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Lot 133
18th C walnut marquetry inlaid long case clock by William Burton of Kendal, the brass and steel face with date dial (10 inch x 10 inch) with eight day movement in fitted marquetry inlaid walnut cases. The stepped, flat, square topped hood with barley twist column supports, the trunk enclosed by single door with various marquetry panels depicting still life scenes. Central viewing window on stepped base. (35cm x 22cm x 195cm)
![[Leslie, Charles] A New History of Jamaica from the Earliest Accounts to the Taking of Porto Bello by Vice-Admiral Vernon In](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/765517a4-44f8-4e04-8d69-aa00009f365c/3b049c9f-3e1d-4a4e-aa80-aa0a00f1adeb/468x382.jpg)
Lot 126
[Leslie, Charles] A New History of Jamaica from the Earliest Accounts to the Taking of Porto Bello by Vice-Admiral Vernon In Thirteen Letters from a Gentleman to his Friend. Printed for J. Hodges, at the Looking-glass on London-bridge, 1740. 8vo, full calf, spine gilt in compartments; pp. iv, 340; 2 folding maps (tearing to one crease of first map, slight affecting image, map still whole). Second edition. Leslie was a Barbadian writer from a family with strong Caribbean connections. These letters cover aspects of Jamaican life and history from the laws to the lawless - especially pirates. The book is an important source on the slave trade of the time, recording the conditions in which they were kept and their customs and beliefs. It was first published in 1739, during a period of rising tension between Britain and Spain over Caribbean possesions, and this second edition added a new chapter touching on Vernon's successes against Spain.. Binding a little scuffed and bumped with loss of gilt to spine, internally toned and water-stained, with marking to maps, still a good copy.
Lot 199
17th-Century Theology A collection of theological pamphlets bound as one. Various dates and publishers, 1670-88. 8vo, full calf; pp. [4], xliii, [1]39, [1]; [20], 20; [6], 42; [4], 33, [1]; [2], 37-134, [2]; [4], xxiv, [2], 45, [1]; [8], 88; [4], 5-6, 3-4, 781, [1]; [8], 128, [2]; [8], 75, [1]. Interestingly for theology printed in England during the latter half of the 17th-century, there is a heavy Catholic bent to the pamphlets collected here. In particular, the first three are focused on the Blessed Virgin Mary - although from three very different perspectives. The first is a life (although described as 'According to Romish writers'), the second an English translation of a French Catholic's warning to his co-religionists about errors incurred through to great a devotion to Mary, the third by a self-described 'true CATHOLICK of the Church of England' is a Discourse in her honour. The strange contradictions and conflicting purposes - even within specific denominations- shows something of the shifting ideological sands of this complicated time. The dissension between different paradigms becomes more apparent in later works, with a discussion of the 'Agreement' between the Anglican and Roman churches immediately followed by 'The Difference' written in direct opposition to the previous. The collection gives space both to an argument by Nonconformists in favour of lay-communion and one detailing miraculous acknowledgements of the Sacrament from animals and birds (including caterpillars and dragons revenging injury to the Sacrament and a whale giving its back for the Eucharist) - this latter ends with a license stating it says 'nothing contrary to Faith or good Manners'. A window into the both the theological minutiae which decided the fate of people's souls and the wider superstitions and beliefs which accreted to the Christian religion - much to the disgust of stricter Protestant writers. . Binding a touch worn, joints cracking but still good, internally variable but generally clean.
Lot 196
Wotton, Sir Henry The State of Christendom or, A most Exact and Curious Discovery of many Secret Passages, and Hidden Mysteries of the Times. Printed for Henry Moseley, and are to sold at his Shop at the Prince's Arms in St Paul's Church-yard, 1657. 4to, full early calf; lacking port. frontis. Scarce first ed. The State of Christendom, published in 1657, is an almost forgotten Elizabethan treatise, and a significant but neglected work of late Elizabethan scholarship and political thought. It is argued that the treatise was authored by members of the circle of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (specifically Sir Henry Wotton) in the mid fifteen-nineties, and that it reflects the political and scholarly concerns of Essex and his followers, especially Anthony Bacon, and their engagement with Catholic politics and polemic. The author displays a scholarly methodology and a particular interest in tyranny and the remedies for restraining tyrants. It sheds a fascinating light on the context that shaped the discussion of political idea in late Elizabethan England - and the way it affected the actions of the Essex circle. Sir Henry Wotton was an Elizabethan diplomat and poet who was part of the Earl of Essex's household up until Essex's aborted rebellion. Unlike his fellow knightly secretaries, Wotton seems not to have been involved with the Earl's mad scheme, but he fled England anyway in the aftermath and was not welcome back whilst Elizabeth lived. He settled at Venice, where he wrote this work, a survey of contemporary politics which left nothing to the imagination. So controversial was the book that it remained unpublished until 18 years after his death. According to the introduction, he considered murdering 'some notable traitor to his prince and country' in order to win back favour and return home but thought better of the plan. He went on to Florence and joined the court of Ferdinand, Duke of Tuscany. It was Ferdinand who sent him to Scotland in 1602, bearing letters which revealed an attempt on the life of James VI of Scotland (later James I of England), and taking 'such Italian antidotes against poison as the Scots till then had been strangers to'. This service to James paid off when James ascended to the throne of England. Wotton was recalled via his brother - Lord Wotton - knighted and offered three ambassadorial posts. Wotton chose Venice as it was the least financially ruinous. This precaution was not entirely successful. Wotton's career from then resembled a rollercoaster - being at one point arrested for debt - but he ended his days as a respected Provost of Eton under Charles I. This copy displays an interesting bibliographic point. The rear endpapers are formed from binder's waste, leftover parts of other books used in the binding process. In this case they are from a printed edition of Gerardus Vossius' letters. The letter in this case being addressed 'Serenissimae et Sapientissimae Christinae'. Vossius was a scholar and theologian who, despite moderate views, still managed to be accused of heresy over his history of the Pelagian controversies.
Lot 39
Smith, F.E., Earl of Birkenhead The World in 2030. Hodder & Stoughton, 1930. Org. black cloth, lettered in red; 8 plates after E. McKnight Kauffer protected with loose tissue guards. A surprising dalliance with futurism from Churchill's friend, lawyer and political adviser F.E. Smith, illustrated with striking modernist images. Birkenhead's contribution to the utopian genre contains a longer piece on war than might be expected. This essay contains some of the more prescient commentary, warning of the speed of mechanised advance outrunning supply lines (as would happen to Rommel) and predicting armies supported by air support to alleviate this. He also supports predictions of wireless controlled combat, which took sometime longer to become commonplace. There are nine chapters in all, including industry, women, world polity, and everyday life. His book follows the usual pattern of prophets - startling accuracy mixed with error. To this is admixed Birkenhead's infamous chauvinism, so in one short passage he can accept the rise of women in the workforce, reject that they could ever do 'men's' work like riveting, and then state that they would never get the chance anyway because all such heavy industry will be mechanised. As is often the case with such writing the age which is most clearly illuminated is the one in which the prophet is writing. Still though, and despite the suggestions of plagarism from the work of JBS Haldane, this remains a surprising final statement from a fiery and brilliant, if frequently flawed, statesman.. Spine faded, foredges foxed, but very good.
![A Staff Officer [Wilson, Thomas] The Defence of Lucknow. Smith, Elder, and Co., 1858. 16mo, org boards (lacking spine but sti](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/765517a4-44f8-4e04-8d69-aa00009f365c/730f196f-f4d5-4c6f-88dc-aa0e00a7eecc/468x382.jpg)
Lot 89
A Staff Officer [Wilson, Thomas] The Defence of Lucknow. Smith, Elder, and Co., 1858. 16mo, org boards (lacking spine but still attached); pp. iv, 224, 16; folding map. A sharply contemporary account of the brutal siege of Lucknow (the siege had been lifted a mere two months before publication). Published anonymously for 'military reasons', Wilson's diary records daily life in the middle of the punishing fire and ends with appendixes of casualty lists and further reports on events.. Spine lacking, boards worn, but generally good.
Lot 99
Aristocratic Family Photograph albums Two albums, 1910 and 1919. 1910 c.25 pages, photographs mounted in pairs recto and verso, in leather binding; 1919 c.20 pages, photographs mounted in fours recto and verso, in cloth binding, with wedding photograph mounted on upper pastedown. The first appears to be the album of the Tennants of Lympne Castle, Kent. Lympne Castle is the first main featured location and amongst the guests are Kathleen (later Duchess of Rutland) and Elizabeth Asquith, daughter of Herbert Asquith and Margot Tennant. The album is an almost stereotypical presentation of Edwardian family life - with trips to the beach and shots of picnics in the countryside - but the younger children still do their best to break the carefully presented image with natural action. There are a number of shots at the opening of the golf course at West Hill, with pictures of guests including Lords Ribblesdale, Bingham and Westmorland and Gerald Balfour (later 2nd Earl of Balfour). The result is a specimen in amber: a freezing of easy power, genteel manners and family connections caught in the twilight years of such lives before the War. The second album leaps to the other side of that conflict, with an oblique reference in the 'Peace Sports'. The family here is that of the 2nd Marquess of Lithlingow, with a focus on Doreen Hope nee Milner and her children. Doreen was the daughter of Sir Frederick Milner and married Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess, a politician and later Viceroy of India. Again, the album is striking for the idyllic presentation of childhood, with trips to the beach, games in the garden and a pony and trap. The lighter side - including a picture of Doreen changing into bathing suit (a pair of legs emerging from a small tent) - is balanced by the formal wedding photograph, but in general there is a light-hearted sense of fun from following the children about.
Lot 1046
A pair of wingback armchairs, on cabriole legs with claw and ball feet See illustrationReport by GHOne of them has a little movement in the joints.Height to seat - 44 cmTotal height - 104 cmUpholstery a little tired but still with some life. Not worn through anywhere. No signs of any damage, loss or repairs
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