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Click here to subscribeA GEORGE III RARE SILVER-GILT ATLAS FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY FIREMAN'S BADGE, by Henry Nutting & Robert Hennell II, London 1808, elongated octagonal with a central repoussé depiction of Atlas supporting the world on his shoulders, above the legend 'ATLAS COMP'Y', four suspension loops. 16cm high, 11cm wide, 6.7 troy ounces Provenance: Christie's, South Kensington, 'The Royal Exchange Collection of Firemen's Badges', 26 June 2001, lot 35
1933 GERMANY XI v GLASGOW RANGERS Friendly played 2/5/1933 in Bochum. Rare issue of the weekly German football magazine ''FUSSBALL'' (Football) dated 23/5/1933 which previews the game and includes full team line-ups set out in 3-4-3 programme style format. This issue also includes extensive match reports and full team line-ups from the two previous Germany XI v Rangers matches played on 17/5/1933 & 21/5/1933 in Berlin & Hamburg. Generally good
1933 GERMANY XI v GLASGOW RANGERS Friendly played 31/5/1933 in Munich. Rare issue of the weekly German football magazine ''FUSSBALL'' (Football) dated 30/5/1933 which previews the game and includes full team line-ups. This issue also includes extensive match reports and full team line-ups from the two previous Germany XI v Rangers matches played on 25/5/1933 & 28/5/1933 in Bochum & Dresden. Generally good
1933 GERMANY XI v GLASGOW RANGERS Friendly played 31/5/1933 in Munich. Rare issue of the weekly German football magazine ''FUSSBALL'' (Football) dated 7/6/1933 which includes pictures, extensive match reports and full team line-ups. This issue also includes tour summaries with coverage of the five Germany XI v Rangers games. Generally good
FIRST BRITISH TEAM MATCH IN EUROPE 1955/56 Rot-Weiss Essen v Hibernian played 14/9/1955 at Georg-Melches (Stadt Essen) Very rare Essen daily paper dated 14/9/1955 which previews the game. Includes preview on the central page plus single sheet insert titled ''Stadt Essen'' which also previews the game. This was first ever game played by a British team in European football. Generally good
LEEDS UNITED East German Olympic XI v Leeds United (Friendly) played 14/5/1964 at Walter-Ulbricht-Stadion, Berlin. Very rare small format weekly newspaper style issue of ''Berliner Fussball'' which previews the game and was available on the day of the match, includes front cover headline coverage entitled ''Sie Kommen! Sie Kommen! (They are coming! They are coming!) plus further previews inside with the Leeds / East German Olympic team line-ups listed on page two with players ages/nationalities etc noted. No official programme was published for the game. Good
LEEDS UNITED SC Leipzig v Leeds United ICFC (1st Leg) played 24/11/1965 at Bruno-Plache-Stadion, Leipzig. Rare issue of the daily Saxony (Leipzig/Dresden) paper ''Sachsisches Tagblatt'' dated 24/11/1965 which includes a preview of the game on the back page and includes the Leeds team line-up. No official programme was published for the game which was Leeds' first season in Europe. Generally good
Food & Drink.- Confectionary.- [Massialot (François)] Nouvelle instruction pour les confitures, les liqueurs et les fruits. Avec la maniere de bien ordonner un dessert, fourth edition, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut folding plate, 2 table settings in text, head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, X4 very small burn hole within text, just touching a few letters in a minor way, some spotting / foxing, staining, lightly browned, contemporary mottled calf, richly gilt spine in compartments, spine ends chipped, upper joint starting at foot, but holding firm, upper corners worn, rubbed, [Vicaire 454], large 12mo, Paris, Claude Prudhomme, 1712.⁂ Rare fourth edition
Holocaust.- Schiet (Jan) Tentoonstelling van Fotografische Opnamen van Duitse Concentratiekampen en Verwoest Arnhem, illustrations, text in Dutch, lightly browned, ex-library with ink-stamp inside upper cover, original paper wrappers, detached, neat tape repair to spine verso, remnants of old tape to spine, lightly sunned, 12mo, [Amsterdam], [?1945].⁂ Rare. A pamphlet produced almost immediately post-war for an exhibition of photographs of German Concentration Camps and destroyed Arnhem. This includes the famous and controversial photograph of the Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel in Buchenweld, which was first published in the 'New York Times.' It does not include any images of Arnhem. We can only assume that images of Arnhem were only shown in the exhibition itself. In the immediate aftermath of the War exhibitions of photos showing the horrors of Concentration Camps were a way to show the people of Europe what had been done by the Nazis. It also eventually built enough support for the War Crimes trials.
India.- Report on Staff Tour 1910 held by the Chief of the General Staff. India, 16 folding maps, 3 in pocket at end, scattered foxing, compliments slip loosely inserted, original cloth-backed boards, rubbed, scattered spotting, 4to, Simla, 1911.⁂ Rare. Not on WorldCat. Only found on an inventory of the 'Papers of Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig' by the National Library of Scotland.
Mysticism.- Boehme (Jacob) Aurora, that is, the Day-Spring. Or Dawning of the Day in the Orient... that is the Root or Mother of Philosophie, Astrologie & Theologie..., first edition in English, initial leaf bearing verses from the books of Revelations, Isaiah, and Matthew and engraved frontispiece by Hollar bound after E4, b4 errata f., lacking A3 and F1&4, contemporary ink pen trials, a few repaired tears with minor loss, stained and spotted, lightly browned throughout, 19th century half calf, covers detached, spine creased and with ends worn, [Wing B3397], small 4to, by John Streater, for Giles Calvert, 1656. sold not subject to return.⁂ First English translation of the most important work by this famed mystic; being the publication which brought about his expulsion from Dresden. Rare at auction. Provenance: Godfrey Pearson; William Sale (contemporary ink inscriptions).
NO RESERVE Levant.- Recueil de formules pour les Consuls et les chanceliers des échelles du levant et de Barbarie, précédé d'un précis de déclarations du Roy, ordonnances, règlemens & arrêts, concernant les échelles du Levant, engraved royal arms to title, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, later ink inter-linear notes, trimmed, affecting printed side-notes, water-stained, some spotting, upper joint split, 20th century boards, label loosely inserted, rare, n.p. [?Paris], no printer, 1744; and 2 others, Levant & Holy Land, 4to (3)
NO RESERVE Paine (Thomas) Rights Of Man; Part the Second. Combining Principle and Practice, variant with final page of text numbered 91, lacking final advertisement leaf, half-title preceding title, some damp-staining, occasional heavy soiling, some gatherings loose, printed for H. D. Symonds, 1792 § The Trial At Large of Thomas Paine, For a Libel, in the Second Part of Rights Of Man...By a Student of the Inner Temple, title lightly soiled, occasional very light spotting and finger-soiling, last few leaves with small loss to head of inner margin, not affecting text, printed for James Ridgway, [?1792], disbound, long 12mo & 8vo (2)⁂ The second part of Paine's Rights of Man, accompanied by a rare early account of his trial for the 'seditious libels' within. The government of William Pitt, concerned that the French Revolution might spread to England, had begun to suppress works that espoused radical philosophies. Paine was found guilty.
Music.- Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens.- Hook (James) A Collection [-second collection] of Favorite Songs Sung by Mr. Dignum, Mr. Denman, Mrs. Franklin, the Two Miss Howells, & Mrs. Mountain, at Vauxhall Gardens, 2 parts in 1, engraved throughout, titles with different engraved vignettes of Vauxhall Gardens, musical notation, part 1 repaired tear to final f. with minor loss, part 2 p.11 small piece from outer margin, both parts some spotting and lightly browned, 20th century red cloth, spine gilt, spine chipped, folio, A. Bland and Weller's, 1798.⁂ Rare, with these editions not found in ESTC. WorldCat records one copy for the first part and three for the second. Hook was the musical director and organist at Vauxhall Gardens from 1774-1820. Provenance: 'A.M. Broadley, The Knapp, Bradpole' - Alexander Meyrick Broadley (1847-1916), British barrister and bibliophile.
NO RESERVE Lace.- Beggs (Thomas) The Student's Vigils, first edition, ex-library with bookplate, final pastedown not pasted down, original 'laciographic' boards by W. Taylor of Nottingham, upper cover detached, small loss to spine extremities, browned, rubbed edges, 8vo, 1844.⁂ Rare with only 3 copies on WorldCat at the British Library, Yale University and the University of South Carolina. In very rare lace style printed boards, with 'W. Taylor, Laciographic Printer Nottingham' to upper cover.
Cossack Tales.- Gogol (Nikolai Vasilievich) Taras Bulba, translated by Isabel F. Hapgood, initial blank, portrait frontispiece, 32pp. advertisements at end, occasional spotting, lightly browned, original burgundy cloth, gilt, Russian Imperial arms to upper cover, spine faded and stained, a few spots, rubbed at extremities, [not in Wolff], 8vo, John and Robert Maxwell, [1887]. ⁂ Rare. The first English language appearance was in 1860 as Cossack Tales, followed by this American standalone edition in 1886. The sheets from the American edition were sent to England for the first British edition in 1887.
NO RESERVE Poland.- Socialism.- Lassalle (Ferdinand) Program Robotników. [Worker's Programme], occasional light spotting and finger-soiling, original printed wrappers, lightly faded, ink initials to upper cover, some chipping to extremities, joints beginning to split but covers holding firm, uncut, Warsaw, 1905; and 7 others similar, including a 1904 issue of the 'Social Democratic Review' and early Polish translations of Adler and Engels, v.s. (8)⁂ The fourth Polish edition of Lassalle's workers' manifesto, a rare survival from the 1905 revolution.
Russia.- Flooding in St. Petersburg.- St. Thomas (Auguste de) L'inondation de Saint-Pétersbourg. Le 7 Novembre 1824, first edition, authorial ink correction to p.7, the odd small stain or mark, original printed wrappers, a few small stains, lightly browned, a very good copy, 8vo, St. Petersburg, Department of Education, 1824.⁂ Rare first edition of an eyewitness account in verse of the flooding of St. Petersburg by the river Neva in November 1824. No copies traced on Library Hub or WorldCat.
NO RESERVE Russia.- Marxism.- Radzishevsky (Andrei, translator) Liberali i Vlasti. [Liberalism and Political Power], title with a few small tears, not affecting text, original printed wrappers, lightly faded, lower cover with ink-stamp and remnants of label, a few small chips and tears, one repaired with tape, joints beginning to split but covers holding firm, later glassine dust-jacket, St Petersburg, Znanie, 1906; and 29 others similar, Russian, including a rare first edition of three speeches by Anatoly Lunacharsky, and political pamphlets by Lenin and Stalin, v.s. (30)⁂ A collection of articles from the 'Neue Rheinische Zeitung', edited by Karl Marx, translated from the German with a foreword by Lunacharsky. This publication forms number 272 in the 'Cheap Library' series of the Znanie press. It opens with 'The Assembly at Frankfurt', first published in June 1848, with further articles discussing the Camphausen and Hansemann governments.
Drury (Charles) Recent and Important National Discoveries: Exhibiting a System of Preparing Corn, Straw, Turnips ... for the better, cheaper, and more expeditious Feeding of Horses, Beasts, Sheep and Pigs, subscriber's copy, list of subscriber's, occasional marginal dust-soiling, ex-library with labels and occasional ink-stamps, previous owner's ink inscription, original printed boards, rebacked and recornered, library blind-stamps to boards, faint stain to upper cover where ?label removed, a little rubbed, 4to, 1812.⁂ Rare. Only 2 only Library Hub at the University of Glasgow and National Trust libraries.
Paediatric nursing.- West (Charles) How to nurse sick children; intended especially as a help to the nurses at the Hospital for Sick Children, second edition, half-title, 24pp. publisher's catalogue at end, advertisements to pastedowns, occasional spotting, original limp cloth, gilt, little faded, a good copy, Longman, 1860; and another, physical education of children, 8vo (2)⁂ Rare in commerce.
A Worcester bowl, decorated with flowers, 16cm diam, crescent mark; a Worcester Pomegranate basket, printed and painted with firs cone, 16cm diam, crescent mark; a rare coffee can, decorated with fruit; a Worcester bell shaped coffee cup, workman?s mark, a Derby pickle leaf shaped dish; a Liverpool dolphin ewer (6)
A RARE WILLIAM IV PARROT COAL OCCASIONAL TABLE BY R. MARTIN, DATED '1836' the rectangular top on a faceted stem and quatreform base, signed and dated to the underside of the top 75.8cm high, 68.7cm wide, 47.3cm deep Provenance David and Paula Newman, London / Eastbourne. Literature See Furniture History, Volume 23, 1987, pp.35-38 for an article by David Jones titled 'Coal Furniture in Scotland'. Catalogue Note Parrot coal is a geological formation dating back to the Carboniferous period. The term 'parrot' refers to the chattering noise it makes when it is burnt. It was used during the 19th century to produce furniture as it has similar characteristics to marble. The West Wemyss Colliery in Fife is well known for the excavation of parrot coal and tables and other objects made by the stonemason Thomas Williamson were exhibited at the Great Exhibition in 1851. A similar table was sold by Mallams, Cheltenham in 2011.
A RARE CHARLES II STEEL SNUFF BOX C.1660-80 the hinged lid engraved with a leopard amongst scrolling foliage 7cm wide Provenance 'A Lifetime of Collecting' - The Property of a Gentleman. Catalogue Note The symbolism on this snuff box possibly relates to the Boscobel Oak story when the young Charles II escaped from the Roundheads following the battle of Worcester.
A RARE GEORGE II CHANNEL ISLANDS POLYCHROME PAINTED PINE CHEST ON STAND GUERNSEY, C.1750 painted with tulips and other flowers and leaves on a blue / green ground, the hinged top revealing a till, above two long drawers, the stand with a further drawer, on square section cabriole legs, the sides with traces of original sponged decoration 118.6cm high, 103cm wide, 53.5cm deep Provenance Martel Maides Auctions, Guernsey, 28th November 2002, lot 209. Literature Regional Furniture Society Newsletter, Summer 1994, No. 20, p. 10. Regional Furniture Society Newsletter, Autumn 2011, No. 55, pp.3-4. Catalogue Note This rare painted 'dower' chest belongs to a small group of similar known examples. In his article in the Regional Furniture Society Newsletter, Summer 1994, Christopher Gilbert suggests that the possible origin for the painted design lies in 'the ornamental nail patterns on leather covered trunks in vogue on the Channel Islands c.1680-1760.' The use of tulips and carnations representing love and betrothal has a long tradition in Europe and Gilbert suggested Frisian or Baltic inspiration for the decoration. In his article in the Regional Furniture Society Newsletter No.55, Autumn 2011, John Vost pointed to the similarities between painted furniture in America, particularly New Jersey and Pennsylvania and the Channel Island chests. He also speculated that these chests, wherever they appear, either on the Channel Islands, London or America, there is evidence of a Huguenot or Calvinist population. Related examples include: a chest sold at Sotheby's, The Tristram Jellinek Collection, 9th & 10th May 1996, lot 306, another example dated '1754' originally sold at Sotheby's, Sussex, 1990, lot 223 now in the Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery Collection, St. Peter Port, Guernsey. An example with a base drawer and no stand is in the collection of the National Trust of Guernsey Folk & Costume Museum, Suamarez Park, Guernsey and a very closely related example was previously with Avon Antiques and Robert Young Antiques and offered at Bonham's, The Oak Interior, 20th September 2017, lot 318.
ORWELL, George, Down and Out in Paris and London. 1st edition 1933. Orwell's rare first book and one of only 1500 copiesCondition report: Small splits in cloth between front cover and spine. Gutter exposed at title page but generally fairly firm. Scattered fingering. Remains of label stub to rear pastedown, perhaps indicating book was once from a circulating library
Over 160 Pokemon cards from Base, Jungle, Fossil, Base 2 and Team Rocket sets. Rare holo cards include Raichu, Chansey, Hitmonchan, Ninetales, Nidoking and 1st edition Machamp, together with a collector's album, Pokemon The Movie Promo cards, Topps TV Animation Edition trading cards and Walkers Tazos.
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