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Tennants Auctioneers
Lot 2283

A Sapphire and Diamond Snake Ringthe snake head and tail set throughout with round brilliant cut diamonds and a pear shaped sapphire, in yellow pavé and rubbed over settings, total estimated diamond weight 0.80 carat approximatelyfinger size L1/2The ring is in good condition. It bears no hallmark nor stamp but in our opinion would test as gold. The sapphire measures 5.80mm x 4.29mm x 3.11mm approximately. The approximate qualities of the diamonds are; colour I/J/K, clarity SI1/SI2/I1. Gross weight 5.2 grams. CR made 25.05.23.

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Tayler & Fletcher
Lot 324

Nineteen editions of James Lillywhite's 'Cricketers' Annual' (1876-1895) (missing 1894).Condition:1876 – Front cover damage to corners; holes in spine material, spine slightly coming away at the top.1877 – Lower right corner of the whole books has pages bent over; cover coming away bottom right, front cover detached completely from spine, back cover material coming away at top left and bottom right.1878 – Spine slightly loose; pencil marks to end page paper.1879 – Damage to the board of the front cover at edges; pencil marks to front endpaper adverts; turned over edges to pages.1880 – Spine away and cover loose; binding loose; pencil marks to ads on back of cover; some pages at back of book turned over as corner; back cover board lower corner missing.1881 –Colour-tinted pages and Lillywhite centenary stamp; front cover boards material loose on lower corner; spine coming away; pencil marks to adverts on front page;1882 – Spine coming away from pages; pencil price mark to front page adverts.1883 – Front cover and back material coming away from boards slightly, frayed edges; pencil marks to front page adverts; loose pages; James Lillywhite stamp on title and Contents page.1884 – Date sticker on front cover, front cover board damaged and away in corners; glued owner’s name to first page adverts, material coming away from edges of back cover; several dates written on spine.1885 – Hand-written owner’s name to front cover and school name stamp; spine away from pages; pencil price on front end-paper adverts and torn corner; spine away from pages; 1885 handwritten on the spine.1886 – cover bleached out, hand-written name of owner in ink top right corner of cover, date sticker in centre of cover, purple company stamp on title page.1887 – Marks to front cover; spine away from most pages; small amount away from corner of back cover; date hand-written on spine.1888 – Material coming away from the front and back covers; page ripped and another damaged.1889 – Few water spots on the title page.1890 – Spine becoming detached at top.1891 – Shrewsbury School stamp on front cover; pencil price on front endpaper; back cover material becoming unstuck on edges.1892 – Front cover detached from pages; pencil price on front end-paper adverts.1893 – Shrewsbury School stamp top right on cover, pencil price on front end paper adverts.1895 – Shrewsbury Library stamp top right and on Contents page; loose pages; cover material coming away top right.

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Tayler & Fletcher
Lot 265

After ARCHIBALD THORBURN - A single and a pair of prints:1. 'Spring' - signed in pencil and with Fine Art Trade Guild blind-stamp lower left, published by W. F. Embleton 1927 (35.5 x 48 cm). John Mathieson & Son trade and title labels verso. (Frame size 55 x 68 cm).2. 'Red Grouse Packing' and 'Partridge in Snow'  1901 and 1902 (glass broken). (Frames 30.5 x 38 cm).

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Tayler & Fletcher
Lot 61

Two sculptures:1. Gun and gundog climbing overa wall - limited edition bronze (4 of 75) with maker's stamp to lower back, (17 cm high).2. 'Derby Day' - bronzed resin figure (20 cm high).

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Tayler & Fletcher
Lot 171

Three stamp albums:1. Varying late 20th century worldwide, relating to butterflies;2. Early to late 20th century worldwide stamps including Belgium, Canada, China, Czechoslovakia, Italy, Malaya, Persia (Iran), Poland, Russia etc.;3. Early to late 20th century worldwide stamps including mid-20th century Great Britain with commemoratives etc.

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Tayler & Fletcher
Lot 168

A stamp album containing mostly late 19th to early 20th century worldwide stamps of low denomination and to include: Belgium, France, Romania, Norway, Italy, Holland, GB (some Victorian examples), Falkland Islands, Grenada, Canada, USA, Japan, China. Also to include a quantity of unmounted stamps.

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Tayler & Fletcher
Lot 169

A large leather suitcase full of stamps including:a boxed album of USA first day covers Birds and Flowers;worldwide stamps on album pages;stock cards (mint and used); an album of Great Britain stamp booklets; a large and interesting quantity for sorting.

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Tayler & Fletcher
Lot 371

An  Edward VIII period light mahogany pedestal desk; the green-leather inset top above two large pedestals stamped with a crown over ER VIII and 1936. One pedestal with three drawers (the largest compartmentalised), the other pedestal with four full-width graduated drawers. (One pedestal with Simpoles of Manchester maker's stamp and remnants of original handwritten paper label.)  (LWH 183 x 106 x 77 cm)

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Tayler & Fletcher
Lot 165

Two stamp albums and an illustrated children's book:1. The 'Junior Postage Stamp Album' containing mostly late 19th and early 20th century worldwide stamps to include Canada, Transvaal, Zanzibar, Zululand, Rhodesia, Siam, Ceylon, Poland, Norway, Greece, Hungary and GB.2. 'The Popular' album with 19th century GB, USA, Cuba, Argentina, South America, Egypt, India, Spain, Lichtenstein, Hungary, Holland, Germany, France, Denmark, Belgium and Austria.3. Heinrich Hoffman - 'Struwwelpeter' (Blackie & Son Ltd, Glasgow, illustrated hardback edition).

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Arthur Johnson & Sons Auctioneers
Lot 724

A box of loose stamps and stamp covers and postal history

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Arthur Johnson & Sons Auctioneers
Lot 743

Australian issued stamp sets, Bug's Life, Lord of the Rings, The Incredibles, Monsters Inc, plus US mint stamps, 1975 to 1979

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Chilcotts
Lot 50

A Swansea Dillwyn pearlware Plate, printed in blue with depiction of a frigate, with stamp verso, D 22.5cm, together with another similar with print in brown (2) Provenance; The property of a Collector, amassed over the last 50 years. 

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Chilcotts
Lot 150

A Royal Doulton WWII British 'Tommy' Bulldog, modelled wearing helmet, chipped,  in seated position, factory stamp to base, 662746, H 16.5cm

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Chilcotts
Lot 149

A Royal Doulton WWII British 'Tommy' Bulldog, modelled in helmet in seated position, factory stamp to base, 662746, H 16.5cm

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Chilcotts
Lot 559

A Queen Anne style Cabinet on Chest, with associated top, top section enclosing fitted interior, oak carcass, stamp on left top chest drawer 'R & R Starling, Bristol', W 105 cm x H 155 cm x D 45.5 cm.

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Bonhams
Lot 24

Patrick Lichfield (British, 1939-2005); 'Jim Clarke During The Monaco Grand Prix, 10th May 1964',silver gelatin print, limited edition numbered 12/50, monochrome image depicting Clark at the wheel of the Lotus-Climax, with photographer's estate stamp to reverse, 60 x 50cm. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Ryedale Auctioneers
Lot 924

Pair of military sporran' with Gordon Highlanders badge and makers stamp NICOLL BANKFOOT.

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Ryedale Auctioneers
Lot 190

Extensive collection of diecast model vehicles, various manufacturers and scales to include Lledo Models of Days Gone, Corgi, Matchbox etc. Included 3 small wall mounted wood display cabinets and a plastic Days Gone shop display style cabinet, 6 Corgi Queen's 40th anniversary van models, a quantity of unboxed vehicles and empty boxes (mostly Lledo) to go with displayed models, and 5 stamp albums containing various vintage stamps. (3 boxes)

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Ryedale Auctioneers
Lot 600

Team GB gold medal winners stamp collection official 2012 compendinium together with the London 2012 gold medal winners stamp collection (2)

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Ryedale Auctioneers
Lot 601

Collection of FDCs in three folders with some mixed Royal Mail mint stamp presentation packs and loose stamps (qty)

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Ryedale Auctioneers
Lot 602

Three folders of FDCs with some included Royal Mail Mint stamp presentation packs

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Ryedale Auctioneers
Lot 604

Three folders of mainly Royal Mail Mint stamp presentation packs and some FDCs

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Ryedale Auctioneers
Lot 605

Commonwealth collection 1983 commemorative mint stamp album and a Maritime Heritage mint stamp folder (2)

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Ryedale Auctioneers
Lot 608

C20th Victory all world stamp album partially filled with mounted defins, album of GB mint and used, folder of Royal Mail mint stamp presentation packs and FDCS, Jersey FDC album and loose stamps and tourist postcards (qty)

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Ryedale Auctioneers
Lot 609

All world stamp album, mostly mounted used, a loose leaf album of mainly GB mint sheets and a box of loose stamps

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Ryedale Auctioneers
Lot 611

Early C20th and later postcards incl. Girl Guides group RPPC, Lucas holiday camp Blackpool groups photos, later PCs and selection of Royal Mail stamp card series PCs

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Ryedale Auctioneers
Lot 612

Royal Mail Special Stamp books, no. 1 to 15, year range 1984 through 1998

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Ryedale Auctioneers
Lot 613

Five all world stamp albums, used defins and commems, together with selection of loose stamps (qty)

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Ryedale Auctioneers
Lot 615

Five albums of Royal Mail stamp card series and Post Office stamp postcards

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Ryedale Auctioneers
Lot 619

Marvel Premium capsule boxed edition stamp set of ten slabbed stamps with COA, selection of US defin and commem sheets incl. celebrities, wildlife, TV shows etc and collection of London 2012 Gold Medal winners FDCs (qty)

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Ryedale Auctioneers
Lot 620

Two boxes of all world partially filled stamp albums, blank albums and loose stamps (qty)

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Ryedale Auctioneers
Lot 620A

All World stamp album, QV onwards unmounted mint & used, incl. India, France, Austria, Hungary, Italy, Indonesia, Yugoslavia etc approx. 30 pages

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Acreman St. Antiques Auction
Lot 148

2 pairs of antique Coalbrookdale ? cast iron bench ends with branch and leaf detail and kite mark stamp 82cm high x 60 cm deep- no obvious damage

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Sutton Hill Farm Country Auctions
Lot 38

WW2 German Iron Cross 2nd class no ring stamp

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Sutton Hill Farm Country Auctions
Lot 30

WW2 German Iron Cross 2nd class ring stamp No 86

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Sutton Hill Farm Country Auctions
Lot 37

WW2 German Iron Cross 2nd class no ring stamp

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Sutton Hill Farm Country Auctions
Lot 49

WW2 german Iron cross ring stamp 106

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Sutton Hill Farm Country Auctions
Lot 48

WW2 german Iron cross ring stamp 65

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Sutton Hill Farm Country Auctions
Lot 31

WW2 German Iron Cross 2nd class ring stamp No 84

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Sutton Hill Farm Country Auctions
Lot 29

WW2 German Iron Cross 2nd class no ring stamp

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Sutton Hill Farm Country Auctions
Lot 35

WW2 German Iron Cross 2nd class ring stamp No 27

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Sutton Hill Farm Country Auctions
Lot 28

WW2 German Iron Cross 2nd class no ring stamp

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Morley Auctioneers & Valuers
Lot 283

A good selection of assorted stamp albums, loose stamps, FDC etc

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Bellmans
Lot 114

Code Civil des Français, Paris, 1804, 8vo, contemporary French calf-backed marbled boards. FIRST EDITION of the "Napoleonic Code".Code Civil des Français. Édition Originale et Seule Officielle. Paris: De l' Imprimerie de la Rpublique. An XII, 1804. 8vo (200 x 125mm). Half title, large woodcut allegorical device on the title captioned in a panel beneath "Grand-Juge et Ministre de la Justice", woodcut device of "Le Grand-Juge, Ministre de la Justice, Regnier" on the verso of the final text leaf (some fraying to half title, variable but mainly light spotting, staining and browning). Contemporary French calf-backed marbled boards, the spine lettered and decorated in gilt (boards lightly rubbed). Provenance: From the Collection of Peter and Margarethe Braune; Mairie de Bourmont, Haute-Marne (old stamp on title); some early pen and pencil annotation to front free endpaper. FIRST EDITION of the "Napoleonic Code" which, under the direction of Napoleon Bonaparte and a special commission led by J. J. Cambaceres, gave post-revolutionary France its first coherent set of laws concerning individual rights, the family, property and the colonies. While all male citizens were granted equal rights, including that of religious dissent, and the secular character of the state was recognised, there was much about the new code that was strikingly illiberal and reactionary: women were deprived of individual rights, as were illegitimate children, and colonial slavery was re-introduced. The statutes were finally approved in March 1804 and published shortly after for the first time in the present volume. Brunet II, 118.

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Bellmans
Lot 128

FREMONT, J. C. (1813-90). Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California, Washington, 1845, 8vo, 16 plates only, 5 maps including folding map by Fremont and Preuss, cloth. FIRST EDITION.FREMONT, John Charles (1813-90).  Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-'44 ... Printed by Order of the House of Representatives. Washington: Blair and Rives, Printers, 1845. Large 8vo (226 x 140mm). 16 lithographed plates only (?of 22) and 4 maps, of which 2 folding, including the very large folding "Map of an Exploring Expedition to the Rocky mountains in the Year 1842 and to Oregon & North California in the Years 1843-44 by Brevet Capt. J. C. Frémont of the Corps of Topographical Engineers Under the orders of Col. J. J. Abert, Chief of the Topographical Bureau. Lith. by E. Weber & Co. Baltimore Md." by J. C. Frémont with the assistance of Charles Preuss (although Preuss's name does not appear on the map), with rivers hand-coloured in blue, astronomical tables at the end (the large folding map by Frémont and Preuss complete but detached and torn neatly in half along the centrefold without significant loss [although the illustration erroneously gives the impression that the lower corners are lacking], a few tears at other folds without significant loss, occasional spotting and staining to the text and plates, with some darker ink spots). Original brown publisher's cloth decorated in blind, spine lettered in gilt (part of the spine torn away with loss of letters, lower cover detached, rubbed with some light staining, lacking the pocket for the folding map at the end although with its green silk ribbon still intact). Provenance: From the Collection of the late Seymour Stein (1942-2023); "Ministry of Defence Library Services. Withdrawn" (stamp on title with library shelf numbers and library label at the foot of the spine); "Geographical and Statistical Depot. War Department" (blindstamp on title above imprint); "Libreria Estrangera Cientifica y Literaria de Carlos Bailly-Bailliere, Madrid" (label on front pastedown). FIRST EDITION. Howes F370; Graff 1436; Rumsey Map Collection: "The large map of the west is one of the most interesting and beautiful government maps of the 1840s. It filled in many of the gaps in cartographic knowledge of the west. Charles Preuss was the cartographer"; Sabin 25845; Schwartz & Ehrenberg The Mapping of America 275 (folding map); Streeter Sale 3131; Wheat Mapping the Transmississippi West 1540-1861 497: "[Frémont's work] can only be described as one of the monumental works of [American] Western Exploration and became the vade mecum of Manifest Destiny [i.e. the 19th-century doctrine that the expansion of the United States through the American continents was both justified and inevitable]. Its words, maps, and pictures paved the way for future waves of overlands culminating in the flood tide of the Gold Rush ... The great folding map is an altogether memorable document in the cartographic history of the West." 

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Bellmans
Lot 95

BEAUMARCHAIS, Pierre-Augustin Caron de (1732-99). La Folle Journée, ou Le Mariage de Figaro, Paris, 1785, large 8vo, 5 engraved plates, 19th-century red half morocco gilt. FIRST EDITION, later issue with illustrations.BEAUMARCHAIS, Pierre-Augustin Caron de (1732-99).  La Folle Journée, ou Le Mariage de Figaro, Comédie en Cinq Actes, en Prose. Paris: Chez Ruault, 1785. Large 8vo (258 x 165mm). Half title with list of 12 booksellers and "Avis de l' Editeur" regarding a pirated Amsterdam edition on the verso, engraved frontispiece and 4 plates by Claude Nicolas Malapeau after Jacques Philippe Joseph de Saint-Quentin (frontispiece spotted and stained, other plates spotted mainly at margins, some light spotting to text mainly at margins, without the errata leaf). 19th-century French red half morocco gilt by Charles-François Capé [binder's stamp on front free endpaper], spine elaborately decorated in gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut (extremities quite heavily rubbed, boards scuffed, inner hinges weak). Provenance: DUFF COOPER (armorial bookplate); "Ex P. G. Libros. Skinos" (modern label); [?]Augustine [?]Brohay (old signature on front free endpaper); Maud Russell (later signature beneath, probably that of the British socialite, collector of French art and diarist); pencil note on front free endpaper stating "with aut. letter inserted", although, sadly, this is no longer present. FIRST EDITION, the later issue with illustrations, by a renowned French polymath who was, by turns (according to a certain on-line encyclopaedia), "a watchmaker, inventor, playwright, musician, diplomat, spy, publisher, horticulturist, arms dealer, satirist, financier and revolutionary (both French and American)." But Beaumarchais is perhaps best remembered today as the author of "The Marriage of Figaro", the comic play on which Mozart's operatic masterpiece was based. Cohen - de Ricci 125; PMM 230: "Public interest was whetted by [the play's] satirical references to the aristocracy, and it was this that first won its fame. Although greeted with enthusiasm by French society, it in fact contributed largely to its destruction. It is, however, the music of Mozart which has immortalised it as the perfect type of comedy. To Beaumarchais, a controversial figure, whose other principal achievement was his edition of the complete works of Voltaire, its transformation would probably be surprising, but no one can doubt its immortality"; Tchemerzine II, pp.14-15: "The first edition was published without illustrations. Very soon after 5 illustrations were added by Saint-Quentin."

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Bellmans
Lot 125

EVELYN, John (1620-1706). Sylva, or a Discourse of Forest Trees, London, 1670, folio, engraved illustrations including one full-page, modern half calf. Second edition.EVELYN, John (1620-1706).  Sylva, Or A Discourse of Frest Trees, and the Proagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions ... To which is annexed Pomona; or, An Appendix concerning Fruit-Trees in relation to Cider ... Also Kalendarium Hortense; Or, the Gard'ners Almanac; Directing what he is to do Monthly throughout the Year ... All which several Treatises are in this Second Edition much Inlarged and Improved. London: Printed for Jo. Martyn, and Ja. Allestry, 1670 [Kalendarium Hortense dated 1669]. Folio (301 x 185mm).  Woodcut coat-of-arms on title, head-pieces and initials, engraved illustrations including one full-page, errata leaf at end (some mainly light browning, spotting and staining). Modern half calf and marbled boards, spine gilt, new endpapers (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: D'Arcy Power (old stamp at head of first title). The first edition was printed in 1664. "... Evelyn's most celebrated horticultural work ... The Sylva was written as a protest against the destruction of trees in England which was being carried on by the glass factories and iron furnaces; it succeeded in inducing land-owners to start in on a much needed reforestation program that had a lasting effect on the British economy ... [I]n [Evelyn's] horticultural works we find the public servant and country gentleman combined, in essence the best product of the English way of life" (Hunt). cf. Brunet II, 233; Freeman 1152; Henrey 133; cf. Hunt 296 (citing the first edition of 1664); Keynes 41; cf. Maggs Medicine, Alchemy, Astrology & Natural Sciences. Catalogue 520 486; Wing E3517.

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Bellmans
Lot 120

EHRLICH, Paul (1854-1915). Beiträge zur experimentellen Pathologie und Chemotherapie, Leipzig, 1909, large 8vo, original green cloth. FIRST EDITION.EHRLICH, Paul (1854-1915).  Beitrge zur experimentellen Pathologie und Chemotherapie. Leipzig: Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft m.b.h., 1909. Large 8vo (230 x 155mm). Half title. Original green cloth, the upper cover lettered in gilt, the spine lettered in black (stain to upper cover, some fraying to head and foot of spine). Provenance: From the Collection of Peter and Margarethe Braune; Dozent Dr. Klaus Soehring, Hamburg (stamp on half title). FIRST EDITION of this work by a renowned German physician who is widely regarded as the father of haematology, immunology, chemotherapy and pharmacology, and is also known for discovering the first effective cure for syphilis. He shared the Nobel Prize for Physiology of Medicine in 1908. Garrison-Morton 2565; Norman 685.

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Bellmans
Lot 185

SLAVERY - James RAMSAY (1733-89). An Essay on the Treatment and Conversion of African Slaves in the British Sugar Colonies, London, 1784, 8vo, errata and advertisement leaf, unbound but spine solid and text-block holding. FIRST EDITION.SLAVERY - James RAMSAY (1733-89).  An Essay on the Treatment and Conversion of African Slaves in the British Sugar Colonies. London: "Printed and Sold by James Phillips, George-Yard, Lombard-Street," 1784. 8vo (206 x 125mm). Errata leaf and one-page of publisher's advertisements for books "Published by the same Author, and sold for the Benefit of the Maritime School" at the end (without a half title, ink-spotting to pp.116 and 117, occasional very light mainly marginal spotting and staining, a few darker spots). Unbound but spine solid and the text-block holding with no loose leaves. The spine appears to have been made up from part of an old form, headed "Number as a Transport", with a column of  numbers (*82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89 and 90), possibly representing years (i.e. 1782, 1783, etc.) beneath. Provenance: "Board of Trade Library" (old stamp on title); some passages marked with pencil crosses in the margins. FIRST EDITION of this work whose "publication was the most important event in the early history of the anti-slavery movement" (DNB). "The abolitionist movement had already made a small beginning, and, on the advice of neighbours, Ramsay revised and published in 1784 'An Essay on the Treatment and Conversion of African Slaves in the British Sugar Colonies', which he had been working at for several years. In this work he discussed the position of master and slave in ancient and modern times, argued that society and the owners themselves would benefit by free labour and that under existing conditions the slave could not be benefited morally or intellectually, and finally, meeting the various objections that had been made on the ground of the inferiority of the negro, concluded with suggestions which practically meant the abolition of slavery. The publication of this essay was the most important event in the early history of the anti-slavery movement. It at once drew a number of angry replies and personal attacks upon the author; and during that year and the next the brunt of the controversy was borne by Ramsay almost unaided ...." (DNB). Goldsmiths' 12770; Kress B772; Sabin 67716.

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Bellmans
Lot 195

The Pelman System of Mind and Memory Training. London, [1914]. Numbers 1 - 12 bound in one volume, tall 8vo, contemporary red morocco by Zaehnsdorf, with presentation stamp to L. G. Chiozza Money on the upper cover.The Pelman System of Mind and Memory Training. London: The Pelman School of the Mind, [1914]. Numbers 1 - 12 bound in one volume, tall 8vo (203 x 100mm). Folding "examination sheet" at the end of each number [uncompleted in all cases] (some light mainly marginal spotting and staining). Attractively bound in contemporary red crushed morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, with the binder's slip inserted at the front in addition to the binder's name stamped in gilt on the lower front dentelle [as usual], the covers with triple gilt ruled borders, the spine gilt with 5 raised bands, top edges gilt, others uncut (extremities rubbed), original printed grey wrappers bound in with each number. Provenance: "Presented by 'The Daily News' to L. G. Chiozza Money Esq., M.P." (presentation inscription stamped in gilt on the upper cover). Sir Leo George Chiozza Money (1870-1944) was an Italian-born British "New Liberal" economist and presumably - along with Prime Minister Asquith, Robert Baden-Powell, Rider Haggard and Jerome K. Jerome - a follower of the system of 'brain training', taught mainly through correspondence, known as 'Pelmanism'. Money was Lloyd George's Permanent Private Secretary and a Government Minister during the First World War. He was knighted in 1915, despite the fact that his life was dogged by repeated accusations of "indecency".

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Bellmans
Lot 139

JENNER, Edward (1749-1823). An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolæ Vaccinæ, London, 1801, 4to, 4 engraved hand-coloured plates, contemporary calf (rebacked). Third edition. With a facsimile of the 1798 edition and a related document. (3)JENNER, Edward (1749-1823).  An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolæ Vaccinæ, a Disease Discovered in Some of the Western Counties of England, Particularly Gloucestershire, and Known by the name of The Cow Pox ... The Third Edition. London: Printed for the Author, by D. N. Shury, 1801. 4to (268 x 215mm). 4 engraved hand-coloured plates (repair to lower fore-corner of title without loss, many text leaves browned and stained although the plates generally cleaner). Contemporary calf (rebacked, corners repaired, rubbed and scuffed, inner hinges reinforced). Provenance: From the Collection of Professor Jonathan Brostoff, D.M., D.Sc., FRCP, FRCPath (1934-2020); [?]Geo. [?]Borton (old signature at head of title); Peterborough Public Dispensary (stamp on title). "Jenner's work is the basis of the modern science of immunology. When Pasteur successfully inoculated sheep against anthrax he called such preventive inoculations 'vaccines' [from the Latin for cow] in honour of Jenner ... Jenner had started one of the greatest practical advances in preventive medicine ..." (PMM). Dibner Heralds of Science 127; Garrison & Morton 5423: "Jenner established the fact that a 'vaccination' or inoculation with vaccinia (cowpox) lymph matter protects against smallpox ... [The Inquiry], describing 23 successful vaccinations, announced to the world one of the greatest triumphs in the history of medicine"; Grolier Medicine 53; Heirs of Hippocrates 1086; William Lefanu Edward Jenner 8; Norman 1162; PMM 250; Wellcome III, p.351 (references citing the first edition of 1798). With a modern facsimile of the 1798 edition in boards and a framed manuscript document recording vaccinations for measles administered to members of the family of William Gustard, c.1830. (3)

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Lot 152

MITFORD, John (1782-1831). The Adventures of Johnny Newcome in The Navy, London, 1819, 8vo, 20 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Charles Williams (some spotting, staining and browning), contemporary diced calf gilt (rubbed). FIRST EDITION.MITFORD, John (1782-1831).  The Adventures of Johnny Newcome in The Navy. A Poem in Four Cantos. With Notes. London: Published by Sherwood, Neely, and Jones (and others), 1819. 8vo (240 x 145mm). 20 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Charles Williams (variable mainly light spotting, staining and browning, plates lightly offset onto text). Contemporary diced calf gilt, marbled endpapers (rubbed and bumped, joints splitting or weak with signs of minor old repairs, ink spot on upper cover). Provenance: From the Collection of the late Seymour Stein (1942-2023); H. W. Ryland (small stamp on front free endpaper); Maggs catalogue description from 1950 tipped-in onto front free endpaper pricing the book at £9 9s). FIRST EDITION. "In 1818 the Adventures of Johnny Newcome in the Navy, by Alfred Burton, published by W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, has sixteen plates by Rowlandson. This was followed in 1819 by an open imitation by J. Mitford bearing the same title, and illustrated with twenty plates. Mitford, at one time an officer in the navy, was a constant inmate of the Fleet [Prison], and wrote his Adventures of Johnny Newcome in the gravel pits at Bayswater, where he lay in hiding, receiving from his publisher a shilling daily in return for his copy, wherewith to purchase gin and cheese. He was the editor of Scourge, which helped to make Cruikshank famous, and after a very chequered career died in St. Giles's Workhouse" (Hardie). Abbey Life 340; Hardie English Coloured Books p.173; Prideaux p.303-304; Tooley 331.

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Bellmans
Lot 129

FREMONT, J. C. (1813-90). Narrative of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, London, 1846, 8vo, 4 lithographed plates, folding map, original cloth decorated in blind. FIRST U.K. EDITION. With 3 related works in 5 vols. (6)FREMONT, John Charles (1813-90).  Narrative of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California, In the Years 1843-44. London: Wiley and Putnam, 1846. 8vo (224 x 140mm). Lithographed frontispiece of "The American Falls of Lewis Fork," large folding "Map of the Western & Middle Portions of North America, to illustrate the History of California, Oregon & the other Countries on the North West Coast of America by Robert Greenhow," lithographed by Day & Haghe, 3 lithographed plates ("Hill of Columnar Basalt on the Columbia River," "Devil's Gate" and "Pyramid Lake"), tables (map torn without loss). Original dark blue/grey cloth stamped in blind with a design incorporating the American eagle on the upper cover, spine lettered in gilt (some very faint white staining). Provenance: From the Collection of the late Seymour Stein (1942-2023); "Ministry of Defence Library Services. Withdrawn" (stamps and library numbers on title, with faint stamp beneath, and library label at foot of spine); "Military Depot, Q.M.G. [Quarter Master General] Department" (label on front pastedown); "Bain Bookseller, 1 Haymarket" (small bookseller's label on front pastedown). FIRST U.K. EDITION. Despite being ex-library, this copy is in remarkably fresh and crisp condition, especially the folding map. Graff 1436; Howes F370; Sabin 25841; Streeter Sale 3132; Wheat Mapping the Transmississippi West 1540-1861 512. With 3 other related works in 5 vols., namely [Pierre de Sales Laterrière's] A Political and Historical Account of Lower Canada ... By a Canadian (London, 1830, 8vo, contemporary orange library buckram, ex-library copy, with stamps, FIRST EDITION), Henry Stuart Foote's Texas and the Texans; or, Advance of the Anglo-Americans to the South-West (Philadelphia, Thomas, Cowperthwaite & Co., 1841, 2 vols., 8vo, modern library buckram, ex-library copy, with stamps, FIRST EDITION) and Hochelaga, or, England in the New World. Edited by Eliot Warburton (London, 1846, 2 vols., 8vo, lithographed frontispiece of "Canadian Travelling", original cloth, head of spine of vol. II torn away, ex-library copy, with stamps, FIRST EDITION). The lot sold not subject to return. (6) 

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Bellmans
Lot 100

BOCK, Carl (1849-1932). The Head-Hunters of Borneo, London, 1881, large 8vo, folding map, 30 lithographed plates, of which 28 coloured, illustrations (some staining), original coloured pictorial cloth gilt (partly disbound). FIRST EDITION.BOCK, Carl Alfred (1849-1932).  The Head-Hunters of Borneo: A Narrative of Travel up the Mahakkam and Down the Barito; Also, Journeying in Sumatra. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1881. Large 8vo (262 x 180mm). Half title, folding engraved map of South East Borneo printed in colours, 30 lithographed plates by C. F. Kell after the author, of which 28 coloured, illustrations, tables (map and many plates and text leaves detached or loose, some mainly marginal spotting, staining and browning). Original pictorial cloth gilt, uncut, brown endpapers (rubbed, upper joints split at head, scuffed and stained, partly disbound). Provenance: From the Collection of the late Seymour Stein (1942-2023); "War Office Library"; "Quarter M[aster] G[eneral]'s Dept. Intelligence Branch" (2 stamps on title, with "Ministry of Defence. Withdrawn from Stock" stamp over the former). FIRST EDITION. Bobins The Exotic and the Beautiful 282.

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Lot 53

A fine and very rare large late 19th century patinated and bronzed alloy conical pendulum clockThe figure stamped A. Carrier. The patinated figure of a woman sporting a diadem in crimped and waved hair tied high in a stylised top knot, her classically inspired dress bunched above the waist and cast with flowing creases and a gilt-heightened fringe; with her left arm raised she gazes towards the pendulum rod as it continuously rotates, a sheaf of leaves in her lowered right hand; she stands - without shoes - on a shaped base festooned in heavy laurel and berry swags, further mounted on an ebonised wooden stand with bowed sides and elaborately moulded base. The 5.5 inch black dial with gilt Roman numerals with each minute marked by a single line and with subsidiary dial for running seconds (hand missing) at XII, with gilt Breguet style moon hands. The spring driven movement wound through the dial, with vertical pinion above XII to drive a continuously rotating open arrow hand in which sits the tip of the pendulum rod, the spherical two-part bob applied with five-pointed stars (29 of the original 30 still in position), with a simple hook at the top to locate into the silk suspension to allow for free rotation. Striking the hours on a bell. The figure 1.48m (4ft 10.5ins) high; the pedestal 91cms (3ft) high. Total height 2.39m (7ft 10ins) high. (Farcot)Footnotes:The top of the backplate is punch numbered 125, 450, with an oval stamp between reading B. R & Cie B T S. G. D. G. Paris. The bottom of the backplate is stamped YMT in a circle.An identical model, but with enamel dial featured in The Joseph M. Meraux Collection of Rare and Unusual Clocks, Sotheby's New York, June 28th 1993, lot 499, sold for $23,000. Another similar model by Farcot on a marble plinth also featured in the same sale, lot 494 sold for $134,500.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP For auctions held in Scotland: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Constantine, Constantine House, North Caldeen Road, Coatbridge ML5 4EF, Scotland, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please refer to the catalogue for further information.For all other auctions: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

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Lot 150

Wells (H.G.) The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance, first edition, half-title, title in red & black, 2pp. advertisements at end, ink date and embossed stamp to endpaper, one or two spots to half-title, hinge cracked but holding firm, original pictorial cloth, lettered in gilt, slight shelf lean, spine faded, light spot to lower cover otherwise an excellent example, [Hammond B4], 8vo, 1897.

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Lot 163

Royal wedding.- Stoop (Dirk, circa 1610-1686) Six festival prints illustrating Catherine of Braganza's voyage from Portugal to England on the eve of her marriage to Charles II in 1662, lacking the final and seventh print in the series, engravings, early impressions with burr printing in places, each platemark approx.190 x 565 mm (7 5/8 x 22 1/4 in), two with small margins, the others trimmed to the platemark or just within, old central folds with two splitting but reinforced verso, some scattered spotting and minor browning, light surface dirt, all tipped at the left corners onto support, each support verso with purple ink stamp 'Zentralstelle für Denkmalschutz', unframed, 1662Provenance:[Plate 1 only] Johann Peter Maria Cerroni (1753-1826) [Lugt 1432]Olga Raggio (art historian and curator with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1926-2009)Gifted to the present owner⁂ Exceptionally scarce on the open market, with no auction records of the complete suite or individual plates that we can trace in the last 30 years. The British Museum appear to hold a complete set of seven, however Rudolph Weigel notes in the Supplement au Peintre-Graveur de Bartsch that 'this suite is so rare that there are barely four copies that are complete'.Prints included illustrate:1) The entrance of the Lord Ambassador Montagu into the City of Lisbonne the 28 day of March, 16622) The publique proceeding of the Queenes Matie, of Great Britaine through ye Citty of Lisbone ye 20th day of Aprill, 16623) The manner how her Matie Dona Catherina imbarketh from Lisbon for England4) The Duke of York's meeting with ye Royall Navy after it came into the Channell5) The manner of the Queenes Maties. landing at Portsmouth, &c.6) Ye coming of ye King's Matie and ye Queene from Portsmouth to Hampton Court

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Lot 173

δ Drury (Paul) Evening, etching, an excellent well inked impression on antique laid paper with watermark of grapes, signed and dated in pencil, platemark 75 x 99 mm (3 x 3 7/8 in), sheet 126 x 167 mm (4 7/8 x 6 5/8 in), small marginal loss to lower left corner, pin holes to each corner, small nick to centre right edge, minor surface dirt, collector's ink stamp of T.P.H[oskins] verso, unframed, 1925.δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.

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Lot 176

δ Drury (Paul) March Morning, etching, an excellent impression on cream wove paper without watermark, signed in pencil and inscribed 'Trial Proof', platemark 134 x 160 mm (5 1/4 x 6 1/4 in), sheet 207 x 234 mm (8 1/8 x 9 1/4 in), collector's ink stamp of T.P. Hoskins verso, unframed, 1933; together with 'September', a good but later impression from the edition of 100, signed and dated in pencil '1928', platemark 100 x 127 mm (3 7/8 x 5 in), wide margins, unframed, 1928 [but 1987] (2)δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.

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Lot 180

Robinson (William Heath) Four "Rough Sketches" for published designs, including "Hope", "Lunch time in the country", "The Crashers", and another showing a lady tucked up in bed, all pen and black ink over pencil underdrawing, all signed and inscribed lower left, some further annotations in pencil with notes regarding colouring, on various wove papers, the first three mentioned each measure approx. 380 x 275 mm (15 x 10 3/4 in), the last sheet approx. 265 x 255 mm (10 1/2 x 10 in), "Hope" with ink stamp verso with return address of 'A.E. Johnson' and inscribed in pencil '[by] W.H. Robinson', occasional marginal nicks and handling creases, two with vertical folds and old splitting to edges, scattered surface dirt, all unframed, [early 20th century] (4)

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