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Click here to subscribeRare Imperial German M1871/84 Altered To Fit a G98 Carbine 10 inch, single edged blade with long fuller. Forte with maker “Simson & Co Suhl”. Steel crossguard. Steel pommel with step cut into the top so it will fit a G98 carbine. Wooden slab grips. Contained in its leather scabbard with steel mounts. Throat with regimental stamp “Res.R. 109.MG.12.”.
Argentine Combat Knife 6 inch, single edged blade with clipped point. The forte with maker’s stamp. Brass crossguard and alloy pommel. Leather washer grip. Contained in its leather scabbard. Together with a 1993 British issue machete. 10 inch, single edged blade. Wooden grip. Contained in its green nylon scabbard. 2 items.
* Pen set. A fine 19th century French pen set, comprising a dip pen and propelling pencil each with a cut glass stem and red and white guilloche enamel with diamond chippings collar, yellow metal mounts with unidentified stamp, 15.5cm long, presented in a fitted green leather caseQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Collection of Jack Webb (1923-2019), London.
* Stabler (Harold, 1872-1945). A cloisonne enamel plaque 1914, depicting a child in a festooned chariot drawn by two leopards, signed with initials 'hs' lower right, the reverse stamped 'Harold Stabler London 1914' in an elaborate silver frame with scroll suspension loop, 11 x 13 cmQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Collection of Jack Webb (1923-2019), London. Harold Stabler (1872-1945) was a designer and craftsman in silver, enamels, pottery and glass. He was associated with William Morris and his followers and from 1898 to 1900 he was the manager of the Keswick School of Industrial Art. Stabler made a name for himself as an enameller and his works were exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1916 and 1917. He designed the enamel mace for Westminster Cathedral and also the ceremonial collar of the Royal Victorian Order. He also designed for the Poole Pottery factory during the 1920/30s along with Truda Carter, John Adams and his wife Pheobe. Poole items of this period can be found with the stamp Carter, Stabler, Adams
* Mixed silver. A mixed collection of silver, including an 18th century style silver cup by C.F. Hancock & Co Ltd, London 1977, 5cm high x 5.5cm diameter, 68g, a 1977 Silver Jubilee plaque in the form of a stamp, 74g, 8 silver Albert watch chains and other items, combined total weight approximately, 400gQty: (small box)NOTESProvenance: Collection of Jack Webb (1923-2019), London.
Fabric samples. A large trade volume of textile samples, French, circa 1870s, approximately 100 leaves, with varying numbers of mounted woven fabric samples to rectos and versos (some gaps, and some loosely inserted), mainly brocade and tapestry fabrics, various sizes, mostly tipped-in with adhesive, but some attached with pins, most samples with manuscript paper label, a few with ink stamp 'Cysoing', numerous annotations in pencil and ink (stock numbers, colours, etc.), four-digit stencilled number at head of each page, some fraying and tears (with loss) to leaves, dust-soiled in places, original cloth with rivets and exposed stitching on spine, worn, ink stencilled spine labels 'Reference' and '7400', large thick folioQty: (1)
* Aigner (Richard, 1867-1925). The Kiss, Munich: Rosenthal, porcelain figure group, depicting two nude figures embracing with a kiss, the female figure seated on a plinth with patterned blue drapery, plinth impressed 'Richard Aigner: München', base with green stamp and other markings, height 25.5 cm (10 ins)Qty: (1)
* Soviet Union. A fine WWII Order of the Red Banner group of medals to Lieutenant Colonel Ivan Vasilyevich Lebedev, Chief of Staff, 360 Guards Rifle Regiment, 115 Guards Rifle Division, 1st Belorussian Front, Soviet Red Army Order of the Red Banner, silver and enamel, reverse with makers stamp and officially numbered 203329 (for extreme gallantry in action on the road to Warsaw), Order of the Red Star, reverse officially numbered 3244751, Medal for Combat Merit, Unnumbered Issue (for the advance on Berlin 1945), Capture of Warsaw Medal, Capture of Berlin Medal, Victory over Germany Medal, 30th Anniversary of Armed Forces and a Guards Unit Badge, mounted for wearingQty: (9)NOTESA scarce Order of the Red Banner Gallantry group Lieutenant Colonel Ivan Vasilyevich Lebedev, his citation reads 'During the fighting on Polish territory between 14th and 29th January 1945, comrade Lebedev, serving as the regimental reconnaissance officer, exhibited skill in leading reconnaissance operations and accurately and truthfully revealed important enemy objects, firing positions and troop concentrations. Throughout the fighting, reconnaissance operations were conducted continuously under comrade Lebedev's guidance. The reconnaissance platoons tally comprises 56 Hitlerites killed, while 36 were taken prisoner and 2 trucks, 5 motorcycles and 20 bicycles were captured in good working order. During the capture of the city of Bromberg comrade Lebedev, whilst taking part in a reconnaissance mission, personally captured 5 Hitlerites, one of whom turned out to be a Captain who provided valuable information about the enemy forces. During the fighting for the city of Fandsburg, he served with the regiment's forward detachment and was severely wounded. For the bravery, courage and initiative he displayed during the fighting with the German invaders and his skill in organizing reconnaissance operations, he deserves the Order of the Red Banner'. Signed and dated 2 February 1945. A folder of research is included with the lot and confirms his award.
* Bone dice. A collection of George III period bone dice, including three with duty stamp GR below a crown on the 6 pip side, with red ink remaining, seven approximately 12mm, approximately 11mm and seven smaller plus a spinning diceQty: (17)NOTESProvenance: Collection of Jack Webb (1923-2019), London. In the early 18th century, stamp duty was extended to cover a number of paper and related items that included playing cards and dice. Dice had stamp duty imposed on their sale between 1711 and 1862, and to show that duty had been paid, they were individually marked with a red ink stamp of a crown with the ruling monarch's monogram below, as here 'GR' for Georgius Rex.
GOULDING & CO OF PLYMOUTH; an early 20th century gong strike carriage clock, the circular enamelled dial set with Roman numerals, with twin drum movement and back plate stamp 'R & Co Made in Paris', with bevelled glass, height including swing handle 11.5cm, with key. Additional InformationOne of the trains over wound so this will need attention therefore not fully tested, no guarantee of working order, some surfaces scratches, abrasions, some rubbing to the retailers stamp on the dial.
Second World War Royal Air Force Navigators Parallel Rule, stores reference 13/88, by the manufacturer J.A Nicholl & Co. 1944 dated. 'Capt. Field's Improved' boxwood parallel rule with brass fittings, Air Ministry and Crown markings, unit stamp on reverse for the Navigation Office R.A.F. Pembroke Dock which was a seaplane and flying boat station,approx. 45 cm in length x 7 cm wide when closed,the rule belonged to Squadron Leader Richard Pennock Burton,a member of the Caterpiller Club , Sqn. Ldr. Burton served with 204 Squadron at Jui in West Africa, a Coastal Command Squadron equipped with Short Sunderland Flying boats on anti submarine patrols, together with a post war West German army folding pocket knife, stamped I.C.A.R. Rostfrei on the ricasso, and a medal ribbon for the 1939-45 Star, (3)
Martini Henry Pattern 1876 socket bayonet and frog,the blade is triangular in form with blunt edges and was purely a stabbing weapon, marked on the ricasso with a broad arrow over 'WD', Enfield inspection mark, decommissioning stamp, and rack number 767, held in black leather scabbard with brass mountings, frog stud stamped with the number 336 and decommissioning mark, brass mountings stamped with War Department broad arrows and Enfield inspection mark, the frog is buff leather general service type
Victorian Royal Naval officers commission to Commander Joseph Martin Mottley, dated the 24th January 1843 in the fifth year of Queen Victoria's reign, the commission document has an embossed Admiralty seal in the top left corner and a five shilling Tax Stamp on the left edge, the commission is signed by Sir John Barrow FRS, FRGS (1764 - 1848) - Second Secretary to the Admiralty from 1804 to 1806 and from 1807 to 1845 (promoter of Arctic voyages of discovery)
Collection of German Third Reich era postage stamps including, a sheet of 20 1 RM Deutsches Reich stamps, a set of 12 1943 Wehrmacht stamps, a 1942 Reinhard Heydrich memorial stamp, a 1943 Hitler Youth Day stamp, Heroes Memorial Day 1942 stamp, 1944 stamp commemorating the birth of Dr. Robert Koch, etc, ( Qty )
Scarce 1934 first edition German publication, ' Das Ehrenbuch der SA', the book is a commemorative history of the S.A. ( Sturm Abteilung) from its formation in 1923 as Hitlers private army under the leadership of Ernst Roehm, ironically the book was released straight after the purge of the S.A. during 'The Night of the Long Knives' in which Roehm and other S.A. leaders were killed, also included are three original photographs by Hitlers personal photographer Heinrich Hoffman, one is of Victor Lutze who succeeded Roehm as head of the S.A. another is of Hitler himself and the third is of S.A. man Horst Wessel, who became a nazi martyr after being shot by communists in 1930, all the photographs have Hoffman's studio stamp on the reverse
Royal Doulton stoneware figure of Lord Nelson standing full length on a pedestal base inscribed "1805-1905", circa 1905, commemorating the centenary of the death of Nelson, modelled by John Broad for reproduction, the base with factory stamp and signature J Broad Sculp, 21cm high. Provenance: Christies, Maritime Sale 16 Nov 2005, Lot 318
A 1937-52 King George VI Unused Definitive Stamp Collection, unmounted Pristine, 27 stamps, together with a 1939-48 George VI High Value Unused Stamp Collection, hinge-mounted, 6 stamps, 1972 Machin Imperforate £1 Block of Four Stamp Error, and 1999 Millennium Series 26p Pilgrims Fathers & Red Indian Trial Stamp, all in Harrington & Byrne vinyl binders with certificates (4)
At the Railway Station, signed on the poster top left 'C T Garland' oil on canvas 65 x 40 cmProvenance: The Arthur Jeffress Gallery, London, where purchased on 12 January 1961 for 84gns, as 'English School, c. 1860, At the Railway Station' Literature: John Hadfield, The Saturday Book , 1962, p. 25; John Hadfield, Every Picture Tells a Story - Images of Victorian Life, London, 1985, illus. p.97 Charles Trevor Garland specialised in genre scenes depicting children and animals. He exhibited twenty-seven paintings at the Royal Academy between 1874 and 1901, sixteen at the Society of Artists. John Hadfield suggests that this is the work which was exhibited twice under the title 'Bosom Friends', first at the Society of Artists in 1881 and again at the Royal Academy in 1890 (Hadfield, p. 96).Condition report: Signed above the wood panelling on the leftmost poster in the background. Also inscribed indistinctly lower right. Oil on canvas which is unlined with an artist supplier's stamp on the reverse. The canvas tension is poor causing vertical undulations across the surface. In the lower right corner the undulations are causing cracking to the paint layer with raised edges. There are localised areas of wrinkling in the brown paint passages. The varnish is yellowed and slightly dull. There are a few scuffs and scratched across the surface.
'The Butler' and 'The Landlord' both signed lower left 'W Dendy Sadler' oil on canvas, a pair 75 x 49.5 cmFootnote: Provenance: Sotheby's, The Brockhall Sale, Weedon, Northamptonshire, 16th June 1997, lots 364, 365 (sold for £13,000) Born in Dorking, Surrey, in 1854, and brought up in neighbouring Horsham, West Sussex, Walter Dendy Sadler decided to become a painter at an early age. At 16, he enrolled at The Heatherley School of Fine Art, London, where he spent two years before moving to Düsseldorf, Germany, to train under Wilhelm Simmler (1840-1923). Testament to his prodigious skill, in 1872, when barely 18 years old, Dendy Sadler exhibited at the Dudley Gallery, and then at the Royal Academy the following year, in 1873. Favouring scenes of everyday domestic life, Dendy Sadler’s genre paintings were often humorous, and occasionally moralising. Prior to painting a scene, many of which he set in the 18 th and early 19 th century, he was known to have enlisted local villagers to pose as models, many of whom can be seen in successive pictures playing different roles and wearing different costumes.Condition report: The Butler - Oil on canvas which is unlined, the canvas is in plane with good tension. The paint layer is in a good condition. The varnish is clear and even. There is a splash of house paint in the upper half and a light layer of dust on the surface. The frame is in a good condition. The Landlord - Oil on canvas which is unlined and has an artist supplier’s stamp for Cornellisen's on the reverse. The canvas tension is slightly slack but the picture is in plane. The paint layer is in a very good condition. The varnish is clear and even. The frame is in a good condition.
'Hide and Seek in the Brook' signed lower left 'E Deanes' oil on canvas 25 x 32 cmCondition report: Oil on canvas which is unlined and has a supplier's stamp for Winsor and Newton on the reverse. The canvas tension is adequate, there are a few minor undulations across the painting. The paint layer is in a stable condition, There is a scuff to the paint layer in the area of the water. There are scattered retouchings, mainly located along the lower edge and around the signature. The varnish is clear, even and glossy. Slightly loose in its frame. Slight damage to the frame along the top.
Haworth (Adrian Hardy). Observations on the Genus Mesembryanthemum, in two parts; containing scientific descriptions of above one hundred and thirty species, about fifty of which are new; directions for their management; new arrangements of the species; references to authors; and a great variety of critical, philosophical, and explanatory remarks, by Adrian Hardy Haworth, late of Cottingham, Yorkshire, now of Little Chelsea, Middlesex, 2 parts in one, 1st edition, London: Printed and sold for the Author, by J. Barker, sold also by B. & J. White, 1794, [8], 480pp., half-title, lower blank margin of title with ink stamp of L.E. Newton Library, letter bound in at front dated 20 Nov. 1876 from North Wales Central Botanic Gardens to a member of the public searching for a copy of this title, 20th century brown half morocco, 8voQty: (1)NOTESThis copy of Observations on the Genus Mesembryanthemum, was used for the 1965 Gregg Press reprint, and rebound. Adrian Hardy Haworth (1768–1833), botanist and entomologist, was born in Cottingham near Hull. He was the younger son of Benjamin Haworth (1728–1790) of Haworth Hall, a prosperous merchant, and landowner. His mother, Anne Boothe Haworth, probably nurtured his interest in plants & gardening. After attending Hull Grammar School and serving in a law office, he started to pursue a full-time career in natural history. After several years in Cottingham, he moved to Chelsea. He joined the Linnean Society in 1798. Haworth was one of the original members of the Aurelian Society, which in 1806 dissolved and regrouped as the Entomological Society of London. He was President of The Entomological Society of London from 1806 to 1822. The Society subsequently merged with the Zoological Club of the Linnean Society. Between 1803 and 1828 Haworth published Lepidoptera Britannica and during his lifetime was the author of sixty publications, primarily concerned with Lepidoptera and succulent plants. Haworth returned to Cottingham from 1812 to 1818, and during that time helped found Hull Botanic Garden. He returned to Chelsea in 1818, remaining until his death from cholera in 1833. Haworth married three times and had children by each wife.
Haworth (Adrian Hardy). Saxifragëarum Enumeratio ... Accedunt Revisiones Plantarum Succulentarum, 1st edition, London: Veneunt apud Wood, 1821, [xx], 62, [2], 207, [1]pp., title with signature B. Haworth to upper blank margin and ink stamp of L.E. Newton Library to lower blank margin, edges untrimmed, endpapers renewed, original boards, rebacked preserving original spine and printed paper label, 8voQty: (1)NOTESAdrian Hardy Haworth (1768-1833) was born in Cottingham near Hull. He was the younger son of Benjamin Haworth (1728–1790) of Haworth Hall, a prosperous merchant, and landowner. His mother, Anne Boothe Haworth, probably nurtured his interest in plants & gardening. After attending Hull Grammar School and serving in a law office, he started to pursue a full-time career in natural history. After several years in Cottingham, he moved to Chelsea. He joined the Linnean Society in 1798. Haworth was one of the original members of the Aurelian Society, which in 1806 dissolved and regrouped as the Entomological Society of London. He was President of The Entomological Society of London from 1806 to 1822. The Society subsequently merged with the Zoological Club of the Linnean Society. Between 1803 and 1828 Haworth published Lepidoptera Britannica and during his lifetime was the author of sixty publications, primarily concerned with Lepidoptera and succulent plants. Haworth returned to Cottingham from 1812 to 1818, and during that time helped found Hull Botanic Garden. He returned to Chelsea in 1818, remaining until his death from cholera in 1833. Haworth married three times and had children by each wife.
Hill (John). Eden: or, a Compleat Body of Gardening. Containing Plain and Familiar Directions for Raising the several useful Products of a Garden..., Compiled and Digested from the Papers of the late celebrated Mr. Hale, by the Authors of the Compleat Body of Husbandry. And comprehending the Art of constructing a Garden fo use and Pleasure; the best Methods of keeping it in Order.., London: T. Osborne, T. Trye, S. Crowder & Co., and H. Woodgate, 1757, 61 engraved plates including frontispiece, title with ink stamp of L.E. Newton Library to lower blank margin, some overall light toning, occasional spotting to few leaves of text, light dampstaining to margins of few leaves at front & rear, bookplate of Leonard E. Newton to upper pastedown, hinges repaired, 20th century half sheep, earlier red morocco title label preserved, lower joint cracked at foot, joints and extremities rubbed and scuffed, folioQty: (1)NOTESHenrey 776; Nissen 880. The work was issued in 60 numbers from 28 August 1756 to 8 November 1757.
Pfeiffer (Ludwig Georg Karl). Abbildung und Beschreibung Blu?hender Cacteen, 2 volumes in one, Cassel: T. Fischer, 1843-50, 60 hand-coloured lithograph plates (few images slightly close trimmed at fore-edge), title to first volume with signature in coloured pencil and ink stamp of L.E. Newton Library to lower blank margin, some toning, browning and scattered spotting throughout, occasional dampstains mostly to text leaf margins, without free endpapers, bookplates of Maria Theresa Earle, Woodlands, Cobham, Surrey; H.M. Roan; J. Callé, Editor (1951-1965) "Cactus" & Leonard E. Newton to upper pastedown, near contemporary cloth-backed blue boards, spine frayed, boards marked and edges rubbed and showing, 4toQty: (1)NOTESNissen, BBI 1524; Stafleu-C. 7817; de Belder 278; Junk, Rara 68. - "The only iconography of the Cacteen which - at least until the year of its completion - is complete" (J.). Vol. 1 was created in collaboration with Friedrich Otto. One of the rarest work on Cacti.
Schumann (Karl). Blühende Kakteen (Iconographia Cactacearum), 3 volumes, 1st edition, Neudamm: J. Neumann, [1900-21], 176 fine hand-finished chromolithographic plates, including 4 double-page (double-numbered, i.e. plates 153/154, 161/162, 166/167 & 175/176), by Toni Gürke, a little minor spotting to one or two text leaves, a few original wrappers bound in at end of each volume, press cutting obituary for Schumann tipped-in at end of volume I, small ink stamp of Leonard Newton at foot of titles, his bookplates, contemporary green cloth, some fading to volumes I & II spines, a couple of corners bumped, 4to, 32 x 25 cm (12.5 x 9.75 in)Qty: (3)NOTESNissen BBI 1818; Strafleu TL2 11.388. One of the most beautifully produced works on cacti and succulents, rarely found complete with the vibrant plates issued in 45 parts over 21 years by German botanist Karl Moritz Schumann (1851-1904). He also founded and was the first chairman of the German Cactus Society in 1892.
* Aldin (Cecil). The Bell at Stilton on the Great North Road, Lawrence and Bullen, 1903, colour lithograph, signed in pencil by the artist to the lower left, publisher's blind stamp to lower right, printed remarque in sanguine to lower left, laid on contemporary card (as published), 420 x 620 mm, together with The Talbot at Ripley, Lawrence Bullen, 1903, colour lithograph, signed in pencil by the artist to the lower left, publisher's blind stamp to lower right, printed remarque in sanguine to lower left, laid on contemporary card (as published), 430 x 645 mmQty: (2)
* Edwards (Lionel Dalhousie Robertson, 1878 - 1966). The Whaddon Chase, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1927, colour photolithograph, signed in pencil by the artist below image to lower left, FATG blind stamp, 350 x 510 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, together with The Cottesmore, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1927, colour photolithograph, signed in pencil by the artist below image to lower left, FATG blind stamp, 350 x 510 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, with The Devon and Somerset Staghounds, Eyre & Sporriswoode, circa 1925, colour photolithograph, signed in pencil by the artist below image to lower left, FATG blind stamp, title added in pencil to lower right (in a different hand), ivorine plaque attached to frame which reads 'From the Officers 1st Pack Brigade R. A. Oct. 14th 1925', 370 x 500 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, and The Quorn, The Sporting Gallery, 1934, colour photolithograph, signed by the artist in pencil below image to lower left, 335 x 620 mm, mounted, framed and glazed (glass cracked), together with The South Staffs at Lysways Hall, Eyre & Spottiswoode, circa 1927, colour photolithograph, signed by the artist in pencil to lower left, title added in pencil (by a different hand) to lower right, 380 x 500 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, with another four prints similar, all signed by Edwards, various sizes and conditionQty: (9)
* Payne (Charles Johnson 'Snaffles). A sight to take home and dream about - But old Jorrocks would have had it - "They were nasty jealous steeple-chasin' little hussies", published Messrs. Fores Ltd, circa 1950, colour photolithograph finished with body colour, signed in pencil by the artist to lower left, snaffle bit blind stamp, black and white remarque of the race to the finish line, overall size 490 x 620 mm, framed and glazedQty: (1)NOTESA bright and clean example.
* Payne (Charles Johnston, 'Snaffles'). John Jorrocks Esq. M. F. H. "Tell me a man's a foxhunter and I loves 'im at once", circa 1923, photolithograph finished with watercolour, signed in pencil by the artist to lower right, snaffle bit blind stamp, uncoloured remarque of a fox crossing a ride, slight spotting, overall size 355 x 385 mm, framed and glazed,Qty: (1)
[Franklin, Benjamin]. The Political Register, and Impartial Review of New Books, for MDCCLXVIII, volume 2, London: J. Almon, 1768, 12 engraved plates (one folding) including the plate attributed to Benjamin Franklin which warns of the effects of the Stamp Act 'The Colonies Reduced. Its Companion', contemporary half calf, without title label, 8vo, together with: [Canada & American Revolution] , Addresses, Remonstrances, and Petitions, Commencing the 24th of June, 1769: presented to the King and Parliament, from the Court of Common Council, and the Livery in Common Hall assembled, with His Majesty's answers: likewise the speech to the King, made by the late Mr. Alderman Beckford, when Lord Mayor of London, 1st edition, London: Printed by H. Fenwick, [1778], contemporary speckled calf, upper board detached, spine damaged where another work removed from binding, 8vo (Sabin 451)Qty: (2)NOTESThe first work contains an engraved satirical plate warning of the effects of the Stamp Act. The upper part of the engraving, titled 'The Colonies Reduced' published in Britain and attributed to Benjamin Franklin, warned of the consequences of alienating the Colonies through enforcement of the Stamp Act. The image depicts Britannia, surrounded by her amputated limbs, marked Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, and New England, as she contemplates the decline of her Empire. Franklin, who was in England representing the colonists' claims, arranged to have the image printed on cards and distributed to members of Parliament as well as including it in the Political Register. The lower part of the engraving, 'Its Companion' shows America rushing into the arms of the King of France. The complete volume of the Political Register for 1768 comprises the twelve monthly parts, each with an engraved frontispiece, most are satirical in nature. One called the 'North Star' has American content. It contains an article published over three issues descriptive of the American Revolution, viz. 'American Intelligence' (pp. 87-93, 138-144 & 354-375), the final section being a continuation with the heading 'Account of the American Controversy'. The second work includes some notice of the Quebec Bill (pp. 52-64), on the Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution (pp. 65-126).
* Thorburn (Archibald, 1860 - 1935). Wigeon alighting, W. F. Embleton, 1927, colour photolithograph, signed by the artist in pencil below image to lower left, FATG blind stamp, 330 x 465 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, together with Woodcock, W. F. Embleton, 1923, colour photolithograph, signed by the artist in pencil below image to lower left, 300 x 3290 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, with Summer Partridge, W. F. Embleton, 1927, colour photolithograph, a bright clean example, signed by the artist in pencil below image to lower left, FATG blind stamp, 340 x 470 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, plus Wigeon, W. F. Embleton, colour photolithograph, signed by the artist in pencil below image, FATG blind stamp, image a little faded, 420 x 300 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQty: (4)
* Brunel (Marc Isambard, 1769-1849). Autograph letter signed, Chelsea, 13 October 1816, to Viscount Keith at Purbrook near Portsmouth, offering to put up a saw mill, but advising Keith against the scheme because of the high duty on timber, 'The industry that might be brought in this country by a trifling alteration in the duties is truly great; yet it is overlooked by Government, to the great detriment of the Scotch interest in particular. I have erected a saw mill at Leith; but to the great loss of the proprietors who had common mills there before. Had the duties been laid on fir timber as it happens, probably by chance, to be on oak timber there then would be certain imployment in this country for thousands of families...', then discussing the disadvantages of imported timber, two pages with integral address leaf, freefront stamp and seal tear, a little creased, 4toQty: (1)NOTESThe destruction of Brunel's own saw mills at Battersea led to his imprisonment for debt.
Elgar (Edward, 1857-1934). Sea-Pictures, a cycle of five songs for Contralto... Op. 37, full orchestral score, 1st edition, Boosey & Co., 1900, signed presentation inscription from the composer in black ink to title, 'A.J. Jaeger, with much love from Edward Elgar: Dec: 25: 1900 "Waryn Wisdime wynked uppon Mede" [Piers the Plowman]', publisher's purple ink name stamp at foot of title, later ballpoint pen ownership inscription of H.J. Hoyland of Painswick to front free endpaper, dated 1974, printed auction description [Sotheby's New York, 1964] tipped onto endpaper facing, contemporary blue half calf over cloth, gilt-titled spine, rubbed, split at foot of upper joint, slim folioQty: (1)NOTESA fine association copy. August Johannes Jaeger (1860-1909) met Elgar through his employment at the London music publisher Novello, becoming a close friend and advisor. Due to Jaeger's advice Elgar reworked many famous musical passages, including the climax of The Dream of Gerontius and the finale to his Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma Variations) . Jaeger was most notably immortalised in the famous ninth variation "Nimrod" in the last-mentioned work, recalling a conversation on the slow movements of Beethoven (Nimrod was a biblical hunter, a pun on the German word for hunter, Jäger). 'Despite the tireless activity of Jaeger and a dedicated Novello team working on Elgar's behalf, there were many moments of distrust between Elgar and the firm. The first occurred over the Variations, when Novello demanded what Elgar considered an unreasonable fee for an extra orchestral rehearsal at the time of the first performance. He expressed his "disgust". The disagreement was compounded by Elgar's disappointment over the royalty to be paid for the piano version of the work. The immediate result was that Sea Pictures was published by Boosey. They secured also, to the dismay of Jaeger, the Cockaigne overture, and the Pomp and Circumstance Marches Nos. 1 and 2', The Cambridge Companion to Elgar , edited by Daniel M. Grimley & Julian Rushton (Cambridge University Press, 2004) page 28. Dr. H.J. Hoyland was Chairman of the Gloucester Festival and loosely inserted in the book is a typed letter signed to him from Brian Trowell, Heather Professor of Music at the University of Oxford, 14 June 1993. In the letter Trowell discusses the possible meaning of the Piers Plowman quote and suggests, 'The citation underlines Elgar's vision of himself as a humble man of merit whom the great and good passed over, and joins the others from langland that I did manage to discover...'.
Josephus (Flavius). Histoire des Juifs, traduite sur l'original grec reveu sur divers manuscrits par Arnauld d'Andilly. Edition nouvelle, enrichie de quantité de figures en taille-douce, Amsterdam: widow of Schippers, and Hendrik Wetstein, 1681, engraved additional title-page, approximately 227 engraved vignettes throughout the letterpress, tissue-repairs in A6 and L1, without final blank?, contemporary mottled calf, headcap consolidated, wear to foot of front joint, folio (30.8 x 19.5 cm), together with: Pausanias, [Greek title] Graeciae descriptio accurata ... cum Latina Romuli Amasaei interpretatione. Accesserunt Gul. Xylandri et Frid. Sylburgii annotationes, ac novae notae Joachimi Kuhni, Leipzig: Thomas Fritsch, 1696, half-title, title-page in red and black with engraved vignette, Greek and Latin text in double column, occasional browning, spill-burn in 2R3, front free endpaper excised, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, wear, folio (33.4 x 20.5 cm), Noris (Enrico), Historia Pelagiana, et dissertatio de synodo V. oecumenica, in qua Origenis ac Theodori Mopsuesteni Pelagiani erroris auctorum justa damnatio exponitur, Leuven: Hendrick Schelte, 1702, pp. [2] 4 [6] 217 [13] 119 [7] 175 [5] 132 34, library plate, related ink-stamp to title-page verso, contemporary half vellum, folio (36 x 22.5 cm)Qty: (3)NOTESProvenance (Pausanias): Sir John E. Swinburne, 6th Baronet (1762-1860), politician and patron of the arts, with bookplate. VD17 547:697701A (Pausanias).
[Marlorat, Augustin]. Genesis cum Catholica expositione Ecclesiastica, id est ex uniuersis probatis Theologis ... excerpta, a quodam verbi Dei ministro, diu multumque in Theologia versato..., Morgiis: Sumptibus Ioannis le Preux & Eustathii Vignon, 1584, printer's woodcut device to title, ownership stamp and early annotation to title, some early marginalia, dampstaining to mostly to lower outer corners, late 19th century calf with bevelled boards, without title label, upper board detached, worn, thick 8vo, together with: Bible [Latin] , Biblia Sacra , sive Testamentum Vetus, Ab Im. Tremellio et Fr. Iunio ex Hebraeo Latine redditum, et Testamentum Novum, a Theod. Beza e Graeco in Latinum versum..., Amsterdam: Ioannem Ianssonium, 1648, engraved title, initial leaves lightly creased, without front free endpaper, contemporary vellum with yapp fore-edges, light soiling, 8vo, Luther (Martin), A Commentarie of M. Doctor Martin Luther upon the Epistle of S. Paul to the Galathians: First collected and gathered word by word out of his preaching, and now out of Latine faithfully translated into English for the unlearned, London: Imprinted by Richard Field, 1616, woodcut device to title (torn with loss and lined to verso), sewing broken and few leaves loose, dust-soiling and few marks, contemporary calf, lacking spine, worn, 4to,Qty: (3)
* [American Civil War; Virginia]. Group of documents, 19th century, comprising: 1. Printed court summons signed by Fontaine Beckham (1788-1859) as justice of the peace, Jefferson County, Virginia, 8 January 1851, printed sheet completed in manuscript, signed 'F Beckham', red-velvet-covered thick card mount, sheet torn at lower right-hand corner not affecting text, 18 x 14.6 cm, 2. Manuscript receipt for the purchase of 'negro slaves Dennis and Belinda', Fairfax County, Virginia, 15 April 1861, single bifolium of wove paper, 10 lines, written on one side only, conjugate leaf docketed 'Dulany', damp-stained, creased from folding, loss to upper inner corner, 18.2 x 13.8 cm, 3. Contemporary manuscript copy of two affidavits confirming 'Daniel Coffman to have been a loyal man during the rebelion [sic]', Greenbrier County, West Virginia, 1866, single sheet of lined paper written recto only, small embossed stamp depicting the Capitol Building and with text 'Congress' various inconsistencies in spelling, old folds, central fold just splitting at head, nicked along inner edge, 23.5 x 17.8 cm, and 1 other item (Internal Revenue receipt 'for special tax on the business of retail liquor dealer', paid by R. D. Burns of Lynchburg, Virginia, 9 December 1891, engraved receipt in red and black, completed in manuscript, browned, old folds, small hole to lower left, upper right corner chipped, 24.5 x 18 cm)Qty: (4)NOTESFirst item: Fontaine Beckham (1788-1859) was mayor of Harpers Ferry, Virginia, and local agent for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. He was shot and killed in the famous raid on the small outpost by abolitionist John Brown, today seen as a major event in the build-up to the American Civil War.
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