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Lot 381
GROUP OF FIVE 18th CENTURY ENGRAVED PORTRAITS OF 17th CENTURY NOTABLES, comprising Thomas Lord Fairfax, Houbraken after Cooper, pub. 1738; Sir John Suckling, Vertue after Van Dyck, pub. 1744; Edmund Dunch Esq., Faber after Kneller, pub. 1733; Charles Lenos Duke of Richmond, Faber after Kneller, pub. 1730's; and Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, Faber after Kneller, pub. 1734. (5) First 34.5cm by 22cm
Lot 382
GROUP OF SIX ENGRAVED PORTRAITS OF 16th and 17th CENTURY NOTABLES, comprising three 18th century of Sir Henry Vane the Younger, Robert Earl of Warwick and Thomas Earl of Arundel; and three 19th century of John Russell, Earl of Bedford, John Lord Maitland, and William Lord Paget. (6) First 15cm by 9cm
Lot 384
GROUP OF FIVE 18th CENTURY ENGRAVED PORTRAITS OF 17th CENTURY NOTABLES, comprising John Dryden, Houbraken after Kneller pub. 1743; Charles Howard, Earl of Carlisle, Faber after Kneller pub. 1732; Algernon Sidney; Thomas Otway, Houbraken after Beal pub. 1741; and Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, Houbraken after Van Dyck pub. 1740. First 34cm by 21.5cm
Lot 2731
Alan Cobham; Twenty Thousand Miles in a flying Boat; my flight round Africa; Selous; Travel and Adventure in South - East Africa, Rowland Ward & Co, London, 1893, ex-library copy; Olivia Manning; The Remarkable Expedition: The Story of Stanley's rescue of Emin Pasha from Equatorial Africa, first edition, London 1947; Michael Davitt, The Boer Fight for Freedom, New York 1902; T E Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, London 1935
Lot 6
Lot 6: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows book signed by JK Rowling (Last one in series). Kindly Donated By: JK Rowling. We are proud to offer this rare, signed copy of 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' by JK Rowling. The seventh book in the blockbuster Potter franchise is being touted as "the greenest book in publishing history". This is thanks to a non-profit group (Markets Initiative) that persuaded publisher Scholastic in the USA to commit to making sure 65% of the 16,700 tons of paper used is FSC certified. This means the paper comes from forestlands that are managed in a socially and environmentally responsible way. It was first released in July 21, 2007, ending the series that began in 1997 with the publication of 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'. This book chronicles the events directly following Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2005), and leads to the long-awaited final confrontation between Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort. Known as the Dickens of our times, a signed JK Rowling book is not only a gift to cherish but a sound investment!
Lot 7
Lot 7: HRH the Prince of Wales Environmental Lot - VIP evening reception for 2 at HRH's Highgrove Shop, signed copy of his 'Elements of Organic Gardening' book, dinner and 2 night stay at Calcot Manor Hotel & Spa. We are privileged to be able to offer you this exclusive Royal lot. This is the first time HRH's Highgrove Shop in Tetbury has offered a VIP champagne reception and we could not be more honoured. This includes a private, VIP evening reception for you and a guest, a tour of the Shop and exclusive tasting of the organic foods sold. You will get a real behind the scenes view of what makes this Shop so special. We are also delighted to offer a rare signed copy of HRH The Prince of Wales' book 'Elements of Organic Gardening'. "In the Prince of Wales organic gardeners have a matchless champion, and this inspiring book demonstrates not only his unswerving commitment to gardening in tune with nature, but also his favourite techniques. It deserves a place on every thoughtful gardener's bookshelf" Alan Titchmarsh. You will also stay in the exquisite Calcot Manor Hotel and Spa - the very best in luxury accommodation in the historic Cotswold area. This charming country house hotel has only 35 exquisitely decorated bedrooms and is set in 220 acres of meadowland. You will dine in one of its renowned restaurants and be treated to an evening of pure indulgence.
Lot 146
Nine real photo cards including view of The Crescent, Taunton; Broad St & West St Corner Reading; East St Harrietsham, The Market, Salisbury; Rev R Squire's Return from Prison 1907 (Passive Resister); The First Man to Receive the Old Age Pension, others, c.1906 - 1910 and a photo card of the Locarno Conference 1925 with "signatures" ++mixed
Lot 334
WWII casualty group of four - WM, DM, 1939-45 star and Burma star to Lt W A Greenshields 1st Btn Lincolnshire Regiment together with photographs of him on his wedding day, a smaller portrait, his war grave, medal paperwork and booklet of the History of the Battalion. NB Lt Greenshields was the first battle casualty of the Battalion (see page 9 of the Regimental History included with the lot)
Lot 261
World War II 5 Bar Medal Group & Constabulary Medal awarded to Lance Corporal E S Pickering, Royal Signals inc. 39/45 Star, France & Germany Star, Defence Medal, 39/45 Medal, General Service Medal with Palestine Star 1945-48, Faithful Service Special Constabulary Medal to E S Pickering, cap badge, photograph, ephemera inc. soldiers release books, Certificate of Service, Thanks Giving Service Pamphlet June '44-May '45, Carol Service Sheet, To Fields of the Sheets Bethlehem Christmas Eve 1945, newspaper cutting, Welfare Handbook for the Forces in & Around Haifa, Signals Training Pamphlet No. 5 1943, Royal Corps Signals Annual Membership Card 1951-1962, Prestonian Lecture 1962 Booklet, Police Manual of Home Defence & Kent County Special Constabulary Handbook & Additional German First Class Iron Cross in fitted box with Swastika 1939 taken during combat by Corporal Pickering in fitted box
Lot 358
7 Albums of First Day Cover, Coin Covers etc. inc. Royal Wedding First Day Covers, Collection of First Day Covers from around the World in alphabetical sequence from Aiputaki-Zileloignesesel, Millennium Album with 2x £5 Coin, £2 Coin, Bronze $5 Coin & Gilt £5 Coin from Gibraltar, Man on the Moon Crown etc. Bicentenary & other Commemorative Coins, Military, Gardens & Fairs, Composers & Charities, Lord Mayor's Show, Verses for Children, etc. Christmas & Personality First Day Covers
Lot 22
Literature – Edith Sitwell Five Variations on a Theme, 1st edition 1933, dj present with additional band announcing that the Royal Society of Literature had awarded Sitwell with its Medal for 1933, signed and inscribed by Sitwell to inside cover : ‘For Darling Helen who was my first and my best critic with very best love from Edith
Lot 117
Shipwrecks fine letter from Daniel Hutchins, late master of the Richard House Packet addressed to the Royal National Institution for the Protection of Lives from Shipwreck dated 1825 making a case for a reward for him and his men for rescuing troops on board the Admiral Berkley Transport ship during ‘that dreadful hurricane’ of November 18th 1824 : ‘…we made two attempts at a very great risk of our lives before we could get out of the Harbour. We asked a pilot to accompany us but he refused. We accomplished the task and was the first boat that got to the ship. A short time after a pilot came which of course supervised us and our men totally unrewarded…’ The ‘hurricane’ was a real event with a huge storm surge which devastated the entire Channel coast of Devon, Dorset and into Hampshire. Winds were recorded at higher velocity than hurricanes in the Caribbean.
Lot 164
Acts of Parliament – Nelson bound volume containing approximately 114 printed Acts of Parliament, reign of George III, 1798/9, including the Act for settling an annuity of £2,000 per year on Horatio Lord Nelson following his stunning success at the Battle of the Nile. Other Acts include the first ever Income Tax Act – introduced by Pitt the Younger in order to pay for the escalating costs of the Napoleonic Wars; An Act for better regulating the manner of carrying Slaves in British vessels from Africa; An Act for ending the proceedings against Bonnie Prince Charlie (on account of the fact that he had died in 1788); An Act permitting Matthew Boulton to export the machinery necessary for erecting a mint in Russia and many others. Good condition.
Lot 173
France – Coronation of Charles X fine and extensive letter written by Thomas Henry Stirling, dated Battersea October 25th 1825, describing his adventures in France including witnessing the Coronation of Charles X : ‘…I was among the few Englishmen who were at Rhiemes & was highly gratified at the sight of the Coronation as well as the ceremony of the order of St Esprit, the following day; both of which were imposing, but still wanting in that solid magnificence which our own Coronation displayed…I was also at the Grand Review where I saw for the first time about 20,000 French troops march before me, if it might be called marching, for I cannot help saying that I have seen our volunteers perform better…I was close to the King & Royal family almost the whole time. They looked very well but certainly little of the military about them except the Duchess of Angouleme…’ Elsewhere in the letter, Stirling comments that he had brought back to Britain two original portraits ‘as large as life of Napoleon le Grand (certainly one of the ost wonderful characters that ever lives) by Lefvre & that of Maria Louisa by Gerard’ and discusses their provenance and authenticity. It is somewhat surprising that Stirling should make his comment on Napoleon so soon after the end of the Napoleonic Wars. 4pp 4to, two pages cross written, fine condition
Lot 174
Maritime – Count Simon Woronzow autograph letter signed to Earl Spencer dated July 10th 1798, in French (with full English translation) thanking him for his role in getting Lieutenant Michael Halliday promoted to be commander of HMS Woolwich, 2pp 4to. Woronzow, a member of one of the great aristocratic Russian families was ambassador to England at this time. Spencer was First Lord of the Admiralty.
Lot 177
Quakers autograph letter signed J Rickman to his niece, Lucy Rickman at ‘J Rickman’s Maidenhead, Berks’ incorporating a 100 line poem , dated Reading August 30th 1797, 4pp folio. This may have been written by Joseph Rickman, grocer and druggist in business at Maidenhead, and father of Thomas Rickman , architect and organiser of the first British census, friend of Southey and Lamb. This poem exhibits the traditions of independent thought which characterised that talented family.
Lot 212
Northumberland – Bamburgh two important documents relating to Bamburgh, the first dated 1668 being the book of rates of the southside of the Bamburgh Ward, listing each property with rates payable, annotations in the margins etc, written in a neat hand on 1p oblong folio vellum; the second document dated 1803/04, written on three large sheets of paper is an assessment of each property with names of owners, land holdings, rates payable etc etc. Both documents provide considerable primary source information on the residents and land holdings of the area
Lot 249
Printed Ephemera – Boy’s comic Chums, Vol 1 No 1, dated September 14th 1892. The first issue of this popular boy’s comic which ran until 1941 and in its day attracted quality writers such as P G Wodehouse and Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. Top cover browned but interior contents in generally good order. Rare..
Lot 262
Election Handbill To the Freeholders of Northumberland, the emissaries of he infamous Coalition between ‘ Northumberland’s Choice’ the First and that nondescript animal who it is understand has been designated by his worthy ally, ‘Northumberland’s Choice the second...’ Handbill on a single sheet of 4to paper, supporting Howick
Lot 273
Industrial Revolution – Shropshire – Coalbrookdale – Token a scarce copper half penny token issued in Coalbrookdale, Shropshire in 1792 bearing on the obverse a detailed view of the iron bridge with a sailing ship passing underneath: "IRON BRIDGE AT COALBROOK DALE. 1792", "ERECTED ANNO 1779. SPAN 100 FEET". The reverse depicts a man working at a barge-lifting machine and carries the legend "INCLINED PLANE AT KETLEY. 1789". There is also an inscription on the edge :"PAYABLE AT COALBROOK-DALE AND KETLEY". This is listed in the official listings of tokens as ‘Scarce’ It was issued by one of the greatest companies in the development of the industrial revolution in Shropshire, Reynolds & Co., trading as the Coalbrook-Dale Iron Company with establishments at Coalbrook-Dale and Ketley. The inclusion of the Ketley inclined plain is also significant as this was an invention of Reynolds in order to combat the very steep inclines of the area now known as Telford, which made it impossible to provide locks on the various industrial canals which were being built to carry coal and finished goods. The Ketley was the first such invention in Britain. The last surviving of the great Shropshire incline planes, at Hay, near Ironbridge is now partially restored and preserved at the Ironbridge Gorge Museum. The Ketley Inclined plain has long disappeared under the modern housing of Telford, though remnants of the Ketley canal can still be found.
Lot 282
A London Wine Merchant a fascinating and extensive archive of approx 69 autograph letters , late 18th c, written by William Tate, a London Wine Merchant, to his friend Thomas Adams in Northumberland, commenting on a host of events in London and elsewhere and providing a vivid picture of London life at the end of the 18th c. Tate writes in a very accessible and gossipy style, reporting on events he has witnessed himself or had reported to him, including a tragedy at London’s Haymarket Theatre when people were trampled to death in a stampede; events in the House of Commons; the safe arrival of cargo ships from the West Indies; hurricanes in the West Indies and their effects on the crop yields; the creation of basins and wharfs for shipping at Wapping; the costs of wine from abroad; the high price of produce; the preparations against invasion from France and the general progress of the wars in Europe; the first circulation of Five Pound notes, and the day to day intrigues in the London based banks; the mutiny at the Nore and a description of the blockade of the Thames; rumours of the activities of the French and the suggestion that they had invaded Northern Ireland [it was a real belief at the time that Napoleon would invade Britain via Northern Ireland with the aid of Catholic families in that province]; Nelson’s Victory at the Nile; Cornwallis’s march into Northern Ireland; rumours that Napoleon had been arrested in France; rumours of war with the Americans; people enjoying sea bathing [only just invented at that time], and many other events.
Lot 146
The Norton Chronicle, volume 1 and 2 in one, February 1890/January 1892. Volume 3 and 4 in one, February 1892/January 1894. Volume 5 and 6 in one, February 1894/January 1894. Volume 7 and 8 in one, February 1896/December 1897, all handwritten index, the first two books require rebinding (w.a.f.). (4).
Lot 169
Churchill (ED); "The Anglo-Saxon Review" December 1899, gilt decoration to cover, Charles the First facsimile binding (t.e.g.), France; "At the Sign of the Queen Pedaque" 1931 illustrated edition, "The Merrie Tales of Jacques Tournebroche" 1923 illustrated edition and 3 other books of Shakespeare plays. (6).
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