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Lot 62
A Royal Worcester compressed ovoid vase, painted by C H Chivers, signed, with peaches and blackberries, on a mossy ground, gilt line rim, 7.5cm high, printed crown and circle mark, date code for 1939Note - Chivers worked at Coalport and Derby, his time at Worcester was short lived and his work is rare
![[Sermons]. Group of sermons and tracts, 17th-19th century, comprising: 1. Mary's Choice, or the Choice of the truly Godly Per](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/001257aa-d93a-45da-88a3-abd500ca3cc0/31cd0760-1176-4bbc-9173-abd600c76757/468x382.jpg)
Lot 255
[Sermons]. Group of sermons and tracts, 17th-19th century, comprising: 1. Mary's Choice, or the Choice of the truly Godly Person opened, and justified, in a Sermon at preached at the Funeral of Mrs Anne Petter ... by John Glascock, 1st edition, London: for Samuel Gellibrand, 1659, ESTC R6625 (incorrectly calling for 6 preliminary pages; 11 copies), Wing G842, 2. Sheba's Conspiracy, and Amasa's Confederacy: or, a Modest Vindication of the National Association entred into by the Honorable House of Commons Feb. 25th 1695. Being a Sermon preach'd in the Parish-Church of St. James Clarkenwell, March 29th. By D. Pead, 1st edition, London: for T. Parkhurst, 1696, ESTC R3632 (15 copies), Wing P964, 3. Three Speeches spoken at a Common-Hall, Thursday the 3. of July, 1645. By Mr. Lisle, Mr. Tate, Mr. Brown, Members of the House of Commons: containing many Observations upon the Kings Letters, found in his own Cabinet at Nasiby fight, and sent to the Parliament by Sir Thomas Fairfax, 1st eiditon, London: Peter Cole, 1645, closely trimmed along top edges shaving title border and page-numbers, ESTC R200154, Wing T1121, 4. The Way to the Sabbath of Rest. Or the Soul's Progess in the Work of the New-Birth. To which are now added, two Discourses of the Author, never before printed ... By Mr. Thomas Bromley, 3rd edition, London: J. Baker, 1710, marginal damp-staining, ownership inscription dated 1845 to title-page, ESTC T115982 (13 copies), 5. A Sermon preached at Kidderminster, November 28, 1742, on Occasion of the much lamented Death of the late Reverend Mr. Matthew Bradshaw. In which are some Memoirs of a few Non-Conformist Ministers in that Neighbourhood ... by E. Latham, 1st edition, London: M. Fenner, 1743, ESTC T74245 (16 copies), 6. Of Temptation, and the Means to Prevent its Prevalence. A Sermon preached at Founders-Hall, in Lothbury, Octob. XX. 1715, By Samuel Rosewell, 1st edition, London: for M. Lawrence, 1715, headlines shaved, old inscriptions to title-page, price effaced, ESTC T1456 (3 copies), 7. Sobermindedness Recommended: in a Sermon preach'd to a Society of Catechumens in Jewen-Street: on April the 22d. 1717 ... by Edmund Calamy, 1st edition, London: John Clark and John Marshall, 1717, ESTC T137406 (12 copies), 8. Zion's MInisters clothed with Salvation, and her Saints shouting for Joy. A Sermon preached ... at Bromsgrove ... 25th of May, 1768, 1st edition, London: for John Robinson, 1768, tear with loss of text to D1, footnote on p. 25 shaved, ESTC T104315 (8 copies), 9. A Pastor's commending of his People to God considered ... in a Sermon preached to the Congregational Church at Cambridge, October 13, 1754. By John Conder, 1st edition, London: J. Buckland, 1755, gift inscription to title, p. 34 headline shaved, ESTC T25554 (14 copies), 10. A Sermon preached by the R. Rev. Dr. Hussey, in the Spanish Chapel on Sunday the 2d of March, 1800 and taken in Short-Hand by a Gentleman Present, 1st edition, London: R. Brown, 1800, ESTC T493390 (2 copies), and 5 others, all disbound apart from items 1 (20th-century green half morocco) and 4 (contemporary panelled sheep, worn, joints cracked), variable spotting, soiling and browning, 8vo or 4to (Qty: 15)NOTESItem 10 is a rare example of a Catholic sermon, ESTC tracing two copies only (British Library and St Louis University in the USA).
Lot 262
Vimercato (Giovanni Battista ). Dialogo del molto reverdo. P. Don Gio. Battista Vimercato ... de gli horologi solari: nel quale con ragioni speculatiue, et prattiche facilmente s'insegna il modo da fabricar tutte le sorti di horologi, Venice: Gabriel Giolito de' Ferrari, 1565, [32], 79, [1], 89-130, [2] pages, 6 unnumbered leaves of woodcut diagrammatic plates (2 folding, with short closed tear to folds), title with printer's woodcut device and ownership stamp of S. Philippi Nerii Bononiae, woodcut diagrams to text and decorative woodcut initials, title & following leaf with light worming to lower blank margin, initial 14 leaves torn to upper outer blank corners and repaired, light toning and occasional spotting, 20th century marbled boards, 4to (Qty: 1)NOTESA rare work by the Italian mathematician Giovanni Battista Vimercato (also known as Giovanni Battista Vimercati), which was first published in 1565 by Panizza in Ferrara and then by Giolito in Venice. This influential and popular treatise on sundials went through at least nine editions and was reprinted as late as 1672. The work laid the foundations for Galileo Galilei’s subsequent studies and experiments on mechanics in the 17th century.
![[Voltaire]. Sermon du rabin Akib, prononcé à Smyrne le 20 Novembre 1761. Traduit de l'Hébreu [caption-title], [London?: no pu](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/001257aa-d93a-45da-88a3-abd500ca3cc0/936cf46c-8162-402a-be2c-abd600c76da3/468x382.jpg)
Lot 263
[Voltaire]. Sermon du rabin Akib, prononcé à Smyrne le 20 Novembre 1761. Traduit de l'Hébreu [caption-title], [London?: no publisher, 1761?], 22 pp., a few spots and marks, bound after: [Maty, Matthew], Epitre au chevalier d'Oliveyra sur le dernier acte de foi le Lisbonne. Par Mr. de ***, Geneva [i.e. London?]: [no publisher], 1762, 24 pp., engraved title device, a few marks, 2 works in 1 volume, contemporary marbled boards, rebacked, corners worn, 8vo (18 x 11.4 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESESTC N48650 & N48153; Bengesco IV 2333 for Maty’s work (with apparently misprinted date of 1772); this edition of Voltaire’s work not in Bengesco, but cf. II 1667 for two other editions each with 15 pp., and supplied imprints of Geneva, 1761 and Paris, 1762. See further J. Patrick Lee, ‘The Apocryphal Voltaire: Problems in the Voltairean Canon’, in The Enterprise of Enlightenment (2004) , eds. Pratt & McCallam, pp. 270-2. Very rare early edition, and possible first edition printed in England, of Voltaire’s important philosemitic critique of religious fanaticism, written in response to the execution of Jesuit priest Gabriel Malgarida at Lisbon (1689-1761). It was his first philosophical sermon to be published, and ESTC notes that the ‘presence of press figures [in this edition] suggests an English origin’. The first-bound item is a very rare Voltairean pastiche on the same subject, once attributed to Voltaire but now thought to be by Dutch Huguenot refugee Matthew Maty (1718-1776), who was first principal librarian at the British Museum from 1772 until his death, and a practising physician and author. According to Lee (see above) only 20 copies were printed. ESTC traces one copy only of each work, both at the University of Texas, WorldCat adding copies of Maty's work at the British Library and the Bibliothèque nationale de France; for Voltaire’s work WorldCat identifies seven copies apparently with the same extent (22 pp.) as our copy, but on inspection only that in the National Library of Israel has 22 pages, the others all comprising 15 pages only, and presumably representing one of the editions cited by Bengesco.
Lot 30
Hall (Captain Grover C., Jr.). Mr. Tettley's Tenants, with a foreword by Ira Wolfert, 1st edition, London: printed and published for private circulation... by Sanders Phillips and Company, 1944, numerous monochrome illustrations from photographs, original blue cloth, front cover and spine gilt lettered, in the rare dust jacket, a trifle edge-frayed (a few minor adhesive tape repairs to verso), 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTES'Extremely rare' (American Air Museum in Britain online). Mr. Tettley's Tenants records the exploits of the USAAF 4th Fighter Group, formed from the three RAF 'Eagle Squadrons' in 1942. They became the top scoring Allied Fighter Group in World War II. Because the book was published in limited numbers for the alumni of Debden Airdrome (where 4th Fighter Group was based) copies are scarce, especially those with surviving dust jackets.
Lot 406
* Poland. Werner (Freidrich Bernhard, 1690-1778). Seven sheets of multiple views originally published in the ' Scenographia Urbium Silesiae' , published Nuremberg, [1737 - 1752], 7 engraved plates (3 with contemporary hand colouring and 4 uncoloured), each with multiple views of Polish towns, title above in German and Latin and with descriptive text below each image, each sheet approximately 480 x 580 mm (Qty: 7)NOTESRare. Sandler 135 ff. 'Scenographia Urbium Silesiae' was published between 1737 and 1752 by the copper-engraver and engineer F. B. Werner (1690-1778) and comprised eleven sheets with a total of 83 town views found within the province of Silesia.
Lot 417
* Werner (Freidrich Bernhard, 1690-1778). Twenty-six engraved views of Bratislava (from Accuratum ectypum et Repraesentatio elegantissimorum Prospectuum tam celeberrimorum & magnificentissimorum Fororum, quam Templorum & aliorum publicorum Aedificiorum illustrissimae urbis Vratislaviae in Silesia inferiore, Augsburg, Martin Engelbrecht, circa 1735-36), 26 uncoloured engraved views and two letterpress titles (one in Latin and one in German), by Carl Remshart and Johann Matthias Steidlin after Friedrich Bernhard Werner, displayed in 3 framed multi-aperture mounts, each engraving approximately 215 x 310 mm (Qty: 3)NOTESMarsch 230-38. Bretschneider XII. Thieme-Becker XXXV, 406. Rare and fine series of 26 views (from a total of 29) of the city of Breslau in Lower Silesia, Germany (now Wroc?aw, Poland ), including a prospect and views of the principal buildings.
Lot 440
Blow Book. Early magic flip book, probably French, circa 1820s/30s, 112 hand-coloured wood-engraved plates, comprising 16 each of 7 subjects, and the usual blank pages, no title or publishing details as usual, and without instruction slip (rarely present), some light spotting and marks, mainly marginal, fore-edges stepped and notched as issued, stitching strained, original sheep, rubbed and spine deficient, 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESSee Barbara Maria Stafford and Frances Terpak, Devices of Wonder , pp.252-255. Rare early magician's blow book. These books were so designed that a blow of air by the conjuror and a swift riffling through the pages produced a different set of images - or showed a seemingly blank volume - depending on which way up the book was held and from which notch on the fore-edge it was thumbed. Our volume has seven changes: harlequin; dancing girl with garland; prancing black American with steam ship; clown; basket of flowers; horned satyr devil; and grinning skeleton. By their very nature these ephemeral items were designed for heavy use, and so rarely survive, particularly in good condition.
Lot 447
* Souvenir Doll. Queen Victoria & children, circa 1845, a standing figure of the young queen and her two eldest children, Victoria (standing and holding a King Charles spaniel) and Albert Edward (in his mother's arms), composed of paper supports (lower part under skirt of main figure concertinaed), hand-coloured lithographed faces, limbs, and dog, and fabric clothes: Victoria wearing a bottle green velvet dress with lace collar, and silk rosette on back of waist, children wearing cream lace dresses and socks, with painted and fabric shoes, some soiling and toning, extremities rubbed and with some minor wear, Victoria's head with horizontal break across chin reinforced on verso, height 22 (8.75 ins) (Qty: 1)NOTESA rare survival; we have not seen another, or traced anything similar at auction.
Lot 491
Flint (Sir William Russell). The Lisping Goddess, Worcester: Stanbrook Abbey Press, 1968, two colour plates, monochrome illustrations, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original blue quarter morocco gilt by Mansell, lightly spotted, spine marked, original glassine dust jacket, somewhat creased, edge-frayed and chipped, some loss to foot of spine, adhesive tape repair to rear panel, with slipcase and in original card box, folio (Qty: 1)NOTESLimited edition 77/275 total copies, signed by the artist. Rare with the glassine dust jacket.
Lot 533
Bowles (Paul). The Sheltering Sky, 1st edition, London: John Lehman, 1949, a little light spotting, original grey cloth, spine with blue label (some fading and spotting to spine), dust jacket by Fred Uhlman, spine slightly faded with small nicks at ends, a few spots to rear flap, very rare Evening Standard Book of the Month wraparound band (now in three pieces with spine portion toned) 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESThe author's influential first novel.
Lot 545
Dostoevsky (Fyodor). The Novels, translated by Constance Garnett, volumes 1-10 (of 12), 1st editions, London: William Heinemann, 1913-18, scattered spotting but mostly confined to endpapers and text block edges, original blind-stamped red cloth, rubbed and faded on spines, 8vo (Qty: 10)NOTESThis important near-complete set lacking only volumes 11, An Honest Thief (1919) & 12, The Friend of the Family (1920), is notable for having as volume 1 the first edition in English of The Brothers Karamazov. The copy here is presumed to be an early issue with the author's full name on spine, half-title with 'Volume 1' and adverts to verso. Copies of this edition of Dostoevsky's final novel are rare in any condition, with only a handful of copies appearing at auction in recent decades. The set comprises volume 1: The Brothers Karamazov , 1912; volume 2: The Idiot , 1913; volume 3: The Possessed , 1913; volume 4: Crime and Punishment , 1914; volume 5: The House of the Dead , 1915; volume 6: The Insulted and Injured , 1915; volume 7: A Raw Youth , 1916; volume 8: The Eternal Husband , 1917; volume 9: The Gambler and Other Stories , 1917; volume 10: White Nights and Other Stories , 1918.
Lot 568
Hilton (James). Good-bye Mr. Chips, 1st UK edition in book form, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1934, illustrations by Bip Pares, spotting to endpapers, outer leaves and edges, a few spots elsewhere, original blue cloth gilt, a very bright copy in the dust jacket designed by Bip Pares with the rare Evening Standard Book of the Month wraparound band (jacket unclipped, variably dust-soiled, slightly rubbed along extremities, spine-panel slightly chipped, a little wear to heads of folds, wraparound band spotted and toned and with closed tear), 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESInscribed by the author 'Cordially, James Hilton' on the front free endpaper.
Lot 609
Waugh (Evelyn). Brideshead Revisited. The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder, 1st edition, London: Chapman & Hall, 1945, light minor spotting to endpapers, original red cloth, dust jacket with rare Book Society Choice wraparound band, some toning to spine and spine portion of band, 8vo (Qty: 1)
Lot 610
Waugh (Evelyn). Mr. Loveday's Little Outing and other sad stories, 1st edition, London: Chapman & Hall, 1936, frontispiece illustrated by Thomas Derrick, a little minor spotting at front and fore margins, hinges reinforced with linen tape as issued, original snakeskin patterned cloth, spine lettered in gilt (bright condition), dust jacket with very rare Book Guild's Choice wraparound band, spine a little toned and spine portion of band toned and chipped, one or two light stains, 8vo (Qty: 1) Note: The wraparound band is now separated.
Lot 619
Woolf (Virginia). Orlando, A Biography, 1st edition, London: Hogarth Press, 1928, frontispiece and 7 half-tone plates, light partial offsetting from flaps to endpapers, original orange cloth, spine lettered in gilt, bright condition, covers slightly bowed, dust jacket, short closed tear at head of spine, one or two nicks at folds, crease mark to front flap, a few minor marks and tiny abrasions, 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESKirkpatrick A11b. A very good copy in the rare dust jacket.
Lot 93
* Beek (Anna). Liebenwalde & Sonnenburch, The Hague, circa 1700, two engraved town-views with contemporary hand colouring of Sonnenburg near Küstrin and of Liebenwalde north of Berlin, each mounted on to contemporary paper with a painted mount surround, short split at base of Liebenwalde, each approximately 465 x 400 mm (Qty: 2)NOTESRare. Anna Beek was commissioned by Willem III of Orange and between 1690 and 1700 and she produced a collection of ten volumes of plates of towns and cities. They were based on earlier plans by C. Merian but considerably enlarged. The volumes of plates came on to the market in the 1960s' and were split up and sold in the European trade in the 1960's. These two examples would originate from one of those volumes.
Lot 48
Rare Rolex rectangular stainless steel wristwatch, ref. 2149, circa 1925, serial no. 017414, signed silvered dial with Arabic 12 and 6, baton markers and inner minute track, 15 jewel movement, Rolex SAR case, leather strap, 36mm x 20mm - ** with a Fattorini & Sons Ltd, Bradford box - Condition Report: - Movement - currently functioning. Dial - showing signs and visible wear consistent of the period - see image. Glass - light marks. Hands - light marks. Case - typical light marks - see image. Crown - adjusts correctly, later replacement. Strap - visible wear and may benefit with replacement. - Condition reports are provided for general guidance only. Please view images and further information can be obtained upon request. Gardiner Houlgate do not guarantee the working order or time accuracy of any lots. Due to the opening of the wristwatch case backs, it is recommended watches are re-sealed by professional technicians to ensure any stated water resistance is retained
Lot 55
Rare and interesting Tudor Oyster-Prince Military Submariner Rotor Self-Winding stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch of US Naval interest, ref. 7928/0, circa 1967, serial no. 597xxx, rotating black bezel, the black 'T Swiss T' dial with luminous markers, Mercedes hands and sweep centre seconds, marked 'Submariner 200m=660ft', Auto-Prince 17 jewel movement, the inside screw back dated 'II.67', engraved 'U.S NSWG-2 020 FEB.68', 43mm - Accompanied with a scanned letter image from renowned engraver Charles R. Scarr who examined the case back and concluded that it was engraved using a pantograph and that in his opinion the Navy Seal inscription was very likely engraved at the point of issue to the U.S. Navy in 1968 - NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE GROUP (Navy Seals) - President John F. Kennedy, aware of the situation in Southeast Asia, recognised the need for unconventional warfare and special operations as a measure against guerrilla warfare. In March 1961, Admiral Arleigh Burke, the Chief of Naval Operations, recommended the establishment of guerrilla and counter-guerrilla units. These units would be able to operate from sea, air or land. This was the beginning of the Navy SEALs. The first two teams were formed in January 1962 and stationed on both US coasts: Team ONE at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, in San Diego, California and Team TWO at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Formed entirely with personnel from UDTs, the SEALs mission was to conduct counter guerilla warfare and clandestine operations in maritime and riverine environments. -360 VIEW-Condition Report: - Movement - currently working. Dial - wear consistent of the period with staining to the lume markings. Glass - visible scratch marks present. Hands - of the period with similar staining as the markings on the dial. Case - pearl missing on the bezel which has markings and wear, the case with visible scratch and surface marks visible in the images provided. Crown - winds and adjusts correctly. Strap - modern NATO example provided. - Condition reports are provided for general guidance only. Please view images and further information can be obtained upon request. Gardiner Houlgate do not guarantee the working order or time accuracy of any lots. Due to the opening of the wristwatch case backs, it is recommended watches are re-sealed by professional technicians to ensure any stated water resistance is retained.
Lot 121
Germany/Prussia. Halma (Francois), Regni Borussiae et Electoratus Brandeburgici, Ceterarumque, Quae Friderici, Regis Boruss. sceptro reguntur, nec non finitimarum Provinciarum Delineatio, ad Stationes Publicorum Cursuum et Veredariorum, quae ultra c c mill. Germ. in longitudinem patent, cognoscendas accommodata. quasque Vtilitati Publicae institutas, Ejusdem Regis Aug. auspiciis, hereditario Jure, moderatur et regit Vir Illmus. Joannes Casimirus. S.R.I. Comes A Wartenberg. Reg. Majest. Borussor Supremus Camerarius et Minister Status Primarius etc. etc. Amsterdam, circa 1700, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, large uncoloured cartouche of a coach and horses and a mail horseman, table of explanation and a large Brandenburg/Prussian coat of arms, old fold professionally repaired on verso, 525 x 685 mm (Qty: 1)NOTESA rare map showing the postal routes of Prussia. Centred on Berlin it shows the postal routes between East Prussia (Memel) and the Lower Rhine, including connecting routes to southern Germany, Lake Constance and to Vienna and to the east the route to Warsaw and Koenigsberg and to the west as far as Amsterdam. The map was re-issued by P. Schenk a few years later with the addition of his imprint.
![Lubin/Poland. Covens (Johannes & Mortier Cornelius), Lublin, Amsterdam, [1721], uncoloured engraved city plan with key pl](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/001257aa-d93a-45da-88a3-abd500ca3cc0/b83ad96c-378a-435a-9576-abd600c67280/468x382.jpg)
Lot 127
Lubin/Poland. Covens (Johannes & Mortier Cornelius), Lublin, Amsterdam, [1721], uncoloured engraved city plan with key plate below the image, 305 x 490 mm (Qty: 1)NOTESA rare city prospect of the city of Lubin in South West Poland. The view has been very largely plagiarised from the 1617 image of the city by Braun and Hogenberg but the large central strapwork cartouche of the earlier version has been replaced with a small ribbon title containing simply the name of the city.
Lot 154
Poland. Sadebeck (August Friedrich pseud. Sirisa ), Polens Ende durch die letzen Theilungen und Besitznehmungen in den Jahren 1793 und 95 Preussen, Russland, Oestreich, 1795, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, three boxes of descriptive text, old folds, 535 x 600 mm (Qty: 1)NOTES'Poland's End' is a rare map showing the country and its partition and the divisions and possessions of Russia, Prussia and Austria, with the respective areas outlined in red with the dates (1773, 1793 & 1795). It is not found in Imago Poloniae or in the 'Malinowski collection of the maps of Poland'
Lot 155
Poland. Sandrart (Jacob), Nova totius Regni Poloniae Mangique Ducatus Lituaniae cum suis Palatinabus Ac Confiniis Exacta Delineatio per G. Le Vasseur de Beauplan, Nuremberg, [1675], engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, one printer's fold, slight marginal staining, occasional pin holes affecting image, 410 x 520 mm (Qty: 1)NOTESA rare map of Poland and Lithuania. The map is dominated by a portrait of King Johannes III Sobieski depicted as a Roman emperor. The second edition of the map which was published in 1697 has a portrait of King Augustus II (Augustus the Strong) who came to the throne in that year following Sobieski's death. The map is based upon the work of Guillaume Levasseur de Beauplan (1600-1673), a French mapmaker, engineer and architect. Beauplan served as artillery captain for the army of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland between 1630 and 1648 and in 1639, he created the first accurate map of Ukraine, a map regarded as one of the most important in Poland's cartographic history. We can only find one record of Sandrart's map appearing in auction in the last ten years (Zisska & Schaer, 2013, Sale 62, Lot 3162 ) where it sold for 4,284 Euros including premium.
Lot 835
A rare and fine pair of 1830 box pattern Victorian officers epaulettes, attributable to Major General William Spottiswoode Trevor V.C., Royal (Bengal) Engineers, the gilt metal crescents with gold embroidery and Bengal Engineers buttons, crimson silk and leather lined, the hinged fittings branded for Landon & Morland and contained in theeir original Landon & Co. fitted japanned caseProvenance - Major William Spottiswoode Trevor V.C, Royal (Bengal) Engineers, awarded Victoria Cross following an attack on a blockhouse at Dewan-Giri, in Bhootan, on April 30th 1865, the epaulettes the officers property, thence by descent
Lot 221
Edward Bawden (1903-1989) ROYAL ACADEMY 200th SUMMER EXHIBITION A rare 1968 double crown poster 76 x 50.5cm Edward Bawden RA was the first artist elected to the RA within the category of draughtsman. See similar copy of this rare poster in the Royal Academy collection archive RAA/PRE/5/1/29.
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