Bolger (Dermot) Night Shift, (Brandon 1985) First Edn. Signed. V.g. in wrappers.; Bolger (Dermot) The Woman's Daughter, (Raven Arts 1987) First Edn. V.g. in wrappers as issued.; Bolger (Dermot) The Journey Home, (Viking ) First Edn. Signed. V.g. in cloth, d.w. Inscribed "For Phil - with best wishes - Dermot Bolger - Sligo 1990," top edge dusty; Leyden (Brian) Departures, (Brandon 1992) First Edn. Signed, V.g. in wrappers. Inscribed" To Phil Murray - have the pills and powders ready for me after this, Brian Leyden"; Augustine Martin (ed) Friendship : 12 Masterpieces of Short Fiction. (Ryan Publ. 1991) First, Illustrated by Ralph Steadman and signed by him, inscribed "For Dr Philip Murray / 30/ 4/ 91; Leitch (Maurice) Chinese Whispers, (Hutchinson 1987) First Edn. Signed. V.g. in cloth, d.w. Inscribed "With best wishes - Maurice Leitch , May 88,". Mls with orig. env. laid in.; Williams (Nigel) Black Magic, (Hutchinson 1988) First Edn. Signed. V.g. in cloth, d.w. Inscribed " To Dr Murray of Sligo / with best wishes for 89, from the author / Nigel Williams, Feb 89". Mls, laid in. (7)
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- Successfully campaigned by Roger Nathan including victory at the Coupe de Paris against Works Fiat-Abarth opposition - The very first, and only alloy-bodied, Costin Nathan - Raced in period in both open (spyder) and closed (GT) guises An engineering genius whose aeronautical training gave him a particular affinity for aerodynamics and monocoque chassis design, Frank Costin was instrumental in the racing success of both Vanwall and Lotus. Intrigued by a visit to the workshops of former Lotus chief mechanic Willie Griffiths where he encountered a tuned 1-litre Hillman Imp engine that developed 96bhp but, with a Jack Knight gearbox attached, weighed just 230lb, Costin entered into talks with Griffths' new employer Roger Nathan about using the lightweight drivetrain as the basis for a sports racer. Better known for his exploits aboard a Lotus Elite and Brabham BT8, Nathan was already familiar with Costin's work having campaigned a Marcos Gullwing at the Nurburgring 1,000km in May 1964. Not dissimilar to the Lotus 23 rival that Costin had designed for Jim Diggory but which was subsequently raced by Dr Norbert McNamara in America, this very machine - the Costin-Nathan Works Prototype - made its public debut at the Dorchester Hotel on London's Park Lane in early January 1966. Frank Costin and his son Ronny undertook much of the initial construction work themselves in North Wales including fabricating the Gaboon plywood central monocoque and elegantly triangulated front / rear tubular steel subframes before dispatching the 'two-seater' Spyder to Roger Nathan's North London Works for completion. Featuring all-round independent suspension, four-wheel disc brakes and magnesium alloy wheels, the Works Prototype was clothed in aluminium by Williams and Pritchard (whereas subsequent Costin-Nathan cars wore fibreglass bodywork). Powered by one of Nathan's tuned 1-litre Imp engines allied to a close-ratio gearbox, it was reputed to weigh just 860lb in full race trim (though, some sources quoted its dry weight as 700lb!). The considerable success that Roger Nathan enjoyed aboard the Works Prototype during 1966 provided invaluable publicity for the new marque. The crowning glory of a season which yielded at least five class wins, a second-in-class and numerous lap records was victory in the Coupe de Paris on 25th September ahead of fierce Fiat-Abarth Works opposition. Nathan's last outing with the Spyder was at Brands Hatch on 27th November 1966 as part of the London Motor Club's November Cup Car Races. By that time he and his mount had come to the attention of fellow racer Chris Meek who was then driving a Ginetta G4 with backing from Geoffrey M. Horsley. An accompanying letter from Mr Horsley to Mr Meek dated 2nd December 1966 makes for intriguing reading: 'I have considered your proposals very carefully, but I do not think I am interested in a 1 Litre Costin-Nathan. I might have been slightly interested in a Twin-Cam version. A Porsche Carrera Six (906), however, is a different proposition, and I am very interested in this . . . The biggest snag as far as I am concerned is that if we negotiated for a Porsche and failed to get one, I would be too late to order a Clubmans Chevron for next season'. Mr Meek replied to say: 'I have now definitely contracted to drive the one litre Costin-Nathan and this may be converted to 1600 during the coming season. I certainly agree with your comments regarding the Porsche Carrera Six. I also agree that we should be able to obtain one for £4,000 . . . I would understand perfectly if you feel you have to order a Clubmans Chevron in view of the time factor, but I certainly think that if you were to order a type of car that we could both drive it would be far more sensible'. A racer on two and four-wheels whose career encompassed single-seaters, sports racers, GTs and saloon cars, the late Chris Meek (1932-2016) was also a persuasive individual. Thus, on 6th January 1967 Mr Horsley purchased '1 used Costin-Nathan, less engine and gearbox, for the sum of £1,370' from Roger Nathan Racing Ltd (original bill of sale on file). Unfortunately, the relationship between Geoffrey Horsley / Chris Meek and Roger Nathan was never destined to be a harmonious one. Doubtless rather fond of the Works Prototype with which he had achieved so much, the latter commiserated with its new owner in a letter dated 17th January 1967: 'I was extremely sorry to learn your Costin-Nathan jumped the trailer and trust you did not do any extensive damage. Had you bought the straps I suggested before starting on your journey this unfortunate incident would not have happened'. He also recommended 'owing to the low ground clearance, that your mechanics cover the underneath of the car with a sheet of 18 or 20 gauge aluminium, obviously after the repairs have been carried out'. The car remains skinned in aluminium from the sill sections down to this day. Chris Meek lost little time in sourcing a Hewland Mark 5 gearbox for the project and commissioned Vegantune of Spalding, Lincs to build-up a Ford 'Twin-Cam' 1.6 litre engine. A decision to re-configure the Works Prototype from Spyder to GT specification - thus mimicking the car that Roger Nathan built for the 1967 Le Mans 24-hours - brought further delays and set-up issues. Despite entries for Cadwell Park (5th March), Mallory Park (27th March) and Oulton Park (1st April), it was not until the West Essex Car Club's Snetterton meeting on 7th May that Chris Meek started a race aboard the 'Costin GT Ford'. Relations with Roger Nathan had soured to the point that neither Meek nor Horsley wanted his name associated with their endeavours. For his part Roger Nathan felt that the difficulties they had encountered with the Works Prototype may well have been exacerbated by the damage it sustained when falling off the trailer. Referencing the accident in a letter to Chris Meek on 5th April 1967, he was keen to point out that: 'This may or may not have contributed to some of the troubles he (Horsley) has experienced with the car, which, as you know, I used last year with outstanding success and without any trouble whatsoever'. At loggerheads with Nathan, Meek turned to Frank Costin for assistance in a letter dated 8th May 1967: 'We are in a spot of trouble and I wonder if you could help. The ex-Roger Nathan car, which has now been converted to GT, has been purchased by one of my sponsors Mr G.M. Horsley and fitted with a Ford twin-cam engine and Hewland box etc. We have overcome many of the problems and you will be pleased to know that I won my first race in it yesterday. The brakes are diabolical and it desperately needs your magic touch to set the suspension up, especially the spring rating and shock absorbers, roll bars etc . . . Incidentally, the twin-cam engined car is now fitted with Brabham Formula 2 rod gear change, which is delightful'. Click here for the full description.
- 36,000 recorded miles, current ownership since 1990 and just 2 previous keepers - Offered with original book pack with handbooks and service book - Recently re-connollised front seats and a no advisory MOT into April 2017 Though shorter and narrower than the Silver Cloud III it replaced, the John Polwhele Blatchley-penned Shadow nevertheless possessed greater space for both luggage and passengers and certainly boasted far more modern looks and was manufactured from 1965 until 1977, good examples of which are now increasing in demand. Finished in Blue with Blue coloured hide upholstery 'NOA 185P' has been in private ownership since 1990 with only 2 other previous keepers. Displaying 36,000 miles the Rolls is offered with original book pack with handbooks and service book and has recently benefitted from the front seats being re-connolised. Felt by the vendor to have "good" bodywork, paintwork, interior trim, 6750cc V8 engine and automatic gearbox 'NOA 185P' will be driven to the sale and is ready to impress a new keeper with its sumptuous interior and magic carpet ride - a rare find at this reputed mileage and offered with a no advisory MOT into April 2017.
DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author. Incomplete A.L., unsigned, being the first two pages of a longer letter, 4to, Cornwall, n.d. ('Housekeeping Day', 1930s), to [Foy Quiller-Couch]. Du Maurier exclaims 'Yes - I was right. I knew how it would be if you had possessed Black Magic last night you would have seen Mrs. Burghand at the piano, eyes fixed feverishly on piece of music, demanding in frantic tones that some unseen presence should “Bring her, her chariot of fire, Bring her her arrows of desire“ (a sentiment, I feel, hardly appropriate to the occasion!)' and further amusingly recounts the evening's events, 'My spirits sank as Mrs. Masters from Truro announced that all over England a quarter of a million women were meeting together as we were doing, and that she hoped we would all turn up at the annual Womens Institute gathering at the Albert Hall in February. My spirits sank further when I heard the Out and Out at my side muttering to someone about private theatricals, and finally reached zero when Mrs. Burghand told us of a competition next month when every member was to make a ladies hand bag, the materials of which must not cost more than a shilling! A cup of tea and two buns found me happier…..And, had you peeped through the window half an hour later, you would have been gratified by the spectacle of these twenty five little ladies standing in rows opposite each other, hysterically passing tennis balls one to the other in a strange form of race, Mrs. Burghand at the top doling them out from a mysterious basket, shouting directions as to which side was winning - and later still you would have seen me prancing round….in a riotous display of musical chairs - a game which by some appalling fate I always succeed in winning!!' Some light overall creasing and a few minor tears at the edges, G Foy Quiller-Couch - daughter of British writer Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863-1944), and a life-long friend of Du Maurier. Indeed, Du Maurier was accompanied by Foy Quiller-Couch when she became inspired with the storyline for her novel Jamaica Inn. In 1930 the two ladies were staying at Jamaica Inn and went riding on Bodmin Moor. They became lost in bad weather conditions and apparently sheltered for some time in a derelict cottage on the moor but were eventually led back to Jamaica Inn by their horses.
A Chadburn black-painted tinplate Phantasmagoria Magic Lantern, with brass rack and pinion lens with pivoting lens cap, re-entrant chimney and brass plate embossed in relief ‘Chadburn Optician & Mathematical Instrument Maker To HRH Prince Albert 71 Lord Street Liverpool’, with solar oil illuminant, circa 1860, 330mm long, F-G; with lid from wooden carrying box, with paper label inside ‘Directions for using ‘C. Baker’s Improved Phantasmagoria Lanterns’
A Newton & Co Floral Arrangement and Butterflies hand-painted mahogany-mounted Magic Lantern Dissolve Set, 3¼in. square, static, vase with elaborate arrangement including peonies, roses and irises, dissolving to slipper of butterfly and double-ended lever slipper of butterfly, G (3); from Phillips auction, Blenstock House, London, 1986
Arthur E Morton Autochrome ‘Science of Colour Photography’ Magic Lantern Lecture Set, Autochrome - title slide, his field camera set up for Autochrome reproduction and the ‘Morton Diamond Screen’, with technical descriptive slides (37), Paget (3) and other technical slides (16), G (59), in original cabinet drawer, circa 1912
A Carpenter & Westley Steam Frigate in harbour titled ‘Alexandria’ hand-painted mahogany-mounted Magic Lantern Dissolve Set, paddle-driven Royal Navy vessel, probably in Alexandria harbour, lever/slipper double action with bobbing jolly boat and pinnace and rack/lever double-action steam rising from ship’s funnel and moonrise, both with ink titles, G, some repair to one slide, wooden slips added to tops (2)
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Carpenter & Westley mahogany-mounted hand-painted Slipper Magic Lantern Slides, complex brass mechanicals - seven geared concentric rings to demonstrate solar system, earth’s orbit with signs of the Zodiac, earth’s orbit with lunar orbit and solar flare (4) and periphery-drive racks (6), F-G, some labels missing (10), in wooden box
Hand-coloured Engravings, ‘Two New Sliders for the State Magic Lanthern’, pub. H Humphrey, 29 December 1783, satirising Fox and Pitt, 330mm x 240mm, F-G; Dutch tableaux of entertainers, including Galanti man, 450mm x 400mm, circa 1680, F, cut outside plate mark, laid down; and French, various sizes (2); all in modern mounts (4)
A Day Long Mahogany-Mounted Astronomical Static Hand-Painted Magic Lantern Slide Set, each slide with two to four images, with one lunar eclipse slipper slide, each slide and image with contemporary ink numbering, in wooden box, slides and box stamped ‘Day 37 Poultry’, each 300mm x 75mm, G, box lid missing (12)
Early 19th Century British painted tinplate Hand Magic Lanterns, of oversquare form, with curved handle, lens and lens cap and re-entrant chimney, with oil reservoir, lacks burner (1) and of narrow rectilinear form, with curved handle, lens and lens cap and fluted conical chimney, with two candles (1), F, both repainted
A Mahogany-Mounted W C Hughes Exeter Theatre Royal Fire 1887 Hand-Coloured Magic Lantern Slide Dissolve Set, static - theatre exterior at night, theatre interior with smoke, ablaze at night, steam fire pump in foreground and shell in daytime, rackwork/slipper of flames and smoke, slipper end broken and rackwork of billowing smoke, G (6)
Carpenter & Westley mahogany-mounted hand-coloured ‘Moveable Astronomical Sliders’ Rack Magic Lantern Slides, single -slipper ‘Greenwich Pensioner’ - elderly comic sailor in tricorn hat with three different expressions and double-slipper ‘Growing Nose’ - long-haired man with moving eyes and lengthening nose, G (2)
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