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Click here to subscribeA GERMAN FINGERED GAUNTLET FOR THE LEFT HAND, AUGSBURG, LATE 16TH CENTURY. with pointed cuff formed with a plain turned edge, five wrist plates, later knuckle-plate, and associated finger lames and thumb-plate. 31cm; 12 1/4in . Provenance. Wigmore Abbey, 1954. Dr A. R. H. Mills, Sotheby Parke Bernet, 23rd May 1978, lot 163
A RARE GERMAN HORSE MUZZLE, CIRCA 1560-70. formed of a series of slender riveted bars, fitted at the centre with a chiselled salamander engorged with a double-headed serpent, at the cheeks with a pierced and chiselled strapwork panel carrying stylised mulberries, at the top with a near rectangular panel surmounted by alpine clematis foliage, filled with a frieze of addorsed lions and a pair of griffins centring on a rondel filled with a double eagle, the base with a circular gothic tracery panel enclosed by further clematis foliage, and the inner face formed of a series of converging bars (four replaced in its early life, areas of pitting, minor chips), retaining a pair of buckles at the top, and with some early tinned finish throughout. 23.5cm; 9 1/4in high. Provenance. Baron Guy de Rothschild, Chateau de Ferrières, sold Sotheby Parke Bernet, 12th October 1976, lot 292. Christie, Manson & Woods, 11th May 1983, lot 83. The decoration of this muzzle is related to another dated 1567 preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (inv. no. 14.25.1683). For a discussion of this and other muzzles see A. R. Chodyñski 1987, pp. 4-20.
A POST 1902 NAVAL OFFICER`S SWORD BY S. W. SILVER & CO., LONDON AND PORTSMOUTH. with etched blade decorated with the crowned Royal arms and a fouled anchor, regulation hilt with folding side-guard engraved with the owner`s name `J. J. G. Fraser, R. N.`, sharkskin-covered grip, in its scabbard. 79.5cm; 31 3/8in blade
ASHDOWN, Charles Henry. British and Foreign Arms & Armour. 1909, 2-page autograph letter from the author loosely-inserted; HEWITT, John. Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe. 1855; ASHDOWN, C.H. Armour & Weapons in the Middle Ages. 1925; DEMMIN, Auguste. An Illustrated History of Arms and Armour. 1877; BOUTELL, Charles. Arms and Armour in Antiquity and the Middle Ages. 1874. BLACKMORE, Howard L. British Military Firearms 1650-1850. 1961; HASWELL MILLER, A.E. & N.P. DAWNAY. Military Drawings and Paintings in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen … Volume One. Plates. 1970; MOLLO, John. Military Fashion. 1972; WOOD, Stephen. The Scottish Soldier. 1987, signed by the author. With 18 others of related interest. CARTER, Thomas. Medals of the British Army, and how they were won ... The Crimean Campaign … Egypt, Peninsula, Waterloo, and South Africa … India, China, Etc. London: Groombridge, 1861. 3 volumes in one, 8vo. Half title, 17 hand-coloured plates of medals (first plate creased, one plate detaching). Contemporary red half calf gilt (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: S. John Tombs (armorial bookplate). GEORGE, J.N. English Pistols and Revolvers. 1938; GEORGE, J.N. English Guns and Rifles. 1947; ATKINSON, John A. Duelling Pistols. 1964; ATKINSON, John A. The British Duelling Pistol. 1978; NEIL, W. Keith & D.H.L. BACK. British Gunmakers. Their Trade Cards, Cases & Equipment 1760-1860. 1980; COOPER, John S. For Commonwealth and Crown. English Gunmakers of the Seventeenth Century. 1993; DICKENS, Bernard. "M.B." - The Gunmaker`s Silversmith. 1998. ONE OF 30 COPIES, FOR PRESENTATION TO R. WIGINGTON, signed by the author . (35)
HOLMES, Richard R. Naval & Military Trophies & Personal Relics of British Heroes. London: John C. Nimmo, 1896. Folio (398 x 300mm). Half title, title printed in red and black, 36 chromolithographed plates by William Gibb. Original red pictorial cloth gilt, gilt edges (rebacked preserving original spine). OWEN, C. H. & T. L. DAMES. Elementary Lectures on Artillery, Prepared for the Use of the Gentlemen Cadets of the Royal Military Academy. Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1860. Quarto (280 x 212mm). Plates, some folding, some with hand-colouring, tables (several plates lacking). Contemporary half roan (rubbed). Provenance: Andrew Noble (armorial bookplate and pencil signature on title, "Capt. Noble").. (2)
SALE CATALOGUES - Bank House, Wellesbourne. 1940; Sheffield Park, 1971; The Green Collection. 1976 (2 copies); Europaische Schmiedekunst. Part III. 1981; The Hever Castle Collection … Volume One. Arms and Armour. 1983; Powerscourt, Eniskerry. 1984; A Cabinet of Curiosities: the Property of The Lord McAlpine of West Green. 1994. With Wallis & Wallis Centenary. Some of the Best and Most Interesting. [n.d.]. SEITZ, Heribert. Ein Waffenhistorisches Handbuch. Blankwaffen I [II]. 1965-68. 2 vols; OAKESHOTT, R. Ewart. The Sword in the Age of Chivalry. 1964; OAKESHOTT, R. Ewart. The Archaeology of Weapons. 1960; NORMAN, A.V.B. The Rapier and Small-Sword 1460-1820. 1980. WARING, J.B. Masterpieces of Industrial Art & Sculpture at the International Exhibition, 1862 … Chromo-Lithographed by and under the Direction of W. R. Tymms, A. Warren, and G. Macculloch, from photographs supplied by the London Photographic and Stereoscopic Company, taken exclusively for this work by Stephen Thompson. London: Day & Son, 1863. Volumes I - II only (of 3). Folio (422 x 290mm). Additional chromolithographed titles, chromolithographed and tinted plates. Original reverse calf elaborately decorated in gilt, gilt edges (rubbed). With J.B. Waring`s Art Treasures of the United Kingdom from the Art Treasures Exhibition, Manchester … chromo lithographed by F. Bedford … with essays by Owen Jones, Digby Wyatt [etc] (London, 1858), The Art Journal. Illustrated Catalogue. The Industry of All Nations 1851 (London, [1852]) and Tallis`s History and Description of the Crystal Palace, and the Exhibition of the World`s Industry in 1851 (London, [n.d.], vols. I and III only). (qty)
CHRISTIE`S ARMS AND ARMOUR, MILITARIA AND SPORTING GUN AUCTION CATALOGUES . including sales in London, Geneva, New York and Melbourne during the period 1966-2008, including the collections of McDonald-Peattie, J. F. R. Winsbury (the second and final part), Harold L. Peterson, Red Hackle Whiskey, Alber J. Weatherhead III, A. C. C. Parker (Part 1), J. C. L. Knapton, The Armoury of Their Serene Highnesses the Princes zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck (Part 2), Eugene Nielson, and R. T. Gwynn. A full listing is available on request. (87)
A FINELY CONSTRUCTED MODEL CARRONADE MOUNTED IN A HULL-SECTION, LATE 18TH CENTURY. with tapering bronze three-stage barrel, the muzzle and second reinforce astragals each rising up to incorporate a v-shaped sight, the base incorporating a central lug for fixing to the bed, the vent lined with a rectangular panel of white metal, stepped cascabel incorporating a breeching loop and an iron screw for elevation, on its finely constructed fully adjustable mahogany bed, incorporated within a hull-section, complete with copper-lined hinged port-cover and adjusting pulleys. 21.5cm; 8 1/2in barrel. The Carron Company was founded in Falkirk by Dr. John Roebuck, Samuel Garbett and William Cadell in 1759. The first carronades were produced from the designs of Charles Gascoigne from 1779 until 1852. A drawing of a carronade of similar form from 1785 and also in a hull-section is in the collection of H. M. The Queen of the Netherlands. See R. D. Smith 1989, p.34 and A. N. Kennard 1986, p. 54. A very similar model with an inscription recording its presentation from the Carron Company to Lieutenant General Melville signed by the maker`s Winlaw, Engine Maker, Margaret Street, Cavendish Square was sold Christie`s King Street, 11th February 1999, lot 299 (£20,700, including premium).
A CASED 54 BORE ADAMS PATENT MODEL 1851 FIVE-SHOT SELF-COCKING PERCUSSION REVOLVER MADE UNDER LICENSE BY A. FRANCOTTE, LIÈGE PROOF, NO.6210 CIRCA 1860. with blued octagonal rifled sighted barrel signed `Manufr. By A. Francotte licensed by Deane, Adams & Deane, London`, signed scroll-engraved blued frame stamped `Adams 1851 Patent` on the left, chequered walnut butt, scroll-engraved trigger-guard and butt-cap with trap: in contemporary fitted oak case lined in green baize, the lid with Deane Adams & Deane trade label for 30 King William Street, and complete with some accessories including brass bullet mould and copper flask (the lining worn, lid with one minor repair, key escutcheon missing) . 29cm; 11 1/2in . The exact date of commencement for Adams patent revolvers being made in Belgium remains unclear. Examples marked Adams Patent 1851 on the frame are less common. See A. W. F. Taylerson, R. A. N Andrews and J. Frith 1968, p.111.
Hay (W. R.). Two Years in Kurdistan, Experiences of a Political Officer 1918-1920, 1st ed., 1921, b&w plts. after photos, orig. cloth, very sl. rubbed, together with Soane (G. B), Two Mesopotamia and Kurdistan In Disguise, with historical notices of the Kurdish Tribes and the Chaldeans of Kurdistan, 1st ed., 1912, b&w plates after photos, one or two leaves at front of vol. loose, orig. brown cloth, rubbed and frayed with some wear to extrems., plus Wigram (W. A. and Sir Edgar T. A.), The Cradle of Mankind, Life in Eastern Kurdistan, 2nd ed., 1922, b&w plts. after photos, later plain cloth, and other Middle Eastern travel, all early to mid 20th c., a few in d.j.s, all 8vo (44)
King Leonard W. A History of Babylon, from the Foundation of the Monarchy to the Persian Conquest, 1919, b&w plts. and illusts. throughout, neat inscription to half title, t.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, 8vo, together with Byron (Robert), First Russia then Tibet, 1933, col. frontis., num. b&w plts., t.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, 8vo, plus Childs (W. J.), Accoss Asia Minor on Foot, 1917, b&w illusts. from photos throughout, orig. printed cloth gilt, spine faded, 8vo, plus sixteen other Middle Eatern travel, mostly early 20th c., incl. Shorter Encyclopaedia of Islam..., by H. A. R. Gibb & J. H. Kramers, Leiden, 1953; Nile to Aleppo..., by Hector Dinning, 1st ed., 1920, etc. (19)
Muir (Sir William). The Caliphate its Rise, Decline, and Fall, from Original Sources, 2nd ed., 1892; The Life of Mohammad, from Original Sources, a New and Revised Edition by T. H. Weir, 1912, together 2 vols., b&w plts., num folding maps, both orig. cloth gilt, some rubbing to extrems., 8vo, together with Fraser (David), Persia and Turkey in Revolt, 1910, b&w illusts. from photos throughout, orig. printed cloth gilt, rubbed to extrems., 8vo, plus Empson (R. H. W.), The Cult of the Peacock Angel, 1928, b&w plts. from photos, orig. cloth gilt, some rubbing, 8vo, plus fourteen other Middle Eastern travel, mostly early 20th c., incl. Arabia Infelix or the Turks in Yamen, by G. Wyman Bury, 1915; Across Coveted Lands or a Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta, Overland, by A. Henry Savage Landor, 2 vols., 1902, etc. (18)
Wellsted (J. R.). Travels to the City of the Caliphs, Along the Shores of the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean..., 2 vols, 1840, folding map to vol. 1, some closed tears and repaired with tape to verso., two eng. plts. (one trimmed to outer edge), plts., map and several leaves reattached at stubs, together with Loftus (William Kennett), Travels and Researches in Chaldaea and Susiana; With an Account of Excavations at Warka, the ÒErechÓ of Nimrod, and Shush, ÒShushan the PalaceÓ of Esther, in 1849-52, pub. 1857, three eng. plts and three folding maps (as list), b&w illusts. to text, plus Tancoigne (M.), A Narrative of a Journey into Persia, and Residence at Teheran: Containing a Descriptive Itinerary from Constantinople to the Persian Capital..., 1820, lacking frontis. and map, title reattached to stub with some loss to hinge margin, occ. spotting, all later half morocco gilt, 8vo/large 8vo (4)
Geological Survey. The Geology of the Yorkshire Coal Field, by A.H. Green, R. Russell, and others, 1878, wood-eng. frontis., folding maps and charts, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, faded on spine, upper joint split, together with Gibson (Walcot), The Geology of the North Staffordshire Coalfields, 1905, two copies, b & w illusts. and folding geological sections, orig. blind-stamped cloth gilt, a little rubbed on spines, and eight others related (11)
Bohn (Henry G. pub.). The Works of James Gillray, from the original Plates with the Addition of many Subjects not before Collected, n.d., c.1848, mezzotint portrait frontis., dec. title page, 588 b & w etchings printed back to back, very occ. spotting, hinges and joints weak, a.e.g., contemp. half morocco gilt with contrasting label to spine, rubbed and worn at extrems., elephant folio, together with Wright (Thomas and Evans R. H.),Historical and descriptive Account of the Caricatures of James Gillray, pub. Henry. G. Bohn, 1851,title page with two library stamps, library labels to front and rear paste downs, a.e.g., contemp. half morocco, gilt dec. spine, rubbed at extrems. 8vo (2)
* Gillray (James after). Presages of the Millenium; - with - The Destruction of the Faithful as revealed to the R Brothers the Prophet & attested by MB Halhead Esq., orig. pub. H.Humphrey June 4th. 1796, but later edition pub. John Miller & W.Blackwood, Edinburgh, [1820], etching with aquatint on wove, fine original hand colouring, slight water staining, trimmed inside plate mark to margins, 240 x 275mm (9.5 x 10.75 inches), framed, mounted and glazed. Pitt was politically dominant at this time and was opposed to a motion for peace with France brought forward by Wilberforce. Pitt is depicted as the skeletal figure of Death as he gallops on the white Hanoverian horse across a herd of pigs (Burke`s swinish multitude) and kicks the Opposition led by Fox, into the fires of hell. The little goblin like figure on the back of the horse is the Prince of Wales. A bold parody on the book of Revelation. (1)
* Cricket - New Zealand. A set of eleven pencil autographs of the New Zealand Cricket Team, 1927, written on one small autograph album page, the names being C. S. Dempster, J. E. Mills, M. L. Page, R. C. Blunt, T. C. Lowry, C. F. W. Allcott, C. J. Oliver, W. E. Merritt, M. Henderson, R. H. Fox, and E. H. L. Bernau, 11 x 8.5cm, plus three further pages with pencil signatures from Brooklands, 1927 [second British Grand Prix], including autographs of Malcolm Campbell, H. W. Purdey, S. C. H. Davis, John R. Cobb, plus the autograph of Gilbert L. Jessop (dated May 8th 1927) and a clipped signature of King George V, plus a few others loosely inserted into an autograph album containing a small number of autographs including Pauline Donalda, Arthur E. Woodcock, Mark Hambourg, A. Bonar Law and H. Mischa-Leon, early 20th c. padded cloth, a little rubbed, 8vo (1)
Theocritus. [Theokritu Eidyllia, Tut`esti Mikra Poiemata Hex Kai Triakonta] Theocriti Idyllia, Hoc Est Parva Poemata XXXVI. Eiusdem epigrammata XIX. Eiusdem Bipennis & Ala, pub. Venice, 1543, printer`s woodcut device to title and final leaf, early ink ownership to title, ink marginalia & underscoring to few leaves, occ. light dampstaining, armorial bookplate of Henry Babington Smith to front pastedown, late 19th c. vellum, 8vo, together with Elzevir Press, L.A. Florus cum notis integris Cl. Salmasii et Selectissimis Variorum, accurante S.M.D.C Additus etiam L. Ampelius ex Bibliotheca CL. Salmasii, Amsterdam, 1660, eng. title, contemp. vellum with yapp fore-edges, 8vo, with Joinville (Jean), Histoire et Chronique du Treschrestien Roy Sainct Loys: IX du nom et XLIIII roy de France..., Geneva: Jaques Chouet, 1596, verso of title with ink signature of James Smith and armorial bookplate of Gilbert Burnet Bishop of Salisbury, contemp. vellum, upper joint slightly cracked at head, 12mo, with Plato, Platonis Dialogi Secundum Thrasylli Tetralogias Dispositi ex Recognitione Caroli Friderici Hermanni, 6 vols., Leipzig, 1877, contemp. vellum by R. Ingalton Drake, contrasting leather labels to spines and gilt armorial to centre of each board, 8vo, plus eleven others similar (20)
Queens` Binder B. Advice to a Friend, by Simon Patrick, D.D. Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majesty, The Second Edition Corrected, printed for R. Royston, 1674, eng. on title-page, lightly browned throughout, marbled endpapers, hinges split, early ms. notes on verso of front free endpaper and on prelim. blank leaf, library ink stamp on front and rear blanks, a.e.g., contemp. black turkey, by Queens` Binder B, rubbed, small nick with sl. loss of leather to upper cover, faded spine divided by raised bands, compartments gilt panelled with dotted eight-petalled flower tool in centre, covers with gilt border composed of scalloped flower and fleuron roll, double fillets, and dot roll, all-over gilt design of drawer-handle tools, dotted-line tulip tools, and dotted-line four-petalled flower tools, on a sem? dot and flower ground, gilt roll on edges and turn-ins, large 12mo. With the circular four-petalled flower tool used by Queens` Binder B, rather than the elongated one used by Queens` Binder A (cf. Howard Nixon, Five Centruies of English Bookbinding, 1979, p.100) (1)
Cicero (Marcus Tullius). Topica ad Trebatium. Oratoriae Partitiones. De Oratore ad Q.Fratrem Lib. III. Brutus: sive de Claris Oratoribus Lib. I. Orator ad Brutum. Initium Libri de Optimo Genere Oratorum, Munich, 1631, title-page lightly browned, book ticket of Hugo R?nyi on front free endpaper, endpapers with some minor worm holes (a couple penetrating through to exterior), sprinkled edges, late 17th c. boards covered in 15th c. vellum manuscript leaf, spine a little darkened and with ms. paper label (sl. chipped), upper cover printed with initials `P A Z L` and the date 1671, lacking ties, 8vo (1)
Shakespeare (William). The Plays of Shakespeare, in Eight Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators; To which are added Notes by Sam. Johnson, printed for J. and R. Tonson et al, 1765, half-titles to all but first vol., vol. 1 with eng. port. frontis. (offset to title), lightly toned, first and final leaves stained by previous turn-ins, sprinkled edges (a little foxed), modern red morocco in 18th c. style, gilt dec. raised bands, gilt lettered direct in second and third compartments, remainder with central lozenge composed of flowers, leaves, and dots, volute cornerpieces, covers with gilt double fillet border, 8vo. A handsome set. (8)
Waring (J.B. and Robinson, J.C.). Examples of Pottery and Porcelain Selected from the Royal and Other Collections, [1857], seventeen chromos. by F. Bedford, wood-engs. to text by R. Dudley, damp stains to lower margins, a.e.g., orig. gilt-dec. cloth, some time rebacked, slim folio, together with Waring (J.B.), Ceramic Art in Remote Ages: With Essays on the Symbols of the Circle, the Cross and Circle, the Circle and Ray Ornament, the Fylfot and the Serpent, Showing their Relation to the Primitive Forms of Solar and Nature Worship, 1874, addn. chromo. title, fifty-five uncol. litho. plts., some spotting, a.e.g., contemp. crimson half morocco gilt, rubbed, folio, with other miscellaneous pottery and porcelain interest, all ex-lib. copies with usual marks (many with f.e.p. removed) (approx. 55)
Aldin (Cecil). Just Among Friends, Pages from my Sketch Books, 1st ed., 1934, twenty-eight col. plts., orig. cloth in d.j., split into two pieces and frayed at spine, 4to, together with Sleeping Partners. A Series of Episodes, 2nd imp., 1930, twenty col. plts., orig. cloth, in d.j., split into two pieces and frayed at spine, spotting, 4to, plus Hunting Scenes, From Sketches of Hunting Scenes and Countries Selected and Arranged by Cecil Aldin, 1936, col. plts., throughout, lacking front blank, orig. cloth gilt, in d.j., split into two pieces at spine, frayed with some loss to edges, 4to, plus six others, comprisin`g A Book of Sporting Painters, by Walter Shaw Sparrow, 1st ed., 1931; Sketches in Stable and Kennel, by Lionel Edwards, 1944; Royal Newmarket, by R. C. Lyle, 1st ed., 1945 & three volumes by `BB` (D. J. Watkins-Pitchford) (9)
Hand & Flower Press. An archive of books, letters, drafts, correspondence, etc., mostly from the library of the Hand & Flower Press`s Erica Marx (and partner mezzo soprano Anna Pollak), mostly c. 1950s/60s, including approx. sixty Hand & Flower Press publications (the majority file copies) including some duplicates and a copy of Muriel Spark`s The Fanfarlo and Other Verse, 1952, orig. printed pale blue wrappers, plus approx. 45 books with presentation inscriptions to Erica Marx including many from the authors, one being Christopher Logue`s Wand and Quadrant, 1st ed., Paris, 1953, author`s first book, orig. printed wrappers, sl. browned on spine, 8vo (limited ed., 233/300 from a total edition of 600 copies), plus approx. 70 other volumes, the majority poetry, including books by Christopher Logue, Robin Skelton, May Sarton, Nathaniel Tarn, R. S. Thomas, Mary Oliver, plus a few literary journals, anthologies and books on Shakespeare, plus loose proof fascicules of the Hand & Flower Press`s edition of Shakespeare`s Sonnets, plus ten folders of manuscript, typed and printed material, including `Unpublished duplicates being a folder of Erica Marx`s typescript copy poems, plus other essays and poetry roughs, etc., by Erica Marx, a typescript of a play called `Will` by Maurice Constantine-Weyer and C. Longworth Chambrun, plus two notebooks (approx. 200)
Pichon (Leon). The New Book Illustration in France, pub. The Studio, 1924, numerous b&w plts. and illusts., orig. cloth, a little rubbed, 4to, together with Read (Herbert), Henry Moore, Sculpture and Drawings, 3rd ed., 1949, col. frontis., b&w plts., orig. cloth, rubbed, 4to, plus See (R. R. M.), English Pastels 1750-1820, pub. G. Bell, 1911, numerous mounted col. and b&w plts., orig. vellum gilt, rubbed and soiled, 4to, and Smith (John), A Catalogue Raisonne of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish, and French Painters, 9 vols., including Supplement, 1829-42, b&w plts., all orig. cloth gilt, with paper label to spine of each vol., rubbed and spines faded, one or two vols. chipped at head, 8vo, plus other various art reference, including Studio Special Numbers, Masters of Etching series, Life of William Blake, by Thomas Wright, 2 vols., 1929, Richard Parkes Bonington, by Dubuisson and Hughes, etc., mostly ex-library copies with some marks and stamps to endpapers, mostly large format (5 cartons)
Polwhele (Richard). The History of Cornwall, 3 vols., 1803-6, 3 vols., Kohler & Coombes facsimile reprint, Dorking, 1978, b & w illusts. and folding tables, orig. cloth in d.j., 4to (limited edition of 250 sets), together with Ravenhill (Mary R. and Rowe, Margery M.), Devon Maps and Map-Makers: Manuscript Maps before 1840, 2 vols., Devon & Cornwall Record Society, 2002, col. illusts., orig. laminated still wrappers with slipcase, square 4to, with others of Cornwall and Devon interest, including softback publications, journals, literature and fiction, etc. (3 shelves)
Chomel (Noel). Dictionaire Oeconomique: Or, The Family Dictionary. Containing the Most Experienced Methods of Improving Estates and of Preserving Health... Revised and Recommended by Mr. R. Bradley, vol. 2 only (of 2), 1725, title printed in red and black, a few woodcuts to text, contemp. mottled calf, a little worn at extremities, folio, together with Bewick (Thomas), A Memoir of Thomas Bewick, Written by Himself, Newcastle & London, 1862, num. wood-engs. to text, orig. cloth gilt, a little worn at head and foot of spine, 8vo, with other miscellaneous antiquarian and Victorian dec. cloth bindings, etc. (3 shelves)
Cooper (W. Heaton). Mountain Painter. An Autobiography, 2nd imp., 1984, num. col. illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., together with Fischer (Katrina Sigsbee), Anton Otto Fischer, Marine Artist. His Life and Work, pub. Teredo Books Ltd., Brighton, 1977, port. frontis., num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., plus The Latin American Spirit: Art and Artists in the United States, 1920-1970. Essays by Luis R. Cancel, Jacinto Quirarte, Marina Benitez, Nelly Perazzo, Lowery S. Sims, Eva Cockcroft, Felix Angel, and Carla Stellweg, pub. Bronx Museum of the Arts/Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1990, num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., and other art reference, 4to & folio, mostly G/VG (3 shelves)
Cescinsky (Herbert and Gribble, Ernest R.). Early English Furniture & Woodwork, 2 vols., 1922, col. frontis. to each, num. b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth, backstrips and endpapers renewed, folio, together with Goodwin-Smith (R.), English Domestic Metalwork, pub. F. Lewis, Essex, 1937, num. b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth gilt, a little darkened on spine, 4to, all ex-lib. copies with usual marks, plus other antiques reference and related (3 shelves)
Gill (Evan). Eric Gill. A Bibliography, 2nd ed., revised by D. Steven Corey and Julia Mackenzie, St. Paul`s Bibliographies series, 1991, b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, together with Tidcombe (Marianne), Women Bookbinders, 1880-1920, Oak Knoll Press & The British Library, 1996, col. and b & w illusts., orig. linen-backed boards in glassine d.j., tall 8vo, plus Plomer (Henry R.), Wynkyn de Worde & His Comtemporaries from the Death of Caxton to 1535. A Chapter in English Printing, 1925, frontis., ex-lib. copy with a few stamps to margins, orig. cloth, darkened on spine and some wear to head and foot, 4to, with other bibliography and reference (3 shelves)
Three Robert Taylor first edition prints, comprising two copies of `Spitfire` each signed in pencil by Grou Captain Sir Douglas Bader and Air Vice Marshall Johnnie Johnson, 16 x 20.5" and 19.5 x 23.5" and `Hurricane`, signed in pencil by Wing Commander R. R. Stanford-Tuck, 19.5 x 23.5", (3),
Copeland Parianware figure "The Veiled Bride" modelled by Raphaelle Monti 14.5" high made for the `Crystal Palace Art Union`, the bride is captured dee in thought beneath her diaphanous veil secured in place by a chaplet of blossom, and raised on a circular socle, impressed signature R Monti and Copeland. The base is impressed Crystal Palace Art Union This is probably the most celebrated of all parian busts and brought acclaim to the sculptor when first exhibited. See Paul Atterbury (Ed.), The Parian Phenomenon, p. 180, fig. 586
John Robert Mortimer, Forty years Researches in British and Saxon Burial Mounds of East Yorkshire With presentation inscription to "G Bohn CE with kind regards of J R Mortimer" PROVENANCE These books have been sent in for sale by executors from an estate in Winchester. Family tradition indicates that they were inherited through the Bohn family of Hull and through earlier connections from the Boleyns. Many of the earlier books in this estate certainly came from the library of publisher Henry George Bohn 1796-1884 or his descendants. Bohn was born in London as the son of a German bookbinder who had settled in England. In 1831 he started as a dealer in rare books and "remainders." In 1841 he issued his "Guinea" Catalogue of books, a monumental work containing 23,208 items. Bohn was noted for his book auction sales: one held in 1848 lasted four days, the catalogue comprising twenty folio pages. Printed on this catalogue was the information: "Dinner at 2 o`clock, dessert at 4, tea at 5, and supper at 10." His Libraries which he inaugurated were begun in 1846 and comprised editions of standard works and translations, dealing with history, science, classics, theology and archaeology, consisting in all of 766 volumes. It had been one of Bohn`s ambitions to found a great publishing house, but, finding that his sons had no taste for the trade, he sold the Libraries in 1864 to Messrs. Bell and Daldy, afterwards G. Bell & Sons. Bohn was a man of wide culture and many interests. He himself made considerable contributions to his Libraries: he collected pictures, china and ivories, and was a famous rose-grower. He died at Twickenham on 22 August 1884 and was buried at West Norwood Cemetery. An extract from the Daily Graphic dated July 10th 1909 states, " His advice was often sought by such great Collectors as the Duke of Hamilton `Vathek` Beckford and on more than one occasion he was consulted on everyday matters by the Prince Consort. He was chairman of the committee appointed for the printed books department of the 1851 Exhibition. Gladstone who had a high opinion of Bohn`s abilities, offered him a baronetcy but we are told that the publisher declined the honour on principle. Bohn tired of his success in 1864 when his sons preferred other professions to following in this footsteps and sold the whole stock and copyrights of his libraries to Messers Bell and Dalby for about £40000........His second-hand books which subsequently took forty days to dispose of at various auction rooms realised £13000." Of his early career the paper said " while Napoleon was ravaging the Continent whole libraries were being dispersed by ancient families and religious institutions lest they should fall into the Emperor`s hands and many treasures were picked u this way by the Anglo-German bookseller. ..... He happened to be attending an auction at Leipzig while the Battle of Waterloo was being fought."
A Clouds Ceramics English Porcelain porter mug, painted by A. R. Telford, signed, still life, apples, grapes, corn and nuts, within gilt rectangular cartouche, blue ground, applied with flowerheads, roundels, acanthus leaves and shell, deep banded rim applied with urn and acanthus scrolls, 12cm high, printed mark
A Victorian E.P.B.M four piece melon shaped tea and coffee service, comprising teapot, coffee pot, cream jug and two handled sugar basin, asymmetric flowerbud finials, hinged covers, scroll capped handles, engraved with flowers and scrolling foliage, scroll feet, the coffee pot 22cm high, R Broadhead, C.1860; etc (5)
A pair of George V stop-fluted Composite column table candlesticks, gadrooned borders, incurved canted square detachable nozzles, stepped square bases inscribed `Presented to Mr Geo. E. Gather on his 21st Birthday by the Derby Employees of R. Cooper & Co Ltd`, 25cm high, Thomas Bradbury & Sons, Sheffield 1918 George Edinmore Gather (junior) was born in 1900, elder son and heir of George Edinmore Gather, senior (1863-1928) of Callow Hall, Ashbourne, himself the founder of Richard Cooper. Ltd., wholesale corset manufacturers, of Station Street Ashbourne and 100 Stockbrook Street Derby
Continental School (19th century) A Pair, First Smoke and The Longing Look watercolours, 20.5cm x 16cm Note: One inscribed to verso `bought G R Stephenson, Glen Cal.`, amongst shorthand notes. Glen Caladh Castle, also known as Glen Caladh House, near Loch Riddon, was once owned by George Stephenson, son of the famous engineer and railway pioneer.
Bill Gibb fashion sketch for a leather ensemble worn by Twiggy at the Royal Festival Hall, 1976, signed `Bill Gibb` pencil on paper, front and back views and details of blouse and alternative cape, complete with swatch of beaded chamois, main sketch 30 by 20cm within mount and frame. Twiggy was photographed for Vogue wearing this ensemble, 15th October 1976 issue. The photograph is also reproduced in `Bill Gibb: Fashion & Fantasy` by Iain R Webb p.94
A Bill Gibb black and white printed silk Medieval style blouse, Autumn-Winter, 1972, labelled, with `Woodland` print by Sue Kemp, bust approx 92cm, 36in. This blouse was photographed by Lord Snowdon for Brides magazine, September 1972, cf `Bill Gibb, Fashion & Fantasy` by Iain R Webb back cover for a reproduction of the image. Exhibited: Museum of Costume, Bath, 2009-`Bill Gibb, A Personal Journey`
A Zenith gold cased, top-wind, open face, pocket watch, c 1920 / 30. The silvered dial signed Zenith with black enamel arabic numerals, and subsidiary seconds dial, with blued steel hands. The rear of the case with engraved coat of arms and motto `Fortis Et Fidelis` (strong and faithful) . The base metal dust cover with engraved dedication, R C W from M C W and dated 25. 5. 27. The inner case numbered 4402 also engraved BREVET No 570652. The movement signed ZENITH and numbered: 266785.
Alfred Henry Taylor d.1868- Portrait of two girls and a boy standing full-length by a ballustrade; black and coloured chalk heightened with white on buff paper, signed, inscribed `72 Charlotte St., Fitzroy Square" and dated 1845, bears framer`s label for R. Saunders, 31 Foley Street, Portland Chapel, 46x34cm
An American thimble, stamped `MKD c` and `14K`, engraved `G. W. R.` in gothic script, 6g; and a 9 carat gold and black composition `Centennial` propelling pencil by Sampson Mordan & Co., London 1924, stamped marks, Rd. 683188, engine turned and engraved `Columbia Oct. 1924` (2) Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports
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