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Lot 376
Sporting memorabilia comprising two cased pairs of cufflinks with the crests of Manchester United ,a boxed early 1950s "Newfooty Table Soccer" game complete with instructions,pitch etc but missing five of the players with a number of later subbuteo players,a 2002 World Cup official Italy teddy bear,a rare 1963 West Indies cricket tour of England souvenir programme and unused Surrey v West Indies scorecard from the same tour and a porcelain jar and cover with an image of St. Andrew`s golf course
Lot 272
Georg Jensen. A rare 18ct gold brooch of rectangular form with lattice and ball design 1965. 30x52mm in original box. Stamped 750 G.J Ld. Import marks for 1965, Georg Jensen and design number 1266. Note: This brooch was first designed by Harald Nielsen in 1938 but the Norwegian head office of Georg Jensen hold no records as to a gold limited edition version of this design number and it is assumed that it was either produced in a very small limited edition or is unique. With thanks to Georg Jensen London and Norway for their help with research.
Lot 15A
A Large Collection of Masonic Regalia in mixed metals; including a rare Peruvian Masonic Enamel Medal; various masonic badges, medals and stewards jewels; a Grand Lodge Mark Masterman Council Globe Jewel and silver gilt 1910 winged with enamel globe; and a `Fidelity Lodge` 1916 Masonic jewel, silver gilt; together with Freemasonry books and aprons etc.; and a bugle (a quantity).
Lot 8
Anglo-Irish Treaty: Historic Peace Treaty, a large pictorial broadside printed in colour, and issued by J.J. Walsh, Dublin, 1921, approx. 56cms x 43cms, the entire within a Celtic designed border and coloured emblem 'Sinn Fein Abu' flanked by photographs of the principal players and full details of the Agreement, framed. Rare.
Lot 29
STOP PRESS. POBLACHT NA h-EIREANN. Wednesday June 28th, Seventh Year of the Republic. Communique from the Four Courts [issued by Rory O'Connor, Major General, I.R.A.]. 'At 3.40 this morning we received a note signed by Tom Ennis demanding on behalf of “the Government†our surrender at 4 a.m., when he would attack .. The boys are glorious, and will fight for the Republic to the end .. Three casualties so far, all slight. Father Albert and Father Dominic with us here ..' Broadside poster, printed one side only, 19 ½ x 14 ¾ ins [50 x 37 cms]. Fold marks, else a superb copy of this celebrated item, the first in the 'Stop Press' series issued from the Four Courts. Rare in this condition. Also with a copy of Stop Press no. 6, Sunday July 2, 'The fight goes on ..', fold marks and marginal wear, no loss. [2]
Lot 50
After Joseph Haverty RHA (1794 - 1864) The Triumphant Entry of George IV into Dublin. His Majesty's Arrival, His Majesty's Embarkation A pair of coloured aquatints by Robert Havell, each 45 x 64cms. These prints record the visit of George IV to Ireland in 1821, when official business was overshadowed by the Kings' wish to visit Slane Castle. These are rare first state prints before the flags were re-engraved to fly at half mast for the death of Queen Caroline. This pair of aquatint prints by Robert Havell, are based on paintings by Joseph Haverty, a close friend of 'The Liberator', Daniel O'Connell. Haverty based his depictions on sketches made by John Lushington Reilly, whom Haverty has thoughtfully included in the embarkation scene. The figure of Reilly can be found in the central foreground sketching on horseback. The 18 day visit by George IV began on August 12th 1820, the Kings 59th birthday, and a mere three weeks after his coronation. The visit was arguably the first time a British monarch had visited the country without an accompanying army, in the traditional sense at least. George IV's visit was universally greeted with rejoicing from the populace. One of the first to extend his warmest welcome was Daniel O'Connell, who saw the visit as welcome support in his endeavours to achieve Catholic Emancipation, although George only signed the bill reluctantly some eight years later. The King, whilst scheduled to arrive at Kingstown, instead arrived at Howth harbour in a mood befitting his birthday celebrations. The first print shows the King leading a procession of some two hundred carriages at the head of Sackville Street amidst a spectacular flurry of flags and pageantry. The Lord Mayor's Guard, who resembled 'Beefeaters', can be seen close to the carriage. The King spent the majority of his stay at the Vice Regal Lodge in the Phoenix Park, with the exception of a four day visit to his mistress, Elizabeth Lady Conyngham at Slane Castle. The visit was a resounding success - Daniel O'Connell even suggesting that a collection be taken up from every peasant in Ireland, to facilitate the building of a palace for the new King. The collection did not afford the building of a palace but it did facilitate the building of a new bridge crossing the Liffey at the present location of Heuston Station.
Lot 60
THE ARCHIVE OF SIR CHARLES RUSSELL, LORD RUSSELL OF KILLOWEN Sir Charles Russell (1832-1900) was undoubtedly the leading Irish-born lawyer of Victorian times. He was born in Newry, Co. Down, to a Catholic family in moderate circumstances. His uncle and brother were Catholic priests and three sisters became nuns. He qualified as a solicitor in 1854, spent a few years defending Catholics in trouble with the authorities, and then moved to London, determined to become a barrister. Although he had few contacts there, he succeeded through his intelligence, oratorical skills and hard work, and soon became a leading counsel. He entered Parliament in 1880 as Liberal member for Dundalk. He was appointed Attorney-General by Gladstone in 1886 and again in 1892, and played a leading part in promoting Home Rule legislation. Gladstone wished to appoint him Lord Chancellor (head of the legal profession), but found that by an old law this position was not open to Roman Catholics. In 1894 Russell became an Appeal Court Judge, and later the same year he was appointed Lord Chief Justice, the first Catholic to hold the position since the Reformation. As a barrister his greatest triumph was at the Parnell Commission, 1888-9, where his cross-examination of Richard Pigott exposed him as having forged the letters (allegedly by Parnell) at the heart of the case, by asking him to write down on a blank sheet a number of seemingly unconnected words, two of which were misspelt in the 'Parnell' letters. After the court rose Pigott signed a confession, and then fled to Madrid, where he shot himself when police came to question him. In 1893 Russell represented Britain at an international arbitration of competing claims in the Bering Sea; he became an appeal court judge the following year, taking the title of Lord Russell of Killowen (his native townland in Co. Down). In 1899 he again represented Britain at an arbitration hearing of the Venezuelan border dispute. Other notable judgements included the trial of those involved in the 'Jameson Raid', when he instructed the jury (against their evident inclination) they had no option but to convict the defendants. His archive of letters has been preserved by family descent, and is in excellent condition generally, although some letters have been pierced (probably by filing on a 'spike'), generally without significant loss. It includes seven letters from Charles Stewart Parnell, ten from Gladstone, and others from Lord Salisbury, Arthur Balfour, Joseph Chamberlain, William Harcourt, Lord Rosebery (about 20 letters), W. E. 'Buckshot' Forster, Charles Bradlaugh, Charles Dilke (whom he defended in the celebrated marital case), Cardinal Vaughan (Catholic Archbishop of Westminster), the Duke of Norfolk, John Morley, Lord Coleridge (Russell's predecessor as Lord Chief Justice), and many other leading figures in Victorian politics and the law. A. PARNELL COMMISSION 1888-9 An important collection of letters and documents, including - Special Commission Act 1888. Mr. Charles Stewart Parnell MP and Others. Complete Analysis of Evidence. Lewis & Lewis (solicitors for Parnell and other Irish MPs). Sir Charles Russell's copy (Parnell's leading counsel), with label inscribed with his name. 337 printed sheets loosely inserted in a stiff morocco folder, upper cover titled in gilt, title sheet with Russell's autograph signature, many sheets with his pencilled markings of significant evidence. Some marginal soiling or fraying, no loss, collated complete. A document of great importance, which would have provided the basis for Russell's nine-day closing speech, regarded as one of his finest performances. - Charles Stewart Parnell. Original autograph signed letter dated April 12 / [18]89, framed and glazed, to Sir Charles Russell: 'My heart was too full at the conclusion of your great speech today to attempt any immediate expression of my thoughts to you, and now I will only write that I felt you had added one other undying oration to those handed to us by history from the lips of the world's immortal advocates.' Praise indeed, from one celebrated orator to another. - Lord Aberdeen (John Campbell Gordon, 7th Earl, Lord Lieut. Of Ireland 1886). Autograph signed letter to Russell, April 12 1889, in pencil, on railway notepaper, congratulating him on 'that great achievement. I would not have missed, for a great deal, being in Court during that last half hour.' A little stained. - W.E. Gladstone (Prime Minister). A.L.S. from his home at Hawarden Castle, Apr. 16 1889, to Russell, on mourning paper, 2 pp, 'I fear you will be overwhelmed with congratulations on that great effort and the great result. But I must add my own, and I give it the form of a sanguine hope that it will form an epoch, and a point of departure, in the eventful Irish question', with an invitation to dine at his home. - Charles Stewart Parnell. A.L.S. on House of Commons paper, March 19 / [18]89, 2 pp, to Russell, an earlier letter concerning 'the question as to a choice of London or Dublin for the Times action, which depend upon questions of English & Irish Law'. - Charles Stewart Parnell. A.L.S. on House of Commons paper, July 15 / [18]89, 4 pp (two sheets), confirming his conclusion 'that as the Judges held that they were precluded by the terms of the reference from investigating the origin of the charges & allegations, the means that were used in their fabrication, or the persons engaged in promoting the conspiracy against us, that the enquiry has become one-sided & that I did not desire to be further represented there', and so withdrawing his instructions to Russell as counsel. 'I shall always remember with affection and admiration your splendid vindication of our motives and actions & of the movement with which we were identified during a most trying period of Irish history.' [After the exposure of the Pigott forgeries, the Special Commission continued to enquire into other allegations against Parnell and the Irish members, who decided to withdraw from the hearings]. - H.H. Asquith [later Prime Minister]. A.L.S. on House of Commons paper, 15 July 1889, 2 pp, to Russell, confirming that all the Irish Party members wish to cease to be represented. [Asquith, then a young barrister, was Russell's assistant throughout the 'Times' hearings. - Charles Stewart Parnell. A.L.S. on House of Commons paper, 2 pp, to Russell. 'I am exceedingly sorry to hear of your illness .. Your absence this morning was the only thing which detracted from the completeness of a most dramatic scene, the end of the "Times" forgeries. I am most satisfied with the result, & am absolutely certain that your judgement in the matter was correct and has secured the very utmost that could have been attained even as the result of costly litigation.' A significant letter. There had been suggestions that Parnell should sue for libel on foot of the "Times" forgeries, but Russell advised him to rest content with the vindication he had achieved. - Patrick Egan [sometime Treasurer of the Land League]. A.L.S., 3pp, on plain paper, 18th April 1889, from Lincoln, Neb[raska, USA] to Henry Labouchere MP, mentioning the 'vile calumnies against my character concocted by the miserable forger & perjurer Pigott and published by the London Times', and asking for advice from Labouchere and Sir Charles Russell as to whether he should sue the Times for £50,000. Endorsed at rear by Labouchere, a Liberal MP and supporter of Parnell, 'I suppose that something must be settled in this matter'. In 1883 Egan went from Paris to the United States, where he became a successful businessman and politician. He was suspected of having financed the 'Invincibles', responsible for the Phoenix Park murders, and Parnell would not have welcomed any association with him. Letters from him are rare. - Harris, James Howard (third Earl of Malmesbury). A long and interesting letter to Russell, 7 pp (two sheets), on his addressed paper, dated July 13 (no year, probably 1888), marked 'Private', discussing the issues in the 'Times' enquiry. 'I do hope that you will take seriously into consideration whether the inquiry is safe. Strictly between you and me, I believe that he did write the letters - this of course is only an opinion, but I have arrived at it from the conflicting statements that he has at various times made to me - & from his evident dislike of an inquiry - & from the curious nature of the man - indeed I have always looked upon him as a little wrong in the head ..' It is interesting that Russell kept this letter, which of course ran entirely counter to his instructions. Malmesbury was a former MP, an experienced diplomat, and a man of some consequence. His views may have echoed doubts among others of Parnell's supporters; indeed, it has been said that Parnell himself was not certain the Pigott letters were false until he had seen them. A unique and important collection, nine original letters and the printed analysis of evidence, together illuminating one of the central events of Irish legal and political history of the late 19th century.
![LORD ROSEBERY [Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl, Foreign Secretary 1886, 1892, Prime Minister 1894-5]
A very good collection of](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10600/2873117/64-201348123223_468x382.jpg)
Lot 64
LORD ROSEBERY [Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl, Foreign Secretary 1886, 1892, Prime Minister 1894-5] A very good collection of twenty-three A.L.S. to Russell, mostly signed with his monogram or initial R., mostly on his monogrammed mourning paper, and three autograph draft replies from Russell, as follows: - Dec. 31 1885, marked 'Private'. 'I think I go as far as you do on this Irish question. These disclosures have done great harm. And what will do more harm is the attempt by Press Associations to elicit pledges on this question, of which most members are profoundly ignorant', with an invitation to discuss the matter. [This must refer to Gladstone's announcement that he now favoured Home Rule - the so-called 'Hawarden Kite']. - April 15 / [18]89 [after Russell's closing speech to the Parnell Commission]: 'I suppose the universal chorus of praise around you this morning must be deafening .. You have had one of the greatest opportunities ever afforded to a powerful intellect; and the genius & capacity to take the fullest advantage of it .. You have framed the defence of a nation, and in doing so have produced a classic: for Russell Pro Patria will live with the famous orations.' - June 21 / [18]89, an enigmatic note, mentioning Hortensius and two mares. - Oct. 23 1889, on embossed notepaper of London County Council [of which Rosebery was first Chairman]. 'I am glad you were pleased with the Council, for I can assure you the Council were greatly pleased with you.' - Feb. 24 1890. 'I hope you will accept the nomination' [probably for a Scottish parliamentary seat], 'though I think the chance of any Liberal's winning is but slight.' - Aug 23 / [18]92, discussing Russell's proposed participation in a case 'in a foreign capital', and declining to express a view. [This letter is complete, but has been neatly torn across into two parts; presumably Russell intended to discard it, but changed his mind]. - Nov. 2 / [18]92, concerning a memorandum, marked 'Confidential'. - Nov. 4 / [18]92, about damages in a legal case. - Jan. 27 1893, declining an invitation, a genial letter touching humorously on various matters. 'Take then, my dear Russell, the goods the Gods and Messrs Bennett Dawson & Bennett provide. If they burn your pocket, invest them on the Derby and they will soon disappear ..' - Feb. 20 [18]93. 'My dear Attorney, On your approaching jaunt to Paris won't you spend that cheque which is burning a hole in Messrs Bennett's pocket?' [Presumably Bennett & Co. were solicitors or legal agents]. - Oct. 10 / [18]93. 'A thousand thanks for your report. I hope to arrive at Newmarket tomorrow evening and to confer with you personally on the great issues impending.' - Nov. 16 1893, declining an invitation, pleading arrears of work. 'I send this line with the less reluctance, as I see you are crowded, and crowded with all the magnifico pomposos of the universe ..' - April 16 1894, as Prime Minister, notepaper of 10 Downing Street, a most interesting letter which suggests that Russell already hoped for the office of Chief Justice. 'My dear Attorney General, I hope and believe that I have your approval in submitting your name to the Queen for the office of Lord of Appeal vacant by the lamented death of Lord Bowen .. You advert in your letter to the position of Chief Justice. I cannot of course pledge either myself or my successors, but, so far as I am concerned, you may rest assured that your acceptance of the Lordship of Appeal will in no way prejudice a fair consideration of your claims, should that great office become vacant ..' [See the letter from the incumbent, Lord Coleridge, elsewhere in this collection, which indicates that he was under pressure to resign]. - June 26 1894, three letters on the same day, all concerned with Russell's nomination as Lord Chief Justice - the first Catholic to hold the position since the Reformation, a milestone in English legal history. The first letter contains the formal offer. 'Public opinion with a rare unanimity has designated you for the noble office of Chief Justice of England; for, although great advocates do not always make great judges, it has recognised in you qualities, apart from your matchless power at the bar, which give you an unequalled claim for that position .. and it is with absolute confidence and the loftiest anticipations that I offer you this high post.' The second letter, marked '2', draws his attention to some stipulations from the Lord Chancellor which may affect his pay and conditions, etc.; and the third, marked '3' and 'Confidential', asks for the favour of a place in court when Russell takes his seat as Chief Justice, with congratulations to Lady Russell. Laid in to this third letter are drafts in Russell's hand of three replies to Rosebery. The first, dated 27 June, from Villa Nova, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, explains that he is there to receive an honorary degree from T.C.D., and thanks Rosebery for the great honour he offers him; the second, from Lincolns Inn, 30 June, is a draft of his formal acceptance; and the third, also 30 June, confirms that he has no difficulty with the L[ord] C[hancellor]'s stipulations, and reports that 'I had a satisfactory talk with the L.C. (Walker) in Dublin. He thinks things look fairly well there and that the Tories will lose South Derry, North and South Tyrone and the city of Derry. He wants the election however on a new register.' Also laid in with these letters is an undated cutting from a French newspaper reporting the celebrated Dreyfus trial, and recording Russell's presence there (describing him as 'chef de la police de Londres'). [Villa Nova in Dublin was the home of his wife's sister, Rosa Mulholland, and her husband the historian Sir John Gilbert]. - March 15 1895, from Rosebery, recuperating in Epsom. 'I am on the mend I think since I came here. As to resignation rumours, I can only say that I am moving all my belongings into Downing Street, which would make a troublesome and costly preliminary to abdication.' [But there was something to the rumours, for Rosebery did in fact resign some three months later]. - July 11 1895, from Edinburgh, replying to Russell's letter (presumably about his resignation). 'I had already decided to take no action before the elections - my resolution remains the same but I had no right to inflict a new schism on the Liberal Party in the middle of a fight. I am off yachting tomorrow. Shall you be at Doncaster? - July 12 and 14 1896, from Berkeley Square, two letters referring briefly to an Address which Russell has sent him for his opinions. - Sept. 18 [18]99, a long letter referring to foreign affairs, the Fashoda incident and the 'apparently inevitable war' in the Transvaal. 'I have always disbelieved in war, though I have been quite certain that it was the one issue desired by the Cape English .. It would take much to convince me, if there be war, that war could not have been averted and all desirable results obtained'; and three shorter letters, 1896-98-99, mainly about family matters and his racing plans. A revealing collection, despite the brevity of some of the letters. Rosebery and Russell were close and loyal friends, sharing an interest in the turf and a strong mutual confidence. Rosebery was for many years a leading Liberal, serving in various Ministerial posts, and his friendship was helpful to Russell's career; but his short period as Prime Minister was not a success, and he served only fifteen months before resigning the office. He was fabulously rich, having added a Rothschild marriage to his patrimony, but as party and Government leader he was seen as diffident and indecisive, traits which can perhaps be seen in some of these letters. As a collection.
![DR. TIERNEY VS. THE R.A.F.
HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE [DUBLIN]. Kirkwood-Hackett .v. Tierney. Stenographer's Transcript. John](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10600/2873117/84-20134812368_468x382.jpg)
Lot 84
DR. TIERNEY VS. THE R.A.F. HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE [DUBLIN]. Kirkwood-Hackett .v. Tierney. Stenographer's Transcript. John J. McDonald & Co., Solicitors, 116 Grafton Str., Dublin [1949]. Bound typescript (carbon copy), 301 pp folio. With some ms. corrections and underlinings. The case concerned Walter Kirkwood-Hackett, a decorated RAF officer during World War II, who later obtained a British grant to study at UCD. His grant was conditional on passing his examinations, but he collected a grant cheque from the University office after failing one paper. Dr.Michael Tierney, UCD's President, said he must recover the cheque from the bank, and allegedly accused him of obtaining it under false pretences. Kirkwood-Hackett sued for defamation. The case ran for five days before Mr. Justice Maguire and a jury. With full reports of the evidence and the Judge's charge, including a long and entertaining cross-examination of Dr. Tierney at pp. 133-213, and an interesting discussion of legal privilege and malice. Flying Officer Walter Kirkwood-Hackett DFC served with the RAF's 97 Squadron as a gunnery leader. After surviving the worst that Hitler and Goering could do, he was doubtless surprised to be pulled up by Dr. Tierney. A rare document.
![DAVITT, Michael [Jr., 1890-1928].
The Rise of the Irish Movement. An Address delivered at the Opening Meeting [of the Litera](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10600/2873117/86-201348123633_468x382.jpg)
Lot 86
DAVITT, Michael [Jr., 1890-1928]. The Rise of the Irish Movement. An Address delivered at the Opening Meeting [of the Literary and Historical Society of University College, Dublin] by the Auditor, Michael Davitt [son of the Land League founder], on Thursday 10th November 1910. With a list of more than 100 distinguished guests. Dublin. Irish Industrial Printing & Publishing Co. Orig. dark green printed wrs, staples (rusting), 18 pp. A few stains, generally a good copy. Michael Davitt was the eldest son of the Land League founder (who died in 1906). He qualified as a doctor in 1914, and at Easter 1916 he treated wounded Volunteers from the College of Surgeons garrison. Later he became a hospital doctor in Galway. He died in 1928, still a young man. His Address surveys Irish history since the early 1800s, saluting O'Connell, emphasising the role of cooperation in achieving national progress, and looking forward to Home Rule, apparently just around the corner. His final paragraph makes a poignant reference to 'those to whom we owe so much, and who are no longer in our midst. To have seen their life's work and the sacrifice of years rewarded, by witnessing the absolute liberation of their native land, was perhaps a reward that few of them thought to receive in the short and stormy period of their lives ..' Not found in COPAC, not in NLI on-line catalogue. A rare item, possibly a unique surviving copy.
Lot 100
1916 PROCLAMATION: THE ORIGINAL PRINTING An original copy of the first printing of the Proclamation of the Provisional Government of the Irish Republic to the People of Ireland, printed at Liberty Hall on the evening of Sunday 23 April, and read by Patrick Pearse outside the General Post Office in Dublin on the morning of Easter Monday 1916 at the opening of the Easter Rising. Single sheet printed one side only, letterpress, on the usual poor quality paper with a greyish tinge, framed and glazed. With closed tears at top and bottom (professionally repaired), extensive fold marks, one tiny hole with no loss of text, generally in attractive condition in spite of signs of wear. With the various typographical peculiarities identified by Bouch [1936] as indicating the original printing, and without any of the features which identify later printings. Type a bit smudged in places, as usual. With three short vertical printed bars visible in the first three lines of the second section (commencing 'The Irish Republic is entitled ..'), probably due to space bars catching the ink, as in the copy sold in these rooms in April 2012. Visible dimensions of paper (within the mount) 29 ½ ins x 19 ½ ins; depth of printed surface 28 ¾ ins, separation between upper and lower parts of document ½ in. Length of printed line, as measured in the frame, 18 1/8 ins at top, 18 ins at bottom. This last measurement is very slightly smaller than that indicated by Bouch (18 ¼ in.); we believe this small difference is accounted for by the fact that the document is slightly rumpled and does not lie completely flat in the frame. In all other respects the document is consistent with Bouch's measurements and findings. We believe it to be genuine and authentic. Signed on back of frame 'Eamonn Bourke" and with the signature of a Commissioner of Oaths, and with an original certificate of authenticity issued by Eamonn de Burca of De Burca Rare Books 2001, a witnessed affidavit to the same effect signed by Eamonn Bourke, and two certificates dated 1999 and 2001, both signed by John Farrell (Preservation Officer) and Donall O Luanaigh (Keeper) of the National Library of Ireland, giving as their opinion that 'this particular copy is part of the first printing of the Proclamation'. These documents may be inspected on request, and will be passed to the purchaser. The Proclamation of the Irish Republic, recognised as the founding document of modern Irish nationhood, was drafted probably by Patrick Pearse, possibly with amendments by Thomas MacDonagh and James Connolly. The original manuscript has never been found. The text was printed under armed Citizen Army guard at Liberty Hall on the evening of Sunday 23 April 1916, using paper bought by James Connolly for his Workers' Republic and a font of type borrowed from a nearby printer. The type available was insufficient to set the entire text; hence the various improvised letters (notably the non-matching 'e's), and the need to print the document in two parts, running all the sheets through the printing machine twice (the part first printed ends with the third paragraph). It is believed the print order was 2,000 copies, of which the vast majority perished in the storm of fire, shot and shell unleashed in Dublin in the following days. Previously unknown copies still appear from time to time, but our best estimate is that no more than 50 attested copies of the first printing are now extant, and a majority of these are in institutional collections where they are likely to remain. Provenance: Eamonn de Burca, purchased from a client who stated it came originally from a house in Harcourt Street which at one time was a 'safe house' for Michael Collins; private collection.
![MICHAEL COLLINS R.I.P.
A mounted photographic print, 3 x 4 ½ ins [8 x 11 cms], showing Michael Collins after death, on a be](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10600/2873117/135-201348125017_468x382.jpg)
Lot 135
MICHAEL COLLINS R.I.P. A mounted photographic print, 3 x 4 ½ ins [8 x 11 cms], showing Michael Collins after death, on a bed, his head bandaged, a Volunteer at attention by his side, a crucifix placed in his clasped hands, inscribed rear 'Copy of the first photo taken at Shanakiel outside Cork', indistinctly signed. A poignant item, rare.
![[Arthur Griffith]
A memorial card, with small oval portrait, for Arthur Griffith T.D., with verse "For in Liberty's ranks he](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10600/2873117/141-201348125150_468x382.jpg)
Lot 141
[Arthur Griffith] A memorial card, with small oval portrait, for Arthur Griffith T.D., with verse "For in Liberty's ranks he ever marched / In the cause of Justice suffered and fought:/ Brave as the bravest whom Ireland had borne,/ Who served her and died, unsubdued, unbough.", thin black border, laminated. Together with another memorial card to "Pray for the souls of our brethren who died for Ireland's sake in the year 1916", O'Hanrahan's, N.C.R., Dublin, with silver border, framed. Both rare. (2)
Lot 142
A ''Bloody Sunday'' 1920 G.A.A. Original Ticket - Cumann na gcleas Luith n Gaedhealach (Gaelic Athletic Association) Great Challenge Match (Football) Tipperary V. Dublin at Croke Park, on Sunday November 21, 1920. Match at 2.45p.m. Admission 1/- An very rare original admission ticket for that remarkable occasion on that fateful day, 8 x 11cm, * A memento of a crucial day in the independence struggle. Early on the morning of November 20, men from Michael Collins' 'squad' raided the Dublin residences of officers whom Collins had identified as British intelligence agents, and shot 14 men dead, one of them in error, wounding four others. Later that day members of the 'Black-and-Tans' entered Croke Park during the 'great challenge match' then being played, and opened fire with machine-guns and rifles, killing twelve spectators and one of the players, and wounding many others. On the same day two Republican prisoners, Peadar Clancy and Dick McKee, were shot dead at Dublin Castle with Conor Clune 'while trying to escape'. While the body-count on each side may have been about the same, Collins' coup decapitated the British intelligence effort in Dublin, while the Croke Park shootings led to massive international publicity unfavourable to Britain.
Lot 152
D'ARCY FAMILY of Co. Dublin. A good collection of medals and memorabilia including a War of Independence medal issued to Patrick D'Arcy, with black-and-tan ribbon, pin and 'Comhrac' bar, a similar medal issued to his sister Bernadette D'Arcy, also with ribbon, pin and 'Comhrac' bar, a 'SeirbhÃs Náisiúnta 1939-1946' medal on ribbon and pin, and a rare 1916-1966 commemorative medal on ribbon and pin, with parts of three official boxes. With a range of supporting material including a photocopied portrait of Thomas MacDonagh with original inscription in ink 'With love to Paddy [D'Arcy] from Bairbre Mac Donagh' [sister of Thomas]; a typed letter illegibly signed from a Lieut. & Adjutant at Curragh Internment Camp, 1 July 1921, to Mrs. E. D'Arcy of Dalkey, Co. Dublin, reassuring her about the health of her son P. D'Arcy. 'There are seven civilian doctors in this Camp and a well equipped hospital. I can assure you that every care is taken of the sick'; a sheet with a pencilled poem mentioning various inmates at the Curragh including 'a lad called Paddy Darcy', 'the strike it was a terror ..', etc., possibly in D'Arcy's own hand; a booklet containing a 1p paper token from Rath Camp Internment Camp; a postcard addressed to P. D'Arcy at Rath Internment Camp, 11.8.1921; part of a letter from home to D'Arcy; and a box containing various newspapers and cuttings of the period, typescript copies of P.H. Pearse's last letter, Thomas MacDonagh's last Address and last letter; a few Republican postcards, a few pamphlets relating to the period, etc. etc., a good collection from what was clearly a committed Republican family. As a collection
Lot 160
The Emergency - Seirbhis Naisuinta Service Medals: A rare collection. A collection of twelve Seirbhis Naisiunta Medals, issued during The Emergency 1939-1946, to different divisions of the forces, comprising of; (1) An tSeirbhis Muir-Tractala - The Merchant Marine Service, medal, three bars, ribbon and clasp, rare; (2) Seirbhis Altranais An Airm - the Army Nursing Service, medal, ribbon and clasp, the second rarest of the series; (3) Na Forsai Cosanta - the Defence Forces, two bars, ribbon and clasp; (4) An Slua Muiri - the Maritime Inscription, medal, two bars, ribbon and clasp, with copy of awardee's Statement of Service; (5) 26u Cathlan - the 26th Battalion, medal, ribbon and clasp; (6) An Forsa Cosanta Aitiuil - the Local Defence Force, medal, one bar, ribbon and clasp; (7) Forsa Na nOglach 2u Line - the 2nd Line Volunteer Reserve, medal, one bar, ribbon and clasp; (8) Ranna Cabhair Deontaca Cumann Croise Deirge Na hEireann - the Volunteer Aid Division, Irish Red Cross, medal, one bar, ribbon and clasp; (9) Ranna Cead-Cabhrac Cumann Croise Deirge Na h-Eireann - the First Aid Division, Irish Red Cross, medal, one bar, ribbon and clasp; (10) Na Seirbhise Reamhcuraim In Aghaidh Aer-Ruathar - the Air Raid Precautions Organisation, medal, one bar, ribbon and clasp; (11) Na Caomnoiri Aitiula - the Local Security Forces, medal, one bar, ribbon and clasp; and (12) a rare miniature service medal, with ribbon and clasp.
Lot 175
Padraig Pearse A rare medal, circa 3 cm diameter, the obverse with a good quality portrait head of 'Padraig H. Pearse 1879-1916', reverse with the words 'Ireland / Unfree shall / Never be at Peace / (from an oration) by / Padraic mac Piarais / Poet, Author and Patriot / Commander In Chief / of Republican Army / Easter 1916', and beneath in tiny letters, 'An Iodail tir a dheanta' (i.e. 'Made in Italy'), with a green ribbon.
Lot 262
A RARE SINN FEIN HANDBILL, circa 20.5 x 13cm, listing their Aims and Political Programme "as adopted by the Ard-Fheis of October, 25th, 1917", issued by the Organising Committee, 15 College Green, Dublin. Together with a memorial portrait postcard for Michael O'Hanrahan, author of "The Swordsman of the Brigade", executed in Kilmainham Jail, May 4th, 1916.
![Thompson [William], Natural History of Ireland
Rare First edition in four volumes, Reeve, Benham and Reeve/Henry G. Bohn, Lon](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10600/2873117/315-201348132058_468x382.jpg)
Lot 315
Thompson [William], Natural History of Ireland Rare First edition in four volumes, Reeve, Benham and Reeve/Henry G. Bohn, London, 1849-56. Vol 1. Birds, Comprising the Orders Raptories & Insessions. Vol. 2 Birds, Comprising the Orders Rasores & Grallatories. Vol 3 Birds, Comprising the Order Natatores. Vol. 4 Mammalia, Reptiles, and Fishes. Also Invertebrata. Original embossed green cloth, gilt spine titles, 8vo. This work is essentially the first definitive natural history of Ireland, all prior works having dealt with Britain generally and it is the earliest account of Irish ornithology in particular. Notable for the detailed and extensive descriptions drawn from the author's observations and the accounts of the Irish people. The author's sensitivity to the plight of birds and to the ecology of Ireland is evident, and is remarkable as he worked, wrote and died during the period of the Irish Famine. The last volume was published posthumously, edited and prefaced by Robert Patterson with a biographical memoir of the author (1805-1852) and contains an engraved portrait of Thompson.
![Lawless [John] The Belfast Politics Enlarged ; being a compendium of the political history of Ireland, for the last forty yea](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10600/2873117/319-20134813221_468x382.jpg)
Lot 319
Lawless [John] The Belfast Politics Enlarged ; being a compendium of the political history of Ireland, for the last forty years. Rare First edition, compiled by John Lawless, Esq. Bearing signature of W.T. Mahaffy, Provost of T.C.D. Printed by D. Lyons, Belfast 1818, 8vo, half leather binding. 'Honest Jack Lawless' (1780?-1837), Dublin-born nationalist, lawyer, journalist, political agitator, associate of Robert Emmet, regarded as open, honest, and enthusiastic, but with little grasp of political reality. An ardent politician, he was one of the most energetic members of the committee of the Catholic Association and a leading opponent of the proposed 'veto' on the appointment of Catholic bishops. His 'Belfast Politics Enlarged' was thought so offensive the government ordered it to be burnt so copies of it are consequently rare.
![King [Jeremiah], History of Kerry or History of the Parishes in the County
Complete six parts, with extra MSS notes on family](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10600/2873117/331-201348132345_468x382.jpg)
![[Medical History]
- Garrison [Fielding H.], An Introduction to the History of Medicine,
Saunders, Philadelphia and London, 1](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10600/2873117/333-20134813247_468x382.jpg)
Lot 333
[Medical History] - Garrison [Fielding H.], An Introduction to the History of Medicine, Saunders, Philadelphia and London, 1917, second edition, with T.L.S. from Col. Garrison to Sir John Byers, May 10th 1919, at end. - Harvey [William], An anatomical dissertation upon the movement if the heart & blood in animals, being a statement of the discovery of the circulation of the blood, De Motu Cordis - Latin & English, Privately reproduced from the original edition printed at Frankfurt am Main . with the translation and memoir for G.Moreton 42, Canterbury, 1894, with Portrait reproduced in photogravure from the painting of Harvey in old age in the National Portrait Gallery. The whole of De Motu Cordis of 1628 is reproduced in facsimile by photo-lithography, rare. - Comie [John D.], History of Scottish Medicine to 1860 Balliere, Tindall & Cox, London, 1927 Also, Medicine in Antient Erin, Belfast 1909 and Irish Medical Lore, Belfast, 1937. As a collection, (5).
![Irish Poetry, A collection comprising:
Friel [Brian], Wonderful Tennessee, The Gallery Press, 1993, hardcover with dust jacke](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10600/2873117/349-201348132659_468x382.jpg)
Lot 349
Irish Poetry, A collection comprising: Friel [Brian], Wonderful Tennessee, The Gallery Press, 1993, hardcover with dust jacket. Kinsella [Thomas], A Dublin Documentary, O'Brien Press, 2006, hardcover with dust jacket; and Poems, 1956-1973, Dolmen Press, 1980, hardcover with dust jacket. Montague [John], Tides, rare first edition, The Dolmen Press, 1970, 8vo, original hardcover with dustjacket; and another copy in paperback. Together with collection of "Field Day Pamphlets", No's 1 - 9
Lot 404
[BERNARD DE GORDON] Tabula Practice Gordonii Dicte Lilium Medicine. Venice: Per Ioannem & Gregorium de Gregoriis fratres., Anno d[omi]ni 1496 die 16. Ianuarij. 4to. In modern full vellum from an antiphony leaf. Exceedingly rare. Only 2 copies located on COPAC. Bernard de Gordon, fl. c. 1285-1308, a Scottish physician in Montpellier, was a contemporary of Gilbert the Englishman. In his Lilium Medicinae (The Lilies of Medicine) he defines the illness of heroic love or "hereos," gives the symptoms of the disease, and prescribes its cure. He warns that "hereos," if not treated quickly, leads to mania and death. In this work, he also describes spectacles for the first time. Eyeglasses were invented in Tuscany between 1280 and 1285. Merton College Library owned a copy of Lilium Medicinae between 1360 and 1385. One of the most important mediaeval scientific works. In his Canterbury Tales, Chaucer counts the author among the three modern authorities of Western medicine. Provenance: The estate of Tony Sweeney
Lot 425
HENRY VIII. Libello huic regio haec insunt. Oratio Joannis Clerk apud Ro. pon. Responsio roman. pont. Bulla ro. pon. Summa indulgëtiarü. Libellus regius adversos M. Lutherum. Epistola regia ad Saxoniæ duces - [London, 1521]: 4to. Provenance: The Earl of Ilchester / Lord Kenyon copy, fine in early eighteenth century calf. STC 13083. This, the first collection of works by the King, not only includes his book on the Seven Sacraments but also a report on the reception given when a copy was presented to Pope Leo X. His awarding of the title "Fidei Defensor" to Henry is a piece of schoolboy history, almost as well known as the monarch's six wives. However this volume, which, when complete, is rare contained a "timebomb" which future historians from both sides of the religious divide have been reluctant to bring into the public arena. This was the action of the pope in promulgating an indulgence for all those who would read Henry's book and fulfill the normal conditions. Sweeney 2283. Provenance: The estate of Tony Sweeney
Lot 478
1640 CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRINTED BOOK: The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: Newly translated out of the Originall Greek - printed by Robert Barker and the Assigns of John Bill, London. 24mo in 12s. A miniature edition of the revised version of King James. The binding is most interesting and G Barber writing in 1971 in "Textile and Embroidered Bindings" related how in 1638 the milliners and shopkeepers of the Royal Exchange in London presented a petition to archbishop Laud in which they made reference to the custom of providing "rare and curious covers of imbrothery and needlework .... wherein Bibles, Testaments and Psalm Bookes of the best sort and neatest print have been richly bound up for ye Nobility and gentry of this kingdome, for whome and not for common persons they are indeed most fitt." A very good copy in quarter vellum solander box. BOUND WITH CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRINTED BOOK: The Whole Booke of Psalmes: Collected into English Meeter by Tho. Sternhold, Jo. Hopkins, W. Whittingham aand others .... withg apt notes to sing them withall - printed by I.L. for the Company of Stationers, London. 24mo in 12s. Binding: A generally well preserved contemporary embroidered binding of white satin worked in high relief with silver wire and coloured threads and applied sequins with a design of tulips, roses and marigolds, unfolding beneath a cloudburst, gauffered gilt edges, preserved in a vellum backed buckram case. Provenance: The estate of Tony Sweeney
Lot 482
1717 CATHOLIC PRINTED BOOK: Index Librorum Prohibitorum usque ad totum mensem Martii MDCCXVII. Regnante Clemente XI - Typographia Camera Apostolica, Rome. 1717. pp. [xx], 531. 8vo. Contemporary blind stamped pigskin over wooden boards with brass catches and clasps. An exceptionally fine copy of a rare edition of the Church Index of Prohibited Books. This was something sparked off by the Reformation and first issued in 1543 and was then first published in 1559. Thereafter the office of the Apostolic Camera periodically published updated catalogues of books deemed to be dangerous to faith and morals. This particular issue reprints the 1710 Decree of Clement XI prohibiting discussion of the Coeremoniarum Sinensium, or Chinese Rites. These concerned the elements of Confucianism that Fr Matteo Ricci S.J. had incorporated into the brand of Catholicism propagated in the Sino-Manchu Empire. Provenance: Monastery of St. Nicholas, Innsbruck with their dated inscription (1721) on the title page and final leaf. Provenance: The estate of Tony Sweeney
Lot 484
***Please note this is not the first edition of this book*** 1688 BINI, Pietro di Lorenzo. Memorie del Calcio Fiorentino - Firenze: Printed by Nella Stamperia di S.A.S. alla Condotta. 4to. pp. [xii], 118. Modern Vellum, titled in ink on spine. Rare first edition. With engraved arms of Ferdinando da' Medici as prince and his consort Violante Beatrice of Bavaria signed Franco Nacci (including 1 figure holding a soccer ball), 2 large folding plates (1 signed Alessandro Cecchini). Fine copy. 4to . of this illustrated account of the game of Calcio, the historical ancestor of football/soccer, and originally a distinctively Florentine game traditionally played in the Piazza Santa Croce during Carnival by young men. From the dedication, date of publication and contents, it is clear that the work was meant to coincide with the marriage festivities of Ferdinando de' Medici (as Prince) and Violante Beatrice of Bavaria in December-January of 1688-89, in which at least one Calcio match figured. The aim of the Memorie was to explain the mechanics of the game, to provide its antiquarian background and to relate actual games played in Florence and its environs in the recent past. Much in the manner of a program book, the contents are a typically Baroque miscellany, and if highly erudite, clearly somewhat "forced": it includes a reprint of the first work devoted to the game by Bardi, Discorso sopra'i Giuco del Calcio (first ed. 1580); a learned disquisition in Latin by the Jesuit G.B. Ferrari on the game's ancient antecedents; a long learned poem in Greek by Gregory Koresios on the sport, along with its translation into Tuscan dialect; notices of the game in ancient as well as 16th century Italian sources; and some records of historical games played. Provenance: The estate of Tony Sweeney
Lot 496
1614 RINUCCINI, Jo Baptista, Selectae ex universa iurisprudentia quaestiones ad disputandum. Printed at "Perusiae apud Marcum Naccarinum et socios", 1614. 4to. pp. [x], 33. With an engraved titlepage and a handsome large folding plate. Contemporary vellum. Excellent copy. For his doctorate degree in law the future Archbishop elected to defend in public disputation his "conclusions ex Iure Pontificio et Caesareo desumptae", a prophetic choice for someone who thirty years later would be sent to Ireland to the Confederation of Kilkenny in the role of Papal Legate. This is a extraordinarily rare survival although one would assume that there is a copy in the Vatican Library. Provenance: The estate of Tony Sweeney
Lot 508
RICHARD HAYES Ireland and Irishmen in The French Revolution, London 1932; Together with - Pieter Geyl, Napoleon For and Against, London (1949), in slip case; Maximes de Napoléon, in fine crimson Imperial binding by Hatchards; And The Pedigree of Napoleon Bonaparte etc. etc. London 1814, original wrappers preserved in recent calf boards. The latter item, a rare survivor of English 'black' propaganda against France (4) Provenance: The estate of Tony Sweeney
Lot 511
A CATHOLIC PRINTED BOOK, OFICIO DIVINO PAVA TODOS LOS DIAS DE FIESTA PRECPTIO. Printer Laplace, Sanchez y Cia All edges gilt a diglot version in Latin. Binding red velvet with mother of pearl upper and lower covers, decorated with a depiction of the presentation of Mary Provenance: Purchased from Éamonn de Búrca Rare Books, Dublin; from the estate of Tony Sweeney
Lot 522
CATALOGUE OF THE RARE AND VALUABLE BOOKS, MANUSCRIPS AND ENGRAVINGS OF THE LATE W.H. CRAWFORD ESQ., Lakelands, Co. Cork, to be sold by Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge on Thursday the 12th of March 1891 and eleven following days, ruled in red and priced, bound, retaining wrapper, upper cover detached, bookplate Bibliotheca Lindesiana Provenance: The estate of Tony Sweeney
Lot 598
MARKHAM, Gervase. How to chuse, ride, trayne and dyet running horses - Printed by E.A. London: 1606. 4to. Bound in nineteenth century full brown morocco by Riviere. All edges gilt. A fine copy. Extremely rare as are all the earlier Elizabethan editions. STC 17350. This was first published under the title A discourse of horsmanshippe in 1593 but the enlarged second edition of 1595 carried the new title above marking this out as the world's first book on training racehorses. Markham had the true instinct of a horse-dealer and to enhance sales each edition carried fresh material. Thus it is that this final version alone provides the completed text. During the period when he was so engaged, he was also a participant in the Nine Years War in Ireland in the role of a captain of cavalry. As demand for this book declined, he subsequently periodically changed the title but eventually fell foul of the London booksellers, who found themselves saddled with shelves of books, so similar in content as to be virtually unsaleable. In a document, dated 1619, that survives in the archives of the Society of Antiquaries, London, they obliged him to promise that he would not write anything further on the subject of horses. However his name though lived on right down to the 20th century when stud grooms were still quoting Master Markham, the first author to appreciate the need to handle with gentleness the highly strung Arabian horse whom he named "the only stallion", a judgment endorsed by posterity. This is the ancestor of the modern thoroughbred for all horses listed in the General Stud Book - first published in 1793 and now produced at four-yearly intervals - trace their male line ancestry back to just one of three sires, the Byerley Turk, the Darley Arabian and the Godolphin Arabian all of whom stood at stud in England in the first half of the 18th century. Of this pre-potent trio, one had a direct Irish connection, the charger that Colonel Byerley rode in the battle of the Boyne. Sweeney 2979. Provenance: The estate of Tony Sweeney
Lot 670
A RARE CATHOLIC PLAIN CHALICE on knopped stem, dated 1724, marks mark only 'A.S.' beneath a crown, the domed base carries the inscription "Orate pro P.F. Ant. McMahon de la Croix qui me fierei fecit pro Cohv de Monohan 3 Nov, 1724" (4oz). 16.5cm high Anthony McMahon previously definitor of the Franciscan order was elected guardian of the Franciscan Monastery Monaghan, from which the friars were dispersed in the 1730's. Hugh McMahon Clogher noted that are hardly any chalices of gold or silver in this diocese. Most are made of tin, not gilt even on the inside. Sweeney postulates that the arrival of this chalice in Monaghan in time for Christmas 1724 would have aroused great excitement in the locality. Provenance: The estate of Tony Sweeney
Lot 680
AFTER JOSEPH TUDOR by James McArdell and others un-named A set of six framed and glazed hand coloured topographical prints including: A Prospect of the Parliament House in College Green; A Prospect of the Library of Trinity College; A Prospect of the Barracks of Dublin; A Prospect of the Upper Castle Court; A Prospect of the Custom's House A set of six colour engravings, 24 x 38cm each (6) "London, printed for Robert Sayer, Map & Printseller, at The Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street". To Joseph Tudor belongs the credit for originating the first set of Dublin topographical prints even if his half dozen images executed circa 1750 were almost entirely excised from public consciousness when in 1799 Thomas Malton published "A picturesque & descriptive view of the City Of Dublin" which contained containing 25 aquatints. This fact goes a long way towards explaining the rarity of the Tudor prints and illustrates the difficulty collectors have experienced in putting together a set from any of the three named publishers, all London based, J McArdell, Robert Sayer and Laurie & Whittel. The text in each case is published in French as well as English and the fact that some are numbered 1-6 and other 111-116 is evidence that part of the imprint must have been bound up along with other similar English, Scottish and Western European topographical prints. However not even Andrew Bonar-Law has ever come across such a collected version. The Dublin set consists of: 1) A prospect of the City of Dublin from the Magazine Hill in his Majesties Phoenix Park [Note: The Royal Kilmainham Hospital is on the extreme right, Dr Steevens Hospital in the centre.] 2) A prospect of His Majesties Barracks. [This has now taken on an entirely new function as the site of the National Museum.] 3) A prospect of the Upper Castle Court. 4) A prospect of the Custom House and Essex Bridge. [In this case offering a rare if not unique view of the original Custom House which stood below Essex, now Capel Street, Bridge and which was replaced by the Malton illustrated Gandon building.] 5) A prospect of the Parliament House in College Green, Dublin. [Offers a fine vista of how Dame Street looked to someone standing in front of the University with St Andrew's Church to the left. The Parliament building still survives but it now houses the Bank of Ireland.] 6) A prospect of the Library of Trinity College, Dublin. [This is the first illustration of the Library which is home to the Book of Kells and today is one of the prime tourist attractions in the city. Then the boundary wall lay immediately beyond the library and this demonstrates how much land has been reclaimed from the sea in the last two hundred and fifty years.]. Provenance: Bought individually over a period of almost twenty years from Andrew Bonar-Law, Hugh Iremonger and Mrs Phyllis Jackson, Dublin 2. Numbers 1, 4, 5, and 6 were shown at the Swift Exhibition organised by Bruce Arnold for the National Library of Ireland in 1999 as offering the closest approximation to the Dublin as the Dean knew it. Four of the original six sketches have survived according to Anne Crookshank and The Knight Of Glin - The Watercolours of Ireland - page .312, while Sayer and Bennett's Catalogue of prints for the year 1775 list this set of six for sale at on page 61 priced at one shilling each; beautifully coloured two shillings. According to the catalogue "Perspective views .... make Genteel Furniture when framed and glazed; likewise are admirably adapted for the Diagonal Mirror or Optical Pillar Machine." Provenance: The estate of Tony Sweeney
Lot 973B
A rare and interesting photo album compiled by an officer of the Kings Shropshire Light Infantry recording the march of the 1st K.S.L.I. from Bannu to Razmak, November 9th-15th 1928, in 43 black and white images, 8.5 cm x 13.5 cm and 16 cm x 21 cm, to/w an embroidered K.S.L.I. emblem in circular glass frame, 20 cm dia.
Lot 342
A collection of original early 20th century, WWI period, photographic cards detailing various WWI biplanes in genuine action and ground shots including Bristol Fighter, Armstrong Whitworth, Avro, Salmson, Rumpler, German planes, Sopwith Snipe and others, many including pilots and air crew - a rare collection.
Lot 343
Ten various early 20th century WWI period Military related original photographic cards including rare scenes of a German observation balloon over battlefields, Zeppelin in flight, a German tank and occupants, a German tank after the Battle of Cambrai December 1917, destroyed with body in foreground, a German tank after Cambrai outside destroyed building, two other destroyed tank photographs, a photograph of six attacking German troops in full armour with bayonets drawn and two photographs of engines.
Lot 38
Childe HASSAM (1859-1935) American School Paris Street Scene, 1889 Watercolor; signed lower left 15.5 x 19.5 in. – 39.3 x 49.5 cm. Provenance This work has been in the private collection of the Davenport Brown family in Boston since 1927 Kathleen Burnside has confirm the authenticity of this work. The rare Carrig-Rohane frame measures 15.5 x 19.5 in. and dates to 1927
Lot 6
A rare 19thC treacle glazed stoneware model of a cat, perhaps Canney Hill Pottery, Bishop Auckland, circa 1870, seated on its haunches, upon an integral flat oval plinth, 27.5cm high, 23cm wide. (AF) NB. A similar piece was televised 23.9.05 at BBC Antiques Roadshow, Beamish, and identified by Henry Sandon.
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