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![Timpo Swoppets - [1st Series -1974 Only] - Series 18 Romans, comprising: Roman Infantryman in PALE GREEN [Tunic/Helmet Crest]](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7802562e-3d4e-4d8f-a1a9-b0740108ff99/76e39ef3-90f9-457c-b420-b074010aad26/468x382.jpg)
![Britains Set 1514 - Corporation Type Ambulance [1937-41 Version], comprising: Square Nose Standard Ambulance Finished in Crea](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7802562e-3d4e-4d8f-a1a9-b0740108ff99/e9e2679e-1db9-4439-8e33-b074010badb1/468x382.jpg)
Lot 7497
Britains Set 1514 - Corporation Type Ambulance [1937-41 Version], comprising: Square Nose Standard Ambulance Finished in Cream with Brown Trim, Brown Hubs, White [Treaded] Tyres - Perished] Driver & Stretcher with Patient. Some paint chipping otherwise generally Fair to Good overall. Rare Issue to Find in Any Condition [4 pieces]
Lot 7187
Lone Star - Harvey Series, early 1960's Issues, comprising: Paint Sample Card Containing Sample No. L126 - 10 x Dismounted Cowboys [Includes the Rare Bareheaded Cowboy with Lasso]. Generally Near Mint overall, contained [Strung] on an ORIGINAL L/S Paint Sample Card. Extremely Rare Survivor, the First Example of This Card to be Sold by Vectis.
![Timpo - Modern Army Series - Ref: 6/4 - Infantry Set, [late 1960's issue], comprising: 4 x Khaki Infantry. Mint overall, cont](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7802562e-3d4e-4d8f-a1a9-b0740108ff99/9005d9b7-fcd1-4b6d-adee-b074010aa7e3/468x382.jpg)
Lot 7137
Timpo - Modern Army Series - Ref: 6/4 - Infantry Set, [late 1960's issue], comprising: 4 x Khaki Infantry. Mint overall, contained in a generally Excellent [some minor storage wear] "Tree" window display box with "Hats or Headgear REMOVABLE Bodies and Heads Turn" insert. Rare, the First Example to be Sold by Vectis
![Britains - Set 146A - RASC Wagon - [1940 version], comprising: 2 x Horse Team at the Walk with Light Harness, Driver in Servi](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7802562e-3d4e-4d8f-a1a9-b0740108ff99/237a4b9d-77c0-4f29-bafa-b074010c2027/468x382.jpg)
Lot 7656
Britains - Set 146A - RASC Wagon - [1940 version], comprising: 2 x Horse Team at the Walk with Light Harness, Driver in Service Dress & Steel Helmet with Whip, 4 x Wheeled Wagon in Green with Wire Traces. Some minor paint chips otherwise generally near Mint overall. Rare Steel Helmet Version.
Lot 7009
Timpo Solids - Set Ref: 413 - WW2 Range, circa, 1958, comprising: 8th Army Set - 6 x British Infantry Depicted in Various Action Poses [one rifle damaged]. Amongst the first Timpo figures designed purely for plastic production by Norman Tooth. Some minor paint chips otherwise Near Mint overall, contained in a generally Excellent [minor storage wear & Cellophane window partially detached] printed set box. Extremely Rare to find complete & boxed
Lot 7016
Timpo "swoppet" type range - Romans, circa 1972, comprising: Historic Soldiers Set 18/8: Romans - containing 6 x Legionaries with Gladius [Short Swords], Pilums [Spears] & Shields & 2 x Scenic Pieces. Near Mint overall, contained in a generally Excellent "Timpo Models" set illustrated box with "Pyramids" scenic insert. Scarce to Find Complete, Rare Box Variant
![Timpo - Roman Chariot Set, circa, 1972, comprising: Roman Quadriga Chariot in Red, with Four Horse [White] Team, Charioteer i](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7802562e-3d4e-4d8f-a1a9-b0740108ff99/c327b79a-bd9e-415f-9c61-b074010aaab2/468x382.jpg)
Lot 7141
Timpo - Roman Chariot Set, circa, 1972, comprising: Roman Quadriga Chariot in Red, with Four Horse [White] Team, Charioteer in Lamellar Armour, Centurion [gold lamellar Skirt] & Roman Legionary on Foot. Near Mint, contained in [plain yellow slotted insert] a near Mint [some minor storage wear] Historic Series Window box. Rare to find in this condition.
Lot 7457
Timpo - Railway Station Staff & Passengers, circa, 1955-60, comprising: 10 x Figures of Railway Staff, Includes: Guard with Green Flag & Whistle, Station Master, Afro-American Porter carrying Luggage [Rare], Police Inspector, Etc. Near Mint [minor age wear] overall. Rare to find in this condition. [10 pieces]
Lot 7707
Britains - King George VI, 1947, Comprising: Commemorative 75mm Scale Figure Depicting King George VIth in the Uniform of Colonel in Chief of the Welch Guards, South Africa, 1947. Mounted on a Base with " SOUTH AFRICA 1947" to the Front. Ref: Joplin: "Britains Civilian Toy Figures" [Schiffer Publishing, 2002] Page 22. Some paint chipping otherwise generally Good overall. Extraordinarily Rare
![Timpo - Medieval Range, comprising: Set 15 - Mounted Knights [3 x Figure Set] - Includes Medieval Knights & Scarce Black](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7802562e-3d4e-4d8f-a1a9-b0740108ff99/bd56d102-f4d8-4e36-87ee-b074010a6016/468x382.jpg)
Lot 7184
Timpo Solids - Model Ref: KN. 30 - Medieval Knights Range, circa, 1958, comprising: Green Knight Mounted on a Galloping Black Horse with Green Caparison, Green Circular Type Shield & Grey [replacement] Lance. Amongst the first Timpo figures designed purely for plastic production by the legendary Timpo designer Norman Tooth. Near Mint & complete overall, contained in a generally Excellent [minor age wear] pictorial "Unbreakable" type box. Rare to Find in this Condition, the First Example of this Variant to be Sold by Vectis.
Lot 7007
Timpo Solids - Set Ref: 777 - American Civil War Range - Union Army, circa, 1958, comprising: 8 x Union Infantry depicted in various Action Poses. Amongst the first Timpo figures designed purely for plastic production by Norman Tooth. Some paint chipping otherwise generally Very Good overall, contained in [pictorial insert] a generally Fair to Good [some storage wear & Cellophane partially detached] printed 1st Issue set box. Extremely Rare to find complete & boxed, the first example to be sold by Vectis
![Hugar for Britains & Similar [Pre / Post War Issues], comprising: Industrial Type Buildings, Includes: Oil Depot, Timber](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7802562e-3d4e-4d8f-a1a9-b0740108ff99/0cd19d2d-0f8d-4af2-8d39-b074010b9e3c/468x382.jpg)
Lot 7474
Hugar for Britains & Similar [Pre / Post War Issues], comprising: Industrial Type Buildings, Includes: Oil Depot, Timber Yard, Corn Merchant, Etc. From the Personal Collection of Author Paul Brookes ["The Illustrated History of Hugar British Models", Privately Published, 2014]. Some age wear otherwise generally Very Good overall. Rare Examples. [4 Pieces]
![Timpo - Wild West Wagon Series - Set 277 - Travelling Doctor [1972 Issue], comprising: 1 x Horse Team, Driver, Dr. Thaddeus T](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7802562e-3d4e-4d8f-a1a9-b0740108ff99/65e0a5fc-ddde-4255-8b0b-b074010a6f94/468x382.jpg)
Lot 7054
Timpo - Wild West Wagon Series - Set 277 - Travelling Doctor [1972 Issue], comprising: 1 x Horse Team, Driver, Dr. Thaddeus Tripp & Medical Wagon [Red Variant] with Accessories. Generally near Mint overall, contained in a generally Excellent [Cellophane creasing & some storage wear] WW set box. Rare Issue Only Available For 4 Years
![Hugar for Britains & Similar [Pre / Post War Issues], comprising: Farm & Animal Enclosure Type Buildings, Includes: F](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7802562e-3d4e-4d8f-a1a9-b0740108ff99/161439d7-264b-405e-ba27-b074010b9b99/468x382.jpg)
Lot 7471
Hugar for Britains & Similar [Pre / Post War Issues], comprising: Farm & Animal Enclosure Type Buildings, Includes: Fowl House, Farm House, Piggery, Etc. From the Personal Collection of Author Paul Brookes ["The Illustrated History of Hugar British Models", Privately Published, 2014]. Some age wear otherwise generally Very Good overall. Rare Examples. [11 Pieces]
Lot 7006
Timpo Solids - Set Ref: 13 - Medieval Range, circa, 1958, comprising: 2 x Foot Knights & Mounted Knight [Unicorn Shield Variant - lance missing]. Amongst the first Timpo figures designed purely for plastic production by Norman Tooth. Some minor paint chips otherwise Near Mint overall, contained in a generally Fair [moderate storage wear, old tape repairs & Cellophane window loose] printed set box. Extremely Rare to find complete & boxed, the first example to be sold by Vectis
![Britains From Sets 9 / 10- 16th / 17th Lancers - [1893 Versions / with Plug Arms], now comprising: 2 x Trumpeters & 15 x](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7802562e-3d4e-4d8f-a1a9-b0740108ff99/2366f9ad-fb11-468a-b37f-b074010c3448/468x382.jpg)
Lot 7688
Britains From Sets 9 / 10- 16th / 17th Lancers - [1893 Versions / with Plug Arms], now comprising: 2 x Trumpeters & 15 x Lancers [4 lance arms, 2 x horse tails & 1 head missing]. Some paint losses, damages, missing components & areas of retouching otherwise generally Fair overall. Extremely Rare in Any Condition. [17]
Lot 7005
Timpo Solids - American Civil War Range, circa, 1960, comprising: 4 x Confederate Infantry - Officer with Pistol & 3 x Standing Firing. Amongst the first Timpo figures designed purely for plastic production by Norman Tooth. Some minor paint chips otherwise Near Mint overall, contained in a generally Excellent [some minor storage wear] Early 1960's Issue "Tree" Type Window box. Rare to find in this condition.
![Britains - Set 1470 - Coronation Coach comprising: 2 x Coronation Coaches [Early / Mid Post War Issues] each consisting of: G](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7802562e-3d4e-4d8f-a1a9-b0740108ff99/a1e71bdb-6c40-4728-876d-b074010b7cd0/468x382.jpg)
Lot 7426
Britains - Set 1470 - Coronation Coach comprising: 2 x Coronation Coaches [Early / Mid Post War Issues] each consisting of: Gilt Coach, 8 x Windsor Grey Team, 4 x Coachmen with Whips & Seated King & Queen. Generally Very Good to Excellent overall. Also, Set 86D - Coronation Chair [Post War version] - Gilt Throne with Purple Arms, Detachable Seat & Stone of Scone. Mint overall, contained in a Mint illustrated cream set box. Rare to Find in this Condition, A Nice Example. [3]
Lot 7186
Timpo Solids - Model Ref: 3311 - Battle of Waterloo Range, circa, 1958, comprising: French Army - Lancer, mounted on a Galloping Black Horse with Lance. Amongst the first Timpo figures designed purely for plastic production by Norman Tooth. A Previously Unknown Rare Paint Variant Completed as French Imperial Guard Polish Lancer [Campaign Overalls] . Part Stamped to Underside "U.S.A. Waterloo Specials". Painted by Timpo to order for a Waterloo display believed held at Polk's Toy & Hobby Store, New York in the late 1960's Some minor paint chipping otherwise generally Near Mint overall, contained in a generally Excellent "Waterloo" Series box with "U.S.A. Waterloo Specials" stamp to end. Rare if not Unique.
![Hugar for Britains & Similar [Pre / Post War Issues], comprising: Industrial Type Buildings, Includes: Oil Depot, Timber](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7802562e-3d4e-4d8f-a1a9-b0740108ff99/e1762d4c-2381-4264-9da5-b074010b9d86/468x382.jpg)
Lot 7473
Hugar for Britains & Similar [Pre / Post War Issues], comprising: Industrial Type Buildings, Includes: Oil Depot, Timber Yard, Corn Merchant, Etc. From the Personal Collection of Author Paul Brookes ["The Illustrated History of Hugar British Models", Privately Published, 2014]. Some age wear otherwise generally Very Good overall. Rare Examples. [4 Pieces]
Lot 7460
Timpo - "Speed Cop" Police Motorcycle Patrolman, comprising: Policeman in Blue Uniform, Peaked Cap & Brown Gauntlets depicted Riding Red Motorcycle. Near Mint overall, contained in "Half Dozen" Trade Box with label to end - "Timpo M/C's". Rare to Find in this Condition & Boxed, the First Example to be Sold by Vectis
![Elastolin - WW2 - 7cm Personalities, [1934/38], comprising: Rudolf Hess - SS Fuhrer Uniform [Porcelain Head] . Moveable Salut](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7802562e-3d4e-4d8f-a1a9-b0740108ff99/f51b5cc8-f2d8-4f10-b89a-b074010bb6b2/468x382.jpg)
![Timpo - Wild West Range, Ref. 100/4 - Indian Canoe Set [2 Doz. Trade Counter Pack], 1971 Issue, comprising: 24 x Canoes [Vari](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7802562e-3d4e-4d8f-a1a9-b0740108ff99/ea6bdfe4-0949-496d-9995-b074010a9e67/468x382.jpg)
Lot 7122
Timpo - Wild West Range, Ref. 100/4 - Indian Canoe Set [2 Doz. Trade Counter Pack], 1971 Issue, comprising: 24 x Canoes [Various Colours] Each complete with a Metal Detachable Keel, Indian Rowing & Indian with Knife. Generally near Mint & Complete overall, contained in a generally Excellent [some storage wear] "2 Doz" Counter Pack. Rare, the First Example to be Sold by Vectis
![Britains - Redcoats Series [2009], comprising: Set 47021 - 45th Foot Officer, Mounted, 1754-63 [218/400], Set 5001C - 45th Fo](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7802562e-3d4e-4d8f-a1a9-b0740108ff99/9a270fb8-0851-40e3-911e-b074010b05b2/468x382.jpg)
Lot 7263
Britains - Redcoats Series [2009], comprising: Set 47021 - 45th Foot Officer, Mounted, 1754-63 [218/400], Set 5001C - 45th Foot Officer, Mounted on a Grey, 1754-63 [127/200], Set 47008 - 45th Foot Command Set #1, 1755-63 [007/400] & Set 47034 - 35th Foot Officer, Mounted, 1754-63 [007/400]. Mint overall, contained in Mint Set boxes Complete with Limited Edition Certificates. Rare Issues. [4]
![Timpo - Set REF: 9/6 [American War of Independence - American Soldiers], 1960's Issue, comprising: 3 x American Cavalrymen -](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7802562e-3d4e-4d8f-a1a9-b0740108ff99/66bee554-0c52-42c6-898f-b074010a684b/468x382.jpg)
Lot 7044
Timpo - Set REF: 9/6 [American War of Independence - American Soldiers], 1960's Issue, comprising: 3 x American Cavalrymen - Various Poses Late issue Figures with Factory Painted Hands/Muskets. Near Mint overall, contained in [Plain Insert] a generally Very Good [minor storage wear] "Tree" Type Window box. Rare to find in this condition, the First Example to be Sold by Vectis
![Lineol - Model Nr 5/531 - Grosse Panzerturm mit Festungsgeschutz [Armoured Turret with Fortress Gun], circa 1934 [ref: Fontan](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/7802562e-3d4e-4d8f-a1a9-b0740108ff99/aa8c974d-eb6b-4a4f-b8e2-b074010bb8f2/468x382.jpg)
Lot 7517
Lineol - Model Nr 5/531 - Grosse Panzerturm mit Festungsgeschutz [Armoured Turret with Fortress Gun], circa 1934 [ref: Fontana, The War Toys 2, page 81, London 1991] comprising: Large Bunker [45 x 45 cm] with Retractable Armoured Cupola, Bunker Constructed from Wood & Cardboard Covered with Sculpted Composite Material & Painted in a Green/Brown Scheme [Modelled on examples from the Siegfried & Maginot Lines of the 1930's]. The Bunker Houses a Heavy Fortress Gun in a Retractable [Rises & Falls Above Ground Level by Means of a Lever] Armoured [metal] Cupola with Full Traverse via a Traversing Rod, Ranging Indicator, Operable Firing Mechanism, Steps to Firing Platform & Gun Access Hatch. Some minor age wear otherwise Excellent overall. VERY RARE to find complete & in working order - A Rare Survivor.
Lot 172
Gunnery Collection of works including rare trade catalogues Hotchkiss & Co. The Hotchkiss Single-Barrel Rapid-Firing Gun. A Description of the System by Alfred Koerner. Paris: printed for private circulation, 1884. 4to, original cloth, 37 [3] pp., 11 plates, comprising 7 albumen print photographs (mounted as issued) and 4 folding lithographic diagrams, bookplate and ownership inscription of Henk Visser (1923-2006), noted collector of arms and armour, booklet 'Measurements and Weights of Hotchkiss Rapid-Firing Guns ...' laid in, Hotchkiss company ink-stamp to title-page, wear to spine-ends, front free endpaper detached, text-leaves and lithographic plates toned, folding plate 10 a touch proud and consequently nicked and rumpled along fore edge;Ibid. The Hotchkiss Revolving Cannon. Descriptions and Illustrations of the Systems as designed for Naval Service, Field Artillery and Flank Defence ... by Lieut. Edward W. Very. Paris: printed for private circulation, 1885. 4to, original cloth (rebacked), 30 phototype or lithographic plates, numerous repairs;Nordenfelt, Thorsten. The Nordenfelt Machine Guns described in Detail and compared with Other Systems. Portsmouth: Griffin & Co., 1884. First edition, 4to, original red pictorial cloth gilt, rebacked and recornered, 56 plates numbered 1-53 (including 12A, 35A, 37A), bookplates of Henk Visser (q.v.) and one John Madden (1836-1902), ink-stains to covers, occasional spotting;Whitworth, Sir Joseph. Miscellaneous Papers on Mechanical Subjects. London: Longmans, Green, Reader, & Ryer. 1873. First edition, inscribed for 'The Right Honble B Disraeli MP with the authors compliments', with bookplate of Sir Samuel Wilson (subsequent occupant of Hughenden Manor), 4to original cloth;and 11 others (these not collated), including: War Office, Textbook for Small Arms, 1908 and 1929 (i.e. 2 works, 8vo and 4to, original red cloth, the former ex-library); Robin Chute, Shooting Flying, A Bibliography of Shooting Books 1598-1950, 2001, first edition, one of 500 copies signed by the author, folio); Walter Winans, The Art of Revolver Shooting ... New Edition, Revised and Enlarged, 1911 (4to, original cloth); G. T. Teasdale-Buckell, Experts on Guns and Shooting, 1900, first edition, secondary binding, large 8vo, original cloth); and similarNote: Note: Library Hub traces two copies only for The Hotchkiss Single-Barrel Rapid-Firing Gun, at the British Library and the National Maritime Museum, and two for this edition of The Hotchkiss Revolving Cannon, at the NMM and the National Army Museum; an earlier edition, published in 1879, had 15 plates as opposed to 53 in the present edition.
Lot 173
Gunnery Collection of works, 19th and early 20th century Boucher, John. The Volunteer Rifleman and the Rifle ... Second edition, greatly enlarged. London: W. O. Mitchell, 1859. Inscribed by 'To William Roupell Esqre M.P., with the author's compliments' on the title-page, 8vo, original cloth, engraved frontispiece, 4 plates (of which 2 folding), bookplate to front pastedown, lacking front free endpaper, frontispiece offset, rear inner hinge slightly cracked;Baker, Ezekiel. Remarks on Rifle Guns: being the Result of Forty Years Practice and Observations. With Specific Remarks on Fowling Pieces. London: E. Baker, 1821. Eighth edition, 8vo, contemporary half morocco, gilt red morocco to front board, [6] 140 pp., half-title, 12 engraved plates (most hand-coloured), without 8 pp. supplement noted in other copies;Dove, Patrick Edward. The Revolver. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1857. First edition, first issue, 8vo, original red pictorial boards, 5 wood-engraved plates, loss to spine;Idem. The Revolver. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1858. First edition, second issue, 8vo, original blue pictorial boards, 5 wood-engraved plates, loss to spine;Busk, Hans. The Rifleman's Manual; or, Rifles, and how to use them. London: Charles Noble, [1858]. Second edition, original cloth, rebacked, bookplate of Henk Visser, ownership inscriptions;Noel, J. B. L. The Automatic Pistol. London: Forster Groom & Co., Ltd., c.1919. First edition, small 8vo, original tan cloth;Lancaster, Charles. An Illustrated Treatise on the Art of Shooting. London: McCorquodale and Co. Limited, 1889. First edition, 8vo, original green cloth, advertisement endpapers, halftone photographic frontispiece, plates, covers slightly marked, fraying to spine-ends, tips bumped, inner hinges strengthened, spotting, damp-stain to head of gutter, a few plates strengthened in margins or gutter [Chute 378: 'The first purely practical work on how to shoot straight and safely'];and 27 others, on rifles, pistols, machine guns, etc., original clothNote: Note: William Roupell (1831-1909), recipient of this copy of Boucher's Volunteer Rifleman, was a Liberal politician whose career ended in disgrace after he was convicted of forging wills and property deeds in a famous court case. Dove's Revolver is rare in libraries and in commerce: Library Hub traces one copy only of each issue in British and Irish institutions.
![Calvin, John Two rare 16th century English editions [The Institution of Christian Religion]. [London: Richard Harrison, 1562]](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/bc80e8b7-d26a-42a0-aa0c-b06900ce413d/df7ed4a6-c0b0-477f-a504-b07600d49927/468x382.jpg)
Lot 235
Calvin, John Two rare 16th century English editions [The Institution of Christian Religion]. [London: Richard Harrison, 1562]. Second edition in English, folio in eights (26.8 x 17.5cm), 19th-century 'divinity' calf over bevelled boards, spine and covers decorated in gilt and blind, edges dyed red, signatures [superscript pi]A8 ²pi1 3T-3X8 A-2S1 2T4 2V-3R8 3S4, text in black letter, lacking title-page (pi1: replaced with early calligraphic manuscript title in red and black dated 1578, with later restoration to upper fore corner), preliminary quire [superscript pi] A damp-stained and with several repairs, ²pi1 silked, 3T-3X ('The Table') bound at front between ²pi1 and A1, damp-stained at foot with concomitant softening and fraying along bottom edges, occasional light damp-staining thereafter, becoming slightly stronger towards rear, old repairs to L4 and margin of 2U8, 3M-3S (i.e. terminal quires as bound) with small worm-track in lower margins, bookplate [ESTC S107157; STC 4416];Sermons, upon the Booke of Job. Translated out of French by Arthur Golding. London: for George Byshop and Thomas Woodcocke, 1579. Third edition in English, folio in eights (33 x 22cm), modern blue skiver, signatures [superscript pi]A4 *6 2*8 (2*8=blank) A-Y8 2A-2Y8 3A-3C8, text in roman letter, double column, elaborate architectonic woodcut border to title-page, woodcut initials, early manuscript recipe to verso of medial blank 2*8, worm-track to lower inner corner of text in first 20 or so leaves, marginal damp-staining towards front and rear, worming in gutter, very small worm-track in gutter at centre of volume (text never affected), title-page laid down, second leaf A2 chipped along top edge, 2C4-5 loose, closed tear in 2D5, rust-hole in 3B4, final quire 3C damp-stained and chipped, leaf 3C1 loosening, bookplate [ESTC S116835; STC 4446]Note: Note: The first edition in English of Calvin's Institutes appeared the previous year; for this second edition ESTC traces six copies only in UK libraries. The first edition in English of his Sermons, upon the Booke of Job was published in 1574, with another edition following in the same year. This third edition is especially rare, ESTC tracing four copies world-wide; there was a subsequent re-issue with a cancel title-page dated 1580 as in the colophon.
![[Early Bombay printing] Harris, William Cornwallis Narrative of an Expedition into Southern Africa during the Years 1836 and](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/bc80e8b7-d26a-42a0-aa0c-b06900ce413d/e9cc4f78-b49a-458c-b1a8-b07300ca6e1f/468x382.jpg)
Lot 24
[Early Bombay printing] Harris, William Cornwallis Narrative of an Expedition into Southern Africa during the Years 1836 and 1837 Bombay: American Mission Press, 1838. First edition, 8vo in half-sheets (20.4 x 12.5cm), modern crushed morocco gilt, xviii 406 pp., 4 lithographic plates including frontispiece, lithographic folding map, extra-illustrated with 24 hand-coloured lithographic plates from the third or later edition of the present work, bound in at rear, toning, stab-holes visible in gutter from original binding, a few old stains Note: Note: First edition, rare. A second edition was printed in London the following year, with the title The Wild Sports of Southern Africa; a third edition was published in 1841, also using the amended title but incorporating a suite of 24 hand-coloured lithographic plates.Provenance: Admiral Sir Thomas Hastings (1786-1870), British naval officer, with his ownership inscription ('Sir Thos. Hastings, R. Naval College') to the half-title.
![India Group of rare Indian imprints [Reily, E. J.]. A Year of my Life in India. Calcutta: Thos. S. Smith, 1888. First editio](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/bc80e8b7-d26a-42a0-aa0c-b06900ce413d/7b676b78-a5f1-4ce4-9b4c-b07300ca9244/468x382.jpg)
Lot 23
India Group of rare Indian imprints [Reily, E. J.]. A Year of my Life in India. Calcutta: Thos. S. Smith, 1888. First edition, small 8vo, later cloth with front cover from original cloth binding laid down, [4] iv [2] 216 pp., 13 lithographic plates (13 listed; one plate, 'An Early Start', not found facing p. 202 as listed, possibly being the one unlisted plate facing dedication leaf), inscribed 'for Elise, Anson, Patrick & Robert, given to mother for them by the authoress Mrs Neily' on the front free endpaper;[Parsi author]. Travels in Persia. From 2nd April 1878, up to 22nd May 1880. By Kavasji Dinshawji Kiash. Bombay, 1882. First edition, 8vo, original pictorial cloth gilt, crudely rebacked, 500 pp., preliminary text and part of title in English, remaining text in Gujarati, 30 lithographic plates (collation not established);Nash, George. The French Prisoners, a History. Calcutta: William Rushton, 1843. First edition, 12mo, contemporary calf, loss to spine-ends, closed tear from C1 to D1;Hart-Davies, T. L Sind Ballads. Translated from the Sindi. Bombay: Education Society's Press, Byculla, 1881. First edition, square 8vo, original cloth, 46 pp., slightly worn, ownership inscription to title-page;Manucha, Kaccoo Mal, Rai Bahadur (Chairman, Municipal Board, Fyzaband-cum-Ajodhya, Oudh). The Hindu Home-Life. Lucknow: London Printing Press, 1890. First edition, 8vo, contemporary Indian half cloth, [7] vi-ix 109 pp., errata leaf at rear, ink stamp of Pandit Sundar Lal, High Court, Allahabad to title-page, browning and worming;Government of India. Manual for the Guidance of Native States in Rajputana and Central India for the Control and Reclamation of Criminal Tribes. Calcutta: office of the superintendent of government printing, 1896. Folio, original cloth-backed printed boards, 23 pp., text in English, Hindi and Urdu, covers damp-stained, wear to spine, contents browned;Government of the United Provinces. The Excise Opium Manual, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. Allahabad: W. C. Abel, 1914. 4to, original green cloth, marked;Idem. Rules for the Management and Discipline of Prisoners in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. Allahahd: reprinted by F. Luker, Supdt., Government Press, 1915. Large 8vo, original black cloth, inner hinges cracked, browning, light damp-staining to outer leaves;[Pamphlets]. Volume of pamphlets, comprising: 1) A Consideration of the Position of Women in Primitive Society from the Standpoint of Marriage. By S. S. Mehta, [Bombay: Anthropological Society of Bombay], 1915, offprint; 2) The Proposed Proclamation Pillar and Minto Park at Allahabad, Allahabad: Leader Press, 1910; 3) All Intoxicants should be avoided. The Twelvth [sic] Annual Report on Total Abstinance [sic] and appeal to those interested in the Public Welfare ... by Pl. Ram Sharan Raturie Sharma, Dehra Dun: Shri Swami Press, 1919; 4) Kalidasa and Shakespeare: a Parallel by D. A. Narasimham, lecturer in English, govt. college, Kumbakonam, 1921; 5) The Present Situation or an Appeal to my Moderate Friends ... by Prof. Ruchi Ram Sahni, Lahore: Tribute Press, 1922;Devi, Sushila. Reminiscence of English Life. A Lecture delivered in Quetta under the kind patronage of J. R. Carnah ... Superintendant [sic] of Education, Baluchistan. Lahore: Panjabee Press, c.1910. 8vo, original cloth-backed wrappers, 26 pp., some worming;Chari, M. Viraraghava. The Mysore Representative Assembly and the Indian National Congress. A Dialogue. Madras: National Press, 1891. 8vo, 28 pp., disbound;and 2 othersNote: Note: No other copy traced for A Year of My Life in India; much of the work concerns Burdwan (now Bardhaman), West Bengal, other places visited including Calcutta, Jaipur, Barrackpore, and Baraset. Library Hub cites the British Library copy only for Hart-Davies's work, and the BL and Cambridge copies only for Nash's.
Lot 19
Wilkinson, Robert A General Atlas being a Collection of Maps of the World and Quarters the Principal Empires, Kingdoms etc. with their several Provinces, and other Subdivisions correctly delineated. London: Robert Wilkinson, 1794. 4to (33.6 x 27cm), contemporary limp sheep, engraved title-page, letterpress preface and contents leaf, 48 hand-coloured engraved maps (2 double-page), binding defective and contents loose, double-page map of the world with split to foot of central fold, linen-tape reinforcement along inner margins of a few maps [ESTC N474816]Note: Note: Very rare: ESTC cites three copies in libraries worldwide (National Trust, McMaster and Library of Congress). Notable maps include: 'A New Map of Asia drawn from the Latest Discoveries', showing Australia as 'New Holland' with Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) contiguous with the main landmass; 'A New and Accurate Map of the Southern Provinces of Hindoostan, shewing the Territories ceded by Tippoo Saib, to the Different Powers', with the territories of the British, the Nizam of Hyderabad, the Marathas and Tipu Sultan picked out in different colours; 'China, drawn from the Latest and Best Authorities'; 'An Accurate Map of the Islands and Channels between China and New Holland'; 'A New and Accurate Map of Africa 1794'; 'A New Map of North America, agreeable to the Latest Discoveries', including the names of the Native American tribes and the western seaborn named as 'New Albion'; 'A Map of the United States of America, with Part of the Adjoining Provinices from the Latest Authorities','An Accurate Map of the West Indies, from the Latest Improvements'; 'A New Map of South American drawn from the Latest Discoveries'; and others.
Lot 22
British India (modern Pakistan) Monograph on Swat State, 1933 by Major W. R. Hay, C.I.E., Political Agent, Dir, Swat and Chitral. Simla: Government of India Press, 1934. 8vo, original cloth-backed printed boards, [4] 36 pp., folding lithographic sketch map loose in end-pocket as issued, text-leaves wire-stitched, stitching corroded, title-page, final leaf and conjugate blanks detached, textblock loose in binding, binding worn and marked, ink-stamps and markings of the library of the economic adviser to the government of India, bookplate removed from initial blank, short tear to end-pocket (map unaffected)Note: Note: Marked 'confidential' on the front board, and very rare: the printer's slug at the end of the text suggests that 100 copies were printed. One institutional copy traced, at the British Library; no copies in auction records.
Lot 178
Laking, Sir Guy Francis A Record of European Armour and Arms through Seven Centuries London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1920-22. First edition, 5 volumes, 4to, original beige cloth with red morocco spine-labels, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, halftone photographic illustrations throughout the text, photogravure frontispiece to volumes 1 and 2, each volume with the dust jacket, volume 1 dust jacket with tear to head of rear panel, volumes 2-5 covers mottled. [Together with the supplementary volume:] A Record of Armour Sales 1881-1924 by Francis Henry Cripps-Day, London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1925, 4to, original cloth, dust jacket, frontispiece, illustrations throughoutNote: Note: Rare in the dust jackets.
![Crealock, Henry Hope Among the Red Deer, Sketches from Nature in the Forest [and:] The Happy Hunting Grounds of Loch Luichart](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/bc80e8b7-d26a-42a0-aa0c-b06900ce413d/ff2bfc48-4810-4f32-8bdb-b07300c9fc2b/468x382.jpg)
Lot 166
Crealock, Henry Hope Among the Red Deer, Sketches from Nature in the Forest [and:] The Happy Hunting Grounds of Loch Luichart London: George Hogarth Turner, c.1870. 2 works, large folio (53.5 x 36cm), respectively comprising 80 and 41 albumen print photographs from sketches by the artist, pasted to rectos only of 28 and 17 card mounts, most prints with accompanying printed captions, all mounts loose as issued in original cloth portfolios with printed title-leaves each incorporating albumen print photograph mounted to front covers, portfolios somewhat soiled, ties renewed, Among the Red Deer portfolio rebacked and with partial loss of albumen print on front cover and label of the Hon. F. Elphinstone pasted to head, Happy Hunting Grounds portfolio rebacked with original spine laid down, variable soiling to mounts, loss to corner of first mountNote: Note: Very rare: neither work in Schwerdt; Library Hub traces three copies only for Among the Red Deer, Cambridge, Durham and NLS, and a single copy for The Happy Hunting Grounds of Loch Luichart, at the NLS, described as having 38 photographs on 16 sheets. A third portfolio, titled In the Forest of Balmacaan, was issued (in two series) in 1873-4. Sale records for The Happy Hunting Grounds variously cite 41 or 55 prints.
![Hay, John Views of Aberdeen First Series [all published]. Aberdeen: published by John Hay, 1840. First and only edition, foli](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/bc80e8b7-d26a-42a0-aa0c-b06900ce413d/bc699b4b-3934-41c7-a9b6-b07300ca99b3/468x382.jpg)
Lot 73
Hay, John Views of Aberdeen First Series [all published]. Aberdeen: published by John Hay, 1840. First and only edition, folio, 6 tinted lithographic plates, with leaf of calligraphic lithographic text not mentioned in Abbey, all loose as issued in original buff printed paper wrappers, variable spotting [Abbey Scenery 496]Note: Note: Very rare: no other copies traces in auction records; one copy traced in libraries, at the University of Aberdeen.
Lot 210
Great Britain – Stamp Office A Table of Stamps London: Stamp-Office, 1795. Oblong folio, contemporary half calf with red morocco gilt label to upper cover, comprising 10 leaves (title and 9 numbered leaves), possibly lacking two initial (blank?) leaves, no records traced on the ESTC [ESTC N43331 lists what appears to be an earlier edition from 1791], covers rubbed, various notes in early hand to endpapers including an illegible gift inscriptionNote: Note: A very rare item, no other copies traced. This volume lists various licenses, certificates and their costs, including the controversial ‘hair powder certificates’ costing £1.1.0. The Duty on Hair Powder Act was introduced in 1795, requiring every citizen who wished to use hair powder to buy a certificate from the stamp office costing one guinea per year. Those who wore hair powder without a certificate could be prosecuted, such as the Reverend Francis Barstow, who was fined £20 for his indiscretion.
Lot 8
Indian maps Map of the Island of Bombay constructed on reductions from Colonel Laughton's Map of 1872, with alterations up to July 1874. Poona: 1875, folded linen-backed map, 137 x 78cm, some chipping to edges, significant staining to map [RARE: no copies traced at auction]; Wharton, Captain W.J.L. India - West Coast. Bombay Harbour. London: Published by the Admiralty 14th Jan. 1885, 105 x 68.5cm, some splits and sellotape repairs, small annotation in an early hand
Lot 201
Rare Oxfordshire poetry Original Rhymes by T. S. Allen Bampton: printed and sold for the author, by W. Holloway and Sons, 1826. First and only edition, presentation copy inscribed by the author on the initial blank, 8vo (17.2 x 11cm), contemporary blue straight-grain calf gilt, [4] ii [2] 78 [2] pp., p. 62 with additional autograph stanza by the author, spine sunned, worn at head.Together with 5 manuscript items, comprising: 1) Notebook including 'An Adventure with the "Press-gang" in Shetland in 1805, narrated verbatim by the Rev. Sinclair Thomson of Dunrossness, one of the principal actors, Edinburgh, 17 Septr 1862', 'Tacitus on Orkney and Shetland', 'Rosslyn, a Commemoration Sketch', 'To the editor of the Shetland Advertiser', verse, notes on classical authors, etc., 8vo, contemporary quarter skiver; 2) Manuscript hymn-book, 1805, containing words and scores, oblong 8vo, contemporary red roan gilt, watercolour vignette title-page, approx. 16 ff.; 3) Early-18th-century Scottish manuscript including 'The Scot Litany' and other poems, 6 ff.; 4 & 5) Two early-20th-century autograph/friendship albumsNote: Note: Two institutional copies traced (British Library and Bodleian). Contents include 'The Cambrian Excursion' and 'On Hearing the Nightingale, in a Thicket, near Black Bourton, Oxon'.
Lot 169
Field sports Collection of works, 18th and 19th century Page, Thomas. The Art of Shooting Flying: familiarly explain'd by way of Dialogue. Containing Directions for the Choice of Guns for Various Occasions [...]. Norwich: printed by J. Crouse, and sold by the author, 1766. First edition, 8vo, modern quarter calf, spotting, B4 repaired [Chute 493; ESTC T201535; Schwerdt II p. 58];Hawker, Peter. Instructions to Young Sportsmen in all that relates to Guns and Shooting. London: Longman [et al.], 1824. Third edition ('considerably enlarged and improved'), tall 8vo, modern full morocco, top edge gilt, half-title, 5 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 5 engraved plates (one hand-coloured), [Schwerdt I p. 235: the 'most complete edition'];Daniel, William Barker. Rural Sports. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme, 1812. 3 volumes, 8vo, contemporary tan calf decorated in gilt and blind, engraved title-page to each volume, 68 engraved plates (several folding), title-pages spotted, bookplates, front board of volume 2 detached;[Clement, Lewis]. Shooting and Fishing Trips in England, France, Alsace, Belgium, Holland, and Bavaria. London: Chapman and Hall, 1876. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary green half morocco by J. Larkins, thematic motifs gilt to spines, spines faded, spotting to blanks and half-titles;[Sportsman's Dictionary]. The Sportsman's Dictionary: or, the Country Gentleman's Companion, in all Rural Recreations: with full and particular Instructions for Hawking, Hunting, Fowling, Setting, Fishing, Racing, Riding, Cocking. London: J. Osborn, 1744. 8vo, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, 25 engraved plates (of 26: lacking frontispiece), unnumbered plate facing quire Z torn, plates 9 and 22 repaired [ESTC N23268];Thornhill, R. B. The Shooting Directory. London: for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1804. First edition, first issue (retaining 2E4-2F2, i.e. pp. 215-220), 4to, contemporary half calf rebacked, 7 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 1 engraved plate (of 2), 3 folding tables, half-title discarded, text spotted and browned, closed tear in 2Z2 [Schwerdt II pp. 258-9];and 2 othersNote: Note: The Art of Shooting Flying by Norwich watch and gun maker Thomas Page is 'the first book in prose solely on shooting ... Very rare' (Chute); ESTC cites three copies only in libraries world-wide: Oxford, Library of Congress, and Yale.
Lot 22
Maurice Prentice Burke, a rare leather lounge chair, the beech frame with sled base, with maker’s label, possibly a development prototype of the Alpha chair for Arkana or Pozzi, dated 1975, Approx 70 x 70 x 70 cm Significant wear to leather, hole at top corner, some wear to frame consistent with age and use. Good structural order.
Lot 33
Shoji Hamada (1894-1978) for St Ives/Leach Pottery, a stoneware vase with ash and Jun glaze, with St Ives and rare personal stamp to base, probably made when working with Bernard Leach in the 1920s', height 11.5cmExternal firing cracks at base not running through to internally, small chips to foot rim possibly from removal from kiln, no other chips, cracks or restoration.
Lot 282
Rare Anna Pavlova (1882-1931) original drawing, entitled 'Herself as Libellule' a divertissement by Kreisler, red crayon heightened with chalk, approx 15 x 19 cms, top right handwritten "original drawing by Anna Pavlova signed by C.W Beaumont', label to verso reads: exhibited at the 1967 Art Council Tour and the 1969 Frankfurt Tour (nr 176A). This lot includes a book compiled by Money Keith entitled Anna Pavlova Her Life and Art. Footnote: From the collection of John Carr Doughty, 1 Eaton Square, London, Sotheby's London Ballet Sale 1981, property of a Yorkshire lady.
Lot 293
Rare silk ballet programme, Anna Pavlova performing at The Empire Theatre Calcutta, India, Tuesday January 16th 1923 featuring Anna Pavlova in the Presence of Her Excellency The Countess of Lytton, the programme included the Polish Wedding, Flora's Awakening and III Divertissements, 18.3 x 27.3 cms. This lot includes a black and white photographic print of Anna Pavlova in her most notable roll Dying Swan, laid on board, indistinct signature across the body approx 19.5 x 25 cms. Footnote: In 1922 Miss Pavlova was the first ballerina to embark on a world tour, including Australia, India, South America, The Far East and the United States. She danced in countries where very different dance forms existed. She was influenced by these many dance forms and created a ballet called 'Oriental Impressions' with Uday Shankar, a ballet of divertissements in Japanese and Indian styles. She performed a duet with Uday Shankar (Shangar) which was presented at the Royal Opera House. Miss Pavlova's performances inspired many youngsters to take up ballet, including British prima-ballerina Alicia Markova.
Lot 146
Rare Antique Japanese Chefs knife SET of two knifes signed ARITSUGU & ITTETSUSAI. Knife 1). Rare Antique Japanese Chefs knife signed ARITSUGU, just had a full Polish and sharpen by Togi in Japan who is retired Japanese sword polisher. Hand forged laminated iron, water quenched blade in the tradition of the samurai sword. Blades been languishing in storage for decades, so was very stained, old worn signature polished out by Togi. Highest Quality Blond Buffalo Horn Tsuba, & Camelia wood handle, fits the hand like a glove. Condition of knife exhibits loving care. Exceptional Highest Quality chefs knifes like this are fast becoming unobtainable in Japan. Razor +++++ sharp blade Warning
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