Wallace, James An Account of the Islands of Orkney. London, 1700. 8vo, folding map, folding plate, contemporary panelled calf, tiny nick at head of spine, [ESTC R34706]; Neill, Patrick A Tour through some of the Islands of Orkney and Shetland. Edinburgh, 1806, later half morocco, title dust-soiled, rubbed; Liddell, Francis The Melancholy Case of Francis Liddell, Minister of Orphir, in the Orcades, together with his Last Speech and Dying Words to the General Assembly, 1807. Edinburgh, 1808, 19th century cloth, small repair to title; Landt. Rev. G. A Description of the Feroe Islands... translated from the Danish. 1810. First edition in English, 8vo, folding map and 2 plates (1 folding), contemporary half calf, rubbed; Low, George Fauna Orcadensis, or the Natural History of the Quadrupeds, Birds, Reptiles and Fishes of Orkney and Shetland. Edinburgh, 1813. 4to, contemporary half calf, slightly spotted, rubbed; Henderson, E. Iceland or the Journal of a Residence. Edinburgh, 1819. Second edition, 8vo, folding map, engraved plates, contemporary calf, rubbed; Peterkin, Alexander Rentals of the Ancient Earldom and Bishoprick of Orkney, 1820, original boards; Mackenzie, James The General Grievances and Oppression of the Isles of Orkney and Shetland. Edinburgh, 1836, 8vo; Dunn, Robert The Ornithologist's Guide to the Islands of Orkney and Shetland. 1837. First edition, 8vo, lithographed frontispiece (loose), 2 folding maps, original cloth; Wilson, James A Voyage round the Coasts of Scotland and the Isles. 1842, 2 volumes, in one, 8vo, plates, some spotting, worn; Monteith, Robert Description of the Islands of Orkney and Zetland. 1845 Baikie, W.B. and Robert Heddle Historia Naturalis Orcadensis. Zoology, part 1 (only), original cloth, lacks f.f.e.p.; Weld, Charles Richard Two Months in the Highlands, Orcadia and Skye. 1860, 4 chromolithographs, illustrations, upper hinge broken; Balfour of Balfour, David Odal Rights and Feudal Wrongs. a Memorial for Orkney. Edinburgh, 1860, presentation copy from the author to Rev. E.R. Larkin; Calder, James T. Sketch of the Civil and Traditional History of Caithness. Glasgow, 1861, p.xv loose, upper hinge broken; Dasent, G. W. The Story of Burnst Njal. 1861, 2 volumes, plates, original green cloth gilt; Clouston, Rev. Charles Guide to the Orkney Islands. Edinburgh, 1862, 12mo, folding map, errata slip, red half morocco, slightly rubbed; Crichton, A.W. A Naturalist's Ramble to the Orcades. 1866, lithographed frontispiece, pictorial cloth; Edmonston, Thomas An Etymological Glossary of the Shetland & Orkney Dialect. 1866, contemporary half calf, rubbed; Mitchell, J.M. Mesehowe: Illustrations of the Runic Literature of Scandinavia. Edinburgh, 1863. 4to, plates, original cloth, date in biro at foot of title, worn; Maxwell, Charles A. The Sea Kings of Orkney. 1870, rubbed; Fergusson, James A Short Essay on the Age and Uses of the Brochs and the rude stone monuments of the Orkney Islands. 1877, 8vo; Reid, John T. Art Rambles in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. 1878, 4to, pictorial cloth, rubbed; Low, George A Tour through the Islands of Orkney and Schetland. Kirkwall, 1879. ex-library copy, original cloth; Reid, John T. Pictures from the Orkney Islands. Edinburgh, 1881, 4to, limited to 500 copies, rubbed; Traill, William A Genealogical Account of the Traills of Orkney. Kirkwall, 1883, plates; [Orkney] The Present State of the Orkney Islands Considered... published in 1775. 1884; Wallace, Rev. James A Description of the Isles of Orkney. 1883, number 119 of 260 copies; Fergusson, R. Menzies Rambles in the Far North. 1884. second edition, pictorial cloth, spine slightly rubbed; Hepburn of Birsay, Thomas A Letter to A Gentleman from his Friend in Orkney. 1885 (reprinted), number 82 of 110 copies; Mackintosh, W.R. Glimpses of Kirkwall and its People. Kirkwall, 1887, corner of title cut away; Sinclair, John Scenes and Stories of the North of Scotland. 1890; Fergusson, R. Menzies Our Trip North. 1892, pictorial cloth; Leighton, Robert The Pilots of Pomona, a story of the Orkney Islands. 1892, worn; Mackintosh, W.R. Curious Incidents from the Ancient Records of Kirkwall. Kirkwall, 1892; Baikie, Mrs W.D. The Queen of the Caves. Kirkwall, [c.1892]; Scott, E.E. The Erskine-Halcro Genealogy. 1895; Ployen, Christian Reminiscences of A Voyage to Shetland, Orkney and Scotland in the summer of 1839. Lerwick, 1896, rubbed; Fergusson, R. Menzies. A Village Poet. 1897; Ferguson, Malcolm. A Vist to Orcadia and the North of Scotland. 1898, Second edition; Young, Archibald Summer Sailings by an Old Yachtsman. 1898, plates; Brown, Thomas Diary of Thomas Brown writer in Kirkwall. Kirkwall, 1898; Russell-Jeaffreson, J. The Faroë Islands. 1898, map detached, pictorial cloth, rubbed; Hossack, B.H. Kirkwall in the Orkneys. Kirkwall, 1900, 4to, Preface leaf loose, head and base of spine worn; Craven, Rev. J.B. History of the Church in Orkney. Kirkwall, 1893-1901-1912. 3 volumes, 4to, the 1901 volume a presentation copy from the author, this volume faded and rubbed; Goodfellow, Alexander Birsay Church History. Kirkwall, 1903; Malcolm, John Poems, Tales and Sketches. Kirkwall: W. Peace, [c.1903]; Charleson, M.M. Orcadian Papers. Stromness, 1905; Selous, Edmund The Birds Watcher in the Shetlands. 1905, some spotting; Smith, John Annals of the Church in Scotland in Orkney from 1560. Kirkwall, 1907; Gunn, John The Orkney Book. [c.1909]; Angus, J.S. A Glossary of the Shetland Dialect. 1914, 2 copies, dustwrappers; Firth, John Reminiscences of an Orkney Parish. Stromness, 1922; Sinclair, J. The Orkney Parishes. Kirkwall, 1927; Omond, James How to know the Orkney Birds. Kirkwall, 1925, 4to, original wrappers, lacks lower wrapper, rubbed; Burrows, C.W. Scapa and a Camera. 1921, original boards, with upper side of dust-jacket; Childe, V.G. Skara Brae. 1931; Clouston, J. Storer A History of Orkney. Kirkwall, 1932, all original cloth except where stated; and c. 130 volumes, (mostly 20th century), and c. 60 pamphlets relating to the Orkneys (a quantity)Footnote: Provenance: R.O. Watson (1854-1926), R.O. Watson (1882 - 1956), R.O. Watson (1905 - 1971) and R.O. Watson (1944 - 2007), great great grandfather, great grandfather, grandfather and father of the vendor, all of whom were born and lived in Kirkwall, Orkney. Most volumes have an ownership inscription of one of these.
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Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific. London: J. Murray, 1821. Second edition, 4to, [8], xxix, [2], 310, [2], 179; 20 engraved charts and plates (4 folding); [Idem] Journal of a Second Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific. London: J. Murray, 1824. First edition, 4to, [8], xxx, [2], 571, 31 plates and plans, 4 folding charts, 4 folding coastal profiles, uniform modern half calf gilt, red morocco lettering pieces (2)
![Speed, John The History of Great Britaine. [London, 17th century], folio, lacks first 2 leaves including title, contemporary](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/aaab4a07-72a1-4a32-90e4-ad9000bb169f/0e9b0255-9117-403a-aff8-ad9b00abcae5/468x382.jpg)
Speed, John The History of Great Britaine. [London, 17th century], folio, lacks first 2 leaves including title, contemporary calf, worn, rebacked; Raleigh, Sir Walter [The History of the World]. [Colophon: G. Lathum and R. Young, 1634]. Folio, contemporary calf, lacks title page, rubbed, rebacked, corners repaired; Brayley, E.W. and John Britton. The Beauties of England and Wales. 8 volumes only, [volumes 2-9], 8vo, engraved titles & plates, contemporary half calf, several rubbed; Modern Geography: and a Compendious General Gazetteer. Berwick, 1811. 8vo, vol. 2 only, contemporary sheep, lacks maps, sold not subject to return (11)
Ardizzone, Edward Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain. London: Oxford University Press, 1936. First edition, folio, original paper-covered boards and illustrations by Edward Ardizzone; Brunhof, Jean de Barbar the King. London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1937. Second English edition, folio; [Idem] Barbar's Travels. London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1935. First? English edition, folio; Barbar at Home. London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1938. First? English edition, folio, hinges weak; Ingoldsby, Thomas & Charles Folkard, illustrator The Jackdaw of Reims. London: Gay & Hancock, 1913. 4to, tipped-in plates, original cream cloth gilt; Conway, Martin & A.D. McCormick, illustrator The Alps. London: Adam and Charles Black, 1904. 8vo, original cream pictorial cloth gilt; Burnett, Frances Hodgson Little Lord Fauntleroy. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. First edition, first issue with the De Vine Press imprint and '14' on p.209, original green cloth gilt, 14pp. adverts; some works with a little dust-soiling, slight foxing, occasional rubbing and small tears (7)
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The Wind in the Willows. [London: Methuen & Co., n.d.] Early edition, 8vo, original green cloth gilt with Pan motif to upper cover and Mr Toad to spine, title-page lacking; Milne, A. A. Winnie-the-Pooh. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1926. Second edition, 8vo, original green cloth gilt, ownership inscription to flyleaf; Carroll, Lewis Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1897. Eighty-sixth thousand, 8vo, original red cloth gilt, worn, closed tear to one leaf; [Idem] Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There. London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1897. Sixty-first thousand, 8vo, original red cloth gilt, tape repairs to joints; Kipling, Rudyard Animal Stories. London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1932. 8vo, 'deluxe' copy in original red calf gilt, spine clipped, covers a little faded; Rackham, Arthur, illustrator Aesop's Fables. London: Wiliam Heinemann, 1912. 8vo, original green cloth gilt, gift inscription to loose flyleaf; Erleigh, Eva In the Beginning. London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1926. 8vo, original tan cloth gilt (7)
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![London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1906. First edition [Quinby 12] in original wallet binding, green cloth with rabbit motif](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/aaab4a07-72a1-4a32-90e4-ad9000bb169f/0c4c170e-0458-43e2-a641-ad9b00abd70c/468x382.jpg)
London: Bloomsbury, 2005. First edition, 8vo, signed by Rowling and Robbie Coltrane, original paper-covered boards, dust-jacket not price-clippedFootnote: Provenance: Sold at a charity auction in 2006 in aid of Friends of Malawi. The book and signatures were acquired for the auction by local Harry Potter actor, Robbie Coltrane, who plays Rubeus Hagrid in the films.
London: Bloomsbury, 1998. First edition, first impression with 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 numberline to publisher's imprint page, original paper covered boards, dust-jacket present, inscription to free-endpaper: "To Rebecca, with best wishes, JK Rowling", dust-jacket a little faded with small tear to upper cover
![Venice: heirs of Aldo Romano and Andrea Asolano, 1533. Small 8vo, 183 ll., [22 leaves (the first blank)], woodcut Aldine devi](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/aaab4a07-72a1-4a32-90e4-ad9000bb169f/d8e96e0f-9591-4c19-a451-ad9c00adc19f/468x382.jpg)
Venice: heirs of Aldo Romano and Andrea Asolano, 1533. Small 8vo, 183 ll., [22 leaves (the first blank)], woodcut Aldine device on title and verso of F4, eighteenth century panelled red-brown morocco gilt, Finborough Library bookplate, [not traced on USTC], title lightly soiled, occasional light spotting or dampstaining, complete to Z8, with the second part lacking quires B, C and D
![[B., G..] The last advice of an old father, being a letter from a father in the country to his son in town. [Edinburgh: 1793](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/aaab4a07-72a1-4a32-90e4-ad9000bb169f/dd07eb87-f84f-4260-8957-ad9b00abed92/468x382.jpg)
[B., G..] The last advice of an old father, being a letter from a father in the country to his son in town. [Edinburgh: 1793.] First edition, 8vo, 16 pp.; [ESTC: 8 copies]; [Brown, William, of Aberdeen] Look before ye loup; or, a healin' sa' for the crackit crowns of country politicians, by Tom Thrum, an auld weaver. Edinburgh: printed in 1793. First edition,12mo, 40 pp.; [Anon.] Modern politics, or, the cat let out of the pock. A dialogue. Edinburgh: J. Simpson, 1793. First edition, 8vo; 16 pp., [ESTC 9 copies]; Young, John Essays on the following interesting subjects: viz. I. Government. II. Revolutions. III. The British constitution. IV. Kingly government. V. Parliamentary representation & reform. VI. Liberty and equality. VII. Taxation, and, IX. The present war, & the stagnation of credit as connected with it. Edinburgh: William Creech; and also by Brash and Reid (Glasgow), 1794. First edition, 8vo, collates: (4), 156 pp., half-title, [ESTC: N8396, 9 copies UK, 10 N. America; Kress B2873]; [Moodie, William] Political preaching: or the meditations of a well-meaning man. Glasgow: sold by Brash and Reid; and J. Dickson (Edinburgh), 1792, [ESTC 7 U.K. & 14 N. America +2 plus dups.]; [Incorporations of Merchants at Leith] [Caption title:] To the inhabitants of Scotland. The following resolutions which appeared in the name of a very respectable body of citizens, the merchants of Leith... [Edinburgh: 1792.] First edition, 8vo; 4 pp., ESTC: 10 copies; [Anon.] A serious expostulation with the lower orders of the people. N.p. (Edinburgh); n.d. (1792?). First edition, 12mo; 12 pp., [ESTC 12 copies, Kress B2613 (1793?); [Macneill, Hector] Scotland's skaith; or the history o' Will & Jean: an owre true tale. Edinburgh: P. Hill, & A. Guthrie; and sold by all the booksellers, 1795. Second edition, 8vo, 16 pp. [There were two editions, "with additional poems," in 1795, but the separate printings are all very uncommon; the ESTC does not seem to list a separate "first edition"]; [Anon.] A few plain questions to the working people of Scotland. . . . Prince one penny. N.p. (Edinburgh): 1792. Second edition, 8vo, 15 pp., half-title, [ESTC: 10 copies; Kress B2291]; [Anon.] Address congratulatory to the friends of government, by a burgher of Edinburgh. N.p. (Edinburgh?): n.d. (1793?). First edition, 8vo, 7 pp., [ESTC: 2 copies]; [Anon.] A speech delivered at the Jacobin Club, supposed in the Candlerigs of Glasgow. N.p. (Glasgow?): n.d. (1793). First edition, 8vo; 7 pp., [ESTC: 6 copies]; [Anon.] A letter to Mr. Hugh Bell, chairman of the convention of delegates. N.p. (Edinburgh?): n.d. (1792?). First edition, 8vo; 7 pp., [ESTC: 9 copies];) [Anon.] Ten minutes reflection on the late events in France. Recommended by a plain man to his fellow citizens. N.p. [London?]: 1792. 8vo; 14 pp., half-title present, and a blank leaf at the end, [despite the ESTC, this printing is presumably Scottish; ESTC 5 UK, 9 N. America; The ESTC lists 10 printings in all]; Ranby, John Short hints on a French invasion. London: printed for John Stockdale, 1794. First edition, 8vo; 14 pp. + a final leaf of ads., signed on the title-page, Sir Wm. Forbes, [ESTC: 7 U.K. & 7N. America, some copies have a further 8 pp. of Stockdale's advertisements; [Anon.] Three words on the war. Edinburgh: 1793. First edition, 8vo; 14 pp. [ESTC: 6 copies UK & 9. N. America; Kress S5439]; [Anon.] The first fruits of the French Revolution. N.p. (Edinburgh): n.d. (1793). 8vo; 18 pp. [One of three editions; the others have 20 pp. and 22 pp. The ESTC lists this as possibly printed in London in 1790, but that is undoubtedly wrong, as there are references in the text to events of September, 1792, ESTC 12 copies]; [Barbauld, Anna Letitia] Sins of government, sins of the nation. Or, a discourse for the fast, appointed on April 19, 1793. By a volunteer. London: printed for J. Johnson, 1793. 8vo; (4), 42 pp. + a final leaf of ads., fourth edition, half-title, [ESTC: 12 copies UK, 1 N. America]; Richmond, Charles Lennox, Duke of A letter from His Grace the Duke of Richmond to Lieutenant Colonel Sharman., London: J. Johnson, First edition, 8vo, 16 pp. [ESTC: 20 copies U.K. & 21 N. America +1 plus dups.]; [Callender, James Thomson] The political progress of Britain; or an impartial account of the principal abuses in the government of this country, from the Revolution in 1688. The whole tending to prove the ruinous consequences of the popular system of war and conquest... Part first [all published]. Edinburgh: printed for Robertson & Berry; and T. Kay (London), 1792. First edition, 8vo, 80 pp., [ESTC: 7 copies U.K., 8 N. America; Sabin 63795 (see also 10066)], title-page dust-soiled, contemporary half calf, broken; 2 pamphlets (not listed above) removed, bookplate of Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1898. First edition (Colonial edition), 8vo, frontispiece, 6 maps (including 2 folding), original grey pictorial cloth with 'Longmans' Colonial Library', ownership inscription to the half-title, a little internal spotting and foxing, rear cover slightly marked
Ronaldshay, The Earl of Sport and Politics under an Eastern Sky. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1902. First edition, 8vo, 2 folding colour maps, 14 plates, black and white photographs through text, original green pictorial cloth; Gubbins, Martin Richard An Account of the Mutinies in Oudh and of the Siege of the Lucknow Residency. London: Richard Bentley, 1858. First edition, 8vo, 4 folding maps, 4 plates, contemporary red cloth with decorative blindstamping; Thurston, Edgar Ethnographic Notes in Southern India. Madras: Government Press, 1906. First edition, 8vo, 40 plates, original light blue gilt pictorial morocco; Coomaraswamy, Ananda K. (translator) Thirty Songs from the Panjab and Kashmir. London: Old Bourne Press, 1913. Edition of 405, 4to, 2 plates, music and lyrics, owner's ink stamp to free endpaper, polychrome cloth; Holmes, R.B. (photographer) The North-West Frontier of India in Picture. Bombay: The Times Press, 1919. 25 x 32cm, black and white photographs through text, 2 colour illustrations, original grey card pictorial binding; Hayden, H.H. Memoirs of The Geological Survey of India, Volume 36. Calcutta: Government of India Central Printing Office, 1904 and 1907. 8vo, folding map and 2 folding geology surveys, 14 plates, contemporary brown cloth; Edwardes, S.M. and L.G. Fraser Ruling Princes of India. Junagadh: Being a Historical, Archaeological, Political and Statistical Account of The Premier State of Kathiawar. Bombay: Times of India Press, 1907. Colour plate of Map of the Junagadh State, 6 plates with coloured photographs of princes and views on blue paper, photographs through text, original red morocco binding with gilt art nouveau-style decoration. White, Lieutenant George Francis Views in India, chiefly among the Himalaya Mountains. London & Paris: Fisher, Son, And Co., 1838. 38 illustrated plates including several by JMW Turner, contemporary quarter green morocco and green gilt moir (8) Footnote:
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[Gordon, Thomas] Francis, Lord Bacon, or the Case of Private and National Corruption and Bribery, impartially considered... The seventh edition. London, printed for J. Roberts, near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane. 1721, 8vo, pp. xvi, 62, [1] advertisements; [Gordon, Thomas] The Conspirators, or the Case of Catiline. The second edition. London: printed for J. Roberts … 1721. 8vo in fours, pp. viii, 61, [1] blank, [1] key, first part only: a second part followed the same year; The Character of the Parliament, commonly called the Rump, &c. begun November 23. in the year 1640. London: printed, 1721, 8vo in fours, pp. iv, 38; Dennis, John Julius Caesar Acquitted and his murderers condemn’d. … London: printed for J. Mack-Euen … and sold by J. Roberts … 1722. First and only edition, 8vo, pp. [viii], 39; [Goldsmiths’ 6160]; [Gordon, Thomas and John Trenchard] A Discourse of Standing Armies, shewing the folly, uselessness, and danger of standing armies in Great Britain. By Cato … London: printed for T. Warner … 1722. First edition, 8vo in fours, pp. 36; title a little dusty; A Compleat History of the late Septennial Parliament... London: printed for J. Peele … 1722. Third edition, 8vo in fours, pp. 78, no final advertisement leaf, [Third edition, differing from the version reported by ESTC, which has ‘corrected’ after the edition statement]; The Original Instrument and Republican Scheme of Government, under the colour whereof the late Oliver Cromwell usurped the regal and exercised and arbitrary power... London: printed for A. Moore … 1722, 8vo, pp. xxvi, 39; title a little stained, [Probably only the second printing of the famous ‘Instrument of Government’, promulgated in 1653, in effect the first and only republican constitution of England]; contemporary quarter calf, labelled 'Miscellanies' and volume '25' on spine, rubbed, bookplate of Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo
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[Anon.] The English nation vindicated from the calumnies of foreigners; in answer to the Hanover letter: a late pamphlet, intitled, Popular Prejudice concerning Partiality. London: printed for M. Cooper, 1744. 8vo; 64 pp., "Second edition", [ESTC: 4 copies UK, 9 N. America]; [Anon.] Warning to the Whigs, and to the well-affected Tories. London: printed for J. Roberts, 1744. 8vo, collates: (2), 45 pp., [In this edition the ornament on the title-page consists of a face flanked by two cupids, and there are no press figure]; [Anon.] A private conference between two Hanoverian ministers at Hanover. London: printed for M. Cooper, 1744. 8vo, collates: (2), 24, (2), [ESTC: 7 copies]; [one pamphlet removed here]; [Anon.] The operations of the British, and the allied arms, during the campaigns of 1743 and 1744, historically deducted. London: printed for M. Cooper, 1744. First edition, 8vo, 54 pp., the variant with "Proceedings of the Army" as the drop-head title; [Anon.] Serious considerations on the present state of affairs, both at home and abroad... London: printed for C. Corbett, 1744. First and only edition, 8vo, 76 pp., with MS marginal notes in a contemporary hand, [ESTC: 16 copies]; [Anon.] The conduct of the Dutch explained and vindicated. In which the business of the Barrier... London: printed for Joseph Collyer, n.d. (1744). First edition in English, 8vo, collates: (4) 27 pp., half-title present, [ESTC 15 copies]; [one pamphlet removed here]; [Anon.] A letter to His Prussian Majesty, upon his most extraordinary breach of publick and solemn faith.. at the Castle of Klein Schnellendorf, the 9th of October, 1742. London: printed for the author, 1744. First and only edition, 8vo, collates: (2), 21 pp + a final leaf of advertisements, half-title present (some dust-soiling), [ESTC: 11 copies]; [Anon.] Natural reflexions on the present conduct of His Prussian Majesty. London: printed for M. Cooper, 1744. First edition, 8vo, collates: (2), 56 pp., [ESTC: 17 copies]; [Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords] The Lords protest on a motion to address His Majesty, to exonerate his subjects of the charge and burthen of those foreign troops. London: printed in the year 1742. 8vo; 14 pp., half-title present, [ESTC lists only a 30-page edition ("printed for T. Webster"), with additional text]; [Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords] The Lords protest against an act for repealing certain duties upon spiritous liquors. London: printed in the year 1743. First and only edition, 8vo; 12 pp., wanting the half-title, [ESTC: 5 copies; Kress 4661]; [Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords] The lords protests. To which is added, a list of the members of Parliament who voted for and against continuing the Hanover troops in British pay, Jan. 18, 1743. London: printed for W. Weaver, 1744. First and only edition, 8vo, collates: 14, (4), 154-27 pp. + a folding table, [ESTC: 11 copies]; contemporary half calf, labelled 'Miscellanies', numbered 95 on spine, worn, bookplate of Sir William Forbes, Bart of Pitsligo;
![An Explanation of the Eleven Resolves on the 5th of February last London: 1712. First edition, 4to, pp. [ii], 13; browned, an](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/aaab4a07-72a1-4a32-90e4-ad9000bb169f/2077f83c-82b7-41c4-bd85-ad9b00abee2c/468x382.jpg)
An Explanation of the Eleven Resolves on the 5th of February last London: 1712. First edition, 4to, pp. [ii], 13; browned, and cut close at top, affecting only a few page numbers; [Swift, Jonathan, part author ?] The reasons which induced her Majesty to create the Right Honourable Robert Harley, Esq., a peer of Great Britain. London: 1711. 4to, pp. 8, some browning around the edges, [Teerink lists this in the ‘doubtful’ section of his Swift bibliography: Teerink-Scouten 849]; Reflections upon a late scandalous and malicious pamphlet, entitul’d, The Shortest Way with the Dissenters. London: 1703. 4to, pp. iv, 28, small puncture in pp. 21-28, affecting a few letters; [James, Hugh] An answer to a late pamphlet, entitled the Experiment; or, The Shortest Way with the Dissenters exemplified. London: J. Morphew, 1707. First and only edition, 4to, pp. [vi], 46.; Haversham, John Thompson, Lord [Caption title:] The Lord Haversham's Speech in the House of Peers. [colophon:] London: B. Briggs, 1707. 4to, pp. 4., [ESTC, 6 copies]; An Answer to the Lord Haversham's Speech which he made in the House of Peers. London, 1707. 4to, [ESTC 4 copies only]; The Royal Gamsters [sic] or the old cards new shuffled. . [colophon:] London: printed by E. B. near Ludgate. [1706]. First edition, 4to, pp. 4, printed on poor quality paper, with catchword on p. 2 slightly trimmed, signs of folding on final page, [Foxon R308 records just the BL copy, and ESTC adds only one more, at the Clark Library]; The Journal of the Proceedings of the Lds Commissioners of both nations in the Treaty of Union, which began on the 16th of April 1706, and was concluded on the 22d of July following. Edinburgh: by order of the Parliament of Scotland, by the heirs and successors of Andrew Anderson … Reprinted at London for Andrew Bell … [1706]. First London edition, 4to, pp. 79, there are two variants: in this one the penultimate line on p. 3 ends ‘Nostrorum princi-‘ (as opposed to ‘nostrorum princi’); Wagstaffe. Thomas. The Case of Moderation and Occasional Communion... The second edition. London: printed by W.S. for R. Wilkin … 1706 , Second edition, 4to, pp. [iv], (4), 60; Wall, William. A Vindication of the Apostles, from a very false imputation laid on them. London: printed by E. P. for H. Bonwicke … 1705. First & only edition, 4to, pp. 39, [1] advertisements, early signature on the title-page of Hen. Pacey; [Lawton, Charlwood] Civil Comprehension, &c. In a letter to a friend. [colophon:] Sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster. 1705. First edition, 4to, pp. 8.; Burnet, Gilbert [Caption title:] The Bishop of Salisbury's Speech in the House of Lords upon the Bill against Occasional Conformity. [colophon:] London: printed for Ri. Chiswell … 1704. First edition, 4to, pp. 8.; A Collection of the Debates and Proceedings in Parliament, in 1694, and 1695. upon the inquiry into the late briberies and corrupt practices … London, printed in the year 1695. 4to, pp. iv, 63., [One of two editions: this one has an ‘Advertisement’ at the foot of p. 63. Wing E1281.]; A Dialogue between the King of France and the late King James, occasion’d by the death of the Queen. Written originally in French, at Paris. London, printed for Richard Baldwin … 1695. First and only edition, 4to, pp. [ii], 25; [Wing D1332A]; An Answer to the late K. James's Last Declaration, dated at St. Germains, April 17. S.N. 1693. London, printed for Richard Baldwin … 1693. 4to, pp. [iv], 40, last few leaves torn and slightly defective in the upper inside corner, [Wing D827C (formerly W1302)]; Burnet, Gilbert A Pastoral Letter... to the clergy of his diocess, concerning the oaths of allegiance and supremacy to K. William and Q. Mary. London: printed for J. Starkey; and Ric. Chiswell … 1689. First edition, 4to, pp. [iv], 29, [3] advertisements; 4to, contemporary panelled calf, lower board detached; with early MS contents list, spine lacks label, bookplate of Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo.
By the Queen, a Proclamation, for encouraging the discovery of the key or cypher of certain letters relating to the Scotch Conspiracy. London: Charles Bill, and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb deceas'd, 1703. 385 x 235mm, [ESTC T164585, 1 copy in England, 1 at NLS, 1 in USA]; By the Queen, a Proclamation for a Publick Thanksgiving... The Wonderful and Happy Conclusion of the Treaty for the Union of our Two Kingdoms of England and Scotland. London: Printed by Charles Bill, and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb, deceas'd, 1707. 370 x 275mm, a few letters slightly trimmed by the binder bottom left; By the Queen, a Proclamation, containing Her Majesties Declaration that it is Expedient, that the Lords of England, and Commons of the present Parliament of England, should be the Members of the respective Houses of the First Parliament of Great Britain, for and on the part of England. London: Printed by Charles Bill, and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb deceas’d, 1707, 416 x 286mm, [ESTC T19693, 4 copies in UK, 2 in N. America]; At the Court of Kensington, the Seventeenth day of April, 1707, Present, the Queens most Excellent Majesty in Council... Order of Common Prayer be openly used. London: Charles Bill and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb, deceas'd, 1707, 372 x 288mm, [ESTC N39121., 2 copies in UK]; Articles of Union, agreed on the Two and twentieth Day of July... the Act intituled Act Ratifying and Approving the Treaty of Union of the Two Kingdoms. London: Charles Bill, and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb deceas'd, 1706, Folio, in 2 parts, 15,[3],17-68p., disbound (6)
Fowles, John The Collector. 1963, First edition, first impression, dustwrapper price clipped; Fowles, John The Collector.1963. First edition, 2nd impression, dustwrapper; Golding, William The Spire. 1964. First edition, 2 copies, dustwrappers price clipped, one with non authorial inscription; Stoppard, Tom Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. 1967, first edition, paperback issue, price clipped; Stoppard, Tom Lord Malquist & Mr Moon. 1966, first edition, dustwrapper; Storey, David This Sporting Life. 1960, first edition, dustwrapper, with owner's typed label to front free endpaper; Wolfe, Tom The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby. 1966, First edition, dustwrapper slightly rubbed and soiled; Crisp, Quentin The Naked Civil Servant. 1968, First edition, with 1 A.L.S. and 1 T.L.S. to Mr Reid loosely inserted, dustwrapper soiled and rubbed; Fraser, George MacDonald Flashman. 1969, first edition, dustwrapper slightly soiled and couple of small closed tears, "F139" in ink on endpaper and half-title; Amis, Kingsley Take a Girl like You. 1960, dustwrapper; Clavell, James King Rat. 1963, First British edition, dustwrapper slightly worn and soiled (12)
Dresser, Theodore Jennie Gerhardt. New York & London: Harper & Brothers, 1911. First edition, first issue, 8vo, original blue cloth gilt (possibly variant binding); Thompson, Maurice Alice of Old Vincennes. Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Company, [1900]. First edition, 8vo, original blue cloth gilt, author's advance compliments slip to paste-down endpaper; Wiggin, Kate Douglas Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1903. First edition, later state, original green cloth, neat ownership inscription to free-endpaper; Tomlinson, H.M. Illusion: 1915. London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1929. 8vo, number 294 of 525 signed copies, original quarter cloth over boards; O'Hara, John A Rage to Live. New York: Random House, [1949]. First printing, 8vo, original 'presentation edition' black cloth gilt; [Idem] Elizabeth Appleton. New York: Random House, [1963]. First printing, 8vo, original blue cloth gilt, dust-jacket not price-clipped; Updike, John The Music School. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1966. First edition, first state, dust-jacket not price-clipped; Updike, John Bech: A Book. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; Purdy, James The Nephew. New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, [1960]. First printing, 8vo, dust-jacket price-clipped (9)
Eliot, George Novels. William Blackwood, n.d., 8 volumes, 8vo, half calf gilt, red morocco labels, t.e.g.; Carlyle, Thomas [Works]. London: Chapman & Hall, 1894, 17 volumes, 8vo, contemporary half calf gilt, grey and green morocco labels, t.e.g.; Thackeray, W.M. The Works. London, 1880. 12 volumes, 8vo, contemporary half calf gilt, hinges of first volume broken, slightly rubbed; Gibbon, Edward The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. London, 1816. 12 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf gilt, spines gilt; Longfellow, H.W. Poetical Works. 1906, 8vo, contemporary calf (50)
A Lost Lady of Old Years. London: John Lane, the Bodley Head, 1899. First edition, 8vo, inscribed by Buchan to the free-endpaper: "Duncan Warrand from John Buchan Sept. 1899", Warrand being the dedicatee of the work, with a loosely inserted ALS from Buchan to Warrand, dated December 30th 1898, regarding the upcoming Caledonian Club dinner and mentioning him as the dedicatee of his "Jacobite story", original green cloth, with Duncan Grant Warrand's bookplate; and another copy, in first edition, unsigned by Buchan; [Idem] Poems Scots and English. London: T.C. & E.C. Jack Limited, 1917. 8vo, original purple cloth gilt, with 3 loosely inserted ALS from Buchan to Duncan Warrand, including one announcing his upcoming marriage to Miss Susan Grosvenor; and 7 further works by John Buchan, comprising: Scholar Gipsies. London: John Lane, the Bodley Head, 1896. Second edition, 8vo, engraved frontispiece and title-page, original cloth; Sir Walter Raleigh. Oxford: B.H. Blackwell, 1897. First edition, 8vo, inscribed to Duncan Warrand from John Buchan; John Burnet of Barns. London: John Lane, the Bodley Head, 1898. First edition, 8vo, original cloth; Grey Weather. London: John Lane, the Bodley Head, 1899. First edition, 8vo, original cloth; The Half-Hearted. London: Isbister & Co. Ltd., 1900. 8vo, original cloth; Some Eighteenth Century Byways. Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons, 1908; The Marquis of Montrose. London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1913. 8vo, original blue cloth gilt; Sir Walter Scott. London: Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1933. Fifth edition, 8vo (11)
The Possessed. London: William Heinemann, 1913. First edition in English, 8vo, original red cloth gilt; A Raw Youth. London: William Heinemann, 1916. First edition in English, 8vo, original red cloth gilt; The Idiot. London: William Heinemann, 1915. New impression, 8vo, original red cloth; The Brothers Karamazov. London: William Heinemann, 1916. New impression, 8vo, original red cloth, upper joint split (4)Footnote: Note: Translated by Constance Clara Garnett, William Heinemann's collection of the Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky represents the first appearance of many of Dostoevsky's works in the English language.
Los Angeles: Lynton R. Kistler, 1948. First edition, 4to, one of 500 copies, inscribed and signed by Juliet and Man Ray to the title verso: "For Nigel - for a letter which preserves many pleasant souvenirs of Edinburgh, and the addition of a new friend. Juliet and Man Ray Paris 1956", original quarter cloth over printed boards, 'Flight' added with a drawing, in pencil, to the final page, boards slightly bumped
![1961. First edition, original pictorial boards, dustwrapper slightly rubbed and slightly soiled; [Idem] T.S. Eliot: a Tribute](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/aaab4a07-72a1-4a32-90e4-ad9000bb169f/74ea3c9f-0092-4381-b997-adaa00ca9f7a/468x382.jpg)
1961. First edition, original pictorial boards, dustwrapper slightly rubbed and slightly soiled; [Idem] T.S. Eliot: a Tribute. London: Privately Printed by Faber and Faber, 1987. First edition, limited to 250 copies signed by Hughes, original wrappers, in original wallet; [Idem] Lupercal, 1960. First edition, bookplate of Naomi Mitchison, dustwrapper frayed and slightly discoloured; Plath, Sylvia [Ten Poems. 1963]. pp. 45-52 inserted into printed wrappers, wrappers slightly discoloured; [T.L.S.] Early unpublished poems by Sylvia Plath, folded broadsheet, 63 x 38cm., dated at top "31.7.69, TLS: 855" (5)
![Northern Numbers. Edinburgh: T.N. Foulis, [1920]. First edition, 8vo, original quarter cloth, with several poems by MacDiarmi](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/aaab4a07-72a1-4a32-90e4-ad9000bb169f/6719623e-f046-459b-8e2b-ada900f043b4/468x382.jpg)
Northern Numbers. Edinburgh: T.N. Foulis, [1920]. First edition, 8vo, original quarter cloth, with several poems by MacDiarmid; Annals of the Five Senses. Montrose: C.M. Grieve, 1923. First edition, 8vo, signed and inscribed 'C.M. Grieve' to H.J.C. Grierson, original cloth; Sangschaw. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1925. First edition, 8vo, original blue cloth gilt, dust-jacket; Penny Wheep. Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons Ltd., 1926. First edition, 8vo, original blue cloth gilt, dust-jacket a little worn; To Circumjack Cencrastus... Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons Ltd., 1930. First edition, 8vo, inscribed and signed from the author to Harold Edwards, original cloth, some wear to dust-jacket; Stony Limits. London: Victor Gollancz, 1934. First edition, 8vo, inscribed "To S.G. Whitehorn from C.M. Grieve ("Hugh MacDiarmid"), London, June. 1934", original cloth, dust-jacket; Scottish Eccentrics. London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd., 1936. 8vo, inscribed by the author: "To Mr and Mrs F.G. Scott with love from Mr and Mrs "Hugh MacDiarmid", original red cloth gilt, dust-jacket; Scotland; and the Question of a Popular Front against Fascism and War. Dunfermline: The Hugh MacDiarmid Book Club, [n.d.] 4pp. pamphlet, signed Hugh MacDiarmid and Christopher Murray Grieve along the top; A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle. Edinburgh: Castle Wynd, 1956. Third edition, 8vo, signed and inscribed by MacDiarmid, original cloth, dust-jacket not price-clipped; The Fire of the Spirit. Glasgow: Duncan Glen, 1965. 8vo, signed by MacDiarmid, original wrappers; Three Hymns to Lenin. Edinburgh: Castle Wynd Printers Limited [n.d.] 8vo, signed and inscribed by Hugh MacDiarmid, original red cloth gilt, dust-jacket; Print depicting Loveday's 1968 illustration of Hugh MacDiarmid and the poem 'Separatism', one of 150 copies signed by Hugh MacDiarmid; A Political Speech. Edinburgh: Reprographia, 1972. 8vo, number 9 of 50 signed copies; Direadh I, II, and III. Frenich: Kulgin Duval and Colin H. Hamilton, 1974. 4to, number 22 of 200 signed copies, original red quarter morocco gilt, slipcase; Cornish Heroic Song for Valda Trevlyn and Once in a Cornish Garden. Padstow: Lodenek Press, 1977. 8vo, signed Hugh MacDiarmid and Valda Trevlyn, original boards; Weston, John C. Hugh MacDiarmid's A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle. Preston: Akros, 1970. 8vo, original blue wrappers, with loosely inserted ALS from MacDiarmid addressed to Alistair Stevens, dated 20-07-70; Glen, Duncan A Small Press and Hugh MacDiarmid. Preston: Akros, 1970. 4to, one of 300 copies, original wrappers (17)
Stone. Duval & Hamilton, 1987. Number 116 of 125 copies signed by the author and photographer Gunnie Moberg, original grey quarter morocco, t.e.g., slipcase; In the Margins of a Shakespeare. The Old Stile Press, 1991. Folio, number 122 of 220 copies signed by author and artist, Llewellyn Thomas, original boards, slipcase; Letters to Gypsy, 1990. First edition, signed by the author on title, dustwrapper; Christmas Tales. Lino Cuts by Rosemary Roberts, 2010. Number 100 of 125 copies signed by Roberts, original blue cloth; Orfeo a Masque. The Celtic Cross Press, 1995. Numbers 171 and 172 of 175 copies signed by the author and Roberts, original blue pictorial cloth; The Hooded Fisherman. Duval & Hamilton, 1985. 8vo, number 57 of 205 copies, inscribed to Mr Edward and Mr Ian from Para, 1985, original wrappers; with 2 prospectuses for 'Stone' (7)
Crichton, Michael Jurassic Park. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. 8vo, 'the gift edition', signed by the author, original polythene wrapper with dinosaur motif; Asimov, Isaac Foundation. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, [1953]. First UK edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped but with some slight chipping; Holdstock, Robert Eye Among the Blind. London: Faber and Faber, [1976]. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; Ballard, J.G. The Unlimited Dream Company. London: Jonathan Cape, [1979]. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket price-clipped; [Idem] Hello America. London: Jonathan Cape, [1981]. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; [Idem] Myths of the Near Future. London: Jonathan Cape, [1982]. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; Miller, Walter A Canticle for Leibowitz. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, [1960]. First UK edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; Stanley Robinson, Kim The Wild Shore. London: Macdonald & Co., [1986]. First UK edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; Wyndham, John Trouble with Lichen. London: Michael Joseph, [1960]. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket price-clipped (9)
London: J. Weale, 1852-54. First edition, 2 volumes, large folio, library & de-accession stamps to frontispiece verso & title verso, complete with engraved portrait & 122 engraved plates comprising 1-46, 48-121, and 3*, 41*, (plate 47 being incorrectly numbered 81, and no plate numbered 81 being called for in the list of plates) contemporary green half morocco, rubbed, rebacked retaining original spines, somewhat spotted (2)
![[London:] The Modern Press, 1886. First separate edition, smaller variant issue, blank leaf bound at the rear, 8vo, original](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/aaab4a07-72a1-4a32-90e4-ad9000bb169f/a869a0ba-1711-41c4-b76f-ad9b00abbef9/468x382.jpg)
The Mystery of the Sea. A Novel. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1902. First American edition, presentation copy, 1 page A.L.S. tipped into front endpaper, to Mr Clarke Davis "I hope you will love & read my new book, The Mystery of the Sea, which Doubleday & Page are sending to you with this...", dated March 1902, original green cloth lettered in gilt, spine rubbed at head and base and discoloured
The Silmarillion. 1977, First edition, 2 copies, dustwrappers, one with owner's inscription on endpaper and spine slightly faded, the other price clipped; Tolkien, J.R.R. Middle English 'Losenger', offprint of Essais de Philologie Moderne (1951). Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 1953. 2 copies, 8vo, original wrappers, one with label "From the Library of J.R.R. Tolkien", very lightly dust-soiled; Tolkien, J.R.R. Mr Bliss. 1982, pictorial boards, dustwrapper; Tolkien, J.R.R. Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics. 1936, ? reprint, original wrappers, slightly dust-soiled, a few small ink spots (6)
London: A. & C. Black, Ltd, 1915. First edition, 8vo, twelve black and white plates from drawings by T.M.R. Whitwell, original blue cloth with three colour illustrations on cover and spine, some dust-spoiling and ink annotation on free endpapers, edges, corners and head and tail of spine bumped
Aeronautical interest; press photographs and ephemera, particularly relating to Australia, including a letter from Flight Lieutenant Arthur Long AFC, the first pilot to cross the Bass Straight, signed photograph of a pilot, sea planes at Darwin, Junkers D-1925 in flight, Quantas material and a map of the London to Melbourne (MacRobertson) Centenary Air Race 1934, bearing facsimile signatures of Tom Campbell Black and Charles William Anderson Scott. (a quantity)
Hasbro and other Star Wars figures and collectables, some boxed or in blister packs, including Captain Cassian Andor (Eadu), Hero Mashers Darth Vader, The Force Awakes Sidon Ithano and First Mate Quiggold and First Order Snow Trooper Officer and Snap Wexley, two Playstation games, Star Wars Battlefront and Lego Star Wars II The Original Trilogy, further Lego collectables, etc. (a quantity)
Charles I (1625-1649), Hawarden Castle (?), Halfcrown, mm. pear on obv., three pears on rev., horseman left, rev. oval shield garnished with lis and scrolls, hc in garniture at foot, 14.80g/12h (Bull 679; SCBI Brooker 1137, same dies; N 2626; S 3129). On an irregular flan as usual, four old vertical scratches on obverse, otherwise about very fine or better for issue and toned, rare £2,000-£3,000 --- Provenance: DNW Auction 135, 21-4 March 2016, lot 656. Based on the letters HC in the garniture of the shield, these coins were always, until very recently, attributed to a mint at Hartlebury Castle, situated 10 miles north of the city of Worcester. It was held for the King during the first four years of the Civil War, but surrendered to Roundhead forces on 12 May 1646 without a shot being fired. Other attributions for coins from this family group have been made by Pearce (SNC October 2012, pp.75-6, and January 2014, pp.140-3), who clearly demonstrates that the dies for the ‘Hartlebury’ issue were subsequently used at Chester in 1644, so have no connection with Hartlebury and a 1646 siege at all. Pearce postulates that the HC signature in the garniture signifies an issue struck at Hawarden Castle, 4 miles west of Chester, at the end of 1643 (OS)
![Commonwealth (1649-1660), Farthing [1654], in pewter, issued by Tobias Knowles, tk within wreath of roses above shield bearin](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/0e9227d0-4d8e-43c7-a0c0-ad9101766906/e723842c-7ab9-4ca7-a37c-ad98010864b5/468x382.jpg)
Commonwealth (1649-1660), Farthing [1654], in pewter, issued by Tobias Knowles, tk within wreath of roses above shield bearing cross moline, rev. shield bearing Irish harp, sun with rays over and around, 6.64g/6h (Whittell, TCSB March 2015, fig. 2; Cooke 816; BMC 373; cf. DNW 136, 612). Some surface corrosion, fair to fine, very rare £600-£800 --- Provenance: Dorotheum Auktion 509 (Vienna), 18 May 2009, lot 2457. Tobias Knowles (1601-68), originally from Kingston-upon-Thames, pewterer, served in the army, first for Charles I and then on the Parliamentary side during the Civil War, rising to the rank of captain. With the advent of Commonwealth rule, Knowles petitioned Parliament to be allowed to make farthings for the state and in so doing recover the £5,468 he reckoned it had cost him to support the Parliamentary cause in the War. Initially his efforts came to nothing, probably because David Ramage and his cohort of moneyers in the Tower were already running a very profitable enterprise manufacturing tokens for private merchants. Undaunted, Knowles presented a second petition to ‘his Highnesse the Lord Protector’ in March 1653/4 and then took it upon himself to produce farthings containing a quarter of an ounce of fine pewter. These entered circulation on 26 April 1654, but no authority had been given for their issue and they were prohibited by order of the Council of State through an announcement in the issue of Mercurius Publicus for 4-11 May 1654. Knowles is known to have been associated with the band of token manufacturers active during the decline of the Protectorate and the early years of Charles II’s reign and it has been demonstrated by Christopher Whittell that Knowles had a hand in producing the coinage for Lord Baltimore, governor of Maryland, in 1660
Charles I (1625-1649), Tower mint, Shillings (2), Gp A, type 1, mm. lis, bust 1, both arches jewelled, pellet stops both sides, 5.91g/12h; Gp C, type 2a, mm. rose (over plume on obv.[?]), bust 2, large lis between cr, no stops on rev., 5.66g/10h (Sharp A1/1, C2/3; SCBI Brooker 383, 463-4; N 2216, 2221; S 2781, 2787) [2]. Good fine, but first double-struck £150-£200
Charles I (1625-1649), Briot’s First Milled issue, Double-Crown, mm. flower on obv. only, signed b both sides, jewelled crown, 4.43g/12h (SCBI Schneider 277-8; SCBI Brooker 709; N 2295; S 2720). Traces of blank filing on obverse, good fine, reverse a little better, very rare £3,000-£4,000 --- Provenance: St James’s Auction 37, 27 June 2016, lot 35
Charles I (1625-1649), Briot’s First Milled issue, Halfcrown, mm. flower on obv. only, signed b both sides, 14.96g/6h (Bull 468; SCBI Brooker 715, same dies; N 2299; S 2853). Very fine, reverse better, toned £1,200-£1,500 --- Provenance: SNC February 1970 (1626); R. Lyall Collection, Part I, DNW Auction 133, 12 November 2015, lot 494
Charles I (1625-1649), Briot’s First Milled issue, Shilling, mm. flower on obv. only, signed b both sides, bust within inner circle, 5.95g/6h (Sharp type 2; SCBI Brooker 717, same dies; N 2300; S 2854). Two small scratches above shield, otherwise nearly extremely fine and toned, very rare £1,200-£1,500
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