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Click here to subscribe***Graham Clark (born 1941) - Limited edition coloured etching - "The Goose Girl" 21.5ins x 27.25ins, (No. 88 of edition of 150), and an uncoloured first state - "Late Euphonium", 21ins x 27ins, No. 3 of edition of 10, both signed, titled and numbered in pencil, in modern white frames and glazed (both close framed)
Selection of Boxed Playmates Star Trek Toys including Collectors Series edition Star Trek First Contact USS Enterprise, Collectors Edition Star Trek Generations Starship Enterprise, Classic Star Trek tricorder, Classic Star Trek USS Enterprise, Next Generation Klingon Attack Cruiser, Classic Star Trek phaser, Next Generation tricorder, Next Generation Personal Communicator, Next Generation Shuttlecraft Goddard and Star Trek Voyager Starship USS Voyager. Various conditions. (10 items)
After MONTAGUE DAWSON; a print depicting the Clipper ship Lightning entitled "The Boundless Ocean", label to reverse "A perfect facsimile of the original painting by Montague Dawson, a first state impression signed by the painter, edition strictly limited, also with "Alexander Hasse Fine Art dealer of Leeds" label to the reverse, signed in pencil lower right, 43 x 63cm, framed and glazed.
The Francis Johnston-Speaker Clock A highly important and monumental mahogany Longcase Clock, crested with a scallop shell and flanked with figure and hound to one side, and a cherub with a medici lion, on a leaf wreath moulded arch and trellis panel, applied with the Johnston Coat of Arms and motto reading "Nunquam Non Paratus" above a later brass and steel dial, signed J. Waugh & Son, Dublin, with Roman and Arabic numerals on the chapter ring, a subsidiary dial for seconds, two key squares, date aperture and two smaller dials for chimes, the musical mechanism playing a brass pinned barrel, and fifteen graduating steel bells, flanked to either side with a cluster column, headed with ornate stylized Doric capitals, each with a hanging wreath and deep carved side trellis panels, all above a brass inlaid door with serpentine top and a centre aperture with glazed panel inside a leaf carved moulded frame with fleur-de-lis finial, flanked with canted corners and carved female caryatids, on a conforming acanthus leaf moulded canted plinth, and a stepped moulded base, 9'9" x 44" (297cms x 112cms). (1) J. Waugh & Son Dublin The Irish Houses of Parliament Speaker's Clock James Waugh was a member of a well-known family of clock makers. He worked in Armagh from 1785 until 1805 when he moved to Dublin. He produced an 'astronomical' clock for use in Armagh Observatory, circa 1793., and assisted Robert Hogg in making an astronomical quadrant with a 35 inch radius (Hogg was later an assistant astronomer at Armagh). In Dublin he produced clocks from 157 James Street under the name 'Waugh & Sons' as well as 'James Waugh' (this latter nomenclature was in operation between 1805 and 1815). From 1820 until 1824 he operated from 24 James Street and, in 1825, moved to 40 Aungier Street. In 1826 a final move took him to 42 Aungier Street. He is known to have made the works for a Longcase Clock 9 feet 8 inches high, by 3 feet 8 inches wide that was in the Irish Houses of Parliament**. Francis Johnston of Kilmore*** MRIA (1760 - 1829) was the second son of William Johnston of Armagh. On the death of his older brother, Richard Johnston of Kilmore (1759 - 1806), without issue, Francis became the head of his family and entitled to the undifferenced Arms, as displayed on the superstructure of the Clock****. The Parliament House was sold in 1803 to the Bank of Ireland for £40,000. The conversion into the Bank's headquarters was started the following year and completed in 1811. Francis Johnston was the architect of the alterations. Between 1807 and 1814 Richard Stewart executed the carvings in the Chapel Royal at Dublin Castle, which had been designed by Francis Johnston and the unusual shape of the shield for the Johnston Coat of Arms, which was added to the Speaker's Clock, is identical in form, to those for the Viceroys of Ireland which Stewart carved in the Chapel Royal, Dublin. A carillon, or musical clock. The mechanism has 15 bells and 30 hammers playing airs, self-chiming and speed control playing every three hours. The seatboard is 7 inches tall, 4-6 deep, 1/2 thick, 13 inches long and 13 inches square. The Bell 0 4 1/2 hammer spring 4 1/2 long, weights. The Gong 14lb strike 18 movement 7 x 5 2 1/2" deep. Movement dead beat escapement with maintaining power, 18" square dial movement measures 8 1/2" x 8 1/2" x 4 1/2" deep. Heavy cast metal pendulum bob in 2 parts. Secured, with 4 screws wooden pendulum rod, 5 pillar movement motion work drive wheel to carillon 0 3 1/2, 96 teeth 16 pins. The minute wheel, which has an 8 leaves movement does not sit on the seat board but hangs from it. It is secured with 4 bolts 3 weight of lead with pulley enclosed. The gong 18-20 strike 20 - 25 carillon 30. The carillon bell (sea board, 28 long 12 deep 1 1/2 thick) long: the hammer spring 10 inches largest 6- 1 1/2 Frame rough iron bushed with manganese brass, 15 bells 30 hammers driving or drum, wheel. 0 6 3/4 thick 6 spokes with 72 teeth. Wooden barrel winding arbour 3/8 in square. Bevel to great wheel. Drives cylinder wheel 1st cam wheel 72 teeth 0 3 1/2 brass pinion 14 leaves 0 3 3/4. It has a gathering pallet with no tail. The 2nd wheel 56 teeth 0 2 1/4, pinion 8 leaves 1/2 0. the 3rd warning wheel 48 teeth 0 2 1/8 pinion 8 leaves 1/2 0. The fly or governor 8 leaves 0 1/2. The distance of the great wheel between shoulders in 6 1/2 inches. All others are 4 3/4 inches except the fly pinion. The cylinder is 16 in long and the wheel is 0 3 1/4, 72 teeth, 0 5 in excluding pinion. The largest bell is 0 6 in. The smallest is 1 3/4 in. The bells are stamped R. Wells Albourne of Wiltshire, who is listed in Bells of England, by Tom Ingram, published by David Charles, 1954. * * The first Astronomer of the Observatory, Reverend Dr. J.A. Hamilton, was appointed in July 1790, and as an endowment for the Astronomer, Primate Robinson gave twenty acres of land and the estate of Derrynaught. Several instruments, including a Ramsden transit instrument and meridian circle, a Troughton equatorial telescope and three clocks, were ordered at the Primate's expense. However, owing to the Primate's death before receipt of all the instruments, the two Ramsden instruments never came to Armagh, Compensating for the non arrival of the Ramsden transit instrument an Armagh watchmaker, Mr. James Waugh, constructed one, and observations with it commenced in July 1793 (Stuart 1819). Some results with this instrument were published in the Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy (Hamilton 1810). * **Watch and Clockmakers in Ireland. by William Galland Stuart, Dublin 2000 (published with a grant from the Heritage Council). * ***Kilmore House, Richhill, County Armagh (Johnston IFR) a 3 story Georgian block, given 2 curvilinear Jacobean-style gables and mullioned oriels, between which 3 bays of the original elevation remain as they always were, complete with the astragals in the sash windows; the adjoining elevation also remained Georgian. The interior was also remodelled, presumably at the same time: the hall has a screen of tapering wooden piers, incorporating the stairs, which have a handrail of carved wood panelling. The dining room has a Victorian Gothic chimney piece of marble. Seat of the Johnstons of whom Francis Johnston, the architect, was a younger son, (from page 174 of "A Guide to Irish Country Houses" by Mark Bence-Jones, published by Constable, London 1978 revised edition 1988, 2nd revised edition 1990). * ****Arms of Johnston of Kilmore, Armagh: Argent a saltire sable in base a heart ensigned with an imperial crown proper on a chief gules three cushions or: Motto: Nunquam Non Paratus ("Never Unprepared"), Crest: an arm in armour embowed, the hand grasping a sword all proper charged with a spur rowel gules.
Rare First Edition 1798 etc: Wolfe Tone (Wm. Theo.)ed. Life of Theobald Wolfe Tone, Founder of The United Society... 2 vols., 8vo Washington 1826. First Edn., port. frontis Vol. I, some browning as usual, later hf. green mor., red mor. labels, & harp motif on spines. Rare bookplates of Mariga Guinness & inscribed by her. (1)
Untitled (30x42cm) by Laura Kate Draws – Limited Edition print 4 of 20 I’m Laura Chapman and I’m an illustrator currently living in Liverpool. I graduated from Liverpool John Moores University in 2008 with a first class degree in Graphic Arts. I would describe my illustrative style as lovingly meticulous. I like to weave intricate patterns into my work as I feel that it is attention to the little details that can be most captivating. More than anything I’m trying to create a visual world that gives the mundane a more magical feel and above all else I want my illustrations to make people smile. www.laura-katedraws.co.uk
A 1:24 scale Mercedes-Benz Museum Edition Mercedes-Benz SSKL. Sieger Mille Miglia 1931 Rudolf Caracciola. Produced by Paul’s Model Art (later Minichamps) this “First Class Collection” model is finished in white, RN87, with maroon wire wheels and mud guards. Fully detailed with triple manifold exhaust, two spare wheels to the rear, strap to bonnet, windscreen, detailed interior complete with dials. Boxed, with packing. Vehicle Mint. Plate 7
CHURCHILL WINSTON: (1874-1965) British Prime Minister 1940-45, 1951-55. Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1953. Book signed, being a paperback edition of Le Tournant du Destin (`The Hinge of Fate´), First French Edition published by Les Petits-fils de Plon et Nourrit, Paris 1951. Signed by Churchill in bold black fountain pen ink to the front free endpaper `From Winston S. Churchill´, and dated 1951 in his hand. One of a Limited Edition of just twenty copies marked H.C to the limitations page. With partially uncut top edges. VG £400-600
HUMBOLDT ALEXANDER: (1769-1859) Prussian Geographer, Naturalist and Explorer. A good A.L.S., Mr. de Humboldt, in the third person, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to the "Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres", in French. The geographer writes, in full, `Mr. de Humboldt has the honour of offering to the Academy of Inscriptions and Fine Letters the second edition of Nalus which Mr. Bopp, Professor of Sanskrit at the Berlin University, has just published.´ VG. £150-200 Franz Bopp (1791-1867) German Philologist. The second edition Humboldt refers to was published in Berlin 1830-32, the first edition having been published in London in 1819.
EINSTEIN ALBERT: (1879-1955) German-born Theoretical Physicist, Nobel Prize winner for Physics, 1921. Typed Envelope, unsigned, annotated in Einstein's hand, the oblong 8vo manila envelope bearing the typed name and address of the recipient, Walter Knasmuller in Germany, and bearing an affixed printed postage cancellation dated at Princeton, New Jersey, 4th February 1953. Annotated in dark fountain pen ink by Einstein with the words 'First Class!' to the recto and with his return address, '112 Mercer St. Princeton N.J. U.S.A.', to the verso. Accompanied by an unsigned paperback edition of The Universe and Doctor Einstein by Lincoln Barnett (German text edition published by Fischer Bucherei, 1952), seemingly being the original enclosure of the envelope. Some light overall age wear, creases and some tears to the edges of the envelope, close to, but not affecting Einstein's holograph text. FR, 2. £150-200 Lincoln Barnett (1909-1979) American Editor and Author, most notably of Life magazine. Barnett wrote a number of books including The Universe and Doctor Einstein, regarded as a layman's introduction to the theory of relativity and featuring a foreword by Einstein.
BAILLIE MATTHEW: (1761-1823) Scottish-born Physician and Pathologist. A.L.S., M Baillie, two pages, 4to, London, 8th February 1814, to [Antoine Portal]. Baillie states that he is flattered to have received his correspondent's letter and treatise 'as a testimony of approbation from one of the most celebrated Anatomists and Physicians in Europe' and continues 'I have been for many years acquainted with your high reputation and have read some of your excellent works with instruction - I had not seen however your admirable work, Cours d'Anatomie Medicale till lately and therefore I have not been able to derive advantage from it, in publishing the last edition of my Treatise upon Morbid Anatomy - should this book ever come to another Edition, I shall not fail to take advantage of so ample a source of information'. With blank integral leaf. VGBaron Antoine Portal (1742-1832) French Anatomist, Doctor and Medical Historian.Baillie's The Morbid Anatomy of Some of the Most Important Parts of the Human Body (1793) is considered the first systematic study of pathology, and the first publication in English on pathology as a separate subject. £200-300
NOBILE UMBERTO: (1885-1978) Italian Aeronautical Engineer and Arctic Explorer, remembered for designing and piloting the airship Norge, the first to fly across the polar ice cap from Europe to America. T.L.S., Umberto Nobile, one page, 4to, Rome, 14th June 1974, to Gerard Leman, on his printed stationery, in French. Nobile informs his correspondent `My book of memories has just been published in Paris. Entitled “The Pole - Adventure of my life” under the Fayard edition. I kindly ask you to read it and to let me know your impressions´. Accompanied by the original envelope. VG £80-100 Le Pole, Aventure de ma vie, Fayard French edition, was published in Paris in 1974.
ROBERTS FREDERICK: (1832-1914) British Field Marshal, Victoria Cross winner for his actions at the Indian Mutiny on 2nd January 1858. A good A.L.S., Roberts, two pages, 8vo, Englemere, Ascot, Berkshire, 20th December 1912, to [Edward] Arnold. Roberts informs his correspondent that he has read Germany and the Next War with great interest and comments 'It is very remarkable, and I should like it to be very generally read in this country, but that would be impossible, unless it could be published in a cheaper form. Could that be done?', further adding 'It is desirable that our people should know what Germany's intentions are, and how she proposes to give effect to them'. Roberts concludes 'Chapter IX - "The Crucial Question", especially, contains much that would be useful for civilians as well as soldiers to read'. With blank integral leaf. VG. £80-100 Edward Arnold (1857-1942) British Publisher. Germany and the Next War by Friedrich von Bernhardi was first published in Germany in 1912 and was translated and published as a popular edition by Edward Arnold in 1914.
[HUNTING & OTHER] Bradley, Cuthbert. Good Sport Seen with Some Famous Packs 1885-1910, Routledge & Sons, London, no date, pictorial scarlet cloth gilt, top edges gilt, ten plate and further text illustrations, quarto; Nevile, George. Horses and Riding, second edition, Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1877, pictorial green cloth gilt, illustrations, octavo; Fisher, Major Charles Hawkins. Reminiscences of a Falconer, first edition, 1901, pictorial sage green cloth gilt, twelve plate illustrations, quarto; and a further nineteen assorted works, (22).
[HUNTING & OTHER] Coaten, Arthur, editor. British Hunting. A Complete History of the National Sport of Great Britain and Ireland from Earliest Records, limited edition 69/500, Sampson Low, Marston & Co., London, 1909, full crimson crushed morocco gilt, all edges gilt, plate and text illustrations, large quarto (covers scuffed; spine ends with short tears); Trafford, Sir Humphrey, editor. The Foxhounds of Great Britain and Ireland, Southwood, London, 1906, crimson cloth gilt, top edges gilt, plate and text illustrations, tall quarto (binding worn and repaired); Stewart, F.A. Hark to Hounds, first edition, Collins, London, 1937, red cloth gilt, nine (of ten) colour plate illustrations, oblong quarto (covers stained and faded; upper hinge weak); and two other works; together with a sheet of Australian Coronation Tour signatures, including Ritchie Benaud, Ray Lindwall and Keith Miller.
[HUNTING] Gilbey, Sir Walter. Hounds in Old Days, Vinton, London, 1913, pictorial tan cloth gilt, plate illustrations, octavo; Clapham, Richard. Sport on Fell, Beck, & Tarn, Heath Cranton Ltd, London, 1924, tan cloth, plate and full-page illustrations, signed by author, octavo; Lethbridge, Richard. Sir John Amory's Staghounds, first edition, Ryelands, Wellington, 2012, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, signed by author, tall quarto; and ten other assorted works, (13).
[HUNTING] Watson, J.N.P. Lionel Edwards, Master of the Sporting Scene, first edition, The Sportsman's Press, London, 1986, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; Yeates, John. Michael Lyne, Sporting Artist, first edition, The Sportsman's Press, London, 1992, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; and a further two works illustrated by Lionel Edwards, (4).
[HUNTING & EQUINE] Welcome, John, & Collens, Rupert. Snaffles. The Life and Work of Charlie Johnson Payne 1884-1967, first edition, Stanley Paul, London, 1987, boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, oblong quarto; and Welcome, John, & Collens, Rupert. Snaffles on Racing and Point-to-Pointing, first edition, The Lambourn Press, London, 1988, boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, oblong quarto, (2).
[FISHING] Tavener, Eric. The Making of a Trout Stream, Seeley, Service & Co., London, 1953, green cloth, dustjacket, illustrations by Ian Service, square octavo; Armstrong, Robin. Chalk Streams & Lazy Trout, first edition, Stanley Paul, London, 1991, boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; and three other works, (5).
[EQUINE]. HORSE-RACING Mitchell, Sally. The Dictionary of British Equestrian Artists, reprint, Antique Collectors Club, Woodbridge, 1988, cloth, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, quarto; Lyle, R.C. Royal Newmarket, first edition, Putnam & Co., London, 1945, green cloth, dustjacket, ten colour plate and further black and white illustrations, quarto (jacket worn, with loss); Berry, Claude. The Racehorse in Twentieth Century Art, first edition, The Sportsman's Press, London, 1989, boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, quarto; and three other works, (6).
[EQUINE & CANINE] Barker, K.F. Just Dogs, first edition, Country Life, London, 1933, cloth-backed boards, illustrations throughout, quarto; Barker, K.F. Nothing But Horses, Black, London, 1937, buff cloth, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, quarto; and a further six works illustrated by the same, (8).
[CRICKET] Bradman, Don. Don Bradman's Book. The Story of My Cricketing Life, with Hints on Batting, Bowling, and Fielding, Hutchinson, London, no date, green cloth, fifteen plate illustrations, octavo; Bradman, Don. Farewell to Cricket, first edition, Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1950, green cloth, dustjacket, illustrations, octavo; Hobbs, Jack. The Fight for the Ashes in 1934. A Critical Account of the Australian Tour in England, first edition, Harrap, London, 1934, red cloth, plate illustrations, octavo; Roberts, Ron. Sixty Years of Somerset Cricket, first edition, Westaway, London, 1952, boards, dustjacket, plate illustrations, octavo; and a further thirty-six works, (40).
[BIG GAME & NATURAL HISTORY] Christy, Cuthbert. Big Game and Pygmies. Experiences of a Naturalist in Central African Forests in Quest of the Okapi, first edition, Macmillan, London, 1924, blue cloth gilt, plate illustrations, octavo (ex library); Dugmore, A.A. Radclyffe. The Romance of the Newfoundland Caribou. An Intimate Account of the Life of the Reindeer of North America, Lippincott / Heinemann, Philadelphia / London, 1913, dark green cloth, plate illustrations, quarto; Lydekker, R. The Game Animals of India, Burma, Malaya, and Tibet, Rowland Ward, London, 1907, green cloth, plate and text illustrations, octavo; and a further four assorted works, (7).
A quantity of Die Cast Exclusive First Edition models including a Bedford SB Duple Vega Gorwood Coach 18702, Cavelier Hebble Coach 12103, Leyladn TS8 Tiger Type B Lincolnshire 18405, Cavalier Orange Luxury Coach 122054, Plaxton Panorama Elite Wallace Arnold 15710, and a Southdown Gift Amsterdam. (28)
Henry M Stanley; In Darkest Africa, first edition, 2 vols, 8vo, gilt tooled red cloth, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, London 1890; together with F C Selous, Travel and Adventure in South East Africa; G A Birmingham; Irishmen All, 8vo, twelve tipped in illustrations by Jack Yeats HA, published by T N Foulis, London 1913; Charles & Mary Lamb, Tales from Shakespeare, first edition, illustrated by George Soper; and W S Gilbert; The Bab Ballads, published by Macmillan and Co, London 1919. (6)
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![[HUNTING & OTHER] Bradley, Cuthbert. Good Sport Seen with Some Famous Packs 1885-1910, Routledge & Sons, London, no date, pic](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/175bc13a-2c7c-49ee-a690-a51700d2dc59/f253c902-ddac-4b0f-ea85-e21be9e64c48/468x382.jpg)
![[HUNTING & OTHER] Coaten, Arthur, editor. British Hunting. A Complete History of the National Sport of Great Britain and Irel](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/175bc13a-2c7c-49ee-a690-a51700d2dc59/e7a225ae-dab9-4c84-fe42-3d627724af64/468x382.jpg)
![[HUNTING] Gilbey, Sir Walter. Hounds in Old Days, Vinton, London, 1913, pictorial tan cloth gilt, plate illustrations, octavo](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/175bc13a-2c7c-49ee-a690-a51700d2dc59/5b63cf5b-7ebb-4381-8cc5-bfb44e7a1a19/468x382.jpg)
![[HUNTING] Almeida, A. de. Jaguar Hunting in the Mato Grosso, first edition, Stanwill Press, 1976, pictorial soft covers, text](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/175bc13a-2c7c-49ee-a690-a51700d2dc59/064432ac-73f4-4477-b971-79434d24fa86/468x382.jpg)
![[HUNTING] Watson, J.N.P. Lionel Edwards, Master of the Sporting Scene, first edition, The Sportsman's Press, London, 1986, bo](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/175bc13a-2c7c-49ee-a690-a51700d2dc59/8a4b38fd-a672-4165-c1e7-3e3f46017b6a/468x382.jpg)
![[HUNTING & EQUINE] Welcome, John, & Collens, Rupert. Snaffles. The Life and Work of Charlie Johnson Payne 1884-1967, first ed](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/175bc13a-2c7c-49ee-a690-a51700d2dc59/64e26188-f30c-4985-ca8f-d443d929e88a/468x382.jpg)
![[FISHING] Tavener, Eric. The Making of a Trout Stream, Seeley, Service & Co., London, 1953, green cloth, dustjacket, illustra](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/175bc13a-2c7c-49ee-a690-a51700d2dc59/9dbba049-fc34-44b8-8cb5-ed132fdee6fd/468x382.jpg)
![[EQUINE]. HORSE-RACING Mitchell, Sally. The Dictionary of British Equestrian Artists, reprint, Antique Collectors Club, Woodb](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/175bc13a-2c7c-49ee-a690-a51700d2dc59/c3719654-fed4-4f50-8c7c-bc2e55dbbcf6/468x382.jpg)
![[EQUINE & CANINE] Barker, K.F. Just Dogs, first edition, Country Life, London, 1933, cloth-backed boards, illustrations throu](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/175bc13a-2c7c-49ee-a690-a51700d2dc59/714a12f9-aae9-42ac-f571-fd7a3a997bfc/468x382.jpg)
![[CRICKET] Bradman, Don. Don Bradman's Book. The Story of My Cricketing Life, with Hints on Batting, Bowling, and Fielding, Hu](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/175bc13a-2c7c-49ee-a690-a51700d2dc59/47746ee7-d259-4957-e6e1-7c827ea958ec/468x382.jpg)
![[BIG GAME & NATURAL HISTORY] Christy, Cuthbert. Big Game and Pygmies. Experiences of a Naturalist in Central African Forests](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/175bc13a-2c7c-49ee-a690-a51700d2dc59/b810af86-00d9-41e3-9918-f3dfec95ac02/468x382.jpg)
![[CRICKET] Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1908, forty-fifth edition, original paper covers (binding broken); and Wisden's C](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/175bc13a-2c7c-49ee-a690-a51700d2dc59/d0085364-5498-42dc-b17e-539ef3741bdb/468x382.jpg)
