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Preisdatenbank abonnierenATTLEE CLEMENT: (1883-1967) British Prime Minister 1945-51. A good signed 7.5 x 10 photograph depicting Attlee in a formal half length pose. Photograph by Walter Stoneman and bearing his credit stamp to the verso. Signed in black fountain pen ink by Attlee with his name alone to the lower photographer's mount. Rare in this form. Some very light, minor corner creasing to the mount, VG
MACMILLAN HAROLD: (1894-1986) British Prime Minister 1957-63. Vintage signed 12 x 10 photograph of MacMillan seated in a three quarter length pose on a sofa alongside his wife. Signed with his name alone in black fountain pen ink to the lower photographer's mount and also signed by his wife, Dorothy, in black fountain pen ink with her name alone. Some very light discoloration to the image and a minor stain in the upper left corner of the photographer's mount, about VG
BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS: An excellent signed colour 8 x 10 photograph by each of the British Prime Ministers who have held office from 1963 to the present day, comprising Alec Douglas Home, Harold Wilson (also signed by his wife Mary Wilson), Edward Heath, James Callaghan (also signed by his wife Audrey Callaghan), Margaret Thatcher (also signed by her husband Denis Thatcher), John Major (also signed by his wife Norma Major), Tony Blair (also signed by his wife Cherie Booth) and Gordon Brown (also signed by his wife Sarah Brown). The image shows the famous entrance to 10 Downing Street. Signed by each in blue or black inks to light areas of the image. Rare in this form. EX
OBAMA BARACK: (1961- ) American President 2009- . Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph depicting Obama in a smiling half length pose. The dome of Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. can be seen in the immediate background. Signed in black ink with his name alone across a light area of the image. Obtained in person at the Los Angeles Trade Technical College in California on 31st January 2008. One slight corner crease, otherwise EX
KRUGER PAUL: (1825-1904) President of South Africa 1883-1900. D.S., S J P Kruger, one page, folio, Pretoria, 5th November 1895. The partially printed document, in Afrikaans (untranslated), relates to Barend Dirk Jan Busling and would appear to be a Burgher's Oath. Boldly signed by Kruger as President at the foot. Some folds and light overall age wear, G
ALCOCK & BROWN: ALCOCK JOHN (1892-1919) English Pilot & BROWN ARTHUR WHITTEN (1886-1948) British Navigator, together they completed the first successful non-stop transatlantic flight, June 1919. An unusual, original pen and ink sketch by an unidentified artist, showing Alcock & Brown's Vicker Vimy aircraft in flight. Signed by both Alcock ('J. Alcock') and Brown ('A W Brown') with their names alone in dark brown fountain pen ink to a clear area of the drawing. The artist has annotated the sketch Transatlantic Flight, 14th -15th June 1919 at the head and also added the date, 16th June 1919 (when the signatures were obtained) at the base. Rare and unusual in this form. A couple of minor, light water stains slightly affect both signatures, although they remain perfectly legible. Some very slight age wear to the edges, G The vendor's Grandfather, who was on holiday in Ireland at the time Alcock & Brown completed their flight, had followed the aviator's historic flight in the newspapers and were present to see the landing at Clifden. It was shortly afterwards that his drawing was signed.
ARMSTRONG NEIL: (1930- ) American Astronaut, Commander of Apollo XI (1969). The first man to walk on the moon. Black ink signature ('Neil Armstrong') on a 8vo printed invitation issued by the Mayor and City Councillors of Durban to a civic reception in honour of Neil Armstrong, 15th December 1972. Signed by Armstrong with his name alone to a clear area at the base. With blank integral leaf and four file holes to left edge, not affecting the text or signature. Some very light, minor foxing, about VG
WELLINGTON DUKE OF: (1769-1852) Anglo-Irish Field Marshal & British Prime Minister. L.S., Wellington, two pages, 4to, 3rd October 1812, to Sir Charles Stuart (1779-1845, British Diplomat, Ambassador to France 1815-24, 1828-30). Wellington states that he has received Stuart's letter, and one from Forjay, regarding means of Transport, and continues to explain 'It is not in my power as Commander of the British Army to make an advance of £15,000 upon a speculation….to procure means of Transport for the Army, even though I should be convinced that it would be successful.' further adding 'I am convinced however not only that the proposed scheme will not produce any good effect but that it will aggravate all the existing evils. It is not necessary that I should trouble you with my reasons for entertaining this opinion, as what I have stated above is a sufficient answer to the proposition made to me, as Commander in Chief of the British Army; but if the Portuguese Government think proper to call for my opinion…they shall have it.' Some very light age wear to the edges, VG
ROBERTS LORD: (1832-1914) Anglo-Irish Field Marshal, Victoria Cross winner for his actions at Khudaganj on 2nd January 1858 during the Indian rebellion. Vintage signed sepia postcard photograph of Roberts standing in a full length pose in uniform. Signed ('Roberts FM') in bold black fountain pen ink to a light area of the image. EX
GORT VISCOUNT: (1886-1946) British Field Marshal, Victoria Cross winner for his actions at Canal du Nord, France, on 27th September 1918. Vintage signed sepia 6.5 x 8.5 photograph of Gort in a head and shoulders pose in uniform. Signed ('Gort') in blue fountain pen ink with his name alone across a light area of the image. Together with Frederick Tilston (1906- ) Canadian Colonel, Victoria Cross winner for his actions in the Hochwald Forest, Germany, on 1st March 1945. Vintage signed 5.5 x 6.5 photograph of Tilston in a head and shoulders pose wearing his uniform and beret. Signed to a clear area of the image; and Keith Elliott (1916- ) New Zealand Sergeant, Victoria Cross winner for his actions at Ruweisat, Western Desert, on 15th July 1942. Signed colour 3.5 x 5 photograph, a candid full length shot of Elliott in later years, captured following a fishing expedition. Signed in blue ink to a clear area at the head of the image and also signed to the reverse. Accompanied by a signed piece by Elliott. G to VG, 4
VICTORIA CROSS: A remarkable collection of 224 individual signatures by various recipients of the Victoria Cross, most on clipped pieces neatly laid down to the pages of a slim 4to album. Many of the signatories have added the place and date of their deeds alongside their signatures. Included are Thomas Axford, William Addison, Ali Haidar, Agansingh Rai, Charles G. W. Anderson, Wallace Algie (rare), Augustine Agar, Harold Auten, John Barrett, Edward Boyle, Alexander Brereton, Paul Bennett, Alfred Burt, Daniel Beak, Stephen Beattie, Albert Borella, Bhandari Ram, Rowland Bourke, Colin Barron, Robert Bye, Frederick Booth, William Barker, Clifford Coffin, David Currie, John Carmichael, John Carroll, Brett Cloutman, William Coltman, Edward Cooper, Jack Counter, Arthur Cross, John Christie, Frederick Coppins, Harry Cator, Christopher Cox, Robert Combe (rare), James Crichton, Thomas Caldwell, George Cartwright, Robert Cruickshank, Laurence Calvert, Tom Dresser, John Dwyer, George Dorrell, Donald Dean, Viscount Fincastle, Richard Davies, Joseph Davies, James Duffy, John Davies, Henry Dalziel, Thomas Dinesen, William Dowling (rare), Ernest Egerton, George Eardley, Lewis Evans, Frederick Edwards, Cyril Frisby, Charles Foss, Arthur Fleming-Sandes, John Foote, Gordon Flowerdew (rare, overall light brown tape stain to signature), William Grimbaldeston, John D. Grant, Robert Gee, Milton Gregg, Herman Good, Benjamin Geary, Fred Greaves, Cyril Gourley, William Gregg, Sidney Godley, Robert Gray (rare), Alfred Herring, George Howell, James Huffam, Lewis Halliday, Stanley Hollis, Reginald Hayward, Charles Hudson, Samuel Harvey, James Hewitson, Frederick Holmes, George Ingram, Gilbert Insall, Reginald Inwood, Dudley Johnson, Manley James, Francis Jefferson, Richard Kelliher, Khudadad Khan, John Kerr, Allan Ker, Leonard Keysor, Philip Konowal, Joseph Lister, John Molyneux, William McNally, John Moyney, Lawrence McCarthy, John Mahoney, Thain MacDowell, Richard Masters, Charles Merritt, George McIntosh, Stanley McDougall, Coulson Mitchell, Francis Miles, Edward Mott, Montague Moore, Joseph Maxwell, Henry Murray, George McKean (rare), Edward Mellish, James Magennis, Philip Neame, Augustus Newman, James Ockenden, Llewellyn Price-Davies, George Pearkes, Frank Partridge, Arthur Procter, Cyrus Peck, Charles Rutherford, Peter Roberts, John Readitt, George Roupell, Eric Robinson, James Rogers, Walter Rayfield (rare), Frederick Room (rare), Tom Starcevich, Private Robert Scott, Prakash Singh, Harcus Strachan, John Sinton, Thomas Steele, Percy Storkey, Ernest Smith, Richard Stannard, Arthur Saunders, Paul Triquet, Victor Turner, Richard Turner, Frederick Tilston, Charles Train, James Towers, Tulbahadur Pun, Frederick Topham, Charles Upham, Umrao Singh, Geoffrey Vickers, Samuel Vickery, James Woods, Richard Willis, Peter Wright, Geoffrey Woolley, Henry Weale, Arnold Waters, Guy Wylly, Wilfred Wood, James Welch, Samuel Wallace, John Young, Thomas Young, Raphael Zengel etc., also including the front cover a Festival of Remembrance programme, 11th November 1957, signed by Ivor Rees, Hubert Lewis, William Williams and one other VC individually, neatly mounted to the inside back cover. An extremely rare collection of signatures. G to VG
[PERRY MATTHEW C.]: (1794-1858) American Commodore of the U.S. Navy, compelled the opening of Japan to the West with the Convention of Kanagawa, 1854. A wooden cane, featuring a rounded ivory top, previously belonging to Commodore Perry and made from wood taken from the hull of the flagship U.S.S. Lawrence, commanded by his brother Commodore Oliver Perry at the Battle of Lake Erie (1813). The dark wooden cane features a small silver lined hole 4.5" below the ivory handle and two small inlaid engraved plaques, one reading 'Com. O. H. Perry's victory, Lake Erie, Sept. 10th AD 1813' and the other engraved with a quote by Perry, being his famous message of victory, 'We have met the enemy and they are ours'. Some light age wear and evidence of a break in the cane, neatly repaired. Accompanied by several copies of detailed letters giving excellent provenance. An historic relic of the War of 1812 fought between the United States of America and the British Empire. G Oliver Hazard Perry (1785-1819) American Commodore of the United States Navy who earned the title 'Hero of Lake Erie' for leading the American forces to a decisive naval victory in the Battle of Lake Erie on 10th September 1813.
CHAMBERLAIN NEVILLE: (1869-1940) British Prime Minister 1937-40. An excellent signed 8 x 11 photograph of Chamberlain in a formal head and shoulders pose. Signed ('Neville Chamberlain') in dark fountain pen ink to the lower photographer's mount and dated July 1938 in his hand. Rare in this form. The mount very slightly neatly trimmed and with extremely minor, light age wear. About VG
MONTGOMERY B. L.: (1887-1976) British Field Marshal of World War II. Signed 8 x 10 photograph, a good formal half length study of the Field Marshal wearing his uniform and decorations. The official SHAPE portrait has been signed by Montgomery in blue fountain pen ink across a light area of the background and dated 1972 in his hand. About EX
EISENHOWER DWIGHT D.: (1890-1969) American General of World War II, later American President 1953-61. An excellent vintage signed and inscribed 6.5 x 9 photograph showing Eisenhower in a head and shoulders pose in uniform. Signed in fountain pen ink across a light area at the base of the image, 'To Donny O'Brien, with best wishes and good luck, Dwight D. Eisenhower' and dated Africa 1943 in his hand. Signed photographs of the General from this period of World War II are extremely rare. About EX
MACARTHUR DOUGLAS: (1880-1964) American General of World War II. Vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of MacArthur in a head and shoulders pose wearing his military cap. Signed in fountain pen ink to the image and dated Tokyo, 1947 in his hand. The signature is somewhat light and a little faded, although legible. About VG
FRANK HANS: (1900-1946) German Lawyer, a high ranking official in Nazi Germany. Frank was prosecuted, and later executed, at the Nuremberg Trials for his role in perpetrating the Holocaust during his tenure as Governor- General of occupied Poland. Signed postcard photograph of Frank in a head and shoulders pose. Photograph by Hoffmann of Munich. Signed in bold black fountain pen ink with his name alone to a light area of the image. Accompanied by a T.L.S. by an Oberstaatsanwalt on behalf of Frank, one page, 4to, Berlin, 5th May 1936, the name of the recipient blacked out, in German, forwarding the signed photograph. Rare. VG
FRICK WILHELM: (1877-1946) Nazi Politician, Minister of the Interior of the Third Reich. Executed for War crimes. T.L.S., Frick, one page, 4to, Berlin, 9th January 1941, to SS Gruppenfuhrer Richard Hildebrandt, on the printed stationery of the Reich Minister of the Interior, featuring a blind embossed Nazi Eagle and Swastika, in German. Frick thanks his correspondent for the good wishes he had sent him at the turn of the year and very warmly reciprocates them. Very light age wear to the edges and two file holes to the left edge, not affecting text or signature. About VG. Richard Hildebrandt-Senior SS Police Chief in Danzig and West Prussia, Head of Race and Settlement Division of the SS.
QUISLING VIDKUN: (1887-1945) Norwegian Fascist Politician, Minister Present of Occupied Norway 1942-45. Quisling was executed following a trial for high treason. Concluding second page of a T.L.S., Quisling, one page, 4to, n.p., n.d. (apparently written whilst Defence Minister 1931-33) to the Water Supplies Office in Oslo, in Norwegian. Quisling comments on the laying of water pipes from the Kjoia road in Telemark province and states that a proportion of the cost of the work, approximately 50 kroner, will be met by the military but will be reimbursed upon application by the Captain to the appropriate department at Akersus Castle. Four file holes to left edge, not affecting the text or signature. Some light creasing, about VG
MUSSOLINI BENITO: (1883-1945) Italian Fascist Dictator of World War II. An excellent signed 7.5 x 10 photograph showing Il Duce standing in a half length pose holding a document in his hands. Photograph by Alinari of Florence and bearing their blindstamp in the lower right corner. Signed ('Benito Mussolini') in bold black fountain pen ink across a light area at the head of the image and dated Rome, March 1928 in his hand. An impressive signed portrait with an excellent signature. VG
HARRIS ARTHUR T.: (1892-1984) British Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of RAF Bomber Command during World War II. Signed 8 x 10.5 photograph of Harris, in uniform, seated in a half length pose at his desk. Signed ('Arthur T. Harris, MRAF') in later years in bold black ink to a light area of the image. Together with individual signed colour 10 x 8 photographs by the pilots Johnnie Johnson and Chuck Yeager (inscribed). VG to EX, 3
WALLIS BARNES: (1887-1979) English Scientist & Inventor of the bouncing bomb used in Operation Chastise (The Dambusters Raid), 16th May 1943. Signed 21.5 x 20 colour print entitled Lancaster-Attack on the Mohne Dam-16th/17th May 1943 by artist Frank Wootton. Limited Edition number 24 of 850 published to benefit the RAF Museum Appeal, 1977. Signed in bold pencil to the lower white border by both Barnes Wallis and the artist, Frank Wootton. A couple of light surface creases to the white border, otherwise VG
HARRIS ARTHUR T.: (1892-1984) British Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of RAF Bomber Command during World War II. Signed 21.5 x 20 colour print entitled Halifax-Friday 13th bombing up by artist Frank Wootton. Limited Edition number 24 of 850 published to benefit the RAF Museum Appeal, 1977. Signed in bold pencil to the lower white border by both Arthur Harris and the artist, Frank Wootton. A couple of light surface creases to the white border, otherwise VG
GIBSON GUY: (1918-1944) British Airman of World War II, Wing Commander of 617 Squadron. Victoria Cross winner for his actions during Operation Chastise (The Dambusters Raid) on the Mohne and Eder Dams in Germany, 16th May 1943. Blue fountain pen ink signature ('Guy P. Gibson, W/C') on a irregularly clipped piece. Neatly laid down to a card and mounted alongside colour book photographs etc. Together with clipped signatures of Joan Walton (nee Butterfield), a WAAF who served at Scampton and drove Gibson, and actor Richard Todd who portrayed Gibson on screen. A couple of very light, minor stains to Gibson's signature. G, 3
THATCHER MARGARET: (1925- ) British Prime Minister 1979-90. An excellent original 8 x 11 pencil caricature, by an amateur artist, the sketch depicting Thatcher, wearing a blue dress, standing outside 10 Downing Street. Signed by Thatcher in bold blue ink with her name alone to a light area at the base. Signed and dated 26th October 1980 by the artist in the lower right corner. Accompanied by a T.L.S. from Thatcher's secretary. Rare in this form. VG
ALI MUHAMMAD: (1942- ) American Boxer, World Heavyweight Champion. An excellent original 11 x 8.5 pencil caricature, by an amateur artist, the sketch depicting Ali standing in a full length pose in a boxing ring. Neatly mounted around the sketch appear thirteen brief typed quotations ('I'll float like a butterfly and sting like a bee!' etc.). Signed by Ali in blue ink to a light area, 'To Brian, Muhammad Ali, Good work of me' and dated December 1974 in his hand. Signed while World Heavyweight champion. Signed and dated 20th November 1974 by the artist in the lower left corner. Accompanied by an associated A.L.S. by Paddy Monagahan and T.L.S. by Harry Carpenter. G to VG, 3
ARMSTRONG NEIL: (1930- ) American Astronaut, Commander of Apollo XI (1969). The first man to walk on the moon. Signed and inscribed colour 8 x 10 photograph of Armstrong standing in a half length pose wearing his white spacesuit. In the immediate background appears a large image of the moon. The original NASA image has been signed by Armstrong in blue ink across a light area of the image. One very slight corner crease, otherwise VG
VICTORIA: (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1837-1901. D.S., Victoria R I, as Queen, at the head, one page, oblong folio, Court at Saint James's, 30th October 1859. The partially printed document is a military commission appointing James McGillivray to be a Lieutenant in the Coast Brigade of Artillery. With blind embossed blue paper seal affixed. Laid down and with light overall agewear, minor staining and foxing. Together with a printed oblong 8vo admittance card to the Coronation of Queen Victoria at Westminster Abbey, 28th June 1838. G to VG, 2
JESSOP GILBERT: (1874-1955) English Cricketer. Vintage signed sepia postcard photograph of Jessop standing in a full length pose at the crease holding a cricket bat. Signed in bold black fountain pen ink with his name alone to a light area of the image. Together with John Tunnicliffe (1866-1948) English Cricketer. Vintage signed postcard photograph depicting Tunnicliffe catching a cricket ball. Signed in dark fountain pen ink to the lower white border and dated 1903 in his hand. Three pinholes to the upper corners and lower edge of Jessop's image and some slight corner creasing to Tunnicliffe's image. G to about VG, 2
WOODS SAMMY: (1867-1931) Australian-born Cricketer, one of the few players to represent both Australia and England in Test cricket. Vintage signed sepia postcard photograph depicting Woods standing alongside Lionel Palairet. The cricketers, wearing striped blazers, are seen standing either side of cricket stumps. Photograph by Foster of Brighton. Signed by Woods in black fountain pen ink with his name alone to a light area of the image. A holograph message to the verso, in an unidentified hand, states, in full, 'Hope you will like this card. You saw them didn't you at Bath. I have never seen Palairet but I like Woods, but he is awfully old, 38, though I don't think he looks it.' One very slight, minor corner crease, otherwise VG
WILLS HELEN: (1905-1998) American Tennis Player, Wimbledon Champion 1927-30, 1932-33, 1935 & 1938. Vintage signed postcard photograph of Wills standing outdoors in a full length pose holding a tennis racket. Photograph by Chaplin Jones of Kingston upon Thames. Signed ('Helen Wills') in bold black fountain pen ink with her name alone across a light area of the image. Together with Jean Borotra (1898-1994) French Tennis Player, Wimbledon Champion 1924 & 1926. Vintage signed postcard photograph of Borotra standing in a full length pose holding two tennis rackets. Photograph by Chaplin Jones of Kingston upon Thames. Signed in bold black fountain pen ink with his name alone to a light area of the image. A heavy horizontal crease runs across the base of the image, just touching the signature. G to VG, 2
TILDEN WILLIAM: (1893-1953) American Tennis Player, Wimbledon Champion 1920, 1921 & 1930. Vintage signed postcard photograph of Tilden standing in a three quarter length pose holding a tennis racket under one arm. Photograph by E. Trim & Co. of Wimbledon and bearing their blindstamp. Signed ('Wm. T. Tilden 2nd') with his name alone in bold blue fountain pen ink to a light area at the base of the image. One small tear to the right edge and one slight corner crease, about VG
ALI MUHAMMAD: (1942- ) American Boxer, World Heavyweight Champion. An excellent vintage signed 3.25 x 8 photograph of the boxer standing in a full length pose wearing his gloves and trunks. Signed, with a vintage signature, 'From Cassius Clay', in blue ink to a light area at the head of the image. Rare in this form. VG
FERRIER KATHLEEN: (1912-1953) English Singer. Programme signed, the printed 8vo programme for a performance of Mendelssohn's Elijah with Swindon Central Hall Festival Choir, 29th September 1945. Signed by Ferrier in bold black fountain pen ink with her name alone to a clear area of the cover and also signed by Mary Hamlin, Kenneth Ellis (in pencil) and Bradbridge White. Rare. Some very light creasing, otherwise VG
AUTOGRAPH ALBUM: An autograph album containing over 200 signatures by various footballers and other sportsmen of the late 1950s and 1960s, including Derek Dougan, Jimmy Greaves, Ray Wilson, Stanley Matthews, Jimmy Armfield, Bert Trautmann, Aston Villa, Sheffield Wednesday, Preston North End, Derby County, West Ham United (signed magazine photograph by nine players including Bobby Moore), Blackburn Rovers, Leeds United etc. Also including Gordon Pirie, Derek Ibbotson and various other athletes. Some on clipped pieces and signed magazine photographs laid down to pages. Some pages annotated in ink by collector and some with light staining. G
Chandler (Richard). Travels in Greece: an Account of a Tour made at the Expense of the Society of Dilettanti, 1st ed., Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1776, seven eng. maps and plans, inc. two folding, (correct as list), some light soiling to title and a little foxing to final few leaves, eng. bookplate (by Bartolozzi) of Sir Foster Cunliffe to front pastedown, contemp. tree calf, some marks to edges, modern antique-style gilt-dec. reback with morocco title label, 4to. Blackmer 319. A continuation of Chandler’s Travels in Asia Minor, (1775), the first half devoted to Athens, and the remaining part providing an account of his travels to various classical sites, including Sunium, Prasiae, Marathon, Attica, Eleusis, Megara, Corinth, Salamis, Delphi, Mount Parnassus and Olympia. (1)
Clarke (James Stanier & M’Arthur, John). The Life of Admiral Lord Nelson, K.B. From his Lordship’s Manuscripts, 2 vols., 1809, engraved frontispiece, sixteen engraved plates, portraits and plans, engraved illustrations, one plate with frayed foredge, one with marginal wormtrack, scattered light spots, bookplates, loose typed letter dated 1935 from the Admiralty approving purchase of the book, old sellotape mark to fep vol. I, contemporary calf, covers with gilt corner tools within blind anthemion roll and gilt triple fillet border, rebacked, slightly rubbed with small surface abrasions, 4to (2)
Holland (Henry). Travels in the Ionian Isles, Albania, Thessaly, Macedonia, &c. during the years 1812 and 1813, 1st ed., 1815, single-page eng. map, frontis., twelve eng. plts. after drawings by the author, occn. light toning, oval library stamp to upper outer corner of title and front pastedown (both cancelled), later presentation inscription to front endpaper (repaired with clear tape to verso), det. along upper inner hinge, contemp. calf, rubbed and some wear to outer corners, modern reback, 4to. Blackmer 825. Atabey 589. (1)
Linton (William). The Scenery of Greece and its Islands, pub. Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, [1869], fifty views, correct as list, 8pp. pubs. cat. at rear, without the map (as often in this edition), a few plts. with some light foxing, a.e.g., orig. gilt-dec. red cloth, very sl. rubbed to extrems., and covers a little darkened to edges, 4to (1)
Moleville (Antoine Francois Bertrand de ). The Costume of the Hereditary States of the House of Austria, trans. R.C. Dallas, printed for William Miller, 1804, fifty hand-col. aqua. plts. of costumes, paper watermarked ‘J Whatman Turkey Mill 1821’, some light offsetting to text only, a.e.g., contemp. straight-grained red morocco gilt, some rubbing to extrems., folio. Abbey, Travel, 71. (1)
Pouqueville (Francois Charles Hugues Laurent). Travels through the Morea, Albania, and Several Other Parts of the Ottoman Empire to Constantinople, during the Years 1798, 1799, 1800, and 1801 ..., 1st English ed., printed for Richard Phillips, 1806, folding eng. plan of the Plain of Tripolitza (waterstained), folding printed table, and folding aquatint view of the Castle of the Seven Towers and Constantinople, with yellow wash, close-trimmed to leading margin, single plate of costume (some light waterstaining), together with Travels in Epirus, Albania, Macedonia, and Thessaly, 1st English ed., printed for Sir Richard Phillips, 1820, eng. port. frontis of Ali Pacha, three uncol. aqua plates of costume, occn. minor marginal foxing, plus Travels in Southern Epirus, Acarnania, Aetolia, Attica, and Peloponesus, or the Morea, &c. in the Years 1814-1816, 1st English ed., printed for Sir Richard Philips, 1822, folding b&w eng. map frontis., single-page eng. map of Ianina, single b&w aqua plate of costume, partly untrimmed, all uniformly bound in modern half red morocco gilt, 8vo (3)
Spruner (Dr. Karl von). Historisch-Geographischer Hand-Atlas zur Geschichte Asiens, Africa’s, America’s und Australiens, 2nd ed., Gotha, 1855, double-page title, 11 pp. introductory text, and eighteen double-page litho. maps, hand-col. in outline, some light foxing, title with waterstain to extreme top margin, orig. half-calf with title in gilt to upper cover, backstrip def. and some soiling and staining to covers, covers near det., folio (1)
Williams (Hugh William). Select Views in Greece, with Classical Illustrations, 2 vols. in one, 1829, half-title (dated 1827), sixty-four steel-eng. views, some light scattered foxing, marbled edges and endpapers, 19th c. half calf, rubbed and marks to spine, recased with orig. spine laid down, 4to (1)
Tombleson (William and Fearnside, William Gray). Eighty Picturesque Views on the Thames and Medway, [1834], eng. frontis., addn. eng. title, folding map of the Thames (detached), 78 eng. plts., all plates and maps complete as list, occ. minor scattered spotting, scattered light spotting, a.e.g., contemp. blind-stamped calf gilt, later cloth backstrip fraying at head and foot, together with London Interiors: A Grand National Exhibition, [1841], additional engraved title and 75 engraved plates, water staining throughout, a.e.g., contemp. red cloth gilt, spine defective, covers detached, both 4to (2)
Gerard (John). The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes..., very much Enlarged and Amended by Thomas Johnson..., Adam Islip, Joice Norton & Richard Whitakers, 1636, eng. title (close-trimmed & closed-tear, laid-down onto front blank leaf), numerous woodcut botanical illusts., index leaves 7B2 & 7B3 at rear of volume torn to lower outer corners with slight loss, lacks final blank (leaf 7B6), some minor worming and worm trails, some light dampstaining to few leaves, inner hinges repaired, contemp. speckled sheep, rebacked, red morocco title label to spine, , leather on boards scuffed with some surface loss, folio. This volume is the “2nd edition of revised Gerard,” first published 1633. STC 11752. (1)
Poultney (C.B.). A Cat and Dog Life, 1st ed., 1932, illustrations by the author, scattered light spots, original printed boards, upper joints splitting, d.j., a little rubbed and chipped, 8vo, together with Johns (Rowland), All Sorts of Dogs, 1st ed., 1929, half-tone plates, occasional light spotting, original cloth in chipped d.j., 8vo, plus a quantity of others, mostly on dogs (a carton)
[Surtees, R.S.]. Sporting Novels: Mr. Sponge’s Sporting Tour, “Plain or Ringlets?”, Mr. Romford’s Hounds, Hawbuck Grange, “Ask Mamma”, 5 vols., pub. Bradbury, Agnew & Co., c. 1900, hand-coloured plates after John Leech, a few light spots, original pictorial cloth gilt, spines faded with one or two chips or tears, lightly rubbed and stained, 8vo (5)
White (Gilbert). The Natural History of Selborne..., 2 vols., new ed., 1825, half-titles, eng. frontispieces (that to second vol. hand-col.), two eng. plts., occn. light spotting, untrimmed, orig. blue boards, spines (with printed paper labels) worn, with joints splitting and sl. loss to extrems., 8vo (2)
White (Gilbert). The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, a new edition, with Notes, by Several Eminent Naturalists, and an Enlargement of the Naturalists’ Calendar, 1833, half-title, vign. title (with contemp. ms. name at head and some finger-soiling), letterpress vigns., contemp. half calf gilt, rubbed, 8vo, together with The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, with The Naturalist’s Calendar; and Miscellaneous Observations, Extracted from his Papers, a new edition; with Notes, by Edward Turner Bennett..., printed for J. and A. Arch et al, c.1846, vign. title, letterpress vigns., sprinkled edges, contemp. calf, extrems. sl. rubbed, gilt dec. spine, 8vo, plus The Natural History of Selborne... with Additions and Supplementary Notes by Sir William Jardine... edited, with further Illustrations, a Biographical Sketch of the Author, and a Complete Index, by Edward Jesse, 1851, eng. frontis., and forty eng. plts., some light spotting, occn. ms. marginalia, prelim. blank with calligraphic prize inscription dated 1864, modern half calf gilt, sm. 8vo, plus thirteen other leather-bound eds. of White’s Selborne, mostly 19th c. (16)
* Staffordshire. Speed (John), Stafford Countie and Towne with the ancient Citie Lichfeild described, pub. Thomas Bassett & Richard Chiswell, [1676], uncoloured engraved map, inset town plans of Stafford and Lichfield, elborate strap work borders, light overall spotting, some abrasion and thinning to paper with occ. loss, repaired on verso, one rust hole, 385 x 510 mm, English text on verso, framed and double glazed (1)
* Advertising. A good late Victorian scrap album, of large size containing numerous coloured and b & w advertisements by Horniman’s Tea, Sunlight, Maypole & Pears Soap, Hearn’s Lamps, Quaker Oats, Beecham’s Pills, Cadbury’s and Rowntree’s Cocoa, Eno’s “Fruit Salt”, Bovril, Vimbos, Harrod’s Stores, John Barker, Bird’s Custard Powder, Peter Jones, Ogden’s Guinea Gold Cigarettes, Waverley Bicycle’s, Pattisons’ Whiskey and many others, by artists including Beggarstaffs, Dudley Hardy, Cecil Aldin etc., approx. 115 sheets with at least 300 adverts., one leaf partly torn away, a few tears, occasional light brownind and soiling, original half calf, somewhat worn, approx. 42.5 x 32.5 cm, folio (1)
De Wint (Peter and Light, Major William). Sicilian Scenery, from Drawings by P. De Wint, The Original Sketches by Major Light, 1st ed., pub. Rodwell & Martin, 1823, eng. vign. frontis. and sixty full-page fine eng. views, correct as list, tissue guard to each, a.e.g., contemp. gilt-dec. green full morocco, some minor marks and spine sunned, large 8vo (wide-margined copy). A fine copy. (1)
Bennett (Agnes Maria). The Beggar Girl and Her Benefactors, 5 vols., 2nd ed., printed at the Minerva Press, for William Lane, 1799, no half-titles, occn. light foxing, contemp. marbled calf, gilt dec. spines with contrasting morocco labels, extrems. rubbed, with sl. loss to spine tips, 12mo. Summers p.244. (5)
Bigot de Sainte-Croix (Louis Claude). Histoire de la Conspiration du 10 Aout 1792, London, 1793, half title, library stamp to title, one or two light spots, contemporary calf-backed boards, a little rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, together with Linguet (Simon Nicolas Henri), Memoires sur la Bastille, pub. Spilsbury, 1783, engraved frontispiece, one or two leaves with insect damage at foredges, a few light spots, later vellum-backed boards, slightly rubbed and discoloured, 8vo, plus An Historical Sketch of the French Revolution From its Commencement to the Year 1792, Dublin, 1792 (3)
[Crowther, Thomas Burnside]. Anderida: or, The Briton and the Saxon, A.D. CCCCXLI, 3 vols., 1st ed., Bickers, 1875, half-titles, largely unopened, orig. blindstamped blue cloth gilt by Bone (with his ticket), some light dust- soiling, spines sl. faded and a little rubbed at ends, 8vo. A rare three-decker novel. (3)
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