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Lot 94
Dr Robert William Felkin MD (1853-1926) - a Central African animal priest, the lead terminal covered by cotton thread to a wooden shaft, length 33 cm, together with a daguerreotype of him and his wife in later life and a settlement statement from Christies. Robert Felkin met the explorer David Livingstone at school and was inspired by his tales of Africa, along with A. M. Mackay, a medical missionary from Uganda, in London in 1877 at the age of 24; he became determined to visit Africa. By 1875 he had become a medical student at Edinburgh University, he was sent to Uganda in 1878 by the Church Missionary Society. He travelled up the Nile to Khartoum, where he met General Gordon, and then on through what was then wild and unmapped country to the Great Lakes. There he presented to King M'tesa, whose personal physician he became in 1879. During his stay in Uganda he studied the local diseases and also undertook anthropological measurements of the pygmies. Of particular interest, though, were his studies on childbirth. In 1880 he returned down the Nile and on to England in the company of envoys of King M'tesa to Queen Victoria. Later that year he returned to Africa, travelling widely but spending most of his time in Zanzibar where he actively campaigned against the slave trade. In 1881 he returned to Edinburgh to complete his medical studies. His journals and artefact's were sold by Christies, lot 55, sale 6298 and these two items were subsequently found when the family moved home.
Lot 251
A quantity of handwritten articles relating to Harold Wilson's childhood or time at university, including a nine-page letter to his family, dated 22 May 1937, on Jesus College headed paper, in which Wilson has copied out three testimonials for his family to read (Dr Hazel; A. Goodwin; W. M. Allen), highlighting his academic ability ('He is a man of considerable intellectual ability, a hard worker & well fitted to undertake research in economic subjects'; 'He is, far & away, the ablest man I have taught so far, and, in my opinion, he will if given the chance, make his mark in whatever field of study he makes his own'); a 16-page story called 'Perfectly Monstrous!', dated February 1934; a postcard to his family, sent from Jesus College in 1934, describing his arrival, rooms, the athletic club; an early published article, 'The Church and Economic Society', by J. H. Wilson, B.A.; an account of 'A Visit to an Australian Gold Mine', signed 'Harold Wilson, (Huddersfield)'; an eight-page photostat copy of a letter written by a young Wilson visiting Australia, and a small quantity of other loose notes
Lot 407
A collection of books (politics, history, novels), many bearing owner inscriptions for Harold Wilson. To include: English Government and Politics, by Frederic Austin, 1936, with Gladstone Memorial Prize label to front paste-down, inscribed 'J. H. Wilson, Jesus College, 1936'; The Prime Ministers, London: George Allen & Unwin, Ltd, 1974, signed by Wilson to front free endpaper; The Character of England, by Ernest Barker, 1947, prize label to front free endpaper, 'Wirral Grammar School, Speech Day, Saturday, December 13th, 1947', inscribed in Latin and signed by the headmaster; Tempestuous Journey: Lloyd George, His Life and Times, by Frank Owen, 1954, signed by Wilson to front free endpaper; Committee to Review the Functioning of Financial Institutions, Confidential - Final Revise, Chairman: The Rt Hon Sir Harold Wilson, with loosely inserted note on House of Commons paper, addressed to Harold and signed 'Sean', providing figures for the Youth Careers Office in Knowsley; A Reoport from the Working Party on the New Technologies, Broadcasting Research Unit, 1983; Charles Lamb's Specimens of English Dramatic Poets, in two volumes, London: J. M. Dent and Co., 1893, limited edition of 500, bound in half-calf by Bayntun Riviere of Bath with contrasting title labels, top edge gilt; The Martian, by George du Maurier, London: Harper & Brothers, 1898, gilt blue cloth; Trilby, by George du Maurier, London: Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1895, gilt blue cloth, and others, in two cartons (2)
Lot 409
Collection of books comprising: Ballads & Lyrics of Love, illustrated after Byam Shaw, Chatto & Windus, 1908; The Songs and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, illustrated by Charles Robinson, Duckworth & Co., no date; The Open Road, by E. V. Lucas, Methuen & Co., 1913; A Book of Children's Verse, illustrated by M. Etheldreda Gray, Humphrey Milford, 1920; A Dream of Fair Women, by Alfred Lord Tennyson, Grant Richards, 1900; Works of Jane Austen, in seven volumes, Folio Society, 1975 (12). From the collection of Harold and Mary Wilson but not inscribed
Lot 450
A copy of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, illustrated by Frederic Lawrence, bearing gift inscription from Harold Wilson to Mary before they were married, 'G. M. Baldwin, from J. H. Wilson, with love, Oxford 31.vii.37.' Together with a Christmas card, 1974, inscribed by Prime Minister Harold Wilson to his wife; another the same not inscribed; a card for Mary's 62nd birthday in Singapore, signed by Harold; a photographic portrait of the couple by Vivienne, taken at No. 10 Downing Street; a handwritten letter from Noele Gordon of Crossroads fame, congratulating Mary on the birth of her twin granddaughters; a JFK prayer card; a postcard and headed notepaper from Blair House - The President's Guest House
Lot 5
A Victorian silver salver, the border chase with rocaille and foliate border, on lappet feet, the centre with engraved presentation inscription surrounded by facsimile signatures, the silver maker's mark P.W/W?, London, 1897, with retailer's stamp: Bravington London, 23 ozt. 35cm diam at widest point the central inscription reads: To mark the opening of Ruxley Towers as the Head Office of the N.U.G. M. W this salver was presented to the Prime Minister the RIGHT HONOURABLE HAROLD WILSON O.B.E., M.P., and to MRS HAROLD WILSON, by the General Secretary and the General Council on behalf of the member of the NATIONAL UNION OF GENERAL AND MUNICIPAL WORKERS 17th MAY 1967CONDITION:maker's mark rubbed some surface scratches overall condition good
Lot 200
CORNISH MINING INTEREST, "Tobias Gribble working at a Bolivan Mine 1908". A collection of hand written testimonials from colleagues in Spanish & English with watercolour vignettes, in presentation binding with gilt metal monogram & date, together with note book with hand written transcript of "Lectures On Physics & Mechanics" dated 1861, a handwritten account of mining activity by "Campanhia Das Minas Do Malhao, Porto" and half calf bound copy of "Legislacion Minera, M. Balboa". Printed La Paz 1905
Lot 852
Good 28-Bore Indian Flintlock Gun Torador, first third of the 19th century, fine octagonal damascus twist barrel with gold inlaid fluted breech and muzzle, open rearsight, English lock engraved BHOUAGUN-M, plain steel breech sides fluted behind the breech, scrolled iron trigger guard, butt stocked with partridge wood, iron ramrod. Good condition. Overall 175cms.
Lot 932
A Sergeant’s Halberd of the Radnor Militia, Late 18th Century, regulation pattern spontoon head unscrews to release the broad lateral blade engraved RADNOR M – No. 1/3, blade with maker’s setting up marks, turned balusters and reinforcing ring, long iron straps riveted to restored haft. Overall 229cms (max. 203cms with head dismantled). Good condition, cleaned overall, shaft restored
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