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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 390

* Dorset. Speed (John), Dorsetshyre with the Shyre Towne Dorchester described, as also the Armes of such noble families as have bene honored with the titles thereof since the Normans Conquest to this present, circa 1608, uncoloured engraved map, inset town plan of Dorchester, some spotting and staining, central fold partially split and creased, some marginal creasing, 390 x 515 mm, framed and glazedQty: (1)NOTESA rare early pre-publication state with the date shown as 1608 (as opposed to 1610 on the first edition) and lacking the engravers name and privilege (Jodocus Hondius).

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 598

* Tackle (Elizabeth Ann). Bradford Wilts. From Westwood Hill, F. Dangerfield, circa 1850, lithograph by W. Gauci withy contemporary hand colouring, slight spotting, tape and mount staining, but largely confined to margins, 415 x 570 mmQty: (1)NOTESA rare lithograph of Bradford-on-Avon. It shows the canal and Barton Farm in the foreground, with one of the fast fly-boats that shuttled between Bradford and Bath hauled by two horses. Mrs Tackle drew and painted scenes around Bradford and the Avon valley, capturing the period in the 1840s and 1850s when transport was being revolutionised by the building of the railways.

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 214

Elton (Richard). The Compleat Body of the Art Military ... Divided into Three Books. The First, containing the Postures of the Pike and Musket ... The Second, comprehending twelve Exercises ... The Third, setting forth the drawing up and exercising of Regiments after the manner of Private Companies ... Illustrated with Varitiet of Fugres of Battail, very Profitable and Delightfull for all Noble and Heroick Spirits, in a fuller manner then hath been heretofore published, London: Robert Leybourn, 1650, signatures pi2 §4 +6 A-2B4 2D2, pp. [24] 192 [4], initial licence leaf (pi1), engraved portrait frontispiece by John Droeshout, 5 plates (including double-page woodcut diagram, double-page typographic plate, and 3 folding typographic plates with woodcut embellishments, of which one made up of 3 sheets and opening to 70 cm), woodcut headpieces and initials, typographic and woodcut diagrams throughout the text, moderate browning, damp-stain to foot of licence leaf and frontispiece and to lower outer corner of title-page and subsequent text-leaf, title-page also with small red pencil-mark, E2-3 more heavily browned, faint shallow tide-mark to head of gutter in second half of volume, side-note on p. 141 shaved, U4 trimmed closely to diagram recto (p. 151), Y1 with section reattached (text disrupted but remaining legible), old ink-stain to p. 165, a few other marks, top edge gilt, early-20th-century red-brown half calf for Hatchards, slightly rubbed and marked, front joint cracking at head and foot, folio in 4s (27.2 x 17 cm), together with 1 similar work (Sir James Turner, Pallas Armata: Military Essayes of the Ancient Grecian, Roman, and Modern Art of War, 1st edition, 1683, damp-staining, without advertisement leaf, last 2 leaves and binding defective)Qty: (2)NOTESProvenance (Elton): Cavalry Club (bookplate; ink-stamp to front free endpaper). Elton: ESTC R24314; Wing E653. First edition, rare: ESTC traces four copies in UK libraries, and eight copies in the USA. The initial licence leaf is also catalogued separately by ESTC under the number R227338 (one copy traced). Elton's work superseded William Barriffe's Militarie Discipline (1635) as the most popular military training manual in English, and it was an important reference work for English colonists in North America (see Hope, A Scientific Way of War: Antebellum Military Science, West Point, and the Origins of American Military Thought, chapter 1).

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 79

Lothian (John). Lothian's County Atlas of Scotland, 2 parts in 1 volume, 2nd edition, Edinburgh: J. Lothian, 1826 [i.e. 1830], 4;2;[2] pp., engraved frontispiece (dated 1829), 2 engraved title-pages (dated 1826 and 1829), 41 hand-coloured engraved maps on 39 sheets (all dated 1830 except the final map, 'Modern Scotland', dated 1827; 2 of the maps double-page: 'Scotland under the Romans' and 'Scotland in the Fifteenth Century'), toned throughout, light offsetting, small perforation from map 27 to end, contemporary half calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, original green paper label to front cover, rubbed overall, 4to (29.2 x 23 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY PART III: SCOTLAND, HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS Chubb Scotland XXVIIIa (p. 386). Chubb records this rare work under the title Atlas of Modern Scotland, and may not have seen a copy of either the first edition (1826) or the present edition, as he describes only the the third edition of 1838, in his view 'a neatly prepared and clearly printed atlas'. The second part contains seven historical maps and a 'Map of Modern Scotland'; the part-title indicates that the work was issued coloured, as here, and uncoloured.

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 34

Bamford (John). Illustrations of the Field Movements of Cavalry; in a Series of Copper Plate Engravings, 1st edition, London: for the author, 1824, [6] 18 [12] pp., half-title, 15 engraved plates numbered 1-13 (including unnumbered frontispiece and 'Table of Reference' plate; plates 1-6 double-page, plate 7 single-page, plates 8-9, 10-11 and 12-13 each on either side of one sheet), printed index slip tipped to 'Table of Reference' plate, frontispiece nicked along bottom edge, a little light spotting and offsetting, faint blind-stamps of the Royal United Services Institution to title-page, plate 7 and facing text-leaf, bookplate of the Cavalry Club, top edge gilt, early-20th-century half calf for Hatchards, spine defective (boards soundly held by linen supports to inner hinges), rubbed, tips worn, large folio (53.4 x 37.5 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESHuth p. 99. Presentation copy of this rare work, inscribed 'from the author' on the half-title. One other copy traced in auction records, in 1978; six copies on Library Hub. The author is described on the title-page as 'adjutant to the Light Horse Volunteers; formerly adjutant to the Eighteenth Light Dragoons'.

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 158

* Jenner (Edward, 1749-1823), English physician and scientist who pioneered the concept of vaccines. A George III silver snuff box by IB, Birmingham 1795, the rectangular box with engine turned decoration, the hinged lid enclosing gilded interior, the inner lid contemporarily engraved ‘Edward Jenner to Thomas Croome.’, 27mm high x 85mm wide x 45mm deep, approximately 91gQty: (1)NOTESA rare Edward Jenner association item, even if the identity of the recipient has not been firmly established. The most favoured candidate is Thomas Croome (1796-1840), one of whose sisters, Mary (1779-1865), or Ann (1789-1849), was a god-daughter to Jenner and whose older brother, Robert (1794-1876), appears to have been a pupil and friend of Jenner. Robert lived and practised as a surgeon in Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire, where he also gave smallpox vaccinations. These siblings were the children of William (1745-1811) and Sally (1751-1743) Croome of Berkeley, Gloucestershire, where Jenner himself lived and practised. If this Thomas Croome is the right attribution then it is likely that the snuff box would have been engraved and gifted in Jenner's later years when Thomas was an adult. Another Jenner artefact from this Croome family is known. 'Dr Jenner's chair' was purchased at the 1823 sale of his furniture by one of Robert and Thomas's sisters and given to Robert. This chair remained in the Croome family until it was sold with other family effects in September 1900 and bought by E. B. Tylor, Keeper of the University Museum, Oxford, who in turn gave it to the Museum's medical department. From there it was transferred to the Museum of the History of Science in 1949 (inventory no. 17096). It is probable that both Thomas and Robert had some involvement in the proposals and planning for the erection of a memorial statue to Jenner in Gloucester Cathedral [sculpted by R.W. Sievier, 1825]; see Wellcome Library MS1180/3014/3014/5241, items 3 & 5: letters to the committee secretary, the surgeon Henry Jones Shrapnell (1792-1834). Another less likely, and older, candidate is a gentleman, Thomas Croome (1769-1839) of Randwick, Gloucestershire, who bought the Manor of Painswick, Gloucestershire, in 1804. This Thomas Croome married Elizabeth Clutterbuck (1767-1827) at Randwick in 1801. However, no direct connection between this Thomas Croome and Jenner has been ascertained. What is certain is that the family name of Croome is common in Berkeley and throughout Gloucestershire and it is quite possible Edward Jenner knew more than one Thomas Croome.

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 23

* Armorial Bookplate. Engraved armorial bookplate of Admiral Lord Nelson (1758-1805), circa 1797, engraved bookplate on heavy cream laid paper, incorporating Nelson's shield and crest (depicting the stern of the San Josef), and with the motto below 'Faith and Works', light soiling or handling marks to edges (generally in very good condition), plate size 98 x 66 mm (3.85 x 2.6 ins), sheet size 132 x 100 mm (5.2 x 3.95 ins)Qty: (1)NOTESRare armorial bookplate of Admiral Lord Nelson, incorporating the shield and crest granted to him in February 1797, following the capture of the Spanish 114-gun first-rate ship of the line, the San Josef, during the Battle of Cape St. Vincent on 14th February 1797. Nelson's coat-of-arms was augmented after he received a peerage in November 1798, following his victory at the Battle of the Nile.

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 144

* Elmore (Belle, 1873-1910). Autograph Letter Signed, ‘Belle’, [London?], ‘Wednesday’, no date, to Lottie [Albert], Elmore stating that she was very grieved 'to hear the sad news your letter contained' and further adds, 'I would have called today but it's too foggy & I am suffering with a bad could (sic) could not work last week’, and in concluding Elmore sends her love to her correspondent's mother and family and asks for her deepest sympathy to be expressed to them, some very light uniform age toning, 2 pages on her personal blue monogrammed stationery, 8voQty: (1)NOTESA very rare autograph of Belle Elmore, the stage name of Kunigunde Mackamotzki. Elmore was an American-born Music Hall entertainer, the wife and victim of Dr Hawley Harvey Crippen. Lottie Albert was also a Music Hall artiste and a friend to Belle Elmore for more than a decade. Albert succeeded Elmore as treasurer of the Music Hall Ladies Guild in early February 1910 following the receipt of a forged letter to the committee, supposedly from Elmore in which she resigned her position as treasurer explaining that she would be leaving for America to spend some months nursing a close relative. Elmore, of course, had already been murdered just a few days earlier, on 31 January 1910, by her husband, Dr Crippen, who had proceeded to hide parts of her dismembered body in the cellar of their home.

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 476

* Brussels. De Jode (Cornelis), Le Koert de Bruxelles, Antwerp, circa 1580, uncoloured etched view after Bartholomeus de Momper, trimmed to image and laid on later paper, slight loss to two corners, 410 x 515 mmQty: (1)NOTESA rare view of the palace of the Dukes of Burgundy at Coudenberg in Brussels, which Dürer described as one of the prettiest buildings in Europe. Sadly the building no longer exists as it was burned down in 1731. The etching shows the Aula Magna, or Throne Room, the Warande Park and surroundings, the Court of Nassau, parks and churches with a jousting contest in the foreground.

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 108

Daniel (William B.). Rural Sports, 2 volumes in 3 (volume 2 in 2 parts), London: Bunney & Gold [volume 2: by the Philanthropic Society for the Compiler], 1801 [volume 2 undated], pp. [8];535;[1], [2];378, [4];356, engraved title-page to each volume, 58 engraved plates (19, 14, 25; complete as list; without the 'Tench at Thornville' plate in volume 2 part 2 for which no location provided in the plate list), spotting and browning, engraved bookplates of F. Alexander Johnston, contemporary half calf, 8vo in 4s (23.2 x 13.8 cm), together with: Hawker (Peter). Instructions to Young Sportsmen in all that relates to Guns and Shooting, 3rd edition ('considerably enlarged and improved'), London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1824, half-title, 4 hand-coloured plates including frontispiece (3 aquatints, 1 engraving with aquatint), 6 engraved plates, plate facing p. 33 strengthened along fore edge, occasional light marginal damp-staining, advertisements discarded, all edges untrimmed, modern half calf, large 8vo (25.3 x 15 cm), [Fortin de Grandmont, François]. Les ruses innocentes, dans lesquelles se voit comment on prend les oiseaux passagers, et les non-passagers: et de plusieurs sortes de bêtes à quatre pieds, 4th edition, Amsterdam: Daniel de la Feuille, 1695, engraved additional title-page, 57 engraved plates (of 66), several folding, without blank leaf P8, browning, short closed tears to folding plates, bookplate of Scottish ornithologist J. M. McWilliam, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, endpapers renewed, 8vo (17.3 x 10.5 cm), and 9 others, field sports, nearly all 19th-century and leather-boundQty: (15)NOTESProvenance: David R. Wilson (1926-2020), bookseller and secretary of the British Trust for Ornithology. Harting 161 (Fortin de Grandmont); Schwerdt I pp. 235 (Hawker: 'The third and most complete edition, containing valuable information'), 81-2 (Fortin de Grandmont: 'rare'); Westwood & Satchell pp. 76 (Daniel), 113-14 (Hawker), 180 (Fortin de Grandmont, erroneously calling for two volumes); cf. Schwerdt pp. 133-4 (Daniel, 1805 edition).

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 600

* Wisbech. Hunter (James P.), The Port of Wisbech Cambridgeshire, September 1846, uncoloured lithograph, printed on India and laid on to contemporary paper which holds the printed title and letters, slight marginal spotting, 335 x 440 mm, mountedQty: (1)NOTESA rare image of Wisbech, drawn and lithographed by James Hunter who lived in the town. A bustling view of the port with the town in the middle distance.

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 3

[Canada; Inuit people]. Drawings by Enooesweetok of the Sikosilingmint Tribe of Eskimo, Fox Land, Baffin Island [cover-title], 1st edition, Toronto: Robert J. Flaherty, 1915, one text leaf ('These drawings were made at Amadjuak Bay, Fox Land, the Winter Quarters of Sir William Mackenzie's Expedition to Baffin Land and Hudson's Bay, 1913-14'; imprint below), 21 photogravure plates from original drawings by Inuit artist Enooesweetok (Nungusuituq), all with tissue-guards (tissue-guard for plate 7 askew), string-bound through 3 grommets in original black roan covers with title gilt to front, rubbed, loss to spine, string frayed, oblong 8vo (16 x 23 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESSee Zawadski & Poortenaar, 'Indelible Ink: The Enduring Images of Nungusuituq', Inuit Art Quarterly, 15 September 2019. In 1910 Robert J. Flaherty was engaged by Sir William Mackenzie, president of the Canadian Northern Railway, to undertake a survey of the east coast of Hudson Bay. Nungusuituq (1890-1950) served as Flaherty's guide; the expedition's best remembered contribution to posterity is Flaherty's film Nanook of the North (1922). Very rare. Four institutional copies are known: WorldCat cites copies in the British Library and Yale; Zawasdki & Poortenaar's article mentions two others, in the Government of Nunavut Fine Art Collection (currently on loan to the Winnipeg Art Gallery) and the Royal Ontario Museum. A facsimile edition was published in 2001.

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 483

* Dutton (Thomas G.). The Great Eastern Steam Ship. J. Vine Hall Esq. Commander, printed Day & Son, 1st August 1860, large tint stone lithograph after A. J. Shenk, one repaired marginal closed tear, just affecting image, slight staining, 460 x 1000 mmQty: (1)NOTESThe Great Eastern was an iron sailing steamship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and built by J. Scott Russell & Co. at Millwall Iron Works on the River Thames, London. She was launched in 1858 and was by far the largest ship ever built at the time. She had the capacity to carry 4,000 passengers from England to Australia without refuelling. The ship's highly distinctive five funnels were rare and were later reduced to four. Brunel knew her affectionately as the "Great Babe". He died in 1859 shortly after her maiden voyage, during which she was damaged by an explosion. After repairs, she plied for several years as a passenger liner between Britain and North America before being converted to a cable-laying ship and laying the first lasting transatlantic telegraph cable in 1866. She ended her life as a floating music hall and advertising hoarding (for the department store Lewis's) in Liverpool, and was enentually broken up on Merseyside in 1889.

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 84

Mackenzie (Murdoch). Orcades: or, a Geographic and Hydrographic Survey of the Orkney and Lewis Islands, in Eight Maps ... The third edition, with additional soundings, and some corrections, London: printed for the author, by M. Say, and sold by K. Mackenzie, 1776, [2] 6 pp., 8 engraved large folding maps by Emanuel Bowen after Murdoch Mackenzie (various dimensions: see note) each with title and dedication within separate rococo cartouches (map 1 title within figural cartouche), bar scales, and inset coastal profiles, text and maps all mounted on stubs, title-page with lower margin excised (removing an old inscription, the printed text unaffected), soiling, and short closed tear at lower inner corner, the maps with contemporary manuscript captions in black ink rectos (inside and outside plate-marks) and versos, variable light dust-soiling, browning, and offsetting, early paper-reinforcement along folds verso, maps 1-3 and 7 closely trimmed along at least one edge (to neat line in cases, cropping top neat-line in map 7), map 1 with shallow chip to left-hand edge affecting plate-mark but not neat line and with short closed tear to lower margin, short closed tear to lower inner corner of maps 2 and 6 affecting frame only, map 5 with outer section reattached at an early date with concomitant darkening and disruption to image, map 7 with short (3cm) split to foot of one old fold and a little fraying along close-trimmed top edge, minor paper-disruption and soiling along one fold of map 8 (the fold with old paper-reinforcement verso as noted), a few other marks, nicks and chips, modern red-brown half morocco binding, atlas folio (binding dimensions 62.2 x 42.2 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY PART III: SCOTLAND, HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS Very rare: not in ESTC, which cites only the first edition of 1750, for which six copies are traced. 'Mackenzie set new standards for hydrographic surveying in Britain' (ODNB). The maps are dated 1750 at the foot, indicating that the original plates were used; most are signed by Emanuel Bowen. Some of them bear interesting dedications: map 5 is dedicated to 'Alexander Mackenzie of Hampton in Virginia', map 7 to the governor and adventurers of the Hudson's Bay Company. Titles and dimensions are as follows: 1) The Orkney Islands (57.8 x 78 cm). 2) The South Isles of Orkney (60.2 x 67 cm). 3) Pomona or Main-Land (55.5 x 78 cm). 4) The North East Coast of Orkney (68 x 55.2 cm). 5) The North West Coast of Orkney (52.7 x 57 cm). 6) The Lewis, or North Part of Long-Island (58.7 x 65 cm). 7) The North Part of the Lewis (60 x 85 cm). 8) The South East Coast of the Lewis (63 x 60 cm).

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 152

* Gottwald (Klement, 1896-1953), Czechoslovak Communist Politician, Chairman of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia 1929-53. Typed Letter Signed, ‘Gottwald’, Prague, 14 January 1949, to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, in Czech, confirming the appointment of Karla Hoyera on a third scale salary 'in the personal, state of officials and administrative services of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' with effect from 1 April 1948, countersigned by Vladimir Clementis, embossed letterhead, a few very light creases, 1 page, folioQty: (1)NOTESA rare official letter from Gottwald, who served as Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia 1946-48 and as President of Czechoslovakia 1948-53. Vladimir Clementis (1902-1952), Slovak Politician, a prominent member of the Czechoslovak Communist Party and Foreign Minister of Czechoslovakia 1948-50.

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 207

Canada. Christian Privilege and Duty. A Sermon. Preached in St. John's Cathedral, Red River Settlement. By the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Rupert's Land. On Sunday Mor[n]ing, May, 16th, 1868, Town of Winnipeg, printed at the Nor-Wester Office, 1868, 11pp., blotched inscription to head of title-page including date 'Aug 17/68', original printed bright green wrappers, rubbed, 2 vertical folds, slim 8voQty: (1)NOTESPeel, Early Printing in the Red River Settlement 1859-1870, 274. Rare pamphlet with early Winnipeg imprint. Scottish Anglican priest and missionary The Rt Rev. Robert Machray (1831-1904) was Bishop of Rupert's Land between 1865 and 1904, subsequently becoming the first Primate of the Church of England in Canada in 1893.

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 177

* Walpole (Robert, 1676-1745), British Prime Minister 1721-42. A very fine, rare Document Signed, ‘R Walpole’, as Prime Minister, Palace at Whitehall, 22 July 1740, manuscript document addressed to the Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury, being a warrant ordering the payment of two thousand one hundred and ten pounds eleven shillings and six pence to be made to Thomas Lowther without account, ‘that is to say, the sum of Two thousand pounds to reimburse the like sum by him Expended to answer a Bill of Exchange drawn from abroad for his Majesty’s Service, and the remaining sum… is to defray the Fees and Charges attending the Receipt thereof…’, countersigned at the foot by William Clayton (1671-1752, 1st Baron Sundon, Lord Commissioner of the Treasury) and Thomas Winnington (1696-1746, Lord Commissioner of the Treasury) and further countersigned at the head by 8 Lord Justices including two later Prime Ministers, some light age wear and a few small, neat splits at edges of some folds, 1 page with integral blank leaf, folio, (37 x 23 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESThe eight signatures of the Lord Justices are: Spencer Compton (c.1673-1743, 1st Earl of Wilmington, British Prime Minister 1742-43), Thomas Pelham Holles (1693-1768, 1st Duke of Newcastle, British Prime Minister 1757-62), John Potter (c.1674-1747, Archbishop of Canterbury 1737-47), Philip Yorke (1690-1764, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, English Lawyer & Politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain 1737-56), Lionel Sackville (1688-1765, 1st Earl of Dorset, English Political Leader, Lord Steward 1725-30, 1737-44), Charles Lennox (1701-1750, 2nd Duke of Richmond, 2nd Duke of Lennox, 2nd Duke of Aubigny, British Nobleman, Peer & Politician, Master of the Horse 1735-50, remembered for his patronage of cricket), Charles Powlett (1685-1754, 3rd Duke of Bolton, British Politician & Lieutenant General) and John Montagu (1690-1749, 2nd Duke of Montagu, British Peer, Master of the Great Wardrobe 1709-49). Sir Thomas Lowther (1699-1745), English peer and landowner. Documents from this period featuring the signatures of three British Prime Ministers are rare.

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Bloomfield Auctions
Lot 146

VERY RARE 18 CARAT GOLD MOUNTED BLUE SAPPHIRE & LAPIS PERFUME BOTTLE BY AUCOC

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Rogers Jones & Co
Lot 79

WARREN WILLIAMS rare watercolour - Peel Harbour, Isle of Man, signed, 31 x 52cms

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Omega Auctions
Lot 213

THE WAILERS/ ROLANDO AL AND THE SOUL BROTHERS - RUDE BOY/ RINGO'S THEME (THIS BOY) UK 7" (DB-1013). A beautiful example of this rare double-artist 60s ska cut. The Wailers - Rude Boy/ Rolando Al And The Soul Brothers - Ringo's Theme (This Boy) (DB-1013, 1966 UK 7" pressing on Doctor Bird. 3-prong center, Aside label has a small scratch on it. Record is in beautiful Ex condition).

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Arthur Johnson & Sons Auctioneers
Lot 696

Flown covers, mainly first flight, including rare covers from 1928 onwards (40)

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Arthur Johnson & Sons Auctioneers
Lot 902

A rare Millers vein Blue John miniature bowl, (39mm x 22mm), displaying complete radial banding

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Antony Cribb Ltd
Lot 161

A RARE LLOYDS PATRIOTIC FUND SWORD OF £100 VALUE BY TEED AND PRESENTED TO CAPTAIN HENRY LAMBERT, 78cm curved blade decorated to the tip with scrolling foliage, flowerheads, cherubs, the figure of Britannia, a stand of arms, crowned Royal cypher, a starburst with owner's initials centred, the figure of Victory supported by mermaids, ornate stand of arms, crowned GR cypher, entwined dolphins and the presentation inscription, now rubbed, characteristic gilt hilt richly decorated in the neo-classical manner with stands of arms, acanthus leaves, the crossguard of Roman fasces form, D-shaped knuckle guard in the form of a snake entwined about the club of Hercules, lion's mask pommel, finely chequered ivory grip, one tiny chip repaired, contained in its ornate gilt panelled scabbard profusely decorated with nautical and neo-classical imagery to include Hercules fighting the Hydra and wrestling a lion, the upper panels depicting Britannia looking out to sea and bearing references to the recipient's action ST. FIORENZO 1805. Awarded to Captain Henry Lambert of HMS St Fiorenzo for his bravery and skill in the capture of the French frigate Psyche. Captain Henry Lambert entered the Royal Navy at a young age in 1795 aboard HMS Cumberland and served on various vessels throughout his career. Promoted to Lieutenant in 1801, thereafter in 1803 promoted to Commander of HMS Wilhemina. In 1804, he encountered the French frigate Psyche for the first time, leading a brave and successful attack despite significant damage to the Wilhemina. He was rewarded for his courage with promotion to Captain of HMS St Fiorenzo in 1805, whereupon he came upon the Psyche for the second time and succeeded in capturing her. Commander in Chief Peter Rainier wrote to the Admiralty at the time "....I cannot help expressing myself much pleased with the animated and spirited resolution taken by Captain Lambert, for renewing the attack, which was only prevented by victory. All the trading part of his Majesty's subjects throughout India, rejoice on the occasion of this capture, as being more apprehensive of depredations on their trade from Captain Bergeret's abilities and activity, than from the whole remaining force of the French navy at present in these seas united." It was for this action that he received this presentation sword. Lambert died in 1813 during the War of 1812 where on 29th December 1812, as Captain of HMS Java, he again courageously attacked the much larger USS Constitution in the hope of at least disabling her. He was shot by a musket ball and died six days later in Salvador, Brazil. Lieutenant Chads wrote at the time "...the country has lost a most gallant and valuable officer, and myself (who have served under his command some years), the officers, and crew, a kind friend." and later "...the skill and determined bravery of my beloved captain, will be most conspicuous, and that in this last action of his life, although success has not crowned his exertions, his character will be unsullied and his memory honored and revered." Lambert's action to capture the Psyche in the St Fiorenzo is immortalized in Edward Orme's 1806 engraving after John Heaviside Clark and also characterized in Patrick O'Brian's "Aubrey-Maturin" series. In 1813 George Wrattislaw of Magdalen College Oxford wrote the following: "A gentle spirit, yet a dauntless heart, "Where worth and valor claim'd an equal part; "In whom the hero, friend, and husband shone "And all the virtues mingled into one; "Whose every action spoke an honest zeal, "And foremost in his thoughts his country's weal; "Such once was Lambert: - once the good and brave, "Now sunk, alas I in glory's honor'd grave; "While the lone Mourner, in her widow'd state, "Bewails the sad severity of fate; "And the rough seaman wets his manly eye, "Where, cold in death, the hero's ashes lie; "Or, as he sighing, quits the fatal shore, "Turns his last ling'ring look to 'Salvador.'"

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Antony Cribb Ltd
Lot 166

AN EXTREMELY RARE GEORGIAN HONOURABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY PRESENTATION SWORD, 70cm sharply curved bright blade frost etched and gilt with a crown over GR, a figure of Britannia, a figure of Victory, crowned Royal arms, WARRANTED, foliate sprays and classical imagery, copper gilt stirrup hilt, the langets decorated with the Prince of Wales feathers, ribbed ivory grip, contained in its gilt mounted scabbard, the upper mount with the inscription Presented by Col. Le Mesurier to the Best Marksman in the North East Division of the Hon.ble. Artill.y. Com.y. on the 24th Sept 1803, the opposing side engraved with the recipient's name Mr R Buck surmounting the regimental crest. An extremely rare piece with a very good blade. Chape and scabbard leather replaced.

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Antony Cribb Ltd
Lot 167

A RARE GEORGIAN SABRE TO THE HONOURABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY, 81cm sharply curved blade profusely etched with scrolling foliage, stands of arms and the regimental crest, copper gilt stirrup hilt with broad wirebound fishskin grip. Little is known of swords from this period that relate specifically to the Honourable Artillery Company and consequently are rarely encountered.

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Antony Cribb Ltd
Lot 32

A RARE LARGE SIZED 25-BORE FLINTLOCK RIFLED POCKET PISTOL BY BOND, 2.75inch turn-off barrel with engraved geometric decoration about the muzzle, border and scroll engraved rounded brass action, decorated to either side with stands of arms and signed W.BOND, LOMBARD STREET LONDON, sliding safety, folding trigger, chequered bag-shaped wooden butt. William Bond worked out of 59 Lombard Street between 1803 and 1836.

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Antony Cribb Ltd
Lot 347

A RARE ANTIQUE .177 CALIBRE LINCOLN JEFFRIES PATENT BSA AIR RIFLE FOR A BOY, 14inch sighted barrel marked with the manufacturer's and patent details, serial no. 46704, adjustable trigger, the butt with BSA trademark.

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Antony Cribb Ltd
Lot 38

A RARE .753 CALIBRE PATTERN 1842 LANCER'S PISTOL TO THE 16TH LANCERS, 9inch barrel stamped with various Ordnance marks at the breech, border engraved lock stamped with a crown over VR and TOWER 1847, full stocked with regulation brass mounts, the butt cap incised 16L over C-46, swivel ramrod. The underside of the barrel also marked C-46 and with the maker's name of Potts.

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Antony Cribb Ltd
Lot 72

A FINE AND VERY RARE FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS BY BOUTET, 15.75inch three-stage blued barrel decorated with an urn and scallops at the breech, highlighted in gilt and struck with a series of six maker's stamps to include NB, LG, BOUTET and Boutet's monogram, transitioning from octagonal to polygonal, signed Boutet Directr. Artiste No. 317 and Manufre. a Versailles to either side of the breech, the polished tang border engraved and decorated with flowers, border engraved stepped and signed polished lock with scarce patent roller frizzen, full stocked with finely chequered fore-end and wrist, ornate polished and faceted mounts decorated in the classical manner. Nicolas-Noel Boutet (1761-1833), French gunsmith and bladesmith to the French Royal Court and later, after the revolution, became "Directeur-Artiste" (director and chief designer) for the newly formed arms manufactory at Versailles. The manufactory at Versailles made regulation weapons for the French military but was also charged with making presentation weapons for Senior officers and foreign dignitaries. Boutet also made guns for Napoleon's own personal use. Edward Impey states in The Field (July 21st 2015) that Boutet's remit was "to surpass everything else ever made and to reach a level of perfection that foreign countries will despair of". This is a very rare example of his work as it was highly unusual for the Versailles manufactory to produce blunderbusses. For a similar example in poorer condition see Christies Antique Arms & Armour & Collectors Firearms, lot 159, 26th September 2012. Examples of his work can be found in the Met Museum, The Royal Collection Trust, The Victoria & Albert Museum and the The Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum. The markings on the breech suggest that this piece pre-dates 1814 and bears the Liege variation for barrel proofing mark.

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Antony Cribb Ltd
Lot 105

A RARE 19TH CENTURY AUSTRIAN ARMY TRAINING MODEL FIELD GUN, 9inch sighted two-stage rifled bronze barrel, bun-shaped cascabel, plain trunnions, the breech stamped N.R. 190.475K. No. 1CC. Wien 1863, the steel mounted oak carriage with elevating mechanism and leather covered pivoting seat, opening to reveal shot storage compartments, the limber with further leather covered pivoting seat opening to reveal shot storage compartments and containing elements of harness, two shot and an old Lot Label - 175, Sotheby's 9th October 1972, iron bound multi-spoked dished wheels, over all length 48inches. Lot 175 realised £420 on the hammer.

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De Zwaan
Lot 7715

Duitsland, Chronoscoop, ges. E. Zimmermann, Leipzig-Berlin, ca. 1890. Elektrisch uurwerk met twee kleine verzilverde wijzerplaten. De bovenste meet miliseconden terwijl de onderste wijzer honderd maal minder snel rond draait. Geheel geplaatst op een eikenhouten standaard met gecanneleerde zuilen. Compleet met katrol en gewicht. Ontwikkeld door Matthias Hipp, ca. 1840, om korte intervallen van tijd te meten h. 52 cm, b. 25 cm, d. 21 cm E. Zimmermann, Leipzig - Berlin [1] An extremely rare Chronoscope by Zimmermann. Weight driven movement with electric escapment. Placed on an oak platform with 4 turned colomns. Complete with pulley and weight. Ca. 1890. Designed by Matthias Hipp, ca. 1840. For measuring very brief intervals of time

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De Zwaan
Lot 3303

PNG, Ramu River, rare shield, 19th century stone carved oval shield, the top carved with a raised wedge and a design of eyes, zoomorphic forms, circle motives and an anthropomorphic face. The plane decorated with two larger carved diamond shaped forms with a star- and diamond shape within, both with indentations on the outer rim. The shield painted with natural pigments in black, white and red. Collection of Fred Carasso (1899-1969) an Italian born famous Dutch sculptor and collector of fine Arts, thence by descent. Ex-collection Carel van Lier. The early label number 32 suggests according to grandson Bas van Lier, that this shield was acquired somewhere in the 1920’s. At the back written numbers and the remnants of another old label h. 53,5 cm. [1]

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De Zwaan
Lot 3236

Persia, Nishapur, rare terracotta bowl with sprout and text, 10th-11th century, Possibly used for medicine making due to the unusual and rare sprout. The inscriptions are words of prase to Allah. Collection of Fred Carasso (1899-1969) an Italian born famous Dutch sculptor and collector of fine Arts, and family collection. This bowl was already in his private collection in the 1950's d. 18 cm [1]

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De Zwaan
Lot 3520

Mali, Bamana, rare carved wooden rattle-drum A musical instrument in the form of an abstract anthropomorphic standing figure. h. 85 cm. Provenance: private Dutch collection, collected early 1970's, bought in Brussels and Paris from dealers. [1]

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De Zwaan
Lot 3332

Indonesia, East Sulawesi or North Halmahera, rare ceremonial shield of hourglass shape, 19th century, carved in relief with floral motifs in four panels on both sides of the central stud, the outer rattan strip with remains of tufts of animal or human hair h. 118 cm. [1]

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East Bristol Auctions
Lot 352

Star Wars - Denis Lawson - Wedge Antilles - a rare autographed 8x10" officially licensed Lucasfilm Ltd image of Lawson from the franchise. Signed neatly by Lawson in black ink to a central light portion of the image. Obtained in person by the vendor, an AFTAL registered dealer. With certificate.

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East Bristol Auctions
Lot 185

Doctor Who - David Tennant - Scottish Actor - an impressive autographed 10x14" photograph of Tennant as the iconic Dr Who. Signed in black marker across the central portion of the image. Obtained in person by the vendor, an AFTAL registered dealer. With certificate. Rare. 

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East Bristol Auctions
Lot 23

British Horror - The Curse Of The Mummy's Tomb (1964) - Dickie Owen (1927-2015) - an autographed A4 photographic poster from the film, signed neatly by Owen in black ink to a light portion. Obtained in person by the vendor. Rare autograph. 

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East Bristol Auctions
Lot 455

From the Estate of Peter Wyngarde - Flesh Gordon / Lemon Popsicle (1974) - a rare original double bill UK Quad cinema advertising poster for the pornographic movies Flesh Gordon and Lemon Popsicle. 30x40". Folded. An interesting piece of memorabilia from the estate of Wyngarde, who starred as Klytus in the 1980 ' Flash Gordon ' cult-classic Sci Fi adventure film. 

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East Bristol Auctions
Lot 58

Star Wars - Ken Colley - English Actor - Star Wars Celebration 2016 - a rare official licensed Star Wars Celebration 2016 colour 8x10" photograph, depicting Colley as Admiral Piett in the franchise. Autographed neatly by Colley in blue marker to a light portion of the image. Rare.

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East Bristol Auctions
Lot 303

Star Wars - Joonas Suotamo - Finnish Actor - an impressive signed 8x10" colour photograph of Suotamo as Chewbacca in Star Wars The Rise Of Skywalker. Autographed by Joonas in black ink to a lower part of the image. Obtained in person by the vendor, an AFTAL registered dealer at the UK Premiere in London. Rare. With certificate. 

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Graham Budd Auctions
Lot 1785

Rare photograph of the Irish football team who played Wales in the British Home Championship match at the Racecourse Ground, Wrexham, 19th January 1914, b&w study, 7.5 by 9.5in., with handwritten team names and score, mounted and framed Ireland won this match 2-1 and went on to gain their first title in the competition by a five-point margin - the last British Championship held before a six-year break caused by World War I.

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Graham Budd Auctions
Lot 1796

Rare wartime b&w photograph of Lovell’s Athletic Football Club team and officials, season 1943-44, 6 by 8in. mounted with printed text and full identification to reverse Since Newport County did not play during the War years, many of their players joined Lovell’s AFC which was the local works team for Lovell's sweet factory. In season 1943-44 they won the League's West Division.

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Graham Budd Auctions
Lot 1816

Collection of 22 Baines football/rugby cards,including Bradford City, South Shields, Bootle, Oldham and may others, also a rare issue for Dick Kerr's Ladies Football Team

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Graham Budd Auctions
Lot 1818

Very rare postcard depicting Liverpool FC in match-action at Woolwich Arsenal during the opening game of their 1905-06 Football League Division One Championship winning season,printed inscription WOOLWICH ARSENAL V LIVERPOOL AT PLUMSTEAD 2.9.05Despite losing their opening game 3-1 to Woolwich Arsenal, Liverpool were eventually crowned League Champions for the second time in their history with a total of 51 points, four ahead of Preston N.E.

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Graham Budd Auctions
Lot 1819

Rare postcard of the Liverpool FC Football League Division One championship team in 1905-06,formal team-group with printed player legend that includes William Connell (trainer) and Tom Watson (secretary), published by Mowell and Morrison, Liverpool postmark to reverse

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Graham Budd Auctions
Lot 1820

Very rare pair of postcards of the Liverpool FC team at training circa 1905,team trainer William Connell directing the session dressed in a smart suit and bowler hat

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Graham Budd Auctions
Lot 1892

Rare official programme for the 1901 England v Ireland international match played at Southampton9th March 1901in the form of a tri-fold card, with teams, results of previous fixtures and capped England players, 12.5 by 24.5cm., some wear with ink marks England beat Ireland 3-0,  Tommy Crawshaw, George Hedley and Tip Foster the goalscorers.

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Graham Budd Auctions
Lot 1912

Nine international programmes dating between 1946 and 1948,including the rare England v Holland programme played at Huddersfield

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Graham Budd Auctions
Lot 1918

Two rare WW II football programmes for matches played on Guernsey, June 1943, occupation by German forces programme for match held at Beau Sejour on 8th June 1943 between VOBA (Les Vauxbelets Old Boys Association) and a Continental XI and another for the game between VOBA and an Island XI, annotated to top THIS MATCH WAS IN PLACE OF CONTINENTAL GAME, each printed on single sheet paper, minor wear and punch holes The Continental XI was a team of slave labourers drawn from Europe and brought by the Nazis to Guernsey where they were forced to work on engineering projects including the notorious Underground Hospital. The planned match never took place as the Nazis refused permission for the Continental team to play. An Island XI was therefore drafted in at the last minute and surprisingly beat the Guernsey champions, including Len Duquemin later of Tottenham Hotspur fame, 4-2. This real match would later become the fictional game in the famous football film Escape to Victory, in which the Nazis fielded a team to play the Allied Prisoners of War. There exists only one other known copy of the Continental programme, but the programme for the substitute match featuring the Island XI was probably printed on the day and is the only known copy. The match was played in aid of The Star Help the Children Fund.

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Graham Budd Auctions
Lot 207

Collection of 14 Martell Cognac Grand National water jugs and glass decanter, an unbroken run covering the Seagram and Martell-sponsored years dating from 1990 to 2004 including rare 1993 'Race Void' and one duplicate (Seagram 1991), the 2001 memento being instead a special glass decanter marking the 10th anniversary of Martell's involvement and inscribed THIS IS ONE OF A  LIMITED EDITION OF 4000 DECANTERS PRODUCED TO CELEBRATE 10 YEARS OF THE MARTELL GRAND NATIONAL and listing all winners from 1992 to 2001, each jug marked with its own number of a limited edition and reading EXCLUSIVELY MANUFACTURED FOR MARTELL COGNAC BY SETON POTTERY, SCORRIER, REDRUTH, CORNWALL , chip to rim of 1995 jug (15)

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Graham Budd Auctions
Lot 252

McLoughlin (Maurice E.). Tennis As I Play It, first edition, George H. Doran Co, 1915; sold together with rare trim card of Maurice E. McLoughlin at Worple Road circa 1913 with his signature on reverse in pencil and a magazine page describing the famous 1913 Davis Cup win by USA, wear to spine edges, (3) Maurice E. McLoughlin, known as the 'California Comet' due to his fast serve, was US Champion in 1912 and 1913, US Doubles champion 1912/13/14 and Wimbledon runner-up 1913.

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Graham Budd Auctions
Lot 257

Todd (Tom). The Tennis Players from Pagan Rites to Strawberries and Cream, first edition, Vallency Press, 1979, hardback, rare limited edition of 500 copies, many illustrations and photographs, with original d/j, good condition

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Graham Budd Auctions
Lot 258

John McEnroe tennis “You cannot be serious!” cardboard stand,sold together with three John McEnroe Dunlop rackets of various sizes; an adult size in ex.con, a junior size also in ex con. and a rare mini size which is crazed, all with covers

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Graham Budd Auctions
Lot 262

25 rare issues of Lawn Tennis and Croquet and Lawn Tennis and Badminton magazine with original covers dating from 1904-1906, each issue is full of contemporary tournament and equipment advertisements plus a multitude of tournament reports and results. Issues regularly feature articles by prominent tennis journalists of the day, dimensions: 30.2 by 20.5cm.

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Graham Budd Auctions
Lot 302

Boxed set of the NEW Game of WHIFF WAFF or Table Tennis circa 1900,containing 4 Chiswick bats, early net and posts and the rare tube of table tennis balls containing three balls, the rules of the game printed to the underside of the lid whilst included with the box is the extremely rare three page booklet (some repairs) advertising all the varying components of the New Game from bats, balls and posts to ball-retrievers, the box 49 by 19 by 7cm., box darkened, but overall in remarkably good condition

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Graham Budd Auctions
Lot 309

Extremely rare Oxford real tennis courts token dated 1652,marked Thomas Wood, with a racket symbol to the one side and vintner in OXON 1652 to the reverse, diameter 1.5cm.Thomas Wood was a racket court keeper and vintner who died in 1663. Some of the earliest tennis courts in England were located in Oxford and usually linked to inns. In the middle of the seventeenth century Oliver Cromwell became Lord Protector and the Government issued very few coins so local traders organised their own payment systems using small tokens. This tiny survivor would have been used for court hire or for drinks after the game. Despite its age the details are reasonably clear.

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Graham Budd Auctions
Lot 319

Five unusual tennis brooches and locket,a rare combined tennis and archery oval brooch; a silver locket hallmarked Birmingham 1890 with a tennis racquet on the front; an ivorine racquet brooch with pearl circa 1890; a cross racquet and bird design brooch and a gentleman tennis player with net design brooch, total weight: 23gms, minor wear

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Graham Budd Auctions
Lot 341

Extremely rare Victorian Parian-ware figure believed to be of Wimbledon tennis champion William Charles Renshaw,the figure is attributed and dated on the base - “R.J. Morris 1884”, height 45cm., lacking its original lawn tennis racket but luckily the vendor was able to locate an identical piece. Photographic images and racket dimensions are provided to enable restoration of both the racket and fingers of one hand. A similar coloured glazed ceramic figure can be viewed in the Wimbledon Museum. Only four pieces of this kind can be traced. William Renshaw was the Wimbledon Champion from 1881 to 1886 and again in 1889.

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Graham Budd Auctions
Lot 440

Rare Australian XI 1930 England Tour Orient Line brochure, with individual photographs of all 17 players and officials, including Bradman and Woodfull, with biographies of each player and the fixture list, Only issued to Orient Line on-board passengers. Australia won the 1930 Ashes Series, winning two matches, losing one, with the other two drawn.

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