*WWII - Bomber Command. A ten-shilling note signed by Squadron Leader John Dering Nettleton VC and twenty other Bomber Command pilots, [at the Harrington Club, Kensington, early 1943], other signatures include Wing Commander C.K. Asherwold DFC, Squadron Leader `Laddie` Lucas DFC, Wing Commander John Creighton(?) DSO, DFC, Flight Lieutenant R. Marshall DFC, Squadron Leader R.C. Dutton DFC, Flight Lieutenant Thomas Parnaby DFC, Air Commodore P. Dickinson (blind), J.E. Scott DFC, Diepp and B.S.(?) Robinson DSO, DFC, the signatures in various blue inks and inscribed to both sides of the note, 8 x 14cm. Provenance: This group of autographs was collected for the vendor John Porter at the Harrington Club, Gloucester Road, Kensington, where John who aged 13 was the youngest there present, was taken by his parents for a tombola in aid of RAF flying crew in early 1943. John Dering Nettleton VC (1917-1943), the only VC noted among the autographees, received his award for his part in a daring Lancaster bomber attack on a factory near Augsburg, Germany, on 17 April 1942. He was killed in action near Turin, Italy, on the 13th July 1943, just months after signing this banknote. (1)
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*de Havilland Tiger Moth. An original Tailplane & Rudder assembly, c. 1930s-1940s, complete with elevators, partly stripped fabric to rudder, unrestored condition, together with a de Havilland Tiger Moth original Blind-Flying Cockpit-Hood, c. 1930s-1940s, canvas-covered lightweight steel-tubed hooped-frame for pilot-training, distressed condition (2)
An 18th Century French Provincial oak dresser with parquetry inlay throughout, the upper part with moulded cornice, fitted two open shelves, the base fitted single frieze drawer with blind fret ornament, cupboard under enclosed by a pair of shaped panelled doors, 52ins wide x 19ins deep x 84ins high (in poor condition)
A mahogany long case clock, the hood with blind fret decoration flanked by spiral columns, enclosing a circular brass dial, inscribed "Benjamin Barlow, Oldham", 8 day movement striking on a bell, the case with full length trunk door within fluted pilasters above a box base, raised on bracket feet, 200cm high
Derrick Greaves, British b.1927- Still life; screenprint in colours, signed and numbered 88/200 in pencil, bears publisher`s blind stamp, 67.3x52.5cm: Glynn Boyd Harte, British 1948-2003- Flowers in a vase; lithograph printed in colours, signed and numbered 5/100 in pencil, 60.5x84cm: Jennifer Lane, Irish b.1952- "Oliva Toscana III": woodcut printed in colours, signed and titled, 45x30cm: Ware, late 20th century- "Fruit 1"; aquatint printed in colours, signed, titled, numbered 66/90 and dated 78 in pencil, 17x10cm: Miles, late 20th century- "Baldock Foxton"; aquatint printed in colours, signed, titled and numbered 81/100 in pencil, 17.5x18.5cm: After Georges Braque, French 1882-1963- "Pommes"; lithograph printed in colours, 13.5x20.5cm: together with three further signed artist`s prints by different hands, all late 20th century and one reproduction print, various sizes, (11) (may be subject to Droit de Suite)
Pulton, Ferdinand. DE PACE REGIS ET REGNI, viz. A Treatise declaring which be the great and generall Offences of the Realme, 4to (in 6s), contemporary calf, blind-stamped `T H` on the upper cover (worn & wormed, backstrip split), London: 1610 (some soiling & ink-staining). Provenance: Thomas Harrington (signature on title, dated `1611`). With marginal annotations in the same hand. With a 1609 folio edition of the same work.
Montagu, Basil. SOME ENQUIRIES INTO THE EFFECTS OF FERMENTED LIQUOURS, BY A WATER DRINKER, 8vo, engraved plates, later blind-stamped calf (some marks/scratches, backstrip lightly sunned), London: 1814 (author`s name in ink on title (top edge lightly dust-soiled). With 3 other volumes by Montagu in 4 volumes, and a book on wine.
Psalterium Davidis carmine redditum per Eobanum Hessum; annotationes Viti ... quae vice commentarii in idem essepossint, Ecclesiastes Salomonis eodem genere Carminis ab eodem redditus: By Parisiis : apud Joannem Roigny, 1550. In Latin Condition: Leather binding with raised bands on spine and blind tooling on boards
Hulbert, Charles. Biographical Sketches of eminent men: A tribute to the memory of ... Viscount Hill, Published by Providence Grove, Shrewsbury : Printed at the author`s private press, 1842, Condition Leather binding (rebind, with blind stamping on cover and binder`s title on spine); name of owner on front fly leaf: `William Leek May 25th/48`; bookseller`s label from original binding pasted on inside front cover together with Lowth, Robert, 1710-1787. A short introduction to English grammar : with critical notes A new edition, corrected. Published by London : printed for J. Dodsley; and T. Cadell, 1791. Condition Leather bound (rebind with blind stamping on boards and gold stamping and binder`s title on spine (2)
Wardrop, James History of James Mitchell, a boy born blind and deaf, with an account of the operation. London: John Murray, 1813. First edition, 4to, original boards, uncut, library stamp on title, some spotting, title slightly dust-soiled, worn, boards detached; Ware, James Chirurgical observations. London, 1805. Second edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf, worn; Noble, E.M. A treatise on ophthalmy. Birmingham, 1800. 8vo, original boards, uncut, rebacked; Edmonston, Arthur A treatise on the varieties and consequences of ophthalmia. Edinburgh, 1806. 8vo, contemporary half calf; Scarpa, Antonio A treatise on the principal diseases of the eyes. London, 1818. Second edition, 8vo, half calf, worn, covers detached; Ware, James Observations on the treatment of the epiphora. 1818. 8vo, half calf, covers detached; Saunders, John C. A treatise on some practical points relating to diseases of the eye. London, 1816. 8vo, frontispiece and 8 plates, 7 hand-coloured, half calf, spotting, covers detached; Stevenson, John A practical treatise on the morbid sensibility of the eye. London, 1819. 8vo, original boards, rubbed; Watson, Alexander A compendium of the diseases of the human eye. Edinburgh, 1828. 8vo, 10 plates, 9 hand-coloured, original boards, worn; and c. 19 others on the eye, ophthalmic surgery &c., all with library stamps (28)
Arthus-Bertrand, Yan " Horses" oblong 8vo, still sealed, Chevenix Trench Charles, " The History of Horsemanship" Longman 1970, green cloth, blind stamped decorations, d-j, inscription on ffep, Mackay-Smith Alexander and others " Man and the Horse, Illustrated History of Equestrian Apparel" The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Simon and Schuster, 1985, d-j, inscription on 2nd ffep, Walker, Stella A. "British Sporting Art in the 20th Century" the Sportmans Press, London 1989, ills. d-j, Heron, Roy " Cecil Aldin, Story of a Sporting Artist" Webb and Bower 1981, ills. d-j, inscription on ffep (5)
Quantity of books relating to Hunting and Field Sports including Watson J.N.P. " British and Irish Hunts and Huntsman" in two vols, Batsford 1982, black cloth, yellow endpapers, d-js, black slip cover, inscription ffep on vol 1, " Cecil" ( Tongue, Cornelius) " Hunting Tours, Descriptive of various fashionable country and establishments..", Saunders, Otley and Co. 1864, col frontis and one other col plate, green cloth, blind stamped decorations, gilt titles, library blind stamp on ffep, pencil inscription, worn and hinges cracked, Beckford, Peter " Thoughts on Hunting" Methuen 1904 and other volumes (15)
Paul, William "The Rose Garden in two divisions" Sherwood , Gilbert and Piper 1848, col frontis, tissue guard, col plates with tissue guards, green blind stamped cloth, gilt titles, back strip missing, front board detached, a little foxing, Maeterlinck, Morris " The Life of the Bee ills.Edward J. Detmold" George Allen 1911, col plates with tissue guards, gilt decorated vellum, back strip a little worn, " Edmund Dulac`s Picture Book for the French Red Cross", col plates tipped in, yellow pictorial cloth and three other vols. (6)
MacDermot, E. T. "History of the Great Western Railway", Volume 1: 1833-1863 Part I, the Great Western Railway Company, Paddington Station London 1927 and Volume 1 part 2: 1833-1863, part 2 has a folding map frontis, part 1 has two folding maps, light brown cloth, gilt titles to spine, blind stamped ruled edges Smiles, Samuel (Ed.) "James Nasmyth, Enginneer and Autobiography", John Murray 1885, frontis portrait, various illus. throughout, a stamp presented by Mr Murray on title page, purple cloth, gilt titles Smiles, Samuel "Men of Invention and Industry", John Murray 1884, purple cloth, gilt titles, "Osborne`s Guide to the Grand Junction or Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester Railway...", second editions, Birmingham E. C. & W. Osborne 1838, large folding map to frontis, some loss in one corner, the frontis and title pages are loose, various other plans and ills., front board and backstrip detached, contemporary cloth, blind stamped decoration with gilt titles and price 3s 6d on backstrip Smiles, Samuel "Lives of the Engineers Bolton & Watt", John Murray 1904 and Smiles, Samuel "Life of George Stephenson", centenary edition, John Murray 1881, rebound within original pictorial boards showing "The Rocket" Williams, Frederick "The Midland Railway, Its Rise and Progress", printed for the author 1886, fifth edition, blue cloth, gilt decorations (9)
Rowling, J. K. "The Tales of Beedle the Bard", The Children`s High Level Group, December 2008, deluxe edition, the bound leather with silver coloured metal mounts with a central skull and blue glass jewels, a portfolio of ten drawings by J.K. Rowling and an envelope within a suede pocket, the book is held within a maroon velvet bag with gold ties and gold embroidered signature of the author, all contained within a box designed to look like a book, with blind stamped decorations to the front board and gilt titles to the spine with raised bands, contained within a white envelope saying "This side up", folio
Jefferies, Richard "The Gamekeeper at Home", Smith, Elder and Co, 1887, green cloth, gilt and black blind stamp decorations, "Wildlife in a Southern County", Smith, Elder and Co, 1880, "The Amateur Poacher", Smith, Elder and Co, 1881, and four other volumes by:- Jefferies and Hartley, Gilfrid, W, "Wild Sport with Gun, Rifle and Salmon-Rod", William Blackwood and Sons, 1903, ills, rather stained, with blue cloth, gilt titles (8)
Eighteenth century longcase clock with eight day movement, twelve inch square brass dial with ornate cast spandrels, silvered chapter ring and subsidiary second dial and date aperture, signed Wasbro.h and Thomas, Bristol, in an oak case with blind fret frieze, full length door and stepped plinth, 223cm overall height Movement and dial appears to be in good restored condition, sitting on a replacement footboard Period case in good overall condition - some splitting to side boardsFurther images and condition reports are available at www.reemandansie.com
Regency Scottish eight day longcase clock with circular white painted, subsidiary second and date dials, by D Forbes of Anstruther, in rosewood veneered regular-style case with blind fret frieze, shaped door with domed pediment and dome pilasters, 210cm overall heightFurther images and condition reports are available at www.reemandansie.com
Anon THE LIFE AND EXPLORATIONS OF DAVID LIVINGSTONE London: Adam & Co., [circa 1880] first edition 4to coloured lithographs blind stamped, very ornate, full leather pictorial gold, front and back covers highly decorated spine, has external and internal hinge splits, gilt edges wear to cover edges. (1)
Drayson, Capt. Alfred W. SPORTING SCENES AMONGST THE KAFFIRS OF SOUTH AFRICA London: G. Routledge & Co., 1858 first edition large 8vo col. illustrations by Harrison Weir from designs by the author blind stamped decorated cloth, repair to corners of boards and top edges of spines, cover boards rubbed. Two bookplates, inscription and paper cutting laid down on front endpapers. The plate on p131 has frittered edges. It has been laid down on a sheet of paper and bound in. (1)
Grocott & Sherry ALBUM OF GRAHAMSTOWN East London: Grocott and Sherry, 1898 first edition oblong 4to b/w photographs slightly rubbed blind stamped cloth, title in gold, slight foxing at 6 o`clock on title page Comments: and another of similar period ? SCHRODER - The Schroder Art Memento, 1894. (2)
Merriman, The Venerable Archdeacon PASSAGES OF MISSIONARY LIFE: THE KAFIR, THE HOTTENTOT AND THE FRONTIER FARMER London: George Bell, 1853 first edition small 8vo hand coloured plates blind stamped cloth, lacking spine portion, inscription on front free endpaper, internal split Comments: and another of related interest ? WILMOT, A. & CHASE, J. C. - History of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope 1652-1868, 1869, lacking front free endpaper. (2)
Diane Victor. FIZZ POP; GRAPHIC (TO BE CONTINUED); MEMORIES; WHY DEFY; LIKE FISH IN A BARREL; BLIND JUSTICE, six in the lot. etchings, each signed and inscribed with the title, respectively numbered 10/25, 12/25, 13/25, 13/25, 17/25 and 19/25 in pencil in the margins (6). sheet size (each approximately): 35 by 40cm, unframed. Comments/Condition:. good
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