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Click here to subscribeJohn Chapman and Peter Andre, 'Debden, Saffron Walden, Great Sampford and North Essex', plate from the 25 sheet 1777 map of Essex, but published 1833, by Chalk, Meggy & Chalk, Chelmsford, 45 x 60cm CONDITION REPORT: Foxing and staining, including browning evident from another map's imprint. Not viewed out of frame.
FOREIGN TOPOGRAPHY: 1. Beckford, William: Recollections of an Excursion to the Monasteries of Alcobaca and Batalha. Bentley, 1835, 1st edn. Frontis plate. Original plain boards; 2. Stanford's Map of Turkey in Europe and her tributary States together with such parts of Russia, Austria: Edward Stanford, 1877. A large folding coloured linen-backed map; 3. Gourbillon, M: Travels in Sicily and To Mount Etna In 1819. Richard Phillips, 1820. Illustrated with two plates & a Map (3) CONDITION REPORT: 1. G. 2. G+/VG. 3. Wrappers worn and torn, the edges of some pages also torn.
Andrew Dury and John Andrews, 'A Topographical Map of Hartford-shire From An Actual Survey...', hand coloured engraving, published 1766, mounted over margins, 52 x 69cm; and: Robert Morden, 'Shropshire', hand coloured engraving, 36 x 42cm (2) CONDITION REPORT: Shropshire: thoroughly foxed and stained. White band down central crease. Creases. Hertfordshire: Central vertical crease, further creasing. Foxing throughout.
G Mercator and J Hondius, 'Cuba Insula (with) Hispanola Insula (with) Insula Jamaica (with) Insula S. Ioannis (with) I.S.Margareta', hand coloured map of The West Indies, originally pub'd 1619, and G Mercator and J Hondius , 'Ins Ceilan Que Incolis Tenarisin Dictur', hand coloured map of Ceylon, originally pub'd in 1602 In 1602 Hondius introduced in the Mercator Atlas a separate map of Ceylon, prepared by Petrus Plancius (2) CONDITION REPORT: Both torn and with staining. Cuba Insula 36 x 50.5cm. Ceylon 35.5 x 50.5cm. Overall dimensions of sheet - both are unframed. Both have foxing in several places. Both have repaired tears to edges. Both have prominent centre folds with some splitting. No plate marks. Viewing recommended.
An 18th century map of Somerset incorporating the coats of arms of the Duke of Somerset and the Earl of Bath, etc, inscribed "Milliar Anglica", 43 x 55 cm in double sided glazed black and gilt frame together with a 19th century crystolean of a young woman seated at a water fountain, 14 x 10 cm in white and gilt frame with red velvet mount, together with an early 20th century coloured mezzotint "The Chairing of the Member" showing an election scene, after Hogarth
A rare Elastolin die-cast and tinplate anti-aircraft gun. Designed to be transported on two 2-wheel trailers- not with gun. Together with soldier with shell, 2 spotters, one with map, soldier with range finder and soldier with large upright spotting trench style binoculars. GC for age, minor damage/cracking. See Plate 2
VJ 9266, a very uncommon 1936 FORDSON THAMES model 61 (E88W) 25 cwt. flat bed LORRY/TRUCK first registered on the 20th October 1936 and having the seldom seen 2.6'' bore x 3.2'' stroke 2226.9cc V8 flat-head steel side-plate engine rated at 22 h.p. and driving through a 3 speed gearbox. This vehicle has been in the present ownership since 1968 and has been the subject of a total strip-down and restoration over the last 15 years, which has included bare-metal re-painting of the chassis, total re-building of the bed with new timbers, re-boring and new pistons, a crankshaft regrind with new big-end and main bearings, new valves, a gearbox overhaul and new clutch, a new wiring loom and overhaul of the self-starter, dynamo and magneto, a brakes overhaul, new tyres all round, re-upholstery and most recently a new 6 volt battery. VJ 9266 is not yet run-in but drove very well during the 20 mile trip (Her first since restoration) to the sale-room. The truck carries a Herefordshire registration number and has remained in the area since originally being supplied to a local general dealer who used her for delivering household goods. In an article in the Hereford Times on September 23rd 1999 entitled "Memories of village life in a forever-lost England"- a look back at Pembridge characters from 1924, the truck's original owner is described as "canny John Bridges, a 'General Trader' and keen businessman known for miles around, whose forbears had lived in Pembridge for longer than anyone else could remember". The vendor's late brother-in-law remembered his mother sending him to collect in a jug, vinegar from the barrel that Mr. Bridges carried on this lorry with other household goods on his monthly visit to the area. When new, the truck was finished in Burgundy and black and sign-written. Her second owners were the Davis Family of stonemasons (Walter and Lou Davis), who painted the truck stone grey. Another article in the Hereford Times on February 8th 2001 reads: "Mappa Mundi's wartime home.....Hereford's invaluable Mappa Mundi was kept safe at Clee Hill during the Second World War, an enthusiast has revealed. Tom Williams from Allensmore, said the ancient map of the world had been transported by his late neighbour, Lou Davi(e)s, on his lorry for safe keeping somewhere in the village. He would like to hear from anyone with information about it('s) movements. Mr. Davi(e)s, who died 15 years ago, last worked at the cathedral in the 1960s or 1970s as a builder and maintenance worker for the Davi(e)s family of stone-masons. Mr. Williams can be contacted on 01432 ------". Since the lorry was mentioned on BBC local radio, we have been contacted by a local gentleman whose father and grand-father both worked with the late Mr. Lou Davis and sight of the truck brought back vivid memories of it being parked at Lou Davis's home near Allensmore Village Hall and it seems likely that this is the very vehicle entrusted with the task of transporting the ancient map. The vehicle is sold with a 1937 Instruction Book and Parts Price List, a buff coloured continuation registration book issued on 19.8.1957 and last stamped in June 1964 road fund licensing her to 30/9/64 and with a stamped transfer of ownership to the present owner dated 8th January 1968. There is also an old style V5C Registration Certificate stating that the registration mark is non-transferable, old tax disks, voluminous files of receipts, technical information, notes, sketches, lubrication and wiring diagrams, the replaced valves and bearings, etc. The engine covers are present. Some notes regarding the History of VJ 9266 kindly provided by the Vehicle's Owner. ''I was working for Mr. Lou Davies doing carpentry. In January 1968 Mr. Davies retired and the business was sold. Mr. Davies offered the Fordson lorry to the local Ford dealer who was not interested and said it might as well go for scrap. I had driven the lorry and I offered to buy it. Mr. Davies sold it to me for forty-five pounds. At the time I had nowhere to garage it so I drove it to Bredenbury and parked it on the site where I was working. I finished on that site and towed the lorry back to a lock-up garage I rented at Bryngwyn Mansion, Wormelow. When I married we went to live at Breinton where I was able to garage the lorry. Later on we moved from there and I towed the lorry to my brother-in-law's farm at Dilwyn and parked it sheeted up. We then found a place at Tarrington. I paid a local firm to move the lorry to our home and was able to start work on the restoration. It took a long time but my wife and I met a lot of interesting people on our trips to collect parts for the lorry. With most of the restoration done I decided to sell the lorry and I spoke to Mr. Nigel Ward regarding his company selling it for me''. This highly collectable truck, which is understood to be M.O.T. test exempt and with an historic vehicle taxation class would be ideal for attending vintage rallies, as a publicity vehicle or simply to add to a collection.
Romeyn de Hooghe, a large copper engraved hand coloured map of The English Riviera "Carte maritime de l'Angleterre depuis les sorlingue jusques Portland ... ports de mer, bancs de sable, embouchures de rivieres" etc. dated 1693, a two sheet map with cartouche views of Pendennis, Truro, Isles of Scilly and Portland, 59.5 x 97cm. Condition Report: Water staining to the bottom middle of the image. Some light foxing. Some creasing to the image and no paper loss.
Civil War. Mosby, John Singleton: The Memoirs of Colonel John S. Mosby. Edited by Charles Wells Russell. Boston; Little, Brown and Company, 1917. 8vo, dark olive green hardcovers, illustrations and folded map, 414 pp. Known as the "Gray Ghost," Mosby perfected the art of guerrilla warfare, using his cadre of some 300 men to tie up 20 to 30 times that number of Union soldiers. Some separating of spine, owner name and pencil marks on front endpaper, clean contents, Very Good. Scarce first edition.
Lot of Civil War-related books, mostly smaller format. Sobieski, John: The Life-Story and Personal Reminiscences of Col. John Sobieski. Los Angeles, n.d. Large 12mo; Jacobs, M.: Notes on the Rebel Invasion of Maryland and Pennyslvania…1863. Philadelphia, 1864. 12mo, with pull-out map. Ex-libris "The Evening Star," Wash., D.C.; Worden, Greene and Ramsay: The Monitor and the Merrimac. NY, 1912. Small 12mo; Bernard's The Battle of the Crater. 1937. Wraps; Minnigh's Gettysburg-What They Did Here. 1924. Pictorial soft covers; Gilbert's The Blue and Gray. 1952. Pictorial soft covers; Avey, Elijah: The Capture and Execution of John Brown. Elgin, 1906; and Stone, Cornelia Branch: U.D.C. Catechism for Children-Arranged for Veuve Jefferson Davis Chapter U.D.C. Galveston, Texas. 1912. 16mo., soft cover. Chipping of front cover edge. About Very Good to Near Mint. [8]
[Lincolniana]. McMurtry, Robert Gerald: The Kentucky Lincolns of Mill Creek. Harrogate, TN; Lincoln Memorial University, 1939. Small octavo, green cloth covers, plates, map, viii, 78pp. First Edition. No. 96 of a limited printing of 250 numbered copies signed by the author. Important resource by a noted Lincoln scholar. No dust jacket, Fine.
[Virginia]. Jefferson, Thomas: Notes on the State of Virginia. First Hot-Pressed Edition. Philadelphia; John Thompson printer for R.T. Rawles, June 1801. Octavo, modern full, dark brown calf, gilt-ruled spine, red label, raised bands; frontispiece portrait, folding map, and chart listing Indian tribes. Published shortly after his inauguration as President, "Notes on the State of Virginia" established Jefferson's contemporary reputation as a universal scholar and as a pioneering American scientist. The book was largely written in 1781 and published in Paris, in French, in 1785. Jefferson's appendix, written in 1797 was then added. The Rawle's 1801 edition is considered to be the best edition of this important work of Jefferson's. With "eye-draught" plate of Madison's Cave instead of the Natural Bridge. Owner title page and flyleaf signatures. Small hole to title page as a result of an attempt to remove the owner signature. Repair done with archival tape to hinge of the large folding map and top inner corner of two preliminary leaves. Some foxing and minor damp-staining to early leaves, then only occasional light foxing, minor off-setting to map. Attractively bound, Very Good.
Israel. Terra Sancta, State Medal, 5724 - 1963. Gold. 35mm, 29.23 gms. Topographic map-style view of the Holy Land with raised landforms and inset waters; TERRA SANCTA, rev. Leviticus 19:18 "Love Thy Neighbor As Thyself" in French and English in inner circle, Hebrew around. Edge: State of Israel mark, G 916.6 and Number `0665'. 5,000 pieces struck in Gold. Some friction hairlines, Uncirculated.
Argentina. Medal for the Chaco Campaign, 1870-1884. With Bar for the 'Expedicion 1884'. Gold (10-12k?). 31 mm. Argentine Arms; CAMPAÑA DEL CHACO around, rev. LA NACION ARGENTINA in three lines within wreath. On blue-white-blue moiré ribbon with fancy scrollwork top pin-bar. This handsome medal was awarded to Leopoldo Arnaud, head of the main scientific team in the 1884 Chaco Expedition. Lying in the northeastern part of Argentina, the Chaco region is part of the Gran Chaco in the Rio de la Plata basin, a massive, semi-arid expanse of near impenetrable forests straddling southeast Bolivia, northern Argentina, northern Paraguay and parts of the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso and Matto Grosso do Sul. Early on, the Conquistadores attempted to penetrate its unwelcoming wilderness, but the vegetation, fierce indigenous tribes and lack of water turned them back.Becoming lost in the forest while hunting soon after entering the Chaco, Arnaud wrote: "the Indians, the beasts, the deadly reptiles, that was the picture I was facing. Nobody can fully understand…the sensation you go through when stepping onto a totally virgin terrain, on a land on which there is not even the slightest trace of civilized man." Though isolated and uninviting, the Gran Chaco became a disputed territory from 1810 onward -- culminating in the bloody Chaco War of 1932-1935 between Bolivian and Paraguay.Propelled by Buenos Aires desire to "advance civilization and progress," Argentina mounted a number of expeditions from 1870 to 1884 to pacify the indigenous population. In October, 1884, it mounted the largest military campaign ever conducted in the Chaco. Under the command of General Benjamín Victorica, the campaign utilized several cavalry regiments; the indigenous resistance proved no match for the Argentine Remingtons. Teams of scientists, technicians, and engineers accompanied the army with a mandate to survey and map the area, and gather data on its geography, flora, fauna and peoples. Leading the scientific team was Leopoldo Arnaud, who afterwards published in 1889 "Del Timbó al Tartagal: Impresiones de un viaje á través del Gran Chaco". Thin edge split as made. Toned Choice Extremely Fine and Very Rare.
Rombout Patent; City of Beacon, Town of Fishkill, NY; Verplanck, Gulian (1698-1751); Mary and Ann Verplanck. Transcript of an Indenture between Mary & Ann Verplanck and "Guilliam Verplanck", concerning a certain tract of land "above the Highlands on the Eastward of Hudsons River in Dutchess County which tract of land was patented to Francis Rombout". Five and two-third pages, folio, bound at top by a slate blue ribbon, June 13, 1730. At the end of the document is a note dated Nov. 17, 1838 written and signed by Archibald Campbell, Deputy Secretary, State of New York that he has "compared the preceding with a certain Indenture as of record in this office in book of Deeds No. 12 page 270 and do certify that the same is a correct transcript therefore & of the whole of said Indenture…" Blind paper seal affixed to left of his notations. "Release of Mary & Ann Verplanck to Guillam Verplanck A.D. 1730" on verso. Very Fine; accompanied by a draft of a map made by Phillip Verplanck of what appears to be the Rombout Patent, showing three lots bound to the south by the Wappinger Creek. Dotted with five tiny houses and a "Wigwam". Large tears along two folds, two dogearred corners. Good. In 1682, a Flanders-born Huguenot merchant from New York, Francis Rombout and Gulian Verplanck (1637-1684; son of Abraham Isaac Verplanck) jointly filed petitions for a land grant and permission to buy a fertile tract of land from the Wappinger Indians on the east bank of the Hudson, extending from Fishkill almost to Poughkeepsie. It is said that Rombout bargained for "all the land he could see", then craftily climbed to the top of Mount Beacon to increase his view. In 1683, Rombout, Verplanck and partner Stephanus Van Cortlandt bought some 85,000 acres for roughly $1,200 in goods. The purchase was licensed by Provincial Governor Dongan, and the grant confirmed in 1685 after the accession of James II. It came to be known as the Rombout Patent. In 1703, Rombout's daughter, Catheryna married a young British naval lieutenant, Roger Brett, who had accompanied his friend, the eccentric Lord Cornbury when he was sent to govern New York. In 1708, the Bretts settled on the Rombout Patent in Lot Number one. Catheryna showed herself to be a resourceful and indomitable pioneer in developing the land left to her by her father. Her homestead, the "Madame Brett House", still stands, a historic landmark, at the intersection of Teller and Van Nydeck Avenues in the City of Beacon. [2]
Ulster County, NY; Hardenbergh Patent; Verplanck, Samuel (1739-1820). Map of the westerly part the Great Lot Number 6, in the Hardenbergh Patent, and southside of Papeckham River. Laid into farms at the request of Mr Samuel Verplanck AD 1771. Signed below by surveyor "Will. Cockburn". One page, 35 x 15 1/3" on vellum, in green, red and yellow natural colors. Table of the 13 smaller lots, broken down as to type of land and acreage, Explanation key and map embellishments. Born in Berwickshire, Scotland, William Cockburn settled in Kingston, NY in the 1760s and was employed as a surveyor, land agent and speculator principally in Ulster County for the Hardenbergh and Hurley patents. Small extension at right. Roll-fold, some minor soiling in bottom blank margin, overall a Fine and attractive map.
Battle of Little Big Horn, Gen. George A. Custer, U.S.-Indian Wars. A Rare trio of Battlefield Relics from the Battle of Little Big Horn, June 25, 1876. Consisting of a .45-70 shell casing, U.S. military "eagle" button, and a .45-55 bullet slug. The group was gathered over a 50-year period from the site, legally found prior to 1984 by seasonal park ranger George Scott on private property adjacent to Little Big Horn, near Last Stand Hill and Reno's Defense site. After 1984, it became illegal to retrieve relics from these lands. Each artifact is numbered and accompanied by supporting documentation showing authenticity, ownership, transfer(s) of, and a map with key to show the exact find spot. An important group of well-preserved relics from one of the most famed battles on U.S. soil. [3]
Civil War: Chamberlain, Joshua L. (1828-1914). American college professor, volunteered during Civil War; while having no previous education in military strategy, Chamberlain exhibited great perception in the field and exemplary bravery and fortitude; for his actions during the Battle of Gettysburg, he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor; near death, he was promoted to Brigadier-General for his gallantry before Petersburg; brevetted to rank of Major-General by Lincoln after Skirmish on Quaker Road; commanded Union troops at surrender ceremonies for Robert E. Lee's infantry at Appomattox; Governor of Maine (1867-1871), President of Bowdoin College (1871-1883). Autographed Book. A copy of "Maine at Gettysburg: Report of Maine Commissioners", Lakeside Press, Portland ME, 1898; Autograph "Joshua L. Chamberlain" on photo plate of the "Little Round Top"-20th Maine Monument. The very scarce Report, 8vo, quarter leather with pebbled board and gilt illustration, contains a number of photo plates of the monuments and a map of the cavalry engagement at Gettysburg; 602pp. The book is Very Good, the autograph in strong ink and a good hand.
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