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Preisdatenbank abonnierenMAJOR GENERAL ROBERT PHILIP LANCASTER-RANKING CB. CBE. MC. (1896-1961) A COLLECTION OF EPHEMERA, PHOTOGRAPHS, INDIAN MILITARY RECORDS, MENTIONS IN DISPATCHES, A 1943 PORTRAIT BY BARANMAN, HIS ARMORIALS, ANCESTRY, ETC. HE WAS AWARDED THE MC IN 1918 BUT THIS COLLECTION RECORDS HIS RISE THROUGH THE RANKS WHILE SERVING IN INDIA
SENIOR COMMANDER WOMENS AUXILIARY CORPS (1) AREA 101 MARJORIE CHRISTIAN RANKING MBE, A COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND EPHEMERA FROM HER TIME IN INDIA HER MARRIAGE TO MAJOR GENERAL R P L RANKING CB. CBE.MC. MEMORABILIA FROM HER HORSE RIDING ACHIEVEMENTS, RECORDS OF HER RECEIVING THE MBE FROM FIELD MARSHALL SIR CLAUDE AUCHINLEK, HER MBE CITATION, A HOOF ASHTRAY FROM HER HORSE BLAZE, A 1938 SIMLA HORSE SHOW PRIZE CLOCK, A PROPELLING PENCIL INSCRIBED FOR HER HORSE FRIVOLITY 1938, A PRESENTATION SILVER WAITER FROM WAC (1), HER PORTRAIT MINIATURE, ETC.
AN ANTIQUE HAND PAINTED OVAL PORTRAIT MINIATURE BROOCH CONVERSION OF A MAIDEN HOLDING FLOWERS, THE REVERSE ENGRAVED ESTHER, FEB 28th 184?. MEASUREMENTS 3.2 X 2.5cms. UNMARKED, ASSESSED AS 13ct GOLD. WEIGHT 9.00grms., TOGETHER WITH A BELL TYPE EASTERN PENDANT WITH PEARL DROPPERS AND ENAMEL DECORATION, THE LARGE BELL ASSESSED AS 20ct THE SMALLER DROP 14ct. WEIGHT 11.63grms.
A SWEDISH SILVER GILT GRADUATED GARNET BRACELET. THE CLASP 585 S, BEARING THE THREE COWN MARK FOR SWEDEN AND INITIAL S. LENGTH APPROXIMATELY 17cms COMPLETE WITH SAFETY CHAIN, TOGETHER WITH A A SIMILAR UNMARKED PAIR OF SILVER GILT AND GARNET DROP EARRINGS, AND A PORTRAIT CAMEO FEATURING A GARNET FRAME AND BAIL, BOTH ASSESSED AS SILVER GILT. GROSS WEIGHT 34.83grms.
Sir Peter Lely and Studio, portrait of James Butler the 1st Duke of Ormonde, three quarter length in Garter, oil on canvas, 133.5cms x 107cmsProvenance: Lot 49 in The Thynne Heirloom auction at Christies on the 1st of May 1911 where it fetched £42.00 and was sold to Robson.The painting bears a plaque inscribed Thynne Heirloom. Catalogue Note: James Butler, first Duke of Ormonde, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, was born at Clerkenwell, Middlesex to Thomas Butler, Viscount Thurles (c. 1596–1619), son and heir of Walter Butler, eleventh Earl of Ormond, and Elizabeth Poyntz (c. 1588–1673) from Iron Acton, Gloucestershire. The Butlers were one of the principal families of Anglo-Norman settlers to survive in Ireland from the middle ages, but the first Duke of Ormonde broke with the Catholicism of his forebears to become one of the most significant statesmen and soldiers in the service of King Charles I in his campaign against the Irish uprising that preceded the English Civil War. Ormonde remained loyal to the Stuarts throughout his life despite falling in and out of favour. Following the execution of Charles I, he lived in exile from 1647–60, upon his return he received the English earldom of Brecknock, meaning he could sit in the English House of Lords, as well as the subsidiary title of Baron Butler of Llanthony. More momentous, however, was his elevation to the Irish dukedom of Ormonde in 1661. A unique distinction, it confirmed his standing as Charles's foremost subject in that kingdom. Until his death in 1688, the Duke of Ormonde held various different senior offices in the court of Charles II, was often consulted on Irish matters and ultimately gained a reputation for being loyal, uncompromising and highly principled.
Harry Houdini (1874-1926) Regent Theatre Programme 'Starring Engagement of the World's Famous Handcuff King and Jail Breaker, Houdini', 'Everyone invited to bring their own Padlocks', dated Monday, Jan. 18, together with a signed portrait postcard of Houdini's brother, Theodore Hardeen, signed 'Yours Faithfully, Theo Hardeen, April 11th 1907', framed as one, programme 18cm x 11.5cm
Military.- Spain.- Moore (James) A Narrative of the British Army in Spain, second edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 2 folding engraved maps, 1 with hand-colouring and a few paper repairs to verso, some light spotting, nineteenth-century half calf, for Joseph Johnson, 1809 § Neale (Adam) Letters from Portugal and Spain, comprising an account of the operations of the armies..., first edition, engraved map frontispiece, several engraved plates, bookplate, some foxing, nineteenth-century half calf, for Richard Phillips, 1809 § Stothert (Capt. William) A Narrative of the Principal Events of the Campaigns of 1809, 1810 & 1811 in Spain and Portugal, first edition, engraved folding map frontispiece (light off-setting), single leaf publisher's advertisement at front, original boards with paper label to spine, joints cracked but firm, rubbed, for P. Martin, 1812 § [Daniel (John E.)] Journal of an Officer in the Commissariat Department of the Army: comprising a narrative of the campaigns under His Grace the Duke of Wellington, in Portugal, Spain..., first edition, list of subscribers, errata leaf, original boards, spine worn with chip to foot, stain to upper cover, 1820, 4to & 8vo (4)
Bacon (Sir Francis) Baconiana. Or Certaine and Genuine Remains of Sr. Francis Bacon, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, with imprimatur to A4r, later ink inscription to front free endpaper, trimmed close at head, a few times touching headline or pagination, small stain to verso of title and b1, occasional light spotting but generally a crisp copy, later mottled calf, gilt armorial device and monogram to covers, rebacked, rubbed, some wear to spine, [Wing B269; Pforzheimer 25], Printed by J.D. for Richard Chiswell, 1679; with another on the same, 8vo (2)⁂ This issue consistent with Pforzheimer 25, with the Contents (A gathering) bound after the blank leaf S8, and without sectional title at B1. ESTC records an alternative collation, with B1 present.
Bellarmino (Roberto) Ouranography: or heaven opened. The substance of Cardinal Bellarmine's five books concerning the eternal felicity of the saints, translated by Benjamin Jenks, presentation copy from the translator (ink inscription to front free endpaper), engraved portrait frontispiece, woodcut decorative initials, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, contemporary speckled sheep, rebacked, corners repaired, with some loss to original leather, but solid, Printed for W. Rogers at the Sun against St. Dunstan's Church, 1710 § Ribadeneyra (Pedro de) The Lives of saints, with other feasts of the year, according to the Roman calendar, 2 vol., double column, engraved frontispieces, some spotting or staining, occasional foxing, lightly browned, 19th century dark green calf, gilt, spines richly so, corners worn, stained, rubbed and scuffed, a wide-margined set, Printed by B. S., 1730; and 10 others, 18th century Religion, v.s. (13)
Botany.- Waring (Sarah, of Wyards Farm, Alton, Hampshire) The Wild Garland, second edition, presentation copy from the author to the Rev Gerard Edwards Smith with her inscription at the head of title, 10 hand-coloured engraved plates, watercolour portrait of Sarah Waring opposite title, ALs from Sarah Waring to Gerard Edwards Smith referring to her work loosely inserted, contemporary calf, gilt, edges and spine rubbed, gilt morocco label on spine, 12mo, 1837.⁂ Rev Gerard Edwards Smith (1804-81), one of the outstanding field botanist's of his generation.
Fraser (Claud Lovat).- Drinkwater (John) and Albert Rutherson. Claud Lovat Fraser, one of 450 copies, signed by both authors, this copy with an original ink drawing traditionally understood to be a self-portrait by Claude Lovat Fraser (mounted on dedication f.), black & white frontispiece and 39 colour or black & white plates, captioned paper guards, original cloth, spine gilt, upper joint split, but holding firm, some light marking and soiling, William Heinemann, 1923; and 15 others, by or about Lovat Fraser, v.s. (16)
Architecture.- Wren (Christopher) Parentalia: or, memoirs of the family of the Wrens...chiefly of Sir Christopher Wren, ... Compiled, by his son Christopher, first edition, title printed in red and black, list of subscribers, mezzotint portrait frontispiece of Sir Christopher Wren by John Faber, engraved dedication f., 3 portraits, and 7 plates, offsetting, some mostly marginal water-staining to preliminaries (just encroaching within platemark of portrait), some spotting or mostly light foxing or staining, lightly browned in places, blind-stamped and gilt panelled russia by C. Kalthoeber, London, rebacked, preserving original little chipped backstrip in compartments, rubbed, g.e., [Harris 949], folio, Printed for T. Osborn; and R. Dodsley, 1750.⁂ One of the earliest biographies of architect, astronomer and inventor Sir Christopher Wren, to whom the work is chiefly devoted. The work list his many inventions before 1660: 'devices for surveying, musical and acoustical instruments, developments in fishing, underwater construction and submarine navigation, and experiments in printmaking; he experimented with, but did not invent, the mezzotint technique, which Prince Rupert demonstrated to the Royal Society in 1661.' (DNB).Provenance: Walter Charles, Lord Northbourne (armorial bookplate to front pastedown).
NO RESERVE [Gauden (John)] Eikon Basilike [graece]. The Porutraicture [sic] of His Sacred Maiestie in His Solitudes and Sufferings, title printed in red and black within typographic border, folding engraved frontispiece and portrait illustration to P2v, lacking pi1 explanation leaf, later bookplate and ink ownership inscription, frontispiece laid down with a few minor tears neatly repaired, title a little chipped at extremities and with contemporary ink ownership inscription, small rust hole to G4 and T1, each affecting a couple of letters, some minor damp-staining, the odd spot, later morocco, gilt, subtle repairs to corners, rubbed, [Wing E310; Madan 62b], 8vo, [Francis Leach], 1649.⁂ An early and scarce edition. The explanation leaf preceding the title is 'wanting in most copies' (Madan).
Charles I.- Bibliotheca Regia, Or, The Royal Library, containing A Collection of such of the Papers of His Late Maiesty King Charls, The second Monarch of Great Britain, As have escaped the wrack and ruines of these times, 2 parts in 1, engraved portrait frontispiece and additional pictorial title, printed title ruled in red, with errata and final blank, bookplate of Ursuline High School to front free endpaper, frontispiece and additional title bound tight at inner margin, obscuring a couple letters of the explanations to verso, short tear running into text to 2*7, z2 and 2A7 but without loss, the odd spot but generally a crisp copy, hinges repaired, contemporary calf, neat repairs to corners and spine, rubbed, [Wing C2151], 8vo, Printed for Henry Seile, 1659.⁂ Sometimes attributed to Peter Heylyn.
[Sterne (Laurence)] The Sermons of Mr. Yorick, 2 vol., first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, light offsetting, occasional scattered spots, contemporary boards, rebacked in calf, for J. Dodsley, [1760]; Letters of the late Rev. Mr. Laurence Sterne to his most intimate Friends..., 3 vol., first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece, bookplates, contemporary calf, spines gilt with red and black morocco labels, [Rothschild 1974], for T. Becket, 1775; The Sermons of Mr. Yorick, 6 vol., vol. 1-2 twelfth edition, vol. 3-6 a new edition, engraved portrait frontispiece (off-setting), browning to titles, a couple laid down to paper or with paper repairs, contemporary calf, spines gilt with red morocco labels (vol. 2 lower missing, but present), some cracking to joints and light wear, for J. Dodsley [W. Strahan et al.], 1775-76, 8vo (11)
NO RESERVE Kenn (Thomas, Bishop of Bath & Wells) A Crown of glory, the reward of the righteous. Being, meditations upon the vicissitude and uncertainty of all sublunary enjoyments, engraved portrait frontispiece, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, water-stained, modern calf-backed marbled boards, spine in compartments and with red leather label, Printed for A. Bettesworth, at the Red-Lyon in Pater-Noster-Row, 1725; and 3 others, by or about the same, 8vo (4)
Symmons (Edward) A Vindication of King Charles: Or, a Loyal Subjects Duty, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, woodcut initials and head-pieces, bookplates of Robert Allan, Sir John Packington Bart. and Wm. Hardcastle to front pastedown and endpapers, frontispiece with short tear to blank fore-margin and light horizontal crease, a few leaves with faint marginal water-staining, the odd spot or patch of soiling, final blank with catalogue description pasted to verso, contemporary calf, rebacked in later cloth, corners repaired, old covers rubbed and scratched, endpapers renewed, [Wing S6350], 4to, n.p., 1648 [but 1647].⁂ Symmons was chaplain to Charles I.
Poetry.- [Gildon (Charles, editor)] A new miscellany of original poems, on several occasions, first edition, title printed in red and black, final advertisement f., B5-7 loose, spotted, lightly browned, contemporary panelled calf, upper cover detaching, corners little worn, rubbed and little scuffed, [Case 223(b); Macdonald, Dryden, 58], Printed for Peter Buck, at the Sign of the Temple in Fleet-Street; and George Strahan, at the Golden-Ball, 1701 § Duck (Stephen) Poems on several occasions...With a life of the author, by the Rev. Joseph Spence, late Professor of Poetry in the University of Oxford, fourth edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, A10 repaired tear within text, without loss, stained / water-stained, some spotting, lightly browned, contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked, rubbed, printed for John Rivington; T. Longman [& others], 1764; and 25 others, 18th century English poetry, v.s. (27) ⁂ The first mentioned includes the first printing of Dryden's 'The Fair Stranger', and the first appearance in print of Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea, including 'The Spleen'.
Domestic economy in town & country.- Gacon-Dufour (Marie Armande Jeanne) Manuel de la ménagère, a la ville et a la campagne, et de la femme de basse-cour, 2 vol., first edition, stipple-engraved portrait frontispiece of the author, folding engraved plate of a stove and hob at end of vol.2, half-title to vol.2, some mostly light foxing or staining, lightly browned, contemporary polished calf, gilt, vol.2 lower cover stained, both vol. joints starting, but holding firm, rubbed, [Vicaire 379], 8vo, Paris, Buisson, 1805.⁂ A very good copy of this rare work; recorded only by Vicaire out of all the standard bibliographers. With much on food & drink, agriculture, animal husbandry and veterinary matters. Gacon-Dufour (1753-1835) was a French novelist, economist, and women's rights campaigner. She lived most of her life in the countryside, where she developed a keen interest in agronomy.
Clare (John) The Village Minstrel, and Other Poems, 2 vol., first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece to vol. 1, without half-titles or publisher's advertisements, ink ownership inscriptions of Brent Gration Maxfield to pastedown and E. Digby to front endpaper, some light spotting or soiling, minor damp-staining to margins of peripheral ff., contemporary polished calf, rebacked, spines richly gilt and with red morocco labels, old covers rubbed and scratched, 1821; with others by or about John Clare, including a second edition of The Village Minstrel, v.s. (15)
NO RESERVE Sassoon (Siegfried) Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, second illustrated edition, illustrations by William Nicholson, previous owner's ink signature, light spotting to endpapers, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1939; Memoirs of an Infantry Man, first edition, faint old tape marks to free endpapers, original cloth, lightly sunned spine, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1930; The Old Century, first edition, previous owner's ink signature, light spotting to endpapers, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1947; Siegfried's Journey, first edition, half-title, portrait frontispiece, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, slight creasing and chipping to edges, 1945; and others by the same, 8vo (10).
Woman artist.- Marchioness of Waterford (Louisa Anne Beresford, 1818-1891) Lady seated reading in an interior, pencil and watercolour on wove paper, sheet 125 x 170 mm (4 7/8 x 6 3/4 in), minor toning to edges, mounted on paper support, unframed, [circa 1885-1890]Provenance:Sonia Rosemary Cubitt (née Keppel), maternal grandmother of Queen Camilla, (1900-1986)Gifted to Rosalie Glynn Grylls, Lady Mander (1905-1988)Then by descent to Anthea Loveday Veronica Mander (1945-2004)Gifted to John Kenworthy-Browne⁂ The present drawing appears to compare stylistically with the intimate album of drawings held in the National Portrait Gallery [see NPG D23146].While recognised for her artistic talent in her own right, Louisa was also tutored by Dante Gabriel Rossetti and attended classes held by John Ruskin. Louisa was said to have modelled for Sir John Everett Millais, and that her beauty served as an inspiration for the the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
Cosmology.- [Beaumont (John)] Considerations on a book, entituled The theory of the earth. Publisht some years since by the learned Dr. Burnet, title with woodcut device, a few woodcut illustrations, lacking C2&3, title with marginal repairs, with loss of a letter, B4 small section torn from text and loosely inserted, outer margins trimmed, affecting some pagination and printed side-notes, a few repaired tears, stained, mostly lightly browned, 18th century ink ownership inscription of Jeremiah Percy to lower margin of final f., contemporary sheep, rebacked, corners repaired, rubbed and scuffed [Wing B1621], Printed for the author, and are to be sold by Randal Taylor near Stationers-Hall, 1693 § Italy.- Morland (Sir Samuel) The History of the evangelical churches of the valleys of Piemont· Containing a most exact geographical description of the place, and a faithfull account of the doctrine, life, and persecutions of the ancient inhabitants, first edition, title printed in red and black, folding engraved map, engraved illustrations, h4 advertisement f., lacking portrait, spotting and staining, including some water-staining mostly towards end, lightly browned, modern half calf, spine in compartments and with double burgundy leather labels, [Wing M2779], Printed by Henry Hills, one of His Highness's printers, for Adoniram Byfield, 1658; and 8 others, 17th century Religion, v.s. (10) sold not subject to return.
Kent.- Somner (William) A Treatise of the Roman ports and forts in Kent, engraved portrait frontispiece by Michael Burghers, title with woodcut vignette of the Sheldonian, occasional spotting, lightly browned, 20th century polished calf, gilt, upper joint starting, but holding firm, corners worn, rubbed and marked, [Wing S4669], Oxford, Printed at the Theater, 1693; and 3 others, Kent, v.s. (4)
Steiner (Rudolf) Initiation and its Results, first edition in English, translated by Clifford Bax, portrait frontispiece, 4pp. advertisements at end, occasional pencil marginalia in German, some light foxing, mostly to fore-edge, endpapers toned, original decorative cloth, gilt, very lightly rubbed, mostly at spine ends and corners, an excellent copy, 8vo, Theosophical Printing Society, 1909.⁂ A rare work by the Austrian occultist. We can trace no copy of this edition at auction.
[Llanos Y Gutierrez (Valentin Maria)] Sandoval; or, The Freemason. A Spanish Tale, 3 vol.,vol. 3 with half-title, 1826; Don Esteban; or, Memoirs of a Spaniard, 3 vol., half-titles, 2ff. advertisements rear of vol. 3, original boards with paper labels to spines, lower joint foot cracked vol. 1, Henry Colburn, 1825; Memoirs of Don Juan van Halen, 2 vol., second edition, portrait frontispiece (light off-setting) and 2 folding plates, 1830, the first two first editions, in original boards with paper labels to spines, uncut, the final in green morocco with very light scuffing to extremities, g.e., all Henry Colburn, 8vo (8) ⁂ Llanos Gutierrez (1795-1885), in exile from Spain, was in Rome during John Keat's convalescence there becoming a friend of the poet, and later when resident in England, eventually marrying Keat's sister, Fanny. An anglophile, Llanos began a career writing novels in the English style, publishing the two first mentioned here in quick succession. In 1833 the couple returned to Spain, where they remained.
Sterne (Laurence) The Works, 4 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece and a few engraved plates, divisional titles with engraved vignettes, the odd library stamp, bookplates, some plates and titles with light foxing, vol. 4 with tiny worming to lower edge initial ff., contemporary mottled calf, gilt, rebacked and spines with red and blue morocco labels, corners rubbed, for J. Johnson et al., 1803; A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy, one of a limited edition illustrated by Vera Willoughby, the odd spot, full blue morocco, with decorative silhouette inlaid in white, t.e.g., others uncut, housed in cloth box, 1927; and 4 others by the same (10)
Wotton (Sir Henry) Reliquiae Wottoninae. Or, A Collection of Lives, Letters, Poems..., first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece and 3 portraits, front pastedown and endpaper with various ink inscriptions and stamps, frontispiece with closed tear but no loss, title trimmed at head, ?family copy with ink ownership inscription of J. Wotton to title,1 portrait trimmed close at foot affecting imprint, occasional light foxing or soiling, lacking rear free endpaper, contemporary calf, rubbed and scratched, wear to spine ends, upper joint cracked but holding, ink inscription to fore-edge, Printed by Thomas Maxey, 1651; with an incomplete first edition of Abel Redevivus, H.J. Masingham's copy, 12mo & 4to (2)
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