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Click here to subscribeWWI 1915 Pembroke Docks Imperial Service Medal & Certificate. A good first pattern star shaped example, engraved to the reverse “George J Saunders” Contained in original leather and velvet lined case ... The medal is accompanied by the original certificate dated 6th August 1915, awarded the medal to Mr George John Saunders an Officer of Pembroke Dockyard.
WW1 Machine Gun Corps / Army Service Corps Family Medal Groups. Comprising: British War Medal, Victory Medal, “35819 Pte W Coggles MGC”, Defence Medal. GC Medal loose ... The second group awarded to “T4-041359 Dvr F,C. Coggles”. Comprising: 1914/15 Star, British War Medal (Official correction to first initial), Victory Medal. GC Medals loose. Pte W Coggles is confirmed as being issued the BWM & VM only for services during the Great War. Driver Frederick C Coggles landed in France on the 25th September 1915
WW1 1918 Original Photographs Following the Zeebrugge Raid. An interesting selection of photographs, showing the damage following the raid, including scuttled ships, damage to the harbour, buildings, British POW’s being escorted by German infantry. Also photographs of German senior Officers, Submarine, Airship etc. Overall GC various sizes ... Also included a small number of photographs of a Royal Artillery Gunner. (35 of Zeebrugge interest. 47 items in total) Overall GC some fading. These images were taken by a local photographer who then sold them to first the occupying Germans and then after the Armistice British troops.
Battles of Morales & Busaco Hand Coloured Aquatints Prints. The first print the Battle of Morales June 1813 depicts Light Cavalry engaging the enemy who are about to turn and flee ... The second The Battle of Busaco September 1810 depicts British Infantry advancing and firing, while shape shooters of the Green Jackets harass the enemy. Both prints mounted into card. Overall size 14 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches.
First Surrey Rifles Victorian Officer’s regimental pattern helmet circa 1860. An extremely fine and rare example unique to this unit. One piece black fur felt skull with pronounced front and rear peaks surmounted by a slender gilt cruciform with supports the large fluted gilt spike. To the front a gilt crowned wreath, half laurel half palm, surrounding a circlet inscribed “First Surrey Rifles”. To the centre, a silver strung bugle with “1” between the cords. Across the top of the peak, attacked to the gilt lion’s head bosses which support the velvet backed chinchain, a narrow band of gilt metal. To each side, equidistant to the cruciform base and lion’s head, a small gilt rose. To the reverse, a slightly bigger rose with hook to support the chinchain in the upright position. Lightly quilted crimson silk adjustable wide sweatband. A few stitching faults to chinchain otherwise generally VGC. Formed as South London RVC 14th June, 1859 at Camberwell. From February, 1860 shown as 1st Surrey RVC. It would appear this was Surrey’s answer to the leather head-dress by 32nd Middlesex RVC known as “Six-foot Volunteer Guards”. Provenance. It is believed this was firstly in the late E.J Absolon`s Collection, and then in the late Bill Dear`s Collection.
Glider Pilot Regiment Pilot’s Battledress Blouse, Log Book etc, An Arnhem POW. This is a rare grouping of items attributed to 1442239 Sergeant Lawrence Richard Thomas who successfully landed his glider at Arnhem and was then taken prisoner. Comprising: 1940 pattern Battledress blouse retaining the following original insignia Flat 1st Pilot wings, medal ribbons of the 1939/45 Star, France & Germany Star, Defence Medal. To each arm “Glider Pilot Regiment” printed shoulder title, printed Pegasus badge, Sergeant’s chevrons. To each shoulder strap is a maroon cloth bar. Issue label dated 1945 ... Pilot’s Log Book. One of the first pages to this log is written “Previous Log Book left at Fairford G Squadron GPR being a POW after Arnhem September 1944” Signed and dated 29.11.45. The log records flights from December 1945 to December 1946, flying as both and 1st and 2nd Pilot ... Medal Group 1939/45 Star, France & Germany Star, Defence Medal., War Medal ... Glider Pilot Regiment plastic economy beret badge ... Silver and enamel sweetheart brooch ... metal box from aircraft. .. Plus a quantity of original ephemera. Overall Good Condition, the blouse remains in near VGC, but with some service wear. Sergeant Lawrence Richard Thomas enlisted into the Royal Artillery (T) in February 1939. He transferred to the Glider Pilot Regiment on the 1st December 1942 and took part on the D-Day landings on the 6th June 1944. Returning back to the UK he was briefed along with other G Squadron Pilots for Operation Market Garden the airborne landings at Arnhem. On the 18th September 1944 a Sterling Bomber tug dragged his glider into the air, his load been a jeep, trailer and members of the 1st Parachute Bn signals Company. Not far from the release point the Sterling was hit by flak and the tow was cut. The glider landed close to Randwijk. The glider was quickly unloaded with the help of local Dutch people. one of which took photographs, copies of these are included. Mounted onto the jeep the group headed for the main drop zone and joined the landing Brigade. Sergeant Thomas was captured around the 25th September and with other POW’s was sent to Stalag XIB. This proved to be a hellhole of a camp, the German Guards picking out the Arnhem captives for additional punishments. One case being the shooting of Sgt Hollinghamaged 22 GPR in front of Thomas; in Thomas’s own words “For nothing more than lifting his feet and not being able to run fast enough” Thomas moved to help his friend, only to be told if he did he would get the same. Conditions in the camp deteriorated in the 6 months Thomas was held here, then one day rumours flourished that the Russians were close. Hiding in the large baking ovens as the camp was evacuated he was able to escape. Seeing the Russians rounding up stray British and American POW’s and treating them in a similar way the Germans had, he made his way in the opposite direction. He eventually made it to Odessa on the Black Sea and returned to the UK. He remained with the GPR after the war and was finally discharged in February 1947. In later life he was a member of the GPR Association, membership cards etc included and corresponded with a number of Dutch people interested in the Battle for Arnhem. This correspondence is also included in the lot. Lawrence Richard Thomas passed away in 1995.
US Navy Important Full Dress Uniform Attributed to Admiral Edward Clifford Kalbfus, Who was a member of the Board tasked with the investigation into the Pearl Harbour attack of December 1941. Comprising: Cocked hat of black beaver skin, edged with a wide band of gold lace, to the front a black silk rosette and a loop of gold bullion lace. The interior with leather sweatband and pleated lining ... Tailcoat of black cloth, with gold lace rank to the cuff, indicating Admiral. To the shoulders, box pattern epaulettes, the strap with a Naval anchor and within the crescent three silver bullion stars. To the left breast his set of miniature medals ... Matching Overalls ... Sword belt , complete with gilt metal clasp. The overall condition is good with some dulling to the gold bullion. The hat and epaulettes are contained in their original brown leather case. Admiral Edward “Old Dutch” Clifford Kalbfus was born in 1877 and was commissioned into the US Navy in 1901 following two years sea service. During the Great War he received his first command, the transport ship Pocahontas, which ferried troops to Europe as part of the Cruiser-Transport Force. On May 2, 1918, Pocahontas was attacked by a German submarine that bombarded her with 5.9-inch shells. Kalbfus ordered return fire, but the submarine was outside the range of Pocahontas` guns, so the transport set an evasive zigzag course, then fled at full speed, setting a record 16.2 knots (30.0 km/h) that allowed Pocahontas to outrun the submarine twenty minutes after the attack began. For saving the ship Kalbfus was awarded the Navy Cross. In 1918 he was given command of the Battleship Iowa, then joined the Staff of Destroyer Commanders. In 1930 he was promoted to Rear Admiral and from 1938 commander of the Battle Force of the United States Fleet a post he held until 1939. On the 1st December 1941, reaching retirement age he transferred to the retired list, but was quickly recalled for service following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour. He became a member of the General Board of the Navy, a small panel of senior advisors to the Secretary of the Navy and in 1944 he became a board member of the Pearl Harbour Court of Inquiry. He once more retired in 1946 and died at the age of 76 in 1954.
Indian Army 23rd Sikh Pioneers Officer’s Full Dress Uniform A scarce and fine tunic in the distinctive beige “drab” shade, with “chocolate” cloth collar and cuffs, edged and trimmed as for Rifle regiments, but with drab cord and Russia braid. Five loops of cord, forming eyes and drops, each side in front, backseam ornaments and Austrian knots to sleeves, also in drab cord. Shoulder-cords of plaited drab chain-gimp bearing Lieutenant’s bullion badges of rank in silver embroidery. Lining with label of Alexr. Coutts, Simla and Umballa, named to ?... Chesney Esq. A few small stains, collar-lining partially detached ... Accompanied by a very fine pair of drab pantaloons with 2 inch drab mohair stripes. (2 items) A Lieutenant D P Chesney appears in the 1914 Army List as a company officer in the 23rd Sikh Pioneers. Captain Chesney was awarded the 1914/15 Star Trio and first enter a theatre of operations with Force E on the 10th November 1914.
Royal Air Force RAF 1918 Officer’s first pattern blue tunic. A rare example of the light blue Officer’s tunic worn 1918 to 1919. To each cuff two bullion bands of rank lace denoting Captain (Flight Lieutenant). Complete with RAF (un-roped gilt) pattern buttons, cloth waist belt with gilt buckle. With cotton lining to the interior and tailor’s label of Hawkes & Co. and ink name of Capt J. (or T) Gibbons. Evidence of collar badges and pilots wings been worn. Some age fading and mothing to the vase of the pockets. GC. This pattern was introduced at the time of the formation of the Royal Air Force in 1918. It was worn along side the khaki uniform as a form of alternative dress. In September 1919 the pattern changed to the darker blue grey material.
Cold War TSR-2 Wing Blue Print: First plans 1961, this is an amended large plan 1963. The British Aircraft Corporation TSR-2 was a cancelled Cold War strike reconnaissance aircraft developed by the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) for the Royal Air Force (RAF) in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The TSR-2 was designed to penetrate a well-defended forward battle area at low altitudes and very high speeds, and then attack high-value targets in the rear with nuclear or conventional weapons
Red-Gauntlet (1824) is a Historical Novel by Sir Walter Scott: Set in Dumfries, Scotland in 1765, and described by Magnus Magnusson (a point first made by Andrew Lang) as "in a sense, the most autobiographical of Scott`s Novels. It describes the beginnings of a fictional third Jacobite Rebellion, and includes "Wandering Willie`s Tale", a famous short story which frequently appears in anthologies. With half calf boards edges and marble covers Condition tight bindings with some marking to Spines (3)
Guy Mannering or The Astrologer is a novel by Sir Walter Scott: Published anonymously in 1815. According to an introduction that Scott wrote in 1829, he had originally intended to write a story of the supernatural, but changed His mind soon after starting. The book was a huge success, the first edition selling out on the first day of publication With half calf boards edges and marble covers Condition tight bindings with some marking to Spines Printed by James Ballantyne 2nd Edition (3)
Deeds That Thrill the Empire in 2 Volumes Foreword by Rt Hon the Earl of Derby: Condition overall worn with some damage to spines contents clean. 900pp Approx with 24 illus in colour & 936 in b/w illus plus index Sub-titled True Stories of the Most Glorious Acts of Heroism of the Empires Soldiers and Sailors during the Great War this collection of exploits on land, sea and in the air makes a fascinating, illustrated record. Here are stories recounting in graphic detail acts of gallantry or engagements at sea or in the air, each vividly pictured by artists especially commissioned to bring to life the actions described in the text. Most of them are accounts of individual gallantry, including forty VCs and nearly one hundred DCMs as well as feats that earned the DSO, MC or, in the case of the Indian Army, the IOM (Indian Order of Merit). But apart from these selected cases there are hundreds more illustrations, full plate and smaller, depicting other heroic acts The introduction, which contains illustrations of gallantry medals awarded by the Allies, explains that the men whose actions are described in these pages are chosen as representatives of their fellows. It goes on to say it is the epitaph of those who have laid down their lives in setting so bright an example, and it is a summons, from those who remain, to every fit man in the Empire to go and do likewise. All the events or deeds described occurred between the outbreak of war and the end of 1916, but they are not in chronological order, nor is there any other discernible pattern in the order in which they are presented. They cover all theatres where British, Dominion and Indian troops were involved - Western Front, Gallipoli, East Africa, Salonika, Mesopotamia and, of course, the high seas. One notable error is an illustration of Darwan Sing Negi, 1st Bn 39th Garhwal Rifles, winning the VC (p161); it describes him as the first Indian to be awarded the VC. He wasn`t. That honour belonged to Sepoy (Private) Khudadad Khan, 129th Baluch Regiment, who had won his just over three weeks earlier (31 October 1914), also on the Western Front. When this book appeared in print conscription was in full swing and signs of war weariness were apparent. It is clear that this publication was intended as a morale booster, an appeal to patriotism as Lord Derby`s foreword shows. It really is a gem and something of a gold mine for medal collectors and a potentially valuable source for the growing band of researchers into the records of those whose names appear on local war memorials. There is a remarkably comprehensive index with lists under various headings: names listed alphabetically; by nationality e.g. British, Australian, Canadian etc forces as well as enemy troops; by formations (corps, divisions etc); lists of RN and Merchant Marine ships; lists of German Navy and other enemy ships; aircraft and airships and a geographical index (2)
Original Artwork By Roy Thomasson for Special Air Service: Pen & Ink Drawing for Operation Nimrod Iran Embassy Raid 210 x 297 mm featuring SAS Soldier in full Combat Gear signed by the Artist (This Design has been reproduce 1000s of times. This one been the Original that they were taken from. Note: Roy joined the Army as a boy soldier (an undiagnosed dyslexic) in 1963 and served his apprenticeship at the Infantry Junior Leaders Battalion in Oswestry, leaving in December 1964 to join his battalion (The 1st Battalion The Lancashire Regiment Prince of Wales Volunteers) serving with them in Swaziland, Catterrick, Cyprus, Aden, Libya and Malta. He married in 1968 and in 1969 was posted away from the Regiment. In 1971 Roy went to Hereford and stayed there for the next fifteen eventful years, having passed selection for 22 SAS. Leaving fifteen years to the day in 1986 he spent the next five years at Art College first in Hereford and then Coventry gaining a B.A. Hons in Fine Art fulfilling a lifetime ambition to study art and learn to paint.
Collection of Original Artwork Produced for Special Air Service Calendar: Various Artwork of comical SAS Soldiers by Artists such as Adey Bryant Born in Portsmouth, now living in Ramsey, Cambridgeshire his first cartoon was published in The Sun almost twenty years ago. Bill Richie (1 August 1931 – 25 January 2010) was a Scottish cartoonist. He is known for work on comics published by D. C. Thomson, Ian Baker (born April 14th 1970) is a British cartoonist, illustrator and writer who has had an international career in the press, publishing, advertising, greeting cards and television. Born in Sheffield, England, and Hallam together with Designs from other Artists (Photostats) Lyn Davies, Scott Tierney, Neil Bradley, Jackson Graham (Note: The Calendar was never Produced)
Diana First Model Tinplate Air Pistol. An excellent condition and fully working German Diana First Model Tinplate Air Pistol by Mayer & Grammelspacher, Rastatt, Germany in about 1930. It has a tip down barrel and air chamber in the butt. The action is cocked with the tool which is included. Pressed steel and in .177 (4.5mm). Nicely stamped, with the Huntress trademark.
Great Collection of Postage Stamps: Compiled in 1965 covering various Countries to include British from Victoria to Queen Elizabeth pre Decimal and other commonwealth countries all neatly hinge mounted to pages bound in Album together with a small selection of First Day Covers in an Album (2) (Worth Inspection)
Three oval flower brooches, the first Victorian with a carved coral rose and polished chased and textured leaves in an open similarly decorated ribbon border; the second a pietra dura panel with a sprig of white orange blossom; the third of hallmarked silver, with a central red enamel ground with paste set thistle and bi-coloured foliate border set with further white paste gems; maximum dimensions respectively 4.3cm, 4.3cm and 3.5cm (3)
A moonstone and ruby Latin cross together with another similar gemset cross, the first of sugarloaf cabochon moonstones spaced by five small rubies with articulated moonstone-set bale, the second of closed back rectangular cabochon garnets with four small rose cut diamonds; lengths 4.5cm and 3.2cm (2)
Richard Redgrave, RA (British, 1804-1888), Two Figures on a Bridge in a Welsh Landscape; and a Study of a Tree over a River, the first signed lower left on the rocks "Rich. Redgrave", watercolour, 23 x 33cm (9 x 13in) (2). Provenance: Phillips, London, 24 March 1969, Lot 17; whence bought by Thos. Agnew and Sons Ltd., 43 Old Bond Street, Piccadilly, London, W1; whence bought by the father of the present owner. Richard Redgrave`s landscapes were known for their intensity and brilliance in a Pre-Raphaelite manner
Walter Elmer Schofield (American, 1867-1944), River in Snow, signed lower right "W E Schofield `06", oil on canvas, 60 x 75cm (23 x 29in). Provenance: By descent within the family of the artist. Walter Elmer Schofield (1867-1944) trained first at the Pennsylvania Academy (1889-1892), and the Academie Julien in Paris in 1892, after which he remained on the Continent for most of the next three years before his marriage in 1897.His wife`s family were British and he remained in this country for extended periods thereafter. From 1903, Cornwall`s coastal and rural scenes featured strongly in his work although he made regular trips to the Continent to paint and maintained his connection with the United States throughout his life, making the crossing almost every year in peacetime by steamer to the USA from England between 1902 and 1938. With a rigorous painting style, his early works consisted of subtle, muted colours, but during his career his colour palette became bolder and more vibrant. Seen as a key figure in a group of painters identified as the Pennsylvania Impressionists, Schofield received significant recognition from such bodies as the Carnegie Institute, Pennsylvania, and is remembered as one of the pioneers of American landscape painting.
Follower of George Henry Harlow (British, 1787-1819), Portrait of James Losh, Recorder of Newcastle on Tyne, (1763-1833). oil on canvas, 74 x 62cm (29 x 24in). James Losh was from a landed Cumberland family and was the first Chairman of the Newcastle-Carlisle railway. He was a barrister and politician, reformer, health campaigner and fought against slavery and child labour He was later a Court Recorder. His daughter, Cecilia Losh, married William Gale
Marshall Claxton (British, 1812-1881), Victorian Ladies in a Rowing Boat with two Pet Dogs, signed lower left on the rowing boat "M Claxton 1875", oil on canvas, 30 x 60cm (12 x 23in). Marshall Claxton was born in Bolton, Lancashire in 1812, and his work consisted predominantly of narrative scenes and portraits. When he was 17 he studied under John Jackson, RA, and in 1831 he enrolled as a student at the Royal Academy, where his first exhibited portrait was of his father. In 1834 he was awarded the first medal in the Academy`s school of painting, and in 1835 his portrait of Sir Astley Cooper won him the Gold Medal of the Society of British Artists. He painted in Italy between 1837 and 1842 and then travelled to Australia in 1850 where he worked and exhibited, and visited India and Egypt before returning to England in 1858.
Tennyson Petrina Edmond Hughina Green, (British, 20th Century), Through the Looking Glass - a self-portrait of the artist inscribed to the reverse "P Tennyson Green" and with title, oil on canvas, 50 x 40cm (20 x 16in). P Tennyson Green entered the Slade School in London in the early years of the First World War. She was a New Zealander of independent means and excelled in oils, watercolour and etching. She travelled widely in Britain and abroad, and her work was shown in London and the provinces and even as far afield as Canada, New Zealand and Austria by, for example, the Cambridge Drawing Society, the Royal Academy, New English Art Club, and Society of Graphic Artists. Tennyson Green provided eight Cambridge scenes, of which five are still unpublished, at the Victoria and Albert Museum, for a wartime project to record the country`s heritage
Two late 18th century ivory toothpick cases, the rectangular lid of the first set with a compass within gold bezel and pique edge, a thermometer inside to one side of the toothpick compartment, 6.5cm (2.5in) wide, the second with a plait of hair mounted on the lid within diamante studs on blue enamel cabochons, the hinges and mounts of gold metal, 8cm (3in) wide (2)
Two enamels, three glass portrait profiles and a grand tour miniature, the first a box lid painted in grisaille with a study of the classics, 6 x 8.5cm (2.25 x 3.25in), the second a copy of Raphael`s Madonna della Sedia, 4cm (1.5in) high, gilt frame, two of the glass profiles intaglio moulded on the reverse and the third with a white profile applied to a ruby glass oval background, 3cm (1.25in) high, the miniature of a Roman temple, 4cm (1.5in) diameter (6)
Drinkwater (John). A History of the Late Siege of Gibraltar. With a Description and Account of that Garrison, from the Earliest Periods, 1st ed., 1785, eng. vign. title, ten folding maps and views, a few minor tears and repairs (upper margin of first map ‘A Chart of the Coasts of Spain, Barbary and Portugal... ‘ closely shaved), recent antique-style full calf, gilt-dec. spine with raised bands and contrasting title label, 4to (1).
Finlayson (George). The Mission to Siam, and Hue, the Capital of Cochin China, in the Years 1821-2, with a Memoir of the Author, by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, F.R.S., 1st ed., John Murray, 1826, half-title discarded, eng. frontis. (foxed and offset to title), marbled endpapers and edges, contemp. armorial bookplate of N. Norcliffe, contemp. brown half calf gilt, rubbed in places (and spine a trifle frayed at head), 8vo. Scarce first publication of the diary kept by George Finlayson when he accompanied the mission sent under John Crawfurd to open up trade relations with Siam and Vietnam. Finlayson’s narrative includes descriptions of the voyage from Calcutta to Prince of Wales Island, Malacca, Siam, China and Vietnam, and include such subjects as: ‘Malays of the Sea or Orang Laut’; ‘Joss Sticks’; ‘White Elephants and White Monkies’; ‘Rotten Eggs and Chickens in the Shell a Chinese Delicacy’; and ‘Cochin Chinese Females and Morality’. (1).
Hoffman (Charles Fenno). A Winter in the Far West, 2 vols., 1st English ed., pub. Richard Bentley, 1835, contemp. half calf, rubbed and marked, first vol. somewhat worn on spine with loss at foot, 8vo, together with Brown (C. Barrington, and Lidstone, William), Fifteen Thousand Miles on the Amazon and Its Tributaries, 1st ed., pub. Edward Stanford, 1878, folding map at rear, b&w wood eng. full-page illusts., orig. green cloth gilt, rubbed, 8vo, plus other various mostly early 20th century travel interest, including F. A. McKenzie, Korea’s Fight for Freedom, 1st ed., 1920 (author’s signed presentation copy), Henry Chung, The Case of Korea, 1st ed., 1921 (author’s signed presentation copy), C. K. Howard-Bury, Mount Everest, The Reconnaissance, 1921, 1st ed., 1922, The Conquest of Canada, 2 vols., 1850, A. Safroni-Middleton, Wine-Dark Seas and Tropic Skies, 1st ed., 1918, etc., mainly orig. cloth, mostly 8vo (approx. 50).
Broughton (U.H.R.). The Dress of the First Regiment of Lifeguards in Three Centuries, 1925, tipped-in col. plts. and b & w illusts., t.e.g., orig. pigskin gilt, rubbed, upper joint beginning to crack, 4to (limited edition 223/300), together with Richards (Walter), Her Majesty’s Army. A Descriptive Account of the Various Regiments now Comprising the Queen’s Forces, from their First Establishment to the Present Time, 2 vols., n.d., c. 1890, additional col. vign. title to each, twenty-nine chromos., contemp. plum half morocco gilt, rubbed and some wear, 4to, plus Levinge (Sir Richard George Augustus), Historical Records of the Forty-Third Regiment, Monmouthshire Light Infantry, with a Roll of the Officers and their Services from the Period of Embodiment to the Close of 1867, 1st ed., 1868, col. litho. frontis. on card (rehinged), errata slip present, some minor marginal staining, contemp. plum half morocco gilt, heavily rubbed on spine, 8vo, and seven others (11).
Tyrrell (Henry). History of the War with Russia: Giving Full Details of the Operations of the Allied Armies, 6 orig. divs., pub. London Printing & Publishing Co., c. 1860, three eng. and printed titles, twenty-three eng. ports., thirty-four eng. plts., seven double-page eng. maps/battle plans by Rapkin, correct as list, orig. blind-stamped and gilt-dec. crimson cloth in bright condition, small folio, together with Ball (Charles), The History of the Indian Mutiny: Giving a Detailed Account of the Sepoy Insurrection in India; and a Concise History of the Great Military Events which have Tended to Consolidate British Empire in Hindostan, n.d., c. 1860s, numerous eng. ports. and views, two double-page eng. maps, some severe staining to approx. first fifty pages in vol. 1 (mainly affecting text), contemp. half morocco, some wear (vol. 1 broken on spine), folio (8).
Burgess (Walter W.). Bits of Old Chelsea, A Series of Forty-One Etchings... with Letterpress Description by Lionel Johnson and Richard le Gallienne, 1894, addn. litho title, thirty-nine (of 41) tipped-in etched plates, each signed in pencil, lacking plate 2 (Cremorne), and plate 3 (Swan Walk), plate of Chelsea Old Church loose, first leaf of contents also lacking, one or two plates misbound, edges rough-trimmed, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and marked, spine dulled and with sl. loss to extreme head and foot, upper cover scratched, folio. Limited edition of 110 copies. Sold as a collection of plates. (1).
Cary (John). Cary’s Traveller’s Companion, or a Delineation of the Turnpike Roads of England and Wales; Shewing the Immediate Route to every Market and Borough Town throughout the Kingdom. Laid down from the Best Authorities on a New Set of County Maps...., 1810, calligraphic title, advertisement and contents list, forty-five engraved maps (forty-three only are called for) all with contemp. outline colouring, including one folding (Yorkshire), folding map with long closed tear, index of towns bound in at rear, later ownership stamp to f.e.p., contemp. half calf, rubbed worn and frayed, 8vo, together with Cary’s New Itinerary: Or an Accurate Delineation of the Great Roads, both Direct and Cross throughout England and Wales; with many of the Principal Roads in Scotland..., 2nd. ed., 1802, calligraphic title and dedication, two (only) engraved maps with contemp. hand colouring, both maps torn with loss, book plate of Robert William Newman, contemp. calf gilt, rubbed and worn, 8vo, with another two copies similar of ‘The Itinerary’. The first described item, Chubb CCLXXVII. The additional maps in this volume are duplicates of the maps of Surrey and Sussex. (4).
Dicey (Thomas), An Historical Account of Guernsey, from its First Settlement before the Norman Conquest to the Present Time. Giving a particular and entertaining Description of the Island, its Produce, Trade, Laws, Revenues, Privileges, Religion, and Government in general. To which is added, some proper Remarks on Jersey, and the other Islands..., 1st ed., 1751, title-page and final page browned, modern half calf gilt with morocco title label to spine, 12mo in 6s (1).
Morris (F.O., ed.). A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, 6 vols., n.d., c.1870’s, addn. chromolithograph title to each vol., numerous chromo. plts., some light scattered spotting, a.e.g., orig. gilt-dec. cloth, rubbed and some minor fraying to extrems., 4to, together with a set of the first four volumes only of the same work, pub. D. Banks, Leeds, n.d., c. 1870s, occ. spotting, a.e.g., orig. gilt-dec. full morocco, rubbed and some marks, with one or two joints partly split at head or foot, 4to (10).
Prince (John, Vicar of Berry-Pomeroy). Danmonii Orientales Illustres, or the Worthies of Devon, new edition with notes, 1810, eng. frontis. by Fittler, b&w eng. portraits, five plates of coats-of-arms at rear, some minor marks, near-contemp. half green morocco, gilt dec. spine, very sl. rubbed (generally in good condition), together with Westcote (Thomas), A View of Devonshire in MDCXXX, with a pedigree of most of its gentry, ed. Rev. George Oliver and Pitman Jones, William Roberts, 1845, some scattered spotting to first and last few leaves, many to margins, a.e.g., contemp. gilt dec. red full morocco, very sl. rubbed (generally in very good condition), small 4to, plus Risdon (Tristram), The Chorographical Description or Survey of the County of Devon, 1811, some spotting throughout, contemp. half stained red calf gilt, rubbed, 8vo (3).
Skrine (Henry). A General Account of all the Rivers of Note in Great Britain..., Concluding with a minute Description of the Thames, and its Various Auxiliary Streams, 1801, folding sepia aquatint frontis., seventeen single-page eng. maps, ink mark to title, recent half calf gilt retaining orig. marbled boards and morocco title label to spine, 8vo, together with Page (John Lloyd Warden), The Rivers of Devon from Source to Sea, with some Account of the Towns and Villages on their Banks, 1893, four mounted etched plts. (inc. frontis.) and sixteen b & w plts., folding litho map at rear, occasional spotting, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. qtr. morocco gilt, spine slightly rubbed, 8vo (limited ed. 96/250), with Walcott (Mackenzie), A Guide to the South Coast of England..., 1859, four folding litho maps, modern qtr. dark brown morocco, 8vo, plus Polwhele (Richard),Historical Views of Devonshire, vol. 1 [all pub.], Exeter, 1793, marbled endpapers, contemp. half calf, gilt dec. spine with red morocco label, sl. rubbed, contained in modern purpose-made drop-over bookbox, 8vo. The first volume of a projected five volume history, of which only this first volume, covering the ‘British Period’ prior to the Romans, appeared. (4).
*Chinese rice paper drawings. An album of twelve watercolour drawings of Chinese trades and manufacturers, 19th century, watercolour on rice paper each showing several figures at work, some surface marks, and chips to margins, the first image damaged with some loss (remainder generally complete), each approx. 20.5 x 32.5cm (8 x 12.75ins), mounted on album leaves, 20th century plain blue cloth, with scattered discolouration, oblong folio (1).
Scrap album. A Victorian scrap album belonging to Jane Yonge, approx. sixty leaves, with numerous mounted engravings, incl. thirty-five woodcuts with captions in Middle French from ‘Les Navigations Peregrinations et Voyages Facits en la Turkie’ by Nicolas de Nicolay (first pub. in 1577), thirty small format hand-col. engs. of Italian Papal costume, incl. popes, cardinals, prelates, Swiss guards, four large uncut sheets bearing nine images each of hand-col. engs. of regional costumes of Rome and its surroundings, one bearing the title ‘Nuova Raccolta di Costumi’ and dated 1842, and forty-eight small eng. cartoons by Rock & Co., 1850s, plus a number of 18th and 19th c. eng. ports., page block loose in orig. half morocco (split in two at lower joint, with sl. loss), 4to, together with another 4to scrap album containing prints, engs., and three pencil drawings of birds, one bearing signature ‘J. Hancock’ (2).
Aesop. The Fables of Aesop Paraphras’d in Verse, and adorn’d with Sculpture, by John Ogilby, printed by Thomas Warren for Andrew Cook, 1651, eng. frontis. by F. Clein, frayed and with some browning to edges, with little loss, with partial yellow colouring, seventy-nine engraved plates, several leaves with tears and marks or light waterstains, most plates with partial yellow colouring, text ends on Hhhh2, contemp. calf, later reback with early ownership signature to front pastedown of Anthony Biddulph, rubbed and some wear to covers, 4to. Wing A689. The first edition of Ogilby’s famous translation with the illustrations after Francis Clein by Hollar, Barlow and Stoop. Sold with all faults.. (1).
Bible [French]. [La Saincte Bible, Contenant le Vieil et Nouveau Testament], 2 vols. in one, Lyon, 1585, numerous woodcut illustrations and maps in text, vol. I lacking Old Testament title and first two preliminary leaves and replaced with New Testament title from vol. II, prelim. signatures 5-7 bound before 4, final index leaf repaired, one or two marginal tears, occasional light water stains and browning, later calf, rubbed, folio. Not in Adams or Darlow & Moule.. (1).
Bible [English]. The Bible, Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke... , and conferred with the best translations in divers languages, bound in 2 vols., imprinted at London, by Christopher Barker, 1583, black letter text in double column, general woodcut title supplied in facsimile, woodcut titles to Apocrypha and New Testament present (with woodcut map of the Holy Land to verso of NT title), lacking A1 (blank), A2 (title, here supplied in facsimile), lacking prelims. B-C6 and D1-4, Xx5 (folio 263), Ggg3 (folio 315), Dddd6 (blank before Apocrypha title) and Rrrr6 (folio 514), and also lacking ten leaves at end (nine leaves of tables and final leaf entitled A perfite Supputation), some marks and occ. soiling, paper repairs mainly to blank fore-margins of first eleven leaves, waterstain to foot of lower margin to final few leaves, old marbled edges, modern half brown calf gilt, folio (sheet size 380 x 265mm)Herbert 178. (2).
Bible [English]. The Bible, that is, The Holy Scriptures conteined in the Old and New Testament, Deputies of Christopher Barker, 1599, general and NT titles within decorative woodcut borders, separate letterpress general title, a few woodcut illusts, general title somewhat browned with some old ink names, some minor shaving occasionally affecting marginal notes and running heads, the text generally intact, modern panelled sheep, 4to. Herbert 248. Corresponds with the first of the 1599 quarto bindings produced by Barker, but printed actually after this date in Amsterdam. (1).
Bible [Greek]. Vetus Testamentum Graecum ex Versione Septuaginta Interpretum, juxta Exemplar Vaticanum Romae editum, Roger Daniel, 1653, 2 parts in one (bound without Appendix), title printed in red and black with engraved bell device (Darlow & Moule variant B), text in double column, light marginal water stain, occasional soiling, library stamp to title, a.e.g., later red panelled calf gilt, a little rubbed and faded, 8vo, together with Faber (Mathias), Concionum Opus Tripartitum, Editio Tertia, Cologne, 1646, additional engraved title, previous owner inscriptions, some heavy spotting, contemporary blindstamped calf over boards, brass clasps, some repairs, 4to. Moule 4692. First work the first edition of the Septuagint printed in England. Darlow &. (2).
Bible [Latin]. Biblia cum concordantiis veteris et novi testamenti..., Lyons, Jacob Sacon, expensis Antonii Koberger, 10 May , 1518, black letter text in double column, title with text printed in red above large woodcut illustration of St. Jerome within an architectural border, full-page woodcut of the six days of Creation (facing first leaf of Genesis), full-page woodcut of the Nativity (at start of New Testament), numerous woodcut illusts. to text and woodcut intials, general title torn with loss of large area of upper outer corner, first few leaves with some soiling and marginal water stains, two leaves in Ezekiel (C7-8) torn with significant loss to upper outer corners (all three leaves repaired with blank paper), some marks and light staining to final few leaves, lacking last two leaves of index (CC9-10, of which the latter is a blank), occ. early neat annotations and underlining in ink, text generally in clean condition, contemp. blind-decorated full calf over wooden boards, old sympathetic reback, lacking clasps, rubbed and some marks, folio (35.5 x 25cm)D & M 6101. This edition not in Adams. OCLC 54974129 (two copies in America). One of a series of illustrated bibles printed by Jacob Sacon for Anton Koberger of Nuremberg, between 1512 and 1522. (1).
Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies in the Church of England, [and Psalter], Christopher Barker, 1581, bound with The Whole Booke of Psalmes, Collected into Englishe Meter by Thomas Stern, John Hopkins and others..., John Day, 1580, 2 vols. in one, each with elaborate woodcut title (Prayer title printed in red and black and part coloured in red), large woodcut initials, Prayer title and first nine leaves with small repair (with resultant minor loss of text), single wormholes in text from A3-H7 not affecting legibility, light marginal water stain to last few leaves, final leaf verso of Prayer and verso of Psalter title with list of psalms in contemporary hand, Psalmes lacking final blank but two additional rear blanks with manuscript English psalms in contemporary hand, bookplate of George Norris, contemporary blindstamped calf over wooden boards, a few wormholes, neat reback, lacking clasps, modern cloth solander box, folio. STC 16309.2.. (1).
Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites & Ceremonies of the Church, According to the use of the Church of England. Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David (Barker & Bill)... 2 parts in one, 1669, first title within engraved architectural border by P. Williamson, ruled in red throughout, woodcut initials and headpieces, first few leaves with marginal wormtrack, one or two marginal repairs, occasional soiling and annotation, previous owner signature crossed-through, bookplate, gilt gauffered edges, later burgundy morocco gilt, spine faded and a little rubbed, folio. Wing B3635.. (1).
Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments. And Other Parts of Divine Service for the use of the Church of Scotland, printed by Robert Young, Edinburgh, 2 parts in one, 1637-36, first title printed in red and black (lower corner torn away), text in black letter, woodcut initials and ornaments, D2 torn with loss, some leaves trimmed affecting text, occasional spotting, previous owner inscriptions, modern burgundy goatskin, folio. STC 16606. Leaf KK6 verso at end of the Psalter has the catchword ‘Certaine’ with signatures KK7-8 cancelled. ’Laud’s Book’ was an attempt by King Charles I impose the Anglican liturgy in Scotland, drawn up by Archbishop Laud and the Scottish bishops. After attempting to begin a service from the book by the Dean of St. Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh, on 23 July 1637, a riot broke out, leading to the chain of events that culminated in the English Civil War. (1).
Cardinal Wiseman. An Appeal to the Reason and Good Feeling of the English People on the Subject of the Catholic Hierarchy, 1850, 32 pp., previous owner signature, bound with Three Lectures on the Catholic Hierarchy. Lecture II. Delivered in St. George’s, Southwark, on Sunday, December 15th 1850, by Cardinal Wiseman, 1850, 16 pp., bound with The Highways of Peaceful Commerce have been the Highways of Art. An Address, Delivered at Liverpool, on Tuesday, August 30, 1853, on Occasion of the Opening of the Catholic Institute, by his Eminence Cardinal Wiseman, Liverpool, 1853, 41 pp., with press cutting, with other related Catholic pamphlets, press cuttings, reviews etc. bound in, including The Catholic Doctrine on the Use of the Bible, 1853 and Some Education of the Poor: Being Two Lectures Delivered by Cardinal Wiseman at St. Martin’s Hall, Long Acre, London, 1854, occasional light soiling, contemporary red half morocco, joints and edges rubbed, 8vo. Nicholas Wiseman (1802-65) became the first Archbishop of Westminster in 1850, following the restoration of the Catholic hierarchy in 1850.. (1).
Charles I. The Court of Justice: Or the Tryals of King Charles’s Judges. Being an Account of the Arraignment and Condemnation of Twenty Nine of those Barbarous Traytors, that Cut off the Head of King Charles the First, J. Bradford, c. 1705, title with woodcut illustration of the ten executed judges, 16 pp., a few leaves trimmed with loss of text, bound with An Account of the Late Scotch Invasion; as it was Open’d by My Lord Haversham in the House of Lords on Fryday the 25th February, 1709. In a Letter from a Gentleman in South-Britain to his Friend in North-Britain, 1709, 16 pp., a couple of leaves trimmed with loss, bound with A Brief Account of a Specifick Remedy for Curing the King’s Evil, Confirmed by Seventy Nine Extraordinary Cures, Since October, 1706..., by William Vickers, 2nd ed., 1709, 15pp., with 19 other mostly sermons, including at front A Sermon Preach’d Before the Queen, at St. James’s on Tuesday March 8, 1708. Being the Anniversary of Her Majesty’s Happy Accession of the Throne, by Ofspring, Lord Bishop of Exon, 1709, Some Considerations Humbly Offered to the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Exeter. Occasioned by his Lordship’s Sermon Preached Before Her Majesty, March 8. 1708, by Benjamin Hoadly, 1709 and The Wou’d be Bishop: Or, Lying Dean. Being a Defence of the Curate of Stepney, Against the Infamous Slanders of Dr. K—t, the (pretended) Vindicator of the Church of England, 1709, a few leaves detached, some spotting and soiling, disbound, 8vo. (1).
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