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* Beddington (Edward). My Life, Privately Printed, 1960, [4], 356 pp. typescript and folding map, author's signed inscription to Gerald dated December 1960 to front free endpaper, original red cloth gilt, a little marked, 4toQty: (1)NOTESBrigadier E.H.L. Beddington C.G.M., D.S.O., M.C., was a regular officer in the 16th Lancers. He was commissioned in 1901, attended for Staff College and in 1914 took part in the Marne Retreat and subsequent operations, commanding a squadron. An appointment as GSO 3 2nd Cavalry division was taken up in October, and was the beginning of a very distinguished staff career which lasted the whole war ending GSO 1 5th Army up until the Armistice. Beddington spent the inter-war years in business and was recalled in 1940 to command one Bn Herts HG, then sent on a mission to China, finishing the war as a Brigadier. An important and rare reference source including sections on Army of Occupation, service in Egypt and World War II.
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Churchill (Winston Spencer, 1874-1965). Into Battle. Speeches by the Right Hon. Winston S. Churchill, C.H., N.P., Compiled by Randolph S. Churchill, 10th edition, Cassell & Co., 1943, signed presentation inscription from the author to recto of first blank leaf, 'To Monsieur V.V. Tillea with best wishes from Winston S. Churchill, 1946', top edge gilt, original pebble-grained blue morocco, gilt-titled spine, a little rubbed, 8voQty: (1)NOTESPresentation Issue and the first printing of this title to be issued in the format. Tillea had been the Roumanian Government-in-Exile's representative in London during the war and this would have been an appropriate volume to have been presented him, since a number of the speeches herein are concerned with the conquest of Roumania. A rare presentation binding and a nice association copy.
One bottle of Glenlochy 1969 Rare Malt 25 Year Old Natural Cask Strength Whisky, limited edition bottle no. 0247, 62.2%, 75cl A rare bottling of Glenlochy from within the Rare Malts Selection and one of the rare bottles from the series. The Rare Malt Selection is a historic selection of single malt whiskies from operational and lost distilleries that were released by Diageo between 1995 and 2005. Distilled in 1969 and bottled as a 25 year old.
The Ex-Midge Wilby, 1939 Scottish RAC Rally1937 Atalanta 2-Litre SportsRegistration no. HMX 957Chassis no. 1011Engine no. 1009•One of only two short-chassis cars of fewer than 20 produced•One of only two with the Gough 2-litre engine•Present ownership since 2007•Le Mans Classic eligibleFootnotes:A short-lived but highly regarded manufacturer, Atalanta Motors of Staines, Middlesex was the brainchild of Alfred Gough, designer of the overhead-camshaft Frazer Nash engine. Gough was joined in his new venture by another ex-FN employee, draughtsman Peter Crosby, while financial backing came principally from undergraduates Peter Whitehead and Neil Watson, the former a future Le Mans winner and the latter heir to the Burma Oils fortune. Other luminaries of the British Motor industry that played a part in the Atalanta story include Wally Hamill (Dunlop and Morris); Eric Scott (Specialoid pistons); A C Bertelli (ex-Aston Martin); and Dennis Poore (Manganese Bronze Holdings and Norton Villiers Triumph). Founded in 1937, the firm specialised in hand built sports cars of advanced design; the exclusive and expensive Atalantas being unique among British cars of their day in featuring all-independent coil-sprung suspension. The channel-section steel chassis was a substantial, X-braced affair, while the use of Hiduminium alloy for the suspension links and Elektron magnesium alloy for the huge (16'-diameter) Lockheed hydraulically operated brake drums helped keep un-sprung weight to a minimum. Gough four-cylinder engines powered the majority of Atalantas, not that there were many; indeed, it is estimated that no more than 20 cars of all types were built. The Gough engine was available in two capacities: 1.6 (78bhp) and 2.0 litres (98bhp), while in 1938 the company added a Lincoln Zephyr V12-powered 4.3-litre model to the range. Whatever the engine, the Atlanta's performance was excellent, thanks in no small part to its lightweight construction, and many of the cars enjoyed successful competition careers. Most were bodied by Atalanta's neighbours, E D Abbott of Farnham. Sadly, the outbreak of WW2 curtailed development of these exciting designs, and the Atalanta marque was not revived after the war's end. Survivors are exceedingly rare. One of only two short-chassis models, 'HMX 957' was originally owned by Miss M V 'Midge' Wilby, one of Atalanta's directors, who competed in rallies and trials with considerable success. This car was delivered with the 2-litre Gough engine and is the second of the three Atalantas owned by Midge Wilby. Reportedly, the adventurous Miss Wilby entered an Atalanta in the 1938 Monte Carlo Rally only to have her entry rejected on the grounds that the firm had built too few cars to be eligible. She drove a Lancia Aprilia instead. Another of Atalanta's financial backers, Midge Wilby ran a quasi 'works' team of these cars for herself and her friends, of which 'HMX 957' was one. In 1939 the Atalanta team won the manufacturers' team prize in the SWAC Welsh Rally. In 1939, The Light Car road-tested another of Midge Wilby's Atalantas ('JMC 973') for an article in its 7th April edition, declaring: 'road holding is beyond criticism: rough, almost colonial sections can be treated like main roads. The Atalanta has the tenacious quality of a racing car when cornering, and it is nearly impossible to cause the tyres to squeal'. That same year, 'HMX 957' was entered in the Scottish RAC Rally as part of a three-car team driven by a Mr A E Crosby, and contemporary press cuttings and photographs of the car in action may be found in the history file. What happened to the Atalanta immediately thereafter is not known, the next ownership record on file being an old-style continuation logbook (issued 1950) which records a change of engine rating/size from 13.9 to 24.9 horsepower, and a change of colour from blue to green. The penultimate change of owner is dated 1963. The last change in the logbook, Ryan Hodges of Woodcote, Reading, is also recorded as owner in a list of 14 Atalanta cars ('HMX 957' being one of only two 2.0-litre Gough-engined examples). The car is stated as being fitted with a Bristol engine at time of purchase by Mr Hodges. It is also stated that a correct Gough engine was 'now being assembled'. Some time later 'HMX 957' went to Sweden and is mentioned as resident there in a letter on file from Midge Wilby dated 3rd February 1985. Chronologically, the next significant piece of this car's history is its appearance in a UK auction in February 1996 (catalogue entry on file), it being stated at that time that the Atalanta was offered fresh from a major restoration carried out between 1993 and 1995, which included fitting a Ford V8 'flat head' engine. Its owner at that time would appear to have been Mr Werner Oswald of Brocton, Staffordshire (recorded as previous keeper in the old-style V5C on file). Its purchaser in February 1996 was Mr Craig Davis of Pebble Beach, California, who immediately commissioned TT Workshops of Westbury, Wiltshire to undertake a full restoration, including the sourcing and installation of a correct 2.0-litre Gough engine, one being found in Switzerland (see correspondence and detailed bills on file). The Atalanta appears to have next changed hands in 2007 when it was offered for sale by Mr Patrick Ryan of California at a US auction and purchased shortly thereafter by the current owner. In the vendor's own words: 'The car was immaculate when we purchased it – reflected in its having recently won the Cartier Style et Luxe at Goodwood and being displayed and sold at Pebble Beach in 2007. It is presented in similarly immaculate condition now.' Whilst in current ownership the Atalanta has benefited from the expert attention of the renowned Le Riche Automobile Restorers, who have carried out further major refurbishment works since its acquisition (bills on file). More recently (November 2019) 'HMX 957' was inspected and mechanically refreshed by Atalanta Motor Cars Ltd, the main focus of the work being to ensure the brakes, steering, and suspension operated safely. The bodywork was re-polished and detailed, and the car then remained in covered storage for some months prior to collection.The engine was serviced (including fresh oil) and set-up to run properly, which it did, and the car was then test-driven for no more than three miles. As the Atalanta was again likely to stand for some time in the client's collection, the cooling system was drained as precaution. (At the time of cataloguing it was noted there was some emulsification in the oil, which we understand is due to porosity in the block. This will likely need rectification prior to serious road use.)The Atalanta has seen only limited use while forming part of the vendor's private collection, covering only some 100 miles since acquisition. It was displayed at the Credit Suisse motoring event in Jersey in 2008 and at the Hampton Court Concours in 2014 but has not been rallied or used on events. It was a very personal acquisition that was, due to its age, admired as a piece of automotive art and displayed in the music room of the owner's house. Exotic, advanced, and exceedingly rare, the mythical Atalanta is rightfully considered by many enthusiasts to be the 'Holy Grail' among British pre-war sports cars.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare boxed 'Champion Racer Indianapolis Special' friction-powered tin-plate toy by Yonezawa, Japanese, 1960s,No.733, lithographed tin body, in cream, red and black livery with race number '1', the driver with rubber head, measuring 42cm long, with original box (worn with one end detached, the other missing). For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare 9 carat gold model Concorde presented to Brian Trubshaw,Garrards & Co, London 1972, the presentation plaque London 1985 realistically modelled, on an agate base with presentation plaque engraved 'Presented to Brian Trubshaw by the Board of British Aerospace on the occasion of his retirement December 1985', in original case. Length 22cm. Footnotes:The famous test pilot Brian Trubshaw made the maiden flight of the first British Concorde, 002, on April 9 1969 at Filton, Bristol, where the iconic supersonic passenger aircraft has been assembled.He led the team which conducted the massive flight test program on the airliner from the British Aircraft Corporation/British Aerospace flight test center at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire. He also carried out its global test, demonstration and route-proving tours including the 40,000 mile Sales Promotion tour in 1972 to the middle east where Concorde took to the skies from Tehran Airport, with the Shah of Iran on board. Officials were pleased with the flight, and they ordered three aircraft. This is the first definite order received for the Anglo French 'plane and put Iranian airlines in the forefront of Supersonic flights. British Aerospace presented the Shah with a gold model of Concorde and another was gifted to the Sultan of Brunei, this model presented to Trubshaw on his retirement in 1985 was only the third Garrards gold model produced making it of extreme rarity.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare 'Dinosaur' mascot, post 1913,bronze, 12cm long, mounted on a wooden display base. Footnotes:This dinosaur mascot is modelled as a Styracosaurus (Spiked Lizard), based upon a herbivorous ceratopsian dinosaur that lived in the Cretaceous period about 75 million years ago. The first fossil of Styracosaurus albertensis was discovered in Alberta, Canada by C.M. Sternberg (from an area now known as Dinosaur Provincial Park) and named by Lawrence Lambe in 1913.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A fine and rare 'Sirene' mascot by Georges Colin for Hermes of Paris, French, circa 1922,signed 'G.Colin', with '(C&L)'(Contenot & Lelievre) mark and deeply impressed foundry cartouche with further stamped marks '(21) 1549' and number '10' to rear of base, Cire Perdue hollow cast nickel-plated bronze mascot in the form of a graceful nude mermaid rising from the waves with flowing hair and beckoning arms, 13cm high, mounted on turned wooden display base. Footnotes:This mascot was awarded the prestigious Medaillee L'Auto for 1922 and was marketed by Hermes between 1922-1925.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An impressive late 19th century French Petite Sonnerie striking and repeating carriage clock with original travelling case and rare signed and numbered winding keyLe Roy & Fils, 57 New Bond StreetThe large knopped and foliate handle over a rectangular bevelled glass inspection panel and a heavily moulded frieze and two rectangular bevelled glass side panels on a raised plinth base, the signed white circular Roman and Arabic dial with blue and gilt numerals on a duck egg blue chapter ring with blued-steel spade hands over a subsidiary alarm dial, both framed by a highly polished mask. The twin train movement with lever platform escapement with cut and compensated bi-metallic balance, striking on a pair of two blued-steel coiled gongs on two hammers. Ticking and striking. Sold with the original leather travelling case and a giant brass double ended winding key stamped Le Roy 4200. 21cms (8 inches) high (3)Footnotes:Provenance: Christie's, South Kensington, 17 December 2003, lot 305. Overhauled in August 2005.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare mid 19th century French malachite-mounted gilt brass repeating carriage clockHowell James & Co., To the Queen, London & ParisThe highly elaborate case with ribbed handle over applied Gothic-style cast and engraved motifs centred by circular malachite inserts, the signed rectangular white enamel Roman dial with blued-steel Breguet style hands over a subsidiary alarm dial, the twin train movement with lever platform escapement, striking the hours, half hours and repeating on a bell, stamped with the 'Encircled B' trademark. Striking but not ticking. 18cms (7ins) high (1)Footnotes:Howell James & Co. was a firm of jewellers and silversmiths based in London's Regent Street for almost a century, from 1819 to 1911. The firm exhibited at the Great Exhibition in London in 1851 and at the 1862 International Exhibition. It sold items by students and designers of the South Kensington School and in 1884 it became a Limited Company. The current lot probably dates to the time of the early Exhibitions and in the decorative treatment of the gilt brass case shows the influence of another of the great London clockmakers, Thomas Cole.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare late 19th century French gilt brass gorge cased repeating carriage clockRetailed by Paul Garnier (II), made by Henri Jacot, No. 3303The case with facetted knuckle handle over a large inspection panel, distinctive corners, bevelled glass panels and a concave base, the Roman and Arabic signed white rectangular dial with alarm subsidiary, the signed and numbered repeating movement with large silvered lever platform escapement sounding the hours and the halves on a coiled blued steel gong. Ticking and striking. With a numbered key and an associated travelling case. 16cms (6.25ins) high. (3)Footnotes:Provenance: Purchased fully restored from Horological Workshops, Guildford, Surrey in 2016. The accompanying invoice states the movement carries the oval stamp of Henri Jacot.Jacot were Parisian makers of fine carriage clocks, Henry Jacot senior died in 1868; according to his obituary, his end was saddened by a 'cruel mistake' at the 1867 Exhibition, when he had not been awarded a medal, but only an 'Honourable Mention'. It was rectified and he was later awarded a silver medal. Henry senior was succeeded by his nephew, Henry junior, who continued the enviable reputation of the company.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A fine mid 19th century French gilt and engraved brass carriage clock in original case with original numbered keyPaul Garnier, Paris, No.3104The early composite case with shaped four-scroll handle on foliate pommels over bevelled glazed panels to an octagonal base with original wooden block intact below, the solid rear door hinged and set with shuttered apertures for hand setting and winding, engraved all over with foliate scrolls and cross-hatched panels, the signed white enamel rectangular dial with blue Roman numerals and minute band, each 5-minute marked with a single dot and gilt trefoil hands, the signed movement with silvered lever platform escapement and compensated bimetallic balance striking the hours and halves on a bell, in the original leather-covered, velvet lined travelling case with impressed decoration and rare heavy bevelled glass protective front panel. 15cm (6ins) high. (3)Footnotes:Paul Garnier (1801-1869) was renowned for his carriage clocks. He received silver medals in the Paris Exhibition of 1827, 1834 and 1839, as well as gold medals in 1844 and 1849.The travelling case is engraved with an heraldic device of a chained bear and the initials T.W., presumably the first owner.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare mid 19th century French engraved brass repeating carriage clock with original silk-and velvet-lined travel case and keyRetailed by Payne & Co, 163 New Bond Street, London. The movement numbered 1855 and almost certainly supplied by Paul Garnier, The four-scroll handle hinged on bud pommels over a bevelled inspection panel with repeat button passing through the glass, canted corners and bevelled panels to a plinth base, engraved throughout with bold foliate scrolls, running border and lattice-work, the plinth centred by a stylised lion mask, the underside retaining its original wooden block secured by a single screw, the white enamel dial with black Roman numerals and typical 'Garnier style' trefoil hands over an Arabic alarm-setting dial, the rear of the case with a shuttered non-opening panel with five shuttered apertures for winding and setting of the clock and alarm, together with a regulation index, the spring driven movement striking and repeating on a bell, with gilt lever platform escapement with compensated bimetallic balance. Together with the original silk- and velvet-lined travel case, with original key (hand setting tip lacking) set in its own recessed niche in the base, the lid printed in gilt with the retailers details. Ticking, striking and repeating. 15cms (6ins) high. (3)Footnotes:The case of this clock is an interesting early variant, sitting between the earliest 'one piece' cases of the second quarter of the 19th century and the later fully formed 'multi-piece' cases of the post 1860 period. During the transition from one case style to the other, most early forms used an opening rear door, such as that found in lot 30. This example however, has a solid door thereby constantly protecting the movement from the ingress of dust and fingers. All of the functions of the clock can be activated and adjusted through the shuttered apertures, even fast and slow fine tuning.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A fine and rare large late 19th century French automata champleve enamel and green onyx nautical compendium with two timepieces, barometer, thermometer and compassRetailed by Chs.J.Gauff & Co., Hong KongThe capstan surmounted by a decorated cupola housing a compass over twin clock dials (for world time use), a Fahrenheit and Reamur mercury thermometer and an aneroid barometer, all set on a rotating drum wound from below, the lower half of the case wrapped in ropework and set with a patinated anchor, a davit, a ships block and life belt, all raised on a circular green onyx base, the pillars, cresting and capstan decorated with polychrome champleve enamel. Both clock movements tick, the upper cupola section is wound from the base and rotates automatically, as it should. 51cms (20ins) high (1)Footnotes:Comparable literature: A similar example is illustrated in Roberts, D. (1999) Mystery, Novelty & Fantasy Clocks. Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, p. 257 fig. 22-9A. Another similar model was offered as part of The Joseph M. Meraux Collection of Rare and Unusual Clocks, Sotheby's, New York, June 28 1993, Lot 42.A similar model, but without the benefit of the polychrome enamel decoration, is illustrated in Alan Qing, 2014, 'Antique Clocks, Art and Technology in Time, 1680-1920', page 144.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A fine and rare second half of the 19th century French ormolu month-going, perpetual calendar centre-seconds table regulator with barometer, twin thermometers and moonphase indication and special visible escapement to a gridiron pendulumLe Roy & Fils, Palais Royal, Gal(er)ie. Montpensier 13 & 15, Paris The substantial arched case surmounted by a shallow urn finial over bevelled glass panels and side pilasters, on a moulded base and squat bun feet, the arched glazed front set with six enamel dials; the time read against a Roman chapter ring with signed recessed centre displaying the special single-beat escapement, set over a pair of 2.5 inch dials giving the moons age and phase together with the day of the week, the other displaying the date and month, the lower third of the dial plate set with a metallic barometer giving seven weather predictions in French, flanked by an alcohol centigrade/reamur thermometer and a mercury Fahrenheit/reamur thermometer. The clock movement with large rectangular plates united by heavy pillars, the substantial zinc and steel gridiron pendulum with large bob suspended from an elaborate mount, rack striking the hours and the half-hours on a bell, the calendar dial with year setting dial to the rear. 57cms (22ins) high (1)Footnotes:This rare and unusual escapement is reserved for the finest French table regulators and often combined with additional complex features such as perpetual calendar, a sweep seconds hand and a temperature compensating pendulum. The pendulum on the current clock is a fine half-seconds beating brass and zinc gridiron type.The very fine ratchet shaped teeth of the escape wheel are for locking alone, eliminating the extensive engaging friction normally witnessed with the entry pallet of other anchor pattern escapements. There are two points of action on this escape wheel; locking on the long teeth and impulse by the horizontal pins on the lesser diameter of the rim of the wheel on the exit pallet. The impulse plane on the exit pallet, with the lesser force of disengaging friction, is a concave curve. This curve is mapped providing an increasing impulse in the wider arcs of the pendulum. With the action of the escape wheel on only every second beat, the sweep hand indicates full seconds. With the high precision required in the layout and manufacture, this escapement is capable of providing impressive accuracy over extended periods, whilst the unusual kinetic intermittent action is a fascinating visual diversion.Le Roy et Fils was founded in 1785 by Basile Charles le Roy (1765-1839) and was continued by his son, Charles-Louis Le Roy.The firm prospered after the French Revolution, and were appointed clockmaker to Napoleon I and later, the restored Bourbons.Le Roy opened their first shop in London in Regent Street in 1854 and later in New Bond Street in 1885. Le Roy et Fils became a Royal Warrant holder for Queen Victoria in 1864, the only foreign clockmaker with a British Royal Warrant.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare Austrian Biedermeier period ormolu-mounted ebonised, four-train grande sonnerie striking and repeating sedan/Travel clock with alarmBernard Geissler, ViennaThe 5.75 inch square case surmounted by a ring handle incorporating the steel repeat button (repeating both the hours and quarters on a single press) over a moulded edge and foliate mounts to the corners framing the palmette-cast bezel and enamel Roman chapter ring signed BERN GEISSLER IN WIEN, with matching blued steel time hands and a tapered alarm-setting hand to the engine turned centre, the four-train movement wound through the dial, with circular plates, with duplex escapement striking and repeating via three polished steel hammers with O-shaped heads on a pair of circular-section coiled blued steel gongs mounted on a shaped bridge spanning the rear. 14.5cms (5.75is) wide. Footnotes:Bernard Geissler Senior (1789-1854) began working circa 1818.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Rare late 19th century French giant gorge cased striking and repeating carriage clockDrocourt, no.35490The case with rippled handle over a rectangular bevelled glass inspection panel and matching side panels, on a plinth base with the inscription 'Presented to Sergeants Mess 1st Coldstream Guards by Major Marquis of Winchester September 1898.' The rectangular white enamel Roman dial with bold black numerals and blued-steel spade hands, the two train movement with large gilt lever platform escapement with compensated bimetallic balance, striking the hours and half hours on a coiled blued steel gong. The backplate signed and numbered. Striking and intermittently ticking. Sold with an associated winding key. 26cms (10ins) high (2)Footnotes:The proceeds from the sale of this lot will go towards the Charitable Funds of the Coldstream Guards.Augustus John Henry Beaumont Paulet 15th Marquis of Winchester (6 February 1858-11 December 1899) was educated at Eton College and King's College, London. He succeeded his father to the peerage in 1887. He was a Major in the Coldstream Guards and served in the Second Boer War. He presented this clock to the Sergeants Mess in September 1898 and was tragically killed about a year later at Magersfontein, South Africa, on 11 December 1899. He was mentioned in despatches, as a man who 'displayed almost reckless courage.'For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A very rare first half of the 19th century Scottish burr maple bow-fronted stick barometer with sliding bar for relative day recordingsAdie & Son, EdinburghThe Biedermeier-style case with rectangular cornice over a brass plaque with sliding bar to alternately reveal 'Yesterday' or 'Today', the trunk with two ivory recording knobs and terminating in a plinth cistern cover with inset ivory float for zero-ing purposes, the signed silvered dial with twin scales and verniers reading from 26 to 31 inches. 109cms (42 1/2ins) high (1)Footnotes:The Adie family supplied laboratories and the thriving scientific community in Scotland in the first half of the 19th century with the best instruments that money could buy. Such was Alexander Adie's standing in the scientific community, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1819. He took his son John into partnership in 1835 while based at 58 Princes Street. After 9 years they moved just four doors along the road. In 1857 Richard Adie took over the firm, although he continued to trade under the earlier name. In 1877 the firm moved to 37 Hanover Street. Their work is always of the highest quality. Alexander is probably best known for his invention of the sympiesometer in 1818.The pared-down elegance and use of light burr maple in the current lot is an echo of the Biedermeier style prevalent in Europe in the 1820-40 period, proving that the firm were well aware of the latest European fashions.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TP Y ФTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory. The United States Government has banned the import of ivory into the USA.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare signed and dated late 18th century chequer-strung mahogany angle barometerBalthazar Knie, Edinburgh, 1787The angled case with twin suspension loops over a proud moulded edge terminating in a typical oval cistern cover, with visible tube angled at the shoulder, the inlaid ivory signature plaque dated 1787 over an ivory scale reading from 28 to 31 inches over a 17.25 inch total length, with seven weather predictions. 81cms (31 1/2ins) high (1)Footnotes:Born in Germany in 1738, Baltazar Knie became the best known barometer maker in Scotland. After years travelling around mainland Europe and Ireland as a jobbing barometer maker, he eventually settled in Edinburgh in 1776. An early advert announced that 'He blows and spins glass before company on the table, and forms many curiosities too tedious to mention. If any of the curious have in mind to see him work, they are heartily welcome, from six to eight in the evening. His stay in the city will be short.' Despite planning a short sojourn, Knie remained in the city for another forty years. Edinburgh at this time housed a strong contingent of both amateur and professional astronomers, scientists, meterologists etc; he was obviously among kindred spirits and they provided a keen clientele. In 1814, he planned to retire and to dispose of his stock of seventy instruments (valued at £309) by way of a lottery. However, it seems that due to lack of support, the idea was abandoned. Knie died in 1817.A similar instrument with ivory panel dated to 1782 was sold at Bonhams Edinburgh, 20th August 2010, lot 1206.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TP Y ФTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory. The United States Government has banned the import of ivory into the USA.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A fine and very rare mid 18th century gilt brass-mounted walnut musical and astronomical longcase clock with mirrored panelsGeorge Clarke in Leadenhall Street, LondonThe arched hood set with mirrored panels flanked by freestanding facetted glass brass-mounted Doric columns over a full width door set with five shaped mirrored glass panels, all with bevelled edges throughout and framed by beaded brass borders, on a matching base (restored), the 14 inch arched dial with silvered arc detailing 12 tunes, namelyA March No.1Poor Robins ComplaintPretty Salley (sic)This great world isTransported wth. pleasureThe grand MusquelineThe Mock to BellsizeMasquerade MinuetA MarchSpanish JiggA Rigadoon No. 4A Young Virgin of 15 over the engraved polished/blued spherical 'Halifax' moon, the main body of the dial set with a subsidiary dial to each corner offering Strike/Silent, Chime/Not Chime, Moon's age 1-29.5 and the phase i.e. 'New Moon' 'First Quarter', 'Full Moon', and 'Last Quarter', and a twice XII-XII framed by a six times 0-48 outer ring, with Roman and Arabic chapter ring, subsidiary seconds, date aperture and signature arc, the massive movement with shaped plates united by ten knopped and ringed pillars, the anchor escapement with crutch beat adjustment to the heavy pendulum, rack striking the hour on the hour on a vertical bell, and playing one of twelve tunes every three hours on 27 hammers and 15 bells via a 13 inch pinned barrel mounted transversally to the rear, with trip repeat. 2.61m (8ft 7ins) high. Footnotes:Provenance: Christie's 13 November 2014, lot 138.George Clarke worked from Leadenhall Street, London throughout the second quarter of the 18th century. As well as supplying the UK domestic market with well-made longcase, bracket and lantern clocks, he also had a strong trade with the Eastern and Ottoman markets. These export markets preferred a more ostentatious style and Clarke made strong use of lacquer, tortoiseshell, mirror and glass to appeal to the continental aesthetic. A good example of this is the red-lacquered hooded wall clock made for the Turkish market which was sold in these rooms on 14th June 2005, lot 125. Perhaps his most famous extant clock is the large musical bracket clock with glass (or 'crystal') spherical finials and cupola over facetted glass columns in the collection of The Goldsmith's Company, previously in the Wetherfield Collection. It shares the same facetted glass columns as the current lot. Another comparable clock to this lot was recorded by Lord Macartney during his visit to China 1792-1794 in the Emperor's Great Hall of the Summer Palace:'At one end I observed a musical clock that played twelve old English tunes, the 'Black Joke', 'Lillibullero', and other airs of the 'Beggars' Opera'. It was decorated in a wretched old taste, with ornaments of crystal and coloured stones but had been, I dare say, very much admired in its time. On the dial appeared in large characters, 'George Clarke, Clock and Watch Maker, in Leadenhall Street, London.' This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A FINE AND RARE EARLY 18TH CENTURY FAUX TORTOISESHELL JAPANNED LONGCASE CLOCKBenjamin Broadhead, LondonThe caddy top with turned finials over a pierced fretwork cornice raised on brass-mounted Doric columns (the hood door opening to reveal a gilt-decorated mask) and a long trunk door with central lenticle, decorated in raised gesso and flat gilt work with chinoiserie figures, birds in flight and floral groups, to a conforming base, the 12 inch brass dial with early form of shallow arch centred by a strike/silent subsidiary dial and an engraved 'Green Man' mask flanked by foliate scrolls and Indian mask spandrels, the Roman and Arabic chapter ring with half-quarter marks and good blued steel hands, the matted centre with subsidiary seconds and chamfered date aperture, signed 'B. Broadhead, Londini Fecit' to the centre within a shaped foliate cartouche, the weight driven movement with five knopped pillars (the central one latched), with anchor escapement and internal rack strike on the bell. 250cms (8ft 2.5ins) high.Footnotes:Benjamin Broadhead was apprenticed to William Speakman in 1702, Speakman having just completed his 12 month duty as Master of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers. Benjamin gained his Freedom after the standard 7 year apprenticeship, in 1709. There is much merit in this clock, the case is particularly high quality, with the sides measuring 1 and 3/16ths of an inch thick and the faux-tortoiseshell and gilt japanned decoration would have looked alive in the flickering light of a fireplace or Queen Anne candlestick. The dial of the clock is also rare for London work of the period - the Green Man mask in the arch is notable, as is the waisted signature cartouche to the centre - a closely related signature can be seen on a quarter chiming longcase clock of circa 1700/05 by Jonathan Puller in the Wetherfield Collection, item number 123, another by Puller is included in this sale, lot 72.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare numbered late 18th century ebonised table clockJno. Prichard, London, No. 223The bell top case with brass handle with six acorn finials over arched gilt brass sound frets and twisted side mounts on ogee brass feet, the 6.75 inch signed silvered and brass Roman and Arabic dial with fine blued-steel fettled hands, with date aperture at VI and strike/silent above XII, matted centre and signature in two elaborate cartouches. The twin gut fusee movement with knopped pillars and knife edge verge escapement, striking the hours on a bell, the engraved backplate boldly engraved 'No. 223' within foliate scrollwork featuring a ho-ho bird, with brass bob pendulum and pendulum hook. Running and striking. Together with a winder and two case keys. 52cms (20ins) high (4)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A good and rare early 18th century provincial Walnut quarter repeating table timepieceW. Glover, WorcesterThe inverted caddy top surmounted by a knopped brass handle over a bold cornice, narrow glazed side apertures herring-bone inlaid door frame and a moulded base on block feet, the 7 inch square brass dial with engraved wheatear border framing the Indian mask spandrels and silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with lozenge half-quarter marks, the finely matted centre with decorated date aperture and ringed winding square, with blued steel hands, the single wire fusee movement united by five knopped and pinned pillars screwed into the backplate, with knife edge verge escapement repeating the quarters on two bells and hammers on the pull of a cord from below the case. Ticking and repeating. Sold with a 19th century winding key and three case keys. 40cms (15 1/2ins) high (5)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A fine and rare early 18th century gilt-metal mounted, ebony-veneered quarter-repeating and striking table clock of small sizeThomas Tompion, London, number 345The case:the tied bud handle over a caddy top and finely moulded cornice, the side panels with pierced sound frets backed in green silk, over glazed rectangular panels, on a moulded base and block feet, the rear door with rectangular glazed panel, the front with silk-backed sound fret over a pair of gilt escutcheons, numbered on the front sill '345'. The dial:the gilt rectangular dial measuring 5.5inches by 6.25 inches (14cms x 16cms), signed top centre in a flowing script 'Tho: Tompion, Londini fecit' within an engraved foliate cartouche to the top corners with a sprig of foliage over the twin subsidiary dials for rise-and-fall regulation (marked in Arabic 5s inside the engraved track) and Strike/Not Strike, both with engraved centres and blued steel hands, the latter with twin brass nibs, the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with cross half-quarter marks, outer minute band and inner quarter hour track with 'sword hilt' half-hour marks, the finely matted centre with D-ended chamfered mock pendulum aperture, and blued steel hands, with three latched dial feet, the lower corners set with double-screwed ornate cherubs head spandrels, and a pair of upper half-spandrels secured with single screws.The movement:of eight day duration and with substantial plates united by seven knopped and ringed pillars latched to the frontplate with shaped brass riveted latches, both fusees with gut line, the going train terminating in a pivoted verge escapement with long steel crutch to a short pendulum with brass bob and rod mounted on a facetted brass rise and fall arm pivotted on the backplate, the mock pendulum screwed to the verge arbor in typical fashion; the strike train with rack strike on a bell mounted on a steel stand with shaped foot; the quarter repeat train sounding the quarters on a smaller, single bell, activated from either side via Tompion's double engaging cocked chamfered steel levers on the backplate. Running, striking and repeating.The backplate:fully engraved within a single line border and punch numbered along the lower edge, signed in an oval cartouche flanked by a pair of cornucopia issuing fruit and flowers within a symmetrical pattern of foliate scrolls, a stylised Green Man mask engraved above the centre, all cocks similarly engraved. 33cms (13ins) high to the top of the raised handle. (30cms (11.75ins) to the pommel of the handle) Footnotes:Provenance:This clock has been in single Dutch family ownership since at least the late 19th century. It is mentioned in the 1912 inventory of the estate of Mr J.J. van der Willigen, Rotterdam as a '..oud klokje (Engelsch), waarde 30 gulden..' 'Old English Clock'Thence by descent.This clock is one of a rare group of mid-size Phase Two table clocks by Thomas Tompion. This size of clock, measuring between 11.5 and 11.75 inches to the pommels, with dials of about 5.25 inches by 6.25 inches, was produced from circa 1691 to 1711. This example was produced at almost exactly the mid-point in production and in many respects is a text book example. It carries the special spandrel reserved for this model, the so called 'Ornate Cherubs Head' - see Evans, Carter & Wright, 'Thomas Tompion' 300 Years, Water Lane Publishing, 2013, p155.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A fine and rare late 17th century ebony quarter repeating table clock with alarmJoseph Knibb, LondonThe shallow caddy top with tied bud handle over foliate mounts to the front and sides, framed by four squat urn finials, the front door with pierced sound fret and two applied escutcheon mounts (the left hand pinned to allow access to the keyhole), with a pair or rectangular glazed side panels, on a plinth base, the 6.25inch square dial signed along the lower edge Joseph Knibb, London, with two slots flanking the XII 'N-S' and 'R-N' (Not strike- Strike and Ring - Not ring), the winged cherubs head spandrels framing the silvered chapter ring with outer minute track (marked in Arabic 5s), Roman hours with fleur-de-lyse half-hour markers and an inner quarter hour track, the centre finely matted and carrying the silvered Arabic alarm-setting dial, with finely fettled blued steel hands (the hour restored, but retaining the original hexagonal centre), the twin gut fusee movement united by six baluster shaped pillars, all latched to the frontplate, the going train terminating in a knife edge verge escapement, the strike train with rack system acting on a single bell above (the alarm sounding on the same bell), probably with a quarter repeat originally taken from the strike train (part of train and bell lacking, but with original pivotted hammer intact), the backplate with single line border framing a symmetrical design of four pairs of flowers (tulips, anenomes and irises), the lowermost pair of irises on cut stalks below the curved copperplate signature Joseph Knibb Londini fecit. 34cms (13ins) highFootnotes:Literature: Illustrated and described in R.A.Lee; The Knibb Family Clockmakers, The Manor House Press, 1964, Plate 81 and page 181 'Joseph Knibb, London. Table clock with ebony veneered case with repousse gilt metal mounts on the caddy top. The lifting handle, finials and escutcheons are of a design which now becomes standard. The eight day striking movement is fitted with alarm mechanism with setting dial under the hands. Stopwork for striking and alarm above chapter ring. Circa 1680-82. In the possession of Mrs Oakes.'For a similar repeat system operated from the strike train, see Dawson, Drover & Parkes, Early English Clocks, Antiques Collectors Club, 1982, pp392. Illustrated is an example by Edward Burgis, but others are known by Richard Colston, William Herbert and Fromanteel, see plates 557 to 563.See Sunny Dzik, Engraving on English Table Clocks, 'Art on a Canvas of Brass, 1660-1800' 2019, figure 8.6 for a related cut-stalk backplate with curving signature on a Joseph Knibb table clock. Other Knibb cut stalk patterns can be seen in plates 8.7 and 8.8, and in the digital library.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A fine and rare late 18th century mahogany striking regulator longcaseJohn Monkhouse, LondonThe case with a raised architectural cresting surmounted by three ball finials over canted front angles and a long solid mahogany door with good figuring and moulded edge, on a raised panel base and double apron, the 10 inch one-piece silvered dial boldly signed in the low arch 'John Monkhouse' with strike/silent selection lever over a minute track and upward curving aperture revealing the hours, the seconds indicated on a large Arabic subsidiary spanning from the centre to the XII position, with bolt-and-shutter maintaining power lever to the side, the weight driven movement with shouldered plates united by five knopped pillars, both trains with delicate wheel work and high count pinions, the strike with rack system on a bell, the going with large deadbeat 'scapewheel and pallets to a long steel crutch and unusual steel-rod pendulum with heavy bar running into the large lenticular bob secured by an engraved rating nut. Running and striking. Together with a later winding key, two brass (not matching) weights, and door key. 2.02m (6ft 8ins) high. Footnotes:Provenance: Single family ownership for the last 71 years. This clock was bought by the vendor's father from William Lee, BADA-registered Antique Dealer, 39, Stonegate, York, on 11th June 1949 for the sum of £65.00. The receipt from 1949 is included with this lot. John Monkhouse is listed as working from London 1756-1771. A similar regulator by him is illustrated in Roberts: 'English Precision Pendulum Clocks', Schiffer 2003, Figs. 21-2A,B,C. It is featured as an example of the short-lived fashion in the late 18th century for more elaborate regulator cases, interestingly, the dial displays the same large overlapping subsidiary seconds ring as the current lot.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare late 19th century English giant carriage clock with duplex escapement, original case and original numbered keyCharles Frodsham & Co. Ltd, 84 Strand, No.1535The ribbed handle over a heavy bevelled glass inspection panel revealing the gilt platform and engraved cock, the sides and front glass similarly impressive, on a plinth base numbered to the underside, the lift-off solid rear door with named shuttered apertures for winding, hand-setting, and regulation, the signed and numbered white enamel dial with minute track and black Roman numerals, with blued steel hands, framed by an engraved mask of foliate scrolls against a hatched ground, the signed and numbered eight day movement with twin chain fusees, the going train with maintaining power and gilt platform supporting the engraved cock and overcoiled blued steel hairspring to a duplex escapement, the strike sounding every hour on a rectangular-section blued steel gong mounted on a block marked F.D., the backplate mounted with a subsidiary seconds dial running counterclockwise. Running and striking. Together with the original (distressed) travelling case and the original numbered double-ended winding and hand-setting key. 23cm (5 1/2in) highFootnotes:Provenance: This clock has possibly been in single family ownership from new. It is first mentioned in family records in 1941. An invoice dated 19th December 1950 for the overhaul, cleaning and adjusting of the clock by Charles Frodsham & Co. at a cost of £8 accompanies the lot.The use of the duplex escapement is extremely rare, if not unique in the oeuvre of Frodsham. This clock may have been a special commission from a client, or an experimental foray by the firm.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A very rare mid 19th century English historical Presentation skeleton timepiece with deadbeat balance escapementUnsigned, but attributable to James CondliffThe open scroll frame with plates measuring 5mm (3/16ths) in thickness, united at the lower terminals with turned pillars secured by pairs of blued steel screws and brass collets to the front and back, the upper scrolls bound by turned steel posts secured by matching, smaller collets and screws; the single chain fusee movement with Harrison's maintaining power, high count pinions and wheels of five crossings throughout, the train terminating in a vertical deadbeat 'scape wheel and polished steel pallets with banking screws, impulsed via a vertical polished steel lever with trefoil-shaped endpiece concealing the twin impulse pins of the large (2inch) diameter brass four-arm balance above, (the balance set with timing screws on a flat blued steel spring), the 4.5 inch diameter silvered Roman chapter ring with outer minute band and the pair of original matching blued steel Breguet style hands, all mounted on an ebonised wooden base mounted with the presentation plaque, further set on a plinth with recessed edge to take the heavy bronze-finished cover with five heavy bevelled glass panels. Ticking. Sold with a 19th century winding key. The frame 21cms (8.25ins) high. Height to the top of the glass cover 34cms (13.5ins). Footnotes:The silvered presentation plaque reads:PRESENTED TOJOHN CONDIE ESQUIRE,BY THE WORKMEN EMPLOYED AT WILSONTOWN IRON WORKSOn hisleaving the Management of these Works As a small mark of their regard for himas a Kind and Just Master,And of their estimation of his Valuable ACQUIREMENTS IN SCIENCEand especially his IMPROVEMENTS IN IRON MAKING October 1839John Condie was born in the Gorbals, Glasgow on the south bank of the Clyde in 1799. Like many local men, his life revolved around the iron making trade, and he soon joined the Wilsontown Iron Works near Forth, south east of the city. It was here that James Beaumont Neilson (1792-1865) developed a new blast furnace, but it was Condie's invention of the Spiral Tuyere in 1836 that enabled raw coal from the adjacent mines to be used in the process, rather than the far more expensive coke. It was during this time of innovation and expansion that this clock was presented to Condie by his workmen. With the closure of the Wilsontown Works in 1842 (which at one time had employed two thousand men), Condie moved to the Govan Iron Works at Hutchesontown, not far from the Gorbals. It was here in 1846 that he patented a steam hammer with a fixed piston and a moving cylinder which carried the hammer at its base. The first example was erected in the Govan works in 1848. Condie went on to produce a number of these gargantuan steam hammers, each with up to as much as a seven ton force, for several forges around Scotland. Condie handed over the Govan works to Allan C. Wylie before his death in Wellcroft Place in his home city of Glasgow at the age of sixty-one in 1860.Reading the presentation inscription on this clock, one is left in no doubt that not only was Condie a man of huge talent and vision but was also a man of great humanity. The esteem in which he was held by his workforce exudes from every line. The clock was given relatively early on in his career and it is pleasing to consider that this timepiece was witness to such a fertile mind, one that certainly changed the fortunes of Glasgow, and improved the processes of iron manufacturing at a time when Britain was considered 'the workshop of the world.'For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
RARE: GENTLEMAN'S ZENITH ACADEMY GEORGES FAVRE-JACOT EIGHTEEN CARAT GOLD FUSEE AND CHAIN MANUAL WIND WRIST WATCH, reference number 18.2210.4810/01.C713, the round white partial skeleton dial with applied rose gold baton hour markers, outer seconds track in black, with visible fusee and chain mechanism held in place by steel bridges, with subsidiary seconds dial between 7 and 8 and power reserve indicator between 4 and 6, 45mm eighteen carat rose gold case, with skeleton back, on a brown crocodile strap with concealed clasp, in an impressive lockable display case, with outer box and warranty card stating the date of purchase as 2016
RARE: OMEGA 'SILVER SNOOPY AWARD' SPEEDMASTER PROFESSIONAL APOLLO 13 - 45TH ANNIVERSARY STAINLESS STEEL AUTOMATIC WRIST WATCH, the round white dial with applied baton hour markers within Super-LumiNova plots, the first fourteen seconds within a comic strip border above the words 'WHAT COULD YOU DO IN 14 SECONDS?' and outer seconds track in black, with three subsidiary dials at 3, 6 and 9, one featuring the Super-LumiNova Snoopy emblem with the words 'FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION' to the centre of the dial, the 42mm case with black ceramic bezel insert and Super-LumiNova tachymeter scale, the reverse of the case with sterling silver Snoopy emblem and 'SILVER SNOOPY AWARD "EYES ON THE STARS", 45TH ANNIVERSARY, 1703/1970, APOLLO XIII' to the edge, on a black nylon strap with concealed clasp, in box, with outer box and papers, swing tag, original stickers, Silver Snoopy Award pin, polishing cloth and commemorative Omega newspaper
NO RESERVE Surrealism.- Tanquay (Yves, illustrator).- Péret (Benjamin), "Satyremont". Les Rouilles encagées, first edition, folding half-title 'Les couilles enragées', without title, 7 erotic plates by Yves Tanquay printed in green, original printed wrappers, short splits to join ends, foot of spine repaired, 8vo, Paris, Eric Losfeld, [1954].⁂ Rare. The first sheets were seized by the police due it's lewd content.
Scott (Sir Walter, poet and novelist, 1771-1832) Autograph Letter third person to Mr Smirke, 1p., 8vo, Abbotsford, Sunday evening, n.d. [c. 1814], sending a small volume of rare tracts for reprinting, and the first to be copied is Jonathan Swift's "the present Miserable state of Ireland", browned, folds.⁂ In 1814 Scott published his nineteen volume edition of Swift's works, with "Notes and a Life of the Author", and this letter evidently relates to the preparation of this work.
Naogeorgus (Thomas Kirchmeyer) The Popish Kingdome, or reigne of Antichrist... englyshed by Barnabe Googe, black letter, title supplied in facsimile, lacking [A]2 dedication (text supplied in 19th century manuscript on front endpaper), 2B1 with loss to fore-margin affecting a few words of text, 2B2-4 with significant loss, a few early ink inscriptions, 19th century ink inscriptions to endpapers, bookplate, 19th century calf, light rubbing to extremities, [STC 15011], small 4to, by Henrie Denham, for Richarde Watkins, 1570.⁂ Rare translation of this work by the German dramatist and theologian. The final section includes a translation of Naogeorgus' Agricultura sacra (Spiritual Husbandry). We can trace no copy at auction since 1955.Provenance: Thomas Edward Garbeyd; Godfray Cobb (ink inscriptions, the latter with a published in Thomas Protcor's A Gorgious Gallery (1578), titled "Of Beauty and Chastity"); M. H. Bloxam (bookplate).
Smith (Adam) The Theory of moral sentiments, or, An essay towards an analysis of the principles by which men naturally judge concerning the conduct and character, first of their neighbours, and afterwards of themselves. To which is added, a dissertation on the origin of languages, fourth edition, advertisement f. at end, occasional spotting, contemporary tree calf, spine gilt and with red morocco label, upper cover detached, spine ends chipped, corners worn, rubbed, [Alston, III, 825], 8vo, Printed for W. Strahan, J. & F. Rivington, W. Johnston, T. Longman; and T. Cadell in the Strand; and W. Creech at Edinburgh, 1774.⁂ A rare edition in commerce of Smith's first book. It laid the foundations for The Wealth of Nations and proposed the theory repeated in the later work 'that self-seeking men are often 'led by an invisible hand. without knowing it, without intending it, to advance the interest of the society'.
NO RESERVE Poetry.- Praed (Winthrop Mackworth) Lillian: a fairy tale, advertisement f. after title explaining how the work came to be composed, title with large portion cut away, affecting text and stained, some light staining elsewhere, later red straight-grain morocco, gilt, rubbed, Charles Knight, 1823; and 2 others, 19th century verse, 1 colour-printed in Newcastle upon Tyne, 8vo (3) sold not subject to return. ⁂ Rare privately printed work. 'After his return to Cambridge in October [1822], a limited number of copies were printed for him by Charles Knight' (Derek Hudson, A Poet in Parliament, p.78).
Čapek (Karel) Továrna na Absolutno, first edition, title decorated in blue, illustrations, light marginal toning, bookplate to endpaper, contemporary half cloth, light rubbing to extremities, decorative upper wrapper bound in, small 4to, Prague, 1922.⁂ The author's rare first novel, a science fiction "future war" novel (set in 1943).
Paton (Alan) Cry, the Beloved Country, first American edition, signed by the author on front free endpaper and dated 19/2/52, the odd marginal spot or light marking, ink gift inscription to endpaper, original cloth, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners a little rubbed and bumped, light discolouration to covers, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped including 1" portion of loss to head of spine affecting first work of title, a few short tears and creasing to head and foot, light rubbing to panels, 8vo, New York, 1948.⁂ Paton's anti-apartheid classic, rare signed.
Calligraphy.- Young Clerks Assistant (The); or Penmanship made easy..., engraved throughout with frontispiece signed by G.Bickham, title and 57 plates numbered 3-61 (no plates 55 & 56 as often), with 'A New Drawing Book of Modes by Mons.B.Picart' bound at end comprising decorative title and 11 plates, some numbered and signed by Bickham, rather soiled and stained, contemporary ink signatures to some margins and endpapers (partly erased), one or two small sketches to margins, a few plates with some ink colouring, another torn, contemporary calf, rubbed, Richard Ware, [?1733] § Penman's Instructor (The): or, A Compleat Copy Book..., engraved title, 8pp. letterpress and 11 engraved plates numbered 8-18, title cropped with slight loss to imprint, stitched in original wrappers, printed and sold at Dicey's Printing Office..., [c.1750] § Belch (William) W.Belch's Flourishing Copies, engraved throughout with pictorial title and plates, water-stained, original printed brown wrappers, ink signature of Henry Ball to head of upper wrapper, [c.1820] § Charles Clark's Engraved Alphabets, title and 11 plates, lightly stained, original engraved wrappers, [c.1850], the last three all soiled and stained, slightly creased or frayed at edges, 8vo & oblong 8vo (4)⁂ The three small pamphlets are all rare, the second and fourth are both unrecorded by ESTC and/or WorldCat, and the third appears in WorldCat with one copy only (Columbia University, NY).
Persia.- Assassins.- Hammer-Purgstall (Joseph von) The History of the Assassins. Derived from Oriental Sources, translated by Oswald Charles Wood, first edition in English, half-title, errata f., without the 24pp. advertisements at end, marginal water-staining, spotting, new endpapers, original green blind-stamped cloth, rebacked, preserving original gilt backstrip, this chipped at ends and ?lacking word 'The', 8vo, Smith and Elder, 1835.⁂ Rare account of this Nizari Isma'ili sect who lived in the mountains of Persia and in Syria between 1090 and 1275, best known for their covert murders of those considered enemies of their state.
Egypt.- Pückler-Muskau (Hermann Ludwig Heinrich von) Egypt under Mehemet Ali, translated by H. Evans Lloyd, 2 vol., ?first edition in English, (another English edition was published by Newby in the same year), half-titles, lithographed portrait frontispiece, lithographed plan, a few illustrations, 24pp. publisher's catalogue at end of vol.1 and errata f. at end of vol.2, some spotting, original red blind-stamped cloth, spine gilt, spine ends frayed, little marked, rubbed, [Blackmer 1362], 8vo, Henry Colburn, 1845.⁂ Rare. Puckler-Muskau travelled in Egypt in 1837 and Blackmer calls him 'a keen observer and a witty and sensitive writer'. Vol.2 contains an account of Egyptian antiquities.
Prunella Clough (British, 1919-1999)Corrugated Fence A rare etching with hand-colouring, 1955, on wove, signed 'Clough' in pencil, printed by the Artist, 87mm x 123mm (3 3/8 x 4 7/8in)(PL)Footnotes:The present lot was made by the Artist when she was teaching at Chelsea School of Art. She made a number of proofs, but none of the etchings were editioned. A similar example of the present lot is in the collection of Tate, London (reference P07915).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Rare Boer War/First World War Group of Nursing Medals and Badges, awarded to Nursing Sister Ellen Mary Smyth of the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve, comprising Queen's South Africa Medal and King's South Africa Medal named NURSING SISTER E.M.SMITH, 1914 Star named MISS E.M.SMYTH, Q.A.I.M.N.S.R., British War Medal and Victory Medal (MID) named SISTER E.M.SMYTH, all with the corresponding miniature group , QSA, KSA and 1914 Star Trio swing mounted as worn , also Royal Red Cross 2nd Class (George V) in case of issue, Queen Alexandra's Boer War Cross, the reverse engraved ALEXANDRA, FAITH, HOPE & CHARITY, 1899-1902, in case of issue, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve silver cape badge hallmarked Birmingham 1915, and Princess Christian's Army Nursing Service Reserve white metal cape badge, the reverse numbered 668, together with a photocopy of her obituary, two volumes of With the Flag to Pretoria, one volume of After Pretoria, the Guerilla War and two magazines (20)Footnote:- Mary Ellen Smyth born 4th April 1891. A founding member of the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Nursing Service Reserve, she had served during the Boer War and was awarded the Queen's and King's South Africa Medals. When the Boer War had finished, she chose to stay in South Africa for a further two years, for which she was personally decorated by Queen Alexandra. At the outbreak of the First World War she was called away from private nursing in France to serve her country at home and in France. Landing in France & Flanders on 12th November 1914, serving there until 12th November 1916 when she resigned to take a rest. Re-joined as a sister at Belmont Hospital in Surrey, which was used for Prisoners of War. After the war she established a hospital for diabetics at York in the early the 1920's. Miss Smyth retired after the end of the Second World War and passed away in Harrogate in 1988. Mentioned in Despatches by Haig, announced in the London gazette on 4th January 1917. Invested with the Royal Red Cross 2nd Class at the County Hall in Warwick by the Lord Lieutenant on 29th March 1921. It had been announced in the London Gazette on 9th April 1919. CONDITION REPORT: . QSA with very visible ghost dates; 1914 Star has been gilded, QSA & KSA swing mounted as worn. 1914 Star Trio seperately swing mounted as worn
A Comprehensive Collection of USSR Militaria, including an Afghan war period army soldier's webbing backed leather waist and cross belt, an officer's yellow dress belt with dagger slings, a Second World War officer's brown leather belt with steel buckle, a rare officer's leather belt with steel buckle, a rare army sergeant's belt, a faux leather belt with brass buckle, a post war navy belt, a post War gas mask in bag, another gas mask, a post war water bottle with mess tin in a case, two other cases, another water bottle, an entrenching tool, three leather trimmed ammunition pouches, two machine gun cleaning rods and a War time oil bottle and kit, four Marines Mosim Nagant rifle slings, two army carbine/rifle slings, a carbine sling, seventeen pairs of mainly officer's shoulder boards, a 1954 dated snow suit of smock and trousers in bag, a post-war Airforce dress jacket , two CCCP car pennants and three post war flags, contained in a blue holdall
An Exceptionally Rare Silver Cross of Rhodesia Pair, to 2nd Lieutenant B.M. Thompson Rhodesian African Rifles. Silver Cross of Rhodesia (Posthumous) 1978; also, a Rhodesian GSM to 123730 Tpr.P.A.Thompson, brother of the above (2 - framed and glazed)Footnote: - Recommendation approved by Lieutenant-General J.S.V. Hickman, Commander of the Army: 'Second Lieutenant Thompson joined the 2nd Battalion, The Rhodesian African Rifles in March 1977. He was involved in over thirty-five contacts with terrorists in which more than 170 terrorists were eliminated. On twenty-nine occasions he parachuted into the contact area, often in high winds and onto hazardous dropping zones. On 12th September 1977, Second Lieutenant Thompson and four patrols were flown by helicopter into a narrow valley from which fire had been directed at the aircraft. Hardly had they deployed when the aircraft were called away in response to another incident and he was left in command with no air support. In a series of sweeps through rocky and cave-ridden terrain eight terrorists and twelve terrorist recruits were killed and thirty-one recruits captured. During the action Second Lieutenant Thompson suspected the presence of a terrorist in a very narrow crevice in the rock-face. Taking off his webbing he squeezed into the crevice and was engaged by a terrorist from such close range that he actually struck the terrorist's rifle aside as the latter was firing. As the terrorist tried to make good his escape, Second Lieutenant Thompson shot him dead along with three others in the same area. Four soldiers were wounded in this intense action, and the success of the whole engagement was due largely to the personal leadership and aggression of Second Lieutenant Thompson. On 27th February 1978 he personally killed three of seven terrorists accounted for. On that occasion he charged at the head of his men into thick bush under heavy enemy fire. On 4 March 1978 he again killed three of thirteen terrorists killed by the Company, once again in thick, rough country with all encounters taking place at point blank range. On 6 June 1978 eight terrorists and fifty terrorist recruits were contacted in thick riverine bush. Second Lieutenant Thompson's patrol accounted for most of the enemy group. Once again, he led his men at the double in the face of fire from the terrorists, running almost into the supporting fire from the air, in his determination to close with and destroy the enemy. Finally, on 27 June 1978, Second Lieutenant Thompson's patrol was ordered to sweep a streamline in which at least three terrorists were known to be hiding. Almost immediately they came under heavy close-range fire and the machine-gunner was badly wounded in the stomach and arm. Still under fire Second Lieutenant Thompson moved forward and dragged the wounded man under cover. He then led his patrol forward and killed two of the terrorists. The third terrorist ran off down the stream and in the ensuing chase Second Lieutenant Thompson and one of his men were tragically killed. At all times when under fire Second Lieutenant Thompson displayed leadership and gallantry of the highest order. His conduct in all circumstances was an inspiration to all who served with him.'
A Rare Whirly Bird Trap 69 Model by Newill & Son, Harrow, the metal frame painted silver, one side with hinged rising door enclosing battery attachments and instruction panel; a Parker-Hale Plywood Gun Case, the green baize lined interior fitted to take a 64cm barrel gun, 66cm by 28cm by 8cm (2)
A Rare Second World War SOE Cypher Officer's Cryptology Silk, the rectangular cream silk panel printed in black with a list of codes in French, each containing four letters, 48.5cm by 41cm.Footnote:- Used by SOE Cypher Officer Joyce (Joy) Mary Pimblott, who handled communications with the French Resistance and British secret agents dropped into France.Joy was born in Lancashire, but moved with her family to Brussels when she was 3 years old. Her preferred language was always French, but her father sent her to boarding school in England to improve her English.At the outbreak of the Second World War the family fled Belgium and returned to England. Joy lied about her age (she was only 17) and joined the FANYs. After her initial training and upon the discovery that she spoke fluent French, she was transferred to a secret unit - SOE where she embarked on her secret wartime career.
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