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Lot 203
China.- Chinese Language.- Morrison (Rev. Robert) Dialogues and Detached Sentences in the Chinese Language, first edition, sig.2A foxed, contemporary brown straight-grain morocco, gilt, by Henington of Ingram Court, Fenchurch (with ticket), very slightly rubbed, [Cordier Sinica 1641], 8vo, Macao, Printed at the Honourable East India Company's Press, by P.P. Thoms, 1816.⁂ Fine copy of the first Chinese/English conversation manual according to Cordier. Curious dialogues include "This piece of cloth is extremely good; the Snuff is better than yesterday's; the Stockings cannot be surpassed." and "It is replied, I have two sons, one of them is good for nothing - he will not study - he is a debauchee and a gambler..."
Lot 201
China.- Chinese Language.- Hernisz (Stanislas) A Guide to Conversation in the English and Chinese Languages for the Use of Americans and Chinese in California and Elsewhere, first edition, some light foxing and marginal browning, old marbled boards, rebacked in cloth preserving original spine, oblong 8vo, Boston, Cleveland & London, 1854.⁂ One of the earliest English/Chinese conversation manuals published in the west and probably the first such manual printed in America. As noted in the Introduction "The conclusion of treaties with western nations, the opening of the Five ports, and the discovery of gold in California, have caused a vast increase in trade, more extensive intercourse, and closer relations with the 'Central flowery people.'" Notably, the first two words in the vocabulary list are "Gold" and "Gold-dust".
Lot 1382
AN HMV PORTABLE DISC RECORDER, MODEL 2300H, produced in 1948 for cutting 78rpm records, complete with cutting lathe, amplifier, speaker, microphone and all cables; together with 32 x 10" EMI blank lacquer discs, 22 x 12" EMI blank lacquer discs, 5 x EMI sapphire cutting styli and all paperwork, including original instruction manual and service manuals, (it cost £235 in 1948, over £6,000 today).
Lot 177
A GENTLEMAN'S STAINLESS STEEL BRITISH MILITARY OMEGA RAF PILOTS WRIST WATCH on black leather strap, the steel case with fixed bars, the reverse marked with a military arrow and numbered 6645 101000 6B/542 1431/53, the Black dial with Arabic numerals, military "fat" arrow, tritium luminous markers & "sword" hands fronting a jewelled manual wind movement signed Omega. Circa 1953. 37mm diameter
Lot 150
Omega De Ville Swiss Made Gentleman's Gold Plated Wrist Watch, Complete with Black Leather Strap and Gilded Oblong Shaped Dial, Black and Gilt Metal Batons and Hands. With Lever Movement Manual Wind Movement, Champagne Dial. c.1980's. Excellent Condition and Working at time of Cataloging. Please Confirm with Photo.
Lot 795
SHARPE, Edmund, A Treatise on the Rise and Progress of Decorated Window Tracery of England, von Voorst, 1849 1st edn. 8vo. In 2 vols. Cl. bds. illus. 60 plates some folding. Tog.with HAINES, Rev. Herbert. A Manual of Monumental Brasses. Parker, 1861, 2 vols. Frontis. Embossed cl. glt. Stmp. Plus BOUTELL, Charles, Arms and Armour in Antiquity and The Middle Ages. Cassell, 1869 8vo. 71 illus. Glt. Cl. 5
Lot 376
PURCHASER MUST BE 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OVER A Webley Typhoon .22 Calibre Air Pistol, with black gloss finish and chequered black plastic ergonomic grip, no visible number, in original box of issue with Care and Maintenance Manual, a BSA 1.5X15 scope and plastic mounting bracket, original paperwork and a pellet tin
Lot 223
An early 20th century cased and brass wall clock in the form of a ships wheel, the silvered dial with Arabic numerals, marked Arthur Beale, 194 Shaftesbury Avenue, WC2, single winding hole, along with a Mercedes manual wind brass and silver plated cased table clock, with carrying handle, int he form of a ships wheel and a small brass cased barometer
Lot 310
A collection of four wrist watches an 18ct two colour gold cased Art Deco cocktail watch, of slim rectangular form, stepped case with white metal mesh link strap and clasp; a 1920s 9ct gold cased wrist watch, white dial with Arabic numerals, plain case, leather strap; Roy King, a 1974 rectangular silver cased wrist watch, mirror dial, signed, feature hallmarks to rear of case, manual movement, leather strap; a small silver and marcasite set cocktail watch, silk strap (4)
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