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Ackermann (R., publisher). The History of the Abbey Church of St. Peters Westminster, its Antiquities and Monuments, 2 vols., 1812, title and half title both with off setting, eng. aqua. frontis. with orig. hand col., b & w eng. portrait of William Vincent, Dean of Westminster, eng. plan of Westminster Abbey, list of subscribers, seventy-nine aqua. eng. plts. with orig. hand col. (complete as list), water stained throughout, new end papers, book plate of George Clive to front pastedown, near contemp. dec. calf, rebacked, vol.1 with modern rear board, folio, together with Hall (S.C.),The Baronial Halls and Ancient Picturesque Edifices of England, 2 vols. pub. Willis & Sotheran, 1858,seventy-one litho. plts. (correct as list), heavily water stained throughout, new end papers, later qtr. morocco gilt, spines a little faded, folio. (4)
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* Verdi (Giuseppe, 1813-1901). Head and shoulders portrait of the composer by A. Ferraria, Milan, c. 1890, mounted gelatin silver print, 145 x 100mm, photographer`s embossed stamp to mount beneath, signed by the composer in ink at foot of mount "Milano 9 Feb: 1893, G. Verdi`, a little waterstaining to lower part of mount affecting signature but with no loss or running of ink, framed and glazed with lower loops of autograph flourish hidden, framemaker label of F.J. Salisbury to verso, 24 x 18.5cm overall (1)
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Augustine (Saint Aurelius, Bishop of Hippo). Operum, volumes 1-11 only (of 12) in eight parts, Paris: Franciscus Muguet, 1679-1700, title to each part, woodcut initials and headpieces, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 11, inoffensive library markings, contemporary mottled calf, expertly rebacked preserving original spines, folio. Volume eleven titled ÒVitaÓ contains the life of Saint Augustine along with an index to the entire work. The final volume, not present here, was published separately in Amsterdam in 1703. (8)
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Boswell (James). The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., 2 vols., 1st ed., 2nd issue, printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, 1791, eng. portrait frontispiece to first vol., two eng. plts. to second vol., ÒgiveÓ corrected in volume 1 (page 135, line 10), and ÒCorrections and AdditionsÓ list to verso of final leaf of Table of Contents, some light spotting, contemp. diced full calf gilt, later good-quality reback, with endpapers renewed, sl. rubbed, 4to. Rothschild 463. (2)
![Clare (John). [Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery, 2nd or 3rd ed., 1820], pp.xxiii(Introduction)+[i]+220+[4](pubs. a](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10729/2862311/410-2012716101019_468x382.jpg)
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Clare (John). [Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery, 2nd or 3rd ed., 1820], pp.xxiii(Introduction)+[i]+220+[4](pubs. ads.)+[v]-viii(Contents), lacking half-title and title-page (never present?) and with original ms. ownership name "Frederica S. Davy Sepr. 1820` (probably Frederica Sara Davy, 1802-1889) on first printed leaf (b1), i.e. p.[i] of Introduction, 4pp. Contents misbound at rear, foxed, front free endpaper with ink stamp title, ink stamp book ticket of E. Goodfellow Helpston above, and similar ticket stamped "Life of Clare` on front pastedown, hinges split, contemp. half calf gilt, joints cracked & extrems. rubbed, large 12mo, together with The Village Minstrel, and Other Poems, 2 vols., 1st ed., printed for Taylor and Hessey, 1821, half-titles present, eng. port. frontis. (offset to title), first vol. with intermittent foxing, second vol. with extensive pencil annotations by Mrs. Emmerson, many initialled "E.L.E.`, both vols. with Goodfellow`s book ticket on front free endpaper, covering ms. signature of Edward Goodfellow dated 1888, untrimmed, orig. pubs. boards with printed title labels to spines, joints cracked, vol.1 spine slightly torn & worn, with slight adhesive residue, large 12mo, plus The Shepherd`s Calendar; with Village Stories, and Other Poems, 1st ed., John Taylor, 1827, half-title present, eng. frontis., frontis. and title-page foxed, pubs. ad. leaf at rear, front free endpaper becoming detached and with Goodfellow`s book ticket, hinges split, rough-trimmed, orig. qtr. cloth with printed paper title label to spine, large 12mo, plus The Rural Muse, 1st ed., Whittaker & Co., 1835, eng. frontis. and title-page (stained), frontis. with Goodfellow`s book ticket on reverse, pubs. ad. leaf at rear, prelim. leaves lightly foxed, rough-trimmed, endpapers foxed, orig. blind patterned cloth, with printed title label to spine, some damp soiling to upper board, 8vo. A set of John Clare`s scarce first four works in original condition, and with intriguing provenance. Authoress Eliza Laura Emmerson, whose annotations appear in the second volume of "The Village Minstrel`, was introduced to John Clare by Lord Radstock. At their first meeting Mrs. Emmerson burst into bitter laments at the rustic poet`s Òdesolate appearanceÓ and wept that Òso much genius and so much povertyÓ should go together. Clare was stung by her reaction, which compounded the angst he felt about his labourer`s garb as he moved amongst the smart and fashionable of London. However, subsequent interviews modified Clare`s first impression of Mrs. Emmerson, who became a close friend and helper of the "Northamptonshire Peasant` as she called Clare. Indeed John Clare became quite obsessed with Eliza at one point, until their relationship cooled, writing her scores of passionate letters, calling her his Laura, addressing verses to "E.L.E.`, and asking for her portrait. Mrs. Emmerson is full of praise for Clare`s poetry in her annotations to "The Village Minstrel`, with notes such as: Òfull of sober Christian feeling. I think like you my dr. Clare, E.L.E.Ó; ÒAn astonishing effort this - for such a man as Clare! - full of lonely, and sweet feelingÓ; ÒThis lovely poem was first written to me, in a Letter from the Author. E.L.E.Ó; ÒThou art indeed the Inspired poet of Nature my dear friend! - E.L.E.Ó. The subsequent ownership of E. Goodfellow, Helpston, is curious, as the last private owner of John Clare`s cottage in Helpston was owned by a Mrs. Robin Goodfellow, who sold the property to the John Clare Trust in 2005. See Frederick Martin, The Life of John Clare, 1964. (5)
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Cowell (John). The Interpreter, containing the Genuine Signification of such Obscure Words and Terms used either in the Common or Statute Lawes of this Realm, 2nd edition, 1684, a few marks to title, later endpapers, modern half sheep, folio, together with Pignotti (Lorenzo), Storia della Toscana sino al Principato con Diversi Saggi sulle Scienze, Lettere e Arti, 5 parts in eight volumes, Pisa, 1813, engraved portrait frontispiece, marbled page edges and endpapers, contemporary half calf with marbled boards, the spines gilt decorated with maroon leather labels, 8vo, and Brewer (J.N.), The Picture of England; or, Historical and Descriptive Delineations of the Most Curious Works of Nature and Art in Each County, 2 volumes, 1820, numerous engraved plates, some damp-staining, contemporary half calf, modern rebacks, 12mo, plus other antiquarian (38)
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Dickens (Charles). The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, 1st ed., 1839, engraved portrait frontispiece, 39 etched plates by H.K. Browne, lacking half title, occasional browning and spotting, contemporary green half calf, joints slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with The Personal History of David Copperfield, 1st ed., 1850, half title, etched frontispiece, additional title and 38 plates by H.K. Browne, some spotting and browning, previous owner signature, contemporary half calf, rubbed, 8vo, with other Dickens including Martin Chzzlewit, 1844, Dombey and Son, 1848, Bleak House, 1853 and Little Dorrrit, 1857 (16)
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Foxe (John). Acts and Monuments of Matters most Special and Memorable Happening in the Church: with an Universal History of the same..., 3 vols., 9th ed., 1684, vol. 1 title in red & black (lined to verso), three eng. plts. (including two double-page, lacks portrait frontis.), numerous eng. illusts., one leaf in vol. 1 torn to lower margin and repaired, final leaf in vol. 1 lined to verso, red ink stamps to titles, library bookplates to upper pastedowns, contemp. reversed calf with gilt monogram to centre of each board, rebacked & corners repaired, folio. (3)
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Maittaire (Michael). Annales typographici ab artis inventae origine ad annum MD, 3 vols in 5 parts, The Hague, 1719-25, engraved frontis. to three parts as called for (one trimmed and relaid), titles printed in red and black with engraved vignettes, single engraved portrait, contemp. sprinkled calf, joints cracked with some fraying to head and foot of spine, 4to, together with Annales typographici ab artis inventae origine ad annum MDCLXIV, vol. 1 only, 2 parts, Amsterdam, 1733, contemp. speckled calf, fraying to extrems., 4to. Ex-libris Johann Conrad Feuerlein (1725-1788), with bookplate to each volume, together with later bookplate of Glasgow University library. (7)
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Nalson (John). A True Copy of the Journal of the High Court of Justice for the Tryal of K. Charles I. as it was Read in the House of Commons, and Attested under the hand of Phelps, Clerk to that Infamous Court, 1st ed., 1684, eng. frontis. with explanation leaf present, one eng. plt. only (lacks portrait), some spotting and toning, lower blank margins of some leaves with worm holes & worming, manuscript annotations & notes to pastedowns, hinges cracked, contemp. panelled calf, joints cracked and board corners worn, folio (Wing N116), together with Bulstrode (Sir Richard), Memoirs and Reflections upon the Reign and Government of King Charles the Ist and K. Charles the IId..., now First Published from his Original Manuscript, 1721, eng. frontis., final leaf of text and frontis. lined to verso, later endpapers, contemp. panelled calf, joints cracked, worn at head & foot of spine and to board corners, 8vo (2)
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Russell (Lady Rachel Evelyn). Memoirs of Two Favourites, privately printed, 1839, half-title, contemp. ms. inscription from the author on front free endpaper "To Miss Jago from Rachel E. Russell, Camden Hill, 1843`, a.e.g., orig. moire green cloth, gilt titled on upper cover, lacking spine, corners rubbed, sm. 8vo. Rare: British Library copy only on COPAC. The book contains two stories: "Memoirs of a Dormouse` and "Memoirs of a Doll`, each written as if by their subject. Lady Rachel Russell was the daughter of the 6th Duke of Bedford, and she married Lord James Butler. Edwin Landseer painted her portrait when she was a child; unsubstantiated gossip said that Rachel was his daughter. (1)
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Spence (Joseph). Polymetis: Or, an Enquiry Concerning the Agreement Between the Works of the Roman Poets, and the Remains of the Antient Artists. Being an attempt to illustrate them mutually from one another. In Ten Books, 2nd ed., 1755, engraved portrait frontispiece (offsetting to title), forty-one engraved plates, including four folding or double-page, occasional light spotting and offsetting, contemporary calf, rebacked, some edge wear, folio (1)
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Darwin (Charles). The Formation of Vegetable Mould, Through the Action of Worms, with Observations of their Habits, 1st ed., 1881, illustrations, single leaf advert. at end, light spots front and rear, previous owner signatures, repait at front hinge, original green blindstamped cloth, slightly rubbed at spine ends, 8vo, together with The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 6th ed. (thirty-seventh thousand), 1883, half title, folding diagramatic plate, 32pp. publisher`s list at end dated September 1888, a few spots, front endpaper loosening at gutter, original green blindstamped cloth, 8vo, plus A Naturalist`s Voyage. Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of H.M.S. "Beagle` Round the World, 1897, portrait frontispiece, illustrations, endpapers browned, bookplate, original green cloth gilt, 8vo, with Journal of Researches into the Natural History & Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage Round the World of H.M.S. "Beagle`, new ed., 1913 and 11 vols. of Darwin`s works (U.S. eds.) (15)
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Howard (Henry). Indication of Memorials, Monuments, Paintings, and Engravings of persons of the Howard Family, and of their Wives and Children..., Corby Castle, 1834, lithograph plates, some hand coloured, contemporary dark-green cloth, rebacked, folio, together with Brydges (Sir Egerton), Memoirs of the Peers of England, during the Reign of James the First, volume one [all published], 1802, engraved portrait frontispiece and three other engraved plates, contemporary half calf, joints cracking and some fraying, 4to, and Hodges (Charles Clement), Ecclesia Hagustaldensis; The Abbey of St Andrew Hexham, privately printed, 1888, additional colour lithograph title, sixty lithograph plates, contemporary quarter cloth, folio, plus two others including an album of prints and engravings relating to the Howard family (6)
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Boaden (James). Memoirs of Mrs Siddons, 2 vols, 1827, mezzotint portrait frontispiece, title to volume one detached, library stamps to titles, contemporary dark-green half morocco, rubbed, 8vo, together with Mackenzie (Sir George), Memoirs of the Affairs of Scotland from the Restoration of King Charles II, Edinburgh, 1821, library stamp to title, contemporary quarter sheep, rubbed and scuffed, 4to, and others various (a carton)
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Todd (Pamela). The Impressionists At Home, 1st ed., pub. Thames & Hudson, 2005, numerous col. and some b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., square 4to, together with The Raj, India and the British 1600-1947, ed. C. A. Bayly, pub. National Portrait Gallery, 1990, numerous colour and b&w illusts., orig. printed wrappers, 4to, plus other modern art reference, literature, etc., including some catalogues, generally VG (2 cartons)
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Poem-of-the-Month Club, printed John Roberts Press Ltd., c. 1970-74, twenty-six sheets printed rectos only, each signed by the poet, including Harold Massingham, D.J. Enright, John Lehmann, Alan Ross, Julian Symons, James Reeves, Geoffrey Grigson, C. Day Lewis, Anthony Thwaite, John Fuller et al, loosely contained in orig. half morocco folder with ties, worn, folio, together with Golding (William), The Inheritors, 1955, Freefall, 1959, both 1st eds., orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, and other miscellaneous books, mostly literature, including Folio Society, Bob Dylan, and a bronzed plaster-cast medallion portrait of Hemingway, with raised lettering "Hemingway Centennial Prize 1899-1999` and incised lettering verso "The Official Hemingway Centennial Prize Final State Medal Rendering La Finca Vigia Habana Cuba`, 13 ins (33cm) diam. (3 shelves)
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Ward (Major C. H. Dudley). History of the 53rd (Welsh) Division (T. F.) 1914-1918, Cardiff, Western Mail Limited, 1927, folding maps, b&w plts. and illusts., orig. red cloth, a little rubbed and spine sunned, large 8vo, together with Ascoli (David), The Mons Star, The British Expeditionary Force 5th Aug.-22nd Nov. 1914, reprinted, 1982, b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., very sl. rubbed to extrems., plus Gliddon (Gerald), V.C.s of the Somme, A Biographical Portrait, 1st ed., Norwich, 1991, b&w illusts. after photos, etc., orig. cloth in d.j., and other World War I history, biography and memoirs, including Lord Beaverbrook, Politicians and the War 1914-1916, 2nd imp., 1928, Marthe McKenna, I Was A Spy!, reprinted, 1933, James Thomas Byford McCudden, Five Years in the Royal Flying Corps, pub. The Aeroplane, n.d., c. 1920, etc., mostly 8vo (including a few larger format) (3 shelves)
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Goodenough (Lieutenant General W.H. and Dalton, Lieutenant Colonel J.C.). The Army Book for the British Empire. A Record of the Development and Present Composition of the Military Forces and their Duties in Peace and War, 1893, portrait frontis. of Queen Victoria, folding map at rear, some minor scattered spotting, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, rear cover dampstained (slightly affecting lower margin of contents), 8vo, together with Blackmore (H.L.), The Armouries of the Tower of London, pub. HMSO, 1976, col. frontis., numerous b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, plus Mowbray (Jay Henry), Sinking of the "Titanic`, Most Appalling Ocean Horror, with Graphic Descriptions of Hundreds Swept to Eternity Beneath the Waves... , pub. The Minter Company, Harrisburg, c. 1912, b & w illusts., orig. dec. cloth, worn on spine, 8vo, plus other miscellaneous books, mostly India/military interest (3 shelves)
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Mayerne (Theodore Tourquet de). Opera medica, edited Joseph Browne, 3 parts one volume, 1700, lacks portrait frontispiece and pp. 1-89 to first part, ink lib. stamps, occasional browning, old morocco, modern calf reback, (Wing M1430), together with Woodall (John), Military and Domestique Surgery ..., 1639?], engraved plate and folding table, remains of engraved title relaid, lacks engraved portrait frontis and three plates, numerous defects and repairs, ink lib. stamps, some dampstaining, some old marginalia, modern calf, plus Guidi (Guido), Artis medicinalis, vol. 3 (of 3), Venice, 1611, some engraved illustrations to text, some browning and old dampstaining, lib. stamps, late 19th-century cloth, all folio, plus other miscellaneous medical books, all ex-library with stamps and marks inside and out, including a few further folios, but mostly octavos including odd volumes and other defective antiquarian (6 shelves) These are all being sold with all faults and are not subject to return.
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Morgagni (John Baptist). The Seats and Causes of Diseases Investigated by Anatomy ..., translated by Benjamin Alexander, volumes 1 & 2 (of 3), 1769, spotting throughout, lib. stamps, marginal repair to title of vol. 1, late 19th century library cloth, rubbed and soiled, covers to volume 1 detached, 4to, together with Maynwaring (Everard), Vita sana et longa. The Preservation of Health and Prolongation of Life ..., 1670, title within decorative woodcut border, lib. stamps, browning and dampstaining throughout, trimmed at upper margin, lacks portrait frontispiece and two advert leaves at rear, modern calf, 8vo, plus other miscellaneous medicine, all ex-library with library marks inside and out, mostly 19th century and including odd volumes. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (6 shelves) These are all being sold with all faults and are not subject to return.
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A well executed half length oil on canvas portrait of Graf Ferdinand von Zeppelin as a boy of about 12 years old. Circa 1840-50, wearing collar and cravat, with handkerchief in the pocket of loose jacket. Old label of J. Brown and Son, fine art dealer, Aldgate, EC3. Marked in ink “Graf Ferdinand Zeppelin”, 56x45cm. Framed in gilt. GC. See inside front cover.
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5 various photo cards. Fine portrait of Ernst Lehmann, “Visit to a negro village near Pernambuco, Zeppelin crew members with natives, identified on back. Crew members (listed in reverse) in Brazil with natives. Japanese Theatre, taken in Tokio and a football stadium from the air, used in Olympiade 1936 Berlin. GC (Slight tear in Japanese photo) Plate 11.
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Medallion. Portrait of Graf Zeppelin in peaked cap and uniform 1914-15. Reverse, laurel wreath, outside (around the wreath) ‘Welt Krieg’ and (in German) ‘World War against France, England, Russia, Japan’. Inside wreath (in German) ‘Germany, Austria, Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria 1914-16’. A scarce item. Bronze 52mm EF Plate.23
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AFTER JOHN SINGER SARGENT.Portrait of a lady, dressed in black, engraving by William H.Ward, signed by the artist, and inscribed in pencil `with Jill Evans Best Wishes`, 20 x 4 in; one one similar portrait engraving ; and a mezzotint by J.R.Smith (after George Romney) depicting Miss Cumberland;three (3)
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An enameled and gilt metal-framed portrait miniature 19th century, the frame of rectangular outline, with gilt decorations enclosing pink reserves on a white ground, surmounted by a pierced cresting of two cherubs suspending garlands, enclosing a hand painted portrait ``Mrs. Mears`` after Thomas Gainsborough, oil on board under glass with leather backing, overall: 10.25`` H x 7.5`` W Condition: The portrait alone: 4.75``H x 3.5``W. Overall good condition. Some slight rubbing to frame. Easel-back to frame.Your bid indicates acceptance of our Conditions of Sale. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL
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A framed enamel on copper portrait 19th century, signed lower right with conjoined initials ``CL``, circular, depicting in profile a lady in a red hood, within a velvet-lined gilt-metal frame, overall: 11.5`` H x 11.5`` W Condition: Diameter of plate alone: 7.75``. Overall good condition. Light rubbing and marks commensurate with age.Your bid indicates acceptance of our Conditions of Sale. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL
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An enamel on copper portrait miniature `Fiametta` Late 19th century, unsigned, titled to plate upper left, rectangular, depicting a brown-haired beauty adorned with a wreath and wearing a gold-trimmed crimson dress against a black ground, within a gilt metal frame, overall: 7.5`` H x 6`` W Note: Fiametta was lover and muse of Italian Renaissance poet Giovanni Boccaccio. Condition: The plate alone: 7.25`` H x 5.25`` W. Overall good condition. Light marks and rubbing commensurate with age. Plate bowed. Not examined out of frame.Your bid indicates acceptance of our Conditions of Sale. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL
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19th Century After Leonardo Da Vinci Portrait of the Mona Lisa, unsigned, oil on French panel, 29`` H x 21`` W Provenance: Private Collection, West Covina, CA. Condition: Visual: Generally good condition. Blacklight: Apparently no evidence of inpainting. Surface drips fluoresce over the varnish layer. Uneven, heavy varnish. Your bid indicates acceptance of our Conditions of Sale. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL
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Jean-Jacques Henner (1929-1905 French) Portrait of a red-headed woman, signed upper left: Henner, oil on canvas laid to board mounted on the original wood stretchers, 13.75`` H x 10.75`` W Condition: Visual: Frame abrasion. Blacklight: A 2`` diameter area of touch-up in the lower right. A few dots of possible touch-up in the upper right quadrant. Difficult to read under heavy masking varnish.Your bid indicates acceptance of our Conditions of Sale. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL
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An RSTK `Amphora` pottery portrait vase Circa 1897, Riessner, Stellmacher & Kessel, design attributed to Nikolaus Kannhauser, with impressed mark ``Amphora`` within an oval and model number ``2039``, the wide mouth over a tapering cylindrical body on a bulbous foot, polychrome glazed and gilt decorated with a portrait of a maiden, the Winter Queen, wearing a veil and a ``jeweled`` crown, centered on a banded ground comprising a mottled gilt middle section between narrower bands of black and ivory stripes, with a lavender landscape frieze above and a green band with a garland of ``jeweled`` roses below, 9.25`` H x 4`` Dia. Literature: This decorative scheme was executed on vases of a wide variety of shapes and sizes. For illustrated examples with same decorative scheme, of differing shapes, see: Byron Vreeland: ``Monsters and Maidens: Amphora Pottery of the Art Nouveau Era``, Los Angeles: Fledermaus Press, 2003, pp. 64-66. Condition: Overall good condition. Rubbing and wear commensurate with age. A few re-gilded minor nicks to rim. An inherent flaw, likely a burst bubble, to foot (.25`` Dia.).Your bid indicates acceptance of our Conditions of Sale. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL
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Proof sets US Columbus quincentenary 1992, two cased sets of three coins each, each set comprising: one gold five dollar, West Point Mint, designed by James Farrell and Thomas Rogers, obverse: Portrait of Columbus, facing map of the New World, reverse: Crest of the Admiral of the Oceans (8.359 gms); one silver dollar, Philadelphia Mint, designed by John Mercanti and Thomas Rogers, obverse: Columbus by a globe, ships in background, reverse: split image of Santa Maria and US Space Shuttle Discovery (26.73 gms); and one copper and nickel half dollar, San Francisco Mint, designed by James Ferrell, obverse: Columbus landing in the New World, reverse: three ships Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria (11.34 gms), 6 coins total Condition: Each: uncirculated, with original cases and certificates of authenticity. Minor, slight bumping to corners of outer cases.Your bid indicates acceptance of our Conditions of Sale. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL
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A Greek memorial medal to Charilaos Trikoupis dated 1896, in gilt with portrait to obverse Charilaos Trikoupis was a member of the Greek Government and prominent in a group of politicians who were resoundingly opposed to the revival of the Olympic Games in 1896. Instead of an athletic Olympic Games Trikoupis had argued for Greece to hold Agro-Industrial competitions at the Zappeion Hall. Trikoupis’s political arguments were not to prevail and the Zappeion became the first indoor venue in Olympic history where the fencing competition was held, and was also part of the first Olympic Village. Coincidentally, Charilaos Trikoupis died during the first week of competition at the 1896 Athens Olympic Games.
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Three W.H. Goss miniature china vessels commemorating the 1908 London Olympic Games, i) a jug Rd. No. 522178, with printed portrait after the Ancient Greek statue Discobolus, inscribed OLYMPIAN GAMES; ii) a pot Rd. No. 522180, with printed portrait of Hermes & Dionysos, inscribed OLYMPIAN GAMES; iii) a tyg Rd. No. 522180 also with printed portrait of Hermes & Dionysos together with the coats of arms of England and the City of London, inscribed OLYMPIAN GAMES, the jug the largest 6cm., 2 1/4in. high
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A fine collection of memorabilia relating to the British 1908 London Olympic Games boxing champion Richard K Gunn including his cased Olympic gold prize medal and winner’s diploma, the lot comprising: i) a 1908 Olympic Games gold prize medal designed by Bertram Mackennal, manufactured by Vaughton of Birmingham in hallmarked gold, two young maidens are crowning a winning athlete, the reverse with St George slaying the dragon, the rim inscribed WINNER, FEATHER-WEIGHT BOXING, in original red leather fitted case with maroon velvet lining, the lid inscribed gilt OLYMPIC GAMES, WINNER, FEATHERWEIGHT BOXING, LONDON, 1908; ii) a 1908 Olympic Games winner’s diploma named to R K GUNN, framed & glazed, overall 47 by 56cm., 18 1/2 by 22in.; iii) a large 22 by 15in. signed photographic portrait of Richard Gunn posed in boxing vest and trunks, signed in ink lower left and inscribed by hand OLYMPIC GAMES, 1908; iv) R K Gunn’s 1908 Olympic Games competitor’s card v) ephemera relating to Gunn’s Olympic success including congratulatory letters and telegrams and a menu for a complimentary dinner held in appreciation of his Olympic achievement, at Anderton’s Hotel; together with non-Olympic boxing memorabilia relating to Richard Gunn, comprising: a) hallmarked silver salver of octagonal form with presentation inscription dated July 1950 reading PRESENTED TO R.R. (DICK) GUNN BY THE AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION IN RECOGNITION OF HIS LONG AND VALUABLE SERVICES ON THE COUNCIL AS A MEMBER LIFE PRESIDENT AND HON. TREASURER, A.B.A. FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPION 1894, 1895 & 1896, 30.5cm., 12in. diameter b) a framed prize diploma named to Gunn and presented by the German Gymnasium c) scrapbooks press cuttings and other ephemera relating to the career of R K Gunn Richard Kenneth Gunn (1871-1961) is the oldest man ever to have been crowned as an Olympic boxing champion. He achieved this feat in the featherweight division of the boxing tournament at the London Games of 1908 aged 37 years and 254 days. He had in fact retired when still British amateur featherweight champion in 1896, a title he had held for three consecutive years. This retirement was actually at the request of the ABA as Gunn was far the superior of any of his rivals. In return Gunn served on the ABA Council for more than ten years. When the fighter learned that the Olympic Games were coming to London he resumed training, returned to the ring and won the gold meal at the 1908 Games, before hanging up his gloves for good immediately thereafter. He only ever suffered one defeat in 15 years of boxing. Gunn was born in Charing Cross, London, 16th February 1871 and died at Lambeth, London, 23rd June 1961 aged 90.
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The 1912 Stockholm Olympic Games gold prize medal awarded to the British swimmer Jennie Fletcher for the 100 metres Freestyle Relay, 33.5mm, struck in silver-gilt (as usual for 1912 1st Place team awards), designed by Erik Lindberg and Bertram Mackennal, two maidens crowning a victorious athlete, the reverse with a herald proclaiming the Olympic Games, Jennie Fletcher became Britain’s first female Olympic swimming medallist when she won an individual bronze in the 1912 100 metres freestyle final behind two Australians (Fanny Durack, who was using the then brand-new ‘Australian Crawl’ technique, and Mina (Wilhelmina) Wylie). In the relay event gold went to the British team of Bella Moore, Jennie, Annie Speirs and Irene Steer ahead of West Germany and Austria. Jennie swam an outstanding second leg to help earn the British girls a World Record as well as Olympic victory. Born on 19 March, 1890 in Leicester, the seventh of nine children in a family of five girls and four boys, Jennie Fletcher attended Mellow Street Board School and participated as often as possible in swimming competitions and exercises. She later wrote: “Swimming to me was my greatest pleasure and no encouragement was needed for me to compete in polo, diving or swimming. There was no mixed swimming in those days but with special permission my brother Ben was allowed to pace me.” From the age of 11 she was coached at Leicester’s Cossington Street Baths by the celebrated Jack Jarvis, whose characteristic freestyle employing the ‘Jarvis-Nuttall Kick’ had already brought him numerous awards (including two Olympic gold medals for the 1,000 and 4,000 metre open water races swum in the River Seine, Paris, in 1900). Jennie recalled: “Most of the early swimming was single arm and trudgen with the scissors kick going to the crawl in the latter stages. My training was not regimented but consisted of long walks, [and] skipping accompanied by deep breathing exercises.” In 1906, at the age of 34, Jarvis added a silver and two bronze medals to his own Olympic tally in the interim Athens Games, by which time Jennie was challenging for her first British record for the Ladies’ 100 yards freestyle. She went on to win 6 Amateur Swimming Association titles for the distance before 1912, setting a new world record in 1909. Working long hours with her father, who nevertheless gave her great support and encouragement as an amateur, she succeeded in winning numerous trophies and awards. She retained the Dewar Shield after winning it three years in succession, broke her own record on 11 occasions, and became British champion 6 times. At the London Olympics of 1908 it was decided, after much deliberation, that swimming competition for Ladies would be permitted; however uncertainty and a late decision meant that in the event there were too few entries to proceed. At the time this must have come as a huge disappointment for Jennie, whose parents had recently declined on her behalf the opportunity of a professional tour of America with the celebrated Annette Kellerman. At Stockholm in 1912, however, there was a strong British Ladies’ contingent, chaperoned by Jack Jarvis’s sister. Jennie later said: “The crowning moment of my career was when King Gustav of Sweden placed the classic laurel wreath on my head, put the gold medal round my neck, and said, ‘Well done, England!’”. In 1917 Jennie married Henry Hill Hyslop and the couple settled in Canada, where they farmed and had six children. Jennie died in 1968. Provenance: Bequeathed by the recipient Jennie Hyslop, née Fletcher, to her son Henry Irving Hyslop (1920-2000); bequeathed in turn by H.I. Hyslop to his daughter (and Jennie’s granddaughter) Heather, on behalf of whom it is now offered for sale. A copy of H.I. Hyslop’s Will, including codicil dated 1994 specifying the bequest to Heather of “… my mother’s gold medal from the 1912 Olympics… “ is included in the lot, together with a contemporary portrait postcard captioned ‘Jennie Fletcher Worlds 100 yds Champion’, showing Jennie wearing Leicester Ladies’ Swimming Club costume and a championship medal (see illustration). Copies of other relating documents, including a letter written by Jennie in 1965 to the compiler of a sports encyclopedia, are also offered with the lot. Other items of memorabilia relating to Jennie’s swimming career, including her Olympic laurel wreath, were donated by her daughter to the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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Helen Wills (1905-1998) SELF PORTRAIT signed in pencil, an etching exhibited in the 1932 Olympic Arts Competition and Exhibition in Los Angeles, exhibition label verso, mounted together with a cut signature HELEN WILLS MOODY dated from the same year 1932, the etching 15 by 10cm., 6 by 4in.; sold together with an official daily program for the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games, 6th August, carrying two advertisements for the Olympic Arts Competition and Exhibition and map (2) Helen Wills, known as Helen Wills Moody after her marriage to Frederick Moody in 1929, won a total of 19 Grand Slam singles tennis titles between 1923 and 1938, comprising four wins in the French Open, eight at Wimbledon, and seven in the US Open, with twelve doubles and mixed doubles, a total of 31 Grand Slams. Wills also won two Olympic gold medals in Paris in 1924 (singles & doubles), the last time lawn tennis was included in the Olympic programme until its revival in 1988. Disappointingly, therefore, when the Olympic Games came to her native California in 1932 she was unable to compete even though she was still very much at the peak of her powers winning the French and Wimbledon titles earlier in the year. Helen Wills’s participation in the Games, however, was achieved through her artistic talent. In 1928 Helen Wills had illustrated her own book ‘Tennis’ with a series of etchings of tennis players which included a self portrait head on the frontispiece with three of her demonstrating strokes of play. In 1932 her artistic exploits extended to entering her work in the Olympic Arts Competition and Exhibition. The world renowned artist Diego Rivera (1886-1957) was introduced to Helen Wills in November 1930 and later asked her to sit for the head of the central figure of ‘California’ for the fresco in the San Francisco Stock Exchange.
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Two commemorations for the 50th anniversary of the IOC 1894-1944, the first a bronze medal, the obverse with a named portrait of Pierre de Coubertin and further inscribed 23 JUIN 1894 SORBONNE, the reverse inscribed 50me ANNIVERSAIRE DES JEUX OLYMPIQUES LAUSANNE JUIN 1944; sold together with a gold plated stick pin with Olympic Rings & laurel design (2)
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A large Victorian brooch containing porcelain miniature of female, swivelling to reveal a locket back to/w white chalcedony brooch having applied decoration of turquoise and gold flowers in yellow gold scrollwork setting to/w rose gold hollow bangle engraved 1925 etc, approx 11g Portrait miniature chipped in two places, the other soft soldered
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