Stanley (Henry M.). Through The Dark Continent or the sources of the Nile around the Great Lakes of Equatorial Africa..., 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Sampson Low, et al, 1878, monochrome illustrations & maps, volume 1 lack map to the rear pocket, period inscriptions to the front endpapers, volume 1 text block partially detached, volume 2 text block entirely detached from the spine, some light toning & spotting, original uniform decorated brown cloth, boards & spines rubbed, marked & faded, 8vo, together with:Johnston (Harry), The Uganda Protectorate..., 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Hutchinson & Co., 1902, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations & maps, ex-libris stamp to the verso of the title pages, volume 2 front endpapers detached & text block partially detached, some light toning & spotting, original gilt decorated black cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed & marked, top edges gilt, 8vo, plusAtkinson (Thomas Witlam), Oriental and Western Siberia: a narrative of seven years' exploration and adventures..., 1st edition, London: Hurst and Blackett, 1858, 32 colour & monochrome lithographs & wood engravings, folding map to the rear with tears, front endpaper through to the title page detached, wood engravings list detached, some light toning & spotting, original gilt decorated green cloth, spine torn to the foot & right hinge, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, and other 19th & early 20th century travel reference & related, mostly original cloth, some odd volumes, G, 8vo/4toQTY: (2 shelves)
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* Belgian playing cards. 50th Anniversary pack, Brussels: F. Hemeleers van Hoeter, 1880, a complete deck of 52 colour lithographed playing cards (French suits), double-ended courts, aces with Dutch scenes, dust-soiled and toned, some minor marks, lightly rubbed in places, gilt rounded corners, versos with Belgian coat of arms and anniversary dates, each card 93 x 64 mm, with original two-part box (spotted and rubbed), maker's label on inner tongue, together with: Nederlandsche Speelkaarten, Turnhout?: van Genechten?, circa 1875, a complete deck of 52 hand- and stencil-coloured engraved playing cards (French suits), double-ended courts, the kings representing leaders of the Low Countries, the queens and jacks in traditional costumes, aces with Dutch scenes identical to those in the pack listed above, 4 of diamonds with Portuguese tax stamp (used 1873-1885), toned and somewhat soiled, some spotting, few minor marks, kings of diamonds and spades with very small areas of abrasion (slightly affecting line border), one pip card with corner crease, versos blue seaweed pattern, each card 92 x 63 mm, plus: Imperiale pattern, Turnhout: van Genechten, circa 1870, 51 (of 52, without 10 of clubs) colour lithographed playing cards (French suits), double-ended F1.62 courts of the Imperiale pattern of Daveluys/Mesmaekers, aces representing the Arts, Farming/Fishing, Military/War, and Law/Religion, tone, some spotting and finger-soiling, lightly rubbed in places, ace of clubs with short closed edge tear, gilt edges (square corners), versos red leaves pattern, each card 87 x 57 mm, and another pack identified by John Berry as being probably by van Genechten, circa 1860, 52 stencil-coloured engraved playing cards (French suits), double-ended XP-type courts, Belgian coat of arms of shield of jack of spades, toned and dusty, some minor marks, few pip cards with pale staining, two courts with minor surface loss to blank areas, one pip card with corner singed, versos blue dotted cells, each card 94 x 63 mm, a quantity of cards from each deck mounted with photo corners onto 4 display boards, encapsulated in clear plastic (none examined out of boards), the remainder in plastic bags, the boards 54.5 x 40.5 cmQTY: (4)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.First item: Autenboer & Cremers 134 (aces only). A very rare version of the Cartes Royales, published to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of Belgium in 1830. Hemeleers van Hoeter, who died in the same year as these cards were issued, was apparently the last card maker to use hand-presses. Van Hoeter appears to have copied his aces from the well-known Nederlandsche Speelkaarten design: several Belgian makers produced this pattern, but apparently these aces conform most closely to those in the pack below, attributed to van Genechten.Second item: Autenboer & Cremers 134; Berry, Playing Cards of the World [162]; Cartorama 53 #30; Willshire, Dutch 112 (British Museum 1872,1012.1348-1399). According to a note by Dudley Ollis, John Berry said this pack is identical with that held in the Guildhall collection (see above) which he identified, using van Genechten sample books, as being made by van Genechten (as also the deck held by the British Museum). Versions of this pack were made by various makers, including several from Turnhout.
Barry (George). History of the Orkney Islands, 2nd edition, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808, folding map, engraved plates, Royal Agricultural Society of England ink stamp to title verso, light scattered spotting, modern brown half morocco gilt, library shelf numbers to spine base, 4to, together with:Wallace (James). An Account of the Islands of Orkney, London: Jacob Tonson, 1700, folding plate, map supplied in facsimile, damp-stain to fore edge (mostly confined to margin), toned, modern tan calf gilt, 8vo, with Woodley (George). A View of the Present State of the Scilly Islands, exhibiting their vast importance to the British Empire, 1st edition, London: F. C. and J. Rivington, 1822, half-title, folding cartographic frontispiece, occasional light scattered spotting, untrimmed, 20th-century half calf gilt, 8vo, with Edmondston (Arthur). A View of the Ancient and Present State of the Zetland Islands, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Edinburgh: James Ballantyne and Co, 1809, cartographic frontispiece to volume 1, preliminary leaves spotted, original green cloth, printed title labels to spine (some loss), 8vo, with another edition of the same work included in 6 others related to ornithology on Scottish IslandsQTY: (11)
* English playing cards. Early Standard pattern Faro/Bassette pack, Gibson, circa 1799, a complete deck of 52 stencil coloured woodcut playing cards (French suits), reduced size with wide borders, Gibson Type A3 ace of spades (die no.16), single-figured courts, one way pips, faint Superfine stamp to ace of clubs, toned and spotted, square corners, plain versos, each card 86 x 57 mm, together with: Early Standard pattern, Hunt/Blanchard, circa 1790?, a complete deck of 52 stencil coloured woodblock playing cards (French suits), with Hunt Type A3 ace of spades (die no.18), single-figured Blanchard courts, one way pips, king of clubs with fleur de lys, orb with Cross of Lorraine and supporting fingers, king of hearts with 3 triangular marks for sword, jack of hearts with full length staff, all jacks with foliage between legs, soiling and dampstaining (several cards much affected, some delaminating), 27 cards with worming (some severe), including 8 courts, square corners, plain versos, each card 96 x 63 mm, ace of spades 94 x 63 mm, 16 cards from each deck mounted with photo corners onto 2 display boards, encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of boards), the remainder in plastic bags, each board 54.5 x 40 cmQTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.First item: British Museum 1896,0501.952; Mann (1991) #185.Second item: The World of Playing Cards website, (page 30 by Ken Lodge: The Not-So-Minor Cardmakers of the 19th Century - Gibson, Hunt & Bancks) illustrates an almost identical pack with the same ace of spades (Hunt Type 3 die no.18). The caption reads: an early Hunt pack with Blanchard courts, presumably old stock from the original maker (from the Victoria & Albert Museum). The same website, on its page Blanchard, Gibson, Hunt & Bancks Brothers, illustrates an identical deck to ours, described as: 1952: Hunt with Blanchard courts, AS A3 (18). These cards are longer than usual at this time, more like the earlier Blanchard size. c.1790. It looks as though Blanchard’s blocks were given to Hunt after his apprenticeship to Gibson. Therefore our pack is either according to the former theory (circa 1790 Hunt AS with original circa 1760 Blanchard court cards) or the latter (Hunt deck printed circa 1790 from Blanchard blocks). See also WCMPC Collection Acquisition No. 426 (Berry, 1995 [425]) for a similar deck by Christopher Blanchard.
Jaeger (B. & Preston, H.C.). The Life of North American Insects, Published for the Author, Providence: Sayles, Miller & Simons, 1854, 6 hand-coloured plates and uncoloured portrait plate of Hans Sloane, some spotting, library name ink stamp to foot of title, original blind-stamped cloth, rubbed and partly faded, rebacked with remains of original spine relaid, white ink library number at foot of spine, 8vo, together with:Hudson (G.V.), New Zealand Moths and Butterflies, 1st edition, London: West, Newman & Co., 1898, 13 plates (2 plain and 11 colour lithographic) at rear, later ownership signatures and bookplates to front endpapers, upper inner hinges slightly cracked, original green cloth gilt, rubbed, 4to, plusEltringham (H.), African Mimetic Butterflies... , 1st edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1910, 10 colour plates and folding map at rear, a little spotting and soiling, later prize label bookplate to front pastedown, original cloth gilt, rubbed and slightly soiled, rebacked with spine relaid, 4to, andTalbot (G.), The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Butterflies, 2 volumes, London: Taylor & Francis, 1939-47, 5 colour plates, 2 folding maps, slightly damp-stained at rear of volume 2, original cloth gilt, rubbed, spine of volume 2 faded, 8vo, plus other non-European mostly 20th-century butterfly interestQTY: (20)
Georgian Society Records. The Georgian Society Records of Eighteenth Century Domestic Architecture and Decoration in Dublin, 5 volumes, Shannon: Irish University Press, 1969, black and white illustrations after photographs throughout, small bookseller's ink stamp to foot of front free endpapers, original pictorial black morocco-backed boards, spines lettered in gilt, a few light marks, 4toQTY: (5)
Bilgi (Hülya). The Ömer Koç Iznik Collection, 1st edition, Istanbul: Hülya Bilgi, 2015, numerous colour illustrations, ex libris blind stamp to half title, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, together with;Diamond (Debra), Garden & Cosmos The Royal paintings of Jodhpur, 1st edition, London: The British Museum Press, 2008, numerous colour illustrations, original wrapper, large 4to plus Atil (Esin), The age of Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent, 1st edition, New York: National Gallery of Art, 1987, 286 illustrations including 250 plates in full colour, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, and 44 other volumes of Indian art reference and related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets some original wrappers, large 4to/8voQTY: (47)
Churchill (Winston S.) Thoughts and Adventures, 1st edition, London: Thornton Butterworth, 1932, half-tone portrait frontispiece, maps and illustrations, light offsetting to half-title, light water stain to gutter of rear pastedown, original green cloth gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with Blood, Sweat, and Tears, with a preface and notes by Randolph S. Churchill, 1st edition, 2nd impression, New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1941, half-tone portrait frontispiece, small previous owner ink stamp and signature, top edge blue, original red cloth gilt, dust jacket, small chips and tears, 8vo, plus Curzon (George Nathaniel, Marquess Curzon of Kedlesteone). British Government in India. The Story of the Viceroys and Government Houses, 2 volumes, London: Cassell and Company, 1923, photogravure frontispieces, half-tone illustrations, a little minor spotting, top edge gilt, original blue half morocco gilt, volume I spine slightly rubbed at foot, 4to, Edition de Luxe 26/500, plus others by Winston Churchill, including 1st editions The Unrelenting Struggle, 1942, The End of the Beginning, 1943, The Dawn of Liberation, 1945, The Great War parts 1-7 only (of 26), 1933, The Second World War, 1948-54, and The Island Race, 1964QTY: (44)
* Russian playing cards. Circus deck, St. Petersburg: Imperial Playing Card Factory, 1898, the complete deck of 36 colour printed playing cards (German suits), single figure courts including enthroned kings, and obers and unters in historical or amusing costumes, most pip cards with scenes taken from an 1843 Industrie und Gluck tarot by Carl Holdhaus, black on white pelican tax stamp on daus of bells, lightly dusty, minor wear to most corner tips and to one pip card bottom edge, few minor marks, daus of acorns and king of hearts with some staining, square corners, versos green plaid, each card 99 x 61 mm, 20 cards corner mounted onto a display board, encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of display board), the remainder in a clear plastic bag, the board 55 x 40 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.Bibliothèque Nationale de France, ark:/12148/btv1b105112064 & ark:/12148/btv1b10509355k; Cartorama 59 #218; Fournier, Russia 20; Hargrave (1966) pp.276 (illustrated) -277; Ortiz-Patiño 87.The Holdhaus tarock/tarot deck that the pip cards are based on is described and illustrated in Reisinger's Tarocke, vol.3 pp.51-54. The scenes include circus riders on horseback (hearts), comic theatre figures (leaves), Chinese and Mongolian people (bells), and (mostly) dogs dressed in period costume (acorns).
* French playing cards. Gatteaux double-figure design, unknown maker, circa 1855, a complete deck of 52 stencil coloured engraved (probably electrotyped) playing cards (French suits), double-ended named courts, jack of clubs with complete medallion dated 1853, king of clubs probably with (indistinct) GALV HULOT on shields, eagle watermark, few cards toned or lightly marked, square corners, versos purple/pink dotted and branched pattern, each card 83 x 53 mm, together with: Gatteaux double-figure design, Paris: B.P. Grimaud, circa 1890, a piquet deck of 32 stencil coloured electrotyped playing cards (French suits), double-ended named courts, jack of clubs with complete medallion dated 1853, king of clubs with GALV HULOT on shields, ace of clubs with 1890 tax stamp, watermark CI in oakleaf wreath, seemingly unused, rounded gilt corners, versos dark blue & red plaid, each card 83 x 53 mm, with original box labelled Piquet No.90, plus three other Gatteaux 1853 double-figure design decks: the first circa 1885, Grimaud, 51 cards (of 52, without king of hearts), CI in oakleaves watermark, no tax stamp, 2 indices (set within suit signs) on all cards except aces, some toning, rounded gilt corners, versos blue watered silk, with original box; another Grimaud? deck circa 1900, 52 complete, watermark as above, 1890 tax stamp, 4 small indices (court cards with corner of suit signs cutaway for indices), rounded gilt corners, versos blue & black plaid; and a third deck, unknown maker, circa 1900, watermark as above, 1890 tax stamp, 4 large indices (court cards with one side of suit signs cutaway for indices), some toning and spotting, rounded corners, versos small red 'strawberries' pattern, 16 cards from each pack mounted with photo corners onto 5 display boards, two boards encapsulated in clear plastic (none examined out of boards), the remainder in plastic bags, the boards 54.5 x 40 cmQTY: (5)NOTE:First item: Berry, Playing Cards of the World [65], [66] & [628]; Cary, Fra 25.
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[Hübner, Jacob]. [Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge], c. 1840s, 2 volumes of plates only, the first containing 149 hand-coloured plates, small oval blind stamp with initials of Boston Society of Natural History within each plate impression, gift bookplate of Samuel Hubbard Scudder, early 20th-century cloth gilt, a little chipped on joints, the second volume containing 60 numbered hand-coloured plates [volume 5, Geometrae], recent cloth gilt, both 4toQTY: (2)
Natural History of New York. Agriculture of New York, by Ebenezer Emmonds, volumes I, III & V only (of 5 in the Agriculture series), Albany: C. Van Benthuysen, 1846-54, general titles with engraved vignette, 71 lithograph plates, most coloured, some folding, folding map, occasional light spotting and toning, Catskill High School library ink stamp at front of volume V, original blindstamped cloth gilt, small splits and chips at spine ends, wear to corners, 4to QTY: (3)NOTE:The full series of Natural History of New York was issued in 30 volumes from 1842-94 and subjects included zoololgy, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology, Paleontology and Agriculture.
Turton (William). Conchylia Insularum Britannicarum. The Shells of the British Islands, systematically arranged, 1st edition, London: M. A. Nattali, [1822], 20 hand-coloured engraved plates, some light spotting to text (partly unopened), library stamp erased from head of title, residue from bookplate removal, original cloth, paper label to spine (with small chips), corners bumped, 4toQTY: (1)
* Danish playing cards. Holmblad pattern A, Copenhagen: L.P. Holmblad, circa 1870, a complete deck of 52 hand-coloured engraved playing cards (French suits), double-ended courts, jack of clubs with maker's details, ace of diamonds with Danish tax stamp, few minor marks (mainly to pip cards), gilt edges, square corners, versos blue dotted foliate pattern, each card 94 x 59 mm, together with: Holmblad pattern B, L.P. Holmblad, circa 1880, a complete deck of hand-coloured engraved playing cards (French suits), double-ended courts, jack of clubs with maker's details, ace of diamonds with Danish tax stamp, ace of clubs very faintly spotted, ace of spades with neat ink manuscript 'Danish Cards 1878' in a calligraphic hand, gilt rounded corners, versos red floral pattern of dots and curves, each card 95 x 59 mm, plus three foreign-printed later decks: Holmblad pattern C with pictorial aces (Jensen 1993, 5-29 &c.), S. Salomon & Co., circa 1905, 52 complete; Holmblad pattern B (Jensen 1993, 5-28), probably Germany: Wüst, for Holmblads Spillekort Forretning, circa 1920?, 52 complete & box; and Holmblad pattern A (Jensen 1993, 5-15), for Holmblads Spillekort Forretning, circa 1975, 52 & 2 jokers complete & box, a quantity of cards from each deck mounted with photo corners onto 5 display boards, the first two boards encapsulated in clear plastic (none examined out of boards), the remaining cards in plastic bags, each board 54.5 x 41 cm and similarQTY: (5)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.First item: Jensen (1993), 4-5. Second item: Jensen (1993), 4-7.
Wright (Daniel). History of Nepal, Translated from the Parbatiya by Munshi Shew Shunker Singh and Pandit Shri Gunanand: with an Introductory Sketch of the Country and People of Nepal, 1st edition, Cambridge: University Press, 1877, 15 (of 16) tinted lithographic plates, some plates misbound and lacking plate 6 (‘The Five Buddhas…’), lacks half-title, publisher’s catalogue at rear, very faint library stamp to title, scattered minor spotting, modern utilitarian green half leather gilt over cloth, large 8voQTY: (1)
Lyell (Charles). The Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man, with remarks on theories of the Origin of Species by Variation, London: John Murray, 1863, woodcut plates and illustrations, 32 pp. publisher's catalogue at rear, withdrawn library bookplate and manuscript ownership to front endpaper, hinges split, original cloth gilt, joints and extremities lightly frayed, small paper label at foot of spine, 8vo, together with:Lyell (Charles). A Manual of Elementary Geology: or, the Ancient changes of the Earth and its inhabitants as illustrated by Geological Monuments, 5th edition, greatly enlarged, London: John Murray, 1855, woodcut frontispiece and illustrations, 32 pp. publisher's catalogue at rear, blind stamp at foot of title, bookplate and ink stamp of Henry Smith to front endpaper with adhesive residue from a removed bookplate to front free endpaper, original cloth, slightly frayed at head and foot of spine, 8vo, plus three others by Lyell, Elements of Geology, 6th edition, 1865, in original cloth, Principles of Geology, 8th edition, 1850, in later cloth, and Principles of Geology, 9th edition, 1853, transparent plastic tape to pastedowns, in original cloth, worn, with adhesive tape residue to covers, 8voQTY: (5)
* French playing cards. Jeu Louis XV, Paris: B.P. Grimaud, circa 1895, a complete deck of 52 plus joker and blank chromolithographed playing cards (French suits), indices, double-ended courts, tax stamp on ace of clubs, scarce very minor marks, gilt edges, rounded corners, versos floral design, each card 92 x 60 mm, with original box 'No.1502' and wrapper (some losses), together with: Hollandaises Illustrées, Paris: B.P. Grimaud, circa 1890, a complete deck of 52 chromolithographed playing cards (French suits), maker's details on all medieval costumed double-ended courts, no indices, apparently unused, rounded gilt corners, versos blue ornate pattern, each card 90 x 60 mm, plus Hollandaises Illustrées, Paris: B.P. Grimaud, circa 1925, a complete deck of 52 chromolithographed playing cards (French suits), indices (with X for 10), apparently unused, gilt rounded corners, versos blue ornate pattern with maker's details in border, each card 91 x 62 mm, with 8 packs of Grimaud 1970s reprints of earlier decks, a circa 1975 Grimaud Aluette deck of 48 cards, and 11 1970s-1981 Grimaud non-standard decks, most with original box, Aluette with original rules leaflet, a quantity of cards from each deck corner mounted onto 23 display boards, a few boards encapsulated in clear plastic (none examined out of display boards), the remainder in plastic bags, the boards 54.5 x 40 cm and smallerQTY: (23)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.First two items: Cary, FRA 371 & 370; Fournier, France 325 & 315-316. The reprints comprise: Jeu Louis XV, Dames de France, Jeu de l'An II, Le Petit Cartomancier, Jaques Vieuil with Parisienne bourgeois costumes, Rois de France, Les Cris de Paris, and early double-ended Paris pattern. The other non-standard decks comprise: Le Jeu des Peintres, Vins de France, Jules Verne, 1900 (Art Nouveau), Le Navigateur (1973), Jeu de cartes Michel-Ange, Bataille de Nancy, La fayette, Le Jeu des Fromages de France, Jeu Japonais, and Les Presidents de la Republique Francais (May 1981).
China. A collection of 4 returns and correspondences, 1843-69, comprising China. Extract of any Letter of Dispatch from Lord Auckland, Governor-General of India in 1841, proposing to send Reinforcements, Naval and Military, from India to China... (Viscount Palmerston)... Copies of Extracts of further Correspondences and Returns relative to the Supply of Troops, Vessels and Munitions of War, for carrying on the Military Operations in China, (Lord Stanley), House of Commons, 21 August 1843, 41 pp., stitching broken, contents loose, light water stains, disbound, folio, with 3 others:Correspondence Respecting Statements in Mr. Lay's Memorandum, dated January 11, 1862, 1864, (regarding trade in China), 21 pp., folio, disboundCorrespondence Respecting the Fitting Out, Dispatching to China, and Ultimate Withdrawal, of the Anglo-Chinese Fleet under the Command of Captaing Sherard Osborn; and the Dismissal of Mr. Lay from the Chief Inspectorate of Customs, February 9, 1864, 40 pp., ink stamp 'Master Copy. Not to Leave Reference Room' to title, folio, disbound, andCorrespondence Respecting Attack on Boats of Her Majesty's Ship "Cockchafer" by Villagers near Swatow, 1869, 34 pp., stitching broken, contents loose, 'Master Copy' ink stamp to title, folio, disbound QTY: (4)
Camden (William). Britannia or a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland and the islands Adjacent..., Enlarged by the Latest Discoveries by Richard Gough, 4 volumes, John Stockdale, 1806, portrait frontispiece of William Camden, title page with near-contemporary ownership signature, half-titles to subsequent volumes, 5 plates of coins, 1 folding table, 100 uncoloured engraved plates (including 8 folding) and 56 engraved maps (51 with contemporary hand-colouring) a few maps trimmed to the neatline, occasional spotting, ownership stamp of Robert Montgomery of Conway to the front pastedowns, near-contemporary half vellum gilt with contrasting morocco labels to spines, bumped and a little stained, folioQTY: (4)NOTE:Chubb. CCLXXII. Unusual with contemporary colouring.
Earl of Selkirk. Observations of the Present State of the Highlands of Scotland, with a view of the causes and probable consequences of emigration, 1st edition, London: printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1805, front endpaper inscription by the author to the Duke of Somerset, some light spotting & toning, contemporary mottled full calf, boards & spine very lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:Gilpin (William), Three Essays: on Picturesque Beauty; on Picturesque Travel; and on Sketching Landscape:..., 2nd edition, London: printed for R. Blamire, 1794, 8 monochrome plates, some light spotting & minor toning, contemporary blue boards, heavy loss to the spine, boards slightly rubbed & spotted, 8vo, plusAiken (John), A View of the Character and Public Services of the late John Howard, Esq., 1st edition, London: printed for J. Johnson, 1792, portrait frontispiece with some water marks & spotting, period inscription & blind stamp to the head of the title page, some light spotting & offsetting, gutters cracked, later calf spine retaining contemporary mottled full calf boards, slightly rubbed, 8vo, and other miscellaneous topography, history, & natural history reference, some leather bindings, some original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/4to, all contained within a circa1900s black painted wooden 6 drawer glass fronted specimen cabinet (39cm x 43cm x 137.5cm)QTY: (Approximately 40 plus a cabinet)
* Russian playing cards. Russian XP9 pattern, Russia?: unknown maker, circa 1815-1819?, a complete deck of 52 stencil coloured woodcut playing cards (French suits), white on black pelican tax stamp on 3 of diamonds, double-ended courts, somewhat dust-soiled, some toning and scarce foxing spots (mainly to pip cards), few pip cards with pale staining or marks, 2 of clubs with crease and associated short closed edge tear, square corners, versos blue seaweed pattern, each card 90 x 57 mm, 16 cards corner mounted onto a display board, encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of display board), the remainder in a clear plastic bag, the board 53.5 x 41 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.Berry, Waddington Playing-card Collection [W483]; V&A #215.The presence of the white-on-black pelican tax stamp on the 3 of diamonds appears to date this pack to between 1815-1819. This would be during the era when the production of Russian playing cards were tax-farmed, before the Imperial Playing Card Factory was founded in 1819, and therefore the cards could have been made in one of several Russian factories or possibly not in Russia at all but perhaps Germany or Scandinavia (Mann, All Cards on the Table p.161).
Geological Society. Transactions of the Geological Society, Established November 13, 1807, First Series, volumes 1-5 in 7, and Second Series, volumes 1-7, London, 1811-56, together 14 volumes, 479 engraved and lithograph plates, maps and plans including some hand-coloured, (including 113 folding & 28 double-page), few wood engraved illustrations, title pages to text and plates volumes of First Series volume 1 both with ink stamp 'G' surmounted by peer's coronet, second series volume 2 (published 1829) with two leaves of 'explanation of the plates' (2 leaves of plate list) provided from another copy, occasional scattered spotting, untrimmed fore-edges to series 1 volume 5 parts 1 & 2, 20th-century uniform dark green cloth, 4to, together with:Ormerod (George Wareing), A Classified Index to the Transactions, Proceedings, and Quarterly Journal of The Geological Society of London: including all the Memoirs and Notices to the end of 1855, London: Printed by Taylor and Francis, 1858, original cloth, light wear to joints at head and foot, extremities rubbed, spine faded, 8voQTY: (15)NOTE:A complete run of both series of this important & pioneering geological publication. During the publication period of 1811 to 1856, the Transactions featured almost 350 papers, many of which have become important classic works. Complete sets rarely appear for sale. For the First Series 'It was decided [by a Special General Committee of the Geological Society] first that there should be printed 750 copies of each volume of the journal, and second "That the ink employed shall be of the best quality". The Society was determined to produce a journal capable of standing comparison with any other of the world's leading periodicals' (Herries Davies, Whatever is under the Earth; the Geological Society of London 1807 to 2007, page 37). Important contributors to the first series include such names as Leonard Horner, Thomas Webster, James Parkinson, William Buckland, Richard Hennah, John Macculloch and J.S. Henslow. The Second Series contains articles by Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Buckland, Murchison, Richard Owen, Gideon Mantell, William John Broderip and W.D. Conybeare.
A large mostly mint GB Commonwealth stamp collection in various albums from George VI to Queen Elizabeth II, ranges include Barbados, Falkland Islands, Malaya, Malawi, St Helena etc, high catalogue value. Some George VI and early Elizabeth II sets are glued to a card inside the pockets in the albums. Careful viewing recommended
A collection of mint GB Commonwealth stamps in two blue 'Collecta' stamp albums, from George VI to Queen Elizabeth II, ranges include Mauritius, Ascension, St Helena and Tristan Da Cunha and St Vincent, along with six Royal Wedding and events folders and Mozambique modern stamps in sheets / part sheets and a stock album of various GB Commonwealth countries including India
50th Anniversary of the Battle for The Atlantic FDC signed by G a Thring, R Foster-Brown and Anthony Thorold. 1 stamp and 1 postmark. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10.
Sir Jeremy Moore signed Centenary of the battle of Tamaai in which Naval Brigades from HMS Hecla, Euryalus, Briton, Sphinx, Dryad, Carysfort and Royal Marines took part March 13th, 1984. 1 Stamp and 1 postmark. Postmark 100th anniversary of the battle of Tamaai 13 March 84. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10.
Collection of Royal Memorabilia including Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Souvenir Programme, Proclamation of accession of King George VI programme, Prince William and Catherine Middleton Royal Wedding Stamp Sheet. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10.
Stamp Collection. GB Collectors pack 1969. Mint Stamps. Good Quality. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10.
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