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Tolkien (J.R.R.) [The Lord of the Rings], 3 vol., comprising The Fellowship of the Ring, first impression, contemporary ink gift inscription to browned front free endpaper, light ofsetting to pastedown with light tape staining, cloth lightly spotted, spine lightly faded, dust-jacket, heavy tape staining to all edges, large portion of loss to spine head and smaller one to spine tail, rubbed, light surface soiling, 1954; The Two Towers, tenth impression, heavy tape staining to pastedowns with biro marking, cloth lightly damp-stained and discoloured, extremities a little frayed, 1963; The Return of the King, first impression, ownership inscription to pastedown, cut upper panel dust-jacket laid down to front free endpaper, spine ends bumped, 1955, original cloth; and a second impression copy of The Return of the King, 8vo (4)
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Dahl (Roald) The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, first edition, presentation inscription from the author "The owner of this book will have a lucky year" to front free endpapers, very lightly spotted, original cloth, spine ends lightly bumped, dust-jacket, light creasing to spine ends, some light marking to lower panel, otherwise a near-fine copy overall, 8vo, 1977.
World.- Blaeu (Willem Janszoon) Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula, world map on Mercator's projection, with largely identical geographical information as found on Blaeu's wall map of 1605, elaborately decorated with ships, sea monsters, compass roses, and ornate border panels, the upper panel features allegorical representations of the sun, moon and the five known planets, the lower panel showing the seven wonders of the ancient world, with the elements and seasons featured in the left and right panels accordingly, engraving with early hand-colouring, a good impression of Shirley's fourth state (of five), on laid paper with indistinct watermark, platemark 410 x 545 mm (16 1/8 x 21 1/2 in), sheet 478 x 567 mm (18 1/2 x 22 1/4 in), Latin text verso, some light spotting and toning to sheet, minor surface dirt, unframed, Amsterdam, [circa 1635-58]Literature:Shirley 255 iv/v⁂ A masterpiece in world mapping from the Golden Age of Dutch Cartography.
Fleming (Ian) Goldfinger, first edition, original boards with skull design blocked in gilt and blind, spine lettered in gilt, very slight bumping to spine tips, spine a little dulled, dust-jacket, light toning to spine and lower panel, neat tape repair to spine head verso, light fraying to spine ends but overall an excellent copy, 8vo, 1959.
Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., comprising The Fellowship of the Ring, second impression, small ink ownership name to lightly spotted front free endpapers, light toning to half-title, 1954, The Two Towers, fourth impression, third impression jacket, small ink ownership name to lightly spotted front free endpapers, 1956, The Return of the King, third impression, staining and 3cm closed tear to lower panel, 1955, first edition, folding maps, browning to endpapers, original cloth, spine ends and corners a little bumped, dust-jackets, all price-clipped, light surface soiling to panels, spines browned, ends lightly creased and frayed, still overall sharp copies, 8vo.
*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed ***Adams (Douglas) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, first hardback edition, endpapers very lightly foxed, original cloth, first state dust-jacket with "Capricorn One" advertisement on rear panel, light chipping to spine ends, spine lightly toned, light denting to lower panel, 8vo, 1979.⁂ A superb copy of this keystone of 20th century sci-fi literature, very rare in commerce, especially with the first state jacket. The conceit was originally a radio series, broadcast in 1978 on BBC Radio 4, with Adams later developing the Hitchhiker's Guide into a "trilogy" of five books which sold more than fifteen million copies during his lifetime.
Huxley (Aldous) Brave New World, first edition, internally fine, original cloth, spine lightly sunned, dust-jacket, price-clipped, one or two light foxing marks to lower flap, spine ends a little frayed, short closed tear to upper panel head, otherwise a bright, near-fine example overall, 8vo, 1932.⁂ A superbly bright and clean example of Huxley dystopian classic.
Fleming (Ian) For Your Eyes Only, original boards with eye design in white to upper cover, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket, spine lettering a little sunned, spine ends and corners very lightly chipped, light surface soiling to lower panel, 1960; Thunderball, original boards with skeleton hand design to upper cover, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket, light fraying to spine ends and corners, 1961, first edition, excellent copies generally, 8vo (2)
Lewis (C.S.) The Magician's Nephew, first edition, illustrations by Pauline Baynes, occasional light scattered spotting, original boards, dust-jacket, extremities and joints a little rubbed, toning to spine and lower panel, tape repair to spine head, lower panel lightly foxed, still a very good copy, 8vo, 1955.
Wyndham (John) The Day of the Triffids, first edition, light spotting to fore-edge, occasionally straying onto margin, original cloth, very faint marking to covers, dust-jacket, light surface soiling to lower panel, light fraying to spine head, 2cm closed tear to upper panel top corner, still overall a very bright and crisp copy, 8vo, 1951.
Burgess (Anthony) Time for a Tiger, first edition, cut presentation inscription signed from the author "To Florence - with gratitude for all she has done for my sister" laid down to front free endpaper, light spotting to first few pages, original cloth, spine lightly faded, dust-jacket, light discolouration, lower panel browned, spine faded, tips and joints expertly repaired and retouched, in effect an excellent copy, 8vo, 1956.⁂ Burgess's beloved sister Muriel died in the flu pandemic of 1918, four days before his mother.
Yeats (William Butler) The Winding Stair, first edition, very light scattered spotting to endpapers, original decorative green cloth, gilt, lower cover very lightly marked, dust-jacket, light browning to spine and edges, slight creasing to extremities, small closed tear to upper panel, light chipping to upper edge, but overall a lovely copy, 8vo, 1933.
Bloch (Robert) Psycho, first edition, marginal toning, original boards, dust-jacket, light surface soiling to lower panel and extremely light chipping to extremities, otherwise a near-fine copy overall, 8vo, New York, 1959.⁂ A cornerstone of modern horror fiction, Psycho was famously adapted into Alfred Hitchcock's seminal 1960 film of the same name.
Fleming (Ian) Moonraker, first edition, state with "shoot" on p.10, light browning to endpapers and light foxing marks to title, original boards lettered in silver, dust-jacket, spine lightly browned and a little creased at head, light surface soiling, small spot to foot of upper panel, lower panel lightly foxed, light rubbing to extremities, still a bright copy overall, 8vo, 1955.
Camberton (Roland) Rain on the Pavements, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "To Gordon and Joyce. With very best wishes and with much gratitude for the use of Gordon's typewriter, upon which "Scamp" was written - from 'Roland Camberton' - November 1951" to endpaper, light browning to half-title, original cloth, sunning to spine and head of panels, dust-jacket by John Minton, light browning to spine and panel margins, spine ends and corners chipped, chipping to head of upper panel, creasing to head and foot, extremities a little rubbed, 8vo, 1951.⁂ A good association copy of this second novel by the Hackney writer Camberton. Camberton (real name Henry Cohen) wrote only two novels (this and his poorly-reviewed debut Scamp) before disappearing into obscurity. His work has since been subject to critical re-assessment and he is now regarded as a significant literary figure.
Christie (Agatha) Sparkling Cyanide, bookplate to front free endpaper, jacket creased and frayed at edges and corners, lightly rubbed along joints, patch of rubbing to upper panel, small hole to spine, 1945; A Murder is Announced, 1950; A Pocket Full of Rye, ink gift inscription to front free endpaper, 1953, first editions, original cloth, spine ends faded, dust-jackets, chipping and fraying to edges, 8vo (3)
Fleming (Ian) Live and Let Die, first edition, bookplate to pastedown, lightly offset to endpapers, very light spots to title, original black boards lettered in gilt with gilt medallion to upper cover, slightly dulled, second state dust-jacket with credit to Kenneth Lewis to front flap, very slight toning to spine and rear panel, spine ends, corners, and upper edge lightly chipped and frayed, an excellent example generally, 8vo, 1954.
Augustinus (Aurelius, Saint) Explanatio psalmorum, 3 parts in 1, collation: a b a8 b-t8.6 v6 x8; A-K8.6 L8 M-P8.6 Q R8 S-V6 X8 Y6 Z8 AA-DD6 EE8; 1-188.6 196 208 21-236 248 25-76 288, double column, 549 ff. (of 550, lacking initial blank), 1b8 blank, 54 lines and headline, Gothic type, initials, paragraph-marks and underlining in red or blue, early ink marginalia, a few short marginal tears with occasional loss, water-stained, some spotting or mostly light foxing, a few small ink stains, contemporary ornately blind-stamped panelled pigskin over wooden boards, remains of metal clasps with rosette decoration, covers with central panel of intersecting lines enclosing floral decorations, within an outer rosette border, spine in compartments and with interlinked large leaf decoration, head of spine and upper corners little worn, a few wormholes, rubbed and scuffed and marked, folio (317 x 215mm.), Basel, Johann Amerbach [and Johann Petri de Langendorff], [not after 8 September], 1489.⁂ Second edition of one of St. Augustine's major exegetical works. The edition was presumably ready for sale by 8 September 1489, when the Cologne bookseller Heinrich Muelich ordered 10 copies from Amerbach (cf. A. Hartmann ed., Die Amerbach korrespondenz, I, 21-22).Provenance: Franciscus Sieger (?18th century ink inscription to front pastedown); Franz Fieger von Friedberg und Cronburg (engraved armorial bookplate to front pastedown); Charles Maria Kaufmann (modern pictorial bookplate depicting death riding a donkey led by a fool to rear pastedown). Literature: BMC III 751; Goff A-1272; HC 1971; Pell 1485; Bod-inc A-548; BSB-Ink A-883; GW 2909; ISTC ia01272000.
Rackham (Arthur).- Shakespeare (William) A Midsummer-Night's Dream, one of 1000 copies signed by the artist, 40 tipped-in colour plates and illustrations by Arthur Rackham, captioned tissue-guards, occasional foxing and light toning, original pictorial vellum, silk ties present but detached, t.e.g., others uncut, original board slip-case worn and lacking lower panel, 4to, London & New York, 1908.⁂ Provenance: Constance Eyre Matcham (presentation inscription to her from Geo., dated Christmas 1908 on front free endpaper.
Fleming (Ian) The Spy Who Loved Me, original cloth with dagger design to upper cover blocked in silver and blind, spine lettered in silver, spine ends bumped, dust-jacket, light rubbing and fraying to spine ends, light surface soiling, 1962; On Her Majesty's Secret Service, original boards with ski trail design to upper cover, spine lettered in silver, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, ends a little creased, lower panel spotted with surface soiling, 1963, first editions, excellent copies overall, 8vo (2)
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[Plath (Sylvia)], "Victoria Lucas". The Bell Jar, "Contemporary Fiction" (second English) edition, author's real name in biro to title, original boards, spine lettered in silver, dust-jacket, light surface marking to lower panel, spine very lightly faded with author's real name in biro, light creasing to extremities, still overall a remarkably bright and crisp copy, 8vo, 1964.
Constantinos Volanakis (Greek, 1837-1907)Vue de Lavrio, une pairea) signé en grec (en bas à gauche)huile sur panneau46 x 63.5cm (18 1/8 x 25in).signed in Greek (lower left)oil on panelb) signé en grec (en bas à gauche)huile sur panneau45.5 x 63.5cm (17 15/16 x 25in).signed in Greek (lower left)oil on panel(2)Footnotes:ProvenanceStavros Mihalarias Art, Greek and Foreign Painters and Marine Subjects, Athens, June 6, 1988, lot 69.Private collection, Athens.LittératureS. Lydakis, Volanakis, Adam editions, Athens 1997, pp. 36, 37 (illustrated).This luminous open panorama of Lavrio—a rugged area in eastern Attica, near Athens, where the ancient silver mines1 were located—evokes the vast scale of land, sea, and sky, bearing witness to the skills which established Volanakis as a master landscapist. The loving delicacy with which the artist observed nature extends to the scene as a whole, capturing the stillness of the hour. His depiction of the calm surface of the sea intersected by tree trunks is a combination of realistic and romantic elements in a harmonious composition and a lyrical interpretation of the landscape.Using his favourite sickle-like curve at the centre of the composition to draw a bay that cuts deep into the land, the artist generates a powerful movement that directs the eye to the group of buildings on the right. This dynamic thrust is counterbalanced by the dramatic sweep of the weather beaten trees on the left, used here as organizing motifs to form a vertical link between land, sea, and sky and lend the picture its coherence and harmony. The highly expressive forms of the tree branches further enliven the scene, charging the entire composition with a poetic charm and imbuing it with an air of spontaneity and freshness. (Compare a similar view of Lavrio by Nikiforos Lytras, c. 1871). 1 During the Classical period, much of the wealth from the mines financed the construction of the Athenian fleet as well as many of the city's major building projects. Abandoned in the 6th c. AD, the mines reopened in 1859, headed by Giovanni Battista Serpieri, who owned a fine collection of 19th c. Greek Art.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Georgios Derpapas (Greek, 1937-2014)Scène biblique signé en grec (en bas au centre)acrylique sur panneau116 x 137cm (45 11/16 x 53 15/16in).signed in Greek (lower center) acrylic on panelFootnotes:ProvenanceBonhams London, The Greek Sale, 26 April 2016, lot 85.Acquired from the above sale by the present owner.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Panayiotis Tetsis (Greek, 1925-2016)Vue d'Hydra signé en grec (en bas à droite)huile sur toile contrecollé sur panneau25 x 32.5cm (9 13/16 x 12 13/16in).signed in Greek (lower right) oil on canvas laid on panelThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Vassilis Germenis (Greek, 1896-1966)Vue d'Alefkandra, Mykonos signé en grec (en bas à gauche)huile sur panneau32 x 46cm (12 5/8 x 18 1/8in).Peint vers 1929.signed in Greek (lower left) oil on panelFootnotes:ExpositionsAthens, Exhibition Hall of the Parnassos Literary Society, Exhibition of Works by the Painter V. Germenis, March 15 - April 10, 1929, no. 27 (possibly).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Mario Prassinos (GREEK/FRENCH, 1916-1985)Portrait de jeune fille lisant signé et daté 'Prassinos/42' (en haut à droite) huile sur panneau35 x 27cm (13 3/4 x 10 5/8in).Peint en 1942.signed and dated (upper right)oil on panelFootnotes:ProvenanceThe Artist's Atelier.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Nikolaos Gyzis (Greek, 1842-1901)Mère au berceau signé 'N. Gysis' et monogramme 'N.G' (en bas à droite)huile sur panneau 73 x 58cm (28 3/4 x 22 13/16in).signed and monogrammed (lower right) oil on panelFootnotes:ProvenanceLukas Akliros gallery, Berlin (from a stamp on the reverse).Vassos Falireas collection, GreeceBeatrice Spiliadis collection, Athens and thence be descent to the present owner.ExpositionsAthens, Iliou Melathron, Etairia Filotexnon, Exhibition of Works by Nikolaos Gyzis, March 15- May 15, 1928, no. 406, listed in the exhibition catalogue, pg. 20 (possibly).A master of genre painting, Gysis captures a vignette of rural life set in a spartan interior enlivened by the artist's vibrant brushwork and wonderful passages of colour. The painting is bathed in light which invades the scene from the left, highlighting the young mother and the child's cradle and making them glow with a shimmering luminescence. 'Gysis often used two kinds of lighting in his paintings: a general, diffuse lighting and a local one that highlighted the figures or objects he wanted to be particularly pronounced.'1 The generalised rendering, soft outlines and elimination of detail point to the artist's venture beyond the descriptive and the anecdotal and his ability to engage the viewer in the narrative by relying on purely pictorial means. Working within a subdued scale, Gysis suggests texture, space and atmosphere by subtle modulations of tone and intensity that demonstrate his amazing skill in the freer handling of form. Juxtaposing calmly handled surfaces to areas treated with swift, energetic brushstrokes, he simultaneously conveys a sense of reverence and cheerfulness, offering a genuine insight into the wonder of family and motherhood.'Praised like no other Modern Greek painter, Gysis, who lived and worked abroad, conveyed subjects of genuine Greek character, distinguished by vigorous palette in describing rural interiors, romantic disposition in relaying Greek traditions, familiarity and directness in portraying folk types and veiled nostalgia in capturing scenes of everyday life.'21 M. Kalligas, Nicholaos Gysis [in Greek], MIET edition, Athens, 1981, p. 74.2 M. Papanikolaou, Greek Nineteenth Century Genre Painting [in Greek], P. Pournaras editions, Thessaloniki 1978, p. 78.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Pavlos (Pavlos Dionyssopoulos) (Greek, 1930-2019)Cravates signé et daté 'Pavlos/2006' (en bas à droite); signé, daté 'Pavlos/2006/PAVLOS' avec dedication en grec (au revers)papier d'affiches sur panneau, plexiglass79 x 55 x7cm (31 1/8 x 21 5/8 x 2 3/4in).signed and dated (lower right); signed, dated and dedicated in Greek (on the reverse) paper construction on panel framed in plexiglassThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Pavlos (Pavlos Dionyssopoulos) (Greek, 1930-2019)Manteau et chapeau signé et daté 'Pavlos/2009/PAVLOS' (au revers du chapeau)papier d'affiches sur panneau, plexiglass123 x 36.5 x 5.3cm (48 7/16 x 14 3/8 x 2 1/16in) et 30 x 27 x 4.3cm (11 13/16 x 10 5/8 X 1 11/16in).signed and dated (on the reverse of the hat) paper construction on panel framed in plexiglassThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Costas Tsoclis (Greek, born 1930)Pluie signé 'C. Tsoclis' (en bas à droite)acrylique et métal sur panneau192 x 123 x 12cm (75 9/16 x 48 7/16 x 4 3/4in).Réalisé vers 1995-1997.signed (lower right) acrylic and metal on panelThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Polykleitos Rengos (Greek, 1903-1984)Nature morte, Skopelos signé en grec et daté '1946' (en bas à droite)huile sur panneau37 x 34.5cm (14 9/16 x 13 9/16in).signed in Greek and dated (lower right) oil on panelFootnotes:ExpositionsThessaloniki, Euxinos Society Exhibition Hall, Polykleitos N. Rengos, May 19 - June 3, 1946, no. 69 (listed in the exhibition catalogue).Athens, Parnassos Literary Society Exhibition Hall, Polykleitos N. Rengos, May 17 - June 7, 1949, no. 39 (listed in the exhibition catalogue).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Yiannis Tsarouchis (Greek, 1910-1989)Paysage avec la maison de l'artiste signé en grec et daté '76' (en bas à droite)huile sur toile contrecollé sur panneau46 x 74cm (18 1/8 x 29 1/8in).Peint en 1976.signed in Greek and dated (lower right) oil on canvas laid on panelThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Spyros Vassiliou (Greek, 1902-1985)Bateau de pêche signé en grec et daté '77' (en bas à droite)acrylique et collage sur panneaudiamètre 80cm(31 1/2in).Peint en 1977.signed in Greek and dated (lower right) acrylic and collage on panelFootnotes:Cette œuvre est accompagnée d'un certificat d'authenticité de l'Atelier Spyros Vassiliou.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
1972 Triumph GT6 MK3 1998cc Coupe No Reserve Registration: ERW544L Chassis: KE137920 Odometer: 94,388 Transmission: Manual Overdrive MOT: Aug 2023 • Fitted with optional rear seat • Upgraded to 5.5 J wheels • History file dating back until 1987 Outside • British Racing Green paintwork presents very well • Surface rust and bubbling all the way along the front edge of the roof panel • Some surface rust on windscreen gutters on both sides • A couple of touched up stone chips to rear quarter in front of n/s rear wheel arch • Some bubbling to the inside edge of both headlights • Chromework generally presents well with a few rust spots • Excellent 5.5 inch wide steel wheels fitted with rear new matching Marshal tyres. Inside • Recently retrimmed black vinyl seats • New black carpet set at the same time • Mountney 3 spoke steering wheel in as new condition • Excellent door cards and roof lining • Vendor has added rear seats and wooden boot floor • Overdrive gear box • Additional oil pressure gauge and USB ports fitted Mechanicals • Fitted with after market gas strut kit for bonnet • Very clean and tidy under the bonnet • Fitted with AccuSpark electronic ignition kit, original included in the sale • Starts and runs very well and soon settles into a satisfying 6 cylinder burble • Stainless steel exhaust system • Drives nicely and pulls well through all gears, and stops as it should • Overdrive fitted History • Various MOT certificates • 6 previous owners • Quantity of invoices and receipts over the last couple of decades Our Opinion A lovely little GT6 MKIII which would be happy to be driven all summer to vibrant Triumph scene events. Offered without reserve, this could be the bargain of the sale.
A Vintage Marcasite Inset Panel Bracelet, of foliate design; together with an amethyst and marcasite set line bracelet, oval claw set with cross design spacers, stamped "925"; a five stone moonstone bracelet, oval collet set, to T-bar and loop fastener; another five stone bracelet (damaged). (4)
A small group of furniture consisting of a 19th century walnut work table with Tunbridge ware inset panel; a Victorian ebonised piano stool; a steel and brass fire fender decorated with ferns and blackberries; a rosewood music cabinet, 50.5cm wide x 98.5cm high; a small firescreen set with a Chinese needlework panel depicting storks and vases of flowers; and a 19th century four-tier whatnot with serpentine fronted shelves The work table in need of restoration. All pieces of furniture in need of some restoration and repolishing.
A Victorian satinwood and walnut banded credenza or side cabinet with ormolu mounts and inset with continental porcelain panels, the central cupboard flanked by serpentine glazed doors to either side and on a conforming plinth base and ebonised turned feet167cm wide x 42cm deep x 107.5cm highMinor marks, dents and scratches overall due to age and use. The central panel to the door loose and in need of reattachment. Some mounts in need or reattachment and repair. Losses to the veneer particularly around the plinth base. Some faded material within the glazed cabinets either side.
NAVAL INTEREST: A GERMAN VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF BOXCharles, Collins & Sohne, Hanau, circa 1825 The hinged cover with central engine-turned panel within an unusual border of applied yellow, white and rose gold foliage and scrolls on a matted ground, the interior engraved with two crests and an inscription detailing the presentation of the box to Capt W H Webley Parry by the wardroom officers of H M S Price Regent, length 8.4cm, weight 85gms.Footnotes:William Henry Webley Parry (1764-1837) was born on 3 March 1764, the youngest of seven children, many of whom died early, of a leading lawyer, William Webley.Webley entered the Navy in 1779 aboard the Britannia 100, Captain Charles Morice Pole, the flagship of Vice-Admiral George Darby in the Channel Fleet, who succeeded to the command of that force in September 1780 with Captain James Bradby serving as his flag-captain. Webley was present at the Relief of Gibraltar in April 1781, and following the change of government in March 1782 and the return to service of a number of senior officers he continued on the Britannia under Vice-Admiral Hon. Samuel Barrington and Captain Benjamin Hill. An obituary has stated that in 1782 his ship formed part of a squadron sent to intercept an East India fleet that was departing from Brest, and Webley was credited with towing the 'frigate' Lively alongside a French frigate, being slightly wounded under fire; however this claim has not been verified. He did serve under Barrington at the Relief of Gibraltar in October and the subsequent battle of Cape Spartel, and he received the admiral's personal approbation when acting as his aide-de-camp in the latter engagement.Webley was next employed aboard the Grampus 50, Commodore Edward Thompson, who was appointed to command off West Africa in July 1783. Having briefly returned home in 1784 suffering from yellow fever, Thompson died aboard the Grampus of a tropical fever on 17 January 1786, and Webley suffered the disappointment of not having an acting-lieutenancy confirmed. He then joined the sloop Nautilus 16 under Captain Thompson's nephew, Commander Thomas Boulden Thompson, remaining on the African station and surveying the coast from the Cape of Good Hope to Cape Negro. The Nautilus returned to Portsmouth in July prior to leaving port at the end of September, and in the following April Webley was involved in the colonisation of Sierra Leone. Further service took the Nautilus to the North American, West Indian and Newfoundland stations prior to her being paid off in December 1788. A period aboard the Salisbury 50, Captain Edward Pellew, flying the flag of Vice-Admiral Mark Milbanke at Newfoundland, followed from June 1790, in which vessel Webley was finally commissioned lieutenant on 21 September 1790, and the Salisbury was eventually paid off in December 1791.Webley was aboard the Amphitrite 24, Captain John Child Purvis, at the start of the French Revolutionary War in February 1793, as Pellew's request that he be appointed his first lieutenant aboard the Nymphe 36 had been rejected by the Admiralty because he was deemed insufficiently senior. After the captaincy of the Amphitrite changed hands in May he joined Captain Samuel Hood aboard the Juno 32, going out to the Mediterranean. He was the third lieutenant of this frigate when she sailed in to Toulon on 11 January 1794 after the port had been re-occupied by the French, and Webley was mentioned by Hood in his dispatches for his prominent role in engineering her escape by audacious seamanship. He continued with the Juno during the Corsican campaign from February, being present in the attack on the Martello Tower in the bay of that name, and after commanding thirty seamen in the assault on San Fiorenzo and serving as an aide-de-camp to Major-General Thomas Dundas he later commanded a boat at the capture of Bastia.Webley next volunteered his services as the first lieutenant of the San Fiorenzo 36, Captain Charles Tyler, which French frigate had been salvaged at the capture of Calvi, but when that officer was removed to the Diadem 64 during August 1794 whilst sailing the prize to Gibraltar, Webley rejoined Hood, who in the meantime had been appointed to the Aigle 36. A year was spent in the eastern Mediterranean, and after Hood transferred to the Zealous 74 in April 1796 Webley remained aboard the Aigle to which Captain Tyler had been appointed, seeing service in the Adriatic to assist the Austrian army from August. In the spring of 1797 the Aigle rendezvoused with the Mediterranean Fleet in the Tagus, having passed though the defeated Spanish fleet following the Battle of Cape St. Vincent on 14 February, and it was later reported that during this period Webley had gallantly jumped into a heaving sea with a rope to rescue three men who had fallen overboard from the frigate.Rejoining Captain Hood in the Tagus as the senior lieutenant aboard the Zealous 74, he commanded a boat in attacks upon the blockaded Spanish fleet in Cadiz during the summer of 1797, and from 21-25 July was present in Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson's unsuccessful assault on Santa Cruz, Tenerife. Returning to Cadiz, Webley boarded and carried a Spanish vessel, the Isabella 10, and when the Zealous was sent into the Mediterranean as part of Nelson's detached force in 1798 he fought at the Battle of the Nile on 1 August. As a reward for his participation in the battle he was promoted commander, but he spent the next nine months on the coast of Egypt and Syria, being dispatched on one occasion to confer with the pasha at Acre, and it was not until June 1799 that he reached England with dispatches from Admiral the Earl of St. Vincent and Rear-Admiral Lord Nelson.In August 1800 he was appointed to the sloop Savage 14, which arrived at Plymouth on 20 October with a convoy from the Downs via Portsmouth and by the end of November was back in the Downs. On 9 December she set off for Portsmouth prior to returning on 21 December, nine days later she departed for Portsmouth with two East Indiamen and a fleet of coasters and victuallers from where she again returned to the Downs, having been briefly forced to turn back for the Hampshire port due to adverse winds. On 8 January she departed the Downs for Le Havre with French prisoners of war, by the 16th she was back off Deal, and thereafter she appears to have remained on the Kentish station through February. The pattern of convoy duty to Portsmouth resumed throughout the spring and summer until 21 August when she arrived at Sheerness with a convoy of victuallers from the Downs, prior to going into harbours for repairs. Here a court-martial dismissed the vessel's surgeon for drunkenness and for not attending to his duty, and the vessel also experienced a tragedy when a ship's boy lost his life after tumbling down the main hatchway.On 23 September 1801 the Savage left Sheerness for the Downs, and two days later she sailed from that station for the westward in the company of the Amazon 38, Captain William Parker, which was flying the flag of Rear-Admiral Lord Nelson, although that frigate soon put back. Webley's command then reportedly went out on a cruise in November, was back in the Downs by December, and undertook a further cruise in the new year. She came into the Downs from Plymouth on 12 March 1802, prior to apparently enjoying another cruise, and on 21 April she arrived at Portsmouth from the Downs, with Webley being praised in the Press for helping to preserve the cargo of a richly-laden vessel that had gone aground on Beachy Head. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
THREE CONTINENTAL SILVER SNUFFBOXESThe first with marks for Vienna, 1827, of rectangular form, the cover engraved with a view of race meeting and inscribed 'Bauren Plerde Rennen', with gilt ribbed interior, 8.3cm wide, the second 18th century, indistinctly marked, of cartouche shape and chased with a depiction of Leda and and the swan, 7.6cm wide, the third, mid 18th century, unmarked and of oval form, the lid inlaid with a tortoieshell and gold pique panel depicting a basket of flowers, diameter 6.2cm, weight 6.5oz. (3)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A COPPER GILT SNUFFBOXMid 18th century Of cartouche shape, chased with scrolls and panels of flowers, the lid inset with a pudding stone panel, 6.2cm wide, another box of similar form, 18th century, the lid inset with a blonde tortoiseshell panel inlaid with silver pique depicting a basket of fruit and a bird, 7cm wide, together with a rectangular metal snuffbox of rectangular form, 19th century, with pseudo hallmarks, the lid inset with a green moss agate panel, length 6.3cm. (3)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: YY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A SILVER SNUFF OR TOBACCO BOXLate 17th/Early 18th Century maker's mark only BS Of circular form, the lid set with a silver medallion, Archbishop Of Canterbury William Sancroft, 1617-1693, and the Seven Bishops, 1688. By George Bower, the whole base engraved with crest and motto 'VINCENTIDABITUR', 7.2cm wide, together with a Continental silver snuffbox, circa 1800, with indistinct marks, of rectangular form, the lid inset with a banded agate panel, length 7.5cm, weight 7.9oz. (2)Footnotes:The crest on the first box is likely to be that of:VINCENT a baronet of Stoke D'Abernon, Surrey and Debden Hall, Essex or VINCENT of Trelevan in Mevagissey, Tresimple in St Clements and Batten in Northill CornwallFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A COLLECTION OF SMALL SILVER ITEMSComprising a Victorian card case, by David Pettifer, Birmingham, 1852, of shaped rectangular form, engraved with foliate pattern and centred by an oval panel featuring two exotic birds on a fountain, 10cm high, an engine turned purse, Goldsmiths and Silversmiths company, London, 1915, together with three silver mounted cut glass scent bottles, 6 oz weighable silver. (5)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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