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BOER WAR; a fascinating & important record of the First Battalion, Rifle Brigade in South Africa; including large parade ground & officers group - prior to embarkation (Parkhurst, Oct. 1899); in action at Colenso, Spion Kop, Battle of St. Pieters, advance on Ladysmith; with Boer prisoners, hospital ship interior; also a group photo. of De Wet with Generals Hamilton & Olivier prior to the peace negotiations of 1902; approx. 154 images, various sizes (some large); see also lots 1304, 1314. 1321 & 1323. Illustrated
WALLER (H.) editor. The Last Journals of David Livingstone in Central Africa, from 1865 to his death . . . First Edition, 2 vols. frontis., 17 engraved plates, 2 lithographed facsimilies (1 d-page), 2 folded & coloured maps, text illus.; earlier 20th cent. green half morocco & cloth, gilt-decorated panelled spines, marbled e/ps. & gilt tops (by Lewis & Harris, Bath). 1874
BROUGHTON (U.H.R.) The Dress of the First Regiment of the Life Guards . . . Limited Edition. 40 coloured & 40 monochrome mounted plates; gilt-lettered morocco with gilt top, d/wrapper, contained in its original box (af.), roy. 4to. 1925. * limitation of 300 numbered copies; sold with Moore's Sailing Ships of War, 1800-1860 . . . coloured plates, 1926.
POTTER (B.) The Tailor of Gloucester. First Edition (2nd issue). coloured illus., white-lettered dark green boards with the triangular illus. (within ruled mount), coloured e/ps. Frederick Warne and Co., 1903; sold with 3 other First Editions in this series - Benjamin Bunny, Flopsy Bunnies, Mrs. Tittlemouse (see internet catalogue details).
SHACKLETON (E.H.) The Heart of the Antarctic: being the story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909 . . . First Edition, 2 vols. complete with the photogravure frontispieces, 12 coloured plates (with captioned guards), num. photo. plates, folded maps & folded panorama & text illus., with 3 folded maps & 2 folded panoramas (on 1 sheet) in end pocket, half titles & errata slip (vol. ii); original silver-gilt pictorial cloth, newly rebacked, roy. 8vo. 1909.
PAIN (Wm.) The Practical Builder, or Workman's General Assistant . . . Rules of Carpentry . . . First Edition. 83 copper-engraved plates & the 5 letterpress plate description leaves, Taylor's advert. leaf at end; contemp. blind-panelled reversed calf, 4to. 1774. * 1793 Stranraer ownership inscription at front.
MALCOLM (J.P.) Londinium Redivivum; or, an Antient History and Modern Description of London . . . First Edition, 4 vols. 46 engraved plates; early 20th cent. half calf & cloth, gilt spine, 4to. 1802-07. * EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with addition of some 380 plates, num. folded & a few hand-coloured (see internet details); also Stockdale's large-scale 'A New Map of the Country Round London' (1796), hand-coloured & folded.Add 255
AUDUBON (J.J.) The Birds of America, from drawings made in the United States and their territories. First American Edition, vols. ii & iii only (ex 7). 140 hand-coloured & tissue guarded lithographed plates, a few text engravings; later 19th cent. elaborate gilt red morocco, panelled spines, inner dentelles, g.e. roy. 8vo. New York: J.J. Audubon; Philadelphia: J.B. Chevalier, 1841. * following the original elephant folio (4 vols. London, 1827-38) & its text (reproduced here) the 5 vol. 'Ornithological Biography' (Edinburgh, 1831-39), this (royal octavo) edition was published 1840-44. Described are warblers, thrushes, wagtails, larks & finches; the 'to kill a mocking bird' plate is no. 141 (vol iii). Illustrated
[BRONTE, C] Shirley. A Tale. By Currer Bell . . . First Edition, 3 vols. advert. leaves (vols. 1 & 3), mid 20th cent. turquoise half morocco & marbled cloth, gilt-lettered & panelled spines, marbled e/ps. & gilt tops (by Zaehnesdorf). 1849. * the original spine & one cover bound-in at end of each volume.
Harold Riley (British, b.1934) - 'Gillian Marks'Portrait in oil and watercolour, signed and dated (19)74, approx. 39x33cm, framed.Provenance: Note from a previous vendor 'My wife and I knew Harold Riley for many years his first wife Hannalore, and daughter Kate when they lived in a flat in Salford. This portrait was a commission but not accepted by the subjects family and was donated by Harold as a prize to an autistic society function, who were told by Harold at the time that the subject was Gillian Marks'.
Early 18th Century coloured engravings after Harris's History of Kent - "The Isle of Thanet in Kent", and "Mappa Thaneti Insule", 14ins x 18ins and 15.5ins x 13.5ins, framed and glazed Note: The first edition to this work was published in 1719 and both prints are taken from volume one of that work.
A Minai pottery jug of squat bi-conical form with vertical strap handle, the body moulded with bosses and medallions in low relief, painted in polychrome Minai colours and gilding with horizontal blue chevron stripes, 6ins diameter x 5ins high (first half of the 13th Century - extensively broken and repaired) Provenance : The Collection of Sir Eldred Hitchcock, sold Sotheby's March 8th 1960, Lot 116
A Roman pottery Unquentarium, 8.25ins high, a small pottery vase with red and black horizontal coloured banding, 6.25ins high, and two other early pottery vessels, various Note : The first two items have inscriptions to base reading "Dug Up by J. Bliss. Asia Minor 1890". Frederick James Bliss (1859-1937) trained as an Archeologist under Flinders Petrie before becoming involved with the Palestine Exploration Fund
A group of four Victoria and George V First World War medals to Pte. D.E.Meek, East Surrey Rifles comprising Queens South Africa Medal with four bars "South Africa 1901", "Laings Nek", "Transvaal" and "Orange Free State" , George V 1914 Star with bar "5th Aug. - 22nd Nov. 1914", 1914-1918 War Medal and Victory Medal
A group of three George V First World War medals to "8028 Pte. E. Bowerman, Leinster Rifles", comprising - 1914-15 Star, 1914-18 War Medal and Victory Medal, and an Elizabeth II Imperial Service Medal to "Edward Alexander Bowerman", and a pair of George V First World War medals to "L-40357 Bmbr. W.H. Gray, Royal Artillery", comprising - 1914-18 War Medal and Victory Medal, two silver medallions presented by The Worshipful Company of Carpenters to W.E. Gray 1919-20 and 1920-21, each 55mm diameter
A group of three George V First World War medals to "179265 Acting Chief Petty Officer F. Wicks, Royal Navy, later Lieutenant Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve", and an Edward VII Royal Navy Long Service and Good Conduct Medal to "Frederick Wicks, Petty Officer, H.M.S. Blenheim", in stained wood box, and photocopy of his service record
A group of four George V First World War medals to "J. 11393 Able Seaman W.C. Hills, Royal Navy", comprising - 1914-15 Star, 1914-1918 War Medal, Victory Medal and Royal Fleet Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, a pair of George V First World War medals to "32327 Pte. E.F. Shattock, Hampshire Regiment", comprising - 1914-18 War Medal, Victory Medal and a Victoria Volunteer Long Service Medal to "2626 Pte. E. Shattock, 1st Volunteer Brigade, Gloucester Regiment", and one other ditto to "J75591 A. Manning, Royal Navy", comprising - 1914-18 War Medal and Victory Medal, and Edward VII Volunteer Long Service Medal to "3727 L. Sgt. C. Manning, 1st Volunteer Brigade, Royal West Kent Regiment"

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