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Lot 4389
'The Captains of England', signed by 56 England players which include 22 captains of England, '40 Leading Cricketers in The World Today', signed by 13 of the 40, S. Warne, A. Flower, A. Kumble, H. Singh, V. Sehwag, S. Mushtaq, G. McGrath, D. Gough, V. Laxman, A. Gilchrist, R. Ponting, M. Hayden, Inzaman-Ul-Haq
Lot 3136
'Brief Encounter' framed autograph pages bearing signatures of Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson, with a modern image of a famous scene from the film, label to verso for R & G Autographs (certificate of authenticity), Four framed Kronheim prints depicting the seasons, together with five topographical plates including a lithograph of Midland Railway station and St. Pancras, A series of nine pen and ink cartoon sketches depicting a fight between a duck and a crab, presented in three frames, indistinctly signed (11)
Lot 355
A large blue, yellow and white diamond dress ring, set in 14ct white gold, in the style of a buckle, rows of princess cut yellow and blue diamonds to the centre, yellow round brilliant cuts and white baguettes, size R, with a total gross weight approx 18.2 grams (treated diamonds, two missing one broken)
Lot 671
A ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY MEDAL & GT WAR PAIR. A 1920 award Bronze Royal Humane Society Medal named to Rev H M McL Piercy. British War & Victory Medals named to 116554 Pte H M Piercy R A M C. After service in the Royal Army Medical Corps in WW1, the Reverend Horace Melville McLeod Piercy MA. BA. was serving in Worth Mattravers near Swanage. The disaster of the Treveal on the 9th-10th January off the coast of Dorset, ended in himself and Frank Lander being awarded the RHS Bronze medal. With various copies of the disaster and unnecessary loss of life, after the Captain apparently panicked and ordered the ship evacuated. No lives had been lost until they attempted to row ashore, in the ships boats. All the crew started rowing to Chapmans Pool, when the boats were swamped and without the Reverend Piercy's timely and courageous actions, all would likely have been lost. Many publications over the years have featured the loss of the Cornish owned ship, on its maiden voyage. Many original letters from survivors and families regarding the disaster, are with this lot. A copy of the Reverend Piercy's articles regarding the rescues and losses, is also with this lot. A copper box of the Newlyn type, is also with the lot.
Lot 72
MILITARY BOOKS. Including The 8th K R Irish Hussars, Naval & Military Press 2004 edition. Garrison Towns 1939-45. Royal Artillery Commemorative Book 1939-45. Soldiers Died in the Gt War, with The R Irish Rifles, R Irish Fusiliers, The Connaught Rangers. War in Peace, Ship Building signed by three members of the same family 1860/1900/1947. The Men who ruled India. From Our Special Correspondent by R Wilkinson Latham. Succession of Colonels 1660 till Present by N Brodie. Five of the Many, Boer War & Beyond the Gordon Highlanders by Gordon-Duff.
Lot 733
A 9th Battn YORKSHIRE MM & TRIO etc.A GV Military Medal named to 8470 Sjt W Wilkinson 9/Yorks R. A 1914/15 Star, British War & Victory Medals named to 8470 Sjt W Wilkinson. Yorks R.William Wilkinson served in the Balkans (Theatre 2b) from the 14th July 1915. He landed at Gallipoli with the 6th Battalion. He vwas transferred to Class Z reserve in 1919.In the London Gazette of the 22nd July 1919, his Military Medal was listed as. 8470 Sjt Wilkinson.W. 9th Battn (Torksey. A small village in Lincolnshire.)Also his sons 1939/45 & Africa Stars also War Medal and Fire Service Exemplary Medal QE11, named to Ldg.Fireman. John W S Wilkinson.
Lot 9
AIGL Certified 7.0 Carat Oval Cut Tanzanite, .70 Carat Diamond and 14 Karat White Gold Ring. Tanzanite with vivid saturation of violetish blue color, measures 14mm x 10mm. Diamonds G-H color, SI10-SI2 clarity. Stamped 14K. Very good condition. Ring size 6. Approx. weight: 6.0 grams. AIGL Appraisal Report GEW-R-7450 dated 4/20/2015 to accompany this lot. Shipping $32.00 (estimate $2500-$3500)
Lot 91
Four (4) Piece George John Richards Mid 19th Century English Silver Tea And Coffee Service. Decorated with scroll and foliate chased design surrounding cartouche with Latin motto "Spectemur Agendo". Includes, coffee pot, tea pot, cream pitcher and open sugar bowl. Signed with hallmarks: London, 1845, makers mark. The tea pot foot is slightly bent or in good condition. Coffee pot measures 11" H. Total weight of set is approx. 74.73 troy ounces. Original purchase receipt from R. Feldman Ltd. London available to the winning bidder. Shipping $105.00 (estimate $1500-$2500)
Lot 231
A CONTINENTAL PORCELAIN PLATE, PAINTED WITH A CENTRAL FLOWER SPRAY AND THREE SINGLE FLOWERS TO THE BORDER, 22CM D, INCISED W+R, 19TH C, A GRAINGER WORCESTER MOULDED PLATE DECORATED WITH NATURALISTIC FLOWERS ON A SHADED APRICOT GROUND, C1900 AND A ROYAL CROWN DERBY WITCHES PATTERN GOBLET, 12CM H, PRINTED MARK
Lot 461
Wilkins (Charles). The Heetopades of Veeshnoo-Sarma, in a Series of Connected Fables, interspersed with Moral, Prudential, and Political Maxims, translated from an Ancient Manuscript in the Sanskreet Language, with Explanatory Notes, 1st edition, Bath: R. Cruttwell, 1787, half-title and title page spotted, a few other marks, modern calf by Maltby's of Oxford, 8vo 'European knowledge of ancient Indian literature and the Sanskrit language owes a great deal to the pioneering efforts of Charles Wilkins' (ODNB). (1)
Lot 522
Huddesford (William, editor). The Lives of those eminent antiquaries John Leland, Thomas Hearne, and Anthony Wood..., 2 volumes, 1772, 2 black and white frontispieces, plus 8 black and white plates, inscriptions to front endpapers, bookplates to front pastedowns, some light toning and offsetting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards and spines rubbed with minor loss, hinges cracked, 8vo, together with Clerk (Thomas), The Works of William Hogarth..., 2 volumes, printed for R. Scholey, 1810, numerous black and white plates, cracked front guttering to volume 1, some light spotting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated red full morocco, boards and spines lightly rubbed and marked, 8vo, and Cicero (Marcus Tullius), Cato: Or, An Essay on Old-Age, printed for J. Dodsley, 1773, black and white engraved title page, bookplates to front pastedown, some light spotting and wear, contemporary gilt decorated full calf, hinges cracked, boards and spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus other 18th and 19th century works, literature and reference, including The Works of Alexander Pope Esq., 9 volumes, 1751, all leather bindings, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4to, (61 volumes) (3 shelves)
Lot 75
Campbell (Dugald). On the Trail of the Veiled Tuareg, 1st edition, Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, 1928, photographic frontispiece, 15 plates, folding map, inscribed by Campbell 'Kind & grateful thoughts from the author, 29. 3. 28' on the front free endpaper, top edge blue, original blue cloth gilt, a few pale marks, 8vo, together with Storrs (Ronald), Orientations, 1st edition, 3rd impression, Ivor Nicholson and Watson Limited, 1937, photographic frontispiece, 14 plates, folding map, signed by the Storrs on the initial blank, original blue cloth gilt, faded, spine nicked and rolled, 8vo, plus Graham (R. B. Cunninghame), Mogreb-el-Acksa, A Journey in Morocco, 1st edition, William Heinemann, 1898, photogravure portrait frontispiece, map, front inner hinge partially cracked, prelims spotted, faded contemporary inscription to half-title, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, original green moiré cloth, 8vo, and Kumm (Karl), From Hausaland to Egypt, through the Sudan, 1st edition, Constable and Co., Ltd., 1910, photogravure frontispiece, 6 colour plates of butterflies and moths, text illustrations, folding map, light spotting, bookplate of lepidopterist Vera Molesworth Muspratt, original pictorial cloth, slightly marked, 8vo, and 33 others, late-19th and early-20th-century general African travel, original cloth (39)
Lot 103
Tucker (Alfred R.). Eighteen Years in Uganda & East Africa, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Edward Arnold, 1908, photogravure frontispiece to volume 1, 60 plates from watercolours (4 in colour), folding colour map, 16-page publisher's catalogue, mild spotting to prelims, photogravure, map and page-edges, original blue cloth gilt, extremities very lightly bumped and rubbed, a few trivial marks, volume 2 spine rolled, 8vo, together with Wolseley (Garnet, 1st Viscount), The Story of a Soldier's Life, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Archibald Constable & Co Ltd, 1903, photogravure frontispieces, 3 plans (2 folding), title pages in red and black, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, original green cloth gilt, extremities very lightly rubbed and bumped, 8vo, plus Alexander (Boyd), From the Niger to the Nile, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Edward Arnold, 1907, half-tone frontispieces, 42 similar plates, numerous text illustrations, 2 folding maps, light spotting, contemporary newspaper cutting mounted to volume 1 front free endpaper and offset to half-title, a few marginal nicks to volume 1 frontispiece, plate facing p. 2 volume 2 chipped to no loss of image, original red cloth gilt, spines faded, extremities lightly rubbed and bumped, spine-ends nicked, 4to, and Mecklenburg (Adolf Friedrich, Duke of, & others), From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile, an Account of the German Central African Expedition of 1910-1911, 2 volumes, 1st edition in English, Duckworth & Co., 1913, numerous photographic and other plates, folding map, text-block spotted, bookplates of Ernest E. Testi, endpapers browned, top edges dyed red, original red cloth, a few pale marks, 8vo, and 1 other Wolseley's Story is inscribed on the half-title of the first volume 'Dudley Alexander, with best wishes for the new year, from A J Mounteney Jephson, New Year 1904', with the engraved bookplate of the recipient, Major Dudley Alexander CMG (1863-1931) to front pastedown. Mounteney-Jephson (1859-1908) was a member of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition. (10)
Lot 106
Wingate (Sir Reginald). Mahdiism and the Egyptian Sudan, being an Account of 9 folding colour maps, 4 folding plans, 1 folding map in end-pocket, 15 other maps and plans, inscribed by the author 'J. M. Cook, with F. R. Wingate's kindest remembrances, London, Oct. 1891' on the half title, endpapers renewed, original red cloth, spine faded, front board marked, extremities bumped, 8vo, together with Petherick (John), Egypt, the Soudan and Central Africa, with Explorations from Khartoum on the White Nile to the Regions of the Equator, being Sketches from Sixteen years' Travel, 1st edition, Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1861, lithographic folding map, spotting to endpapers and prelims, occasionally to text, prelims creased, front inner hinge cracked but firm, ink-stamps of big-game hunter Henry Thomas Glynn (1856-1928), original brown cloth, a few marks to spine, head and foot frayed, board-corners worn, 8vo, plus Gessi (Romolo), Seven Years in the Soudan, being a Record of Explorations, Adventures, and Campaigns against the Arab Slave Hunters, 1st edition, Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1892, frontispiece, 11 plates, light spotting, ink-stamps of Glen Ewin, front inner hinge superficially cracked, original pictorial blue cloth, slightly rubbed, 8vo, and 11 similar works Presentation copy of Mahdiism and the Egyptian Sudan; the recipient was probably John Mason Cook (1834-1899), son of the travel agent, Thomas. He took full control of the company in 1878, and under his auspices Thomas Cook & Son were responsible for the transfer of wounded soldiers to Cairo the Battle of Tell el-Kebir in 1882, and provided river transportation for the abortive Gordon Relief Expedition of 1884-5. (16)
Lot 135
Woodroffe (R.). A Series of Views in the City of Bath, drawn on Stone by Gauci and Other Artists from Originals by R. Woodroffe, 1st edition, [Bath:] C. Duffield, [1828-31], letterpress title, dedication leaf (watermarked 'Whatman 1828'), 12 uncoloured lithographs on india paper, mounted, additional letterpress title on green wove paper mounted to an initial leaf, apparently excised from original printed wrappers (slightly marked, and with a shallow chip and repaired closed tear), spotting, tide-mark to upper inner corner of a few mounts, modern marbled boards, oblong 4to (21 x 27 cm), together with Sandby (Paul), The Virtuosi's Museum, containing Select Views in England, Scotland and Ireland, printed for G. Kearsly, 1778[-81], 78 (of 108) engraved plates dated 1775-81, spotting, later roan-backed marbled boards, front board detached, oblong 4to, plus Westall (William), 'Views of the Isle of Wight' [cover-title], 1857, 4 aquatint plates ('Freshwater Bay'; 'The Needles'; 'Blackgang Chine'; Carisbrook Castle') with imprint Ackermann & Co., original dates scored out in plate and replaced with 1857, grey paper wrappers, printed label to front, large 4to Abbey Scenery 46 for Woodroffe's work, which is notably rare, with four copies traced in libraries, all in North America (McGill, New York Public Library, Winterthur Museum, and Yale), and three copies traced in auction records dating back to 1927. (3)
Lot 174
British Isles. Janvier (Jean), Les Isles Britanniques Comprenant les Royaumes D'Angleterre, D'Ecosse et D'Irlande, Divisés en Grandes Provinces, Subdivisés par Comtés, Dressés sur les Observations Astronomiques, published Venice, circa 1780, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring and some later enhancement, inset map of the Orkney and Shetland islands, 470 x 645 mm, together with, Homann (Johann Baptist), Magna Britannia complectens Angliae, Scotiae et Hiberniae Regna..., circa 1710, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, some dust soiling and staining, central fold split and repaired, vertical borders trimmed with margins extended, 480 x 565 mm The second item described. R. W. Shirley. Printed Maps of the British Isles, 1650 - 1750. Homann 2 state 1. (2)
Lot 210
Khartoum. Fox (Major W. R., R.A.), Map of the Nile Provinces from the third cataract (Hannek) to Khartum [and] Map of the Nile provinces from the railway terminus at Siut to Berber, published The Intelligence Branch, The War Office, September and April 1884 respectively, two lithographic maps with contemporary outline colouring, laid on linen, the first with an inset map of Khartoum and its environs, the second with an inset map of Egypt, Nubia and the Egyptian Sudan, some dust soiling, both with marginal silk tape partially lacking, 610 x 850 mm and 1050 x 670 mm respectively, ink manuscript titles to verso (2)
Lot 211
Manuscript estate plans. A map of an estate situate at Oreton in the County of Salop, the property of Mr Thomas Pardoe, survey'd by Joseph Powell, pen and ink on vellum, decorative cartouche with vignette en grisaille, some dust-soiling, heaviest to left margin, 41 x 50cm, together with five further distressed manuscript estate plans on paper, all linen-backed with wooden battens, one of Aston Manor, reduced, 1761, three of Erdington and one of the Manor of Castlebromwich, all dust-soiled and with tears and splits, various sizes, plus a later manuscript plan on paper of the property in the township of Wednesfield, surveyed by R. Timmis, Wolverhampton, 1848, linen-backed, 35 x 54cm (7)
Lot 230
Quartermaster's map. Hollar (Wenceslaus), The Bishop=Ricke of Durham and Cumberland, Westmoreland, York=Shire, Lancast=Shire, and Parte of Linconshire, circa 1644, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, old folds, strengthened and repaired on verso, slight dust soiling, 395 x 510 mm Hollar was employed by Thomas Jenner to etch a six sheet map of England and Wales, based on Christopher Saxton's wall map. The map was designed to be 'Useful for all Comanders for Quarteringe of Souldiers & all sorts of Persons that would be informed, where the Armies be; never so commodiously drawne before this, The set of maps was designed for utilitarian use, and therefore are often found in a 'used' condition.The maps were re-printed three times between 1644 and 1688, This early edition does not show any roads but has a naive compass indicator at the mouth of the River Humber. John Rocque published two late editions in 1752 and 1799. R. W. Shirley, Early Printed Maps of the British Isles. 1477 - 1650, no. 537. (1)
Lot 235
Scotland. Blaeu (Johannes), Scotia Antiqua, qualis priscis temporibus, Romanis praesertim, cognita fuit quam in lucem eruere conabatur R. Gordonius a Straloch MDCLIII, published Amsterdam circa 1664, two hand coloured engraved maps on one sheet (as published), slight creasing, occasional repaired marginal closed tears, 420 x 545 mm, Latin text on verso, together with Collins (Captain Greenville), The east coast of Scotland with the Isles of Orkney and Shetland..., circa 1700, hand coloured engraved sea chart, orientated to the east, 445 x 560 mm, with Dix (Thomas), Shetland Isles, published W. Darton, 1811, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, 200 x 150 mm, with another nine maps of Scotland, Scottish regions and counties, including examples by Neele, Fullarton, Bartholomew, Hughes, Cary and Chatelain, various sizes and condition (12)
Lot 253
*World. Speed (John), A new and accurat Map of the World. Drawne according to ye truest Descriptions, latest Discoveries & best Observations yt have beene made by English or Strangers, published Thomas Bassett & Richard Chiswell, [1676], hand coloured engraved map of the world on a hemispheral projection, insular California, decorated with engraved vignettes of the four elements, portraits of eminent explorers and celestial diagrams, red-ruled on verso and recto, some staining to margins but not affecting image, one pinhole to image, central fold strengthened on verso, 400 x 525 mm, English text to verso, mounted, framed and double glazed R. W. Shirley. The Mapping of the World, no. 317. (1)
Lot 263
Ackermann (R., publisher). The Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufacturers, Fashions and politics..., volume 6, 1811, volume 14, 1815 & volume 8 (third series), 1826, three volumes containing 107 engravings and aquatints, most with contemporary hand colouring and including three folding, comprising 1 map, 36 fashion plates, 18 furniture, 6 cloth samples, 28 British topographical views, 4 foreign views, and 14 miscellaneous, some offsetting, occasional toning and spotting, mixed contemporary bindings, two volumes with boards detached, one lacking spine, worn and rubbed, 8vo Sold as a collection of prints, not subject to return. (3)
Lot 273
*Cheshire. View of Little Moreton Hall, near Congleton, Cheshire, early-mid 19th century, pen, ink & sepia watercolour after the engraved view published in John Britton's Architectural Antiquities of Great Britain, volume II, 1809, 16 x 20.5cm (mount aperture), together with another similar sepia watercolour view of a different part of the same building, 22 x 1 cm (mount aperture), both framed and glazed, with Payne (W., 20th century), Figures in a Wood, early 20th century, watercolour, mounted, 13 x 18.5cm (5 x 7.25 inches), framed and glazed (formerly from the collection of the actor & historian Robert Hardy CBE, 1925-2017), with Warren-Warren (R., late 19th/early 20th century), On Merrow Downs, Guildford, Surrey (St. Martha's Hill & Chapel in distance), watercolour, signed and dated [19]08, titled in pencil to verso, approx. 25 x 36cm (10 x 14 inches), framed and glazed, plus two watercolour landscape views of the Wiltshire Downs by W.G. Samuel (one dated 1998), both framed & glazed (6)
Lot 296
*Reynolds (Samuel William, 1773-1835). Capt. John Sealy. From a portrait hanging in the club room of the Society of East India Commanders..., uncoloured mezzotint on laid after J. Opie, good margins, 380 x 280 mm, together with Ward (William), Admiral Sir Philip Charles Henderson Durham, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honorable Military Order of the Bath, Knight Commander of the Most Ancient Military Order of Merit of France &c. &c. published by Graves & Co., 1837, uncoloured mezzotint after Francis Grant, trimmed to plate mark and laid on later paper, slight marginal creasing and fraying, 420 x 310 mm, with McArdell (James), Charles Saunders Esq. Vice Admiral of the Blue Squadron of His Majesty's Fleet & Lieut. General of His Majesty's Marine Forces, circa 1770, uncoloured mezzotint on laid after J. Reynolds, good margins but with some fraying and wear to borders, backed with conservation tissue, 390 x 280 mm, plus Dickinson (William), Sir George Bridges Rodney, Bart. Admiral of the White, published Dickinson & Watson, 1780, uncoloured mezzotint after Sir Joshua Reynolds, laid on later stiff paper, small margins, slight spotting, 460 x 330 mm, and Turner (Charles, attrib), [Admiral John Willet Payne, published Colhaghi & Co., 1813], uncoloured mezzotint after John Hoppner on laid, proof before letters and title, with margins, 395 x 290 mm, with Smith (J. R.), Hyde Parker Esq. Vice Admiral of the Blue. Commander of His Majesty's Ships in the North Sea on 5th August 1781, uncoloured mezzotint after J. Northcote on laid, with margins, 385 x 280 mm and Murphy (John), To the King's most excellent Majesty, this portrait of Captn. John Harvey' late of His Majesty's Ship Brunswick..., published J. G. Wood, 1795, uncoloured mezzotint on wove after J. G. Wood, slight marginal creasing, with margins, 495 x 350 mm Each of these maritime portrait engravings is supplied with a printed biography. (7)
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