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Click here to subscribeAND A FRENCH .650 CALIBRE PERCUSSION CAVALRY PISTOL, CIRCA 1820 the first with swamped iron barrel struck with the barrelsmith's marks and London proof marks at the breech, signed lock (indistinct, cock missing), walnut full stock, engraved brass mounts cast in low relief, including trigger-guard with foliate terminal, solid side-plate, spurred pommel (ramrod missing); the second of regulation type (worn, ramrod missing)
, CIRCA 1820; A U.S. PERCUSSION PISTOL, NO. 867, CIRCA 1840 AND A POWDER-FLASK the first with turn-off barrel, engraved box-lock action with folding trigger, sliding thumb-piece safety-catch, and flat-sided walnut butt; the second probably by W. W. Marston, with two-stage barrel, bar-hammer action and walnut grips; the third with brass body embossed with foliage (worn throughout)
, BIRMINGHAM PRIVATE PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1800; A 40 BORE FLINTLOCK POCKET PISTOL BY UTTING, NO. 265 BOROUGH HIGH STREET, CIRCA 1800; AND THE LOCK AND STOCK OF A FLINTLOCK DUELLING PISTOL BY EDGSON, CIRCA 1800 the first with brass turn-off barrels and engraved brass actions (losses, partly dismantled), sliding thumb-piece safety-catches, and flat-sided walnut butts; the second with turn-off barrel, signed action (stripped), and flat-sided walnut butt; the third with signed stepped lock, and walnut stock (incomplete, barrel missing) with 'Wogdon' style butt
the blade hira-zukuri and tori-zori, tama-oi-ryu on the omote and bonji on the ura, notare-midare hamon, komaru-boshi with long kaeri and ubu nakago; with black saya of woodgrain design depicting a single dragon with details in gold, silver kojiri depicting immortals in gold highlights, tsuba with raised floral design, silver fuchi depicting elder confronting a tiger and kashira a large tiger in close detail, the first menuki depicting a crane and horse in gold and the other the head of an elder and kozuka with figure in high relief and signed (unreadable)
the first with curved single-edged blade, carved bone grip, tsuba and saya each decorated with figures in contemporary dress; the second of openwork iron retaining some brass inlay (pitted); the third with folding blade and pick and staghorn faced body; and a small Balkan dagger, of bichaq form,in its scabbard; together with a quantity of sword scabbards and elements
the first with slightly curved single-edged blade engraved with a bo-hi on the omote and ryu on the ura and shira-saya engraved with a short pattern of clouds; the second with straight single-edged blade and saya of bone carved with foliage and a vertical arrangement of figures in traditional dress (kashira and kojiri missing); the third with similar blade, saya with painted decoration in black and green and tsuka of white samé with gilt menuki formed as coiled dragons
the first with slightly tapering double-edged blade of flattened diamond section, nakago mumei, brass hilt and scabbard engraved with foliage and dragons; the second with tapering double-edged blade of flattened diamond section engraved with a dragon on the omote and bo-hi on the ura, and brass scabbard, together with two miniature Japanese swords (one snapped at the hilt)
the first of mokko-gata form inlaid with foliage and sakura in gilt on both sides; the second of round form with traces of gold inlay and sakura in yo-sukashi; the third of round form with low-relief leaf design over a fan in copper (rubbed); the fourth of large round shibuichi form depicting Shoki tormented by Oni, all tsuba mumei
the first of squared dark copper depicting an Oni in relief in shakudo and gilt highlights and with Sosho script in the background, mumei; the second of oval shape in shakudo nanako, decorated with a flowering branch highlighted in gold and shakudo in relief on the front face and with an insect in copper on the reverse, mumei; the third maru-bori decorated with a rural scene depicting a figure hammering at a table in the foreground and highlights of trees and mountains in gold
DARWIN CHARLES. ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION OR THE PRESERVATION OF FAVOURED RACES IN THE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE. THE FIRST EDITION. 502pp. 32pp Publisher's adverts at end, dated June 1859. Half title with two quotations to reverse from Whewell & Bacon dated October 1st 1859. Folding plate at 117 (plate with vertical tear & hinge tear, slightly penetrating into no. XII). Original blind stamped green cloth with gilt lettering to back & binder's label of Edmonds & Remnants to lower paste down (binding rather worn overall, fading & 5 pin or wormholes noted to back, rubbing, bubbling & some marking). Misprint p20, line 11. Occasional internal foxing, spotting & marking, tendency to split at internal hinge noted at 120/121 & elsewhere. London, John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1859. The first edition of what is "certainly the most important biological book ever written", one of 1,250 copies, 1,170 of which were available for sale.With reference to this book, Sir Julian Huxley wrote that "Darwin's achievement is the most powerful and comprehensive idea that has ever arisen on earth. It helps us understand our origins. We are part of a total process, made of the same matter and operating by the same energy as the rest of the cosmos, maintaining and reproducing by the same mechanism as the rest of life". This is certainly a rare opportunity to acquire a first edition of this seminal work which was written for non-specialist readers and which immediately attracted widespread interest and was taken very seriously generating extensive scientific debate over the years and shaping the understanding of our evolution that is central to modern understanding of the subject. Condition Report. Small tears to margins P457 -460 and 448. Worn to spine, some damp and soot staining, chips to end pages. Splitting.Blind stamp to 1st end page - Vol 34? Measurement of word London on tail of spine is approx. 16.7mm.Damp staining to inside back board hinge and last endpaper. Some finger and other marks to pages. Dust/soot staining mainly to top edge.
BLACKIE W. G. The Comprehensive Atlas & Geography of the World. Col. costume plates & double page coloured eng. maps, other illus., etc. Large quarto. Green half morocco. Lib. label to front paste down, internal foxing & spotting, mainly to first & last few leaves, maps generally clean. 1882.
WORDSWORTH WILLIAM. The Excursion ... With Topographical Notes. Library rebound with orig. wrappers bound in. Labels to endpapers only. London & Windermere, n.d.; also Wordsworth, The Prelude, publisher's catalogue, rebound blue library cloth, labels & stamps to endpapers & first page of publisher's catalogue only, 1850. (2).
GB High Value Definitives 1955 - 2005. Well presented study of GB high values with many better items. Commences with 1955 Castles on 4 First Day Covers SG 536-9 cat £1500) then mint and used sets for most high values to 2005 with sets, singles, gutter pairs etc. High Face Value alone in later period, well over £100. (Album)
GB QE2 Collection - A very well presented collection of QE2 Commemorative issues from 1953 to 1969. With sets, blocks of 4 and other multiples plus First Day Covers from first issues. Includes the better FDC for Coronation, 58 Games, 60 GLO , Europa etc. Also 1963 Brownsea Island, Cylinder blocks and a good section of Postage Dues. Later period includes many better postmarks on FDC and 1966 World Cup signed by Alf Ramsey and Bobby Moore on 2 covers. Also a few errors. An exceptional lot. (3 volumes ).
GB and Commonwealth Box - interesting lot with a collection of GB and some useful covers. Includes 1d black filler, QV and EVII, 1925 Wembley pairs (3), 1948 Wedding £1 (4), QE2 with some face value, Philatector (working order), 1911 First UK Aerial Post cover and an interesting album of covers with some pre stamp covers, 1825 2d to pay, free fronts, Field Post, Levant and others.
New Zealand - A large accumulation of mainly modern material including Stamp Packs for 2007-2014 (6) , First Day Cover Packs for 2009-2014 (5) and a stockbook. A further album of covers dating back to 1936 including a few better. Also a 1984 pack and some Australia. Very high face value and high cost as new.
Israel. 1949 First Anniversary of Israeli Postage stamps M/S on FDC Europa. A 1956 to 1982 mint collection in a green spring back album. Includes occasional FDC and souvenir sheet along with some better issues United Nations. An album containing a mint collection from mainly New York, but includes issues from Geneva and Vienna. Includes M/Ss and sheetlets
Bejamin Creme (Scottish, 1922-2016):Portrait of a lady, coloured chalks, signed upper right & dated '45, H 41.5 x W 30.5 cm. Note: An artist, author & esotericist, Creme began painting at an early age & held his first exhibition in Glasgow, his birthplace, in 1940. It was here that Josef Herman saw Creme's work , returning with the artist Jankel Adler, who likewise introduced Creme to the renowned Scottish Colourist J.D. Ferguson. In 1945, the date of the present picture, Creme moved to London with his first wife Peggy, the possible subject of the portrait, & set up his studio in Battersea. Through his association with Adler, Creme continued to be a part of the emerging artistic scene. His circle of friends & associates in London included the artists Robert Colquhoun, Prunella Clough, Francis Bacon, Keith Vaughan & John Minton. Please note that Artist's Resale Rights may apply to this lot.
Güngör Taner (Turkish, b. 1941):Untitled abstract, 1997, oil on canvas, signed & dated lower right, H 100 x W 130 cm. Provenance: Previously owned by the Turkish ambassador to New Zealand. Note: Born in Istanbul, Taner graduated from Nurullah Berk workshop of the Painting Faculty of Istanbul State Academy of Fine Arts. He continued his studies in Salzburg in 1971 where he worked with the Dutch artist Corneille. He had his first exhibition in Istanbul in 1981, with a retrospective at the Ataturk Cultural Centre in 1990. Taner is interested in rhythm and music while creating his paintings, using contrasts and searching for abstract aspects and a sustainable form in pursuit of harmony. The artist has won several important awards including the Achievement Award of the 2nd Istanbul Biennial, 1981.
Sophie Anderson (British, 1823-1903):Still life with strawberries, ferns & flowers, oil on canvas, signed lower centre, H 25 x W 30 cm. Note: Born Sophie Gengembre in Paris, the artist left France for the United States to escape the 1848 revolution. There she met her husband, the British genre artist Walter Anderson, & the couple moved to London in 1854. She subsequently exhibited widely at the Royal Academy, the Royal Society of British Artists, & the British Institution before moving to Capri, eventually returning to England to Falmouth, Cornwall, where she died. A significant Victorian female painter, her work, 'Elaine', was the first public collection purchase of a woman artist. In 2008, the world record price for her work of more than £1 million was achieved by 'No Walk Today' at Sotheby's, London. CONDITION REPORT: Excellent, original condition
An Edwardian silver pin cushion by Adie & Lovekin Ltd. modelled as a donkey pulling a cart, length 8.2cm; together with an Edwardian silver and mother of pearl novelty pin cushion by Adie & Lovekin Ltd, modelled as a goat pulling a mother of pearl dish on wheels, length 12 cm (2) CONDITION REPORT: The first pincushion is good used condition, Hallmarks clear. Shell dish good. However the pincushion fabric is worn.The second example in this lot again is in good used condition. Hallmarks clear. The cart section is very slightly uneven to one corner, And the pincushion fabric is worm#n. detailing of animals on both is good.
Giovanni Zanobio Weber (1760-1805), Johanna of Austria (first wife of Francesco I de’ Medici), bust right, rev., eagle with young soaring in the sky, 47mm (cf. BDM VI, 406), about extremely fine A medal of Francesco I de Medici by G.Z. Weber was sold in these rooms, 7 December 2017, lot 777.
Charles I (1625-49), Tower mint, shillings (2), group C, m.m. plume, third bust, rev. reads rego/n (N. 2221; S. 2787), group F, m.m. (P), sixth ‘Briot’ bust, (N. 2231; S. 2800), sixpences (2), group A, 1625, m.m. lis, first bust (N. 2235; S. 2805), group E, m.m. tun, fifth ‘Aberystwyth’ bust (N. 2242; S. 2814), halfpenny (N. 2274; S. 2851), good fine to very fine (5)
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