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A Moorcroft Pottery ginger jar and cover decorated in the Midnight Summer pattern (from the Midsummer Surprise collection) designed by Philip Gibson, impressed and painted marks, height 16cm.

A Moorcroft Pottery vase of compressed form decorated in the Midnight Blue and Peony pattern (from the Midsummer Surprise collection) designed by Philip Gibson, impressed and painted marks, height 18cm, S/D.

A pair of Cobridge stoneware vases, 'Bottle Kiln' designed by Phillip Gibson. Dated 98. Impressed and painted marks. Height 13.5cm. (2)

A pair of Cobridge stoneware vases, 'Bottle Kiln' designed by Phillip Gibson. Dated 98. Impressed and painted marks. Height 16cm. (2)

A pair of Cobridge stoneware vases, 'Bottle Kiln' designed by Phillip Gibson. Dated 98. Impressed and painted marks. Height 16.5cm. (2)

A Gibson Les Paul '57 re-issue, in black, serial CS 000708, gold coloured hardware, original case, with certification. Dating to around 2000

A Gibson Epiphone Les Paul electric guitar with sunburst body, no pickguard, Limited Edition, serial number L6120170, soft case

A Gibson Epiphone flying V electric guitar with amber natural body, white pickguard and gold coloured hardware

A 1930's Gibson Cromwell acoustic guitar, the sunburst top with twin f-holes and tortoiseshell pick guard. The decal to headstock is a later addition but the label to the sound hole appears to be contemporary. Kalamazoo, Michigan USA, hard case

A Gibson SG in candy apple red, black pick guard and wood grain headstock, serial no. 90185326, 18th January 1995, Nashville Plant, TN, USA, with Gibson soft case,

A Gibson Les Paul Studio in Alpine white with gold coloured hardware and black pickguard, serial no. 92346527 dating to August 21st 1996, production no. 227. some damage including chips to shoulder and headstock, hard case

Small entertainment and sports 1980 autograph book. 45 signatures. Includes Bryan Robson, Debbie Gibson, Nigel Kennedy, 8 tennis players, Robert Stigwood, Harvey Goldsmitih, Elisabeth Power, Rachel Gurney, Melvyn Bragg, Peter Bowles, Ernest Clark, David Essex, Liverpool FC players, Alex Ferguson, Spurs FC players, John Motson, Roberto de Matteo, Franco Zola, Brian Laudrup, Chelsea FC players, Robert Lindsay, Dave Allen and Felicity Kendall, some on back to back pages. Good Condition. All signed items come with our 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 £7.95

Entertainment/Sport 2002 autograph book. 45 signatures. Includes Chelsea FC 2002 (10 players), Ali Campbell, Rob Campbell, Sandra Dickinson, Lisa Stansfield, Melissa Etheridge, Marty Webb, Robert Bathurst, Anthony Head, Martin Clunes, Phil Jupitus, Daniela Gibson, Joe McGann, Tony Benn, Sven Goran-Erikson, Gary from Coldplay, Davi Mckenna, Paul Whitehouse, Jimmy Cliff, Richard Wilson, Googie Withers, John McCallum, Sybil Shepherd, David Yelland, Keith Harris, Simon Pegg, Twiggy, Dreyfuss, Rita Tushingham, Pam Ferris, Supergrass, Charlie Higson Some dedicated All are on individual pages so could be removed and mounted with a photo. Good Condition. All signed items come with our 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 £7.95

Scarce British Lions signed rugby book - titled Bill McLaren's "Dream Lions" first edition 1998 signed by Bill McLaren and all 66 players autographs on card and neatly laid down to the corner of each individual player profile photograph - notable players include JP R Williams, Andy Irvine, Gerald Davies, Ieuan Evans, David Duckham, JJ Williams, John Dawes, Mike Gibson, Ian McGeechan, Ray Gravell, Phil Bennett, Gareth Edwards, Barry John, Ian McLauchlan, Fran Cotton, Bobby Windsor, Graham Price, Jason Leonard, Willie John McBride, Bill Beaumont, Martin Johnson, Gordon Brown, Peter Dixon, Roger Uttley, John Taylor, Fergus Slattery, Finlay Calder, Peter Winterbottom, Mervyn Davies, Willie Duggan et al - a unique book signed by all-time great Lions players (VG)

European countries. A mixed collection of approximately 200 maps, mostly 18th & 19th century, engraved maps of the European continent, Russia, Italy, France, Germany, Poland, Holland, Scandinavia, Belgium, Austria, The Balkan States and Greece, and a few town plans, with examples by Gibson, Fullarton, Bowen, Kelly, Guthrie, Thomson, Toms, Darton, Russell, Jefferys, Rollos, Seale, Sanson, Rapin and Johnston, occasional duplicates, various sizes and condition (approx.200)

Playfair (James). A System of Chronology, 1st edition, Edinburgh: for William Creech, 1784, half-title, 11 plates numbered 1-7, several folding, water-staining to upper outer corners of half-title and title page, very faintly continuing in subsequent leaves, modern calf-backed marbled boards, folio (47 x 28 cm), together with: Sawyer (Edmund), Memorials of Affairs of State in the Reigns of Q. Elizabeth and K. James I. Collected (chiefly) from the Original Papers of Sir Ralph Winwood, 3 volumes, 2nd edition, for Thomas Osborne, 1727, engraved portrait frontispiece, publisher's advertisement leaf to each volume, variable spotting, browning to prelims and endpapers, contemporary calf, rubbed and worn, joints cracked but holding, folio (47 x 28.5 cm); Clarendon (Edward Hyde, earl of), The Life of Edward, Earl of Clarendon, 1st edition, Oxford: at the Clarendon printing-house, 1759, engraved portrait frontispiece, head- and tailpieces, and initials, frontispiece offset, bookplate of Robert Smyth of Gaybrook, Westmeath (1801-1878), contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed and worn, joints partially cracked but firm, folio (40 x 24 cm); Allestree (Richard), Works, 3rd edition, Oxford: at the Theater, 1695, engraved frontispiece and title device, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments and neatly repaired, red morocco label, gilt panelling to sides, slightly rubbed, folio (39 x 23.5 cm); Gibson (Edmund), Codex juris ecclesiastici Anglicani ... second edition, revised and improved with large additions, by the author, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1761, 2 volumes in 1, title page tipped in (one letter obscured), endpapers renewed, contemporary buff reversed calf, rebacked to style with new label, worn, repairs, folio (41 x 25.5 cm) Lowndes pp. 1881 (Playfair), 2955 (Sawyer), 468 (Clarendon), 888 (Gibson); Wing A1084 for Allestree. This second edition of Sawyer is notably uncommon, with ESTC tracing four copies; this copy appears to be on large paper, though no large-paper issued is recorded in ESTC. (7)

WW2 USAAF / RAF "Gibson Girl" wireless distress beacon ariel Box Kite M357-A. Complete in yellow painted metal tube.

EDWARD SHANKS: 'Songs', published the Poetry Bookshop 1915, 'the Early Whistler' by Wilfred Gibson, and other pamphlets

A London Transport A14 Gibson bus conductors ticket machine. Serial No.24331. Together with case and some ticket rolls and ephemera. GC for age, some dents and general evidence of heavy wear. £100-150

A group of three 19th & 20th century board games consisting of a John Jaques of London 'Squails' board game, a HP Gibson & Sons Ltd "L'Attaque" board game, and a British Manufacture "Blow-Football" game

A Victorian Westmorland Music Festival "Female Voice Choir" competition prize medallion awarded to M G Gibson

The Great Herball Newly Corrected. London: Thome Gybson, 1539. Folio, title page printed within elaborate architectural woodcut compartment, rare, ESTC lists three U.S. copies; the last copy offered at auction was incomplete and sold in 1949; bound in full blind-tooled calf over bevelled boards, with the original leather covering used as pastedown linings, free endleaves are parchment (binding somewhat dry, rubbed), a.e.g.; ex libris Christopher William Beaumont Pease, with his bookplate, with an additional Pease family bookplate done in gilt stamping with the motto "Pax et Spes" inserted, 10 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. This work is the fourth printed English translation of the Circa Instans, a popular Medieval herbal which circulated in manuscript form before the advent of printing. "The success of the Circa Instans resulted from its pragmatic, user-friendly structure, which made it especially useful to medical practitioners. The collection provides a selection of about 270 natural substances derived from plants, animals and minerals. Plants are the most consistently represented category, with everyday, readily available substances appearing more frequently than rare or exotic ones. The text is structured in alphabetical order, regardless of whether the substance is mineral, vegetal or animal in origin. This alphabetical organisation made it easier to search for a specific item within the text." (Quoted from a blog post by Dr. Iolanda Ventura posted on the Wellcome Library's website: http://blog.wellcomelibrary.org/2017/02/a-medieval-medical-bestseller-the-circa-instans/) [pi]4, A-Z4, Aa-Bb4, Cc6. http://estc.bl.uk/S119819 Estimate $25,000-35,000 Binding rubbed, spine sunned to a warmer color, some surface abrasions, binding structurally functional; contents leaves washed and pressed; some leaves with faint printing, leaves evenly toned throughout, some minor occasional spotting, a few holes in last index leaf very neatly filled with losses to only a letter or two. Former owner's or bookseller's note on ffep, "This is the best edition of this very rare book. It is so scarce like all the books printed by Gibson that Dibdin could add nothing to Herbert's description in the Typographical Curiosities. It is mentioned by him that Herbert had never possessed a single volume from Gibson's press." The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Bacon, Francis (1561-1626) Sylva Sylvarum: or, A Naturall Historie in Ten Centuries. London: by John Haviland for William Lee, and are to be sold by Iohn Williams, 1635. Small folio, engraved title (dated 1631) and portrait bound opposite one another before typographical title; divisional title for The New Atlantis, bound in a contemporary Cambridge, England binding of full tan calfskin, ruled in blind, lightly speckled, with an unusual bird tool used in each corner, both boards, a book handed around to Cambridge undergraduates in its time, with 17th century signatures of at least four different users or owners of the book, two mention St. John's College, contemporary parchment guards and printer's waste pastedowns, a well-preserved binding, old scratches to leather boards, 11 1/8 x 6 7/8 in. [pi]2, A-Z6, Aa-Bb6, Cc4 a-g4 (g4 blank & present). http://estc.bl.uk/S106936 Gibson 174. Estimate $2,500-3,500 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Ireland.- Camden (William) Britannia: or, a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland, Together with the Adjacent Islands, 2 vol., translated into English by Edmund Gibson, engraved portrait frontispiece, 10 plates, 51 engraved double-page maps by Robert Morden, wood-cut illustrations, several full-page, occasional faint spotting and off-setting, contemporary calf, upper board detached (vol. 1), both boards detached (vol. 2), rubbed and worn, small loss to corners and spine extremities (vol. 2), folio, 1772.

Ten lever pocket watch movements with dials for repair to include centre seconds chronograph movements; makers H. White, Charles J. Hill, Gibson Limited, Thos. Russell & Son, M.J. Russell, Rotherams

Royal Crown Derby, limited edition 841/1000 Irish Blue Kerry, English Spaniel 301/1000, and Welsh Corgi 485/500, all boxed with certificates, the Spaniel being signed Sue Rowe, John Sinclair, and Hugh Gibson 20.10.02

A selection of boxed and loose toys and games to include a P Gibson & Sons solitaire set

Camden (William), Britannia: or a Chorographical Defcription (sic) of Great Britain and Ireland, Together with the Adjacent Lands, Written in Latin [...] And Tranflated (sic) into Englifh (sic), with Additions and Improvements, Revifed (sic), Digefted (sic), and Publifhed (sic), with Large Additions by Edmund Gibson [...], second edition, two-volume set, Printed for James and John Knapton [...], London 1772, volume I: engraved portrait title-piece of the author in herald's tabard with coat of arms in a feigned oval by Robert White (1645 - 1703) and nine full-page engraved numismatic plates of coins, volume II: two-page engraved map Britannia Saxonica, further antiquarian line engravings illustrating text throughout each volume, 20th century olive quarter-calf and marbled paper boards, medium folios

Camden's Britannia, Newly Tranflated (sic) into Englifh (sic): With Large Additions and Improvements, Publifh'd (sic) by Edmund Gibson [...], Printed by F. Collins, A. Swalle (sic), at the Unicorn at the Weft-end (sic) of St. Paul's Church-yard (sic); and A. & J. Churchil (sic), at the Black Swan in Pater-nofter (sic) Row, London 1695, the text apparently complete, engraved portrait frontispiece of the author wearing herald's tabard within a feigned oval centred by his coat of arms by Robert White (1645 - 1703), further illustrated with 49 hand-coloured engraved historical and county maps, some by Robert Morden (c. 1650 - 1703), 9 full-page numismatic engravings of coins and further antiquarian line engravings within the text throughout, relayed contemporary speckled calf boards, raised bands to spine with gilt lettered red morocco title label, 19th century ink MS ownership inscriptions to pastedown, crown folio

*Album. An album of watercolours and prints compiled by a Miss Gibson, Derby, circa 1830-40, containing approximately 35 original watercolours, pencil, and pen & ink drawings, approximately 35 etchings, engravings and lithographs, a few cut-outs, some manuscript verse and decorative cards, etc., with handwritten label to front pastedown 'Chance Inn, September 21 1830. Miss Gibson, Derby Northesk', all edges gilt, original gilt-decorated green full morocco, with geometric patterned silk inlaid decoration to each cover, rubbed and some wear, with upper joint partly cracked, 4to (29 x 23.5 cm, 11.5 x 9.25 ins) Album includes two attractive watercolours on card by Henry Moore, Drawing Master at Derby (View at Matlock, and another rustic scene with cottage, man and dog, each signed to verso), several good-quality pencil studies on paper (one with blindstamp BE & S, Bath): The Sound and Breakwater from under Mount Wise, Devonport, Breakwater from under Mount Edgcombe, Eddystone Lighthouse, On the Tamar, In Witsand Bay, Mount Edgcombe, St. Nicholas Island, From Stonehouse Pool, one apparently signed H. Worsley, others signed Parsons, a pencil and white chalk study of the Queen's Cross, Northampton, signed R. Morris 1837, and a watercolour view of Goodrich Castle on the Wye by the same artist, dated July 1839, several fine etchings of rustic scenes and ancient monuments, signed SFE, and dated 1833/34, lithographic views in and around Dartmouth, several steel engraved views of Stafford Asylum, Lilleshall Abbey, Shropshire, Haughmond Abbey, The Wrekin, Tutbury Castle, and Shrewsbury from the Welch Bridge, published by W. Emans, Birmingham, etc. (1)

A pair of silver two-light candelabra branches, by Gibson and Langman, with Sheffield part marks, fluted scroll arms, octagonal shaped capitals, length 24cm, approx. weight 30oz. (2)

A Queen Anne silver Dog-nose spoon, by Charles Gibson, London 1702, the oval bowl with a plain rat-tail, the reverse of the terminal scratch initialled 'IL', length 20.5cm, approx. weight 1.9oz.

A George III Irish Provincial silver wine funnel stand, by Joseph Gibson, Cork, circa 1790, circular form, raised centre, diameter 10.2cm, approx. weight 1.8oz.

A late-Victorian silver basket, by Gibson and Langman, London 1899, oval form, pierced and embossed with trellis and foliate scroll decoration, foliate scroll borders, on a raised pierced oval foot, length 31cm, approx. weight 19oz.

Moorcroft pottery four star members baluster vase, buff ground, black at neck and foot, tube lined decoration of white poppy plants, height 20.5cm, impressed factory stamp to base, (c) 2003, signed Philip Gibson, 9.2.04 and other painted and stamped marks, boxed

Moorcroft pottery Lizard Orchid three star members vase, high shouldered baluster form, dark blue ground graduating to blue/green, tube lined decoration of pink and orange stylized lilies with intertwined leaves, height 20cm, the base with factory stamp, signed Philip Gibson, (c) 2000, 31.5.2001, stamped three stars, initials, boxed

St. Michael's Mount Cornwall - Gibson of Penzance, half-calf gilt album, including Castle interiors and exteriors, including Chevy Chase, Breakfast Room, Oriel Room, 'Welcome Home' greenery arches, party at thatched Nuneham cottages, Oxford, Bowood House before partial destruction, Abingdon, Mansfield College, Oxford, as opened in 1889, albumen and gelatin silver, up to 10in x 8in, pp 16, late 1880s, F-G, fading and foxing

A Gibson Guitar Company U.S.A. Sonex-180 Standard electric guitar, in a hard case

Aethelred II silver penny, Second Hand type, Spink 1146, obverse reads:- +AEDELRAED REX ANGLOX [both 'AE's ligulate, first 'D' with thorn], reverse reads:- +EADELM M-O LVND [ wedge between 'E' and 'A'], London Mint, moneyer Eadelm, Ex. John Cross Collection, Ex. Pheatt Collection, Ex. Commander Mack Collection, Pt.I, Glendining 18.11.1974, lot 132 [as 1st. Hand], Ex. Duke of Argyll Collection, Spink 24.7.1962, 30/-, Ex Dr. Gibson 7/-, with three old tickets, full, round, well centred, VF

Guitar - Flying V style guitar marked Gibson, along with vintage Gibson V hard case

Guitar - Gibson J-185EC electro acoustic in excellent condition with original hard case. Model J8J5ANGHI, Serial 00938005

Football Autographs - Vintage ball signed by the Manchester United Busby Babes in 1953 including Duncan Edwards (faded), Johnny Carey, John Aston, Allenby Chilton, Ed Lewis, Roger Byrne, Henry Cockburn, Bill Foulkes, Jack Crompton, Frank Clempson, John Downie, Jack Rowley, Don Gibson, Johnny Berry, Stan Pearson, Tom Curry (Trainer) and Sir Matt Busby. This fantastic unique item was won by the current owners family member at a local raffle after it was donated by John Aston. 

Manchester United 1952 Football An Edition Of Sport Magazine Dated November 1951, The Front Cover Depicts United's 1951/52 Squad (Which Would Go On To Win The First Division), It Has Been Signed By Don Gibson Using A Fine Blue Marker. Good Condition. All signed items come with our 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 £7.95

A vintage Gibson electric Epiphone six string guitar having a shaped red body with black scratch guard. Measures 102 cm high.

MOORCROFT POTTERY TUBE LINED STUDIO VASE of waisted form, designed by Philip Gibson, overall with pelicans amongst foliage. Printed painted and impressed marks to base. 25cm high.(B.P. 24% incl. VAT) CONDITION REPORT: Rather grubby but overall in very good condition with no obvious damage.

CARROLL (L), THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK, FIRST EDITION, TEBBUTT'S GUIDE OR COMPANION TO THE MIDLAND COUNTIES RAILWAY, 1840, LAURENCE WHISTLER, ARMED OCTOBER AND OTHER POEMS 1932, W. W. GIBSON, BATTLE, WRAPPERS, 1916 AND ONE OTHER (6)

GIBSON (CHARLES DANA), THE EDUCATION OF MR PIPP, OBLONG FOLIO AND FIVE OTHER TITLES, SIMILAR, CLOTH BACKED, PICTORIAL BOARDS, 1899 AND CIRCA (6)

World War Two hardback book Enemy Coast Ahead -Uncensored The Real Guy Gibson. Guy Gibson VC affectionately writes about his beloved aircrews describing the nightly drama of the bomber squadrons searching out their targets over Nazi Germany. Gibson also gives what is widely regarded as one of the most brilliant descriptions of the raid by Lancaster 617 squadron the famous Dambusters which he himself led. Unsigned. Good Condition. All signed items come with our 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 £7.95

Guy Gibson WW2 Dambuster Raid leader small signature piece clipped from a letter attached to small photo. Rare. Wing Commander Guy Penrose Gibson, VC, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar 12 August 1918 - 19 September 1944, was the first Commanding Officer of the Royal Air Force's No. 617 Squadron, which he led in the "Dam Busters" raid (Operation Chastise) in 1943, resulting in the destruction of two large dams in the Ruhr area of Germany. He was awarded the Victoria Cross, and in June 1943 became the most highly decorated serviceman in the country. He completed over 170 war operations before dying in action at the age of 26.Good Condition. All signed items come with our 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 £7.95

A WW2 RAF Gibson kite kit (part of a bail out kit) originally set with Gibson transmitter with original tube

William Camden's Britannia, Newly Translated into English with large Additions and Improvements published by Edmund Gibson of Queens-College in Oxford, printed by F. Collins and A. & J. Churchil 1695, frontispiece portrait, several plates and textual illustrations, full leather binding with simple blind stamped decoration to covers, raised bands on spine and gilt label (lacking maps)

Horses.- De Grey (Thomas) The Compleat Horse-Man, and Expert Ferrier, 2 parts in 1 vol., fifth edition, lacking initial blank, 19th century half calf, spine faded, [Wing D860], by J.R. and R. H., 1684 § Blunt (John) Practical Farriery; or, the Complete Directory, 38pp. advertisements at end, contemporary calf, some bowing, Dublin, Peter Hoey, 1773 § Gibson (William) Mr. Gibson's Short Practical Method of Cure for Horses, first edition, 10 engraved plates, contemporary calf, spine gilt, for A. Millar, 1755 § La Fosse (Etienne-Guillaume) Observations et Découvertes Faites sur des Chevaux, 3 engraved folding plates, Paris, Chez Houchereau, 1754 bound with Traité Sur le Véritable Siége de la Morve des Chevaux, 2 engraved folding plates, Paris, Chez David, 1744. together 2 works in 1 vol., contemporary calf, spine gilt; and 7 others, horses and farriery, 8vo (11)

Horses.- Solleysel (Jacques de) The Compleat Horseman: or, The Perfect Farrier, translated by Sir William Hope, 2 parts in 1 vol., second edition, 7 engraved plates, 6 folding, a few with closed tears running from inner margin, occasional browning, contemporary panelled calf, Rob. Bonwicke, 1706 § The Practical Farrier: or, Full Instructions, fourth edition, 4 pp. advertisements, library cloth, Printed and Sold by T.Longman, 1737 § The Experienced Farrier, or Farring Compleated, 2 parts in 1 vol., second edition, engraved frontispiece, occasional marginal tears or creasing, ink ownership inscription of John Mansell, contemporary calf, upper cover detached, spine ends chipped, Richard Northcott, 1681 § Gibson (William) A New Treatise on the Diseases of the Horse, 31 engraved plates, spotting, contemporary calf, joints cracked, upper cover becoming detached, A.Millar, 1751; and 8 others, horses and farriery, 8vo & 4to (12)

Fruit-trees.- [?Gibson (John)] The Fruit-Gardener. Containing the Method of Raising Stocks..., first edition, author's name supplied in ink on title, lightly browned, contemporary sheep, spine ends worn, [Henrey 724], for J. Nourse, 1768 § Hitt (Thomas) A Treatise of Fruit-Trees, third edition, 7 folding engraved plates, one or two with tears repaired, contemporary calf, red roan label, spine worn at foot, for Robinson and Roberts, 1768 § Forsyth (William) A Treatise on the Culture and Management of Fruit-Trees, third edition, half-title, 13 engraved plates, most folding, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, 1803, all a little rubbed, 8vo (3)

ǂBible, Zechariah 14:21-Malachi 2:10, in Hebrew, manuscript on parchment [Oriental (Near East), tenth or eleventh century] Single large square leaf, with three columns of 22 lines of large square script with nikkud, Masora magna above text and Masorah parva below text, small Masorah inserted between the columns, small stains and tears to edges, else excellent condition and on fine and heavy parchment, 395 by 350mm.; in large folding custom-made card mount Provenance:1. Most probably from the famous Cairo Genizah, the repository of the Jewish community located in the Ben Ezra Synagogue of Fustat, established in 882 AD. This storehouse of obsolete texts fell into disuse and was forgotten until renovations to the building in 1891 opened the hoard and released some leaves onto the antiquities market. The linguist Archibald Sayce was in Cairo in 1892, and wrote to Neubauer describing how the Genizah was being dispersed leaf-by-leaf to collectors. Sayce repeatedly attempted to acquire the entire collection for the Bodleian (for ‘£50 and 5 bakshish’, ='blessing' meaning a tip), but negotiations fell through, and Sayce left Cairo blaming the constant inebriation of the local officials for the abortive attempt. Subsequently, a leaf from the long lost Hebrew version of Ecclesiasticus found its way via the redoubtable twins and early Bible hunters, Agnes Lewis and Margaret Gibson, to the Cambridge scholar Solomon Schechter. He mounted a rescue mission and acquired the remaining 140,000 fragments for Cambridge University. The discovery captivated public imagination in Europe in a way comparable only to the opening of Tutankhamen’s tomb in 1922. For half a century, until the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, these were the oldest Hebrew manuscripts known.2. The Schøyen Collection, Oslo and London, their MS. 1630: acquired from Quaritch, London, November 1992. A sister leaf was sold in the Schøyen sale of ‘History of Western Script’, 10 July 2012, lot 12, for £42,000. Text: This is a noble relic of the earliest extant form of the Hebrew Bible in codex form, of equal or near-equal antiquity to the earliest surviving manuscripts. It should be noted that it is in the oldest extant codex format: nearly square with its text in three columns, echoing early papyrus codices, perhaps fixed in this format from the cutting up of Ancient scrolls and binding them together down one edge. The earliest surviving Hebrew biblical books date to the ninth or tenth century, such as the surviving parts of the Aleppo Codex (c. 920, now Jerusalem, Shrine of the Book), the Damascus Pentateuch (c. 1000; also Jerusalem, Hebrew University), the St. Petersberg Codex (dated 1008/09, now National Library of Russia, MS.B19a), British Library, Or.4445 (Pentateuch only, tenth-century), and the near complete ninth- or tenth-century codex, ex D.S. Sassoon, sold in Sotheby’s, 5 December 1989, lot 69, for £2,035,000. Those, and this leaf and its sister-leaves, are the fundamental witnesses to the format of the text as selected by the Masoretic scholar, Aaron Ben-Asher (d. c. 960), in Tiberias, modern Palestine. The resulting text was accepted by Maimonides as the most accurate, and remains in use today. The late Professor Chimen Abramsky assigned this leaf securely to the scribe of the tenth-century British Library, Or. 4445, and that manuscript’s lack of a eulogistic acronym for Aaron Ben-Asher has been taken as an indication that he was alive at the time it was written. Moreover, Kahle has suggested that Or. 4445 was the work of Ben-Asher himself in the early period of his work on the text (The Cairo Genizah, 1959, pp.117-18), placing the scribe of this leaf within the circle of Ben-Asher himself, at one of the formative stages of the Hebrew Bible. Published:D. Powell, Christian Apologetics, 2006, p. 189 (illustrated). ǂ Lots marked with a double dagger (ǂ) (presently a reduced rate of 5%) have been imported from outside the European Union to be sold at auction and therefore the buyer must pay the import VAT at the appropriate rate on the hammer price.

WW2 RAF Operations Room Numerals, interesting tin plaques with black numerals stated to have been removed from the operations room at West Malling Airfield. Ten in total. One with inked label to the reverse. RAF West Malling, near Maidstone Kent, was an airfield used during the Battle of Britain, although it was not fully operational at this time due to it being bombed several times. Wing Commander Guy Gibson VC flew from RAF West Malling, and stated it to be one of the finest airfields in the country. Towards the end of the war the airfield was tasked with sending RAF squadrons to fend off the doodlebug rocket raids.

A Moorcroft bowl, designed by Philip Gibson, decorated with pink lilies on navy blue ground, base marked with blue Moorcroft stamp and painted 2004, 65, Philip Gibson, 16.5 by 7cm, in original box.

Signed and boxed Royal Crown Derby Hugh Gibson Contented Kitten paperweight

 OLYMPICS: Selection of vintage signed album pages, signed pieces, a few photographs etc. (each neatly laid down to album pages) by various athletes, swimmers etc., most of whom participated at Olympic Games, some of them medal winners, including Sydney Wooderson, Johnny Weissmuller, McDonald Bailey, Arthur Wint, Bill Nankeville, Fanny Blankers-Koen, Mel Patton, Catherine Gibson, Harrison Dillard, Roy Cochran, Guinn Smith, Jeanette Altwegg etc. Most of the pages have small attached newspaper portraits etc., and many are neatly annotated in ink in the hand of a collector. A few with tape stains to the left edges, not affecting the signatures, G to VG, 14 

Royal Navy Officer’s Naval General Service Medal, clasp “Cyprus”Awarded to “LT. THE HON E.B.G. GIBSON RN (REPLACEMENT). PLEASE NOTE an Official Replacement issueLieutenant Commander Edward Barry Greynville Gibson, 4th Baron Ashbourne was educated at Rugby School, Warwickshire. He was appointed a Midshipman in 1952 and Sub-Lieutenant in 1953. Lieutenant in 1955. he was promoted Lieutenant-Commander in 1963 and served as Captain of the minesweeper, H.M.S. Crofton between 1963 and 1964. and Captain of the light cruiser, H.M.S. Phoebe in 1966. He was Staff Commander of the Naval Forces in the Gulf in 1967 and retired as medically unfit 9th September 1972.