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A WWII Red Cross nurse’s uniform, comprising: light blue cotton dress with separate starched collar; a white apron with red cross to chest; a white apron/skirt with red cross to chest; 2 white headscarves with red crosses; a scarlet wool cape with label inside “Red Cross & St John War Organization London”, and 14 souvenir formation patches, shoulder titles, etc sewn on, including 1st Army, 8th Army, GHQ Far East Land Forces, 20th Armoured, US 9th Air Force, US Army Service Forces, etc. GC (minor moth traces to cape)
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An 1803 pattern light company officers sabre, curved shallow fullered blade 30”, etched “Eginton”, “Warranted”, crowned GR cypher, seated Britannia, 1801-16 R Arms and trophy within panels, retaining 40% blue and gilt, regulation copper hilt (with traces of gilt), with double side bars, lower part of GR cypher, lion’s head pommel, wire bound fishskin grip, in its brass mounted leather scabbard, the locket engraved “J Eginton, Birmingham Sword Cutler and Button Maker to his Royal Highness Duke of Kent”. QGC (top section of knucklebow missing, some wear and pitting, stains, grip wire loose, scabbard leather worn)
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A Vic officer’s 1874 pattern State Sword of the 2nd Life Guards, straight fullered blade 36”, by Hawkes & Co London (faint), etched with Guelphic crown, regimental badge and motto, battle honours “Dettingen”, Sphinx and “Egypt”, “Peninsula” and “Waterloo”, and VR cypher within ornamental scrolls, regulation plated hilt, the guard with applied brass crowned 2d LG cypher, studs and curls, chequered pommel and backstrap, wirebound fishskin grip, in its steel scabbard with fluted brass mounts. GC (blade slightly worn, light finger rust patches to scabbard) See Front Cover
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A good quality late 18th century smallsword, slender hollow triangular blade 30½”, etched, blued and gilt for its entire length with a standing figure, trophies, scrolls, coronet and motto L’honneur est mon Guide, the entire hilt of polished steel decorated with facetted studs, including dished oval guard and urn pommel. GC (dark patina to hilt with some light pitting, blade finish worn with some rust patches, quillon bent) Plate 6
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A .577” Volunteer Enfield 2 band percussion rifle, 48½” overall, barrel 33” with no visible markings, bayonet lug on right of muzzle, the lock marked with crown and “1859 Tower”, dark walnut fullstock with regulation steel mounts, sling swivels, original steel ramrod. GWO & C, dark patina overall (some light pitting to mounts). Plate 9
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A 10 bore 1839 pattern Tower percussion musket, 55” overall, barrel 39”, the rounded Victorian Brown Bess lock plate deeply marked with crowned VR and Tower, walnut fullstock, the butt stamped with broad arrow and “BO”, and with “Hollis & Sheath” on the underside, regulation brass mounts, rear sling swivel only, Lovell’s spring bayonet catch, replacement steel ramrod. GWO & C (barrel refinished obliterating all markings, light pitting to lock and hammer, fore end repaired and refinished) Plate 8
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The Order of the Star of India, mantle type badge in metal, 6” diam, silver star upon blue enamelled Garter with “Heavens Light Our Guide”, upon copper sun in splendour. Rev with circular brass box, 6 brass wire loops GC, ( a little damage to enamel); 90 assorted medals, commemorative pieces etc, sports, safe driving awards etc, few HM silver, and 50 assorted issues of the Seaby Coin and Medal Bulletin 1962-1980. QGC
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Aldin (Cecil). Old Inns, 1st ed., 1921, sixteen col. plts., with captioned tissue guards, numerous b & w illusts., occ. light foxing, free endpapers browned, orig. black cloth, spine sl. frayed at ends and with gilt dulled, large 8vo, together with The Snob, 1st ed., 1904, nineteen tinted plts., free endpapers browned, orig. pictorial boards, some chipping to spine, large 8vo, plus A Dog Day, or Angel in the House, by Walter Emanuel, 1904; Rags' Garden Party, 1928, both reprints, both with plts., in orig. pictorial boards, some loss to spines, 4to. (4)
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Crane (Walter, illust.). Jack and the Beanstalk, [1875], full-page col. illusts. with text throughout, light foxing, stitching a little strained, orig. pictorial wrappers, spine split at foot, large 8vo, together with three titles in Marcus Ward's 'Royal Illuminated Legends' series and three titles in his 'Japanese Picture Stories' series (concertina format, some covers loose), plus six other col. illustrated juveniles similar. (13)
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Maeterlinck (Maurice). La Vie des Abeilles, Ouvrage orne de Compositions en couleurs par Carlos Schwabe, Paris, Societe des Amis du Livre Moderne, 1908, col. pochoir frontis., sixty-seven fine col. litho. illusts. to text, decomposition in ten states at end, orig. printed wrappers bound in at front and rear, with col. pochoir design to each wrapper, marbled and patterned silk endpapers, a.e.g., full crushed blue morocco (by Charles Meunier) with gilt design to upper cover and spine of bees, front and rear pastedown with mounted crushed light brown morocco panel, dec. to borders with col. flowers, and bees in gilt, one or two minor marks to extrems., small 4to. Limited edition of 150 copies printed for the members of the Societe des Amis du Livre Moderne, this being one of the final ten copies reserved for the collaborators. Author's presentation copy, inscribed to half-title 'A Madame Hanley-Smith, Respectueux Hommage, Maeterlinck. Avril 1933', with a manuscript draft thankyou note from the recipient to Maeterlinck on Paris Ritz Hotel notepaper (unsigned), loosely inserted. An exceptional example of Symbolist book illustration and design. Carteret IV, 259. (1)
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Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, 1st ed., 1st or 2nd printing (no 'Author of..' to title), Warne, 1903, dec. endpapers, half-title, col. plts., occasional light soiling, orig. dark grey boards lettered in white, rubbed, chipped with loss at head of spine, sl. cracked at foot of upper joint, 16mo. Quinby 5. Linder p.423. (1)
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Potter (Beatrix). The Pie and the Patty-Pan, 1st ed., Warne, 1905, col. frontis. and nine col. plts., b&w illusts. to text, plain light grey endpapers, contemp. owner gift inscription to half-title, occasional light spotting, orig. light blue boards with circular col. pict. panel inset to upper cover, in glassine d.j. priced at One Shilling Net, d.j. repaired with loss to portion of text on lower cover, 4to. Quinby 9. (1)
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Robinson (W. Heath, illust.). Shakespeare's Comedy of A Midsummer-Night's Dream, 1914, twelve col. plts., b & w illusts., light scattered spotting, orig. dec. cloth, lower cover heavily marked, spine a little darkened and rubbed to head and foot, together with Fitzgerald (Edward, trans.), Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, [1911], illustrated and illuminated by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g. remainder untrimmed, orig. gilt dec. cloth, finger soiled with a little fraying to extrems., folio. (2)
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Crane (Walter). Ideals in Art: papers theoretical, practical, critical, 1st ed., 1905, numerous b & w illusts, occ. light foxing, first leaf with 'Lionel Francis Crane from Dad. Xmas 1905' in ms., untrimmed, with remains of d.j. in two pieces loosely inserted, together with William Morris to Whistler, Papers and Addresses on Art and Craft and the Commonweal, 1st ed., 1911, b & w illusts., ms. initials of Anthony Crane dated 1963 on front pastedown, rough-trimmed, 46/350 copies on large paper, plus Line & Form, 1st ed., 1900, numerous b & w illusts., scattered foxing, untrimmed, plus The Bases of Design, 1st ed., 1898, all in orig. gilt-dec. cloth, some fading, 8vo. (4)
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Crane (Walter, illust.). Triplets, comprising The Baby's Opera, The Baby's Bouquet, and The Baby's Own Aesop, 1st ed., 1899, full-page col. illusts. and decorations by Walter Crane throughout, printed by Edmund Evans, occ. light foxing, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. qtr. Japanese vellum, gilt lettered spine soiled and rubbed, large 4to. Limited to 750 copies, this numbered 58. (1)
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Crane (Walter, illust.). Spenser's Faerie Queene. A Poem in Six Books with the Fragment Mutabilitie, ed. Thomas J. Wise, 6 vols., 1st ed., 1897, numerous b & w illusts. by Walter Crane, endpapers foxed, bookplate of Reginald Dalton Pontifex, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. gilt dec. cloth with orig. wrappers retained, some light soiling, orig. 8-pp. prospectus loosely inserted, 4to, one of 1000 copies (6)
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Crane (Walter, illust.). The Shepheard's Calender.. by Edmund Spenser, 1st ed., 1898, dec. borders throughout, and full-page b & w illusts., signed by Walter Crane on verso of title, upper hinge split, untrimmed, orig. pictorial cloth, upper cover a little dusty at edges, spine sl. darkened, small 4to, together with Mrs. Mundi at Home, 2nd ed., [c.1880], pages loose in binding, twenty-five sepia plts., signed by Walter Crane on front pastedown, orig black and gilt-dec. cloth, worn, with spine almost detached (sl. loss at foot), large oblong 4to, plus A Wonder Book for Girls & Boys by Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1st. ed., 1892, 20 col. plts., incl. frontis. and title, numerous col. head and tail-pieces and initial letters, occ. light foxing, orig. pictorial cloth, a little rubbed, 8vo, plus twelve others illustrated by Crane, incl. three by Molesworth, and three by the Brothers Grimm. (15)
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Aldiss (Brian W.). Hothouse, A Science Fiction Novel, Faber, 1962, presentation copy signed by the author to Oscar Mellor (designer of the book's dust jacket), light spotting to edges, orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, together with Non-Stop, 1st ed., Faber, 1958, presentation copy signed by the author to Oscar Mellor on day of publication, orig. red cloth in rubbed d.j., d.j. chipped and torn at head and tail of spine, 8vo, plus The Brightfount Diaries, 1955; Best Fantasy Stories, 1962; The Airs of Earth, 1963; The Dark Light Years, 1964; The Hand-Reared Boy, 1970, all 1st eds., all signed presentation copies from Aldiss to Oscar Mellor, all orig. cloth in d.j.s, some light general wear, particularly to first volume, 8vo, and Greybeard, 1964; Earthworks, 1965; An Age, 1967; Report on Probability A, 1968; Barefoot in the Head, 1969; Intagibles Inc. and Other Stories, 1969; all 1st eds., pub. Faber, all orig. cloth in d.j.s, minor wear, 8vo, together with 35 others, hardback and paperback, mostly by Aldiss, incl. four signed presentation paperback editions by Aldiss to Mellor, 8vo. Oscar Mellor (c.1920-2000), British surrealist painter, keen photographer and proprietor of the Fantasy Press. (48)
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Beardsley (Aubrey). A Portfolio of Aubrey Beardsley's Drawings Illustrating "Salome" by Oscar Wilde, [pub. John Lane, 1920], printed title and seventeen b&w plts., complete, loosely contained in orig. half vellum portfolio, lacks ties, rubbed and some light overall foxing to vellum, slim folio. (1)
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Connolly (Cyril). Enemies of Promise, 1938; Ideas and Places, 1953; The Modern Movement, 1965; A Romantic Friendship, Letters to Noel Blakiston, 1975, all 1st eds., all orig. cloth, all except the first vol. in d.j.s, some light general wear, 8vo, together with six others Connolly-related. (10)
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Gash (Jonathan). Lovejoy Novels, 22 vols., a complete set, from 'The Judas Pair' to 'Every Last Cent', all 1st eds., pub. 1977-2001, all orig. cloth in d.j.s, some minor general wear to a few vols., 'Gold from Gemini' appears to be an ex-lib. copy with renewed endpapers and some light tippex markings to title, 8vo. The follwing are signed by the author: The Grail Tree (1979), The Spend Game (1980), The Lies of Fair Ladies (1992), Paid and Loving Eyes (1993) and The Grace of Older Women (1995). (22)
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Kipling (Rudyard). Home, privately printed, n.d., c.1930(?), 16pp., orig. printed wrappers, light minor wear to lower corner of upper cover, slim 8vo. 'Ten copies privately printed solely for presentation". Reprinted from the Civil and Military Gazette, 25th December, 1891. Unrecorded in any Kipling bibliography known to this cataloguer. (1)
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Spark (Muriel). The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, 1st ed., 1961, orig. cloth in d.j., a little rubbed and sl. frayed to extrems., together with Hemingway (Ernest), The Old Man and The Sea, 1st illustrated edition, 1965, b&w illusts. by C. F. Tunnicliffe and Raymond Sheppard, orig. cloth in d.j., plus De Vere (Aubrey), Selections from The Poems of Aubrey De Vere, 1894, orig. dark green cloth gilt, with mounted presentation inscription from the author to Edmund Gosse to half-title, and Beckett (Samuel), Our Exagmination Round His Factification for Incamination of Work in Progress, by Samuel Beckett and Others, 1st ed., Faber, 1929, some light embrowning to margins, orig. blue cloth gilt, rubbed and some marks, and other various modern firsts, including signed copies of Original Sin by P. D. James and Writing Home by Alan Bennett, all 8vo. (10)
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Wilde (Oscar). Salome. A Tragedy in One Act Translated from the French, London & Boston, 1894, b & w illusts. by Aubrey Beardsley, 16pp. pubs. cat. at rear dated January 1894, untrimmed, orig. light blue rough canvas boards with central gilt stamp designed by Beardsley on both sides, rubbed with some fraying to extrems., spine darkeneed with a little loss to head and foot, 8vo. Mason 350. The first English version of Salome. 500 copies printed. (1)
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Wodehouse (P.G.). Not George Washington, by Herbert Westbrook and P.G. Wodehouse, 1st ed., 1st issue, 1907, half-title present, col. frontis., underlining in ink to p.33, rear e.p. excised, occasional light spotting, orig. cloth with eight gilt circles to upper cover and "Cassell & Company Limited" to spine, rubbed and covers damp-mottled, 8vo. McIlvaine A9a. First issue copy. (1)
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Woolf (Virginia). Monday or Tuesday, with woodcuts by Vanessa Bell, 1st ed., Hogarth Press, 1921, four full-page woodcuts by Vanessa Bell, single pubs. ad. leaf at rear, orig. cloth-backed pict. boards, printed in black with design by Bell, sl. rubbed and with occasional light spotting, slim 8vo. Kirkpatrick A5a, Woolmer 17. (1)
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Wells (H.G.). The Time Machine, An Invention, 1st ed., Heinemann, 1895, half-title, 16 pp. pubs. ads. (from The Manx Man to The Naulahka) at rear, some light overall foxing to front and rear endpaper, orig. beige-grey cloth lettered in maroon with sphinx design to upper cover, a little rubbed and soiled, spine somewhat darkened, 8vo. Spectrum of Fantasy I, 227. (1)
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A rare Sino-Tibetan painted leather armour,Late 18th/19th century formed of a series of horizontally arranged lamellar plates covering the chest and back, ten further rows covering both the rear and curving round to the front of the leg and extending to the knee, the plates all joined by a series of leather thongs, the entire surface painted with flowers and foliage, and the lower plates bordered with key ornament, on a plastic dummy covered with a 19th century padded silk gown; a Sino-Tibetan large wicker shield, 19th century, of convex form, formed of a circular arrangement of rattan-bound wicker, secured on the perimeter by four shaped slender iron brackets, and at the centre by a large circular iron boss with two iron brackets en suite (two brackets missing); a Tibetan silver-and brass-mounted belt, with strike-a-light and pouch; a Sino-Tibetan quiver; 18th/early 19th century, of reinforced leather, the border studded with domed white metal studs, and large engraved white metal bosses, complete with its original belt mounted with silvered iron, and with nine various arrows; and a portion of a Sino-Tibetan leather bow case 18th/19th century (13) Op.cit., pp.396-397 figs.283g, 283f, and 283j
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A Victorian regimental volunteer Officer's dirk,19th Century with single-edged blade formed with a notched back-edge, basket-weave grip studded with brass nails, white metal ferrule and pommel, the latter set with a foil-backed paste, in its original leather-covered wooden scabbard with silver-plated mounts cast in low relief, the locket applied with a regimental star incorporating a light infantry bugle enclosing the monogram IVR, and complete with its extra pieces en suite with the hilt 38cm; 15in
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A British officer's non-regulation sabre, a memento of an early Napoleonic action,circa 1803 with regulation blade etched at the forte (traces of blue and gilt finish, light pitting), the hilt adapted from that of a French Light Cavalry Officer's model An. IX sabre, a La Chasseur, in its scabbard, the locket signed in full by Mallet, London (the chape detached); a rare Saxon Horse Artillery sabre, circa 1815, officially adapted in Russia from a captured French model An. XI Cavalry sabre and in turn captured from the Russians, the hilt offically altered (by breaking a langet) to facilitate the fitting of a Russian blade, the latter dated 1811, in its Russian steel scabbard; a German regulation sabel, late 19th century, with etched blade, brass hilt of fusilier type applied with a garde star, and associated scabbard (some wear throughout); a British 1796 pattern Heavy Cavalry trooper's sword,with 34 3/8 in blade with spear point and signed 'Osborne', regulation hilt (the langets and the rim of the disc-guard each removed, the grip covering missing), in its scabbard, and with regimental stamps, probably the 2nd Dragoons; a German Cuirassier Officer's degen, model 1880, the blade with traces of etched decoration (grip damaged, scabbard associated); a Hessian model 1889 cavalry degen, with etched regimental blade (kinked); and a German Officer's regulation sabel , third quarter of the 19th century, with steel hilt incorporating a guard pierced and engraved in Honeysuckle pattern the first 73.5cm; 28.875in blade (7)
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A German Jager Officer's regulation sabre,circa 1840-60 with curved blade etched at the forte (worn), brass stirrup-hilt cast with a JŠger horn on the outer langet, lion mask pommel, chequered wooden grip (cracked), and in its original scabbard; a German Light Cavalry Officer's regulation sabre, first quarter of the 19th century, with curved blade etched at the forte and retaining traces of blued and gilt finish, steel hilt with three-bar guard, double langets, flattened pommel, and original wire-bound grip, in its original steel scabbard; a German Hussar Officer's regulation sabre, first quarter of the 19th century, with curved blade etched at the forte, steel stirrup-hilt with double langets, flattened pommel, and original wire-bound grip (scabbard associated); a German regulation short sabre, late 18th century, with curved blade, brass stirrup-hilt and wooden grip (one langet missing and the grip binding fragmented); an Austrian model 1869 Cavalry trooper's sabre, in its steel scabbard; a Prussian Cuirassier Officer's degen,
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