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A Regency rosewood needlework table, circa 1820, the brass strung oval ended top above a shallow panelled drawer with divided interior and draught turned handles, sliding brocade covered tapering woolbox, the plain end supports with gadrooned sledge bases, turned stretcher and toupie feet, 72cm high, 76cm wide
A 19th Century Chinese Export Work Table, in black and gold lacquer, the shaped rectangular top enclosing a compartmented interior with ivory fittings and a workbag below, on turned end supports joined by a turned stretcher, the sledge bases carved as dragons, 73cm by 65cm by 46cm See illustration
A Victorian burr walnut and floral marquetry davenport, circa 1840-50, inlaid with shaded engraved sprays and trails of summer flowers beneath a pierced brass gallery, inlaid gilt stamped leather writing panel and fitted sycamore veneered interior, a pen drawer to one side above four drawers and blind opposing drawers, sledge base and bun feet, fitted castors, 80cm high, 56cm wide, 55cm deep
Kane (Elisha Kent). Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55, 2 vols., Philadelphia & London, 1856, port. frontis. and addn. eng. vign. titles to each vol., eighteen eng. plts., two folding maps, single-page map, numerous wood eng. illusts., occ. scattered spotting mostly to margins and some minor damp staining, library stamps to titles, recent endpapers, orig. cloth gilt, repaired at head and foot of spines, board edges rubbed, 8vo, contained in slipcase, together with Amedeo (Luigi, of Savoy), On the "Polar Star" in the Arctic Sea... with the Statements of Commander U. Gagni Upon the Sledge Expedition to 86¼ 34' North, and of Dr. A. Cavalli Molinelli Upon his Return to the Bay of Teplitz, Translated by William le Queux, 2 vols., Hutchinson & Co., 1903, photogravure frontis. to each, photogravure plts. and b & w plts. from photos (inc. 2 folding panoramas), two folding maps contained in rear pocket of vol. 2 (with library ink stamps to verso), library ink stamps to title versos, last leaves and to lower edge of text block, removed bookplate from upper pastedowns, orig. gilt dec. cloth, 4to (4)
Amedeo (Luigi, Duke of the Abruzzi). On the 'Polar Star' in the Arctic Sea. With the Statements of Commander U. Cagni upon the Sledge Expedition to 86¼34' North and of Dr. A. Cavalli Molinelli Upon his Return to the Bay of Teplitz, 2 vols., trans. William Le Queux, 1903, photogravures, num. b & w illusts. from photos, folding maps (incl. two contained in rear pocket of vol. 2), orig. gilt dec. cloth, a trifle rubbed but otherwise in bright cond. (inner joints partly cracked), 4to (2)
Adolph Iosifovich Charlemagne (Russian, 1826-1901) A horse-drawn sledge bearing two bearded men accompanied by a mounted figure carrying a trophy, together with three other drawings of a horse-drawn milk sledge, a racing trap and a water cart pencil, pen and ink and watercolour, all signed and dated 1863, two with inscriptions oval, 14 x 22 cm (5 01-Feb x 8 01-Feb in) Provenance: acquired by the vendors father in about 1920
Corgi: Simon Snorkel Fire Engine, 'Outspan' Routemaster Bus, Mercedes-Benz 600 Pullman, red and white Lotus Elan Coupe, metallic blue Lotus Elan, Ford Cortina Estate with golfer and clubs bag, Marcos Volvo, Bedford 'Corgi Toys' Van, Mini Police Van with officer and Alsatian, 1968 Grenoble Olympic Citroen Safari Estate with two skiis, two poles, sledge, sledger and skiier, metallic blue Lancia Fulvia Zagato and 1966 catalogue, VG-E, catalogue F-G (12)
* WWI - French Prisoner of War. A group of approx. eighty-five autograph letters signed by Ernest Rokeby Collins, 8th July 1914 to 12 November 1918, the majority written in pencil to his mother or father, the majority written while held as a prisoner of war by the Germans, It is a month tomorrow since I was hit early on in the day after only about four hours fighting. We are fighting a series of rear guard actions & my company have to be so placed as to engage the enemy at daylight. At about 9am as I was getting rather hardpressed I decided to retire through the supports & take up another position to cover them. I got all my wounded away except the very serious ones whom I was bound to leave behind, and left the position last getting some 300 yards clear & over a slope which hid me from the enemy, but over which bullets & shells were passing. As luck would have it just as I thought I was safe I was struck in the right arm with a bullet; it felt as though I had been hit with a sledge-hammer & I was twisted half round and fell backwards towards the floor ... (25th September 1914), a couple typed including one (3rd October 1917), giving thanks for the congratulations on receiving the Military Cross, I can only say what I did was a necessity & in the course of my duty at the time, during the Battle of Arras, and
national Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904, Scientific Results. London: 1907-1913. 7 volumes only of 12, 4to. Numerous plates, maps and charts some coloured. Original red cloth, all covers affected by mould. This part set comprises: Natural History Vol.I Geology (Field-Geology: Petrography), London: British Museum, 1907, 2 folding maps and 10 plates. Provenance: Inscribed to the first flyleaf with Kind Regards from G.T. Prior Aug 26th/32 to W. Campbell Smith (a prolific author on the subject of Mineralogy and both he and Dr Prior were later Keepers of the Mineralogy and Meteorite Collections at the Natural History Museum. Dr. Prior undertook the scientific description of the specimens in this volume and was author of the report in section two), the spine stamped for the British Museum Mineral Department. Magnetic Observations, London: The Royal Society, 1909, 43 plates. Physical Observations with discussions by Various Authors, London: The Royal Society, 1908, 2 maps and 21 plates, signed to the first flyleaf G. T. Prior. Meteorology Part I Observations at Winter Quarters and on Sledge Journeys with Discussions by Various Authors, London: The Royal Society, 1908, 2 maps and 14 plates. Meteorology Part II Comprising Daily Synchronous Charts 1st October 1901 to 31st March 1904, prepared in the Meteorological Office under the superintendence of M.W. Campbell Hepworth C.B. R.D. Commander R.N.R. London: The Royal Society, 1913, with key map and numerous charts. Album of Photographs and Sketches with a Portfolio of Panoramic Views, London: The Royal Society, 1908, 2 volumes, 165 plates, including folding plates numbered 129-152 and two folding maps contained in the portfolio (7)
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