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Edward Gibbon, London 1727, a George I silver blind mustard, pear shaped baluster form with moulded band to the body, the lid engraved with foliate fronds and arcading, 11.5cm high, 2.79ozt Note: see the Colman Collection, number 1, for an example of an early mustard of the same design by the same maker
A George III brass mounted mahogany table clock Thomas Hunter Junior, London, circa 1775 The five pillar twin fusee bell striking movement with trip hour repeat and fine asymmetric rococo foliate scroll and engraved backplate centred with a basket of flowers, the 7 inch single sheet silvered brass break-arch dial with calendar aperture and fine engraved signature Tho’s Hunter Jun’r, LONDON to the centre within Roman numeral chapter ring with Arabic five minutes to outer track, with pierced steel hands beneath subsidiary Strike/Silent selection dial to arch, the bell top case with hinged brass carrying handle and four pineapple finials to the gilt brass rococo scroll mount fronted superstructure over cavetto top mouldings, the front with conforming cast upper quadrant frets and raised mouldings bordering the glazed dial aperture to the door flanked by cast female caryatid applied canted angles, the sides with fillet moulded circular above conforming concave topped rectangular side windows, the rear with break-arch blind panel inset rectangular door set within the frame of the case, on cavetto moulded skirt base with brass ogee bracket feet, 49cm (19.25ins) high excluding handle. Thomas Hunter junior is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as apprenticed 1734 gaining his freedom in 1742, he worked from New Broad Street Buildings, was appointed Warden in 1762 then served as Master in 1765, he died in 1785.
A French Louis XV style ormolu mantel clock Raingo Freres, Paris, circa 1870 The eight-day circular two train countwheel bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by disc bob pendulum with silk suspension, the backplate stamped with serial number 2916 over RAINGOFRERES, Paris roundel, the circular engine turned silvered brass Roman numeral dial incorporating curved vacant arched name panel between the winding holes and with blued steel hands within concentric gilt bead cast bezel, the waisted cast rococo case with leafy surmount over scalloped dial surround and blind lattice panel decorated sides over conforming apron panel to front and on generous foliate scroll cast and chased supports, the rear with hinged circular fretwork cover, 51cm (20ins) high.
Kenneth Maclennan, London. A late 18thC mahogany and flame mahogany longcase clock, the shaped hood with a blind fret flanked by orb finials, above partially gilt highlighted columns and an arched long flame mahogany trunk door, above a further flame mahogany panel, on bracket feet, the 29cm W arched dial with raised spandrels, signed, 26cm Dia. silvered Roman numeric and Arabic chapter ring, subsidiary minute hand, date aperture and strike/silent feature, 8-day movement, 223cm H.
An early George III mahogany kneehole desk, the moulded edge top with part crossbanding and inlaid with ebonised stringing, above an arrangement of nine drawers, the central one with a baize lined sliding writing surface, above a fielded panelled cupboard door enclosing a shelf, with foliate carved brackets and flanked by 'Chinese Chippendale' blind fret canted angles, on bracket feet, 74.9cm high, 131cm wide, 55.6cm deep.
Dieffenbach (Ernest). Travels in New Zealand; with Contributions to the Geography, Geology, Botany, and Natural History of that Country, 2 volumes, John Murray, 1843, 4 tinted lithographic plates including frontispieces, 1 engraved plate, 4 pp. advertisements, lithographic plates toned, front free endpapers marked, volume 1 rear inner hinge cracked, original green cloth, spines and extremities sunned, spine-ends frayed, tipped bumped, small tear to volume 1 front board, together with: Meade (Herbert), A Ride through the Disturbed Distrcts of New Zealand; together with Some Account of the South Sea Islands, 1st edition, John Murray, 1870, 4 chromolithographic plates including frontispiece, 2 maps (1 folding), 32 pp. advertisements, old ink-stamp to title-page, inner hinges partially cracked, original pictorial cloth gilt, foot of spine marked from removal of label, short split to head of rear joint, [Wakefield, Edward Jerningham], The Hand-Book for New Zealand: consisting of the most Recent Information. Compiled for the use of Intending Colonists, 1st edition, John W. Parker, 1848, 2 pp. advertisements, original cloth, spine faded, [ Maning, Frederick Edward], Old New Zealand: being Incidents of Native Customs and Character in the Old Times, 1st edition, Smith, Elder and Co., 1853, ownership inscription dated Dunedin, 1870 to title-page, original blind-stamped cloth, short split to head of front joint, Shortland (Edward), Maori Religion and Mythology, 1st edition, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1882, ink-stamps to title-page and a few margins, associated library plate to front pastedown, inner hinges cracked, original cloth, and 8 other 19th-century works on New Zealand including emigrant handbooks, all original cloth, 8vo (Qty: 14)NOTESDieffenbach's work not in Abbey.
Stowe. A Description of the House and Gardens of His Grace The Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, at Stowe, in the County of Buckingham, London: Calkin & Budd, 1838, original blindstamped cloth, 20th century inscription to front free endpaper 'To Miss Watkins from OER 11th/10/20 with best wishes', slightly rubbed, spine faded, slim 8vo (Qty: 3)NOTESThe volume is accompanied with a calling card and two-page love letter to Miss Watkins from Edgar Ryan, Concert Conductor (for Lady Pearson), The Blind Musicians Concert Party; the letter from the Crown Hotel, Oakham, 11th October 1920
Godwin (Francis). A Catalogue of the Bishops of England, since the first planting of Christian religion in this Island, together with a briefe History of their lives and memorable actions, so neere as can be gathered out of antiquity, London: George Bishop, 1601, black letter text, some underscoring, toning and occasional spotting, modern antique style half calf, gilt decorated spine with maroon morocco title label, marbled sides to boards, 8vo, together with [ Agard, Arthur & Powell, Thomas] , The Repertorie of Records: Remaining in the 4. Treasuries on the Receipt side at Westminster..., with a briefe introductiue Index of the Records of the Chancery and Tower ... as also, a most exact Calender of all those Records of the Tower..., London: B. Alsop & T. Fawcet for B. Fisher, 1631, some dampstaining and toning throughout, small cancelled inkstamp at foot of A2 and endpapers, 19th century boards, joints split and weak, worn, slim 4to, with Elstob (Elizabeth) , An English-Saxon Homily on the Birthday of St. Gregory: Anciently used in the English-Saxon Church. Giving an Account of Conversion of the English from Paganism to Christianity. Translated into Modern English, with Notes, London: Printed by W. Bowyer, 1709, engraved frontispiece (cancelled library stamp to verso and verso of final leaf of text), without front free endpaper, library stamps & labels to front pastedown, contemporary blind panelled calf, joints cracked, 8vo, plus [ Lowndes, William] , A Report Containing an Essay for the Amendment of the Silver Coins, 1695, short worm trail to fore-edge margins, modern quarter calf, gilt decorated spine, slim 8vo (Qty: 4)
Aynsley (Harriet Georgiana Maria Murray-). Our Visit to Hindostan, Kashmir, and Ladakh, 1st edition, W. H. Allen & Co., 1879, half-title, chromolithographic frontispiece (spotted, tissue-guard repaired), contemporary prize plate to front pastedown, all edges gilt, original red pictorial cloth gilt, spine faded, 8vo, together with: Younghusband (George John, & Frank E.), The Relief of Chitral, 1st edition, Macmillan and Co., 1895, 24 plates, maps and plans (2 folding), 4 pp. advertisements, W. H. Smith blind-stamp to front free endpaper, joints partially cracked but firm, original maroon pictorial cloth gilt, 8vo, and Younghusband (George John), Eighteen Hundred Miles on a Burmese Tat through Burmah, Siam, and the Eastern Shan States, 1st edition, W. H. Allen & Co., 1888, folding map frontispiece, 11 lithographic plates (of 12: lacking the plate facing p. 29), 48 pp. advertisements, contemporary prize plate, original red cloth, spine faded, marked, 8vo (Qty: 3)
Maitland (William). The History of London, from its Foundation by the Romans, to the Present Time. Containing a faithful relation of the Publick Transations of the Citizens... Parallels between London and other great cities; its Governments, Civil, Ecclesiastical and Military; Commerce, State of Learning... with the several accounts of Westminster, Middlesex, Southwark, and other parts within the Bill of Mortality, 1st edition, Printed by Samuel Richardson, 1739, folding engraved bird's-eye-view frontispiece, list of subscribers, full-page engraved views by W.H. Toms, including folding plates of St. Paul's Cathedral, St. Peter Westminster, and St. Martin in the Fields, some light offsetting from plates to adjacent leaf of text, c ontemporary calf, some wear with upper cover detached and rear joint cracked, large folio, together with Dart (John). West Monasterium. Or, The History and Antiquities of the Abbey Church of St. Peter's Westminster, 2 volumes, 1st edition, [1723/24], numerous engraved plates by J. Cole, including some double-page, list of subscribers to each volume, including two leaves of copper engraved coats of arms of the subscribers at front of second volume, the second plate with closed tear within the image, without loss, ex libris Nathaniel Oldham, circa 1700-1740, the son of a dissenting minister who inherited a large fortune and was a collector of curiosities, and friend of Sir Hans Sloane, founder of the British Museum, edges stained red, contemporary gilt-decorated blind-panelled full calf, with oval engraved armorial to covers, heavily rubbed and some moderate wear, folio, plus Snelling (Thomas). Thirty Three Plates, of English Medals, by the late Mr. Thomas Snelling, sold by Thomas Snelling, Print Seller in Fleet Street, 1776, 33 copper engraved plates of medals, light waterstain to lower margins throughout, contemporary marbled wrappers, large slim 4to, and other antiquarian interest, various, including The Cricket Field: or, The History and the Science of Cricket, 1st edition, 1851, Arthur Young, The Farmer's Calendar, New Edition, 1804, Thomas Girtin, Liber Naturae or A Collection of Prints from the Drawings of Thomas Girtin, Engraved by Saml. W. Reynolds, about 1823-34, published by Neill & Son, Haddington, N.B./The Fine Art Society, 1883, with 13 (of 17), mezzotint plates only, india paper proofs, loose in portfolio, several 19th century small-format sketch books, a large folio Victorian scrap album, etc (Qty: 2 cartons)
Forbes (Edward & Hanley, Sylvanus). A History of British Mollusca, and their Shells, 4 volumes, London: John Van Voorst, 1853, large paper copy, 203 lithograph plates, all but 2 hand-coloured, many plates with manuscript numbers written to caption key, occasional light toning to text, ink stamp to endpapers, all edges gilt, near contemporary gilt and blind decorated red morocco, lightly rubbed, large 8vo (Qty: 4)
Wilde (Oscar). The Happy Prince and Other Tales. Illustrated by Walter Crane and Jacomb Hood, 2nd edition, David Nutt, 1889, 3 plates including frontispiece, spotting, ink-stamps to endpapers, corner of front free endpaper excised, original boards, soiled and worn, large portion of backstrip loose and laid in, 4to, together with: Rackham (Arthur, illustrator), The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels, 12 colour plates, frontispiece loose, original green pictorial cloth gilt, 8vo, Twain (Mark), Is Shakespeare Dead? From my Autobiography, 1st edition, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1909, 2 halftone frontispieces, title-page blind-stamped 'presentation copy', original cloth, 8vo, and approximately 400 others, mainly crime fiction and related including Edgar Wallace, Arthur Conan Doyle, H. G. Wells and similar, mainly reprints, original cloth, 8vo (Qty: 11)
Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar. Ruznamah-i safar-i Farangistan [Persian title], 1st edition, Tehran: Muhammad Hasan, Safar AH 1291 [i.e. 1874 CE], 207 pp., Persian types throughout, pages misbound in order 1-78, 84-95,156-9, 80-83, 96-155, 160-207, but all present, contents toned, a few spots and stains, first few leaves slightly chipped, pp. 6/7 repaired obscuring a few letters, pp. 180-1 strengthened in fore margin, paper restoration to lower inner corner of final leaf to loss of a few words, Persian manuscript annotations to blank recto of initial leaf, contemporary Persian sheep binding, stamped in blind, rubbed, portion of restoration to fore edge of rear board, 4to (26 x 19 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESFirst edition of Qajar ruler Nasir al-Din Shah's journal of his 1873 European tour, eleven copies traced in libraries world-wide, one copy appearing in auction records, in 1990. An English translation by James Redhouse was published the same year, with the title Diary of H.M. the Shah of Persia during his tour through Europe in A.D. 1873. The work is also known in Persian as the Safarnamah-i Humayuni .
Fore-Edge Painting. The Pocket Paragraph Bible, London: Religious Tract Society, [1877], folding engraved map frontispiece and two single-page maps, all edges gilt with later fore-edge painting of Mary with infant Jesus & John, contemporary blind embossed and decorated brown morocco, 12mo, together with Culpeper (Nicholas) , Culpeper's Complete Herbal, to which is now added, upwards of One Hundred Additional Herbs..., To which are now first annexed his English Physician Enlarged..., London: Richard Evans, 1814, engraved portrait frontispiece and 40 hand-coloured plates, some toning, occasional spotting and dust-soiling, modern half calf, red morocco title label to spine, 4to (Qty: 2)
Arabic manuscript. [Devotional manual], Ottoman territories: colophon signed Isma'il bin Mustafa, 1258 AH [i.e. 1842/3 CE], Arabic manuscript in black ink on laid paper, 110 leaves + blank, containing 2 main texts (folios 3b-20a, 20b-99b), both in naskh script by the same hand, 11 lines to the page, text framed in red, key-words and other textual markings in red, 2 decorative headpieces, 2 full-page illuminated architectonic vignettes, occasional damp-staining to upper margins, a few other marks, contemporary blind-stamped leather binding with envelope flap, small 8vo (14 x 9.5 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESThe two main texts are unnamed but are both manuals for Muslim worship. The copyist uses Turkish in the colophon, indicating an Ottoman provenance.
World War I; Mesopotamian Campaign. Summary of Papers dealing with Military Policy in Mesopotamia during the Period between the Battle of Ctesiphon (22nd November 1915) and the end of July 1916, 1st edition, Simla: Government Central Press, 1916, 97 pp. 3 folding tables to rear, original printed blue boards, cloth backstrip, front board slightly spotted and cockled, upper outer corner bumped, small portion of loss to paper at lower outer corner, 3 foolscap carbon typescript leaves laid in (transcribing a telegram from General Officer Commanding, Force D, to Chief of General Staff, dated 13 March 1916, blind stamp of India Office, secured with drawing pin), folio (33.1 x 20.6 cm), together with: An Account of the Operations of the 18th (Indian) Division in Mesopotamia December, 19178, to December, 1918, with ... an introductory note by Major-General Sir H. D. Fanshawe, 1st edition, St Martin's Press, [1919], 74 pp., mounted halftone portrait frontispiece, 7 folding battle plans, folding map, extra-illustrated with 2 gelatin silver print photographs (military group portraits), without the endpocket containing 20 photographs noted in some institutional copies, bookplate and ink-stamps of Frank Palmer-Stone, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, original blue quarter morocco, 4to (25.5 x 19.2 cm) , and 'Evidence before Mesopotamia Committee' [cover-title], approx 40 pp., excised from a single publication and containing legal depositions from Lieutenant-General Sir Percy Lake, later cloth, folio (31.6 x 20.6 cm) (Qty: 3)NOTESFirst item: very rare official report, marked 'secret' on the front cover; the imprint slug on the final leaf suggests that 100 copies only were printed, of which this is number 17; no copies traced in libraries world-wide or in auction records. OCLC traces seven copies world-wide for the second item, of which the author is identified in the introduction as Lieutenant-General W. E. Wilson-Johnston.
Rare Original Hand-Coloured CopyCo. Tipperary: "Ordnance Survey of the North Riding of the County of Tipperary," lg. atlas folio Dublin 1843. First Edn., 52 lg. double page hand coloured maps, (Nos. 43 & 49 never issued), in orig. full calf, with attractive blind tooled borders, and with gilt coat of arms, in v. good condition. (1)Provenance: Earl of Orkney, stamped in gilt on front cover.
A mid 18th Century black japanned longcase clock by William Harris of London, the 12ins square brass dial with wide silvered chapter ring with Roman and Arabic numerals, the matted dial centre with subsidiary seconds dial, date aperture and turned winding holes, the spandrels cast with putti holding aloft a crown, to the eight day two train movement striking on a bell, contained in black japanned case decorated in gilt with chinoiseries, the hood with moulded cornice and blind fret frieze and plain turned pillars, the trunk door decorated with pavilions, flowering trees and birds and with brass framed circular lenticule, on moulded plinth base, 83ins high Note: Several William Harris' recorded working in London; William (St Michaels Lane, London, 1720-1731), William (son of Francis William, London, apprenticed 1721, Clockmakers Company 1776), William (Aaron - son of William, London, apprenticed 1735, Clockmakers Company 1743-1773), or William Harris, London, apprenticed 1756
Helen Layfield Bradley (1900-79) blind stamped print, the work is typical of Bradley with a depiction of a busy Northern cityscape in the early 20th Century, she was a contemporary of L S Lowry, her narrative style works are known for featuring the same characters amidst the crowds, framed but unglazed, internal dimensions, 41 cm x 57 cm
A collection of cabinet cups and saucers, all highly decorated, attractive examples to include a hand painted Dresden cup of multi lobed form, a Royal Worcester 'Blind Earl' Earl of Coventry cup and saucer with naturalistic handle and raised decoration, and examples by Aynsley, Masons, Hammersley and Paragon (40+)
An attractive heavy metal blind stamp printing device, together with a brass stamp holder of ornate rococo form, a papier mache box with floral decoration and a Houses of Parliament London heavy desk ornament, together with a box depicting a ship at sea, small metalwork birds and assorted old coins including Cumberland Education Committee commemorative examples and a plastic match box holder with mythical sea creature holding a faux pearl (20+)
A late Victorian Chippendale style mahogany serving table, with pedestal cupboards, each mounted an urn shaped knife box, over frieze drawers and cupboard doors, the serving table with two frieze drawers and blind fret carved squared legs, table W.4ft 6in. D.2ft 2in. H.3ft; cupboards W.1ft 9in. D.2ft 2in. H.6ft
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