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Click here to subscribeA SET OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY CHESSMEN - THE PIECES ARE BASED ON CARVINGS FROM THE ABBEY AND ARE MADE FROM GROUND STONE, EACH PIECE BEING CAREFULLY HAND FINISHED. MOST OF THE FIGURES ARE TAKEN FROM HENRY VII`S CHAPEL, BEGUN IN 1502. ONE OF THE SIX ENGLISH KINGS AS THE KING, ST. HELEN AS THE QUEEN, ST. DUNSTAN AS THE BISHOP, ST. GEORGE AS THE KNIGHT, THE CASTLE ILLUSTRATES THE WEST FACE OF THE ABBEY, ST. ROCH AS THE PAWN ( THE BOARD BEING 60 X 60cm )
* Napoleon I (Emperor, 1769-1821). A fragment of cloth from Napoleon’s Bier, wrapped within a folded piece of paper inscribed in ink in an early 19th c. hand, ’A Portion of the Cloth that covered the Bier of Napoleon Buonaparte. From G. L. to J. W. D.’, and additionally inscribed to verso in a slightly later hand ‘Cloth that covered the Bier of Napoleon Buonaparte And the stone in the centre of this box-lid is of his first burial place in St. Helena. J. W. D.’, black woollen fabric, approx. 40 x 15mm, enclosed in a piece of paper measuring approx. 100 x 105mm overall, and contained in a contemp. circular polished hardwood box with an inset circular stone to the lid, approx. 800mm overall diameter (1)
Hugo (Harold). A Portfolio Honouring Harold Hugo, For His Contribution to Scholarly Printing, 1978, containing thirty-five separate articles, loose, all contained in orig. book box, large 4to, together with Harvey (Michael), Reynolds Stone, Engraved Lettering in Wood, pub. Fleece Press, 1992, eng. plts. and illusts. throughout (a few tipped-in), orig. cloth-backed boards in slipcase, small folio, plus Bacon (Francis), Of Gardens, pub. Fleece Press, 1993, engs. by Betty Pennell, orig. qtr. cloth with label to spine, 4to (3)
O’Connor (John). Dukes Village, A Suite of Wood Engravings by John O’Connor, introduced by Graham Williams with more than a little help from the artist, Florin Press, 1988, wood engraved illusts. in colour, orig. boards, 8vo, together with Stone (Reynolds). Boxwood, 16 engravings by Reynolds Stone, illustrated in verse by Silvia Townsend Warner, pub. Monotype Corporation, 1957, b&w wood eng. illusts., orig. black boards with glassine d.j., slim 8vo. Limited edition 64/70, signed by artist and author. (2)
Stone (Reynolds). Engravings, With an Introduction by the Artist and an Appreciation by Kenneth Clark, 1977, b&w illusts. throughout, orig. cloth gilt in sligtly torn d.j., 4to, together with Monica Poole, The Wood Engravings of John Farleigh, 1985, b&w illusts. throughout, orig. cloth gilt in d.j., small split to spine, folio, plus Hughes-Stanton (Penelope), The Wood-Engravings of Blair Hughes-Stanton, 1991, b&w illusts., orig. cloth gilt, 4to, plus four others, incl. The Wood Engravings of Joan Hassall, by Joan Hassall, 1960 (signed by author); A Book of Cuts, by Edward Bawden, 1979, etc. (7)
Collingwood (R.G.). The Archaeology of Roman Britain, 1st ed., 1930, b & w illusts., t.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed, together with Forrest (H.Edward), The Atlantean Continent, Its Bearing upon the Great Ice Age and the Distribution of Species, 2nd ed., 1935, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in sl. frayed d.j., 8vo, plus Burl (Aubrey), The Stone Circles of the British Isles, Yale University Press, reprinted, with corrections, 1977, b & w illusts. and diags., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, and others of archaeology and industrial archaelogy interest (3 shelves)
A Bronze XXVII Inniskilling Boxing Medallion, awarded to CHARLES ALLUM. ** In 1905 "Charlie" Allum had a genuine claim to the British middleweight (10 stone 10 pounds limit) title. According to his medal index card, 47933 Sergeant Charles Allum 13th Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fusilers was posted to France in 1915. Charlie was killed in action in France on 21st July 1918 aged 41 years, and posthumously awarded the Military Medal for bravery. He has no known grave but his name is on the First World War Memorial in the cemetery at Ploegsteert in Belgium.
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