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A 12" Terrestrial Globe,C.1920, English, signed to cartouche 'Smiths Terrestrial Globe, Showing The Most Recent Discoveries, C. Smith & Son Ltd, London & Croydon' on turned mahogany base with three bun feet

FLEMING IAN: (1908-1964) British Author, creator of the secret agent James Bond. T.L.S., Ian, with holograph salutation and subscription, one page, 8vo, Old Mitre Court, London, 17th October 1960, to Antony Terry ('Dear Antony'). Fleming informs his correspondent, in full, 'Very many thanks for the dotted i's and crossed t's, and these will be embodied in the book if and when. You are kind to have taken so much trouble.' With two file holes to the left edge. Together with an unsigned typed letter, one page, 4to, n.p., 8th October 1960, presumably from Antony Terry, to Ian Fleming, stating, in part, 'Enclosed some background on the hotels, nitelife etc. on the three Cities, more in note form, as I am sure you will want to change and shorten it' further adding the postscript, 'No cheque, PLEASE. Just don't forget to send me the book when it appears.' Accompanied by ten typed 4to pages, collated together in three parts, giving details of hotels, restaurants and out-of-the-way places in Berlin, Hamburg and Vienna.With two file holes to left edges, and minor creases and small tears to the unsigned letter. G (1) to VG, 5       Antony Terry (1913-1992) British Journalist, a former European Editor of The Sunday Times who was first hired in 1949 by Fleming (at the time the Foreign manager for the newspaper). Terry's obituary in The Independent stated that he was 'one of the paper's most valuable assets, a one-man listening post, a fastidious checker of facts, a burrower into dark corners and a traveller who never complained of fatigue'. Fleming likely incorporated the information referenced into his 1963 travelogue Thrilling Cities, which covered Hamburg, Berlin, Vienna, and ten other destinations around the globe.    

Two vintage globe standard lamps.

ARAB-BYZANTINE, TEMP. ‘ABD AL-MALIK B. MARWAN (65-86h).  Solidus, without mint or date (struck circa 72-74h).  OBVERSE: No legend.  Three standing figures, that in the centre taller than those on either side, as on Byzantine solidi showing Heraclius and his two sons; each crowned and holding in his right hand an orb surmounted by a globe finial (in place of the cross on the Byzantine prototype).  REVERSE: In margin: bismillah la ilaha illa Allah wahdahu Muhammad rasul Allah, staff, surmounted by globe finial, fixed vertically on four steps; in field to left and right: B – I.  WEIGHT: 4.40g.  REFERENCES: Qatar 198, same dies; Barber Institute of Fine Arts, coin AB30, same reverse die; Artuk 5; Lavoix 26; SICA 1, 607; Walker p.18, B.2; Miles, Earliest Arab Gold Coinage type B; Bernardi 5. CONDITION: Scratches both sides (especially on the reverse), otherwise very fine to good very fine, extremely rare and historically important.  Ex Baldwin’s Islamic Coin Auction 19, 25 April 2012, lot 7.  THE FIRST ISLAMIC GOLD COIN TO BEAR RELIGIOUS LEGENDS WRITTEN IN ARABIC .  In the former Sasanian lands, the Muslims seem at first to have allowed the mint-towns they conquered to continue striking Sasanian drachms without changing the legends or design.  From the 30s/650s onwards, the coins were subtly modified to include a brief Arabic legend marking them as an Islamic issue, and during the 40s/660s we find the name of an Arab governor or caliph replacing that of the long-dead Sasanian monarch.  But in other respects the design changed little for some fifty years until the great reforms of ‘Abd al-Malik b. Marwan in the late 70s.  In the West, however, the situation was rather different.  Syria, Jordan and Egypt had been part of the Byzantine currency system, based on gold dinars and copper folles.  Unlike the Arab-Sasanian drachms, which all bear the date and mint of issue (a feature also adopted for the post-Reform Islamic silver coinage), Byzantine gold and copper is seldom dated in this way.  This means that the chronology of the Arab-Byzantine coinage is less well understood, and scholars continue to disagree over some points, but there are good reasons to accept the broad scheme outlined by Tony Goodwin (Sylloge of Islamic Coins in the Ashmolean, Volume 1, p.106).  On this analysis, until the late 30s/650s it appears that the local demand for coinage was met by importing Byzantine copper coins – and that this import was officially sanctioned by the Arabs.   In or about 40h, it seems that these imports almost completely stopped, and local cities in Syria, Jordan and Palestine began to issue their own copies of Byzantine folles to fill this gap.  From 55h or so, the first copper fulus with Arabic legends start to appear and this represents the inception of what may be termed the Arab-Byzantine coinage.  Over the next fifteen or twenty years we find more and more mints beginning to produce these coins, duringwhich period we can also see a move away from local types being issued on local initiative towards ever greater standardization and central control.  In or about 70h this culminates in the introduction of a new, uniform type at virtually all mints, with the Standing Caliph image on the obverse and the modified cross-on-steps on the reverse; this was to endure for another decade until it was in turn replaced by post-Reform fulus.  By contrast with Arab-Byzantine copper coins, which were clearly produced in very large quantities, it seems that gold coins were never issued in significant numbers.  Why was this so?  One answer is that the Arab-Byzantine copper fulus were essentially a local coinage, produced on local initiative.  This attitude survived the coinage reforms of ‘Abd al-Malik, and so post-Reform fulus may carry any or all of a mint-name, a date, and the name of a local governor or official – although many in fact have none of these and bear purely religious legends.  This kind of variety is not found in the silver and gold coinage, which was far more tightly controlled, and indeed the degree of uniformity between coins struck thousands of miles apart is remarkable.  So while the caliph was apparently content for governors to strike Arab-Byzantine copper coins to meet local demand, issuing a gold coinage would have been another matter entirely and one which would have required official approval.  There are nevertheless indications that the need to replenish the supply of gold coins available within the former Byzantine provinces was being felt during these early decades.  A small number of ‘de-Christianized’ Byzantine solidi have survived, all very close copies of seventh century Byzantine prototypes with the bare minimum of modification to remove overtly Christian symbols.  Thus the crosses on the emperors’ crowns have been removed, and the cross-on-steps is transformed into a T-shape with the top arm removed, but in other respects the designs and legends are unaltered.  There are good reasons to regard these as local issues: Bernardi lists only some fifteen specimens extant (which is less than half the number of ‘year 77’ dinars known today) but these nevertheless copy four different prototypes.  This lack of standardization seems to fit better with the idea of a local governor recognizing the shortage of gold coins and so striking solidi which were sufficiently Islamic to be acceptable to the caliph while otherwise attracting as little attention as possible.  The coin offered here is a very different proposition from these earlier copies, and is surely to be regarded as part of the first stage of ‘Abd al-Malik’s series of reforms which ultimately led to the adoption of a uniform silver and gold coinage throughout the Islamic world.  The obverse is still a close copy of a Byzantine solidus, but it is noteworthy that a type without legend should have been chosen meaning that there is no Latin to be seen. The choice of three standing figures also forms a clear visual contrast with the single figure of the Standing Caliph which featured on virtually all fulus then being struck.  The reverse, however, with its Islamic marginal legend written in Arabic around a modified cross-on-steps, is a much bolder statement, unequivocally announcing that the coin has been struck to circulate in a province which is part of an Islamic empire.  The coin is still recognisable as the successor to the old Byzantine solidi, but the legends are no longer intended to be familiar to Greek or Latin speakers.  Anyone who wished to read the coin had to learn Arabic – which ‘Abd al-Malik had adopted as the official language of the new empire.  The coin is undated – the ‘B –I’ on the reverse is a Byzantine indictional year copied from the prototype along with the rest of the reverse design, and no longer represents a meaningful date.  But it is generally thought that these first attempts at a gold coinage with Arabic legends were issued between 72-74h, after which dated Standing Caliph gold dinars are known for the years 74-77h, followed in turn by post-Reform dinars issued from 77h onwards.  They are best understood as the gold counterpart to an experimental series of Arab-Sasanian type silver drachms which do bear both mints and dates; these are unambiguous in stating that they were issued at Damascus from 72-74h, and it seems difficult to imagine that these gold coins could have been produced elsewhere.  Like these silver drachms, it seems that they were never produced in large quantities, and their great rarity today may be explained by the actions of ‘Abd al-Malik b. Marwan after the introduction of his new, purely epigraphic dinars in 77h: ‘The Caliph issued a command that…all of the formerly-used Byzantine and Arab-Byzantine pieces were to be recalled to the mint for restriking.  All those who ignored this order were to be punished by death.’  (from The Coinage of Islam: Collection of William Kazan, Beirut, 1983, p.22).

A large globe manufactured by 'Georama', on a stylised wooden pedestal

Table lamp in Art Deco style modelled as a nude supporting a globe, plaster with bronze finish 55cm excluding shade, late 20th C production.

'Garden Chair' - chair sculpture designed by Peter Opsvik (Norwegian), 1985, wooden frame with removable branches and fabric-covered cushions, 180 cm. high, the base 103 cm diam. Peter Opsvik is a Norwegian designer who makes furniture intended to solve 'real-life' problems and ideas. The Garden Chair (recently re-released as the Globe Chair) was designed to challenge the stereotypical modes of sitting and improve posture. .

STONES OF THE WORLD GLOBE

CIRCULAR GLASS TOP DINNING TABLE WITH GLOBE & 4 METAL DINNING CHAIRS

Lobby cards The Silver Chalice. Set of 6, 10x8 coloured lobby cards from the 1964 historical epic The Silver Chalice fading around edges and pin holes in corners images not affected. The Silver Chalice is a 1954 American historical epic film directed and produced by Victor Saville, based on Thomas B. Costain's 1952 novel of the same name. It was Saville's last film and marked the acting debut of Paul Newman; despite being nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his performance, Newman later called it the worst motion picture produced during the 1950s. Good Condition. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95

George Clooney 10x8 signed colour photo of the actor George Clooney. George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961) is an American actor, director, producer, screenwriter, activist, businessman, and philanthropist. He has received three Golden Globe Awards for his work as an actor and two Academy Awards, one for acting in Syriana (2006) and the other for co-producing Argo (2012). Good Condition. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95

Movie poster On Golden Pond. 40x29 Quad movie poster (Grade A) from the 1981 multi Oscar winning film On Golden Pond starring Henry Fonda, Katharine Hepburn and Jane Fonda in excellent condition. Katharine Hepburn won the Academy Award for Best Actress and the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Co-star Henry Fonda won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama and the Academy Award for Best Actor in what was his final film role. Good Condition. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95

Lauren Bacall. 4X2 signed B/W photo signed by the actress Lauren Bacall. Lauren Bacall, born Betty Joan Perske; September 16, 1924 - August 12, 2014) was an American actress and singer known for her distinctive voice and sultry looks. She was named the 20th greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema by the American Film Institute and received an Academy Honorary Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2009, in recognition of her central place in the Golden Age of motion pictures. Bacall began her career as a model, before making her debut as a leading lady with Humphrey Bogart in the film To Have and Have Not in 1944. She continued in the film noir genre with appearances with Bogart in The Big Sleep (1946), Dark Passage (1947), and Key Largo (1948), and starred in the romantic comedies How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) with Marilyn Monroe and Betty Grable, as well as Designing Woman (1957) with Gregory Peck. She co-starred with John Wayne in his final film, The Shootist (1976), by Wayne's personal request. Bacall also worked on Broadway in musicals, earning Tony Awards for Applause (1970) and Woman of the Year (1981). Her performance in The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996) earned her a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination. Bacall died in New York City after a stroke, a month before her 90th birthday. 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 £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95

6x5 signed album page by the actress Debbie Reynolds. Mary Frances Reynolds (April 1, 1932 - December 28, 2016) was an American actress, singer, businesswoman, film historian, humanitarian, and mother of the actress and writer Carrie Fisher. She was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer for her portrayal of Helen Kane in the 1950 film Three Little Words, and her breakout role was her first leading role, as Kathy Selden in Singin' in the Rain (1952). Other successes include The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953), Susan Slept Here (1954), Bundle of Joy (1956 Golden Globe nomination), The Catered Affair (1956 National Board of Review Best Supporting Actress Winner), and Tammy and the Bachelor (1957), in which her performance of the song Tammy reached number one on the Billboard music charts. In 1959, she released her first pop music album, titled Debbie. 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 £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95

6x4 signed album page by the actor Kiefer Sutherland. Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland (born 21 December 1966) is a British-Canadian actor, producer, director, and singer-songwriter. He is best known for his portrayal of Jack Bauer on the Fox drama series 24 (2001-2010, 2014), for which he earned an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and two Satellite Awards. 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 £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95

10x8 signed colour photo of the actor Kevin Bacon. Kevin Norwood Bacon (born July 8, 1958) is an American actor and musician. His films include musical-drama film Footloose (1984), the controversial historical conspiracy legal thriller JFK (1991), the legal drama A Few Good Men (1992), the historical docudrama Apollo 13 (1995), and the mystery drama Mystic River (2003). Bacon is also known for taking on darker roles such as that of a sadistic guard in Sleepers (1996) and troubled former child abuser in a critically acclaimed performance in The Woodsman (2004). He is equally prolific on television, having starred in the Fox drama series The Following (2013-2015). For the HBO original film Taking Chance (2009), Bacon won a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, also receiving a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. The Guardian named him one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination. In 2003, Bacon received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the motion pictures industry. 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 £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95

The Earth globe, published by J P Salziger, Hamberg, on turned stand, 50cm high

A Royal Crown Derby 1128 Millennium Globe Clock, commissioned by Sinclairs, limited edition 684/1,000, certificate, boxed

1920's Art Pottery vase of globe and shaft form with panels of floral, foliate and dragonfly motifs. signed " M B T" dated 1924. 27cm high.

A REPLOGLE FLOOR STANDING 16 INCH TERRESTRIAL GLOBE, 94CM H

An early 20th century oak four sectioned Globe Wernicke bookcase, 59 1/2" h x 34"w

A domed steamer trunk together with a Globe Trotter suitcase

A Replogle 12" dia starlight globe

Paperweights - a Caithness blue and red bubble globe weight; others floral, spiral, pear, etc.; a carved onyx weight

Local Interest - a Victorian counter top silver plated Snuff box, Engraved CS to cover, embossed STOLEN FROM FOX & GOOSE, 1888, DERBY, ebonised base; a Chad Valley pre war tin plate table top globe (2)

A LARGE LATE VICTORIAN CONTINENTAL PINK CERAMIC TABLE OIL LAMP decorated with gilt fleur-de-lys, brass foliate base, detachable brass fount with duplex burner, 23 ins to burner, with chimney and globe.

A LARGE MODERN GEMSTONE GLOBE ON STAND

A 19th century gilt bronze cased 4 glass regulator timepiece, ornate case surmounted by globe and telescope, 8-day striking movement with visible escapement and mercury pendulum, height including stand 40cm.

Ross Art Deco style lady with bronze effect finish holding a crackle glass globe

An oak Globe Wernicke three sectional bookcase 113cm high, 87cm wide

A Phillips library globe on stand incorporating Atlas (1957 edition), two stoneware large lidded jars, pestle and mortar and four old bottles etc

A Victorian style globe on stand, three framed photographs, drawing instruments etc (one tray)Globe height 62cm

Globe on wooden and brass tripod base H: 48 cm

Large antique The Sphere metal on wood printing block with globe design L: 60 cm

Figural table lamp with globe shade

Drinks globe

Geo globe stand with later top a/f

A VINTAGE TRAVELLING TRUNK, and two Globe Trotter suitcases (3)

A Mid 19th Century French Terrestrial Globe by CH Perigot. 'Globe Terrestre, Un Metre De Eirconfereice Dressr Par CH Perigot, Dessme Par Mouraux, Institut Geographoque Editeur, Rou Souffle' Ceramic Buttons to Equator with Roman Numeral Indicators. On a Wooden Foot and Mounted on Ironwork Inscribed with Month Indicators. Globe 101cms Circumference (Requires Attention)

A Mid 20th Century Johnsons Physical-Political 12" Globe. 36cms High

A Globe Wernicke style lead glazed three tier stacking bookcase with drawer to base

Royal Marines Light Infantry Insignia An officer's QVC helmet-plate, a pair of dress collar-badges, a Victorian bimetal waistbelt clasp, a three-part sabretache-ornament, two pagri-badges, an OSD bronze cap and collar set, and gilt buttons; an OR's QVC helmet-plate and pre-1897 Glengarry badge ; an SNCO's two-part forage cap badge; a cap and collar-badge set for ORs, shoulder-titles and buttons, a QVC valise-badge, and a Victorian Colour Sergeant's rank-badge with Globe, crossed flags and Anchor within a laurel wreath, in gold and coloured embroidery on red cloth.(29 items)

Royal Marines Bands and Royal Yacht Insignia ORs' KC Full Dress helmet-plates for Chatham, Plymouth, RMA and Portsmouth Divisions; cap-badges of the RMA band and Plymouth Division (incorporating the Prince of Wales's feathers); a brass shoulder-title; metal lyre collar-badges and embroidered globe and wreath collar-badges; together with five different QEC patterns of Royal Yacht STs, embroidered in gold or worsted on cloth of various colours.(22 items)

Dialogues of the Dead by George Lyttelton, Baron. London, Printed for W. Sandby, MDCCLX [1760]. An early edition, published the same year as the first, with the decorative headpiece to page iii representing a globe in the centre (the first publication had a pedestal). 8vo. pp. xii, 320. Contemporary full tan calf, raised bands, gilt decorated spine, red leather label lettered gilt on spine. Armorial bookplate of Sir George Strickland (1729-1808) owner of Boynton Hall, Yorkshire. The book was printed by Samuel Richardson and part of it [Nos. 26-28] was written by Elizabeth Montagu. pp. iii-vi loose, two small tears to title-page, edges, joints and upper cover a little rubbed and scuffed.

The double lecturer, depicting two ladies reading and studying at desk with moveable globe, you may find a similar example of this clock in the book titled La Pendule Francaise on page 398, 38 x 38 x 13 cm.

Depicting two ladies with globe, 36 cm. tall.

An early 20th century terrestrial globe by Jules Forest, c.1910, on ebonised base, H. 32cm

A miniature globe; together with boxed Matchbox cars

A globe lamp

A brass oil lamp with glass globe shape shade

A gemstone globe, approx height 24cm.

Five vintage compacts including one shaped as a globe and a silver Art Deco example

Lladro bell together with a religious globe

A vintage milk glass globe ceiling light fitment etc

A Guinness Carltonware pottery seal table lamp, base AF, with blue aluminium revolving globe shade, 15" high overall, and another plain white ceramic table lamp with Guinness shade, 11" high overall (2)

An oak Globe Wernicke style sectional and stacking bookcase, 113 x 87cm

A pair of etched glass Globe and Shaft decanter and stoppers, 34cm high, (2)

A large Ruskin Pottery souffle glaze vase of globe and shaft form, the whole decorated in a mottled tonal lavender, impressed oval West Smethwick mark, dated 1907, height 24cm

A late 19th to early 20th Century James Powell & Sons Whitefriars crystal glass decanter from the Lotus service designed by Harry Powell, of footed drawn globe and shaft form decorated with an engraved band of stylised flowers on sinuous stems all rising to a twisted stopper, height 38cm.

A later 20th Century Baccarat glass vase for the Musee Du Louvre of globe and shaft with air bubble decoration to the green ground, acid marked, height 14.5cm, together with a Royal Brierley glass bowl of footed from with blue iridescent decoration, diameter 20cm, and an Okra glass vase with iridescent spotting, height 11cm. (3)