![[Smith, John]. The Experienc'd Fowler: Or, The Gentleman's Recreation, London: G. Conyers, 1704. A very scarce hunting book,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/86d63725-7c2b-4e92-b42f-ad3b01604f39/a0bac54c-7d11-463d-9edb-ad3d0153a6ca/468x382.jpg)
[Smith, John]. The Experienc'd Fowler: Or, The Gentleman's Recreation, London: G. Conyers, 1704. A very scarce hunting book, presumed second edition [the first was published in 1697], offering advice on catching birds and destroying vermin. To catch weasels, for example, 'Take a Lizard's Gut, beat it in half a pint of fair Spring-water, and pour it on the ground, in the places of their haunts, and the scent of it will gather them.' Featuring woodcut frontispiece and two further woodcut illustrations within the text (lacking one illustration); text lacking one leaf at p.87/88, and then finishing abruptly at p.158 (and no publisher's advertisement leaf at end); crudely restored binding; owner inscriptions to verso of frontis. and inner board; general toning and light creasing, otherwise sound
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Cole, John. A curious manuscript account, almost comedic (perhaps intentionally) in style, concerning the theatrical exploits of John Cole (1792-1848), disastrous bookseller, publisher and antiquary. In Answer to a Question, Why Did You Choose Selim for your first appearance? [c.1814]. 'One evening in the beginning of the month of October, 1812, Mr Rt B [Robert Birdsall] and J.C. [John Cole] being in the shop of Mr B. Bookseller, Drapery, Northampton, he, J.C. broke out with these words, while sewing copy books: "Die all, die nobly, die like demi gods." and "Where yon blue field scarce meets our streaming eyes", Mr Robert Birdsall repeated the same. They then proposed a speech night twice a week in the house where this scene recurred...The theatre was a bed-room, and the door shut & locked immediately the actors had entered the Theatre: although only Mr R.B. was present at this opening, J.C. was not in possession of himself during the delivery of this address...In the concluding scene am sorry to mention that Macbeth cut Macduff in the wrist - not theatrically or dramatically sorry - but sorry am I. Alexander's robe dropped during this exhibition...Dr Brown's Tragedy of "Barbarossa" arrived at Mr B's shop to be bound; it had as its frontispiece, a portrait of Master Betty in Selim...' [it goes on to describe John Cole learning the soliloquy, seeking permission from Mr Simms in Leamington to perform the role, and eventually performing the piece on stage in Northampton]. The author of the manuscript is anonymous, but has to be Cole himself; he is frequently referred to in the third person, but the performance is described in the first person (and the whole thing is an answer to a question posed to Cole). Octavo, quarter-calf with marbled boards, complete in 50 numbered pages, contents clean and bright, loss to corner of p.43 (not affecting text), boards detached
Terra Nova Expedition. A scrapbook album compiled by W. P. Granville, electrical engineer, which includes two autograph letters signed by Sir George Simpson, meteorologist for Captain Scott's Antarctic Terra Nova Expedition, 1910-1913, the first letter on British Antarctic Expedition Terra Nova R.Y.S. letterhead, 'at sea', 27 November 1910, 'Dear Mr Granville, the small case of balloons reached us safely in Christchurch. I thought it best not to open it before absolutely necessary, but I have no doubt that the balloons will be in good condition. We are now really on our way south although we call at Duneden tomorrow to take 100 ton of coal on board. We have had a splendid passage so far and we are a real happy party. Everyone has the highest hopes of a successful expedition and I am sure that there will be a lot of good scientific work done. Please let me again thank you most heartily for all the valuable help you and your firm have given us . Yours very sincerely, George C. Simpson'; the second letter is on 68 Wilson Street, Derby letterhead, 7 June 1912, 'Dear Mr Granville, I expect to be in London at the beginning of next week and intend to call on you to thank you for the balloons and to tell you about the work done with them. You will be glad to hear that they were absolutely splendid and gave me no trouble at all. I have a great deal to do in London and may not be able to call on Monday & Tuesday, but I will not leave England before seeing you. Yours very truly, George C. Simpson', the letters are accompanied by two mounted photographs (albumen or similar) showing experiments with a balloon during the expedition, each measuring 118mm by 82mm [Simpson constructed one of the continent's first weather stations, conducting balloon experiments to test the atmosphere and determine how altitude affects temperature]. The album includes a variety of other material of varying subject matter and date, including a letter from Willoughby Smith, electrical engineer, on Wharf Road letterhead, 23 May 1873, instructing Granville to 'embark on board the "Great Eastern" to assist in the laying of the cable between Ireland and Newfoundland', and to receive further instructions from a Mr Laws [the SS Great Eastern was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and was used to lay the first lasting transatlantic telegraph cable in 1866]; advertisements and contemporary newspaper clippings relating to 'Granville's Electric Log', manufactured by Elliott Brothers; newspaper clippings relating to the development of submarine cable and wireless; two pencil drawings by Granville depicting Bawi Island, Zanzibar, 1879, and Placentia Newfoundland, 1873; clippings relating to Granville as Chairman of the London Congregational Union, including a printed address given on 2 November 1915; an albumen print taken by Granville, together with a printed article reproducing his photograph in The Sketch, 28 August 1895, 'swinging a man on to the rock', relating to the laying of cable for the Fastnet Lighthouse, Ireland, plus other clippings from printed works reproducing Granville's photographs; clippings of Vesper Hymn sheet music, written & composed by Granville and Colchester; five original photographs, including Kelvin Lodge, Browning Avenue and Bournemouth Gardens, 1924, and other material on a total of 37 pages, the album being partially-filled. Together with two sparsely-filled scrapbooks recording the electioneering and campaigning of Henry Granville Hamshar, 1932-39, including printed flyers, ephemera, newspaper clippings and notes, and a manuscript book of religious verse kept by Margaret M. Hamshar, 1903 (4)Provenance: Granville family, by descent
![Archive of correspondence to Newton & Gordon wine merchants in Madeira, 1759. Newton & Gordon [now Cossart Gordon] is the old](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/86d63725-7c2b-4e92-b42f-ad3b01604f39/ef26b24c-d1fe-4314-9600-ad3e009b5a9d/468x382.jpg)
Archive of correspondence to Newton & Gordon wine merchants in Madeira, 1759. Newton & Gordon [now Cossart Gordon] is the oldest company in the Madeira wine trade. Madeira was an important wine in the history of the United States and was used to toast the Declaration of Independence. To include a letter from James Christie, Maryland, to Thomas Newton, New York, 18 November 1759, arranging the shipping of his 31 pipes of wine from Newton & Gordon; letter from Alexander Johnston, London, to Newton & Gordon, Madeira, 11 August 1759, arranging a delivery of wine to Mr Halliday in Antigua, recommending Captain Culler, and instructing them to show Theodolphus Daubuz 'all the civility in your power' as he is 'a man of considerable consequence'; letter from Alexander Munro, Kingston, Jamaica, to Newton & Gordon, Madeira, 1 June 1759, describing his current position, 'I have made a most successful Voyage here & have the vanity to think that I have done greater things than any One who ever came to this Island in my Situation & believe you will be of the same opinion when I tell you that I have been only seven weeks arrived here, and have got my Ship loaded & ready to Sail with the first Convoy from this Island, by Her I have Remitted upwards of Five Thousand Pounds Sterling, which will discharge all my Engagements at Home, & you know I am always very happy when I can pay my Debts.'; letter from Andrew Ramsay, Glasgow, to Newton & Gordon, Madeira, 24 September 1759, ordering 'four pipes best New York & 4 pipes best London Wines' for Ramsay & Dougall, to be sent on 'the first ship for Norfolk Virginia'; letter from Alexander Johnston, London, to Newton & Gordon, Madeira, 6 October 1759, concerning various orders and the requirements for shipping; letter from Parminter Montgmery, Lisbon, to Newton & Gordon, Madeira, 28 April 1759, relating to Seven Years' War, 'they are continually picking up French frigates & privateers in the Channel, & lately a 64 gun Ship Le Comte de St Florentin'; letter from Thomas Doughty, New York, to Newton & Gordon, Madeira, 19 February 1759, ordering 'a pipe of the best wine'; letter from Abraham Duryce, New York, 17 February 1759, relating to an order; letter from John Provoost, New York, 21 August 1759, relating to an order, 'This in haste via Newfoundland', and others similar. Condition varied as found, folded as sent, toning from age, one complete wax seal (Alexander Johnston), some with wear and loss (25)
![Dahl, Roald. The Gremlins, first UK edition of Dahl's first book, London: Collins, [1944]. Quarto, quarter-cloth with publish](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/86d63725-7c2b-4e92-b42f-ad3b01604f39/81e98c1d-0358-4c64-b321-ad40011397db/468x382.jpg)
Dahl, Roald. The Gremlins, first UK edition of Dahl's first book, London: Collins, [1944]. Quarto, quarter-cloth with publisher's pictorial boards, red & yellow pictorial endpapers, complete with all 12 full-page colour illustrations and one double-page colour illustration. Contents very good, clean, bright, a few very light marks in places, a few pale spots to opening leaves; binding solid and vibrant, some bumping/wear to corners, light wear to extremities, a few light surface marks. Together with The Enormous Crocodile, first edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1978, hardback, contents very good, clean, bright, short tear to ffep, a few very pale spots and incredibly faint creases, binding bright and solid, remnants of a price sticker on lower board, faint bumps to edges, small discoloured mark on upper board (2)
Blyton, Enid (1897-1968). Collection of autograph letters and cards to Mannington Sayers, author, capturing Blyton's first taste of success, her palpable excitement, and her later stature as a hugely successful writer. Comprising: Autograph letter signed in black ink, both sides of one sheet, headed Southernhay, 7 December 1922, 'Thank you very much for your charming letter, which was forwarded on to me here today. I run a school for 4-8 year olds here during the week...It is really very nice of you to write and congratulate me. Don't you think it is a perfectly lovely feeling when your book comes out and reviews, letters and cheques begin to flow in! I haven't got over it yet, and I'm hoping I won't ever get blasee enough to feel undisturbed when a book of mine comes out!...I am interested in work for and concerning children - I think they are quite the nicest things in the world, don't you. I'm very fortunate in being able to try all my stories and poems on my kiddies here! Only those they approve of ever go Editor-wards! Will you, in return, allow me to send you a copy of my 1st book "Child Whispers"?...Life is a jolly business, and most tremendous fun!...Best of wishes to you in your literary ventures. Yours very sincerely, Enid Blyton.'; autograph letter signed in black ink, four sides of two sheets, headed Southernhay, 11 December 1922, 'It is really nice of you to give me "The Rose Tree of a Thousand Years" (delightful title) & I was pleased to find you had inscribed your name in the title page...I do hope you'll like "Child Whispers". It isn't nearly such a grand book as yours, but my 2nd one is I hope, going to be in hard-back covers...Enid Blyton.'; autograph letter signed in black ink on Southernhay letterhead, 3 August 1923, both sides of one sheet, 'It has been most exciting to have another book out! My fourth will be published on November 1st. I've had some lovely reviews. The Chronicle gave me half-a-column! The Times Lit. Sup. wasn't up to much, but I do know what they mean about "unreal sentiment." There are a few grown-ups who tell me the same, for they think that some of the sentiments expressed in some of my poems are too far-fetched - too deep - for kiddies to feel...Enid Blyon.'; autograph letter signed in black ink on Southernhay letterhead, 9 September 1923, one side of one sheet, 'I've had glorious reviews and the book's going splendidly again...Enid Blyton.'; autograph letter signed in black ink on Old Thatch letterhead, 8 January 1934, both sides of one sheet, 'I have a fair number of works to my name so far. I specialized in educational-cum-juvenile work, thinking that was an unploughed field & the idea proved quite successful!...I do such a lot of literary work that I am quite sure there is no publisher able to publish it all! I like to have a publisher for my different "lines" (also, (in a whisper) it is rather fun to play one off against the other!...Enid Blyton.'; autograph note signed in blue ink on Green Hedges postcard, 21 November 1953, 'It is a long time since we were youngsters at the Quill Club. I should like to be 19 again & just at the threshold - it is such fun to work upwards. My young daughters, however, think it must be more fun to have "arrived"...Enid Blyton.'; two Christmas cards signed by Enid Blyton in black ink. Some light creasing and wear, a few pale spots and rust-marks from a paperclip, splitting along fold-lines of first two letters (the first almost detached) (8)Provenance: Consigned by the vendor of the Rev. A. H. Sayers archive in this auction
![Hole, William. Map of Scotland, [1610 or later], hand-coloured copper engraving on laid paper, 29.5cm by 40cm, toned, framed](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/86d63725-7c2b-4e92-b42f-ad3b01604f39/ae304f4a-3c25-4240-be4c-ad3d0154a91b/468x382.jpg)
Hole, William. Map of Scotland, [1610 or later], hand-coloured copper engraving on laid paper, 29.5cm by 40cm, toned, framed & glazed. Together with a framed Robert Morden map of England, a framed copy of the first Daily Mail newspaper, 4 May 1896, Fanny Hill, by John Cleland, London: Luxor Press, 1963, and Cricket, by Steel & Lyttelton, Badminton Library, 1898 (5)
![Barrie, J. M. Peter and Wendy, illustrated by F. D. Bedford, first edition, London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1911]. Octavo, p](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/86d63725-7c2b-4e92-b42f-ad3b01604f39/f3c2b0e8-dcc3-4c06-8b4b-ad3e00999793/468x382.jpg)
Barrie, J. M. Peter and Wendy, illustrated by F. D. Bedford, first edition, London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1911]. Octavo, publisher's gilt green cloth, frontispiece, pictorial title and 11 plates, complete. Contents generally good, clean, bright, occasional pale spotting (more pronounced on half-title and contents); small ink mark on p.171 & p.267, ink dashes across rear free endpaper; gift inscription on front pastedown, Christmas 1912; offsetting to endpapers; binding tight and square, well-preserved, faint wear to corners and headcaps, some light spotting to edges of text-block
Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, first UK edition (precedes first US edition), London: Chatto & Windus, 1884, publisher's advertisements at rear dated October, 1884. Octavo, publisher's pictorial cloth lettered in gilt. Contents generally good and bright with occasional handling marks and lightly folded corners; loss to section of advertisements at rear; wear/loss to cloth at edges; sold as found with all faults
![Caxton, William. Single leaf from Disticha de moribus [attributed to Dionysius Cato], in English, c.1484, printed on both sid](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/86d63725-7c2b-4e92-b42f-ad3b01604f39/5d4416fb-5cb0-4dc2-a211-ad3e0099ff40/468x382.jpg)
Caxton, William. Single leaf from Disticha de moribus [attributed to Dionysius Cato], in English, c.1484, printed on both sides. Well-preserved, clean, bright. 27.5cm by 20cm. Accompanying explanatory note [by Gladwyn M. R. Turbutt], c.1900, 'A leaf from the book called Caton...Printed by Caxton in his no.2 & no.4 types.' Together with a single folio leaf from a volume of sermons, with clipped catalogue entry stating 'printed by J. Zainer of Ulm (type 4), circa 1470', double column, rubricated, folded twice with pale spotting (2)Provenance: By descent. The two leaves were originally loosely-inserted in the Biblia Latina in this sale. Gladwyn M. R. Turbutt discovered the original Bodleian copy of the First Folio of Shakespeare (The Turbutt Shakespeare)
Hooke, Nathaniel. The Roman History, from the Building of Rome to the Ruin of the Commonwealth, fifth edition in eight volumes, Dublin: William Watson, 1767-1772. Octavo, contemporary polished calf bindings with raised bands and contrasting morocco title labels lettered in gilt, the front pastedowns bearing armorial bookplates for Sir William Chatterton [first husband of Georgiana, Lady Chatterton]. Contents generally good, clean, bright, pale dampstaining and light cockling to second and seventh volumes; bindings solid with some scuffs/wear and bumped corners, slight loss to calf in places, especially headcaps (8)
Bourgoing, Jean-Francois. Tableau de l'Espagne Modern, fourth edition, London: John Stockdale, 1808. Octavo, three volumes [no atlas], full contemporary calf with contrasting morocco title labels lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, the front pastedowns bearing armorial bookplates for Sir William Chatterton [first husband of Georgiana, Lady Chatterton]. Contents very good, clean, bright; bindings tight, square, solid; corners bumped and worn; light wear to extremities (3)
Association bindings. Collection of 19th-century books with a connection to Baddesley Clinton in Warwickshire. To include Edgeworth's Memoirs, in two volumes, London: R. Hunter, 1820, bearing armorial bookplates for Marmion Edward Ferrers, Baddesley Clinton; Memoirs of the Courts of Berlin, by William Wroxall, in two volumes, London: Cadell & Davies, 1806, bearing bookplates for Marmion Edward Ferrers; Memoirs of William Pitt, by George Tomline, in three volumes, London: John Murray, 1821, bearing bookplates for Marmion Edward Ferrers [note that all memoirs listed above are uniformly bound with bookseller tickets for W. Wood, High Street, Birmingham]; A Classical Tour through Italy, by Rev. Eustace, in two volumes, London: J. Mawman, 1815, bearing bookplates for Marmion Edward Ferrers; Sophoclis Tragoediae Septem, edited by Brunck, in two volumes, Oxonii: N. Bliss, 1808, bearing armorial bookplates for Edward Heneage Dering [novelist and notable resident of Baddesley Clinton]; Moral Sketches, by Hannah More, London: Cadell & Davies, 1819, bearing bookplate for Edward Heneage Dering; Tales of the Crusaders, by Walter Scott, Paris: A. & W. Galignani, 1825, the title page of first volume inscribed in pencil, 'Georgiana Chatterton' [Lady Chatterton]; The Citizen of the World, by Oliver Goldsmith, London: Cooke, n.d., bearing armorial bookplate for Sir William Chatterton [first husband of Georgiana, Lady Chatterton]; Callista, 1891, and Creasy's Decisive Battles, 1894, both bearing school prize labels for Edward Ferrers. Sold as a collection of bindings, as found, with all faults (19)
Mixed collection of books, some first editions, to include The Old Man and Mr Smith, by Peter Ustinov, first edition, London: Michael O'Mara, 1990, signed by the author, hardback, well-preserved with dust-jacket; Love of Seven Dolls, by Paul Gallico, first edition, London: Michael Joseph, 1954, signed by the author, hardback, well-preserved but slight wear to d.j., some shelf-lean; Shooting an Elephant, by George Orwell, first edition, London: Secker and Warburg, 1950, contents generally good but lacking d.j., cloth discoloured, wear to endpapers; Menagerie Manor, by Gerald Durrell, first edition, London: Rupert Hart-Davies, 1964, bearing armorial bookplate for Sir Val Duncan, pasted photograph to ffep, good with some pale spotting and light wear to d.j.; The Darling Buds of May, by H. E. Bates, first edition, London: Michael Joseph, 1958, good with light wear to headcaps, offsetting to endpapers, wear to d.j.; My Uncle Silas, by H. E. Bates, illustrated by Edward Ardizzone, first edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1939, good with some wear/loss to d.j., and others, condition varied, as found with faults (32)
Fleming, Ian. Thunderball, first edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1961. Octavo, publisher's dark brown cloth lettered in gilt to spine with blind-embossed skeletal hand on upper board, unclipped dust-jacket. Contents very good, clean, bright; some light discolouration to outer edges of text-block; neat contemporary owner inscription on front free endpaper; a couple of very small, light marks on endpapers; binding very good, lightly bumped to corners; dust-jacket with splitting and short tears
Garner, Alan. The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, first edition, London: Collins, 1960. Octavo, publisher's blue cloth. Contents good, clean, bright; light spotting/dust along top of text-block; binding very good and bright, slight wear at one extreme corner; dust-jacket with several tears and slight loss, some spotting to verso of jacket
![Burnet, [Gilbert]. Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time, first edition, in two volumes, London: Thomas Ward, Downing &](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/86d63725-7c2b-4e92-b42f-ad3b01604f39/d378a460-6926-48bc-842f-ad3d0151f5b7/468x382.jpg)
Burnet, [Gilbert]. Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time, first edition, in two volumes, London: Thomas Ward, Downing & Woodfall, 1724-34, unique with more than 200 18th- and 19th-century engraved portraits bound in, editor's manuscript note on verso of title to second volume. Folio, half-calf with marbled boards and morocco title labels lettered in gilt. Contents generally good and bright; bindings tight and square with some rubbing and light wear, slight splitting to joints (2)
Seuss, Dr. The Cat in the Hat, first UK edition, first printing, London: Collins & Harvill, 1958, signed and inscribed by the author on verso of front free endpaper, 'For the children of Battersea with Best Wishes...Dr. Seuss'. Contents good, clean, bright, slight cockling to the paper around gutters; boards worn around edges and headcaps, corners bumped
![Thomson, John. [A New General Atlas, c.1817]. Featuring 64 sheets of hand-coloured, copper-engraved maps: Hydrographical](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/86d63725-7c2b-4e92-b42f-ad3b01604f39/51e059dc-bf65-48b1-bc2a-ad3d015278d3/468x382.jpg)
Thomson, John. [A New General Atlas, c.1817]. Featuring 64 sheets of hand-coloured, copper-engraved maps: Hydrographical Chart of the World; Eastern Hemisphere; Western Hemisphere; Northern Hemisphere; Southern Hemisphere; Northern Hemisphere Projected on the Plane of the Horizon of London; British Channel; Europe; Europe After the Peace of Paris and Congress of Vienna (double-page); Europe After the Congress of Vienna (double-page); Scotland; England; British Isles; Ireland; France; Provences of France; Spain & Portugal; Germany South of the Mayne; Germany North of the Mayne; Italy; Prussian Dominions; Poland; Denmark; Scandinavia; European Russia; Attica; Turkish Dominions in Europe; Asia; Russian Empire; Turkey in Asia; Arabia; Persia; Hindoostan; China; Corea and Japan; East India Isles; New Holland and Asiatic Isles; Africa; North Africa; South Africa; Atlantic Islands; America; North America; Canada and Novia Scotia; The Course of the River St Laurence; United States of America; Spanish North America; West India Islands; Jamaica; West Indies; West India Islands (across four sheets); South America; Caraccas and Guiana; Spanish North America Southern Part; Venetian States; Chart of the Northern Passage Between Asia & America; Austrian Dominions; Peru, Chili and La Plata; Tartary; Swisserland; Netherlands; Holland. Oblong elephant folio, the sheets measuring approx. 54cm by 72cm, bound in half-calf with cloth boards, 'Atlas' lettered in gilt on upper board. Most maps are very well-preserved and bright, creamy paper, some sheets bearing Whatman watermark; Poland has a tear at lower margin; Arabia has a slight tear at lower margin; Africa has a small paper repair; West India Islands (Dominica) has pale spotting; Spanish North America has a tear at lower-right; Peru has a tear to lower margin; Swisserland has slight wear at lower edge; the first five maps have light creasing; occasional discolouration, offsetting and marks in places; pale dampstaining to the corners of some maps; lacking title page, sold as a collection of maps with all faults
Flamsteed, John. Atlas Celeste de Flamsteed, Approuve par l'Academie Royale des Sciences, second edition, edited by M. J. Fortin, Paris: F. G. Deschamps, 1776. Small quarto, full contemporary calf with morocco title label lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, complete with all 30 double-page engraved celestial maps, 40pp. Contents very good, clean, bright; later hand-colouring to the first 21 plates (remainder uncoloured); pencil and ink marks on ninth plate; a couple of plates with small patches of surface wear with very slight loss; binding tight and square with rubbing and wear to extremities, slight loss to calf at headcaps/corners
Lingard, John. A History of England from the First Invasion by the Romans, second edition, in nine volumes, London: J. Mawman, 1823-25. Octavo, worn paper-covered boards. Together with The Antiquities of the Anglo-Saxon Church, second edition, by John Lingard, London: Keating, 1810, folding hand-coloured map frontispiece, worn paper boards, and an Italian-English Dictionary, by F. Altieri, in two volumes, London: William Innys, 1749, full calf with raised bands. Condition varied, priory ownership inscriptions and labels, as found with all faults (12)
Wordsworth, William. The Prelude, first edition, London: Edward Moxon, 1850. Octavo, contemporary polished calf, morocco title label lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers/all page edges, armorial bookplate for John Herbert Secker on front pastedwon, gift inscription for the same on verso of front free endpaper, 'J Herbert Secker, from his sincere friend J Shephard, on his leaving Eton, Easter MDCCCLVI'. Contents good, clean, bright; some pale spots to opening and closing leaves; binding tight and square, light wear to extremities/spine, heavier scuffs/wear to lower board. Publisher's advertisement dated 13 July 1850
λ AUGUSTUS JOHN (BRITISH 1878-1961)PORTRAIT OF DAVID, THE PAINTER'S SON (1902-1972)Oil on canvas 71 x 56cm (27¾ x 22 in.)Painted circa 1920.Provenance:Simon Dickinson, LondonPurchased from the above by the present ownerDavid was born in January 1902, the first child of Augustus and his first wife, Ida Nettleship. David's upbringing was complex and somewhat chaotic - he was brought up alongside his siblings as well as the children of Augustus and Dorelia, who had become the artist's lover and model in 1903. With the death of his mother from puerperal fever in Paris in 1907, matters were further complicated although his father clearly felt great affection for his son. Later in life, David became an oboist in the Sadler's Wells orchestra and also worked as a postman and furniture restorer. Whilst some of Augustus John's commissioned portraits can be quite formulaic, his more intimate depictions of family, friends and mistresses exude a freshness and spontaneity that reflects the affection felt by the artist towards his sitter. The present work is a prime example of that combination of energy and empathy. With its fluid post-impressionistic brush-strokes, the portrait of David demonstrates the confidence of the artist in working directly onto the canvas. A comparable painting of David, dating from the same period and seated at a desk, was exhibited at the Royal Academy retrospective in 1945 (no. 45) and sold at Sotheby's, London in November 2011 for £68,450 (including fees). Condition Report: Unlined and new stretcher providing support. In good original condition. Condition Report Disclaimer
DAVID LINLEY A SYCAMORE AND PAINTED CABINET20TH CENTURYIn Japanese taste, the pair of doors decorated with a panoramic view featuring a panther in the foreground157cm high, 178cm wide, 44cm deepProvenance: This is by repute the first Linley piece ever made. Painted by Willy Fielding. Condition Report: Marks, knocks, scratches, and abrasions commensurate with age and use. Various chips and scuffs to edges. Some sections of veneer lacking to the centre of the doors. Please see additional images of interior.The interior of the cabinet with an aperture to the centre of the back and old wiring to either upper corner. The right door was previously operated with an electronic hinge this is no longer working and the arm is detached from the door. The interior of both doors have old screw holes from previous fixtures it is poor condition and the soft closers are damaged or missing. Please refer to additional images for visual reference to condition. Condition Report Disclaimer
Y A PAIR OF REGENCY ORMOLU-MOUNTED ROSEWOOD AND PARCEL-GILT CHIFFONIERSCIRCA 1805-10, ATTRIBUTED TO JAMES NEWTON, THE BASES ORIGINALLY DECORATED TO SIMULATE PORPHYRYEach with rectangular grey bardiglio marble top mounted with a single-tier mirror-backed superstructure with pierced three-quarter gallery and on trellis-filled and turned end-supports, the frieze centred by a flowerhead mount flanked by stylised anthemia, on turned part-reeded front supports with lotus-leaf head and foot, the pilaster back-supports linked by a mirror, on plinth base, lacking three back pilaster mouldings and the X-frame brass gallery to one end, the front-supports previously part-bronzed122cm high, 117cm wide, 38cm deep Provenance: Commissioned for St. James's Square, London by George Byng Esq. M.P. (d.1847) and by descent. Two Late Regency Collectors Philip John Miles and George Byng 1815-45, Christie's, London, 9 June 2005, lot 48. Purchased from the above sale by Robert Kime on behalf of Tim and Virginia Hoare (£19,833) Literature: St. James's Square 1847 Inventory, 'LARGE DRAWING ROOM a console table on rosewood plinth carved and gilt legs & pilasters statuary marble slab & silvered plate glass back -2 pier tables to correspond with console' These bookcases were originally supplied by Newton with pier mirrors and a corresponding narrower bookcase en suite, all of which are listed first in the 1847 Inventory above. The narrower bookcase remains in a Private Collection.Designed in the French-Grecian manner popularised by Thomas Hope's Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, 1807, these plinth-supported and mirror-backed bookshelves, with reeded-columnettes and galleried superstructure, relate to patterns for 'Chiffoniers' and 'Drawing Room' pier tables published in George Smith's Collection of Designs for Household Furniture, 1808, pls. 114 and 122. The flowered palmette and columnettes relate to Hope's patterns for a pedestal and a candelabrum illustrated op. cit., pls. XXI and XXII.An almost identical pair of chiffoniers, labelled by James Newton and Son, 63 Wardour Street, Soho, was sold from the collection of Maureen, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava, at Christie's, 25 March 1999, lot 320 (£28,750), whilst a further pair of side cabinets almost en suite was sold at Christie's London, 21 April 2005 lot 209 (£36,000). Established in Wardour Street in the late 1780s by James Newton Senior, the firm of James Newton and Son specialised in the production of Regency furniture in the latest 'Grecian' taste, and their clients included the Earl of Exeter at Burghley House, Lincolnshire and the Lords Brownlow at Belton House, Lincolnshire. Newton's work is discussed by Giles Ellwood, 'James Newton', Furniture History Society Journal, 1995 (pp.128 - 205).Condition Report: Marks, knocks, scratches, and abrasions commensurate with age and use. Some old splits and chips. The tops and superstructures could be associated to the bases. The bases are later black painted (they were probably originally painted to simulate porphyry or were veneered). The paint has some flaking, chips, and losses. Rubbing and spotting to the surface of ormolu and gilt metal elements. Some mounts may be later associated. The mirror plates with the expected depletion, sparkle, losses, and grey areas.Mirror plates are possibly old replacements. The marble tops with chips and nibbles to the edges. Some rubbing, flaking, chips, and losses to parcel gilt elements. Elements have been re-gilded and re-freshed at some point. One chiffonier with some minor evidence of old worm to the underside of the top. Later screws securing backboards. Please refer to additional images for visual reference to condition. Condition Report Disclaimer
AN AUBUSSON VERDURE TAPESTRYPROBABLY FIRST HALF 17TH CENTURYPortraying a scene from the 'Dream of Endymion', depicting Endymion cradled by Selene, surrounded by nymphs, in a dream-like classical garden, bordered by plentiful garlands of roses, tulips and other flowers. Approximately 300cm x 280cmProvenance: Supplied by Robert Kime The present tapestry depicts what could be considered a conglomeration of the many various version of the Endymion myth.One version of the myth sees Selene, the goddess of the moon, in love with the mortal Endymion. Believing him to be so beautiful, she asked Endymion's father, Zeus, to grant him eternal youth so that he would never leave her. Alternatively, another tale suggests that Selene so loved how Endymion looked when he was asleep in the cave on Mount Latmus, that she entreated Zeus that he might remain that way. Zeus granted Selene's wish and put Endymion into an eternal sleep. Every night, Selene visited him where he slept, and by him had fifty daughters who are equated by some scholars with the fifty months of the Olympiad.According to a passage in Deipnosophistae, the sophist and dithyrambic poet Licymnius of Chios tells a different tale, in which Hypnos, the god of sleep, seen here gazing at Endymion from behind a tree, in awe of his beauty, causes him to sleep with his eyes open, so he can fully admire his face. Sleep and dreams play a symbolic role in the relationship between the mortal and the divine. In art and literature, Endymion's love of the moon is often portrayed as a kind of unrequited passion which symbolises humanity's obsession with the unattainable. At the outset, Endymion is literally 'moonstruck', in love with something far beyond his reach and outside of his natural sphere. Endymion's love for the goddess who cradles him stands as a symbol of human longing for the divine in general - with the ideas of beauty, life and feeling as perfect and eternal states.Condition Report: 293cm high, 398cm wideThe measurement should read 400cm wide. It is rectangular and not almost square as the catalogue suggests.Some areas of restoration, particularly a section of the upper right edge. Small patches of restoration overall. Not fully backed, only vertical strips, see images Condition Report Disclaimer
BRADFORD EXCHANGE GENT'S COMMEMORATIVE WRISTWATCHES (4) to include the King's Shilling, 100 years of The First World War with certificate, Dambusters Lancaster Bomber mechanical watch with certificate, Dambusters 75th Anniversary with certificate, Battle of Britain 75th Anniversary Spitfire, no certificate, all boxed
FANTASY BOOKS, DVDs, POSTER ETC - J K Rowling Harry Potter Order of The Phoenix First Edition 2003, Deathly Hallows 2007 First Edition, Goblet of Fire first published 2000 and The Prisoner of Azkaban first published 1999, two hardback and two paperback, all Bloomsbury Press, along with advanced Dungeons and Dragons books, three cased sets Lord of The Rings DVDs, J R R Tolkien The Lord of The Rings, Publishers Harper Collins 1995 Edition and Lord of The Rings open frame poster published circa 1988, 93 x 62cms
World War II Distinguished Flying medal group and ephemera for George Bell Halbert DFM comprising of Distinguished Flying medal, Air Crew Europe star with France and Germany bar, 1939-45 star, Italian star, 1939-45 Defence medal, 1939-45 war medal, together with a 9ct gold Paramount non-magnetic 15 jewels wristwatch, inscribed 'Presented to George Halbert by his fellow members at Newbie in recognition of his winning the DFM during the 1939-1945 war'. Halbert flew fifty-six operational sorties as an air gunner. He started as an observer then qualified as a gunner. First flying on Halifax bombers, followed by a spell as an instructor at No. 20 Squadron Officer Training, Lossiemouth. He then transferred to the Pathfinder Force flying Lancasters with No. 35 Squadron from Gravely, Huntingdon, in 1944 and became a Warrant Officer.
Leica Books and Brochures, including Leica the First 60 Years by G. Roglitti, The Leica and the Leica System by Theo M. Scheerer, Leica Manual by Willard D. Morgan & Henry M. Lester 1937, The Leica and Leicaflez Way by Andrew Matheson, two Leitz General Catalogues of Photographic Equipment 1967, 1974, The Leica Book by Kisselbach and Leica Brochures for the Leica M, X2, X1, V-Lux 20 and other Leica brochures
TWO ANTIQUE PERCUSSION BOXLOCK POCKET PISTOLS, the first has a round 56 bore 2¾'' screw off barrel which bears Birmingham pre 1855 proof marks but no makers name, it has a slab sided walnut butt, the action is defective, it is fitted with a replacement hammer, the percussion nipple is broken off and it bears an overall rust patina, the second pistol is also a percussion boxlock pistol fitted with an octagonal 56 bore 2¾'' screw off barrel which also bears Birmingham pre 1855 proof marks but no makers name, it has a brass action which is lightly engraved and a walnut butt fitted with a brass butt cap, its action is defective and there is a minor loss of wood where the butt joins the action
AN ITALIAN .22'' BLANK STARTING PISTOL with a magazine and original box, together with .22'' Blank EMGE starting pistol with a magazine, both items are in working order however the magazine of the Italian pistol fails to lock into the frame when first loaded whilst the magazine of the EMGE is a replacement, both use sliding block magazines and are vertically venting through the top of their frames (THIS LOT IS OFFERED FOR THE PURPOSES OF HISTORICAL RE-ENACTMENT OR THEATRICAL USE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF V.C.R. ACT 2006)
A GERMAN .22'' HAENEL MODEL 302 AIR RIFLE serial number 362677 first seen advertised in 1969 and replaced by the model 303 between 1970 and 1978, the varnished stock has lost a considerable amount of it's varnished finish, most of it's blued finish remains but there are some patches of rust on the barrel, it is fitted with a ramp adjustable rear sight and post hooded foresight, it is in working order (PURCHASER MUST BE 18 YEARS OR OVER)
AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE BALUSTER VASE, 17TH CENTURYChina, late Ming to early Qing dynasty. Heavily cast, the shoulder incised with a band of flowers in octagonal reserves surrounded by geometric patterns, the body with a circumferential relief of stylized lotus, the foot with a cicada blade border and lotus in relief.Condition: Good condition with minor wear, firing flaws, surface scratches, as well as several small notches along the mouth and foot rim.Provenance: From the collection of Georg Weifert (1850-1937). Thence by descent in the same family. Weifert was a Serbo-Austrian industrialist and the first governor of the Federal Bank of the Kingdom of Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia.Weight: 2,938 gDimensions: Height 22.5 cm13% VAT will be added to the hammer price additional to the buyer's premium - only for buyers within the EU.仿古銅瓶，十七世紀中國，明末清初。瓶躰沉重，分爲八層，每一層浮雕花紋不同，纏枝蓮紋、獸面紋以及蟬紋等。品相：狀況良好，輕微磨損，燒製瑕疵，表面劃痕，沿口和腳邊緣有幾個小缺口。來源：Georg Weifert (1850-1937)收藏，同一家族保存至今 。Weifert曾爲塞爾維亞中央銀行大班以及塞爾維亞、克羅地亞與斯洛文尼亞聯邦銀行大班。重量：2,938 克尺寸：重量22.5 厘米
A BURLWOOD CARVING OF LIU HAI, LATE MING TO EARLY QINGChina, 17th-18th century. Carved in a standing position, using the natural shape of the gnarled wood to depict the robe. Supporting a mythical three-legged toad on his right shoulder.Condition: Fine golden-brown patina. Some wear, minor losses, intrinsic age cracks. Scattered tiny wormholes. A superb naturally grown patina with a soft, unctuous finish.Provenance: The Oriental Art Collector. Quek Kiok Lee (1921-2018), acquired from the above on 15 December 1980. Singaporean businessman, banker and investor Quek Kiok Lee was the founder of the Southeast Asian Ceramic Society (SEACS) and Acquisitions Advisor on Chinese Antiquities for the National University of Singapore. Weight: 1,149 g Dimensions: Height 23.7 cmThe story of Liu Hai is frequently told as "Liu Hai playing with the Golden Toad". However, there is a hidden meaning here: The Chinese word for "toad" is chanchu. Sometimes, Chinese will only pronounce the first character chan. In some Chinese dialects, the character chan has a pronunciation very similar to qian which means "coin". Therefore, a storyteller reciting "Liu Hai playing with the Golden Toad" could also be heard by listeners as "Liu Hai playing with the gold coins". Later fitted stand. (2)Auction result comparison: Compare with a related burlwood carving of a luohan sold in these rooms in Fine Chinese Art, Buddhism and Hinduism on 27 September 2019, lot 101, for €2,000.癭木雕劉海金蟾擺件，明末清初中國，十七至十八世紀。立像，利用癭木自然紋理雕刻衣袍，一隻三足蟾蜍立於他的右肩処。品相：金棕色包漿，一些磨損，輕微缺損，内在年代裂紋。散佈著微小的蟲洞，極好的自然包漿濃厚潤澤。來源：東方藝術收藏家。郭克禮 (1921-2018)先生于1980年12月15日購於上述收藏。郭克禮先生是新加坡商人，銀行家和投資家。他曾是東南亞陶瓷協會創立人，並擔任新加坡國立大學中國古玩收藏顧問。重量：1,149 克尺寸：高23.7 厘米拍賣結果比較：一件相似癭木雕劉海于2019年9月27日售于本藝廊，拍號101，成交價€2,000。
A PAIR OF GILT-LACQUERED 'HEAVENLY GUARDIAN' WOOD FIGURESChina, late Qing Dynasty (1644-1912). The two, wooden figures are covered in gilt, black and red lacquer with sensitively carved facial features and elaborated robes. The first guardian is wearing a winged warrior helmet surmounted by a red-lacquered helmet tassel. The second guardian is wearing a belt, depicting a demon face and holding a bagua in his right hand. Both figures are mounted on recent wooden bases.Condition: Overall good condition with the lacquer slightly worn throughout. Provenance: Austrian private collection.Weight: 1046 g in total Dimensions: Height 28.2 cm - 30.6 cm
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