AN UNUSUAL GRAND TOUR PORPHYRITIC STONE INK WELL EARLY 19TH CENTURY In purple and green porphyritic stone (possibly Egyptian 'Imperial' porphyry and porfido verde antico), and in the form of a Roman bath with obelisk surmount applied with carved Siena marble portrait roundels of Cicero and Epicurus 23cm high, 19.5cm wideCondition Report: Item with the scratches, abrasions, small chips, and 'nibbles' expected with age and use. Some glue residue visible between feet and base, and to the balls at base of obelisk. No clear/obvious evidence to suggest base is later. Some movement within the obelisk. The joins a between the balls and the base are loose. A toe of one foot with what appears to be a very small amount of filler to disguise an old chip. Please refer to additional images for visual reference to condition. Condition Report Disclaimer
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circa 1800, of rectangular form, (probably) bone panels over a gilt metal frame, piano hinged cover with sprung loaded thumbpiece, featuring a circular cartouche containing a portrait miniature of a lady within a border of white edged blue guilloché enamel, set with 12 rose cut diamonds, interior lined in black velvet with golden border, the inner cover with mirror, 8.5 x 2.5cm
apparently unmarked, probably late 16th century, of globular form with cylindrical neck, loop handle and mottled brown glaze, the deep collar engraved with trailing foliage around a lion mask, the slightly domed and hinged cover chased in relief with gadroon style decoration topped with a decorative finial, cast double-sided lion mask thumb-piece, each side of the handle mount engraved with cross check decoration, the outer edge with engraved scrolls, around the initials ‘RC’, spreading mount around the foot chased with a border above a band of stylised egg and dart decoration, 26cm in heightProvenance:Landwade Hall, SuffolkFootnote: Tigerware, also known as salt-glazed stoneware, was developed in the 16th century in the Rhenish potting centres of Frechen and Cologne, Germany, and was imported into England as bottles, jugs and tankards.It has a thin, clear glaze with a slightly pitted ‘orange-peel’ texture, widely thought to be achieved by throwing salt into the kiln during firing, although others believe it was due to the quartz-sand structure of the clay found in the Frechen region. (D. Gaimster, German Stoneware 1200 - 1900 Archaeology and Cultural History, London, 1977, p. 208). Although the clay is grey, a wash of iron oxide matures it to a brown surface colour, hence its alternative name of brown stoneware.Beer was the preferred beverage in 16th century England for all classes, and unmounted "Tigerware" stoneware jugs were ubiquitous in the Tudor household. It has been recorded that the city of Exeter alone was importing up to five thousand jugs a year by the end of the 16th century.The fashion for adorning these vessels with silver mounts appears to have started at the Royal Court. King Henry VIII's Cardinal Wolsey and his administrator, Thomas Cromwell, apparently both possessed such jugs in the 1520s. By 1574, the Jewel House contained examples made for the Marquess of Exeter in 1538 and another for Edward, Duke of Somerset from 1552. Following the King’s lead, many wealthy Elizabethan drinkers had their jugs and mugs mounted with silver decorated in the latest style with engraved fruit, figures and animals. Engraving the mounts with a Coat of Arms, initials or a merchant’s mark was also commonplace and a sign of ownership.Given their relatively small metal content, many survived the great bullion melting of the English Civil War, making them perhaps the most recognised example of late 16th century silver today. However, because of the fragility of the material and the fact that these pieces were in fashion for a relatively short time (from approximately 1550 to 1640), only a fraction of those produced over 400 years ago have survived to the present day.(An almost identical example was sold by Christie's in June 2015 for £8750: Live Auction 10397 - Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes. Lot 645)Condition report: Overall in good condition for its age.Metalware: Some surface scratching as to be expected. Hinge rather loose but in good condition. Cover a loose fit and the rim a little out of shape. Edges around the handle a little rippled. Foot a little loose and can be rotated. Inner of the collar with poor but intact seam joint.Ceramic: In good condition with no obvious sign of damage. Uneven colouring, and a number of firing imperfections, particularly to the body
A GROUP OF SCULPTURES, COMPRISING: bronze bust of Queen Victoria on marble socle 20cm high, two oval relief portrait bronzes, an alabaster figure of Dante, and another alabaster bust of Tasso Condition Report : wear and tear commensurate with age throughout, the Dante figure has damage: broken base, book broken and re-stuck, chips to sleeve of robe Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.
A collection of Roman and Byzantine glass and hardstone portrait cameos, to include quartz and red jasper examples, each carved in relief with depictions of Christ Pantocrator, saints and gods, the largest 7 x 7cm Provenance: Iconastas, Piccadilly Arcade, St James's, London, W1.Набор римских и византийских портретных камей из стекла и драгоценного камняВключая примеры из кварца и красной яшмы; каждый предмет - резной с рельефными изображениями Господа Вседержителя, святых и боговСамой большой из всех - 7 х 7смПроишождение: Иконастас, Аркада Пикадилли, Сент-Джеймс, Лондон, W1Condition report: Most with cracks, breaks, losses and wear. Rubbing to areas of high relief. Wear and damage commensurate with age.
AN ANTIQUE SAPPHIRE, DIAMOND AND ENAMEL BROOCH, LATE 19TH CENTURY Monogram pendant 'VI' Oval-cut sapphire, approximately 0.74 carats Cushion shaped diamonds, approximate total 1.40 carats Red guilloché enamel within a white enamel garter inscribed 'Dieu et Mon Droit' (God and my right) No assay marks Length 39mm 13.6 grams Provenance: Can be seen in 1909 portrait by Hugh Goldwin Riviere of Lady Monica Lilly Bullough (1869-1967), wife of Sir George Bullough who owned the Isle of Rum and Kinloch Castle. The portrait still resides at Kinloch.
LADY BERTA de BUNSEN: AN ALBUM OF THIRTY-FOUR WATERCOLOURS FROM 1890-91 featuring landscapes of Norway, Italy, Spain, India etc, some signed and dated, the pages with inscriptions 25.5 x 36cm and smaller, another framed watercolour, circular portrait and letter (4) Condition Report: Available upon request
CONTINENTAL SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY) PORTRAIT OF A LADY WEARING PEARL BEADS AND GREEN JACKET Oil on canvas, 53.5 x 43.5cm (21 x 17") Condition Report: On close inspection there is fine porcelain like cracking in the pigment over much of the canvas surface, most evident over the area of the face. Generally there is a small degree of loose dirt and dust most apparent around the peripheries. .
BRITISH SCHOOL (EARLY 20TH CENTURY) PORTRAIT OF A LADY IN A BLACK LACE SHAWL Oil on canvas laid on panel board, 52 x 45cm (21 1/2 x 17 1/2") Condition Report: On inspection there is a thin line running vertically down the left side close to the edge of the frame, as a possible result of earlier framing. There are small light abrasive marks to the surface in the area of the bottom left corner and in an are just up from there adjacent to the left edge. There is probable retouching work lower left and upper right areas.
•ATTRIBUTED TO ANNA KATRINA ZINKEISEN (BRITISH 1901-1976) PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG WOMAN WITH RED HAIR IN A LANSCAPE Oil on canvas, 51 x 41cm (20 x 16") Condition Report: On inspection the canvas has been lined and there is evident a slightly obtruding vertical line close to the upper half left edge. There appears to be retouching work around the peripheries, top area of the hair, the nose and neck and lower right neck areas.
JACOB KRAMER (UKRANIAN 1892-1962) PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN Oil on board, signed, 62 x 46cm (24 1/4 x 18") Condition Report: On close inspection there are a few small fragments of pigment missing around and in proximity to the signature area, another at the right edge at middle and very slight surface abrasion bottom edge left and top edge right.
BRITISH SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY) PORTRAIT OF A LADY HOLDING A WAX SEAL Oil on canvas, 71 x 61cm (28 x 24") Condition Report: The canvas has been lined and on close inspection there is moderate to a heavier degree of craquelure over most of the canvas surface, with by and large the peripheries showing it mostly and the lower right area seeming least affected. There are around ten small areas where there is slight scraping resulting in small paint loss or damage.
BRITISH SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY) PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN IN SILK CRAVATTE Oil on canvas, 76 x 61cm (30 x 24") Condition Report: The canvas has been lined and there is cracking in the pigment most evident along the lower section and to a much lesser degree along the top edge section. There are vertical and horizontal lines slightly visible over the middle third, mainly in left and right sections, of the canvas indicating restoration and retouching. There are a number of small areas around the peripheries where there are scratches and abrasions to the surface.
SCOTTISH SCHOOL (18TH/19TH CENTURY) PORTRAIT OF REVEREND WILLIAM TRAIL LLD Watercolour and bodycolour, 16.5 x 13cm (6 1/2 x 5 1/8") (oval) Inscribed 'Husband of Lady Frances Charteris' and obituary dated brass plaque verso Condition Report: Traces of dust and light debris particles under the glass but generally the work is found in good condition and no significant issues.
DICKENS (CHARLES)The Mystery of Edwin Drood, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, IN 6 ORIGINAL PARTS, engraved portrait, additional vignette title and 12 wood-engraved plates after Luke Fildes, advertisements present as called for by Hatton & Cleaver except the rare Chapman & Hall catalogue in part 5, but including the fragile 'Cork Hat' slip in part 2, occasional foxing and soiling, publisher's blue pictorial wrappers after C.A. Collins, some soiling and old ink marks, part 1 wrappers frayed and chipped (slight loss to front, corner torn from rear affecting last word on inside), 5 of the spines either repaired or with some loss, part 4 'untouched' [Eckel p.96; Gimbel A154; Hatton & Cleaver p.373-384], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, April-September 1870This 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
JONES (DAVID)The Engravings of David Jones. A Survey by Douglas Cleverdon, number 146 of 260 copies on 'vélin d'Arches', mounted portrait frontispiece, numerous illustrations, the majority printed from the original blocks, original prospectus loosely inserted, publisher's decorative green cloth gilt, morocco spine label, lined morocco-lipped slipcase, folio, Clover Hill, 1981This 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
BUCKLAND WRIGHT (JOHN)RIMBAUD (ARTHUR) Deux poèmes, ONE OF 30 COPIES, woodcut frontispiece portrait of Rimbaud, title vignette and 3 woodcut illustrations by John Buckland Wright, on Barcham Green vellum paper, modern half calf, gilt lettered on spine, the original blue wrappers with printed white lettering label on upper cover bound in, slipcase [Reid A8b], small 4to, [Maastricht, privately printed by A.A.M.Stols for Emile, Baron van der Borch van Verwolde], 1932This 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
DICKENS (CHARLES)The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, mixed issue with 'sister' (line 17, p.123, second state) but 'latter' (6 lines up, p.160, first state), half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece by Daniel Maclise, 39 etched plates by 'Phiz' (frontispiece and first 4 plates with Chapman and Hall imprint, following 4 plates without imprint), portrait foxed, some soiling and staining (mostly at edges of plates, heavy in places), a few chips at edges, pp.229-236 loosely inserted from another copy, untrimmed in publisher's green cloth with concentric rectangular blind rules (Smith's first binding), gilt lettered spine with remnant of paper label, plain endpapers (with binder's printed waste visible on paste-downs), shaken, worn and stained, upper joint torn, front hinge split [Eckel p.64; Smith I:5], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1839Footnotes:An unsophisticated copy of the first edition in the first binding, with Collis's loosely inserted notes including intended repairs and cleaning that were never carried out.Provenance: Rd. Jackson, Stockton, early ownership signature on front paste-down; 'W.H.C. 3:11:1937/ From Elly today', Collis's note at foot of his list of issue points.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
DICKENS (CHARLES)The Mystery of Edwin Drood, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, IN 6 ORIGINAL PARTS, engraved portrait, additional vignette title and 12 wood-engraved plates after Luke Fildes, advertisements present as called for by Hatton & Cleaver, including the fragile 'Cork Hat'' slip in part 2, occasional foxing, publisher's blue pictorial wrappers after C.A. Collins, some short nicks at edges, backstrips either repaired or with some loss, part 1 unopened and with small hole in frnt wrapper, part 5 unfaded, part 6 with 'eighteenpence' slip pasted over price, and stained with repairs to inner edges [Eckel p.96; Gimbel A154; Hatton & Cleaver p.373-384], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, April-September 1870This 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
TASSO (TORQUATO)Il Goffredo, large woodcut device on title, large woodcut historiated initials, woodcut ornaments, nineteenth century red morocco gilt, sides with elaborate decorative borders enclosing a central oval panel blind-stamped with the image of a charioteer, gilt gauffered edges, joints rubbed [not in Adams], Venice, Gratiosos Perchacino, 1581; Di Gerusalemme conquista libri XXIIII, engraved portrait vignette on title, some browning and spotting throughout, old ink name on title, nineteenth century decorative morocco gilt, sides with gilt lettering labels, gilt gauffered edges, joints rubbed [Adams T231], Rome, Guglielmo Facciotti, 1593; Gierusalemme liberata, title within woodcut architectural border, lacks final leaf (?blank), title and dedication leaf cropped touching borders of woodcut on title and woodcut decoration on dedication, upper fore-corner of some leaves towards end repaired just touching numerals on a couple, occasional small stains, modern boards, spine detached [Adams T235], Ferrara, [gli heredi di Francesco de'Rossi], 1581; Il Rinaldo, large woodcut device on title, a few leaves misbound, small losses to lower fore-corner of opening leaves (affecting one letter of imprint on title, and a few letters on a few leaves), some light stains, modern calf gilt, g.e., some loss to spine [Adams T266], Venice, Francesco [de Francesci] Senese, 1562, small 4to (4)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
BIRMINGHAM & LIVERPOOL CANALCUBITT (WILLIAM) A Report on the Financial State of the Birmingham & Liverpool Junction Canal... With an Appendix of Correspondence and Calculations Relating Thereto. March 1834, 1834; A Second Report... July 1836, 3 folding letterpress tables, 1836, FIRST EDITIONS, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO JOSEPH BAXENDALE INSCRIBED 'To Baxendale Esq.re with Mr. Cubitt's Compts.' on the first title-page, 2 pages of contemporary manuscript notes of amendments, comments, etc. relating to the reports loosely inserted, early half calf, gilt lettered on spine, rubbed, 8vo, Printed by Roake and Varty--'... A List of Subscribers to the Proposed Portrait of Joseph Baxendale... by H.W. Pickersgill, R.A.', listing 56 named subscribers (mostly Pickford agents and employees), their years of service (between 46 and 2), and amount subscribed (from £10.10s £2.2s), 2-page circular with conjugate blank, lithographed, 'London, 30 July 1846'--Collection of 25 photographic carte-de-visite portraits of Pickford agents and employees (many of whom were subscribers to the painting years earlier), albumen prints by various photographers, most of the sitters identified on verso or with cut signature kept with image, usually approx. 95 x 60mm. , [1860s] (small collection)Footnotes:Reports on the finances of the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal, inscribed by the engineer William Cubitt to his close friend Joseph Baxendale (1785-1872), the transport entrepreneur who was managing director of Pickford & Co. from 1817 to 1847, at which time a portrait of him was commissioned to mark his retirement from the role (moving to that of Chairman), painted by the Royal Academy artist Henry William Pickergill.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
HILL (DAVID OCTAVIUS) AND ROBERT ADAMSONA collection of seven salt prints from calotype negatives, comprising; James Linton, a Newhaven fisherman and 3 unknown Boys,corners clipped [Stevenson. Newhaven 45], 200 x 145mm.Edinburgh. Greyfriars' Churchyard, the Dennistoun monuments, with D.O. Hill and his nieces, corners clipped [Stevenson. Edinburgh 48], 120 x 162mm.Rev. Dr. David Welsh (Professor of Church History at Edinburgh University, 1793-1845), [Stevenson. Men. Welsh a], 140 x 110mm.Jimmy Miller, full length in kilt and tartan, one hand holding his hat, the other placed on a helmet, [not in Stevenson], 200 x 145mm. David Roberts (Royal Academician, 1796-1864), [Stevenson. Men. Roberts a], 200 x 155mm. John Hamilton (Advocate, 1795-1847), [not in Stevenson], 150 x 110mm. Engraving of St. Elizabeth of Hungary by Velasquez, [Stevenson. Art 10], 155 x 120mm.together 7 salt prints from calotypes, [c.1843-45] (7)Footnotes:'In the first six months of their association up to the end of 1843, Hill and Adamson were taking photographs characteristics of the whole of their working partnership. For instance, they were already taking calotypes of Greyfriars' Churchyard and the Newhaven fishermen and women which were then, and have been since, considered amongst their finest work' (Sara Stevenson, David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson. Catalogue of their Calotypes Taken between 1843 and 1847 in the Collection of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 1981).Provenance: From a private collection. These images extracted from a nineteenth century photograph album of Scottish views (by George Washington Wilson, etc.) passed down through the vendor's family.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
BACON (FRANCIS)Of the Advancement and Proficience of Learning or the Partitions of Sciences IX Bookes, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved allegorical title-page, woodcut headers and initials, small piece of blank upper margin torn away, contemporary calf, rebacked [ESTC S106902; Gibson 141b], small folio (284 x 190mm.), Oxford, Leon Lichfield, Printer to the University, for Rob: Young, & Ed. Forrest, 1640Footnotes:FIRST COMPLETE EDITION IN ENGLISH, second issue with colophon dated 1640. Enlarged and expanded from the 1605 Latin edition, with a frontispiece portrait of Bacon engraved by William Marshall.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
DICKENS (CHARLES)The Mystery of Edwin Drood, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, IN 6 ORIGINAL PARTS, WITH AN AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY DICKENS, loosely inserted along with autograph envelope, a carte-de-visite portrait of Dickens by J. & C. Watkins published by Mason & Co., and a letter from Thomas Hatton, engraved portrait, additional vignette title and 12 wood-engraved plates after Luke Fildes, publisher's blue printed pictorial wrappers after C.A. Collins, parts 1-3 unopened, part 6 with 'eighteenpence' slip pasted over price, some small chips and nicks to edges and spine ends, parts 3, 5 and 6 neatly repaired and/or partially made up, preserved in felt-lined green cloth solander box with red morocco spine label [Eckel p.96; Gimbel A154; Hatton & Cleaver p.373-384], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, April-September 1870Footnotes:DICKENS'S FINAL UNFINISHED NOVEL IN ORIGINAL PARTS, TOGETHER WITH A LETTER WRITTEN SIX DAYS BEFORE HIS DEATH. The one-page autograph letter, written on Gad's Hill Place headed notepaper at a time when he was busy working on Drood, is dated Friday 3 June 1870, and addressed ('Dear Sir') to Thomas Wright of Regent's Park, London, presumably after neglecting to enclose a cheque ('In the hurry of saving the day's post for many letters, the enclosed was left in my cheque book when I wrote to you. I am very sorry to have caused you trouble/ Faithfully yours/ Charles Dickens'.The advertisements present in this set are more than complete as called for by Hatton & Cleaver, including the fragile 'Cork Hat'' slip in part 2, and an additional advertisement at the end of part 5 for 'John F. Dunn's... half-calf series', printed on lilac paper. The rare Chapman and Hall 8pp. catalogue in part 5 is loosely inserted, Collis noting that 'all my 11 copies are without C&H. advs: I have never seen a part 5 containing [these]'; whilst Hatton, in his letter sending Collis some 'oddments', rather remarkably states 'contrary to your experience I have never seen a Part 5 lacking these adverts'. Part 6 has both the Wilcox & Gibbs variants, Hatton & Cleaver's 1a being loosely inserted.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
LEONARDO DA VINCITrattato della pittura di Lionardo da Vinci. Novamente dato in luce, con la vita dell'istesso autore, scritta da Rafaelle du Fresne, 2 parts in 1 vol., FIRST EDITION, engraved additional frontispiece incorporating a portrait of Leonardo, engraved plate with portrait of Alberti, numerous engraved illustrations in the text, engraved head- and tail-pieces and initials, some spotting and toning, eighteenth century cat's-paw calf, rebacked preserving most of the original gilt-tooled spine, some neat repairs to lower section of sides [Brunet V 1257; Graesse VI 327], folio (380 X 260mm.), Paris, Jacques Langlois, 1651Footnotes:First edition of Leonardo's treatise on painting, compiled from his original notes by his pupil Francesco Melzi. The illustrations of Leonardo's Trattato Della Pittura are the same as those used in the French translation of the treatise published by Langlois in the same year, where they are attributed to Poussin.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
ROGERS (BRUCE) - RIVERSIDE PRESSMONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE) Essays... Written by Him in French and Done into English by John Florio, 3 vol., number 107 of 265 copies designed by Bruce Rogers, portrait frontispieces and titles with ornamental borders, decorative head-pieces and initials, publisher's cloth-backed boards, printed spine labels, original wrappers and solander boxes, printed labels on spines inked '107' and with some abrasion folio, Boston & New York, Riverside Press for Houghton Mifflin & Co., 1902-04Footnotes:Provenance: Haven O'More, morocco book label.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
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[DICKENS (CHARLES)]Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by 'Boz', 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, second issue or later state (with grotesque border to last plate and more elaborate binding), half-titles, engraved portrait, 12 etched plates after Cruikshank, 36pp. publisher's catalogue at end, some oxidisation to plates, detailed condition notes by Collis loosely inserted, publisher's purple cloth, covers with blind-stamped corner-pieces and large arabesque, spines elaborately decorated in gilt with clown figures, covers spotted, spines slightly faded [Eckel pp.140-42; Gimbel B64], 8vo, Richard Bentley, 1838Footnotes:Provenance: 'From Elly, 28 Feb 1938', note from Collis at foot of loosely inserted sheet of notes.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
PINCKARD (GEORGE)Notes on the West Indies: Written During the Expedition Under the Command of the Late General Sir Ralph Abercromby: Including Observations of the Island of Barbadoes, and the Settlements Captured by the British Troops Upon the Coast of Guiana, 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, half-title in volumes 1 and 2, contemporary red half morocco, gilt lettered on spine, rubbed, a few small scuff marks, 8vo, Longman, Hurst, 1806--KEATE (GEORGE) An Account of the Pelew Islands, Situated in the Western Parts of the Pacific Ocean, Composed from the Journals and Communications of Captain Henry Wilson... Who, in August 1783, Were There Shipwrecked, in the Antelope, FIRST EDITION, engraved portrait frontispiece, 16 engraved plates, charts and maps (2 folding), errata leaf, nineteenth century half calf gilt, rubbed [Hill 907], 4to (295 x 230mm.), G. Nicol, 1788; and 3 others (7)Footnotes:Provenance: First work, Kinnaird, armorial bookplate; second work, Adam Drummond R.N., Megginch Castle, armorial 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
GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS - JOHN BUCKLAND WRIGHTNAPOLEON I. Memoirs... Edited by Somerset de Chair, 2 vol., NUMBER 35 OF 50 SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES, from an overall edition limited to 500, signed by the editor, title-page vignette by John Buckland Wright, portrait, untrimmed in original two-tone morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, left-hand green panels with 9 vertical gilt rules, right-hand dark red panels with gilt Napoleonic bees, gilt lettered spines with bee and cockerel tools and 2 raised bands, morocco turn-ins and map endpapers (slightly browned at edges), t.e.g., folio, Golden Cockerel Press, 1945This 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
CHURCHILL (WINSTON)'Message from the Prime Minister', lithographed wartime poster appealing for the public to buy National War Bonds, incorporating a facsimile of a letter from Churchill on Downing Street headed notepaper, on an orange background, with a portrait of the Prime Minister upper right, 510 x 377, London, National Savings Committee, Edinburgh & Belfast, [c.1940]Footnotes:RARE WARTIME CHURCHILL POSTER, issued by the National Savings Committee with the aim of raising funds for the war effort, the text for which had appeared in newspapers on 30 September 1940: 'Our huge war expenditure can only in part be met from taxation; money from loans must therefore help to fill the gap. There is thus a double duty for every citizen, whether in private or in business life, of careful economy in expenditure and of lending the resulting savings to the State. One way of discharging this double duty is through the purchase of National War Bonds and I cordially wish the campaign every success'.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
MAGIC - CHUNG LING SOOPhotographic portrait postcard, signed in ink 'Chung Ling Soo', with Chinese characters adjacent, depicting the magician head and shoulders, his head shaved and wearing a queue, in an embroidered jacket, slight creasing, 8vo (140 x 70mm.), [c.1912]Footnotes:William Ellsworth Robinson (1861-1918) was an American magician famous for creating the persona of a Chinese magician, Chung Ling Soo, an act he performed both on and off the stage. Dressed in traditional Chinese attire, he shaved his head, wore his hair in a queue and created an elaborate 'back story' for himself. He never spoke onstage, apart from in broken English and communicated to journalists via an interpreter. He became highly popular and one of the highest-paid vaudeville performers, helped no doubt by the publicity resulting from his feud with a real Chinese magician, Ching Ling Foo, who claimed he had stolen his act. Soo was most famous for his 'Condemned to Death by the Boxers' trick and was fatally injured by a bullet during a performance of the act at Wood Green Empire in 1918. This image was used as the frontispiece for the programme for the Alhambra Theatre, Paris, in September 1912.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
DICKENS (CHARLES)Hard Times. For These Times, FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, with all 11 of Smith's flaws in uncorrected state, half-title, occasional minor spotting, publisher's first binding of olive green moiré horizontally-ribbed cloth, covers with outer line and inner ornamental blind-stamped borders, gilt-lettered spine with price 5/- and decoration in blind, light yellow endpapers, slightly shaken, faded and stained, spine ends chipped, tear to lower joint [Eckel, p.131; Gimbel A136; Sadleir 689; Smith I:11], Bradbury & Evans, 1854; The Mystery of Edwin Drood, FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, engraved portrait and additional title with vignette, 12 wood-engraved plates, 40pp. of advertisements at end (2pp. of advertisements for the author's other works; 32pp. W.H. Smith & Son catalogue of 'New and Second hand books', dated may 1872; 6pp. of additional advertisements), occasional foxing, publisher's green cloth blocked in blind and gilt (Carter's binding B), light yellow endpapers, worn at edges, 2 ink blots on lower cover [Eckel p.96; Gimbel A155; Smith I:16], Chapman and Hall, 1870, 8vo (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
BOSWELL (JAMES)An Account of Corsica. The Journal of a Tour to that Island, FIRST EDITION, engraved vignette on title, folding engraved map (old tear), modern calf gilt, Glasgow, Edward and Charles Dilly, 1768; The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, sixth edition, engraved portrait, later half calf, T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1813; idem, limited to 2000 copies, publisher's quarter morocco, slipcase, New York, Limited Editions Club, 1974; The Life of Samuel Johnson, 2 vol., edited by Roger Ingpen, red crushed half morocco gilt by Bayntun of Bath, t.e.g., George Bayntun, 1925; Private papers from Malahide Castle in the collection of Ralph Heyward Isham, 18 vol. (of 19, lacking volume 4, and with 'Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides'), bookplate of Sir Frederick Richmond, publisher's cloth-backed boards, paper label on spines, volume 4 lacking spine, some fading, Privately Printed, [1928-1934-1936]--James Boswell's Book of Company at Auchinleck 1782-1795. Edited by The Viscountess Eccles [Mary Hyde] and Gordon Turnbull, publisher's cloth, Roxburghe Club, 1995--POTTLE (FREDERICK A.) Boswell and the Girl from Botany Bay, limited to 500 copies, publisher's cloth-backed boards, slipcase, New York, Viking Press, 1917, various sizes; and approximately 45 others by or about James Boswell (c.70)Footnotes:Provenance: The Library of the late A.J. Karter.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
DICKENS (CHARLES)The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby... Edited by 'Boz', FIRST EDITION IN THE ORIGINAL 19/20 PARTS, mixed issue, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece by Daniel Maclise, 39 etched plates by 'Phiz', most with varying degrees of foxing, some soiling throughout, publisher's blue-green pictorial wrappers, some spines restored, 11 parts with cellophane outer wrapper crudely attached with tape, preserved in red cloth folding box with gilt lettered spine [Eckel pp.64-66; Gimbel A40; Hatton & Cleaver pp.129-160], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, April 1838–October 1839Footnotes:FIRST EDITION OF 'NICHOLAS NICKLEBY' IN THE ORIGINAL MONTHLY PARTS. This set has the following issue points: part 4 with 'visiter' on p.123, line 17 (first state); part 5 with 'letter' on p.160, 6 lines up (second state); the first 4 plates in parts 1 & 2 with publisher's imprints; part 8 plate 16 from third steel ('in' omitted); part 12 plate 23 with 'Mr' present; and part 15 plate 29 in second impression. The 'Nickleby Advertiser' front catalogues are present, as are all the back advertisements including the scarce folding 'Amesbury's Supports' one in part 3. Part 11 is without the small slip on yellow paper (described as 'non-essential' by Hatton & Cleaver) whilst the advertisement in part 19/20 for 'Hill's Seal Wafer' is present but lacks the attached wafers, as often.'Dickens was a busy twenty-five year old in 1837. While the final number of Pickwick was quickly being bought up from the bookseller's stalls, and Oliver Twist was highlighting the pages of Bentley's Miscellany, the young novelist signed a contract in November with Chapman and Hall to produce a manuscript for another serial tale beginning the following March. The new work was published in the same manner and form as Pickwick, but Dickens received ten times the amount per number—a healthy £150—as he received for his first novel. The first number, which appeared in April 1838, sold over 48,000 copies.... Nicholas Nickleby clearly shows Dickens's maturing power.... With the good-natured yet temperamental Nickleby providing the story's dramatic center, Dickens learned how to weave parallel plots into a unified structure, completing his transition from journalist to novelist' (Grolier, Essential Parts p.14.)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
DICKENS (CHARLES)The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, later issue, additional etched title, frontispiece and 41 plates by R. Seymour and H.K. Browne ('Phiz'), foxing and soiling, covers worn with some tears, 1837; The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, bound from the parts, early issue with 'visiter' for 'sister' on p.123, line 17, but 'letter' on p.160, 6 lines up, engraved portrait by Daniel Maclise in second state without publisher's imprint, 39 engraved plates by 'Phiz', plates 1 and 2 present in first state with publisher's imprint, without half-title, some plates oxidised, spine faded, 1839; The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, etched frontispiece, additional title and 38 plates by 'Phiz', occasional spotting, without half-title, 1844, Chapman & Hall; The Personal History of David Copperfield, etched frontispiece, additional title and 38 plates by 'Phiz', some soiling and oxidisation to plates, last leaf repaired in margin, covers and spine detached, Bradbury & Evans, 1850, the above in nineteenth century half calf or roan, gilt panelled spines; The Mystery of Edwin Drood, engraved portrait and additional vignette title, 12 wood-engraved plates by S.L. Fields, 32pp. catalogue dated February 1871, some spotting, publisher's decorative green cloth gilt (Carter's A binding), slightly warped, Chapman & Hall, 1870--[MORFORD (HENRY)] John Jasper's Secret, 21 wood-engraved plates, contemporary half calf, Publishing Offices, No. 342, Strand, 1887, ALL FIRST EDITIONS IN BOOK FORM--Dombey & Son. The Four Portraits of Edith, Florence, Alice, and Little Paul... From Designs by Hablot. K. Browne, comprising 4 etched portraits on 2 folding sheets, some light foxing, loose as issued in smaller printed wrappers, Chapman & Hall, 1848, 8vo (7)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
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