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Click here to subscribeLydekker (Richard) The Great and Small Game of Europe, Western and Northern Asia and America, one of 250 copies signed by the publisher, half-title, 8 hand-coloured lithographed plates with tissue-guards, illustrations, unopened, bookplate of Russell Aitken, scattered light spotting to endpapers, hinges cracked but covers holding firm, original cloth, gilt, lightly rubbed, corners and spine ends bumped, [Nissen ZBI 2606], 4to, 1901.
Chess.- Greco (Gioachino) The Royall Game of Chesse-Play, first edition in English, translated by Francis Beale, engraved portrait frontispiece just trimmed at fore-edge to plate-mark, title within typographic border, slightly trimmed at lower and fore-edge, woodcut illustration of a chess board on B7 verso, initial and final blank leaves present, some light foxing and browning,modern half calf, [Wing G1810; LN 395; Whyld & Ravilious 1656:2; Eales, A History of Chess, (1985), 96-97], 8vo, Printed for Henry Herringman, 1656.⁂ The first work on chess in English to note that the rook was sometimes depicted as a castle. This is a translation of Gioachino's Trattato del nobilissimo giuoco degli scacchi. Greco was a native of Calabria, the same province of Naples that had produced the chess masters Giovanni Leonard and Michele di Mauro. A5r has a poem by Richard Lovelace and there are several states of the preliminaries known: our copy has A5r untitled and unsigned but A4v with catchword 'Sir'. Other states have a similar A5r but no catchword on A4v; or A5 signed either 'R.L.' or 'Richard Lovelace', signalling demonstrably later states.
Sporting.- Rawstorne (Lawrence) Gamonia: or, the Art of Preserving Game, first edition, 15 hand-coloured aquatint plates, occasional light foxing, later green crushed morocco, gilt, by L. Broca, g.e., morocco doublures and green watered silk endpapers, a lovely copy, Rudolph Ackermann, 1837 § Lydekker (R.) A Trip to Pilawin, the Deer-Park of Count Joseph Potocki in Volhynia Russia, first edition, illustrations, Presentation inscription from Count Potocki to The Duke of Bedford, original pictorial cloth, 1908; and an attractively bound but incomplete copy of The Gentleman's Recreation [1686], 8vo (3)
Four vintage knives, one with "R Clark Newcastle" on the blade stem," Made in Sheffield" on the other. Also one with hoof handle and 2 others. A small vintage fishing reel, John Bull printing outfit, loose stamps with small leather wallet, vintage "Hitchy Koo" mouth organ, Dominoes For The Blind game, vintage Mah-Jong set, scholars pencil case, hunting horn etc
Vintage games including jigsaw puzzles, Magnus gold plated trumpet, practice softball on rope, tiddlywinks, Bruce Forsyth game, etc.1:72 scale Airfix BBMF model set of Lancaster and two Spitfires, (kits not started; bags factory sealed with instructions, latest releases with engraved panel lines), a Yank-E-Tanks construction set (completed), sealed M.A.S.H bubblegum cards and Leeds Subbuteo football team.
A 15th century pewter secular badge, the badge depicting a holly sprig 42mm long This badge represents a Christmas game where men would wear this type of holly badge and the woman would wear the 'Champions of the Ivy'. For a similar example see Brian Spencer, Pilgrim Souvenirs and Secular Badges, p. 308, no. 306a
DU CHAILLU (PAUL B.)Explorations & Adventures In Equatorial Africa..., half-calf rebound marbled boards, gilt spine and title, London, 1861 - WARD (ROWLAND): Records Of Big Game..., original gilt blue cloth-covered boards and original zebra end papers, fourth edition, London, 1903 - STONEHAM (C.T): Hunting Wild Beasts With Rifle And Camera, original pictorial green cloth-covered boards, d.w. (slightly torn), n.d. - LAKEMAN (SIR STEPHEN): What I Saw In Kaffir-Land, original red cloth-covered boards with gilt cover illustration and spine title - and three other publications including canvas-backed folding map of Natal, by Stanford, London, in original plain-coloured slip-case (7)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
HAWKER (PETER)Instructions to Young Sportsmen, with Direction for the Choice, Care, and Management of Guns... To which is Added, a Concise Abridgement of the Principal Game Laws, first edition, ownership inscription of Robert Inman, 12 page advertisements Gale and Fenner bound in at end, untrimmed in early blue boards rebacked preserving most of original spine, 12mo, J. Johnson, 1814This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
WILDFOWLING AND SHOOTING'WILDFOWLER' [(CLEMENTS, LEWIS)]: Modern Wildfowling, green cloth boards and spine with bright gilt illustrations, London, 1880 - WILLOCK (COLIN): The Gun-Punt Adventure, d.w., 1958 - WENTWORTH DAY (J.): The Modern Fowler, d.w., 1949 - PATTERSON (ARTHUR HENRY): Wildfowlers and Poachers, d.w., 1988 - WALSH (J.A.): The Modern Sportsman's Gun & Rifle, green cloth with gilt titles, 2 vols., London, 1882 and 1884 - 'STONEHENGE' [(WALSH, J.A.)]: The Dog..., green cloth gilt, London, 1867; The Shotgun and Sporting Rifle..., London, 1859 - SHARP (HENRY): Modern Sporting Gunnery, pictorial burgundy cloth, London, 1906 - 'BLAGDON' [(CLEMENTS, LEWIS)]: Shooting With Game And Gun-Room Notes, 1900 - 'EAST SUSSEX': The Shotgun & Its Uses, coloured pictorial boards in good condition, n.d. (circa 1900) - and two other related publications (13)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Four-Way Game Counter Or 'Norfolk Liar'By G. & J.W. Hawksley, Mid-Late 19th CenturyOf flat ovoidal form, the signed white-metal side numbered from 1 to 30 for 'Pheasants' and 'Rabbits', the indicator dials of steel (originally blued) and brass respectively, the brass side numbered from 1 to 30 for 'Partridges' and 'Hares', the indicator wheels of copper and white-metal respectively, and with an integral ring for suspension 7 cm.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A 20-Bore Percussion Sporting GunBy Durs Egg, London, Early 19th CenturyConverted from flintlock, with two-stage barrel (pitted) with clean bore and turned girdle chiselled with foliage, gold fore-sight on a gold-inlaid cross, octagonal breech signed in gold along the top flat, engraved platinum plug, border engraved tang decorated with a game bird and foliage, and with a starburst in the sighting groove, signed border engraved flat bevelled lock decorated with a seated gundog, and crossed gun and gamebird at the stepped tail, figured half-stock (some old bruising) with chequered grip, engraved steel mounts (pitted) comprising butt-plate and trigger-guard in the French fashion, trigger-plate with pineapple finial, vacant gold escutcheon and silver barrel-bolt escutcheons, and later ramrod, Tower private proof marks; together with an 8-bore percussion wildfowling gun, converted from flintlock and in poor condition (2)96 cm. and 127.3 cm. barrels For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A 10-Bore Percussion Sporting GunBy T.W. Thornhill, Deansgate, Manchester, No. 109, Circa 1840With rebrowned twist sighted barrel (some light pitting, two ramrod-pipes re-soldered) signed along the tapering sighting flat along the breech, foliate engraved breech with a lion mask above two gold lines on top and with a platinum plug, tang engraved with scrolling foliage involving a running hare, signed border engraved flat lock finely engraved with two gun dogs in a landscape and with flowering scrolling foliage, dolphin hammer en suite (retaining screw missing, hammer spur repaired) and involving a partridge in a circle, figured half-stock with dark horn fore-end cap and chequered grip, border engraved steel mounts (engraving expertly refreshed) comprising butt-plate decorated with a sporting scene and flowering foliage on the heel tang, trigger-guard with foliage en suite and with a gun dog and game bird in an oval on the bow, trigger-plate with pineapple-shaped finial decorated with foliage, vacant silver escutcheon and barrel-bolt escutcheons, and brass-mounted ramrod, Birmingham proof marks 74.7 cm. barrels Footnotes:William Thomas Thornhill is recorded at 109 Deansgate, Manchester between 1835 and 1841For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Brass-Barrelled Flintlock Blunderbuss With Spring BayonetBy J.R. Evans, London, Circa 1820With two-stage barrel turned and belled at the muzzle, stamped 'London' along the top flat of the octagonal breech, and fitted with a folding bayonet above, border engraved tang with bayonet-catch, signed border engraved flat bevelled lock with stepped tail, engraved cock, and roller, figured full stock (some old bruising) with chequered grip, border engraved brass mounts comprising butt-plate with a game bird on the heel, trigger-guard with pineapple finial and decorated with a flower-head on the bow, vacant brass escutcheon, turned ramrod-pipes, and modern wooden ramrod, Tower private proof marks 37 cm. barrelFootnotes:J. Richard Evans is recorded as having a 'Wholesale Shooting Tackle & Gun Flint Warehouse' at 48 Cannon Street, London, between 1816 and 1821For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Rare Royal 15-Bore Flintlock Silver-Mounted Sporting GunBy D. Egg, London, London Silver Hallmarks For 1782, Maker's Mark Of Michael BarnettReconverted from percussion, with rebrowned twist two-stage barrel (light pitting) turned and chiselled with a foliate band at the girdle, long octagonal breech engraved with foliage on the flat behind the girdle and with gold-lined crowned maker's stamp on the top flat at the rear (reduced, hutt replaced), silver spider fore-sight, grooved border engraved tang decorated with a bird and flowering foliage, border engraved replacement lock incorporating some old internal working parts, inscribed 'D. Egg' and decorated with two game birds in a landscape on the stepped tail, figured half-stock (reduced from full and repaired around the lock cavity) with dark horn cap and carved in relief with a flower-head and foliage around the barrel tang, grip with characteristic chequering, and butt with raised cheek-piece and leather pad secured by a border of small brass nails, the side flat inset with silver Prince of Wales's feathers and motto, border engraved mounts comprising butt-plate decorated on the heel tang with two gun dogs in a landscape involving a sporting gun propped against the branch of a tee, all beneath flowering foliage, spur trigger-guard in the French fashion with foliate and pineapple finials, the bow decorated with a sporting trophy on the border engraved bow, turned ramrod-pipe, and later steel-tipped ramrod, London proof marks 92.9 cm. barrel Footnotes:Almost certainly made for the Prince of Wales, later King George IV (d. 1830) or one of his friendsThe Prince of Wales's collection of new and antique arms, displayed at Carlton House, forms (together with his father's collection) the nucleus of the present-day collection at Windsor. George, Prince of Wales (Prince Regent in 1811 and King George IV in 1820) was an enthusiastic patron of the leading London gunmakers of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. His enthusiasm led to large debts, the largest of all being to Durs Egg (£1,837 in 1795)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Fine Cased Pair Of 40-Bore Flintlock Duelling PistolsBy Joseph Manton, London, No. 4313 For 1807With heavy rebrowned twist octagonal scratch rifled barrels each with silver fore-sight, case-hardened recessed patent breeches each with rectangular platinum-lined maker's stamp, platinum line and platinum-lined touch-hole, border engraved tangs each with large back-sight and finely decorated with a starburst, martial trophies and foliage, signed border engraved flat detented locks each decorated with a starburst behind the rainproof pan and with a musical trophy on the tail, engraved safety-catches, foliate engraved cocks, the steels engraved 'Joseph Manton Patent' and numbered respectively '2028' and '2029', and each with roller bearing on a ramp on the blued steel-spring, figured half-stocks (some old bruising) numbered in ink on the inside of each fore-end and with dark horn fore-end cap and chequered rounded butt, border engraved blued steel mounts decorated with martial trophies and comprising butt-caps and serial numbered trigger-guards, trigger-plates each with pineapple finial, turned rear ramrod-pipes, vacant silver escutcheons and barrel-bolt escutcheons, original horn-tipped ramrods, and much of their original finish (some loss of finish in places): in original lined and fitted mahogany case with some accessories including brass-mounted three-way powder-flask re-covered in burgundy leather, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label (minor damage) for 1805-1810, the exterior with circular vacant brass escutcheon centred on a flush-fitting brass carrying handle 23.8 cm. barrels Footnotes:ProvenanceThe Barons Suffield, Gunton Park, Norfolk and probably included in the house sale conducted by Irelands, 17 September 1980 Sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms and Armour, 6 April 2006, lot 395LiteratureD.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers, The Mantons 1782-1878, 1993, p. 92, pl. 127 (trade label)Originally owned by William Asheton Harbord, 2nd Baron Suffield (1766-1821) or his brother and successor Edward (1781-1835). The former served as Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk between 1808 and 1821. The latter represented Yarmouth and Shaftsbury as a Whig MP. In 1819 he declared himself a Liberal at the public meeting held at Norwich to petition for an enquiry into the Peterloo massacre. On succeeding his brother as third baron he supported Liberal measures with much earnestness in the House of Lords. He framed a bill for the better discipline of prisons, the chief clauses of which were adopted in the new law on the subject passed in 1824, and he secured a relaxation of the Game Laws, and the abolition of spring-guns. From 1822 onwards Suffield, persistently, and almost single-handedly, advocated in the House of Lords the total abolition of the slave-trade, and sat on numerous committees of inquiry appointed by the House. He lived mostly on his estates in Norfolk, where he was known as a good landlord and allotted land to his cottagers. His love of athletics made him generally popular, and he established the Norfolk Cricket Club. He died from the effects of a fall from his horse on Constitution Hill, at his London house in Park Place on 6 July 1835For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A fine Second War ‘Burma operations’ M.M. group of five awarded to Company Quarter-Master Sergeant Thomas Hutchinson, King’s African Rifles, who won an immediate award for his part in the desperate action fought on “Pagoda Hill” in March 1944 - ‘such was his determination that even during the brief period his wound was being dressed he broke off to seize the opportunity of killing two more Japanese who came into view’ Military Medal, G.VI.R. (10330 C.Q.M. Sjt. T. Hutchinson, K.A. Rif.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals, generally good very fine and rare (5) £2,400-£2,800 --- M.M. London Gazette 22 June 1944. The original recommendation states: ‘At “Pagoda Hill”, Kaladan, on 3 March 1944, Company Quarter-Master Sergeant Hutchinson was acting Platoon Commander of ‘B’ Company. After an enemy charge had dispersed his command, he withdrew to a commanding feature on the forward slopes. Although wounded twice, he held his ground and by determined action with grenades and T.S.M.G. assisted to beat off the Japanese attack for two hours. Such was his determination that even during the brief period his wound was being dressed, he broke off to seize the opportunity of killing two more Japanese who came into view.’ Thomas Hutchinson, an N.C.O. in 2/6 King’s African Rifles, was attached to the 11th (East African) Division Scouts at the time of the above related action, a component of the 81st (West African) Division, commanded by Major T. C. C. Lewin - ‘Apart from being Swahili-speakers its soldiers were not regular King’s African Rifles personnel, but an assortment collected by the Scouts’ officers, most of whom were big game hunters and safari guides’ (The Unforgettable Army, by Colonel Michael Hicks, refers). Having disembarked at Chittagong in January 1944, the Scouts moved up to meet the Japanese advance on the east bank of the Kaladan River, and first went into action in the following month, when, on the 20th, the O.C. of Hutchinson’s ‘B’ Company and several askaris were killed in an engagement on the Pi Chaung, a tributary of the Kaladan. Indeed patrol actions and skirmishes were common place right up until the commencement of the main enemy assault in March: ‘At dawn on the 3 March the Japanese attacked “Pagoda Hill” in force. Two assaults were repulsed, but the West Africans were obliged to retire and the enemy began to surround the position. Having exhausted all the grenades, Lewin and the remnants of the Scouts then abandoned the hill and eventually withdrew across the Kaladan into the Divisional Box. Apart from known killed and wounded, three officers, one B.N.C.O. and 130 Africans were missing. The unit was now reduced to less than two Europeans per company’ (The King’s African Rifles, by Lieutenant-Colonel H. Moyse-Bartlett, refers).
Autographed Just Fontaine 6 X 4 Photo B/W, Depicting French Forward Just Fontaine Being Carried Off The Field Of Play By His Team Mates Douis, Lerond And Vincent After Scoring 4 Goals Against West Germany In The 3rd / 4th Place Play Off Game In The 1958 World Cup Finals, Signed (By Fontaine Only) In Blue Marker. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Actor Peter Dinklage signed 10x8 colour photo from the set of HBO television series Game of Thrones. Peter Hayden Dinklage is an American actor and producer. He received acclaim for portraying Tyrion Lannister on the HBO television series Game of Thrones (2011–2019), for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series a record four times. He also received a Golden Globe Award in 2011 and a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2020 for the role. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Actress Lena Headey signed 10x8 colour photo in character as Cersei Lannister from the HBO series Game of Thrones. Lena Kathren Headey is an English actress. She gained international recognition and acclaim for her portrayal of Cersei Lannister on the HBO epic fantasy drama series Game of Thrones, for which she received five Primetime Emmy Award nominations and a Golden Globe Award nomination. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Actor Kit Harrington signed 10x8 colour photo in character as Jon Snow in HBO television series Game of Thrones. Christopher Catesby Kit Harington is an English actor. In 2011, his breakthrough role as Jon Snow in the HBO epic fantasy television series Game of Thrones (2011–2019) earned him international recognition and several accolades, including a Golden Globe Award nomination and two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2016 and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2019. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Star Wars The Phantom Menace and X Wing video game voice of Darth Vader actor C Andrew Nelson signed 8x10 photo. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Star Wars The Phantom Menace and X Wing video game voice of Darth Vader actor C Andrew Nelson signed 8x10 photo. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Star Wars The Phantom Menace and X Wing video game voice of Darth Vader actor C Andrew Nelson signed 8x10 photo. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Football Malcom MacDonald signed 18x12 black and white print picture scoring his Fourth goal against Cyprus at Wembley in 1975 a game in which MacDonald scored all five in European Championship qualifier. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Box of assorted items to include a Zeiss Ikon Goerz Frontar baby box miniature camera, a stylophone, Texas instruments T1-25 calculator, Kodak pocket Instamatic 50 camera in original case with original film, etc. Omega stereo model 8023 cassette player, Kodak six-XX Brownie D camera in original case, selection of old postcards and playing cards including possibly original Jaques' Games set of Happy Families in original box, Pass the Pigs game, etc.(B.P. 21% + VAT)
A small collection of games to include two (2) NES (NINTENDO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM) games: 'Captain Skyhawk' and 'A Boy and his Blob'. Five (5) MSX Games and 1 (1) Phillips Videopac 'Gunfighter' game. (8) (B.P. 21% + VAT) NES games boxes in poor condition missing interior cardboard. 'A boy and his blob ' missing dust cover. MSX Games appear complete but in used condition Philips videopac 14 case grubby and discoloured , used condition.
"THE AGE OF INVENTION", a Victorian card game, 19th century, comprising twenty printed cards, each illustrated with a comic vignette, to a slip case with applied illustrated title label, published by D. Carvalho, London, together with a Victorian bridge set comprising two decks of playing cards, the jacks illustrated as servants, the queens as a young Queen Victoria and the kings as a young Prince Albert, both sets complete but unboxed, a further Victorian card game comprising sixteen sets of four caricature cards, an unopened sealed pack of Charles Goodall & Son playing cards, a 19th century mug decorated with playing cards, and two Victorian crest albums (7) CONDITION REPORT:The Age Of Invention: Slip case worn and bumped to corners. Cover print worn and somewhat grubby. Cards bumped to corners and marked from use, some with the odd small stain or fox mark.Mug: Shows four descending hairline cracks to the rim, the longest 2cm. The body shows rubbing to the gilt highlights and wear to the printed card design. No maker's marks.
Nouvelle Maniere de Jouer aux Echecs (New Way To Play Chess). Sieur Philippe Stamma. Printed in Utrecht, Holland at JV Schoonhoven & Comp. Essay on the game of chess, where we give some rules for playing it well and winning the advantage by fine and subtle moves, which we can call the secrets of this game. . Title decorated with a vignette by J. de Wit Jansz. An In-12 volume of XXXI p. + 1 p. + 163 p. + 1 p. Half calfskin, spine with raised bands and gilt lettering, beige cloth board, embossed with crest and title in gilt of the Edinburgh Chess Club, instituted 4th November 1822. Pastedown has a small reference label. Old Chrsitie's lot label 171/2 25th May 1988.
Il Giuoco De Gli Scacchi Di Rui Lopez, Spagnuolo; Nuovamente tradotto in lingua Italiana de M. Gio Domenico Tarsia. Scarce first edition of one of the earliest books published on the game of chess. Book bound in vellum, hand written title to spine. Label in paste down: Edinburgh Chess Club. Hand written in pastedown: Presented to the Edinburgh Chess Club by the Earl of Perth 1937. Old Christie's lot label 170 dated 25th May 1988. Signs of repair, evidence of book worm. Boards stained and brittle. Staining to extremities of pages. Condition: poor.
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