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Preisdatenbank abonnierenRoberts (David). The Holy Land, With Historical Descriptions by the Rev. George Croly, Divisions I-III only, pub. Cassell, c. 1879, three titles printed in red and black, 120 tinted lithographs, last few plates marginally dampstained, some light spots, a.e.g., contemporary half morocco over wooden boards, lacking spine, covers detached, 4to. (1)
Survey of Western Palestine. The Fauna and Flora of Palestine, by H.B. Tristram, pub. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund, 1884, 20 lithographed plates, of which 13 coloured, library stamps and usual marks, small sticker repair, some light spots, later library cloth, 4to, together with The Survey of Western Palestine. Jerusalem, by Col. Sir Charles Warren and Capt. Claude Reignier Conder, 1884, lithographed maps, plans and illustrations, library stamps and marks, small sticker repair, some pencil scoring, a few spots, later library cloth, 4to, plus The Survey of Western Palestine. Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer, 1881, library stamps, sticker repair to title, later library cloth, 4to, with The Survey of Western Palestine. Special Papers on Topography, Archaeology, Manners and Customs, 1881; The Survey iof Western Palestine. Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography and Archaeology, vols. II & III only, and A General Index vol. 1888. (7)
Wittman (William). Travels in Turkey, Asia-Minor, Syria, and Across the Desert into Egypt, During the Years 1799, 1800, and 1801, in Company with the Turkish Army, and the British Military Mission. To Which are Annexed, Observations on the Plague, and on the Diseases Prevalent in Turkey, and a Metrological Journal, 1st ed., 1803, double-page engraved frontispiece (two vertical folds), single-page hand-coloured engraved plan, folding engraved map, twenty-one engraved plates, of which sixteen hand-coloured aquatinted plates of costume, scattered light spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked retaining original spine, a little rubbed, 4to. ÒWittman was a member of the British military mission which joined the Turkish forces at Constantinople in 1799 and travelled overland to Egypt to take part in the campaign against the French. The costume plates, unsigned, are mostly of soldiers and military functionaries. Several of these plates were later used by the publisher McLean in his Military Costume of TurkeyÓ. Blackmer 1832; Atabey 1344.. (1)
Mohr (Edward). To the Victoria Falls of the Zambesi. Translated from the German of Edward Mohr, by N. D’Anvers, 1st ed., 1876, half title present, portrait frontispiece, folding map, four chromolithographed plates, eleven wood-engraved plates, 42pp. publisher’s list at end, some light spotting, original green gilt-dec. pict. cloth in bright condition, 8vo. (1)
Peters (Dr. Carl). New Light on Dark Africa: Being the Narrative of the German Emin Pasha Expedition, Its Journeyings and Adventures among the Native Tribes of Eastern Equatorial Africa, the Gallas, Massais, Wasukuma, Etc. Etc., on the Lake Baringo and the Victoria Nyanza, translated from the German by H.W. Dulcken, 1st English ed., 1891, port. frontis. with tissue guard, num. b & w illusts. from drawings, folding map in rear pocket, orig. pict. cloth, a little rubbed on spine and one or two minor marks, 8vo. (1)
Schweinfurth (Dr. Georg). The Heart of Africa. Three Years’ Travels and Adventures in the Unexplored Regions of Central Africa from 1868 to 1871, 2 vols., 1st U.S. ed., New York, 1874, wood-engraved frontispieces, two lithographed maps (one folding), 24 wood-engraved plates (one coloured), some light toning, small booklabels to front pastedowns, original red/brown cloth gilt, edges slightly rubbed, 8vo. First U.S. translation of the German botanist’s account of his expedition to the Sudan and Congo in 1868-71.. (2)
Stanley (Henry M.). In Darkest Africa, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1890, portrait frontispiece to each, three folding coloured maps, 36 full-page wood-engraved plates, illustrations, map endpapers, scattered light spots, original red pictorial cloth gilt, minor shelf wear, 8vo. With an autograph letter, dated November 1892, tipped-in to verso of vol. I frontispiece: ÒDear sir, I greatly regret that the evening in question Nov. 16th is already engaged, otherwise I should be very happy to attend at what I am sure will prove exceedingly interesting, Yours faithfully, H.M. StanleyÓ. (2)
Stanley (Henry M.). Through the Dark Continent, or the Sources of the Nile Around the Great Lakes of Equitorial Africa and Down the Livingstone River to the Atlantic Ocean, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1878, portrait frontispieces, folding map in rear pocket of each, eight other maps, wood-engraved plates and illustrations, some light spots, original pictorial cloth, 8vo. A fine set. (2)
Stanley (Henry M.). Coomassie and Magdala: The Story of Two British Campaigns in Africa, 2nd ed., 1874, half title present, portrait frontispiece, two folding maps (one repaired), wood-engraved plates and illustrations, single leaf publisher’s list at end, a few light spots, original green pictorial cloth gilt, 8vo. (1)
Thomson (Joseph). Through Masai Land: A Journey of Exploration Among the Snowclad Volcanic Mountains and Strange Tribes of Eastern Equitorial Africa. Being the Narrative of the Royal Geographical Society’s Expedition to Mount Kenia and Lake Victoria Nyanzia, 1883-84, 4th ed., 1885, half title present, two folding maps, wood-engraved plates and illustrations, 32pp. publisher’s list at end, scattered light spots, original olive cloth gilt, edges slightly rubbed, 8vo. An excellent copy. One of the great books on African exploration by Joseph Thomson (1858-1895). Appointed geologist and naturalist to Alexander Keith Johnston’s 1878 Royal Geographical Society’s expedition to establish a route from Dar es Salaam to Lakes Nyasa and Tanganyika, he led the expedition after Johnston’s demise, for fourteen months, covering 3000 miles, collecting many new specimens. He was gored by a buffalo on a further expedition in 1883, and Thomson’s Gazelle is named for him. His often quoted motto was ÒHe who goes gently, goes safely, he who goes safely, goes farÓ. (1)
Cooke (W.B. & Owen Samuel). The Thames; Or, Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings, and Picturesque Scenery, on the Banks of that River, 2 vols., 1811, 84 engraved plates, scattered light spotting and offsetting, bookplate, contemporary diced calf, old reback, rubbed and scuffed, 4to. (2)
Ireland (Samuel). Picturesque Views on the River Thames, From Gloucestershire to the Nore; With Observations on the Public Buildings and Other Works of Art in its Vicinity, 2 vols., 1801-02, additional sepia aquatinted titles, two engraved maps, 52 sepia aquatinted plates (correct), one or two cropped affecting imprint, some light browning and offsetting, near contemporary half calf, a little rubbed and scuffed, 8vo. (2)
Tanner (Thomas). Notitia Monastica; Or, an Account of all the Abbies, Priories and Houses of Friers, Formerly in England and Wales. And Also of all the Colleges and Hospitals Founded Before A.D. MDXL... And Now Reprinted by James Nasmith, Cambridge, 1787, engraved portrait frontispiece (trimmed and remounted), three engraved plates of armorials, scattered light spots, bookplate, a.e.g., early 20th c. full tan morocco by Riviere, covers with panelled rolls enclosed by ornaments and corner tools, spine with raised bands, lettered and decorated in gilt, joints and edges a little rubbed, some light fading, folio. (1)
Thoresby (Ralph). Ducatus Leodiensis: Or, the Topography of the Ancient and Populous Town and Parish of Leedes, and Parts Adjacent in the West-Riding of the County of York, 1715, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved folding map, eleven engraved plates, some light browning and scattered spots, 20th c. brown full morocco, slightly rubbed, folio. (1)
Whitaker (John). The History of Manchester, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1771-75, ten engraved plans and plates, most folding (a couple with marginal tears), illustrations, some light spotting and offsetting, contemporary calf, one upper cover detached, some wear, 4to, together with The History and Antiquities of Scarborough and the Vicinity: With Views and Plans, by Thomas Hinderwell, 1st ed., York, 1798, engraved frontispiece, four engraved maps and plates, some spotting, previous owner signature, contemporary calf-backed boards, rubbed, 4to, with James Savage’s History of the Hundred of Carhampton, 1830. (6)
[Adams, John]. Index Villaris: or, an Exact Register, Alphabetically Digested, of all the Cities, Market-towns, Parishes, Villages, the Hundred, Lath..., or other Division of each County..., 1690, some browning, modern qtr. calf, folio, together with Miller (Philip), The Gardeners Dictionary..., 3rd ed., 1737, eng. frontis. (torn with loss & lined to verso), two eng. plts., prelims. incomplete and appendix lacks all after D2, some light damp staining and marginal fraying, modern qtr. calf, folio, plus one other. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (3)
Culpeper (Nicholas). A collection of engraved plates from Culpeper’s English Family Physician, [pub. L.W. Locke, 1792], 204 uncol. copper-eng. plts. of plants, numbered 1-204, without title or letterpress, plus five addn. eng. plts. of anatomy, pub. Alexander Hogg, 1802, at rear, contents generally in clean condition, contemp. later cloth with morocco label to spine, rubbed and some light soiling, 8vo. (1)
Howitt (Samuel). Groups of Animals, Containing Forty-Four Plates, Drawn from the Life and Etched by Samuel Howitt, pub. Edward Orme, 1811, forty uncol. etched plts., some light scattered spotting throughout, orig. cloth, with orig. printed green label to spine and upper cover, rubbed and some marks, spine frayed with some wear, 4to. (1)
Oppianus. Alieuticon, sive De Piscibus, Libri quinque e graeco traducti ... C. Plinii Secundi, De Naturis Piscium ... de medicinis ex aquatilibus sive piscibus, Pauli Jovii, De Piscibus, 3 parts bound in one, ed. Johannes Caesarius, Strasbourg, Jacobus Cammerlander, February 1534, 8 pp. prelims. + 152 numbered leaves, woodcut initials, large printer’s woodcut figure of Fortuna to verso of final leaf (with neat 18th c. ownership inscription below), some light browning throughout, contemp. Venetian blind-tooled goatskin, with foliate border enclosing inner lozenge of foliate roll, with small figure of Fortuna to centre of each cover, top fore-edge title by hand Oppiani Alieutica, lacks ties, skilfully recased with minor restoration to extreme corners, 4to (binding size 205 x 155mm) Adams O202. This edition not in Westwood and Satchell. Oppian’s poem on fishing was the first book on the subject, here translated by Lorenzo Lippi, with additions by the translator including cooking recipes. (1)
Voet (Johan Eusebius). Catalogus Systematticus Coleopterorum, 2 parts in one, Atlas vol. only, The Hague, 1806, without the text vols., two engraved titles in Latin, French and Dutch, 105 mounted hand-coloured engraved plates, loose, some with manuscript titles, previous owner inscription and red ink stamp to first title, one other marginal stamp, one or two light spots, contemporary half calf, lacking ties, some wear, 4to. One of the finest entomological works published in the Netherlands. Nissen 4259.. (1)
[Worlidge, John]. Dictionarium Rusticum, Urbanicum & Botanicum: Or, a Dictionary of Husbandry, Gardening, Trade, Commerce, and all Sorts of Country-Affairs, 2 vols., 3rd ed., 1726, titles printed in red and black, two engraved plates (one folding), woodcut illustations, occasional light spotting, contemporary calf, lacking spine labels, joints splitting, rubbed, 8vo. (2)
* Ackermann (R., publisher). A collection of approx. 85 miscellaneous plates mainly regarding the Napoleonic Wars, pub. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, 1809-17, fine aquatint and etched plts. with orig. hand colouring (some folding, inc. some duplicates), includes three copies of `Death and Bonaparte’ by Rowlandson and plates of military costume etc., some occ. light offsetting, each approx. 240 x 140mm (approx.85)
* European costume. A collection of approx. 100 various, mostly hand-coloured lithographs and engravings of Swiss, French, German, and some English, costumes and trades, early-mid. 19th c., incl. some by or after Koenig, LantŽ, Orlowski, Madou, Eeckhout, etc., one entitled in ms. Pirate of the Greek Light Infantry Regiment, some loose, some mounted on loose album leaves, others mounted in contemp. scrap album (approx. 100)
* Ruskin (John, 1819-1900). Autograph letter signed `John Ruskin’, Brantwood, Coniston, Lancashire, 30th November 1883, to Lord Bishop (of Carlisle), `The Pigeon-hole, - or to my earthly-mindedness - marmot-hole - cupboard is firing and permanently set up in my reserve library, - with the immediate result of making me pull out piles of unanswered letters - accumulated from last November at least, and go in at them - tearing - docketing - repenting - apologizing, and marmot-holing - as if i was my own secretary or solicitor: and - I do believe that thanks to your Lordship, I shall see light through the heap before Xmas. In any case I am entirely grateful for the gift - and still more for all the kindness you have shown to Mr. Severn and my Joanie [Ruskin’s cousin Joan Severn, wife of Arthur] - who are mere weary of talking of happy days and kind family at Rose Castle’, concluding that he is sorry to hear that his Lordship is going to London as he had wished to come to Rose Castle himself, printed letterhead, two pages written on the first and third pages of a bi-folium, adhesion marks and tears from an album mount to final blank page with resultant tearing along inner margin of second leaf, not affecting text, 8vo. (1)
Baronius (Caesar). Epitome Annalium Ecclesiasticorum Caesaris Baronii, ed. Jo. Gabriele Bisciola, Lyons, Jean Pillehotte, 1602, add. eng. title, printed title with early ownership inscription of Nicolas Foucquet, light waterstain generally throughout, contemp. limp vellum, lacks ties, rubbed and some marks, 4to, together with Zeno (Apostolo), Poesie Sacre Drammatiche ... cantate nella Imperial Cappella di Vienna, Venice, Cristoforo Zane, 1735, half-title, add. eng. title, printed title with eng. vign., contemp. vellum, soiled and some wear to extrems., 4to in 8’s, plus Gambart (Adrien), Vida Simbolica del Glorioso F. Francisco de Sales, Obispo de Geneva, Madrid, 1688, woodcut illusts., some waterstaining, contemp. limp vellum, rubbed and marked, ties partly defective, det. along upper inner hinge, small 4to, and three others similar (6)
Bewick (Thomas). The Fables of Aesop, and Others, with Designs on Wood, by Thomas Bewick, 1st ed., Newcastle, 1818, with the thumb-mark receipt and Bewick’s signature in facsimile, 188 woodcut head-pieces to the fables, and 135 vigns., tail-pieces, etc., by Bewick, ms. name of first owner at head of vign. title-page, occn. light finger-soiling and marks, endpapers renewed, contemp. cloth with modern calf spine and corners, 8vo in 4s, together with The Chase; a Poem, by William Somervile, 1802, twelve woodcuts by Thomas Bewick, and one by his pupil, Charlton Nesbit, title-page foxed and toned, untrimmed, modern calf gilt, lightly scratched, large 8vo. (2)
* Cherubini (Luigi, composer). Troisieme Messe Solennelle a trois parties en choeur, avec accompagnements a grand orchestre, 1st ed., Paris, Chez l’Auteur [1825], eng. title, with stamped author’s counter-signature at foot, 200 eng. pp. of music, plus 6 pp. Marche Religieuse at end, modern half calf, a little rubbed, folio, together with Grisar (Albert), Album d’Albert Grisar, Six Romances, Lithographies de Grenier, Paris, Bernard Lagge, n.d., c. 1840, six b&w litho. plts., eng. title and twelve leaves of eng. music, some light spotting, a.e.g., orig. cloth-backed blindstamped green morocco gilt, rubbed and some marks, slim 4to. (2)
Croker (Temple Henry & others). The Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, 3 vols., 1773-75, engraved frontispiece to vol. I, folding table, three engraved maps (Africa by G. Rollos, two America maps by Robert de Vaugondy), 146 engraved plates, some plates in vol. III bound out of order, duplicate numbers or not sequential, one or two plates cropped with loss, occasional light browning, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed and scuffed, folio, with one other. (4)
Customs and Excise. The Report with the Appendix, from the Committee of the House of Commons Appointed to Enquire into the Frauds and Abuses in the Customs, to the Prejudice of Trade, and Diminution of the Revenue, 1st ed., pub. by order of the House of Commons, 1733, 103pp., a few light spots, recent marbled wrappers, folio. A detailed report of the abuses in the British customs service from 1715-33, as far as they affected the colonial and tobacco industry and econimic status of Virginia and Maryland. The report also includes accounts of the smuggling of linen and other household goods, tea, brandy etc. Goldsmiths’ 7107.. (1)
Dante Alighieri. [Divina Commedia], pub. Rampazetto, Gioambattista, Sessa & Fratelli, Venice, 1578, lacking title and leaf PP8, woodcut illustrations, headpieces and initials, a few leaves cropped at upper margin, just affecting one or two headlines, some marginal wormtracks and light spotting, later grained sheep, rubbed, folio. Adams D108.. (1)
Dodgson (Rev. Charles Lutwidge, `Lewis Carroll’). Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, 1st ed., 1st issue, Macmillan, 1872, 1st issue with `wade’ for `wabe’ on p.21, half-title, frontis. and b & w illusts. by John Tenniel, some light foxing and soiling, a.e.g., hinges splitting, orig. gilt dec. red cloth, shaken and cocked, somewhat soiled, spine extrems. frayed, 8vo, together with Rhyme? and Reason? with sixty-five illustrations by Arthur B. Frost and nine by Henry Holiday, 1st ed., 1883, half-title, frontis. and numerous b & w illusts., many full-page, title-page foxed and browned, hinges splitting, yellow edges, orig. gilt dec. green cloth, spine darkened and sl. frayed at ends, 8vo. (2)
Goldsmith (Oliver). The Haunch of Venison, a Poetical Epistle to Lord Clare, 1st ed., issue not stated, 1776, etched portrait frontispiece by Bretherton after Henry Bunbury, upper margin trimmed affecting some pagination, one or two light spots, early 20th c. brown half morocco, lightly rubbed, 4to, together with Vade (James, pub.), The Sentiments. A Poem to the Earl of Danby in the Tower, by a Person of Quality, 1st ed., 1679, pp.11, (1), some marginal dampstaining, modern boards, slim folio, together with D’Urfey (Thomas), The Progress of Honesty: Or, a View of a Court and City. A Pindarique Poem, 1681, modern boards, slim folio, with [Armstrong, John], Of Benevolence: An Epistle to Eumenes, 1st ed., 1751, pp.(iv), 11, modern boards, 4to, plus Courtenay (John), A Poetical Review of the Literary and Moral Character of the Late Samuel Johnson..., 3rd ed., 1786, slight browning and light dust soiling, modern boards, slim 4to. (5)
[MolŽ, Guillaume Fran?ois Roger]. Histoire des Modes Francaises, ou Revolutions du Costume en France, depuis l’etablissement de la Monarchie jusqu’a nos jours. Contenant tout ce qui concerne la tete des Francais, avec des recherches sur l’usage des Chevelures artificielles chez les Anciens, 1st ed., Amsterdam and Paris, Costard, 1773, half-title, eng. head-piece, occn. light foxing and marks, single wormhole to blank fore-margin throughout becoming two holes towards the end, label removed from front pastedown, red sprinkled edges, contemp. speckled half calf, with paste paper boards, rubbed, 12mo.. First edition of this interesting and important work on the history of hair-styling and grooming, beards and wigs. (1)
Montfaucon (Bernard de). Antiquity Explained, and Represented in Sculptures, ... translated into English by David Humphreys, vols. II-V (of 5), 1721-22, + Supplement to Antiquity Explained, 5 vols. bound in one, 1725, 350 copper eng. plts., including many folding, occn. light embrowning (contents generally in clean condition), contemp. sprinkled full calf, rubbed and worn with joints cracked, folio (5)
Saxe (Maurice, Comte de). Les Reveries ou Memoires sur L’Art de la Guerre, 1st ed., The Hague, 1756, half title printed in red and black with light spotting, forty eng. plates (twenty-two folding), new end papers, 19th century qtr. morocco gilt, folio. De Saxe’s work is a comprhensive study on the art of war. He claimed to have written it in thirteen nights whilst suffering from a fever which has led to the accusation that it was composed whilst De Saxe was under the influence of opium. Its erratic style certainly does not dissuade one from this argument. Suprisingly uncommon with only three UK locations known.. (1)
Walton (Izaak and Cotton, Charles). The Compleat Angler, ed. Richard Le Gallienne, illust. Edmund H. New, 1897, photogravure port. frontis., b&w illusts. throughout, t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, some light foxing to endpapers, contemp. crushed green half morocco, gilt-dec. spine (faded to brown), very sl. rubbed to extrems., large 8vo, together with Hall (S. C., ed.), The Book of British Ballads, 1842, numerous wood eng. illusts. throughout, a.e.g., inside gilt dentelles, contemp. gilt dec. polished brown full morocco (by Kelly, 15 Gower Place), with his ticket to verso of front endpaper, very slightly rubbed to extrems., small 4to, plus Wallenberg (J. K.), Kentish Place-names, & The Place-names of Kent, together 2 vols., Uppsala, 1931/34 respec., contemp. uniform red morocco gilt, large 8vo, and other bindings, various, later 19th & 20th c., including twenty-nine vols. only of Kipling’s Works 1927-28, bound in orig. uniform limp maroon morocco, with gilt dec. spines, 8vo. (39)
Pocock (W.F.). Modern Finishings for Rooms: A Series of Designs for Vestibules, Halls, Stair Cases, Dressing Rooms, Boudoirs, Libraries, and Drawing Rooms; With their Doors, Windows, Chimney-Pieces, and Other Finishings to a Large Scale..., 1811, 86 engraved plates, 4pp. folding catalogue at end (torn without loss), occasional light spotting, modern burgundy calf gilt, spine a little faded, 4to. (1)
Churchill (Sir Winston L.). General Election poster, printed by Tulip Press and published by Col. W.H. Barlow-Wheeler, [1959], depicting a portrait of Churchill’s head centered with letterpress above and below. `General Election 1959, Woodford Parliamentary Division, Vote for [Churchill] on Thursday, 8th October 1959’, black on cream paper, 38 x 23cm, together with The Story of the Malakand Field Force. An Episode of Frontier War, new ed., 1899, half-tone portrait frontispiece (loosening), coloured folding maps, plans, some light spotting, original cloth, spine a little rubbed and faded, 8vo, with others by or on Churchill, including A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, 4 vols., 1956-58. (19)
Lukis (William Collings). An Account of Church Bells; with some notices of Wiltshire Bells and Bell-Founders, containing a Copious List of Founders, a Comparative Scale of Tenor Bells, and Inscriptions from nearly Five Hundred Parishes in Various Parts of the Kingdom, 1st ed., 1857, half-title, thirteen eng. plts., bookplate of James Watson, 3pp. ms. letter tipped-in on front free endpaper, and ms. notes on verso of front free endpaper and half-title, rough-trimmed, orig. gilt dec. cloth, lightly soiled, extrems. rubbed, spine detached (but extant), 8vo, together with Raven (John James), The Church Bells of Suffolk... With a Complete List of the Inscriptions on the Bells, and Historical Notes, 1st ed., 1890, half-title, eight plts., letterpress illusts., occn. foxing, orig. gilt dec. cloth, spine ends frayed, spine and upper margin of front cover faded, 4to, plus North (Thomas), The Church Bells of Leicestershire: Their Inscriptions, Traditions, and Peculiar Uses; with Chapters on Bells and the Leicester Bell Founders, 1st ed., Leicester, Samuel Clarke, 1876, half-title, eighteen plts., folding pedigree, letterpress illusts., occn. light spotting, hinges split, orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, joints split and spine extrems. frayed, sq. 8vo, plus forty-seven other books and pamphlets on bell ringing (50)
Thomson (Hugh, illust.). The School for Scandal, by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Hodder & Stoughton, [1911], twenty-five tipped-in col. plts., b & w illusts., endpapers and edges foxed, orig. gilt dec. lilac cloth, spine faded, contained in orig. cardboard box, rubbed, lid broken at two corners with sl. loss, 4to, together with two others illust. by Hugh Thomson in orig. cardboard boxes (As You Like It and Quality Street), plus Rackham (Arthur, illust.), A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, William Heinemann, 1915, twelve col. plts. (unmounted), with captioned tissue guards, letterpress illusts., some full-page, dated on verso of title, free endpapers foxed, orig. gilt dec. lavender cloth, gilt dulled, spine faded and frayed at ends, sm. 4to, plus Aldin (Cecil, illust.), The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, by Charles Dickens, 2 vols., 1910, col. plts., b & w illusts., occn. light foxing, vol. 1 with typed presentation label mounted on front free endpaper, endpapers and untrimmed edges foxed, original pictorial cloth gilt, spine ends rubbed and frayed, tall 8vo, plus seven other illustrated books similar, incl. Frank Reynolds, Noel Pocock, Rackham, and Dulac (12)
[Petrarca, Francesco]. Il Petrarca con Nuove Spositioni..., Venice, 1586, bound with Tavola di Tutte le Rime de’ Sonetti, e Canzoni del Petrarca, Ridotte co i Versi Interi Sotto le Lettere Vocali [by Luca Antonio Ridolfi], Venice, 1586, first work lacking title, woodcut illustrations, light dampstain, stching breaking, contemporary vellum, some soiling, 8vo, together with Half-Hours with the Highwaymen, by Charles G. Harper, 2 vols., 1908, half-tone illustrations, previous owner signature, some light spots, short tear at foot of vol. II, a little rubbed, 8vo, with an 1837-38 album of House of Commons free fronts (some removed) and 5 vols. (of 6) of F.O. Morris’s A History of British Birds, 1866 (dampstained and incomplete) Sold not subject to return.. (carton)
Rapin de Thoyras (Paul de). Rapin’s Impartial History of England: Written Originally in French; First Translated into English by John Kelly... And N. Tindall, 4 vols., 1784-89, engraved portrait frontispiece to each, 88 engraved portraits and plates, engraved tables, occasional light spotting, recent brown morocco-backed boards, folio, with other miscellaneous books (3 shelves)
Bobby Moore’s jersey from the Bobby Charlton ‘Mainstay All Stars’ football tour of South Africa in July 1979, a short-sleeved light blue No.4 jersey with white piping, embroidered badge bearing sponsor’s logo; together with a quantity of photocopied material relating to the tour (a qty.). The Mainstay All Stars were a team of British veteran professionals led by Bobby Charlton. Other tours included Australia, USA, Scandinavia and South Korea. For the South Africa tour Bobby Moore was assigned the No.4 squad number (Ron Yeats wore No.6). The former England captain had the misfortune of being sent-off in the 55th minute of the Mainstay All Stars match with a South Africa XI at the Rand Stadium. Newspaper reports suggest it was very harsh decision with the referee seemingly convinced that Moore hand thrown a punch during a three man melee inside the defender’s six yard box, a decision that left all sides of the ground bewildered and Moore departed the field to a standing ovation. It is not known for sure if this was the shirt Moore was wearing in the Rand Stadium but it is thought highly likely, with Moore receiving an automatic two match suspension after the sending-off. Incidentally, it was on this tour that Bobby Moore first met his namesake Stephanie Moore, a British Airways stewardess, whom he later married in 1991
An autographed display of Robert “Bob” Fitzsimmons the first three-divisional World Champion in boxing history between 1891 and 1903. The signature of the Middleweight, Heavyweight and Light-heavy weight champion in ink on a buff coloured page removed from an album, full signature of Robert on a light green page removed from an autograph album, mounted beneath a b&w photograph, mounted, framed & glazed, 43 by 30.5cm., 17 by 12in. Bob Fitzsimmons became the third world heavyweight boxing champion in history when defeating Jim Corbett (see previous lot) in New Orleans on 17 March 1897. In the process the Cornishman also became Britain’s first heavyweight champion, albeit he and his family had emigrated to New Zealand when Fitzsimmons was nine years of age. “Ruby Robert” then became an American citizen in 1898 and remained champ until defeated by James L. Jeffries (see next lot) in 1899.. Fitzsimmons other legacy is that he was the first boxer to hold world titles in three weight divisions during his career
An autographed display of Jack Johnson the first black World Heavyweight Boxing Champion between 1908 and 1915, on a light green page removed from an autograph album, in pencil and inscribed ‘former champ,’ mounted beneath a b&w photograph from The Ring, mounted, framed & glazed, 46 by 30.5cm., 18 by 12in.; sold with an autograph dealer’s COA (2). The ‘Galveston Giant’ Jack Johnson famously became the first black world heavyweight champion in 1908 defeating Canada’s Tommy Burns. Racial animosity ran so deep among whites that author Jack London famously called out for a ‘Great White Hope’ to take away the title from Johnson. A number of these bouts followed but none more famous than the so-called ‘Fight of the Century’ between Johnson and James L. Jeffries (see previous lot) who came out of a six year retirement with the words “I am going into this fight for the sole purpose of proving that a white man is better than a negro.” The fight took place on 4th July 1910 in Reno, Nevada. Jeffries people pulled him out in the 15th round after Johnson had knocked him down twice. Jeffries defeat triggered race riots that evening all across the United States, with many whites feeling humiliated at the defeat of their ‘great hope.’ Many blacks, on the other hand, were jubilant, and strove to use the victory for racial advancement. Johnson finally lost his world crown in 1915 at the hands of Jess Willard (see next lot).
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