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
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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
CHURCHILL (WINSTON S.)Signature ('Winston S. Churchill') in ink, beneath a black and white photographic reproduction of Frank O. Salisbury's Blood, Sweat and Tears portrait, depicting his subject three-quarter-length, wearing a spotted bow tie, his right hand resting on a book, a shield bearing the House of Commons portcullis behind, stamp 'A.C. Cooper Ltd./ Fine Art Photographers/...New Bond St. W.1.' on reverse, some damage, indentions and small holes, not affecting signature, 230 x 295mm., image 295 x 235mm., [post-1943]Footnotes:Frank O. Salisbury painted Churchill on more occasions than any other artist during his lifetime, including perhaps the two most iconic wartime images of Churchill, The Siren Suit, and the present image, Blood, Sweat and Tears, painted at the height of the war in 1943. The title makes reference to Churchill's first speech as Prime Minister on 13 May 1940 at the time of the Dunkirk evacuations, in which said he had nothing to offer the nation but 'blood, toil, tears and sweat'.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
DICKENS (CHARLES)Mr. Nightingale's Diary: a Farce. In One Act, first American edition, advertisements on endpapers, publisher's red cloth decorated in black and lettered in gilt [Eckel p.164; Gimbel B215], 16mo, James R. Osgood and Company, 1877--[Reading Editions:] A Christmas Carol, Bradbury & Evans, 1860; The Chimes, Chaman & Hall, n.d.; The Story of Little Dombey, Bradbury & Evans, 1858; idem, another edition, 2 copies, Chapman & Hall, n.d.; The Poor Traveller: Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn: and Mrs. Gamp, 2 copies, [Dickens & Evans for] Chapman & Hall, n.d., together 7 vol., publisher's printed wrappers, 2 of the Dombeys soiled and with spines chipped, 12mo; David Copperfield. A Reading, in Five Chapters, reprint of 1866 edition, portrait, publisher's half calf with gilt panelled spine, Henry Sotheran, 1921--On the Origin of Sam Weller and the Real Cause of the Success of the Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club... with a facsimile reprint of the Beauties of Pickwick... Embellished with a choice etching of Mr. Samuel Weller composing his love letter, by F. W. Pailthorpe, etched frontispiece, title printed in red and black, publisher's printed wrappers, J.W. Jarvis, 1883--OSBORNE (E. ALLEN) The Facts About a Christmas Carol, publisher's red cloth, Bradley Press, 1937, 8vo (11)Footnotes:A group of theatrical, reading and bibliographical editions including Mr. Nightingale's Diary, a farce first performed in 1851 and privately printed for Dickens. It is known in only a few copies worldwide, making this the first obtainable edition.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
BACON (FRANCIS)Sylva Sylvarum; or, A Naturall Historie, engraved frontispiece portrait, additional engraved allegorical title (dated 1631), with final blank, some light marginal dampstains, several marginal annotations in an early hand in the final section, contemporary calf, rebacked in calf [ESTC S106936; Gibson 174], small folio (275 x 175mm.), John Haviland, for William Lee, 1635Footnotes:Provenance: William Maurice, of Lansil in Lancashire, inscription on title-page noting that it was gifted to him by Jo. Stokton, of Lancashire in 1655, and further ownership inscription on title. Further Seventeenth century Maurice family inscriptions on verso of portrait.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
ARISTOTLEEthicorum Nicomachiorum paraphrasis, 2 vol. bound in 1, edited by Daniel Hensio, text in Greek and Latin, engraved pictorial title, and engraved portrait by W. Swanenberg, lacks 4 leaves (pp.297-304) in the first volume, seventeenth century blind-stamped calf, spine and corners worn, 4to, Leiden, Johannes Patius, 1607Footnotes:Provenance: Andrew Fletcher (1655-1716, Scottish writer and politician), ownership inscription to title; Kenneth Garth Huston, 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
RENDELL (RUTH)From Doon with Death, FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the front free endpaper, publisher's green cloth, dust-jacket (unclipped and with author portrait on lower inside flap), small losses including one letter of imprint on spine, 3 areas at lower/upper margin of upper cover, and one corner of lower cover, 8vo, John Long, [1964]Footnotes:A SIGNED COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK, which featured Inspector Wexford.Provenance: Patrick Lay, a financial journalist who in 1964 was working with Don Rendell, Ruth's husand, at the Daily Herald. They became close friends, 'so much so that Don confided in Patrick when Ruth was negotiating her first publishing deal and had a celebratory drink together when it was signed... Don invited Patrick [and his family]... to call in for coffee one Sunday, and Ruth signed this copy on her dining table'. A signed note of provenance from the vendor is included with the lot.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
ORTELIUS (ABRAHAM)Théâtre de l'univers, contenant les cartes de tout le monde. Avec une briève déclaration d'icelles, text in French, engraved allegorical title, engraved portrait of Ortelius, and 93 double-page engraved maps, ALL COLOURED IN A CONTEMPORARY HAND, some oxidisation, small hole with minor loss to image 5 maps (Culiacanae, France, Picardy, Austria, India Orientalis, mostly to sea area), Europe and America with minor surface abrasion/loss at central fold, America with 2 or 3 further surface abrasions and cut close at lower margin, title and several maps strengthened with old paper on verso, modern green morocco [Koeman Ort. 17; Shirley, World 122], folio (424 x 294mm.), [Antwerp, Christopher Plantin, for the Author], 1581Footnotes:THIRD FRENCH EDITION OF ORTELIUS'S LANDMARK ATLAS, COLOURED IN A CONTEMPORARY HAND, complete with allegorical title, portrait of the mapmaker and 93 maps.Provenance: 'Donum Jacobi Crosse i Coll Nov: Oxon, in usum scholae Southton. 1693' at foot of title-page.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)Sunday Under Three heads, Manchester facsimile edition, LARGE PAPER COPY with an extra set of the plates on proof paper, mounted, full calf gilt by Riviere, gilt panelled spine, original brown wrappers bound in [cf. Gimbel B32, third copy, in cloth], 4to, [Manchester, W.T. Johnson, 1884]; The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, first edition in book form, later impression (conforming to Gimbel's sixth copy, with date removed from title-page), engraved portrait, 39 plates, some foxing, front hinge broken, publisher's cloth, worn, joints split [Gimbel A41], Chapman & Hall, [1839]; Sunday Under Three Heads. By Timothy Sparks. A Reproduction in Exact Fac-simile, illustrations, publisher's printed wrappers, 12mo, J.W. Jarvis, 1884--Christmas Stories; The Chimes; American Notes; Seven Poor Travellers; The Perils of English Prisoners; David Copperfield, the last 6 early American cheap editions, in defective or repaired wrappers, 1842-1868; together with first editions in book form of Dombey & Son and Martin Chuzzlewit, the later incomplete, 8vo unless otherwise stated (11)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
JONES (DAVID)The Engravings of David Jones. A Survey by Douglas Cleverdon, ONE OF 105 COPIES on J. Barcham Green hand-made paper, 'containing a set of the engravings on japon, nine copper-engravings and one dry-point printed from the original copper-plates', from an overall edition of 446, tipped-in frontispiece portrait, plates, the additional suites of plates loose as issued in cloth portfolio box case, publisher's half morocco gilt, together in original 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
MANDELA NELSON: (1918-2013) President of South Africa 1994-99. Nobel Peace Prize winner, 1993. A very good signed colour 8 x 10 photograph by Mandela, the attractive image showing President Mandela in a close-up portrait pose. Signed in bold black ink (`N.Mandela´) to a clear area to the upper left corner of the image and dated 9th October 2002 in his hand. EX
CHAPLIN´S LEADING ROLES: A good selection of three vintage signed photographs by film Actors and Actresses having performed as leading roles in Chaplin´s films, containing PAULETTE GODDARD (1910-1990) American Actress. Well remembered for her leading lady roles in Chaplin´s films Modern Times and The Great Dictator. Third wife of Charles Chaplin. Signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph, the promotional image showing Goddard standing in a three quarter length pose, in a scene of Renoir´s film The Diary of a Chambermaid (1946), film co-starred with her third husband Burgess Meredith. Inscribed to French autograph collector Pierre Goulliard; ADOLPHE MENJOU (1890-1963) American Actor. He appeared in films such as Charles Chaplin´s A Woman of Paris (1923), Stanley Kubrick´s Paths of Glory (1957), The Sheik (1921) with Rudolph Valentino or Morocco (1930) with Marlene Dietrich and Gary Cooper. A good signed and inscribed 7 x 9 photograph, a close-up portrait of Menjou. Inscribed to Journalist André Jouniaux, a well-known autograph collector; and MERNA KENNEDY (1908-1944) American Actress. Best known for her role opposite Charlie Chaplin in the silent film The Circus (1928). Rare signed postcard photograph, the Ross image depicting Kennedy standing, in a full length pose, alongside a white horse, in a scene of The Circus film. Kennedy died of a heart attack at the early age of 36, only four days after her marriage. All are boldly signed to clear areas of the images. VG
BARDOT BRIGITTE: (1934- ) French Actress & Sex Symbol. An excellent colour signed 6 x 8 photograph by Bardot. An attractive close-up portrait pose, signed in bold blue ink at the base of the image. Together with two additional signed 5 x 7 photographs by Bardot. Both images showing a young Bardot in different poses. Signed in bold black ink to clear areas of the images. VG, 3
HITCHCOCK ALFRED: (1899-1980) British Film Director, Academy Award winner. An excellent vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of Hitchcock in a head and shoulders pose. A pencil annotation in the hand of a collector to the verso indicates that the photograph was a publicity portrait for the film North by Northwest (1959). Signed by Hitchcock in blue fountain pen ink at the head of the image, 'To Pierre, Alfred Hitchcock'. Some very light, minor wrinkling to the upper edge and one minor, small surface crease to the lower edge, otherwise VG North by Northwest (1959) is a spy thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint and James Mason. The film is listed among the canonical Hitchcock films of the 1950s and is often listed among the greatest movies of all time. Provenance: The present photograph originates from the collection of Pierre Goulliard, a French gentleman who, for over 50 years, dedicated himself to obtaining in person autographs of British, American and European movie stars, always obtaining the signatures in fountain pen ink.
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[BAKER JOSEPHINE]: (1906-1975) American-born French entertainer. BOUILLON JO (1908-1984) French composer, conductor & violinist, the fourth husband of Josephine Baker from 1947-61. Vintage signed and inscribed 8.5 x 11 photograph of Bouillon in a close-up portrait pose. The Pathe Disques promotional image is signed in bold blue fountain pen ink to the base of the image, with a lengthy four-line inscription in French, dated January 1943 in his hand. Together with a vintage postcard photograph of Baker standing in a full-length pose wearing a typically elaborate costume, the image signed in bold blue ink by Bouillon, also on behalf of his wife, 'Souvenir de Josephine et Jo Bouillon'. A few minor surface and corner creases, about VG, 2
DYLAN BOB: (1941- ) American Singer & Songwriter, Nobel Prize winner for Literature 2016. A good signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of Dylan in a three-quarter length pose, being a publicity portrait for Dont Look Back (1967). Signed by Dylan in red ink to a clear area of the image, 'To Vera, Best wishes, Bob Dylan'. Authentic signed photographs of Dylan are rare and desirable. EX Dont Look Back (1967) is an American documentary film covering Dylan's 1965 concert tour of England.
MORRISON VAN: (1945- ) Irish Singer-Songwriter and instrumentalist. Also known as "Van the Man" and "The Belfast Lion". A good signed 10 x 8 photograph, the image depicting a young Morrison in a close-up portrait pose, performing. Signed in golden ink across the image. Autograph obtained in person by collector. EX
WINTER JOHNNY & EDGAR: Johnny Winter (1944-2014) American Singer and Guitarist, & Edgar Winter (1946- ) American Musician, Songwriter and multi-Instrumentalist. Both, Johhny and his younger brother Edgar were born with albinism. Colour signed 8 x 10 photograph `Johnny Winter´ and `Edgar Winter´, the artistic image showing both of them in a close-up portrait profile pose. Individually signed in bold black ink, Edgar to the bottom white border. Autographs obtained by collector in Vienna. VG
REED LOU: (1942-2013) American Musician. Former leader of The Velvet Underground. A fine signed 8 x 10 photograph by Reed. The image depicting the musician in a thoughtful close-up portrait pose. Signed in bold black ink to the only clear area of the photograph. Autograph obtained in person by collector in Vienna. EX
STRAVINSKY IGOR: (1882-1971) Russian Composer. Dark fountain pen ink signature (‘I Stravinsky’) and inscription, in German, on an 8vo sheet of paper, dated New York, 8th January 1940 in his hand. A sepia magazine portrait of the composer seated at his piano has been neatly affixed above the signature, to create a signed image. Some light corner creasing and a minor stain to the lower edge, slightly affecting the date. G
SOPRANOS: A good selection of three vintage signed and inscribed 7 x 9 photographs, comprising Toti dal Monte (1893-1975)Italian Soprano. Her real name being Antonietta Meneghel. Best remembered for her performance as Cio-cio-san in Puccini´s Mada. ma Butterfly, recording this role in 1939with Beniamino Gigli. Signed and inscribed `All´amico molto caro prof. Pasquale Alecce per ricordo di Cio-cio-san, Toti dal Monte, Roma, 24th February 1939´, the image showing Toti dal Monte in a full-length pose, in costume, as Cio-cio-san in Puccini´s Madama Butterfly; Giulietta Simionato (1910-2010) Italian Mezzo-Soprano. The Piccagliani image showing Simionato, in a full-length pose, in costume as Carmen at the Teatro Alla Scala, Milan; and Gina Cigna (1900-2001)French-Italian Soprano, the image showing Cigna in a close-up portrait pose. VG, 3
STEWART JAMES: (1908-1997) American actor, Academy Award winner. Signed 10 x 8 photograph of Stewart standing in a half-length pose, in costume as Elwood P. Dowd, admiring his portrait in which he is seated alongside his pooka, the tall white invisible rabbit Harvey, in a scene from the American comedy-drama film Harvey (1950). Signed by Stewart in bold black ink with his name alone to a clear area at the head of the image. It was for his performance in this film that Stewart received a Best Actor Oscar nomination. EX
DOUGLAS KIRK: (1916-2020) American Actor, Academy Award winner. Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of Douglas standing in a half-length pose in costume as artist Vincent van Gogh, admiring a self-portrait, in a scene from the American biographical film Lust for Life (1956). Signed by Douglas in black ink with his name alone to the image. It was for his performance in this film that Douglas received his third Best Actor Oscar nomination. EX
VON FAULHABER MICHAEL CARDINAL RITTER: (1869-1952) German Catholic Prelate who served as Archbishop of Munich (1917-52) during World War II. Von Faulhaber ordained Joseph Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) as a priest in 1951 and was the last surviving Cardinal appointed by Pope Benedict XV. Vintage signed colour postcard by Von Faulhaber, the image being a reproduction of a painting of the Cardinal in a half length pose. Signed ('+ M. Card. Faulhaber') in bold pencil to the verso and dated Speyer, 16th August 1925 in his hand. With a facsimile signature to the lower white border of the recto. Together with Lorenz Jaeger (1892-1975) German Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, Archbishop of Paderborn 1941-73. Signed colour 4 x 6 postcard photograph of the Cardinal in a semi-profile head and shoulders pose. Signed ('+ Lorenz Card. Jaeger') in bold black ink with his name alone to the verso. Also including Theodor Innitzer (1875-1955) Austro-Hungarian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, Archbishop of Vienna 1932-55. In April 1938, at the time of Adolf Hitler's birthday, Innitzer delivered a sermon in which he declared 'we must confess our faith in our Fuhrer, for there is just one Fuhrer: Jesus Christ'. This greatly angered the Nazi leaders and the following day Innitzer's residence was ransacked. Ink signature ('+ Th Kard. Innitzer') and a few additional words in his hand, including the date 27th March 1934, on a plain postcard with a newspaper portrait of the Cardinal neatly affixed above the signature. G to about VG, 3
MACLEAN DONALD: (1913-1983) British Diplomat & Spy, a member of the Cambridge Five. An extremely rare original pencil drawing signed by Maclean, one page, 4to, March 1933, on the printed stationery of The Union Society, Cambridge. Maclean has executed an accomplished drawing, most likely a self-portrait, the image showing a young man, seated in a profile head and shoulders pose with a pensive expression on his face. Signed ('Donald Maclean') by Maclean in bold pencil at the foot of the drawing and dated March 1933 in his hand. Above the signature MacLean appears to have written the words 'I am'. A few very light, minor stains. About VG Donald Maclean studied modern languages at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, arriving at the university in 1931. Whilst there he became a member of the Communist Party and was a relatively well-known figure on campus. His literary efforts included a book review in 1933 for Cambridge Left, a journal to which other communists contributed, and in 1934 he became the editor of Silver Crescent, the Trinity Hall students' magazine. In his last year at Cambridge Maclean became an agent of The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD), the interior ministry of the Soviet Union, and graduated with a First in modern languages before entering the Diplomatic Service.
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[MAXWELL ROBERT]: (1923-1991) British media proprietor, suspected spy and fraudster. An unusual selection of books, mainly hardbacks, each with presentation inscriptions to Robert Maxwell or his wife Elisabeth, including a hardback edition of God help America! By Sydney Moseley, First Edition published by the Saint Catherine Press Ltd., London, 1952, inscribed by Moseley to the front free endpaper 'To Capt R. I. Maxwell, with the author's best wishes, Sydney Moseley, Bournemouth, Feb/52', a hardback edition of Herbert Morrison - Portrait of a Politician by Bernard Donoughue and G. W. Jones, published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1973, with a presentation inscription to the front free endpaper 'To Bob from the author, conveying best wishes for another 40 years and memories of a great Labour Party', dated June 1985, a paperback edition of Sans Peril…et Sans Gloire by J. P. Norre, Limited Edition number 240 of 250 published by La Renaissance du Livre, with a presentation inscription signed by Georges Luc de Wolenski, 'Please accept a piece of “our war” by another witness who was on the spot but did not see anything of the terror we went through. Serene early X'mas reading whilst the lights are burning', dated 8th November 1984, a hardback edition of Dead Man's Chest - Travels after Robert Louis Stevenson by Nicholas Rankin, published by Faber & Faber, London, 1987 (reprint) with a presentation inscription to the title page, 'For Betty Maxwell, who encouraged me to write 15 years ago, with love & best wishes, Nicholas Rankin', a hardback edition of And So to Bath by Cecil Roberts, published by Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1952 (eighteenth impression), with a presentation inscription signed by Cecil Roberts to the title page, and five other works, mainly foreign text and with unidentified signatures, titles include Germany in a Nutshell, The Kaiser on Trial, Prague Seen from Above etc. Some of the books are accompanied by dust jackets. Some light overall age wear, G, 10 Provenance: From the library of Robert Maxwell (1923-1991) British media proprietor, suspected spy and fraudster.
REYNOLDS JOSHUA: (1723-1792) English portrait painter, a founder and first president of the Royal Academy of Arts. A.L.S., Sir Joshua Reynolds, in the third person, one page, small 4to, Leicester Fields, London, 14th January 1775, to Captain Baillie. Reynolds states that he is very much flattered by Baillie's approbation of the discourse, however remarking 'There are a great many mistakes in the printing but none of them so unhappy as that which he mentions of Parmegiano as that appears to proceed from the ignorance of the Author and not the carelessness of the Printer'. With integral address leaf bearing a red wax seal. Some light overall age wear and minor staining and a few small tears to the right edge, G Francesco Mazzola Parmegiano (1503-1540) Italian Mannerist painter and printmaker.
RENOIR PIERRE-AUGUSTE: (1841-1919) French Impressionist Artist. Exceptional hardcover 4.5 x 6.5 ledger book, 116 pages, containing 14 pages filled out in Renoir´s hand, recording the sales of his paintings, listing those in deposit, where they are, etc.. Written to the front cover `Tableaux´ ("Paintings"). The opening page bears a red pencil annotation, `Durand Ruel´, and the next 14 pages are dated from 1882 to 1885, recording various financial transactions. Several of these entries record amounts received from the sales of his works, and in several instances he writes names or descriptions of the works, such as "Portrait de Mme. C dans un jardin", "Femme nue", "Jeune Kabyle", "Vues Venise", "Saltimbanque", "Naples et Alger", "jardin coquelicot", "Jardin Montmartre", "Samary (Pastel)", and many more. Few other pages with multiple payments records, painting prices, financial transactions, amounts received on account, dates, etc.. In two instances, in 1883, Renoir writes the name `Manet´ presumably referring to his friend and fellow Edouard Manet. These entries provide valuable insight into Renoir's life and work, and as such this ledger represents an important piece for Renoir research. Very small minor age wear, otherwise VG Paul Durand-Ruel (1831-1922) French Art Dealer. Probably the most important commercial advocate of impressionists, providing monetary support to his painters and solo-exhibitions. He counted Degas, Monet, Manet and Renoir among his clients.
‘I will still go and get the vaccine…’ TOULOUSE-LAUTREC HENRI DE: (1864-1901) French Painter, Printmaker and Illustrator. Best remembered for his immersion in the colourful and theatrical life of Paris in the late 19th century, producing elegant and provocative images of the decadent affairs of those times. Rare A.L.S., `H´, three pages, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to his mother `My dear mum´, in French. Toulouse-Lautrec states in part `I have just spent two days at Grenier´s home, splashing.., under the mill´s tower, which does not lack charm. Add to this.. lunches followed by naps and boating and you will have a faint idea of the stupidity to which one arrives, of which Grenier is a perfect example ´. Toulouse-Lautrec further refers to pox and a portrait painting, saying `What you tell me about pox annoys me because I intended and still intend to travel and make the portrait of my cousin Juliette who I dare hoping that this year will accept to pose. I will still go and get the vaccine…I have no intention to go myself, unless I first come to look for you to go via Malromé. I would like to plan a stay of eight days..´ Paper with a Monksburn watermark. G to VG Toulouse-Lautrec and Grenier were fellow students in the Paris atelier of academic history painter Fernand Cormon during the 1880s and became friends. Lautrec lived briefly with Grenier and his mistress, Lili, an actress and model, and made several portrayals of the couple. Toulouse-Lautrec most probably refers in the present letter to Juliette Pascal, who was the wife of Joseph Pascal, a maternal cousin of the French painter. Toulouse-Lautrec painted Madame Juliette Pascal (1871), also At the Piano Madame Juliette Pascal in the Salon at the Chateau Malromé, post-impressionism oil works. The Chateau Malromé is located in the French department of Gironde. It became the home of Toulouse-Lautrec´s mother.
DALI SALVADOR: (1904-1989) Spanish Surrealist Painter. An excellent vintage signed 7 x 5 photograph of Dali in a head and shoulders pose. Photograph by Philippe Halsman. Signed ('Dali') by Dali in blue ink with his surname only to a clear area of the background. A couple of very light, extremely minor surface creases, otherwise VG Philippe Halsman (1906-1979) American portrait photographer. The present image of Dali was captured by Halsman in 1964 and appears on the front cover of the dustjacket to the American first edition of Dali's Diary of a Genius (1965).
BROWN FORD MADOX: (1821-1893) British painter of moral and historical subjects. A.L.S., F Madox Brown, one page, 8vo, Fitzroy Square [London], 14th March 1874, to [John] Linnell. Brown writes, in full, 'Though we have not yet had the pleasure of an introduction to your wife, we have made free to include her in the invitation, in the event of her being in Town & caring to accompany you'. With blank integral leaf. Together with three individual printed 8vo leaflets issued by Manchester Town Hall and relating to panels number 10 (John Kay, Inventor of the Fly Shuttle), 11 (The Opening of the Bridgewater Canal) and 12 (Dalton Collecting Marsh-Fire Gas) of the Mural Paintings in the Great Hall by Brown. Some light age wear to the leaflets, G to VG, 4 John Linnell (1792-1882) English engraver and portrait and landscape painter. Brown had spent the latter years of his life painting the twelve works known as The Manchester Murals, depicting Mancunian history, for Manchester Town Hall.
HOCKNEY DAVID: (1937- ) British Painter, Printmaker and stage Designer. One of the most influential British artists of the 20th century. In 1972 his work Portrait of an Artist became the most expensive painting by a living artist sold at auction. A good colour signed 10 x 8 photograph by Hockney, the colourful image showing the British artist in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold black ink across the image. EX
WARHOL ANDY: (1928-1987) American Pop Artist. Signed postcard photograph by the controversial artist, the Constantin/Vogelmann image showing a close-up portrait pose. Signed in bold black ink to the lower white border of the image. Accompanied by the original printed stationery envelope of the Andy Warhol Enterprises, Inc., Broadway, New York. VG
SHERMAN CINDY: (1954- ) American Artist. Best known for her photographic self-portraits. Colour signed 8 x 10 photograph by Sherman, the attractive self-portrait image depicting Sherman in a close-up portrait pose. Signed in bold black ink with her initials to the bottom right corner of the photograph. EX
GRATON JEAN: (1923-2021) French Cartoonist. Best known as author of the comic book Michel Vaillant and its famous character. An excellent signed and inscribed comic book `Jean Graton´, with a very attractive sketch of his character Michel Vaillant in his hand. The comic book being a 9 x 11.5 hardback edition of `Michel Vaillant - Dans l´Enfer du Safari´, 48 colour pages, edited by "Les Editions du Lombard", Brussels. Signed and inscribed to the blank first page verso, opposite to title page, beneath a profile portrait sketch of Michel Vaillant. Very small overall minor age wear, otherwise VG
COCTEAU JEAN: (1889-1963) French Writer, Playwright, Artist, Designer & Filmmaker. An excellent, large vintage signed and inscribed 10.5 x 14.5 photograph by Cocteau, the image depicting him in a youthful head and shoulders pose. Photograph by Manuel Frères of Paris and bearing their printed credit to the lower photographer's mount. Signed by Cocteau in fountain pen ink to a clear area of the image, 'Jean Cocteau, Salue à l'Université de Washington', further adding an attractive image of a five-pointed star in his hand. Attractively framed and glazed in a plain wooden frame. VG Henri Manuel (1874-1947) French photographer who, with his brothers Gaston and Lucien, created the largest photographic studio in Paris, specialising in portrait photography.
VERNE JULES: (1828-1905) French Novelist. Best known for his science fiction and adventures novels. A fine A.L.S., Jules Verne, one page, 12mo, Amiens, 14th April 1896, in French. Verne, on this very cleanly written letter, states `Je regardais cette réponse sous forme de reçu comme plus humoristique. Elle ne vous semble pas belle, soit. Je la remplace par la ci-jointe, en en conservant le sens.´ (“I looked at this answer in the form of a receipt as more humourous. It doesn't look good to you, fine. I replace it with the attached one, still keeping the meaning.´ Verne further says `Je n´ai point de portrait recent don't je puisse disposer et il faudra vous contenter de celui que vous avez.´ (“I do not have a recent portrait that I could dispose and you will have to be satisfied with the one you have”) Verne further reconsiders his response and to a postscriptum beneath his signature promises a portrait `Toute réflexion faite, je me procurerai un portrait que je vous enverrai….´ (“All thinking about it, I'll get myself a portrait which I will send to you..”) With blank integral leaf. VG to EX The present letter was addressed to Angelo Mariani (1838-1914) French chemist from the island of Corsica. Between 1863 and 1868 Mariani started marketing a coca wine called Vin Tonique Mariani (with Peruvian coca) which was made from Bordeaux wine and coca leaves. The Vin Mariani was a coca wine and patent medicine created in the 1860s. Advertisements for Vin Mariani claimed that it would restore health, strength, energy and vitality. Popes Leo XIII and Pius X were both Vin Mariani drinkers, the first appearing on a poster endorsing the wine and awarding a Vatican gold medal to Mariani for creating it. Edison claimed it helped him stay awake longer. Ulysses S. Grant drank Vin Mariani while writing his memoirs, and other notables who endorsed Vin Mariani include Emile Zola, Charles Gounod, Sarah Bernhardt, etc..
BINYON LAURENCE: (1869-1943) English Poet whose most famous work, For the Fallen, is used in Remembrance Sunday Services. A.L.S., Laurence Binyon, two pages, 8vo, London, 18th July 1932, to Mrs. Riches, on the printed stationery of the Department of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum. Binyon commences his letter by announcing 'I think perhaps you thought that I had already become Keeper here; but Dodgson does not go till 13 August; and as I never know what his attitude will be, I thought it best not to show him the Linnell drawings. Do you mind this little delay?', although adds that he has already shown them to Mr. Hind, who will be responsible for the European side of the department, 'and he agrees with me that if we might have a selection of the drawings it would be a valuable & interesting addition to the collection & we should be very grateful to you', further asking if he can choose a representative selection of a dozen or so, and commenting on a watercolour portrait of Daniell which he feels may be more suitable for the National Portrait Gallery. VG John Linnell (1792-1882) English engraver and portrait and landscape painter.
LAMARTINE ALPHONSE DE: (1790-1869) French Writer, Poet and Politician. A good signed and inscribed 11 x 14.5 portrait of Lamartine, the drawn portrait showing the French writer in a half length pose. Signed in bold black ink at the base of the image (`Hommage, Alph. de Lamartine´). Attractively framed in wood and glazed to an overall size 12 x 15. About VG
HOPKINS ANTHONY: (1937- ) Welsh Actor. Academy Award winner. Signed 8 x 10 photograph, the image showing Hopkins, portraying Hannibal Lecter, in a shocking scene of the psychological horror film The Silence of the Lambs (1991), in a portrait pose. Signed in bold black ink to a partially dark area of the image. VG
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[SOUTH AFRICA]: A South African commemorative cover issued for the Presidential Inauguration on 10th May 1994 and featuring a gold and blue design with the caption Many Cultures - One Nation, individually signed by Nelson Mandela (1918-2013, President of South Africa 1994-99 & joint Nobel Peace Prize winner, 1993), F. W. de Klerk (1936- , President of South Africa 1989-94 & joint Nobel Peace Prize winner, 1993) and Thabo Mbeki (1942- , President of South Africa 1999-2008). All have signed with their names alone in bold blue or black inks. The cover features four different postage stamps, one with the portrait of Mandela, and is post marked at Pretoria, 10th May 1994. VG
HELMHOLTZ HERMANN VON: (1821-1894) German physicist and physician who made significant contributions in several scientific fields. A.L.S., H. Helmholtz, one page, 8vo, Heidelberg, 28th March 1871, to a gentleman. Helmholtz announces that he is leaving Heidelberg for Berlin and has 'given orders to the photographer who has made my last and best portrait to send you a copy of it for the Royal Ophthalmic Hospital', concluding by remarking 'With my best thanks for the honourable place you propose to give to this portrait'. With blank integral leaf. Some light overall age toning and a few minor stains, G In 1851 Helmholtz became world famous when he revolutionised the field of ophthalmology with the invention of the ophthalmoscope, an instrument used to examine the inside of the human eye. The Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital was founded at Charterhouse Square in 1805 by John Cunningham Saunders, assisted by John Richard Farre.
STREEP MERYL: (1949- ) American Actress, Academy Award winner. Signed 8 x 10 photograph, a close-up portrait study of the actress in costume as Linda from the classic war drama film The Deer Hunter (1978). Signed by Streep in black ink with her name alone to a clear area of the image. It was for her role in this film that Streep received her first (of a record 21) Academy Award nominations. A pencil note in the hand of a collector to the verso indicates that the signature was obtained in person on 27th February 1979 following a Broadway performance of Taken in Marriage at the Public Theatre. EX
ENOLA GAY: A paperback edition of Flight of the Enola Gay by Paul W. Tibbets, published by the Buckeye Aviation Book Company, Reynoldsburg, Ohio, 1989, individually signed by Paul Tibbets (1915-2007) American Brigadier General in the United States Air Force, pilot of the Enola Gay, the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb, Hiroshima, 6th August 1945, Thomas Ferebee (1918-2000) American Colonel in the United States Air Force, bombardier of the Enola Gay and Theodore J. Van Kirk (1921-2014) American Major in the United States Army Air Forces, navigator of the Enola Gay. All three crew members have signed with their names alone in blue inks beneath a frontispiece portrait depicting them standing together in full length poses, wearing their uniforms, alongside the Enola Gay. About EX
PORTMAN NATALIE: (1981- ) Israeli-American Actress, Academy Award winner. Very attractive signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of Portman, the colourful image depicting the awarded actress in a close-up smiling portrait pose. Signed by Portman in bold blue ink with her name alone to a clear area of the image. EX
WORLD WAR II: Miscellaneous selection of signed items by various members of the American armed forces, all of whom served in World War II, comprising Mark W. Clark (signed cover commemorating American War Leaders and featuring a colour portrait of Clark, post marked at Boston, Massachusetts, March 1944), Jacob Beser (small signed printed card), David McCampbell (signed 3.5 x 5 photograph), Richard O'Kane (signed 8 x 10 photograph, with an additional note in his hand to the verso regarding the medal on his uniform) and Hyman Rickover (T.L.S., H G Rickover, two pages, 4to, at sea in the North Pacific, 16th September 1968, to Miss. Lola Pierotti at the office of Senator George D. Aiken, on the printed stationery of the USS Gurnard, with interesting content regarding the attack type nuclear submarine which has just completed its first sea trials; accompanied by the original envelope). Generally VG to EX, 5
HIMMLER HEINRICH: (1900-1945) Nazi German Politician, Reichsfuhrer of the Schutzstaffel (SS) 1929-45. Green indelible pencil signature, with his initials ('HH', a slightly hurried example) on a small piece (2 x 1.75) evidently clipped from an official document or letter. Lightly mounted to the base of an A4 sheet of paper featuring a reproduction image of the front cover of an edition of Time magazine with a portrait of Himmler. VG
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[HOLOCAUST]: WIESENTHAL SIMON (1908-2005) Jewish Austrian Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter. A brief T.L.S., Simon Wiesenthal, one page, 4to, Vienna, 24th June 1981, to Mihran B. Hagopian, on the printed stationery of the Dokumentationszentrum. Wiesental writes, in full, 'I am again in the States between July 10th and 16th. Please prepare something for me'. Together with Elie Wiesel (1928-2016) Romanian-born American writer and Holocaust survivor, Nobel Peace prize winner, 1986. Signed and inscribed commemorative cover issued in honour of Raoul Wallenberg and featuring an Israeli postage stamp with his portrait. Post marked 7th June 1983. Signed by Wiesel in black ink to a clear area of the cover. Accompanied by an associated presentation folder. VG, 2
WALKEN CHRISTOPHER: (1943- ) American Actor, Academy Award winner. Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph by Walken, the image depicting the actor in a close-up portrait. Signed in bold blue ink with his name alone across a light area of the image. Autograph obtained in person by a collector in London. EX
BOTVINNIK MIKHAIL: (1911-1995) Russian Scientist and chess Grandmaster. World Chess Champion 1948-57, 1958-60 & 1961-63. A pioneer of computer chess. His pupils include World Champions Karpov, Kasparov and Kramnik. Signed F.D.C., `M.Botvinnik´, in Cyrillic, 8vo postcard, 20th July 1994. The document commemorates the 70th Fide anniversary and shows a drawing portrait of Botvinnik in a head and shoulders pose playing chess. Signed in bold black ink to a clear area of the front postcard, neatly affixed to the inside of a folding white stiff. VG
King Carol II on the concept of peace between nations CAROL II OF ROMANIA: (1893-1953) King of Romania 1930-40 until his abdication. Signed oblong 8 x 5 card `Carol R.´, partially over a Romanian post stamp bearing the King´s portrait. Also dated in bold black ink, 1944, in his hand. Small overall age wear, with stain around the stamp as a result of the affixing, otherwise G
HARRIS JULIE: (1925-2013) American actress, an Academy Award nominee. A good vintage signed 8 x 10 photograph of the actress in a head and shoulders pose in costume as Frankie Addams from the American film noir drama film The Member of the Wedding (1952). The original Columbia Pictures Corp. publicity portrait is signed by Harris in fountain pen ink to a clear area of the background. It was for her performance as an awkward, moody 12-year-old tomboy in this film that Harris received a Best Actress Oscar nomination. VG
Grigory Gluckmann (1898-1973)Portrait of Mrs. Lynch signed with incised signature in Latin (lower right)oil on panel82.5 x 60cm (32 1/2 x 23 5/8in).Footnotes:ProvenanceCommissioned from the artist by Mr. and Mrs. Lynch of La Jolla, California, c. 1948Thence by descentExhibitedPalm Springs, Palm Springs Desert Museum, Grigory Gluckman - contemporary classicist, 3 November - 3 December 1972 (label on verso)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
English SchoolPortrait of Tsar Peter the Great as the Grand Czar of Muscovy, c. 1698 oil on canvas laid down22.5 x 19.8cm (8 7/8 x 7 13/16in).Footnotes:ProvenancePossibly Christie's, London, 17 July 1807, lot 28 (sold by Mallough to Seguier for three pounds) – 'Czar Peter by Rembrandt'.This rare image is connected to Tsar Peter's stay in London during his Grand Embassy of 1698. Furthermore, it relates directly to several engravings of the Tsar made during Peter's visit by the likes of Robert White, William Faithorne and Jacob Gole.Although only Godfrey Kneller's portrait in the Royal Collection is the only official image made of the Tsar during his visit to London, it seems that the appearance of the Russian ruler was captured in another unofficial image. Unlike Kneller's highly westernised depiction, this rare depiction shows the Tsar in the traditional guise of a Muscovite Tsar bedecked in opulent furs, diamonds and a gold threaded cloak. The exotic appearance of the Tsar in traditional Russian dress caught the imagination of Londoners and resulted in the demand for popular images such as this one.Both scholars Anthony Cross (2000) and Dmitrii Rovinskii (1888) were unaware of a surviving painting connected to the aforementioned engravings. Notably, Faithorne's version showing the Tsar in his robes and fur hat bears the inscription that it was 'Drawing by the life Since his Imperial Majesty Came into England'. Rovinskii had connected the engravings to a reworking of Kneller's portrait, however, the reappearance of this painted portrait adds further complexity to this suggestion.Pigment analysis favours a dating to c. 1698 and has identified no later synthetic materials dating from post 1715. Furthermore, the blue pigment in the Tsar's jacket is comprised of the costly natural ultramarine (lapis lazuli).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Boris Mikhailovich Kustodiev (Russian, 1878-1927)Portrait of a child (possibly a child of the artist) signed in Cyrillic (lower right)pencil and watercolour on paper27 x 21cm (10 5/8 x 8 1/4in).Footnotes:ProvenancePrivate collection, EuropeThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Bronze portrait of Ruth Raymond CarhartPavel Troubetskoy (1866-1938), cast at Roman Bronze Works, New York, 1919realistically modelled as a young woman in an evening sleeveless dress standing upright and holding folded ostrich feathers fan, on a small square base, marked on base height: 40.5cm (15 7/8in).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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