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Click here to subscribeUlla Procopé (1921-1968) for Arabia: a 'Ruska' pattern stoneware part dinner service, c.1967 - in a mottled matt brown glaze, comprising an 18.5cm casserole dish; a smaller covered casserole dish; a teapot; a 36cm oblong serving platter; 6 x 25.5cm dinner plates; 7 x 20cm salad/dessert plates; 8 x 17.5cm side plates; 4 x tea cups and 6 x saucers; 5 x mugs and 6 x saucers; 4 x soup bowls; and 8 x coffee cups and 9 x saucers.
GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS - T. E. Lawrence (1888-1935). Crusader Castles, London, 1936, 2 volumes, 4to, illustrations, 2 folding maps contained in envelope, original half morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 135 OF 1,000 COPIES. (2)GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS - Thomas Edward LAWRENCE [i.e. "Lawrence of Arabia"] (1888-1935). Crusader Castles, edited by A. W. Lawrence. London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1936. 2 volumes, 4to (250 x 190mm). Titles printed in red, collotype portrait of the author with his four half brothers as a frontispiece to volume II, collotype illustrations, maps, plans and facsimiles after the author, many full-page, some printed in colours, 2 folding maps after H. Pirie-Gordon printed in red and black and contained in the original loosely-inserted envelope (small stain at the foot of the title page to the second volume, not affecting letters, some extremely faint marginal spotting and staining to a few leaves, envelope for the 2 folding maps lightly spotted but both the maps clean). Original russet half morocco and cream buckram by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, the spines lettered in gilt with five raised bands, with the publisher's cockerel motif stamped in gilt at the foot of each spine, top edges gilt, others uncut (some very light staining to the buckram). Provenance: The Collection of Leonard Messel, Nymans, Sussex. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 135 OF 1,000 COPIES. The statements of limitation in each volume, on the verso of each title, read: "Printed and published in Great Britain by Christopher Sandford, Francis J. Newbery, and Owen Rutter at The Golden Cockerel Press, 10 Staple Inn, London, and completed on the [in vol. I:] 20th May [in vol. II:] 1st August 1936. The edition is limited to 1000 copies printed in Perpetua type on British mould-made paper." The number of this copy (135) appears at the end of the first volume statement. Volume I, which contains Lawrence's original thesis submitted at Jesus College, Oxford, in 1910, has a Foreword by A. W. Lawrence, his youngest brother and literary executor; volume II, which contains Lawrence's letters on military architecture written to his mother, has a Preface by her. It is interesting that A. W. Lawrence's Foreword concludes with a brief account of a minor fall-out with the press regarding the layout of the book: he writes, "In order to avoid loss of detail in the collotype reproductions through loss of scale, I have arranged that some of the larger plates should be turned on their sides, and other departures made from Golden Cockerel concepts of book-production. The Press wishes it to be appreciated that it does not advocate this treatment, and has agreed to issue the book in this way only with reluctance. A. W. L." Found in the book was a fragment of an obscure undated newspaper article, pasted onto a piece of card, which was probably used by a previous reader as a marker. It is difficult to see the article's relevance, until one remembers that Lawrence was a keen motorcyclist and was killed in a motorbike accident near his home in Clouds Hill, Dorset, in 1935, a year and a day before the publication of Crusader Castles. The article reads: "The special allowance of petrol granted for men on leave can now, where the man himself is not the registered owner of a vehicle, be claimed for a car or motor-cycle registered in the name of his wife." Chanticleer [Bibliography of The Golden Cockerel Press, 1921-36] 112; Clements T. E. Lawrence. A Reader's Guide pp.27-28; O'Brien T. E. Lawrence: A Bibliography A188-189: "The first of The Golden Cockerel volumes of Lawrence's 'literary remains' to be published after his death." (2)
WAUGH, Evelyn (1903-66). Remote People, London, Duckworth, 1931, 8vo, original burgundy buckram gilt, dust-jacket (jacket torn with loss). FIRST EDITION, IMPORTANT PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed, "For Gerald Duckworth with best wishes from Evelyn Waugh."WAUGH, Evelyn (1903-66). Remote People. London: Duckworth, 1931. 8vo (220 x 140mm). Half title, monochrome frontispiece, 2 folding maps, 6 plates. Original burgundy buckram, the spine lettered in gilt, green dust-jacket lettered in black (lightly bumped and rubbed at edges, the dust-jacket torn with loss and fraying to corners, with a larger section lacking from the lower left corner of the upper wrapper, the loss not affecting letters to the upper wrapper but with the loss of the title at the head of the backstrip, although with a detached fragment bearing the word "People" preserved). FIRST EDITION of this "... diverting story of Mr. Evelyn Waugh's recent travels in Africa. After attending the coronation of the Emperor of Ethiopia in Abyssinia he visited Arabia, Zanzibar, Kenya Colony, The Congo and returned in the third class from Cape Town to Southampton" (from the front turn-in). It received uniformly positive contemporary reviews in the press. IMPORTANT PRESENTATION COPY, the front free endpaper inscribed, "For Gerald Duckworth with best wishes from Evelyn Waugh." In 1898, Gerald Duckworth (1870-1937) founded the London publishing company that still bears his name ("Duckworth") although it was originally called "Gerald Duckworth and Company Ltd." In addition to representing Evelyn Waugh (concentrating on his earlier non-fiction and travel writing), the firm published a diverse range of writers which reads like a 'Who's Who' of 20th-century literature including, inter alia, Hilaire Belloc, Anton Chekhov, John Galsworthy, Henry James, D. H. Lawrence, Virginia Woolf, Anthony Powell, Simone de Beauvoir and the Sitwells. Gerald Duckworth's mother - whose first husband and father of Gerald had died before Gerald's birth - went on to marry Sir Leslie Stephen (1832-1904), himself a notable author and critic, and their four children included Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell. Whilst this would have placed Gerald Duckworth in the orbit of 'The Bloomsbury Group', it was not a coterie with which Waugh would have found an instinctive sympathy. We have been unable to trace another example of a presentation copy from Waugh to Duckworth. RARE.
LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen van (1563-1611). Histoire de la Navigation ... Aux Indes Orientales, Amsterdam, 1638, 3 parts in one volume, folio, 3 engraved titles, portrait, 6 maps, 33 plates (?only of 36), contemporary calf (re-backed). Third French edition.LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen van (1563-1611). Histoire de la Navigation de Jean Hugues de Linschot Hollandois: Aux Indes Orientales. Contenant diverses Descriptions des lieux iusques à present descouverts par les Portugais: Observations des Coustumes & singulaitez de del, & autres declarations. Avec annotations de B. Paludanus, Docteur en Medecine sur la matiere des Plantes & Especeries: Item quelques Cartes Geographiques, & autres Figures. Troixiesme edition, augmentee. Amsterdam: "Chez Evert Cloppenburgh, Marchand libraire, demeurant sur le Water a la Bible Doree," 1638. 3 parts in one volume, folio (297 x 192mm). Elaborate engraved allegorical title incorporating two baroque cartouches, with 2 further engraved part-titles, namely, "Le Grand Routier de Mer" and "Description de l' Amerique & des parties d' icelle, comme de la Nouvelle France, Floride, des Antilles, Iucaya, Cuba, Jamaica, &c.", engraved three-quarter length portrait of the author within baroque cartouche on the verso of the "index" leaf, large folding twin-hemisphere map of the world by Petrus Plancius ("Orbis Terrarum Typus de Integro Multis in Locis Emendatus") dated 1595 [Shirley 187] and 5 other folding maps, 33 engraved plates (?only, of 36), of which 30 double-page and three folding (small stain on the first engraved title, two maps torn and repaired with slight loss, some plates and maps mounted on later hinges, some leaves lightly stained or browned with some minor mainly marginal worming, some darker spots, final text leaf of last part torn and neatly repaired affecting a few letters). Contemporary speckled calf gilt (re-backed in old-style with 5 raised bands and preserving the original red morocco lettering-piece, some rubbing and repairs at edges of boards, inner hinges inconspicuously reinforced). Provenance: Earl of Roden (armorial bookplate and old label); "Biblioteca de Agustin Edwards" (library label); "3 plates are missing but it possesses two which are not listed" (later pencil inscription on the front free endpaper, seemingly erroneous). THE THIRD FRENCH EDITION of this highly influential work - the most comprehensive illustrated travelogue of its time - containing all the knowledge and learning relating to the East and West Indies at the beginning of the 17th-century, in addition to describing, in the second part of this edition, the navigation of the coasts of West Africa around the Cape of Good Hope to Arabia, and, in the third, the coasts of Florida, the Caribbean and Brazil. Through its various editions, the book served as a direct stimulus to the building of the English and Dutch trading empires, and it was so highly esteemed as a functional navigational aid that a copy was given to each ship sailing for the Indies, a fact that accounts for the generally poor condition of many copies, unlike the present one, which is remarkably well preserved. The work has a complicated publishing history. It was first published in a Dutch edition in 1595, followed by Latin and English translations in 1598. The first French edition appeared in 1610, but with plates which were reduced versions based on those of De Bry. The second French edition, of 1619, and the present third one of 1638 - with commentaries by the physician and collector Bernard Paludanus (1550-1663) - returned to the original folio-sized plates of the Dutch edition, and, for this reason, are considered the most desirable. These last two French editions also include, for the first time, the two additional parts described above. The present copy comprises a total of three engraved titles, an engraved portrait, six folding maps and 33 double-page or folding plates. All of the plates are in the first part. Three of the six folding maps are in the first part and three in the second part. The third part contains no plates or maps, only its engraved title. The list of plates calls for a total of 36, suggesting that the present copy is lacking three. However, plate and map counts vary in other copies, and collating the work against its own list of plates has its own pitfalls since the plates are unnumbered and are rarely placed at the page numbers indicated. In addition, the titles of the plates in the list usually bear little relation to the captions on the plates themselves, or are open to interpretation: this is not helped by the fact that the titles in the index are in French, whereas the captions beneath the plates themselves are in Latin and Dutch. It seems quite possible that some of the plates are counted as two or more, since they have two or more subjects. On the list of plates, plate numerals 18 - 22 are omitted, although their plate titles remain, unnumbered, in sequence [see illustration]: it is unclear what this signifies, if anything, but it could suggest that the subjects are compressed onto fewer separate sheets, which would then reduce the overall apparent plate count when counting the sheets alone rather than relying on the numbering. The list also calls for only five maps, and not six, as are included here. Please see further illustrations of the lot provided in the link below. Alden 638.67; Borba I, 490; Brunet III, 139: "Cette traduction [française] [included in the 1610, 1619 and 1638 editions] est plus recherchée que l' édition latine"; Palau 138584; Penrose Travel and Discovery in the Renaissance 1420-1620 p.311; Sabin 41373; Tiele 686-88.For more images of this lot please click here
WWII, King & Country LoA01 Lawrence of Arabia LoA2 Sherif Ali ibn el Karish, FW04 Hindenburg and FW01 Kaiser, Thomas Gunn LoA01A Lawrence with Turkish Officer, 1/32 Britains 23000 Gallipoli, Simpson and his Donkey 1915, and Forward March Somme CC59176 French Corporal, CC59185 Gurkha, CC59157 RFC Pilot and CC59197 Coldstream Guard in original boxes (Condition Excellent, boxes Good) (12)
Collection of approximately 200 world banknotes in an album, including Vanuatu, Poland, Krygystan, Switzerland, Iceland, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Portugal, Denmark, Yugoslavia, Kenya, Timor, Biafra, Sierra Leone, Liechtenstein and others. Some notes are individually encased in plastic wallets, other have been attached directly to thin card with small amounts of weakly adhesive tape
Collection of approximately 170 banknotes from the Middle East and North Africa in an album, including Oman, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Qatar, Lebanon, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and others. Some notes are individually encased in plastic wallets, others have been attached directly to thin card with small amounts of weakly adhesive tape
Dardanellen.: Diverse viste delli Dadaneli... e Castelli nel' Arcipelago. 9 (inkl. Titel) Kupferstiche mit Ansichten tls. v. Vorstermans n. Jan Peeters bei Jacob Peeters, Antwerpen um 1680. Je ca. 10,5 x 26,3, Blgr. meist ca. 17 x 29 cm. Meist mit den Namensz. u. Mr. i.d. Platte. Titel etw. gebr. u. stockfl., die übr. Bl. vereinz. gering stockfl. - ╔Dabei: Mekka.╗ Mecha in Arabia. Ebenso v. Bouttats. 10,5 x 25,5, Blgr. 17 x 29 cm. Mit den Namensz. u. Legende A-D i.d. Platte. - Leicht gebr., tls. randrissig u. etw. stock- u. wasserfl. Zus. 10 Bl.
Salem Al-Dawsari white and green No.10 Saudi Arabia v. Mexico match issued short-sleeved shirt, 2022, Adidas, M, with crew-neck collar and printed badge with KSA VS MEX 30 NOV 2022 LUSAIL STADIUM decal, the reverse lettered SALEM, the sleeves with FIFA WORLD CUP Qatar 2022 flashesIn the match played on 30th November 2022, Mexico defeated Saudi Arabia 2-1
Frank Addison: 'The Wellcome Excavations in the Sudan. Volumes I & II Jebel Moya Text & Plates. Volume III Abu Geili and Saqadi & Dar El Mek Text & Plates', OUP for the Trustees of the Late Sir Henry Wellcome, 1949-1951, 3 volumes, vols I & II 96 plates/maps (some folding/colour) plus ills. in text, vol III 87 plates + ills i text, large 4to, uniform original cloth; together with Cheng Te-K'un: 'Archaeology in China: Prehistoric China; Shang China; Chou China', Cambridge, Heffer, 1959-1963, volumes 1-3, original cloth gilt, plus the 1966 supplement volume to volume I, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper; together with T. Sulimurski: 'Prehistoric Russia', L, John Baker, 1970, 1st edition, frontis + 50 plates + ills in text, orig. cloth gilt; plus Bowen & Albright: 'Archaeological Discoveries in South Arabia', Johns Hopkins Press, 1958, orig. cloth, dust wrapper, and 1 other similar (10)
David Roberts: 'The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia', London, Day & Son, 1855-1856, 1st Quarto Edition, 6 volumes bound in 3, 250 tinted lithographed plates, some with hand colouring, transferred to stone by Louis Haghe, the Royal Lithographer, after the drawings of David Roberts, comprising portrait frontispiece, 6 pictorial lithograph titles, 241 tinted lithographs, 2 maps, all collated complete, all plates tissue guarded, 4to (29 x 22cm), rebound 20th Century green polished buckram gilt. Roberts' masterpiece, no publication before this had presented so comprehensive a series of views of the monuments, landscape, and people of the Near East. "Roberts's Holy Land was one of the most important and elaborate ventures of nineteenth-century publishing, and it was the apotheosis of the tinted lithograph" (Abbey). Abbey, Travel 388 (vols. I-IV only). Eastern Journal, 28 January, 1839. Lithograph plates include, but are not limited to, Jerusalem, Mount Tabor, Nazareth, Cana, Tiberias, Shechem, Nablous, Sebaste, Baalbec, Jericho, Engedi, Hebron, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Gaza, Jaffa, Caipha, Ramla, Tyre, Sidon, Jenin, Bethlehem, Bethany, Petra, Mount Horeb, The Necropolis, Island of Graia, Mount Sinai, Suez, Pyramids of Gizeh, Alexandria, Abu Simbel, Thebes, Luxor, Nubia, Sphinx, Karnac, Korth, Beni Hassan, Island of Philoe, Dendera, Cairo, etc etc (3)
(Atlas.) John Senex, an untitled early to mid 18th Century atlas, 32 maps, comprising uncoloured engraved folding map 'A Scheme of the Solar System...Describ'd from Dr. Halley's accurate Table of Comets...Founded on Sr. Isaac Newton's Wonderful Discoveries by Wm. Whiston M.A.', (printed area approx. 69 x 62cm), plus 18 double page and 13 single page maps, all hand coloured in outline, double page maps comprising World; Europe; Asia; Africa; South America; Ireland; Spanish Provinces; VII United Provinces; France; Spain & Portugal; Italy; Germany; Denmark; Sweden; Poland; Moscovy; Hungary; Turkey in Europe, single page maps comprising Flanders; Hainault etc; Artois; Paris Provostship...; Castile; Turkey/Arabia/Persia; Ancient Italy; Mediarum; Theatrum Historicum I; Theatrum Historicum II; Africa; Grecae I; Grecae II, some maps dated 1708-1725, others undated but many c.1728 or later (in 1728 Senex was elected into the Fellowship of the Royal Society of London, a rarity for mapmakers, several maps with "F.R.S." printed suffix following Senex's name), double page map of the World plate size approx. 60 x 110cm, dedicated to the Right Honourable Richard Boyle and others, other double page maps plate size mainly approx. 66 x 97cm, single page maps plate size mainly approx. 50 x 62cm, the odd small marginal repair verso, some with light foxing, folio (70 x 54cm), contemporary half calf very worn.
A collection of 17 assorted volumes foreigh travel and topography, including Colonel Sir Alfred Rawlinson: 'Adventures in the Near East 1918-1922', London, Andrew Melrose, 1923, 2nd edition, 42 b/w illustrations from photographs Persia, Caucasus, Mesopotamia, Ottoman Turkey etc + 2 further plates complete, original cloth gilt, top edge gilt, Colonel A.I.R. Glasfurd: 'Musings of an Old Shikari: Reflections on Life and Sport in Jungle India', London, John Lane, 1928, 1st edition, colour frontis + numerous illustrations from photos complete, orig. cloth gilt, Willoughby P. Lowe: 'The Trail that is Always New', L, Gurney & Jackson, 1932, 1st edition, numerous full page plates with ills. from photos and in text illustrations, content includes Rockies, East & West Africa, Middle East, South East Asia etc, original cloth gilt, A. Petrocokino: 'Cashmere: Three Weeks in a Houseboat', L, Longmans, 1920, 1st edition, 25 plates + 2 folding maps complete, original cloth gilt, Gabrielle Festing: 'When Kings Road to Delhi', 1913, 2nd impression, orig. cloth gilt, G.H. Selous: 'Appointment to Fez', 1956, 1st edition, orig. cloth, dust wrapper, plus 11 others Egypt, Middle East/Arabia, Morocco, Greece, India etc (17)
Harry St John Bridger Philby: 'The Background of Islam; Being A Sketch of Arabian History In Pre-Islamic Times', Alexandria, Egypt, Whitehead Morris, 1947, limited edition, number 281 of 500 copies, signed by the author on limitation page, 152pp, original green cloth backed printed paper covered boards. Scarce signed title by St John Philby (1885-1960), legendary British explorer and Arabist, the first European to cross the Rub al-Khali, or Empty Quarter, of Arabia from east to west.
A MIDDLE EASTERN GILT METAL KHANJAR DAGGER AND SADER20th century, marked and numbered to the blade, in an engraved case decorated with foliate scrolls and the emblem of Saudi Arabia, 28cm long, in a fitted green presentation case inscribed 'With the compliments of Eastern Provence Governor His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed Bin Fahd Abdul Aziz'
Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, a magnificent Bradbury Wilkinson presentation book including two essays showing proposed designs for 100 Riyals, ND (c.1984), both with serial number A/123456, first essay: entirely hand painted and drawn in pencil, black on blue, King Fahd at right, intricate and detailed pattern, second essay: entirely hand painted and drawn in pencil, black on blue, King Fahd at right, geometric pattern, a real treasure for the Saudi Arabia Monetary Authority series, certainly the highest level of artwork and design Bradbury Wilkinson were capable of producing, a very important record, unique and exquisite (2 essays, 1 album) BNB B120-B124, Pick 21-25 for similar £6,000-£8,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Scandinavian glassware to include: a Vicke Lindstrand for Kosta Boda Tree Birds vase, etched marks to base (H 11cm); two Riihimaen Lasi Oy tapering vases, one in green (H 22.5cm) and one in yellow (H 16cm), both with etched marks to base; an Arabia for Marimekko blue glass tea light holder in box (H 6cm). Together with four other mid-century glass vases, three of which are probably unmarked Riihimaen pieces, and a leaf shaped glass bowl, all unmarked. (9)
The Middle East: a collection of coins, including: Iran, gold toman, 1879 (F 62), very fine; Abassid Caliphate, silver dirham, c. 800, about very fine; Persia, silver 5,000 dinar, 1902 (KM 976), good very fine or better; Egypt, silver 20 qirsh, AH 1293/33 (KM 296), near very fine; 10 piastres, 1916 (KM 319), very fine; Iran, Reza Shah, silver 5,000 dinar, SH 1306 (KM 1106), nearly extremely fine; Saudi Arabia, silver riyal, 1950 (KM 18), nearly extremely fine; Israel, silver lirot, 1974 (KM 79.1), extremely fine or better; Ajman, 7 1/2 riyals, 1975 (KM 6); a little speckled toning, otherwise about as struck; and other coins of the region. [approx. 125]The collection of Anton Sebastianpillai FRCP (1945-2020)
A dramatic collection of movie theater ad posters. The Lawrence of Arabia (1962) is the only one that measures 17.5"L x 14"W. The rest are full size. They include The Big Fisherman (1959), Exodus (1960) with Paul Newman, Solomon and Sheba (1959), The Miracle (1959), and Samson and Delilah (1949) with Hedy Lamarr. Issued: 1949-1962Dimensions: 22"L x 14"WCondition: Age related wear.
Circa 420-375 BC. Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Oblong incuse punch; countermark: 118. Carradice Type IV, Group B (pl. XIV, 43); BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 7; Sunrise -. 5.38gr, 20mm. ().Near Very Fine.Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.The numbering of countermarks’ varieties has been done according to the chart published in BMC Arabia, p. cxxxvii.
Circa 450-375 BC. Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IIIb (late). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear and bow / Oblong incuse punch; countermarks: 22 & 41. Carradice Type IIIb; BMC Arabia pl. XXIV, 16. 5.63gr, 15mm. ().Near Very Fine.Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.The numbering of countermarks’ varieties has been done according to the chart published in BMC Arabia, p. cxxxvii.
Circa 420-375 BC. Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group B; BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 7. 5.34gr, 15mm. ().Near Very Fine.Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
AD 238-244. Struck AD 243-4. AVTOK K M ANT ΓOPΔIANON CAB TPANKVΛΛINA CЄB, on left, bust of Gordian, laureate, draped and cuirassed to right, seen from rear, and on right, Tranquillina, draped and wearing stephane to left / AVP CЄΠ KOΛ CINΓAPA, Tyche, turreted and veiled, seated to left on rock, holding ears of corn; above, the Centaur Sagittarius to left, discharging arrow; below, river god swimming to left. RPC VII.2, 3471; cf. BMC Arabia 8-13; SNG Copenhagen 257. 23.00gr, 31mm, 12h ().Near Very Fine.From a private, UK, collection.
Circa 1st century A.D. Rectangular plaque with slightly flared ends, raised border and mounting hole to each corner; crenellation to inner edge of upper border; twelve lines of dense inscription in raised relief, reading in translation: 'Yin'am and his brother, along with their sons, the Banu Rasham, have dedicated this to their god LBNH, the bull of M'RBN, in his sanctuary at Sim'ân. This inscription is a divine ordinance that he has commanded for them on his property, for their wellbeing and the wellbeing of all they have acquired and will acquire. May LBNH increase their prosperity, favour, health, and strength, and may evil, wrong, ill-will, injustice, WTRKS, and 'W/'F of enemies, both far and near, be kept away from them.' See Robin, C., Documents Epigraphiques de Diverses Origines, in Arabia 3, 2007. 13.4 kg total, 29 cm including stand (11 3/8 in.).[A video of this lot is available to view on Timeline Auctions Website]German private collection, acquired in 1980. with Christie’s, New York, 4 June 2008, no.93. Acquired by the present owner at the above sale. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12416-225770.
Circa 485-420 BC. Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Type IIIb (early). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear and bow / Oblong incuse punch; countermark: similar to 72 & 73. Carradice Type IIIb, Groups A/B (pl. XII); Meadows, Administration 322; BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 3; Sunrise 25. 5.53gr, 16mm. ().Near Very Fine.Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.The numbering of countermarks’ varieties has been done according to the chart published in BMC Arabia, p. cxxxvii.
Circa 420-375 BC. Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left; unlisted countermark on rim / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group B; BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 26. 5.40gr, 16mm. ().Near Very Fine.Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.The numbering of countermarks’ varieties has been done according to the chart published in BMC Arabia, p. cxxxvii.
Circa 420-375 BC. Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Oblong incuse punch with uncertain designs in the middle and corner; countermark: similar to 87 & 88 (unlisted). Carradice Type IV, Group B (pl. XIV, 43); BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 10; Sunrise -. 5.59gr, 16mm. ().Near Very Fine. Very rare with this incuse punch.Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.The numbering of countermarks’ varieties has been done according to the chart published in BMC Arabia, p. cxxxvii.
Circa 450-375 BC. Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IIIb (late). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear and bow / Oblong incuse punch / Carradice Type IIIb; BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 22. 5.46gr, 16mm. ().Near Very Fine. Seemingly light tooling.Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
Circa 420-375 BC. Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Oblong incuse punch; countermarks: 50, 88, triskeles (unlisted), 132 & 121. Carradice Type IV, Group B (pl. XIV, 43); BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 10; Sunrise -. 5.51gr, 15mm. ().Near Very Fine.Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.The numbering of countermarks’ varieties has been done according to the chart published in BMC Arabia, p. cxxxvii.
AD 238-244. Struck AD 243-4. AVTOK K M ANT ΓOPΔIANON CAB TPANKVΛΛINA CЄB, on left, bust of Gordian, laureate, draped and cuirassed to right, seen from rear, and on right, Tranquillina, draped and wearing stephane to left / AVP CЄΠ KOΛ CINΓAPA, Tyche, turreted and veiled, seated to left on rock, holding ears of corn; above, the Centaur Sagittarius to left, discharging arrow; below, river god swimming to left. RPC VII.2, 3471; cf. BMC Arabia 8-13; SNG Copenhagen 257. 18.52gr, 31mm, 6h ().Very Fine.From a private, UK, collection.
Circa 486-420 BC. Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Type IIIb (early). Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding transverse spear with right hand and bow with left; countermark: 121 / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb; BMC Arabia pl. XXV, 9. 5.48gr, 15mm. ().Near Very Fine.Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.The numbering of countermarks’ varieties has been done according to the chart published in BMC Arabia, p. cxxxvii.
Circa 420-375 BC. Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left; countermarks: 118 & 7 / Oblong incuse punch; countermarks: 41 & 48(?). Carradice Type IV, Group B; BMC Arabia pl. XXVII, 11; Sunrise -. 5.50gr, 16mm. ().Near Very Fine.Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.The numbering of countermarks’ varieties has been done according to the chart published in BMC Arabia, p. cxxxvii.
Circa 420-375 BC. Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left / Oblong incuse punch with uncertain design (scarab?); countermarks: 48? (rim) and unlisted. Carradice Type IV, Group B; BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 17; for another example with similar reverse design cf. Leu Numismatik, Web 31, 704. 5.42gr, 15mm. ().Near Very Fine.Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.The numbering of countermarks’ varieties has been done according to the chart published in BMC Arabia, p. cxxxvii.
Circa 420-375 BC. Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes or subsidiary mint. Type IV (middle) B. Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance to right, holding dagger in right hand, bow in left; uncertain countermarks / Oblong incuse punch. Carradice Type IV, Group B; BMC Arabia pl. XXVI, 17. 5.51gr, 17mm. ().Good Fine.Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
Naval Intelligence Division Western Arabia and the Red Sea Book: "For Official Use Only" FIRST EDITION. Thick 8vo. (21.5 x 14 cm). pp.xix+659. Publisher's original green cloth, spine and upper cover lettered in gilt. With a sticker affixed to verso of title-page reading "[T]his volume was produced and printed for official purposes during the war 1939/45". Profusely illustrated with 357 black & white photographic plates, 47 figures (including numerous folding maps, charts, and genealogical tables), and a colour-printed folding map of the Arabian Peninsula housed in rear pocket.
WORLD COINS: AN EXTENSIVE ALBUM OF COINS FROM VARIOUS COUNTRIES. Coins from countries to include: St Helena, Ascension, Libya, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Malawi, Ethiopia and other countries. An extensive and thorough collection, 428 coins. *CR Mixed states, some with treated surfaces, the more recent coins in very good condition.
KUTCHINSKY - an 18ct gold 'Saudi Arabia Emblem' quartz wristwatch, maroon dial with gilt quarterly dot hour markers, pencil hands, PUW movement, 13 jewels with calibre 111, case width 33mm, 30.6g gross, currently working . Condition Report: Movement – currently workingDial - very cleanGlass - very cleanHands - goodCase - extremely minor surface abrasions otherwise very cleanCrown – unsigned, hands adjust smoothlyBracelet - unassociated brown leather strap, near newNotes – no box or papers
Manoir Miniatures / Western Models - A collection of limited edition 1/43 scale collectors cars (Bentley, Rolls Royce), to include Silver Ghost Tender Lawrence of Arabia 6/15; Phantom IV Mulliner Emir of Kuwait 4/6; Phantom IV Mulliner saloon Emir of Kuwait 6/15, etc etc, signed Kernick. (11)
A collection of Stills and Lobby Cards Various Films (1940-1960)Lot details: 10" X 8" Photo stillsA selection of titles from the last century displaying black and white cinema and various household names such as Peter OToole in Lawrence of Arabia, Entertainments; The Harpo Marx Brothers and Sean Connery's BondFrom the suave sophistication of Sean Connery's James Bond to the glittering stars of classic cinema, this fascinating collection of original movie stills and lobby cards (1940s-1960s) offers a glimpse into entertainment's most glamorous era. approx. 30 items
Vacheron Constantin. A fine and very rare stainless steel and gold automatic bracelet watch with Saudi Emblem, '222' 'Square Oman' Ref. 46004, Case No.549515, Movement No.710450, made circa 1977 Cal.1124/4 movement, 33 jewels, adjusted to heat, cold and isochronism, 21c gold lined rotor, champagne dial with applied gold & luminescent baton indexes, batons hands, centre seconds, dial also signed with the coat-of-arms of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, date aperture, stainless steel case with ‘222’ reverse secured by 4 screws, Maltese Cross crown, yellow gold bezel, on fitted stainless steel and gold Vacheron Constantin bracelet with locking folding clasp. Case, dial and movement signed. Width 31mm, approx. inner bracelet 198mm. From the family of the original owner, who worked as an Ambassador in Saudi Arabia.
Middle East.- Roberts (David) The Holy Land, Syria, Idumae, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia, 6 vol., first edition, lithographed portrait frontispiece, 6 tinted lithographed titles, 121 tinted lithographed plates and 120 half-page illustrations, 2 engraved maps, text and plates mounted on linen stubs, vol. 1 with some water and ink staining to foot, generally very slight but more pronounced to first few leaves, 2 leaves detached, few others starting to work loose, some soiling, mainly marginal, ex-library copies with bookplate, small ink-stamp to titles or frontispieces, hinges strengthened, contemporary red half morocco, library stickers to upper covers and foot of spines, worn, some joints splitting at ends, vol. 1 lower cover detached along with final 3 plates, [Abbey, Travel 272, 885; Tooley 401, 402; Blackmer 1432], folio, 1842-49. *** The first edition of David Roberts's monumental depictions of the Holy Land and Middle East. "One of the most important and elaborate [publishing] ventures of the nineteenth century" (Abbey)."Roberts' original intention was to publish Egypt and Nubia together with The Holy Land in six volumes (this explains the 'vol. 5' on the title of Egypt, vol. 2) but this was not carried out, and the two works were brought out separately" (Blackmer).
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