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Lot 316
Salmon, William: Botanologia - The English Herbal: Or a History of Plants. Printed by I. Dawks for H. Rhodes and J. Taylor, 1710, first edition. Additional engraved title by K. Cyrus after K. Solomon, title in red and black, numerous woodcut illustrations. Folio, PP: xxiv, 1296, (xxvii) Index. Later half leather; Front marbled endpaper trimmed; stain to top corners of the first 90 leaves; LACKING 8 LEAVES from the Latin index at the end, and the margins of the last nine pages torn and repaired (with some loss); manuscript notes in the margins of a few pages; the occasional small stain or tear. SOLD WITH ALL FAULTS.
Lot 339
POPE, A: 1- THE DUNCIAD. An heroic poem. To Dr. Jonathan Swift.. L Gilliver, 1736. With a frontis plate. 263pp. Cont. full leather; 2- An essay on man. Strahan, 1786; Douce, Francis: Illustrations of Shakspeare, and Ancient manners.. In 2 vols. Longman.. 1807, first & only edn. 9 wood engraved plates plus text illustrations. Cont. full ribbed leather, The bookplate of R A Butler; [Swift, J]: A Tale of a Tub. 1739; The Union: or Select Scots and English Poems, 1753; Somervile, W: The Chase; 1753; Thomson, J: The seasons. Perth, 1793; & Richardson, S: Pamela. No date, c1832. (9)
Lot 341
MEDICAL: Salmon, W: Pharmacopoeia Londinensis or the New London Dispensatory in VI books. Dawks for Chiswell, et al, 1707, PP: (viii), 877, (iii). Cont. full calf and later spine; Sprengell, C. F: The Aphorisms of Hippocrates, and the Sentences of Celsus, with Explanations and References to the most considerable Writers in Physick and Philosophy both Ancient and Modern. 1708, 1st. Edn. With a frontis plus a portrait. PP: xiv, 349, (i)b, (xxvi) Index. Recent full calf. G+; Kitchiner, W: The Economy of the Eyes.. 1824, 1st. Edn. With a folding frontis (torn, but no loss). Plain boards, long inscription to front blank; Fordyce, G (2 works in one vol.): A Treatise on the Digestion of Food. J Johnson, 1791, 1st. Edn. 204pp; Bound With: Elements of Agriculture and Vegetation. J Johnson, 1771, 2nd. Edn. With 3 plates. Later full polished calf. The title of the first work torn with small loss; former owner's name to both title pages; Tears and repairs to few pages in the second work; Smith, N: The Descriptive Atlas of Anatomy. 1880,1st. edn; Culpepper, N: The English Physician Enlarged. 1799; Plus another edn. A/F; Parmentie, M: Observations on such nutritive vegetables, 1783, 1stl’ Buchan, W: Domestic Medicine. 1792; Butler's Medicine Chest Directory, 1832. (10)
Lot 346
GRIFFIN (RICHARD, Baron BRAYBROOKE): The History of Audley End... Town and Parish of Saffron Walden. Samuel Bentley, 1836, first edition, large paper copy. With engraved title, portrait, 2 double page maps, 15 plates Plus wood engraved head & tail-pieces. Recent rebound in plain cloth and new endpaper. Tear & small loss to the extra engraved title page; occasional foxing.
Lot 352
Trade Catalogues: Chance Bros. & Co., (Glass Makers of Birmingham): Patterns of Ornamental Quarries & Borders from the Glass works of Chance Brothers. T Underwood, 1853, with 21 plates of Quarry Plus 6 colour plates; Archibald Kenrick & Sons, Iron founders, West Bromwich, Staff. Manufacturers of kitchen furniture, etc. no date, c1862. Fully illustrated, the first 12 are in blue. Later leather backed marbled boards; Ferbusson Taylor: 57 auction catalogues, Dec. 1885 to Dec. 1892, all bound in one volume; Burnet and Co. (Artistic and theatrical Drapers): Thirty Original Sketches For Fancy Costumes drawn by R L Boocke. B Burnet, 1894. 80pp Original cloth backed pictorial boards. (4)From the Paul Bentley collection of maps and atlases.
Lot 381
Charles DICKENS: 1- Bleak House. Bradbury & Evans, 1853, first edition, first issue, with Typographical errors present in the first issue: p.19, line 6, 'elgble'; p.209, line 23, 'chair' instead of 'hair; and p.275, line 22, 'counsinship' instead of 'cousinship'; and "picter' p. 529, line 32. 5 line errata on page Xvi. Half title present. With 40 engraved illustrations by H.K. Browne, including a frontispiece and vignette title page. Including clear early impressions of the 'dark' plates. Cont. half leather; rubbed. G+; 2- The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Chapman and Hall, 1839, 1st. Edn. Early issue. With a frontis portrait plus 39 plates by Phiz. Cont. half leather, rubbed; 3- Mr. Pickwick. Illustrated in colour by Frank Reynolds. Hodder & Stoughton, no date, (1910). Limited edition #254 of 350, SIGNED by Reynolds, Folio, Original full vellum and TEG, lacking the ties, Covers a little warped and discoloured; 4- Phiz and Dickens as they appeared to Edgar Browne, with original illustrations by Halblot K. Browne. James Nisbet, 1913. Limited edition #124 of 175, SIGNED by Edgar Browne, Folio, Original full white cloth TEG, Rubbed and with small tears; 5- Smith, W E: Charles Dickens in the Original Cloth: A Biographical Catalogue, TWO Volumes. Los Angeles, 1982-83, 1st. Edns. DWs and Slipcase. 4to. VG+; 6- Eckel, J C: The first editions of the writings of Charles Dickens, their points and values. Two copies, 1913, the first English edn; & NY, 1932, revised & enlarged. Both numbered limited editions; 7- The Nonesuch Dickens. 1937, 1st. Edn; 8- Characters from Dickens. 115 cigarette cards (105 small & 10 large); PLUS: Characters from Thackeray: 25 small cigarette cards. C1915; Plus: Four early editions of Dickens works, Leather bound. (13)
Lot 383
CHURCHILL, Winston S: Large collection of books by & about, including: The world crisis, 6 volumes. Thornton Butterworth, 1923-31, 1st. editions, vols. 1,2,&6 (first impr); vols. 3 & 4 (fourth impr); & vol.5 (second impr); The Second World War, 6 vols; Cassell, 1948-1954, 1st. edns. with Dust Jackets (worn and torn); A History of the English speaking peoples, in 4 vols, Cassell, 1956-58, 1st. edns; My early Life. 1930, 4th. impr; The River War. 1949, reprint; Plus a large number of books by and about Churchill. (Qty)
Lot 57
LONDON MAP: GREENWOOD, John & Christopher: Map of London from Actual Survey Made in the Years 1824, 1825 & 1826. Published August 21. 1827, first edition. Contemporary hand colouring, linen-backed with silk pipe trim and folding. 185 x 147cm, with inset views of Westminster Abbey and St Paul's Cathedral. Housed in the original full tree calf box, VGFrom the Paul Bentley collection of maps and atlases.
Lot 58
LONDON MAP: GREENWOOD, John & Christopher: Map of London from Actual Survey Made in the Years 1824, 1825 & 1826. Published August 21. 1827, first edition. Contemporary hand colouring, linen backed with silk pipe trim and folding. 185 x 147 cm, with inset views of Westminster Abbey and St. Paul's Cathedral. Housed in the original full leather box, VGFrom the Paul Bentley collection of maps and atlases.
Lot 94
LONDON: STOW, John: A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, and the Borough of Southwark.. In 2 volumes. A Churchill, et al, 1720, first Strype edition. All plates and maps present. Folio, Separate pagination for each of the six books. Cont. full calf, rubbed. Hinges cracked and covers almost detached. All the Maps and plates have been cleaned - over-cleaned! Some offsetting to some of the double page plates. SOLD A/F, (2)From the Paul Bentley collection of maps and atlases.
Lot 95
LONDON: STOW, John: A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, and the Borough of Southwark.. In 2 volumes. A. Churchill, et al, 1720, first Strype edition. All plates and maps present. Folio, Separate pagination for each of the six books. Cont. full panelled calf and later spines; a few wormholes to the corners of a few pages in V1, and the first 6 pages of V2. All the Maps and plates have been cleaned - over-cleaned! Some offsetting to some of the double page plates. SOLD A/F, (2)From the Paul Bentley collection of maps and atlases.
Lot 100
A Chinese copper-red seal paste box and cover and a smaller blue and white box and cover the first painted with buildings and fishermen in a mountainous lake landscape, artemisia leaf mark, 8cm; the second painted with a dragon chasing a sacred pearl, apocryphal six-character Qianlong mark, 5.5cm [2].
Lot 1018
A George IV rosewood sofa table, first quarter of the 19th century; rectangular top with two rounded rectangular drop leaf sides above a long frieze drawer, outlined brass beading, stellar brass handles, raised on lyred supports with outswept square section legs, acanthus brass capped feet and castors; 73cm high, 83cm long closed, 55cm deep
Lot 1060
Two similar Victorian walnut frame nursing chairs, with curved upholstered stuff over button down backs, arm supports and bowed seats in gold coloured damask fabric, on turned tapered legs, terminating in brass cappings and castors, the first 85cm high, 62cm wide, 35cm height of seat;the second 79cm high, 60cm wide, 33cm height of seat.
Lot 1147
An Anglo Indian sandalwood and ivory inset occasional table, first quarter 20th century; the circular top with central floral motif and radiating intertwined trailing foliage; on a conforming baluster stem with four splayed legs to scrolled feet; 43cm high, 39cm diameter-Ivory sale Registration Reference: PTAX89HQ
Lot 174
A Royal Worcester fruit painted plate and a similar small dish the first painted with peaches, grapes and a blackberry by H.Henry on an acid-etched gilt ground, gilt factory mark with date code for 1956, 27.5cm; the small dish painted with peaches and cherries, signed, black printed mark with date code for 1953, 10cm [2].
Lot 26
Two air twist wine glasses, the first with rounded funnel bowl engraved with fruiting vine and a bee on a straight stem containing a spiral cable on a conical foot, 16cm high; together with an example with bell shaped bowl on a straight double series air twist stem and conical foot, 15.5cm high, 1750.
Lot 366
A Swiss carved and stained softwood Bears of Berne chess set, first half 20th century; the anthropomorphised animals portrayed in various novelty poses, the kings holding sceptres, the queens each supporting a swaddled cub, the rooks modelled as prison towers each with a bear beneath a barred window; height of kings 9cm, pawns 7cm
Lot 68
A pair of Chinese blue and white plates in Kangxi style and a pair of octagonal plates the first pair each painted with a hunting scene, the rim with floral cartouches on a lattice ground, conch shell marks within double circles, 20th century, 28cm; the second pair painted in underglaze blue, pink and iron-red, 22.5cm [one with tiny flat glaze chip] 4.
Lot 69
A group of four Chinese snuff bottles/miniature vases the first painted in copper-red and blue with a court terrace scene, 8cm; the second of 'meiping' form painted with blossom, 7.5cm [chip to foot rim]; the third in the form of a black ground flask, apocryphal iron-red four-character Kangxi mark, 7.5cm [firing fault]; the last modelled as a corn-on-the cob, 7cm [4].
Lot 423
A group of five albums of miscellaneous covers, presentation packs, GB and world, to include the Mini Car Royal Mail issue sheets 2009, Landmark Sheet 2012, New Zealand health stamps and first day covers, Malta presentation packs, GB George VI Silver Wedding first day cover, George V UPU first day cover, Isle of Man mint album from 1973-1984 and an empty album.
Lot 237
Zell Osborne - A vintage 20th century circa 1980s two pottery ceramic dragons by artist Zell Osborne. The dragons being signed and dated by the artist with one seated and the other recumbent. The smaller measures approximately 10cm x 11cm x 12cm high and the larger approximately 23cm x 13cm x 9cm tall. Zell Osborne studied art at the Cardiff College of Art where she obtained a first class Degree in Ceramics in 1979. For a number of years she ran a pottery studio in her native county of Cornwall, in the United Kingdom prior to moving to Malta. Her first exhibition in Malta was at the Museum of Fine Arts in 1986 followed by a second in 1988. Since then, she has settled permanently in Malta and held a solo exhibition at St. James Cavalier and taken part in many collective ones.
Lot 347
POWELL & LEALAND / BAKER / LONDON - Two late 19th century / early 20th century microscopes. The first a transportable example raised on a tri-pod stand and marked - BAKER / LONDON / POWELL & LEALAND (uncased). The other a brass microscope in a mahogany carry case - unmarked. Case measures 24cm x 10cm x 7cm.
Lot 366
A large collection of Ordinance Survey and Bartholomew's maps mostly of Great Britain to include: One-Inch National Grid Seventh (and earlier) series Numbers 107, 141, 152, 155, 163, 164, 165, 166, 175, 179, 187 & 188. Landranger 1:50,000 series numbers 41, 125, 126, 147, 150, 157, 158 & 195. Ordinance Survey One-Inch Series (Red jacket) numbers 82, 83, 88, 89, 107, 116, 127, 142, 156, 174, 176, 185, 186 & 190. Ordinance Survey 1:50,000 First Series (Purple Jacket) numbers 145, 150, 172, 174, 180, 181, 193, 194, 195, 196, 203 & 204. Also includes Reprints of 1st edition OS sheets 68, 76 & 86. OS Outdoor Leisure Series numbers 17 and 4. Bartholomew's maps include Dorset #4, 2 versions of North Somerset #7 and Wye Valley #13. There are also included a selection of foreign motoring and other guides and maps plus some A-Z.
Lot 483
A collection of UK music related unfranked Royal Mail commemorative mint postage stamps. Classic Album Covers series to include Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, Mike Oldfield, The Clash, New Order, Primal Scream, Pink Floyd, Blur & Coldplay, To include, Classic Album Covers Book of stamps, Classic Album Covers Presentation Pack, Classic Album Covers First Day Cover, Classic Album Covers Maxi Sheet x 2, Pink Floyd First Day Cover x 2, Sid Barrett First Day Cover, Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon Maxi Sheet, Classic Album Covers Mint Sheet (version2) x 2, Pink Floyd Division Floyd Mint Sheet, Classic Album Covers Souvenir Covers x 2, along with Classic Album Covers Postcards x 2.
Lot 486
A large collection of UK first day Royal Mail postage stamps. To include unfranked stamps totalling to a face value of £60. Displayed and collected over five albums, together with four 1952 - 1977 Queen Elizabeth II foreign stamp albums. First day covers including, Military Uniforms, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, British Classic Design, Darwin, Robert Burns, Lest We Forget, RAF Uniforms, Women of Distinction, St Paul's cathedral, classic Carry On and hammer films, Working Dogs, James Bond and many other examples. Good condition.
Lot 488
A collection of vintage circa 1940s onwards UK franked and unfranked postage stamps. To include a stamp accessories perforation gauge, first day covers 2011 guide book, Hawid mounts, Millennium editions, composers, historical buildings, BBC British Broadcasting Company stamps, Jane Austen and many other examples. Collected and displayed over 3 albums (one empty) and loose stamps.
Lot 491
A collection of UK first day covers franked postage stamps. To include, Christmas 1986, Sir Isaac Newton, Flowers, St John Ambulance, Scottish Heraldry, Victorian Britain, British Composers, British Textiles, The National Trusts and many other examples. Displayed and collected over three albums. Face value of £11.
Lot 493
A large collection of 20th & 21st century Royal Mail United Kingdom Ian Fleming's / James Bond related stamps, postcards and posters. Lot to include; Two x First Day of Issue Miniature sheet (MZ046), Prestige Stamp Book (HF038), two x Min Stamps (AS405), two x Sony Pictures Quantum of Solace - Leicester Square Multimedia Screening Tickets, two x Die Another Day Posters, two x Ian Fleming's James Bond Miniature Sheet postal cards packs containing seven postcards in each pack and RM prestige book of mint stamps (YB033). Also included a Aston Martin DB5 aluminium wall plate.
Lot 496
A collection of UK Royal Mail & unfranked postage stamps - first day covers, presentation pack and postal cards. To include, Limited Edition Royal Mail Smilers comprising Royal Mail’s official Harry Potter stamps of the crests of Hogwarts and the four Houses – Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw where the adjacent labels have been printed in thermochromic ink, which, when warmed, changes colour to reveal the secret of the spell. RM Mint First Day Covers for both Crests and Book Copies along with Harry Potter Royal Mail stamp card series PHQ HP (13) 07.07 Set 13 postcard sets x two.
Lot 498
A large collection of UK Royal Mail Unfranked postage stamps and first day covers. To include; Great Britain Queen Elizabeth II 1952 to present franked and unfranked stamps all housed in a Collecta stamp album, British Mint Stamps collectors pack 1989, Tolkien The Centenary Book of Stamps 189 - 1992), The Story of Beatrix Potter Royal Mail Book of stamps, England Rugby - World Champions, Classic Locomotives, Victoria Cross, Auto memorabilia stamps, Thunderbirds, HRH Prince of Wales & Camilla Parker Bowles, Xmas Angels / Madonna issue, London 1980 International Stamp Exhibition, collection of multiple St Vincent Michael Jackson related stamps, Cuban Elvis Presley, First day covers to include International year for disabled people, Official Opening of Talents House - Edinburgh. Includes stamp stock leaves, literature. Displayed in one album, one tin and loose stamps with some on packaging.
Lot 500
Three original 1972 Munich Olympic Games lithographic posters. The first depicting Munich Olympics Hurdles designed by GAEBELE, Albrecht. München 1972, signed in the plate. Marked FOTO; Albrecht Gaebele, 07.70.0/A, Printed in Germany by Franzis-Druck, München. The second depicting Munich Olympics Sprint race designed by Otl Aicher, Marked FOTO; Longines, 07.71.36, Printed in Germany by Gerber, München. The third depicting Munich Olympics cycling race designed by Otl Aicher, marked FOTO; Longines, 07.71.51A, Printed in Germany by Franz Rehm Verlag, München. Along with nine original entry tickets for Football, Athletics, Handball & Wrestling. Includes multiple literature to include Olympia in Munich official issue for the Olympic city of Munich magazine, aerial view of the Olympic park for competition sites fold out coloured map, Olympics 72 Munich official British Olympic association preview of the XXth Olympiad magazine, Olympia information fold out map, official fold out programme for stadium plans and events timetable, 22 x postcards - text to reverse on one reads "Unfortunately, the Arab/Israeli incident has suspended all proceedings for today and late this afternoon, the army were moving in - all complicated by some half a million spectators." Along with an original stainless steel badge. Largest Poster Measures.
Lot 504
A collection of five Morgan American silver dollars dated 1981, 1900 and 1921. Named after their British engraver, George T. Morgan, Details of each coin as follows: A rare early 1891 dated silver dollar stamped CC for the Carson City Mint, a 1900 dated silver dollar stamped O for the New Orleans Mint a 1921 dated silver dollar stamped D for the Denver Mint, a 1921 dated silver dollar stamped S for the San Francisco Mint, and a 1921 dated silver dollar with no Mint mark stamped on it which is believed to indicate the Philadelphia Mint. The Morgan Dollar was first made in 1878 and last made in 1904. Then in 1921 for some reason, they got the old dies out, made them look a bit more modern, and struck another Morgan Silver Dollar for this one year only. The obverse (heads side) features Liberty in profile. A cap, flora, and crown incused with the word “LIBERTY” adorn her head, while 13 stars, “E PLURIBUS UNUM,” and the year of issuance encircle her. The reverse (tails) depicts an eagle with outstretched wings clasping arrows and an olive branch, accompanied by a wreath. Reverse inscriptions are “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,” “IN GOD WE TRUST,” and “ONE DOLLAR.” Each measures approximately 37mm in diameter and all five have a combined weight of approximately 133.1g.
Lot 507
A large collection of early 20th century / vintage and later first UK and International stamps. To include a box of part filled stock books, albums, album pages etc with additional box of covers and oddments. Along with two boxes of kiloware. Large subject matters, thematic interest covering a multiple of countries.
Lot 508
A collection of early 20th century / vintage and later first day of issue cover / first day covers (FDC's) stamps. To include countries, predominantly UK along with Australia, Italy, Tuvalu, Grenadines of St Vincent, Germany, Argentina, Japan amongst other countries. Large subject matters, thematic interest. Approximately 250 in number.
Lot 518
A large collection of foreign and UK franked uncirculated postage stamps and commemorative first day covers. Comprising of American, Australia, Iranian, Fiji, Canada, Netherlands, Mongolia, Spain, France, Italy, New Zealand, dog, birds, winter sports, fishing, precious stones, flowers, Grenadines of St. Vincent, Barbados Hilton, Royal Family and many other examples. Displayed in five albums.
Lot 537
A collection of UK Royal Mail first day covers / UK and foreign franked postage stamps. First Day Covers to include, The British Army, British River Fishes, Charles Darwin, Famous People, British Musical Conductors, Fishing, Sport, British Explorers, Charles Dickens, Inigo Jones, 1066 Battle of Hastings, Literary Anniversaries and Post Office Technology amongst many other examples. And other loose stamps with some on packaging. All housed within multiple books and held within two lidded boxes.
Lot 546
A collection of five United Kingdom UK Britannia / Royal Mint brilliant uncirculated fine silver proof coins. To include; Royal Mint George & The Dragon fine silver £20 coin (2013), Royal Mint United Kingdom UK annual coin set to include Commonwealth Games 50 pence coin, The Floral £1 series / 100th Anniversary of the first World War Outbreak £2 coin / 500th anniversary of Trinity House £2 coin & The Queen Anne 300th Anniversary £5 crown (2014), Pre-Decimal coin collection set (1937 - 1967), Brilliant Uncirculated Second World War (In Peace Goodwill 1945 - 1995) £2 coin (1995), Royal Mint The Longest Reigning Monarch Brilliant uncirculated £5 coin / One Crown (2015), Her Majesty The Queen Diamond Wedding Crown (2007) along with six circulated coins to include Gibraltar D-Day £5 coin (1994), 3 x Crowns (2 x 1977 / Churchill (1965), 2 x 50p / 50 Pence - Isle Of Man & D-Day Circulation). Also includes a Royal Mint Historic Newspapers edition of the The Queen's Diamond Jubilee (2013). All housed within individual plastic coin capsules and or original presentation boxes.
Lot 547
A collection of five United Kingdom UK Britannia / Royal Mint brilliant uncirculated fine silver proof coins. To include; United Kingdom's first £50 face value fine silver Britannia coin (2015), Royal Mint George & The Dragon fine silver £20 coin (2013), Westminster one ounce fine silver proof £2 coin with certificate of authenticity (2013), Britannia one ounce fine silver proof £2 coin with certificate of authenticity (2008) and The Welsh dragon £20 fine silver coin (2016). All housed within individual plastic coin capsules and or original presentation boxes.
Lot 548
A collection of five United Kingdom UK Britannia / Royal Mint brilliant uncirculated fine silver proof coins. To include Westminster one ounce fine silver proof £2 coin with certificate of authenticity (2013), Britannia one ounce fine silver proof £2 coin with certificate of authenticity (2010), United Kingdom's first £50 face value fine silver Britannia coin (2015), Britannia one ounce fine silver proof £2 coin with certificate of authenticity 02115 (2016) and Royal Mint George & The Dragon fine silver £20 coin (2013). All housed within individual plastic coin capsules and or original presentation boxes.
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