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Lot 882
GB and world covers and coins etc., inc. gold sovereign, 2001 in cover, 1840 twopence blue stamp, `TI`, four margins with pale black MX cancel with 1797 copper twopence in cover, a few pre-stamp and early GB covers, sundry other covers and range of world coins, in three binders (lot) (Care! High international shipping costs)
Lot 777
A set of six George II walnut ladder back dining chairs, by Giles Grendey. Giles Grendey was one of London`s most successful 18th century furniture makers. He was apprenticed in London Joiner`s Company in 1709 and became `free` in 1716. By 1720 he was running his own workshop, taking his first apprentice in November 1720. Grendey set up shop in St. John`s Square, Clerkenwell, where it remained for the rest of his career. His dwelling house was close by at No.2, Lyon Street. In 1729 Grendey was elected to the Livery of the Joiner`s Company and served as Upper Warden in 1747 and 1757, before becoming Master in 1766. By this time he was 72 years old and had probably retired from full time business. By 1779 he had moved to a country estate in Palmer`s Green, where he died on 3 March 1780, aged 87. Grendey`s workshop was on the site of the former London house of the Earl of Aylesbury. It was far larger than most furniture shops, and this suggests that Grendey was both ambitious and well funded. When his workshop was struck by fire in 1731 over £1,000 worth of stock destined for export was destroyed. Yet compared with contemporaries such as Thomas Chippendale, relatively little is known of Grendey`s work. Known documented commissions are few and cannot easily be reconciled with extant furniture His reputation rests primarily on surviving pieces bearing his trade label. About fourteen labelled items and suites are known, including the spectacular Lazcano commission of at least seventy-seven red and gold japanned items, now widely dispersed. The Newport church chairs were first recognised and published by Simon Jervis in 1974. No documentation survives and it is not known how and when these dining chairs came to be in Newport Church.. The chairs can be approximately dated by the style of the label which, although fragmentary, corresponds to the shorter of two versions employed by the Grendey workshop. Other furniture bearing this label can be dated on stylistic and technical grounds to the 1740s or later, and so the present chairs are likely to have been made in the middle years of the 18th century. The ladder-back style derives ultimately from the so-called `Dutch chairs` of the early 18th century; these ladder-backed, turned and rush-seated chairs were imported from Holland in huge numbers from the late 17th century onwards, and were also widely copied by English chair-makers. The Grendey examples are `polite` versions of the form, demonstrating its acceptance into mainstream English furniture-making. Chairs of this type were typically furnished with rush or `matted` seats, a cheap and popular alternative to the more expensive upholstered drop-in seat. The present boarded seats are replacements, installed some time before 1974. The rush seat now fitted to no. VI was made while the chair was on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum. Marks and stamps: the chairs frames are not numbered, but the later boarded seats are numbered I to V in ink on the undersides. Chair no. V and the labelled chair are stamped T C on the inside of the back rails (other chairs may be stamped but the later seats obscure much of the seat rails). This stamp is hitherto unrecorded. Others chairs bearing Grendey`s label are also stamped with various initials, assumed to be those of journeymen employed in Grendey`s workshop. Selected literature: R. W. Symonds, `Giles Grendey (1693-1780) and the Export Trade of English Furniture to Spain`, Apollo (1935), pp. 336-342. R. Edwards & M. Jourdain, `Georgian Cabinet-Makers VIII - Giles Grendey and William Hallet`, Country Life (1942), pp. 176-77. R. Edwards & M. Jourdain, Georgian Cabinet-Makers, London, 3rd edn. (1955), pp. 47-48, 144-5. Christopher Gilbert, `Furniture by Giles Grendey for the Spanish Trade`, Antiques, XCIX (1971), pp. 544-50. Simon Jervis, `"A Great Dealer in the Cabinet Way" - Giles Grendey (1693-1780),` Country Life (6 June 1974), pp.1418-1419. G. Beard & C. Gilbert, eds., Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, 1660-1840, Leed, (1986), pp. 371-372. Christopher Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture, Leeds (1996), pp. 31-2, 238-249.
Lot 16
The Right Honourable Earl Mountbatten of Burma - Thee American commemorative Naval envelopes addressed to Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten each containing a card from Admiral Rickover (3). Lots 9-26 belonged to Edward Moncur the steward to Earl Mountbatten of Burma who worked at Broadlands - the Earl`s country seat for twenty years. Lord Mountbatten also encouraged Edward Moncur`s son`s interest in stamp collecting by giving him stamps and envelopes from all over the world
Lot 18
Five 1970s stamped envelopes addressed to Earl Mountbatten of Burma including some commemorative covers including Winston Churchill Memorial library (5). Lots 9-26 belonged to Edward Moncur the steward to Earl Mountbatten of Burma who worked at Broadlands - the Earl`s country seat for twenty years. Lord Mountbatten also encouraged Edward Moncur`s son`s interest in stamp collecting by giving him stamps and envelopes from all over the world
Lot 19
Five 1970s stamped envelopes addressed to Earl Mountbatten of Burma with some commemorative covers including Winston Churchill, two Lord Mountbatten commemorative covers and postcard sent to Lord Mountbatten`s butler (8). Lots 9-26 belonged to Edward Moncur the steward to Earl Mountbatten of Burma who worked at Broadlands - the Earl`s country seat for twenty years. Lord Mountbatten also encouraged Edward Moncur`s son`s interest in stamp collecting by giving him stamps and envelopes from all over the world
Lot 21
Edwina Countess of Mountbatten of Burma signed book The World We Live In by Louis Bromfield. Lots 9-26 belonged to Edward Moncur the steward to Earl Mountbatten of Burma who worked at Broadlands - the Earl`s country seat for twenty years. Lord Mountbatten also encouraged Edward Moncur`s son`s interest in stamp collecting by giving him stamps and envelopes from all over the world
Lot 9
The Right Honourable Earl Mountbatten of Burma - signed presentation photograph in original gilt tooled blue leather easel frame with crowned garter collar M of B monogram - the photograph of Lord Mountbatten in Admiral`s uniform wearing Garter Star - signed Mountbatten of Burma AF (Admiral of the Fleet), 28cm x 21cm overall. Lots 9-26 belonged to Edward Moncur the steward to Earl Mountbatten of Burma who worked at Broadlands - the Earl`s country seat for twenty years. Lord Mountbatten also encouraged Edward Moncur`s son`s interest in stamp collecting by giving him stamps and envelopes from all over the world
Lot 10
The Right Honourable Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-1979) - pair gold (9ct) presentation cufflinks of oval form with chain links and raised Earl`s coronet and garter collar containing M of B monogram (hallmarked Birmingham 1959), both measuring 1.5cm approx. Lots 9-26 belonged to Edward Moncur the steward to Earl Mountbatten of Burma who worked at Broadlands - the Earl`s country seat for twenty years. Lord Mountbatten also encouraged Edward Moncur`s son`s interest in stamp collecting by giving him stamps and envelopes from all over the world
Lot 11
HRH Prince Charles - royal presentation turned hardwood stud box with silver inset plaque to lid with crowned garter collar and C monogram, 7.5cm diameter, 4.25cm high. Lots 9-26 belonged to Edward Moncur the steward to Earl Mountbatten of Burma who worked at Broadlands - the Earl`s country seat for twenty years. Lord Mountbatten also encouraged Edward Moncur`s son`s interest in stamp collecting by giving him stamps and envelopes from all over the world
Lot 12
The Right Honourable Earl Mountbatten of Burma - a 1950s German Exakta Vanex camera with Carl Zeiss lens in original leather case - stamped Mountbatten of Burma Provenance: Given by Lord Mountbatten to his Steward. Lots 9-26 belonged to Edward Moncur the steward to Earl Mountbatten of Burma who worked at Broadlands - the Earl`s country seat for twenty years. Lord Mountbatten also encouraged Edward Moncur`s son`s interest in stamp collecting by giving him stamps and envelopes from all over the world
Lot 13
The Right Honourable Earl Mountbatten of Burma - handwritten postcard depicting official stamps of Monaco with portraits of Princess Grace - inscribed to W Evans, Esq, Broadlands, Romsey, Hants written from The Royal Palace Monaco 17/2/1966 - This is for your stamp collection. The Colonel commanding the Prince`s Guard Regiment met me with the usual gang of officials and is attached to me here. Remind me for a photo. Best wishes to Charles and everybody at Broadlands. Mountbatten of Burma. Lots 9-26 belonged to Edward Moncur the steward to Earl Mountbatten of Burma who worked at Broadlands - the Earl`s country seat for twenty years. Lord Mountbatten also encouraged Edward Moncur`s son`s interest in stamp collecting by giving him stamps and envelopes from all over the world
Lot 14
The Right Honourable Earl Mountbatten of Burma autographed Fleet Air Arm Museum commemorative envelope with scribbled helicopter pseudo postmark. Lots 9-26 belonged to Edward Moncur the steward to Earl Mountbatten of Burma who worked at Broadlands - the Earl`s country seat for twenty years. Lord Mountbatten also encouraged Edward Moncur`s son`s interest in stamp collecting by giving him stamps and envelopes from all over the world
Lot 15
The Right Honourable Earl Mountbatten of Burma - two amusing and grovelling Christmas greeting cards sent from an admirer in India dated 1969 and 1971 addressed to His Most Gracious Majesty The Most Honourable, Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Ex-Viceroy and Governor-General of India, London, England UK (2). Lots 9-26 belonged to Edward Moncur the steward to Earl Mountbatten of Burma who worked at Broadlands - the Earl`s country seat for twenty years. Lord Mountbatten also encouraged Edward Moncur`s son`s interest in stamp collecting by giving him stamps and envelopes from all over the world
Lot 17
The Right Honourable Earl Mountbatten of Burma - Registered envelope from HRH The Prince of Wales sent from the Bahamas 12th July 1973 with Prince of Wales crest to flap and franked Bahamas stamps to front (1). Lots 9-26 belonged to Edward Moncur the steward to Earl Mountbatten of Burma who worked at Broadlands - the Earl`s country seat for twenty years. Lord Mountbatten also encouraged Edward Moncur`s son`s interest in stamp collecting by giving him stamps and envelopes from all over the world
Lot 20
Souvenir of the German Battleship Graf Spee, sunk off Montevideo 17th December 1939 - a brass instruction plate from the Anemometer (wind gauge) which was mounted in the fire control station with typed note of history (given by Lord Mountbatten to the son of his steward). Lots 9-26 belonged to Edward Moncur the steward to Earl Mountbatten of Burma who worked at Broadlands - the Earl`s country seat for twenty years. Lord Mountbatten also encouraged Edward Moncur`s son`s interest in stamp collecting by giving him stamps and envelopes from all over the world
Lot 22
Old copper printing plate depicting Broadlands, 9cm x 14cm. Lots 9-26 belonged to Edward Moncur the steward to Earl Mountbatten of Burma who worked at Broadlands - the Earl`s country seat for twenty years. Lord Mountbatten also encouraged Edward Moncur`s son`s interest in stamp collecting by giving him stamps and envelopes from all over the world
Lot 23
Victorian volume - Broadlands As It Was, inscribed to The Hon. Evelyn Ashley 1890 and two other books including London Fashionable Repository 1804 (3). Lots 9-26 belonged to Edward Moncur the steward to Earl Mountbatten of Burma who worked at Broadlands - the Earl`s country seat for twenty years. Lord Mountbatten also encouraged Edward Moncur`s son`s interest in stamp collecting by giving him stamps and envelopes from all over the world
Lot 24
Wedgwood Lord Mountbatten commemorative white and blue Jasper ware plaque - limited edition No 634 of 750 in original fitted case with certificates. The plaque measures 11cm x 8.5cm. Lots 9-26 belonged to Edward Moncur the steward to Earl Mountbatten of Burma who worked at Broadlands - the Earl`s country seat for twenty years. Lord Mountbatten also encouraged Edward Moncur`s son`s interest in stamp collecting by giving him stamps and envelopes from all over the world
Lot 25
Late Victorian Royal lady`s gold (18ct) half hunter fob watch with keyless movement, blue enamelled back with Victoria and Royal ducal cornet to centre - the inside of the case engraved H Moser & Co No 48745, 2.6cm diameter, 4cm overall. Lots 9-26 belonged to Edward Moncur the steward to Earl Mountbatten of Burma who worked at Broadlands - the Earl`s country seat for twenty years. Lord Mountbatten also encouraged Edward Moncur`s son`s interest in stamp collecting by giving him stamps and envelopes from all over the world
Lot 26
Pair Edwardian silver letter scales with engraved Royal crown B monogram to top, ivorine scale to front and drawer below on ball feet (hallmarked Birmingham 1906). The monogram may be that of Princess Beatrice (1857-1944) the daughter of Queen Victoria. Lots 9-26 belonged to Edward Moncur the steward to Earl Mountbatten of Burma who worked at Broadlands - the Earl`s country seat for twenty years. Lord Mountbatten also encouraged Edward Moncur`s son`s interest in stamp collecting by giving him stamps and envelopes from all over the world
Lot 54
Lescallier.Vocab.Termes de Marine Anglois.. 2 parts in 1 first edition engraved head-pieces and 31 plates title with old ink library stamp and marginal soiling contemporary mottled calf spine gilt in compartments with red morocco label rubbed a little worn at corners and spine ends (also some scorching at foot and lower corners) [Polak 5880; Scott 366] 4to Paris Imprimerie Royale 1777. SALEROOM NOTICE: This should read "and 2 others", making a total of 3 in the lot
Lot 111
Wilkes.Narr.US.Exploring Expedition 5 vol. half-titles 64 engraved portraits and plates 11 folding engraved maps numerous wood-engraved vignettes occasional foxing and light offsetting but generally a clean copy small ink ownership stamp to half-titles original sprinkled sheep with gilt eagle on upper covers rather worn some covers detached and spines defective [Sabin 103994] 8vo Philadelphia 1849. ***The title-pages state “with 13 maps” but only 9 are called for in the list of plates and illustrations..
Lot 133
Hall (T. Y.) A Treatise on the extent &Probab first edition 1854; Safety Lamps first edition 1853; Continuation of a paper on improvements in Colliery Workings and further observations on Safety Lamps first edition 1853 hand-coloured folding map frontispiece 6 plates (3 folding) additional portrait frontispiece slight foxing hinges cracked contemporary diced calf rubbed head of spine broken tail with loss § Hedley (John) A Practical Treatise on the Working and Ventilation of Coal Mines first edition 16 plates (12 folding) library stamp to front pastedown original cloth spine faded rubbed at head and tail 1851 § Dunn (Mattias) Treatise on the Winning and Working of Collieries second edition presentation inscripition on title 13 plates ownership inscription to front endpaper direction to the binder and following page original cloth spine faded rubbed at head tail and corners Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1852 8vo(3)
Lot 170
River Hooghly.- Reports with Proceedings first and only edition 6 folding hand-coloured lithograph maps and plans (including Hooghly and part of the Ganges) and one plate old embossed library stamp of Bibliotheca Schlagintweit on title later cloth soiled folio Calcutta Thos. Jones Calcutta Gazette Office 1854. ***Rare. Not in BL and no copy on Copac. Detailed reports commissioned by the government to ascertain the feasability of navigation for mercantile use of the Hooghly and its tributaries. With no official records to use the compilers undertook numerous interviews with pilots of ships accustomed to navigating the river for their assessment of the various channels reefs flats and harbours..
Lot 201
Palladio (Andrea) Architettura vol. I &II only in 1 vol. titles in Italian and French and printed in red and black with engraved vignettes engraved dedication 2 folding maps and 54 plates slight damp-staining to a few lower margins some plates and text loose or working loose ex-Brooklyn Public Library copy with perforated stamp at foot of title and last f. bookplate of Julius Franke on inside front cover front free endpaper working loose contemporary calf-backed boards worn and soiled folio Venice Angiolo Pasinelli 1740; sold not subject to return.
Lot 229
Sowerby (J. and J.E.Smith.) English Botany 13 vol. vol.1-12 second edition vol.13 third edition 2595 hand-coloured plates bookplate to front pastedowns and ink ownership stamp on endpaper of some volumes contemporary diced calf gilt leather lettering labels vol. 12 upper cover slightly soiled contemporary half morocco gilt rubbed 8vo 1832-1856 &1902.
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Lot 250
[Elizabeth Petrovna]Kronungs-Geschichte 1745 engraved portrait frontispiece and 49 plates some folding library ink stamp to title and versos of all plates ink stamp lightly offsetting onto rectos of 12 plates within images some damp-staining mostly to text ff. contemporary paste-paper boards slightly chipped housed in a modern half calf drop-back box [Berlin Kat. 3096] folio St.Petersburg Academie der Wissenschafften 1745. ***A rare fête book commemorating the coronation of Elizabeth Petronova who reigned between 1741 and 1762. The plates depict the procession regalia jewels and ceremony..
Lot 284
Horatius Flaccus (Quintus) Opera 1506 woodcut initials a2-6 with extensive early ink notes recto and verso lacking M8 title with 19th century ink stamp `H.Cavendish` [Renouard Badius Ascensius II p.508:2] [Paris] Badius Ascensius 1506 bound with Juvenalis (Decimus Junius) Satyrae woodcut initials some decorated occasional early ink underlining and marginalia [Renouard Badius Ascensius II p.538:4] [Paris] Badius Ascensius 1506 18th century speckled calf rebacked preserving original backstrip spine in compartments and gilt double red morocco labels rubbed [Both not in Adams] 8vo ***Rare. While Renouard quotes the works he had not seen copies of them and in the instance of the first mentioned neither had Brunet..
Lot 305
Khunrath (Heinrich) Amphitheatrum Sapentiae second edition engraved pictorial title portrait 9 double-page plates and 1 plate 2 double-page tables title and portrait with small marginal ink stamp and repairs to corners worm holes to foot of plates affecting a few letters of text browned modern vellum preserved in a modern cloth drop-back box rubbed [cf. Caillet 5747; Ferguson I 463] small folio Hanover n.p. 1609. ***One of the masterpieces of hermetic iconography..
Lot 390
O`Brian (Patrick) Aubrey/Maturin novels 21 vol. first editions original boards dust-jackets Master and Commander dust-jacket slightly frayed at spine-ends and corners small “Y.A.” written on foot of spine; H.M.S. Surprise ex ship`s library with stamp on title and pocket on front free endpaper jacket clipped with publisher`s sticker spine faded with small `F` stamped tape marks to inner flaps and pastedowns; The Mauritius Command ink price on front free endpaper and inner front flap jacket spine darkened; Desolation Island and The Far Side of the World price-clipped; small ownership sticker on front free endpaper of Treason`s Harbour The Far Side of the World The Reverse of the Medal and The Letter of Marque otherwise fine copies 1969-2004; and 2 others O`Brian 8vo &small 4to(23)
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