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A rare New Hall oval sauce tureen, cover and stand, with two loop handles, and loop knop, moulded in relief with bands of roses, flowers and leaves, brightly picked out in coloured enamels, within gilt line borders, 5 1/2" high (14cm), circa 1820-25 See P Halfpenny, A Partial Reconstruction of the New Hall Pattern Book, U316, for a plate with this border, and centrally painted with a basket of flowers
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A rare pair of Masons porcelainous campana shaped wine coolers, each with two gilt rose handles, finely decorated in gilt, puce and iron red with lanterns, rams heads, cornucopia and leaf scrolls, the interior painted in iron red and gilt with a leaf scroll band, 8 3/42 high (22.2cm), circa 1810-15 (some damage)
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A rare Rockingham canted rectangular tray, from a cabaret set, finely painted in coloured enamels with a still life of fruit on a stone ledge, within a gilt line border, on a pale blue ground, the rim pierced with a flowerhead and 'C' scroll design, the corners moulded with scrolling leaves, and picked out in gilt, 16" wide (40.5cm), printed griffin mark in red, circa 1826-30 (cracks)
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A rare Derby biscuit group of four Naiads, probably modelled by Nicolas Gauron, the figures standing around a large garlanded vase, on high rocky mound base, 11" high (28cm), incised star mark, probably for Issac Farnsworth, circa 1780-85 (minor damage) Exhibited; Derby Porcelain Loan Exhibition, Burlington House, London, 1985
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A Minton Imari pattern teacup and saucer, painted with pagodas and palm trees, highlighted in gilt, circa 1810, with rare blue crossed swords marks to base with letter 'M' and '518'; a Minton cup and saucer, handpainted in enamel with butterflies and blackberries, circa 1807; and three other Minton cups and saucers.
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Botero (Giovanni). Relationi Universali di Giovanni Botero Benese. Divise in Quattro Parti. Arricchite di Molte Cose Rare, e Memorabili, con l'Ultima Mano dell' Auttore. Accresciutovi Varie Osservationi di Girolamo Brusoni..., Venice: Per li Bertani, 1659, [8] + 747 + [36] pp., half-title present, four uncoloured folding engraved maps of Europe, Asia, Africa and America, some minor spotting, later half vellum, gilt dec. spine with leather label, 8vo. A rare, and most complete edition of Botero's Relationi Universali, the first to contain the seventh part (pp. 664-746). This copy bound without Brusoni's Osservazioni and the following sections. With the bookplate of the classical scholar Edward Dodwell, and his signature on half-title - 'E. Dodwell, Rome, March 15, 1820'. Sabin 6800. (1)
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Thomson (Joseph). To the Central African Lakes and Back, the Narrative of the Royal Geographical Society's East Central African Expedition 1878-80, 2 vols., Sampson Low, 1881, mounted photographic port. frontis. and folding map at rear of each, contemp. half calf with gilt dec. spines and morocco labels, 8vo. Rare. The expedition was sent by the Royal Geographical Society under its African Exploration Fund scheme and was originally led by the cartographer Keith Johnston. Johnston died at an early stage of the journey allowing Thomson to take over as commander of the expedition. (2)
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* Japan - Nagasaki. An album of twenty albumen prints [by Felice Beato], c. 1864, including town views, street scenes, temples and boats with figures, birds-eye views of the town, boats on estuary mud, a tea house on a bridge on Tocaido Road, plus an extra albumen print of a large group of Europeans posing on rough ground, all images approx. 21 x 28 cm, most with English pencil captions beneath, some fading throughout, mounts badly dampstained with some purple colour on the majority of images, contemp. traditional style Japanese album with pictorial wooden boards, backstrip deficient, and covers det., oblong folio. Felice Beato arrived in Japan in 1862/3 and lived in Yokohama from 1863 until 1884. He visited Nagasaki in 1864 and took some of the earliest known photographs in this region. Three of the rare photographs in this album are also in the collection of Japanese old photographs in Bakumatsu-Meiji Period at Nagasaki University. These are a photograph of the Bell Tower within the Daionji Temple compounds in Teramaschi (no. 1286); the tea house on the Tocaido Road, upstream on Nakashima River, the oldest known photograph of this bridge (no. 1289); and a general view of Nagasaki from Battery Hill from around the cemetery of Donnoyama in Koshima (no. 1292). (1)
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* Buckinghamshire - Oakley. Rare medieval deed, undated but probably late 13th c. , by which William son of William son of Elye [Fitz Elys] of Waterperry, Oxon. conveys to his nephew Geoffrey St. Martin, for his life, pasturage for nine oxen in Acle [Oakley] next to Brill, the names of seven witnesses are written at the end, being a clearly written parchment title deed in excellent condition with bifurcation to several letters, having a seal tag but no seal. Deeds were not normally dated before about 1290. (1)
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* Buckinghamshire - Oakley. Rare early Lease for Lives, dated 29 September 1309 , by which William son of Robert Tulus of Thomley [Oxon.] leases to Nicholas le Rutur of Oakley and Christian his wife for their lives, two acres and one rod of arable land in Acclee [Oakley], the property is described in detail with field-names given, names of neighbouring landowners (such as Nigel Travers) and seven witnesses are also given, being an indented parchment title deed in good condition, with a seal tag and linen cover but seal missing (1)
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* Buckinghamshire - Oakley and Worminghall. Interesting Medieval Deed of Gift, dated Christmas 1439 , by which Joan, widow of John FitzElys, conveys to her son Robert FitzElys, the Manor of Wormenhale [Worminghall] and Ocle [Oakley] which she holds for her life, reserving certain rooms (including "le parlor") in The Hall for her own use, being an indented parchment title deed, a little affected by damp and having a small hole, the seal and tag are missing. It is very rare to find documentary evidence of specific rooms detailed in deeds from such an early date. (1)
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* Oxfordshire? - Tackley. Exceptional and rare Deed of Gift, undated but probably c.1160 , by which Ale [?Alice] daughter of Agnes de Podio conveys to Helyas [Ellis] son of William, three virgates of land in "Tackleia", one virgate held by Gerard de Fonte, with the names of ten witnesses including Roger St. John, Hugh Paupere, Symon de Cuba, Humphrey and Robert de Bosco and endorsed "Carta Tackley" being a small parchment title deed in excellent condition, very clearly written, having a seal tag but no seal. The English Place Name Society's The Place-Names of Buckinghamshire has no early form of Oakley spelled with a T, but it is often spelled "Acle" or "Acclee". See Fitz Elys documents for Buckinghamshire - Oakley above. (1)
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Grey (Elizabeth Grey, Countess of Kent, 1581-1651). A Choice Manuall, or Rare and Select Secrets in Physick and Chyrurgery: Collected, and Practised by the Right Honourable, the Countesse of Kent, Late Deceased. Whereto are Added Several Experiments of the Virtue of Gascon Pouder, and Lapis Contra Yarvamm, by a Professor of Physick. As also Most Exquisite Wais of Preserving, Conserving, Candying, &c., 2 parts in 1, 10th ed., Printed by Gart. Dawson, and are to be sold by Will. Shears, 1658, lacks eng. port. frontis. (A1) and lacks leaf F1 (p.103/104), slight loss to lower outer corner of leaf D8 (p.69/70), leaf F12 detached & frayed to margins, some contemp. marginalia, sewing broken and some pages detached, disbound 12mo. Sold with all faults. Refer to Bitting p.201 and Wing K310-K313. This edition not listed in Wing. (1)
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Horseracing. Anecdotes Relating to the Antiquity and Progress of Horse-Races, for Above Two Thousand Years, printed for J. Bell (Successor to Mr. Bathoe) near Exeter Exchange in the Strand, and C. Etherington in York, 1769, 35pp. (inc. title), pages trimmed to margins and window mounted onto separate leaves, title with near contemp. short manuscript note, includes three additional 18th c. newspaper cuttings pasted to separate leaves, bound together in early 19th c. half calf, slight wear to upper joint & extrems., 8vo (resized to 4to). Rare. (1)
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Waller (Pickford, 1873-1927). Sketchbook containing numerous original designs and motifs carefully executed in coloured inks, 1912, 32pp., with Waller's monogram and date to front pastedown, orig. cloth, rear cover dampstained, oblong 8vo. Waller was a well-respected connoisseur and designer of book-plates, book-covers and stationery but is probably best known for his association with James Guthrie at the Pear Tree Press. This little sketchbook contains numerous art-nouveau/art deco designs, some clearly intended to be for book-plates, plus one illustration captioned 'rare shell fish caught at Boscombe, full size, Nov. 1912'. (1)
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Roman Empire, AR & AE: Trajan, AR denarius, rev. Pax seated left, Julia Paula, AR denarius, rev. Concord seated left, Gordian III, AR antoninianus, rev. Equity standing left, Trajan, AE sestertius, rev. Dacian seated left on shields, trophy with arms to base at left, worn, Claudius Albinus, AE sestertius, rev. Minerva standing left, poor, rare, Trebonianus Gallus, AE as, rev. 'APOLLO SALVTARI', poor, rare & colonial AE issues of Nero & Maximinus I from Alexandria, mainly fair, unless stated (8)
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Anonymous. Select Letters on Husbandry, extracted from the Museum Rusticum and Foreign Essays on Agriculture. Containing a Variety of Experiments, all of which have been found to succeed in Scotland, 2 engraved plates, 1 folding table, contemporary calf, 8vo, Edinburgh, John Balfour, 1767, some spotting, lacks front free endpaper Provenance: Signature of John Hamilton at head of title Note: Rare.
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Clayton, B Costumes of the First or Grenadier Regiment of Guards from 1660, 12 hand-coloured lithographed plates after B. Clayton, original cloth, large oblong folio, London, Ackermann & Co., 1854, 3 plates with short marginal tear, first plate somewhat spotted, binding worn and soiled Provenance: Bookplate of Sir Claude Alexander of Ballochmyle Note: Rare
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Gardening. The Rise and Progress of the Present Taste in Planting Parks, Pleasure Grounds, Gardens &c. from Henry the Eighth to King George the Third. In a poetic Epistle to the Right Honourable Charles Lord Viscount Irwin, first edition, some catchwords and signatures cropped; Mason, W. The English Garden: a Poem. Book the First, [Book the Second], 2 parts (of 4), Book the Second stitched as issued, cropped and loosely inserted, London, 1772 [York, 1777]; Anonymous An Essay on the Different Natural Situations of Gardens, half-title, London, J. Dodsley, 1774, 3 works in one volume, contemporary half calf, 4to, title of the first two works slightly soiled, worn, covers detached Note: A collection of rare manifestos of eighteenth-century landscape design. The poet William Mason championed the "natural" indigineous approach to garden design in opposition to the influential ideas on garden design of Sir William Chambers expressed in his work "A Dissertation on Oriental Gardening" (1773).
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A quantity of Victorian and later GB stamps on stock cards including line engraved issues, Penny Reds, Queen Elizabeth II high values in corner and other blocks of four, mainly used Channel Islands and Isle of Man, a collection of airmail and aviation stamps in a red stock book together with airline postcards, sundry other stamp exhibitions in packets and a rare airmail magazine for 1944 together with a useful set of softback Stanley Gibbons Stamps of the World Volumes 1-4, 2004
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A rare sword bayonet for a Jacobs type double barrelled carbine, straight DE blade 30" with short central fuller, steel half basket hilt with inner loop and double muzzle ring, diced leather grips, long groove to back and catch placed next to the guard instead of on the pommel. Basically GC (worn with dark moderate pitting overall)
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A rare 6 shot 36 bore Spanish ring trigger enclosed striker percussion pepperbox revolver by Francisco Suinaga of Eibar, 7?", barrels 3?" each stamped 31 at breech. Round steel frame foliate engraved with "Fabrico En Eybar Por Franco Suinaga" within ovals, foliate engraved gripstrap with No 31. Slender two piece bag shaped walnut grips. GC , (action fails to revolve, small chip to corner of one grip, barrels lightly pitted)
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A rare 4 shot .31" Leonard revolving striker percussion pepperbox revolver, 6?", fluted cylinder stamped "Leonard J R Charlestown Patented 1849 Cast Steel" which unscrews in one piece from the action for capping. Foliate engraved rounded frame, ring trigger cocks and revolves hammer, front trigger fires charge. Two piece bag shaped wooden grips. GWO & C (frame lightly pitted). Note: this employed the striker patent which Robbins & Lawrence incorporated.
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Beatles - Rare set of 1969 4 "Apple" Handouts 1969/70 Promotional Prints by "FABPIX" (Copyright '63) - 4 types black & white 9.5 x 7 inches: Lennon & Yoko (Lennon dressed in white outfit wearing sunglasses, Yoko in black leather), McCartney (head & shoulder shot wearing headphones, singing into microphone), Harrison (head & shoulder shot with beard, hand to mouth holding cigarette), Ringo (black outfit wearing hat, sitting and playing acoustic guitar. All have the "Apple" logo "Apple Records, 3 Saville Row, London W1" except the McCartney Print, Excellent condition
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Colt A fine and rare London retailed .45 Boxer single action army revolver no. 43707 5.50-inch barrel with impressed address Colt's Pt Mfg Co HartfordCT USA. Depot 14 Pall Mall London, (the first part feintly stamped), ejector rod with round head, the black powder frame with 3 line patent dates Pat Sept 19. 1871, " July 2-72, " Jan 19-75, and retaining almost all of its original case hardened finish, loading gate, varnished one piece walnut grip, the blued trigger guard marked 45 CAL B, London Black Powder proof, contained in its original oak case with makers label to the lid, including its original stripping tool, cleaning rod, key and oil bottle, and space for 28 rounds of ammunition. The revolver was built in 1878, appears virtually unused and retains almost all of its original finish. (The bright blue to the barrel and cylinder with minor wear and dull patches). The bore is crisp and bright. Only 729 examples in this calibre were built for the English market, of which as few as 182 are thought to carry the Pall Mall address. For further information see The Colt Peacemaker, British Model by Keith Cochran, 1989.The vendor states that the pistol has been in his family, certainly since the First World War, and possibly from new. It has not been fired for many years.
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Tipping & Lawden A rare Sharps Patent .41 rimfire single shot rifle, no. 2427 26-inch barrel with folding rearsight, engraved with the retailers name R. Dobson, King St, Briddlington Quay, the slide forward breech with manual extractor lever, spur trigger, 14.50-inch figured stock with steel buttplate, black powder proof,. retaining much original finish overall 5lb. 2oz.
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E.J. Churchill A rare 12-bore boxlock non-ejector try gun, no. 2135 25-inch barrels with 2.50-inch chambers, about full choke borings, adjustable Churchill rib, together with its pair of interchangeable 28-inch barrels with conventional rib, 2.50-inch chambers, about .25 and .50 choke borings, plain frame and numbered top-lever, the stock with numerous adjustments for bend, cast, length, comb height and angle etc, nitro proof, with its key 7lb. 4oz.
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Thomas Horsley A rare 12-bore self-opening bar in wood sidelock non-ejector gun, no. 2906 30-inch Damascus barrels with 2.50-inch chambers, dolls head extension, the distinctive frame, locks and pull back top-lever with scroll engraving, the makers name signed within a scrolling banner, 14-inch figured stock, proof exemption certificate, worn overall, stock cracked and with pieces missing below each lock 6lb. 14oz. A similar gun is mentioned and illustrated in Vol 2 of The British Shotgun by Crudgington & Baker, page 106. The gun incorperates T. Horsley and C. Pryse patent 3874 of 1883 however with the improvement of rollers to the spring compressors.
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August Schuler A rare German 16-bore Herkules model over and under gun, no. 26204 25.50-inch barrels with 2.50-inch chambers, about full choke borings, machined solid rib, the blacked frame with border engraving and matted top surface, lateral moving locking bolts, retaining much original finish overall, 14.25-inch figured stock with pistol grip, ribbed buttplate, sling swivels, German nitro proof 6lb. 5oz. K
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