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Preisdatenbank abonnierenDragon School: "Memorials of Old Boys and Masters of The Dragon School, Oxford who fell in the Great War", 1922; Kernot, C.F: "British Public Schools War Memorials", 1927, presentation inscription from the author; Wilson, E.R: "Wykehamist War Service Record and Roll of Honour", 1947 and Imperial War Graves Commission (Pub): "The War Dead of the British Commonwealth and Empire-Anzio War Cemetery" 1954. (4)
Gladstone and Disraeli: an impressive pair of pottery figures by Whitman and Roth each depicted in characteristic standing pose and wearing top hats, Disraeli with hand on hip, Gladstone holding an umbrella and bag, decorated in underglaze colours, on square bases moulded with makers lozenge shaped mark, registration mark for 8th December 1876 and inscribed 'Copyright', Disraeli 419mm high, rear part of carrying handle of bag missing and small chip to foot of Gladstone figure (2) * In the general election of February 1874 the Conservatives under Disraeli won a resounding victory over Gladstone and the Liberals. In 1876 Queen Victoria bestowed the titles of Earl of Beaconsfield and Viscount Hughenden upon Disraeli who remained Prime Minister until defeated by the Liberals in the general election of 1880 when Gladstone again became Prime Minister having been leader of the opposition in the interim.
JAPANESE FAIRY TALES - Crepe Books, printed in colour and translated into English, The Old Woman Who Lost Her Dumpling; Chin Chinkobakama; The Goblin Spider; The Tongue Cut Sparrow; The Wonderful Mallet; The Ogres Arm; Three Reflections; Calendar For 1904; and three further similar books, early 20th century
Vincenzo d' Esposito (Maltese, 1886-1946) View of Malta signed lower left "V D'Esposito" watercolour 11 x 23cm Vincenzo d' Esposito (Maltese, 1886-1946) Street Scene, Malta signed lower right "V D'Esposito" watercolour 23 x 11cm Vincenzo d' Esposito (Maltese, 1886-1946) View of Malta signed lower right "V D'Esposito" watercolour 11 x 23cm Eveline Corbould Ellis (British, exh.1896-1932) Dragonara, Sliema, Malta signed lower left "E Corbould Ellis, Feb. 1928" watercolour 17 x 25cm with two etchings Lafaun Harbour View with Steamship signed lower right "Lafaun" etching 13 x 19cm Galia Mannamusett, Malta signed lower right "Galia" etching 23 x 50cm six (6) Provenance: Captain Rapkin, RN, who was stationed in Malta with the Royal Navy at periods between 1890 and 1930; a gift to his daughter, who grew up in Malta, and by descent with the family
General Peter Nicholas (Nikolaevich) Krasnoff (Russian, 1869-1947) The Auberge d'Aragon, Malta signed lower right "N Krasnoff" watercolour 14 x 22cm The Church of Our Lady of Victory, Malta signed lower left "N Krasnoff" watercolour 11 x 17cm The Tip of Valletta, Malta signed lower left "Krasnoff" watercolour 9 x 14cm three (3) Provenance: Captain Rapkin, RN, who was stationed in Malta with the Royal Navy at period between 1890 and 1930; a gift to his daughter, who grew up in Malta, and by descent with the family Nicholas Krasnoff studied art at the Petersburg Academy and became President of the Moscow Chamber of Architects. Krasnoff came to Malta as a refugee in 1919. He was a watercolour artist of great accomplishment. Princess Nathalie Poutintine wrote of him: "Nicholas Krasnoff was a well-known and talented artist; he had designed the beautiful new palace for the Imperial Family in Yalta. He was asked to give me lessons so as not to interrupt the tuition I was receiving in that art in Russia and for which I had an aptitude. I did greatly enjoy his lessons, sitting under a shady arch of military buildings in open air overlooking the blue sea. He explained to me the importance of light and shade and its techniques in watercolour. He found the light on the Malta stone most effective against the deep cobalt blue of the sea and sky. Puffing his pipe he always spoke to me of the pure colours, which had to be used without hesitation on the paper, and never to be retouched again, having first well understood their mutual effects in life around us. I greatly enjoyed these hours immersed in natural loveliness I was to reproduce."
THOMAS KENEALLY: SCHINDLER'S ARC, 1982, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w + KINGSLEY AMIS: COLLECTED POEMS 1944-1979 - COLLECTED SHORT STORIES, 1979, 1980, 1st edns, orig cl, d/ws + W H AUDEN: FOREWORDS AND AFTERWORDS, 1973, 1st edn, orig cl bkd bds, d/w + CHRISTOPHER MORLEY: THE MAN WHO MADE FRIENDS WITH HIMSELF, 1949, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w +HEINRICH BOLL: THE STORIES OF, 1986, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w (6)
A L ROWSE: A CORNISHMAN ABROAD, 1976, 1st edn, sigd, orig cl, d/w + NORMAN LUCAS: THE LABORATORY DETECTIVES, 1971, 1st edn, orig cl + DILYS WINN: MURDER INK THE MYSTERY READERS COMPANION, NY 1977, 4to, orig pict wraps + JOE HLOUCHA (INTRO): HOKUSAI THE MAN MAD-ON-DRAWING, Spring Books, nd, 4to, orig wraps, orig cl gt, portfo + BRADLEY SMITH AND WAN-GO WENG: CHINA A HISTORY IN ART, 1979, 4to, orig cl, d/w + THE CONCISE OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY, 1995, 3 vols, orig wraps + E E AUSTEN: BOMBYLIIDAE OF PALESTINE, 1937, 1st edn, orig cl + FRED V THEOBALD: AN ACCOUNT OF BRITISH FLIES, 1892, 1st edn, vol 1, old hf crimson mor gt + one other similar, all from The Library of W J Burley, Crime and Science Fiction Writer who wrote The Wycliffe Titles, all sigd and all bar one dtd by Burley (11) (SEE ALSO LOTS 128 & 227)
A PACKET: MANUSCRIPT ITEMS from the Library of W J Burley, Crime and Science Fiction Writer who wrote the Wycliffe Titles, comprising: Manuscript Items from his time at Richmond Grammar School and Balliol College Oxford; Two Notebooks and a File filled with his manuscript material + a Carbon Copy Memo Book and an Alphabet Book partly used on Literary, Academic and Reference, see also lots 128 and 209
PHILLIPE DE HONDT (FLEMISH 1683-1741) LA MARCHE Oil on canvas 110cm x 140cm (43.25in x 55.25in) Note: This painting offers a fascinating insight into the tapestry industry in Belgium in the early eighteenth century. It is in fact a cartoon, a preparatory work for for the purposes of copying and transferring the design into a tapestry, in this case a series of eight, altogether known as the Art of War tapestries. It was created between 1715 and 1720 for the use of Brussels' largest tapestry workshop at the time, that of Judocus de Vos. The series of the Art of War were a popular set of tapestries to be commissioned by local rulers who furnished their seats with these reminders of their military triumphs and prowess. Thirteen sets of this series are known to have been woven, all in the 'basse-lisse', or low warp weaving, also known as Gobelin, where the weaver employed a cartoon which was painted in the reverse. Many of these sets have been dispersed but one survives complete and today hangs at Schloss Schleissheim, north of Munich, complete with a tapestry of La Marche.
CHARLES EDMUND BROCK (BRITISH 1870-1938) A FAMILY PORTRAIT OF ELIZABETH, THE QUEEN MOTHER AND HER DAUGHTERS PRINCESS ELIZABE th and Princess Margaret, Signed and dated 1936, oil on canvas 132cm x 104cm (52in x 41in) Exhibited: The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 4th August, 1980, the formal part of a Tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother on the occasion of her 80th birthday. Harrods, London, on the occasion of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's 100th birthday. New Burlington Galleries, London Note: This beautifully observed group portrait of Elizabeth, the Queen Mother and her daughters, Princess Margaret Rose and Princess Elizabeth, now Queen Elizabeth II, is a fine example of the work of Edmond Brock. The son of sculptor Sir Thomas Brock, who built the Victoria Memorial in front of Buckingham Palace, Edmond rose to prominence through his talent for portraiture. His reputation travelled across the Atlantic and he crossed over to America several times to paint sitters such as the Countess of Granard, Ogden Mills and Marshall Field. In England, his sitters included the Earl of Dalkeith, Viscountess Castlereagh and the children of numerous members of high society. He painted several portraits of Princess Elizabeth before her eighth birthday and went on to paint several others of her sister Princess Margaret. In a letter to the artist from 1952, Elizabeth II acknowledges that her father, King George VI, held the portraits of her and her sister in very high esteem and always had one in his sitting room at Buckingham Palace. Uniquely, a letter from Her Majesty, the Queen Mother commissioning this work survives and will be sold with this painting. Following the portraits he painted of Princess Elizabeth, Brock was in correspondence with the Queen regarding a portrait of her younger daughter, Princess Margaret, three years old at the time, when the Queen requested that a group portrait be painted of her with her two daughters. They sat for the portrait in the artist's studio in Piccadilly and Brock is said to have painted several versions of the oil before being satisfied with the result. He destroyed five or six versions which he considered unsuccessful. From correspondence we know that the princesses, even at such a young age, remembered the visits to the studio, and having to pass messages to the artist in sign language as he was rather hard of hearing. Brock must have had a particularly kind and engaging manner as it must have been difficult to persuade children to sit still long enough for him to paint them. In his composition Brock refers to the enduring English tradition of group portraiture, whilst also nodding to Renaissance art, and even Leonardo's seminal The Virgin, and child with St Anne now in the Louvre. The composition is a solid pyramid with the head of the Queen Mother at its apex and her dress and Princess Elizabeth forming the base. Precedents of this subject include Sir Joshua Reynolds' Charlotte Grenville and her children in the National Museum of Wales and .Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun's Queen Marie-Antoinette and Her Children, currently at the Chateau de Versailles. In the relaxed poses of the princesses seated by their mother and the natural outdoor setting of the sitters, this portrait is much more informal than these earlier examples. Princess Margaret has wrapped her arms around her mother playfully, whilst Princess Elizabeth is seen in profile, holding her mother's right hand and gazing out of the frame. The older daughter's more pensive mood and her relationship with her mother indirectly implies the responsibility and power which are to be invested in her in later life. The right hand of the Queen Mother almost seems to hand down power to the right hand of the seated princess.
E.W. Godwin (1833-1886): An Anglo-Japanese taste walnut table, with folding shelves, gilt brass fittings, probably made by Collinson and Lock, circa 1872-5, 74.7cm (29.5ins) high, 81.5cm (32ins) wide (open), 40.6cm (16ins) deep. Condition report available on request.. Literature: Susan Weber Soros; The Secular Furniture of E.W.Godwin, Yale 1999, p.146 pl. 211, Jeremy Cooper, Victorian and Edwardian Furniture and Interiors, London 1987, pl. 326, Godwin sketchbooks, Victoria and Albert Museum, London. In her book, Susan Soros illustrates a sketch by Godwin for a table with folding shelves from the V & A archives (V & A PD E.255-1963, fol 21) and offers the following footnote to her illustration on p.146 pl 211. ‘This table is one of the most overtly Anglo-Japanese pieces in Godwin’s oeuvre. Nancy Wilkinson has identified drawings in Godwin’s sketchbooks of Japanese tansu (V & A PD E.280-1963, fol. 5) taken from Aime Humbert’s Le Japon illustre (1870) that show similar features, confirming Godwin’s awareness of these forms when he designed the table. The folding shelves seem to be a Godwin adaption, taken from late-eighteenth century Sheraton flap tables, since there is no precedent in Japanese furniture forms’. Similar examples are in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, National Trust, Ellen Terry Memorial Museum, Smallhythe Place, Kent and are sometimes referred to as ‘Smallhythe’ tables. Dame Ellen Terry, the Shakespearean actress who lived with Godwin between1868-75 owned a similar table.. In recent years, two examples have been sold at auction, with Simon Chorley, Southam, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire,November 30th 2006 and Sothebys London, The Best of British Design from the 19th and 20th Centuries-Paul Reeves: The Auction, 20th March 2008 Lot 38. Here Sothebys suggested that a total of six ‘Smallhythe’ tables are known to exist.. Clocks & Scientific Instruments
Banking - Gilbart, James William The works of... London: Bell & Daldy, 1865-66. 8vo, 6 volumes, presented to David Salomons, Alderman M.P. under the directions contained in the will of the testator, portrait frontispiece, contemporary morocco gilt, a.e.g.,a very good set (6) Note: A six volume set comprised of Gilbart's three major works on banking - A practical treatise on banking (1865), The logic of banking (1865) and The history and principles of banking (1866) [vols. I-IV] plus miscellaneous shorter essays on philosophy, including his work Logic for the million (1865) [vols. V-VI]. Provenance: Bookplates of Sir David Salomons, Broomhill, Tunbridge Wells in each volume. A financier by profession, Sir David Salomons was heavily engaged in public affairs. In 1839 he was Sheriff of the County of Kent, and in 1855 he became the first Jewish Lord Mayor of London, when he became the chief protagonist in the battle to secure for his people - Jews and others such as Roman Catholics and Quakers - the political rights enjoyed by other Englishmen. It was he who opened the campaign in public, fought out the issues in court, and laid himself open to considerable penalties, entering and speaking for his cause in Parliament. (Sharp, John, et al Sir David Salomons Society)
Carre, John Le [Cornwell, David John Moore] The spy who came in from the cold. London, 1963. First edition, 8vo, original brown cloth gilt, original red and white dustwrapper, backstrip sunned, torn at head and tail of spine, small tears from upper and lower edges, interior clean; Ibid The looking-glass war. London, 1965. First edition, 8vo, original black cloth, red and yellow dustwrapper, backstrip heavily sunned, 2cm tear from head of spine, previous tape repairs, cellophane wrapper, interior clean; Ibid A small town in Germany. London, 1968. First edition, 8vo, original red cloth gilt, illustrated dustwrapper, cellophane wrapper, interior clean (3)
Fleming, Ian The spy who loved me. London, 1962. First edition, 8vo, original black cloth with silver dagger, dustwrapper, not price clipped, some dustmarks to rear; Ibid. On Her Majesty's Secret Service. London, 1963. First edition, original black cloth with white design, dustwrapper, not price clipped, small tear to lower edge of rear; Ibid. You only live twice. London, 1964. First edition, 8vo, original black cloth with gilt Japanese lettering, dustwrapper, very slightly dustmarked to rear; Ibid. The man with the golden gun. London, 1965. First edition, 8vo, original black cloth lacking golden gun design, dustwrapper, small tear to tail of backstrip; Ibid. Octopussy and the living daylights. London, 1966. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper (6)
Fleming, Ian The spy who loved me. New York, 1962, second printing, 8vo, originall cloth, dustwrapper, chipped and torn at edges; Ibid. On Her Majesty's secret service. London, 1963. First edition, 8vo, original cloth gilt, dustwrapper, chipped and torn at edges, large ink inscription on front endpaper; Ibid. You only live twice. London, 1964. First edition, 8vo, original cloth gilt, dustwrapper, torn at head and tail of backstrip; Ibid. Man with the golden gun. London, 1965. First edition, 8vo, original cloth gilt, dustwrapper, chipped at head and tail of spine (4)
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone, 1997. First de luxe edition, first impression, inscribed "To Leslie, Kenny, Aaron and Joanna, with lots of love J.K. Rowling (Jo!)"; [Ibid.] Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets, 1998. First de luxe edition, first impression, inscribed "To Joanna, Aaron, Leslie and & Kenny again! J.K. Rowling"; [Ibid.] Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban, 1999. First de luxe edition, first impression, inscribed "To the Dudgeons (K., L. A. & J.), J.K. Rowling x"; [Ibid.] Harry Potter and the goblet of fire, 2000. First de luxe edition, inscribed "and to Leslie, Kenny, Aaron and Joanna, with love from J.K. Rowling, x"; [Ibid.] Harry Potter and the order of the phoenix, 2003. First de luxe edition, inscribed "To Leslie, Kenny, Aaron and Joanna, with lots of love from Jo (J.K. Rowling!); [Ibid.] Harry Potter and the half-blood prince, 2005. First de luxe edition, inscribed "To Lesley, Kenny, Aaron and Joanna, with lots of love, J.K. Rowling "Jo!"; [Ibid.] Harry Potter and the deathly hallows, 2007. First de luxe edition, inscribed "To the Dudgeon family, with love from J.K. Rowling"; all London: Bloomsbury, original cloth bindings with laid down illustration on upper cover; [Ibid.] Quidditch through the ages, 2001, inscribed "To Aaron, with best wishes J.K. Rowling. P.S. I support Puddlemere United, what about you ?", original wrappers, with the name Aaron Dudgeon in another hand on inside wrapper, original wrappers, slightly creased; [Ibid.] Fantastic beasts & where to find them, 2001, inscribed "To Joanna, with very best wishes, J.K. Rowling", with the name Joanna Dudgeon in another hand on inside wrapper, original wrappers, very slightly creased (9) Note: A magnficent set of first de luxe editions of the Harry Potter novels, and two minor works, all inscribed for the family of Leslie Dudgeon who worked as an assistant to J.K. Rowling for seven years.
Scott, Sir Walter--Bannatyne Garlands A collection of 10 Bannatyne garlands, and other ephemeral publications by the Bannatyne Club, comprising: Scott, Sir Walter A Bannatyne Garland quhairin the President speaketh, [1823], [Terry 118.1]; Tytler, Patrick Fraser The Bannatyne garland. Number second, [Terry 118.2]; Ane richt pithie and pleasant ballat of Bannatyne eftir the maner of ane Garland, 1824 [Terry 118.3]; [Ibid.] A Bannatyne garland. Edinburgh: November 23, 1824, [Terry 118.4]; [Ibid.] Ane Bannatyne garland brevit be Maister Patrick, of the Kingis Chekar. Dunedin, 1826, [Terry 118.5]; Jamieson, Dr. John A new Bannatyne garland, complyit be Doctor Jehan of the Hall Ryall, 1829, [Terry 118.6]; Pitcairn, Robert Ane plesand garland beand ane lytill and merie conceittit geste callit ye Coirne-clyppis, [Terry 118.8]; [Ibid.] Ane new Bannatyne garland, 1829, [Terry 118.7]; Two Bannatyne garlands from Abbotsford [Captain Ward and the rainbow; The reever's penance], Edinburgh, 1848, [Terry 118.9]; Tears on the death of Evander, by G. Lauder. Edinburgh, 1848, [118.10]; Catalogue of the Bannatyne Club publications. Edinburgh, 1833; Rules of the Bannatyne Club, 1823; A catalogue of works printed for the Bannatyne Club, no 1., 1825; Catalogue of the Bannatyne Club publications, Jan. 1830; The harrowing of hell, a miracle play, 8vo, bound in one volume, brown morocco-backed marbled boards, uncut. Note: Issued over a period of twenty five years and in very small numbers being limited to those who were able to attend the Club dinners, the Garlands are amongst the rarest of the Club's productions. Complete sets are therefore of even greater rarity. Scott took a leading role in establishing the Club and was its founding president, presiding until his death. Scott composed a song for its first dinner, 9 March 1823, which was issued as the first of the Garlands. He was also involved in the publication of the joint issue of two Garlands as Two Bannatyne garlands from Abbotsford. All but the last in the series were original works and in most cases were issued in no more than 40 copies. The other works in the collection are also scarce.
[Garfield, James, President of the U.S.A.]--Stanley-Brown, Joseph Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs. Riddle, discussing the condition of President Garfield following his shooting and the admirable behaviour of Mrs Garfield, 8 pages, 4to, Executive Mansion, Washington D.C., 3 August 1881, approximately 35mm at the left margin bleached and rendered brittle by sun exposure, with some resultant loss of text Note: "...storm clouds, thick and black, have once more gathered over our President..." Stanley-Brown was Garfield's private secretary, and later married his daughter Mollie. He was an eyewitness to the 80 painful days that elapsed between the assassination attempt and Garfield's death. He here writes optimistically that the President, who had been shot on 2 July, "is again slowly climbing up the hill toward recovery", despite a recent setback which brought back the "sickening sensation of the first few days". Stanley-Brown writes warmly of the "calm heroism" of Garfield's wife: he extols her optimism and good cheer, despite the tremendous pressure of having rushed back to Washington on hearing that her husband had been shot, and "reaching home to be surrounded by friends whose faces and voices but too plainly betrayed the doubts and fears which crowded their minds".
Keynes, John Maynard, first Baron Autograph letter signed to Duncan Grant, stating that he arrived at the Treasury "only to find that both of the engagements for which they recalled me had been put off - they really are devils", and visitors "Jessie and Blanche were waked up late last night (Christmas) by a heavy battering at the door by Mr Jack and Mrs Hutchinson who insisted on spending the night here", two pages, 46 Gordon Square, W.2., 26.12.16
Walsingham, Francis Autograph letter signed from Francis Walsingham, to the Earl of Hertford concerning Lord Beauchamp's escape: My L[ords] of the Councell thought it good to referre it to hir ma[jesty]s pleasure what she wold haue don with him, who did order that he shold be [sequestred] into the custody of my L[ord] of Cantorburyis grace", also referring to an examination of Marsh, one leaf, folio, 31 x 20cm, 12 August 1585, signed Fra[ncis] Walsyegham, framed and glazed
202 Squadron, R.A.F., Aerial reconnaisance Album of 48 photographs of airplanes, bomb craters, Kaiser reviewing troops in Bruges, German troops, aerial reconnaisance, Zeebrugge mole and harbour, anti-aircraft batteries, Pervyse ruins, most captioned beneath in ink, a few with captions in the negatives, brown suede; Album of 38 photographs including aerial reconnaissance photographs, one annotated "lair of the 16" German naval gun", biplane, zeppelin in shelter, dead troops and horses, a tank, explosion, allied commanders, and 22 of Zeppelins 9, R26, R32, R33, R34 (9 x 12cm), half morocco; Album of 47 similiar photographs but including some of amateur dramatics, Album of airplanes, 80 HP Renault, Avro, BE22, Armstrong Whitworth 90 R.A.F., BE2c, BE2d, De H4, DeH9 and others, engines & personnel, 6 x 10cm; and a quantity of family papers relating to the Coulthard family of Ulverston Note: The photographs were taken by Lt. Robert Coulthard, R.A.F., who was shot down off the Mole at Zeebrugge. His parents were advised of his death, but a newspaper clipping reports that he was later reported prisoner. No. 2 Squadron RNAS was renumbered No. 202 Squadron on 1 April 1918 and flew reconnaissance, bombing and escort sorties.
Rodger, Thomas, photographer The Kingdom of Fife, calotyped by Thomas Rodger, St. Andrews. Edinburgh: James Inglis, and Cupar-Fife: John Cunningham Orr, small folio, division 2 only, 12 lithographed plates after calotypes, most with tissue guards, original green cloth gilt, gilt edges, gutta-percha perished, rubbed at head of spine Note:Thomas Rodger set up one of the earliest commercial photographic studios in the country in St Andrews in 1849. He was born in St Andrews, son of Thomas Rodger (d 1876), journeyman painter in St Andrews. While apprenticed to a chemist and druggist in the town he assisted in the Chemistry Room of the United College where he became a protegée of Dr John Adamson. (Dr John Adamson of St Andrews, with his brother, Robert Adamson and David Octavius Hill, was one of the pioneers of early photography). Thomas was introduced to those experimenting in early photography around 1840 and was invited, on the recommendation of John Adamson, to assist Lord Kinnaird in his calotype studio at Rossie Priory. Thereafter he attended the Andersonian College of Glasgow for two sessions but was diverted from his medical studies by Dr John Adamson who urged his boy assistant to carry on his photographic experiments and set up business as a professional photographer, which he did in 1849, in his studio in St Mary's Place, Market Street Rare. Only three copies recorded on KVK: British Library (in 2 parts), National Library of Scotland (3 parts) and Glasgow.
Stevenson, Robert Louis - Speculative Society Small photograph album belonging to Charles Baxter, c.1872, containing carte-de-visite of Robert Glasgow Brown, Charles Gordon [signed in ink below], Walter Grindley Simpson, three photographs of Robert Louis Stevenson, Walter Henley & Charles Baxter, friends together from the Speculative Society, contemporary morocco with brass clasp; Stevenson, Robert Louis Kidnapped. London, 1907. Pocket edition, 8vo, author's signature clipped from letter and pasted to front free endpaper, folding map, original cloth (2) Note: Robert Louis Stevenson and Charles Baxter met while Stevenson was still at university. Both members of the Speculative Society and cofounders of the short-lived L.J.R. Baxter was Stevenson's crony in the tempestuous university and post-university days when the latter, in fairly regular conflict with his bewildered parents, was trying to find himself as man and writer. On Stevenson's exiguous allowance of ten shillings a week the two frequented pubs, and less decorous places, in the grimier streets of Edinburgh, acquiring a stock of memories which lasted them the rest of their lives. Stevenson's most famous work, KIdnapped, was dedicated to Baxter in 1886, "If it is stranger for me to look back fropm a distance both in time and space on these bygone adventures of our youth, it must be stranger for you who tread the same streets - who may tomorrow open the door to the old Speculative... or may pass the corner of the close where that great society, the L.J.R., held its meetings and drank its beer..." The others characters shown in the album include Robert Glasgow Brown, a friend from the Speculative Society and co-founder of the Edinburgh University Magazine; Walter Grindley Simpson, the friend who accompanied Stevenson on his a canoeing trip along the River Oise through France and Belgium accounted in An inland voyage (1876); Walter Henley, the poet, essayist and editor who collaborated with Stevenson on various dramatic works including Deacon Brodie.
Saunders, Richard Saunders physiognomie and chiromancie, metoposcopies, the symmetrical proportions and signal moles of the body. London: N. Brook, 1671, 4to, frontispiece, engraved plate and full-page engravings in the text, woodcuts in the text, 4 advertisement leaves and "Peroratio" leaf at end, fine period style half calf with marbled sides, frontispiece and title supplied in very good facsimile on period paper, neat repairs to two preliminary leaves, occasional dampstains to some outer margins Note: Wing S755 Richard Saunders (1613-1687?), a native of Warwickshire, studied hermeneutics about 1647 and practised astrology and chiromancy during the golden age of the pseudo-sciences in England. He was a close friend of the antiquary Elias Ashmole and the astrologer William Lilly who contributes a commendatory note to this work and there are several laudatory poems prefacing the text.
A COLOURED NEWSPAPER CUTTING OF THE ENGLISH RUGBY TOURING SIDE, who toured Australia and New Zealand, March-November 1888, the cutting with printed caption The English Football Team, the image 7 x 9.3/4in. (17.8 x 24.8cm), framed and glazed, The image was taken on board ship enroute to New Zealand
ITALY V. ENGLAND 16/5/48: a Marrola brown leather football used in the 1948 International match, the ball autographed by both teams, some faded; and various Italian newspaper cuttings relating to the ball. The above ball was used in the 1948 International match between Italy and England. In the match played on 16th May in Turin, England defeated Italy 4-0. The signatures on the ball also include members of the Torino side who perished in a plane crash in 1949.
A WWI RFC circular silver and tortoiseshell sweetheart brooch; a 9ct gold propeller brooch; a lady's silk handkerchief embroidered with RFC badge to one corner, 4 handkerchiefs embroidered "Ypres" and an official service booklet for a service held at St Paul's Cathedral 1919 in memory of the Officer's and men of the Cavalry and Yeomanry who lost their life in the Great War
THE MEDALS, UNIFORM AND FULL HISTORY OF Sgt F A Jones 4/2 Battalion 1942 - 1946 The Cameron Highlanders, includes War Medal and Star, Italy Star and Defence Medal (ribbons are our replacements) together with miniatures. 1940 Pattern BD Blouse badged to 6th Armoured Division together with Balmoral Bonnet complete with original Badge and Tartan backing. Divisional Badge/Tartan Epaulettes to both 6th & 4th Indian Division together with photos, release book, pay book, dog tags etc. Sgt Jones was in action in Italy with the 4th Indian Division until wounded near Cassino. He has compiled his full service history and diary into an illustrated booklet which comes with the lot. An extract:- ".....a voice declared "Englander". I opened fire through the door and commotion and shouts came through the door. I changed magazines and gave another burst, trying for the lock. I still couldn't get in the door and went back to the side of the house to consult McLaren, who was still holding the two prisoners. Suddenly a figure appeared, having jumped from an upstairs window. As he landed, he opened fire at the same time as I did. He hit me in the thigh and I dropped to the ground. I killed him, but not before he had hit Jimmy McLaren in the body, who also fell to the ground. He also hit one of his own men. Lt. Ellis with the rest of the Platoon then appeared, and eventually blew in the door with a 36 grenade. This ended the attack on the farmhouse" Now in his late 80's, Mr Jones lives in Somerset
Poster, GWR 'Speed To The West', Q/R. Produced for the Great Western Railway to promote the company’s speedy services to the West of England. The poster shows a 'King' class locomotive on a holiday train for the West Country. Artwork by Charles Mayo, who worked in the GWR publicity department. Some loss and a number of repairs to the rear, carried out recently with 'magic' tape which could be removed and the poster mounted to preserve. Despite the damage, this is one of the most evocative railway posters ever produced.
Nameplate SIR DURNORE, ex SR King Arthur Class 4-6-0 Locomotive. Built Eastleigh in October 1926 by the Southern Railway to Maunsell design and numbered 802, later 30802 by British Railways. Allocations include Ashford and Stewarts Lane. Withdrawn in July 1961. Sir Durnore was thought to be the alternative spelling of Sir Dornard who was son of King Pellinore, brother of Agglovale, Lamorak, Percival and Torre.
GWR Hand Written Note Books, qty 2, written in 1942 by Chief Inspector Gillett, a notable and well known railway gentleman who worked in the Birmingham District detailing Engine Numbers and Drivers from Tyseley on specific workings with timings. Local trains only but extremely interesting. Locos include, many times in fact, 5152, 4108, 5166, 5177, 5199, 8109, 5193, 4939, 5102 etc. Most runs are Moor Street through to Stratford with all stations listed with timings. A couple of gems.
A Robert 'Mouseman' Thompson occasional stool, circa 1960 the interwoven hide strap top on waisted octagonal legs joined by stretchers; together with a conforming smaller footstool, both with mouse carved to the legs -2 stool: 34cm wide, 35cm high, footstool: 34cm wide, 19cm high Provenance: purchased from the family of Paul Golding Senior, deceased, who was a master woodcarver/craftsman at Robert 'Mouseman' Thompson's workshop for 40 years, from 1947
A Robert 'Mouseman' Thompson oak standard lamp, circa 1950 the tapered octagonal stem ending in a stepped concave octagonal dome with carved mouse 145cm high Provenance: purchased from the family of Paul Golding Senior, deceased, who was a master woodcarver/craftsman at Robert 'Mouseman' Thompson's workshop for 40 years, from 1947
A fine pair of Robert 'Mouseman' Thompson smoking chairs, circa 1950 with hide panel backs and loose leather covered seat cushions, the panel sides with inswept mouse carved front legs -2 Provenance: purchased from the family of Paul Golding Senior, deceased, who was a master woodcarver/craftsman at Robert 'Mouseman' Thompson's workshop for 40 years, from 1947
A Robert 'Mouseman' Thompson oak double bed, mid 20th century the burr end panelled head and foot boards with interlinked arched crestings, footboard with carved mouse 141 cm wide, 113 cm high, 200 cm long Provenance: purchased from the family of Paul Golding Senior, deceased, who was a master woodcarver/craftsman at Robert 'Mouseman' Thompson's workshop for 40 years, from 1947 This bed was Paul Golding's bed.
A 9ct. gold and enamel Football League Division Three Championship medal season 1981-82, inscribed FOOTBALL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP, DIVISION 3 WINNERS, SEASON 1981-82, in original fitted case. Burnley won the Division Three title in 1981-82 with a total of 80 points beating Carlisle, who also accumulated 80 points, on goal difference.
A silver-gilt Inter-League medal 1971-72, inscribed THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE, REPRESENTATIVE MATCH, THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE VERSUS THE SCOTTISH LEAGUE AT MIDDLESBROUGH, 15TH MARCH 1972, in original case; sold together with an official itinerary for the match (2). This medal was awarded to the medical officer in attendance at the match, Dr. Neil Phillips, who was also the England doctor.
A red Norway No.14 international substitute’s jersey, short-sleeved. This jersey relates to the 1982 World Cup qualifier played at Wembley on 10th September 1980. Phil Neal did not start in this match so it can be presumed that he swapped shirts from the bench with a Norwegian substitute who did not get a game.
A rare and unusual 19th century Australian football trophy, in the form of a Victorian silver two-handled trophy cup and cover by Frederick Ellington, Birmingham 1885, of tapering shape, with pierced handles and floral cartouches, inscribed to one side THE STEWART FOOTBALL TROPHY, the other side inscribed PRESENTED BY JAMES STEWART & CO. ROCKHAMPTON, WON BY SCOTTISH RIFLES FOOTBALL CLUB 1887, MOUNT MORGAN 1888, MOUNT MORGAN 1889, the cover with similar decoration, the finial modelled as a footballer, height 53.5cm., 21in.; together with an engraved plaque presumably removed from the trophy plinth, inscribed WON BY MOUNT MORGAN, 1899, PRESENTED TO J.WESLEY HALL, ESQ., PRESIDENT (2). James Stewart who provided this trophy was a prominent businessman from Rockhampton in central Queensland, Australia, who ran a wholesaling and retailing business which he grew from a one room operation into a national brand with several branches of his stores. At the John Oxley Library, the State Library of Queensland, there is a team-group photograph in their archive titled Mount Morgan Football Club, Winners of the Stewart Trophy, 1888-89 season. The other winners engraved on the trophy are presumably the [Queensland] Scottish Rifles regiment. From the separate engraved plaque it is evident that Mount Morgan FC won the Stewart Trophy for a third time in succession in 1890. In the tradition of challenge trophies, it would appear that Mr James Stewart then presented the cup for the club to keep.
A red No.4 Common Market Football Match jersey worn by Horst Blankenburg, long-sleeved, inscribed FANFARE FOR EUROPE, 6, 9, WEMBLEY, 1973; sold with an official itinerary for the match (2). This match was held at Wembley on 3rd January 1973 to celebrate the enlargement of the Common Market from six to nine. The teams comprised of players from the existing six member states and the three new members. This jersey is from the ‘Six’ team and was worn by West Germany’s Horst Blankenburg who was playing his club football at Ajax at this time. the ‘Three’ consisting of players from the U.K., Eire and Denmark won the game 2-0.
Jimmy Gordon: a blue Scotland v. England shirt worn in the international match played at Stamford Bridge 5th April 1913, with button-up collar and embroidered cloth badge, inscribed SvE, 1913 In the above match, England defeated Scotland 1-0. The above shirt was worn by the Rangers and Scotland right-half Jimmy Gordon, who between 1912 and 1920 played 10 times for Scotland at full International level. He also made 14 appearances for the Scottish League and whilst at Rangers won 5 Championship medals. He was born on 23rd July 1888 and died on 22nd November 1954
Stevie Chalmers: a green & white hooped Celtic jersey, short-sleeved, the collar inscribed S.C. Stevie Chalmers is best remembered as the centre-forward who scored the winning goal for Celtic in the 1967 European Cup final v Inter. This is Chalmers shirt from the Lisbon Lions last match played against Clyde on 1st May 1971. Celtic won 6-1. This game marked the end of Celtic careers for several players including Chalmers who moved to Morton.
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