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Preisdatenbank abonnierenSilver replica of the Holms Cup by George Nathan & Ridley Hayes, Chester 1905, the circular bowl engraved BENEDICTUS DEUS IM DONA SUIS AME, "Blessed be God for his gifts. Amen" on a circular lobed pedestal foot, H10.5cm , 9.83oz 305.6gmCondition Report: Light rubbing to marks and some wear to decoration.Rim out of shape.Start of potential splits in rim.
Three matched graduated silver photograph frames with engine turned decoration, by Sanders & Mackenzie, Birmingham, various dates, and another silver photograph frame, (4),Condition Report: All frames with some dents and dings. Light rubbing to decoration and marks. Largest with broken glass in top left corner.Overall sizes:Largest 20.5 x 15.5cm, 18 x 12cm, 14 x 9cm, and 10.5 x 8cm.
B2 Rare Robert Taylor "Helping Hand" signed by an impressive 16 famous Luftwaffe, USAAF, RAF and RCAF WW2 Aces and veterans. When originally issued in 1989, "Helping Hand" was signed only by the artist, Robert Taylor, this print being number 124 from an issue of 1250 and today is a sought after print in its own right. However, over the years this particular print has benefited greatly by being additionally autographed by 16 extremely well known WW2 aircrew from the Luftwaffe, the RAF and the USAAF including many leading Aces. This print is supplied with a Vector Fine Arts Certificate of Authenticity from 2007 confirming that this is one of just three prints to carry this combination of 16 autographs and giving details of the signatories (see photographs). This print is signed by the artist, Robert Taylor and Colonel Bob Morgan Pilot of the B-17 Memphis Belle, Lt. Colonel Francis "Gabby" Gabreski (Ace) 56th Fighter Group, General Gunther Rall (Ace) JG52, Lt. General Walter Krupinski (Ace) JG52 JV44, Colonel Don Blakeslee (Ace) Officer Commanding 4th Fighter Group, Lt. Colonel Robert S Johnson (Ace) 56th Fighter Group, Colonel "Hub" Zemke (Ace) Officer Commanding 56th Fighter Group, General Chesley "Pete" Peterson (Ace) Fourth Fighter Group, Wing Commander Geoffrey Page (Ace) 56 Squadron Battle of Britain, Colonel Walker Bud Mahurin (Ace) 56th Fighter Group, Air Vice Marshal Johnnie Johnson (Ace) Canadian Wing, Lt. Colonel Don Lopez (Ace) Flying Tigers, Major General Robert "Bob" Landry B-17 Pilot, Cliff Peterson P-51 Pilot, Squadron Leader Rod Smith (Ace) RCAF and 2nd Lieutenant John C "Red" Morgan Co Pilot B17 Congressional Medal of Honour Holder received for his actions during a 1943 bombing run over Germany, which also inspired the character of 2nd Lieutenant Jesse Bishop in the novel and film Twelve O' Clock High. The print measures approximately 84cm x 60cm (33 x 23. 5 inches) and has been stored flat, out of the light and is in very. Print Historical Detail: The scene is a familiar one back in 1944. A damaged B-17 Flying Fortress, down on power and speed, has lost touch with the formation and is alone in a hostile sky - easy prey for the enemy fighter. With crew members injured and unable to bale out, the skipper has elected to stay with his ship in an effort to bring his crew home. All on board knew the drill: Once hit, damaged, slowed down and unable to maintain their position in the formation they were on their own. Losing height and dropping out of the relative safety of the group they would become a prime target for the marauding high-altitude fighters of the Luftwaffe, and their chances of survival would be slim. But this day was different. Their luck was in! High above, a P-51 Mustang long-range escort pilot, himself low on both fuel and ammunition and weary from combat with German fighters, has assessed the plight of the B-17 and closed in to 'ride shotgun' for the long journey home. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
B3 RARE Robert Taylor "Knights Cross" Limited Edition Print signed by Luftwaffe Ace Oberst Erich Hartmann KC with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds. This is the Limited Edition number 631 / 1250 published in 1989 and is supplied with the original Certificate of Authenticity. This is a rare, reasonably early Robert Taylor print and it is hard today to find examples such as this one. The print is signed by the artist, Robert Taylor and Oberst Erich Hartmann KC (1922 - 1993), also nicknamed "The Blond Knight Of Germany" by friends and "The Black Devil" by his enemies, who is the most successful fighter ace in the history of aerial combat. He claimed 352 enemy aircraft shot down (of which 345 were flown by the Soviet Air Force, and 260 of which were fighters) in 825 combat sorties while serving with the Luftwaffe, Germany's air force, in World War II. The print measures approximately 84cm x 61cm (33 x 24 inches) and has been stored flat, out of the light and is in very. Print Historical Detail: Erich Hartmann in his Me109 closes in to within 100 metres of a Russian Ilyushin II, one of his many close encounters high over the Eastern Front. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
B4 Robert Taylor "Steinhoff Tribute" Ltd. Edition signed by General Johannes Steinhoff KC with Oak Leaves and Swords. This print is from the original Limited Edition number 233 / 1250 published in 1994 and is supplied with the original Certificate of Authenticity. The print is signed by the artist, Robert Taylor, and General Johannes "Macky" Steinhoff (1913 - 1994) who was a Luftwaffe fighter ace during World War II, German general, and NATO official. He was one of very few Luftwaffe pilots who survived to fly operationally through the whole of the war period 1939-45. Steinhoff was also one of the highest-scoring pilots with 176 victories, and one of the first to fly the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter in combat as a member of the Jagdverband 44 squadron led by Adolf Galland. The print measures approximately 84cm x 64cm (33 inches x 25. 25 inches) and has been stored flat, out of the light and is in very. Print Historical Detail: A unique limited edition published in tribute to one of the Luftwaffe's highest scoring Aces, and greatest fighter leaders. Macky Steinhoff in action over the White Cliffs of Dover. It is August, and the height of the Battle of Britain: Heinkel 111 bombers have attacked airfields and radar stations along the south coast, and a frantic dog-fight has developed as Bf109s of JG-52 clash with Hurricanes of the RAF's No. 32 Squadron. Macky's Bf109E, which dominates the picture, provides a magnificently detailed study of this superlative fighter, as he and his fellow Luftwaffe pilots do their best to protect the retreating Heinkels. Below is a wonderful panoramic aerial view of Dover Harbour, the legendary White Cliffs, and the carefully researched landscape showing the south-eastern tip of the British Isles as it was in 1940. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
B5 Gerald Coulson "Top Cover" Aces Edition signed by 5 American WW2 P51 fighter aces. This print is from the rarer Aces Edition number 74 / 250 published in 2004 and is supplied with the original Certificate of Authenticity. Signed by the artist, Gerald Coulson, and 5 highly decorated P51 fighter Aces who flew in combat during WW2: Colonel Clarence E 'Bud' Anderson, Lieutenant Colonel Robert A. Karr, Lieutenant Colonel Clyde B. East, Captain James L. Brooks and Colonel Bob Goebel. The print measures approximately 75cm x 62cm (29. 5 inches x 24. 25 inches) and has been stored flat, out of the light and is in very. Print historical detail : Every day when weather permitted, the bomber crews of the USAAF Eighth Air Force flew missions deep into Germany and other destinations under the rule of Nazi Germany. And every day they knew the enemy fighters were waiting for them. Only the fighter escorts stood between the bombers and potential decimation. Big Brothers and Little Friends - this was the enduring bond between the bomber crews and fighter pilots of the USAAF Eighth Air Force in their prolonged and hotly contested air war against Hitler's Nazi Germany, 1942-1945. Renowned Aviation Artist Gerald Coulson has reconstructed the deadly war game being played out in the icy, thin stratosphere high above a hostile territory, February 1944. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
B7 RARE - An early Battle of Britain Museum Appeal Spitfire print signed by 23 RAF pilots who all flew the famous Spitfire during the Battle of Britain. This print commemorates the 40th Anniversary of The Battle of Britain and was issued as a signed limited edition by The Battle of Britain Museum in 1980. This early print was signed at a time when ink was still commonly used and this makes this particular issue of print subject to signature fading if exposed to natural light for a prolonged period of time. This atheistically pleasing print carries a very good selection of signatories and is now widely considered by collectors to be a classic making it highly sought after particularity in. This print has been stored out of natural light for many years and is in very for this issue. The print shows a Supermarine Spitfire Mk 1A of 19 Squadron and is signed by the artist, Keith Broomfield and the following RAF pilots who all flew Spitfires during the Battle of Britain: Wing Commander. P P C Paddy Barthropp DFC AFC 602 Squadron, Flight Lieutenant J H Burgess 222 Squadron, Flight Lieutenant W J Corbin DFC 66 & 610 Squadrons, Wing Commander I H Cosby DFC 610 & 72 Squadrons, Group Captain H S Darley DSO 69 Squadron, Wing Commander Lord Dowding of Bentley Priory 74 Squadron, Warrant Officer R H Gretton DFC 266 & 222 Squadrons, Flight Lieutenant R M D Hall DFC 152 Squadron, Flight Lieutenant L W Harvey 54 & 245 Squadrons, Wing Commander R E Havercroft AFC 92 Squadron, Flight Lieutenant R L Jones 64 & 19 Squadrons, Air Vice Marshall A V R Johnstone CB DFC AE DL 602 Squadron, Group Captain D P D G Kelly DFC 74 Squadron, Wing Commander D E Kingaby DSO AFC DFM 266 & 92 Squadrons, Group Captain C B F Kingcombe DSO DFC 92 Squadron, Flight Lieutenant L A Martel 54 & 603 Squadrons, Wing Commander D A P McMullen DFC 44 & 222 Squadrons, Wing Commander C Merrick DFC 610 Squadron, Squadron Leader S N Rose 602 Squadron, Squadron Leader R L Stillwell DFC DFM 65 Squadron, Squadron Leader F Usmar 41 Squadron, Flight Lieutenant W L B Walker 616 Squadron and Group Captain A R Wright DFC AFC 92 Squadron. The print is framed, in very and has the original Battle of Britain Museum Certificate of Authenticity signed by Michael A Fopp (son of Australian Battle of Britain pilot Desmond 'Dizzy' Fopp) attached to the back. The print overall in frame measures approximately 56cm x 39cm (21. 75 inches x 15. 25 inches). Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
B10 The Spirit of Alamein by J Lawrence Isherwood signed by Field Marshall Montgomery of Alamein. The full title of this early framed print is "The Spirit of Alamein After The Oil Painting by J Lawrence Isherwood FRSA. FIAL. " this being number 26 of just 75 published by Henry Donn in 1971. Signed by the artist J Lawrence Isherwood (1917-1989) and an icon of Second World War history, Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery (1887 - 1976), 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO, PC, DL, nicknamed "Monty" and "The Spartan General", was a senior British Army officer who served in the First World War, the Irish War of Independence and the Second World War. This print has been stored out of natural light for many years and is in. The print is framed and overall in frame measures approximately 70 cm x 63 cm (27. 5 inches x 24. 75 inches). Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
B11 RARE Nicolas Trudgian ORIGINAL PENCIL DRAWING "Summer Harvest - Spitfires of No. 19 Squadron Swoop Low Over a Downed BF109 August 1940". Signed by the artist, Nicholas Trudgian, and three highly successful pilots who flew with Number 19 Squadron RAF during The Battle of Britain, these being Air Commodore James Baird Coward AFC (1915 - 2012), Flight Lieutenant Wallace Cunningham DFC (1916 - 2011) and Wing Commander Gordon Sinclair OBE DFC (1916 - 2005). This is a truly stunning original pencil drawing by one of the world's best known aviation artists and when you look at the level of detail he achieves it is easy to see why he has this reputation (see photographs). This original drawing is supplied professionally mounted and protective wrapped, ready for framing or display as is, overall size is approx. 52cm x 41 cm (20. 5 inches x 16. 25 inches), visible image / aperture size is approx. 40cm x 29 cm (15. 75 inches x 11. 5 inches), this original drawing has been stored flat, out of the light and is in very. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
B12 RARE Stephen Teasdale ORIGINAL PENCIL DRAWING signed by 11 Luftwaffe and RAF WW2 Fighter Aces and highly decorated pilots. This is an original pencil drawing by Stephen Teasdale showing Spitfire JE-J flown by Johnnie Johnson closing in on a Messerschmitt BF-109. Hand drawn by a very talented aviation artist, this superb original pencil drawing has been signed by 11 Luftwaffe and RAF aces and highly decorated pilots all of whom saw combat during WW2. The drawing is signed and dated by the artist, Stephen Teasdale 2003, and signed by Günther Rall (1918 - 2009) KC was a highly decorated Luftwaffe officer and General, whose military career spanned nearly forty years. Rall was the third most successful fighter pilot in aviation history with 274 aerial victories mainly on The Eastern Front. Walter Schuck (1920 - 2015) he served in the Luftwaffe from 1937 until the end of WW2. As a fighter ace, he claimed 206 enemy aircraft shot down in over 500 combat missions, eight of which while flying the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter. Hugo Broch (b. 1922) KC is a Luftwaffe ace credited with 81 victories in 324 missions, all on The Eastern front. Werner Roell (1914 - 2008) KC Luftwaffe Stuka pilot during WW2. Many enthusiasts know of Werner Roell through his landmark book "Laurels for Prinz Wittgenstein" about his school friend, Major Heinrich Seyn-Wittgenstein, one of the great Nachtjagd aces. But Roell was a decorated Luftwaffe pilot in his own right, awarded the Ritterkreuz in May 1943 as Kommandeur I. /St. G 77. He flew over 400 combat sorties, many at the controls of the Ju 87. Squadron Leader Peter Hearne DFC: Joined the RAF in February 1941 and after training joined 65 squadron as a sergeant pilot flying Spitfires in 1942. He stayed in the RAF after WWII and finally retired in February 1962. He ended WWII an ace with 5 air to air victories, 1 probable & 4 damaged. Flight Lieutenant James Kyle DFM James Kyle joined the RAF in 1941 and trained as a pilot in Dallas, Texas, before returning home to become a member of 197 Typhoon Fighter Squadron at Drem upon its formation. In March 1943 the Squadron moved to Tangmere, and he became one of a precious few survivors of a full tour of operations, being awarded the DFM in 1944. P/O A J Smith (1920 - 2004) Arthur Joseph Smith was born on 8th November 1920 in New Barnet, one of three sons of 'Joey' Smith, British and European Lightweight Boxing Champion. Smith entered the RAF on a short service commission on the 15th of June 1939. After initial training he was posted to 6 OTU Sutton Bridge on 28th April 1940 to convert to Hurricanes. Group Captain Tom Dalton-Morgan DSO OBE DFC* (1917 - 2004) was a fighter pilot and fighter ace and flew during the Battle of Britain. Wing Commander John Freeborn DFC & Bar (1919 - 2010) was a fighter pilot and fighter ace during WW2. In 1939, he shot down another RAF fighter in a friendly fire incident that marked the first death of an RAF fighter pilot in the war, as well as the Supermarine Spitfire's first aerial victory. The following year, he flew more operational hours than any other RAF pilot during the Battle of Britain, Squadron Leader Jan Zurakowski KW & 2 Bars (1914 - 2004) was a highly successful and decorated Polish fighter and test pilot who fought in The Battle of Britain. At various times in his life he lived and worked in Poland, the United Kingdom, and Canada and Squadron Leader Desmond 'Dizzy' Fopp AFC MID (1920 - 2005) a was a highly successful Australian fighter pilot who fought in The Battle of Britain. His son, Michael Fopp, organised the issue of various prints for The Battle of Britain Museum Appeal in the 1980s, several examples of which can be found in this auction and more recently director of the RAF Museum at Hendon. This original drawing is supplied professionally mounted and protective wrapped, ready for framing or display as is, overall size is approx. 50 cm x 38 cm (19. 5 inches x 14. 75 inches), visible image / aperture size is approx. 38 cm x 26 cm (14. 75 inches x 10. 25 inches), this original drawing has been stored flat, out of the light and is in very. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
B13 RARE Philip West ORIGINAL PENCIL DRAWING "Final Concept Sketch - A Bat Out Of Hell" signed by Philip West and dated 1998. This is an original hand drawn final concept sketch by one of the world's finest aviation artist featuring a stunning image of a North American F-86 Sabre, sometimes called the Sabrejet, transonic jet fighter. The Sabre is best known as the United States' first swept wing fighter that could counter the swept-wing Soviet MiG-15 in high-speed dogfights in the skies of the Korean War (1950-1953), fighting some of the earliest jet-to-jet battles in history. Considered one of the best and most important fighter aircraft in that war, the F-86 is also rated highly in comparison with fighters of other eras. Although it was developed in the late 1940s and was outdated by the end of the 1950s, the Sabre proved versatile and adaptable and continued as a front-line fighter in numerous air forces until the last active operational examples were retired by the Bolivian Air force in 1994. This original drawing is probably a concept sketch for the Philip West print "Combat Over Korea" and is supplied professionally double mounted and protective wrapped, ready for framing or display as is, overall size is approx. 54 cm x 40 cm (21. 25 inches x 16 inches), visible image / aperture size is approx. 42 cm x 28 cm (16. 5 x 11 inches), this drawing has been stored flat, out of the light and is in very. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
B14 RARE Philip West ORIGINAL PENCIL DRAWING "Concept Sketch Number 2" signed by Philip West. This is an original hand drawn final concept sketch by one of the world's finest aviation artist featuring a stunning image of a North American F-86 Sabre, sometimes called the Sabrejet, transonic jet fighter. The Sabre is best known as the United States' first swept wing fighter that could counter the swept-wing Soviet MiG-15 in high-speed dogfights in the skies of the Korean War (1950-1953), fighting some of the earliest jet-to-jet battles in history. Considered one of the best and most important fighter aircraft in that war, the F-86 is also rated highly in comparison with fighters of other eras. Although it was developed in the late 1940s and was outdated by the end of the 1950s, the Sabre proved versatile and adaptable and continued as a front-line fighter in numerous air forces until the last active operational examples were retired by the Bolivian Air force in 1994. This original drawing is probably a concept sketch for the Philip West print "Combat Over Korea" and is supplied professionally double mounted and protective wrapped, ready for framing or display as is, overall size is approx. 43. 5 cm x 36 cm (17 inches x 14 inches), visible image / aperture size is approx. 31. 5 cm x 24 cm (12. 5 inches x 9. 5 inches), this drawing has been stored flat, out of the light and is in very. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
B15 RARE Philip West ORIGINAL PENCIL DRAWING "Concept Sketch Colour" signed by Philip West. This is an original hand drawn colour final concept sketch by one of the world's finest aviation artist featuring a stunning image of a North American F-86 Sabre, sometimes called the Sabrejet, transonic jet fighter. The Sabre is best known as the United States' first swept wing fighter that could counter the swept-wing Soviet MiG-15 in high-speed dogfights in the skies of the Korean War (1950-1953), fighting some of the earliest jet-to-jet battles in history. Considered one of the best and most important fighter aircraft in that war, the F-86 is also rated highly in comparison with fighters of other eras. Although it was developed in the late 1940s and was outdated by the end of the 1950s, the Sabre proved versatile and adaptable and continued as a front-line fighter in numerous air forces until the last active operational examples were retired by the Bolivian Air force in 1994. This original colour drawing is probably a concept sketch for the Philip West print "Combat Over Korea" and is supplied professionally double mounted and protective wrapped, ready for framing or display as is, overall size is approx. 47 cm x 41 cm (18. 5 inches x 16. 25 inches), visible image / aperture size is approx. 34 cm x 28 cm (13. 5 inches x 11 inches), this drawing has been stored flat, out of the light and is in very. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Eric Coates Signed Music piano solo booklet, For the production The Dambusters. Signed bottom right hand corner in blue pen. Eric Francis Harrison Coates (27 August 1886 - 21 December 1957) was an English composer of light music and, early in his career, a leading violist. Coates was born into a musical family but, despite his wishes and obvious talent, his parents only reluctantly allowed him to pursue a musical career. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
WW2 RAF Lancaster 5C/366 Early Mk 2 Aircraft Interior Cockpit Light Lamp. It is in reasonable used condition Length is 5inches. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
A NEMA TD 688 Cipher Machine, Swiss, third quarter of the 18th century,the 10-wheel cipher machine used by the Swiss Army and Diplomatic Corp, complete with standard keyboard, corresponding light-up displays, remote display, spare bulbs and wiring, and operational instructions manual, in painted metal case, 12 3/4in (32cm) wide Footnotes:The NEMA utilised a total of 10 rotors: 5 for enciphering the alphabet, and 5 paired rotors which give irregular stepping of the rotors. This was a marked improvement over the original German counterpart, Enigma.The high serial number denotes that the present machine was produced as an Operational Machine for wartime use only, rather than a Training model or a scarce Foreign Office version.The present Lot includes a bilingual operations manual stamped ENTKLASSIFIZIERT DATUM: 9 Juli 1992, which denotes the official declassification date for the NEMA.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ΩΩ VAT on imported items at the prevailing rate on Hammer Price and Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A FINE 3½ INCH GAUGE MODEL OF G.N.R. IVATT 'ATLANTIC' EXPRESS LOCOMOTIVE No. 1414,the superheated copper-boilered, live steam coal fired 4-4-2 locomotive with twin outside cylinders, the cab with lever and quadrant reverse, safety valve, pressure gauge, water gauge glass, boiler feed controls, handbrake, firehole door, the 6-wheeled tender with water and coal spaces and lettered GNR, all finished in light apple green, lined black edged white, with transfer cabside number, mounted on section of display track under glazed display case with brass information plate,the model 44in (112cm) longFootnotes:No. 1414 was originally designed by H.A. Ivatt and was built at Doncaster in 1905. Only one of these locomotives escaped scrapping when the class was withdrawn in 1950, it was the first of the class built (originally numbered 251 of 1902) preserved by the Science Museum.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A NEMA TD 459 Cipher Machine, Swiss, third quarter of the 20th century,the 10-wheel cipher machine used by the Swiss Army and Diplomatic Corp, complete with standard keyboard, corresponding light-up displays, remote display, wiring, and operational instructions manual, in painted metal case, 12 1/2in (32cm) wide Footnotes:First deployed in 1947, the NEMA cipher machine shared numerous features with the commercial Enigma, including the lack of a plugboard. In contrast, the NEMA utilised 5 rotors for enciphering the alphabet, and an additional 5 paired rotors which give irregular stepping of the rotors. This configuration resolved a major vulnerability of the odometer-style stepping of the Enigma machine.The present Lot includes a bilingual operations manual stamped ENTKLASSIFIZIERT DATUM: 9 Juli 1992, which denotes the official declassification date for the NEMA.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ΩΩ VAT on imported items at the prevailing rate on Hammer Price and Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
DOYLE (ARTHUR CONAN)The Hound of the Baskervilles, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with 'you' for 'your' on page 13, line 3, 16 plates by Sidney Paget, very occasional light soiling to text, 3 plates slightly frayed at fore-edge, 2 remounted (one in wrong location), publisher's red pictorial cloth gilt, recased, upper joint and spine ends repaired [De Waal 87], 8vo, George Newnes, 1902Footnotes:Provenance: Margaret E. Miller, ownership inscription on front free endpaper.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
PTOLEMAEUS (CLAUDIUS)Geographicae enarrationis libri octo, woodcut printer's device on title-page, double-column text with woodcut initials, woodcut illustrations (2 full-page, one with image shaved), 50 woodcut maps (49 double-page, mounted on guards), with colophon leaves n4 and [2]h6, text with dampstain in upper margins of first few gatherings and some light browning, occasional light foxing and browning to maps (no. 31 more heavily browned), old inscription and stamp erased from title-page, contemporary wallet-style blindstamped sheep, restored and rebacked preserving original backstrip, metal fasteners with silk ties [cf. Mortimer, Harvard French, 450; Phillips Atlases 366; Sabin 66485], folio (400 x 270mm.), Lyon, Hughes de la Porte [colophons: Vienne, Gaspar Trechsel], 1541Footnotes:The second edition of Ptolemy edited by Servetus, many copies of which are said to have been destroyed on Calvin's orders at the time of the execution of Servetus.The maps are printed from unaltered woodblocks first used in Lorenz Fries's 1522 edition printed by Grüninger (the final map is captioned with this date and Fries's initials), then again in Grüninger's Strasbourg edition of 1525, and in the first Trechsel edition printed at Lyon in 1535. These double-page maps of the ancient and modern comprise: 10 of Europe, 4 of Africa, 12 of Asia, World map, New World, 2 further World maps and 19 others (including Britain and further maps of Africa, Asia and Europe, one with a single-page map on verso). The maps featuring the Americas comprise: Tabula terre nova, number 28, with an account of the voyages and discoveries of Columbus on the verso; Norbegia et Gottia, number 34, showing Greenland as a peninsula of Europe; Tabula nova orbis, number 49, attributed by some to Columbus and known as the 'Admiral's Map', and Tabula totius orbis, number 50, the celebrated new map of the world by Lorenz Fries, the first Ptolomeian map to use the name 'America', on a portion of the South American Continent.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
ROWLING (J.K.)Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, with the number sequence 10 through to 1 on the verso of title, light toning as usual, publisher's pictorial boards (slightly bumped at extremities of spine), pictorial dust-jacket (spine faded, small abrasion to extreme upper right corner of upper cover, lower cover with short horizontal crease visible), 8vo, Bloomsbury, [1998]This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
HAYEK (F.A.)Individualism and Economic Order, first edition in English, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR beneath the ownership inscription of Antony G.A. Fisher (dated 1949) on the front free endpaper, coffee cup stains on upper cover, some soiling, dust-jacket (spine stained), Routledge, 1949; The Constitution of Liberty, FIRST EDITION, bookplate of Antony Fisher as 'founder of the Atlas Economic Research Foundation', dust-jacket, Chicago, University Press, [1960]--BUTLER (EAMONN) Hayek. His Contribution to the Political and Economic Thought of Our Time, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY HAYEK on the title-page, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY 'To Antony and Dorian [Fisher] - friends and fellow-fighters with kind regards Eamonn 18 Oct. 1983', dust-jacket, Temple Smith, 1983--MISES (LUDWIG VON) The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed 'To Mr. Antony Fisher with kindest regards Ludwig Mises' on front free endpaper, dust-jacket (spine faded), Princeton, NJ, D. Van Nostrand, [1956]--DE SOTO (HERNANDO) El otro sendero. La Revolucion Informal, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed with a 12-line note on about Fisher's visit to the Institutio Libertad Y Democracis in Peru, 'Lima - February 1987. To Antony and Dorian [Fisher]... with friendship & gratitude Hernando' on the half-title, and Fisher's ownership inscription (March 987) on front free endpaper, light dampstain at fore-edge of book block, publisher's wrappers, [?Lima], Editorial El Barranco, [1986]--ENOCH POWELL (J.) Freedom and Reality, FIRST EDITION, ownership inscription of Antony Fisher dated May 1969 on front free endpaper, dust-jacket, Batsford, 1969, 8vo (6)Footnotes:From the library of influential libertarian Antony Fisher (1915-1988), founder of the Atlas Foundation, and his wife Dorian, whom he had met at the Mont Pelerin Society. Includes books signed by F.A. Hayek (2), and his Constitution of Liberty (a major influence on Thatcherism), Ludwig von Mises (founding member of the Mont Pelerin Society), and the Peruvian economist Hernando De Soto, whose neoliberal Institute for Liberty and Democracy was founded with assistance from Fisher.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
HATTON (SIR CHRISTOPHER)Indenture signed ('Chr. Hatton'), concerning the granting of lands at Meaux Abbey, Yorkshire to Lancelot Alford, of Beverley, docketted, vellum, large opening calligraphic 'H', with autograph minute by Sir Matthew Carew at foot, old folds, light dusting, 445 x 490mm., 5 October 1586Footnotes:Document signed by Sir Christopher Hatton (c.1540-1591), a favourite courtier and statesman of Queen Elizabeth I who, in 1576, gave him the Isle of Purbeck with Corfe Castle, and in 1587 made him her Lord Chancellor, whereupon 'he rode in state to his inauguration, accompanied by Leicester on one side and Burghley on the other' (ODNB). in 1598 Sir Francis Drake honoured Hatton, his patron and benefactor, by naming the ship he circumnavigated the world in The Golden Hind, a reference to his coat-of-arms.The Cistercian abbey at Meaux, near Beverley in the East Riding of Yorkshire, had been demolished in 1539, the estate subsequently being leased to the Alford family. 'Part of the Crown's estate at Meaux, comprising the site of the former abbey and several closes, and accounting in all for £4 of the annual rental of £27 from the demesne, was granted in reversion to Sir Christopher Hatton in 1586' (A History of the County of York East Riding, Victoria County History, 2002). Provenance: Phillips, 28 March 1985, lot 497.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
AGRICOLA (GIORGIUS)Opera... de l'arte de metalli partita in xii. libri, first Italian edition, translated by Michelangelo Florio, title with woodcut printer's device, numerous woodcut illustrations (some full-page, 2 folding, one of which slightly cropped), colophon leaf and leaf with printer's device at end, mostly light waterstaining and browning, 5 or 6 repairs to margins/blank areas including title and colophon leaf, later vellum, spine with 5 raised bands and titled in manuscript [Hoover 27; cf. Duveen pp.4-5 and Ferguson I, pp.9-11; PMM 79 (first edition)], folio (308 x 208mm.), Basel, Hieronymus Froben et Nicolaus Episcopius, [colophon: 1563]Footnotes:The first edition in Italian of the classic treatise on mining and metallurgy, 'one of the first technological books of modern times' (PMM). The fine woodcuts were the work of Rudolph Manuel Deutsch of Basel, and the volume, dedicated to Elizabeth I, also includes Agricola's De animantibus subterraneis.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
PLOT (ROBERT)The Natural History of Oxford-Shire, being an Essay towards the Natural History of England, second edition, folding engraved map, 16 engraved plates, contemporary panelled calf, joints cracked, Oxford, Charles Brome, 1705--SKELTON (JOSEPH) Engraved Illustrations of the Principal Antiquities of Oxfordshire, large paper copy, engraved frontispiece (with 'Subscription copy' printed at head), engraved title, county map and 49 plates, all on india paper, engraved illustrations to text, many plates foxed, nineteenth century half morocco, rubbed, 1823; Pietas oxoniensis, or Records of Oxford Founders, engraved frontispiece and 25 plates, all on india paper, light waterstain at head reaching text and images, occasional light foxing, later buckram, 1828, Oxford, J. Skelton, folio (3)Footnotes:Provenance: First work, John Frederick Head, bookplates; Second work, Henry Drummond of Albury Park, bookplate; Third work, Charles Buckeridge, ownership inscription on title.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
GEORGE IV – MARIA FITZHERBERTAutograph drafts of four letters, two signed with initials ('M.F'), written by Mrs Fitzherbert to George IV as Prince Regent, referring throughout to their marriage ('...the memorable event of our Union... in the year /85/ under circumstances which made [corrected to rendered] you the only person in this world while life endured that I could ever look up to for protection & support, bound by every tie that Honor or Religion could impose...'), her 'pecuniary difficulties', pursuing the pension promised on their marriage ('...for the first time in the course of nearly 28 years... I claim it...') and support for the 'proper education and maintenance of my beloved Child', apologising for any suffering she has caused him and wishing him 'every degree of happiness', with deletions and amendments throughout, two with autograph endorsements ('Copy of our letters To the Regent' and 'Letter to the P.'); with wrapper annotated '7/ Letters sealed/ by the Executor/ March 31 1837/ G.H./ from Mrs Fitzherbert/ to HRH/ The Prince of Wales', remains of black wax seal, 13 pages, creased at folds, light dust staining, 4to (234 x 190mm.), [no place], one dated 15 August 1814 [1808-1814]Footnotes:'AS YOUR WIFE I FEEL I HAVE A CLAIM UPON YOUR PROTECTION': Retained letters of Mrs Fitzherbert saved from the flames, the only remaining record of the lost originals.These drafts are a rare survival. As the note on the accompanying wrapper attests they were part of a small cache of papers chosen by Mrs Fitzherbert to be retained with the agreement of the King's executors and placed in a sealed box at Coutts bank (see preceding lot). On her death they passed to Minney Seymour, who is mentioned in the letters, and thence to her son the fourth Earl of Portarlington, and were offered as part of the Portarlington Papers at Sotheby's on 22 July 1985, lot 362. The catalogue for that sale describes how virtually all the correspondence between her and the King, 'except for a small handful' was burnt on 24 August 1833 at her house in Tilney Street in the presence of the Duke of Wellington, Lord Albemarle and Lord Stourton. The correspondence was seen as an embarrassment to the Royal Family and every effort was taken to suppress any evidence of their secret marriage. She makes reference to this displeasure here: '...I have reason to believe Sir that your ear has been frequently assailed by Malignant insinuations against me...', she writes. The quantity of manuscripts was so great that the process took several hours, and the conflagration was such that Lord Albemarle's son feared that 'we shall set the old woman's chimney on fire' (Shane Leslie, Mrs Fitzherbert, 1939, p.xiv). Other letters to the King were also sought out and destroyed, so these retained drafts are the only remaining record of the lost originals. They were published in Shane Leslie's The Letters of Mrs Fitzherbert and Connected Papers, 1940.Our letters were written after she had been abandoned by the Prince and are attempts to secure a pension and financial support for herself and her daughter. It is with 'great reluctance' that she troubles the Prince, and reminds him that, mindful of his own financial troubles ('...I knew your income was then so limited that you had it not in your power...'), she has hitherto never 'solicited any provision'. Now, however, she finds herself unable to pay her debts, in particular the extra cost of £300 for the building of her house in Brighton ('...Mr P [the architect William Porden] has thought proper to outrun the Estimate... I had scraped every farthing I'd collect & had frequently deprived myself of many comforts to pay...') and, threatened with jail, she mentions plans to go to the Continent. She comes to him in desperation: '...I had piqued myself that neither my House in Town or at Brighton had ever cost you one farthing... for tho' we have now been married three and twenty years I never at any period solicit you for assistance... The first object of my Heart was your happiness and prosperity... as your wife I feel I have a claim upon your Protection...'.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
TWEEDIE (WILLIAM)The Arabian Horse. His Country and People with Portraits of Typical or Famous Arabians, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 26 OF 100 LARGE PAPER COPIES printed on hand-made paper, half-title, 7 chromolithographed plates of horses, 30 other plates and illustrations (mostly on India proof paper), large folding colour-printed map ('country of the Arabian Horse') loose as issued in pocket at end, occasional light spotting, publisher's green half morocco gilt, upper cover gilt-stamped with a picture of an Arab horse, spine with pictorial design of a palm oasis, g.e., some mildew to side-panels, a few scuffmarks [Podeschi 258], folio (345 x 260mm.), Edinburgh, William Blackwood, 1894Footnotes:LARGE PAPER EDITION LIMITED TO 100 COPIES of a classic work devoted to the Arabian horse. Major Tweedie was for many years Consul-General at Baghdad, and Political Resident for the Government of India in Turkish Arabia, but had begun his study of Arab horses whilst serving with the British army in India, where Arab horses were highly prized as gifts amongst the native and colonial rulers.Provenance: C.J. Anstruther, bookplate.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
ROOSEVELT (THEODORE)The Wilderness Hunter. An Account of the Big Game of the United States and its Chase with Horse, Hound, and Rifle, NUMBER 84 OF 200 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, and with 'proofs of the full-page illustrations on Japanese paper', frontispiece and 23 plates by Frederic Remington, Henry Sandham, J. Carter Beard and others, all with printed guards, light dampstain in the lower fore-corner of approximately the opening 250 pages, publisher's pictorial buckram gilt, t.e.g., soiled, large 4to, New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, [1893]Footnotes:Provenance: C.J. Anstruther, bookplate.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
PEEL (CHARLES VICTOR ALEXANDER)Somaliland Being an Account of Two Expeditions into the Far Interior, one corner bumped [Czech p.127], Robinson, 1900--WOLVERTON (LORD) Five Months' Sport in Somali Land, 1894--NEUMANN (ARTHUR H.) Elephant-Hunting in East Equatorial Africa, one colour plate, large folding map in pocket at end, binding stained, 1898--BALDWIN (WILLIAM CHARLES) African Hunting and Adventure from Natal to the Zambezi, third edition, light stains to lower cover, Richard Bentley, 1894--FOA (EDOUARD) After Big Game in Central Africa, first edition in English, light dampstain to half-title, A. & C. Black, 1899--JOHNSTON (HARRY) The Uganda Protectorate, 2 vol., second edition, light stains on one spine, Hutchinson, 1902--CHAPMAN (ABEL) Savage Sudan. Its Wild Tribes, Big-game and Bird-life, light stains to margins of upper cover, Gurney & Jackson, 1921--BRYDEN (H.A.) Kloof and Karroo: Sport, Legend, and Natural History in Cape Colony, binding rubbed, with small loss to blank piece of spine, Longmans, 1889; Gun and Camera in Southern Africa, light bubbling to covers, Edward Stanford, 1893--SWAYNE (H.G.C.) Seventeen Trips Through Somaliland. A Record of Exploration & Big Game Shooting, 1885 to 1893, spine soiled, rubbed, Rowland Ward, 1895--HARRIS (WILLIAM CORNWALLIS) The Wild Sports of Southern Africa, fourth edition, 26 hand-coloured lithographed plates, one folding map, joints split with minor loss, Pelham Richardson, 1844, FIRST EDITIONS unless otherwise stated, publisher's cloth, all but the third and tenth mentioned pictorial gilt, some rubbing, 8vo; and 7 others, big game hunting and exploration in Africa (19)Footnotes:Provenance: C.J. Anstruther, bookplate.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
GEORGE IIIAutograph letter signed and subscribed ('Your most affectionate Father/ George R') to his son Fredrick, Duke of York ('My dear Frederick'), looking forward to seeing him on Sunday and expressing his displeasure at '...the unfair conduct of the King of Prussia coming more to light every day...', fearing that '...we shall soon see that he has permitted the French to place a Garrison in the Town of Osnaburg, and probably from there advance into my Electorate... the idea of bringing home the Cavalry seems not to be given up...', one page, creased at folds otherwise in clean, fresh condition, narrow paper window mount, 4to (230 x 185mm.), Weymouth, 22 September 1795Footnotes:'THE UNFAIR CONDUCT OF THE KING OF PRUSSIA': George III writes to his son as Commander-in-Chief of the army during the French Revolutionary Wars to relate his concerns that the King of Prussia, after signing the Peace of Basel with France in April 1795, would let French troops overrun Hanover from nearby Osnaburg.Whilst George III at this time ruled both the electorate of Hanover and Britain and whilst William Pitt reiterated in the Commons that 'the Elector of Hanover will never separate himself from the King of England', our letter seems to reinforce the theory by historians such as Guy Stanton Ford that it was Prussian rather than English interests that determined Hanover's fortunes. George III's fears expressed here that Hanover would be occupied by Prussian troops were not realised until March 1801 when Tsar Paul of Russia, then a friend of France, coerced Frederick William III to temporarily occupying the Electorate (see Stanton Ford, Hanover & Prussia, 1796-1803: A Study in Neutrality, 1903, review by Sidney B. Fay, The American Historical Review, Vol. 9. No.4, July 1904).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
LYDEKKER (RICHARD)Wild Oxen, Sheep and Goats of All Lands Living and Extinct, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 237 OF 500 COPIES, signed by the publisher, 28 hand-coloured lithographed plates by J. Smit and J. Wolf, 61 photographic illustrations in the text, erratum slip, occasional light spotting but contents generally clean, publisher's green cloth gilt, mildewed [Nissen ZBI 2614; Wood, p.444], 4to, Rowland Ward, 1898Footnotes:Provenance: C.J. Anstruther, bookplate.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
[CHIPPENDALE (THOMAS)The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director. Being a Large Collection of the Most Elegant and Useful Designs of Household Furniture], 77 engraved plates only (comprising nos. 2-11, 13-15, 17, 19-25, 25bis, 28-77, 79-81, 83-85), the first and last defective, 7 damp stained, some spotting, lacks title and preliminaries, disbound, folio (455 x 290mm.), [c.1754]--[DARLY (MATTHIAS) The Ornamental Architect, or Young Artists Instructor... Publish'd by Matthias Darly], engraved dedication leaf addressed to 'the artists, manufacturers & mechanics of Great Britain & Ireland', index leaf, and 96 engraved plates (of 99, lacking nos. 99-100 and 102), 2 additional ?eighteenth century pen, watercolour and grey wash designs for pine cone ornaments (c.120 x 120mm.) tipped-in, lacks title and frontispiece, light dampstain in upper fore-corner of plates 14-19, small loss to fore-edge of plates 90 to end (touching imprint of plates 92-94 and 98, final 4 strengthened at margins on verso), occasional spotting, modern cloth [cf. ESTC T135950, citing 3 copies only; Harris 188 or 189], folio (415 x 260mm.), [?Robert Sayer, 1771] (2)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
WORLD WAR I'Letters from Eric Travis Townsend, Captain 1/5th Highland Light Infantry. Gallipoli, Egypt & Palestine. 1915-16-17', manuscript, 354 pages, ink on lined paper, approximately 110 photographs (2 portraits of Townsend in military uniform, one loose; others from a private camera of camp life, etc., mostly 50 x 70mm.), early green morocco gilt by Riviere & Son, t.e.g., spine faded, 4to (288 x 225mm.), [c.1918]; Idem, another manuscript copy, 340 pages, 2 portrait photographs, contemporary red morocco, t.e.g., extremities rubbed, 4to (288 x 225mm.), [c.1918]--'Reminiscences of Ronald Travis Townsend... Died 30th November 1917. Aged 28'. By his Mother', manuscript, c.130 pages, ink on lined paper, 20 photographs of Townsend (one loose) and several newspaper cuttings pasted in, contemporary half morocco gilt, by Maclehose of Glasgow, t.e.g., slightly rubbed, 4to (285 x 220mm.), [1921] (3)Footnotes:Finely presented memorials, written up by their mother, to two Scottish brothers who died within three weeks of each other fighting on different fronts during the First World War. Both were born in Scotland and educated at Rugby School (where they served in the cadets). The youngest, Eric, (born 1894), joined the 5th Highland Light Infantry on leaving school and was mobilized for action on 5 August 1914, the day after war was declared. His letters home, at times sent almost daily, provide a vivid account of his war from departure at Devonport Docks aboard the Transylvania (2 June 1915), to Malta, action in Gallipoli, transfer to Egypt (action and hospitalisation), to Palestine where - a few weeks after jokingly asking his mother 'Is Haggis postable?' for Christmas - he noted in his last letter on 4 November 1917 'Dear Mother... The war has started again here, but we are entirely out of it... in fact enjoying bathes in the sea!' Just four days later he died in combat, battling with the Highlanders for a Ridge, 'taken and re-taken four times, and it was in one of these advances that Eric was killed, I think by a machine gun' according to a note from a Captain of his company. He was first buried at the village of Deir Sineid, prior to removal to the Military Cemetery at Gaza. Handsomely presented in a Riviere binding, the album includes upwards of 100 photographs, some depicting Townsend, the Highlanders, street scenes and antiquities.Eric's elder brother Ronald (born 1889) had emigrated to Canada in 1913, but at the outbreak of war jointed the 50th Gordon Highlanders. Due to his training in accountancy he was assigned to a desk-bound position at the Pay Office to the Canadian Expeditionary Force. Desperate to take a more active role in the war (he pictured a situation that when asked by his children what he had done in the war his reply would be 'Signed Cheques!'), he resigned in April 1917, gained his 'Wings' with the Royal Air Force by mid-June, and was sent in mid-October to France. Here, just 22 days after the death of his brother Eric in Palestine, his aeroplane was hit 'when leading a flight over the enemy's line at Lesdain, near Cambrai... and he made the supreme sacrifice'. A memorial plaque to the brothers is to be found at St. Ninian's Church, Troon, Argyll.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
AUDUBON (JOHN JAMES) AND JOHN BACHMANThe Quadrupeds of North America, 3 vol., FIRST OCTAVO EDITION, half-title in volume 1 and 3, 155 hand-coloured lithographed plates by J.T. Bowen from drawings on stone by W. E. Hitchcock and R. Trembley, after J.J. and J.W. Audubon, some light spotting and foxing to opening leaves of the first volume, contemporary blindstamped morocco, gilt lettered on spines, g.e., rubbed [Nissen ZBI 163; Sabin 2638; Wood, p.208], large 8vo (255 x 175mm.), New York, V.G. Audubon, 1849-1854Footnotes:FIRST OCTAVO EDITION OF AUDUBON'S QUADRUPEDS, describing mammals of the of the United States (including Texas, California and Oregon), parts of Mexico, and the Arctic regions.This octavo edition, issued following the success of a similar edition of The Birds of America (see previous lot), includes all of the original 150 plates, with 5 additional plates, reduced in scale by means of the camera lucida. It was prepared for the press and published by Audubon's sons, John W. and Victor, shortly after their father's death in January 1851.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
POTOCKI (JOSEPH)Sport in Somaliland, Being an Account of a Hunting Trip in that Region, NUMBER 186 OF 200 COPIES signed by the publisher, translated from the Polish by Jeremiah Curtin, half-title, chromolithographed frontispiece portrait of the author, 18 photogravure plates (6 double-page), large folding colour-printed map, numerous coloured illustrations in the text, tissue guards, frontispiece loose, one leaf of text (pp.69/70) re-inserted on stub, occasional light spotting, publisher's pictorial white cloth, lettered in gilt, t.e.g., a few small marks but generally clean, folio (390 x 300mm.), Rowland Ward, 1900Footnotes:'One of the rarest of all African big game hunting books' (Czech), recording a hunting trip undertaken by Count Potocki (1862-1922) to the Haud and Ogaden regions of Somaliland in 1895.Provenance: C.J. Anstruther, bookplateThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
ROOSEVELT (THEODORE)Hunting Trips of a Ranchman. Sketches of Sport on the Northern Cattle Plains, covers stained (heavier on lower cover), Kegan Paul, 1886; Ranch Life and the Hunting-trail... Illustrated by Frederic Remington, stain to upper cover, 4toT. Fisher Unwin, [c.1888], first English editions--ENGLEHEART (GARDNER N.) Journal of the Progress of H.R.H. The Prince of Wales through British North America, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY inscribed 'Forwarded to Colonel Rollo, Military Secretary Canada, by order of H.R.H. The Prince of Wales 26th May 1861' on the half-title, 8 tinted lithographed plates (one double-page), 2 maps (one folding), wood-engraved illustrations in the text, spotting, a few gatherings working loose, light staining to covers, Privately Printed, [1860]--LEFFINGWELL (WILLIAM BRUCE, editor) Shooting on Upland, Marsh, and Stream.... Written by Prominent Sportsmen, Descriptive of Hunting the Upland Birds of America, first English edition, Sampson, Low, 1890--SELOUS (FREDERICK COURTNEY) Sport and Travel East and West, Longmans, 1900--PHILLIPPS-WOLLEY (CLIVE) The Trottings of a Tenderfoot: A Visit to the Colombian Fiords, and Spitzbergen, light staining to covers, lower hinge cracked, 1884; A Sportsman's Eden, 1888, Richard Bentley, FIRST EDITIONS--BUXTON (EDWARD NORTH) Short Stalks: Or Hunting Camps North, South, East and West, 2 vol. [first and second series], second edition of first volume, first edition of second volume, folding map in pocket inside upper cover of second volume, spines soiled, Edward Stanford, 1893-1898, publisher's cloth, most pictorial gilt, rubbing and soiling--MAYER (ALFRED M., editor) Sport with Gun and Rod in American Woods and Waters, 2 vol., title vignettes printed on india-proof paper, publisher's cloth-backed boards, worn, short tears to one spine, t.e.g., Edinburgh, David Douglas, 1884, unless otherwise mentioned 8vo; and 3 others, relating to the Americas (14)Footnotes:Provenance: C.J. Anstruther, bookplate.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
AUDUBON (JOHN JAMES)The Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories, 7 vol., fourth octavo edition, 500 hand-coloured lithographed plates, tissue guards (a few missing), some spotting throughout (mostly to text), light dampstain in lower fore-corner of a few opening leaves to volumes 2, 3 and 7, pp.71/72 text leaf in volume 1 with blank upper corner torn away, original blind-stamped brown morocco, lettered 'Bird of America' on upper cover, lettered in gilt on spines, g.e., some rubbing and abrasions, the spine of volume 6 heavily stained, large 8vo (268 x 170mm.), New York, V.G. Audubon, 1860Footnotes:The relatively rare fourth octavo edition differs from the first octavo edition of 1840-1844: 'The plain backgrounds of the original 8vo are replaced by tinted ones; those which were tinted are altered in tone or some minor detail. Many of the elaborate scenic backgrounds of the original folio, which were modified or eliminated in the first 8vo, have been replaced and in some cases the size of the figures has been altered in consequence' (Ayer/Zimmer). The text was reset from the first octavo edition, reduced down to five volumes with the intention of accompanying the 1860 large folio edition being prepared by Julius Bien.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
TURING (ALAN)Autograph letter signed ('Yours Alan') to Alfred William Beuttell ('Dear Mr Beuttell'), returning his notes on the Monte-Carlo system '...with a few notes on what I imagine is the explanation of its success...', going on to say '...I remember your telling me a few months ago that a method for calculating the illumination level on the working plane in a room was rather badly needed. Of course one could not expect to get a simple & accurate formula for anything so complicated...', followed by detailed explanations illustrated by an equation ('...It is illuminated by a uniform point source of candle power I placed at the centre... I am sure there is no need for me to say how one would apply it in practice... I just thought this one might be of use to you...'), sending '...Regards to everyone, and please don't feel there is any need to answer these ravings of mine...'; together with the above-mentioned four-page analysis of the Monte-Carlo system headed 'Gambling System', concluding '...The general effect is when that for short runs one most probably wins or else once loses an unexpectedly large sum. As the length of the run is increased the chances of winning becomes more remote & is negligible for 100,000 spins...', 7 pages in all on King's College headed paper, light dust staining, creased at folds, rust stain from old paperclip, 8vo (178 x 134mm.), Cambridge, 2 February [19]33Footnotes:'PLEASE DON'T FEEL THERE IS ANY NEED TO ANSWER THESE RAVINGS OF MINE': ALAN TURING'S ANALYSIS OF THE MONTE-CARLO GAMBLING SYSTEM & WORK ON A NEW METHOD OF LIGHTING.Turing's analysis of the Monte-Carlo Gambling System is couched in the language of mathematics and equations but put simply, by working out the probability of winning at increasing increments of 150, 1,520, 4,560 and 30,400 spins he proved mathematically that the longer you play, the probability of losing money increases – '...for short runs one most probably wins or else one loses an unexpectedly large sum. As the length of run is increased the chances of winning becomes more remote...', he confirms.The recipient of our letter, Alfred William Beuttell (1880-1965) was the father of Turing's schoolfriend Victor Beuttell (see the following lot). After leaving Sherborne, the boys remained close and Turing spent much time with the Beuttell family. Alfred had made his fortune by inventing and patenting the Linolite electric strip reflector lamp (better known now as the striplight) in 1901, his first important contract being a system of continuous lighting for the Coronation of Edward VII, manufactured by the Edison and Swan Electric Company with whom he had a long association. Buoyed by his company's success pre-war he enjoyed the life of a wealthy bachelor – flying (he met Bleriot and watched the Wright brothers), motor racing and sailing. He spent several months at Monte Carlo operating with some success his own gambling system. Stories of having lived for a month on his winnings piqued the young Turing's interest whilst staying with the family over Christmas 1932 after the death of Victor's mother in November: '...He showed Alan his gambling system, which Alan took back to Cambridge and studied. On 2 February 1933 he wrote back with the result of his analysis, which was that the system yielded an expected gain of exactly zero, and that accordingly Mr Beuttell's winning had been entirely due to luck and not to skill...' (Hodges, A., Alan Turing: The Enigma, 2014, p.89). Our letter is hitherto unpublished, but his biographer Andrew Hodges mentions it with reference to a letter Turing wrote to his friend Norman Routledge in 1953 mentioning the odds of being arrested for homosexuality: '...Alan Turing used logarithms of betting odds as the key to the work he had done for the 'racket' of cryptography, and his sustained fascination with probability is illustrated by that reference [in Routledge's letter] to a one-in-ten chance of being caught. In his 1953 stoic humour there is a link with innocent Anti-War undergraduate days of twenty years earlier when he analysed Alfred Beuttell's Monte Carlo gambling system...' (Hodges, p.xxxi). Whilst his analysis here was a light-hearted exercise, Turing's work on probability had wider implications, and his research paper, The Applications of Probability to Cryptology, in which he applied vigorous probability analysis to a wide range of cryptoanalytic problems, was key to the decryption work undertaken at Bletchley Park.Turing also helped Beuttell in his pioneering work in the scientific measurement of illumination. In 1927 Beuttell had taken out patents on a new invention, the 'K-ray Lighting System', designed to allow uniform illumination of pictures of posters within a glass box and in Turing he found the perfect person to find the right formula for the curvature of the glass. Turing '...suddenly produced the formula, without being able to explain it, which agreed with Alfred Beuttell's calculation. But Alan went further, and pointed out the complication which arose through the thickness of the glass, which would cause a second reflection on the front surface. This made necessary a change in the curve of the K-ray System which was soon put into application for exterior hanging signs, the first contract being with J. Lyons and Co., Ltd, the catering chain... it always delighted Alan that a mathematical formula could actually work in the physical world. He had always liked practical demonstrations, even though he was not good at them...' (Hodges, p.73-4). By the early 1930's Beuttell's work as a specialist lighting consultant brought him large projects such as the illumination of the Freemason's new headquarters in London, which Turing also advised on. Our letter provides a formula for the illumination of the floor of a hemispheric room lit from its centre, a problem which they had previously discussed ('...I just thought this one might be of use to you...'). During the Second World War, the Linolite company became the main supplier of hose clips for the de-icing systems of bomber aircraft but reverted back their main activity in 1945. The company remained in Malmesbury until its closure in 1993.A photograph of Alfred Beuttell at the time this letter was written and a copy of his biography The Man Who Made Linolite is included in the lot.Provenance: Alfred Beuttell (1880-1965); Victor Beuttell (1915-1993); and thence by descent.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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