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Click here to subscribeMANNER OF FRANS SYNDERS The Lion Hunt 70in x 120in (180 x 300cms) . *** This picture formerly hung in Axbridge Town Hall (Somerset). Research suggests that it was given to the Corporation around 1730 by Thomas Prowse (Recorder of Axbridge circa 1740), a notable citizen of the town. According to records, a companion picture, 'A Boar Hunt', was also owned by the Corporation in the eighteenth century but its whereabouts are unknown ***
G S PARSONS: NELSONIAN REMINISCENCES LEAVES FROM MEMORY’S LOG, L Saunders & Otley, 1843, 1st edn, 12 mo modern hf cf + THE NAVAL RECORDER CONTAINING AUTHENTICK MEMOIRS OF THE LATE LORD VISCOUNT ADMIRAL NELSON – ALSO MEMOIRS OF SOME OF THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS BRITISH ADMIRALS AND NAVAL OFFICERS -, Halifax 1806, engraved frontis, 2 plts inc 1 fdg, fdg plan, ends pp454, modern qtr cf, (2)
Sound Recording Equipment. Two Brenell Mk.5 reel-to-reel recording and playback machines, c. early 1960s, each housed in orig. mushroom-beige 'Rexine' covered plywood cabinet, in very good condition with all control knobs and cabinet clasps etc. intact, overall dimensions approx. 425mm x 455mm x 220mm, plus a 1960s Stellaphone 4 track recorder The Mk.5 is probably Brenell's most famous and attractive model and made the company internationally famous for its 4-speed 4-head capacity. See brenelltape.co.uk for further information. Please note it has not been possible to ascertain if these well-preserved machines are in full working order. Sold not subject to return. (3)
A Steel and Gilt Chronograph Wristwatch, signed Baume & Mercier, Geneve, circa 1955, 17-jewel nickel finished lever movement, silvered dial with applied Arabic and dagger markers, two subsidiary dials for seconds and 30 minute recorder, outer tachymeter scale, chronograph hand operated by buttons in the band, case with steel snap on back, 36mm wide
A quantity of Subbuteo Table Soccer boxed items including: Club Edition boxed set; Match Score Recorder; Tournament Goals Set C154; World Cup Goals C180; World Cup C119; FA Cup C128; Football League Cup C172; Liverpool 2nd #623; Newcastle United; Chelsea #513; Norwich City #28; Southampton #350; plus a few loose items, mainly Excellent. (qty)
A collection of Subbuteo Table Soccer items including: "Continental Display" boxed set; three boxed teams; interchangeable goalkeepers; (box only); Chelsea #640; Leeds United #645; plastic fence surround; ball raising chute, Set JJ; World Cup C119; World Cup Goals Set C130; Match Score Recorder; plus loose figures and other miscellaneous items; Capri Knockabout Cricket Game; condition overall Good. (qty)
Subbuteo - A 'Continental' Club Edition Table Soccer Game, boxed (as found); together with six individually boxed teams, including West Ham, Stoke City, Coventry City and Brazil; a pair of throw-in figures, boxed; a pair of corner kickers, boxed; a pair of goal-keepers, boxed; four photographers, a trainer and manager, boxed; corner and half-way flags, boxed (one broken); and a match-score recorder, boxed.
Story (Thomas). A Journal of the Life of Thomas Story: Containing, an Account of His Remarkable Convincement of, and Embracing of the Principles of Truth, as Held by the People Called Quakers; And Also, of His Travels and Labours in the Service of the Gospel: with many other Occurences and Observations, 1st ed., Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1747, contemp. calf, upper cover detached, folio. Story sailed to Pennsylvania in 1698 and at the request of his friend William Penn, stayed for the next sixteen years. He was chosen as the first Recorder of Philadelphia in 1701, he was a member of the Council of State, keeper of the Great Seal, Master of the Roles, and in 1706 was elected mayor of Philadelphia. This work includes an early account of the Southern Indians. (1)
Nelson. The Naval Recorder, Containing Authentick Memoirs, of the late Lord Viscount Admiral Nelson, Baron of the Nile, Duke of Bronte &c, in which is given a faithful Account of all his Engagements, and more particularly of the Battles fought at the Mouth of the Nile, Copenhagen and Trafalgar near Cadiz, also Memoirs of some of the most Illustrious British Admirals, and Naval Officers who have distinguished themselves during the late and present war, to which if prefixed a brief history of the rise and progress of the British Navy, and other important particulars relative to the subject, pub. J. & J. Nicholson, Halifax, 1806, xviii + 328 pp, heavy spotting or browning and soiling throughout, old sellotape stain to inner margin of title, a few leaves a little chipped and some detached, contemp. half calf, worn and covers detached, 8vo. Sold waf not subject to return. Collation A-Z4, Aa-Xx4. No other copies of this work have been traced, and it is not clear whether the text is complete at the rear. The printer's imprint and Finis banner at end of main text before 'Ceremonial for the Public Funeral.' which begins on page 315 and ends at the foot of page 328 with a paragraph entitled 'The Banner of Emblems'. (1)
AN ARNOLD DOLMETSCH (HASLEMERE, SURREY) SINGLE MANUAL HARPSICHORD, having a canted triangular body, stamped ", stamped "545" within circular mark "ARNOLD DOLMETSCH", "1950" beneath, five octaves, with yew and ebony pedal keys, 103cm x 98cm x 81cm high, (40.5in x 38.6in x 32in), sold with soft-cover **** Arnold Dolmetsch, (1858-1940) was an important figure in the revival of early music in the early 20th century. In 1898 he made the "Green Harpsichord" for an Art & Crafts Society Exhibition, at the suggestion of William Morris. He was a leading advocate in the reintroduction of the now ubiquitous recorder into school music-making.
Bickham (George). Sr. Hugh Middleton's Glory or The first issuing of the Water into the New - River - Head, before the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, Recorder and a Worthy Company who stood to behold it. Humbly inscrib'd to the directors of the New River Company, printed for Robert Sayer, 1 September 1772, uncol. eng. on two sheets, approx. 420 x 540 mm (1)