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Lot 471

STAMPS Unusual item for us to offer for sale but still interesting to the keen collector. A box containing 1977 edition of Gibbons "Stamps of the World", a large unused Gibbons Worldex Stamp album, three albums containing stamps, loose sheets of stamps, booklet containing stamps, various countries, UK, and overseas, also includes Rothmans Collection of Rare Banknotes booklet with some examples, also contains 36 UK first day covers, 9 New Zealand first day covers and a number of World Cup stamps and covers issued in South America covering 78 and 86 World Cups etc. An interesting collection. Fair-generally good

Lot 824

COVERS Fourteen covers all autographed , mainly 70s but also a few later, signatories include Macari, Phil Thompson, David Johnson, Beardsley, McMahon, Molby, Coppell, McClair, Bruce, Bryan Robson, McQueen, McIlroy (Macclesfield first game in the League), Curbishley, Day, Ray Wilkins (MUFC win Cup-Winners Cup 1991 in Rotterdam (Dutch frank and stamp), Ken Bates, Peter Shilton, Roy McFarland and Tony Currie. Generally good

Lot 687

Arthur Conan Doyle - Sherlock Holmes Long Stories. 1929 First Edition thus; G K Chesterton - The Father Brown Stories; Triumph Stamp Album; 1931 Gibbons Stamp Catalogues etc :- One Box

Lot 22

A boxed stamp collection of "A Century of the Empire" (gold leaf on silver)

Lot 56

AFTER LAWRENCE STEPHEN LOWRY “Station Approach”, colour print, signed in pencil, bears embossed studio stamp, 43 x 52 cm

Lot 175

JOHN HASSALL (1868-1948) "Light and shade", study of a hooded man with a basket of wood and a child, watercolour heightened with white, signed and inscribed, bears Reeves & Sons Kensington stamp verso, 38 x 27 cm (ILLUSTRATED)

Lot 104

Cecil Aldin - `The Talbot, Chaddesley Corbett`, 38cm by 41cm; `The George, Salisbury`, `The Spread Eagle, Midhurst`, `The Bell, Waltham St. Lawrence`, 44cm by 36cm, a set of four coloured lithographs, each signed in the margin with Fine Art Guild Blind Stamp. (4 - stained)

Lot 194

Leopard (Panthera pardus) Head Mount by Theobald Bros, Mysore, India, with snarling pose, on a wooden shield shaped plaque incised "R.N.B Dooars 1929" to front and with Theobald Brothers brand stamp to the back.

Lot 26

Moses (Henry) A Collection of Antique Vases engraved title and 151 plates a few hand-coloured engraved illustrations title a little foxed and soiled some other light foxing contemporary half morocco rubbed [1814] § Ferrini (A.) Compendio di Storia della Toscana dall`origine degli Etruschi folding table marginal staining towards end old ink inscription and stamp on front free endpaper contemporary calf-backed marbled boards vellum tips rubbed Florence 1840; and 3 others 4to & 8vo(5)

Lot 189

Masse D`Anatomie Descriptive 1846 third edition half-title 112 hand-coloured engraved plates 8pp. advertisements at end occasional foxing original cloth recased faded and soiled Paris 1846 § Leloir (Henri) Recherches Cliniques et Anatomo-Pathologiques sur les Affections Cutanées D`Origine Nerveuse signed presentation copy from the author to `mon ami Pautry` half-title 4 chromolithographed plates illustrations library stamp to front pastedown and half-title a few minor stains library cloth-backed marbled boards Paris 1822 § Oken (Lorenz) Preisschrift Über die Enstehung und Heilung der Nabelbrüche 2 folding engraved plates title with ink stamps foxed later drab wrappers some creasing and fading Landshut 1810 8vo (3)

Lot 215

Mini (Paolo) Difesa dela Citta di Firenze 1577 first edition title with woodcut device with final blank contemporary ink inscriptions on title and many annotations and underlinings to text ink stamp `B` on title foxed becoming loose in binding contemporary limp vellum lacking ties rather browned 8vo Lyons Filippo Tinghi 1577. ***Scarce work on Renaissance Florence including a catalogue of artists and writers..

Lot 222

Malebranche (Nicholas) Reponse de l`Auteur first edition device on title title repaired bookplate contemporary vellum stamp on covers Rotterdam Reinier Leers 1684 § Benno (Stantiensky). Nálezitá Spráwa Regul neb Brawilda Czech text title in red & black title stained and corner torn some marking loose in contemporary calf partly over wooden boards brass clasps worn Prague 1762 § Pradt (M. de) Histoire de l`Ambassade dans le Grans Duché de Varsovie en 1812 sixth edition staining marbled boards Paris 1815 8vo(3)

Lot 231

Schnitzler (Arthur) Lebendige Stunden second edition signed presentation copy from the author private library stamp to title a few spots original half cloth light ring mark to upper cover slightly rubbed 8vo Berlin 1902.

Lot 277

Butler (Samuel) Hudibras A Poem 2 vol. 12 hand-coloured aquatint plates some light foxing and offsetting ex-Wycliffe College Library copy with ink stamp on pastedown and presentation inscription on front free endpaper vol. I upper hinge broken contemporary straight-grained morocco gilt spine gilt in compartments g.e. rubbed [Tooley 142] 8vo 1822.

Lot 323

Christie (Agatha) One Two Buckle my Shoe first edition 3pp. advertisements part library stamp on title recto 4 other library stamps on text pp. and front free endpaper original cloth soiled and stained 8vo 1940.

Lot 428

Shakespeare (William) A Midsummer-night`s Dream first trade edition 12 tipped-in colour illustrations by William Heath Robinson original cloth dust-jacket some slight foxing throughout 1914 § Milne (A.A.) The House at Pooh Corner first edition illustrations original cloth bookplate to front pastedown gilt book prize stamp to upper cover faded 1928 4to & 8vo(2)

Lot 432

Taylor (J) Little Ann and other Poems first edition colour illustrations by Kate Greenaway original half cloth over glazed pictorial boards library blind-stamp & contemporary ink signature to front free end-paper original half cloth dust-jacket a few tears and some loss [Schuster & Engen 109] London & New York [1882]; and 3 others illustrated by Greenaway v.s.(4)

Lot 147

Ephemera – broadside- Crimean War – Siege of Sebastopol scarce broadside issued by the Sunderland Herald dated October 2nd 1854 to commemorate the Fall of Sebastopol with woodcut engraved view of the City taken from the sea and text featuring the text of the official dispatch. Revenue stamp to top right hand corner a little dusty and in need of careful pressing but otherwise unblemished.

Lot 241

Postal History – stamps The Viceroy Stamp Album with a large qty of stamps from around the world. Note: miscellaneous lot not subject to return

Lot 337

Autograph – Travel and Exploration – Henry Borth African explorer autograph letter signed dated January 2nd 1857 sending a cheque and postage stamp and mentioning August Peterman the Polar explorer: ‘...I am sure that each of us does rejoice that Mr Peterman has made so good a choice...’

Lot 384

Hitler Spring flowers still life watercolour on card executed in pastel shades signed ‘A Hitler 1928’ small red stamp of HOA Horvath to bottom left hand corner. Ms note signed ‘Adolf Munchen 1933’ to base – approx 290x190mm – Observation: the handwriting and the signature on the note conforms with the known handwriting of Hitler at that time.

Lot 389

Hitler A Mill in the Country watercolour on board signed ‘Adolf Hitler’ to bottom right hand corner. Verso shows evidence of this having been framed at some stage. Red stamp (barely legible of H.O.A. Horvath) with pencilled annotation ‘No 08’ – approx 190x160mm Observation: the signature on this watercolour is consistent with Hitler’s signature of the late 1920s/early 1930s

Lot 16

WILLIAM RUSSELL FLINT "Araminta", signed in pencil to the margin with embossed stamp, inscribed to the reverse with the title, published April 1935 and apparently a limited edition of 325, coloured print, 9¼" x 13¾". See illustration

Lot 135

An 18ct gold claw set five stone diamond half hoop ring, the round brilliant cut stones total some 1.58cts, clarity P2-P3, colour Tinted. Lot 135- An 18ct gold claw set five stone diamond half hoop ring, the round brilliant cut stones total some 1.58cts, clarity P2-P3, colour Tinted. There are some scratches to the shank which are largely superficial. The diamonds are lively despite the colour and clarity. There is a clear 750 stamp inside the shank. UK ring size N.

Lot 232

An 18ct gold five stone graduated diamond half eternity ring. Lot 420C- An 18ct gold five stone graduated diamond half eternity ring. The diamonds are fairly lively. There are scratches and dints along with a thinning of the shank through wear. The ring would benefit from a polish. The hallmark is clear and there is a 50PTS stamp relating to the total estimated diamond weight. UK ring size I.

Lot 140

* Propeller. A good WWI period Imperial German laminated walnut and mahogany two-blade propeller, the boss stamped “100 PS GHOM D250 ST 225 N13572”, with a manufacturer’s small impressed oval stamp to both sides of each blade “Heine Propeller”, overall length 100” (254cm) (1)

Lot 192

* WWII German Helmet, etc. A steel Heer Combat helmet, with stamped air vent and single decal to the left side, indistinct stamp or marking to inner dome, leather lining and broken chin strap still present, overall somewhat rusted and marked, together with an Iron Cross second class with black, white and red ribbon, slightly rubbed, together with orig. printed paper envelope, plus a sheathed letter opener with stamp of Alfred Teves to blade and Nazi insignia to handle, plus a small and worn brass powder flask, a Nazi belt buckle with date stamp 1937 to remains of leather strap, plus a WW2 German Luftwaffe Ground Assault Badge, somewhat tarnished and pin clasp broken, plus a small group of German military postcards (a small carton)

Lot 263

Cannon (Richard). Historical Record of the the Sixth, or Royal First Warwickshire Regiment of Foot, c. 1840, additional engraved title, two hand-coloured lithographed plates, lacking title?, one leaf with top corner torn away, stamp remnant to half title, a few light spots, recent red half morocco, covers a little stained, 8vo, together with Historical Record of the Fifteenth, or, the Yorkshire East Riding Regiment of Foot, 1848, additional engraved title, two hand-coloured lithographed plates, some light toning, recent red half morocco, 8vo, plus Historical Record of the Thirty-Ninth, or the Dorsetshire Regiment of Foot, 1853, additional engraved title, two hand-coloured lithographed plates, some light toning and rough-trimmed edges, recent red half morocco, 8vo (3)

Lot 312

Gordon (Anthony). A Treatise on the Science of Defence, for the Sword, Bayonet, and Pike, in Close Action, 1st ed., 1805, nineteen eng. plts., one folding, small oval ink stamp on title-page, scattered foxing, old endpapers relaid, bookplates, modern half calf, with remains of earlier leather label on spine, 4to, together with three autograph letters (one signed) from the author to the Editor of the Monthly Review, plus a contemp. 14pp. manuscript review of the book in an unknown hand. Rare. (1)

Lot 240

SNAFFLES, Coloured Print `Bon Yoyage`, with blind stamp, AF, 17 1/2 x 14 in overall

Lot 278

A silver envelope form stamp holder, a silver buckle, and other items

Lot 297C

A quantity of stamp albums and postcards

Lot 11

A Viennese cold painted bronze model of an owl, early 20th century, stamped ‘GESCH, 6250’ and with faint stamp ‘B’ within a vase for Franz Bergmann to the underside, 13.5cm high (lacking one glass eye) Condition Report:** Painted surface is original but is worn and rubbed in places, particularly the exposed extremities. One glass eye is missing. The other might have been re-glued into place. Otherwise, perfectly satisfactory shape.

Lot 409

STAMP HOLDER IN THE SHAPE OF A SMALL ENVELOPE WITH HINGED RISING FLAP MARKED STERLING SILVER ON MATCHING CHAIN TOGETHER WITH SILVER HALLMARKED BANGLE ETC

Lot 396

Three modern Stanley Gibbons stamp albums containing a small quantity of modern stamps

Lot 424

A Clarice Cliff bowl with gold back stamp, hand painted Bizarre by Clarice Cliff, Newport pottery, England; the bowl of orange, green and blue geometric design (cracked and crazed)

Lot 608

After LAWRENCE STEPHEN LOWRY - Street Scene, coloured print, signed in pencil on the mount and with blind stamp, 25.5cms x 20.5cms, framed++good clean copy

Lot 392

A silver vesta case, Birmingham 1912; an envelope stamp case, Birmingham 1909, blue enamelled `Stamps`; a model of a seated pig, London 1987; a napkin clip, Birmingham 1928; a silver cased medium size wristwatch, import marked for London 1912 (no strap); and a few plated wares

Lot 757

A Packet: mint and used World Stamp Collection in three albums; + quantity loose and a few FDC

Lot 919

An early 20th Century boxed EMR Superior Sign Marker, fitted with various alphabetical and numerical stamp blocks

Lot 1211

A late 19th Century Nickel Combination Vesta Case, of rectangular form, with side ring suspension, hinged and sprung cover set with a striker, and enclosing a toothpick and propelling pencil, to a further hinged side panel containing sovereign compartment and stamp case, and bearing contemporary initials, height 2 ½”

Lot 1220

A George VI Cigarette Case, of hinged and sprung rectangular form, with all over engine-turned decorated covers, to a frosted gilt interior with engraved initials, and sprung clasp, width 3 ½”, Birmingham 1946, Maker’s Mark Mappin & Webb, with further retailer’s stamp

Lot 1228

A George VI Four Piece Tea Set, comprising Hot Water Pot, Teapot, Sugar Basin and Milk Jug, each of oval baluster form with flared gadrooned rims, the former with hinged covers, and all raised on compressed bun feet, combined weight 51 oz all in, Chester 1939, Maker’s Mark GOFLO with further retailer’s stamp for Lowe, Chester (4)

Lot 13

British Provincial, Cumberland, Workington, Workington Bank, One Guinea, 3 June 1809, no. 192/302, for Wood, Smiths, Stein & Co, signed by Walter Wood (Outing 2428A; Grant 3318). Bankruptcy stamp on back and pinholes, otherwise about very fine The Workington Bank, established in the wake of an agreement between the mining magnate John Christian, later Curwen (1756-1828) and Walter Wood, banker, Benjamin Thompson, solicitor, David Fletcher, ropemaker and Robert Smith in Workington, opened for business in 1801. Previously, Curwen’s own notes, first issued in 1797 (Finlay, p.48) had circulated, but Curwen scrupulously redeemed all his outstanding scrip in order to promote the Wood issues. The failure of the London-based bank of Kensington, Styan & Adams in 1812 led to the Workington Bank being declared bankrupt with total liabilities of £120,000

Lot 31

British Provincial, Dorset, Shaftesbury, Shaftesbury Bank, Ten Pounds, 10 October 1843, no. 698, for W.B. Brodie & Thomas King, signed by W.B. Brodie (Outing 1919B; Grant 2586). Split and rejoined at centre, printed bankruptcy stamp and handwritten dividend stamp on front, pinholes, otherwise fine, rare William Bird Brodie (1780-1863), banker, bookseller and stationer, Whig MP for Salisbury 1832-43, was the proprietor of the Salisbury and Winchester Journal from 1808 until he was declared bankrupt in 1847. By 1811 Brodie had also taken over the banking business in Salisbury begun in the 1770s by Benjamin Charles Collins (1758-1808), nephew of the founder of the newspaper. Brodie, a former officer in the Wiltshire Militia, was appointed Lt-Col of the Salisbury Volunteer Infantry, a unit formed in the wake of the civil uprising which affected the city in November 1830 (Bennett, OMRS Journal, December 2009, pp.239-42, including a lithograph portrait of Brodie). He was an associate of the photographer W.H. Fox Talbot, published pamphlets on banking and slavery, as well as a book of poems. Thomas King (1806-63), a London banker whose country seat was at Alvediston, Wiltshire, entered into the banking partnership in 1834; after the bank failed he became a gentleman farmer at Norrington

Lot 52

British Provincial, Hampshire, Andover, Andover Old Bank, One Pound, 13 October 1825, no. 12784, for Joseph Wakeford, William Wakeford and Robert Wakeford, signed by William Wakeford (Outing 36F; Grant 51B). Bankruptcy stamp on back, otherwise good very fine

Lot 54

British Provincial, Hampshire, Portsmouth, Portsmouth Naval, Military & Commercial Bank, One Pound, 20 November 1813, E 5245, for William Burridge & Sons, signed by William Burridge (Outing 1473A; Grant 2334). Bankruptcy stamp on back and pinholes, otherwise good fine to about very fine The bank failed in 1814

Lot 55

British Provincial, Hampshire, Portsmouth, Portsmouth Naval, Military & Commercial Bank, One Pound, 22 December 1813, E 6068, for William Burridge & Sons, signed by William Burridge (Outing 1473A; Grant 2334). Bankruptcy stamp on back, missing top right corner tip and pinholes, otherwise good fine

Lot 65

British Provincial, Kent, Canterbury, Canterbury Union Bank, Ten Pounds, 30 January 1840, no. 2325, for Halford, Baldock & Snoulten, signed by R. Halford (Outing 415F; Grant 654). Split and rejoined at centre, bankruptcy stamp on back, pinholes and a small hole on left side, otherwise fine The partnership at the time of the bank being declared bankrupt in October 1841 was Richard Halford, William Henry Baldock and Osborn Snoulten. The bank was later subsumed by Westminster Bank and then NatWest

Lot 107

British Provincial, Northamptonshire, Kettering, Northamptonshire Banking Co Ltd, Twenty Pounds, 10 May 1889, no. 410, signature of A. Kempson (Outing 646L; Grant 5513B). Date stamp on back, otherwise good very fine to about extremely fine, rare

Lot 119

British Provincial, Shropshire, Market Drayton, Shropshire Old Bank, One Pound, 6 April 1817, no. 6009, for Jervis, Dicken & Bromby, signed by Thomas Dicken (Outing 1392A; Grant 1902). Bankruptcy stamp on back and pinholes, otherwise about fine At the time of the bank’s failure in October 1830 the partners were Thomas Dicken and Edward Bromby

Lot 132

British Provincial, Suffolk, Newmarket, Newmarket Bank, Ten Pounds, 13 April 1874, no. 2968, for Hammond & Co, signed by Fred Hammond (Outing 1530F; Grant 2061C). Light CANCELLED stamp on right side, a few stamps and notations on back and a few pinholes on left side, otherwise very fine to good very fine The Newmarket Bank (Eaton, Hammond and Co), was founded in 1799 and ceased note issue in 1905 when it was taken over by Barclays

Lot 134

British Provincial, Surrey, Reigate, Reigate & Darking (sic) Bank, Ten Pounds, 1 March 1850, no. 6560, for Joseph Nash & Thomas Neale, signed by Thomas Neale (Outing 1777D; Grant 2385B). Name at top, bankruptcy stamp at right and several dividend stamps on back, a few pinholes, otherwise good fine, rare The bank failed in 1850

Lot 140

British Provincial, Sussex, Lewes, Lewes Old Bank, Five Pounds, 4 September 1868, no. 20060, for Thomas Whitfeld, George Molineux and George Whitfeld, signed by George Molineux (Outing 1181B; Grant 1656H). Signature partly crossed through, Bank of England stamp across front, pinholes and a 10mm split in left edge, otherwise fine The bank was subsumed by Barclays in 1896

Lot 143

British Provincial, Warwickshire, Birmingham, Birmingham Bank, One Pound, 22 October 1805, no. 4024, for William Dickenson, Thomas Goodall, Michael Goodall & William Dickenson Jnr, signed by William Dickenson (Outing 165C; Grant 276B). Dividend stamps on front and bankruptcy stamp on back, otherwise good fine The bank failed in January 1806

Lot 155

British Provincial, Wiltshire, Salisbury, Salisbury & Shaftesbury Bank, Five Pounds, 18 April 1808, W 247, for Bowles, Ogden & Wyndham, signed by George Wyndham (Outing 1885B; Grant 2553A). Spilt and rejoined twice at centre, bankruptcy stamp on back and trimmed, otherwise very good

Lot 183

British Provincial, Yorkshire, Halifax, Halifax Commercial Banking Co Ltd, Five Pounds, 15 June 1914, G 744 (Outing 891F; Grant 5270B). Several bankstamps on front, CANCELLED stamped over signatures and on back, date stamp 9 MAR 1921 at top left, otherwise very fine, scarce

Lot 184

British Provincial, Yorkshire, Howden, Howden Bank, Five Pounds, 24 September 1823, D 479, for Scholfield, Clarksons & Clough, signed by John Scholfield (Outing 993A; Grant 1419). Congreve stamp and bank title on back, pinholes, otherwise about fine Printed by Ashby. The bank failed in 1831

Lot 212

British Provincial, Yorkshire, Selby, Selby Bank, One Pound, 1 May 1815, C 519, signed by John Foster (Outing 1905B; Grant 2574). Endorsements, bankruptcy stamp and mount marks on back, foxing and some edge damage, otherwise about fine The vignette of Selby Abbey on the note was engraved by Varley, Fleet street, London. The bank failed in 1817 and a dividend of 4s. in the pound paid out

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