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[Napoleonic Wars]. 'State of New Iron Ordnance Proved at Woolwich for His Majesty's Service on the 26th and 27th June 1801 [-17th & 18th Aug[ust] 1803]', manuscript in brown ink on paper, [170] pp., comprising tables throughout, feint-ruled in red, versos with headings 'Marks and Numbers', 'Weight', 'Excess of Metal', Extreme Curvature in Bore', and 'Gauge of Instrument', cannon type and poundage and name of gunsmith recorded in left-hand margins, rectos with headings 'Remarks' and 'Condemnable by Instrument - Searching - Water Proof', contemporary vellum, royal arms gilt to front cover, vellum perished on spine but covers held by cords, covers soiled, wear to extremities, front cover bowed and with date crudely pencilled by hand, vellum lifting at corners, folio (48.2 x 35.2 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESThe majority of guns proved are carronades of various poundages, most cast by the Carron Company (of Falkirk), but many by Wiggin and Graham or other foundries. Other types of ordance include 'brass howitzers cast at the R[oyal] Foundry'.
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Turner (Joseph Mallord William). Picturesque Views on the Southern Coast of England..., engraved by W.B. Cooke, George Cooke, and other eminent engravers, 2 volumes bound as one, London: John and Arthur Arch et al., 1826, 48 engraved plates and 32 vignettes, some spotting throughout, autograph letter signed from William Alexander (Keeper of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum) dated 25 October 1814, to the publishers J. & A. Arch congratulating Arch and the other proprietors of the Southern Coast on the engraving by W. Cooke from Turner's beautiful drawing of Lyme Regis..., 2 pages with integral address leaf and third page with notes of a reply, 4to, tipped onto front free endpaper with specimens of W.B. Cooke and George Cooke's autographs on two separate sheets tipped onto following flyleaf recto, with an accompanying holograph note in respect of the inserted items by the original owner Dawson Turner, dated 1826, also noting that this is a large paper subscribers' copy, armorial bookplate of Josiah Vavasseur to front pastedown and armorial bookplate of S.L. Courtauld to endpaper facing, all edges gilt, contemporary blindstamped and gilt decorated dark green morocco with crest and monogram of Dawson Turner to upper and lower covers, rubbed at extremities, covers detached, folio (36 x 26 cm), Large paper copy (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Dawson Turner FRS (1775-1858), English banker, botanist and antiquary; Josiah Vavasseur CB (1834-1908), English industrialist who founded Vavasseur & Co. (also known as London Ordnance Works); Sir Stephen Lewis Courtauld MC FRS (1883-1967), English philanthropist and youngest brother of Samuel Courtauld, founder of the Courtauld Institute of Art.
Africa. A mixed collection of maps of the Gold Coast and German East Africa, mostly 19th & early 20th century, engraved, lithographic and manuscript maps, including Ordnance Survey (publishers). German East Africa Mahenge, German East Africa Massassi, German East Africa Ikoma and another four regional maps similar, circa 1916, together seven colour printed maps, some marginal fraying caused by rodent damage, each approximately 670 x 770 mm, together with War Office (publisher), Gold Coast, 1907, colour lithographic map, old folds, 540 x 590 mm, with another similar but published by Ordnance Survey in 1906, with Wallach (Henry, surveyor). A Map of the Gold Coast with part of Ashanti showing the positions and Areas of Mining Properties, 1901, two large lithographic maps, sectionalised and laid on linen, some spotting, each approximately 1040 x 780 mm, with another nine printed and manuscript maps similar, various sizes and condition (Qty: 20)
London. Wyld James, publisher), A New Map of the Country Twenty-five Miles round London, circa 1860. engraved map with bright contemporary hand colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, 1040 x 1315 mm, marbled endpapers, contained in a contemporary cloth slipcase with publisher's printed label to upper cover, case partially split along joints, together with: Cary (John). Cary's New Pocket Plan of London Westminster and Southwark with all the adjacent Buildings in St. George's Fields &c. &c., 1825, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, slight staining, 420 x 605 mm, marbled endpapers, contained in a contemporary card slipcase with printed title label to upper cover, case worn, Bacon (G. W., publisher). Bacon's Map of the Environs of London 12 Miles around Charing Cross, circa 1880, folding lithographic map with contemporary outline colouring, 640 x 795 mm, bound in contemporary cloth boards with decorative title label to upper cover, boards worn and faded, plus 1 0 other folding maps of London, The Thames Estuary and The River Thames, with examples by Stanford, Ravenstein, Reynolds, Ward and Ordnance survey, various sizes and condition (Qty: 13)
Folding Maps. A mixed collection of approximately fifty maps, mostly 19th & early 20th century, engraved and lithographic maps of British regions, maps of the British Isles and England & Wales, including examples by Ordnance Survey, W. H. Smith, Cruchley, Stanford, Jarrold, Betts, Cary, Wells and Bartholomew, various sizes and condition (Qty: approx. 50)
Miscellaneous military cap badges and cloth badges, including Royal Signals cloth patch, two parachute regiment patches, Royal Signals cloth badge, enamel parachute badge, Royal Highlands Black Watch badge, Royal Corps Army Ordnance badge, Scottish Cameron badge, South Staffordshire, Royal Engineers, Royal Corps Army Ordnance, Essex Regiment, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire cap badges, Royal Corps of Signals, Devonshire Regiment, London Rifle Brigade, AAC, The Devonshire Regiment, Notts & Derby amongst it together with a quantity of brass and chrome-plated buttons.
An album containing a quantity of early 20th century onwards British and worldwide topographical postcards including a number from Australia, a tin containing further postcards, an album containing family portraits, a late 19th century Ordnance Survey map of Bristol and the mouth of the river Severn, various autographs including Kevin Keegan, etc (4)
WORLD WAR I TWO GROUPS AND A PAIR TO THREE BROTHERS, COMPRISING THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE OFFICER'S BREAST BADGE (OBE) HALLMARKED 1919, BRITISH WAR MEDAL AND VICTORY MEDAL WITH 'MENTION' EMBLEM CAPT C W PACKFORD [ON PAIR] RAOC CAP BADGE AND ONE GOLD AND SIX SILVER ATHLETIC PRIZE WATCH FOB SHIELDS, TWO ENAMELLED, ALL INSCRIBED, DATED 1902-06, BRITISH WAR MEDAL AND VICTORY MEDAL 1015944 PTE L V PACKFORD 72 CAN INF, 1914-15 STAR, BRITISH WAR MEDAL AND VICTORY MEDAL 2007 PTE R B DE V PACKFORD OXF & BUCKS LI, SEVERAL SILVER WATCH FOB SHIELDS, A WHISTLE, 1939-1945 STAR, OAK BOX AND FOUR ALBUMS OF CAPT C W PACKFORD OF THE ROYAL ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS COMPRISING PRE WAR SCRAP BOOK OF FOOTBALL AND ATHLETIC PROGRAMMES AND PRESS CUTTINGS OF EVENTS IN WHICH HE PARTICIPATED, PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM, THE FLY LEAF INSCRIBED "WITH THE EGYPTIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE AND ADVANCED AMMUNITION DETACHMENT FROM CAIRO TO ALEPPO 1917-18-19", FILLED WITH MAINLY SMALL FORMAT SEPIA TONED SILVER PRINTS, INCLUDING MANY OF JERUSALEM, EGYPT, SYRIA, INCLUDING ISMALIA, KANTARA, EL ARISH, GAZA, DIER SINEID, LUDD, RAMLEH, TULKERAM, DAMASCUS, RAYAK, ZAHLE, BEIRUT AND ALEPPO (PRESUMABLY TAKEN BY C W PACKFORD), ON LINEN HINGED LEAVES, EXCELLENT ALBUM OF REAL PHOTOGRAPHIC POSTCARDS OF THE SUSSEX REGIMENT ON PARADE, CAMPS, DRUMHEAD SERVICE AND COMRADES AND ANOTHER OF SNAPSHOT PHOTOGRAPHS OF PACKFORD'S FAMILY, HIS MENTION IN DISPATCHES OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION (T/Lt (A/CAPT) C W PACKFORD RAOC) WITH CHURCHILL'S FACSIMILE SIGNATURE AND A CRAYON CARICATURE OF PACKFORD BY J B MELHUISHOBE: LONDON GAZETTE, 22 MARCH 1919, P3836, "FOR VALUABLE SERVICES RENDERED IN CONNECTION WITH MILITARY OPERATIONS IN EGYPT"CAPT CHARLES WILLIAM PACKFORD (B1880) PTE LIONEL VERNON PACKFORD (1881-1917) KILLED IN ACTION, PASSCHENDAELE? NEW BRITISH CEMETERY AND REGINALD BERTIE DE VERE PACKFORD (1888-1974) THREE OF THE SONS OF THE OXFORD JOURNALIST AND AUTHOR WILLIAM COPUS PACKFORD (1855-1919) FOR WHOM SEE PRECEDING LOT
Victorian to 1930s Maps and Guides, various maps many on cloth including Ordnance Survey, Manoeuvre Map Aldershot District, Country Round Aldershot (2) one with illustrated covers, 1934 Quarter Inch map fourth edition South east and London, 1922 Tourist Map Chichester, Bartholomew, Environs of Aldershot pocket series, Quarter Inch map London District and half inch maps (12) all with blue covers and three 1930s Ward Lock guides, together with Souvenir De Paris dated 1896 and Palais De Fontainebleau dated 1918, F, (27)
A 14 bore brass barrelled flintlock coaching carbine, by Sandwell (Stephen Sandwell, London), c 1775, 32” overall, 3 stage barrel 16½” with muzzle ring and octagonal breech with Tower private and maker’s proofs, and engraved with foliate border and ‘London’; slightly rounded lock with swan neck cock, the plate re-engraved ‘Sandwell’; walnut fullstock with brass mounts including flower engraved trigger guard, engraved butt plate tang, and ordnance style wavy sideplate; with replacement brass tipped ramrod. GWO & C (end of the fore end well replaced). Plate 13
A 10 bore India Pattern Brown Bess flintlock musket, c 1800, 55” overall, barrel 39” with ordnance proofs and engraved ‘I. ‘MLLM’ (Mid-Lothian Local Militia ?); rounded lock with swan neck cock, the plate stamped with crown over ‘GR’ and ‘Tower’ and with ordnance viewers mark; walnut fullstock, the butt bearing small crowned crossed sceptres mark and broad arrow over ‘BO’; with regulation brass mounts, sling swivels, and original steel ramrod. GWO & C, with old lacquered finish (the touch hole appears to have been bushed) Plate 16
A good .56” Tower long Sea Service flintlock belt pistol, 19½” overall, barrel 12” with Tower proofs, the lock with line engraved border and marked with crowned ‘GR’, ‘Tower’, and ordnance inspectors mark; walnut fullstock with regulation brass mounts, steel belt hook, and brass tipped ramrod, the butt with traces of ordnance storekeeper’s mark. GWO & Clean condition (small flaw to stock behind barrel tang). See front cover. .
An unusual small late 18th century brass barrelled flintlock blunderbuss, 16” overall, 2 stage bell mouth barrel 6¾”, being nearly 1¾” at the muzzle, a raised panel at the breech stamped ‘J. Finch/ N.York’ in oval, and with spurious crown over ‘GR’; stepped lock with pigeon breasted cock, stamped ‘T. Ketland & Co’ (the last part indistinct), dark walnut fullstock with brass mounts, including French style trigger guard, British ordnance pattern side plate recently machine engraved with serial number 0010320, and apparently originally having a belt hook; with brass tipped ebony ramrod. Generally GC (age wear and patina overall, action fails to hold on full cock, lock lightly pitted).
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