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Lot 1405
A quantity of Pens including two of Parker 51's in maroon and grey, a stainless steel Parker 45 fountain pen & propelling pencil, a brown marbled fountain pen,a Parker propelling pencil, an Acme Dog Whistle, cigarette holder with ejector, compass/dial map measure, novelty pencil sharpener in form of a field gun, silver rimmed glass pin jar, etc.
![[Leslie, Charles] A New History of Jamaica from the Earliest Accounts to the Taking of Porto Bello by Vice-Admiral Vernon In](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/765517a4-44f8-4e04-8d69-aa00009f365c/3b049c9f-3e1d-4a4e-aa80-aa0a00f1adeb/468x382.jpg)
Lot 126
[Leslie, Charles] A New History of Jamaica from the Earliest Accounts to the Taking of Porto Bello by Vice-Admiral Vernon In Thirteen Letters from a Gentleman to his Friend. Printed for J. Hodges, at the Looking-glass on London-bridge, 1740. 8vo, full calf, spine gilt in compartments; pp. iv, 340; 2 folding maps (tearing to one crease of first map, slight affecting image, map still whole). Second edition. Leslie was a Barbadian writer from a family with strong Caribbean connections. These letters cover aspects of Jamaican life and history from the laws to the lawless - especially pirates. The book is an important source on the slave trade of the time, recording the conditions in which they were kept and their customs and beliefs. It was first published in 1739, during a period of rising tension between Britain and Spain over Caribbean possesions, and this second edition added a new chapter touching on Vernon's successes against Spain.. Binding a little scuffed and bumped with loss of gilt to spine, internally toned and water-stained, with marking to maps, still a good copy.
Lot 110
London A collection of c. 40 plans and maps of the Cities of London and Westminster and their environs, especially Southwark. Various dates, sizes, publishers and artists, c.1723-1860; variously mounted, some laid down on card, some on linen, some loose. Compiled by a District Surveyor of the City of London, this collection focuses on the same area across the 18th and 19th century. This focus allows a dramatic view of the constant pace of development and expansion across the City. Amongst the maps are City Guides for tourists, street views and other plans including Faden's Pocket Plan 1812, sometime annotated in red and blue showing troop dispositions during the 1816 Spitalfields Riots (a not unsurprising number of positions mark locations around Grosvenor and Portman Squares and the Bank, the Mint and Somerset House). Amongst the most interesting maps are the sewer systems for 1847, 1850, 1854 and 1860 - crossing the period of the infamous Soho cholera outbreak and the beginnings of Bazalgette's majestic sewerage system. There is also an eye to comparisons, with two maps (1807 and 1814) mounted side-by-side to show before and after Regent's Park. The earliest map is the most striking in terms of the changes to the area. Vertue's 1723 edition of John Leake's 1667 map shows the aftermath of the Great Fire, the comparison to the mid-19th century examples is incredible. The precise focus of the collection allows for a detailed examination of how London changed from the conflagration which levelled it, to the period of huge growth during the Industrial Revolution. These maps tell a story through the movements of the lines and dots of their engravers. with Stanford's New Map of the County of London, 1894 (loose between boards, lacking 7 and 12) and two others.. Highly variable with creasing to edges, some foxing, spotting, staining, etc and occasional tearing.
![Barrie, J.M. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. Hodder & Stoughton, [c.1910]. 8vo, org. green cloth, upper board with centr](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/765517a4-44f8-4e04-8d69-aa00009f365c/4c0bdca0-ed60-46c0-a5d8-aa0a00f186c6/468x382.jpg)
Lot 26
Barrie, J.M. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. Hodder & Stoughton, [c.1910]. 8vo, org. green cloth, upper board with central gilt image, spine lettered in gilt, map endpapers, restored dj; pp. [12 (half-title, verso blank, title, verso 'From The Little White Bird', dedication, verso blank, contents, verso blank, illustrations (3), verso blank)]; colour frontis. after Rackham retaining captioned guard, 23 colour plates after Rackham retaining captioned guards with loosely inserted H&S postcard. Trade edition.. DJ dusty with creased and worn edges, head and foot of spine a little bumped, foxing to edges, internally generally clean.
Lot 104
Brighton The Three Grand Routes from Brighton to London, and Topography of that Fashionable Watering Place. Brighton: Printed by J. Forbes for W. Saunders, 1815. 8vo, half calf over marbled boards, blue speckled edges; pp. [2 (title, verso blank)], [iv]-viii (poss. lacking half-title), 96, [2 (Errata, Directions to Binder)]; large folding map frontis of ''Brighthelmstone'', folding map of roads leading to London, hand-coloured, cut too close with loss of margin and small loss to side of map, two plates (as called for in Directions). A guide to Brighton (including a description of the interior of the Marine Pavillion from the year Nash began his developments) and the main road routes, including towns, farms and inns along the route. Poss. second edition, Worldcat lists an earlier 1811 edition printed in Lewes. Seemingly scarce with Worldcat and Copac listing the 1811 only at the V&A and the 1815 at the BL. We have been unable to easily trace a copy at auction.. Binding worn with cracking to joints, though boards still attached, internally spotted and stained but still good.
Lot 146
Lloyd (Llewellyn) The Game Birds and Wild Fowl of Sweden and Norway, Warne, 1867, second edition, 48 chromolitho plates, lacking map, top edge gilt, original green cloth gilt (wear to joints); Committee of Inquiry on Grouse Disease, The Grouse in Health and Disease, The Popular Edition of the Report of the Committee ..., 1912, plates and maps as called for, dust wrapper (worn); 'The Sportsman', British Sports and Sportsmen - Shooting and Deerstalking, 1913, limited edition 1000, folio, top edge gilt, original cloth; with a small quantity of others on shooting and game birds
Lot 135
Pronti, Domenico Nuova Raccolta di Vedutine Antiche della Citta di Roma, 1795. Paper wrappers; 100 images on 50 plates. Book 1 only. with Giovannoli, Aloisio. Vedute degli antichi vestigj di Roma. Rome, [1616]. eng. title and 44 double-page engravings sometime bound between boards, no. 1-44 some loose but present. Being part one only of the work, lacking folding map. A series of views of mausoleums, arches etc. enlivened by street scenes of martyrs and other exciting Christian legendary.
Lot 28
Milne, A.A. Winnie-the-Pooh. Methuen & Co., 'First published in 1926'. 8vo, org. publisher's limp blue leather gilt, a.e.g., map endpapers, blue silk marker (detached but loosely inserted); illus by Shephard. First deluxe edition, produced at the same time as the first edition.. Spine sunned, with slight sunning round edge of spine and top edge of lower board, bar small patch of offsetting from previously inserted leaves to inner margins pp. 30-1 and 80-1, clean internally. An attractive copy of a delightful book.
Lot 103
Richmond Registrum Honoris de Richmond. R. Gosling, 1722. Folio, sometime rebound in half leather, spine ruled in gilt, contrasting morocco lettering-piece, all edges red; pp. [2 (title, verso blank)], xxxv, [3 (blank, subscribers (2))], 106, [16 (Index (15), Errata (1))], [8 (Appendix contents)], 286, [30 (Index (29), Errata (1)]; 14 eng. plates (some double-page), 1 map, eng. vig. to title, vigs to text, woodcut headpieces, main work printed in red and black. In Latin.. Some pages toned with variable foxing throughout but very good.
Lot 84
Kelly, Christopher The Memorable Battle of Waterloo. Thomas Kelly, 1817. 4to, full calf, spine gilt in compartments, contrasting morocco lettering-piece in one, marbled endpapers; eng. frontis., additional eng. title, 18 eng. plates, one hand-coloured folding map. with Anon. A Correct and Circumstantial Account of the Battle of Waterloo including every Interesting particular relative to That Glorious Victory. Manchester: J. Gleave, 1816. 8vo, later boards; additional eng. title, four plates, one folding hand-coloured plan, one folding hand-coloured view (lacking port. frontis.). with two others [4]. Kelly with touch of edgeware to boards, joints a little rubbed but tight, internally occasionally foxed etc esp. to margins but a very good copy in a handsome binding. Correct Account upper board detached with first pages but all present bar frontis, generally toned etc internally.
![A Staff Officer [Wilson, Thomas] The Defence of Lucknow. Smith, Elder, and Co., 1858. 16mo, org boards (lacking spine but sti](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/765517a4-44f8-4e04-8d69-aa00009f365c/730f196f-f4d5-4c6f-88dc-aa0e00a7eecc/468x382.jpg)
Lot 89
A Staff Officer [Wilson, Thomas] The Defence of Lucknow. Smith, Elder, and Co., 1858. 16mo, org boards (lacking spine but still attached); pp. iv, 224, 16; folding map. A sharply contemporary account of the brutal siege of Lucknow (the siege had been lifted a mere two months before publication). Published anonymously for 'military reasons', Wilson's diary records daily life in the middle of the punishing fire and ends with appendixes of casualty lists and further reports on events.. Spine lacking, boards worn, but generally good.
Lot 129
Noé, Louis Pantaléon Jude Amédée, comte de Memoires relatifs a l'expedition Anglaise. Paris: Chez Nepveu, Libraire, passage des Panoramas, 1826. 8vo, sometime rebound in green pebble cloth, spine lettered in gilt, retaining org. wrappers; pp. [4], [i]-iii, blank, [1]-288, [4]; 19 coloured lithographs, 2 folding maps. First ed. De Noé fled the French Revolution to England, like many other aristocrats. There he joined the British army, receiving a post in Bengal. He served in the 1798-1800 military campaign to drive the French out of Egypt. This book gives a personal recollection of the campaign, given a unique twist by the perspective of a French Royalist serving with the British army, as well as a Western eye on Eastern life. There is something of the travel writer about de Noé, as he records city life, customs and fashions and other aspects of the countries through which he goes. The striking lithographs continue this theme, with the main part of them devoted to costume studies - military and civilian.. Binding a little scuffed, tearing to lower margin of first map, not affecting image, small marginal tear to second map, just touching border, generally clean text bloc, plates with a little offsetting from text, one with staining to rear showing on image, one with marking to image, otherwise colours remain bright, a very good copy.
Lot 2031
Collection of three framed antique maps: Jean Janvier 18th-century map of the southern part of the Low Countries, an 18th-century map of Belgium (both hand-coloured copper engravings on laid/chain-lined paper), and a county map of Westmorland after Richard Blome, unexamined out of frames (3)
![Morden, Robert (1650-1703). Map of Warwickshire, hand-coloured copper engraving on laid/chain-lined paper [1695 or later], ag](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1c5ee9b2-50b9-4930-900d-aa0800d510cb/a2dc0b73-c280-4e98-a582-aa0a0107ca6c/468x382.jpg)
Lot 204
Architectural: An impressive pair of Georgian style wrought iron gates last quarter 19th century the gates surmounted by an earl’s coronet flanked by pilasters with supporting back struts the gates 260cm high by 320cm wide, the pilasters 300cm high by 50cm wide the whole approx 450cm wide See also lot 205 and 206 Provenance: Easton Lodge, Great Dunmow, Essex, England. It was one of many country houses destroyed during the 20th century. Part of the west wing (rebuilt as a separate house after a fire in 1918 for use as servants’ quarters) still stands; and the Grade II listed gardens designed by Harold Peto have been largely restored and opened to the public. Designed by Thomas Hopper, Easton Lodge replaced an earlier Elizabethan mansion built in 1597 by Henry Maynard, which had been destroyed by fire in 1847. The Elizabethan house had itself replaced an earlier hunting lodge, situated by the church, which had been granted to Henry Maynard in 1590 by Queen Elizabeth I. Most famous of those who lived at the house was Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick, who was born Frances Evelyn Maynard at Easton Lodge in 1861 and inherited the estate when just four years old. She became a socialite and mistress to King Edward VII, and continued to live at Easton Lodge with her husband, the 5th Earl of Warwick after her marriage. As a result, the Lodge became famous for its society gatherings. Guests at Easton Lodge included George Bernard Shaw, Gustav Holst, Ramsay McDonald and HG Wells whose family lived in one of the estate properties. He, in turn, received visits from such notables as Dame Ellen Terry, AA Milne and Charlie Chaplin. In 1918, another fire severely damaged the Jacobean wings of the house. The fire is thought to have been started by one of the Countess’ pet monkeys. Major portions of the Estate were auctioned in 1919/20 and outlying parts had already been sold in the 1890’s. The Jacobean wing of the house was rebuilt after this second fire, and the Countess, having been widowed in 1924, eventually moved into the West Wing where she remained with her beloved animals until her death in 1938. In 1923, Daisy offered the whole estate to the Labour Party - they declined. She stood for Parliament as Labour candidate for Leamington & Warwick but lost out to Anthony Eden. Such was her commitment that in 1926 she then offered the entire estate to the TUC who were very keen to accept. Plans were made to develop Easton Lodge into a college and university but, after the General Strike in 1926 through which the TUC’s funds were severely depleted, the arrangement had to be abandoned as they were no longer able to finance such an institution. During World War II the estate was requisitioned by the War Office, leading to the destruction of some 10,000 trees to enable the construction of RAF Great Dunmow (also known as RAF Little Easton) in the former park. The house was largely demolished following its return by the military in 1950. After 30 years of abandonment the west wing was purchased in 1971 and is now used as a private house. The late 19th century stable cottages and a red brick water tower also remain, and are Grade II listed buildings. The Gardens of Easton Lodge are the only example in East Anglia of the work of the Edwardian garden designer, Harold Peto. Peto originally trained as an architect and brought to Easton Lodge his passion for Italianate, French and Japanese designs, including many architectural features. Peto’s 1902 designs for the Countess of Warwick included formal lawns, a sunken Italian garden, a yew walk, a treehouse, a glade and a Japanese garden. These impressive gates, which were the main in and out gates from the deer park to Easton Lodge, predate Peto’s involvement, but since they incorporate earl’s coronets and a ‘W’ for Warwick, for the 5th Earl of Warwick who moved into Easton Lodge following his marriage to Daisy Greville in 1881, they may have been part of an architectural scheme by the Scottish architect, William Young in 1884 most of which was never realised. Caption to B&W pic; Easton Lodge, showing one of the open pairs of gates. See also our website for an Ordnance survey map showing location of gates.
Lot 205
Architectural: An identical impressive pair of Georgian style gates last quarter 19th century the gates surmounted by an earl’s coronet flanked by pilasters with supporting back struts the gates 260cm high by 320cm wide, the pilasters 300cm high by 50cm wide the whole approx 450cm wide See also lots 204 and 206 Provenance: Easton Lodge, Great Dunmow, Essex, England. It was one of many country houses destroyed during the 20th century. Part of the west wing (rebuilt as a separate house after a fire in 1918 for use as servants’ quarters) still stands; and the Grade II listed gardens designed by Harold Peto have been largely restored and opened to the public. Designed by Thomas Hopper, Easton Lodge replaced an earlier Elizabethan mansion built in 1597 by Henry Maynard, which had been destroyed by fire in 1847. The Elizabethan house had itself replaced an earlier hunting lodge, situated by the church, which had been granted to Henry Maynard in 1590 by Queen Elizabeth I. Most famous of those who lived at the house was Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick, who was born Frances Evelyn Maynard at Easton Lodge in 1861 and inherited the estate when just four years old. She became a socialite and mistress to King Edward VII, and continued to live at Easton Lodge with her husband, the 5th Earl of Warwick after her marriage. As a result, the Lodge became famous for its society gatherings. Guests at Easton Lodge included George Bernard Shaw, Gustav Holst, Ramsay McDonald and HG Wells whose family lived in one of the estate properties. He, in turn, received visits from such notables as Dame Ellen Terry, AA Milne and Charlie Chaplin. In 1918, another fire severely damaged the Jacobean wings of the house. The fire is thought to have been started by one of the Countess’ pet monkeys. Major portions of the Estate were auctioned in 1919/20 and outlying parts had already been sold in the 1890’s. The Jacobean wing of the house was rebuilt after this second fire, and the Countess, having been widowed in 1924, eventually moved into the West Wing where she remained with her beloved animals until her death in 1938. In 1923, Daisy offered the whole estate to the Labour Party - they declined. She stood for Parliament as Labour candidate for Leamington & Warwick but lost out to Anthony Eden. Such was her commitment that in 1926 she then offered the entire estate to the TUC who were very keen to accept. Plans were made to develop Easton Lodge into a college and university but, after the General Strike in 1926 through which the TUC’s funds were severely depleted, the arrangement had to be abandoned as they were no longer able to finance such an institution. During World War II the estate was requisitioned by the War Office, leading to the destruction of some 10,000 trees to enable the construction of RAF Great Dunmow (also known as RAF Little Easton) in the former park. The house was largely demolished following its return by the military in 1950. After 30 years of abandonment the west wing was purchased in 1971 and is now used as a private house. The late 19th century stable cottages and a red brick water tower also remain, and are Grade II listed buildings. The Gardens of Easton Lodge are the only example in East Anglia of the work of the Edwardian garden designer, Harold Peto. Peto originally trained as an architect and brought to Easton Lodge his passion for Italianate, French and Japanese designs, including many architectural features. Peto’s 1902 designs for the Countess of Warwick included formal lawns, a sunken Italian garden, a yew walk, a treehouse, a glade and a Japanese garden. These impressive gates, which were the main in and out gates from the deer park to Easton Lodge, predate Peto’s involvement, but since they incorporate earl’s coronets and a ‘W’ for Warwick, for the 5th Earl of Warwick who moved into Easton Lodge following his marriage to Daisy Greville in 1881, they may have been part of an architectural scheme by the Scottish architect, William Young in 1884 most of which was never realised. Caption to B&W pic; Easton Lodge, showing one of the open pairs of gates. See also an Ordnance survey map showing location of gates.
Lot 118
EPHEMERA, selection, inc. Golf, reproduction tobacco showcard, Copes Tobaccos, with five comedy vignettes, 25 x 19.5, slight corner knocks; advertising, Parkinsons, Insect Powder, Cooling Powder, Eucalyptus Oil; Duckworth's Essences; invoice for R & J Hill 1904; magazine inserts, 1984 PG Tips Chimp calendar; Vasey's Tea poster; G.W.R. map of Devonshire, Oilette p/c's (10); hardback edition of Simple Simon and His Friends, illustrations by Charles Crombie; posters, It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (40 x 30), Ministry of Labour Demobilisation and Resettlement; prints from magazines inc. 'Goal' Boys Magazine etc., G to VG, Qty.
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