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WORLD WAR II - R.A.F. AND OPERATION NEPTUNEDespatch by Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory... Air Commander-in-Chief, Allied Expeditionary Air Force to the Supreme Allied Commander, Allied Expeditionary Forces, 109pp. typescript, 8 folding photographic or blueprint maps (4 partly hand-coloured with colour code table, each with original pasted-on title), 4 folding tables, [November, 1944]--Air Staff Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force. Report on Allied Air Operations 1st October 1944 to 9th May 1945, 98pp. typescript, 2 large folding colour-printed maps, 4 uncoloured maps and tables, with a loosely inserted typescript copy of a memorandum addressed to 'Senior Operations Office, Air Force' by Air Marshall J.M. Robb dated 20.2.[19]45 (with pencil name 'Corporal Clayton' upper right, [1945], together with 4 typescript single-sheet memoranda (with Clayton's ownership name), punch-bound in original wrappers, the first mentioned with printed title label on upper cover, the second mentioned with hand-painted title and 'S.H.A.E.F.' shield, and label 'Prepared by OPS. Records A-3. Air Staff S.H.A.E.F.' pasted on upper cover, each in old brown paper envelope, one stamped 'War Department. Official Business. Penalty for Private Use to Avoid Payment of Postage $300', folio (338 x 210mm.) (2)Footnotes:'Secret' typescript reports issued for use by the Allied Expeditionary Air Force, relating to their operations on the Western Front, including involvement in Operation Neptune. The maps include details on the 'Presentation of the Main Air Tasks for Operation 'Neptune'', 'Destruction of Bridges Isolating the Assault Area', 'Destruction of Facilities at Main Enemy Airfields', and 'Operation 'Goodwood' Diagram of Planned Bombing Areas'.Provenance: First work, inscribed on title 'To Ella, In grateful appreciation of all her hard work on this production & with thanks for her loyal services to Ops. Records, R. Douglas Paul... April 1945'; Second work, Corporal Clayton, with his name in ink or pencil in various places. Clayton was for 'Ops 7' at S.H.A.E.F., under the command or Douglas Paul. In one of the memorandum (dated 8 May 1945) he addresses his Ops 7. staff, announcing 'The war is over, our job is nearly done; let us all cheer!'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
TACITUS (GAIUS CORNELIUS)Opera, 4 vol., half-titles, 4 double-page engraved maps, double-page letterpress genealogical table, contemporary red crushed morocco gilt, sides with 3-line fillet border, spines elaborately tooled with fleurons, stars and other decorations, and 2 gilt morocco lettering labels, g.e. [Brunet V.636, 'Edition magnifiquement'], 4to (270 x 210mm.), Paris, L.-F. Delatour, 1771Footnotes:Provenance: Tatton Park, armorial bookplate; Sotheby's, 18 July 1960, lot 71.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
DRAWING MANUAL - BOTANICALTESTOLINI (GAETANO) Rudiments of Drawing, Shadowing, and Colouring Flowers in Water Colors; Contained in Thirty-Six Instructive Lessons... Intended for Beginners and Students of this Delightful Art. With a Description of Colours Used & the Method of Mixing Them, FIRST EDITION, pictorial aquatint frontispiece, 29 engraved plates of flowers (18 hand-coloured), hand-colored table of colours, contemporary red half morocco over marbled boards, original red morocco title label on upper cover, rubbed, small loss to foot of spine [Dunthorne 300; Nissen BBI 1946; Prideaux 213], oblong folio (255 x 400mm.), H.K. Causton for G. Testolini, 1818Footnotes:Described by Dunthorne as 'perhaps the finest of all drawing books of the period', Rudiments is one of the few books in which aquatint is used to illustrate botanical subjects. Each flower is shown in three states (outline, aquatint, hand-coloured), although in this copy 3 of the 'aquatint' states have been additional hand-coloured.Provenance William Pike(?), Bolton, 1837, inscription on front pastedown.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
the circular folding top with cross banded edge, the turned baluster support on a trefoil plinth base with gilt brass hairy lion paw feet 121.5 x 73cm Provenance: Robert & Georgina Hastie, Hungerford. Purchased 1996 for £5,200.00Condition report: Central dark patch to top where pot has sat, table repolished, various repairs and losses to veneers especially to the base, brass polished
A Still life of salmon cutlets and herring on a table with a brass pan oil on panel 45.5 x 60cmCondition report: Oil on panel. The woodgrain runs horizontally and is formed from two boards. The join has been repaired and has butterfly joins. The paint along the joins is disrupted. There is extensive overpaint across the surface of the painting, mainly located in the background. The frame is in a good condition. The panel was constructed from 2 horizontal oak boards. Analysis of the tree-ring sequences from these provided dates for both boards. These boards were derived from different trees sourced from the eastern Baltic area of Europe. The tree- ring dating result suggests that this panel dates from c. 1633 to c. 1649. A full dendrochronology report is available upon request.
the shaped red brèche marble top above three long drawers, the corner mounts with a dolphin flanked by two blowing figures of Triton, the sabots with lion masks, both sides with a rich central rococo foliated mount, one drawer stamped JME 86 x 167 x 66cmFootnote: Initially known as tables en bereaux , the commode was first introduced by André-Charles Boulle (1642-1732) and was the earliest example of a free-standing chest-of-drawers. Referencing the characteristic swollen form, the commode en tombeau is a hybrid of the table and earlier sarcophagus-shaped coffer. Under Louis XV the en tombeau form became increasingly Rococo, and, as with the present lot, used elaborate ormolu mounts, handles and escutcheons. Veneered with exotic woods, boasting ornate gilt bronze mounts, and surmounted by an impressive, serpentine shaped, slab of brèche marble, this commode is an extraordinary example of the en tombeau form. While the lion mask sabot mounts are a typical motif in Régence and early Louis XV commodes, this piece is further elevated by the unique corner mounts, which display a rippled-water cartouche surrounding a dolphin, and bordered by cornucopia blowing tritons, their tails intertwined below. Based on the unusual mounts and escutcheons, it is likely that the ébéniste of the present lot is Louis Delaïtre, one of the most prominent and important French cabinetmakers of the 18 th century. Although contemporary accounts brand Delaïtre as a brutish and violent man, his furniture, produced up until the 1750s from his atelier at Rue-Saint Nicolas, is said to have characterised the elegance and exuberance of the Louis XV era. In July 2006, at their Contenu d'une Propriété d'Ile de France sale (lot 583) Christie’s, Paris, sold a similarly mounted, and likewise unstamped, commode for €60,000.Condition report: Two pieces of loss of veneer approx cm each (see photos ) Good condition for age . Chip to rear of marble right hand . Possible old Repair to top ,see photo .
Still life with a Wanli kraak bowl with peeled lemons, melon, grapes, peaches, an orange, and cherries on a table draped with green velvet cloth oil on canvas 63.5 x 74cmFootnote: Theodor Aenvanck trained in Antwerp under Jan Davidsz. de Heem (1606-1684). The present composition is closely related to a signed work dated 1654, ‘A Still life of fruit in a basket, pewter plate and oysters’, last recorded with Richard Green at Maastricht in 1992. Another signed example is at Knole House, Sevenoaks. This work is a new addition to the small oeuvre of the artist’s known works, which amounts as yet to less than ten. We are grateful to Dr Fred Meijer for proposing the attribution to Theodor Aenvanck based on photographs and he suggests a date in the mid-1650s.Condition report: Christie's stencil to the reverse. Oil on canvas which has been lined. The paint layer is in a stable condition overall. The varnish is clear, even and glossy.
1970s Kay KDS60 classical guitar, made in Japan; Back and sides: rosewood, minor dings and surface scratches; Table: spruce; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: generally good, require cleaning; Hardware: generally good, signs of oxidisation; Case: original hard case; Overall condition: good
TOBACCO, advertising posters, inc. Players (2), Medium Navy Cut Tobacco, showing French Prisoners of War by A.D. McCormick (12 x 16.25), text only (14.5 x 8); Tom Long Tobacco, showing two men sat at table smoking (10 x 13.25), Franklyns Mild tobacco (13 x 10), text only (2), laid down to card (2), VG, 4
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