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Click here to subscribeA retro 20th Century Welsh teak sideboard credenza os small proportions having a small raised gallery back with a central bank of three drawers flanked by cupboards to each side. Curved shaped handles throughout with all raised on bowed supports united by a shaped stretcher. Makers stamp to inner drawer. Measures approx; 87cm x 107cm x 53cm.
NO RESERVE Census.- Abstract of the Answers and Returns Made pursuant to an Act ... intituled "An Act for taking an Account of the Population of Great Britain, and the Increase or Diminution thereof.", folding table pasted to final pastedown, cracked upper hinge, ex-library with usual labels and ink-stamps, discreet blind-stamp to title, contemporary half-calf, rebacked with morocco, rubbed, bumping and small loss to corners and extremities, 1802; Census of England and Wales for the Year 1861, 3 vol., ex-library with usual labels and ink-stamps, near contemporary half-morocco, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1862; and others similar, folio, (48)
James (Henry) The Princess of Casamassima, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles, advertisement leaf at end of vol. 2 and 3, vol. 1 and 3 ink stamp to title, very occasional spotting, vol. 1 upper hinge beginning to crack at head, vol. 2 bookplate, lower hinge starting to crack, original blue/green cloth, vol. 2 spine lightly toned, tears along joints and suggestion of label having been removed from upper cover, each vol. house in protective cloth wraparound slipcase, presentation slip case with morocco spines, single stain and light wear to spine ends, [Edel & Laurence A29; Sadleir 1282; Wolff 3576], 8vo, London & New York, Macmillan and Co., 1886.⁂ Despite the faults mentioned, a very good copy of the first of James' 'political novels', of which 750 copies were printed in the first edition. 1886.
Gaskell (Elizabeth C.) Cranford, frontispiece and illustrations by Hugh Thomson, very occasional light spotting, upper hinge starting, slight shelf-lean, 1892 § Ashdown (Charles H.) British Castles, frontispiece and 31 coloured plates, illustrations, occasional light foxing, endpapers toned, 1911, half-titles, embossed stamp of Neatham Mill Library to rear free endpapers, original pictorial cloth, gilt, lightly rubbed, spine ends chipped; and c.80 others, pictorial cloth, 4to & 8vo (c.80)
Joyce (James) Dublin-Noveller [Dubliners], first Swedish edition, original pictorial wrappers, light creasing to spine, short split to foot of upper joint, light rubbing to extremities, Stockholm, 1931 § Colum (Mary & Padraic) Our Friend James Joyce, first English edition, publisher's file copy with ink stamp to front pastedown and upper panel, original boards, dust-jacket, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, 1959; and another by Joyce, 8vo (3)
America.- Adams (John Quincy) The Jubilee of the Constitution. A Discourse., lithograph frontispiece, previous owner's ink name-stamp to title, scattered spotting, contemporary morocco-backed boards, upper cover detached, defective backstrip, rubbed and worn, New York, 1839 § Dodge (Colonel Richard Irving) Our Wild Indians, portrait frontispiece, plates, of which 6 colour, original decorative cloth, sunned spine, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Hartford, Conn., 1883 § A Short Narrative of the Horrid Massacre in Boston, frontispiece, folding map at end, spotting, original cloth, small gauge to upper cover, chipping to corners and spine extremities, New York, 1849 § Smith (Joshua Hett) An Authentic Narrative of the causes which led to the Death of Major Andrè ..., engraved frontispiece and one plate, folding map, scattered faint spotting, contemporary boards, rebacked, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1808; and another, America, v.s. (33)
Walpole (Hugh) All Souls' Night, "Dominions Edition" ink stamp to title verso, ink ownership inscription and light browning to endpapers, slight shelf-lean, rubbing to cloth at foot, jacket with light toning to spine, minor chipping to spine ends and corners, rubbed, 1933 § Merritt (Abe) Burn Witch Burn, browning to endpapers, jacket price-clipped, spotting to lower panel, 1955 § Bloch (Robert) Psycho 2, signed presentation inscription from the author, jacket with light sunning to spine, light rubbing and creasing to head and foot, 1982, first or first English editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and 2 others, horror, 8vo (5)
Architecture.- Plaw (John) Sketches for Country Houses, Villas, and Rural Dwellings..., A New Edition, half-title, 42 engraved plates and plans, all but a few sepia aquatints, ink ownership inscription "Willm. Perkin Architect 1830" at head of title, plates annotated with cost in pencil in margin, some light spotting to text and marginal soiling, modern half morocco with elaborated gilt-stamped label to upper cover, spine gilt, uncut, [cf.Abbey Life 49, 1800 edition], 1823 § Robinson (P.F.) Rural Architecture, fourth edition, lithographed additional pictorial title and 96 plates and plans, additional title severely foxed, some other foxing, mostly marginal, from the library of the Earl of Ellenborough with stamp to pastedown, contemporary roan-backed cloth, gilt-stamped roan label to upper cover, rubbed and lightly stained, upper joint repaired, 1836; and another, architecture, 4to & 8vo (3)
Mathematics.- Euclid. Euclidis Elementorum sex priores libri recogniti opera Christiani Melder, additional engraved title, title with woodcut printer's device, numerous woodcut diagrams in text, contemporary ink inscriptions to pastedowns and additional title, including name Michaëlis of Gyöngyös and a note by him to additional title, occasional neat annotation and underlining, final blank and rear free endpapers with 4 large ink diagrams, all seemingly by Michaëlis, ink stamp DK to pastedown and additional title verso, ink stamps of University of Hungary to title verso, small tear to I2, affecting a couple of letters, some light foxing and very occasional damp-staining, upper hinge broken, contemporary vellum, rubbed and soiled, 3 shallow puncture marks to spine, 12mo, Leiden & Amsterdam, Gaesbeeck, 1673.
NO RESERVE Sciences.- Physics.- Bohr (Niels), H.A. Kramers and J.C. Slater. The quantum theory of radiation, first edition, in The Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, sixth series, Vol. 47, No.281, pp.785-802, general title with library stamps, contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, rubbed, Taylor & Francis, 1924 § Crick (Francis) and Watson (James) Structure of small viruses, in Nature, Vol.177, No,. 4506, pp.473-475, library ink stamp to general title and labels to rear pastedowns, later library half cloth, lower joint split, but holding, rubbed, London, Macmillan and Co., 1956; and 6 others, most The Philosophical Magazine of the early 1920s, v.s. (8)
Physics.- Nuclear Fission.- Bohr (Niels) Resonance in Uranium and Thorium Disintegration and the Phenomenon of Nuclear Fission, [and] Oppenheimer (J. Robert) and George Michael Volkoff. On massive neutron cores, in The Physical Review, second Series, Vol.55, No.4, pp.418-419 and 374-381, library stamp to lower margin of p.375 of Oppenheimer, library stamps to general title, contemporary library cloth-backed marbled boards, joints splitting, but holding firm, spine faded, rubbed and scuffed, Lancaster, PA & New York, 15th February, 1939; and Vol.74 of the same, with Bardeen & Brattain on the Transistor, small 4to (2)⁂ One of Bohr's most important papers on nuclear fission. He notes the importance of Uranium-235, the only isotope found in nature capable of sustaining a chain reaction and the fissile material used in the first atomic bombs.
NO RESERVE Georgel (Jean-Francois, Abbé) Mémoires pour Servir a l'Histoire des Événemens...depuis 1760 jusqu'en 1806-1810, 6 vol., folding hand-coloured engraved plate, contemporary half sheep, worming to joints, Paris, 1817-18 § [Dezallier d'Argenville (A.-N.)] Voyage Pittoresque de Paris..., sixth edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece and 7 plates, 3 folding, ink signatures to title, some light water-staining, contemporary mottled calf, worn, upper cover detached (with all before title), Paris, de Bure, 1778 § Besenval (Pierre Victor, Baron de) Mémoires..., 4 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece, vol.2-4 with half-titles, contemporary mottled calf-backed marbled boards, Paris, 1805-06 § [Faur (L.F.)] Vie Privée du Marechal de Richelieu, contenant ses Amours et Intrigues, 3 vol., contemporary tree calf, Paris, Buisson, 1791 § Guizot (Francois) Cours d'Histoire Moderne, 5 vol., half-titles, old ink library stamp to titles, contemporary half mottled calf, 1829-32 § Coxe (William) Memoirs of the Kings of Spain of the House of Bourbon, 3 vol. in 1, half-title, advertisement leaf at end, contemporary half calf, 1813, some foxing and browning, rubbed, or worn; and c.45 others, mostly French history, all from the library of the late Dr. Rohan Butler with his ink signature and occasional notes, 8vo & 4to; sold not subject to return (c.65)⁂ Dr. Rohan Butler (1917-96), historical advisor to the Foreign Office, author of Choiseul: Father and Son, 1719-1754, 1980.
A BOX CONTAINING EIGHT PIECES OF MILITARY HEADWEAR, to include three French Adrianne style metal helmets one being a WWI relic, shell only, one later but no inner & one complete with liner etc and chin strap, an Imperial German Army WWI M16 shell in black, small holes in the top, marked inside '1914-1918 found Delville Wood Somme 1998', two British WWII/post WWII era 'Tommy' helmets with liners etc, drab green, a British 70's MKIV/V Turtle helmet, complete with liner chin strap etc, marked Phillips 794 the outside has had some attempt to camouflage, an US Forces Cavalry style Stetson Parade Hat, by John B Stetson Company, blue with stiff rim, attached gold coloured cord and knot, together with a dark blue Cavalry/Hussars Dress Parade Coat/jacket, possibly post WWI, has a partial Crows foot and number stamp to inside of sleeve liner, all complete with six rows of braid and original buttons, also with trim and sleeve decoration
EPHEMERA one Penny Red stamp with an 1878 cancel, a mid-20th century photograph of the Signal-Box at Atherstone , an L.M. & S.R rail ticket between Atherstone and Tamworth, an LMS Service information booklet, a Railway certificate for the Redemption of Land Tax 1846, a New Testament from the North Eastern Railway Hotel York, a L&NWR Pin tin and four Edward Stanford 1 Ordnance Survey Maps, no's. 154,155, 168 and 169
Nymphenburg porcelain part coffee service decorated with landscape and architectural panels within gilt and pale blue borders, comprising coffee pot with cover 10" high, twin-handled tray 13" x 9", two circular baskets 6.75" diameter, 2.25" high, oval basket 7.5" x 6", eight teacups and saucers, large square plate 9" x 9", bowl 5.5" diameter, 3" high and twin-handles cooling vessel with tiered cooling bowl and cover with central handle, 9" high, each bearing the factory stamp with green shield mark to the underside, and most with the decoration place name in script to the underside
William Tatton Winter (British, 1855-1928), 'Greenwich' (1914), watercolour, inscribed signature, title and date lower right, framed and glazed, image size 22 x 37cm, with second picture by the same artist, 'Rochester', watercolour, artist's studio stamp lower right, framed and glazed, image size 23 x 33.5cm. (2)
A lot consisting of three brooches a pendant and fob. The brooches start with a large shell cameo on yellow metal, the second a Fleur-de-lis set with turquoise on yellow metal and an early 19th-century small cluster brooch set with seed pearls and garnets. The pendant measures 29.3mm in diameter on yellow metal with a swivel loop and finally a charm fob stone set with turquoise and carved stone stamp on yellow metal, total weight of all items 33 grams
Collection of Proof and Commemorative Coins, includes Royal Mint 2017 Silver Proof £1 Coin in Original Case with Certificate, Royal Mint 2018 Year of the dog .999 silver 1oz coin, Date stamp 2017 £1 & 2018 £2, Cook Island 2018 Frankenstein’s monster 200th anniversary $5 coin, Article 50 Medallic issue and a 1965 Churchill crown with a gold plated US quarter collection in presentation folder.
Football commentator, Kenneth Wolstenholme signed 1966 World Cup Cover from the Millennium Collection, featuring a official stamp and two postmarks dating 1st June 1999. Limited edition 1218 of 2500. Wolstenholme, DFC and Bar (17 July 1920 - 25 March 2002) was an English football commentator for BBC television in the 1950s and 1960s. He is best remembered for his commentary during the 1966 FIFA World Cup Final; in the closing minutes, Wolstenholme commented on a series of pitch invaders as Geoff Hurst dribbled down the pitch before scoring, saying some people are on the pitch, they think it's all over! The phrase has become deeply embedded in British popular culture. Good condition Est.
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