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Click here to subscribePictures and Prints - James Preston (20th century), River Derwent, signed, oil on canvas, 44cm x 34cm; Kevin Platt (20th century), a pair, Upper Slaughter and Tower of London, signed, oils on canvas, 40cm x 60cm, framed; Continental School, Alpine Scene, oil on canvas, 37cm x 80cm; Sidney Restall, Wetlands, signed, oil on board, 19cm x 24cm (5)
A quantity of Hornby Railway Skaledale items. GWR Station. Road Over Bridge. Andrew James Butchers. Skaledale East Water Tower. Bay Terraced House Left Hand. Signal Box. Terraced House Left Hand. Coal Merchants. Coal Staithes. Miners Cottages and Brick Portal Side Walls. All boxed, minor wear to a few. Contents VGC-Mint. (12). £70-90
POSTCARDS, London, inc. Rotten Row, Brompton Oratory, Waterloo Place, Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, Natural History Museum, Houses of Parliament, St James Palace, Guildhall, Ludgate Hill, Cheapside, Tower Bridge, Buckingham Palace, London Bridge, Marble Arch etc., mixed periods, pu (39), G to VG, 110*
POSTCARDS, London and suburbs, inc. Trafalgar Square, Regent Street, The Strand, Knightsbridge, Oxford Street, Tower Bridge, St James Palace, Parliament Square, Tower, Westminster Abbey, Royal Exchange, Rotten Row, Albert Hall, Lambeth Palace, British Museum, Buckingham Palace, Lambeth Town Hall, Horniman's Museum Forest Hill, Town Hall Southall etc., pu (15), G to VG, 68*
UNRECORDED COPY - 1715 RISING THE DANGER OF REBELLION. SET FORTH THE LIVES AND DEATHS OF JAMES LATE EARL OF DERWENTWATER and William late Viscount Kenmure, who were Executed at Tower-Hill, for High-Treason against King George, on Friday the 24th of February, 1715-16, With the Speeches spoken by them before they receiv'd Sentence, and that made by Derwentwater at the Place of Execution: With a Copy of Viscount Kenmure's Letter to the Pretender. Also an Historical Account of their beginning to raise the unnatural Rebellion, for which they suffer'd, and manner of their being taken Prisoners by General Wills at Preston, and sent up to London. London: Printed for J. Benson, near Fleet-street, and Sold by the Booksellers of London and Westminster, Price One [Penny]. 8vo, 11, [1]p., woodcut of execution on title, later marbled boards, title cropped at foot with loss of 2 words ["One Penny"] (and possibly a date), [not traced in ESTC or COPAC]
A LARGE, EARLY VICTORIAN PRESENTATION TROWEL with a carved ivory handle, chased & engraved decoration and the inscription "Presented to William Taylor Esq.JP. and Alderman of the Borough of Preston by James Armstead, contractor on the occasion of laying the foundation stone of the Tower and Spire of St Peter's Church, Preston and erected at the cost of the late Thomas German Esq. in memory of his departed wife, Ellen German May 1851, J. Mitchell Esq. Architect", by Messrs Barnard, London 1848; 15.3" (39 cms) long; 15 oz gross
A FINE GROUP OF SCOTTISH REGALIA reputedly formerly the property of Colonal Campbell, to include a Scottish Officers gilt brass mounted Regimental dirk of The 17th (Cameron) Highlanders circa 1860, the blade etched with Regimental honors of Egmont Opzee, the ebonised carved baluster grip set with gilt brass studs, the pommel inset with a piece of cut glass against a pink foil, together with a sash and belt, both with silver mounts, all marked for Edinburgh 1855 and makers mark of James and William Marshall, further complete with a kilt, leather sporran, a Glengarry cap with Regimental badge, a Sgian-Dubh with Egypt honors to the ebony grip, a silver mounted sporran with thistle decoration and central crest of a tower with arms pulling taut a bow and arrow and motto over 'Agite Pro Viribus' etc Colonel Campbell was colonel of the 6th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment and won his DSO in the South African war, he was D.L and J.P for Herefordshire and married Helen Spooner, youngest daughter of Richard Spooner H.E.I.C.S (Honorable East India Company Service) of Warwickshire on 7th September 1881
A set of action storyboards from the production of two John Glen-directed James Bond films, A View to a Kill and The Living Daylights. This set consists of 392 storyboards in total: 70 large boards from The Living Daylights depicting stunts, including Bond's (Timothy Dalton) Russian aeroplane manoeuvre; 101 boards from A View to a Kill, plotting such ambitious scenes as Bond (Roger Moore) tying Zorin's (Christopher Walken) airship to the Golden Gate Bridge; 95 smaller storyboards from The Living Daylights, of which 75 are bound with a blue spine bar; and 126 from A View to a Kill illustrating sequences, including Bond pursuing May Day (Grace Jones) after her assassination of Achille Aubergine (Jean Rougerie) at the Eiffel Tower. Many of the pages have "J. Glen" handwritten at the top, identifying them as the director's personal copies. Some pages display minor creasing. Dimensions (large boards): 41 cm x 30.5 cm (16" x 12"); (small boards): 30 cm x 22 cm (11 3/4" x 8 3/4")£800-1200 M *Sold without copyright; see copyright notice in the Buyer's Guide
Pleasing Example of the 1562 Milled Sixpence of Queen Elizabeth IElizabeth I (1558-1603), silver Sixpence, 1562, milled issue by E. Mestrelle, elaborate crowned bust left, small rose in field behind, initial mark star both sides, outer beaded circle and legend surrounding both sides, cross on crown below centre of E, ELIZABETH. D. G. ANG. FRA. ET. HIB. REGINA, rev. long cross fourchée over quartered shield of arms, date above between pellets, left pellet below V of legend, POSVI DEVM. AD IVTORE M. MEVM, weight 3.11g (Borden and Brown 27, O1/R1; N.2027; S.2596). Toned, with underlying brilliance, extremely fine for issue and rare and highly desirable this nice. Elloye Mestrelle likely arrived from Paris with his family in 1559, and along with his sibling Philip was already a skilled engraver. It is thought that he came to England to sell his skills to the Mint, as the Queen was concentrating her energy into the recoinage, having ascended the throne the year before. He may well have lost employment engraving in France, as the first mention of him is in a pardon by Queen Elizabeth of 24th March 1561 where he is forgiven for any treasons, felonies or offences before his arrival at the Mint dating before 1st March 1559. He seems to have secured a contract during 1560 at the Mint, and the first fruits of his experimental machine-made labour appear in late 1561. To make such milled coins metal ingots were first cast and then a cutter was employed to cut individual blanks, which turned out to be 10% overweight. Therefore, the individual blank flans had to be adjusted by hand cranking through roller presses to flatten them out. The eventual coins were struck by a screw press method and the first denominations were the undated silver Shilling, Groat and Half-Groat, and a limited number of gold Half-Pounds and Crowns perhaps produced to celebrate the Queen’s visit to the Mint in July 1561. The silver at least features in a Pyx trial of October 1561, but not the gold. These silver denominations were then dropped in favour of new silver Sixpences, Threepences, Three-Halfpence and Three-Farthings, as of a new Proclamation issued 15th November 1561, all featuring the rose behind the bust, and Elloye was awarded £25 from the Queen. Elloye worked within the Mint for the next eight years, but fortunes changed on 1st September 1568 when his brother Philip was arrested for counterfeiting Burgundian Crowns and Elloye was implicated in the crime. Philip was subsequently hanged after his conviction of 12th January, and Elloye though once again pardoned on 2nd May 1569 returned to the Mint in 1570; but not in as much favour as previously as he now had only limited access to letter punches for engraving. The Under-Treasurer Stanley suddenly died in December 1571 and the change in master-ship to John Lonison meant changes were afoot. It was decided the experimental machinery would be put to the test against the hammermen in 1572, and its production rate of a mere 22 blank Sixpence sized flans an hour could not compete with the hammermen’s 280 in the same timeframe and theirs were more accurately hewn. Therefore, Lonison denied Elloye further access to the Minting area in the Tower though he remained in lodgings with his family, and not much more is known for the succeeding years and months. That is until in October 1577 when Elloye is arrested in London and later appears at the Norfolk Assizes charged with counterfeiting and is convicted. His possessions and family are evicted from the Tower, and alas it seems he met the same fate as his brother Philip in Spring 1578. For further reading see the article in the British Numismatic Journal 1983, volume 53, “The Milled Coinage of Elizabeth I” by D. G. Borden and I. D. Brown Provenance: Ex St James Auction 35, 9th February 2016, lot 40.
Henry VIII (1509-47), fine gold Angel of Six Shillings and Eight Pence, first coinage (1509-26), St Michael slaying dragon, halo breaks inner beaded circle, legend and beaded border surrounding, initial mark crowned portcullis with chains (c.1513-26) both sides, hEnRIC9x VIII9x DI'x GRA'x REX'x AGL'x Zx FR’xx, rev. ship sailing right, quartered shield of arms at centre, h and rose either side of cross above, legend and beaded borders surrounding, PERx CRVCE'x TVA'x SALVAx nOSx XPE'x REDE', weight 5.19g (Schneider 562; N.1760; S.2265). Toned lightly, weak in one part both sides, otherwise a bold very fine. The portcullis mint mark was used for some 12-13 years during the second coinage period of King Henry VIII and for the gold coinage appears mainly on the Angels and Half-Angels of which most of the coinage output was struck. From the 30th September 1513 until 29th September 1526 some £350,000 plus of gold was struck, perhaps more as some four years of accounts of the Tower Mint are missing from this period. Provenance: Ex St James Auction 1, 13th October 2004, lot 421.
Charles I (1625-49), “crown” gold Unite of Twenty Shillings, Tower Mint, group D, fourth crowned bust left, class II, bust 5, unjewelled crown, value XX in field behind, legend and beaded border surrounding, initial mark portcullis (1633-34), CAROLVS. D; G; MA; BR; FR; ET. HIB; REX., rev. crowned quartered oval shield of arms, crowned C to left, crowned R to right, legend and beaded border surrounding, terminal mark crown, .FLORENT. CONCORDIA. REGNA., weight 9.04g (Brooker 85 this coin; Schneider 149; N.2153; S.2692). Lightly toned, well centred, just a tad weak of strike in upper left of obverse and corresponding part of reverse, good very fine. The original pyx trial records show that £85,155 of 22 carat crown gold was struck for this mint mark from 11th July 1633 until 27th June 1634. Provenance: Ex John G. Brooker Collection, Coins of Charles I, dispersed by Spink and Son Ltd from 1980. Ex St James Auction 6, 8th June 2007, lot 139. Ex St James Auction 11, 8th May 2009, lot 82.
Very Rare Unpierced Example of the Gold Angel of King James IJames I (1603-25), fine gold Angel of Eleven Shillings, second coinage (1604-19), St Michael slaying dragon right, Latin legend and beaded border surrounding on both sides, initial mark trefoil (1613) both sides, struck over tower over mullet on obverse, struck over tower on reverse, pellet stops, IACOBVS. D’ G’. MAG’. BRIT’. FRA’. ET. HI’. REX., rev. flat decked ship sailing, no bowsprit, large quartered shield at centre, I to left of mast, cinquefoil to right, beaded circles and legend surrounding, .A. DNO. FACTVM. EST. ISTVD., weight 4.64g (Schneider -; N.2081; S.2615). Lightly toned, fully round, good very fine, especially rare in unpierced state, we note that there is no example of this mint mark present in the Schneider Collection for this denomination. The output of fine gold for this period was £1,925, which covered four denominations from the impressive large gold Ryal to the small Half Angel. The Angel was struck quite sparingly as evidenced by the reuse of the obverse and reverse dies from previous mint mark periods. The obverse seems to have started life as a mint mark Mullet piece dating to 1611-12; it was then over-stamped with mint mark Tower for the period (1612-13) and then again with Trefoil for the remainder of 1613, good longevity for this time. The reverse was also used for mint mark Tower then over-stamped for use as mint mark Trefoil. Provenance: Ex James Perley Storer, Spink Coin Auction 111, 21st November 1995, lot 162. Ex A Collection of Angels, Half-Angels and Quarter-Angels, A. H. Baldwin, Fixed Price List, Summer 2015, item ANG015. Ex A. H. Baldwin, Fixed Price List, Summer 2017, item 134.
Edward III (1327-77), gold Noble of Six Shillings and Eight Pence, Tower Mint London, Treaty Period (1361-69), Group b, King standing in ship with upright sword and quartered shield, large pellets on castles of ship, beaded circle surrounding, annulet before legend, oED WARDxx DEIxx GRAxx REXxx AnGLxx DnSxx hYB'xZx AQ T, rev. E at centre of ornamental cross with lis terminals, crowns over lions in angles, all within a beaded and linear tressure, fleurs in spandrels, legend +Ih'Cxx AVTEmxx TRAnSIEnSxx PERxx mEDIVxx ILLORVmxx IBAT, only last A of legend barred, 7.74g (cf.Doubleday 222; cf.Schneider 86-7; N.1232; S.1503). Lightly toned, a little double-struck in the fine detail and a little-off-centre both sides, otherwise good very fine, reverse stronger. This coin was struck in the period of the Treaty of Bretigny ratified on the 24th October 1360, at which point Edward III relaxed his claim to the French throne, so that he no longer styled himself as King of France in the Latin titles upon the coinage. This all changed in 1369 when the captive King John II died and his son became King Charles V of France continuing the 100 years War. Provenance: Ex St James Auction 11, 8th May 2009, lot 27.
A View to a Kill (1985) linen backed teaser style original US one sheet film poster picturing Roger Moore as James Bond 007 climbing the Eiffel Tower in Paris while Grace Jones attempts to kick him loose while parachuting! Wonderful aerial artwork in full colour by Dan Goozee. Previously folded now on linen, 27 x 41 inch. (1)
Medallion John Archbishop Sancroft - Archbishop Sancroft and the Bishops 1688 (Struck) Obverse: : Bust facing right wearing a cap and clerically robed GVIL.SANCROFT.ARCHIEPISC.CANTAVR.1688. Reverse Seven medallions containing busts, clerically robed, of William Lloyd, Francis Turner, John Lake, Henry Compton, Thomas Ken, Thomas White, and Sir John Trelawney, a field of stars, edge: SI FRACTUS ILLABATUR ORBIS IMPAUIDOS FERIENT RUINAE. Note : William Sancroft (1617-1693) Archbishop of Canterbury refused to read James II's 'Declaration of Indulgence' exempting Catholics and dissenters from penal statutes. The bishops were committed to the Tower for opposing the edicts of James II.
17x Corgi Toys, many for restoration. 2x James Bond 007 Aston Martin DB5 in gold. A Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Man from Uncle Oldsmobile. Corporal Missile Launching Platform. Land Rover with loud speaker in green, Vote Corgi. Land Rover in red. Dodge livestock truck. Beast Carrier. Skyscaper Tower crane. 7x Chipperfields Circus vehicles; 2x Crane truck. 2x Bedford animal carriers with giraffes. Smith's Karrier booking van. Animal circus cage. Land Rover with loud speaker. AF-GC. £50-70
A silver hammered shilling of James I (1603-1625) dating to c. 1624. Third coinage, sixth bust, Tower mint. Initial mark: lis/lis. Obverse: crowned and mantled bust right, IACOBVS D.G:MAG:BRI:FRA:ET:HIB:REX. Reverse: QVÆ DEVS CONIVNXIT NEMO SEPARABET. Spink 2668. About Very Fine, some areas of weakness on bust and obverse legends. Weight: 5.7g. Provenance: from the collection of a metal detectorist.
Three silver hammered coins. Henry VIII (1509-1547) incomplete base silver groat of the third coinage (1544-1547), Southwark mint (Poor, heavily chipped)-North 1845. James I (16-3-1625) sixpence of the third coinage, dated 1623 with the lis initial mark, Tower mint (Fair/Fine, surfaces quite granular)-North 2126. Charles I (1625-1649) sixpence, group F, star/star initial mark denoting 1640-1641, Tower mint under King (Fair, clipped) -North 2246. Provenance: from the collection of a metal detectorist.
A silver hammered halfgroat of James I (1603-1625) dating c. 1621-1623. Third coinage, Tower mint, initial mark: Lis. Obverse: I.D.G.ROSA.SINE.SPINA, crowned rose. Reverse: TVEATVR.VNITA.DEVS, crowned thistle. North 2127. Small piece broken out of flan edge, otherwise Very Fine. Weight: Provenance: from the collection of a metal detectorist.
A silver hammered halfpenny of James I (1603-1625) dating c. 1604-1605. Second coinage, Tower mint, initial mark: Lis. Obverse: no legend, rose. Reverse: no legend, thistle. North 2107. Slightly off-centre, but otherwise Very Fine. Weight: Provenance: from the collection of a metal detectorist.
A silver hammered halfgroat of James I (1603-1625) dating c. 1603-1604. First coinage, Tower mint, initial mark: Thistle. Obverse: I.D.G.ROSA.SINE.SPINA, crowned and armoured bust right. Reverse: no legend, royal arms within external pelleted border. North 2076. Well centred and largely unclipped, though areas of weakness. Good Fair. Weight: c. 1g.Provenance: from the collection of a metal detectorist
Commonwealth (1649-1660), Penny, English shield within laurel and palm branches, rev. English and Irish shields, mark of value above, 0.46g, together with other small denomination hammered coins comprising a James I penny, Charles I twopence and two Charles I pennies (all Tower mint). The first good very fine, the others fine
NO RESERVE James (P.D.) The Black Tower, jacket with light rubbing and creasing to head and foot, 1975; Death of an Expert Witness, jacket with very light fading to spine, 1977; Original Sin, signed by the author on title, ink ownership inscription, jacket price-clipped, 1994, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, excellent or near-fine overall; and 16 others by the same and similar, 8vo (19)
Ruskin (John, 1819-1900). Studies of Architecture at the Church of St. Etienne, Beauvais, & [to verso] Sketch of a Mountain Top, Lecco, Italy, 13th April [1846], pencil, brown ink and brown wash on wove paper, inscribed to upper right 'Details of Norman tower, Beauvais, 13th April', and 'St. Etienne, Beauvais, Gable of trancept' lower right, plus further annotations in ink in Ruskin's hand, together with a rough sketch in pale yellow and pale blue wash, with brown ink and pencil, of a mountain top at Lecco, near Como, Italy, inscribed Lecco in ink in Ruskin's hand, lower right, some surface marks and light soiling, short closed tear without loss to lower edge (approximately 1cm), sheet size 18 x 27 cm (7.1 x 10.6 ins) (Qty: 1)Provenance: John Ruskin's Collection at Brantford until at least 1912; Private Collection, Hampshire. Literature: E.T. Cook and Alexander Wederburn, Works of John Ruskin, Catalogue of Drawings, volume 38, page 230, number 173 'Beauvais, Church of St. Etienne, Notes of details, pencil and wash, 7 x 10 1/4 ins'. Exhibited: Ruskin Memorial Exhibition, Royal Society of Painters in Water-colours, February-March 1901, 323. John Ruskin was with his parents in Beauvais between 9th and 12th April 1846 according to the diary of his father John James Ruskin. The date on the present drawing now suggests that they must have left on the 13th, travelling through Paris without stopping. Later in the trip they passed through Como (6th May), Bergamo, Lecco and Brescia before reaching Verona on the 10th. Entries in Ruskin's surviving diary for 1846 begin only on the 14th April when they reached Melun. There are two other known drawings from this period, like this one presumably from a now dismembered sketch book. 'Study of a River Bank' (Thomson Collection) is inscribed 'Beauvais/April 10th', with a drawing of trees at Pont sur Yonne to verso dated 'Ap.14', plus an architectural detail inscribed 'Chanceaux/Ap. 17'. This drawing, inscribed with a larger scale 'J Ruskin 1846' is typical of inscriptions added by him at a later date. See Paul Walton, Master Drawings by John Ruskin: Selections from a David Thomson Collection, Pilkington Press, 2000, page 64, figure 25. A second double-sided sheet of landscape, inscribed 'Sens. April 15th./1846' is in the Cooper Gallery, Barnsley (CP/TR 22). We are grateful to Professor Stephen Wildman for supplying the information contained in this catalogue entry.
Fonthill Abbey Sale. Entry ticket to the Fonthill Abbey sale of 1823, original engraved entry ticket to the Fonthill Abbey sale of 1823, made out to a Mrs Ames(?) and Miss Harrington(?) and signed by the auctioneer Harry Phillips (ticket no. 1753), admitting two visitors for any two days of the view, the engraving showing the Eastern Towers of the Abbey with the Central Tower beyond within a Gothic surround, engraved by Thomas Higham after the drawing by the architect Stedman Whitwell, printed on toned card, bottom edge unevenly trimmed (where one of the original detachable tokens has been removed, but one still present with the engraved initials H.P. and manuscript entry number 1753), slight spotting, crease above token and few slight repaired closed tears, traces of mounting overleaf, 205 by 135 mm, token beneath 30 x 65 mm, within window mount, framed and glazed (Qty: 1)William Beckford (1760-1844) accrued large debts as a consequence of the collapse in the West Indian sugar market, in which he had major interests. He therefore invited the auctioneer James Christie the younger (1773-1831) to put Fonthill and contents up for sale in 1822. The Abbey had previously been closed to visitors and there was huge interest by the general public to visit this famous house of treasures. So much so, that 72,000 copies of the catalogue were sold, costing a guinea each, and during the months of August and September 1822 between 600 and 700 people visited each day. In a sudden change of plan and due to the vast interest caused Beckford sold the Abbey and contents at an inflated price of £330,000 to a wealthy Scottish gunpowder dealer called John Farquhar (1751-1826). The auction sale of 1823 was not therefore instigated by Beckford, but by Farquhar and the sale was conducted by Harry Phillips (d.1839) who had formerly been senior clerk to James Chistie's father (James Christie 1730-1803). It is now known that Phillips surreptitiously included additional items in the Fonthill sale which were actually from other vendors, in order to enlarge the sale, increase demand and hence values. This ticket is for the thirty-seven-day auction of the contents of Fonthill Abbey held by Harry Phillips in September and October 1823. Public interest was immense, and even the Duke of Wellington paid a visit. William Hazlitt described it as “a desert of magnificence, a glittering waste of laborious idleness, a cathedral turned into a toy shop”, he was however unaware of the additional inclusions in the sale. Beckford himself retired to Lansdown Crescent, Bath, and purchased a number of items back during the sale. The main tower of Fonthill Abbey collapsed in 1825, and much of the vast structure was rapidly demolished thereafter, leaving only the western end of the Abbey intact.
Shakespeare (William).- Dekker (Thomas) The Magnificent Entertainment: Given to King James, Queene Anne his wife, and Henry Frederick the Prince, upon the day of his Majesties tryumphant passage (from the Tower) through his honourable citie (and chamber) of London, being the 15. of March. 1603. As well by the English as by the strangers: with the speeches and songes, delivered in the severall pageants, .first edition, woodcut device to title, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, portrait of James I by W. Kilian (closely trimmed and with portion of restoration to head) inserted as frontispiece, lacking initial blank, closely shaved at head, affecting some headlines, light foxing, heavier to title, front free endpaper becoming loose, bookplates to pastedown, attractive early 19th-century red straight-grain panelled morocco, gilt, wide floral and foliage borders with elaborate corner-pieces and central gilt lozenges, spine ends, joints and corners rubbed, [[STC 6510; Pforzheimer 275], small 4to, by T[homas]. C[reede, Humphrey Lownes, Edward Allde and others]. for Tho. Man the yonger, 1604.⁂ A full description of James I's state entry into London for his coronation. Rare, we can trace only a handful of copies at auction in the last 70 years. "Dekker appears to have had a principal share in the preparation of the speeches given at the several halting places of the progress. He was assisted by Ben Jonson... and by Thomas Middleton... it appears Shakespeare was in the procession following the King and that for the purpose he was presented with a piece of red cloth." - Pforzheimer. Provenance: Charles Butler (1821-1910, Warren Wood bookplate).
Beckford (William).- Rutter (John) Delineations of Fonthill and its Abbey, large paper copy, half-title, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece, additional pictorial title and plate, 10 engraved plates including unnumbered plate of South West View (as usual), large folding lithographed plan hand-coloured in outline, wood-engraved vignettes, double-page genealogical table and list of subscribers at end, ex-Incorporated Law Society copy presented by the author with inscription on half-title and a few stamps, foxing to some plates, map torn at central fold, ink staining to margin of one leaf and edges, modern half calf, slightly rubbed and marked, [Abbey, Scenery 418], 4to (335 x 275mm.), Shaftesbury, by the Author, 1823.⁂ Account of Beckford's extraordinary Gothic mansion designed by James Wyatt. The construction was rushed and the huge tower collapsed several times. Beckford was forced to sell the property and most of its contents in 1822 due to financial constraints and the majority of the building was demolished in 1825.
POSTCARDS, London and suburbs, inc. Trafalgar Square, Regent Street, The Strand, Knightsbridge, Oxford Stree, Tower Bridge, St James Palace, Parliament Square, Tower, Westminster Abbey, Royal Exchange, Rotten Row, Albert Hall, Lambeth Palace, British Museum, Buckingham Palace, Lambeth Town Hall, Horniman's Museum Forest Hill, Town Hall Southall etc., pu (15), G to VG, 68*
POSTCARDS, London, inc. Rotten Row, Brompton Oratory, Waterloo Place, Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, Natural History Museum, Houses of Parliament, St James Palace, Guildhall, Ludgate Hill, Cheapside, Tower Bridge, Buckingham Palace, London Bridge, Marble Arch etc., mixed periods, pu (39), G to VG, 110*
JAMES I AND VI, KING [WARWICKSHIRE & GLOUCESTERSHIRE, JOHN SOMERVILLE (1560-83)]MAGNIFICENT ROYAL LETTERS PATENT DATED DECEMBER 1ST 1615, granting to Michael and Thomas Cole, gentlemen, the manor of Edstone and Bearley, Warwicks. and the lordship and lands, the manor of Aston Somerville, Glos., the manor of Cockbury, and lands in Cockbury and Winchcomb., Glos., all lands formerly of John Somervile, attainted (d. 1583), and the rectory &c. of Barmer, Norfolk, formerly of the monastery of "Cokkefford", and later of Thomas Duke of Norfolk, attainted (d. 1572), Dated 1. Dec. 1615, with Great Seal (second) of James I, in dark brown wax, on red and white cords; complete and well preserved. Some part of the impression very clean, others somewhat flattened, endorsed as enrolled in the Exchequer Memoranda, Michaelmas Term, 1615Note: The monastic house mentioned is presumably the Priory of Coxford, Norfolk, dissolved in 1536.John Somervile or Somerville was only in his early 20s when he was found dead in the Tower of London in 1583, after being sentenced to death for his planned assassination of Elizabeth I.
[SCOTT, WALTER] - DARNICK, ROXBURGHSHIREALBUM OF MAUSCRIPT PROPERTY CONTRACTS RELATING TO HOUSES yards, &., Darnick, Roxburghshire, from John Walker, 1789, to James Smith 1856; and a pair of spectacles by family tradition said to have been left by Sir Walter Scott after a visit to John Heiton at Darnick Tower
AN ELIZABETH II LIMITED EDITION FRAMED 'THE SILVER MAP OF GREAT BRITAIN', in a limited edition of 3000, produced for 'The Council for the Protection of Rural England' with related paperwork including certificate, sponsor's mark for Danbury Mint, London 1978, 54.5cm x 36.5cm, framed and glazed, together with a cased Elizabeth II limited edition silver gilt Tower of London 900th Anniversary plate, No.20/90, sponsor's St. James House Company, London 1978, diameter 19.8cm, approximate weight 9.3ozt, 292 grams, with certificates and related paperwork (2) (condition: map in good condition, plate has surface scratches to dished area)
Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament, and the New: Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues: and with the former Translations diligently compared and reuised, By his Maiesties speciall Commandement. Appointed to be read in Churches. Imprinted at London by Robert Barker and by the Assignes of John Bill, 1634], general title and following 3 leaves lacking (A1-A4), New Testament title present within decorative woodcut border, Apocrypha present, double-column black letter text, woodcut decorative initials, few leaves with early manuscript to lower blank margins, first few leaves frayed to margins and with few tears mostly to margins (B1 also creased and some tears with slight loss), printing fault to M6 where paper creased, closed tears to 5D5, 5R3, 5Y6, 6A3 & 6A5 (those to 6A3 & 6A5 running vertically up the length of each), leaves 6D1-6D4 torn at foot with some loss, lacking final two leaves of Revelation (6D5 & 6D6, with remnants of penultimate leaf 6D5 loosely inserted), few other leaves with marginal fraying and occasional tears, occasional dampstaining mostly to lower outer corners of few leaves, 19th century cloth-hinged marbled endpapers a little frayed to edges, contemporary blind panelled calf over wooden boards, with blind roll work decoration, embossed brass corner pieces and central bosses (lower board without upper inner corner piece), some lifting and wear to leather turn-ins, leather to board fore-edges a little torn and board showing, leather to lower board torn with some loss & board showing, old reback torn at head & foot of spine, without clasps, folio, leaf size 40 x 27 cm (Qty: 1)Darlow & Moule 376; Herbert 487; STC 2312. The fourth distinct folio edition, printed in large black-letter, of King James' version. This agrees very closely in all particulars with the folio of 1617. Provenance: St. James' Church, Southbroom, Devizes, Wiltshire. This Bible has for many years been kept in the fine 15th century perpendicular tower, which is the oldest surviving part of the church. The tower bears the scars of the bombardments made from nearby Jump Hill by the parliamentary forces of General Sir William Waller (1597-1668) during the English Civil War siege of Devizes in July 1643. Devizes was a Royalist stronghold throughout the English Civil War. A major battle took place just outside the town on Roundway Down on 13th July 1643, where the Royalists, under Sir Ralph Hopton (1596-1652), defeated General Waller.
Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, Oxford: Printed at the University Press, 1846, scattered spotting and few marks, all edges gilt, contemporary black morocco, 'Chapelry of Saint James, 1849' in gilt to upper board, joints spitting, some dampstains and rubbing, large 4to, together with 18 other volumes of the Bible, Book of Common Prayer and related theology etc., mostly 19th century editions, including some worn and defective, 8vo, large 4to & folio (Qty: 19)Provenance: St. James' Church, Southbroom, Devizes, Wiltshire. These volumes have for many years resided in the fine 15th century perpendicular tower, which is the oldest surviving part of the church. The tower bears the scars of the bombardments made from nearby Jump Hill by the parliamentary forces of General Sir William Waller (1597-1668) during the English Civil War siege of Devizes in July 1643. Devizes was a Royalist stronghold throughout the English Civil War. A major battle took place just outside the town on Roundway Down on 13th July 1643, where the Royalists, under Sir Ralph Hopton (1596-1652), defeated General Waller.
A Soldier's Letter to His Mother in Waterford, 1843Manuscript: Field (Michael) An A.L.s. from Michael Field, a soldier in one of the military barracks at Chatham, to his mother in Waterford. The soldiers are stationed there in order to escort convicts en route to Van Diemen's Lane, and he expects that his unit will receive embarkation orders soon. He describes the wretched conditions - overcrowding, severe duty, provisions expensive and of the worst quality - "I have never put my foot in such a den" - and requests the prayers of his family in helping him to endure his present hardship.There is no mention of his father, presumably dead, and his mother is living with her sister and her husband Sergeant James Mahony in John's Street, Waterford. He enquires after various members of the family and sends greetings from "Johanna and the children." The writer lived in Reginald's Tower for a period of his youth.As a m/ss., w.a.f. An evocative item of local Waterford interest. (1)
Dublin: Liddy (Pat) Dublin be Proud, folio D. 1987. First Edn., Signed by Author, cloth & d.w.; Martin (Liam C.) Dublin Sketch Book, folio 1962, First Edn., Signed by Author; also In Dublin Again with Liam C. Martin, folio D. 1965; Field (Saul) & Levitt (M.P.) Bloomsday - An Interpretation of James Joyce's Ulysses, lg. folio L. 1972; Ellmann (Rich.) James Joyce's Tower, 4to D. 1969, First; & 3 other sim., all illus. A lot. (8)
Circle of Sir Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599-1641) Portrait of Lady Anne Cecil, Countess of Northumberland (1612-1637), circa 1635, three-quarter length, standing, in a red dress, looped with pearls oil on canvas, unframed 105 x 84cm (41 x 33in) Other Notes: Lady Anne Cecil was the daughter of William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, son of Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, Secretary of State to Elizabeth I and James I. The proposed marriage to the future 10th Earl of Northumberland met with disapproval from the 9th Earl, who blamed the 1st Earl of Salisbury for his imprisonment in the Tower of London. Despite eventually relenting, believing in his son's right to choose a wife for himself, he remarked that "the blood of Percy would not mix with the blood of Cecil if you poured it in a dish" (E. B. De Fonblanque, Annals of the House of Percy, vol. II, p. 370) The marriage, however, produced five daughters including Lady Anne Percy (d.1654), who married Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield, and had no issue, and Lady Elizabeth Percy (1636–1718), who married Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex. Anne died of smallpox in 1637, aged 25, and was buried in the Percy family vault at St Mary's Church, Petworth, West Sussex. Oil on canvas which has been lined. The tacking edges of the lining canvas are very brittle, the top edge has presumably torn which is why it is secured by duct tape. The canvas is slack with undulations. The paint layer is very worn and abraded which has been exacerbated by the lining. There are numerous areas of retouching across the surface covering old damages. The paint layer is poorly saturated due to the old, degraded varnish is dull and matte with numerous scuffs and scratches across the surface.
ROCK, METAL - 7". Screamin' collection of approx. 112 x 45s inc. some multiple copies. Artist/titles are Alex Harvey (PB 5199 x 14 copies, Promo), Motorhead, Girlschool, John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett, Gillan, Time Wasters, Brian May, Rolling Stones, Stryper, The Textones, Bruce Springsteen, The Rods, Queen, Mama's Boys, Climax Blues Band, Skid Row, Tygers Of Pan Tang, Thunder, Springwater, Status Quo, Sweet Addiction, Telephone, Barclay James Harvest, Tower and Wishbone Ash. Condition is generally VG+ to Ex+.
POSTCARDS, London and suburbs, inc. Trafalgar Square, Thames, Tower Bridge, St James Palace, Parliament Square, Tower, Westminster Abbey, Royal Exchange, Rotten Row, Albert Hall, Lambeth Palace, British Museum, Buckingham Palace, Lambeth Town Hall, Ealing Common, Putney Bridge, Spring Grove Isleworth, Ravensbourne Park Catford, Putney High Street, Windsor Castle, Wimbledon Common, Horniman's Museum Forest Hill, Town Hall Southall etc., pu (10), G to VG, 60*
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