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Signed 1967 Race Programme A rare 1967 ALBI F2 race event programme, signed by Clark, Rindt, G. Hill & Brabham. Offered in very good original condition. Click Here to view this item on www.i-bidder.com

A Rare `Mobiloil BB-Grade` Enamel Sign One of the most desirable of all motoring enamel signs produced, this rare die-cut can-shaped, four coloured single-sided sign is designed to appear three dimensional when wall displayed. Produced on flat steel, as apposed to later, smaller reproductions, Colourful & highly attractive, with text reading `Gargoyle - Mobiloil - Make Your Chart The Guide` & `Vacuum Oil Company Ltd, London, S.W.1`. The sign also features the pictorial Gargoyle logo insignia in red. A totally correct & well preserved example, retaining a good level of gloss, save for some light scratching/fading. Some loss & chipping to the edges, enlarged mounting holes & overpainting to the reverse side, otherwise superb. Approximately 50x20cm Click Here to view this item on www.i-bidder.com

Two Car Mascots To include the `Telcote Pup - Bonzo Dog` mascot, earliest hollow-type, large sized example, nickel plated on brass, marked `Telcote Pup` to the collar, and AEL and Copyright to the base area, a superb example with the optional faceted red eyes. Together with a `Rover The Dog` mascot for Rover Cars, dates from 1921, solid nickel, rare and amusing, by the Lejeune Company. Both in good condition. (2) Click Here to view this item on www.i-bidder.com

A Rare Mille Miglia Enamel Hanging Sign Dating from the 1950s & one of the rarest & most interesting motor racing items to come market in recent years; a large format, double-sided enamel route marker, originally hung from metal brackets at the Italian road-race events, allowing the sign to be flange mounted & therefore be omni-directional. A totally correct & well preserved example, retaining a good level of gloss, with some loss & chipping. The first sign of its type to come to auction in the UK. Approximately 60x38cm Click Here to view this item on www.i-bidder.com

A Rare Original Jaguar 1954 Le Mans Victory Poster A rare large-format factory-issued victory poster, celebrating Jaguar`s success at the 1954 Le Mans 24-hour endurance event, this red and dark green on white victory poster, features the image of a D-type (by artist Roy Nockolds, as used on the original Jaguar D-type sales brochure) at the top with text below celebrating the 2nd place finish of the Rolt/Hamilton team, plus a 4th place finish of another one of their cars. Printer`s name to lower edge, English language, mounted to linen for preservation & framed/glazed in a quality wooden frame, chosen to mimic the dashboard of a Jaguar of the period. Very good condition, save for some light staining & fold lines. 30.5" x 41.5" Click Here to view this item on www.i-bidder.com

Vauxhall Griffon Mascot A rare Vauxhall Griffin solid nickel radiator mascot by Joseph Fray Limited of Birmingham, named and numbered to the base area, as fitted to Edwardian and vintage Vauxhall cars, including 30/98 and others. Click Here to view this item on www.i-bidder.com

Titanic Maiden Voyage Dashboard Plaque Offered in the centenary year of the Sinking of the Titanic in 1912, a very rare Titanic Commemorative Dashboard Plaque, to commemorate the sailing of the Titanic on the maiden voyage to New York, highly decorated and offered to top quality motor car owners to fit to their cars and their travelling luggage, nickel-plated finish on bronze, good condition. Click Here to view this item on www.i-bidder.com

Pre-War Picnic Hamper A rare & highly attractive six-person set by Fortnum & Mason Ltd of Piccadilly, fully fitted out within a wicker case, with cutlery, lift out compartment, wicker covered glass items. Appears complete & offered in good original condition. Click Here to view this item on www.i-bidder.com

1913 AJS Model D Bike Year: 1913 Bike Make: AJS Bike Model: Model D Bike Reg No.: SL 9975 Bike Frame No.: 286 Bike Engine No.: 3249 Bike Colour: Black / Silver The AJS model range for 1913 included the luxurious model D which was produced from the beginning with some unusual features, which were way ahead of their time in design. A 700cc twin 6 hp. machine equipped with a 3 speed gearbox manufactured in house by AJS along with many other parts, also unusual in the days when machines were normally made up from proprietary components and assembled under a brand name, this model was originally intended as a side car puller. Normally belt was the drive mechanism still popularly used by most manufacturers but the D had the more robust and expensive all chain drive system although stirrup type front brake and tank mounted hand change lever belied its pioneer heritage, as did carbon gas lamps with generator and total loss lubrication by hand operated pump on the fuel and oil tank. More modern in design for the day was the internally expanding drum brake fitted at the rear. SL 9975 is a 1913 Model D in black and silver paintwork and was last used in 2011, it has V5C documents and expired mot certificates plus numerous old tax discs. According to the V.M.C.C. it is one of only six surviving examples worldwide and was a centre spread feature in their 2010 Journal. It has completed 15 Pioneer runs, 6 London to Brighton events, the Banbury on several occasions and has won numerous awards at many events including the V.M.C.C. Founders Day rally Best Veteran cup twice in recent years. The owner reports the motorcycle to be in excellent condition all round and that it will need only slight re-commissioning to be returned to the road for this year. This superb, rare gentleman`s luxury veteran has all the original features mentioned above still fitted, and is a wonderful opportunity for a new collector or riding owner who wishes to actively participate in Vintage events in future. PLEASE NOTE: The vendor has informed us that the motorcycle has completed 21 London to Brighton Pioneer Runs, 6 of which were with himself. Click Here to view this item on www.i-bidder.com

1951 Vincent Rapide Series C Bike Year: 1951 Bike Make: Vincent Bike Model: Rapide Series C Bike Reg No.: HFY 191 Bike Frame No.: RC8380 Bike Engine No.: F10AB/1/16480 Bike Colour: Black The pre-war Series A Rapide offered a level of performance unrivalled by the vast majority of its peers, however the vee-twin engine configuration resulted in a long wheelbase endowing the machine with slow, albeit stable, handling. The Stevenage based company promised a revised model in their wartime advertising which would address this issue together with the cluttered appearance of the engine due to the external oil lines that gave it the "plumber`s nightmare" nickname. The result was promised to be fast, capable of cruising at 100mph, with exemplary handling and braking, a high degree of rider comfort and easy maintenance. The solutions adopted in order to achieve these aims were radical. The full cradle frame was discarded, with the engine becoming an integral part of the machine. A fabricated oil tank incorporated the headstock mounting to the engine. At the rear of the engine brackets provided pick up points for the cantilever suspension system. Brampton girder forks were employed at the front, although their limitations were recognised and their subsequent replacement by Girdraulic units defined the Series C variants. A gearbox built in unit with the engine further aided the reduction in wheelbase in comparison to the Series A machines. The lubrication system for the engine was refined improving the appearance of the unit and aids to maintenance were incorporated into the design such as wheels that could be removed without the aid of tools. Twin drum brakes were employed on both wheels endowing it with exceptional braking distances. That they largely achieved their aims is now a matter of historical record, although it was not until the Series C models arrived with the Girdraulic front forks that the two engineers were entirely satisfied. The example offered was first registered on the 13th June 1951 and purchased by the vendor in the early sixties. He used the machine as his day to day transport until 1971 when it was laid up. The machines condition is a testament to the esteem in which the vendor held the motorcycle. The fuel tank was protected for much of its life by a tank cover and apart from an area on either side that has been worn by the rider`s knees, is in very good condition as is the majority of the paintwork. The only known modifications to the original specification are the addition of two breathers, one to the rear rocker cover and one to the crankcase. The alloy and brightwork are in sound condition and the engine has been turned over on a regular basis. The vendor informs us that the wiring will require attention prior to use. The machine is offered with a Buff Continuation log book, the last MOT certificate issued for the motorcycle, issued on the 21st June 1971, a Riders Handbook and a copy of the "Vincent Motorcycles" by Paul Richardson which contains a handwritten log kept by the first owner in the fly leaf. A full engine rebuild appears to have been carried out when the machine had covered 37,000 miles and a Steib sidecar was fitted to the machine when it had covered 41,700 miles. The chair was sold by the vendor to a friend when he acquired the machine. The last MOT certificate records a mileage of 58,564 and the odometer now shows approximately 67,000 miles. Offered in good original condition this machine represents an extremely rare opportunity to acquire an unmolested example of this desirable model. Click Here to view this item on www.i-bidder.com

1927 Morris Cowley `Flatnose` Tourer Car Year: 1927 Car Manufacturer: Morris Car Model: Cowley `Flatnose` Tourer Car Reg No.: HH 3807 Car Chassis No.: 19746 Car Colour: Dark Blue This Flatnose Cowley was built and tested on April 28th 1927. By 1934 it was the property of a well-known writer and broadcaster from Carlisle, Daisy Washington. She was something of a motoring pioneer and one of the first women to drive ambulances for the British army in the Great War. Come WWII, she was back in France as captain of a F.A.N.Y unit assigned to the Polish forces. In 1950 she helmed `Happy Henry` (as she had christened the Cowley whose registration number is `HH 3807`), on a family trip from Carlisle to Oberammagau, Austria. In addition to the Cowley, she had a large 1920s Austin Saloon and though she would only tax one of them each year, she nevertheless drove whichever one she fancied; swapping the disc from car to car. According to the Cowley`s vendor, a disc for the Austin remains in the Morris`s windscreen to this day! Following Mrs Washington`s death, the Flatnose was auctioned at Harrison & Hetherington`s Borderway Mart of June 1978, where the present keeper acquired it for ú1,850 - considerably more than had been expected. However, one imagines the new owner must have been somewhat surprised to learn that Mrs Washington had in fact requested the car be burnt upon her death! Happily it lived on and, thanks to some remedial work carried out during 1979, was used for family outings in the Saffron Walden area until 1983; since when the four-seater has been stored in a dry barn. The vendor tells us that `HH 3807` is basically sound and original and features the rare, early-style sharp-edged radiator. This wonderful vintage Morris is being sold complete with green log book, photo of Mrs Washington polishing the car, articles from the Cumbrian Evening News, 1979 service/repair invoice, Flatnose Cowley manual and V5. A fabulous and affordable restoration project. Click Here to view this item on www.i-bidder.com

2005 TVR Sagaris Car Year: 2005 Car Manufacturer: TVR Car Model: Sagaris Car Reg No.: L100TVR Car Chassis No.: SDLSA16A25B001174 Car Colour: Black Chameleon Designed by Graham Browne and Lee Hodgetts, the prototype Sagaris (the Greek name for a lightweight battle-axe) was unveiled at the MPH Show of 2003. The pre-production version then starred at the 2004 Birmingham Motorshow, yet it was not until 2005 that it finally became available to the expectant TVR enthusiasts. Conceived as a motorsport version of the T350 C, this was a racing car for the road; a Le Mans contender for the highways and byways. Below the bonnet of the `Blackpool Beast` lurked TVR`s 3996cc straight-six engine already known from the Tuscan S. This delivered some 380bhp and 349lbft of torque - sufficient output to fire the slippery two-seater to 60mph in just 3.7 seconds and on to a terminal speed of 185mph or more. Suspension was the traditional racing fare of double wishbones and coil springs at each corner and braking by sizeable ventilated discs all round - four-pot at the front and single pot at the rear. Steering was by power-assisted rack and pinion and the performance was delivered to the tarmac by 18-inch wheels shod with suitably meaty 255/35 section tyres. This is one mean-looking machine, its Black Chameleon hued bodywork teamed with dark-coloured alloys and a Black leather interior. It was purchased in September 2005 from marque specialist Christopher Neil for the not inconsiderable sum of ú55,425 and is being sold complete with the appropriate number plate - `L100 TVR`. The vendor classes the bodywork, paintwork, interior trim, six-cylinder engine and five-speed manual gearbox as all being in "very good" order. The odometer currently reads an unwarranted 25,894 miles and the current MOT is valid into July. An increasingly rare opportunity to purchase one of the great street fighters of the last decade, and what is generally agreed to be the best TVR model ever produced. Click Here to view this item on www.i-bidder.com

1932 Lagonda 2 Litre Continental Car Year: 1932 Car Manufacturer: Lagonda Car Model: 2 Litre Continental Car Reg No.: YY 1778 Car Chassis No.: OH10149 Car Colour: Dark Blue An American of Scots descent, Wilbur Gunn began his automotive career building tricars in the greenhouse of his Middlesex home. He formed the Lagonda company in 1906, apparently naming it after a river near his home town - Springfield, Ohio. And, though he passed away in 1920, the business initially continued to develop well, producing a range of sports models that led directly to Lagonda`s historic victory at the 1935 Le Mans 24 Hours race. Having abandoned the premium car market back in 1913, the company did a complete volte face twelve years later with the introduction of the 14/60. Coachbuilt onto a ladder chassis, the Arthur Davidson-designed newcomer featured a freshly crafted 1954cc four-cylinder engine featuring twin, high-set camshafts and a detachable cylinder head - a first for Lagonda. Renowned for its powerful braking, the 14/60 could eventually be ordered in low or high chassis form, in Speed guise (with a tuned engine set further back in the frame), or supercharged for ultimate performance. The final iteration of the much vaunted 2-Litre was the Continental, of which just 23 examples are understood to have been made between April and July 1932. Though production was split 50/50 between Saloons and Tourers, the Lagonda Club is only aware of seven Tourers still in existence today, making them a very rare model indeed. It featured a handsome steel rather than fabric-covered, three-door, four-seater body, a distinctive slanting radiator and 18-inch centre-lock wire wheels. The engine`s output of circa 70bhp was sufficient to endow the 30cwt Lagonda with a top speed of around 80mph. The twin-cam OHV engine drove through a four-speed gearbox with right-hand gate change. Braking was by large drums on all four wheels and suspension was by semi-elliptic springs and AndrÚ Hartford friction shock absorbers all round. The price new would have been around ú725. The Continental on offer was first registered on October 25th 1932. It is arguably best known in Lagonda circles from its lengthy period in the hands of the Gostling family. It was apparently purchased by Harry in 1946, who retained it until his death, whereupon ownership passed to his brother Ian Gostling. Both men competed with the car during their tenure and the history file contains photos of Harry pressing on at both Silverstone and Brands Hatch. `YY 1787` appears to have been treated to various upgrades during the Gostlings` ownership - they are said to have included larger brake drums, a bigger capacity oil pump and the downdraught cylinder head which was installed by Wessex Workshops in 1996. The Lagonda appeared in an article entitled `Used cars of the road` that was published in the Autocar issue of June 24th 1953 - the writer noted that `the handling of the car was one of its specially good features`. The Lagonda was finally wrested from the Gostling family in July 1997, when it became the property of Gordon Colin Oliver. Subsequent owners include David Rose and Peter Zaslawsky, and it was from the latter that the vendor acquired `YY 1778` during December 2009. In his care the bonnet and wheels have been refurbished and five new tyres and inner tubes fitted. He currently describes the Dark Blue bodywork and Black leatherette interior trim as "original", the paintwork as "loveable and very well patinated", the engine as "very good", the gearbox as "good", and the electrical wiring as "new". He is now selling this rare and apparently very usable British classic complete with sizeable history file and MOT into May of this year. Click Here to view this item on www.i-bidder.com

1951 Jaguar MK V 3.5 Litre Drophead Coupe Car Year: 1951 Car Manufacturer: Jaguar Car Model: MK V 3.5 Litre Drophead Coupe Car Reg No.: JJW 591 Car Chassis No.: 640391 Car Colour: Cream Although press attention was primarily focused on the XK120 Roadster at the 1948 London Motor Show, it was another of the Jaguar stand`s debutants which held the key to the marque`s immediate future. Drawing on the stylistic heritage of its SS Jaguar predecessors, the imposing MKV was embellished via a bold radiator grille, partially recessed headlamps, curvaceous C-posts, rear-wheel spats and distinctive twin-blade bumpers. Destined to underpin many a `Big Cat`, the newcomer`s box-section chassis was equipped with independent torsion-bar front suspension, a leaf-sprung `live` rear axle and four-wheel hydraulic drum brakes. Unwilling to risk using the unproven XK DOHC engine in such a volume application Jaguar chose to fit the MKV with its tried and tested `2.5 Litre` (2664cc) and `3.5 Litre` (3485cc) straight-six units. Developing some 104bhp and 126bhp respectively, these Harry Weslake tuned OHV powerplants were allied to four-speed manual transmission and gave class-leading performance; the 3.5 Litre variant being capable of over 90mph. Available in either four-door saloon or two-door drophead coupe guises, the luxuriously appointed four-seater accounted for some 10,466 sales between January 1949 and July 1951. Though, a mere 977 of those were right-hand drive 3.5 Litre Drophead Coupes. The right-hand drive MKV offered is one of those rare and increasingly desirable 3.5-litre Dropheads that, according to its Heritage Trust certificate, was manufactured on June 29th, 1951 and delivered to the supplying dealer, Attwoods, on July 12th. The accompanying green log book shows it was registered on August 29th of the same year and further history informs us that Richard Place & Co., chartered accountants from East Grinstead, sold the Jaguar to a Mr K W Holliday of the same town on February 8th 1960. He apparently ran the four-seater until 1975 and then stored it until 1991. It was in September of that year that Mr Claude Levi, also of East Grinstead, acquired `JJW 591` for a reported figure of ú18,000. Some ú22,000 worth of restoration was carried out in his care - not least a complete retrim. The Jaguar then passed to a Mr J Linton in September 1997 for the princely sum of ú40,000, at which point the mileage was said to have totalled 39,920. Though the MKV came into the vendor`s possession as long ago as January 2006, the indicated (but unwarranted) mileage still only stands at 44,473. He has used the Drophead Coupe for several events in Lincolnshire and nearby Norfolk as well as selected Jaguar Drivers` Club ones (collecting various awards along the way). He informs us that the car is "a pleasure to drive" and has "very good" bodywork, Cream paintwork, Red leather trim, engine and four-speed manual gearbox. This most charismatic of cats comes complete with sundry tools, old MOTs from the last 15 years and one valid into February 2013. Click Here to view this item on www.i-bidder.com

1986 Porsche 911 Turbo Car Year: 1986 Car Manufacturer: Porsche Car Model: 911 Turbo Car Reg No.: B4 YUW Car Chassis No.: WP0ZZZ93ZGS050356 Car Colour: Red In the early `70s, Porsche had designs on racing a turbocharged version of the 911, in support of which they planned a homologation special along the lines of the Carrera 2.7RS. A subsequent change in the rules negated the need for a precise number of street legal vehicles, but the company continued with the project anyway - the Porsche 911 Turbo (930) was born. The 930 was based around the Carrera 3.0RS, the engine from which was modified courtesy of turbo technology developed for the 917/30 CAN-AM cars. Initially power output was 260bhp, but from 1978 it was increased to 300bhp by raising the engine capacity to 3.3-litres. To accommodate the extra performance over the 3.0RS, the 930 sported revised suspension, larger brakes and a robust, four-speed manual gearbox. In order to help deliver the power to the road, a `whale tail` rear spoiler was fitted and a wider rear wheel / tyre package was squeezed under specially flared arches. From 1985 there was the option of an SE (`Flatnose`) package for the Coupe. It featured a slanted snout, pop-up headlamps and even wider rear arches covering yet wider wheels. Moreover the engine output was raised to 330bhp which, together with the inherently more aerodynamic shape, pushed the terminal speed beyond the 170mph mark. A while later the SE option was extended to the Targa and Cabriolet versions. The right-hand drive 1986 Turbo on offer is seemingly equipped with the SE package (or an imitation thereof) and is finished in Red with a Red leather interior. Currently displaying an unwarranted 54,485 miles, `B4 YUW` comes complete with an extensive service history portfolio confirming some ú20,000 of investment with Porsche main dealers and independent specialists; a total that includes in the region of ú2,300 spent on having the gearbox refurbished in 2005. A rare and very exciting member of the 911 family. Click Here to view this item on www.i-bidder.com

1974 Jensen Interceptor Mk3 Car Year: 1974 Car Manufacturer: Jensen Car Model: Interceptor Mk3 Car Reg No.: HLT355N Car Chassis No.: 9931 Car Colour: Blue Jensen`s striking replacement for the slant-eyed C-V8 first saw the light of day in 1966. It broke some of the firm`s established traditions in that the design was outsourced - to Carrozzeria Touring - and the bodies were made of steel rather than glass reinforced plastic. The early shells were also built in Italy, by Vignale, prior to a production line being established at Jensen`s plant in West Bromwich. Power was initially supplied by a 6276cc Chrysler V8, driving through either a four-speed manual or three-speed TorqueFlite automatic transmission to an LSD-equipped Salisbury rear axle. The MKII model of 1969 brought revised frontal styling and ventilated disc brakes. Introduced at the October 1971 Earl`s Court Motor Show, the Interceptor III was visually distinguished by cast headlight surrounds, GKN cast alloy wheels and a comprehensively revamped interior and was produced in four Series - G, H,J and S4. By May 1972 the engines on RHD cars had been increased in capacity to a whopping 7212cc. A total of some 6,408 Interceptors were produced between 1966 and 1976. These distinctive-looking Grand Tourers were bought by celebrities as diverse as Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, British Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington and World Motorcycle Champion Phil Read. The previous owner of this J Series Interceptor III purchased it from marque specialist Cropredy Bridge Garage in 1980, with a guaranteed mileage of 12,000. The vendor acquired it in December 2010 but, like his predecessor, has covered very few miles in the car - as a result, the odometer currently still reads just 13,200 miles. In recent times ú12,000 has been invested in new sills, a bare metal respray and gearbox overhaul. `HLT 355N` comes complete with 17-inch Jensen alloys (plus the unmarked originals), rare factory-fitted sunroof, original first aid kit, unused toolkit, unused factory supplied gloves for changing the spare wheel, service history, documented mileage and an MOT into May. Click Here to view this item on www.i-bidder.com

1938 Daimler E20 Saloon Car Year: 1938 Car Manufacturer: Daimler Car Model: E20 Saloon Car Reg No.: EYF 34 Car Chassis No.: 42819 Car Colour: Midnight Blue / Sea Grey The E20 was manufactured between 1935 and 1939. It offered the choice of coachbuilt Saloon, Sports Saloon, Fixed Head Coupe and Drop Head Coupe bodies on a notably stiff box section chassis that featured integral lubrication and jacking systems. The model was powered by an OHV straight-six engine of 2565cc with output of 19.3HP - sufficient for a top speed of almost 70mph. This was mated to a four-speed pre-selector gearbox via Daimler`s patented fluid flywheel. Suspension was by semi-elliptic springs and beam axles all round and braking by Girling servo-assisted drums. The total production of E20s was some 873, of which around 35 are known to have survived, making it a rare car today. `EYF 34` is an E20 Saloon that was first registered in June 1938. It is resplendent in Midnight Blue over Sea Grey bodywork complemented by a Grey leather interior. In recent times it has been entrusted to Rolls-Royce and Bentley specialists Dennis Pilling & Son of Leigh in Lancashire, to whom it was delivered in a partially stripped state. Pillings completed the dismantling, removing the interior from the body and the body from the chassis. All parts were checked and refurbished as required. For example, the crown wheel and pinion was found to be badly damaged, so a replacement axle was secured and fully overhauled. The thorough engine work included regrinding of the crankshaft, freshly cast bearings and new pistons. The chassis lubrication system was missing too many parts to restore, so was removed. Any rotten timber in the body was replaced and all panelling repaired or renewed before the shell was resprayed. The same company has recently carried out a general service and repair to the starter motor. This delightful British classic now seeks a new owner and comes complete with buff log book and MOT into February next year. Click Here to view this item on www.i-bidder.com

1928 Humber 16/50 Tourer Car Year: 1928 Car Manufacturer: Humber Car Model: 16/50 Tourer Car Reg No.: UL 171 Car Chassis No.: 16037 Car Colour: Blue / Black In common with many early British marques, Humber`s roots were in bicycle manufacture, and date back to 1868. The company produced a motorised three-wheeler in 1898 and its first conventional motorcar in 1901. And, though it`s perhaps hard to imagine now, by 1913 it had grown into the second largest UK motor manufacturer. Success continued after WWI, with Humber focusing on dependable family transport - cars noted for the quality of their workmanship. Side valve engines were the Humber norm up to 1922, when the company switched to an inlet over exhaust configuration and it was a six-cylinder, 2.1-litre example that powered the 16/50 model. This beautifully presented 1928 16/50 five-seater, six-cylinder dual purpose Tourer is thought to be one of only 10 such models to have survived out of 223 sold worldwide. The vendor purchased `UL 171` in a totally dismantled state during 1973 and then proceeded to restore the car to its former glory; finally returning it to the road in 1997 - the first time it had been driven for 45 years. The quality of his workmanship has been borne out by various concours wins and the car is now the veteran of numerous rallies. The Humber has been equipped with a higher than standard final drive ratio for more relaxed touring, and indicators for easier motoring in modern traffic. It comes with wind-up windows as well as a full hood and front and back tonneau covers. Humbers are well-known for their very good weather protection for this period. The vendor currently considers this charming vintage tourer to have "excellent" bodywork, six-cylinder engine and four-speed manual gearbox, and "very good" paintwork and interior trim. It has covered some 13,668 miles since the refurbishment and is smartly finished in Blue over Black and trimmed in Blue leather. The MOT is valid into April next year. A rare and eminently usable historic motorcar. Click Here to view this item on www.i-bidder.com

1958 MG A 1600 Twincam Roadster Car Year: 1958 Car Manufacturer: MG Car Model: A 1600 Twincam Roadster Car Reg No.: XSU 149 Car Chassis No.: YD3/1312 Car Colour: Orient Red Keen to (a) extract more power from the 1500cc B-Series engine then powering its MGA and Magnette models, and (b) once again create an MG model suitable for competition, BMC began evolving a DOHC version of the four-cylinder unit in 1954. Development was slow, however, and it was not until 1958 that the Twin-Cam MGA finally came to market. The specification of chain-driven camshafts nestling atop a cross-flow alloy cylinder head augured well, and the 1588cc, 108bhp newcomer did not disappoint, reputedly being capable of 0-60mph in 9.1 seconds and a top speed of 115mph. With Dunlop disc brakes all round, the model stopped well too. However, the tardiness of its introduction, early engine maladies and fierce competition from such motorsport-proven rivals as the Triumph TR3 and Austin-Healey 100 saw manufacture curtailed after just two years; by which time only 2,111 examples had been produced, 1,801 of which were Roadsters. Of course with modern knowhow and fuels, the Twin-Cams will run with decent reliability and good examples are now highly prized. The `matching numbers` 1958 Roadster on offer started life as a left-hand drive Federal model. A Californian resident for many years, it was repatriated during the early 1990s and converted to right-hand drive seemingly with assistance (both in terms of parts and advice) from renowned `Twin Cam` specialist Peter Wood. Passing into the current ownership thereafter, the MG is understood to have subsequently benefited from a complete engine and four-speed manual gearbox overhaul by Peter Wood not to mention a bare metal respray, replacement anti-roll bar, new SU carburettors, refurbished centre-lock disc wheels (complete with Dunlop transfers) and some engine bay detailing. The seller informs us that `XSU 149` has only completed some 1,000 miles since the work was finished and now regards the engine and transmission as "excellent", and the bodywork, Orient Red paintwork and Black interior as "very good". A rare opportunity for all Twin-Cam enthusiasts. Click Here to view this item on www.i-bidder.com

1963 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud III LWB Limousine Car Year: 1963 Car Manufacturer: Rolls-Royce Car Model: Silver Cloud III LWB Limousine Car Reg No.: 800 GXY Car Chassis No.: CCL27 Car Colour: Claret Rolls-Royce launched the Silver Cloud in April 1955. It was based on a completely new, closed box-section frame that was reputedly fifty percent stiffer than that of the outgoing Silver Dawn. The distinguished-looking standard body was penned by in-house designer John Polwhele Blatchley. Its cleverly crafted proportions belied the considerable overall length of 17ft 8in and the design clothed all but 157 of the 2,360 Cloud Is eventually produced. The newcomer was powered by an alloy-headed, straight-six engine of 4887cc that delivered some 155bhp at 4,000 rpm. This was mated to a four-speed automatic transmission. Braking was by servo-assisted 11-inch drums all round. The suspension was independent with coil springs at the front and featured a live axle hung on semi-elliptic leaf springs at the rear. The Silver Cloud II unveiled in 1959 brought a redesigned ventilation system and standardised power steering. The biggest change, however, was the replacement of the 4.9-litre six-cylinder engine with an all-alloy 6.2-litre V8 unit. The unquoted output was sufficient to whisk the model to 60mph in under 11 seconds and on to a top speed of 112mph. At total of 2717 Cloud IIs were built between 1959 and 1962 - 2418 with the standard wheelbase and 299 with the optional longer one. The final iteration of the Cloud family, the Silver Cloud III, brought the option of a rakish Drop Head and Fixed Head Coupe in addition to the standard and coachbuilt-bodied Limousines. By the time the last chassis had been built, a total of 2809 Cloud IIIs had entered the automotive world, just 47 of which featured coachbuilt bodies on long wheelbase chassis. The sale car is one of them. Moreover, it`s one of the rare and desirable so-called `Baby Phantoms` - i.e. James Young`s supremely elegant interpretation of the Phantom V based on the long wheelbase Could III chassis; code-named SCT100. This one was supplied new by Jack Barclay to its first and, so far, only keeper in 1963 and starred at the Earls Court Motor Show of the same year. The considerable specification includes: electrically controlled glass division; full original Connolly hide interior; over rugs, picnic tables, rear speaker volume control, opening rear arm rest containing clothes brush and mirror, and the car`s original tool kit. Both garaged and chauffeur-driven throughout its life, `800 GXY` has also been extremely well maintained and invoices totalling some ú72,000 are contained within the car`s history file. Finished in a stately shade of Claret and complemented by a Beige leather interior, this very well presented Rolls-Royce is described by the vendor as having an "excellent" V8 engine and four-speed automatic transmission. The Cloud III is now being offered complete with the original handbook and James Young supplement, plus original service booklet and wiring diagram. By the time of the sale it will have been treated to a full mechanical service and fresh MOT certificate. Examples of the imposing SCT100 model are few and far between and rarely come to market these days. The opportunity to purchase an unmolested, one-owner example with known history is therefore notable indeed. Click Here to view this item on www.i-bidder.com

1984 Peugeot 205 T16 Car Year: 1984 Car Manufacturer: Peugeot Car Model: 205 T16 Car Reg No.: C308CYX Car Chassis No.: VF3741R76E5 Car Colour: Black Peugeot Talbot Sport`s uber dramatic-looking 205 T16s were by far the most successful of the Group B rally cars, fighting off strong competition from Audi, Lancia and Ford to win the World Rally Championship in 1985 and 1986. To gain the appropriate homologation the company had first to build 200 road-going versions - a job that was entrusted to Heuliez. The overall shape of the T16 (turbocharged, 16 valve) was similar to that of a normal 205, but there the resemblance ended! The monocoque construction was abandoned in favour of lightweight tubing and the engine was moved amidships. In rally spec. the turbocharged 1.8-litre unit pumped out a scary 450bhp, so was sensibly tamed down to 200bhp for the road versions. However, when combined with an all up weight of just 1,145 kilos, this was still sufficient to achieve a supercar-humbling 0-60mph time of 6 seconds and a terminal speed of 130mph. The pocket rocket sported far wider wheel arches than a standard 205 and the whole rear of the car raised in one section for engine access. This was one mean machine! The T16 offered is one of those 200 homologation specials. Finished in Black complemented by a Grey cloth / leather interior and tinted windows it certainly looks the part. The records show it has probably lived something of a charmed life too - having been first registered in the UK during January 1986 to a Sheik who would later become a prominent member of the Qatar government. He apparently retained the Peugeot until July 2007 when it was acquired by the vendor. `C308 CYX` comes with full service history and appears to have covered just 8,045 kilometres from new (circa 5,019 miles). Professionally stored, this rare and exciting reminder of rallying`s golden era is accompanied by the aforementioned service history and an MOT into March 2013. Click Here to view this item on www.i-bidder.com

1973 BMW 3.0 CSL Car Year: 1973 Car Manufacturer: BMW Car Model: 3.0 CSL Car Reg No.: TVD387M Car Chassis No.: 2285497 Car Colour: Fjord Blue The 3.0CSL (E9) was the rock on which BMW`s reputation for superlative drivers` cars was largely founded. It was the homologation special created to gain the company entry into the European Touring Car Championship. In this context the `L` stood for `Leicht` (German for lightness), which was achieved by the use of thinner steel for the monocoque body and aluminium for the doors, bonnet and boot lid. The straight-six engine was primarily that of the 3.0CS but increased in capacity by just 17cc from 2986cc to 3003cc so the factory could contest the over 3.0-litre class. The recipe could barely have been more successful, and CSLs won the ETCC in 1973, and every year from 1975 to 1979 inclusive; not to mention many other races and classes on both sides of the Atlantic. A total of 765 left-hand drive 3.0CSLs were produced between 1971 and 1975, but with right-hand drive examples only manufactured in 1972 and 1973, the total output was limited to just 500 vehicles - models that are keenly sought today. The right-hand drive `barn find` 3.0CSL on offer was manufactured in September 1973 and is equipped with a manual gearbox. It is finished in Fjord Blue Metallic and has a Blue leather/cloth interior complete with the original Scheel sports seats and headrests, plus a Black head-lining. The original three-spoke leather-covered steering wheel remains in place and the BMW rests on a set of 7x14 Alpina alloy wheels. `TVD 387M` has apparently been in the same ownership for the last 26 years and stored to the point of now needing a full restoration. Evidently the engine turns over freely and, unlike most CSLs that have already been restored to one degree or another, this delightfully unmolested example provides a rare opportunity for the discerning collector to create an as-new motorcar - an appealing prospect. Click Here to view this item on www.i-bidder.com

1972/81 BMW 3.0 CSi / `Batmobile` CSL FIA Gp4 Race Car Car Year: 1972/81 Car Manufacturer: BMW Car Model: 3.0 CSi / `Batmobile` CSL FIA Gp4 Race Car Car Reg No.: Un-Reg Car Chassis No.: 2331066 Car Colour: White There have been many titanic duels fought on the world`s race tracks - Prost versus Senna was one of the best among drivers and that of BMW against Ford in the European Touring Car Championship was a memorable manufacturer one that lasted throughout the `70s. BMW`s weapon of choice was its big Coupe, while Ford parried first with the Capri and then the Escort. Sadly for Ford, the record books show victory for BMW in 1973 and from 1975 to 1979 inclusive, with 1974 the only year the Blue Oval prevailed. Munich initially campaigned the 2800CS, switching to the 3.0CSi in 1971. In August 1972 the company created the 3.0CSL homologation special, to allow the Coupe to compete in the over 3-litre class the following year. In its final form the model could be had with a comprehensive aero package of large air dam, fins for the front wings, a spoiler that fixed above and behind the trailing edge of the roof, and a monster rear wing that gave rise to the car`s nickname of `Batmobile`. With hindsight, enthusiasts recall all the successful racers as being genuine CSLs. The truth is that many were either 2800CSs or 3.0CSis fitted with alloy panels - a cheaper route to the grid that only resulted in a weight penalty of around 7 kilos. BMW itself apparently created 139 prototype CSLs by fitting alloy panels to lightened 3.0CS shells - examples of which are by all accounts now exceedingly rare. The precedent was therefore set many years ago and a number of similar cars have subsequently been created for historic racing, of which the sale Batmobile is a case in point. It was constructed in 1981 around a 3.0CSi shell by BMW racing guru Chris Randall (Zaprace) for his own use. For a while it then passed into the hands of Tim Busby who, among other things, switched it from right to left-hand drive and campaigned it in the iconic Luigi racing colours. Following Busby`s death, Randall bought the car back and re-engineered it before selling the BMW to Nick Whale. Nick Whale is known to have invested a lot of money in the car with Techspeed Motorsport, who equipped it with all the correct brake and suspension components, plus air jacks, centre-lock wheels and a reliable Lester Owen engine that produced some 350bhp running on Kugelfischer fuel injection. He and Ian Guest successfully campaigned the car throughout Europe for 10 years, running it in both Patrick Peter`s Endurance Series and the Masters championship for Post-Historic Touring Cars. They also finished 1st in Plateau B of the 2006 Le Mans Classic. In 2010 the car was acquired by the vendor who ran it last year in the Masters and Legends Series, paired with Chris Conoley of MASS racing. Their results were: - Masters at Donington - 4th overall and 1st in class - Legends at Donington - 3rd overall and 1st in class - Legends at Portimao - 5th overall and class winners - JD Classics Challenge - overall winners The seller currently regards the car`s 3498cc straight-six engine and five-speed manual gearbox as "excellent", and the bodywork, Works BMW liveried paintwork and racing interior as "good". The BMW is being sold complete with FIA HTP papers and numerous spares, and is eligible for the 2012 Le Mans Classic as well as the Legends, Masters and Youngtimers series. These days it would need a very considerable investment to build a `Batmobile` of this quality and a fair bit more again to sort it into a competitive car. This example has been winning races for 30 years and is ready to continue the habit this season. A rare opportunity. Click Here to view this item on www.i-bidder.com

1988 Aston Martin V8 Vantage Volante `X-Pack` 6.3 Car Year: 1988 Car Manufacturer: Aston Martin Car Model: V8 Vantage Volante `X-Pack` 6.3 Car Reg No.: F968NPG Car Chassis No.: SCFCV81V7KTR15745 Car Colour: Blue Hailed as the world`s fastest four-seater convertible upon its launch at the October 1986 Birmingham Motor Show, the Aston Martin V8 Vantage Volante proved capable of 0-60mph in 5.4 seconds and 164mph. Utilising much the same sheet steel platform chassis, independent front suspension, De Dion back axle, ventilated disc brakes and power-assisted rack and pinion steering as its tin-top sibling, the newcomer possessed even greater road presence thanks to a menacing front air dam, prominent rear `flip tail` spoiler, extra wide wheelarches and dramatic sill extensions. Available with a choice of five-speed manual or automatic transmission, the V8 Vantage Volante could also be had in US emissions friendly fuel-injected or high-performance `X-pack` (580X) guises. Those cars built to the latter specification shared their specially reworked 5340cc `quad cam` V8 (four 48mm Weber carburettors, Cosworth pistons, larger inlet ports and higher lift camshafts etc) with Aston Martin`s contemporaneous limited edition V8 Vantage Zagato flagship. Arguably among the ultimate interpretations of this legendary V8 Vantage Volante `X-Pack` series, `F968 NPG` was first registered on 29th November 1988. Returning to the famous Newport Pagnell factory the following year to be fitted with a handling kit and straight through exhaust pipes, it was further upgraded by Works Service and marque specialist R.S. Williams during 1992. Belonging to well-known Aston Martin collector and guru Simon Draper at the time, work comprised a conversion to 6.3-litre `Zagato` specification and should have yielded circa 465bhp and 460lbft of torque. As befits so special a powerplant, it is mated to a five-speed manual gearbox rather than an automatic one. Boasting a warranted low mileage of just 32,000, the four-seater is finished in non-metallic Dark Blue complemented by Magnolia leather upholstery. The carpets are Oatmeal and the power hood is fashioned in Dark Blue mohair. The hood bag is finished in Magnolia and, like the seats, piped in Blue. Treated to a new differential, brake discs and callipers not long ago, the Aston Martin is reportedly accompanied by circa ú80,000 worth of bills. During its three-year production run, a mere 167 examples of the V8 Vantage Volante were built. Of these, 58 were left-hand drive export models fitted with the less powerful Weber Marelli fuel injection engine. That means only 109 were supplied with the full `X-Pack` (580X) unit, of which 30 had automatic transmission and 79 sported manual transmission. All this makes `F968 NPG` a pretty rare car even before the 6.3-engine conversion is taken into account; the extra cubic centimetres providing a very noticeable boost both in terms of responsiveness and outright performance. Eye-catching alloys, Alpine radio-cassette with remote control, alarm, immobiliser and tracker unit form just part of the car`s impressive specification. The phenomenal success of Aston Martin in recent years has rekindled interest in all the pre-DB7 models, and in an age increasingly dominated by talk of ever smaller-capacity force-fed internal combustion engines, electric motors and fuel cells, there`s nothing quite like the sight and sound of a normally aspirated 6.3-litre V8 to set the pulse racing. Click Here to view this item on www.i-bidder.com

A 122 air rifle with rare folding stock

Bobby Moore tie pin in leather box with gold embossed logo, rare, original 60s/ 70s

Kiss, 1978, original shop display, framed, 30 x 40 inches, rare

The Sex Pistols, a rare flyer, Punk Special 100 club, Oxford Street, 20th September 1976, featuring an image of the Pistols in a telephone box by Ray Stephenson, 29 x 21cm.

WEMYSS WARE RARE COMB TRAY, CIRCA 1900 decorated by KAREL NEKOLA with a design of three monkeys, one sitting in a tree, and bearing the inscription I SEE NO EVIL/ I HEAR NO EVIL/ I SPEAK NO EVIL, impressed mark WEMYSS, painted mark T. GOODE & CO. LONDON 26cm x 21cm Provenance: Exhibited: Scottish Arts Council exhibition `Wemyss Ware`, 18th September-10th October 1971, no 149

CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH (1868-1928) FOR MISS CRANSTON`S TEAROOMS, GLASGOW RARE SILVER-PLATED PRESERVE SPOON, DESIGNED CIRCA 1905 with trifid end, stamped to the reverse of the stem MISS CRANSTON`S 15.2cm long Provenance: Literature: Judy Rudoe `Decorative Arts 1850-1950, A Catalogue of the British Museum Collection`, page 211, plate 66 for illustration of matching preserve spoon Designed c1905 for Miss Cranston`s Tearooms in Glasgow.

A rare Chinese Yixing wine warmer, of plain gourd form and in two parts, combined height, 14cm high Exhibited at the Aberystwyth International Potter`s Festival, July 1995 WE DO NOT STATE CONDTION IN THE ABOVE DESCRIPTION – Before bidding please ensure you are satisfied with the condition of this lot – For details of condition please contact the auctioneer.

Bonnet (Charles). La palingenesie philosophique, ou idees sur l`etat passe et sur l`etat futur des etres vivans, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Geneva, 1769, errata at rear of volume 1, library stamp to both titles, some spotting and old dampstaining, modern library cloth gilt, 8vo. Rare first edition on theoretical biology, dealing with the past and future of living beings, before and after death. (2)

Brown (John). A Compleat Discourse of Wounds both in General and Particular: Whereunto are Added the severall Fractures of the Skull, with their variety of Figures, As also a Treatise of Gunshot-Wounds in General, 1st edition, William Jacob, 1678, engraved portrait frontispiece, eight engraved plates, faint library stamp to title, portrait and two plates, a little spotting at front and rear, closely trimmed at upper margin, library cloth, slightly soiled, upper joint tender and minor fraying to extremities, 4to (190 x 150mm) Rare. John Brown(e) (1642-1700) studied at St Thomas`s Hospital in London, later practised there, and was appointed surgeon to Charles II. Wing B5124. (1)

Brown (John). A Compleat Treatise of Preternatural Tumours, Both General and Particular, as They Appear in Humane Body from Head to Foot..., 1st edition, R. Clavel, 1678, five engraved plates (of six, lacks portrait frontispiece), faint library stamp to title and each plate, a little spotting and soiling, library cloth,8vo. Rare, Wing B5215. (1)

Bruele (Walter). Praxis Medicinae, or, The Physicians Practice, Wherein are Contained Inward Diseases from the Head to the Foote, Explayning the Nature of each Disease, with the Part Affected..., 1st English edition, William Sheares, 1632, faint library stamp to title and preliminary leaves, some soiling and old dampstaining throughout, first and last few leaves dust-soiled and slightly frayed at margins and with some corner loss but without loss of text (slightly affecting title-page rule border), occasional worming to lower margin away from text, library cloth, damp mark to lower cover, 4to. Rare. STC 3929; Wellcome 1093. (1)

Caseneuve (Louis de). Hieroglyphicorum et medicorum emblematum [dodekakrounos], Lyon: Sumptibus Pauli Frellon, 1626, woodcut device to title, woodcut initials and headpieces, thirteen woodcut illustrations to the text, library stamp to title and first and last page of text, marginal dampstaining, a little fraying to fore-edge of last few leaves, library cloth, loss to foot of spine, folio. Rare. (1)

Cole (William). A Physico-Medical Essay Concerning the Late Frequency of Apoplexies, together with a General Method of their Prevention, and Cure, in a Letter to a Physitian, 1st edition, Oxford: printed at the [Sheldonian] Theater, 1689, imprimatur leaf and engraved portrait frontispiece before title (with printer`s vignette device), library stamp to portrait and title, old ink inscriptions to title, the monogram W P` repeated and Bib. Harv. C.S.`, bound with Purcell (John), A Treatise of Vapours, or Hysterick Fits... , 1st edition, printed for Nicholas Cox, 1702, lacks L8 (blank) before index, some spotting, library stamp and early ownership signature of Andrew Hall to title, library cloth, slightly rubbed and soiled, 8vo, (169 x 106mm) 1) Krivatsy 2569; Wing C5043. 2) Hunter & Macalpine, pp. 288-291. Both works are rare, the first edition by Purcell especially so. (2)

Cooke (James). Supplementum Chirurgiae, or The Supplement to the Marrow of Chyrurgerie: Wherein is contained fevers, simple and componnd [sic], pestilential, and not, rickets, small pox and measles, with their definitions, causes, signes, prognosticks, and cures, both general, and particular. As also the military chest, containing all necessary medicaments, fit for sea, or land-service, whether simples, or compounds, such as purge, and those that do not; with their several vertues, doses, note of goodness, &c as also instruments. Amongst which are many approved receipts for several diseases, by James Cooke, Practitioner in Physick, and Chirurgery, 1st edition, 1655, vertical half-title (inscribed Bib: Harv: C.S:` in an old hand), library stamp to title, cigarette burn mark to lower fore-edge outside printed rule borders, bound with Hall (John), Select Observations on English Bodies..., trans. James Cooke, 1st edition, 1657, vertical half-title, archival closed tear repair to A7 verso without loss, foremargins of leaves A9/10 slightly chipped and frayed without loss of text or rule border, manuscript deletion/correction to three words K12 verso, lacks final two blanks, minor spotting, library cloth gilt, 12mo. Wing C6107; Wing H356 & Norman 971. Cooke was a surgeon at Warwick who also translated this second work. Hall married Shakespeare`s elder daughter Susanna, and was a successful Stratford practitioner, living at Hall`s Croft. The illnesses of several eminent persons are described, including Michael Drayton, the poet, but there is a gap in the period around the time of Shakespeare`s death. Both books are rare and were both printed for John Sherley, at the Golden Pelican, in Little-Britain`. (1)

Dolaeus (Johann). Encyclopaedia, medicinae theoretico-practicae, qua tam veterum, quam recentiorum, Paracelsistarum nempe, Helmontianorum, Willisianorum, Sylvianorum, Cartesianorum, de causis & curationibus morborum sententiae exhibentur..., 1st edition, Frankfurt: F. Knoch, 1684, engraved portrait frontispiece, title printed in red and black (dust-soiled), blank before main text present, double column, some spotting, soiling and old dampstaining, a little worming to upper margins of last few leaves not affecting text, library stamp to portrait and title, early ownership signature of Edward Baldwin to portrait recto (dated 1709) and title, modern quarter calf gilt over marbled boards, 4to, together with Ettmuller (Michael), Opera omnia theoretica et practica..., 4 parts in one volume, 1st edition, Sam Smith, 1685, title printed in red and black with imprint pasted on at foot (slightly soiled and trimmed at upper margin shaving lettering of author`s name), four-page index bound at front, some browning and old dampstaining throughout, library stamp and early ownership signature of Dan: Kenrick to title, library cloth, upper cover and first three leaves detached, spine torn, 4to. 1) Rare first edition of this medical encyclopaedia by the German physician Dolaeus, translated into English by William Salmon and published as Systema Medicinale in 1686. 2) Wing E3384A. (2)

Ferrara (Gabriele Camillo). Sylva chirurgiae, in tres libros divisa..., translated by Peter Uffenbach, 1st Latin edition, Frankfurt: Jacob de Zetter, 1625, title within decorative border, seventy-two full-page plates on thirty-six leaves, final blank present, faint library stamp to title and plates, some light spotting or browning, contemporary vellum, soiled, 8vo. A rare work containing fine illustrations of surgical instruments and medicinal distillation apparatus and procedures. Originally published in two parts in Italian in 1596. Krivatsy 4030; Waller 3002. This edition not in Wellcome. (1)

Galen (Claudius). Medicorum omnium fer e principis opera, nunc demum a clarissimis iuxta & eruditis uiris latinitate donata, iam uero ordine iusto, & studio exquisitio re in lucem recens edita, Basel: [Per Andream Cratandrum, mense Martio], 1529, printer`s woodcut device to title and final leaf verso, woodcut initials, final blank present, ink marginalia and underscoring in one or more early hands throughout, library stamps to title and to scattered lower margins throughout, some soiling and dampstaining, occasionally heavy, closed tear repair to foremargin of 2H4 verso, early ownership signature of (?)Jo. James to title and Johnstone armorial bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary blind-stamped vellum over wooden boards, soiled, cracked on joints and snagged at head of spine, folio (313 x 208mm) A rare edition, WorldCat only locating two copies held in France. (1)

Geminus (Thomas, c. 1510-1562). Compendiosa totius anatomie delineatio aere exarata, 1st or 2nd English issue, Imprynted at London by Nycholas Hyll dwellynge in Saynte Johns streate, for Thomas Geminus, [1553], forty engraved plates, Adam & Eve double-page plate with figures trimmed close and just touching a fingertip of each, relaid on to two facing leaves, lacks the armorial, architecutral and allegorical engraved title here supplied in an early and possibly near-contemporary manuscript facsimile using silverpoint and sepia ink, manuscript details of the 1559 imprint incorporated at foot, central panel excised and left blank (Royal Coat of Arms in the 1553 editions, portrait of Queen Elizabeth I in the 1559 edition), a few minor tears and small loss to lower right margin, the whole leaf relaid, dedication leaf for King Edward VI, slightly browned and soiled, old inscription of Watt Tooke(?) dated 167[?] to upper outer corner and slightly trimmed, dedication leaf verso To the ientill readers and Surgeons of Englande`, dated 1552, tiny holes to leaves A1 (old ink spash), G1 and G6, split to lower margin of B7, old ink marginalia to C1 verso, archival closed tear repairs to F1 including horizontal split across image and lower outer corner of text block, marginal paper repair to same leaf not affecting text, first cerebral engraved plate trimmed into plate impression touching image, I2 duplicated, upper marginal wormholes not affecting text or plates of leaves I3 to end, final leaf slightly browned and chipped at inner margin, with two small tears and loss not affecting text, leaf reattached at inner margin to endpaper, some other general spotting and soiling, old marginal dampstaining confined largely to preliminaries, signatures A-B and final leaf, library cloth, folio (369 x 258 mm) The Latin Geminus of 1545 and the English edition of 1553 were the first illustrated textbooks of anatomy to be published in this country and the forty illustrations were printed from the first copper plates to be executed here. Encouraged by the success of his Latin edition of Vesalius, Geminus was persuaded, possibly by Vesalius`s old roommate John Caius, to prepare a version of the Vesalian plates with English text for the benefit of `unlatined surgeons.` As he doubted his proficiency in English, Geminus sought the aid of Nicholas Udall, dramatist (he wrote the comedy Ralph Royster Doyster) and prebendary of Windsor, to translate the characterum indices of the Vesalian plates. The English text chosen to accompany the plates was an early translation of the Surgery of Henri de Mondeville, which Thomas Vicary, surgeon to Henry VIII, had used almost word for word in his own Anatomie of the bodie of man (1548). The text was rearranged in Geminus`s book to follow the traditional order of conducting a dissection, beginning with the viscera and ending with the bones in order to dissect first those parts which would most quickly putrefy` (Norman 887). Collation *2[-*1], A6, B7, C-I6 [I2 duplicated], K2; forty engraved plates. Additionally, bound before and after the dedication leaf are to be found three pages of Explanation leaves relating to the fugitive sheet of a seated Adam and Eve with flaps (see Russell 308). Two copies of the first sheet have been used to show recto and verso; the verso of sheet two was blank. Each page is slightly cut down at head and foot, trimmed close at the foremargin affecting text in most lines and relaid on three sheets. The text of this impressive work is in double column, black letter, and with crible metal-cut initials. A watermark of a pot or gauntlet and star is visible in many of the sheets. The illustrations comprise the external anatomy of Adam and Eve (here separated and mounted on two sheets), three skeletal engravings, sixteen muscular engravings, five arterial and venal engravings, four neural engravings, six engravings of organs, four cerebral engravings and one engraving of ocular parts and surgical instruments. These are all based on Vesalian woodcuts to be found in the Fabrica and the Epitome. The first edition in English is extremely rare, the copies produced being so well-used that few have survived in any semblance of good condition. The Norman copy of the undated first issue claimed to be the only complete copy in private hands. There are two English versions of 1553, (STC 11715.5 & 11716), that with an undated title-page being claimed as the first issue. Both are otherwise identical and bear the same imprint at the rear as found in this copy, and not found in any other edition identified. The matter is further complicated by the presence of the three added pages of explanation to accompany the fugitive plate of a seated Adam and Eve (not included in this copy), that though not part of the collation, are often found in copies of the 1559 edition. This copy in the main body of text (excepting the last leaf which is slightly browned and spotted and separated from the main body of text) is in very good order with only the presence of the usual light Birmingham Medical Institute library stamps affecting the freshness of the plates. For further discussions of this remarkable volume see Russell 830-833 (and 308), Cushing VI.C.-2, Norman 887. See also an article by S.V. Larkey, The Library, XIII (1932-33), pp. 367-94. (1)

Guy de Chauliac. In arte medica exercitatissimi chirurgia..., Lyon: Sebastianum Honoratum, 1572, woodcut printer`s device to title, some woodcut initials and decorative head and tail-pieces, a little spotting and marginal browning, scattered library stamps including two to title (some soiling with author`s name inscribed to upper margin), a few old ink marginalia and notes to front and rear endpapers, ownership signature of James Johnstone to front pastedown and armorial family bookplate at rear, front free endpaper slightly frayed and det., hinges broken, contemporary vellum, rubbed and soiled, 8vo (170 x 110mm) Although Guy`s notable treatise was republished innumerable times, fifteenth-century editions are now exceedingly rare and those of the sixteenth century are difficult to find. In addition to the basic work, Chirurgia magna, this copy also contains his Chirurgia parva and De balneis Porrectanis` (Heirs of Hippocrates 108); Durling 2237. (1)

Harvey (William). Opera sive exercitatio anatomica de motu cordis et sanguinis in animalibus, atque exercitationes duae antomicae, de circulatione sanguinis ad Joannem Riolanum filium, tumque exercitationes de generatione animalium, quibus praefationem addidit Bernardus Siegfried Albinus..., 2 parts in one volume, editio novissima, Leiden: Johannes van Kerckhem, 1737, general half-title and half-title to second part, titles printed in red and black with engraved vignette, double-page engraved plate with four figures in part one, Y1 (Libri aliquot medici et juridis quos excudit...) misbound after **3 at end of unnumbered preliminary leaves in part one, lacks blanks at end of both parts (Y2 and 3K2), library stamps throughout to lower margins and including general half-title, first full title and plate versos, some spotting, library cloth, 4to (189 x 152mm) First collected edition in Latin. Harvey`s chief works in Latin have only twice been printed in a collected form, first by van Kerckhem at Leiden in 1737, and secondly by Bowyer for the Royal College of Physicians in 1766` (Keynes, p. 100). The anatomist Albinus edited several works editions including the collected works of Vesalius (1725), see lot 418 below. This Albinus Harvey is rare though not as rare as the separately issued 1736 edition of volume 1: This form of van Kerckhem`s edition is rare, the sheets of the greater part of the issue having been published in 1737 as Part I of the Opera` (Keynes 14n). Keynes 46. (1)

Heurne (Johan van). Praxis medicinae nova ratio: qua, libris tribus methodi ad praxin medicam, aditus facillimus aperitur ad omnes morbos curandos, 1st edition, Leiden: Plantin, 1587, printer`s woodcut device to title, two (of three) folding tables, one on a modern guard and both bound before A1, woodcut illustrations in the text, old ink marginalia and inscription Bib: Harv:` to title, library stamps to title and plates, somewhat soiled at front and rear, occasional old dampstaining, archival repairs with loss of text to upper outer corners of last four leaves of index, modern morocco gilt, 4to. Rare first edition of this general treatment of the medical profession. (1)

Lancisi (Giovanni Maria). Opera quae hactenus prodierunt omnia, 4 volumes, Rome, 1745, folding engraved portrait frontispiece, nine folding engraved plates, faint library stamps to title and plates, volume two without half-title, non-matching half morocco library bindings, 4to, together with Lancisi (Giovanni Maria), Dissertatio historica de bovilla peste, ex campaniae sinibus anno MDCCXIII latio importata, Rome: Joannis Mariae Salvioni, 1715, half-title, title printed in red and black, scattered light foxing, bookplate of Edward Johnstone (1757-1851) to verso of half-title, library stamp to title and sporadically throughout, library cloth, both 4to, plus Gibson (William), The Farrier`s New Guide, 1st edition, 1720, folding engraved frontispiece bound in after preliminary leaves (with loss to outer edge), seven engraved plates, title relaid and with crossed out owners name, contemporary panelled calf, crude later reback, 8vo. 1)Lancisi was physician to Pope Clement XI and was the first to describe cardiac syphilis, as well as being a noted epidemiologist. This collected edition includes his celebrated treatise on the heart De motu cordis et aneurysmatibus` which is not present in the 1718 edition. G-M 71 (1718 edition). 2) First edition of a rare work on the cattle plague and an epidemic among horses that struck Rome in 1712. (6)

London Medical Journal. The London Medical Journal, by a Society of Physicians, [edited by Samuel Foart Simmons], 11 volumes bound in ten, 1781-90, volumes 1 and 2 bound as one, volume 1 lacking index and title with title-page to volume 2 bound at front and corrected to include both volumes by hand, some engraved plates, library stamp to titles, contemporary half calf gilt over marbled boards, rubbed and some wear, upper cover to volume 7 detached, 8vo. Sold as a periodical, not subject to return. Besides original communications this series has much information of books and events. Among the contributors are James Johnstone of Worcester, Joseph Brandish of Alcester, Robert Mynors and Thomas Tomlinson Jr., of Birmingham. Very rare. ESTC (P6037) citing only three quarterly issues held at the British Library and two North American Institutions. The Journal was continued as Medical Facts and Observations` (1791-1800), The Medical and Physical Journal` (1799-1814), The New Medical and Physical Journal` (1810-1815), and The London Medical and Physcial Journal` (1815-33). (10)

Mayerne (Theodore Turquet de). A Treatise of the Gout, Written Originally in the French Tongue... , Englished for the General Benefit, by Thomas Sherley, MD... , Whereunto is Added, Advice about Hyponchondriacal-Fits, by the Same Author, 1st edition, D. Newman, 1676, imprimatur leaf before title (archival repairs to foremargin recto not affecting text), 4 pp. publisher`s adverts at rear, library stamp and old ownership signature of John Broughton to title, repair to lower outer corner of A8 not affecting text, some spotting and soiling throughout, small brown stain at foot of imprimatur leaf and faintly at foot of title-page and to foremargins of final leaves not affecting text, modern quarter morocco gilt over marbled boards, small 8vo (150 x 95mm) Rare, with some copies not including Advice... pp. 73-116, here present. Wing M1435. (1)

The Medical and Chirurgical Review; Containing a Copius Account of the Various Publications in Different Languages on Medicine and Surgery, 15 volumes, 1795-1807, lacks volume 16, faint library stamp to titles, some spotting, uncut, library labels to front pastedowns, modern quarter calf gilt over cloth, 8vo. Sold as a periodical, not subject to return. Rare. ESTC P6244. (15)

Medical Observations and Inquiries. By a Society of Physicians in London, 6 volumes, 1st editions, William Johnston [or T. Cadell], 1757-62-67-71-76-84, twenty-nine engraved plates, all but one folding, separate errata leaf to volumes 1 & 3, publisher`s advert leaf to volume 4, half-title and separately paginated Appendix at end of volume 5, signature of J. Johnstone to title of volume 5 with Johnstone armorial bookplate to verso, library stamps to titles, plates and occasionally to margins throughout, volumes 3-6 each with an extra work bound at rear, Linden (Diederick Wessel), A Medicinal and Experimental History and Analysis of the Hanlys-Spa Saline, Purging, and Chalybeate Waters, Near Shrewsbury, 1st edition, 1768, plus Pott (Percival), Remarks on the Disease Commonly Called a Fistula in Ano, 1st edition, 1765, engraved plate, plus Millar (John), Observations on the Asthma and on the Hooping Cough, 1st edition, 1769, half-title, plus Hulme (Nathaniel), A Treatise on the Puerperal Fever, 1st edition, 1772, folding engraved plate, library stamp to titles, plates and occasionally elsewhere, library cloth, slightly rubbed and soiled and a little frayed at heads of some spines, 8vo. Sold as a periodical not subject to return. A remarkable sammelband. The journal in itself is rare complete and all in first edition as here; the addition of four contemporary works including two important ones makes this collection unique. In total there are some 208 papers with John Fothergill and William Hunter being the leading contributors. Notable papers include: 1) John Bard, `A case of an extra-uterine foetus` (volume 2, pp. 369-72). John Bard performed the first abdominal operation for extrauterine pregnancy in America. This is the first scientific paper on a surgical topic to emanate from the North American colonies. G-M 6155; Norman 116. 2) William Hunter, `A singular case of the separation of the ossa pubis` (ibid, pp. 321-39). G-M 6254; Norman 1124. 3) Charles White, `An account of a new method of reducing shoulders, (without the use of an ambe) which have been several months dislocated, in cases where the common methods have proved ineffectual` (ibid, pp. 373-81). G-M 4407; Norman 2230. 4) Matthew Dobson, `Experiments and observations on the urine in diabetes` (volume 5, pp. 298-316). G-M 3928. 5) William Hunter, `On the uncertainty of the signs of murder, in the case of bastard children` (volume 6, pp. 266-90). G-M 1732: In Garrison`s view this is the most important early contribution to forensic medicine made by a British writer`. Pott: Probably the greatest English classic of colon-rectal surgery. Pott recommended the practice of simple division rather than the newer, more complicated methods proposed by Cheselden and Le Dran, and audaciously pointed out that there were lessons which regular practitioners might learn from quacks apropos of this subject` (G-M 3424.2); Norman 1733. Millar: G-M 3167. (6)

Medical Register. The Medical Register for the Year 1779, Printed for J. Murray, 1779, half-title, library stamp to title, some spotting, old newscutting concerning Joseph Priestly tipped in between pp. 102-103 with offset browning to both pages, ownership signature of G.A. Phillips, Walsall, dated 1880 to front pastedown and laid on to the rear pastedown a three-page autograph letter signed to Phillips from Guy Birch, Lichfield, 9th September 1897, informing him that The Birch who was at Barton under Needwood [Staffordshire] in 1779 was my grandfather Moses Birch [surgeon]...` and continuing with further Birch family history, contemporary half calf, rubbed and slightly split at head of upper joint, together with The Medical Register for the Year 1780, Fielding and Walker, 1780, half-title, modern cloth gilt, both 8vo. This was the first attempt to compile a medical directory in this country and not by any means a `register` as the term is used now. The first `Medical Directory` was not produced until 1845. There were 3 issues: 1779, 1780 and 1783; and these volumes are now very rare, particularly that of 1779. On page 136 is an intimation regarding the opening of the General Hospital, Birmingham` (Catalogue of an Exhibition of Books on the Occasion of the Annual Meeting of the British Medical Association, Birmingham, 1958, no. 86). (2)

Michaelis (Johann). Opera medico-chirurgica quotquot innotuerunt omnia, ejus nempe I. Praxis clinica generalis ad Jonstoni... II. Praxis clinica specialis... III. Apparatus formularum, seu annotationes in morellum... IV. Ordo visitandi officinas... V. Clavis ad authoris polychresta..., 1st edition, Nuremberg: Johann Hofmann, 1688, engraved frontispiece, title-page printed in red and black, dark library stamp to foot of plate impression and title-page, some spotting and intermittent old dampstaining to foremargins, contemporary blind-panelled calf, joints cracked, 4to (204 x 160mm) Michaelis studied medicine at Wittenberg under Sennertus, but, as was the custom, he visited other universities in Germany and Holland, and finally graduated at Leipzig (Mag. Phil. 1630; Dr. med 1631). He became professor of medicine there and introduced the use of chemical remedies and invented several specifics...` (Ferguson II, p. 94). Rare - WorldCat locates only five copies, four in German libraries and one in the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris. (1)

[Panaroli, Domenico]. Discorso delle stufe da bagni di Roma e suoi nocumenti, con un modo singolare di fabricarle, o di bagnarsi senza lesione alcuna , del Sig. Despotico Calathino, 1st edition, Rome: Gio. Battista Robletti, 1646, 24pp. including colophon with decorative head-piece at rear, title within decorative woodcut border, faint library stamp to upper corner, two woodcut initials, double-page copper-engraved plate by Girolamo Pedrignani between explanation and colophon leaves, contemporary limp vellum, lacks ties, a little soiled, slim 4to (210 x 154mm) Exceedingly rare work on Roman Baths. (1)

Pemell (Robert). De morbis capitis; or, Of the Chief Internall Diseases of the Head, With their Causes, Signes, Prognosticks, and Cures, for the benefit of those that understand not the Latine tongue, by R. P., 1st edition, Philemon Stephens, 1650, title-page within decorative woodcut border (a little trimmed at upper and outer margins), library stamp to title, some old marginal dampstaining and dust-soiling, tightly bound (stab stitched), old manuscript inscription to blank before title, lacks final leaf (K8, blank?), library cloth, small 8vo (139 x 87mm) The first neurology book written in English. Pemell, writing contemporaneously with Thomas Willis, describes, among other things, how to arouse a patient from an epileptic seizure. Besides, the more accepted methods of making a noise in the patient`s ears, rubbing and bathing the soles of the feet, he suggests more esoteric methods, such as applying a female pigeon (the fethers being first pulled off) unto the navell of the epileptick; for hereby the fit is abated, and the venomous vapours are drawn away`. Includes a bibliography. Rare institutionally and no auction records found. Wing P1131. (1)

Pharmacopoeia. Pharmacopoea Londinensis, in qua medicamenta antiqua et nova usitatissima, sedulo collecta, accuratissime examinata, quotidiana experientia confirmata describuntur, 1st edition, 1st issue, J. Marriot, 1618, title within architectural woodcut border, woodcut initials and headpieces, p.181 misnumbered 118, annotation to 2C verso, library stamp and previous owner initials to title, some occasional dampstains and inksplashes, one or two closed marginal tears, library cloth, edges a little rubbed, folio. The rare suppressed first issue, dated 7 May, 1618, and the first of ten editions of the London Pharmacopoeia from the College of Physicians, issued by royal charter to regulate the composition of medicines. According to Dr George Urdang (Director of the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy) `the famous epilogue of the second issue, charging the printer of the first with having `snatched away from our hands this little work not yet finished off`, was designed, under the pretext of typographical correction, to suppress the first issue and substitute for it a work so expanded and altered as to change its essential character. The first issue was a simple formulary, the second took on many features of a textbook. In this and in several incidental respects, Dr. Urdang thinks the second issue reflects `the change from the Renaissance to the Baroque Spirit which was taking place at that time`. He finds reason to believe that an opposition group of younger members of the College demanded the revision`. STC 16772. (1)

Ryder (Hugh). New Practical Observations in Surgery, Containing Divers Remarkable Cases and Cures, 1st edition, 1685, some old soiling and dampstaining throughout, closely trimmed at upper margin, faint library stamp to title (foremargin strengthened to verso), lacks initial blank, modern buckram with leather spine label, soiled, 8vo (145 x 90mm) Hugh Ryder (fl. 1664-1693) was a naval surgeon and surgeon to James II. This rare work includes cases of head wounds. Wing R2418. Hunter & Macalpine, p. 225. ESTC locates five copies including three in the UK and noting that the Wellcome copy also lacks the initial blank. (1)

Saint Andre (Francois de). Chymical Disceptations, or, Discourses upon Acid and Alkali, wherein are examined the object of Mr. Boyle against these principles..., faithfully rendered out of French into English by J.W., to which is added, by the translator, a discourse of phlebotomy..., 2 parts in one volume, 1st edition, Printed for Tho. Dawks and Benj. Allport, 1689, separate half-title and part-title to second part, advert leaf and penultimate blank at rear, lacks imprimatur leaf before title, faint library stamp and old ownership signature of John Allen (?physician, 1660?-1741) to upper margin, some old ink underscoring to early leaves, light browning and dust-soiling, library cloth, slightly rubbed and small split to head of spine, small 8vo (138 x 91mm) Rare. Wing A3113A. (1)

Spieghel (Adraan van der). De formatu foetu... Epistolae duae anatomicae. Tractatus de arthritide, 1st edition, Padua: J.B. de Martinis & L. Pasquatus, [1626], light library stamp to title and nine engraved plates, ownership signatures of Robert Bland M.D. (dated 17th January 1812) and J. Braxton Hicks (1866) to front pastedown and presentation bookplate to the BMI from Hicks to front free endpaper, contemporary vellum, rubbed and soiled, folio (395 x 265mm) Spigelius` son-in-law, the physician Liberalis Crema of Padua, had bought several ... copperplates from Casserius` grandson and when in 1626 he wished to publish a few selections from the posthumous works of his father-in-law, he chose nine appropriate plates and added them with his own explanations to these selections... The plates... deal with the pregnant uterus, placenta, and the child. They are among Casserius` most beautiful engravings. Four of them represent entire female figures with the abdomen cut open... The work was published at Crema`s expense and is rare` (Choulant-Frank, p. 226); Cushing S360; Waller 9119; Wellcome 6038; Heirs of Hippocrates 413. Provenance: Robert Bland (1740-1816) man-midwife who published Observations on Human and Comparative Parturition` (1794). John Braxton Hicks (1823-97), and English doctor, described false labour contractions now named after him. (1)

Swalve (Bernhard). Pancreas pancrene: sive, Pancreatis et succi ex eo profluentis commentum succinctum, 1st edition, Amsterdam, 1667, lacks additional engraved title, library stamp to title, a little spotting and browning, library cloth, a little rubbed and soiled, 12mo (128 x 72mm) A rare and early book on the pancreas by Swalve (1626-c.1680), who studied medicine in Leiden, where Walaeus was one of his professors. Waller 9381; Krivatsy 11592. (1)

Tiling (Matthias). Rhabarbarologi[a] seu curiosa rhabarbari disquisitio, illius etymologiam, differentiam, locu[m] natalem, formam, temperamentum, vires, substantiam, &c..., 1st edition, Frankfurt, 1679, engraved portrait frontispiece marginal repairs to verso not affecting plate, additional engraved title, main title printed in red and black, fore-margin shaved and touching a few letters, two folding engraved plates, final leaf blank, spotting and some browning and old dampstaining throughout, faint library stamps to portrait and title leaves, BM duplicate stamps from 1831 to title verso and at end, presentation bookplate to Birmingham Medical Institute from Mr Pemberton on front pastedown, modern morocco gilt, 4to (193 x 147mm) Rare. Osler 4106. (1)