUBLE PORTRAIT OF TWO BOYS, PRACTICING ARCHERY Oil on canvas, a pair The former inscribed `Miss Kensington No.106' (on the reverse of the frame); and the latter inscribed `Miss Kensington No.105' (on the reverse of the frame) Each 79.4 x 56.5cm (31¼ x 22 in.) (2)Provenance: Private collection, UK Philips, Son & Neale, 1st December 1969, lot 30 Richard Green, London Dr Norman PowerArthur William Devis inherited his talent from his father, the portrait painter Arthur Devis (1712-1787). He led an adventurous life and in 1782 was `appointed Draftsman by a private committee of the East India Company to pursue a voyage around the world' (2) aboard the Antelope. He was wounded by arrows in New Guinea and shipwrecked off the Palau Islands in the Pacific. Devis reached Calcutta in 1785, hoping to make his fortune as a portrait painter. Handsome, charming and generous, he plunged into the extravagant, febrile world of Calcutta society, where East India Company officials lived with all the elegance of Europe and the glamour of the East. One of Devis's first sitters was the Governor-General of Bengal, Warren Hastings and he went on to paint Marquess Cornwallis Receiving the Hostage Prince of Mysore before Seringapatam: and The Finding of the body of Tippoo Sahib, The Sultan of Mysore. Devis returned to England in 1795, intending to publish his series of twenty-six paintings of Indian Manufacturers. He built up his reputation as a portrait painter, often executing commissions for families with connections to India. He became renowned for portraits of children: his gentle, warm personality put them at their ease. Sydney Pavière, Devis's biographer, comments: 'That he was fond of little children cannot be doubted. He painted them so lovingly and well' (3) . This can be seen in the present pair of portraits of four brothers. The elder pair stand in an interior with a table globe and the younger of the two boys' points to India, making clear the family's connection with that country. The elder boys, engaged in learning about the world, have the gravity of approaching manhood. Their young brothers live still in a world of outdoor play and sunlight. They are depicted practicing archery in the shade of a huge tree, the vastness of which suggests the tropics and is similar to the Banyan Tree in Devis's portrait of Colin Shakespeare, of the Bengal Civil Service (4). Both portraits are inscribed `Miss Kensington' on the reverse of the frames. It is possible that the boys are members of the Kensington family who are recorded in Madras in the early nineteenth century. For example, Henry Kensington (d.1825) began his career as a Writer (or clerk, the first rung of an East India Company career) in 1808 and rose to be Registrar to the Provincial Court, Southern Division by 1822 . There may well have been earlier generations of the family living in India. Devis visited Madras in 1793. 1. Sydney H Pavière, The Devis Family of Painters, Leigh-on-Sea 1950, p.102 2 Ibid p.104 3 Ibid p.113 4 Ibid p.114, no.134, plate 46 Condition Report: Framed measurements: 91 x 71 cm The portrait of boys practicing archery: The canvas is relined and presents a very subtle craquelure, which is hardly noticeable. UV light reveals various retouches yet mostly subtle. Starting from the boy on the left, the are restorations next to the right leg, a patch of retouching in the background just to to his left, of about 1.5 cm in diameter; further retouching near the right section of the bow, and very subtle targeted retouching to the white frilled collar, on the lip, and to the right of the hair; there also seems to be some reinforcing on his right eyebrow. The boy on the right, on the other hand, has a few retouches on the hand, and small, hardly noticeable retouching near the eye, and on the locks of hair to the left. Further retouching is present on the left border, and various restorations are present in the foliage to the right border. To conclude, a suable varnish covers the whole surface. The portrait of boys pointing to India: The canvas is relined, and presents a subtle, and hardly noticeable, craquelure across the whole surface. UV light reveals a few minor retouches. Starting from the boy on the left, there are some dotted restorations on the hand pointing to the globe, a few on the legs, while a thin 7 cm long retouch is situated diagonally to the left of to the froward leg. In addition, there might be some white paint restoration, which though does not fluoresce, on the stockings. The boy on the right instead presents a few retouches on the stocking, and a few, yet hardly noticeable and visible restorations on the hair and nose. To conclude, a 0.5 cm long retouching is present on he left of the boy's head. Further scattered retouches are present in the background, most notably near the brooders. Condition Report Disclaimer
Three Victorian woven silk Stevengraphs: Dick Turpin, c.1870, printed on the slip "Dick Turpin's last ride on his Bonnie Black Bess" and smaller 'Woven in silk by Thomas Stevens, Inventor and manufacturer, Coventry, London (Registered)', 28.5 x 22cms high; a boat race, c.1870, "Are You Ready", also marked 'Woven in silk by Thomas Stevens, inventor and manufacturer, Coventry, London (Registered)', 28.5 x 22cms high; "The First Point", marked 'Woven in silk by Thomas Stevens, inventor and manufacturer, Coventry, London (Registered)', 28.5 x 22cms high; and a Victorian embossed leather and brass bound photo album, c.1880, containing forty-eight various original Victorian portrait photos, with heavy brass banding in two strips and a pair of hinged clasps, 13 x 5.5 x 15.6cms high. (4)PROVENANCE: The Graham Smith Retirement Auction - 50 years in the Antiques Trade.
Henry John Lintott (1877 - 1965) A portrait is of a lady in a fur or wool jacket, standing amid trees with some white cliffs in the background, possibly the cliffs at Dover, c.1930's, signed in pencil on the back of the pin stretcher 'Yellow & Grey H J Lintott RSA' and with a paper label "Bristol 1932 Dicksee & Co", probably a label for transport or storage, oil on canvas, 105 x 79cms. Notes: Henry John Lintott (1877 - 1965) was born in Brighton, he studied at Brighton, South Kensington, Paris and Italy. He is associated with the Scottish School as he was appointed to the staff of Edinburgh College of Art in 1902 and became an important member of staff during the years of great development and creativity. PROVENANCE: The Graham Smith Retirement Auction - 50 years in the Antiques Trade.
A 19th Century portrait miniature of a Gentleman wearing blue overcoat and white cravat, on ivory, in a red leather case, with a gilded oval border and velvet backing, inscribed 'McCormack ***' and indistinctly dated 18*4 on the reverse, height 9.5cms.Ivory self-declaration submission reference Z5BAL6PF PROVENANCE: The Graham Smith Retirement Auction - 50 years in the Antiques Trade.
A 19th Century French Limoges enamel portrait of a young woman, c.1870, probably of Charlotte Corday, the assassin of Jean Paul Marat during the French Revolution, the woman in rural dress with long hair under a headdress tied with a ribbon, mounted in a small bronze oval wall hanging frame, (originally with stand), 10 x 13.5cms high.Note: Although Jean-Jacques Hauer painted her portrait in July 1793 while imprisoned in Paris just before her execution, another French artist Tony Robert-Fleury painted Charlotte Corday in her hometown of Caen in 1874, some 81 years after her death. This portrait was probably copied from this painting.PROVENANCE: The Graham Smith Retirement Auction - 50 years in the Antiques Trade.
Churchill (Winston Spencer). Ian Hamilton's March, 2nd edition, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1900, monochrome portrait frontispiece, folding map to the rear, some light toning & minor spotting, original red cloth, spine slightly faded & rubbed, 8voThe Second World War, volumes 4-6 only, all 1st editions, London: Cassell & Co., 1951-54, all edges gilt, modern uniform gilt decorated full red morocco, 8vo, together with:H.M.S.O., publisher, Minutes of the Proceedings of the Colonial Conference 1907, London: 1907, in which Winston Churchill gave evidence, ex-library stamps to the title page, original blue wrapper, slightly rubbed & chipped, large 8vo, plus other works by & about Winston S. Churchill, many duplicate copies, some odd volumes, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio, includes a packet of WWII era posters QTY: (5 shelves)
Hooft (Pieter Corneliszoon). Rampsaligheden der verheffinge van den huize van Medicis, Amsterdam: Nicolaes van Ravesteyn, 1649, engraved portrait plate, diagonal closed cut to D3 repaired, contemporary vellum, manuscript title to spine, 8vo, together with:Heinsius (Daniel). Poemata Latina et Graeca; editio post plurimas postrema, longe auctior, Amsterdam: Joannem Janssonium, 1649, additional engraved title, letterpress title with woodcut device and with early ownership signature W. Hubert, armorial bookplate to lower pastedown, contemporary speckled calf, gilt decorated spine, small paper label at foot of spine and upper board, joints cracked, board corners worn, 12mo,Freinsheim (Johann). Supplementorum Livianorum ad Christinam reginam decas..., Stockholm: Joh. Janssonium, 1649, engraved title (cropped at foot), contemporary vellum, manuscript title at head of spine, browning to spine, 12mo, plus five other 16th-early 18th-century continental antiquarian volumes, including an incomplete volume of Bibliotheca Sancta, parts 1-4 only (of 8) bound in one, Venice: Franciscum Franciscium Senensem, 1575QTY: (8)
Willoughby (John). East Africa and its Big Game. The Narrative of a Sporting Trip from Zanzibar to the Borders of the Masai, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1889, lithograph plates and folding map (with adhesive tape repairs to folds), ink stamp to half-title and lower margin of title, modern cloth, 8vo, plus another copy of the same work with map detached, damp-staining and cockling throughout, leaves sprung, original cloth gilt, damp-mottled and rubbed, 8vo, Höhnel (Ludwig von). Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie. A Narrative of Count Samuel Teleki's Exploring & Hunting Expedition in Eastern Equatorial Africa in 1887 & 1888, 2 volumes, London: Longmans, green, and Co., 1894, wood-engraved plates and illustrations, lacking maps, scattered spotting, original cloth gilt, rubbed, 8vo, Calmeyn (Maurice). Au Congo Belgie. Chasses a l'Elephant less Indigenes l'Administration, Brussells: En Vente chez less Principaux Libraires, 1912, photogravure portrait frontispiece, monochrome illustrations, original printed wrappers, covers detached and lacking spine, 8vo, Gibbons (Alfred St. Hill). Exploration and Hunting in Central Africa 1895-96, London: Methuen & Co., 1898, monochrome portrait frontispiece and plates, lacking map, bookplate of H. F. Salt to front pastedown, original cloth gilt, covers marked and rubbed, 8vo, plus other elephant related, big game hunting and Africa exploration related etc., including some defective QTY: (2 cartons)
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* Drevet (Pierre). Louis Le Grand [Louis XIV], Paris [1712], uncoloured engraving after Hyacinthe Rigaud, 685 x 515 mm, mounted, framed and glazed QTY: (1)NOTE:The oil portrait was commissioned as a gift for Louis XIV’s grandson, Philip V of Spain but was such a success at court that it was never sent to him and a copy was dispatched instead. As a result of its popularity, several versions of the portrait were produced in oils. Drevet’s print after the painting was published in 1712. The steady demand for engraved portraits of prominent men in public life during this period grew in importance under royal patronage, and this became the staple output of Pierre Drevet. He excelled at portrait engravings, his skill leading to his appointment in 1696 to the title of Graveur du Roi (Engraver to the King). Portrait engravings such as this one, which has always been regarded by print connoisseurs as a supreme example of the engraver’s art, were sold in print shops but would not have been affordable to many. They would also have been given by the King as gifts to visiting dignitaries and foreign rulers to proclaim his power and majesty.
![[Le Vaillant, Francois]. Travels into the Interior Parts of Africa, by the Cape of Good Hope; in the years 1780, 81, 82, 83,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/77603c7d-ab27-4102-b3a0-b17f00af972b/6ab03db3-6120-4e4f-9326-b1f70102eb4b/468x382.jpg)
[Le Vaillant, Francois]. Travels into the Interior Parts of Africa, by the Cape of Good Hope; in the years 1780, 81, 82, 83, 84 and 85, 2 volumes, early English edition, Perth: R. Morison Junior for R. Morison and Son, 1791, 2 folding frontispieces, 7 engraved plates, a few light spots, bookplates of Sheffield Airey Neave (1879-1961, British entomologist and naturalist), contemporary sprinkled calf, spines a little rubbed with light stains, 12mo, together with Methuen (Henry H.) Life in the Wilderness; or Wanderings in South Africa, 1st edition, London: Richard Bentley, 1846, tinted lithograph frontispiece, 2 lithograph plates at rear, some toning and spotting to plates, bookplate of Sheffield Airey Neave, front hinge broken, contemporary half calf gilt, joints and edges rubbed, 8vo, plus Ward (Herbert). Five Years with the Congo Cannibals, 1st edition, London: Chatto & Windus, 1890, half-title, portrait frontispiece, wood-engravings, some light spotting, bookplate of Sheffield Airey Neave, hinges reinforced, top edge gilt, contemporary half morocco, some damp stains to cloth covers, small 4to, with others including Francois Le Vaillant's New Travels into the Interior Parts of Africa, 1796, volumes I & II only, (of 3) QTY: (8)NOTE:First work Mendelssohn I, pp. 889-90 for the first English edition of 1790.
Dryden (John). The Works of John Dryden, illustrated with notes, historical, critical and explanatory, and a life of the author by Walter Scott, 18 volumes, London: printed for William Miller, 1808, engraved portrait frontispiece by James Fittler to volume I, large folding engraved plate to volume VI, occasional light spotting and toning, bookplates of R. J. Lambton, Morton House, all edges gilt, later purple straight-grained morocco gilt, spines a little rubbed and dulled, edges lightly rubbed, 8voQTY: (18)
Diodati (Giovanni). Pious and Learned Annotations upon the Holy Bible, 2 parts in one, second edition, London: printed by Miles Flesher, for Nicholas Fussell, 1648, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional engraved title and engraved title to second part, portrait frontispiece lined to verso, several leaves with rust marks to fore-margins (caused by original clasp attachments to boards) with rust-burn holes to fore-margins of final 8 leaves, some light dust-soiling, old Bath Public Reference Library bookplate to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, rebacked, lacking clasps, 4to (Wing D1506), together with:Goodwin (Thomas). Moses and Aaron. Civil and Ecclesiastical Rites, used by the ancient Hebrewes; observed, and at large opened, for the clearing of many obscure texts thorowout the whole Scripture. Which texts are now added in the end of the book. Herein likewise is shewed what customes the Hebrewes borrowed from Heathen people..., 5th edition, London: Printed by John Haviland, 1634, small rust hole to final leaf not affecting text, bound with [Goodwin, Thomas]. Romanae Historiae Anthologia Recognita et Aucta. An English exposition of the Roman Antiquities, wherein many Roman & English offices are paralleld and divers obscure phrases explained. For the use of Abingdon Schoole, newly revised, Oxford: printed by Leonard Lichfield for Henry Cripps, 1642, title within woodcut border with 18th-century ownership signatures of George Lovell (verso with 17th-century inscription), title and initial few leaves with damp-stain at head, bound with Rous (Francis). Archaeologiae Atticae libri tres. Three Bookes of the Attick Antiquities..., Oxford: Printed by Leonard Lichfield, for Edward Forrest, 1637, some light damp-stains, contemporary blind panelled calf, gilt decorated spine lacking title label, upper board detached and lower joint cracked, 4to (STC 11955, Wing G985 and STC 21350 respectively)QTY: (2)
Boyer (Abel). Dictionnaire Royal, Francois et Anglois... , 2 volumes bound as 1, The Hague: Henry van Bulderen, 1702, unpaginated, triple column, first title printed in red and black, some spotting and old damp staining, a little fraying and creasing of initial leaves with marginal damp staining, old ink initials to title and near-contemporary ink ownership name inscriptions of William Vaughan dated 1741 to front pastedown, contemporary calf, gilt-decorated spine, rubbed, some edge wear and a little loss at head and foot of spine, 4to, together with: Ludwig (Christian), A Dictionary English, German and French,... , now Carefully Revised, Corrected, and throughout Augmented with more than 12000 Words, taken out of Samuel Johnson's English Dictionary and others, 3rd edition, Leipzig: John Frederick Gleditsch, 1763, some browning and worm tracks affecting text, damp staining at rear, contemporary calf with modern calf reback and leather spine label, 4to, plusMarriott (Charles), The New Royal English Dictionary; or, Complete Library of Grammatical Knowledge... , London: J. Wenman, 1780, unpaginated, 7-page list of subscribers at rear, lacks portrait frontispiece, some dust soiling and browning, ballpoint pen inscription to title, hinges cracked, contemporary reversed calf, cracked on joints and worn on spine, 4to, plus 3 other editions of Boyer (1748, 1764 & 1780), plus copies of Barclay's Complete and Universal English Dictionary, 1800, and John Walker's Critical Pronouncing Dictionary (1802), all but one leather bound, all 4toQTY: (8)
![Austen (Jane). Pride and Prejudice, 2 volumes [The Novels of Jane Austen Winchester Edition], Edinburgh: John Grant, 1911, so](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/77603c7d-ab27-4102-b3a0-b17f00af972b/fdb14267-0f6e-4c43-89d0-b1f70103daa3/468x382.jpg)
Austen (Jane). Pride and Prejudice, 2 volumes [The Novels of Jane Austen Winchester Edition], Edinburgh: John Grant, 1911, some minor marginal toning, top edges gilt, contemporary uniform gilt decorated black full calf bound by Zaehnsdorf, boards & spines rubbed & faded, loss to the head & foot of the spine of volume 2, 8vo, together with:Dickens (Charles), Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son, wholesale, retail and for exportation, 1st edition, London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848, engraved illustrations by H. K. Browne, some light toning & spotting, front & rear gutters cracked, contemporary gilt decorated half calf to marbled boards, rubbed with a small tear to the head of the spine, 8vo, plusThe Jewish Spy: being a Philosophical, Historical and Critical Correspondence, by letters which lately past'd between certain Jews in Turky, Italy, France, &c..., 4 volumes, 2nd edition, London: printed for D. Browne, 1744, engraved portrait frontispiece & half-title to volume 1, engraved title page vignettes, bookplates to the front pastedowns, gutters cracked, some minor toning & spotting, contemporary uniform gilt decorated full calf, boards & spines rubbed with some small loss, 8vo, and other 18th to early 20th century literature, all leather bindings, some gilt decorated, some odd volumes, overall condition is generally good, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves)
Speed (John). The Historie of Great Britaine under the Conquests of the Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans..., 3rd edition, London: John Dawson, for George Humble, 1632, engraved portrait frontispiece (trimmed to margins, lined to verso and dust-soiled), title with woodcut device and contemporary ownership signature in brown ink of 'Wa: Younge', numerous woodcut head and tailpieces and initials, numismatic and other vignettes to text, some closed tears to margins, last few leaves a little dust-soiled, endpapers renewed, bookplates of Weston Library and Egerton Parker to front pastedown, contemporary calf, rebacked with gilt morocco title label to spine, corners refurbished, a few light scratch marks to boards, folio (35 x 22 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:STC 23049.
Godwin (William). Life of Geoffrey Chaucer, the early English Poet: including memoirs of his near friend and kinsman, John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster: with sketches of the Manners, Opinions, Arts and Literature of England in the Fourteenth Century, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Rivard Phillips, 1803, engraved portrait frontispiece to each, scattered spotting throughout, contemporary half calf, rebacked preserving original gilt decorated spines, with later black morocco labels to spines, 4to, together with:Churchill (Charles). Poems, 2 volumes, 4th edition, London: printed by John Churchill, (Executor to the late C. Churchill) and W. Flexney, 1769, half-titles, final leaf of volume 2 bearing early signature 'J. Churchill', contemporary calf, maroon morocco title label to spines, 8vo,Bible [Latin]. Biblia Sacra Vulgate Editionis Sixti V. Pont. Max. Jussu recognita atque edita, Leiden: Petri Guillimin, 1669, engraved title, publication details from colophon, contemporary vellum, upper joint slightly split at head, 8vo,Milton (John). The Poetical Works of John Milton, with notes of various authors. With other illustrations; and with some account of the life and writings of Milton, derived principally from documents in His Majesty's State-Paper Office, now first published. By the Rev. H. J. Todd, 6 volumes, London: C. and J. Rivington [et all.], 1826, engraved portrait frontispiece to first volume, scattered spotting, armorial bookplate of Edmund Walker to upper pastedowns, contemporary grain straight-grain calf, later labels to spines, upper board of volume 2 detached, light wear, 8vo,Horace. Oeuvres d'Horace en Latin et en françois, avec des remarques critiques et historiques par M. Dacier, volumes 1 & 2 only (of 4), 5th edition, Hamburg: De l'Imprimerie d'A. Vandenhoeck, Libraire à Londres, 1733, titles in red and black, annotation to upper margin of first title, 19th-century black straight-grain half morocco, extremities rubbed, 4to, plus other antiquarian volumes, including English literature, mostly 18th and early 19th-century publications, including few defective and odd volumes, mostly bound in contemporary leather bindings (approximately 200 volumes)QTY: (6 shelves)
Barclay (James). Barclay's Universal English Dictionary, 3 volumes, circa 1840, title page with a portrait of Queen Victoria, additional half-title, additional decorative title to volume 2, 54 uncoloured decorative engraved maps by Thomas Moule of British counties, regions and town plans, one comparison plate, and five engravings of topographical views and British monarchs, some spotting and staining throughout, some hinges cracked, contemporary cloth gilt, slight staining, 4toQTY: (3)
* French playing cards. Aluette pack, Nantes: Beauvais (1st portrait), circa 1848, a complete deck of 48 stencil coloured wood engraved playing cards (Spanish suits), 2 of swords with maker's details, single figure courts of unusual design, high value cards numbered, few minor marks or spots, small surface loss to 3 of swords (affecting tip of one sword hilt), square corners, versos brown-black lattice, each card 85 x 57 mm, 28 cards mounted with photo corners onto a display board (42 x 59.5 cm), encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of board), the remainder in a plastic bagQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.Rare. According to aluette.net, this pack is the premier portrait by Beauvais of Nantes, dated to 1845-1850. Here Beauvais has attempted to introduce a new and original design, but it is believed that this was not a success and Beauvais later created a second, more classic aluette portrait.
Adams (Archibald). The Western Rajputana States, a medico-topographical and general account of Marwar, Sirohi, Jaisalmir, 1st edition, London: Junior Army & Navy Stores, 1899, portrait frontispiece, black and white plates after photographs throughout, ink stamp of the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland to title, original publisher's blue cloth gilt, gilt camel motif to upper cover, spine somewhat soiled, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Scarce in commerce.
Dickens (Charles). The Adventures of Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress, new edition, revised and corrected, 1st single volume edition, London: published for the Author, by Bradbury & Evans, 1846, half-title discarded, 24 etched plates by George Cruikshank, upper margin of title with pencil ownership signature, bookplate to front pastedown, long repaired tear with minor loss to plate of 'Oliver asking for more', dust-soiling, toning and offsetting to plates, sewing exposed in some places, hinges cracked, contemporary blue half calf, gilt lettering to spine, joints and extremities rubbed, 8vo, together with:Little Dorrit, 1st edition, London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857, half-title discarded, engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title, engraved plates by Hablot Knight Browne, some toning and damp-staining to plates, early 20th-century purple half morocco, gilt lettering to spine, lightly rubbed, 8vo, plusThe Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, 1st edition, London: Chapman and Hall, 1839, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, etched plates by Phiz [Hablot Knight Browne], dust-soiling, toning and offsetting to plates, some with short closed tears, late 19th-century purple full morocco, gilt lettering to spine, joints a little rubbed, 8vo, plusBleak House, 1st edition, London: Bradbury & Evans 1853, half-title, frontispiece, additional pictorial title and etched plates by Hablot Knight Browne, plates lightly toned, late 19th-century red half morocco, gilt lettering to spine, boards a little water stained, 8vo, plusDombey and Son, 1st edition, London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848, engraved pictorial and printed titles, frontispiece, engraved plates by Hablot Knight Browne, some lightly toned and spotted, late 19th-century full navy calf, gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, a little rubbed, 8vo,Our Mutual Friend, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Chapman and Hall, 1865, half-titles discarded, engraved frontispieces and plates, contemporary dark green half morocco, gilt decorated spines, 8vo and 5 other 19th-century leather-bound volumes, 8vo QTY: (12)NOTE:
Camden (William). Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland and the Islands Adjacent..., Enlarged by the Latest Discoveries by Richard Gough, 4 volumes, printed for John Stockdale, 1806, portrait frontispiece to first volume , 51 engraved folding maps by John Cary (49 hand-coloured in outline), 5 additional uncoloured maps (including 1 folding) and 105 uncoloured engraved plates (including 8 folding) and one folding pedigree of Oliver Cromwell, numerous illustrations to the text throughout, occasional spotting, browning and offsetting (mostly to text leaves & some plates), marbled endpapers with armorial bookplate of Samuel George Smith to upper pastedowns, all edges gilt, contemporary diced calf with blind and gilt decoration, volume 1 rebacked with lower board detached, upper boards of volumes 2 and 3 detached, some joints worn, extremities rubbed, folioQTY: (4)NOTE:Chubb. CCLXXII.This is the 2nd Gough edition.
Kipling (Rudyard). The Works of Rudyard Kipling, 27 volumes, Seven Seas Edition, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1914, signed by the author to the half-title of volume 1, some minor marginal toning, original uniform cloth spines to boards, paper spine labels rubbed with some loss, 8vo, limited edition 592/1050, together with:Iriving (Washington), Life of George Washington, 5 volumes, New York: G. P. Putnam, 1855, period inscription to the front endpaper of volume 1, portrait frontispiece, some minor toning, original uniform embossed blue cloth, spines faded, slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plusBurton (Richard F.), The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, 10 volumes, Supplemental Nights, 7 volumes, Benares Edition, Burton Club, 1897, monochrome illustrations, previous owner marks to the front endpapers, some light toning, original uniform embossed black cloth, boards & spines slightly rubbed, 8vo, and other late 19th & early 20th Century literature sets, G/VG, 8voQTY: (6 shelves)
* Chevalière d'Éon (1728-1810). Portrait of Charles Genevieve Louis Auguste Andree Timothee D'Eon, after Francis Haward (1759-1797), dated 1846, pencil on paper (with decorative embossed border), with light touches of pale red to her lips and cheeks, half length, slightly turned to the left, wearing a dark dress with a bow and the star of the Order of St Louis, set against an additional ornamental background of curtains, a balustrade and writing implements, initialled and dated 'M.E.M.B. 1846', contemporary ink manuscript 5 line caption to lower margin, tiny spot of abrasion to forehead, lower right corner lightly creased, sheet size 34.3 x 26 cm (13 1/2 x 10 1/4 ins, 4 cm of blank upper margin folded over in frame), framed and glazed (34 x 29 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:A fine early pencil copy after the engraved portrait by Haward, (after a painting probably by Angela Kauffman, itself after the original print of 1779 by Pierre Jean Baptiste Bradel), of a man who dressed as both a man and as a woman, and had an important career in the military and as a diplomat and spy, before living as a woman from 1777. In her later years, d'Eon achieved fame in Britain as a celebrity female fencer. The caption below the image is taken from the Haward version of the portrait:"Carola-Genovefa-Louisa-Augusta-Andrea-Timothea-D'Eon De Beaumont, Knight of the Royal and Military order of St. Louis Captain of Dragoons, and the Volunteers of the Army, Aide-de-Camp to the Marechal Duke & Count de Broglio, Minsiter Plenipotentiary from the King of France to the King of Great Britain in 1763, &c. &c. &c. Born at Tonnerre 5.th of Oct.r, 1728. Painted in her 25th Year."
Walker (John). A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language... , 4th edition, London: J. Johnson [et al], 1806, half-title, publisher's advertisement leaf at rear, unpaginated, triple column, some spotting and heavier browning at rear, contemporary calf with leather spine label, rubbed, 4to, together with:Boyer (Abel), The Royal Dictionary Abridged... , 2nd edition, London: R. Clavel [et al], 1708, engraved portrait frontispiece, unpaginated, triple column, publisher's advertisement leaf at rear, old ink ownership name inscription of George Harbin to both pastedowns, contemporary calf with gilt-decorated spine and label, heavily rubbed, slightly cracked on joints and a little loss at head and foot of spine, 8vo, plusBailey (Nathan), An Universal Etymological English Dictionary... , 11th edition, London: R. Ware [et al], 1745, advertisement leaf before title (cut at upper margin), unpaginated, double column, publisher's advertisements to final leaf verso, some spotting or browning throughout, contemporary calf gilt, some edge and corner wear, a little loss at head and foot of spine, 8vo, plus other English, English-Latin and English-French dictionaries of the 18th century by Dyche, Coles, Boyer, Deletanville, Young, Fenning and Anonymous, Universal Dictionary of the English Language (1763), all leather bound (1 vellum bound), various condition and one lacking upper cover, all 8voQTY: (10)
Hastings (Warren). The History of the Trial of Warren Hastings, 1st edition, London: J. Debrett, 1796, engraved portrait frontispiece (damp-stained to outer margins with loss at foot), folding plan, early brown ink ownership inscription 'Blechyden' and 20th-century small ownership stamp of T. G. Odling to head of title, further late 19th-century ownership inscription of William H. Wade-Gerry to front free endpaper, toned with some spotting, early 19th-century black cloth, earlier spine label retained, rubbed, 8voQTY: (1)
Petit (Pierre). Traité historique sur les Amazones; où l'on trouve tout ce que les auteurs, tant anciens que modernes, ont écrit pour ou contre ces heroines..., 2 volumes in one, Leiden: J. A. Langerak, 1718, additional engraved title trimmed to image border and lined to verso, general letterpress title lacking, title to volume 2 printed in red and black, folding engraved map, 3 engraved plates (one folding), engraved illustrations, continuous pagination throughout, contemporary vellum, spine darkened, 8vo, together with:Boileau Despréaux (Nicolas). Oeuvres diverses du sieur D*** : avec le traité du sublime, ou du merveilleux dans le discours, traduit du grec de Longin..., 2 volumes in one, new edition, Amsterdam: Chez Antoine Schelte, 1697, half-title to first volume, additional engraved title to each, letterpress titles in red and black, 6 full-page engravings, contemporary dark brown morocco, gilt decorated spine, 12mo, plus other 17th to 19th-century French antiquarian including Tableau Général de tous less maitres et marchands Orfévres-Joyailliers Bijoutiers, batteurs et tireurs d'or, suivant l'ordre de leurs réceptions. Année 1788, Paris: P. M. Delaguette, [1788], contemporary speckled sheep, front free endpaper bearing old ink stamp of Birmingham Assay Office Library, spine worn with loss, 12mo, plus Sanders (Francis). Abregé de la vie de Jacques II. Roy de la Grande Bretagne, &c., Tiré d'un écrit anglois du R.P. François Sanders ... par le P. François Bretonneau..., Paris: De l'imprimerie Royale, 1703, engraved portrait frontispiece, front blank bearing early ownership signature Monseigneur le Duque Dehamilton, upper pastedown with bookplate of Alfred & Blanche de Curzon, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine with red calf title label, light wear to joints and extremities, 12mo, and others including some odd volumesQTY: (22)
Valckenier (Pieter). Das Verwirrte Europa. Oder Politische und Historische Beschreibung Der in Europa, fürnehmlich in dem Vereinigten Niederlande und in dessen Nachbarschafft seither dem Jahre 1664. entstandenen und durch die gesuchte allgemeine Monarchie der Frantzosen verursachten blutigen Kriegen und leidigen Empörungen nebenst deroselben Ursachen und Gründen. Fürgestelt in vier Teilen..., Nebenst den Authenticquen Copeyen der Briefe und gewissen Berichten..., 4 parts plus Copeyen der Briefe and register, Amsterdam: Jacob von Meurs, Johannes von Someren, Hendrich & Diederich Boom, 1677, additional engraved title, letterpress title in red and black with woodcut device, 19 engraved portraits and 17 double-page engraved plates and plans, separate title and register to Copeyen der Briefe, occasional toning and minor spotting, lacking free endpapers, contemporary vellum, lacking ties, folio, together with:Marnix van St. Aldegonde (Philips van). Binenkorb des Heil. Röm. Im[m]enschwarms, seiner Hummelszellen (oder Him[m]elszellen) Hurnaussnäster, Brämengeschwürm und Wespengetöss. ... Durch Jesuwalt Pickhart..., Gedruckt zu Christlingen [i.e. Strasbourg?]: Ursino Gottgwinn, c.1600, title in red and black with woodcut illustration also in red and black (title reattached at gutter), few woodcut illustrations, browning and occasional damp-stains, 19th-century brown half morocco, gilt decorated spine, 8vo,Cornelius (Cornelissen Van Den Steene). Commentarii in IV Evangelia..., 2 volumes in one, Leiden: Jacobum Canier, Antonium Beaujollin, Antonium Laurens, 1685, half-title to first volume, titles in red and black with printer's woodcut device, light worm trails to margins of few leaves, contemporary mottled calf, gilt decorated spine, some wear to extremities, folio,Baronio (Cesare). Le Corps des Annales sacrées et ecclésiastiques..., 2nd edition, Paris: Jacques d'Allin, 1655, engraved portrait frontispiece, title in red and black with woodcut device and early signature, contemporary mottled calf, gilt decorated spine, worn at head and foot of spine, folio, Luis (de Granada). Catechisme et introduction au symbole de la foy..., Paris: Louis Boullenger, 1654, title printed in red and black with engraved portrait illustration (with tear and small hole to image, insect hole to one letter of first word in title, early ink annotation to fore-margin), light damp-stain to upper and lower margins of initial leaves, margins of last few leaves repaired, contemporary vellum, light wear to extremities, folio,Bible [German]. Biblia: das ist, die ganze Heilige Schrift, Alten und Neuen Testaments, nach der Ubersetzung und mit den Vorreden und Randglossen Martin Luthers, mit neuen Vorreden, Summarien, Weitla¨usigen Parallenen, Anmerkungen und geistlichen Anwendungen, auch Gebeten auf jedes Capitel, wobey zugleich No¨thige Register beygefu¨get sind. Ausgefertiget unter der Aufsicht und Direction Christoph Matthai Pfaffen, 8 volumes, Speyer: Ludwig Bernhard Frideich Gegel 1767-70, additional engraved title to first volume, some toning and occasional spotting, contemporary speckled sheep, joints cracked, spines worn, volume 7 lacking title label, 8vo, together with:Geier (Martin). Allgegenwarth Unsers Allsehenden Gottes Nach Anleitung etlicher Biblischen Sprche in dessen Furcht zu sein- und seines Nhesten Erbauung betrachtet..., Leipzig: Christian Michael, 1672, engraved portrait frontispiece, bound with Geiern (Martino). Liebe zu Gott und dem Nähesten: nach anleitung LII. biblischer Sprüche, Dresden: Johann Fritzschens and Michael Günthers, 1677, engraved frontispiece and additional engraved title, browning throughout, sewing partly broken, text-block split with some gathering detached, contemporary vellum, upper joint split at head, split to head of spine, covers dust-soiled and marked, thick 8vo,Liturgies - Lutheran Church. Vollständiges Marburger Gesang-Buch: Zur Ubung der Gottseligkeit, in 615 Christlichen und trostreichen Psalmen und Gesängen Herrn D. Martin Luthers und anderer Gottseliger Lehrer, Ordentlich in XII..., Marburg and Frankfurt: Heinrich Ludwig Brönner, 1774, woodcut frontispiece and additional title, bound with an incomplete copy of Evangelia und Episteln, auf alle Sontage, Marburg and Frankfurt: Heinrich Ludwig Brönner, 1773 at rear of volume, lacking all after p.96, damp-staining and browning throughout, upper hinge broken, contemporary deerskin(?) over wooden boards, leather to spine and lower board very worn, lacking one clasp, 12mo QTY: (15)NOTE:Marnix van St. Aldegonde (Philips van) - A reprint of the pamphlet against the Catholic Church, first published in 1576, being an accurate translation of the Dutch Beyenkorf by Philipp von Marnix, without deletions or changes, but with numerous additions. The work was translated and edited by the Strasbourg writer Johann Fischart (1546-1591), who studied in Flanders, Paris and Tübingen and received his doctorate in law in Basel. He was initially a Lutheran, but then became a Calvinist in Basel and in his writings he vehemently opposed the Papacy and the Jesuits.Valckenier - A further two volumes of the first work listed were published in 1680 and 1683.Bible [German] - Not in Darlow and Moule. The volumes in the German Bible comprise the following, First part: the five books of Moses, Second part: from the book of Joshua to Ezra, Third part: from the book of Ezra to the Book of Solomon, The fourth and fifth part: the major and minor prophets, Sixth part: the apocryphal books, Seventh and eighth part: the New Testament.
Dugmore (A. Radclyffe). Camera Adventures in the African Wilds. Being an account of a four months' expedition in British East Africa, for the purpose of securing photographs from life of the game, 1st edition, London: William Heinemann, 1910, map, half-tone illustrations, some light spotting, bookplate of surgeon John William Walker, top edge gilt, original cloth gilt, spine faded, 4to, with a 1 pp. autograph letter from the author dated 1912 tipped-in to dedication leaf with a press cutting and loose prospectus for the author's forthcoming film 'The Wonderland of Big Game', together with Mecklenburg (Duke Adolphus Frederick). In the Heart of Africa, translated by G. E. Maberly-Oppler, 1st edition in English, London: Cassell and Company, 1910, colour frontispiece, 2 folding maps (one with short closed tear), monochrome illustrations, some light spotting, bookplate of John William Walker, original cloth gilt, spine faded, 8vo, plus Livingstone (David). Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa; Including a sketch of sixteen years' residence in the interior of Africa, 1st edition, later issue, London: John Murray, 1857, folding uncoloured frontispiece, portrait of the author, 2 folding maps (one contained in rear pocket), wood-engraved plates and illustrations, occasional light spotting, John William Wallker bookplate, original blindstamped cloth, rebacked with most of original spine relaid, 8vo, with 6 others including 1st editions A Walk Across Africa or Domestic Scenes from my Nile Journal, by James Augustus Grant, 1864, Norway. The Northern Playground, by William Slingsby, 1904, and Kenya Mountain, by E. A. T. Dutton, 1929QTY: (9)
Diderot (Denis). Encyclopèdie ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts, et des Metiers, 17 volumes (of 35), Paris: a Livourne, 1770-1772, titles with engraved or woodcut vignettes (some with repairs), all volumes lacking plates (volume 1 retains a single engraved portrait), volumes 1-8 with 19th century armorial bookplate to front free endpaper, early ownership inscription and later bookplate to front pastedown, volumes 1-8 bound in contemporary full vellum, volumes 9-17 bound in modern half vellum over marbled boards, a little rubbed and worn with some labels partially lacking, some small areas of loss to boards, folio QTY: (17)NOTE:Sold with all faults, not subject to return.
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Lawrence (T. E.) T. E. Lawrence to his Biographer Liddell Hart [and] To his Biographer Robert Graves, limited editions, London: Faber and Faber, 1938, frontispiece portrait to Robert Graves only (frontispiece portrait lacking In Liddell Hart although no evidence of removal so perhaps omitted in this copy), monochrome plate in Liddell Hart, top edge gilt, original grey and red buckram, spines a little faded, 8vo, each volume limited edition 84/1000 signed by the respective authors, together with A Brief Record of the Advance of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force under the command of General Sir Edmund H. H. Allenby, July 1917 to October 1918, compiled from official sources, 2nd edition, London: HMSO, 1919, portrait frontispiece, colour maps, previous owner inscription, 1920, original cloth-backed boards, a few small stains, 4to, plus Garnet (David, editor). The Letters of T. E. Lawrence, 1st edition, 2nd impression, November 1938, maps and illustrations, bookplate, original cloth, price-clipped dust jacket, small clear tape marks to flaps, 8vo, with others related including With Lawrence in Arabia, by Lowell Thomas, 1st US edition, Century, New York, 1924, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, 1st trade edition, 3rd impression, August 1935, T. E. Lawrence by his Friends, edited by A. W. Lawrence, 1937, Oriental Assembly, edited by A. W. Lawrence, 1939 Lawrence of Arabia. A Biographical Enquiry, by Richard Aldington, 1st edition, 1955, and The Mint, 1955QTY: (approximately 40)
Campo (Antonio). Cremona fedelissima citta, 1st edition, Cremona: Hippolito Tromba & Hercoliano Battoli, 1585, engraved allegorical title, portrait of Philip II with coats-of-arms beneath to verso, allegorical engraving personifying Cremona to dedication verso, engraved map of the city on three conjoined sheets by David da Lodi (dated 1582), double-page map of the region around Cremona, dated 1583, double=page plate of the Duomo of Cremona with views and plans of the baptistery and tower to versos, engraved portrait of the author and 33 further portraits engraved by Agostino Carracci, half-page engraving of a carroccio train exiting the city, large woodcut initials, text within ornamental woodcut borders, woodcut device to colophon, small tears along folds of folding map and small reinforcements to verso, occasional minor spotting, leaf with annotations tipped-in at front, printed auctioneer description in French with manuscript note dated 1930 pasted to front pastedown eighteenth-century mottled calf, covers with triple filet border in gilt with floral corner pieces, spine with red and olive labels and repeated floral pieces in gilt, joints rubbed and cracking with small wormed areas, edges rubbed with some wear to corners, folio, 407 x 258 mm QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Vincenti Marchio, signature to title; 'Johannis Caroli de Auria ex Comitibus Montis Aldei', bookplate to front endpaper verso.Adams C489; Brunet I, 1526; Cicognara 3977; Mortimer Italian 100.Important history of the city of Cremona. The portraits depict the dukes of Cremona, and the dukes and duchesses of Milan, including the now lost portrait of Maximilian Sforza of Milan by Leonardo da Vinci on page 104, formerly owned by Francesco Melcio. The title was originally engraved in 1582, but the manuscript attempt to correct it to 1585 has resulted in the last number being obscured..
Hozier (Henry M.). The British Expedition to Abyssinia Compiled from Authentic Documents, London: Macmillan and Co, 1869, blind-embossed library stamp to title, light spotting to first and last few leaves, bookplate of William E. Stuart to front pastedown, near-contemporary green half calf over marbled boards, gilt decoration and morocco title labels to spine, 8vo, together with:Hall (H. Fielding). The Soul of a People, London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd, 1906, advertisements bound at rear, bookplate of Lady Marie Louise Maxwell-Scott to front pastedown, contemporary half calf by Ysux Sr. de Thierry-Simier, gilt decoration and morocco labels to spine, 8vo, plusForbes (Archibald). The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80, London: Seeley and Co., 1892, portrait frontispiece, 8 illustrations and plans, gilt turn-ins, contemporary tree calf by Spottiswoode, gilt decoration and morocco title label to spine, 8vo, (one of 200 copies), plusMalcolm (John). Sketch of The Political History of India..., London: William Miller, 1811, spotting mostly to first and last few leaves, contemporary ownership inscription to upper margin of B1, 19th-century full calf by Hayday, gilt decoration and morocco title label to spine, light abrasion to boards, large 8vo, together with 17 other 19th-century leather-bound volumes, mostly 8vo QTY: (21)
Britton (John). Picturesque Antiquities of the English Cities..., London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1830, title, dedication and introduction, numerous engravings, each with tissue guard, wood-engraved vignettes to text throughout, some spotting, old newspaper cuttings pasted to front and rear endpapers, bookplate of Augustus W. J. Clifford to the front pastedown, all edges gilt, contemporary morocco with elaborate gilt decorated spine and wide gilt roll border to the boards, gilt dentelles, slight wear to extremities, 4to, together with Whittington (C. publisher). Kenilworth Illustrated; or, a History of the Castle, Priory, and Church of Kenilworth with a Description of their Present State, bound with appendix, Chiswick: 1821, engraved portrait frontispiece of Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester, half-title and dedication, numerous uncoloured engravings, some worming throughout, bookplate of Middleton Park to the front pastedown and additional bookplates of Gerard Matthew Bayliss and Alfred Woodward to the front and verso of the front endpaper, all edges gilt, contemporary straight-grained morocco with gilt decorated spine and elaborate gilt panelled and decorated boards, some wear to extremities, 4to, with Trotter (William Edward). Select Illustrated Topography of Thirty Miles round London..., London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co [and] Ackermann and Co., circa 1840, additional decorative half-title, numerous uncoloured engravings, some spotting throughout, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary half morocco with gilt decorated spine, rubbed and worn, 8vo, plus Fearnside (William Gray & Harrel Thomas, editors). Holmes's Great Metropolis: or, Views and History of London in the Nineteenth century..., circa 1850, additional decorative half-title, numerous engraved plates, hinges and joints cracked, presentation bookplate to the front pastedown, contemporary red blind stamped gilt cloth, bumped and worn, 8vo, and Poole (Benjamin). Coventry: Its History and Antiquities..., Illustrated by Fred. Taunton, London: John Russell Smith & Coventry: William Frederic Taunton, 1870, additional half-title, numerous illustrations throughout (including some folding), folding and linen backed map bound at rear, later endpapers, modern half calf gilt, 4to, with Goding (John). Norman's History of Cheltenham, Queens Edition, London: Longman, Green & Roberts and Cheltenham: Norman "Examiner" Office, 1863, numerous engraved plates and vignettes to text, all edges gilt, contemporary red morocco with gilt decorated boards and spine, 8vo, plus Roscoe (Thomas). Summer Tour to the Isle of Wight; including Portsmouth, Southampton, Winchester, The South Western Railway &c. London: J. & F. Harwood, 1843, decorative title, numerous engraved plates, folding engraved map bound at rear, map with closed handling tear, contemporary presentation inscription to the front endpaper, bookplate of Emma Grierson Yorstoun to the front pastedown, all edges gilt, contemporary green morocco with gilt decorated boards and spine, worn and bumped at extremities, 8vo, with another copy similar, and two other topographical volume similarQTY: (10)
Levinsohn (André). Léon Bakst, 1st edition, Berlin: Verlag Ernst Wasmuth, 1925, 233 pp., 68 full-page plates including 52 in colour, numerous illustrations to text, occasional very light spotting, endpapers with some marks and a little discolouration, rough-trimmed, original publisher's quarter vellum gilt over purple boards, a little rubbed with some light soiling, with original card slipcase (somewhat worn), folio (binding 37 x 28 cm) QTY: (1)NOTE:Bibliography of the Dance Collection of Dorris Niles and Serge Leslie, 313: “A fine collection of reproductions of Bakst’s work for theatre, mainly settings and costumes for well-known ballet’s represented by the Diaghileb company, but also including some designs for the Ballet Ida Rubinstein”. Includes a colour reproduction of the portrait of Léon Bakst, by Modigliani
Smollett (Thomas & Hume David). The History of England..., 3 volumes, James S. Virtue, circa 1845, additional decorative title, portrait frontispiece of David Hume, 66 uncoloured engraved plates of historical portraits and scenes and 30 uncoloured engraved folding maps by Thomas Moule, occasional staining, manuscript ownership signature of A. Clunes to the first front blank, contemporary half calf gilt with contrasting morocco labels to the spines, rubbed and worn, 4to, together with Goldsmith (Thomas). Modern and Popular Geography, A Complete History and Description of all the Empires, Kingdoms, States, Republics and Colonies of the Habitable World..., 2 volumes, London, Edinburgh & Dublin: J. & F. Tallis, circa 1845, allegorical frontispiece, additional decorative title, 40 uncoloured engraved topographical views and 29 double-page engraved maps by J. Archer and E. Mansell, all with contemporary outline colouring, contemporary half calf gilt, rubbed and worn, 8vo, with Burden (Philip). The Mapping of North America II, Raleigh Publications, 2007, additional half-title, limited edition 26/50 signed by the author, numerous black and white illustrations throughout, publisher's half morocco gilt, folioQTY: (6)
Cook (James). A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean; Undertaken by Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere: Performed under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780, 4 volumes, 3rd abridged edition (volume I, 2nd edition; volumes II-IV 1st editions), London: John Fielding (volumes I, III-IV) and Scatcherd & Whitaker and C. Stalker (volume II), 1785-86, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume I, 48 engraved plates, 2 folding charts (complete), General Chart with a couple of small tears along folds, some spotting and light offsetting, bookplate of Sheffield Airey Neave (1879-1961, entomologist), contemporary tree calf, volumes I & III upper covers detached, spines lacking most labels, some worming to spines, 8vo QTY: (4)NOTE:Sabin 16251.
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Newbery (J[ohn], publisher). A Pocket Dictionary; or, Complete English Expositor: Shewing readily the Part of Speech to which each Word Belongs; its True Meaning, when not Self-Evident... , to which is Prefix'd an Introduction, Containing an History of the English Language, with a Compendious Grammar: and a Recommendation of the Manuscript Copy, in a Letter from Dr [John] Bevis to the publisher, 3rd edition, greatly improved, London: J. Newbery, 1765, unpaginated, double column, publisher's advert leaf at rear (torn with loss to upper outer corner), some spotting and occasional dust soiling, worm track to outer margin of early leaves and single worm hole thereafter, affecting some lettering, modern half calf over marbled boards with leather spine label and gilt rules, 8vo, together with:Johnson (Samuel), Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language, in Miniature... , 18th edition improved, Montrose: W. Anderson, Bell & Bradfute, James & A. Duncan, 1809, engraved portrait frontispiece, some light browning throughout, modern half calf gilt over marbled boards, 12mo, plusEvans (Thomas), An English-Welsh Dictionary; Neu Eir-lyfr saes'neg a Chymraeg. An English-Welsh Dictionary... , Merthyr Tydfil: Printed and Sold by W. Williams, 1809, double column, old damp staining throughout, old pencil name inscription of Thomas Edmondes 'given me by Miss Traherne', contemporary calf, some wear, upper cover detached, 8vo, plusEntick (William & Crakelt, William), Entick's New Spelling Dictionary, Teaching to Write and Pronounce the English Tongue with Ease and Propriety... , new edition, revised, corrected, and enlarged, London: Charles Dilly, 1791, double column, ownership signature of John Philips dated 1793 to front free endpaper and John Phillips dated 1797 to title, some spotting and light browning throughout, contemporary sheep, rubbed, modern calf reback, square 12mo, plus other small-format English, French, Italian and Spanish dictionaries, mostly late 18th and early 19th century, various bindings and conditionQTY: (27)
Goodall (Charles). The Royal College of Physicians of London, Founded and Establishes by Law; as appears by letters, patents, Acts of Parliament, adjudged cases &c, 2 parts in one, 1st edition, London: M. Flesher for Walter Kettilby, 1684, imprimatur leaf at front, repaired tear to X1 in first part, occasional light spotting and toning, manuscript note tipped-in at front, modern panelled calf gilt, small 4to, together with Reeves (John). The Art of Farriery both in theory and practice, containing the causes, symptoms and cure of all diseases incident to horses... To which is added, a new method of curing a strain in the back sinews, and the anatomy of a horse's leg, with some observations on shoeing, by an eminent surgeon, 1st edition, London: J. Newbery, Salisbury: B. Collins, 1758, 4 engraved plates (one folding), errata leaf at end, small manuscript correction to p. 209, occasional minor spotting and toning, contemporary previous owner inscription of James Henson, Bradmore, Nottinghamshire, November 28, 1759 to front endpaper, contemporary calf, upper joint splitting, spine and edges rubbed, 8vo, plus Raffald (Elizabeth). The Experienced English Housekeeper, for the use and ease of ladies, housekeepers, cooks &c., new edition, London: published for the booksellers, 1803, engraved portrait frontispiece, 3 folding engraved plates, some light spotting, modern half calf, spine a little faded, 8vo, with 4 others including The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, 2nd edition, thirty-third thousand, 1896, and The Origin of Species, fifty-sixth thousand, 1899, by Charles Darwin, The Roll of the Royal College of Physicians of London, by William Munk, 3 volumes, 2nd edition, 1878, and Bibliotheca Osleriana, 1929QTY: (10)NOTE:ESTC R8914 and T068817 respectively for first two works..
Morison (Stanley). John Fell. The University Press and the 'Fell' Types, the Punches and Matrices designed for printing in the Greek, Latin, English, and Oriental Languages bequeathed in 1686 to the University of Oxford by John Fell, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1967, colour portrait frontispiece, monochrome plates and illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, folio (one of 1000 copies), Morison (Stanley and Day, Kenneth). A Study of fine Typography through five centuries..., London: Ernest Ben Ltd., 1963, monochrome plates and illustrations (one folding), bookplate of Brian and Marilyn Robinson to upper pastedown, original cloth in dust jacket, lightly frayed at head and foot, in original slip-case, large 4to,Churchill (William Algernon). Watermarks in paper in Holland, England, France etc. in the XVII and XVIII centuries and their interconnection, 3rd edition, Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger & Co., 1967, monochrome plates throughout, original cloth with some light fading, large 4to, plus other bibliography, bookbinding history and related including Nixon (Howard). Five Centuries of English Bookbinding, 1st edition, London: Scholar Press, 1978; Mckerrow (Ronald). An Introduction to Bibliography, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1928; Mitchell (William Smith). A History of Scottish Bookbinding 1432 to 1650, 1st edition, Edinburgh and London: Oliver and Boyd, 1955 QTY: (39)NOTE:Provenance: The late Brian Robinson, bookbinder.
Digby (Kenelm). Two Treatises, in the one of which, the Nature of Bodies; in the other, the Nature of Mans Soul, is Looked Into: in the Way of Discovery, of the Immortality of Reasonable Souls, 2 parts in one, London: John Williams, 1658, few woodcut diagrams to text, some toning, dust-soiling and few marks, later endpapers (front free endpaper torn), contemporary calf, rebacked, modern morocco title label to spine, board corners worn, 4to, together with:Chillingworth (William). The Religion of Protestants a safe way to Salvation. Or, an Answer to a Booke entitled Mercy and Truth, or, Charity maintain'd by Catholiques, which pretends to prove the contrary, Oxford: Printed by Leonard Lichfield, 1638, front free endpaper with early inscription 'Fra: Langley ex dono Christop: Eachard', contemporary calf, rebacked preserving original spine with red morocco title label, lower outer board corners repaired, upper joint splitting, small folio,Bernard (Richard). Thesaurus Biblicus seu Promptuarium Sacrum..., Imprinted at London by Felix Kingston for Andrew Crooke, 1644, engraved portrait frontispiece, title with printer's woodcut device and ownership signatures, damp-staining at head throughout volume, light dust soiling, old bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library to upper pastedown, late 17th-century half calf, some wear, small folioQTY: (3)NOTE:1. Wing D1450.2. STC 5138.3. Wing B2035.
* Duke of Wellington. (Landseer (Sir Edwin, after), Duke of Wellington on the Field of Waterloo, circa 1851, uncoloured mixed-method engraving by Thomas Lewis Atkinson on India wove, proof before title and letters, signed in pencil by the artist and the engraver below the image, two small plaques attached to the frame " Presented by D Croall Thomson, Life Assoc. Institute of Journalists" and "Duke of Wellington on the Field of Waterloo, engraved by T. L. Atkinson after Sir Edwin Landseer RA", slight staining and spotting, two small repaired marginal closed tears, 680 x 1170 mm, framed and glazed in a contemporary stained wood moulding, together with Stocks (Lumb). The Meeting of Wellington and Blucher after the Battle of Waterloo, Art Union of London, 1875, uncoloured engraving on India wove after Daniel Maclise, very slight spotting, 410 x 1220 mm, framed and glazed in a contemporary gilt gesso moulding, with Solomon (A.). Field Marshall the Duke of Wellington K. G. &c. &c. &c. published by J. Watson, May 1st 1845, uncoloured engraved portrait after H. T. Ryall, large margins, very slight spotting, 390 x 310 mm, with three further engravings of or relating to the Duke of Wellington, but later restrikes, various sizes, good condition QTY: (6)NOTE:The first described item illustrates the old Duke of Wellington showing the field of battle of his greatest victory over the French to the young Queen Victoria. The original painting, which was finished in 1850, presently hangs in the Speaker's Guest Room in the British House of Lords in London.
* French playing cards. Aluette pack, Nantes: Roinè (Père & Fils Jeune) and DuMoutier, circa 1820, a complete deck of 48 stencil coloured woodcut playing cards (Spanish suits), all cards with double-line border, single figured courts with maker's details, 2 of coins with Borgne, 2 of swords with Faites a Nantes, three jacks have a feather in their caps, no cards numbered, few minor spots or marks, jack of cups with small brown mark to left border, square corners, versos blue stars and dots, each card 84 x 55 mm, 24 cards mounted with photo corners onto a display board (54.5 x 42 cm), encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of board), the remainder in a plastic bagQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.According to aluette.net, this pack is likely to be the 4th portrait produced by Pierre Vincent Roinè and DuMoutier working together - this time with Roinè's younger son also involved. The dates suggested for this design are 1814-1826-29. It is virtually identical to their 3rd portrait (1814-1823), with the addition of feathers in the caps of three jacks and a few fleur-de-lys. The ink stamped names on the courts appear to include both ROINè P. and ROINè F. (for example, see king of batons and jack of swords respectively), as well as DUMOUTIER.
Warton (Thomas, edit.). Theocriti Syracusii quae supersunt cum scholiis Graecis auctioribus, emendationibus et animadversionibus in scholia editoris et Joannis Toupii ... Praemittuntur editoris dissertatio de bucolicis Graecorum, vita Theocriti a Josua Barnesio scripta ... Accedunt editoris et variorum notae perpetuae, epistola Joannis Toupii de Syracusiis, ejusdem addenda in Theocritum, necnon collationes quindecim codicum..., 2 volumes, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1770, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, rebacked, contrasting morocco labels to spines, 4to, together with:[Montagu, Elizabeth]. An essay on the writings and genius of Shakespear : compared with the Greek and French dramatic poets. With some remarks upon the misrepresentations of Mons. de Voltaire, 3rd edition, London: Edward and Charles Dilly, 1772, armorial bookplate of Henry Hopkins to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine with red morocco title label, joints cracked, 8vo,Cowley (Abraham). The Works, 2 volumes in 1, London: printed by J. M. for H. Herringman, 1688, engraved frontispiece to second volume only (lacking portrait frontispiece at front of volume), a1 detached and frayed, leaves S2 & S3 in second volume detached, some spotting and toning, adhesive tape staining to gutter margin of a1 and a2, contemporary calf, rebacked, board corners refurbished, folio, plus other mostly 18th and early 19th-century antiquarian, including numerous volumes of Johnson's Poets, miscellaneous English and classical literature etc., some odd volumes and few defective, mostly in contemporary leather bindings (approximately 200 volumes)QTY: (6 shelves)
Smith (Adam). An Inquiry into the nature and causes of the Wealth of Nations, volumes 1 & 3 only, 5th edition, London: A. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1789, armorial bookplate of Charles Stirling to front pastedowns, contemporary tree calf, upper cover of volume 1 detached, worn, 8vo, together with:Longfellow (Henry Wadsworth). The Poetical Works, London: George Routledge and Sons, 1863, half-title, portrait frontispiece, full-page engraved plates throughout, all edges gilt, 20th-century turquoise full morocco gilt, worn and faded, 8vo, plusScott (Walter). The Poetical Works, London: Henry Frowde, 1913, portrait frontispiece, top edge gilt, early 20th-century brown half morocco gilt, gilt armorial to upper cover, rubbed and faded, portion of leather worn and loose to lower cover, 8vo, with 34 othersQTY: (38)
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Cooper (Thomas). Thesaurus linguae Romanae & Britannicae, tam accurate congestus..., London: [Henry Denham], 1578, woodcut device to title, final leaf torn with text loss, recent endpapers, modern sheep over original boards, with printed paper title label to spine, folio, together with:Baxter (Richard). Reliquiae Baxterianae: or, Mr. Richard Baxter's Narrative of the most memorable passages of his Life and Times. Faithfully publish'd from his own original manuscript, by Matthew Sylvester, London: T. Parkhurst, J. Robinson, J. Lawrence, and J. Dunton, 1696, engraved portrait frontispiece, light worming to lower outer blank corner of frontispiece and following 15 leaves with repairs, some toning and scattered spotting, modern sheep over original boards, folio,Bacon (Francis). The Historie of the Reigne of King Henry the Seventh..., London: printed by R[obert]. Y[oung]. and R[ichard]. H[odgkinson]. and are sold by R. Meighen, 1641, engraved portrait frontispiece, title with decorative woodcut border (cropped to fore-edge), armorial bookplate of George Rose to upper pastedown, contemporary sheep, cloth reback, extremities worn, small folio,Theocritus. The Idylliums of Theocritus with Rapin's discourse of Pastorals done into English, Oxford: printed by L. Lichfield for Anthony Stephens, 1684, occasional stains to margins, later free endpapers, stout cloth hinge to endpapers, upper pastedown with early ownership signature of Catherine Rosell and bookplate of Lord Belper, contemporary calf, rebacked and board corners repaired, 8vo, plus other 17th and 18th-century antiquarian including an incomplete copy of of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie by Richard Hooker, 1617 [i.e. 1618]QTY: (8)
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (4087 Pte. J. H. Brown, 30th. Coy. 9th. Imp. Yeo.) nearly extremely fine £240-£280 --- J. Howard Brown attested for the Imperial Yeomanry and served with the 30th (Pembrokeshire) Company, 9th Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War. Sold with the recipient’s binoculars, by Ross, London, these engraved ‘Howard Brown, Pembrokeshire Yeomanry, Jany. 1900’, and housed in original leather carrying case; three original cabinet photographs of the recipient, two portrait and one group; and copied details of the Company’s movements in South Africa during the Boer War.
Three: Flying Officer (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) W. C. Grimes, D.F.M., 617 (Dambusters) Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action when his Lancaster was lost without trace whilst in transit over the Iberian Peninsula and the Bay of Biscay, on 17-18 October 1943, having previously raided the Antheor Viaduct- Grimes was himself a veteran of 56 operational sorties, having previously flown with 103 Squadron in 1941 on his first tour, and 218 Squadron in 1942 on his second tour 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Air Council enclosure, in card box of issue, addressed to ‘W. C. Grimes Esq., 3 Saville Street, South Shields, Co. Durham’, extremely fine (3) £500-£700 --- D.F.M. London Gazette 12 January 1943. The original Recommendation states: ‘Flight Sergeant Grimes, W. C., is a Wireless Operator / Air Gunner of 218 (Gold Coast) Squadron. Between June 1941 and November 1942 he carried out as many as 53 operational sorties embracing 299 hours of operational flying. During his two tours he has always displayed courage and technical skill of a very high order. On 24 July 1941, his aircraft was flying in formation with two other Wellingtons during a daylight raid on the German Battleships in Brest Harbour. The formation was attacked by two Me.109s. Although one of the Wellingtons was lost in the first attack, the combined fire of the remaining aircraft was sufficient to drive off one of the German machines and to shoot the other down in flames. In September 1942, on the return from Munich, Flight Sergeant Grimes’ aircraft was subjected to very accurate and very intense flak. The aircraft was hit, the 2nd Pilot and Engineer slightly wounded, while the Navigator, mistaking an order to “Stand By”, actually baled out. Flight Sergeant Grimes dressed the 2nd Pilot’s wounds and acted with him as deputy Navigator. On reaching the French coast, wireless navigation became possible and Flight Sergeant Grimes was able to direct his Captain who landed safely at Manston. Flight Sergeant Grimes’ keenness, resolution, and technical adroitness are held in very high regard by the other Wireless Operators, to whom he never fails to give the benefit of his knowledge and experience. He is very strongly recommended for the award of the D.F.M.’ Walter Crawford Grimes served during the Second World War as a Wireless Operator / Air Gunner initially with 103 Squadron, flying Wellingtons. He commenced operational duties with the Squadron on 12 June 1941, with an attack on Osnabruck. Between June and the end of September 1941, when he finished his tour, he flew in 28 operational sorties- targets included Brest Harbour (three times), Duisburg (twice), Cologne (five times), Bremen, Frankfurt (four times), Hamburg (five times), Mannheim (twice), and Berlin. Transferring to 218 Squadron, flying Stirlings, he commenced his second tour of operational sorties on 29 May 1942, with an attack on Borkum, and the following night took part in the 1,000 Bomber Raid on Cologne. Between June and the beginning of November 1942, when he finished his tour, he flew in 25 operational sorties- targets included Essen (three times), Bremen (five times), St. Nazaire, Lubeck, Duisburg, Hamburg, Dusseldorf, Lubeck, Keil, Cologne, and Munich on 19 September 1942. It was on this sortie to Munich on 19 September that his aircraft was hit by intense flak, the 2nd pilot and engineer were wounded and the navigator bailed out. Grimes dressed the wounds of the injured crew and took over as deputy navigator. It was for this action, as well as previous good work over his two tours, that he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal. Grimes was then rested to training and returned for his third tour with 617 ‘Dambusters’ Squadron. On 11 November 1943, Grimes’ Lancaster was one of eleven aircraft detailed to attack the Antheor Viaduct again using 12,000lb High Capacity thin walled ‘Tall Boy’ bombs and new gyro bomb sights. Flying on to Blida Airfield in North Africa, Grimes and his crew were scheduled to return on 17-18 November, routed out over the Bay of Biscay. Grimes was killed in action on this flight when Lancaster ED735, piloted by Flight Lieutenant E. E. G. Youseman, D.F.C., and crewed by a very experienced crew that contained no fewer than four D.F.M. recipients, was lost without trace, having probably falling victim to enemy fighters over the Bay. All the crew were killed. Grimes is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. His medals were sent to his father, also called Walter Crawford Grimes, who served during the Great War in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Sold with various portrait photographs of the recipient; and copied research.
Pair: Private A. Nice, Rifle Brigade, later Royal Defence Corps Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (309 Pte. A. Nice, Rifle Brigade); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (309 Pte. A. Nice. Rifle Brigade) light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (2) £140-£180 --- Albert Nice served during the Great War at home with the 15th Battalion, Royal Defence Corps, from 22 May 1915 to 4 April 1918. Sold with an original award certificate for a Silver War Badge (No. 18488); a Rifle Brigade cap badge; and a small portrait photograph of the recipient in later life.
The mounted group of seven miniature dress medals worn by Chief Petty Officer W. G. Chapman, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, later Chief Mechanic, Royal Naval Air Service Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R.; Distinguished Flying Medal, G.V.R.; 1914 Star, with clasp; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (7) £160-£200 --- Provenance: Noonans, June 2022 (when sold alongside the recipient’s full sized awards). D.C.M. London Gazette 1 January 1917, citation published 13 February 1917: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He has performed consistent good work with the Division since its formation.’ Annotated Gazette states ‘Gallipoli’ and ‘France’. D.F.M. London Gazette 21 September 1918: ‘He has been a member of a seaplane crew on practically every long-distance patrol. He has taken part with zeal, gallantry, and coolness in numerous engagements with hostile aircraft.’ M.I.D. London Gazettes 1 May 1918 and 2 June 1943. For a full write-up of the recipient, please see Lot 79 in the Noonans auction of 29 June 2022. Sold with the recipient’s Driving Licence; riband bar; a file copy of a letter of testimonial, dated 11 June 1919; and a portrait photograph of the recipient.
A signed representation of the uniform ribands worn by Field Marshal the Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, K.G., G.C.B., D.S.O. A framed representation, comprising of 38 ribands, of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath; The Distinguished Service Order; 1914 Star, with rosette; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; General Service Medal 1918-62 [for Palestine]; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, with 8th Army emblem; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Coronation 1953; together with the ribands of 24 foreign Orders, Decorations, and Medals, together with a copied faded portrait photograph of the recipient, mounted in a glazed wooden frame, 455mm x 350mm, with the recipient’s signature on part of possibly a letterhead ‘ Montgomery of Alamein, K.G.’, signed in blue ink, ‘Montgomery of Alamein F.M.’, good condition £90-£120
A Great War gold memorial locket of Lieutenant R. G. Hunter, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders A fine locket by Solomon Blanckensee & Son. Ltd., 35mm, gold (9ct., 13.92g, hallmarks for Birmingham 1918) with top wearing loop, rose gold to exterior, yellow gold to interior, bearing the Regimental crest of the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders engraved to obverse and monogram 'R.G.H.' to reverse, with miniature portrait of the recipient to interior in full officer's dress uniform with tied lock of hair mounted behind glass lunettes, further engraved to interior 'Lieut R. G. Hunter, 7th. A. & S. H. Born 26 Sept. 1892, Fell at Roeux, France, 23 Apl. 1917.’, extremely fine £300-£400 --- Robert Gibson Hunter was born in Falkirk on 26 September 1892, the youngest son of iron works founder Robert Hunter of Glenfuir Mansion House, Falkirk. Educated at Morrison's Academy, Crieff, and Edinburgh University, he graduated Master of Arts (1913) and took employment as a law apprentice with Messrs. Miller Thomson and Co., in Edinburgh. A member of the University O.T.C., Hunter began the process of studying for a Bachelor of Law degree in 1914, but this was soon placed on hold upon his appointment to a commission in the 7th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, in February 1915. Posted to France 28 July 1915, Hunter was advanced Lieutenant in 1916 and was killed in action in command of "A" Company, 7th Battalion, on the Western Front. A contemporary newspaper article adds a little more information: 'In a letter to the recipient's mother, his C.O. wrote: "It is with the greatest regret that I have to tell you that your son was killed on the 23rd April 1917 while gallantly leading his Company in the attack. He was doing splendidly, and was proving himself a most capable officer, while his cheery disposition always encouraged the men. We will all feel his loss very much...' Hunter is buried at Level Crossing Cemetery in the Pas-de-Calais, France. A short while later his mother would hear the news that another son, Captain Archibald Smith Hunter M.C., was killed on 29 August 1918, her third child lost to war following the death of Lieutenant John Hunter during the South African Campaign in 1900. Sold with a copied photograph of the recipient in military uniform from which the miniature portrait was posthumously modelled. For the Queen’s South Africa Medal awarded to the recipient’s brother, see Lot 395.
Five: Captain F. V. Munson, Royal Artillery 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with Army Council enclosure, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Capt. F. V. Munson, 16 Althorpe Road, Harrow, Middlesex’; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (Lt. F. V. Munson. R.A.) extremely fine Four: Lieutenant-Colonel L. J. Jackson, Royal Signals 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, nearly extremely fine (9) £100-£140 --- Leslie James Jackson was born on 27 April 1907 and lived with his wife at 4, Windsor Avenue, Edgware, Middlesex. Appointed to a commission on 18 March 1940 with IV Corps, Royal Signals, he transferred to VIII Corps on 14 November 1940 and was placed on the Staff of C.S.O. North on 1 June 1941. Raised War Substantive Captain, he transferred to 12 (A) Divisional Signals as Second in Command, being Mentioned in Despatches for gallant and distinguished service in East Africa and Madagascar (London Gazette 8 July 1943). Joining the Northern Area Signals (Line of Communications) on 30 October 1943, Jackson was further promoted Acting Lieutenant Colonel 31 August 1944, and Officer Commanding Southern Area Signals in January 1945. Retired by the cessation of hostilities, the Army List of April 1946 shows him as Honorary Lieutenant Colonel. Sold with the recipients Officer’s Record of Service Army Book 439, Military Identity Card, Military Driving Licence, eight photographs, including a fine military group shot and portrait photograph, and a Royal Signals dinner menu, Nairobi August 1944, this signed to the inside with numerous autographs.
A Great War ‘Palestine’ M.C. group of five awarded to Captain E. Hammick, 17th Infantry, Indian Army, who died of wounds on 8 October 1918 Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse contemporarily engraved ‘20th. Sept. 1918 Capt. Eustace Hammick. 17th. Regt. I.A. Palestine’; 1914-15 Star (Capt. E. Hammick. 1/17/Infy.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. E. Hammick.); Belgium, Kingdom, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver and enamel, tiny green enamel chip to wreath on last, extremely fine (5) £1,600-£2,000 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2013. M.C. London Gazette 4 October 1919.
The original Recommendation states: ‘He commanded the ‘advance guard’ of the covering force on the night of the 18/19th September 1918, across Wadi Samieh and led his Company in a charge against the enemy’s position on Wye Hill, near El Mugheir. By his fine leadership and skill the operation was a complete success. On 20th September he led his Company to the attack on Kh. Jibeit and although severely wounded during the charge, he remained with his Company until he was too weak to carry on. He set a magnificent example to his regiment.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 6 August 1918. Belgian Order of the Crown, 5th Class London Gazette 29 November 1918. Eustace Hammick was born on 19 November 1888, the second son of Stephen Hammick and Constance Hammick, née Schneider and the grandson of Sir St. Vincent Love Hammick, 3rd Baronet Hammick. Educated at Tonbridge School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 1st Battalion South Lancashire Regiment on 19 September 1908. He joined the regiment in India and was promoted to Lieutenant in December 1910. In July 1914 he transferred to the 17th (The Loyal) Regiment, Indian Army and in October that year accompanied them to Mauritius, from whence in May 1915, he was detached for duty with the Indian Expeditionary Force in France. On the withdrawal of the Indian troops from France towards the end of that year, he rejoined his own regiment which was then in German East Africa. Hammick was promoted to Captain in September 1916. As Adjutant of the Regiment, he took part in the operations throughout 1916-17 against the German forces under General P. E. von Lettow-Vorbeck. He and his eldest brother, Major St. Vincent Frederick Hammick, 13th Rajputs, were both ‘mentioned’ in General Sir J. L. Deventer’s Despatches, ‘for distinguished services during the operations from May to December 1917’; he was also awarded the Order of the Crown by the King of the Belgians. After returning to India for a short rest and recruitment, the regiment then embarked for Egypt and in September 1918 joined the forces fighting in Palestine. A brother officer wrote, ‘He had done very good work on patrol and was given the responsible job of advance guard and covering party to the Battalion in a difficult night march in precipitous country. He did this work very successfully and the Commanding Officer, Colonel Fagan, being hit while we were attacking, he took command of the Battalion and did sterling work until our second in command arrived.’ At the commencement of the Battle of Megiddo on 20 September 1918, the enemy held the high ground of Khan Jibeit which was taken in a bayonet charge by the Cape Corps but who in turn were forced back by a heavy counter-attack. The 17th Infantry having been ordered to retake the lost ground at all costs were led by Captain Hammick. The Official History of the Great War, Military Operations Egypt & Palestine states, ‘... From 12.25 to 12.45 p.m. Khan Jibeit was again bombarded and then recaptured by a brilliant assault carried out by the 17th Infantry, who took 155 prisoners and 3 machine-guns, at a cost of 73 casualties.’ Towards the end of the day, while assisting one of his men who had been wounded, Captain Hammick was himself severely wounded by a bullet from a machine-gun. He was evacuated by hospital ship to Cairo, where he died on 8 October 1918. He was buried in the Cairo War Cemetery. Sold with a fine portrait photograph of the recipient.
Collectable box and other cameras, to include Zeiss Ikon Baby-Box, Gevabox, Coronet Ambassador, Captain, Ensign E20 and E29, Kodak six 20 Brownie Junior and Portrait Brownie No 2, Kodak Brownie 127, Brownie Cresta, Brownie Twin 20, Brownie Reflex, Luxette, Halina AI TLR, Empire Junior 981 in original box and Agfa Clack
Lady Alfred Welby original autobiography in typescript, written in her 76th year and dedicated to her children titled 'From The Golden Age To The Kitchen Sink, The Memories of a Grandmother', containing a photographic portrait of the artist at work in her studio, 130 numbered pages and copy of a letter from Lucy Baldwin at 10 Downing Street, she describes visiting H.G. Wells “he gave me the impression of a shy rather awkward diffident little man”, another of meeting Bernard Shaw “from what I could make out Bernard Shaw was only interested in and wished to talk of Bernard Shaw”, that it was around 1919 she started her career as a sculptor encouraged by Frank Dicksee, that one of her works was purchased by the Princess Royal, she talks of working on a portrait of Mrs Churchill but after her sitter fell ill the work was postponed...and was never completed. Another time whilst working on a bronze portrait of Baden-Powell and having difficulty creating the little 'wolf' badge he wore she went to the Scouts HQ and asked if they could lend her one, to which the clerk replied sternly “what do you mean, never has there been such a request, don’t you know that only the chief and His Majesty the King are entitled to wear the wolf” [Disiree Welby 1878-1969 – Sculptor, with works in the V&A)
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