MASONIC INTEREST: A RARE VICTORIAN SILVER TABLE LIGHTER AND CHAMBERSTICK COMBINATION, by Edward Hutton, Sheffield 1883, with two columnar candlesticks and a lamp above a Masonic emblem, S-scroll handle to the lamp, the spread trefoil base with bun feet, engraved "PRESENTED TO THE W.M. & BRETHREN OF THE YARBOROUGH LODGE 811/ BY BRO. H. KEMBALL-COOK, I.P.M./ 1ST JAN 1884", retailer's mark of Glading & Compy, Brighton, in wooden carrying case with brass handle. 11.5cm high, 14 troy ouncesThe absence of a Condition Report does not imply that a lot is without imperfections. Please note carefully the exclusion of liability for the condition of lots contained in the Conditions of Sale.Hallmarks to sticks, lamp and base. One screw missing from the base. Dent to base where one foot it at the rear. In otherwise good condition.
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Indiana Jones DVD Cover Signed By Harrison Ford & Karen AllenThis is something unusual and rare, it is a must for any movie fan. It is a first edition Bluray DVDCover of the classic film ‘Indiana Jones & The Kingdon Of The Crystal Skull’. It was signed in 2011 at aBAFTA event in London by the films leading actors Harrison Ford & Karen Allen.
The Addams Family Very Rare First Edition Video Promo Poster Signed By Cast & CrewThis is something special and a must for any film fan. It is a very rare first edition video promoposter (26”x 22”) for the movie ‘The Addams Family. It was signed at a puplicity event hosted byColumbia Home Entertainment in London 2000 by - Raul Julia, Anjelica Huston, Christopher Lloyd,MC Hammer (Singer), Marc Shaiman (Composer)Scott Rudin (Producer) and Barry Sonnenfeld (Director)
Paul Newman, Tom Cruise Plus Crew Signed Colour Of Money Large Promo PosterThis is something special and a must for any film fan. It is a very rare promo poster (36”x 24”) forthe movie ‘The Colour Of Money’. It was signed at a private Disney event (they owned TouchstonePictures who released the 1986 film originally) in 2002 by - Paul Newman, Tom Cruise,Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Thelma Schoonmaker (editor), Michael Ballhaus (cinematographer),Robbie Robertson (Music) and Martin Scorses (director)
Steven Spielberg & Melissa Mathison ET Very Rare Signed Promo FlyerThis is something rare & unusual, it is a must for any movie fan. It is a rare 1992 promo flyer for theiconic movie E.T. This was signed in 1998 at a private Universal Pictures event in LA by StevenSpielberg, Director and Melissa Mathison, writer. Framed it would look stunning.
Excellent Comprehensive Collection of United Kingdom Post-marks from 1912 to 1980's. George V to Elizabeth II 5 large albums in total. Some rare ones complete with comprehensive lists from the British Postmark Society dated 4th Feb 1985 with detailed amendments to general slogans and variations to stamps / postmarks etc with over 5000 postmarks. Please note - far too many to photo. If you require more information, contact us at Gerrard's.
Woody Allen & Diane Keaton Sleeper Rare Poster Book Page Proof Signed By BothThis item is very special indeed, it was a gift from my early career in the PR world…..it was signed for me andpresented as a unique gift.I was involved in the marketing of a 70’s classic cinema poster book published officially in 1998. Prior to thisoriginal proofs were done of various pages (each proof is 22.5 x 30cms in size) and were signed by somelegendary people. The signatures were collected between 1997 when the proofs came out up to 2009 atvarious BAFTA events, press junkets, private fuctions and charity fund raisers.Each page proof (including this one) comes with an e-COA, Framed this would look STUNNING.
West World Rare Poster Book Page Proof Signed By Yul Bryner & Michael CrichtonThis item is very special indeed, it was a gift from my early career in the PR world…..it was signed for me andpresented as a unique gift.I was involved in the marketing of a 70’s classic cinema poster book published officially in 1998. Prior to thisoriginal proofs were done of various pages (each proof is 22.5 x 30cms in size) and were signed by somelegendary people. The signatures were collected between 1997 when the proofs came out up to 2009 atvarious BAFTA events, press junkets, private fuctions and charity fund raisers.Each page proof (including this one) comes with an e-COA, Framed this would look STUNNING.
Pam Grier Foxy Brown Rare Poster Book Page Proof SignedThis item is very special indeed, it was a gift from my early career in the PR world…..it was signed for me andpresented as a unique gift.I was involved in the marketing of a 70’s classic cinema poster book published officially in 1998. Prior to thisoriginal proofs were done of various pages (each proof is 22.5 x 30cms in size) and were signed by somelegendary people. The signatures were collected between 1997 when the proofs came out up to 2009 atvarious BAFTA events, press junkets, private fuctions and charity fund raisers.Each page proof (including this one) comes with an e-COA, Framed this would look STUNNING.
Gene Hackman The French Connection Rare Poster Book Page Proof SignedThis item is very special indeed, it was a gift from my early career in the PR world…..it was signed for me andpresented as a unique gift.I was involved in the marketing of a 70’s classic cinema poster book published officially in 1998. Prior to thisoriginal proofs were done of various pages (each proof is 22.5 x 30cms in size) and were signed by somelegendary people. The signatures were collected between 1997 when the proofs came out up to 2009 atvarious BAFTA events, press junkets, private fuctions and charity fund raisers.Each page proof (including this one) comes with an e-COA, Framed this would look STUNNING.
David Lynch Eraserhead Rare Poster Book Page Proof SignedThis item is very special indeed, it was a gift from my early career in the PR world…..it was signed for me andpresented as a unique gift.I was involved in the marketing of a 70’s classic cinema poster book published officially in 1998. Prior to thisoriginal proofs were done of various pages (each proof is 22.5 x 30cms in size) and were signed by somelegendary people. The signatures were collected between 1997 when the proofs came out up to 2009 atvarious BAFTA events, press junkets, private fuctions and charity fund raisers.Each page proof (including this one) comes with an e-COA, Framed this would look STUNNING.
Mad Max Rare Poster Book Page Proof Signed By Mel Gibson & George MillerThis item is very special indeed, it was a gift from my early career in the PR world…..it was signed for me andpresented as a unique gift.I was involved in the marketing of a 70’s classic cinema poster book published officially in 1998. Prior to thisoriginal proofs were done of various pages (each proof is 22.5 x 30cms in size) and were signed by somelegendary people. The signatures were collected between 1997 when the proofs came out up to 2009 atvarious BAFTA events, press junkets, private fuctions and charity fund raisers.Each page proof (including this one) comes with an e-COA, Framed this would look STUNNING.
George Lucas Francis Ford Coppola American Graffiti Rare Poster Book Page Proof SignedThis item is very special indeed, it was a gift from my early career in the PR world…..it was signed for me andpresented as a unique gift.I was involved in the marketing of a 70’s classic cinema poster book published officially in 1998. Prior to thisoriginal proofs were done of various pages (each proof is 22.5 x 30cms in size) and were signed by somelegendary people. The signatures were collected between 1997 when the proofs came out up to 2009 atvarious BAFTA events, press junkets, private fuctions and charity fund raisers.Each page proof (including this one) comes with an e-COA, Framed this would look STUNNING.
Baywatch Interest - Pair of Rare Original Baywatch Floats, with original Baywatch label with photographs of the cast. The rigid robust plastic Baywatch Float is an Official Baywatch product and is embossed with the iconic "Baywatch" logo on the float. Great addition to anyone who collects Baywatch Memorabilia! Measurements Length 67cm, Width 24cm, Depth 14cm.
Rare Antique Hand Held Stick Painted Wood Ventriloquist's Peg Doll, with a ring pull which operates the mouth, wearing original clothes and hat; the hands are painted metal, with a small wooden baby attached; 7 inches (17.5cms) high; inscription to box and letter inside - Aunt Jane, A Relic of Childhood, M C Smith
Photographic Interest: Rare Boxed Set of Twelve Magic Lantern Slides 'The Indcol Coloured Optical Lantern Slides' depicting a photographic studio with a naughty boy having his photo taken, showing the vintage camera on tripod and old photographs on the wall (complete set); Old price - Three Shillings for a Box of 12; British Made; the set in pristine condition, c1890/1900
An Extremely Rare Early Documentary Trade Unionist Porcelain Decorated Jug probably Swansea or Nantgarw (circa 1815-20) with finely detailed painting in the manner of Pardoe, depicting two proud Iron foundry workers holding a casting wheel and other implements leaning against a shield banner of the Union with the motto 'THE FRIENDLY IRON MOULDERS SOCIETY'. In the background are industrial buildings with chimneys, and a further inscription reads 'Industry and Benevolence United In Friendship'. To the side of the jug two men are talking, one with a caption which reads 'Brother Can you give Me A Job' and the other man says 'If We Cannot We Will Assist You'. Decorated to the borders with fine gilt work depicting a bird amongst grape vines, to the reverse a butterfly. The Iron Moulders Society was founded in Bolton in 1806 and affiliated in 1837
Rare 11th-12th Century Carved Fragmenting Stone Head of a Saracen, wearing a turban, with side ringlets. British Crusader period, with large bulging protruding eyes, and unusually shaped mouth, with a long shaped curved neck. Dug up from a garden in Scotland. Damage to the head, nose and neck, as found. 16" length, 9" width.
Stunning 18ct White Gold Orange Sapphire and Diamond Dress Ring of Top Quality In All Aspects. c.1940's / 1950's. The Rare Central Natural Orange Sapphire of Wonderful Colour / Clarity - Top Grade. Est Weight 2.50 cts. The Baguette and Round Brilliant Diamonds Also Top Grade. Est Diamond Weight 1.40 cts, Est Colour G - H, Great Sparkle, Est Clarity VSI, Ring Size - O. All Aspects of Condition Are Excellent, Provenance - From a Lady's Private Collection. Low Estimate for This Quality. Please See Photo.
ACTON (ELIZA)Modern Cookery in all its Branches: Reduced to a System of Easy Practice, for the Use of Private Families, FIRST EDITION, half-title, illustrations, 24pp. advertisements at end, light browning and occasional staining, publisher's cloth, rebacked [Bitting p.3; Oxford p.175], Longmans, Brown, 1845--RUNDAL (MARY) The Domestic Cookery Book, or Guide to the Culinary Art... Valuable Receipts for Plain and Ornamental Cookery Upon the Most Economical Plan... Carving, Brewing, Trussing... Making Wines..., engraved frontispiece and 10 plates (slightly frayed at edges), some damp- and other staining, modern calf-backed boards, spine gilt, John Bysh, 8 Cloth Fair, Smithfield, [c.1830]--MOLLARD (JOHN, 'Park Hotel, Norwood') The Art of Cookery Made Easy and Refined, lacking half-title and frontispiece, modern half calf, spine gilt with red morocco label [Bitting, p.328; Oxford, p.131], Whittaker & Co., 1836--KITCHENER (WILLIAM) The Cook's Oracle, Containing Receipts for Plain Cookery, on the Most Economical Plan for Private Families, third edition, occasional soiling, contemporary half roan, joints cracked, tear to spine [Oxford p.145-6; Simon BG 915], Edinburgh, Robert Cadell, 1837--APPERT (NICOLAS) The Art of Preserving All Kinds of Animal and Vegetable Substances, second English edition, half-title and advertisement leaf, lacks plate, nineteenth century half calf, spine gilt, bookplate of Joseph Cook [Bitting p.14], Black, Parry and Kingsbury, 1812--GORDON (A.M.) The New Domestic Cookery; Formed upon Principles of Economy, wood-engraved frontispiece and illustrations, 2pp. advertisements preceding title, old owner's ink note on verso of title, publisher's cloth, w. Tweedie, 1853--The New London Cookery. Adapted to the Use of Private Families... by S.W., eighth edition, folding wood-engraved frontispiece (repaired) and 5 plates of cuts of meat, some soiling, publisher's cloth, Joseph Smith, 1836, 8vo and 12mo (7)Footnotes:Books on domestic economy including the first edition of Eliza Acton's Modern Cookery and three rare works or editions not traced in any culinary bibliography. Particularly perplexing is Mary Rundal's Domestic Cookery Book, as neither the title nor its author appear to be recorded anywhere. Library Hub does record one copy an edition of Gordon's New Domestic Cookery (Dublin, 1849), and two editions of The New London Cookery (Joseph Smith, 1835 and c.1840). Although these editions give 'A Lady' as the author rather than 'S.W'., the one dated 1835 matches the collation of our work, so we can presume they are one and the same, although earlier editions have also been attributed to Esther Copley.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
CHINESE COOKERYThe Oriental Cook Book. A Guide to Marketing and Cooking in English and Chinese, second edition, text in English and Chinese, contemporary half roan, joints worn, large 8vo, Shanghai, Kelly & Walsh, 1898Footnotes:Rare early Chinese cookery book, first published in 1889. The recipes include translations from the New Cook Book of Maria Parloa, the celebrated American chef and culinary pioneer (see lot 3), as well as 'selections from other standard cook books and recipes from friends' (Preface by the anonymous translator).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
LAURIE (ROBERT) AND JAMES WHITTLEA New and Elegant Imperial Sheet Atlas, Comprehending General and Particular Maps of Every Part of the World, 52 hand-coloured engraved maps after Dunn, Jefferys, d'Anville, Rennel, and others, the majority double-page and folding, short tear to United States, later maroon half morocco, neatly rebacked preserving original gilt-tooled spine [cf. Phillips, Atlases 4302; cf. Shirley, British Library T.LAU-2a], folio (535 x 393mm.), Laurie & Whittle, 1797Footnotes:Rare atlas, including 2 World maps, and 8 of the Americas. This copy contains two additional maps (Invasions of England; Coast of Brazil) which are not called for in the list of contents.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
COOKERY REFORMEDThe Good Housewife; or, Cookery Reformed: containing a Select Number of the Best Receipts in Cookery, Pastry, Preserving, Dandying, Pickling, &c: together with a Distinct Account of the Nature of Aliments... Published at the request of a physician of great experience, who, for the benefit of the purchaser, has... shewn why several things heretofore used in cookery, and inserted in other books, have been prejudicial to mankind, second edition, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, some browning at edges of first and last few leaves, occasional soiling and staining, contemporary sheep, worn at edges, spine chipped at head and foot, upper cover near detached [ESTC N473881; cf. Maclean p.35; Oxford p.86-87, first edition], 8vo, P. Davey and B. Law, 1756Footnotes:EXTREMELY RARE second edition of the previous year's Cookery Reformed; or, The Lady's Assistant. It has not been traced in bibliographies or auction records, and just one copy is listed on ESTC (New York Public Library), along with five copies of the first edition (none of which are in the UK).Provenance: 'Mr Thos. Filips'; 'Elizabeth Taylor her Book Given by Mrs Mosher at the Glaziers Arms Water Lane Black Fryers' [and in another hand:] 'about 1798. Died when she was about 10 or 12 years old her mother died some years before, and her father boarded with Mrs Mosher after her death who lived near his factory', inscriptions on final blank leaf.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
RUSSIALEPEKHIN (IVAN IVANOVICH) Dnevnyia zapiski puteshestviia po raznym provintsiam Rossiiskogo gosudarstva [Diaries of a Journey Through Various Provinces of the Russian State in 1768 and 1769[-1772], 4 vol., FIRST EDITION, half-titles in volumes 2 and 3, 52 engraved plates on 45 sheets (most folding), 3 folding engraved maps, some plates shaved within but not touching image, volumes 1-3 contemporary calf, gilt red and green morocco lettering labels, old paper shelf numeral in upper compartment, red edges, volume 4 non-uniform early half calf, gilt red morocco lettering label, some rubbing [Nissen ZBI 2450; Svodnyi katalog 31612, citing 12 preliminary pages in volume 3, our set with 6, seemingly complete], 4to (volume 4 taller), St. Petersburg, 1771-1772-1780-1805Footnotes:RARE first edition of an account of important expeditions led by Lepekhin, at the direction of the St. Petersburg Academy, to study the natural resources and economic state of Russia. 'The Diaries are a rich collection of natural science and ethnographic information relating to the Volga area, the Urals and adjacent northwestern Kazakhstan and western Siberia, and northern European Russia' (Dictionary of Scientific Biography). Lepekhin gave special attention to the description of upwards of 300 species of animals, 100 birds, and insects, cultivation of plants and forestry, and geology, in which he 'closely approached an understanding of the possibility of change caused by external conditions' (D.S.B.). No copies traced on Rare Book Hub.Provenance: A.I. Ward, bookplate, all volumes. Volumes 1 and 2 with small red stamp on verso of title, and (also volume 3) ink numeral in gutter margin of title. Volume 4 with small circular stamp of Lenin Library on p.41.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
SHAW (GEORGE) AND JOHN FREDERICK MILLERCimelia Physica. Figures of Rare and Curious Quadrupeds, Birds, &c. Together with Several of the Most Elegant Plants, FIRST EDITION, second edition, 60 hand-coloured engraved plates (including frontispiece) by and after Miller, light offsetting (mostly plate to facing text), modern red morocco, sides with gilt roll-tool floral border, gilt lettered spine [Fine Bird Books p.94; Nissen IVB 638; Stafleu and Cowan 6033; Wood p. 465; Zimmer p.585], folio (532 x 354mm.), T. Bensley, for Benjamin and John White, and John Sewell, 1796Footnotes:The fine plates, including 41 ornithological subjects, are 'coloured from the subjects themselves' by John Frederick Miller. He was in the employ of Sir Joseph Banks, and had access to the vast collection of zoological specimens which he accumulated. This copy is without the plate list and Linnaean table found in the very scarce first edition, and on occasion bound in the second edition.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
SWAINSON (WILLIAM)Zoological Illustrations or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals... First Series, vol. 1 and 2 (of 3), 119 hand-coloured engraved plates (as called for), some plate numerals in ink, contemporary green morocco, spines elaborately blindstamped within 2-line gilt fillet border, g.e., slightly rubbed [Fine Bird Books, p.146; Nissen IVB 911; Zimmer, p.612], 8vo, Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1820-1822This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
GELLEROY (WILLIAM)The London Cook, or the Whole Art of Cookery made Easy and Familiar. Containing a great Number of approved and Practical Receipts in every Branch of Cookery. Viz. Chap. I. Of Soups, Broths and Gravy. II. Of Pancakes, Fritters, Possets, Tanseys... XVI. Of Made Wines, FIRST EDITION, folding engraved frontispiece of 'His Majesty's Table' (repaired on verso), with Appendix and publisher's catalogue at end, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked [ESTC T63887; Bitting p.179; Maclean p.56; Oxford p. 92; Simon BG 740], 8vo, S. Crowder & Co., J. Coote & J. Fletcher, 1762Footnotes:'This seems a very good book' (Oxford), complete with the rare frontispiece. The author was cook to The Duchess of Argyll.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
LAWRENCE (T.E.)Seven Pillars of Wisdom. A Triumph, PRIVATELY PRINTED EDITION, INSCRIBED BY LAWRENCE 'INCOMPLETE COPY. I.XII.26 T.E.S.' on p.XIX, some initials printed in red, 4 folding maps (including 2 duplicates), 31 plates (including 'Prickly Pear', 'Irish Troops being Bombed in the Judean Hills', and portraits of both Lawrence and Lloyd), illustrations in the text, pictorial endpapers, blue half morocco gilt by Roger Coverley & Sons, spine with gilt decoration and lettering ('The Seven Pillars') in six compartments with raised bands, t.e.g. [O'Brien A040], 4to (255 x 188mm.), [Printed for the author by Manning Pike and H.J. Hodgson, 1926]Footnotes:A FINE ASSOCIATION COPY OF THE PRIVATELY PRINTED EDITION OF SEVEN PILLARS, belonging to George Lloyd, who worked alongside Lawrence in Arabia during the time described in Chapters 71 to 73 of the book. Some 170 copies with a full complement of plates were sold to subscribers. In terms of association, these are not as interesting as the 32 or so 'incomplete copies' (lacking some plates, but textually complete) which were given by Lawrence to close friends and colleagues who had served with him during the Arab campaign.Seven Pillars is 'a personal, emotional narrative of the Arab revolt in which Lawrence reveals how by sheer willpower he made history. It was a testimony to his vision and persistence and a fulfillment of his desire to write an epic ... its climax is the Arab liberation of Damascus, a victory which successfully concludes a gruelling campaign and vindicates Lawrence's faith in the Arab' (ODNB). Lloyd first met Lawrence in 1914, whilst working for the Intelligence Department in Cairo, liked him immediately ('a very remarkable fellow'), helped plan the Arab Revolt with him and, in 1917, accompanied him on a mission to destroy the main bridge on the railway line from Mecca, and onwards to El Jaffer. In Seven Pillars Lawrence describes Lloyd, who was riding a horse gifted to him by Emir Feisel, as 'one of the best fellows and least obtrusive travellers alive... [he] was the rare sort... who could eat anything with anybody, anyhow and at any time', and on parting with him at the end of the journey, remarked 'It was a sorry thing to see Lloyd go. He was understanding, helped wisely, and wished our cause well. Also he was the one fully-taught man with us in Arabia, and in these few days together our minds had ranged abroad discussing any book or thing in heaven or earth which crossed our fancy'. A portrait of Lloyd by William Roberts is included in Seven Pillars.In August 1917 Lloyd, writing from Cairo to Sir Reginald Wingate, predicted with great prescience the success of Seven Pillars, stating that Lawrence 'has done wonderful good work and will some day be able to write a unique book. Generally the kind of man capable of these adventures lacks the pen and wit to record them adequately. Luckily Lawrence is specially gifted with both' (quoted in John Charmley, Lord Lloyd and the Decline of the British Empire, 1987). Their friendship endured until Lawrence's death, Lloyd attending his funeral, and naming his country house Clouds Hill in tribute to Lawrence's cottage home.Provenance: George Lloyd, Baron Lloyd of Dolobran (1879-1941); by descent to the present owner.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
MANSFIELD (KATHERINE)Bliss and Other Stories, FIRST EDITION, publisher's cloth, DUST-JACKET, jacket with three or four small losses at corners, foot of spine panel, and foot of rear panel, strengthened on verso at folds [Kirkpatrick A4], 8vo, Constable, 1920Footnotes:Mansfield's second collection, following In a German Pension (1911), in extremely rare dust-jacket.Provenance: Brief gift inscription from V.K. (or G.K.?) dated December 1920 on front free endpaper.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
GREY (ELIZABETH, COUNTESS OF KENT)A Choice Manual, or Rare Secrets in Physick and Chirurgery... Whereto are added several experiments of the vertue of Gascons Powder, and Lapis contra Yarvam... The Nineteenth Edition; A True Gentlewomans Delight. Wherein is contain'd all Manner of Cookery: Together with Preserving, Conserving, Drying, and Candying. Very necessary for all Ladies and Gentlewomen, 2 parts in 1 vol., engraved portrait (laid down, fore-margin trimmed), A9 with piece torn from margin (just shaving some letters), dampstain in lower outer corners of volume with some resulting fraying (not affecting text), nineteenth century red morocco, covers with gilt tooled border of acorns and oak leaves, gilt panelled spine with raised bands and floral decoration, g.e. [ESTC R218777; Bitting p.201; cf. Oxford p.22-23], 12mo (108 x 156mm.), H[enry] Mortlock at the Phoenix in St. Paul's Churchyard, 1687Footnotes:A very popular collection of medical and culinary recipes, first published in 1653 and which ran to numerous revised editions. Although the work is usually listed under the Countess of Kent, the dedication is signed 'W.J.', and it was probably compiled by William Jar, a member of the Countess's household. The dedication of A Choice Manual is to 'the virtuous and most noble Lady, Latitia Popham', the wife of a supporter of Oliver Cromwell, and A True Gentlewomans Delight is dedicated to Mistress Anne Pile, a baronet's daughter. 'The first book is purely medical, and recommends the usual filthy remedies, e.g. the dung of a peacock for convulsions and powdered earthworms for jaundice... The second book is the cookery part, and tells how to make a slipcoat Cheese, Angellets, fine Diet-bread, Essings, Ponado, Bonny Clutter, Lady of Arundels Manchet, &c.' (Oxford).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
INDIAN COOKERYALLEE (HADJEE) Receipts for Cooking the Most Favourite Dishes, in General Use in India. Also for Preparing Chatney and India Pickle, 24pp., pencil ownership inscription of M.A. Goff(?), unstitched in publisher's stiff terracotta wrappers, 16mo, [Calcutta, c.1840?]Footnotes:EXTREMELY RARE EARLY INDIAN COOKERY BOOK. Receipts for Cooking is said to have been first published in 1836, but the only copy of any early edition we have traced is held by McGill University Library. Dated 1847, it comprises 32 pages whilst the present copy (and the only copy of a 1980s reprint traced, in the British Library) appear complete with 24 pages.Hadjee Allee (or Alee) became a celebrated cook at the Oriental Hotel in London, having arrived from Calcutta in the 1830s. He is mentioned in a story by William Moy Thomas called The Elixir of Life which appeared in Household Words in 1851, and was apparently well-known for dishes such as 'Indian Korma', 'Shame Cawaub', 'India Plow', 'Lobster Currie', 'Indian Maucooty', 'Sultan Mulligatawney' and 'India Kitcheree', all of which are included here.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
MANUSCRIPT - CULINARY & MEDICINAL RECEIPTSRecipe book, bearing the ownership inscription of 'Sarah Turner' and the date '1658', containing culinary and medicinal recipes written in several hands by members of the Turner family, running to the mid-eighteenth century, prefaced by an index ('Cakes', 'Jellyes', 'Creames', 'Marmoletts', 'Preserves', 'Pickles', 'Dryed sweetmeats', 'Plasters & Poulteses', 'Purges', 'Diet Drinkes etc', 'Chirurgery Waters'); with recipes 'To make Gumballs', 'To make Jelly of Pippins','To make ye Spanish Natas', 'Snow Creame', 'hasty podding', 'To make black Hoggs pudding', 'To make brick Cheese', medicinal receipts including 'A water to cure all manner of wounds & sores be they new or sore & stinking', 'Snaile Water', 'Dr Stevens water', 'Diet drinke for a Consumption', 'To make Cock Ale', 'The Italian Balsome', 'A Cordiall water from Mrs Hudson', ('...good to expel the plague, meazells, smalepox, or any other infectious matter... good for women in labour...'), 'To purge wormes and Slyme in Children', 'A secret & rare thing to prevent miscarrying', 'To make Inke', some naming the source of the recipe ('Mrs Cowell', 'Mrs Bridgrat', 'L. Willughby', 'Mrs Robinson'), interspersed with lively notes and doodles incorporating various (presumably family) names (Sarah, Dorothy, Jane and Robert Turner, Anna and Elizabeth Meek, Jane Birchley), menu plans, accounts ('work done for Charls Price... for plowing for his beans... for making of sider...' dated 1743), a slip of paper with the account for Mr Birchly and George Woodyate ('one pound of sugar...one pound of rice... spice... starch...') pinned to the last page, some pages inverted, inside covers covered with names and pen trials, 342 numbered pages, some pages excised and some with losses, contemporary limp vellum, title 'Receipt Booke/ 1658' in ink on upper cover, stitching coming loose, soiled, 4to (180 x 140mm.), 1658 to c.1755Footnotes:'TO MAKE YE SPANISH NATAS... take a great quantity of milk from the cow and scald it in a kettle upon a charcoale fire, stirring it that it burns not at the bottom...'.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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[MORE (HANNAH)]Cheap Repository. The Cottage Cook, or Mrs. Jones's Cheap Dishes, Shewing the Way to do Much Good with Little Money, issue with the addition of prices and 'A Cheaper Edition for Hawkers' below imprint, 16pp., woodcut illustration on p.1, modern morocco-backed boards, gilt panelled spine [ESTC T34201], 8vo, J. Marshall and R. White S. Hazard, at Bath; J. Elder, at Edinburgh, and by all Booksellers, Newsmen, and Hawkers... Great Allowance will be Made to Shopkeepers and Hawkers, [August-November 1797]Footnotes:Rare Cheap Repository tract by Hannah More, aimed through the use of a moral tale at helping less educated and poor women run efficient, economical kitchens which could still provide nutritious food to their families. The last two pages comprise four recipes and a few useful hints, some sounding ominously familiar today, others perhaps a little dated ('If the money spent on tea were spent on home-brewed beer, the wife would be better fed, the husband better pleased, and both would be healthier'). The present copy is one of several editions published between 1795 and 1800, all of which are scarce.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
![NAPKIN FOLDINGNapkin-Folding: A Series of Fully Illustrated Original Designs [cover-title], full-page diagrams throughout wi](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d02c3908-17f9-456e-8131-ac080147f342/d7622492-5923-4c66-b15d-ac08015a35d7/468x382.jpg)
NAPKIN FOLDINGNapkin-Folding: A Series of Fully Illustrated Original Designs [cover-title], full-page diagrams throughout with facing letterpress description, light staining to last 2 pages, publisher's cloth-backed printed boards, rebacked, small dampstain at top of covers, 4to, Newton and Eskell, [1891]Footnotes:Rare and attractive instruction manual with forty-nine designs including: The True-Lovers' Knot; The Cockle-Shell; The Lady Betty Balfour; The Turkey-Cock Tail; The Spill-Box; The Four-Pointed Fan; The Duplex Vase; and The Opera Glasses.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
PLAT (HUGH)The Jewel House of Art and Nature: Containing Divers Rare and Profitable Inventions, together with Sundry New Experiments in the Art of Husbandry. With Divers Chymcal Conclusions Concerning the Art of Distillation, and the Rare Practices and Uses Thereof... Whereunto is Added, a Rare and Excellent Discourse of Minerals, Stones, Gums and Rosins, title within border of typographical ornaments, woodcut illustrations in the text (including 'The true portrait of an Ear of Summer Barley, as it Grew at Bishop's Hall in Middlesex, Anno Dom. 1594'), some dampstaining to upper edges of first few leaves, endpapers browned, contemporary blind-ruled calf, rebacked [ESTC R10675; cf. Bitting p.373, Goldsmiths 1294 & Kress 889, all Bernard Alsop imprint], small 4to (188 x 140mm.), Printed by Elizabeth Alsop, and are to be sold at her House in Grubstreet, near the Upper Pump, 1653Footnotes:The 'most significant book' (ODNB) by Sir Hugh Plat (1552-1608), the eccentric husbandman and inventor. Plat lived at Bishop's Hall, Bethnal Green, and conducted numerous horticultural, agricultural and mechanical experiments ranging from the practical to the fantastic. The 103 experiments described include recipes for preserving food, herbs, fruit, flowers, meat and water, and for a tooth-cleaner. Other parts deal with soils, manures, distillations, moulding and casting metals, and diverse topics such as the brewing of beer without hops, fishing, how to cheat at cards and how to steal a beehive. The work was first published in 1594, and the present edition was revised and expanded by Arnold de Boate in 1653; there are two issues, this bearing the imprint of Elizabeth Alsop as opposed to that of her husband, Bernard Alsop, who may have died that year.Provenance: Henry Seymour, bookplate.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
![[PLUMPTRE (ARABELLA)]Domestic Management; or, the Healthful Cookery-Book, second edition, engraved frontispiece, roughly ope](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d02c3908-17f9-456e-8131-ac080147f342/a5a3a4a9-16d6-432f-aca4-ac08015a48b0/468x382.jpg)
[PLUMPTRE (ARABELLA)]Domestic Management; or, the Healthful Cookery-Book, second edition, engraved frontispiece, roughly opened causing some tears in margins, uncut in contemporary boards, rebacked, rubbed and soiled [cf. Bitting p.374], B. & R. Crosby, 1813—CULPEPER (NICHOLAS) The Complete Herbal... with a Display of their Medicinal and Occult Qualities, 20 hand-coloured plates (one torn and repaired), lacks frontispiece, some foxing and browning, contemporary half roan, worn, Thomas Kelly, 1849--GIFFORD (H., Chemist) The General Receipt-Book... with Directions for Making British Wines, woodcut illustrations, publisher's illustrated boards, spine restored, some staining, old lot label on upper cover, 16mo, J. Smith, [c.1840]--KITCHENER (WILLIAM) The Art of Invigorating and Prolonging Life, by Food, Clothes, Air, Exercise, Wine, Sleep &c., woodcut diagrams (one shaved at foot), early inscriptions, ink stamp and leather label on cover of Greenwich and subsequently Melvillle Hospitals, contemporary half calf [cf. Simon BG 911-2], G.B. Whittaker, 1827--MACNISH (ROBERT) The Anatomy of Drunkenness, third edition, modern leather-backed cloth, Glasgow, W.R. M'Phun, 1829--Dinners and Dinner-Parties, or the Absurdities of Artificial Life, second edition, ownership signature of Lady Carmichael Anstruther, publisher's cloth gilt, tears to spine, Chapman & Hall, 1862--BATEMAN (WILLIAM) Magnacopia; or, a Library of Useful and Profitable Information for the Chemist and Druggist, Surgeon-Dentist, Oilman, and Licensed Victualler..., second edition, contemporary cloth-backed boards, John Churchill, 1837--Fifteen Hundred Notable Things, Comprehending a Choice Variety of Rare, Curious and Important Receipts... to which is added a Century of Inventions, by the Marquis of Worcester, 1655, second edition, engraved frontispiece ('The Art of Talking with the Fingers'), contemporary half calf, rebacked, Glasgow, D. Mackenzie, [c.1840], 8vo & 12mo (8)Footnotes:The anonymous author of Dinners and Dinner-Parties states in the Preface that it was 'written in truthfulness and charity to the five millions of unmarried daughters of England and Wales, with a view of awakening the attention of their mothers, whom half a century of sleep and bad cookery have rendered so careless that they know not what they eat, nor of what their soup is composed; and what is worse, have so largely contributed to the frightful mortality of their infants'.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
RABISHA (WILLIAM)[The Whole Body of Cookery Dissected, Taught, and Fully Manifested, Methodically, Artificially, and According to the Best Tradition of the English, French, Italian, Dutch, &c.], 3 parts in 1 vol., second edition, lacks title-page, dedication and 5 other leaves (B1-2, D7, G5 & T8), headlines cropped throughout, first 5 and last leaves softened and chipped at fore-edge with loss, a few other leaves torn without loss of text, contemporary sheep, worn, covers roughly sewn with later thread (lower cover near detached), spine chipped [ESTC R218376; Bitting pp.386-7; cf. Oxford p.30-31; Simon BG 1248], small 8vo, E. Calvert, 1673, sold not subject to returnFootnotes:Incomplete and fragile copy of the second edition of Rabisha's scarce cookery book. The Cornish author, who claimed to have worked for many noble families, divides the book into three sections: the first is on pickles, fish, meats and fruit, the second is entitled 'Rare recipes in Cookery', and the third part deals with preserving, conserving and candying.Provenance: 'Deffyd(?) Thomas of Swansea in the County of Glamorgan Gentleman', inscription on final page; some other eighteenth-century inscriptions of Welsh owners on blank verso of b4.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
![[RUNDELL (MARIA ELIZA)]Domestic Economy, and Cookery, for Rich and Poor: Containing an Account of the best English, Scotch, F](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d02c3908-17f9-456e-8131-ac080147f342/a9db6552-7811-4f23-950d-ac08015c05df/468x382.jpg)
[RUNDELL (MARIA ELIZA)]Domestic Economy, and Cookery, for Rich and Poor: Containing an Account of the best English, Scotch, French, Oriental, and other Foreign Dishes; Preparations of Broths and Milks... Receipts for Sea-fairing men, Travellers and Children's food... by a Lady, Sion College 'Sold by' stamp on verso of title, untrimmed in contemporary boards, later cloth spine with paper label [Oxford p.162], Longman, Rees, 1827; A New System of Domestic Cookery; Formed upon Principles of Economy: and Adapted to the Use of Private Families. By a lady, engraved frontispiece and 9 plates, some light browning and offsetting, untrimmed in modern panelled morocco gilt, gilt panelled spine [Simon BG 1322], John Murray, 1822; idem, FIRST EDITION, lacks half-title, frontispiece and final leaf (supplied in facsimile), occasional soiling, outer upper corners chipped, tears to pp.199 and 241 without loss, ownership signature of Catherine ?Barberidge, 1806 on front paste-down, contemporary vellum-backed boards, J. Murray and J. Harding, 1806; The New Family Receipt-Book, containing Seven Hundred Truly Valuable Receipts in Various Branches of Domestic Economy, some mostly light browning and soiling, ownership inscription of J. Scofield, 1811, contemporary calf, worn, split in centre of spine [Oxford p.137, 'By Mrs Rundle, a supplement to 'A New System...''], Squire and Warwick for John Murray, 1810, 8vo and 12mo (4)Footnotes:A quartet of works by Maria Rundell, including the rare first edition of A New System of Domestic Cookery, albeit defective, and the first and only edition of Domestic Economy and Cookery, for Rich and Poor, attributed to her in recent years by the University of Cambridge.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
VERRAL (WILLIAM)A Complete System of Cookery... A Variety of Genuine Receipts, Collected from Several Years Experience under the Celebrated Mr. de St. Clouet, sometime Fine Cook to his Grace the Duke of Newcastle, some foxing and browning, title reinforced at inner edge and with perforated stamp of Forbes Library, Northampton, Mass., last 3 leaves with lower corners restored, modern panelled calf, spine gilt with red morocco label [ESTC T31055; Bitting p.477; Maclean p.147; Oxford p.89; Simon BG 1553], 8vo, for the author, and sold by him; as also by Edward Verral Bookseller, in Lewes; and by John Rivington, 1759Footnotes:Sole edition of this recipe book by the 'Master of the White-Hart Inn in Lewes' (title-page), a hotel and restaurant on the High Street frequented by Thomas Paine the following decade, and still in existance. 'The recipes offer an illuminating glimpse of French 'nouvelle cuisine', with its light, simple dishes, as it was practised in England in the 1730s and 1740s... Today Verral is remembered for his cookery book, one of the very few to give a true picture of French cookery in England in the middle of the eighteenth century. Verral's recipes are clear and well explained, with comments on the relative merits of French and English cookery, and on the success of particular dishes. Such a balanced discussion of the two cuisines is extremely rare among the mass of xenophobic comment which characterizes English cookery books of the period' (ODNB).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
WOOLLEY (HANNAH)The Queen-like Closet, or Rich Cabinet: Stored with all manner of Rare Receipts for Preserving, Candying and Cookery. Very Pleasant and Beneficial to all Ingenious Persons of the Female Sex. To which is added, A Supplement, Presented to all Ingenious Ladies, and Gentlewomen, 2 parts (and supplement) in 1 vol., third edition, engraved frontispiece incorporating 5 kitchen scenes, with initial licence leaf and advertisement leaf after Part 2, woodcut ornaments and head-pieces, occasional soiling, a few headlines just shaved, nineteenth century diced calf, double gilt filet border on sides, spine with gilt raised bands and red morocco label, slightly rubbed, some spots to upper cover [ESTC R221176; Bitting p.504; Oxford p.35; cf. Simon BG 1628], 12mo, Richard Lowndes, 1675-1674Footnotes:'Hannah Woolley or Woley... was a letter-writer and an industrious woman whose book of recipes, menus and directions to servants is well put together' (Simon). She was possibly the first person to earn a living from books on household management, and sought to address servants for the first time. Woolley introduced unfashionable ingredients such as anchovies, capers and wine into her simplified dishes, and helped bring in pumpkins and molasses from the New World. Included here are recipes for a trifle with cream but no custard, a gooseberry fool, hot chocolate, and mince pies containing meat as well as dried fruits. The book also contains the first known recipe for Sussex pond pudding. The first edition appeared in 1670, and this third edition, with separate title pages to Part 2 and the Supplement both dated 1674, was the first to contain the Supplement.Provenance: Last leaf with old ink inscription 'No. 1060'; Edward Winstanley, bookplate.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
CHARLES IThe shoes reputedly worn by Charles I on the day of his execution, Tuesday 30 January 1649, a pair of seventeenth century linen shoes, with low heels and slightly rounded toe, the linen ground now exposed but with remnants of the original black silk overlay, cross over latchets, silk ribbon trim, leather soles, 95 x 255mm. (2)Footnotes:Provenance: Leathe family of Dale Head Hall, near Keswick, Cumberland; presented by Thomas Stanger-Leathes (1791-1876) to Crosthwaite's Museum, Keswick, some time prior to 1826; sold at Rydal Hall, Grasmere when the museum closed in 1870, to the Lowther Family of Lowther Castle; The Earls of Lonsdale, their Lowther Castle sale, April-June 1947 (the shoes were not apparently in the sale catalogue as they were in a locked drawer of a cabinet containing coins and medals); Copper & Adams of James Street, exhibited at London Antique Dealers Fair, 1947; Sotheby's, c.1949; purchased by Bryan Hall (1922-2004), Norfolk antiquarian and collector; his sale, Bonhams, The Contents of the Old Rectory, Banningham, Norfolk, 23 March 2004, lot 1495; two UK private collections.Included in the lot are three letters from Hedley Hope Nicholson, written in 1949 in his capacity as a member of The Committee of the Society of King Charles the Martyr, and mentioning the fact that at one point Queen Mary had been intending to purchase the shoes whilst they were with Copper & Adams. 'I think it very likely that the King wore such a pair of shoes on the scaffold. He would have changed into them after the walk from St. James' Palace – he took special care of his appearance that day, which he referred to as 'my second marriage day''. Also included is a typed note from Bryan Hall: 'For various reasons my Father subscribed to Sotheby's Catalogues dealing with small antiquarian objects. It was in one of these catalogues I saw the lot comprising the black shoes worn by Charles I when walking to the scaffold'.Coincidentally, the Museum of London was due to hold an exhibition this year entitled Executions, focussing on those who died and those who witnessed executions first hand. It was to include a vest and other items said to have been worn by King Charles I when he went to the scaffold, but no shoes.Literature: Catalogue of Crosthwaite's Museum, Printed by Thomas Bailey, 1826, p.44; Cumberland and Westmorland Herald, 'George Bott recalls Keswick museum Giant's shoes among the odd and bizarre', 3 October 1998 ('Equally rare was a pair of shoes worn by the great Mogul when his eyes were put out by a rebel, a shoe and a clog worn by Queen Elizabeth, and the shoes of King Charles I when he was beheaded... The royal footwear was presented to Peter Crosthwaite by Thomas Stanger Leathes, Dale Head Hall, Thirlmere').For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
LENCKER (HANS)Perspectiva literaria. Das ist ein clerliche fürreyssung wie man alle Buchstaben des gantzen Alphabets... in die Perspectif einer flachen Ebnen bringen mag, FIRST EDITION, 21 (of 22) plates after drawings by Hans Lencker, engraved by Matthias Zündt (initialled on plate 19), ALL COLOURED IN A CONTEMPORARY HAND, plate 14 with an additional variant engraving of the perspective design (a sphere with pyramids emanating, similar in style to the other engavings but numbered 'G.IIII' in upper corner) pasted opposite, Gothic text, some light foxing, short tear to one plate, last leaf near detached, old German inscription in Gothic, in ink, on verso of last leaf (this near detached), modern limp binding using an old sheet of vellum [Thieme-Becker XXIII, 45; VD16 L-1149], folio (307 x 200mm.), Nuremberg, Ulrich Neuber, 1567Footnotes:EXTREMELY RARE HAND-COLOURED COPY OF THIS SPECTACULAR GERMAN TREATISE ON PERSPECTIVE - INCLUDING THE FIRST COMPLETE ALPHABET CONCEIVED BY HANS LENCKER. The very elaborate perspective figures were designed by the master goldsmith Hans or Johannes Lencker (1523-1585), and engraved by his colleague Matthias Zündt. Lencker was the eldest of a dynasty of goldsmiths and engravers from Nuremberg. He worked in many fields, including the design of tableware, glass cutting and the art of bookbinding, helping to inspire a whole generation of 'perspective' artists, including the renowned Jamnitzer.The Perspectiva literaria is extremely scarce, only two or three copies recorded as having sold at auction in the post-war period. USTC and World Cat locate a total of 8 copies, all in European institutions, mostly in Germany. The present copy, uniquely hand-coloured, contains 21 plates (of 22, a geometric figure plate is missing), comprising a frontispiece using the letters of the word 'perspectiva', 12 plates of intricate letters of the alphabet in various perspective arrangements, and 8 plates of geometric figures. Some of the latter are very complex, such as a spiral-shaped faceted shell, a cone made of triangular faces, a knot of twisted cylinders, and a hollow cube surrounded by a polyhedron.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
LOWE, E.J. A Natural History of New and Rare Ferns. Groombridge, London, 1864. 4to. green cl. Tog.with LOWE, E.J. Ferns, British and Exotic, Groombridge, London, 1856, in 8 vols. 4to. tooled red cloth with multiple plates. Plus BRITTEN, James, European Ferns. Cassell, London, lge. 4to. (284x221mm) Library rebind. Plus PRATT, The Flowering Plants and Ferns of Great Britain. Warne, London, no date. In 6 volumes. (221x137mm) Library rebind in green cloth. All with Lib. b/ps. and stamps throughout. Foxing and binding bumped. S.A.F.
OLYMPICS, selection, hardback edition of Lexikon Der Olympischen Winter Spiele (Lexicon of the Winter Olympics) by Erich Kamper, purportedly a presentation copy given to representatives of the World Press Association at the 1964 games, previously the property of Dennis Bird (Press Office for The Times), rare, plastic dj (tear); Seoul 1998 photo album, 1800* private snapshots, showing views, competitors, action etc., formerly the property of Ray Smith, Australian walking judge; together with official brochures showing start list and results and fan from closing ceremony, G to VG, 5
Henry VIII, Testoon, third coinage debased silver, Tower Mint, obv. HENRIC 8, crowned facing bust, rev. POSVI etc, crowned double rose with crowned 'H' & 'R' at sides, V-shaped striking crack at 12 o'clock, corroded surfaces, obv. Fair, rev. slightly better, RARE, (S2365), together with groat, third coinage debased silver, fourth bust, mm lis, Lombardic lettering, rev. POSVI etc, annulets with pellets in cross ends, edge striking crack at 5 o'clock & other edge imperfections VG
Gold Proof £2 1994 '300th Anniversary of the Bank of England,' mule error coin (the obverse should have included the denomination 'TWO POUNDS' as this was not included in the reverse design (original Corporate Seal of the Bank of England with the Crown & Cyphers of William & Mary & dates 1694 & 1994); 15.98g, .916 gold, with certificate of authenticity, in Royal Mint case of issue, FDC as struck VERY RARE
Bank of England White Five Pounds, signature E. M. Harvey, Leeds, Dec 23, 1920, U/25 06256, several pinholes in centre & to right, small tear at top right corner & cashier's mark in ink at top right, very light centre crease o/wise an attractive clean note with minimal handling marks, RARE AVF
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