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Lot 232
FRANCIS MABEL HOLLAMS (1877-1963) "Joker", study of a bay hunter, oil on panel, signed, inscribed verso "This horse could jump anything but unlike other good horses, he could keep you on his back while he did it", with indistinct signature and date "1932-bought for 450 guineas from R L Benson-my brother-in-law", 31 x 43 cm (ILLUSTRATED)
Lot 23
Gordon (Seton) Days with the Golden Eagle illustrated by J.C.Harrison with an original signed pencil sketch of eagles by Harrison mounted on front free endpaper 1927 § Meinertzhagen (Col. R.) Pirates and Predators 1959 § Michaëlis (H. von) Birds of the Gauntlet 1952 first editions plates and illustrations some colour all bound in modern half morocco spines gilt some with bird motifs 4to & 8vo(3)
Lot 139
Bolton (Capt. A.C.) Game Shooting in Africa original cloth gilt rubbed and slightly soiled [Czech p.20] Carlisle 1919 § Pigot (General Brigadier R.) Twenty-Five years Big Game Hunting half-title frontispiece plates modern dark green crushed half morocco gilt 1928 § Pitman (Capt. C.R.S.) A Game Warden among his Charges first edition half-title frontispiece plates and maps some folding original cloth faded dust-jacket faded and chipped [Czech p.131] 1931; and 13 others Big Game Hunting v.s.(16)
Lot 190
Forsyth(J.) The Highlands of Central India Notes on their Forests and Wild Tribes Natural History and Sports first edition 4 chromolithographed and 2 tinted lithographed plates folding map illustrations occasional marginal staining hinges weak original cloth gilt rubbed joints and extremities splitting 1872 § Alexander (R.D.T.) and A. Martin-Leake. Some Signposts to Shikar plates presentation copy from the author (Alexander) to Mrs R. MacGregor for her great help in the compilation of one chapter of the book.. original cloth corners bumped a little faded Calcutta 1932 § Tulloch (Maurice) The All-In-One Shikar book illustrations rear endpaper torn with loss hinges weak original cloth-backed boards stained Bombay [c.1940]; and 5 others on big game hunting in India 4to & 8vo(8)
Lot 191
Fraser-Among Indian Rajahs and Ryots folding map spine faded 1911 § Apponyi (Count Henrik) My Big-Game Hunting Diary plates illustrations map 1937 § Aflalo (F. G.) The Sportsman`s Book for India folding maps (1 torn) bookplate on front paste-down 1904 § Lydekker (R.) Catalogue of the Heads and Horns of Indian Big Game bequeathed by A. O. Hume C. B. 1913 plates occasional foxing original cloth the first three gilt pictorial all rubbed; and 7 others on big game hunting in India 8vo & 4to (11)
Lot 269
[Dunkin (Robert)] Snaffle The Roedeer number 19 of the 50 specially-bound copies with an original watercolour and signed by McKelvie & McReddie contemporary full green mococco gilt g.e. spine faded slip-case Southampton Ashford Press 1987 § Millais (J. G.) British Deer and their Horns one of 250 copies original pictorial cloth gilt Warwickshire 1982 § Balfour-Browne (V. R.) The Stalking Letters and Sketches one of 950 copies contemporary morocco gilt g.e. slip-case 1978 § Drain (J. A.) A Stalking Break in Sutherland number 4 of 25 copies with an original pencil sketch and signed by the publisher from an edition limited to 250 copies contemporary half calf Wiltshire 1999 the first two facsimile reprints all with plates and illustrations some colour; and 3 others similar v.s.(7)
Lot 14
W. LAWRENCE (BRITISH, 19TH-CENTURY), The General Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. Cargo Ship Linnet underway, Signed `W. Lawrence` (lower right), Oil on canvas, 16 1/2 x 26Iin. (42 x 67.3cm.) Framed, Built in 1890 for R. Delarue, and originally named the Dieppois, she registered 1770 tons and was bought in 1892 by the GSNCo. who ran her under the name Linnet until 1902. Sold and renamed a further three times, she was sailing as the Michael A. Andritsakis in ballast between London and Sunderland when she was wrecked off Bondicar 7th February, 1915.
Lot 38
A VERY RARE SOUVENIR SILVER NOVELTY SCENT BOTTLE FROM KAISER WILHELM II`S FIRST RACING YACHT METEOR (LATE THISTLE), CIRCA 1890-91, modelled in the form of a life buoy with rope bindings with finely enamelled burgee for the Royal Yacht Squadron to top and yacht name in blue to bottom, screw stopper and securing chains, hallmarked for Cornelius Saunders and Frank Shepherd, Chester, 1890-91 - 2 3/8in. (6cm.) high; contained within bespoke glazed cabinet - 8 x 6 x 4Iin. (20 x 15 x 11.5cm.), Provenance: Christies, South Kensington, Sale 9240, 1st November 2001, lot 77. During a fiercely competitive racing career lasting over twenty years, the German Emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II bought or built five exceptional yachts Ñ all named Meteor Ñ which he raced vigorously against the finest British, Continental and American yachtsmen of the day. A grandson of Queen Victoria with a love of all things maritime, the Kaiser chose as his first Meteor the already famous America`s Cup challenger Thistle which he purchased and renamed in 1891. Designed by the great G.L. Watson and built by D. & W. Henderson & Co. at Glasgow in 1887, Thistle was a steel cutter registered at 170 tons gross (100I net). Measuring 98 feet in length with a 20 foot beam, she had been built for a syndicate headed by Mr. James Bell of the Royal Clyde Yacht Club and had run against Volunteer in the America`s Cup races of September 1887. Failing to win back the coveted trophy, she nevertheless had a very successful career and proved the obvious choice for the Kaiser to launch himself upon the yacht racing scene. In 1893 he won the prestigious Queen`s Cup at Cowes in her but, by 1895, she had been outclassed by several brand-new yachts, most notably the Prince of Wales`s Britannia. Determined to beat his uncle`s cutter, the Kaiser immediately ordered a replacement for Meteor (I) and her successor was completed in time for the start of the 1896 season. Rather than sell Meteor (I), the Kaiser gave her to the German Navy for the use of naval cadets and she was renamed Comet for her new ršle.
Lot 42
A HALF-LENGTH BRONZE BUST OF KAISER WILHELM II, depicted in full military uniform, signed on reverse `H. Eichberg` with retailers marks for `R. Bellair & Co. Berlin`, secured to marble plinth - 16Iin. (42cm.) high; together with an Imperial Navy white ensign (faded) and a copy of Die Deutche Flotte in Groser Zeit [`The German Fleet in Peace Time`] published 1926 (3)
Lot 54
A REMARKABLE PRINTED BROADSHEET REGARDING THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR, by George Lowther, 1806, announcing the glorious victory and the death of Admiral Lord Nelson, in the form of a memorial proclamation, the heading with engraved oval vignette of Nelson above the full text of Admiral Collingwood`s dispatch, with details of the opposing fleets below, within verre eglomise mount with early 19th-century trade label for `R. Faulding, London`, to reverse - 52 1/2 x 28in. (133.3 x 71.1cm.), Provenance: Rear-Admiral Douglas Budgen. Announcements of Nelson`s two principal victories, the battles of the Nile (1798) and Trafalgar (1805), in broadsheet format are well-known even though few appear to have survived into modern times. One of this extraordinary size and opulence, however, appears unrecorded within the entire opus of Nelson-related paper ephemera and memorabilia. None of the largest public exhibitions, notably the most recent at Greenwich to mark the bi-centenary of Trafalgar in 2005, included an example and none have been traced elsewhere. Whilst it obviously cannot be claimed that this example is a unique survival, it is unquestionably of the greatest rarity and, indeed, of some significance to all Nelson aficionados. Douglas Budgen entered the Royal Navy as a Midshipman in 1906 and was made Sub-Lieutenant in 1909. He served throughout the Great War, made Captain in 1930 and, in the Second World War, was Flag-Officer-in-Charge at the Simonstown naval base in South Africa. He retired in 1942 and was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath. He died in 1947.
Lot 62
AFTER SIMON DE KOSTER, Baron Nelson of the Nile, Early 19th-century label applied to reverse, inscribed Lord Nelson sketched from Life, by Edwd. Byng, Pencil on paper, 7 x 6in. (17.8 x 15.2cm.) Framed and glazed, Lit: Walker, R: The Nelson Portraits, Royal Naval Museum Publications, p.248-9, pt 164.Simon de Koster sketched Nelson for Emma Hamilton, at their home in Merton a few days before he sailed to defeat the Danish at the Battle of Copenhagen. She had a second version done by de Koster and preferred it to the original which de Koster then kept and had engraved after Nelson`s death. It sold very well and was evidently used by some talented amateurs to produce their own copies of which the present lot is an attractive and finely observed example.
Lot 81
A BLACK BASALT BUST OF NELSON BY WEDGWOOD after the original by Robert Shout, impressed maker`s marks to back and under socle, further impressed `NELSON` Published July 22nd R. Shout Sep 1798 Holborn - 10Iin. (27cm.) high, Lit: Walker, R: The Nelson Portraits, Royal Naval Museum Publications, 1998, p.215.
Lot 102
AN AUTOGRAPH NOTE FROM KING GEORGE III ON RECEIVING NEWS OF THE FRENCH INVASION OF IRELAND addressed Windsor Oct 23, 1798 to PM, seemingly in the Monarch`s hand, anticipating news of ..four [French] frigates not yet known to have fallen into the hands of some of our cruisers, signed George R, in folder with transcript and researches. Provenance: With Maggs Bros. Ltd.
Lot 356
A Carlton China crested figurine depicting Jenny Jones with City of Cardiff crest published by R W Owen, Morgan Arcade Cardiff, a cat made for the town hall bazaar Portsmouth with Portsmouth crest and an Arcadian china Cheshire cat with Lee on the Solent crest made for The Post Office Lee on Solent.
Lot 28
A 19th Century circular Bowl decorated with a centre panel of a figure seated beneath reeded columns with a Coat of Arms and Masonic emblems inscribed "Free Masons Arms", the border decorated with 6 landscape panels of buildings and landscapes within a cream and gilt seaweed frond on a blue ground with gilt rim, the exterior with a continuous band of trailing foliage, 10 1/2" (26cms) diameter. Complete with a receipt from J R Cookson Ltd, Antiques Dealers, dated 1956 where the bowl is described as "Rockingham Masonic Bowl".
Lot 28
A well engineered Stuart Turner `Victoria` horizontal live steam mill engine, built by Mr R Chipchase of Blaydon on Tyne from Stuart castings and drawings. The single cylinder 1 inch bore by 2 inch stroke with cylinder top steam valve, cross-head guides with brass oiler cups, open crank with 7 1/4 inch spoked flywheel. The engine finished in green paintwork with polished brightwork set on chequer plate base with oak plinth. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
Lot 47
A well engineered 5 inch gauge model of the 2-4-0 side tank locomotive `Metro` No 470, built from Reeves castings and the design drawings of Martin Evans. The small `Metros` were used on the fast London suburban trains. The locomotive with unused copper boiler, injector and fittings including water and pressure gauge, safety valve, whistle, clack valve and blow down plug. Chassis details include twin inside cylinders, bore1 inch diameter, inside Stephenson gear, fluted motion, leaf springs, hand feed water pump, oil chamber with ratchet mechanism, brake. Cab controls with regulator, pressure gauge, sight glass, brake and reverse control. The model finished in Great Western Green Livery and polished brightwork with fitted hand rails and steps to locomotive. Boiler History: Nottingham Society of Model & Experimental Engineers Ltd. Boiler No 276, signed by Mr R Davison and dated the 4th of April 1992. Test pressure 180 psi. Working pressure 90psi. Total length 78cm. The locomotive comes with a display track and glazed case and it would appear to have never been steamed or used. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
Lot 49
A finely engineered exhibition quality and multi award winning 7 1/4 inch gauge model of a Great Eastern Railway 0-6-0 Class Y14 (later LNER Class J15) goods locomotive and tender, designed by T W Worsdell and introduced in 1883. Some 289 full size locomotives were built and used on both goods and passenger duties. The model was built by the late Mr Peter Dupen, a professional mechanical engineer and respected model engineer who was chief locomotive judge for many years at the Model Engineer Exhibition London. The locomotive was built using original works drawings from Doncaster Works and has a silver soldered copper boiler with phosphor bronze bushes. It has working leaf springs to all axles including tender. All bearings, eccentrics, motion, cylinders, Stephenson`s valve gear, platework, steps, hand rails, lamp irons, lamps and associated fastenings being exact copies of the prototype. It is fitted with steam and hand brake gear, lever operated drain cocks, lubrication and the cab detail is an exact copy of the prototype with fully working scale phosphor bronze fittings, wooden planked roof with canvas covering, planked floor and fully detailed fire hole door. The twin steam injectors are similarly fully working with variable control and of prototype dimensions. Both the locomotive and tender have full rivet detail as per the prototype and are in authentic G.E.R livery and fully lined. The model is an exact replica of locomotive No 37 and was comprehensively tested on The Tilepits Railway at Maldon before painting and preparation for exhibition. The boiler was originally inspected and certified to Southern Federation standards by Mr R Wood of Romford Model Engineering Club prior to being painted. (Certificates unavailable). A set of construction photographs come with the model and copies of the awards won. Awards: This model was awarded a Gold Medal, The Crebbin Memorial Cup and The J.N. Maskelyne Memorial Trophy at the 57th Model Engineer Exhibition (1988). It was also awarded the prestigious Duke of Edinburgh Challenge Trophy at the 58th Model Engineer Exhibition (1989). The Late Mr Peter Dupen was responsible for saving 9500 Locomotive drawings from being destroyed at the BR Stratford Works and after extracting the information required to build this locomotive he donated all the drawings to the Great Eastern Railway Society who now hold them in the Dupen Collection. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
Lot 101
Coysh, A. W. & Henrywood, R. K. The Dictionary of Blue and White Printed Pottery, two volumes, Woodbridge The Antique Collectors Club, 1982/1989. Dust wrappers, quarto, plus Godden, Geoffrey. Caughley and Worcester Porcelain 1775-1800, limited edition 571/1500, Woodbridge The Antique Collectors Club, 1981. Dust wrapper, octavo, plus other volumes relating to ceramics. (quantity) Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports
Lot 26
CRICKET: An official signed team sheet by the Australian cricket team of 1948, including Don Bradman, Lindsay Hassett, Ron Hamence, Neil Harvey, Ian Johnson, Ray Lindwall, Colin McCool, Keith Miller, Doug Ring, Ron Saggers etc., seventeen signatures in total (also featuring a rubber stamped signature of Sidney Barnes), together with fourteen feint ruled 8vo pages removed from an album, each bearing multiple irregularly clipped signed pieces by various county cricketers, all neatly laid down, including Joe Hardstaff Jr., Reg Simpson, Errol Holmes, Laurie Fishlock, Stan Squires, Jim Laker, Alec Bedser, Eric Bedser, Andrew Sandham, R. E. S. Wyatt, John Langridge, James Langridge, George Cox, Wilf Wooller, Bill Edrich, Denis Compton, Trevor Bailey, Leslie Ames etc., New Zealand 1949 (sixteen signatures), some in pencil, FR to G, 15
Lot 48
TENNIS: Selection of signed clipped pieces, some cards, a few A.Ls.S. etc., by various tennis players, many of whom competed at Wimbledon and some who won various Doubles Finals, including Leslie Godfree, Charles Hare, Rex Hartwig, Harry Hopman, G. P. Hughes, Vincent Richards, Raymond Tuckey, Ermyntrude Harvey, Betty Nuthall, Peggie Scriven, Eileen Whittingstall, Gordon R. O. Crole-Rees, Agnes Tuckey, Deidre Catt, Anita Lizana, Elma Beckingham, John Bromwich, Gwyneth Sterry, Mary Hardwick, Edgar Baerlein, Gussy Moran, Bert Gadd etc. FR to generally G, 43.
Lot 365
SCOTT ROBERT FALCON: (1868-1912) British Royal Naval officer & Antarctic Explorer. A.L.S., R Scott, one page, oblong 4to, Buckingham Palace Road, London, 12th June 1910, to `Dear Sir & Brother`. Scott apologises for the delay in replying to his correspondent`s letter and continues `I shall be most happy to accept your kind invitation to become an honorary member of the `Liverpool Castle` Lodge.` In concluding he asks for his appreciation to be expressed to the officers and brethrens. One small area of paper loss in the upper left corner and a small tear to the lower left corner, neither of which affect the text or signature. About VG. Scott`s letter is dated just over a month before he set sail from Cardiff on 15th July 1910 in the Terra Nova as leader of the ill fated British Antarctic Expedition 1910-13.
Lot 368
COMMONWEALTH TRANS-ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION: A good selection of A.Ls.S., T.Ls.S., a few signed photographs of various sizes etc., by various members of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1955-58, including Vivian Fuchs (4), Edmund Hillary, Ellis Williams, R. H. A. Stewart (accompanied by a series of five original photographs from the expedition, each with separate holograph notes), David Pratt, Hal Lister, George Lowe, Kenneth Blaiklock, Richard Brooke, Peter Jeffries etc. Some of the letters, each to the same correspondent, have interesting content and are accompanied by the original envelopes. Generally VG, 31
Lot 450
TOLKIEN J. R. R.: (1892-1973) English Writer, author of the classic fantasy works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. T.L.S., J. R. R. Tolkien, one page, 8vo, Headington, Oxford, n.d., to Mrs. Wilding. Tolkien states that he was happy to read his correspondents letter concerning the habits of her local Postmaster and adds that he `would be most interested to learn of future developments`. Some very light staining and age wear, G
Lot 451
TOLKIEN J. R. R.: (1892-1973) English Writer, author of the classic fantasy works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. A.L.S., J R R Tolkien, two pages, 4to, n.p. (Oxford), 10th April 1969, to Mrs. Mroczkowski (wife of Professor Przemysalw Mroczkowski), on the blue printed stationery of George Allen & Unwin Ltd. Tolkien states that he now lives in retirement and has endeavoured to keep his address secret from the Press `and all other intruders who have made it impossible for me to do any more writing`, further adding that he is now feeling his age, largely because of an accident which crippled him. He adds that he remembers his correspondent`s husband, and also regrets that he cannot help her daughter with a thesis although he would have been happy to do so given more time, `She writes a very good intelligent and perceptive letter. Indeed I think she displays more understanding than the "high authorities" who altered her title.` In concluding Tolkien comments on the difficulties of writing letters to and from Poland, hoping that he has time to write a letter that will reach Mroczkowski before the 20th April and remarking `It is unfortunate that the next few days are already much occupied. My three sons, my lawyer, and my publisher, are all descending upon me to settle urgent affairs.` In a footnote to the first page Tolkien explains that his publishers office in London is now his official address, where he has a secretary who immediately forwards any letters marked Personal to him, and such letters generally get answered quicker as `they do not get lost among notes, manuscripts and other papers`. VG. Przemyslaw Mroczkowski-Polish Historian of English Literature and author of a History of English Literature.
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Lot 547
[CRIPPEN DR. H. H.]: (1862-1910) American-born Physician, famously murdered his wife in 1910. Bernard Spilsbury (1877-1947) English Pathologist, involved in the case of Dr. Crippen. Brief A.L.S., Bernard H. Spilsbury, one page, 8vo, Pall Mall, London, 21st February 1946, to a gentleman, on the printed stationery of the Junior Carlton Club. Spilsbury forwards his autograph for his correspondent`s collection. Accompanied by a fountain pen ink signature of Spilsbury on an 8vo sheet of printed stationery from the Junior Carlton Club, dated 21st February 1946 in his hand; Henry George Kendall (1874-1965) British Sea Captain of the Canadian Pacific Line`s SS Montrose, famous for his role in the capture of Dr. Crippen. Bold black fountain pen ink signature `Henry G Kendall, Commander R N R`) on a good slip of paper, with the additional words `Late R.M.S. Empress of Ireland & Dr. Crippen Fame` in his hand beneath his signature. VG, 3
Lot 550
HENRY VIII: (1491-1547) King of England 1509-47. Very fine D.S., Henry R, as King, at the head, one page, oblong 4to vellum (one membrane), Westminster, 14th December 1533. The manuscript document is addressed to Lord Windsor, Keeper of the Wardrobe, and is a warrant to provide livery for six of the King`s sackbut players, named as Mark Anthony, Peregrine Symon, Nicholas Shakbote, Lewes Vincle, Nicholas Andrewe and Anthony Symon, stating that each of the `shakbotes` is allowed `fowertene yards of chamlet for a gowne price evry yarde iii s iiii d It[em] to evry of them a furre of blak bogy [lamb`s skin] for every of their gownes price every furre four pownde It[em] to every of them eight yards of Damaske for a Jaquet price every yarde viii s....thre yards of velvet for a dublet.` With blind embossed paper impression of the Royal signet seal at the foot. Rare. One small hole in the left margin, not affecting the text or signature, in otherwise remarkably clean and crisp condition. VG. Henry VIII was a renaissance man and his court was a centre of artistic and scholarly innovation and glamorous excess. The King was an accomplished musician and competent performer on the lute and harpsichord who maintained a considerable musical establishment including as many as ten sackbuts, a similar instrument to the modern trombone.
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