Kipling (Rudyard). The Irish Guards In The Great War, edited and compiled from their diaries and papers, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Macmillan and Co., 1923, 2 maps, previous owner inscriptions to the front endpapers, some light toning, original uniform gilt decorated red cloth, boards & spines lightly rubbed & marked, 8vo, together with Khosla (K. R. & R. P. Chatterjee). His Imperial Majesty King George V and the Princes of India and the Indian Empire, edited by R.P. Chatterjee. Lahore: printed by Sh. Mohammad Sharif at the Calcutta Art Printing Works for the Imperial Publishing Co., [1937], numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, front gutter cracked at the preface, some light toning & spotting, original silver cloth, boards & spine rubbed and marked with slight loss, front hinge split & spine partially detached, folio, plus Brayley (E. W.), Ancient Castles of England And Wales, 2 volumes, London: Longman, Hurst, and Co., 1825, monochrome engraved plates by W. Woolnorth, bookplates to the front pastedowns, some light spotting & toning, contemporary uniform green half morocco, boards & spines slightly rubbed, 8vo, and Queen Victoria. Leaves From The Journal of Our Life In The Highlands, from 1848 to 1861..., illustrated edition, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1868, numerous monochrome illustrations, front & rear gutters cracked, some light toning throughout, all edges gilt, original gilt decorated red cloth, boards & spine rubbed & marked with some minor loss, folio, plus other 19th & early 20th-century literature & plate books, including The Looking Glass, or Caricature Annual 1835, Vol.6, London: Thomas McLean, 1835, folio, The Communists of Paris 1871, Types, Physiognomies, Characters, by Bertall, London: Buckingham & Co., 1871, Impressions Lithographiques de Voyage par M. M. Trottman & Cham, Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie, circa 1880, folio, some leather bindings, but mostly original cloth, overall condition generally fair/good, 8vo/folioQTY: (3 cartons)
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Newman (Edward). A Familiar Introduction to The History of Insects; being a new and greatly improved edition of The Grammar of Entomology, London: John Van Voorst, 1841, monochrome illustrations, ex-libris bookplate to the front pastedown, period inscriptions to the front endpaper & head of the title page, front & rear gutters cracked, some marginal toning, original green cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed with small tear to the head of the spine, 8vo, together with:Bosanquet (R. H. M.), An Elementary Treatise on Musical Intervals and Temperament..., 1st edition, London: Macmillan and Co., 1876, signed by the author to the head of the half-title, some toning & light spotting, front & rear gutters cracked, original green cloth, spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plusLysaght (A. M.), Joseph Banks in Newfoundland & Labrador, 1766, His diary, Manuscripts and Collections, 1st edition, London: Faber and Faber, 1971, numerous monochrome illustrations plus folding plates, original cloth in price-clipped dust jacket, large 4to, and other history & miscellaneous reference, including Cambridge Modern History, 13 volumes plus Atlas, Cambridge: University Press, 1902-12, uniform original cloth, 8vo, & works by Winston S. Churchill, Bertrand Russell, George Borrow, The Gresham Publishing Company, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4toQTY: (6 shelves)
Farjon (Aljos). A Monograph Of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys, Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, 2005, numerous monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, folio, together with:Fielding (John & Nicholas Turland), Flowers of Crete, 1st edition, Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, 2005, numerous colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, plusWakefield (Elsie M. & R. W. G. Dennis), Common British Fungi,..., 2nd edition, Surrey: Saiga Publishing Co., 1981, 111 colour plates, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, and other modern gardening & horticulture reference, including The Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener, and Country Gentleman, a broken run of 32 volumes, London, 1861-83, all original uniform gilt decorated blue cloth, large 8vo, & publications by Batsford, New Naturalist, Routledge, Oxford, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8bo/folioQTY: (6 shelves )
Christie (Agatha). The Hound Of Death and Other Stories, 1st edition, London: Odhams, 1933, some minor spotting to the text block, original cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly rubbed with small tears & minor loss to head & foot, 8vo, together with:Herbert (A. P. & F. Sladen Smith, Beatrice Mayor, Helen Simpson), Four One-Act Plays, limited edition, Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1923, signed by the authors to the limitation page, uncut pages, bookplate to front pastedown, some light toning, original vellum spine to grey boards, lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, 33/50The Bomber Gipsy and Other Poems, 1st edition, London: Methuen, 1918, signed by A. P. Herbert to the title page with an additional 'presentation copy' stamp, some light spotting, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot with some minor loss, 8vo, plusMoncrieff (A. R. Hope et al), Myth And Legend in Literature And Art, 8 volumes, London: The Gresham Publishing Company, circa 1913, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original uniform cloth, spines lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and other early to mid 20th-century fiction, including works by Henry James, A. P. Herbert, Ronald Searle, John Betjamin, Elizabeth von Arnim, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo QTY: (6 shelves )
Gloria Books, publisher. New York, 1st edition, London, 2008, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original gold cloth in slipcase, folio, together with:Eryavuz (?ebnem), Treasures Of Çankaya, The Collection of The Turkish Presidential Palace, 1st edition, Ankara: Presidency of the Republic of Turkey, 2014, numerous colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, small tear to the head of the spine, folio, plusGoldner (George R.), European Drawings, Catalogue Of The Collections, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Malibu: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1988, numerous monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jackets, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot, large 8vo, andvan Berkel (Ben & Caroline Bos), Studio Design models, Architecture Urbanism Infrastructure, 1st edition, London: Thames & Hudson, 2006, numerous colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, plus other art reference, many original cloth in dust jackets, some paperback editions & duplicate copies, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves )
Oxford University Press. A large collection of Oxford University Press published history reference, including A History Of Chess, by H. J. R. Murray, reprinted, 1969, The Social & Economic History Of The Roman Empire, by M. Rostovtzeff, 1st edition, 1926, Johnson's England..., 2 volumes, edited by A. S. Turberville, reprinted, 1965, Medieval England, 2 volumes, edited by Austin Lane Poole, 1958, all original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8voApproximately 100 volumesQTY: (6 shelves )
Stephenson (Jean & Kit Currie). The Grolier Club Iter Veneticum, 1st edition, New York: The Grolier Club, 2001, monochrome illustrations, original red cloth spine to marbled boards, 8vo, together with:Hawkins (Ann R., editor), Teaching Bibliography, Textual Criticism, And Book History, reprinted, London: Pickering & Chatto, 2007, original boards, 8vo, plusQuincy (Josiah), The History of The Boston Athenaeum, with Biographical Notices of its Deceased Founders, Cambridge: Metcalf And Company, 1851, some pencil annotations, minor toning & spotting, original blue cloth, slightly rubbed to the head of the spine, front hinge split to the head, 8vo, and other modern bibliography & library reference, including publications by Cambridge, Oxford, California, The Grolier Club, & 3 framed library prints, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, some paperback editions, G/VG, 8vo/4to QTY: (3 shelves )
von Erffa (Helmut & Allen Staley). The Paintings of Benjamin West, 1st edition, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1986, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, spine faded & lightly rubbed to head & foot, large 4to, together with:Simon (Jacob), The Art of the Picture Frame, Artists, Patrons and the Framing of Portraits in Britain, 1st edition, London: National Portrait Gallery, 1997, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, plus Levey (Michael), Giambattista Tiepolo, His Life And Art, 1st edition, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1986, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, and other art reference & related, including Changing Perspectives in Literature and the Visual Arts 1650-1820, by Murray Roston, 1st edition, Princeton: University Press, 1990, 8vo, Piero della Francesca, Artist & Man, by James R. Banker, Oxford: University Press, 2014, 8vo, many original cloth, some in dust jackets, some paperback editions, G/VG, 8vo/4to QTY: (3 shelves )
British Isles. Jansson (Jan & Ortelius Abraham), Insularum Britannicarum Acurata Delineatio ex Geographicis Conatibus Abrahami Ortelii, Amsterdam, 1646 [or later], an historical map engraved by Pieter Van den Keere with contemporary outline colouring, large decorative cartouche, compass rose and numerous rhumb lines, orientated to the west, slight toning to the central fold, 395 x 510 mm, no text on verso, together with Homann (Johann Baptist). Magnae Britanniae pars Meridionalis in qua regnum Angliae tam in Septem Antiqua Anglo-Saxonum Regna..., Nuremberg, circa 1725, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, large uncoloured cartouche and historical vignette, old folds, 575 x 490 mm, with another five maps of England & Wales, including examples by or after Kitchin, Dilly & Robinson and Vivares, one duplicate, various sizes and conditionQTY: (7)NOTE:The first item described. R. W. Shirley. Early Printed Maps of the British Isles, 1477 - 1650, number 575.
Sea Charts. Colom (Jacob), De Custe Van Engleant Tuschen Fierlt en Poorlant, Amsterdam, 1688, uncoloured engraved sea chart of the South Coast of England from Portland to Beachey Head, slight overall toning, 385 x 525 mm, together with Laurie (R. & Whittle J.). Plan of the Bays of Polkerris and Mevagizey in Cornwall, 1794, uncoloured engraved sea chart, two inset horizon profiles, large margins, 655 x 480 mmQTY: (2)
Title pages. Speed (John), The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine: Presenting an Exact Geography of the Kingdomes of England, Scotland, Ireland and the Iles adjoyning: With the Shires, Hundreds, Cities and Shire-townes within ye Kingdome of England divided and described, published John Sudbury & Georg Humble, 1611, hand-coloured engraved title page, some fraying and creasing to the margins, long repaired closed tear affecting the printed image, 390 x 250 mm, together with another copy similar with thread margins, with Ortelius (Abraham). Spectandum dedit Ortelius mortalib orbem Orbi spectandum Galleus Ortelium. Papius, [1579 or later], hand-coloured engraved portrait of Abraham Ortelius, some water staining and repaired tears to the margin, 325 x 220 mm, plus White (R. engraver). William Camden Clarenceux..., [1695 or later], hand-coloured engraved portrait of William Camden, 295 x 195 mm, mountedQTY: (4)
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Gillray (James). Hounds Finding, Hounds in Full Cry, Hounds Throwing off [and] Coming in at the Death, H. Humprey 1800 [but later 19th-century impression], set of four hand-coloured etchings, each approximately 260 x 380 mm, uniformly mounted, framed and glazed, together with Turner (J. M. W. after). Lyme Regis, Lulworth Castle [and] The Sun Rising in the Mist, circa 1870, together three hand-coloured engravings, each approximately 185 x 235 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, with Gilbert (Sir John, Cruikshank George & Dudley R. illustrators). The Library Shakespeare, William Mackenzie, circa 1880, approximately 60 colour and black and white wood engravings, no text, disbound, paper size 300 x 220 mmQTY: (approx. 65)
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Rennie (George, Broum [Brown], Robert and Shirreff, John). General View of the Agriculture of the West Riding of Yorkshire, with observations on the means of its improvement, drawn up for the consideration of the Board of Agriculture and internal improvement, 1st edition, London: W. Bulmer & Co., 1794, single-page engraved map, 140pp., final few leaves with some rather heavy staining, half-title with contemporary ownership inscription of James Johnstone of Alva, some spotting to half-title and margins of preliminary leaves, bound with Leatham (Isaac). General View of the Agriculture of the East Riding of Yorkshire, and the Ainsty of the City of York, with observations on the means of its improvement..., 1st edition, London: W. Bulmer & Co., 1794, single-page hand-coloured map, five single-page engraved plans, and two uncoloured aquatint plates of sheep, 68pp., some minor marks and final leaf with some spotting, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, worn with covers near detached, small 4to, together withStillingfleet (Benjamin). Miscellaneous Tracts relating to Natural History, Husbandry, and Physick. Two which is added the Calendar of Flora, 2nd edition, corrected and augmented with additional notes throughout, particularly on some of the English grasses, London: R. & J. Dodsley, 1762, eleven engraved plates of grasses, mostly light spotting, marbled endpapers, contemporary mottled calf, somewhat worn with joints cracked and spine labels missing, 8vo, plus a defective copy of Charles Leigh, The Natural History of Lancashire, Cheshire, and the Peak, in Derbyshire, 1st edition, Oxford, 1700, lacking the portrait frontispiece and double-page hand-coloured engraved map by Moll, and with 22 of the 24 engraved plates, some marks, contemporary calf, some minor marks and minor defects, contemporary calf, heavily worn with back strip mostly deficient, folioQTY: (3)
Reeve ( R. G. & A. W.). For the benefit of the families of the killed in the Allied Fleet on the coast of Syria...., The Bombardment and Capture of St Jean D'Acre..., Colnaghi & Puckle, London, 1841, hand-coloured aquatint after Lieut. J. F. Warre R. N., toned overall, slight surface abrasion, 470 x 695 mm, mounted and framed in a near-contemporary burr walnut frameQTY: (1)NOTE:One of two naval battles along the coast of Syria which were part of the campaign by the Quadruple Alliance to drive back the Egyptian forces of Mehemet Ali. The fall of St Jean d’Acre took several hours of bombardment, brought to an eventual close when the town’s grand magazine was hit, resulting in a huge explosion which killed over 1200 people.
Horace. The Odes, Epodes, and Carmen Seculare of Horace. Translated into English Prose, 3rd edition, London: Joseph Davidson, 1746, engraved frontispiece, title in red & black, contemporary calf, spine and extremities worn, 8vo, together with:Smollett (Tobias), The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle. In which are included, Memoirs of a Lady of Quality, 4 volumes, 4th edition, London: R. Baldwin, Robinson, Roberts, T. Becket & T. Cadell, 1769, engraved frontispiece to each volume, light toning and occasional spotting, front endpapers with bookplates of Robert Gray and Aubrey Vere Spencer, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines with morocco labels (volume number labels worn), joints cracked, 12mo,Churchill (Charles), Poems, 2 volumes, 3rd edition, London: John Churchill & W. Flexney, 1766, armorial bookplate of George Francis Fainham to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, without title labels, joints cracked, upper board to first volume loose, 8vo, plus other 19th century antiquarian, mostly poetry, including one odd volumeQTY: (13)
Rock. Collection of 57 vinyl records / LPs featuring mainly 1970s rock music, including Pete Brown & Piblokto "Things May Come and Things May Go, but the Art School Dance Goes On Forever" (1970, Harvest SHVL 768, gatefold sleeve, 1st pressing without EMI box on label), King Crimson "In The Wake of Poseidon" (1970, Island Records ILPS 9127, rare 1st UK pressing, pink label with white 'i' logo at base, heavily textured gatefold sleeve printed and made by E.J. Day, matrices A1/B1) together with "In The Court of King Crimson", The Clash "London Calling" (2-LP, 1st pressing, 1979, CBS CLASH 3) and "Sandinista" (3-LP with insert, 1980, CBS FSLN 1), Cream "Live Cream" (ATCO SD 33-328) and "Best of Cream" (Polydor 583060), Dando Shaft "An Evening With" (1st pressing, 1970, Young Blood SSYB 6), John Martyn "Live at Leeds" (2002 re-issue, 2-LP gatefold with booklet, Turning Point TPM 2207), "Piece by Piece" (Island ILPS 9807), "Inside Out" (Island ILPS 9253), "Grace & Danger" (Island ILPS 9560), "Glorious Fool" (WEA K99178) and "Well Kept Secret" (WEA K99255), Jethro Tull "Aqualung" (Island ILPS 9145), "War Child" (Chrysalis CHR 1067), "Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll, Too Young to Die" (Chrysalis CHR 1111), "Minstrel in the Gallery" (Chrysalis CHR 1082) and "Songs from the Wood" (Chrysalis CHR 1132), Frank Zappa / Mothers "Hot Rats" (Reprise RSLP 6356), "The Grand Wazoo" (Warner K44209), "The §&%§* of the Mothers" (Verve 710022, German Edition) and "Over-Nite Sensation" (Discreet K41000), Yes "Close To The Edge" (Atlantic K50012), "Tales from Topographic Oceans" (Atlantic K80001), "Relayer" (Atlantic K50096), "Tormato" (Atlantic K500518) and "Fragile" (Atlantic DeLuxe 2401019), Jefferson Airplane "Bark" (1971, Grunt Records FTR-1001), Roy Harper "Flashes from the Archives of Oblivion" (2-LP, Harvest SHDW 405), Soft Machine "Live at the Proms 1970" (Reckless RECK 5), Hawkwind "Self-Titled" (1970, gatefold, Liberty LBS 83348), Beck, Bogert & Appice (Epic EPC 65455), Eric Clapton "461 Ocean Boulevard" (RSO De Luxe 2479118), Derek and the Dominoes "Layla" (2-LP, Polydor Super 2625005), Emerson, Lake & Palmer "Tarkus" (Island ILPS 9155), Mountain "Nantucket Sleighride" (Island ILPS 9148), Steve Winwood "Arc of a Diver" (Island 203207), Steve Howe "Beginnings" (Gatefold, Atlantic K50151), Rick Wakeman "The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table" (Gatefold with booklet, A&M Records AMLH 64515) and "1984" (Charisma CDS 4022), Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (Arista 209970), Jon Anderson "Olias of Sunhillow" (Gatefold, Atlantic K50261) and "Animation" (Polydor POLD 5044), Stomu Yamash'ta's East Wind "Freedom is Frightening" (Island ILPS 9242), Mahavishnu Orchestra "Birds of Fire" (CBS 65321), Carlos Santana, Mahavishnu & John McLaughlin "Love Devotion Surrender" (CBS S69037), John McLaughlin "Devotion" (Gatefold, Douglas DGL 65075), Spirit "Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus" (Gatefold, Epic 64191), Camel "The Snow Goose" (Decca SKL-R 5207), Caravan (The Best Of) "Canterbury Tales (2-LP, gatefold, Decca DKL-R 8/1 & 8/2), Canned Heat "The Canned Heat Cook Book" (Gatefold, Liberty LST-11000), The Velvet Underground "Live At Max's Kansas City" (Atlantic K30022), Annie Haslam "Annie in Wonderland" (Gatefold, Warner K56453), Captain Beaky & His Band (Polydor Super 2383463), together with:Pink Floyd "Dark Side of the Moon", signed in an unidentified hand with the names of all four band members in thick silver pen all over the front cover starting top right with David Gilmour and followed in a clockwise direction by Richard Wright, Nick Mason and Roger Waters respectively, edges and corners rubbed and worn, some damage to centre of spine, some surface wear and adhesive remnants from a removed Red Cross sticker top right, no stickers or posters included, no inner sleeve (1973, Harvest SHVL 804, black gatefold sleeve, non-solid triangle, matrices A9/B8, vinyl rated GOOD), plus:The Sex Pistols "Never Mind the Bollocks", signed in an unidentified hand with the names of all four members of the band in dark blue pen, starting with Steve Jones at the centre and followed in a clockwise direction by Paul Cook, Johnny Rotten and Sid Vicious respectively, some wear to spine and some light surface marks (1977, Virgin Records V2086, matrices A9/B7, vinyl rated EXC) QTY: (57)
Rowlandson (Thomas). The Vicar of Wakefield, by Oliver Goldsmith, London: R. Ackermann, 1823, 24 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Thomas Rowlandson, some light offsetting and spotting, front free endpaper renewed, contemporary half calf, a little rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, together with 5 others illustrated by Rowlandson including the 3 Tours of Doctor Syntax (In Search of the Picturesque/Consolation/Wife), small format editions, 1823 (with 73 hand-coloured aquatints only, of 77), The History of Johnny Quae Genus, the Little Foundling, 1822 (with 20 aquatint plates only, of 24) and Pierce Egan's Life in London, 1821 (with 35 aquatints only, of 36)QTY: (6)NOTE:Sold as a collection of plates not subject to return.
A SMALL WEMYSS WARE PLATE 'VIOLETS' PATTERN, EARLY 20TH CENTURY decorated by Edwin Sandland, painted and impressed WEMYSS, 12cm diameter; together with a 'BRAMBLES' SMALL PLATE, impressed WEMYSS WARE/ R. H. & S., printed retailer's stamp, T. GOODE & CO., 14cm diameter; and a 'STRAWBERRIES' SMALL PLATE, painted and impressed WEMYSS, printed retailer's stamp T. GOODE & CO.
A WEMMYSS WARE COMB TRAY 'BLACK COCKEREL & HENS' PATTERN, CIRCA 1900 impressed WEMYSS WARE/ R. H. & S., printed retailer's stamp T. GOODE & CO., 25.5cm across; together with a group of 'BROWN COCKEREL & HENS' WARES, comprising a TEAPOT & COVER, impressed WEMYSS WARE/ R. H. & S., printed retailer's stamp T. GOODE & CO., 10.5cm high; and TWO BREAKFAST PLATES, each impressed WEMYSS and printed retailer's stamp T. GOODE & CO., each 12.3cm diameter
A GROUP OF WEMYSS WARES 'BLACK COCKEREL & HENS' PATTERN, CIRCA 1900 comprising a SOAP DISH, TRAY & COVER, impressed WEMYSS WARE/ R. H. & S., printed retailer's stamp T. GOODE & CO., 14cm diameter; an OVAL PIN TRAY, impressed WEMYSS, pprinted retailer's stamp T. GOODE & CO, 13.6cm across; and a RECTANGULAR PIN TRAY, painted WEMYSS, 14.3cm across
A COLLECTION OF SNUFF MULLS to include, a curly horn snuff mull set with a cairngorm to the pull-off lid; one set with an agate cabochon to the hinged lid, one with applied mounts with engraved initials, and 'Revd R D' to collar; together with a cow hoof snuff box with applied thistle and shield with engraved initial mountsDimensions:7.5cm, 12cm,9cm, 12cm long
INVERNESS – A RARE PAIR OF SCOTTISH PROVINCIAL SALVERS JOHN BAILLIE marked I.B, INS, X (dots within angles) of shaped square outline with plain flat and slightly raised flared rim, the four corner bracket feet inswept following the shape of the rimDimensions:14cm wide, 10ozProvenance:Provenance:Phillips 20th May 1988 lot 111Private Scottish CollectionNote: References and exhibition:Compendium of Scottish Silver R & J Dietert Volume 2 page 116Compendium of Scottish Silver II R & J Dietert page 433Note:Although not a well-recorded maker, the work of John Baillie of Inverness is universally of a very high standard. It seems fair to say he was the most accomplished silversmith in Inverness in the mid-18th century and received many important commissions. His work is scarce but from what survives we can see a maker of great quality receiving important and fashionable commissions. Like his contemporaries, he produced several fine quaichs of traditional form and these were likely a mainstay of his larger work. However, his true skill is seen in larger pieces which would not have looked out of place coming from his Edinburgh contemporaries. He produced two hot milk jugs, extremely rare for any Scottish silversmith, let alone provincially made (Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museum 01365 and Inverness Art Gallery & Museum 1978.260). Two pairs of mugs are recorded, one within a private collection (‘Exhibition of Scottish Silver’ Royal Scottish Museum August – September 1948 item 331), the other within the National Museums of Scotland collection National Museum Scotland (MEQ 1575 and 1576). These salvers are the only recorded in Inverness silver by any maker and one of only a very small handful of pairs of provincial examples extant.
JACOBITE RISING OF 1715; JOHN ERSKINE, 22ND OR 6TH EARL OF MAR, & JACOBITE DUKE OF MAR (1675-1732) PROCLAMATION OF JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART AS KING JAMES VIII, BRAEMAR, 7 SEPTEMBER 1715 single bifolium written on two sides (in a secretarial hand), with Mar's autograph signature ('Mar') and red wax seal at foot, docketed 'To the Right Honorable the Lord Haddo, 7th Septem[be]r 1715', old foldsNote: Note:The sole identified extant manuscript copy of the document known to posterity as the Earl of Mar's 'letter to the gentlemen of Perthshire', issued in his capacity as commander-in-chief of the forces of 'our rightful and natural king James the 8th' the day after the raising of the Stuart standard at Braemar, and instructing recipients to take up arms in support of the Jacobite cause.The content of the letter is summarised in a handful of accounts including Robert Chambers's History of the Rebellions in Scotland (Edinburgh, 1829), p. 187, and printed in full in Cowan, The Ancient Capital of Scotland: The Story of Perth from the Invasion of Agricola to the Passing of the Reform Bill (London, 1904), volume 2, chapter 21. In addition to a call to arms, it contains an instruction to 'source what arms and ammunition are in the hands of suspected persons', and a warning to ensure that troops 'commit no plundering nor disorders upon the highest penalties and [James's] displeasure'. It pre-dates by a two days another proclamation, often printed in accounts of the Fifteen since the 18th century and differing substantively only in its second paragraph, which contains the specific instruction to muster at the 'Inver of Braemar, on Monday next'.This copy is addressed to William Gordon, Lord Haddo (1679-1745), the future second Earl of Aberdeen, who was suspected of negotiating with the Whigs after the Hanoverian succession and during the Fifteen 'let the Jacobites down badly by fleeing to Edinburgh, thus earning the contempt of those who had previously trusted him and indeed in some cases had been "much guided by his sentiments"' (History of Parliament, online). The conduct of Mar himself has been described by one authority as 'marked with a disastrous combination of chronic indecision and strategic incompetence' (Macinnes, Clanship, Commerce and the House of Stuart, 1996, p. 200).
JACOBITE INTEREST MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE AND MINISTERIAL CONDUCT ... OF THE LATE LORD VISC. BOLINGBROKE London: R. Baldwin, 1752. First edition, 8vo, contemporary calf, contemporary ownership inscription 'James Hepburn' on the title-page, later annotation 'The autograph on the title page is that of my great grandfather, James Hepburn of Keith, Marischal, who was engaged in the Insurrection of 1745. J. Hepburn' to front free endpaper, 19th-century bookplate of James Hepburn to front pastedown, binding rubbed, loss to spine-ends, front joint cracked but holding [ESTC N4592]. Together with Duncan Stewart, A Short Historical and Genealogical Account of the Royal Family of Scotland, 1729 (first edition, 4to, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered engraved folding genealogical table (holes to folds), browning, 3 leaves of manuscript genealogical notes laid in, probably 19th century), and 12 pamphlets, 18th-century, all but one disbound (these not fully collated), including: An Answer of a Barrister at Law to to Curate of En-, concerning the Birth of a Suppositious Child, 1713 [ESTC T21968];Copy of what Dr. Archibald Cameron to have delivered to the Sheriff of Middlesex at the Place of Execution, 1753, first edition, repairs [ESTC T34168: 13 copies, all but one in UK]; [Stuart, James Francis Edward], A Collection of Declarations, Proclamations, and other Valuable Papers, published by authority at Edinburgh, in the years 1745 and 1746, re-printed in the year 1748 [ESTC T163990]; John Withers, The Perjury and Folly of the Late Rebellion Display'd, third edition, 1716 [ESTC T174968: six copies]; True Copies of the Papers wrote by Arthur Lord Balmerino [and others], and delivered by them to the Sheriffs at the Places of their Execution, [London, c.1746], with approx. 30 pp. early manuscript notes at rear including 'The last dying speech of Robert Lyon', 'The last dying speech of Captain Donald MacDonald', 18th-century ownership inscriptions, 'receit to cristlarise wine glass of nitric acid', etc. [ESTC T51840]; and similar (14)Note: Note:James Hepburn of Keith (1691-?) was involved in the 1715 Jacobite rising as part of the troops raised by the Earl of Winton in East Lothian. The dramatic style in which he swore allegiance to Prince Charles Edward Stuart three decades later was vividly described by Sir Walter Scott in Tales from a Grandfather:'As the Prince entered the door of the palace of Holyrood, this gentleman stepped from the crowd, bent his knee before him in testimony of homage, and, rising up, drew his sword, and, walking before him, marshalled him the way into the palace of his ancestors. Hepburn bore the highest character as the model of a true Scottish gentleman. He, like Lord Elcho, disclaimed the slavish principles of the violent Jacobites; but conceiving his country wronged, and the gentry of Scotland degraded by the Union, he, in this romantic manner, dedicated his sword to the service of the Prince who offered to restore him to his rights’ (1842 edition, volume 3, p. 195).
JACOBITE RISING OF 1745 RARE BROADSIDE PROCLAMATION, HOLYROOD HOUSE, 9 OCTOBER 1745 Single half-sheet, woodcut headpiece and initial, text commence 'Charles Prince of Wales, etc. Regent of Scotland, England, France and Ireland, and Dominions thereunto belonging. Charles P. R. Whereas we are certainly informed. That the Elector of Hanover has taken upon him to summon a Parliament to meet at Westminster of Thursday the Seventeenth of this instant October; We hereby warn and command all His Majesty's Liege Subjects ... to pay no Obedience to any such Summons ...', mounted, framed and glazed, mount aperture 302 x 194 mm, creases and tape repairs [ESTC T30512]Provenance:Previously at Letterfourie, MorayshireNote: Note:Rare and important broadside issued by Prince Charles Edwart Stuart while holding court at Holyrood and building up his forces for the march on London. It announces the end to any amnesty previously offered to Hanoverian loyalists and declaring that any individuals accepting the summons of George II to attend a meeting of parliament on 17 October 'shall be proceeded against as traitors and rebels to their King and Country'. ESTC traces seven copies only in libraries world-wide.
A GROUP OF WEMYSS WARES 'CABBAGE ROSES' PATTERN, EARLY 20TH CENTURY comprising a LARGE MUG, impressed WEMYSS WARE/ R. H. & S., printed retailer's stamp T. GOODE & CO., 14.5cm high; a BISCUIT BARREL & COVER, inscribed BISCUITS, impressed and painted WEMYSS, 11.5cm high; a PEN TRAY, impressed and painted WEMYSS, printed retailer's stamp T. GOODE & CO. 24cm long; and a CUP AND SAUCER, saucer impressed WEMYSS, each painted WEMYSS, cup 5cm high, saucer 13cm diameter
TWO LARGE WEMYSS WARE MUGS 'CABBAGES ROSES' PATTERN, EARLY 20TH CENTURY one impressed WEMYSS WARE/ R. H. & S., the other impressed WEMYSS, printed retailer's stamp T. GOODE & CO., 14cm high; together with a 'CABBAGE ROSES' GORDON PLATE, impressed WEMYSS, 20.5cm diameter; a 'CHERRIES' GORDON PLATE, impressed WEMYSS WARE/ R. H. & S., 20.5cm diameter; TWO 'CABBAGE ROSES' LADY EVA VASES, each decorated by Edwin Sandland, painted WEMYSS, one 20cm high, the other 15.7cm high; and a 'CABBAGE ROSES' FRUIT BOWL, painted and impressed WEMYSS, 19.5cm wide
A BOXED UNBUILT AIRFIX JAMES BOND MOONRAKER SPACE SHIP PLASTIC CONSTRUCTION KIT, Series 10, No.10178-8, 1/144 scale, contents still sealed in original cellophane packet, with instructions and decal sheet, outer box damaged, with a quantity of other boxed part built large scale plastic construction kits, contents not checked, to include Heller 1/16 scale Citroen DS, No.751, Heller 1/8 scale B.M.W. R-60/5 Gendarmerie Motorcycle, No.992, Bandai 1/16 scale Steam Traction Engine, No.17, Tamiya Brabham BT 44B Formula One racing car, Italeri 1/24 scale Scania 142H Bro Wrecker, No.772, with an empty box for a Heller 1/8 scale Norton 750 Hi Rider, No.995 and a quantity of assorted constructed plastic kit vehicles and aircraft, majority with damage and/or missing items (3 boxes)
Watercolours and other paintings to include John Hallam, seascape, watercolour, signed and dated '95 lower right, 25 x 35cm; Joyce Wretham, View of a village, oil on board, signed lower left, 28 x 37cm; R Cox, 'Before the Barge Match', watercolour, signed lower right, 18 x 24cm; R Cox, 'On the Orwell', watercolour, signed lower right, 23 x 24cm; Still life of poppies, oil on board, signed Devlin', 24 x 18cm; and George Horne, 'The Old Forge and Cottage, Branscombe, Devon', oil on board, signed lower right, 18 x 24cm (6)
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