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* Middlesex. Speed (John & Norden John). Midle-Sex Described with the most famous Cities of London and Westminster, Thoma

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Lot 144

* Middlesex. Speed (John & Norden John). Midle-Sex Described with the most famous Cities of London and Westminster, Thomas Bassett & Richard Chiswell [1676], hand-coloured engraved map, inset town plans of Westminster and London, inset views of Saint Peters and Saint Pauls, good margins, 385 x 515 mm, mounted, framed and double-glazed, English text on verso, together with Bowen (Emanuel). An Accurate Map of the County of Middlesex Drawn from Surveys..., printed for H. Parker, J & C Bowles, J. Ryall. R. Sayer, T. Kitchin & H. Overton [1762], engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, originally published in 'The Royal English Atlas', very slight staining, 420 x 505 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQTY: (2)

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Harris (John, Publisher). The Remarkable Adventures of an Old Woman and her Pig. An ancient tale in a modern dress, London: J

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Lot 358

Harris (John, Publisher). The Remarkable Adventures of an Old Woman and her Pig. An ancient tale in a modern dress, London: John Harris, [printed by S. and R. Bentley], circa 1827, 18 leaves, comprising title, 16 p. of text printed to one side of paper only with hand-coloured wood-engraved illustrations (one leaf bearing watermark dated 1827) and advert leaf at rear, occasional dust and finger-soiling, some spotting, browning to final leaf of text and advertisement leaf, sewing partly broken, early ownership of Maria Brewitt to upper pastedown written in pencil, original stiff printed wrappers with wood-engraved illustration to upper cover, spine edge worn through, some marks and wear, slim 8vo, together with:Harris (John, Publisher). The History of the House that Jack Built. A Diverting Story, London: John Harris, circa 1824, 18 leaves, comprising title, 16 p. of text printed to one side of paper only with hand-coloured wood-engraved illustrations (one leaf bearing watermark dated 1824) and advert leaf at rear, few leaves torn to extreme edge of gutter margin (with first two leaves strengthened to verso at gutter), four leaves with repaired closed tears, occasional dust and finger-soiling, some spotting, early ownership of Maria Brewitt to upper pastedown written in ink, original stiff printed wrappers with wood-engraved illustration to upper cover, spine edge worn through, some marks, dust-soiling and wear, slim 8vo,Harris (John, Publisher). [Grandmamma's Book of Rhymes, for the Nursery, 2nd edition, 1835], 46 p., lacking A1 (title), wood-engraved vignette illustrations throughout, some dust-soiling, spotting and few marks, upper pastedown with early ownership of Elizabeth Brewitt of Wickford to upper pastedown written in ink and juvenile drawings in pencil, original stiff printed wrappers, old cross stitch reinforcement repair to spine edge, dust-soiled and some wear, slim 8voQTY: (3)NOTE:1. Moon 708 (1). Harris' Cabinet of Amusement and Instruction. no. 54. The wrapper bears the title: “The Old Woman and her Pig.”.2. Moon 362 (3). Harris' Cabinet of Amusement and Instruction. no. 4. This issue has no printer name shown and the advert leaf lists 52 items.3. Moon 328 (2).

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* Gillray (James). Col. Gardiner's Last Interview with his Wife and Daughter, published R. Wilkinson, Feby. 1st 1786, uncolou

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Lot 223

* Gillray (James). Col. Gardiner's Last Interview with his Wife and Daughter, published R. Wilkinson, Feby. 1st 1786, uncoloured oval stipple engraving on laid, some spotting and dust soiling to the margins, trimmed to the plate mark, overall size 430 x 510 mm, together with The Triumph of Benevolence, published R. Wilkinson, April 21st 1788, uncoloured stipple engraving, several repaired marginal closed tears, thread margins, laid on later thin card, overall size 500 x 615 mm, with Le Triomphe de la Liberté en l'élargissement de la Bastille, dédié à la Nation Francoise, published R. Wilkinson July 12th 1799, uncoloured stipple engraving after James Northcote, some marginal fraying and staining, trimmed to the image and laid on later thick board, 495 x 600 mmQTY: (3)

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Tolkien (J. R. R.). The Fellowship of The Ring, 10th impression, London: George Allen & Unwin, 1961, The Two Towers, 8th

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Lot 456

Tolkien (J. R. R.). The Fellowship of The Ring, 10th impression, London: George Allen & Unwin, 1961, The Two Towers, 8th impression, 1961, The Return of The King, 7th impression, 1961, all volumes with folding maps to the rear, previous owner inscriptions to the front endpapers, pencil annotations to the rear endpaper of volume 1, all in original uniform red cloth, spines faded & slightly rubbed with some minor loss to head & foot, boards lightly marked & rubbed, 8vo, together with:Joyce (James), Ulysses, Walter Reade, Jr./Joseph Strick edition, 1966, presentation edition hand-bound to commemorate the motion picture production of "Ulysses", top edge gilt, original gilt decorated blue full morocco bound by Maurin, boards slightly marked, 8vo, limited edition 31/100, plusle Carré (John), The Mission Song, 1st edition, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2006, signed by the author to the title page, original cloth in dust jacket, covers very lightly rubbed, 8vo, and other late 19th Century & modern fiction, some signed by the authors including Ian McEwan, P. D. James, Philip Pullman, Anatoly Nayman, all original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8voQTY: (3 shelves)

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[Clarke, R. M.]. The Angler's Desideratum, containing the best and fullest directions for dressing the artificial fly. With s

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Lot 56

[Clarke, R. M.]. The Angler's Desideratum, containing the best and fullest directions for dressing the artificial fly. With some new and valuable inventions, 1st edition, 2nd issue, Edinburgh: printed by M. Anderson, 1839, 2nd issue with imprint to title, illustrations in text, occasional slight marginal toning, previous owner signature (ink offsetting to opposite front endpaper), original patterned limp cloth, a little light partial fading, 12mo, contained in later cloth solander boxQTY: (1)NOTE:Westwood & Satchell p. 8. 'The following treatise on fly-fishing and the art of dressing the fly, being the result of nearly fifty years' study and experience...' (dedication leaf).

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Poetry. Howard (Nathaniel). Bickleigh Vale, with other poems, York: Printed by T. Wilson and R. Spence, 1804, engraved fronti

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Lot 342

Poetry. Howard (Nathaniel). Bickleigh Vale, with other poems, York: Printed by T. Wilson and R. Spence, 1804, engraved frontispiece, contemporary ownership inscription to title page, 1 engraved plate, some offsetting and spotting, armorial bookplate to front pastedown, hinges and joints cracked, contemporary tree calf, rubbed with loss, 8voWhite (Henry Kirke). Clifton Grove, A sketch in verse, with Other Poems..., London: Printed by N. Biggs, 1803, light spotting, bookplate, shelf label and bookseller's ticket to front pastedown, typed catalogue description strip pasted to foot of front free endpaper, hinges cracked, later quarter calf, gilt title label to spine, rubbed, corners bumped, 8voWesdley (Samuel). Poems on Several Occasions..., 2nd edition, Cambridge: Printed by J. Bentham, 1743, offsetting to margin of first and last few leaves, bookplate of the Wesley Historical Society to front pastedown, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, contemporary calf, rubbed with areas of loss, spine chipped, 8voAkenside (Mark). The pleasures of imagination: a poem..., London: printed for Joseph Wenman, 1786, engraved frontispiece, light spotting to title, near contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine, upper cover decorated with crimson and green morocco panels with gilt lettering 'Oh: In the Abscence of the Y. H T. Rends / Whom Shall I Find Unbyass, D in Dispute Eager to Learn Unwilling To Confute / The Grateful Joys That Flow F. M. B.t Of Friend / To Whom The Labours Of My Soul Disclose Reveal My Pleasures Or Discharge My Woes' and 'Mr Richd. Corner, Hull 1789', morocco label to spine, spine chipped at head and foot, corners bumped, ink stains to areas affecting lower portion of spine and lower cover, 24mo, together with 40 other 17th-century leather-bound volumes, some wear, all 8vo or smaller QTY: (1 carton)

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New Zealand. Spreat (W. W. J.). Map of the Province of Otago, Geographical Positions & Coast Lines principally by Captain

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Lot 148

New Zealand. Spreat (W. W. J.). Map of the Province of Otago, Geographical Positions & Coast Lines principally by Captain J. L. Stokes R. N. Interior by J. T. Thomson, Chief Surveyor & Assistants Alex Garvie & J. McKerrow with Additions by J. Drummond, J. J. Coates & W. C. Wright, Mining Surveyors, Gold Fields Departments, including also the Explorations of Dr Hector, W. C. Rees, P. Q. Caples & W. Arthur, Compiled by Adam Rolland, Reduced & Drawn on Stone by W. W. J. Speat at the Survey Office, Dunedin, Otago, N. Z. J. T. Thomson Chief Surveyor, January 1866, uncoloured lithographic map laid on linen, old folds, some dust soiling, slight creasing, 610 x 800 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:An uncommmon map of the south tip of the South Island of New Zealand. Relief is shown by hachures and spot heights and includes cadastral information, gold fields, roads, distance tables, native reserves, heavy bush and accommodation houses.

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Ackermann (Rudolph, publisher). Poetical Magazine; Dedicated to the Lovers of the Muse, by the Agent of the Goddess, R. Acker

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Lot 354

Ackermann (Rudolph, publisher). Poetical Magazine; Dedicated to the Lovers of the Muse, by the Agent of the Goddess, R. Ackermann, 4 volumes, London, 1809-11, engraved title to each volume, 47 hand-coloured aquatint plates (many by Thomas Rowlandson) and one uncoloured aquatint plate, toning and scattered spotting, endpapers renewed, contemporary half calf, modern cloth rebacked spines, board edges rubbed, 8vo, together with:Lavater (John Casper). The Whole Works of Lavater on Physiognomy..., translated from the last Paris edition, 4 volumes, London: W. Butters, [1800], engraved titles, 300 engraved plates (including frontispieces), toning and occasional spotting, modern light brown cloth-backed marbled boards, black skiver title label to each spine, 8vo,Meadows (Kenny, illustrator). Heads of the People or, Portraits of the English, Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1841, engraved portrait frontispiece and additional engraved title, 39 engraved portrait plates, some toning and offsetting, contemporary brown half morocco, extremities lightly rubbed, 8voQTY: (4)NOTE:Abbey, Life, 214; Tooley 421. First published in 1809 in serial form in Rudolph Ackermann's Poetical Magazine under the title "The Schoolmaster's Tour", the text was published in book form in 1812 due to its popular success and went through many reprints.

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* Shepard (Ernest Howard, 1879-1976). Jack will have you some day, pen and ink on artist's board, signed lower right, title a

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Lot 205

* Shepard (Ernest Howard, 1879-1976). Jack will have you some day, pen and ink on artist's board, signed lower right, title and notes in pencil to margin, mount staining, title of book and illustration to verso along with Shepard's old address crossed out and replaced with 'Woodmancote Lodsworth Sussex', sheet size 30.5 x 26.5, mounted, framed and glazed (34.5 x 31 cm) QTY: (1)NOTE:This original illustration was produced for Bevis by R. Jefferies, 1932, and appears on page 227.

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Schomberg (R. C. F.). Unknown Karakoram, 1st edition, London: Martin Hopkins, 1936, monochrome illustrations, pen mark to the

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Lot 458

Schomberg (R. C. F.). Unknown Karakoram, 1st edition, London: Martin Hopkins, 1936, monochrome illustrations, pen mark to the front pastedown, some minor toning & spotting, original blue cloth, boards lightly rubbed & marked, 8vo, together with:Berlepsch (H.), The Alps or sketches of life and nature in the mountains, 1st edition, London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861, etched illustrations, period inscriptions to the front endpaper, some toning & light spotting, gutters cracked, contemporary gilt decorated full blue full calf bound by Bickers & Son, boards & spine rubbed with some small loss, 8vo, plusTilman (H. W.), China to Chitral, 1st edition, Cambridge: University Press, 1951,69 monochrome illustrations plus 4 maps, period inscription to the front pastedown, some light spotting & toning, original cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly toned & marked with some loss to the head & foot of the spine, 8vo, and other mostly 20th Century Himalayan & Alpine mountaineering reference, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8voQTY: (6 shelves)

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* Ackermann (R. publisher). A collection of 32 aquatints, early 19th-century, 32 aquatints by J. Bluck, J. C. Stadler, J. Hil

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Lot 166

* Ackermann (R. publisher). A collection of 32 aquatints, early 19th-century, 32 aquatints by J. Bluck, J. C. Stadler, J. Hill and T. Sutherland, all with contemporary hand colouring, originally published in Ackermans 'Microsom of London', 'Westminster Abbey', 'History of Cambridge' & 'Public Schools', occasional fraying, staining and creasing, but largely confined to the margins, two laid on later card, together with Daniell (William). Three aquatints originally published in 'A Voyage Round Great Britain': Pier at Littlehampton, Mount Stuart Isle of Bute [and] View of Carnarvon Castle from Anglesea, 1814 - 23, aquatints with contemporary hand-colouring, slight dust soiling, each approximately 230 x 300 mm, with another 19 engravings and lithographs, including topographical views, 'Vanity Fair', caricature (Dr. Syntax) and portraits, various sizes and conditionQTY: (54)

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* Hong Kong. Heath (Lieut L. G.). Hong Kong &c. As seen from the Anchorage drawn by Lieut. L. G. Heath of H. M. S. Iris,

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Lot 183

* Hong Kong. Heath (Lieut L. G.). Hong Kong &c. As seen from the Anchorage drawn by Lieut. L. G. Heath of H. M. S. Iris, Three panoramas, published by the Hydrographic Office, sold by R. B. Bate for the Admiralty Charts May 4th 1847 [but 20th-century impressions], three uncoloured panoramas, numbered 1696 a, b & c, each with identifying inscriptions above and below the image, each approximately 175 x 725 mm, uniformly mounted, framed and glazed QTY: (3)NOTE:Placing an accurate date on the publication of these engravings is difficult because the Hydrographic Office retained the copper plates and it was possible to request a 'pull' from the plates as late as 1990. The presence of the Admiralty seal containing Francis Beaufort's initials and R. B. Bate as the chart agent is not indicative of a 19th-century impression.

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Lodge (Edmund). Illustrations of British History, Biography, and Manners, in the Reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary, Eliza

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Lot 344

Lodge (Edmund). Illustrations of British History, Biography, and Manners, in the Reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary, Elizabeth, and James I, exhibited in a series of Original Papers, selected from the Manuscripts of the Noble Families of Howard, Talbot, and Cecil..., 3 volumes, London; G. Nicol, 1791, half-titles, 15 engraved plates including frontispieces, occasional spotting, armorial bookplate of Lord Kinnaird to upper pastedowns, contemporary half calf, gilt decorated spines, joints lightly cracked, 4to, together with:Montaigne (Michel de). The Essays of Michael seigneur de Montaigne..., made English by Charles Cotton, 3 volumes, London: Daniel Brown, J. Nicholson, R. Wellington [et al.], 1711, engraved portrait frontispiece to each, toning and some scattered spotting, endpapers renewed, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked with gilt decorated spines, with contrasting morocco labels, 8vo,Molière. Les oeuvres de Monsieur de Molière, 8 volumes, new edition, Paris: Compagnie des Libraires, 1730, titles in red and black, several engraved plates, scattered spotting, front blank to first volume bearing the early signature of Sarah Whatman, armorial bookplate of James Whatman to upper pastedowns, contemporary calf, gilt declared spines, title labels worn, joints cracked, 8vo,Raynal abbé (Guillaume-Thomas-François). Histoire philosophique et politique des établissemens et du commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes, volumes 1-6, 8-10, Geneva: J. L. Pellet, 1781, engraved frontispieces, folding tables, contemporary half sheep, light wear, 8vo,Palmer (Charles). A Collection of select Aphorisms and Maxims; with several Historical Observations: Extracted from the most Eminent Authors, London: printed by E. Cave, 1748, engraved frontispiece, title reattached, modern calf-backed marbled boards, 4to, plus other 18th-century antiquarian QTY: (31)

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* Turner (Charles). John Earl of St. Vincent, Admiral of the Red and Gen'l of Marine published 11th November 1816, uncoloured

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Lot 297

* Turner (Charles). John Earl of St. Vincent, Admiral of the Red and Gen'l of Marine published 11th November 1816, uncoloured mezzotint after Sir William Beechey R. A., each approximately 615 x 415 mm, together with Barnard (William, engraver). Lord Horatio Nelson, Viscount and Baron Nelson of the Nile, published 26th June 1806, uncoloured mezzotint after Lemuel Francis Abbott, 650 x 410 mm, with Jones (John, engraver). Rear Admiral Sir Charles Douglas, published 1st November 1791, uncoloured mezzotint after Henry Singleton, 615 x 380 mm plus Green (Valentine, engraver). The Right Hon. Lord Hood, Admiral of the Blue, published 1st December 1795, uncoloured mezzotint after Lemuel Francis Abbott, 655 x 415 mm together with 9 other similar mezzotint portraits of admirals, including Sir Edward Hughes, Earl Howe, Sir Edward Vernon, Sir Andrew Mitchell, Sir Peter Parker, Lord Rodney, plus officers Sir Nathaniel Dance (East India Company), The Hon. George Cranfield Berkeley (Captain) and The Right Hon. Lord Robert Manners (Captain), uniformly mounted, framed and glazed in black reeded frames with gilt starburst design to the closed corners, Sir Edward Hughes lacking glass, O' Shea Gallery labels to the verso, overall size 915 x 750 mmQTY: (13)NOTE:Provenance: Beeleigh Abbey.

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Fielding (Sarah). Xenophon's Memoirs of Socrates. With the Defence of Socrates before His Judges, translated from the origina

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Lot 482

Fielding (Sarah). Xenophon's Memoirs of Socrates. With the Defence of Socrates before His Judges, translated from the original Greek, 1st edition, Bath: printed by C. pope, 1762, 19th century inscriptions to the head of the front endpapers, bookplate to the front pastedown, gutters cracked, some toning to the title page, some light spotting, contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards & spine rubbed with some small loss, 8vo, together with:Canning (Elizabeth), Genuine and Impartial Memoirs of Elizabeth Canning,..., 1st edition, London: printed for G. Woodfall, 1754, modern endpapers with bookplates to the front endpapers, some minor spotting & toning, 19th century quarter morocco, spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, plusNewton (R.), Terrae-Filuis: Or, the Secret History of the University of Oxford in Several Essays, 1st edition, London: printed for R. Francklin, 1726, engraved frontispiece, contemporary inscription to the front pastedown, small amount of worming to the foot of the front pastedown through to the title page, some minor marginal toning, later gilt decorated full calf, spine rubbed with some minor loss, 8vo, and other 18th century literature & reference, mostly contemporary leather bindings, overall condition is generally good to very good, 8vo [approximately 70 volumes]QTY: (3 shelves)

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Cole (Ralph). The Young Angler's Pocket Companion; or a new and complete treatise on the art of angling, as may be practised

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Lot 57

Cole (Ralph). The Young Angler's Pocket Companion; or a new and complete treatise on the art of angling, as may be practised with success in every river in England; during both the winter and summer seasons... Together with the best method of smelt-fishing..., 1st edition, London: printed for R. Bassam and others, 1795, engraved frontispiece of anglers (small tear and loss at gutter), 2 engraved plates of fish and hooks, title close-trimmed at foot just shaving date, some light offsetting and spotting, front endpaper sometime renewed with near-contemporary advertisement of John Higginbotham, Fishing-Rod Maker advertisement trimmed and pasted to front pastedown (small marginal chip at foot), contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, a little rubbed with some edge wear, 12mo QTY: (1)NOTE:Westwood & Satchell p. 62.

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* British Isles. Blaeu (Johannes), Britannia prout divisa fuit temporibus Anglo-Saxonum, praesertim durante illorum Heptarchi

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Lot 121

* British Isles. Blaeu (Johannes), Britannia prout divisa fuit temporibus Anglo-Saxonum, praesertim durante illorum Heptarchia [1645 - 72], engraved map with contemporary outline colouring heightened with gold, vertical margins decorated with fourteen scenes of Saxon figures and events, some overall toning, 415 x 525 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQTY: (1)NOTE:R. W. Shirley. Early Printed Maps of the British Isles 1477 - 1650, number 549.

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* Lord Nelson. Bromley (William), The Right Honourable Lord Viscount Nelson, published by R. Bowyer, October 21st 1809, uncol

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Lot 269

* Lord Nelson. Bromley (William), The Right Honourable Lord Viscount Nelson, published by R. Bowyer, October 21st 1809, uncoloured full-length engraving after R. Bowyer, 650 x 410 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQTY: (1)

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Maxwell (Edward, editor). Chronicles of the Houghton Fishing Club 1822-1908, limited issue, London: Edward Arnold, 1908, port

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Lot 79

Maxwell (Edward, editor). Chronicles of the Houghton Fishing Club 1822-1908, limited issue, London: Edward Arnold, 1908, portrait frontispiece, illustrations, endpapers a little toned, top edge gilt, original cloth, slight fading to spine, 4to, limited edition 7/350, together with Page (R. P., editor). Further Chronicles of the Houghton Fishing Club 1908-1931, 1st edition, London: McCorquodale & Co., 1932, half-tone frontispiece,.colour and monochrome illustrations, light spotting to endpapers, original cloth, edges slightly rubbed, 4to, presentation copy, inscribed to half-title 'To G. Goddard, with many thanks for much valuable help, Robert P. Page' QTY: (2)

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Jefferys (Thomas). Jefferys's Itinerary; or Travellers Companion, through England, Wales, and Part of Scotland, containing al

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Lot 31

Jefferys (Thomas). Jefferys's Itinerary; or Travellers Companion, through England, Wales, and Part of Scotland, containing all the Direct and Principal Cross Roads..., printed by R. Sayer & J. Bennett, 1775, title page toned with near contemporary ink ownership inscription, preface and index, a general map of the post roads of England and Wales, 104 (complete) uncoloured engraved strip road maps, printed back-to-back, final leaf toned, later marbled endpapers, modern half calf over marbled boards, oblong 4to, 180 x 235 mm QTY: (1)

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British Isles. Speed (John), The Invasions of England and Ireland with al their Civill Wars since the Conquest, Thomas Basset

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Lot 122

British Isles. Speed (John), The Invasions of England and Ireland with al their Civill Wars since the Conquest, Thomas Bassett & Richard Chiswell [1676], hand-coloured engraved map, large compass rose and numerous rhumb lines, lower margin partially strengthened on verso, 385 x 520 mm, English text on versoQTY: (1)NOTE:R. W. Shirley. Early Printed Maps of the British Isles, 1477 - 1650, number 397

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Playfair (R. L.). Travels in the Footsteps of Bruce in Algeria and Tunis, 1st edition, London: C. Kegan Paul & Co, 1877,

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Lot 16

Playfair (R. L.). Travels in the Footsteps of Bruce in Algeria and Tunis, 1st edition, London: C. Kegan Paul & Co, 1877, half-title, frontispiece, folding colour map, 28 black and white plates, small library stamp of Edinkillie library to half-title, all edges gilt, original green pictorial cloth gilt, lightly rubbed and marked, 4to, together with:Stanley (Henry Morton). In Darkest Africa, or the quest, rescue and retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Sampson Low, 1890, portrait frontispiece to each, 4 maps (3 folding), 36 plates, further illustrations to text, publisher's advertisement leaf at rear of volume 1, scattered spotting, front hinge of volume 1 somewhat tender, a few closed tears to maps, original pictorial red cloth gilt, lightly rubbed and marked, 8vo, with reprints of T. E. Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom and Charles Doughty's Travels in Arabia Deserta, both in dust jackets QTY: (6)

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John R. Elting, Napoleonic Uniforms, two vols. Greenhill Books, London.Condition:- Good, no sign of any damage or rerpair.

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Lot 371

John R. Elting, Napoleonic Uniforms, two vols. Greenhill Books, London.Condition:- Good, no sign of any damage or rerpair.

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A WWI Christmas tin and a WWI group of three awarded to 26567 PTE P YEOMANS E YORK R

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Lot 347

A WWI Christmas tin and a WWI group of three awarded to 26567 PTE P YEOMANS E YORK R

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A group of five assorted 00 gauge Hornby railways locomotives to include a R.058, R.376, R.313, R.103 & R.324, all in ori

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Lot 262

A group of five assorted 00 gauge Hornby railways locomotives to include a R.058, R.376, R.313, R.103 & R.324, all in original boxes.

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A group of five assorted 00 gauge Hornby railways locomotives to include a R 2380A,, R.324, R.817, R2086 & R.078, all in

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Lot 263

A group of five assorted 00 gauge Hornby railways locomotives to include a R 2380A,, R.324, R.817, R2086 & R.078, all in original boxes.

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A group of four assorted 00 gauge Hornby railways locomotives to include a R.374, R.861, R3305 & R.859, all in original b

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Lot 265

A group of four assorted 00 gauge Hornby railways locomotives to include a R.374, R.861, R3305 & R.859, all in original boxes.

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A group of five assorted 00 gauge Hornby railways locomotives to include a R.2055, R 2251, R 2175, R 2320 & R 2464, all i

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Lot 264

A group of five assorted 00 gauge Hornby railways locomotives to include a R.2055, R 2251, R 2175, R 2320 & R 2464, all in original boxes

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Horatio R Hollingdale (1854/1934). A broad river landscape, with figures on the rear bank, dwellings and mountains beyond. Oi

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Lot 85

Horatio R Hollingdale (1854/1934). A broad river landscape, with figures on the rear bank, dwellings and mountains beyond. Oil on canvas, signed and dated 1878 lower left. 60 x 90cm

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R Luna ( 20th century A mother and child paddling by the sea. Oil on canvas, signed lower left. 46 x 54cm

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Lot 83

R Luna ( 20th century A mother and child paddling by the sea. Oil on canvas, signed lower left. 46 x 54cm

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Ten Fishing Books - The Bankside Book of Stillwater Trout Flies 1978 Peter Lapsley, Still Water Fly-Fishing 1973 T.C Ivens, T

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Lot 1114

Ten Fishing Books - The Bankside Book of Stillwater Trout Flies 1978 Peter Lapsley, Still Water Fly-Fishing 1973 T.C Ivens, Trout & Salmon 220 Favourite Flies 1998, Trout Fishing 1970 Kenneth Mansfield, Practical Dry-Fly Fishing 1912 Emlyn M Gill, Boat Fishing 1978 Trevor Housby, Angler's Guide to Ireland 5th Edition 1957 Tourist Board, The Super Flies of Still Water 1977 John Goddard, Angling Guide to Wales 1976 Clive Gammon, Fly Fishing 1991 J R Hartley - mixed condition

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J R Moreton & Co Birmingham split cane salmon fly rod - 15ft 3pc with spare tip, brass sliding reel fittings and collars,

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Lot 1188

J R Moreton & Co Birmingham split cane salmon fly rod - 15ft 3pc with spare tip, brass sliding reel fittings and collars, red agate butt/tip rings, twist lock joints, cloth bag, looks refurbished. J A Walker Aln Rod Works, Alnwick split cane salmon rod - 12ft 3pc with spare tip, 24" handle, alloy reel fittings and brass collars, agate butt/tip rings, twist lock joints, cloth bag, looks refurbished. (2)

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Fishing Book Selection to incl: Of Lake Fishing Jock Scott 1939 in D/j, Flying Salmon G P R Balfour Kinnear 2nd edition 1947,

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Lot 1440

Fishing Book Selection to incl: Of Lake Fishing Jock Scott 1939 in D/j, Flying Salmon G P R Balfour Kinnear 2nd edition 1947, A Salmon Fisherman's Notebook J Hughes-Parry 1955 2nd, Sea Trout and Occasional Salmon Jeffery Bluett 1948 in D/j, Chalk Stream and Moorland Harold Russell 1911, Fishing Fortunes and Misfortunes G D Luard 1942, Loved River H R Jukes 1935, plus Modern Books of Flyfishing Around the World Tony Pawson 1987, Classic Salmon Flies James Waltham 1983, t/w 1887 Badminton Library Fishing Salmon & Trout, with a copy of Lonsdale Library Trout Fishing from All Angles and 1834 Medwin Thomas - The Angler in Wales or Days and Nights of Sportsmen in 2 volumes, published by Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street 1834 full leather binding (13)

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9x Assorted Fishing Books - Fly Fishing for Duffers R D Peek 6th Impression, 1950, Flyfisher's Guide to Aquatic Flies and Imi

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Lot 1442

9x Assorted Fishing Books - Fly Fishing for Duffers R D Peek 6th Impression, 1950, Flyfisher's Guide to Aquatic Flies and Imitations W G Bainbridge 1936, A Reference Book of English Trout Flies W H Lawrie 1967, A Further Guide to Fly Dressing John Veniard 1965, reprint, Trout Flies C F Walker 1965, Fifty Years Angling 1938 ex library, By Lake & River F Francis 1874 ex library, Fish Fowl and Foreign Lands J D Greenway, Dry Fly-Fishing R C Brigette undated, Going Fishing Negley Farson 1942

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Collection of Period Fishing books, to include examples of: The Practical Angler W C Stewart 1944, Angling Ways E Marshall Ha

Mullock Jones

Lot 200

Collection of Period Fishing books, to include examples of: The Practical Angler W C Stewart 1944, Angling Ways E Marshall Hardy 1934 - worn copy, The Observers Book of Fresh Water Fishes, The Book Of The Dry Fly George A B Dewar 1910, The Findhorn Thomas Henderson 1932, Come Fish With Me J Gettings Johnston 1st, Where To Fish 1953-1954, Fishing A Comprehensive Guide To Freshwater Angling Ernest A Aris 2nd, Rod and Stream Arthur Sharp 1928, The Third Angling Times Book Fishing George Clifford 1948, Salar The Salmon 1st, The Complete Angler Izaak Walton George Routledge & Sons Edition, Going Fishing 1925, Pelham Manual For Sea Anglers 1969, Sea Trout Fishing R C Bridgett 1929, Fisherman Naturalist Anthony Buxton 1946 - all H/b missing D/j (17)

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Collection of Period Fishing books, to include examples Of Introduction To Angling Eric Tavener, Modern Salmon Fishing Anthon

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Lot 201

Collection of Period Fishing books, to include examples Of Introduction To Angling Eric Tavener, Modern Salmon Fishing Anthony Bridges 1947, Bank Fishing For Reservoir Trout Jim Calver 1972 (end page has been removed), Trout In Troubled Waters F E Tudor 1955, Billy Lane's Encyclopaedia of Float Fishing 1971, Tackle Making For Anglers L Vernon Bates 1953, Fly Fishing For Duffers R D Pecck 1934, Thrifty Salmon Fishing N K Robertson 1st, Come Fish With Me J Gettings Johnson 1st, The Sport of Fishing John Maceachran undated, The Pike Fisherman's Handbook John Marlow 1966, Fly Fishing Tactics on Still Water Geoffrey Bucknall 1966, Floating The Line To A Salmon Major R C Simpson The Life Story of The Fish Brian Curtis 1951, all H/b with D/j in F-G (box of 14)

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Period Fishing Books Collection, to include Within The Streams John Hillaby 1949, River To River Stephen Gwynn 1937, Fly Fish

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Lot 292

Period Fishing Books Collection, to include Within The Streams John Hillaby 1949, River To River Stephen Gwynn 1937, Fly Fishing Liut Colonel W H Rollo, 1947, Notable Angling Literature James Robb 1st, Fishing Facts and Fancies H G Mitchelmore undated, A Holiday Fisherman Maurice Headlam 1949, Fisherman's Progress H H Basford 1946, Fishing Ways and Wiles Major H E Morritt 1950, Trout From The Hills Ian Niall Ex Lib 1961, A Fish Will Rise D Macer Wright 1972, Still Water Fly Fishing T C Ivens 1963, Where The Spring Salmon Run P R Chalmers Tam Tains Trout Book 1947 x2, Calling All Fly Fishers Alan D'Egville 1946, Salmon and Trout R N Stewart 1963, Torridge Fishery Lemon Grey 1937, Modern Techniques Of Still Water Fly Fishing Geoffrey Bucknall 1980, Reservoir and Lake Flies John Veniard 1979, all H/b only 3 have D/j

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Period Fishing Books Collection, to include Fly Tying Illustrate Freddie Rice 1983 Ex Lib, The Complete Guide To Fishing 1995

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Lot 293

Period Fishing Books Collection, to include Fly Tying Illustrate Freddie Rice 1983 Ex Lib, The Complete Guide To Fishing 1995, Fly Dressing W E Davies P/B Reservoir Trout Fishing Bob Church Ex Lib 1977, A Creed Of Willow W H Canaway 1957, Trout Fishing From All Angles Lonsdale Library 1929, Fishing Horace G Hutchinson 2nd Volume Country Library Of Sport, The Treasury Of Angling Larry Koller 1967. The New Fisherman's Encyclopaedia Freshwater Fishing Trevor Housby 1988, Grayling R V Righyni 1968, and more (Box of)

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Ten Fishing Books - A Fisherman's Angles 1931 Patrick R Chalmers, Under the Bridge 1991 Robin Armstrong, Split-Cane and Sable

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Lot 416

Ten Fishing Books - A Fisherman's Angles 1931 Patrick R Chalmers, Under the Bridge 1991 Robin Armstrong, Split-Cane and Sable 1988 Robin Armstrong signed, The Happy Fisherman 1936 Stephen Gwynn, Chalk Streams & Lazy Trout 1991 Robin Armstrong signed, The Painted Stream 1985 Robin Armstrong signed, River to River A Fisherman's Pilgrimage 1937 Stephen Gwynn, Dartmoor Rivers 2002 Robin Armstrong signed, Open Season An Artist's Sporting Year 1986 Rodger McPhail, Fishing Season An Artist's Fishing Year 1990 Rodger McPhail - mixed condition

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J W Young & Son Ltd Redditch "The Purist II" 2041 CL centre pin/trotting alloy reel, stamped S/R 0019 to frame, 4 1/2" ve

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Lot 614

J W Young & Son Ltd Redditch "The Purist II" 2041 CL centre pin/trotting alloy reel, stamped S/R 0019 to frame, 4 1/2" ventilated 6 spoke spool with spoke mounted tensioner and spool release, twin black handles, on/off check, ported reel seat. With hardwood box, certificate of Authenticity and instructions. Looks unused

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Cased Fish - Large, preserved pike by taxidermist R P Merchant, 28 Cricket Lawns, Oakham, Leics - 41" long fish mounted again

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Lot 657b

Cased Fish - Large, preserved pike by taxidermist R P Merchant, 28 Cricket Lawns, Oakham, Leics - 41" long fish mounted against a sparsely reeded painted backboard, over a rock & pebble base, case measures 48"x15"x7".

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Ten Fishing Books - Torridge Fishery 1957 L R N Gray, The Fish of Exmoor 1970 H.B Maund, The Hampshire Avon 1950 Brian Vesey-

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Lot 672

Ten Fishing Books - Torridge Fishery 1957 L R N Gray, The Fish of Exmoor 1970 H.B Maund, The Hampshire Avon 1950 Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald, Devon Estuaries 1985 Graham Wills, Encyclopaedia of Lures 1993 Chris & Sue Harris, Spinning and Plug Fishing 1987 Barrie Rickards & Ken Whitehead, The Rivers and Streams of England 1993 A G Bradley, The Haig Guide to trout Fishing in Britain 1983 David Barr, Exmoor Rivers The Barle and the Exe 1996 Richard Blackmore, The Ebble River The Ebble, Chele or Chalke 1997 Barbara Fergusson signed - mixed condition

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Pike Fishing Books, all paperback books to include Catch More Pike David Allen 1974, Pike and Other Coarse Fish 2013. The Fen

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Lot 961

Pike Fishing Books, all paperback books to include Catch More Pike David Allen 1974, Pike and Other Coarse Fish 2013. The Fenland Thirties Denis Moules Tales from A Pike Angler's Diary Malcolm Bannister 1993, Pike Fishing Step by Step Barrie Rickards 1976, How to Catch Pike A R Mathews, Tactics for Big Pike Bill Chllingworth, 1985 The Fenland Thirties 2nd Edition, Esox Lucius The Pike Brian Francis Goodwin 2020, Let's Start Pike Fishing Richard Willett 1990, Pike Fishing Tony Miles 1991, Modern Pike Rigs David Lumb 1994, How To Catch Pike David Phillips 2017

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Fishing Books and Fishing DVD, Life in Lakes and Rivers TT Morgan and E B Worthington 1962, Lake And Loch Fishing Col Joscel

Mullock Jones

Lot 962

Fishing Books and Fishing DVD, Life in Lakes and Rivers TT Morgan and E B Worthington 1962, Lake And Loch Fishing Col Joscelyn Lane, undated, Northern Angler's Handbook Edward Hinchliffe 1980 P/B, Lure of The Lake A C Berry, Fly Fishing H D Turing 1951, Fishing Ways and Wiles Major H E Morritt 2nd Edition, The Technique Of Fresh Water Fishing W E Davies Reservoir Trout Fishing Alan Pearson - signed copy, Loch Fishing R C Bridgett, A Fly Fisher's Life John Piper 1977, Fisherman Anthony Pearson 1970, Grayling Angler John Roberts 1982, plus a DVD selection of 10th European Fly Fishing Championship Fish Sim Version 2 River Fly Fishing A Half Dozen Deadly River Dry Flies, Hywel Morgans Reservoir Bank Fly Fishing and more

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Fishing Book Collection, to include Flyfishing Tactics On Small Streams Lou Stevens 1988, Fishing Dry Flies For Trout On Rive

Mullock Jones

Lot 963

Fishing Book Collection, to include Flyfishing Tactics On Small Streams Lou Stevens 1988, Fishing Dry Flies For Trout On Rivers and Streams Art Lee 1998, Competitive Fly Fishing Tony Pawson 1982, With A Fishing Rod In Ireland C Conor O'Malley Ex Lib 1975, Salmon and Sea Trout Fishing Alan Wrangles 1979, Trout Streams Carter Platts 1978, Angling Letters of GEM Skues 1975, The Confident Fly Fisher Cunliffe R Pearce 1978, Advanced Salmon Fishing R V Righyni 1980, Flyfishing Around The World Tony Pawson - signed with dedication 1987, Two Game Fishermen Tony and John Pawson, signed with dedication 1993, (11)

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Ten Fishing Books - The Fly 2001 Andrew Herd limited edition, (323/599), Fisherman's Manual Fish & How to Catch Them 1950

Mullock Jones

Lot 972

Ten Fishing Books - The Fly 2001 Andrew Herd limited edition, (323/599), Fisherman's Manual Fish & How to Catch Them 1950 J P Moreton & W.A Hunter, The Book of the All-Round Angler 1904 John Bickerdyke, A Boy Goes Trouting 1959 GPR Balfour-Kinnear, Salmon ans Trout Their Habits and Haunts 1963 R N Stewart, The Principles and Practice of Fly and Bait Casting 1924 Reginald D Hughes, Fishing From the Earliest Times 1974 William Radcliffe, The Angler's Cast 1960 Captain T L Edwards and E Horsfall Turner, Flycasting Handbook 1991 Peter Mackenzie-Philps, Troubleshooting The Cast 1999 Ed Jaworowski - mixed condition

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Ten Fishing Books - Keeper of the Stream 1952 Frank Sawyer, Devonshire Trout Fishing c1910 Chas A Rabley, A Trout Rose c1948

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Lot 979

Ten Fishing Books - Keeper of the Stream 1952 Frank Sawyer, Devonshire Trout Fishing c1910 Chas A Rabley, A Trout Rose c1948 R D Baird, River Keeper 1934 J.W Hills, Angler's Odyssey And Some Further Riverside Reflections 1958 C F Walker, Nymphs and the Trout 1974 Frank Sawyer, Nymph Fishing In Practice 1963 Oliver Kite signed, F.M Halford and the Dry-Fly Revolution 2002 Tony Hayter, G E M Skues The Man of the Nymph 2013 Tony Hayter, The English Chalk Streams 1992 Sidney Vines - mixed condition

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Four 19thC enamelled tin longcase clock dials, one named for R Loxall, Godalming, another for Myers, Boroughbridge.

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Lot 496

Four 19thC enamelled tin longcase clock dials, one named for R Loxall, Godalming, another for Myers, Boroughbridge.

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An oval opal solitaire ring, set in white and yellow metal, stamped 18ct and plat, size R, 3.2g.

Golding Young & Mawer

Lot 220

An oval opal solitaire ring, set in white and yellow metal, stamped 18ct and plat, size R, 3.2g.

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A lady's 12ct gold and sardonyx signet ring, with a shield shaped table, and foliate engraved shoulders, size R, 3.7g.

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Lot 438

A lady's 12ct gold and sardonyx signet ring, with a shield shaped table, and foliate engraved shoulders, size R, 3.7g.

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An R Carr silver and mahogany cased strut clock, rectangular dial bearing Roman numerals, battery movement, the back with sil

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Lot 344

An R Carr silver and mahogany cased strut clock, rectangular dial bearing Roman numerals, battery movement, the back with silver plaque presentation engraved, Sheffield 1991, 13cm high, 10cm wide.

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A mid century Chobert automatic repetition riveter, type R, boxed with instructions, by Aviation Developments Ltd.

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Lot 533

A mid century Chobert automatic repetition riveter, type R, boxed with instructions, by Aviation Developments Ltd.

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A quantity of military shields, 4 R A F and 1 US attache office

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Lot 199

A quantity of military shields, 4 R A F and 1 US attache office

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Artist: R. AsplinIssued: 1947 - 1979Dimensions: 6"HManufacturer: Royal DoultonCountry of Origin: EnglandCondition: Age relate

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Lot 681

Artist: R. AsplinIssued: 1947 - 1979Dimensions: 6"HManufacturer: Royal DoultonCountry of Origin: EnglandCondition: Age related wear

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The Great War D.S.O. group of six awarded to Captain R. L’E. M. Rede, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallant command o

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Lot 179

The Great War D.S.O. group of six awarded to Captain R. L’E. M. Rede, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallant command of the flotilla leader Botha in a night action off Dunkirk in March 1918, when at 27 knots he rammed and ‘cut in two pieces’ an enemy torpedo boat: as Sir Roger Keyes put it, ‘the gift of rapid decision, initiative and readiness to accept responsibility was given to few’, but Rede ‘displayed all of these excellent qualities’ and was also advanced to post-rank on the Admiral’s personal recommendation Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels, with integral top riband bar; 1914-15 Star (Commr. R. L’E. M. Rede, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. R.L.E.M. Rede, R.N.); France, 3rd Republic, Legion of Honour, Officer’s breast badge, gold and enamels, with rosette; Italy, Kingdom, Order of St Maurice and St Lazarus, breast badge, gold and enamels, mounted as worn but some ribbons rather distressed, the first with loose centres and minor enamel damage, otherwise generally good very fine (6) £2,600-£3,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: R. C. Witte Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, December 2007. D.S.O. London Gazette 21 June 1918: ‘For services in the action with enemy destroyers off the Belgian coast on 21 March 1918 ... Commander Rede of the Botha took his ship through a heavy barrage of gunfire and, without waiting to ascertain that the rest of his division were following, proceeded to engage the enemy with ram, torpedo and gunfire. He rammed and cut in two pieces an enemy torpedo boat. The success of the action was undoubtedly due to his gallant leadership and initiative.’ Legion of Honour London Gazette 7 August 1918. Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus London Gazette 11 August 1917. Roger L’Estrange Murray Rede was born at Toonah, Victoria, in August 1878, the son of a clergyman, and entered the Royal Navy as a Naval Cadet in Britannia in January 1893. Appointed a Midshipman in the cruiser Orlando on the Pacific Station in December 1895, he was advanced to Lieutenant in October 1901 and to Lieutenant-Commander in December 1909, and on the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, as a recently promoted Commander, he took over torpedo boat destroyer T.B. 23. Removing to the battleship Albermarle in the following year, he won a commendation from his captain on the occasion their ship was damaged in an incident in Pentland Firth on 7 November 1915 and, on taking command of the destroyer Martin in September 1916, the appreciation of Their Lordships ‘for the promptness with which an attack against an enemy submarine was carried out on 7 August 1917’. But it was for his subsequent command of the Dover Patrol flotilla leader Botha in an action off Dunkirk on 21 March 1918, that he won his D.S.O. Commander P. K. Kemp’s H.M. Destroyers takes up the story: ‘As they lay in wait off Dunkirk, ready to slip their cables at the first sign of enemy activity, they heard firing off the coast and saw gun flashes. It was the enemy squadron from Zeebrugge bombarding Allied positions ashore off La Panne. The mixed squadron set off at full speed, sighted a line of ships in the darkness and, receiving the wrong reply to the challenge, opened fire. Rede, leading the line in the Botha, fired two torpedoes at the enemy and then turned to ram. Travelling at a speed of 27 knots, the Botha cut clean through one of the enemy without damaging her bows, the two ends dropping apart either side of her. As soon as she was through she turned in order to repeat the process, but a shell through her main steam pipe cut down her speed so much that she just failed. However, she passed through the line so close to another of the enemy that her guns set her on fire and completely wrecked her. Her next experience was somewhat less happy. One of the French destroyers, mistaking her for an enemy, fired a torpedo which hit amidships and exploded with terrific force, blowing a large hole in her port side. Orders were given to abandon the ship, but a few minutes later were cancelled when it was found that the Botha still had a chance of survival. Although she had taken a lot of water on board and her engines and boilers were wrecked, her sturdy construction was holding up to the strain. One of the French destroyers was also in trouble. In working up to full speed one of her boilers exploded, which she reported somewhat dramatically in a plain language signal: “Can go no more. Boiler go bang.” With the coming of daylight the only sign of the enemy was the ship set on fire by the Botha’s guns. All the remainder had made off in the night. She was soon finished off by the Morris, which then took the Botha in tow and just managed to reach Dunkirk with her. The two German ships sunk were the torpedo boats A-7 and A-19.’ Rede transferred to another flotilla leader, the Douglas, in July 1918, and remained in her until the end of hostilities, a period that witnessed him conveying Sir Douglas Haig and Sir Roger Keyes across the Channel on at least one occasion: ‘we crossed at over 30 knots in a cloud of spray’ (The Admiral’s memoirs refer). As it transpired, Keyes was busy pushing Rede forward for advancement to post-rank, an intention which was eventually fulfilled: ‘When I found that Roger Rede, who displayed such initiative in the action off Dunkirk in March, was not to be promoted - as I had been practically promised - I appealed to Admiral Wemyss, and reminded him of the great moral value of Rede’s action; apart from the destruction of two enemy vessels, plucked from a superior force. It was so hard that he should lose the promotion he so thoroughly deserved, because in the meantime more spectacular actions had taken place. The Service was full of gallant officers, who would face great odds without hesitation when led, but the gift of rapid decision, initiative and readiness to accept responsibility was given to few, and Rede displayed all these excellent qualities. Admiral Wemyss’ letter, in reply to mine, is amongst those I prize, and Rede was promoted the following December.’ Post-war, Rede commanded the flotilla leader Nimrod 1919-21, and was employed at the Admiralty, his final seagoing appointment being in the battleship Resolution, aboard which he died suddenly on 3 March 1930 and was buried at sea.

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The poignant post-War Stanhope Gold Medal group of six awarded to Petty Officer (Upper Yardman Air) I. L. Beale, Royal Navy,

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Lot 245

The poignant post-War Stanhope Gold Medal group of six awarded to Petty Officer (Upper Yardman Air) I. L. Beale, Royal Navy, for saving the life of his observer after their Firefly aircraft crashed into the sea off Land’s End in January 1955; tragically, he was killed in another aircraft accident in the following year, when a Skyraider of H.M.S. Eagle crashed into the Mediterranean on 24 November 1956 Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (C/JX.646145 I. L. Beale P.O. R.N.); U.N. Korea 1950-54; Royal Humane Society, Stanhope Gold Medal, 2nd type, 9-carat gold, hallmarked Birmingham 1955 (P.O. (Upper Yardman Air) Ivor Laurence Beale, R.N. 24th Jany. 1955); Royal Humane Society, small silver medal (successful), (P.O. (Upper Yardman Air) Ivor Laurence Beale, R.N. 24th Jany. 1955) mounted for wearing, good very fine (6) £2,400-£2,800 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Ivor Laurence Beale’s gallant deeds are recorded in the following terms in Royal Humane Society records (Case No. 63945 - Voted to be the Stanhope Gold Medallist for 1955): ‘Saved Midshipman (Air) Richard William Mile Shepherd (21), Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. In the sea 20 miles N.W. of Land’s End. On the night of 24 January 1955, at 7.00 p.m., a Firefly Mk. 7 aircraft of No. 796 Squadron, attached to the Naval Observer and Air Signal School, R.N.A.S. Culdrose, crashed in the sea 20 miles N.W. of Land’s End. The weather was overcast with a force of 4 (11-16 m.p.h.). The wind was S./S.W., moderate sea and swell. The pilot is missing, believed killed, and salvor and saved were in the rear cockpit. On crashing the aircraft turned over and sank. Both rear cockpit occupants released themselves from the aircraft under water but Shepherd’s dinghy snagged and he had to leave it in the aircraft. Beale escaped with his dinghy and on coming to the surface, spent about 2 minutes releasing his parachute and making sure his dinghy was secure. Then realising that Shepherd was in the water 50 feet away, without a dinghy, Beale swam to him and then opened his own dinghy. Seeing that Shepherd was wounded in the head and only partially conscious, Beale pushed him into the dinghy (designed for one man capacity) and then climbed in himself over Shepherd’s legs. Beale’s action in rescuing Shepherd and getting him into the dinghy is most praiseworthy in view of the fact that Beale himself had a badly contused arm and a fractured rib, sustained in the crash (Report of Captain W. W. R. Bentick, R.N. Air Station, Culdrose). Subsequently in the dinghy Beale attempted to revive Shepherd with his own warmth as Shepherd’s immersion suit had been torn in escaping from the aircraft and was full of water, and, when Shepherd had revived, they took it in turns to keep each other warm, Beale having broken the seal on his immersion suit in rescuing Shepherd and so also being wet through. The following statement was made in reply to the Society’s questionnaire: Beale in delaying getting in his own dinghy in his injured condition, by going to rescue Shepherd, and in sharing his own one man dinghy with Shepherd, considerably decreased his own chances of survival or rescue.’ After three hours of exposure the two men were picked up by the British Tanker Scottish Eagle. The Master of the Scottish Eagle reported: Referring back to the incident on the night of 24th inst. I would like the attention of proper authority drawn to the great bravery shown by U. Y. Beale in saving the life of Midshipman Shepherd. When these two men had fought their way out of the aircraft it was submerged to a depth of about 20 feet and both of them were injured and badly shocked. Beale’s dinghy, which was the only one to inflate, was, after all, only a one man dinghy and how he managed to get a helpless semi-conscious man into it, in the sea and swell then running, is almost beyond understanding. He could only have managed this by jeopardising his own life. During all the time they were in the water and alongside the ship, during the recovery from the water and during removal from the lifeboat to the hospital, Beale’s only thought was: For God’s sake mind my legs. A doctor was transferred from H.M.S. Triumph to the Scottish Eagle. He treated the survivors for their injuries, shock and exposure. The Scottish Eagle was diverted to Falmouth where the survivors were landed at 5.30 a.m. on 25 January and transferred to the Sick Bay, R.N.A.S. Culdrose.’ Beale and Shepherd were spotted by a Shackleton aircraft from R.A.F. St. Eval at 2200 hours, and its crew guided the Crested Eagle to their position; the pilot of the Firefly perished. Tragically, Beale was killed in another aircraft accident in the following year, when a Skyraider of H.M.S. Eagle crashed into the Mediterranean on 24 November 1956. Sold with gold and silver ribbon buckles for the Stanhope Gold Medal and R.H.S. silver medal; damaged case of issue for the Stanhope medal; Royal Life Saving Society, bronze medal (I. L. Beale, July 1942), an unnamed gilt metal swimming medal, and embroidered Naval airman’s badge.

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The outstanding Great War Tigris Flotilla operations D.S.C. group of four awarded to Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander D. Loughlin

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Lot 149

The outstanding Great War Tigris Flotilla operations D.S.C. group of four awarded to Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander D. Loughlin, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallantry in the river gunboat Comet on the night of 18 September 1915, when he tended the wounded under a heavy fire, among them his C.O., Lieutenant-Commander E. C. Cookson, who was awarded a posthumous V.C. Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1915; 1914-15 Star (Surg. D. Loughlin, M.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Surg. Lt. Cr. D. Loughlin, R.N.) mounted as worn, good very fine (4) £3,600-£4,400 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: R. C. Witte Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, December 2012. D.S.C. London Gazette 21 January 1916: ‘In recognition of their services during the advance on Kut-el-Amara on 27-28 September 1915 ... Surgeon Loughlin attended the wounded on board Comet under a heavy fire at close quarters on the night of 28 September.’ Dermot Loughlin was serving in the sloop Clio on the China Station on the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, but by early 1915 she was operating in defence of the Suez Canal, where she engaged Turkish positions on 27 January and 1-3 February. Shortly thereafter, with her consort Espiegle, she was ordered to Basra to reinforce the Navy’s flotillas operating on the Euphrates and Tigris, a remarkable ‘gallimaufry of vessels’ best described by Colonel Sir Mark Sykes: ‘There are paddle steamers which once plied with passengers and now waddle along with a barge on either side, one perhaps containing a portable wireless station and the other bullocks for heavy guns ashore; there are once respectable tugs which stagger along under the weight of boiler plating - to protect them from the enemy’s fire - and are armed with guns of varying calibre; there is a launch which pants indignantly between batteries of 4.7s, looking like a sardine between two cigarette-boxes; there is a steamer with a Christmas-tree growing amidships, in the branches of which its officers fondly imagine they are invisible to friend or foe. There is also a ship which is said to have started life as an aeroplane in Singapore, but shed its wings, kept its propeller, took to water, and became a hospital. And this great fleet is the cavalry screen, advance guard, rear guard, flank guard, railway, general headquarters, heavy artillery, line of communication, supply depot, police force, field ambulance, aerial hangar and base of supply of the Mesopotamian Expedition.’ Among other personnel to be transferred from the Clio for river duties in April 1915 was Lieutenant-Commander E. C. Cookson, R.N., and, given Loughlin’s part in that officer’s final action, it would be not be unreasonable to assume he joined him in his first command, the stern-wheel launch Shushan - if so, he would have been present on the occasion Shushan was ambushed by Arabs on the Euphrates in the following month, when Cookson was wounded and won a D.S.O. Be that as it may, Loughlin was very much present in Cookson’s next engagement, this time in the gunboat Comet at Es Sinn on the Tigris, where, on 28 September 1915, with two steam launches in support, a daring attempt was made to clear a river obstruction. The Naval V.Cs, by Stephen Snelling, take up the story: ‘At midnight, under cover of darkness, the majority of his force on the right bank slipped across a hastily constructed pontoon bridge and launched an enveloping attack. Fighting, intense in places, continued through a broiling day in which strong winds fanned clouds of dust that enveloped the battlefield. At one point Cookson’s flotilla of riverboats halted a Turkish attempt to forestall Townshend’s plan with close-range fire. Then they turned their guns on the redoubts that the British and Indian units were striving to outflank. That they did not have everything their own way, however, is clear from an account written by one of the Comet’s ratings which appeared in the British press under the by line of a ‘West Country R.N.R.’: ‘The Turks were ready for us, for they had quite as many guns as we had and four of them were a little bigger. We had a very lively time for a few hours, but, as usual our gunboats kept creeping up closer and closer until it got too warm for them. Then they ran away and left their guns. But they had stuck out well ... as it was dinner time before we shifted them. Our ship had several hits but very little damage - one of their shells went through our funnel, and that was the most damage they did to us. We silenced all their guns but one big one, but the gunners had us weighed off, and as soon as we attempted to get round ... we had to drop back under cover again ... ’ Half-swallowed by the dust-storm, the two armies slugged it out until sunset. A final bayonet charge eventually sent the Turks reeling, but the victorious troops were in no condition to follow up. Exhausted and parched with thirst, many were on the brink of collapse. But the gateway to Kut had been prised open. ‘Now,’ wrote the Official Historian, ‘was the time for the flotilla to make the success decisive.’ At around 7 p.m., an R.N.A.S. seaplane plopped down alongside Cookson’s flagship. According to Comet’s seaman correspondent, it brought news that the Turks were on the run and orders from Townshend to clear the river block below the fast-dissolving front-line and give chase to Kut’s routed defenders. The idea was simple enough: a waterborne cavalry charge against a disorganised enemy. As soon as it was dark, the Comet, captained by Lieutenant W. V. H. Harris, supported by the launches RN1 and RN2, under the overall command of Cookson, crept upstream. All lights were extinguished, but it made no difference. Surprise was impossible and they were soon sighted by Turks who, contrary to Townshend’s report, were resolved to fight and fight hard. As the boats neared the obstruction they came under a hot fire that signalled what Comet’s ‘West Country R.N.R.’ called the ‘liveliest time I had had since we have been fighting.’ He wrote: ‘It was very dark. We took the lead, being the biggest boat. When we got round the headland the Turks opened fire with rifles, but we steamed right up to the obstruction. The Turks were then close enough to us to throw hand bombs, but luckily none reached the deck of our ship ...’ Unfortunately the same good fortune did not extend to the rifle and machine-gun fire that poured at them from both banks. The lightly armoured craft were peppered with bullets from less than 100 yards range. Comet bore the brunt of the fusillade. One man described the bullets as “pattering” on the vessel’s steel plating “like raindrops on a window-pane”. Cookson, however, held his course and charged the centre of the obstruction, hoping to punch a hole through the block. The dhow buckled under the impact, but the hawsers held. Amid an inferno of fire, Comet drew away with the intention of using her guns to destroy the block. As the sounds of battle reverberated across desert and marsh, the exposed paddle-yacht was lashed by fire. Despite being a sitting target for every Turk in the vicinity, Comet’s crew stuck to their task. But it was useless. The obstruction remained defiantly in place. Cookson might have considered withdrawing, but if he did the notion was quickly rejected in favour of a daring gamble which, if successful, was liable to turn the Turkish retreat into a rout. His plan was to lay the ...

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The 4-clasp Naval General Service medal awarded to Admiral Barrington Reynolds, G.C.B., Royal Navy, who entered the Navy at t

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The 4-clasp Naval General Service medal awarded to Admiral Barrington Reynolds, G.C.B., Royal Navy, who entered the Navy at the age of 9 in the Druid with his father Captain R. C. Reynolds, who he followed into the Amazon and witnessed the action, in company with Sir Edward Pellew in the Indefatigable, with the French 74 Droits de L’Homme in January 1797, being briefly taken prisoner; he served in the boats of the squadron at the cutting out of the Guepe in August 1800 being promoted to Lieutenant. Reynolds was afterwards distinguished at the capture of Java, and commanded the Ganges in the Syria operations in 1840 Naval General Service 1793-1840, 4 clasps, Amazon 13 Jany 1797, 29 Aug Boat Service 1800, Java, Syria (B. Reynolds, Capt. R.N.) some light hairlines, otherwise nearly extremely fine £24,000-£28,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Confirmed on the rolls as Midshipman aboard H.M.S. Amazon for her action with the French 74 Droits de L’Homme on 13 January 1797; in the same rank aboard H.M.S. Impetueux and the boat service action on 29 August 1800; as Commander of H.M.S. Hesper at the capture of Java; and as Captain of H.M.S. Ganges at Syria. Only 6 clasps issued for ‘Amazon 13 Jany 1797’ and 25 for ‘29 Aug Boat Service 1800’. The Amazon clasp is not held by either the National Maritime Museum or the Royal Naval Museum. Reynolds’ service at Java is not to be overlooked. The naval operations were carried out by Captain Sayer, R.N. (Army Gold Medal for Java - Patiala Collection, Sheesh Mahal Museum, India) assisted by Captains Festing (who got a Military G.S. medal for Java), Stopford (N.G.S. 6 clasps in the National Maritime Museum), Maunsell (did not live to claim) and Reynolds. These officers manned the batteries consisting of twenty 18-pounders, with 500 seamen under their direction, which silenced the enemy’s heavy guns at the assault of Meester Cornelis which led to the surrender of the island. Reynolds’ Java clasp is therefore the highest rank available on a Naval General Service medal. Barrington Reynolds was born in 1786 at Penair, near Truro, the second son of Rear Admiral Robert Carthew Reynolds, who died in 1811. He entered the navy in in 1795, on board the Druid, with his father, whom he followed into the Amazon. On 13 December 1797, the Amazon 32, Captain R. C. Reynolds, and the Indefatigable 44, Captain Sir Edward Pellew, about fifty leagues south west of Ushant, discovered a large ship steering towards the coast of France. This was the Droits de l’Homme 74, Commodore J. La Crosse, which had formed one of the French fleet in the expedition to Ireland, and after the failure at Bantry Bay, was now returning home, with about seven hundred trroops on board. The weather was thick and hazy, and the wind blew hard from the westward. Soon after the French ship had been sighted and found to be an enemy, a squall carried away her fore and main top-masts, and the sea ran so high that she was unable to open her lower deck ports. Shortly before 6 p.m. the Indefatigable brought the Droits de l’Homme to action, and in about an hour after, the Amazon came up and took part in the engagement; the enemy making several ineffectual attempts to board, and keeping up an active fire of cannon and musketry. In a little time the British frigates shot ahead, the Amazon to reduce her sail, and the Indefatigable to repair the damage to her rigging. About half-past eight, the frigates renewed the action, attacking their opponent first on the bow, and then on the quarter, often within pistol shot. The contest lasted till twenty minutes past four a.m. when when the sudden appearance of the land, and breakers close ahead, caused all the ships to end an engagement which had lasted ten hours, and make efforts top haul off. The Indefatigable at once bore to the southwards, with four feet of water in her hold, all her masts much damaged, and her crew almost worn out with fatigue. The Droits de l’Homme in attempting to tack, lost her fore mast and bowsprit, and struck on a sand bank in Audierne Bay. The main mast went by the board, and she then fell on her broadside, with a tremendous surf beating over her. The Amazon seeing the danger, also wore, with three feet of water in her hold, but with her mizzen top-mast shot away, and her masts and rigging almost cut to pieces, was unable to haul off, and went on shore about the same time. Her crew with the exception of six, who were drowned, saved themselves on rafts, but on landing were all made prisoners by a body of French soldiers. In the action three men were killed and fifteen wounded. Through the stormy state of the weather the crew of the Droits de l’Homme spent four nights on the wreck without succour, the waves constantly breaking over them, till more than half of them were drowned, or perished from cold and hunger. Her crew with the soldiers ammounted to one thousand three hundred and fifty men, two hundred and fifty of whom were killed and wounded in the engagement with the British frigates. On regaining his liberty in January 1798, Barrington Reynolds again served with his father in the Pomone, and was present in a stiff action which ended in the capture of Le Cheri French privateer of 26 guns and 230 men. He shortly afterwards moved to the Indefatigable, with Sir Edward Pellew, and on 8 August 1798 contributed to the capture of La Vaillante corvette of 20 guns and 175 men. Following Pellew into the Impetueux 74, he sailed in that ship with a squadron sent in June 1800, to co-operate with the French royalists and Chouans in Quiberon Bay and the Morbihan. He assisted, 4 June 1800, while detached in a boat, in silencing the forts at the south west end of Quiberon, where several vessels were brought off and some scuttled. On 6 August he was employed in the boats under Lieutenant John Pilfold, at the capture, in the Morbihan, of two brigs, two sloops, two gun-vessels, and about 100 Frenchmen, and the destruction of L’Insolente 16-gun brig, some smaller vessels, a fort and a magazine. On the night of 29 August 1800, he fought in the boats of a squadron, 20 in number, commanded by Lieutenant Henry Burke, at the cutting out, close to the batteries in Vigo Bay, of La Guêpe privateer of 18 guns and 161 men, which vessel was boarded and carried in fifteen minutes. For his services on this occasion he was made Lieutenant into the Courageux 74. In June 1802 he was appointed to the Hussar 28, and from August 1803 to September 1809 was in the Niobe 40, for the greater part with Captain John Wentworth Loring on the coast of France. On the night of 28 March 1806 he skilfully gained full possession, whilst in command of two boats dropped from the Niobe, of the French corvette La Néarque of 16 guns and 97 men, the rearmost of a French squadron comprising of a further three frigates. He was afterwards in the Russell 74, in the East Indies, and in December 1809 was appointed acting Commander of the Arrogant hulk. In February 1811 he was appointed to the Hesper 18, part of the force employed in the expedition against Java, where he assisted at the bombardment and storming of Fort Cornelis and served on shore with a party of seamen throughout all the operations. After the reduction of the town of Cheribon, Reynolds was appointed temporary commander of that place, and on the final subjugation of the island of Java he was, in acknowledgement of his conduct, appointed Acting Captain of the Sir Francis Drake frigate. On 22 January 1812, he was promoted Captain, independently, by the Admiralty, probably as a mark of their high appreciation of the services of his father, who had perished ...

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The Great War posthumous Italian Al Valore Militare group of four awarded to Commander R. G. Fane, Royal Navy, who was killed

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The Great War posthumous Italian Al Valore Militare group of four awarded to Commander R. G. Fane, Royal Navy, who was killed aboard the cruiser Dartmouth in the Adriatic in May 1917, when an Austrian squadron attacked the Otranto barrage 1914-15 Star (Commr. R. G. Fane. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Commr. R. G. Fane. R.N.); Italy, Kingdom, Al Valore Militare, silver, mint mark crowned Z over F.G, the reverse upper surround field engraved ‘Basso Adriatico 15 Maggio 1917’ and the centre ‘R. G. Fane’, together with an engraved silver plaque from an old display frame, this inscribed ‘Commander Robert Gerald Fane R.N., Italian Medal of Valour, H.M.S. Dartmouth’, nearly extremely fine (4) £2,400-£2,800 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2005. M.I.D. (Posthumous) 29 August 1917. Al Valore Militare London Gazette 6 April 1918. Robert Gerald Fane was born on 8 April 1882, and entered the Royal Navy as a cadet in May 1897. Promoted to Sub. Lieutenant in April 1901, he was advanced to Lieutenant in October 1902 for gaining ‘four Firsts’ in his examinations. By the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, Fane was serving in the rank of Commander in the special torpedo vessel and depot ship Vulcan, the Navy List for January 1915 also noting after his name, ‘and for duty with submarines’. But by 1917 he was back on more regular seagoing duties as a Commander in the cruiser H.M.S. Dartmouth in the Adriatic. On 15 May 1917, a mixed Italian and French destroyer force led by the British cruiser Dartmouth encountered an Austrian squadron of cruisers, supported by destroyers, who were raiding the allied drifter barrage in the Otranto Straits. Single-handed, the Dartmouth engaged the Austrian ships, her 6-inch guns scoring a direct hit on the fore-bridge of the Austrian cruiser Novara within the opening minutes of the engagement, killing her captain, Commander Szuboritz. But it quickly became apparent that the Dartmouth was outnumbered and outgunned and, having already been “near-missed” by enemy aircraft, was hit several times by gunfire and later by a torpedo fired by the UC-25 - it was most probably this latter explosion that killed Commander Fane. Dartmouth took on a heavy list, forcing her crew to abandon ship, but when the Austrian squadron had departed, her captain, along with a party of volunteers, reboarded her and managed to partially right her, and eventually raised steam for Brindisi. Eighteen D.S.Ms and one Bar were awarded for this action, many of them to the drifter men who made a most spirited attack against the Austrians in their little boats. Foremost amongst these was Skipper Joseph Watt of the Gowan Lea, who was awarded the Victoria Cross. Fane, who was 35 years of age, was buried in Brindisi Cemetery, together with four ratings from Dartmouth killed on the same occasion.

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A rare Sea Gallantry (Foreign Services) gold life saving medal awarded in 1845 to Captain Buntin of the U.S.S. Euphrasia Sea

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A rare Sea Gallantry (Foreign Services) gold life saving medal awarded in 1845 to Captain Buntin of the U.S.S. Euphrasia Sea Gallantry Medal (Foreign Services), first large type (1842-49), 22 carat gold, 66.70g, 45mm, with specially struck reverse ‘From the British Government to Captn. Buntin of the United States Ship Euphrasia. For saving the crew of the Brigantine C.W.E.R. of Halifax. 1845’, contained in its original presentation case, the lid with similar embossed inscription, extremely fine and excessively rare £6,000-£8,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Originally conceived in 1839, the Sea Gallantry (Foreign Services) Medal was first awarded in 1842, in gold, silver and bronze to foreigners for saving the lives of British subjects at sea. In this first period each medal had a specially die-struck reverse but, due to the enormous cost of doing this, it was decided in 1849 that two standard reverses would be used: ‘For Saving the Life of a British Subject’, and ‘For Assisting a British Vessel in Distress’. This large size (1.78 inches) remained in use until 1854 when it was reduced in size to 1.27 inches. It is not known how many large gold medals of the earlier type (1842-49) were awarded but a total of 96 gold medals were awarded prior to being down-sized in 1854, the awards becoming more frequent in the latter years of this period. It may be fair to assume that perhaps 25 gold awards were made with special inscriptions, although the true number may be significantly fewer (No example held in National Maritime Museum or Royal Navy Museum). The Naval Journal of July 1846 reported: ‘DISASTER Ship Euphrasia, Bunting (sic), from Baltimore bound to Valparaiso; on the 30th Aug. last, fell in with the wreck of Br. brig C. W. E. R. from Halifax for Demerara, and took off the captain, supercargo and five men, all of whom were carried to Valparaiso. The mate was drowned.’ Captain Charles Buntin acknowledged receipt of this medal in a letter addressed to the Rt. Hon. Richard Pakenham, Washington, D.C., dated Newburyport, Mass., April 21st, 1847: ‘SIR: Having recently returned home from a long absence, I hasten to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 7th December last, and a gold medal bearing the portrait of her Majesty the Queen, with other appropriate devices accompanying the same, and which you are pleased to inform me her Majesty's government has seen proper to present to me as an acknowledgement for services rendered in saving the lives of the captain and crew of the English brigantine, C. W. E. R., of Halifax, in August, 1845. I accept, sir, with feelings of peculiar gratification, the medal as a gift of high consideration, and shall ever esteem it and the event it commemorates as the most fortunate circumstance of my life. I remain, sir, most respectfully, your most obedient and humble servant. CHARLES BUNTIN’

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