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Chiang Yee (Chinese, 1903-1977)'The Regent Bridge at night from Leith Street', ink and wash study, unframed, 39cm x 25cmLiterature: Illustrated in The Silent Traveller in Edinburgh, page 139Provenance: From the collection of Henry and Violet Keene (28 Southmoor Road, Oxford) who took Chiang Yee in after his flat was bombed in London during the Blitz in September 1940, thence by descent. Further details can be found here: http://www.oxonblueplaques.org.uk/plaques/chiang.htmlGood condition, no visible issues. Unframed, Backed on card

Chiang Yee (Chinese, 1903-1977)'London in Winter', ink and wash study, 32cm x 44cmLiterature: Illustrated in The Silent Traveller in LondonProvenance: From the collection of Henry and Violet Keene (28 Southmoor Road, Oxford) who took Chiang Yee in after his flat was bombed in London during the Blitz in September 1940, thence by descent. Further details can be found here: http://www.oxonblueplaques.org.uk/plaques/chiang.htmlYellow stain to the bottom, appears to possibly had wood worm or something similar as there are several holes (two in the image). Unframed, backed on card

Chiang Yee (Chinese, 1903-1977)Deer, ink and wash study, 32.5cm x 43cmLiterature: Illustrated in Birds and Beasts, Published by Country LifeProvenance: From the collection of Henry and Violet Keene (28 Southmoor Road, Oxford) who took Chiang Yee in after his flat was bombed in London during the Blitz in September 1940, thence by descent. Further details can be found here: http://www.oxonblueplaques.org.uk/plaques/chiang.htmlGood condition, very minor foxing hardly visible. Has been stored well in a portfolio case

Chiang Yee (Chinese, 1903-1977)Swans on a river, watercolour, 44cm x 24cmProvenance: From the collection of Henry and Violet Keene (28 Southmoor Road, Oxford) who took Chiang Yee in after his flat was bombed in London during the Blitz in September 1940, thence by descent. Further details can be found here: http://www.oxonblueplaques.org.uk/plaques/chiang.htmlAt present, there is no condition report prepared for this lot, this in no way indicates a good condition, please contact the saleroom for a full condition report.

Chiang Yee (Chinese, 1903-1977)Policeman in the snow, ink and wash study, 38cm x 28cmProvenance: From the collection of Henry and Violet Keene (28 Southmoor Road, Oxford) who took Chiang Yee in after his flat was bombed in London during the Blitz in September 1940, thence by descent. Further details can be found here: http://www.oxonblueplaques.org.uk/plaques/chiang.htmlGood condition, very minor foxing. Slight uneven border to the bottom.

UNITED KINGDOM. Elizabeth II, 1952-. Gold 200 pounds, 2020. Royal Mint. Proof. Issued to celebrate the new James Bond movie 'No Time to Die', its release delayed for nearly a year due to the Coronavirus pandemic. This is the second of a total three coins issued, depicting the famous submarine car 'Wet Nellie' featuring in "The Spy Who Loved Me" in 1977 - a 'heavily customised' Lotus Esprit S1 sports car. At the time the coin was issued, the car was owned by Elon Musk, the famous entrepreneur and CEO of Tesla.Fifth, crowned head of Queen Elizabeth II right; JC below; ELIZABETH II · D · G REG · F · D · 200 POUNDS · 2020 ·. Design by Jody Clark. / A representation of a Lotus Esprit S1 in underwater action superimposed on a large 07; lower horizontal line with 'PAY ATTENTION 007' below. Design by Christian Davies and Matt Dent. Design by Matt Dent and Christian Davies. Edge milled.In secure plastic holder, graded NGC PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO, certification number 6055722-007. NGC Census in this grade: 50, equal-finest graded.Total NGC Census: 71Mintage: 250.Diameter: 40 mm.Weight: 62.42 g. (AGW=2 oz.)Composition: 999.0/1000 Gold.PLEASE NOTE: 6% Buyer Premium + VAT on this lot. No other fees, including live bidding. Delivery cost will be added to your order.This lot is exempt from VAT. Payment can be made in EUR, CHF, or USD for an exchange fee. Please contact us to find out more.

UNITED KINGDOM. Elizabeth II, 1952-. Gold 25 pounds, 2020. Royal Mint. Proof. Issued to celebrate the new James Bond movie 'No Time to Die', its release delayed for nearly a year due to the Coronavirus pandemic. This is the second of a total three coins issued, depicting the famous submarine car 'Wet Nellie' featuring in "The Spy Who Loved Me" in 1977 - a 'heavily customised' Lotus Esprit S1 sports car. At the time the coin was issued, the car was owned by Elon Musk, the famous entrepreneur and CEO of Tesla.Fifth, crowned head of Queen Elizabeth II right; JC below; ELIZABETH II · D · G REG · F · D · 25 POUNDS · 2020 ·. Design by Jody Clark. / A representation of a Lotus Esprit S1 in underwater action superimposed on a large 07; lower horizontal line with 'PAY ATTENTION 007' below. Design by Christian Davies and Matt Dent. Design by Matt Dent and Christian Davies. Edge milled.Comes with the original box as issued by the Mint and the certificate of authenticity (COA). In secure plastic holder, graded PCGS PR70 DCAM, certification number 40127330. PCGS population in this grade: 27, equal-finest graded.Diameter: 22 mm.Weight: 7.8 g. (AGW=1/4 oz.)Composition: 999/1000 Gold.PLEASE NOTE: 6% Buyer Premium + VAT on this lot. No other fees, including live bidding. Delivery cost will be added to your order.This lot is exempt from VAT. Payment can be made in EUR, CHF, or USD for an exchange fee. Please contact us to find out more.

UNITED KINGDOM. Elizabeth II, 1952-. Gold 25 pounds, 2020. Royal Mint. Proof. Issued to celebrate the new James Bond movie 'No Time to Die', its release delayed for nearly a year due to the Coronavirus pandemic. This is the second of a total three coins issued, depicting the famous submarine car 'Wet Nellie' featuring in "The Spy Who Loved Me" in 1977 - a 'heavily customised' Lotus Esprit S1 sports car. At the time the coin was issued, the car was owned by Elon Musk, the famous entrepreneur and CEO of Tesla.Fifth, crowned head of Queen Elizabeth II right; JC below; ELIZABETH II · D · G REG · F · D · 25 POUNDS · 2020 ·. Design by Jody Clark. / A representation of a Lotus Esprit S1 in underwater action superimposed on a large 07; lower horizontal line with 'PAY ATTENTION 007' below. Design by Christian Davies and Matt Dent. Design by Matt Dent and Christian Davies. Edge milled.Comes with the original box as issued by the Mint and the certificate of authenticity (COA). In secure plastic holder, graded PCGS PR69 DCAM, certification number 41467005. PCGS population in this grade: 58.PCGS population in higher grade: 38.Mintage: 1,007.Diameter: 22 mm.Weight: 7.8 g. (AGW=1/4 oz.)Composition: 999/1000 Gold.PLEASE NOTE: 6% Buyer Premium + VAT on this lot. No other fees, including live bidding. Delivery cost will be added to your order.This lot is exempt from VAT. Payment can be made in EUR, CHF, or USD for an exchange fee. Please contact us to find out more.

UNITED KINGDOM. Elizabeth II, 1952-. Silver 10 pounds, 2022. Royal Mint. Proof. Commemorating the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II's reign. Featuring a special equestrian portrait of the Queen on the obverse created for the occasion.Equestrian effigy of young Queen Elizabeth II at her coronation left; JB below right; effigy surrounded by the Garter of The Most Noble Order of the Garte "· HONI · SOIT · QUI · MAL · Y · PENSE ·" (May he be shamed who thinks badly of it"); Monarch's legend and denomination on outer rim: "ELIZABETH II · D · G · REG · F · D · 10 POUNDS"; date of issue "· 2022 ·" below. Design by: John Bergdahl./ Ornate shield inscribed with the Royal cypher "E II R", crowned with St Edward's Crown; anniversary dates "1952 - 2022" in a ribbon below; JB right; wreath of the floral emblems of the constituent countries of the United Kingdom around. Design by: John Bergdahl.Comes with the original box as issued by the Mint and the certificate of authenticity (COA). In secure plastic holder, graded NGC PF 69 ULTRA CAMEO, certification number 6670795-002. NGC Census in this grade: 18.NGC Census in higher grade: 103Total NGC Census: 124Mintage: 1,006.Diameter: 65 mm.Weight: 156.3 g. (ASW=5 oz.)Composition: 999.0/1000 Silver.PLEASE NOTE: 6% Buyer Premium + VAT on this lot. No other fees, including live bidding. Delivery cost will be added to your order.

UNITED KINGDOM. Elizabeth II, 1952-. Silver 2 pounds, 2020. Royal Mint. Proof. Issued to celebrate the new James Bond movie 'No Time to Die', its release delayed for nearly a year due to the Coronavirus pandemic. This is the second of a total three coins issued, depicting the famous submarine car 'Wet Nellie' featuring in "The Spy Who Loved Me" in 1977 - a 'heavily customised' Lotus Esprit S1 sports car. At the time the coin was issued, the car was owned by Elon Musk, the famous entrepreneur and CEO of Tesla.Fifth, crowned head of Queen Elizabeth II right; JC below; ELIZABETH II · D · G REG · F · D · 2 POUNDS · 2020 ·. Design by Jody Clark. / A representation of a Lotus Esprit S1 in underwater action superimposed on a large 07; lower horizontal line with 'PAY ATTENTION 007' below. Design by Christian Davies and Matt Dent. Design by Matt Dent and Christian Davies. Edge milled.Comes with the original box as issued by the Mint and the certificate of authenticity (COA). In secure plastic holder, graded PCGS PR69 DCAM, certification number 40653716. PCGS population in this grade: 199.PCGS population in higher grade: 34.Diameter: 38.61 mm.Thickness: 3 mm.Weight: 31.21 g. (ASW=1 oz.)Composition: 999.0/1000 Silver.PLEASE NOTE: 6% Buyer Premium + VAT on this lot. No other fees, including live bidding. Delivery cost will be added to your order.

UNITED KINGDOM. Lot of 3 silver coins, in the original box as issued by the Mint and the certificate of authenticity (COA).Coin 1: Elizabeth II, 1952-, 2 Pounds 2020. Royal Mint. Proof. James Bond, Pay Attention. 38.61 mm. 31.21 g. 999/1000 Silver.Issued to celebrate the new James Bond movie 'No Time to Die', its release delayed for nearly a year due to the Coronavirus pandemic. This is the second of a total three coins issued, depicting the famous submarine car 'Wet Nellie' featuring in "The Spy Who Loved Me" in 1977 - a 'heavily customised' Lotus Esprit S1 sports car. At the time the coin was issued, the car was owned by Elon Musk, the famous entrepreneur and CEO of Tesla.In secure plastic holder, graded PCGS PR69 DCAM, certification number 40653639. PCGS population in this grade: 199.PCGS population in higher grade: 34.Coin 2: Elizabeth II, 1952-, 2 Pounds 2020. Royal Mint. Proof. James Bond, Pay Attention. 38.61 mm. 31.21 g. 999/1000 Silver.Issued to celebrate the new James Bond movie 'No Time to Die', its release delayed for nearly a year due to the Coronavirus pandemic. This is the second of a total three coins issued, depicting the famous submarine car 'Wet Nellie' featuring in "The Spy Who Loved Me" in 1977 - a 'heavily customised' Lotus Esprit S1 sports car. At the time the coin was issued, the car was owned by Elon Musk, the famous entrepreneur and CEO of Tesla.In secure plastic holder, graded PCGS PR69 DCAM, certification number 40653640. PCGS population in this grade: 199.PCGS population in higher grade: 34.Coin 3: Elizabeth II, 1952-, 2 Pounds 2020. Royal Mint. Proof. James Bond, Pay Attention. 38.61 mm. 31.21 g. 999/1000 Silver.Issued to celebrate the new James Bond movie 'No Time to Die', its release delayed for nearly a year due to the Coronavirus pandemic. This is the second of a total three coins issued, depicting the famous submarine car 'Wet Nellie' featuring in "The Spy Who Loved Me" in 1977 - a 'heavily customised' Lotus Esprit S1 sports car. At the time the coin was issued, the car was owned by Elon Musk, the famous entrepreneur and CEO of Tesla.In secure plastic holder, graded PCGS PR69 DCAM, certification number 40653643. PCGS population in this grade: 199.PCGS population in higher grade: 34.Total gross weight: 93.63 g. (ASW = 3.0076 oz.)Composition: 999.0/1000 Silver.PLEASE NOTE: 6% Buyer Premium + VAT on this lot. No other fees, including live bidding. Delivery cost will be added to your order.

ANCIENT GREECE. CORINTH. Silver stater, 4th century BC. Corinth. The Corinthian stater is one of the more quintessential Ancient Greek coinage. In this example, the obverse depicts a flying Pegasus as well as the archaic letter koppa below Pegasus’s hoof. On the reverse, we have Athena in a Corinthian helmet and a tiny figure of Artemis. Like most ancient coinage, the obverse iconography tells both literate and illiterate ancient people which state and mint the coin came from. The koppa denotes the first letter in Corinth’s name, and the mythological hero Bellerophon, who became king of Corinth, tamed Pegasus in order to slay the chimera. Because of the winged horse imagery, Corinthian staters were colloquially called hippos, or “horse”.Other states also minted staters—the name literally means “weight”—but Corinthian staters were used more widely than the others for one main reason: they were struck to 8.60 grams—the so-called Corinthian Standard—which weighed exactly as the Athenian didrachma. Because of this regularity in the denomination, merchants quickly took to the coin. Corinthian staters were so popular that many Corinthian colonies and other cities across Greece, Italy, and Sicily began minting the coin. Some mintmarks to look for are lambda for Leucas and alpha for Ambracia, or the city’s full name on the reverse. Winged Pegasus facing left, koppa below. / Head of Athena in Corinthian helmet facing left, with small figure of Artemis holding a spear to the right.AU Strike: 4/5 Surface: 2/5, scratches. Weight: 8.45 g.Composition: Silver.PLEASE NOTE: 6% Buyer Premium + VAT on this lot. No other fees, including live bidding. Delivery cost will be added to your order.

IRAN. PARTHIAN KINGDOM. Phraates IV, 38-2BC. BI tetradrachm, 38-32BC. Phraates IV was King of the Parthian Empire from 37 to 2 BC. He was the son and successor of Orodes II, who was given the throne after the death of his brother Pacorus I. Phraates IV soon murdered all his brothers, and also possibly his father, perhaps to secure his position on the throne. Due to the active military conflicts, Parthian coinage observed a great debasement for Tetradrachms beginning with the reign of Orodes II, with silver content eventually falling below 50% in circulation during the early first century A.D. They became bullion coinage and ultimately disappeared shortly after the advent of the Sasanians in the third century A.D. The output in coin production under Orodes II and Phraates IV is by far the largest of the whole Parthian monetary history. Significant iconographic developments can be observed in Orodes's tetradrachms, which abandoned the reverse image of the Parthian archer employed since Mithradates II and replaced it with the portrayal of the seated king receiving homage from the goddess of fortune, Tyche. Occasionally, other iconography was used, but the image of the king with Tyche dominates the tetradrachm reverses until the end of the dynasty. As such, the iconography of Phraates IV mostly kept the same style of Parthian coinage that was used under his father. The obverse of his coins portrays him with short hair and a beard, along with a visible moustache, and a royal wart on his brow.Diademed and draped bust of Phraates left, royal wart on brow / Phraates seated right, receiving palm from Tyche, holding cornucopia, standing left; BACIΛEΩC BACΛEΩN ΛPCAKOY EYEPΓETOY ΔIKAIOY EΠIΦΛNOYC ΦIΛEΛΛHNOCAU Strike: 4/5 Surface: 3/5, overstruck. Diameter: 43.5 mm.Weight: 13.57 g.Composition: Billon Silver.PLEASE NOTE: 6% Buyer Premium + VAT on this lot. No other fees, including live bidding. Delivery cost will be added to your order.

The earliest recorded Whitechapel Foundry mortar:  An exceptional and large James I bronze mortar, dated 1614, by William Carter (fl.1610-1616)Inscribed beneath the rim ‘WILLIAM CARTER MADE ME FOR JAMES BILL 1614', and with the trefoil mark and the initials 'TB' for Thomas Bartlett (d.1632), the waist with a broad band of tracery below alternating septfoils and trefoils, three cords below, 34cm diameter, 25.5cm highThe bellfoundry at Whitechapel, London, was established in 1567. Thomas Bartlett was William Carter's foreman and apprentice, who took over the Whitechapel foundry on Carter's death in 1619. Only one other mortar by William Carter is recorded, again with Bartlett's initials, and made one year after this example. It is the collection of The Victoria & Albert Museum, London, (accession no. M,231-1939) and inscribed 'WILLIAM CARTER MADE ME FOR GEORGE BEERE TB 1615'. Provenance:The Christopher Bangs Collection

A magnificent, rare and large Charles I bronze mortar, dated 1638, by the John Palmar (or Palmer) Foundry, Gloucestershire (fl. c.1621) and Canterbury (fl.1636-1656)Inscribed beneath the rim ‘JOHN PALMAR MADE MEE FOR MARGRET BALDOCKE 1638’, the words and the date spaced by vacant lozenge stops, along with highly stylised flowers and a portcullis, the waist with a brand cast band of alternating roses and flowers admits foliage centred by a portcullis, with two cord mouldings above the waist and four below, 32cm diameter, 24cm highProvenance:In 1887, J.C.L. Stahlschmidt, author of 'The Church Bells of Kent', notes this mortar was then in a grocer's shop Canterbury, and thought to be a bell with 'its crown stable having been chipped or filled off'.Former Arthur G. Hemming, Robert Spalding, Roger Rosewell & Christopher Bangs Collections.Illustrated: A. G. Hemming, 'Dated English Bell-Metal Mortars', Connoisseur, March 1929, No.VIIIP. Hornsby, 'Collecting Antique Copper & Brass' (1989), p. 14, fig. 5.M. Finlay, 'English Decorated Mortars & their Makers' (2010), p.49, fig.58.Margaret Baldocke, was born Margaret Bruxbie, c.1612, the daughter of John Bruxbie, tailor, of All Saint's Canterbury.  Margaret married at least three times.  Her second marriage, in 1633, was to Robert Baldocke, who had been apprenticed in 1628 to Walter Southwell, a surgeon, apothecary and Mayor of Canterbury in 1634.  Robert Baldocke died the year this mortar was made (1638) and it is highly likely Margaret took over their business, as many early modern women are known to have done, and commissioned this mortar for her personal use. Mortars cast solely with a women's full name are rare. Conventionally, a women's name appears alongside and following her husband's.  Michael Finlay's 'Checklist of English Dated Mortars 1308-1979', (Finlay. 'Decorated Mortars', pp. 169-198) includes over four-hundred dated mortars known to the author in 2010, and only three mortars - including this example - are inscribed with only a women's name.John Palmar started his career in Gloucester, but was established in Canterbury by 1638. Whilst a posnet by him is recorded, as well as a number of skillets, only one other mortar by him is presently known, and was made in 1621 during his time in Gloucester. This is the only serving mortar cast by him at Canterbury. See ibid., pp. 49-50.

(i) Protector stamped '156' (ii) Wolf with plaques '237' to top and base (iii) Protector stamped '98' (3) Thank you for your enquiry regarding postage for a lot in our forthcoming auction. Due to the nature of this lot we would suggest contacting one of the following recommended shipping companies who can assist. Mailboxes Direct – 0113 2428715 info@mbeleedscity.co.ukBradley’s Antique Packing Services Ltd – 01325 281332 info@antiquepacking.co.ukLenspeed – 07834 320015 lennylenspeed@gmail.com

no.338718, black lacquered finish, in wooden case with accessoriesFormerly the property of Hans Helmut Wundsch who was director of the Prussian State Institute for Fisheries in Berlin from 1925 until 1937. In 1937, for political reasons, the Nazi regime removed him from office and forced him to retire. After the war, it was also thanks to his commitment that fisheries research was rebuilt in Berlin. From 1947 he took over the management of the completely destroyed institute at the Müggelsee, which he headed from 1952 as "Institute for Fisheries of the German Academy of Agricultural Sciences" until his retirement in 1958.

Very Scarce Boxed Star Wars Palitoy Catina with Special Offer Label ‘Includes 4 Free Star Wars mini action figures, contains: play-base with swing doors, circular bar, chipboard backdrop with pictures of Cantina band, plus one battle action play base, four circular disc bases, in near mint un used complete original condition, instruction leaflet, complete unused decal sheet, unused door assembly hinges, outer original box is in good original condition, some edge/age wear, plus  Palitoy Star Wars Walrus Man Vintage Original Carded Figure, 3 ¾ inches mint, with mint bubble on near mint 20 back unpunched card, has slight curving, Palitoy Star Wars Hammerhead Vintage Original Carded Figure, 3 ¾ inches mint, with mint bubble on near mint 20 back unpunched card, Palitoy Star Wars Snaggletooth Vintage Original Carded Figure, 3 ¾ inches mint, with mint bubble on near mint 20 back unpunched card and Palitoy Star Wars Greedo Vintage Original Carded Figure, 3 ¾ inches mint, factory sealed bubble, good, indentation to side and bottom of bubble, on a good 20 back unpunched card, creasing to top of card near hangar, all carded figures come with protective cases. (5 items) This set was produced in 1979 in the UK by Palitoy, it was produced without the figures and was designed differently from the Kenner USA version. This set with the special offer sticker and four carded figures is very scarce, it has been offered by the vendor who has had it since childhood.

Early Britains The Equestrienne flywheel operated toy, circa 1900, when operated the horse rotates round the base with the lady rider who jumps the post, condition: paint in generally good condition, horse lacks half of both front legs.

Gill, Eric (1882-1940) 2 autograph cards, 1 autograph letter and 1 wood-engraving Autograph card signed to Mr Wilfrid Partington [of The Bookman's Journal], discussing who Gill could suggest to write an article on his wood engravings. 'Really, it is v. difficult to say. Lots of kind people buy them but who could write about them ? & why shd. anyone want to ?' Gill goes on to suggest M. l'abbé Desmond Chute in Rapallo and Geoffrey Keynes 'the former, a v. good artist himself, would have the more intimate view', 2, 5. [19]25; further autograph card initialled, acknowledging receipt of The Bookman's Journal;Autograph letter signed to Mr Partington, stating that he has left Wales for Pigotts and saying he encloses a map for his guidance, 11th October 2029;Wood-engraved map of Pigotts, North Dean, High Wycombe, Bucks., by Eric Gill, 11.5 x 8.2cm;Autograph letter signed from Mary Gill to Mr Partington, saying that she remembers the little carving but has no idea who bought it and that she has very little of his work as he usually did work to order 'but I think he found a joy in most of the work he did', 2nd Feb. 1944;and 1 other item (Eric Gill, 'The Enormities of Modern Religious Art', offprint from The Month, 1928)Note: Provenance: Property of an English collector.

Gill, Eric (1882-1940) Collection of engravings, all signed or inscribed all wood-engravings unless stated, Gill's signatures and inscriptions in pencil, dimensions given are sheet sizes:Elizabeth Gill, 1924, 2 copies, engravings on zinc, 20.6 x 14cm and 22.4 x 14cm, each on different paper stock, both signed 'proof EG', slightly marked [Skelton P279];Deposition, 1924, 14.3 x 6.7cm, signed 'proof EG' [Skelton P289, showing the third state only, with a halo, not present here];Letterpress broadside containing an extract from the Song of Songs (verses 5-7), 1925, containing a reduced version of wood-engraving 'His left hand under my head' [Skelton P318], the text in the Douay-Rheims version, signed and numbered 'Eric G 2/12';Madonna and Child, Christmas card after a design by Elizabeth Gill, 1925, 8.7 x 10cm, signed and numbered 'EG 66/c' [Skelton P345];Madonna and Child, with Children, 1925, signed and numbered 'EG 9/c' and inscribed 'D. T. from E G 1. 1. 26 with love' [Skelton P341];Virgin and Child, Christmas card, 1931, 8.6 x 10cm, inscribed 'P & D with love from EG' [Skelton P827];St Mark, from The Passion of our Lord, 1934, 22.5 x 16.4cm, signed and numbered 'Eric G 18/20', Skelton [P863];St Luke, from The Passion of our Lord, 1934, signed and numbered 'Eric G 18/20', Skelton [P864]Note: Note: The recipient of Madonna and Child, with Children, 'D. T'., is perhaps Gill's son-in-law Denis Tegetmeier, who married Gill's daughter Petra; the recipients of the Virgin and Child Christmas card, 'P and D', are likely to be Petra and Denis.Provenance: Property of an English collector.

St Dominic's Press Poor Man's Pence. Faith Ashford Ditchling: printed by Douglas Pepler, 1917. 16mo, original linen-backed boards, [6] 84 [2] pp., wood-engraved title-device (angel on horse) by Eric Gill, 5 wood-engraved devices in text (of which 3 attributed to Gill) [Evan Gill 362]Note: Note: First edition, presentation copy from H. D. C. Pepler to Eric Gill, inscribed by Pepler 'The Feast of S. Elizabeth of Hungary A D 1922 to another Eliza, from the printer, HDCP' in red ink on the initial blank, with Eric Gill's bookplate to the front pastedown. The binding is not recorded in Evan Gill's bibliography, who mentions only a binding of brown paper wrappers. Evan Gill's own copy had the same title-device as the present copy (an angel on a horse), differing from the cruciform St Dominic's Press device found in standard copies. Four copies traced in UK libraries.Provenance: Property of an English collector.

Tod, James Travels in Western India embracing a Visit to the Sacred Mounts of the Jains, and the most Celebrated Shrines of Hindu Faith. London: Wm. H. Allen and Co., 1839. First edition, 4to (30.2 x 23.2cm), contemporary half calf, rebacked and relined, lx 518 [2] pp., 9 plates (one lithographic, the rest engraved), half-title discarded, frontispiece partly detached, text-leaves browned and rather brittle, a few resulting chips and tears to margins including a closed tear extending into text in I4, marginal repairs to plate facing p. 155 and text-leaf 2F3, errata leaf backed on linenNote: Note: Uncommon. James Tod was an East India Company army and political officer who, in 1818, 'after the chiefs of Rajputana had accepted the protective alliance offered to them ... was appointed by the governor-general political agent in the western Rajput states, and was so successful in his efforts to restore peace and confidence that within less than a year some 300 deserted towns and villages were repeopled, trade revived, and, in spite of the abolition of transit duties and the reduction of frontier customs, the state revenue had reached an unprecedented amount. During the next five years Tod earned the respect of the chiefs and people, and was able to rescue more than one princely family, including that of the ranas of Udaipur, from the destitution to which they had been reduced by Maratha raiders' (ODNB). He died in 1835; the present account appeared posthumously.

[Transgenderism] - [Dods, Mary Diana] Tales of the Wild and the Wonderful London: Hurst, Robinson, & Co., 1825. First edition, 8vo, lacks half-title, early ownership inscription of William Charles Forrest at head of title, contemporary half calf, rebacked, corners worn, a few spots and occasional small stainNote: Note: Rare. First fictional work by a highly regarded friend of the Shelleys. Group of five 'tales of diablerie' including The Prediction, The Yellow Dwarf and The Lord of the Maelstrom. For many years considered the work of George Borrow. See Wolff 601 disputing the attribution to Dods: 'One thing is not disputed: the rarity of the book. Alden [in Book Collector 1959] refers to "four copies of the Tales now known." This is, at least a fifth', noted Wolff in 1981 of his own copy.Mary Diana Dodds, Mary Shelley's friend, who changed her sex, adopting the pseudonyms of David Lyndsay and Walter Sholto Douglas.Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Greece 4 works [Clarke, Edward Daniel] Testimonies of different authors, respecting the Colossal Statue of Ceres Placed in the Vestibule of the Public Library at Cambridge, July the First 1803, with a Short Account of its Removal from Eleusis, 22nd November, 1801. Cambridge: Francis Hodson, 1803. First edition, 8vo, [2], 25pp., engraved frontispiece, disbound;Morritt, John Bacon Sawrey. A Vindication of Homer and of the Ancient Poets and Historians, who have recorded the Siege and Fall of Troy. York: T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1798. First edition, 4to, folding map and 5 folding bistre aquatint plates, modern brown half morocco, uncut; Carlyle, Joseph Dacre. Poems Suggested chiefly by scenes in Asia Minor, Syria and Greece. London: W. Bulmer, 1805. First edition, 4to, half-title, 2 sepia aquatint plates, list of subscribers, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, pencil inscription of H. Gould, pencil inscription by William St. Clair "this book belonged to Rev. Philip who accompanied Carlyle on Elgin's Embassy. It was given to me by Mrs A.C. Langland, a descendant of the Hunt family. Gould was the name of Hunt's nephew referred to in Stockdale's book."; [Idem]. An Account of the Greek Manuscripts, chiefly Biblical which had been in the possession of the late Professor Carlyle... now deposited in the Archepiscopal Library at Lambeth Palace. London: R. Gilbert, [1831]. 8vo [iv], 74, original boards uncut, Hugh Percy bookplate, upper board and title detached, spine worn, but very clean internallyNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Anti-Slavery Broadside The Sorrows of Yamba or, the Negro Woman's Lamentation. To the Tune of Hosier's Ghost. [N.p., n.d., c. 1800 ?], broadside, single sheet, 25 x 35.5cm, with 4 woodcuts, headed "Cheap Repository"Note: Note: The Sorrows of Yamba, originally published in 1795 by Hannah More in her Cheap Repository Tracts series, was one of the most popular and frequently reprinted anti-slavery poems of its time. But the poem is not solely by Hannah More, who never signed it with her characteristic "Z." There are several versions of the poem that are about half the length of the version in Cheap Repository Tracts. Leaving aside the authorship question, this is an important anti-slavery poem. Other editions of this printed pamphlet were sold by J. Marshall printer to the Cheap Repository for Religious & Moral Tracts, in London. Hannah More (1745-1833) was an English religious writer and philanthropist. In the 1790s she wrote several Cheap Repository Tracts. The Cheap Repository Tracts consisted of more than two hundred moral, religious and occasionally political tracts issued in a number of series between March 1795 and about 1817, and subsequently re-issued in various collected editions until the 1830s. They were devised by Hannah More and intended for sale or distribution to literate poor people, as an alternative to what she regarded as the immoral traditional broadside ballad and chapbook publications. The tracts proved to be enormously successful with more than two million copies sold or distributed during the first year of the scheme.Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Cape Coast Castle, West Africa 3 documents and 2 engravings John Hope Smith, Governor in Chief of the British Forts on the Gold Coast. Resolution that John Hope Smith accept a plate of 200 guineas value as a tribute to his outstanding service during which the 'town has been greatly encreased and improved, the Condition of the people ameliorated, the ground work of education laid and persons and properties fully protected'. April 7th 1822, signed by fellow officers, one large sheet folded, integral blank;John Hope Smith, late Governor in Chief of the British Forts and Settlements on the Gold Coast of Africa... Vote of thanks for his services "Under your command, Sir, it has been our peculiar delight to see the germ of education instilled into the minds of those who were comparatively speaking savages... the merchants have been helped with increase of commerce... the state, Sir, of Cape Coast Castle and its Garrison, must have spoken volumes to those who knew it before you had the command..." 2 large folio pages, signed by officers, Cape Coast Castle, April 17th 1822; John Hope Smith. [?copy] letter to officers of the late African Company's Service, accepting their' mark of approbation of my public conduct', &c., 2 pp. folio, Cape Coast, April 17th, 1822;East Prospect [NW Prospect] of Cape Corse or Coast Castle, by Mr Smith, 1727, engraving 24 x 37cm;Vue Est du Cape Corse, dessiné en 1727 part Smith. Hand coloured engraving 20 x 29cmNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

North York Moors SALEROOM NOTICE: MANUSCRIPT POEMS ARE NOT BY ADDISON. [Addison], Richard, of Raindale. [i.e. Richard Addison of Levisham on the Wolds] Carmina Excerpta. Hull: J. Hutchinson, 1823. 8vo, frontispiece, with the addition of 170 pages of manuscript poetry, seemingly in 2 hands, most or all by the author, with an index to the manuscript poems, contemporary half calf, worn; bound in before the list of subscribers is a slip noting 'Epitaph. Sacred to the memory of Rd. Addison, the 9th and youngest child of John and Charity Addison of Leavening born May 12th/ Died Feb. 7th 1845. He was eccentric, learned and religious and much esteemed by all who knew him. His death was sudden.', frontispiece, half-title and preface a little looseNote: Note: An interesting compilation of poetry by the eccentric Yorkshire poet Richard Addison of Levisham on the Wolds, known as Richard of Raindale and also as 'King Dick'. He died in 1841 in his sod hut and when found was partly eaten by rats - he was buried at Levisham. The first manuscript poems are acrostic poems to MissHannahAgar, JaneGray, ElsaBethMason, MissAgar, Frances Syeaman; a Mary Ann Agar appears in the list of subscribers. Addison, Richard (fl. 1833), of Raindale-Heads near Pickering, North Yorkshire, ‘The Moorish Bard’ (i.e., punningly, a bard of the moors). See A Catalogue of Labouring Class and Self-Taught Poets and Poetry, c. 1700-1900.Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

[Hunt, Leigh] The Rebellion of the Beasts or, The Ass is Dead! Long Live the Ass!!! By a Late Fellow of St. John's College Cambridge. London: J. & H. L. Hunt, 1825. 8vo (16.4 x 10cm), contemporary half calf, 165 pp., advertisement leaf, 4 wood-engraved plates including frontispiece, pencilled ownership inscription to front free endpaper and p. [iii], variable spotting, some leaves dog-eared, a few other marksNote: Note: Rare first edition of this anonymous political satire identified as a precursor to Animal Farm and usually attributed to Leigh Hunt. It tells of a Cambridge student, John Sprat, who discovers in Magdalene College library a recipe for a potion which enables him to grant animals the power of speech, resulting in an animal insurrection led by an ass he originally encounters on Parker's Piece. We trace no other copy appearing at auction since 1968, realising $67.

Craig, Eric (1829-1923) 'New Zealand Ferns' [cover-title], c.1870-80 4to, original bevelled wooden boards with incised decorative panelling, gilt calf backstrip, 32 card leaves with pressed fern specimens mounted mainly on rectos only, printed caption-slips, front joint splitting, occasional spotting, offsetting and discolouration, minor loss to a few specimensNote: Note: Eric Craig, a Scottish-born Auckland resident who had previously worked as a builder and carpenter, began producing albums of fern specimens for sale during the 1870s. The first scientific account on New Zealand ferns, Hooker's Flora Novae-Zelandiae, had appeared only a few years earlier, in 1855. See further Goulding, ‘Early Publications and Exhibits of New Zealand Ferns and the Work of Eric Craig’, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, Vol. 14 (10th December 1977), pp. 63-79).

[Polidori, John] The Vampyre; a Tale London: for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1819. First edition, second Sherwood issue, 8vo, original wrappers, 84 pp., half-title, 16 + 4 pp. publisher's advertisements to rear, edges untrimmed, contemporary manuscript title in brown ink to front wrapper and similar attribution to Polidori on half-title, ownership inscription 'H. Senhouse, 1819' to inside front wrapper, loss of paper on spine, upper and lower cords partially split but holding [Viets III]Note: Note: The work was first published earlier the same year by Henry Colburn, who sold the sheets to Sherwood in response to the controversy surrounding the false attribution of the work to Lord Byron. Sherwood's first issue retained the attribution on the half-title and title-page. For this second issue both leaves were reset, but the rest of the text was unchanged. Byron himself publicly disavowed the work, publishing his 'Fragment' of his own vampire story as an addendum to his poem Mazeppa, a copy of which is included with the lot (Mazeppa, A Poem, London: John Murray, 1819, first edition, 8vo, original wrappers, half-title, 72 pp., 8 pp. advertisements, ownership inscription 'H. Senhouse', damp-staining, spine cracked, held by one cord only).Provenance: Property of an English collector.

Baskerville, John (printer) The Holy Bible containing the Old Testament and the New; with the Apocrypha: translated out of the Original Tongues, with Annotations. Birmingham: John Baskerville, 1769-71. Folio (41 x 25.5cm), contemporary reversed calf, decorative blind panels to sides, sigs. A-13K2 (-13K2, cancelled), ownership inscription of one Richard Eaton dated 1792 to front free endpaper, related 19th-century family genealogy to pastedowns and endpapers (commencing with Richard Eaton, 'a most estimable man in every social relation and of unshaken probity [who] died at Ashover [Derbyshire], 1842 [...]', tear to head of spine, old paper reinforcement to title-page just touching periphery of calligraphic text 'Original Tongues', slightly browned [ESTC T93103, 'sometimes found with engravings'; Herbert 1210], together with 3 others (these not collated: Ofspring Blackall, The Works, 1723, first edition, 2 volumes, folio, contemporary calf, engraved portrait frontispiece; Matthew Poole, Annotations upon the Holy Bible, 1683, first edition, 2 volumes, folio, later reversed calf, lacking portrait, water-damage to front of volume 2; Copper-Plates delivered with the First Fifty Numbers of Howard's New Royal Encyclopaedia and Cyclopaedia, c.1790, folio, contemporary quarter calf, engraved plates)Note: Note: First Baskerville edition of the Bible printed at Birmingham; he had previously produced editions at Cambridge while printer to the university.

Cromwell, Oliver (1599-1658), lord protector of England, Scotland and Ireland Autograph letter signed to Richard Norton (1615-1691), 3rd April 1648 written cross- and lengthways on two pages of a single bifolium (30.5 x 39cm), over 700 words in total, signed 'O Cromwelle', frequent autograph corrections, laid down on card, old folds, later manuscript docket (probably 18th century)Note: Note:With the country descending into a second civil war, Cromwell seeks to expedite the marriage of his son Richard to Dorothy Maijor (1627-1676), daughter of Richard Maijor, an obscure member of the Hampshire gentry.The recipient, Richard Norton, was a leading parliamentarian who had served as a colonel of cavalry in the first civil war and was returned as member of parliament for Hampshire in 1645. It was probably Norton who had introduced Cromwell to Maijor, and he subsequently served as intermediary in the negotiations, which began in February 1648 and were not concluded until May the following year.Although Cromwell is known to have expressed doubts about the 'godliness' of an alternative, more lucrative match, monetary concerns were evidently central to his consideration of Dorothy's own suitability. Cromwell's detailed discussion of such matters is a fascinating insight into both his financial and domestic arrangements:'Mr Maior desired 400 l. p anum of inheritance lyinge in Cambridge shire and Norfolke to bee presently settled and to be for maintenance, wherein I desired to be advised by my wife ... Having beene enformed by Mr. Robinson that Mr Maior did upon a former match offer to settle the mannor wherein hee lived, and to give 2000l in monie, I did insist upon that, and doe desire itt may not be with difficulty, the monie I shall neede for my two little wenches, and thereby I shall free my sonn from beinge charge with them. Mr Maior parts with nothing in present but that monie, saving thir board, wch I should not bee unwilling to give them to enyoy the comfort of their society ... Truly the land to bee settled both what the Parliament gives mee, and my owne, is very little lesse than 3000l per anum all thinges considered. If I bee rightly enformed. And a lawyer of Lincolns Inn having searched all the Marquess of Worcesters writings wch were taken att Ragland and sent for by the Parliament and this gentleman appointed by the committee to search the sayd writings, assures mee, there is noe scruple concerning the title, and itt soe fell out that this gentleman whoe searched was my owne lawyer, a very godly able man, and my deere friend, wch I reckon noe smale mercy, hee is alsoe possest of the the writings for mee'.His son's marriage to Dorothy produced four children who survived into adulthood, but ended unhappily, as Richard went into semi-voluntary exile on the continent in 1660 following the Restoration, after which the couple did not see each other again. According to Thomas Carlyle, the 'two little wenches' are Cromwell's daughters Mary and Frances, who by their own respective marriages later became Countess Fauconberg and Lady Russell. Cromwell was close to Norton and dubbed him 'Idle Dick', deploying the nickname towards the end of the letter in a moment of friendly humour ('I know thou art an idle fellow, but prithee neglect mee not now').Primary source material for Cromwell's activities during the chaotic spring of 1648 is rare: parliamentary diaries for the period are fragmentary, and Cromwell's whereabouts 'are not generally known' (ODNB). Charles made his first attempted escape from Carisbrooke castle on 20 March, and the rapid spread of royalist uprisings will have required Cromwell to travel swiftly and widely across the country. In May he fought his first battle in full command, at Preston, during which the invading Scottish force was decisively defeated. By January 1649, having outmanoeuvred Fairfax to see through the trial and execution of the king, he was the single most powerful figure in England.Published:Thomas Carlyle (ed.), Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches, 1845, volume 1, p. 302.

Ruskin, John (1819-1900) Collection of autograph letters to Ada Hartnell, c.1873-81 18 in total, various extents, 31 pp. overall, most on a single bifolium of Ruskin's Brantwood stationery, other letters written from Woodstock Road, Oxford, Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Gueux, and Keswick, a few with no place named, several undated, most addressed to 'My dear Miss Hartnell' and signed 'J Ruskin', two to 'My dear Ada' and signed 'J Ruskin', one to 'My dearest Ada' and signed 'Ever your loving JR', and one to 'Dear Ada' and signed 'J R', one letter (Gueux) torn in half but full text apparently intact, one letter with signature removed. Together with 8 envelopes addressed by Ruskin to Hartnell, and an autograph letter signed to Hartnell from Joanna Severn ('[I] am glad … to tell you that after many months of anxiety about the poor master he is at last showing signs of betterness, for which I am infinitely thankful', with envelope) (1 folder)Note: Note:A remarkable collection of newly discovered letters casting light on Ruskin's tormented later years and his relationship with an intriguing female acquaintance, whom he clearly held in high esteem, but about whom little remains known.Ada Hartnell was one of the 32 original members of the Guild of St George, the utopian social organisation Ruskin established in 1878 on the model of the guilds of medieval Venice. She is mentioned by Ruskin in Fors Clavigera as one of a select group of guild companions 'in whose future adherence and support I have entire trust'. During the time these letters were written she lived first at 79 Falmouth Road, London, and later at 6 Brighton Villas, Northumberland Park, Tottenham.Ruskin's mental stability suffered badly during his seventeen-year relationship with Rose La Touche, who died in 1875. In February 1878 he experienced a total collapse, followed by several further attacks between 1881 and 1889, after which he 'gradually retreated into silence, saying little, and writing few letters' (ODNB), living in seclusion at Brantwood under the care of his relation Joanna Severn.The earlier letters in the collection suggest that Ruskin frequently visited Hartnell in London. His letters proposing to meet can strike an importunate note, and the type of assignation proposed is in one instance unexpected:'Would you like to come to the Pantomime at Drury lane to-morrrow with me. You would have to meet me at my good old servants' teashop, 29 Paddington St, Portland place - and I would take the greatest care of you and drive you home. Send me a line here'In letters evidently written in the aftermath of his crisis, Ruskin confides in Hartnell about the debilitating effects of his mental state, while demonstrating an urgent concern for Hartnell's own health and living arrangements, an intense dynamic encapsulated in one letter from Brantwood:'I have had several very bad sleepless nights myself, lately - but the mental gloom causes them - it is not the consequence of them. That darkness over the whole world becomes more and more definite to me as one of judgement, and every voice [...] is of the night. I can only keep my strength by refusing to think, and going on with work that I still have pleasure in - and pleasing any body I can innocently please. But I've been freed to write something serious just now - in which your letter helps me so much - you will have it in a week [...] I am so very thankful your health is on the whole better [...] Shall I see if I can get better lodging for you near my museum at Sheffield - there's no smoke unless with strong southeast wind, and lovely country close by, being certainly as cheap as near London. Please think about this and write again'The later letters also contain much discussion of guild matters, with Ruskin musing on his own suitability to lead 'until they find somebody better', discussing the publication of Fors, indulging in a schoolmasterly harangue in which he dismisses Praeterita as 'mere gossip', and welcoming positive reports of a recent number of Proserpina; Joanna Severn finds frequent mention as someone evidently known to Hartnell and with an interest in her well-being.

Eminent Victorians The Kinnear family autograph album containing 70 complete autograph letters and 28 clipped signatures, sentiments or signed postal covers, mounted rectos and versos in c.1890 maroon skiver album (spine defective), gift inscription 'Winifred D. Kinnear, from her mother, Christmas 1893' to front free endpaper. The complete letters all 1 p. unless stated, recipients include Charles George Hood Kinnear (1830-1894, Scottish photographer and architect, and from 1884 colonel of the Midlothian Coastal Artillery Volunteers, addressed variously as 'Mr Kinnear', 'Colonel Kinnear' and similar), George Lillie Craik (1798-1886, Scottish writer and critic), S. C. Hall and 'Mrs Hall' (probably Samuel Carter Hall, 1800-1889, journalist, and his wife, Anna Maria Hall, novelist, 1800-1881), the Lord Advocate, and others, authors in order of appearance include:Earl of Rosebery (1847-1929), prime minister, 1888, 'My dear Colonel ... We make a rule of never having anything to do with bazaars on principle, & I could not well make an application to the Queen under present circumstances ...', 2 pp.;William Clark Russell (1844-1911), writer of nautical fiction, 1890, 'Yet another question - in how many chapters would you wish the story written: taking 56,000 words as the basis of the subdivisions?';William Howitt (1792-1879), historian, 1859, on a response to a request for literary anecdotes ('The late John Murray the very last time I saw him told me a very good anecdote ...'), 3 pp.;William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863), undated, 'Dear Mr Coutts, Will you kindly keep 4 places for 4 ladies, friends of mine who wish to hear my last words before going to America, faithfully yours, W M Thackeray';Walter Savage Landor (1775-1864), 1844, fair copy of the poem 'To Major General W. Napier', 2 pp.;Harriet Martineau (1802-1876), Ambleside, 1862, on the misuse of charitable funds, 4 pp.;Robert Browning (1812-1889), dated Hatcham, 24th May, no year, 'Dear sir, I am unluckily engaged this morning. Do what seems best about the entitling-business. Pray remember to send proof copy';Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington (1789-1849), author, 1848, 2 pp.;Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860), 1856, on Scottish marriage laws, written a year after his resignation as prime minister over his prosecution of the Crimean War, 2 pp.;Charles Lyall (1797-1875), geologist, undated, 'My dear Lord Advocate, Tomorrow at the hour you mention Sir J. Lubbock, Mr C. Darwin and two others expect me to a geological appointment in Kent. Never the less if you cannot change it for this day at any hour you like ... I will sacrifice my other engagement ...';Richard Monckton Milnes (1809-1885), author, 'I find I have not a scrap of Keats's unpublished writings in town ...';Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859), historian and politician, Albany, London, 1833, to the Lord Advocate, concerning Liberal electors in Edinburgh, 4 pp.;Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873), novelist and politician, a letter of thanks, signed 'ELB';Caroline Norton (1808-1877), writer and campaigner for marriage reform, apologising for 'the delay respecting Mr Lane's curious and valuable drawing', 2 pp.;Sir Charles Locke Eastlake RA (1793-1864), artist and author of Hints on Household Taste, 1879;George Henry Lewes (1817-1878), philosopher, critic, and partner of George Eliot, 186[?], to John Boyd Kinnear, on Fortnightly Review stationery;William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877), pioneer of photography, undated, addressed on verso to 'Mr Kinnear', almost certainly Charles George Hood Kinnear, 'D[ea]r Sir, I could send you if wished, 20 or 30 more of the steel [?] for distribution to individual members of the phot. soc[iet]y but they are for the same plates as those already sent, as I have no others here at present. I am glad you think they promise well, and remain, yours truly, H. F. Talbot', 2 pp.;Charles Dickens (1812-1870), Royal Hotel, Glasgow, 8 October 1858, in the third person, 'Mr Charles Dickens is happy to have the honor of accepting the invitation for the 19th of the present month, with which he is favoured by the mayor of Birmingham';Ada Ellen Bayly, 'Edna Lyall' (1857-1903), writer and suffragette, [18]96;William Powell Frith RA (1819-1909), artist, 1874, concerning a private view, 3 pp.;Frederick Tennyson (1807-1898), poet and brother of Alfred, St Ewolds, Jersey, 1891;Thomas Faed RSA (1826-1900), artist, 2 pp.William Holman Hunt OM (1827-1910), artist, Draycott Lodge, Fulham, 1886, to George L. Craik, 'I have written a letter .. which explains my views as to the of the plate now ... I will work on the proofs in two or three places with brown, but we will talk of this afterwards ...', 2 pp.;and others.Other signatures (not full letters) include: Queen Victoria ('Victoria R), Walter Besant, Lord Palmerston ('I have not the least intention of agreeing to Cowars motion' P 16/2-54'), William Ewart Gladstone, and similarNote: Provenance: The Kinnear family of Kinloch House, Collessie, Fife, thence by descent to Elizabeth Hay (née Kinnear, 1924-2017), godmother of the vendor. See lot 60 for further material from the same source.

Onassis, Jacqueline Lee Kennedy (née Bouvier, 1929-1994) Autograph letter signed to Stanislaw 'Stas' Radziwill, c.1959-74 'Dearest Stas, I wish I had something so beautiful to give you for Christmas - but there could be no box big enough to hold all our love for you - Jackie', in red ink on card with red border, 9.7 x 14.7cmNote: Note: Jackie O sends her best Christmas wishes to her brother-in-law Prince Stanislaw 'Stas' Radziwill, the Polish aristocrat who married her sister Lee in 1959. (The couple divorced in 1974.)

Searle, Ronald (1920-2011) The Man Who Suffers From Neck-Tumour, Anglo-Saxon Era watercolour, bodycolour and pencil on thick paper, 37.5 x 52.5cm, signed lower right, mounted, shortened title ('For neck tumor ...') to foot of mount, verso of mount with full printed title (mounted) and address stamp 'Ronald Searle, C/o Mr. V. Caloutsis, 4 Rue Antoine Dubois, Paris 6ieme' (partially obscured by tape-marks)Note: Note: One of a series of caricatures by Searle depicting fanciful historical remedies.Provenance: Valerios Caloutsis (1927-2004), Greek artist.

Watkins, Dudley D. (1907-1969) Oor Wullie, original pen and ink sketch, 1940 showing Wullie on his bucket, saying 'I'm fed up again!', signed and dated lower right, on leaf of light blue paper (9.8 x 11.8cm), in an autograph album containing 12 additional sketches in various media (watercolour, pen and ink, or pencil), including: James Leuchars 'Jimmy' Crighton (1892-1962), 'Korky the Cat', signed 'J L Crighton', dated 1940, (pen and ink with bodycolour); three sketches possibly by George Ramsbottom (1903-1989), comprising a cowboy on a horse, a man on an elephant, and a vicar in a bowler hat with caption 'Seeing what an awful time I took to put something in your little book I feel that I really should draw something that is very, very good!', all signed 'G. R.' and dated 1940; David M. Ogilvie (?-?), Young boy with a shovel and fire bucket, dated 1940; and others including an anthropomorphic rabbit with caption 'Gee Norma, we've been trying for hours, but we just can't think of anything to draw in your book', signed Balch, 1951; and similar; many leaves loose (including 6 with sketches, but not the Oor Wullie)Note: Note: An early original sketch of Oor Wullie dating from four years after the appearance of the first Oor Wullie comic strip in 1936, and the year before the first Oor Wullie annual in 1941. The album may have belonged to a young girl with a relative who worked at D. C. Thomson, as Jimmy Crighton, George Ramsbottom and David M. Ogilvie were also D. C. Thomson artists. Dudley Watkins only began signing his published work in 1946, 'a privilege afforded to only a few comic strip artists in those days (it also ensured his loyalty to Thomson following attempts by a rival publisher to lure him away from Dundeed)' (David Anderson, 'How Beano and Dandy Artist Dudley D. Watkins made Generations of Comic Fans Roar with Laughter', 25th June 2021, online). His other creations including Desperate Dan for the Dandy and Lord Snooty for the Beano.

Rowling, J. K. (1965-) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, signed by cast members London: Bloomsbury, 1998. First edition, thirtieth impression, 8vo, original pictorial wrappers, signed on the inside front wrapper and half-title, by Rupert Grint (in gold ink), James and Oliver Phelps, and Jason Isaacs, who respectively played Ron Weasley, Fred and George Weasley and Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter films

Tragara Press Large collection of proof copies from the publisher's archive Unbound (in loose sheets or bifolia) unless otherwise stated, most unbound items preserved in envelope or card chemise, many items with printer's manuscript corrections, the collection comprising:1) Oscar Wilde. Hellenism, 1979. Proof copy (before the edition of 95), wrappers;2) Oscar Wilde. A Study by John E. Barlas, 1978. Proof copy on pink Ingres paper (before the edition of 100), initialled by Alan Anderson;3) Vincent O'Sullivan. Selected Letters, 1993. 2 copies: corrected proofs; proof copy on Abbey Mills paper, initialled and dated by Alan Anderson, wrappers (eventual print run: 50 copies);4) John Gray. The Kiss. Translated from the French of Theodore de Banville, 1983. Corrected proofs (before the edition of 145);5) Aubrey Beardsley. An Obituary Memoir by John Gray, 1980. Proof copy (before the edition of 95);6) Some Unpublished Poems by John Gray, 1987. Corrected proofs (before the edition of 145);7) Stéphane Mallarmé. Poésies, translated by Arthur Symons, 1986. Proofs (before the edition of 150);8) W. B. Yeats. A Reminiscence by Frank O' Connor, 1982. Corrected proofs (before the edition of 125);9) A Garland for Stephen Spender. Arranged by Barry Humphries, 1991. Corrected proofs (before the edition of 150);10) Uncollected Poems by Lillian Bowes Lyon, 1981. One of 6 copies proof copies on Glastonbury paper (before the edition of 95), initialled and dated by Alan Anderson, wrappers;11) A Perfect Description of Scotland attributed to Sir Anthony Weldon, [no date]. Uncompleted trial copy (annotated by Alan Anderson, 'a reprint commissioned by the late Ian Grant, bookseller, who 12) intended to write an introduction. This was never done, and the work was abandoned'), wrappers;13) Roy Fuller. Mianserin Sonnets, 1984. Corrected proofs (before the edition of 135);14) Twelfth Night. A Personal View by Roy Fuller, 1985. Corrected proofs (before the edition of 135);15) Poetry and Fiction. Reflections on three Nineteenth Century Authors by Lionel Johnson, 1982. Corrected proofs (before the edition of 95);16) Hand and Eye. An Anthology for Sacheverell Sitwell, 1977. 'Proofs in first state' (annotation to card chemise);17) Vernon Watkins. Elegy for the Latest Dead, 1977. Proof copy on Turkey Mill paper (before the edition of 120), with label on envelope reading 'Unique trial copy', wrappers;18) John Sanderson. Reefs Bibliophilic. An Address to the Amtmann Circle, 1984. Proof copy (before the edition of 200), wrappers;19) 1948 and 1984 by Julian Symons. The Second Orwell Memorial Lecture, 1984. Corrected proofs (before the edition of 135);20) Herbert Read. Pursuits and Verdicts. With a Preface by Graham Greene, 1983. 2 copies: proofs and corrected proofs (before the edition of 125);21) To Newbury to buy an Old Book. Lawrence Clark Powell, 1973. Proof copy (marked 'rough proof - spoiled sheets'), before the edition of 120;22) Memoirs of Frieda Lawrence by Martha Gordon Crotch. Proof copy on hand-made paper (before the edition of 175);23) Theodore Wratislaw. Three Nineties Studies. W. B. Yeats, John Gray, Aubrey Beardsley, 1980. 3 copies: galley proofs, corrected proofs, and proofs on Amalfi paper;24) From the Nineties. Some Translations of Baudelaire and Verlaine, 1982. Various sheets (label on envelope: 'The printer's first rough proofs and corrected proofs');25) The Object of an Affair and Other Poems. Julian Symons, 1974. Incomplete proof sheets;26) Ten Poems by Morley Jamieson, 1978. Corrected proofs (before the edition of 210);27) 'Proofs of Holy Writ' by Rudyard Kipling, 1981. Corrected proofs (before the edition of 125);28) Montague Summers. A Talk by Timothy d'Arch Smith, 1984. Corrected proofs (before the edition of 110) (approx. 30)Note: Note: The Tragara Press was founded in Edinburgh in 1953 by printer Alan Anderson (1922-2016) and operated until 1991.

Royal Hampshire Regiment 2/7 Gurkha Rifles Malaya DSO Group of 7 Medals. Awarded to Lieutenant Colonel John Hamilton Allford who was awarded the DSO for operations as a Battalion Commander of the 2/7 Gurkha Rifles Malaya 1954. Comprising: Distinguished Service Order (EIIR), 1939/45 Star, Africa Star, 1st Army Clasp, Defence Medal, War Medal, General Service Medal, Three Clasps PALESTINE 1945-48, MALAYA, CYPRUS, MID OAKLEAF, (LT COL J.H. ALLFORD R. HAMPS), EIIR Coronation Medal. Group mounted as worn have been lacquered. The Citation for the awarded of the DSO was raised on the 13th November 1953. Lieutenant Colonel John Hamilton Alford 2/7 GR Lieutenant Colonel Allford assumed command of his Battalion in January 1953 and between April and October commanded operations against the communist terrorists in the Bentong District of Pahang, Malaya. Throughout this period of six months Lieutenant Colonel Allford inspired his Battalion by outstanding leadership, level headed skill and fine personal example. He maintained a magnificent fighting spirit throughout the Battalion area. These operations culminated in the death in action of two of the terrorists most important leaders a severe blow for the enemy, not only in the Bentong district but throughout Malaya. Lieutenant Colonel Allford who led a number of operations himself has set a magnificent and outstanding example of determination, skill and leadership. He has by his personal efforts made a notable contribution to the campaign in Malaya. Mention in Dispatches London Gazette 14/7/59. Lieutenant Colonel John Hamilton was commissioned into the York & Lancs Regiment October 1940, In 1946 he was appointed a Captain with the Hampshire Regiment and was posted to Palestine. The medal roll shows during this period he held the rank of Major Acting Lt. Col and was serving with the 1st Bn Royal Hampshire Regiment. The Battalion returned to the UK in October 1947. A year later in 1948 he was attached to the 7th Gurkha Rifles. In 1958 he is noted as serving wit the rank of Lt. Col at Polemidhia Camp, GOC Cyprus. It is assumed his MID is for services during his tour in Cyprus.

Selection of Military Photographs and Postcards including studio photo of an RAF Officer in full dress ... Studio photo of two WW1 Officers ... Various postcards of Army Personnel ... Silk postcards ... Comical postcards ... Paperwork to AA Rowse who served at the Ministry Of Munitions, complete with his 2 x On War Service lapel badges.

The Corgi 007 diecast vehicle range, to include You Only Live Twice Little Nellie, Thunderball Aston Martin DB5, Moonraker Space Shuttle, Aston Martin DBS, Die Another Day Aston Martin V12 Vanquish, Sunbeam Alpine, Goldfinger Rolls Royce, Aston Martin Vanquish, Aston Martin DB5, Aston Martin V8, Mustang Mach 1, The Spy Who Loved Me Lotus Esprit Underwater, Die Another Day Jaguar XKR, Goldeneye BMW Z3, Aston Martin DB5, and Die Another Day Aston Martin and Jaguar XKR two piece set, boxed. (2 trays)

A Cold War MIG-21bis LASUR deactivated ejection Seat, which is complete and came from the MiG-21bis LASUR with the tactical number 879 (work number 75033219) of the 3rd JS (fighter squadron) of the JG-8 (fighter squadron). NB. It took part in patrolling East German Air Space prior to the collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989 much more information can be found online written by the engineer who actually serviced 879.

Prince Henry (1139-1152), Sterling, Period A, Corbridge, Erebald, [ ––– ] erl, crowned bust right of crude style, partial inner circle, rev. [–––– ] core :, cross moline, 1.21g/11h (Boon, SNC 1983, p.226, same obv. die; SCBI 48, 1360 var.; Mack 284 var.; N 912; S 1309 and 5011). Slightly creased, obverse fair, reverse better, very rare £2,000-£2,600 --- George Boon mentions the extraordinary use of the vernacular title Erl, corrected from the previous interpretation by Mack who read the letters as F RE (Filius Regis].

William and Mary, Coronation, 1689, a silver medal, unsigned [by J. Roettiers], conjoined busts right, rev. Jove hurling a thunderbolt at Phæthon who is falling from his chariot, 35mm, 16.98g (MI I, 662/25; E 312). Cleaned in the past, otherwise about extremely fine, peripheral toning £400-£500

Dr. Who Earthshock, a 10x8 colour photo signed by Peter Davidson, the fifth Doctor. Also signed by James Warwick who played Scott and Claire Clifford as Kyle. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

Doctor Who, Paul Jerricho signed 10 x 8 black and white photograph pictured during his time playing The Castellan. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

Fenella Fielding signed 12x8 colour photo. Fielding, OBE (born 17 November 1927 - 11 September 2018) was an English stage, film and television actress who rose to prominence in the 1950s and 1960s and was often referred to as England's first lady of the double entendre. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

Actor, Virginia Mayo vintage signature piece featuring a signed page and a 10x8 black and white photograph. Mayo (born November 30, 1920 - January 17, 2005) was an American actress and dancer who was in a series of comedy films with Danny Kaye and was Warner Brothers' biggest box-office money-maker in the late 1940s. She also co-starred in the 1946 Oscar-winning movie The Best Years of Our Lives and White Heat (1949). Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

Jim Kay, Harry Potter Book Illustrator, 10x8 Signed Photograph of the cover of the J. K Ro9wling book- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Jim Kay (born 4 April 1974) is a British illustrator and printmaker from Northamptonshire, England, who won the Kate Greenaway Medal in 2012 for his illustrations for the book A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness. He was selected personally by J. K. Rowling to present colour illustrations of every title in the Harry Potter series. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

Actor, Kevin McCarthy signature piece featuring a 10x8 colour photograph and a signed card. McCarthy (February 15, 1914 - September 11, 2010) was an American stage, film and television actor who is best remembered for portraying the male lead in the horror science fiction film Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956). Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

Holiday on the Buses, a 10x8 b/w film photo. Signed by Reg Varney who played Stan Butler and Gigi Gatti as Maria. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

Cosmonaut Helen Sharman signed 10x8 colour photo. Helen Patricia Sharman, CMG, OBE, HonFRSC (born 30 May 1963) is a British chemist and cosmonaut who became the first British person, first Western European woman and first privately funded woman in space, as well as the first woman to visit the Mir space station, in May 1991. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

John Gielgud signed Royal Shakespeare Theatre commemorative FDC. This lovely Benham first day cover celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre and has 4 official stamps and a postmark dating 28th April 1982, Warwickshire. Information insert is included. Gielgud has signed the front in black ink. Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH (14 April 1904 - 21 May 2000) was an English actor and theatre director whose career spanned eight decades. With Ralph Richardson and Laurence Olivier, he was one of the trinity of actors who dominated the British stage for much of the 20th century. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

Hayley Mills signed nativity FDC with image commemorating the adoration of the Shepherds by Philippe de Champaigne 1602- 1674. This cover has 5 stamps and two post marks dating1st November 1994. This Benham cover is limited edition number 546 of 5000. Hayley Catherine Rose Vivien Mills (born 18 April 1946) is an English actress who began her acting career as a child and was hailed as a promising newcomer, winning the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer for her performance in the British crime drama film Tiger Bay (1959), the Academy Juvenile Award for Disney's Pollyanna (1960) and Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year - Actress in 1961. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

Trevor Francis signed 12x8 colour photo. Trevor John Francis (born 19 April 1954) is an English former footballer who played as a forward for a number of clubs in England, the United States, Italy, Scotland and Australia. In 1979 he became Britain's first £1 million player following his transfer from Birmingham City to Nottingham Forest. He scored the winning goal for Forest in the 1979 European Cup final against Malmö. He won the European Cup again with the club the following year. At international level, he played for England 52 times between 1976 and 1986, scoring 12 goals, and played at the 1982 FIFA World Cup. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

Boxing Riddick Bowe Signed Ampro White Boxing Glove. Riddick Lamont Bowe (born August 10, 1967) is an American former professional boxer who competed between 1989 and 2008. He reigned as the undisputed world heavyweight champion in 1992, and as an amateur he won a silver medal in the super heavyweight division at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

William Gaunt 10x8 signed colour photo. The Champions and Dr Who. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

Bob Moncur former Scottish football player who played for Newcastle United in the 1960s. Signed 10x8 photo. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99