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Beryl Cook (1926-2008) 'Angels' Colour Print, pencil signed and blind back stamp to border, 30.5 x 40.5cmPicture appears clear, scuffs to frame.

Shakespeare (William) The First [& Second] Part of Henry IV, 2 vol., 1902; The Life of King Henry V, 1903; The Famous History of King Henry VIII, 1903, together 4 vol., all edited by T. Sturge Moore, wood-engraved decorative borders and illustrations by Charles Ricketts, old bookseller's stamp to endpapers, original blind-stamped green cloth designed by Ricketts, uncut, lightly soiled, especially spines, Henry V covers cockled, [Watry B44], Hacon & Ricketts [for the Vale Press], 1900-03; A Midsommer Nights Dreame, one of 450 copies, plates and illustrations by Paul Nash, some colour, Bent Juel-Jensen's copy with his bookplate, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, printed at the Shakespeare Head Press, 1924 § Harris (Frank) The Man Shakespeare and his tragic life story, number 40 of 150 large paper copies signed by the author, pencil markings to text and notes to rear free endpapers, original half vellum, t.e.g., others uncut, rubbed and stained, 1909, 8vo & 4to (6)

Ausonius (Decimus Magnus) Patchwork Quilt. Poems, translated by Jack Lindsay, one of 400 copies, illustrations by Edward Bawden, original blue buckram with lattice ruled in blind, spine faded, Fanfrolico Press, 1930 § Suetonius Tranquillus (Caius) The Historie of Twelve Caesars..., translated by Philemon Holland, one of 400 copies, etched frontispiece and additional architectural title (lightly offset), Dennis Wheatley's copy with his pictorial bookplate by Frank C.Papé, original buckram, a little rubbed and marked, spine slightly faded, Etchells & Macdonald, 1931 § Apuleius. Psyche et Cupido, one of 525 copies on handmade paper, printed in blue & black, original limp vellum with ties, lacking ties, Riccardi Press, 1913, most t.e.g., all uncut, v.s. (3)

Australian mining.- Westgarth (William) Victoria and the Australian Gold Mines in 1857, first edition, 3 lithographed maps, of which 2 folding, and 1 hand-coloured in outline, 16pp. publisher's catalogue at end, hand-coloured map with short repaired tear and with split to central vertical fold strengthened verso, some spotting, new endpapers, original blind-stamped dark green cloth, spine gilt, little rubbed and marked, a solid copy, [Ferguson 18418], 8vo, Smith, Elder, & Co., 1857.  *** Westgarth (1815-1889), Scottish-born merchant, historian, statistician, and politician in Australia. In 1854 he was appointed Chairman of the commission of inquiry into the Eureka Rebellion, during which gold miners had revolted against the British administration. Westgarth showed much tact in his leadership of the inquiry, which recommended a general amnesty for the prisoners. The work systematically chronicles and analyses the rapid social and economic changes after four years of the gold rush. 

Greetings cards & scraps.- Album of embossed chromolithographed valentine, Christmas & other greetings cards, together c. 65 cards and numerous scraps, a few loose, most laid down, original blind-stamped cloth, gilt, cards v.s., album oblong 8vo, [late 19th century]. 

Mining.- Bristol Mining School. Lectures delivered at the Bristol Mining School, 1857, wood-engraved illustrations, 2 folding letterpress tables, mining related advertisements to endpapers, occasional spotting, lightly browned, lower hinge weak, original blind-stamped and gilt cloth, arms of the school to covers, some fraying to foot of spine and lower corners, faded, 8vo, Bristol, Mining School, Nelson Street, 1859.  *** Rare in commerce. 

Golden Cockerel Press.- Chair (Somerset de) The Story of a Lifetime, number 29 of 110 copies signed by the author, bookplate of John Raymond Danson, original alum-tawed sheepskin, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, with gilt device of crown of thorns and scourge to upper cover, cloth slip-case, 1954 § Bannet (Ivor) The Amazons, number 22 of 80 specially bound copies signed by the author and artist, from an edition limited to 500, original dark brown morocco, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, with gilt device of two Amazons on horseback to upper cover, 1948 § Wells (H.G.) The Country of the Blind, number 78 of 280 copies, original orange-stained vellum-backed cloth, 1939, all with wood-engravings by Clifford Webb, most full-page, t.e.g., others uncut, spines slightly yellowed or faded, Golden Cockerel Press; and another by de Chair for the press, small folio & 4to (4)

England.- Banks (W.) Views of the English Lakes, 26 engraved views, endpapers lightly damp-stained, occasional spotting to margins of first few plates, but generally much cleaner and sharper than usual, original blind-stamped cloth, the odd mark and scuff to extremities, else a very excellent, Windermere, J. Garnet, c.1870 § Pagan (James) Sketch of the History of Glasgow, light spotting, a little heavier to additional engraved title, later panelled calf, tooled cornerpieces, morocco spine labels (one partially lacking at foot), Glasgow, Robert Stuart, 1847; and 11 others, mixed antiquarian, v.s. (13)

Melanchthon (Philipp) Epistolarum farrago..., first edition, edited by J. Manlius, title with woodcut printer's device, colophon f. at end, ownership inscription to pastedown dated 1603, tiny worming to gutter of first few ff., some water- or other staining, generally small and marginal, some light browning or foxing, lacking free endpapers, contemporary ornately blind-stamped panelled pigskin over wooden boards, metal clasps, covers incorporating blind-stamped portraits of saints, spine titled in ink to head in an early hand (faded), spine darkened, some staining, quite worn, [Adams M1210; VD16 M 3220], Basel, Paul Queck, 1565; and 2 others 16th century, including a defective copy of Erasmus' Epitome Adagiorum ex Novissima (Cologne, Martin Gymnich, 1545), 8vo et infra (3)

DE MORGAN AUGUSTUS.  Arithmetical Books from the Invention of Printing to the Present Time. Orig. cloth, labels to endpapers & lib. blind stamp to title but contents good. 1847; also 2 other vols., also ex lib.  (3).

Viking Antiquities in Great Britain & Ireland.  Stephens George, Handbook of the Old-Northern Runic Monuments of Scandinavia & England. Half title (det. but present) & many eng. illus. Quarto. Rubbed orig. cloth, labels to endpapers, lib. blind stamp to title & stamp to reverse of final leaf. 1884; Vols. 2 to 6. Illus. Small quarto. Vol. 6 in d.w. Ex lib. Oslo, 1940-1954; also 2 other vols., also ex lib.  (7).

ALLOM THOMAS & WRIGHT G. N.  China in a Series of Views Displaying the Scenery, Architecture & Social Habits of That Ancient Empire. 4 vols. in two. Many eng. plates. Quarto. Rubbed half maroon morocco, gilt back with shelf number, labels to endpapers, lib. blind stamps to title & stamps to final leaves but no stamps noted to plates & contents, some internal foxing & spotting. Fisher, Son & Co., n.d. but c.1840's.

VULGATE BIBLE: 'Biblia Sacra, Sive Testamentum Vetus...': Amsterdam, Janson, 1648: engraved title page, text printed in double column, portion excised from head of A2 removing earlier ownership inscription, light toning with occasional ink splats, contemporary blind tooled calf with 5 raised bands, rubbed and worn with losses to spine, 12mo. (1)

MANUSCRIPT DIARIES: a collection of 9 Victorian manuscript diaries by thus unidentified writer, mostly filling Letts's diaries for years 1847-73-87-88-91-92-93-94-95, London life and society, blind stamped blue cloth covers, generally in good condition, 12mo. (9)

(Designer Bindings): DARWIN (Charles): 'The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs...': London, John Murray, 1899: 3rd Edition. Folding map frontispiece, and folding chart at rear, modern craft binding, decorated with sand and coral and painted, signed in blind within lower board 'A Britten', contained in modern solander box, 8vo. (1)

PETAVIUS (Dionysius): 'The History of World: or, an account of time...together with a geographicall description of Europe, Asia, Africa and America..': London, printed by J Streater, 1659: lacking double-page map and frontis, initial few leaves loose, frayed and with some old repair, contents shaken with upper flyleaves removed, contemporary blind ruled calf, much worn and scuffed with boards held by cords, small folio. For sale with all faults and not subject to return. (1)

THE BIBLE: 'Catholische Bibel..': Nuremburg, Johann Fleischmann, 1763: text in double column, numerous engraved illustrations and frontispiece, contemporary blind ruled calf over wooden boards, much worn and scuffed with front board detached and wormed, leather straps with metallic closures, large folio. (1)

BIBLE: 'Biblia. Utriusque Testamenti...': Geneva or Zurich: Robert Stephanus, 1557: volume 1 only, containing books of Genesis to Job: 188:316 fo, several woodcut illustrations: near period blind tooled vellum covered boards with metal closures, 5 raised bands with later label to spine, various later bookplates and labels to upper pastedown, large folio. (1)

HOGARTH: 'The Complete Works of William Hogarth: in a Series of One Hundred and Fifty steel engravings...': London Printing and Publishing Company, n.d (circa 1870): numerous steel engraved plates, recent blind tooled full calf, spine gilt lettered direct, aeg, large 4to: STACKHOUSE (Thomas): 'A New History of the Holy Bible, from the beginning of the world to the establishment of Christianity..': London, printed for the author, 1733: copper engraved maps and plates, some folding, 2 vols, contemporary half-calf, rubbed and worn with hinges cracked, large folio: with 12 others, literature and history in various bindings and sizes. (15)

A Barr Worcester Royal Lily pattern plate, together with a Royal Worcester Royal Lily cup and saucer, a gilded coffee can and a saucer and a Blind Earl pattern covered bowl

A boxed Roberts Concerto British wireless for the blind fund stereo radio/cassette recorder

NASH (John). LEWIS (John) John Nash: the Painter as Illustrator. The Pendomer Press 1978, one of 150 copies (this copy not numbered or signed), morocco backed boards, slip case, with Six Wood Engravings by John Nash, printed at the Rampant Lions Press in Cambridge, with blind stamp, in paper folder; FORD MADDOX FORD. Mister Bosphorus and the Muses. Duckworth & Co, 1923, small 4to, illustrated, printed boards with some slight foxing; others by Margot Eates, Sir John Rothenstein, etc

STRONG (S Arthur) The Masterpieces in the Duke of Devonshire's Collection of Pictures, 1901, large folio, no.9/75 copies on Japanese vellum, 60 photogravure plates, full red morocco by Riviere & Son, nicely rebacked, front cover blind stamped with the Devonshire coat of arms

19th Century French tea set with blind mark + various hand-painted figures + gold decoration. Consisting of: teapot, sugar bowl, rinsing bowl, holder, and saucers. Size: 7 - 22 cm. In good condition.

Vibrant and expressive color serigraph on paper by American artist Paul Kostabi, titled 22 East 5. This striking composition features Kostabi's signature neo-expressionist and street art influences, depicting a bold, abstracted face in a layered fusion of vivid colors, dynamic brushwork, and graffiti-style linework. The composition is filled with energetic forms, symbolic motifs, and spontaneous mark-making, set against a rich magenta background. Signed by the artist in pencil on the lower margin, with the edition number 18/30 visible. Kostabi's works are known for their raw, emotive quality, merging elements of punk aesthetics with contemporary urban art. His career spans music, painting, and printmaking, and his pieces are sought after for their edgy, rebellious visual language. Blind stamp on lower left for Galerie Edition F. Artist: Paul Kostabi (American, b. 1962)Issued: c. 2000Dimensions: 19.50"L x 24"HCountry of Origin: USACondition: Age related wear.

TWO SIMILAR GILT BRASS CURTAIN PELMETS IN REGENCY STYLE 19TH CENTURY the larger 23cm high, 220cm long, 43cm deep The smaller 23cm high, 160cm long, 12cm deep Please note: Both of these are brass and not giltwood as previously catalogued Condition Report: Please note both of these are brass and not giltwood as previously catalogued Each with some dirt and discolouration, pitting, signs of age and use in a domestic setting, only one is 'dressed' with yellow fabric blind and wooden inner frame, the other has wood blocks to the inside of the short sides Some misshaping to metal, this may need some straightening when installed and re-dressed Please see additional images for visual reference to condition Condition Report Disclaimer

Poetry.An Annual Review of Poetry: 1917. London: Constable and Company, 1917, pencil note to front free endpaper, very light spotting to half-title, final few leaves and edges of text block, original boards, age-toning, short splits to head and foot of joints;Elton (Oliver). Lascelles Abercrombie, 1881-1938. From the Proceedings of the British Academy, Volume XXV. London: Humphrey Milford, no date, portrait frontis, original printed wrappers with "J. Redwood Anderson, with the writer's compliments" in ink to upper cover;Abercrombie (Lascelles). Interludes and Poems. London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1908, signed by the author on front free endpaper, endpapers browned, faint foxing to preliminaries and final leaves, original cloth with remnants of torn dust jacket;Sitwell (Edith, editor). Wheels. An Anthology of Verse: 1917. Oxford: B. H. Blackwell, 1917, 'for review' in blind to title-page, original printed boards, age-toning, extremities a little rubbed;Stephens (James). Songs from the Clay. London: Macmillan, 1915, strip of toning to front free endpaper and final blank leaf, original boards, dust jacket, shallow chipping to edges, spine folds a little worn;Davies (W.H.) and Nicholson (William, illustrator). The Hour of Magic and other poems. Jonathan Cape, 1922, illustrations by William Nicholson, library blind-stamp to title-page and two other leaves, original boards with printed title label, boards with some dust-staining, spine heavily toned;Twenty-four others.(29)

Camden (William). Britannia: or, a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent from the earliest antiquity..., Enlarged by the Latest Discoveries by Richard Gough.London: John Stockdale, 1806, four folio volumes, second Gough edition, plates/maps (not collated), contemporary calf gilt and blind, marbled edges.(4)Provenance: The Property of Sir Brooke Boothby, ex Fonmon Castle.

Geology.Lyell (Charles), Elements of Geology, London: John Murray, 1841, second edition, two volumes, plates and in-text illustrations, original cloth with paper title labels to spine; Penn (Granville), A Comparative Estimate of the Mineral and Mosaical Geologies, London: Printed for James Duncan, 1844, third edition, two volumes, contemporary blind-stamped cloth; Miller (Hugh), The Testimony of the Rocks; or, Geology in its Bearings on Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed, Edinburgh: Thomas Constable & Co., 1857, in-text illustrations, contemporary blind-stamped cloth; three others, all ex-library. (8)

Nash (John).Six Wood Engravings by John Nash printed from Original Wood Blocks.Cambridge: Rampant Lion Press, no date, title page and six engravings, number 120 of 150 sets, each engraving with the blind-stamp of the Trustees of the John Nash Estate to bottom corner, loose as issued in folding card wrapper with printed title label.

The Old Stile Press.Lemaire (Angela, illustrator). Joys, passages from the works of Thomas Traherne (1637-1674). The Old Stile Press, 2003, illustrations by Angela Lemaire, letter A of 200 copies, signed by the artist, original leather-backed printed boards, housed in solander box with printed decoration, together with another copy, number 10 of 200 copies, signed by the artist, original cloth-backed printed boards, slipcase;Lemaire (Angela, illustrator). A Christmas Sequence, chosen by Benjamin Britten from the Chester Mystery Cycle. The Old Stile Press, 2008, illustrations by Angela Lemaire, with an introduction by Dr Andrew Plant, number 13 of 195 copies, signed by the artist, original leather-backed boards, slipcase;Picton-Turbervill (Edward) and Lemaire (Angela, illustrator). Talking Through Trees. The Old Stile Press, 2016, a facsimile of a unique copy that was placed in St John's College, Cambridge, not published for general sale but a limited number were given as courtesy copies, of which this is one, original printed boards;Verstegan (Richard) and Lemaire (Angela, illustrator). The Pyed Piper... The Old Stile Press, 2002, wood and linocut illustrations by Angela Lemaire, number 18 of 175 copies, signed by the artist, original blind-stamped limp leather binding.(5)

Budge (E.A. Wallis, editor and translator).Lady Meux Manuscripts Nos. 2-5: The Miracles of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the Life of Hannâ (Saint Anne), and the Magical Prayers of Aneta Mîkâêl.London: W. Griggs, 1900, number 293 of 300 copies, half-title, chromolithographed frontispiece and plates as called for, ex-library, hinges split, few leaves almost loose, dusty, original blind-stamped morocco, rubbed and worn.

Melanchthon (Philip and Michael Maius, editor).Orationes Postremae Scriptae a Reverendo Viro Philippo Melanthone, proximis annis ante obitum. His adiunctae sunt aliae orationes ab illius obitu recitatae publicè in academia Witebergensi.Wittenberg: 1565, octavo, collation: A-Z8 Aa-Zz8 Aaa-Xxx8, woodcut device on title, Latin text, italic type, 17th century ink ownership inscription on front free endpaper, two other ink inscriptions on front and rear pastedowns, ink underlining and annotations on a few pages, ten leaves stuck together (probably caused by staining of page edges), some general age-toning and some faint damp-staining towards end, contemporary German blind-stamped panelled pigskin, with decorative border roll of roundel portraits, including Erasmus, Melanchthon and Hus, upper board central panel with initials 'P.H' and '1566', remains of clasps, foot of spine fraying with small loss. [VD16 M 379].

Oldham (J. Basil).Shrewsbury School Library Bindings, Catalogue Raisonné.Oxford: Printed for the Librarian of Shrewsbury School at the University Press, 1943, number 90 of 200 copies, chromolithographed frontispiece and sixty-two plates, half-title toned, very minor spotting to page edges and a few plates, bookplate on front free endpaper, original two-tone cloth, together with:Idem, English Blind-Stamped Bindings, 1952, original cloth, dust jacket; Idem, Blind Panels of English Binders, 1958, original cloth, dust jacket.(3)

A Chinese carved hardwood centre table with blind fretwork, on cabriole supports, 27" square x 29" high

Alfred J Munnings, 1909: a signed  print, The Gap,  published by Frost & Reed in 1927 with Fine Art Trade Guild blind stamp, in gilt frame

Eighteen Blues / Blues Rock / Chicago Blues / Louisiana Blues LPs including three John Mayall The Blues Alone, The World Of and Back To The Roots, Frank Zappa, Babe Stovall, Loudon Wainwright III, John Hurt, Robin Trower, Blind Willie McTell, Elmore James, Roger Chapman, Muddy Waters etc. Vinyl and covers appear VG+ to Ex+ in the main

Peter Lanyon (1918-1964) limited edition (82/150) photogravure of Chine Colle, Levant Mine Ruins, Cornwall, with blind stamp and edition number lower right, 35 x 25cm, in white painted frame with Tate Enterprises, St. Ives paperwork verso

Eight Psychadelic / Symphonic Rock LPs comprising Jimi Hendrix Electric Ladyland and The Essential Jimi Hendrix, Blind Faith self titled (open shrink wrap) and five Moody Blues. Vinyl generally appears Ex to NM, vendor advises LPs were played once and transferred to cassette tape and then stored, covers are clean and most are Canadian pressings, with some UK and a few German

Ephemera, Duke of Wellington, a rare blind embossed cream card with a portrait of the Duke of Wellington, his birth and death date and banners naming his battles. Embossed at the bottom right is Windsor London and all is surrounded by a black border. Presented in a modern frame, approx. size excluding frame 6 x 4.5" (card has some age toning o/w gd)

HOLY BIBLE, 1683. King James version, folio, 1683. No printer or place, but probably printed by Stephen Swart in Amsterdam. Engraved title (childish blue water colour on heads of Moses and Aaron), royal arms on letterpress title page. With 6 maps, all double page, of the World, the Garden of Eden, Travels of the Children of Israel, Jerusalem, Canaan and the Travels of St Paul, most with small areas of loss at edges or corners. Herbert notes only 3 maps. Bound with the Whole Book of Psalms by Sternhold & Hopkins, 1679. No Apocrypha. Contemporary binding of blind-stamped calf over heavy wooden boards. Brass clasps. Chipping to base of spine. Binding is firm and tight. Herbert 782.Provenance: A note at the end of the second table states the Bible was bought by Nicholas Brooke in 1705 and later bought from his widow for 17 shillings in 1743 by Richard Brindford. On the rear endpaper is written: This book was bought for 12 shillings in London by Henry Boulter, Nanty Cefenllece (Cefnllys) Radnorshire in the year of our Lord 1834. Verso of NT title page and verso of map lists births and deaths of members of the Boulter family from 1806-1850.

A RARE AND EARLY PEWTER HALF-GALLON LIDLESS ALE JUGLONDON, C.1730touchmark of Paul Mitchell, London (1721-40) inside the base, along with crowned ‘WR’ verification to upper body to left of handle, the strap handle with escutcheon plates to upper and lower attachment, made lidless as identified by the 'blind' hinge lug80.2 fl oz, 23cm highProvenanceThe Carl Ricketts Collection of Pewter.Catalogue NoteThe ‘PM’ touch has been attributed to Philip Matthew, but Matthew’s touch and crowned ‘WR’ differ to Mitchell’s. Mitchell was apprenticed to Hugh Quick, who was not only a hollowware maker but also made teapots on which this PM touch has been recorded, an example is included in the sale of this collection (see #3422).

λ A COLLECTION OF FIVE GEORGE III SEPIA STIPPLE ENGRAVINGSBY BARTOLOZZI, AFTER KAUFMANN AND OTHERS, C.1800including: 'Charity', 'Blind Man's Buff', 'The Last Interview between Charlotte & Wester', 'A Visit to the Woman of the Lime Trees' and 'Orpheus and Eurydice', in verre églomisé mounts and giltwood and rosewood frames (5)34 x 34cm (max)ProvenanceThe Charrington Family Collection, Winchfield House, Hampshire.

A GEORGE III MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCKBY DAVIE STEWARD, NEWPORT PAGNELL, C.1800the brass eight day movement with six knopped pillars and an anchor escapement chiming on a nest of eight bells and striking on a ninth bell, with a 12 inch brass dial, the silvered chapter ring with black Roman and Arabic numerals and inscribed 'Davie Steward Newport Pagnell', around a matted centre with a subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture inside gilt mask spandrels and flanked by 'Chime Silent' and '4 bell 8 bell' levers, the arch with a silvered rondel engraved with a basket of flowers flanked by scrolling foliate appliques, the hood with a caddy top, brass orb finials and blind fretwork panel above fluted canted corners, the trunk with an arched door and plinth base, with two weights and a pendulum238cm (max)

A PEWTER HALF-GALLON LIDLESS PEWTER ALE JUG LONDON, C.1790touchmark of Henry & Richard Joseph, London, (fl. c.1785-92) inside base, absence of capacity and verification marks indicate this jug was a domestic rather than tavern item, made lidless as indicated by the 'blind' hinge lug, the spout with a decorative 'tear drop' below applied at the time of manufacture90.2 fl oz. 21.9cm highProvenanceThe Carl Ricketts Collection of Pewter.

An outstanding Second War submariner’s D.S.M. and Second Award Bar awarded to Leading Telegraphist V. G. Backman, Royal Navy, for his ‘distinguished service, outstanding courage, and devotion to duty’ in successful patrols in H.M. Submarines Porpoise and Tally-Ho Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R., with Second Award Bar (JX.129189 V. G. Backman. L.Tel. R.N.) minor edge nick, otherwise about extremely fine £2,400-£2,800 --- Only 147 Second Award Bars were awarded to the Distinguished Service Medal during the Second World War. D.S.M. London Gazette 29 December 1942: ‘For distinguished services in successful patrols in H.M. Submarines.’ D.S.M. Second Award Bar London Gazette 20 February 1945: ‘For outstanding courage, skill, and undaunted devotion to duty in successful patrols in H.M .Submarine Tally-Ho.’ Vernon George Backman was born in Neath, Glamorgan, on 20 March 1911 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 8 February 1927. Appointed a Telegraphist, he transferred to the submarine branch in July 1932, and was promoted Leading Telegraphist in H.M. Submarine Proteus on 2 November 1937. ‘Porpoise Carrier Service’ - D.S.M. Backman joined H.M. Submarine Porpoise on 17 May 1939, and served in her during the Second World War from the outbreak of hostilities until 12 February 1943. After participating in hazardous mine-laying operations off Norway, he was awarded the first of his D.S.M.s for assorted war patrols in the Mediterranean between November 1941 and October 1942, latterly under the command of Lieutenant Leslie Bennington, D.S.C., R.N. - who would win a D.S.O. and a Bar to his D.S.C. in the same period. Much of this service was spent on the Malta run, namely hazardous but essential supply trips with fuel, munitions and general supplies for the besieged island. David Thomas’s Submarine Victory takes up the story: ‘The spring of 1941 was a period of incessant air raids upon Malta, and it was not until Hitler launched his foolish Russian campaign in mid-summer that the German raids ended, although the Regia Aeronautica carried on the aerial battle. One other method of supplying Malta existed - submarines. At Alexandria the minelayers of the 1st Flotilla and the large 'P' Class boats had given sterling service, but they were now called upon to act as submerged cargo carriers, a service which became known as the Magic Carpet Service to Malta. The first submarine to take on this duty was Porpoise, and her contribution was the greatest of all those boats which participated. She ended the Magic Carpet Service with her own special flag bearing the initials P.C.S. denoting Porpoise Carrier Service. The islanders looked forward to the arrival of convoys and our cargo-carrying submarines with such avidity that their arrival was cause for cheers and waves of welcome. When such interest is taken in naval matters by landlubbers in times of stress and anxiety an odd story or two intrudes now and then. Legend has it that on one occasion Porpoise arrived with her torpedo tubes stuffed full with sausages. And for all we know, legend may be truth! Indeed, these submarines were crammed to the nth degree by sailors knowing they had only to suffer the intensely cramped conditions for a few days. Every effort was made by the sailors to stuff into every nook and cranny as much as was humanly possible consistent with the safety of the boat - and even this factor may have had a blind eye turned upon it in the interests of succouring Malta. In addition to Porpoise the four large submarines Cachalot, Parthian, Regent and Rorqual were adapted for this service. The supplies of petrol they carried filled a proportion of their fresh-water tanks, fuel tanks and even main ballast tanks. One section of their batteries was even removed to provide more space for cargo. Nor were these cargo-carrying runs purely operations of mercy. They were patrols - offensive in nature - usually with tubes loaded with twenty-one-inch torpedoes and not sausages. The gallant Porpoise suffered the experience of more than eighty depth-charges in four days on one of these missions. She made in all nine of these trips.’ That mission occurred in mid-August 1942, the Admiralty describing the enemy’s relentless assault as ‘one of the heaviest depth-charge attacks ever made on a British submarine’: in fact Porpoise endured the detonation of no less than 87 depth-charges. The assault commenced after Porpoise had torpedoed the Italian merchantman Lerici about 120 nautical miles off Libya, two escorting enemy destroyers and two torpedo boats delivering a protracted 60 depth-charge attack. Notwithstanding the ferocity of the enemy’s response, Porpoise renewed her attack on enemy shipping off Tobruk, as a result of which she attracted the wrath of yet another enemy destroyer: ‘The destroyer passed overhead and dropped a depth-charge which exploded very close to the submarine. Porpoise was badly shaken, some lights were extinguished and large quantities of corking were dislodged from the deck head, and shortly afterwards fumes and smoke were observed coming from No. 1 Section of the Main Battery. No. 1 Battery was isolated to prevent the spreading of fumes through the submarine. After the first depth-charge attack the destroyer continued in a northerly direction for about three minutes. She then turned back for another run. She then passed astern and dropped four depth-charges which were unpleasantly close and damaged No. 2 and No. 3 Sections of the Battery. Further attacks then followed in quick succession and on each occasion the enemy appeared to be in firm contact. The enemy made a total of 12 attack runs but depth-charges were only dropped during the best runs. Altered course to 210 degrees. The enemy was not able to make contact as easy as before but when she did the attacks were as carefully conducted as before … Altogether the enemy dropped 27 depth-charges. All were very close’ (Captain Bennington’s report refers). On discovering the extent of the damage caused to Porpoise when he was able to surface that evening, Bennington signalled for assistance and the crippled submarine was escorted into Port Said by two destroyers and a fighter escort. Tally Ho - Bar to D.S.M. Transferring to H.M. Submarine Tally Ho on 13 February 1943, where he was soon joined by his old skipper Bennington, Backman served in her until January 1945, initially on war patrols off Norway, Gibraltar and the South of France but afterwards in the Far East. It was for gallant deeds in this latter theatre of war that he was awarded his second D.S.M., while Bennington added a Bar to his D.S.O. and a Second Bar to his D.S.C. in the same period. Submarine Victory again takes up the story: ‘Submarine operations got into full swing in the new year of 1944. Boats were being sent to patrol the shallow waters of the Malacca Straits. All waters are dangerous for submarines in wartime, as we have read; the northern waters of Norway, with their long daylight hours; the Arctic ones with their ice hazards; the shallows off the coast of Europe; the shallows and clarity of the Mediterranean. Now, in the East, submarines were subjected to the peculiar hazards of these oriental waters. Clear, shallow seas are dangerous in themselves. But the Malacca Straits and similar Eastern waters were not always reliably charted. This is no reflection on the magnificent work of the Admiralty's Hydrographic Department. Accurate charts demand frequent surveys to locate shifting sandbanks and similar peculiarities. Commanders and navigators were constantly perturbed by depths which failed to correspond with those shown on the charts. And the knowledge that t...

Pair: Sergeant J. T. Hipwell, 31st Regiment of Foot, who was severely wounded at the Battle of Sobraon, the ‘Indian Waterloo’, on 10 February 1846 Cabul 1842 (No. 1428 James Hipwell, Pt. HMs. 31st Regt.) correctly engraved in the regimental style with additional eight-point stars before and after the naming, fitted with original steel clip and wide bar suspension; Sutlej 1845-46, for Moodkee 1845, 3 clasps, Ferozeshuhur, Aliwal, Sobraon (Serjt. James Hipwell 31st Regt.) contact marks, otherwise very fine (2) £1,200-£1,600 --- Provenance: Whidborne collection, Sotheby’s, June 1906; Brian Ritchie Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2005. James Townsend Hipwell was born in the Parish of Pankhurst, London, and attested for the 31st Regiment of Foot at Rochester on 17 February 1840, aged 19 years, for a bounty of three pounds seventeen shillings and sixpence. ‘He served in the Campaign in Afghanistan in 1842 and was present in the actions of Mazeena and Tazene for which he wears a medal. He also served the Campaign on the Sutlej and was present in the battles of Moodkee, Ferozeshah, Buddiwal, Aliwal and Sobraon for which he is entitled to a medal and clasps. He received a severe wound in the left hand at Sobraon.’ (Recipient’s discharge papers refer) Although Hipwell rose to the rank of Sergeant in January 1845, he was tried by a Regimental Court Martial in December 1846 and reduced to Private, in which rank he was discharged to Out-Pension at Chatham on 28 December 1847. In June 1895, now totally blind and 74 years of age, Hipwell was admitted to In-Pension at Chelsea Hospital. Sold with copied service papers and other research.

Archibald Thorburn (1860-1935), twelve signed artist proofs, depicting birds of prey, all with Fine Art Trade Guild blind stamp and labelled to rear The Macdonald Booth Gallery, Walton Street London. 25 x 17 cm, framed and mounted.

Statutes. The Whole Volume of Statutes at Large, which at anie time heeretofore haue beene extant in print, since Magna Charta, untill the xxix. yeere of the reigne of our most gratious souereigne Ladie Elizabeth by the grace of God, Queene of England, France and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c. with marginall notes, and a table of necessarie use newlie added hereunto, 2 parts in one, London: printed [by H. Denham and H. Middleton?] for Christopher Barker, 1587, title within decorative woodcut border (perforated library stamp to upper outer corner), woodcut decorative initials, black letter text, short worm trail diminishing to wormholes to initial 37 leaves, library ink stamp to text block edges, modern endpapers, bookplate of Los Angeles Co. Cal. Law Library to upper pastedown, contemporary blind stamped calf over wooden boards, rebacked preserving original spine, with later morocco labels, lacking clasps, thick folio (27.5 x 19.5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:STC 9305.3; Beale S31.

Wells (H. G.). Mankind in the Making, 1st edition, London: Chapman & Hall, 1903, light spotting to a few leaves, ownership inscription to front blank, endpapers toned, publisher's original blue cloth gilt, spine lightly sunned and slightly worn at head, 8voIn the Days of the Comet, London: Macmillan and Co, 1906, publisher’s original green blind stamped and gilt decorated cloth, head and foot of spine a little rubbed, 8voFirst & Last Things, A Confession of Faith and Rule of Life, London: Archibald Constable & Co, 1908, many leaves untrimmed, ownership inscription to front free endpaper, endpapers toned, publisher's original blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, 8voExperiment in Autobiography, Discoveries and Conclusions of a Very Ordinary Brain (since 1866), New York: The Macmillan Company, 1934, publisher’s original cream cloth binding with black printed lettering, small areas of discolouration, large 8vo, plus 21 other H. G Wells volumesQTY: (25)

Nightingale (Florence, 1820-1910). Forty-One Years in India, by Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 2 volumes, London: Richard Bentley and Sons, 1897, signed ink presentation inscription by Florence Nightingale to half-title of volume 1, 'This brave and generous book is offered to Alice Maud Ruddock, with Florence Nightingale's anxious love, London March 18/97', further ink ownership signature of the recipient 'Alice M. Tyacke' to half-titles, frontispieces, vignette titles, engraved plates, 6 folding maps, a few leaves detached, some spotting and light dust-soiling, original blind-stamped blue cloth gilt, rebacked with original spines relaid, rubbed, 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:Alice Maud Ruddock (1869-1960), was the first nurse to work in the plague in Bombay, 1897. She married Nicholas Tyacke (1866-1940) in 1902.In a letter from Nightingale to Nurse Ruddock, 18 March 1897, ‘This begins & ends with my prayers that our loving Father will give you to ‘run the place that is set before you' 'with patience', Nightingale refers to a number of books she is sending Ruddock, including these two and Osler’s book on medicine, which includes a short article on Bubonic Plague (RR Auction, 28 June 2018, #553).

Ashmole (Elias). The Institution, Laws & Ceremonies of the most Noble Order of the Garter, 1st edition, London: printed by J. Macock, for Nathanael Brooke, 1672, Large Paper copy, [14], 130, 135-136, 149-720, [104] pp., preliminary license-to-print leaf present, engraved portrait of Charles II by William Sherwin (trimmed and laid down, not present in all copies), title in red and black, with additional recommendation leaf dated May 1674 bound in after preliminaries, 36 engraving on 31 plates majority by Wenceslaus Hollar (including 10 full-page engravings of armorial bearings on 5 sheets, and 16 double-page plates mounted on guards, few plates close trimmed into image, final plate of armorials trimmed and remargined), few engraved illustrations, errata leaf present at end, occasional contemporary or early ink annotations and markings, illustration to E3 with small rust hole, few small marginal repairs, some light toning and spotting, marbled endpapers with armorial bookplate of J. Lane to upper pastedown, all edges gilt, handsomely bound in early 19th-century navy straight-grain morocco, gilt and blind decorated spine in compartments, and gilt line panel and blind decorated borders to boards, joints and extremities slightly rubbed, folio (39.3 x 25 cm) QTY: (1)NOTE:Wing A3983; ESTC R225555 (calls for 34 leaves of plates). The plate count appears to vary. Includes the double-page fireworks plate. This volume appears to be the reissue, with pp.717-719 reset and various mispaginations corrected, of the 719p. edition.

Book of Common Prayer. [The Book of Common Prayer and Administrations of the Sacraments, and other Rites & Ceremonies of the Church, according to the Church of England, together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be Sung or Said in Churches: and the Form & Manner of Making, Ordaining, & Consecrating, of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, 1st revised edition, London: Printed by His Maties. Printers [John Bill and Christopher Barker], 1662], engraved title-page by D. Logan lacking (provided in photocopy facsimile), letterpress title to Psalter (Aa1) with floral woodcut device, woodcut decorative initials, head- and tail-pieces, kalendar in red and black, black letter text, verso of leaf 2e6 with late 18th/early 19th-century manuscript ownership signature of John Edmondson of Liverpool, close-trimmed with some cropping at head and to fore-margin notes, several leaves torn with occasional text loss and repaired, dust-soiling, browning and some spotting, modern half calf, gilt decorated spine with maroon morocco title label, small folio (26.5 x 17 cm), together with:Book of Common Prayer. The Book of Common Prayer: and Administrations of the Sacraments, and other Rites & Ceremonies of the Church, according to the Church of England, London: printed by Robert Barker and by the Assignes of John Bill, 1639, title in red and black with woodcut border (repaired and strengthened to margins, lower 5 mm of margin at foot cropped), kalendar in red and black (verso of B1 with copious manuscript notes at foot), several woodcut initials, black letter text, bound with The Form and Manner of Making and Consecrating Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, and Assignes of John Bill, 1639, Psalms lacking title (R4), bound with defective Metric Psalms lacking title, worming and damp damage to lower gutter and lower inner corners mostly to 'Form and Manner' and throughout Metric Psalms (with some text loss, repaired), titles and text red-ruled throughout, some toning, dust-soiling, damp-staining and wear, pen and ink armorial pasted to front free endpaper, watercolour armorial, pen and ink initials T. W. and date 1648 to upper pastedown, 18th/early 19th-century calf with blind roll decoration to boards and upper board with shield outline in blind with the words 'Prayer Book 1639' in blind within, folioQTY: (2)NOTE:1. Wing B3622; ESTC R3118; Griffiths 1662 (pages 108-115).First edition as ultimately adopted by the Church of England, large-paper copy. Several hundred changes were made from the earlier versions of 1561 and 1604, ranging from a single word to the substitution of the Authorized Version of 1611 for the Great Bible of 1540 for all passages of scripture save the Psalms. Wing B3622 does not distinguish between royal folio (c. 40 cm) and demy folio (c. 29 cm) issues of this edition. In this edition 2E6 recto, line 6 ends 'God,' and tailpiece depicts a cupid's head. In another edition, 2E6 recto, line 6 ends 'full' and tailpiece depicts a vase and flowers (see ESTC R490141). Some copies may have an engraved frontispiece and plates (ESTC).2. STC16416, series 2/27; Griffiths 1639/2 (p.103).With one or two exceptions, such as the title page, this edition provided most of the sheets amended to form the draft of the 1662 edition; cp. entry & note for 1636/1 (Griffiths).

Augustine (Saint, Bishop of Hippo). [Certaine select prayers, gathered out of S. Augustines Meditations, which he calleth his private talke with God: also his Manuell, or booke of the contemplation of Christ, newly printed, corrected, and compared with an old auncient written copye, London: printed by John Daye, 1577], two parts in one, title A1 lacking, second part title present ('S. Augustines Manuell, or litle booke of the Contemplation of Christ...' with manuscript calculation written beneath title), title and each page of text enclosed in woodcut border, few woodcut initials with early colouring, final blank present with early manuscript notes and names Mary and Anthony Bissie, in addition to lacking general title (A1) also lacking leaves A7, A8, G1, M8, some light dust-soiling mostly at front and rear, occasional marks and light marginal fraying, later endpapers, upper pastedown worn and marked, contemporary calf with blind arabesque roundel to centre of boards, discreet repairs at head and foot, ties worn, 8vo (14 x 9.5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:STC 926. Probably not in fact by Augustine. Earlier editions of this work were published in 1574 and 1575 (STC 924 & 925).

Darwin (Charles). The Descent of Man, and selection in relation to sex, 2 volumes, 1st edition, mixed issue, London: John Murray, 1871, black and white illustrations in-text, small ink notation to front free endpaper verso of volume 1, bookplate to front pastedown of volume 2, hinges cracked or tender, original green blind-stamped cloth gilt, extremities rubbed, some marks, 8vo, together with:The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species, fourth thousand, London: John Murray, 1892, black and white illustrations in-text, uncut, original green blind-stamped cloth gilt, cloth a little spotted, 8vo, plusJournal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the countries visited during the voyage of H. M. S. 'Beagle' round the world, London: John Murray, 1889, frontispiece, modern armorial bookplate of Francis Grave to front pastedown, original pictorial green cloth gilt, extremities rubbed, 8vo, with 5 other books by and about DarwinQTY: (9)NOTE:Freeman 937 & 938.The first work is a mixed issue, with volume one a second issue and volume two a first issue.

Foxe (John). [Actes and monuments of matters most speciall and memorable, happening in the Church, with an universall history of the same. Wherein is set forth at large the whole race and course of the Church, from the primitive age to these latter times of ours, with the bloudy times, horrible troubles and great persecutions against the true Martyrs of Christ, sought and wrought as well by Heathen Emperours, as now lately practised by Romish Prelates, especially in this Realme of England and Scotland. Now againe, as it was recognised, perused, and recommended to the studious reader by the Author Maister John Foxe], 5th edition, 2 volumes, London: Peter Short, 1596-97, woodcut title to volume 2 (lacking in volume 1), lacking all woodcut inserts (Windsor plate replaced in facsimile), numerous woodcut illustrations, volume 2 with small areas of repair to lower corners of margins and erasure of previous ownership inscriptions to Aaaa2, volume 1 with first 3 leaves and last few leaves with repaired outer margins, ownership inscription of 'Mary Hope, May 1659' to lower margin of 2nd volume title page, bookplate of Willaim Horton Esq, Chaderton to front pastedowns to each volume, endpapers renewed, volume 1 rebacked with only upper board preserved, volume 2 bound in matching modern dark calf, blind stamped borders to upper boards gilt lettering to spines, folio QTY: (2)NOTE:STC 11226 (and 11226a for the second volume). A handsome copy of the 1596-97 edition of Foxe's Book of Martyrs, the first produced following his death in 1583, and containing the six-verse encomium in memory of the author by John Hopkins, included at the end of the preliminary leaves to volume 1.

Bible [English]. [The Holy Byble, conteynyng the Olde Testament, and the New. Set foorth by aucthoritie, Imprinted at London by the assignement of Christopher Barker, Her Maiesties prynter, 1578], lacking general title (supplied in pen and ink facsimile, incorrectly dated 1574), New Testament title present with woodcut border (fore-edge and lower margin strengthened to verso), Apocrypha title with woodcut illustration (torn to lower margin and repaired), part titles with woodcut illustrations, woodcut decorative initials, double column black letter text, hole to final leaf of Psalms with text loss to verso (repaired), without the double-page map and engraving of the Tabernacle (as issued), some other repairs mostly to margins of final 3 leaves (final leaf of Revelation and tables, some headlines shaved with loss, occasional slight worming and small hole through several preliminary leaves at centre and fore-edge with slight loss of text and few wormholes to last few leaves, light toning and occasional marks, facsimile of map from 1574 edition and an engraved portrait of Matthew Parker bound in at beginning, and 5 inserted leaves at front of volume of manuscript notes relating to Grigg family members, front pastedown with leather ownership label of William Grigg of Bristol dated 1814 (offset to front free endpaper), cloth hinge repairs, all edges gilt, 19th-century diced and blind-decorated calf, rebacked preserving spine, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Herbert 155; Darlow & Moule 116; STC 2124.Bishops' version. This edition (the 5th folio Bishops' edition), though the book was entirely reset and issued by another printer, agrees closely with No. 137 (the 1574 printing of the Bishop's version which is the 3rd folio edition).

Comes (Natalis). [Natalis Comitis mythologiae sive explicationis fabvlarvm libri decem. In qvibvs omnia prope natvralis et Moralis Philosophiæ dogmata in Veterum Fabulis contenta fuisse perspicue demonstratur. Opus cuiusvis Facultatis studiosis perutile ac prope necessarium..., Padova: Paolo Frambotto, 1637], half-title (repaired tears with loss and with manuscript annotation to verso), lacks title and all leaves after p. 560, illustrations to text plus folding chart (with short closed repaired tear), some manuscript annotation to a few leaves, modern vellum, gilt lettering to spine, 8vo, together with: Alamanni (Luigi). La Coltivazione, Del Sig. Lvigi Alamanni, E Le Api, Del S. Giovanni Rvcellai, Gentilhuomini Fiorentini Con Aggiunta Delli Epigrammi Del Medesimo Alamanni, Et Di Alcune Brevi Annotazioni Sopra Le Api, Florence: Filippo Giunti, 1590, some woodcut initials, manuscript annotations to verso of front blank and rear endpaper, ownership bookplates of Jacobj Manzoni and Matthew Weld Harstonge to front pastedown, 19th-century vellum, git decorated spine with morocco title labels, 8vo, plus Ricci (Bartolomeo). Apparatus Latinae locutionis ex M.T. Cicerone, Caesare, Sallustio, Terentio, Plauto, ad Herennium, Asconio, Celso, ac de re rustica, per Bartholomaeum Riccium Lugiensem in suum ordinem descriptus, Cologne: Johann Gymnich, 1535, ownership inscriptions to title, minor paper flaw to p. 127, p. 629-633 with tears to lower outer corner, worming to first and last few gatherings, lacking endpapers, upper hinge cracked, library bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, rubbed, worn and wormed, lacking clasps, 8vo, and Clüver (Philipp). Philippi Cluverii Introductio In Universam Geographiam tam Veterem, quam Novam: Multis locis emendata, memorabilibus locorum Illustrata Et XXXIIX. Tabulis Geographicis aucta..., Wolfenbüttel: Conrad Buno, 1661, 5 tipped in charts and diagrams, some modern colour underlining to text, library stamps to title, manuscript annotations to front pastedown to rear pastedown, lacking front endpapers, contemporary limp vellum, stained, small 4to QTY: (4)

Early Bible Leaves. A volume containing six leaves from the octavo New Testament translated by Richard Taverner, London: printed by Thomas Petyt for Thomas Berthelet, 1539, comprising folios 109-112, 117 and 118 from St. John's Gospel, black letter text, some repaired/strengthened to gutter and fore-margins, with recent printed explanatory leaves at front (dated 2010), modern calf with blind decorative motives to boards, small slim 8vo (15 x 10.5 cm), together with:Day (John, publisher). [A Booke of Christian Prayers, collected out of the auncient writers, and best learned in our tyme, 1st edition, London: John Day, 1578], leaves D1-2F4 (comprising 100 leaves only of 138), woodcut borders to each leaf depicting scenes from the scriptures concluding with Holbein's 'Dance of Death', black letter text, lower outer corner of 2A1 torn with slight loss of border, occasional damp-stains, light dust-soiling, bookplate of Zion Research Library to upper pastedown dated 1948, modern half calf with gilt decorated spine over 19th-century boards, small 8vo (17.2 x 12 cm),Psalter. The Psalter portion from The booke of Common Prayer, and administracion of the sacramentes, London: Richard Jugge & John Cawood, 1559 or 1560, comprising 94 leaves, A-L8, M7, lacking title (A1) and final leaf (M8), black letter text, armorial bookplate of Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773-1843), front free endpaper with bookplate of S. Lothrop Thorndike and also the Zion Research Library, 19th-century black half morocco, upper board near detached, low joint cracked, slim 8vo (18 x 12.7 cm, issued as part of the Book of Common Prayer either in 1559 - STC 16293 or 1560 (not shown in STC), plus Psalter. The first 8 leaves (including title) of the Whitchurch Psalter issued to accompany the 1549 Book of Common Prayer and subsequently in the 1550 Great Bible, woodcut border to title, title and text in red and black, some dust-soiling, 20th-century half calf, slim 8vo (20.5 x 14.5 cm), plus five other volumes containing fragments or portions of the Book of Common Prayer, Psalter, and Genealogies by John Speed etc., dating from circa 1580-1641QTY: (9)

* Henley Regatta. Dickinson & Foster (publishers), Temple Island, April 14th 1894, a large uncoloured photogravure on India wove after Henry Jermyn Brooks, remarque in the lower margin of a pair of crossed oars, signed in pencil 'Dickinson', blind stamp of the Print Sellers Association, proof before title, some spotting and water staining, 670 x 1100 mm, together with After the Race. April 14th 1894, a large uncoloured photogravure on India wove after Henry Jermyn Brooks, remarque in the lower margin of a pair of crossed oars, signed in pencil 'Dickinson', blind stamp of the Print Sellers Association, proof before title, some spotting and water staining, laid on later card, 670 x 1100 mmQTY: (2)