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Click here to subscribeMeccano Dinky Toys model Ships - a rare cast iron painted two section curved coastal landscape and dock harbour wall, with swing gantry, electric light up ends, separate light house, ships inc 51c Italia Line Rex, 51d Empress of Britain, 51E P & O Strathaird 52c Cie Transatlantic Normandie, etc; others similar solid cast metal, part over painted, 21 ships total (23)
[Diaper, William]. Nereides: or, Sea-Eclogues, 1st edition, printed by J. H. for E. Sanger, 1712, woodcut title device and headpieces, engraved sepia bookplate with earl's coronet and monogram 'O' , pasted label (probably a catalogue note) effaced from front pastedown, contemporary sprinkled calf, floral devices gilt to spine compatments, gilt frame to covers, a little light wear to extremities, 8vo (19.3 x 11.1 cm) (Qty: 1)ESTC T126092; Foxon D294; Rothschild 796. Nereides, dedicated to Congreve, brought the author to the attention of Jonathan Swift.
Du Noyer (Anne Marguerite Petite). Letters from a Lady at Paris to a Lady at Avignon. Containing a Particular Account of the City, the Politicks, Intrigues, Gallantry, and Secret History of the First Quality in France, 2 volumes, 1st edition in English, for W. Mears and J. Browne, 1716-17, woodcut title-devices and head- and tailpieces, bound pink silk page-markers, contemporary panelled calf, richly gilt spines, twin red and green morocco labels, lion device gilt to sides, 8vo (Qty: 2)Provenance: Francis Longe of Spixworth Park, Norfolk (engraved bookplates by Hixon; armorial binding). ESTC N19972 (volume 1, calling for eight preliminary pages: probably ) & T141329 (volume 2). Rare first edition in English of this epistolary novel which gratified a taste for 'travels, scandals, and pseudo-histories' (Shipley, Dictionary of World Literature ) and influenced figures as diverse as Richard Steele and the Marquis de Sade. Rare: ESTC identifies four and six copies for each of the respective volumes; o ne copy, of the third edition (1716), traced in auction records.
Marbodus of Rennes. De lapidibus pretiosis Encheridion, cum scholiis Pictorii Villingensis. Eivsdem Pictorii de lapide molari carmen, [Freiburg: Faber], 1531, 55, [1] ff., neat old ink notes in Latin to title and final leaf verso, bound as fourth and final item, after: Paul of Aegina , Pharmaca Simplicia, Othone Brunfelsio interprete. Item de Ratione Victus, Guilelmo Copo ... interprete, Strasbourg: Georgius Ulricher Andlanus, 1531 , device on title and final blank verso, blank M7 present, woodcut initials, title dust-soiled and with old ink inscriptions partly erased, old ink notes in German to final three blank pages, bound before Valla (Giorgio) , De simplicium natura liber unus, Strasbourg: Heinrich Seybold, 1528, 104 unnumbered leaves, title within ornamental woodcut border (small damp stain to centre of leaf), errata on final leaf recto, bound before [Odo de Meudon] , Aemilius Macer De herbarum virtutibus, cum Joannis Atrociani com[m]entariis longe utilissimis, & nu[m]quam antea impressis, [and] Strabo (Walafrid) , Poetae et Theologi clarissimi, Hortulus vernantissimus, 2 parts in one volume, Freiburg: Johann Faber, 1530, neat old ink notes to lower margins of two preliminary leaves and final leaf blank verso (in the same hand as Marbodus), Hebrew characters in red ink to title, manuscript contents list in a later hand to front free endpaper, contemporary blind-stamped vellum with two brass clasps, upper cover with ownership monogram blind-stamp 'A.W.], remains of later paper library spine label, rubbed, some edge wear, 8vo (15 x 10 cm) (Qty: 1)1) Ferguson II, 74; STC 593; Krivatsy 152; Thorndike I, 775; VD16 M 931; Wellcome I, 4039. The first edition of this work by Marbodus, bishop of Rennes (c.1035-1123), describing 60 stones and precious stones and their miraculous powers in 743 hexameters, was published in 1511; the second in his 'Opera' (Rennes, 1524); then in the present edition which was reprinted in the same year in Paris. It is the first edition edited by Pictorius. 'Of medieval Latin Lapidaries the earliest and what also seems to have been the classic on the subject of the marvelous properties of stones' (Thorndike). 2) Adams P496; VD16 ZV 12239; Wellcome I, 4874. 3) VD16 V 195; Wellcome I, 6437. Rare compendium of herbs and their medicinal properties. 4) Adams O62; Durling 2892; Pritzel 5711 (under Macer Floridus); VD16 O 270. This is the second edition to contain the commentary of Johannes Atrocianus, a professor of mathematics at Basel. It was revised and expanded from that which appeared in 1527. Strabo was the Abbot of Reichenau. The poem is the first known gardening book of the medieval period and was written about 842, the first printed edition appearing in 1510.
Collyer (Joseph). The Parent's and Guardian's Directory, and the Youth's Guide, in the Choice of a Profession or Trade. Containing I. An Essay on the Education of the Tradesman and Mechanics. II. The Qualifications Necessary for those designed for the three Learned Professions. III. An Account of the several Trades and Mechanic Arts, 1st edition, for R. Griffiths, 1761, front pastedown with inscription 'Stotfold School Library 1846' and engraved bookplate of H. O. Roe incorporating a beehive surmounted by a stag, contemporary tan sheep, double gilt frame to sides, repairs to top and bottom spine compartments, 8vo (16.4 x 9.8 cm) (Qty: 1)ESTC T108820. No other copy traced at auction since 1966; ESTC identifies six copies world-wide.
William Bill Read Battle of Britain typed letter regarding the loss of Fred Rushmer, P/O Rafter and being shot down on Oct 15th. From collection of BOB historian Ted Sergison. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
Perspective Study. Drawing of a Man O' War, early 19th century, circular pen and ink drawing on paper, depicting a portion of a large sailing ship on a chequered floor, paper uniformly toned, a few pale spots, short worm trail lower right (paper-repaired on verso and inked in), diameter 18 cm (7 ins), framed and glazed (Qty: 1)
Domestic Architecture. Gabled house with dog, 1844, watercolour with pen & ink, laid down on later card, depicting the front facade of a clapboard house with red tiled roof, two projecting gables, and leaded casements, an upper window with the face of a woman visible inside, cottage garden in front of house, with cat, plant theatre, large topiary yew clipped to form two arches, and wooden paling fence and gate, dog beside cobbled lane in foreground, ink signature 'O. Small' lower left, and initials 'O.D.' with date 1844 lower right, tip of lower right blank corner torn away, 15 x 20.5 cm (6 x 8 ins), framed and glazed, backboard with reproduction of obscured early manuscript on verso of picture 'Charles Small of Charr[...?] was Born in this House in the year of Our Lord 1794 and lived in it till the year 1850' (Qty: 1)
Bible. The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New, printed by the Assigns of John Bill, and by Henry Hills, and Thomas Newcomb, 1684, bound after: The Book of Common-Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments, printed by the Assigns of John Bill [and others], 1683, and before: The Whole Book of Psalms ... printed by J. Macock, for the Company of Stationers, 1683, Bible with general title-page and separate New Testament title-page, text ending on 2O12, browning throughout, the occasional spot or mark, BCP title-page partially tipped to front free endpaper, the endpaper detached from front pastedown at foot, small chips to lower outer corners of Bible leaf R2 and Whole Book of Psalms C1 costing a few letters, a few headlines shaved (mainly in the Psalms), all edges gilt, contemporary black goatskin, richly gilt spine, covers gilt with concentric French fillet panels, floral cornerpieces, and central monogram 'M O', section of expert restoration to rear cover,12mo (14.8 x 8.5 cm) (Qty: 1)Provenance: engraved bookplate of Revd T. Milville Raven, clergyman and early amateur photographer, Photographic Society of Scotland prizewinner and curate of St Radegund's, Scruton, Yorkshire, from 1861 to 1866. This edition not in Herbert.
AN ENGLISH 18CT GOLD CYLINDER WATCH, VULLIAMY LONDON code a c a o, with enamel dial, gold hands, gilt full plate movement with finely pierced and engraved balance, dust cap, plain case with milled band, casemaker Frederick Humbert, London 1819, 4.6cm++In apparently good working order, dial damaged, case with light wear scratches, both hinges closing tightly, bow replaced by a small later gold ring for suspension
ANGLO BOER WAR GROUP OF FOUR Queen's South Africa Medal four clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg and Diamond Hill, King's South Africa Medal two clasps, South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902, British War Medal and Victory Medal 5443 PTE W WHITTINGTON DERBY REGT [5443 PTE W WHITTINGTON NOTTS & DERBY REGT on KSA, 265202 W O CL 2 W WHITTINGTON NOTTS & DERBY R on pair], a Chinese silver cigarette case engraved Presented to Sgt Whittington 1st Sherwood Foresters by the Officers & Men Customs Coy S.V.C. Sprint Training 1903, a lady's silver cigarette case, a Chinese carved rosewood walking cane with silver tau handle, a silver prize fob shield of 'H' Company 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters 1898 for Best Men at Arms inscribed Won by W Whittington, an oval sepia photograph of the recipient, South Africa 1900 chocolate tin, bible presented by his Sunday School teacher 1884, press cutting and War Veterans Dinner Souvenir album, Empress Rink, Nottingham, June 20th 1911 [his name on p133]Provenance: the recipient; thence by descent to the present vendor
A COLLECTION OF HORNBY O GAUGE RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES, ROLLING STOCK AND ACCESSORIES including two 0-4-0 locomotives, six wagons, four vans including breakdown van and crane, passenger coach, level crossing, water tank, signals and points, all boxed++Variable condition, mostly good, the boxes with lesser or greater signs of wear, several rather grubby or soiled with loss, others in better condition
Base e colonna rivestiti in ottone ornata da indicatore di selezione progettato con metalli in rilievo e smalto, console in acrilico fumé con vani contenenti giradischi Thorens, una torretta di lavorazione B&O, un lettore di cassette Sony e vano contenitore per cassette, altoparlanti mimetizzati da dischi in ottone sporgenti, reca monogramma e firma Alain Delon sulla colonna, H cm 177x139x102 (usure) Raro esemplare prodotto in serie limitata. Prodotto e distribuito in Italia da R.S.D.Collezioni di Arredamento. Bibliografia di riferimento: Catalogo originale del distributore in Italia; Casa Vogue – Novembre 1977.
An Italian silver-covered bonbon dish, early 19th century, marked 'O. Pini' to a leg and the inside rim of the lid, the spreading circular pull-off top with a ball finial on a rosette, the bowl within an open frame with a pierced frieze to the top, on three supports with cast masks to the top, with reeded panels terminating in cloven feet joined by floral swags, on a joined tripartite base with a chased foliate frieze, 19cm high,19.5ozt
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