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British Railway Ordnance Map Assortment (7) items including a cloth bound accordion fold linen-backed 'Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham' imprinted 'Estate Department Euston Station' on cover, a cloth bound accordion fold linen-backed 'Cheshire Lines Glazebrook to Godley Junction / 6-Inch Ordnance' imprinted 'Surveyor Liverpool' on cover, (3) large folding maps on linen-backed paper marked #5, #6 and #9; together with a folder containing a map of the Wye Valley Railway and an assortment of late 19th century stock option applications for that line and a 1915 'Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Time Tables' booklet having bound in maps of that line and of Irish lines Property from: The Estate of Thomas ('Tom') Jones, Wilton, Connecticut Height: 16 3/4 inches, Width: 12 1/8 inches, Depth: 3/4 inches (largest, closed) Condition: overall light to moderate wear consistent with normal use, light to moderate soil to covers, may have occasional creases, bent corners, short tears and spots of discoloration Disclaimers: maps not fully opened, loose sheets and documents not individually inspected Category: Collectibles > Railwayana - Maps Estimated Sale Time: 1:38 pm (America/Chicago) Shipping Status: Leonard Auction Shipping Quote Download High Resolution Photographs:Photograph #1Photograph #2Photograph #3Photograph #4Photograph #5Photograph #6Photograph #7Photograph #8

Jukes (Francis) and Thomas Anburey. Three views from 'Hindoostan Scenery consisting of Twelve Select Views in India', etchings and aquatint, with full hand-colouring, on Whatman wove paper, each platemark approx. 390 x 535 mm (15 3/8 x 21 in), each sheet approx. 500 x 630 mm (19 3/4 x 24 3/4 in), minor marginal repaired tears, some surface dirt, minor spotting, unframed, published by the artists, 1799 (3) Provenance:From the Collection of the Late W.G. and Mildred Archer; thence by descent.⁂ Scarce. "Anburey served with the Bengal Army as a surveyor in 1792 and 1793, travelling first from Seringapatam to Hyderabad, then on through Berar to Kalpi. His sketches of the journey included many views that British audiences had never seen before. The beauty of these prints does not convey the rigours experienced on the long march, which were contemporaneous with a series of regional battle against the local Muslim ruler Tipu Sultan, known as the Mysore Wars (1767-1792)". [BL]

Sweden.- Råbergh-Mannerskantz (Carl, 1749-1830) and others. Collection of 24 original manuscript maps, and office copies of manuscript maps, with many including military battle plans, including: 8 manuscript maps and plans in Carl Råbergh's hand, with 3 signed and dated; 3 detailed maps and battle plans in the hand of Erasmus Heerman Rustmastar[?], two signed and dated; a large detailed manuscript map of 'Glasholmen' by the Land Surveyor to King Gustav III, dated 1791 but after another map from 1707; and other maps and plans by various anonymous Swedish cartographers, pen and inks, watercolours, some pencil under-drawing, on various 18th century papers and later, various sizes from 310 x 470 mm (12 1/4 x 18 1/2 in) to 910 x 580 mm (35 3/4 x 22 3/4 in), numerous nicks and tears, old folds and handling creases, some surface dirt and browning, all unframed, [mainly late 18th century, or slightly later]Provenance:Some with Carl Råbergh-Mannerskantz (1747-1817)Carl Axel Mannerskantz (1809-1888)Värnanäs Manor, Hallstorps socken, Småland, Sweden; by descent.⁂ There are records for one of the draughtsman featured in the present lot, that of Major Carl Råbergh (1747-1817), who was known to have worked as a Fortification Officer in the Swedish military, but resigned in 1790 following his purchase of the Värnanäs estate in Halltorp, Kalm, in 1789. Both his father and his son, Carl Axel Mannerskantz (1809-1888), were at points involved with Swedish military's Fortifications Office. It has also been recorded that Råbergh undertook a Grand Tour in 1783 with another Swedish officer, Mikael Hisinger (1758-1829); the tour was partly funded by a grant given to Råbergh by the Swedish Army.The Vasa Architectural Collection, Sweden, hold four original maps and plans by Carl Råbergh that closely conform to many examples within the present group [see museum acc. no. V399, V405, V406, V420].

Frank O. Salisbury,  British 1874-1962 - Ten portraits:  HH Princess Harriner, India June 22 1953;  Miss Beatrice Harrison or "Pietro and Beatrice" Renowned Cellist who played throughout Europe and the USA, first Cellist and youngest to ever win the Mendelssohn prize. She inspired and worked with composers like Elgar, Delius and Charles Villers Stanford. She performed the hugely popular debut radio broadcast in her garden with the BBC, the first en plein air performance, 1944;  Lord Inverforth, 1st Baron Andrew Weir. Four Portraits. President, Andrew Weir shipping & Trading Co. Former Surveyor - General of Supply at War Office and Minister of Munitions. Painted at his home in Hampstead. 1934/44/47;  Mrs Edward F. Hutton, 1937;  John Marten Evans, 1945;  Rev Fredrick Harrison, 1958;  Mrs Dunlap Hopkins, President of the women's school of design in New York, 1928;  Hon. Mrs Renee Iliffe, 1945;  Thomas D. Jones, 1929;  Her Highness the Ameera of Bhahwalpur, wife to the Ruler of the state of Bhahwalpur, 1956;  chalk and pastel on paper, 64.5 x 50.5 cm and smaller (unframed) (10) (ARR)  Provenance:  The Walpole Society, donated by Philip Mould & Company on behalf of a private collector  Note: Frank O. Salisbury was one of the leading society portrait painters of his day. The son of a plumber and glazier, he was drawn to art at an early age and throughout his career painted many important figures in the cultural and political sphere, including Queen Elizabeth II and Sir Winston Churchill. His portraits of Dame Maud McCarthy and Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII) are currently on display as part of the inaugural display at the newly reopened National Portrait Gallery in London. Salisbury also painted large-scale ceremonial, historical and religious scenes, many of which are now in public collections.  Salisbury painted in a classical but lively style, bringing his sitters to life while remaining vehemently opposed to modern methods. The works for sale with Roseberys include portraits of glamourous society figures, politicians, eminent businesspeople, and members of the aristocracy. Interesting examples include portraits of Will Keith Kellogg, founder of the eponymous cereal company, Her Highness the Ameera of Bhahwalpur and Mrs Dunlap Hopkins, President of the Women’s School of Design in New York. There is also a highly moving study of a Nurse in Wartime uniform. Alongside these portraits, there is also a collection of large-scale studies for religious scenes.  These works have remained unseen for several decades and were recently donated to The Walpole Society by Philip Mould & Company on behalf of a private collector. 

Edward Roper Stapleton Sandys,  British / New Zealander 1845-1909- Five landscape views in Cameroon and Guatemala; each charcoal heightened with scratching out on paper, each signed 'E Sandys', the first inscribed and dated 'The Cameroons River - 1877 / Ambas Bay - Gulf of Biafra / W. Africa -' verso, the second inscribed and dated 'Aden - 1882 / on the road to the Fantes [?]' verso, the third inscribed and dated 'Ambas Bay / Cameroon Mt / W. Coast of Africa / 1878' verso, the fourth inscribed 'The road to Guatemala Antigua / "Agua" on the left / "Fuego" on the right' verso, the fifth inscribed 'View of Guatemala / from San Rafael' verso, 54.7 x 75.7 cm. and smaller, five (5)., (unframed). Provenance:  Private Collection, UK. Note:  Sandys was the paymaster and surveyor on the 'HMS Opal', commanded by Captain Bosanquet, which sailed around the coast of New Zealand in the 1880s. He produced a number of watercolours depicting the wildlife and landscapes which he encountered over the course of his travels. The present works, though typical of Sandys' output in technique, differ somewhat in their subject, depicting settings not in New Zealand, but as far afield as Cameroon and Guatemala. 

Antique old silk map 'Hopetoun, South Queensferry, March 1906, Alexander Adams Surveyor. Partial map. [74x77cm- widest points]

ALBUM - STATESMENAlbum of over 130 autograph letters from eighteenth and nineteenth-century, politicians, statesmen and other notables, including all the signatories of the Treaty of Paris, 1856, to Hon. George Villiers, Theresa Villiers, Lady Lewis (or as Mrs Lister), her husband George Cornewall Lewis, Mary Berry and others, from the collection of Lady Maria Theresa Lewis (née Villiers) (1803-1865), some loose, including:William Pitt the Younger (3, making arrangements, one with note by Theresa Villiers affixed '...in 1804 during the time of the King's recovery from an attack of insanity...', a longer letter enquiring as to the King's condition and requesting to see the Queen, with explanatory note ('...It was desirable not to permit the King's return to the Castle as he was full of plans for building & alterations...[she] replied to Mr Pitt 'That, Sir, is what I have done ever since I have been married to the King' and got up and left the room...'); William IV (regarding a position for her son); Lord Portland (to George Villiers, the King having approved his new post of 'Management of the Property of the Crown...Surveyor of Crown Lands & of the Woods and Forests... salary of £2,000... & the use of the official house... this mark of His Majesty's Regard...'); Lord Grenville (5, one thanking him for a 'snuffle-dog', another of 1830 regretting 'the untoward state of politics'); Duke of Cambridge; William Windham; Lord Holland (two satirical verses); William Huskisson (3, regarding obtaining the use of Cranbourne Lodge and problems with a dilatory Wyatt '...I have at last been obliged to hold strong language...'); John Jervis 1st Earl St Vincent ('...unless we have a successful action with the combined fleet, there is no likelihood of any officer being promoted from hence...', 1800); Palmerston (4, '...The King and Guizot have rushed on their fate & deserved all they meet with... the English are coming away in shoals...'); Melbourne; Brougham (3); Warren Hastings; Duke of Wellington (with annotation 'Sir L says this is the Dukes own writing'); Duke of Newcastle (4); Lord Lansdowne (7); Macaulay ('...I was married on Tuesday as well as Lord Clarendon – though to a less charming bride...'); Grey; Richard Cobden ('...I hope the Lords will have had the good sense to pass the government corn-bills, & we shall be able to congratulate each other... upon the happy issue of the free-trade struggles – a struggle which I believe... in its moral & social aspects greater consequences than any change that has occurred since the Reformation...'); Robert Peel (2); George Canning (4, one enclosing a note from Wilberforce [in Writers album, see lot 55]); envelope with signature of Ulysses S. Grant, U.S. Secretary of War and the department's red wax seal addressed to Benjamin Moran, Secretary of U.S. Legation in London; James Buchanan at the U.S. Legation (sending compliments of the season 'although solitary & secluded myself', January 1856); Devonshire (enclosing '...an extract from a letter written by the clever authoress of a life of Charlotte Brontë [Mrs Gaskell, letter not present]...'; David Livingstone (autograph wrapper addressed to the Earl of Clarendon, signed 'Dr Livingstone'); the cut signatures of all the signatories of the Treaty of Paris, 30 March 1856, affixed to a sheet by Lady Lewis in the order in which they signed, three red seals adjacent, with a sheet of 'signatures of the attaches who accompanied the special missions at Paris engaged in arranging the peace with Russia after the Crimean War', and accompanying letter from K. Clarendon ('...Here are all the signatures of the Congress in the order in which they signed at last complete – The seals that actually signed the Treaty I could not manage... I have left these three on as they are only pasted...'); Indian silk diplomatic envelope with seal and paper label addressed to the Earl of Clarendon; interspersed with portrait prints, some pages annotated by Lady Lewis but remaining empty, loose index headed 'Distinguished Persons' on blue paper in front, 246 numbered leaves (many blank, some excised), half maroon roan gilt, decorative spine gilt stamped 'Autographs'/ 'Statesmen', worn, 4to (235 x 280mm.), [late eighteenth-century/nineteenth-century]For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

LATROBE (CHRISTIAN IGNATIUS)Journal of a Visit to South Africa, in 1815, and 1816. With some account of the missionary settlements of the United Brethren, near the Cape of Good Hope, FIRST EDITION, 12 hand-coloured aquatint plates after sketches by the author himself and John Melville, Government Surveyor of the Cape, 4 lithographed plates, folding engraved map (hand-coloured in outline), advertisement at end, light spotting to text and off-setting onto title, contemporary calf gilt, neatly rebacked to match with red and brown gilt morocco spine labels [Abbey Travel 325; Mendelssohn I, p.866; Prideaux, p.240; Tooley 292], 4to, L.B. Seeley, 1818Footnotes:Latrobe was secretary to the Moravian Brethren's Society for the Furtherance of the Gospel to the Heathen from 1787 until 1834, during which time he undertook a successful expedition in 1815–16 to the mission at the Cape of Good Hope, during which he travelled extensively throughout the country.Provenance: William Orme Foster (1814-1899), Apley Park bookplate. Foster, an iron master and Member of Parliament for South Staffordshire from 1857-1868, purchased the Apley Park estate near Bridgnorth in 1868; by descent to the present owner.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

LOW COUNTRIES -- COLLECTION of together 11 engr. (perspective) views on 7 plates of Roosendaal (3 x), Bergen op Zoom (2 x), Oosterhout, Zundert, etc. 18th c. Dif. sizes, 4 cold. by hand. -- Added: "KAART van nevenstaand gefigureerd perceel zaailand, gelegen bij Steenbergen (…)". Steenbergen, 1 dec. 1866. Drawing of a seed plot in colour between 'De Lunette' and 'De Vest', signed by the surveyor A. Korst. Paper on cardboard. 330 x 485 mm. (Browned, margins a bit dam.). -- (8).

Stephen Slaughter (1697-1765) Portrait of Sir Edward O Brien, 2nd Baronet MP c. 1735 O.O.C., 126cms x 99cms (49 1/2" x 39"). Provenance:  Dromoland Castle, Co. Limerick Born in 1705, Edward O’Brien was the son of Lucius O’Brien and Catherine Keightley (a relative of James II). After studying at Oxford University, he returned to Ireland where he indulged his passion for sports and became one of Ireland’s leading racehorse owners. In 1726 he married Mary Hickman; they had three sons and five daughters. Although it is said that O’Brien was partial to gambling and ran up considerable debts, he denied playing at cards or dice, and such debts as he did incur did not prevent him from carrying out improvements at Dromoland in Co. Clare He added features such as an octagonal pond, a two-storey octagonal turret and a walled garden. From the top of the turret, which still stands, he could survey the estate with its racecourse and watch his horses being trained. According to family legend, O'Brien gambled his entire estate on one race, but happily his horse Séan Buí, named after the 14th century Co. Clare poet Séan Buí MacBruideadha, romped in first. When Séan Buí died, O'Brien built a Temple of Mercury in his honour. In this magnificent portrait by Stephen Slaughter, Edward O’Brien is depicting standing, three-quarter length, with a classical arch in the background. Wearing a powdered wig, he is dressed in a sumptuous gold embroidered coat, heavy embroidery and gilt buttons. His waistcoat, partially unbuttoned to reveal a linen undershirt, is equally elaborate, and he wears a lace cravat. His right hand is on his hip, while with his left he holds a gold-topped cane. This portrait of O’Brien is among those by Stephen Slaughter listed in Strickland’s Dictionary of Irish Artists. Born in London, Stephen Slaughter came from an artistic family and studied under Godfrey Kneller before attending the academy of Louis Cheron and John Vanderbank. He travelled in France and the Netherlands, and in 1732 returned to London. Two years later he visited Ireland and quickly gained attention by painting a portrait of Nathaniel Kane, Lord Mayor of Dublin. He set up studio in Dublin for several years, painting portraits of the Earl of Meath, Richard St. George, and several bishops. Slaughter was particularly skilled at depicting clothing and fabrics, as is evident in this work, and in other portraits, including Sir John Rogerson and William Graham of Platton Hall, Co. Meath. Over the course of his career, Slaughter made several visits to Ireland. In London he painted portraits of Sir Robert Walpole, Lady Georgian Spencer and Sir Hans Sloane. His portraits of William Stewart, 1st Earl of Blessington, Windham Quin of Adare and Henry Boyle, 1st Earl of Shannon were also probably among those painted in Ireland. Slaughter’s Two Women Gathering Fruit (1750) in the Wadsworth Athenaeum is a significant work in the history of portraiture. In 1745 he was appointed Surveyor of the King’s Pictures. He died in Kensington in 1765. Dr. Peter Murray, 2023

Godfrey Kneller (1646 - 1723) Portrait of a Lady, said to be Agnes Huckle, standing by a Classical Urn   O.O.C, 239cms x 147cms (84" x 58”) Signed and dated. Provenance: The Chamberlain family, Abbeycwmhir Hall, Llandrindod Wells, Powys, Wales. This full-length portrait depicts a young woman, said to be Catherine (also known as Agnes) Huckle, the natural daughter of the artist. Probably in her teens, Agnes is shown wearing a white satin dress and standing on a balcony. Her hair is tied back, allowing the painter to depict face and neck, emphasising the red lips and slight blush on her cheeks. The girl’s hand rests on a pedestal, on which stands a classical urn containing a bouquet of flowers. Beyond is a wooded landscape, with a sunset. Her blue satin wrap is held with a string of pearls, worn casually over the shoulder. Although Kneller was married to Susanna Grave, the marriage was childless, and he had a mistress named Voss (or Vos), who, according to one account, ran a coffee house in St. James’s Market. She and Kneller had a daughter, Catherine (also known as Agnes), who was born around 1690. Agnes was the model for several paintings by Kneller, including St. Agnes and Mary Magdalene. She later married James Huckle and had a son named Godfrey, who changed his name to Kneller and became the artist’s heir.  Born in Lubeck, Germany, the son of a surveyor, Godfrey Kneller attended the University of Leiden where he studied mathematics. An interest in art led him to move to Amsterdam, where he was apprenticed to Rembrandt. His early works, such as Isaac blessing Jacob, reveal the influence of Rembrandt and Ferdinand Bol. Painted in 1672, his Elijah and the Angel is in the Tate collection. That same year, Kneller, along with his brother, went to Rome to study with Bernini and Carlo Maratta, and copy works by Raphael. They returned to Lubeck in 1675, before travelling to England, where they were keen to see works by Anthony Van Dyck. In London, Kneller, competed with, and imitated, the leading portraitist Peter Lely. Building up his reputation and studio, he painted portraits of King Charles II, the Duke of Monmouth and other leading members of society, including James Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, and Henry Somerset, Duke of Beaufort. Two years after Lely’s death in 1680, the Kneller brothers moved to the Piazza, Covent Garden, where Lely had lived. In 1684, Godfrey, by now the leading portrait painter in England, went to France to paint Louis XIV. During the reign of William and Mary, he was appointed court painter, and painted equestrian portraits of the Duke of Schomberg and William III. In 1700 he was made a Knight of the Holy Roman Empire. For Queen Mary, he painted a series of portraits known as the ‘Hampton Court Beauties’. He also painted a series of admirals. Kneller maintained a large studio, with assistants, and had many sitters per day. He is famous for his ‘kit-cat’ portraits, measuring 36 x 28 inches and named after a Whig dining club. In the early eighteenth century, his style became more classical. With the accession of George I in 1714, Kneller was named principal painter and created a baronet. He died in 1723. Dr. Peter Murray, 2023

Britain.- Brayley (Edward Wedlake) & John Britton. The Beauties of England and Wales..., vol.v only (Durham), extra-illustrated with 25 engraved plates and maps, some folding, occassional offsetting, modern half calf, edges lightly rubbed, 1803 § Holwell (John) A Sure Guide to the Practical Surveyor, in Two Parts, first edition, 10 plates only (of 12, one in duplicate), water-staining from pp.177 onwards, modern panelled calf, spine with morocco labels, by W. Godbid for Christopher Hussey, 1678 § [Dibdin (T.F.)] The History of Cheltenham, and Account of its Environs..., frontispiece torn and repaired, additional title bound in, plates, some light even browning, modern half morocco, lightly sunned, Cheltenham, 1803; and 11 others, British topography, v.s. (14).

THE REGIMENTALLY UNIQUE GROUP TO CAPTAIN F W DURAND ROYAL MUNSTER FUSILIERS killed in action on the 22nd December 1914, previously seconded to the Foreign Office in Zanzibar.South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896, clasp Mashonaland 1897, correctly engraved Corpl. F.W. Durand. Gwelo V1914 Star (original bar) correctly impressed Capt: F. W. Durand. R. MUNS: FUS.Pair correctly impressed Capt: F. W. Durand.; the Sultan of Zanzibar's Brilliant Star 3rd Class; and The Order of El Aliyeh 4th Class.Condition NVF to EF (BSA NVF with edge bruising, Trio EF)There are some slight chips in the enamel of the Zanzibar Orders, but they would grade as GVF. Sold with a miniature set of British South Africa Company Medal, The Sultan of Zanzibar's Brilliant Star 3rd Class and The Order of El Aliyeh 4th Class. Francis William Durand was born in 1875, the son of Reverend Havilland Durand, the Vicar of Earley. His mother, Mary Durand, was born in Guernsey.Durand was educated at Charterhouse School; aged 16, he travelled to South Africa and went to work for Cecil Rhodes, likely in the diamond mining industry. He moved to Rhodesia and volunteered for service with the Gwelo Volunteers, rising to the rank of Corporal. He fought in the Rhodesian Campaign of 1896 against the Matabeles between the 24th of March and the 31st of December 1896 and in the Mashonaland of 1897. For his service, he was awarded the British South Africa Company Medal with clasp Mashonaland 1897. From 1899 to 1901, he served with the African Transcontinental Telegraph Survey through German East Africa under O. Berringher, Chief Surveyor, Northern Rhodesia and from 1901 to 1902 with the Tanganyika Concessions Expedition to Katanga, Congo Free State. He returned to England in 1901 to attend the wedding of his sister Helen to Edmund Hawtrey. At the wedding, he met Geraldine Hawtrey, Edmund's younger sister and a bridesmaid. Francis and Geraldine married on the 4th of June 1903. That same year, he was employed as Secretary and A.D.C. to the First Minister of the Zanzibar Government. On the 10th of February 1906, Durand was commissioned into the 3rd Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers as Lieutenant. His promotion to Captain was gazetted on the 4th of May 1906, mentioning he had transferred to the 4th Bn. He was seconded under the Foreign Office to the Zanzibar Government and served the Sultan from 1906 to 1913. He held numerous positions: Secretary of the First Minister, Assistant Commandant of Police, Assistant Collector and Assistant Commandant of the  Zanzibar Armed Constabulary. He was decorated by the Sultan for his service, being awarded The Sultan of Zanzibar's Brilliant Star 3rd Class (gazetted 1.5.1914) and The Order of El Aliyeh 4th Class (gazetted 13.7.1906)He holidayed in Switzerland and Europe in 1913 with his wife and his friend Captain Hugh O'Brien. On the 5th of August 1914, he was mobilised and joined his Bn; on the 8th of September 1914, he was attached to the 2nd Bn in France. He fought at the Battles of Aisne and the Marne and was present at Ypres.Captain Durand was sadly killed in action on the 22nd of December 1914 at the Battle of Festubert. After a horrendous night of snow, rain and hail in the trenches, the battalion attacked at 7 am, led by  Colonel A. M. Bent. Durand was a Captain in C Company, which was commanded by his friend Captain O'Brien.The Munster's went forward under heavy enfilading machine gun fire from the German positions.Colonel Bent was dangerously wounded and his second in command Major Day and Captain O'Brien were both killed. Captain Durand was killed 'most nobly, leading at the extreme point of the advance made by C Company under fierce enfilading fire.The sorrow and heroism of such death is touched by the great enduring light of glory.'His body was never recovered, but his death was confirmed after part of his tunic with his ribbon bar was found. Francis was 39 years old and is remembered on the Le Touret Memorial. 

KENNEY, Cyril Ernest. Four examples of The Quadrant And The Quill. Three published London 1947 cloth and board binding and one London 1944. One copy is marked in pencil 'J. S. Kenney Copy'. Also Captain Toby F.S.I or The Surveyor at War by C. E. Kenney. (5)

United States of America Bestowal documents, comprising: i) Second War Honorable Discharge certificate for Engineer Technician 5th Grade Robert C Booth, Company A, 335 Engineers, US Army. Sold with photograph of recipient ii) Vietnam War Purple Heart; Honorable Discharge and Certificate of Appreciation, awarded to Specialist 4th Class Samuel Edmund Strange, United States Army, awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in Vietnam on 12 October 1971. With recipient’s dog tags iii) Vietnam War Bronze Star and Army Commendation Medal documents awarded to Specialist 4th Class Howard E. Noblitt, 101st Airborne Division, awarded the Bronze Star for service in Vietnam between May 1970 and March 1971. He was further awarded the Army Commendation Medal for service in Vietnam between June and October 1970. Documents in official folder iv) Second War Bronze Star recommendation and Honorable Discharge document group to Private First Class Joseph Anthony Vingiello, 399 Infantry Regiment U.S. Army. Entitled to Bronze Star, Eastern Campaign Medal, Victory Medal 1945 and Army Good Conduct Medal. Sold with letter regarding bringing home enemy equipment, dated 1946, Motor Operators Permit, dated 1945 and rations book v) Second War Honorable Discharge and veterans compensation letter for Private First Class John R Cantlon, Military Police, who served with the 443rd Military Police Prisoner of War Processing Company. Enlisting on 6 November 1942, he was discharged from the Army on 23 October 1945. Entitled to the European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 4 bronze Stars and the Army Good Conduct Medal vi) Second War official casualty notification form for Staff Sergeant Raymond P. Ruhling, 321st Glider Field Artillery Battalion, 101st Airborne Division, who was killed in action at Bastogne, Belgium, 10 January 1945. The 321st Glider Field Artillery Battalion initially landed on Utah Beach on D-Day aboard the Liberty ship, John S Mosby. During Operation Market Garden, on 19 September 1944, the 321st took off from Welford in WACO GC-4A gliders, and landed in the vicinity of Eindhoven, Holland. In January 1945, they were present at the Defence of Bastogne, during the Battle of the Bulge, where the recipient was killed. A surveyor with the field artillery and in charge of maps, he was part of the forces of General McAuliffe, who won renown by his terse "Nuts!" to the Germans’ demand for surrender of the encircled forces at Bastogne. Sold with the recipient’s metal parachutist badge, generally good condition (lot) £80-£100 --- The Recommendation for Joseph A. Vingiello’s Bronze Star states: ‘Joseph A. Vingiello, Private First Class, 42064034, 399th Infantry Regiment, for heroic achievement in action on 18 April 1945, in the vicinity of Unterheinreit, Germany. Private Vingiello, driver in a heavy machine gun platoon, was a member of a motorised patrol when it entered Unterheinreit and became involved in a fierce fire fight with a large enemy force. During the action he was instrumental in the capture of 16 Germans and when towards the end of the engagement observed and enemy officer trying to escape, he ran after him and succeeded in wounding the German and making him prisoner. It was later learned the officer intended to warn the German garrison in the next town and therefore, by his alertness, Private Vingiello’s unit was able to capture this town by surprise the following day. Entered military service from Brooklyn, New York.’

Practice of surveying: learning to measure all straight and crooked lands, forests, orchards and other fields, both with the help of the quadrant, and without the self ... Johan Sems (surveyor, engineer) by Jan Bouwensz., 1600 - 303 pages

A miscellaneous collection of books to include Lord Randolph Churchill, by Winston Spencer Churchill, in two volumes, London: Macmillan, 1906; The Chartered Surveyor, with a foreword by Winston Churchill, London: Chartered Surveyors' Institution, [1932]; The Story of the Gadsbys, by Rudyard Kipling, Indian Railway Library, Allahabad: Wheeler & Co., n.d., and others, condition varied, sold as one collection with all faults (20)

Taylor, Alexander [Surveyor]. Manuscript plans of Knockando in Moray, Scotland, surveyed in 1774. Comprising 14 linen-backed, double-page maps, entirely hand-drawn in ink & watercolour on laid/chain-lined paper, each map measuring 54 x 74cm, each signed by Taylor. 1: Plan of the Farm of Clune; 2: Plan of the Farms of Balna Clach & Alt Winny; 3: Plan of the Farms of Knockanagore & The Lyn; 4: Plan of the Glebe Borlum & William Garrow's Improvement; 5: Plan of Milntown, Croften Lone & Knockanreich; 6: Plan of Bogg Chur & Upper Strondow; 7: Plan of the Tulishk Improvement; 8: Plan of the Leggans, Garroline More & Garroline Begg; 9: Plan of Knock Churn, Nether Knockans, Upper Knockans & Lynachurn; 10: unknown, pencil outline only; 11: Plan of the Farms of Upper & Nether Tandow; 12: Plan of Keradow, Cardinach & Nether Borlum; 13: Plan of Drum Divan & the Burntland Improvements; 14: Plan of the Mains of Knockandow; 15: Plan of Tam More. The condition on the maps is varied, some have handling marks, creasing, wear & loss, others are better preserved, all housed in a worn half-calf folio volume, boards detached. A unique record and remarkable piece of Scottish history (14)

Lancashire.- Hennet (George, surveyor) A Map of the County Palatine of Lancaster, large map with ornate title upper right, vignette view of the New Custom House, Liverpool, just below, engraved map by James Bingley, with bright original hand-colouring, 1630 x 1160 mm (64 1/4 x 45 3/4 in), dissected and mounted on linen, edged with green silk, minor offsetting and browning, and surface dirt, folding with green marbled endpapers, presented in tree calf book-style slipcase, spine with red morocco label gilt-lettered 'Teesdale's Map of Lancashire', 4to, Henry Teesdale, 1830.

HALLIDAY JAMES, Surveyor.  Fldg. eng. col. plan of Dumfries & Maxwelltown, dissected & mounted on linen. 76cm x 104cm. Eng. vignettes. Damp stained cloth bdg. Curries & Co., 1886.

RENNELL JAMES.  Memoir of a Map of Hindoostan or the Mogul Empire. No maps. Quarto. Old calf, top brd. det. but present. Bookplate of Lord Grantham. 3rd ed., 1793. Rennell was Surveyor-General of the East India Company's territories in Bengal & was the first person to correctly establish the course of the Tsangpo River.

Three: Sergeant A. Spence, Gordon Highlanders, who was killed in action on the First Day of the Passchendaele Offensive, 31 July 1917 1914-15 Star (S-5617. Sjt. A. Spence, Gord. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (S-5617. Sjt. A. Spence, Good. Highrs.) good very fine (3) £120-£160 --- Alexander Spence was born at Inch, Aberdeenshire, on 4 February 1891, the eldest son of the Rev. Alexander Easton Spence, and was educated at Walker’s Academy, Aberdeen, then Stiring High School, and finally the Technical and Agricultural Colleges in Glasgow. Prior to the Great War he was employed as an Assistant Surveyor for Lanarkshire. Spence attested for the Gordon Highlanders on 3 September 1914, and served with the 8/10th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 9 July 1915. He was killed in action 31 July 1917, on the first day of the Passchendaele Offensive; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Sold with copied Medal Index Card and Roll of Honour extract.

Geology. Phillips (Wm.). A Vertical Section of the Strata (looking north) A Cross the Great Lancashire Coal-Field, extending from Ormskirk, by Up Holland, Wigan, West Houghton and Worsley Mills to Manchester, by Elias Hall, Mineral Surveyor of Castleton, Derbys..., 1st Jany. 1824, panoramic cross-section engraved by J. W. Lowry with contemporary hand-colouring, on three conjoined sheets, slight dust soiling and offsetting, 120 x 2000 mm, marbled endpapers, contained in a contemporary marbled card slipcase with publisher's printed label to the upper siding, slipcase worn at extremities QTY: (1)

Sudan. Fowler (John, surveyor), Sketch of the Country between Ambukol and Shendy, Taken from the Survey of Mr John Fowler C. E. to which is added Descriptive Notes of the Route, Intelligence Branch, War Office, May 1884, lithographic linear map, printed in red and black on linen, some staining, old folds, 680 x 1000 mm, together with Wyld (James). Map of the Nile District between Assouan & Khartoom (sic), Foster Groom & Co. 1896, colour lithographic map, sectionalised and laid on linen, inset maps of the Red Sea and the environs of Suakim, some splits along old folds, with slight loss, 880 x 600 mm, contemporary cloth boards with publisher's label to the upper siding, some staining and slight wear to the extremitiesQTY: (2)NOTE:In the lower right corner of the map is a printed note. The Information given in red on this map is quite correct and is obtained from the studies of the Soudan Railway Survey of 1872 of which I was second in charge. W. Whitworth Sept. 10th 1884. There is a later state of this map (held by the National Library of Australia), with an addition to the title which states Revised from Sketches and Information furnished by Officers during the Campaign of 1884 - 1885. This would coincide with the siege of Khartoum and the death of General Gordon. Gordon arrived at Khartoum on 18 February 1884 and the siege took place between the 13 March 1884 and the 26 January 1885. The Mahdists hearing news of an approaching British relief column, stormed the garrison slaughtering the defenders to the last man, as well as 4,000 of the town's male inhabitants. Many of the surviving women and children were enslaved by the victorious Mahdists. Advance elements of the relief expedition arrived within sight of Khartoum two days after it fell. After discovering that they were too late, the surviving British and Egyptian troops withdrew. It is therefore possible that this map - designed for portability - was used by British officers in the relief column.

Attributed to Richard Collins (1755-1831) Portrait miniature of a gentleman, thought to be Charles Paxton (1707/8-1788) in a grey coat and matching waistcoat, frilled white cravat, his hair worn en queue watercolour on ivory, oval, in a gold frame set with old cut diamonds 4cm Provenance: Sotheby's, London, 30 May 1977, lot 63; Christie's, London, March 1985, lot 298; Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh, 14 May 2019, lot 53, as 'Attributed to George Engleheart and of Charles Paxton'; Ellison Fine Art, from whom acquired in 2019 as 'by Richard Collins of Charles Paxton' by the late Barry Lock (1934-2021) Charles Paxton was an American Loyalist whose early career is largely unknown. In 1760, he became Customs Surveyor in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. Despite his thankless job of searching ships for contraband and enforcing customs duties, he was perceived as living extravagantly and currying favour with the British, making him immensely unpopular in Boston. In 1766, Paxton was chased out of the country by an angry mob. The following year, in London, he helped form a Board of Commissioners to enforce British customs laws in Boston and returned to Massachusetts with increased power. By 1768, however, he called for British troops to be sent to Boston after the merchants openly defied the law, leading to an effigy of Paxton being hung from the Liberty Tree. His call for military support is considered one of the earliest actions leading to the hostilities of the Revolutionary War. Once the war began, he was officially banished from Boston and fled to England in 1776, where he submitted claims to the crown for his losses during the war and settled in Norfolk. A portrait of Charles Paxton dated 1751, which shows him at a younger age and before him fleeing to England in 1776, is at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington. This item is offered for sale in accordance with the Ivory Act 2018 and has been assigned an exemption certificate, Ref. No. 36E69MP6.

A GEORGE I OAK BOOKCASE POSSIBLY BY THOMAS RIPLEY CIRCA 1725 The fabric lined glazed doors enclosing adjustable shelves, the panelled doors enclosing drawers with gilt metal ring handles and handwritten ink labels 'Leases...Cottage Agreements... Farm Agreements...Papers relating to the leasehold lands under Christ Church...', inscribed in paint twice to the back 'RW' 270cm high, 198cm wide, 62cm deep Provenance: Almost certainly supplied to Sir Robert Walpole, later 1st Earl of Orford (1676-1745) or his son, Robert, 2nd Earl of Orford (1700-1751) for Houghton Hall, Norfolk and by descent at Houghton. Property of the Marquess of Cholmondeley, Houghton Hall, Norfolk, Christie's, London, Important English Furniture and Carpets, 24 November 2005, lot 29, where purchased by Robert Kime. Literature: G. Nares, 'Wolterton Hall, Norfolk - II: The Home of Lord Walpole', Country Life, 25 July 1957, pp. 166-169. A. Bowett, 'Thomas Ripley and the Use of Early Mahogany', The Georgian Group Journal, 1997, pp. 140-145. A. Moore, E. Bottoms, 'A New Walpole Discovery', The Burlington Magazine, January 2006, pp. 34-37. ed. T. Murdoch, Noble Households: Eighteenth-Century Inventories of Great English Houses, Cambridge, 2006. In 1722 building commenced of Houghton Hall for Sir Robert Walpole, Britain's first Prime Minister. From 1725 William Kent decorated the interior and designed furniture for the state rooms. This bookcase is probably the 'wainscot bookcase with plate glass doors' recorded at Houghton Hall in 1792 in room 'No. 86 Stewards office' (Murdoch, p. 198). In 1722, building on Houghton began for Sir Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford (1676-1745), Britain's first Prime Minister. From 1725, the Palladian architect and designer, William Kent (c. 1685-1745), was employed to design the interiors and furniture of the state rooms. However, this bookcase was possibly designed by Thomas Ripley, who prior to becoming an architect and Surveyor in the Royal Office of Works trained as a carpenter. Ripley acted as building supervisor at Houghton, and from 1727, designed Wolterton Hall, Norfolk, and in the 1730s, a house in the Cockpit, Whitehall, for Walpole. Ripley used mahogany extensively for the interior wainscotting, doors, door-cases and stairs at Houghton, all of which were heavily carved and richly detailed (Bowett, p. 142). The use of mahogany on such a scale suggests that in the early years mahogany was considered suitable for joinery being no more costly than wainscot. Walpole's mahogany was shipped from Jamaica to King's Lynn via London from mid-1724, and it was Ripley who organised the freight, lighterage (transferring cargo between vessels of different sizes) and storage for the shipments. After the 1720s, the fashion for mahogany as a furniture wood superseded its employment as architectural joinery. The Houghton archives show that after the initial phase of building was completed, Ripley was paid the substantial sum of £500; this probably included payment for further alterations to the house and stable block and the designing of the church tower (PRO C101/19). As the payment is not itemised, presumably it may have also included furniture. Certainly, Ripley's correspondence in the Wolterton archive shows he was responsible for the hanging of the pictures, and possibly designed frames for the royal portraits there suggesting he may have designed furniture as well (Nares, p. 166). Condition Report: Overall there are scratches, marks, knocks, cracks and abrasions consistent with age and use.There are some losses, restorations and observations including:There are some chips, splits and loose sections of wood in particular to some corner and edge sections, and to the bracket feetSome sections are missing, for example the lower border beneath the wood panelled doors, and some other elements are later, for example the side moulding between the top and the base.There are traces of white paint, presumably from when the room this bookcase was in was painted.There is some evidence of worm.Three of the shelves are later pine replacements, all shelves have a front moulding and two shelves to the glazed section have metal hinged latches to hold fast the doors.One of the backboards has a circular hole cut to it, possibly for an electric cable.The interior oak drawers have oak linings and gilt brass ring handles, one of the rings is missing. Each drawer front has a pale filled hole to each corner which is probably original filler over the nail or peg construction of the drawers.Lacking some original handles to the glazed doors. There are two keys for the glazed doors, one of which turns one of the locks. The locks to the glazed doors are Georgian but later to this bookcase cast with the maker's name 'PATENT UNION LOCK / ROBT. KEMP PATENT / G.R. under a coronet / R&T FARMER / PROPRIETORS AND MANUFACTURERS ' Lacking three handles to the panelled doors, there are no keys for the lower door locks, and there are filled holes from previous fittings.The brass hinges are of notable quality, they are substantial, have chamfered edges, are wide opening and have an extra outset section that is inset into the doors.The glazed doors have almost imperceptibly bevel cut glass, the subtle almost slightly rounded cuts, rather than sharp angular bevelled edges. The green fabric is a chintz or glazed cotton of almost paper like quality, still with distinct folds where the fabric has been previously folded. It has faded, in some places, to an almost golden colour, with some splashed fading. The fabric has some repairs including later sewn tape to the base of one door and another, possibly original, inset sectionThe cut of the oak whether dark or pale displays exceptional medullary rays.Please see the additional condition report photographs as a visual reference of condition. Condition Report Disclaimer

Two Zenith Surveyor Theodolites and a tripod stand.

India.Stanford's Map of India, Based on the Surveys Executed by Order of the Honourable The East India Company, Special Maps of the Surveyor General and Other Authorities; Sowing the Latest Territorial Acquisitions of the British Empire and the Independent and Protected States, Railways, Canals, &c.Edward Stanford, 1857, large hand-coloured folding lithographic map in two parts (North and South), each composed of 36 sections, overall approx 152cm x 123cm, inset map of the Malay Peninsula and distance charts for Bombay, Madras and Calcutta, linen-backed, mounted, framed and glazed.Stain to approx mid point of right-hand margin, otherwise a nice clean map. Heavy frame.

Rocque (John) Plan de la ville et faubourgs d' Exeter ..., exceptionally fine plan adorned with nine large vignettes of buildings and views in Exeter and its rural environs, engraving by R. White, on two sheets conjoined, total 790 x 1210 mm (31 1/8 x 47 5/8 in), under glass, some old folds, restored loss to the lower right corner, other marginal nicks and tears, framed, 1744⁂ Published two years prior to Rocque's monumental plan of London. Vignette views include: Exe Bridge; The Guild-Hall; The West Prospect of the Cathedral of St Peter; The North View of the Castle; The City Hospital; The City and County Hospital; The Prospect of the Custom House; The Work House; and The North Prospect of the Cathedral of St Peter. A small vignette just above the French title cartouche appears a portrait of a surveyor at work, presumably Rocque himself.Scarce. We cannot trace another copy having been offered at auction.

PENNINGTON, Joseph (fl. late 18th century) “A Map of The Town of Ipswich, In which the Streets, Buildings, Yards etc Are drawn from an actual survey finished 1778 by Joseph Pennington, Land Surveyor”, 63.5cm x 72.5cm, framed & glazed (82cm x 91cm overall).

° ° HASTINGS - Laing, John (Borough Surveyor) - Map of Hastings and St. Leonards, on linen in red cloth binding with gilt lettering, scale: 12 inches to 1 mile, Hastings, January 1859, 68.5 x 131cms

NO RESERVE Mathematics.- Moore (Sir Jonas) A Mathematical Compendium..., fourth edition, engraved plates and illustrations, one folding, tables, contemporary ink inscriptions of William Dale and James Gilbert to front endpapers and notes & calculations to rear endpapers, free endpaper detached, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, 12mo, J.Philips, 1705.⁂ Popular English schoolbook first published in 1681 by the mathematician and surveyor to the Fen Drainage Company.

Estate Plan. A Plan of Cottonhope, A Stock Farm in the Parish of Elsdon, a large map of Cottonhope farm, Northumberland, belonging to Robert De Lisle, Robert Tate surveyor, 1809, backed on linen, rolled, 313cm by 145cm; together with a Plan of a Portion of the Lands of Lord Crewe's Trustees in the Parish of Hunstanworth in the County of Durham, on three linen backed sheets stitched together at one end, rolled; an "Imperial Chart" of Great Britain, and five engraved, framed maps. (8)

20TH CENTURY BRITISH SCHOOL, BUST OF A LADY CIRCA 1950/60s carved or moulded stone, on plinth base45cm highIt came to the vendor's father (surveyor) as part-payment for a job whilst living in Sunningdale Berkshire, England, during the 1960/70s.In overall good condition. Chips to several sections of the shoulders and back. Some flaking and scratches to the head. Wooden plynth with further scratches. Additional images now available.Provenance now stated in description, that is all the information we have unfortunately so cannot speak as to attribution whether individual or School;unsigned, bust itself 40cm high, 19.5cm wide, approx 26.5cm deepwe don't know the specific type of stone, close ups provided - POSSIBLY MOULDED AS OPPOSED TO CARVEDApprox 25kg overall

Palitoy Action Man Vintage Action Soldier 34228 Engineer Surveyor - Excellent to Excellent Plus on a Good backing card in mostly sealed bag (small hole to bottom edge).

Documents - Northumberland - Alnwick Castle.  1855. Original manuscript copy report & further copy by Henry Welch, County Surveyor for buildings & bridges, Newcastle, headed "Alnwick March 9th 1855", addressed to the Duke of Northumberland & being his report of the conditions of the walls in the dining room of Alnwick Castle & his suggested methods of repair.

Ireland. Van Loon (Jan), Carte Generale des Costes D'Irlande et des Costes Occidentales D'Angleterre avec une Partie de celles D'Ecosse, [1661 or later], large uncoloured sea chart of Ireland and the west coast of England & Wales, inset map of the River Dee and Chester, compass rose and numerous rhumb lines, 610 x 870 mm, together with Beechey (Captain F. W. surveyor). The Irish Channel..., 1868, very large uncoloured engraved sea chart on two sheets not conjoined, numerous inset maps, old folds, slight wear where old folds cross, very slight staining, upper sheet 660 x 1000 mm, lower sheet 890 x 1000 mmQTY: (3)

England & Wales. Rocque (John), England and Wales Drawn from the most accurate surveys, Containing all the Cities, Boroughs, Market Towns and Villages..., circa 1794, large engraved map with contemporary outline colouring on two sheets not conjoined, large cartouche with later hand-colouring, inset map of the Scilly Isles, old folds, slight offsetting and spotting, overall size 1200 x 985 mm, together with Kitchin (Thomas). A New Map of England & Wales Drawn from Several Surveys &c. on a new Projection Corrected from Astronomical Observations..., The Canals inserted to 1792 by J. Phillips Surveyor, Laurie & Whittle, 12th May 1794, large engraved map with contemporary outline colouring on two sheets not conjoined, inset map of the Scilly Isles, large uncoloured decorative cartouche, the cartouche incorporates a coastal scene with a ship, a soldier and a sailor and a spread of artefacts representing British trades, including sheep, wheat and cannonballs, compass rose and table of remarks, slight dust soiling, old folds, overall size if conjoined 1275 x 1090 mm,QTY: (4)

A late 19th / early 20th century brass map surveyor. 4.5x4.5cm

A good Surveyor Transit Level, by Watson & Sons, London, 28cms (10 1/2") in mahogany case, together with a German DBP Meter, a Kew-66 Eagle Products, OHMS multi-Meter, and a Bakelite Vintage Nevellator with conversion table- inches per yard- fall or rise. (4)

Britain.- Brayley (Edward Wedlake) & John Britton. The Beauties of England and Wales..., vol.3 only [Durham], extra-illustrated with 25 engraved plates and maps, occasional offsetting, modern half calf, edges lightly rubbed, 1803 § Holwell (John) A Sure Guide to the Practical Surveyor, in Two Parts, first edition, 10 plates only (of 12, one in duplicate),water-staining from pp.177 onwards, modern panelled calf, spine with morocco labels, by W. Godbid for Christopher Hussey, 1678 § [Dibdin (T.F.)] The History of Cheltenham, and Account of its Environs..., frontispiece torn and repaired, additional title bound in, plates, some light even browning, modern half morocco, lightly sunned, Cheltenham, 1803; and 12 others, British topography, v.s. (28)

London.- Laing (David) Plans, Elevations, and Sections, of Buildings Public and Private ... including the New Custom-House, London ..., half-title, 45 engraved plates and plans, 12 double-page, bound without publisher's advertisements at end, scattered spotting, occasional faint marginal finger-soiling, contemporary half-calf, upper joint beginning to split but holding firm, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, folio, 1818.⁂ David Laing (1774-1856), was appointed Surveyor to the Customs in 1810, and 2 years later was asked to produce plans for a new customs house in London. During construction there were disputes over costs between Laing and the contractors, Miles and Peto. With the contractors cutting corners in order to try and save money, the foundations gave way in 1824 leading to the collapse of the central part of the building. As a result Laing was suspended from his post.

NO RESERVE Space.- Surveyor III: surface sampler holding lunar rock, May 1, 1967, vintage gelatin silver print on fibre-based paper, [NASA 67-H-749], NASA caption and Age of Space cropping remarks on the verso, 255 x 203 mm (10 x 8 in.)

Three: Captain R. B. Creyke, Royal Navy Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria (R. B. Creyke, Mate.); Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued; St. Jean d’Acre 1840, silver, unnamed as issued, fitted with contemporary replacement silver bar suspension, each medal fitted with silver ribbon buckle and long pin for wearing, nearly extremely fine (3) £1,400-£1,800 --- Provenance: Glendining’s, March 1998, when mounted in glass fronted display case, the black-on-gold painted labels from which accompany the group. Richard Boynton Creyke entered the Navy in July, 1829, as first-class volunteer on board the Atholl, on the west coast of Africa, from which vessel, in April 1831, he was transferred to the Medina, where he remained until July of the same year. He joined the Ocean as a midshipman in December 1831, the Magpie in November 1832, and the Rolla in November 1833. In these vessels he was employed at Sheerness, and on the North Sea and Lisbon stations. He went to the Mediterranean in April 1834, in the Revenge, and as a Mate became attached to the Bellerophon in May 1838. In the Bellerophon, as a Mate, he took part in the operations on the coast of Syria, and was present at the bombardment of St. Jean D’Acre. In July 1841, he was appointed to the revenue cutter Defence, employed in the North Sea, and was transferred, in July 1843, to the steam vessel Blazer, Captain John Washington (afterwards Hydrographer) employed on surveying service in the same neighbourhood. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in September 1843. From February 1844, to October 1845, he served on the west coast of Africa in the Penelope, Alert, and Growler, the former being the Commodore’s vessel on that station. He commanded the boats of the Alert in an attack on pirates at the Arguin islands, near Cape Blanco, for which he was mentioned favourably in the despatches of the Commodore. In January 1846, he was appointed to the survey of the west coast of Scotland, under Captain C. G. Robinson, in the Shearwater, and in October of the same year was made an Assistant-Surveyor. In October 1847, his name was transferred to the books of the San Josef and subsequently to the Impregnable and Fisgard, his services throughout being continued in the survey of the west coast of Scotland. In February 1855, Lieutenant Creyke was appointed First Lieutenant of the Merlin, Captain Bartholomew J. Sulivan, attached to the Baltic fleet, in which vessel he assisted in surveying the north part of Cronstadt, as well as the vicinity of Sweaborg, previous to its bombardment, at which he was present. For his services on this occasion he was so strongly recommended by the Commander-in-Chief to the favourable consideration of their lordships, that he was promoted to the rank of Commander in September of the same year, and in the following November again resumed his duties as an Assistant-Surveyor on the west coast of Scotland, under Captain E. J. Bedford, with whom, as Chief Assistant-Surveyor, he continued to serve until about the year 1861. He was promoted to be Retired Captain on 11 February 1862, in consideration of his services and the impaired state of his health. For his war services Captain Creyke has received the Syrian and Baltic medals.

Palitoy vintage Action Man loose figure plus outfits and accessories including Green Beret uniform (black boots), Astronaut suit, British Infantryman uniform, French Resistance Fighter uniform, Combat Field Jacket set (4 grenades), Rifle Rack, also includes accessories from the Engineer Surveyor and Demolitions Engineer sets (incomplete) and small selection of weapons. all generally Good to Good Plus. (qty)

HEISSMARS(?) GEORGE.  A Copy Upon the Views of Sheep & Sheep Farming at the Request of Sir John Sinkler(sic). 11pp. Manuscript. Quarto. Edinburgh, May, 1797; also John Robinson, Surveyor-General of Woods & Forests, Letter to Sir John Sinclar, prntd., 72pp, disbound but with half title, 1794.  (2).

Ogilby (John). A collection of eight maps, all commencing from London, The Road from London to Holy-head co. Anglesey, North Wales, The Road from London to Barwick (3 copies), The Road from London to Arundel com. Sussex (2 copies), The Road from London to Dover in co. Canty, The Road from London to Aberistwith..., [1675 or later], eight hand-coloured engraved strip road maps, some staining and toning, some maps repaired and strengthened on verso, some duplicates, each approximately 315 x 435 mmQTY: (8)NOTE:Sheet numbers 21, 5, 4, 28 and 1. Two of the maps show a surveyor using a waywiser.

William Allen Boulnois, British, exh.1880- Newbold Beeches, Leamington; pencil and watercolour heightened with touches of white on paper, bears old inscribed label 'Newbold Beeches Leamington / A residence designed and / erected for W. Adams Esq: by W. A. Boulnois / 6 Waterloo Place / Pall Mall' on the reverse of the frame, 55.5 x 86.5 cm. Provenance: Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 13 September 2001, lot 156. Private Collection, UK. Note: Newbold Beeches was an imposing mansion located on a hilltop overlooking North Leamington, constructed for William Alfred Adams, who was town surveyor of Leamington Spa in the mid-19th century. It was built from the designs of Boulnois, who practiced as an artist and architect and who also designed Villa Branca on Lake Maggiore. The present drawing illustrates the grand scale of the house, whilst the blue expanse of the horizon behind, with no other buildings in sight, gestures towards its prominent and secluded hilltop location. 

LINDT, John William (1845-1926, photographer). 12 fine albumen photographic prints by J. W. Lindt, 3 taken on board H.M.S. Dart, the remainder of scenes in New Guinea, mounted in an album. PRESENTATION COPY. Please see the full description below.LINDT, John William (1845-1926, landscape and ethnographic photographer). 12 fine albumen photographic prints by John William Lindt comprising three taken on board the H.M.S. Dart and the remainder of indigenous people and scenes in New Guinea, each mounted on thick card and captioned in manuscript by the photographer, in a contemporary oblong 4to cloth album, gilt edges, the upper cover lettered in gilt, "Australian Scenery. I. W. Lindt. Photographer, 7 Collins Street, East Melbourne", the albumen prints 152 x 206mm., [1885]. PRESENTATION COPY, the front pastedown of the album inscribed, "To Captain Field, H.M.S. Dart, in remembrance of the pleasant trip from Dinner Island to Sydney, J. W. Lindt, 23 [?]Sept. 1885." The albumen prints are captioned in manuscript by Lindt as follows: "On the job, H.M.S. 'Dart'"; "On board H.M.S. 'Dart'"; "Leisure H.M.S. 'Dart'"; "[?]Herepunu Women on the Market Place at Kalo (Kemp Witch R.N.G.)"; "Tupuselai nr Port Moresby (New Guinea)"; "Lakatoi or Motu Trading Vessel, Port Moresby"; "Koiari Chiefs, Saddera Martera, N.G."; "Tree Houses, Koiari District, N. G."; "Ka Kalo Creek, Kapa Kapa, N.G."; "Digaragara Is. from Cape Ventenat Normanby Is. Scene of Captn. Miller's Murder"; "Dinner Island, China Straits, N.G." and "Native Women, Port Moresby, N.G." In addition, the New Guinea prints are inscribed lower left "(Copyright)". "John William Lindt ... was born at Frankfurt on Main ... At 17 he ran away to sea and joined a Dutch sailing ship. He deserted at Brisbane ... and then worked in a photographic studio ... Using the wet-plate process he photographed the Clarence River district and its Aboriginals, producing albums in 1875 and 1876. He then ... went to Melbourne where he opened a studio in Collins Street. He soon won repute for his society, theatre and landscape portraits. In 1880 he photographed the capture of the Kelly gang at Glenrowan ... In 1885 Lindt went with Sir Peter Scratchley's expedition to the Protectorate of British New Guinea as official photographer. He presented an album of his New Guinea photographs to the Indian and Colonial Exhibition in London in 1886. He went to Europe to publish his Picturesque New Guinea (London, 1887) ... He was elected a judge at the international photographic exhibition at Frankfurt, received a gold medal from the Photographic Association of Vienna and became a member of the Royal Geographical Society, London" (from the Australian Dictionary of Biography). The recipient of this presentation copy was Captain Arthur Mostyn Field (1855-1950), an officer in the Royal Navy who rose to the rank of Admiral. He was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1905 in recognition of his work as a "distinguished Hydrographic Surveyor" chiefly in Australia, the Pacific Islands and the South China Seas.

Suffolk Estate map, Bredfield.- Johnson (Isaac, surveyor & artist) A Map of the Lands, Meadows, and Pasture Grounds of Mr. John Wade Situate, Lying and being in Breadfield Suffolk... Estate formerly Wades... The Property of Rev John Clarke, manuscript estate map in pen and ink and outlined in yellow watercolour wash, on vellum, folds, "Survey'd By Robert Wade 1727... Re-survey'd in 1797", 430 x 540mm., 1797; and another by Johnson, a plan of an estate in Woodbridge, on paper, a few small holes, 1795, v.s., v.d. (2).⁂ First mentioned Bredfield, two miles north of Woodbridge.

A Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster and Borough of Southwark; with the Contiguous Buildings; From an actual Survey taken by John Rocque, Land Surveyor and engraved by John Pine, large scale map printed on twenty four sheets laid on linen, 206 x 390cm

including a four-way seal, inscribed "SLOGGETT CORNWALL", a triple-seal, inscribed "THOMAS HENRY SLOGGETT PADSTOW", a small double-ended example, also inscribed "THOMAS HENRY SLOGGETT PADSTOW" and and a pommel-shaped example, with corded borders, c.1900; the four-way seal 3" (7.6cm) long (4) *Sloggetts, also Tresloggett, originating from Paignton, Devon and then later to Cornwall. Thomas Henry Sloggett, born in Padstow, Cornwall in 1823 was master of the British ship Tubal Cain which traded off of China in the 1850's. In his Captaincy, he saved five Dutch seamen from pirates, then later became a Marine Surveyor at the Port of Cardiff. He died in 1912 in Cardiff, Glamorganshire. *Condition: Please contact Connor for further information connor.swanwick@lawrences.co.uk.

Four rare views of the lunar surface and the probe's scientific samplers Surveyor 5, 11 September 1967 Four vintage gelatin silver prints on fibre-based paper, 25.3 x 20.3 cm (10 x 8 in), with NASA captions on verso (numbered 67-H-1288, 67-H-1309, 67-H-1319, 67-H-1330), (NASA Headquarters), (4)Footnotes: Surveyor 5 carried the first 'chemistry set' to aid the exploration of the lunar soil. The probe made one of the most significant finds of the Surveyor missions - that the Moon's surface was likely basaltic and therefore conducive to human exploration. Less than two years after the landing of Surveyor 5, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin set down the Lunar Module Eagle less than 100 km away, and returned rocks with chemistry similar to those measured by the SurveyorCondition Report: Very goodCondition Report Disclaimer

An oblique view of the lunar surface and horizon from the first panorama transmitted by the first robotic probe to soft land on the Moon, Soviet Luna 9 Luna 9, 2 February 1966 Vintage gelatin silver print on fibre-based paper, 23 x 18 cm (8 x 7 in), an AP cablephoto print with the AP press caption attached to the verso (dated 5 February 1966) Footnotes: Luna 9 was the first robotic spacecraft to successfully soft land on the Moon in 1966. It preceded the US Surveyor 1 by around 4 months. After touchdown a television camera erected from the probe and the system began a photographic survey of the lunar environment. Seven radio sessions with a total of 8 hours and 5 minutes were transmitted, as well as three series of TV pictures. After assembly the photographs gave a panoramic view of the immediate lunar surface. Although the pictures of the Moon were initially not released by Soviet authorities, their signal format was found to be similar to the Radiofax signal universally used by newspapers to transmit pictures. Thus, Jodrell Bank Observatory near Manchester was able to instantly intercept, decode and publish Luna 9's first photographs from the Moon's surface.Condition Report: Very goodCondition Report Disclaimer

Pete ConradA set of three views from the inspection of Surveyor 3, comprising a photograph of Pete Conrad inspecting the TV camera on the Surveyor, with the Lunar Module in the background, and two views of the Surveyor's footpad and its imprints in the lunar soil, Apollo 12, 14-24 November 1969Vintage gelatin silver prints on fibre-based paper, 25.3 x 20.5 cm (10 x 8 in), [NASA AS12-48-7133, AS12-48-7110 and AS12-48-7127], the latter BLACK NUMBERED in margin, two with captions on verso

Pete Conrad A pair of photographs depicting the LM Intrepid on the lunar surface, comprising: 1) Alan Bean unpacking experiments from Intrepid, November 14-24, 1969, EVA 1 Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based textured GAF paper [NASA image AS12-46-6791], 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10 in), blank on verso2) Side view of Intrepid, November 14-24, 1969, EVA 1 Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with A KODAK PAPER watermarks on verso, RED NUMBERED NASA AS12-46-6778 (NASA Manned Spacecraft Center)Footnotes: The first photograph shows Alan Bean as he has just attached the RTG (Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator) package to the carrybar (which would later serve as the Central Station antenna mast) to transport the experiment to Ocean of Storms Research Base located 500 feet northwest from the LM. Pete Conrad took the second photograph facing the 8 o'clock side of the LM Intrepid, from a position 9 m south east of the LM on the rim of Surveyor Crater.Condition Report: First photo: textured print (no gloss), two small cracks in upper left corner; Second photo: two restored tears in the upper right and lower right margin and a small area of surface gloss loss in right marginCondition Report Disclaimer

The first American photograph taken by the first American lander from the surface of the Moon, Surveyor I, NASA, 2 June 1966 Vintage gelatin silver print on fibre-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with General Dynamics credit stamp and ID number UNCLASSIFIED 74282 B on the verso (NASA/General Dynamics)Footnotes: General Dynamics was one of NASA's main contractor for Surveyor 1. The first American landing on the surface of another world, an incredible feat of engineering, revealed for the first time in beautiful detail an alien landscape, starting with this first photograph of its legs on the lunar surface.The Soviet Luna 9 was the first space probe to soft land on the Moon in February 1966and sent crude pictures from the surface. A few months later on June 2, 1966, Surveyor I joined it and landed on a dark, relatively smooth, mare surface north of the Crater Flamsteed, in the Ocean of Storms. The robot spacecraft transmitted much higher resolution photographs than Luna 9, including this first one taken on its first day of operation, confirming that the lunar surface was strong enough to support an astronaut.Condition Report: Some paper loss to the margin from filing punch holes; image unaffected and very goodCondition Report Disclaimer

Spherical lunar mosaic composed of narrow angle photographs taken by the spacecraft a few hours before lunar sunset on the 13th June and depicting a shadow self-portrait of the probe, Surveyor 1, 13 June 1966.Vintage gelatin silver print on fibre-based paper, 26 x 20.5cm (10 x 8 in), BLACK NUMBERED 66-1833, with a NASA caption affixed to the verso, signed on the verso by Tim FurnissFootnotes:By 1966 the Soviets and Americans were dispatching soft-landing craft to the Moon, which transmitted the first images from its surface. The Soviet Luna 9 alighted on the Moon's Ocean of Storms on February 3, 1966; the U.S. Surveyor 1 touched down near the crater Flamsteed on June 2, 1966 and sent back thousands of images, including images of its own reflection in lunar soil.Provenance: From a collection of Tim Furniss.Condition Report: Overall good and a very attractive print, with some handling wear. There are a couple of areas of indentation, including from the signature on the back. The shape of the tape used to attach the caption can be seen on the front. Cropping marks, a small sticker on verso. Signed by Tim Furniss in red ink on verso.Condition Report Disclaimer

H.M.Queen Elizabeth II Coronation 1953, a very rare door handle from The Queen's private robing room at Westminster Abbey fashioned from moulded Perspex with inset Crown and sold with a fascinating archive of photographs (approx.130) and ephemera relating to the enormous construction of the temporary annexe, robing room, seating stands and other works necessary to accommodate the six thousand invited guests. The ephemera including invitation to the Coronation, letters from the manufacturer of the door handle and a presentation book recording the construction at the Abbey by John Mowlem and Co civil engineers.Provenance: The vendor's grandfather was Mr Frederick Mouatt Keith Thomas the Chief Surveyor for the building department of John Mowlem & Co Ltd who had the contract from the Ministry of Works for the construction at Westminster Abbey in 1953 thence by family descent. Sold with letter of Provenance from the vendor