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Lot 1420
SIMPLEX STAMP ALBUM - GREAT BRITAIN an album including 19thc and 20thc used and mint GB stamps from QV to QE11 (1d red's, block of used QV one penny stamps, Postal Union Congress etc), also with British Commonwealth mint and used stamps, Aden, Ascension, Australia, Bahamas, Bermuda, Ceylon, Cyprus, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, India, Malta etc.
Lot 1426
ROYAL MAIL PRESENTATION MINT STAMP PACKS 5 albums with a large qty of Royal Mail Mint Stamp Packs, including Lest We Forget 1916-2006, The Beatles, The Sky at Night, Machin Definitives, Harry Potter, Royal Diamond Wedding Anniversary, Royal Wedding Anniversary, Royal Mail Millennium Stamps, Nobel Prizes, D Day, Channel Tunnel, Robert Burns, Crimean War, Castle Definitives 1955, The Ashes 2005, Penny Black Anniversary Stamps, and many more. (5)
Lot 1430
STAMP ALBUMS - BRITISH COMMONWEALTH & WORLD CONTENT various stock books with used and mint 19thc and 20thc stamps, including Ceylon, India (including various sets in packs), Japan, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, Pitcairn Islands, Newfoundland, South Africa, Nigeria, Sweden, Russia, Belgium, Germany and many more. Also with additional small stamp albums, loose stamps, and misc items.
Lot 1432
STAMP ALBUMS & FIRST DAY COVERS various stamp albums including a Senator album with mostly used and mint 20thc GB stamps, Simplex Junior album with GB and Commonwealth content, Strand album with World content, and various other albums with GB and World content. Also with a qty of first day covers, mint stamp packs etc.
Lot 1436
STAMP ALBUMS including a New Ideal Postage Stamp Album, with 19thc and 20thc used and mint stamps including, Great Britain (QV- George VI), Antigua, Australian Commonwealth, Bahamas, Barbados, British Guiana, Canada (good selection), Cape of Good Hope (3 triangle used stamps), Ceylon, Egypt, Hong Kong, India, New Zealand, North Borneo, and many more. Also with an album of 1937 Coronation Commonwealth mint stamps, 3 other albums and box of loose stamps. (6)
Lot 1439
STAMP ALBUMS including 3 albums of 25th Anniversary of the Coronation Her Majesty QE II 1953-1978, including mint British Commonwealth stamps (partially filled), Isle of Man mint stamps, Silver Jubilee Stamps, album of world stamps (mint and used including India and Indian States), album of GB and world stamps (19thc and 20thc), album of used world content etc. (11)
Lot 1441
NEW IDEAL STAMP ALBUMS two sparse albums with various World used and mint stamps from the 19thc and 20thc, including Albania, Argentina, Austria, Bavaria, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Cuba, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Liberia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Turkey, United States, Switzerland and many more. (2)
Lot 1453
COIN COVERS & FIRST DAY COVERS three albums with The Royal Family first day covers and coin covers, including coin covers such as 1997 Golden Wedding St Vincent & The Grenadines stamp and coin, Queen Victoria, Edward VII, George V, Edward VIII, mint stamps etc. Also with an album of coin covers, First Man on the Moon 1989, Space Shuttle 1991, and WWF album with coin covers, mint stamps, first day covers etc. (5)
Lot 1454
FIRST DAY COVERS & AUTOGRAPHS various albums of First Day Covers including some signed examples, signed examples include Richard Chipperfield, John Kettley, Randolph Churchill, Paddy Ashdown, Peter Gwynn-Jones CVO, Dame Very Lynn, various Bishops, Peter Dimmock CVO, Bruce Forsyth, David Suchet, Terence Cuneo, Carrie Fisher, etc, signed photographs including David Frost, Anna Ford, Richard Baker, Noel Edmonds, etc. Also with an album with stamp presentation packs etc.
Lot 1463
STAMP ALBUMS - GREAT BRITAIN & COMMONWEALTH 3 stamp albums, one album with GB QV-QEII, including a large qty of 1d red's with plate numbers, 2d blues, and other QV stamps, KG V Seahorse stamps (used), air mail, mint QE II stamps etc), 2nd album well laid out with mint and used Commonwealth stamps (Malaya, Malta, Nauru, New Guinea, Newfoundland, Norfolk Island, South Africa, St Helena and many more), 3rd album well laid out with mint and used Commonwealth stamps (Aden, Australia, Bahamas, Burma, Canada, Cyprus, Falkland Islands, Hong Kong and many more). 2nd and 3rd albums with various notes. (3)
Lot 1464
ROYAL MAIL PRESENTATION MINT STAMP PACKS 5 albums with a large qty of Mint Stamp Packs, including Alice in Wonderland, Royal Mail Definitives, Comedy Greats, 175th Anniversary of the Penny Black, Star Wars, Votes for Women, The Crown Jewels, Space Science, Football Heroes, Doctor Who, Gibraltar (various, early 1980's), Silver Jubilee, and many more. Also with some loose examples. (5)
Lot 195
Mattel - He-Man - A boxed 1989 He-Man Starship Eternia # 2133. This rare set which transforms into 12 action modes shows some signs of age and play use but appears in Very Good overall condition. The red push switches on top of the light module is missing, and one of the four lugs that holds the canopy in place has broken off. The box is in Good condition with some wear and has a small stamp sized square hole cut out of the rear face where a collectable token was originally. There is no instruction sheet with it so it is unchecked for completeness. (This does not constitute a guarantee)
Lot 506
Archer, Sir Geoffrey, The Birds of British Somaliland and the Gulf of Aden, published by Gurney and Jackson, four volumes, volumes one and two bearing library stamp for Kota Bharu, volumes three and four with presentation inscription signed by the author David Bannerman, together with a collection of bird booksVolumes I and II in poor condition, loose binding and covers missing. Volumes II and IV missing the map.
Lot 663
Uruguay - - Fotografias de Montevideo. Album mit 24 montierten Original-Photographien. Vintages. Kollodiumpapierabzüge. Format: Ca. 11,5 x 16,5 cm. Uruguay, um 1880. 14 x 20 cm. Original-Leinwandalbum mit vergoldetem Deckeltitel.Die Photos jeweils im Negativ bezeichnet. Die Innenseite des Vorderdeckels mit Photographenstempel "Luis Pastorino, Fotografo, Calle Minas, Montevideo". - Die Aufnahmen zeigen Stadt- und Hafenansichten von Montevideo und Umgebung. - Exzellenter Zustand.Original linen album (14 x 20 cm) with gilt title to front cover "Fotografias de Montevideo" with 24 mounted original photographs; vintages; collodion paper prints; each c. 11.5 x 16.5 cm and annotated in the negative. With photographers credit stamp "Luis Pastorino, Fotografo, Calle Minas, Montevideo" on the verso of the front cover. The images show street views and harbour scenes of Montevideo and surroundings. - Excellent condition!
Lot 129
Ireland.- An address to the citizens of Dublin, upon Mr. K-n's case, and Capt. W-r's answer, upper inner margin of all ff. excised, not affecting text, all but 1 f. with red ink library stamp within text, which remains perfectly legible, some foxing or staining, lightly browned, disbound, 8vo, Dublin, no printer, 1755.⁂ Rare, with ESTC recording only two copies (National Library of Ireland and Dublin City), and WorldCat adding only one other (Uni. of Arkansas).
Lot 131
Wieland (C. M.) Socrates out of his Senses: or, Dialogues of Diogenes of Sinope, 2 vol. in 1, first English edition, translated by Mr Wintersted, engraved frontispieces, advertisement leaf at end, contemporary ink ownership signature and stamp to front free endpaper, some light spotting, later calf, joints rubbed and splitting but holding firm, spine gilt in compartments, 8vo, for T. Davies, 1771.
![Military.- binding.- [Vane-Tempest (5th Marquess of Londonderry, George Henry)]. Story of the Peninsular War, plates, lightly](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/4a4723c7-038b-4807-9693-ae9200fe6e0b/915e8b07-a919-474a-8af2-ae92010afd50/468x382.jpg)
Lot 147
Military.- binding.- [Vane-Tempest (5th Marquess of Londonderry, George Henry)]. Story of the Peninsular War, plates, lightly spotted, contemporary ink ownership inscription to pastedown, contemporary red morocco, bordered in gilt blind-stamped floral design, 1856 § Brereton (Capt. F. S.) With Roberts to Candahar: A Tale of the Third Afghan War, illustrations, prize bookplate to pastedown, contemporary polished blue calf binding with prize school blind stamp to upper cover, spine gilt in compartments with morocco spine label, 1907 § Fitchett (W. H.) Wellington's Men, prize bookplate to pastedown, contemporary polished calf, prize lettering of school blind-stamped to upper cover, red morocco spine label, 1900, very light scuffing but overall attractive bindings, 8vo (3)
Lot 148
Bindings.- Christmas with the Poets, additional chromolithograph frontispiece heightened with gold, plain illustrations, light abrasion mark to half-title, original cloth, panelled inlay with ornate blind-stamp title and floral border, g.e., gilt, extremities lightly rubbed, faded, 1862 § Scott (Sir Walter) The Lord of the Isles, frontispiece, additional title and plates, original green cloth, ornately blindstamped with rich coat of arms design in red and blue to upper cover, spine g.e., gilt, spine faded, extremities bumped and creased, 1857, 8vo (2)
Lot 15
Birds.- Swann (H. Kirke) A Monograph of the Birds of Prey (Order Accipitres), edited by Alexander Wetmore, 2 vol., bound from the original 16 parts, first edition, [one of 412 copies ], 39 colour plates after H.Gronvold including 5 of eggs, 17 photogravure plates, all mounted on stubs, final plate of vol.1 slightly creased at fore-edge, modern cloth, original printed wrappers bound in, ex-library copy with perforated stamp to foot of some upper wrappers and ink stamp to verso of some plates, [Nissen IVB 917], 4to, 1930-45.⁂ Exhaustive monograph on the diurnal birds of prey, completed by Wetmore after Kirke Swann's death.
Lot 199
NO RESERVE Motion (Andrew) Laurels and Donkeys, signed presentation inscription from the author to Gavin Stamp, original boards, dust-jacket, 2010; Beresford (Anne) Vor Acht Leben, number 28 of 50 copies signed by the author and artist, illustrations by Alexandra Frohloff, original wrappers, Fuchstal, 2014 § Paulin (Tom) The Book of Juniper, number 7 of 25 copies signed by the author and illustrator, illustrations by Noel Connor, original wrappers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1981, first editions, fine copies; and 5 others, poetry, 8vo (8)
Lot 205
NO RESERVE Wells (H.G.) The War in the Air, and Particularly How Mr. Bert Smallways Fared While It Lasted, first edition, frontispiece and 15 plates by A.C. Michael, foxing, endpapers browned, upper hinge cracked but holding firm, original first issue cloth, light fading to spine, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light rubbing to extremities, 1908; La Guerre dan les Airs, Roman. Traduit par Henry-D. Davray et B. Kozakiewicz, first French edition, signed presentation inscription from the translators to half-title, light marginal toning, original wrappers, perforated blind-stamp to upper cover, light surface soiling, glacine dust-jacket, Paris, 1910, 8vo (2)
![NO RESERVE Wells (H.G.) The Country of the Blind and Other Stories, colour frontispiece, some scattered spotting, [1911]; Ki](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/4a4723c7-038b-4807-9693-ae9200fe6e0b/bb408394-ae76-4082-875f-ae92010a2155/468x382.jpg)
Lot 206
NO RESERVE Wells (H.G.) The Country of the Blind and Other Stories, colour frontispiece, some scattered spotting, [1911]; Kipps. The Story of a Simple Soul, presentation blind-stamp to title, 1905; The New Machiavelli, the Richard Jennings-Michael Sadleir copy with their respective pencil inscription and book label to endpapers, light browning to endpapers, 1911, first editions, original cloth, some light toning to spines, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, excellent copies; and another by the same (4)
Lot 233
NO RESERVE Music.- Elgar (Edward) The Apostles. Parts I & II, signed presentation inscription from the composer "Edward Elgar: Birmingham Festival Oct: 14th. 1903" to head of "Note" page, vocal and piano music scores, annotations in blue pencil and graphite, light browning to endpapers, original cloth-backed decorated boards, ink ownership inscription and stamp to upper cover, spine ends and corners bumped, light rubbing and surface soiling, 8vo, Novello and Company, 1903.⁂ Signed by Elgar at the first performance, which he also conducted. The annotations largely consist of performance notes, however there are a few alterations to the composition which possibly indicate that the score was used for rehearsals with the composer who proceeded to make a few last-minute changes.
Lot 27
Botany.- Moore (Thomas) The Octavo Nature-Printed British Ferns, 2 vol., first 8vo edition, 122 nature-printed colour plates, tissue guards, occasional spotting, ex-library copy with numbers to verso of titles, contemporary cloth, rebacked and recornered in calf, spines slightly faded, [Nissen BBI 1401], 1859 § Sinclair (George) Hortus Gramineus Woburnensis, second edition, half-title, 60 hand-coloured lithographed plates, half-title and final leaf browned, light spotting, the naturalist & ecologist David Bellamy's copy with his bookplate, also stamp of the botanist C.E.Hubbard, modern buckram, spine faded, [Nissen BBI 1850], 1825; and 3 others on mosses, 8vo (6)⁂ The first contains many more plates than the folio edition of 1855.
Lot 4
Agriculture.- Ewart (John) A Treatise on the Arrangement and Construction of Agricultural Buildings, only edition, half-title, 19 lithographed plates and plans, one with flaps to show different options, list of subscribers at end, foxing to first few leaves, ex-Royal Agricultural Society of England copy with stamp to title and bookplate, original cloth, glazed paper label to upper cover, upper corners bumped, rebacked, London, Edinburgh & Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1851 § Aiton (William) A Treatise on the Origin, Qualities, and Cultivation of Moss-Earth, with directions for converting it into Manure, second edition, half-title, bookplate of the naturalist David Bellamy, contemporary half calf, Air, 1811 § Gyllenborg (G.A.)A Natural and Chymical Treatise of Agriculture, edited by W.Pilkinton, second edition, original boards, uncut, stained, rebacked, Romsey, 1822 § Johnson (C.W.) On Fertilizers, first edition, half-title, 16pp. publisher's catalogue at end, original boards, uncut, soiled, rebacked, 1839, all a little rubbed; and 4 others, agriculture, v.s. (8)⁂ Library Hub locates only 6 UK copies of the first.
Lot 43
NO RESERVE Primates.- Kohts (Nadezhda Nikolaevna Ladygina) Adaptive Motor Habits of the Macacus Rhesus under experimental conditions, first edition, signed presentation copy from the author to Prof. Dr. Arthur Keith inscribed at head of title (slightly cropped), title in Russian & English, text in Russian, plates, tables, ex-library copy with stamps, library buckram, Moscow, Museum Darwinianum, [1928] § Murie (J.)& St.George Mivart. On the Anatomy of the Lemuroidea, 'Transactions of the Zoological Society', vol.VII part I, drop-head title, 6 lithographed plates, one double-page, illustrations, bookplate and stamp of the primatologist W.C.Osman Hill, later cloth, 1866 § Tyson (Edward) Orang-Outang, sive Homo Sylvestris: or, the Anatomy of a Pygmie, facsimile reprint of 1699 edition, folding plates, original cloth, 1966; and another on primates, 8vo & 4to (4)⁂ Nadia Kohts (1890-1963) was a pioneer in the study of animal cognition. She was the wife of Alexander Fiordorovich Kohts, founding director of the Museum Darwinianum in Moscow.Sir Arthur Keith (1866-1955), anatomist and anthropologist who did much research into apes and monkeys.
Lot 44
Reeve (Henry) An Essay on the Torpidity of Animals, first edition, half-title, presentation copy from the author's great nieces to the Royal College of Surgeons with withdrawn stamp, foxed, original boards, uncut, rubbed, rebacked in cloth, 1809 § Paxton (James) Illustrations of Paley's Natural Theology, first edition, 36 lithographed plates, 10 hand-coloured or partly so, title browned, modern calf-backed boards, [Wellcome IV, 320], Oxford, 1826 § Zimmermann (E.A.G.) Zoologie Géographique. Premiere Article l'Homme, first edition in French, old ink library stamp on title, contemporary sheep-backed boards, Cassel, 1784 § Josse (F.) De la Chaleur Animale, et de ses divers rapports, only edition, half-title, engraved plate, light marginal staining, bookplate of the nutritionist John Yudkin, modern cloth, uncut, Paris, An IX - 1801, 8vo (4)⁂ The first concerns animal hibernation, and the last is a supplementary work to Lavoisier's theories on animal heat and respiration.
Lot 49
Veterinary & Farriery.- White (James) A Treatise on Veterinary Medicine, 2 vol., mixed edition, vol.1 tenth edition, vol.1 with 14 stipple-engraved plates (4 hand- coloured) and vol.2 with 3, lightly browned, contemporary tree calf, spines gilt, 1812-11 § [Apperley (C.J.)], "Nimrod". Remarks on the Condition of Hunters..., second edition, later half calf, 1834 § Robertson (W.) A Text-book of the Practice of Equine Medicine, first edition, presentation copy from the author to the Birmingham Medical Institute inscribed on title and with faint stamp, modern cloth, [c.1883], the first two a little rubbed, 8vo (4)
Lot 57
Chemistry.- Neumann (Caspar) The Chemical Works, edited by William Lewis, first edition in English, engraved bookplate of Matthew Lewis, contemporary speckled calf, rubbed, rebacked, corners repaired, for W.Johnston [& others], 1759 § Watson (Richard) Chemical Essays, 5 vol., mixed edition (as often: vol.1-3 fifth edition, vol.4 fourth edition, vol.5 unspecified), from the library of Matthew Boulton with small Christie's book-label to front pastedowns, contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed, vol.1 a little worn with upper cover detached, T.Evans, 1789-91-89 § Thomson (Thomas) The History of Chemistry, 2 vol., first edition, engraved portrait (foxed), advertisements at beginning, original cloth, uncut, rubbed and faded, 1830 § Colver (Capt. E. de W.S.) High Explosives: a Practical Treatise, first edition, plates and illustrations, folding table, ex-library copy with embossed stamp to title and plates, modern cloth, 1918; and 10 others on chemistry, v.s. (19)
Lot 58
Chemistry.- Scheele (Carl Wilhelm) Traité Chimique de l'Air et du Feu, 2 vol. in 1 including Supplement, first edition in French, folding engraved plate, lacking final blank, contemporary ink signatures to head of titles (slightly shaved), old ink library stamp to main title, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, rebacked with gilt spine, corners repaired, [Duveen 533; Ferguson II, 331], 8vo, Paris, 1781.⁂ Scheele's most important work, announcing his discovery of oxygen, made independently of Priestley.
Lot 61
Colour.- Field (George) Chromatics; or, the Analogy, Harmony, and Philosophy of Colours, New Edition, advertisement leaf, half-title, 11 plates, most engraved, 7 hand-coloured, illustrations, some hand-coloured, 1845 § Chevreul (M.) The Principles of Harmony and Contrast of Colours..., translated by Charles Martel, third edition, 15 chromolithographed plates, 4 folding or double-page plates, most engraved, one with volvelle (detached), folding table, advertisements to endpapers, 1860 § Ostwald (Wilhelm) Colour Science, 2 vol., 6 plates, 4 with colour wheels or charts, one folding, errata slip, Windsor & Newton, [1933]Meldola (R.) & others, editors. Jubilee of the Discovery of Mauve and of the Foundation of the Coal-Tar Industry by Sir W.H.Perkin, plates, folding table, [1906] § Maerz (A.) & M.Rea Paul. A Dictionary of Color, plates of colour charts, old ink library stamp to title, 1930, all original cloth, rubbed, the first recased, the fourth faded; and 13 others on colour, 8vo & 4to (19)
Lot 63
Davy (Sir Humphry).- Journal of Science and the Arts, Vol.I, 2 parts in 1, 12 engraved plates, 3 folding, some light spotting, contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed, lower joint split, 1816 § Paris (John Ayrton) The Life of Sir Humphry Davy, first edition, engraved portrait and folding facsimile letter, both foxed, portrait also water-stained, stamp removed from foot of title, engraved bookplate of Thomas Martin, original cloth, uncut, rubbed and faded, rebacked preserving original spine with paper label, 1831; and another by Davy, 8vo & 4to (3)⁂ The first includes the following papers by or relating to Davy: 'On the Wire-gauze Safe-lamps for preventing Explosions from Fire-Damp, and for giving Light in Explosive Atmospheres in Coal Mines', pp.1-5; 'On Aqua-regia, or Nitro-muratic Acid', pp.67-68; 'On the Analogies between the undecompounded Substances, and on the Constitution of Acids', pp.283-288; 'On the Prussic Basis and Acid', pp.288-289; 'A Letter on the Practical Application of the Wire-Gauze Safe-lamp, from John Buddle...', pp. 302-305; 'Observations on the preceding Letter', by Sir H.Davy, pp.305-307. It also includes 'Demonstrations of some of Dr.Matthew Stewart's General Theorems; to which is added, an Account of some new Properties of the Circle' by Charles Babbage.
Lot 65
Electricity.- Bertholon (Pierre) De l'Électricité du Corps Humain dans l'État de Santé et de Maladie, first edition, half-title, 3pp. privilege at end, tables, red ink ownership stamp to inner margin of title, contemporary half calf, Lyons, Bernuset, 1780; De l'Électricité des Végétaux, first edition, half-title, 3 folding engraved plates, folding table, privilege leaf at end, old prize presentation label to front pastedown, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, very slight worming to foot of spine, Lyons, Bernuset, 1783, rubbed, 12mo & 8vo (2)⁂ The first is an important work on the effects of electricity on the human body; the second is a companion volume on the application of electricity to plants in order to promote growth.
![Manufacturing.- [Macquer (Philippe)] Dictionnaire Portatif des Arts et Metiers..., 3 vol., first edition, light spotting and](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/4a4723c7-038b-4807-9693-ae9200fe6e0b/e92ac9f4-979c-4b2b-8111-ae92010a2cfb/468x382.jpg)
Lot 82
Manufacturing.- [Macquer (Philippe)] Dictionnaire Portatif des Arts et Metiers..., 3 vol., first edition, light spotting and browning, slight worming to inner front board and a couple of leaves of vol.3, contemporary mottled boards, slightly worn, together in modern cloth slip-case, Yverdon, 1766-67 § Aikin (A.) On Tanning and Leather-Dressing, bound with 5 other papers by the same on timber, saccharine substances, corn-mills, cotton, artificial light & candles, all reprinted from 'Transactions of the Society of Arts, Manufactures, Commerce, &c.', signatures of W.O.Aikin and A.J.Aikin to front free endpaper, modern cloth-backed boards, 1834-39 § Clark (R.Ingham) A Few Notes on Varnishes and Fossil Resins, only edition, illustrations by James West, original pictorial cloth, [1891] § Schmidt (Dr.C.H.) Der Fabricant von Kautschuk- und Guttapercha-Waaren, only edition, 8 folding plates, foxed, light water-staining at beginning, old ink library stamp to title, old half cloth, rubbed, Weimar, 1856; and 9 others on manufacturing including a few trade catalogues, 8vo & 4to (15)⁂ The last item, on the manufacture of rubber and gutta percha, is rare; WorldCat locates a few copies on the Continent but only one in the UK (BL). The product was used for drive belts, gromits, insulation, shock absorbers for railway wagons, and for many medical & surgical items such as elastic bandages, straps, pads, supports, tubes, catheters, breast pumps etc.
Lot 87
Priestley (Joseph) Experiments and Observations relating to various branches of Natural Philosophy; with a Continuation of the Observations of Air, 3 vol., first edition, vol.1 issue with "peinted" in imprint, folding engraved frontispieces (that in vol.2 cropped close to image at fore-edge), vol.1 with errata & 3pp. advertisements at end, vol.2 & 3 with 6pp. advertisements, vol.2 also with additional pp.395-398* at end of Appendix (misbound), vol.1 a little browned and with water-staining to upper inner margin of some leaves, faint trace of library stamp to foot of titles, contemporary calf, rubbed, edges rather worn, rebacked in morocco with green labels, vol.1 London, J.Johnson, vol.2 & 3 Birmingham, Pearson & Rollason for Johnson, 1779-86; Histoire de l'Électricité, [translated by Abbé Nollet & M.J.Brisson], 3 vol., first edition in French, half-titles, 9 folding engraved plates, an attractive set in contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt with red roan labels, slightly rubbed, Paris, Herissant, 1771, 8vo et infra (6)⁂ The first item comprises the three supplementary volumes to Priestley's Observations on Different Kinds of Air, 3 vol., 1774-77.
Lot 88
Radioactivity.- Aston (F.W.) Isotopes, first edition, some light foxing, original blue cloth, lower cover lightly stained and warped, [PMM 412], 1922 § Strutt (R.J.) The Becquerel Rays and the Properties of Radium, first edition, small ink ownership stamp to title, portion cut away from front free endpaper, some spotting, original cloth, spine a little rubbed and faded, 1904 § Curie (Pierre) Oeuvres, first collected edition, photogravure frontispiece, some foxing, modern cloth, original printed wrappers bound in (rubbed and frayed, repaired), uncut, [PMM 394b], Paris, 1908, plates and illustrations; and 4 others on radioactivity and nuclear science, 8vo (7)⁂ Aston, assistant to J.J.Thomson, developed the mass spectrograph to measure atomic weights; R.J.Strutt was the son of the physicist Lord Rayleigh and his work on alpha radiation was later proved by Rutherford; Pierre Curie won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 with his wife Marie and Henri Becquerel for their research into radioactivity.
Lot 91
Steam Engines.- Act of Parliament. An Act for vesting in James Watt, Engineer, his Executors, Administrators, and Assigns, the sole use and Property of certain Steam Engines, commonly called Fire Engines, of his Invention..., title and 8pp., extract pp.1587-1594, by Charles Eyre and William Strachan, 1775; An Act to enable Matthew Boulton, Engineer, to export the Machinery necessary for erecting a Mint in the Dominions of His Imperial Majesty, the Emperor of all the Russias, 3pp., extract pp.753-755, 1799, disbound, preserved together in modern cloth portfolio with morocco label § Partington (C.F.) An Historic and Descriptive Account of the Steam Engine, first edition, folding engraved frontispiece, advertisement leaf and 7 folding plates at end (foxed, some loose), trace of library stamp to title, original boards, uncut, rubbed, rebacked, 1822 § Young (C.F.T.) The Economy of Steam Power on common Roads, first edition, large folding plate of Boydell's Traction Engine, errata slip, plates and illustrations, original pictorial cloth, gilt, rubbed, spine faded, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, [1860]; and another on steam engines, folio & 8vo (5)⁂ Watt took out his first patent on a steam engine in 1769; the first act here was an extension of that patent giving him and his partner Matthew Boulton the sole right to manufacture the engine until 1800. Boulton used Watt's invention to improve the minting of coinage, for which he took out a patent in 1790. He produced the machinery at his Soho Foundry in Birmingham, the second act enabling him to export it to Russia, which would otherwise have been illegal.
Lot 78
A 19th Century Chinese Wanli Ming mark blue & white porcelain writing block / stamp brick of square form having an ochre finished twin section top with decorated botanical sides and Kaishu script marks throughout. The underside bearing a six character Wanli mark. No visible signs of major damage. Measures approx; 5cm x 13cm x 9cm.
Lot 111
Art Deco Goldscheider Figure, designed by Josef Lorenzl of a female Tarantella dancer in a pink floral dress with a tambourine, on a black oval base, model 6759, 'Lorenzl' stamp to base along with 'MADE IN AUSTRIA'. 20cm high.Overall crazing. Restorations to the arms and neck. Fairly good quality restoration, skin tone matches, however the residue has spread to areas of the chest and lower face
Lot 256
Newlyn School rectangular copper framed mirror, repousse decorated with six fish around the perimeter, with other marine forms and a central scallop shell to the bottom. The mirror has a bevelled edge and the fame is stamped 'Newlyn' to the top edge. 69cm x 37cm.No cracks to the mirror or loss of silvering however some surface scratches commensurate with age. Copper in good condition with patination to the bottom of the mirror and some oxidation to the edges of the repousse designs and the mirror edge. Clear 'NEWLYN' stamp.
Lot 259
Pair of mid-century teak side cabinets made by Lane, Altavista, Virginia, each with a single drawer, 'Lane' stamp to the inside of both cabinets. 56cm wide, 76cm deep, 56cm high.One cabinet is in good condition, the other has loose legs on one side and a crack reglued on one of the stretchers. There is still some movement to the legs due to this so the piece would benefit from some re-gluing or re-screwing. Also, the brass ball joint is loose. Please see all additional images.
Lot 262
Tim Stead burr elm corner cupboard with two hinged doors and a three shelf interior with bronze paste rubbed into areas of the wood. 87cm wide, 53cm deep, 189cm highThe cupboard is in good overall condition with no damage apart from a small area in the top left corner of a rear panel (photographed). The vendor of this item was in the wood trade and supplied Tim Stead with elm and other woods for his work. This piece was given to the gentleman as a form of payment for providing the wood. There is no signature/stamp however the vendor in question received the pieces directly from Tim Stead in the 1980's.
Lot 27
After Josef Lorenzl (1892-1950) Art deco cast metal figure of a partially clothed female dancer on a tapering square onyx base. Lorenzl signature scratched into the bronze base of the figure. 19cm tall including base.There is no stamp to the base to prove that the figure is or isn't bronze, there are a couple of scratched areas where the metal is silver coloured below. No splits or cracks to the figure or the base. The figure is solidly attached to the base and stands straight. the are a couple of small chips that can be felt with your fingernail to the edges of the onyx base. Patination to the figure, mainly to the arms and hair.
Lot 9
Franz Bergman, early 20th century Austrian cold painted bronze band of 10 dog musicians playing instruments including the drums, trumpet, horn, cello. triangle, symbols a singer and composer. All ten dogs in the band have the Bergman 'B' urn stamp to the inside of their hind leg or to the underside of the base if larger. The drummer and the cello player are also stamped 'AUSTRIA', average height 8cm.
Lot 92
8 pieces of T&G Green, blue and white hooped Cornishware to include Patna Rice, Be-Ro, Currants, Tapioca, Rice, Utensils, Flour and one plain.All stamped with a variation of T&G Green logos (mostly black shield and green church) apart from 'Utensils' which has no mark/stamp. Photographed are the undersides of Patna Rice and Be-Ro, both with 1930's era 'Green & Co LTD, Gresley made in England' stamps.
Lot 497
A Marwar painting depicting Durga Slaying the Buffalo Demon (Mahisasuramardini), Jodhpur, Rajasthan, c.1820-30, gouache with gold on paper, three lines of devanagari script on the reverse, Maharaja of Bikaner collection stamp on the reverse, 21.5cm high x 14.5cm wide to mount, framed Provenance: Private English Collection Condition Report: trimmed, some retouching in places Condition Report Disclaimer
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