Large 180mm x 130mm x 80mm decorative and heavy 1.6 kilogram onyx (or onyx like carbonate material) light green-olive band cigarette box inlaid with gilt metal border and supported by four gilt claw feet. Used with crack apparent in lid damage to corners and marks of soiling. In need of cleaning and generally very good condition. Attractive.
6 superb full-colour reproduction of Salvador Dali's erotic art . London 1991. In original colour folder. High-quality full scap art prints from the world's leading art galleries. Features a discription of each painting, a short biography of Dali and fascinating discussion of his erotic art. Brockhamton Press. Prints in pristine state but for a few with lower margin fold caused by cover. Unsealed otherwise as new.
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Benham, William and Welch, Charles 'Mediaeval London' published by Seeley and Co. Limited London & New York 1901. Hardcover gilt decorative title. 81 pages. Full colour black and white plates of City of London: 9 facsimile drawings by Antonie van de Wyngaerdeand c1561; 14by John Wykeham c1841; 5 full colour gold highlight facsimile plates from original manuscripts and Frontis piece in sepia. Light foxing throughout used library withdrawn copy. 1927 bookplate 'In Memoriam Lewis Hardy'. Good condition plates unaffected.
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Bank of Israel Hanukka Circulation Set 1986 5 Coins: 1, 5, 10 Agurot; 1/2 and 1 Shekel. Circulated condition sealed in presentation case with Hebrew and English titles. 103mm x 73mm.
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Turkey Ottoman Official Edict in Turkish language Arabic Script c1878. 26 decorative scripted calligraphic lines headed with embossed seal with laurel of leaves and printed Arabic text and stamped formal seal attesting to the official nature of the document. At base manuscript signatures and seals superimposed on tax stamp depicting the Sultan's Tughra. Reverse two tax stamps with signed endorsements in manuscript. Philatelic stamps for 20 Para depict the Tuhgra of the Sultan Abdul Hamid II dating the document to c1878 Large document with extensive margins. Usual folds with natural light soiling generally in excellent condition. Turkey 507mm x 764mm.
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Ackroyd, Peter Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem The 1880 fictitious murders in the City attributed to the Limehouse Golem incredibly identified as Dan Leno, the Music Hall funniest man on earth . The author's deep love for 19th Century London in evident. Published by Sinclair-Stevenson 1994. Hard cover with a dust jacket, 8vo, 282 pages. As new.
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Alfred Dunhill, England, 'La Traviata' by Erté 1978. Exceptionally attractive double deck non-standard with all the cards depicting scenes from Giuseppe Verdi's Opera 'La Traviata'. Includes detailed leaflet explaining each act. Very high quality cards with gilt edges. Sealed in original Leather box. Double pack with outer sleeve. As issued. Excellent condition.
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le Bruyn, CorneilleA Draught of the City of Jerusalem as it is at present, taken from the South East c1715 Copper engraving late colour panoramic view with detailed 25 identification key includes the various Gates and Churches as well as item 14 Solomon's Temple, The Mount of Olives and much more. Decorative, attractive and important early view of the City of Jerusalem. Usual folds and lightly soiled on edges otherwise excellent condition286mm x 230mm.
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The Blaeu family were the leading map-makers and atlas publishers of the 17th century and their output is invariably of the highest quality. The main titlepage to Part I of their Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Theatre of the Whole World; first published in 1635) is a detailed one, with personifications of the continents flanking the title (Asia and Europe to the left; America and Africa to the right); at the top under the Hebrew lettering for Jehovah the goddness Juno spurts milk from her breast to form the Milky Way, and she is paired with the sun-god Apollo and his lyre. Savants provide instruction using celestial and terrestrial globes, and other figures represent earth, air, fire and water. Contemporary colour with gilt illumination. Excellent condition 300mm x 497mm.
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HOMANN Johann Baptist (1664-1724) Iudaea seu Palaestina . . . Terra Sancta . . . Iuda et Isarel . . . 1724 copper engraving in full original colour covering the Holyland with inset map and vignette of Terra Canaan. Attractive large title cartouche with Moses receiving the Commandments on Mount Sinai. Good margins lightly soiled at centre fold generally in excellent condition without faults. 600mm x 520mm
NOTE: J B Homann was born in Oberkammlach, Schwabia (Germany) flourished from early 1690s establishing his own firm in 1702. In 1707 he published his first Atlas. He was Geographer to the Holy Roman Emperor and member of the Prussian Royal Academy of Sciences. Homann Heirs took over the firm from c1730.
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Cassell's Old & New London Cannon Street Railway Station published c1890 Plate 39 late colour excellent condition. Active busy view.
257mm x 176mm
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Brazil Railway Company 4½ % First Mortgage 60 Year Gold Bond for £ 100 dated 1 July 1909 with manuscript signatures. Attractive vignette of steam Engine Train travelling across a river bridge. Usual endorsements no coupons single sheet. Waterlow & Sons printing. Lightly soiled and minor damage to edges. Close cropped along right hand margin. In very fine condition.
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Bank of England 1934-1945. Mauve 10 Shillings World War II Issue change of colour to detect German Forgeries prevalent at the time. Signed by Peppiatt. Fine condition. Catalogue Reference Duggleby B251.
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Signed copy of Suarez, G. Vertiz design of 'Inca Pachacutec' 1970 and the 5 Soles de Oro note from Banco Central de Reserva del Peru on which the portrait appears. Dated June 1969. Acquired by Yasha from the Artist in Lima. Note catalogue reference Pick 99a. Postage includes framed item 290mm x 440mm. Item available unframed, please enquire for postage costing.
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The Great American Buckle Masonic Brass buckle 86mm x 57mm with square and compass and the letter G in the centre and other Masonic emblems in relief. Engraved Serial Number 868 Made in USA 1981. Attached to a highly decorated leather belt 1m 17cm long . Excellent condition almost as new.
