A Slender Wooden Fan, with ivory thumb guards dating from the late 18th or early 19th century, the printed leaf with a detailed depiction of a couple by a fountain, the water cascading from the mouth of a dolphin, the words ''Fontaine Romaine'' on the stone wall. Cupid aims his bow towards the lady whilst she is trying to extinguish the flames being used by two cherubs to forge Cupid's arrows. To the left, another maiden reclines on a rock, holding another bow. The side borders of the design are printed with plain circles, whereas the top border is printed with rectangles each divided into 15 sections containing numbers, perhaps serving as part of a game or puzzle, or even lottery tickets. The verso is plain. Guard length 8.5 inches or 21.5cm. In good order.
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A Fan Portraying A Rather Prestigious Gathering or Event, with a detailed depiction of 18th century gentleman in embroidered velvets and breeches and silk sashes, and clergy, a Cardinal in his red robes and another priest in purple. Set in a rather grand salon, with gilded busts and furnishings and porcelain urns, and footmen in attendance. A lady supervises a toddler, his pull-along toy horse to the side, who is playing a ball game on a patterned rug, with a gentleman in his wig and finery. The leaf, of painted silk, is further embroidered with a border of tiny sequins. The verso is plain. The fan, of carved and pierced and painted bone, is most likely early 20th century. Guard length 9 inches or 23cm. the backing fabric has split on several folds. Retains good colour and the recto silk is in good order, as is the monture.
LOUIS MARX & CO LTD; a 'Streamline Speedway' tinplate game with two cars, track and associated tunnel, playworn (box af). Additional InformationBox af as stated, in two parts, heavily discoloured, both cars heavily worn, further general wear and tear throughout, the tunnel must be associated as it is not my Marx.
RED STAR BELGRADE VS MANCHESTER UNITED; a rare football programme from the 5th February 1958 European Cup second round second leg tie. The game finished 3-3 but of course was sadly overshadowed by the horrendous events of the following day culminating in the tragic loss of 23 lives.Additional InformationThis is an original.
Sport's First Streaker - Studio Pottery slay sculpture model of Michael O'Brien - Rugby Union interest, fascinating 1970's period piece, depicting Michael O'Brien (first known streaker at a major sporting event) corralled by a trio of policeman after running on to the pitch naked at the friendly game England V France at Twickenham, 20th April, 1974, unknown signature to reverse, 13¾in. high.
Jacob (Giles). The Country Gentleman's Vade Mecum. Containing an Account of the best Methods to improve Lands ... Of Horses, Cattle ... Of Deer and Parks; Game; Fish and Fishing, Fish-Ponds, etc. Prices of Timber and all Sorts of Building ... Rules for Management of a Family ... Account of Gardening in general, 1st edition, printed for William Taylor, 1717, engraved frontispiece, woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials, manuscript calculations to p. 10, bound with: [Mabbut, George], Tables for Renewing and Purchasing of the Leases of Cathedral Churches and Colleges, Cambridge: John Hayes, 1686, browning, stain to title-page, 2 holes to final leaf affecting one letter, and: Clerke (George), The Landed Man's Assistant: or, the Steward's Vade Mecum. Containing the newest, most plain and perspicuous Method of keeping the Accompts of Gentlemen's Estates yet extant, 2nd edition, printed for Tho. Payne, 1715, title-page printed in red and black, 3 folding letterpress tables counted in pagination, title-page browned, one table frayed along lower edge, 3 works in 1 volume, endpapers and blanks profusely annotated with mathematical calculations, receipts and related instructions in a variety of contemporary hands, end-pockets, contemporary sheep, decorative blind panels to spine compartments and covers, rubbed, front joint partially split, 12mo (15.4 x 9.4 cm) (Qty: 1)ESTC T90927, R41187, T37529; Kress 3023 for Jacob; Wing M113 for Mabbutt (the work was previously attributed to Isaac Newton). Sammelband of three scarce pamphlets on land management, the endpapers annotated with contemporary receipts and instructions, including methods for dealing with ants, termites and 'a difficiency of male flowers on your cucumber plants', and other remedies. Giles Jacob is best remembered for his A New Law Dictionary (1729). This edition of Clerke's work was possibly preceded by an undated edition which ESTC dates 1712 on internal evidence. We trace no copy of any edition at auction for over 50 years; ESTC identifies eleven institutional copies of this edition world-wide.
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[Kidgell, John]. The Card, 2 volumes, 1st edition, printed for the maker, and sold by J. Newbury, 1755, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece to volume 1, engraved plate, a little minor toning, previous ownership inscription to front endpapers, contemporary calf gilt, a little rubbed with light stains, 12mo (Qty: 2)ESTC T68566. This anonymous novel is reputed to contain the earliest reference to 'base-ball', at page 9 of the first volume: 'Upon this, the Silence became for a short Space of Time universal; and the younger Part of the Family, preceiving papa not inclined to enlarge upon the Matter, retired to an interrupted Party at Base-Ball, (an infant Game, which as it advances in its Teens, improve into Fives, and in its State of Manhood is called Tennis)'. The work was 'popular in its own time but [is] as yet unrehabilitated for present readers' (River, ed., Augustus Subjects: Essays in Honour of Martin C. Battestin , p. 282).
Gelleroy (William). The London Cook, or the whole Art of Cookery made easy and familiar. Containing a great Number of approved and practical Receipts in every Branch of Cookery. Viz. Chap. I. Of Soups, Broths and Gravy. II. Of Pancakes, Fritters, Possets, Tanseys, &c. III. Of Fish. IV. Of Boiling. V. Of Roasting. VI. Of Made-Dishes. VII. Of Poultry and Game. VIII. Sauces for Poultry and Game. IX. Sauces for Butcher’s Meat, &c. X. Of Puddings. XI. Of Pies, Custards, and Tarts, &c. XII. Of Sausages, Hogs-Puddings, &c. XIII. Of Potting and Collaring XIV. Of Pickles. XV. Of Creams, Jellies, &c. XVI. Of Made Wines. By William Gelleroy, Late Cook to her Grace the Dutchess of Argyle. And now to the Right Hon. Sir Samuel Fludger, Bart. Lord Mayor of the City of London. To which is prefixed, a large copper-plate, representing his Majesty’s Table, with its proper Removes, as it was served at Guild-Hall, on the 9th of November last, being the Lord Mayor’s Day, when His Majesty, and the Royal Family, did the City the Honour to dine with them, and were highly pleased with their Entertainment, 1st edition, S. Crowder & Co., J. Coote & J. Fletcher, 1762, iv, [18], 330, 473-486, [2]pp., folding engraved frontispiece of a table setting (with 11cm closed tear), with an appendix and a final leaf of advertisements, occasional minor spotting, contemporary speckled calf, 8vo (Qty: 1)Bitting, p.179; ESTC T63887; Maclean, p. 56; Oxford, p. 92; Simon, BG 740.
Raffald (Elizabeth). The experienced English House-keeper, for the Use and Ease of Ladies, House-keepers, Cooks, &c. Wrote purely from Practice, And dedicated to the Hon. Lady Elizabeth Warburton, Whom the Author lately served as House-Keeper. Consisting of near 800 Original Receipts, most of which never appeared in Print. Part First, Lemon Pickle, Browning for all Sorts of Made Dishes, Soups, Fish, plain Meat, Game, Made Dishes both hot and cold, Pyes, Puddings, &c. Part Second, All Kind of Confectionary, particularly the Gold and Silver Web for covering of Sweetmeats, and a Desert of Spun Sugar, with Directions to set out a Table in the most elegant Manner and in the modern Taste, Floating Islands, Fish Ponds, Transparent Puddings, Trifles, Whips, &c. Part Third, Pickling, Potting, and Collaring, Wines, Vinegars, Catchups, Distilling, with two most valuable Receipts, one for refining Malt Liquors, the other for curing Acid Wines, and a correct List of every Thing in Season in every Month of the Year, 1st edition, Manchester: Printed by J. Harrop, for the author, and sold by Messrs. Fletcher and Anderson, in St. Paul’s Church-Yard, London; and by Eliz. Raffald, Confectioner, near the Exchange, Manchester, 1769, author's signature to A1, two folding engraved plates of bills of fare, some general toning throughout, offsetting and occasional light dampstains to few leaves, contemporary speckled sheep, joints a little cracked, 8vo (Qty: 1)Cagle 944; ESTC T82678; Oxford p. 98; Simon, BG 1249. Mrs Raffald spent fifteen years as housekeeper to Lady Elizabeth Warburton, married the gardener, opened a confectioner's shop in Manchester and set up a cookery school. She went on to have fifteen daughters, run two inns, found Salford's first newspaper, establish a registry office for servants and compile Manchester's first Directory.
Trade Catalogue. John Slater, Coach Spring & Patent Steam Kitchen Manufacturer, Birmingham, circa 1819, 20 numbered engraved plates, 8 double-page, showing kitchen ranges and accompanying flues and utensils, ten with mounted text facing (one on verso of front free endpaper, the others on verso of preceding plate), that opposite plate 6 dated August 1819, some contemporary manuscript annotations in ink or pencil, seven printed slips bound in with contemporary prices in ink, generally toned and soiled, with some water-staining (mostly to last few plates), some edge-creasing and occasional minor fraying, first plate with 9 cm closed tear, plate 5 with piece torn from lower outer blank corner, front pastedown with mounted engraved patent label, front free endpaper with piece torn from upper outer corner (with closed tear encroaching on mounted text on verso), contemporary sheep-backed marbled wrappers, vertical crease to wrappers and text block, oblong folio (28 x 35 cm), housed in custom-made modern cloth solander box, with gilt lettered morocco label on front (Qty: 1)Rare early illustrated trade catalogue of steam ovens: only two other copies sold at auction, both with fewer plates than this copy (12 and 16). The first plate declares: 'The Steam Kitchen, with the late improvements for carrying off all waste steam, & unpleasant smell, from the Roaster, is now allowed to be the most complete Cullinery apparatus, in Europe, being the most oeconomical, most useful, & most simple, ever introduced - Fish, Flesh, Fowls, Game & Vegetables, may be Roasted, Baked, Boiled, Steam'd, Stew'd & Broil'd, with the nicest delicacy. The Apparatus is now in use in every County in England, in most Counties in Scotland & Wales, in every County in Ireland, in British America, & the United States, in the Steam Boats on the Lakes, the East & West Indies, & their Trading Ships. Also in France, Spain, Portugal, Russia, Germany & Sweden.'
Rawstorne (Lawrence). Gamonia: Or, the Art of Preserving Game; and an Improved Method of making Plantations and Covers, 1st edition, R. Ackermann, 1837, half-title, 15 hand-coloured aquatint plates after J. T. Rawlins, light spotting and offsetting, all edges gilt, original green morocco gilt, spine toned and a little rubbed, 8vo (Qty: 1)Abbey Life 392; Tooley 393.
Peter Beardsley Newcastle Football High Quality 16x12 Signed Photograph. Peter Andrew Beardsley MBE (born 18 January 1961 is an English former footballer who played as a forward or midfielder between 1979 and 1999. In 1987, he set a record transfer fee in the English game and represented his country 59 times between 1986 and 1996, once as captain, taking part in two FIFA World Cups (1986 and 1990) and UEFA Euro 1988. At club level, he played for Newcastle United, Liverpool and Everton, having also had spells with Carlisle United, Manchester United, Vancouver Whitecaps, Bolton Wanderers, Manchester City, Fulham, Hartlepool United and the Melbourne Knights. He was briefly appointed as the caretaker manager of Newcastle United in 2010. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
ISABELLA DIANA EMMA SILVER (1830-1913) LANDSCAPES AND OTHER SUBJECTS including interiors of the Drawing Room of Medstead Rectory Hampshire, Sydney Cottage Bitterne, Men Hauling in a Seine at Swanage 1879, A Young Girl at her Canvas Work, Fisherman's Lookout at Minehead, Study of a Girl and her Terrier in a Green Chair, a Picturesque Bridge at Builth Wells 1884, Niton from St Catherine's Hill 1876, a Game of Cricket at Medstead Rectory 1877, The Well House at the Manor Medstead, Five Children Playing in the Barn in the Rectory Grounds, at Niton, Chudleigh Rocks 1877 and others, 16, one signed, captioned on the mount, watercolour (14) , two en grisaille or pen and ink, 26 x 36cm and smaller, unframed (16)++One or two with slight dirt but as a lot in excellent overall condition
Collection of vintage toys, games and books including boxed Corgi Hovercraft 1119, Thunderbirds Tracy Island electronic play set, Escape from Colditz game, jigsaw puzzles, Milbro microscope set, four Enid Blyton Noddy books, 1951-54 (possibly First Editions), 1960's Orbit books on transport, etc
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