The rare Second War crossing of the Elbe M.M. awarded to Marine D. Towler, 45 Commando, Royal Marines. As a sniper at the crossing of the Rhine in March 1945, ‘he kept the Huns jittery near the factory area in Wesel’, where he ‘killed at least ten and wounded others in thirty-six hours fighting’; as his Troop’s Bren gunner at the Elbe crossing in April 1945, he faced off two enemy attacks: ‘two dead Germans were within 10 yards of his gun and eleven others dead or wounded in the immediate vicinity’ Military Medal, G.VI.R. (EX.4188 Mne. D. Towler. R. Marines.) in its named card box of issue, extremely fine £1,800-£2,200 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- M.M. London Gazette 7 August 1945: ‘For distinguished service whilst attached to the Allied Armies in the invasion operations in North-West Europe.’ The original recommendation states: ‘On the night of the Elbe crossing Mne. Towler was a Bren Gunner in D Troop 45 RM Commando. His Troop became involved in confused street fighting in the dark on its way to its objective. Mne. Towler was ordered to take up a position to cover a flank whilst his Troop pushed on. He selected a position in a house and engaged the enemy immediately. A section attack was put in against his house by the enemy. This was beaten off by steady and accurate shooting. As his ammunition was getting low, Mne. Towler sent his No. 2 of the gun to get more. During his absence another attempt was made by the enemy to dislodge Mne. Towler. Again this was beaten off. When his No. 2 returned together with a sub section to assist, there was only one magazine left containing a few rounds. Two dead Germans were within ten yards of the gun and eleven other dead or wounded in the immediate vicinity. Although Mne. Towler was not actually wounded he was considerably grazed by brick splinters and stones raised by the 2cm. flak guns which were used against his position. Mne. Towler's tenacity and determination was largely responsible for this troop being able to push on, without undue interference, to their objective.’ Douglas Towler was an employee of the Northern Co-operative Dairies in Aberdeen prior to joining the Royal Marines. Having then volunteered for special service, he joined 45 R.M. Commando on its formation in August 1943. As part of the 1st Special Service Brigade under Brigadier Lord Lovat, ‘45’ took heavy casualties on coming ashore on Gold Beach on D-Day, suffering a loss of three officers and 17 men killed or wounded, and one officer and 28 men missing. Those grim statistics were depressingly enlarged upon in the coming weeks of the Normandy campaign, up until ‘45’s’ withdrawal to the U.K. for a ‘refit’ in September 1944 Now part of First Commando Brigade, ‘45’ returned to an operational footing in Holland in January 1945, and was quickly in action at the battle of Montforterbeek, where Lance-Corporal Eric Harden of the R.A.M.C., attached to the Commando, gained a posthumous V.C. A costly attack on Belle Isle on the Mass having followed, among other actions, Towler and his comrades were next deployed to the crossing of the Rhine on the night of 23-24 March 1945. Their objective was Wesel, where Towler received a shrapnel wound but remained on duty. In fact, as evidenced by an accompanying local newspaper report, he took a heavy toll on the enemy: ‘Marine Dougles Towler of 12 Hayton Road, Aberdeen, a former employee of the Northern Co-operative Dairies, was the Commando man who kept the Huns jittery near a factory area in Wesel after the Rhine crossing. With the Jerries sometimes only twenty-five yards away, Towler, a sniper, kept picking them off and killed at least ten and wounded others in thirty-six hours’ fighting. “As the Huns were so near,” he said, “I kept changing my position in case they started mortaring me. Every time one showed himself, I let go at him. I was in the factory area on one side of the railway and the Germans on the other side of the railway lines. On one occasion I noticed they were forming up for a counter-attack, so I covered a little gap in the hedge. Sure enough, the Jerries kept passing by, and I just shot them down. The counter-attack never materialised. A German twelve-man patrol once approached my position, so I opened fire, and the patrol disappeared. As the enemy were so near the only answer was sniping to make them keep their heads down and keep them jittery. I saw many of them when I fired just cut their equipment off and make a bolt for it.” Towler is regarded among his Commando officers as a man who always keeps his finger on the trigger.’ Indeed, Towler certainly lived up to his reputation in Operation ‘Enterprise’, the Elbe crossing on the night of 28-29 April 1945, when ‘45’ were embarked in Buffaloes before advancing on the town of Lauenberg. Here, as cited above, he performed most gallant work in facing off two spirited German attacks with his Bren gun, thereby adding to his growing tally of enemy dead. In his book Commando Men, Bryan Samain relates the story of how Towler’s ‘B’ Troop carried out an attack on an enemy ack-ack battery the following day. In it he refers to ‘a young Scots Bren-gunner, Marine Norman Towler’. Given the latter’s fearless conduct on that occasion, it seems more likely it was in fact Douglas Towler: ‘Moving off under the command of John Day, the Troop closed to within one hundred yards of the battery. At this stage the Germans suddenly opened up, spraying the road and surrounding buildings with a vicious fusillade of 37-millimetre shells. Baker Troop immediately scattered for cover, and the whole street became alive with orange-coloured flashes as the shells smacked and roared into the already shattered fabric of blasted buildings. The men of Baker Troop crouched low behind what cover they could find, awaiting the order to move forward and assault the battery. Meanwhile, as John Day started to shout preliminary orders above the roar of gunfire, a young Scots Bren-gunner, Marine Norman Towler, got to his feet and coolly returned the enemy fire from an exposed position. For some unknown reason the Germans suddenly stopped firing. Perhaps they were too flabbergasted by Towler’s action to continue: but whatever the reason, it made them lose the day, for Baker Troop seized the initiative and rushed the battery. Within minutes the guns had all been overrun, and something like fifty prisoners rounded up, including some German W.A.A.F.s, who emerged coyly from a series of dugouts.’ Towler was discharged from the Commandos in November 1945, when he was described as ‘an exceptionally fine, upstanding type of soldier.’ Sold with a quantity of original documents, including the recipient’s Buckingham Palace forwarding letter for his M.M., his C.O.’s testimonial and character reference, and a letter to his wife regarding his shrapnel wounds in March 1945, together with some wartime newspaper cuttings and a copy of Bryan Samain’s book Commando Men.
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The fine South Atlantic campaign group of four awarded to Sergeant J. D. Hill, Royal Marines, who served in the Medical Squadron of the R.M. Commando Logistic Regiment in the Falklands, including a stint at ‘The Red and Green Life Machine’ in Ajax Bay South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (Cpl J D Hill P0034950H RM); Gulf 1990-91, no clasp (Cpl J D Hill P0034950H RM); General Service 1962-2007, 2 clasps, N. Iraq & S. Turkey, Northern Ireland (Cpl J D Hill P0034950H RM); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (Cpl J D Hill P0034950H RM) mounted in incorrect order, generally very fine or better (4) £1,800-£2,200 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, June 2008. Jeffrey David Hill was born in Swansea on 15 April 1956, and joined the Royal Marines in September 1974. Posted to 42 Commando, R.M. on qualifying for his green beret, he attended the Arctic Warfare Course in early 1979 and was advanced to Corporal in November 1980. Embarked in the S.S. Canberra for the Falklands in April 1982, he served in No. 3 Troop of the Medical Squadron, Commando Logistic Regiment, R.M., including a stint under Surgeon-Commander Rick Jolly at the Falklands Field Hospital, a.k.a. ‘The Red and Green Life Machine’ from 9-19 June 1982; his service there is confirmed in the book of the same name. Having then been awarded his L.S. & G.C. medal in October 1988, he witnessed further active service in the First Gulf War, for which he received one of 130 medals awarded without clasp to the Royal Marines, and in Operation ‘Haven’ in Northern Iraq and Southern Turkey in April-July 1991. Having then been advanced to Sergeant and served in Northern Ireland with 40 Commando, R.M., Hill was discharged in June 1997. Sold with copied Certificate of Service, which confirms all his medals and clasps, and three ‘Royal Marines Commando’ cloth patches.
The First Gulf War pair awarded to Sub-Lieutenant L. C. Howell, Royal Navy, a Fleet Air Arm pilot who flew Sea King helicopters Gulf 1990-91, 1 clasp, 16 Jan to 28 Feb 1991 (S Lt L C Howell RN); Kuwait, Liberation Medal, nearly extremely fine (2) £400-£500 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2000. Leigh Howell attended the R.N.C. Britannia prior to undertaking a pilot’s course at Culdrose in 1989. Having then been commissioned Sub-Lieutenant and qualified as a 1st Pilot in Sea King Mark 5 and 6 helicopters in May-July 1990, he joined 810 Naval Air Squadron (N.A.S.). In January 1991, however, he transferred to 820 N.A.S., and it was in this capacity that he served in the First Gulf War, when the squadron was assigned to the carrier H.M.S. Ark Royal in January-April 1991. Howell transferred to 826 N.A.S. in November 1992, with whom he would also serve in Ark Royal. Sold with a quantity of career photographs of ships and helicopters, a photocopy of his Pilot’s Flying Log Book for the period April 1989-December 1992, and Fleet Air Arm bullion embroidered pilot’s wings.
The rare Military and Naval General Service medal pair awarded to Major-General James Clarke, Royal Marines Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Java (James Clarke, 2nd Lieut. R.M.); Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Algiers (James Clarke, 2nd Lieut. R.M.) together with a second Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Guadaloupe, Java (Jas. Clarke, Captn. R.M.) the first two with original ribbons with contemporary suspensions attached, edge bruising and contact wear, otherwise nearly very fine, the last with re-affixed suspension, nearly very fine (3) £16,000-£20,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Bonhams, December 2003, pair from family; M.G.S. with 2 clasps acquired privately in September 2014. Approximately 38 Military General Service medals awarded to Royal Navy and Royal Marine recipients James Clarke was born on 4 August 1788, the oldest son of the late Commander R. W. Clarke, Royal Navy. He joined the Royal Navy in March 1798, aged ten, aboard the sloop Pluto. After serving in her as a Volunteer and Midshipman, he joined the Romney in 1799, on the East India station, where he was successively lent to the hired armed transport Sea Nymphe, employed in conveying artillery and stores to Cosire in the Red Sea, and to the H.E.I.C.'s schooner Lady Popham. In the latter vessel, he was engaged in carrying despatches from Sir Home Popham at Mokha to General Hutchinson at Suez, where he was wrecked on a coral reef off Yembo. Twenty one of the crew drowned, whilst thirteen survived, escaping in two boats and made their way to Jiddah. The Romney returned to England and was paid off in 1803. He entered the Royal Marines as Second Lieutenant on 19 September 1808, and in the early part of 1809 sailed with the troops in the Dolphin for the West Indies, where, joining the Neptune and Pompée, flagships of Sir A. Cochrane, he assisted at the capture of the French gunship D'Haupoult [clasp for this action not claimed] and served on shore in co-operation with the army at the reduction of Gaudeloupe. After the latter event, which took place in February 1810, he returned to England with prisoners on board the Alcmene frigate. His next appointments from December 1810-October 1814, were on Gibraltar, Clarence and President, being employed on the coast of France, the North Sea and River Clyde. In July 1816 for about 3 months he was with Superb with Captain C .Ekins and was present at the bombardment of Algiers. From March- October he was with the Tees and Conqueror. Then he was with Rear Admiral Plampin on the St. Helena station, whence he returned in April 1819. In October 1821 he went to the Impregnable which was flagship of Sir Alexander Cochrane at Plymouth; then on to Ariadne and Andromache at the Cape of Good Hope, from where he came home in September 1825. From May 1830 for three years he was with the Caledonia in the Channel. At the end of February 1837 he was with the Malabar, off Lisbon. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 14 November 1823 and to Captain on 10 July 1837. In December 1837 he left the Caledonia. He was employed in the Calcutta in the Mediterranean and on the coast of Portugal from September 1840 until November 1842; and then into the Impregnable at Devonport from 2 January 1849, until advanced to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, 12 November 1851, the day after his promotion to the brevet rank of Major. He acquired the rank of Colonel on 20 November 1854 and was awarded that of Major-General 20 February 1857. He married in 1817 and again in 1837, and had one son from the first marriage and one son and two daughters from the second. The book Naval Medals by K. J. Douglas-Morris mentions an M.G.S. to him but with clasp Guadaloupe (p. 156), as does British Battles and Medals, where there is also reference to a Naval Medal. There is no reference to the N.G.S. medal in the roll by Colin Message. His correct entitlement should be the clasp for Gualaloupe only on the M.G.S., together with the N.G.S. for Algiers, as confirmed in the Army List up to his death in 1873.
The poignant Second War D.S.M. group of seven awarded to Chief Petty Officer S. H. ‘Sam’ Dixon, Royal Navy, for his gallantry in H.M. submarine Splendid; one of those lucky to survive her loss in April 1943 when 18 of his shipmates succumbed to shellfire in the water, he was himself killed when Allied aircraft strafed a P.O.W. transport train in April 1945 Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (JX. 125574 S. H. Dixon. P.O.) impressed naming; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-39 (JX. 125574 S. H. Dixon. A/P.O. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue (JX. 125574, S. H. Dixon. D.S.M. C.P.O. H.M.S. Pembroke.) mounted as worn, the last largely officially re-impressed, nearly extremely fine (7) £2,000-£2,400 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, July 2003. D.S.M. London Gazette 6 April 1943: ‘For bravery in successful submarine patrols.’ The original recommendation states: ‘For consistent zeal and devotion to duty during three successful patrols in which two enemy destroyers, three merchant ships totalling 10,000 tons, two A./S. schooners and one A./S. trawler were sunk. During these patrols ten torpedo attacks have been carried out, five of which were on screened targets. He displayed particular coolness and skill in firing a salvo of torpedoes shortly after depth charges had been dropped during an attack on a convoy.’ Samuel Hughes Dixon was born in Chesterton, Staffordshire, on 4 October 1910, and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in December 1925. Having then seen service in assorted surface vessels before the war, including operations off Palestine, he was advanced to Petty Officer in the cruiser H.M.S. Dragon in August 1939. In February 1942, however, he transferred to the ‘Silent Service’, passing his D.S.E.A. course that February and being rated as a Petty Officer Torpedo Gunner’s Mate. His initial postings were to the L. 26 and H. 50, but in October 1942 he joined a newly built ‘S’ class submarine, the P. 228, afterwards named Splendid. Splendid’s first destination was Gibraltar, where she joined the 8th Submarine Flotilla under the command of Lieutenant I. McGeoch, R.N. (afterwards Vice-Admiral Sir Ian McGeogh, K.C.B., D.S.O., D.S.C., who later published a full account of Splendid’s wartime career in An Affair of Chances, in which he pays tribute to the likes of Dixon. Splendid’s wartime career was certainly an eventful one, her opening five war patrols accounting for more tanker and supply ship tonnage than any other submarine for the period November 1942 to April 1943. The total tonnage of six escorted supply ships, including two tankers, sunk by torpedo, was 26,424, and one ship of 3576 tons by gunfire, notwithstanding the two Italian destroyers and A./S. ships sunk or damaged, as per Dixon’s recommendation. One of these destroyers was the Aviere, sunk off Bizerta on 17 December 1942. And throughout these operations, Dixon, a vital member of Splendid’s team, remained, in the words of his Captain, a ‘calm and utterly reliable torpedo expert ... one of the finest men I was privileged to be shipmates with ... I certainly recommended him for a decoration ... he richly deserved it.’ Splendid met her end in the course of her sixth patrol on 21 April 1943. McGeogh had been summoned to the control room as hydrophone effect noises had been heard, and a quick look through the periscope revealed an enemy destroyer. An attack sequence was immediately started but the enemy destroyer was on Splendid before any torpedoes could be fired. Her attack was prolonged and accurate and McGeogh took the submarine down to 300 feet to avoid the depth charges but to no avail. The enemy’s final attack caused massive damage to the submarine, leaving it suspended in the water at 500 feet, with her stern down by an angle of 20 degrees or more. The only available option was to blow the main ballast, and after an agonising wait Splendid moved towards the surface, accelerating at the end as she leapt out of the water to lie helpless on the surface. McGeogh gave the order to abandon ship, all 48 crew getting out of the submarine, but the enemy destroyer, now about a mile away, continued to engage with her main and secondary armaments and 18 men were killed. Splendid had a jammed rudder and her one remaining motor had driven her round in a wide sweep, suggesting to the enemy that she was getting into position for an attack. Dixon and his captain were among those who were afterwards picked up by the enemy destroyer, a ship that transpired to be the ex-Greek Navy, British-built Hermes, but now, of course, crewed by Germans. A full account of this incident, and of Splendid’s wartime patrols, may be found in McGeogh’s An Affair of Chances, published by the Imperial War Museum in 1991; apart from several references to Dixon, the book contains a photograph of her crew at Algiers, taken in February 1943. Dixon, who was originally held as a P.O.W. in Italy but later transferred to Stalag VIII at Gorlitz, was killed in a strafing attack on a transport train by Allied Mustangs near Halberstadt on 19 February 1945. He left a widow in Folkestone and is buried in the Berlin War Cemetery. Note: As verified by his certificate of service, his Royal Navy L.S. & G.C. medal was issued posthumously in July 1951, hence it being a G.VI.R. 2nd issue, and officially re-impressed from an un-issued medal.
An early 19th c lady's friendship album, Jane S. Dickinson, dated 1830, enclosing contemporary and later 19th c manuscript inscriptions and printed ephemera, contemporary publisher's decorative boards, split and loose/loosening contents, 8vo; Binding: an early 19th c lady's pocket book, used in the later 19th/early 20th c, inscribed with MS and illustrated with 8 original watercolour &/or pencil illustrations and drawings, contemporary green straight-grained morocco gilt, square 16mo; and eleven further friendship albums and books, early-mid 20th c, typically inscribed with sentiment and some wit, illustrated with approx. 68 original watercolour &/or pencil illustrations and drawings, including a view of the Taj Mahal, India, by night, as well as a 1910 b/w photograph of HMS Cumberland from the Isle of Wight, First World War cartoon of Kaiser Wilhelm II, and a collage picture of traditional Japanese figures fashioned from World stamps, etc., mixed bindings and sizes, (13)
China. 钱汝诚/Qiang Ru Chen/Qian Rucheng, 清錢汝誠臨宋四家書/Qing Qian Ru Cheng, Lin Song Si Jia Shu/Qian Rucheng Lin Song Sijia shu; [The compilations of the calligraphic writings of The Four Great Calligraphers of the Song Dynasty, Su Shi, Huang Tingjian, Mi Fu & Cai Xiang], Qing dynasty, [16]ff of manuscript calligraphy, signed with two red seals of the scholar-calligrapher, further inscribed, the paper leaves with ink-ruled borders, now split into three parts, contemporary Chinese hardwood covers, presumably zitan, the upper-cover carved in relief with vertical lettering, the lower-cover plain, yellow and gold splash endpapers, the upper-cover with a late 19th c manuscript label, inscribed in English and indistinctly monogrammed, rather worn and inscribed: ' *** the Library of [crossed out] in the S*** [Summer Palace?/Yuanmingyuan?] of the Emperor **** 1860 by *** ', 13 x 9.3cm (closed) The Shiqu baoji documents 24 works by Qian Rucheng, excluding this particular work. Qian's own as well as his collaborative works were stored across the imperial residences in Beijing, including within the different palaces and halls of the Summer Palace complex. In the opinion of Shichun Lei of Northumbria University, 'Based on the mount of the work, it is certainly an imperial work, but to tell its original location is difficult; if the attached old label tells [us] it was taken from the Summer Palace, I guess this calligraphy work once had been stored in the Summer Palace.' Provenance: 1) The Imperial Collection, Beijing; 2) the O'Reilly family of Knock Abbey, Co. Louth, Ireland, and thence by descent to the present vendor. A member of the aforementioned family, Lt.-Col. Charles Myles O'Reilly (1869-1942), is noted as having served with International Forces in China, 1900. It's probable that he collected the book during his overseas service. However, the manuscript label's monogram, though indistinct, does not seem to include the letters of the O'Reilly family's surname. Therefore, it's entirely plausible that between leaving the Imperial Collection and the Irish country house's library, the manuscript book passed through another's hands. Mellors & Kirk would like to thank Professor Louise Tythacott of SOAS and Shichun Lei of Northumbria University for their help and expertise in the cataloguing of this lot. Complete. The paper leaves with discernible signs of handling, with some soiling in places but never affecting the legibility of the text. The text now split into three portions, as catalogued, one leaf bearing a small late 19th/early 20th c English printed scrap, presumably from an ad hoc repair contemporary to the scrap. The MS label of the upper-cover worn and now indistinctly legible. The hardwood covers with some surface wear and light scratching, but no splits or repairs.
Barbara Hutton, American, 1912-1979, a group of seven photograph albums, 1920's-40s, comprising: three albums with photographs of her childhood and various lovers and husbands, including Cary Grant and Bobby Sweeney, prints for Vogue by Hoyningen-Heune and Horst P. Horst, montages of her various press photographs, and images by John Miehle, Alvin Langdon Coburn and signed examples by Dorothy Wilding; three white leather bound volumes encompassing 1935-38, the 1935 volume includes images of Hutton with her second husband, Count Court Reventlow, travelling in Egypt, visiting the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem and lounging in cabanas in Venice in 1937; the 1937-38 volume inscribed 'India' comprises travel photographs of Switzerland, Northern Italy and India; the 1938 book, India Volume II, includes numerous photographs of a safari trip with an entourage of elephants and fellow travellers; an additional black album entitled 'His Highness The Maharaja of Jaipur's Camp - February 1938' includes further India travel photographs (7)Provenance: Sotheby's, New York, 3 May 1999, lot 122, $9,200.
Roger Fry (English, 1866-1934) Villa D'Este, Tivolioil on canvasinscribed verso68 x 42cm Oil on original canvas in honest untouched condition, a little dirty, stretcher marks showing but otherwise in good order, housed in probably the original now rather tatty gilt gesso frame.Local private vendor.The painting hung for many years in Stonesfield Manor, Oxfordshire and has been passed down the family from the current vendors grandmother.Ottoline Murrell was persuaded to buy the painting by the family to support the artist. The painting was professionally restored in the 1970’s.Frances Spalding the author of Roger Fry, ‘Art and Life’ visited Stonesfield Manor to view and photograph the painting before the publishing of the book.*PLEASE NOTE - POSTAGE AND OR PACKING NOT AVAILABLE ON ANY PICTURE LOTS IN TODAYS SALE, COLLECTION OR COURIER RECOMMENDED*PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail.
Stamps- A collection of GB mint and used stamps and FDC's. Includes a large stock book of mainly commemorative stamps good to fine used from 1940's, a album of FDC's from 1965 to 1980's, a 1985 collectors pack, Sheffield Scouts Covers 1982-2000 (complete), a 2015 edition of Collect British Stamps and a empty spring back stamp album with leaves, covers and postal history in a plastic bag . Hundreds of stamps
Stamps- 7 Stock Books of mainly good to fine used stamps of Europe from around the 1920's including Belgium, Denmark, FRance, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary Jtaly, Spain, Portugal, Etc. Plus stamps of Australia including a few states, the USA and mint stamps and covers from China including 2000 Year book (missing 1 miniature sheet and a few Commonwealth stamps. Good selection with good Cat value.
EIGHT BOXES OF BOOKS, over one hundred and fifty books, mostly hardback some paperback format, various subjects to include cooking, places, novels, gardening etc. included Too Many Chiefs Only One Indian / Sat Bains book in a boxed slipcase with a signed menu inside, ISBN 978-0955893025, no 089444/10000, Claridge's cookbook, three Folio Society books, and a selection of 1970's fashion and housekeeping magazines, etc (8 boxes), (sd/af)
Registration – 151D 54244Chassis No. – SALLDHSP7FA465855M.O.T. – TBCOdometer – 69,000 It’s often the case that movie villains have the coolest cars. That was certainly the case in 2015 Bond film “Spectre.” When chasing Bond off the mountain the Spectre heavies used some very tough looking, very highly specified Land Rover Defender 110’s to stalk their prey. This led to a high demand for evocations of the Spectre Land Rovers and also roughly coincided with the retirement of the original Defender, only adding to the furore. ‘151D 54244’ is not only one such thrilling evocation but was also previously owned by Irish MMA icon, Connor McGregor. Given this astounding provenance it will be no surprise that ‘151D 54244’ is a very highly specified Land Rover indeed, but more of that shortly. The Land Rover is a UK supplied and specified crew cab, pick up version of the Defender 110 that was bought new in the UK by McGregor. ‘151D 54244’ was then exported to Ireland and remained in McGregor’s ownership for 3 years. The vendor has not re-registered it in the UK for fear of losing the V5 with McGregor’s name on it. This custom, one-of-one Land Rover is now a two owner vehicle having covered around 69,000 miles and having never been used off road. It has been regularly maintained with its last service at the end of 2024, less than 400 miles ago. ‘151D 54244’ is offered with two keys, the original book pack and a provenance that’s hard to better.Not one for the shy and retiring, ‘151D 54244’ is an absolute feast for the eyes and demands attention like few other Land Rovers….or vehicles of any type. There is so much thrilling detail here that it is hard to know where to start. ‘151D 54244’ presents in “Bond Villian” Black and features a full external, tubular roll cage. A set of 8J x 16-inch Storm alloy wheels are fitted and also finished in black. These are shod with a set of Cooper Discovery tyres in a 315/75 configuration. An identical spare wheel and tyre is mounted in the rear bed. Extra wide Spectre wheel arch extensions are fitted together with a front mounted Bearmach Power Winch housed withing a winch bumper. A KBX front light arrangement is present as is a snorkel, a Puma bonnet and new protective chequer plate to the wing tops. Even the unique Spectre rope arrangement from the film is noted. A movie faithful roof tray is fitted as are four, cage mounted, 7-inch LED spot lamps which are wired in to factory switches. Full length side steps are fitted as is a NAS rear step with integrated tow pack.The interior specification is no less spectacular, either. A full Recaro style interior is fitted and trimmed in leather……black, of course. A Momo steering wheel is fitted, together with a central cubby box, black headlining, front electric windows, central locking, immobiliser, Pioneer double-DIN Bluetooth head unit and alarm. An invertor and three, three pin power outlets are even fitted in the rear bed.A full SuperGaz suspension is fitted, incorporating a 2-inch lift, a steering damper and a full poly-bush set. The running gear is standard 2015 Defender fare in the shape of the 2,198cc ZSD-422 Duratorq turbodiesel engine and six-speed manual transmission. The usual Defender off-road focussed full time four wheel drive and high / low transfer gearbox are all present, of course. In news that will shock no one – every aspect of ‘151D 54244’ is rated as “excellent.”
Registration – R444 AVTChassis No. – WUAZZZ8K4DA902595M.O.T. – February 2026Odometer – 74,000‘R444AVT’ represents the flagship model of Audi’s B8 A4 range in Avant shooting brake form. Audi had a habit of throwing everything at their RS4 models and ‘R444AVT’ is no exception. It features the howling, 32 valve 4.2 litre engine as originally used in the R8 which delivered a mighty 444bhp in this application. Well chosen, non-standard enhancements include a Capristo stainless steel sports exhaust system with Darkside Developments non-resonated downpipes. BBS MTM Bi Moto alloy wheels are also fitted. The vendor has owned ‘R444AVT’ for around three and a half years adding around 12,000 miles in their ownership to bring today’s total to around 74,000. ‘R444AVT’ is offered with original book pack and stamped service book. The current vendor has used Unit 20 in Neston for maintenance with records of work uploaded to the Audi service system.‘R444AVT’s’ bodywork is finished in Audi’s popular Sepang Blue pearl effect livery. The RS4 is surprisingly subtle looking considering its lofty mechanical specification. Cues extend to twin, oval tail pipes, subtle model badging and matt aluminium roof rails. Being the range topping A4, this is a faultlessly equipped sporting estate, of course. Cabin appointments include flat bottomed multifunction RS steering wheel, electrically operated and heated front seats, automatic climate control, satellite navigation and a raft of electronic driver aids. It’s the mechanical specification, however, that will really quicken the autophile’s heart. The high-revving 4.2-litre V8 engine is the headline act with its dizzyingly high 8,500 rpm redline. This feeds nearly 450bhp to all four wheels via a seven speed twin clutch automatic transmission. Uprated RS suspension and brake systems ensure changing direction and stopping are equally impressive as the surge of forward momentum is. In terms of condition, ‘R444AVT’ warrants an “excellent” vendor rating for all mechanical systems and the well appointed interior. The paint and bodywork are rated as “good.”This rarified technical specification originally endowed the RS4 Avant with a sub five second 0-60mph time and an electronically limited 155 mph top speed. In addition, of course, the RS4’s Avant body is no less practical, commodious and family friendly than any other Audi A4 Avant making this a genuine example of that “all the car you ever need” ideal.In summary:· Attractive and popular Sepang Blue livery with MTM Bi Moto wheels· Featuring the astounding 4.2-litre V8 powerhouse with an 8,500 rpm redline· Well maintained with a current MOT and ready to be the only car you ever need
Registration – SJZ 6658Chassis No. – CT9A0302619M.O.T. – February 2026Odometer – 73,000A striking and stealthy example of the rally-bred saloon car, this Mitsubishi Evo VIII is the desirable MR FQ340 version. ‘MR’ stands for Mitsubishi racing, 340 indicates the power – and we won’t disclose what ‘FQ’ is rumoured to stand for, in case children are reading. This has been an enthusiast-owned car that comes with a detailed printout of work done; it is believed to have had more than £20,000 spent on it. Notable upgrades include an Evo 9 turbocharger and upgraded alloys. Interior highlights include grey and black cloth Ralliart-branded seats plus individual model numbering next to the six-speed gearlever: this is MR FQ340 number 84. ‘SJZ6658’ has been registered in Ireland at some point (it was registered in the UK in 2011 and comes complete with the V5), and has had four previous keepers. Its odometer reads 73,000 miles. The vendor describes the engine, transmission, electrics and bodywork as in ‘excellent’ condition, with ‘good’ paintwork and interior. Although the service book does not have a lot of detail, the vendor says the car comes with the original key complete with high-security immobiliser fob. The Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution was a long-running rally-bred saloon car range that ran across 10 ‘Evolutions’ from 1992 to 2016. The formula was always the same: a high-performance four-cylinder turbo engine and all-wheel drive, developed with performance and handling as top priorities. This car, an Evolution VII, was introduced in 2003. By now, the formula was well-honed, with the electronic four-wheel drive now having an active centre differential (ACD) and active yaw control (AYC). The Mitsubishi Racing (MR) even had a lightweight roof to lower the centre of gravity, along with the distinctive rooftop ‘vortex generator’. · 2004 Mitsubishi Evo VIII· Believed to have had over £20k spent on it· Evo IX turbo and upgraded alloys
Registration – RF04 WCTChassis No. – WBSBL92090JR08922M.O.T. – November 2025Odometer – 140,200‘RF04WCT’ is an example of the third generation of BMW M3 in E46 guise. As if that’s not already tempting enough, this is a widely preferred manual version featuring the six-speed Getrag 420G transmission and is a non-sunroof model to boot. In other words, a real purists’ delight. Clearly the eight keepers to date have appreciated what they had as ‘RF04WCT’ is complete with a fully stamped service book documenting the last service in November 2024. As well as routine maintenance, ‘RF04WCT’ has seemingly wanted for nothing in terms of non-routine works, including a VANOS service, air conditioning re-gas and a re-trimmed steering wheel. This fine E46 M3 in this optimum specification comes with a current MOT valid until November 2025.‘RF04WCT’ further adds to its innate desirability by presenting in the perennially popular BMW Silbergrau, or Silver Grey livery. The exterior of ‘RF04WCT’ remains entirely faithful to the original “less is more” Ulf Weidhase design and is all the better for it. This M3 sits purposefully on its original 67M double spoked alloy wheels with diamond cut faces. These are complete with subtle M-sport badges. The vendor reports that ‘RF04WCT’s’ underside and wheel arches are very solid and free from corrosion. The M3’s cabin is finished in black leather and, again, exhibits a highly desirable level of sought-after originality. Only the Bluetooth head unit and the retrimmed steering wheel are known to be non-original. ‘RF04WCT’s’ paintwork, bodywork and interior are all rated “good” by the vendor.Any M-car’s headline act is always going to dwell under the bonnet, of course, and ‘RF04WCT’ is no exception. The E46 M3 was fitted with the S54 unit which was the ultimate evolution of the hugely admired S50, naturally aspirated straight six engine. Being an M-engine, it features separate throttle bodies for each cylinder and, new for the E46 M3, “drive-by-wire” throttle control. The results speak for themselves. Originally rated at 338 bhp at a dizzyingly high 7,900rpm. This translated into a five second 0-60mph time and a 155mph electronically limited top speed. Hugely impressive in 2004 and still very competitive today.In summary:· A highly sought-after six speed manual, non-sunroof configuration· Offered complete with a fully stamped service book and much supporting paperwork· Maintaining a high degree of originality and a popular colourway
VINTAGE BOXING SCRAPBOOK MANY JACK DEMPSEY REPORTS / CUTTINGS Book contains 100's of Boxing newspaper cuttings and seems to be mostly 1920's / 30's Photo's show just a small selection of the pages / cuttings in this book Some age related wear with page loose but all pages are still in good condition for age Ref K
Registration: WA06CCZ VIN: WP1ZZZ9PZ6LA45767 Milage Showing: 117,000 Transmission: Automatic MOT: 17/04/2025 Number of Keys: 2 V5 on Site: Yes4.5 Litre V8Large history file2 keysFirst registered March 2006 this 4.5 litre V8 model in 'S' trim shows 4 former keepers and 117,000 miles as well as MOT till April. Fitted with optional extras including turbo wheels and rear exhausts. Sold with a good sized history file including spare key, original book pack and large collection of receipts for servicing and maintenance mostly Porsche main dealer.GUIDE PRICE £2,000 - £3,000
Registration: DL59GMZ VIN: JF1GHEKD38G007804 Milage Showing: 66,000 Transmission: Manual MOT: 01/03/2025 Number of Keys: 2 V5 on Site: YesThis sought after S model. Much improved over the standard WRX 2.5 litre Turbo model by Subaru rally experts Prodrive including Prodrive front lip and boot spoiler, Prodrive 18inch alloy wheels and Prodrive quad exit exhaust with rear diffuser.Showing only 66,000 miles and 2 previous keepers. In rarely seen standard form and sold with original book pack including service book with 10 service stamps.Please see our walk around video for more information and engine start upGUIDE PRICE £5,000 - £7,000
Registration: YD10FEX VIN: WP0ZZZ98ZAS720884 Milage Showing: 78,000 Transmission: Manual MOT: 22/03/2025 Number of Keys: 1 V5 on Site: YesSought after 'S' modelLow ownersManual gearboxFirst registered April 2010 this 3.4 litre S model shows 78,000 miles and only 3 previous keepers. Fitted with preferred manual gearbox and optional extras including sat nav, cruise control and parking sensors. Sold with service book with 7 service stamps, the most recent at 76,000 miles. Please see our walk around video for more information and engine start upGUIDE PRICE £10,000 - £14,000
**Vintage Autograph Book with Multiple Signed Pages and Historical Inscriptions**A small vintage autograph book featuring a textured light brown cover with the title "Autographs" inscribed in red cursive on the front. The book measures approximately palm-sized (about 10 cm x 7 cm). The item contains various handwritten autographs and inscriptions dating from the mid-20th century, with notable contextual and historical details:- **Inscriptions and Autographs**: 1. A page inscribed with "NEWCASTLE UTD FC," featuring signatures of players such as Jack Fairbrother, Frank Brennan, Joe Harvey, and George Robledo, likely dating to the 1940s–1950s. This reference matches Newcastle United Football Club’s historic period, including their FA Cup successes. 2. Additional signed notes include: - "Best Wishes from Colin Campbell," dated 23/3/60. - "A rolling stone gathers no moss!" signed "E. Campbell," dated 12/8/50. - A signature from "Michael F. Hawdon" in pencil. - A handwritten excerpt from Rudyard Kipling's poem "If," signed "Ned Lea" and dated 18/8/51. - An address note reading "Paul S. Okene, c/o Charles S. Obot, D.C. Office Guide, P.O. Box 2, Lira, Uganda," possibly indicative of East African provenance from the mid to late 20th century. - "Best Wishes, Jack Maddison."- **Materials and Condition**: The book is bound with textured material resembling imitation leather. Interior pages show visible signs of age, such as minor discolouration, foxing, and edge wear, consistent with decades of handling and exposure.This autograph book provides a historical snapshot through its collection of mid-20th-century inscriptions and autographs, including sports memorabilia and personalised notes. Further research into the individuals and signatures could offer additional insights into its provenance and value.
**Collection of Eight Goebel M.I. Hummel Ceramic Figurines Depicting Children Engaged in Various Activities**This exceptional set comprises eight meticulously crafted ceramic figurines by renowned German manufacturer W. Goebel, predominantly from the esteemed M.I. Hummel series. Each figurine, varying subtly in height (approximately 10 to 13 centimetres), charmingly depicts a child engaged in differing youthful pastimes, accentuating the innocence and playfulness of childhood. Notable features include distinctive Hummel markings such as "Hum 218/0," "Hum 218/2," and identifiers like "2003/II" and "298/B," solidifying their authenticity and collectible value.The details are as follows:1. A child holding a book, attired in a blue and red ensemble.2. A child absorbed in reading, donning a long brown coat.3. A child with a small red object, dressed in white and green.4. A pigtailed child in a skirt and blouse.5. A child with a yellow hoop in a purple outfit.6. A green-clad child playing with a ball adorned with blue stars.7. A child seated with a black object in a brown outfit.8. A child holding a blue balloon while sitting on a suitcase in overalls.The figurines are marked with a combination of the blue Goebel logo, “W. Germany,” and individual model numbers, with some indicating exclusive edition status, signifying their place in specialised collections. One figurine is uniquely marked as part of the "M.I. Hummel Club Membership Year 2002/2003," underscoring its prestige among collectors. A commemorative tag on one figurine highlights it as a final issue celebrating 125 years of W. Goebel Porcelain Factory from 1871 to 1996.This collection represents an exquisite blend of artistic craftsmanship and nostalgic charm, making it a treasured addition for collectors and enthusiasts of M.I. Hummel and Goebel porcelain artistry.
Ephemera - collection of early 20th century silk greetings cards, to include: Empire-State Building New York, World War I and other vintage greeting cards various, souvenirs, silk cigarette cards, early 20th century Christmas and birthday cards, ribbons in an album, a large collection of scrapbooked material, early 20th century photographs, Peter Rabbit, A Musical Play for Children by Dudley Glass, 1951, a collection of miniature books, to include: Kate Greenaway, Almanack for 1883, George Routledge and Sons, London,2 x Enid Blyton, A Prize for Mary Mouse, Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, rendered into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald and other items, to include: a silver lidded glass pot and a silver fronted book (1 box)
Among the Believers: An Islamic Journey by V. S. Naipaul is a travelogue that delves into the complexities of Islamic culture and politics. Published in 1981, the book captures Naipaul's journey through Iran, Pakistan, Malaysia, and Indonesia shortly after the Iranian Revolution. Through a series of interviews and personal observations, Naipaul explores the diverse manifestations of Islamic belief and its impact on individuals and societies. The book provides a nuanced portrayal of the Islamic world, highlighting the aspirations, struggles, and contradictions experienced by those Naipaul encounters. It blends historical context with vivid descriptions and insightful commentary, offering readers a deeper understanding of the region's religious and sociopolitical dynamics. Overall, Among the Believers is a thought-provoking and richly detailed narrative that invites readers to reflect on the broader implications of faith, identity, and cultural transformation. Dimensions: 6.25"L x 9.25"W x 1.5"HCondition: Age related wear.
BISHOP`S BIBLE. Lacks title & early leaves, commences at B3 "Christesline", followed by Preface & Prologue (close cropped) & calendar in red & black. Black letter in double column with eng. initials, illus. & maps. Eng. plate of the Desert Tabernacle. Section titles to Parts 2 & 3 with ports. of Leicester & Cecil. Psalmes in the parallel translation. Eng. title to Apocrypha. Eng. title to New Testament, preceded by map ot the Holy Land. Foio. Old embossed leather covered brds. with the original metal clasps present, old rebacking in character. Final leaf repaired with loss but colophon untouched - "Imprinted at London in Powles Churcheyard by Richard Jugge, Printer to the Queenes Majestie, 1572". The 2nd edition of the Bishop`s Bible. An impressive volume with clasps. Sold not subject to return. Additional photos uploaded.Two maps of Canaan one on page 91 of the book of numbers, the other after the Psalms.
![Charles I (1625-1649), Aberystwyth mint, Shilling, mm. book [1638-42], large bust, small mark of value, no inner circle, rev.](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/4a9a1cf7-561d-4879-abf5-b28400dbcb45/cff51896-87d3-4006-8f53-b28400e0a5ce/468x382.jpg)
Charles I (1625-1649), Aberystwyth mint, Shilling, mm. book [1638-42], large bust, small mark of value, no inner circle, rev. plume over shield, long bands to plume, beaded inner circle, 5.74g/10h (Morr. A-2; SCBI Brooker 749, same obv. die; N 2329; S 2882). Officially pierced and since plugged, attractively toned, about very fine and rare £400-£500 --- Provenance: Second Adams Family Collection, Massachusetts Historical Society Collection, Part II, Stack’s Auction (New York), 17-18 September 1971, lot 950 (part); A. Morris Collection; Bt Lloyd Bennett, January 2005; M. Bull Collection
![William I (1066-1087), Penny, PAXS type [BMC VIII], Oxford, Swetman, spetmiin on oxfe, 1.40g/6h (Allen 2022, p.179; SCBI Oxfo](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/4a9a1cf7-561d-4879-abf5-b28400dbcb45/4e4d82c5-7952-4677-b048-b28400dbf8bc/468x382.jpg)
William I (1066-1087), Penny, PAXS type [BMC VIII], Oxford, Swetman, spetmiin on oxfe, 1.40g/6h (Allen 2022, p.179; SCBI Oxford 145, same dies; N 848; S 1257). Very fine and toned £400-£500 --- Provenance: R. Erskine Collection The vendor’s ticket notes ‘Swetman is the only moneyer mentioned in Domesday Book!’
WHITAKER (JOHN), THE HISTORY OF MANCHESTER IN FOUR BOOKS, book I only, with seven engraved plates / maps, Dodsley, 1771; HOLT (JOHN), GENERAL VIEW OF THE AGRICULTURE IN THE COUNTY OF LANCASTER, hand coloured map (loose), engraved plate, unbound, 1794; A HISTORY OF THE INLAND NAVIGATIONS PARTICULARLY THOFE OF THE DUKE OF BRIDGEWATER IN LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE, three folding plates, disbound, 2nd edition, 1769; WRIGHT (G), A GUIDE TO THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY, engraved plates (at fault), London, Baldwin, 1822; THE TOURISTS HANDY GUIDE TO SCOTLAND, 12th edition, folding maps; VIEWS OF THE TROSACHS AND LOCK KATRINE, Thomas Nelson & Sons; BACON;S EXCELSIOR MAP OF WALES AND MONMOUTHSHIRE, linen backed folding sectional map; DUPPA (R), A DIARY OF A JOURNEY INTO NORTH WALES, London, Robert Jennings, 1816 (8)
LAWSON (S), AN ESSAY ON THE USE OF MIXED AND COMPRESSED CATTLE FODDER, engraved folding plate, ¾ calf with marbled boards, London, 1797; THE FARMER’S KALENDAR OR A MONTHLY DIRECTORY, rebacked full tan calf, London, Robinson, 1771; CLATER (FRANCIS), EVERY MAN CATTLE DOCTOR, engraved frontis plate, later ¼ leather, London, Crosby, 1814; THE NEW FARMER’S CALENDAR, OR A MONTHLY REMEMBRANCER, 2nd edition, ¾ leather with marbled boards, London, Whittingham, 1801; THE AGRICULTURAL MAGAZINE FOR 1803, vol VIII & IX (incomplete), engraved plates; HOME (FRANICS), THE PRINCIPLES OF AGRICULTURE AND VEGETATION, 3rd edition, London, Millar, 1762; MARSHALL (MR), THE RURAL ECONOMY OF NORFOLK, 2nd edition, vol I only, London, 1795; AGRICULTURAL STATE OF THE KINGDOM IN FEBRUARY, MARCH AND APRIL 1816, rebacked blue paper covered boards, London, 1816; ANDERSON (JAMES), ESSAYS RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS, vol II only, engraved plates, Dublin, Hallhead, 1779; TWAMLEY (J), ESSAYS ON THE MANAGEMENT OF THE DAIRY, new edition, London, 1816; THE FARMER’S LETTERS TO THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND, London, Nicoll, 1767; MARKHAM (GERVASE), MARKHAM’S FAREWELL TO HUSBANDRY, lacking title page, starts at A2, page block detached from the later cardboard cover, unknown edition and date; TAPLIN (WILLIAM), THE GENTLEMAN’S STABLE DIRECTORY OR MODERN SYSTEM OF FARRIERY, engraved portrait frontis, London, Robinson, 1791; BRACKEN (HENRY), FARRIERY IMPROV’D OR A COMPLEAT TREATISE UPON THE ART OF FARRIERY, 2 vols, 1742 (16) Condition Report: The books in mixed lots are not collated.Farmers Kalendar has a later spine and an old engraved book plate for ‘Weston Library’ to the back of the front board.Markhams Farewell to Husbandry is detached from any binding. Chip to the last page which does not affect text. In a modern cover which is worn. Treatise upon the art of Farriery (2 vols) each with engraved armorial type bookplate to the back of the front boards.Cattle Doctor is a later binding and heavily foxed / damp stained internally.Principles of Agriculture and Vegetation with engraved bookplate for Hugh Cecil Earl of Lonsdale an also a later one for Alan Morris paste down to the front free end paper.Anderson Rural Affairs 2nd vol with worm damage to pages from page 201 onwards which affects the text.Taplins Farriery is a 11th edition, with ink marks to several of the pages in the first volume and ink notes at the front and back of the books.Agricultural magazine 1803 is incomplete.Condition issues not mentioned above likely.SOLD WITH ALL FAULTS.
James Bond 007 - Fleming, Ian - Talk of the Devil, Queen Anne Press, 2008, first edition hardback / hardcover book, first published 2008 , illustrated cover, no dust jacket ever issued, mylar cover, 8vo, (1)Copy 0 of S ( Out of series).A collection of Ian Fleming's journalism and other non-fiction material, including his 1941 memo to Colonel Wild Bill Donovan on creating the Office of Strategic Studies, predecessor to the CIA, plus other wartime accounts. It also contains two unseen short stories. Hitherto, this collection of Ian Fleming's journalism, various non-fiction items and a couple of unseen short stories has only been available as part of The Complete Works, a series of 18 books. For the first time, it has been made available as an individual specially-bound limited edition. All books are marked O/S ("Out of Series") as they are not being sold as part of the original 100-copy run.Condition Report: CR:- In fine condition with mylar cover for protection
Books to include Clarke, Stirling (Mrs) "The Lady`s Equestrian Guide or the Habit and the Horse", A Treatise on Female Equitation with lithographic Illustrations by Messrs Day & Son, together with The British Bird Book, ed by F B Kirkman and B A Oxon pub TCLEC Jack, London and Edinburgh in twelve sections, together with British and European Butterflies and Moths by A W Kappel and W Egmont Kirby, pub. London, Ernest Nister with thirty coloured plates, owners bookplate to front, original pictorial blue cloth boards, Birds in Colour by Walter E Highman, pub London, Collins 1946 and Kingsmead Reprints - Select Orchidaceous Plants 1862 by Robert Warner, circa 1970If there is no condition report shown, please request
Culpeper (Nicholas). The English Physitian Enlarged; with Three Hundred, Sixty and Nine Medicines, made of English Herbs..., London: Hannah Sawbridge at the Bible on Ludgate Hill, 1684, lacking C3, U2-U8 inclusive, V1, and all leaves after Bb6, some light staining, a few leaves chipped with minor loss, minor worming to inner margin to last few gatherings, early 20th-century ownership inscription of 'A. E. Castle, 64 Victoria S, Aylesbury' to front free endpaper, modern grey and cream paper covered boards, paper label to spine, small 8vo, together with:Culpeper (Nicholas). The English Physician Enlarged; With Three Hundred and Sixty Nine Medicines, made of English Herbs..., London: J. Churchill, at the Black-Swan in Paster-Noster-Row, 1714, lacking all leaves after S6, some areas of light toning, some leaves chipped, 18th-century ownership inscription 'Wm Mawen 1781' to title page and to B1, 17th-century planetary charts and ownership inscriptions 'Elizabeth Smithe, Her Book Anno Domini living In Boxhill 1743/4' and 'George Smith His Book' to front free endpapers, modern half calf, gilt decorated spines with title labels, 12mo Culpeper (N. & E. Sibly). Culpeper's English Physician and Complete Herbal. To which are now first added, Upwards of One Hundred Additional Herbs, with a Display of their Medicinal and Occult Properties, Physically Applied to the Cure of all Disorders incident to Mankind, to which are Annexed, Rules for Compounding Medicine According to the true System of Nature, forming a Complete Family Dispensatory and Natural System of Physic, 4 parts in one, London: Printed for the Author, and sold at the British Directory Office, Ave-Maria-Lane, and by Champante and Withrow, Jewry-Street, Aldgate, 1810, engraved portrait frontispiece and hand-coloured engraved plates, damp staining to margins of title (with extensive repairs to margins), modern half calf, gilt decoration to spine, 4to QTY: (3)NOTE:Provenance: A. E. Castle for the first work, Wm Mawen, George Smith & Elizabeth Smithe for the second work.ESTC No: R218185 for the first work, ESTC No: T67000 for the second work.
Crawhall (Joseph). Olde ffrendes wyth newe Faces, Adorn'd with sutable sculptures, 8 parts bound in one, London: Field & Tuer..., New York: Scribner & Welford, 1883, numerous hand-coloured woodcut illustrations, front and rear wrappers of each ballad printed on blue-grey, pale pink or straw-coloured paper, single-leaf hand-coloured prospectus title-page bound at rear, Alfred James Copeland bookplate on front pastedown, original printed boards, worn, spine toned, rubbed to extremities, 4to, with London City, London: The Leadhall Press, 6 leaves, loosely contained within, together with Craig (Gordon). Henry Irving. Ellen Terry. A Book of Portraits, Herbert S. Stone & Co., 1899, decorative title and 19 tipped in colour plates, Japanese inscription in black ink to front free endpaper, presentation inscription in English to front flyleaf dated 25th August 1934, contemporary grey boards with title printed to upper cover, spotting, spine rubbed, 4to, plus two books by John Hassall including: An Active Army Alphabet, 1900 and The Twins, 4to, and 11 other illustrated books including 6 copies of The Savoy (Nos 3 - 8), Songs for Somebody, A Book of Christmas Verse, Legends from River & Mountain, Sing-Song, and Prince Dorus, mainly 8voQTY: (15 books)
Boswell (James). The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., together with the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with notes and appendices by Alexander Napier, 6 volumes, new edition, London: George Bell and Sons, 1884, engraved frontispieces to each, folding map to final volume, bookplate of S. E. Beddington to front pastedowns, modern full calf gilt, 8vo, together with:The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., 4 volumes, 3rd edition, London: H. Baldwin and Son, 1799, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, armorial bookplate of Clive Behrens to front pastedowns, further inked or pencilled inscriptions to preliminaries, lightly toned and spotted, contemporary mottled calf gilt, some wear, upper board of volume 4 detached, 8vo, plusThe Journal of A Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL. D., 6th edition, London: T. Cadell and W. Davis, 1813, engraved portrait frontispiece, book ticket of A. Beatrice J. Thicknesse to front pastedown, front free endpaper loosening, contemporary sprinkled calf gilt, joints cracked but holding, some wear (especially to head of spine), 8vo, with 9 leather bound volumes related to Johnson and BoswellQTY: (20)
Decorative cloth bindings. A collection of maj. 19th century works, many being of Scottish interest. The lot comprising 1901 A Kentucky Cardinal and Aftermath by James Lane Allen illus. Hugh Thomson; 1889 Art in Scotland its Origin and Progress by Robert Brydall; 1886 History of the Scottish Nation by Rev. J. A. Wylie in 2vol; The Tales of James Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd, library ed in 2vol; Ramsay and the Earlier Poets of Scotland publ. J. S. Virtue & Co.; The Book of Days, a Miscellany of Popular Antiquities ed. R. Chambers in two vols; c1870 Cassell's Book of Birds by Thomas Rymer Jones, vol I of 4 only illustrated with colour plates; 1931 Highways and Byways in the Border by Andrew Lang illus. Hugh Thomson; 1889 The Poetical Works of John Milton & The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth ed. W .M. Rossetti, both in opulent cartonnage bindings. Light bumping to extremities, some with contemp. prior ownership inscriptions, a smart collection. Largest 4to.
19th-20th century A.D. Comprising forty bound leaves written in Amharic, featuring 'spectacle scripts', small drawings of the Christ's passion, Salomon's seal, Moses snakes and Patriarchal staff, and other drawings of a double-headed serpent; preserved in the original pouch with bindings. Cf. Smidt, W., Dege, S., 'Tälsäm' in Encyclopedia Ethiopica, IV, Hamburg, 2011, pp.850-852, figs.1-2, for similar. 168 grams, 16.3 x 10.5 cm (6 3/8 x 4 1/8 in.). [No Reserve] From a Brighton bookseller, circa 2000.This particular object is sometimes referred to as a talisman or amulet, and also known as a ketãb (document) or metshaf (book). It was used in Ethiopia by priests and common people, not only intended for reading but also for providing protection. It was worn with a rope around the neck or shoulders of the owner.
A collection of five assorted prints and a map of Singapore. Mostly related to Singapore. Max. 43cm x 60cm. All framed and glazed. Condition Report: The larger map appears to be a later reproduction, the smaller appears to be an original illustration with some foxing. West Africa print appears in a fair condition for its age. print of children is foxed, original postcard appear sto have been franked with some surface marks and the Raffles Museum is a book illustration.
Vintage humour and story magazines from the 1930’s, 1940’s and 1950’s, titles include: The Schoolgirls’ Own Library, A Basinful of Fun, Beauty-off-Duty, Woman’s Weekly Dream Book, Lines of Laughter, The Wilfred Pickles Gift Book, Laughit Off Annual 1945, Popular Song Sheet Music, Old Moor’s Almanac 1938, The Pictorial Weekly Atlas for Motorists, Cyclists and Walkers; and other popular publications.
Science fiction books, magazines and comics, comprising: Adventures in Space 3-D storybook; Into Space with Ace Brave Space-Master pop-up book; More Tales from the Forbidden Planet, from Titan Books, 1990, in dust-slip; a 1950’s issue of Practical Mechanics, featuring futuristic cover art; The Boys’ Book of Space, by Atlas Publishing Co. Ltd; Jet-Parade by Litor Publishers Ltd; and other science-fiction related publications.
A bound volume of My Guy Comics Magazine, 1980’s; and various pop publications, mainly Beatles-related, including: The Beatles Monthly Book No’s. 4, 7, 24 and 41; The Beatles in America Picture magazine; on the Scene: The Beatles at Carnegie Hall; The Beatles Souvenir Song Album; Valentine Pop Special; sundry issues of Fabulous Magazine; Elvis Presley’s Rock and Roll Song Book; and other pop-related publications.
A very nice 1930's-40's Football Autograph and scrap book, featuring signatures of many great players from the era including, Joe Payne, Leslie Compton, Wilf Mannion, George Hardwick, Charles Buchan, Dixie Dean, Joe Harvey, Wilf Copping etc, mostly signed in pencil on separate sheets and mounted in the volume with additional pictures and some full team pages, with some loose pages and cover wear.
An Interesting 1930's Autograph and scrap book, featuring team and individual autographs from the era including Matt Busby, Manchester City, Arsenal, Cliff Bastin, Blackpool, Liverpool, Bill Shankly, George Camsell, Alex James, Frank Swift etc mostly signed in pencil on separate sheets and mounted in the volume, with some loose pages and cover wear.
A pair of unnamed World War Two Defence and War medals, mounted as worn, together with two ribbon bars, in named box of issue addressed to S/Ldr J. Mashiter at No.3 Flying Training School, R.A.F. Feltwell, Norfolk. Sold together with Royal Air Force Pilot's Flying Log Book named to F/Lt J. Mashiter and recording recipient's flying hours in various aircraft, Blenheim, Oxford, Argus, Hudson, Wellington and others, to various locations in Africa, Oman and elsewhere, from September 1943 until June 1945. Also sold with various RAF group photos, including and identifying the recipient, examples being No.82 Course, Officers' School, September 1941, No2 Officers Advanced Training School - Kalafrana - Malta 1945, Headquarters British Forces Aden. Also sold with two framed pencil sketches of 'jimmie' being the recipient, his named RAF bed-plate, a number of RAF buttons, rank chevrons, badge, dress collars, unused RAF sketch book, an Active Service Edition Holy Bible, Pilot's Notes booklets, the recipient's UK High Commission in Germany British Zone Driving Licence for 1954/55 and three large, folded BAOR Road Maps. (Lot)
FABERGE: BOWENITE AND GOLD EASTER EGG PENDANT, MOSCOW, 1908-17 the bowenite egg surmounted to the long side in gold with an eagle with outstretched wings, lacking gemstone to base of egg, suspension loop with indistinct mark, stamped to bale KF (in cyrillic) and 14 carat gold '56' kokoshnik marks, egg 18mm long Provenance: The Dickinson family of St Petersburg, thence by descent to the vendor. Six Dickinson children, including three sisters, were born in late 19th century St Petersburg to English parents. Their father, whose family had been connected with Russia for three generations, ran the Phoenix Ironworks in the Viborg quarter and until 1905 the family lived at some ease in a large house nearby. The unrest and economic crisis of the early 1900s however resulted in the complete failure of his investments, the family forced to depart for their mother's home in Lancashire. Pining for the country they considered home, by 1911 the three sisters had all returned to Russia, their aunt in St Petersburg finding them work as governesses. Their stories are related in a diary kept from 1916-18 by one sister, Miss Daisy. This diary was edited by her daughter, the vendor's mother, and published as 'Miss Daisy's Secret Russian Diary' (edited by Muriel Delahaye, Troubador Publishing, Leicester, 2017). The diary opens at Easter 1916, recording the gift of the diary itself, money and 'four small silver easter eggs'. Another sister, Miss Ida, worked for Aylia and Alexander Pistolkors. Aylia was a sister of Anna Verubova, Empress Alexandra's beloved Lady-in-Waiting, and Alexander Pistolkors a stepson of Grand Duke Paul, the Tsar's uncle. Whilst the third sister, Miss May, spent most of her time on her Swedish/Russian employers' estate in Finland, the other two were busy in town or at the coast, pursued by a number of suitors. Ida in particular was a frequent visitor at Tsarkoe Selo. On 11th December 1916 Ida and Daisy were taken, somewhat unwillingly, to a supper with Rasputin at his flat on Gorokhovaya Street, Daisy's diary revealing that he repeated his prophecy 'If I am killed,... the Romanov family will also die.' Following Rasputin's assassination, on 31st December the diary records that 'In spite of all the upset about Rasputin Ida still received her Christmas card from the Tsarina', the book (ibid) illustrating this postcard, still in the family's possession, showing the message: 'To Miss Ida / with Kisses / Greetings & Best Wishes for 1916 / Alexandra'. In one of her last surviving letters, written to Anna Verubova from captivity in Tobolsk, the Empress asks after both Anna's sister Aylia and the governess: 'Miss Ida is still with her I hope.' By the start of 1918 the sisters had all managed to make their way back to Britain. Ida had been given permission to leave Russia in May 1917, after an interview with Lenin himself. Daisy and May remained, living through the danger and privations of revolutionary St Petersburg, until a meeting with Trotsky on 29th November meant they could make preparations to leave, finally getting away in mid December. Although Daisy later married, the other two remained spinsters, ending their days running a boarding house on the Lancashire coast at Cleveleys, their precious relics of their days in Imperial Russia passing eventually to the vendor's mother. For a Russian gold and Easter egg pendant necklace with the same provenance, see Olympia Auctions, 'Jewellery & Watches', 21 November 2024, lot 319 and also an Imperial Porcelain Manufactory Easter egg, Olympia Auctions, 21 November 2024, lot 16.
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