BRITISH ARMYThe 1st King's Dragoon GuardsWhen stationed at Aldershot, on 12 February 1879, the King's Dragoon Guards received a sudden order for service in South Africa. With as little delay as practicable, they were brought up to war strength by volunteers from other corps and the transfer of horses; on 27 February the left wing embarked at Southampton under the command of Major Marter, in the hired transport Spain; the right wing, with Headquarters, followed the next day under Colonel Alexander in the Egypt.Both ships arrived at Durban on 8 April, the men marching to Pietermaritzburg and then on to Dundee where they were joined by the 17th Lancers. On 19 April both regiments began marching towards Rorke's Drift, arriving at the battleground of Isandhlwana two days later; here they attempted to identify and bury the bodies of those who perished almost three months previously.Engaged in reconnaissance for a time thereafter, on 6 June the K.D.G's were involved in a particularly savage exchange at Erzungayan: the Zulus were found strongly posted in a wood which was intersected with dongas, and in front of which was a line of four large kraals and from here they poured a heavy fusillade upon men under the command of Colonel Buller and those of the 17th Lancers under Colonel Lowe. Seeing this, and fearing the Zulus might rush out upon the horses, the K.D.G's formed up on the flank and right rear of the 17th; the Zulus however remained completely concealed in the wood, and General Marshall had little choice but to give the order to retire. Realising their opportunity and following in skirmishing order, the Dragoon's had barely crossed the Upoko, in which there were quicksands, when a brisk fire was opened upon them.Thereafter, the regiment was employed on regular reconnaissance and skirmishing duties, using Fort Newdigate as a staging post; in these raids scores of native villages were destroyed. On the night of 7 August 1879, a detachment marched to Emptonjaneni, twelve miles distant from Ulundi. In the night a fearful storm of wind and rain smashed into the camp and continued until 11 a.m. the next morning. Lightning strikes, shock and the sheer ferocity of the weather left 360 transport bullocks dead in the camp, with approximately 90 more being discovered dead in the surrounding bushes.On 18 August Major Marter marched with a squadron of K.D.G's under orders to establish a chain of outposts to St. Paul's, 40 miles distant, and to keep up communications throughout the line by patrolling day and night, in order to prevent the King from breaking across. The men subsequently joined Clarke's Column and on 27 August the expedition commenced which resulted in the capture of the King.719 Medals were issued to the 1st King's Dragoon Guards, 641 of them with the '1879' clasp.Pair: Troop Sergeant-Major W. McGill, 1st King's Dragoon GuardsSouth Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (2181. Sergt. W. McGill. 1st. Dn. Gds.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R. (2181. Tp: Sgt: Maj: W. McGill. 1st Dgn. Gds.), very fine (2)William McGill was born at Edinburgh in 1847 and was discharged to pension on 13 May 1890.…
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ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE INTEREST: DISTANT, W.L. - 'RHOPALOCERA MALAYANA': A DESCRIPTION OF THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE MALAY PENINSULA published by West, Newman & Co, London, and also D. Logan, Penang, 1882, retaining colour lithographed plates, with ink annotations throughout, believed to be that of Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913), the volume also annotated to front flyleaf 'L. Richmond Wheeler….Bound - Chowrata Malay School, Penang, May, 1937', later red half leather bindingProvenance: By repute, purchased from a second-hand bookshop in Southampton (UK) in 1978, along with a copy of Wallace's autobiography 'My Life' (1905) which contained an autographed letter of his (see Lot 169 in this auction). This volume has been inspected by Dr George Beccaloni, Director of the Wallace Correspondence Project. The annotations have been examined by an expert on Wallace's hand-writing who came to the conclusion that the handwriting was "probably that of Wallace.'' Wallace possibly used the book when he wrote a review of it for the journal Nature in 1882 - he was an admirer of Distant and corresponded with him on various issues.Supporting evidence of the date is found in a leaflet included in the book advertising the publication of The Butterflies of India, Burma and Ceylon (Marshall & Nicéville, Calcutta Press 1882) which is a comprehensive guide to butterfly species found in the regions of India, Burma (now Myanmar), and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). There is also, curiously, a pressed flower inside the back cover of the Distant book, provisionally identified by Sir Ghillean Prance as a species of Poppy, which was almost certainly put there by the British educationalist, philosopher of biology and botanist Leonard Richard Wheeler (1888-1948), into whose hands the book seems to have passed after Wallace's death. We shall never know the exact circumstances, but it seems feasible that Wallace brought this volume back from Malaya and that somehow it passed to Wheeler. Wheeler seemingly took the book to Penang with him where he worked as a Schools Inspector for the British Colonial Service. He has written on the inside cover of the book "L R Wheeler 1936, Bound - Chlororasta Malay School, Penang May.1937". Wheeler returned to Britain in 1945 to avoid the advance of the Japanese forces into Penang.Note: Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) was one of the leading evolutionary thinkers of the 19th century. A contemporary of Charles Darwin, he independently conceived the theory of evolution through natural selection, travelled the world collecting specimens including courageous solo trips up the Amazon and even addressed humanity's place in the universe. William Lucas Distant (1845-1922) was inspired to write a study of natural history on a whaling trip to the Malay Peninsula with his father in 1867. He was editor of the journal The Zoologist and was employed by the British Museum of Natural History between 1899 and 1920, where he worked mainly on bugs (Hemiptera). He also collected many species of insects during a four-year stay in South Africa, many of which were described in his 'Insecta Transvaaliensia' (1900-1911).
Y AN EDWARDIAN SILVER MOUNTED AND INLAID TORTOISESHELL DESK/CARRIAGE TIMEPIECEUNSIGNED, THE MOUNTS WITH MARKS FOR WILLIAM COMYNS AND SONS, LONDON 1909The French rectangular eight-day back-winding movement with platform lever escapement regulated by sprung balance and stamped MADE IN FRANCE to the lower edge of the backplate, the 1.25 inch circular white enamel Roman numeral dial with blued steel hands set behind convex glass with moulded bezel, the ogee top case with fine symmetrical foliate scroll engraved silver inlay executed in the style of Robert Adam beneath the dial and lion's mask cast ring handles to sides, the rear with full-height hinged door fitted with silver hinges and clasp, on four bell-shaped silver feet, the mounts Hallmarked for London 1909 makers W.C. for William Comyns and Sons.8.2cm (3.25ins) high, 5.7cm (2.25ins) wide, 4cm (1.625ins) deep. The celebrated firm of manufacturing silversmiths, William Comyns, was established in 1859 when Comyns purchased the business of Robert Tagg, 2 Carlise Street, Soho Square. He then moved to 1 Percy Mews, Rathbone Place, followed by 16 Silver Street, Golden Square, Soho, then finally to Beak Street, Regent Street. The Beak Street premises were later expanded to encompass numbers 41 to 47 and additional premises were acquired at 54 Marshall Street, Soho from circa 1903. The name of the firm was changed to William Comyns & Son in circa 1885 when William Comyn's two sons, Charles Harling Comyns and Richard Harling Comyns were admitted to their partnership. William Comyns died in January 1916, and C.H. Comyns while attending a sale at Christie's in 1925. The business was incorporated as Limited Company in October 1930 and continued under R.H. Comyns until his death in 1953, when was subsequently purchased by Bernard Copping. Condition Report: Movement is reasonably clean with no visible evidence of alteration of noticeable replacements; the escapement will beat but is prone to stopping after a few seconds so a gentle clean/service is required. The dial appears free form visible damage. The case is complete with no losses to the inlay etc., however there are two cracks in the lower part of the case. The first is to the front apron area and continues down around where the front left-hand foot is attached; the second is to the rear right hand side continuing down towards the rear foot. Case is otherwise structurally sound and in original condition.Timepiece is complete with an integral winding key. Condition Report Disclaimer
Camden, Theophilus: The History Of The Present War In Spain And Portugal, From It's Commencement To The Capture Of Madrid, London: J. Stratford, No. 112, Holbourn-Hill, 1812, re-bound in half leather over marbled boards, 8vo, together with Stanier Clarke, Rev. James and McArthur, John: The Lives And Services Of Horatio Nelson, vols I & II, London: Fisher, Son & Co. Newgate Street, N/D, full leather with gilt spines, Gurwood, Lieut. Colonel: Selections From The Dispatches And General Orders Of Field Marshall The Duke Of Wellington, London: John Murray, Abermarle Street, 1851, Kinglake, A.W.: The Invasion Of The Crimea, sixth edition vol V, William Blackwood And Sons, Edinburgh And London, 1877 and Boulger, Demetrius C.: The Life Of Gordon, fifth edition, London: T. Fisher Unwin, N/D. (6)
A SUPERB LATE-19th/EARLY-20th CENTURY AUTOGRAPH ALBUM COMPILED BY THE HON. Mrs. IRMA BAILEY (nee COZENS-HARDY) Bound in purple suede, containing a fascinating array of single autographs and autographed correspondence, including Joseph and Neville Chamberlain, Sir Winston and Clementine Churchill, Stanley Baldwin and David Lloyd George, Walter Hines Page, British Admirals John Fisher and David Beatty, Admiral William Sims of the U.S. Navy, British Statesman George Curzon, Viceroy of India, Sir Francis Reginald Wingate, High Commissioner in Egypt, Field Marshall Douglas Haig on General Headquarters of British Armies in France stationary dated Nov. 30th 1918, Brigadier-General Sir Douglas Dawson on Buckingham Palace Lord Chamberlain's Office stationary; two envelopes addressed to His Royal Highness Prince George in the hands of Princess Mary and Queen Mary, two autographed letters from Charlotte Knollys on Marlborough House stationary, various correspondence addressed to Field Marshal Sir Linton Simmons including an envelope with the wax seal of Lord Kitchener and letters from Field Marshal Sir John Fox Burgoyne dated 20th Feb. 1870 and Field Marshal Earl Roberts on Commander in Chief black-edged stationary dated 6th April 1907; General Beauvoir de Lisle on Cavalry Club embossed notepaper; a letter addressed to Lady Simmons from Empress Eugenie of France on Farnborough Hill black-edged stationary, Maud Petty-Fitzmaurice Marchioness of Lansdowne on monogrammed stationary addressed Bowood, Calne, Wiltshire, a letter on Gloucester House, Park Lane stationary signed George (presumably Prince George, Duke of Cambridge), Cecil Rhodes, Princess Margaret of Sweden, autographed notes from authors E.F. Benson, H.G. Wells, Arthur Conan Doyle and John Buchan, King Edward VIII (then as Prince, on King George's Jubilee Trust Stationary) Provenance: The Honourable Mrs. Irma Bailey was the daughter of Baron Cozens-Hardy and his wife Constance. She was married to Major Frederick Marshman Bailey (1882-1967), British Political Officer. Condition Report:Available upon request
Φ William Bill Marshall (1923-2007)Stoneware bowla Leach Pottery stoneware bowl, flaring form, covered in a Hakeme brushed glaze with brushed tenmoku grasses, and a small stoneware bowl by Katherine Pleydell-Bouverie,impressed seal marks, minor glaze loss to the rim,22cm. diam.11cm. high (2) ProvenanceThe collection of Rosslyn Hil
William Bill Marshall (1923-2007)A stoneware tall jar and covercylindrical form, covered in a thick brushed hakeme glaze, under pale grey transparent glaze, with green spots to the cover,impressed seal mark21cm. high (2) ProvenanceThe Dayabandhu (Michael Evans) Collection, London. Acquired from A M Suddaby, Cornwall, 1994Unifying Eye The Dayabandhu Collection, MAAK, 14th May 2020, lot 9The collection of Rosslyn Hill.
William Bill Marshall (1923-2007)Unomistoneware, footed form, covered in a translucent hakeme glaze and painted iron grass stem, and a small unomi by Willliam Bill Marshall covered in a tenmoku glazeimpressed seal mark9.5cm. high (2) ProvenanceContemporary Ceramics, MAAK, 18th May 2017 (main unomi).The collection of Rosslyn Hill.
After William Marshall, English fl.1617-1649- Eikon Basilike: The portraiture of His Sacred Majesty in his solitudes and sufferings; oil on panel, bears old label faintly inscribed 'King Charles First. / at Prayers_ / Painted by James F...[?] / a C....[?] Emblem... / Called "his majesties / Solitude and Sufferings_"' verso, further further partial labels attached verso, 30.6 x 38.9 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, UK. Note: The present work is undoubtedly informed by the printed frontispiece to the work 'Eikon Basilike: the portraiture of His Sacred Majestie in his solitudes and sufferings', a part political memoir, part spiritual autobiography, believed to be authored by Charles I (1600-1649) himself, and first published in 1649, the year of his execution. The work was hugely popular and this imagery was widely circulated, with thirty-five editions printed in England and twenty-five in Europe in 1649 alone.
Bible, English.- Book of Common Prayer (The)...with the Psalter, or Psalmes of David, bound without the final blank, 1638; The Holy Bible containing the Old Testament and the New, 2 parts in 1, engraved title by William Marshall, L2 lacking portion affecting head-line and 16 lines (neatly repaired and supplied in manuscript), 1638; The Whole Book of Psalmes..., musical notation, 1638, together 3 works in 1 vol., letterpress titles with woodcut device and within ornamental border, first title trimmed to edge and laid down, all printed in double column, neatly ruled in red throughout, slightly smudged on one or two leaves, first and last leaf soiled, first work with small hole to title and first few leaves, occasional spotting or soiling but generally a very clean copy, engraved bookplate and gilt-stamped red roan label "The Gift of Mrs.Mary Hall to Anna Ismay 1793" to front pastedown, handsome contemporary blue morocco with elaborate gilt Greek key and floral roll-tool border, spine gilt, g.e., rubbed and scuffed, spine faded, corners worn, [STC 16410, 2331 & 2682], folio, Cambridge, Thomas Buck & Roger Daniel
LAWSON (S), AN ESSAY ON THE USE OF MIXED AND COMPRESSED CATTLE FODDER, engraved folding plate, ¾ calf with marbled boards, London, 1797; THE FARMER’S KALENDAR OR A MONTHLY DIRECTORY, rebacked full tan calf, London, Robinson, 1771; CLATER (FRANCIS), EVERY MAN CATTLE DOCTOR, engraved frontis plate, later ¼ leather, London, Crosby, 1814; THE NEW FARMER’S CALENDAR, OR A MONTHLY REMEMBRANCER, 2nd edition, ¾ leather with marbled boards, London, Whittingham, 1801; THE AGRICULTURAL MAGAZINE FOR 1803, vol VIII & IX (incomplete), engraved plates; HOME (FRANICS), THE PRINCIPLES OF AGRICULTURE AND VEGETATION, 3rd edition, London, Millar, 1762; MARSHALL (MR), THE RURAL ECONOMY OF NORFOLK, 2nd edition, vol I only, London, 1795; AGRICULTURAL STATE OF THE KINGDOM IN FEBRUARY, MARCH AND APRIL 1816, rebacked blue paper covered boards, London, 1816; ANDERSON (JAMES), ESSAYS RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS, vol II only, engraved plates, Dublin, Hallhead, 1779; TWAMLEY (J), ESSAYS ON THE MANAGEMENT OF THE DAIRY, new edition, London, 1816; THE FARMER’S LETTERS TO THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND, London, Nicoll, 1767; MARKHAM (GERVASE), MARKHAM’S FAREWELL TO HUSBANDRY, lacking title page, starts at A2, page block detached from the later cardboard cover, unknown edition and date; TAPLIN (WILLIAM), THE GENTLEMAN’S STABLE DIRECTORY OR MODERN SYSTEM OF FARRIERY, engraved portrait frontis, London, Robinson, 1791; BRACKEN (HENRY), FARRIERY IMPROV’D OR A COMPLEAT TREATISE UPON THE ART OF FARRIERY, 2 vols, 1742 (16) Condition Report: The books in mixed lots are not collated.Farmers Kalendar has a later spine and an old engraved book plate for ‘Weston Library’ to the back of the front board.Markhams Farewell to Husbandry is detached from any binding. Chip to the last page which does not affect text. In a modern cover which is worn. Treatise upon the art of Farriery (2 vols) each with engraved armorial type bookplate to the back of the front boards.Cattle Doctor is a later binding and heavily foxed / damp stained internally.Principles of Agriculture and Vegetation with engraved bookplate for Hugh Cecil Earl of Lonsdale an also a later one for Alan Morris paste down to the front free end paper.Anderson Rural Affairs 2nd vol with worm damage to pages from page 201 onwards which affects the text.Taplins Farriery is a 11th edition, with ink marks to several of the pages in the first volume and ink notes at the front and back of the books.Agricultural magazine 1803 is incomplete.Condition issues not mentioned above likely.SOLD WITH ALL FAULTS.
Billingsley (John). General View of the Agriculture in the county of Somerset..., London: W. Smith, 1794, folding map with contemporary hand colouring, modern quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt title label to spine, 4to, together with: Young (Arthur). General View of the Agriculture of the County of Sussex, London: Richard Phillips, 1808, hand-coloured folding engraved map, 16 engraved plates (14 folding) a little toned, some offsetting, modern half calf with crimson title label, 8vo, Boys (John). A General View of the Agriculture of the County of Kent..., London: G. Nicol, 1796, hand-coloured folding engraved map and folding engraved table, contemporary full calf, re-backed, corners bumped, 8vo, Young (Arthur). General View of the Agriculture of the county of Lincoln..., London: W. Blumer and Co, 1799, hand-coloured folding engraved map frontispiece, 11 plates (mostly hand coloured, 5 folding), contemporary half calf, rubbed and worn, 8vo, Middleton (John). View of the Agriculture of Middlesex..., London: B. MacMillan, 1798, 2 hand-coloured folding engraved maps, modern calf by A. & M. Winstanley's, Sailsbury, gilt lettering to spine, 8vo, Marshall (William). The Rural Economy of Gloucestershire..., 2 volumes, Gloucester: R. Raikes, 1789, uncoloured folding engraved map (spotted), contemporary calf, spines relaid, 8vo QTY: (7)
Marshall (William). The Rural Economy of Gloucestershire; including it's Dairy..., 2 volumes, Gloucester: R. Raikes, 1789 [&] The Rural Economy of the Midland Counties; including the Management of Livestock..., 2 volumes, London: G. Nicol, 1790 [&] The Rural Economy of Yorkshire..., 2 volumes, London: T. Cadell, 1788, map of respective counties to volume 1 in each work, armorial bookplate of William Middleton, Crowfield Hall, Suffolk to front pastedown of each volume, uniformly bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards with vellum corners, crimson morocco title labels to spine, spines rubbed, 8vo QTY: (6)
Bacon (Francis). Of the Advancement and Proficience of Learning of the Partitions of Science IX Bookes, 1st edition in English, 2nd issue, Oxford: Leon Lichfield for Rob. Young & Ed. Forrest, 1640, engraved portrait frontispiece and additional title by William Marshall, woodcut headpieces and initials, leaf 3A3 with blank lower corner insect predated, variable water stain throughout, contemporary panelled calf gilt, old reback, joints and edges rubbed, lacking ties, folio, 28 x 18.5 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:STC 1167. Second issue, with the colophon dated 1640, of the first expanded edition in English of De Augmentis Scientiarum (1605).
A COLLECTION OF FIDDLE PATTERN FLATWARE To include, a pair of tablespoons, John James Whiting, London 1835, engraved initials to terminal a set of six dessert spoons, Elizabeth Eaton, London 1855, a pair of dessert spoons, William Marshall, Edinburgh 1847, engraved initials to terminal and another pair, Robert Gray & Son, Glasgow 1834, most with vacant terminals (12) 22.7cm (length of tablespoon), 18oz (combined)
A VICTORIAN THREE PIECE TEA SERVICE WILLIAM MARSHALL, EDINBURGH 1845 Comprising, a teapot, twin-handled sugar basin and a milk jug, all of tapered spherical form, engraved and chased decoration to body, acanthus clasped S-scroll handles, ivory insulators to the teapot, ornate spout, each raised on a domed foot with similar engraved decoration (3) 20.5cm high (teapot), 53oz (combined) With non-transferable CITES self-certification number: MXBRG5CZNote: Please be aware that this lot contains material which may be subject to import/export restrictions, especially outside the EU, due to CITES regulations. Please note it is the buyer's sole responsibility to obtain any relevant export or import licence. For more information visit https://www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites/
Eight assorted books and booklets relating to the Norfolk Broads, wherries etc, including P.H. Emerson: 'On English Lagoons, being an account of the voyage of two amateur wherrymen on the Norfolk and Suffolk rivers and broads', London, David Nutt, 1893, 1st edition, 18 black & white illustrations from photographs, viii,[2],298,2pp, original pictorial cloth gilt, William A. Dutt: 'By Sea Marge, Marsh and Mere', London, Simpkin Marshall (printed by W. Gwyn, Lowestoft), [1898], 1st edition, [10],162pp, original printed wraps, scarce, Leo A. Robinson: 'Yachting on the Broads', Lowestoft, the author, [nd], c.1923, 4 folding maps of the broads at end (on 2 folding leaves printed recto and verso) plus some other b/w maps, ills., diagrams, illustrated period adverts etc, original pictorial card wraps, H.M. Doughty: 'Friesland Meres and Through the Netherlands: The Voyage of a Family in a Norfolk Wherry with Many Illustrations', L, Jarrold and Sons, 1900, 4th and revised edition, frontis + 50 illustrations in text complete, original pictorial cloth gilt, P.V. Daley (ed.): 'What to Do on the Norfolk Broads 1949', 2 copies, each 95pp, illustrations, maps, adverts etc throughout, plus 'What to Do on the Norfolk Broads 1954', each oblong, original pictorial wraps, plus 1 other (8)
Fishing, eight assorted titles, all either author signed or with fishing associated author signatures, including Malcolm Ferguson: 'Fishing Incidents and Adventures', Dundee & Edinburgh, 1893, 1st edition, inscribed author presentation on FFEP "To George Younger Esq. with the author's kind regards and good wishes 29th August 1893, portrait frontis + 4 plates, original cloth gilt; William Henderson: 'Notes and Illustrations of My Life as an Angler', L, Spottiswoode, 1876, "for private circulation only", inscribed by author on FFEP, portrait frontis + 5 plates, orig. cloth gilt; George Christopher Davies (ed.); P. Fisher: 'The Angler's Souvenir', L, Warne, [1877], new edition, presentation copy, tipped in autograph note signed by the editor "Dr Wm. Murray with the editor's compliments. Pages 1-100 are by P. Fisher. Pages 101 to the end are by G. Chris Davies", added engraved title page + 32 engraved plates complete, original pictorial cloth gilt, all edges gilt; W. Furneaux: 'Life in Ponds and Streams', 1904, new edition, pencil ownership signature at front of Frank Sawyer MBE (1906–1980), riverkeeper, writer, and inventor of such flies as the Pheasant Tail Nymph, 8 colour plates + 311 b/w ills. in text complete, orig. pictorial cloth gilt (worn), all edges gilt; E. Marshall-Hardy: 'Coarse Fish', L, Herbert Jenkins, [1943], 1st edition, signed & inscribed by author on FFEP, 16 ills. on 8 plates complete, orig. cloth gilt, d/w; plus 2 books with ownership signatures of the angler, author and artist Bernard Venables (1907-2001), being 'The Complete Angler', L, Navarre Society, 1925, orig. cloth gilt, and H.G. Tapply: 'The Sportsman's Notebook', 1964, orig. cloth, d/w, plus "The Amateur Angler": 'By Meadow and Stream', 1896, inscribed on FFEP "To Marie Hicks from her friend the amateur angler E. Marston Feb 10 1911", orig. pictorial cloth gilt (8)
° ° Marshall, William - The Rural Economy of Yorkshire, 2 vol., first edition, 2 engraved folding maps, later quarter morocco, ex-libris ESCC, 8vo, for T. Cadell, 1788; Bulwer, Henry Lytton - France, Social, Literary, Political, Paris, A. and W. Galignani and Co. 1834, first edition, quarter calf.
A GEORGE I SILVER SHAPED CIRCULAR STRAWBERRY DISH WILLIAM DARKER, LONDON 1722 With a fluted body and engraved with an armorial to the centre and P*E beneath 25cm (9 3/4in) diameter 467g (15 oz)These are the arms of the RYDER family of Hackney, Middlesex. At the time of assay (1722) there are two possible members of the family who are likely owners or subsequent owners. They are: (1) Richard RYDER (1657-1733) a draper and merchant of Hackney, Middlesex who is recorded as a citizen of West Smithfield. In 1789 he married for a second time Elizabeth MARSHALL (1667-1721) daughter of William MARSHALL of Lincoln's Inn. (2) their second son Dudley RYDER (1691-1756) a lawyer, called to the Bar in 1719 and in 1733 elected MP for St German. From 1754 the family where of Harrowby Hall, Harrowby Lincolnshire. He was later appointed as Solicitor General and afterwards Attorney General. In 1733 he married Ann NEWNHAM (1703-1774) daughter of Nathaniel NEWMAN of Streatham Surrey. He was knighted in 1740. With his wife he had one son Nathaniel RYDER (1733-1803) who in 1776 was created Baron Harrowby of Lincolnshire, and their son Dudley RYDER (1762-1847) was created in 1809 Viscount Streatham and Earl Harrowby. In 1722 Richard RYDER, then a widower, would be the owner of the arms. The engraving was likely to have been applied shortly afterwards in 1733, when Dudley RYDER (1691-1756) became heir to his father, was elected MP and also married. Notably there is no cadency mark with the arms that would indicate the owner of the arms to be a son of Richard RYDER, which would also indicate the arms were applied after 1733. Condition Report: Marks are partially obscuredStands wellEngraving is crispLight scratches and wear commensurate with age and useCondition Report Disclaimer
(Railway and Steam) Six good works Zerah Colburn. 'Locomotive Engineering and the Mechanism of Railways,' two volumes, folio, original cloth with gilt lettering, some spotting to plates in volume II, good to vg, William Collins, London and Glasgow, 1871; G. A. Skelton. 'The Evolution of the Steam Locomotive. (1803 to 1898),' rebound in a blue cloth, illustrations and plates, vg, The Railway Publishing Co, London, 1899; Frederick. S. Williams. 'Our Iron Roads: Their History, Construction, and Administration,' fourth edition, loose front board, lacks back strip, vignette steel engravings throughout, some sporadic spotting, fair to good, Bemrose & Sons, London, 1883; 'The Locomotive Magazine. Volume XV. January-December, 1909,' original green cloth with gilt decorations, vg, the Locomotive Publishing Company, London, [1909]; Chas. S. Lake. 'Locomotives of 1906,' cloth backed pictorial boards, illustrations throughout, vg, Percival Marshall & Co, London, [1906]. (6)
(Maritime) Forty five good works Charles Hocking. 'Dictionary of Disasters at Sea During the Age of Steam. Including Sailing Ships and Ships of War Lost in Action 1824-1962,' first edition, two volumes, gilt lettering to front boards, ex libris Courtney Library, fine, Lloyd's Register of Shipping, London, 1969; Owen Rutter (ed). 'The Court Martial of the Bounty Mutineers,' first edition, original red cloth, frontis debound, spotting to first fex leaves, good, William Hodge & Company, Edinburgh and London, 1931; Sir Alan Moore and R. Morton Nance (illstrations). 'Last Days of Mast & Sail. An Essay in Nautical Comparative Anatomy,' first edition, original blue cloth, little offsetting from frontis, fine, At the Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1925; A. W. Brian Simpson. 'Cannibalism and the Common Law. A Victorian Yatching Tragedy,' first edition, ex libris, unclipped dj, fine, The Hambledon Press, London and Rio Grande, 1994; Richard Larn. 'Devon Shipwrecks,' first edition, ex libris, unclipped dj, fine, David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1974; W. J. Slade. 'Out of Appledore,' first edition, repair with loss to clipped dj otherwise vg, ex libris, Percival Marshall & Co, 1959; Roy Fenton, Nuala Briody and Mike MacDonald. 'Maritime Information. A guide to libraries and sources of information in the United Kingdom,' fourth edition, ex libris, fine, 2004; David R. MacGregor. 'The Tea Clippers. An account of the China Tea Trade and of some of the British Sailing Ships engaged in it from 1849 to 1869; With thirty six other works including two reprint Lubbock's. (45)
A full set of eleven Wilkinson character jugs of Allied War Leaders 1915-1919 designed by Sir Francis Carruthers Gould comprising Rt Hon. David Llpyd George hold a shell inscribed "Shell Out"; Admiral Jellicoe holding a jug inscrobed "Hell Fire"; Lord French clutching a jug inscribed "French Pour Les Francais'; Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig (1918) holding a jug painted with the union jack and seated on a tank, inscribed "PUSH and GO"; Admiral Beatty (1917) holding a shell inscribed "Dreadnought"; President Woodrow Wilson (1918) wearing a Native American headdress and holding a biplane, inscribed "Welcome Uncle Sam!; Marshall Foch (1918) with a foaming champagne bottle inscrobed "Au Diable le Kaiser"; General Botha (1918) holding jug inscribed "Loyalty"; Earl Kitchener holding a jug inscribed "Bitter for the Kaiser", Filed Marshall Joffre holding a 75mm shell inscribed "Ce Que J'Offre" and King George V (1919) seated on a throne and holding a globe in his lap, all with black Wilkinsons factory marks, Sir Francis Carruthers Gould facsimile signature and Soane & Smith stamp, (11) first height 26cm.Condition: Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig lacking handleWoodrow Wilson has been extensive damaged and repaired. The head has been broken into several pieces and repaired poorly wit seccotine. Nearly every piece is present except with a small loss behind right ear Other nine jugs in good condition Provenance: Right Honourable Sir William Joynson-Hicks later, 1st Viscount Brentford (1865-1932) and thence by descent Popularly known as 'Jix' was an English solicitor and Conservative Politician serving as a long standing and controversial Home Secretary in Stanley Baldwin's Second Government from 1924 to 1929.
Agriculture.- Marshall (William) On the Landed Property of England, first edition, B3 torn, lacks half-title, slightly toned, contemporary tree calf, rebacked, corners repaired, 1804; and 31 others agriculture and natural history, v.s. (32)*** Mentioned item includes a section on salmon fisheries.
Economics.- Keynes (John Maynard) A Tract on Monetary Reform, first edition, ex-library copy with stamp to title and front free endpaper, R.D.Collison Black's copy with his ink signature, original cloth, rubbed, slight fading to spine, a couple of small stains to lower cover, 1923 § Marshall (Alfred) Memorials..., edited by A.C.Pigou, first edition, original cloth, short splits to joints, otherwise a good copy, 1925 § Bonar (James) A Catalogue of the Library of Adam Smith, second edition, 1932 § Mizuta (Hiroshi) Adam Smith's Library: A Catalogue, R.D.Collison Black's copy with his bookplate, Oxford, 2000 § Schuyler (R.L.) Josiah Tucker: A Selection from his Economic and Political Writings, New York, 1931 § Keynes (Geoffrey) A Bibliography of Sir William Petty F.R.S. and of Observations on the Bills of Mortality by John Graunt F.R.S., Oxford, 1971, some plates or illustrations, original cloth or boards, the last three with dust-jackets, the last two rubbed and frayed; and c.55 others on economics and economists, including several volumes of The Collected Writings of J.M.Keynes, 8vo & 4to (c.60)
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Economics.- Morgan (William) On the Probabilities of Survivorships between two persons of any given age..., [c.1788]; On the Method of Determining, from the Real Probabilities of Life, the Value of a Contingent Reversion in which Three Lives are involved in the Survivorship, [c.1789], together 2 works in 1 vol., offprints from 'Philosophical Transactions', inscribed "From the Author" on front free endpaper, occasional spotting, contemporary half calf, gilt-stamped red morocco label to upper cover, rubbed, rebacked, new endpapers § Marshall (J.) A Digest of All the Accounts ...Presented to Parliament since 1799, 4 parts in 1, tables, some folding, later half morocco, rubbed, [Kress C.3544], 1833; and a pamphlet on population, 4to & 8vo (3)
Bible; English; Authorised Version The Holy Bible containing the Old Testament and the New Newly translated out of the originall Tongues, and with ye Former translations diligently compared and revised, by his Majesties speciall command. Appointed to be read in Churches. Cambridge: printed by Tho. Buck, and Roger Daniel, Printers to the University of Cambridge. And are to be sold by Roger Daniel, at the Angell in Lumberstreet, London, 1638. Folio in sixes (35.6 x 22cm), c.1700 calf rebacked with original spine laid down, all edges gilt, engraved architectonic general title-page by William Marshall, New Testament with separate dated title-page, binding worn with evidence of old refurbishment, variable spotting to contents, frequent old repairs to lower margins throughout, engraved title spotted and with small section of loss to fore margin, OT with paper disruption to gutter of E5 affecting small area of text, 2P3-5 (Psalms) and 3S3 (Apocrypha - Baruch) torn with loss, spill-burn to 3T6 (I Maccabees), 3U6 shaved at foot, NT A4 chipped at upper inner corner, lacking A5-6, B4 with small section of loss to foot and with old repairs to extensive closed tear, C5 and I5 also torn with loss, R6 (final leaf) with loss to corner affecting headline only, contemporary editions of the Book of Common Prayer Psalms bound in at front and rear respectively (both defective) [Herbert 520] From the library of the Murrays of Dollerie, Crieff, Perthshire. Engraved bookplate of Murray Esqr of Crieff to front pastedown, with slip annotated ‘Anthony Murray Esqre, from Miss Munro with her best wishes’ pasted below; ownership inscription ‘Mr Robert Monro His Book’ to verso of general title-page; old marginalia to I Maccabees and II Maccabees. ‘In this edition … favourably noticed by Kilburne, the work of correction begun in the folio Cambridge Bible of 1629 was carried further. The revisers took special pains to render uniform the use of italics; and they also introduced a certain numbers of new readings … This remained the standard text until the publication of Dr. Paris’ Cambridge edition of 1762' (Herbert).
Orkney A collection of 40 titles Neill, Patrick. A Tour Through Some of the Islands of Orkney and Shetland. Edinburgh: A. Constable and Company, 1806. 8vo, contemporary morocco;Drever, W.P. Udal Law in The Orkneys and Zetland. Edinburgh: William Green & Sons, 1900. 8vo, cloth boards dampstained;Fergusson, James. The Brochs and the Rude Stone Monuments of the Orkney Islands. London: William Mullan and Son, 1877. 8vo, cloth boards dampstained;Brand, Rev. John. A Brief Description of Orkney, Zetland, Pightland-Firth & Caithness. Edinburgh: William Brown, 1883. No. 44 of 157, 8vo, some dampstaining to boards;Ferguson, Malcolm. A Visit to Orcadia and the North of Scotland. Dundee: John Leng, 1898. Second edition, 8vo, tooled contemporary red calf, tear to spine;Stuart, John. Notice of Excavations in the Chambered Mound of Maeshowe, In Orkney. Edinburgh: Niell and Company, 1865. 8vo, contemporary cloth;[Anon.] Hand-book to the Orkney Islands with Illustrations. London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co. [n.d., late 19th century]. 8vo, contemporary half-calf, corners bumped;Mackenzie, James. The General Grievances and Oppression of the Isles of Orkney and Shetland. Edinburgh: Niell & Co., 1836. 8vo, contemporary green cloth;Buckley, T.E. and J.A. Harvie-Brown. A Vertebrate Fauna of the Orkney Islands. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1891. 8vo, later marbled boards; Edmondston, Thomas. An Etymological Glossary of the Shetland & Orkney Dialect. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1866. 8vo, maroon cloth; and 30 further titles relating to Orkney (40)
Donne (John). 'Poems by J.D. with Elegies on the Authors Death'. 3rd Ed(?) printed by M.F. for John Marriot, St Dunstans Churchyard, Fleet Street, London, 1639 with engraved portrait frontispiece by William Marshall. small 8vo (142mm x 95mm) later full gilt tooled calf with marbled end papers and gilt edges by Zaehnsdorf. Owners signature on end paper and b/p for G.R. Mitchison, some staining otherwise good condition for age
London. A Collection of Papers relating to the Thames Quay; with hints for some further improvements in the Metropolis, by Frederick William Trench, London: Carpenter and Son, 1827, 17 engraved and lithograph plates and plans (some folding), plate 1 with few repaired closed tears to folds, short closed tear to title and following leaf, modern maroon quarter morocco, cloth sides, 4to, together with:First Report of the Commissioners appointed by Her Majesty to inquire into and consider the most effectual means of Improving the Metropolis, and of providing increased facilities of communication within the same, 27 January 1844, [London]: Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be printed, 7 February 1844, several folding tables, 60 folding lithograph plates, some coloured (lacking 2 plates), occasional toning and minor scattered spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary half calf, joints and extremities rubbed, folio,Reports from Committees: (2.) Bread; Supply of Water to the Metropolis; London Bridge; &c., Session 23 January to 11 July, 1821, volume 5, [London: Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be printed, 1821, general title with inscription to upper margin 'Presented by Messrs. E. & J. Lawford' and with ink stamp to verso, occasional scattered spotting, armorial bookplate of The Law Society to upper pastedown, contemporary half calf, joints cracked, light wear to extremities, folio, plus Matthews (William). Hydraulia; An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Water Works of London, and the contrivances for supplying other great cities, in different ages and countries, London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., 1835, lithograph portrait frontispiece, ink stamp to title, 5 folding plans and 12 lithograph plates of 13 (including one folding, lacks plate facing p.15), some toning and minor scattered spotting, edge untrimmed, modern calf-backed marbled boards, 8vo, and Haskoll (William Davis). Examples of Bridge and Viaduct Construction, of Masonry, Timber, and Iron: from the contract-working drawings or admeasurements of select works, 2nd edition, London: Lockwood & Co., 1867, 50 lithograph plates (mostly double-page or folding), some scattered spotting, contemporary dark green half morocco, light wear to extremities, large 4toQTY: (5)
Military.- Ward (Robert) Anima'dversions of Warre, or, a Militarie Magazine of the Truest Rules, and Ablest Instructions, for the Managing of Warre, first edition, engraved additional pictorial title by William Marshall, double-page woodcut plate 'Limbe of a Fort', woodcut plate 'Horn-worke' with letterpress key opposite, remains of folding woodcut plate 'Paralellagram', numerous woodcut illustrations and diagrams, piece from outer margin of plate, just within image, a few repairs with text supplied in manuscript, water-stained, some damp-spotting, occasional staining, lightly browned, lacking endpapers, contemporary calf, spine in compartments and with red morocco label, upper cover detaching, worn, [Cockle 147; STC 25025], small folio, Printed by Iohn Dawson, and are to be sold by Francis Eglesfield, 1639. sold not subject to return. *** Provenance: 'William de Grey, October 21st 1676' (ink inscription to front inner board),
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