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19th Century English School Kittens And Bar Billiards Oil on canvas Picture size 38 x 56cm

Victorian wall-mounted oak and walnut cased scoreboard, moulded top, with a name stencilled in the frieze ‘J. Ashcroft, Victoria Street, Liverpool’, the board with chalk panel in the centre for recording scores, sliding panels on both sides for the various games of Billiards and Snooker, two numbered rotating arms with adjustable sliding score keepers, the base section with 5 apertures on each side, and coloured ivory roundels, all with glass front for viewing the tokens inside, with drawers beneath, the centre has a long glass panel for storing billiard balls, circa 1870 This item has been registered for sale under section 10 of the APHA Ivory Act Reference UNEGEBLBDimensions: Height: 75cm  Length/Width: 108cm  Depth/Diameter: 20cmCondition Report: Ivory Act - Submission Reference: UNEGEBLB

GAGARIN YURI: (1934-1968) Soviet cosmonaut, the first human to journey into outer space, travelling on Vostok 1, 12th April 1961. A good vintage signed 7 x 5 photograph of Gagarin standing in a half-length pose wearing his uniform and holding a cue in one hand as he contemplates his next move in a game of Russian pyramid (billiards), six balls positioned on the table before him. Signed in blue ink with his name alone to the lower white border. An unusual image to find signed. VG

A vintage billiards score board by Ashcrofts

A Victorian mahogany cased folding bar billiards board - with green baize lining (a/f), two cues (one earlier in ash, the other later), a set of 13 x 1¼in balls and 9 x 1¾in balls (LWH closed 107 x 56 x 14cm) * Please note that the balls are not ivory

A REGENCY BRASS HANGING 'BILLIARDS' LANTERN 19th century, the long stem and horizontal bar issuing four shaded lights, with foliate cast mounts and two elegant opposing supporting bars, approximately 300cm drop x 200cm wideTo be removed at the buyer’s risk and expense.

A Hennig Brothers Snooker/Billiards score board, rolling white painted registers. brass slide indicators, marked Hennig Bros, High St, London WC, 27.5cm x 105cm

Postcards, Comic, a collection, in vintage album, of approx. 204 comic cards illustrated by Tom Browne, themes include cricket, football, diabolo, billiards, moving day, military, seaside, horse racing, zoo, motoring, chimney sweep, Mrs Candle, police, shopping, gardening etc (mixed condition)

A COLLECTION OF HALLMARKED SILVER AND ENAMEL BADGES, BILLIARDS MEDAL, ETC.,

A silver twin-handled billiards trophy, with inscription dated 1937, height 13 cm. CONDITION REPORT: 55.6g.

A George V silver billiards chalk holder, John Collard Vickery, Chester 1912, height 6.5cm. CONDITION REPORT: 35g

Vintage table top bar billiards and accessories.

[THEATRE BROADSIDES - VAUDEVILLE]A group of three nineteenth-century handbills for New York City vaudeville theatres, comprising ABERLE'S THEATRE. Programme for the week commencing Oct. 17, '81. New York: Cameron & Co., 1881. Printed handbill advertising the theatre's programme, with a variety of Vaudevilleacts including the comedy sketch artists "Melville and Bunell," concerts by Jessie Merton, Harry Leslie, Mike Gallagher, Miss Edith Andrew, and the Carey Brothers, a three-act play called "The Idiot of the Mountains," a Sunday evening concert, and a billiards exhibition by Alfred B. Mary, illustrated with a plan of the theatre. 12 1/2 x 4 inches. Light toning, evidence of old folds that have since been flattened, a few minor chips at the top edge touching the text but not affecting readability; Together with, PARKER'S AMERICAN THEATRE. Two handbills, the first for October 17th, 1881, the second for October 24th, 1881, each featuring a variety of acts. New York: H. Kahrs, 1881. Printed handbills, printed text on recto, plan of the theatre on verso. General wear, the October 24th handbill a bit more worn, with creasing, old folds, light soiling, some closed tears reinforced on verso, edges trimmed, the October 17th handbill with some small losses along the top and a tiny hole, not affecting readability. No condition report? Click below to request one. *Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact and Doyle New York shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. Please contact the specialist department to request further information or additional images that may be available. Request a condition report

SAMUEL JOHN PEPLOE R.S.A. (SCOTTISH 1871-1935) FIRS AT THE MASSIF DES CALANQUES, CASSIS Signed, oil on canvas 51cm x 61cm (20in x 24in) James Hay Gauldie (1872-1956) and thence by descent to the present ownersExhibited:Kirkcaldy Museum & Art Gallery, Second Inaugural Loan Exhibition, July - August 1928 (as ‘Landscape, Cassis, France’)The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Memorial Exhibition of Paintings by S. J. Peploe R.S.A., 1936, no.52 (as ‘Cassis’)The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Festival Exhibition: S. J. Peploe R.S.A, F. C. B. Cadell R.S.A and Leslie Hunter, 25 August - 17 September 1949, no. 39 (incorrectly titled ‘Antibes’) Firs at the Massif des Calanques, Cassis by S. J. Peploe dates from the third of four trips he made to the French port during a period of over twenty-five years, such was the inspiration it provided for him and for his fellow Scottish Colourists J. D. Fergusson and F. C. B. Cadell. His first was in the company of Fergusson in 1913. Having moved back to Edinburgh after spending the years 1910 to 1912 in Paris, this visit allowed Peploe to re-immerse himself in the world of avant-garde French art and Mediterranean sunshine. On his return in 1924, this time with Cadell, he happily wrote to his wife Margaret ‘Cadell and I get on very well and play billiards at night…or go down to the Liautaud [Hotel] for a drink…Cadell works away in his bedroom persistently.’ (quoted in Guy Peploe, S. J. Peploe 1871-1935, Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh, 2000, pp.68-69) In 1928, during which stay the present work was made, Peploe came to Cassis after painting with fellow Colourist Leslie Hunter in Antibes, further east along the Côte d’Azur. Peploe’s final period of time in Cassis was from Easter until the early summer of 1930.Peploe enjoyed a practice based on working en plein air as well as in a studio. Trees, forests and woods are a mainstay subject of the former strand in his oeuvre and he was drawn to them in locations as varied as Antibes, Cassis, Kirkcudbrightshire and the Scottish Highlands; the windy weather on his beloved Iona prevents the growth of trees on the island. The expressive potential of trees, their trunks, branches and leaves, whether singular or growing in groups, provided Peploe with an endless variety of form and character with which to connect with nature and to establish a sense of place. In the present painting, the artist’s enjoyment of the arabesque curving of the trunks is akin to his depiction of tulip stems in the celebrated still lifes of the late 1910s and early 1920s. The brilliance of the Riviera sunshine is emphasised by the deep shadows cast across bark and ground, whilst the trunk at the very foreground at the lower right hints at the continuation of the scene beyond the confines of the canvas. The Calanques National Park is an area of outstanding natural beauty, known for its ‘majestic cliffs, endless sea…[and]…exceptional flora and fauna’ (Cassis Tourist Office website).The importance of Peploe’s paintings of trees in the region of Cassis was made plain in the acquisition of La forêt for the French national collection from the landmark exhibition Les Peintres Ecossais: S. J. Peploe, J. D. Fergusson, Leslie Hunter, F. C. B. Cadell, Telfer Bear, R. O. Dunlop, held at the Galeries Georges Petit in Paris in March 1931. (Centre Pompidou, acc.no.JP 527 P). Firs at the Massif des Calanques, Cassis was included in the Memorial Exhibition of Peploe’s work mounted by The Scottish Gallery in Edinburgh in 1936, the year after the artist’s death. It was also selected for the Royal Scottish Academy’s landmark Festival Exhibition of the work of Peploe, Hunter and Cadell in 1949, which was the first time the three artists had been shown together in a public gallery and in the country of their birth. Incorrectly titled ‘Antibes’, a hand annotated copy of the exhibition catalogue in the archive of the National Galleries of Scotland notes ‘A. R. Sturrock R S A says this is a very fine picture.’ It was one of forty-four works by Peploe on display and was lent by James Hay Gauldie. Paintings of trees from the 1928 Cassis trip are held in the collections of the City Art Centre, Edinburgh and Kirkcaldy Galleries.

ATTRIBUTED WW2 FS FIGHTING KNIFE, 'L' DETACHMENT SAS. An attributed Second World War 1st Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife by Wilkinson, London, double edged steel stiletto blade with flat ricasso, one side etched 'F-S Fighting Knife', the other side with the Wilkinson Sword logo, S-shaped cross guard, chequered palm swell grip with pommel nut, brown leather sheath with nickel plated chape, belt loop (detached) with 'Newey' press stud, blade length 17.5 cm, the knife belonged to Major Charles George Gibson 'Pat' Riley DCM, one of the founding members of 'L' Detachment, SAS Brigade in 1941, also included is Pat Rileys Regimental tie with ' 'L' Detachment Originals 1941' above the Special Air Service badge, photographs of Riley in later years with his wife and at reunions, two photographs of David Stirling at what appears to be a reunion, a copy of a wartime photograph showing Riley with other original 'L' Detachment soldiers including Sgt.Reg Seekings DCM, Sgt. Johnny Cooper DCM, Sgt. Bob Tait MM, and Sgt. Dave Kershaw MM, original VHS video of the TV programme 'This is Your Life' from 1995 in which David Stirling was the subject and Mr Riley appears at the end, Order of Service from Mr Rileys funeral on 16th February 1999, newspaper obituary and clippings. Pat Riley was born into an Irish American family at Redgranite, Wisconsin, on November 24th 1915, the family moved to Haltwhistle, Cumbria in 1922 where he had his first job in the same granite quarry as his father. After a stint in the Territorial Army, Riley joined the Coldstream Guards in 1934 serving with them in Palestine. After transferring to the Army reserve in 1937 he joined the Wisbech Division of the Isle of Ely Constabulary. Mobilised back into the Guards on the outbreak of war in 1939, Riley volunteered for the Commandos on their formation, joining 2 Troop, No.8 Commando which was commanded by another future significant SAS figure, 'Jock' Lewes. While serving in the Middle East as part of 'Layforce', Lewes developed the use of four man teams operating behind enemy lines, the team consisting of Riley, Jim Blakeney, 'Gentleman Jim' Almonds, and 'Bob' Lilley became known as the 'Tobruk Four'.On the disbandment of Layforce, Lewes and the Tobruk Four were invited to join the newly formed 'L' Detachment, SAS Brigade by David Stirling. In November 1941, Riley took part in the disastrous first raid by the unit on airfields in the Gazala-Timini area in which only 22 of 55 men parachuted into the desert survived death or capture by the enemy. Fortunately for the new unit, more successful raids followed culminating in the famous raid on the port of Bouerat in January 1942 in which large petrol supplies were destroyed and for which Riley was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal. The citation for the award reads: 'North Africa: This NCO led a party on the first Bouerat raid Feb (sic) 1942. The party placed demolition charges on many heavy enemy transport vehicles and on various dumps. By skilled and daring leadership he succeeded in bluffing the enemy sentries. Thereby he avoided giving any alarm which would have interfered with the work of other parties operating in the same area. He has shown the greatest gallantry and the highest qualities of leadership in other raids at Slonta and Nofilia in March and April 1942'. On their return to their base at Kibrit, Riley was given responsibility for training, replacing 'Paddy' Mayne who had initially been given the job but was eager to return to a more active role. Despite his new role, Riley continued taking part in operations in the Benghazi area, including in September 1942 a large scale raid on the port in which the SAS lost 50 out of 200 men involved. Riley was promoted to Regimental Sergeant Major after which he was sent to an Officer Cadet Training Unit and commissioned into the Queens (Royal West Surrey) Regiment. Returning to the SAS, Riley was placed in command of C Section, 1 Troop. With the the war in North Africa coming to an end the SAS was re-designated The Special Raiding Squadron/Special Boat Squadron, the former under the command of Paddy Mayne with David Stirling in captivity. The unit took part in the assault on Sicily, destroying a battery at Capo Murro di Porco and taking part in the opposed landing at Augusta. In September 1943 the SRS landed at Bagnara on the Italian mainland, securing a bridgehead for the main landing. The raid on Termoli as part of the Special Service Brigade followed. Initial success was followed by fierce fighting with German troops from the 16th Panzer Division. With complete carnage raging in the town Paddy Mayne decided at this point to engage in a game of billiards in an abandoned palazzo with Riley, Bill Frazer and Phil Gunn. Pat Riley recalled, 'He just carried on with the game, I thought to myself, Well if you can do it chum, I'll do it with you. And we did. We finished the game, and then went outside to get things sorted'. The action at Termoli was very costly for the SRS with 69 men killed, wounded or missing. Following this Riley was transferred back to the UK with Johnny Cooper and Mike Sadler to assist in setting up camps and training for the SAS, now expanded to brigade size with French and Belgian units, for the coming operations in Northwest Europe. Riley was to ensure that the SAS units were properly equipped and supplied for the jeep operations behind enemy lines that followed. After the conclusion of WW2 Riley was transferred to the Army reserve in November 1945. He rejoined the Police as a Constable at Wisbech but quickly bored of the inaction and volunteered as a Captain in the Malayan Regiment in which unit he worked closely with the Malayan Scouts during the 'Emergency'. Riley retired from the army in 1959 with the rank of Major, he purchased and ran the Dolphin Hotel in Colchester before taking a managerial role with Securicor and finally retiring in 1980 in Hastings. He organised and attended many regimental reunions right up to his death on February 9th 1999. It is a privilege for us to offer for auction this item which belonged to a legendary Special Air Service soldier, it is an old cliche, 'If only it could talk', in this case, what a story it would tell. The items come direct from family with a Letter of Provenance from Pat Rileys Granddaughter. CR* The knife is in sound condition with wear commensurate with age and usage. There is some surface rust in the area of the ricasso with some minor staining to the blade. The belt loop section is detached from the scabbard but can be reattached if required. Letter of Provenance added.

Oak framed bar snooker / billiards scoreboard by Riley, together with two smaller scoreboard / counters

A large satsuma vase unusually decorated with monkeys playing billiards.

A George III Irish silver trophy goblet, possibly Thomas Jones, indistinct Dublin date letter, half fluted thistle form, with gadrooned foot and presentation inscription, 24cm, 12.9oz . Condition Report: The waist has several splits both on decoration and stem, otherwise no obvious damage or repair, presentation inscription is for the Bossom Challenge Billiards Cup, hallmarks very worn

Four old snooker cue's and two metal cue cases.1 Power glide Elston & Hopkin billiards ltd, 1 Made in china 17 ox. 1 Missing name disc. 1 has BCE in a triangle.

A Gerogian style Mahogony Style Serving Tray, two victorian papier mache trays with painted decoration, two Billiard/snooker table brushes one by makers J.Palmer, London, a framed Orme & Sons rules of Billiards poster, printed map of Norfolk etc (qty)

* Trophy Cup. A George V period two handled trophy cup by Charles Boyton & Son Ltd, London, 1925, body of urn form with 2 scroll handles on a pedestal foot, engraved ‘Bath police billiards championship cup, presented by W. Tindall. Esq, in recognition of the services of the bath police on the occasion of the disastrous fire at Crowe Hall on the 23rd January 1926’ 28cm high , 1124gQTY: (1)

A quantity of Meccano, billiards balls, walking sticks, baseball bat. (1 box)

Boxed Billiards Snooker Game, Radio Controlled Aircraft and a model aircraft kit by West Wings

A collection of vintage games and gaming accessories - including two early 20th century cribbage boards; a boxed set of Towsend Croquet Limited 'Carpet Skittles'; a cased set of carpet boules; a mid-century boxed set of three bar billiards balls; eight leather and one turned yew wood dice shakers; and two wooden boxes containing gaming counters.

Wills cigarette cards, part sets, some nearly complete, sleeved in 6 full albums with ranges of Association Footballers, Aviation, Billiards, Cinema Stars, Cricket, Dogs, Homeland Events, Lighthouses, Military Motors and many more.

Ogden's cigarette cards to include: A.B.C. Of Sports (45), Actors Natural & Character Studies (85), A.F.C. Nicknames (12), Air-Raid Precautions (71), Applied Electricity (81), Australian Test Cricketers (54), Billiards (75), Birds Eggs (64), Birds Eggs Push Outs (85), Boxing (24), Boy Scouts Blue Backs (35) Second Series (15), Third Series (26), Green Backs (28), Second Series (31). Album contains Over 700 cards, some duplication.

Ogdens cigarette cards, part and near complete set sleeved in an album with ranges of The Blue Riband of the Atlantic, Trainers and Owners Colours, Trick Billiards, Turf Personalities, Whaling, Yachts and Motor Boats and others.

A painted wooden 'Billiards Upstairs' sign. 41 cm wide.

Mahogany Billiards Wall Mounted Score Board, by Ashcrofts, 37 Victoria St, Liverpool, 87cm

An antique watercolour of a dining room with gentlemen in black tie drinking port and a game of billiards in the background, signed CJD lower right, various antique annotations verso, 49cm x 40cm

A folder of mainly black and white photographs featuring the World Billiards Champion Joyce Gardner (qty)

A pair of Caps, for the 1932 England & Scotland Billiards, Newcastle upon Tyne.

JOE DAVIS: BILLIARDS UP-TO-DATE, London, John Long Limited, 1929. First edition signed by the author. Red cloth boards with gilt title to spine, boards protected under mylar sleeve

Three boxed copies of The Game of Billiards entitled Robert's Billiards to Amateurs by Chaz Roberts "Vivid", Billiards for Everybody by Charles Roberts with numerous illustrations, 5th edition together with The Game of Billiards with a special treatise on Nursery Cannons by William Cook, Nursery Cannon Champion

E WHITE: A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE GAME OF BILLIARDS, London, W Miller, 1807. A beautiful first edition bound within later stiff card marbled boards, with printed title panel pasted to spine. Toning throughout and slight losses to uncut page edges. Bumped extremities.

Quantity of souvenir catalogues to include the Bet Fred World Snooker Championship 2016 and 2017, also a Billiards/Snooker sports annual, The Embassy World Professional Snooker Championships 1977 souvenir program, the Willie Holt Billiard News etc

Rule Books: two sequential vols, "The Rules... of the game of English Billiards, Snooker, Volunteer Snooker, Pyramids, Pool & Russian Pool", for 1934 and 1935

Seven vols: "The World of Billiards", various dates 1900-1906 (see photograph).

A selection of various vintage Snooker/Billiards interest Pamphlets & Books.

Selection of various Billiards-related vintage Books.

TOM NEWMAN: ADVANCED BILLIARDS, London, John Long Limited, 1924. Green cloth and original printed dustjacket (chips to edges), some foxing. Full page black and white photographs and various other black and white illustrations

Four vols bound Periodials, viz "The Q World" 1975-77 and 1978-79, and "The New World of Billiards" Oct 07-Nov 08 and Dec 08 - Jan 10 (4)

A selection of various Ephemera & Slides relating to Snooker/Billiards, including "Improve your Play" by Jack Kahnehm, IPC/Bob Thomas photographic Playing Cards, commem box for Joe Davis 500th break celebratory Dinner at the Dorchester Hotel; together with a box of earlcy C20th "Crystallate" Billiard Balls.

Books: "Billiards" W Broadfoot, half-leather w/crest, gilt bands with lettering to spine.

A small accumulation of various historic billiards interest Booklets, Table Cards, etc.

An engraving depicting Joyce Gardner (the Women's Professional Billiards Champion 1931-33, 1935-38) signed in pencil to margin Effie Spring-Smith, image size 19 x 17cm

TOM REECE AND W G CLIFFORD: BILLIARDS, London, A and C Black, 1915. Beautiful first edition in original orange printed dustjacket (later version also underneath)

A large qty various early-mid C20th Billiards-interest bound vols of Periodicals, incl "The Billiard Player", "The Burwat Billiards View". "Billiards Monthly", etc.

Two albums cont a selection of circa 1930s billiards interest cuttings, both instructional and match reports

Three bound 1930s vols Biiliard Magazines, viz "Billiards & Snooker" & "The Billiard Player".

Bound volume pre-WWI periodicals, "Billiards Illustrated", "Billiards" & "Billiard Times", December 1913 - June 1914.

Album containing various Ephemera, including postcards featuring female billiards players in costume, various b/w presentational and group photographs, postcards, autographs etc.

Collection of various Billiards ephemera, incl Leicester Square Hall 1951 tickets, various other cuttings etc, Davis/Reardon and Davis/Taylor signed Photograph, various Leicester Square Hall 1950s Programmes.

Photographic and other Billiard History: various Biiliard-interest Photographs including group 1929 World Professional Billiards Championship, Tom Newman/George Emmett exhibition match, flyer for Joyce Gardner at the Savoy, Gardner/Rea exhibition match poster, British Women's Billiards Tournament 1929 Burwat Trophy Presentation, 1904 Stevenson/Dawson Test Match, etc.

A part leather bound book, late 19th Century, The Game of Billiards and How to Play It by John Roberts (a/f)

RISO LEVI: BILLIARDS FOR ALL TIME, Cheshire, printed by the author, 1935. First edition in original dustjacket, signed and dedicated to fellow player, Joe Davis by author to FFEP

Two vols containing collection of Billiards-interest newspaper cuttings incl Match Reports etc, one vol pre-WWI the other 1940s.

Five bound vols early periodicals, viz "The Billiard Review Oct 1895-July 1896", "May 1899-March 1901", and "Nov 1899-May 1900"; "Billiards April 1894-Jan1895" and "Feb 1895-July 1895".

RISO LEVI: BILLIARDS IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, Manchester, printed by the author. in original printed dustjacket.

A folder of mainly newspaper cuttings and photographs relating to The Boy Billiards Marvel Donald Cruickshank, circa 1930's to 1960's to include Post Office telegrams, "Don Cruickshank Boroughs of London Best Wishes today", Cruickshank Brave Donald Congratulations, Splendid Performance, Keep Smiling, Bowman