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A Second World War 4th Lanarkshire (Hamilton) Battalion Gome Guard sergeant's 1939 Pattern Greatcoat, dated 1940

Charles Hamilton known as Frank Richards, "The Bullseye, The Greyfriar's Book Club No. 10", collectors edition, London, Howard Baker Press Ltd, 1976

Two glass bottles comprising a Hamilton Torpedo for The Newcastle Breweries Limited and a Scottish John Walter & Sons Ltd of Kilmarnock whisky bottle together with three Numol and Virol stoneware jars, whisky bottle 22.5 cm

John Hamilton Glass (Scottish 1820-1885): Dutch Fishermen on the Shore, watercolour signed 24cm x 34cm; R Bayles (British 20th century): 'Morning Mists', watercolour signed titled and dated 1947, 14cm x 26cm (2)

Rowse (A.L.) The Annotated Shakespeare, 3 vol., second edition, plain illustrations, original rexine-backed cloth, Orbis Publishing, 1978 § Hamilton (Nigel) Monty. The Making of a General, plain plates, maps, original cloth, spine gilt, Hamish Hamilton, 1981 § Pocock (Tom) Horatio Nelson, plain plates, maps, original cloth-backed boards, New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1988; and 13 others, mixed, v.s. (18)

Rabelais (François) Oeuvres de François Rabelais contenant la vie de Gargantua et celle de Pantagruel, illustrations by Gustave Doré, foxing, contemporary half calf, upper cover detached, a little rubbed, 1854 § Hamilton (Contes d') Le Bélier, 2 vol., original wrappers bound in, modern red morocco-backed boards, excellent, Paris, 1873 § Miller (Henry) Tropique du Cancer, one of 1000 copies, original wrappers, fine, 1945; and c.90 others, foreign literature, mainly French and Spanish, v.s. (c.95)

Hibernian Scottish Cup Programmes 1958-70, including 58 Final and Semi, also Motherwell v. Clyde Semi, 60-1 v. Celtic, Peebles, at Hamilton, 62-3 at Brechin, 64-5 Cup final & semi, v. Rangers, Partick, Clydebank 65-6 at Hearts, third Lanark. (25).

VICTORIAN SILVER SPOON AND NAPKIN RING SETboth with London hallmarks for 1861, in fitted Hamilton & Inches case, 58.6g/2g

R. HAMILTON Village kirk, watercolour, signed and dated 20/06/95, 27.5cm x 33.5cm, a pastel study of a King Charles Cavalier Spaniel, monogrammed 'SHH', 35.5cm x 30.5cm, and Charles Cattermole, Marching forward, watercolour, signed and dated '88, 29cm x 57.5cm (3)

* Albert-Birot (Pierre, 1876-1967). Paradis, 1964, silkscreen print in colours on wove, artist and date printed to lower margin, printed by Wild Hawthorn Press, the full sheet, some small areas of creasing and toning to the extreme edge of the upper blank margin, sheet size 44 x 57 cm (17 1/4 x 22 1/2 ins)QTY: (1)NOTE:Graeme Murray 1.8, Ian Hamilton Finlay & The Wild Hawthorn Press, A Catalogue Raisonné 1958 - 1990, 1990, page 1.This particular poem-print inspired one of Ian Hamilton Finlay's most well-known works, the poem-print Le Circus, published in the same year (see lot 378 for an example).

* Hamilton (Gavin, 1723-1798). The Erythraean Sibyl, after Michelangelo (1475-1574), later 18th century, black and red chalk on laid paper, sheet size 230 x 153 mm (9 1/8 x 6 ins), glued to outer corners verso to later laid cream backing paper, window-mounted, with inscription in pencil to lower right 'Gavin Hamilton (after Michelangelo) [done in Rome: Italian paper]' in the hand of Michael Jaffé, framed and glazedQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Estate of Michael Jaffé (1923-1997) art historian and former director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

* Hamilton Finlay (Ian, 1925-2006). Poster Poem (Le Circus), 1964, screenprint in colours on wove paper, title, artist and date printed lower right, printed by Wild Hawthorn Press, the full sheet, a few creases, sheet size 44.3 x 57.7 cm (17 3/4 x 22 3/4 ins)QTY: (1)NOTE:Graeme Murray 5.4, Ian Hamilton Finlay & The Wild Hawthorn Press, A Catalogue Raisonné 1958 - 1990, 1990, page 19.

Hamilton (Richard, 1922-2011). Man Machine & Motion, London: Institute of Contemporary Arts, 1955, printed catalogue to accompany the exhibition by Richard Hamilton as part of the Independent Group, from an edition of 1000, catalogue designed and typewritten by Anthony Froshaug, 223 item catalogue, 49pp, 40 black and white illustrations on tinted paper, original paper wrappers, very tiny area of loss to upper corner of rear wrapper, otherwise excellent, 8vo QTY: (1)

AR* Hamilton (Richard, 1922-2011). Orange Order, 1991, Cibachrome in colours with hand-colouring in Humbrol enamel, on photo paper mounted on card, as issued, signed and numbered 6/100 in pencil on the mount (aside from 10 artist's proofs), the full sheet, printed information to mount verso, image size 17 x 17 cm (6 3/4 x 6 3/4 ins), loosely laid (as issued) into a hardbound copy of the exhibition catalogue for Richard Hamilton held at the Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London from 20 June to 10 August 1991, 87pp, illustrated throughout in colour, navy blue cloth, light surface marks, cloth spine snagged at centre with some loss, lacking slipcase, 4to QTY: (1)NOTE:Lullin 175.

* Attributed to John Hamilton Mortimer (1740-1779). Seated female attending reclining male beside table with jug and bowl, sepia pen and ink sketch on laid paper depicting reclining male and attending female, with detail portrait study of his face to right hand of sketch, small hole to lower left corner, light dust-soiling and scattered spotting, lined to verso on wash-mount backing paper with 'Mortimer del.' in brown ink lower right, image sheet size 66 x 125 mm (2 1/2 x 4 7/8 ins), mount size 105 x 165 mm (4 1/8 x 6 1/2 ins)QTY: (1)

* Hamilton (Hugh Douglas, circa 1739-1808). Portraits of Lord Sandys [and] Lady Sandys, 1771, a pair of oval head and shoulders pastel portraits on paper, both half-profile to left, the first showing Edwin, 2nd Lord Sandys, Baron of Ombersley (1726-1797), wearing a beige coat with a cream and red waistcoat and white stock, signed and dated 1771 lower left, a few foxing and mould spots, lightly rubbed in places, the second portraying his wife Anna Maria née Colebrook (1720-1806), wearing a white dress, with a bow of pink-edged ribbon, and a headpiece of white lace and pink-edged gathered ribbon, rubbed in places, each mount aperture 250 x 200 mm (9 7/8 x 7 7/8 ins), uniform gilt moulded frames, glazed (41.5 x 36.5 cm), both frame versos with various ink manuscript annotations regarding the sitters and provenance, including a near contemporary ink manuscript label on the verso of Anna MariaQTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: William Roberts (1862-1940) art critic and art sales correspondent of the Times; Sotheby's sale 31st July 1940 (lot 54); (Arthur Jaffé (1880-1954); Estate of Michael Jaffé (1923-1997) art historian and former director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; thence by descent. International lawyer Arthur Jaffé was an eminent scholar and collector of miniature paintings. He was an authority on John Smart, and spent many years researching the miniaturist, with the intention of writing a catalogue raisonné of the artist’s works. Although he died before the task could be completed, the body of work he had produced formed the basis of Daphne Foskett’s book, John Smart. The Man and his Miniatures, published in 1964. Anna Maria, daughter of James Colebrooke, was the widow of William Paine King of Fineshade Abbey, Northamptonshire, when she married Edwin Sandys in 1769. Edwin inherited his title when his father Samuel Sandys, 1st Lord Sandys, Baron of Ombersley, died in 1770. The notes on the frame versos explain that these works were purchased from Sotheby's in 1940, "from the collection of the late W. Roberts for many years Arts Sales Correspondent of The Times, lot 54 ...", additionally the notes describe how the pair of pastels were, "reframed from square (dating about 1911) by P.D. Colnagli & Obach into these ovals (dating 1779) by A. Jaffé 1941". The early ink manuscript label reads "Anna Maria Baroness Lady Sandys married J. King Esquire of Finshade - Nottinghamshire, and afterwards Edwin Lord Sandys."The portrait of Lord Sandys has a postcard adhered to the verso, inscribed in ink manuscript, signed by Evangline Roberts and dated September 1940. It explains that these two pastels had been, "given to my late father some years ago but by whom I don't remember". Arthur Jaffé had clearly been trying to discover more of the provenance of these drawings. Under the postcard is a Thomas Agnew & Sons printed label with ink manuscript 'A. Jaffé Esqr, to be called for'.

* Hamilton Finlay (Ian, 1925-2006). Au Pair Girl, 1966, screenprint in green on cream wove paper, printed by Jonathan Willcocks of Bath Academy of Art at the Openings Press, Woodchester, signed by Jonathan Willcocks, numbered 6/10 and dated in pencil, the full sheet, spotted, a few small creases, sheet size 55 x 38 cm (21 1/2 x 15 ins), with Mon (Franz, 1926-2022). Epitaph für Konrad Bayer, 1964, silkscreen in colours on wove paper, title, artist and date printed to lower margin, printed by Wild Hawthorn Press, the full sheet, some old creases, sheet size 56.5 x 43 cm (22 1/4 x 17 ins) and Kriwet (Ferdinand, 1942-2018). Poem/Print, 1964, silkscreen in colours on wove paper, artist and date printed to lower margin, printed by Wild Hawthorn Press, the full sheet, sheet size 55.5 x 44 cm (21 1/2 x 17 1/4 ins) plus Phillips (Tom, 1937-2022). A Humument, version II of p. 51., 1970, screenprint in colours on wove paper, signed, dated and numbered 74/75 in pencil, the full sheet, image size 65 x 42 cm (25 1/2 x 16 1/2 ins), sheet size 76.5 x 54.5 cmQTY: (4)NOTE:Graeme Murray 1.7 and 1.9, Ian Hamilton Finlay & The Wild Hawthorn Press, A Catalogue Raisonné 1958 - 1990, 1990, page 1.

* Bartolozzi (Francesco, 1727-1815). For the Benefit of Mr Giardini, after G.B. Cipriani, stipple engraving on laid paper, trimmed to plate edge, sheet size 12.2 x 14.6 cm (4 3/4 x 5 3/4 ins), together with For the Benefit of Madame Banti, after Edward Francis Burney (1760-1848), engraving on laid paper, plate size 11 x 14 cm (4 3/8 x 5 1/2 ins), sheet size 18 x 20.7 cm (7 1/8 x 8 1/8 ins), plus three other neoclassical engravings: Augustin de St Aubin (1736-1807), hommage to Voltaire, a proof before letters on laid paper, and two modern restrike engravings by G.L.Chrétien (Friherre G. & Friherriman Harriet Siljverhjelm), largest sheet size 21 x 18 cm (8 1/4 x 7 ins)QTY: (5)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of John Rowlands (1931-2016), former Keeper of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum.Felice Giardini (1716-1796), Italian composer and violinist, who came to London in 1751. In 1784 he departed for Naples with Sir William Hamilton.Brigida Banti (1757–1806) was an Italian soprano. She toured regularly and performed in the King's Theatre, Haymarket, London from 1795-1800.

Five Corgi 1:50 scale diecast models, CC12415 P Hinchcliffe Haulage Volvo FH Globetrotter, CC12906 P & C Hamilton Scania Topline Fridge Trailer, CC12402 Owens Road Services Volvo Globetrotter FH12 Curtainside, CC12004 ARR Craib Transport MAN Flatbed Trailer with Container Load, and CC12102 WM Armstrong Longtown Renault Premium Curtainside, all boxed. (5) PLEASE VIEW CONDITION REPORT

Jazz - A collection of vinyl records, artists including Count Basie, Jim Hall, Junior Mance Trio, The Milcho Leviev Quartet, Charlie Mingus, Warren Vache, Nat Pierce Quintet, Scott Hamilton, Buddy Tate, Shorty Rogers, Sarah Vaughn, Duke Ellington, Art Blakey Oscar Peterson, Dave Pell, Lennie Tristano, Flip Phillips and many more. (44) PLEASE VIEW CONDITION REPORT

Robert Heritage (British, 1927-2008) for Archie Shine, Hamilton rosewood sideboard, of rectangular form, with cutlery drawer above three drawers, with sliding doors enclosing shelves, on tapering legs, 76cm high x 213cm wide x 45.5cm deep CITIES certificate 24GBA103LGY25

Robert Heritage (British, 1927-2008) for Archie Shine, Hamilton rosewood extending dining table, with oval top, on base with stretcher, and additional leaf, 73cm high x 200cm long x 110cm deep, the leaf 45.5cm wide, table extended 245cm long, together with four rosewood chairs, to include two armchairs, and two additional chairs, all with similar upholstery (7) CITIES certificate: 24GBA10DRDGXY

JOHN HAMILTON GLASS SSA (SCOTTISH 20TH CENTURY), TWO WATERCOLOURS two watercolours on paper, both signedboth mounted, framed and under glassoverall size 44cm x 57cm each Qty: 2

Hamilton Watch Co., United States. Four Hamilton open face watches including:One open face Hamilton Railway Special 992 B with white dial with Arabic numeral hour and second markers, sub-seconds dial at the six o'clock position. Serial number C27218. Reeded 10k yellow gold filled case, marked at the inner case back Hamilton Watch Co. 10k gold filled Lancaster PA K034730.One open face pocket watch with white dial with Arabic numeral and sub-seconds dial at the six o'clock position. Serial number 1417312. Gold filled or plated case with star border, stripped back and empty cartouche, back case inner back case marked Venus I.W.C.Co 6429968.One open face pocket watch with white dial with Arabic numeral and sub-seconds dial at the six o'clock position. Serial number 1210932. Gold filled case with engraved details, marked Deuber warranted 20 years 9854515.One open face pocket watch with white dial with Arabic numeral and sub-seconds dial at the six o'clock position. Serial number 1582386. Gold filled case, plain, marked B&B Royal 20 years 6369956.Diameter ranges from 48.72 mm to 54.45 mm. Gross weight: 393.7 g.Condition: Railway Special: Watch winds, not tested for prolonged use or time.Open face serial no. 1417312: Watch winds, not tested for prolonged use or time.Open face serial no.1210932: Watch winds, not tested for prolonged use or time. Case engraving very worn, scratches to the crystal and accretions to the dial.Open face serial no. 1582386: Watch winds, not tested for prolonged use or time.All cases with scratches and wear.

William Henry Hamilton Trood (British, 1860-1899)The leader of the pack; The cat's out of the bag, a pair both signed and dated 'W.H.Trood 1898' (one lower left, the other lower right)oil on canvaseach 40.5 x 31cm (15 15/16 x 12 3/16in). (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceWith Burlington Art Galleries, Durban.Private collection, Italy.Trood was an animal painter and sculptor, very often of dog subjects and hunting scenes. From his home at 13 Trafalgar Studios, Kings Road, London, he kept a menagerie in the garden until the neighbours complained of the noise. After this complaint, he reduced his collection to a fox, a badger, and an otter, all of which he allowed to run loose in his studio. He once tried to hypnotise a dog into staying still.The hallmarks of Trood's work are tight painting technique with great attention to anatomical detail and often composed with Victorian sentimentality. This skill, but also his emotive subjects, appealed to the public of the day and he enjoyed success as a commercial artist popularising his works through print. Publishers such as Arthur Tooth & Sons were quick to see his public popularity, using illustrated catalogues to show his work engraved by S. A. Edwards.Trood exhibited extensively at institutions including the Royal Society of Artists in Birmingham (4); the Dudley Gallery (1); the Grosvenor Gallery (2); the Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts (2); the Manchester City Art Gallery (6); the Royal Academy (23); the Royal Society of British Artists (20); the Royal Institute of Oil Painters (4); and Arthur Tooth & Sons Gallery (17).Today Trood's works can be seen in The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. And one of the American Kennel Club's most famous paintings is his 1888, A Domestic Scene.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Marion Rodger Hamilton Harvey (British, 1886-1971)A Scottish Terrier signed in pencil 'Marion Harvey' (lower left)etchingplate 20 x 15cm (7 7/8 x 5 7/8in).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

William Henry Hamilton Trood (British, 1860-1899)Too late signed 'LSC WH Trood' (lower right)oil on canvas23.5 x 16cm (9 1/4 x 6 5/16in).Footnotes:ProvenancePrivate collection, UK.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Continental school, 20th century, Tribal fishermen / boatmen head out to sea, oil on canvas, bears signature 'Hamilton' lower right, 60.5x90.5cm, framed

Various N Gauge Unmade Kits Modern Traction Western 1000; BH Enterprises: S1 Class N15 tender only, LMS Princess and 4-4-0 Claude Hamilton; McGowan 2-8-0 WD Austerity (contents unchecked. boxed) and two unboxed examples; Green Max motors: 2x5513, 2x5606 and 5502 (all boxed) and a Kato 0-4-0 chassis motor (boxed)

Graham Farish N Gauge BR Locomotives 1816 Duchess of Hamilton 46229, King George VI 46244 (in unnumbered box), 1815 City of Liverpool 46247 and 1817 Queen Elizabeth 46221 (generally G-E boxes G) (4)

Necipoglu (Gülru). The Age of Sinan, architectural culture in the Ottoman Empire, 1st edition, London: Reaktion Books, 2005, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, together with:Chapman (Jan), The Art of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, 1st edition, London: Christie's Books, 1999, colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, 'as new' in original plastic wrap, large 8vo, plusHamilton (Andrew James), Scale & the Incas, 1st edition, Princeton: University Press, 2018, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth with illustrated front board, large 4to, andWatson (Oliver), Ceramics of Iran, 1st edition, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2020, colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, 'as new' in original plastic wrap, large 4to, plus other modern Oriental & Middle Eastern art reference & related, many original cloth in dust jackets, some paperback editions, VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (3 shelves)

Richardson (George). Iconology; or, A Collection of Emblematical Figures, Moral and Instructive; exhibiting the images of the elements and celestial bodies, the seasons and months of the year, the hours of the day and night, the quarters of the world, the principal rivers, the four ages, the muses, the senses..., containing, in four books, upwards of four hundred and twenty-four remarkable subjects, engraved from original designs, with particular explanations of the figures, their attributes and symbols; illustrated by a variety of authorities from classical authors; selected and composed from the most approved emblematical representations of the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans, and from the compositions of Cavaliere Cesare Ripa, Perugino, by George Richardson, Architect, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: printed for the Author, 1778-79, volume I: [14pp., including engraved dedication leaf], vii, 113pp., 52 full-page engraved plates (numbered I-LII); volume II: [6], 161pp., 1 leaf of general index], 57 full-page engarved plates (numbered LIII-CIX), list of subscribers to second volume, wide margins (contents generally in good, clean condition), engraved bookplate of John Mair to front pastedown of each volume, contemporary full calf, worn with covers detached or near- detached, large 4to (38 x 30 cm) QTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: John Mair (died 1824) of Glasgow and of London, a self made Scottish merchant and manufacturer of muslin, who established his manufactory at No. 60 Friday Street, London (bookplate).ESTC N17051.Handsome edition of George Richardson's collection of emblems and motifs drawn from ancient and classical authors as well as the Italian writer Cesare Ripa. Scottish architect George Richardson (1737/1738-1813) wrote a number of works on architecture and deisgn. The present work was designed for the use of painters and interior designers, and had a significant influence on neo-classical art in England. Subscribers to the work include Robert and James Adam, Francesco Bartolozzi, Sir William Chambers, Cipriani, George Dance, James Gandon, Sir William Hamilton, Joseph Nollekens, Thomas Nash (cabinet maker), James Paine, Edward Penny and Sir Joshua Reynolds of the Royal Academy, Romney, Paul Sandby, James Tassie, Benjamen West, Richard Westmacott, William Woollett, and Antonio Zucchi.Sold with all faults not subject to return.

Cholmondeley-Pennell (H[enry]). The Sporting Fish of Great Britain with notes on ichthyology..., 1st edition, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1886, coloured frontispiece, title printed in red and black, numerous coloured lithographs, sewing loosening in places, publishers' green cloth, gilt decoration to upper cover and spine, a little rubbed, 8voCholmondeley-Pennell (H[enry]). The Modern Practical Angler. A Complete Guide to Fly-Fishing, Bottom-Feeding, & Trolling..., London: Frederick Warne and Co, 1870, coloured frontispiece, numerous uncoloured illustrations, hinges cracked top edge gilt, publisher's original red cloth, gilt decorated spine and upper cover, slightly rubbed and some stains to covers, 8voHamilton (Edward). Recollections of Fly Fishing for Salmon, Trout and Grayling..., London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1884, toning from tissue guards, bookplates of Thos. Wolryche Stansfeld Weetwood Grove and William H. Stansfeld, publisher's quarter Japanese velum, title label to spine (with loss), the whole a little bumped and rubbed, 8vo, limited edition, copy 54 of 100 Mosely (Martin E.). Insect Life and the management of a trout fishery, London: George Routledge & Sons, 1926, photographic frontispiece, illustrations, folding plan, publisher's green faux morocco boards, gilt lettering to spine, 8voMosely (Martin E.). The Dry-Fly Fisherman's Entomology..., being a supplement to Frederic M. Halford's The Dry-Fly Man's Handbook, London: George Routledge & Sons, [1921], frontispiece, 16 hand-coloured engraved plates, publisher's wallet style green faux morocco boards, gilt lettering to spine and upper cover, 8vo QTY: (5)

Johns (W. E.). The Spy Flyers, 1st edition, London: John Hamilton, 1933, colour frontispiece, 4 black and white illustrations, neat gift inscription to head of front free endpaper, original publisher's blue cloth gilt, dust jacket, a few crease marks to head of spine, some small abrasions to extremities, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:A remarkably bright, unrestored copy.

Johns (W. E.). Champion of the Main, 1st edition, London: Oxford University Press, 1938, colour frontispiece, black and white illustrations, illustrated endpapers, original blue cloth, backstrip faded, dust jacket (from third edition), rubbed and creased, a few closed tears, 8vo, together with:The Unknown Quantity, 1st edition, London: John Hamilton, [1940], original red cloth, printed paper title label to spine, dust jacket, lightly rubbed and creased to extremities, 8vo, plusThe Modern Boy's Book of Aircraft, 1st edition, London: The Amalgamated Press, [1931], colour frontispiece, black and white illustrations, original blue cloth, mounted colour illustration to upper cover, dust jacket, relined with brown paper to verso, rubbed and creased with some loss, 4to, with two first edition copies of Modern Boy's Book of Pirates (one in dust jacket)QTY: (5)

Johns (W. E.). The Raid, London: John Hamilton, [1935], a few spots, original beige cloth, dust jacket, price faded on spine, rubbed and lightly dust-soiled, 8vo, together with:Thrilling Flights, London: John Hamilton, [1936], endpapers lightly spotted, original blue cloth, dust jacket, 1'3 sticker to foot of spine, lightly marked and rubbed, 8vo, plusThe Unknown Quantity, London: John Hamilton, [1940], original red cloth, paper title label, dust jacket, lightly rubbed, 8vo, with early reprints of The Air V. C.'s, Some Milestones of AviationQTY: (5)

* Nelson (Horatio, 1758-1805). A white marble half bust after Franz Thaller (1759-1817) and Matthias Ranson (active, circa 1800), first half 19th century,a fine half bust modelled as Nelson with his head turned slightly to the left, in naval dress with two large naval medals engraved 'Trafalgar' and 'Nelson' and classical drapery, mounted on a socle, unsigned, 68 cm high, damaged, the nose been restored, there are several chips notably to the edges and the Nelson medal, presented on a wooden pedestal inscribed 'The Immortal Nelson'   QTY: (1)NOTE:Following a visit by Nelson to Vienna in 1800, the Austrian sculptor Franz Thaller (1759-1817) was commissioned to carve a bust of Nelson and this bust is the most widely reproduced sculpted image of Nelson. Thaller was assisted by Matthias Ranson who was active circa 1800 but little is known of him. The bust was completed in 1801 and shipped to England, where it was kept at Merton by Lady Hamilton. The original bust is inscribed 'Franz Thaller etMatthias Ranson Vienae Austr. MDCCCI'. It is now displayed in the National Maritime Museum along with a plaster cast of Nelson's face which formed thebasis of the bust. The 'Thaller and Ranson' type was reproduced in different media, often with small anomalies. For further reading see Walker (Richard),The NelsonPortraits, pages 235-236. Other examples have been sold at auction in recent years for example,Sotheby's London, 5 October 2005, lot 75, £45,000Cheffin's Cambridge, 23 November 2023, lot 679, £22,000Duke's Dorchester, 5 Apil 2023, lot 97, £40,000   

* Hamilton (John, 1919-1993). The Discovery, near Mount Erebus, oil on board, depicting a large barque-rigged steamship moored on a large expanse of ice, a team of dogs and men moving away from the ship, signed lower right, 45.5 x 61.5 cm, framed (51 x 66 cm) QTY: (1)

Johns (W. E.). Wings, A Book of Flying Adventures, 1st edition, London: John Hamilton, 1931, colour frontispiece, 4 full-page black and white illustrations (all loose, the first with a small closed tear), additional 8 black and white illustrations at rear, advertisement to verso of final leaf, pictorial endpapers, prize bookplate to front free endpaper, spotting, original publisher's blue cloth gilt, gilt faded to spine, rubbed, dust jacket (priced at 3s 6d), some wear with loss to spine extremities and folds, closed tear to rear flap, 8voQTY: (1)

Queen Elizabeth II silver quaich, by Hamilton & Inches of Edinburgh, 2007, in original box and fabric bag. 18.36 troy oz approx. (B.P. 21% + VAT)   No obvious damage. Dimensions: 24cm long approx. Diameter 15cm approx.

After William Hamilton, mono watercolour laid to canvas, crossing the brook 62cm x 43cm 

The ‘Juba River 1893’ group of four awarded to Able Seaman Charles Clift, Royal Navy East & West Africa 1887-1900, 2 clasps, Witu August 1893, Juba River 1893 (C. Clift, A.B., H.M.S. Blanche.); 1914-15 Star (129434, C. Clift. A.B. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (129434 C. Clift. A.B. R.N.) mounted court style for display, very fine and better (4) £3,000-£4,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Alan Hall Collection, June 2000. 42 clasps for ‘Juba River 1893’ issued to the Royal Navy, 24 in combination with the clasp ‘Witu August 1893’. Charles Clift was born on 8 December 1869, in the village of Freshford in Somerset. He joined the Royal Navy on 9 December 1884, aged 15 years, as a Boy 2nd Class aboard the Training Ship H.M.S. Impregnable. On 20 December 1884, less than a month after first joining Impregnable, he was transferred to H.M.S. Lion. Whilst serving, he was advanced to Boy 1st Class on 17 February 1886, and on paying off in October 1886 he was sent to the Receiving Ship Royal Adelaide. Clift was next afloat aboard the Audacious, Flagship China Station, Vice Admiral R. V. Hamilton, C.B., which he joined in November 1886. Over the course of the three years he served aboard this ship he was advanced to Ordinary Seaman on 8 December 1887, and thus began his adult service. On paying off he joined the Duke of Wellington in February 1890. He next served aboard the Active from June 1890; the Vivid from December 1890; and Blanche from December 1890. Whilst in the latter vessel he was advanced to Able Seaman on 1 May 1891. During the three and a half years he spent in the 3rd Class Cruiser Blanche, Commander G. R. Lindley R.N., much of which was in East African waters, Clift was twice landed for service on shore with the ship's Naval Brigade. On the first occasion he was a member of a Naval Brigade consisting of 10 officers, 220 seamen and 36 Royal Marines drawn from H.M. Ships Blanche, Sparrow and Swallow. The Naval Brigade landed at Lamu on 7 August 1893, to punish Furno Omari, Sultan of Witu, who was openly rebellious and defiant, and had committed a number of atrocities. The stronghold villages of Pumwani and Tongeri were attacked; the gates of Pumwani were blown up by a field gun and war rockets and both towns were taken after a short, sharp fight. The Naval Brigade lost one stoker killed, and had two officers and six seamen wounded. Following their successful action, the members of the Naval Brigade returned to their respective ships on 15 August 1893. Each member was later to receive the East and West Africa Medal with Clasp 'Witu August 1893 '. A week after returning on board Blanche, Clift again volunteered to land as part of a much smaller Naval Brigade under Lieutenant P. V. Lewes, R.N. On hearing the news that Mr W. G. Hamilton, Superintendent of Askaris, had been murdered at Turki Hill, and that Count Lovattelli and Mr Farrant of the Imperial British East Africa Company were under siege at the British Residency at Kismayu, Commander G. R. Lindley of H.M.S. Blanche took the decision to land a small Naval Brigade to rescue them. The all-volunteer party of 42 sailors and stokers were joined by an additional 50 loyal Keribotos when they landed at the mouth of the Juba. Following a tiring night march, the force arrived at Turki Hill on 24 August, which was taken after a brisk fight. The small defending force at the Residency was relieved; upon hearing that Captain Tritton and Mr McDougall were trapped aboard the British Imperial East Africa Company's steamer Kenia at nearby Gobwen on the Juba River, Lieutenant Lewes and his small force set out to rescue them. On finding the two Englishmen safe, Lieutenant Lewes decided to fortify the steamer by placing iron plates, cut-up canoes, sand bags and bales of goods around the sides. Two maxim guns were mounted, and the Hotchkiss gun in the bow was manned. On 25 August the steamer set off up river to punish the mutineers and to destroy the town of Kajwalla. After proceeding only a short distance, the engine donkey feed pump broke down and the boiler fires had to be drawn. The element of surprise had been lost and the Kenia came under heavy fire from the mutineers concealed on the banks of the Juba River. The repairs to the pump, which took four hours to complete, were carried out by the engine room ratings. The steamer then continued upriver to shell and destroy the village of Magarada. After further shelling and firing of rockets, 30 men were landed from the Kenia, and after one hour of fighting, the town of Kajwalla was taken, burned and destroyed. The Kenia then crossed to the other side of the river, landed every available man, and after a brisk fight the town of Majawen was captured and destroyed. The Naval Brigade then returned to the Kenia and soon after rejoined the Blanche. For his services, Lieutenant P. V. Lewes received the Distinguished Service Order. The members of the Naval Brigade received the East & West Africa Medal with clasp 'Juba River 1893'. Those who were present at the previous action at Witu earlier in the month received the clasp only. On returning to England, Clift subsequently served short spells aboard the following ships: Victory I from March 1894; Excellent from June 1894; and Enchantress from October 1894. He then joined the Inflexible in May 1895; Victory I in September 1896; Vulcan in October 1896; and Victory I once again in October 1897. In January 1898, Clift joined the battleship Majestic, Flag Ship of the Channel Squadron, Vice Admiral Sir Harry Rawson, K.C.B. In this vessel he served a four-year commission before being paid off to the Duke of Wellington in January 1902. After three months on shore he joined, in April 1902, the 1st Class Battleship Vengence, Channel Squadron. In April 1902 he joined the 1st Class Battleship Barfleur, Flagship Reserve Division, Portsmouth, Rear Admiral R. L. Groome C.V.O. His stay in Barfleur was short, for a month later in May he had already been transferred to the Vivid. In October 1905 he joined Impregnable, Flagship, Devonport, Admiral Sir Lewis A. Beaumont, K.C.B., K.C.M.G. Following two years spent aboard the latter ship, Able Seaman Clift was pensioned ashore having completed twenty years’ adult service. He was never awarded a Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, since on three separate occasions his character assessment fell below 'Very Good'. Shortly after his discharge, he joined the Royal Fleet Reserve at Devonport on 5 January 1908, and was mobilised on 2 August 1914 as an Able Seaman aboard the Majestic Class Battleship Caesar, serving with the 7th Battle Squadron in the English Channel. He remained aboard Caesar when the ship was transferred to the Mediterranean Fleet early in 1915. Following a short period aboard Vivid, which he joined in October 1917, Clift was transferred in February 1918 to Hecla II, Base Ship at Buncrana, and remained in this posting until he was demobilised in November 1919, having served his country for a total of 25 years. Sold with research including copied record of service.

Five: Commander Hon. Henry Baillie-Hamilton, Royal Navy, one of the small Naval Brigade to land in South Africa in 1851 South Africa 1834-53 (Midshipman H. Baillie.); Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol, unnamed as issued; Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidie, 5th class breast badge, silver, gold and enamel; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed; International, Sovereign Military Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Rhodes & Malta, Knight of Honour and Devotion neck badge, 110mm including crown and ribbon bow suspension x 52mm, silver-gilt and enamels, the second polished, otherwise nearly very fine or better (5) £2,400-£2,800 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Alan Hall Collection, June 2000. Only eight Royal Navy and two Royal Marine officers were landed in British Kaffraria in 1851 as part of a small Naval Brigade. Henry Baillie was born on 29 August 1832, the fourth son of George Baillie who, in 1859, became the 10th Earl of Haddington, and assumed the additional name of Hamilton as well as the Honourable title. He entered the Royal Navy as a 1st Class Volunteer in 1847 and in 1849 he was appointed to H.M.S. Castor, Commodore Christopher Wyvill, attached to the Cape of Good Hope Squadron. In 1851 he was a member of the 126 strong Naval Brigade landed to support the Army in South Africa. In a letter from Commodore C. Wyvill, dated 27 December 1851, he is recorded as having 'Behaved with the greatest credit whilst co-operating with the Army during the War in British Kafferia' and ordered to be noted for favourable consideration for promotion when he passes for Lieutenant. Appointed to the steamer Spiteful in 1853 and was present in the Black Sea during the first great bombardment of Sebastopol in which action he received a deep lacerated wound in the upper and back part of the thigh from a fragment of a rocket. He was gazetted on 3 November 1854, as having been severely wounded. He served aboard Spiteful throughout the entire Crimean campaign. On passing his examination he was promoted to Mate in February 1856. He received the Turkish and British Crimea Medals, the latter with clasp 'Sebastopol' and the Order of Medjidie 5th Class, being at the time one of the youngest officers to receive this honour. In November 1857 he was appointed Mate of the steamer Ardent, Commander John H. Cave, on the West Coast of Africa. In a letter of 11 February 1858, Rear Admiral the Hon Sir Frederick Grey, K.C.B., Commander in Chief Cape of Good Hope and West Coast of Africa reported favourably on his conduct whilst engaged with the Soosos Chief in operations on the Coast of Africa. In recognition of this service he was specially promoted to Lieutenant on 25 April 1858. In April 1859 he was appointed Lieutenant of Cresset, Steamer, Captain the Hon Charles Elliot C.B., Mediterranean, followed in 1862 by Imperieuse, Flag Ship East Indies and China, Rear-Admiral Sir James Hope K.C.B.; and in 1864 Victoria, Flag Ship Mediterranean, Vice Admiral Robert Smart K.C.B. K.H. On 6 January 1866, he was dismissed from Victoria by sentence of Court Martial and sentenced to lose one year's seniority as a Lieutenant. He was next appointed in June 1866 to the Royal George Captain Thomas Tiller, Coast Guard Service, Kingstown. In May 1869 he was severely reprimanded for slipping the anchor cable of Royal George on the occasion of the Whitsuntide Review. On paying off from Royal George in December 1869 he remained on shore until he retired at his own request on the 10 January 1871, with rank of Commander. He became a Justice of the Peace for Berwickshire and for philanthropic services he was created a Knight of Malta in 1883, dying in 1895.

The Second War Pacific operations D.S.M. awarded to Petty Officer Steward E. Barton, Royal Navy, who was decorated for tending wounded members of his gun crew aboard H.M.N.Z.S. Moa although himself severely wounded; several of his shipmates were subsequently decorated by the Americans and the Moa won a Presidential Unit Citation; hours earlier he had won a “mention” for a spectacular two hour action against a Japanese submarine but was subsequently among those lost on Russian convoy JW. 59 in August 1944, when his ship was torpedoed Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (SR. 69524 E. Barton, L. Std.) extremely fine £3,000-£3,600 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- D.S.M. London Gazette 7 September 1943: ‘For courage and devotion in tending wounded members of his gun’s crew, when he himself was severely wounded, during a successful action between H.M.N.Z.S. Moa and four Japanese barges.’ The original recommendation states: ‘For courage and devotion to duty in the presence of the enemy in successfully treating other wounded ratings, when he himself was severely wounded, until he collapsed, when the vessel in which he was serving was engaged by four Japanese barges on 30 January 1943. A shell had exploded setting fire to a cordite charge at the gun which he was serving at the time, causing heavy casualties to the gun’s crew including himself. Two barges were sunk as a result of this action.’ Mention in despatches London Gazette 1 June 1943: ‘For bravery and skill in action against enemy submarines while serving in H.M. Ships Bicester, Wheatland and Lamerton, and H.M.N.Z. Ships Kiwi and Moa.’ Ernest Barton won his D.S.M. and “mention” for gallant deeds in H.M.N.Z.S. Moa, deeds that were enacted within a few hours of each other on 29-30 January 1943. The first of these actions, fought on the night of the 29th, was a spectacular two hour long running fight with the Japanese submarine I-1 off Kamimbo Bay at the north-west end of the Guadalcanal. The Moa, like her consort Kiwi, also a ship of the 25th Minesweeping Flotilla, was barely equipped to confront such a superior opponent, the I-1 measuring 96 metres in length with a 2035-ton surface displacement - making her twice the length of her opponents and more than three times the size; added to which she had a surface speed of 18 knots - nearly six faster than the minesweepers - and a 125mm. main gun which fired a shell twice the weight of those available to H.M.N.Z. Ships. Yet the New Zealanders remained undeterred, both ships working up to full speed to go into the attack, Kiwi leading with Moa in support. Forced to the surface by a succession of accurately dropped depth-charges, I-1 endeavoured to beat a retreat to Guadalcanal, using the cover of darkness against the high land of the island, all the while engaging her opponents with her main 125mm. gun, three shells from which came ‘too near the Moa for comfort’. Indeed even having been rammed three times by Kiwi - and severely damaged - the enemy submarine still showed signs of fierce resistance, but Moa finally got into position for the kill: ‘The Moa took up the chase with a will, opening up on the submarine which was retreating at about 12 knots and which had managed to put out the fire on her after casing. From the time the Moa took over the leading role, the action turned into a chase, with the I-1 relying on her six-pounder to reply to the Moa’s 100mm. shells. The Japanese altered course often to try to dodge the New Zealand ship’s fire, and for her part the Moa kept manoeuvring to stop the submarine’s stern gun being brought to bear. Star shells and searchlights were used to keep the I-1 illuminated and several of the Moa’s shells were seen to find their target. Finally, at 11.20 p.m., the I-1 ran aground on a submerged reef and was held fast. The Moa stood off, waiting for dawn, when she found the battered fore part of the submarine sticking about 12 to 15 metres out of the water at an angle of 45 degrees. And the action was not quite over. One Japanese was shot off the wreck by machine-gun fire and a wounded officer rescued from the sea before enemy artillery from ashore made it wise for the Moa to move off ...’ (The Navy in New Zealand, by Grant Howard, refers). For his part in this remarkable action, almost certainly manning a gun, Barton was mentioned in despatches, and his skipper, Lieutenant-Commander (afterwards Vice-Admiral Sir) Peter Phipps, R.N.Z.N.V.R., was awarded a Bar to his D.S.C. and the American Navy Cross, one of several U.S. honours to be bestowed on the New Zealanders - the Moa won a Presidential Unit Citation. And the Americans certainly had good reason to be grateful, for, unbeknown to the “Kiwis”, as it remained a secret for nearly 40 years, ‘a treasure trove’ of valuable secret documents was subsequently recovered from the wreck of the I-1, the loss of which sent reverberations around Tokyo (and supplied a dramatic windfall to Allied Intelligence in Hawaii): ‘More than 200,000 secret documents, widely distributed across the Pacific [by the Japanese], had been compromised and had to be replaced. It was months before the mess was cleaned up, and many of the compromising items had to remain in service for some time ... by the time the red-covered, five-digit code book and the additive tables retrieved from I-1 reached FRUPac [of the American Naval Intelligence], the code had been changed, but to Dyer and Wright that code was as precious as a moon rock to an astronomer ...’ (Double-Edged Secrets, U.S. Naval Intelligence Operations in the Pacific during World War II, by W. J. Holmes, refers). Literally hours after this ferocious clash, in the early morning of the 30 January 1943, a lookout in the Moa spotted the dark shapes of four Japanese landing barges. Moa closed the range and during the ensuing “firefight” a shell from one of the Japanese barges set fire to a cordite charge at the mounting of Barton’s gun, causing serious casualties, himself included - as stated above, it was for his gallant actions on this occasion that Barton won his D.S.M. Nor did the Japanese escape without loss, two of their barges being sunk. Following his commission in the Moa, and on recovering from his wounds, Barton joined the sloop Kite, formerly of legendary U-Boat “killer” Captain F.nW. Walker’s No. 2 Escort Group, and was lost in her on 21 August 1944, when she was torpedoed by the U-344, while acting as an escort to Russian convoy JW. 59. A Dictionary of Disasters at Sea states: ‘The sloop Kite, Lieutenant-Commander A. N. G. Campbell, was a unit of a force under command of Vice-Admiral F. H. G. Dalrymple-Hamilton, C.B., in the aircraft carrier Vindex, which was escorting a large convoy to Russia. On 21 August 1944, the convoy was attacked by a strong force of submarines, several of which had previously been sighted by aircraft from Vindex and Striker. An attack was made on the enemy formation from the air and depth charges from Swordfish aircraft sank one submarine. Later destroyers and frigates accounted for others, but during these operations Kite was torpedoed and sunk with a loss of ten officers, including Lieutenant-Commander Campbell, and 207 ratings.’ The U-344 was sunk by a Swordfish aircraft on the following day. Sold with an M.I.D. oak leaf and American Presidential Unit Citation riband, together with copied research.

The important Great War Q-Ship commander’s D.S.O. and Bar group of seven awarded to Captain S. H. Simpson, Royal Navy, who was twice decorated for his command of the Q-Ship Cullist from March 1917 to February 1918, a period that included no less than five close encounters with enemy submarines, the last of them resulting in Cullist’s demise Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, silver-gilt and enamels, with integral top riband bar; 1914-15 Star (Lt. Commr. S. H. Simpson, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Commr. S. H. Simpson. R.N.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; France, 3rd Republic, Croix de Guerre 1914-1917, with bronze palm, mounted as worn, minor enamel chips to wreaths of the first, generally good very fine and better (7) £10,000-£14,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Douglas-Morris Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, October 1996; R. C. Witte Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, December 2007. D.S.O. London Gazette 29 August 1917: ‘For services in action with enemy submarines.’ D.S.O. Second Award Bar London Gazette 22 February 1918: ‘For services in action with enemy submarines.’ French Croix de Guerre London Gazette 17 May 1918. Salisbury Hamilton Simpson was born in Karachi in September 1884, the son of a half-Colonel in the Indian Army, and entered the Royal Navy as a Naval Cadet in Britannia in January 1900. Appointed a Midshipman in the battleship Jupiter in the Channel Squadron in June 1901, he was advanced to Lieutenant in April 1907, and was serving in the cruiser Argyll in that rank on the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914. Removing to his first command, the sloop Jessamine, in early October 1915, he informed his Admiral that he would need a week to get the ship seaworthy - the latter coldly informed him to proceed to sea at 8 a.m. the following morning. Thus ensued an eventful commission, Chatterton’s Danger Zone quoting some of Simpson’s operational reports. But it was his transfer to Queenstown Command in March 1917 that led to his many honours, for, in the same month, he was appointed to the command of the Cullist (ex-Westphalia), a Q-Ship armed with one 4-inch gun, two 12-pounders and two torpedo tubes. Between then and February 1918, Simpson was involved in no fewer than five actions, the last of them resulting in Cullist’s demise: On 13 July 1917, while sailing between the French and Irish coasts, an enemy submarine was sighted on the surface at 11,000 yards range, from which distance it began shelling the Cullist. After firing 38 rounds without recording a hit, the enemy was enticed by Simpson’s tactics to close the range to 5,000 yards, and fired a further 30 rounds, some of which straddled their target. At 1407 hours Cullist returned fire, her gunners getting the range after their second salvo was fired and numerous hits were recorded on the enemy’s conning tower, gun and deck. Then an explosion was seen followed by bright red flames, and three minutes after engaging the submarine it was seen to go down by the bows leaving oil and debris on the surface - the latter included ‘a corpse dressed in blue dungarees, floating face upwards.’ Simpson was awarded the D.S.O. On 20 August 1917, in the English Channel, an enemy submarine was sighted on the surface and opened fire on the Cullist at 9,000 yards range. After 82 rounds had been fired by the submarine, just one of them scored with a hit on the water-line of the stokehold, the shell injuring both the firemen on watch and causing a large rush of water into the stokehold, which was overcome by plugging the hole and shoring it up. Several time-fuzed shrapnel projectiles were also fired at the Cullist but without effect. The submarine then closed the range to 4,500 yards at which time the Cullist returned fire and scored two hits in the area of the conning tower, upon which the submarine was seen to dive and contact was lost. On 28 September 1917, in another hotly contested action, Simpson gave the order to open fire on an enemy submarine at 5,000 yards range - ‘thirteen rounds were fired of which eight were direct hits, causing him to settle down by the bowstill while about 30 feet of his stern was standing out of the water at an angle of about 30 degrees to the horizon. He remained in this position for about ten to fifteen seconds before disappearing at 12.43 hours.’ Soon afterwards Simpson spotted another enemy submarine and set off in pursuit, on this occasion to no avail. Yet another brush with the enemy took place on 17 November 1917, when the Cullist was sighted by an enemy submarine which opened fire at 8,000 yards range. Within five minutes the enemy had the range and a shell glanced off the Cullist’s side, damaging one of three officers’ cabins before bursting on the water-line. After disappearing in a bank of fog the submarine re-appeared and continued to shell the Cullist with such accuracy that for 50 minutes the decks and bridge were continually sprayed with shell splinters and drenched with water from near misses. In all, the enemy fired 92 rounds, while the Cullist returned fire from 4,500 yards, 14 rounds being fired at the submarine of which six were seen to be direct hits. The submarine, although badly damaged, was able to turn away, dive and escape. Simpson was awarded a Bar to his D.S.O. On 11 February 1918, however, the Cullist’s luck ran out and she was torpedoed without warning in the Irish Sea and sank in two minutes. The enemy submarine then surfaced and asked for the Captain, but was told that he had been killed. The Germans then picked up two men and after verbally abusing the remaining survivors, made off. Simpson, who had been wounded, was pulled into one of the rafts, and the survivors were subsequently rescued by a patrol trawler, but not before being forced to sing “Tipperary” to convince the trawlermen of their true identity. Simpson was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 22 February 1918), but such was the nature of his wounds, which included a ‘broken shoulder’, that he did not obtain another seagoing command until joining H.M.A.S. Anzac in September 1919, shortly after his advancement to Commander. In late 1924, he assumed command of the Widgeon in the Far East, taking over from Commander M. G. B. Legge, D.S.O., and in August of the following year he became S.N.O. on the Upper Yangtze, winning Their Lordships’ appreciation for his services during ongoing local disturbances. His First Lieutenant during this period was Lieutenant (afterwards Rear-Admiral) A. F. Pugsley, the author of Destroyer Man, a work in which he refers to his C.O’s gathering apathy, rather than the more charming eccentricity for which he was known in his Q-Ship days, and therein, no doubt, lay the roots of Simpson’s request to be placed on the Retired List in December 1930. Recalled on the renewal of hostilities, he served as a Divisional Sea Transport Officer at Plymouth, Belfast and Glasgow, and was released in March 1946. Simpson died in January 1951.

Ridpath (George) and Leslie (Charles), The Massacre of Glenco: Being a True Narrative of the Barbarous Murder of the Glenco Men in the Highlands of Scotland…13th February 1692, 8vo, cloth, second edition, printed for J. Johnson, n.d., bearing the book plates of John Kermack and J. Hamilton-Leigh.

After Sir William Hamilton, a hand coloured aquatint engraving from his collection of Greek and Roman antiques circa 1766, 42cm x 45cm, framed

Assorted items of Royal Albert tea and dinner ware, including Old Country Roses, Lady Hamilton, etc, and other decorative items including paperweights

Albert de Belleroche (British, 1864-1944) ‘Voyageuse (Miss Hamilton)’ lithograph on Chine. Framed and glazed with Catherine Hodgkinson purchase receipt. 61.5cm x 47.5cm.

A group of boxed collector's plates including Bradford Exchange and Hamilton Collection, several pipes, turned wooden bowl, two opaque glass globular light shades. (1 box)

A set of three Sheffield plated entrée dishes and covers, each of twin handled form with gadrooned borders to cover and base, two cover handles missing, the covers with crest and motto of the Dukes of Hamilton, 35.5cm x 22cm

A part suite of Edwardian Pall Mall glassware including sixteen sherry glasses, three wine glasses and fifteen Lady Hamilton champagne coupes, and other assorted 19th century and later glasses.

A group of 19th-20th century military related prints, to include: Vereker Monteith Hamilton (Scottish, 1856-1931) - three signed lithographs, two published by Franz Hanfstaengl and one published by Boussod Valadon, 1892; together with After Elizabeth Butler - 'Scotland For Ever!' lithograph published by Hildesheimer & Co. 1894; and two others, largest sheet approx. 96 x 70 cm (6)

A collection of four 20th century illustrated art books. The lot comprising 1946 The Book of Job from the translation prepared at Cambridge in 1611, illustrated by Arthur Szyk publ. The Heritage Press, publisher's orig. cloth in gold slipcase; Le Tome I de Soleils publ. Les Editions Arts et Metiers Graphiques richly illustrated in colour & black and white, publisher's wraps; 1994 Wood Engraving & The Woodcut in Britain by James Hamilton publ. Barrie & Jenkins; and The Cecil Aldin Book with contributions by P. G. Wodehouse, Patrick Chalmers et al., illustrated with Aldin's tipped in plates. A smart collection. Largest folio.

A collection of five late 18th & early 19th century works. The lot comprising 1816 The History of the Life and Adventures and Heroic Actions of the renowned Sir William Wallace by William Hamilton, publ. orig. paper covered boards; 1823 Time's Telescope or the Astronomer's Botanist and Naturalist's Guide, publ. orig. paper covered boards, coloured plate frontispiece botanical illustration; 1835 A History of the Earth and Animated Nature by Oliver Goldsmith, publ. orig. quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards & spine label, renewed endpapers; 1824 The Life and Administration of Cardinal Wolsey by John Galt, third ed in worn diced calf binding lacking spine label; and 1797 The Complete Angler by Mr. Isaac Walton & Charles Cotton, the sixth edition by Sir John Hawkins (text block split in two at spine, front board loose.) Maj. rather worn, boards soiled. 8vo.

VINTAGE HAMILTON GOLD FILLED WRISTWATCH WITH LEATHER STRAP

A good collection of mostly Mdina art glass to include small vases, paperweights, The Glass Studio by Paul Barcroft scent bottle, early J.Schweppe & Co Hamilton torpedo bottle, etc.

The Pictorial Encyclopaedia of Railways by Hamilton Ellis hardback book, 591 pages. Good condition. We combine shipping on all lots. Single book £5.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, £9.99 ROW. We can ship a parcel up to 20kg which will take approx. 40 books in UK £12, EUROPE £39.99, ROW, £59.99

A GROUP OF NAMED AND ORIENTAL CERAMICS, comprising a Chinese miniature folding screen with four hand painted panels (one panel is cracked), a cylindrical bud vase, height 9.5cm (cracked), a blue Cloisonné vase, two sage green crackle glaze candle holders, two Royal Crown Derby 'Olde Avesbury' pattern cabinet plates, two Royal Albert 'Old Country Roses' pattern trios, cream jug and mug, a 'Moss Rose' pattern cream jug and sugar bowl, (marked as second quality), a Royal Albert 'Russet Mantle' pattern cup and saucer, a 'Forget-Me-Not' pattern cup and saucer, a 'Gossamer' trio (cup cracked), a Shelley 'Daffodil' pattern tea plate, a 'Lady Hamilton' pattern trinket dish (chipped), two floral patterned Shelley trinket dishes, a Royal Crown Derby 'Red Aves' pattern sugar bowl (cracked), etc. (qty) (Condition Report: most obvious damage is mentioned in description)

A GROUP OF CERAMICS, comprising a Wedgwood Jasperware blue on white teapot (hairlines, chipped spout and inner rim), a Hammersley 'Strawberry Ripe' strawberry set with an apostle spoon, two x Sadler Romeo and Juliet teapots (one has crazing), a Sadler A Midsummer Night's Dream teapot (glazed over chip on rim, chip on inner rim), two x Wedgwood William Shakespeare mugs, a Minton's 'Lady Clare' teacup (sounds dull when tapped, some gilding wear) and 'Lady Hamilton' saucer, with a Royal Worcester trinket dish (9) (Condition Report: most pieces appear ok, obvious specific damage as stated, would benefit from a clean)