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A VINTAGE ROLEX LADY'S WRISTWATCH, octagonal 9ct gold case, Arabic numerals, fitted a 15 jewels manual movement, the case 2cm on a black leather strapCondition report: Not working, I would the watch a little, not working, I opened the case to look at the movement, the ‘fly wheel’, freely rotates, but it doesn’t run.
A mixed lot to include a compositor's stick used in letterpress printing, a slide rule, a Brownie Junior SIX-20 box camera in canvas case with manual, a RicohXR6 camera in soft case and moreLot descriptions reflect the cataloguer's opinion only and do not constitute a guarantee. If in doubt, intending bidders should either attend public viewing or request a written condition report. All sales are final.
A Rare silver Rolex Doctors /nurses watch circa 1920s white enamel dial with applied Roman numerals, outer minute track subsidiary seconds at 3 o'clock. M: 15 jewel manual wind movement signed Rolex. C: Circular hinged case, signed RWC Ltd, silver hallmarks, case diameter measures approx. 34mm in working order but no warranty given
Europa. Deutschland. Schachfiguren aus Holz - Wäscheklammern. Die eine Partei ist dunkelbraun eingefärbt, die andere hellbraun. Arbeit aus der zweiten Hälfte des 20. Jhrdt. Höhe: König 11,5 cm; Bauer 5,0 cm. (44) * Kompletter Figurensatz aus Holz, der in privater handwerklicher Arbeit aus verschiedenen Teilen von Wäscheklammern gearbeitet wurde. Zustand: Mit geringen Alterungs- und Kratzspuren. Individuelles Sammlerstück. / Europe. Germany. Chess set made of clothespins of wood. One side stained in dark brown, the other party is light brown. Produced in the second half of the 20th century. King 11,5 cm high, pawn 5,0 cm. Complete chess set, who is made in a private manual work from different parts of clothespins. With small chips and minor damages. Individual collector’s item.
Phillips (G.F.) Principles of Effect and Colour as applicable to Landscape Painting, first edition, hand-coloured plate of colour wheel and 8 aquatint plates, 6 hand-coloured, paper guards, title lightly spotted but plates clean and bright, original cloth, label to upper cover, rebacked preserving old spine, rubbed and faded, spine a little worn, oblong folio, [cf.Abbey, Llife 167, third edition of 1840], F.G.Harding, 1833.⁂ Rare first edition of this artist's manual, with attractive plates. Library Hub records only one copy, in the British Library, and the National Art Library at the V & A contains only a later edition. The last copy sold at auction appears to have been in 1961.
Swedenborgianism.- Birmingham.- Manual of the New Church, Wretham Road, c.100 issues bound in 30 vol., interleaved with reports from general conferences, programmes from societies, dinner menues, lectures, and other events held at the church, occasional light finger-soiling or foxing, contemporary roan, one or two vol. very soiled, others with spines bumped and faded, 8vo, Birmingham, 1878-1948.
Food & Drink.- Cocktails.- Thomas (Jerry) How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion...[with] A Manual for the Manufacture of Cordials, Liquors, Fancy Syrups, &. &c....by Christian Schultz, first edition, later issue with altered title and price "$2.50" to upper cover, illustrations, 8pp. publishers' catalogue at end, lightly browned, bookplate of Archibald MacColl, original green cloth, rubbed and a little damp-stained, spine torn at head and frayed at foot, 8vo, New York, 1862.⁂ The first recipe book for mixed drinks or cocktails, by the "father of American mixology". Jerry Thomas was a famous bar-tender who worked throughout the United States but particularly in New York, where he ran several bars. His signature drink was the "Blue Blazer", involving flaming whiskey, which was developed at the El Dorado gambling saloon in San Francisco.
Food & Drink.- Wine.- Album Officiel de la Fête des Vignerons. Vevey 1889, folding colour panorama by S.Krakow after E.Vullemin & P.Valloury, conjoined sheets folding concertina style, some foxing, original pictorial wrappers, ink stamp to upper cover, spine frayed and chipped, upper cover detached, Lausanne & Vevey, 1889 § Tovey (Charles) Wine and Wine Countries: A Record and Manual for Wine Merchants and Wine Consumers, second edition, mounted photographic portrait frontispiece, additional title with pictorial border, lithographed plates & maps, folding facsimile, 8pp. advertisement at end, hinges weak, original decorated cloth, small stain to upper cover, 1877 § Andrieu (P.) Le Vin et les Vins de Fruits, first edition, illustrations, advertisements at end printed on orange paper, original printed wrappers, uncut & partly unopened, a little soiled and frayed at edges, Paris, 1894, 8vo (3)
TUSSER (THOMAS)Five Hundred Pointes of Good Husbandrie, as Well for the Champion or Open Countrie, as Also for the Woodland... Newly Set Forth, black letter, title within wide allegorical woodcut border, large woodcut printer's device on final leaf, without A1 (blank except for signature), 2 small paperflaws to leaf N4 with very small loss of text, early ink finger-pointers in several margins, nineteenth century green morocco gilt, sides with 3-line fillet border, floral cornerpieces and central Huth arms, spine elaborately tooled, g.e. [ESTC S118718; Fussell I, pp.8-9], small 4to (185 x 135mm.), Imprinted at London, by Henrie Denham, 1580Footnotes:Tusser's enormously popular manual in verse on farming and husbandry was first published in 1557, and subsequently expanded and augmented until the author's death in 1580, with this including his final amendments. At its core is a calendar of information and advice about the farming year, with sections on the role of the country wife; it was also 'the biggest-selling book of poetry of the reign of Elizabeth I' (ODNB).Provenance: Henry Huth (bibliophile, 1815-1878), gilt morocco bookplate, and arms on covers; Lawes Agricultural Trust, stamp inside upper cover.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
PHOTOGRAPHYMUYBRIDGE (EADWEARD) Autograph letter signed ('Eadweard Muybridge'), to W.J. Chadwick Esq., Hon. Secretary of the Manchester Photographic Society, having just returned from lecturing in Oxford he thanks him for his appreciation of his lectures and would be '...delighted to place the subject of animal Locomotion before a Manchester audience...', going on to describe a busy schedule of engagements across the country and outlining his terms ('...My terms for a Lecture in Manchester before an audience not exclusively of Scientists or artists, will be 22 ½ guineas...'), ending by complaining that the Manchester Athenaeum is advertising a lecture without his authority, 4 pages, light dust-staining at folds otherwise in clean fresh condition, on 'University of Pennsylvania' headed notepaper, 8vo (205 x 125mm.), 38 Craven Street, Charing Cross, 2 November [18]89Footnotes:After the successful publication of the seminal work, Animal Locomotion in 1887, Muybridge embarked on a whirlwind publicity tour taking in the UK, Ireland and America. According to notices in the local newspapers he gave a series of lectures in Manchester from January to the end of February 1890 illustrated by lantern slides and including demonstrations of the zoöpraxiscope (www.stephenherbert.co.uk).The recipient of our letter, W.J. Chadwick, was the Secretary of the Manchester Photographic Society and a frequent contributor to photographic journals such as Amateur Photographer, and wrote The Magic Lantern Manual, published in 1898. Chadwick was also a pioneer of the newly discovered technique of x-ray photography. From 1897 to 1898 he set up a studio in his premises at 2 St Mary's Street and photographed patients using the new Röntgen ray process on behalf of the Manchester Infirmary. The patient was charged 5s each for images of hands, feet, ankles and elbows, and 10s for larger parts of the body (ed. Elwood & Tuxford, Some Manchester Doctors, 1984).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
BRINSLEY (JOHN)Ludus Literarius: or, The Grammar Schoole; Shewing how to Proceede from the First Entrance into Learning, to the Highest Perfection Required in the Grammar Schooles, with Ease, Certainty and Delight both to Masters and Schollars, FIRST EDITION, woodcut decorations, some dampstaining, first few leaves repaired in inner lower corner, hole in o4 with loss of a few letters, chip at foot of Bb4 just affecting catchword, last 3 or 4 gatherings with small worm trail occasionally affecting text, last 2 leaves with some old ink scribbles and smudges, modern brown polished morocco, gilt lettered spine with raised bands [ESTC S106596], small 4to (175 x 127mm.), [Humphrey Lownes] for Thomas Man, 1612Footnotes:FIRST EDITION OF THIS FAMOUS MANUAL FOR COUNTRY SCHOOLMASTERS, complete copies of which have become scarce. It includes a detailed account of the curriculum of a school such as Shakespeare would have attended, with sections on orthography, grammar, prose and verse composition, and the translation of Latin, Greek and Hebrew. John Brinsley, Curate at Kegworth, Leicestershire, in 1591, and at Ashby-de-la-Zouch, was in 1600 appointed master of Ashby School with the help of his benefactor the third Earl of Huntingdon. Two years earlier he had married Barbara Hall, sister of his pupil Dr. Joseph Hall, Bishop of Norwich, who contributed the commendatory preface. His other pupils included the astrologer William Lilly, who later wrote that 'In the 18th year of my age [1619 or 1620] my master Brinsley was enforced from keeping school, being persecuted by the bishop's officers...'Provenance: Austin Smith, gilt leather book label; Mary Priscilla Smith, book label.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
WILLIAMS (Henry): 'The Orchid-Grower's Manual...' London, published at the Victoria & Paradise Nurseries, 1894: 7th edition, enlarged: large 8vo, pub. blue cloth gilt, aeg, numerous engraved illustrations, some double-page: together with 22 others, Victorian and early 20thc natural history and horticulture, various sizes and condition, publisher's cloth. (23)
A 14K GOLD GIRARD PERREGAUX WATCH HEAD with cream dial, gold coloured baton numerals and hands, diameter of the case 3.2cm, weight including mechanism 18gms Condition Report: 17jewel mechanism, manual wind ref no. 2609369, inside case ref. J07512, wont wind I can feel it skipping teeth, minute hand keeps dropping off too.
THREE GENTS WATCHES A Tissot SeaStar Automatic, with gold plated finish, gold coloured dial, baton numerals and hands, diameter of the case 3.4cm, with gold plated expanding strap. A Masonic symbol wristwatch, the white dial stamped Jason, manual wind, with gold plated case. Diameter of the dial 3.3cm, and a retro Sekonda De luxe, with black dial and engraved baton numerals, weight combined 130.3gms Condition Report: Available upon request

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