Plato. The Republic. Translated from the Greek by H. Spens, with a Preliminary Discourse concerning the Philosophy of the Ancients by the Translator, Glasgow: Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1763, complete with final advertisement leaf 3H4, title-page and advertisement leaf slightly marked, pencil inscription 'Major Davidson' to initial blank and advertisement (erased from title), occasional light spotting and soiling elsewhere, modern calf, demy 4to (23.6 x 17.6 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESESTC T132206; Gaskell 423. First edition in English, large-paper issue, with post-horn and crowned fleur-de-lis watermarks (see Gaskell); copies were also issued in the smaller foolscap quarto format, on lower-grade paper. Gaskell identifies the large-paper issue of The Republic as printed on 'good' paper, the highest grade used by the Foulis press, and used only 'rarely' (p. 59).
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Rheticus (Georg Joachim, 1514-1574; former owner). Procli, De sphaera liber I. Cleomedis, De mundo ... Arati Solensis Phaeonomena ... Dionysii Afri, Descriptio orbis habitabilis. Omnia Graece et Latine ita coniuncta ... una cum Ioan. Honteri Coronensis De Cosmographiae rudimentis, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1561, 5 parts in 1 volume, Proclus's work with woodcut illustrations in text including an armillary sphere, astronomical diagrams and a vignette of Proclus teaching, Honter's work with 12 double-page woodcut maps each with additional single-page woodcut map to conjugate leaf verso, complete with the final leaf (blank except for publisher's woodcut device verso), browning, damp-staining to lower margins, concomitant holes to first 4 leaves including title-page, title-page with central 4 cm diagonal closed tear, contemporary inscription 'Ioachimo Rhaetico' in ink to head with initial 'I' just trimmed (see note), and later inscriptions including 'Seminarii Studiosoru[m] Religios[orum] Vienna, Anno 1620 12 April', later half morocco, rebacked retaining most of original spine, crudely recoloured, 8vo (15 x 9 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Georg Joachim Rheticus (1514-1574), inscribed 'Ioachimo Rhaetico' ('From Joachim Rheticus') at the head of the title-page, in Rheticus's hand. An extraordinary and newly discovered association copy throwing light on the career of one the principal actors in the scientific revolution of the 16th century. Rheticus was the sole pupil of Nicolaus Copernicus, and the meeting between the two at Frombork in 1539 is considered without question to mark 'the beginning of modern astronomy' (DSB XI p. 359). He is perhaps remembered chiefly for encouraging Copernicus finally to consent to the publication of De Revolutionibus (1543), and for seeing the work through the press at Nuremberg while Copernicus lay dying; but it was in fact Rheticus's own account of his teacher's system, the Narratio prima (1540), which was the first published exposition of Copernican heliocentrism. Basel printers Heinrich Petri (1508-1579) and son Sebastian (1546-1626) were distant relatives of Johann Petreius, printer of the first edition of De Revolutionibus . In 1566, five years after their printing of the present compilation, they issued the second edition of De Revolutionibus , which was the first also to contain the Narratio Prima . Rheticus was a prolific correspondent at the centre of European intellectual life in the mid-16th century, and a handful of books with his inscription are known to exist in libraries or are attested in surviving letters and other sources. The National Library of Sweden holds a copy of Sacrobosco's Sphera mundi and other texts (Venice: Giunta, 1518) which contains the similar inscription 'Ioachimo Rhaetico', also in Rheticus's hand (shelfmark Stockholm K. Bibl., 106A, Fol, RAR; see further Goddu, 'Copernicus's Annotations: Revisions of Czartoryski's "Copernicana"', Scriptorium , 58 (2), 2004. p. 207). The only other example of a book inscribed by Rheticus we trace in commercial records is the legendary Horblit-O'More-Beltrame copy of De Revolutionibus , presented to Andreas Aurifarber, which achieved a record price for a printed book relating to the history of science when it realised $473,000 at auction in 1989 (see Gingerich, An Annotated Census of Copernicus' De revolutionibus , I.117). Adams P2134 (under Proclus); Houzeau & Lancaster 767; Sabin 65940; Shirley, World 108 & British Isles 69; VD16 P 4970. First edition of this compendium of cosmographical treatises to include Johannes Honter's De Cosmographiae rudimentis , which here contains Honter's double-page cordiform world map and maps of Malta, Mallorca, Cyprus, southern Africa, Madeira, Egypt and the Arabian Peninsula (as well as the Persian Gulf), India, Java, Sri Lanka ('Taprobana') and elsewhere; the first edition of Honter's work, printed at Krakow in 1530, is exceptionally rare and was printed with a double-page world map only. Heinrich Petri had previously issued a compendium containing Proclus's work together with those of Cleomedes and Aratus in 1547; the present iteration, containing Honter's text, was reprinted in 1585.AMENDMENT 9/12/2019:One party has noted that the inscription can also be read as ‘To Joachim Rhaeticus’, in the dative case, and that the inscription is not necessarily in Rheticus’s autograph.Additional information including images of other known inscriptions which in our opinion supports our attribution can be provided to bidders on request.
Saadi Shirazi. (Died 1292 A D). Boostan, by Sheik Muslahuddeen Saudee of Sheraz, to which is added a Compendious Commentary together with a Dictionary of such words as are hard of meaning now. First Computed Expressly for this Edition by Moolvy Jumnuzuddy, Calcutta, 1828. Reprinted at Bombay, 1842, 112 leaves, lithographed (by Gunput Crustnajee) in Persian throughout with title-page at end in Persian and English, heavy browning to first 28 leaves and some lesser browning to final leaves including title, a few marginal repairs to foremargin not title not affecting text, one marginal tear with loss, contemporary roan-backed cloth, repeated gilt floral ornament to spine, rubbed and some edge and corner wear, folio (Qty: 1)NOTESBustan [The Orchard] was one of the two major works by the Persian poet Saadi Shirazi (1210-91), completed in 1257.
Skene (Sir John, Lord Curriehill). De verborum significatione. The Exposition of the Termes and Difficill Wordes, conteined in the foure Buiks of Regiam Maiestatem, and uthers, in the Acts of Parliament, infestments, and used in practicque of this Realme, and with divers Rules, and common places, or principals of the Lawes. Collected and exponed be Master John Skene, Clerke of our Soveraine Lordis Register, Councell and Rolles, London: Printed by E. G[riffin], 1641, [4], 96, 87-102, 101-172pp., early ink signature John Gordon and initials J.H. to title, marginal notes to C2 & M4, browning and spotting throughout, some dampstaining mostly at rear of volume, modern endpapers, contemporary sheep, rebacked, scuffed, 4to (Wing C7681, the first separate edition of Skene's dictionary of ancient Scottish legal terms, the previous two editions being published as a part of his Laws and acts), together with [Parliament of Scotland] , An Index or Abridgement of the Acts of Parliament , Made by K. James the I. ... Queen Mary, Ja. VI. K. Charles I. and Charles the II. Kings and Queen of Scotland. Digested into Heads, Set down after the Order of the Alphabet, Edinburgh: Printed by John Reid, 1685, last few lines of text at foot of A2 faint, general toning throughout and few marks, modern calf, faded & marked, 12mo (Qty: 2)
Strada ( Famianus ). De Bello Belgico decas secunda ab initio praefecturae Alexandri Farnesii parmae placentiae que ducis III... , Rome: Apud Haeredes Francisci Corbelletti, 1658, additional engraved title incorporating map of Belgium & Low Countries depicted as a lion (slightly close-trimmed to fore-edge & lower borders), ink stamp to both additional title and letterpress title, 10 engraved portrait plates (all folding), some dust-soiling and toning, contemporary calf, rubbed and light wear to extremities, 12mo, together with Estrades (Godefroi comte d') , Lettres et Negociations de Messieurs le marechal d'Estrades, Colbert, marquis de Croissy, et comte d'Avaux, ambassadeurs plenipotentiares du roi de France, à la Paix de Nimegue, et les reponses & instructions du roi, & de Monsieur de Pomponne..., 3 volumes, The Hague: Adrian Moetjens, 1710, titles in red & black, bookplate with initials W.A. to upper pastedowns, contemporary speckled calf, each volume neatly rebacked with gilt decorated spines, 12mo, plus Jonston (John) , [Heroes] ex Omni Historia Scotica lectisimi, Leiden: excudebat Christophorus Guyotius, sumtibus Andreae Hartii Bibliopolae Edinburgensis, 1603, title-page excised at head with loss of first word of title, final leaf provided in neat manuscript facsimile, dust-soiled and browned, bookplate of Henry Drummond of Albury Park, Surrey to upper pastedown, without free endpapers, 19th century calf-backed marbled boards, worn, slim 4to, and Claudius (Gottfried Christoph) , Historia Fratrum sportulantium ex antiquitate eruta atque exercitatione..., auctore M.G.C.C., Frankfurt, 1724, title in red & black, some leaves close-trimmed at fore-edge, browning, contemporary half calf, gilt decorated spine, slim 8vo, plus 5 other 17th & 18th century continental antiquarian (Qty: 11)
Bartoli (Pietro Santi). Columna cochlis M. Aurelio Antonino Augusto dicata, eius rebus gestis in Germanica, atque Sarmatica expeditione insignis, ex S. C. Romae ad viam Flaminiam erectabrevibus notis Jo. Petri Bellorii illustrata, 2nd edition, Rome: Domenico de Rossi, 1704-8, etched title-page, dedication leaf, part-title 'Stylobates columnae Antoninae' , and 80 plates (numbered 1-77 and I-III), variable light fraying and marginal damp-staining to outer leaves (plates 2 and 77 strengthened in margins), worm-track to foot of first 5 leaves including title-page (attempted repair to first 4), quickly reducing thereafter, title-page somewhat spotted and dust-soiled, occasional light spotting and soiling to margins elsewhere, light marginal worming to plates 29-42 and 73-77, , closed marginal tear to plate 52, extra-illustrated with an etched plate tipped to a guard before the title-page, all edges untrimmed, modern half leatherette, oblong folio (39 x 47.5 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESBerlin Katalog 3623; Cicognara 3605. An untrimmed, complete copy of this comprehensive depiction of the Antonine Column in Rome, the commemorative monument erected between AD 172 and 196 to celebrate the victories of Marcus Aurelius. The three extra plates issued in 1708 with the part-title 'Stylobates columnae Antoninae' are often absent and not listed in the Berlin Katalog. The first edition appeared in 1672.
![Flaxman (John). [The Odyssey of Homer engraved from the compositions of John Flaxman] & The Iliad of Homer, engraved from](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/f5399dcd-9895-4006-9620-ab1400ddab44/d16d8765-08d1-41bb-a81a-ab14011d229c/468x382.jpg)
Flaxman (John). [The Odyssey of Homer engraved from the compositions of John Flaxman] & The Iliad of Homer, engraved from the compositions of John Flaxman, 2 volumes, 1805, engraved title page to second volume of The Iliad, but without title page to first volume of The Odyssey, 34 and 39 line engraved plates respectively, the first volume with some marks and light damp marking to upper outer corners, all edges gilt, contemporary uniform dark green half morocco, rubbed and some marks, first volume with some wear to covers, oblong folio, together The Theogony Works & Days & The Days of Hesiod engraved from the compositions of John Flaxman, 1817, engraved title and 37 numbered line-engraved plates, engraved by William Blake after Flaxman, some scattered spotting throughout, marbled endpapers, front and rear inner hinges restrengthened, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt-decorated full green crushed morocco, a little rubbed and scuffed to joints and edges, and a little faded to spine and outer margins, oblong folio (27 x 42 cm, 10.5 x 16.5 ins) (Qty: 3)NOTESProvenance: From the Estate of Michael Jaffé CBE (1923-1997), English art historian and director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Hancarville (Pierre François Hugues d'). Collection of Etruscan, Greek, and Roman Antiquities from the Cabinet of the Honble W. M. Hamilton, His Britannick Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Naples, volume 1 only [of 4], 1st edition, Naples: François Morelli, 1766, 110 etched plates numbered 1-3, 22-7 and 30-130, including 2 hand-coloured title-pages in English and French, and 39 further hand-coloured plates, of which 14 double-page, image dimensions 12 x 15 to 45 x 68 cm, the uncoloured plates including the dedication leaf, large engraved headpieces and initials in the text, text in English and French on facing pages, shallow tear to fore margin of French title-page just touching image, faint tide mark to head of gutter appearing from plate 95 never approaching images, plates 127-30 slightly rippled, plate 130 creased and partially damp-stained, contents overall very clean and fresh with strong impressions of the plates, contemporary half sheep, marbled paper sides, worn, large folio (48.5 x 36.5 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESBerlin Katalog 890; Blackmer 845; Cohen-De Ricci 474. 'Produced in only 500 copies ... [t]his sumptuous work describes Hamilton's first collection of vases, which was sold to the British Museum in 1772 ... This work work is of great importance in the development of neo-classical designs for pottery and porcelain; it influenced Wedgwood especially' (Blackmer). 'Edition splendide et de grand luxe exécutée' (Cohen-De Ricci). Notwithstanding the lacunae in the plate numbering this copy appears to have the full complement of 110 plates (including the title-pages and dedication) cited by Blackmer for the first volume.
Jones (Inigo). [The Designs of Inigo Jones, consisting of Plans and Elevations for Public and Private Buildings. Published by William Kent, with some additional designs, 2 volumes in one, London: Benjamin White, 1770], volume 1 with French title only (with engraved portrait vignette) and 3 leaves of contents only also in French, volume 2 with English title only (with engraved portrait vignette) and 2 leaves of contents only also in English, 61 engraved plates only (comprising 5 folding, 17 double-page & 38 single-page, volume 1 containing plate 1* the added view of Whitehall Palace not present in the 1st edition & plates numbered 1-31 i.e. without frontispiece and plates numbered 32-73, volume 2 containing plates numbered 1-32 & 39-65, i.e. without plates numbered 33-38), folding plate of Wentworth Woodhouse slightly torn & frayed to margins with a little loss, some browning, spotting & dust-soiling, few folding plates creased, occasional dampstaining & browning to margins, modern black half morocco, folio (Qty: 1)NOTESArcher 166.2; Harris 386 & Fowler 162 (note). The first edition of this work was published in 1727 and a later reprint in 1835 by J.B. Nichols & Son. Archer calls for volume I: 7 printed leaves (including a title page in French), frontispiece + 1 + 73 plates. Volume II: 7 printed leaves (including a title page in French), 65 plates. Harris calls for volume I: frontispiece, 6 printed leaves, plates 1 , 1-73 (51 designs ). Volume II: 8 printed leaves, plates 1-64 (46 designs).
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Rubens (Peter Paul, 1577-1640). Twelve Famous Greek and Roman Men, [Antwerp], 1638, the set of 12 copper engravings on laid paper by Paulus Pontius, Lucas Vorsterman, H. Withoue and B. a Bolswert after Rubens, very good, strong impressions, with good margins, some very light marginal spotting (generally in very good, clean condition), bookplate of Michael Jaffé to front pastedown, near-contemporary sprinkled full calf, gilt decorated spine, a little rubbed and minor wear to joints and outer corners, large slim folio (37.5 x 27.5 cm, 14.75 x 10.8 ins) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: From the Estate of Michael Jaffé CBE (1923-1997), English art historian and director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Gift inscription to front endpaper dated Christmas 1961 'To Michael from Tim. From the Earl of Pembroke's library, Wilton House, a selection of which was sold at Sotheby's on 27 November 1961: this volume formed part of lot 135.'. First edition of the complete set of twelve engravings based on drawings by Rubens after antique busts, engraved under Rubens' close supervision, possibly from sculptures in the artist's own collection. The subjects are: Socrates, Plato, Demosthenes, Democritus, Sophocles, Hippocrates, Julius Ceasar, Nero, Scipio Africanus, Cicero, Seneca, and Marcus Brutus.
Vasari (Giorgio). Le Vite de'piu eccellenti Pittori, Scultori, e Architettori, scritte, & di nuovo ampliate..., co'ritratti loro et con le nuove vite dal 1550. in fino al 1567, Parts 1, 2 and 3 (Primo Volume only), lacking the final part entitled Secondo et ultimo volume della Terza Parte, 2 nd edition, Florence, Appresso I Giunti, 1568, elaborate woodcut title, woodcut initials and ornaments, woodcut portrait of the author to B4 verso, 126 large medallion woodcut portraits of artists, set within borders of female figures representing the arts (woodcut portraits to pages 166, 193, 200, 203 and 232 in Part 1, and to pages 16, 51 and 227 of Part 3 not printed), TT3 with a small portion of the leaf torn out and missing (affecting text), Part 3 lacking title (*1), and colophon leaf at end (Aaa2), some early ink marginal annotations to Part 3, some minor marks and soiling, contemporary vellum, first volume heavily worn with covers detached and spine defective, second volume with some soiling and wear, particularly to lower half of spine, 4to (Qty: 2)NOTESProvenance: John Flaxman (1755-1826), artist and sculptor, with his signature in brown ink to front pastedown of Part 3; John Payne Collier with his ink annotation below Flaxman's signature, and further annotation to verso of front endpaper, stating that the volume was given to him by Mr. John Wilson, dated 17 May 1880; Patricia Milne-Henderson, with her small bookplate to head of front pastedown, Gamba 1725; Censimento 16 CNCE 48229; Mortimer, Italian Books 515; PMM 88; Adams V296. The first two volumes of Vasari's three-volume work. The first volume consisting of the Prima e Seconda Parte, and the second volume containing the Primo Volume della Terza Parte. The third volume, not present here, is entitled Secondo et ultimo volume della Terza Parte. Vasari's Lives was first published in 1550, but without portrait illustrations. This second edition was significantly expanded, and is the first to include the woodcut illustrations. In this copy, the title page to the first volume does not include an inset view of Florence at the foot, and the image of dead artists rising from the ground is placed at the centre of the woodcut title, rather than printed on the verso. Flaxman lived in Rome between 1787 and 1794, and went on sketching expeditions with William Young Ottley in 1792. Flaxman was an assiduous student of so-called Italian 'primitives' such as Ghiberti, Botticelli and Signorelli, and it is no surprise that he owned a copy of this illustrated edition of Vasari's Lives, the 'first modern history of art' (Printing and the Mind of Man).
Vasari (Giorgio). Le Vite De' più Eccellenti Pittori , Scultori Et Architetti ..., 3 volumes, Bologna: Presso gli heredi di Evangelista Dozzo, 1647, engraved frontispiece to volume 1 (slightly cropped at head & fore-edge), woodcut portrait illustrations, some toning and scattered spotting, few light dampstains, later endpapers, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked, joints split, extremities rubbed and some wear, 4to (Qty: 3)NOTESThe first edition was published in 1550 as: Vite de' più eccellenti architetti, pittori et scultori italiani. Parts 1 and 2 in 1 volume; pt. 3 in 2 volumes. Part 2 has caption title only; pt. 3, vol. 1-2 have title: Delle vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori et architetti.
* Baden-Powell (Robert, 1857-1941). Autograph Letter Signed 'R. BadenPowell', no place, Friday 18th, no year, to Mrs Turner, 'I'll gladly come over and look at the house about 5 o'cl. Empty beer jug does not describe me now - I don't feel as if I had ever had the beer in me at all! However tomorrow I'll be out in the fresher air. Have you any other "Sentimental Tommy" like literature to lend me to take out with me', some heavy spotting, 2 pp. with integral blank, 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESFrom the Pamela Dugdale Collection. Sentimental Tommy was a novel written by J.M. Barrie, first published in 1896, and was followed up with Tommy and Grizel , published in 1902. The story begins with Tommy aged five and describes his tribulations on becoming a young man. It seems likely that this was written when Baden-Powell was returning to the war in South Africa.
* Baden-Powell (Robert, 1857-1941). Autograph letter signed, 'R.S.S. Baden-Powell', 32 Princes Gate, Wednesday 22 [no month, no year], to Mrs Dugdale, 'I have just arrived in town from Salisbury Plain. ARE YOU THERE? I mean, here - in London? If so do you two propose coming to dine with me tonight?', saying that he had written so previously but not had an answer but if they are free suggesting they might dine say at Dieudonnes and go to a play or musical and concluding 'I am afraid I haven't asked the party to meet you!', a few spots to first page, 3 pp., together with another autograph letter signed, 'R.S.S. Baden-Powell', Battle Abbey letterhead, 18 November 1905, to Mrs Dugdale saying that he is so glad to hear that she will be in town when he is likely to be there and concluding, 'You will please make no other arrangements for yourself and husband than to come and dine and do a play with yours truly', some spotting, 2 pages with integral blank, both 8vo (Qty: 2)NOTESFrom the Pamela Dugdale collection.
* Baden-Powell (Robert, 1857-1941). Two typed letters signed, 'Robert Baden Powell', Boy Scouts Association printed letterhead, London, 2 July 1919 & 8 January 1920, both to Mr Chadwick, the first thanking him for his letter, literature and photographs 'which are of the greatest interest', referring to the book he is returning, sympathising with the question of funds and thanking him for his information on the subject of play centres, the second letter thanking him for his report of five years' troop work, 'You have done well and I always follow the doings of your Troop with particualr interest. I hope that the "Tempest" will be as successful as all your other efforts and that you will have a really good Scouting year in 1920', both with a little soiling and toning especially to corners with some see-through from adhesion remains to versos, each one page, 4to (Qty: 2)
* Baden-Powell (Robert, 1857-1941). Two typed letters signed, 'Robert Baden Powell', Boy Scouts Association printed letterhead, 9 & 28 February 1920, both to Mr Chadwick, the first thanking him for 'the outline of your ideas on citizenship which you were kind enough to send me. This was of the very greatest use to me in making out my report', concluding that he will be interested to see the programme for Chadwick's Scout Play on February 12th and wishing him huge success, the second letter saying that he would like to send Chadwick's 'practical suggestions with my own ideas for Citizenship training, to the Sub Committee of the British Association who have asked me for suggestions', concluding that he has pointed out to the Committee 'that it is practical experiments which will be of value to them in their enquiry', the first letter a little dust-soiled, both a little toned at extremities and with pin holes to upper left corners, minor creasing, each one page, 4to (Qty: 2)
* Collins (Michael, 1930-). Signed three-quarter length portrait of Collins in his spacesuit, colour photograph, boldly signed in blue felt tip pen across the white area of image, 'Michael Collins, Apollo XI', 25 x 20 cm, together with a Manned Space Flight Cover Society first day cover for the aborted Apollo XIII lunar mission in 1970, franked and postmarked at Houston, Texas, 14th April 1970, and signed in ballpoint pen the lunar module pilot Fred Haise, plus another first day cover postmarked at Hamburg, 14 December 1968, signed by the physicist and engineer Hermann Oberth (1894-1989), plus Kooy (JMJ & Uytenbogaart, WH) , Ballistics of the Future, with Special Reference to the Dynamical and Physical Theory of the Rocket Weapons, 1st edition, New York & London: McGraw-Hill, 1946 , 11 folding diagrams at rear, errata slip tipped in and Dutch imprint tipped onto title, original black cloth letters in gilt and red, slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus a small black and white photograph of the German rocket engineer Arthur Rudolph (1906-1996), signed and inscribed by Rudolph in black felt tip across the lower part of image, 11.5 x 9 cm (Qty: 5)
* Lincoln (Abraham, 1809-1865). Document signed 'Abraham Lincoln', Washington, 1 August 1864, a military commission, appointing John T. Bolton Second Lieutenant in the Veteran Reserve Corps, printed on vellum with engraved eagle at head and military apparatus at foot, wafer seal to left margin, manuscript insertions, signed by President Lincoln and the Secretary of War, Edwin M. Stanton, a little soiling and slightly heavier on folds, approximately 48 x 40 cm, together with two similar military commissions on vellum, appointing John T. Bolton to First Lieutenant 'For gallant and meritorious services during the [American Civil] war', 10 May 1866, and Captain, 13 March 1867, both with stamped signatures of President Andrew Johnson and Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, the first with circular brown stain at head, plus an earlier commission appointing First Sargeant in Company K of the 28th Regiment of New Jersey Volunteers, 15 September 1862, signed by the commanding officer W.V. Wisewell, printed on paper with manuscript insertions, some overall browning and creasing, approximately 25 x 38 cm, plus (Oldroyd Osborn H) , The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Flight, Pursuit, Capture, and Punishment of the Conspirators, with an Introduction by T.M Harris, Washington: O.H. Oldroyd, 1901 , illustrations from photographs, advert leaf and folding map at rear some soiling to first few leaves, frontispiece and title-page slightly creased, original cloth gilt, slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus a typed letter signed from Oldroyd to Captain John T. Bolton, Washington, 28 March 1914, beginning 'Mr H.H. Rumble of your city visited my Collection in this House in which Abraham Lincoln died and informed me that you were on duty at Ford's Theatre on the night of the Assassination', and hoping Bolton might write his recollections of that event to place in the collection, some light browning and creasing, one page, 8vo, the five documents matted in heavy card mounts with an additional printed contents list and contained with the inset book in a bespoke brown half morocco clam shell book box, the spine gilt-titled 'The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln Documents', overall 68 x 54 cm (Qty: 1)NOTESJohn T. Bolton was a respected soldier who was present when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. It is understood from the family that he had applied for a position in the President's personal security team and that this was being considered at the time of the assassination. Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth, an actor and Confederate sympathiser on 14 April 1865 and died the following day.
* Wellington (Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke, 1769-1852). Autograph letter signed, ‘Wellington’, Cartaxo, 13 December 1810, in brown ink on laid paper, marked at the head ‘Private & confidential’, addressed to C[harles] Stuart, 3 pages with sentiment and signature as one line on fourth page, light uniform toning, 4to, together with another autograph letter signed, ‘Wellington’, Cartaxo, 29 November 1810 , in a good clear hand in brown ink on laid paper (watermarked G. Jones 1809), to C[harles] Stuart, 3 pages, 4to (Qty: 2)NOTESFor the first work: A very revealing letter conveying Wellington’s opinion of Spaniards: ‘ It is difficult to understand the Spaniards exactly, they are such a mixture of haughtiness and low intrigue. The Marquis de la Romana and the officers about him are … perfectly happy with their reception here, and the manner in which they have been treated. I have been civil to all the other officers, as far as they have come within my reach; and they have been treated with great attention by all the General Officers of the army; and their men are as well, if not better off than our own. But I always doubt a Spaniard being satisfied with anything; and I should not be surprised if O’Donnell particularly, and possibly others, expressed dissatisfaction at being here’. Gurwood, Dispatches of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington , 1838. Volume VII, pages 37-38. For the second work: The letter concerns the buying of corn in Algiers by Mr Johnstone & Mr Sampayo. Supplies for both British and Portuguese armies was always a great concern to the Duke. Gurwood, Dispatches of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington , 1838. Volume VII, page 12.
A rare example of a WW1 British 1917 pattern small box respirator Home Service gas mask - the mask with canister contained within original canvas satchel, the mask stamped "HOME SERVICE" to exterior and with various internal markings, the green rubberised canvas with two eyepieces and hose attachment, complete with the elasticised head straps and rubber flapper mouth piece, with red painted canister, contained within original canvas bag with twin compartments, stamped "H.G & R.L" together with war department ordnance arrow (mask exceptionally stiff and with one hole) First introduced in August 1916 and standard issue by the spring of 1917, the Small Box Respirator was the most advanced and practical anti-gas development used by British and Dominion forces in the First World War.
Britains Modern Boxed Figure sets: 43071 - Queen Victoria Presenting the first V.C. to Commander Raby R.N., 43072 - Scots Fusilier Guards Defending the Colours 3 V.C. Winners Crimean War, 43126 - Scots Fusiliers Firing Line, 47061 - Britains Regiments series King George III, mounted 1798, 41000 - The 50th Anniversary Coronation Set HM Queen, Archbishop, throne etc., 10048 - British Grenadier Guardsman 1831, 50002C - Coldstream Guards Adjutant, mounted 1822, 60006 Petticoats series, Clara, all complete with boxes (8)
Lot of 20 Aurora First Edition TV/Film related figure models and boxes. Comprising: Batman, Superman, Superboy, The Man from UNCLE/Robert Vaughan, The Man from UNCLE/David McCallum, Lost in Space, Dr. Jekyll as Mr Hyde, Frankenstein (monster), Frankenstein’s Flivver, The Mummy, The Mummy’s chariot, Dracula, Dracula’s Dragster, Wolf Man, Wolf Man’s Wagon, The Phantom of the Opera, Chamber of Horrors/Guillotine, The Forgotten Prisoner, The Creature, The Hunchback of Notre Dame. All boxes present, all models present and appear complete but unchecked – N.B. all have been assembled and painted to a reasonable standard.
* Medieval deed: Gropecunt Lane, Bristol. Deed of sale and quitclaim for 4 marks (£2 13s 4d) and half a mark (6s 8d) with warranty; circa 1240, vellum deed in Latin written in a very neat court hand, John son of Roger Bat to William de Kent, all his land with the buildings in Gropecunttelana at Bristol ( Bristolla ) (S: land of William Bardolf; E: land of Julian who was the daughter of John the son of Jacob; from the street in front (29 feet) to the town wall behind, where it is 30 feet broad), paying a yearly quitrent of 12 pence to Julian who was the daughter of John the son of Jacob as John the grantor has been accustomed to pay of the consideration, 4 marks (£2 13s 4d) paid to John and and half a mark (6s 8d) to Julian; Witnesses: James le Warre, Thomas Long, Richard Ailard, Simon the clerk, William de Bellomonte, Gilbert de Marleberge, Roger Tarleys, Richard de Pesia, William Bardolf, William Ruffo, tanner, Nicholas the chaplain, Robert Hod, some dust-soiling but ink dark and clear, 88 x 190 mm, with partially restored armorial seal on vellum tag, [S’IOHANNIS FILII] ROGERIBAT[T], charge indistinct, 3 cm diameter, mounted to a wooden board with six small pins, three related 20th-century manuscript paper labels pasted to board, framed and glazed, overall 32 x 32 cm (Qty: 1)NOTESThe first-named witness was James le Warre, Mayor of Bristol, 1236; William de Bellemonte, Prepositor of Bristol, 1240; Robert Hod would have been known to his friends as Robin Hood. A very rare early documentation of the place name 'Gropecunt Lane', the compounded street name found in about twenty English towns and cities during the Middle Ages, and believed to be a reference to organised prostitution centred on those areas. The earliest reference documented is to a Gropecuntelane in Oxford, c. 1230, now Grove Passage and Magpie Lane. All the original names have since changed or been bowdlerised to the more innocuous Grape Lane or similar, or have been completely lost; the latest documentation of Gropecuntlane traced being in Newcastle, 1588. The Gropecunt Lane in Bristol referred to in this deed later became Hallier's Lane and after the Battle of Trafalgar was given the name Nelson Street, which is still current. The street runs through the Broadmead district of the city centre and is home to the Central Police Station. The English chronicler, topographer and antiquary William Worcestre (c. 1415-c. 1482) references Gropecountlane in Bristol in his manuscript of 1480 (Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, MS. 210), and this undated deed, from the reign of King Henry III, proves it was in use much earlier than Worcestre records. One suggestion for the street name's origin made by Richard Coates (2011) is that as the name is concentrated in major ecclesiastical centres that would have been likely destinations of Oxford-educated clerics the name may have originated as academic slang. The etymology of cunt is a matter of debate, but in common usage does not appear to have been taboo in the medieval period, even being used in an openly bawdy context several times by Chaucer in his Canterbury Tales (c. 1390). The word only becomes taboo towards the end of the eighteenth century, and was then not generally admissible in print until the end of the twentieth century.
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[Nelson, Horatio, 1758-1805, Viscount]. The Morning Chronicle, London, Thursday, 7 November 1805, original broadsheet newspaper, 4pp., red ink duty stamp (threepence halfpenny) to upper margin of first page, some slight toning to first page and a few minor marks but generally very clean, folio (48 x 32 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESSeven columns of the first three pages are taken up with the announcement of victory at the Battle of Trafalgar and the death of Viscount Nelson. A good survival of a genuine original issue on laid paper with the obligatory paper duty stamp.
* Omdurman 1898. A set of 4 maps used by Lt. Horace Hood during the Battle of Omdurman, comprising 4 linen maps supplied by the War Office for Upper Egypt and the Sudan, compiled in the Intelligence Division, War Office, January and August 1898, 55 x 71.5cm, each inscribed in ink verso 'H.L. Hood' additionally inscribed 'White Nile', 'Blue Nile' (Qty: 4)NOTESRear-Admiral Sir Horace Lambert Alexander Hood, KCM, DSO, MVO (1870-1916), was the commander of the gunboat the Nasr , one of eight Nile gunboats providing artillery support on the Battle of Omdurman on 2 September 1898, and second in command to Captain David Beatty. Hood later became naval attaché in Washington, commanded the RN College at Osborne, and in June 1914 was appointed Naval Secretary to Sir Winston Churchill as First Lord of the Admiralty. He rose to rank of Rear-Admiral and went down with his flagship HMS Invincible at Jutland on 31 May 1916.
* Railway ephemera. A mixed collection of railway ephemera circa 1930-50s, including two albums containing approximately 120 black and white photographs of locomotives circa 1950s, many stamped verso for example Empire of India 'H. Gordon Tidley Esq, "Lens of Sutton" ', a London & North Eastern Railway soft leather desk folder with gilt embossed 'Cruise of "Northern Belle", 'First British Train Cruise June, 1933', containing headed note paper and related items, another in soft blue leather, a 1920s scrap album for various European and World railways, LNER Train Service to and from London card timetable dated 1938, 3 Hornby 00 gauge locomotives, comprising R2340 BR 4-6-2 Class A4 Locomotive 'Golden Plover', R2339 LNER Class A4 locomotive 'Mallard', R2338 NE 4-6-2 Class A4 Locomotive 'Sir Charles Newtom', all boxed as new, an album of 14 large black and white photographs of locomotives and related items, various railway books and other items (Qty: 2 cartons )
* Railway ephemera. An extensive collection of London, Midland, Scottish railway (LMS) ephemera circa 1920-50s, including, letters, photographs and memorabilia, including an enamel LMS badge, Coronation Scot enamel badge, first day covers, running commentary of the Coronation Scot circa 1937, the Coronation Scot touring the United States of America prior to exhibition at the New York World's Fair 1939 booklet, railway tickets and other items, neatly presented in 8 modern ring binder files (Qty: 8 folders)
* Railway photographs. Railway Centenary 1825-1925 souvenir photograph album, an interesting album containing approximately 500 black and white snap-shot size photographs of Locomotives and related items on display, all captioned and dated beneath, including 'The First Public Railway in the World', 'The Second Public Railway in the World (Canterbury & Whitstable Railway)', 'Railway Centenary Exhibition, Darlington', 'Veteran Locomotives in Steam (July 1st 1925)', 'Singes', 'Atlantics','Railway Centenary Exhibition, Wembley (May, October 1925)' etc, a fine collection presented in a green cloth album, 24.5 x 30cm (Qty: 1)NOTESThe exhbition commemorated the first locomotive to make to make a trip on the Stockton to Darlington line (27 September 1825) and the delelopment of the railway over 100 years, the album proceeds with two photographs, one captioned '1825 Stockton & Darlington Rly No.1. "Locomation"', the other '1925 Great Northern Rly. Pacific type No.1470 "Great Northern"'.
Wilde (Oscar). [Collected Works], 14 volumes, Ross Edition, Boston: John W. Luce, [1910], top edges gilt, remainder untrimmed, original terracotta cloth, extremities a little rubbed, slightly sunned spines with printed paper labels (some chipped), label on final volume lacking lower right corner, 8vo (Qty: 14)NOTESMason pp. 491-497. The first authorised American edition of Oscar Wilde's Works, produced from the stereo-typed plates of Methuen's 1908 edition.
Vial de Sainbel (Charles). The Sportsman, Farrier and Shoeing-smiths New Guide. Being the substance of the Works of the late Charles Vial de St. Bell. Professor of Medicine at the Veterinary College, or Hospital, for the Diseases of Horses, St. Pancras, London. With Notes. To which is prefixed a short account of his life, & the Origin of the College Also, an appendix, containing valuable extracts, from the most approved veterinary writers. By John Lawrence. Late of Lambeth Marsh, Surrey, London: Printers for the Proprietors and sold by B. Crosby..., [1796], engraved title, 3 engraved plates (two slightly cropped at foot), I12 torn to upper outer corner without text loss, contemporary calf, red morocco title label, joints cracked and light wear, 12mo, together with Robertson (William) , A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of the Teeth, in which the Origin and Nature of Decay are explained; and the means of Prevention pointed out, London: Longman, Rees, Orme..., 1835, 6 engraved plates, some spotting, edges untrimmed, original cloth, frayed and some wear at head & foot of spine, covers detached, 8vo, plus Rudge (Thomas) , The History of the County of Gloucester; compressed, down brought down to the year 1803, 2 volumes, Gloucester: Printed for the Author by G.F. Harris, 1803, 2 engraved plates, ink stain to front pastedown of volume 1, contemporary calf gilt, joints cracked, rubbed, 8vo, and Christy (Miller) , The Bryant and May Museum of Fire-Making Appliances. Catalogue of the Exhibits, 2 volumes (including Supplement), London: Bryant & May Ltd., 1926 & 1928, numerous monochrome plates, original printed boards, first volume with cloth spine, 8vo, and Australia , Australasian Newspaper Directory, 2nd edition, Melbourne: Gordon & Gotch, 1888, browning throughout, endpapers renewed, original cloth, crude reback & corner repairs, 8vo, plus other miscellaneous books, including British topography, advertising & newspaper directories etc. (Qty: a carton)
Baker (Richard). A Chronicle of the Kings of England, from the Time of the Romans Government..., 7th edition, 1679, engraved portrait frontispiece of Charles II and additional engraved title-page (both torn with slight loss at foot, frayed to edges and lined to verso), few leaves repaired to margins, occasional light dust-soiling, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked and corners repaired, folio, together with Caryl (Joseph) , An Exposition with Practical Observations continued upon the Thirty-eighth, Thirty-ninth, Fortieth, Forty-first, and Forty-second (being the five last) Chapters of the Book of Job: Being the Substance of Fifty-two Lectures of Meditations, London: Printed by M. & S. Simmons, 1666, early annotation to upper margin of title and with signature Margaret Robinson, also verso with ownership signature 'William Dent, Pitcher House', verso of final leaf with ownership inscription 'Margaret Bainbridge her book 1769' and rear free endpaper with 18th century genealogical entries of the Robinson and Bainbridge families, upper outer corner of initial two leaves torn, occasional ink marks, dust-soiling and browning throughout, some dampstaining, contemporary calf, joints split at head, some wear to extremities, 4to, plus Le Clerc (John) , The Harmony of the Evangelists. Being the Whole Text of the Four Gospels dispos'd according to the Order of Time..., London: Sam. Buckley, 1701, occasional dust-soiling and scattered spotting, without front free endpaper, contemporary panelled calf, recent title label to spine, worn at head & foot of spine, 4to, and Act of Parliament , An Act for the better Preserving the Navigation of the Rivers Avon and Froome, and for Cleansing, Paving and Inlightning the Streets of the City of Bristol, 1700, modern paper wrappers, small slim folio, and other antiquarian including The Experienced English Housekeeper, by Elizabeth Raffald, 3rd edition, 1773, first leaf of Chapter 1 (B1) signed by the author, 3 plates only of 5 (torn with loss), toning and scattered spotting, contemporary sheep, worn, 8vo; A New System of Modern Geography by William Guthrie, 4th edition, 1788, folding engraved maps hand-coloured in outline (some torn with loss), heavy staining at foot mostly affecting text, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine, some wear, 4to (Qty: a carton)
Baskerville Press. Paradise Lost. A Poem, in Twelve Books, & Paradise Regain'd. A Poem, in Four Books, by John Milton, Birmingham, John Baskerville, 1759, some light spotting, mostly to first and last few leaves, contemporary mottled calf, worn with covers detached, large 8vo in 4's, together with The Works of Mr. William Congreve, 3 volumes, Birmingham, John Baskerville, 1761, engraved frontispiece to each volume, light spotting to first and last few leaves, contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt decorated spines, with one or two labels missing, somewhat worn with joints cracked, 8vo, plus Dryden (John). The Miscellaneous Works, 4 volumes, 1st collected edition, J. & R. Tonson, 1760, contemporary half calf, old reback with endpapers renewed, some minor wear, with upper cover to first volume detached, 8vo, and other miscellaneous English and French literature, including Sainte-Beuve, Madame de Sevigne, Samuel Johnson's Works of the English Poets, 74 (of 75) volumes, lacking volume 24 only, 1790, rebound in 20th century orange cloth, a little rubbed and marked to spines, small 8vo, all other volumes bound in contemporary leather bindings, mostly incomplete sets, rubbed and some marks, mainly 8vo (180 volumes in total) (Qty: 3 shelves)
Mediterranean Sea, Kircher (Athanasius), Mappa Maris Mediterranei Fluxus Currentes et Naturam motionum explicans, circa 1680, uncoloured engraved map, old folds, 345 x 560 mm (Qty: 1)NOTESAn unusual map from Kircher`s 'Mundus Subterraneous', the first serious effort to describe the physical make up of the earth, proposing theories (sometimes fantastical) in the areas of physics, geography, geology, and chemistry. The map is devoid of political - and most geographical - information and instead focuses entirely on ocean currents in the Mediterranean Sea. The map extends to the Black Sea and parts of the Caspian and Red Sea. Kircher`s theories included the notion that the world`s oceans were all interconnected and thus this map depicts subterranean tunnels connecting the oceans and seas.
Smith (William & Cary John). Geological Map of Oxfordshire by W. Smith, Mineral Surveyor, published J. Cary, Feby. 1st. 1821, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring identifying the various rock strata of the county, oval cartouche, compass rose and key, slight creasing, slight staining to left hand margin, 560 x 490 mm (Qty: 1)NOTESThe noted cartographer, engraver and publisher John Cary (1755-1835) collaborated with William Smith, 'the father of English geology', on a number of his geological projects, notably the 1815 Map and geological sections (1817-1819). Cary had previously produced large, topographical county maps for his 'New and Correct English Atlas' and the plates which were being prepared for a new edition were instead adapted to accommodate Smith's detailed geology, the first set of geological maps being issued in 1819. This is the first state of these geological county maps. There is a second state which although coloured using William Smith's geology, gives no acknowledgement to Smith at all. Rare.
Madonna with child. . Oil on canvas . Cm 76,50 x 76,50. The artwork is accompanied by a card by Sandro Bellesi. In a good state of conservation, the artwork, originally placed in a rounded frame in the central part, presents, within an indefinite space and seemingly lacking in depth, the figure of the Virgin Mary sitting in the act of supporting on her own legs the Child Jesus, in an upright pose. Halo around by an intense divine brightness, the little child of God, the source of light itself, is described as an infant with a white complexion and a thick blonde hair slightly curled with a blessing hand turned towards one or more ideal bystanders. Full of tenderness and maternal love appears the figure of the Madonna, with perfect features and smooth skin evoking the shiny pink chalcedony of Volterra, which, placed three- quarters, is totally attracted by the contemplation of the little son. The high quality found in the execution of the figures is masterfully emphasized also in the rendering of the fabrics, orchestrated mainly on precious effects rich in enamel, alternating, mostly, blue lapis lazuli to pearly white and red coral to olive green. The style characters and the close affinities with some works by Carlo Dolci, representing the same composition, allow you to refer the painting to the catalogue of this artist. Born in Florence in 1616 and son of the tailor Andra Dolci, Carlo, according to the historical memories handed down by his friend and biographer Filippo Baldinucci ( news of the teachers of the drawing by Cimabue, Florence, 1681-1728), was initiated to study painting around nine years in the school of Jacopo Vignali, an important Tuscan painter from the atelier of Matteo Rosselli. The close dependence on this master's style combined with the knowledge and study of the works of other local painters of the turn of the century, first among all those of Cristofano Allori, characterize, at the turn of the twenties, the artist's first well-known works today, marked by a very refined stylistic language marked largely by an acute realism, clearly visible in the supervised rendering of the characters and in the almost maniacal care of details, carried out with a rigour that we could call hyper-realistic. The success achivied with the first works favored the artist, starting from the early thirties, coveted commissions, mainly linked to the Florentin patrician and in particular to Casa Medici, for whose members Carlo worked at full speed until the moment of his death. On the trace of biographical sources, archive documents and inscriptions present in many paintings it is possible to follow punctually the activity of our, characterized, semore, "frm imagesof virginal and timeless beauty, displayed by the very smooth and almost porcelain rendering of the incarnates on which a pale astral light is shattered, and an aura of sacredness that is also veiled in profane representations, mostly portraits and allegories". The strong link with Christian doctrines, which remained constantly as a key element for the reading of his works and life choices of the artist, led Carlo to abhor the depiction of sensual or malicious paintings, very much in vogue in the Florentine art of the time linked essentially to the teachings of Francesco Furini and his followers, and to dedicate almost all his paintings to sacred subjects, mostly Madonna and Child, Gospel episodes and images of saints. The pure and profound interpretetion of the sacred verb, key element for the iconographic and philosophical reading of the painter's works, favored the close link he established with the Grand Duke Cosimo III de Medici and the mother of these Vittoria della Rovere. The only journey made by the artist beyond the Tuscan borders dates back to 1672. On the occasion of the upcoming wedding of Archduchess Claudia Felicita of Austria with the Emperor Leopoldo of Hasburg, Dolci stayed, in that year, some months at the court of Innsbruck, where he made, among other works, two portrait of the future bride. On his return to his country he was attacked for some years by a deep depressive crisis, which led him almost to abandon his profession. Thanks to the closeness of his family and his closest friends, after 1675, the artist resumed his activity at full speed, which ended with his dead in 1687. The artwork is an autograph replica of well-known compositions by Carlo Dolci, whose prototype is traditionally recognized by contemporary critics in the Madonna with child, otherwise known as Madonna delle pietre due to the presence of a sumptuous baroque frame in gilded metal and semi-precious stones, preserved in the Palatine Gallery of Palazzo Pitti, coming from the Medici collections. Erroneously dated by Francesca Baldassari in the 1930s and the reported by Riccardo Spinelli in the following decade, the work was the object of constant reflections by the artist as they indicate, in addition to the work under consideration, some replicas, sometimes almost identical and others with slight variations, among which they deserve to be remembered, for greater lexical relevance and for better quality, a version at the Borghese Gallery in Rome and one in the collections of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Viennna. The lack of historical memories related to the ab antiquo origin of the work does not exclude that it can be identified with one of the paintings with Madonna with child reported in the biographical documents and in the archival reports to the name of Carlo Dolci, among which appeared, precisely, a "beautiful Virgin with child, which with special care is preserved (go) in the chapel of the novitiate of the Fathers of St. Mark: work of alienated from the Florentine convent in the unknown era, whose historical memory was found by the writer only in recent times. Although slightly weaker in the passage of the brushstrokes on the crimson cloth of the Virgin's dress than the beautiful and cited prototype of the Palatine Gallery, the work, probably related to a later moment scalable to the sixties or seventies, reveals in any case the full autography of Dolci, as evidenced by the comparison with some derivations of workshop among which stands out a canvas in private collection assigned to seafaring honors: work, the latter, dignified but, to all intents and purposes, decidedly mediocre compared to the specimen under examination. . Frame present
A 1981 Rolex Oyster Perpetual Submariner 5513 stainless steel wristwatch, serial number 6638147, with signed matte black 'feet first' dial, luminous dot and baton hour markers set in silver surrounds, luminous pointed baton minute and Mercedes hour hands, center seconds hand, and rotating bezel with Arabic numeral 15 minute track, 7mm screw down signed crown with rounded crown guards, screw down case back signed and referenced to inside, having 26 jewel caliber 1520 automatic movement, fitted with signed stainless steel Oyster bracelet reference 93150, 580 at the lugs, case diameter 39mm, no box or papers. Condition: currently in working order although not sold with any guarantee, natural patina with some slight discolouration or browning to lume on hour markers with a chip to lume on 'lollipop' to seconds hand, dial overall is pretty clean with no signs of damage, some scratches and what appears to be a small chip to acrylic glass around 8 o'clock, lumed dot missing from bezel, some scratches to outer of case including minor wear and scratches to case back, bracelet clasp operates fine, no damage only surface wear and scratches, a little play to links, hand and lumed markers appear a slightly different colour.
A Great Western Railway cast metal cab-side engine plate for the steam locomotive Glasfryn Hall 6945, 65cm x 30cm.6945 Glasfryn Hall. Built unnamed September 1942. First shed allocation Bristol, St. Philip's Marsh. Named September 1946. August 1950 shed allocation Weymouth. Fitted with 3 row superheater. March 1959 shed allocation Westbury. Last shed allocation Cardiff East Dock. Withdrawn September 1964. Scrapped at Woodfield's, Cadoxton.
Louis Wain. Pussies and Puppies, first edition, cloth with pictorial boards, published by S W Partridge & Co, London, c1899., together with Animal Picture-Land, illustrated by Louis Wain et el, first edition, cloth with pictorial boards, published by James Clarke & Company, London, c1914. (2)
Joseph Pennell & J C Squire. A London Reverie, first edition, gilt tooled brown cloth, published by MacMillan & Company, London 1928., H R Robertson. Life On The Upper Thames, published by Virtue, Spalding & Co, London 1875., Oliver Goldsmith. The Vicar of Wakefield, illustrated by Edmund J Sullivan, gilt tooled green cloth, published by Constable & Co Ltd, London 1914., and The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen, privately printed for The Navarre Society Ltd, London 1930. (4)
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