* 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)
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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.
![Broelmann (Stephan). Epideigma, sive specimen historiae vet[eris] omnis et purae, florentis. atq. amplae civitatis ubiorvm, e](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/49cd8dcc-816e-4e6b-977b-aced00ea14de/a7e76b09-e6ef-444a-ba2a-acef00fc9132/468x382.jpg)
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).
* 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.
* 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)
* 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)
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)
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Unusual Imperial German M1884/98 Brass Gripped Bayonet 10 inch, single edged blade. Wide fuller. The forte stamped with trade stamp and Gottlieb Hammesfahr Solingen. Foche dated 17. Steel crossguard and pommel. Polished brass, slab grips. Contained in its steel scabbard, dated 1938 (throat absent).
Imperial German Seitengewehr M1898/05 Early Type Butcher Bayonet 14 1/2 inch, single edged blade widening towards the point. Wide fuller. Forte with crowned Erfurt. Back edge dated 15. Steel, part muzzle ring and turn up quillon crossguard. Steel pommel with Inspection stamp. Wooden grooved slab grips. Contained in its steel scabbard complete with leather frog.
Imperial German Seitengewehr M1884/98 Sawback Bayonet 9 3/4 inch, single edged blade. Rear sawback edge. Wide fuller. Forte marked with crowned Erfurt and Gebr. Heller Marienthal. Rear edge undated. Steel crossguard and pommel with Inspection stamp. Wooden slab grips. Contained in its steel scabbard.
Imperial German M88/98 All Steel Ersatz Bayonet 12 1/2 inch, single edged blade with wide fuller. Back edge with Inspection stamp. Steel, three quarter muzzle ring and two piece crossguard. Pressed steel grip and pommel with traces of green paint present. Contained in its green painted steel scabbard.
Imperial German Kurzes Seitengewehr M1898 Sawback Bayonet 10 inch, single edged blade with rear sawback edge. Wide fuller. Forte with maker Erfurt, surmounted by a crown. Back edge dated 07. Plated, turn up crossguard with regimental stamp K.S.4781. Plated, bird beak pommel with Inspection stamps. Black, checkered, composite slab grips. Contained in its blued steel scabbard complete with brown leather frog.
Imperial German M88/98 Ersatz Bayonet 12 1/2 inch, single edged blade with sharpened back edge point. Narrow fuller. Back edge with German Inspection stamp. Steel, stepped, three quarter muzzle ring. Steel grip and pommel with traces of original, green painted finish. Contained in its steel scabbard with side seams. Traces of original green paint finish.
Imperial German Seitengewehr M1914 Bayonet 12 1/2 inch, single edged blade with unusual ground fullers. Forte with maker Samson Werk. Back edge with Inspection stamp. Short, steel crossguard. 2nd type, steel pommel with Inspection stamp. Wooden slab grips. Contained in its steel scabbard with traces of original, green painted finish. Complete with leather frog. Rear with faint maker's stamp dated 1918.
American P17 Sword Bayonet 17 inch, single edged blade with fuller. The forte with Winchester trade stamp and US flaming grenade. Blackened muzzle ring and crossguard. Blackened steel pommel. Wooden, double, grooved slab grips. Contained in its steel mounted, green painted, leather scabbard complete with 1939 pattern, leather frog dated 1940.
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