A fine and unbroken run of The John Wisden’s Cricketers’ Almanack from the first year of issue to 1864 to the current 145th edition of 2008, from 1864 to 1935 uniformly bound in reddish-brown cloth with gilt titling to spine, the original paper wrappers preserved in the following volumes 1870 to 1878 inclusive, 1930, 1931, 1933 & 1934, also 1923 back wrapper only and 1922 back wrapper partially preserved, the run continuing with unbound almanacks for 1936 & 1937 paper wrappers, 1938 to 1945 limp linen, 1946 to 1950 hardback, 1951 to 1974 limp linen, 1975 hardback with d/j, 1976 to 1978 limp linen, 1979 hardback with d/j, 1980 to 1981 limp linen, 1982 hardback with d/j, 1983 & 1984 limp linen, 1985 hardback with d/j, 1986 to 1988 limp linen, 1989 hardback with d/j, 1990 limp linen, 1991 to 1993 hardback with d/j, 1994 limp linen, 1995 to 2008 hardback with d/j. Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack, often referred to simply as Wisden or colloquially as ‘the bible of Cricket’ is by far the best known reference book concerned with the sport of cricket and is one of the most famous and long running sports reference books published in the UK. It was founded in 1864 by the English cricketer John Wisden (1826-1884) as a competitor to Lillywhite’s Guide to Cricketers (see lot 811). Its annual publication has continued uninterrupted to the present day, including through the First and Second World War periods. The sixth edition was the first published under its current title; the first five were published as The Cricketer’s Almanack, with the apostrophe before the ‘s’. It has had only 15 editors in over 140 years, including Sydney Pardon for 35 editions (1891 to 1925) and Norman Preston for 29 editions (1952 to 1980). Matthew Engel is the current editor although Scyld Berry edited 2008 while Engel takes a sabbatical. Wisden has always been a small-paged but increasingly a very thick book (over 1500 pages in modern editions). The distinctive bright yellow cover has been carried since the 75th edition in 1938. In previous years, covers varied between yellow, buff and salmon pink. The 75th edition was the first to display the famous woodcut of two Victorian cricketers by Eric Ravilious on its cover. In 2003 the woodcut gave way to photographic portraits of a contemporary cricketer. In 2006 and 2007, a larger format edition has been published on an experimental basis. Wisden was acquired and published by Robert Maxwell’s publishing conglomerate, Macdonald, in the 1970s. Sir Paul Getty bought the company, John Wisden & Co, in 1993. They are now highly desirable collectors’ items. In May 2007 Graham Budd Auctions set a world record auction price by selling a collection from first year of issue for £120000. This lot represents another rare opportunity to instantly acquire a collection in its entirety.
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Miscellaneous rugby union memorabilia, comprising: two signed limited edition commemorations, the first a certificate issued at the launch of the Six Nations Championship in 2000, numbered 5 of 12, signed by a senior representative from each competing nation; the second issued by England rugby, numbered 5 of 12, and signed by Bernard Gadney, Hal Sever, Matt Dawson and Jonny Wilkinson; together with a Five Nations video signed by Will Carling; three French Rugby Union dinner menus for internationals v England in Paris (a pair for 2000, and a single for 2002); 1993 official RFU Yearbook; and a Lloyds TSB Six Nations information pack; three posters including a full-size Italian example for the 2000 international v England in Rome; and match programmes
Ferdinand Brock Tupper Family Records; Containing Memoirs of Major-General Sir Isaac Brock, K.B. Lieutenant E.W. Tupper, R.N. and Colonel William De Vic Tupper, with notices of Major-General Tupper and Lieut. C. Tupper, R.N. to which are added The Life of Te-Cum-Seh, A Memoir of Colonel Havilland Le Mesurier, printed and published by Stephen Barbet, New Street, Guernsey and Baldwin & Craddock, London, First Edition 1835, quarter bound in leather with gilt tooling to spine (rebound).
Bruce, The Hon. Mrs Victor A. Nine Thousand Miles in Eight Weeks; Being an Account of an Epic Journey by Motor-Car Through Eleven Countries and Two Continents, first edition, Heath Cranton, London 1927. Original royal blue cloth, plate illustrations from photographs, with inscription detailing the purchase of this copy 'at the farewell send off to Mrs Bruce given by the A.C. Company, at the start of her northern trip through Lapland, 8th July 1927', octavo.
Dulac, Edmund, illustrator, & Hawthorne, Nathaniel. Tanglewood Tales, Hodder & Stoughton, London 1938. Grey cloth, twelve colour plate illustrations, quarto; Barrie, J.M. Peter Pan & Wendy, Boots, Nottingham no date. Original pictorial blue cloth gilt, twenty-two full-page colour illustrations by Gwynedd Hudson, quarto; The New Adventures of Rupert [facsimile of first annual], limited edition no.7319, Daily Express, London 1985. Boards, dustjacket, quarto; and Reade, Charles. The Cloister and the Hearth: A Tale of the Middle Ages, Chambers, London no date. Original bevelled blue cloth with pictorial onlay, twenty colour plate and additional text illustrations by Gordon Browne, quarto, (4).
Searle, Ronald. Hurrah for St. Trinians, first edition, MacDonald, London 1948. Buff cloth, dustjacket, illustrations, octavo; Ungerer, Tomi. No Kiss for Mother, first edition, Methuen, London 1974. Pictorial boards, illustrations throughout, octavo; and Steadman, Ralph, illustrator, & Carroll, Lewis. The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits, first edition, Dempsey, London 1975. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, large octavo, (3).
Bregulla, Heinrich. Birds of Vanuatu, first edition, Nelson, Oswestry 1992. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, octavo; Brockie, Keith. The Silvery Tay: Paintings and Sketches from a Scottish River, first edition, Dent, London 1988. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, large quarto; and assorted other works of ornithological interest, (three boxes).
Taylor, Barry, & Perlo, Ber van. Rails: A Guide to the Rails, Crakes, Gallinules and Coots of the World, first edition, Pica Press, Robertsbridge 1998. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; Bannerman, D.A., & Vella-Gaffiero, J.A. Birds of the Maltese Archipelago, first edition, Museums Department, Valletta 1976. Maroon cloth, dustjacket, illustrations, small quarto; and assorted other works of ornithological interest, (three boxes).
Sharp, Henry. Practical Wildfowling, Upcott Gill, London circa 1895. Pictorial green cloth gilt, illustrations, period advertisements, octavo; Sharp, Henry. The Gun Afield & Afloat, first edition, Chapman & Hall, London 1904. Pictorial pale green cloth gilt, illustrations, octavo; and Lucas, W.J. British Dragonflies (Odonata), first edition, Upcott Gill, London 1900. Sage green cloth, colour plate illustrations, four pages of publisher's adverts, small quarto, (3).
New Naturalist. Simms, Eric. British Thrushes, first edition, Collins, London 1978. Green buckram, dustjacket, illustrations, octavo; with Perrins, Christopher. British Tits, first edition, 1979; Simms, Eric. Woodland Birds, reprint, 1976; Summerhayes, V.S. Wild Orchids of Britain, first edition, London 1951; and twelve other assorted titles from the series, (16).
Tunnicliffe, C.F. Mereside Chronicle, with a Short Interlude of Lochs and Lochans, first edition, Country Life, London 1948. Modern half calf, illustrations throughout, quarto; with Shorelands Summer Diary, first edition, Collins, London 1952. Red cloth, illustrations throughout, quarto; Tunnicliffe's Birds: Measured Drawings by C.F. Tunnicliffe, first U.S. edition, Little, Brown & Co., Boston 1984. Dark brown cloth, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, quarto; with a further nine assorted works illustrated by the same; and three works illustrated by Archibald Thorburn, (15).
Rickman, Philip. A Bird-Painter's Sketch Book, new edition, Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1935. Blue-grey cloth with onlaid title label, plate and text illustrations throughout, quarto; Blaugrund, Annette, & Stebbins, Theodore E., editors, John James Audubon: The Watercolours for the Birds of America, first edition, The Herbert Press, New York 1993. Green cloth, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, large quarto; Fleming, C.A. George Edward Lodge: Unpublished Bird Paintings, first edition, Joseph, London 1983. Cloth spined boards, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, large quarto; and assorted other works of ornithological interest, (14).
Smith, Cecil. The Birds of Somersetshire, first edition, Van Voorst, London 1869. Full maroon morocco, octavo; Moore, Robert. The Birds of Devon, first edition, signed by author, David & Charles, Newton Abbot 1969. Boards, dustjacket, plate illustrations from photographs, octavo; Hardy, Eric. The Birds of the Liverpool Area, first edition, Buncle, Arbroath 1941. Green cloth, dustjacket, illustrations, octavo; and assorted other works on the birds of Britain, many of regional interest, (box).
Gallagher, Michael, & Woodcock, Martin. The Birds of Oman, first edition, Quartet Books, London 1980. Dark green cloth, dustjacket, illustrations throughout, large quarto; Forbush, Edward Howe, & May, John Richard. A Natural History of American Birds of Eastern and Central North America, Bramhall House, New York no date. Boards, dustjacket, colour plate illustrations, large quarto; Burleigh, Thomas. Birds of Idaho, first edition, Caxton Printers, Caldwell 1972. Boards, dustjacket, plate illustrations from photographs, quarto; and a further eleven assorted works of ornithological interest, (14).
Bruce, J. Collingwood. The Hand-Book to the Roman Wall: A Guide to Tourists Traversing the Barrier of the Lower Isthmus, second edition, Smith & Reid, London & Newcastle 1884. Pictorial green cloth gilt, engraved plates, folding plan, text illustrations, octavo; Wright, Nicholas. Knights and Peasants: The Hundred Years War in the French Countryside, first edition, Boydell Press, Woodbridge, 1998. Boards, dustjacket, octavo; and assorted other works, most of historical interest, (box).
Hastings, Major R.H.W.S. The Rifle Brigade in the Second World War, 1939-1945, first edition, Gale & Polden, Aldershot 1950. Original armorial dark green cloth, plate illustrations from photographs, maps, octavo; and Hutton, Lieut.-Gen. Sir Edward. A Brief History of the King's Royal Rifle Corps, 1755 to 1915, second edition, Warren, Winchester 1917. Original armorial dark green cloth, folding maps, octavo, (2).
Cutmore, M. The Pocket Watch Handbook, first edition, David & Charles, Newton Abbot 1985. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, octavo; Nutting, Wallace. The Clock Book, Garden City Publishing, New York no date [cica 1935]. Pale brown buckram, plate illustrations, quarto; and assorted other works of horological interest, (19).
Francis, Dick. Smokescreen, first edition, signed by author, Joseph, London 1972. Boards, dustjacket, octavo; with Slay-Ride, first edition, signed by author, 1973; Knock Down, first edition, signed by author, 1974; and In the Frame, first edition, signed by author, 1976, each with dustjacket, (4).
after Laurence Stephen Lowry R.A. (1887-1976) "The Beach" signed in pencil, with the blindstamp for the Fine Art Trade Guild, from an edition of 850, published in 1973 by Venture Prints Ltd, Bristol, a colour reproduction, 29cm by 52cm; together with a Facsimile of the Original Pencil Sketch which was issued for the above picture at the time of publication, also from an edition of 850, and bearing the blindstamp for the Fine Art Trade Guild, 17.5cm by 24.5cm, unframed (2) The beach depicted in both drawings is "Deal Beach", the pencil drawing having been produced on the 24th September 1912 the first print is sometimes referred to as "Deal Harbour" or "Seaside" See illustration
![[Books]. Moody, G.T. Southern Electric, first edition, Allan, London 1957; 'Southmet’, The Tramways of Croydon, first editio](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10054/2732333/472-51-10054_468x382.jpg)
[Books]. Moody, G.T. Southern Electric, first edition, Allan, London 1957; 'Southmet’, The Tramways of Croydon, first edition, The Light Railway Transport League 1960; Tourret, R. Petroleum Railtank Wagons of Britain, first edition, Tourret Publishing, Abingdon 1980; and other works of related interest, (21)
![[Books]. Parissien, Steven. Station to Station, first edition, Phaidon Press, London 1997; Tourret, R. Hedjaz Railway, first](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10054/2732333/473-51-10054_468x382.jpg)
[Books]. Parissien, Steven. Station to Station, first edition, Phaidon Press, London 1997; Tourret, R. Hedjaz Railway, first edition, Tourret Publishing, Abingdon 1989; Kellett, John. The Impact of Railways on Victorian Cities, first edition, Routledge & Kegan Paul, London 1969; and assorted other works of railway interest, (29)
![[Books]. Link, O. Winston. Steam, Steel & Stars, second impression, Abrams, New York 1987; Brown, John. The Baldwin Locomoti](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10054/2732333/474-51-10054_468x382.jpg)
[Books]. Link, O. Winston. Steam, Steel & Stars, second impression, Abrams, New York 1987; Brown, John. The Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1831-1915, third impression, John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 1995; Stover, John. History of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, first edition, Purdue University Press 1987; and assorted other works of American railway interest, (22)
Glenmorangie Claret Wood Finish Traditionally matured in American White Oak then transferred to first growth Claret Casks from Pauillac, Bordeaux. Eight casks selected in 1989, vintage years between 1976 and 1979. Distilled and bottled by The Glenmorangie Distillery Coy, Tain. Limited edition bottle number 982. Single malt, 43% volume 1 bottle
Port Charlotte First Cut-2001 Distilled 28.05.2001, bottled May 2007. Bottle number 896 of 950. Distilled by hand at Bruichladdich Distillery, Islay. 500 ml. Single malt, 61.5% volume Bowmore Voyage Limited Edition bottle number 3849. Distilled and bottled by Morrison's Bowmore Distillery, Islay. In original cardboard tube. Single malt, 56% volume 2 bottles
Glenmorangie-21 year-old-1977 Distilled 1977. Limited Bottling. In wooden presentation case. Single malt, 43% volume Glenmorangie Millennium Malt-12 year-old Limited Edition First Fill. In original carton. Single malt, 40% volume Distilled and bottled by The Glenmorangie Distillery Coy, Tain 2 bottles
A particularly fine Second World War Mosquito navigator's D.F.M. group of four awarded to Pilot Officer L. J. Etheridge, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who completed 50 sorties over France, Holland and Germany in 1944-45, an action packed tour that included a brace of crash-landings back in England after damage sustained in action - once on one-engine with a hung-up 500lb. bomb: so, too, the spectacular daylight raids on the S.S.-occupied Chateau de Fou in August 1944 and S.S. barracks at Arnhem in the following month distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (1603309 F./Sgt. L. J. Etheridge, R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany star; War Medal 1939-45, extremely fine (4) £3000-3500 D.F.M. London Gazette 8 May 1945. The original recommendation states: ‘Flight Sergeant Etheridge has completed 50 sorties with his pilot, Flight Lieutenant Gasson, including three daylight operations. this N.C.O. has proved himself to be an excellent operational Navigator. He has never failed to bring his pilot to the target area, often despite poor weather conditions and without navigational aids. some of the sorties in which he was engaged involved very deep penetrations into enemy territory, where accurate navigation, without Gee facilities, was vital to the success of the missions. the results obtained by this Navigator and his pilot have been outstandingly good as the following examples will show. on the night of 6-7 August 1944, a moving light was attacked in France and due to the fact that the attack was pressed home to a low level the port engine was hit by a ricochet and caught fire at 1500 feet. The port propeller was feathered and the graviner switch operated. The return flight was made on one engine and Flight Sergeant Etheridge's accurate navigation brought them safely to England. It was found that height could not be maintained with the result that the English coast was crossed at 400 feet and a crash landing made at Ford. on the night of 4-5 October 1944, when carrying out a patrol over Holland and Germany, two trains were found in a railway station at Millingen, which were attacked with bombs and cannon. A large explosion followed the attack and later a fire started. During the same patrol a tug and six barges were found and successfully strafed. flight Sergeant Etheridge also took part in the successful daylight operations against the chateau south of Chatellerault on 2nd August, trains at Chalons on 25 August 1944 and on the barracks at Arnhem on 17 September 1944. flight Sergeant Etheridge possesses great determination and coolness in times of crisis. His fine offensive spirit, which is equal to that of his pilot, has gone to make an ideal Mosquito crew. In view of his fine operational record, I strongly recommend him for the award of the Distinguished Flying Medal.’ Laurence James Etheridge commenced his operational career with No. 107 Squadron, a Mosquito unit of 2nd Tactical Air Force's 138 Wing, operating out of Lasham, in July 1944, when, with his New Zealander pilot, Flight Lieutenant L. Gasson, he completed an offensive patrol over Vire-Falaise-Trouville sector on the night of the 24th-25th. Indeed it was to prove the first of a spate of such patrols in support of the Allied landings, 107s Mosquito VIs targeting enemy troops, transport and communications, often with great success, according to the Squadron's Operational Record Book (O.R.B.), by means of bombing and cannon fire delivered from altitudes as low as 500-1000 feet. Success was also dependent on a bright moon, a case in point being Etheridge's third sortie - against targets in the upper reaches of the Seine, from Rouen on the night of 30-31 July - when 107's Mosquitoes strafed and bombed a variety of trains, bridges, roads and in fact, any moving lights, but not without interference from the usual flak concentrations which had a habit of 'creeping up on the unwary'. etheridge's next sortie was of the daylight variety, one of a series of famous strikes against the S.S. and Gestapo, in this case an attack on troops of the notorious 158th ‘Security’ Regiment - who had recently murdered members of the S.A.S. - in the Chateau de Fou, south of Chatellerault on 2 August, a spectacular raid captured on camera, and one in which his aircraft, Mosquito A-NT. 136, formed part of the third wave - never the best place to be with aroused defences: ‘In the woods to the immediate south of the Chateau, one large explosion was seen after a cannon attack, possibly from motor transport. Bombs landed all round the Chateau but no direct hit was claimed. Strikes were obtained on the roof in a cannon attack and a small fire was seen to start inside. Aircraft ‘D’ sustained the loss of one engine over the target and crash landed at Thorney Island - crew unhurt. The trip back was uneventful except for a little flak soon after leaving the target, which was successfully avoided by all except F./O. Staple in Aircraft ‘J’ ... It is doubtful if the Chateau was entirely destroyed but troops possibly hiding in the woods would have been eliminated’ (107’s Squadron Operational Record Book refers). two days later Etheridge was part of a Squadron effort to lend support to the Army in the Caen sector, when 'much activity was seen in the battle zone and flak was very considerable', while on the night of 6-7 August, as cited above, he and Gasson were compelled to return from France on one engine, the other having been set alight by a ricochet from their own low-level cannon-fire - not mentioned, however, is the fact they were carrying a hung-up 500lb. bomb as they made their crash landing at Ford in Sussex and that said bomb exploded just two minutes after they had scrambled clear of the wreckage. Notwithstanding such a close-call, both were back in action over France, chasing trains out of Paris, the very next night. So, too, on the 8th-9th, evidence indeed of 107's constant operational agenda, another three nights of successive operations taking place between the 12th-15th, in one of which further trains were shot up in the Falaise sector. and as if this "three-nighter" agenda were not punishing enough, Etheridge and Gasson were called upon to carry out two sorties on the night of 16th-17th, both of them strikes against barges on the Seine - such was the ferocity of the flak that neither could see the results of their attacks. Bad weather then having intervened, their next sortie was flown on the night of 23-24 August, on a line between Cap D'Antifer and Lens, another on the 24th-25th, and a daylight operation against railway targets at Chalons in the afternoon of the latter date - a spectacular mission in which a number of oil-trains were hit, exploding 'with a terrific mushroom of flame and black smoke', but a mission, too, in which most of the participating aircraft were also damaged by return fire: a vivid portrayal of 107’s Mosquito VIs on a low-level railway strike over France, by David Pentalnd, is available as a limited edition print from Cranston Fine Arts. the Squadron now having moved to Epinoy, France, September started with a deep penetration sortie into Holland and Germany on the night of the 5th-6th, severe jamming preventing the use of GEE and making Etheridge's navigation role all the more difficult, while on the 9th-10th eight of 107s aircraft destroyed a brace of ammunition trains between Metz and Morhange, taking it in turns to carry out devastating cannon and machine-gun attacks. A successful sortie to Holland followed on the night of the 11th-12th, a less successful one on the 13th-14th, while on the 17th Etheridge and Gasson, piloting Mosquito B-NT. 207 in 107's sky black formation, paved the way for the biggest airborne landings ever made with a daylight attack on the S.S. barracks at Arnhem. At 0700 hours that morning, a total of 32 crews from 107 and 603 Squadrons were assembled for a special briefing, during which models of
Waterloo 1815 (Thomas Morris, 2nd Battn. 73rd Regnt. Foot) naming re-engraved in contemporary large capitals, with replacement silver ball mount and straight bar suspension, some edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine £400-500 Private Thomas Morris was born at St. George’s, Middlesex, on 15 August 1795. A Gunmaker by occupation, he joined the Loyal Volunteers of St. George, Middlesex on 11 May 1812. He enlisted into the 2nd Battalion 73rd Foot at Colchester on 29 May 1813. In the Waterloo Campaign he served with No.6 (Grenadier) Company and was slightly wounded in the left cheek and right arm in the battle. Promoted to Corporal on 17 October 1815, he was transferred to the 1st Battalion on 4 May 1817. Remaining with the Depot Company in Britain, he was discharged on 20 November 1818. Although discharged without a pension, he was later granted 6d/day from 27 March 1860. he was the author of Recollections of Military Service in 1813-14-15. This, a minor classic, was first published in 1845 and later appeared in a number of successively expanded editions. He writes of the occasion he was wounded: ‘Our situation now was truly awful; our men were falling by the dozens every fire. About this time, also, a large shell fell just in front of us, and while the fuse was burning out, we were wondering how many of us it would destroy. When it burst, about seventeen men were either killed or wounded by it; the portion which came to my share, was a piece of rough cast-iron, about the size of a horse bean, which took up its lodging in my left cheek; the blood ran copiously down inside my clothes, and made me rather uncomfortable.’ sold with a 1967 edition of his Recollections of Military Service, edited by John Selby. £400-£500
The Companion of Honour group of three awarded to Harold Arthur, Viscount Dillon, first Curator of the Tower of London Armouries, Chairman of the Trustees of the National Portrait Gallery, President of the Royal Archaeological Institute and of the Society of Antiquaries, Trustee of the British Museum and of the Wallace Collection, a leading authority on the history of arms and armour and medieval costume the Order of the Companions of Honour, G.V.R., neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse inscribed ‘Harold Arthur Viscount Dillon 1921’, with length of neck ribbon; Jubilee 1897 (Harold Arthur Viscount Dillon PSA, PRIA); Coronation 1911, unnamed as issued, good very fine (3) £2500-3000 Ex Hayward’s Gazette, December 1975. harold Arthur Lee Dillon was born on 24 January 1844, and was educated at a private school at Eltham, Kent, and at Bonn University. He joined the Rifle Brigade in 1862, was promoted to Lieutenant in 1866, and served in India and Canada during the Fenian troubles of 1868-71. He left the regular army in 1874, but was promoted to Captain in the Oxfordshire Militia and eventually retired with the rank of Major in 1891. In the following year he succeeded his father as the 17th Viscount Dillon of Costello-Gallen. on leaving the army Dillon became interested in modern military subjects such as equipment and dress, which eventually led him to the history of arms and armour and medieval costume. Dillon traced hundreds of illuminated manuscripts and illustrated works and made a series of brass rubbings. When he would enter a gallery he would focus only on those paintings with military themes, concentrating on sword hilts, armour and horse trappings, and skillfully copied them. his first works were published shortly after he left the army. These articles related to his home, Ditchley in Oxfordshire and described flint tools excavated from the area and objects from the collections in the house. He published many articles on the subjects of arms and armour and military history which appeared in academic journals such as the Archaeological Journal and Archaeologia as well as journals of popular and military general interest such as Antiquary and Colburne's United Service Magazine. He would also write on the subjects of arms and armour in pictures, on monuments and in Shakespeare, on tournaments, military equipment, soldier's arms, equipment and life. His first major undertaking was a revised edition of F. W. Fairholt's two volume Costume in England, published in 1885. Three years later he published a paper on the sections of the great 1547 Inventory of the possessions of Henry VIII. In his writings Dillon focused on the defensive and offensive characters of armour rather than as a work of art. many of his articles appeared under his own name, but he would sometimes use the pseudonym 'Armadillo.' The animal was so closely linked with Lord Dillon that the designer of a commemorative medal produced for the National Portrait Gallery used an image of an armadillo for the reverse of a medal bearing the portrait of Lord Dillon. although Dillon was associated with the Tower of London Armouries from 1892, serving as the consultant scientific expert, he was not officially appointed curator of the Armoury until 1895. He was tasked with producing an accurate and up to date catalogue of the collection. As curator he was able to reduce historic inaccuracies that had built up over the previous years. In 1827 Samuel Meyrick had brought expert knowledge to the collection, but it had then fallen into the hands of the War Office storekeepers and unfortunately most his work was lost. Labels were misplaced, and suits wrongly mounted and erroneous traditions had been established for public amusement. his research led him through the State Papers, especially those of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, in which he discovered interesting and valuable details about the making and issue of arms and armour. Dillon dismantled nearly every piece of armour in the collection to see how it was worn and the reason for certain constructional details. Most of the pieces were those of Henry VIII. Dillon even tried them on himself to see how the rivets and the joints of the harness worked and discovered that many of the suits had been wrongly assembled This exercise enabled him to rectify countless inaccuracies. He also examined the internal mechanisms of the crossbow, pistol and gunlocks. in 1910 Dillon's Illustrated Guide to the Armouries was published, being a summary catalogue of the arms and armour as he had arranged and exhibited them, and the various manuscript inventories of the collection. Dillon carried out a complete reorganisation of the collection in preparation for the new catalogue, and made a detailed examination of all the major pieces as well as identifying a number of those with important historical associations, and corrected inaccuracies. The catalogue was more in the format of a guided tour rather than a systematic catalogue. dillon considered his task to be one of preserving and studying a closed collection rather than expanding it and spreading knowledge of it outside the Tower. His two significant acquisitions for the collection were a pistol of Prince Charles, purchased in 1898 and a part visor of King Henry VII found in St James' Palace in 1906. One of his most valuable contributions was the Armourer's Album which appeared for sale in Paris and by Dillon's efforts was purchased and preserved in the Victoria & Albert Museum. The album contained a number of watercolour drawings of suits of armour of the Elizabethan period that were made at Greenwich, many of which were in the Tower, together with the names of the owners, which proved invaluable for establishing provenance and for identifying pieces in the Tower, Windsor and other private collections. lord Dillon contemplated retiring in 1909, but finally retired from his post of Curator in 1912, and handed the Armouries over to Charles Foulkes. Dillon left the Armouries on its way to becoming a modern museum. A catalogue had been completed, a programme of inspections of loans had been established, and regular inventory checks were carried out. Armour and weapons were displayed according to the techniques of the day, with labels and a guidebook describing the displays. he received an honourary degree of Doctor of Civil Law from the University of Oxford and the Order of Companion of Honour by the King in 1921. Dillon served as a trustee to the British Museum, secretary to the Royal Commission on Westminster Abbey, President of the Royal Archaeological Institute of the Wallace Collection, Trustee and Chairman of the Board of the National Portrait Gallery, Honourary Member of the Armourers and Brasier's Company of London, Fellow of the British Academy and Antiquary of the Royal Academy. Harold Arthur Lee Dillon died on 18 December 1932. The group is sold with a ‘Souvenir Album of the Tower of London, with Historical and Descriptive Notes by The Viscount Dillon P.S.A.’ £2500-£3000
Hawkesworth (John) ALMORAN AND HAMET, half-titles, 2 vol. contemporary calf, rubbed, spines gilt, morocco spine lables, top board vol. 1 detached, others loose, for H. Payne and W. Cropley, 1761; [Bramston (James)] THE ART OF POLITICKS IN IMITATION OF HORACE'S ART OF POETRY, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece, engraved vignette on title, modern sheep-backed boards, for L. Gilliver, 1729; Manuscript.- ?J[acobi]. C[ruci].- MISCELLANIES IN PROSE AND VERSE ORIGINAL AND SELECTED BY J. C., title with vignette painting, contemporary ink throughout, bookplate on front pastedown, contemporary half calf over patterned boards, rubbed, [c.1828]; and 22 others, similar, 8vo.
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Le Carre (John) THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD, 1965; THE LE CARRE OMNIBUS, 1964, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR; Crofts (Freeman Wills) FRENCH STRIKES OIL, FIRST EDITION, 1952, publishers boards, dust-jackets, worn; Barrie (J.M. and Arthur Rackham) PETER PAN IN KENSINGTON GARDENS, 24 plates, tissue-guards, publishers cloth, rubbed, n.d. (4).
Lattimore (Owen) THE DESERT ROAD TO TURKESTAN, FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, half-title, plates, bookplate on front free-endpaper, publisher's cloth, Boston, 1929; Pardoe (Julia) THE COURT AND REIGN OF FRANCIS I KING OF FRANCE 3 vol., engraved plates, contemporary half calf over patterned boards, rubbed, New York, 1887; and 11 others, general, v.s. (15).
Waller (Horace) THE LAST JOURNALS OF DAVID LIVINGSTONE IN CENTRAL AFRICA, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, 2 folding engraved maps, one in pocket at end vol. 1, engraved plates, publisher's cloth, gilt, rubbed, 8vo, 1874; Shackleton (Edward) ARCTIC JOURNEYS, photographic plates, later prize-binding morroco-backed boards, 8vo, c.1936; and another, similar, (4).
Marc Chagall & Egidio Costantini 15 1/2in. (39.5cm) high "Anfora Sposi"-a hand crafted glass vase, the rose-tinted body decorated in relief with two lovers, a clear glass violet-tinted handle depicting male and female faces; inscribed on the base M. Chagall-E. Costantini, 1954, Fucina degli Angeli, Venecia, and numbered 2 from an edition limited to 3. NB: Egidio Costantini was born in Brindisi on April 22nd, 1912 and moved to Venice upon the death of his father in 1918. He studied there at a technical college and initially worked at the Circolo Motonautico of Venice. After World War II he embarked on a glass making career starting first as an agent for several Murano glass factories but soon began to mediate collaborations between glass blowers, artists, and himself to create glass sculptures based on drawings by contemporary artists. He began to work with a group of Venetian artists and from this came the founding of the Centro Studio Pittori Nel 'Arte del Vetro di Murano in 1950. After a successful collaboration with Oskar Kokoschka, he travelled to Paris to work with some of the most famous artists of the Day. He collaborated most significantly with Pablo Picasso, Max Ernst, Jean Arp, Gino Severini, Alexander Calder, and in 1954 with Mark Chagall. Chagall, already famous as a designer of stained glass, was fascinated by the mysterious chemistry of glass and fire. "Costantini" he wrote "gave wealth to the range of colours of the painter, the violence of which is an agreement by moderate tone well differentiated". From 1954 onwards, the two artists developed together themes of love (as demonstrated here with Anfora Sposi), nature (Paesaggio Contadino) and religion (King David). The Fucina degli Angeli (Forge of the Angels) was Costantini's studio gallery in Venice. After opening to initial success, the gallery was forced to shut in 1958, but re-opened in 1961 thanks to patronage from the famous American collector Peggy Guggenheim who exhibited the work of the Fucina in her Venetian palace. See illustration
David Jones (British, 1895-1974) Vespers II 1926 - 29 original line engraving 18 x 14 cm Very good impression printed in blue grey ink, as first issued in 1929 for Douglas Cleverdon's edition of Samuel Taylor Coleridges's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.David Jones's engravings for this work represent the culmination of his career as an engraver and were his last major works in this medium. Blair Hughes- Stanton (British, 1902-1981) "Faith, Hope & Charity" 1956 signed, numbered and titled by the artist in pencil wood engraving 15 x 11.5 cm Very rare wood engravings designed for the Allen Press edition of The Wreck of the Golden Mary by Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins.
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