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Click here to subscribeMeade (L.T.). Daddy's Girl, 1st edition, W. & R. Chambers, 1912, together with Brazil (Angela), The School by the Sea, 1st edition, Blackie & Son, [1918], plus Marchant (Bessie), The Adventures of Phyllis, A Story of the Argentine, 1st edition, Cassell, [1911], plus ten others similar and four contemporary girls annuals, some with small book ticket of Nigel Temple, original pictorial cloth and pictorial boards, two with dust jackets, a little rubbed, 8vo (14)
Whittington Press. A View of the Cotswolds, Photographs by Edwin Smith, Whittington Press, 2005, half-tone illustrations, original cloth, slipcase, folio, limited edition 55/350, together with Poems for Alan Hancox, Whittington Press, 1993, original cloth-backed boards, 4to, limited edition 77/350, plus Edward & Helen Thomas. Personal Letters, selected by R. George Thomas, Whittington Press, 2000, sepia illustrations, original limp boards, 4to, limited edition 24/200, with other private press including Dearest Sydney. Joan Hassall's letters to Sydney Cockerell from Italy & France. April-May 1950, edited by Brian North Lee, Fleece Press, 1991, limited edition of 220, Two Stories by Jan Mark, Inky Parrot Press, 1984, limited signed edition 70/225 and In Suffolk, by Michael Hamburger, Five Seasons Press, 1982, limited signed edition 18/150 (15)
Tolkien (J. R. R.). The Two Towers. Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings, 1st edition, 1st impression, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1954, folding map printed in red and black, light spotting to endpapers, half-title and edges, and occasionally to text, top edge dyed red, original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, extremities very lightly bumped, gilt spine-lettering tarnished, dust jacket slightly soiled, with a faint mark to spine panel, minor fraying to spine-ends and to upper outer corners of front and rear panels, and small remnants of tape verso, 8vo Hammond A5 ii. One of 3,250 copies printed. (1)
AN ELIZABETH II SILVER MOUNTED GLASS CLARET JUG, of conical form, mask spout, beast head thumbpiece on cast scrolled handle, maker Laurence R. Watson & Co, Sheffield 1977, height approximately 28cm (condition: differing thickness of filler suggest silver collar may have come loose from glass body, together with a cased set of six teaspoons and a tea strainer, s.d.) (2)
AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY HAND PAINTED CERAMIC PLAQUE, (probably by Crown Devon), of rectangular form, depicting two Spaniels with pheasants flying overhead, signed R. Hinton lower right, approximately 17cm x 23cm, together with another hand painted plaque in a matching oak frame, depicting Highland Cattle in a landscape, initialled G.C.Y., approximately 17cm x 23cm and an oval porcelain plaque painted with a Cockerel, approximately 25cm x 20cm, loose in frame (3)
A LATE 19TH CENTURY FRENCH BRASS SKELETON TYPE CLOCK, white enamel chapter ring with Roman numerals named R. HOLT ET CIE A PARIS, similarly marked within an oval to the reverse, the base stamped to the front, numbered 2080, mounted on an ebonised stand, lacks glass dome, overall height approximately 21cm, with pendulum
A LATE 19TH CENTURY SWORD STICK, the white metal crook handle repousse decorated with a Stag Beetle on a leaf with initials engraved on its back, the 47cm length blade marked 'L. CHOBERT ARQ R PARIS, JG R. LAFAYETTE 27 R. TAITBOUT. 27', numbered 2757 to the sprung clip, splits to the stick at the join, overall length approximately 87cm
Smiths Astral gentleman's gold plated watch, the dial numbered at 12, 3,6 and 9 and fitted with a smiths manual wind movement, and mounted on a period excalibur articulated bracelet. The case back engraved London Transport R G High in recognition of 40 years service. Together with a gentlemans 9 carat gold cased wristwatch of octagonal outline the silvered dial with subsidiary seconds dial and, fitted with a 15 jewel Swiss movement indistinctly marked Provea . The case marked Chester 1928. Smiths astral currently functioning at time of inspection, scratches and wear to case commesurate with age. Gold watch not functioning , dial rubbed, glass Broken and wear to brown leather strap
Victorian gold open faced pocket watch, gilt dial with Roman numerals, engraved 18 ct gold case, hallmarked London 1866, mechanical movement signed R. Hawkings, London no 601, with monogram engraved on back of case, with display box from J.W.Diggy, Portsmouth. Gross weight 51.2 gramsWatch currently working but has not been tested for time keepinginitials on back case R Dvery small indentation to back of case
Set of twelve Victorian silver and mother of pearl handled fruit knives and forks with engraved decoration, by R F Mosley & Co., Sheffield, 1898, in fitted mahogany case,. Marks clear. All pieces with minor surface scratches, marks and wear consistent with age and use. One knife ferrule has been repaired and is crooked, as seen in image. Small chips to some handles. Case with minor staining, evidence of wear and chips consistent with age and use.
Collection of mixed jewellery, scalloped edged ring, size T, wedding band with star engraved detail, size W, both in 9 ct with a fancy link chain, measuring approximately 46.5cm in length, in yellow metal testing as 9ct and round silver locket and malachite and paste cluster ring, size R. 9 ct weight 17.6 gramsSilver weight 7.5 grams
After R Dodd, His Majesty's Ship Victory under the command of a Vice Admiral, sailing from Spithead with his division of a Grand Fleet, Aquatint, Pub Aug 21st 1792, by T. Simson. 54cm x 75cm(The 'Victory' is shown centre foreground, in port broadside view, under full sail. She flies the red ensign and the flag of Vice-Admiral of the Red, and the three-decker first-rate astern of her to the right is probably the 'Queen Charlotte'. This may be an interpretation of the Royal Review of the Grand Fleet at Spithead on 1 July 1791, when 'The Times' records that 'the Duke of Gloucester preceded by Lord Hood in his barge went out to Spithead'.).
Greater London, a Narrative of its History, its People, and its Places. Vol II only, Walford, Edward Old and New London bound in 3 volumes; pub. Cassell Petter & Galpin, London. Hughson, David. London; Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis and Its Neighbourhood. Vol III only. Dodsley, R & J (publishers), London and its Environs Described, Vol II only, and other London related antiquarian books (10 in lot).
*Fishing Rods. A collection of four split cane trout fishing rods, including an eight foot R. Chapman & Co., two piece split cane trout rod, cork handle and aluminium reel seat, a ten foot J. B. Walker of Newcastle three piece (with spare top section) split cane trout rod, cork handle and aluminium reel seat, a Hardy Bros. eleven foot 'tournament' three piece split cane trout rod, aluminium reel seat, cork handle, eyes rusted and one broken, plus an R. Rest & Son, twelve foot, three section (with spare top section) split cane trout rod, cork handle, retaining canvas rod bag (4)
16 volumes including Graves, RobertGood-bye to all that: an autobiography. London: Jonathan Cape, 1929. First edition, second state, with the erratum slip between pp, 398/399, portrait frontispiece, plates (including double plate), publisher's cloth, salmon cloth, spine darkened, edges rubbed, endpapers dusty, with the bookplate of R. J. Dickinson (Higginson & Williams A32b); Pseudo-Phalaris Phalaridos Akragantinon tyrannou epistolai. Epistolae ex MSS recensuit, versione, annotationibus, & vita insuper authoris donavit, Car. Boyle. Oxford: e typ, Clarendoniano, impens. Stephani Fletcher, 1718. 8vo., engraved frontispiece and engraved vignette on the title-page, text in Greek and Latin, contemporary panelled calf, upper board detached (but present), paper a little discoloured; and another 14 (16)
Birds of Paradise - Sharpe, R. BowdlerMonograph of the Paradiseidae, or Birds of Paradise, and Ptilonorhynchidae, or Bower-Birds. London: H. Sotheran, 1891-98. First edition, folio, 8 parts in 2 volumes, folio ( 540 x 358mm.), 79 hand-coloured lithographic plates heightened with gum arabic by W. Hart after Hart, J. Gould, and J.G. Keulemans, printed by Mintern Brothers, photographic and engraved illustrations, green panelled morocco gilt, spine gilt, g.e., occasional very slight spotting of the text, one or two plates very slightly spotted (2)Note: "First and only edition of a splendid monograph." (Wood), with magnificent plates in a handsome green morocco binding. Sharpe appealed for subscribers for a monograph on 'the Avifauna of Paupasia' in the preface to Gould's Birds of New Guinea which he brought to completion in 1888, following Gould's death in 1881.Some of the plates are printed from the stones used in the Birds of New Guinea but, as Sharpe's preface states, 'a great number of the species are here figured for the first time'. Although Elliot had published his Birds of Paradise in 1873, many species were still undiscovered, and Bowdler Sharpe's monograph, with double the number of plates, brought the tale of exploration of New Guinea up to the turn of the century, and omitted no more than two or three of the very latest finds. As such it is a much more valuable work than D.G. Elliot's. BM(NH) IV, p. 1910; Fine Bird Books p. 142; Nissen IVB 865; Whittell p. 663; Wood p. 565; Zimmer pp. 581-2 (erroneously calling for 72 text leaves in vols I and II, rather than 48 and 52 respectively). (2)
Lowe, E.J.Our Native Ferns. London: Groombridge and Sons, 1865. 2 volumes, 8vo, 79 chromolithographed plates, original green cloth gilt, ownership signature to free-endpaper; Braithwaite, R. The British Moss-Flora. London: L. Reeve & Co., 1887. 3 volumes, 8vo, 128 plates, original green cloth gilt, a little browning (5)
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