Flight Lieutenant Herbert Carmichael “Bird” Irwin (1894-1930). An Irish Airman and athlete who played an important role in the development of airships. A keen member of the Dublin athletic club (the Clonliffe Harriers) he was at the age of 18, the first Irish four-mile champion and winner of both the junior and senior cross country championships. He joined the Royal Naval Air Service in 1915 as a Probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenant soon becoming the commander of non-rigid airships “in Home Waters and the Mediterranean.” In 1917 Irwin was promoted to Flight Lieutenant with seniority and in 1919 he was granted a short-service commission as Flight Lieutenant, finally being made a full Flight Lieutenant on January 1st 1926. By 1918, the RNAS had become part of the newly founded RAF and Irwin was stationed at East Fortune in Scotland. He continued his athletic activities whilst with the RAF and after the war represented Great Britain at the Summer Olympics in Antwerp in 1920. The album contains a few photographs of Irwin as an athlete. Irwin continued with the RAF after the war and was transferred to the RAW (the Royal Airship Works) based at Cardington in Bedfordshire, in 1924, where he took command of the R33. His presence there was part of an economic and political scheme to establish airship network links between Britain and its colonies; more especially India, which was seen as the jewel in the crown of the Empire. Despite his being transferred to and fro between the RAF and the RAW he was eventually seconded to the latter where he became an important member of the team developing airships for both military roles and the dream of international travel. It finally looked like the plans for the Indian venture were coming to fruition in 1929 in the shapes of the R100 and the R101. The first was owned and developed by the state owned RAW; the latter was a commercial development by the Airship Guarantee Company, a subsidiary of Vickers Ltd. Until the inception of these two airships the design of most of the earlier rigid airships (including the R33) had been based on captured German Zeppelins. Irwin captained the R101 and was killed on the 5th October, 1930 when the airship crashed near Beauvais in France. The following four lots are from the estate of his widow, Olivia Marjory Macdonald Irwin, whom he married on the 23rd September, 1926. An album containing upwards of 200 photographs, Irwin`s personal collection, the majority are original photographs taken by him with his manuscript titles written in white ink under most of them. The greater part of the photographs in the album relate to the period when Irwin was at East Fortune (see above) with many aerial photographs of both naval and commercial ships. There are many photographs that relate to the surrender of the German Fleet on November 21st 1918, including portraits of Admiral Sir David Beatty, H. M. the King and Queen Mary on board the Queen Elizabeth. The collection includes a number of loose photographs, many of which are press photographs, two commissions, his marriage certificate, newspaper cuttings and other ephemera relating to airships; a 19 page typescript of a lecture delivered by Irwin at Cardington on 12th of February 1929 entitled "Mooring & Handling of Airships;" many letters of condolence to Irwin`s widow and correspondence from television companies relating to a TV programme about the R101 and letters from Sir Peter Masefield, author of "To Ride the Storm. The Story of the Airship R101." A copy of the latter inscribed by Masefield to Irwin`s widow is included in the lot.
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PATEK PHILIPPE(Aquanaute / Acier réf. 5065 A), vers 1999 Montre de plongeur grande ouverture de forme carrée galbée étanche à 120 m. Boîtier en acier brossé, couronne et fond transparent vissé (glace saphir laissant apparaître le mouvement), lunette lisse et massive. Cadran noir gaufré, date par guichet à 3h, lunette intérieure à larges index luminescents, chiffres arabes et aiguilles squelette luminova en or gris. Bracelet tropical en caoutchouc à boucle déployante signée. Mouvement : Calibre mécanique remontage automatique signé P.PHILIPPE / 315/ SC balancier Gyromax rotor en or 22k Swiss. Dim. 38 x 37 mm (hors protection de la couronne). Etat : Très bon état (Extrait des archives de la manufacture Patek Philippe).Watches
CHANEL(J12 Chromatic réf. H2979), vers 2011 Une des dernières créations de la manufacture étanche à 200 m. Boîtier et bracelet à boucle déployante en céramique de titane polie miroir et fond vissé en acier. Lunette tournante unidirectionnelle grise patinée et graduée sur 60. Couronne vissée avec épaulement. Cadran anthracite guilloché et satiné au centre, date entre 4 et 5h. Chiffres arabes appliqués et aiguilles luminescentes. Mouvement : Calibre mécanique remontage automatique signé CHANEL Swiss. Diam. 38 mm. Etat: très bon état (Ecrin, certificat , CD et livret Chanel d’origine).Watches
OMEGA(Seamaster Professional Diver 300 m), vers 2000 Montre de plongée en acier à fond vissé décoré du célèbre logo Seamaster. Cadran noir décor de vagues et dateur à 3h. Index pastilles et aiguilles squelette luminescents superlite. Couronne vissée avec protection latérale et soupape d’hélium vissée à 10H. Lunette unidirectionnelle en acier massif graduée sur 60 (dit dodécagonale) pour la plongée. Bracelet acier à boucle déployante Omega. Mouvement : Calibre mécanique remontage automatique OMEGA / 1120 certified COSC Swiss. Diam. 38 mm. Etat : Très bon état.Watches
ROLEX(Oyster Perpetual / Submariner réf. 5513), vers 1972 Montre de plongée Submariner étanche à 200 m. Boîtier en acier à fond vissé. Lunette tournante bidirectionnelle de couleur noire, graduée pour le contrôle du temps de plongée, verre plexi (usure). Couronne vissée avec épaulement et cadran noir à larges index pastilles de couleur coquille d’œuf et aiguilles Mercedes luminescentes. Bracelet en acier Rolex Oyster d’époque. Mouvement : Calibre mécanique remontage automatique ROLEX / 1520 Swiss. Diam. 39.5 mm. Etat : très bon état.Watches
T.O.T(Montre Plongeur Démineur / 17 Secondes - N° 100 /100), Projet 2007 La montre de plongée a toujours été un partenaire essentiel des plongeurs de la Marine depuis le milieu des années 1950, avec la Blancpain Fifty Fathoms, en passant par la Rolex - Tudor Submariner dans les années 1970. Ce projet T.O.T datant de 2007 perpétue la tradition. Cette montre 300 M conçue en petite série pour équiper les plongeurs démineurs de la Marine Nationale, fut produite en collaboration avec son école de plongée. Boîtier acier finition satinée à fond vissé et gravé n° 100 / 100 ex. Le cadran porte le macaron et le nom du projet 17 Secondes (venant du livre « 17 Secondes pour survivre « d’Yvan Southall). Aiguilles et index luminova pour la vision sous-marine. Livrée avec 2 bracelets cuir et acier spécial d’origine à boucle déployante. Mouvement : Calibre mécanique remontage automatique ETA / 2824 Swiss. Diam. 43 mm. Etat: Très bon état (Ecrin et historique du projet)Watches
A LIST OF THE OFFICERS OF THE MILITIA AND OF THE YEOMANRY CAVALRY AND VOLUNTEER INFANTRY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, War-Office, 20th September, 1825, 12mo, straight-grain red morocco gilt, gilt edges (spine sunned); -- Jervis, Sir John Jervis White Jervis. REFUTATION OF M. M. DE MONTGAILLARD`S CALUMNIES AGAINST BRITISH POLICY, 8vo, tan Russia (spine sunned), London: 1812. With 2 related works.
Barrow, Isaac. A TREATISE OF THE POPE`S SUPREMACY, 4to, frontispiece portrait, title printed in red and black, contemporary spotted calf (worn/scuffed, some separation at hinges), London: 1680 (ink spots on title, light browning/spotting); -- d`Alembert, M. AN ACCOUNT OF THE DESTRUCTION OF THE JESUITS IN FRANCE, 12mo, contemporary sheep, contrasting label (worn/scuffed), London: 1766 (top edges dust-soiled). With 3 related volumes.
de Quevedo, Don Francisco. OBRAS, 3 vols, 4to, titles printed in red and black, additional engraved title plus engraved portrait in Vol I, engraved plates in all vols, contemporary vellum (soiled), Henry Verdussen, 1726 (title and initial leaves of Vol I waterstained, title of Vol I with untidy owners` inscriptions; top edges soiled; light browning/spotting throughout). Provenance: M. Stephenson (ink inscription on title of Vol I).
Galland, M. (transl.) ARABIAN NIGHTS ENTERTAINMENTS: CONSISTING OF ONE THOUSAND AND ONE STORIES, TOLD BY THE SULTANESS OF THE INDIES, TO DIVERT THE SULTAN ... Translated ... by M. Galland, 4 vols, 12mo, contemporary calf (worn/scuffed), London: 1783 (top edges soiled). With a 1798 edition (4 vols) in speckled calf.
Philibert-Louis Debucourt, French 1755-1832- "La Chase au Renard- The Fox-Chase" and "Les Chiens ayant perdu la trace- Dogs having lost the right scent", after Carle Vernet, publ M Guerin Editeur rue des Francs-Bourgeois No 14 au Marais; etchings with aquatint, a pair, in matching glazed ebonised frames, 54x72cm., ea: John Cother Webb, British 1855-1927- "The Lords John and Richard Stuart", after Anthony Van Dyck, publ by The Museum Galleries; mezzotint printed in colours, signmed and numbered CCXLVII in pencil, from the edition of 300, bears label for The Museum Galleries, 30 Museum Street London WC attached to the reverse of the frame, 36x30cm., (3)
Attributed to Charles Holroyd (1861-1917) Cathedral interior, signed, watercolour, 37cm by 26.5cm; View of the ruin of Odiam Castle, Hampshire 1764, pen and ink and watercolour, overall 27cm by 40cm; J Hollis, Street scene with half-timbered building, signed, watercolour, 17.5cm by 23.5cm; H Knox, figures with beached vessels by a cottage, signed, watercolour, 23cm by 36cm (poor condition); E M Rennie, medieval tomb with figure of a knight, signed and dated 1897, watercolour, 27cm by 34cm; An aquatint: Battle off Cabareta Point 1801 (poor state); a print of St James`s Palace; and a print of Eton College (8)
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