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Click here to subscribeA Saint Lucia Distiller's Chairman's Reserve Finest St Lucia Rum Original in a limited edition bottle by Llewellyn Xavier 40% vol 70cl, together with a Golden Spiced Drury 173 rum 37.5% vol 70cl, The Kraken Black Spiced rum 40% vol 700ml and a Mount Gay Barbados Rum Eclipse 700ml 40% vol (4)
Group of seven First World War Medals comprising 1914 - 15 Star named to 15010 PTE. W. Rumsey. Suff. R., Victory Medals named to 14038. PTE. A. Dancer. A.V.C., W-3942 DVR. T. J. Lewis. R.A., 500584. DVR. F. W. Deeks. R. E., 05390 PTE. F. Drury A.O.C. and another naming erased. Together with a George V Special Constabulary Long Service and Good Conduct Medal named to Harry A. Harvey (7).
A limited first edition published by The Franklin Library, Pennsylvania, 1981. Brown leather bound with a lovely gilded design. Allen Drury (1918-1998) was an American author best known for his political novels. The Hill of Summer, a 533-page book that tells the story of Hamilton Delbacker, who becomes president after a sudden death and must confront the threat of Soviet expansion under Yuri Serapin. Issued: 1981Dimensions: 6.5"L x 9.5"W x 1.5"HCondition: Age related wear. Foxing throughout book.
81cm fullered blade stamped with a crown over GR over DRURY, regulation sheet metal basket hilt composed of flattened bars united by junction plates pierced with geometric designs, conical pommel, wire bound fishskin grip, tassel stubs and buff liner. See British Basket Hilted Swords by Mazansky, page 130.
Football collection 12,signed colour promo photos from around European leagues includes Aleksandar Dragovic, Cristiano Rodriques, Lloyd Doyley, Bernd Dreher, Wolfgang Dremler, Jaroslav Drobny, Jochen Dries, Vaclav Drobny, Lukas Dosek, Dion Dublin, Michael Duberry and Adam Drury. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
* Drury Family. A small archive of approximately 15 vellum documents relating to the Drury family, 17th to early 18th century, mostly relating to members of the family from Norfolk and Suffolk, including indentures, schedule of deeds, documents relating to transactions of property etc., comprising a schedule of deeds and writings between Sir Drue Drury, Kt. and Sir Nicholas Pelham of land called New Innings, 1571-1691, single sheet schedule list on vellum, together with an Assignment in Trust of Lease between Susan Darnell, daur. & heir of Sir Thomas Darnell, bt., and John Drury of Holthouse near Lynn, and George Weneeve of the Middle Temple, of mansion in Ashwicke, Norfolk, 13 Dec, 1683; mortgage document on vellum between Edmond Penn of Corton and John Jackson of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, of premises in Corton, assigned to the Trustees of Edmond Drury and the daughters of Edmond Penn, 21 April 1694; sale agreement of land between Robert Waller of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, John Palmer of Somerleyton, Suffolk and Edmond Drury of Lound, Suffolk, 24 June 1698; Deed between William Thomas and Elizabeth Drury and William Drury, of Oxford, relating to land in Compton Uplands, Sussex, 1706; Covenant document relating to members of the Drury family dated 29 Sep. 1726, plus others relatedQTY: (a small carton)
* Siddons (Sarah, 1755-1831), Welsh actress. Autograph Letter Signed, ‘S. Siddons’, [Dowager] Marchioness of Thomond’s, Baylis near Maidenhead, June 1817, a letter of condolence sent to the 12th Earl of Derby’s nephew the Rev. George Hornby (1790-1872), small hole affecting one word without loss of word, one page with integral address leaf and a postscript to the effect that the letter was sent undercover ‘to Lord Derby not knowing how otherwise to reach you’, red wax ‘SID’ seal, 4to, together with an Autograph Letter Signed from a young Scotsman, John Mackay, London, 7 October 1784, to David Catchart in Ayr, describing a personal meeting with the famous Mrs Siddons, ‘… I have formed a very extensive and agreeable acquaintance here, and will you believe it, [Mrs] Siddons herself is among the number. I breakfasted and spent the whole morning with the divine creature some days ago. I thought myself the happiest man in London, I assure you. She hates Ireland… she was obliged to quit Dublin in the night, for fear of being tar’d & feathered… You would hear of those malicious stories her enemies had been industriously propagating for some time. They are now refuted… why for yet her enemies have the audacity to hiss her off twice [at Drury Lane Theatre] last Tuesday. It was confined to the galleries and to a few in the pit. After a good deal of confusion, the winning softness, the irresistible Eloquence of her Countenance, charmed the monsters into silence and the play went on…’ some spotting and soiling, 3 pages with integral address panel with postmarks and seal, 4to, plus signed cabinet cards of Ellen Terry [as Fair Rosamund], ‘Boston [1894]’and Gertie Millar, dated ‘1904’, and an autograph letter signed from the philanthropist and writer Hannah More to Percy Francis Hall in Plymouth, 1827, in response to his wedding, some spotting, 4 pages including address panel, various postmarks, 4toQTY: (5)
A set of twelve Elizabeth II silver novelty "Cries of London" place or menu card holders, realistically cast as a 19th Century Trades person on naturalistic base with numbered milestone, included are numbers 1-12, hallmarked by Thomas Charles Jarvis, London, 1975, approx 16.12 ozt (501.6 grams), the tallest 7cm high and smaller The figures included are: 1. Chimney Sweep; 2. Old Clothes Man; 3. Muffin Man; 4. Organ Grinder; 5. Sandwich Board Man (Drury Lane); 6. Crossing Sweeper; 7. Match Seller; 8. Flower Seller; 9.Lavender Girl; 10. Boot Black; 11. News Boy and 12. Chair Mender
Books and book collecting to include The Dictionary of 19th Century Book Illustrators and The Dictionary of 20th Century Book Illustrators, Millers Collecting Books and Collecting Childrens Books, Bull, Rene " Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam " Hodder and Stoughton , col plates with lettered tissue guards, front hinge cracked and a ledger or scrap book " Sister's Maintenance Account " with many cuttings from newspapers relating to the auction sales of libraries during the 1930's to include The Meredith Collection, Yale University, the Thorne-Drury Library, Ruskin Portraits and Manuscripts etc. ( 1 box)
Set of 5 original vintage art posters. 1. Himapan originally painted by the Thai School in the 19th Century - Artwork features a man riding an elephant and conversing with a forest tribe. Himmapan is a magical forest in Thai mythology that is home to many mythical creatures. Very good condition, creasing, bumps on edges. Country of issue: UK, designer: Thai School, size (cm): 45x38, year of printing: 1980s; 2. Theatre poster comprised of the Autograph signatures of those taking part in the performance given at Drury Lane Theatre on Tuesday 12th June 1906 in honour of Ellen Terry on the occasion of her Jubilee. Dame Alice Ellen Terry GBE was a leading English actress of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Good condition, creasing, tears, staining. Country of issue: UK, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 79x53, year of printing: unknown; 3. art print by artist Erte (Romain de Tirtoff) titled Le Rêve / The Dream - Fun design depicts a bird man posing in a black cape. Good condition, creasing, tears, staining. Country of issue: France, designer: Erte (Romain de Tirtoff), size (cm): 60x44, year of printing: 1970s; 4. On the Way to Safed - by Israeli artist Joseph Kossonogi (1901-1981) depicts people and animals in a countryside scene. Good condition, creasing, staining, roughly trimmed top edge, backed on board. Country of issue: Israel, designer: Joseph Kossonogi, size (cm): 49x65, year of printing: Unknown; 5. Original art print featuring blue and green patterns on brown paper. Signed and numbered. Very good condition, roughly trimmed edges, small tears, signed in white pencil, silkscreen print. Country of issue: ?, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 88x103, year of printing: Unknown.
Original vintage political propaganda poster for the 1929 United Kingdom general election - Britain's hope under the Tories. Thank you, Mr. Baldwin but we prefer the Liberal Plan - featuring a caricature of the Conservative Party Leader Stanley Baldwin holding a broccoli with a Union Jack flag tied to it, smaller print reads - Hoisting the Broccoli standard "We are recovering in the world our competitive power, our trade is definitely improving... Imagine with what pleasure I learned the other day that our English Broccoli have begun to penetrate the Continental markets in spite of all handicaps. That is an example of what can be done." Mr. Baldwin at Drury Lane, 18th April, 1929.Published by the Liberal Publication Department. Printed by Chas Knight and Co. Good condition, creasing, tears, minor staining. Country of issue: UK, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 76x51, year of printing: 1929.
TV/FILM 10 signed photos/postcards including names of Patricia Hayes, Ken Drury, John Sessions and more. DEDICATED. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
1688 Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books. The Authour John Milton. The Fourth Edition, adorn'd with Sculptures. London, printed by Miles Flesher for Richard Bently. The copy of Drury Lane theatre manager & Master of Revels Charles Killigrew, his ownership inscription to title page. Believed to have been sold as either lot 546 or 547 in the 1725 library sale of Killigrew following his death; unidentified in auction since. A working manuscript document, believed used by Killigrew to plan a play of Paradise Lost at Inner Temple or at the court of Queen Anne in 1711; whether performed or not it is unknown. Heavily annotated throughout to margins, with vocal stress directions underlining, notes and other marginalia & annotations throughout, including symbols. Front pastedown annotated with the names of various barristers at the Inner Temple: Warneford, Scroggs Goad, Warden Cobb, Hele, Blencoe, Wagstaff, Bedford, Beaufort, Adenbrook, Crass de Bury, Ashenhurst, Addison, Drake, Hewel & others. First four blanks heavily annotated with names, key words, thematic material & symbols; first leaves of the printed work far more heavily annotated than later leaves, many of which are illustrated with symbols alone. 6pp of subscribers to this edition bound to rear. Lacking orig. engraved plates, many leaves loose, near disbound but in orig. paper covered boards. Accompanied by a typed description of the vendor's research and findings on the history & use of the document. Folio. An exceptional document of early 18th century theatrical importance, possibly performed before the Queen herself. Killigrew was a good friend of John Dryden, who had previously adapted Paradise Lost into an unperformed dramatic libretto titled The State of Innocence, published 1677; Dryden is listed as a subscriber to the work at the rear.
THEATRE. A collection of approximately 38 theatre programmes, the majority for anniversary and special performances, including a souvenir for ‘Ellen Terry Jubilee Commemoration 1856-1906’ at Drury Lane, a ‘Souvenir of… The Cardinal by Louis N. Parker, 100th Performance… 1903’ at St James’s Theatre, a ‘Souvenir of Nero fiftieth performance’ at His Majesty’s Theatre, a ‘Souvenir of Shakespeare’s Comedy, Twelfth Night… 1901’ 50th consecutive performance at Her Majesty’s Theatre, and a ‘Souvenir of the 700th Performance… A Chinese Honeymoon’ at Strand Theatre London.
A 19th century Staffordshire lion and lamb figurine by John & Rebecca Lloyd. Circa 1850, the lion is raised on a rounded rectangular stand with a green top, decorated with a gilt leaf and borders, 10cm highNote: John & Rebecca Lloyd founded the Lloyd Shelton Factory in 1834. They pioneered the 'shredding' technique, by applying thin shreds of unglazed porcelain to figures, creating the appearance of matted hair. It is thought that this model was inspired by Van Amburg, an American lion tamer, who performed at Drury Lane in 1836. His signature feat was to make the lions lie down with a lamb without killing it. Condition Report: Appears in very good condition for its age, no cracks or restoration, small chps to the bottom front corners, a little loss to his mane at the back, guilding is rubbed in places, light surface marks, glaze has crazed on the plinth.
VINTAGE THEATRE AND MUSICAL RECITAL PROGRAMMES. 1920s onwards. D'Oyly Carte, Drury Lane, L'Opera de Paris, Sarah Bernhardt Theatre 1920s etc. Also, The Norwich Pageant 1926, The Mermaid Theatre. Robert Donat, John Mills. Gielgud, Tallulah Bankhead. 'Easy Virtue' ('a new play'). Cicely Courtenidge etc. Many examples. And other ephemera (e.g. 'Annual Prison Medical Service Annual Dinner'; 1952 International Horse Show Programme).
Militaria Interest: a Victorian silver-gilt military drum shaped presentation desk ink stand, the cover engraved with The Royal Arms above banner DIEU ET MON DROIT and the arms of Prince Albert, the Prince Consort, a panel in the drum opens to reveal recess for ink bottle (missing), the inside cover engraved with two crests above initials W.D.L 11th Hussars (William Drury-Lowe), the body engraved: EGYPT within frame and sphinx above with SALAMANCA PENINSULA WATERLOO BHURTPORE below, the drum with twist cord mouldings, hallmarked by probably Henry Wilkinson & Co, Sheffield, 1851, the entire on brass bound black marble cross shaped mount with four cast brass Sphinxes to each corner, approx. 20cm long. Provenance: once the property of William Drury-Lowe (1828-1906), more formally known as William Drury Nathaniel Drury-Lowe thence by descent Born the eldest son of William Drury Holden (assumed the name Lowe in 1849) and the Hon. Caroline Esther, daughter of Nathaniel 2nd Lord Scarsdale. He received a commission as a Cornet (the modern equivalent being a 2nd Lieutenant) in the 11th Hussars in 1849, rising to Lieutenant in 1851. The inkwell show only the pre-Crimean War era battle honours, which is correct for the date the inkwell was made. The 11th Hussars went on to serve with distinction at Balaklava, Inkerman, and Sevastopol during the Crimean War. In 1877, William went on to succeed to the Denby and Locko estates in Derbyshire.
Formula 1, an assortment of Formula 1 related items, to include a vast collection of black and white, and colour photographs of drivers, an autograph book (Graham Hill, Terry Drury, John Surtees, Richard Attwood and many more), Michael by Michel book, presentation dishes, Limited Edition posters, a Waterford Crystal Presentation mantle clock and much more (parcel)all photographs have hand written names to the back, looks to be of the driver, some with locations to the back, written on by the vendor, too many to list, would suggest viewing
A small collection of silver to include; a matching Edwardian silver sugar bowl and milk jug, with crimped edging and curved feet, hallmarked by James Aitchison, London, 1909; a modernist George VI silver circular bowl, with ribbed crosshatch border and on circular base, hallmarked by Kenneth Kirkpatrick Drury, London, 1951, approx. 8.1cm diameter; a Modern London silver napkin clip with shell design, and a George VI Scottish silver salt spoon of stylised Celtic knot design, hallmarked by George Panton & Sons, Edinburgh, 1938. (1 bag) Weight approx. 186.8 grams (6ozt) Further details: very small split to milk jug edge near handle; all pieces tarnished; wear to spoon; all with general wear.
AFTER ANTOINE-DENIS CHAUDET (1763 -1810)- A MARBLE PORTRAIT BUST OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE 19TH CENTURY 67cm high Provenance: Possibly the Drury Lowe family, Warwickshire, sold at Sotheby's circa 1987. This bust of Napoleon I (1769-1821) is inspired by a model by the French Neoclassical sculptor Antoine-Denis Chaudet. His marble version of 1804 was Napoleon's preferred image of himself and became the official portrait that was reproduced in biscuit porcelain made from 1805 at the Sèvres porcelain factory. The collection from Trethill House, Cornwall Condition Report: With mild wear, marks, knocks and scratches as per age, handling, use, and cleaning. Generally in clean good condition, natural darker inclusions and veining. Some surface marks notably to sides of face, loss to rear of socle edge that may benefit from remedial work before domestic use. Wear to edges- notably shoulders and rear top edge with some chips and losses Please see additional images for visual references to condition which form part of this condition report. All lots are available for inspection and Condition Reports are available on request. However, all lots are of an age and type which means that they may not be in perfect condition and should be viewed by prospective bidders; please refer to Condition 6 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers. Condition Report Disclaimer
ALFRED STEVENS (1817-1875) STUDIES OF THE FEMALE FORM, 1911 red chalk and pencil, inscribed, signed and dated to the mount TO MY FRIEND SIR GEORGE FRAMPTON RA/ ALFRED DRURY 1911, 31.5cm x 25.5cm (frame size 52.5cm x 40cm); together with STUDY FOR A MONUMENT, charcoal and white chalk, 43cm x 23cm (frame size 59cm x 38.5cm) (2) Provenance: Estate of the late Dr. Susan Beattie Note: This sheet of studies was in the collection of Alfred Drury (1856-1944)
ALFRED STEVENS, SIR GEORGE FRAMPTON, SIR ALFRED GILBERT ET AL AN ARCHIVE OF ‘NEW SCULPTURE’ NOTES AND PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE COLLECTION OF SUSAN BEATTIE large collection of photographs and notes relating to the work of Alfred Stevens (two box files); folders of same on Harry Bates; Alfred Drury; William Reynolds Stephens; ‘Women in Art/ Sculpture’; and Sir George Frampton; a further folder of work on a variety of artists including G.F. Watts, Jules Dalou, Sir Alfred Gilbert etc.; together with a copy of Beattie S. Alfred Stevens: Catalogue of the Drawings Collection of the Royal Institute of British Architects, Gregg International, 1975; and a copy of ‘The New Sculpture’ by Susan Beattie, published by New Haven, Yale University Press, 1983, with dedication to the author's husband John to the title page. Archive sold as seen and not subject to return. Provenance: Estate of the late Dr. Susan Beattie
An Elizabeth II silver mounted cut glass claret jug, with mask spout and beast head thumb piece above cast scroll handle, star cut base, maker F Drury Ltd, Sheffield 1979, together with an Elizabeth II silver bottle coaster, turned wooden inset base with silver centre, baize to underside, makers Hampton Utilities, Birmingham 1978 and two Elizabeth II hallmarked silver decanter labels for 'GIN' and 'Whisky' (4)
A SMALL QUANTITY OF PRINTS, to include a Joshua Reynolds engraving of the Prince of Wales, a map of Italy and Sardinia published 1785, a reproduction map of Europe after Willem Blaeu, black and white photographs Drury Lane theatre productions circa 1930s with notes attached to the front, framed Alberto Berti prints, print reproductions of George Stubbs 'Mare and Foals in a Landscape' and 'Grey Hach with Greyhound and Groom', other assorted prints etc
ATTRIBUTED TO MARY BACKHOUSE BIGLAND (1844-1908) FIGURES BEFORE A RURAL COTTAGE, a figure pumps water from a well while a young girl holding a cat looks on, initialled M.B.B. and dated 1866 bottom right, attribution label with Drury Lane Gallery stamp verso, watercolour on paper, approximate size 29cm x 48cm, Condition Report: small spot of foxing noticeable to the sky area, small knocks to the modern frame
CRICKET & FOOTBALL AUTOGRAPHS 1938 - 1941 A lined book with many autographs, most of which are laid on paper including West Indies Cricket 1939 X 14 including Stollmeyer, Headley, Weekes and Constantine, Middlesex CCC 1939 X 12 including Bill Edrich, Les and Denis Compton, West Ham United 1939 X 24 including Bicknell, Medhurst, Walker, Fenton, Macaulay, Small, Goulden, Bell, Corbett, Forde, Banner, Woodgate and Wood, Aston Villa 1939 X 6 including Edwards, Allen, Massie, Callaghan and Iverson, Preston North End 1939 X 7 including Bill Shankly signed as William, Gallimore, Milne, White, Mutch and McIntosh, Manchester United 1939 X 9 including Wrigglesworth, Pearson, Whalley, McKay, Warner and Rowley, Manchester City X 27 including Brooks, Westwood, Pritchard, Clark, Barr, Walsh, Marshall, Freeman, Fagan and Jones, Sheffield United 1939 X 8 including Carr, Smith, Pickering, Johnson and Hagan, Derby County 1939 X 10 including Stockill, Crooks, McCullock, Bailey, Boulton, Howe, Ward and Duncan, Everton 1939 X 1 Tommy Lawton, Arsenal 1939 X 9 including Kirchen, Hapgood, Male, Bryn Jones, Lewis, Les Compton, Cartwright, Wilson and Drury, Wolves 1939 X 9 including Morris, Scott, Westcote and Cullis, Stoke City 1939 X 6 including Bingham and Steele, Middlesbrough 1939 X 17 including Fenton, Butler, Martin, Shepherdson, Smith, Cumming, Forrest and Mannion and Beattie of Preston North End, Stanley Matthews of Stoke City and Les Jones of Arsenal. All autographs are on one side of the book. None are back-to-back. Generally good
Prints & Drawings.- Drury (Paul) and others. Collection of over 90 prints, many of architectural interest, including prints of 18th century buildings, Roman mosaics, and many etchings of pastoral subjects, cottages, and farms, and includes a later printing of a plate by Dury, various sizes, between approx. 70 x 70 mm (2 3/4 x 2 3/4 in) and 340 x 450 mm (13 1/4 x 17 3/4 in), all loose, in modern portfolio, [19th and 20th century] (90)
LONDON, Drury Lane, Theatre Royal, printed handbills (9), for Remorse (1 February 1813), The Castle of Andalusia (26 June 1813), Harlequin Horner (7 January 1817), Beggars’ Opera (25 November 1817), Richard, Duke of York (31 January 1818), Bride of Abydos (21 February 1818), Rob Roy (6 April 1818), Wild Oats (5 May 1818), Mother and Son (26 April 1821) [9]. Good clean condition, all intact £20-£30
Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, KENT, Woolwich, Gregory Browne (W 5155); LANCASHIRE, Manchester, Falkner Bros (W 3280), Labrey, Entwisle & Co (W 3410), William Scott & Co (W 3530), William Shaw (W 3550); LONDON, Drury Lane, Francis West (W 3010), Ludgate Hill, Thornton & Killick (W 2920), Soho, Samuel Eady (W 2491); NORFOLK, Norwich, Henry Colman, 1848 (W 3960), Thomas Wilson, 1839 (2, W 4050, 4055); STAFFORDSHIRE, Brierley Hill, James Wheeler, 1847 (W 1200), Willenhall, Joshua Rushbrooke (W 5136); WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Samuel King (W 660); Co CORK, Cork, Arnott & Co (W 5660) [15]. Mostly very fine £40-£60
A Victorian 1822 pattern Light Cavalry officer’s dress sword for the 10th Hussars by HENRY WILKINSON PALL MALL LONDON No.18619 (=1873CE) blade 83cms etched with crowned VR cypher, Xth within garter inscribed PRINCE OF WALES’S OWN, above HUSSARS above battle honours to Sevastopol, with owner’s initials RDL, all with scrolling foliage, regulation triple bar steel guard, chequered steel grip, silver wire bound fish skin covered grip, in polished steel scabbard.The sword of R. Drury Lowe, 10th Hussars, cornet 1869, Lieut. 1871. Sold with copy of the Wilkinson Sword ledger entry and some limited research material. Please note that all lots in this auction have been imported from outside the United Kingdom and are subject to 5% import duty on the hammer price. Items being exported outside of the UK are exempt from this charge upon proof of export. Any international bidder having items sent to a UK address will be subject to this fee.
Dan Leno signed 6x4 inch white album page dated 1904. George Wild Galvin (20 December 1860 – 31 October 1904), better known by the stage name Dan Leno, was a leading English music hall comedian and musical theatre actor during the late Victorian era. He was best known, aside from his music hall act, for his dame roles in the annual pantomimes that were popular at London's Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, from 1888 to 1904. Good Condition Est
Henry Drury's copy.- Medicine.- Celsus (Aulus Cornelius) Medicinae Libri VIII, collation: *8 a-s8 t4 u x8 (t4 blank), italic type, woodcut printer's device to title and final verso, initial spaces with guide-letters, a few instances of early ink marginalia, occasional spotting or staining, free endpapers loose, later calf, gilt, ?by Charles Lewis, sympathetically rebacked, spine with light brown morocco label, corners restored, rubbed and scuffed, small 4to (207 x 133mm.), Venice, [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani], [March, 1528]. *** Henry Drury's copy of the first Aldine edition of this compilation of medical texts. It includes a poem on remedies by Quintus Sammonicus Serenus. 'Dans cette édition plusieurs endroits sont heureusement corrigés d'après un bon manuscrit' (Renouard). Provenance: Henry Joseph Thomas Drury (1778-1841), classical scholar, educator at Harrow School, Fellow of the Royal Society, member of the Roxburghe Club, and friend of Lord Byron and Dibdin. According to de Ricci (p.98) the majority of his books were bound by Charles Lewis (autograph ink ownership inscription with shelfmark 'C.226.2' to upper corner of front free endpaper). Literature: Adams C1241; Ahmanson-Murphy 250; Renouard 105:1; EDIT 16 CNCE 10745; Durling 908; Norman 428.
FITZCLARENCE LORD ADOLPHUS: (1802-1856) British Rear Admiral, the illegitimate son of Prince William, the future King William IV, and his mistress Dorothea Jordan. A.L.S., Adolphus FitzClarence, two pages, 8vo, n.p., 24th March n.y., to a gentleman, marked Private. FitzClarence writes, in full, ´The King will go to Drury Lane, on the 24th of April, and Covent Garden the 1st of May, so you can make the necessary arrangements for the former theatre and I will do what you wish at Covent Garden´. One small tear to the left edge and with some traces of former mounting to the head of the second page. G
GELDOF BOB: (1951- ) Irish singer and songwriter, lead singer of the rock band The Boomtown Rats. In 1984 Geldof, along with Midge Ure, founded the charity supergroup Band Aid, and also organised the charity super-concert Live Aid in the following year. Signed 8 x 10 photograph of Geldof standing in a three-quarter length pose, with one clenched fist raised in the air, as he performs the song I Don´t Like Mondays as part of Amnesty International´s The Secret Policeman´s Other Ball (1982) performed and filmed at the Drury Lane theatre in London in September 1981. Signed by Geldof in bold black fountain pen ink with his name alone to the right white border. About EX
A collection of four prints The first 'Modern British Liveries', published by the John Williams Company Limited, The Taylor & Cutter Office 93 & 94 Drury Lane London; the second 'Travelling on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway 1831'; the third 'Mill in Cheshire', and the fourth a further railway print of the 'Midland Railway Morning Scotch Express'. The first 63cm x 91cm; the second 25cmx 64cm; the third 21cm x 35cm; thefourth18cm x 45cm. Qty: 4 Foxing and toning throughout, otherwise in generally good condition.
Original vintage World War Two poster - Registration of Boys and Girls Order, 1941 - calling all male British subjects born between 1st February, 1925, and 28th February, 1926 to register particulars about themselves at a Local Office of the Ministry of Labour and National Service, listing requirements, penalties and exemptions. Issued by order of the Minister of Labour and National Services this twenty-first day of February, 1942. Printed by His Majesty's Stationery Office Press, Drury Lane, WC2. Good condition, folds, creasing, staining, tears. Country of issue: UK, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 76x51, year of printing: 1942.
The French Revolution, Robespierre and The Terror. Scott (Samuel F., editor) & Rothaus (Barry, editor), Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution, 1789-1799, two volume set, Greenwood, 1985, ex-lib but clean, 8vo; Phipps (The late Colonel Ramsay Weston), The Armies of the First French Republic, five volume set, one of 125 copies, Cambridge: Ken Trotman, 1999, original blue cloth gilt, 8vo; Thiers (Louis Adolphe), The History of the French Revolution, five volume set, Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1894, original publisher's red cloth, 8vo; Drury (George, translator) Memoirs of Barras, four volume set, first edition thus, London: Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1895-96, plates original publisher's cloth gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut, 8vo; Mayer's The Furies, 2002, ex-lib, dj, hb, 8vo; biographies of Robespierre and studies of the Jacobins, the Vendée war and genocide; etc., including academic imprints, predominantly hardback, mixed sizes, (approx. 120)
Homer Iliados [and:] Odysseias [graece]. Glasguae: in aedibus academicis, excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis, 1756-8. 4 volumes in 2, folio (32.5 x 19.5cm), iv-xi 312, 336, [6] 297, [2] 336 pp., near-contemporary straight-grain red morocco gilt by Charles Hering (with his ticket to front free endpapers), spines and covers ruled in gilt, metope and octaglyph roll gilt to turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, text in Greek, bound without half-titles, general title also discarded (Gaskell: 'rarely found'), bookplates of Charles Drury [Gaskell 319] (2) The Library of a Scottish Gentleman First Foulis edition of the complete works of Homer, a superb copy of one of the triumphs of 18th-century Scottish (and British) printing in Greek, in a handsome near-contemporary binding by Charles Hering (1762/2-1815), a German émigré who became one of London's leading practitioners of the art in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
A collection of silver flatware to include; a small quantity of Rifle Club interest examples consisting of a novelty Walker & Hall rifle shaped handled spoon; a pair of "Midland Railway Rifle Club" spoons by Elkington & Co; a pair of "Miniature Rifle Clubs Society", Sheffield silver spoons, together with other spoons to include; a CJ Vander Ltd seal top spoon with initialled seal top "J"; a Modern silver profusely cast caddy spoon with fruit and leaf design, by F Drury Ltd; a Sterling Silverware Ltd Art Nouveau style terminal teaspoon; a Victorian fiddle patterned silver sifter spoon; a William Hutton & Sons, Sheffield silver engraved caddy spoon; a Modern silver handled steel paper knife, and other silver coffee spoons, few with applied Bird designed finial, and a plated Kings pattern fruit spoon, and a modern mahogany spoon rack. (1 bag) Weighable silver: approx. 318.4 grams (10.2ozt) Further details: some tarnishing; slight surface scratching and general wear.
Drury Brothers and Walker: The Don Toolworks, Sheffield, catalogue of tools No.2, self-acting tools and machinery, 10 tinted litho plates of machines, in large oblong folio with printed card covers worn; + Fox-Henderson bow string bridge ribs, a description of ribs prepared for a bridge over the Regent’s Canal, London, 3 folding plates, cloth, lacks spine, 1849; + others. (8)
TOLKIEN INTEREST. Count Dominic Bon de Sousa Pernes (20th Century). Shadowfax [The Lord of the Rings], original poster design, signed & dated l.r., 1970, varnished watercolour & ink on paper, mounted on board, 71 x 56cm, some marks & wear around edges but otherwise well-preserved. Psychedelic Prog Art Provenance: Consigned by the artist ❧ The original artwork for one of a small series of posters mentioned in Middle Earthworm, [No. 8, March 1970], and Belladonna's Broadsheet, [No. 3, June 1970]. The project was commissioned & published by Jack Drury, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and was made available via mail order when advertised in magazine supplements, c. 1970, distributed by Instore Marketing Services, London, and also sold in legendary London science fiction bookshop Dark They Were and Golden Eyed until halted by publishers George Allen & Unwin. The vintage printed posters are now prized collectors' items, so this is a rare opportunity to acquire the original artwork - the first time this has been made available on the open market
TOLKIEN INTEREST. Count Dominic Bon de Sousa Pernes (20th Century). Gandalf [The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings], original poster design, signed & dated l.r., 1969, watercolour & ink on paper, mounted on board, 72 x 56.5cm, some marks & wear around edges but otherwise well-preserved. Psychedelic Prog Art Provenance: Consigned by the artist ❧ The original artwork for one of a small series of posters mentioned in Middle Earthworm, [No. 8, March 1970], and Belladonna's Broadsheet, [No. 3, June 1970]. The project was commissioned & published by Jack Drury, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and was made available via mail order when advertised in magazine supplements, c. 1970, distributed by Instore Marketing Services, London, and also sold in legendary London science fiction bookshop Dark They Were and Golden Eyed until halted by publishers George Allen & Unwin. The vintage printed posters are now prized collectors' items, so this is a rare opportunity to acquire the original artwork - the first time this has been made available on the open market
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