The Christopher Dyment Collection: LHASA & NEPAL: 1- Landon, P: Lhasa: An Account of the Country and People.. in 2 vols. Hurst and Blackett, 1905, 1st. edns. All maps & plates present. original cloth gilt Spines faded & covers little patchy; 2- Chapman, F S: Lhasa the Holy City. Chatto & Windus, 1938, 1st. edn. all colour & b&w plates present; pictorial cloth; little rubbed; 3- Chandler, E: The Unveiling of Lhasa. Arnold, 1905, 1st edn. All plates and map present; Ex-Libra, with the usual stamps; 4- Landon, P: Nepal, 2 vols. in 1. Nepal, 1976, reprint of the 1928 1st. edn. dw; VG; 5- Maillart, Ella K: The Cruel Way. 1949, 1st. dw. Inscribed & Signed by author, to Christopher Dyment; 6- Maillart, Ella K: The Land of the Sherpas. 1955, 1st. dw. Inscribed & Signed by author; 7- Maillart, Ella K: La Vie immédiate. (Photography). Payot, 1991. dw. vg; PLUS 8 others. (16) "Christopher Dyment (1939-2016): After reading Law at Cambridge and alongside with his career at the Law Commission he spent time travelling in east Asia and the Himalayan areas, influence by Tibetan Buddhism; and also concentrating on music. Christopher wrote numerous articles about historical conductors and also one book on Felix Weingartner, one on Toscanini in Britain and one on conducting the Brahms Symphonies."
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This is a unique Art Nouveau style ring showing a gold overlay sterling silver construction with exquisite Turquoise, Coral and Diamonds with paperwork. Overall, the piece shows 23 cabochons of Turquoise and Coral showing a rich red and bright blue coloring and solid gem quality clarity with total weight of 6.70 carats. The ring is also set with .65 carat of rose cut Diamonds having an I1 to I2 clarity and J-K-L color. The piece comes with a GLA (Gemological Laboratory of America) report that confirms the above info and gives a value of $6,850.00. The ring shows a weight of 13.10 grams and a size of 6 US.
London Transport RF bus alloy BULLSEYE PLATE. The upper half of the bullseye opens on a sprung hinge and the plate remains mounted on the small, original surrounding panel (see second image) bearing registration no NLE 563 from RF 563. The original RF 563, a green 'Country' bus, entered service at Hertford (HG) garage in 1953 and the last RF 563, a red bus, was withdrawn from Kingston (K) garage in 1976, subsequently presumed scrapped. The whole assembly measures 28" x 29" (71cm x 74cm). In good, ex-use condition. [1]
London Underground enamel DESTINATION PLATE for High Street / Putney Bridge on the District Line. This is the older and slightly longer style of plate without chain-holes, designed to slot into runners on the outside of the car and may possibly date from the earlier-designated K and L Stock of 1927-31. Double-sided with steel ends which have the initials of the destinations stamped on them. In good, ex-use condition. [1]
A Victorian 18ct. gold, diamond and green garnet ring, gypsy set rose cut diamond to centre and round cut green garnet to either side, hallmarked Birmingham 1890, (gross weight 2.4g) ring size UK L, together with an Edwardian 18ct. gold and diamond ring, gypsy set three graduated old cut diamonds, assayed Birmingham 1905, (gross weight 3.5g), ring size UK K 1/2, a 9ct. gold and paste set ring and an 8ct. gold and clear stone set eternity ring. (4)Condition note: All rings in good order, no stones lacking.
A WWII K.I.A. group K.63952 F.E.Simpson A/S P.O. H.M.S. Barham, 1939-45 Star, the Atlantic Star, War medal and named for Long Service and Good Conduct, H.M.S. Barham was sunk by a u-boat on Nov 25th 1941 with 859 deaths out of a complement of 1264 men, included with this lot are photographs, a period framed print of ship, a model of H.M.S. Barham and letters to his wife including 'Missing in Action' letter dated 7th Dec 1941
A GROUP OF FIVE YORK SILVER TEASPOONS, comprising James Barber, George Cattle II & William North, York 1828, fiddle pattern, engraved with a letter; James Barber, George Cattle II & William North, York 1825, Old English pattern, engraved with initials; Edward Jackson, York 1817, Old English pattern, engraved with a letter; Robert Cattle & James Barber, York 1812, fiddle pattern, engraved with initials I K; John Prince, Robert Cattle and George Cattle I, York 1805, fiddle pattern, engraved with a letter. (5) Gross weight 2.8 troy ounces
The Afghanistan Medal to CAPTN. P. K. L. BEAVER – E. / 4TH R.A.Madras-born Colonel Philip Keith Lonsdale Beaver (1843-1922) was the son of Major Herbert Beaver (1806-1852) (Paymaster of the East India Company's 5th Native Infantry) and Anne Amelia Lonsdale (1819-1898) and grandson of Capt. Philip Beaver R.N.. He passed into the Woolwich Academy from Cheltenham College in 1862 and was promoted lieutenant in 1865 and captain in 1877. He returned to England from India in 1880 and served as an instructor at the School of Gunnery at Shoeburyness. Appointed major in 1883, he retired as a colonel.
Ten Middle East/Arabia/Central Asia interest titles including 'The Koran, commonly called the Alcoran of Mohammed, Translated into English immediately from the Original Arabic; with explanatory notes, taken from the most approved commentators. To which is prefixed a Preliminary Discourse...By George Sale', London, Hawes, Clarke and Collins et al, 1764, 2nd octavo edition, 2 volumes, Engraved folding map of Arabia inset with Temple of Mecca + 3 engraved genealogical table plates (of which 2 folding) + engraved folding plate depicting plan and view of temple of Mecca as called for (plan/view of Mecca plate trimmed or lacks small portion at outer edge along vertical fold, just affecting image and text caption), titles printed in red and black, contemporary calf gilt (worn); plus Bertram Thomas: 'Arabia Felix', Cape, 1932, 1st edition, large folding coloured map of Southern Arabian Desert, + 2 maps and numerous plates, many from photographs, as called for, original cloth gilt; plus T.E. Lawrence, four titles: 'T.E. Lawrence to his biographer, Liddell Hart', London, Faber, 1938, limited edition, (56/1000), signed by Hart and numbered, original cloth gilt; 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom', London, Cape, 1935, 1st trade edition, 4to, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (wrapper tatty); 'The Letters of T.E. Lawrence', London, Cape, 1938, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (wrapper worn); 'Revolt in the Desert', Cape, 1927, 4th impression, original cloth gilt, Boots label affixed to top board; plus K. Hull & P. Whitlock, three titles: 'The Far Distant Oxus', 1937, 2nd impression; ''Escape to Persia', 1938, 1st edition; 'Oxus in Summer', 1939, 1st edition, each illustrated Arthur Ransome, each original red cloth gilt (degrees of fading) (10)
Hannah Glasse: 'The Art or Cookery, made Plain and Easy' , London 1788, new edition, title page browned and with marginal part losses, lacks folding bill of fare, lacks some index leaves at end, contempirary half calf, plus Robert K. Philp: 'The Practial Housewife', London, Ward and Lock, 1855, frontis, added engraved title page, 192oo, old calf gilt, plus William Buchan 'Domestic Medicine', 1826, 22nd edition, contemporary half calf gilt, plus four others cookery including Mrs Beeton's (7)
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Children's and Juvenile Books - O'Connor (Daniel), The Story of Pan, Retold from Sir J.M. Barrie [...], Illustrated in Colour and Black and White by Alice B. Woodward, London: G. Bell and Sons, 1920, original cloth, 8vo, (1); Smith-Masters (Margaret), How the King's Scout Fared in the Great War, London: Wells Gardner [...], 1918, contemporary pictorial cloth, 8vo, (1); J.R.R. Tolkien and the Lord of the Rings, various studies, mostly h/b, including The Individuated Hobbit, 1980, &, The Inklings, (11); Verne (Jules), Dropped from the Clouds, Coloured Frontispiece, London: Sampson Low, [n.d.], contemporary pictorial cloth, 8vo, (1); Rudyard Kipling (2); Jerome (Jerome K.), Three Men in a Boat, first edition, Bristol: 1889, original blue cloth (upper-cloth detached), 8vo, (1); Jackanapes, [n.d., c. 1910], original boards, 8vo, (1); Stucley (E.F.), The Pennyfeather Family, first edition, London: Nicholson & Watson, 1947, h/b, d/j, 8vo, (1); Wilfrid Noyce first edition; Hogarth Press; various illustrators; etc., [qty]
Geology - Palaeontology, Augusta (Dr Josef) and Burian (Zden?k), three volumes: A Book of Mammoths, Prehistoric Animals, and Prehistoric Man, first English editions, London: Paul Hamlyn, [n.d., c. 1960], full-page colour plates, contemporary pictorial cloth, small folios (35.5cm x 26cm), [3]
Travel - Arctic Exploration, Armstrong (Alex., M.D., R.N.), A Personal Narrative of the Discovery of the North-West Passge [...], first edition, London: Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 1857, lacking frontispiece and map, pp: xxii, [2], 616 (quire K erroneously paginated), [24] (publisher's list, [2] (blanks), rebacked contemporary blue cloth (chipped), later endpapers stiffening text block, a good ex-library copy, 8vo, [1]
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