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Lot 31

Stained Glass.- Gedde (Walter) A Book of Sundry Draughtes, principally serving for Glasiers, facsimile reprint, illustrations, a little browned, with 2 sheets of drawings from Felibien loosely inserted, original limp vellum with ties, rubbed and soiled, spine defective at foot (repaired), Leadenhall Press, 1898; and 2 others, including the 1848 Pickering reprint of the same by Henry Shaw with tinted plates, 4to & 8vo (3)*** The original 1615 edition of this pattern-book for glaziers is very rare. The last copy sold at auction was part of the Birmingham Assay Office library, sold in these rooms on 27th March 2020 (£3500).

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Lot 114

Newspapers & journalism.- [Roederer (Pierre-Louis)] Opuscules, 2 parts in 1 vol., first edition, one of 50 privately printed copies, not for general circulation, title dust-soiled, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary wrappers, soiled, uncut and unopened, 8vo, Paris, Printers of the Journal de Paris, An XII [1803].  *** A wide-margined copy of this rare collection of essays by Roederer (1754-1835, French politician, economist & historian), mostly concerning the role of the press (particularly his contributions) in influencing public opinion. 

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Lot 269

America.- Binns (John) Declaration of Independence, facsimile broadside, engraved ornamental border incorporating the seals of the 13 original states, medallion portraits of Washington, Jefferson and Hancock, laid onto linen support, old folds with associated losses, heavy browning and discolouration to old varnish, rough edges with nicks, tears and losses, c.900 x 660 mm, [Philadelphia], John Binns, 1819. *** Rare. In 1816, the publisher John Binns was the first to announce plans to publish a decorative broadside of the Declaration of Independence. He proposed to sell copies for $10. Other publishers jumped on the bandwagon and rushed out decorative, cheaper broadsides of the Declaration before Binns finally managed to publish his in 1819.

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Lot 163

Trade & Commerce.- The Conjectural Scheme.  Being the contents of the speech of — Esq; and Al—n, before the principal tradesmen of the Corporation of ——, in opposition to the common notion of a general excise, single sheet, double column, woodcut decorative initial, water-stained, little spotting, lightly browned, [?London], no printer, [c.1730] § Society for the encouragement of arts, manufactures, and commerce. Rules and orders of the Society instituted at London for the Encouragement of Arts Manufactures and Commerce, title with engraved illustration of the society's medal, title with a little fraying at head (not affecting text) and a minor ink scribble, lightly browned, stitched as issued, Printed by order of the Society, 1760; and another, on improving agriculture in Wales, 1755, v.s. (3) *** I: Rare, with only one copy recorded by Library Hub (Oxford) and no copies found on WorldCat. A complaint concerning excise laws, with particular reference to tobacco and on wine and liquors, and references the Virginia planters. 

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Lot 137

[Elliott (Ebenezer)] Corn Law Rhymes. The Ranter, Written and Published by Order of the Sheffield Mechanics' Anti-Bread Tax Society, first edition, 12pp., book-label of J.O. Edwards, title and final f. browned, modern wrappers, 8vo, Sheffield, for the Author, by Platt and Todd, 1830. *** Rare in commerce, we can trace only one copy at auction (2006). Ebenezer Elliot (1781-1849) was an English poet, iron merchant and Chartist agitator, nicknamed "the Corn Law Rhymer" for his fight to repeal the Corn Laws. 

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Lot 181

Bill of Rights.- [Lee (Richard)] Account of the Proceedings of a Meeting of the People... on the Subject of the Threatened Invasion of their Rights by a Convention Bill, small hole to title, affecting 2 letters, but not sense, stitching stab holes to inner gutters, some spotting, lightly browned, disbound, loose, 8vo, Printed for Citizen Lee, at the Tree of Liberty, 1795.  *** Rare. Richard Citizen Lee (c.1774-97), English dissenting poet, and radical printer for the London Corresponding Society. His British 'Tree of Liberty' imprint (the name taken one would imagine from the Elm in Boston where American Revolutionists gathered) produced radical pamphlets and broadsides from 1794-1795. Lee was convicted for this, but escaped from prison in London and fled to America. Soon after he reappeared in radical print culture in Philadelphia, as editor of the pro-French American Universal Magazine.

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Lot 214

Biscaino (Bartolomeo, 1632-1657) Galatea, counterproof (of the etching and drypoint), a delicate and very rare example, on fine laid paper without watermark, sheet 246 x 208 mm (9 5/8 x 8 1/4 in), careful repairs to the left edge and lower right corner, minor spotting and surface dirt, unframed, [circa 1655]

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Lot 79

Chagall (Marc).- Babel (Isaac Emmanuilovich) Geschichten aus Odessa, first German edition, half-title, original cloth-backed printed boards, dust-jacket, by Marc Chagall, torn-in-two along upper joint, chips and small tears at edges, spine toned, 8vo, Berlin, Malik-Verlag, 1926.*** Rare, especially in dust-jacket by Chagall. The story of a group of Jewish criminals, living in the then notorious ghetto-like district of Moldawanka in Odessa, during the end of the Russian Empire and start of October Revolution. 

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Lot 125

Women Poets.- Dodsworth (Mrs. [Anna]) Fugitive Pieces, first edition, bookplate of George Bache Pappas, lightly browned, some light foxing and faint damp-staining, mainly marginal, contemporary calf marbled in a lattice pattern, gilt, lacking spine label, spine head chipped, spine and extremities rubbed, upper joint split but holding, Canterbury, Printed [for private distribution] by Simmons and Kirkby, 1802 § Mitford (Mary Russell) Christina, the Maid of the South Seas; a Poem, errata f. at end, lacking half-title, contemporary ink gift inscription "Elizabeth Jennings the gift of Miss Wellbeloved" to front free endpaper, title margins browned, spotting, particularly near start, hinges repaired, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked preserving original backstrip, new morocco spine label, old backstrip little chipped, rubbed, A.J. Valpy, 1811; and others, 19th century poetry by women, including Ethelinda Potts' Moonshine, 8vo & 12mo (12) *** The first mentioned rare, we can trace only one copy at auction (1980). 

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Lot 130

Scottish poetry.- [Beattie (George)] John o'Arnha'. A Tale, second edition, hand-coloured etched frontispiece and 6 plates, plates trimmed at fore-edge, most causing loss to headline and a few just within image, a few ff. with short tears neatly repaired or marginal repairs, p.23 causing loss to couple words, light browning and offsetting, plates soiled and little rubbed, some soiling elsewhere, modern half calf, spine gilt, Montrose, 1818 § Mitchie (John) The Vices of the Tavern Dissected: or, Drunkenness Laid Open: A Poem, ninth edition, a few minor chips to upper margin, light browning and some light spotting, title and verso of final f. little soiled, later morocco backed-cloth, little rubbed, Edinburgh, for the Author, 1819, book-label of J.O. Edwards; and others, 19th century Scottish poetry, including a copy of "The Craniad: or, Spurzheim Illustrated" (1817), 8vo (10) *** The first mentioned rare, with WorldCat and Library Hub recording only six copies of this edition. 

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Lot 175

Songs.- Country John's Garland. In two parts, single sheet, printed recto only in four columns, woodcut vignette, the odd spot, lightly soiled / browned, mounted on card, 230 x 315mm., Worcester, Printed and sold by J. Butler, [?1780] § The Cruel Step Mother; Or, the Unhappy Son, single sheet, printed recto only in four columns, stained, lightly browned, trimmed and mounted on card, 190 x 273mm., Coventry, Turner, [c.1790]; and 4 others, 18th century song sheets, v.s. (6) *** A good group of rare song sheets, four of which from the Renier Collection (marked thus in ink to verso of card). 

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Lot 150

Women.- Female excellence: or, Woman display’d, in several satyrick poems. By a person of quality, first edition, title with woodcut typographic ornament, small worm trace, affecting a few letters in a minor way, little staining, lightly browned, disbound, [Wing R1749], folio, Printed for Norman Nelson at Grays-Inn-Gate in Holbourn, 1679. *** Rare at auction. A collection of four misogynistic poems, once attributed to Rochester, but now sometimes attributed to Robert Gould. 

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Lot 140

Latimer (Bishop Hugh) [The seconde sermon], first edition, black letter, woodcut decorative initials, lacking A1-8, R1, 2E1(supplied in shorter facsimile), and 2E6-8, G1 from another copy and loosely inserted, U8 outer margin torn away, affecting printed side-notes, a few ff. with small piece cut from a margin, some spotting or staining / water-staining, lightly browned, upper hinge split, modern speckled tan calf, [cf. STC 15274], 8vo, [John Daye & William Seres], [1549]. sold not subject to return.  *** Rare at auction in any condition. 

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Lot 110

Queen Mary II.- Vollenhove (Joannes) Op de Regeringe der Koninginne in Engelant, gedurende des Konigs Afwezen, broadside, ink number at head verso showing through, folds, trimmed, little spotting, 450 x 367mm., [The Hague], Gillis van Limburg, 1690. *** The Bibliotheca Lindesiana copy (with small armorial ink stamp to lower right corner) of this rare broadside celebrating the accession of Queen Mary II to the throne with her husband William of Orange. WorldCat records only one copy (Leiden). Vollenhove (1631-1708), theologian and man of letters, who was a pastor in Zwolle, and then The Hague.  He published occasional poems and religious verse, as well as hundreds of sermons. He studied at Oxford in 1674, and kept a diary during his time there. 

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Lot 104

Occult & Magic.- Suárez (Francisco) Opus de virtute et statu religionis in tres tractatus distributum. In quibus praeter materiam veri divini cultus, omnes quaestiones de magia, ac teterrimo simoniae peccato copiose, second edition, double column, title printed in red and black and with large woodcut printer's device, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, small marginal repairs to title, some foxing or staining, and water-staining towards end, lightly browned, new endpapers, contemporary vellum over boards, rebacked in modern vellum in compartments and with red leather label, covers with some chipping to vellum and stained, folio, Venice, Bernardo Giunta & Giovanni Battista Ciotti & Co., 1609.  *** Rare at auction. The second book is devoted to superstition, focusing on occult beliefs, witchcraft, demonology and the punishments for such practices. 

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Lot 92

[Pseudo-]Diogenes Cynicus., [Pseudo-]Marcus Junius Brutus & [Pseudo-]Hippocrates.  In hoc parvo volumine continentur & descripta sunt tria haec opuscula scilicet epistolae Dyogenis, epistolae Bruti & epistolae Hypocratis, A1 drop-head title and text recto within composite woodcut decorative border, woodcut decorative initials and printer's devices to final verso, occasional early ink marginalia, lacking A6, A1 trimmed at foot, just within border, water-stained, occasional spotting, lightly browned, Dutch floral endpapers, inner gilt dentelles, olive crushed morocco, gilt, by J. Haines of Liverpool, [EDIT 16 CNCE 37281], 8vo, [Florence], [Piero Pacini], 1505.  *** Rare little edition at auction. Spurious letters of Hippocrates, Diogenes and Brutus in an influential Latin translation first published in Florence in 1487. The Greek editio princeps was published by Aldus in his collection of Greek Epistolographers in 1499. Provenance: Allan Heywood Bright (engraved bookplates). 

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Lot 238

London.- Mayfair.- Anonymous (probably early to mid-18th century) Original manuscript plan of the environs of the Conduit Mead Estate, before construction of Conduit Street in the early 18th century, the plan with streets and sites identified, centred on Swallow Street with Oxford Street/"Road to Oxford" at the top, "Burlington Gardens" with Bond Street, Albermale Street, and Dover Street in the lower part, and "Carnaby Street" and 'Gt. Marlborow Street" in the east, inscribed verso 'Survey of Oxford road/ Swallow Street &/ New Ground to be built', and further inscribed in pencil by another hand 'Lord [?]Dudley's house/ Lord [...]/ Clements Shop [?] Walters [?]',  pen and inks, some watercolour wash, on 18th century laid paper with large Strasbourg lily and countermark 'IV' [found on papers from 1710 through to the late 18th century], sheet 480 x 370 mm (18 7/8 x 14 1/2 in), tipped at corners onto card support, one corner torn and detached, remnants of corner still on mount, some spotting, browining and surface dirt, central horizontal crease, handling creases, unframed, [probably circa 1710-1750]*** Rare pre-Rocque example of central London mapping, showing central Mayfair before the dramatic building and expansion that occurred in the 1720s and ensuing decades. Possibly a secretarial copy of another map, but we have been unable to trace another comparative sheet. 

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Lot 115

Typography.- [Reale Accademia dei Lincei] Caratteri Orientali Esistenti nella Tipografia della R. Accad. dei Lincei, title, 2 text leaves and 12 leaves of typefaces samples in different languages, endpapers lightly browned, upper hinge splitting at head but holding firm, original printed wrappers bound in, later marbled boards, red calf label lettered in gilt, extremities slightly rubbed, paper repair to spine head, Rome, Tipografia della Reale Accademia dei Lincei, 1889 § Guedes de Carvalho (José de Vasconcellos) Leis de Manú, primeiro legislador da India... vertidas en Portuguez do original... de Mr. G. Pauthier, first Portuguese edition, light browning, a few ff. corners restored, new endpapers, later morocco-backed boards, spine lettered in gilt, Nova-Goa, Imprensa Nacional, 1859, 8vo (2) *** The first  an exceptionally rare type sample book from the Reale Accademia dei Lincei, with only one copy recorded on Worldcat. The Reale Accademia was first founded in 1603 with Galileo as its intellectual centre and, after a revival in the late 19th century, printing became a course of study with Tipografia Salviucci directing publications from 1881 and introducing Oriental type fonts into its works. This book includes Sanskrit, Armenian, Syriac, Samaritan, Arabic, Persian, Aramaic, Hieroglyphic, Coptic, Chinese, Greek and Russian fonts. 

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Lot 248

Britain.- Kearsly (George, publisher) The Copper Plate Magazine; or.Monthly Treasure, for the Admirers of the Imitative Arts, first edition, engraved vignette title and 124 plates by Sandby, Watts & others only (lacking plate of Apollo & Marsyas, supplied in good facsimile), each with leaf of descriptive text (that to portrait of Shakespeare bound wrong way round), 2 leaves torn and crudely repaired with sticky tape, some browning or soiling to text but plates clean and bright, modern half calf, spine gilt, 4to, G.Kearsly, 1778. *** Rare work issued in parts from 1774-78 comprising 42 portraits of famous English & Frenchmen, 41 (of 42) historical, classical and mythological scenes, and 43 views of landscapes, country houses and buildings, mostly after Paul Sandby. Library Hub records only 5 copies (BL, Oxford, Nat. Lib. Wales,Univ. of Wales Trinity Saint David, and V & A).

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Lot 169

Law.- Satire of a judge.- Epitaph for Sir D----- R----, K----t., broadside poem, double column, contemporary ink insertions, folds, little marginal staining, mounted on an album f. with other poetry cuttings verso, later thick paper stubs to one margin, 230 x 183mm., [?London], no printer, [1756].  *** Rare 'savage slip-song on Sir Dudley Ryder' (ESTC), with only a handful of copies recorded. Ryder (1691-1756), English lawyer, politician & Chief Justice of the King's Bench. Horace Walpole thought him 'of the highest reputation in his profession, of the lowest in the House, where he wearied the audience by the multiplicity of his arguments; resembling the physician who ordered a medicine to be composed of all the simples in a meadow, as there must be some of them at least that would be proper.'

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Lot 180

Satires on William Pitt.- No. II.  More wonderful wonders!!!  The high and illustrious Gulielmo Pittachio rejects, with lofty indignation, the absurd insinuations of the vulgar, which imply that he means to defer, to a later date than was by himself announced, his awful exhibition at Westminster, broadside, folds, short split to the lowermost (within one word, but without loss), trimmed, laid down on an album f., lightly browned, [cf. BM Catalogue of Personal and Political Satires 8500, 8500A], 316 x 176mm., [London], [1794]; and the preceding broadside satirising Pitt, v.s. (2) *** Rare sequel to an earlier satire on Pitt, which had been published in The Courier, Friday, 28th November, 1794 (also present here). We can trace no other copies. 

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Lot 170

Poetry.- The Durham Garland. In Four Parts, 8pp., small worm traces within text, without loss of sense, stained, creased, frayed, lightly browned, later stitching, no printer, no place, [?c.1770].  *** A rare, ?unrecorded edition, of this tale of a travelling Yorkshire Lord who is taken in by a man and woman who is in labour. A boy is born and the Lord presents him with a cabinet inset with jewels, inside of which is a gold chain. The parents are told to warn the boy not to open it, which he does to find a curse stating that he will be hanged one day for disobeying his parents and his behaviour. However, all ends well when he is saved from hanging after being wrongly accused of stealing a gold cup whilst in service. 

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Lot 133

Bewick (Thomas).- Sportsman's Progress (The): a Poem, descriptive of the Pleasures derived from Field Sports, 12pp., half-title, wood-engraved title-vignette and 12 other vignettes by ?Thomas Bewick, the Schwerdt copy with his circular engraved bookplate, bookplate of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester to front free endpaper, some very light offsetting, some spotting, handsomely bound in red morocco by Rivière & Son, gilt, spine ends and corners slightly rubbed, original pictorial wrappers bound in (small sticker to verso of upper wrapper, upper corners a touch frayed, soiled and little stained), [Schwerdt II p. 223], for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1820; and an attractively bound copy of "The First of September, or Cockney Sportsmen" with Schwerdt & Duke of Gloucester bookplates, 8vo (2) *** Rare; first published in the second edition of Scott's British Field Sports and probably one of a small number of copies issued separately. 

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Lot 287

Goodacre (Robert) A Brief Explanation of the Principal Terms made use of in Astronomy, first edition, folding frontispiece, split to foldlines, scattered faint spotting and staining, 1821, bound before, Dufour (A.-H.) Précis du Système Astronomique, Paris, 1830, together 2 works bound as 1 vol., scattered faint spotting, bookplate, ex-library  with ink-stamp to title verso, contemporary cloth, sunned spine, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, § Tarbotton (M. Ogle) The Meteorology of Nottingham, for the past 12 years, ex-library with occasional ink-stamps, new endpapers, modern cloth, n.d.; and 3 others similar, 8vo (5). *** The first mentioned is rare. This edition is not on either Library Hub or World Cat.

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Lot 146

Quakers.- Marriage & Women.- [Hogg (John)] Something offered to the consideration of Friends, with respect to the present difference about some things brought into the church of late, as for instance, the limit of a year’s time in the case of marriage, where the husband or wife is buried; as also that order that all persons that intend marriage, shall lay their intention before a Womans meeting, distinct and apart from the men, first edition, drop-head title, small stitch holes to inner gutters, lightly browned throughout, disbound, [Wing H2369], small 4to, no printer, [c.1675].  *** Rare first edition, with ESTC recording only the Haverford College copy (pre-cyber attack) and Library Hub adding a couple more (Queen Mary & Strathclyde). 

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Lot 42

A rare pre-war Webley Junior .177 cal air pistol, Serial No.J1186.

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Lot 231

A rare Colonial Equatorial Corps (Sudan Defence Force) cast silver Officer's cap badge, by Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co Ltd, London 1951, 4.5cm wide.

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Lot 52

A rare circa 1940 Fairbairn-Sykes first pattern commando fighting knife and leather sheath, by Wilkinson Sword, the ricasso etched with makers mark to one side and 'The F-S Fighting Knife' to the other, with knurled grip, blade 16.8cm, overall 29.6cm.

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Lot 270

The Northern Rhodesia Regiment: comprising a rare military officer's bamboo swagger stick, 70cm; a silver ashtray, 8cm diameter; a cast brass cap badge, by Firmin of London; 'The story of the Northern Rhodesia Regiment'. (4)

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Lot 34

A rare 1920s Webley Mk1 break barrel air rifle, .177 cal, Serial No.1426.

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Lot 48

A rare early Westley Richards Highest Possible air pistol, .177 cal, Serial No.3032.

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Whitton & Laing Auctioneers
Lot 1386

1952 German proof 5Marks VERY RARE

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Lot 1391

1943 silver 3d RARE

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Lot 1411

Double florin 1889 Inverted I for 1 Rare

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Lot 32

A rare Exeter engraved silver brooch by JO, Exeter 1848

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Lot 8165

CONFIDENTIAL 'WAR INSTRUCTIONS FOR BRITISH MERCHANT SHIPS', AUGUST 1917: A rare copy of the Admiralty's official publication C.B. (Confidential Book) 415, individually numbered Copy No. 3756, containing secret instructions issued as a precaution against the German navy's attempts to sink allied shipping, August 1917, with printed note to front pastedown 'This book is weighted with lead, and if thrown overboard will sink'. Contains numerous 'Convoy Zig-Zag' diagrams, allied and enemy submarine silhouettes, and black and white photographic plates of mines and torpedoes, original blue buckram with lead-weighted covers (for rapid disposal at sea).

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Lot 198

A rare 18th century Worcester butter tub with cover and stand c.1775, in Mansfield pattern, the tub 12cm wide, the stand 16.5cm diameter

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Lot 186

A late 18th century Staffordshire figure group designed by Ralph Wood, a piping shepherd with his wife, above a dog, lamb and goat, white glazed with bocage and rare candlestick holder variation, 28cm high

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Lot 287

Italian Circa 1960 A set of four rare Les Arcs dining chairs By Charlotte Perriand for Cassina Dimensions: 32 in. (H) x 18 in. (W) x 22 in. (D)

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Lot 202

Rolex Circa 1950 A rare 18 carat gold automatic gentleman's wristwatch With sweep centre second silvered dial Signed Rolex oyster perpetual chronometer

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Lot 30

North Italian 16th/17th Century A rare and impressive carved polychrome fruiting vine marble-top table The base carved from a single tree trunk, decorated with carved pears and grapes, with a mushroom to the left of the figured trunk Paint analysis dating the pigment to pre-1704 Provenance: Ossowski, Pimlico Road Dimensions: 33 in. (H) x 41 in. (W) x 21.5 in. (D)

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Lot 209

Timpo Solids - Waterloo Specials - Set AP2 [20 figures] - Battle of Waterloo Range - French Infantry, circa, 1968, comprising: 20 x French Grenadiers depicted in various action poses.  Amongst the first Timpo figures designed purely for plastic production by Norman Tooth.  A previously unknown rare paint variant completed as French Imperial Guards [campaign overalls] - BLUE Trousers/ NO FACINGS Instead of the Normal White / Gold version.  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 mid 1960's.  Some minor paint chipping otherwise generally appear Near Mint overall. Rare if not Unique.  See photo. 

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Lot 304

Ferret Scout Car (Possibly by Airfix or CTS (Classic Toy Soldiers) - RARE Light Green Colour.  Similar model / mould to that which appeared in the Airfix Desert Combat Pack except that was only issued in Desert Sand colour.  Condition generally appears Good Plus.  Not checked for completeness.  See photo.  

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Lot 208

Timpo Solids - Waterloo Specials - Set AP3 [20 figures] - Battle of Waterloo Range - British infantry, circa, 1968, comprising: 20 x British infantrymen depicted in various action poses.  Amongst the first Timpo figures designed purely for plastic production by Norman Tooth.  A previously unknown rare paint variant completed as British Foot Guards - WHITE trousers/facings instead of the normal pale blue / gold version.  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 mid 1960's.  Some minor paint chipping otherwise generally appear Near Mint overall. Rare if not unique.  See photo. 

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Lot 11

Crescent Toys - 3 x Armoured Fighting Vehicles, Figures & Accessories.  RARE Crescent 'Soldiers' box.  Condition generally appears Good Plus (some paint loss), box condition is Fair (storage wear & repairs).  Not checked for completeness.  See photo. 

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Lot 314

Benbros Qualitoy Field gun Rare early issue finished in red, metal wheels - Good Plus in a Good carded box - See-Photo 

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Lot 267

Peacock Models & Askey Models, Pre-War Issues, comprising: Thatched Farmhouse [13 x 11 Inches] & Ranch Style Farm House [10.75 x 10 Inches] & Water Pump with Trough [8 x 3 Inches].  From the Personal Collection of Author Paul Brookes [The Illustrated History of Hugar British Models, Privately Published, 2014].  Some age / play wear otherwise generally Excellent overall.  Rare [3 Pieces Including Roof Section].  See photo. 

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Toovey's
Lot 2646

A rare late 18th century hardwood novelty snuff box, modelled as a phallus, inscribed to shaft 'J.T. 1791', length 17cm.

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Gerrards Auction Rooms
Lot 397

John Sheldon A rare leather pocket Escritoir, inscribed 'John Sheldon's Patent Escritoir', the lid with applied Sheldon Escritoir Almanack for 1846, with well fitted interior.

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Lot 110

Chinese Export - Excellent Quality Silver Set of Six Dragon Tot Cups, All Planished with Gilt Interior, With 4 Claw Dragon Embossed Images to Bodies on Planished Ground, Makers Marks Stamped to Bases. C.W ( Cumwo ) Active 1850 - 1900, Silver Purity 85, With Chinese Character Marks, All Cups In Excellent Condition. Heights of Each Cup 2,5 Inches - 6,25 cms, Silver Weight 230,7 grams. Rare Set In This Condition.

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Lot 521

Moorcroft Rare Colour way ' Leaf and Berry ' Designed Round Lidded Powder Bowl. c.1930's. Diameter 4,5 Inches - 11,25 cms, Height 2 Inches - 5 cms. Has been professionally restored.

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Lot 113

Chinese Export - Excellent Quality Cast Silver Parasol Handle Decorated with Embossed Scrolling Dragon Images on Planished Ground. Silver Makers Mark S.Co, Silver Purity 85, Chinese Character Marks, Sincere and Company, Active 1875 - 1935, SHIH HSIEN - Canton Shanghai Peking, 7.75 Inches - 19.40 cms In length. Solid Silver Handle. Weight 76 grams. Rare In this Condition.

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Lot 1314

Rare Collection of 274 Embos Cards with ribbons of military regiments and military establishments, the album collected by one gentleman, and covers the First and Second World Wars. All mounted and named in album.

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Hansons Auctioneers and Valuers
Lot 1159

A mid 1930s Clarice Cliff crocus pattern rare shape table/window planter, rectangular in shape, yellow and green borders on cream ground body, block feet, marks to base, 29cm x 18cm x 8.5cm high, 2 short hairline cracks to rim

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Hansons Auctioneers and Valuers
Lot 1039

A Worcester chocolate cup and saucer printed ‘fence’ pattern with rare crescent  R markCirca 1775Condition; no restoration or damage

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Lot 255

WW2 British RAF Caterpillar Club medal group comprising of 1939/45 Star, Aircrew Europe Star, Defence Medal and War Medal. Mounted as worn, later issues as shown by the large rings. Condition GVF. Caterpillar Club Badge correctly engraved to the reverse F/SGT M.A. Mead. “Each time we boarded an aircraft for an operation over enemy territory, we were frightened. Some were shaking with fear, some were laughing and making pathetic jokes but we were all pretending that we hadn't a care in the world, we were brave young warriors doing a patriotic duty. Our insides were jelly”. Marck Armitage Mead was a survivor of the Long March who’s captivity is brought to life in a rare and fascinating archive of original letters written from his captivity in German Captivity. Mead’s experiences were used in the film “The Long March to Freedom” which can be viewed on Amazon and DVD. This archive consists of Flight Sergeant Meads, Medals, Original Caterpillar Club Badge and card. A super archive of letters written from captivity, commencing in October 1942 and commencing in April 1945. A good selection of original wartime ephemera, including his Service and Release Book, National ID Card, Leave form, Clothing Book, Wartime Maps and his original Flying Training Manual (1940). Mead’s flying commenced with 12 Squadron, Bomber Command. Based at Binbrook, Lincolnshire, he was flying Wellington Bombers and took part in raids to Hamburg and the Ruhr. On May 31st Mead was to take part in what at that point was the largest operation in the history of flying. Flying Whitley P Peter 1341 Flight attached to 12 Squadron. 1000 bombers from all over England were to drop 1,400 tons of bombs on the City of Cologne. Mead describes the flak and shell explosions rocking the aircraft, tracer bullets creating colourful arcs all around them. This as well as his later experiences and ultimately his time as a POW is contained in the book “The branch book of service stories”. Published by the British Legion. Transferring to 103 Squadron, Mead was to soon experience flying in one of the largest Bombers of the war, the Halifax. A crew of seven, and a weight of twenty four tons, twenty feet high with a wingspan of 33 yards. On October 5th 1942 Mead was flying with Warrant Officer Edwards, an experienced pilot and very well respected, Mead's was to take his position in the second “dickey” seat beside Edwards. As the machine Q for Queenie approached the Belgian coast, they were met with deadly flak, this was to be constant for the next hour until, overt the intercom, the crew were to hear the dreaded words from the Rear Gunner, Fighter!, Fighter!, Below Port. But even before he had finished speaking the awful rattle of shells exploding within the aircraft, then a second burst, and a third. Within seconds flames were licking across the nacelles of the two port engines, and the pilot was struggling to control the plane which had gone into an unchecked dive. He spoke the emergency command quickly and clearly, Parachute, Parachute, Jump, Jump. These were to be Warrant Officer Edwards last words he had held the aircraft level enough to give the crew enough time to save themselves. After trying for several days to evade capture, Mead was to spend the next two and a half years as a POW in Stalag V111B in Silesia. Before being forced march out of the camp and along with others from camps were forced to march towards the Reich, many dying in the process of starvation and hypothermia. Medals later issues as shown by the large rings. Condition GVF

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Lot 588

Lledo Days Gone Collection of 23 boxed Morris Minor vehicles including rare special production model vans

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Lot 253

An outstanding example of a rare Imperial Russian Brunswick Rifle, Percussion cap musket by PJ Malherbe & Cie / A Liege, which shows the rifle was made in Liege, Belgium, under contract by the Russians; the lock is stamped 944, which matches the number on the butt plate ‘944’ along with the Russian Imperial Eagle of Tsar Nicholas I, an excellent example and highly collectable. The rifle retains a lot of original finish on the barrel, and the wood is in excellent condition overall. The barrel has all the correct proof marks, the lock itself is tight at full and half cock, and it can be dry-fired. The ramrod is with the gun, and the wood on the rifle is in excellent shape, just normal light wear. Just over 46inches in total length. Note: Section 58 (2) no licence required in the UK. A very good example showing minimal wear.

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Lot 533

A rare 19th century carved rhino horn tribal Knobkerrie club, probably from the Zulu nation. Approx. 36cm long. In good condition, with a dark patina.

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Lot 267

Rare and important WW2 Third Reich Herman Goering Cigar Case. The top of the lid has the Coat of Arms of Hermann Goering, the stones look to Garnets. The base of the box is marked '800 Wellner'. The front is engraved ' Carin II' Hermann Goering was born in Bavaria on the 12th January 1893, he served as an Infantry Officer during WW1, before transferring to the Luftstreitkräfte in 1916. He became an ace, was awarded the Pour le Mérite and commanded Jagdgeschwader I from July 1918 until the end of the war Goering joined the NSDAP in 1922; he took part in the Munich Putsch on 8th / 9th November 1923, during which he was wounded, leading to his Morphine addiction. He held numerous positions within the Nazi Party; for a period, he commanded the SA, was president of the Reichstag from 30th August 1932 and Chief of the Luftwaffe from 1st March 1935, holding both positions until 23rd/24th April 1945. He married Countess Carin von Kantzowin in 1922, having met in 1920. When they met, Carin was ten years his senior and still married to her first husband. She died in 1931 from heart failure. In tribute, Goering named his residence in the Schorfheide Forest 'Carinhall.' In 1936, Goering had a luxury yacht built, commissioning it as 'Carin II' in June 1937. Goering used the vessel until just before the start of WW2; it is believed that the Cigarette box offered for sale here is from the 'Carin II.' 'Carin II' was confiscated by the British at the end of WW2, and later returned to Goering's second wife, Emmy, who sold it. Since 2017, the Yacht, now named 'My Prince Charles', has been in the Old Marina in El-Guna, Egypt. Goering was tried at Nuremberg for major War Crimes; he was found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging. He committed suicide by taking cyanide on 15th October 1946, the night before his execution. Good condition , free of any dents. Normal expected war for the age. A few of the stones missing from the Coat of Arms.

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