A group of English blue and white earthenware meat plates, 19th century, comprising a 'Fisherman with Net' platter attributed to Robert Hamilton, unmarked, 48.2cm wide; a Spode 'Bridge of Lucano' platter with juice drain, 48.5cm wide; a Bathwell & Goodfellow 'Traveller' (Rural Scenery #11) platter, printed title, 43.5cm wide; an unattributed 'Pagoda and Palms' platter, 37cm wide; a 'Chalees Satoon #1' platter 37cm wide; an Enoch Wood 'Warwick Vase #02' platter, 45.5cm wide; and one Davenport platter (group, damages and repairs)Condition:Hamilton - Large section to rim broken and re-stuck, losses of glaze and small chips around the edgesBridge of Lucano - large underside rim chip, manufacturing defects to base rim. Scratched with some stained heat stress marksRural Scenery - Large body crack, small section of crude overpaint to one section of the grass/bush, some front-facing chips, restored rim chipChalees Satoon - Two large stapled body cracksPagoda and Palms - Two small restored front-facing rim chips, scratches, some discolouration and scuffs to edges and undersideWarwick Vase - scratched, some discolourationDavenport - Heavily yellowed, small front-facing crack
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Sporting Autographs. A group of three multi-signed sports books, 1984-93, comprising: Golden Moments. A Collection of United States 1984 Commemorative Olympic Issues, Washington D.C.: United States Postal Service, 1984, colour illustrations after Robert Peak throughout, five envelopes and 6 blocks of 4 postage stamps, all featuring designs by Robert Peak, loosely laid in at rear as issued, multi-signed by 17 Olympic athletes including Gold Medal Winners: Bo Mathias, Bruce Jenner, Christine Ohuruogo, Harold Connolly, Linford Christie (all on title), Tommy Kono, Parry O’Brien, Ian Thorpe, Ed Moses, Olga Korbut & Nadia Comaneci, Al Oerter, Ralph Boston, Carl Lewis, Robin Cousins, Scott Hamilton, Franz Klammer, mostly with pencil name identifications beneath, original cloth in dust jacket, rubbed and marked with two stains to upper wrapper, oblong 4to Garber III (Angus G.), Champions! The Greatest Sports Legends of All Time, 1st edition, New York: Mallard Press, 1990, illustrated from photographs throughout, signed on relevant pages by Mike Tyson & Frank Bruno (above and below a photograph of them in the ring together), John McEnroe, Mark Spitz, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Bob Beamon, ownership stamp to front endpaper, original cloth in dust jacket, a little rubbed and marked, folio, plus Lovesey (John, editor), Great Moments in British Sport, 1st edition, London: H. F. & G. Witherby, 1993, black and white illustrations from photographs throughout, signed in the relevant pages by 8 sportsmen: Tony Jacklin, Virginia Wade, Bob Champion, Lester Piggott, Christopher Dean, Daley Thomson, Barry McGuigan and Nigel Mansell, original cloth in dust jacket, 4toQTY: (3)NOTE:All the autographs in these books were obtained in person over a period of years by the current owner.
* Golfing Autographs. St Andrews Old Course, colour print from a photograph by Iain Lowe, c. 2010, multi-signed in black marker pen by 18 Open Champions, the autographs obtained in person by the owner and comprising: John Daly, Tony Jacklin, Ian Baker-Finch, Tom Weiskopf, Louis Oosthuizen, Paul Lawrie, Sandy Lyle, Ernie Els, Todd Hamilton, Ben Curtis, Tom Lehman, Mark Calcavecchia, Gary Player, Tom Watson, Justin Leonard, Mark O’Meara, Stewart Cink and Padraig Harrington, a few pencil names to upper left blank margin with faint adhesion remains adjacent, minor marks and creases, mostly to the margins, 42 x 59 cmQTY: (1)
Bryant (Jacob). Observations and Inquiries relating to various arts of ancient history; containing dissertations on the Wind Euroclydon, and on the Island Melite, together with an account of Egypt..., Cambridge: printed by J. Archdeacon, 1767, 7 folding maps, loss to the front endpaper, front & rear gutters cracked, some minor spotting throughout, later blue boards & cloth spine, rubbed with some small loss, 4to, together with:The Argonaut Press, publisher, A New Account of the East Indies, 2 volumes, by Alexander Hamilton, London: 1930, original uniform gilt decorated quarter vellum, 8vo, The Voyages of Christopher Columbus..., by Cecil Jane, 1930, original gilt decorated quarter vellum, 8vo, The Discoverie of the large and bewtiful Empire of Guiana, by Walter Raleigh, 1928, Ralegh's Last Voyage..., by V. T. Harlow, 1932, both in original two-tone cloth, 8vo, all with monochrome illustrations & maps, boards & spines lightly rubbed, plusKingsley (Mary H.), Travels in West Africa, Congo Français, Corisco and Cameroons, 1st edition, London: Macmillan and Co., 1897, monochrome plates & illustrations, some light toning & spotting, front & rear gutters cracked, original red cloth, 'Mudie's Select Library' label to the front board, spine faded & rubbed, 8vo, and other late 19th & early 20th Century travel reference & related, including volumes of Navy Records Society, mostly original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/4toQTY: (6 shelves)
* Motorsport Autographs. A multi-signed plan of Silverstone British Grand Prix race course, c. 1990s, colour photograph, signed in blue and black marker pens by ten F1 racing drivers and motor sports professionals, all obtained in person by the owner: Steve Parish, Jochen Mass, Derek Bell, Chris Horner (x2), Brian Redmond, Freddie Spencer, Richard Attwood, David Coulthard and Johnny Herbert, 20 x 25 cm, together with an order of service in celebration of the life of Juan Manuel Fangio, London, 17 October 1995, signed by 6 motor racing professionals on blank inside cover, John Surtees, Raymond Baxter, Jack Brabham, Stirling Moss, Lord Hesketh and [?]R. Wheatcroft, slim 8vo, together with 33 signed photographs of motor sport personalities, mostly F1 racing drivers and motorcycle racers: Stirling Moss (x3), Jackie Stewart (x3), John Surtees (x4), Mark Webber, Lewis Hamilton, Damon Hill, Nigel Mansell (x2), Jack Brabham, David Coulthard, Emerson Fittipaldi, René Arnoux, Derek Bell, Jochen Mass, Olivier Panis (publicity card), Murray Walker, Giacomo Agostino, Alvaro Bautista, Michael Dunlop, Cal Crutchlow, Carl Fogerty, Wayne Gardner, John McGuinness, Phil Read, Valentino Rossi and Freddie Spencer, mostly colour photographs and largely 20 x 25 cm and similar sizes, VG+QTY: (35)NOTE:All the autographs were obtained in person over a period of years by the current owner.
Newton (Judith, editor). Helmut Newton, Koln: Taschen, 2009, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, slightly marked to the rear cover, folio, includes The Making of Helmut Newton's Sumo, original wrappers, folio, together with:Hamilton (William), Campi Philegraei, Observations on the Volcanos of the Two Sicilies, facsimile edition, circa 2000s, numerous colour plates, publishers quarter morocco to marbled boards, folio, plusFinch (Christopher), The Art of Walt Disney, from Mickey Mouse to the Magic Kingdoms, 1st edition, New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1973, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, some minor marginal toning, original white cloth in decorated glassine wrapper, covers torn & repaired with tape, folio, and other modern art & antiques reference, including publications by Antique Collector's Club, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (5 shelves)
Iconic Actress/Singer 20 black and white Photo's 10x8 inch, Lucy Liu, Michelle Pfeiffer, Drew Barrymore, Linda Hamilton, Salma Hayek, Vonda Shepard plus many more. UNSIGNED. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
A collection of seven limited edition Coalport for Compton & Woodhouse Femme Fatales figures, all in an edition of 12500, comprising Marie Antoinette no.143, Lady Castlemaine no.1296, Nell Gwynn no.4561, Emma Hamilton no.1466, Empress Josephine no.683, Lillie Langtry no.4220, and Mrs Fitzherbert no.1512, all with certificates
Sammlung: von 10 Bdn. Werkverzeichnisse, versch. Formate u. Einbde. ╔Enthält╗ WVZ von: W. Lehmbruck (Druckgraphik); Cindy Sherman (Arbeiten von 1975 bis 1993); Cathelin (Lithogr. Bd. 2, mit 1 farb. Orig.-Lithogr.); R. Hamilton (Druckgraphik & Multiples 1939-2002); Altenbourg (WVZ Bd. 1); Böcklin (Gemälde, EA 1977); Odilon Redon (Pastelle); Werner Drewes (Graphisches Werk); Chagall (Keramik); Peiffer-Watenphul (WVZ Bd. 1: Gemälde u. Aquarelle). - Gute Ex., tls. in OVP.
Walnut Hill School.: 49 Blätter aus einem US-amerikanischen Stammbuch mit Einträgen von Lehrern und Schülern der Walnut Hill School New York 1860 u. 1861. 8°. 22 Einträge mit eingeklebt. Portrait-Fotografie (jeweils Ausschnitt in Hochoval ca. 3 x 2,5 bis 5 x 3,7 cm. Blgr. ca. 19,5 x 12,5 cm. Mit Einträgen von Leman Hotchkiss, Lyons; Charles Kellner (Lehrer), mit Foto; C. Vallette Kasson, Buffalo N.Y., mit Foto; Julien T. Davies, mit Foto; Imre Radnich (1824-1903, wohl Lehrer), ungar. Freiheitskämpfer, Offizier im am. Bürgerkrieg u. Ingenieur, mit Foto; weitere Namen mit Foto: J.A.Hamilton, Augustus W. Brown, J.L.Tremaine, James C. Longh, W.H.Hollister, W.Y.Warren, Hamilton Van Vechten, Sterne H.Harbeson etc. - Gebrauchssp., tls. Randläs. u. tls. fleckig. D
Susan Hill, The Enclosure, Hutchinson of London 1961, signed proof copy of her first book; and The Woman in Black, Hamish Hamilton, London 1983, dust jacket very near fine, signed on author’s bookplate.Qty: 2Condition report:Please see additional uploaded images of The Woman In Black's dust jacket, title page, copyright page and pages with small amounts of possible ink staining. Some possible fading to the spine and one side of the dust jacket.
An Indian silver model of a Ganges river boat, laden with bales each engraved with a signature, the rectangular base with rippling waters, engraved PRESENTED TO MR AND MRS T B ELLEY BY THE MOFFUSIL EUROPEAN STAFF 22 APRIL 1947, 21cm h, by Hamilton & Co of Calcutta, loaded A wedding gift to Mr and Mrs Thomas Benson Elley Mast loose but intact and complete
Hamilton GG-W-113 Military Watch - Authentic 1969 First Issue Historical Military Significance: The GG-W-113 model was specifically designed for the U.S. military, making it an integral part of military history. Issued in 1969, it carries the legacy of a tumultuous and transformative period in global affairs. Collector's Note: Owning a Hamilton GG-W-113 Military Watch is more than just owning a timepiece; it's about preserving a piece of military history. Its robust construction and timeless design speak volumes of the era it represents, making it a must-have for military memorabilia collectors and watch enthusiasts.
Collection of Mainly History Books, including a good selection of academic works, such as Sharpe (James), Instruments of Darkness, Witchcraft in England, 1550-1750, Hamish Hamilton, 1996, dust jacket; Lapidge (Michael and Helmut Gneuss, editors), Learning and Literature in Anglo-Saxon England, Cambridge University Press, 1987; Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum, 1900-1905, reprint, dust jacket; The Stanbrook Abbey Press, Ninety-Two Years of its History, Stanbrook Abbey Press, 1970; and others on manuscript studies, religious history, several volumes of The Making of the English Landscape, etc. (10 boxes)
Poetry.- Collection of poetry by various authors, manuscript, 91pp. excluding blanks, slightly browned, original calf, gilt, rubbed, upper cover detached, gilt spine, lacks head and tail of spine, sm. 4to, dated in text 1821. *** Poems, include: "Pantheon... Abradates... David Hopkins, 1809"; "The Death of Virginia... Hamilton, 1817."
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Ephemera.- Trimnell (Charles, auctioneer) [Sale Catalogue] A Catalogue of all the genuine Household Furniture, about Six Dozen fine old Madeira...of Mrs. Hamilton, dec., 8pp., prices supplied in ink & pencil manuscript, lightly browned, loose as issued, uncut, [Not in ESTC], Bath, Meyler & Son, 1819 § [State-Lottery advertisement] Richardson, Goodluck & Co....Thirty Thousand Pound Prize, No. 12,807, 2pp., variant without catchword "English" on p.1, disbound, [1792]; and a small group of other items including a One Hour Labour note from the Birmingham National Equitable Labour Exchange, v.s. (14)
Nine boxed Atlas Editions stationary model locomotives and tenders including LMS Royal Scot, Britannia Class, LNER Flying Scotsman, Duchess LMS, etc and 3 x Unity Gifts locomotive models to include The Tornado Project A1 Trust 60163 Tornado, 46229 Duchess Of Hamilton and 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley, all ex, some plastic sleeves showing discolouration
Scottish, 1890-1975Dalzell - The Residence of Lord Hamilton of Dalzell K.T.Inscribed Josephine Miller and as titled on a remnant label affixed to the stretcherOil on canvas31 x 39 inches (78.7 x 99.1 cm)(Framed 36 1/4 x 44 inches)Not examined out of the frame. Frame rubbing with wear to the edges. Some minor buckling to canvas. Scattered tears, losses, and abrasions.Not examined out of the frame. Frame rubbing with wear to the edges. Some minor buckling to canvas. Scattered tears, losses, and abrasions.Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact and our Organization shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. Please contact the specialist department to request further information or additional images that may be available.Request a condition report
A George V three piece tea service, by Hamilton & Co (of Calcutta), hallmarked Birmingham 1926, the pots having brown Bakelite handles and finials, each cast with shells to either side and repeating motifs to the rim, engraved with initials, combined weight 920.3If there is no condition report shown, please request
TV/Film/music autograph book. Amongst signatures are Tommy Vance, Tony Blackburn, Alan Whitehead, Stephen Murray, Edward Woodward, Dave Eager, Leslie Phillips, David Shilling, Diddy David Hamilton, Robbie Vincent, Alan Freeman, Ed Stewart, The New Seekers and more. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Entertainment unsigned photo collection, Emma Thompson, Lucy Liu, Cindy Crawford, Linda Hamilton, Winona Ryder, Cate Blanchett, Tara Read, Meryl Streep, Meg Ryan, Alyssa Milano and more, over 20 in collection appx. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
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Scotland Collection of Scottish imprints, 17th-19th century [Oriental tales]. A Select Collection of Oriental Tales. Calculates to form the Minds of Youth to the Love of Virtue and True Wisdom. Edinburgh: W. Gordon [and others], 1776. First edition, 12mo, viii 256 pp., contemporary sheep-backed boards, engraved frontispiece, front board near-detached; Monteith, Robert. An Theater of Mortality: or, the Illustrious Inscriptions extant upon the several Monuments, erected over the dead Bodies, (of the sometime Honourable Persons) buried within the Grayfriars Church Yard; and other Churches and Burial-Places within the City of Edinburgh and Suburbs. Edinburgh: heirs and successors of Andrew Anderson, 1704. 8vo, [8] 78 [2] pp., contemporary sprinkled sheep, decorative blind panels to sides, closed tear in D1, ownership inscription of Anthony Murray to title-page; Kerr, John. Cantici Solomonis paraphrasis gemina. Edinburgh: Thomas Ruddiman, 1727. 8vo, [16] 96 pp., contemporary blind-ruled sheep, inscribed ‘Ex libris Anthonii Murray Octob 18 1727’ on rear free endpaper, his ownership inscription and initials to title-page, engraved bookplate (Murray Esqr of Crieff) to front pastedown), damp-stain to head of prelims; Harvey, John. The Life of Robert Bruce King of Scots. A Poem. Edinburgh: G. Hamilton and J. Balfour, 1741. 4to, [12] 232 pp., contemporary sheep, contemporary inscriptions ‘Dav. Rolle’ and ‘gifted by him to A M’ on initial blank; James VI and I. The Sett, or Decreet Arbitral of King James the 6th. of Blessed Memory. Deciding all Differences betwixt Merchants and Trades, anent the Government of the City of Edinburgh. Edinburgh: heir of Andrew Anderson, 1683. 12mo, [10] 34 [2] 16 [2] 4 pp., contemporary blind-ruled sheep, half-title, spine worn, front joint cracked at foot, without endpapers, marginal worm-track to rear [Wing S2647];Simson, Archibald. Hieroglyphica animalium terrestrium, volatilium, natatilium, reptilium, insectorum, vegetivorum, metallorum, lapidum, etc. Quae in scripturis sacris inveniuntur. Edinburgh: Thomas Finlason, 1622-3. First edition, 2 volumes (of 3) in 1, 4to, contemporary sprinkled calf, blind scalloped roll to covers, lacking the final volume ‘Hieorographica Insectorum [etc.]’ (52 pp.), but bound with another work at rear, i.e. Andrew Willet, Tetrastylon Papismi, London: by Felix Kingston for Thomas Man, 1599, third edition, damp-staining, headlines and side-notes shaved, colophon leaf trimmed down and tipped in [STC 22567 & 25703]; and 11 others (not collated, including: George Hickes, translator, Instructions for the Education of a Daughter, 1751; Arthur Johnston and others, Poetarum Scotorum Musae Sacrae, 1739; W. Nicolson, The Scottish Historical Library, 1702; John Fernie, A History of the Town and Parish of Dunfermline, 1815; Hugh and John McCallum, An Original Collection of the Poems of Ossian, Montrose, 1816; and similar) (18) From the library of the Murrays of Dollerie, Crieff, Perthshire.
Aviation fiction Collection of aviation adventure novels, mainly 1930s 30 works, 8vo, all in original cloth, with the dust jackets, references to Hubin, Crime Fiction II (1994) in square brackets. Titles include: Trent, Paul. The Air Bandits. London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1935. First edition, inscribed ‘To John Sharman, with the author’s compliments but ‘Keep it under your Hat’, January 1936 on the half-title, additionally signed by the author on the title-page, loss to foot of jacket spine [p. 806]; Vaizey, George. Into Thin Air. London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1939. First edition (the author's first novel), dust jacket tape-repaired at head of spine, ownership inscription to verso of half-title [p. 816]; Leslie, Norman. Winged Victory. London: Thomas Nelson & Sons, Ltd., 1931. First edition (the author's first novel) [p. 499]; Henry, John. Sky Vengeance. Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co. Ltd., 1934. First edition, whited-out ownership inscription on half-title; Groom, A. J. Pelham. High Adventure. London: The Ace Publishing Co., [1938]. First edition, 4 plates, jacket slightly chipped, prize plate dated 1939 to front free endpaper [p. 357]; Idem. Death Flies High. London: George Newnes, Limited, c.1937. Later issue (first published 1935, jacket mentions Desert Squadron, first published 1937) [Hubin p. 408]; Holten, J. Railton. Doomed Flight. London: Newnes, 1937. Possible later issue (first published 1937, jacket mentions Night Hawk, first published 1938), spotting to edges and endpapers, dust jacket price-clipped [Hubin p. 308]; Rochester, George E. The Trail of Death: War Adventures of the Flying Beetle. London: John Hamilton, Ltd, c.1936. First edition, 4 plates, small puncture to spine, contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper [Hubin p. 693];Idem. The Despot of the World. London: John Hamilton Limited, Publishers, c.1936. First edition, 4 plates, publisher's advertisements dated Spring 1936 to rear; and others, all in dust jackets (30) The Golden Age of Detective and Adventure Fiction: Selections from the Stock of Obelist Books, Glasgow.
Detective and adventure fiction Collection of novels in the dust jackets, 1920s and later all 8vo, original cloth, with the dust jackets, apparent first editions and published in London unless otherwise stated, references to Hubin, Crime Fiction II (1994) in square brackets, titles include: Harding, D. E. How Briggs Died, George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1940, publisher's compliments slip laid in, a little light creasing and rubbing to jacket [p. 372: the author's only novel listed]; Eadie, Arlton [pseudonym of Leopold Leonard Eady]. The Crimson Query, Jarrolds Publishers Limited, [1929], cloth faded, jacket with a few nicks, tears and tape-repairs and loss to foot of spine [p. 256; author's first book]; Goodall, Cedric [pseudonym of Louis Charles Douthwaite]. Without Trace, John Hamilton Limited, [1938] [p. 334]; Easton, John. Old Graustock, Grayson & Curzon, 1934, light cockling to front board [p. 257, misspelt ‘Granstock’; WWI adventure story set in Germany]; Flett, J. S. Bid for Fortune, Edinburgh: Moray Press, 1934, jacket slightly chipped at head of spine [author's first novel; set in Canada, Mexico, etc.]; Landon, Herman. Haunting Fingers, Jarrolds Publishers Limited, [1930], ink-stamped ‘With the publisher's compliments' on title-page, spine rolled [p. 482]; Phillips, H. Lawrence. The House of Secrets, Thomas Nelson & Sons, Ltd., 1931 [i.e. 1932 or later], possibly a later issue with The Detective's Dilemma (first published 1932) advertised on jacket rear flap, top edge dyed green [p. 643]; Thomas, Owen. Rope Fodder, Alston Rivers, 1932 [p. 795: the author's only novel listed]; MacVicar, Angus. Death by the Mistletoe, Stanley Paul & Co., Ltd., 1934, ink-stamped ‘with the publisher’s compliments' on title-page, dust jacket rubbed, 4/ overprice sticker to spine, repairs verso [p. 541; set in Scotland]; Churcher, W. R. M. Benevolent Blackmail, Mortiboy's, c.1930, dust jacket creased, chipped and repaired [p. 165: the author's only novel listed]; together with 18 others similar, all in the dust jackets (28) The Golden Age of Detective and Adventure Fiction: Selections from the Stock of Obelist Books, Glasgow.
Crime fiction Collection of mystery and detective novels with the dust jackets, 1930s-40s all 8vo, original cloth, with the dust jackets, references to Hubin, Crime Fiction II (1994) in square brackets. Titles include: Grayson, Rupert. Gun Cotton - Adventurer. London: Grayson & Grayson, 1933. First edition, inscribed by the author ‘With best wishes to Mr and Mrs Jenkins from Rupert Grayson, September 1933’ on front free endpaper, dust jacket with loss to spine and various repairs verso [p. 346]; Idem. Ace High. London: Grayson & Grayson, 1937. First edition, losses to jacket [p. 346]; Ashe, Gordon [pseudonym of John Creasey]. The Speaker. London: John Long Limited, 1939. First edition (apparently the author's first novel at least under this name), spotting to edges of textblock, jacket bright [p. 33]; Vickers, Roy. The Man in the Red Mask. London: George Newnes, Limited, [1935]. Presumed first edition (published as part of Newnes's 'Half-Crown Novels' series with jacket priced 2/6, but no other iteration of jacket traced), jacket bright [p. 824]; Blane, Fergus. Money-Lender in Gloves. London: George Newnes, Limited, c.1939. First edition, apparently a later issue with jacket priced at 3/6, gift inscription dated 1941 to front pastedown, closed tears to rear panel of jacket [p. 78: the only novel recorded under this author]; Ferguson, W. B. M. London Lamb. London: John Long Limited, c.1939. First edition, later issue jacket with 4/ overprice sticker [p. 280]; Mills, Woosnam. Biting Fortune. London: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, 1939. First edition, 8/3 overprice sticker to jacket front flap; Lindsay, David. The Man Nobody Knew. London: John Hamilton Limited, [1938]. First edition, loss to dust jacket [p. 504]; and 15 others, all in the dust jackets (23) The Golden Age of Detective and Adventure Fiction: Selections from the Stock of Obelist Books, Glasgow.
Eric Gill (1882-1940) Gill family collection of photographs of the artist's work 25 photographs of Gill's sculptures and commissions, all labelled to reverse in his hand, including: ‘BBC details of Ariel, unfinished’; bas-relief of Nausica and Ulysses, Midland Hotel, 1933; ‘Mankind' (Tate Collection); ‘Model for South Wind’ (St James’s Park Station); Madonna and Child, Glastonbury Abbey; Sir Charles Hamilton memorial, Broadway; St Dominic Caen, Blackfriars Priory, Oxford; garden statue, later in the collection of Roger Fry; crucifix for G.K. Chesterton’s grave, 1937; Coat of Arms for Jesus College, Cambridge, 1930-31; lychgate, West Dean Cemetery.46 photographs inscribed to reverse by Mary Gill (wife), Petra Tegetmeier and Joan Hague (his daughters), Evan Gill (brother), and Sir William Rothenstein, including: War Memorial, Leeds University; door carvings, Radcliffe Library, Oxford; Lady Ottoline Morrell memorial, St Mary’s Church, Garsington; Mary Beatrice Johnson memorial, St James’s, Piccadilly, 1930; ‘The Golden Calf’; ‘The Divine Lovers’.15 photographs inscribed verso by the artist or his wife.9 photographs of works executed by Gill's assistants Antony Foster, Charles Blackman, H.J. Cribb and Laurie Cribb, 6 inscribed to reverse in Gill's hand, including Gill's own headstone, designed by Gill and carved by Laurie Cribb.127 photographs of Gill's work, not inscribed, including: Mother and Child, commissioned by Rupert Brooke; portrait panel of Baron Rutherford of Nelson, New Zealand physicist; ‘Ecstasy’ (Tate Collection); portrait panel of the Maharani of Bastar, Maharani Hospital, Jagdalpur; Herbert Trench gravestone, Boulogne Eastern Cemetery (200+)
Glasgow and surroundings Fine bindings Tweed, John, publisher, and others. The History of Glasgow. Glasgow, 1872. 2 volumes, 8vo, 20th century brown crushed half-morocco gilt; ["Senex"] Glasgow Past and Present. Glasgow: David Robertson and Co., 1884. 3 volumes, 8vo, number 394 of 500 numbered copies, 20th century brown crushed half-morocco gilt; Idem. Old Glasgow and its Environs, historical and topographical. Glasgow: David Robertson, 1764. 8vo, brown half-morocco gilt;Mackenzie, Peter. Reminiscences of Glasgow. Glasgow: John Tweed, 1765. 3 volumes, 8vo, brown half morocco gilt;MacGregor, George. The History of Glasgow. Glasgow: Thomas D. Morison / London: Hamilton, Adams, and Co., 1881. 8vo, 20th century light brown crushed half-morocco gilt;Cleland, James. A Description of the Manner of Improving the Green of Glasgow, or raising water for the supply of Public Buildings. Glasgow: R. Chapman, 1813. 8vo, 20th century dark green crushed half-morocco gilt;Hedderwick, James. Backward Glances. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1891. 8vo, 20th century dark red crushed half-morocco gilt;Murray, David. Old Cardross: a lecture. Glasgow: James Maclehose, 1880. 8vo, fine paneled calf gilt with red and green morocco gilt labels to spines;and 2 others (15) The Library of a Scottish Gentleman.
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Maitland Club Extensive collection of works Edinburgh or Glasgow: [for the Maitland Club], 19th century. All 4to, most in contemporary red quarter cloth with printed paper spine-labels, titles include: Narrative of the Prince of Wales' Expedition to Scotland in the Year 1745. By James Maxwell of Kirkconnell, Esq., 1841; Oppressions of the Sixteenth Century in the Islands of Orkney and Zetland: from Original Documents, 1859; Descriptions of the Sheriffdoms of Lanark and Renfrew, compiled about M.DCC.X. by William Hamilton of Wishaw, 1831; Burgh Records of the City of Glasgow M.D.LXXIII-M.D.C.LXXXI, 1832; The Scottish Metrical Romance of Lancelot du Lak. Now first printed from a Manuscript of the Fifteenth century, 1839; and approx. 60 others (98) The Library of a Scottish Gentleman.
Miscellaneous books Collection of works from the Dollerie library Napier, John. De arte logistica Joannis Naperi, Merchistoni baronis libri qui supersunt. Edinburgh: [Bannatyne Club], 1839. First edition thus, presentation copy, inscribed ‘M. General Mark Kerr Hamilton, from his affectionate nephew, the editor [i.e. Mark Napier]’ on the front free endpaper, 4to, contemporary green half morocco, bookplate of the recipient to pastedown, spotting and damp-staining; Napier, Mark. Memoirs of John Napier of Merchiston, his Lineage, Life, and Times, with a History of the Invention of Logarithms. Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1834. First edition, 4to, original cloth, engraved portrait frontispiece, all plates as called for, rear joint cracked (and with possible attempt at repair); Hayter, Charles. An Introduction to Perspective, Drawing, and Painting, in a Series of Pleasing and Familiar Dialogues between the Author's Children … The Second Edition, considerably enlarged and improved. London: Black, Parry, and Co., 1815. 8vo, uncut in original boards, engraved frontispiece, 17 engraved plates (many folded); and 26 others (not fully collated), including: John Evelyn, Sylva, 1670 (second edition, folio, 19th-century calf, lacking at least the final text-leaf and errata leaf), a2 (dedication) laid down and with marginal loss affecting headline; Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum, [1651] (sixth edition, folio, contemporary boards, worn, engraved portrait frontispiece and additional title-page, the former cropped to image along fore edge, loss to title-page to loss of date in imprint; David Wilkie, The Wilkie Gallery, James Virtue, c.1840 (large 4to, contemporary red morocco gilt, numerous steel-engraved plates); [Canada], Plans of Various Lakes and Rivers between Lake Huron and the River Ottawa, to Accompany the Geological Reports, Toronto, 1857 (4to, original half morocco, lithographic folding maps, joints cracked); Bannatyne Club, Liber Insule Missarum, 1847 (4to, original cloth, joints cracked); Bannatyne Club, Liber Ecclesie de Scon, 1843 (4to, original cloth); Catalogue de la collection célèbre de tableaux de feu M. Jean Jules Angerstein, London, 1823 (folio, contemporary half roan, engraved plates); Lives of the Lindsays, 1858 (second edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, contemporary blue morocco, blue moiré silk doublures); Walter Wood, The East Neuk of Fife, 1862 (8vo, original cloth) and similar (approx. 30) From the library of the Murrays of Dollerie, Crieff, Perthshire.
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India Collection of works, 18th-20th century [Trial of Warren Hastings]. Debates of the House of Lords, on the Evidence delivered in the Trial of Warren Hastings, Esquire; Proceedings of the East India Company in Consequence of his Acquittal: and Testimonials of the British and Native Inhabitants of India. London: J. Debrett, 1797. First edition, 4to, xvi 826 [2] pp., 20th-century quarter calf craft binding (binder's ticket: ‘Mrs L. A. Vidler, Carmelite Bindery, Rye, Sussex' to rear pastedown'), engraved portrait frontispiece, errata leaf to rear, all edges untrimmed, leather on spine very friable; Gawler, J. C. Sikhim. With Hints on Mountain and Jungle Warfare. London: Edward Stanford, 1873. First edition, 8vo, viii 105 pp., original green cloth over flexible boards, 5 lithographic plates, folding map, ex Library of Congress (small label to front cover, bookplate to front pastedown, ‘surplus’ ink-stamp to front free endpaper, penciled annotations to verso of title-page), prelims (initial blank, title-page, plate and first leaf of text) cracked along gutter and partially detached, marginal repair to pp. 21/2; Griggs, W. India. Photographs and Drawings of Historical Buildings. London: [no publisher], 1896. First edition, folio, 20th-century library cloth, 100 plates (chromolithographic and photographic, many chromolithographic plates heightened in gilt), ex Indianapolis Public Library with ink-stamps to versos of plates, plates fragile with frequent chips and losses, folding plates plates 32-3, 53 and 63 each separated along fold; [Indian Mutiny]. Lieutenant-Colonel Gould Hunter-Weston of Hunterston … one of the Defenders of Lucknow during the Indian Mutiny 1857-8. A Biographical Sketch by W. L. Low. Selkirk: “The Scottish Chronicle” Offices, 1914. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, 12 halftone photographic plates, folding map of Lucknow to rear; Martin, Eustace Meredyth. A Tour through India in Lord Canning's Time. London: Remington and Co., 1881. First edition, 8vo, original cloth; Sewell, Robert ('late Madras Civil Service). Sir Walter Elliot of Wolfelee. A Sketch of his Life, and a Few Extracts from his Note Books. Edinburgh: printed for private circulation, 1896. First edition, one of 100 copies only, inscribed to the recipient on the limitation page, 8vo, original dark red morocco gilt, photographic portrait frontispiece, binding rubbed; and 16 others including: Walter Hamilton, The East India Gazetteer, London: John Murray, 1815 (first edition, later cloth, title-page with ownership slip of one ‘Mrs Schmid, Ooticumund' pasted to head partially obscuring ownership inscription dated 1821); Rupert Hay, The Persian Gulf States, 1959 (ex-library); George Campbell, The Armies of the Native States of India, 1884 (folding map detached); Henry St George Tucker, A Review of the Financial Situation of the East-India Company in 1824 (ex Peebles Institution Library, binding defective); Mark Thornhill, The Personal Adventures … of a Magistrate during the … Indian Mutiny, 1884 (possibly a family copy with ownership inscription of one Noel Thornhill to title-page); J. H. Stocqueler, Memoirs and Correspondence of Major-General Sir William Nott, 1854 (2 volumes, original cloth, rebacked, damp-staining); and similar (25)
Scots law Collection of works, 17th-18th century Bayne, Alexander. Notes for the Students of the Municipal Law in the University of Edinburgh. Edinburgh: printed by Thomas and Walter Ruddimans, 1731. First edition, 12mo in half-sheets, contemporary sprinkled calf ruled in blind, ownership inscription of Anthony Murray to title-page; Forbes, William. A Treatise of Church-lands and Tithes. [Bound with:] A Few Remarks on a Scurrilous, Erroneous, and Pendantick Pamphlet, entituled, Some Charitable Observations on his late Treatise. [And:] A Letter to a Gentleman in the Country, concerning the Parson of Banchory, and his late Pamphlet. Edinburgh: heirs and successors of Andrew Anderson, 1705-6-6. 3 works in 1 volume, first editions, 8vo, contemporary calf, A Treatise with final leaf of index ('Supplement to Index') loose and possibly issued afterwards, contemporary annotations to initial blank; Bruce, Alexander. The Tutor's Guide: or, the Principles of the Civil and Municipal Laws and Customs, relating to Pupils and Minors, and their Tutors and Curators. Edinburgh: Robert Freebairn, 1714. First edition, 8vo, contemporary panelled calf, ownership inscriptions (James Murray of Eastgrange dated 1721 and William Murray dated 1714), front inner hinge reinforced, damp-staining; Mackenzie, George. Jus regium: or, the Just and Solid Foundations of Monarchy in general: and more especially of the Monarchy of Scotland. London: for Richard Chiswell, 1684. First edition, 8vo, contemporary blind-ruled sheep, engraved portrait frontispiece; and 12 others (not collated, all in contemporary calf or sheep bindings, and including: An Alphabetical Abridgement of the First Parliament of Kings James the VII, Edinburgh, 1698; George Mackenzie, The Institution of the Laws of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1706-23-30, three copies, fourth, sixth and seventh editions; The Laws and Acts of Parliament made by King James the First, Edinburgh, 1682, The Acts made in the First Parliament of … Charles the First, Edinburgh, 1683, The Laws and Acts made in the First Parliament of … James VII, Edinburgh, 1685, 3 works, uniformly bound in diced russia with gilt arms of R. Hamilton Esqr, advocate, rebacked; additional copies of the acts of Charles I and James VII; John Millar, Observations concerning the Distinction of Ranks in Society, 1783, second edition; and similar) (18)
Glasgow Histories of Glasgow and other works, 18th-19th century, finely bound M'Ure, John. A View of the City of Glasgow; or, an Account of its Origin, Rise and Progress. Glasgow: James Duncan, 1736. First edition, 8vo, mezzotint portrait frontispiece of author and 2 fold-out engravings of views of Glasgow all by Sam Taylor [n.d.], contemporary sprinkled calf, annotated front endpaper, occasional marginal annotations and manicules, bookplate of William Cole (1714-82), friend and correspondent of Horace Walpole. Cullan, John. Glasgow Illustrated in a Series of Picturesque Views Drawn & Engraved by J. Scott. Glasgow: for J. Scott, 1834 First edition, 8vo, 25 engraved plates including illustrated title page, contemporary blue half morocco;Brown, Andrew. History of Glasgow; and of Paisley, Greenock, and Port-Glasgow. Glasgow: William Paton, 1795. First edition, 8vo, 19th century burgundy half crushed morocco; together with (not collated): Cleland, James, Annals of Glasgow, 1816, 2 volumes; [author unknown], Glasgow Delineated, or A Description of The City, Its Institutions, Manufactures and Commerce, 1824; Pagan, James, Glasgow Past and Present, 2 volumes, 1851; Idem, Sketch of the History of Glasgow, 1847; John Tait's Directory for the City of Glasgow, (reprint) 1871; Muir, James Hamilton and Muirhead Bone (illustrator), Glasgow in 1901, 1901 (2 copies); Gibson, John, The History of Glasgow, from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time, 1777; Denholm, James, The History of the City of Glasgow and Suburbs, second edition, 1798; Barclay, Hugh, Rambling Recollections of Old Glasgow; Nicol, James, Vital, Social and Economic Statistics of The City of Glasgow, 1881-1885, 1885; Ure, David, The History of Rutherglen and East-Kilbride, 1793; M'Ure, John, The History of Glasgow, A New Edition, 1830; Macmillan, Archibald, Jeems Kaye: His Adventures and Opinions, 2 volumes [n.d., c. 1890?]; all in fine leather bindings (20) The Library of a Scottish Gentleman.
Scots law Collection of works, 16th-19th century Charles II, King of England, Scotland and Ireland. [Sammelband of laws and acts of parliament passed at Edinburgh]. Edinburgh: various publishers, 1661-72. 7 works in one volume, folio, contemporary sheep, engraved portrait frontispiece, contemporary annotations and Murray family ownership inscriptions to endpapers and blanks, binding slightly worn with loss to foot of spine. Contents comprise: 1) The Laws and Acts of the First Parliament of our most High and Dread Soveraign, Charles the Second … holden at Edinburgh the First of January, 1661. Re-printed by Andrew Anderson, 1673. 118 [2] pp.; 2) Laws and Acts past in the Second Session of the First Parliament, of … Charles the Second. Re-printed by Andrew Anderson, 1673. 23 [1] pp.; 3) Laws and Acts passed in the Second Session of the First Parliament, of … Charles the Second. Printed by Evan Tyler, 1663. 44 [12] pp.; 4) Acts rescinding two Acts past in the last Session of Parliament: the one for excepting of persons from Publick Trust; and the other for voting the same by Billets. Edinburgh, the ninth of September, 1663 [drop-head title]. 3 pp.; 5) The Laws and Acts of the Second Parliament, of … Charles the Second. Printed by Evan Tyler, 1670. 44 [4] pp.; 6) Laws and Acts past in the Second Session of the Second Parliament, of … Charles the Second. Printed by Evan Tyler, 1670. 16 [3] pp.; 7) Laws and Acts past in the Third Session of the Second Parliament, of … Charles the Second. Printed by Andrew Anderson, 1672. 16 21-66 [5] pp., (lacking pp. 17-20); [Skene, Sir John]. The Lawes and Actes of Parliament, maid be King James the First, and his Successours Kinges of Scotland […] De verborum significatione. Edinburgh: Robert Waldegrave, 1597. Folios in sixes, [2] 162, 178 [98] ff., pi2 a-2d6 A-2G6, ²A-²D4 ²E6-²F6 ²G2 ²H-²S6 ²T4, 19th-century panelled sheep, with the autograph signature of John Skene ‘Jo. Skene’) to end of Table (²E5), with the folding genealogy ‘The Race of the Kings of Scotland’, retaining medial blanks e1 h4 n2, 2D4 ²E6, various contemporary annotations and pen-trials to title-page (including that of James Murray), binding worn, joints cracked, without the engraved title-page and accompanying explanatory leaf as usual, letterpress title-page laid down, second leaf extended along margins, dedication leaf ‘Serenissimo et invictissimo principi Jacobo Sexto' misbound between ff. 177 and 178 (presumably intended as a prelim) [STC 21877]; and 11 others (not collated, comprising: Sir John Skene, Regiam Majestatem, [1609], first edition, later panelled sheep, joints cracked, losses and paper repairs to outer leaves including title-page, loss to final leaf of text; [Sammelband of numerous Court of Session rulings etc. concerning Archibald Douglas of Douglas and the Duke of Hamilton and others, 1760s], 4to, contemporary half sheep, worn; Sir Thomas Craig of Riccarton, The Right of Succession to the Kingdom of England, 1703, first edition, folio, contemporary calf, gilt spine, damp-staining; Sir John Clerk, Historical View of the Forms and Powers of the Court of the Exchequer in Scotland, 1820, 4to, contemporary calf, front board near-detached; House of Commons Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee of the whole House upon the Conduct of His Royal Highness the Commander in Chief, 1 February 1809, folio, contemporary marbled calf, boards detached; [Jacobite Uprising of 1745], The Report of the Proceedings and Opinion of the Board of General Offices on their Examination into the Conduct … of Lieutenant-General Sir John Cope … [etc.], 1749, 4to, contemporary half calf, front board detached; Gilbert Hutcheson, Treatise on the Offices of Justice of Peace [etc.], 1809, second edition, 4 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf; Memoir of the Life and Trial of James Mackcoull … containing a Full Account of his Trial … for robbing the Branch of the Paisley Union Bank at Glasgow of Twenty Thousand Pounds. Edinburgh, 1822, 8vo, contemporary half calf, front joint cracked; The Trial of Charles Random de Berenger, Sir Thomas Cochrane, Commonly called Lord Cochrane … for a Conspiracy, London, 1814, 8vo, contemporary half calf, another work bound in at rear; and 2 similar) (16) From the library of the Murrays of Dollerie, Crieff, Perthshire.
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Assorted late 19th century and 20th century children's books to include:- Lord Alfred Douglas [The Belgian Hare] "The Duke of Berwick - a Nonsense Rhyme", illustrated by Tony Ludovici, Leonard Smithers & Co (1899), illustrations, oblong folio, pictorial boards Fricero, K J "Little French People", Blackie & Son, colour plates throughout, pictorial ep, pictorial pastedown to front board, "Uncle Remus", published by Nelson, pictorial boards Dalgleish, Eric Fitch "Animals in Black and White", 5 vols, vol 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6, published by J M Dent & Sons 1929, backstrips suffering, pictorial boards [Agnes and Dorothy Hilton] "Me and My Dad and Others by One of Them", Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co 1909, Quantock Cameos Shepard, Ernest H (ills) and Struther, Jan "Sycamore Square and Other Verses", Methuen 1932, plates and illustrations, green cloth with gilt figure of a boy walking with a dog on the front board, books illustrated by George Morrow Beckett, Gilbert Abbott "The Comic History of England", illustrated by John Leach, published at the Punch Office 1864, illustrations and colour plates, original publishers green cloth and various other volumes (2 boxes)
A matched set of four late-Victorian Scottish silver sauce labels, by Hamilton & Inches, Edinburgh 1895 and 1900, oblong form with a gadrooned border, incised 'Taragon Vinegar', 'Tomato Ketchup', 'Vinegar' and 'Methylated Spirits', length 3.5cm, total approx. weight 0.7oz. (4)Provenance: The Simon Ward Collection of Wine Labels, Part Two
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