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Lot 803
Collection of 15 Enid Blyton books, to include the following first editions (with dust-jackets in varying condition): ‘Five on a Hike Together’, 1951; ‘Five Have a Wonderful Time’, 1952; ‘The Magic Knitting Needles’, 1950; ‘In the Fifth at Malory Towers’, 1950; ‘Last Term at Malory Towers’, 1951; ‘Book of Fairies’, 1950; ‘Six Cousins Again’, 1950; ‘The Wishing-Chair Again’, 1950. To include ‘The New House Mistress’ by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer. (16)
Lot 826
Small collection of 20th-century hardback books, some first editions with dust-jackets. To include first British edition of Tennessee Williams' 'Moise', 1976; Alan Hackney's 'Private Life', 1958; Radomir Konstantinovic's 'Exitus', 1965; Gwyn Griffith's 'A Last Lamp Burning', 1966, and others. To also include 'The Christian's Exercise', Robert Nelson, 1715 (a/f). In one box.
Lot 18
Fénelon François de Salignac de La Mothe. Le avventure di Telemaco figliuolo d'Ulisse. Nuova edizione, riveduta, e corretta sopra il manoscritto originale dell'autore, ora accresciuta di annotazioni morali, politiche, e istoriche, e di un discorso della poesia epica. Opera tradotta dal francese nell'italiana favella. In Venezia: appresso Gio. Batista Pasquali, 1756. (Legato con:) Id. Le avventure di Telemaco figliuolo d'Ulisse. Parte seconda che contiene la continuazione e fine delle medesime: con l'aggiunta delle avventure d'Aristonoo. Traduzione dal francese idioma di D. Maria Concetta Piatti. In Padova: nella Stamperia del Seminario, 1731.Due opere in un volume in-8° (mm 163x108). Pagine [8], 560; 150. Nella prima opera antiporta calcografica, frontespizio stampato in nero, capilettera e finalini xilografici. Nella seconda opera frontespizio stampato in rosso e nero con fregio xilografico, capilettera e finalini xilografici. Aloni e bruniture diffuse, alcune carte un po' brunite. Mezza tela coeva, piatti rivestiti in carta marmorizzata. Filetti e titolo in oro al dorso. Lievi mancanze ai piatti.Esemplare composito di questo celebre e fortunato romanzo di formazione.Two works in one volume. 8° (163x108 mm). [8], 560; 150 pages. In the first work engraved frontispiece, title page printed in black, woodcut initial and tail-pieces. In the second work title page printed in red and black with woodcut tool, woodcut initial and tail-pieces. Spots and browning. Contemporary half-cloth, marbled paper on the covers. Gilt fillets and title on the spine. Small losses on the covers.Copy of this famous and lucky fiction novel
Lot 21
Genovesi Antonio. Lettere familiari... Edizione prima napoletana. Colla giunta di alcune lettere di diversi uomini illustri al medesimo. Tomo primo [-secondo]. In Napoli: presso Vincenzo Orsino ed a spese di Giacomo-Antonio Venaccia. Si vendono nel Corridojo del Consiglio, 1788.Due volumi in-8° (mm 177x103). Pagine 237, [3]; 176. Fregi xilografici ai frontespizi, testatine e finalini incisi su legno. Diffuse arrossature su entrambi i tomi, gora al frontespizio e alle prime carte del Tomo primo. Legatura omogenea coeva in pergamena su cartone, titoli manoscritti al dorso, tagli spruzzati. Gora e muffe al piatto anteriore e al dorso del Tomo primo.Variante B come da censimento ICCU 060390Two volumes, 8° (177x103 mm). 237, [3]; 176 pages. Woodcut ornaments to the title-page. Woodcut head- and tail pieces. Uniformly bound, contemporary vellum on pasteboards, spines with inked titles. Edges speckled. Upper cover and spine of the first volume waterstained and browned. Foxing throughout; waterstain to the title-page and first leaves of the first volume.The copy is presented in its issue B (cf. ICCU 060390).
Lot 28
Hunt John. The ascent of Everest. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1953In-8° (220x145 mm). Pagine XX, 300 con 8 tavole fotografiche a colori e 48 in bianco e nero. Con numerose illustrazioni e mappe nel testo. Legatura editoriale in tela blu con sovraccoperta illustrata. Esemplare in buono stato di conservazione, strappi alla sovraccoperta rinforzati con nastro adesivo. Esemplare con doppia firma di due partecipanti alla spedizione: Edmund Hillary e George Lowe. Timbro alla carta di guardia anteriore. Prima edizione del resoconto della prima ascensione dell'Everest effettuata dalla spedizione inglese, guidata da John Hunt che fu presidente dell' Alpine Club dal 1956 al 1958 ed è considerato un'icona dell'alpinismo inglese post-bellico. Neathe H, 135. 8° (220x145 mm). XX, 300 pages with 8 coloured photographic plates and 48 in black and white. With numerous illustrations and maps in the text. Editorial blue cloth with illustrated dust jacket. A fair copy, damages at the dust jacket. On the front flyleaf double authograph of Edmund Hillary e George Lowe, stamp on the same leaf. First edition of the account of the first ascent of Everest carried out by the British expedition led by John Hunt. He was president of the Alpine Club in 1956 and 1958 and is considerer an icon of the English mountaineering post-war. Neathe H, 135.
Lot 37
Letteratura francese. Lotto di due opere scomplete in 9 volumiFrançoise d'Aubigné marquise de Maintenon. Lettres de Madame de Maintenon. Nouvelle èdition. Tome premier [-neuvieme]. A Maestricht : chez J.E. Dufour et Ph. Roux, associés, 1789.Otto tomi di nove in-12° (mm 170x100). Manca il settimo tomo. Frontalini, capilettera e piccoli fregi xilografici. Lievi aloni diffusi. Piena pelle bazzana coeva. Dorso a cinque nervi con doppio tassello, titolo, fregi e filetti in oro. Impressioni in oro ai bordi dei piatti. Tagli colorati in rosso. Lievi mancanze al dorso di alcuni tomi, minime mancanze e lievi abrasioni ai piatti. Firma di possesso all'ottavo tomo: 'John Webb'. Eight volumes of nine , missing the seventh. 12° (170x100 mm). Woodcut head-, tailpieces and small friezes. Light spots throughout. Contemporary bazzana leather. Spine with five raised bands, double lettering piece. Spine and covers gilt decorated. Red edges. A few losses on the spine of some volumes, covers slightly abrased. Ownership signature at the eight tome: 'John Webb'SI AGGIUNGE: Marmontel Jean-Francois. Contes moraux. Nouvelle edition, corrigèe et augmentèe. Premiere partie (-troisieme). A Paris: chez Merlin, libraire, rue de la Harpe, à l'Image S. Joseph, 1770. Un tomo di tre in-12° (mm 166x95). Mancano il primo e il secondo tomo. Occhietto, piccola scenetta xilografica al frontespizio. Frontalino xilografico e due illustrazioni calcografiche fuori testo. Aloni diffusi, qualche carta un po' brunita. Pelle bazzana coeva con doppio tassello, titolo, fregi e filetti in oro al dorso. Piccoli fori al piatto posteriore, abrasioni al dorso e ai piatti. One of three volumes, missing the first two. 12° (166x95 mm). Half-title, small woodcut image at the title-page. Woodcut headpiece and two engraved images out of text. Spots troughout, a few leaves a bit browned. Contemporary bazzana leather with double lettering piece, gilt title, friezes and fillets on the spine. Small holes at the lower cover, a few abrasions on the spine and the covers.
Lot 58
Moretti Marino. Lotto di 18 volumi di cui 16 con dedica dell'Autore, principalmente in prima edizione.Il lotto contiene:Via Laura. Il libro dei sorprendenti vent'anni. Milano: Treves, 1931. Prima edizione con invio autografo.Il segno della croce. Milano: Treves, 1926. Prima edizione con invio autografo.Il trono dei poveri. Milano: Treves, 1928. Prima edizione in volume, con invio autografo.La casa del santo sangue. Milano: Mondadori, 1930. Prima edizione in volume, con invio autografo.Il tempo felice. Ricordi d'infanzia e d'altre stagioni. Secondo migliaio. Con invio autografo.La voce di Dio. Nuova edizione con prefazione di G.A. Borgese. Milano: Treves, 1931. Edizione rivista, con dedica autografa.Allegretto quasi Allegro. Milano: Treves, 1927. Prima edizione, con dedica autografa.Fantasie olandesi. Milano: Treves Treccani Tumminelli, 1932. Secondo migliaio, con dedica autografa.Poesie 1905-1914. Milano: Treves, 1919. Secondo migliaio, con dedica autografa.L'Andreana. Romanzo dei figli. Milano: Mondadori, 1935. Prima edizione, con invio autografo.L'odore del pane. Milano: Morcelliana, 1942. Prima edizione in volume, con invio autografo.Pane in desco. Milano: Mondadori, 1940. Prima edizione in volume, con invio autografo.Il Romanzo della Mamma. Milano: Mondadori, 1942. Con sovraccoperta. Nuova edizione riveduta, con dedica autografa.Cento novelle. Novelle e racconti scelti. Torino: Sei, 1943. Cartonato editoriale. Raccolta antologica, con dedica autografa.Una settimana in paradiso. Novelle. Milano: Mondadori, 1921. Prima edizione. Unico volume del lotto senza invio autografo.Uomini soli. Milano: Mondadori, 1954. Cartonato editoriale con sovraccoperta. Prima edizione, con dedica autografa. La camera degli sposi. Roma: Nuova Antologia, 1957. Estratto dalla Nuova Antologia, fascicoli nn. 1873-1875 di gennaio-marzo 1957. Con dedica autografa.Il ciuchino. Poesie per i ragazzi. 20 tavole fuori testo di Mario Vellani Marchi. Torino: Sei, 1953. Cartonato editoriale illustrato. Prima edizione. Salvo diversa indicazioni tutti i volumi sono in brossura editoriale originale e recano l'ex libris 'Biblioteca Palazzi'.Moretti Marino. Lot of 18 volumes, many in first edition and with Author's autograph and dedicationLot contains:Via Laura. Il libro dei sorprendenti vent'anni. Milano: Treves, 1931. First edition, with signature. Wrappers.Il segno della croce. Milano: Treves, 1926. First edition, with signature. Wrappers.Il trono dei poveri. Milano: Treves, 1928. First edition in volume, with signature. Wrappers.La casa del santo sangue. Milano: Mondadori, 1930. First edition in volume, with signature. Wrappers.Il tempo felice. Ricordi d'infanzia e d'altre stagioni. With signature. Wrappers.La voce di Dio. Nuova edizione con prefazione di G.A. Borgese. Milano: Treves, 1931. Enriched edition, with signature. Wrappers.Allegretto quasi Allegro. Milano: Treves, 1927. First edition, with signature. Wrappers.Fantasie olandesi. Milano: Treves Treccani Tumminelli, 1932. With signature. Wrappers.Poesie 1905-1914. Milano: Treves, 1919. With signature. Wrappers.L'Andreana. Romanzo dei figli. Milano: Mondadori, 1935. First edition, with signature. Wrappers.L'odore del pane. Milano: Morcelliana, 1942. First edition in volume, with signature. Wrappers.Pane in desco. Milano: Mondadori, 1940. First edition in volume, with signature. Wrappers.Il Romanzo della Mamma. Milano: Mondadori, 1942. Wrappers With dustjacket. With signature.Cento novelle. Novelle e racconti scelti. Torino: Sei, 1943. Cardboard, with signature.Una settimana in paradiso. Novelle. Milano: Mondadori, 1921. First edition, unique volume of this lot without signature. Wrappers.Uomini soli. Milano: Mondadori, 1954. Cardboards with dustjacket. First edition, with signature.La camera degli sposi. Roma: Nuova Antologia, 1957. Extract from the review Nuova Antologia, with signature. Wrappers.On all volumes ex libris 'Biblioteca Palazzi'.
Lot 62
Panigarola Francesco. Oratione fatta dal Rever.do P. Panigarola nel Duomo di Milano nelle Esequie dell'Illustriss. et Reverendiss. Cardinale di S. Prassede Arcivesc. di Milano. Stampata in Bologna, et ristampata in Padova, 1585.In-4° (mm 202x140). Carte [8]. Titolo entro ricca bordura in legno e con una vignetta sempre in legno al centro. Cartoncino colorato posteriore. Alone chiaro d'acqua su tutto il volume. Dalla collezione padovana di Gianni Toniato (suo timbro al titolo). Rara edizione di questa celebre orazione, che già apparsa l'anno precedente, data della morte di S. Carlo, a Roma presso gli eredi del Blado e a Firenze, fu ristampata innumerevoli volte negli anni successivi: nel solo 1585, oltre alla presente, risultano varie edizioni stampate a Venezia, Brescia, Milano, Firenze e Bologna. Il Panigarola, che fu ritenuto il massimo predicatore dei suoi tempi, studiò diritto a Bologna e a Pavia. Nel '67 entrò a Firenze nell'ordine francescano, studiando filosofia e teologia a Padova, Pisa e Parigi. Nel '73 cominciò la sua carriera di predicatore, che lo portò ad attraversare l'Italia, la Germania, la Francia e la Svizzera, paesi dove si scontrò con i riformati. Nell'89 Sisto V lo fece vescovo prima di Grisopolis, poi di Asti. 4° (202x140 mm). [8] leaves. Title within rich woodcut board and woodcut vignette on the center. Later colored cardboard. Water spot on the whole volume. From the Paduan collection by Gianni Toniato (his stamp on the title). Rare edition of this famous oration, already appeared in the previous year, date of the death of S. Carlo, in Rome by the heirs of Blado and in Florence, was reprinted numerous times in the following years: only in 1585, other than this copy, there are various editions printed in Venice, Brescia, Milan, Florence and Bologna. Panigarola, who was considered the main prayer of his time, studied law in Bologna and Pavia. In '67 enter in Florence the Franciscan order, studying philosophy and theology in Padua, Pisa and Paris. In '73 started his career of prayer, which lead him to cross Italy, Germany, France and Switzerland, countries where he collided with the reformed. In '89 Sisto V made him first bishop before Grisopolis, then of Asti.
Lot 75
Lotto di 4 opere scomplete.Lami Giovanni. Deliciae eruditorum seu Veterum anekdoton opusculorum collectanea. Michælis Glycæ Epistolarum. Pars prima. Florentiae: ex typographia Petr. Caiet. Vivianii ad Insigne D. Thomae Aquinatis, 1736-1739. Un tomo di diciotto in-8° (mm 162x108). Pagine XXXII, 285, [3]. Occhietto, frontespizio stampato in rosso e in nero con marca editoriale xilografica. Capilettera, frontalini e finalini xilografici. Testo stampato su due colonne in greco ed in latino. Piccolo strappo all'ultima carta, che risulta parzialmente staccata, ma che non comporta la perdita di testo. Pergamena coeva su cartone con titolo manoscritto al dorso. Macchie e fori di taro al dorso. One volume of eighteen, 8° (mm 162x108). XXXII, 285, [3] pages. Half- and title-page printed in red and black with woodcut printer's device. Woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces. Text printed in two colums both in latin and greek. Small tear at the last leaf, partially detached, but any lacking part of text. Contemporary vellum on cardboard, handwritten title on the spine. Some spots and wormholes on the spine. SI AGGIUNGE: Scarpelli Antonio. Selima, o sia la schiava per amore. Siena: il presente romanzo si trova in Roma: presso Bouchard e Gravier librari francesi a San Marcello, 1779. In-8° (mm 179x118). Pagine IV, 73, [1]. Mancano le pagine 5-12. Fregio xilografico in fine. Aloni e fioriture diffuse. Restauro all'angolo superiore esterno del frontespizio con perdita di alcune lettere del titolo. Restauri alle prime carte senza perdita di testo. Restauro al margine superiore delle ultime tre carte con minima perdita di testo. Cartonato moderno. Nota manoscritta al margine inferiore del frontespizio e al margine superiore di pagina 49.8° (mm 179x118). IV, 73, [1] pages. Wanting pages 5-12. Woodcut frieze in the end. Spread spots and foxing. Title-page upper outer corner restored, missing some letters. First few leaves restored with no loss. Last three leaves upper margin restored with a few wanting letters. Contemporary cardboard. Handwritten note at title-page lower margin and page 49 upper margin.SI AGGIUNGE: Passeri Giovanni Battista. Della seccatura discorsi cinque. Dedicati a Nettuno (-Dedicati ai Tritoni). In Venezia: appresso Pietro Valvasense. 1753-1755. Un volume di due in-8° (mm 198x138). Manca il primo volume e le tavole calcografiche del secondo volume. Titolo stampato in rosso e in nero con piccola vignetta xilografica. Capilettera, frontalini e finalini xilografici. Esemplare in barbe. Lievi aloni marginali. Cartonato coevo con rinforzo al dorso. Tassello con titolo manoscritto al dorso. One volume of two, 8° (mm 198x138). Wanting the first volume and the engraved plates in the second one. Title printed in red and black with a small woodcut image. Woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces. Uncut. Light spots. Contemporary cardboard with reinforced spine. Lettering piece with handwritten title on the spine.SI AGGIUNGE: Guidotti Alberto. Metodo facile per formare qualunque sia sorta di vernici della Cina, e del Giappone praticato in Francia, ed in Inghilterra secondo gli sperimenti di accreditati professori...In Venezia: presso Pietro Qu. Gio. Gatti, 1791. In-12° (mm 164x95). Pagine 189, [3]. Mancano le pagine 71-72, 149-164, 179-182, l'ultima carta (bianca?) e le due carte di tavola ripiegate. Forti aloni e fioriture diffuse, uniformemente brunito. Cartonato coevo con rinforzo al dorso. Manca il piatto posteriore. Macchie e abrasioni al piatto anteriore, mancanze agli angoli. 12° (mm 164x95). 189, [3] pages. Wanting pages 71-72, 149-164, 179-182, the last one (blank?) and the two folding plates. Evident spots and foxing throughout, spread browning. Spots and abrasions at the upper cover, losses at the corners.
Lot 128
A 1966 CHINESE PICTORIAL MAGAZINE OF COMMUNIST PARTY OF CHINA. Eight centralcommittee II, Plenary meeting Gazette, with numerous images of Mao Zedong on various travelsthrough China and various others. Images in colour and mono, depicting the various villages,towns and people of China. Jiefangjun Huabao. Together with two first day of issue stamps,commemorating the centenary of Mao Zedong's birth, 1893-1993. Total face value 1.20 yuan, onoriginal envelope. A clipping from the China Daily, December 27th 1993, with an article on thestamps. A Chinese advertising pamphlet for Hatamen Cigarettes with various Chinese tables andgames. National Central China Book Year. And another book fold with calligraphy and a diagramshowing the (evo) of the Chinese for the last four millenniums. (5)
Lot 218
ANGELA WOULFE (TWENTIETH AND TWENTY FIRST CENTURY), 'Yellow House with Large Tree to Rear' oils on canvas, signed lower left and dated 2001. 21.5" (54cm) high x 15.5" (40cm) wide; together with another large canvas, by Jean Ryan, ' Lake Scene with Projecting Cliff' signed, inscribed 'HAKIZIMANA 2008' 20" (51cm) high x 31.5" (80cm) wide; and another modern Irish oil painting by P. Aylward, 'History Scene, with Town Beyond' oils on board. 12" (30cm) high x 15.5" (40cm) wide. (3)
Lot 224
RICHARD BARTER (BORN C.1824, DIED 1896), CATHERINE HAYES (BORN 1818, DIED 1861), A FINE CARVED WHITE MARBLE BUST, head and shoulders, wearing her hair in a bun, with bead necklace and cross pendant, and a floral spray in her left hand, her shoulders covered with a shawl, signed verso Rich. Barter SC 1863, on turned sockle, 27.5" (70cm) high x 19.5" (50cm). (1) Catherine Hayes was world famous Irish soprano born to humble Irish parents, at No. 4 Patrick's Street Limerick in 1838. Her local talents attracted the Church of Ireland Bishop of ENgland, Edmund Knox, and she started performing privately at the residences of the local protestant ascendancy. Through her connections, especially Bishop Knox's funds, were procured to enable Ms Hayes to study under Antonio Sapio from April 1839 to August 1842. She performed for the first time at the Rotunda Hospital May 3rd 1839, at Sapio's annual concert (now the Gate Theatre). She later sang at her native city Limerick, and frequently Dublin. She went to Paris in 1842, where she studied under Manuel Garcia. After a year he advised her to proceed to Italy. In Milan she became the pupil of Felice Ronconi. In June 1849 she sang before Queen Victoria at Buckingham Palace. The Queen requested an encore and she sang with a grin, the Irish rebellion song, 'Kathleen Mavourneen' After she appeared in concerts in Rome, London, Dublin, New York, Boston, Toronto, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Charleston, Savannah, New Orleans, and over forty other locations in the Americas. She met presidents , statesmen and business leaders along the way. he then gave concerts in the Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands), and Australia. She returned to England in 1856 after an absence of five years. In 1857 she married William Avery Bushnell, he soon fell into bad health, and died at Biarritz in France, July 2nd 1858, aged 35 years. She died in the house of a friend in Kent, 11th August 1861. Provenance: The Late Playwright and Novelist Mr Peter Walker Esq and by repute originally from Shakenhurst Hall, Bayton, Worcestershire.
Lot 376
TWO CASED SETS OF EURO PROOF COIN SETS FOR 2007 AND 2009, each from one cent to the two euro coin (9), each includes the two euro commemoration coin from Ireland to celebrate the fifty year anniversary of the Treaty of Rome and The 10th Anniversary of European Economic and Monetary Union , 2009 no. 4557 of 5000 and 2007 no. 869 of 10,000, each with certificate; together with three sets of the first official issue of the one euro coins, 2002, representing the twelve member states, (36) mint. (54)
Lot 644
VIOLET ELDER, (TWENTIETH AND TWENTY FIRST CENTURY IRISH). 'Tall Tree Above RoofTops.' Watercolour. Signed, lower left. 12.5" (32cm) high x 9.5" (24cm) wide. Together withanother watercolour by Nancy Pasley. 'Red Sky'. 12.5" (32cm) high x 9.5" (24cm) wide. AND,Patricia Hill. ‘Howth Lighthouse,1995.' Oils on board. 4.5" (12cm) high x 6.5" (16cm) wide. (3)
Lot 1
A Mini Cooper Coupe motorcar, registration NL13 TWC, 12,206 miles, first registered 28.03.2013, 1598cc, lightning blue, cloth and leather Ray Carbon black trim, Chili Pack, two keys and V5C, one former keeper, with V5 document, with original service booklet and dealership service history (up to 10 May 2016), MOT expired 9 May 2017, two sets of keys.
Lot 183
Three gem set brooches the first modelled as a spider in its web, the body set with a small round cut zircon and ruby, stamped 9ct to reverse; the second modelled as a swallow in 9ct gold, set with seed pearls; together with a bar brooch bearing the enamelled crest and motto of the Royal Army Medical Corps together with a collection of jewellery, to include an Art Nouveau brooch set with small opals, stamped 9Kt; an opal bead bar brooch, a long seed pearl and paste set neck chain; another with facetted pendant (7)
Lot 421
A William IV tureen and cover Henry Wilkinson & Co, Sheffield 1836, of oval outline, armorial to front, cast shell and foliate handles, the pull off cover of domed form with gadrooned border, cast pheasant and serpent finial, all raised on four boldly cast claw and foliate feet Width: 36cm, weight: 88oz approx The armorials are those of the family of Walker impaling Parker. These armorial bearings denote the marshalling of a marital coat showing on the dexter (the heraldic right on the left as you view the piece) the arms of the husband and on the sinister (the heraldic left on the right as you view it) the arms of the wife. These armorial bearings may be blazoned as follows: Arms: (on the dexter) Argent on a chevron gules between two anvils in chief and an anchor in base sable a bee of the first between two crescents or (for Walker) (on the sinister) Gules a chevron between three leopards’ faces or (for Parker) Crest: On a mount within a wreathed serpent dove statant all proper (as shown upon lid of the tureen below) These arms undoubtedly commemorate the marriage of Joseph Need Walker (born 30th September 1790 died 15th March 1865) and Catherine Parker (born 9th June 1880 baptised 3rd July 1800 died 7th December 1859). Joseph and Catherine were married on 9th November 1818 at the Parish Church of Christ Church, Tynemouth in the County of Northumberland. Joseph was the eldest son of Joseph Walker, of Eastwood House, near Rotherham in the County of Yorkshire and of Aston in the County of Derbyshire and his wife, Elizabeth Need; whilst Catherine was the daughter of Samuel Walker Parker, of Scott’s House, near Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the County of Northumberland. Given that one of Catherine’s father’s given names was ‘Walker’ it is presently not thought that there is any cousinship or other familial connection between the two families. The Walkers were a wealthy family of industrialists who founded iron and steel businesses in Rotherham during the early to mid-18th Century. During Great Britain’s conflict with France during the Napoleonic Wars, amongst the products the family’s iron and steel manufactories produced were cannon for the Royal Navy which undoubtedly profitably filled the coffers of their various enterprises. Many of these cannons were found aboard Nelson’s flagship HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Some years after their marriage Joseph and Catherine acquired as their marital home, Calderstone Hall (today known as Calderstones House), Childwall, near Allerton not far from Liverpool in the County of Lancashire in 1828. The Walker family retained Calderstone Hall and its surrounding estate until 1875. By the time, Joseph was resident there he was described as a lead shot manufacturer through which means he further consolidated his fortune. As a family, the Walkers prospered greatly through what we now know today as the first industrial revolution in the world. Another extant example of the impaled arms of Walker and Parker is depicted upon Joseph’s funeral hatchment which was erected in the Parish Church of All Saints, Childwall after his death in 1865
Lot 21
COIN SETS, CROWNS, STAMP COVERS & POST DECIMAL COINS - mixed lot to include 1973 Royal Wedding First Day Cover with silver medal, Day of Concorde 1976 coin cover, 1971 & 1972 Royal Mint coin sets, 1986 commemorative £2 coin, 2 x £2 coins (1986 & 1989), 6 x 50p (1 boxed), 13 x commemorative crowns 5 x Royal Mail stamp presentation packs, a 1980 stamp collectors pack, 2 x Concorde First Day Covers, 2 books of stamps (Dec 71' and Aug 72'), some loose stamps and a Golden Hinde half penny set.
Lot 5055
Vinyl Records - 12" L.P.s: The Beatles - Please Please Me (mono 3rd or 4th pressing, Black and Yellow Parlophone label with silver print, no "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1963" statement, without the small "33 1/3" print on the labels), A Hard Day's Night (mono, Garrod & Lofthouse sleeve) (2 copies), Beatles For Sale (mono), Help! (1971 U.S. Apple re-issue), Rubber Soul (mono, "loud" pressing, serif lettering on label, Garrod & Lofthouse sleeve), Rubber Soul (mono, 2nd pressing, E.J.Day sleeve)(2 copies), Rubber Soul (Unofficial 1991 Russian pressing), Revolver (mono,uncorrected Dr. Robert on sleeve & label, XEX 605-2/606-2 on runouts), Sgt.Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (mono, psychedelic sleeve liner, card insert), The Beatles (White Album) (mono, number 0274475, no EMI credit on record 1, EMI credit on record 2, black liners, poster & photos), Abbey Road (1st pressing, no mention of Her Majesty and misaligned Apple on sleeve (2 copies), Let It Be (boxed with book), Let It Be (Factory sample sticker on label, red apple on sleeve), Let It Be (Canadian Apple re-issue), Let It Be ( Imported U.S.counterfeit pressing), Magical Mystery Tour (U.K. Parlophone issue), Magical Mystery Tour (U.S.Apple issue, Winchester pressing), The Beatles at The Beeb (3 L.P.box set, US London Wavelength Label), The Real Case Has Just Begun (Swiss Issue), Hey Jude (UK Apple export issue, repress), The Very Best of The Beatles Rarest Number Six (bootleg, allegedly the original George Martin produced Let It Be), The Get Back Sessions (bootleg), Live in Anytown (bootleg), Outtakes With The Beatles (2010 Austrian unofficial release that imitates the label of the Australian mono release of With The Beatles), ¡ Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Paul, John, George y Ringo! (Unofficial Austrian blue vinyl release of the Peruvian version of A Hard Day's Night); Various - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Motion picture soundtrack). (29)
Lot 5069
Vinyl Records - 12" L.P.s: Laura Nyro - Eli and the Thirteenth Confession (label variation), New York Tendaberry, Nested, The First Songs, Season of Lights (demo copy sleeve), Christmas & the Beads of Sweat, Gonna Take a Miracle (with Labelle)(US pressing); Helen Reddy - I Don't Know How To Love Him, I Am Woman, Free & Easy, Take What You Find (US import), The Best of, Ear Candy, Long Hard Climb (German pressing), Love Song for Jeffrey (German pressing); Bonnie Rait - Sweet Forgiveness; Carole King - Wrap Around Joy. (18)
Lot 5072
Vinyl Records - 12" L.P.s: Jefferson Airplane - The Worst of Jefferson Airplane (US pressing), Takes Off, Volunteers, Bless its Pointed Little Head, Long John Silver (US import), Thirty Seconds over Winterland, Early Flight, Flight Log, Bark (US pressing); Hot Tuna - America's Choice, First Pull Up, Then Pull Down; Grace Slick- Dreams, Manhole (US pressing); The Great Society with Grace Slick - Conspicuous only in its Absence; Paul Kantner, Grace Slick & David Freiberg - Baron von Tollbooth and the Chrome Nun (US pressing); Jefferson Starship - Red Octopus; Paul Kantner, Grace Slick - Sunfighter (US pressing) (17)
Lot 1
A 1958 Ariel Huntmaster 650 Twin motorcycle, first registered 23rd May 1958, registration ESL 681, chassis number CAPR10758,MOT for year July 2005, states mileage as 39,901 and its present mileage on odometer reads 40,050, appears to be in good conditionPurchased by present owner in September 2006. Complete with a red V5 document plus some MOT certificates and other history, a photocopy workshop manual for Ariel twins 1948-1958, and a photocopy spare parts catalogue.A reduced Buyer's Premium of 15% + VAT will be charged on this lot.(Please be aware, if purchasing via the web, that an incorrect total will appear in the final calculation, but this will be modified at the point of invoice).
Lot 132
An assortment of Second World War press cuttings and transcriptions, pertaining to Captain Francis Kinglake Hoyer-Millar and his campaigns in North Africa, Italy and at Arnhem Bridge.Also included is the First World War medal group named to Capt. R C H Millar, the father of Francis Kinglake Hoyer-Millar.
Lot 191
1- Westman, H O: The Spoon: with upwards of one hundred illustrations, primitive, Egyptian, Roman, Medieval, and modern. L, Wiley & Putnam, 1845, first edition. With 8 engraved plated; 288pp. Later full leather; very good; 2- Sheffield Cutlers’ Company’s Industrial Exhibition, July, 1885. 177pp including many adverts; original full leather binding; rubbed; 3- White, W: General Directory of Sheffield. Sheffield, 1845. Original full leather; covers detached; lacking the map; 4- White, W: Gazetteer and General Directory of Sheffield. Sheffield, 1852. Original full leather, rubbed and block split in two; lacking the mapProvenance: The Bill Brown Collection of Antique Cutlery.
Lot 2
A 1959 AJS 350 Single motorcycle,first registered 3rd March 1959, registration 164 JHA, chassis number A64317, overall appears to be in fair to good original condition Has a blue V5 document stating present owner acquired the motorcycle on 8th July 2008,also has an original AJS Service and Overhaul Manual by F Neill and an MOT test certificate for 1977.A reduced Buyer's Premium of 15% + VAT will be charged on this lot.(Please be aware, if purchasing via the web, that an incorrect total will appear in the final calculation, but this will be modified at the point of invoice).
Lot 247
ALPINI, Prospero: Prosperi Alpini de Medicina Aegyptiorum, libri quatuor. Venetiis, Apud Franciscum de Fransiscis Senensem, 1591, First edition. PP: Title, (xxii)including Errata, 150 Leaves, (xxv)Leaves of Index, (i)blank leaf, torn with loss. With six woodcut illustrations in the text (3 full page).; Bound with: ALPINI, Prospero: De plantis Aegypti liber. Venetiis, Apud Franciscum de Fransiscis Senensem, 1592, First edition of the first part, the second part (De Balsamo) was first published in 1591. Two parts in one volume with two title pages, both dated 1592 and with continuous pagination. The two parts contain 50 woodcut illustrations (38 full page). PP: title, (iv), 1-40, 37-80 Leaves, including the second title page; (mis-pagination, but complete); i.e. 84 leaves, Plus (viii)leaves of Index, (i)leaf, blank. A little later full soft vellum; slightly discoloured; ink note to front blank endpaper; two stamps to title (almost rubbed out); some ink underlining; pale damp staining. ((DE MEDICINA AEGYPTIORUM is said to contain the first account of the coffee plant published in Europe)).
Lot 250
Pankhurst, E. Sylvia: The Suffragette Movement: An Intimate Account of Persons and Ideals With Illustrations. Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1931, first edition. The front endpaper Inscribed: 'With memories of our long struggle together and best wishes for future happiness and a hope that it still seems worth while to you' SIGNED, Sylvia Pankhurst. Original cloth, rubbed and inner hinges cracked; one page with a tear to the corner (away from the text).
Lot 251
J. Martin Leake(?): 1792-1794 A Hand written Latin/Italian and English manuscript: C55 pages, writing with a neat hand to recto only. First part c20 pages in Latin/Italian and the rest in English, including one titled: The Mathematical Doctrine of the Rain-Bow. Folio, full vellum, with front blank page inscribed: J. Martin Leake and dated 1792, 1793, 1794. ((John Martin Leake?? (1739 - 1836) was one of the younger Pitt's' new administrators' and an important Treasury official; his wife, Mary Calvert, inherited several farms around Bishops Stortford from her Calvert and Tooke relations. They lived mainly at Old Windsor, but on the death of her elder brother, Stephen, John inherited the family property and bought out the shares of his brothers and sisters in Marshalls)).
Lot 255
Cary's New and Correct English Atlas: Being a new set of County Maps from actual surveys. Exhibiting all the Direct & Principal Cross Roads, Cities, Towns and most considerable Villages, Parks, Rivers, Navigable Canals &c. L, J. Cary, 1793, second edition. With 2 General Maps (Hand coloured) Plus 46 county Maps (partially hand coloured in outline); 48 Maps in all, as called for. 4to., Later half leather over marbled boards and a slipcase. The first general map repaired and the second little trimmed. Plus: A facsimile edition of Speed’s 1614 edition of: Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine.. Privately printed, no date. Bound by Peter Woodhead, Hertford. Folio, full leather gilt, with slipcase; very good. (2)
Lot 256
BIBLIORUM (Latin), in 5 Parts; Henrici Middletoni, 1581; Together with: IESU CHRISTI D N NOVVM TESTAMENTUM, Theodor Beza Interprete. Thomas Vautrollerius, 1581. Lacking the title page to the first part, the other five title pages present. PP: Part 1- g3-g6; 1-212; Part 2- 1-287, (i)blank; Part 3- 1-247, (i)blank; Part 4- 1-380 (some mis-pagination, and lacking pp: 273-288); ; Part 5- Libri Apocryphi ..1-182, (ii)blank; Part 6- NOVVM TESTAMENTUM (xviii), 3-334 (some mis-pagination, and lacking the last page? Near contemporary full leather over wood boards; covers worn, loose and with worm damage. A small hole in part 3, affecting a few letters in pages 47-51; title to part 4 with torn corner and loss (away from text); a few scattered small worm hole. Sold A/F, not subject to return.
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