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Click here to subscribeSS Pismono (19th century) Cardinal Giacoma Antonelli, head and shoulders, oil on canvas, together with a further Continental oil on panel depicting the Madonna and child, 36cm by 30cm & 36cm by 28cm (2) The first painting reputedly depicts the aforementioned, who was the last secretary of state of the Temporal Church and died in 1876. An old label on the reverse also refers to the sitter as Foreign Minister to H.H Pope Pius IX
Quran : A vellum leaf from the Holy Quran with the Arabic text highlighted within decorative gold coloured margins. Mounted, framed & glazed. CONDITION REPORT: Slight loss to page at the top r/h corner o/w vg.Please note: the image of this item was first displayed upside down, this has now been corrected.
The Cottager in Town and Country. A bound set of this monthly publication starting with No.1, Jan. 1861 up to No.120, Dec. 1870. Small folio, qtr binding, marbled boards. Engraved plates and vignettes. Uncommon. CONDITION REPORT: Short split in upper hinge at foot, some wear and marking but basically sound. First title page torn o/w generally clean, tight and bright.
'A Perspective View of Covent Garden, 1751',inscribed in pencil,hand coloured engraving,22 x 35 cm to mount, together with an aquatint after Gaymard and three portraits prints after Holbein (5) CONDITION REPORT: First with discolouration and rippling. Second with discolouration and foxing. Other three with some even discolouration.
Paul Jesson signed cover. 1997 Benham Six Wives of Henry VIII first day cover with the six stamps and Hampton Wick postmark. Signed by Paul Jesson who played Henry VIII with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Good condition. All items come with a Certificate of Authenticity and can be shipped worldwide.
Nadia Comaneci autographed photo. Stunning black and white 8x10 photo autographed by Nadia Comaneci, the famous Romanian gymnast who won three gold medals at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal and 2 gold medals at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow. She is widely considered one of the best gymnasts of all time, a Laureaus Athlete of the Century and the first gymnast to score a perfect 10. Bold silver autograph. Good condition. All items come with a Certificate of Authenticity and can be shipped worldwide.
1972 RAF First Series signed Mackenzie. 1972 RAF SC40e RAF Hendon Commemorating the Opening of the Royal Air Force Museum. Rare variety with the Tunisian stamps and signed by the Ambassador to Tunisia. Numbered 61 of just 150. Good condition. All items come with a Certificate of Authenticity and can be shipped worldwide.
A Staffordshire porcelain jug, circa 1830, painted with flower sprays within blue and gilt line borders, 24cm high; a Coalport teapot and cover; and a pair of Helena Wolfsohn gold ground chocolate cups, covers and a trembleuse stand Teapot - spout with old damages to tip, now with white metal collar repair. Otherwise slight rubbing to gilding and minor firing faults. Jug - slight staining. Minor rubbing to gilt. Overall light crazing. Pair of cups, etc - First cover broken, stapled, glued and with section lacking. Second cover lacking finial. Both cups good overall. Saucer good overall.
Two triple calendar with moon phase pocket watches, the first, lever movement, dial with three subsidiary dials for month/date and day, seconds dial combined with a moon phase aperture, case stamped 0.800, 50mm wide, the second, cylinder movement, enamel dial with three subsidiary dials for month/date and day, seconds dial combined with a moon phase aperture, gun metal case, 52mm wide 06.12.16, The first, the 800 stamped case with surface scratches and dents, dial is damaged with cracks throughout and parts have been re-touched, calendar adjustment pushers are working, movement in going order, the second, the gun metal case is discoloured and with some rusting marks, dial with minor hairline cracks positioned in the seconds dial, later minute hand, calendar pushers are working, movement is fully wound and not working.
Thornton (Dr. Robert John) New Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus von Linnaeus…and The Temple of Flora... 1807, London, T. Bensley [Volume I only], large folio (570 x 430mm) with numerous finely engraved plates (one with colour by hand, loosely inserted), including the full-length mezzotint of Linnaeus in his Lapland dress and 24 plates of botanists, tables/charts, Cupid etc. Later red cloth binding, worn, scuffed and frayed at edges, preserving calligraphic dedication to Linnaeus and Apology to rear. Mostly marginal foxing and soiling throughout. [together with:] Twenty-Five Photographs (Printed in Platinotype) by G. Watmough Webster, F.C.S., of the Life-History Groups of Birds in the Grosvenor Museum, Chester, mounted and prepared by The Curator, R. Newstead, F.E.S., [1894], Chester, large folio, signed and dated December 1894 in pen by Newstead to first text leaf; 25 photographs, each signed to the mount in pencil by the photographer Webster, interleaved with explanatory text. Scattered soiling and foxing, affecting margins only of plates, full green morocco, gilt lettering and ornithological decoration, scuffed and rubbed, paint splashes, edges frayed and spine detached at upper joint, marbled e.p.s, a.e.g. Five prints loosely inserted at rear; a rare book. Lot sold not subject to return and w.a.f. (2)
Stevenson (Robert Louis) A COLLECTION 19th and 20th century editions, Chatto & Windus, Cassell, Heinemann and others, almost all 8vos or 12mos, mostly original cloth bindings. First Editions include: The Merry Men, 1887, publisher's blue cloth gilt; The Ebb-Tide, 1894, London, Heinemann, 1894, 20pp. adverts at end dated August 1894, original pictorial dull gold cloth; Catriona. A Sequel to ''Kidnapped''... 1893, Cassell, blue cloth; The Wrecker, 1892, Cassell; The Master of Ballantrae, 1889, Cassell, pictorial red cloth; several others. Other titles include Treasure Island, 1886, Cassell, Fifteenth Thousand; Kidnapped, 1895, Cassell, Forty-third Thousand; Underwoods, 1887, Chatto & Windus, fine morocco gilt binding; Heron (James, Illustrator) Edinburgh, 1919, Seeley Service & Co, d.j. [Also:] A Stevenson Medley, 1899, C&W, edition limited to 300 copies, initialled in ink to limitation leaf, 68pp. and twelve facsimile letters, verses, booklets etc. tipped in at rear, blue cloth gilt; Prayers Written at Vailima, 1910, thin 4to first edition, facsimile manuscript illuminated by Alberto Sangorski; Stubbs (Laura) Stevenson's Shrine: The Record of a Pilgrimage, 1903, A. Moring, pictorial green cloth; a commemorative extra number of The Bookman, 1913, 4to, illustrations, inset photoplate to cover; Balmpied (E., Illustrator) Travels with a Donkey, 1931; A Lowden Sabbath Morn with illustrations by A.S. Boyd; a memorial pamphlet of collected poems, [1895], C&H, limp green calf gilt; The Prideaux Biliography 1918; Pitman's Shorthand Edition of Jekyll and Hyde, 12mo pamphlet. Varying degrees of ware to bindings and spines, some weak hinges, scattered browning and foxing to some titles; for the most part fair reading copies. Viewing highly recommended (54)
GARDEN DESIGN Gothein (Marie Luise) A History of Garden Art, Edited by Walter P. Wright, two vols., 1928, London and New York, first English edition, 4to, over 600 black and white illustrations, original gilt-decorated blue cloth and dust jackets (a little soiled and tatty), some browning inside but a sound copy. [Together with:] Bolton (Arthur T.) The Gardens of Italy, 1919, London, Country Life, lavishly-illustrated folio in later three-quarter morocco and marbled boards; Elgood (George S., Illustrator) Italian Gardens, 1907, London, Longmans, folio, colour plates and descriptions, minor soiling, later three-quarter green morocco; Mawson (Thomas H.) The Art & Craft of Garden Making, [c.1915], London, B.T. Batsford, folio, fourth edition, colour frontis., pictorial e.p.s., illustrations, plain brown cloth [&] The Life & Work of an English Landscape Architect (Autobiography), [c.1920], London, The Richards Press, large 8vo, plain blue cloth; Lazzaro (Claudia) The Italian Renaissance Garden, 1990, Yale University Press, 4to, d.j., plain slipcase and Cosgrove (Dennis) The Palladian Landscape, 1993, 8vo, d.j. (7)
Russian School (20th Century) Portrait of an English Officer of the First World War, in uniform, holding a cigarette signed lower right in Cyrillic "A Monaby 1917" oil on canvas board, unframed 88 x 56cm (34 x 22in) The sitter was probably serving with the White Russian Army on the Russian front. Unframed. Scattered paint loss and slightly yellowed varnish.
An early 20th century Huntley & Palmer Biscuit Tin, modelled as a sentry box, each face depicting a soldier from England, Russia, France and Germany 17½cm (7in) This tin was first designed in 1909 and featured a German soldier. In 1913 it was re-designed with a Belgian soldier in his place, as diplomatic relations with Germany were becoming strained. As a consequence of this, many of the earlier tins were defaced. Extremely rare in this condition. In fairly good condition - some corrosion to the joints but the printed panels are 95% intact.
Frank Wootton (1911-1998), 'The first for The Few', lithograph, signed in pencil by Frank Wootton, Geoffrey Quill, Alan Clifton, Arthur Rubbra and Stanley Hooker, No. 411/850, together with Gerald Coulson, 'Night of the Hunter', lithograph, signed by the artist, Lady Aitken and Viscount Rothermere, No. 57/850, and 'In the Sunlit Silence', lithograph 45 x 62cm (18 x 24in)
Leonard Harry Wells (British, b.1903, exh. 1922-1931) Portrait of Wing Commander (later Air Vice-Marshal) James Edgar "Johnnie" Johnson, CB, CBE, DSO and 2 Bars, DFC and Bar signed upper left hand corner "L H Wells / Lubeck '45" oil on canvas 49 x 59cm (19 x 23in) Provenance: By descent within the family of the sitter Other Notes: James (Johnnie) Johnson was the RAF Fighter Command's most successful pilot and one of the most highly-decorated in the Second World War. He shot down no fewer than 34 enemy planes as well as numerous other shared, probables or damaged. He was awarded a DSO with two subsequent Bars and a DFC with a later Bar. Curiously, the RAF was nearly deprived of his remarkable services for various reasons. Both his applications to join the Auxiliary Air Force were rejected. These were partly on medical grounds, but also on the basis of a modest background - his father was a policeman in Melton Mowbray but had progressed to the rank of Inspector and Johnnie himself had been to Loughborough Grammar School. There was a popular misconception that fighter pilots were devil-may-care upper crust playboys but, in fact, of the 3000 or so pilots who took part in the Battle of Britain, only some 200 had been to Pubic School. A third hurdle was encountered by Johnson when, in training at Hawarden in North Wales following acceptance into the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, he crash-landed two Spitfires within four days, on both occasions the result of errors on his own part. He feared rejection but, mercifully for the RAF and the country, these transgressions and the earlier prejudices were overlooked and he qualified. This was in August 1940 when the Battle of Britain was approaching its peak and the RAF realised that with production of Spitfires having been dramatically increased they could afford loss of aircraft much more easily than loss of pilots. Johnson was still being plagued by an improperly-set broken collarbone from his rugby playing days and opted for an operation prior to taking up position in a squadron. He thus did not join 616 Squadron until December 1940, by which time the Battle of Britain was over, although he had very briefly been posted to 19 Squadron where one of his fellow pilots was Douglas Bader. Due to 616 Squadron's role within Fighter Command all of Johnson's successes were German fighters. In a MkIA Spitfire he is credited with downing a Messerschmitt Me109 and a second one in a MkIIA Spitfire. He then moved on to a Spitfire MkVb in which he shot down a further five Me109s together with, perhaps somewhat improbably, two Focke-Wolf Fw190s. This was an extremely formidable German fighter introduced in 1942 and considered by some pilots and RAF High Command to be so superior to the MkV Spitfire that the days of the Spitfire marque may be numbered. It was therefore all the more impressive that Johnson should somewhat disprove that by shooting two of them down. He did, however, nearly come to grief at the hands of a Fw190 in August 1942 when, providing support for the disastrous Dieppe Raid, having shot down one Fw190 and had a third share in another, he was chased by another and had to take drastic and extremely dangerous evasive action to avoid being shot down himself. Mercifully, the MkIX Spitfire arrived with the RAF just in time. It was a match for the Fw190 and for Johnson and for many of his fellow pilots it was the favourite marque of all the Spitfires they flew. Johnson principally flew two of the MkIXs, registrations EN398 and MK392. Surprisingly, in these and other MkIXs, he shot down more Fw190s, eighteen, than the competent but less-lethal Me109, seven. By 1945 Johnson had moved on to MkXIV Spitfires. He, like many of his contemporaries, felt that the Griffon-engined aeroplane was a fine machine but that, without the iconic Merlin engine, the MkXIV was not a "proper" Spitfire. One of the MKXIVs he flew, registered MV268, still exists and flies registered now as MV293, based at Duxford, Cambridgeshire. He did not add to his scoring tally in a MkXIV. Sally, Johnson's black labrador, was with Johnnie Johnson on operations in mainland Northern Europe from just after D-Day untll the end of the War. She did not fly, nor fly with him in his Spitfire - it might have been a little cramped in the cockpit and he needed to swivel his head around to keep a sharp lookout for the "Hun in the Sun" ! “I found the engineer officer and together we had a look at her, gleaming and bright in a new spring coat of camouflage paint. Later I took her up for a few aerobatics to get the feel of her, for this was the first time I had flown a Mk IX. She seemed very fast, the engine was sweet and she responded to the controls as only a thoroughbred can. I decided that she should be mine, and I never had occasion to regret that choice.” Wing Commander James Edgar “Johnnie” Johnson talking about his first encounter with EN398 Condition appears fine - under glass.
A First National coinage of Barbados proof set, $5 to 1 cent, together with a first coinage of British Virgin Islands proof set $1 to one cent, British Virgin Islands silver jubilee proof set £1 to 1 cent, a 1967 Tonga proof set seven coin set, a Turks & Caicos Islands 1980 20 crown piedfort, a 1969 New Zealand Cook coin set, a Commonwealth of the Bahamas proof set $5 to 1 cent, a Commonwealth of the Bahamas proof set 1974 $5 to 1 cent, a Trinidad and Tobago 1975 proof eight coin set and various similar proof coins
Nicholas Trudgian (b. 1959), 'Summer of '44', lithograph, signed, No. 48/450, together with 'American Fighter Aces, Series 3', lithograph, signed by J.D. Collinsworth, Keith Woodcock, 'Time Flies', lithograph, signed by Rick Groombridge, Stan Baldock, 'The First and Last', lithograph and a framed photograph of the Nimrod A.E.W. Trials by British Aerospace and Marconi Avionics 43 x 60cm (17 x 23in)
A coinage of 1975 Belize silver proof set, $10 to 1 cent, together with coinage of Belize $10 to one cent, first coinage of Papua New Guinea K10 to 1t, a Sierra Leone first national currency 1964 one leone to a half cent, two Malawi first coinage 1964 half crown to 6d, a Sierra Leone 1964-74 one 2 leone, Rep D' Haiti proof set 1963 coins 25 gourdes 10G and a Papua New Guinea 10 Kina coin
A collectors' lot of mixed antiquarian and collectible books to include a 1936 German propaganda book 'Adolf Hitler Bilder Aus Dem Leben Des Fuhrers', with gilt tooled cloth boards containing publicity shots of Hitler, German armaments and German high command, 'Histoires Choisies, Ou Livere D'Exemples', full leather bound with interior marbled boards, c1747 first edition, Willis Fletcher Johnson 'History of the Johnstown Flood', published by J W Keeler & Co 1889, cloth bound containing plates showing the devastation of the Johnstown flood, Joseph G Horner 'The Sheet Metal Worker's Instructor', published by Crosby, Lockwood & Son 1896, containing various diagrams and geometrical problems, cloth bound, Anthony Hope 'The Prisoner of Zenda' c1894, first edition and gilt tooled cloth bound and 'The Life of Benvenuto Cellini; A Florentine Artist' English translation c1771, this being volume two, leather bound (6).
[ANTIQUES] Stevenson, John & Guy, John. Vietnamese Ceramics: A Separate Tadition, first edition, Art Media Resources, Chicago, 1997, cloth, dustjacket, illustrations, large quarto; Beurdeley, Michel & Cecile. Chinese Ceramics, first British edition, Thames & Hudson, London, 1974, cloth, dustjacket, illustrations, large quarto; and assorted other works, (13 volumes).
[ART]. WOOD ENGRAVING Empson, Patience, editor. The Wood Engravings of Robert Gibbings, first edition, Dent, London, 1959, black cloth, illustrations throughout, quarto; Lawrence, D.H. The Man who Died, Heinemann, London, 1935, quarter cloth, illustrations by John Farleigh, quarto; and two other works, (4).
[ANTIQUES & WINE] Hackenbroch, Yvonne. English and other Needlework, Tapestries and Textiles in the Irwin Untermyer Collection, first edition, Thames & Hudson, London, 1960, quarter blue buckram, plate illustrations, quarto; Penning-Rowsell, Edmund. The Wines of Bordeaux, first edition, International Wine and Food Society, London, 1969, boards, dustjacket, octavo; and assorted other works, including auction catalogues, (31 volumes, box).
[CLASSIC LITERATURE]. J.R.R. TOLKIEN Tolkien, J.R.R. The Silmarillion, first edition, George Allen & Unwin, London, 1977, navy cloth, dustjacket, octavo; Tolkien, J.R.R. Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth, reprint, George Allen & Unwin, London, 1980, maroon cloth, dustjacket, octavo; Carpenter, Humphrey, editor. Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, first edition, George Allen & Unwin, London, 1981, boards, dustjacket, octavo; together with assorted other works by or on the same; and two calendars, (12).
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