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Lot 49
A JAEGER-LECOULTRE SELF WINDING GENTLEMAN''S WRISTWATCH, TWIN SUBSIDIARY DIALS, SLIDING SETTING BUTTON ON CASEBACK, MARKED 632630, 36 MM D ++WHEN GENTLY SHAKEN THIS WATCH MAKES A LOUD KNOCKING SOUND BUT THE POWER RESERVE INDICATOR DOES NOT MOVE ALTHOUGH IT APPEARS TO BE IN WORKING ORDER BECAUSE THE SECOND HAND MOVES AND HAS BEEN OBSERVED FOR A FULL MINUTE. THE BUTTON ON THE CASEBACK TURNS BUT DOES NOT SLIDE, THE HANDS DO NOT SET, EXTERNALLY THE CASE IS IN GOOD CONDITION WITH LIGHT WEAR CONSISTENT WITH AGE. THERE IS SURFACE DIRT ON THE DIAL
Lot 435
A quantity of early 20th century cigarette cards and albums to include 1930's Senior Service cards, State of Express & Argath, Wills, Carreras and 1920's signed photographs of actors and actresses to include Hilda Bayley, the silent film actress who starred in the 1922 controversial film, Cocaine
Lot 547
Squadron Leader J W Wright collection; WWII Special Operations Executive (SOE) RAF collection of Form 50 1943-45 Operations Record Book, hand-written Record of Raids 1944-1945, Order of Battle folder 1944-1945, three folders of Battle Orders 1943-45 and four folders of Air Crew Losses, all relating to 166 Squadron and collected by then Squadron Leader J W Wright, including flight maps of RAF Kirmington. Also a flying helmet with face guard, microphone and headphones, Glengarry, dress cap, medal bar, cloth badge, RAF cummerbunds, Flying Log Book, Discharge Papers, Drill Handbook, 'Aircraft Mathematics' by S A Walling and 'The Battle of Britain, August-October 1940: An Air Ministry Account' belonging to Squadron Leader J W Wright, as well as a photograph of him in dress uniform. CONDITION REPORT One handwritten 'Record of Raids', four folders of Aircrew Losses, three folders of Battle Records, one Operations Book, one handwritten Log Book.
Lot 101
Skelton (Joseph). Skelton's Etchings of the Antiquities of Bristol, from Original Sketches by the late Hugh O' Neil, [1825], etched title and 55 engraved plates, manuscript number to top right corners, light spotting and soiling, original calf-backed boards, some wear to spine, 4to, together with A Course of Geography, by means of Instructive Games, invented by the Abbe Gaultier, by J. Aspin, 1829, 14 hand-coloured double-page maps only (of 15?, lacking table), some tears and marginal fraying, light spotting and soiling, front endpaper torn with loss, contemporary half morocco over original boards, paper label to upper cover, rubbed and scuffed with some wear, folio, with others, some odd and incomplete volumes including Camden's Brittania, circa 1636, Magna Britannia et Hibernia, volume II only, 1720 (lacking some maps) Rapin de Thoyras' The History of England, 2nd edition, volumes I, II & IV (2 copies), 1732-45 (one volume IV disbound), R. & J. Dodsley's England Illustrated, volume II only, 1764 (lacking maps), Reverend S. Shaw's A Tour to the West of England, 1789 and an album of photographs, circa 1899-1905 (with scenes of Whitechurch, Medd family members, warships and China including Port Arthur) (12)
Lot 112
Elgood (George S. and Gertrude Jekyll). Some English Gardens, 1st edition, 1904, numerous colour printed plates, endpapers a little toned, top edge gilt, original blue cloth gilt, joints and edges a little rubbed, folio, together with Tipping (H. Avray), English Gardens, Country Life, 1925, numerous half-tone illustrations, slight marginal yellowing, top edge gilt, original cloth, spine faded and some fading to covers, folio, with five others including Thomas Mawson's The Art & Craft of Garden Making, 4th edition, 1912 and Gertrude Jekyll & Lawrence Weaver's Gardens for Small Country Houses, 4th edition, 1920 (7)
Lot 13
Cheesman (Robert Ernest). In Unknown Arabia, with a Foreword by Major-General Sir Percy Z. Cox, 1st edition, Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1926, photographic frontispiece and plates, folding map, front inner hinge tender, half-title browned, spotting to text block, short closed tear to folding map, pencilled notes on colloquial Arabic to rear endpapers, library stamp to front pastedown, contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original pictorial cloth gilt, extremities rubbed, light fraying to spine-ends, a few pale marks to covers, 8vo, together with: Carruthers (Douglas), Arabian Adventure, to the Great Nafud in Quest of the Oryx, 1st edition, H. F. & G. Witherby, 1935, photographic plates, folding map, spotting to text block and frontispiece, contemporary gift inscription to half-title, original red-brown cloth slightly dust soiled, dust jacket chipped to partial loss of lettering on spine and front panel, 8vo; Golden Cockerel Press, Shaw-Ede, T. E. Lawrence's Letters to H. S. Ede, 1927-1935, 1st edition, Golden Cockerel Press, 1942, spotting, numerical ink-stamp to verso of title page, contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, original quarter morocco, slightly sunned, 4to, number 269 of 500 copies; Lawrence (T. E.), Oriental Assembly, 1st edition, Williams and Norgate Ltd, 1939, photographic plates, spotting, original tan cloth, pale mottling to rear board, dust jacket with a few trivial marks, a bright copy, 8vo; Thesiger (Wilfred), Arabian Sands, 1st edition, Longmans, 1959, photographic plates, folding map in end-pocket, light spotting to title page, contemporary gift inscription to front free endpaper, notes on colloquial Arabic to rear endpapers, original boards, slightly bumped and marked, dust jacket rubbed, spotted, chipped and price-clipped, 8vo, and 3 similar Macro, Arabian Peninsula, 711 for Cheesman. Carruthers's work is scarce in the dust jacket. (8)
Lot 16
Conway (Sir Martin). With Ski & Sledge over Arctic Glaciers, 1st edition, J. M. Dent & Co., 1898, gravure frontispiece, 11 plates, 2 text illustrations, folding map (tape-repaired along folds), endpapers renewed, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, original cloth, spine relaid, slightly marked and dust-soiled overall, tips bumped, 8vo, together with: McClintock (Sir Francis L.), The Voyage of the 'Fox' in the Arctic Seas. A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Comapnions, 1st edition, John Murray, 1859, wood-engraved frontispiece (spotted), 13 similar plates, folding facsimile (old repair verso), 3 folding maps (last map loose and with short split to fold), one illustration to text, inner hinges reinforced, collector's book label to front free endpaper, original blue pictorial cloth gilt, rubbed, 8vo; Kane (Elisha Kent), Arctic Explorations: the Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55, 2 volumes, Philadelphia: Childs and Peterson, 1858, engraved frontispieces, additional vignette titles, and plates, 2 maps (1 folding), 1 folding plate of charts, numerous engravings in the text, advertisement leaves to front and rear of each volume, attractive 20th-century half calf to style, 8vo; Low (Albert Peter), Report on the Dominion Government Expedition to Hudson Bay and the Arctic Islands on board the D. G. S. Nepture 1903-1904, 1st edition, Ottawa: Government Printing Bureau, 1906, photographic frontispiece, plates and text vignettes, very large folding colour map in end-pocket, contemporary gift inscription to front free endpaper, original tan pictorial cloth gilt, slightly mottled and marked, 8vo; Harris (J., publisher), Northern Regions. A Relation of Uncle Richard's Voyages for the Discovery of a North-West Passage, and an Account of the Overland journies of Other Enterprizing Travellers, 2nd edition, J. Harris, 1826, folding map frontispiece (spotted and slightly frayed), 12 engraved plates (spotted and offset), some gatherings proud, original maroon roan backing printed paper boards, worn, 12mo Arctic Bibliography 3386 (Conway), 10555 (McClintock), 8373 (for the first edition of Kane, published 1856); 2717 (Low); Neate C108 (Conway). (6)
Lot 19
Crombach (Hermann, & Philipp Bebius). Vita et martyrium S. Ursulae et sociarum undecim millium virginum, 2 volumes in 1, 1st edition, Cologne: Hermann Mylius Birckmann, 1647, engraved architectonic main title page, volume 1 title with woodcut device, volume 2 title also engraved and including scenes from the life of Ursula and 2 views of Cologne, 3 folding engraved maps of the British Isles, the Rhineland and northern Italy, woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials, text uniformly browned, old repair in margin of leaf 2C1 obscuring catch-word, a few other minor spots and marks, ink-stamps of St Joseph's Seminary (Dunwoodie, NY) to endpapers and margin of main title page, the latter also with near-contemporary inscription 'Collegii Societatis Jesu Augusta 1669', edges dyed blue, contemporary blind-tooled pigskin over reverse-bevelled wooden boards, later hand-painted spine-title, metal clasps, leather straps perished, folio (31.5 x 19 cm) VD17 23:669297B. Scarce Cologne-printed biography of St Ursula, the Romano-British patron saint of that city, with maps illustrating her travels through Europe. Copac traces seven copies in UK libraries. (1)
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Lot 229
*Boxing. Worth (Thomas), "De Fust Blood!" [and] "De Fust Knock-Down!", [S. Lipshitz], circa 1883, pair of lithographs with contemporary hand colouring, trimmed to image with title in mount aperture, some staining to mounts, each approximately 215 x 320 mm, framed and glazed, together with The Mirror of Life (publisher), Untitled print of Mitchell v Corbett, circa 1880, colour lithograph of a bare-knuckle prize fight between the champions of the United States and Great Britain, one small repaired hole to image, thread margins, 410 x 270 mm, framed and glazed (3)
Lot 270
*Caricatures. A mixed collection of approximately forty cartoons and caricatures, mostly 19th century, including Woodward (George Moutard), The Sailor's Defence, Thos. Tegg, circa 1815, etching with contemporary hand colouring, good margins, some repaired marginal closed tears, 250 x 345 mm, together with Gillray (James, after), L'Assembl‚e Nationale - or - Grand cooperative Meeting at St. Ann's Hill..., circa 1810, hand coloured etching, published in 'London & Paris', old folds, trimmed to image, 250 x 345 mm, mounted, with Marks (J. L.), Old bags at fault at the sound of the Chancery Bell, E. King, 1826, etching with contemporary hand colouring, 250 x 350 mm, plus Holland (W. publisher), Had -n - Tun! Or a great man badger'd!!, 1804, etching with contemporary hand colouring, some adhesion scarring to verso, 240 x 345 mm, and Fores (S. W. publisher), The Downfall of Despotism, or the beloved & legitimate Petticoat maker on his Marrow bones!, 1820, etching with contemporary hand colouring, 240 x 340 mm, with others similar, including examples by Holland, Fores, 'The Satirist', Cruikshank, Marks, Tregear, Sayer, Jones, Tegg and Phillips, various sizes and condition (approx.40)
Lot 271
*Cruikshank (George). Lacing in style - or a dandy midshipman preparing for action, T. Tegg, 1819, etching with contemporary hand colouring, slight staining, largely confined to margins, 245 x 345 mm, together with The head of a great nation in a queer situation! S. Knight, 1813, etching with contemporary hand colouring, trimmed to plate mark, some adhesion scarring on verso, 245 x 345 mm, with Emperor Boney escaping from Leipsic under cover !!, S. Knight 1813, etching with contemporary hand colouring, trimmed to plate mark, some adhesion scarring on verso, 245 x 345 mm, plus A Long Headed Minuet!!, T. Tegg, circa 1810, etching with contemporary hand colouring, mount stained, some staining to margins, 235 x 340 mm, and A curious Junto of slandering elves - or - listners seldom hear good of themselves, H. Humphrey, 1817, etching with contemporary hand colouring, 250 x 355 mm, with English Generals on the Peace establishment, J. Sidebotham, 1816, etching with contemporary hand colouring, trimmed to image, 220 x 320 mm, together with another eleven etchings by G. Cruickshank, occasional duplicates, various sizes and condition (17)
Lot 273
*Cruikshank (Isaac Robert, 1789-1856). Twelfth Night, Thomas Tegg, 1812, etching with contemporary hand colouring, one repaired marginal closed tear, 235 x 335 mm, with another copy similar, together with The Flying Party, G. Humphrey, 1827, etching with contemporary hand colouring, some marginal finger soiling, 350 x 245 mm, with A tale of terror!!, Thomas Tegg, circa 1800, etching with contemporary hand colouring, small margins, 240 x 320 mm, plus The sailor and the quack doctor, T. Tegg, circa 1805, etching with contemporary hand colouring, slight mount staining, 240 x 345 mm, and John Bull advising his superiors, published S. W. Fores, 1803, etching with contemporary hand colouring, 370 x 270 mm, with The martyrdom of Louis XVI. King of France..., S. W. Fores, 1793, etching with contemporary hand colouring, marginal soiling and fraying, 245 x 210 mm, with another eight similar etchings after Cruickshank, various sizes and condition (15)
Lot 274
*Cruikshank (Isaac Robert, 1789-1856). The Spread Eagle, Gracechurch Street, S. W. Fores, 1808, etching with bright contemporary hand colouring, signed and initialled by the artist to lower left, 340 x 245 mm, together with Comparative anatomy - or the dandy tribe, published S. W. Fores, 1818, etching with contemporary hand colouring, trimmed to plate mark, 240 x 330 mm, with The Scotch cottage of Glenburnia, T. Tegg, circa 1810, etching with contemporary hand colouring, 240 x 345 mm, plus The phantasmagoria or a review of old times, published T. Williamson, 1803, etching with contemporary hand colouring, trimmed to plate mark, 250 x 350 mm, and Scotch washing, Thomas Tegg, circa 1810, etching with contemporary hand colouring, slight staining in margins, 240 x 345 mm, together with Lord Mum sucking his thumb!!, S. W. Fores, 1796, etching with contemporary hand colouring, trimmed to plate mark, 345 x 210 mm, with another nine caricatures similar after I. R. Cruickshank, various sizes and condition (15)
Lot 275
*Cruikshank (Isaac Robert, 1789-1856). The Dual - or Charley longing for a pop, S. W. Fores, 1798, etching with contemporary hand colouring, 265 x 405 mm, together with A specimen of Scotch modesty, S. W. Fores, 1798, engraved caricature with contemporary hand colouring, central vertical fold, slight staining, 350 x 480 mm, with Administring to an old friend!! Or the rapid effects of Whitbread's Intire, S. W. Fores, 1805, etching with contemporary hand colouring, trimmed to plate mark, 345 x 245 mm, plus Long heads upon change. Or the return of Ld. Lauderdale, T. Tegg, circa 1810, etching with contemporary hand colouring, some dust and finger soiling to margins, 250 x 350 mm, and The three orders of St. Petersburgh, S. W. Fores, 1800, etching with contemporary hand colouring, 330 x 220 mm, together with Strong symptoms of loyalty, S. W. Fores, circa 1800, etching with contemporary hand colouring, 245 x 375 mm, with One of the family!!, S. W. Fores, 1795, etching with contemporary hand colouring, trimmed to plate mark, 345 x 245 mm, plus A Hint for another statue - or a sketch of a modern weather cock, S. W. Fores, 1804, etching with contemporary hand colouring, trimmed with thread margins, 325 x 220 mm, and Taking an emetic, S. W. Fores, 1800, etching with contemporary hand colouring, one marginal repaired closed tear, trimmed to plate mark, slight marginal staining, 295 x 215 mm (9)
Lot 276
*Cruikshank (Isaac Robert, 1789-1856). The city sheep shearing, S. W. Fores, 1809, etching with contemporary hand colouring, slight adhesion scarring to verso, 220 x 335 mm, together with Symptons of affection or a specimen of marital prowess, S. W. Fores, 1791, etching with contemporary hand colouring, 260 x 400 mm, with The Doctor administering his gilded pill..., S. W. Fores, 1802, etching with contemporary hand colouring, 330 x 225 mm, plus The Phantasmagoria - or - a review of old times, T. Williamson, 1803, etching with contemporary hand colouring, 245 x 350 mm, and The quarrell abount pensions amicably settled, S. W. Fores, 1796, etching with contemporary hand colouring, trimmed to plate mark and window mounted, 255 x 370 mm, with A hint for another statue - or a sketch of a modern weather cock, S. W. Fores, 1804, etching with contemporary hand colouring, trimmed to plate mark, 340 x 240 mm, and Petition Mongers in full cry to St. Stephens!! Beware of wolves in sheeps clothing, S. W. Fores, 1795, etching with contemporary hand colouring, trimmed to plate mark, some dust and finger soiling to margins, 270 x 325 mm, together with eight further caricatures by Isaac Cruikshank, but all uncoloured, various sizes and condition (15)
Lot 277
*Cruikshank (George, 1792-1878). The Imposter, or Obstetric Dispute, T.Tegg, 1814, etching with contemporary hand colouring, 250 x 350 mm, together with All's right; a farce as performed at the Haymarket!!, D. Smith, 1828, etching with contemporary hand colouring, 225 x 300 mm with Giant Grumbo & the black dwarf. Or Lord G - & the printer's devil, G. Humphrey, 1819, etching with contemporary hand colouing, some soiling to margins, 205 x 255 mm, plus The Trip-hell alliance, S. Knight, 1813, etching with contemporary hand colouring, trimmed to neatline, 235 x 340 mm, and A party of pleasure, G. Humphrey, 1822, etching with contemporary hand colouring, trimmed and window mounted, some marginal closed tears but not affecting image, 260 x 375 mm, with another sixteen etchings, thirteen with contemporary hand colouring, varuious sizes and condition (21)
Lot 279
*Elmes (William). John Bull reading the extraordinary Red book, Thos. Tegg, circa 1820, etching with bright contemporary hand colouring, good margins, 250 x 350 mm, together with Rowlandson (Thomas), Paul preaching to the Britons, circa 1815, aquatint with contemporary hand colouring, slight staining to margins, 335 x 255 mm, with Heath (William), A family party takeing an airing, Thos. Tegg, 1819, etching with contemporary hand colouring, slight staining to margins, 240 x 350 mm, plus Newton (Richard, after), [An undertakers visit], Thos. Tegg, circa 1820, etching with contemporary hand colouring, trimmed with loss of title, some near contemporary manuscript crossing out of text, 245 x 330 mm, and Heath (William), Slugs in a Saw-Pit. Hell to pay, or the direful courage of Dolla Lolla, S. W. Fores, circa 1815, etching with contemporary hand colouring, trimmed to image, some dust soiling, slight creasing, 240 x 370 mm, together with The measure of happiness, or, A royal visit to the Dey of Tunis or the Great Plenipo, S. W. Fores, 1820, etching with contemporary hand colouring, some closed tears and staining to margins, 250 x 350 mm (6)
Lot 295
*Gillray (James, 1757-1815). One of the advantages of a Low Carriage, H. Humphrey, 1801, etching with bright contemporary hand colouring, good margins, one marginal repaired closed tear, 260 x 360 mm, together with another copy, trimmed to image, with A Cockney and his wife going to Wycombe, H. Humphrey, 1805, etching with contemporary hand colouring, trimmed to image, some adhesion scarring on verso, 250 x 360 mm, plus The fall of the Phaeton..., S. W. Fores, 1788, etching with sparse later hand colouring, repaired tear in right hand margin, just affecting image, other marginal repaired tears, 250 x 350 mm Together four Gillray caricatures relating to the trials and indignities of travelling by coach. (4)
Lot 297
*Heath (William, 1795-1840). A short ride in the long walk or the ponies posed!!, S. W. Fores, 1824, engraving with contemporary hand colouring, one marginal repaired closed tear, 245 x 255 mm, together with Slugs in a saw pit, hell to pay or the direful courage of Dolla Lolla, S. W. Fores, 1810, engraving with contemporary hand colouring, trimmed to plate mark, slight chipping to margins, slight dust soiling, 255 x 400 mm, with Protestant Descendency; a putt at the church, T. McLean, 1829, etching with contemporary hand colouring, 255 x 375 mm, plus Knock and ye shall enter, T. McLean, circa 1820, etching with contemporary hand colouring, some chipping and slight staining to margins, 375 x 260 mm, and Irish M.P.s, T. Mclean, circa 1820, etching with contemporary hand colouring, 255 x 375 mm, with Melancholy loss of the medal, circa 1820, etching with contemporary hand colouring, 260 x 370 mm, plus Maternal management or a plot discovered, Thos. McLean, 1829, engraving with contemporary hand colouring, thread margins, 340 x 245 mm, and Peeling a Charley, Thos. McLean, 1820, etching with contemporary hand colouring, trimmed to plate mark, 245 x 360 mm, together with The unexpected visit or more then welcome, S. W. Fores, 1820, etching with contemporary hand colouring, 240 x 345 mm, with A kiss at the congress. A legitimate embrace at Aix la Chapelle, between Alexander the Great and Louis the Large & others Dramatis Persona, S. W. Fores, 1818, etching with contemporary hand colouring, 235 x 335 mm (10)
Lot 298
*Heath (William, 1795-1840). Which is the dirtiest. So foul the stains will be indelible, S. W. Fores, 1820, etching with contemporary hand colouring, 250 x 355 mm, together with The Royal Milling Match, S. W. Fores, 1811, etching with contemporary hand colouring, small margins, 250 x 355 mm, with The Blessings of Military Law-givers, J. Gails, 1829, etching with contemporary hand colouring, 260 x 365 mm, plus A Buck and a Doe, Thos. McLean, 1827, etching with contemporary hand colouring, trimmed to image and window mounted, 250 x 360 mm, mounted, and The Steam Boat, Thos. McLean, 1827, etching with contemporary hand colouring, trimmed to image and window mounted, 350 x 250 mm, together with No genius, Thos. McLean, circa 1825, etching with contemporary hand colouring, 260 x 370 mm, with Daring and Impudent Robbery!!!, Thos. McLean, 1829, etching with contemporary hand colouring, trimmed to plate mark, 245 x 355 mm, plus A trifling misunderstanding or a military tea party - Effects of a field education, Thos. Mclean, circa 1828, etching with contemporary hand colouring, trimmed to image, window mounted, 250 x 360 mm, and A bold stroke for a wife, no chicken hazard!!!, S. W. Fores, 1822, etching with contemporary hand colouring, trimmed to plate mark, 235 x 300 mm, plus Rats in the barn, or John Bull's famous old dog Billy astonishing the varment, Thomas McLean, circa 1828, etching with contemporary hand colouring, 260 x 370 mm, with five other similar examples by W. Heath, but only two with hand colouring, various sizes and condition (15)
Lot 299
*Heath (William, 1795-1840). Modern Peeing Toms who deserve to be sent to Coventry!!! Thos. McLean, circa 1830, etching with contemporary hand colouring, trimmed to image and window mounted, 235 x 375 mm, together with A pair of fashionables, Thos. McLean, 1827, etching with contemporary hand colouring, some soiling to margins, slight staining, 370 x 255 mm, with A point of law, T. McLean, circa 1828, etching with contemporary hand colouring, trimmed to plate mark, slight dust soiling, 245 x 355 mm, plus The peel thrown away or one mans meat is another mans poison, Thos. McLean, 1829, etching with contemporary hand colouring, 265 x 360 mm, and Matchless eloquence thrown away or 267 against little Joey and his shining friend, T. McLean circa 1828, etching with contemporary hand colouring, 360 x 255 mm, together with A new Italian farce called the Green Bag by Permission, S. W. Fores, 1820, etching with contemporary hand colouring, 255 x 345 mm, with A labourer in a good cause, Thos. McLean, circa 1828, etching with contemporary hand colouring, trimmed to plate mark, 350 x 255 mm, plus Cabriolet or shelter versus pelter - For the rain it raineth every day - Shakespeare, Thos. McLean, 1829, etching with contemporary hand colouring, trimmed to plate mark, 255 x 360 mm, and The Spanish dance, T. McLean, 1830, etching with contemporary hand colouring, toned overall, margins strengthened on verso, trimmed to plate mark, 260 x 375 mm, with The Misfortune of having short legs or the power of the flock loseing his stick !, Thos. McLean, 1830, etching with contemporary hand colouring, some mount staining, slight spotting, 255 x 350 mm (10)
Lot 308
*Satirist. A collection of eighteen engravings, 1808 - 1812, etched, engraved and aquatint caricatures, six with contemporary hand colouring, including examples by Thomas Scrutiny, S. Tipper and M. Jones, old folds, various condition, each approximately 195 x 355 mm All were originally published in 'The Satirist'. (18)
Lot 310
*Williams (Charles attrib.). A King-Fisher, S. W. Fores, 1826, etching with contemporary hand colouring, trimmed to plate mark, slight mount staining, margins strengthened on verso, 255 x 355 mm, together with Heath (William, attrib.), John Bull come to the Bone, circa 1813, etching with contemporary hand colouring, slight mount staining, 325 x 230 mm, with Elmes (William, attrib.), Polish Diet, with French Desert, Thos. Tegg, 1812, etching with contemporary hand colouring, trimmed to plate mark, 245 x 340 mm The first described item is a satire on King George IV who is depicted as a fisherman sitting in a pavilion beside the figure of his mistress, Elizabeth Conyngham. The King sits on gilded furniture and holds a fishing rod, with which he has caught a frog, which Elizabeth Conyngham attempts to remove from the river with a net. The King's bandaged gout ridden foot rests on a gilded footstool, with a kingfisher on the opposite bank to the left, and a view of the Royal Lodge and Windsor Castle in the background. (3)
Lot 311
*Williams (Charles). Sailors rigging ou Poll, circa 1815, etching after George Moutard Woodward, contemporary hand colouring, 245 x 340 mm, together with The three Georges' - The Patron, The Sovereign and the Patriot, published John Fairburn, 1827, etching with contemporary hand colouring, small margins, slight staining, 245 x 345 mm, with Sublime and Beautiful, published Thomas Tegg, 1810, etching with contemporary hand colouring, some staining, finger soiling and closed tears to margins, 340 x 240 mm, plus The casting vote or the Independant Speaker, published S W Fores, 1805, etching with contemporary hand colouring, slight staining, one repaired marginal closed tears, 350 x 250 mm, and A TŠte … TŠte, conversation on recent events, published S W Fores, 1805, etching with contemporary hand colouring, 355 x 245 mm, with another ten similar caricatures by Williams, all with contemporary hand colouring, various sizes and condition (15)
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Lot 312
*Williams (Charles). A Shrewed Guess or the Farmers Definition of Parliamentary Debates..., Thomas Tegg [1813], etching with contemporary hand colouring, one repaired marginal closed tear, 245 x 345 mm, together with The City combat or the desperate attack at the English Baron, S. W. Fores, 1802, etching with contemporary hand colouring, slight marginal creasing, 245 x 390 mm, with another uncoloured example, with A burning shame, or throwing a light on the practice of pigeon plucking, S. W. Fores, circa 1805, etching with contemporary hand colouring, trimmed to plate mark and laid on later card, 245 x 345 mm, plus The game of see saw - or amusement for John Bull, Walker, 1809, etching with contemporary hand colouring, slight overall toning and fly spotting, 245 x 345 mm, and John Bull's first visit to his old friend the New Secretary, S. W. Fores, 1806, etching with contemporary hand colouring, trimed to image, torn with slight loss at lower left corner, 240 x 340 mm, with another seventeen caricatures after and by Williams, various sizes and condition (23)
Lot 313
*Williams (Charles). The Divine and the Donkey - or Petworth frolicks, W. N. Jones, 1814, All the talents upset or the high mettled Hanoverian grown restive, S. W. Fores, 1807, Hocus Pocus - or conjurors raising the wind, circa 1814, Smuggling in high life, S. W. Fores, 1814 [and] The constitution squad (ie Opposition) advancing to attack, Walker, 1815, five etched caricatures, four with contemporary hand colouring, all with old folds, each approximately 205 x 510 mm, mounted, with another three unattributed similar caricatures :- The property tax - City champions - or the Darling in danger, W. N. Jones, 1815, Rival Candidates for the vacant bays, N. Jones, 1815 [and] the R-G-ncy park, M. Jones, 1813, all with old folds, 'The property tax...,' torn with slight loss, various sizes and condition, all mounted All were published in 'The Scourge'. A satirical magazine of the early 19th century. (8)
Lot 314
*Williams (Charles). The Nightmare - or Magistractical vigilance, Thos Tegg, circa 1816, etching with contemporary hand colouring, 245 x 350 mm, mounted, together with Deerhurst's defeat or the end of unqualified ambition, published for the proprietors of Town Talk, circa 1812, etching with contemporary hand colouring, old folds, backed with later paper, folds strengthened on verso, marginal repaired closed tears, 250 x 425 mm, mounted, with The Crown and Anchor desperado or the Cracked Member, S. W. Fores, 1802, etching with contemporary hand colouring, trimmed to image, 240 x 335 mm, mounted, plus The Westminster seceder on fresh duty, S. W. Fores, 1801, etching with contemporary hand colouring, trimmed to plate mark, adhesion scarring on verso, 315 x 225 mm, mounted, and The ghost of Crim-con or a check to speculation, S. W. Fores, 1808, etching with contemporary hand colouring, trimmed to image, 240 x 340 mm, mounted, together with Sketches of Fairy-land or a comparison between England & Lilliput Pl. 1 & Pl. 2, circa 1810, two etchings with six caricatures per sheet (as published), both with contemporary hand colouring, 235 x 330 mm, mounted (7)
Lot 378
Marchese (Vincenzo). S. Marco Convento dei Padri Predicatori in Firenze illustrato e Inciso principalmente nei dipinti del B. Giovanni Angelico, Florence, 1853, 40 engraved plates, a little light soiling, occasional small water stain to text lower margins, bookplate, contemporary calf-backed boards, loss at foot of spine, a little rubbed and stained, folio, together with La Patriarcale Basilica Vaticana, illustrata per cura Agostino Valentini, 2 volumes, 1845, numerous engraved plates and plans, a few folding, occasional light spotting and marginal water stains, House of Commons Library stamps, all edges gilt, modern morocco-backed buckram, folio, plus Esplorazioni Sotto la Confessione di San Pietro in Vaticano. Eseguite negli Anni 1940-1949, relazione a cura di B.M. Apollonj Ghetti, A. Ferrua et al, 2 volumes, Citta del Vaticano, 1951, 59 plates and plans, a few folding, illustrations, previous owner signature to title, original red cloth gilt, 4to, with four others related: H. D'Espouy Fragments d'Architecture du Moyen Age et de la Renaissance, 2 volumes, circa 1900 and two others Provenance: Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017). (9)
Lot 385
Wicar (Jean-Baptiste). Tableaux, statues, bas-reliefs et cam‚es de la Galerie de Florence et du Palais Pitti ... grav‚s sous la direction de C. L. Masquelier, avec les ‚xplications par Mongez, 2 volumes [of 4], 2nd edition, Paris: J. P. Aillaud, 1819, 96 engraved plates, variable spotting to text-leaves and plate margins, some offsetting, endpapers renewed, all edges gilt, contemporary green straight-grain morocco, gilt spines, broad gilt borders to sides incorporating palmette and urn tools, rubbed and scuffed, some minor stripping and repairs, folio (52.5 x 33.5 cm) (2)
Lot 386
Agnon (Shmuel Yosef, & Ahron Eliasberg, editors). Das Buch von den polnischen Juden, 1st edition, Berlin: Jdischer Verlag, 1916, decorative title pages in Hebrew and German, 16 plates, illustrations to the text, small nick to fore edge of German title page, original cream pictorial cloth designed by Hugo Krayn, rear board slightly marked, 8vo, a bright copy, together with Prinz (Joachim), Wir Juden, 1st edition, 8-10th thousand, Berlin: Erich Reiss, 1934, original printed wrappers, slightly chipped, repaired, 8vo A bright copy of the influential anthology of essays, folk-tales and short stories co-edited by pioneering Hebrew author and Nobel laureate S. Y. Agnon, containing essays, folk-tales and short stories by writers from Poland and Galicia, including a story by Scholem Asch entitled 'Ein herrschaftlicher Sabbat'. (2)
Lot 389
Beaty-Pownall (S.). The "Queen" Cookery Books, 14 volumes, mixed editions, Horace Cox, 1902-1905, black & white illustrations, original cloth with blocked boards, few slightly rubbed & dust-soiled (mostly to volume 9), 8vo, all contained together in original publisher's presentation box with title in blind to front panel, a little wear to some edges, few marks to lid, overall approximately 180mm x 230mm x 125mm Including volumes for soups, ices, pickles and preserves, entr‚es, meat and game, sweets, breakfast and lunch dishes, salads, sandwiches and savouries, vegetables, bread, cakes and biscuits, fish, and household hints. (1)
Lot 393
Churchill (Winston S.). The Second World War, 6 volumes, 1st English edition, Cassell & Co., 1948-54, numerous diagrams, maps and tables, some folding, many with colour, some minor spotting to a few leaves, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, contemporary red morocco gilt, by John Jameson of Cotswold Bookbinders, 8vo The first English edition appeared six months after the American edition. Churchill had insisted that Cassell wait to include all his numerous revisions, ensuring that this became the 'definitive' edition. The first English edition is also considered to be more aesthetically pleasing, having both coloured and folded maps and plans. A handsomely bound set. (6)
Lot 435
Williams (Alfred). Songs in Wiltshire, 1909; Poems in Wiltshire, 1911; Nature and Other Poems, 1912; Cor Cordium, 1913, 1st editions, occasional spotting and light toning, previous owner signature to Nature and Other Poems, original cloth, spines a little faded or darkened, a little rubbed with a few marks, Songs in Wiltshire signed to title by the poet (his first poetry book), together with others by Williams including a broadsheet poem Albert, King of the Belgians, To be S at the Belgian Re-unionm Euclid Street Schools, December 19th, 1914, inscribed "A Happy New Year, Alf. Williams to Fred Sargent", Round About the Upper Thames, 1922, Folk Songs of the Upper Thames, 1923, and Selected Poems, 1926, plus a small collection of books by W.H. Hudson, including The Naturalist in La Plata, 1892, Birds in London, 1898, Hampshire Days, 1903, A Crystal Age, 2nd edition, 1906, Adventures Among Birds, 1913, and Kith and Kin. Poems of Animal Life, Selected by Henry S. Salt, 1901, with a presentation inscription and loose letter to G.L. Watson from Hudson, 1903 (approximately 50)
Lot 446
Davies (Gerald S.). Hans Holbein the Younger, 1903, numerous monochrome plates, guttering split, some spotting, original cloth, spine slightly toned and rubbed, hinges cracked to head, folio, together with Cartwright (Julia, editor), Christ & His Mother in Italian Art, 1897, limited edition 178/256, 50 monochrome plates, period inscription to front endpaper, cracked front guttering, some minor spotting, publisher's original gilt decorated quarter vellum, boards and spines lightly rubbed, folio, and Stillman (W.J.), Venus and Apollo in Painting and Sculpture, 1897, limited edition 29/555, 68 plates, bookplate and extra illustration to front endpapers, some minor toning and spotting, publisher's original gilt decorated quarter vellum, boards and spine lightly rubbed, folio, plus other large format classical art reference and related, mostly original cloth, G/VG, folio Provenance: Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017). (2 cartons)
Lot 462
Furley (Robert). A History of the Weald of Kent..., 2 volumes (in 3), Ashford, 1871-74, black and white folding maps, bookplates to front endpapers, some minor toning and spotting, publisher's uniform original gilt decorated green cloth, boards and spines lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Ogilvy (James S.), A Pilgrimage in Surrey, 2 volumes, 1914, 141 colour plates, some light spotting, uniform original green cloth, spines lightly rubbed, 4to, and Bradley (E.T.), Annals of Westminster Abbey, 1895, numerous black and white illustrations, including engraved frontispiece, original gilt decorated green cloth, spine and boards slightly toned and rubbed to head and foot, large 4to, plus other 20th century UK topography and history reference and related, including A History of Surrey, 4 volumes, plus Index, The Victorian History of the Counties of England, circa 1920, mostly original cloth, some leather bindings, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)
Lot 51
Plant (S. Cornell). Handbook for the Guidance of Shipmasters on the Ichang-Chungking Section of the Yangtze River, 1st edition, 2nd issue, revised and enlarged by R. G. Everest, Shanghai: Statistical Department of the Inspectorate General of Customs, 1932, photographic frontispiece, 48 plates including photographs, tables and charts, many folding, and 2 on 2 sheets, front free endpaper excised, frontispiece spotted and offset, original cloth-backed printed boards, rubbed, wear to corners, 4to Copac traces three copies only of this revised and enlarged second issue (IWM, NMM and SOAS), and two of the first issue, printed in 1920. (1)
Lot 525
Putnam (publishers). British Warship Names, by T.D. Manning C.F. Walker, 1959, Hawker Aircraft Since 1920, by Francis K. Mason, 1961, Vickers Aircraft Since 1908, by C.F. Andrews, 1969, Armament of British Aircraft 1909-1939, by H.F. King, 1971, Gloster Aircraft Since 1907, by Derek N. James, 1971, Handley Page Aircraft Since 1907, by C.H. Barnes, 1976, The Captive Luftwaffe, by Kenneth S. West, 1978, Supermarine Aircraft Since 1914, by C.F. Andrews & E.B. Morgan, 1981, all 1st editions, plus 7 further Putnam volumes, mixed editions, all original cloth in dust jackets, covers slightly faded and rubbed, 8vo, together with other modern aviation and military reference and related, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (6 shelves)
Lot 532
Mirto (Alfonso). La Biblioteca del Cardinal Leopoldo de Medici, Catalogo, Florence, Leo S. Olschki, 1990, original printed wrappers, rubbed and a few marks, large 8vo, together with Voigt (Georg), Il Rasorgimento dell'Antichita'Classica ovvero Il Primo Secolo dell'Umanismo, 2 volumes, Florence, G.C. Sansoni, 1968, original printed wrappers, 8vo, plus Amiani (Pietro Maria), Memorie Istoriche della Citta'di Fano, 2 volumes, Bologna, Forni Editore, 1967, original printed wrappers, large 8vo, and other Italian history, literature and reference, many printed in Italian, mostly original printed wrappers, including 13 volumes of Studi Urbinati, 1969-2002, 47 issues of The Journal of European Economic History, 1980s-90s, and a quantity of issues of Rassegna degli Archivi di Stato, 1980s-90s Provenance: Dr Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017). (6 shelves)
Lot 69
Barth (Henry). Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa: Being a Journal of an Expedition Undertaken Under the Auspices of H.B.M.'s Government in the Years 1849-1855, 5 vols., 1st ed., 1857-58, half titles to volumes IV & V only, 15 folding maps, 60 tinted lithographed plates, one folding plan, some light spotting and offsetting, faint library stamps to first three titles and to verso of first map in volume II, contemporary near uniform half calf, spines with red and green labels, a little rubbed and scuffed, 8vo Abbey Travel 274. Considered one of the greatest European explorers of Africa, German scholar Heinrich Barth was appointed to the James Richardson expedition, which was tasked by the British government to establish commercial relations in the Sudan and Lake Chad regions. After the deaths of Richardson and Prussian astronomer Adolf Overweg from fever and malaria, Barth continued the mission, travelling from Tripoli to Cameroon and from Lake Chad to Timbuktu, providing much academic information on topography, languages and culture, history and resources of the areas explored, still in use by African historians today. (5)
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