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Lot 169
SAMUEL JOHN LAMORNA BIRCH Carn Boscawen from St Loy Woods Oil on canvas Signed Traces of artist's original label and a 'Fine Art Society' label to the back 50 x 60cm. (See illustration) Provenance: The Michael and Sonia Williams collection. Condition report - some minor cracking to light areas of paint
Lot 1318
Militaria - brass cap badges, Royal Engineers, Worcestershire, The Wiltshire Regiment, Dragoon Guards, Royal Warwickshire, East Yorkshire, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, The Kings Own, Infantry, others; brass uniform buttons, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, Royal Artillery bi-metal, Royal Marines, others; qty
Lot 826
A pair of very fine quality late 19thC carved light oak armchairs, carved with scroll arms terminating in realistically carved satyr masks on cabriole legs with bearded mask terminal, and carved paw feet, the panelled back with stylised thistle cartouch to the centre, Latin inscription on banner 'Mare Dominium Meum' translating to 'The Sea Is My Home', 89cm high (2)
Lot 258
A SMALL BOX CONTAINING MEDALS AND BADGES, Crimea Medal no bars, un-named (with Turkish Crimea Ribbon), Turkish Crimea Medal (Sardinia La Crimea 1855), un-named (with Crimea Medal Ribbon), together with a Delhi Durbar 1911 silver medal and a Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, Edward VII (India) engraved on rim LIEUT M H ARNOTT, BEHAR LIGHT HORSE (probably the oldest of the Volunteer Forces), together with a Delhi Durbar 1911 miniature medal, two National Service Badges, blue and gold Edinburgh and Glasgow, a white metal badge in the form of a 'Hog' and ribbon bar - Lieut Marmduke Henry Arnott, was born in St Helena and spent time in the the West Indies and India before returning to the UK in 1913, The Crimea medal (un-named) and Turkish Crimea medal (un-named) (Sardinia Le Crimea 1855) are attributed to a Captain Sherlock, who was from an Anglo-Irish family from Calke, South Derbyshire, he was the uncle of paternal Grandmother - Alice Sherlock, who was the wife of Lieut M H. Arnott
Lot 259
A BOX CONTAINING ARGYL AND SUTHERLAND HELMET BADGE, Victoria Crown 1889, Durham Light Infantry cap badge, enamel badge for Argyl and Sutherland Highlanders, Army Service Corps badge, silver Athelic medal 3rd D L I to Pte T G EDEN 20th March 1918 winning team, a British War and Victory medal pair correctly named to:- 240963 Pte C.J. POYNTON North Staffs Reg't
Lot 14
Holman (James). Travels through Russia, Siberia, Poland, Cracow, Austria, Bohemia, Saxony, Prussia, Hanover... undertaken during the years 1822, 1823, and 1824, while suffering from total blindness..., 2 volumes, 4th edition, 1834, monochrome lithographed plates, some browning to first few leaves of second volume, bookplate of George Tuck to front pastedown of each volume, contemporary half calf gilt, with armorial crest of George Beck to foot of spine of each volume, rubbed and upper joint of each volume partly cracked, 8vo, together with Brydone (Patrick), Voyage en Sicile et A Malthe, traduit par M. Demeunier, 2 volumes, Amsterdam, E. van Harrevelt, 1776, half title to each volume, folding engraved map of the two islands, single engraved plate to second volume, contemporary quarter calf gilt, rubbed, 12mo, plus Bulwer (Edward Lytton), Athens, Its Rise and Fall with views of the literature, philosophy, and social life of the Athenean people, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Saunders and Otley, [1837], without half-titles, errata slip pasted at front of first volume, light spotting to preliminary leaves, marbled edges and endpapers, 19th century half calf, gilt-decorated spines, with contrasting red and green morocco labels, joints and edges slightly rubbed (generally a very good copy), and Wordsworth (Christopher), Athens and Attica: Journal of a residence there, 2nd edition, John Murray, 1837, 2 folding maps, 3 lithographed plates, and one folding plate of inscriptions, occasional light spotting, bookplate of Sir George Douglas, Bt. and library label of Springwood Park, Kelso to front pastedown, contemporary calf, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, plus other travel interest, including James B. Fraser, An Historical and Descriptive Account of Persia, Edinburgh, Oliver & Boyd, 1834, Sir Francis B. Head, The Emigrant, 1846, Thomas Nujent, The Grand Tour, or, A Journey Through the Netherlands, Germany, Italy and France, volumes 1-3 (of 4) only, 2nd edition, 1756 & L. Lanier, L'Europe (sans la France), Choix de Lectures de Geographie, 2nd edition, Paris, 1886, all leather-bound, generally in good condition, 8vo (13)
![*Battle of Waterloo. A manuscript account of Colonel [Frederick Cavendish] Ponsonby's ordeals at the Battle of Waterloo, no d](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/2f4aa010-bbf9-4378-adf4-a64000b7ea08/d3520cc4-5ed9-4ffc-ff8b-4f8245a52e5c/468x382.jpg)
Lot 170
*Battle of Waterloo. A manuscript account of Colonel [Frederick Cavendish] Ponsonby's ordeals at the Battle of Waterloo, no date, addressed to Lady Bessborough [1761-1821, Ponsonby's mother] in an unidentified hand, beginning 'You have often wished for some written account of the adventures & sufferings of your son Col. Ponsonby in the Field of Waterloo - The modesty of his nature is however no small obstacle in the way. Will the following imperfect sketch serve in any degree till you can presume something better? The battle was alluded to one morning in the Library at Althorp, and his answers to many of the questions which were put to him are here thrown together as nearly as we could remember in his own words', then continuing in quote marks to give Ponsonby's account of his involvement in the battle, '...I was almost instantly disabled in both my arms, losing first my sword and then by ecui ... I was carried along by my horse till receiving a blow on my head from a sabre, I fell senseless on my face to the ground ... when a Lancer passing by cried out "Tu n'es pas mort, Coquin!" and struck his lance through my back. My head dropped, the blood gushed into my mouth, a difficulty of breathing came on, and I thought all was over...', continuing to give an account of his robbery and then assistance, etc., 4 pages in a neat hand decreasing in size, bracketed note at head of first page 'Drawn up by Mr [Samuel] Rogers, the Poet' [though not in his hand], long splits to centre folds, a little soiled, 4to Major General Sir Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby (1783-1837) fought with the 12th Light Dragoons at the Battle of Waterloo. The account in this unsigned letter to his mother ties in with the known history. The morning after the Battle he was carried away in a cart and a surgeon tended to his seven major wounds. He convalesced under the supervision of his sister Lady Caroline Lamb. (1)
Lot 176
*Churchill (Winston Leonard Spencer, 1874-1965). Two brief typed letters signed, 'Winston S. Churchill', 22 October & 19 November 1950, to A. L. Cranfield, editor of 'The Star', the first thanking him for his letter of 17 October and 'I am indeed complimented to learn of the story that The Star is going to publish, starting on Monday. I shall read the installments with great interest as they come out each day', the second, 'I have been reading every day the all-too-complimentary articles about me which have been appearing in The Star. I hope this series has not done any harm to the circulation of your newspaper', the first signed with sentiment, the second with typed sentiment, both with ink now somewhat faded, both sheets a little toned and with light creases and marks, 1 page, 4to, pasted to card as a pair with window mount and caption 'The Churchill Story Oct 23-Nov 17 1950' to label at foot, overall 31 x 47 cm Arthur Leslie Cranfield (1892-1957) was editor of the Star from 1941 to 1957. (1)
Lot 18
Ray (John). Travels through the Low-Countries., Germany, Italy and France, with Curious Observations, Natural, Topographical, Moral, Physiological, also a Catalogue of Plants, found Spontaneously Growing in those Parts and their Virtues. To which is Added, an Account of the Travels of Francis Willughby, through great part of Spain, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, 1738, three engraved plates, Catalogus Stirpium in Exteris Regionibus bound at end of volume I, a few light spots, bookplate, contemporary calf gilt, spines lacking title labels, a little rubbed, 8vo (2)
Lot 180
*Fortescue (Adrian Henry Timothy Knottesford, 1874-1923). A group of 56 letters and related, 1907-1922, but mostly 1908-12, all to Mrs May Crickmer, including 49 autograph letters signed (2 pencil) and 5 typed letters signed, plus 1 'certificate' in the form of a letter and 1 postcard, the earliest letters addressing May Crickmer as Madame, then May, and quickly becoming the pet name 'Scratchcat', written in an exceptionally neat calligraphic hand throughout, the earliest letters from Leys Avenue, Letchworth, Hertfordshire, but the majority from St Hugh, Letchworth, one letter with a few musical bars, two with illustrations, the majority of letters chatty, affectionate and flirtatious, occasionally referring to May's husband Courtenay and meetings with them, his feelings for her, etc., e.g. (5 August 1910): 'You can see then three layers in my heart. At the bottom, much deepest and greatest of all, is my love for my dear Scratchcat. Over this is a layer of anger because I think you were not nice on the boat. Over this again is a layer of beautiful Christian charity that tells me that very likely it was all my fault - or partly my fault - and that in any case I must not be horrid and unkind to you. And these layers are white, green and red like the Bulgarian flag. Here is one more point. When you tell Courtenay what I said yesterday you will not be generous or even just if you say that I admitted myself that I was angry because on the boat you had not taken enough notice of me. That is putting it in the worst possible light for me. What I really think is that you were disagreeable in many ways and so spoiled the pleasure of the holiday', the letter ending typically, 'Dear, I love you very much always really. Your loving Adrian', the final letter written from St Andrew's Hospital in 1922 shortly before Fortescue's death, 'It is coming quite soon now. I am waiting for it. They have done all sorts of queer things to me, including painting me a cheerful and elegant yellow I have your cross here all my love to you always, dear, and to Courtenay', a total of approximately 140 pp., mostly 8vo, plus 4 of the original envelopes, plus a photo album compiled by Fortescue, 1909-10, including photographs of St Hugh, Letchworth, May Crickmer and others, sepia-toned platinum prints, mostly 13 x 8 cm and similar, a total of 83 photographs mounted mostly two to a page on 24 leaves with neat ink caption beneath, contemporary cloth, a little rubbed and soiled, 4to Adrian Fortescue was an English Roman Catholic priest who was an influential liturgist, artist, calligrapher, composer, polyglot, amateur photographer, Byzantine scholar, and adventurer. He was appointed Missionary Rector of Letchworth in November 1907. May Crickmer (n‚e Mileham) was the wife of Courtenay Crickmer, one of the architectural team working on the Garden City. (approx. 55)
Lot 20
Tuckett (Francis Fox). A Pioneer in the High Alps, Alpine Diaries and Letters of F.F. Tuckett, 1856-1874, 1st edition, Edward Arnold, 1920, monochrome plates, original brown cloth, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with Whymper (Edward), Travels amongst the Great Andes of the Equator, 2 volumes, including Supplementary Appendix, 1st edition, John Murray, 1892/91, numerous wood engraved illustrations, full-page map of Ecuador, folding plan, two folding maps (one contained in pocket at rear), original gilt-decorated pale green cloth, first volume a little rubbed and with some light soiling (second volume generally in clean condition), 8vo, plus Coolidge (W.A.B.), Swiss Travel and Swiss Guide-Books, 1st edition, Longmans, 1889, original brown cloth gilt, rubbed, 8vo, and other mountaineering interest, all 20th century publications, including David Wall, Mike Banks, Malcolm Slesser, Joe Brown, William Holgate, etc., mostly 1st editions, all original cloth in dust jackets, 8vo (24)
Lot 208
Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New; with the Apocrypha: Translated out of the Original Tongues, with Annotations, Birmingham: Printed by John Baskerville, 1769, general and New Testament titles present (NT title with imprint dated 1771), engraved frontispiece and nine plates, all edges gilt, bookplate of Ken Tomkinson to upper pastedown, 20th century half calf by Sangorski & Sutcliffe (with binding invoice dated 2.3.1967), red morocco title label to spine, light fading to spine, folio Herbert 1210; Gaskell 35. The volume was issued in parts, starting in January 1769, the earlier state of the title-page being issued in the first part; it was probably reprinted in 1772 for use when the book was sold complete. (1)
![Bible [Cree]. [Old and New Testaments in Native American Cree language], 2 volumes bound in one, [translated by William Mason](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/2f4aa010-bbf9-4378-adf4-a64000b7ea08/56f1e9b4-ac3f-47bb-fe7c-41a9d17cab87/468x382.jpg)
Lot 209
Bible [Cree]. [Old and New Testaments in Native American Cree language], 2 volumes bound in one, [translated by William Mason], British and Foreign Bible Society, 1861-62, [4], 855, [1]; 292 pages, title page to each volume, text in two columns, printed entirely in Cree, all edges gilt, original yellow chalk-glazed endpapers (some light staining to edges), contemporary blind patterned full morocco, rubbed and some wear to spine and edges, covers detached, and leather vertically split to spine, and chipped with slight loss to extreme head and foot, outer corners bumped, thick 8vo Darlow & Moule 3130. Ayer, Indian Linguistics, Cree 5. Presentation copy from William Mason, with handwritten inscription to verso of blank leaf facing title initialled H.V. and dated July 1862, 'The Bible in the language of the Cree Indians in North America - Given to me, June 1862, by the Rev. William Mason, Missionary among the Cree Indians - The translation was the work of Mr Mason & his wife - Mr Mason attended our Missionary Meeting in 1861. H.V. July. 62'. The first edition of the complete bible entirely printed in the Cree, prepared by the Methodist (later Anglican) Minister William Mason and his wife Sophia Thomas Mason while on missionary work in Prince Rupert's land, with the assistance of several native speakers. (1)
Lot 214
Bindings. The Blue Fairy Book, edited by Andrew Lang, 1889, black & white frontispiece and illustrations, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, contemporary navy half morocco, attractive gilt decorated spine, 8vo, together with Works of Jane Austen, 5 vols., Macmillan & Co., 1897-98, illustrations by Hugh Thomson, top edge gilt, contemporary light brown half calf gilt, slightly rubbed to spines, 8vo, with The Mystery of Edwin Drood, by Charles Dickens, 1870, engraved portrait frontispiece and additional title, black & white plates, some spotting, contemporary brown calf, gilt decorated spine with green morocco title label, 8vo, with The Complete Works of C.S. Calverley, with a Biographical Notice by Sir Walter J. Senall, 1902, portrait frontispiece, top edge gilt, contemporary green half calf by Blackwell of Oxford, gilt decorated spine faded, 8vo, plus The Land and the Book..., by W.M. Thomson, 1890, contemporary tree calf gilt, 8vo and The Red Book of Animal Stories by Andrew Lang, 1899, original gilt blocked red cloth, 8vo (10)
Lot 215
Blackstone (William). Commentaries on the Laws of England, 4 volumes, mixed editions (volume 1 2nd edition, volume 2 3rd edition, volumes 3 & 4 1st editions), Oxford, 1766-69, engraved Table of Consanguinity and Table of Dissents, occasional light spotting and offsetting, armorial bookplates of Lord Grey de Wilton to front pastedowns, recent antique-style half calf with red morocco gilt spine labels and raised bands, 4to A handsome set. PMM 212 (first edition); Rothschild 407. (4)
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