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Rochester Optical Co. Pony Premo No.6 with Maroon Bellows. (condition 6F) and a 1/4 plate Sanderson Hand & Stand camera body #25602 for spares or repair (no lens or back).

NO RESERVE Painter (William) The Palace of Pleasure, 4 vol., one of 500 copies, plates and illustrations by Douglas Percy Bliss, some pochoir, original cloth-backed patterned-paper boards, Cresset Press, 1929 § Tourneur (Cyril) The Works, edited by Allardyce Nicoll, one of 750 copies, illustrations by Frederick Carter, original pictorial buckram, gilt, Fanfrolico Press, [c.1929] § Binyon (Laurence) The Sirens: An Ode, one of 200 copies on hand-made paper, title with decorative border, original cloth-backed patterned-paper boards, Stanton Press, 1924 § Wilmot (John, Earl of Rochester) The Poetical Works, edited by Quilter Johns, one of 400 copies, original cloth, morocco label, Haworth Press, 1933 § Jones (Robert) The Muses Gardin for Delights..., edited by W.B. Squire, one of 350 copies, A.J. Munby's copy with his book-label, endpapers browned, original boards, rather rubbed and marked, Oxford, printed at the Daniel Press, 1901, some t.e.g., all uncut; & 8 others limited editions, v.s. (16)

Kent.- Obligation bond by Thomas Borden of Rochester to John Jurdan for the sum of one hundred pounds payable at Easter, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 2 sides, obligation bond 5 lines, conditions of obligation 13 lines, remains of seal, a few small holes, slightly creased, 64 x 245mm., 1489.

Two Pairs of Binocularsconsisting US Army issue, 6 x 30 example. Black crinkle body marked “Wollensak Rochester USA”. Complete in their leather case ... Pair of WW1 period, British issue field binoculars. Extendable lenses marked with broad arrow. 2 items.

A pair of Flight and Barr plates, circa 1800Painted in sepia monochrome with views of 'Rochester' and 'LUSS, Dunbartonshire, the seat of Sir James Colquhoun, Bart' by John Pennington, the spirally shanked borders painted with brown leaves and gilded with strawberries, 22.6cm diam, inscribed in brown in Pennington's distinctive hand 'Flight and Barr, Worc, Manufacturers to their MAJESTIES' (2)

Bausch Lomb optical co Rochester new York USA microscope & case

12 various boxed 1/43 scale resin public transport kits to include Paragon kits, and Little Bus Company, examples to include a Paragon Kits Bedford VAL Duple Vega Major C52F coach, a Plaxton L3 Bedford OB coach, a Beadle-Commer Rochester C41C coach and various others

** Elliott (20th century), Estuary scene, Rochester, oil on board, signed, 29cm x 121cm.

A late 19th Century combination/aneroid barometer desk clock with thermometer to the centre stamped Eastman Kodak Co Rochester NY, on cast iron base, height 25cm.

F J Aldridge, 'Barges at Rochester', signed and titled, watercolour, 27 x 39.5cm.  

Clothing.- Vaughan (Walter) An Essay, Philosophical and Medical, concerning Modern Clothing, first edition, lacking half-title but with errata leaf at end of preliminaries, a few leaves a little browned at edges, modern half calf, spine gilt, 8vo, Rochester, W.Gillman, 1792.⁂ Scarce work by a physician on the perils of contemporary clothing. ESTC lists only 6 copies in the UK: BL (2 copies), Cambridge University Library, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (but apparently sold in 2014), John Rylands Library, and the Wellcome Institute.

English School (19th Century) - Watercolour - HMS Spartan, unsigned, 34.5cm x 52.5cm, within a gilt frame. HMS Spartan launched at Rochester in 1806 as a 38 gun 5th rate frigate, during the Napoleonic Wars she saw action in the Ionian Islands and the Adriatic before moving to the American coast during the war of 1812, returning to the Mediterranean and then broken up in 1822. (offered with Omell Gallery insurance valuation which states that the reverse of the watercolour is inscribed 'Spartan - Frigate - 1816') Condition: Good strong crisp colours, there is one noticeable foxing dot located in the rigging above the bow of the main ship - **General condition consistent with age

Frederick James Aldridge (1850-1933) In sight of land, signed, watercolour; together with George Cochrane Kerr (fl.1880-1907), Rochester from Frindsbury Hill, signed, watercolour; 22cm by 29.5cm and 23.5cm by 34.5cm respectively (2)

[TOPOGRAPHY] Willis, Browne. A Survey of the Cathedrals of Lincoln, Ely, Oxford and Peterborough..., for Gosling, London, 1730, full speckled calf (upper board almost detached), four engraved folding plans, eight engraved plate illustrations (five folding); together with Willia, Browne. Parochiale Anglicanum: or, The Names of all the Churches and Chapels within the Dioceses of Canterbury, Rochester, London, Winchester, Chichester, Norwich, Salisbury, Wells, Exeter, St. Davids, Llandaff, Bangor and St. Asaph, for Gosling, London, 1733, bound as one, quarto.

Of medical interest, an early 20th century American microscope, no.50872 by Spencer, Buffalo, USA, with a three-lens assembly, two by Spencer, one marked Bausch and Lomb optical, Rochester, 30cm high, together with two cases of human anatomical and other medical biopsy/disorder slides, presented with hand written and typed catalogue compiled by the original collector, together with receipts from the department of pathology, University of Cambridge, a cased Accoson Mercurial Sphygmomanometer, etc

Kent. Speed (John), Kent with her cities and Earles described and observed, 1st edition, [1611], hand coloured engraved map, inset town plans of Canterbury and Rochester, slight overall toning, central fold strengthened and repaired on verso, 385 x 510 mm, mounted (Qty: 1)

David Mead (British, 1906-1986) oil on canvas, a woodland scene of a bridge crossing a river with rolling fields in the background, titled ‘Summertime, Sussex No.2’ to the verso together with ‘Nashenden Manor, Borstal, Rochester’, signed (lower right) ‘David Mead’, 64cm x 76cm, framed. ARR may apply to this lot

A Bausch & Lomb Optical Co microscope of Rochester, New York, USA, in a fitted wooden case.

Signed Framed Watercolour - Rochester Castle - Visible Picture 28x 43cm

DICKENS CHARLES: (1812-1870) English Novelist. A.L.S., Charles Dickens, one page, 8vo, Gads Hill Place, Higham by Rochester, Kent, 28th April 1863, to William Woodall. Dickens announces 'I do not remember to have received any such communication from you as you describe in your letter…..' and continues to add that the letter may have gone to his London office and been set aside by mistake 'in the great accumulation of correspondence there'. Dickens further adds 'It is with regret that I convey to you the assurance of my inability to comply with the request of the Wedgwood Memorial Committee. But I have lately done all that I can reasonably afford to do…..'. With integral leaf bearing a contemporary docket, presumably in the hand of Woodall, noting that Dickens was 'unable to read gratuitously'. Some very light, extremely minor age toning and light wear, VG £800-1200 William Woodall (1832-1901) British Politician & Philanthropist, a supporter of Women's Suffrage. Woodall served as secretary of the Wedgwood Institute committee. The present letter is not included in The Letters of Charles Dickens (Vol. III 1836-70, published by Chapman and Hall, London, 1882).

FDC A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens five commemorative stamps double PM 150th Anniversary of a Christmas Carol, Rochester Kent 9th Nov 1993. Good Condition. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.

Various makers 1:1250 scale or similar Waterline Models, Rich Rickers RHP 64 Sailing Ship Gruz, RG 23 'Carpathia', 'Brisbane Star', 37 'Invergas', HAI314 'McAlpine', RHE 77'De Ruyter', Trident T202 'Humber', 'Rochester Castle', P1 and Nicholas Britton larger scale Fishing Boat and Drifter and 1:400 scale Lagune 'Dolphin', all in original boxes, VG-E, boxes VG (12)

Rochester Volunteer Training Corps WWI Cap Badge (White-metal), two lugs. K&K: 1630

A book of scraps and two albums of postcards, loose cards, approximately three hundred and twenty postcards - Mabel Lucie Attwell, D Tempest, topographical Rochester, Leicester, Harrogate, Melton Mowbray, seaside towns, Swithland Convalescent Home, etc, pets, sentimental cards,

GEORGE WARD (fl.1885-1925) PONTE VECCHIO, FLORENCE signed & dated l.r. 1923 oil on board 27.5 x 34.0cm / 10 3/4 x 13 1//4in George Ward was Principal of the Rochester School of Art between 1885 and 1925. He was a travelling scholar of the Royal College of Art before that and spent his scholarship year in Italy.

SYDNEY LEE (1866-1949) 'The Cathedral Close, Rochester, Kent', signed and indistinctly dated, oil on panel, 22 x 38.5cm Artist's label verso

Sir Leslie Matthew Ward, "Spy" and other artists, "The Huntsman", "Rochester", "Convocation", "H.I.M. The Empress of Austria" and numerous other Vanity Fair caricatures, chromolithographs, six in frames and others unframed. (56)

WWII Souvenir 'Part of Airscrew from Messerschmitt E109 brought down at Blue - Bell Hill Rochester Kent at 1.30pm on August 31st 1940' modelled ask a desk ashtray, 22cm in Length

Glory folder. Includes stamps from Panama mint and used, Isle of Man presentation pack, Letter card featuring pictures from Rochester postmarked 1934. Good Condition. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

Selection of Officer Training College (O.T.C) & Schools Anodised Cap Badges, including Kings School Rochester CCF, University OTC Cardiff, University of Wales OTC, East Midlands University OTC, plus others. (12 items)

A BOWLER HAT, 'The Rochester' size 65/8, a Lincoln Bennett & Co straw boater, No 10005-08, a Barristers wig, a Great Britain flag, various vintage ice-skates, etc

Yawman & Erbe MFG Company of Rochester New York The Automatic Combination reel, patented February 28th 1888 and June 16th 1891,with original box, instructions, etc., +/- 2 1/2".

Godwin Bennett (1888-1950), a view of Rochester Cathedral and two other oils on canvas, Rochester Castle from the Medway (pair to Rochester Cathedral) and a cottage with trees in blossom, signed (3, two unmounted, one mounted, all unframed), 30 x 40.5cm & 30 x 38cm

Godwin Bennett (1888-1950), 'Rochester from the River' and two other oils on canvas of Rochester Gate by the same hand, signed, inscribed verso (3, mounted, unframed), 30.5 x 41cm

Chronicles of an African Trip by George Eastman, 1927, first edition, a photo journal of his African Safari, the end papers showing route maps, privately printed for the author in Rochester, New York, by John Smith Co, with photographs by Martin Johnson, Eastman himself and others, the presentation slip laid in and printed, 'to my old comrades in the Kodak Organisation, G O Eastman', 8vo, cloth and paper covered boards.

Late 19thC/early 20thC English School. Three watercolours depicting river scenes near Harpenden, Rochester and Woodbridge, Suffolk. (3)

Late 19th/early 20th century carved bone needle case of pierced cylindrical form with fixed end with hatched matrix and further threaded other end, also with hatchwork detail and set with two Stanhopes depicting "Cristal Palace" (made in France) and the other "Memory of Rochester", length 10cm

Rochester Volunteer Training Corps WWI Cap Badge (White-metal), two lugs. K&K: 1630

WILLIAM ROCHESTER PAPE OF NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE A SIX SHOT RIM FIRE TIP-UP REVOLVER No.617, modelled on a Smith & Weston first edition, bears British proof marks, primitive deactivation adapted

IRVING, D. ed. Clariodus; A Metrical Romance. Printed from manuscripts of the sixteenth century. Edinburgh 1830. 4to. Ltd. Edn. Full cl. Tog.with HAYWARD, John ed. Collected Works of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, The Nonesuch press, 1926. 4to. ¼ bds. plus other publications, inc. The Bannatyne Club. etc. 6 bkplts.

THORPE, John, 'Registrum Roffense or, A Collection of Antient Records, Charters, and Instruments of Divers Kinds Necessary for Illustrating the Ecclesastical History and Antiquities of the Diocese and Cathedral Church of Rochester', London 1769 with portrait frontispiece after Wollaston, Fo. (370 x 250mm), contemporary gilt tooled calf, restored spine, Eric Poole & Eric Gerald Stanley b/ps plus BEDE, Whelocus, Abrahamus, Historia Ecclesiastica, Leges Anglo-Saxonicae, Cambridge 1694, Roger Daniel, red and black title page. 20th Century rebind brown cloth. Fo. (2)

JOHN SPEED Kent, engraving, pub. 1676, with inset aerial plans of Canterbury and Rochester to lower corners, Coats of Arms to upper border, Bassett and Chiswell, hand-coloured, 38 x 51cm

RAWLINSON, Richard (1690-1755) (Attrib.) The History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of Rochester, Curll London 1717, notes on end papers. 8vo. full calf, red title, scuffed and bumped plus GENT, Thomas, History of The Loyal Town of Rippon with numerous engravings and folding map, London 1733. 8vo. tooled leather with red title plus GORHAM, George C., The History and Antiquities of Eynesbury and St Neotts.... London 1824, 2 vols. marbled boards. 8vo. Eric Gerald Stanley b/p (4)

A Late Victorian, Brass-Bound, Leather Shotgun Case, labelled to the lid underside for William Rochester Pape, red baise lining to interior, fitted for 28 in barrels, containing a webbing and leather cartridge belt and a cleaning rod (a/f). Generally sound condition. Lid very slightly warped. Slight damages to stitching. One strap lacking. Internally with slight mould and with areas of wear to baise.

Nine hickory shafted golf clubs and a leather golf bag including: D. Adams, Glasgow, Special Mashie Iron; D.C. Hill Golf Club Pennyarth, Deep Mashie Special 20; George Rochester, Alnmouth, Special; D. & W. Auchterlonie, St Andrews & North Berwick, Smooth Face Special; R. Wright, Southport, Mid Iron; D. & W. Auchterlonie, St Andrews & North Berwick, Special; R. Wright, Southport, Mashie Special; S. Parr, Heswall, Ruthless Iron Special.

Frederick James Aldridge (1850-1933) In sight of land Signed, watercolour, together with George Cochrane Kerr (fl.1880-1907), Rochester from Frindsbury Hill, signed, watercolour, 22cm by 29.5 and 23.5cm by 34.5cm respectively (2)

Corgi Classics - seven various die-cast vehicles, comprising: No. 16001 Scammell Highwayman Ballast and Trailer - John Jameson, No. 19702 Bedford S Canvas Back Set - Joshua Tetley, No. 20801 AEC Arctic Tanker, No. 24302 Leyland Cylindrical Tanker Set - Double Diamond, No. 30202 Thames Trader Dropside Lorry - Eddie Stobart, No. 30301 'Golden Oldies' Thames Trader Van - Sutherland and No. 51802 ALF Aerial Ladder - Rochester N.Y, all boxed (7).

Lee, Nathaniel The Rival Queens or the Death of Alexander the Great. J. Magnes and R. Bentley, 1677. 8vo, paper wrappers; pp. [8 (title page defective, lacking one page of Epistle Dedicatory)], 64 [66, two leaves numbered 25-26], [2 (Epilogue)]; provenance: small ink stamp of Penzance Library on Epistle Dedicatory page, ink MSS note on ffep states it was purchased from ''John Kinsman, Penzance'' in 1879. First edition. With a dedicatory verse to Lee by Dryden and prologue written by Sir Charles Scroop. Lee was a dramatist, possibly under the patronage of the 2nd Duke of Buckingham. This blank verse tragedy about Roxana's jealousy for Statira made Lee's reputation. His success was matched by excess - much in the company of the infamous Rochester - and he died of a drunken fit before his 40th birthday. He spent time in Bedlam, summing up his situation as follows: ''They called me mad, and I called them mad, and damn them, they outvoted me.''Loss to title page, one page of Epistle Dedicatory lacking, page corners folded, pages toned and occasionally spotted.

English Civil War Pamphlet. The Shrove-Tuesday Banquet, sent to the Bishops in the Tower. First, A London Pancake to the Bishop of Canterbury, presented by the Apprentices of London, with the Water Mens attendance. Then, a Lincolnshire Pudding, and a Yorkshire Friter to the Bishop of Yorke, a Norfolk Dumplin, and a Suffolke Caveshead to Bishop Wren. An old cudgell-beaten cocke to the B. of Gloucester. A rusty piece of bacon to the B. of Rochester. And lastly, a dish of collops and egges to the B. of Bath and Wells. With the cause of the souldiers training, and the manner of their drinking a health to the said Bishops, [London]: printed for Tho. Iowel [i.e. Powel], 1641, [7] pp., some spotting, lower margin of title torn away and repaired without loss of text, lower blank margin of final leaf torn away, not affecting text, armorial bookplate of George Becher Blomfield, pencil shelf mark 4943, additional blank leaves supplied, 19th-century calf-backed cloth with gilt-title to spine, rubbed and soiled, small 4to (192 x 136 mm) (Qty: 1)NOTESESTC R15723 locates 4 copies in the UK and 2 copies in North America; Wing S3700.

Langhorne (Daniel). An Introduction to the History of England comprising the principal affairs of this land, from its first planting, to the coming of the English Saxons, together with a catalogue of the British and Pictish Kings, 1st edition, Charles Harper and John Amery, 1676, some spotting, old inscriptions to title including initials of William Perceval and Edm-FitzSimons, armorial bookplate of William Perceval and old manuscript notes to front free end paper, contemporary calf with gilt thistle and shelf mark to foot of spine, rubbed, some corner wear, together with [Hobbes, Thomas], A History of the Civil Wars of England, from the years 1640, to 1660, second edition, no printer, 1679, some spotting and spoiling, some fraying to margins of leaves of signature F with little loss of text to five lines of F3, old manuscript shelf mark number to title, contemporary sheep, rubbed a little wear to extremities plus Poems on Affairs of State : from the time of Oliver Cromwell, to the abdication of King James Second. Written by the greatest wits of the age. Viz. Duke of Buckingham, Earl of Rochester, Lord Bu-----st, Sir John Denham, Andrew Marvell, Mr Milton, Mr Dryden, Mr Sprat, Mr Waller, Mr Ayloffe, & c, with some miscellany poems by the same: most whereof never before printed, no place, 1697, [14], 224, 245-260, 8pp, some spotting, heavy browning at rear, contemporary calf, somewhere joints cracked, all 8vo plus other miscellaneous antiquarian history and literature including Shakespeare's Works, 7 volumes, 1797, several volumes with bookplate of William Perceval and associated gilt thistle motif and shelf numbers to spines (Qty: 25)NOTES1) Wing L395; 2) Wing H224; 3) ESTC R234478; Wing P2719.

Four miniature paintings, comprising: Beryl Hall, 'The Old Hall, Bosham', watercolour and gouache, 4.7 x 9.8cm; Robert Hughes, 'Bosham Harbour', signed, oil on board, 5.5 x 10cm; Laurie Crisp, 'Mr Jasper's Gatehouse, Rochester', watercolour, watercolour and gouache, 9.6 x 7cm oval; and Alan Spencer Brooks, 'Low Tide at Hastings Harbour', signed, watercolour and gouache, 5.2 x 8.2cm. (4)

POSTCARDS - ASSORTED Approximately 130 cards, including real photographic views of the Moot Hall, Elstow; Old Cottages and Stream, Castle Combe; High Street, Cardiff; Rochester Esplanade & Castle; The Leather Bottle, Cobham; Derry's Clock, Plymouth; Stanley Road, Bootle; and Raddon Hills, Thorverton; with views of St. Just; Wyfold Court; Winchester Hotel, Castle Green, Taunton; Greenways Almshouses, Tiverton; Market Hall, Ledbury; Parish Church and West Street, Tavistock; High Street, Bridgwater; The Old House, Tenterden; Station Road, Garden City, Letchworth; Siemens Works, Stafford; Post Office, Blanchland; High West Street, Dorchester; Broad Street, Modbury; and others, (album).

POSTCARDS - ASSORTED Approximately 105 cards, including real photographic views of The New Inn, Pembridge, Herefordshire; Broadway; Main Entrance, Dulwich Park; and The Village, Milton Lilbourne; with views of The Tollhouse, Great Yarmouth; Ye Olde Neptune Inn, Ipswich; Burford Bridge Hotel; Mount Pleasant, Tunbridge Wells; Buttercross & Town Hall, Witney; High Street, Bideford; Old Ship Tavern, Bideford; High Street, Barnstaple; Watt's Charity House, Rochester; New Fire Station, Croydon; Amesbury, Salisbury Plain; and others, (album).

Baush & Lomb Optical Co London & Rochester NY "The Hanover" laboratory microscope, with brass body, numbered 97465, housed in a mahogany box

17thC silk needlework picture, depicting Charles II in standing pose brandishing a sword, inscribed verso 'Left by Stephen T Avebury, The Restoration House, Rochester', 15cm x 22cm.

Late 19thC/early 20thC English School. Three watercolours depicting river scenes near Harpenden, Rochester and Woodbridge, Suffolk. (3)

QUANTITY OF CHINA TEAWARE - Royal Albert Moss Ross, Royal Stafford Rochester, Royal Albert Crown and Wedgwood Campion ETC

FOUR VICTORIAN/EDWARDIAN BRASS BASED OIL LAMPS AND A WALL BRACKET OIL LAMP, to include 'The New Rochester Junior' and 'The Miller' lamp made in the USA, approximate tallest height 66cm and smaller

Packet: BOYS FRIEND LIBRARY, 17 assorted titles published Amalgamated Press 1920s-39 including 4 from the first series and 13 from the second series, authors include MORTON PIKE, D H PARRY, CAPT ROBERT HAWKE (BALDY'S ANGELS), JOHN ANDREWS (SEXTON BLAKE), GEORGE E ROCHESTER etc (17)

MODERN BOY: 10 titles comprising Annuals 1931-36, MOTOR SHIPS AND ENGINES, HOBBIES, ENGINEERING, NEW BOOK OF MOTOR SHIPS AND ENGINES, 10 volumes, contributors including W E JOHNS, G E ROCHESTER, MURRAY ROBERTS etc, 4to, original cloth backed pictorial boards (10)