Anon OFFICIAL ROLL OF HONOUR OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES IN WORLD WAR II 1939-1945 The Government of the Union of South Africa - 1952 Forward by the Governor General of the Union of South Africa E.G. JANSEN A full listing is given of all Europeans, Coloured and Native Servicemen who made the supreme sacrifice for their country: Killed in Action, Died of Wounds, Died on Service or were missing and death presumed. full leather blind stamped with wreath, title and coat of arms of the Union of South Africa on front cover board. Wear to corners and top and bottom of spine edges.44 by 34 cms Examples of the official Roll of Honour are seldom offered for sale.
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Signature of New Zealander Flight Lieutenant George Maurice Baird 248 Squadron Battle of Britain. On 29th October 1940 after shooting down a Dornier 215 his Blenheim was attacked by 3 Bf 109s. Flying blind Baird managed to crash his aircraft into the sea. The three survivors were made POWs enduring a long captivity that only ended on VE Day 1945. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.95
QUIN (Edward): 'An Historical Atlas: in a series of maps of the world as known at different periods...engraved by W Hughes...', London & Glasgow, Richard Griffin & Co, n.d. (circa 1845): New Edition: folio, pub. blind stamped brown cloth, recased: wood engraved maps, many folding, hand-coloured. (1)
THAMES TUNNEL: 'An Explanation of the Works of the Thames Tunnel, from Rotherhithe to Wapping...', London, sold at the tunnel, price 9 pence, 1862: 16th edition, 8vo, publishers blind ruled cloth boards, gilt title central to upper: 12pp text, full page plan, 3 further full-page plates (one with moveable onlay) and one further double-page plate. (1)
CATHEDRAL BINDING: 'The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacrements.., London, printed by George Eyre, 1844: tall 8vo, contemporary blind stamped black calf binding depicting the frontages of York Cathedral, gilt lettering to spine, aeg, corners a little bumped and some minor wear, inner joints neatly renewed, a good example. (1)
A mid to late 18th century mahogany Chippendale style single chair, the carved cresting rail over carved and pierced Gothic inspired splat on blind fret front legs with C-scroll ears and stop chamfered back legs, h. 98 cm, w. 58 cm, d. 56 cm CONDITION REPORT: Losses of moulding to bottom of front legs. Some ears broken. Re-polished. Condition commensurate with age.
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Complete atlas of modern, classical and celestial maps together with plans of the principal cities of the world..., published Thomas Letts, 1877, printed title, ninety-eight engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, most maps affected by a library blind stamp to lower right, last map (Japan) heavily dust soiled, all edges gilt, lacking boards and spine, last few leaves loose, folio, together with another volume from circa 1840 containing fifty-five engraved maps, twenty-five town plans and six celestial charts (only), several closed tears, some dust soiling throughout, a few maps trimmed to margins, lacking boards and spine, partially disbound, folio Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. (2)
Dozy (Reinhart). Het Islamisme, 1st edition, Haarlem: A. C. Kruseman, 1863, 14 lithographic plates including views of Mecca and Medina, light spotting to a few plates, bookplate of 'Wilhelm van Eys', possibly the Dutch philologist Willem van Eys (1825-1914) to front pastedown, inner hinges neatly reinforced, original purple cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and blind, spine sunned, light wear to corners, large 8vo (28 x 17.5 cm), together with Tischendorf (Constantin von), Anecdota sacra et profana ex oriente et occidente allata, sive Notitia codicum Graecorum, Syriacorum, Copticorum, Hebraicorum, Aethiopicorum, Latinorum ... editio repetita, emendata, aucta, Leipzig: Hermann Fries, 1861, 4 lithographic plates, spotting, closed tear to half-title, ink-stamp to title, leaves almost entirely unopened, contemporary half cloth, 4to Copac traces six copies of Dozy's pioneering study of Islam in UK libraries. (2)
Ship's Log Book - Sulivan. A manuscript logbook for the Sulivan, 5th Voyage, 1794, approximately 100 pages (and a number of blank leaves), mostly ruled in red, written in several neat copperplate hands, giving details of trademen's bills, including mention of: Taylor & Bail[e]y of Little Tower Street, London; work carrried out in Greenland Dock for Robert Williams Esqr & Owners of the Ship by Joseph Haycraft & Co. of Deptford; John & James Mangles, Ship-Chandlers, Oil-men & Manufacturers of Painters Colours, near Wappin New Stairs, London, who Sell Guns, Gunpowder & Shots; J. Cadley & Co. Leathermen; Curtis & Clarke Bakers; Joynes, Becket & Co. Brewers; Richard Joseph Peuterer; Richard Hill & Son Wax Lights; Richard Knight Grocer; Martin Brander Gun Maker; Pigou & Andrews Gunpowder; Ben Wood & Co Irish Provisions; Thomas Bird Distiller; Henry Slaney Pilot; Huffam & Son Riggers; Ann Oram Plumber; John Rixon Cooper; Robert Todd & Co Mastmakers; P. & J. Dolland Opticians; Ben Steinmetz Tallow Chandler; Batten & Glover Carvers; John Burr Boatbuilder; Hadley & Son Engine Makers; J. Pouncy Druggist, plus lists of wages paid for Commander, Midshipmen, Carpenters, Armourers, Butchers, Poulterer, Cooper, Boatswain, etc., occasional toning, sheet size 38 x 24cm, marbled endpapers, red sprinkled edges, contemporary blind-panelled vellum, some light soiling and marks, gilt lettered red morocco label on spine, with manuscript date 1794 above, folio A fascinating ledger, listing materials for work carried out (Boltrings, Cold Chisels, Iron Cheeks for head, Deck Nails, Port Shackle, Black Oakum, etc.) and repairs made (Repairing the Large Ship Bell Claper, 2 new speaking Trumpets, Taking to Pieces the Large Ship Jack, Turning 10 Pillars, Tarring the Tops and Tar, etc.). The Sulivan (or Sullivan) was launched in 1782 as an East Indiaman. She made five voyages for the British East India Company, and on two occasions provided transport for military expeditions. In 1794 her commander, Captain Pouncy, died, and Captain Sampson Hall was appointed Commander of the ship. War with France had broken out in 1793 and the preparations to the ship documented in this log were presumably in reponse to government orders to join 38 other Indiamen as transports for an attack on Mauritius. In the event this did not come about, and Captain Hall sailed from Portsmouth on 2nd May 1794, bound for China, arriving at Whampoa on 13th October. (1)
Bible [English]. The Bible: That is, the Holy Scriptures conteined in the Olde and New Testament: Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in divers languages. With most profitable annotations upon all the hard places, and other things of great importance, Imprinted at London by the Deputies of Christopher Barker, 1595, General and New Testament titles present, both with decorative woodcut headpiece and printer's device, blank leaf A1 present before General title, woodcut illustrations and decorative initials, Apocrypha present, D3 torn at foot with loss of few words, H8 with long closed tear, 3A4 torn with loss of upper outer third of leaf, lower outer corner of 3L5 torn with loss and strengthening repair to fore-edge margin, bound with an incomplete Book of Common Prayer at front, with initial eight leaves detached and frayed to edges, bound with at rear The Whole Booke of psalmes, collected into English meetre, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others..., London: Printed by John Windet for the Assignes of Richard Day, 1594, printer's woodcut device to title, final leaf at rear detached and frayed to margins, some dust-soiling and few marks throughout volume, some light marginal fraying, early 18th century blind panelled calf, boards detached and some wear to extremities, lacking clasps, 4to Herbert 226; Darlow & Moule 174; STC 2166. (1)
Charles I. Eikon Basilike. The Pourtraicture of His sacred Maiestie in his Solitudes and Sufferings, [London: printed by John Grismond for Richard Royston], 1648 [i.e. 1649], [8], 269, [3]pp., first two words of title in Greek characters, with final blank leaf, without portrait and folding plate, some light dust-soiling, late 19th century/early 20th century sheep, rubbed, 8vo, together with [Hickes, George], The Gentleman Instructed, in the Conduct of a Virtuous and Happy Life. In Three Parts. Written for the Instruction of a Young Nobleman. To which is added, a Word to the Ladies, by way of Supplement to the first part, 5th edition, 1713, light dampstaining, contemporary panelled calf, joints split, 8vo, with Bible [New Testament], The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ..., London: Printed by Charles Bill and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb deceas'd, 1694, bound with The Whole Book of Psalms, Collected into English Metre by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others, London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1693, titles and borders red ruled throughout, some browning and dust-soiling, lacking front free marbled endpaper, contemporary blind decorated black morocco, extremities rubbed, 8vo, and Chamberlayne (Edward), Angliae Notitia: or the Present State of England, with divers remarks upon the Ancient State thereof, 21st edition, 1704, engraved portrait frontispiece, some spotting, contemporary panelled calf, gilt decorated spine with red morocco title label, joints split and worn at head & foot of spine, 8vo, plus other antiquarian, mostly 18th century For first work see F.F. Madan, New Bibliography of the Eikon Basilike, 2; Almack, 4 and Wing E272. Identified by Madan as the "second edition", with two square blocks added to title page and text reset; epigram has mis-spelling "mali" for "mala" on title page. (13)
Dickens (Charles). Works, Chapman and Hall, Limited, [circa 1880], 21 works in 14 volumes, half-title with Dickens's facsimile signature to each, etched frontispieces with tissue-guards, numerous etched plates (mostly 8 to each work), sporadic light spotting, damp-staining to plate margins in volume containing The Old Curiosity Shop and Oiver Twist and to rear free endpapers in the Christmas Books and Christmas Stories volume, contemporary ownership inscriptions to initial blanks, all edges gilt, contemporary hard-grain purple morocco, spines lettered and deocrated in gilt, gilt and blind fillets to covers enclosing geometric blind centrepieces, mild rubbing to extremities, spines slightly sunned, small section of wear to spine of Our Mutual Friend, scattered pale markings to covers, 8vo (17 x 11.5 cm) Cf. Gimbel D54. An attractive complete set of the Charles Dickens Edition, which first appeared in 1867. (14)
[Godwin, William.] The History of the Life of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, 1st edition, for the author, 1783, with the final blank (T8), contemporary ownership inscription 'Robert G. Ayerst' on slip mounted to front pastedown, title page slightly browned, contemporary sprinkled tan calf, red morocco label, joints cracked but holding, 8vo, together with Hamilton (Robert), The Progress of Society, 1st edition, John Murray, 1830, spotting to blanks and outer leaves, ownership inscriptions including that of agricultural writing A. W. Menzies Kitchin (dated 1924) to initial blank, gilt edges, contemporary calf, gilt spine, broad decorative frames in gilt and blind to sides, joints and extremities rubbed, 8vo Rothschild 1015 for the first work, which was Godwin's first published book. (2)
[Salmon, William.] The Works of Aristotle, in four parts, containing, I. His Complete Masterpiece ... to which is added The Family Physician ... II. His Experienced Midwife ... III. His Book of Problems ... IV. His Last Legacy ... a new and improved edition, printed for Miller, Law, and Carter, [1821], engraved portrait frontispiece dated 1821, 8 woodcuts to the text, sporadic light spotting, contemporary sheep, slightly rubbed, front joint split at foot, 12mo, together with: Gay (John), Elegant Edition of Fables, with the Life of the Author, T. Heptinstall, 1796, 2 volumes in 1, engraved title page and frontispiece, numerous vignettes by Rothwell and others, lacking engraved title and frontispiece of volume 2, contemporary tree calf, gilt spine, slightly front, foot of front joint split, 12mo; Cowper (William),[Poems, comprising:] Table Talk, and Other Poems; The Task; Minor Poems, 3 volumes, for John Sharpe by C. Whittingham, 1822, 21 engraved vignette titles after Westall, some slightly spotted and offset, gilt edges, contemporary buff calf, richly gilt spines, twin morocco labels, elaborate blind panels to sides enclosed by gilt and blind rolls, 12mo; and 10 others, 18th- and 19th century English and French literature, mainly leather-bound, 12mo Later London edition of the infamous manual of sex and pregnancy usually attributed to William Salmon (1644-1713). Sharpe's attractive edition of Cowper, with plates after Westall, first appeared in 1817-18. (15)
Schott (Gaspar). Magiae Universalis Naturae et Artis, Pars III (of 4) only, In IX Libros Digesta, quibus pleraq; quae in Centrobaryca, Mechanica, Statyca, Hydrostatica, Hydrotechnica, Aerotechnica, Arithmetica, & Geometria, sunt rara, curiosa, ac prodigiosa, hoc est, verŠ magica..., Thaumaturgus Mathematicus..., Bamberg: Joan. Arnoldi Cholini, 1672, additional engraved title, 21 engraved plates, spotting and some browning throughout text, bookplate of Thomas Boultbee Perkyns to upper pastedown, contemporary blind panelled calf, joints split and some wear to extremities, 4to (1)
Shakespeare (William). The Plays of William Shakspeare..., with Corrections and Illustrations of various Commentators. To which are added notes, by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens, revised and augmented by Isaac Reed, with a Glossarial Index, 21 volumes, 6th edition, 1813, half-titles, 78 engraved plates (including portrait frontispiece to volume 1), few engraved illustrations, four foling tables, occasional spotting and dampstains, together with Shakspeare Illustrated, by an assemblage of Portraits & Views, appropriated to the whole suite, of that Authors Historical Dramas; to which are added Portraits of Actors, Editors, &c., London: S. & E. Harding, 1793, 150 engraved plates (including frontispiece and title, occasional spotting, with Illustrations of Shakspeare, and of Ancient Manners: with Dissertations on the Clowns and Fools of Shakspeare..., and on the English Morris Dance, 2 volumes, 1807, titles in red & black, nine engraved plates (one folding, plate 1 misbound in volume 2), wood engraved illustrations by J. Berryman, some scattered spotting, plus An Index to the Remarkable Passages and Words made use of by Shakspeare; calculated to point out the different meanings to which the words are applied, by the Rev. Samuel Ayscough, 1790, occasional light spotting and some dampstaining towards rear of volume, each volume with later matching marbled endpapers, uniform contemporary calf with gilt & blind decorated borders to boards, all volumes professionally rebacked (in morocco), with elaborate gilt & blind decorated spines, contrasting morocco labels (numbered 1-25), corners neatly repaired, 8vo A handsome set. (25)
Starkey (George). Liquor Alchahest, oder ein Discurs von den unsterblichen Dissolvente oder der aufl”senden Materie des Paracelsi und Helmontii, 1st edition in German, Nuremberg: Johann Zieger, 1686, bound after: Amelung (Heinrich Christian), Chymische Untersuchung, von dem Unterscheid des Philosoph. und Mineralischen Antimonii, wie auch des Mercurii Philosophorum & vulgaris, 1st edition, Dresden: Michael Gnther, 1690, 2 works in 1 volume, woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials, spotting and browning, closely trimmed throughout, partially cropping pagination, running heads and the first line of the title in Starkey, and the last letter of each line in leaves B6 recto and C3 verso of Amelung, Starkey title page with additional chip in fore margin not affecting text, Amelung title page laid down and with the blind stamp of the British National Association of Spiritualists, contemporary sheep, gilt spine, worn overall, spine-label chipped, headcaps restored at an early date, 12mo (12 x 7 cm) Ferguson II p. 402 for the first edition of Starkey's text (London, 1675) and I pp. 30-1 for Amelung; DSB VI pp. 616-7 for Starkey. Sammelband of two rare 17th-century alchemical treatises, three copies of this edition of Starkey's work (BL, Glasgow, Manchester) and four copies of Amelung's (Sheffield, Strathclyde, UCL and Wellcome) found in UK libraries; neither traced in auction records. Starkey (1628-1665) was born on Bermuda but raised in North America, and studied at Harvard College before emigrating to London and joining the circle of Samuel Hartlib. His works 'became classics of alchemical literature' (DSB). Ferguson was unable to provide a biographical notice for Amelung, though his work is dedicated to nobleman Friedrich Adolph von Haugwitz (1637-1707) and contains over 30 extracts from Bernard Trevisan, Nicolas Flamel, and others. (1)
Pugin (Augustus Charles, 1769-1832). Pugin's Gothic Ornaments, selected from Various Buildings in England and France, drawn on Stone by J. D. Harding, 1st edition, [1828-]1831, bound with: Ornamental Gables selected from Ancient Examples in England, drawn on Stone by his Pupil B. Ferrey, 1st edition, 1831; and Examples of Gothic Architecture, consisting of Plans, Sections, Elevations and Details, Vol. 1 [of 3], 1st edition, [1831], 3 works in 1 volume, first work with lithographic title page, 2 letterpress leaves, 98 lithographic plates of 99 (lacking number 84; plates numbered 1-100 as 1 plate double-page), second work with lithographic title, 21 lithographic plates (of 30), lacking text leaves, third work with engraved title and 53 engraved plates (of 73; 2 plates double-page; 1 coloured), lacking text leaves, spotting and soiling throughout, near-contemporary dark green half morocco, rubbed and worn, 4to, together with: Day & Son, publisher, Nature and Art, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1866-7, 68 chromo- or photolithographic plates, mild spotting, contemporary half calf, rebacked and recornered, 4to; Street (George Edmund), Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain, 1st edition, 1865, engraved frontispiece, 50 similar plates, 25 lithographic plans (several folding), spotting to endpapers and preliminaries, ownership blind stamps to blanks, bookplate, later calf over bevelled boards by Nutt of Cambridge, 8vo Fowler 258-60 for the works in the Pugin sammelband, which has the bookplate of Laurence A. Turner (1864-1957), master mason and woodcarver, whose commissions included the tomb of William Morris in Kelmscott churchyard. (4)
Richardson (Jonathan, the elder). Two Discourses. I. An Essay on the Whole Art of Criticism as it relates to Painting ... II. An Argument in behalf of the Science of a Connoisseur ... 1st edition, W. Churchill, 1719, bound without advertisement leaf; from the library of the earls of Macclesfield at Shirburn Castle, with bookplate and blind stamps as usual, contemporary panelled calf, gilt spine (slightly rubbed), front joint split but firm, 8vo, together with Reresby (Sir John), The Memoirs, containing Several Private and Remarkable Transactions, from the Restoration to the Revolution inclusively, 1st edition, [no publisher], 1734, spotting to first and last few leaves, 20th-century half calf to style, 4to Provenance: both works ex libris Christopher Hogwood CBE (1941-2014); for Richardson's see The Library of the Earls of Macclesfield, removed from Shirburn Castle, Part VI, Sotheby's, London, 25 October 2005, lot 1745. 'Richardson was the most important and prolific English writer on art of the first half of the eighteenth century' (ODNB). (2)
Rabelais (Fran‡ois). Oeuvres complŠtes ... pr‚sent‚es avec les gouaches d'Yves Brayer, 3 volumes, limited edition, Paris: Union Latine d'‚ditions, 1947, numerous colour plates, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, original decorative vellum (very slightly marked), original marbled paper slipcases, 4to, one of 2,800 copies on v‚lin chiffon, together with: Louis XI (King of France), Les Cent nouvelles nouvelles, 2 volumes, limited edition, Paris: Union Latine d'‚ditions, 1956, coloured initials and vignettes to the text, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, original vellum, original marbled paper slipcases, 4to, one of 2,000 copies on v‚lin crŠme; Orl‚ans (Charles, d'), Po‚sies, Illustrations d'Andr‚ Hubert, limited edition, Paris: Editions de l'Ibis, 1970, hand-coloured double-page plate, numerous hand-coloured vignettes and other illustrations, original fanfare-style binding of tan sheep elaborately gilt-tooled around intricate brown sheep inlays, joints very slightly rubbed, original leather-entry slipcase (slightly marked), 4to; Union Latine d'‚ditions, publisher, Tristan et Iseut ... illustr‚ de bois originaux de Jean ChiŠze, 1956, woodcut plates and initials, top edge gilt, original blind-stamped pictorial sheep, metal bosses to boards, slightly rubbed, 4to, one of 8,000 copies on v‚lin chiffon crŠme; Camus (Albert), La Peste, avec douze aquarelles par Edy Legrand, limited edition, Paris: Le rayon d'or, 1950, 12 colour plates, edges untrimmed, leaves largely unopened, original printed wrappers, original glassine dust jacket (chipped and browned on spine, 8vo; Proust (Marcel), Un amour de Swann, avec douze aquarelles par Hermine Davide, limited edition, Paris: Le rayon d'or, 1951, 12 colour plates, edges spotted, original printed wrappers, original glassine dust jacket (chipped and browned), 8vo, one of 3,500 copies; Brassens (Georges), PoŠmes et chansons, 1973, comprising text volume in original cloth, 4to, together with 11 LP records in original card sleeves, the text volume and records in 2 separate compartments in original book-form cloth case (some fraying), large 4to; and 1 other (12)
Bewick (John). A General History of Quadrupeds, 4th edition, Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1800, advertisement leaf before title, numerous wood engraved vignette illustrations, some leaves toned, mid 19th century half calf, gilt decorated spine with green morocco title label, extremities slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with A History of British Birds, 2 volumes, (land and water birds), Newcastle, 1816, numerous wood engraved vignette illustrations, light scattered spotting, contemporary half calf, blind decorated spines with upper panel of volume 1 torn away, joints cracked, 8vo (3)
Richardson (Sir John, & others). The Museum of Natural History, 8 volumes, William Mackenzie, circa 1870, vignette title page and 136 plates, mostly hand-coloured engravings, many heightened with gum arabic, volume 1 plate 14 loose, occasional mild spotting, browning and offsetting, gilt edges, original pebble-grain brown cloth, boards decoratively panel-stamped in blind, zoological vignette gilt to front boards, some fraying to spine-ends, corners rubbed, a few volumes marked, large 8vo Cf. Freeman 3187 and Nissen ZBI 3388. (8)
Chinese hardwood, two door, blind panelled cocktail cabinet, the interior revealing fitted drawers, revolving wine or bottle holder and having compartment to the doors, overall with carved relief, floral and foliate decoration with elephants in a landscape, standing on wheels. 91 x 57 x 104cm.(B.P. 24% incl. VAT) CONDITION REPORT: Overall in good but used condition, scratches and wear, some losses in places, but overall no obvious or serious damage.
Sopwith, T.O.M. Christmas Card dated 1926, A personalised Greeting-card by Beken of Cowes depicting his 12-Metre racing-yacht "Doris"; tipped-in silver-gelatin photograph to embossed bordered card, printed inscription "With Mr & Mrs T.O.M. Sopwith's Compliments Xmas 1926" hand-inscribed "Doris" in white ink with Beken & Son blind-stamp lower right, presented in folio embossed cover & printed inscription "With Best Wishes". 26x18cm
A good quality country house dressing table, the raised mirror back with carved C scroll and acanthus frame over a box base with Chinese Chippendale style blind fret detail, flanking a side by side arrangement of six drawers, raised on a shaped and moulded top with drop curtain fringe, with swag and tassel detail revealing open compartments and scrolled feet
An Edwardian mahogany library bookcase, the lower section enclosed by two panelled doors with well matched flame mahogany veneers, two frieze drawers and a repeating geometric moulding, the upper section enclosed by two glazed panelled doors with blind fret and dog tooth moulded detail, 130 cm wide x 215 cm high
Charles 'Snaffles' Johnson Payne (British 1884-1967)/The Bonnie Blue Bonnets, Frae over the Border/colour print, 27cm x 24cm and/Jock (K.I)/colour print, 28.5cm x 20.5cm/both with vignettes to border and Snaffles blind stamp/and two Lionel Edwards hunting prints Condition Report: ARR Artist's Resale Right may apply to the sale of this lot. For further information please ask Chorley's or visit www.dacs.org.uk
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