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Burkes Peerage, two vols and
Burkes Peerage, two vols and Nicholas, Thomas. Annals & Antiquities of the County Families of Wales, two vols.
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Angus (W) The Seats of the Nobility
Angus (W) The Seats of the Nobility and Gentry, 1787. Oblong 4to., cont. green morocco gilt, a.e.g. Engraved title and 63 plates (title spotted, and some spotting to plate margins)
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Three Volumes [Burke's Peerage]
Three Volumes [Burke's Peerage] published by Burke's Peerage and Gentry, Wellington, Delaware, 107th edition, red cloth bindings, 11-1/2 x 8-1/2 in.,
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A George V MBE, 1929, boxed by
A George V MBE, 1929, boxed by Garrard
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Three photographs of the
Three photographs of the Political Society at Eton, 1982, 1986 and 1987/Lord Charteris with members including, Boris Johnson, Leo Johnson and Jacob Rees-Mogg/Provenance: from the Estates of Lord & Lady Charteris
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REPLICA PEERS CHAIR FROM QUEEN
REPLICA PEERS CHAIR FROM QUEEN ELIZABETH II'S CORONATION AND GUARD'S SASH, England, 20th century, the chair made by Hands of Wycombe, and numbered 1790, in 1977 for the Queen's Silver Jubilee, of blue velvet and limed oak, seat ht. 18 in.; the sash burgundy and gold brocade. Provenance: Chair purchased from Clive Farahar & Sophie Dupre, Wiltshire, England; sash from Wallis and Wallis, Sussex, England.
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CERTIFICATE OF KNIGHTHOOD: ORDER OF
CERTIFICATE OF KNIGHTHOOD: ORDER OF ST. JOACHIM Johannes Ferdinand a Muffel, Prince Bishop of Bamberg; Part-printed certificate of Knighthood in the Order of St. Joachim (created by the Duke of Saxe Cobourg Saafeld in 1755, abandoned in 1840); 10 pp. folio, 11 x 7 1/4 in.; most of the text engraved, with occasional details added by hand, a gouache coat of arms fills one page.
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Two Prince of Wales Investiture
Two Prince of Wales Investiture chairs, designed by Anthony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon and manufactured by Remploy, of square form with open arms, painted red with gold Prince of Wales feathers to the back, and with red cushion
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A Prince of Wales Investiture chair
A Prince of Wales Investiture chair from 1969, designed by Anthony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon and manufactured by Remploy, of square form with open arms, decorated with gold Prince of Wales feathers to the red back, the seat having a red cushion
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A MOST DISTINGUISHED ORDER OF ST.
A MOST DISTINGUISHED ORDER OF ST. MICHAEL AND ST. GEORGE neck badge in case with issue, with Jubilee 1935 medal and Coronation 1937 medal; and a group of five miniatures to include a C.M.G., and an Allied Forces Sports Council (6)
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GROUP OF ANTIQUE BOOKSGroup of
GROUP OF ANTIQUE BOOKSGroup of antique books, to include The Peerage of Ireland , by Lodge, in four volumes, published in London for Johnston, 1754; A History of the Conquest of Peru , by Prescott, published by Lippincott, 1864; Handbook of Painting , in four volumes, published by Murray, 1869; The History of England , by Macaulay, in five volumes, published by Butler, 1861; George Selwyn and His Contemporaries , by Jesse, in four volumes, published by Scribner and Welford, 1882; The Tatler , published by Woodward, 1831, Salad For The Solitary and The Social , published by De Witt, 1872; The Comic History of England , by A 'Beckett, in two volumes, published by Bradbury, Evans, and Co; Fairy Tales and Romances , by Count Anthony Hamilton, published by Bohn, 1849; Thackerayana , by Thackeray, published by Chatto and Windus, 1875; Gleanings From The Harvest-Fields of Literature , by Bombaugh, published by Kurtz, 1867; The Three Tours of Doctor Syntax , published by Murray, 1869; A History of Cari
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Good condition overall, expected wear, bumped corners, etc., Peerage of Ireland 3 of 4 volumes with loose covers.
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English School, 19th
English School, 19th Century/Portrait of a Gentleman/in the robes of a Knight Templar/oil on board, 23cm x 20cm/Provenance: The Estate of Anthony J Beeson
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The GCB & GCMG ceremonial robes and
The GCB & GCMG ceremonial robes and mantle stars belonging to Arthur William de Brito Savile Foljambe, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, GCB, GCMG, GBE, MVO who after a distinguished military career was appointed Governor-General of New Zealand, retiring from service in 1920 Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB), ceremonial robe, the crimson silk robe with white silk lining and tailors label for 'Ede & Ravenscroft' additionally inscribed 'The Rt Hon Earl of Liverpool GCB', with a large silver
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(ENGLAND) YOUNGHUSBAND GEORGE SIR
(ENGLAND) YOUNGHUSBAND GEORGE SIR The Crown Jewels of England. New York: Funk and Wagnalls Cassell 1919. 4to publisher's maroon cloth dust jacket glassine. Limited edition number 1184 of 1400. Illustrated with numerous tipped-in color plates. Rubbing to boards; some light soiling to dust jacket.
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An Equestrian "Sir Robert Peel"
An Equestrian "Sir Robert Peel" Dapper gent seated on his steed with textured fur on a violet cape jauntily over one shoulder. On a racetrack shape mound base with bocage "Sir Robert Peel" lettered in gilt on the side of the base decorated in polychrome pigments. Base in brown and honey color with a trio of colorful flowers in the center. British statesman and Prime Minister best known for the creation of the modern concept of a police force. No specific date ascribed.
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Neale (John Preston) Views of Seats
Neale (John Preston) Views of Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen, First series, 6 vols., 1818 - 23; Second series, 5 vols., 1824 - 29. 4to., cont. green morocco gilt, a.e.g. (spines rubbed). Additional engraved titles and plates, proofs on india paper mounted (occasional offsetting onto text) (11)/see illustration
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INTERNATIONAL: INTERNATIONAL AWARDS
INTERNATIONAL: INTERNATIONAL AWARDS Order of St. George of Antioch, commander, on ladies’ bow; Prince Philippe of Araucania Commemorative Medal of Honour (Médaille d'Honneur Commémorative du Prince Philippe d'Araucanie); Order of the Knights Hospitaller of St John the Baptist, officer (Orden Caballeros Hospitaliaros de San Juan Bautista, official) (3)
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Dugdale (Sir W) A Perfect Copy of
Dugdale (Sir W) A Perfect Copy of all Summons of the Nobility to the Great Councils and Parliaments of this realm, Robert Clavell, 1685, folio, calf; Hutton (W) The Battle of Bosworth Field between Richard the Third and Henry Earl of Richmond, second edition with additions by J Nichols. L, Nichols, Son & Bentley, 1813 and Hooker (Joseph Dalton) Muscologia Britannica, containing the mosses of Great Britain and Ireland, second edition, 1827 (3)
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Portrait, follower Benedetto
Portrait, follower Benedetto Gennari, three-quarter portrait of King James II in Garter Robes, The Order of the Garter collar and pendant of St. George and the Dragon, the crown and scepter on table beside his proper left hand, formerly attributed by Christie's to the School or follower of Sir Godfrey Kneller, British, 1646-1723, follower of Benedetto Gennari, the Younger, Italian, 1633-1715 (court painter for Charles II and James II), oil on canvas, label verso for "W. Boswell & Son…Norwich", auction labels verso, label verso for "R. Robinson" (possibly for person who constructed stretcher), 48-3/4 x 38-3/4 in.; 19th century gilt and carved wood frame. Lined, restretched on later stretcher, crackle, several periods of restoration, percentage of retouch obscured; frame with losses. Estate of the late Judge John Emery Parks, Honolulu, Hawaii.
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18TH C. ENGLISH NOBILITY
18TH C. ENGLISH NOBILITY PRINTSFive18th C. English nobility prints. Family crests with name & rank of person. The Right Honorable "Margaret Tufton" Baronnes "Clifford", 3 Barons and 1 Duke. Plate marks visible all 16.5" x 9.5" plate size, matted and framed in carved gilt wood frames.
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Generally in good condition but for detailed report contact or email Auctioneer
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KING GEORGE III ORDER OF THE GARTER
KING GEORGE III ORDER OF THE GARTER INVESTITURE WITH BOTH SEALS Presentation of Heraldic Arms, signed by Sir Isaac Heard, Garter Principal King of Arms, and Thomas Lock, Clarenceux King of Arms under King George III of Great Britain, dated 1787, for John Hallam, St Margaret, Westminster, Esq. Sponsored by Charles, Duke of York. Calligraphy on vellum with illumination, keeping both wax seals of the Kings of Arms in their tin containers, suspended by silk ribbons (one is separated). 14" x 19".
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FRANCE: A SELECTION OF AWARDS OF
FRANCE: A SELECTION OF AWARDS OF MERIT AND OF SOCIETIES France. Order of Agricultural Merit, knight (Ordre de Mérite Agricole, chevalier) (2); France. Medal of Honour for Aviation, silver, attributed in 1998 (Médaille d’Honneur de l'Aéronautique, argent, attribuée en 1998); France. ALPES MARITIMES. Insignia of the Knights Life-Savers of the Alpes Maritimes (Insigne des Chevaliers Sauveteurs des Alpes Maritimes) by Lemaître of Paris;
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English School, 16th
English School, 16th Century/Portrait of a Nobleman/possibly Sir Henry Bedingfeld of Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk/half-length, wearing a black doublet and fur trimmed coat, a jewelled black cap and ornate gold chains suspending a seal fob/inscribed upper left An Dn 1566 and upper right Aeta Sua 51/oil on panel, 45.5cm x 31cm, laid on a modern linen backed wood panel/Provenance: from the collection of Harry Wolton QC
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HERALDRY A COLLECTION, INCLUDING
HERALDRY
A COLLECTION, INCLUDING Douglas, Sir Robert The Peerage of Scotland... revised by John Philip Wood. Edinburgh, 1813, 3 volumes, folio, plates, contemporary half calf, volume 1 lacks spine, several covers detached; The English Peerage London, 1790, 3 volumes, 4to, contemporary half calf gilt; Nisbet, Alexander A System of Heraldry. Edinburgh, 1804, Second edition, 2 volumes, folio, engraved plates, contemporary embossed calf, spines gilt, lightly rubbed at head of spine; Lyndsay, Sir David Facsimile of an ancient Heraldic Manuscript emblazoned by Sir David Lyndsay. 1823. Folio, hand-coloured title and hand-coloured lithographed plates, contemporary green half morocco, rubbed, upper hinge broken; Mackay, Robert History of the House and Clan of Mackay. Edinburgh, 1829, First edition, 4to, original cloth-backed boards, spine worn; Edmondson, Joseph The Present Peerages, with Plates of Arms. 1785, 8vo, engraved plates, original boards, uncut, rubbed and soiled; and others relating to Peerage & Baronetage, sold not subject to return (quantity)
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PAIR OF GEORGE IV CORONATION
PAIR OF GEORGE IV CORONATION MEZZOTINTS, 1824 After James Stephanoff (British c. 1786-1874), "A Prince Of The Blood Royal: In the Coronation Dress and Robes of Estate attended by his Trainbearer ", engraved by Samuel William Reynolds I (British 1773-1835) and "The Lord High Chancellor Of Great Britain: bearing the Purse with the Great Seal, and attended by a Page" engraved by Samuel William Reynolds I (British 1773-1835) and Edward Scriven (British 1775-1841), both published by Sir George Naylor (British active 1824), 1824, hand-colored stipple mezzontint book illustrations, framed. Sight approx. h. 20.5", w. 15.75"; Overall h. 22.75", w. 18".
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A George V sovereign 1915
A George V sovereign 1915
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A group of eight George V and
A group of eight George V and George VI medals to ''S/4481 Sergeant (later Captain) E. Wyatt Royal Army Ordnance Co'' comprising - M.B.E. (Military) 1914-1915 Star 1914-1918 War Medal Victory Medal George V Silver Jubilee Medal George VI Coronation Medal George V Long Service & Good Conduct Medal and George VI Army General Service Medal with single bar ''Palestine'' complete with cloth covered ''The Small Book'' a selection of paperwork an Officer's Commission dated 28th September 1928 a photograph of the gentleman and other correspondence etc.
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A Victorian rosewood framed 18th
A Victorian rosewood framed 18th c engraving of Lord Paget, stained, an EPNS oval dish cover, coffee grinder, Topographical and ...Description of the County of York by G A Cook [c1820] 12mo and a colour print of a girl in a blue dress after Marcel Dyf (4) More Information Condition evident from image
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A George V prize medal, National
A George V prize medal, National Medal for Success in Art by the the Board of Education, Beatrice M Warren/Painting of Ornament from the Cast, 1912, morocco presentation case, a George VI Special Constabulary police medal, Jasper Warren, an EPNS cigarette box, c. 1920, hinged glass top, a Chinese soapstone carving, (4)
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Portrait of a Scottish nobleman,
Portrait of a Scottish nobleman, wearing the Order of the Thistle collar and badge-appendant over a velvet and fur trimmed mantle, unsigned, oil on canvas, Christie's label verso inscribed "Brown…", chalk inscriptions verso "Lot 182", British School, 19th century, 29-7/8 x 25 in.; 19th century gilt wood and composition frame. Crackle, tear over proper right eye, lined, abrasions with paint loss, grime, retouch affecting 60 percent of surface; frame with abrasions, minor losses, some resurfacing. Estate of the late Judge John Emery Parks, Honolulu, Hawaii.
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An early 19th century oval ivory
An early 19th century oval ivory miniature of a boy in a lace trimmed blue jacket with a large Garter cross badge and a swagger stick.
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William Hogarth engraving (British,
William Hogarth engraving (British, 1697-1764), "Chairing the Members", plate 4 from the election series, published by William Hogarth, London, 1758, engraving on paper, after a final painting in William Hogarth's series "The Election", 17-1/4 x 21-7/8 in.; gilt wood frame. Foxing, toning, not examined out of frame; frame with abrasions. Property of the Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, North Carolina.
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A GROUP OF SCOTTISH ACADEMIC AND
A GROUP OF SCOTTISH ACADEMIC AND SPORTING MEDALS FROM EDINBURGH ACADEMY awarded to Earle Monteith MacPhail circa 1880s, Class Dux, etc; a group of George III and Victorian Scottish silver academic medals, a group of three to Donald McLarty, Dumbarton, Peter Aitken, Glasgow 1838; a group of three to James Gordon, Peter Aitken, Glasgow circa 1822, each of circular form, cast border and with presentation inscription; a single medal, Edinburgh Academy for shot-putt dated 23-3-18; a scarce lapel pin for Edinburgh University Tercentenary 1884, with ribbon and pin; five Scottish silver clan badges; a pair JRS, Edinburgh 1884 for Clan Galloway; Hamilton and Inches, Edinburgh 1971 for clan Stewart of Galloway; another RWF Edinburgh, for clan MacPherson; another Goldsmiths Co. Birmingham 1928(qty)There are also a number of papers lodged at the National Library of Scotland relating to Earle Monteith Macphal.
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The Most Excellent Order of the
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire member's breast badge MBE, second type, cased
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GREECE: ROYAL ORDER OF THE PHOENIX,
GREECE: ROYAL ORDER OF THE PHOENIX, KNIGHT Greece. Royal Order of the Phoenix, knight, fourth (King Paul) issue, 1947-1964. The Order of the Phoenix was instituted by the Greek Republican government on 13 May 1926 to replace the Royal Order of George I and was awarded exclusively to eminent non-Greeks who had served the cause of Greece. When the monarchy was restored in 1935, the Order was retained, prefixed ‘Royal’, the phoenix was crowned and its award to Greek citizens approved for outstanding merit in the fields of arts, letters, science,
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A group of six George VI and
A group of six George VI and Elizabeth II Second World War medals - To ''JX150845 Phillip L. Gammon Ordinary Seaman Royal Navy (later Air Mechanic)'' comprising - George VI Naval General Service Medal with one bar for Palestine 1936-1939 1939-1945 Star Atlantic Star Burma Star 1939-1945 War Medal and an Elizabeth II British Empire Medal complete with Certificate of Service History Sheet for Air Mechanics and Gunnery History Sheets fully completed and with two photographs of the recipient one in Naval uniform and one has an Air Mechanic