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Click here to subscribeAn aquamarine and diamond platinum three-stone 18ct and platinum ring, comprising a rectangular mixed cut aquamarine claw set, approx 7 x 8mm, with illusion set diamonds to each shoulder, total diamond weight approx 0.30ct, setting platinum set, to an 18ct white gold ring, size M, total gross weight approx 4gms Further details: good- all stones present and intact, some abrasions to aquamarine, marks wear and tear commensurate with age
An Art Deco circa 1930's diamond platinum and gold ring, comprising a cushion setting, the centre rub over set with a quatrefoil of old cut diamonds, weight approx 0.54ct, within a border of grain set diamonds, platinum setting with gold under bezel, diameter approx 13mm, size M, unmarked assessed as platinum, total gross weight approx 5.4gms Further details: good- all stones present and intact, some marks wear and tear commensurate with age
A George III silver pair cased open faced pocket watch by John Gilkes of Shipston, white enamel dial with Roman Numerals and numbered., fusee movement with verge escapement, engraved by Jno (John) Gilkes Shipston 4026., the inner case hallmarked by Thomas Pepper, London, 1769, held within outer silver case apparently unmarked and engraved to reverse M PETTIPHER 1774., with retailer's label to interior E Enock., the dial 35mm, with fob Albert and twist chain, with later silver medal 26cm overall chain length (1)
Winston S. Churchill Grandson signed M. P House Of Commons Paper. Winston Spencer Churchill, generally known as Winston Churchill, was an English Conservative politician and a grandson of former British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Autograph book. Signatures such as Eddie Kebbell, Vera Lynn, Alan Faith, Irene Miller, Pete Stacey, Stephen Scales, G Wolton, Jamie O'Connor, J. R. Horton, R. M Flemming, Andrew Dodson, Kim Black, Stephen Robertson, C. Kellard, J. Williams, Debra Richards, F. C Woodward and many others. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
West Indies Cricketers signed team sheet. Includes 19 Signatures. Sheet titled 'The West Indies Cricket Tour of United Kingdom 1976'. Signatures from Managers C. L Walcott and F. G Thomas. The players following: C. H Lloyd, D. L Murray, W. Daniel, T. M Findlay, R. C Fredericks, L. A Gomes, C. G Greenidge, V. A Holder, M. A Holding, B. D Julien, R. R Jumadeen, A. I Kallicharran, C. King, A. L Padmore, I. V. A Richards, A. M. E Roberts and L. G Rowe. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Australian 1977 Cricketers signed team sheet. Includes 17 Signatures. Sheet titled 'Australian Touring Cricket Team 1977'. Signatures include G. Chappell, R. Marsh, R. Bright, G Cosier, I. Davis, G. Dymock, D. Hookes, K. Hughes, R. McCosker, M. Malone, K. O'Keeffe, L. Pascoe, R. Robinson, C. Serjeant, J. Thomson, M. Walker and D. Walters. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Alan Alda signed 4x3 white album page. Alan Alda (born Alphonso Joseph Abruzzo; January 28, 1936) is an American actor and comedian. A six time Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award winner, he played Hawkeye Pierce in the war television series M*A*S*H (1972-1983). He is known for recurring roles on television series, such as The West Wing and 30 Rock. He received critical acclaim for his appearances in films such as Same Time, Next Year (1978) alongside Ellen Burstyn and for his directorial debut film The Four Seasons (1981). Other appearances include Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989), Flirting with Disaster (1996), the Cold War drama film Bridge of Spies (2015), and Marriage Story (2019). In 2004, Alda was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Aviator. He is also known as Uncle Pete in the Peabody Award-winning tragicomedy web series Horace and Pete. Alda has also received three Tony Award nominations for his Broadway performances in The Apple Tree (1967), Jake's Women (1992), and Glengarry Glen Ross (2005). In 2019, Alda received the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
MARGARET LEE THOMPSON (BRITISH, 20TH CENTURY) (4)The crane and the fox from Aesop's fablessigned 'M Lee Thompson' (lower left)pen and ink15 x 10cmTogether with a pen and ink drawing of elephants watering by the same hand; a sketch by Dacres T C Belgrave and one further advertising sketch(4)
One real coin of Carlos III, mint of Mexico, 1770.Sterling silver.Measurements: 20,36 mm in diameter.Weight: ca. 4,08 grams.Spanish coin in sterling silver with a nominal value of one real, minted under the mandate of Carlos III in the mint of Mexico, in good condition. After the deaths of Luis I and Ferdinand VI without issue, the throne of Spain passed to Carlos III, the third son of Felipe V and the first of his marriage to Isabel Farnese, with extensive government experience as King of Naples. Carlos III returned to Madrid on December 9, 1759 and introduced, for the first time in Spain, divine law as the source and justification of his royal sovereignty. The obverse is in a columnar style, with the legend, M VTRA QUE VNUM M 1770. On the reverse, the coat of arms of Spain with the legend HISP ETIND R CAR III D G.
Franz Marc1880 München - 1916 VerdunZwei Fabeltiere. 1914Links unten nummeriert "3". Im Stock monogrammiert "M". Holzschnitt auf dünnem Japan. 10 x 12 cm. Blattgröße: 21 x 22 cm. Leicht gebräunt und fleckig. Rahmen (32 x 35 cm). Werkverzeichnis: Lankheit 845. Hoberg/Jansen 44 (1 von 3) Provenienz: Privatsammlung Süddeutschland
Stanley (Henry Morton).- Full-length statuette of Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904), Minton Parian ware, inscribed on base 'H.M. Stanley', height 415 mm (16 1/4 in), [circa 1890]; together with two examples of an octagonal plate commemorating the 1887 Relief Expedition to Central Africa by H. M .Stanley, illustrated with portraits and maps, each approx. 240 x 240 mm (9 1/2 x 9 1/2 in) (3)⁂ Imposing statuette of the Welsh-American explorer, journalist, soldier, colonial administrator, author and politician, famous for his exploration of Central Africa and his search for missionary and explorer David Livingstone (1813-1873).
DNA.- Watson (James D.), Francis Crick, Rosalind E. Franklin, and others. A collection of articles relating to the discovery of DNA, comprising, Pauling (Linus) and Robert B. Corey. 'Structure of the Nucleic Acids' in Nature vol. 171, No. 4347, p.346, 21st February, 1952; Watson (James D.) and Francis Crick. 'Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid', [and] Wilkins (Maurice H.F.), A.R. Stokes and H.R. Wilson. 'Molecular Structure of Deoxypentose Nucleic Acids' [and] Franklin (Rosalind E.) and R.G. Gosling. 'Molecular Configuration in Sodium Thymonucleate' in Nature Vol.171, No. 4356, pp.737-741, 25th April, 1953; Watson (James D.) and Francis Crick. 'Genetic Implications of the Structure of Deoxyribonucleic Acid', in Nature Vol.171, No. 4361, pp.964-967, 30th May, 1953; Franklin (Rosalind E.) and R. G. Gosling. 'Evidence for 2-Chain Helix in Crystalline Structure of Sodium Deoxyribonucleate', in Nature Vol. 172, No. 4369, pp.156-157, 25th July, 1953; Wilkins (M. H. F.), W. E. Seeds, A. R. Stokes and H. R. Wilson. 'Helical Structure of Crystalline Deoxypentose Nucleic Acid', in Nature, vol.172, No. 4382, pp.759-762, 24th October, 1953, together in 2 vol. (Nature vol.171 & 172), lightly browned, library labels to rear endpapers, contemporary library cloth-backed marbled boards, spines titled and numbered in white pen, joints of vol.171 frayed, large 8vo, 1952-1953.⁂ An excellent group of the numbers of Nature that together cover the first announcement of the discovery of DNA and its double helix structure; one of the most important scientific discoveries of the modern era.
Defoe (Daniel) The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner... Written by Himself, third edition, issue with phoenix tail-piece and "Soci-" catchword on p.3, engraved frontispiece, lacking final 2 advertisement ff., 1719; The Farther Adventures ... Being the Second and Last Part, first edition, first variant with verso of A4 blank and p.295 correctly numbered, engraved folding map, 11pp. advertisements at end, 1719; Serious Reflections during the Life and Surprising Adventures ... with his vision of the Angelick World, first edition, engraved folding plan of the island, 2pp. advertisements at end, 1720, woodcut title vignettes, initials, head- and tail-pieces, the odd light marking or small patch of staining but a very good, clean set generally, bookplate of Hugh Perkins to pastedowns, polished calf, gilt, by F. Bedford for B. M. Pickering, spines gilt in compartments, vol. 3 with light fading to head, for W. Taylor, 8vo (3)⁂ A complete and handsome set of Defoe's classic tale of shipwreck and survival, often hailed as the first novel in the English language.
Statius (Publius Papinius, 1st century AD) Achilleide, manuscript on paper, i + 34 leaves, unfoliated, complete in three quires, collation: 1-212, 310, blanks: fols. 32v, 33, and 34, text block: 169x100 mm., single column, 19 lines, first above top line, ruled in red ink, text written in brown ink in littera umanistica, numerous interlinear glosses and abundant marginal glosses and/or scholia written in light brown ink in hybrida currens script, first capital letter of each capitulum set out, those on fols. 21v, 22v, 26v showing neat ink drawings of human faces, water-stain at the gutter, some stains, a few wormholes to blank lower margin, some pen trials on front flyleaf and last blank leaves, pencil bibliographical notes to front flyleaf, contemporary brown leather over wooden boards, lower cover with lily-shaped metal clasp with a lamb holding the Christian banner, strap missing, author's name and title ('statius achil.') inked on lower cover, both covers stained, some rubbing and worming, spine damaged at extremities, 281 x 200 mm., [Northern Italy, late fourteen century].⁂ A generally well-preserved manuscript in an unrestored and attractive binding.Text:An important and unrecorded fourteenth-century manuscript of the Achilleide, written by Statius in 95-96 C.E., and left unfinished. The Achilleid enjoyed a wide success in late antiquity and commentaries on it were composed in the Carolingian period and early Middle Ages. The manuscript presents as explicit the spurious verse "aura silet puppis currens ad littora venit", which is found in Statius' manuscript tradition starting from the 11th century. On the recto of the last leaf the anonymous scribe has copied the text of the Epitaphium Achillis (see Riese, Anthologia Latina, I, 2, no. 630), which is attested in two other manuscripts dating from the late fourteenth century, respectively in the Biblioteca Riccardiana in Florence (ms 1223.C) and in the Biblioteca Universitaria in Genoa (ms E.II.8). A further point of interest of the present codex lies in its copious marginalia, glosses and scholia, which offer numerous variant readings. The provenance of this manuscript has an interesting Genoese connection: between the end of the fifteenth and the beginning of the seventeenth century the manuscript passed through the hands of members of the first families of the Genoa Republic: the D'oria (or Doria), Spinola and Grimaldi families. Among these owners the name of Giovanni Battista Grimaldi is especially noteworthy. In his palace in Genoa he assembled a beautiful library, which included Latin classical texts as well as contemporary vernacular works, and his humanist preceptor Claudio Tolomei (ca. 1492-1556) had an important role in forming the collection. He paid great attention to the bindings of his volumes, and employed the best and most sought after binders such as Niccolò Franzese and Marcantonio Guillery. Grimaldi was a friend of Niccolò Spinola, whose ownership inscription is also to be found in this manuscript: it is therefore possible to hypothesise an exchange of books between these two distinguished Genoese patricians. Provenance:Andreolo D'Oria (fifteenth-century ownership inscription on recto of front flyleaf 'Nobili Domino Andriolo de Auria'; Niccolò Spinola (sixteenth-century ownership inscription on recto of front flyleaf 'Nicolaus Spinula me possidet'; Giovanni Battista Grimaldi (1524-1612; ownership inscription on verso of fol. 33 'Gio: Batt[ist]a Grimaldo'; Alessandro [Grimaldi ?] (ownership inscription on verso of fol. 34 'Alexandro', maybe the son of Giovanni Battista Grimaldi).Literature:P. M. Clogan, "A Preliminary List of Manuscripts of Statius' Achilleid"; Idem, The Medieval Achilleid of Statius edited with Introduction, Variant Readings, and Glosses, Leiden 1968; H. Anderson, The Manuscripts of Statius, Washington, D.C. 2000; A. Hobson, Apollo and Pegasus. An Enquiry into the Formation and Dispersal of a Renaissance Library, Amsterdam 1975.
Refuge (Eustache de) A Treatise of the Court or Instructions for Courtiers, translated by John Reynolds, 2 parts in 1, first edition in English, fine engraved architectural title, woodcut initials and typographic ornaments, with blank leaf & letterpress title to second part and 2 preliminary leaves bound after O6 as usual and text continuing with O7, with errata leaf at end but lacking final blank, light browning to first few leaves but an excellent copy in contemporary vellum, spine titled in manuscript, a little soiled and marked, [Heltzel 494; STC 7367], by A[ugustine] M[atthews] for Will. Lee, 1622; The Accomplish'd Courtier...By H.W., woodcut initials and head-pieces, without 20pp. Index at end (never bound in), title and final leaf a little browned, contemporary sprinkled sheep, rubbed, a little stained, spine and joints worn, covers slightly splayed, [Wing D2682C], for Thomas Dring, 1658, 8vo (2)⁂ Scarce translations of Refuge's Traité de la Cour, first published in 1616, the second item being the second part only. ESTC lists 6 UK copies of the first.
Aurelius Antoninus (Marcus) His Meditations concerning Himselfe..., Translated out of the Originall Greeke... by Meric Casaubon, first English edition, title within double-rule border, lacking initial blank and engraved portrait, with woodcut initials and head-pieces, old ink signature to head of title, browned and water-stained, tear to Dd2 but no loss, modern calf ruled in blind, spine faded, [STC 962; cf.Heltzel 92, second edition], small 4to, by M. Flesher, for Richard Mynne, 1634.
Law.- Fitzherbert (Sir Anthony) La novvelle natura breuiu[m], black letter, text in legal French, title within woodcut decorative border, contemporary ink marginalia and notes and pen trials to rear endpapers in different hands, Tabula f. A2 with repair, with loss of a number of letters verso, lower margins to around H8 with a few small wormholes (later a trace) and some damp-staining, repaired in some places, occasional spotting and staining, lightly browned, modern brown half crushed morocco, gilt spine in compartments, [STC 10961, with 'Tottell' in colophon], 8vo, Richard Tottell, 1567.⁂ A scarce work at auction, here with evidence of contemporary study.
*** Please note the description of this lot has changed ***Witchcraft.- [Wagstaffe (John)] The Question of Witchcraft Debated, second edition, title within single-rule border, woodcut initials and headpieces, a few ff. closely shaved at head, affecting headlines, ink notes in a contemporary hand to margins, extensive in places, ink ownership inscriptions to title verso & rear endpaper, extensive notes in 2 hands front endpapers and pastedown, contemporary sheep, printed label to spine, rubbed, [Wing W199], small 8vo, Printed for Edw. Millington, 1671.⁂ A good copy extensively annotated by a 17th century clergyman. Wagstaffe here "offered a robust critique of the belief in witchcraft, appealing to reason and invoking sarcasm to make his case that the power of witches was illusory" - ODNB.Provenance: Thomas Wagstaffe (ink inscription dated 1772 to rear endpaper); M. A. Murray (ink inscription dated 1933 to title verso); Fox Pointe Library (bookplate).
Doughty (Charles M.) Travels in Arabia Deserta, 2 vol., first edition, [one of 500 copies], half-titles, 8 plates, some folding, numerous illustrations, folding colour map in pocket at end of vol.1, without 32pp. publishers' catalogue, ex-library copy with stamp to verso of title of vol.1 and one or two other leaves, half-titles spotted, occasional light soiling, a few leaves creased at corners, tear to upper margin of p.213/4 in vol.2, modern half burgundy morocco, spines gilt, uncut, spines very slightly faded, 8vo, Cambridge, 1888.⁂ Classic work on the exploration of Arabia which contains so much information on the topography of the area that it was used as a text-book by the British army during the Arab Revolt. There are also detailed descriptions of the Bedouin tribes and their customs.
Steinbeck (John) East of Eden, first issue with 'bite' for 'bight' on p.281, light sunning to spine, jacket neatly price-clipped, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light toning to lower panel, New York, 1952 § Linder (Robert M.) Rebel Without a Cause, jacket spine ends and corners a little chipped, a few short closed tears with creasing to head, neat tape repairs to verso, a little rubbed, New York, 1944 § Ferber (Edna) Giant, jacket with minor chipping to spine tips and corners, light rubbing to extremities, Garden City, NY, 1952, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets, generally excellent copies, 8vo (3)⁂ An excellent group of works that provided the basis or title for the three films James Dean starred in before his death. The second appears to be especially unusual, we can trace no example in the dust-jacket.
Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., second edition, second impression, vol. 1 with signed presentation inscription from the author "signed for Ethel May with love J. R. R. Tolkien" on half-title, vol. 2 & 3 signed by the author on half-titles, signature on vol. 3 smudged, folding maps, ink ownership inscriptions of E. M. Burchfield to endpapers, that in vol. 1 dated "St. Peters. XII 1967", original cloth, some slight shelf-lean, minor bumping to spine tips and corners, else fine, dust-jackets, very light toning to spines, vol. 1 spine chipped at foot, some light creasing to spine ends and corners, light rubbing to extremities, an excellent set overall, 8vo, 1967.⁂ With an excellent association, inscribed to the wife of Robert Burchfield, lexicographer and scholar who was mentored by Tolkien. Burchfield (1923-2004) studied at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he was tutored by C. S. Lewis and Tolkien. Burchfield would go on to develop a Tolkien-like fascination with linguistics and would become the editor of the Supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary (a project that would span some 30 years). The two men remained friends and correspondents for much of their lives with Burchfield later crediting Tolkien as "the puckish fisherman who drew me into his glittering philological net".
Chapbooks.- Astronomy.- Holden (Moses) A small celestial atlas, or maps of the visible heavens, in the latitudes of Britain, designed as a useful companion for the young student, as well as for the practical astronomer, second edition, frontispiece, 20 plates, original printed wrappers, spine chipped and worn, 8vo, Richmond, M. Bell, 1825.⁂ An early popular guide to astronomy, one of the first of its kind to be cheaply mass-produced in this fashion. All editions are now rare, LibraryHub lists only 1 copy of the second edition (York Minster Library).
Golownin (Capt. Vasilii M.) Memoirs of a Captivity in Japan, during the years 1811, 1812, and 1813, 3 vol., second English edition, with General Introduction at beginning of vol.3, advertisement leaf at end, some foxing, bookplate of Christopher Turnor, contemporary tan calf, gilt, spines gilt in compartments with red and green roan labels, very slightly rubbed at joints and edges, 8vo, 1824.⁂ An attractive set of a work first published in Russian in 1816 and in English in 1818 & 1819, but the first time with all three volumes published together. Golownin was captured while on a surveying mission and kept prisoner on Hokkaido for two years.
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