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Click here to subscribeGeorge III (1760-1820), Pre-1816 issues, Pattern Halfpenny, 1788 (late Soho), by J.-P. Droz, in bronzed-copper, from the same dies as previous, edge render to cesar the things which are cesars:, 16.14g/12h (BMC 967 [DH 11]; Selig 1334). Light graze in reverse field and rubbing to high points, otherwise about extremely fine, rare £300-£400 --- Provenance: DNW Auction 134, 7-8 December 2015, lot 897
George III (1760-1820), Pre-1816 issues, Pattern mule Halfpenny, 1788 (late Soho), by J.-P. Droz, in gilt-copper, bust right, signature below truncation, rev. Britannia seated left, edge guilloche, 16.26g/6h (BMC 969 [DH 12]; Selig –). Extremely fine and brilliant, rare £500-£600 --- Provenance: London Coins Auction 151 (Bracknell), 6 December 2015, lot 2716
Ireland, James II, Gunmoney coinage, Shilling, 1690 apr, small size, cinquefoil stops on obv., 5.47g/12h (Withers dies 2/2; S 6582B). Extremely fine and toned, rare £240-£300 --- Provenance: B. Allen Collection, Part I, DNW Auction 147, 12-14 June 2018, lot 1118 [from C.J. Denton June 1997]; M.A. Eeley-Hardcastle Collection
Ireland, George III, Soho coinage, restrike Proof Penny, 1805, in bronzed-copper, edge plain, 13.96g/6h (S 6620). Good extremely fine, rare £300-£400 --- Provenance: Herman Wilkinson Auction (Dublin), 25 April 2009, lot 179; DNW Auction 145, 13-14 March 2018, lot 577; M.A. Eeley-Hardcastle Collection
George III (1760-1820), Pre-1816 issues, Restrike Pattern Halfpenny, 1797, by W.J. Taylor, in bronzed-copper, laureate bust right, rev. Britannia seated left, edge plain, 13.84g/6h (BMC 1161 [R 58]; Selig –). Virtually mint state, rare £400-£500 --- Provenance: DNW Auction 147, 12-14 June 2018, lot 444
Greek Coinages, BOEOTIAN LEAGUE, Thebes, Tetartemorion, 338-315, Boeotia shield, rev. grape bunch, θ ε in fields, 0.23g (Head, p.213, class γ [426-395]; SNG Berry 596; SNG Alpha Bank 824; SNG Copenhagen 294-5; BCD Boeotia 466; CNG Triton IX, 466, same dies). Struck centrally on a round flan, nearly extremely fine and toned; an exception example of this rare issue £200-£260
Roman Imperial Coinage, Commodus (as Cæsar), Sestertius, Rome, 175-6, draped bust right, rev. Spes walking left, holding flower and raising dress, 30.10g (RIC 1530; BMCRE 1530; Banti 385, same dies). Flan split at 8 o’clock, otherwise very fine, reverse nearly so, struck on large medallic flan, very rare £200-£260
Roman Imperial Coinage, Gordian III, Sestertii (2), both Rome, 239-40, rev. Liberalitas standing left, holding abacus and cornucopia, 23.14g (RIC 290); 244, rev. Victory standing left, holding shield and palm frond, captive by feet, 19.88g (RIC 337a); Philip I, Sestertius, Rome, 244-9, rev. Æquitas standing left, holding scales and cornucopia, 18.90g (RIC 166); Otacilia Severa, Sestertius, Rome, 244-9, rev. Pudicitia seated left, drawing veil from face, 19.75g (RIC 209); Philip II, Sestertius, Rome, 246-9, rev. Philip I and II seated left on curule chairs, 19.94g (RIC 267) [5]. Several smoothed, otherwise very fine, last rare £100-£150 --- Provenance: A. Scammell Collection
Roman Imperial Coinage, Philip I, Antoninianii (3), all Rome, 244-7, revs. Annona standing left, holding corn-ears and cornucopia, 4.26g (RIC 28; RSC 25); Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus and cornucopia, 3.60g (RIC 31; RSC 43); military aquila and three standards, 3.95g (RIC 84a; RSC 50) [3]. Good very fine or a little better, the last very rare £80-£100 --- Provenance: A. Scammell Collection
George III (1760-1820), Pre-1816 issues, Restrike Pattern Halfpenny, 1799, by W.J. Taylor after C.H. Küchler, in copper, laureate bust right, rev. Britannia seated left on rock, edge plain, 13.00g/6h (cf. BMC 1260 [R 79]; Selig 1397, this coin). Some light spotting, otherwise virtually as struck, extremely rare £300-£400 --- Provenance: A Collection of Copper Halfpennies, the Property of a Lancashire Collector, Glendining Auction, 30 April 1986, lot 354; ‘H. Selig’ Collection, Part II, Spink Auction 131, 2 March 1999, lot 1397; DNW Auction 99, 14 March 2012, lot 484
Roman Provincial Coinage, EGYPT, Alexandria, Severus Alexander, Tetradrachm, yr 10 [230-1], laureate and draped bust right, rev. legend in four lines within wreath, 11.72g (RPC Online 10421; Milne 3036). About very fine, rare £150-£180 --- Only one example listed in Coin Archives over the last twenty years
Seljuq of Kirman, Turanshah I, Dinar, Bardasir 485h, citing the caliph al-Mustazhir (sic), 3.18g/8h (A 1700; ICV 1851, this coin illustrated). Some weakness in margins, otherwise very fine, very rare £300-£400 --- Provenance: Baldwin Islamic Auction 15, 17 March 2009, lot 589; Tim Wilkes FPL 15, Spring 2012 (163). One would expect a coin of this date to bear the name of al-Muqtadi, as al-Mustazhir did not become caliph until 487h. Both the date and the caliph’s name are clear, and as they are both on the obverse it cannot be a mule. Perhaps the date was intended to be 488h
George III (1760-1820), Pre-1816 issues, Restrike Pattern Farthing, 1797, by W.J. Taylor after C.H. Küchler, in bronzed-copper, laureate bust right, rev. Britannia seated left, edge plain, 7.51g/6h (Cooke 340; BMC 1199 [R 71]; cf. Selig 1417). Extremely fine, very rare £400-£600 --- Provenance: London Coins Auction 158 (Bracknell), 9 September 2017, lot 1889
George III (1760-1820), Pre-1816 issues, Restrike Pattern Farthing, 1806, by W.J. Taylor after C.H. Küchler, in bronzed-copper, edge plain, 5.21g/6h (Cooke 285; BMC 1404; Selig –). Brilliant and virtually as struck, rare £300-£360 --- Provenance: London Coins Auction 158, 9 September 2017, lot 1894
George III (1760-1820), Pre-1816 issues, Restrike Proof Farthing, 1807, in bronzed-copper, edge plain, 6h (Cooke 269; BMC 1403; Selig –; S 3782). Usual raised flaw on rim, good extremely fine, rare [slabbed CGS 85] £200-£260 --- Provenance: London Coins Auction 151 (Bracknell), 6 December 2015, lot 2379
Jaydee Custom 6/12 double neck electric guitar, made in England, circa 1978, ser. no. 0010; Finish: candy apple red; Fretboards: rosewood; Frets: minor wear; Electrics: working; Hardware: good; Case: original fitted flight case; Overall condition: good *A very early and rare Jaydee custom order
Bernie Marsden & Whitesnake - 1978 Marshall JMP model 2159 Super Lead 100 watt MKII guitar amplifier, made in England, ser. no. 02057K, fitted with a pair of Celestion G12T-75T3760 12" speakers *A rare Marshall amp, modified for Bernie Marsden by the factory. Used as a 'tune up room amp' with Whitesnake
The Beatles - good collection of Beatles literature and DVDs to include the rare Allan Williams/William Marshall - 'The Man Who Gave The Beatles Away' hardback book; Hunter Davis - 'The Beatles The Authorised Biography'; The Beatles The True Beginngs; Tony Bramwell - 'Magical Mystery Tours My Life With The Beatles' hardback book; Tony Barrow - 'John, Paul, George, Ringo & Me The Real Beatles Story' hardback book; Marvin Martin - 'The Beatles The Music Was Never The Same' paperback book; John Burke - 'A Hard Day's Night' paperback book; The Beatles in Help!, paperback book; Bill Harry - 'The Beatles Who's Who' paperback book; George Martin - 'All You Need is Ears' paperback book and a Cavern Club programme; DVDs include The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour, The Beatles From Us to You in 1963, A Hard Day's Night and Concert for George *From the estate of David Rees, a Welsh National who collected memorabilia over a forty year period, whilst working in and around London
Eko M20 left-handed electric guitar, custom built by Roberto Brandoni from original parts; Finish: wood stain; Fretboard: ebony; Frets: good; Electrics: working; Hardware: generally good, typical minor loss to gold plating; Weight: 4.11kg; Case: Soundsation hard case; Overall condition: good *This rare left-handed Eko M20 was custom ordered by the vendor through Roberto Brandoni who acquired the remaining Eko factory stock when it closed down in the 1980s. The custom order included the guitar to be left-handed, have gold hardware including the vendor-supplied gold fret wire
2010 Gibson Custom HB270C Les Paul / SG Custom reissue electric guitar, made in USA, ser. no. 0xxxx1; Finish: cherry red, a few minor dings; Fretboard: ebony; Frets: good; Electrics: working; Hardware: good, upgraded bridge, stop bar and posts included (originals retained): Case: original hard case with certificate of authenticity and tags; Weight: 2.89kg; Overall condition: very good * A rare guitar and part of the extremely limited Gibson Custom Shop "Hand-Built Series", with assigned model number HB270C. This example is upgraded with a Faber ABR-1 nickel bridge, lightweight Faber aluminium tailpiece, and tailpiece studs with Faber's Tone Lock Kit. No modifications are required for this upgrade and the original hardware is included in the sale.
1993 Gibson Les Paul Studio Custom Shop edition electric guitar, made in USA, ser. no. 9xx3xx8; Finish: rare metallic teal, dings, scratches and marks allover; Fretboard: Richlite; Frets: mild indent wear throughout; Electrics: working; Hardware: oxidisation and pitting to metal parts, loss to gold plating; Other: crudely repaired double head crack; Case: Epiphone hard case; Weight: 3.49kg; Overall condition: fair
Westmorland & Cumberland Yeomanry 1916 silver sword sweetheart broochA very rare First World War period 'Westmorland & Cumberland Yeomanry sweetheart brooch'; heavy gold fronted badge mounted on a 1912 Officer's pattern style sword, the reverse bearing Birmingham silver hallmarks for 1916 and maker's details "A. Bros" (Ahronsberb Brothers). Very good condition, retaining original pin fitting.Width 52mm.
[Stukeley, William]. An Account of a Roman Temple, and other Antiquities, near Graham's Dike in Scotland, 1st edition, [London, 1720], 2 folding engraved plates, folding engraved map, all dated 1720, 27 pp., drop-head title, some light spotting and toning, blank leaves bound front and rear, binder ticket of Manderson, Brighton, all edges red, nineteenth century green half morocco, spine faded to brown and a little rubbed, some fading and light spotting to upper cover, 4toQty: (1)NOTESESTC T108883. Rare. William Stukeley's first published work. William Stukeley (1687-1765) was a pioneer in the field of British archaeology. He initially studied and practised medicine before being elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1718, befriending Sir Isaac Newton among others (later writing Newton's biography in 1752 with the anecdote about the falling apple forming Newton's theory of gravity). He became interested in Roman Britain and undertook several field studies of Stonehenge and Avebury, linking their construction to the druids as opposed to the Romans (ancient field monuments were all supposed to have been built by the Romans in his day) and believing that the druids followed an earlier Abrahamic religion 'Patriarchcal Christianity'. The architect Andrews Jelfe (1690-1759) made the drawings from which the plates were engraved in 1719 on behalf of Stukeley at Arthur's O'on in Stenhousemuir in Scotland.
Conder (Thomas). The Journey of Life, or An Accurate Map of the Roads, Counties, Towns &c. in the Ways of Happiness & Misery, J. Buckland & W. Otridge, 18th Jany. 1773, hand-coloured engraved allegorical map after George Wright, old folds, one long repaired tear affecting image, 320 x 180 mmQty: (1)NOTESA rare allegorical map of the Journey of Life, which originally appeared as an addendum bound into George Wright's "Walking Amusements for Chearful Christians". The map has a high moral tone illustrated by two roads. One leading through Indifference, Obduracy and Impenitence to Hell, the other through Repentance, Faith and Perseverance to Heaven.
Malaspina (Alessandro). Viaje politico-cientifico alrededor del mundo por las corbetas Descubierta y Atrevida al mando de los capitanes de navio D. Alejandro Malaspina y Don José de Bustamante y Guerra desde 1789 á 1794. Publicado con una introducción por Don Pedro de Novo y Colson, 1st edition, Madrid: viuda é hijos de Abienza, 1885, [8] xxxi [1] 681 [7], half-title, 7 etched plates including portrait (all with tissue-guards), lithographic folding map, text uniformly browned, stronger browning to half-title and index, map with closed handling tear, bookplate of Kenn Back, contemporary red quarter sheep, Greek-key roll gilt to spine, marbled paper sides, folio in 4s (31.6 x 21.5 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESTHE POLAR AND SOUTH AMERICAN LIBRARY OF BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY METEOROLOGIST KENN BACK Provenance: Likely a Bustamante family copy, with the contemporary ownership inscription 'Joaquin Bustamante' to half-title (and 'J Bustamante' repeated on page [5] in the same hand) and later inscription 'Joaquin Bustamante de la Rocha, año de 1913' to title-page (with 'era de mi Padre', i.e. 'it belonged to my father', in a different hand below; bibliographical annotations in the same hand as the 1913 inscription to index-leaf); and the initials 'J. B. R.' gilt-stamped to foot of spine (the spine-lettering attributes authorship of the work to Bustamante only, with Malaspina's name omitted). Acquisition: Hordern House, Sydney, 1999. Ferguson 12206; Hill (1974) pp. 190-1; Howes M235. Rare first edition of the official account of 'Spain's greatest scientific voyage of exploration to the South Seas in the eighteenth century' (Hill), originally suppressed through court intrigue. A second edition followed later the same year. Ferguson states incorrectly that the Diario del viage ... printed at Montevideo in 1849 is the true first edition of this work; it is in fact a different account, by expedition member Francisco Javier de Viana. The different collations provided by Ferguson for the first and second editions also appear to be erroneous; the second edition can be distinguished by the statement 'segunda edicion' on the title-page, and is reputedly printed on inferior paper. Malaspina and Bustamante explored and mapped much of the west coast of the Americas including California, as well as visiting Australia and New Zealand.
Victory House (Publishers). Cartoon map of North Africa, Tehran, 1943, colour photolithographic map showing the allied forces trapping a defeated Hitler and Mussolini on Tunisia, printed in Farsi, slight marginal creasing, occasional repaired marginal closed tears, backed with archival tissue, 385 x 580 mm, together with North Africa. Propaganda map, 1943, colour photolithographic map showing the allied advances since El Alamein and the recent Sicily landings, old folds, two repaired marginal holes, backed with archival tissue, 420 x 645 mmQty: (2)NOTESRare survivors from World War II, these two Middle Eastern propaganda maps were part of a campaign conducted by the British from central Tehran in the wake of the Anglo-Russian invasion of Iran on 25th August 1941. It is interesting to note that despite the Anglo-Russian invasion, Iran would remain neutral for the ensuing two years, only declaring war on Germany in September 1943; therefore the battle for Iranian 'hearts and minds' remained crucial to the Allied cause throughout this period. Not long after these posters were published, Tehran would become the meeting place for the Allied leader, Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin, where the trio discussed arrangements for the European Second Front and for the proposed post-war independence of Iran. In a country where literacy levels were so low (about 10 - 15% of the populace), yet which had a sophisticated and vibrant culture of story-telling, these pictorial propaganda posters demonstrate how this was harnessed by the British New Centre in Tehran's Victory House during the wartime period.
Mawson (Douglas). The Home of the Blizzard. Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914, 2 volumes, 1st US edition, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, [1915], photogravure frontispieces, all colour and halftone plates as called for (several folding), 3 folding maps, bookplates of Kenn Back, a few leaves unopened, endpapers renewed (the 3 folding maps, originally in end-pocket, now loose), original blue cloth lettered in silver, dent to fore edge of volume 1 front board, with the rare dust jackets (chipped and soiled, prices on spines obliterated), 4toQty: (2)NOTESTHE POLAR AND SOUTH AMERICAN LIBRARY OF BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY METEOROLOGIST KENN BACK Rare in the dust jackets.
* Aviation. Walton (W. L. lithographer), By Permission of the Patentees, This Engraving of the First Carriage the "Ariel", is respectfully inscribed to the Directors of The Aerial Transit Company..., Ackermann & Co., March 28th,1843, uncoloured lithograph, slight staining and spotting but largely confined to margins, one crease to the lower left margin, 285 x 315 mm, together with Carlile (Alfred, lithographer). The New Flying Wonder, The Ariel, The first Carriage of the Aerial Transit Company, Royal Album no. 20, circa 1845, hand-coloured lithograph, 195 x 245 mm, with Sausinne (publishers). Concours D'Aviation, Paris, circa 1890, chromolithograph, old fold strengthened on verso205 x 505 mm, with The Boys Own Paper (publishers). Aeroplanes and Airships, [June 1916], chromolithograph, old folds, 270 x 570 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQty: (4)NOTESThe first two prints described are rare depictions of William Henson's patented Aerial Steam Carriage. The design was one of the first to conceive of what a 'modern' aeroplane would look like and although plausible on paper - and several models were made - the finished machine never flew because the steam-powered engine proved too heavy. The prints were produced to encourage investors and there are several variants showing the plane flying over various parts of the world.
Nodal (Bartolomé Garcia & Gonzalo de). Relacion del viage que por orden de su magestad, y acuerdo de el real consejo de Indias, hicieron los capitanes Bartholome Garcia de Nodal, y Gonzalo de Nodal, hermanos, naturales de Pontevedra, al descrubimento del estrecho nuevo de San Vicente, que hoy es nombrado de Maire, y reconocimiento del de Magallanes, 2nd edition, Cadiz: reimpresso por Don Manuel Espinosa de los Monteros, impressor de la Real Marina, [1769], bound with: Echevelar (Manuel de). J. M. Y J. Instruccion exacta, y util de las derrotas y navegaciones, que se execuan en todos tiempos en la America septentrional, de unos puertos à otros: con las advertencias de sondas, y notas, para ponerlas en pràctica, Cadiz: en la Real imprenta de Marina, 1753 [i.e. 1769?], 2 parts in 1 volume, Nodal: [20] 1-160 159-162 [4] pp., signatures pi2 [par.]-2[par.]4 A-X4 (2[par.]4 and X4 blank), woodcut initial and head-and tailpieces, engraved folding map (titled 'Reconocimiento de los estrechos de Magallanes y San Vicente ... por Don Pedro Texeira Ealbernas', dated 1769), woodcut vignettes in text at pp. 82-3 and 88, ink inscription to title-page verso (possibly a call number; visible recto), filled-in worm track to upper outer corners of signatures pi-E touching a few letters, headlines and page-numbers (the text neatly restored), similar minor repairs to fore margins of signature R-X not affecting text, Echevelar: 41 [3] pp., signatures A-E4 F2, repaired worming in fore margins touching decorative border of title-page, contents washed, bookplate of Kenn Back, 20th-century vellum by A. Cazares of Buenos Aires, 4to (19.3 x 13.6 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESTHE POLAR AND SOUTH AMERICAN LIBRARY OF BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY METEOROLOGIST KENN BACK Acquisition: Victor Aizenman, Buenos Aires, c.1997. Sabin 55935-6 (including the Instruccion); cf. Borba de Moraes II p. 102, Carter Brown II p. 156, Church 386 and Hill (1974) pp. 213-14 for the first edition (of Nodal only). Hill describes the first edition, printed at Madrid in 1621, as 'one of the rarest books on voyages of the seventeenth century ... Copies containing the map are so rare that it is believed to have been suppressed in accordance with the official Spanish policy of secrecy'. 'The work gives an account of the Spanish expedition sent out by order of Philip III, immediately after the return of Schouten's expedition, for the exploration of the Magellan Straits. The brothers Nodal sailed from Lisbon on the 27th of September, 1618, and did not return until July 9th of the following year ... The Strait Le Maire was rechristened S. Vincent, which name it retained for some time on Spanish maps' (Church).
* Education - Lancaster (Joseph). A printed flyer requesting subscriptions for a proposal to establish schools in villages & county towns for the education of ten thousand children, [1805], 'Repected Friends, The King, Queen, and Princesses, lately honored me with an audience at Weymouth, and after many enquiries respecting the mode of Education practised in my Institution, in the Borough Road, Southwark, expressed a benevolent desire to see the same benefit extended to the Country, and for this purpose began the following Subscription...,' single sheet, printed to one side, horizontal fold, 4to (23 x 18.5 cm), together with: ibid., Printed advertising flyer for a spelling book, [London, 1808?], 'Publishing by Subscription, by J. Lancaster, A Spelling Book, on a beautiful type, and new plan, that 500 Children may be taught to read from one book, instead of 500, as usually required for the same purpose; for the use of Schools, 5s, single sheet, printed to one side, 8vo (19.5 x 12 cm), [Mathias, Thomas James], A manuscript translation into English of excerpt verses of Petrarch undertaken by a student as an exercise for approval, circa 1790, 5 pages comprising 168 lines of neatly written verse, 3 blank pages, the recipient of the manuscript was Thomas Mathias, satirist & Latin scholar, and bears the name of the writer? "Mrs Wilmot", light toning, central horizontal folds, folio, and two others including an autograph letter from one teenage sister to another in which the writer discusses the typical occurrences of a young lady to another, Cambridge Jan. 12th, 1752, and a single sheet manuscript epitaph to the demise of 'Miss Colleton', circa 1795, and a single sheet manuscript note written by Sir George Pretyman-Tomline (1750-1827, tutor to William Pitt the Younger), to the bookseller-publishers Cadell & Davis ordering two publications which are to be sent 'as soon as may be convenient' by the Stamfords coach, Nov 16, 1802Qty: (6)NOTESThe first item is a rare item requesting donations to his scheme for educating children, by Joseph Lancaster, the pioneer of education.
* Law (Andrew Bonar, 1858-1923). British Prime Minister 1922-23. Autograph Letter Signed, 'A. Bonar Law', 11 Downing Street, Whitehall, 26 April 1920, to Baron Maclay, marked ‘Private’, Law states that he had forgotten to speak with his correspondent regarding press reports of comments Maclay had made regarding the Excess Profits Tax and continues ‘I enclose a cutting from the Westminster Gazette & I am sure you will avoid playing into the hands of the enemy by giving them an excuse for attacking us’, 2 small pinholes, not affecting the text or signature, 2 pages with blank integral leaf, 8voQty: (1)NOTESAutograph letters of Law are rare. Joseph Paton Maclay (1857-1951), 1st Baron Maclay. Scottish businessman who served as Minister of Shipping 1916-21.
Burrows (George Man). Cursory Remarks on a Bill now in the House of Peers for Regulating of Mad-Houses, its probable influences upon the physical and moral condition of the insane, and upon the interests of those concerned in their care and management: with observations on the defects of the present system, 1st edition, London: Harding, 1817, 104 pp., advertisement leaf at end, presentation inscription to title: "Rt. Honble. Lord Holland, with the respects of the author", modern cloth, spine lettered in gilt, 8voQty: (1)NOTESRare. No copies recorded at auction. George Man Burrows ( 1771-1846) was a general medical practitioner who specialised in the treatment of insane patients, opening a small asylum in Chelsea initially before founding a larger one, 'The Retreat' in Clapham in 1823. His better known work 'An Inquiry into Certain Errors Relative to Insanity; and their Consequences, Physical, Moral and Civil' was published in 1820.
Bahr (Abel William). Old Chinese Porcelain and Works of Art in China. Being Description and Illustrations of Articles selected from an Exhibition held in Shanghai, November 1908, London: Cassell and Company, 1912, 20 original paintings on silk by Wong Chun Hai, colour frontispiece, 101 monochrome illustrations, light spotting to endpapers and foredges, top edge gilt, original polychrome silk gilt over boards, corners rubbed, large 8voQty: (1)NOTESLimited edition 6/12, signed by the author, London, 12 September 1912. Extremely rare, no other copy traced at auction or institutions. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was born in Shanghai and began collecting Kangxi porcelain around 1905. His collection of early jades were acquired by the Field Museum, Chicago in 1928 and most of his Chinese paintings were bought by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in 1947. Provenance: A.W. Bahr Collection. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959), collector of Chinese art and antiquities, and Secretary of the North China branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. A.W. Bahr is the author of Old Chinese Porcelain and Works of Art in China, being descriptions and illustrations of articles selected from an exhibition held in Shanghai, November 1908, published in 1911. A survey of Chinese paintings in the Bahr Collection by Osvald Siren was published by the Chiswick Press in 1938.
Bowen (Emanuel). A Complete System of Geography, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: William Innys [and others], [1744]-1747, xi [1] xxviii 1013 [3], [4] 804 [24] pp., title-pages in red and black, 2 engraved plates, 69 engraved maps (complete as list; mainly double-page; one map, 'The World in Two Hemispheres', double-page and folding), variable browning, a few contemporary ink-stamps to margins (crest of a stag's head), volume 1 with damp-staining to lower margins from about p. 585, gradually extending and with increasingly noticeable weakening and fraying of the paper, affecting bottom line of text towards rear, and affecting about half the maps in the volume (nos. 16-30 of 30; numbering from 'A List of the Maps and Plates' to front of volume) but encroaching on plate-marks in maps 29-30 only (Poland/Lithuania and Hungary), signature 11U bound back-to-front and upside-down, volume 2 with pale markings to a few maps, probably damp-related but any related staining minimal and limited to light damp-staining in lower margins of a few maps including nos. 60 (Carolina), 61 (Virginia and Maryland) and 62 ('Pensilvania, New York, New Jersey and New England'), small closed tear in map 66 (Jamaica), numbers 70 (Antigua) and 57 (West Indies) each with hole in lower margin, number 67 (North Pole) with small hole in image affecting caption only, small section of text-leaf 8X2 adhering to previous leaf obscuring text, holes in 9E2 and 9P1 to loss of text, 9F1-2 partially stuck together, final few signatures (9R-10A) frequently stuck together at a single point with concomitant loss of text, ownership inscriptions 'Clutterbuck, Ap. 1813' to title-pages, volume 1 with contemporary ownership inscription 'Sparrow' and price paid (3-3-0) to front pastedown and early pen-trials to endpaper, red-sprinkled edges, contemporary calf, joints cracked, loss to spine-ends, rubbing and stripping to sides, wear to corners, folio (41.8 x 25 cm)Qty: (2)NOTESESTC T140529; Tooley, Maps and Map-Makers pp. 55-6. A rare complete copy of Bowen's imposing atlas, based on the fourth edition of Moll's Complete Geography; variant, with the dedication signed 'The authors' rather than Stephen Whatley. The first volume is restricted to Europe, while the second concerns the rest of the world and contains some 20 maps of North and South America and the West Indies, as well as a map of the North Pole.
Colebrook (Robert H.). Twelve Views of Places in the Kingdom of Mysore, the Country of Tippoo Sultan, from Drawings taken on the Spot, London: [no publisher], 1793, title-leaf, dedication leaf, list of subscribers to rear, 12 aquatint plates each with leaf of descriptive text, original tissue-guards extant, text-leaves with watermarks J Taylor and J Whatman, mild rippling to a few plates as often, spots to title-page, 'South View of Sewandroog' plate and text-leaf of 'N. W. View of Seringapatam' plate, small tissue-repair to dedication leaf, short closed tear to lower margin of 'East View of Bangalore' plate, 'South View of Sewandroog' with closed tear along inner margin of plate-mark, contemporary boards, rebacked and recornered in leather, arms of the Society of Writers to the Signet gilt to front board, large oblong folio (49.1 x 68 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESAbbey Travel 419 (with coloured plates, and date 1794); ESTC T123476 (with date 1794, and tracing three copies only); Prideaux pp. 243 & 331; Tooley 149. First edition, rare first issue dated 1793, unrecorded by Abbey and ESTC; all the plates in this copy are also dated several months earlier than those in Abbey's copy, the dates ranging from February to July 1793, as opposed to August 1793 to January 1794. A total of 394 copies is recorded in the the list of subscribers.
Brown (R. N. Rudmose). A Naturalist at the Poles. The Life, Work and Voyages of Dr. W. S. Bruce, the Polar Explorer. With Five Chapters by W. G. Burn Murdoch, 1st edition, London: Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd., 1923, half-title, all halftone photographic plates as called for including frontispiece, 2 folding maps, 4 pp. advertisements, irregular browning to endpapers, contemporary newspaper clippings mounted to front pastedown, bookplate of Kenn Back to front free endpaper, spotting to edges occasionally encroaching on margins, original dark grey cloth, titles and decoration in light blue, dust jacket (nicked, spine toned and with clear tape reinforcement to head and foot, similar reinforcement to joint of rear panel and flap), 8voQty: (1)NOTESTHE POLAR AND SOUTH AMERICAN LIBRARY OF BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY METEOROLOGIST KENN BACK Rare in the dust jacket.
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![Ireland, Eire, Sixpence, 1945 (S 6641). Practically mint state, rare [slabbed NGC MS 65] £200-£300 --- Provenance: M.A. Eel](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/14eb5186-50d9-4350-bda8-acc400962975/b140a935-ff7e-486d-bc10-acd301737bae/468x382.jpg)
![Victoria, Florin [1851-87], rev. brockage (S 3891ff); together with other British and World coins, in silver (35), base metal](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/14eb5186-50d9-4350-bda8-acc400962975/0b2f026a-7248-45f8-922e-acd30175a718/468x382.jpg)
![Roman Provincial Coinage, EGYPT, Alexandria, Severus Alexander, Tetradrachm, yr 10 [230-1], laureate and draped bust right, r](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/14eb5186-50d9-4350-bda8-acc400962975/9012e34e-d717-4172-9dcf-acd400bb42ab/468x382.jpg)
![[Stukeley, William]. An Account of a Roman Temple, and other Antiquities, near Graham's Dike in Scotland, 1st edition, [Londo](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/77bc0ec2-9b7d-4928-a674-acd400a80e4f/0c52d854-69b4-4fdf-ab67-acd400ecabb3/468x382.jpg)
![Bowen (Emanuel). A Complete System of Geography, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: William Innys [and others], [1744]-1747, xi](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/77bc0ec2-9b7d-4928-a674-acd400a80e4f/1037e1c4-4dc6-4460-8287-acd400ec83b9/468x382.jpg)
