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Click here to subscribeRonalds (Alfred) The Fly-Fisher`s Entomology Accompanied by a Few Observations and Instructions Relative to Trout-and-Grayling Fishing, fourth edition, 20 hand-coloured engraved plates, tissue guards, 32pp. advertisements at end, slightly foxed and browned, ink signatures of George W. Bentley of Worcester on front free endpaper and recto of frontispiece, original blind-stamped cloth, gilt, [W&S p.178], 8vo, 1849.
Fitzgibbon (Edward), "Ephemera" Assisted by Andrew Young, first edition, hand-coloured frontispiece and 8 plates, including 1 black and white plate, tissue guards, 2pp. of advertisements and publisher`s catalogue at end, browned, slightly foxed in places, inner hinges strengthened, original blind-stamped cloth, corners bumped, rebacked with the original spine laid down, [W&S, p. 86], 8vo, 1850 § Pulman (George P.R.) The Vade-Mecum of Fly-Fishing for Trout, third edition, advertisements at end, spine chipped at head and tail, [W&S p. 174], 1852 § Carpenter (William) The Angler`s Assistant, second edition, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece of flies, title inner margin creased and with small chip to outer edge, rebacked with the original spine laid down, [W&S p. 50], 1852 § Stewart (W.C.) The Practical Angler or the Art of Trout-Fishing, first edition, advertisements at end, ink signature at head of title, cloth corners bumped, [W&S p. 202], Edinburgh, Adam & Charles Black, 1857 § Skues (G.E.M.) The Way of a Trout with a Fly, third edition, frontispiece and 2 colour plates, dust-jacket, a few small tears to edges, 1921, plates and illustrations, original cloth; and 7 others, Trout & Fly, 8vo(12)
Friedländer-Die Altniederländische Malerei vol. I-V, VII-XI only (of 14) original half cloth, one or two vols spotted, Berlin, 1924-33 § Dayot (Armand) Grands & Petits Maitres Hollandais, one of 600 copies, slightly spotted, contemporary half morocco, t.e.g., others uncut, original wrappers bound in, Paris, 1912 § van Vloten (Dr. J.) Alle de Wercken van Jacob Cats, 2 vol., engraved titles, portrait and plates, some foxing, contemporary morocco, decorated in gilt and blind, joints cracked, Zwolle, 1862 § Rooses (Max) Rubens` Leben und Werke, original red reversed calf, gilt, Stuttgart, Berlin & Leipzig, 1890 § Michel (E.) Rembrandt, later half morocco, t.e.g., Paris, 1893, plates and illustrations, some a little rubbed; and 8 others, Dutch and Flemish Painting, v.s.(23)
Mills (Alfred). Natural History of 48 Birds, pub. Darton, Harvey & Darton, 1810, forty-eight eng. plts., contemp. red straight-grain morocco gilt, slightly rubbed, approx. 65 x 60mm, together with A Short History of the Bible and New Testament, with 48 Neat Engravings, 1825, forty-eight eng. plts., contemp. red straight-grain morocco gilt, rubbed & slight wear, 70 x 62mm, with Marcilly (pub.), Les Soirees de l”Enfance, Paris, c.1830, eng. plts., a.e.g., orig. blind embossed boards, contained in orig. slipcase, approx. 70 x 47mm, plus other antiquarian juvenile books (10)
[Pinchard, Elizabeth Sibthorpe, Mrs.] The Blind Child, or Anecdotes of the Wyndham Family, written for the use of Young People, by a Lady, 1st ed., E. Newbery, 1791, copper eng. frontis., single ad. leaf at rear, some browning and finger-soiling, early ms. inscriptions to front endpapers, hinges with sellotape repairs, contemp. calf, gilt dec. spine with label lacking, joints cracked and spine worn at head & foot, 12mo. Gumuchian 4568; Osborne p.923; Roscoe J289(1). (1)
A DERBY FIGURE OF JUSTICE. the blind classical woman bearing sword and scales and in a puce lined green drapery and flowered gilt robe, standing barefoot on pink edged gilt rococo mound of shells and scrolls, 32cm h, c1775. ++ The sword and scales of copper/brass and well made 19th c examples, small damage to the figures right hand, no recent professional restoration
A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY SOFA TABLE. crossbanded in rosewood and line inlaid, fitted with drawers and opposing blind drawers, on spirally reeded pillar, platform and tapered legs with brass paw castors, 72cm h; 73 x 176cm. ++ Two closed veneer shrinkage splits in the top; structural replacements and repairs to the underside including two iron struts issuing from the pillar; other repairs/replacements; repolished
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY LANCASHIRE CHEST. the moulded lid above an arrangement of moulded drawers and blind drawers flanked by three quarter reeded pilasters, the sides panelled, on ogee feet, 114cm h; 59 x 188cm. ++ The handles late 19th c replacements. Shrinkage crack in right hand side panel, of pleasing colour/patina
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY PEMBROKE TABLE. the oval top crossbanded in satinwood and line inlaid throughout, fitted with a drawer and opposing blind drawer, on square tapered legs and castors, 74cm h; 105 x 92cm. ++ Minor knocks and scratches to the legs etc; some light overall fading of the top
A GEORGE IV BRASS-INLAID ROSEWOOD SOFA TABLE. fitted with a pair of drawers and opposing blind drawers with gilt brass star handles, on four `S` shaped brackets, stepped platform and hipped legs with oak leaf-capped castors, 75cm h; 145 x 70.5cm. ++ Minor old veneer shrinkage crack in the top. Some light overall fading; small sections of the brass stringing lifting in places but in sound overall condition
IRISH GEORGE III MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK LATE 18TH CENTURY the brass moonphase dial inscribed J. Honny, Dublin, with subsidiary second dial and date aperture, with an 8-day bell striking movement, the hood with a broken swan neck pediment above a blind fret carved frieze and shaped figured mahogany door, flanked by fluted quarter columns and raised on shaped bracket feet 55cm wide, 228cm high, 25cm deep
Havelock (Captain Henry). Narrative of the War in Affghanistan in 1838-39, 2 vols., 2nd ed., 1840, folding map, unobtrusive blind stamp to each title, contemp. red half calf gilt, refurbished, small 8vo, together with Thorburn (S.S.), Bannu; Or Our Afghan Frontier, 1st ed., 1876, half-title, double-page map (spotted), errata slip before ÒContentsÓ leaf, orig. green cloth gilt, rubbed and soiled, spine ends restored, 8vo, plus James (Lionel), The Indian Frontier War, Being an Account of the Mohmund and Tirah Expeditions, 1897, 1st ed., 1898, half-title, ten maps and plans, b & w illusts. from photos and drawings, contemp. newscuttings pasted to rear endpapers, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, short closed tear at head of spine, 8vo, and others related (9)
Bournemouth. Fifty Views of Bournemouth & Neighbourhood, pub. E.M. & A. Sydenham, Bournemouth, c. 1850s, fifty uncol. steel-eng. vign. views of Bournemouth and district, including Poole, Parkstone, Corfe Castle, Wareham, Swanage and Purbeck, orig. blind-stamped cloth, upper cover lettered in gilt, oblong 8vo, together with Recollections of Bournemouth, pub. John Newman & Co., c. 1880s, twelve miniature photo-litho. views, printed on coated paper and bound concertina-style in orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt (7 x 11cm) (2)
Camden (William). Camden`s Britannia Newly Translated into English: With large Additions and Improvements, 1st ed., pub. Edmund Gibson, 1695, uncoloured portrait frontis., title page with near contemp. manuscript marginalia and two ink ownership stamps, nine plts. of coins and antiquaries, sixteen (only) b & w engraved folding maps, maps occ. trimmed to strapwork margin, some marginal closed tears, some spotting and staining throughout, later end papers, front paste down with binders manuscript inscription, 19th century blind dec. boards, rebacked, rubbed and worn, folio. Sold as a collection of maps not subject to return. The maps comprise of:- England & Wales, Britannia Saxonica, Herefordshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Gloucestershire, North Riding of Yorkshire and The Smaller British Islands. (1)
Geological Survey. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and of the Museum of Economic Geology in London, vol. 1 & vol. 2 (parts 1 & 2), 1846-48, eng. plts., folding maps and geological sections, some hand-col., some minor scattered spotting, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, faded on spines, large 8vo. The first three volumes published by the MGS. Includes `On the Formation of the Rocks of South Wales and South Western England` by Sir Henry T. De la Beche; `On the Denudation of South Wales and the Adjacent Counties of England`, by Andrew C. Ramsay; `On the Gases Evolved During the Formation of Coal`, by Lyon Playfair; The Malvern Hills Compared with the Palaeozoic Districts of Abberley`, by John Phillips; `Palaeontological Appendix to Professor John Phillips` Memoir on the Malvern Hills...`, by John Phillips & John William Salter; `On the Vegetation of the Carboniferous Period, as Compared with that of the Present Day`, by Dr. Hooker; and other papers by Edward Forbes, Warington W. Smyth, Robert Hunt et al. (3)
Geological Survey. The Geology of the Yorkshire Coal Field, by A.H. Green, R. Russell, and others, 1878, wood-eng. frontis., folding maps and charts, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, faded on spine, upper joint split, together with Gibson (Walcot), The Geology of the North Staffordshire Coalfields, 1905, two copies, b & w illusts. and folding geological sections, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, a little rubbed on spines, and eight others related (11)
Geological Survey. The Cretaceous Rocks of Britain, vols. 1-3 (The Gault and Upper Greensand of England/The Lower and Middle Chalk of England/The Upper Chalk of England), by A.J. Jeukes-Browne, with Contributions by William Hill, 1900-3-4, folding maps, b & w illusts., diags. to text, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, a little rubbed and faded on spines, large 8vo (3)
Sowerby (George Brettingham). Popular British Conchology. A Familiar History of the Molluscs inhabiting the British Isles, 1st ed., 1854, twenty hand-col. litho. plts., orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, a little rubbed and marked, corners bumped, together with Archer (Thomas Croxen), Popular Economic Botany; Or Description of the Botanical and Commercial Characters of the Principle Articles of Vegetable Origin, Used for Food, Clothing, Tanning, Dyeing, Building, Medicine, Perfumery, etc., 1st ed., 1853, twenty hand-col. litho. plts., minor marginal browning, contemp. half morocco gilt, a little rubbed, both small 4to (2)
Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New, London, printed by Robert Barker, Printr to the Kings most excellent Majestie, and by the Assignes of john Bill, 1634/36, general and New Testament titles present, each within dec. woodcut boards, black letter text throughout, general title torn to upper outer corner and lower margin with some loss, New Testament lacks all after leaf 3L1 (Revelation XII.10), leaves 3K8 & 3L1 detached, bound with an incomplete Book of Common Prayer at front of volume, some dust-soiling throughout and worming to inner margins, few leaves torn (with occ. slight loss), contemp. blind panelled sheep, old reback, worn, 4to, together with a defective 1619 English Bible (2)
Bindings. Wanderings and Excursions in North Wales, by Thomas Roscoe, pub. Tilt and Bogue, Simpkin & Co, Orr & Co., [1836?], folding hand-col. eng. map, fifty eng. plts. (inc. addn. eng. title), a.e.g., contemp. gilt and blind dec. dark green morocco, rubbed & scuffed to joints & extrems., 8vo, together with The Tourist in Spain, Granada, by Thomas Roscoe..., 1835, eng. frontis., addn. eng. title, seventeen eng. plts., occ. scattered spotting, a.e.g., contemp. dark green half morocco, gilt dec. spine, extrems. slightly rubbed, 8vo, with A Catechism of the Steam Engine..., by John Bourne, 1847, few loose leaves, armorial bookplate to front pastedown of Sir Robert Peel Bart. of Drayton Manor, a.e.g., contemp. gilt dec. red morocco, spine and extrems. rubbed, 8vo, with A Circumstantial Narrative of the Campaign in Russia, Embellished with Plans of the Battles of the Moskwa and Malo-Jaroslavitz..., 3rd ed., 1815, three eng. maps & plans (inc. one hand-col), one folding plan with closed-tear, occ. minor spotting, contemp. half calf, gilt dec. spine with morocco title label, 8vo, plus other leather bound antiquarian volumes (26)
Winsemius (Pierius). Pierii Winsemii Amores, Franekarae: Ex officinna Uldrici Balck, 1631, eng. title with contemp. ink annotation to lower margin, early inscription and 19th c. ownership name C.J.J. Hamilton in ink to front free endpaper, contemp. blind panelled morocco, slightly rubbed, 12moArmorial bookplate of Sir Charles J.J. Hamilton Bart. Sir Charles Hamilton, 2nd Baronet (1767-1849) of Trebinshun House, Brecknockshire, was a British naval officer and governor of Newfoundland. He began his naval career at the age of nine on his father`s ship, the Hector. He attended the Royal Naval Academy at Portsmouth from 1777 to 1779 and commanded a number of vessels in the Royal Navy. He was a member of the British parliament several times between 1790 and 1812 while still serving in the Royal Navy. He became baronet of Trebinshun on his father`s death in 1784. From 1814 to 1817, he was Lieutenant Governor of Heligoland. He served as resident governor for the colony of Newfoundland from 1818 to 1823. During this period, he oversaw the reconstruction of St. John`s following fires in 1818 and 1819. Although he was charged with promoting agriculture, he was soon discouraged by the poor soils of the island. The economy of the island was depressed due to decreased demand for Newfoundland cod and Hamilton encouraged diversification of the fisheries to include whales, seals and salmon. Hamilton was made an admiral on 22 July 1830, and died at the family home at Iping, West Sussex in 1849. (1)
Fore-edge paintings. The Poetical Works of William Cowper, 3 vols., William Pickering, 1843, half-titles, first vol. with eng. port. frontis. (offset to title), a.e.g., with later fore-edge paintings of scenic views depicting rivers, boats, and bridges (one with windmills), contemp. purple morocco, spines lightly faded, extrems. sl. rubbed in places, raised bands between blind rules, gilt lettered direct in second and third compartments and at foot, sm. 8vo (3)
Jones (Owen). The Sermon on the Mount, pub. Longman, 1845, thirty-two stiff card pages, the text surrounded by col. borders chromolithographed in green, red, blue, black and gold, with a single chromolithographed illust. finished by hand to first leaf of text, a.e.g., orig. dark plum morocco by Hayday, embossed in blind, with cut-out vellum panels on front and back, titled calligraphically by hand, sl. rubbed to extrems., small 8vo. McLean, Design, pp. 86 and 224. (1)
Shakespeare (William). The National Shakespeare, a fac-simile of the text of the first folio of 1623, illustrated by Sir J. Noel Paton, 3 vols., pub. William Mackenzie, [1888-89], b&w photogravure plates, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, marbled endpapers, orig. uniform blind and gilt dec. dark green full morocco, very sl. rubbed to extrems., folio (3)
Fore-edge painting. Tennis, by J.M. Heathcote... Lawn Tennis by C.G. Heathcote... Rackets by E.O. P.-Bouverie, Fives by A.C. Ainger, with numerous illustrations by Lucien Davies, C.M. Newton, and from Photographs, The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes, 1890, numerous b & w plts. and illusts., hinges splitting, contemp. ms. inscription on front free endpaper, a.e.g., with later fore-edge painting of a man and lady playing tennis, contemp. red morocco, raised bands between blind rules, gilt lettered direct in second compertment, covers with blind triple fillet border, gilt dec. turn-ins, sq. 8vo (1)
Mansfield (Edgar (1907-96)). Ghost Stories by Walter de la Mare, with Lithographs by Barnett Freedman, pub. Folio Society, 1956, litho title and seven litho plts., t.e.g., near contemp. full beige morocco with onlays and inlays of biomorphic forms to both boards, title in blind to spine, slightly faded to spine, 8vo. James Frank Edgar Mansfield (1907-96) was a pioneer of modern British bookbinding. Mansfield was raised and educated in New Zealand. He came to London in 1934 to study bookbinding at the Central School of Arts and Crafts and design at the German Reimann School. After the war he taught colour and design at the London School of Printing until he retired in 1964. His students included Don Etherington, Faith Shannon, and Anthony Cains. In 1955 Mansfield joined Bernard Middleton, Trevor Jones, and Arthur Johnson to form the Guild of Contemporary Bookworkers, serving as its president until 1968. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 1934 and Member of the German Bookbinders Guild (MDE) in 1950, made an Honorary Fellow of Designer Bookbinders in 1968, received the Order of the British Empire in the 1979 Birthday Honors, and elected Fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors in 1980. (1)
Oldham (J. Basil). English Blind-stamped Bindings, 1st ed., pub. Cambridge University Press, 1952, b & w plts., orig. cloth gilt, in frayed price-clipped d.j., folio, (One of 750 copies), together with Blind Panels of English Binders, 1st ed., pub. Cambridge University Press, 1958, b & w plts., orig. cloth gilt, in frayed & slightly torn price-clipped d.j., folio (2)
Wheatley (Henry B.). Remarkable Bindings in the British Museum Selected for their Beauty or Historic Interest, 1889, sixty-two b & w plts., one plt. repaired to upper margin, t.e.g., orig. cloth with recent morocco spine, 4to, together with Bouchot (Henri), The Book: its Printers, Illustrators, and Binders from Gutenberg to the Present Time, New York: Scribner & Welford, 1890, b & w plts. and illusts., t.e.g, contemp. dark green half morocco gilt, upper board detached, spine worn with slight loss, large 8vo, with Craig (Maurice), Irish Bookbindings 1600-1800, pub. Cassell & Co., 1st ed., 1954, chromo frontis. and fifty-eight b & w plts., orig. cloth gilt in slightly torn d.j., large 4to, with Hobson (G.D.), Maioli, Canevari and Others, pub. Boston, 1926, sixty-four b & w plts., t.e.g., orig. cloth, spine slightly faded and frayed at head & foot, 4to, and Le Reliures a la Fanfare le Probleme de l`s Ferme, Chiswick Press, 1935, b & w and col. plts. (inc. few folding), large 4to, plus Blind-Stamped Panels in the English Book-Trade c.1485-1555, pub. Bibliographical Soc., 1944, b & w plts., modern boards with orig. wrappers laid down, 4to (6)
Hobson (R.L.). Worcester Porcelain. A Description of the Ware from the Wall Period to the Present Day, pub. Quaritch, 1910, seventeen mounted chromos., ninety-two collotype plts., some minor spotting of prelims., t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, orig. gilt-dec. cloth, faded and marked, some wear to extremities, folio, together with Binns (R.W.), A Century of Potting in the City of Worcester, Being the History of the Royal Porcelain Works, from 1751 to 1851, pub. London & Worcester, 1865, wood-engs. to text, large folding col. litho. view of the ÒNew Royal Porcelain Works, Worcester, as proposed, July, 1875Ó, t.e.g., orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, worn at head and foot of spine, and Worcester China. A Record of the Work of Forty-Five Years, 1852-1897, by R.W. Binns, edited Charles F. Binns, pub. Quaritch, 1897, b & w illusts. from photos, t.e.g., orig. gilt-dec. vellum, rubbed and soiled, 8vo, and Cook (Cyril), The Life and Work of Robert Hancock. An Account of the Life of the 18th-Century Engraver and of his Designs on Battersea and Staffordshire Enamels and Bow and Worcester Porcelain, 1st ed., 1948, and Supplement, 1955, b & w illusts. from photos, both orig. cloth gilt, (Supplement in frayed and torn d.j.), 8vo, and others on Worcester porcelain, all ex-lib. copies with usual marks (many with f.e.p. excised) (14)
The Studio, Year-Book of Decorative Art, vols. 1-50, 1906-1961, num. col. and b & w illusts., ads. both front and rear, mostly ex-lib. copies with unobtrusive blind stamp to upper margin, mostly orig. cloth, except 1929 bound in orig. printed wrappers and 1938 bound in stout quarter morocco gilt (a poor copy), 7 vols. in d.j. (1921, 1942, 1953-4, 1957-8, 1958-9, 1959-60 & 1960-61), together with vol. 54, 1964, folio & 4to. The Year-Book ceased publication after volume 37 due to wartime restrictions and volume 38 did not appear until 1948. (51)
Bagshaw (Samuel). History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Shropshire; Comprising a General Survey of the County, with a Variety of Historical, Statistical, Topographical, Commercial, and Agricultural Information, pub. Sheffield, 1851, orig. blind-stamped cloth, backstrip deficient (but present), 8vo, with other miscellaneous antiquarian, etc. (2 cartons)
Tremearne (Major A.J.N.). The Tailed Head-Hunters of Nigeria. An Account of an Official`s Seven Years` Experiences in the Northern Nigerian Pagan Belt, and a Description of the Manners, Habits, and Customs of the Native Tribes, 1st ed., 1912, b & w illusts. from photos, folding map, 16 pp. publisher`s ads. at rear, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and minor wear to extremities, 8vo, together with Perham (Margery), Lugard. The Years of Adventure 1858-1898, 2 vols., 1956 & 1961 (vol. 2 is a 2nd imp.), b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth gilt, 8vo, plus The Fifth Batallion the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 1914-1919, 1st ed., pub. Glasgow, 1936, port. frontis., b & w illusts. from photos, folding maps, orig. cloth gilt, a trifle rubbed, 8vo, and other miscellaneous books including travel, military and medical interest, etc. From the estate of F.C. Rodger (b1916). Born in Lanark, Scotland and educated at Kelvinside Academy, Glasgow, Freddy Rodger worked in four universities - Glasgow and Durham (now Newcastle University) as a lecturer, in Oxford on a research fellowship and in Aligarh in India as a professor where he helped to found the university`s research institute. He published four medical books as well as numerous scientific papers, several short stories and a radio play. During World War II he served in the Arakan with 42 Royal Marine Commando, being promoted in the field to Senior Medical Officer of the 3rd Commando Brigade and after the war he was appointed senior consultant eye surgeon at the new Princess Margaret Hospital in Swindon, Wiltshire. During this time he was granted special leave to work in the field for the World Health Organisation, the Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind, and the Scientific Exploration Society, for whom he led an international team across the equatorial forest during the Zaire river expedition. Most of the volumes in this lot carry his ownership signature and a few volumes have author inscriptions. (3 shelves)
Ellis (George). Modern Practical Joinery. A Comprehensive Treatise on the Practice of Joiner`s Work by Hand and Machine, 5th ed., revised and enlarged, 1924, num. b & w illusts. and diags., some folding, orig. cloth gilt, rebacked, preserving orig. spine, thick 4to, together with Riddell (Robert), The New Elements of Hand-Railing, in Concise Problems, Calculated to Bring this Most Useful Science within the Reach of Every Capacity, Philadelphia, 1870, forty diags., ex-lib. copy with ink stamps to title, recent linen-backed boards, slim folio, plus Eastlake (Charles L.), Hints on Household Taste in Furniture, Upholstery and other Details, 2nd ed. (revised), 1869, col. litho. plts., wallpaper designs printed on coated paper, num. b & w illusts. to text, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, repaired at head and foot of spine, 8vo, and others related (6 shelves)
Jennings (Oscar). Early Woodcut Initials, Containing over Thirteen Hundred Reproductions of Ornamental Letters of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries, 1st ed., 1908, num. b & w illusts., ex-lib. copy with circular blind stamp to upper margins, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. cloth, gilt-dec. spine, rubbed, 4to, together with Wood (Christopher), Victorian Painting, Bullfinch Press, Boston, New York & London, 1999, num. col. illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., square 4to, plus Finch (Christopher), The Art of Walt Disney, from Mickey Mouse to the Magic Kingdoms, pub. Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1973, num. col. and b & w illusts., some folding, orig. white cloth with figure of Mickey Mouse on upper cover, orig. printed glassine d.j., chipped and torn, 4to, and other art reference, mostly G/VG (3 shelves)
Earle (Major Cyril). The Earle Collection of Early Staffordshire Pottery, [1915], col. frontis., b & w illusts. from photos, ex-lib. copy with unobtrusive blind stamp to upper corners, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and a little worn on spine, 4to, together with John (W.D.), Swansea Porcelain, 2nd imp., Ceramic Book Company, Newport, 1978, col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth gilt, 4to, plus Eriksen (Svend), Sevres Porcelain. The James A. De Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor, 1968, num. col. and b & w illusts. from photos, ex-lib. copy with a few marks, orig. cloth in d.j., folio, and other ceramics reference (3 shelves)
Thomas Archer, Pictures and Royal portraits illustrative of English and Scottish History ( Illustrations of English & Scottish History ), Publ 1884, Blackie and Sons London. Full red morocco bindings with bevelled boards, extensive gilt tooling and blind stamping of various English and Scottish heraldic crests on front and back boards. The spine has raised bands. Marbelled end-papers. PROVENANCE These books have been sent in for sale by executors from an estate in Winchester. Family tradition indicates that they were inherited through the Bohn family of Hull and through earlier connections from the Boleyns. Many of the earlier books in this estate certainly came from the library of publisher Henry George Bohn 1796-1884 or his descendants. Bohn was born in London as the son of a German bookbinder who had settled in England. In 1831 he started as a dealer in rare books and "remainders." In 1841 he issued his "Guinea" Catalogue of books, a monumental work containing 23,208 items. Bohn was noted for his book auction sales: one held in 1848 lasted four days, the catalogue comprising twenty folio pages. Printed on this catalogue was the information: "Dinner at 2 o`clock, dessert at 4, tea at 5, and supper at 10." His Libraries which he inaugurated were begun in 1846 and comprised editions of standard works and translations, dealing with history, science, classics, theology and archaeology, consisting in all of 766 volumes. It had been one of Bohn`s ambitions to found a great publishing house, but, finding that his sons had no taste for the trade, he sold the Libraries in 1864 to Messrs. Bell and Daldy, afterwards G. Bell & Sons. Bohn was a man of wide culture and many interests. He himself made considerable contributions to his Libraries: he collected pictures, china and ivories, and was a famous rose-grower. He died at Twickenham on 22 August 1884 and was buried at West Norwood Cemetery. An extract from the Daily Graphic dated July 10th 1909 states, " His advice was often sought by such great Collectors as the Duke of Hamilton `Vathek` Beckford and on more than one occasion he was consulted on everyday matters by the Prince Consort. He was chairman of the committee appointed for the printed books department of the 1851 Exhibition. Gladstone who had a high opinion of Bohn`s abilities, offered him a baronetcy but we are told that the publisher declined the honour on principle. Bohn tired of his success in 1864 when his sons preferred other professions to following in this footsteps and sold the whole stock and copyrights of his libraries to Messers Bell and Dalby for about £40000........His second-hand books which subsequently took forty days to dispose of at various auction rooms realised £13000." Of his early career the paper said " while Napoleon was ravaging the Continent whole libraries were being dispersed by ancient families and religious institutions lest they should fall into the Emperor`s hands and many treasures were picked u this way by the Anglo-German bookseller. ..... He happened to be attending an auction at Leipzig while the Battle of Waterloo was being fought."
A Victorian painted bedroom suite, comprising a chest of drawers, a dressing table, a dressing table mirror, a bedside cabinet, set of shelves, an octagonal side table and an x-frame upholstered stool, the pagoda topped chest of drawers above a blind fretwork frieze with two short and three long graduating drawers over a scrolling apron upon squat cabriole legs terminating in scroll feet, the locks marked Hobbs & Co. London, 117 x 139 x 67 cm (7).
A natural bridle leather attache or brief case by Swaine Adeney Brigg, with a green leather interior, blind stamped `Swaine Adeney 1750` and the Royal appointment from the Prince of Wales, with two keys, 38.5cm (15in) wide; with a green felt protective bag Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports
Henry Thomas Ryall after Sir Frederick William Burton R.H.A., R.W.S. 1816-1900 and 1811-1867 "A BLIND GIRL AT A HOLY WELL": A SCENE IN THE WEST OF IRELAND mixed method engraving 59 x 44cms; 23 1/4 x 17 1/2in. In elaborately carved and gilded frame surmounted by a Celtic harp motif and Bardic harpists, and title in cartouche below.
An Edwardian inlaid mahogany wardrobe with matching dressing table, the wardrobe with detachable moulded blind dentil cornice above a crossbanded frieze in turn above a central mirrored door, flanked on either side by a panelled cupboard door with ribbon and bellflower panel, being satinwood crossbanded, boxwood and ebony strung and enclosing hanging space to either side and fitted with two drawers to the base. Wardrobe width 66 ins, dressing table width 42 ins.
An eight day mahogany longcase clock, in the 18th century taste, the 13 ½ inch arched brass dial with inner ring of Roman numerals, outer ring of Arabic numerals, pierced corner spandrels under a radiating sun disc to the arch, above a name plate bearing the name `Richard Marshall Boston`, the four pillar eight day movement striking on a single bell, the hood with swan-neck pediment over an arched hood door, flanked by fluted front corner hood pilasters and open fret sides, the marquetry and painted case, with blind fret canted corners to the trunk and an arched long trunk door, ribbon decorated over a central motif depicting country crafts, above a painted and inlaid panel to the box base, depicting a basket of summer blooms, raised on shaped short bracket feet, 223cm high
A very rare Second World War Chindit operations M.M. group of six awarded to Sergeant C. McCluskey, Black Watch, a veteran of Crete and Tobruk who was twice wounded in the act of winning his M.M. in Burma in June 1944 Military Medal, G.VI.R. (2752845 Sjt. C. McCluskey, Black Watch); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals, minor double-stamping to unit on first, some contact wear but generally good very fine or better (6). £2500-3000 M.M. London Gazette 4 January 1945. The original recommendation states: On 10 June 1944, Sergeant McCluskey was ordered to take two infantry sections from his platoon and carry out an offensive patrol in the valley east of the Kysenlei Pass. The patrol encountered enemy in the position in an unnamed village near Kontha and came under heavy and accurate fire, which wounded Sergeant McCluskey and caused other casualties in the patrol. In spite of his wound, however, Sergeant McCluskey retained full control of his small force and hotly engaged the enemy, and only when it became apparent that the enemy was present in considerably superior force did he start to organise a withdrawal. This he did with inspiring coolness and disregard for his personal safety going from one section to another and organising the evacuation of our wounded. While engaged on this task, Sergeant McCluskey was again severely wounded, and although in considerable pain, continued to retain full control of his force. Sergeant McCluskey had for some weeks been in command of a platoon and has on many occasions shown himself to be an outstanding leader, while his conduct on 10 June was beyond all praise. He has previously served with distinction in the Carrier Platoon in Crete and Tobruk. Charles McCluskey was born in Cumbernauld, Dumbarton in January 1914 and enlisted in the Black Watch in June 1932, direct from the Territorials. Originally posted to the 1st Battalion, he transferred to the 2nd sometime before the outbreak of hostilities, and saw action in the Carrier Platoon in Crete and Tobruk, prior to joining Order Wingates Chindits in Burma in March 1944. The following extracts, taken from The Black Watch, by Philip Howard (part of the Famous Regiments series), neatly summarise the actions and experiences shared by McCluskey and his comrades in the 2nd Battalion: Crete In May 1941, after a tremendous battering by dive-bombers, the sky suddenly filled with puffs of thistle-down. There was a gasp of amazement, and a moments hush along the whole Black Watch position. It was the first big parachute invasion in history. The Black Watch picked off the German paratroops as they fell, like plump pigeons. But for the next ten days more and more were dropped, prudently behind the mountains now, and out of range of Heraklion. The Battalion hung on grimly by its finger-nails, in isolated pockets unable to move by daylight, except for the piper who always played Reveille around the airfield after the dawn air raid. At last London decided to evacuate the island. At midnight the Highlanders crept down to the beach to the cruisers waiting to ferry them away. They had a terrible journey to Alexandria, dive-bombed and torpedoed all the way through the narrows at the eastern end of Crete. More than 200 of the Black Watch were killed on the voyage. A year later the Commanding Officer of the first German parachute battalion dropped at Heraklion was captured in Libya. He told his interrogators: My first surprise was when I found the position held. The second was when I discovered who the infantry were. The battle continued with great ferocity for two days. The Black Watch never surrendered. Had it been any other regiment, any other, all would have been well. I had but 80 men left of my 800, no food, little ammunition; our food was being eaten by the Jocks. Tobruk Next the Battalion was put into Tobruk to relieve the Australians, who had been besieged in that bull-dogged citadel for six months. The short dusty perimeter was defended by wire, mine-fields, and subterranean galleries. Dismembered vehicles and litter lay everywhere. The big German gun called ôBardia Billö barked and boomed over the fortress. In November the Battalion broke out of Tobruk on a sortie to link up with the Eighth Army advancing from Egypt. The plan was far more complex than the things which the Black Watch had been asked to do in old-style battles of far-off forgotten wars. But for once the Highlanders had been given a generous ration of infantry tanks. In fact the tanks lost themselves in the flat, featureless desert, in which the only landmarks were tangles of wire. And there was plenty of wire around to confuse the issue. So the Black Watch had to go in alone with the bayonet, as they had been doing ever since Fontenoy. The pipers played the Battalion in with ôHighland Laddieö, the regimental march, and ôThe Black Bearö. This last tune has a pause for a yell at intervals, and is traditionally played when a final effort is needed from tired men. Two hours later 8 officers and 60 men were left to take the final objective out of 32 officers and 600 men who set off from the Start Line. A Gunner Major wrote after the battle: I class this attack of the Black Watch as one of the most outstanding examples of gallantry combined with high-class training that I have seen. Not one of us who was there will forget such supreme gallantry. Burma and the Chindits Over on the other side of the world, the 2nd Battalion had become guerillas themselves - Chindits dropped for long range penetration beyond the Chindwin. The Battalion was split into two columns, numbered, inevitably, 73 and 42. They were flown into blind green jungle in March 1944, and for the next six months skirmished, and marched, and survived the monsoon, the steaming heat, and accidents by flood and field. It was probably the most unpleasant terrain for fighting into which the Black Watch had ever been plunged, worse even than the fever-swamps of the West Indies in the eighteenth century, or the dense jungles of Kandy. They were gnawed by starvation and disease. In one month alone 70 men died of typhus. It was a dripping world where clothes were never dry, and leeches had to be stripped from bodies at night. Tracks were often waist-deep in water and mud. Leather girths rotted on mules. A 10-mile march took four days. And once it took two days to haul their tottering half-dead bodies to the top of a four-mile pass. Most of the actions were small and untidy - the general strategy of the Chindit campaign lost direction after the death of Wingate. In May, at an ambush to cover the evacuation of ôWhite Cityö, 200 Black Watch scattered 1,200 Japanese. In August the last emaciated remnants charged and captured the village of Labu with the bayonet, played in on pipes specially dropped by parachute for the occasion. They were then flown back to India to recuperate. And of McCluskeys individual heroism near Kontha in June 1944, The Black Watch & The Kings Enemies states: There were reports, however, that the Japs were in various villages below the pass; and it was in one of these, Kontha, that the second patrol was sent. It consisted of a weak platoon under Sergeant McLuskey. Leaving at 8 a.m. on 10 June, he approached Kontha and was engaged by fire. The paddy round the village was three feet under water, but he took up his position in elephant grass and returned the fire with Bren guns and grenades from a cup discharger. As the enemy began to work round them, the patrol withdrew, having had one man killed and several wounded, but having got their information. They returned with their wounded at 6 p.m. The difficulty of keeping weapons in a working condition in circumstances such as these may be imagined.
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