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A Japanese Imari porcelain circular dish, Meiji period, painted with a central dragon roundel surrounded with a formal border of vignettes filled with chrysanthemums, brocade panels and ho-o birds against an iron red ground filled with gilt lotus heads and tendrils, pseudo Chinese Chenghua mark to base, diameter approx 38.5cm.
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Glycine, a lady's Art Deco platinum, emerald and diamond wristwatch, circa 1930, no.7306, silvered dial with black Arabic numerals, two piece hinged case with small old-cut diamond borders and pierced lugs set with small calibre emeralds, on a later black crocodile strap, Swiss 17 jewel rectangular movement, two adjustments, one 1 temperature, and signed 'K&O Glycine Watch Co'
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A silver flying trophy cup and cover by Asprey & Co. Ltd, London 1936, the spherical body engraved as a globe with two wing-shaped handles, the cover with an orb and eagle finial, on a tapering stem and a round base, 31.5cm (12.5in) high, 593g (19 oz); on an ebonised socle with an inscribed silver plaque 'Blind Flying Challenge Cup, Presented by Lady Hay Drummond-Hay, President of the Women's International Association of Aeronautics, 1936' and 'Jean Batten, 1937-8', 39cm (15.5in) high overall Jean Gardner Batten (1909 - 1982) was one of the illustrious and glamorous aviatrix heroines of the 1930's, her flying adventures making her as famous as Emilia Lockhart and Amy Johnson, and a national hero in her native New Zealand. Born in Rotorua, New Zealand in 1909, she was inspired by the pioneering flights of Charles Lindberg's Atlantic crossing (1927) and the Australian Charles Kingsford Smith's Pacific crossing (1928). Determined to become a pilot, Batten moved to London in 1930 to take flying lessons, qualifying for both her private 'A' license and commercial pilot's license in 1931. That year, Amy Johnson set the record for flying from England to Australia in 20 days, and Batten embarked on a course to beat that record. In 1933 Batten made two attempts at Johnson's record in a De Havilland Gypsy Moth DH60 biplane. Both attempts failed, the first with a crash landing in Karachi, the second with a similar fate near Rome. On 8th May 1934, Batten made her third attempt, and succeeded in flying the 10,500 miles from London to Darwin in 14 days and 22 hours, smashing Johnson's record by 6 days. Her return flight to England made her the first ever pilot to fly the round trip of England-Australia-England. Back in England, Batten obtained a new aircraft, a Percival Gull monoplane, which was more technically advanced than the Gypsy Moth with brakes, landing flaps and a greater fuel range. This enabled her to set a new record for the England to Brazil route, when she flew the 5000 miles in 2 days and 13 hours, becoming the first woman pilot to do so. In 1936 she embarked on her most famous journey, the first ever attempt at flying from England to New Zealand, and completed this epic 14,000 mile trip in just 11 days and 45 minutes, with her new aircraft giving her the range to fly across the Tasman Sea. On 16th October 1936, Batten landed at Magare airport in Auckland in front of a crowd of 8000 people, and the record for the she set would remain unbroken for 44 years. Heralded as a national hero, the Maoris honoured Batten with the title 'Hine - o - te - Rangi', or 'Daughter of the Skies'. 1937 saw the last of her record attempts when she set a new record for the flight from Australia to England in 5 days and 18 hours, making her the first pilot to hold the solo record for this journey in both directions. After this voyage she retired from public view and became an increasingly reclusive figure, which along with the ruthless methods with which she had used the men in her life, earning her the epithet 'Garbo of the Skies'. Jean Batten's accomplishments are put into context by the fact that she flew without radio, and used her own navigational skills, a map, watch and simple compass to achieve her records. She was world famous during the 1930's and showered with honours including being the only non-royal to receive Brazil's Officer Of The Order Of The Southern Cross. She gained the Chevalier de Legion d'Honeur in France and a CBE in Britain. From the United States she won the Women's International Association Of Aeronautics Challenge cup three years running, and it is the third of those cups offered here. Jean Batten is further remembered for posterity in New Zealand with Auckland airport's international terminal bearing her name, and a pavilion to her achievements in Auckland's Museum of Transportation and Technology. The presenter of the cup, Lady Grace Hay-Drummond-Hay (nee Grace Marquerite Letheridge 1895-1948), was not a pilot her
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HUXLEY (ALDOUS) The Genius and the Goddess, 1st ed, dustwr, Chatto, 1955; Adonis and The Alphabet, 1st ed, dustwr, Chatto, 1956; On Art and Artists, 1st ed, dustwr, 1960 and 2 other 1sts orig. cl.--DAY LEWIS (C.) Poems 1943-1947, 1st ed, clipped dustwr, Cape, 1948--ELIOT (T.S.) Little Gidding, 1st ed, orig. wraps, spine faded, Faber, 1942--GANDHI The Story of My Experiments with Truth, 1st UK, dustwr, Phoenix Press, 1949--SANTAYANA (GEORGE) Some Turns of Thought in Modern Philosophy, 1st UK, spotted dustwr, Cambridge, 1933 --and 3 others (12) LOCATION O
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CHRISTIE (AGATHA) 4.50 From Paddington, 1st ed, clipped dustwr, 1957--PETERS (ELLIS) The Hermit of Eyton Forest, 1st ed, dustwr, Headline, 1897--DOYLE (A CONAN) Sherlock Holmes, The Complete Long stories, 1st ed, orig. cl., spine faded, 1929--ROBERTS (S.C.) Holmes and Watson, A Miscellany, 1st ed, dustwr, OUP, 1953--and 3 others (7) LOCATION O
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DRINKWATER (JOHN) A History of The Late Siege of Gibraltar, 4th ed, 6 engr. folding plates, 4 folding maps (repaired on folds), contemp. calf, rubbed, upper cover detached, 4to, 1790--BROWNRIGG (BEATRICE) The Life and Letters of Sir John Moore, 1st ed, Inscribed by the Author, orig. cl., Oxford, 1923--HUTCHINSON'S PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE WAR, 17 vols, orig. blue cl. gilt, some spotting, 1945--and 6 others (25) LOCATION O
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LEES-MILNE (JAMES) Venetian Evenings, 1st ed, dustwr, Collins, 1988--VAN DER POST (LAURENS) A Story Like the Wind, 1st ed, dustwr; Journey into Russia, 2nd imp., dustwr, 1964; The Night of The New Moon, 2nd imp, clipped dustwr, 1970--LEIGH FERMOR (PATRICK) Between The Woods and The Water, 2nd ed, dustwr, 1986--ELLIOTT (C. BROOKE) The Real Ceylon, new ed, Inscribed by the Author, orig. pict. cl., headcap worn, Colombo, n.d. {1939}--and 2 others (8) LOCATION O
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CLARK (C. S.) The Lanchester Legacy, Vol. 1 1895 to 1931, mint in dustwr, loose inside are 2 TLS from the Author, 4to, 1995--SMITH (BRIAN) The Daimler Tradition, dustwr, small 4to, 1972, and 1 other on cars--REED (BRIAN) Diesel-Hydraulic Locomotives of the Western Region, dustwr, 1974--and 6 others on trains (10) LOCATION O
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Ogilvie, Will H - Whaup o The Rede, A Ballad of the Border Raiders: Dalbeattie, Thomas Fraser, 1909, 4to, grey covered boards, red buckram spine, gilt titles to spine and upper board, 126pp, seven illustrations by Tom Scott, including frontispiece; Ball, Richard - Penny Farthing: London, Country Life, 1931, 4to, pencil illustrations by G D Armour, ix prelims, 162pp; a further horse related title (3)
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Augustus O. Lamplough, Chester, watercolour Augustus Osbourne Lamplough A.R.C.A., B.W.S. (1877 - 1930), Chester from the river Dee, signed and dated 1901, watercolour over pencil, 26.5 x 43.5cm.; 10.5 x 17.25in. * Studied at Chester School of Art. Lived in North Wales. Exhibited many works at the Fine Art Gallery, London.
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