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Click here to subscribeAn Angenieux Zoom f/2.5-3.3 35-70mm Lens for Leica-R black, serial no. 1500750, 3-cam, body and elements VG, with front capNote: Lot imported under Temporary Admission. 5% UK import VAT will be charged on the ‘hammer’ and 20% UK VAT will be charged on the ‘buyer’s premium’ and invoiced on an inclusive basis under UK Margin Scheme rules.
A Leica R3 Electronic SLR Camera, black, seral no. 1456943, with Leitz Summicron-R f/2 50mm lens, black, serial no. 2780580, body, F-G, shutter fires but speeds untested, lens, VG, complete with Leitz Elmarit-R f/2.8 28mm lens, black, serial no. 2961563, body, G, elements, VG, and Leitz Elmarit-R f/2.8 135mm lens, black, serial no. 2886932, body, G, elements, G-VG, some internal haze (a lot)
A Leitz Canada Summicron-R f/2 50mm Lens black, 1978, serial no. 2910389, 3-cam, body F, focusing very stiff, aperture free, elements F-G, fungus strandsNote: Lot imported under Temporary Admission. 5% UK import VAT will be charged on the ‘hammer’ and 20% UK VAT will be charged on the ‘buyer’s premium’ and invoiced on an inclusive basis under UK Margin Scheme rules.
A Leitz Wetzlar Elmarit-R f/2.8 90mm Lens black, 1981, serial no. 3088298, 3-cam, body F-G, elements G, with rear cap Note: Lot imported under Temporary Admission. 5% UK import VAT will be charged on the ‘hammer’ and 20% UK VAT will be charged on the ‘buyer’s premium’ and invoiced on an inclusive basis under UK Margin Scheme rules.
A Mixed Selection of Leica Accessories, to include a Leica SF20, a Leica soft leather case 18611, an adapter for R to M, an E55 UV filter, & moreNote: Lot imported under Temporary Admission. 5% UK import VAT will be charged on the ‘hammer’ and 20% UK VAT will be charged on the ‘buyer’s premium’ and invoiced on an inclusive basis under UK Margin Scheme rules.
Cantemir (Demetrius). The History of the Growth and Decay of the Othman Empire, 1st edition in English, 2 parts in 1, London: James, John, and Paul Knapton, 1734-35, mezzotint portrait frontispiece, folding engraved plan of Constantinople, 22 engraved plates, lacking 4pp list of subscribers, bookplate of R M Burrell to front pastedown, damp-stained to lower margin throughout (affecting text and plates), hinges repaired, contemporary speckled calf gilt, rebacked with original spine laid on, boards water damaged, worn, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Atabey 190; Blackmer 281. ESTC T136520. 'Nicholas Tindal translated this history of Turkey into English from Cantemir's Latin manuscript brought to England by his son Antiochus, who was Russian ambassador to England. Cantemir himself served as Hospodar of Moldavia in 1710. His history was considered authoritative, and it was only superseded by von Hammer's monumental history of the Ottoman Empire'. (Atabey)
Braun (Georg, and Hogenberg, Frans). Civitates Orbis Terrarum, 3 volumes, [1572 - 1618], facsimile edition, with an Introduction by R. A. Skelton, The World Publishing Company, Cleveland and New York, 1964, numerous uncoloured prints including some folding, publisher's cloth gilt, dust jackets frayed and worn, folio, together with Mercator (Gerard, Hondius H. & Jansson J.). Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 2 volumes [1636], facsimile edition, with an introduction by R. A. Skelton, Rand McNally & Company Chicago, George Philip & Son London and Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd, Amsterdam, 1968, numerous uncoloured maps, publisher's cloth gilt, dust jackets worn and frayed, folio, with Coronelli (Vicenzo). Libro dei Globi [1693 - 1701], facsimile edition with an introduction by Helen Wallis, Rand McNally & Company Chicago, George Philip & Son London and Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd Amsterdam, 1969, numerous uncoloured maps, publisher's cloth gilt, folio, plus Ogilby (John). Ogilby's Road Maps of England and Wales from Ogilby's 'Britannia', 1675, Facsimile Edition, Osprey, 1971, 100 black & white maps, publisher's cloth gilt, with another copy similar, with another three facsimile atlases similar, and Jones (Harry Longueville). Illustrations of the Natural Scenery of those Snowdonian Mountains: Accompanied by a Description, Topographical and Historical of the County of Caernarvon, 1829, 14 (only of 15) uncoloured lithographic plates, some staining and spotting, later endpapers, contemporary half calf gilt, re-backed but retaining the original spine, worn and rubbed, slim folioQTY: (12)
British Isles. Boisseau (Jean). Carte generalle de la Grande Bretagne jadis Albion et du Royaume d'Irlande ou Hybernie avec les Isles circonuoisines despandantes des dits Royaumes, Paris, 1644, hand-coloured engraved map, inset map of the Orkney islands, two blocks of descriptive text, 380 x 510 mm, together with Halma (Francois). Antiquorum Britanniae Episcopatum Geographica Description, Amsterdam, circa 1705, hand-coloured engraved map, large decorative allegorical cartouche, 375 x 515 mmQTY: (2)NOTE:The first described item. R. W. Shirley, Early Printed Map of the British Isles, no. 535. An uncommon map, separately published and derived from the outline used by Johannes Blaeu, but with very different decorative features and cartouche. The second item, R. W. Shirley, Printed Map of the British Isles, 1650 - 1750, Halma 2. Originally published in 'Geographia Sacra'.
England & Wales. Cary (John), Cary's Reduction of his Large Map of England and Wales..., 1837, engraved map with bright contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, marbled endpapers, 760 x 630 mm, contained in a contemporary card slipcase with publisher's circular printed label to the upper cover, together with Kitchin (Thomas). Kitchin's Enlarged Map of the Roads of England and Wales..., R. Sayer & J. Bennett, 1779, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, large decorative uncoloured cartouche, and table of reference to the counties, 540 x 445 mm, contained in a contemporary marbled card slipcase with printed label to the upper cover, slipcase worn, with Faden (William). A Map of England, Wales & Scotland describing all the Direct and Principal Cross Roads in Great Britain..., 1800, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, inset map of Scotland, slight staining and finger soiling, 735 x 610 mm, contained in a contemporary marbled card slipcase with printed label to the upper cover, slipcase worn and frayed, plus Coltman (Nathaniel). Laurie and Whittle's New Map of all the Coach Roads, Both Direct and Cross of England & Wales, with those of Scotland to the South of Edinburgh and Glasgow, April 12th 1809, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, small holes where old folds cross, some dust and finger soiling, slight spotting and staining, 785 x 635 mm, contained in a contemporary marbled card slipcase with printed label to the upper cover, slipcase worn and frayed, and Bowles (Carington, publisher). A New and Correct Post Map of the Great and Cross Roads through England and Wales, laid down from all the Surveys hitherto made..., circa 1785, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, old pinholes in each corner, 550 x 495 mm, contained in a contemporary marbled card slipcase with printed labels to the upper and rear covers, slipcase worn and frayed, together with Wyld (James). A Map of England, Wales & Scotland describing all the Direct and Principal Cross Roads in Great Britain..., Feby. 1st 1824, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, inset map of Scotland, slight dust soiling and staining, 730 x 600 mm, contained in a contemporary marbled card slipcase with printed label to the upper cover, slipcase slight worn, with Thomson (John, publisher). England, circa 1825, engraved map with bright contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, lists of the principal roads to the vertical margins, slight dust soiling, 650 x 805 mm, contained in a contemporary slipcase with a printed label to the upper cover, the title label reads 'A New Travelling Map of England...', slipcase heavily worn and frayedQTY: (7)
Schedel (Hartman). Anglie Provincia, [circa 1493], uncoloured woodblock of an imaginary view of an English town, German text above the image and on the verso, the verso has additional text and woodcuts of David playing a harp and King Solomon, overall size 375 x 230 mm, together with 4 copies of Anglia [circa 1493], uncoloured woodblock view of an imaginary English town, Latin text below image with a similar view, on verso, titled "Hispania", three examples heavily wormed, overall size 410 x 240 mmQTY: (5)NOTE:R. W. Shirley. Early Printed Maps of the British Isles 1650 - 1750, no 6a.
* Bowyer (R.). Grand Entry of the Allied Sovereigns into Leipsic, Precipitate Flight of the French through Leipsic pursued by the Allied Armies [and] Ceremony of the Te Deum by the Allied Armies on the Square of Louis XV at Paris, 1815, three aquatints with contemporary hand-colouring, originally published in the 'Annals of Europe' old folds, each approximately 305 x 515 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, together with Pratt (Joseph). "In Remembrance of your Vigil", May 17th - 20th 1910, uncoloured mezzotint after Luke Fildes, signed below the image in pencil by George V, some water staining, laid on linen and mounted on a stretcher, 845 x 530 mm, framed and glazed, with Simkin (R. after). Our British Cavalry, 1890, chromolithograph, old folds, one repaired closed tear, originally published in 'The Boys Own Paper', 275 x 695 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, with other three lithographs similar from the same publication, plus three other military prints, various sizes and conditionQTY: (11)
* Jukes (Francis). Canterbury, Jany. 31st. 1790, aquatint with contemporary hand-colouring, title and descriptive text below image, both repeated in French, slight creasing, 380 x 490 mm, mounted, together with Middiman (Samuel). West View of Oyster-Mouth castle and Village, F. Jukes, 1792, aquatint by and after Samuel Middiman with contemporary hand-colouring, 275 x 380 mm, mounted, with Bowyer (R.). Chepstow Castle, 1805, aquatint after P. De Loutherbourg with contemporary hand-colouring, 295 x 375 mm, mounted, plus Millar (George Henry, publisher). A General View of the City & Castle of Edinburgh, the Capital of Scotland, circa 1780, hand-coloured engraving, 210 x 310 mm, mounted, and Burton (J. B.). Whitby, circa 1920, uncoloured etching, signed and titled by the artist in pencil below the image, 275 x 195 mm, mountedQTY: (5)
* Moore (Lieutenant Joseph). Sixteen plates from 'Views taken at and near Rangoon', London, Kingsbury & Co. & Thomas Clay, October 1, 1825 - January 2, 1826, sixteen aquatint views by G. Hunt, H. Pyall, T. Fielding and R. Reeve, all with bright contemporary hand-colouring, five plates tipped on to near-contemporary paper, slight marginal dust soiling and staining, occasional short marginal closed tears, 'Inside View of the Gold Temple' with longer repaired marginal closed tear, but not affecting the printed image, each approximately 320 x 420 mm, together with two subscribers sheets from the same workQTY: (18)NOTE:The plates consist of. Scene upon the Terrace of the Great Pagoda at Rangoon..., Inside View of the Golden Temple..., View of the Lake and part of the Eastern Road from Rangoon..., Scene upon the Eastern View from Rangoon..., The Position of part of the Army previous to attacking the Stockades on the 8th July 1824, The Gold Temple of the Principal Idol Guadma..., Scene upon the Terrace of the Great Dagon Pagoda at Rangoon taken near the Great Bell, One of the Birman Gilt War Boats..., The Attack of the Stockades at Pagoda Point on the Rangoon River..., The Attack of the Dalla Stockade by the Combined Forces..., View of the Great Dagon Pagoda at Rangoon and Scenery Adjacent..., View of the Landing at Rangoon of part of the Combined Forces from Bengal and Madras..., The Attack on the Stockades near Rangoon by Sir Archibald Campbell K. C. B...., View of the Great Dagon Pagoda and Adjacent Scenery taken on the Eastern Road from Rangoon, The attempt of the Birmans to retake the Stockades of Dalla..., [and] The Storming of the Fort of Syriam...,
* Vanity Fair. A collection of 16 fox hunters, late 19th & early 20th century, lithographs and photolithography of huntsmen, together with another four caricatures, three of game shots (Walter Winnians, R. Rimington Wilson & Lord Savile) and one additional caricature of a falconer (The Honble. Gerald William Lascelles), each approximately 350 x 200 mm, good condition QTY: (20)
Andreossy (Antoine Francois, Comte). Constantinople et le Bosphore de Thrace, Atlas volume only, 2nd edition, Paris: Benjamin Duprat and R. Merlin, 1841, 10 double-page plates and maps (comprising 6 engraved and 4 lithographed views by Foure after Preaux), occasional spotting, contemporary sheep-backed cloth, spine worn with loss, boards rubbed, slim 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:cf. Blackmer 33.
Dugdale (William). Monasticon Anglicanum, or, the History of the Ancient Abbies, and other Monasteries, Hospitals, Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, in England and Wales. With divers French, Irish, and Scotch Monasteries formerly relating to England, 3 volumes in one, London: Sam. Keble & Hen. Rhodes, 1693, title in red & black, 15 engraved plates, some browning and scattered spotting, armorial bookplate of James Frampton to upper pastedown, cloth hinge repairs, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked, some wear to board corners, folio, together with:Burnet (Gilbert), The History of the Reformation of the Church of England, 3 volumes including supplement (vol. 2 third edition), Dublin: A. Rhames for R. Gunne, J. Gunne & W. Bruce, 1730-33, imprimatur leaf to first volume, additional engraved titles to volumes 1 & 2, few engraved portrait plates, letterpress titles of volume 1 and supplement in red & black, armorial bookplate of Charles Walford to upper pastedowns, contemporary blind panelled calf, without spine labels, joints cracked and some wear to extremities, folio, plus an incomplete copy of The Works of Joseph Hall Doctor in Divinitie, and Deane of Worcester..., 1625, lacking all before p.381 and all after p.1266, 19th century half morocco, worn, folioQTY: (5)
Spence (Joseph). Polymetis: or, an enquiry concerning the agreement between the works of the Roman Poets, and the remains of the Antient Artists, being an attempt to illustrate them mutually from one another, in ten books, 1st edition, London: R Dodsley, 1747, engraved portrait frontispiece, 41 engraved plates, armorial bookplate of Robert Bristow to front pastedown, spotting, contemporary speckled calf gilt, lacking title label, worn, folioQTY: (1)
Defoe (Daniel). A Tour through the Island of Great Britain. Divided into circuits or journies ... interspersed with useful observations particularly fitted for the perusal of such as desire to travel over the island, 4 volumes, 8th edition, London: W. Stahan, J.F. and C. Rivington, J. Buckland [& others], 1778, two folding engraved maps, signature of R. Pettiward to upper blank margins of titles dated 1785, armorial bookplate of Finborough Library to upper pastedowns, contemporary calf, red morocco title labels to spines, some joints cracked and light wear, 12mo, together with:[Grant, Anne MacVicar], Letters from the Mountains; being the real correspondence of a lady, between the years 1773 and 1807, 3 volumes in one, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, J. Hatchard & Mrs. Cook, 1807, bookplate of Ellen James to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine, 12mo,[Macky, John], A Journey through England. In familiar letters from a gentleman here, to his friend abroad, 3rd edition, London: J. Hooke, 1723, scattered spotting and light dust-soiling, marginal toning mostly to final leaves, later endpapers, armorial bookplate of William John Mercer to upper pastedown, contemporary blind panelled calf, old reback, maroon morocco title label, joints rubbed, 8vo,Pope (Alexander), The Iliad [& Odyssey] of Homer; Translated from the Greek, 4 volumes, new edition, London: J. Johnson, G.G. and J. Robinson [& others], 1801, engraved portrait frontispiece to first volume, some light toning and scattered spotting, contemporary calf gilt, 8vo,Martyn (Thomas), Thirty-Eight Plates, with Explanations; intended to illustrate Linnaeus's System of Vegetables, and particularly adapted to the letters on the elements of botany, London: B. Whaite & Son, 1788, 38 hand-coloured engraved plates, occasional light spotting, edges untrimmed, contemporary marbled boards with later paper spine, worn, 8vo,Milton (Henry), Letters on the Fine Arts, written from Paris, in the year 1815, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Browne, 1816, light scattered spotting, edges untrimmed, original boards with later vellum spine, worn, 8vo,[Lamb, Charles], Mrs. Leicester's School: or, The history of several young ladies, related by themselves, 4th edition, London: M.J. Godwin, 1814, engraved frontispiece, early signature C.L. Pickttiall at head of title, light dust-soiling, occasional spotting and light damp stains, edges untrimmed, modern endpapers, original boards, modern amateur paper spine, 12mo, plus other miscellaneous 18th & 19th century antiquarianQTY: (29)
Shakespeare (William). Mr William Shakespeare his Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies, [edited by Edward Capell], 10 volumes, London: Dryden Leach for J. & R. Tonson, [1768], half-titles discarded, armorial bookplate of Thomas Theophilus Cock to upper pastedowns, browning and offsetting to endpapers, contemporary tree calf, gilt decorated spines without labels, joints cracked and light wear mostly to spines, 8vo (ESTC T138599), together with:Hutchinson (John), The Philosophical and Theological Works, 12 volumes, London: James Hodges, 1749, engraved frontispiece in volumes 5 and 6 only, folding table in volume 12, free endpapers removed to first volume, contemporary calf, maroon morocco title labels to spines, 8vo,Hume (David), The History of England, from the invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688, 8 volumes, new edition, London: T. Cadell, 1782, half-titles to each (except volumes 3 & 4), engraved portrait to first volume, spotting mostly to half-titles, few hinges repaired, contemporary marbled calf, gilt decorated spines, some morocco labels lacking, joints cracked and upper board of volume 7 detached, 8vo,Russell (William), The History of Modern Europe. With an account of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, and a view of the progress of society from the rise of the modern kingdoms to the Peace of Paris in 1763..., 5 volumes, new edition, London: G.G. J. & J. Robinson, 1789, armorial bookplate of John Cradock of Loughborough to upper pastedowns (offsetting to front free endpapers), contemporary tree calf, lacking spine labels, light wear to extremities, 8vo,[Coote, Charles], The History of Ancient Europe, from the earliest times to the subversion of the Western Empire; with a survey of the most important revolutions in Asia and Africa; in a series of letters from a gentleman to his son: intended as an accompaniment to Dr. Russell's History of Modern Europe, 3 volumes, London: F.C. and J. Rivington; G. Wilkie [& others], 1815, some spotting mostly at front and rear, armorial bookplate of Thomas Somers Cocks to upper pastedowns (endpapers spotted), contemporary mottled half calf, gilt decorated spine with contrasting morocco labels (few lifting), 8vo, plus other 18th & early 19th century antiquarianQTY: (48)
Adams (John Quincy). An Answer to Pain's Rights of Man, 2nd UK edition, London: Reprinted for Owen Picadilly; and sold by Symonds and Parsons, 1793, [1], 34pp., lightly spotted, a few leaves with lower margin trimmed, bound with:Paine (Thomas). Rights of Man: being an answer to Mr. Burke's attack on the French Revolution, London: H D Symonds, 1792, [4], 78pp., title repaired to gutter, occasional light spotting, a few small old dampstains, a few leaves closely trimmed to lower margins, withRights of Man; part the second, combining principle and practice, London: H D Symonds, 1792, 91, [3]pp., occasional light toning and spotting, bound in 20th-century brown half calf over marbled boards with 3 other works, Anonymous, The Duties of Man in connexion with his rights; or, rights and duties inseparable, 1793, R Thompson, A Tribute to Liberty: or, a new collection of patriotic songs; entirely original, 1793, Anonymous, King of France, the execution, of Louis The Sixteenth, 1793QTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC N30406 for the first work.An interesting sammelband of late 18th-century texts, including a rare work by John Adams and two early editions of Thomas Paine.
Dickens (Charles). The Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club, 1st edition in book form, later issue, London: Chapman and Hall, 1838, half-title, frontispiece, etched title, 41 etched plates by R. Seymour, R.W. Buss and Halbot K Browne, spotting, browning to plates (as expected), advertisements to endpapers and pastedowns, original variant blindstamped purple cloth gilt, some wear, 8vo, together with:The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, 1st edition, London: Chapman and Hall, 1839, half-title, frontispiece, 39 etched plates, plates browned, contemporary black morocco gilt, worn, 8vo, with 3 others reprints by Dickens QTY: (5)
Binding. Aesop's Fables: A new version, chiefly from original sources, by the Rev. Thomas James... with more than one hundred illustrations designed by John Tenniel, London: John Murray, 1848, half-title, additional engraved frontispiece, wood engraved illustrations throughout, occasional light spotting to few leaves, front blank free endpaper with pencil signature William Stewart Sutherland(?), and pencil note "E & R from T. (Emily & Rebecca James from Thomas James)", marbled endpapers, gilt gauffered edges, contemporary vellum by Birdsall of Northampton, with illuminated title and decoration to spine, borders to boards in gilt and colours and also upper board also with onlaid morocco border bearing the repeated words in gilt 'In the Days of Croesus King of Lydia lived Aesopus', lower board with onlaid morocco border bearing the words in gilt 'E. & R. from T.', boards with small brass boss to each corner, few minor marks, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:The first edition of Rev. Thomas James' translation of Aesop, and the first Aesop illustrated by Tenniel.
Alva. Images Sérigraphies Originales D'Alva, introduction de R. V. Gindertael, New York: Serigraph Galleries, 1954, 12 colour screen prints, original brown cloth, black dust jacket, lightly marked, folio, 88 of 160 copies, together with:Collis (Maurice). Alva, paintings and drawings, London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1942, presentation copy signed by the author to front free endpaper, illustrations throughout (a few colour), light marginal toning, original brown cloth, dust jacket, lightly rubbed, 4to, withWilczynsky (Katerina). Daphnis and Chloe, twelve drawings, Oxford: Bruno Cassirer, [1943], 12 signed etched plates, lightly toned, contained in green pictorial quarter morocco folder, folio and another relatedQTY: (2)
Kemperdick (Stephan & Jochen Sander, editors). The Master of Flémalle And Rogier Van Der Weyden, 1st edition, Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2009, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, slight mark to the rear cover, large 4to, together with:Thürlemann (Felix), Robert Campin, A monographic study with critical catalogue, 1st edition, London: Prestel, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket in slipcase, large 4to, plusDückers (Rob & Pieter Roelofs), The Limbourg Brothers, Nijmegen Masters at the French Court 1400-1416, 1st edition, Ludion, 2005, numerous colou r& monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, and Jansen (Guido & Peter C. Sutton), Michael Sweerts (1618-1664), 1st edition, Amsterdam: Rijksmuseum, 2002, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, plusGaskell (Ivan & Michiel Jonker, editors), Vermeer Studies [Studies In The History Of Art 55, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts Symposium Papers XXXIII], 1st edition, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1998, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed, large 4to, plus other Dutch/Flemish art reference & related, many original cloth in dust jackets, some paperback editions, G/VG, 8vo/4toQTY: (36)
Golden Cockerel Press. Selected Essays by the Reverend Jonathan Swift, D.D., edited by R. Ellis Roberts, volume I [all published], The Golden Cockerel Press, 1925, wood-engravings by Jon Farleigh, bookplate of Frederick Freke Palmer (solicitor), original half parchment over boards, 4to, limited edition of 450 (but actually 190) copies, together with Folk Tales and Fairy Stories from India, by Sudhin N. Ghose, Golden Cockerel Press, 1961, illustrations by Shrimati E. Carlile, original cloth gilt, slim folio, limited edition 334/500, plus Everyman, London & Toronto: J.M. Dent/Westminster Press, 1930, wood-engravings by Thomas Derrick, top edge gilt, original vellum gilt, 4to, limited large paper signed copy 48/200, with original signed woodcut laid in, with other private press and illustrated including Manfred. A Tragedy by Lord Byron, Fanfrolico Press, 1929, limited edition 43/550, The Mechanical Emperor. A very moral tale by Bruce Angrave, 1945, Satyrs and Sunlight being the collected poetry of Hugh McCrae, illustrated by Norman Lindsay, Fanfrolico Press, 1928, limited edition 457/550, The Mimiambs of Herondas, Fanfrolico Press, [1926], limited edition 50/375, The Lady's New-Years-Gift or Advice to a Daughter by the late Lord Marquis of Halifax, The Cayme Press, 1927, limited edition 55/350, and The Magic Horse from the Arabian Nights, illustrated with designs by Ceri Richards, Victor Gollancz, 1930, limited edition of 495 QTY: (20)
Bewick (Thomas). History of British Birds, volume I only of two (Land Birds), 1st edition, 2nd issue, Newcastle: Sol. Hodgson for Beilby & Bewick, 1797, 2nd issue with partly obscured vignette on p. 285, wood engraved illustrations, some spotting, previous owner inscriptions to front pastedown, contemporary half calf, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with:Bewick (Thomas), A General History of Quadrupeds, 4th edition, Newcastle: printed by and for S. Hodgson, R. Beilby and T. Bewick, 1800, wood engraved illustrations, upper corner of p. xix of index torn away, occasional light spotting and toning, contemporary presentation inscription to front pastedown, contemporary half calf, modern reback, 8vo,Bingley (William), Memoirs of British Quadrupeds, illustrative principally of their habits of life, instincts, sagacity and uses to mankind. Arranged accordfing to the system of Linnaeus, 1st edition, London: printed for Darton and Harvey & others, 1809, engraved illustrations after Samuel Howitt, some spotting and offsetting, previous owner monogram 'EH' & heron stamp to front pastedown, contemporary tree calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, 8vo,Paterson (Daniel), Paterson's British Itinerary. Being a new and accurate delineation and description of the direct and principal cross-roads of Great Britain, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Carington Bowles, 1785, hand-coloured engraved double page map, engraved calligraphic titles, dedication, 358 strip maps, printed two to a page and back to back, a few light spots, contemporary calf gilt, spines repaired, some edge wear, 8vo,Cussans (John Edwin), History of Hertfordshire, 6 parts in 2 volumes only (of 3), 1870-77, portrait frontispiece to volume I, folding map, 15 chromolithograph and tinted or colour lithograph plates, illustrations, bookplates of Charles H. Athill, College of Arms, top edge gilt, contemporary half morocco, volume I lower cover detached, some wear and losses to spines, rubbed, 4to, together with John Nichols' The History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester, 2 volumes (volume III part I & volume IV part II) only, 1800-1811 QTY: (a carton)
Bible. A New and Complete Family Bible: Containing the Old and New Testament at Large, with notes and illustrations, London: printed for R. Baldwin, E. and C. Dilly and others, 1770, engraved frontispiece and plates, text in double column, one or two light stains, previous owner inscriptions of Joseph Hawkins, 1775, front endpaper detached, contemporary calf, a little rubbed, folio, together with Stackhouse (Thomas). Copies of Drawings Illustrative of a Course of Lectures on the Architectural & other Remains of Britain, 2 volumes, circa 1833, 40 plates, a few detached, occasional light spotting and toning, small marginal insect damage, original wrappers, second volume lacking rear wrapper, some soiling, 4to, plus Mintorn (John and Horatio). The Hand-Book for Modelling Wax Flowers. Dedicated by special permission to Her Grace, the Duchess of Northumberland, 1st edition, London: George Routledge, 1844, 84 pp., light toning, lacking front endpaper, original cloth gilt, small split to upper joint, 8vo, with others including N. Hudson Moore's The Lace Book, 1905, The Channel Islands: Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, by Henry D. Inglis, 4th edition, 1838, Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories, 1902, Rabindranath Tagore's The Crescent Moon, 1913, Mother Goose the Old Nursery Rhymes, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, circa 1913, plus others Beatrix Potter etc ,QTY: (carton)
Lennox (William). Merrie England : Its Sports and Pastimes, London: T. C. Newby, 1858, front gutters split, some light toning & spotting, original gilt decorated embossed red cloth, boards & spine rubbed & hinges cracked, 8vo, together with:Watkins Pitchford (D. J. 'B.B'), The Wayfaring Tree, 1st edition, London: Hollis & Carter Ltd., 1945, 12 monochrome illustrations by the author, some minor toning, original blue cloth, spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, plus other country pursuits & sporting reference from the family library of Henry Williamson, including volumes inscribed to him and those owned by family (Richard Williamson [son] & C. R. C. Hibbert [father-in-law]), some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, overall condition is generally fair/good, 8vo/4toQTY: (3 shelves )
Lépicié (M.). Catalogue Raisonné Des Tableaux Du Roy, Avec Un Abrégé De La Vie Des Peintres, Fait par ordre de Sa Majesté, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Paris: De L'Imprimerie Royale, 1752, bookplates to the front pastedowns, some light toning & spotting, contemporary uniform gilt decorated mottled full calf with gilt armorial decorations to the front & rear boards, slightly rubbed to head & foot with some minor loss, large 8vo, together with:Bedford (W. K. R.), Malta And The Knights Hospitallers, London: Seeley And Co, 1894, 4 monochrome plates plus 25 in-text illustrations, bound with The Picture Gallery Of Charles I, by Philip Claude, London Seeley And Co., 1896, 4 monochrome plates plus 32 illustrations, and Whitehall Historical And Architectural Notes, by W. J. Loftie, London: Seeley And Co., 1895, 4 monochrome plates plus 23 illustrations, some light toning & spotting, top edge gilt, bound in contemporary gilt decorated half vellum, spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, plusSeeley (J. R.), Life And Times Of Stein; Or, Germany And Prussia In The Napolonic Age, 2 volumes, Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1879, monochrome portrait frontispiece, bookplates to the front pastedowns, some toning, top edges gilt, contemporary uniform hilt decorated red half morocco bound by R. W. Smith, volume 1 front board sympathetically repaired, slightly rubbed to head & foot, and other 18th, 19th & early 20th-century art reference & literature, including Catalogue Of The Pictures In The Collection Of The Hon, Sir John Ward...At Dudley House, Park Lane, Privately Printed, 1927, period inscription to the front endpaper by Wilfred Parling (?), original gilt decorated blue half calf, 8vo, all leather bindings, some foreign language & odd volumes, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4toApproximately 60 volumesQTY: (3 shelves)
Collins Baker (C. H.). Design In Modern Industry The Year-Book of the Design & Industries Association 1922, 1923-4, 2 volumes, London: Benn Brothers, 1922-24, numerous monochrome illustrations, ex-library copies with bookplate to the front pastedowns, blind stamps, minor marginal toning, 1922 volume with new black cloth spine retaining original boards, 1923-4 volume in original boards, slightly rubbed to head & foot, large 8vo, together with:Paulson Townsend (W. G.), Modern Decorative Art In England, Its Development & Characteristics, volume 1, London: B. T. Batsford, 1922, colour & monochrome illustrations, minor marginal toning, original gilt decorated blue cloth, spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, folio, plusHolme (Charles), Modern Design In Jewellery And Fans, London: The Studio, 1902, colour & monochrome illustrations, ex-library copy with associated stamps, some minor toning, original green cloth, lightly rubbed, large 8vo, and other early 20th-century decorative art & design reference, including The Etchings Of Frank Brangwyn, R. A., A Catalogue Raisonné, by W. Gaunt, London: The Studio, 1926, large 8vo, mostly original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (2 shelves )
Ferguson (John Alexander). Bibliography of Australia, 1784-1900, 7 volumes, facsimile edition, Canberra: National Library Of Australia, 1975, original uniform cloth in dust jackets, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot, spines slightly faded, 8vo, un-numbered limited edition of 500 copies, together with:Mendelssohn (Sidney), South African Bibliography, 2 volumes, 3rd edition, 1968, some minor marginal toning, original cloth in dust jackets, covers slightly marked & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plusSchwerdt (R.), Hunting, Hawking, Shooting illustrated in a catalogue of books, manuscripts, prints and drawings, 4 volumes, reprinted, Hildesheim: Georg Olms, 1985, facsimilie pages & monochrome illustrations, original uniform green leatherette, 8vo, and other travel & natural history bibliography & related, including Dictionary of Books relating to America, 29 volumes (bound in 15), Amsterdam: N. Israel, 1961, original uniform cloth, 8vo, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4toQTY: (5 shelves )
T & A D Poyser, (publisher). Flight Identification of European Raptors, by R. F. Porter et al, 1st edition, 1974Pine Crossbills, A Scottish contribution, by Desmond Nethersole-Thompson, 1st edition, 1975The Hen Harrier, by Donald Watson, 1st edition, 1977The Gannet, by Bryan Nelson, 1st edition, 1978Greenshanks, by Desmond and Maimie Nethersole-Thompson, 1st edition, 1979The Peregrine Falcon, by Derek Ratcliffe, 1st edition, 1980, monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jackets, spines slightly rubbed & faded, covers slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with:Knudsen (Henning & Jan Vesterholt, editors), Funga Nordica, Agaricoid, boletoid and cyphelloid genera, 1st edition, Copenhagen: Nordsvamp, 2008, original boards, 8vo, plus Welsh (Stanley L. et al, editors), Utah Flora, 2nd edition, Utah: Brigham Young University, 1993, original gilt decorated brown leatherette, lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and other modern natural history reference, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/4to QTY: (3 shelves )
History. A large collection of mid 20th-century history reference & literature from the family library of Henry Williamson, including works by Rudyard Kipling, Osbert Sitwell, Oscar Wilde, and volumes inscribed to Henry Williamson and those owned by family (Richard Williamson [son] & C. R. C. Hibbert [father-in-law]), some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, overall condition is generally fair/good, 8vo/4toQTY: (6 shelves )
Mawson (John). Records of the Indian Command of General Sir Charles James Napier, G.C.B., comprising all his General Orders remarks on Courts Martial, etc. etc., with an appendix, containing reports of speeches, copies of letters, and notices of public proceedings, extracted from content paronymous? prints, 1st edition, Calcutta: R. C. Leparge & Company, British Library, 1851, wood engraved portrait frontispiece, 244+lix pp., without the leaf of index and errata at end, light soiling to first few leaves, original printed boards with old plain cloth back strip, rubbed and marked with some wear to edges, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Scarce. Four copies in the U.K. (BL SOAS, Hull, and Aberdeen). WorldCat gives three locations in the USA and one in Canada.
Rycaut (Robert). The History of the Turks. Beginning with the year 1679. Being a full relation of the last troubles in Hungary, with the sieges of Vienna, and Buda, and all the several battles both by sea and land, between the Christians and the Turks, until the end of the year 1698, and 1699. In which the peace between the Turks and the confederate Christian princes and states, was happily concluded at Carlowitz in Hungary, by the mediation of His Majesty of Great Britain, and the States General of the United Provinces, 1st edition, London: Robert Clavell, 1700, 7 engraved portraits (including frontispiece), contemporary inscription 'Highmead' to front pastedown (offset to adjacent page), damp-stained to lower margin throughout (affecting text), hinges repaired with Japanese paper, contemporary speckled calf gilt, rebacked with original spine laid on, later title label, tailcap loose, boards water damaged to base, worn, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Atabey 1077; Blackmer 1466; Wing R2408.This volume 'forms the third volume of the first collected edition of Rycaut's histories and his edition of Knolles' history of the Turks'. (Atabey). 'Rycaut's history constitutes a fitting adjunct to Knolles' great work in an edition which brings together the two men most associated in the English literary world with Turkey.' (Blackmer).
A Japanese bronze jardinière relief decorated with birds and floral sprays on three mask head feet, height 25cm, diameter 32cm, together with a Japanese bronzed metal vase on wooden stand (2).Additional Information A Japanese bronze jardinière relief decorated with birds and floral sprays on three mask head feet, height 25cm, diameter 32cm, together with a Japanese bronzed metal vase on wooden stand (2). C/R The smaller vase is missing the middle/top section and the base is possibly associated, minor denting and wear throughout, the jardinière with staining and marks to the interior, the top is dented.
The World Chess Championship 1963 M M Botvinnik v Tigran Petrosian edited by R G Wade 1964 First Edition Hardback Book with 218 pages published by Arco Publishing Co Inc New York some ageing good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99
Suleyman the Magnificent by J M Rogers and R M Ward 1988 First Edition Softback Book with 225 pages published by British Museum Publications some ageing good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99
Numerical Divination A Criticism and Demonstration by W R Lawson date unknown First UK Edition Hardback Book with 192 pages published by Rider and Co some ageing good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99
The Triumph of French Painting Masterpieces from Ingres to Matisse by S K and W R Johnston 2000 First Edition Softback Book with 160 pages published by The Baltimore Museum of Art some ageing good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99
A Norfolk Gallery by R W Ketton Cremer 1948 First Edition Hardback Book with 256 pages published by Faber and Faber Ltd some ageing good condition. Sold on behalf of Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99
A Great War C.M.G. group of nine awarded to Colonel J. R. Dyas, Hampshire Regiment, later Royal Warwickshire Regiment The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck riband, in Garrard, London, case of issue; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (Lieut: J. R. Dyas. 2/Hamps: Regt.); India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89 (Lieutt. J. R. Dyas. 2d. Bn. Hamps: R.); Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (Capt. J. R. Dyas. 1/R. War: R.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (Major. J. R. Dyas, Rl: Warwick Rgt.) engraved naming; British War Medal 1914-20 (Col. J. R. Dyas.) rank officially corrected; Coronation 1902, silver, unnamed as issued; Khedive’s Star, dated 1884-6, unnamed as issued; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (Captain J. R. Dyas, 1st. Bn. The Royal Warwickshire Regt.) contemporarily engraved naming, mounted court-style for display, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine and better (9) £1,200-£1,600 --- C.M.G. London Gazette 8 March 1918: ‘In recognition of valuable services in connection with the War.’ James Ridgeway Dyas was born on 11 March 1862, the only son of Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Dyas, Royal Engineers, and was educated at Wellington College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 67th Regiment of Foot on 22 January 1881, and served with the Regiment (later the 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment) in India from 10 March 1881. He was promoted Lieutenant on 1 July 1881, and served in the Sudan campaign in 1885, and then with the Burmese Expedition in 1885-86 (Mentioned in Despatches) and again in 1887-89. Promoted Captain on 4 September 1889, he transferred to the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, and served in the campaign in the Sudan under Sir Herbert Kitchener with the 1st Battalion, and was present at the Battle of Khartoum. He was promoted Major on 1 April 1899, and saw further service in South Africa during the Boer War from February to June 1900. He was appointed Second in Command of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, on 6 April 1902, and was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel on 22 December 1905. Promoted Brevet Colonel on 22 December 1908, he was placed on half pay on completion of his tenure of command of the battalion the following year. Dyas rejoined for the Great War on 21 September 1913, and was appointed to the command of the 11th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. He transferred to the command of the 9th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 6 August 1915, and then to the command of the 36th Training Reserve Battalion on 1 September 1916. He reverted to retired pay on 24 July 1919, and subsequently served as Librarian at the Staff College, Camberley. For his services during the Great War he was created a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George, and received the British War Medal only. He died on 23 January 1933. Sold with a photographic image of the recipient, and copied research.
Pair: Lieutenant S. Sheffield, Imperial Yeomanry, later Hampshire Regiment, who was Mentioned in Despatches and promoted Corporal by the Commander-in-Chief for his gallantry at Retief’s Nek on 29 April 1901, and was subsequently killed in action leading in his company in an attack on the Turkish tenches at Gallipoli on 6 August 1915 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (11386 Cpl. S. Sheffield. 62nd. Coy. 11th Imp: Yeo:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lieut: S. H. Sheffield. Imp: Yeo:); 1914-15 Star (Lieut. S. Sheffield. Hamps. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lieut. S. Sheffield.) nearly extremely fine (5) £600-£800 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 20 August 1901: Lance-Corporal S. Sheffield, 62nd Company Imperial Yeomanry ‘For gallantry in the attack on Retief’s Nek, Orange River Colony, 29 April 1901. Promoted Corporal by Commander-in-Chief.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 5 November 1915 (Mediterranean Expeditionary Force). Surtees Sheffield was born in London on 8 June 1878 and was educated at Godolphin School. He ‘was a medical student at Guy’s Hospital, London, but after the outbreak of the South African War he enlisted as a Trooper in the Middlesex Yeomanry early in 1900, and obtained a commission soon after. He served through that campaign, for which he was Mentioned in Despatches, was awarded the Queen’s Medal with three clasps, ands the King’s Medal with two clasps, the latter being personally presented to him by King Edward VII at Buckingham Palace in recognition of his gallantry at Retief’s Nek. On the termination of the war he resigned his commission and went to Malaya, where he was engaged in rubber planting when war was declared in August 1914. He returned to England at once and took up his commission, becoming Lieutenant in the 13th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment on 29 January 1915. He went to Gallipoli on 25 May 1915, with a draft for the 2nd Battalion, and as was wounded in July, being sent to hospital in Alexandria. He returned to his regiment on 1 August, and was killed in action five days later, while leading his company in an attack on the Turkish trenches before Achi Baba. For his gallant and distinguished service in the Field he was Mentioned in Despatches by Sir Ian Hamilton.’ (The Roll of Honour refers). Sheffield has no known grave and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Turkey. Sold with copied research. including a photographic image of the recipient.
Six: Major W. Jones, Cheshire Regiment, late Northumberland Fusiliers and Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who was Mentioned in Despatches in both the Boer War and the Great War Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Orange Free State, last clasp attached with unofficial rivets (1705 Col Sej: W. Jones. R: Welsh Fus:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (1705 Clr:-Serjt: W. Jones. Rl: Welsh Fus:); 1914-15 Star (Lieut. W. Jones. North’d Fus.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major W. Jones.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (1705 Clr. Sjt. W. Jones. Rl. Welsh Fus.) mounted for display, very fine and better (6) £500-£700 --- M.I.D. London Gazette of 10 September 1901. M.I.D. London Gazette 14 June 1918, with Egyptian Expeditionary Force. The Llangollen Gazette of 6 September 1918 records the mention as being for gallantry in Palestine. Walter Jones was born in Wrexham on 12 September 1867. He initially joined the East Yorkshire Regiment on 31 August 1886, but transferred to 2nd Royal Welsh Fusiliers on 16 December 1886. He was promoted to Lance Corporal on 2 March 1887, and to Corporal on 18 July 1888. He saw steady promotion to Lance Sergeant in August 1891, Sergeant in October of the same year and Colour Sergeant in April 1894, having transferred to the 2nd Battalion in February 1892. He went with the Battalion to South Africa in October 1899, serving there until February 1902, and was Mentioned in Despatches (Q.S.A. roll shows him as attached to Volunteer Battalion.) In February 1902 he was posted to the 3rd Volunteer Battalion as Sergeant & Instructor. In May 1902 he was transferred to the 2nd Volunteer Battalion and served with them until his discharge on 30 August 1904. His Long Service Medal was awarded in April 1905. As an old soldier of 47 he joined up again on 12 September 1914, into the ranks. He was rapidly promoted over 3 days to Sergeant-Major, and was given a commission into the New Armies after serving 131 days. His Medal Index Card shows his theatre of entry into the war as Gallipolli, where he served with the 15th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, being wounded by a bomb in June 1915. He was repatriated home via Alexandria whilst attached to 1/5th East Lancashire Regiment. In November 1915 he was transferred to the 2nd Garrison Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. Sold with copied discharge papers and record of service.
Six: Major J. Pragnell, Hampshire Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Transvaal (3172 Sejt. J. Pragnell, 2: Hampshire Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3172 Cr:-Serjt: J. Pragnell. Hampshire Regt.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Q.M. & Capt. J. Pragnell.) rank partially officially corrected on BWM; Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (3172 C. Sjt: J. Pragnell. Hants: Regt.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 3rd issue (3172 C/Sjt. J. Pragnell. R. Hamps.) mounted court-style as worn, contact marks, nearly very fine (6) £400-£500 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 5 June 1919 (Mesopotamia). John Pragnell ‘joined the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Royal Artillery at the age of 17, and as a Sergeant in the South African War was present at the Relief of Kimberley. During the Great War he served in the 6th Hampshire Regiment (Territorials) in India and Mesopotamia, and retired in 1930, after 40 years’ service with the Regiment. Since then Major Pragnell has attended regularly the reunion dinners of the War Veterans’ Association.’ (The recipient’s obituary in The Royal Hampshire Regiment Journal, August 1957, refers). Pragnell was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 101 of April 1909, and served during the Great War as Quartermaster of the 6th Battalion in Mesopotamia from 16 September 1917. Sold with copied research, including a photographic image of the recipient in old age.
Pair: Private G. E. R. Dartnell, Hampshire Regiment, later Hampshire Yeomanry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (300 Pte. C. [sic] Dartnell. Vol: Coy. Hants: Regt.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (157 Pte. G. E. R. Dartnell. Hants: Yeo.) light contact marks, nearly extremely fine (2) £200-£240 --- George E. R. Dartnell was born in Lambeth, London, in 1882 and attested for the Hampshire Regiment at Winchester on 11 February 1902. He served with the Volunteer Company in South Africa during the Boer War, from 8 March to 31 July 1902, and was discharged on 30 August 1902. He subsequently enlisted in the Hampshire Yeomanry (Territorial Force), and was awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order 11 of January 1913. Sold with copied record of service and copied medal roll extracts.
Five: Private R. Blanchard, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1901, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3294 Pte. R. Blanchard. Oxford: Lt Infy:) unofficial affixing between state and date clasps; 1914-Star, with copy clasp (6981 Pte. R. Blanchard. 2/Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.) Battalion no. officially corrected; British War and Victory Medals (6981 Pte. R. Blanchard. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (6931 Pte. R. Blanchard. Oxf & Bucks. L.I.) very fine (5) £200-£240 --- R. Blanchard serve with the 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front form 13 August 1914. Sold with photograph cut from a regimental chronicle of ‘Officers and other ranks, 2nd Battalion, 1914-19’ who went to France in August 1914 and came home in 1919, in which the recipient is identified.
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