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- 1 of just 315 Saab 96 V4 cars known to the DVLA and 2 former keepers shown on V5C - Reportedly treated to 'routine maintenance and renovation over its 44-year life' - Dark Brown leather interior, MOT valid till Dec 2016 Vendor Condition Ratings: Bodywork: 'Average'Engine: 'Good'Electrical Equipment: 'Good'Paintwork: 'Average'Gearbox: 'Good'Interior Trim: 'Average' Further Info: The Saab 96 was released in 1960 as a replacement for the Saab 93 model. Initially available with only with a 3 cylinder 2-stroke engine until 1967 when, under a veil of secrecy other engines were tested before the 1498cc Ford V4 unit was chosen for installation. The 96 was transformed as a result of this, allowing it to compete on an entirely different level on both the retail market and indeed the competitive rally circuit where the V4 claimed World Rally Championship crowns in both 1973 and 1976. Being the subject of routine maintenance and renovation over its 44-year life, 'HVG 847L' is presented in Black with a Dark Brown interior, the bodywork is in above average condition and is very presentable and useable. The gearbox selects and engages as it should and the engine, having recently undergone a carburettor overhaul, pulls the car along with gusto, breathing well through the sports exhaust system that subtly upgrades this tax-exempt 96. Supplied with a MOT valid till December 2016, the Saab is ready to be immediately enjoyed boasting as it does quirky good-looks and Scandanavian charm aplenty. PLEASE NOTE: Upon nearing Donington Park, the vendor noticed what he believed to be a slight loss of power and mild vibration. A vehicle technician attended and suspects a degradation of a fibre/nylon gear attached to the balance shaft. Further inspection/costs will be necessary, but as the vehicle has arrived, the vendor has decided to offer the Saab at a reduced price. Any prospective purchaser who may have travelled has the option therefore to proceed. H&H Can confirm that the engine turns over: however should now be considered a non-runner. The vehicle remains taxed and MOT'd. The '96' remains a wonderful historic rallying opportunity, especially if equipped with a Weber carburettor and freshly balanced engine!

EDWARD ATKINSON HORNEL (SCOTTISH 1864 - 1933), SPRING FLOWERS oil on canvas, signed and dated 1913 63.5cm x 77cm (25 x 30 inches) Framed (original) Label verso: Robert Macindoe, Carver, Gilder and Picture Frame Maker, West Regent Street, Glasgow. Provenance: The late James Craig of Glasgow and by descent. This exceptional picture was originally purchased in the early 1900's by James Craig of James Craig's Bakeries and Tea Rooms (Glasgow). The business was started around 1870 by James Craig Snr and his two eldest children James and Jessie grew up in the business and continued to expand it after the death of James Snr in 1908. It was around this time that Harry Lauder would get a round of approving applause for confiding to his audience that he'd been away buying "a cookie frae Jimmy Craig's in the Wood-lands Ro-ad." There were twenty James Craig's Tea Rooms in Glasgow and the most prominent were The Ruhl at 123, Sauchiehall Street and The Gordon in Gordon Street. These were multi storey purpose built premises described as "the most luxurious and up-to-date in the city." In 1936 it was reported that James Craig's employed around 1100 people and were "known for never having had an industrial dispute." It was in The Ruhl and The Gordon that the majority of Craig's famous pictures hung and they became known as "the unofficial Art Galleries of Glasgow". T.J. Honeyman (the eminent Director of Glasgow's official Art Galleries) in an undated document describes Craig's collection as "first rate examples of the work of well-known Scottish artists." "Jas Craig's policy of exhibiting paintings so that all his customers might see them has given delight to a great number of people. I salute the pictures and Craig's for the opportunity they give to enlarge our experience." Craig bought generously and according to the Daily Record in 1932 the paintings which hung in the smoke rooms at Gordon Street alone were worth "£3000 - £4000." The artists he bought included George Houston and David Gauld, who acted as advisors, Hornel, William Wells, Stuart Park, D.Y. Cameron, Zorn, James McBey and J. Campbell Mitchell. In the early decades of the 20th century, there was probably no finer collection of "contemporary" Scottish paintings in private hands. It is believed that "Spring Flowers" was retained in the Craig family private collection and was never hung in any of the Tea Rooms.

JAMES HUME NISBET (SCOTTISH 1849 - 1923), WINTER SCENE oil on canvas, signed and dated 1876 52cm x 82cm Framed Note: Nisbet was the son of James Nisbet, house-decorator, and his wife Jane, née Hume. He emigrated to Australia at the age of 16. He had an artistic disposition and became an actor at the Theatre Royal in Melbourne, and spent time exploring Australasia, returning to Britain in 1872. He then studied and practised art, moving back to Scotland in 1873, where he married Helen, daughter of the sculptor Andrew Currie who did the Bruce statue on Stirling Castle Esplanade. From 1878 - 1885, he taught drawing at the Watt Institution (now Herriot Watt University). In 1886 he was commissioned by the publishers Cassell & Co. to go back to Australia to draw and write for their publications.

Sweet Cigarette packet, Cadet Sweets, Dr Who & the Daleks, 1964 (gd) (1)

Trade cards, Cadet Sweets, Doctor Who and the Daleks (set, 50 cards) (vg)

Cinema, a collection of 28 mostly film related annuals inc. Preview Hollywood & London Annuals, 1946, 48, 49, 50, 53, 59, 60 & 61 (all with dust jackets), Boy's Cinema Annual 1937 & 1938, TV Mirror Annual 1956, Picture Show Who's Who on the Screen, The Latest Film Show Annual, Swift Annual No 3 etc (some wear) (26)

Vinyl Records, 13 albums & one box set inc. Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Pink Floyd, Budgie, Alex Harvey, The Who, Pink Fairies, Black Sabbath, Atomsko Skloniste & others (mixed condition)

Football programmes, selection of friendlies, 1960's onwards inc. Cheadle Town v All Star X1 1991/92 signed by Brazilian legend Jairzinho who played in the Cheadle side! plus Shrewsbury v Spartak CKD 63/4 & 64/5, Ex Spurs All Star X1 v International X1 67/8 at Orient, Brentford v All Star X1 56/7, Portsmouth v Leicester City 69/70, St Mirren v Liverpool Centenary game 77/8 etc (gd) (9)

Margaret Mee, M.B.E. (British, 1909-1988): Stanhopea Tigrina, botanical study, watercolour, signed and titled, H 62 x W 44 cm. Provenance: with The Moorland Gallery, London. Note: A British botanical artist who specialized in plants from the Brazilian Amazon rainforest, Mee was one of the first environmentalists to draw attention to the impact of large-scale mining & deforestation on the Amazon Basin. Most of her illustrations are now part of the Kew Gardens collection which held a memorial to her life in 1989. Please note that Artist's Resale Rights may apply to this lot.

Margaret Mee, M.B.E. (British, 1909-1988): Gengara Truncata, botanical study, watercolour, signed & titled, H 60 x W 44 cm. Provenance: with The Moorland Gallery, London. Note: A British botanical artist who specialized in plants from the Brazilian Amazon rainforest, Mee was one of the first environmentalists to draw attention to the impact of large-scale mining & deforestation on the Amazon Basin. Most of her illustrations are now part of the Kew Gardens collection which held a memorial to her life in 1989. Please note that Artist's Resale Rights may apply to this lot.

Of Presidential Interest (at that time Grover Cleveland was President): A late 19th century American silver presentation vase. The base incuse stamped "Moore & Leding, Designers & Makers, Washington DC" above "Sterling Silver 925-1000 fine", c1895. Baluster form with slender neck, the lower section finely chased with a scene depicting a ship in distress with a rescue ship in the background, within a surround of scrolls, cast handles formed as the American Eagle atop the shield on the Great Seal of the United States. Rim of vase applied with 13 star motifs and engraved with the following inscription: "From The President of the United States to Captain Amos Hawkett of The British Steamship, Queensmore, in recognition of his humane services in effecting the rescue of the crews of the American schooners, ALMA CUMMINGS and MARION F SPRAGUE, February 12th and 13th, 1895"; together with a newspaper article recording the gallant efforts of Captain Amos Hawkett's attempt in rescuing the crews of The Alma Cummings and The Queensmore. For his bravery, Hawkett was given a vase, a watch and a banquet at Gordon's on Gay Street (possibly Gordon's Wine Bar, London?). Also in the article, the journalist records the watch as "a singularly handsome piece of jewelery (sic) and it bears an inscription on its case denoting the reason for the presentation. It cost over $200." It is interesting to note that this particular watch appeared in auction, Cape Town, in 2013. Footnote: 1. Manufactures:- Moore & Leding are better known for their production and sales of American souvenir spoons. Given this, it is possible that they bought this vase from one of the leading New York silversmithing companies, probably Tiffany or Gorham. 2. The Steamship Company:- This was the second steamship to be named The Queensmore, (the first caught fire on her maiden voyage in 1889 and was put into Dunmanus Bay, Ireland and abandoned). The second, the one mentioned in this rescue, was sold in 1896 to the Elder Dempster Line by the Johnston Line. The latter company was formed prior to 1872 by William and Edmund Johnston. Their first steamer was purchased in 1872 and traded with countries in the Black Sea, as well as Greece and Turkey. The Johnston brothers formed and amalgamated with a number of other shipping companies, notably the St Andrews Steam Shipping Company, in 1876, and the Atlantic Services in 1880. This was in conjunction with The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, who specialised in the transport in live cattle. From this collaboration, it resulted in a direct shipping trade route between Boston and London. 3. The President of the United States in 1896:- Stephen Grover Cleveland was born on 18th March 1837 in Caldwell, New Jersey and died in 1908 at the age of 71. Cleveland was a heavyweight in politics, as well as body mass. He was a heavy 250 pounds and known as 'Big Steve'. It was perhaps because of this he dropped his first name and adopted Grover Cleveland as his preferred name. Cleveland's early career was as a teacher at the New York Institute for The Blind before embarking on a career in Law. During his political career, his first position was Sheriff of Erie County. This was for two years from 1871-1873. Between 1873 and 1881 he returned to his practice yet after some persuasion he ran for Mayor of Buffalo. His main cause for this return was the internal corruption of the City Government and, through his campaigning, he won. Although some of the battles he fought in the political arena, whilst Mayor, were for cost cuttings, he was popular with the voters, and was acknowledged by his fellow assemblymen, Theodore Roosevelt in particular noticed Cleveland's abilities. Cleveland was a member of the Democratic Party, and is the only President to date to serve two non-consecutive terms of office, the 22nd and 24th President. The campaign before his first term (1884-1888) saw a number of scandals: on Cleveland's side a paternity suit and on his rival's side several financial scandals! The second term (1892-1896) was more quiet and restrained. However, during his tenure viz financial crisis, railroad bankruptcy and issues concerning his opposition of discrimination against Chinese immigrants in the West and, on the other hand, he did not support equality for African Americans nor voting rights for women. CONDITION REPORT: The colour is flat ,this is due to the fact that the silver has been cleaned with liquid silver dip. It has now left the vase flat in colour and patchy. The reverse, scroll-edged panel, has a dent of approx 3/4 of an inch (2cm) and one small hole the size of a pin head in decoration. Eagle motif`s handles are crisp, yet there is gentle wear to the high relief decoration, this is commensurate with the age of the vase. Internal gilding flat in colour otherwise the vase is in good order. The separate disc that is secured to the base is loose and pitch filling uneven, This disc is incuse engraved with "Moore & Leding, Designers and makers, Washington DC", these marks are clear Height 28.5 cm approx total Weight 1650 Grams (52 oz)

Margaret Mee, M.B.E. (British, 1909-1988): Catasetum Oerstedii, Central America, botanical study, watercolour, signed & titled, H 60 x W 44 cm. Provenance: with The Moorland Gallery, London. Note: A British botanical artist who specialized in plants from the Brazilian Amazon rainforest, Mee was one of the first environmentalists to draw attention to the impact of large-scale mining & deforestation on the Amazon Basin. Most of her illustrations are now part of the Kew Gardens collection which held a memorial to her life in 1989. Please note that Artist's Resale Rights may apply to this lot.

Margaret Mee, M.B.E. (British, 1909-1988): Vriesea Heliconioides, Rio Demeni, June 1971, botanical study, watercolour, signed & titled, H 62 x W 44 cm. Provenance: with the Moorland Gallery, London. Note: A British botanical artist who specialized in plants from the Brazilian Amazon rainforest, Mee was one of the first environmentalists to draw attention to the impact of large-scale mining & deforestation on the Amazon Basin. Most of her illustrations are now part of the Kew Gardens collection which held a memorial to her life in 1989. Please note that Artist's Resale Rights may apply to this lot.

Margaret Mee, M.B.E. (British, 1909-1988): Catasetum Discolor, Rio Negro, Amazonicas, botanical study, watercolour, signed & titled, H 62 x W 44 cm. Provenance: with The Moorland Gallery, London. Note: A British botanical artist who specialized in plants from the Brazilian Amazon rainforest, Mee was one of the first environmentalists to draw attention to the impact of large-scale mining & deforestation on the Amazon Basin. Most of her illustrations are now part of the Kew Gardens collection which held a memorial to her life in 1989. Please note that Artist's Resale Rights may apply to this lot.

Margaret Mee, M.B.E. (British, 1909-1988): Catasetum Gnomus, Alto Rio Negro, A.M. May 1969, botanical study, watercolour, signed & titled, H 62 x W 44 cm. Provenance: with The Moorland Gallery, London. Note: A British botanical artist who specialized in plants from the Brazilian Amazon rainforest, Mee was one of the first environmentalists to draw attention to the impact of large-scale mining & deforestation on the Amazon Basin. Most of her illustrations are now part of the Kew Gardens collection which held a memorial to her life in 1989. Please note that Artist's Resale Rights may apply to this lot.

Helen Monk Sinclair (British, 19th/20th century): Scheherazade, watercolour & gouache, signed with monogram lower right, signed & titled on artist's original label verso, H 18 x W 23 cm. Note: the present picture depicts the story of Scheherazade, a legendary queen & the storyteller of One Thousand & One Nights. H. M. Sinclair exhibited widely between 1912-17 including 8 times at the Royal Academy, 47 times at the Walker Art Gallery & also at the Liverpool Art Gallery & Society of Women Artists. She executed works similar in style to Olive Carlton Smyth (1882-1949), a fringe member of the Mackintosh circle in Glasgow, who also illustrated the story of Scheherazade.

Fourteen 19th Century bone lace bobbins line inscribed on love and marriage comprising: Kiss Me Quick/Love Buy The Ring/Love and Liv Happy/Marrey Me Quick/I Love The Boys/Will Speak of Me As You Find/Don’t Tell My Mother/Kis Me Quick Me Mome Is Coming/Love Give Me A Kiss/Who Is Your Lover My Dear/Lovr Dont Be False/I Want A Husban/Love Dont Be Creul/When Will You Fix The Day (14)

Two French Fable thimbles and another, Little Red Riding Hood, size 9, France, re-issue, The Wolf Who Became A Shepherd, and children sewing. (3)

Two collectable toy model 'Talking Daleks' measuring approximately 16cm, from the Doctor Who series, both in original packaging, together with a boxed 'B.I.O - Bugs' toy and a signed postcard of Tom Baker.

JAMES WATHEN (1751-1828)'Original Drawings on the River Wye' - a collection of sketches, mounted in an early 19th century album, folio size, with leather spine, lacking some pages, the front page annotated in ink 'sketches on the river Wye....from Montgomeryshire thro Radnorshire, Breconshire, Herefordshire, & Monmouthshire'the 139 wash and watercolour sketches laid down on album leaves, each sketch circa 6 1/2 x 10 in or smaller, all dateable from c. 1794-1814, many inscribed on the supporting album leaves: subjects include 'View of Tintern Abbey; View of Monmouth; View of Rotherwas House, Nr Bodenham; View from Castle Green near Hereford; View of Belmont from above Clehanger Village; View of Bredwardine Bridge & Church; View of the Hay Town; Castle & Bridge over the river Wye; and View below Builth, looking up the Wye to Builth Bridge'James Wathen, the son of a glover from Hereford, was a self-taught artist. A keen walker and traveller, he produced a large number of topographical sketches which were reproduced in various publications such as Middleman's Views (1788) and Angus's Seats (1787)In his' Dictionary of British Landscape Painters' (1952), Col M.H. Grant describes Wathen 'as a painter interesting from a curious personality rather than from his exiguous art. Collector, Antiquarian, World Traveller, Good Fellow, and last, and worst, a Landscape Painter'.The writer John Britton wrote a memoir of Wathen in his autobiography (1852). In that book Britton wrote that Wathen ''was sought and respected by nearly every artist and author who made Hereford a resting place on their journeys..''. Watthen had (Britton, op cit) ''the nack(sic) of making sketches of all remarkable scenes and buildings and believing that a few hieroglypliic (sic) traces would serve to delineate all such places and objects and that perspective horizontal and perpendicular lines, were unnecessary restraints on the free use of pencil...his buildings were always shewn (sic) in sloping forms, and of such sketches he accumulated a countless number'In 1811 Wathen travelled to India, China, via the Cape of Good Hope with Captain Prendergast. In 1812 he visited St. Helena. In 1814 he published his work from that voyage in a 'Journal of a Voyage to India and China'Wathen died at Hereford in 1828.

A 19th CENTURY ALBUMlacking spine, sold A/F, titled on the cover 'Drawings- Pmalder Cottage', containing a collection of Watercolours and Drawings by various hands, dateable from circa 1840-1890, by members of the Paton family and circle, including works by Annabel Paton; T. Mackinlay; A. Roxburgh; John Fleming; Hablot K. Brown; William Gair; Alexander Macmillan: J.Fraser Paton; Ida Paton; John Gibb; and Mary Chambers.The album also includes some early pen and ink sketches by Sir J. Noel Paton RSA, including 'First Thought' sketches depicting scenes from Coleridge's 'The Ancient Mariner'; other subjects include a sepia wash 'View of the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow' by John Fleming; pencil 'Street' and 'Home' studies by Alexander Macmillan; and a watercolour sketch depicting a View near Guildford by J. Fraser Paton, all mounted on album leaves, in pencil, pen and ink and watercolour, varying sizes, 11 1/2 x 9 1/2 in and smaller; together with a small selection of other loose watercolours and associated ephemera.The inscription 'Pmalder Cottage' on the album suggests a possible link to the 19th century writer Alan Park Paton who lived at Pmalder Cottage, Greenock.

RUHLEBEN CAMP INTEREST-TWO ALBUMSboth with wear and defects to spines, sold A/F, containing a collection of unframed cover designs and Illustrations (in varying media), printed material and ephemera relating to the Ruhleben Camp Magazine (Lager Life) at Ruhleben World War One Internment Camp for British Civilian Prisoners of Warsubjects include 'Light Lager'; 'The Evolution of man in Ruhleben';'An Englishman's Home'; 'De Risque';'Marron Glace'; 'His Day's Washing';and 'The Galley Slave'; and 'A Happy Case'; by Robert Walker, F. Wade and others.In one of the albums a printed preface states 'With a few exceptions the contents of this book have already appeared in the pages of the Ruhleben Camp Magazine; it is hoped that they will find favour with readers in England, to whom Ruhleben is a name only.'Lager Life' is not conducive to merriment, but the aim of the Magazine has always been to keep a smiling journalistic countenance. ''Are we downhearted?'' was a phrase that was often heard in Ruhleben during the winter of 1914, and the answer without exception was ''No''. It was in order to perpetuate this spirit that the articles and sketches which follow were planned, and though meant originally for interned readers they may serve to show others that the spirit of cheerfulness was kept alive in the confines of Ruhleben. June 1917.' Ruhleben was a civilian detention camp located six miles west of Berlin.The camp detainees included male citizens of the Allied Powers living, studying working or on holiday in Germany at the outbreak of World War 1.They also included the crews of several civilian ships stranded in German harbours or captured at sea at the outbreak of war.There were also quite a number of fishermen captured from trawlers which were sunk in the North Sea in the first days of the War- these were mainly men from Hull, Grimsby and Boston.The camp numbers varied between 4000 and 5500 prisoners most of them British. Life in the camp has been described in several books and essays written by detainees.These include 'To Ruhleben-and Back 'by Geoffrey Pike who successfully escaped from the Camp in 1915. The German authorities adhered to the Geneva Convention and allowed the camp detainees to administer their own internal affairs.The civilian inmates embarked on many projects including a miniature model version of Britain complete with roads named after London Streets, a horticultural association and a cricket club. Letters,Books, Sporting equipment and a printing Press were all allowed into the Camp Inmates of the camp included James Chadwick who later received the 1935 Nobel Prize for Physics after discovering the neutron

AFTER GOTTFRIED MIND (1768-1814)Cat Subjects,fourteen hand-coloured aquatints, unframed, mounted on backing card, with ink borders and manuscript captions below, some with staining, each approx 5 1/4 x 7 3/4 in (13.3 x 19.7cm)Sold together with two sketch books containing pencil and ink drawings (principally portrait subjects) by Johann Konrad Fasi-Gessner (1796-1870)Gottfried Mind (1768-1814) was a Swiss autistic Savant who became known for his depictions of domestic animals, and in particular cats. His talent for drawing was only discovered by chance when as a young child he was placed at the Pestalozzi Academy for Poor Children at Neuenhof, near Bern. After Mind's death in 1814, various prints were made after his work by the Swiss engraver Franz Hegi and others.

A rare Indo-Portuguese mother of pearl and brass Dish, Gujarat, India, 17th Centuryof shallow rounded form on a short foot, with petal-edged everted rim, fashioned on both sides with lobed and rectangular plaques in the form of a stylised lotus and secured by metal pins, 17.3cm diam x 2.5cm high, minor losses to undersideFootnote:Gujarat, in Western India, was a centre for artisanal mother-of-pearl work that was in high demand both in the Mughal court and abroad. Records from the Grünes Gewölbe (Green Vault) in Dresden indicate that these wares were being imported to Europe from as early as the second quarter of the sixteenth century. Regarded as exotic and precious, they were exchanged as gifts within the palaces and courts of Europe, and although they were produced in functional western shapes (ewers, dishes, basins, etc), they were not used but displayed in cabinets of curiosity. The commissioning of such wares was particularly associated with the Portuguese who were the earliest European traders in western India, and examples are found in several Portuguese collections. Indeed Manuel I of Portugal and Francis I of France both have mother-of-pearl objects listed in their collections in 1522 and 1529 respectively. In Britain, Thomas Cromwell gave Henry VIII a mother-of-pearl ewer set in gold as New Year's gift in 1524 (Philippa Glanville, Silver in Tudor and Early Stuart England, 1997, p.319). Cf. Amin Jaffer, Luxury Goods from India, 2002, pp.38-39, no. 11, for an example of a basin in the Victoria and Albert Museum

Three Chinese Cultural Revolution Posters, two woodblock-printed in red and black, one entitled "We will crush the dog heads of those who oppose Chairman Mao"; and a third printed in colours; all approx 47 x 70cm (3)

Nicholson's Stories Promoted Magazine No28, the story of Colour Sergeant Harris who died in the Zulu Wars, with Watson Postcard 'Guerre 1914-1915.

Sachsen Anhalt German State Police Woman's Leather dress cap, c.1990 these were the service cap of female officer's who served in the German State police forces. White Leather with its original hair pins still present.

Nicholson's Stories Promoted Magazine No28, the story of Colour Sergeant Harris who died in the Zulu Wars, with Watson Postcard 'Guerre 1914-1915.

Nieder Sachsen German State Police Woman's Leather dress cap, c.1990 these were the service cap of female officer's who served in the German State police forces. Green Leather with its original hair pins still present. Makers label 'Otto-Kuhn, Berlin Nov 1990. Scarce

DR WHO COLLECTABLES. Dr Who the Master and Auton limited edition 330/900 by Weta collectables

Group of eight Beswick Beatrix Potter figures, The old woman who lived in a shoe, Ginger, Piggling Bland etc. Various back stamps. (8) CONDITION REPORT: Tiny nick to ear of Squirrel Nutkin, otherwise ok.

ELLA NAPER. A rare brooch designed & made by Ella Naper of Lamorna. The flowerhead design, enamelled in green & with a green chalcedony centre. Signed to the reverse. Diameter 2.1cm. Note: Ella Naper was a ceramicist & jewellery maker who lived in Lamorna Valley, Cornwall with her artist husband Charles. The Napers' were close friends with near neighbours, the artists Laura & Harold Knight. Laura & Ella collaborated on enamel work.

A collection of L.P records and rock memorabilia to include Pink Floyd, Deep Purple and The Who.

Movie poster for 1971 re-release of My Fair Lady. It is a 1964 American musical film adaptation of the Lerner and Loewe eponymous stage musical based on the 1938 film adaptation of the original 1913 stage play Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw. With a screenplay by Alan Jay Lerner and directed by George Cukor, the film depicts a poor Cockney flower seller Eliza Doolittle who overhears an arrogant phonetics professor, Henry Higgins, as he casually wagers that he could teach her to speak "proper" English, thereby making her presentable in the high society of Edwardian London. The film won eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Director. Country: USA. Year: 1971. Artist: Unknown. Size (cm):152.5x102. Fair condition, tears and creases in margins with paper loss in left margin.Guaranteed authentic original vintage poster.

Advertising Poster The New Yorker View of the world from 9th avenue. Country: USA. Year: 1976. Artist: Saul Steinberg - Saul Erik Steinberg (June 15, 1914 – May 12, 1999) was a Romanian and American cartoonist and illustrator, best known for his work for The New Yorker, most notably View of the World from 9th Avenue. He described himself as "a writer who draws". Size (cm): 99x68.5. Very good condition, minor tears and faint creases in margins.Guaranteed authentic original vintage poster.

Country: Germany. Year: 1986. Artist: Georges Lepape. Georges Lepape is a French illustrator, who was born in Paris in 1887; he studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and he soon entered the world of art. In 1911 he created the book entitled Les Choses de Paul Poiret , by illustrating the maison’s collection. His illustrations show some thin and long-limbed feminine silhouettes, whose head are wrapped into turbans. During that time, he started collaborating with La Gazette du bon ton. Georges Lepape created many sketches for some important houses of fashion, such as Lanvin, Worth and Doucet, and he created the cover pages of Harper’s Bazaar, Vanity Fair and the first British edition of Vogue; he also worked for many years with the American edition of Condé Nast.Size (cm): 83x59. Excellent condition. Guaranteed authentic original vintage poster.

Spring Exhibition, Vienna 1912. The Hagenbund or Künstlerbund Hagen was a group of Austrian artists that formed in 1899. The group's name derived from the name Herr Hagen, the proprietor of an inn in Vienna which they frequented. The group's most prominent members early on were Heinrich Lefler and Joseph Urban, who had originally worked and exhibited within the conservative Vienna Künstlerhaus, but now, like the Vienna Secession, rebelled against the establishment and formed their own organization. The Hagenbund operated for almost a decade in the shadow of the popular and successful Secession, and only in the years that followed the damaging resignation of the Klimt Group from the Secession did its members succeed in developing a more moderate, independent line, in which atmosphere played a major role. Country: Austria Year: 1912. Artist: HR Size (cm): 26.5x21.5. Excellent condition.Guaranteed authentic original vintage poster.

Paul McCartney's autograph, signed when he was courting Jane Asher who was appearing in a play at The Little Theatre.

Original framed David Bowie 'The Man Who Fell To Earth' (1976) film poster 95.5cm x 63cm Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs

An Admiralty brass dolphin tiller yoke, by family repute from the Terra Nova. By family repute, removed from the Terra Nova by Harry Lewin Lee Pennell who was a Royal Navy Officer serving on the Terra Nova with Scott. Commander Harry Pennell was born in 1882 and died in the battle of Jutland in 1916. He married Catherine Mary Maskew Hodson. Catherine was a sister of Gerald Lord Hodson. Both Pennell and Hodson were lifelong friends from their HMS Britannia Naval College days and were brothers in law. It is believed Harry Pennell, having acquired the tiller yoke, subsequently passed it over to Gerald Lord Hodson and it has come down through four generations to the current owner and vendor, 63 cm wide Condition report Report by GH Provenance as stated in catalogue description.

Two boxes of various LP records to include Dire Straits, Smiths, Ted Nugent, Pink Floyd, Pat Metheny Group, Fleetwood Mac, Doobie Brothers, ACDC, JJ Kale, ELO, Emmerson, Lake and Palmer, The Cars, The Who, ZZ Top, Bruce Springsteen, Budgie, Lou Reed, Atomic Rooster, Asia, Journey, Gordon Gilltrap, Jean Michel Jarre, etc

AFTER DAVID HOCKNEY (1937-) "The Carpenter's bench", a knife and fire aquatint etching drypoint, circa 1969 from The Boy Who Left Home to Learn Fear for Six Fairytales from The Brothers Grimm Edition of 400, unsigned, bears "Goldmark Gallery" paper label verso (ARR)

LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY GOTHIC REVIVAL MANTEL CLOCK Attributed to Bruce Talbert, by Hart, Son, Peard & Co. (atrributed maker) circa 1870, the unsigned two train movement striking on a gong and numbered 6261 64, the 6 inch dial enamelled with patterns inspired by Celtic designs, with Roman numerals and two front winding holes, pierced and engraved brass hands, the engraved brass case mounted with red glass cabochons, surmounted with a red glass mounted spiked finial, engraved above dial with Smith crest, 66cm high Note: Bruce James Talbert (1838-1881) was a Scottish architect, interior designer and author, best known for his work in the Gothic Revival style. Talbert supplied work to many manufacturers including Hart, Son, Peard & Co. who were artistic metalworkers specialising in the ecclesiastical. The firm exhibited at all the major Exhibitions and were awarded prize medals at London (1851, 1862), Paris (1855, 1867, 1878), Dublin (1855, 1865) and Philadelphia (1876). The arms are Gules on a Chevron Argent between three Bezants three Crosses Paty Fitchy Sable, and the crest Out of a Ducal Coronet an Indian Goat's Head Argent eared Sable attired Or and are attributed to a family named Smith or Smyth. In this particular case they are believed to represent a dentist named Henry Smith.

A Dictionary of Artists who have Exhibited Works in the Principal London Exhibitions from 1760 - 1893 by Algernon Graves Further books on artists to include The Dictionary of British Artists 1880 - 1940, Dictionary of British Watercolour Artists up to 1920, The Paintings of L S Lowry by Mervyn Levy, L S Lowry by Michael Leber and Judith Sandling, Miss Carter Came With Us by Helen Bradley, books on Liverpool to include Herdman's Liverpool, Pictorial Liverpool - the art of W G and Williams Herdman by K Parrott, further books to include Prison Painting by Michael Quanne, books on North Wales, Singapore, Wirral Visions etc also "Made in Liverpool - Liverpool Pottery and Porcelain 1700 - 1850", Colourful World of of Clarice Cliff, Victoriana and Art Deco, The Herculaneum Pottery - Liverpool's Forgotten Glory, books on Wedgwood and Worcester etc. (33)

Codeg Dr Who Dodge The Daleks Game, 1965, rare boxed board game for four players, includes: instructions printed on inner lid; bright game board; dice shaker; dice and tokens. Appears VG in VG box, some scuffing and creases to edge.

Portrait of a lady with a parrot Reputed to be Joanna Poyntz who married Sir James Dance Painted Jamaica circa 1770 Oil on canvas Inscribed to the frame 77 x 66cm.

SAMUEL JOHN LAMORNA BIRCH Lamorna stream Oil on canvas 45 x 30cm This painting was a wedding gift in 1925 from the artist to Mr & Mrs S Hosking, the vendors parents, who were tenants of Birch's Riverside Cottage, Lamorna. It is sold with a Newlyn British Legion singing certificate dated 1927 awarded to Mr S Hosking, designed by Geoffrey Garnier. Condition report - In original untouched condition, a little crazing of paint and a little paint loss as a result.

A SMALL BOX CONTAINING MEDALS AND BADGES, Crimea Medal no bars, un-named (with Turkish Crimea Ribbon), Turkish Crimea Medal (Sardinia La Crimea 1855), un-named (with Crimea Medal Ribbon), together with a Delhi Durbar 1911 silver medal and a Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, Edward VII (India) engraved on rim LIEUT M H ARNOTT, BEHAR LIGHT HORSE (probably the oldest of the Volunteer Forces), together with a Delhi Durbar 1911 miniature medal, two National Service Badges, blue and gold Edinburgh and Glasgow, a white metal badge in the form of a 'Hog' and ribbon bar - Lieut Marmduke Henry Arnott, was born in St Helena and spent time in the the West Indies and India before returning to the UK in 1913, The Crimea medal (un-named) and Turkish Crimea medal (un-named) (Sardinia Le Crimea 1855) are attributed to a Captain Sherlock, who was from an Anglo-Irish family from Calke, South Derbyshire, he was the uncle of paternal Grandmother - Alice Sherlock, who was the wife of Lieut M H. Arnott

*The Beatles. A set of autographs on a small pink album leaf, [1963], inscribed and signed by George Harrison in pencil at head, 'To Josie love from George Harrison xx', with autographs of Paul McCartney (blue ink and three kisses), Ringo Starr (pencil) and John Lennon (blue ink and three kisses) signed consecutively beneath, the sheet slightly creased and frayed at top margin where torn from album, 11 x 7.5 cm, together with a pair of original concert tickets from where the autographs were obtained at the Elizabethan Ballroom, Nottingham, 7th March 1963, printed in black on yellow paper, the concert advertised as 'Rock 'n Roll Concert/Dance starring The Beatles plus All Star Show', ticket price 6/6, numbers 717 & 718, one with minor creasing, 6 x 8.5 cm A computer-typed letter from the vendor who obtained these autographs accompanies the lot. At the time the 18-year-old Josie, her sister and two friends had no idea who The Beatles were or not to expect. 'At the end of the night we dashed backstage waiting outside the dressing room door, the old man on the door wouldn't let us in then John Lennon appeared and said let them in. The room was full of people, fans and staff, I didn't know which one was who, I just knew there was four of them and they all had the same haircut, they had changed out of their stage clothes. With nothing to get their signatures on. Someone tore out a page from their autograph book, then there was a scramble to find something to write with, a pencil was found, and I had George's signature, next was Paul we queued while he sat on a trellis table when I was next he said to sit next to him and he giggled and nudged me like a teenage girl (obviously taking the mick) happiness. Ringo was next to sign my scrap of paper. I knew there was four and was one missing frantically looking around then John Lennon reappeared that was it I had all four. Last bus missed it but had to be a taxi home but it was worth it. We saw them twice more in December that year and again in 1964 at the Odeon cinema Nottingham. By the time of the third concert you couldn't hear them over the sound of all the screaming girls.' (3)

*Caruso (Enrico, 1873-1921). Autograph self-caricature signed, 'Enrico Caruso', circa 1910, pen and ink head portrait, in profile with hat, boldly signed diagonally lower right, 18 x 12 cm, framed and glazed, with a slightly smudged ink note of provenance to verso indicating that this was given to Alan Sievewright by the Viennese actress Mariana De [indistinct] who was given the drawing by Caruso, together with a related book of Caruso's caricatures published by La Follia in 1965 (2)

*Fortescue (Adrian Henry Timothy Knottesford, 1874-1923). A group of 56 letters and related, 1907-1922, but mostly 1908-12, all to Mrs May Crickmer, including 49 autograph letters signed (2 pencil) and 5 typed letters signed, plus 1 'certificate' in the form of a letter and 1 postcard, the earliest letters addressing May Crickmer as Madame, then May, and quickly becoming the pet name 'Scratchcat', written in an exceptionally neat calligraphic hand throughout, the earliest letters from Leys Avenue, Letchworth, Hertfordshire, but the majority from St Hugh, Letchworth, one letter with a few musical bars, two with illustrations, the majority of letters chatty, affectionate and flirtatious, occasionally referring to May's husband Courtenay and meetings with them, his feelings for her, etc., e.g. (5 August 1910): 'You can see then three layers in my heart. At the bottom, much deepest and greatest of all, is my love for my dear Scratchcat. Over this is a layer of anger because I think you were not nice on the boat. Over this again is a layer of beautiful Christian charity that tells me that very likely it was all my fault - or partly my fault - and that in any case I must not be horrid and unkind to you. And these layers are white, green and red like the Bulgarian flag. Here is one more point. When you tell Courtenay what I said yesterday you will not be generous or even just if you say that I admitted myself that I was angry because on the boat you had not taken enough notice of me. That is putting it in the worst possible light for me. What I really think is that you were disagreeable in many ways and so spoiled the pleasure of the holiday', the letter ending typically, 'Dear, I love you very much always really. Your loving Adrian', the final letter written from St Andrew's Hospital in 1922 shortly before Fortescue's death, 'It is coming quite soon now. I am waiting for it. They have done all sorts of queer things to me, including painting me a cheerful and elegant yellow I have your cross here all my love to you always, dear, and to Courtenay', a total of approximately 140 pp., mostly 8vo, plus 4 of the original envelopes, plus a photo album compiled by Fortescue, 1909-10, including photographs of St Hugh, Letchworth, May Crickmer and others, sepia-toned platinum prints, mostly 13 x 8 cm and similar, a total of 83 photographs mounted mostly two to a page on 24 leaves with neat ink caption beneath, contemporary cloth, a little rubbed and soiled, 4to Adrian Fortescue was an English Roman Catholic priest who was an influential liturgist, artist, calligrapher, composer, polyglot, amateur photographer, Byzantine scholar, and adventurer. He was appointed Missionary Rector of Letchworth in November 1907. May Crickmer (n‚e Mileham) was the wife of Courtenay Crickmer, one of the architectural team working on the Garden City. (approx. 55)

[Golders Green Hippodrome]. Theatrical autograph album for performances at the Theatre between December 1938 and May 1941, a total of 58 leaves, each with one or more autographs by actors (and singers) who appeared at the Theatre, all neatly signed to rectos only and with play title, month and year neatly written at foot, productions include 'The Importance of Being Earnest' from the start of the War in September 1939, starring and signed by John Gielgud, Peggy Ashcroft, Margaret Rutherford, Edith Evans, Jack Hawkins and Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies; 'She was too Young', December 1938, signed by Ann Todd, Edmund Gwenn, Marie Ney; 'Wild Oats', 'Jack and the Beanstalk', 'Nine Sharp', 'Banana Ridge', 'Robert's Wife', 'Running Riot', 'Lot's Wife', 'Glorious Morning', 'No. 17', 'Worth a Million', 'Room for Two', 'The Fleets Lit Up', 'The Flashing Stream', 'Runaway Love', 'Design for Living', 'The Corn is Green', 'Dear Octopus', 'The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company', 'The Chocolate Soldier', 'All Clear', 'Under your Hat', 'Full House', 'Chu Chin Chow', 'The Naughty Wife', 'Up and Doing', other autographs include Hermione Badelley, Robertson Hare, Ben Travers, Owen Nares, Stanley Lupino, Richard Tauber, Paul Robeson, Ivor Novello, Rex Harrison, Sybil Thorndike, Marie Tempest, Constance Cummings, Robert Donat, George Bernard Shaw, Irene Vanburgh, Ernest Thesiger, Phyllis Dare, Sarah Churchill, Stanley Holloway, etc., a total of over 200 autographs, all edges gilt, contemporary morocco gilt, a little rubbed, oblong small folio (21 x 26 cm) (1)

*Relief of Sir John Franklin. Autograph letter signed by Richard Collinson (1811-1883), 'R. Collinson', no place, no date [end of November, 1856], to the Editor of The Times, 'In your leading article on Thursday relative to the continuance of the search for Sir J. Franklin and his companions you have most unfairly summed up the results of expeditions hitherto sent in quest of our missing countrymen. There is not a doubt that great hardships have been undergone and perils encountered but the assertion that the crews of the abandoned ships were withdrawn by a miracle almost as not warranted by the fact related in the Journals now before the public. So long as no clue was obtained to the route pursued by the necessary vessels after leaving Beechey Island there was a necessity that every nook and corner of the Arctic Sea should be examined entailing what we know now to be much unnecessary hazard and fatigue. The case is now different we know the exact spot where to go to we know that the confines of the area have been reached we are aware that the travelling parties from the Enterprise could have traversed the very route pursued by the crews of the Erebus & Terror after they abandoned their vessels and we are aware that that ship returned in safety to England. Yet in the face of all this you call upon the British public to discountenance what you are pleased to term so outrageous a proceeding...', continuing that we owe it to the memory of these 135 Englishmen 'whose lives have failed a sacrifice to the accomplishment of a great geographical problem, to the satisfaction of their friends & relatives that the mystery should be cleared up. We owe it to our national honour that what we have begun should be accomplished and that we should not deprive our fellow countrymen who may hereafter be in difficulty of that firm trust in succour which has hitherto formed a bond on union in distress. Sir, I have been brought up in the persuasion that perseverance in a good and noble cause is one of the attributes of the Anglo-Saxon race. Let us not permit the slur of abandoning the fate of our missing countrymen to surmise to be handed down to posterity when we have it in our power without serious risk to place the matter beyond a doubt...', 2 pages with integral blank, some browning and mounting guard to inner margin, 4to This would appear to be a copy letter written by Collinson, the original dated at Boldon, Gateshead, 28 November 1856 was published in The Times on Monday 1 December 1856, page 5. 'In 1849 Collinson was appointed to command an expedition for the relief of Sir John Franklin, by way of the Bering Strait; he himself had command of the Enterprise, and with him was Commander Robert Le Mesurier McClure in the Investigator. ... Of the many who had searched for Franklin, Collinson came closest to the place where the expedition had ended. Collinson's addition to geographical knowledge on this Arctic trip was very considerable, and would have been tantamount to the discovery of the North-West Passage, had this not been already actually achieved by the men of the Investigator' (ODNB Online). Autograph material by Collinson is rare. (1)

Theatrical Autographs. A well presented album of theatrical postcards and autographs, including real photo postcards, photographs, autograph letters, notes and clipped signatures, mostly with one or two items tipped on or laid in to rectos of 136 leaves, largely alphabetically arranged, autographs include Francesco Tosti, Turner Layton, Madame Albani, Oscar Asche, Mary Anderson, Lionel Brugh, Lily Braiton, Sir Squire Bancroft, Marie Wilton, Wilson Barrett, Mrs Patrick Campbell, Constance Collier, Ben Davies, Isabella Dallas, Gertrude Elliott, William Farren, Weedon Grossmith, Sydney Grunny, Adeline Genee, Adelaide Neilson, Julia Neilson, Charles James Mathews, Nellie Melba, Dan Leno, Philip Astley, John Astley, Lillie Langtry, Madge Kendal, Laura Keene [1826-1873; 4-page ALS on Laura Keene's Theatre letterhead], Charles Kean (2-page ALS), Ellis Jeffreys, Henry Irving (1-page ALS), Priscilla Reed, J. Forbes-Robertson, Clara Rousby, Thomas Chiswell King, Rejane (signature), Ella Snyder, E.H. Sothern, Katie Seymour, Fred Terry, Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Vesta Tilley, Ellaline Terriss, Ellen Terry, Violet Vanbrugh, Alfred Wigan, Benjamin Webster, George Robey & Muriel Blanche (signed photograph), etc., bookplates of Sir Charles Nall-Cain and Brocket to front endpapers, top edge gilt, modern red morocco gilt by Riviere, 4to Laura Keene was a noted British-born actress and stage manager who headlined the cast of 'Our American Cousin' during its fateful performance at Ford's Theatre the night of Abraham Lincoln's assassination. Some anecdotal evidence suggests that she cradled the stricken President in the Presidential Box after Booth had made his escape. Autograph material by Laura Keene is very uncommon. (1)

Great Fire of London. Lex Ignea: or The School of Righteousness. A Sermon Preach'd before the King, Octob. 10. 1666. At the Solemn Fast appointed for the late Fire in London. By William Sandcroft, D.D. Dean of S. Pauls, London: R. Pawlett, [1666], 36pp., title with engraved image of St. Pauls Cathedral in flames, upper margin of initial four leaves with burn hole, bound with [Sancroft, William Archbishop of Canterbury], A Sermon Preached in S. Peter's Westminster, on the first Sunday in Advent, at the Consecration of... John [Cosin] Lord Bishop of Durham [and others], 1660, 39pp., stain & some worming to fore-margin of first two pamphlets, bound with twenty other late 17th century sermons, including A Sermon at the Funeral of Sir Edmund-Bury Godfrey, One of His Majesties Justices of the Peace, Who was Barbarously Murthered. Preached on Thursday the last day of October 1678. In the Parish Church of St. Martin in the Fields, by William Lloyd D.D. Dean of Bangor, 1678; Gods Providence in the midst of Confusions. Set out in a Sermon Preach'd at the Savoy, January the 30. 1681. Being the Anniversary of the Martyrdom of King Charles I, by Anthony Horneck, 1682; A Sermon Preached at St. Mary Le Bow, Novemb. 27. 1682. Being the Day of the Wiltshire-Feast, by Edward Pelling, 1683; A Discourse of the Soveraign Power, in a Sermon Preached at St. Mary Le Bow, Nov. 28. 1682. Before the Artillery Company of London..., by George Hickes, 1682; A Sermon Taken out of an Oxford Scholar's Pocket, Who was found Dead in Bishop's Wood, Near High-Gate, on Munday, Feb. 15. 1685/6. Together with a True Relation of the Manner of his being Discovered there, 1688, few sermons with occasional dust-soiling, minor marks and one or two closed tears, lacking front free endpaper, library bookplate to upper pastedown, late 17th/early 18th century blind panelled calf, joints cracked and worn at head & foot of spine, 4to (1)

*Neveu (Ginette, 1919-1949). The Complete Recorded Legacy of Ginette Neveu, box set of 4 records including The Early Recordings, The First English Recordings, Works for Violin and Piano and The Collaboration with Issay Dobrowen, EMI/HMV Treasury - RLS 739 (HLM 7168-71), box set of 4 mono records with late semi-circle Dog label (6th series) with His Master's Voice printed inside the semi-circle, this is generally regarded as the best sounding pressing of this recording, complete with original booklet (creased), all four records are in excellent/near mint condition without any visible marks or scratches and stored in their original liners, box is in very good undamaged condition with minor wear in places Ginette Neveu was a famous French classical violinist who was killed in a plane crash at the age of 30. At age 16, Ginette Neveu achieved worldwide celebrity status when she won the Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition over 180 contestants, including the future virtuoso David Oistrakh, who finished second, and Henri Temianka, who finished third. Neveu was immediately signed to an extensive touring contract that over the next two years saw her give solo performances at the leading concert halls of Germany, Poland, the Soviet Union, the United States, and Canada. dith Piaf wrote of Neveu in her autobiography, The Wheel of Fortune: "I would have traveled thousands of miles to hear the great Ginette Neveu....". (1)

Greenwich Hospital Estate Plans. Plans of the Several Estates and Farms Belonging to Greenwich Hospital, in the Counties of Cumberland, Northumberland, and Durham. From Actual Surveys, 1805, 171 engraved plans by J. Walker, some folding, one or two short closed tears, occasional marginal soiling, ex-libris The Law Society (inkstamps and shelf numbers at front), hinges reinforced, contemporary green half calf, upper joint splitting, a little rubbed and scuffed, 4to Collection of estate plans granted to the Greenwich Hospital by the Crown in 1735, from estates seized from the Earl of Derwentwater who was executed for treason during the first Jacobite uprising of 1715. (1)

Dickey (James). Deliverance, 1st edition, USA, 1970, original cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly rubbed with minor tear to head of front cover, 8vo, [this is the novel of the landmark 1972 film starring Burt Reynolds and John Voigt], together with Heinlein (Robert A.), The Man Who Sold the Moon, 1st edition, USA, 1950, The Green Hills of Earth, 1st edition, USA, 1951, both original cloth in dust jackets, spines slightly rubbed and faded, 8vo, plus Hubbard (L. Ron), Final Blackout, USA, 1948, black and white illustrated title, some light spotting, original black cloth in dust jacket, spine slightly toned, 8vo, plus other mid 20th-century science fiction and children's literature, including W.E. Johns, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Mark Twain, Olaf Stapledon, Richard Matheson, L. Frank Baum, Ian Fleming, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (3 shelves)

Rudder (Samuel). A New History of Gloucestershire. Comprising the Topography, Antiquities, Curiosities, Produce, Trade and Manufactures of that County..., also the Ecclesiastical, Civil and Military History of the City of Gloucester from its first foundation to the present time..., published Cirencester 1779, title page creased, folding engraved map of Gloucestershire by J.Bayly, two further single page maps of the Home Park estate near Cirencester and Oakley Great Park, thirteen uncoloured engraved folding plates of stately homes and a single page engraving of a cross section of Pen-Park hole, ownership signature of Thomas S. Bazley (1797 - 1885) to front endpaper, decorative etched bookplate of Gardner S. Bazely, the bookplate is a play on his name as it depicts a gardener standing under an arbour, with a later Hatherop Castle library stamp, modern half calf with contrasting morocco label to spine, but retaining contemporary marbled boards, folio Thomas Bazley was a cotton merchant and MP who aquired estates in Hertfordshire and Gloucestershire eventually settling at Eyford Park near Lower Slaughter in Gloucestershire. His widow the Dowager Lady Bazley died at the Vicarage in Bibury aged 93 in 1897. (1)

[Ritson, Joseph & Douce, Francis]. Gammer Gurton's Garland: Or, the Nursery Parnassus, a choice collection of pretty songs and verses, for the amusement of all little good children who can neither read nor run, printed for R. Triphook, 1810, [2], 46 pp., in 4 parts, interleaved copy, the text leaves with brief pen and pencil marks and numerals throughout, mostly 'h'[alliwell] and 'pr', occasional corrections and proof marks, the blanks with numerous alternative versions of some of the verses and additional nursery rhymes written in ink in a neat hand to blanks with an initial for each source (usually L. or M.), some browning and old dampstaining marks throughout, tear with loss to upper inner margin of title, ink ownership name of Henry Cole dated 1832 to title upper margin and pencil name Chas. Halliwell to final leaf verso, front endpapers detached, partial title index to front pastedown and facing endpaper, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, some wear and loss, upper cover detached, 8vo A collection of nursery rhymes in four parts, with parts 1 and 2, compiled by Joseph Ritson, originally published in 1784. This edition adds parts 3 and 4, collected by Francis Douce and others. It includes the first appearances in print of Humpty Dumpty and Little Bo-Peep, I Love Sixpence, etc. Sir Henry Cole (1808-1882), civil servant, industrialist and Christmas card inventor. The 'h' and accompanying pencilled numerals that appear throughout the text refer to the verses as they appeared in James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps' 'The Nursery Rhymes of England: Obtained Principally from Oral Tradition' (1844). The additional manuscript verses are in an unidentified hand and would not appear to be that of Henry Cole nor the Shakespearean scholar and nursery rhyme collector James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1820-1889). Presumably the Charles Halliwell whose name appears at the back of the volume is a later relation who seems to have added one or two pencil lines to the interleaved blanks. Facing Little Bo-Peep on the blank is one verse that begins 'Little Johnny went to Town / Upon a little pony / Stuck a feather in his cap / Looked like a Macaroni'. Opposite 'The Song of the Cat and the Fiddle' is written: 'continuation. The basin stood behind the door, / and bid the dishcloth wash the floor, / The spit stood up like an armed man, / And vowed he'd fight the dripping pan, / The gridiron said gentlemen if you can't agree, / I'm the head constable bring 'em to me'. (1)