Collection of five books: 1) Yarrow Revisited, by William Wordsworth, first edition, London: Longman, 1835, contemporary quarter leather binding with marbled endpapers, errata, two leaves of advertisements. 2) Within Four Walls, by Wilfrid Gibson, London: Fortune Press, 1950, presentation copy signed by the author with additional loosely inserted autograph letter in blue ink on headed paper (White House, Surrey), publisher's quarter cloth. 3) A Pair of Blue Eyes, by Thomas Hardy, Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1884, two parts bound as one, bearing prisoner-of-war library stamps, 'Stalag XVIII'. 4 & 5) Tess of the D'Urbervilles and The Mayor of Casterbridge, Thomas Hardy, London: Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., 1895, etched frontispiece to each volume by H. Macbeth Raeburn, publisher's gilt green cloth (5)
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the white dial, unsigned, but marked 'Gibson Ltd Belfast' for the retailer, with black Roman numerals, blued spade hands, subsidiary seconds register and chemin de fer chapter ring, the signed mechanical crown wind movement number 71792 +31457 Peerless with pumpkin shaped winder and hand setting button at 11 o'clock, the gunmetal one piece case by François Borgel, number 442375, stamped 'ACIER', with threaded inner to take the movement housingFootnote: Other notes: François Borgel started making watch cases at the end of the 19th century from his workshops in Geneva and in 1891 he patented the screw down watch case design that bears his name today, the 'Borgel Case'. The Borgel case was first used for pocket watches before being widely used during the First World War for wristwatches. A watch with a Borgel case was significantly more expensive than one in an ordinary case, but it was the best available at the time for life in the trenches and military men rarely economised on kit on which their life depended. The case back and middle part are in one piece, so there is no opening at the back. The front opening of the case is thickened and threaded internally with a fine thread. The movement, complete with dial and hands, is mounted in an externally threaded carrier ring, and the bezel carrying the crystal is mounted onto the end of this carrier ring. The assembly of carrier ring with movement, dial, hands, bezel and crystal is then screwed into the case from the front with the crown and spring loaded stem fully retracted. Borgel cases are now rare and are much sought after by collectors.
British county maps. A collection of approximately sixty-five maps, 17th - 19th century, engraved county maps, town plans and road maps, of Midland counties, with examples by Van den Keere, Van Langeren, Moule, Archer, Cary, Stockdale, Phillips, Badeslade & Toms, Seller/Grose, Seller, Paterson, Lewis, Owen & Bowen, Gardner, Dawson, Aiken, Conder/Hogg, Senex, Palmer, Gibson, Kitchin, Morden (miniature) and Baker, mostly hand coloured, small format, all mounted, various condition (Qty: Approx. 65)
Gloucestershire. A collection of forty maps, 17th - 19th century, county maps, town plans and road maps, including examples by Bickham, Fullarton, Cary. Lewis, Archer, Badeslade and Toms, Dawson, Bowen/Meijer, Senex, Philips, Ellis, Ramble, Cole & Roper, Owen & Bowen, Langley, Laurie & Whittle, Moll, Gibson, Hermanides, Cowley, Wallis, Capper, Leigh, Paterson and Osborne, occasional duplicates, all mounted, three framed and glazed, together with approximately fifty-five engraved and lithographic topographical views with examples by Sparrow, Wallis, Brewer and Neele, all mounted, small format, various condition (Qty: approx. 95)
Price (Richard) . Observations on Reversionary Payments;..., 1771, printed T. Cadell, period inscription to head of the title page, some toning, rear endpaper partially detached, gutters cracked, contemporary full calf, boards & spine rubbed, hinges cracked, 8vo, together with Gibson (Edmund) , Synodus Anglicana: or, The Constitution and Proceedings of an English Convocation,..., 1702, printed for A. and J. Churchill, period inscriptions to front endpaper & the title page, cracked gutters, some light toning throughout, contemporary mottled full calf, front board partially detached, slightly rubbed, 8vo, and Carey (M.L.M.) , Four Months in a Dahabëéh; or, narrative of a winter's cruise on the Nile, 1863, 6 colour plates, plate to pp 87 detached, bookplate to front pastedown, some light spotting & minor toning, all edges gilt, original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards & spine slightly faded & rubbed, 8vo, plus other 19th century & modern history, topography & miscellaneous literature, some leather bindings, many original cloth, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio (Qty: 3 shelves & a carton)
Northern British counties. A collection of sixteen maps, 17th - 19th century, engraved county and strip road maps of Yorkshire, Westmorland and Durham, with examples by Laurie & Whittle, Heywood, Moule, Van den Keere, Senex, Gray, Owen & Bowen, Ellis, Cary, Gibson, Van Langeren, Kitchin and Leigh, all mounted, small format, various condition, together with a collection of eighteen map reference books and catalogues with examples by Skelton, Van den Broecke, Potter, Booth and Swift, various sizes and condition (Qty: 34)
Scotland, Ireland & Wales. A collection of thirty county and regional maps, 17th - 19th century, maps of Scotland, Wales, Ireland and England & Wales including maps of the whole country, regions and counties, with examples by Langenes, Bertius, Morden (miniature), Luffman, Blaeu, Carington Bowles, Russell, Cary, Seller, Seller/Grose, Van den Keere, Badeslade & Toms, Wallis, Kitchin and Gibson, all mounted, all small format, two framed and glazed, various condition (Qty: 30)
Shropshire & Staffordshire. A collection of twenty maps, 17th - 19th century, engraved road and county maps, eighteen with hand colouring, with examples by Van Langeren, Capper, Osborne, Moule, Rocque, Senex, Cowley, Luffman, Cary, Owen & Bowen, Van den Keere, Gibson, Seller/Grose, Archer, Leigh and Wallis, occasional duplicates, small format, various condition (Qty: 20)
Ephemera/Archive. A large selection of letters, receipt books, diaries, and other manuscript material; predominantly 19th century. Also, a selection of photographs, a postcard album, and other loose ephemera. Mainly relating to two family names: Sumner & Gibson. Both appear to have a connection to Grasmere and London. An interesting selection, viewing essential. Provenance: from the estate of 'Kelbarrow', Grasmere.
Australia.- Capt. James Cook.- Entrance of Endeavour River, in New South Wales/ Botany Bay, in New South Wales, two maps on one sheet, engraved by John Gibson and Thomas Bowen and published in the first official account of Captain Cook's first voyage, platemark 150 x 350 mm. (5 7/8 x 13 3/4 in), sheet 285 x 400 mm. (11 1/4 x 15 3/4 in), minor surface dirt, unframed, [circa 1773].
A W N Pugin, a Gothic Revival silver, gilt and enamel drinking cup or beaker, John Hardman and Co., Birmingham 1848, flared cylindrical form, applied with three champleve enamelled roundels of rose, fleur de lys and monogram EP, linked by tubeline bordered and parcel gilt bands of etched geometric quatrefoils on a rusticated ground, below an engraved inscription: 'Eleanor Frances Baptised III April MDCCCXXXXIX St Mary East??Maw??' with fleur de lys and trefoil incised rim, the base with a further gilt and raised band, between trefoil headed arcading and a chased foliate banded foot, 10.5cm high, 5.31ozt Provenance: the Hardman Archives, Birmingham Library, Day Book records an entry on 30th March 1849, for a Christening cup £6, commissioned by the Rev'd Dr John Gibson of Jesus College, Cambridge; thence by descent Note: A W N Pugin began his collaboration with the Birmingham based ecclesiastical metal manufacturer John Harman in 1838, promoting themselves as the first Medieval Metalworkers, in which Pugin acted as designer for Hardman's workshop. Produced at the height of this partnership (during which time the new Houses of Parliament were still being refurbished by the company to the designs of Pugin), the same motifs and design elements appear on several other items of the same period housed in international museum collections, including the Victoria and Albert Museum. As a pioneer of the English Gothic Revival, Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin's metal designs for Hardman continued to be popular in both domestic and religious environments for decades after Pugin's death in 1852. Pieces produced during his lifetime, when Pugin was working directly with Hardman on a daily basis (as evidenced in the Hardman Archives Day Books), such as this cup, rarely appear on the market and the Hardman Archives show a very small number of solid silver domestic items being produced during this period at all; making this a highly important piece of early Gothic Revival design. John Gibson, Dean of Jesus College, Cambridge from 1842 to 1857, was one of the guiding forces of the Gothic Revival in Cambridge in the 1840s. As treasurer of the College chapel restoration fund, he commissioned Pugin to direct the renovations of the building between 1846 and 1849. His entry in the Hardman order books, includes two private commissions, one of which is this beaker, made for the christening of Eleanor Frances, presumably a relative; the day book record having been entered four days before the christening at St Marys church. This is the only record found for a domestic beaker or cup of any kind produced during the 1848/49 hallmarking period and in the surrounding months.
DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN. 1859–1930.2 titles: 1. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. London: George Newnes Ltd., 1892. Original light blue cloth over beveled boards, cover and spine blocked and lettered in gilt and black, edges gilt. Spotting to early leaves and endpapers, shelfwear.Provenance: bookseller's ticket (W. Davenport Taylor ... Ashover, Gilham Grove) to front pastedown; ownership signature to half title.FIRST EDITION, with 'Violent' for 'Violet' on p 317, but without the street name 'Southampton Street' visible on the sign to the upper cover. Green and Gibson A10.2. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. London: George Newnes Ltd., 1894. Royal 8vo. Original dark blue cloth over beveled boards, front board and spine lettered and blocked in black and gilt, edges gilt. Very minor spotting, a bright copy.FIRST EDITION.
CONAN DOYLE, Arthur (1859-1930). The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. London: George Newnes, Limited, 1894 [but December 1893]. Large 8vo (235 x 165mm). Half tone frontispiece by Sidney Paget bound before the half title [?as usual], wood-engraved illustrations (occasional spotting and staining). Original blue pictorial cloth lettered in gilt, peacock-feather endpapers (inner hinges weak, corners rubbed). Provenance: N. C. [?]Astington, 1894 (pencil inscriptions on recto of frontispiece). FIRST EDITION. De Waal 596; Green and Gibson A14a; Sadleir 746. With the same author's The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (London, 1893, original cloth, rather worn, first signature detached, second edition) and The Strand Magazine (London, vols. II-III [only], July-December 1891 - January-June 1892, cloth, containing 12 original Sherlock Holmes stories). (4)
CONAN DOYLE, Arthur (1859-1930). The Valley of Fear. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1915. 8vo (190 x 125mm). Half title, half tone frontispiece by Frank Wiles, 6-pages of publisher's advertisements at the end (some mainly marginal spotting, more pronounced to first few leaves and to fore-edge). Original red cloth lettered in gilt (spine a little faded). FIRST EDITION of the fourth and final Sherlock Holmes novel. De Waal 503; Green and Gibson A39a.
DAMBUSTERS THE: A colour 21.5 x 15 print of an Avro Lancaster aircraft of 617 Squadron (ED932 AJ-G, being the bomber piloted by Wing Commander Guy Gibson on the Dambusters Raid, 16th May 1943) individually signed by sixteen members of 617 Squadron and their Commander-in-Chief, most of whom participated in Operation Chastise, comprising Arthur T. Harris (Commander-in-Chief, Bomber Command), George Chalmers (Wireless Operator with Lancaster ED886/G AJ-O), Leonard Cheshire (Commanding Officer of 617 Squadron, November 1943 - July 1944), Basil Feneron (Flight Engineer with Lancaster ED918/G AJ-F), Bertie 'Toby' Foxlee (Front Gunner with Lancaster ED909/G AJ-P), Raymond Grayston (Flight Engineer with Lancaster ED912/G AJ-N), Dudley Heal (Navigator with Lancaster ED918/G AJ-F), Sydney Hobday (Navigator with Lancaster ED912/G AJ-N), Bill Howarth (Front Gunner with Lancaster ED921/G AJ-W), Edward Johnson (Bomb Aimer with Lancaster ED912/G AJ-N), William Reid (Captured and made a Prisoner of War in Stalag-III whilst serving in 617 Squadron, July 1944. Victoria Cross winner for his actions during a raid on Dusseldorf, 3rd November 1943), Geoffrey Rice (Pilot of Lancaster ED936/G AJ-H), David Shannon (Pilot of Lancaster ED929/G AJ-L), Len Sumpter (Bomb Aimer with Lancaster ED929/G AJ-L), James Tait (Commanding Officer of 617 Squadron, July 1944 - January 1945), Bill Townsend (Pilot of Lancaster ED886/G AJ-O) and Douglas Webb (Front Gunner with Lancaster ED886/G AJ-O). All have signed with their names alone in various coloured inks to the white background. Also signed by Keith Broomfield of the RAF Museum. Some very light, extremely minor staining and a few minor corner and surface creases to the edges, about VG
A Highly Decorative Hallmarked Silver Dish, William Gibson & John Langman, London 1894, of shaped oval form profusely detailed in relief with flowerheads and leaf scrolls, monogrammed, 27.5cm wide, in Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company fitted case with a hallmarked silver spoon, George Smith III, London 1786, allover decorated and initialled.
CATALOGUES - AUCTION[REYNOLDS (JOSHUA)] A Catalogue of the First Part of the Cabinet of Ancient Drawings Which Belonged to Sir Joshua Reynolds... the Works of Michel-Angelo, Raffaele, Coreggio, Titiano... Will Be Sold at the Prices Marked in this Catalogue by A.C. De Poggi, , half-title, errata leaf, opening gathering loose, original boards, covers detached, T. Burton and Co., 1794--[FALCKE (DAVID)] Catalogue of the Magnificent Collection of Works of Art and Vertu, Formed by Mr. David Falcke, 30 plates, light spotting, contemporary quarter cloth, Christie and Manson, 19 April, 1858--[UZIELLI COLLECTION] Catalogue of the Various Works of Art Forming the Collection of the Late Matthew Uzielli... Sold by Auction by Messrs. Christie, Manson, & Wood... 12th April..., engraved frontispiece, PRICED UP WITH BUYER'S NAMES in ink, Joseph Clayton, 1861--[BERNAL COLLECTION] Catalogue... of Works of Art from the Byzantine Period to that of Louis Seize, of that Distinguished Collector, Ralph Bernal..., engraved frontispiece and plates, PRICED UP in ink, spine rubbed, Christie & Manson, 5 March, 1855, last 2 publisher's cloth, 8vo and small 4to; and catalogues for the collections of Sir T. Gibson Carmichael, 12-13 May 1902, and Victor Rothschild's house at 148 Piccadilly, W.1 (6)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
BACON (FRANCIS)The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, FIRST EDITION, first issue, engraved portrait frontispiece, title within woodcut architectural border, without initial blank, a little very light dampstaining, early ink marginalia, nineteenth century polished calf [ESTC S1406; Gibson 116a], W. Stansby for M. Lownes and W. Barret, 1622--[CAMDEN (WILLIAM)] The Historie of the Most Renowned and Victorious Princesse Elizabeth, 4 parts in one vol., lacks frontispiece and 2 leaves of Table, title browned and repaired, burn-hole in 4 leaves with loss of a few words, a handful of wormholes, 2 leaves of Table frayed, modern morocco [ESTC S4171], B. Fisher, 1630--[RENAUDOT (EUSEBE)] A General Collection of Discourses of the Virtuosi of France, imprimatur leaf, without final blank, light toning, modern half sheep [ESTC R1662], T. Dring and J. Starkey, 1664--The Tryal of Dr. Henry Sacheverell, imprimatur leaf, first few leaves creased, last few with light waterstain, paper flaw on B1 touching page number, bookplate of John Fowles, modern half morocco [ESTC T51985], J. Tonson, 1710; and 4 others, folio and 4to (8)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
Gibson, F. The Poetical Remains, with other Detached Pieces. Whitby: Printed and Sold by R. Rogers, 1807. 8vo, half leather over marbled boards, pp. half-tit., verso blank, xiv, 134, ffep loose but present, loss to lower corner of pp.67-8 not affecting text; bound with I.A.M. The Hermit of Eskdaleside. Whitby: Printed and Published by R. Kirby, 1833. pp. tit. verso blank, 30. Idem Streanshall Abbey: or, the Danish Invasion. Whitby: Printed by Thomas Webster, 1800. 8vo, text block only; frontis., vignette to tit.; pp. [i-iv], v, [6-9], 10-101, blank. [2]
AUTOGRAPHS: a collection of over 60 autographed items, signed by personalities of stage, screen, music, sport and politics; mostly signed on British Airways First Class menus, many dated and inscribed with personal messages of thanks, together with a quantity of signed publicity photographs and a few notelets, the signatures include Eric Clapton, George Martin, Ringo Starr, Charlie Watts (Rolling Stones), Cliff Richard, Malcolm Young, Brian Johnson, Cliff Williams, Phil Rudd and Angus Young (ACDC), all four members of Slade, Elmer Bernstein, Frank Sinatra, Andre Previn, Margot Fonteyn, Nigel Kennedy, Bernie Ecclestone, Jackie Stewart, Jack Brabham, Barry Sheene, Andy Irvine, Ellery Handley, Mike Gibson, Cliff Morgan, Virginia Wade, Ille Nastase, George Best, Bobby Charlton, Gordon Banks, Tommy Docherty, Dennis Law, John Mills, Margot Fonteyne, Julie Christie, Frank Boorman, astronaut and commander of Apollo 8, 1968, who spent the first recorded 14 days in space, with Jim Lovell on board Gemini 7, 1965, Sir Edmund Hillary, one of the first climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest 29 May, 1953, Shirley Williams, Sarah Ferguson (Duchess of York) and John Mitchell, former US Attorney General under President Nixon, 1969 - 1972, later imprisoned for conspiracy, obstruction of justice and perjury for his part in the Watergate break-in June 17, 1962.Provenance: the autographs signed personally for the vendor whilst flying for British Airways, First Class Cabin Crew, 1976 - 2004, and during 1968 - 1969, when working as a Sound and Lighting Technician,
A box containing approx 330 singles by various artistes including Andy Fairweather Low, Wayne Gibson, The Tornados, Dusty Springfield, Conway Twitty, Bowie, Sheila Fontaine, Duane Eddy, Kathleen Ferrier, O C Smith, Clarence 'Frogman' Henry, Jerry Lee lewis, Hariold Faltermeyer and many others
Two 1:72 boxed Corgi The Aviation Archive World War II ltd edn Europe & Africa diecast models to include AA32604 Avro Lancaster I - 'Admiral Prune' 106 Sqn Syerston November 1942 (Guy Gibson) and AA33303 Boeing B-17 Fortress IIA - FL459 No.220 Squadron RAF Coastal Command Ballykelly N.Ireland 1942, both with certificates, appearing complete
KEIL (John) Euclid's Elements of Geometry, printed for Tho. Woodward at the Half-Moon, Fleet Street, 1733. Together with WOOD (James) The Elements of Optics, 3rd edition, London (1811), GILL (Thomas) The Technical Repository, Vols VII & VIII, London, 1825, La Geometrie Pratique, Paris (1798), NICHOLSON (William) A Dictionary of Chemistry, Vol II (1795), Miscellanea Curiosa, 3rd edition, Vol I, London (1726), The New Dispensatory, London (1753), DARWIN (Charles) Journal of Researches, T. Nelson & Sons, London (1900), ROSCOF (Sir Henry) Inorganic Chemistry for Beginners (1896), GIBSON (Tho.) The Anatomy of the Human Body, London 1716 and LAURIE (J) Homoeopathic Medicine, London (1841) (12 books)
NO RESERVE Bibliographies.- Green (Richard Lancelyn) and John Michael Gibson. A Bibliography of A. Conan Doyle, 1983 § Edel (Leon) and Dan H. Laurence. A Bibliography of Henry James, 1982 § Symons (Julian) A. J. A. Symons, His Life and Speculations, Roger Senhouse's copy with his pencil notes to endpaper, 1950, original cloth, dust-jackets; and c.25 others, bibliographies and biographies, 8vo (c.30)
Mary Gibson-Horrocks (born 1923) three stoneware tiles probably made at the Leach Pottery, St Ives, two dated 1946, each painted and incised with designs, one with Mary on a donkey with Joseph, a bird and a bell flowers on a riverbank, in blue and tenmoku on celadon ground, painted MGH and 1946, 10.3cm square, (3) Provenance Mary Gibson-Horrocks
Mary Gibson-Horrocks (born 1923) Industrie et Spe, 1943 a slip decorated charger, slip decorated with a stylised bird perched on a rock outcrop, the rim with inscription Industrie et Spe (Courage and Hope), in brown on a sand ground, incised monogram and date 1943 to reverse 32cm. diam. Provenance Mary Gibson-Horrocks Mary Gibson-Horrocks joined the Leach Pottery in 1944 before leaving in 1947 to set up a pottery in Surrey with MIchael Cardew.
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