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Click here to subscribeAn unusual military presentation staff, late 19th/early 20th Century In the form of a soldier at attention, with inscription 'Presented from A J Brummer to Sgt JW Street K R R C Diyatalawa' length 51cm (Diyatalawa is a former Garrison town in central highlands of Sri Lanka, the British Army established a Garrison there in 1885, it later became a concentration camp during the Boer War.) CONDITION REPORT: Only minor rubbing and wearNo major cracks or splits
Corgi - 3 diecast 1:50 scale models Scania T-Cab Feldbinder Tanker, Ian Hayes Trans # CC12801, Volvo FH Globetrotter sided crane trailer and palletised load, Inta-Site # CC12427 and Scania R series high roof curtainside, C S Ellis Ltd # CC13703, all appear mint in original window boxes - Est £80 - £120 This lot MUST be paid for and collected, or delivery arranged, no later than close of business on Tuesday. Please do not bid if you are unable to comply
Corgi - 3 diecast 1:50 scale models Scania Topline Skeletal trailer / container, R S Carmichael # CC12930, Mercedes Benz Actros curtainside, Robert Summers # CC13803 and Scania R series topline fridge trailer, Scotts Trawlers # CC13705, (all mirrors and certificates present) all appear mint in original window boxes - Est £80 - £120 This lot MUST be paid for and collected, or delivery arranged, no later than close of business on Tuesday. Please do not bid if you are unable to comply
Corgi - 3 diecast 1:50 scale models DAF CF curtainside, R Swain # CC13601, ERF EC sheeted flatbed trailer, Brian Harris #' CC11901 and Renault Premium fridge trailer, Feenstra # CC12103, all appear mint in original window boxes [3] - Est £80 - £120 This lot MUST be paid for and collected, or delivery arranged, no later than close of business on Tuesday. Please do not bid if you are unable to comply
Real Flight - R/C Flight Simulator with Real Physics 3D flight performance and interlink plus controller by Futaba, over 50 aircraft to fly, in original box with disc This lot MUST be paid for and collected, or delivery arranged, no later than close of business on Tuesday. Please do not bid if you are unable to comply
Diecast - a Corgi limited edition Scania R series curtainside #AN13710, Motorart Volvo 1:50 scale by Hi Tech Line, Tekno 01/1993 by The Italian Collection and a Eddie Stobart diecast 1:50 scale vehicle on perspex presentation case, boxed (4) This lot MUST be paid for and collected, or delivery arranged, no later than close of business on Tuesday. Please do not bid if you are unable to comply
dating: circa 2000 provenance: Europe, 'Caucasian Arms from the State Hermitage Museum Petersburg', Yurij Miller; 'Vaabenhistoriske Aarboger'; Arne Orloff, 1989; 'Catalogue of the Arms & Armour Collection of the Lat Lionel Franck McCardle', Wallis & Wallis 1971; two catalogues Hales & Barrett; 'The Mongols', S. R. Turnbull, 1980. height 21 - 25 cm.
dating: Third quarter of the 19th Century provenance: Paris, Octagonal, rifled, cal. 36 barrel, with fore-sight, marked in italic 'F. P. Devisme a Paris', the base marked 'COLT BREVETE', laterally stamped with a crowned 'R', fore-sight; six-shot cylinder, finely engraved with floral motifs. Smooth frame, brass strap. Serial number '80xx', wooden grip scales with barely readable number. Finishing at 70%. length 35.5 cm.
dating: Second quarter of the 19th Century provenance: Naples, Round, smooth, 17 mm cal. barrel, octagonal base with various stamps, adjustable, Neapolitan military type rear sight, fore-sight and clutch for a bayonet; lock marked 'FABB. R. IN TORONO', wooden, full stock with iron mounts, the butt-plated marked '12. 2 F. 45'; iron ramrod. length 146.5 cm.
dating: 1875-1890 provenance: London, Round, 11 mm cal. barrel, with fine groove, rib marked 'T. W. WATSON 4 PALL MALL LONDON', fore-sight; smooth, six-shot cylinder, the internal frame marked 'P. R. & S JOINT PATENTS C11321'; frame with serial number '1910'; wooden, checkered grip scales. length 27.5 cm.
Shannon (R.) A Practical Treatise on Brewing, Distilling and Rectification, with the Genuine Process of Making Brandy, Rum and Hollands Gin, The London Practice of brewing Porter Ale and Table Beer, the Method of brewing Country Ales ..., 1805, Scholey, quarto, eight plates, seven tables on five folding sheets as called for (some worming of several plate margins), wallet style diced calf (flap worn and torn) Fitch (J.), A Collection of Vaulable and Original Receipts .. For Making Very Superior Rich flavour'd Imitations of the following Foreign Wines and Spirits ..., nd., R. Pratt, second edition, 'printed on a sheet and sealed', large folding sheet, mounted on rear endpaper of the Shannon
Morris (Beverley R.) British Game Birds and Wildfowl, 1855, quarto, sixty hand-coloured plates as called for, all edges gilt, quarter morocco (worn); Seebohm (Henry), Coloured Figures of the Eggs of British Birds, 1896, portrait frontis, sixty coloured plates of eggs (some foxing), original cloth; with fourteen others (16)
WWII MEDAL GROUP comprising General War medal, Victory medal, 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, Burma Star & Long Service & Good Conduct George V medal with India Bar relating to Sgt Major A J R Perks (with printed information card) (6) (possibly later engraved)(all medals to be bought as seen, condition reports available until 7pm Thursday 7th June)
STUART, JAMES & NICOLAS REVETT THE ANTIQUITIES OF ATHENS MEASURED AND DELINEATED BY JAMES STUART F R S AND F S A AND NICHOLAS REVETT, painters and architects. London: John Haberkorn for the Authors, 1762, 1782, & 1794. First edition, 3 vols. of 5, large folio, with 231 engraved plates, including folding and doublepage and a folding hand coloured map of Greece in vol. 3, contemporary calf, engraved head and tailpieces, Neo-Classical binding, with blind Greek-key pattern and gilt small egg and dart borders, spines decorated gilt in compartments with alternating bands of egg and dart and floral tools, a.e.g., by J. Bohn of London and with his small label at front, of vol. 1, outer joints a little rubbed, corners with a little wear, upper joint of vol. 3 splitting, lacking the final errata leaf in vol. 3, very occasional offsetting from the plates, otherwise a fine set with very good margins, with the armorial bookplate of William Phelps [3] Note: Volume 4 was published in 1816, printed by T. Bensley for J. Taylor; a supplementary fifth volume, "Antiquities of Athens and other places in Greece, Sicily etc." was published in 1830 in addition to the reprinting of the first 4 volumes by Priestley and Weale from 1825 to 1830. Lacks plate 29 from Vol. 2 chapter 1 which was never issued as explained on p. III of the Introduction. The portrait frontispiece of Stuart is in vol. 1, rather than vol. 2, and preliminary plates sometimes in vol. 3, in vol.1 The creation of the 'Greek Style' and its impact on British design in the late 18th century is largely due to Stuart's landmark publication Antiquities of Athens. Based on precise measured drawings done at the sites of the ancient ruins between 1751 and 1754, the work was the first accurate survey of ancient Greek architecture ever completed. The series of volumes allowed architects, sculptors and designers in Europe and America for the first time to use Neo-Classicism without having to go to Greece themselves and acted as a sourcebook for them for the next two centuries. It was still unfinished at the time of his death in 1788, with the final volume only appearing in 1816, when the Greek Revival it had fostered was starting to become the dominant force in British architecture.
19TH CENTURY CONTINENTAL YELLOW METAL, ENAMEL AND JEWELED DESK CLOCK the white enamel dial with Arabic numerals and painted scene to the centre, inscribed " Breguet R ...", the reverse clock case inscribed " Breguet Filip", in a gilt, enamel and jewelled case, the arch top decorated with metal flowers and birds. Standing on scrolled enamel feet. 17cm high
[Anon] England Illustrated, or, A Compendium of the Natural History, Geography, Topography, and Antiquities Ecclesiastical and Civil of England and Wales, 2 volumes, 53[of 54] engraved plates, including 2 folding, 105 engraved vignettes, 29 engraved plates, some spotting and browning, contemporary calf, extremities rubbed and chipped, joints cracked, spines worn, 4to, London: R. Dodsley, 1764
Collinson, John. The History and Antiquities of the County of Somerset, 3 volumes, plus index, first edition, half-titles, 41 engraved plates, folding engraved map, rather browned and spotted, modern half morocco, 4to, Bristol: R. Cruttwell, 1791 The Index volume is dated 1898 and bound in cloth.
Quin, Edward. An Historical Atlas; in a Series of Maps of the World as Known at Different Periods, 20 [of 21] hand-coloured engraved plates after Sidney Hall, including 5 folding, some spotting and staining, early leaves loose, a few creased, contemporary half calf, worn, folio, London: R. B. Seeley, 1830
Raleigh, Walter. The Historie of the World. In Five Books, third edition, 7 [of 8] folding engraved maps and plans, some cropping with slight loss, title laid-down with substantial loss to leaf lower left, not affecting text, additional engraved title laid-down, with some loss to image, lower left, 'The Minde of the Front' leaf repaired along gutter, lacks Ppp2, Mmmmm3 with rust-hole affecting text, lacks initial and final blanks, rather browned and spotted, modern crushed half morocco, new endpapers, folio, London: H. Lownes, G. Latham and R. Young, 1628
Elizabeth II, Queen of England and Philip, Prince and Duke of Edinburgh. Christmas and New Year Card, signed 'Elizabeth R.' and 'Philip', 1986, 220mm x 152mm; Christmas and New Year Card, signed 'Elizabeth R.' and 'Philip', 1987, 170mm x 205mm; Christmas and New Year Card, signed 'Elizabeth R.' and 'Philip', 1988, 140mm x 205mm (3)
A FAMILY GROUP OF MEDALS & SERVICE ARCHIVE namely a Great War and later group of seven to Company Quarter Master Sergeant W.B. Crichton, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Scots, comprising the 1914-15 Star (275161 Pte. W. B. Crichton, R.Scots), British War & Victory Medals (1605 Pte. W. B. Crichton, R. Scots), General Service Medal, GRVI, single clasp Palestine (3047638 C.Sjt. W.B. Crichton. R. Scots),1939-45 Defence Medal, and Long Service Good Conduct Medal, GRV, clasp Regular Army (3047638 Sjt. W.B. Crichton R. Scots), officially impressed, mounted for wearing, and an Order of Merit 1st Class Corps of Commissionaires, with related dress miniatures; together with a Korean War pair to Private J.W. Crichton, Army Service Corps, Highland Brigade (son of the above), comprising Korea Medal (S/2272634 Pte. J.W. Crichton. R.A.S.C.) and United Nations Service Medal (un-named as issued), clasp Korea, in their original card box of issue; with a related National Service Discharge Army Book 111, an R.A.S.C. cloth brassard and a collection of personal photographs, some inscribed verso. Note: Walter Burgess Crichton joined the army on the 5th of August 1914 and was discharged on the 31st of January 1919. He re-enlisted with the colours on the 7th of July 1921, and served continually until the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939. He ended his long military career as an officer with the Home Guard. The collection includes his Glengarry bearing bi-metal cap badge of the Royal Scots, Regular Army Certificate of Service, Soldier's Service & Pay Book, Regimental photographs including 'D. (M.G.) Company & Indian Platoon 2nd Battalion The Royal Scots - Quetta (India) 1931'; 'Member's Sergeant's Mess 1st Battalion The Royal Scots (Northern Command Tattoo, Roundhay Park, Leeds, 1937'; and 'W.O's & Sergeants, 1st Battalion The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) Visit of H.R.H.'; personal photographs India 1930s; 'Home Guard No.29 Platoon No.7 Company - 51st Surrey (Malden) Bn. Home Guard'; (Lieut. W. B. Crichton) - Home Guard - Surrey 31'; and two cased marching compasses, one inscribed 'W.B. Crichton, 2nd Royal Scots'.
ASSORTED GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COLLECTABLES comprising a brass whistle, the sides impressed 'G W R' and 'Signal Dept / 61'; two (non-matching) plated ice cream bowls; a plated matchbox holder with a circular tray base; and a small oak picture or notice frame, the reverse and the brass hanging bracket both stamped 'G. W R', (5).
Australia.- White (John) Voyage a la Nouvelle Galles du Sud, a Botany Bay, au Port Jackson en 1787, 1788, 1789, first French edition, translated by Charles Pougens, faint stain to title and half-title, small hole to N7 (paper defect), faint spotting to last few leaves, contemporary calf, a little rubbed, Paris, 1795 § Twopeny (R. E. N.) Town Life in Australia, occasional spotting, ink inscription to title, later half calf, 1883; and another, a facsimile of Reid's 'Two Voyages to New South Wales', 8vo & oblong 4to (3)
Medicine.- Harvey (William) The Anatomical Exercises of Dr. William Harvey ... edited by Geoffrey Keynes, one of 1450 copies, folding plate, occasional faint spotting, original morocco, a little rubbed, Nonesuch Press, [1928] § Willis (R.) William Harvey a History of the Discovery of the Circulation of the Blood, portrait frontispiece, occasional scattered spotting, modern cloth, 1878; 8vo (2)
Cookery.- Lemery (Louis) A Treatise of Foods, in General, first English edition, 2pp. advertisements at end, occasional spotting and soiling, bookplate, contemporary calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, 1704 § Lemery (Nicholas) A Course of Chymistry, first English edition, 3 engraved plates, small paper label to title foot, restoration to title, ink inscription, occasional marginal worm damage, occasional small holes (paper imperfections), occasional finger soiling, contemporary calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, R. N. for Walter Kettilby, 1686, 8vo (2)
Britain.- Camden (William) Camden's Britannia, Newly Translated into English with Large Additions and Improvements... by Edmund Gibson, engraved portrait frontispiece by R. White, 8 plates of coins and 50 folding double-page maps by Robert Morden mounted on stubs, engraved and woodcut illustrations, one or two full-page, with loosely-inserted later engraved strip road map of road (A6) from Northampton to Market Harborough, ink inscriptions to title (one crossed out, the other faint at head) and another to front free endpaper, portrait and title lightly soiled but generally a good clean copy, small tear to final two leaves (the last causing hole with loss to a few lines of Appendix), contemporary calf, rubbed, gouge to rear cover, corners and spine ends worn, splits to joints, [Wing C359], folio, by F. Collins for A.Swale...and A & J Churchill, 1695.⁂ First edition of Gibson's translation and the first to contain the fine maps by Robert Morden.
Goodwin (Thomas) The Tryall of a Christians Growth in Mortification or Vivification, 3 vol. bound in 1, R. Dawlman, 1643; bound before, The Vanity of Thoughts Discovered with their Danger and Cure, short marginal tear to final leaf, R. Dawlman, 1643; bound before, Aggravation of Sinne and Sinning Against Knowledge Mercie, small hole (N1), J. G. for R. Dawlman, 1650, heavily annotated, ink signatures to blanks, browning, fore-edge of title restored, chipping to first and last few leaves, modern calf, gilt, [Wing G1261, G1264 & G1224], 4to⁂ One of the earliest notes reads, 'J Elisabeth Matthews bought this book of Duglis Spencer Jan. 4th 1734.'
[Combe (William)] [The Three Tours of Doctor Syntax], comprising: The Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of the Picturesque; The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of Consolation; The Third Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of a Wife, together 3 vol., vol. I eighth edition, hand-coloured aquatint vignette titles in vol.1 & 3 and 78 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Thomas Rowlandson (30, 24 & 24 plates respectively including frontispieces), vol.3 with aquatint tail-piece, some offsetting, slightly browned, contemporary half calf, red morocco labels on spines, [cf.Abbey, Life 266-267 & Tooley 427-429], 8vo, R. Ackermann, n.d. & 1820.
Harding (James Duffield) A Series of Subjects from the Works of the late R. P. Bonington ..., portrait frontispiece, title page with vignette, and 20 plates, lithographs, album leafs each 420 x 340 mm. (16 1/2 x 13 1/2 in), original green cloth, spine splitting and loose, very worn, 4to, J. Carpentier, [circa 1830].
Edward Bird, R. A. (1772-1819) 'The Peep Show', drawing/watercolour, ink signature and title to separate paper label, together with a letter containing a copied extract on Edward Bird from the 'Catalogue Traditional Gallery, 1882' plus the date and provenance of original purchase (1899), 26cm x 20cm
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV NIKOLAI: (1844-1908) Russian Composer, a member of The Five Group. An excellent A.L.S., `Nikolai R. Korsakov´, in Cyrillic, one page, 4to, St. Petersburg, 17th September 1903, to Vasily Ilyich, in Cyrillic. Rimsky-Korsakov states ´I did not have the time nor find the place to compose a new Romance..´ further saying `I returned to St. Petersburg and searched out the old romance. I am ready to send it to you, but I am waiting for your reply for the poem which you forgot to write for me.´ Rimsky-Korsakov further again concludes saying `Do I have the right after 2 years to give this romance for publication to whoever I want? I suppose that this will not bring any harm to the collection you publish, since in 2 years no one will buy it anymore…I´ll send you the romance upon receipt of your poem.´ With blank integral leaf. Accompanied by the original envelope, hand addressed by the composer and signed by him in the return address. VG £2500-3500Vasily Ilyich Safonov (1852-1918) Russian Pianist, Conductor and Composer. Director of the Conservatory in Moscow in 1889 and of the National Conservatory of Music in New York. He conducted the premiere of Tchaikovsky´s Pathetique Symphony in Moscow.
MARSHAK ROBERT: (1916-1992) American Physicist who discovered many of the fusion aspects involved in star formation, which helped him in his work for the Manhattan Project during World War II. A good Autograph Statement Signed, R . E. Marshak, one page, 4to, n.p. (annotated Paris), n.d. (annotated 15th December 1953). Marshak writes his answers to three questions relating to Albert Einstein, in part, '1. Einstein has made deeply original contributions to many branches of physics….capped by his two most spectacular contributions - the special and general theories of relativity. The special theory of relativity is now accepted as a cornerstone of modern physics, the general theory appears to contain many elements of truth altho in my humble opinion I would not regard it as completely proved. The more recent unified field theories at present seem to have a more speculative status. 2. No strong influence since the chief direction of my modest endeavours has been in quantum theory in which field Einstein has taken a rather negative attitude. Like most young scientists, I owe much more to Bohr than to Einstein in my own work. However, Einstein's critical attitude has made us more cautious. Einstein has served as an inspiration always both as a man and in his scientific attitudes. 3. I regard him as the greatest physicist of the 20th century thus far - comparable to Newton - and as one whose name will endure through the ages'. Signed at the conclusion. Neatly annotated at the head in an unidentified hand with the questions Marshak answers, including what place he assigns to Einstein in modern science, what influence he has had on Marshak's work and what place Einstein occupies in the history of world science? VG £150-200Albert Einstein (1879-1955) German-born Theoretical Physicist, Nobel Prize winner for Physics, 1921. Niels Bohr (1885-1962) Danish Physicist, Nobel Prize winner for Physics, 1922. Isaac Newton (1642-1726/7) English Physicist & Mathematician
EDISON THOMAS: (1847-1931) American Inventor of the phonograph and light bulb among many other items. D.S., Thos A Edison, using his ''umbrella'' signature, the document being a signed cheque, West Orange, New Jersey, 30th November 1928. The partially printed cheque is drawn on the account of the Edison Botanic Research Corporation at the Savings Investment & Trust Company and is made payable to Otto R. Greiner Co. Inc. for the sum of $20.29. Signed by Edison in bold black fountain pen ink signature and countersigned by J. Miller in his capacity as Treasurer. Some perforated bank cancellations only very slightly affect the signatures. VG £300-400John Vincent Miller (1873-1940) was Thomas Edison´s brother in law.
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