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Click here to subscribeThe 1914 Star to 4321 CPL J.H.L.CRUICKSHANK. R.A.M.C, the 1914-18 British War Medal and The 1914-19 Victory Medal to 4321 S.SJT.J.H.CRUICKSHANK. R.A.M.C, with three ribbons and two boxes of issue, died 23rd March 1918, served with 93rd Field Ambulance and is buried at Souchez, The 1914-18 British War Medal to K.1338 A.V.GIBBS. STO.1 R.N, The French Croix de Guerre 1914-15, three cap badges, another badge and a commemorative medal 1902.
A pair of Chinese Mandarin squares or rank badges, late Qing dynasty, embroidered in silk and metallic threads and depicting a wild goose rising from clouds to represent the fourth rank for a civilian, in later frames, 28.5cm by 27cm (2) Provenance on reverse stating: ``Given to my aunt in 1948 by C K Yuan, it belonged to his Grandmother, and is hand stitched. The Grandfather was Sec of State (or equivalent) for province of Shantung Boo.`` WE DO NOT STATE CONDTION IN THE ABOVE DESCRIPTION – Before bidding please ensure you are satisfied with the condition of this lot – For details of condition please contact the auctioneer.
Vesalius (Andreas). De humani corporis fabrica libri septem. Basel: Per Ioannem Oporinum, [1555], woodcut title, portrait of the author on a6 verso, numerous woodcut illustrations throughout (including seventeen full-page anatomical illustrations), two folding tables with woodcut diagrams (one on unsigned leaf between bb5 and bb6, short marginal split to inner margin), historiated woodcut initials, lacks final leaf (blank with printer`s device to verso), library stamp to title, dedication, portrait and table leaves, frequent BGH library stamps, mostly to blank lower outer corners, skilful old and small neat paper repairs to three leaves (cc5/6 & dd1) with facsimile` manuscript insertions to a few words and one illustration, some occasional old light dampstaining to inner margins, a few minor marginal splits and worm holes (sig. K) not affecting text, near-contemporary ownership signature of Guilielmus de Mesa (dated 20-4-1596) to upper margin of final leaf verso (printer`s colophon), plus ownership signature of C. Kendall (dated 1729) to front free endpaper, engraved armorial bookplate of the Johnstone family to front pastedown, above and partly on which is written a presentation inscription in 1834 from John Johnstone (1768-1836, physician & biographer) to his nephew James Johnstone (1806-1869, physician, first president of the British Medical Association and founding benefactor of the Birmingham Medical Institute Library), with a brief signed note by the latter to a second free endpaper verso, contemporary blind-stamped vellum over pasteboards with central arabesque to each cover, lacks ties, crude vellum repairs to spine ends and tape repair to upper joint, partly sprung, folio (408 x 272mm), contained in a purpose-made cloth clamshell book box. Second folio edition of the most important anatomical treatise of the sixteenth century and a watershed work in the history of anatomical illustration. Adams V605; Choulant-Frank pp.181-182; Cushing, Vesalius VI.A.-3; G-M 377; Durling 4579; Norman 2139; Osler 568; PMM 71 (describing the 1543 first folio edition); Waller 9901; Wellcome 6562. Heirs of Hippocrates 283: In 1552, a small `pocket` edition of the Fabrica was pirated in Lyons but, as it had no illustrations, it was neither popular nor profitable. For that matter, neither the first nor the second splendid folio edition was profitable, either, and the printer, Oporinus, suffered losses on both. By the time of this second folio edition, the plates from the first edition had been copied in England and throughout Europe, and the prospect for sale of a new edition must have been considerably lessened. Even so, the new edition was even more lavish than the first, with heavier paper and larger type, necessitating an entire recutting of the initial letters. Corrections were made in the text by Vesalius with some rearrangement of both the text and the illustrations. The woodcut title-page has always created much interest. It carries considerable dramatic impact and probably fairly represents, with some theatrical touches, an `anatomy` of the sixteenth century. The block for the second edition was entirely recut and, although it closely resembles that of the first edition, there are a few changes. The unclothed man of the first edition, observing from his perch at the left, is clothed in the second edition, `for no other reason that one can see,` comments Cushing, `unless to save the nun`s embarrassment by clothing the naked figure` (Cushing Vesalius, p. 90). The wood blocks were cut in Venice and transported by mule across the Alps to Basel, where Oporinus - artist, printer, and friend of Vesalius - received them with detailed instructions from the author.` Provenance note: An identically dated ownership signature of Guilielmus (Guilielmi) de Mesa appears in the National Library of Medicine`s copy of Estienne`s De dissectione partium corporis humani libri tres (1545). (1)
AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY SILVER POCKET WATCH, ALBERT AND WATCH STAND, the silver cased pocket watch with gold coloured Roman hours, the engine turned dial framing a subsidiary seconds dial and central floral decoration ,the case marked Birmingham 1900, maker K & Co; the watch suspended by an Albert with graduating links, T-bar and Maltese cross medallion, the stand having a finial topped circular oak rest raised on a short spreading stem and circular base, marked Birmingham 1926, maker AWP. 12cm(h) 196grams (watch and albert.)
Gandhi typewritten letter signed ‘M K Gandhi’ to Sgt N ER K Poduwal in Rangoon dated As at the Ashram Sabarmati 8th May 1929 apologising for not replying before ‘...so long as there is need for supporting all those whom you mention it will be wrong to give up the present job. My advice therefore is that you should take hold of every able bodied member of the family and suggest to him and her that they should take their full share in family support...meanwhile you must hold on to the remunerative job that you have...’ 1p 4to good condition with some ms and typographical corrections.
Gandhi a small wooden casket containing a small glass topped box containing a soil and blades of grass taken from the spot where Gandhi was assassinated in 1948. The casket comes with a letter of provenance by P P Nambiar dated September 24th 1996 saying that the recipient :’...has today received the most sacred of all relics a fraction of the pinch of soil I collected on 30 January 1948 from the spot where the Father of our nation M K Gandhi fell to the bullets of his assassin...’ The item is also accompanied by a copy of ‘True but never heard before’ by P P Nambiar being his personal reminiscences and in which he describes collecting this soil sample on the day Gandhi was murdered: ‘...in my search I found a drop of blood on the grass almost dried. I cut the grass and also took two pinches of soil from the brink of the pothole which I wrapped in a piece of Hindi newspaper found nearby. This is in my box even today. I keep it in a jewellery box brought by me from Indo-China in a later year. To me it is a treasure of immense sentimental value...’
A collection of Danish and English jewellery, to include; a silver-gilt and yellow enamel leaf design bracelet by David Anderson also a silver and white enamel leaf brooch by the same designer; a silver and green hardstone spray brooch of abstract design; also a silver and green hardstone ring, size approx. `K` uk; a silver brooch of abstract design by Lennart Haglund; a Finnish silver pendant of abstract double scroll design, by `Erik Granit` dated 1972 also a Scottish silver and enamel pendant, By Norman Grant with associated silver hoop link necklace, makers mark `NG`. (a lot)
A folio of assorted watercolours, engravings, maps, etc, to include AFTER JOHN OGILBY "London to Aberystwyth", hand-coloured strip map, a further JOHN OGILBY "London to Aberystwyth" hand-coloured strip map, HENRY K. BROWNE 04 "On the Wandle, Mitcham", river scene with trees along the bank and buildings in the background, watercolour heightened with white, titled and signed, J. TWIGG "Street scene with mother and child and further figures in the street and church rising in the background", watercolour, signed and dated bottom right and a further selection of other pictures and prints
Snowman (A. Kenneth). Eighteenth Century Gold Boxes of Europe, with a Foreword by Sacheverell Sitwell, 1st ed., 1966, numerous col. and b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in d.j. and cardstock box, 4to, together with Davey (Neil K.), Netsuke. A Comprehensive Study Based on the M.T. Hindson Collection, pub. Sotheby, 1974, col. frontis., numerous b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth (dampstained), in sl. frayed d.j., folio, plus McKechnie (Sue), British Silhouette Artists and Their Work 1760-1860, pub. Sotheby, 1978, numerous illusts., some col., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, and other antiques ref., mostly 20th-c. hardback publications, many in d.j., G/VG. (3 shelves)
A Starr Arms Model 1858 .44 Calibre Double Action Percussion Cap Six Shot Army Revolver, the 15cm steel barrel stamped K to the right side and W to the left side, the blued cylinder stamped K W and numbered 20967, the blued frame stamped STARR ARMS. Co. NEW YORK to the left side and STARR`S PATENT JAN.15 1856 to the right side, the walnut grip with inspector`s cartouche RKW to each side
"Olympics: A rectangular badge inset with blue and red enamel depicting a skier and stating "FIS Wettkampfe 1936 Innsbruck", reverse of the badge in raised form "ALOIS KLAMMER ABZEICHENERZEUGUNG INNSBRUCK M.THERESIENSTR.20" together with an enamelled Olympic five ring badge on reverse "GES. GESCH." (2) "Condition: part enamel missing from letter K of Innsbruck
C CLUTTON AND J STANFORD: THE VINTAGE MOTOR-CAR, 1956, orig cl gt + ARTHUR OWEN: THE RACING COOPERS, 1959, orig cl silvered + H THORNTON RUTTER: VINTAGE AUTOMOBILES VOLUME 1, [1965], orig cl, d/w + K R DAY: THE ALVIS CAR 1920-1966, [1966], orig cl silvered, d/w + DR A T BIRMINGHAM: RILEY ……, 1967, orig cl gt, d/w + W E BLOWER: THE MG WORKSHOP MANUAL, 1975, orig card wraps + DICK JACOBS: AN MG EXPERIENCE, 1976, orig cl gt, d/w (7)
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