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English county maps. Lodge (John), Forty uncoloured engraved county maps, pub. J.Murray, 1787-90, each approx. 280 x 330 mm, some minor creasing and occasional light foxing, Middlesex map close-trimmed to left-hand margin, stitched into contemp. brown paper wrappers Chubb CCXLIX. These maps were issued with John Lodge's 'The Political Magazine and Parliamentary, Naval, Military and Literary Journal' between 1787 and 1790. There were forty five maps issued in the series, this collection lacking the general maps of England, Scotland and Wales and the separate maps of the Isles of Wight and Man. (40)
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Italy. Jorio (Andrea de). Indicazione del piu Rimarcabile in Napoli e Contorni del Canonico D. Andrea de Jorio, n.d., c. 1840s, b&w folding eng. map, approx. 325 x 620 mm, orig. marbled boards with paper label, rubbed, together with Pozzuoli e Contorno, ed Avanzi di Cuma, c. 1840s, two b&w folding eng. maps, approx. 370 x 510 mm and 170 x 240 mm respectively, both contained in orig. marbled boards, with large paper label to upper cover, sl. rubbed, plus another larger similar b&w eng. map of Mount Vesuvius, c. 1860s, sectionalised on linen, with Naples booksellers ticket to verso, approx. 580 x 950 mm, contained in orig. slipcase, minor wear to extrems., 8vo (3)
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London. 'Thames Tunnel', c.1820s [watermarked Whatman, 1811], hand coloured engraved map showing the planned route of the tunnel from Wapping to Rotherhithe, with an engraved side-projection beneath, with contemp. ink annotations and a colour key showing the rate of progress of the building of the tunnel and remarks in ink such as 'all progress interrupted for 9 years' referring to the bricking up of the tunnel in 1828 when the project ran out of funds, some paper toning, plate mark approx. 420 x 470 mm The first tunnel under the Thames, Marc Isambard Brunel's Thames Tunnel was an extraordinary feat considering the tools available at the time. He proposed to build it using a revolutionary shield which would hold the tunnel open while brickwork was put in behind it. A company was formed to build the tunnel in 1824 and despite several stoppages work was finally completed in 1843. It has recently been refurbished. This plan was from an archive formerly belonging to a Frederick W. King, a Royal Engineer who probably had some involvment with the construction of the tunnel. (1)
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Maps. Greenwood (C & J), Map of the County of Northampton/Map of the County of Rutland, pub. 1830/31 respec., two engraved maps, hand coloured in outline, each approx. 580 x 700 mm, plus other maps incl. a Cary map of Nottingham, a late 18th century chart of the North-West Coast of America from La Perouse, and a collection of miscellaneous maps of various World locations after Collins, Lewis, Hall, etc., some hand coloured in outline, various sizes (approx. 100)
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Monmouthshire. Speed (John), The Countye of Monmouth.., sold Sudbury & Humble, [1611 or later], hand coloured engraved map, some creasing and paper repairs, approx. 380 x 510 mm, together with Morden (Robert), The County of Monmouth, [1695 or 1722], hand coloured engraved map with ornamental title cartouche, paper repairs to verso of central fold, approx. 350 x 420 mm, and Coltman (Nathan), Monmouthshire, early 19th century, hand coloured engraved map, margins restored, approx. 420 x 370, plus other maps of Monmouthshire incl. Moule, Keere, etc. (9)
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Prints & engravings. 'Old Bailey', pub. R.Ackermann, 1809, hand coloured aquatint, approx. 230 x 270 mm, together with others including topographical engravings and a double-sided strip road map entitled 'The Road from Edinburgh to Wigtoun and Whitehorn', approx. 480 x 180 mm, framed and double-glazed (10)
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Somerset. Saxton (Christopher & Kip, William), Somersettensis Comitatus, [1610 or 1637], hand coloured engraved map, strapwork title cartouche and separate scale of distance, approx. 280 x 390 mm, not laid down, together with Ogilby (John), The Road from Bristol com Somst to Exeter com Devo., [1675], hand coloured engraved strip road map, some light toning and creasing, close-trimmed to upper margin, approx. 350 x 460 mm, both framed and glazed (2)
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United States. Lewis (Samuel), The State of New York compiled from the Best Authorities, 1795, uncoloured engraved map, some clean splits where previously folded, approx. 420 x 520 mm, together with 'Middle States', anonymous engraved map of the middle portion of the Eastern seaboard, hand coloured, approx. 440 x 270 mm, and Burr (David H.), Map of the County of Livingston, pub. Stone & Clark, Itchaca, 1839, hand coloured engraved map, splits where previously folded, approx. 450 x 340 mm, plus Kitchin (Thomas), A Map of the Colonies of Connecticut and Rhode Island, 1758, uncoloured engraved map with ornamental title cartouche, approx. 180 x 240 mm, six other related maps in poor condition (10)
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World - Eastern Hemisphere. Wyld (James, pub.), Wyld's Outline Chart from England to Australia & China for the Purpose of Pricking of a Ships Track, 1885, uncoloured engraved folding map, sectionalised onto linen, approx. 690 x 1030 mm, contained in orig. cloth slipcase with paper label (sl. rubbed) With the track of two ships neatly drawn on in pen - the "Sobraon" which travelled from London to Melbourne from September 28 to December 29 1886 and the "Natal" which travelled from Melbourne to Marseille from February 23rd to April 1st 1887. It is presumed that the journeys were made by the original owner who has included many notes of interest for each day of the journey including state of the sea, weather, etc. The "Sobraon" was a tea clipper of 2134 tons launched in 1866. (1)
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Churchill (Right Hon. Winston S.). The World Crisis: The Eastern Front, 1st ed., 1931, b & w plates and illusts., folding map at rear, some heavy spotting at front and rear, author's signed presentation inscription to half-title, 'To Bendor from Winston, Nov 6 1931', orig. blue cloth, covers badly dampmarked, sl. nicked on spine, 8vo The presentation inscription of this sixth volume of The World Crisis is dated four days after its publication. The unusual informal signature was for Churchill's good friend Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor (1879-1953, 2nd Duke of Westminster), nicknamed 'Bendor'. (1)
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Norfolk - Beeston, Irstead, Hockwold and elsewhere. Bundle of Rentals, Surveys and other Manorial documents, mainly the property of Sir Jacob Preston of Beeston Hall , including a detailed Survey of Irstead, 1786 (made to accompany a map), Rentals of the Manor of Hockwold cum Wilton, 1721-22, and brief surveys of Carleton Rode, 18th c., and Stokesby and Hemingby, 1736, several are in poor condition (24)
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Wiltshire - Auction Particulars. The Dauntsey Estate, Wilts, on the River Avon and in the Centre of the Duke of Beaufort's Hunt, [to be sold by] Messrs Nicholas, 9th & 10th July, Public Hall, Chippenham, 1913, 102 lots, some b&w photo illusts., hinges broken, orig. cloth-backed boards, dampstained and soiled also affecting endpapers, key map plus one large and one small folding supplementary col. plan loosely inserted, with two contemp. newscuttings about the sale with buyers names and prices realised, together with The Meux Estates in North Wilts, First Portion (Wootton Bassett, Lydiard Tregoze, Brinkworth and Clyffe Pypard), [to be sold by] Messrs Giddy & Giddy, at the Corn Exchange, Swindon, 17th & 18th July 1906, 117 lots, four col. plans incl. two large folding, two b&w plts. of photo. illusts., staples rusted, orig. printed wrappers, old sellotape repairs, broken on spine and contents loose, both folio (2)
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Bible [English]. The Bible That is, The Holy Scriptures Contained in the Old & New Testament. Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, Printer to the Kinges Most Excellent Maiestie.., [1612], eng. Old Testament title with architectural border, New Testament title present dated 1611 (with ink inscription to verso dated 1684 & with small hole), colophon dated 1612, one full-page woodcut illustration, woodcut illusts. & maps to text, Old Testament leaves Bb2 & Bb5 duplicated, leaf Fff excised to lower margin, closed tears to lower margins of leaves Aa5 & Aa6 neatly repaired, long closed tear to leaf Vv2, Apocrypha lacks leaves Ttt3 & Ttt4, bound with the Genealogies by J.S. at front, with woodcut genealogies and double-page map by John Speed, and bound with the Whole Booke of Psalmes at rear, dated 1618, last few leaves of Book of Psalmes slightly damp soiled to margins and last two leaves neatly repaired with archival tissue, occ. small holes to few leaves throughout and some general browning to margins with some weakening of paper, modern blind panelled calf, folio Herbert 312. (1)
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Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New, printed by Robert Barker..and by the Assignes of John Bill, 1634, separate woodcut heart-shaped titles to OT and NT (both dated 1634), OT preceeded by 40 pp. of genealogies with double-page map of the Holy Land engraved by John Speed, some light dampstaining and marks, trimmed to outer-margin occasionally affecting printed marginal annotations, some leaves frayed with a few short tears, p. 844/845 torn to corner with loss, inner hinges split, 19th century half calf, heavily rubbed, 4to Herbert 490. (1)
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Camden (William). Britannia, [sive florentissimorum regnorum Angliae, 5th ed., 1600], additional woodcut title, lacks four prelims. incl. printed title, one folding map (of two) and one full-p. eng. map, eng. plt. of Stonehenge and seven pages eng. coins, closely trimmed at upper margin affecting running heads and plate borders throughout, brown stain to inner margins of early singatures, contemp. calf, spine ends restored, cracked on spine, 4to, together with Johnson (Samuel), Dictionary of the English Language, 2 vols., 1831, eng. port. frontis. to vol. 1, spotted and offset to title, contemp. diced calf, hinges cracked and some wear, later amateur spine labels, 4to (3)
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The European Magazine, and London Review, vols. 1-2, 4-8, 1782-85, together seven vols., num. engraved plts. incl. folding map entitled 'A Map of the United States of America as settled by the peace of 1783', approx. 215 x 260 mm (with closed tear), and two engs. of Montgolfier's hot air balloon, contemp. calf backed boards, worn, 8vo, together with two unrelated volumes of French history in worn bindings (9)
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Halley (Edmund, ed.). Miscellanea Curiosa. Being a Collection of Some of the Principal Phaenomena in Nature, Accounted for by the Greatest Philosophers of this Age. Together with Several Discourses Read Before the Royal Society, for the Advancement of Physical and Mathematical Knowledge, 1705, one folding eng. map and four eng. diag. plts., slight dust soiling to plt. margins, contemp. panelled calf, boards detached and rubbed, 8vo Volumes 2 & 3 were published in 1706 and 1707. (1)
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Shaw (Thomas George). Wine, the Vine, and the Cellar, 2nd ed., 1864, eng. folding frontis., one map, two folding tables (one loose and a little frayed at fore-edge), numerous wood engs. to text, shaken, with four text leaves loose, edges rough-trimmed, orig. gilt dec. cloth, spine faded, 8vo (1)
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Taylor (C.R.H.). A Pacific Bibliography, Printed Matter relating to the Native Peoples of Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia, 2nd ed., OUP, 1965, b & w frontis., folding map at rear, orig. cloth in sl. rubbed and soiled d.j., 8vo, together with Neate (W.R.), Mountaineering and Its Literature, a Descriptive Bibliography.., 1st ed., 1978, few b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., sl. rubbed, lge. 8vo, plus other travel bibliography and related incl. two pamphlets (7)
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England & Wales. Langley's New Travelling and Commercial Map of England and Wales, containing a List of all the Cities, Boroughs and Market Towns, the Days on which the Markets are held, together with the Rates of Postages and Measured Miles from London, pub. Langley & Belch, Jan 1st 1817, hand-col. eng. map on paper, sectionalised on linen, ornamental landscape title cartouche, miniature eng. panoramic view of London at head, three miniature engs. of bridges, extensive printed information to side margins, overall approx. 48 x 66 cm., with orig. marbled slipcase, 8vo (1)
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Hargreaves (Thomas). Map of the Staffordshire Potteries & Newcastle, Including their Vicinities, Shewing the Limits of the Boroughs, Parishes, Townships, etc., Engraved from a Minute Trigonometrical Survey, pub. Burslem, 1st May 1832, hand-col. eng. map on paper, sectionalised on linen, approx. 62 x 48 in (158 x 122 cm), some offsetting, contained in orig. moire cloth slipcase with printed paper label to upper cover, 8vo (1)
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London. Cross's New Plan of London, Divided into Half-Mile Sqaures, with a Copious Street Directory, an Important Guide to Strangers Visiting the Metropolis, 1852, hand col. eng. map printed on linen, approx. 44 x 73 cm., edges and creases a little browned, orig. blind-stamped green cloth case with large printed paper label to upper cover, a little soiled and minor wear to extrems., small 8vo (1)
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London. Wallis's Guide for Strangers, Through London, and its Environs, 1821, hand-col. eng. map, on paper, sectionalised on linen, printed alphabetical list of the principal streets to lower margin, approx. 52 x 61 cm., orig. card slipcase with printed paper label to upper cover (soiled and some minor wear), 8vo (1)
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London. A New and Correct Plan of London, Westminster and Southwark, Exhibiting the various Improvements, to the Year 1813, printed for R. Rowe, hand-col. eng. map on paper, sectionalised on linen, approx. 41 x 78 cm., a few minor marks and some slight wear to folds, orig. card slipcase with printed paper labels (a little worn), 8vo (1)
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London. A Plan of the Cities of London & Westminster, the Borough of Southwark, with the New Buildings, pub. Jas. Wyld (successor to W. Faden), Jan 1, 1824, hand-col. eng. map printed on paper, sectionalised on linen, a little dust soiled and some minor wear to folds, approx. 59 x 106 cm., with orig. card slipcase (worn and broken), 8vo (1)
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London. An Entire New Plan of the Cities of London & Westminster; with the Borough of Southwark: Comprehending the New Buildings and other Alterations, to the Present Time, pub. Edward Mogg, Jan 1st, 1813, hand-col. eng. map on paper, sectionalised on linen, a few minor marks, approx. 47 x 90 cm., orig. card slipcase with paper label (rubbed and some wear), 8vo (1)
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Graves (Robert). Lawrence and the Arabs, 1st ed., 1927, b & w illusts. by Eric Kennington and maps by Herry Perry, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and a little torn at head of spine, together with Glen (Douglas), In the Steps of Lawrence of Arabia, 1st ed., [1939], sepia illusts. from photos., folding map at rear, orig. cloth, rubbed on spine, both 8vo, plus Milne (A.A.), The House at Pooh Corner, 1st ed., 1928, b & w illusts. and decorations by Ernest H. Shepard, t.e.g., orig. salmon-pink cloth gilt, very rubbed and faded, slim 8vo, and Verne (Jules), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas, parts I & II, Author's Edition, pub. Samson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1876, wood engs., later(?) blue cloth gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo, and other misc. books incl. TEL interest, modern first editions, paperbacks, etc. (approx. 60)
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Hardy (Thomas). Human Shows, Far Phantasies, Songs, and Trifles, 1st American ed., New York, 1925, untrimmed, orig. linen-backed boards with paper label to spine, rubbed, (limited edition 7/100), 8vo, together with Jude the Obscure, 1st ed., (Wessex Novels series, vol. 8), pub. Osgood McIlvaine & Co., 1896, half title present, etched frontis. by H. MacBeth-Raeburn, single-page map at rear, t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, orig. dark green cloth gilt, a little rubbed and minor wear to extrems., plus Satires of Circumstance, 1914, Late Lyrics and Earlier, 1922, Human Shows, Far Phantasies, 1925, all first eds., pub. MacMillan & Co., orig. cloth gilt in slightly frayed and chipped d.j.s, all 8vo, and others by/about Hardy (23)
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Rackham (Arthur, illust.). The Tempest, by William Shakespeare, 1st ed., 1926, twenty tipped-in col. plts., glue remains on front pastedown, orig. grey-black cloth gilt, covers bowed, 4to, together with Pogany (Willy, illust.), Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, by Edward Fitzgerald, 1st ed., pub. Harrap, 1930, twelve mounted col. plts., numerous black and gilt mounted letterpress illusts., edges untrimmed, orig. cloth gilt, a little dusty, with onlay to front cover, spine faded and somewhat soiled, 4to, plus Bradley (A.G.), The Rivers & Streams of Englnad, Painted by Sutton Palmer, pub. A. & C. Black, 1909, seventy-five col. plts., folding map at rear, t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, orig. pictorial cloth, faintly soiled in places, spine rubbed at ends, 4to, plus ms. sketchbook containing designs for decorative motifs, dated 1912 First item Riall p.161. (4)
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Chauncy (Sir Henry). The Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire, 2 vols., Bishops Stortford, 1826, port. frontis., lacking county map, six plts. only (of forty-four), those present being illusts. of monuments, edges untrimmed, orig. cloth-backed boards, sl. rubbed and stained, rebacked, preserving orig. spine and paper label, 8vo, together with Ireland (John, ed.), Hogarth Illustrated from his own Manuscripts, 3rd ed., 1812, 128 only (of 129) plts., lacking plt. 25 in vol. 3, six vignettes on letterpress, occ. spotting, t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, early 20th c. half calf, gilt, 8vo, plus Philips (Ambr.), The Life of John Williams, Ld Keeper of the Great Seal, Bishop of Lincoln, and ABp. of York. In the Reigns of King James, and King Charles the First, 2nd ed., pub. A. Roper, Cambridge, 1701, copper eng. port. frontis. (sl. browned), one corner of rear free endpaper excised, contemp. panelled calf, spine ends a little worn, and joints split, with upper cover almost detached, 8vo, plus five other literary and theological works (a carton)
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Scotland. The Gazetteer of Scotland: Containing a Particular and Concise Description of the Counties, Parishes, Islands, Cities.. , pub. Dundee, 1803, large folding eng. map, contemp. sheep, rubbed and a little worn on spine, 8vo, together with The Scottish Tourist, and Itinerary: Or, A Guide to the Scenery and Antiquities of Scotland and the Western Islands. With a Description of the Principal Steam-boat Tours, 6th ed., Edinburgh, two large folding eng. maps, hand-col. in outline, single-page strip road maps, steel eng. views, inner hinges repaired with sellotape, orig. plum morocco gilt, worn on spine, 8vo, with other misc. books of Scottish interest (a carton)
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Butler (Samuel). An Atlas of Modern Geography, new edition, re-engraved with corrections from the Government, Service and the most recent sources of information, ed. by the author's son, 1842, eng. title and index leaf, twenty-three mostly double-page eng. maps, hand-col. in outline, incl. folding double-hemisphere world map, printed index at end, contemp. half red morocco, worn and upper cover det., 8vo (1)
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De Vaudoncourt (Gen. Guillaume). Memoirs of the Ionian Islands, considered in a Commerical, Political and Military Point of View .. including the Life and Character of Ali Pacha, the Present Ruler of Greece, trans. William Walton, pub. Baldwin, 1816, large folding map (with small closed tear at corner of one fold), occasional light spotting, contemp. calf with gilt dec. spine with morocco labels, rubbed, 8vo (1)
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Ellis (William). Polynesian Researches, During a Residence of Nearly Eight Years in the Society and Sandwich Islands, 4 vols., 2nd ed., enlarged and improved, Select Library, 1831, addn. eng. vign. title to each, folding map, five eng. plts. and one folding chart, one gathering loose in first volume, orig. cloth with labels to spine, sl. rubbed, small 8vo (4)
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Favenc (Ernest). The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888, 1st ed., pub. Turner & Henderson, Sydney, 1888, large folding map frontis., three further folding maps, three plts. of facsimile writing (incl. two folding), and five plts. of cave drawings, orig. cloth, extrems. rubbed, joints splitting and frayed, large 8vo, together with Harper (Arthur P.), Pioneer Work in the Alps of New Zealand, 1st ed., 1896, forty b & w photographic plts., incl. frontis., folding map in pocket at rear, untrimmed, upper hinge split, orig. cloth, spine faded, and with small nick at head, 8vo, plus Moore (John Murray), New Zealand for the Emigrant, Invalid, and Tourist, 1st ed., 1890, four maps, one plt., pub's cat. at rear, orig. cloth, lightly soiled, spine faded and just beginning to split at joints, 8vo, plus Williams (William), A Dictionary of the New Zealand Language, and a Concise Grammar.. 2nd ed., 1852, browned, and with intermittent foxing, orig. cloth, spine faded and with sl. loss at ends, upper cover with a few marks, 8vo (4)
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Hamilton (Sir William). Observations on Mount Vesuvius, Mount Etna, and other Volcanos: in a Series of Letters, Addressed to the Royal Society to which are added, explanatory notes by the author, hitherto unpublished, new ed., 1774, five single-page eng. plts., folding eng. map, contemp. sprinkled full calf, joints partly cracked, minor wear to extrems., 8vo (1)
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Victoria (1837-1901), Diamond Jubilee, 1897, large bronze medal, by ? (unsigned), diademed bust left within concentric inscription, rev. nine-line inscription upon map of the Empire, 69mm. (Brown II, 3585), the otherwise plain edge engraved in running script '22 June 1897, Bicycle Competition Prize, M.P. Loader Symonds', some light bruising to rims both sides, otherwise very fine or better, the medal a rare commemorative with the added cycling interest; and another unrelated Victorian bronze prize medal, this extremely fine (2)
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