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EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY NINE CARAT GOLD LOCKETof circular form, 29mm diameter, 5.3g; along with an adapted fob appendage formed by a pierced navette shaped drop with double eagle and engraved with 1896 R. H. HODGSON. K. COV. 1901, maker K&M, 36mm high, suspended from a watch chain T bar, 6.6g (2)
EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY AMETHYST DRESS RINGwith a single oval amethyst 8.2mm long within a millegrain edged collet setting, on foliate motif bifurcated shoulders, unmarked, size L-M, 1.5g; along with a single oval cuff link in nine carat gold, 2.4g; an eighteen carat gold wedding band, 7.9mm wide, size R-S,10.7g and an early twentieth century nine carat gold bar brooch set with a single round amethyst, 62mm long, 3.6g (4)
Great Britain : 1840-1903 Unusually original GB Queen Victoria classic period collection of considerable character, plus copious QV and KEVII 'Officials', housed in maroon SG 4 ring album, with additional leaves inserted, hagner leaves etc, well filled though not quite bulging. This is the sort of GB collection that one returns to time and time again, looking for varieties, scarce shades, overprints etc, Obviously created over a period of time by a collector who has thrown nothing away so that we see good stamps sitting side by side with undeserving examples. Months of work for the right bidder wishing to develop and take this collection forward, improving as progressed, and years of potential pleasure. From a couple of unpretentious pre-stamp covers, average 1d black x3, 1d black cover x 3 - (2 average, one cover stained but bearing 4 large margins black R-C, pretty red MC, a further 7 x 1d blacks, avge, 1840 2d blues x 3 avge, ranges line engraved including quantity of mint / unused 1d red plates, also 1870 1/2ds, used ranges 1d red / 1841 2d blue with #'s in crosses, qty embossed, cut to shape / cut square, includes part og 10d cut square 2 margins + 2 margins large part og - both faults but 1/- green very pretty colour and impression (min cat £35,000 the pair, transferred to inserted stockcard for protection), 3 margin 1d red on small piece with red MC (SG £4,800), ctshape mint 6d embossed inverted wmk, considerable ranges surface printed to 2/- blue, odd CDS / mint / unused interspersed, 10d brown mint, 2/- brown (fake), high values incl 4 x 5/- SG 126/7 defective, reasonable plate 4 x 2 white paper SG134 (£4,200 ea), pretty, sound £1 SG 129 'Wormwood' CDS (£4,500), good ranges lilacs & greens with mint / used (and some good colours used), 1883-4 ranges high values incl apparently good colour 10/- cobalt (D-F) early date (1885) - small fault NW (CV £8,250 if correct), ranges M / used Jubilees, variable cond, high vals incl £1 crowns SG185 thinned but pretty, £1 green SG212 sound U, unattractive £ 1 brown-lilac Telegraphs 'Specimen', another £1 brown-lilac sound used (CV £2,800), finally dozens 'Officials' mint / used incl scarce / rare (5/- IR) - but none certified, some certainly genuine, others probably not. To summarise, very Approx 1,500 stamps + various covers, very mixed condition, simply massive catalogue value, no guaranteed shades - but oh, what an interesting collection. SCANS / Images AVAILABLE as download, please request. HEAVY LOT - OVERSEAS BIDDERS PLEASE ENQUIRE FOR SHIPPING COSTS
South Africa - Orange Free State : Cancellations and Post Offices Study - A remarkable A to Z collection in 3 fine KABE albums. Extensively researched with many rare and scarce cancels and spaces for missing cancels. First volume houses A-B , 2nd volume K-R with many scarce, 3rd Volume S-Z plus studies of numeral cancels and TPO's . Too many to list,more detailed contents listing or scans available on request (1400+ 10 covers + fronts). HEAVY LOT - OVERSEAS BIDDERS PLEASE ENQUIRE FOR SHIPPING COSTS
TRAVEL - EUROPE.Travelling Map of North Italy, blue cloth covers, 45.5 x 60cm; LLOYD (Llewellyn). Scandinavian Adventures during a Residence of Upwards of Twenty Years, 2 vols. London: R. Bentley, 1854, first edition, large 8vo, tinted lithographed plates, map hand coloured in outline, original green pictorial cloth gilt, spine slightly faded, occasional foxing or staining; together with 16 others, including travel guides in original bindings.
Literature and general reference, various, including: WILLIAMS (H) The Orchid-Grower's Manual, 1894, illustrated, blue half morocco by Bumpus; GUNTHER (R) The Herbal of Apuleius Barbarus, Oxford: the Roxburghe Club, 1925, 4to, inscribed by E. George Spencer-Churchill to Annie Cowdray, with her bookplate, half brown morocco; FERREE (Barr) American Estates and Gardens. New York: Munn & Co 1904, 4to, illustrated, original green cloth gilt, t.e.g.; others general interest and novels
Norfolk - history and genealogy. The Norfolk Tour, 3rd edition 1777, 12mo; another edition 1786, few extra illustations; HEWITT (W) An Essay on the Encroachments of the German Ocean along the Norfolk Coast, 1844; HARVEY (Lieut.Col. J R) Records of the Norfolk Yeomanry Cavalry, 1908, 4to; L'ESTRANGE (J) The Church Bells of Norfolk, 1874; BACON (R N) Prize Report on Norfolk Agriculture, 1844; various by Walter RYE; others late 19th century (18)
British topography, history, etc. FOX (Sir Cyril) Offa's Dyke, 1955; MACDONALD (Sir G) The Roman Wall in Scotland, 2nd editioin 1934, dust wrapper; JOHNSON & WRIGHT. Neolithic Man in North-East Surrey, 1903, 8vo; MURRAY (J A H) The Dialect of the Southern Counties of Scotland, 1873, 8vo, ex. lib stamp; BARRETT ( C R B) Essex, second series 1893, illustrated, slight staining; JEAFFRESON (J C) The Oxford Movement, in 2 vols., 1871, endpapers replaced, original cloth; also - The Harnessing of Niagara, 5th edition 1899; DAVIS (G E) Practical Microscopy, 1882, sewing weak; few others including biography (21)
DART, J, The History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of Canterbury, 1726, folio, plates including folding view, damaged detached contemporary calf; The New Oxford Guide, 7th edition 1785, 12mo, calf; PARKER (R) History of the University of Cambridge, no date c.1760, 8vo, staining, detached binding; HENDERSON (W A) The Housekeeper's Instructor, or Universal Family-Cook. 17th edition, folding plates damaged, calf (4)
Natural history. [BUDGEN (L M)] "Acheta Domestica" Episodes of Insect Life, 3 vols. 1849-51, 8vo, coloured illustrations, slightly toned, original cloth; STARK (R M) A Popular History of British Mosses, 1854, coloured plates, cloth gilt; SOWERBY (G B) Companion to Mr Kinglsey's Glaucus, 1858, title foxed, plates; YARRELL (W) A History of British Fishes, 2 vol., 1836, calf; others (13)
Bible, Geneva version, London: R. Barker 1615, small 4to, black letter, genealogies at front (incomplete), lacking OT title, NT title present, Psalms at end (incomplete), all somewhat cropped to headlines, rather age stained, detached worn reverse calf; Bible, King James version, Oxford 1679, (2nd Oxford edition), Roman type, small 4to, lacking titles, first 3 leaves reinforced/repaired with slight loss to text, skilfully recased into old boards with good reback (2)
Literature mainly 20th century. TOLKIEN (J R R) The Lord of the Rings, 3 vols., (9th, 9th and 12th impressions), dust wrappers; HILTON (James) Goodbye Mr Chips, first edition 1934, dust wrapper; STEVENSON (R L) The Black Arrow, first edition Cassell & Co 1888, original red cloth; PLOMER (W) The Case is Altered, first edition 1932, dust wrapper; and various other including P.G.Wodehouse works (25)
FULKE (William). The Text of the New Testament of Jesus Christ, 4th edition London: by A. Mathewes 1633, folio, engraved title (trimmed and mounted), lacking 5 leaves of Colossians (3K2-6), rebacked calf; Bible, Cambridge: T. Buck and R. Daniel 1637, small 4to, King James version, Prayers at front lacking all before Calendar, OT and NT titles present, Concordance and Psalms at end, a few early inscriptions, typical light age staining, skilfully rebacked with raised spine bands, contemporary panel calf; another Bible, Cambridge 1630, small 4to, King James version, black letter, badly defective and damaged, rebound (3)
Russia interest. OLIPHANT (Laurence) The Russian Shores of the Black Sea in the Autumn of 1852, 4th edition 1854, 8vo, 2 maps, illustrations, occasional foxing, original cloth; PINKERTON (R) Russia or Miscellaneous Observations..., 1833, 8vo, 8 hand coloured plates as called for, spotting (mainly to end papers), original clothed backed boards; CURZON (Hon. R.), Armenia, 1854, title and frontispiece foxed, original cloth; SANDWITH (H.), A Narrative of the Siege of Kars, 1856, foxing, cloth; and two others (6)
Fleece Press. HASSALL (J.), Dearest Joanna, 2 vols, 2000, slip case; YORKE (M.), The Artistry of Leslie Cole, 2010; MYERS (R.), The Auto-biography of Luke Hansard, 1991; BUCKLAND-WRIGHT (C.), Surreal Times: The abstract engravings and war time letters of John Buckland-Wright, 2000; ROGERSON (I.), Barnett Freedman, 2006; GARNETT (D.), Never be a Bookseller, 1995, paper wrapper. (6)
A Collection of unframed prints and engravings. Mainly portrait and figure studies, including: W.Woollet after R. Wilson 'Apollo and the Seasons', 1777, proof before letters, 49 x 63cm (sheet); William Say after H. Thomson, 'Love Sheltered', mezzotint 1806, 76 x 47cm (sheet); J. Faber after Holbein 'Henry VIII', 35 x 25cm; Thomas Appleton after Gainsborough 'The Morning Walk', mezzotint; M. Cormack after Romney 'Lady Hamilton', signed; E. Goodall after Turner 'Tivoli'; and others, some age stained, sizes vary (25)
Classical literature, grammars, scholastic translations and school texts. STEVENS (J) A New Dictionary Spanish and English, 1726, 4to; SANDERSON (R) Logicae Artis Compendium, 8th edition 1672, 12mo; EURIPIDES. Tragoediae Medea et Phoenissae. Cambridge 1703, 8vo; various by John Stirling, etc. (condition varies, contemporary bindings worn with some faults and damaged volumes, sold not subject to return)
JONES (Owen) The Book of Common Prayer, 1845, 8vo, frontispiece cut at head, colour printed, morocco gilt; LOCKHART (J G) Ancient Spanish Ballads, illustrated by O. Jones 1856; TYMMS (W R) The Art of Illuminating, no date, Day & Son, 8vo, plates, faded spine; AUDSLEY (W & G) Handbook of Christian Symbolism, no date, 8vo, chromolithographic illustrations, cloth gilt; two others (6)
Science at Cambridge. HERSCHEL (J F W) Collection of Examples of the Application of the Calculus of Finite Differences, Cambridge 1820, 8vo, foxing, bound with: BABBAGE (Charles) Examples of the Solutions of Functional Equations, 1 plate at end, worn boards near detached; PEACOCK (George) A Collection of Examples of the Applications of the Differential and Integral Calculus. Cambridge 1820, 6 folding plates at end, slight foxing, uncut, original boards; EDDINGTON (Arthur S.) The Mathematical Theory of Relativity. Cambridge University Press, 1923, 4to, original cloth; WHITEHEAD (A N) The Principle of Relativity, 1922; LIVESLEY (R K) An Introduction to Digital Computers, 1957, first edition, dust wrapper; one other (5)
Country pursuits and hunting. A collection, including: DANIEL (Rev W) Rural Sports, 4 vols. 1807-1813, 8vo, plates, foxing, spines worn; THORNHILL (R B) The Shooting Directory, 1804, 4to, plates, folding tables, some browning, half calf rubbed; The Book of Sports, British and Foreign, 1843, 4to, plates, some foxing, half calf; others, mainly later, by Beckford (different editions), Walton, etc (34)
Literature - reference - travel and sciences. FOTHERGILL (A) A New Experiemntal Enquiry into the Nature and Qualities of the Cheltenham Waters, 3rd edition, 1788, 8vo, unbound, somewhat soiled; WALKER (J) Elements of Geography, 2nd edition, 1795, 8vo, calf; A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, 1819, 8vo, red morocco; MOORE (J) Society and Manners in France, Switzerland... 2 vols, 3rd edition 1780, covers worn; The Englishwoman in America. London 1856, 8vo, cloth; COBBOLD (Rev. R) Valentine Verses. Ipswich 1827, 8vo, boards; The Lady's Magazine, for 1776, and 1777, with folding map of America, original boards; etc

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