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Lot 1308
A JOINED OAK PRESS CUPBOARD, 17th century and later, the canopy with moulded cornice and turned pendants over a pair of panelled doors flanking a central carved and fielded panel, the base with two fielded panels over two doors, panelled sides and moulded stiles, later carved throughout, 60" x 22 1/2" x 70"
Lot 494
A good Regency flame mahogany linen press, the domed cornice centred with a vancent tablet over a pair of well figured bead panelled doors enclosing four fitted slides, over four long graduated cockbeaded drawers with original turned ebony handles, raised on played bracket feet united by a shaped apron
![Homer. Iliav Kai Odduseia [graecÚ] 4 vol. one of 25 large paper copies printed for the Grenville family half-titles 2 engrave](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/1574/2799815/166-2010818165554_468x382.jpg)
Lot 166
Homer. Iliav Kai Odduseia [graecÚ] 4 vol. one of 25 large paper copies printed for the Grenville family half-titles 2 engraved portrait frontispieces engraved plate with the Grenville arms at the start of the Iliad offsetting a few ff. at start of Iliad with some damp-staining Odyssey vol.1 pp. 166-167 light brown marks left by ribbons endpapers spotted a few minor spots in text but generally crisp and clean sumptuous contemporary red straight-grain morocco gilt by C.Hering with his ticket on front free endpaper of vol.1 of The Iliad spines in compartments and richly gilt covers with gilt floral corner-pieces inner gilt dentelles some fading to spines (more so to both vol. of The Iliad) some ink spotting and marking to covers g.e. [Dibdin Greek and Latin Classics II pp.61-62] 4to (296 x 232mm) Oxford Clarendon Press 1800-1801. *** `This is the most critical edition of Homer which the University of Oxford has published...We are indebted to the editorial talents of the noble family of the Genvilles for this erudite performance...` (Dibdin). An attractive copy of a bibliographical rarity. The library of Thomas Grenville was left to the British Library and was particularly rich in editions of Homer.
Lot 832
CRIMEAN WAR RELIC THE BRASS SWORD SCABBARD OF MAJOR-GENERAL CHARLES ASHE WINDHAM, `THE HERO OF THE REDAN` for a Mameluke-hilted sword, in the original green velvet lined and fitted mahogany case with brass handle and escutcheon engraved with armorials and inscribed MAJOR GENERAL C A WINDHAM, 103cm l, mid 19th c Provenance: General Charles Ashe Windham, KCB (1810-1870) of the Coldstream Guards. A portrait of Windham, sword in hand, standing before the Redan, by Charles Cousens (c1821-1889) is in the National Army Museum. In noticing his death The Times recounted Windham`s moment of glory: "General Windham was the first to enter the stronghold, and amid the shower of bullets and cannon balls that flew around him he seemed to bear about him a charmed life. At length, finding it hopeless to obtain support by sending messengers, he coolly walked across the open space before the ramparts in the midst of a well sustained fire, to demand assistance in person . The "Royals" were then placed at his disposal; but no sooner were they pit in formation than the men in the Redan were obliged to abandon the work. The opportunity had been lost. The correspondents of the press were not slow in recording the heroic bravery of Windham on this occasion, and on the arrival of General Codrington`s despatches at the Horse Guards, the subject of this memoir was rewarded by promotion to the rank of Major-General, for his distinguished conduct in having, with the greatest intrepity and coolness, headed the column of attack with assaulted the enemy`s defences on the 8th of September 1855". The scabbard and the interior of the case in excellent condition, the exterior of the case with numerous scuff marks and old knocks and scratches but complete
Lot 924
A GEORGE III OAK PRESS CUPBOARD, PROBABLY NORTH WALES the upper part enclosed by ogee panelled doors flanked by turned pillars, the base fitted with an arrangement of drawers and blind drawers, on bracket feet, 185cm h; 52 x 133cm, interior adapted for hanging Slight damage to the narrow moulding of the cornice, the brass handles replaced and non-matching; repolished
![16TH CENTURY PRINTING. SIX VARIOUS WORKS comprising Lucan - [Pharsalia] Venice: a. Aldum [Aldine Press] April 1502, Catullus](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10086/2800032/419-2010826153529_468x382.jpg)
Lot 419
16TH CENTURY PRINTING. SIX VARIOUS WORKS comprising Lucan - [Pharsalia] Venice: a. Aldum [Aldine Press] April 1502, Catullus - Catullus [and] Tibullus [and] Propertius..., Lugd. a. Gryphium, 1531, Pompon Mela - Pomponij Melae de situ orbis libri, Paris: a. S Colinaei, 1539, D Magni Ausonii Burdigalensis Poetae, Lugduni: a. Joan. Tornaesium, 1558 [S Fornari] - Orlando Furioso di M Lodovico Ariosto, Vinegia: G Scotto, 1567 and O Gryphius - Virgiliocentones Continentes Vitam Salvatoris nostri domini Jesu Christi, Regensburg: A Burgero, 1593, various bindings, two contemporary (waf)
Lot 421
THE DIAL AN OCCASIONAL PUBLICATION EDITED BY CHAS. SHANNON AND CH. RICKETTS Nos 1-5 (all published), illustrated, pictorial wrappers, the first with tears and loss, London, (Chelsea) [August]1889- [December] 1897 (5) Watry A1-A5. Originally to be named `Pan`, `The Dial` was chosen in preference because it was intended by Ricketts and Shannon to publish their highly original avant garde art magazine `at such intervals as the sun of inspiration permits`. Although they lost money on every issue, The Dial was bought as a collector`s item from the outset. So impressed was Oscar Wilde that he visited Ricketts and Shannon advising them that "it is quite delightful, but do not bring out a second number, all perfect things should be unique!" The endless delays and problems with the printers of the first number led Ricketts and Shannon to publish the subsequent issues themselves at their own press, the Vale. Never were more than 270 copies printed, in the case of Nos 1 and 2 only 200, at prices from 7s 6d to 12s 6d. Surviving copies of the first issue, in particular, are rare.
![VALE PRESS. FIVE BOOKS DESIGNED BY CHARLES RICKETTS comprising Empedocles on Etna, 1896 [March 1897], The Ancient Mariner, [M](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10086/2800032/428-2010826153553_468x382.jpg)
Lot 428
VALE PRESS. FIVE BOOKS DESIGNED BY CHARLES RICKETTS comprising Empedocles on Etna, 1896 [March 1897], The Ancient Mariner, [March] 1899, De Cupidinis et Psyches [September] 1901, Danae [June]1903 and The Parables [March] 1903, all but the last uniform oatmeal cloth backed light blue boards with title label, the last vellum, several with bookplates of R A Walker, or others, London: Hacon & Ricketts, 1896-1903, Chiswick Press. George Herbert - The Temple Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations, one of 350 numbered copies, ivory cloth gilt, linen dust jacket, London 1904 and Nonesuch Press - Anacreon Done into English out of the original Green by Abraham Cowley and S Lee 1683, wood engravings by Stephen Gooden, one of 725 numbered copies, linen backed gold paper covered boards, dust jacket, Soho 1923 and Vergil - Opera Omnia, two vols, Riccardi type, half dark green morocco, London 1912 (9) (Vale Books) Watry B8, B23, B33, B43 and B40.
Lot 429
ERAGNY PRESS. CHOIX DE SONNETS DE P DE ROSNARD, ABREGÉ DE L`ART POETIQUES FRANCOIS AND C`EST D`AUCASSIN ET DE NICOLETTE three vols, printed in Vale type, fine woodcut titles, frontispiece, initials and colophon by Lucien and Esther Pissarr,o, one title in orange and black, the frontispiece of the last in colour, ivory cloth backed and decorated boards, the last partly uncut, the second with bookplate of Gwendolen Jefferson, London: Hacon & Ricketts, 1902 & 03 (3)
![ALDINE PRESS. SENECA TRAGOEDIAE woodcut anchor device, old calf, aeg, Venice: 1517 and [Council of Trent] - Canones et Decret](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10086/2800032/449-2010826153650_468x382.jpg)
Lot 453
ELZEVIR PRESS. A SMALL COLLECTION OF BOOKS OF LES ELZEVIRS comprising Tacitus, Opera, four volumes, engraved titles, contemporary vellum, spines gilt with labels, Amsterdam [Leiden-printed] 1672 and seven others (including a `false` Elsevir), contemporary (one early 19th c) leather (one lacking upper board) or vellum, including one in fine straight grained morocco with gold leaf endpapers, 1635-1679, and six others similar, contemporary (or nearly so) Dutch and German printers, various bookplates, including that of the bibliophile and collector of ElzeVir books, E Heron-Allen, F.R.S. (18)
Lot 456
SMOLLETT (TOBIAS) THE SHAKESPEARE HEAD EDITION OF SMOLLETT`S NOVELS eleven vols, uniform green cloth, Oxford: 1925, and miscellaneous general shelf stock, mainly English literature, including 19th c editions of Trollope and Edgeworth, travel, including C M Doughty, Arabia Deserta, two vols, Pevsner, Buildings of England, Kilvert`s Diary, three vols, illustrated, including A Tagore, W Goble, C F Tunnicliffe, Shorelands Summer Diary 1952, I Wedgwood, Fenland Rivers 1936, H N Cautley, Suffolk Churches and Their Treasures, Master Worsley`s Book on the History and Constitution of ..... Middle Temple, Chiswick Press, 1910, W J Loftie, The Inns and Court of Chancery, folio, 1893 and Records of the Skinners of London (approx 140)
Lot 471
FALCONER (WILLIAM) THE SHIPWRECK A POEM IN THREE CANTOS C L Dodgson`s copy with his purple ink name stamp, new edition, engraved frontispiece and plates, calf backed boards, London: Albion Press, 1806, [Gilles] Menage - Menagiana ou Les Bons Mots..., David Garrick`s copy with his engraved bookplate, vol IV (only, of four) calf upper board detached, Paris: 1729 and W E Lilley - The Life and Work of General Gordon at Gravesend, presentation copy signed by Gordon`s sister Augusta, the dedicatee, London 1885 (3)
![BINDINGS. MISCELLANEOUS LATE 17TH AND 18TH CENTURY LEATHER BOUND BOOKS including Elzevir press (3) and [erotica] Nouvelle eco](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10086/2800032/474-201082615381_468x382.jpg)
Lot 474
BINDINGS. MISCELLANEOUS LATE 17TH AND 18TH CENTURY LEATHER BOUND BOOKS including Elzevir press (3) and [erotica] Nouvelle ecole publique des finances our l`art de voler sans ailes..., two parts in one, contemporary speckled calf, Paris: `Robert le Turc`, 1707, several with 18th engraved rococo bookplate of Sir John Eden, Bart (46)
Lot 492
WAKEFIELD, YORKSHIRE. AN EXTENSIVE GROUP OF RECORDS AND PAPERS RELATING TO THE LOCAL POLITICAL, COMMERCIAL AND ANTIQUARIAN INTERESTS OF THE FERNANDEZ FAMILY in particular José Luis Fernandez and his son J L Fernandez Junior, Aldermen and Corn Merchants, including the papers, letters and official documents of their firm`s bankruptcy, civic life, the parish church (All Saints, from 1888 Wakefield Cathedral) disputes (eg over `The Conservative Plate`) their milling, brewing and other interests, local printed political ephemera, newspapers, a chap book (c1810), an album, letters from supporters and others received by J L Fernandez Junior when incarcerated in York Castle and his writings whilst in prison, copy letters, tradesmen`s bills, etc, early 17th c-c1890 (but mainly 19th c) (please refer to online catalogue for further details) At the 1861 trial at York Spring Assizes of John Barff Charlesworth for bribery over the 1859 Parliamentary Election, the jailing (to loud cheers in court) of J L Fernandez for contempt caused a sensation. His repeated refusal to answer a question of the Solicitor General, despite repeated warnings from the judge, led many in and outside the court to draw their own conclusion. Certainly the judge suspected his motivation for he also imposed a hefty fine of £500 in addition to the sentence of six months in York Castle. Fernandez was just the sort of well connected local man - active in the church, freemasonry and various commercial enterprises - that the wealthy Charlesworth, who was himself barred from standing, needed in order to secure the election of his cousin as MP for Wakefield. The web of electoral corruption revealed filled many column inches in the press, carefully preserved in the preset lot and including the very detailed report on the case that was published as a supplement to the Wakefield Express on March 23rd.
Lot 498
LEEDS, YORKSHIRE. AN EXTENSIVE GROUP OF GENEALOGICAL AND OTHER RECORDS, LETTERS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND MEMORABILIA OF THE NUSSEY FAMILY OF POTTERNEWTON HALL late 18th-early 20th c (please refer to online catalogue for details) Provenance: The principal collector of these and other papers (i) would appear to have been Agnes Georgina Nussey (b1875) the sister of Mary Anne Leathley Nussey (b1868), daughters of Samuel Leathley Nussey (1835-1895) of Potternewton Hall, a bibliophile who ran a small private press from his house (see following lot) and his wife, Agnes Clark (m 1864); thence by descent to James M Nussey (d1970) of Bromsgrove, by whose widow bequeathed to the present vendor. A name which can be regarded as `woven` into the history of Leeds and the West Riding of Yorkshire, the Nussey family has claimed descent from William the Silent (1533-1584). The name Nussey or Nussé is thought to be a corruption of that of Nassau. Certainly by the 17th century, and for 200 years they were actively involved in the dying and manufacture of wollen cloth in West Yorkshire. In the early 19th century, its prosperity assured, several members of the family played a prominent role in the civic and religious life of the area. Obadiah Nussey, JP, of Morley House, Headingley served as Mayor of Leeds in 1863/64 and was `father` (ie founder) of the town`s Royal Exchange. Sir Thomas Nussey, a baronet (cr. 1909) was MP for Pontefract (1893-1910) and earlier in the century, John Nussey was appointed Apothecary to George IV. It is however, undoubtedly Ellen Nussey (1817-1897) of Birstall, the lifelong friend of Charlotte Bronte, who has the greatest claim to posterity. Potternewton Hall, an exceptionally fine early 18th c brick mansion, was demolished in 1935 for urban development. i) Records of the Clarke family, c1800-1905 of Widewath, near Cumbria, with some Nussey and Murdock-related material, were deposited at Cumbria Record Office by J N Booth & J M Nussey in 1983 (see also lot 305). The lot principally comprises the following:- 1. Photographs a) Three albums containing 130 cartes-de-visite of (mainly Clark and Nussey families, many identified), mostly by Leeds and Yorkshire photographers, in particular Hanson of Leeds. Two of the albums (one of mother of pearl, the other embossed leather) in exceptional, `as new` condition. The former with the engraved monogram of S L Nussey (1835-1895) b) About 70 loose cartes de visite, similar to the above c) A group of about 12 fine professional whole plate photographs (silver prints) of Potternewton Hall and the interiors, just prior to demolition, c1920 d) Two cased `ambrotype` f) Various 19th c albumen prints of the family, many at Potternewton Hall, up half plate g) An early 20th c portrait by Dorothy Wilding and several similar miscellaneous photographs 2. Auction Sale Catalogues a) An extremely rare 18th c Indian sale catalogue: CATALOGUE OF THE EFFECTS OF MR WILLIAM MURDOCK RETIRING FROM BUSINESS TO BE SOLD BY PUBLIC AUTION BY DRING AND COMPANY AT HIS HOUSE IN CLIVE STREET [Calcutta]... 9 AUG. 1799; 233 lots, 7pp b) Sotheby[s], seven 1950s catalogues of sales which included the jewels and other property of Miss M[ary] Nussey (d 1958) c) Hepper & Sons, Leeds, Contents of Potternewton Hall, March 31, 1934, prices marked 3. Documents a) Autograph letters, a small quantity, many in envelopes with various postal markings, penny red or other (inc French) postage stamps b) Miscellaneous material inc Manor of Chadsley [sic] Corbet View of Frankpledge, 1754, genealogical notes and pedigrees, valuations and executor`s accounts and several watercolours by amateur hands (c1900) c) A `Mechanical` valentine card. Hand coloured lithograph of a lady lifting her skirt to reveal her ankles in original envelope with penny red, Leeds, Feb 14 1861 4. Objects a) A Needlework sampler by Charlotte Murdock, Elgin, 1815 b) Four early-mid 19th c knitted wool and cut steel reticules, another purse and a silver chainmail purse engraved M L N[ussey], hallmarked London 1908 c) A Victorian jet monogrammed locket 5 Books a) Davenport (James), The Davenport Family of Reading and Welford on Avon, wrappers, Worcester: for private circulation, 1923 and several miscellaneous other printed books
![POTTERNEWTON PRESS. [BALLAD OF] KING JOHN AND YE ABBOT O` CANTERBURI. A RIGHTE MERRIE STORIE 4to (17 x 15cm), wood engraved t](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10086/2800032/499-2010826153911_468x382.jpg)
Lot 499
POTTERNEWTON PRESS. [BALLAD OF] KING JOHN AND YE ABBOT O` CANTERBURI. A RIGHTE MERRIE STORIE 4to (17 x 15cm), wood engraved title with SLN device of S L Nussey [see preceding lot], illustrations, headpieces and gothic borders by Matthew Hinsliff printed on Japanese paper, oval imprint with Leeds arms, labelled With the Publisher`s compliments and bound in Japanese `paper leather`, Leeds (Potternewton Hall): Samuel L Nussey, 1872, rare
Lot 99
ROSSETTI (DANTE GABRIEL) The House Of Life, sonnets and songs, illust. Phoebe Anna Traquair, Edinburgh, William J Hay 1904, t.e.g. partial yapp binding, gt. lettering; Swinburne (Algernon Charles) Hide-And-Seek, notes by John S. Mayfield, London, Stourton Press 1975, t.e.g. half calf, gt. lettering (2)
Lot 522
A collection of photographs and postcards from Lance Corporal William Doran 4316, 2nd Battalion Border Regiment who died on 30 March 1917 and also William Dornan 1444 11th Battalion Border Regiment who died on 1st July 1916, including 11th Battalion Border Regiment cap badge and various press cuttings.
Lot 881
A Regency mahogany breakfront low linen press, the centre section with a pair of well figured panelled doors enclosing a series of pullout trays and flanked to either side by a further panelled cupboard door enclosing a series of drawers to the left and drawers and cupboard space to the right, with moulding below and raised on bracket feet. Width 92 ins.
Lot 939
An early 19th century mahogany linen press, with moulded cornice above a pair of panelled doors enclosing pullout trays, the base fitted with two short and two long graduated drawers with brass drop handles with oval backplates and cockbeading to each drawer front, with shaped apron beneath and raised on bracket feet. Width 48 ins.
Lot 991
A George III mahogany linen press, with moulded cornice above a pair of panelled doors being boxwood strung and with centre brass edging strip opening to pullout trays, the base fitted with two short and two long graduated drawers with brass swans neck drop handles and cockbeading to each drawer front, raised on bracket feet. Width 49 ins.
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