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Vitruvius Pollio (Marcus). An Abridgement of the Architecture of Vitruvius. Containing a system of the whole works of that author... To which is added in this edition the etymology and derivation of the terms used in architecture, 1st English edition, London: printed for Abel Small and T. Child, 1692, engraved frontispiece by J. Kip, 11 engraved illustrations (numbers X & XI on one folding leaf), frontispiece with 2 clear tape repairs to verso, some worming affecting a few headlines, a few small stains, previous owner signature to title, inscription erased from front endpaper, contemporary sprinkled calf, spine repaired, small wormed areas to covers, small 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Sir William Whitfield CBE (1920-2019), one of the most significant British architects of the second half of the 20th century, notable for his ground-breaking designs for major public projects including Glasgow University Library, the Hunterian Art Gallery (1960-1968), Richmond House in Whitehall (1982-1984), recently selected as one of London’s ten most iconic Postmodern Buildings, Hereford Cathedral’s Mappa Mundi Library (1996), and Hawksmoor’s Baroque masterpiece Christ Church Spitalfields, slowly and carefully restored over three decades from 1970 to 2000 under his direction. He was Surveyor of the Fabric of St Paul’s Cathedral between 1985 and 1990.Fowler 421; Wing V663. The first English edition of Vitruvius based on Perrault's French translation of 1674.

Wallis (John). The Natural History and Antiquities of Northumberland: and of so much of the county of Durham as lies between the rivers Tyne and Tweed; commonly called, North Bishoprick, 2 volumes, London: Printed for the author, by W. and W. Strahan, 1769, initial 11 leaves in second volume with diminishing hole (slightly affecting text), fore-margins of few leaves in each volume damp stained, contemporary marbled calf, contrasting morocco labels, 4to, together with:March (John), Sermons preach'd on several occasions, by John March, B.D. late vicar of Newcastle upon Tine. The last of which was preach'd the twenty seventh of November, 1692. Being the Sunday before he died..., 2nd edition, London: Robert Clavell, 1699, engraved portrait frontispiece (imprint at foot slightly cropped), verso of title with engraved early bookplate of 'the Parochial Library of Skelton in the county of York Cleveland', contemporary panelled calf, light wear to extremities, 8vo (ESTC R18158),Fordyce (William), The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham; containing a condensed account of its Natural, Civil, and Ecclesiastical History..., 2 volumes, London & Edinburgh: A. Fullarton & Co., 1857, engraved frontispiece to each volume, county map, 26 plates (including 7 portraits) and hand-coloured lithograph plate, light toning and few minor marks, contemporary red half morocco, light wear to joints and extremities, 4to,Bruce (John Collingwood), The Roman Wall. A description of the mural barrier of the north of England, 3rd edition, London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer; Newcastle: Andrew Reid, 1867, lithograph frontispiece, two folding maps, 45 lithograph plates and plans, some scattered spotting, contemporary half morocco, upper joint cracked, some fading, 4to, and three othersQTY: (9)NOTES:Provenance: Sir William Whitfield CBE (1920-2019), one of the most significant British architects of the second half of the 20th century, notable for his ground-breaking designs for major public projects including Glasgow University Library, the Hunterian Art Gallery (1960-1968), Richmond House in Whitehall (1982-1984), recently selected as one of London’s ten most iconic Postmodern Buildings, Hereford Cathedral’s Mappa Mundi Library (1996), and Hawksmoor’s Baroque masterpiece Christ Church Spitalfields, slowly and carefully restored over three decades from 1970 to 2000 under his direction. He was Surveyor of the Fabric of St Paul’s Cathedral between 1985 and 1990.

Walpole (Horace). Aedes Walpolianae: or, a Description of the Collection of Pictures at Houghton-Hall in Norfolk, the seat of the Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Oxford, 3rd edition, London, 1767,2 engraved portraits, 2 folding plans, 2 folding plates, blank leaves at end, a few minor spots, Syston Park bookplate, nineteenth-century straight-grained morocco gilt, one spine label chipped, a few small stains and indentations, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE: Provenance: Sir William Whitfield CBE (1920-2019), one of the most significant British architects of the second half of the 20th century, notable for his ground-breaking designs for major public projects including Glasgow University Library, the Hunterian Art Gallery (1960-1968), Richmond House in Whitehall (1982-1984), recently selected as one of London’s ten most iconic Postmodern Buildings, Hereford Cathedral’s Mappa Mundi Library (1996), and Hawksmoor’s Baroque masterpiece Christ Church Spitalfields, slowly and carefully restored over three decades from 1970 to 2000 under his direction. He was Surveyor of the Fabric of St Paul’s Cathedral between 1985 and 1990.

ARABIA -- NIEBUHR, C. Reize naar Arabië en andere omliggende landen. Amst., (etc.), 1776-80. 2 vols. viii, (6), 484, (2); (16), 455, (1) pp. W. engr. titles, 124 (all) fine maps, views & plates, many folding, and 1 large fold. route map of Jemen at end of vol. 1 w. some colouring. 4°. Cont. hcf. w. raised bands, green and orange labels. (Spine ends chipped, 1 label partly gone, joints partly split, corners bumped, endpapers gone, upper margin vol. 2 stained at the end, else a clean set with the plates in good condition). NOTE:First edition in Dutch. This important and lavishly illustrated work on the Arabian peninsula and adjacent countries resulted from Carsten Niebuhr's participation as a mathematician, surveyor, astronomer and naturalist on the Royal Danish Expedition to Arabia (1761-67). Vol. 2 has a chapter on Persepolis and an extremely important contribution on cuneiform writing which ultimately led to its decipherment. Before Niebuhr's publication, cuneiform inscriptions were often thought to be merely decorations and embellishments, and no accurate decipherments or translations had been made up to that point. Niebuhr demonstrated that the three trilingual inscriptions found at Persepolis were in fact three distinct forms of cuneiform writing to be read from left to right. - Tiele 795; Cat. NHSM, 258.

each piece melon-fluted and on foliage cast and chased spreading foot, one side engraved with a presentation inscription, the other side engraved with a crest, comprising a teapot; a coffee-pot, each with ivory-insulated leaf-capped handle, the hinged covers with foliage and flower cast finial; a cream-jug and a sugar-bowlthe coffee-pot 22.5cm high, total gross weight 76oz 2dwt, 2,366gr (4) Provenance:Presented to John Fincham by King William IV and by descent.The inscription reads 'Presented by King William the Fourth to Mr John Fincham on his Launching the Miniature Frigate The Royal Adelaide on the 13th May 1834'.The crest is that of Fincham.While the original ‘Royal Adelaide‘ was broken up in 1877 a scale model of it exists in the collection of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich (SLR0209). The catalogue entry for the model notes that the original was ‘… literally a miniature version of the 36-gun frigate `Pique’ as designed by the Chief Surveyor of the Navy, Sir William Symonds. It was built to the order of King William IV for the use of the royal princes on Virginia Water as a yacht and for sail training.’ As commemorated in the engraved inscription on the present service the ship was built at Sheerness in 1834 by John Fincham. Measuring some 50 feet in length it has to be taken apart and reassembled on Virginia Water where it was re-launched in the presence of the Royal family. Among the surviving sections of the ship is the figurehead which is now at the National Museum of the Royal Navy at Portsmouth and the cannon which were donated by the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII, to Cowes Castle.With non-transferable standard ivory exemption declaration number W6RD2BQ7.Each piece fully marked underneath. The teapot and coffee-pot further marked marked inside cover and on finial. The marks are generally clear. There is some overall surface scratching and wear, consistent with age and use. There is some bruising to the foot of both the cream-jug and the sugar-bowl, this causes the cream-jug in particular to rock slightly when placed on a flat surface. There is some cracking and discolouration to the ivory insulators on the coffee-pot and the teapot.

Staffordshire, Herefordshire, Shropshire.- Baynham (William, MP, Receiver-general for Worcs., Salop, Herefs. and Staffs, surveyor of crown lands, Worcs. 1575, of Farringdon, London and Boxley, Kent, d. 1597) Com Staff Hereff Sallop Wigorn... Recept Revene due Elizabeth Reg... Will Baynhem..., manuscript in Latin, 18pp., margins strengthened with tape, water-stained, browned, modern card wrappers, folio, 1582.⁂ Revenues of the counties of Staffordshire, Herefordshire and Shropshire due to the crown in the reign of Elizabeth I. Provenance: Part of a collection made for the most part from documents of the Lingen family, Herefordshire.

Nubeo; A Modern Surveyor Satellite Automatic Gent's Wristwatch, (NB-6007-04) the signed black dial with two subsidiary dials, the case back with visible movement, on original strap, in original box. *Nubeo website lists as currently out of stock, priced at $2,000. "Two wandering hour marker "satellites" rotate in orbit across the dial face. Motorised only by the kinetic movement of the wearer's wrist, a complex jigsaw of gears, wheels and finely tuned precision-engineered parts culminates the self-powered journey of each satellite. Where the satellite and minute hand meet, the present time comes together". www.nubeowatches.com

A Second War ‘Assault on Rangoon 1945’ D.S.C. group of six attributed to Commander D. N. Penfold, Royal Navy, who took part in the Operations in Norway 1939-45, the Normandy Landings, and was additionally Mentioned in Despatches for the hazardous assaults on the Arakan coast in March 1945 Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated 1945; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, mounted as worn, very fine (6) £1,200-£1,600 --- D.S.C. London Gazette 20 November 1945: ‘For courage, skill and devotion to duty in the sweeing of the approaches to the Rangoon river during the operations which led to the recapture of Rangoon in May 1945.’ M.I.D. London Gazette: 21 August 1945: ‘lLieutenant, H.M.S. White Bear.’ C-in-C, The Nore’s Commendation: 6 March 1953: ‘Flood Reilef Operations - February 1953. Lieutenant-Commander D. N. Penfold, D.S.C., R.N. For initiative and presence of mind. H.M.S. Sharpshooter was in dry dock at Chatham on the night of 31st Januari/1st February when the dock became flooded. In his capacity as Commanding Officer he took prompt action which undoubtedly prevented the ship from receiving serious damage.’ David Neil Penfold was born on 4 September 1913, and joined the Merchant Service (T. & Y. Harrison Line) as a Cadet on 26 August 1930, passed his 2nd Mate’s certificate on 1 January 1934, and joined the Royal Naval Reserve as a Sub Lieutenant. He passed his 1st Mate’s certificate in July 1937 and joined the Royal Navy as a Probationary Acting Lieutenant on 4 April 1938. His seniority as a Lieutenant was later backdated to 4 September 1937. He was appointed Assistant Surveyor 4th Class on 8 December 1938, and served in several vessels on survey work. On 19 September 1939 he joined H.M.S. Stork as Navigating Officer escorting convoys on the East Coast, and took part in the Norwegian campaign in 1939-40. Between 1940 and 1943 he resumed his surveying role until on 25 June 1943, he moved as First Lieutenant to H.M.S. Franklin, carrying out surveys in Scapa Flow, Rosyth, and later taking part in the Normandy landings and surveying Cherbourg. In October 1944, he moved to H.M.S. White Bear in Colombo, Ceylon, carrying out surveys at Chittagong, and along the Burma coast until, after surveying various rehabilitation ports following V.J. Day, the ship continued surveys along the Malayan coast. He was promoted to Acting Lieutenant Commander on 1 May 1945, and was confirmed as a Lieutenant Commander on 4 September 1945. He was Mentioned in Despatches for piloting a number of landing craft ‘up a 40 mile river in the vicinity of Ramree Island in the dark’, though the official record states that this was for ‘bravery, skill and determination shown during the hazardous assaults on the Arakan coast in March 1945’. After the war ended, he continued in H.M.S. White Bear surveying off Malaya. It was during this period whilst working with the minesweepers in the operation to open up Rangoon that he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, announced in the London Gazette on 20 November 1945. His was one of three D.S.C.’s awarded for minesweeping to make a safe channel in the approaches to Rangoon within 48 hours, and shortly before the assault on Rangoon, in the few weeks before the Japanese surrendered. In September 1948 he joined the Royal Research Ship John Biscoe and surveyed at Deception Island (in the South Shetland Islands) and in the Antarctic during the southern summer of 1948-49. Penfold Point in Whalers Bay, Deception Island, commemorates his part in this work. Afterwards he took charge of the Survey Training Unit in Chatham Barracks in July 1949 for a year. He rejoined H.M.S. John Biscoe in September 1950, to carry out surveys in the Antarctic, especially in the vicinity of Port Lockroy, and in the Falkland Islands during the southern summer of 1950-51. On 26 August 1951 he took command of H.M.S. Sharpshooter and, as a Charge Surveyor, carried out surveys in the Wash and in the Firth of Forth, and then came ashore to serve in the Hydrographic Department at Cricklewood from 10 February 1953. He received a Commendation from the Commander-in-Chief, The Nore, for his initiative and presence of mind” during the Flood Relief Operations in February 1953, when the dry dock in which H.M.S. Sharpshooter was docked became flooded. He was promoted to Acting Commander in June 1955, retiring on 4 September 1958, as an Honorary Commander. He continued working in the Admiralty Hydrographic Department until 1976 when he finally retired. He died in May 1991 aged 77. Sold with matching mounted miniature medal group, and uniform ribbon bars, together a second mounted miniature medal group but including N.G.S. for Palestine 1945-48, to which medal he is possibly entitled but not shown in his record of service, and accompanied by the following original documentation: notification letter from the Admiralty confirming the award of the D.S.C., dated 27 November 1945; Mention in Despatches Certificate, named to Lieutenant David Noel Penfold, R.N, H.M.S. White Bear, 21 August 1945; an untitled photograph of a boy of about 12 dressed in military uniform – possibly David Penfold himself as a cadet; his Gunnery Certificate dated 16 September 1938, for which he received a 2nd Class pass; Commander in Chief’s Commendation Certificate, dated February 1953; annual officers’ reports by the Captain of H.M.S. Jason, dated 19 September 1939, and of H.M.S. Franklin, dated 17 January 1944; congratulatory letter on behalf of the Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Defence, on his retirement, in September 1976; a copy Curriculum Vitae prepared by himself recording his Merchant Navy and Royal Navy Service including his ships and his appointment to the Admiralty Hydrographic Department at Cricklewood and Taunton, up to 1976; several other related and family documents and extensive copied research.

Pair: Lieutenant J. A. Rutherford, Royal Air Force, late 54th Battalion (Kootenay), Canadian Infantry, who served as Equipment Officer with 47 Squadron in Southern Russia in 1919 British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. J. A. Rutherford. R.A.F.) BWM with official corrections, good very fine (2) £180-£220 --- John Allan Rutherford was the son of a mining engineer, and was born in Spokane River, Washington, USA in April 1893. He was educated at Hillhead High School, Allan Glens School and the Royal Technical College, Glasgow, Scotland. Rutherford was subsequently employed as a Land Surveyor in British Columbia, Canada, and attested for the 54th Battalion (Kootenay), Canadian Infantry in August 1915. He advanced to Corporal, and applied for a British Army commission in March 1916. Rutherford was commissioned in the Royal Horse Artillery in April 1916, and transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in August the following year. He was posted for pilot training to the Aerial Fighting School, Heliopolis, and suffered an injury from a flying accident during which he ‘stalled on turn and nosedived’ in December 1917. Rutherford was found ‘unfit for flying duties’ in April 1918, and was designated as an Equipment Officer. He served in the latter capacity with 47 Squadron in Southern Russia during the Russian Intervention in 1919. Rutherford was demobilised in June 1920, and awarded a wound gratuity. Sold with copied research and service papers.

A Marine Surveyor and Water Bailiffs Drawing Office map depicting Liverpool Bay surveyed by the Marine Surveyors of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 1953, 100 x 107cm, framed and glazed, together with a maritime map of the River Mersey from Rock Lighthouse to Eastham and Garston 1954, 68 x 151cm, framed and glazed (2).

AN HISTORICALLY INTERESTING GOULD-TYPE BOTANIST'S MICROSCOPE BELIEVED USED ABOARD H.M.S. BEAGLE BY CAPTAIN WICKHAM 1837-41unsigned, parallel main tube and lacquered brass pillar with threaded lid attachment, contained in a fitted box with accessories including four threaded nose-pieces; live box; magnifier, single-sided mirror, contained in fitted case with plush-lined lid -- 5½ (14cm.) diameter; together with approximately fifty slides, some prepared by Norman and Topping, in five boxes, one with mss label inscribed 'J.C. Wickham'.(A lot)  Captain John Clements Wickham (1798-1864) First Lieutenant later First Officer aboard Beagle (Captain Fitzroy) 1831-36; Captain of Beagle 1837-41 and thence by direct descent.John Clements Wickham (1798-1864) joined the navy in 1815 and, by 1825 was appointed Second Lieutenant of HMS Adventure which was ordered, along with HMS Beagle, to survey the coasts of the southern part of South America, includingPatagoniaandTierra del Fuego. He transferred to Beagle in 1831 under Captain Robert Fitzroy (1805-1865), becoming good friends with his passenger and companion, Charles Darwin (1809-1882). Whilst Fitzroy was undoubtedly a superb navigator and surveyor, he is also considered the father of modern weather forecasting techniques, he had a volatile personality which drove Darwin to find sanctuary with the steady-going Wickham. Beagle returned to the United Kingdom in 1836 and, after a refit, set off again to survey the coast of Australia, however, it seems Fitzroy's character traits had caught up with him and it was Wickham who was made Captain, setting off in 1837 and returning in 1843, although he fell ill in 1841 and had passed Command to his First Lt John Lort Stokes (1811-1885) - a shipmate from the first voyage and who also knew Darwin well. It seems entirely likely that it was Darwin who introduced Wickham to the delights of microscopy as a fascinating adjunct for any self-respecting educated gentleman. Whilst it is not impossible the example offered here was aboard that famous voyage, it seems a more reasonable conjecture that when Wickham set off again in 1837, he took this highly portable botanist's microscope with him.

Chess Openings with Biographical Sketch and Section of Thirty Two Games Played in 1899-1904 Frank James Marshall (1877-1944).  Published: Leeds: British Chess Magazine, 1904.  Book inscribed on endpaper in red ink " Bridgend, Nov 11th 1912 Greetings to Mr W F Tudor from Frank J Marshall, Chess Champion, U.S.A ". Frank James Marshall was the U.S. Chess Champion from 1909 to 1936, and one of the world's strongest chess players in the early part of the 20th century. Walwin F. Tudor, (1877-1933) a town surveyor, played for Bridgend Chess Club, Wales. 

Leybourn (William) The Compleat Surveyor, Containing the whole Art of Surveying the Land, second edition, lacking engraved portrait and final blank, with title in red and black, woodcut head-pieces, initials, diagrams and illustrations, a few contemporary ink annotations and calculations, a little soiled and stained, rust spots to D, E & F gatherings causing holes to a couple of leaves, tear to Aa4, paper flaw hole to Gg6 with loss of a few letters, a few leaves shaved at foot, contemporary half calf, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked, [Wing L1908], small folio, by R. & W.Leybourn, for G.Sawbridge, 1657.

Soane (Sir John) Plans, Elevations and Sections of Buildings executed in the Counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Hertfordshire etc., first edition, list of subscribers, 47 engraved plates and plans, some spotting and offsetting, final leaf of text with a few ink spatters, modern half morocco over marbled boards, [Berlin Kat. 2341a; Harris 842], folio, Messrs.Taylor, 1788.⁂ The architect's second work, illustrating eighteen designs for rural buildings, of which fifteen were actually built. While the book was in the press Soane was appointed surveyor to the Bank of England, following the sudden death of Sir Robert Taylor, thereby establishing his reputation.

Chambers (Sir William) A Treatise on Civil Architecture, second edition, 50 engraved plates, title with ink inscription "Samuel Angell June 1817" to head and creased, also frayed at inner margin and corners (repaired), rather soiled in places, some light browning and offsetting, occasional foxing, old marbled front free endpaper repaired at edges and mounted on stub, modern half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments with red morocco label, very slightly rubbed at edges, [Berlin Kat. 2286; Harris 123; cf.Fowler 86 & Millard British 13, first edition], folio, J.Dixwell, 1768.⁂ Samuel Angell (1800-66), British architect and archaeologist, surveyor to the Clothworkers' Company.

A LATE VICTORIAN SILVER CRADLE By Edward and Son, Glasgow, 1899The hooded cradle embossed and chased with Greenock Town Hall on one side and a view of the house Bagatelle; on the other, cherubs' heads, birds, flowers, and a medallion depicting the town arms and motto 'God Speed Greenock', with a waved edge, all suspended between ormolu supports on rectangular pink marble base with silver presentation plaque detailing the gift of the cradle from the Town council of Greenock, the silver cradle, 48 x 22 x 23cm , length 66cm, weight 59oz.Footnotes:This cradle was presented to Walter Washington Buchanan Rodger of Greenock, who was a well-known figure and force in harbour and municipal affairs in Greenock, of which town he was Provost from 1889 until 1892. He began his career as a civil engineer, and was an apprentice with Forman and McCall of Glasgow, whilst this firm was engaged with the Gryffe waterworks, Greenock. Later he assisted Mr. Waltor Kinipple at the harbour works, and was subsequently surveyor for Gourock and Innellan.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Edward Roper Stapleton Sandys (1845 - 1909)The Wishing Tree, signed, charcoal, 57 x 42.5cm NB. The work has previously been on the market erroneously attributed to Emma Sandys however it is now identified as by the British Topographical artist Edward Roper Stapleton Sandys (as above).Edward Roper Stapleton Sandys was the surveyor and paymaster aboard H.M.S. Opal in the Australia Squadron of the Royal Navy. The vessel was based in Australia from 1885-1890 and Sandys did extensive topographic drawings in Australia, New Zealand, and throughout the South Pacific. Latterly, he worked extensively in many regions of the British Isles.

Manuscript Maps. Survey of Estates Belonging to William Jary Esquire, Situate in the Parishes of Burlingham, Blofield, Hemblington, South Walsham, Ranworth, Panxworth, Acle, Upton, Lingwood, Beighton and Cantley in the County of Norfolk, 1811, by Robert Corby, Surveyor. Folio, contemporary calf with oxblood morocco title label lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers. The work, which is entirely manuscript, comprises title, six full-page maps (each with corresponding reference on facing page), and summary. 14pp. Plus a loosely-inserted manuscript plan of the South Walsham Estate, property of Mrs Elizabeth Bracey, 1835, and a manuscript notice to William Fisher regarding South Walsham Inclosure, 24 April 1807

MOREWOOD, SamuelSurveyor of Excise, Belfast, An Essay on … Inebriating Liquors … with an Historical View of the Extent and Practice of Distillation, London: (Hurst Longman et. al.), 1824 half calf over marbled boards, gilt lettered morocco label

A Great War ‘Palestine operations’ D.S.O. group of five awarded to Vice-Admiral (Retired) J. D. Nares, Royal Navy, who was decorated and mentioned in despatches for services whilst serving in H.M.S. Enterprise in October & November 1917 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Commr. J. D. Nares. R.N.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, unnamed as issued, flaking to obverse red enamel central medallion, otherwise good very fine (5) £1,400-£1,800 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 20 February 1919: ‘Cdr. John Dodd Nares, R.N., H.M.S. Enterprise. Did most useful service prior to the operations in fixing positions north of Gaza, thus enabling a map to be drawn up. Rendered every 'assistance’ to R.A. Egypt from the 6th to 12th November, 1917, when the Rear Admiral’s flag was flown in Enterprise.’ John Dodd Nares was born on 11 December 1877, the son of Admiral Sir George Nares, the Arctic explorer. He entered the Royal Navy on 15 January 1892 and was promoted to Sub Lieutenant on 15 December 1897, having served as a Cadet in H.M.S. Britannia, and in H.M.S. Crescent, in which he advanced to Midshipman on 15 March 1994. As a Midshipman he served in H.M.S. Katoomba, H.M.S. Orlando, H.M.S. Flora, H.M.S. Calliope, H.M.S. Victory and H.M.S. Volage. It was remarked that he "suffers greatly from sea sickness". He became an Assistant Surveyor 4th Class on 1 September 1898 and, as a Sub-Lieutenant, served in H.M.S. Triton and H.M.S. Penguin. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 1 April 1900, then serving in H.M.S. Dart, H.M.S. Penguin, H.M.S. Research and, from March 1908 to February 1911, in H.M.S. Egeria, as First Lieutenant and, from March 1910, in command. He was in H.M.S. Fantôme from 21 February 1911, and in command from May 1911 until May 1913, when he spent a few months in the Hydrographic Department before taking command of H.M.S. Hearty on 7 November 1913. He was promoted to Commander on 31 December 1913, and left Hearty only a couple of months later on 28 February 1914, when he returned to the Hydrographic Department the following day as a Naval Assistant, before becoming Superintendent of Charts on 17 February 1915. He joined H.M.S. Enterprise on 1 September 1917, in command and as Charge Hydrographic Surveyor, and was also appointed to the Staff of the Commander-in-Chief, East Indies, nominally to conduct surveys in the Red Sea. But, from October to December 1917, operated in H.M.S. Enterprise off the coast of Palestine, for which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and was also mentioned in despatches. From 19 August 1918, he commanded H.M.S. Merlin, in Hong Kong and was promoted to Captain on 30 June 1919. It is recorded that Their Lordships "expressed satisfaction at the circumstances in which hydrographic information of considerable value of Canton Rivers East and West was obtained". He was Superintendent of Charts in the Hydrographic Department from 1 November 1920 to 1 March 1922, when he took command of H.M.S. Endeavour on the west coast of Africa, remaining in her until 13 August 1924. He returned to the Hydrographic Department as Assistant Hydrographer until 23 February 1928, when he joined H.M.S. Iroquois in command on the China Station until 6 December 1929. Vice Admiral Tyrwhitt described him as "Above average. A most efficient surveyor and has carried out his duties in accordance with Admiralty Orders. Charming personality and a pleasant companion." He was promoted to Rear-Admiral on 4 April 1931 and retired the following day. During 1931-32 he undertook surveys of Bharanager Channel on the west coast of India, before becoming the President of the Directing Committee of the International Hydrographic Bureau in Monaco from 1932 to 1940 when, with the collapse of France, he returned to England to serve in the Hydrographic Department - first as a Retired Commander and then as a Retired Captain. From 1942-44 he held the post of Assistant Hydrographer in Bath. He returned to Monaco as a Vice Admiral (dating from 1 Jan 1936) in 1945, and remained there until his death on 18 January 1957. Sold with copied research, including record of service and confirmation of Second War medals.

Pair: Lieutenant C. J. C. Wynne-Edwards, Royal Navy, later Lieutenant Commander who served in Admiralty surveying vessels and also in the nuclear submarine H.M.S. Valiant Korea 1950-53 (Lieut. C. J. C. Wynne-Edwards. R.N.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued, a few light surface marks, generally very fine (2) £300-£400 --- C. John C. Wynne-Edwards was born on 16 July 1930. He commenced naval service as Midshipman with seniority 1 May 1948, and served in H.M.S. Superb from October 1948. He was advanced to Acting Sub Lieutenant from 1 September 1949, joining H.M.S. Finisterre in May 1950. He joined H.M.S. Sparrow in June 1951, serving in her in the Far East and off Korea as a confirmed Sub Lieutenant, and as a Lieutenant, appointed 16 April 1952, until joining H.M.S. Vidal as a hydrographic surveyor and 4th Class Assistant Surveyor in September 1953. He joined the small Surveying Motor Launch (S.M.L. 325) in October 1955, and was in command of this small surveying vessel until moving to H.M.S. Protector, the Ice Patrol Ship in late 1956 where, during the Antarctic summers of 1956-57 and 1957-58 he surveyed the Bismark Strait and Grandidier Channel. He then served in the Hydrographic Office briefly before serving in H.M.S. Cook in the South Pacific, and in H.M.S. Scott as First Lieutenant, having been promoted to Lieutenant Commander on 16 April 1960. In the early 1960s, he served in H.M.S. Egeria in the Inshore Survey Squadron, working mainly in the Southern North Sea and then, from 1965, in the new Ocean Surveying Ship H.M.S. Hydra, again as First Lieutenant before going to Hydrographer’s Office in Whitehall, where his rôle was to bring new surveying ships into service and, especially, the Ice Patrol Ship H.M.S. Endurance, previously the ice-strengthened Danish Anita Dan. At some stage at this time, he also joined the fairly-new nuclear-powered submarine H.M.S. Valiant and undertook a 12,000 mile submerged voyage over 28 days from Singapore to U.K. by way of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. He left the Navy at his own request in late 1967 and later emigrated with his wife to South Africa. Sold with research and copy correspondence.

John Speed (British, 1552-1629)HEREFORDSHIRE'Herefordshire described', 1610, John Sudbury and George Humble, circa 1612-1624Engraved map, with inset plan of Hereford, a second inset of 'a great battail', figures of a surveyor and a map maker, scale and cartouche, shields and decorative cartouche, etc., Hand coloured 44 x 56cm (17 5/16 x 22 1/16in).Together with two engraved maps of Herefordshire by Joan Blaeu and Robert Morden (3)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An interesting and unusual late 18th century handwritten compendium, by John Smith, House & Land Surveyor, Maidstone, titled 'A Collection of useful Information on Various Subjects but Principally relative to Surveying & Building', dated 1796-7-8, organised and presented in alphabetical order, in well worn leather binding, a/f poor condition, together with a copy of The Professor, by Currer Bell (Charlotte Bronte), pub. Smith, Elder & Co, London, 1864. (2)

[ELKINGTON] JOHNSTONE (John) An Account of the Most Approved Mode of Draining Land; according to the System Practiced by Mr. Joseph Elkington...with an Appendix containing Hints for the Farther Improvement of Bogs and other Marshy Ground, after Draining..., 4to, pp. xvi, 182 [2], 16 engraved plates (some closely trimmed; plate 14 browned as usual), contemp. half leather (rebacked, recased, corners worn, some foxing), 1st Edn., Edinburgh, 1797Elkington’s novel system for draining land initially gained the interest of the Board of Agriculture, and he was offered monetary inducement by George III to divulge his methods. The trial was set up, observed by the Edinburgh surveyor John Johnstone, but payment was later withheld due to erratic results and questions as to the originality of his technique.

Agriculture Group of English county surveys, 18th-19th century Middleton, John. View of the Agriculture of Middlesex. London: by B. McMillan for G. Nicol [and others], 1798. First edition, 8vo, 20th-century green half morocco by Bayntun, 2 hand-coloured engraved maps (both folding), errata leaf, folding table, half-title discarded [ESTC T50760];[Yorkshire]. [Sammelband of Board of Agriculture surveys, comprising:] General View of the Agriculture of the East Riding of Yorkshire, and the Ainsty of the City of York ... by Isaac Leatham; [...] West Riding [...] by Messrs. Rennie, Broun, and Shirreff; [...] North Riding ... by Mr. Tuke, Junior; Letter to Sir John Sinclair, Bart. from John Robinson, Surveyor-General of Woods and Forests; Outlines of the Fifteenth Chapter of the Proposed General Report from the Board of Agriculture. On the Subject of Manures ... by Robert Somerville. London: W. Bulmer and Co., 1794-5. 5 works in 1 volume, first editions, 4to, contemporary marbled boards, blue paper backstrip, each work with half-title, first 3 works with engraved map, Somerville contents leaf loose [ESTC T40689, T40695, T40692, T38193, T43513];Marshall, William. The Rural Economy of the Midland Counties. London: for G. Nicol, 1790. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, near-contemporary green half morocco gilt (with an inscription dating the binding to 1833), half-title to volume 1, engraved folding map, bookplates of Rev. Sir George B. Lee, Bart and the Lee family, later book-label (William Delafield) [ESTC T94144];Marshall, William. The Rural Economy of Gloucestershire. London: for G. Nicol, 1796. Second edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary marbled calf, engraved folding map, 4 pp. advertisements [ESTC T132844];Pitt, William. General View of the Agriculture of Stafford. London: for G. Nicol, 1796. Second edition, 8vo, contemporary marbled calf, engraved hand-coloured folding map frontispiece, 14 engraved plates (several folding), bookplate (William Lygon Esqr), old typescript label to spine, front joint superficially cracked [ESTC T40676];Bailey, John, & G. Cully. General View of the Agriculture of the County of Northumberland [... Cumberland ... Westmoreland]. Newcastle: Sol. Hodgson, 1797. Second edition, 3 parts in 1 volume, 8vo, 20th-century tan half sheep, 14 engraved maps and plates (most folding), directions the binder/errata leaf present, plates and maps browned and offset [ESTC T40663];Tuke, John. General View of the Agriculture of the North Riding of Yorkshire. London: printed by B. McMillan for G. Nicol [and others], 1800. Second edition, 8vo, modern half calf, half-title, engraved folding map, 14 engraved plates, contemporary ownership inscription to title-page, browning [ESTC T40693];Young, Arthur. General View of the Agriculture of the County of Sussex. London: Richard Phillips, 1808. Second edition, 8vo, contemporary marbled calf, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, 20 engraved plates (most of them folding), label perished;Bailey, John. General View of the Agriculture of the County of Durham. London: Richard Phillips, 1810. Second edition, near-contemporary half calf, 8vo, errata leaf, 9 engraved plates (including hand-coloured frontispiece, 6 plates numbered 2-7, and 2 wood-engraved plates of cattle), front joint partly cracked and spine slightly defective, front free endpaper, initial blank and frontispiece tipped in, frontispiece offset, plates browned;the lot collated for plates onlyNote: Note: All but Marshall's two works were surveys produced for the Board of Agriculture.Provenance: The Library of the late John Watson Ravenshear, with his bookplates.

Hoppus, Edward. English Surveyor. 'Practical Measuring made easy to the meanest capacity by a new set of tables...' 3rd Ed. Wickstead, London 1751. 194pp with ads. 'Pocket' size. Full calf (180 x 70mm) Splits/bumps, folding diagram, edges torn and owners signature

Surveying.- Leybourn (William) The Compleat surveyor: containing the whole art of surveying of the land, by the plain table, circumferentor, theodolite, peractor, and other instruments, fourth edition, title in red and black, engraved portrait frontispiece by R. White, 6 folding plates, and a small plan of a manor in Rutland, a4 advertisement f., water-stained, occasional spotting, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, spine in compartments and with red morocco label, corners restored, covers rubbed, [Wing L1910], small folio, Printed by E. Flesher, for George Sawbridge, at the signe of the Bible on Ludgate-hill, 1679.⁂ Provenance: 'Jo: Alleyne book pr 15s'; 'John Bowdon Junier his Book' (contemporary ink inscriptions to verso of portrait).

A Hilgers & Watts side eccentric Vernier theodolite 223875 helped sink the inclined shaft near the bottom of the Victory shaft in 1975 "Made up specially by Watts for the Union Corporation/Geevor joint venture on Levant development. It was used for steep shaft etc. surveying the mine" Allan Bennetts-Geevors chief surveyor until 1985 with the invoice from Geevor Mine, together with a theodolite tripod stand. (2).

A GEORGE III SILVER SHAPED CIRCULAR SALVERRICHARD RUGG, LONDON 1767With a shaped gadrooned border, engraved with an armorial and on four volute scroll feet41cm diameter1653g (approximately 53.1 oz)Provenance:Barnwell Manor, NorthamptonshireWindsor House AntiquesCondition Report: As far as we are aware this is not part of a set, there are no numbers to indicate thisMarks are clearEngraving is crisp, appears to have been let in. Later engraved. Centre is thin and whippySurface pushed up/creased left of the engravingWobbles, one foot possibly resolderedLight scratches and wear commensurate with age and use These are the impaled arms of Samuel Pepys COCKERELL (1753-1827) second son of John COCKERELL (born 1715) of Bishop's Hull Somerset by Frances JACKSON (1722-1769) of Clapham. In 1782 he married Anne WHETHAM (1755-1834) whose family origin is Kirklington Nottinghamshire, and with her had eleven children.  Samuel Pepys COCKERELL was an architect of some acclaim having be appointed surveyor to the parish of St George Hanover Square, the Bayswater area, the Admiralty, the East India Company, St Pauls Cathedral and more. He designed and built Sezincote House and Daylesford House in Gloucestershire and Middleton Hall Carmarthenshire, all buildings of historical significance. He also served a term as Clerk of Works at the Tower of London. Through his mother he was the great-great nephew of the diarist Samuel Pepys . Notably he and his brothers had connection to and worked with the East India Company. These arms were engraved on the item at some date after 1782, the date of his marriage, and some years after the assay of 1767. Blazon:  or, a leopards face between two cocks, between two flaunches gules (Cockerell). - impaling - argent, a cross sable (Whetham).   Condition Report Disclaimer

Australia. Arrowsmith (John), The Colony of Western Australia from Surveys of John Septimus Roe Esqr. Surveyor Genl. and other Official Documents in the Colonial Office and Admiralty, October 1st. 1842, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, slight mount staining, 540 x 620 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:John Septimus Roe (1797–1878) was the first Surveyor-General of Western Australia. He was a renowned explorer and a member of Western Australia's legislative and executive councils for nearly 40 years. In 1829, he took the position of Surveyor-General of Western Australia, attached to an intended new settlement at the Swan River. Roe accepted on the condition that the position was a civilian appointment, as he was keen to leave the Royal Navy. He proceeded to survey the region over the course of the next several years.

Australia. Stirling (James, Surveyor), Chart of the Swan River from a Survey by Captn. James Sterling R. N. 1827, ordered by the House of Commons to be printed, James & Luke Hansard & Sons, 13th May 1829, folding lithographic map by James Basire with contemporary hand-colouring, map size 285 x 635 mm, bound with 'Copies of the Correspondence of the Colonial Department with certain Gentlemen proposing to form a Settlement in the neighbourhood of the Swan River in Western Australia', comprising of 12 pages of correspondence, near contemporary marbled paper wrappers, overall size 340 x 205 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:One of the first published charts of the survey of what would be the Swan River Colony, now Perth in Western Australia. It extends as far as Cape Naturaliste in the south, to about 200 miles north of Rottnest Island. The majority of the land is marked in green as "intended for Settlers and Public purposes", but land adjoining the river is marked in yellow and is "to be granted to Mr T. Peel, on condition of his landing 400 Persons before the 1st of November, 1829", along with two parcels of land marked in red to be granted to Stirling (including the Ile Buache which he had renamed Garden Island).

A RARE 18TH CENTURY MAHOGANY FRAMED LARGE TRIPLE FOLDING SCREEN DEPICTING A DETAILED MAP OF THE CITY OF LONDON from a bound volume of the Cities of London and Westminster and Southwark and ten-mile radius, By John Rocque, Land Surveyor and dated 1745 - with accompanying glazed framed fronting page and detailed inventory.195cm high 261cm wide

New South Wales.- Official Handbook. The Port of Sydney, N.S.W., large folding bird's-eye views maps and plans on tracing paper, some minor tears and tape repairs, 3 folding panoramas, plates and illustrations, hinge weak in places, occasional light spotting, original cloth, gilt, light fraying to spine ends, otherwise a crisp copy, the Sydney Harbour Trust Commissioners, 1919; and 2 others on New South Wales, 8vo and oblong 8vo (3)⁂ The first mention was officially published by the Commissioners, the book offered just about everything a commercial client would want to know about the port and its services, including a range of maps and bird's eye views of established and proposed works. In 1922 there was a President, three commissioners, a Secretary, an Engineer-in-Chief, a Harbour Master, a Chief Surveyor, a Chief Surveyor, a Treasurer, Accountant and a Collector of Wharfage and Tonnage Rates and Manager of Bonds.During the first period of Trusts management between 1900-1919 extensive work had been carried out: 'Old and obsolete wharves have been replaced; new wharves and sheds have been constructed; the foreshores have been made rat-proof; Woolloomooloo, Blackwattle, Jones, Rozelle and White bays have been deepened, the berthing accommodation at Circular Quay for both mail steamers and ferries has been improved ... etc.' These improvements allowed larger vessels including ocean liners to to be docked and improved the commercial viability of the port.This copy has had pp. 3-4 replaced with an updated list of Commissioners and Officers dated 1922.

MAPS/Methwold- Browne (Surveyor): Plan of the Common Fields Warren & Common in the parish of Methwold, Norfolk, as divided by the act of parliament in 1806. HC- (1350x660mm); tears & repairs to edges; common fields warren & common. 1806, thin paper; Parish of Methwold, Norfolk, [1846], hand coloured, linen backed & rolled; few tears (2,400x1,360mm); Plus one other, A/F. (4)Provenance: The Peter and Pat Crofts Collection

A box of assorted modern wristwatches to include a Services Court, the dial set with Arabic numerals and markers and with secondary dial, Montaine, a Philip Mercier, two Accurist examples, a Surveyor Indonesia Sports 200 with Seiko strap, etc, a collection of Reco collectors' plates and a pair of carnival glass style vases

Thomas Foot, after William Gardner, Thomas Yeakell & Thomas Gream - 'A Topographical Map of the County of Sussex divided into Rapes, Deanries and Hundreds, Planned from an Actual Survey by a Scale of One Inch to a Statute Mile, begun by W. Gardner and the late T. Yeakell, completed by Thos. Gream, Land Surveyor...', engraving in 32 sections with hand-colouring, folding and backed onto linen, third edition published by William Foden 1820, overall 80.5cm x 207cm.This lot is subject to a Buyer’s Premium of 24.5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price. Purchased online via the-saleroom.com, this lot will attract an additional premium of 5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price.

GEORGE C. STRONG (1832 - 1863) Union major general, commanded an expedition against Biloxi, Mississippi, in April 1862, and another sent against Ponchatoula. At the battle of Fort Wagner, Strong was in command of the brigade which included Col. Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts. Wounded in the engagement, he would die of disease twelve days after the battle. Very rare war-date D.S. as brigadier general on 'U.S. Forces, Port Royal Island, Headquarters' letterhead, 1p. oblong 8vo., Beaufort, May 25, 1863, a pass granted to Thomas Archer acting as a surveyor for the U.S. Tax Commission to 'pass freely throughout the limits of St. Helena parish and to and from the Head Quarters on Hilton Head Island...and also to draw rations and forage...' Boldly signed by Strong at bottom, and by an assistant adjutant general as well. Folds, and moderate soiling, no doubt from being carried by Archer who was likely assessing cotton stores in the area destined for confiscation and sale by the federal government.

ISAAC R. TRIMBLE (1802 - 1888) Confederate major general who led Pender's forces during Picket's charge at Gettysburg after the former was wounded. He was severely wounded, losing a leg after his capture. Manuscript D.S. as a Baltimore City Commissioner, 1p. 4to., Baltimore, May 28, 1870, an order that the City Comptroller pay City Surveyor Charles P. Kahler for labor provided for services in the 'Improvement of Jones Falls'. Kahler's statement for his services is attached. Very good. Jones Falls is an integral part of Baltimore's transportation and urban history, but at the time was blamed for flooding and disease. In the late 1800s, lower Jones Falls was diverted into a series of tunnels, or conduits which brought the flow underground through the city and out to the Inner Harbor.

FOLDING MAPS: PICKLES (G H, surveyor): 'County Borough of Burnley..also showing the parliamentary boundary, 1896..revised to 1909': published Nuttall & Co, Burnley: large folding engraved map with colouring, approx 103 x 78cm, original green cloth boards gilt lettered to upper: with 8 other folding 19th century maps, including some Ordnance Survey. (9)

Four: Colour-Sergeant L. J. Serra, 12th (The Rangers) Battalion, London Regiment, later Royal Garrison Artillery, who was wounded at St. Julien on 24 April 1915 1914-15 Star (2684 Pte. L. J. Serra. 12-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2684 C.Sjt L. J. Serra. 12-Lond. R.); Defence Medal, mounted as worn, contact marks, good very fine Pair: Second Lieutenant N. Foskett, Machine Gun Corps, late 28th (Artist’s Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment, who was twice wounded on the Western Front British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. N. Foskett.); together with the recipient’s Artists Rifles cap badge, good very fine (6) £100-£140 --- Leon John Serra, a Building Surveyor from Marylebone, Middlesex, was born in Swanwick, Hampshire in 1887 and attested for the 12th (The Rangers) Battalion, London Regiment on 7 September 1914. He served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 9 March 1915 and received shell wounds to his head and foot at St. Julien on 24 April 1915. Appointed Acting Corporal on 24 July 1915, he joined the Potential Officer’s Course at Woolwich on 26 June 1917, the same day transferring as a Fitter Staff Sergeant into the Royal Garrison Artillery. After further service in Egypt, he was demobilised on 14 February 1919. He died in Marylebone on 12 October 1951. Noel Foskett, a Solicitor from Forest Hill, London, was born on 27 December 1889 and attested for the 28th (Artist Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment on 15 December 1915. He was transferred to the Army Reserve the following day before mobilisation on 5 December 1916. Discharged to a temporary commission in the Machine Gun Corps on 25 September 1917, he served with the 15th Company, Machine Gun Corps on the Western Front from 3 November 1917, with whom he was wounded on 29 June 1918. After a period of leave in the U.K. he was further wounded on 19 October 1918, and was demobilised on 23 March 1919. He died in Lewes, Sussex, in June 1967. Sold with copied research.

China 1900, no clasp (Lieut. Commr. W. O. Lyne, H.M.S. Waterwitch.) very fine and scarce £600-£800 --- Approximately 80 medals, all without clasp, awarded to the iron Screw Survey Vessel H.M.S. Waterwitch. William Owen Lyne was born at Newport, Monmouthshire, on 9 October 1862. His father was Paymaster C. Lyne, R.N. He joined as a Cadet in Britannia on 15 July 1875, but was discharged on 31 July 1877, having failed his training ship exams - but his discharge was cancelled and he was allowed to return to Britannia for another term. Midshipman, 22 March 1878; Acting Sub-Lieutenant, 21 June 1882, confirmed 20 September 1882; Lieutenant, 31 December 1885; Assistant Surveyor 4th Class in 1885 whilst in Flying Fish on the China Station and remained in her until 18 June 1887. Hydrographer 3rd Class from 1 January 1887. He attended the Naval Review in the summer of 1887 in Arethusa. He next served in Myrmidon, November 1887 to January 1889 (N.W. coast of Australia) and Rambler, February 1889 to July 1891 (China Sea and Australia). Hydrographer 2nd Class from 27 April 1889; Hydrographer 1st Class from 7 April 1891. In Stork (East Coast of Africa and the Mediterranean) December 1891 to March 1894; Research June to 30 August 1894 (but mainly on sick leave) then back to Rambler (W. coast of Africa and West Indies) November 1894 to December 1897, followed by Triton (E. coast of England) March 1898 to February 1900. He was appointed to the command of Waterwitch from 16 February 1900, his first rôle as a Charge Surveyor, and for two years surveyed on the coasts of China and Borneo. He was temporarily in charge of the Shanghai division when, on the Boxer outbreak in 1900, the Senior Naval Officer left for Nanking. He then made an important survey of the north channel of the Yangtze assisted by an officer of the Chinese Customs and also aided by the manufacture of special floating beacons carried in H.M. Ships. The following year he found the danger reported by the S.S. Socotra in the Yellow Sea approach. He served with the Coastguard at Whitstable from November 1902 to October 1907 and retired as a Commander on 9 October 1907. He briefly wrote sailing directions in the Hydrographic Office in 1908 but resigned due to ill-health. He was allowed to accept service in 1911 with the Canadian Surveying Service. From 29 July 1914 to 22 June 1917, he was Coaling Officer at Harwich but retired finally (ill health) on 14 September 1917; Captain (Retired) 11 November 1918. Captain Lyne died at Harlech, North Wales, on 15 September 1921. Sold with further research including copied record of service.

A Great War O.B.E. group of three awarded to Captain D. M. Peattie, Chinese Labour Corps, late Cheshire Regiment, who was also Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the Chinese Order of the Striped Tiger Fifth Class The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. D. M. Peattie.) mounted for display along with the riband of the Chinese Order of the Striped Tiger, nearly extremely fine (3) £300-£400 --- One of only 12 O.B.E.s awarded to the Chinese Labour Corps during the Great War. O.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1919. M.I.D. London Gazette 10 July 1919. Chinese Order of the Striped Tiger, Fifth Class London Gazette 17 February 1920: ‘For distinguished services rendered during the course of the campaign.’ Donald Munro Peattie was born in Oxford on 2 November 1880 and prior to the Great War was employed as a Building Manager and Surveyor with his father’s Building Company. Following the outbreak of War he applied for a commission with the Royal Engineers, but this was refused on account of him having a heart condition. Not to be deterred, he attested as a Private in the Cheshire Regiment on 10 December 1915, and having been advanced Acting Company Sergeant Major served with the 20th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from June 1916. However, during a subsequent medical examination he was again found to be suffering from heart disease and was pronounced medically unfit for Military Service, but fit for service with the Labour Corps. Peattie transferred to the 61st Company, Labour Corps on 14 May 1917 and was appointed a Company Sergeant Major, before being commissioned temporary Second Lieutenant on 13 August of that year. In December 1917 he was appointed Adjutant of the Chinese Labour Corps Base Depot, with the rank of Acting Captain, and it was for his services in this roll that he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire; was Mentioned in Despatches (1 of only 80 ‘Mentions’ to the Chinese Labour Corps); and was awarded the Chinese Order of the Striped Tiger, Fifth Class, one of only two men to have received all three of these distinctions while serving with the Chinese Labour Corps. Peattie relinquished his commission, medically unfit, in 1919, and returned to his family’s building company. He died from the result of an accident in London on 13 September 1934. Sold with a set of Labour Corps badges; and copied research.

Great War Officers Medal Trio for Service in the Royal Naval Air Service (R.N.A.S) Later Transferring to the Royal Air Force (R.A.F), Spending Some 22 Months Working with Kite Balloons, 1914-15 Star medal, “FLT. S.LT. H.D. HYDE R.N.A.S.”, British War and Victory medals, “CAPT. H.D. HYDE R.A.F”. Medals remain in good condition. Born on 24th October 1889, Henry Duncan Hyde was a resident of Bexhill on Sea, Sussex when he joined the Royal Naval Air Service on 18th June 1915 as a Temporary Flight Sub Lieutenant. This was confirmed in the following month and at the end of December 1916 he was promoted to Flight Lieutenant. Transferred to the Royal Air Force in April 1918 he gained his Captaincy on 28th August 1918. An Architect & Surveyor by trade he had some pre-war experience of ballooning and this meant he spent some 22 months working with balloon ships, as well as time with P-boat destroyers. Hyde transferred to the unemployed list on 2nd July 1919 and appears to have reverted to his original trade as in 1939 he is showing as an Architect & Surveyor living in St. Leonards Road, Bexhill. Henry Duncan Hyde was still living in Bexhill on Sea when he died in 1957.

Ogilby (John). The Road from London to Aberistwith on the Sea Coast com. Cardigan, The Continuation of the Road from London to Aberistwith Plate ye Second commencing at Islip [and] The Continuation of the Road from London to Aberistwith..., Plate 3rd & last, 3 sheets, [1675 or later], three (complete) hand-coloured engraved strip road maps, the first plate with slight overall toning, the cartouche on plate 1 shows a surveyor using a waywiser, each approximately 320 x 450 mm, with two sheets of contemporary descriptive text, together with Sayer (R. & Bennett J.). From London to Oxford, Worcester and Aberistwith in South Wales, 1775, three uncoloured engraved strip road maps, each approximately 165 x 210 mm, with The London Magazine (publisher). The Road from London to Aberistwith, circa 1767, three uncoloured engraved strip road maps, each approximately 110 x 195 mmQTY: (9)NOTE:The first three items were originally published in John Ogilby's 'Britannia, Volume the First. Or, an Illustration of the Kingdom of England and Dominion of Wales..., '. Plate numbers 1, 2 and 3.

Scotland. Adair (John). The Frith of Forth from the Entry to the Queens-ferry with all the Islands, Rocks, Sands &c. [1703], hand-coloured sea-chart originally published in 'Descriptions of the Sea Coasts and Islands of Scotland', slight staining but largely confined to the margins, three repaired wormholes, 455 x 660 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:An uncommon chart, which was engraved in 1693, but not published until 1703. Despite Adair being Scotland's foremost surveyor, the introduction of a highly unpopular tax on vessels entering Scottish ports, resulted in the project being underfunded and slow to complete. These charts rarely appear at auction.

Sussex. Gardner (W. & Yeakell T & Gream T.), A Topographical Map of the County of Sussex divided into Rapes, Deanries and Hundreds, Planned from an Actual Survey by a Scale of one Inch to a Statute Mile, begun by W. Gardner and the late T. Yeakell, completed by Thos. Gream, Land Surveyor..., 1st. edition, W. Faden, 1795, large scale map with bright contemporary hand-colouring, engraved by Thomas Foot, sectionalised and laid on linen on four sheets, calligraphic cartouche and dedication and compass rose, slight offsetting and dust soiling, edged in green silk, overall size 785 x 1960 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:D. Kingsley. The Printed Maps of Sussex no. 57, One of the most important maps of Sussex and the first to be based upon a trigonometrical survey.

Singapore.- National Mapping of Malaysia (published on behalf of Chief Surveyor, Singapore) Singapore and Johor, large scale survey map of Singapore on a scale of 1:25000, lithograph printed in colours, 8 sections presented in 4 strips, each affixed to folding wooden screen, total size approx. 1365 x 2465 mm (53 3/4 x 97 in), some browning and surface dirt, a few nicks and tears, signs of use and wear, 1966.

GRAHAM WILLIAM, Land Surveyor. A Collection of Epitaphs & Monumental Inscriptions. Eng. frontis of Lanercost Priory. 12mo. Diced calf. Carlisle, 1821; also Carlisle Election, Proceedings, Addresses ... etc., 1816 & A Picture of Carlisle & Directory, A. Henderson, 1810.  (3).

Iraq Archive relating to surveying work conducted by A. L. Holt for the Cairo-Baghdad air route, 1. [Report on two Cairo-Baghdad air route reconnaissance missions], 1921. Typescript with manuscript annotations, 34 pp. (rectos and versos), describing 'The expedition to Ma' Dak Han' (oasis near Ramadi) and the 'First Ford expedition' ('The ostensible purpose was a political mission to Nuri ibn Shalan of the Rowallah tribe', p. 11), incidents include an encounter with Arab chieftain 'Faad ul Duchaim' ('He seemed to think that he ... should receive the same consideration and subsidy as his cousin Fahad Beg ibn Hadhal whose son had taken an active part against the Turks during the war', p. 30), 2 leaves of related manuscript notes attached; 2. '2nd Ford Reconnaissance on the Baghdad-Cairo Air Route, June 6th-16th', c.1921. Manuscript, 79 ff., begins 'Purposes of the Expedition. 1. To establish by ground and air No 4 landing ground at 200 miles from Ramadi, 2. To meet the Cairo reconnaissance party at L.G. 4 and pilot them to Baghdad', describes numerous encounters with locals, e.g. 'Met a crowd of Arabs on the move. These proved to be the people of Jiza ibn Bahr. Consulted Jiza ibn Bahr himself about a guide and he produced one Zumaitan ibn Matar who proved himself excellently acquainted with the country' (f. 23), 'Met a raiding party of Arabs about 100 strong under Mutlaq ibn Thamir going to raid the Beni Sabbar people' (f. 32), 'Arrived Al Mat. Found camped there one Sheikh Mishrif al Awagi (Suwailmat) with about fifty tents but no camels. The camels had been sent away to better grazing while he remained there to retain the right to the water' (f. 35), and the airlifting of wounded sheikh Murthi al Rifadi ('an excellent piece of propaganda', f. 61); 3. 'Short Diary of Instructions & Action Taken in Connection with the Aerial Route to be Constructed between Amman and Ramadi. From 13.3.21 to [30.6.21]', 7 September 1921. Typescript, 16 ff., marked 'confidential' on title; 4. 'Report on Desert Journey to Establish L[anding] G[round] 4', from the Assistant Divisional Adviser, Ramadi, to Major Holt, 22 June 1921. Carbon typescript, 4 ff., typescript covering note attached; 5. 'Names of Places'. Carbon typescript, 3 ff., containing names and description of topographical landmarks apparently in Iraq, e.g. 'Telel Ash Shaur - Two conspicuous hills. Name said to be derived from a big meeting of all the important desert Shaikhs held some time ago', manuscript corrections in pencil; 6. Holt, A. L. Baghdad-Amman Air Route. Report on Proposed Trans-Desert Highway for Mechanical Transport. Baghdad: printed by the superintendent, Railway Press, 1922. 3 copies, folio, each in original wrappers, 9 pp., 'Confidential. Report No. 1' printed on front covers. Together with similar items relating to Holt's work on other projects: 7. 'Iraq Railways. Proposed Baghdad Haifa Railway. Notes on Estimates Drawn up from Reconnaisance [sic] Surveys with Map of Proposed Route. District Engineer, Construction and Surveys, Baghdad' [cover-title], 24th April 1930. Carbon typescript, 8 [1] ff., folding cyanotype map printed on linen (33 x 120cm, manuscript captions in red, white and blue inks, discolouration around one fold), loose in captioned folder addressed to 'District Engineer, Construction and Surveys, Baghdad'; 8. 'Hit - Baiji - Kirkuk. Railway Reconnaisance [sic]', June 1931. Carbon typescript, 21 [2] ff., 2 folding cyanotype maps, secured with grommets, wrappers and one map detached, together with various typescript mileage tables in folder with similar title to preceding item addressed to 'A. L. Holt, District Engineer, Construction and Surveys, Baghdad'; 9. 'Bahra Agreement' [concerning the Iraq-Nejd border, parties comprising Sultan 'Abd al-'Aziz of Nejd and Sir Gilbert Clayton], c.1925. 3 ff., typescript, with 6 ff. related memoranda attached; 10. Folding lithographic map of proposed oil pipelines from Naft Khaneh, Iraq, to Tripoli and Haifa (34.5 x 63.5cm, coloured, untitled); 11. 'Port d'Alexandrette. Projet', folding lithographic map of Iskenderun, modern Turkey (65 x 75cm, coloured); 12. Typescript letter to the superintending engineer, Turkish Petroleum Co. Ltd, 1928, attaching manuscript petition in Arabic from overseer 'Hamadan' and response in English from surveyor Balbhadra Singh; all typescripts and manuscripts on rectos only of foolscap sheets unless otherwise stated, most secured with old paperclips or pins with consequent rust-marks (except items 2, 3 and 7: in loose sheets) (1 folder)Note: An engrossing collection of original documents shedding light on British efforts to establish control over the post-Ottoman Middle East in the aftermath of the Great War and the 1920 Iraqi Revolt. Plans for an air route between Cairo and Baghdad were originally drawn up in 1919 by Winston Churchill as secretary of state for air, in collaboration with Hugh Trenchard, marshal of the Royal Air Force. At the Cairo conference in March 1921, Churchill, now secretary of state for the colonies, reiterated the need for an imperial air network. ‘Preparations for the selection and marking of landing grounds across the Syrian Desert between Amman and Ramadi (on the Euphrates) had been made in March 1921, and in May, after aerial reconnaissance had ascertained the nature of the country, a Ford car convoy, supplied by air, was sent out to begin work. The progress made by June had firmly established the Cairo to Baghdad route for military purposes, and the regular air mail service, begun in August, was opened to the public by October … The chief strategic function of the air route was to move reinforcements between various theatres and hence to avoid expensive duplication. From the outset Trenchard imagined a single imperial air force, distributed like the navy in a number of fleets according to an overall plan, and linked by reliable air communications’ (Omissi, Air Power and Colonial Control: The Royal Air Force, 1919-1939, pp. 135-6). Major A. L. Holt (1896-1971) was a decorated former Royal Engineers officer who during the 1920s was employed by Iraq Railways and the Turkish Petroleum Company, and pioneered mechanised exploration in the region. In 1922 he was joined on an expedition to Wadi Sirhan by Harry St John Bridger Philby. His published works include ‘Some Journeys in the Syrian Desert’ (JRCAS, Vol. 10, No. 3, 1923), and ‘The Future of the North Arabian Desert’ (RGJ, Vol. 62, No. 4, October 1923). Nuri ibn Sha'lan, powerful chieftain of the Ruwallah tribe (see item 1), was the last major Arab leader to join the Arab Revolt. He was courted assiduously by T. E. Lawrence and the British military establishment, but his people's dependence on the markets of Damascus made him reluctant to declare firmly for either the Ottomans or the British, and after an encounter as late as June 1917 Lawrence concluded that practical support from the Ruwallah remained unlikely. In March 1918 Faisal instructed Nuri to open hostilities against the Ottomans and sent him payment of £25,000. Nuri's relations with the Ottomans disintegrated soon after. He declared war by August, and the next month led his forces in the Anglo-Arab advance on Damascus. (See Tauber, The Arab Movements in World War I, pp. 148-9.) Provenance: Apparently sometime in the personal collection of A. L. Holt (the lot including a large-format envelope addressed 'Major A. L. Holt, M.B.E, M.C., Iraq Railways, Baghdad, Iraq' and other indications of his ownership).

The Important Boer War K.C.B., ‘Tokar Operations’ D.S.O. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant-General Sir Henry H. Settle, Colonel Commandant, Royal Engineers, who served as a Distinguished Column Commander in South Africa, and as General Officer Commanding, Cape Colony The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.C.B. (Military) Knight Commander’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, unmarked, with short section of riband for display purposes; and Star, silver and enamel, unmarked, with gold retaining pin, very minor enamel damage to motto on both pieces; Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar, retaining pin removed; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 3 clasps, The Nile 1884-85, Gemaizah 1888, Toski 1889 (Cpt. H. H. Settle. R.E.) side clasp carriage adapted for wear; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Bgdr. Genl. H. H. Settle. C.B., D.S.O., R.E.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Maj: Gen: Sir H. H. Settle, K.C.B., D.S.O., Staff) engraved naming; Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidieh, First Class set of insignia, comprising sash badge, silver, gold appliqué, and enamel, with mint mark to reverse, with full sash riband; and Star, silver, gold appliqué, and enamel, with mint mark to reverse, with retaining hook and two additional support hooks; Order of Osmanieh, Second Class set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, unmarked, with short section of riband for display purposes; and Star, silver and enamel, with mint mark to reverse, with retaining hook and two additional support hooks, enamel damage to green band around central medallion on star; Khedive’s Star, dated 1884-6, with Tokar clasp, unnamed as issued, generally good very fine (11) £8,000-£10,000 --- K.C.B. London Gazette 19 April 1901. D.S.O. London Gazette 30 May 1891. Sir Henry Hamilton Settle was born at Lewes, Sussex, on 27 January 1847, the son of Captain H. T. Settle, and was educated at Cheltenham College. He was commissioned into the Royal Engineers on 10 July 1867, and was promoted Captain on 9 November 1879. He served in the Nile Expedition of 1884-85, as Deputy Assistant Adjutant General and Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General, and was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 25 August 1885). Promoted Major on 31 December 1886, he was seconded to the Egyptian Army as Surveyor-General and Q.M.S., and saw further served in the Anglo-Egyptian Expeditions, being present at the actions of Gemaizah, Suakin, and Toski, and was twice Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 11 January 1889 and 6 September 1889). Promoted Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, Settle served as C.S.O. in the Expedition to retake the Tokar Delta in 1891, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order for his services during the action of Afafit. He was subsequently appointed Inspector General of the Egyptian Police in 1892, and was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel on 1 August 1893. In 1895 he returned home to take up the appointment of Assistant Inspector General of Fortifications at the War Office, for which work he was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath, and was promoted Colonel on 30 March 1899. For a few months in 1899 he commanded the Royal Engineers at Malta, before being called up to serve in South Africa during the Boer War, initially as a Colonel on the Line of Communications in the Cape Colony. Services in the Cape Colony At the end of February 1900 there were serious signs of organised disaffection in the Prieska, Britstown and Carnavon districts of the Cape Colony. Lord Roberts ordered a force to be organised to deal with these problems and Settle took command of one of the Columns. The Column consisted of Orpen's Horse, about 60 strong, one Company of Mounted Infantry, one Field Battery and half a Battalion of Infantry. It assembled at Hopetown and advanced on Prieska. It was so proficient that, when it spread, Settle was soon commanding three Columns to deal with what was becoming an increasingly serious rebellion. The suppression of the rebellion was conducted by Settle's Columns and those of Lord Kitchener, who Roberts had expressly detached from his Head Quarters to work alongside him. By the time Kitchener arrived, Settle had put down most of the rebellion and there was merely some mopping up to be done. What could have been an enormous military and political embarassment to the British, Boer dominance in part of a British Colony, was dispelled. ‘The Transvaalers and Free Staters, and many of the prominent rebels, had escaped to the districts north of the Orange River; but the whole of the rebel committee was captured, including the Rev. Mr. Schroeder, the Bond Member of Parliament for the district. Arms were collected, prominent prisoners were detained in custody, and the less important rebels were laid under an obligation to come up for trial if required. Small garrisons were left in Upington, Kenhardt, Draghoender, and Prieska, and a force of 150 Bastard Scouts, under European Officers, was organised to assist in patrolling the districts. Then Settle returned to Cape Town to resume his work as Inspector General of the Lines of Communication, and the rest of his troops were drafted off to Bloemfontein’ (Times History refers). The suppression of the rebellion allowed Roberts to continue his advance on Bloemfontein, checked any furtherance of it and meant that when De Wet invaded a year later, the inhabitants of Cape Colony did not rise again. Settle was called on later in 1900 to lead a column in Roberts' Orange Free State operations, a column that became known as ‘Settle's Imperial Circus’, of which the Times History had to note: ‘It is no disparagement to Settle, who worked hard and well in relieving garrisons and destroying supplies, to say that his column was dubbed “Settle's Imperial Circus”. The same humourous description would have applied to nearly all the unwieldy columns of this period.’ Lord Roberts was to write in his Despatch: ‘Further to the south and west, in the country extending from Modder River to Vryburg and Schweizer Reneke, the operations were entrusted to Major-General Settle, who left Christiana on 13 October with 600 mounted men, 10 guns, and 1350 Infantry. He occupied Bloemhof on 14 October, having captured 1,000 head of cattle, 12,000 sheep, and 80 horses belonging to burghers who had violated their oaths of neutrality, and he secured 50 prisoners. On arriving at Hoopstad on 17 October, I instructed him to co-operate with Hunter by marching on Bothaville. Hunter, who was then near Kopje Alleen, about 14 miles north-west of Ventersburg Road Station, had received information that 1,600 Boers were moving from the south-east on Bothaville, and was following them up with half of 1st Battalion Sussex Regiment and half of 1st Battalion Cameron Highlanders, of Bruce Hamilton's Brigade, Rimington's and Le Gallais' mounted troops, and the 3rd Cavalry Brigade (Porter's). Hunter reached Bothaville on 20 October, and sent the 3rd Cavalry Brigade to Commando Drift to reconnoitre that crossing of the Vaal and to communicate with Settle. Meanwhile Settle was attacked on the night of 19 October at Elizabeth’s Rust. After a sharp little engagement, lasting 45 minutes, the Boers retreated to the north bank of the Vaal. Our casualties were one Officer and 15 men wounded. On 21 October, the 3rd Cavalry Brigade met Settle's advanced troops under Colonel Sir Charles Parsons, as neither force had seen anything of the Boers, Settle retraced his steps on 22 October to Hoopstad, and Hunter reached Kroo...

Stephen Archer & Simon Harries: Aston Martin Zagato; a signed leather-bound Special limited edition by Palawan Press,published by Palawan Press 1998, bound in navy blue Nubuck leather by The Wyvern Bindery, London, numbered 0020 of 175, a good copy of this rare and sought-after title, 408 numbered pages, an illustrative history of the car and it's racing successes, with many photographic illustrations by Richard Newton, signed to title page with dedication 'To a dear friend' by the authors, Harold Beach, and Ted Cutting, complete with four accompanying prints and a poster, all contained within a leather-covered presentation box applied with Zagato 'Z' plaque engraved with edition number 00420, some light marks to binding and library box. Footnotes:Lots 1 to 10 are properties from The Motoring Library and Estate of the Late Brian K. Joscelyne.Brian K. Joscelyne (1934-2020), a Surveyor by trade, had a keen interest in motoring and motor racing from an early age. Influenced by his father, Lewis Hamilton Joscelyne, who had bought him an Aston Martin 15/98 at aged 20 in 1954, he has been a long-standing member and contributor of the Aston Martin Owners Club. Brian raced, amongst other cars, a DB3 and a DB3S at AMOC and other events, during the 1960s and 1970s, winning the Arthur Bryant Trophy in 1960 and 1961, and also competed at Le Mans. Although Brian had accomplished many skills and much experience during his motoring life, including car mechanic, race team manager and owner, and amateur racing driver, his forte was motoring photography. Although not professionally trained, his high-level enthusiasm was evident in the quality of his images, taken at many competitive events and races from the 1950s to 1970s across the UK and Europe, his Pentax and Voigtlander cameras always at his side. Brian's photographic work has been very much admired and respected and has been reproduced in various motoring publications.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

KENT – MANUSCRIPT ESTATE PLAN'A Map of a Farm lying in the Parish of Lydd in the County of Kent Belonging to the Reverd. Mr Richard Monins 1774.', manuscript map by Henry Maxted & Isaac Terry, surveyor, showing field names, footpaths, acreage and ownership, including 'A large wall leading out upon the Foreland', with additional list of acreages, further amendments showing adjacent land purchased by John Monins from neighbouring landowners in ink and pencil, calligraphic title within a floral cartouche in blue, pink and green, fleur-de-lis compass rose; a pair of surveyor's dividers with 'A Scale of Perches' at foot, framed with a black ruled border and embellished with green and yellow wash, on vellum, some dust-staining and loss to edges, rubbed, cockling, 480 x 585mm., 1744; together with a later manuscript map on paper of Dunspring Farm in the manor of Clayhall, Essex (2)Footnotes:The Monins family can trace their roots in the county of Kent to the time of the Conquest and through several marriages, became substantial landowners. The family rose in importance and office, providing several mayors of Dover and Lieutenants of Dover Castle as well as three MP's. The Reverend Richard Monins Easton was rector of Ringwould and Charlton in Kent, the son of Richard Monins, headmaster of King's School, Canterbury, from whom he inherited the living. He had died unmarried at the age of 36 in 1770 so our map would appear to have been commissioned at the bequest of his brother and heir, John Monins (b.1741), whose name also appears. A veteran of the American wars he retired from the army at the death of his brother and took up residence at Woodford in Essex where he had inherited property as well as the advowson of Ringwould. In 1777 he bought a property in Canterbury called the Archbishop's Palace on which he built a mansion called 'The Palace' (www.eastkenthistory.org.uk). The subject of our second map, Dunspring Farm was one of several farms comprising the manor of Clayhall in Essex which had passed into the Monins family through a distant relative, Miss Marland. The property remained in the Monins family until 1918.Provenance: John Monins (1741-1806); thence by descent.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

Kennet & Avon Canal and Navigation Acts - Rating Surveyor G.W.R. Paddington, an auction catalogue for an estate in Wick and Abson dated 1856, together with a 19th century receipt book (3)

London. Wilme (B. P. W. surveyor). Wilme's Symbolic Map of London. or, Visitors Guide to the Sights and Amusements of the Metropolis, Baily Brothers, May 14th 1851, colour lithographic map, sectionalised and laid on linen, the map surrounded by panels of explanatory text, 550 x 710 mm, bound in contemporary cloth boards with an orange and black title label to the upper siding, ink manuscript ownership signature to the label, binding size 150 x 105 mmQTY: (1)

A MAP OF SINGAPORE NEW HARBOUR (1851) By J.T Thomson, Government Surveyor 1849, this example dated 1851 Engraved by J & C Walker with hand colouring An interesting map covering Sentosa and Brani Island 40 x 60cm (framed) Condition: Some wrinkling to the paper, creases and some foxing/staining. After unframing the item the wrinkling to the paper is more evident. There are some areas of brown staining to the edges and reverse. Some vertical light crease marks and occasional further crease. 

Six: Gunner W. L. Jones, South African Artillery 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, these all officially named ‘329611 W. L. Jones’, in their original envelopes of issue, together with U.D.F. medal entitlement slip, awards notification letter with ribbons for tunic, and original Registered packet addressed to the recipient at Sandringham, Johannesburg, good very fine (6) £40-£50 --- Wyndham Lloyd Jones was born in Kimberley on 13 December 1913, and was an underground mine surveyor living with his wife in Johannesburg when he attested for Volunteer Units of the U.D.F. on 1 August 1940. He assumed full-time service in the South African Artillery at Potchefstroom on 29 July 1942, and served as a Gunner with the 23rd Field Regiment, S.A.A. in Africa and Italy. He was discharged medically unfit on 23 April 1946. Sold with copied record of service.

Architecture.- Papworth (John Buonarotti) Essay on the Causes of Dry Rot in Buildings, only edition, title and final leaf lightly browned, modern boards, for the Author, 1803 § Price (Francis) The British Carpenter; or, a Treatise on Carpentry, 2 parts in 1 including Supplement...containing Palladio's Orders of Architecture, third edition, engraved approbation, frontispiece and 60 plates, some very light offsetting, modern calf-backed marbled boards, spine slightly faded, [Harris 709], for C.Hitch & L.Hawes, 1753, 4to (2)⁂ The first is a scarce monograph on the causes and cures of dry rot by the architect of villas for the middle classes. The second is the "first comprehensive work on carpentry in English and the standard one for the remainder of the century". (Harris). Price was Surveyor of the Works to Salisbury Cathedral.

SOPWITH T.  Notes of a Visit to Egypt by Paris, Lyons, Nismes, Marseilles & Toulon. No frontis (as mentioned in the plate list) but 3 litho plates as called for. Orig. brown cloth, much internal thumbing & foxing. Pres. copy from the author. Private Circulation, 1857. Sopwith, a railway surveyor at the time, was accompanied on this trip by Robert Stephenson, the railway engineer who is one of the dedicatees of this volume.

Tribal weapons. A collection of African edged weapons, 19th c, including a Zulu war axe with decorated steel blade and richly patinated wood shaft, the head carved with a mask with elongated features, handle 45cm Provenance: William Selkirk FGS (1869-1951); thence by descent to the present owner A mining surveyor and geologist born in Cumberland, Selkirk travelled extensively whilst for many years a close associate of the copper magnate Sir Alfred Chester Beatty (1875-1968). He was much involved with gold, copper, manganese and iron ore fields around the world, in particular West Africa and Northern Rhodesia Some rust but all complete and in original condition

Vintage Star Wars and Legoland Space Sets, 7110 Land speeder,6821 Lunar Rock collector, 6846 Zero 15 Interceptor, 6870 Space craft Launcher,6880 Mercury Surveyor, 6890 Space Ship & Shuttle, 6929 Space Transporter, loose Lego including baseplates with landing straps, 2 crater plates, and a boxed 6655 car with jack, plus a number of catalogues/leaflets including 1980,81, 82, 84, all the boxes have been opened except set 6870 (A.lot)