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Click here to subscribePolistil: A collection of six boxed Polistil 1/40 Scale Diecast Serie E models, together with a collection of five boxed Polistil 1/24 Scale Diecast motorcycles, comprising: MV 750cc, Honda 750cc Four, Kawasaki 900, Suzuki 750 and Kawasaki 750. Boxes have some general wear, vehicles appear generally good. Please assess photograph. (11)
Collectables: A boxed Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger, 2001, Limited Edition, 3 Ghouls statue, bubble insert yellow, figures and base appear good, box has edge wear and some tearing; together with a boxed Meccano Hyper Space construction set, contents unchecked for completeness; a boxed Polistil Ferrari F1 scale diecast model, Tonka / Polistil Porsche 911 scale model; and three other boxed diecast vehicles. (one box)
Bburago: A collection of seven boxed Burago / Maisto and Pocketbond scale diecast models to comprise: 1947 MG TC Midget, Jaguar SS 100, Mercedes Benz 500K Roadster, Alfa Romeo 2300 Spider, Volkswagen Export Sedan, Ferrari F50 and one other. All within original boxes apart from one. Vehicles appear very good, boxes are good / fair. Together with a small collection of boxed Days Gone and a plush panda. (one box)
Eddie Stobart: A collection of assorted Eddie Stobart items to comprise: Corgi Modern Trucks 75403, Corgi Depot 31801, Tekno Model 9932, sealed Italieri Eddie Stobart Rigid Box Truck set 1:24 Scale; Heavy Haulage Wrecker CC12306, 1999 and 2000 Calendars, The Eddie Stobart Story by Hunter Davies. Boxed items appear in good order, with original boxes. Italieri box set crushed. Other items generally also good. (one box)
Bburago: A collection of six boxed Burago scale diecast models, to comprise: Porsche 356B Cabriolet, Bugatti Grand-Prix, Bugatti Type 59, Range Rover Sport, Bugatti EB 110, Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza. All within original boxes, models appear in very good condition, boxes have some general wear. (6)
Maisto: A collection of seven boxed Maisto scale diecast models to comprise: Mercedes-Benz CLK-DTM 2000 (two examples), Mercedes CLK-GTR, Mercedes-Benz 300S, Jaguar XJ220 (two examples), Ford GT90. All items within original boxes, models appear in very good condition, boxes have some general wear. (7)
Eligor: A collection of boxed Eligor scale diecast models, 1:43 to include: Williams Recycling, Team McLaren Mercedes, Trans-European Port Services, D.R. Macleod, Benetton Renault Formula 1 Racing Team, Williams Renault F1, and a Car Trasnporter. All items within original boxes, models appear in very good condition, boxes have some general knocks and dinks. (8)
Theatrical Interest: A South Staffordshire enamel patch box, circa 1805Of oval form, printed with a titled bust-length portrait of 'Young Roscius', the lobed base picked out in green, the hinged lid inset with a mirror, 4.4cm wideFootnotes:William Henry West Betty (1791-1874), known as 'the Young Roscius', was a child actor prodigy who toured Scotland and England in 1804. When he reached London in December 1804, there was fighting in the streets to secure tickets to see him perform at Drury Lane. Lord Byron referred to widespread 'Rosciomania', which ensured not only the commission of large-scale portraits by James Northcote and John Opie but souvenirs such as the present lot for playgoers to commemorate their having seen the celebrity on stage.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
MINIATURE BOOKS - DAVID BRYCEA fine and extensive collection of miniature books, mostly published by David Bryce & Son of Glasgow, including: --[Qur'an] The 'Mite Koran', photolithographic reduction, printed in Arabic, with facsimile attestation at end, patterned endpapers, red morocco gilt, 27 x 19 mm. [Bondy p.111-2], [c.1900]--'Smallest English Classic in the World': Thomas Gray, An Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, green roan, 17 x 13mm. [Bondy p.113-4], 1911--The Smallest English Dictionary in the World, later purple goatskin with multiple gilt fleur-de-lys all over design, 29 x 23mm. [Bondy p.107, 'this miracle of of miniature book production... easily readable']--[Qur'an], facsimile of an illuminated manuscript, in Maghribi script, decorative gilt limp leather, 23 x 18mm., [Cairo, c.1930], the last 2 contained in a model wooden school desk--[Chained Bibles] 'Smallest Bible in the World', The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, 2 copies, illustrations, dark and light brown blind-stamped roan respectively, with magnifier in pocket inside front cover, 42 x 30mm., both chained to a model wooden lectern (the first with with printed label on lectern, tear to joint, the second with defective title-page, covers loose and lacking backstrip, chain detached from lectern), [Bondy p.109], [1911]; with another copy of the very small New Testament (see no. 10 below), chained to a small silver-plated model lectern--'The Smallest Bible in the World': The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, illustrations, red gilt-tooled roan, with magnifier in pocket at front (this cover detached), 42 x 30mm., 1896--'Burns Family Bible': The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, illustrations, blind-stamped limp calf and original tartan-covered hinged wooden case, with printed label 'Smallest Bible in the World with Burns' Family Register in the Poet's Handwriting', 45 x 30mm. [Bondy p.110]--'Illustrated Miniature Bible': The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, illustrations, dark purple roan, elaborately gilt with title on front cover, preserved in original metal locket with gilt-lettered red roan front panel and inset magnifier (case worn), 43 x 30mm. --Robert Burns, Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, reduced facsimile of the first edition, publisher's stiff printed wrappers, 29 x 20mm. [Bondy p.113], Kilmarnock, 1786 [but Glasgow, c.1900]--Golden Thoughts from Great Authors, 2 copies, dark red and dark blue limp calf, 29 x 20mm. [Bondy p.113]--[Midget Library], 12 vol. including The Smallest French and English Dictionary in the World by F.E.A. Gasc [cf. Bondy p.107]; Tiny Alphabet of Animals and Tiny Alphabet of Birds [cf. Bondy, p.72]; The New Testament [cf. Bondy p.111, 'staggeringly small', 20 x 16m.], 1925; Old English, Scotch and Irish Songs with Music [Bondy, p.113] and a Koran, all in red roan gilt (the Koran elaborately so), all housed in original single wooden stand with hinged metal and glass front (metal worn) --Tennyson, [Works], 4 vol., limp green roan, spines darkened, preserved in single open case with embossed metal surround, each 52 x 35mm. --'Finger Post Series for the Pocket': Ambulance Hints; Daily Food for Daily Life, 2 vol., both with double-page title and text, uniform maroon and dark green roan respectively, upper cover with gilt illustration of a signpost and gate, 77 x 25mm. --'The Finger Prayer Book': The Book of Common Prayer, limp blue roan, blue silk endpapers, slightly soiled and worn at spine end, housed in open metalwork carrying case with chain, 90 x 30mm., Oxford University Press and Henry Frowde, [c.1900]--Charles Dickens [Christmas Books], 'Oxford India paper Edition', 5 vol. including a Christmas Carol, limp red roan gilt, spines darkened, preserved in single open case with embossed metal surround, each 52 x 35mm., Henry Frowde, 1904-1906; another set, 5 vol., dark red limp roan, spines faded and rubbed, 50 x 37mm., Henry Frowde, 1904--Walter Scott, [Works], 6 vol., light blue pictorial cloth, spine gilt, housed in tartan-covered wooden box hinged at top and bottom, with inset portrait and illustration to front, 86 x 62mm., New York, F.A. Stokes [D. Bryce on spines]--The Illustrated Pocket Shakespeare, 8 vol., 2 sets, red and blue (larger format) cloth respectively, spines gilt; Burns's Poetical Works, Pearl Edition, 6 vol., blue pictorial cloth; 7 Midget Library volumes (including 3 copies each of the Smallest English Dictionary and Smallest French & English Dictionary, red roan, some spines worn or torn); Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, double-page text, decorative green roan, slightly worn; 4 'Thumb Series' volumes (Autograph, Confession, Gazetteer, Book of Bible, cloth); 8 volumes by Scott, cloth; Burns's Poems, tartan cloth; and 2 others, all contained in a glass-fronted bookcase with 3 shelves--Shakespeare, 'The Smallest and Daintiest Standard Set of Shakespeare in the World' (Bryce catalogue), 40 vol., limp roan in various colours, some with spines worn/defective or covers detached, in original sycamore revolving bookcase, c.51 x 34mm. [cf. Bondy p.114-5]Glasgow, David Bryce unless otherwise stated, dates where given; and c.70 other miniature books, mostly published by Bryce (see Condition Report), with one exception all in original publisher's bindingsFootnotes:THE SMALLEST BOOKS IN THE WORLD: AN EXCEPTIONAL COLLECTION OF MINIATURE VOLUMES, mostly produced by the Glasgow publisher David Bryce & Son, often in collaboration with Henry Frowde at the Oxford University Press. In a short space of time Bryce went from the position of a relatively unknown publisher to that of a vastly successful entrepreneur, using the latest printing technologies to produce 'more wee books than the total world production up to that time' (James Henderson, 'David Bryce & Son', The News-letter of the LXIV-mos, no. 11, 15 October 1928). As Bryce wrote in 1876, 'I descended to the miniature, mite and midget size, producing a little dictionary, the smallest in the world, in a locket accompanied by a magnifying glass. I had many a scoff and jeer as to the absurdity of the production, nevertheless it at once appealed... and its sales are now over 100,000.'Some of the books in the collection are housed in original or specially made boxes, cases and other furniture - including two large glass-fronted bookcases which contain some of the largest and smallest volumes. The collection contains many of the books described in the chapter devoted to Bryce in Louis Bondy's Miniature Books, 1981, including the Qur'an, the English and French & English dictionaries, Gray's Elegy (the smallest Bryce book, 'exceedingly rare... at one time said not to exist'), three Bibles chained to model lecterns, the facsimile of Burns' Poems, and several of the sets such as the 'Ellen Terry Shakespeare'.The 'Mite Koran', in its distinctive red, blue or black leather bindings with a circular void in the gilt pattern, was a photolithographic reduction of two different Ottoman editions, and was printed on India paper specially produced for Bryce by Henry Frowde at the Oxford University Press. The two copies of the Qur'an included here are both the variant described by Nick McBurney as the '1871 Bryce', easily distinguished from the '1884 Bryce' (which was based on a different Istanbul edition) by the inclusion of the signatures and seals of ten Islamic scholars at the end. It is often noted that these Qur'ans were issued to Muslim soldiers fighting in World War I, but in fact they were printed on an industrial scale for export to the Arab world, where they were mostly carried as keepsakes rather than used for reading. 'Printed by the thous... This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Attributed to Benjamin West (American, 1738-1820)A sketch of figures on a balcony oil on paper6.2 x 4.8cm (2 7/16 x 1 7/8in).together with 4 other works by the same hand, framed as one (5)Footnotes:A group of 10 works, of a comparable scale and subject matter, attributed to Benjamin West are in the V & A Museum, London (inv. nos. E.3905, E.3909 and E.3911-1920).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BRASS UNIVERSAL EQUINOCTIAL RING DIAL, English, 18th century,the meridian ring engraved with latitude scale and solar altitude and zenith distance scales, equinoctial ring with hour scale, bridge with pinhole gnomon sliding over calendar scale, 3in (8cm) diameter For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A J Field compass dial, English, circa 1800,signed J. Field London, with printed paper compass rose, brass hour scale and hinged gnomon, in mahogany case with cover, 3 1/2in (9cm) square; a smaller compass dial of similar format, 3in (7.5cm) square and a Chinese diptych dial 2 3/8in (6cm) long, (3)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Charles Bloud-type ivory diptych dial, Dieppe, circa 1660,the upper outer face with pin gnomon dial with hour scale divided to 30 minutes, inner upper face with white metal lunar volvelle within hour scales, lower inner face with elliptical hour scale, printed compass rose with table of latitudes, the base with brass volvelle, date scale and perpetual calendar, 2 3/4in x 2 1/2in (7cm x 6.5cm) Footnotes:Please note that from 19 January 2022, items containing ivory cannot be imported into the EU. The import of ivory into the USA and China is already prohibited.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
ISLE OF WIGHT, selection, inc. softback editions, Englands Eden, The Isle of Wight Book of Days, Yesterdays Papers (4), vol. 2-5 etc; postcards (15*), Shanklin, Seaview, Freshwater, Yarmouth, Cowes, (a few pu); Hardings guide map to the Isle of Wight, Bacons large scale map, photographs etc., G to VG, 30*
Corgi Models. Battle of Britain Spitfire and Hurricane Die Cast Metal Plane Set. Housed in The Aviation Archive Original Box. 1:72 Scale. Mint Condition. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Two Surveyor's Plain Tables, for tripod mounting, one from University of Central Wales , Aberystwyth, 60cm x 75cm, with canvas cover, the other British Army, 'Board, Arty. No2 Mk1, Houghton Butcher 1935, with compartments for instruments below, nickel silver scale rule, ruler/protractor, drawing pins, canvas cover with broad arrow, 55cm square
Surveying and Navigation Instruments, A Lenthall Course Delineator, by Heath &Co, early 20th century, celluloidin mahogany case with instruction booklet, with a tachymetric plotter by Blundell Harling c.1960, and a good nickel-silver military scale rule, 50ft + 1", 22.2cm long in mahogany case
A Collection of Drawing/Drafting Instruments, two 20th century Haff 246-200E metal beam compasses, one incomplete, a set of large railway curves stamped 'Hudelo a Paris', a case with various French curves, a rosewood set square etc, and a mahogany case with 18" scale rules and a boxwood folding square
Drawing Instruments, Military Interest, all early 20th century/WWI, a cavalry surveying sketch board with boxwood scale, inset compass and leather wrist strap, a good military scale rule/protractor in nickel silver by Stanley, and a set of boxwood Marquois scales, by Harling in mahogany case, case 33.6cm
Two Protractors by Stanley, late 19th century hand engraved single arm circular protractor in lacquered brass, reading to one arc-minute by vernier, 14.7cm diameter, with a good early20th century180 degreeprotractor in lacquered gunmetal, divided to half a degree, with base scale with 1/50th inch divisions, both in mahogany cases
Drawing Instruments, Military Interest, [CITES] five sets of instruments, 19th and 20th centuries, in black japanned tins, one set by Thornton (lower compartment empty), another by Elliott Bros, with Marquois scales below (some substitutions), a set by Cary Porter Ltd, Marquois set and scale rules below, instruments marked Cary London, with two smaller sets by Stanley, one with small rolling rule below
Signed and dated 1878, oil on board, and a companion a pair 'The Infantry Camp at Lazaretto, Malta'each 23cm x 49cm (9in x 19.25in)Footnote: Note: In 1878 an eight thousand-strong host of British and Indian troops arrived on coast of Malta. Their encampment was vast, the peaks of neat white tents appearing almost to span the horizon. The British government had deployed the troops to defend the Mediterranean ports against a perceived threat from Russia, and Malta proved a strategic stopover point before the troops advanced to occupy Cyprus.The main force arrived in Malta in May 1878, and soon set about preparing the camp and making new roads. The Artillery Camp and Indian Cavalry Camp at San Antonio, Attard portrays the scale of the operation, from the distant aisles of cannons to the troops industriously preparing sandbags and drawing water. Soldiers also engaged with weapons-training and sports, and they enjoyed learning more of Maltese culture and religion. Gianni alludes to engagement with Maltese customs by representing locals sporting the distinctive faldetta in the foreground of The Infantry Camp at Lazaretto, Malta.Girolamo Gianni completed these magnificent panoramas to commemorate the arrival of the garrisons in Malta. Scenes such as these demonstrated the army’s effective operation across exotic locations, and Gianni’s scenes skilfully convey the garrison’s preparedness and anticipation for its next manoeuvre.
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