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Lot 84
Figural Union Cases, 1-161, Very Rare, front cracked and repaired, Littlefield, Parsons & Co, The Blind Beggar, circa 1859, 76mm x 64mm, Ambrotype, ninth-plate, seated young lady, tinted and gilded; 1-98, Scarce, VG Littlefield, Parsons & Co, Teasing her Dog, orMother Embracing Child, circa 1860, 95mm x 84mm, Tintype, sixth-plate, elderly gentleman and wife
Lot 35
Andy Warhol (1928-1987)The Nun, from Ingrid Bergman, 1983 (F. & S. II.314)screenprint in colours on Lenox Museum Board - numbered 215 from an edition of 250 (total edition includes 20 artist's proofs) with the printer's blind stamp Rupert Jasen Smith, New York.Published by Galerie Borjeson, Malmo, Swedenhand signed in pencil and numbered 215/250 lower right96½ x 96½cm (38 x 38in)Provenance: Taylor Gallery, Belfast; Private Collection Literature: Feldman-Schellmann II.314
Lot 11
W1; Partial Upper Coping Stone Return – This stone was removed from the south corner of the parapet’s west side. It stood as one of the highest points of the tower on top of Blind Tracery Upper Course Stones. Unlike other Upper Coping stones this one has a very distinctive angle owing to its location on the corner of the tower. Phase : 1 , Classification : Aidan Stone , Height : 11.11 in / 28.1cm , Length : 13.1 in / 33.2cm , Width : 11.6 in / 29.4.For further auction information regarding Durham Cathedral Stone Auction please click here https://www.andersonandgarland.com/durham-catalogue-further-details
Lot 12
W45; Lower Course Stone, Blind Tracery – Taken from the west side of the parapet from the outside of the stairwell. Two weathered quatrefoil designs are clearly visible in the blind tracery arches. Phase : 1 , Classification : Bede Stone , Height : 21.7in / 55.2cm , Length : 47.11in / 119.7cm , Width : 11.9in / 30.2cm.For further auction information regarding Durham Cathedral Stone Auction please click here https://www.andersonandgarland.com/durham-catalogue-further-details
Lot 2
N30; Pinnacle Shaft Stone – Taken from the north side of the parapet this stone supported the eastern Pinnacle Cornice Stone. Each of the four sides display examples of blind quatrefoil tracery. Phase : 1, Classification : Oswald Stone, Height : 16in / 40.7cm, Length : 26.7in / 67.8cm, Width : 26.7in / 67.8cm. For further auction information regarding Durham Cathedral Stone Auction please click here https://www.andersonandgarland.com/durham-catalogue-further-details
Lot 4
N10a; Upper Course Stone Return, Blind Tracery – This stone was taken from the north side of the parapet. This stone is carved with decorative motifs, you can see the half quatrefoil underneath the arch of the stone. Phase : 1 , Classification : Gregory Stone , Height : 16.7 in / 42.5cm , Length : 16.10 in / 43.2cm , Width : 14.2 in / 36.1cm. For further auction information regarding Durham Cathedral Stone Auction please click here https://www.andersonandgarland.com/durham-catalogue-further-details
Lot 5
N11; Upper Course Stone Half, Blind Tracery – This stone was taken from the north side of the parapet. Decorative quatrefoils were carved into the blind tracery arches of which only one is fully intact following the removal process. Phase : 1, Classification : Oswald Stone, Height : 21.3 in / 54.1cm, Length : 27.8 in / 70.6cm, Width : 13.10 in / 33.5cm.For further auction information regarding Durham Cathedral Stone Auction please click here https://www.andersonandgarland.com/durham-catalogue-further-details
Lot 7
N19a; Partial Upper Course Stone, Blind Tracery – This stone was taken from the north side of the parapet behind one of the Pinnacle shafts. A decorative half quatrefoil design can be seen on the inside of the stone. Phase : 1, Classification : Oswald Stone, Height : 21.1in / 53.5cm, Length : 17.4 in / 44.1cm, Width : 17.4 in / 44.1cm.For further auction information regarding Durham Cathedral Stone Auction please click here https://www.andersonandgarland.com/durham-catalogue-further-details
Lot 5
DR KATE ROBERTS / SIR KYFFIN WILLIAMS RA limited edition (37 / 265) Gregynog Press volume - 'Two Old Men and Other Stories' illustrated with twenty-six linocuts by Sir Kyffin Williams, dated 1981 to mark the 90th birthday of the author, In quarter black goatskin, blind rule, with grey buckram boards, titled with gold to spine Condition Report: very fine copy, preserved by owner in original grease-proof paper and slip-case (lifting to edge of slipcase only), to be viewed and handled by intending bidders only
Lot 104
A Good Quality Aneroid Barometer, c. 1880, French for the English market, engraved to the rear 'Leuchar's 38 Piccadilly, London' in heavy gilt-brass case, with blind fret and engraved decoration, silvered dial divided to 1/50th inch, weather predictions labelled in English, below 'Holosteric Barometer 2696'. Height measures 18cm.Note: Pressure tested and workingLeuchars was established at 47 Piccadilly, London in 1794 by James Leuchars. In 1820, the business moved to 38 Piccadilly shortly before James Leuchars died in 1823.Lucy Leuchars, James’ widow, continued the business under the name of L. Leuchars. In 1837, the same year as Queen Victoria came to the throne, the firm was awarded the Royal Warrant for their supply of dressing cases to the royal family.Expanding to 39 Piccadilly in 1841, the name had now changed to Lucy Leuchars & Son; the ‘Son’ referring to William Leuchars. After Lucy’s death in 1847, William gained sole responsibility for the business. Leuchars exhibited and won prize medals for his dressing cases at the Great Exhibition of 1851 and the International Exhibition of 1862, winning a further silver medal at the International Exposition of 1867 in Paris.In 1870, under the name of Leuchars & Son, William Leuchars along with his son, also called William, opened a further shop at 2 Rue de la Paix in Paris. When William Sr died in 1871, William Jr took control of the business, later winning a gold medal for their dressing cases at the International Exposition of 1878 in Paris.In 1884, Leuchars moved their existing manufactory from 31 Gerrard Street, Soho, London to 8 Sherwood Street, Golden Square, London.William Jr finally agreed to sell the business, along with their Sherwood Street manufactory, to Asprey in 1888. Leuchars continued to trade from their 38 & 39 Piccadilly address until 1902.
Lot 29
Two pairs of cotton type Romo "Pashka" turquoise and yellow lined curtains with taped pencil pleat headings, one pair approx 135 cm drop x 196 cm wide at bottom, the other approx 146 cm drop x 300 cm wide at bottom together with a matching pelmet, double bedspread and two tablecloths together with a pair of cotton Monkwell "Tamburlaine" cream and terracotta lined curtains with taped pencil pleat headings approx 155 cm drop x 134 cm wide at bottom together with matching blind and pelmet together with a quantity of other various curtains CONDITION REPORTS Romo "Pashka" - Fair - general wear and tear Monkwell - Fair - some sun fading
Lot 112
Tolstoy (Count Lev Nikolayevich "Leo") Anna Karenina, 2 vol., first Constance Garnett-translated edition, 'Presentation copy' blind stamps to titles, portrait frontispieces (a little foxed), ink ownership inscriptions to endpapers, original cloth, spines darkened, spine ends and corners a little bumped, 8vo, 1901.⁂ The rare first edition of Constance Garnett's translation (and the second English translation overall), which would become one of the most popular translations for much of the 20th century. We can trace no other copy online or at auction.
Lot 333
VICTORIA: (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom Great Britain & Ireland 1837-1901.A good D.S., Victoria R I, as Queen, at the head, three pages, folio, Court at St. James's, 20th November 1854. The manuscript document approves the appointment made by the King of the Belgians for Alfred Lloyd Fox 'to be His Vice Consul at Falmouth'. Countersigned at the conclusion by George Villiers (1800-1870) 4th Earl of Clarendon, English Diplomat & Statesman, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1853-58. With blind embossed paper seal affixed. An attractive and clean document, VG Alfred Fox (1794-1874) British Businessman, a member of the Quaker Fox family of Falmouth and owner and developer of Glendurgan Garden. As well as acting as Consul in Falmouth for Belgium, Fox also served as Vice Consul of the United States of America (1858-65), Russia, Italy, Greece, Brazil, Mexico and other countries.
Lot 323
CHARLES I: (1600-1649) King of England, Scotland & Ireland 1625-49. A fine D.S., Charles R, as King, at the head, one page (vellum), oblong folio, Palace of Westminster, 17th May 1634. The manuscript document is addressed to Sir William Duedale, Knight Treasurer of the Chamber, and is a warrant for the payment of wages to Thomas Flooyd, a trumpeter appointed to replace the late John Smith, and states, in part, 'Whereas wee have appointed Thomas Flooyd to bee one of our Trumpetors in ordinary in the place of John Smith and have allowed him for his attendance in our service the wages of eight pence p[er] diem. These are therefore to will and command you out of our treasure remaynig in yo[u]r custody from time to time to paie….the said Thomas Flooyd….the said wages of eight pence p[er] diem from the time of the death of John Pendry late one of our Trumpetors during the naturall life of the said Thomas Flooyd att the foure usuall feastes or termes of the yeare. That is to saie, att the feast of the nativitie of St John Baptist St Michael Tharchangell the birth of our Lord God and Thannunciat[i]on of the blessed virgin Mary by even and equall port[i]ons……' With blind embossed paper seal affixed. Some light overall age wear and with three original corrections to the text where certain words and passages were neatly erased and replaced. VG The present document is of interest in so much as that it provides the names of three of King Charles I's musicians.
Lot 339
ELIZABETH II: (1926- ) Queen of the United Kingdom 1952- . D.S., Elizabeth R, as Queen, at the head, two pages, folio, Court at St. James's, 21st June 1977. The partially printed document, completed in typescript, is a remission document addressed to the Magistrates for the North Westminster Division of the Inner London Area and pardons Jean Moyo of the fine of £10 imposed upon her following her conviction at the Wells Street Magistrates' Court on 17th February 1977 for 'unlawfully causing a vehicle to wait in a restricted street during the prescribed hours', contrary to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967. Countersigned at the conclusion by Merlyn Rees (1920-2006) British Politician, Home Secretary 1976-79. With blind embossed red paper seal affixed. Some light creasing, otherwise VG
Lot 369
JOSEPH II: (1741-1790) Holy Roman Emperor 1765-90, King of the Romans 1764-90 and King of Hungary and Croatia, King of Bohemia 1780-90. Joseph II was the eldest son of Empress Maria Theresa and her husband, Emperor Francis I, and the brother of Marie Antoinette. D.S., Joseph, as Emperor, two pages, folio, Vienna, 31st July 1766, in German. The manuscript document is addressed to Heinrich von Bibra and announces the appointment of Count von Pergen as a minister plenipotentiary and also states 'In his stead, the highborn, faithful Royal Count Leopold von Neipperg who loves Our Graceful Emperor and Our Empire will take the position as Our minister plenipotentiary' and requests that von Bibra grants the new minister 'the same access and attention as his predecessor, if he has something to bring forward from time to time'. Countersigned at the conclusion by two individuals including Franz Georg von Leykam. With the original folio envelope wrappers bearing a large blind embossed paper seal. A few neat slits and a lengthy, neat split to the central vertical fold, none of which affect the text or signatures. About VG Heinrich von Bibra (1711-1788) Heinrich VIII of Fulda. Prince-Bishop of Fulda 1759-88. Johann Anton von Pergen (1725-1814) Austrian Diplomat and Statesman, one of the most influential individuals in the reformist administration of Joseph II. Count Leopold von Neipperg - Austrian Diplomat who, in 1760, invented a letter copying machine sometimes regarded as the first working typewriter. Father of Adam Albert, Count von Neipperg (1775-1829) Austrian General and Statesman who married Napoleon's widow, Empress Marie-Louise, in 1821.
Lot 86
CINEMA: Small selection of vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photographs by various film actresses comprising Grace Kelly (the signature a little weak and with only fair contrast; photograph by Bud Fraker and bearing his credit stamp to the verso), Deborah Kerr and Anne Baxter (the signature faded; photograph by John Engstead and bearing his blind embossed stamp to the lower right corner), together with a further selection of 8 x 10 photographs, each signed and inscribed by secretaries on behalf of the film stars, subjects include Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis, William Holden etc. Some of the signatures are faded. All of the photographs have small pinholes to the corners of the white borders, resulting in some small areas of paper loss, and all have surface creasing, a few small tears and other faults. Generally FR, 8
Lot 368
AUGUSTUS OF SAXE-WEISSENFELS: (1614-1680) Lutheran Administrator of the Archbishopric of Magdeburg 1638-80. A fine ink signature on a good oblong 8vo portion removed from the conclusion of a document, dated 31st May 1652 and bearing a countersignature and two blind embossed paper seals at the foot. With several manuscript lines of text to the verso. Lightly mounted at the left edge to a folio sheet beneath a slightly smaller portion of manuscript text removed from the head of the document. Some very light, minor uniform discoloration, otherwise about VG
Lot 322
JAMES VI & I: (1566-1625) King of Scotland (as James VI) 1567-1625 and King of England & Ireland 1603-25. A fine D.S., James R, as King, at the head, one page, folio, 13th January 1622. The manuscript document is addressed to Sir Duncan Campbell and recommends the bearer to Campbell, requiring that he may assist him. With integral address leaf addressed ‘To our trustie and wel beloved Sr. Duncan Campbell’ and with a good blind embossed paper seal affixed. With a few neat slits to the left margin, not affecting the text or signature, and some minor, light areas of dust staining to the integral address leaf, otherwise about EX Sir Duncan Campbell (1597-1645) 2nd Baronet and 6th Lord of Auchinbreck. Commander of the Marquess of Argyll, Archibald Campbell’s troops (Covenanters) in Ireland.
Lot 286
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE: A small, interesting selection of A.Ls.S. etc., relating to the Cape of Good Hope comprising a manuscript document issued by the Dutch East India Company in 1702 (?) bearing various signatures and an attractive red wax seal and blind embossed VOC seal, with detached blank integral leaf and address panel (?) also bearing a red wax seal; an A.L.S. V. L. Cameron, General, by Verney Lovett Cameron (1844-1894, African Explorer, assisted David Livingstone in 1873 and became the first European to cross equatorial Africa from sea to sea, 1875), two pages, 8vo, The Castle, Cape Town, 6th June 1893, to Captain Jardine, thanking his correspondent, the officers and members of the Cape Town Highlanders for their congratulations and commenting 'you may rely on my always doing all that in me lies to promote the welfare & efficiency of the Volunteer Force on whose preparedness to meet the attack the safety of Cape Town may some day largely depend'; an A.L.S., Colquhon Grant, by Sir Colquhon Grant (1764-1835, British Lieutenant General, a member of David Baird's expedition to the Cape of Good Hope in 1806 where he was wounded in action at the Battle of Blaauwberg), four pages, 4to, Elizanda, Valley of Eastern Pyrenees, 15th October 1819, to Captain Cloete of the 15th Kings Hussars, explaining the reasons for the delay in replying to his correspondent's letter and continuing to express his opinions of Cloete's future, based also upon correspondence with his father, 'I also have received letters from your worthy Father since my arrival in this country. It was my wish to communicate with you on the subject of them, but a multiplicity of anxious (?) affairs has heretofore prevented me. Your Father, I am sorry to observe, seems determined not to make you any future allowance, & it must be admitted that he has been already exposed to a heavy expense on your account. An expense for which he was not only little prepared, but even never anticipated when you originally entered into the Hussars. You must be sensible that his conduct towards you has been Fatherly & remarkably handsome. You are therefore, & on every account, implicitly bound to follow his advice, & the more particularly so, as it appears, that advice corresponds with your own judgment, for you admit it is altogether impossible for you to exist with credit, or respectability, on your Regimental pay. Under those circumstances, I am already of opinion that, when an eligible opportunity of exchange offers, you ought in justice to yourself, & to your family, to embrace it with alacrity'; and an A.L.S., F. Eardley-Wilmot, by Frederick Eardley-Wilmot (1812-1877, British Major General), three pages, 4to, Observatory, 8th August 1846, to Lieutenant Colonel Cloete, stating that he has been reading the dispatches and is anxious to receive a further account of the attack on Macomo, further criticising some of the reports that he has read in the newspapers ('Seriously, it is something to get out of an Editor that he will investigate a thing when the truth is quietly pointed out to him'), referring to a visit to Cloete's mother and also continuing 'The attempted assassination of Louis Phillipe fills the English papers. Provisions become dirt cheap down at Cape Town: the marked glutted with Rice…..a merchant told me that many will suffer very greatly, who have speculated in that article', further writing of mutual acquaintances including Revd. George Childe, the new Astronomical Assistant, who 'took the highest Mathematical honours of his year, at Oxford, and will soon make up his leeway as far as the practical part, and the manipulation of instruments, are concerned' and also remarking 'What a curious “heading” was put to the “Govt. Advertt.” Which contained Somerset's dispatch! Not very high commendation that “the conduct of the Troops is justly entitled to commendation” - where was the loose screw? Those 3 guns for the Chiefs was a queer concern and one which would rather astonish His Excy. I should think. Did he recongnise the act, or follow the yankee fashion, and repudiate?' With integral address panel marked Private. Some light age wear, generally G to VG, 4 Abraham Josias Cloete (1794-1886) Afrikaner General in the British Army who served as Quartermaster-General in the Xhosa Wars of 1846.
Lot 321
PHILIP II OF SPAIN: (1527-1598) King of Spain 1556-98, King of Portugal 1581-98 and jure uxoris King of England and Ireland 1554-58 by his marriage to Queen Mary I ('Bloody Mary'). D.S., Yo El Principe, as Prince of Asturias, one page, large folio, Valladolid, 10th May 1554, in Catalan. The manuscript document was issued in response to a request from the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles I, and the Attorney General, Don Francisco Burgues, and instructs the Captain General of the Kingdom of Mallorca to immediately comply with and attend to any request, demand or deed relating to the Royal Patrimony department. With a blind embossed paper seal affixed to the verso (some staining, which has also caused a circular stain slightly affecting part of the body of text to the recto). Some light overall age wear and a few minor areas of paper loss to the edges, some repaired, although none affecting the signature, G The present document is signed a little over a few months before Philip II’s reign as King of England commenced on 25th July 1554.
Lot 373
WILHELM I: (1797-1888) King of Prussia 1861-88 and the first German Emperor 1871-88. D.S., Wilhelm, as King of Prussia, one page, folio, Berlin, 17th October 1879, in German. The partially printed document confirms the appointment of Baron Christian von Massenbach of Poznan to be Vice President of the Government in Schleswig and states, in part, 'It was done with the confidence that the new Vice President Baron von Massenbach will continue to be devoted to Us and Our Royal House, and that he will fulfil the duties of the office entrusted to him with great zeal. In return he will enjoy Our utmost support and protection regarding the rights associated with his current office'. Signed by the King at the foot alongside a blind embossed seal. With blank integral leaf. Some very light, extremely minor age wear to the edges, otherwise VG
Lot 342
GEORGE III: (1738-1820) King of the United Kingdom 1760-1820. D.S., George R. (a ‘mad’ example), as King, at the head, three pages, folio, Court at Saint James’s, 26th March 1808. The manuscript document is a License relating to John Tulloch and states, in part, ‘To all commanders of Our Ships of War and Privateers…..Greeting, whereas John Tulloch of London on behalf of sundry Commanders of Vessels navigating under Kniphausen, Papenburg, Hamburg, Luber, Bremen and Oldenburg Flags, Prays Our Royal Licence for permitting six vessels navigating under the said Flags (or the Flags of any neutral Power which may retain its Sovereignty and which they may assume in case their own meets with Impediments or Restrictions in Ports they may lie in or be declared extinct by any of the Belligerent Powers in consequence of the Territory the ships belong to, being annexed to any of those States) to be employed for the space of six months in trading between the Ports of Our United Kingdom and Ports from which British vessels are excluded (with liberty to touch at a Swedish or Norwegian Port out and home) with such Goods as are allowed by Our order….We….are graciously pleased to direct the Commanders of all Our Ships of War and Privateers not to interrupt the said Vessels Trading….’ Countersigned (‘Hawkesbury’) at the conclusion by Robert Jenkinson (1770-1828) 2nd Earl of Liverpool, British Prime Minister 1812-27, Home Secretary 1804-06, 1807-09. With two certificates at the conclusion, the first signed by John Tulloch in London on 7th April 1808 and stating, in part, ‘This is to certify that the Kniphausen Vessel Anna Rebecca…..now lying at Lynn & bound on a Voyage to the Baltick is one of the Vessels not named in this Licence intended to take the benefit thereof’ and the second signed by Joseph James on 21st May 1808, certifying that the vessel Anna Rebecca is under convoy of His Britannic Majesty’s sloop Kite. With blind embossed paper seal affixed. Some light overall age wear and creasing and a few small holes and neat splits at the edges of the folds, only very slightly affecting a few words of text but not the signatures, G
Lot 90
NO RESERVE Murakami (Haruki) Kafka on the Shore, 2005; Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman, 2006; IQ84, 2011 § McEwan (Ian) Amsterdam, 1998; On Chesil Beach, 2007; Solar, 2010 § Barnes (Julian) The Sense of an Ending, 2011 uncorrected proof copy, original wrappers; and c.105 others, uncorrected proofs, 8vo (C.110)
Lot 62
James (Henry) What Maisie Knew, 16pp. advertisements, upper hinge starting, original first issue cloth with blind stamps tulips to upper cover, slight shelf-lean, 1897; The Real Thing, second issue cancel title, original cloth, spine browned, spine ends and corners a little bumped, extremities rubbed, New York, , 1893; In the Cage, bookplate to pastedown, original cloth, spine a little browned, light soiling, 1898, first or first American editions; and 9 others, James, 8vo (12)
Lot 288
A fine late 19th century figured walnut cased eight-day bracket clock, the domed top carved with acanthus-style leaves above a blind fret cornered by cast-metal finials modelled as flaming torches, the 15cm broken-arch dial with silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals and slow/fast dial within ornate gilded spandrels, the gilded movement signed Lenzkirch and individually numbered 251570 and striking on double gongs, (with pendulum and key), 39cm high x 27cm (widest)
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