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Lot 104
Digges (Sir Dudley). The Compleat Ambassador: or Two Treatises of the Intended Marriage of Qu: Elizabeth of Glorious Memory. Comprised in Letters of Negotation of Sir Francis Walsingham, her Resident in France. Together with the Answers of the Lord Burleigh, the Earl of Leicester, Sir Tho: Smith, and others, 1st edition, London: by Tho[mas] Newcomb for Gabriel Bedell and Thomas Collins, 1655, signatures pi4 a4 B-3I4 3K2 c3 (signature 3G1 missigned 3H1; possibly lacking final blank 3c4), pp. [16], 232, 231-414, 419-434, 439-441, [7], engraved frontispiece by William Faithorne (=pi1), title-page in red and black, toning, a few trivial marks, edges gilt over earlier red dye, early-19th-century red morocco gilt by J. Mackenzie (his ink-stamp, 'J. Mackenzie, bookbinder to the King' on front free endpaper verso), folio in 4s (30.2 x 18.9 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Christopher Turnor (1809-1886) of Stoke Rochford, Lincolnshire, Conservative politician, with his bookplate. ESTC R22010; Wing D1453.
Lot 133
Wesley (John). An Extract of the Revd. Mr. John Wesley's Journal, from Sept. 3, 1741 to October 27, 1743, Bristol: Printed by Felix Farley, 1749, bound with An Extract of the Reverend Mr. John Wesley's Journal, from October 27, 1743, to November 17, 1746, London: Printed by H. Cock, 1753, bound with An Extract from the Reverend Mr. John Wesley's Journal, from November 25, 1746, to July 20, 1750, London: Printed by H. Cock, 1754, title with last two numerals of date 1750 overwritten in brown ink to 49, errata leaf present detailing date correction, bound with An Extract from the Reverend Mr. John Wesley's Journal, from July 20, 1749 to October 30, 1751, London: Printed in the Year 1756, minor worm track to fore-margin of last few leaves, contemporary sheep, without spine labels, rubbed and worn, 12mo in 6s, together with: Ibid. An Extract of the Reverend Mr. John Wesley's Journal, from July xx, 1750, to October xxviii, 1754, London: Printed and sold at the Foundery, Upper Moorfields, by J. Robinson, Ludgate Street, and by T. James under the Royal Exchange, 1759, bound with An Extract of the Rev. Mr. John Wesley's Journal, from February 16, 1755, to June 16, 1758, Bristol: Printed by William Pine, 1761, bound with An Extract of the Rev. Mr. John Wesley's Journal, from June 17, 1758, to May 5, 1760, Bristol: Printed by William Pine, 1764, bound with An Extract of the Rev. Mr. John Wesley's Journal, from May 6, 1760, to Oct. 28, 1762, Bristol: Printed by William Pine, 1767, contemporary sheep, without spine labels, joints and spine split, worn, 12mo in 6s, Ibid. An Extract of the Rev. Mr. John Wesley's Journal, from his Embarking for Georgia, to his Return to London, 3rd edition, Bristol: Printed by William Pine, 1765, bound with An Extract of the Rev. Mr. John Wesley's Journal, from February 1, 1737-8, to his Return from Germany, 3rd edition, Bristol: Printed by William Pine, 1765, bound with Journal from Aug. 12, 1738, to Nov. 1, 1739 (without title), bound with An Extract of the Reverend Mr. John Wesley's Journal, from November 1, 1739 to September 3, 1741, London: Printed by W. Strahan, 1744, contemporary sheep, without spine labels, worn, 12mo in 6s, Ibid. Sermons on Several Occasions, Bristol: Printed by J. Grabham and W. Pine, 1760, contemporary calf, without spine label, upper board near detached, worn, 12mo in 6s, Ibid. Sermons on Several Occasions, 3 volumes, 2nd edition, London: Printed by W. Bowyer, [& Bristol: Printed by John Grabham & William Pine], 1754, half-title to volume 3, contemporary calf, few boards detached, volume 2 lacking upper board, worn, 12mo in 6sQty: (7)NOTESEach volume with the ownership ink stamp to front endpapers of Ann Bolton and some with ink date stamp of 1767 or 1768. Two volumes with her signature and dated 1768 or 1769. Each volume also with ownership (mostly in pencil) of John Bedford (of Lincoln) to front endpaper. Volume 2 of Sermons on Several Occasions with manuscript note in John Bedford's hand "These sermons contain sound doctrine, clear experience, and practical Godliness. Reader! dost thou desire to land safe on the Heavenly shore? - Then, attend to what thou mayest find in these invaluable discourses, & pray to God for his blessings. J.B." Ann ('Nancy') Bolton (1743-1822) was the eldest child of Edward Bolton, a Witney baker in Oxfordshire. She became a close friend and correspondent of John Wesley for nearly 30 years. Converted to Methodism at 19, she became a class leader in 1777 and kept a detailed spiritual journal. Wesley called her 'the sister of my choice' and 'the perfect pattern of womanhood'. He often stayed with her and her brother Edward. She was prone to ill health and Wesley offered with much spiritual and medical advice. He published over 20 of her letters in the Arminian Magazine and left her £100 in his will. Having been dissuaded by Wesley from an earlier marriage, in 1792 she married George Conibeere of Gloucester, who died in 1799. She died at Witney in 1822, being buried in the parish churchyard on 4 June. Her brother Edward Bolton (c.1747-1818) lived at Wood Green, Witney and Manor Farm, Finstock. A lifelong Methodist and local preacher, he accompanied Wesley on many of his journeys and was present at the 1771 Conference in Bristol which marked the formal division between Arminian and Calvinistic Methodism. John Bedford (1810-1879) was an English Wesleyan minister, the son of John and Elizabeth Bedford, of Wakefield, Yorkshire. He studied for several years in a solicitor's office, but was determined to become a minister of the Wesleyan Methodist Church, and was appointed in 1831. He married Maria Gledhill of Brighouse, in 1835 and had two sons. In 1860 Bedford was appointed by the Methodist conference secretary to the general chapel committee. Bedford was one of the foremost men in his denomination, and after being one of the secretaries of the conference for several years, was elected to the presidency of the Methodist assembly in 1867. He published several sermons and speeches, and also a controversial correspondence with the Rev. William Sutcliffe on the doctrine and system of the Wesleyan Methodists, which he very ably defended. He died at Chorlton-cum-Hardy, near Manchester, in 1879.
Lot 139
Royal Binding. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the use of the Church of England: together with the Psalter, or Psalms of David..., London: printed by Thomas Baskett and Assigns of Robert Baskett, 1754, engraved frontispiece, title in red & black with woodcut royal armorial, red-ruled borders throughout volume, front blank flyleaf with ownership inscription 'Edward Greene, Saint Ives, Huntingdonshire, Augst. 1864', marbled endpapers, bookplate of C. Baines, Pembroke College to upper pastedown, all edges gilt, contemporary black morocco morroco, elaborate gilt decorated spine incorporating gilt monogram & crown device of King George II to spine compartments, wide gilt rollwork decoration to borders of boards with large gilt embossed armorial of George II to centre of each, without ties to board edges, minor rubbing to extremities, folio (41.5 x 25 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESA handsome example of The Book of Common Prayer in George II royal binding. See British Armorial Bindings Database George II stamp 07, which lists four other examples bearing the same armorial stamp, including a volume of Acts 24 George II, Great Britain, London, 1750; The Book of Common Prayer, London, 1739; The Book of Common Prayer, London, 1745; The Holy Bible, Oxford, 1717.
Lot 14
Gell (Sir William). The Itinerary of Greece; containing One Hundred Routes in Attica, Boeotia, Phocis, Locris, and Thessaly, 1st edition, London: Rodwell and Martin, 1819, engraved folding map frontispiece, toning, a few marks, contemporary half calf, label renewed, 8vo (18.6 x 10.8 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: 1) Robert Finch (1783-1830), antiquary, connoisseur of the arts, and 'pretentious ass' (ODNB), with his bookplate; bequeathed by him to the Taylor Institution, University of Oxford (relevant bequest label and deaccession stamp to front pastedown). 2) Malcolm Rogers CBE FSA (1948-), British art historian and director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston from 1994 to 2015. Blackmer 664. Uncommon. 'The work is not to be confused with Gell's Itinerary of Greece, 1810, which is a description of the Argolid only' (Blackmer).
Lot 140
Ball (John). The Modern Practice of Physic, 2 volumes, 1st edition, A. Millar, 1760, some marginal browning from turn-ins, affecting titles and final text leaves, small ink library stamp to title versos, contemporary calf gilt with leather spine labels, rubbed, a little cracked at head and foot of joints and minor loss at head and foot of spines, 8voQty: (2)
Lot 157
Sandford (William). A Few Practical Remarks on the Medicinal Effects of Wine and Spirits; with observations on the oeconomy of health: intended principally for the use of parents, guardians, and others interested with the care of youth, 1st edition, Worcester: printed by J. Tymbs, 1799, half-title and errata leaf at rear, spotting throughout, light ink stamp of Birmingham Medical Institute to title, 20th-century library cloth gilt, slightly rubbed and soiled, 12moQty: (1)
Lot 161
Chisolm (Colin). A Manual of the Climate and Diseases of Tropical Countries, in which a practical view of the statistical pathology and of the history and treatment of the diseases of those countries, is attempted to be given: calculated chiefly as a guide to the young medical practitioner on his first resorting to those countries, 1st edition, Burgess and Hill, 1822, folding table and engraved plate, some spotting, a few old institutional ink library stamps to title, plate verso and at head of first text leaf (offset to upper blank area of plate opposite), bound with Park (John Ranicar). The Pathology of Fever; being the subject of the Gulstonian Lecture, 1st edition, T. and G. Underwood, 1822, institutional ink library stamp at head of title, recent antique-style half calf gilt over marbled boards, 8voQty: (1)
Lot 17
Henwood (William Rory). Report on the Metalliferous Deposits of Kumaon and Gurhwal in North-Western India, 1st edition, Calcutta: Thomas Jones, "Calcutta Gazette" Office, 1855, folding lithographic map with partial outline colouring, 58 x 46cm, a few closed tear repairs to verso with clear tape, both title-pages a little dust-soiled and frayed along fore-edges, final blank present but slightly soiled, several oval ink library stamps of the Patent Office Library to first and last leaves (plus name stamp to map verso), modern morocco-backed marbled boards, slim 8voQty: (1)NOTESThe report largely deals with iron but several pages are devoted to copper ores. WorldCat locates just 5 copies of which 3 are in the UK. The additional title-page indicates that this was published as Selections from the Records of the Government of India (Home Department), No. 8.
Lot 171
Bert (Paul). Revue des travaux d'anatomie et de physiologie, présentée au Congrès des Sociétés Savantes, Caen, 1865, uncut and largely unopened, original printed wrappers, ink name library stamp and ownership inscription to upper wrapper, some dust soiling and slightly split along spine, slim 8vo, together with: Rapport sur la creation de nouvelles facultés de médicine présenté a l'Assemblée Nationale, Paris, 1874, original printed wrappers with ink ownership inscription to upper wrapper, soiled and slightly frayed at edges, some wear to spine, 4to, plus other papers and offprints by Bert in French, including one duplicate, mostly slim 4toQty: (13)
Lot 200
* Du Maurier (Daphne, 1907-1989). English Author and Playwright. A lengthy wartime autograph letter signed, 'Daphne du Maurier', 25 October 1942, to a prisoner of war, Sargeant Tony Arnold RAF, a 'fan' who had written to her from Stalag Luft III [later the scene of the Great Escape (1944)], the novelist giving family news, news of her own life at this time, and particularly her literary endeavours, '... I am very busy on a new one [novel], an immensely long novel this time, twice the length of Frenchman's Creek ... and will be called "Hungry Hill" ... My play of "Rebecca" has been running for some time, but came off this last week. There was a film of it, very good ... They are supposed to be doing a film of "Frenchman's Creek" sometime, but I have no idea who they will get to do it. I would have liked Laurence Olivier and Vivian (sic) Leigh, but I believe neither are available. Anyway, it will be done in Hollywood I suppose, so I shall have no say in the matter...', wondering what they might do after the war and referring to her children, written in dark blue ink on 5 sheets, each with a German sensor stamp 'Geprüft 25', slight browning to final page away from signature, 10 pages, 8vo, accompanied by the original envelope, spotted in brown and with German sensor stampQty: (1)NOTESA remarkable letter in response to a fan who had written to her from Stalag Luft III. There seems little known of Tony Arnold, and he does not appear to have been involved in any way in the Great Escape. The film of Frenchman's Creek was directed by Mitchell Leisen and starred Joan Fonteyne with Arturo de Cordova and Basil Rathbone.
Lot 231
* Wolsey (Thomas, 1470/71-1530). English archbishop, statesman and cardinal of the Catholic Church. Lord High Chancellor of England 1515-29. A very fine manuscript Document Signed, ‘Thomas Wulcy’, Richemount [Richmond], 25 November [1513], boldly penned in black ink in a secretarial hand on laid paper, being a Privy Council Warrant ordering [John Dauntesey] ‘Daunce’ to make payments in Flanders to Richard Fermour and William Brown, merchants of the Staple at Calais, of £1000 to be paid to William Copland for the purchase of ‘artillerye and other habilymentes of Warre’ and a further £1000 to be paid to Alan Kyng ‘for provision of Wyne for the kynges use’, a holograph receipt by Fermour and Brown (per me Rychard Fermer; per me Wyll[ia]m Browne junior) on the lower half of the document, dated 6 December 1513, Wolsey’s signature appears at the centre of the document alongside those of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk (1443-1524, English soldier and statesman, Lord High Treasurer 1501-22, Earl Marshal 1509-24; signed ‘T. Norfolk’), Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester (c.1460-1526, Lord Chamberlain 1509-26; signed ‘C. Som[m]ersete’), Richard Foxe (1447/88-1528, Bishop of Winchester 1501-28, Lord Privy Seal 1487-1516, the founder of Corpus Christi College, Oxford; signed ‘Ri Wynton’) and Sir Thomas Lovell (c. 1449-1524, English soldier and administrator, Speaker of the House of Commons and Treasurer of the royal household; signed ‘Thomas Lovell’), filing hole touching one letter in second line, incorrectly dated at the head of the document in a hand of c.1800, some light browning and overall age wear, one short split to left upper margin not touching text,1 page, 4to (210 x 180mm), endorsed: ex[aminat]ur p[er] Dalison (examined by Dalison) [George Dalison, Auditor of the Exchequer]Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: collection of Sir Joseph Dimsdale – ‘D’ (blind-stamp monogram collector’s mark with crest above to lower margin; not located in Lugt); subsequently part of the Ray Rawlins Collection of Historical Documents and Letters. The present document is illustrated in full in The Guinness Book of World Autographs by Rawlins (1977, p. 241). The document was included in the auction of the Rawlins Collection by Sotheby’s, June 1980 (Lot 67, £1,300, Thomas) and the small circular stamp of the Rawlins collection has been neatly removed from the lower left corner leaving a light, minor stain. Docketed in Rawlins’ hand in pencil to the verso as formerly part of the collection of Sir Joseph Dimsdale; XII 265; Alan G. Thomas (1911-1992) bookseller; Sotheby’s, London, 13 December 1993 (Lot 306, £2,000); International Autograph Auctions Ltd., 3 April 2011 (Lot 609, £5,600). In pencil, at top, c1850: Pl 2 No 1 implying illustration as Plate 2, number 1. The same hand has annotated the signatures of the privy councillors 1-5, and the same hand has written lines at right-angles below them, suggesting that the lower half of the document was not illustrated. Above the box formed by these lines is a short inscription of which only the words Thereabouts to be … can be made out. The left and bottom margins have been trimmed – note the straight cuts, the tightness of the trace of the circular stamp to the margin and the loss of a word in the left margin. Sir John Dauntsey (Daunce) (c.1484-1545) of Thame, Oxfordshire and London, rose from humble origins to the highest offices in King Henry VIII’s financial administration by way of the London company of Goldsmiths. ‘Richard Fermor (1480/84-1551) of Isham and Easton Neston, Northamptonshire and London, merchant of the Staple of Calais, merchant. Fermor was given a share in the contract for victualling the royal army during the Tournai campaign of 1513, and he exported large quantities of wheat, flour, beer barrels, cannonballs, harness, and saltpetre. As a reward he was given licences to export wool direct to Italy. … In 1524 Fermor was in Florence and gave financial assistance there to John Clerk, Wolsey's agent, who was negotiating for the cardinal's election to the papacy. At the time of his fall (1529), Wolsey owed Fermor £125 for various silks.’ For both Dauntsey and Fermor see History of Parliament Online for fuller details. George Dalison of Clothall in Hertfordshire, Cransley in Northamptonshire and Gray’s Inn, c.1480-1524. Gave 40 marks (£26 13s 4d) for the Auditorship of the Exchequer in 1507, and served in that office to 1521. Wolsey’s ability to keep a large number of troops supplied and equipped for the duration of the Anglo-French War (1512-14) was a major factor in its success. Wolsey also had a key role in negotiating the Anglo-French treaty of 1514, which secured a temporary peace between the two nations. Under this treaty the French king, Louis XII, would marry Henry VIII’s young sister, Mary. In addition, England was able to keep the captured city of Tournai and to secure an increase in the annual pension paid by France. The present document dates from the beginning of the power struggle between Wolsey and his co-signatory the Duke of Norfolk, who had fought for King Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth (1485), and made an important contribution, as Earl Marshal, to the coronation of King Henry VIII. Norfolk challenged Wolsey in an attempt to become the new king’s first minister, although eventually accepted the cardinal’s supremacy. Two months before signing the present document Norfolk had been instrumental in crushing James IV’s forces at Flodden, 9 September 1513. His signature, T Norfolk, is anomalous since his father’s dukedom was not restored to him until 1 February 1514. It was also at the time of signing this document that Wolsey was given a significant opportunity to demonstrate his talents in the foreign policy arena. The war against France had begun in 1512 and, although the first campaign was not a success, Wolsey learned from his mistakes and in 1513, with Papal support, a joint attack on France was launched. Thomas Lovell, one of the privy councillors who signed the warrant, supervised the procurement of artillery and the fortification of Calais between 1511 and 1514 (ODNB). A handsome document of exceptional rarity.
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Lot 281
I. Clark [publisher]. Representations of the Embossed, Chased, & Engraved Subjects and Inscriptions, which decorate the Tabacco Box and Cases, belonging to the Past Overseers Society of the Parishes of St. Margaret and St. John the Evangelist in the City of Westminster, London, 1824, 34 monochrome engraved plates, later endpapers, ex-library stamp to foot of the front endpaper, some light toning, later red quarter morocco, boards & spine rubbed, 4to, together with; American Art Association Inc. [publisher], Works Of Art, collection of the estate of the late Judge Elbert H. Gary, sold by direction of The New York Trust Company, 2 volumes, New York, 1928, numerous monochrome illustrations, bookplates to the front endpapers, some minor toning & spotting, publishers original gilt decorated boards in slipcases, boards & spines rubbed & marked slipcases rubbed with loss, large 4to, and other 19th & early 20th-century art & art collections reference, including Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, approximately 27 volumes, circa 1946-89, many in original wrappers, overall condition is fair/good, 8vo/4toQty: (3 cartons)
Lot 286
Thornley (John Charles & George W. Hastings).The Guilds of the City of London and their Liverymen..., London: The London & Counties Press Association, 1915, numerous monochrome illustrations, bookplate to front pastedown, some minor toning & marks, all edges gilt, publishers original gilt decorated plum full morocco, boards & spine slightly rubbed, large 4to, together with; Hazlitt (W. Carew), The Livery Companies Of the City of London, 1st edition, London: Swann Sonnenschein & Co., 1892, numerous colour & black & white illustrations, bookplate to front pastedown, slight toning throughout, top edge gilt, publishers original red cloth, spine slightly faded, boards & spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, and Welch (Charles), Coat-Armour of the London Livery Companies..., 1st edition, London: privately printed, 1914, 110 monochrome plates, bookplate to front pastedown, ex-library stamp to verso of the title page, some light spotting throughout, front & rear gutters cracked, publishers original cloth spine to blue boards, ex-library blind stamp to foot of the front board, boards & spine toned, rubbed & slightly marked, spine label toned & chipped with minor loss, large 4to, plus other late 19th century & modern London Companies & London reference, including The History of the Boroughs and Municipal Corporations, 3 volumes, by H. A. Merewether & A. J. Stephens, Brighton: The Harvester Press, 1972, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (5 shelves)
Lot 287
Benham (Canon). Old London Churches, limited edition London: Hodder And Stoughton, 1908, limitation page signed by the illustrator, 25 tipped-in colour plates by Arthur Garratt, bookplate to front pastedown, some minor toning, top edge gilt, publishers original gilt decorated full vellum lacking fabric ties, boards & spine slightly toned, large 4to, 416/500, together with; Wilson (Frederick Richard), An Architectural Survey of The Churches in the Archdeaconry of Lindisfarne, 1st edition, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne: printed by M. and M. W. Lambert, 1870, numerous black & white illustrations, later endpapers, bookplate to front pastedown, ex-libris stamp to front endpaper& verso of the frontispiece, some spotting & toning throughout, later brown cloth spine retaining contemporary cloth boards, slightly rubbed, large 4to, and Champneys (Arthur C.), Irish Ecclesiastical Architecture..., 1st edition, London: G. Bell and Sons, 1910, 114 monochrome plates, bookplates to the front pastedowns, some minor spotting & toning, publishers original green cloth, boards & spine lightly rubbed, large 8vo, plus other 19th & early 20th century church & church architecture reference, including Architectural Notices of The Churches of the Archdeaconry of Northampton, London: John Henry Parker, 1849, some leather binding, mostly original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/4toQty: (5 shelves)
Lot 304
Lawrence (T. E.). Revolt In The Desert, 5th impression, London: Jonathan Cape, May 1927, 16 monochrome illustrations, period inscription to rear pastedown, booksellers ink stamp to foot of the front pastedown, front gutter partially cracked, publishers original brown cloth, boards lightly marked, spine rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with; Smith (Clare Sydney), The Golden Reign, the story of my friendship with 'Lawrence of Arabia', 1st edition, Huddersfield: The Fleece Press, 2004, monochrome illustrations, publishers original blue cloth in slipcase, oblong 4to, and Darwin (Charles), On The Origin of Species, London: Folio Society, 2009, colour & monochrome illustrations, publishers original gilt decoration cloth in slipcase, 8vo, plus other miscellaneous history reference & biographies, including T. E. Lawrence, Patrick Leigh Fermor, James Lees-Milne, railway reference & Folio Society publications, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4toQty: (6 shelves)
Lot 357
Isle of Wight. A collection of thirty maps, 18th & 19th century, engraved and lithographic maps, including De Fer (Nicolas). L'Isle de Wight..., circa 1700, hand-coloured engraved map, inset maps of Torbay and the Scilly Isles, one repaired closed tear affecting image, 355 x 320mm, with another copy, laid on later card, together with Brannon (A.). The Map of the Isle of Wight with every information for the Tourist & Pleasure Visitor..., 1862, engraved decorative map, inset maps of Newport, Ryde and Ventnor, old folds, repaired closed tear affecting image, laid on later card, 345 x 440 mm, with Von Reilly (Franz J. J.). Die Insel Wight, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, circa 1799, 215 x 280 mm, plus Collins (H. G.). Isle of Wight, circa 1852, uncoloured lithographic map, one repaired closed tear affecting image, old folds, slight staining, old ink library stamp to lower margin, 460 x 720 mm, with another 24 maps including examples by Philip & Son, Bacon, Illustrated London News, Laurie & Whittle, Dawson, Rocque, Brannon, Kelly, Moll, Bartholomew and J & C Walker, several duplicates, various sizes and conditionQty: (30)
Lot 367
* Manchester. Dean (R. & W. publishers), A Plan of Manchester and Salford, 1809, hand-coloured engraved map, compass rose and decorative cartouche, 455 x 655 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, together with Baines (Edward). Manchester and its Environs engraved from an actual survey..., by William Swire, Leeds, 1824, hand-coloured engraved map, inset plan of Manchester in 1650, decorated with topographical vignettes and coats of arms, old folds, some spotting, 415 x 520 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, with Hall (Sidney). Bolton, 1824, uncoloured engraved city plan, slight staining, 175 x 250 mm, mounted, framed and glazed plus Morton (W.). A Plan of Manchester and Salford taken in about 1650, circa 1840, hand-coloured engraved plan, toned overall, unobtrusive blind stamp to the upper right corner, 130 x 180 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQty: (4)
Lot 371
Newsmaps. US Government (publisher), prepared and distributed by Army Orientation Course, War department, 102 periodicals, a broken run, 1942 - 46, monotone and colour broadsheets, printed on both sides, many with maps and posters, showing the progress of the war, including Geisel (Theodore, 'Dr Seuss'). This is Ann..., she drinks blood! Her full name is Anopheles Mosquito and she is dying to meet you!...., November 8th, 1943, colour printed photolithographic educational map, with additional maps and photographs on verso, old folds, University of California (Military Department) ink library stamp and red crayon signature to image, 870 x 1190 mm, together with, Heavy Tanks and Self-propelled Artillery, Learn to recognize these vehicles, January 11th, 1943, colour printed photolithographic propaganda and educational poster of tank silhouettes, with additional maps and photographs to verso, four 'punch holes' to margins, old folds, 870 x 1190 mm, with Manning (F.E.), Target Berlin, 'Newsmap', Prepared and Distributed by the Army Orientation Course. Special Service Division Army Service Forces, War Dept., 2E581 Pentagon Bldg., Washington D.C. U.S. Government, October 25, 1943, large photolithographic poster with detachable scale at the base of the map, old folds, 870 x 1190 mm with another 95 Newsmap posters, all with maps and photographs from various theatres of World war II, occasional duplicates, all approximately 870 x 1190 mm, various conditionQty: (102)NOTESNewsmaps were published by the Special Service Division, Army Service Forces, War Department. The issues were prepared and distributed by the Army Orientation Course. One standard feature that appears on all maps is a short textual summary of key events titled The War Fronts, which included descriptions of war-related events, mostly by geographic area, such as China, Russia, Tunisia, South Pacific, Aleutians, Wake, etc. Newsmaps were produced each Monday from 1942-1946 and usually featured a map of the current war fronts on one side and a poster about a war-related topic on the other. They were distributed by the Army and Navy to primarily military installations and government & civilian groups working on War Department projects.
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Lot 4
Broelmann (Stephan). Epideigma, sive specimen historiae vet[eris] omnis et purae, florentis. atq. amplae civitatis ubiorvm, et eorum ad Rhenum Agrippinensis oppidi, quod post Colonia Clavdia Avg. Agrippinensis, 2 parts in 1 volume, 1st edition, Cologne: Gerard Grevenbruch for the Author, 1608, 36 unnumbered leaves including 2 frontispieces, 5 double-page maps including the Middle East with Cyprus and Crete, 4 double-page bird's-eye plans, 3 plates (2 double-page) of Roman antiquities, all with contemporary hand colour, errata leaf at rear present but lacks blanks before I1 & O1, title-page on thicker paper and with contemporary Latin presentation inscription at foot for Cardinal Scipione Borghese, following frontispiece and dedication leaves browned, some lighter, mostly marginal, browning throughout, bound with an additional 3 leaves of contemporary manuscript index (browned, some paper thinning with loss to outer margins of final leaf) and a hand-coloured double-page bird's-eye plan of Cologne from Braun & Hogenberg's Civitates Orbis Terrarum (c.1620), blank verso, 34 x 49 cm, contemporary limp vellum with small oval arabesque blind stamp and double rules to both covers, the upper cover inscribed neatly in brown ink, 'Ubiorum civitas et antiquitatum quaedam copia Scipioni Card[inali] Burghesio dicata 1813’ [the city of Cologne and its antiquities; a copy dedicated to Cardinal Scipione Borghese, 1813], with the initials 'A.D.R.' upper left, soiled, spine cracked and chipped with some loss, vertical crease-mark to upper cover, folio (30.5 x 19 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: 1) Scipioni Borghese (1577-1633), Italian cardinal, art collector and eminent patron of the arts (contemporary presentation inscription to title: ‘Ill[ustrissi]mo et R[everendissi]mo D[omi]no D[omino] Scipioni Bürghesio Cardinali’. The umlaut on Burghesio suggests that the inscription might have been written in Cologne, possibly by the author or the printer. 2) John Lawson (1932-2019), bookseller. Meurer, Atlantes Colonienses, pp. 90 ff. A very rare hand-coloured presentation copy of the only edition of this work, and one of only a few copies with the errata leaf. Stephan Broelmann (1551-1622) wrote a detailed four-volume history of the city of Cologne, the only part published being this part containing the history of the city until the end of the Roman period. The manuscript index is not called for or found in other printed copies, the hand appearing to be the same author as that for the presentation inscription on the title-page (see note above).
Lot 415
* Botanical drawings. Three drawings, comprising two pencil and wash drawings on laid paper, probably by the same competent hand, one depicting sweetpea flowers, with watermark ... , lightly toned, the other depicting daisy flowers, with watermark ..., light marginal toning, a few fox spots, and an ink stain to lower left corner, contemporary pencil inscription in Dutch on verso pertaining to the characteristics of the plant pictured, sheet size of each approximately 32 x 20cm (12.5 x 8ins), and a third pencil drawing on laid paper, depicting a stem of ivy leaves, with watermark ..., some light spotting, sheet size approximately 31 x 18cm (12.25 x 7ins), all 3 drawings with blue ink stamped monogram 'ES' on verso denoting collection of Eugène Susini (Lugt 3769), each mountedQty: (3)NOTESLugt 3769. Professor Eugène Xavier Dominique Susini (1900-1982) amassed a collection of mainly Italian, French and Northern European drawings from the 16th to 18th centuries, which was sold after his death in a series of auctions at Christie's, London, and elsewhere. His friend the art historian Jacques Fryszman (1909-1998) had the monogram stamp made and the drawings marked so that knowledge of ownership would be preserved.
Lot 428
* Moth. Roman muse, circa 1890, showing a female sitter in classical drapery in the pre-raphaelite style, titled upper left, signed lower left, 26.5 x 17.5, mount aperture, together with another by the same artist of a female in Saxon costume, 26.5 x 17.5cm, mount aperture, both unframed together with a collection of watercolour portraits, sketches and nudes including Arthur Keene (1930-2014), portrait of a girl, 1979, signed and dated lower left, 45.5 x 39cm, unframed, David Smith R.E. (1920-1999), two nude females, ink wash and drawing, 37 x 23cm, framed and glazed, attributed to Brian Wade (d. 2018), female nude kneeling, pen and ink drawing, 22.5 x 24cm, unframed, attributed to Peter Orrock, female by the water, acrylic, unsigned, 20.5 x 19.5cm, mount aperture, unframed, 6 erotic lithographs, each with blind stamp lower left and other itemsQty: (28)
Lot 435
* Payne (Charles Johnson 'Snaffles'). The Season 1939 - 40, circa 1940, colour photolithographic print, signed by the artist in pencil to lower right, snaffle bit blind stamp, uncoloured remarque of an officer jumping a hedge well up with hounds, margins creased and stained, overall size 490 x 715 mm, framed and glazedQty: (1)
Lot 546
Bookbinding reference. A small selection of bookbinding reference, including A History of English Craft Bookbinding Technique, by Bernard C. Middleton, 1st edition, New York & London: Hafner Publishing Company, 1963, ink stamp to front free endpaper, original cloth in dust-jacket, 8vo; Japanese Bookbinding, Instructions from a Master Craftsman, by Kojiro Ikegami, adapted by Barbara B. Stephan, 1st edition, New York & Tokyo: Weatherhill, 1986, original cloth-backed boards in dust-jacket, 8vo; New Directions in Bookbinding, by Philip Smith, 1st edition: London: Studio Vista, 1974, original mock leather in dust-jacket, slim folio; Non-Adhesive Binding (vol. 1), Book Number 128, by Keith A. Smith, 3rd edition, Rochester, New York: Keith A. Smith, 1996, original printed wrappers, 8vo, and others including several issues of Designer Bookbinders Review for 1973-78, etc. plus a wood engraving by Eric Gill, published by Douglas Cleverdon, 1929, depicting figures embracing by a tree, 19. 6.5 cm, framed & glazed (one of 400 printed)Qty: (a small carton)
![Bible [English]. [The Bible: that is, the Holy Scriptures, contained in the Olde and Newe Testament. Translated according to](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/49cd8dcc-816e-4e6b-977b-aced00ea14de/e65868b3-9747-4c51-98a5-acef00fcc069/468x382.jpg)
Lot 81
Bible [English]. [The Bible: that is, the Holy Scriptures, contained in the Olde and Newe Testament. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in divers languages. With most profitable annotations upon all the hard places, and other things of great importance, Imprinted at London by the deputies of Christopher Barker, 1595], without general title and two other leaves lacking, New Testament title within decorative woodcut border present (upper blank margin with ownership signature of Henry Christopher Barker 1846, manuscript to verso, small repair to fore-margin), Apocrypha present, double column black letter text, full-page woodcut illustration of Adam & Eve in the Garden of Eden (cropped at head, repaired to fore-margin and lower margin), few woodcut initials and illustrations, first leaf of Genesis torn & frayed at fore-edge (repaired to fore-margin and lower margin), early manuscript to final leaf of Prophets, single worm hole to lower blank margins, bound with at front The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments: and other Rites and ceremonies of the Church of England, with the Psalter or Psalmes of David, [Cambridge]: Printed by Thomas and John Buck, Printers to the Universitie of Cambridge, 1629, woodcut device to title and ownership signature of H. C. Barker, double-column roman text with few woodcut decorative initials, few ink stains to upper & fore-edge margins, bound with at rear The Whole Booke of Psalmes. Collected into English meter by Thomas Sternh. John Hopkins and others: conferred with the Hebrue, with apt Notes to sing them with all, London: Printed by John Windet, for the Assignes of Richard Day, 1592, title within decorative border, occasional light marginal damp stains, last two leaves strengthened to gutter margins and final leaf repaired to lower outer blank corner, some dust-soiling and occasional toning throughout, front free endpaper with ownership inscriptions including Austin Maud his book 1788, & Austin Maud, Gainsbrough, Lincolnshire, March 13th 1790 and ink name stamp 'I. Wainwright' (leaf creased), upper pastedown with similar ownership and 20th century label of library of M.S. Carothers, without rear free endpaper, lower pastedown with similar manuscript ownership (red sealing wax to outer edges of upper & lower pastedowns), late 18th century half reversed calf, rubbed and worn, later morocco title label to spine, small folio in 6s (28 x 18.5 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESHerbert 225; Darlow & Moule 173; ESTC S675; STC 2165. Geneva version with Tomson's New Testament. A close reprint of the 1591 edition (STC 2157).
Lot 270
Small Selection of Post WW2 USAF Caps consisting blue crown and body. Black felt peak with silver embroidery lightening flashes. Black leather chinstrap secured by plated buttons. White metal, US eagle badge. Leather sweatband with gilt Flight Ace stamp ... Officer's example, blue crown and body. Plain, black peak (cracked). Chinstrap absent. White metal US eagle badge ... 2 x Other Ranks. Blue crown and body. Black peaks. White metal, OR's eagle badges. One with waterproof crown cover. 4 items.
Lot 281
Two Damaged WW2 ATS Caps consisting khaki wool, soft crown. Stitched band and fold down rear flap. Peak absent. Silk lining with WD stamp ... Similar example. Khaki wool, soft crown, band and fold down rear flap. Peak absent. Silk lining with maker dated 1942. Some minor moth damage and service wear.
Lot 293
Five Pairs of Canadian Manufactured Battle Dress Trousers khaki green, woollen, battle dress trousers. Large, left leg front pocket with buttoned flap. Side slash pockets. Hidden seat pocket with buttoned flap. Ankle tightening strap. Internal issue and maker's stamp, all post war dated. 5 items.
Lot 320
Good Complete WW2 Sailor's Uniform and Ephemera all relating to A R Batty Able Seaman Torpedoman. Including white tropical shirt ... White tropical, pull over jacket ... White tropical, bell bottom trousers ... 2 x blue collars ... White, anti flash hood and gloves ... Small suitcase with contents including badges ... Cap tally ... Name stamp ... Various passes ... Money belt ... Sewing kit ... Letters and cards. Complete time capsule of a serving sailor. Served Oct 42 - April 46. HMS Raleigh, HMS Defiant, HMS Begum. Mainly on Pacific Fleet duty.
Lot 321
Attributed WW1 Pattern Waterproof Cape khaki tan, rubberised linen cape. Large, fold over collar. The front secured by four composite buttons. Front edge, bottom and inner seam with brass securing grommets. Button edge of cape with mitre corners. Faint, internal maker's stamp 1940 and ink name G S P Robinson. Some age wear. George Robinson, the son of E P M Robinson. He served in WW2 in the Loyal North Lancashire Reg.
Lot 339
Selection of Various Items including 1903 pattern leather belt, lacking buckle ... 1939 pattern leather belt, lacking buckle ... Officer's leather Sam Browne belt and cross strap, damaged ... WW2 Mickey Mouse, child's respirator ... WW2 ARP Siebe Gorman respirator ... Brass, bore view mirror ... Army Signal Service Office date stamp in box.
Lot 355
WW2 Dated Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Sporran black horsehair sporran with six, white horsehair tassels, all with brass top bells. Patent leather and brass cantle. Rear of sporran in brown leather with central pocket secured by a brass stud. Lower maker's stamp J G Stevenson Glasgow 1939. Stamped A & SH of C. Regt Property with ink naming M Wilson A & SH of C. B Coy.
Lot 356
Interwar Gordon Highlanders Sporran white horsehair sporran with two black horsehair tassels, both with nickel plated top bells. Black patent leather and nickel plated edge cantle. Central, white metal shield regimental device. Rear of sporran in brown leather with central pocket secured by a brass stud. Lower, faint maker's stamp dated 1924. Some wear.
Lot 358
Interwar Gordon Highlanders Sporran white horsehair sporran with two black horsehair tassels, both with nickel plated top bells. Black patent leather and nickel plated, edge cantle. Central brass shield regimental device. Rear of sporran in brown leather with central pocket secured by a brass stud. Lower maker's stamp Leckie & Graham's Glasgow 1933 with stamped issue date 9-33. Minor wear.
Lot 377
Good Selection of Home Front Equipment consisting wooden, gas rattle with steel backing plate ... Black tin, Civil Defence waterbottle with leatherette harness ... Khaki, waterproof side bag with two leather securing straps. Internal stamp London Borough of Southwark. Complete with shoulder strap ... Civil Defence pattern respirator, complete in its green sacking bag, dated 1941. 4 items.
Lot 380
WW2 Military Telephone Set D MKV green painted, rectangular tin with full lift up lid. Internal telephone handset, Morse key, buzzer unit and bell. Webbing carrying strap. Together with a pair of Mark V, special WW1/WW2 issue, field binoculars. Adjustable lenses with broad arrow stamp. Complete in their brown leather transit case (lid loose). 2 items.
Lot 385
Three Various Undress Scottish Sporrans consisting tan leather pouch with white metal Cameron Highlanders badge. Brass stud decorated cantle with central opening catch. Internal issue stamp dated 1958. Complete with buff leather strap ... Black leather sporran with three leather tassels. The flap with QC plated thistle badge. Chain and leather waist strap ... Similar example lacking badge. 3 items.
Lot 414
Small Selection of German Equipment consisting alloy transit tube with screw off lid marked Gewurz dated 1937, with eagle and swastika inspection stamp ... Tan Bakelite, fat/butter container with screw off lid ... Set of six, wooden tent poles with steel mounts. Contained in a canvas transit bag ... 2 x medical ointments.
Lot 502
19th Century Indian Militia Flintlock Musket 8 bore, 33 inch, smoothbore barrel. The breech with British proof stamps. Military pattern lock plate with faint crown stamp. The tang with Tower T faint. Ring neck flint with handrail butt. Brass butt plate, trigger guard, side plate, ramrod pipes, end cap and single barrel band. Steel ramrod.
Lot 538
Deactivated Russian 1891/30 Rifle 7.62 mm, 28 1/2 inch, blued barrel. Front hooded sight. Rear ladder sight. Blued breech with maker's stamp dated 1939. Straight bolt handle. Blued trigger guard and integral magazine. Polished full stock woodwork and top handguard. Blued steel butt plate, barrel bands and end cap. Leather and webbing sling. Complete with current certificate.
Lot 552
Mid 19th Century Snowden. Alnwick Percussion Pepperbox Revolver 80 bore, 3 1/2 inch, six shot cylinder barrel. Each barrel with rear proof stamp. Steel body with scroll floral engraving. Top bar percussion hammer with matching engraving. The body tang marked Snowden Alnwick. Steel trigger guard. Finely checkered wooden grip with lower steel butt cap with hinged patchbox, floral engraved.
Lot 555
Crimea War Period M1846 Russian Musket 12 bore, 36 inch, smoothbore barrel. Back action lock plate. Steel, military pattern, heavy percussion hammer. Polished, full stock woodwork, slightly shortened at the forend. Brass butt plate with Russian eagle stamp. Brass trigger guard and two barrel bands, all with arsenal mark and 1849. Barrel band secured by steel springs. Action AF.
Lot 556
Mid 19th Century Belgian Military Musket 13 bore, 30 inch, smoothbore barrel. The breech with Liege proof stamps. Back action lock plate with faint maker's details. Steel, military pattern, heavy percussion hammer. Polished, 3/4 woodwork. The butt with issue stamp. Brass butt plate. Steel and brass trigger guard. Brass barrel band and end cap secured by steel springs. Steel ramrod.
Lot 560
French M1822 Military Percussion Musket 12 bore, 40 1/2 inch barrel. The muzzle with lower bayonet locking stud. Lock plate converted from flintlock. Faint maker's details. Heavy percussion hammer. Polished, full stock woodwork. The butt with cut out cheek piece. Butt with maker's stamp. Steel butt plate. Steel and brass trigger guard. Brass side plate. Brass barrel bands secured by springs. End cap absent. Old repaired break to wrist.
Lot 582
17th Century Continental Dress Plug Bayonet 11 1/4 inch, double edged spear point blade. The forte with traces of Head Armoury stamp. Turned steel crossguard, one end with screwdriver tip, the other flint ended. Steel, thimble cap pommel. Ebony, turned rib and ball grip. The ball inlaid with ivorine disks. Blade with minor pitting and traces of re-pointing.
Lot 583
17th/18th Century Continental Dress Plug Bayonet 18 1/2 inch, single edged, slightly curved blade. The forte with Kings Head Armoury stamp. Cast brass crossguard with mask head terminals. Brass ferrule. Brass, thimble cap pommel with mask head top. Polished ivorine, spiral, ribbed, bulbous ended grip.
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