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Click here to subscribeJorgen Dahl (Danish, 1825-1890)The barque Captain Dan off Trekroner Fort, Copenhagensigned, dated and inscribed 'J.Dahl 1879/Kopenhagen' (lower right), further inscribed 'Barque Captain Dan of London, T Robert Master/late R Hughes Master.' (lower left) oil on canvas 60.3 x 86.5cm (23 3/4 x 34in).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Frank Watson Wood (British, 1862-1953)Portland, Dorset: Atlantic Fleet Capital Ships, 1921signed and dated 'FRANK WOOD 1921' (lower right), inscribed with each of the ship's names (lower edge) watercolour 17.5 x 75cm (6 7/8 x 29 1/2in).Footnotes:The protected anchorage at Portland – formed by Chesil Beach and the south Dorset coast mainland to the west and north, and the Isle of Portland to the south – has been a spacious base for ships of the Royal Navy for generations. King Henry VIII built Portland Castle and Sandsfoot Castle to defend the anchorage but the navy was keen to enclose it further by providing protection from the south and east; and so construction of the south breakwater arm was started in 1849, finally completing some 25 years later. The early years of the 20th century saw the rising threat of war against Germany dominate naval strategic thinking and as the Royal Navy developed the dreadnought battleship and then raced to outbuild the German fleet, Portland anchorage, strategically well placed and therefore undoubtedly useful was, however, considered too vulnerable to attack from the east. Two further breakwater arms were accordingly constructed together with more forts and batteries ashore, and two small forts were also built on the seaward ends of the breakwater arms. With the scuttling of the old battleship HMS Hood in the southern entrance in 1914 to reduce the risk of submarine penetration, the anchorage had now become a huge and secure harbour and indeed remains one of the largest man made harbours in the world. The Royal Navy continued to make good use of it for the following 70 years or so and remained there until 1995 when defence cuts forced its closure as a naval base. And in 2012 the former naval base and adjacent Weymouth Bay - from where the Grand Fleet's dreadnoughts and escorting flotillas sailed just hours before war was declared in 1914 - became the venue for the sailing events of the 2012 Olympics: – a fitting use indeed. Whilst the harbour was not deep there was certainly water enough even for the deep draught capital ships of the first half of the 20th century and with its quick access to the Channel it was used very extensively by the fleet. In this 1921 painting Frank Watson Wood shows heavy units of the Atlantic Fleet at their overnight anchorage in the great harbour. To the left Wood has painted HMS Ramillies (Captain Cecil D S Raikes RN), HMS Revenge (Captain H J S Brownrigg DSO RN) wearing the flag of Rear Admiral Sir Rudolph Bentinck KCMG CB, Rear Admiral 1st Battle Squadron; and HMS Royal Oak (Captain Percival Hall-Thompson CMG RN). In the foreground to the right lie HMS Queen Elizabeth (Captain Geoffrey Blake RN) wearing the flag of the Commander-in-Chief Atlantic Fleet, Admiral Sir Charles Madden Bt GCB GCVO KCMG; HMS Barham (Captain R C Dalglish RN), flagship of Vice Admiral Commanding 1st Battle Squadron, Vice Admiral Sir William Nicholson KCB; HMS Valiant (Captain Cecil Staveley CMG RN); and HMS Warspite (Captain F Clifton-Brown CB CMG RN). The fifth ship of the class, HMS Malaya (Captain Percy Royds CMG RN) was absent in the Far East, on a courtesy visit to her donors in Malaya and carrying HRH The Duke of Connaught to India enroute. The artist, Frank Wood, originally a school master from the Borders, had moved down south in the early 1900s and painted many commissions for serving officers of the time. Such was his reputation that he was commissioned by HM King George VI in 1937 to paint the senior flagship (Queen Elizabeth again) at the Coronation Review of May that year to give as a present to the battleship's wardroom; and two years later he was Travelling Artist with the Royal party when the King and Queen visited Canada and America in summer 1939.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Seven various reels comprising ebonite and brass 4in with nickel rim, 3in brass plate wind with horn handle, star back ebonite and brass with nickel rim, 3in brass plate wind, 3in brass plate wing with horn handle, J R Gow 3 1/2in alloy reel and 4in Bakelite centre pin (7) Condition Report: Available upon request
AN IMPRESSIVE INLAID MAHOGANY EIGHT-DAY QUARTER CHIMING LONGCASE CLOCK WITH MOONPHASEThe dial bearing a signature for Robert Roskill, Liverpool, circa 1900 incorporating earlier elementsThe substantial five columnar pillar triple train movement with plates measuring 9 by 11 inches and deadbeat escapement regulated by seconds pendulum, the chiming train incorporating a choice of two sets of notations for the quarters sounding via transverse pinned cylinder on eight tubular gongs suspended from the case backboard and the hour train sounding on an additional larger gong, the 14 inch brass break-arch dial with subsidiary seconds dial and bearing inscription Robert Roskill, Liverpool to the foliate scroll engraved silvered centre within applied Roman numeral chapter ring with scroll and sceptre half hour markers and Arabic five minutes to outer track, with pierced blued steel hands, mask inhabited scroll cast spandrels to angles and strike/silent opposing chime selection levers to margins, the arch with rolling moonphase incorporating terrestrial globe engraved silvered lunettes and age of the moon scale to the upper margin, in a case in the manner of Gillows with cavetto moulded swan neck pediment, gilt pagoda and wheatsheaf floral decorated panel inserts and break-arch frieze over the hinged glazed dial aperture applied with reeded Roman Doric half-columns to stiles and flanked by conforming complete free standing columns, the sides each with lozenge panel inlaid frieze over rectangular brass grille sound fret and conforming pilaster planted next to bargeboards at the rear, the trunk with concave throat and alternating lozenge and shaped diamond panel inlaid frieze over shaped-top caddy-moulded door veneered with an oval flame figured panel within line border and quartered infill, flanked by free-standing columns to angles and with small rectangular panel beneath, the sides each inlaid with an arrangement of oval circular panels within triple line borders and conforming quartered infill, the plinth base with stepped ogee top mouldings over conforming circular panel inlaid front flanked by canted angles, on ogee bracket feet.260cm (102.5ins) high excluding finials, 69cm (27ins) wide, 38cm (15ins) deep. Provenance: The Selwyn Demmy Collection. The case if the current lot is of particularly fine quality and essentially dates to around 1810. The overall attention to detail - in particular the precision of the inlay, crispness of the mouldings and superb column turnings indicates that the case was made by a leading workshop, hence would warrant a possible attribution to Gillows of Lancaster. The movement is also of fine quality but was made around 1900 and, in order to create room for the tubular bells/gongs, required the case to be increased in depth by around 2 inches. This work was executed extremely well with a great deal of effort taken to ensure perfect integration with the earlier elements. Indeed the sides of the trunk would have required r-veneering with the current arrangement of oval and circular panels no doubt being devised at that time to add decorative detail so to lessen the effect of the increased depth.
ENGLISH FURNITURE AND CLOCKSSix volumes:Cescinsky, Herbert and Gribble, Ernest R. EARLY ENGLISH FURNITURE & WOODWORK VOL II George Routledge and Sons Limited, London 1922, quarter cloth gilt title to spine; Symonds, R.W. MASTERPIECES OF ENGLISH FURNITURE AND CLOCKS B.T. Batsford Ltd, London 1940, gilt titled blue cloth; Symonds, R.W. Furniture-making in 17th and 18th century England The Connoisseur, London 1955, dj; Britten, F.J. OLD ENGLISH CLOCKS THE WETHERFIELD COLLECTION Lawrence and Jellicoe Limited, limited edition numbered 50/300, gilt titled red cloth; Edwards, Ralph THE SHORTER DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH FURNITURE, From the Middle Ages to the Late Georgian Period Country Life Limited, London 1964, dj and slipcase; Bitmead, R. THE CABINET-MAKER'S GUIDE TO THE ENTIRE CONSTRUCTION OF CABINET WORK... Crosby Lockwood and Son, London 1918, embossed brown cloth; together with a copy of Mills, John Fitzmaurice The Care Of ANTIQUES Arlington Books, London 1980, softbound, (7). Provenance: The horological library of Lawrance Hurst.
LONGITUDE, CHROMOMETERS AND LIEUTENANT COMMANDER RUPERT T. GOULDTen publications:Gould, Rupert T. ODDITIES, A BOOK OF ENEXPLAINED FACTS Philip Allan and Company Limited, London 1928, red cloth titled to spine; Gould, Rupert T. ENIGMAS, ANOTHER BOOK OF ENEXPLAINED FACTS Philip Allan and Company Limited, London 1929, red cloth titled to spine; Gould, Lieut.-Commdr, R.T. (ret.) The Restoration of John Harrison's Third Timekeeper British Horological Institute, London 1931/2, inscribed in ink Commdr. J.H. Jauncey RN with all good wishes from Rupert T. Gould, 21.IV.32, softbound stapled spine; Gould, Lieut.-Commdr, R.T. (ret.) JOHN HARRISON AND HIS TIMEKEEPERS excerpt from THE MARINERS MIRROR reprinted by the Society for Nautical Research, London 1935, softbound stapled spine; Betts, Jonathan (editor) Principles and Explanations of Timekeepers by Harrison, Arnold & Earnshaw including facsimile reprint excerpts originally issued by the Board of Longitude, British Horological Institute Limited, Upton 1984, quarter bond morocco with marbled boards; Earshaw, Thomas LONGITUDE, AN APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC: STATING MR. THOMAS EARNSHAW'S CLAIM TO THE ORIGINAL INVENTION OF THE IMPROVEMENTS IN HIS TIMEKEEPERS... limited edition facsmile reprint of the 1808 edition numbered 79/350, British Horological Institute Limited, Upton 1986, quarter bond calf with marbled boards; Amis, P. and Good, R. PIONEERS OF PRECISION TIMEKEEPING excerpts from the Horologicaal Journal prepared by Cecil Clutton and Col. H. Quill, The Antiquarian Horological Society, Ramsgate, undated (circa 1960), green cloth gilt title to spine; Howse, Derek Greenwich time and the discovery of longitude Oxford University Press, Oxford 1980; dj; Andrewes, William J.H. The Quest for Longitude the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Harvard University, Cambridge MA 1996, dj; Taylor, Dr. John C. and Wolfendale Sir Arnold THE EXCITEMENY OF Time JOHN HARRISON, THYE ROYAL SOCIETY AND THE MEASUREMENT OF TIME Fromanteel Limited, Isle of Man 2006, dj; together with nine small related sundry publications, (19). Provenance: The horological library of Lawrance Hurst.
MECHANICAL MUSIC, SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS AND BAROMETERSTwelve publications:Clark, John E.T. MUSICAL BOXES, A History and an Appreciation George Allen and Unwin, London 1961, dj; Ord-Hume, Arthur W.J.G. clockwork music George Allen and Unwin, London 1973, dj; Matthews, John The Restoration of Organs Office of 'Musical opinion', London 1920, blue cloth; Chapuis, Alfred and Droz, Edmond AUTOMATA, A Historical and Technological Study Editions Du Griffon, Neauchatel 1958, dj; Buchner, Alexander Mechanical Musical Instruments Batchworth Press, London undated (circa 1955), dj; Archer, Mildred TIPPOO'S TIGER Victoria and Albert Museum monograph no. 10, Her Majesty's Stationary Office, London 1958, softbound; Turner, Gerard L'E ANTIQUE SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS Blandford Press, Poole 1980, dj; Taylor, E.G.R. THE MATHEMATICAL PRACTITIONERS OF TUDOR AND STUART ENGLAND Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1954, dj; Taylor, E.G.R. The Mathematical Practitioners of Hanoverian England Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1966, dj; Millburn, John R. RETAILER OF THE SCIENCES, Benjamin Martin's Scientific Instrument Catalogues, 1756-82 Vade Mecum Press, London 1986; Bertele, H. von GLOBES and Spheres lecture transcript, Swiss Watch and Jewellery Journal, Lausanne 1961, softbound; Banfield, Edwin Antique Barometers an illustrated survey Weyland publications, Bristol undated, sorfbound stapled spine; together with four related sundry publications, (16). Provenance: The horological library of Lawrance Hurst.
A JAPANNED AND LACQUERED BRASS INCLINOMETERE. R. Watts and Son, London, dated 1941With pierced triangular frame enclosing spirit bubble scale with spring-loaded pivot at the open end, engaging with the underside of the brass fine-screw helical drum scale divided into tenths of a degree for reading against a pointer applied to the top plate of the tall end, the scale end plate engraved CLINOMETER, LARGE, E.R. WATTS & SON, LONDON, 1941, No. 23071, in original shaped mahogany box stamped with repeat makers mark, serial number and date to lid.The box 28cm (11ins) long, 20cm (8ins) wide, 8cm (3.125ins) high. The London based firm of E.R. Watts and Son specialised in surveying instruments and was founded in 1856 by Edwin Watts. The business was incorporated in 1922 and merged with Adam Hilger to become Hilger and Watts in 1948.
AN EBONY AND BRASS NAVIGATIONAL OCTANT Inscribed for W.B. Moralee, North Shields, early 19th century, The 11 inch frame incorporating central T-shaped hand-piece inset with bone signature plate inscribed W.B MORALEE NTH SHIELDS, the pivoted arm mounted with mirror opposing aperture for reading the inset bone Vernier scale with clamp and endless screw adjustment to underside, with pin-hole sight opposing horizon glass, set of hinged filters, backsight and conforming horizon, in tapered mahogany box applied with trade label THOMAS L. AINSLEY, MAKER AND ADJUSTER OF, Iron Ships' and Steamers' Compasses, 86 BUTE STREET, CARDIFF... to the inside of the lid; together with a 1.5 inch two-draw refracting telescope, circa 1875, signed R. & J. Beck, 31 Cornhill, London to final draw, with shuttered eyepiece, sliding brass sun shade, end cap and leather grip, complete with cylindrical leather protective case, (2).The sextant box 32.5cm (12.5ins) high, 29cm (11.5ins) wide, the telescope case 27cm (10.5ins) long. The name W.B. Moralee of North Shields appears not to be recorded as a maker of instruments hence could well be that of the first owner of the octant in the current lot. At some point the instrument was with Thomas Liddell Ainsley of Cardiff and South Shields (whose trade label is pasted to the inside of the lid) who was a maker of precision instruments active between 1858-1886. Ainsley also published numerous works on marine navigation and related subjects with his best known work being A guide book to local marine board navigation. The Ordinary Examination first printed in 1859 with no less than 45 subsequent reprints up to 2018. The telescope I the current lot is by Richard and Joseph Beck who is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as first working from 31 Cornhill 1867-80 and then 68 Cornhill from 1868. They were best known for supplying microscopes and other optical instruments which were presumably constructed in their factory at Lister Works, Kentish Town, Holloway, East London. Banfield further notes that they often signed their instruments 'R & J Beck Ltd' from 1894.Condition Report: The octant is in complete original condition with all fittings present. The mirror has some degradation to the silvering mainly towards the margins and one of the filters has some slight edge chipping where it is fitted into its mount. Both the Vernier in the arm and the main scale each have a single crack bot no losses. Otherwise instrument is a little dirty/neglected but in good order. The box has corner chips to the top and base panels as well as overall age related wear and shrinkage otherwise is in sound original condition.The telescope has some slight discolouration to the margins of one of the internal lenses otherwise optics appear to be in good original condition and the instrument will focus. The draws appear to be free form noticeable dents or cracks as does the sun shade but there is some noticeable discolouration/tarnishing to the brass. The leather grip is in fine condition, the shutter to the eyepiece and the end cap are also in good condition. The leather outer case is also in good original condition although the carrying strap is no longer present. Condition Report Disclaimer
FRENCH HOROLOGICAL PUBLICATIONS BY TARDYNine volumes:Tardy LA PENDULE FRANCAIS three volumes - I're Partie: De l'Horloge Gothique a la Pendule Louis XV (two copies), 2'me Partie: Du Louis XVI a nos jours and 3'me Partie: Provinces et Etranger Paris various dates post 1949, softbound; Tardy DICTIONNAIRE DES HORLOGERS FRANCAIS, two volumes, Paris copyright 1971 and 1972, softbound; Dittisheim, P., Lallier, R. and Com't Vivielle PIERRE LE ROY ET LA CHRONOMETRIE Editions Tardy, Paris 1940, quarter cloth titled to boards; Tardy BIBLIOGRAPHIE GENERALE de la MESURE du TEMPS Paris 1943, red cloth gilt title to spine; Tardy LA MONTRE, LES ECHAPPEMENTS... printed in three sections, Paris (undated), later bound as one brown cloth gilt titled red morocco spine; together with copies of Tardy LES POINCONS de GARANTIE INTERNATIONAUX pour L'OR Paris 1952, later brown cloth gilt on red morocco title to spine, and Tardy LES POINCONS de GARANTIE INTERNATIONAUX pour L'ARGENT Paris 1957, contemporary green cloth gilt on red morocco title to spine, (11). Provenance: The horological library of Lawrance Hurst.
A RARE FRENCH GILT BRASS, BRONZE AND ROSSO FRANCIA MARBLE NOVELTY AUTOMATON TIMEPIECE 'THE OARSMAN'Andre Romain Guilmet, Paris, retailed by Dibdin and Company, Limited, London late 19th centuryThe circular eight-day movement with inverted tic-tac escapement positioned to the lower edge of the mechanism connected via a cranked horizontal crutch to the figure of a sailor with a paddle standing towards the bow of the vessel suspended from crossover springs allowing it to oscillate back and forwards acting as a compound pendulum, the movement backplate stamped with inverted MEDAILLE D'OR, A R, GLT, B'TE, S.G.D.G. PARIS trademark, the 2.5 inch circular silvered Arabic numeral dial indistinctly inscribed with retailer's signature DIBDIN & CO LTD, 189 SLOANE STREET, SW 1 to centre and with blued steel spade hands set within canted bezel, the case finely modelled as a single-masted sailing vessel with drum housing the movement tied amidships beneath the rear spar, with gilt bulwark rail, rudder and bowsprit and the hull set within naturalistic ocean setting onto the stepped marble plinth with canted gilt pad feet.41cm (16ins) high, 38cm (15ins) long including bowsprit, 16.5cm (6.5ins) wide. Provenance: The Selwyn Demmy Collection. Purchased from Christies, King Street, sale of Important Clocks and Marine Chronometers including a Fine Collection of Industrial, Automata and Astronomical Clocks 4th July 2007 (lot 82) for £4,800. Andre Romain Guilmet was born on the 10th of December 1827 in La Ferte-Gaucher, France. He was a credited as a watchmaker and inventor who specialised in producing novelty and mystery clocks for which he applied for a number of patents for designs. Amongst his other Patents was that for a bicycle where the driving chain was set below the seat. He is best known for his 'mysterieuse' figural clock with glass pendulum, this takes the form of a woman holding pendulum in her outstretched hand and arm over a marble base containing the clock below. The pendulum is impulsed by the mechanism underneath her that moves the figure imperceptibly from side to side (see following lot). Guilmet's industrial series of clocks, which includes the current lot, features automated clocks in the form of windmills, lighthouses, automobiles, boats, steam hammers, boilers, etc. Another 'oarsman' automaton timepiece is illustrated in Roberts, Derek Mystery, Novelty and Fantasy Clocks, Schiffer on page 254, (figure 22-1); and a further example was sold at Sotheby's New York The Joseph M. Meraux Collection of Rare and Unusual Clocks, 28 June 1993, (lot 54).Condition Report: Movement is in clean working condition with no evidence of alteration or significant replacements. The dial has some light surface rubbing/scratching causing some of the retail signature to be lost otherwise is in good original condition; the glass/crystal is no longer present. The case is generally in fine original condition with only very slight discolouration and wear to the original gilt and patinated finishes. The marble has a small filled corner chip to the rear upper right hand edge of the base as well as a few very small edge chips otherwise is in fine condition. Timepiece is complete with integral winding key and figural pendulum. Condition Report Disclaimer
A FINE GEORGE III GOLD PAIR-CASED POCKET WATCH WITH CYLINDER ESCAPEMENTThomas Mudge and William Dutton, hallmarked London 1781The gilt full plate single fusee movement with four square section baluster pillars pinned through the backplate, scroll-pierced stop-iron block and cylinder escapement regulated by sprung three-arm steel balance with Tompion type regulation, the backplate with fine asymmetric foliate scroll pierced and engraved balance cock with herringbone bordered rim and grotesque mask at the junction with wedge-shaped relief engraved foot flanked by silvered regulation disc set within adjacent applied scroll engraved panel infill opposing signature Tho's Mudge, W. Dutton, London and numbered 1207, with gilt brass dust cover similarly signed Tho's Mudge, W. Dutton, London and slightly convex white enamel Roman numeral dial incorporating Arabic five minutes to outer track and with gold beetle and poker hands, the gold inner case applied with suspension post and ring at twelve o'clock and fitted with convex glass to bezel, the conforming outer case engraved with an oval cartouche enclosing armorial of a fist grasping a crescent over initials R H, both cases marked for London 1781 maker I T P for John Terrill Pain of Fetter Lane, London.The pillar plate 3.8cm (1.5ins approx.) diameter; the outer case 5cm (2ins) diameter. Provenance: Supplied new in 1781 to R. Hibbert (believed to be Robert) thence by direct family descent to the present owner. The crest engraved to the rear of the watch is recorded in Fairbairn's Book of Crests (1905) as belonging to the Hibbert family, Chorley, Lancashire and is described 'A Dexter Cubit Arm Erect, Vested Az., Cuffed Erm., Holding In The Hand Ppr. A Crescent Arg.'. Thomas Mudge was born in Exeter, Devon in 1717 and was apprenticed to George Graham before setting himself up in business at 151 Fleet Street, London in 1748. At around the time of the death of his former Master in 1751, Mudge was joined in partnership by a fellow former apprentice of Graham, William Dutton, who is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as apprenticed in 1738 and gaining his freedom of the Clockmakers' Company in 1746.The business subsequently traded from 148 Fleet Street and Mudge, whilst in partnership with Dutton, rapidly acquired a reputation as one of England's outstanding watchmakers. In around 1755, if not earlier, Mudge invented the detached lever escapement, which he first applied to a clock, but when incorporated into a watch became the greatest single improvement ever applied to them.In 1765 Mudge published the book, Thoughts on the Means of Improving Watches, Particularly those for Use at Sea, and the following year, alongside Dutton, was elevated to Liveryman. In around 1771 Thomas Mudge retired to Plymouth in order to spend more time to pursue his development of a marine timekeeper. The first of these went on trial in 1774 where it performed superbly leading to an award of 500 guineas. Mudge went on to complete two others in 1779 in the continuing attempt to satisfy the increasingly difficult requirements set by the Board of Longitude. They were tested by the Astronomer Royal, Nevil Maskelyne, and declared as being unsatisfactory. There followed a controversy in which it was claimed that Maskelyne had not given them a fair trial. A similar controversy had arisen when John Harrison had been denied the full amount of the 1714 prize by the Board of Longitude. Eventually, in 1792, two years before his death, Mudge was awarded £2,500 by a Committee of the House of Commons who decided for Mudge and against the Board of Longitude, then headed by Sir Joseph Banks.In around 1775 Dutton took both his sons (Thomas and Matthew) into the business forming a second partnership of William Dutton and Sons however the name Mudge and Dutton was often still used (mainly for watches) up to around 1790. William Dutton died in 1794 leaving the business to be continued very much in his tradition by his sons Thomas and Matthew. The cylinder escapement was developed in around 1695 by Thomas Tompion and further refined by George Graham in 1726. This new escapement was perhaps the first developed exclusively for watch work and, as well as being a better rate keeper, the cylinder escapement also allowed movements to be made more compact (due to the escapement operating in one plane only). However, being a form of frictional rest escapement, the cylinder escapement was prone to relatively heavy rates of wear hence was less reliable than the verge (until hardened steel escape wheels and ruby cylinders were developed later in the 18th century).The present watch is remarkable in that it has survived in fine original condition having remained in the same family ownership since it was made.Condition Report: The escape wheel is a replacement (almost certainly a 'service' replacement due to wear to the teeth) otherwise movement appears to be all-original and in very fine condition with strong clean gilding with no scuffing etc around the dial and movement feet pins. The movement is in fine working condition. The dust cover is in fine original condition with negligible wear to the gilding or blued slide-latch. The dial appears to be in perfect condition except for a very slight tiny dimple to the enamel next to the XI numeral (can only be seen on very close examination under reflected light). There is no visible evidence of restoration. The inner case is free from noticeable denting or repair and the hinge and bezel are in fine condition and align perfectly. The outer case is also in very fine condition having only slight rubbing to the engraved crest. There are no visible dents or evidence of repair and the case closes perfectly with fully operational clasp.Watch is complete with a late Georgian gold winding key. Condition Report Disclaimer
HOROLOGICAL AND OTHER TOOLS, WORKSHOP PRACTICES AND TURNINGThirteen volumes:Crom, Theodore R. Horological Shop Tools 1700 to 1900 two works published by the author, Melrose FL 1980 and 1987, each gilt titled brown cloth; Wyke, John A CATALOGUE OF TOOLS FOR WATCH AND CLOCK MAKERS facsimile reprint of the late 18th century catalogue published for The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum by the University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville 1978, dj; Dane, E. Surrey PETER STUBS and the LANCASHIRE HAND TOOL INDUSTRY John Sherratt and Son Limited, Altrincham 1973, dj; Walker, Philip THE VICTORIAN CATALOGUE OF TOOLS FOR TRADES AND CRAFTS Studio Editions, London 1994, dj; Rees, Jane (editor) The Tool Chest of Benjamin Seaton, 1797 second edition, The Tools and Trades History Society, Wakefield 2012, softbound; Hummel, Charles F. With Hammer in Hand, the Dominy Craftsmen of East Hampton, New York The University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville 1968, dj; Holtzapffel, Charles and John Jacob TURNING AND MECHANICAL MANIPULATION, five volume set, published by the authors, London dates ranging from 1843 to 1897, embossed brown cloth gilt title to spine (vol. III over two bindings); together with volumes 1 to 15 of TOOLS AND TRADES - THE JOURNAL OF THE TOOLS AND TRADES HISTORY SOCIETY 1983-2008, each softbound; and a quantity of related sundry publications, (qty). Provenance: The horological library of Lawrance Hurst.
A RARE STEEL-FRAMED CLOCK OR WATCHMAKERS WHEEL CUTTING ENGINEUnsigned, probably German, late 19th century The cutter frame with lever operated vertical dovetail slide incorporating rare X and Y tilt angle adjustment each with locking levers and respective curved slots calibrated in degrees acting against an adjustable wing nut stop above screw-adjusted horizontal slide with lever action, the 5.25 inch brass circular index plate with twenty one division rings ranging in even numbers from 60 to 100 with additional track for 75 teeth located via locking sprung detent fixed to the front of the frame and with central arbor passing through the box-shaped frame to hold the work against an adjustable end-stop clamp, the opposing side with steel bracket supporting drive pulley guide wheel aligned with the smaller wheel fitted to the cutter arbor, the whole on four steel down-curved supports.Length of frame 23.5cm (9.25ins); the whole approximately 32cm (12.5ins) long, 25cm (9.75ins) wide, 31 cm (12.25ins) high overall. Provenance: Acquired by the vendor direct from John Hooper around 15 years ago. The overall design, construction and layout of the current lot can be broadly compared to a German iron-framed wheel cutting engine illustrated in Crom, Theodore R. Horological Shop Tools 1700-1900 on page 634 (Figure 1276). Condition Report: In good original working condition with gentle age-related oxidation, patination and wear to surfaces. One screw for the cutter frame is missing but this will not affect the operation of the tool.Please ask the department for additional imagesCondition Report Disclaimer
A FINE REGENCY GILT BRASS MOUNTED MINIATURE BRACKET TIMEPIECEYonge and Son, London, circa 1825The four pillar single fusee movement with arched plates measuring 4.5 by 3 inches and anchor escapement regulated by lenticular bob pendulum, the frontplate stamped T&R, 7190 to the lower margin and the rear with crisp geometric engraved border and pendulum holdfast, the 3.25 inch circular convex white enamel Roman numeral dial inscribed YONGE & SON, STRAND, LONDON to centre, with blued steel spade hands set behind hinged engine-milled convex glazed bezel, the break-arch case with sculpted gilt brass hinged pendant loop type carrying handle and shallow radial gadroon-carved curved panel to the top over delicate crisply moulded cavetto cornice and inset gilt canted angles flanking the dial over figured veneer, the sides with further fine flame figured veneers and the rear with arch-glazed door, on moulded skirt base with generous gilt brass bun feet.24cm (9.25ins) high, 14.5cm (5.25ins) wide, 10.5cm (4.125ins) deep. George Yonge and Son are recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World as Clockmakers to the Lord High Admiral working circa 1820-5; George Yonge senior succeeded the celebrated John Holmes. The business traded as George Yonge and Son 1823-30 before becoming George and Walter Yonge who continued trading from various addresses in The Strand until at least 1856.The stamped 'T & R' to the frontplate of the movement of the current lot indicates that the mechanism was supplied to Yonge and Son by Thwaites and Reed. John Thwaites was the son of Ainsworth Thwaites who was apprenticed in 1735 and worked from Rosoman Row, Clerkenwell, London 1751-80. He was an accomplished maker who supplied the clock for the tower at the Horse Guards Parade. John Thwaites was born in 1757 and took over the business presumably on the death of his father in 1780 before moving to Bowling Green Lane. In 1808 John Thwaites entered into partnership with George Jeremiah Reed which continued under John Thwaite's leadership from several addresses in London until his death in 1842. The business subsequently passed through a series of successors and is still trading today from Rottingdean near Brighton. John Thwaites, both whilst working alone or in partnership with George Reed, became well known for supplying all forms of clocks and movements either wholesale for others to retail, or signed by him/themselves.Approximate dates of manufacture for clocks by Thwaites can be obtained from a list published in Rose, Ronald E. ENGLISH DIAL CLOCKS, (as Appendix III, page 239). From this list a date of around 1825 is suggested for the current lot.Condition Report: The movement is in fine original working condition with no visible evidence of alteration or significant replacements. The dial presents as being in very fine condition however it has most likely been very well restores with the only noticeable blemishes being some minute wear around the winding hole and some very slight blemishes/indentations to the circumference where the surface of the enamel butt-up with the gilt brass bezel surround. The case is in very good original condition with finely figured veneers of rich colour and good strong gilding to the mounts. The rear door has noticeable chipping and losses to the veneer overlap to the left hand vertical edge and a lesser chip above the upper hinge. The front is missing a very small piece of cornice moulding to the left of the base of the arch otherwise faults are very much limited to small bumps, scuffs and veneer shrinkage commensurate with age. The top handle has some very light gilt wear.Timepiece is complete with pendulum, winder and case key. Condition Report Disclaimer
GENERAL HOROLOGICAL REFERENCEA large collection including:Needham, J., Ling, W. and Price HEAVENLY CLOCKWORK, THE GREAT ASTRONOMICAL CLOCKS OF MEDIEVAL CHINA - THE MISSING LINK IN HOROLOGICAL HISTORY Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1969, dj; Beeson, C.F.C. ENGLISH CHURCH CLOCKS Brant Wright Associates, limited edition numbered 231, Ashford 1977, gilt titled blue cloth; Beeson C.F.C. PERPIGNAN 1356 - The Making of a Clock and Bell for the King's Castle The Antiquarian Horological Society, London 1982, dj; Lloyd, H. Alan SOME OUSTANDING CLOCKS OVER SEVEN HUNDRED YEARS Leonard Hill, London 1958, dj; Gordon, G.F.C. CLOCKMAKING PAST & PRESENT The Technical Press Limited, London 1946, dj; Bassermann-Jordon, Ernst von THE BOOK OF OLD CLOCKS AND WATCHES George Allen and Unwin Limited, London 1964, dj; Britten, F.J. OLD CLOCKS AND WATCHES & THEIR MAKERS B.T. Batsford, London 1904, gilt embossed red cloth; Lloyd, Alan H. CHATS ON OLD CLOCKS Ernest Benn Limited, London 1951, dj; Tyler, E.J. EUROPEAN CLOCKS Ward Lock and Company Limited, London 1968, dj; Loomes, Brian Country Clocks and their London origins David and Charles, Newton Abbot 1976, dj; Barker, David The Arthur Negus Guide to English CLOCKS Hamlyn, London 1980, dj; Loomes, Brian BRITISH CLOCKS ILLUSTRATED Robert Hale, London 1992, dj; Baillie, G.H. WATCHMAKERS AND CLOCKMAKERS OF THE WORLD N.A.G. Press Limited, London 1947; Milham, Willis I. TIME & TIMEKEEPERS The Macmillan Company, New York 1947, gilt titled red cloth; Jagger, Cedric, Royal Clocks Robert Hale, London 1983, dj and slipcase; Clutton, C., Baillie, G.H. and Ilbert, C. BRITTEN'S OLD CLOCKS AND WATCHES & THEIR MAKERS Methuen, London 1982, dj; Wood, Edward J. CURIOSITIES OF CLOCKS AND WATCHES FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES Richard Bentley, London 1866, blue cloth gilt title to spine; Loomes, Brian Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World, Volume 2 N.A.G. Press Limited, London 1976, dj; Lloyd, H. Alan OLD CLOCKS, Practical Handbook for Collectors Ernest Benn Limited, London 1958, dj; Robertson, J. Drummond THE EVOLUTION OF CLOCKWORK... Cassell and Company Limited, London 1931, red cloth gilt title to spine; Loomes, Brian BRITISH CLOCKS ILLUSTRATED Robert Hale, London 1991, dj; Marryat, H. WATCHES, Vol. I Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries HENLEIN to TOMPION published by the author, London 1938, gilt titled green cloth; Bruton, Eric THE HISTORY OF CLOCKS AND WATCHES Orbus Publishing, London 1979, dj and slipcase; Cumhail, P.W. Investing in Clocks & Watches Corgi Books, London 1971, softbound; Lloyd, H. Alan THE COLLECTOR'S DICTIONARY OF CLOCKS Country Life Limited, London 1964, dj; Cescinsky, Herbert and Webster, Malcolm R. ENGLISH DOMESTIC CLOCKS Spring Books, London 1969, dj; and Sobel, Dava and Andrewes, William H. THE ILLUSTRATED Longitude Fourth Estate, London 1999 softbound, (approx. 45). Provenance: The horological library of Lawrance Hurst.
A RARE LARGE STEEL-FRAMED CLOCKMAKERS WHEEL CUTTING ENGINEUnsigned, probably German, late 19th century The cutter frame with lever operated vertical dovetail slide incorporating screw adjustment for the stop above screw-adjusted horizontal slide acting both in the X and Y, the 10 inch brass circular index plate with twenty-five division rings ranging in even numbers from 68 to 140 with some omissions in the sequence located via locking sprung detent fixed to the front of the frame and with central arbor passing through the box-shaped frame to hold the work against an adjustable end-stop incorporating dumb-bell adjustment to the large curved top-arm applied with a brass button stamped 193 to the outside edge, the whole raised on four steel down-curved supports with substantial box stretcher between.Length of frame 48cm (19ins); the whole approximately 63.5cm (25ins) long, 36cm (14ins) wide, 60 cm (23.5ins) high overall. The overall design, construction and layout of the current lot can be broadly compared to a German iron-framed wheel cutting engine illustrated in Crom, Theodore R. Horological Shop Tools 1700-1900 on page 634 (Figure 1276). Condition Report: Tool is basically complete and appears to be in working order, one of the crank keys for the slide is a replacement as is the wooden handle for the up-down lever. The frame has been repainted black with some flaking/wear to the finish revealing green beneath. The brass fittings are generally oxidised and the steelwork has light historic pitting. Condition Report Disclaimer
Early English Furniture & Woodwork by Herbert Cescinsky & Ernest R. Gribble published Waverley 1922 in 2 volumes (bound in one) fully illustrated folio in gilt lettered cloth, The Cabinet Maker & compete house furnisher July-December 1907 and January-December 1910 illustrated many in colour both bound in cloth backed boards, Wood Carving by Leland 1922, English Chairs 1951, Cabinet-Makers Guide, Wood-Carving 1891 etc (10)
Seale (R. W.). A collection of 13 maps, circa 1745, uncoloured engraved double-page maps, charts and town plans, slight spotting, each approximately 485 x 395 mmQty: (13)NOTESThe maps consist of - The Kingdom of Ireland, England and Wales, Views of the Principal Towns and Castles in Scotland, A Correct Chart of St George's Channel and the Irish Sea, A Correct Chart of the English Channel, Plans of the Towns, Forts and Harbours in Ireland, A Map of France, A Correct Chart of the Baltick (sic) or East Sea, A Map of the Kingdoms of Spain and Portugal, A Map of Italy, A Map of South America, A Correct Chart of the Bay of Biscay, Part of the Western Ocean & Mediterranean Sea..., [and] A Correct Chart of the German Ocean.
Bukh?r? (Mu?ammad ibn Ism???l). Le Recueil des Traditions Mahométanes, par Abou Abdallah Mohammed ibn Ismaîl el-Bokhâri, publié par M. Ludolf Krehl, 4 volumes, Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1862-1908, half-titles, light occasional spotting, volume 3 title marked, some offsetting of gold border and calligraphy to rear blanks, mild toning to preliminaries, contemporary quarter calf over speckled boards, titles in gilt to spine, raised bands, small stickers to spines of two volumes, extremities rubbed, 4toQty: (4)NOTESA scarce, complete set of this work in a contemporary binding. Has only appeared complete once at auction. The fourth volume was published decades later and here is contemporaneously bound to style. From the library of Edward Henderson (1917-1995), British diplomat and Ambassador to Qatar. The work is a compilation of around 7,000 traditions of the acts and sayings of the Prophet which is said to have taken the author 16 years to complete.
Pocket Editions. A collection of approximately 135 volumes of late 19th & early 20th-century pocket edition literature, including Theatre des auteurs du premier ordre, our Recueil des Tragedies et des Comedies, 14 volumes, Paris: L'Imprimerie de Mame, 1810, contemporary uniform calf boards rebound with modern morocco spines, 8vo, & works by J. M. Synge, Rudyard Kipling, R. L. Stevenson, W. M. Thackeray, some leather bindings, mostly original gilt decorated cloth, G/VG, small 8voQty: (3 shelves )NOTESFrom the Methuen Library, Corsham Court.
Thompson (Hugh [illustrator]). The Story of Rosina, and other verses, by Austin Dobson, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1895, bookplate to front pastedown, together with: Days with Sir Roger de Coverley, a reprint from "The Spectator", London: Macmillan and Co., 1892, Our Village, by Mary Russell Mitford, London: Macmillan & Co., 1983, period inscription to the half-title, The Vicar of Wakefield, by Oliver Goldsmith, reprint edition, London: Macmillan & Co., 1894, all with black & white illustrations, some light toning, all edges gilt, publishers original gilt decorated green cloth, boards & spines lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with other late 19th & early 20th-century illustrated literature, including G. A. Henty, Bertram Mitford, Charles Gilson, & The Works of R. L. Stevenson, 20 volumes, Pentland limited edition, London: Cassell and Company, 1909, 1361/1550, 8vo, all in original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/4toQty: (4 shelves)
Batty (Robert). Welsh Scenery. From Drawings, London: R. Jennings, 1825, large paper copy, 35 engraved plates, occasional spotting, offsetting to guards, all edges gilt, contemporary dark green morocco gilt by Colnaghi, joints rubbed, large 8vo, together with: Gastineau (Henry), Wales Illustrated [and South Wales Illustrated], in a Series of Views ..., 2 volumes, London: Jones & Co., circa 1830-31, engraved title to each, 224 engraved illustrations on 112 plates, scattered spotting and offsetting, contemporary dark green half morocco, extremities slightly rubbed, 4to, plus a duplicate volume of Wales Illustrated, 1830, in contemporary dark green full morocco (vol. 1 in gilt to spine), blind decoration to boards, extremities rubbed, 4toQty: (4)
Black's Colour Guides. London to the Nore, Painted and Described by W. L. and Mrs M. A. Wyllie, London: A. & C. Black, 1905, colour plates, top edge gilt, original pictorial cloth gilt, very slightly rubbed, together with 8 other Black's Colour Guides, including The Thames, by Mortimer Mempes and G. E. Mitton, 8vo, Holland by Nico & Beatrix Jungman, 8vo, all original pictorial cloth, together with; Austen (Winifred, Illustrator), Birds Ashore and Aforshore, by Patrick Chalmers, 1st edition, London: Collins, 1935, 16 colour illustrations, some light spotting, publishers original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards & spine lightly faded with some minor marks, large 4to, plus Woburn Library, Salt-Water Fish, byF. G. Aflalo & R. B. Marston, London: Hutchinson & Co, 1904, 17 colour plates, British Fresh-Water Fishes, by Herbert Maxwell, London: Hutchinson & Co., 1904, 12 colour plates plus 3 black & white illustrations, period inscription to the front endpaper, both with some light spotting & toning, top edges gilt, publishers original uniform gilt decorated green cloth, some minor rubbing to the spines, 8vo, and Reynolds (Frank, illustrator), Mr Pickwick, London: Hodder and Stoughton, circa 1920, 25 tipped-in colour plates with paper guards, some light spotting throughout, publishers original gilt decorated red cloth, spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, large 8vo, plus other illustrated literature and similar, mostly early 20th century, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, 8vo/4toQty: (Approximately 55)
Bewick (Thomas). A General History of Quadrupeds, 1st edition, Newcastle: S. Hodgson, R. Beilby & T. Bewick, 1790, wood-engraved illustrations, a little light spotting and stains, contemporary previous owner signature and inscription of Richard West to title and front endpaper, contemporary calf, rebacked, original spine relaid with modern label, 8vo, together with A History of British Birds (Land/Water), 2 volumes, Newcastle: Edward Walker for Thomas Bewick, 1816, titles with wood-engraved vignettes, wood-engraved illustrations, occasional spotting, previous owner signature, contemporary calf gilt, rebacked, original spines relaid, 8voQty: (3)NOTESRoscoe 1b, 22 & 23.
Springett (Bernard H.). Secret Sects of Syria and Lebanon, London: George Allen & Unwin, 1922, ownership inscription of 'E. F. Henderson, Haifa, 12.12.45' to front endpaper, original brown cloth gilt, some damp marking to covers, in slightly rubbed and discoloured dust wrapper, together with: McPherson (J. W.). The Moulids of Egypt (Egyptian Saints-days), with a foreword by Professor E. E. Evans-Pritchard, Cairo, N. M. Press, 1941, numerous monochrome illustrations after photos, etc., author's engraved bookplate to front pastedown, inscribed 'with the Author's Compliments & greetings! J. W. McPherson', original half blue-green cloth, rubbed and some marks, 8vo, plus: Lawrence (T. E.). Seven Pillars of Wisdom, 1st US edition, Garden City, Doubleday, 1935, numerous illustrations & maps, some light toning to endpapers, original cloth gilt, very slightly rubbed in frayed and somewhat darkened dustwrapper, 4to, and others similar on the Middle East, Arabic language, Palestine, etc. including: John Glubb Pasha, Story of the Arab Legion, 1st edition, 1948, H. R. P. Dickson, Kuwait, and her Neighbours, 2nd impression, 1968 & The Arab of the Desert, a glimpse into Badawin Life in Kuwait and Sau'di Arabia, 5th impression, 1972, Hans Wehr, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, edited by J. Milton Cowan, 3rd printing, 1971, Robert John & Sami Hadawi, The Palestine Diary, 2 volumes, New York, New World Press, 2nd printing 1971, Walid Khalidi, From Haven to Conquest, readings in Zionism and the Palestine problem until 1948, 1st edition 1971, Eugene Hoade, East of the Jordan, Jerusalem, 1954, etc.Qty: (60)NOTESFrom the library of Edward Henderson (1917-1995), British diplomat and Ambassador to Qatar.
Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the Church..., together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be sung or said in churches, Oxford: printed at the Theatre, and are to be sold by William Leake, 1681, woodcut armorial to title, numerous decorative woodcut initials throughout, red ruled title and borders throughout volume, some leaves torn mostly to margins stoutly repaired/strengthened, marbled endpapers, contemporary gilt panelled and decorated red morocco, incorporating gilt embossed royal monogram & crown device of William III (bearing monogram R W M R) to spine compartments and board corners, without ties, folioQty: (1)
Military. A large collection of modern military reference & related, including The 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars, by C. R. B. Barrett, volume 1 only, London: Spottiswoode & Co., 1914, 8vo, plus publications by Airlife, Leo Cooper, David & Charles, ian Allan, Arms and Armour, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/4toQty: (5 shelves )
B. Crosby and Co. The Complete Grazier; or, Farmer and Cattle-Dealer's Assistant..., by a Lincolnshire Grazier, London, 1805, black & white engraved frontispiece & title page, contemporary handwritten list pinned to the frontispiece with other similar loose handwritten documents, some spotting & light toning, contemporary gilt decorated half calf, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with: Hutchinson (H. N.), Extinct Monsters..., 2nd edition, London: Chapman & Hall, April 1893, numerous black & white illustrations, previous owner stamp to the front endpaper, some light toning & spotting, publishers original gilt decorated green cloth, spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus Barrett (C. R. B.), Somersetshire: Highways, Byways, and Waterways, 1st edition, London: Bliss, Sands, & Foster, 1894, numerous monochrome illustrations, some minor toning, publishers original gilt decorated green cloth, boards & spine lightly rubbed & marked, 4to, and other English topography & miscellaneous 19th & early 20th-century literature & reference, some contemporary leather bindings, mostly original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (6 shelves )
Lorimer (John Gordon). Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia, [Completed and edited by R. L. Birdwood], 2 volumes, Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, 1915, 1908, printed on thin paper, 56 plates from photographs to volume 2, 26 leaves of volume 1 supplied in photocopy (all but last 2 pages in old double-sided copies bound in), old marginal clear tape repairs to volume 1 without loss of text, notably affecting pp. xliii, xlv, 673, 758, 759, 761, 764, 823 (lower part including text), 932, 934, 936, 938, 939 & 941, a few scattered smaller tape repairs, some closed tears to leaves in both volumes, some tears extending into text but without loss, first 3 preliminary leaves of volume 2 creased and frayed with some loss of title imprint and old clear tape repairs to title and following leaf, half-title and full-title inscribed in red ink ‘Copy No. 11’, volume 1 bound in morocco-backed cloth with binding note dated 1959 at rear, spine hand-lettered in gilt, rubbed, volume 2 contemporary half morocco gilt, worn, upper cover and spine detached, both large 8vo (23.5 x 15 & 24.5 x 15.5cm), together with 3 loose folding genealogical tables (of 21?), nos. 3, 9 & 10 (2 copies) originally issued to form Part III of Volume IQty: (2)NOTESThe format of this work is Volume 1. Part 1. Historical - Volume 1. Part 2. Historical - Volume 1. Part 3. Genealogical tables, maps. Volume 2. Geographical and Statistical. Collation: Volume 1: cxxx, 1624 pages, 3 (of 21?) folding genealogies and maps; Volume 2: [4], [iv], 1952 pages, 56 plates. The following 50 pages of volume 1 have been supplied in sympathetic double-sided photocopies (from Copy No. 43 - so inscribed on original title-page) and carefully bound into the text in the correct places: pp. 17-20, 29-32, 41-49, 785-90, 705-96, 817-18, 1345-60, 1615-22. Additionally, the final two pages, 1623-24, are supplied loose in more modern photocopies. The Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia (nicknamed Lorimer) was published in secret by the British government in India in 1908 and 1915 and it served as a handbook for British diplomats in the Arabian Peninsula and Persia. The work was declassified in 1955 under the fifty-year rule, and was widely praised for its extensive coverage of the region's history and geography. It is considered to be ‘the most important single source of historical material on the Gulf States and Saudi Arabia’ from the 17th to early 20th century. Modern reprints and the 8-year publishing period for this monumental work make identifying locations of original and complete copies difficult. The British Library and Qatar National Libraries appear to have complete copies and the Royal Asiatic Society volume 2 only. The appearance of such a complete textual copy at auction is a rarity, the fragility of the paper and the work’s constant usage in the field in hot temperatures making perfect copies exceedingly unlikely to appear on the market. From the library of Edward Henderson (1917-1995), British diplomat and Ambassador to Qatar.
Ozanam (Jacques). Recreations Mathematical and Physical; Laying Down, and Solving many Profitable and Delightful Problems of Arithmetick, Geometry, Opticks, Economicks, Cosmography, Mechanics, Physicks, and Pyrotechny, 1st edition in English, R. Bonwick et al, 1708, [38], 129, 192-530, [4] pages, 28 engraved plates and numerous woodcuts, 4 pp. publisher's adverts at rear, some light browning, armorial bookplate of Bosville with the signature on the bookplate of Godfrey Bosville (1654-1714, J.P. and High Sheriff of Yorkshire), contemporary panelled calf, old reback preserving original label, some corner wear, 8voQty: (1)NOTESESTC T99808. Scarce first English edition of this much reprinted work first published in Paris in 1694. The work also covers card games, conjuring, sundials, water clocks and so forth.
* Mount Everest, 1953. A scarce printed luncheon menu for an event given by Smiths English Clocks Ltd, in honour of members of the British Mount Everest Expedition 1953, at the Savoy Hotel, [London], Tuesday, 20 October 1953, menu centrefold signed by 28 people in various pens or pencil, signers including 10 of the Everest participants, 3 cricketers and various members of the watch and jewellery trade, identified names (top to bottom and then left to right) are Edmund Hillary, J.W. Isaac, G. Spencer Jones, Neville Duke, Mike Lithgow, Mike Westmacott, C.W. Proctor, Trevor Bailey, George Lowe, Tom Stobart, Tom Bourdillon, Charles Wylie (this and one other unidentified autograph very faint), Len Hutton, Ivan Tarratt, Michael Ward, R. Gordon Smith, H.B. Buchland, Ron Smith, George Band, W. Valentine Ball, John Hunt, Wilfred Noyce, the outer covers somewhat soiled and with various additional pencil markings when prepared as the hidden side for framing and display, 19 x 23cm (unfolded), together with a press print photograph of the occasion showing Hillary at the table with four other guests, 15 x 20cmQty: (2)NOTESProvenance: The family of the jeweller Ivan Tarratt whose autograph appears at the bottom of the left page. Both Smiths and Rolex gave watches to the Expedition members hoping that their watches would make it to the summit and gain massive publicity and sales as a result. Both companies claimed that their watches had reached the summit but it is now held that Hillary had a Smiths watch when they planted the flag and that no Rolex was at the top that day.
Dodsley (Robert & John Cowley). The Geography of England: Done in the Manner of Gordon's Geographical Grammar, 1st edition, London: Printed for R. Dodsley, 1744, printed title, dedication, preface and introduction, 55 uncoloured engraved maps only (of 56, lacking the plan of London, as often), small repaired tear to the verso of the final map, occasional light offsetting and a few spots, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, 8voQty: (1)NOTESChubb CLXXXI.
Edwards (Lionel [illustrator]). Sport in War, by Lionel Dawson, 1st edition, London: Collins, 1936, 6 colour & 6 monochrome illustrations, some light spotting & toning, original cloth in dust jacket, covers spotted & rubbed with some loss to the head & foot of the spine, large 8vo, together with: Ibid., Royal Newmarket, by R. C. Lyle, 1st edition, London: Putnam& Co., 1945, 41 monochrome illustrations, some light spotting, original cloth in dust jacket, some light spotting, original cloth in dust jacket, covers rubbed & creased with some minor loss, 8vo Ibid., British Racecourses, by B. W. R, Curling, 1st edition, London: H. F. & G. Witherby, 1951, 11 colour plates, some light toning & spotting, original cloth in price-clipped dust jacket, spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with 16 further volumes of Lionel Edwards illustrated sporting literature, all original cloth, 7 volumes in dust jackets, 8voQty: (19)
Pope (Alexander). One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty Eight. A dialogue something like Horace, 2 parts in one, London: T. Cooper, [1738], half-title, imprint to dialogue II reads printed 'for R. Dodsley', bound with, [Miller, James], Of Politeness. An epistle to the Right Honourable William Stanhope, Lord Harrington. By the Author of Harlequin Horace, London: L. Gilliver & J. Clark, 1738, few long horizontal closed tears (two partially repaired), bound with, Pope (Alexander), An epistle from Mr. Pope, to Dr. Arbuthnot, London: printed by J. Wright for Lawton Gilliver, 1734, bound with, [Person of Quality], The Wronghheads: A Poem. Inscrib'd to Mr Pope, by a Person of Quality, London: T. Astley, 1733, bound with, [Whitehead, Paul], The State Dunces. Inscribed to Mr Pope, Part II. Being the Last, London: J. Dickenson, in Witch Street, 1733, bound with, [Pope, Alexander], The First Epistle of the Second Book of Horace, Imitated, London: T. Cooper, 1737, bound with, Ibid., Of the Characters of Women: An Epistle to a Lady, London: printed by J. Wright for Lawton Gilliver, 1735, half-title, light damp stain to fore-edge, bound with, Priestcraft: or The way to promotion: A poem address'd to the inferior clergy of England. Being wholesome advice, how to behave at the approaching election, London: J. Wilford, 1734, half-title, bound with three others similar, occasional browning and scattered spotting, contemporary panelled calf, remnants of title label to spine, joints cracked, light wear to extremities, board corners worn and showing, folioQty: (1)
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