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Click here to subscribeWARTIME 1943 Very scarce issue of "The Malcolm Club" wartime monthly bulletin for the RAF airmen in the Mediterranean. Dated December 1943, the four page magazine includes a detailed match report of a game between an RAF XI and the Army played at Belvedere Stadium , Tunis, 20/11/43. game ended 1-1 and the teams are listed. The players included Beattie, Geldard, Bryn Jones, Chedzroy and several Scottish players. Scarce item. Worn along folds, fair
RUGBY WORLD CUP 1995 Held in South Africa, large official Rugby World Cup Folder re tour arranged by Gulliver Travel. Includes full package for the tour, schedule of games, programmes for Opening Ceremony, South Africa v Australia 25/5/95, Wales v Japan 27/5/95, v Ireland 4/6/95 and v New Zealand 31/5/95, England v Australia 11/6/95, France v South Africa 17/5/95, various newspapers, leaflets, brochure and various leaflets re places of interest. Finally item includes an official survival guide giving team lists, venues etc. Formerly the property of a Wales supporter who went to the World Cup. Generally good
WORLD CLUB 1967 Booklet issued by Racing Club (Buenos Aires) for the World Club Championship game v Celtic, 1967 in Buenos Aires. Not officialy a programme but was on sale before the game and includes Celtic team group and pictures of the two stadiums where the two games were to be played. many colour pictures and statistics and the only official item available in Argentina. Good
Thompson (William) The New and Complete Bird-Fancyer, engraved frontispiece of song-birds (lightly offset on title), Alex. Hogg, 1783 bound with Smith (Robert) The Complete Rat-Catcher..., 3 folding engraved plates, cropped shaving a few leaves at fore-edge, for the Author, 1768, together 2 works in 1 vol., browned, with ink signature at head of first title and engraved bookplate of the Hon. Edward Monckton of Sumerford Hall, Staffs., contemporary sprinkled sheep, rubbed, rebacked preserving old spine with red morocco label, worn patches to upper cover, 12mo⁂ ESTC lists 3 UK locations for the first item (BL, Cambridge, Wellcome) and one in America (Kansas), and only one copy of the second item (St.John's Cambridge). The plates in the latter are identical with those used in Smith's Universal Directory for taking alive and destroying Rats published in the same year, with printed page numbers that go beyond the length of the present work, so are presumably taken from it; the Cambridge copy has four.
Bristol Interest - George III mahogany-cased 30 hour brass dial longcase clock, Joseph Quarman, Temple Cloud, circa 1765, the 12-inch square brass dial having a silvered chapter ring with Roman hours and Arabic minutes framing an engraved coastal scene with ship, silvered subsidiary seconds dial beneath XII inscribed Jos'h Quarman Temple Cloud over silvered terrestrial calendar dial within rococo scroll spandrels, the posted movement countwheel-striking on a bell, the case with swan neck pediment over turned columns with brass capitals, moulded long trunk door and plain base, 209cm high Condition: Disclaimer - Please see item 20 of our Conditions of Sale relating to clocks, watches and mechanical items Dial - minor tarnishing to silvered chapter ring otherwise good. Movement appears sound, some old rebuilding to the upstands. Case - has been repolished, finial possibly later, crack to frieze, later hood door handle and patched upper door hinge, otherwise sound. Sold with pendulum and weight (pendulum feather is missing, plus key)
Early 20th Century German carved oak three-train chiming bracket clock, Winterhalder & Hoffmeier, the 19cm arched brass dial having a silvered chapter ring with Roman hours and Arabic minutes beneath three silvered subsidiary rings for Chime/Silent, Slow/Fast and Chime on eight gongs/Chime on four gongs, in a heavily-carved architectural case with arched pediment over 'Green Man' mask and figural terms flanking bevelled glazed door, 58cm high Condition: Disclaimer - Please see item 20 of our Conditions of Sale relating to clocks, watches and mechanical items - Some minor tarnishing to silvered chapter ring, movement appears sound, case would benefit from a polish but it is otherwise in good condition, sold with pendulum and winder
Early Victorian walnut-cased twin-fusee bracket clock, John Todd, Dumfries, (fl.1828-49) - the 20cm square brass dial having a silvered chapter ring with Roman hours and Arabic minutes, the matted centre with silvered axe-head cartouche inscribed John Todd 1841 Dumfries within scroll spandrels, the wire-driven fusee movement with knopped pillars and plain back plate, in an 18th Century style case with moulded caddy top, 42cm high Condition: Disclaimer - Please see item 20 of our Conditions of Sale relating to clocks, watches and mechanical items - Matted dial centre has speckled tarnishing, movement appears sound, case has small loss to front edge moulding and minor knocks to finial, slight warping to front door, key is locked in rear door and does not appear to turn lock, sold with pendulum
Early 20th Century green onyx four-glass mantel clock, the cream Arabic dial with floral swags framing inscription '…Horloger de la Ville, Lyon', the two-train movement striking on a blued steel coiled gong, stamped Samuel Marti 6703, the case with stepped arched pediment and martial trophies over bevelled glazed panels on spreading base, 32.5cm high, together with a pair of urn-shaped side vases with goat mask handles on scroll feet, 25cm high (3) Condition: Disclaimer - Please see item 20 of our Conditions of Sale relating to clocks, watches and mechanical items - dial and movement in VGC, case appears sound, side ornaments also in VGC but appear to be associated, sold with mercury 2-jar pendulum and winder
Staffordshire Interest - George II ebonised single-fusee bracket or table clock, John Smallwood, Litchfield (Lichfield), circa 1740, the 17cm break-arched brass dial having a silvered chapter ring with Roman hours and Arabic minutes, inner quarter hour track and half hour divisions framing a matted centre with mock pendulum aperture over winding arbor, the chapter ring signed John Smallwood Litchfield (sic), beneath silvered subsidiary seconds dial and within mask spandrels, the wire-driven movement of four knopped and finned pillars with verge and crownwheel escapement with heart-shaped back-cock to a foliate scroll-engraved back plate with basket of flowers upon a podium, the case with ogee caddy top and brass carry handle over moulded cornice and arch-glazed door on brass ogee bracket feet, 44cm high excluding handle Condition: Disclaimer - Please see item 20 of our Conditions of Sale relating to clocks, watches and mechanical items - some wear to silvered chapter ring and subsidiary ring, movement has a few unused holes to upper right quarter visible within engraved scroll work (probable conversion holes), case would benefit from a polish, crack to front door glazing, side and rear panels are possible replacements, sold with pendulum and winder
George III mahogany-cased twin fusee bracket clock, Anonymous, circa 1780, the 17cm break-arched brass dial having a silvered chapter ring with Roman hours and Arabic minutes beneath silvered Strike/Silent ring within scroll spandrels, the wire-driven fusee movement with verge and crownwheel escapement and four knopped pillars, the back plate engraved, within a bell-topped case with brass carry handle and pine cone finials over spandrels on brass ogee bracket feet, 50cm high inclusive of handle Condition: Disclaimer - Please see item 20 of our Conditions of Sale relating to clocks, watches and mechanical items - some staining to silvered chapter ring, centre possibly replaced (silvered, should be matted), movement appears sound but verge escapement could be a re-conversion, case with damage to rear door frame and dedication plaque dated 1935 to rear beneath door, glazed sides and rear maybe later
Late Victorian/Edwardian mahogany-cased twin fusee bracket or table clock, Brockbank & Atkins, London, No. 12322, the 15.5cm arched brass dial having a silvered chapter ring with Roman hours and Arabic minutes framing a matted centre with signature cartouche, beneath silvered subsidiary Strike/Silent ring within foliate scroll engraving, the chain-driven movement, signed and numbered to the back plate, striking on a coiled gong, in a George III-style bell-top case with leaf-capped carry handle, urn finials, stop-fluted canted corners, arch-glazed door with brass spandrels, and conforming arched sound frets to the sides on brass ogee bracket feet, 47cm high inclusive of handle Condition: Disclaimer - Please see item 20 of our Conditions of Sale relating to clocks, watches and mechanical items
Late 19th Century French red boulle mantel clock, Japy Freres, Paris, the 12.5cm diameter cellular Roman dial having blue enamel numerals on a white ground with moon hands, the two train movement outside-countwheel striking on a bell, with Japy Freres stamp and additional stamp of Rollin a Paris, the case with cast seated figural finial over convex glazed bezel and waisted case with mask mounts and boullework including 'chequerboard' interior, 40cm high Condition: Disclaimer - Please see item 20 of our Conditions of Sale relating to clocks, watches and mechanical items - small enamel loss to numeral I, otherwise sound
Charles II brass lantern clock, John Ebsworth at ye Cross Keys in Lothbury, Londini (London), circa 1670, the 15.5cm diameter Roman dial with half hour divisions and inner quarter hour track framing engraved tulip decoration and Arabic alarm dial with iron single hand, the posted countwheel bell-striking movement with verge and crownwheel escapement, internal pendulum and standard London third period frame with column turned corner posts beneath dolphin-pierced frets, urn finials and strap work mounted bell, the sides with hinged brass doors, 38cm high, together with a later oak bracket Literature - Loomes, Brian, Lantern Clocks & Their Makers records John Ebsworth as apprenticed in 1657 to Richard Ames and free in 1665. his progression through the court of the Clockmakers Company saw him become Assistant in 1682, Warden in 1694 and Master 1697. he died in 1699. Condition: Disclaimer - Please see item 20 of our Conditions of Sale relating to clocks, watches and mechanical items - minor rubbing to wax numerals plus some spotting and a small hole to chapter ring, hand maybe a replacement, movement would benefit from a clean, has probably been converted from verge and crownwheel to anchor and back to verge - cut-away to rear edge of roof, sold with later bracket, and 'longcase clock' weight, side doors possibly later, rear door lacking or never had one, private provenance
Early Victorian mahogany-veneered stick barometer, Alexander Alexander, Exeter, the two-piece ivory scale reading from 27" to 31" of pressure with Remarks, signed above Alex'r Alexander Optician to Her Majesty, Exeter with vernier, the partially-exposed main tube in arched surround with adjusting knob, the slender trunk with silvered ethanol Fahrenheit thermometer over a turned cistern cover, 92cm high Condition: Disclaimer - Please see item 20 of our Conditions of Sale relating to clocks, watches and mechanical items
19th Century mahogany-cased stick barometer, Dollond, London, having an arched silvered scale reading from 27" to 31" of pressure, with Remarks, beside mercury Fahrenheit thermometer flanking partially exposed main tube within glazed surround, the inlaid trunk with gilt initials J.C.R. over turned cistern cover, with bine adjusting knob, 92cm high Condition: Disclaimer - Please see item 20 of our Conditions of Sale relating to clocks, watches and mechanical items - 2cm moulding loss to arch over silvered scale, minor cracking to trunk
Bristol Interest - Mid 18th Century oak-cased 30 hour brass-dial longcase clock, Edward Bilbie Chew Stoke, circa 1760, the 11-inch square dial having Roman hours, Arabic minutes and fleur-de-lys half hour divisions framing a matted centre with rectangular cartouche signed Ed. Bilbie, Chewstoke over calendar square within foliate engraving, all within mask spandrels, the posted movement outside countwheel-striking on original bell, and chain-driven movement, the case with stepped ogee top and brass ball and spire finials over sunken columns with brass capitals, the chequer-inlaid and crossbanded long trunk door on plain base and bracket feet, 224cm high Literature - See Moore, Rice and Hucker, 'Bilbie and the Chew Valley Clockmakers' or Moore, 'The Clockmakers of Somerset 1650-1900 for more information on this maker Condition: Disclaimer - Please see item 20 of our Conditions of Sale relating to clocks, watches and mechanical items, Dial - minor staining between VI and VII and between X and XI. Movement appears sound but with small amount of packing beneath one side of the seat board and with old alterations to the upstands. Case in good order, sold with weight and pendulum plus key
Early 19th Century mahogany-cased wheel or banjo barometer, Gironimo, Bristol, the 19.5cm silvered dial reading from 28" to 31" of pressure, the trunk with swan-neck pediment over Dry/Damp (hygrometer), silvered mercury Fahrenheit thermometer with convex glazing over bone adjusting knob and silvered spirit level inscribed as above, 98cm high Condition: Disclaimer - Please see item 20 of our Conditions of Sale relating to clocks, watches and mechanical items - Pediment is a probable replacement
Mid Victorian inlaid rosewood wheel or banjo barometer, F. Walker, London, the 24cm silvered dial reading from 28" to 31" of pressure with engraved globe and foliate scroll work, the onion-top trunk profusely inlaid in mother-of-pearl with birds, foliage, urns etc, and inset with silvered mercury Fahrenheit thermometer and bone adjusting knob, 106cm high Condition: Disclaimer - Please see item 20 of our Conditions of Sale relating to clocks, watches and mechanical items
Late 19th Century half-size carved Carrara marble figure of Ceres, the female figure with plaited tied hair wearing Classical-style robes and holding the remnants of a wheatsheaf, with well modelled drapery on integral oval base, 105cm high Literature - See Francis Haskell & Nicholas Penny, 'Taste and the Antique, Yale University Press 2006, pp.181/2. fig. 94 for the original figured labelled the Mattei Ceres, Vatican Museum, Rome, where this figure is also given the name Faustina, Crispina (the wife of Commodus), or Julia Domna as well as Clio the Muse of History Condition: Overall surface condition is generally rough and weathered due to outdoor exposure, would benefit from a clean, left index finger missing together with remnants of the item held in the same hand, big toe to right foot is reattached or replaced, minor losses to lower edge of oval base, other minor flaws to the material including a diagonally fissure to right side of drapery, private provenance - **General condition consistent with age
Early 20th Century oak-cased barograph, Chas. Hymans, Cambridge, having an eight-tier vacuum with lacquered brass furniture, ivory Fahrenheit and Centigrade thermometer and plaque within bevelled five-glass case on moulded base, 36cm x 20.5 x 19cm high Condition: Disclaimer - Please see item 20 of our Conditions of Sale relating to clocks, watches and mechanical items
Staffordshire Interest - George III oak and mahogany-cased eight day brass dial longcase clock, Foden, Leek, circa 1780, the 13-inch square dial having a silvered chapter ring with Roman hours and Arabic minutes framing a matted centre with silvered signature cartouche over terrestrial calendar crescent and engraved sprigs within mask spandrels, the movement rack-striking on a bell, the case having a cavetto-moulded flat hood with painted crown to frieze over fluted columns, yoke-topped crossbanded long trunk door between fluted quadrants and panelled base, 199cm high Condition: Disclaimer - Please see item 20 of our Conditions of Sale relating to clocks, watches and mechanical items - Dial in good condition, movement has later seat board (upstands are rebated but seat board sits above rebate), movement in good order. Case in VGC but backing boards are later. Sold with two weights plus pendulum (no key and trunk door is currently locked)
Late 19th Century figured walnut-cased weight-driven Vienna-style wall clock, the white Roman dial with moon hands, with single-train movement, the case with double-arched moulded hood over arch-glazed long door with foliate scroll moulded ornaments to the canted corners, 75cm high Condition: Disclaimer - Please see item 20 of our Conditions of Sale relating to clocks, watches and mechanical items - Several hair cracks to chapter ring plus another from winding arbor towards VI, movement appears sound, some old restoration to corners of case mouldings, base finial maybe and old replacement, wooden pendulum rod is in two sections with brass strip between (may have been shortened), sold with weight
19th Century French cast brass cartel clock, Samuel Marti, Paris, the 10cm white enamelled convex Arabic dial with moon hands, with two-train movement, the case of Gothic Revival style and architectural design, 64cm high Condition: Disclaimer - Please see item 20 of our Conditions of Sale relating to clocks, watches and mechanical items - crack to rear door glass, movement requires a clean, missing bell and pendulum
20th Century lacquered brass and enamel carriage clock, Deacon, Swindon, the Arabic dial decorated with courting scene couples in 18th Century costume, between similar side panels, the single-train timepiece movement with lever platform escapement, within canted case, 14.5cm high inclusive of handle, in a double-door presentation box Condition: Disclaimer - Please see item 20 of our Conditions of Sale relating to clocks, watches and mechanical items
Late 19th Century French brass and champlevé enamel mantel clock, the 7cm Roman dial with inlaid star to centre, the two-train movement striking on a coiled gong, the architectural case with cupola surmount over vase finials and champlevé panels to front and sides, 29cm high Condition: Disclaimer - Please see item 20 of our Conditions of Sale relating to clocks, watches and mechanical items - some rubbing/tarnishing to gilt chapter ring, movement appears clean, rear glass replaced, surmount is loose, some minor enamel wear to case but overall sound, sold with pendulum and winder
Early 20th Century French bronzed spelter figural mantel clock, A.D. Mougin, Paris, retailed by Olivier, Castres, the 9.5cm white enamelled convex Arabic dial with black numerals 1 to 12 and red 13 to 24, the two-train movement striking on a bell, the figural case with lady and child observing a cock-fighting scene entitled 'Combats de Coqs' after Auguste Moreau, upon a stepped rouge marble base, 62cm high Condition: Disclaimer - Please see item 20 of our Conditions of Sale relating to clocks, watches and mechanical items - dial in good condition, movement appears sound, little finger to one hand of smallest figure is detached but present, otherwise sound, sold with pendulum
*Cameron (David Young, 1865-1945). The Vale of Forth, circa 1930, pen, brown ink and wash on wove paper, signed in pencil lower right, 30.5 x 48.5 cm (12 x 19 ins) mount aperture, gilt and wash rule mount, framed and glazed, with labels to verso for the Public Art Galleries, Brighton Catalogue of the Autumn Exhibition of Modern Pictures 1931 (item 218), and Imperial Gallery of Art, London handwritten label giving the artist's name, address and title of the work (probably in the artist's own hand) (1)
*Douglas (William Fettes, 1822-1891). On the Kincardine Shore, 1875, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left, artist and title details on lower mount partly rubbed away, gilt-decorated wooden frame, 19 x 48.5cm (7.5 x 19ins) Provenance: Lord Aitchison, with Fine Art Society printed label to frame verso, dated December 1996 (item 624) and older small label of Aitken Dott & Son of Edinburgh pasted above. (1)
*Dress. A Brussels lace wedding dress, 1899 [with later alterations], high-waisted empire-line gown with square neckline and train, hand-made, with machine and hand-stitching, comprising an inner shell of ivory taffeta (with zip closure), overlaid with cream hand-made Brussels lace, hook and eye closure at rear, sleeves elbow-length and slightly ruched, train edged in velvet, some small tears and holes in lace, and two small faint dark stains to front, train lightly soiled in places, bust 89cm (35ins), waist 80cm (31.5ins), length excluding train 150cm (59ins), length including train 190.5cm (75ins), together with a colour illustrated bound volume of verse commemorating the marriage of Mr. Port Bromell Elkins and Miss Eleanor Pollock Glass in Pennsylvania, 20th September 1899, second leaf with manuscript inscription certifying the marriage, quarter cream moir‚ cloth, decorative upper cover lettered in silver 'Bridal Bells', contained in original cardboard box, 4to, plus A Brussels lace wedding dress, 1929, cream low-waisted gown, hand-made with machine and hand-stitching, comprising a satin slip with scalloped hem, overlaid with a layered net outer shell, incorporating Brussels lace, and forming cape sleeves, ruched satin sash at waist, with bow to left side, press stud fastenings at rear, with corsage of wired faux flowers to left shoulder, some minor marks and small breaks in lace, bust 86cm (34ins), waist 86cm (34ins), length of slip 110cm (43.25ins), overall length 147cm (58ins), plus a partially deconstructed cream satin dress, late 1880s/early 1890s, comprising a ruched and padded boned bodice, lacking sleeves, and a separate long skirt with bustle pad and train, triple-pleated hem of skirt scalloped to reveal gathered hem of lining, some splits and soiling, together with original underskirt, plus a scallop-edged lace veil, 63 x 244cm (24.75 x 96ins), all contained in a small trunk Provenance: Eleanor Pollock Glass was the current owner's great grandmother, and the first item was worn by her as a going away dress; it was subsequently worn as a wedding dress by the vendor's mother Helen Louise Elkins, on 26th April 1952, and by herself on 4th October 1980. Port Brommell Elkins was an inventor and innovator, and the first person to use reinforced concrete in industrial buildings in Boston. Eleanor and Port's son, George Elkins, married Helen Douglass Gardner on 10th August 1929, and the second wedding dress was hers. The remaining items in the trunk come from the same family. (7)
*Military embroideries. A pair of embroidered pictures, Far East, early 20th century, together two embroidered silk pictures, one depicting the British royal armorial bearings, with three-masted sailing ship, and crossed flags, with motto 'Dieu et Mon Droit' to banner beneath, and the other showing an American eagle atop a shield and crossed flags, with the motto 'E. Pluribus Unum' to banner beneath, both expertly hand-stitched in coloured silks (predominantly red, cream, grey, brown) and silver bullion, using padded satin stitch, long and short stitch, stem stitch, and couching, second item with some slight toning to upper edge of silk ground, each approximately 46 x 46cm (18 x 18ins), matching mounts and frames, glazed These striking and beautifully made stitched artworks were made in various ports in the Orient as souvenirs for the sailors and officers who embarked there. The embroideries featured national symbols in various sizes and designs, often with details in relief and outlines in gold or silver metalled thread, and occasionally incorporating painted details. (2)
A Good Regency 19th century rosewood chiffonier - pier cabinet having a plinth base with column supports flanking a pair of curtained cabinet doors with shelved interior. Above a mirror back upright with gallery supports and shelf. The back with impressed George V stamp, this item believed to be from a government building measures 138cms high by 115wide by 49 deep
James Tandi, African (20/21st century) Carved Verdite Stone and Ivory Wild Boar Sculpture on Marble Base, Signed Lower. Sculpture measures 8-3/8" H x 11" W, base measures 13-3/8" W. We Will Not Ship This Item Out of State of Florida. We are willing to ship this lot without the content of ivory. Condition: Removable tusks Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00 Domestic Shipping: Third party
Royal Army Medical Corps Silver Presentation Figure.This dramatic silver figure depicts a WW1 RAMC medic carrying a wounded comrade. The casualty is swathed in bandages to his head and is carried on the back of the medic as he jogs through the mud of the front line. Bearing silver hallmarks for Birmingham 1999. There is a further mark indicating this is a filled stature with a silver cover and not solid silver. The figures are mounted onto a mahogany plinth with a presentation inscription “Presented to Lt Gen Sir Richard Gray KCB OBE DL by Officers Mess 250 (Hull) Amb (V) on his retirement as Honorary Colonel Adieu”. Overall Height 10 inches. The statue has been damaged at the foot and ankle of the running figure and with basic repair, still remains an impressive display item.Information supplied by the vendor indicates the full size bronze statue is on display at the Army Medical Services Museum Keogh Barracks Aldershot.
Napoleonic War Period 18th Century Officer’s Spadroon.This example with single edged 32 inch straight blade. The hilt with a single bar steel guard, the cross guard of two bars with a diamond between. The grip of dark ebony wood with reeded decoration. Scabbard absent. The sword has been cleaned and polished, remains a good display item.
3rd King’s Own Hussars Victorian Officer’s Shabracque.A scarce and important early post-1861 example. Blue cloth with rounded corners, edged with double row of distinctive gold regimental “basket and vellum” lace, the forecorners embroidered with a Guelphic crown above the VR cypher; the hind corners with the crown above the Horse of Hanover on a scarlet ground within a circlet inscribed NEC ASPERA TERRENT, above the regimental number. Moleskin lining, named in ink to E (or “F” underlined?) Grant, with oilskin sections to the hind corners. Lace and embroidery toned, one leather strap defective, some stitching faults, minor moth and repairs.Army Lists show one Fred G. Forsyth Grant as a Cornet in the 3rd Light Dragoons in 1858 and as a Lieut. the next year. In 1863 and 1866 he is a Captain in the same regiment (by then Hussars).After conversion from Light Dragoons, the 3rd, 4th, 13th and 14th Hussars retained the round-cornered style of shabracque for some time before changing to the shape with pointed corners worn by other hussar regiments. Unfortunately Dress Regulations give no indication of the date of the change, but the 14th retained the Light Dragoon style until the final abolition of shabracques in the 1890s. Comparison of the item offered here with the 1864 Dress Regulations suggests that the only immediate alteration was the change of designation from 3LD to 3H.
Smythies (Bertram E.). The Birds of Burma, 1st edition, Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press, 1940, 31 colour plates after A. M. Hughes including frontispiece, captioned tissue-guards, folding map to rear, original green cloth, dust jacket with pictorial onlay to front panel (restoration to extremities), 8vo, together with: The Birds of Burma, 2nd edition, revised, Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1953, later gift inscription, bookplate of J. F. D. Tutt, original cloth, dust jacket (price-clipped, tape-reinforcement verso along top and bottom edges), 8vo, and The Birds of Borneo, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1960, tipped-in compliments slip inscribed by the author, original cloth, dust jacket (tape-reinforcement along top and bottom edges verso), 8vo Nissen IVB 882 (first item). The first edition of Birds of Burma is today scarce in any condition, and especially so in the dust jacket. According to Smythies's introduction to the second edition, the first was printed in a run of 1,000 copies, most of which were 'bought by Europeans living in Burma, and left behind by them when they evacuated before the Japanese invasion in 1942 ... The Japanese collected as many as they could and shipped them off to Tokyo, where they housed them in the library of the Royal Veterinary College, later destroyed in an air raid'. (3)
Carlyle (Thomas). Occasional Discourse on the Nigger Question, 1st edition, 1853, half-title, strengthening at gutter in places, original printed wrappers, dust-soiled with some adhesive tape repairs, contained in 20th century mottled half morocco gilt, slim 8vo, together with [Croly, David Goodman], Miscegenation: the Theory of the Blending of the Races, applied to the American White Man and Negro, Reprinted from the New York Edition, 1864, slight spotting, original blind-stamped blue cloth, gilt title to spine, lightly soiled and rubbed, slim 8vo First item: Sabin 10934. This is the first separate edition, reprinted from Fraser's Magazine (December, 1849) with some additions. (2)
Kieffer (Ren‚, binder). Original illustrated manuscript by Henri Caruchet (1873-1948), for Le Pavillon Sur L'Eau, written by Th‚ophile Gautier and published in Paris by A. Ferroud, 1900, 48 pen, ink, and watercolour leaves, comprising a fly-leaf with vignette, a leaf lettered 'Pr‚face', and 46 numbered leaves written in calligraphic manuscript within elaborate borders depicting Chinese figures, animals and birds, buildings, dragons, floral motifs, etc., pencil markings to aid design and publication visible, preceded by three printed leaves (original front wrapper, half-title, and title-page), some spotting and marks throughout, sheet size 32 x 24cm (12.5 x 9.65ins), all edges gilt, contemporary brown morocco by Ren‚ Kieffer, signed on front doublure, a little rubbed to extremities, faded spine gilt lettered between two pairs of raised bands, and with leather onlay of bamboo leaves, upper cover with all-over onlaid design of bamboo trees, with smaller similar design on rear cover, triple gilt fillets on turn-ins, morocco pastedowns with onlaid design of stylised water lilies on a grey ground, free endpapers of gold and pale turquoise floral silk brocade, large square 4to, contained in marbled slipcase (worn) Painter and poet Henri Caruchet illustrated a number of books in the Art Nouveau style. His original artwork rarely comes onto the market. These beautiful illustrations, which make use of oriental imagery, show few deviations from the work as it was published, although the artist's calligraphic text was substituted for letterpress. The addition of a sumptuous Kieffer binding makes this a particularly attractive and unusual item. (1)
Baker (E. C. Stuart). The Birds of Cachar, Bombay: Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 1900-1, 12 offprints in 1 volume, 9 chromolithographic plates lettered A-I, light marginal damp-staining to a few plates, inscribed 'With the authors love, EC Stuart Baker' on the initial blank, modern brown half morocco, 8vo (23.8 x 15 cm), together with: The Indian Ducks and their Allies, 1st edition, R. H. Porter, 1908, half-title, additional pictorial title-page, 30 chromolithographic plates after Green, Gr”nvold, Keulemans, or Lodge, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, contemporary half calf, large 8vo (26.5 x 17.4 cm), Indian Pigeons and Doves, 1st edition, Witherby & Co., [1908]-1913, half-title, 27 colour plates after Gr”nvold or Lodge, text-block toned, occasional spotting to leaves adjacent to plates, top edge gilt, contemporary green half morocco, large 8vo (26.8 x 17.8 cm), and The Game-Birds of India, Burma and Ceylon, 3 volumes, 1st edition, John Bale, Sons, & Danielsson, Ltd., 1921-30, half-titles, additional pictorial title pages, 67 chromolithographic and other plates after Gr”nvold, Keulemans and Lodge and from photographs, 2 maps, volumes 1-2 in original half morocco, spines sunned, volume 3 in later half cloth with dust jacket, large 8vo (26.6 x 17 cm) Nissen IVB 65 (Indian Ducks), 66 (Indian Pigeons and Doves), 67 (Game-Birds); Wood p. 218 (all items); Zimmer pp. 36 (Indian Pigeons and Doves), 36-7 (Game-Birds: 'Vol. I is entitled, "Second edition", since it represents a revision of the author's "Indian Ducks and their Allies"'). Second item (Indian Ducks): one of 1200 copies only. (6)
Husam al-Dawlah Taymur Mirza. The Baz-nama-yi Nasiri. A Persian Treatise on Falconry, translated by D. C. Phillott, 1st edition, Bernard Quaritch, 1908, halftone illustrations in the text, outer leaves slightly creased at lower outer corners, original green pictorial cloth gilt, faded, lower outer corners bumped, 8vo Wood p. 519; Zimmer p. 623. One of 500 copies only. The author was a grandson of Fath 'Ali Shah Qajar (1772-1834) and a respected authority on the subject. 'An important item in the treatise, which is profusely illustrated with figures of birds and hunting scenes, lies in the description of Persian accipitres, with their English names' (Wood). (1)
Millais (John Guille). The Natural History of British Surface-Feeding Ducks, 1st edition, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1902, pictorial half-title, 66 photogravure, colour, chromolithographic or halftone plates after Millais, Thorburn, or Lodge, tissue-guards, some damp-staining to preliminaries, pp. 1-30 pp. and initial 12 or so colour plates (causing partial discolouration), later ownership inscription to intial blank, all edges gilt, 20th-century orange crushed morocco for Asprey, large 4to (33.2 x 29.5 cm), together with: The Mammals of Great Britain and Ireland, 3 volumes, 1st edition, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1904-6, half-titles, 243 photogravure, colour, chromolithographic or halftone plates after Millais, Thorburn, Hodgson or Gr”nvold, tissue-guards, occasional spotting to volume 1, small marginal repair to volume 1 frontispiece, volume 3 frontispiece lacking tissue-guard and slightly offset, all edges gilt, 20th-century orange crushed morocco for Asprey, large 4to (33.5 x 29 cm) First item (British Surface-Feeding Ducks): Anker 340, Mullens & Swann p. 406, Nissen IVB 635, Wood p. 464 ('beautifully illustrated'), Zimmer p. 436. Second item (Mammals): Nissen ZBI 2819, Wood p. 464 ('truly beautiful reproductions of the artist's best work'). Respectively numbers 301 of 600 copies and 589 of 1025 copies only. (4)
Phillips (John C.). A Natural History of the Ducks, 4 volumes, 1st edition, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1922-6, half-titles, 102 colour and halftone plates after Benson, Brooks, Fuertes, Gr”nvold and S. Kobayashi, 118 maps, ownership inscriptions to initial blanks, all edges gilt, 20th-century blue crushed morocco for Asprey, spines sunned, volume 1 front board partially discoloured, 4to (30.7 x 22.7 cm) together with: Alferaki (Sergius), The Geese of Europe and Asia, being the Description of most of the Old World Species, 1st edition in English, Rowland Ward, Ltd., 1905, half-title, 25 chromolithographic plates mainly after Frohawk (faintly offset onto versos of facing plates), all edges gilt, 20th-century orange crushed morocco for Asprey, small scuff to front board, 4to (31 x 23 cm) First item (Phillips): Nissen IVB 728; Wood p. 519 ('This rare work stands in the front rank of modern illustrated monographs'); Zimmer pp. 492-3 ('The illustrations are very fine'). Second item (Alferaki): Anker 9; Mullens & Swann p. 224; Nissen IVB 30; Wood p. 188 ('the colour plates are well printed'); Zimmer p. 7. (5)
An early 20th Century Satsuma pottery suite of 7 sweetmeat dishes, by Gyokozan, each decorated with a god of happiness, the centre dish with makers mark, the satellite dishes with painted marks, on carved wooden stand N.B. with various paperwork relating to the item from 1953 sent as a gift from Korea with card box applied with paper label
A Jaeger le Coultre 533 carriage clock, the dial set with Roman numerals and gold-plated works, illusion-mounted in glass case and marked 533 to the base, inscription also to base 'Bush Boake Alan Jackson 25 years' service 1980', height 10.5cm, in double-fronted brown Moroccan case. CONDITION REPORT Runs when wound. We offer no guarantees or warranties regarding the works or workings of any mechanical item.
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