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Click here to subscribeAn officers percussion pistol dating: mid-19th Century provenance: Naples Smooth, octagonal, 18 mm cal. barrel featuring the gold stamp of the Real Fabbrica of Naples; sighted tang; forward spring lock with stamp "MT" and engraved with floral motifs; wooden stock, checkered with scales, brass mounts engraved with floral motifs. Belt hook and iron ramrod. dimensions: length 41 cm.
A rare arquebus gun with double system, matchlock and flintlock dating: late 17th Century provenance: Italy Heavy, octagonal, smooth, 16 mm cal. barrel; two stamps "RONZI" (?) at the base and another stamp, nozzle with capital; big lock of archaic shape with external, double spring and matchlock; wooden half stock with iron mounts, double trigger (the second one is for the matchlock hammer). Iron ramrod. dimensions: length 151 cm.
A wheel lock pepperbox revolver dating: 19th Century provenance: Europe A set of six, round, smooth, turn-off, 11 mm cal. barrels; external eheel lock with stamp and sliding pan cover; darkened, wooden grip with bone butt-plate and iron trigger guard. Interesting sample of the historicism. dimensions: length 47.5 cm.
A Mariette four shot percussion pepperbox revolver dating: mid-19th Century provenance: Belgium A set of four round, 12 mm cal. barrels made of damask, provided with stamp of the Liége test bench; iron frame marked "MARIETTE BREVETE" and engraved with floral motifs; wooden grip scales, lower hammer with ring trigger. dimensions: length 20.5 cm.
A Mariette four shot percussion pepperbox revolver dating: mid-19th Century provenance: Belgium A set of four, round, 12 mm cal. barrels, provided with stamp of the Liége test bench; iron frame marked "MARIETTE BREVETE" and engraved with floral motifs; wooden grip scales, lower hammer with ring trigger. dimensions: length 21 cm.
A rare brass pin-fire revolver dating: third quarter of the 19th Century provenance: Belgium Rifled, round, 5 mm cal. barrel with octagonal base. Six-shot cylinder with engravings. Frame en suite. Brass barrel, cylinder and frame; darkened-iron hammer and folding trigger. Stamp of the Liége test bench. Micro-checkered, wooden grip scales. dimensions: length 14 cm.
A navy flintlock pocket pistol dating: early 19th Century provenance: Belgium Smooth, round, turn-off barrel, engraved with floral motifs at the edges, stamp of the Liége test bench at the base, box-lock frame engraved with birds and floral motifs; iron secure lock, hammer, batterie and foldaway trigger; checkered, wooden butt decorated with checked, silver nails. dimensions: length 17.4 cm.
A navy seven barreled flintlock gun dating: late 18th Century provenance: England Seven smooth, 12 mm cal. barrels, made in one piece, stamp of the test bench at the base; long lock with pan and "Queen Anne"-type spring, marked "TOWER" and "GR" under crown; wooden butt with smooth, brass mounts and checkered neck; original, iron ramrod. Very scarce. dimensions: length 95 cm.
A pin-fire revolver dating: third quarter of the 19th Century provenance: Belgium Round, rifled, 7 mm cal. barrel, octagonal and engraved at the base; six-shot cylinder with stamp of the Liège test bench, marked "FINOT A AUTUN" at the frame; frame, cylinder and barrel made of bronze and finely engraved with floral motifs; iron, folding hammer and trigger guard; brass extractor and loading gate. Wooden grip scales. Scarce. dimensions: length 19.5 cm.
A four-barrelled flintlock pocket pistol dating: early 19th Century provenance: Belgium Round, smooth, turn-off barrels, box-lock frame engraved with bloodhound and pricket, stamp of the Liége test bench, change lever for upper and lower barrels, upper hammers with secure-lock, double trigger with wide, engraved trigger guard; checkered, walnut butt, finely sculpted with floral motifs and decorated with small, silver nails at the back and at the edges of the butt-plate. Scarce. dimensions: length 21 cm.
A very rare eight shot percussion pepperbox revolver by Herman dating: mid-19th Century provenance: Belgium Round, smooth, damask, 8 mm cal. barrels; stamp of the Liége test bench and numbers from 1 to 8 at the base; iron frame engraved with floral motifs and signed "HERMAN BREVETE", grooved, ebony grip scales, bottom hammer with ring trigger. dimensions: length 21.5 cm.
A navy percussion pocket pistol with spring bayonet dating: mid-19th Century provenance: France Smooth, octagonal, brass, 14 mm cal. barrel; worked in one piece with the box-lock frame, finely engraved with floral motifs and featuring a stamp; iron hammer, trigger and trigger guard; checkered, sculpted, wooden butt. Spring bayonet under the barrel. dimensions: length 26.2 cm.
Six vintage advertising posters to include; "Calmante Fort" Italian medicine advert poster rolled 20 x 27 inch, "The Rapid" rolled French advertising poster with art by R. Dion 32 x 48 inch. "Riolo Terme" 28 x 40 inch advertising poster with art by C V Testi. "Caffe Foschi" vintage coffee advertising poster rolled art by Giallervso 40 x 60 inch. "Armagnac Ryst" French rolled cognac advertising poster with additional fold 40 x 60 inch. "Amaro Valsesia" rolled vintage advertising poster (one horizontal fold) with original stamp 40 x 55 inch. (6) Various conditions
GREAT MIXED LOT: Humphrey Bogart Swedish film poster for "Beat the Devil" (25" x 33") with art by Stilling originally folded, linen backed with cinema stamp to top left. Sean Connery "LHomme a la Tete Felee" (The Man with the Rubber Head) 1966 Linen backed (previously folded) 30.5" x 46". fair condition. "Mary Poppins" Walt Disney 1964 US Insert (14" x 36") starring Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, rolled, poor condition. Tim Burton hand signed "Big Fish" teaser US one sheet (27" x 40") signed by cast also in rolled double-sided excellent condition with COA. The Huntsman Winters War (Snow White) teaser US one sheets (27 x 40") starring Chris Hemsworth and Charlize Theron, 2 different styles 3 copies of each, all in excellent rolled double sided condition. (6)
RAF / Air Ministry scramble bell, dated 1942, with arrow stamp and ATW stamped to the centre post crown, with clapper and cord, 27.5cm diameter, 29cm high Condition report: Scuffs and dents overall from use. Wear to the inside and to the clapper from being rung often. No cracks or damages. Corrosion to parts of the clapper and discolouration to the cord.
A Victorian Mauchline Ware rectangular four-division stamp box, the crossbanded cover inscribed Stamps, 11.6cm wide, c.1880; a Victorian Mauchline Ware rounded rectangular stamp box, the push- on cover printed with a named view of Church of the Holy Trinity, Stratford on Avon (sic), the interior with two-divisions, 6cm wide, c.1880 (2)
Local Interest - Politics - an early Victorian election epistolary solicitation, sent from the Southern Division of the County of Leicester to James Esq, Leamington, Warwickshrie, under the auspices of its chairman John Biggs, on behalf of their Liberal Candidates for Parliament, Colonel Edward Cheney and Thomas Gisborne, Jun., Esq [son Thomas Gisborne of Derby, an Anglican priest and member of the Wilberforce's Clapham Sect], printed July 5th 1841, franked Queen Victoria one penny stamp, three postal stamps for Leicester July 7th 1841, Leamington July 8th 1841 and Leamington again July 15th, 1841, broken red wax seal; another, sent to the Revd. George Hake, franked Queen Victoria one penny stamp, two postal stamps for Leicester 7th July 1841 and Warwick July 9th 1841, broken red wax seal (2)The Revd George Hake (1784-1848) held the living of Ellastone, Staffordshire (then Warwickshire), with other livings in the age of plurality, rather late in life after leaving Cambridge without a degree and a career in the army. Hake was an evangelical preacher; very ugly, stuttering and porcine; though poor he was unscrupulous about getting into debt, which he did frequently and to a considerable degree; he concealed meanness under a rather excessive air of benevolence; it comes as no surprise that he was direspected by his parishioners.
AN ARTS & CRAFTS GREEN STAINED WOOD WOOD POSTAGE STAMP BOX PAINTED BY JOHN PEARSON, C1905 5.5cm w, painted artist's monogram ++Scarce and attractive in good condition with some slight chipping of the protective varnish. With original brass hinge, the lid closing tightly, no splits or chips, no restoration
A VICTORIAN PAINTED WOOD LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY TRUNCHEON BY PARKER richly painted in polychrome with crown and arms of London and Birmingham within a green and gilt garter inscribed LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY, numbered in gilt on a green cartouche 24 above rose and thistle, the reverse with foliage and pendant husks, 46.5cm, stamp[ed PARKER HOLBORN ++Tiny chip on handle, numerous light knocks and abrasion to the head where used as a hammer but in attractive collectable condition with much bright paint remaining, some retouching
Herbert (Edward, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury). De Religione Gentilivm, errorumque apud eos causis; authore Edoardo Barone Herbert de Cherbury, & Castri Insulae de Kerry in Hibernia..., 1st edition, Amsterdam: Typis Blaeviorum, 1663, printer's woodcut device to title and with early ink stamp 'Ex Bibl. Ios. Ren. Card. Imperialis', some toning and spotting, copious manuscript notes to rear endpaper, contemporary vellum, 4to The first study of comparative religion, published posthumously by Isaac Vossius, giving, in David Hume's words, "a natural history of religion." (1)
[Lloyd, David]. The Legend of Captain Jones. Relating His Adventure to Sea: His First Landing, and Strange Combat with a Mighty Bear. His Furious Battel with His Six and Thirty Men, against the Army of Eleven Kings, with their Overthrow and Deaths...., 2 parts in one, printed for Humphrey Moseley, 1659, folding engraved plate (dated 1671) between leaf with printed poem to verso and title, purple ink stamp to title verso with some see-through, 8 leaves of publisher's adverts at rear (incomplete at end), lacks [*3 & 4] 'To the Reader' before main text, some worming to lower outer corners throughout and often affecting text, some old dampstaining, close trimmed to foremargin shaving some letters of title and early leaves, 19th-century blind-stamped calf, neatly rebacked, small 8vo Wing L2632. (1)
Wenlock (John). To the most illustrious, High and Mighty Majesty of Charles the II: by the Grace of God King of Great Britain, France and Ireland; Defender of the Faith, &c. The Humble Declaration of John Wenlock of Langham, in the County of Essex Esquire, an Utter Barrister of near Forty years continuance, in that Honourable Society of Lincolnes-Inne. Being first a supplicatory preface and discourse to His Majesty; and then humbly shewing the great and dangerous Troubles and intollerable Oppressions of Himself and His Family, and the true occasion thereof, in the wofull Times of these late most unhappy Distractions. Wherein the perfect loyalty of a true subject, and the perfideous malice and cruelty of a Rebell, are evidently deciphered, and severally set forth to the publick view in their proper colours, as a Caution for England. Hereunto are annexed certain Poems, and other Treatises, composed and written by the Author upon several Occasions, concerning the late most horrid and distracted Times, and never before published, London: Printed by T[homas]. Childe, and L[eonard]. Parry, for the Author, 1662, [12],152pp., title slightly close trimmed to first line of title, minor fraying to margins of first leaf, light toning and marginal browning, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers with 20th century ink ownership stamp of Ben E. Kozlovsky to verso of front free endpaper, hinges repaired, near contemporary mottled calf, gilt royal armorial to centre of each board, rebacked with elaborate gilt decorated spine, corners repaired, 4to Wing W1350 & ESTC R8066. (1)
Bill (John). The Abridgment of Camden's Britannia with the Maps of the severall Shires of England and Wales, 1626, decorative title page with early 19th century manuscript marginalia, dedcation to the King, 'To the reader', 'A Delineation of the Univerall Notions of Geographie', a secondary half title, a table of the Spanish Armada, 'Especiall Notes', list of religous houses and index of the counties all present, general map of England & Wales and fifty (of fifty-one) uncoloured engraved maps, lacking Lincolnshire, small ink library stamp (Selbourne Library) to verso of title and below the map of Flintshire, a few text headlines shaved, slight text showthrough, slight staining, later endpapers, 20th century calf gilt with red morocco gilt label to upper board, small oblong 4to Rare. It is believed that only two hundred copies of this atlas were ever published. Chubb XLI. (1)
South Pacific. Imray (James & Son, publisher), South Pacific Ocean, 1869, large uncoloured 'blue backed' chart stretching from Papua New Guinea and Eastern Australia to Western South America, numerous inset maps of islands and important ports and harbours, map seller's ink stamp, slight creasing, 1020 x 1870 mm (1)
Austin (William, of Lincoln's Inn). Devotionis Augustinianae Flamma, or, Certaine Devout, Godly and Learned Meditations, 1st edition, printed for I.L. and Ralph Mab, 1635, additional engraved title (close-trimmed at top margin), title with woodcut printer's device, some misspagination, a few minor spots and wormholes, contemporary sheep, rebacked, a little rubbed, folio, together with Certaine Sermons or Homilies Appoynted to be Read in Churches. In the Time of the Late Queene Elizabeth of Famous Memory, printed by John Norton for Joyce Norton and Richard Whitaker, 1635 [colophon at end dated 1633], title within elaborate woodcut border, woodcut headpiece and initials, bound with The Second Tome of Homilies, of such Matters as were Promised and Entituled in the former part of Homilies, 1635, black letter, woodcut headpiece and initials, a few spots, marginal water stain, endpapers renewed, later calf, rebacked and recornered, folio, plus Golden Remains of the Memorable Mr. John Hales, of Eaton-Colledge, 2nd impression, 1673, additional engraved title, title printed in red and black (with ink stamp), bookplate, contemporary blindstamped calf, rebacked, rubbed, 4to STC 972, STC 13660.5 (2nd edition) & Wing H271 respectively. (3)
Buckingham (James Silk). Travels in Mesopotamia including a journey from Aleppo to Bagdad by the route of Beer, Orfah, Diarbekr, Mardin & Mousul; with researches on the Ruins of Nineveh, Babylon and other ancient cities, 2 volumes, 1st. edition, published Henry Colburn, 1827, lacking half title, numerous wood engraved illustrations to text, one folding engraved map (with slight spotting), and two folding lithographic plates (all complete as lists), ink library stamp to title pages, book plates to front pastedowns and front endpaper, later endpapers, early 20th century quarter calf (bound in Baghdad), gilt morocco labels to spines, lacking 'vol.2' label, 8vo Atabey 163. (2)
Webbe (George). The Practice of Quietness, Directing a Christian how to Live Quietly in this Troublesome World. With the Life of the Author, and Additional Prayers for Peace and Quiet, London: Printed by J. Downing for D. Brown, 1705, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional engraved title, advertisement leaf at end, some light soiling and a few spots, armorial bookplate of Thomas Legg (born 1711) to upper pastedown, all edges gilt, contemporary black morocco, decorative gilt panel to boards and decoration to spine, slightly rubbed, 8vo, (ESTC N20898. First published in 1615), together with [Stillingfleet, Edward], Several Conferences between a Romish Priest, a Fanatick Chaplain, and a Divine of the Church of England, Concerning the Idolatry of the Church of Rome: Being a full Answer to the late Dialogues of T.G., London: Printed by M.W. for H. Mortlock, 1679, ink stamp to verso of errata & front free endpaper, all edges gilt, contemporary black morocco, decorative gilt panel to boards and decoration to spine, slightly rubbed to extremities, 8vo, (ESTC R18131), with Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments..., together with the Psalter or Psalms of David..., Oxford: Printed by Thomas Baskett, 1758, additional engraved title with ownership signature to upper margin, fifty-eight engraved plates (including frontispiece), bound with The Whole Book of Psalms, Collected into English Metre, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others; Conferred with the Hebrew, London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1765, margins red ruled throughout volume, contemporary ownership inscription to front blank endpaper, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt panelled and decorated burgundy morocco, joints lightly rubbed, 8vo (3)
[Denis, the Carthusian]. D. Dionysii Carthusiani Enarrationes piae ac eruditae in quatuor prophetas (quos vocant) maiores: Isaiam, Jeremiam, eiusq, Threnos & Baruch, Ezechielem, Danielem. RecŠns ad archetypa ipsa, quant—m fieri potuit, recognitae: id quod studiosus lector facilŠanimaduertet..., Cologne: Ex Officina Haeredum Johannis Quentel Mense Martio, 1557, woodcut device to title (with early signature & ink stamp of Buxheim Charterhouse) and illustration to verso, few worm holes, bound with D. Dionysii Carthusiani Enarrationes piae ac eruditae in duodecim Prophetas (quos vocant) minores: Oseam, Johelem, Amos, Abdiam..., Zachariam, Malachiam: longŠpoliti—s ac diligenti—s, & id quidem iuxta verum originale, qu…m pri—s editae, Cologne: Apud Geruuinum Calenium, & haeredes Johannis Quentel, 1568, woodcut device to title and illustration to verso, some toning throughout volume, bookplate to front pastedown & ink stamp of the Canons Regular of the Lateran, Bodmin, Cornwall to front free endpaper, contemporary vellum over wooden boards, blind rollwork decoration to covers (with original vellum repair to lower board), one brass clasp intact, small worm holes to boards, light wear to extremities, folio (1)
Lassels (Richard). The Voyage of Italy, or a Compleat Journey through Italy..., 2 parts in 1 volume, 1st edition, 1st impression, Paris [London], 1670, lacks additional engraved title, blank at end of part 1 and both blanks at end of part 2, Downside Abbey inkstamp to first title and stamped number upper right, contemporary panelled calf with Signet Library gilt stamp to both covers, neatly rebacked, 12mo First issue with Starkey imprint on general title. Considered the most influential English guidebook of the period, this work paid great attention to art and architecture and so helping foster the phenomenon of the eighteenth-century 'Grand Tour', a term coined by Lassels. Wing L465. (1)
Kircher (Konrad). Concordantiae Veteris Testamenti Graecae, Ebraeis vocibus respondentes..., Simul enim et lexicon Ebraicolatinum, Ebraicograecum, Graecoebraicum..., Frankfurt: apud Claudium Marnium, & heredes Johannis Aubrii, 1607, printer's woodcut device to title and torn to lower margin with partial loss of publication date (title of slightly smaller size, possibly from another copy), double-column text, some spotting and toning, 19th century endpapers, with ink stamp of the Earl of Haddington to front free endpaper and etched bookplate of Albert Rabinowitz to upper pastedown, contemporary crusshed tan morocco over wooden boards, elaborate blind rollwork decoration and rectangular embossed image of Christ and the cross to centre of each board, each dated 1645, engraved brass clasps, vellum reback, large 4to (1)
Lister (Joseph). The Collected Papers, 2 volumes, OUP, 1909, photogravure portrait frontispiece to each, original cloth gilt, slightly rubbed and a little frayed to upper joint of volume 2, 4to, (G & M 85), together with Sprengell (Conrad), The Aphorisms of Hippocrates, and the Sentences of Celsus..., 2nd edition, corrected and very much enlarged, 1735, title printed in red and black, red ink library stamp to title, some spotting, contemporary calf, some wear and joints cracked, 8vo, plus Syme (James), Observations in Clinical Surgery, 2nd edition, Edinburgh, 1862, contents leaf detached, publisher's adverts at rear, a little soiling, original cloth, heavily rubbed and slightly soiled, 8vo, plus other mostly early 20th-century medicine (3 shelves)
Sandys (George). A Paraphrase Upon the Divine Poems, London: Printed by J.M. for George Sawbridge, 1676, ownership signature of Mary Cuffs at head of title, front blank with letterpress name Rogers Jortin, armorial bookplate of the Hon. Charles Yorke and library ink stamp to front pastedown, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked, 8vo, together with Denham (Sir John), Poems and Translations, with the Sophy, London: H. Herringham, 1668, some dust-soiling, bookplate of the Earl of Cromer to front pastedown, early 19th century calf, upper board near detached, some wear, 8vo, with Flatman (Thomas), Poems and Songs, London: Printed by S. and B.G. for Benjamin Took and Jonathan Edwin, 1674, lacking first two blank leaves, leaves A6 & I1 provided in facsimile, modern blind panelled calf gilt, 8vo, plus nine other similar 17th century titles (12)
Charles I. Eikon Basilike, The Pourtraicture of His Sacred Majestie in his Solitudes and Sufferings. Together with His Majesties Praiers delivered to Doctor Juxon immediately before his Death, 1649, title in red & black, with final two leaves containing the Reasons and Epitaph present (which is often lacking), browning and dust-soiling throughout, 20th century endpapers, contemporary calf covers over 20th century morocco binding, gilt embossed portrait of Charles I in profile & skull, within wreath and crown above to upper board, 8vo, (Madan 27, Almack 46), together with another 1649 issue of Eikon Basilike, incomplete, in contemporary vellum, soiled and with later ties, 12mo, plus The Historians Guide: or, Englands Remembrancer. Being a Summary account of all the Actions, Exploits, Sieges, &c. and other remarkable passages, that hath happened in his Majesties Dominions. From the Year 1600. Until the Year 1679. Shewing the Year, Month, and Day, when each Action was done, 2nd edition, corrected, London: W. Crook, 1679, small area of imprint skinned, oval blind stamp at foot of title, printing fault to E12, browning and dirt soiling throughout, hinges repaired, 19th century sheep, rebacked, board corners worn, 12mo, (sometimes erroneously attributed to Samuel Clarke. Wing, 2nd ed., H2094B & ESTC R12591) (3)
[Fanshawe, Richard]. Il Pastor Fido. The faithfull shepheard with an addition of divers other poems..., printed for Humphrey Moseley, 1648, engraved portrait frontispiece (partly cut down and relaid), identifical frontispiece and title-page of the Raworth edition of the same work from 1647 gathered in to preliminary leaves, engraved plate, browning throughout, sometimes heavy, heavy purple ink library stamp to both 1648 and 1647 titles, all edges gilt, contemporary morocco with gilt lozenge design to centre of both covers, neatly rebacked and corners restored, 4to, (Wing G2175), together with Malvezzi (Virgilio), Il Davide Perseguitato David Persecuted... done into English by Robert Ashley, printed for Humphrey Moseley, 1650, engraved frontispiece, title within ornamental woodcut border (some toning to inner margin), a little browning throughout, recent antique-style half calf gilt, 12mo, (Wing M358), plus Tasso (Torquato), Amintas, a dramatick pastoral..., translated into English verse by Mr William Ayre, [1737], engraved frontispiece and title, without list of subscribers, worm track to early leaves touching frontispiece and a few letters, armorial bookplate of Sir John Cope to front pastedown, contemporary calf, scuffed and a little wear to joints, 8vo, plus 3 others of Italian antiquarian interest (6)
Andrews (W.B.). Sketches of the Principal Headlands, Islands, Rocks &c. between Hong Kong, Shanghai and Yokohama, published Maclure, Macdonald & Macgregor, London, circa 1890, title page with small rust mark caused by an old paperclip and a small bookseller's stamp of G.Falconer & Co., Hong Kong, dedication and index list of plates, twelve uncoloured lithographic plates of horizon profiles, slight marginal dust and finger soiling, ownership signatures to first front endpaper, some dust soiling and slight staining to endpapers, contemporary quarter morocco with gilt title to upper board, worn at extremities, boards scuffed and worn, spine chipped with slight loss, oblong 4to (1)
Nine albums of philatelic first day covers : The World's Great Fairy Tales First Day Cover Collection, Royal Houses of Europe, The International Society of Postmasters 1976 Christmas Stamp Collection, The Postal Heritage Society Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee First Day Covers, The Historic Landmarks of Europe First Day Cover Collection, The Official Collection of World Wildlife First Day Covers, The Commonwealth Collection of Silver Jubilee First Day Covers and two United Nations Commemorative First Day Cover Collections. (9)
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