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Lot 522
Four Exley "OO" Gauge/4mm Boxed Fifty Seven Foot Coaches, LMS maroon Composite Sleeping Car (plastic base) - LMS maroon brake 3rd (plastic base) "Coach No, 2035" - BR cream/red corridor coach R/No. M2000M (incorrect box) - LMS maroon brake 3rd corridor (incorrect box) - various bogies/couplings, condition good to good plus.
Lot 524
A Trix "OO" Gauge/4mm 4-6-2 Class A3 L.N.E.R Green "Flying Scotsman", R/No. 4472 (spares or repair) - plus three Trix coaches, (Great Western Pullman, L.N.E.R restaurant car, LMS dining car), three items rolling stock and a Dapol BR green DMU power car, condition playworn to fair (eight items).
Lot 530
Four Wrenn ''OO'' Gauge/4mm Steam Locomotives- Class 8F 2-8-0 LNER black R/NO 8042, repainted to a very good standard. Castle class 4-6-0 BR green, R/NO 5002 ''Ludlow Castle'' - fair condition but missing motor. Two ''Duchess Class'' BR green ''City of Birmingham'' 4-6-2 R/NOs 46235- Both missing tenders. Both also renovated to a good standard. All unboxed.
Lot 98
Hornby ''OO'' Gauge/4mm Ref 1136 ''Yorkshire Pullman'' Train Set- Boxed. Comprising Class A4 4-6-2 Steam locomotive and eight wheel tender. BR green ''Quicksilver'' R/NO 60015, three brown/cream Pullman coaches, track, etc. Very good condition, (appears unused), box excellent, limited edition, NO 952 of 2000 and certificate.
Lot 320
Robin ellis signed album page approx 3 x 4 inches. Anthony Robin Ellis 8/1/1942 is an English actor best known for Poldark, The Good Soldier, Elizabeth R. Sense and Sensibility. Scruffy condition. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
![BEATON, JAMES, (1517-1603, ARCHBISHOP OF GLASGOW)“ACTE DE FOY ET HOMAGE F[AI]CT AU ROY PAR LE SEIG[NEU]R DE BOURGOUNE”, signe](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/557c0233-d28e-48aa-b1c9-aa2a00fd65ee/bae07e9a-4d96-48b9-a8bb-aa570097e27e/468x382.jpg)
Lot 178
BEATON, JAMES, (1517-1603, ARCHBISHOP OF GLASGOW)“ACTE DE FOY ET HOMAGE F[AI]CT AU ROY PAR LE SEIG[NEU]R DE BOURGOUNE”, signed “Glasgow” dated Paris 15 March, 1571, on vellum, previous folds, lacking seal, James Beaton, or Bethune, Ambassador to the King of France from Mary Queen of ScotsNote: James Beaton, Bishop of Glasgow from 1552, stood faithfully by the queen-regent, Marie de Guise, in her dealings with the disaffected Protestant nobles. Mary, Queen of Scots, appointed him her ambassador at the French Court, and he remained. up to her forced abdication in 1567 and during the rest of her life, her most faithful friend and adviser.
Lot 195
DUDLEY, ROBERT, (1532-1588, 1ST EARL OF LEICESTER)LETTER SIGNED, "R. LEYCESTER", AND SUBSCRIBED, ONE PAGE, THE TEXT IN FRENCH, in the hand of a secretary to Mademoiselles Francoise and Sabine d'Egmont in the Hague, bidding them farewell on his return to England where he has been summoned back by the Queen because of rumours of preparations being made against her kingdom "ou je suis rapelle par sa ma[jesti]e a l'occasion des bruites qui courent de quelques grand preparatifs qui se font contre son Estat", thanking them for the honour and courtesies he had received from them, and hoping he can serve them in turn should they wish anything of the Queen, Flushing, 29th November 1587, paper seal, despatch slits, some dampstaining, 32 x 21cm.Note: The Earl of Leicester returned home from the Netherlands on 4th December 1587 having suffered ill health through the summer. Once home he took part in the great debates over intelligence of the Spanish preparations for the Armada which he was convinced was coming. These being presumably the "bruites qui courent de quelques grands preparatifs" referred to in this letter. The recipients were members of the one of the noblest of Flemish families. Lamoral Count of Egmont (1522-68) had married Sabine de Baviere (1528-78) who bore him 13 children. He is one of the great heroes of the Dutch struggle against Spain and the introduction of the Spanish Inquisition into the Netherlands. He nevertheless remained a staunch catholic and remained loyal to Philip. He was found guilty of treason and beheaded on 4th June 1568. This event is usually taken as marking the beginning of the revolt by the Dutch against Spanish rule.
Lot 200
ELIZABETH I, (1533-1603, QUEEN OF ENGLAND)SIGNATURE ON VELLUM "ELIZABETH R.", excised slip from vellum document, 8.5 x 21cms.Note: Daughter of Henry VIII and Queen Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth was carefully educated under Roger Ascham, accompanied her sister Mary to London on her accession, the following year was committed to the Tower of London, thence removed to Woodstock & afterwards to Hatfield House, and ascended the throne in 1558. Her reign, which is one of the most eventful in English History, lasted for 45 years. She was buried in the Henry VII Chapel in Westminster Abbey.
Lot 207
GEORGE III (1738-1820), KING OF ENGLAND, AND HIS CHILDREN, 14 ITEMS COMPRISINGGEORGE III, SIGNATURE ("GEORGE R.") CUT FROM VELLUM DOCUMENT, C. 18 X 19CMS. Frederick, Duke of York (1763-1827, 2nd son of George III, Commander in Chief of the Army), Autograph Letter Signed to Francis Dighton, clerk in the Commander in Chief's Office, Horse Guards, signed "Frederick", 16 Oct. 1819; Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, 5th son of George III Brief A.N.S. on piece 7 x 10cm., with seal, & Envelope addressed to Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, and initialled, 10 x 13cm; Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773-1843, 6th son of George III) Free front, 1837, addressed and signed ("Sussex") by him, 7 x 11cm.; & Autograph Letter Signed ("Augustus Frederick"), to my dear Miller, recommending an Irish salesman of Cask Wine, London, 7th the 24th 1805, 23 x 19cm.; Adolphus Frederick (1774-1850, 7th son of George III), Autograph letter signed to "My dear Lord", regarding Mr Deine's desire for a Commission in the Coldstreams Guards, Cambridge House, Jan 26 1840, 3pp., small split at fold; Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, son-in-law of George III Address panel addressed to Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, signed "William Frederick", 29 August 1824; Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester, daughter of George III Third Party letter, n.d. (c.1822), arranging a visit by Miss [Elizabeth] Fry, 1p; Princess Sophia (1777-1848, daughter of George III), envelope front 1842, addressed in her hand and signed with her florid initial; Princess Elizabeth, daughter of George III, married Frederick IV Landgrave of Hesse Homburg Envelope address by her, mounted on card; Augusta Sophia (1768-1840, daughter of George III) Autograph letter signed to "My dear Taylor", Jan. 1826 1830, cut close touching a few letters; George Duke of Cambridge, (grandson of George III), Autograph Letter Signed to John B. Heath, Director of the Bank of England, regarding promotion for one George Brown, St. James's Palace, Aug. 10 1859, 3pp.; George IV, King of England, (1738-1820) Autograph envelope (unsigned) as Prince Regent, addressed to the Earl of Bessborough (12)
Lot 235
QUEEN VICTORIA (1819-1901, QUEEN OF ENGLAND), & HER FAMILYA COLLECTION INCLUDING CLIPPED SIGNATURE ABOVE EMBOSSED PAPER SEAL, 12 x 9cm., Signature ("Victoria R.") above embossed paper seal, cut from vellum document, 23 x 8cm.; Edward Duke of Kent (1767-1820, 4th Son of George III, Father of Queen Victoria as C in C Gibraltar, 1803, warrant to pay family housekeeping, 12 x 19cm.; Duchess of Kent, Queen Victoria's mother) Third party Letter, 1855, 2 pp. requesting news of her grand-daughters from Miss Hillyard, Clarence House, June 13th, [18]55, 13 x 10cm., 2pp., integral blank; Alfred Duke of Edinburgh, as Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha, 2nd son of Queen Victoria Autograph letter signed to "My dear Sneyd", stating he is sending a pattern of the wall covering "which I recommend for your billiard room at Keele", 2pp. integral blank, Palais Edinburg, Coburg, 2 June 1896; Alfred Duke of Edinburgh Clipped signature, mounted on card, 4 x 9cm.; Arthur Duke of Connaught, Queen Victoria's 3rd son Signature on military order, Aldershot manoeuvres, 1874, 13 x 20cm.; Arthur, Duke of Connaught Autograph letter signed ("Arthur") to "My dear ?Bowdie, mentioning a visit to Sheffield with the Queen, 2pp., Buckingham Palace headed paper, 8.4.[18]97; Princess Beatrice (1857-1944, 5th daughter of Queen Victoria), Autograph letter signed to Princess Dolgorouth, declining an invitation, Kensington Palace, 9 May 1911; Helena, Princess Christian of Schleswig Holstein, daughter of Queen Victoria. Autograph letter signed to May (possibly Mary, wife of Prince George, later Queen Mary, 3pp., Cumberland Lodge, 6 July 1896; and a clipped autograph of the same (11 items)
Lot 240
SCOTLAND & JACOBITES, "COLLECTION OF MANUSCRIPTS, CONTAINING ORIGINALLETTERS, CHARTERS, DYING SPEECHES OF REBELS EXECUTED IN 1745" 16-18th century, folio, including inventory of "guides & geare" of Wm. Lipham of Kirkhill, 1635: receipts, 17th century, of George Marischal, tailor burgess of Edinburgh, "as agent for James Marischall, Merchant taylor of London," Decree 1647, by Archibald Tod, Provost of Edinburgh, concerning property in Leith; Letter from James Campbell, 1754, to James Fisher, Provost of Inverary; Scaffold Speeches, 1746, of George Fletcher, T. Deacon, Major D. McDonald of Tundrich, R. Lyon, A.M & David Home, executed at Carlisle, Penrith etc.; Notarial Instrument, 1564; King's Writ 1735, to Steward of Fife, regarding Sir R. Douglas of Glenbervie, fragments of religious MS., 17th century, some hinges in volume, others laid down, half calf, worn, bookplate of David Murray, Phillipps Mss 22968
Lot 245
SOBIESKA MARIA KLEMENTYNA (1702-1735), POLISH PRINCESS, QUEEN CONSORT OF 'KING JAMES III' (1688-1766) 'THE OLD PRETENDER'AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("CLEMENTINE R."), AS QUEEN, to Mrs Dillon, in French, stating she has received her correspondent's letter thanking her for the help she had shown Mrs Dillon's son, the Count of Malta, & referring to her correspondent's daughter "I rejoice with all my heart, as you do, at your daughter's decision to take the veil as a nun, even though you will have felt this separation deeply. I am convinced that her new life will one day be of great consolation to you... I have at heart everything which concerns her, and she deserves nothing less from me", 1 page, 8vo, with integral address leaf, bearing a good red wax seal, Rome, 2nd November 1733Note: Autograph letters of Sobieska are rare following her early death at the age of 32.
Lot 250
STUART, CHARLES, EDWARD, CALLED "BONNIE PRINCE CHARLIE", THE YOUNG PRETENDER (1720-1788)LETTER SIGNED ("CHARLES R.") AND SUBSCRIBED TO THE DUKE OF MELFORT, IN FRENCH. The Prince states that he received his cousin's letter and thanks him "for the prayers you make to heaven for my happiness." He continues "I know that you are a most loyal and sincere friend, and committed to my interests, and that these are feelings which have been passed down in your family, and which will always guarantee you my protection and esteem.", one page, 4to, Florence, 7th March 1775, neatly laid down and with light stain to centre, just affecting date but not signature or text; with Rawlins Collection logo affixed to lower corner
Lot 252
STUART, JAMES EDWARD (1688-1766), "JAMES III", THE OLD PRETENDER, SON OF JAMES IILETTER SIGNED AND SUBSCRIBED "VOTRE BON AMY, JACQUES R." to the Chevalier Carrara, thanking him for his letter and the examples of his writings he has sent, 1 page, integral leaf with destinee's name and wax seal, Rome, 32 August 1754
![3 BOOKS, COMPRISING DARWIN, BERNARD & ELINORTHE TALE OF MR TOOTLEOO Nonesuch Press, [n.d. but 1925]. Oblong 8vo, 22 colou](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/557c0233-d28e-48aa-b1c9-aa2a00fd65ee/4b892c18-6a6d-4a37-897b-aa5700987fc2/468x382.jpg)
Lot 270
3 BOOKS, COMPRISING DARWIN, BERNARD & ELINORTHE TALE OF MR TOOTLEOO Nonesuch Press, [n.d. but 1925]. Oblong 8vo, 22 coloured plates, fawn & red embossed boards; Sluiter, Willy Per Stoomvaart my Nederland naar Java. Amsterdam, n.d.; oblong 4to, plates, original green cloth; Luddecke, R. Afrika in 6 Blattern. Gotha, n.d.; small folio, coloured folding map, original black cloth, spine worn (3)
![BIBLIA SACRA SIVE TESTAMENTUM VET. AB IM. TREMELLIO ET FRAN. JUNIO EX HEBRAEO LATINE REDITTU[M]LONDON: M. FLESHER & R. YO](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/557c0233-d28e-48aa-b1c9-aa2a00fd65ee/caf6994b-9e6f-4cfd-aa14-aa5700993aea/468x382.jpg)
Lot 318
BIBLIA SACRA SIVE TESTAMENTUM VET. AB IM. TREMELLIO ET FRAN. JUNIO EX HEBRAEO LATINE REDITTU[M]LONDON: M. FLESHER & R. YOUNG, 1640. 12mo, engraved title (laid down), bound with The Book of Common Prayer. London: J. Bill and C. Barker, 1674. 12mo, late 18th century panelled black morocco gilt, gauffered edges, a few headlines trimmed
![HOLY BIBLE, KING JAMES VERSION.PRINTED BY R. Y[OUNG] Edinburgh: Printed by R. Y[oung], 1637. 12mo, 2 parts in one volume, tit](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/557c0233-d28e-48aa-b1c9-aa2a00fd65ee/36589b81-50d8-4f43-b05f-aa570099549a/468x382.jpg)
Lot 329
HOLY BIBLE, KING JAMES VERSION.PRINTED BY R. Y[OUNG] Edinburgh: Printed by R. Y[oung], 1637. 12mo, 2 parts in one volume, titles within typographic ornament border, final colophon leaf XX12, 18th century reversed calf, raised bands, black morocco label, [Herbert 512]Note: The second duodecimo edition of King James' version published in Scotland, the first duodecimo edition also being by published in Young in 1634.
![KNOX, JOHNTHE HISTORIE OF THE REFORMATIOUN OF RELIGIOUN WITHIN THE REALM OF SCOTLAND Edinburgh: R. Fleming and Company [for]](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/557c0233-d28e-48aa-b1c9-aa2a00fd65ee/52bb3cd9-29a0-4585-bfff-aa5700996004/468x382.jpg)
Lot 331
KNOX, JOHNTHE HISTORIE OF THE REFORMATIOUN OF RELIGIOUN WITHIN THE REALM OF SCOTLAND Edinburgh: R. Fleming and Company [for] J. MacEuen, J. Davidson, W. Brown [& others], 1732. Folio, [31], [56], 488, [20], engraved frontispiece portrait, contemporary panelled calf, head and tail of spine rubbed, upper hinge cracked
Lot 368
PAMPHLETS RELATING TO SCOTLAND,A COLLECTION OF 15 ITEMS, COMPRISING 1) Mercy the Truest Heroism: Display'd in the Conduct of some of the most famous Conquerors. London: M Cooper, 1746. 8vo, 23pp., [ESTC: 7 copies in UK, 1 in N. America]2) Ferguson, Andrew. A Genuine Account of all the Persons of Note in Scotland, who are now engaged in the Service of the Chevalier. Edinburgh, London Reprinted: J. Robinson, [?1745], 10,9-62p., [ESTC: 14 copies in UK, 3 in N. America]3) [Saunders, Edmund] Summus Angliae Seneschallus, or a Survey of the Lord High-Steward of England. London: R Cooper, 1746. 8vo, [2],49,[1]p., [ESTC: 5 copies in UK, 10 in N. America, 2 in Australia]4) Foster, James. An Account of the Behaviour of the late Earl of Kilmarnock, after his Sentence. London: J. Noon & A. Millar, 1746. 8vo, 51, [1]pp., lacking half-title, [ESTC T144578 (numerous copies)]5) The Westminster Scholar Corrected, or a Defence of Mr Foster's Account of the Behaviour of the late Earl of Kilmarnock. London: J. Oldcastle, [?1746]. 8vo, 28pp., [ESTC: 11 copies in UK, 4 in N. America]6) Memoirs of the Lives and Families of the Lords Kilmarnock, Cromartie and Balmerino. London: T. Gardner, 1746. 8vo, [ESTC: 11 copies in UK, 10 in N. America]7) The Principles of the British Constitution Asserted. LONDON: G. Freer & M Cooper, 1746. 8vo, [2],30pp., [ESTC: 5 copies in UK, 5 in N. America]8) [Griffiths, Ralph]. Authentic Copies of the Letters and other Papers delivered, at their Execution, by the Nine Rebels who suffer'd Death. London, [1746]. 8vo, 24pp., [ESTC: 4 copies in UK, 8 in N. America]9) An Essay on the Nature of Oaths. London: H. Carpenter, [?1750]. 8vo, [2],17,[1]pp. [ESTC: 2 copies in UK, 6 in N. America]10) [Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of] The Thistle, a Dispassionate Examine of the Prejudice of Englishmen in General to the Scotch Nation. London: H. Carpenter, [1747]. 8vo, 52pp., [ESTC: 12 copies in UK, 15 in N. America]11) The Rose: Being a Detection of the pernicious Tendency of Two Libels.. Pamphlet entitled, The Thistle. London: J. Roberts, [1747]. 8vo, 2, 50pp., [ESTC: 14 copies in UK, 14 in N. America]12) A Candid and Impartial Discussion of the False Reasonings, Gross Misrepresentations and Studies Fallacies of Two late Pieces. London: M. Cooper, 1747. 8vo, [2], 84, lacks half-title, [ESTC: 14 copies in UK, 17 in N. America]13) Memoirs of the Life of Lord Lovat. London: M. Cooper, 1746. 8vo, [iv], 123pp., with half-title, [ESTC: 8 copies in UK, 5 in N. America]14) A Free Examination of the Memoirs of Lord Lovat. [London, 1746], 2, 60pp., with half-title but lacking title, [ESTC: 17 copies in UK, 11 in N. America]15) A Genuine Narrative of the Life, Behaviour and Conduct of Simon Lord Fraser of Lovat. London: B. Coke, 1747. 8vo, [4], 70pp., lacks portrait, [ESTC: 6 copies in UK, 2 in N. America], 15 works in one volume, contemporary calf backed boards, red morocco label "Miscellany Pamphlets", uncut, numbered "101" in gilt on spine, rubbed, bookplate of Sir William Forbes Bart. of Pitsligo
![COMBE, WILLIAM [THOMAS ROWLANDSON]THE DANCE OF LIFE, A POEM London: R. Ackermann, 1817. First edition, 8vo, hand-coloured fro](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/557c0233-d28e-48aa-b1c9-aa2a00fd65ee/7440a3ec-f615-4da6-baff-aa570099d901/468x382.jpg)
Lot 378
COMBE, WILLIAM [THOMAS ROWLANDSON]THE DANCE OF LIFE, A POEM London: R. Ackermann, 1817. First edition, 8vo, hand-coloured frontispiece, additional coloured engraved title-page, 24 hand-coloured plates, advert leaf, contemporary half calf with renewed banded gilt spine, a little spotting to first 37 pages, one plate with some soiling [Abbey, Life, 264]
Lot 386
ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, A COLLECTIONINCLUDING RACKHAM, ARTHUR Grimm's Fairy Tales. London, 1909. 4to, 40 coloured mounted plates, original red pictorial cloth, rubbed; Jerrold, Walter The Big Book of Fables. 1912, 4to, illustrations by Charles Robinson, original red pictorial cloth gilt, spine faded; Wagner, R. Parsifal. 1912. 4to, illustrated by Willy Pogany, original grey pictorial cloth gilt, binding slightly skewed; Harrison, Florence Christina Rossetti Poems. Blackie & Son, plates, original white pictorial cloth gilt, t.e.g.; Glasgow Contemporaries at the Dawn of the XXth Century. Glasgow, c.1900. 4to, original pictorial vellum gilt; Kingsley, Charles The Heroes or Greek Fairy Tales. London: Philip Lee Warner, Publisher to the Medici Society, 1912. 4to, plates by W. Russell Flint, original vellum gilt, ties, t.e.g., slipcase; and 10 others, miscellaneous (16)
Lot 401
ACCUM, FRIEDRICH CHRISTIANA PRACTICAL TREATISE ON GAS-LIGHT, EXHIBITING A SUMMARY DESCRIPTION of the Apparatus and Machinery best calculated for illuminating Streets, Houses and Manufactories with Carburetted Hydrogen, or Coal-Gas. London: for R. Ackermann, 1815. First edition, 8vo, [ii], iii, [v], [i],186; 7 hand-coloured aquatint plates (2 folding), modern calf, red morocco labels, uncut, slightly spotted
Lot 422
BRITISH TOPOGRAPHY AND SPORT, 5 VOLUMES, COMPRISINGPENNANT, THOMAS The Journey to Snowdon. London: H. Hughes, 1781. First edition (first part only), engraved title and plates, contemporary diced calf, bookplate of Sir Robert Johnson-Eden; Warner, Richard A Walk through some of the Western Counties of England. Bath: R. Cruttwell, 1800. First edition, 8vo, half-title, 2 sepia aquatint plates, original blue boards, uncut, rebacked; [Apperley, C.J.] The Life of a Sportsman. G. Routledge, [n.d.], hand-coloured title & 34 hand-coloured plates, red half morocco by Hatchards, t.e.g., spine lightly faded; Kipling, R. Kim. 1951. 8vo, modern green morocco; Somerville, William Hobbinol, Field Sports, and the Bowling Green. London: W. Bulmer for R. Ackermann, 1813. 4to, 15 wood-engraved vignettes by Nesbit & Thurston, contemporary half calf, slightly worn (5)
![2 WORKS, COMPRISING CLARKE, J. AND LUIGI MAYERA SERIES OF TWENTY-FOUR VIEWS ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES [London]: R.](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/557c0233-d28e-48aa-b1c9-aa2a00fd65ee/30fba36c-eea8-4e45-9cf0-aa57009a4469/468x382.jpg)
Lot 429
2 WORKS, COMPRISING CLARKE, J. AND LUIGI MAYERA SERIES OF TWENTY-FOUR VIEWS ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES [London]: R. Bowyer, [c. 1817]. 4to (32 x 23cm.), 8pp.; 24 hand-coloured aquatint views, 20th century drab boards, lettered on spine; Brothers, Richard A Description of Jerusalem. London: George Riebau, 1801. 8vo, 4 plans (2 folding, both with short tear) & 1 hand-coloured folding plate, short tear to "Contents and Explanation of the Plan of the City", modern blue cloth (2)
Lot 462
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, 2 VOLUMES COMPRISINGTHE PICTURE OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Newcastle upon Tyne: R. Akenhead, 1812. 8vo, folding map (torn without loss), contemporary calf; Parson, William & William White. History, Directory and Gazetteer of the Counties of Durham and Northumberland. Leeds Mercury Office: for W. White & Co., 1827. 8vo, volume 1 only, contemporary calf (2)
Lot 474
TRAVEL, NATURAL HISTORY & FINE BINDINGS, 31 VOLUMESINCLUDING BURNABY, FRED A Ride to Khiva. Travels and Adventures in Central Asia, 1877. 8vo, folding maps (1 in pocket at end), contemporary red half calf gilt; Beckford, Peter Thoughts upon Hunting. 1879. plates, red half morocco by Bickers, spine gilt, g.e; Bates, H.W. The Naturalist on the River Amazons. 1876. 8vo, plates, original pictorial cloth gilt; Hogarth, D. & Others. Great Britons. 1978, maroon half morocco gilt, g.e.; White, Gilbert The Natural History of Selborne. 1850. 8vo, green half morocco gilt; Trevelyan, G.O. The Early History of Charles James Fox. 1881. 8vo, red half morocco gilt, Andrew Carnegie bookplate, g.e.' Putnam, R. William the Silent, Prince of Orange. 1895. 2 volumes, 8vo, red half morocco gilt, Andrew Carnegie bookplates, g.e.; Shipton, Diana The Antique Land. 1950. Number 91 of 150 de luxe copies, plates, maroon morocco gilt, t.e.g.; Morton, H.V. In Search of Ireland. 1930. First edition, 8vo, green half morocco gilt; Longfellow, H.W. Poetical Works. 1910. 8vo, quarter vellum, spine gilt; Napier, Sir W. English Battles and Sieges in the Peninsula. 1893. 8vo, red morocco gilt, g.e.; Sketchley, A. Mrs Brown and King Cetewayo. [n.d.]., red half calf gilt; Teichman, Sir Eric. Journey to Turkistan. 8vo, plates, dustwrapper frayed; Woolf, Virginia A Letter to a Young Poet. 1932, original wrappers; 2o others in The Hogarth Letters Series (Peter Quennell and Rebecca West); Dante La Divina Commedia. Milan, 1828. 3 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf gilt, spines gilt; Bell, Currer (Charlotte Bronte) The Professor. London: Smith, Elder, 1860. original orange cloth, hinges weak' and 11 others (31)
![8 CHILDREN'S BOOKSINCLUDING GREENAWAY, KATE A Day in a Child's Life. London: George Routledge and Sons, [1881?] 8vo, original](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/557c0233-d28e-48aa-b1c9-aa2a00fd65ee/1ef90006-b8bc-4731-8bd1-aa57009aa63a/468x382.jpg)
Lot 52
8 CHILDREN'S BOOKSINCLUDING GREENAWAY, KATE A Day in a Child's Life. London: George Routledge and Sons, [1881?] 8vo, original boards over quarter cloth; [Idem] Under the Window. London: George Routledge and Sons, [1878]. First edition, 8vo, original boards over quarter cloth; Caldecott, Randolph The House that Jack Built. [London:] George Routledge and Sons, [n.d.] 8vo, original covers; [Idem] The Diverting History of John Gilpin: [London:] George Routledge and Sons, [n.d.] 8vo, original covers; [Idem] R. Caldecott's Second Collection of Pictures & Songs. London: Frederick Warne and Co., Ltd., [n.d.] Oblong 8vo, original cloth; [Idem] A Sketch-Book of R. Caldecott. George Routledge & Sons, [n.d.] Oblong 8vo, original covers; Ewing, Juliana Horatia Daddy Darwin's Dovecot. London, [n.d.] 8vo, illustrated by R. Caldecott, original pictorial boards; Pearce, Hilda The Navy Book of Fairy Tales. London, [n.d.] 8vo, original blue cloth gilt (8)
Lot 54
ANNA SEWELL, KATE GREENAWAY, CECIL ALDIN AND OTHERS62 CHILDREN'S BOOKS Aldin, Cecil Black Beauty. [London: Jarrolds Publishers, [n.d.] Large 8vo, illustrated by Cecil Aldin, original blue cloth gilt; Greenaway, Kate Under the Willow. London: Routledge & Sons, [n.d.] 8vo, original pictorial covers with cloth spine; Ewing, Juliana Horatia Jackanapes. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [n.d.] 144,000th, 8vo, illustrated by Randolph Caldecott, original boards with cloth spine; Caldecott, Randolph. R. Caldecott's Collection of Pictures & Songs. London: George Routledge & Sons, [n.d.]. 8vo, original cloth; Belloc, Hillaire The Bad Child's Book of Beasts. Oxford: Alden & Co. Ltd., [1897] Fifth thousand, 8vo, original boards; Ewing, Juliana Horatia The Peace Egg. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [n.d.] 8vo, original boards; Crane, Walter The Baby's Opera. London: George Routledge and Sons, [n.d.] 8vo, original boards; and a collection of others, sold not subject to return
Lot 7
EMBROIDERY, & OTHERS, COMPRISINGBARBER, MARY. SOME DRAWINGS OF ANCIENT EMBROIDERY. THIRTY SPECIMENS London: H. Sotheran, 1880. First edition, folio, 30 chromolithographed plates, original decorative buff cloth gilt, g.e.; Farren, R. Cambridge and its Neighbourhood. Cambridge: Macmillan, 1881. Folio, etched title and plates, original pictorial blue cloth gilt, t.e.g., lightly rubbed; Grigson, G. and H. Buchanan Thornton's Temple of Flora. 1951. Folio, colour plates, original half cloth (3)
Lot 71
FONSECA, FRANCISO, DAEVORA GLORIOSA Epilogo dos quatro tomos da Evora illustrada, que compoz o R. P. M. M. Fialho ... Escritta ... e amplificada pello P. F. da Fonseca. Rome: na officina Komarekiana, 1728. First edition, folio, contemporary mottled calf, spine decorated gilt in compartments, edges worn, with the book stamp armorial of Rodrigo Andrade Pereyra at the head of the dedication pageProvenance: From the Library of the Late John Bernard Bury
Lot 99
COLLECTION OF SCOTTISH HISTORY AND RECORDS, INCLUDING HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSIONCALENDAR OF THE STUART PAPERS BELONGING TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING.. AT WINDSOR CASTLE London: HMSO, 1904-1923. 7 volumes, 8vo, later cloth, volume 1 lacking title-page, volume 5 title-page torn and repaired; Hollinshead, Raphael The Scottish Chronicle... Perth: James Morison, 1806. 2 volumes in one, 4to, modern quarter calf, some soiling; Taymouth The Black Book of Taymouth. Edinburgh, 1855. 4to, later quarter calf, rebacked; Scottish Exhibition of National History, Art, & Industry Palace of History. Glasgow: Dalross Limited, 1911. 2 volumes, 8vo, original blue cloth gilt; Chambers, Robert Domestic Annals of Scotland. Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, [n.d.] 3 volumes, 8vo, original blue cloth gilt; McCormick, Joseph State-Papers and Letters addressed to William Carstares. Edinburgh: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1774. 4to, contemporary calf with gilt stamp of the Faculty of Procurators Glasgow, rebacked; Irving, Joseph The Book of Dunbartonshire. Edinburgh: W. and A.K. Johnston, 1879. 3 volumes, 4to, number 387 of 400 copies, original green cloth gilt; MacLeod, R.C. The Book of Dunvegan. Aberdeen: The Third Spalding Club, 1938. Large 8vo, volume 1 only, original green cloth gilt; Cramond, William The Records of Elgin, 1903. 2 volumes, large 8vo, later cloth, library plates; The Ancestor A Quarterly Review of Family History, Heraldry, and Antiquities. London: Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd., 1902-1904. Numbers 2, 4, 5, 6 & 10 only, 8vo, original boards; and other 26 others, sold not subject to return (49)
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A gold and opal ring probably by the Artificers Guild and designed by Edward Spencer, the shoulder with fruiting foliage panels flanking an elliptical opal, in later fitted case, unsigned, size R Literature Elyse Zorn Karlin Metalwork in the Arts and Crafts Tradition, Schiffer page 115 for a comparable ring illustrated. Tadema Gallery ref 7697 for a comparable example.
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A miniature Martin Brothers stoneware bird by Robert Wallace Martin, dated 1914, modelled standing and casting a slight upraised gaze, glazed in shades of green and brown, on an ebonised wood base, incised R W Martin & Bros, Southall, 2.12.14, 8.5cm. high Provenance Private collection. Literature Malcolm Haslam The Martin Brothers Potters, Richard Dennis Publications, a comparable bird illustrated on the front cover and page 112 colour plate XVI .
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The Wise Owl a fine Martin Brothers stoneware bird jar and cover by Robert Wallace Martin, dated 1884, modelled with claw feet, resting, his round head tilted to one side, one eye remaining vigilantly open, glazed in brown, ochre and buff, incised R W Martin Sc, London 11 1884 to base and c R W Martin & Brothers London & Southall 11 1884 to cover, repaired damages, 29.5cm. high
Lot 79
A Martin Brothers stoneware bird jar and cover by Robert Wallace Martin, dated 1913, modelled standing erect and casting a sideward glance, with short beak and claw feet, glazed in shades of blue, green and brown, on ebonised wooden base, incised R W Martin & Bros Southall, 13.12.1913 to base and head, 15cm. high Provenance Private collection.
Lot 80
The Barrister and his Defendant an important pair of small Martin Brothers stoneware birds by Robert Wallace Martin, the barrister wearing a wig and his wings thrust backwards forming a gown, leaning forward to whisper to the recoiling client, glazed in green and brown, on ebonised wooden bases, incised R W Martin & Bros to side of base, the defendant with Southall 1914, the barrister with Richard Dennis Exhibition label, 9 and 9.5cm. high, (2) Provenance Martin Brothers Pottery Exhibition, Richard Dennis 1978, catalogue number 387 (barrister) Private collection. Literature Malcolm Haslam The Martin Brothers Potters, Richard Dennis, page 154 figure 247 for a comparable barrister figure.
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A Martin Brothers stoneware bird jar and cover by Robert Wallace Martin, the small, rotund bird modelled with upcast knowing look, glazed in shades of green and brown, highlighted in white, etched R W Martin & Bros, London & Southall, firing cracks to neck of body, 14.5cm. high, (2) Provenance Private collection.
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