MARITIME - The Searchlight. H.M.S. "Lion."MARITIME - TheSearchlight. H.M.S. "Lion." ... For Private Circulation only. [No place: nopublisher], October 1st, 1915 - April 1st, 1916. 3 issues bound in one, 4to(300 x 203mm). Wood-engraved illustrations. EXCEPTIONALLY FINELY BOUND in navyblue crushed morocco gilt by Riviere and Son, the spine lettered in gilt("H.M.S. Lion's Searchlight") with gilt coat-of-arms and 5 raisedbands, the dentelles with anchor motifs stamped in gilt at each corner, uncut,original stiff wrappers bound in. RICHLY EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED. The volumecontains, in addition to the printed material, the following: 1) the strikingoriginal full-page cover design in pen-and-ink of "H.M.S. Lion" atfull steam, initialled "E.C.B."; 2) the original full-pagepen-and-ink drawing of [?]Captain Alfred E. M. Chatfield standing on deckbeside Horatio Nelson, captioned "Have patience, I waited two years forVilleneuve"; 3) an original pen-and-ink design for a banner, showing afleet of ships heading towards a rising sun, marked up in pencil for printing;4) a 5-page autograph manuscript of the poem "The Soul of a Ship"signed [?] by Captain Chatfield (but which is uncredited in printed formon p. 5 of the first issue); 5) an original pen-and-ink and watercolourcaricature of Viscount Bassett, unsigned; 6) an original pen-and-ink circulartitle for the January 1915 issue; 7) an original pen-and-ink drawing, unsigned,captioned "Have you done your bit?", marked-up in pencil for printing[but not apparently printed]; 8) printer's proofs for a caricaturecaptioned "A.L.H."; 9) anoriginal full-page pen-and-ink drawing of a lion, unsigned, captioned,"Looking for their next meal"; 10) various letters and receipts fromG. H. Barwick, Department of Printed Books, British museum ("I amparticularly gratified to get this, and shall be very glad of anyfurther publications of the Navy of this kind ..."); 11) a fine originalpen-and-ink and watercolour portrait [subject unidentified], unsigned,captioned, "Per mare, per terram"; 12) an original pen-and-ink designfor a tail-piece. Loosely-inserted are various other ephemeral items relatingto the printing of the periodical and to the ship.
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![MISCELLANY - John GAY (1685-1732). Fables. [etc.]MISCELLANY - John GAY (1685-1732). Fables. London: Printed for J. Tonso](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a3276cf8-db78-46ec-8c8b-ad5900c80e7d/2845bb03-c797-477b-af05-ad5900e2276b/468x382.jpg)
MISCELLANY - John GAY (1685-1732). Fables. [etc.]MISCELLANY - John GAY (1685-1732). Fables. London: Printed for J. Tonson and J. Watts, 1727. 4to (256 x 200mm). Title with engraved illustration, 50 engraved illustrations only ([?]of 51, lacking L4 [i.e. pp. 73-74], variable browning, spotting and staining). Contemporary calf gilt (heavily rubbed). A second volume, not present here, followed in 1738. With a quantity of very miscellaneous books and documents including John Bunyan's The Works (London, 1736, 2 vols., engraved portrait, contemporary calf, defective), [Daniel Defoe’s] The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (London, 1790, 2 vols., engraved plates, contemporary calf), [Susanna Dobson’s] Historical Anecdotes of Heraldry and Chivalry (Worcester, 1795, contemporary calf, upper cover detached), W. H. Bartlett’s Walks about the City and Environs of Jerusalem (London, [c. 1844], second edition, engraved plates, original decorated cloth gilt), John M. Kemble’s Horæ Ferales; or, Studies in the Archæology of the Northern Nations (London, 1863, contemporary blue calf gilt, head of spine lacking), J. B. Waring’s Stone Monuments, Tumuli and Ornament of Remote Ages (London, 1870, original buckram, soiled), Report on Central African Rail Link Development Survey. Vol. 1. (London, June 1952, plates, folding maps, buckram-backed paper boards), a bound album containing early 20th-century monochrome photographs of American locomotives, several belonging to the "Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co."; with a manuscript Account Book relating to the Estate of Robert Hedington of Great Waldingfield, Suffolk, kept from 1787 to 1853; and a collection of miscellaneous legal documents, the majority on vellum, most 18th- and 19th-century, but some earlier. Please note that only a part of this lot is illustrated. The lot sold not subject to return. (qty)
![MISCELLANY, 17th & 18th CENTURY - Thomas SPRAT (1635-1713). The History of the Royal Society of London. [etc.]MISCELLANY, 17](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a3276cf8-db78-46ec-8c8b-ad5900c80e7d/5283168b-6552-4702-829e-ad5900e25ae4/468x382.jpg)
MISCELLANY, 17th & 18th CENTURY - Thomas SPRAT (1635-1713). The History of the Royal Society of London. [etc.]MISCELLANY, 17th and 18th CENTURY - ThomasSPRAT (1635-1713). The History of theRoyal Society of London, For the Improving of Natural Knowledge … The FourthEdition. London: Printed for J. Knapton (and others), 1734. 4to (227 x180mm). Title printed in red and black, 2 folding engraved plates, initials andornaments (some light mainly marginal staining). Contemporary calf (rebackedsome time ago, rubbed and scuffed, a few strips worn). Provenance: JamesBarlow (old signature on title); old inscription on rear endpaper. With 10other miscellaneous 17th- and 18th-century works in 11vols, namely Pliny’s Epistolae et Panegyricus. Editio nova (Amsterdam,Elzevir, 1659, 12mo, contemporary vellum), La Vie de Sainte Therese ecritepar elle-mesme. De la Traduction de Monsieur Arnauld d’ Andilly (Paris,1670, 4to, contemporary calf), Ovid’s Metamorphosen (Amsterdam, 1683,large 8vo, engraved frontispiece and plates, contemporary vellum), Juvenal’s Satyrae… Editio nova (Amsterdam, 1684, 4to, engraved frontispiece, contemporarycalf, crudely rebacked), Albius Tibulli’s [Opera] (Amsterdam, 1708, 4to, fine engraved frontispiece, plates, contemporary calf, upper cover detached), Horace’s [Opera], edited by Richard Bentley (Amsterdam, 1713, 4to, engraved frontispiece, contemporary panelled vellum, contemporary pen-and-ink portrait of Bentley loosely-inserted),Sextus Propertius’s Elegiarum libri quatuor (Amsterdam, 1727, 4to, fine engraved frontispiece, contemporary calf), John Milton’s Paradise Lost. ANew Edition, By Richard Bentley (London, 1732, 4to, lacks the plates,contemporary calf, rebacked), William Wycherley’s The Country Wife …(Altered from Wycherley.) (Dublin, 1766, modern cloth) and John Ireland’s HogarthIllustrated (London, 1791, 2 vols, engraved plates by Hogarth, contemporarycalf). Provenance:From the Library of the late Sir George Engle. The lot sold not subject to return. (12)
![MISCELLANY, 18th & 19th CENTURY - Samuel JOHNSON (1709-84). A Dictionary of the English Language. [etc.]MISCELLANY, 18th and](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a3276cf8-db78-46ec-8c8b-ad5900c80e7d/9fa4daa7-6b1b-4bbc-ad15-ad5900d9edc7/468x382.jpg)
MISCELLANY, 18th & 19th CENTURY - Samuel JOHNSON (1709-84). A Dictionary of the English Language. [etc.]MISCELLANY, 18th and 19th CENTURY - SamuelJOHNSON (1709-84). A Dictionary ofthe English Language … The Seventh Edition. London: Printed for F. and C.Rivington (and many others), 1785. Folio (433 x 270mm). Printed largely intriple column (lacks portrait, corner torn away from one leaf of the prefacewith slight loss of letters, occasional light spotting and staining). Laterhalf vellum and marbled boards (lower joints splitting, stains to spine). Provenance:old inscriptions on front free endpaper. The last folio edition. With 22 othermiscellaneous 18th- and early 19th-century works in 24volumes, namely Erasmus’s Colloquiorum … Familiarium opus aureum … Editiotriplici (London, 1717, engraved frontispiece, heavily stained and brownedthroughout, contemporary calf, very worn), Isaac Watts’s Horae Lyricae … TheFourth Edition (London, 1722, engraved portrait, contemporary calf, ratherworn), John Gay’s Fables … The Second Edition (London, 1728, engravedillustrations, title repaired and laid down, contemporary calf, upper coverdetached), An Act to repeal the Statute made in the first Year of the Reignof King James the First, intituled, An Act against Conjuration, Witchcraft anddealing with evil and wicked Spirits ([London, 1736], pp. 425-428, modern wrappers), PhilipBearcroft’s An Historical Account of Thomas Sutton Esq; and of HisFoundation in Charter-House (London, 1737, 2 engraved plates, one folding,lacks portrait, contemporary calf, upper cover detached), The Foreigner’sGuide: Or, a Necessary and Instructive Companion Both for the Foreigner and Native,in their Tour through the Cities of London and Westminster … The Fourth Edition(London, 1763, text in English and French, contemporary calf, crudelyrebacked), Isaac Watts’ Logick … The Fifteenth Edition (London, 1772,contemporary calf, upper cover detached), An Act for Lighting and Watchingthe Hamlet of Highgate, in the County of Middlesex (London, 1775, pp. [1285]-1306,modern wrappers), A Thousand Notable Things on Various Subjects; Disclosedfrom the Secrets of Nature and Art (London, 1785, section excised from one leaf, contemporary calf),Thomas Gray’s The Poetical Works … A New Edition (London, 1785, 12mo,engraved frontispiece, contemporary calf), Harry Carey’s Chrononhotonthologos[a satirical play] ([London, c. 1787]), 4-pages, modern boards), The Life ofFrederick, Baron Trenck (London, 1788, vol. II only (of 2), contemporarycalf, crudely rebacked), Philip Luckombe’s The Tablet of Memory, Shewingevery Memorable Event in History … The Eighth Edition (London, 1791,engraved frontispiece, contemporary calf, crudely rebacked), Isaac Watts’ TheImprovement of the Mind (Edinburgh, 1801, contemporary calf), G. H.Wilson’s The Eccentric Mirror (London, 1806, [?]vols. I-II only (of 4),contemporary calf), First Exercises on the Principal Rules of Grammar, to beTranslated into Latin … Second Edition (Reading, Smart and Cowslade, 1807,contemporary boards), [John Anstey’s] The Pleader’s Guide, A Didactic poem,in Two Parts: containing the Conduct of a Suit at Law, with the Arguments ofCounsellor Bother’um and Counsellor Bore’um … The Fifth Edition (London,1808, contemporary half calf, upper cover detached), Lessons for Children.In Four Parts. Part II. Being the First for Children of Three Years Old(London, 1818, part II only (of 4), printed in an over-sized font, contemporary calf, upper cover detached),[R. Lee’s] Taxidermy: or, the Art of Collecting, Preparing, and MountingObjects of Natural History … The Third Edition (London, 1823, 5 engravedplates, contemporary cloth-backed paper boards), The Traveller’s Oracle; or,Maxims for Locomotion (London, 1827, part I only (of 2), engraved music,contemporary paper boards, crudely rebacked) and Regina Maria Roche’s TheChildren of the Abbey. A Tale (London, 1835, [early reprint], 3 vols.,original cloth-backed paper boards). Provenance: From the Library of the late Sir George Engle. Please note that only a part of this lot is illustrated. The lot sold notsubject to return. (25)
![MORRIS, Francis Orpen (1810-93). A History of British Butterflies. [etc.]MORRIS, Francis Orpen (1810-93). A History of](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a3276cf8-db78-46ec-8c8b-ad5900c80e7d/e4e23527-aa70-4868-b25d-ad5900d18103/468x382.jpg)
MORRIS, Francis Orpen (1810-93). A History of British Butterflies. [etc.]MORRIS, Francis Orpen (1810-93). A History of British Butterflies. Eighth Edition, newly revised, corrected and enlarged. London: John C. Nimmo, 1895. Large 8vo (250 x 172mm). Title printed in red and black, 79 coloured wood-engraved plates, one double-page uncoloured plate (several plates detached or loose). Contemporary green half roan gilt (rubbed and scuffed, one signature starting). Provenance: “Robert Austen Bevan, from his Father and Mother, Xmas 1907” (inscription on front free endpaper). Cf. Nissen ZBI 2892. With c. 40 other miscellaneous books, most leather bound, including Mark Antony Lower’s A Compendious History of Sussex (London, 1870, 2 vols., contemporary half morocco) and W. B. Yeats’ Poems (London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1901, portrait, original blue elaborately decorated cloth gilt, [?]third edition). Please note that only a part of this lot is illustrated. The lot sold not subject to return. (qty)
![[SPEED, John (1551-1629)]. The Historie of Great Britaine.[SPEED, John (1551-1629). The Historie of Great Britaine. London:](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a3276cf8-db78-46ec-8c8b-ad5900c80e7d/1d20b7a7-9f8a-4466-a5fd-ad5900cdaae2/468x382.jpg)
[SPEED, John (1551-1629)]. The Historie of Great Britaine.[SPEED, John (1551-1629). The Historie of Great Britaine. London: George Humble, portrait dated 1629]. Folio (329 x 210mm). Engraved portrait of the author, dedication, printed in double column, engraved and woodcut illustrations, including some full-page genealogies, coins, initials, ornaments and tables (lacks engraved and printed titles, portrait laid down and frayed at edges with some loss, some mainly light staining and spotting). Later calf decorated in blind (heavily rubbed and scuffed, spine faded). Provenance: Henry Ashworth James (armorial bookplate); inscription dated 1833 at foot of dedication. The portrait is often lacking. Lowndes 2471; STC 23048. Sold not subject to return.
![WALTON, Izaak (1593-1683). The Compleat Angler. [etc.]WALTON,Izaak (1593-1683). The CompleatAngler or the Contemplative Man’](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a3276cf8-db78-46ec-8c8b-ad5900c80e7d/af96c780-f24f-4faf-8d61-ad5900d168f4/468x382.jpg)
WALTON, Izaak (1593-1683). The Compleat Angler. [etc.]WALTON,Izaak (1593-1683). The CompleatAngler or the Contemplative Man’s Recreation. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1930. Folio (342 x 218mm). Half title, coloured portrait of theauthor, title printed in red and black, initials and illustrations by FrankAdams. Original vellum-backed marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt, top edgesgilt, others uncut, original black cloth box (lid of box dust-soiled). Provenance:Mr [?]F. R. Pemberton (name inscribed on limitation labels on front pastedownand on the upper lid of the box). NUMBER 303 OF 450 COPIES SIGNED BY THEARTIST. With 2 other books of related interest, namely Companion to AlfredRonald’s Fly Fisher’s Entomology (London, [c. 1860], stitched vellumpockets, some containing flies, contemporary calf wallet, worn) and FrancisFrancis’s A Book of Angling (London, 1885, plates, many coloured,contemporary calf gilt). (3)
![M'LEOD, John ([?]1777-1820). Voyage of His Majesty's Ship Alceste, along the Coast of Corea, to the Island of Lewchew.M’LEOD](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a3276cf8-db78-46ec-8c8b-ad5900c80e7d/0308fc9d-1e57-4870-bdee-ad5900e5563e/468x382.jpg)
M'LEOD, John ([?]1777-1820). Voyage of His Majesty's Ship Alceste, along the Coast of Corea, to the Island of Lewchew.M’LEOD, John ([?]1777-1820). Voyage of His Majesty’s Ship Alceste, along the Coast of Corea, to the Island of Lewchew; with an Account of her Subsequent Shipwreck … Second edition. London: John Murray, 1818. Tall 8vo (228 x 140mm). Half title, engraved portrait frontispiece, 5 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 4-pages of publisher’s advertisements at the end (some mainly marginal spotting and staining). Contemporary paper boards, printed label on spine (rebacked, label worn). Provenance: H. V. Thompson (bookplate); old catalogue descriptions tipped-in and an envelope laid down at the end containing 3 duplicate aquatint plates; from the Collection of Lt. Cdr. Andrew David (bookplate). Abbey Travel 559; Lipperheide 1529.
NANSEN, Fridtjof (1861-1930). Farthest North.NANSEN, Fridtjof (1861-1930). Farthest North. Westminster: Archibald Constable and Company, 1897. 2 volumes, large 8vo (239 x 160mm). Half titles, etched portrait, titles printed in red and black, 16 coloured plates, half tone plates, illustrations, 4 folding coloured maps (some spotting mainly at the beginning of each vol.). Original blue pictorial cloth gilt (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: J. Berkley Matthews (signatures on front pastedowns); from the Collection of Lt. Cdr. Andrew David (bookplate). FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Arctic Bib. 11983; Howgego Encyclopedia of Exploration 1850-1940 III, N3; PMM 384: “… Nansen’s own account of a remarkable achievement in polar exploration, every detail of which was worked out by Nansen himself and went absolutely according to plan.” (2)
PORTLOCK, Nathaniel (c. 1748-1817). A Voyage Round the World; but more particularly to the North-West Coast of America.PORTLOCK, Nathaniel (c. 1748-1817). A Voyage Round the World; but more particularly to the North-West Coast of America: performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788. London: Printed for John Stockdale & George Goulding, 1789. 4to (320 x 250mm). Engraved portrait, 11 engraved plates, of which 3 (of birds) hand-coloured, only ([?]of 13, but 2 (of birds) supplied in modern facsimile, and loosely-inserted), 6 folding engraved charts, tables (some offsetting and mainly marginal spotting and staining, one text leaf torn and repaired without loss). Contemporary marbled paper boards (rebacked with modern spine label, new endpapers, corners bumped, rubbed and scuffed). Provenance: Hopetoun (armorial bookplate); from the Collection of Lt. Cdr. Andrew David (bookplate). FIRST EDITION of this account of the first commercial voyage to the American north-west coast, taking in Hawaii, British Columbia, Alaska, Vancouver and Queen Charlotte’s Island. Chapter XV includes a partial transcript of “A Court of Enquiry held at the Request of Captain Greer of the Belvidere, on his People who mutinied in his Absence.” Brunet III, 820 (calling for a total of 20 “figures”); Cox II, 27; Forbes 177; Hill p. 1376; Howes P-497; Sabin 64389; Streeter sale 3485; Zimmer 495.
HERSCHEL, John Frederick William (1792-1871). III. Micrometrical Measures of 364 Double Stars with a 7-feet Equatorial Achromatic Telescope. [etc.]HERSCHEL, John Frederick William (1792-1871). III. Micrometrical Measures of 364 Double Stars with a 7-feet Equatorial Achromatic Telescope, taken at Slough, in the Years 1828, 1829, and 1830, by J. F. W. Herschel, Esq. F.R.A.S. Communicated Feb. 8, 1831. – Read May 13 and June 10, 1831. [Extracted from “Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society”, vol. 5, pp. 13-[91]]. [London: Royal Astronomical Society, 1831]. 4to (285 x 225mm). Tables. Stitched. With 3 related books by F. W. Bessel, namely Untersuchungen über die Länge des einfachen Secundenpendels ([Berlin, 1828], wrappers), Populäre Vorlesungen über wissenschaftliche Gegenstände (Hamburg, 1848, calf-backed boards) and Tabulae Quantitatum Besselianarum pro annis 1750 ad 1840 computatae (St Petersburg, 1869, cloth-backed boards); and 2 other related works, namely Johann Josef von Littrow’s Die Wunder des Himmels (Stuttgart, 1837, portrait and folding plates, contemporary half calf) and William Huggins’ XII. On the Spectre of some of the Fixed Stars … Received April 28, - Read May 26, 1864 … XIII. On the Spectra of some of the Nebulæ … Received September 8, 1864 (pp.413-444), 2 lithographed plates, contemporary roan-backed boards. Provenance: from the Collection of Peter and Margarethe Braune. The lot sold not subject to return. (6)
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.
HUNDERTWASSER FRIEDENSREICH: (1928-2000) His real name being Friedrich Stowasser. Austrian visual Artist and Architect. Signed and inscribed 5 x 7 photograph by Hundertwasser, the image corresponds to one of his works, a watercolour, being his self-portrait (1976). Signed in bold black pencil, adding a small sketch above the signature, to a clear area of the image. VG
JARMUSCH JAMES ROBERT: (1953- ) American film Director, Actor, Composer and Producer. A leading proponent of independent cinema. Best-known for his film Stranger than Paradise (1984). Signed 5 x 7 photograph, the image depicting the artist in a close-up attractive portrait pose. Signed in bold black ink to the lower white border of 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
LEE ROBERT E.: (1807-1870) American General, Commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War from 1862 until his surrender in 1865. A good vintage signed sepia carte-de-visite photograph by Lee, the albumen print being of the famous 'floppy tie' portrait of the General in uniform with three stars visible on his collar and his tie loosened. Signed ('R E Lee') in dark ink with his name alone to the image. Some light mottling, otherwise VG Provenance: The present photograph was originally contained within an album of autographs of eminent Americans of the Civil War period which were obtained by the Welsh journalist John Griffith (1821-1877) who had travelled to America as a correspondent before the Union victory was sealed and returned in 1867. This famous portrait of Lee, one of his and his wife's personal favourites, was taken in 1864 and is variously attributed to John W. Davies or (less frequently) Julian Vannerson, both respected Richmond photographers.
PORTMAN NATALIE: (1981- ) Israeli-American Actress, Academy Award winner. Attractive signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of Portman, the unusual 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
HALDER FRANZ: (1884-1972) German General of World War II, Chief of Staff of the Army High Command 1938-42. Knight's Cross winner. Signed 4 x 6 photograph by Halder, the image being a reproduction of a war date portrait of the General in a semi-profile head and shoulders pose wearing his Knight's Cross. Signed by Halder in dark ink to a clear area at the base of the image, adding his rank beneath his signature. In green ink above his signature Halder has added the Latin aphorism Carpe diem! in his hand. About EX
![[HITLER ADOLF]: (1889-1945) Fuhrer of the Third Reich 1933-45. [VANE-TEMPEST-STEWART CHARLES]: (1878-1949) 7th Marquess of Lo](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/237112ec-3304-4c3b-b6e6-ad4e00c5adfa/8ca7670d-a4de-4632-9f3b-ad4e00e21658/468x382.jpg)
[HITLER ADOLF]: (1889-1945) Fuhrer of the Third Reich 1933-45. [VANE-TEMPEST-STEWART CHARLES]: (1878-1949) 7th Marquess of Londonderry. British politician who served as Secretary of State for Air 1931-35 and is remembered for his 'understanding' of Nazi Germany in the 1930s. KIEWITZ WERNER (1891-1965) German diplomat who worked as a ministerial adviser under Otto Meissner. T.L.S., Kiewitz, one page, oblong 8vo, Berlin, 17th November 1936, to the Secretary of State, in German. Kiewitz states, in full, 'Attached are two letters of thanks from Lord Castlereagh and Lady Maureen Stanley, wife of Stanley, the Minister of Information, both of whom are children of the Lord Londonderry, who were received by the Fuhrer and each received a photograph of him. These were sent via Ribbentrop's embassy'. With a few holograph additions by Kiewitz and various other pencil and ink annotations in the margins. Together with photocopies of the two letters referred to (the present whereabouts of the originals is unknown), the first an A.L.S., Castlereagh, by the future 8th Marquess of Londonderry, two pages, 8vo, n.p. (London), 11th November 1936, to Adolf Hitler ('Your Excellency'), on the blind embossed stationery of the House of Commons. Castlereagh thanks Hitler for 'the honour you have done me in consenting to receive my sister & myself & for sparing so much of your valuable time in explaining certain questions to us' further commenting 'We not merely hope but intend to do all we can to promote the most friendly relations between Germany & Great Britain, which we regard as essential for the well being of Europe', and concluding 'I am particularly grateful to you for your generosity in presenting me with such an admirable portrait of yourself. I shall always keep this as a memento of a great episode in my life & in the sincere hope that the most friendly relations will always exist between our two countries', (the photocopy including an image of the original envelope) and the second an A.L.S., Maureen Stanley, daughter of the 7th Marquess of Londonderry and wife of Oliver Stanley, three pages, 8vo, Westminster, London, 12th November n.y. (1936), to Adolf Hitler ('Your Excellency'). Stanley sends thanks for 'the very interesting and wonderful interview you gave my brother and me two days ago', commenting 'It was a great privilege and I can assure you one which we more than appreciated. We have returned to England with a far better understanding of the needs and aims of Germany and a most delightful recollection of the wonderful hospitality we received' and concluding by sending her thanks for the photograph Hitler had presented her with ('it will be a treasured possession and a reminder of one of the most interesting weeks I have ever spent'). Also including a small German newspaper clipping from 30th October 1936 relating to the meeting between the 7th Marquess of Londonderry and his wife with Hitler (neatly laid down to a 4to sheet for the purposes of filing) and further including a vintage signed sepia 8 x 11.5 photograph by the 7th Marquess of Londonderry, the image depicting him in a formal head and shoulders pose. Photograph by Bassano. Signed ('Londonderry') in dark fountain pen ink with his name alone to the image. A few file holes and light age wear to Kiewitz's letter and with one corner neatly clipped, generally VG, 5Robin Vane-Tempest-Stewart (1902-1955) 8th Marquess of Londonderry. British politician who was employed as an honorary attaché to the British embassy in Rome. Maureen Helen Vane-Tempest-Stewart (1900-1942) Wife of Oliver Stanley (1896-1950) British politician who served as Secretary of State for War in 1940. Between January 1936 and September 1938, the Marquess of Londonderry made six visits to Nazi Germany, evidently accompanied by his family on at least one of these in October 1936. During the first two visits, prior to the abdication of King Edward VIII (who the Nazis assessed as a supporter of their party) Londonderry was considered an aristocrat of real influence by Hitler. The friendly regard in which the Marquess was held in Berlin was reflected in Hitler indiscreetly informing his guest, at a meeting in October 1936 (to which the present lot relates) of his intended moves both on Czechoslovakia and Poland years in advance of these two invasions being actioned.
LAMARR HEDY & GARDNER AVA: Hedy Lamarr (1914-2000) Born Eva Maria Kiesler. Austrian-born American Actress. Best-known for her role as Delilah in DeMille´s film Samson and Delilah (1949). Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph showing Lamarr in a half length pose. Signed in bold blue ink to a largely clear area of the image; & Ava Gardner (1922-1990) American Actress. Signed 8 x 10 photograph of Gardner in a close-up portrait pose. Signed in silver ink to the lower left corner. VG, 2
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
EDWARD VIII: (1894-1972) King of the United Kingdom January - December 1936. Later Duke of Windsor. An excellent A.L.S., Edward, as Duke of Windsor, two pages, 8vo, Hotel Meurice, Paris, 13th December 1938, to Madame Andre Maurois. The Duke thanks his correspondent for her letter and for sending a copy of her husband's biography of Lord Byron, continuing 'Harold Nicholson's clever paragraph on the portrait postcard is like a "hors d'oeuvre", whetting one's appetite for deeper study of this brilliantly romantic if unconventional Englishman'. He concludes by remarking that he and the Duchess both enjoyed her luncheon party and look forward to seeing them both chez Monsieur Prouvost that evening. Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by the Duke and signed by him with his initial ('E') to the lower left corner. A letter of fine content and association. About EX £600-900 Simone de Caillavet (1894-1978) French Woman of Letters, second wife of French Author Andre Maurois (1885-1967). Caillavet was the granddaughter of Anatole France's mistress Leontine Arman de Caillavet. Lord Byron (1788-1824) English Poet, a leading figure in the Romantic movement.Jean Prouvost (1885-1978) French Businessman, Media owner and Politician. Prouvost built and owned various publications including Paris Match.
KERENSKY ALEXANDER: (1881-1970) Russian Lawyer and key political figure in the Russian Revolution of 1917. Vintage bold blue ink signature (`Alexander Kerensky´) on an oblong small 8vo first day cover envelope, New York, 17th November 1961. The document being the commemorative presentation of an 8 cents U.S. postage stamp showing a portrait of John J. Pershing. The first day cover envelope shows the printed portrait of Pershing in uniform with the printed text beneath “American Military Leader”. Small overall minor age wear, otherwise G John J. Pershing (1860-1948) General of the United States Army. Nicknamed “Black Jack”. Pershing commanded the Expeditionary Forces on the Western Front during World War I.
HUSAIN ZAKIR: (1897-1969) Third President of India 1967-69, and first Muslim President. Husain died in office. Co-founder of the Jamia Millia Islamia university. Signed 4 x 5.5º photograph `Zakir Husain´, the image depicting Husain in a close-up portrait pose. Signed in bold blue ink to a clear area of the image, also dated 27th May 1967 in his hand. Together with a T.L.S., `Zakir Husain´, one page, 4to, New Delhi, 27th May 1967, on his printed stationery, to G. Rothenhofer-Hediger, in German. Husain thanks his correspondent for his letter of congratulations dated May 10th on the occasion of his appointment as President of India. Small professional repair to the upper border verso. G to VG, 2
FERNANDEL: (1903-1971) French comedy Actor. A good vintage signed and inscribed 7 x 9.5 (17.5cm x 23,5cm) photograph by Fernandel, the Studio Virgine image depicting the popular French comedian in a close-up portrait pose. Cleanly signed `Fernandel´ and inscribed in bold black fountain pen ink to a clear area to the lower left corner of the image, also dated 1947 in his hand. VG
BELMONDO JEAN-PAUL: (1933- ) French Actor. Signed 16 x 20 colour poster by Belmondo, the attractive image being the poster for Georges Lautner´s film Flic ou Voyou (1979), (“Cop or Hood”), showing the drawn portrait of the French actor, smoking a cigar. Signed in dark ink to a clear area of the image. Two small creases to the edges, otherwise G
GIRARDOT ANNIE: (1931-2011) French Actress. Three time awarded with the Cesar, over a five decade career. A good signed 8 x 10 photograph by Girardot, the image showing the excellent French actress in a close-up portrait pose- Signed in bold blue ink, 1967, with her name alone to a clear area of the image. VG
CONDUCTORS: A small and excellent selection of signed photographs by various renowned conductors, comprising BRUNO WALTER (1876-1962) German-born Conductor, Pianist and Composer. Widely considered one of the greatest conductors of the 20th century. Signed postcard photograph. EUGENE ORMANDY (1899-1985) Hungarian-American Conductor and Violinist. Signed 5 x 7 photograph `With best wishes - Eugene Ormandy - Philadelphia 1974´, a close-up portrait pose. With very small repair to the verso. Together with WAGNER WIELAND: (1917-1966) Grandson of Richard Wagner and great grandson of Franz Liszt. Wieland Wagner was the opera Director of the Bayreuth Festival after World War II, and is known for his innovative staging and scenery. Wagner was involved in the development of the V-2 rocket during wartime. Rare signed postcard photograph `Wieland Wagner´, the Liselotte Strelow image for the Bayreuth Festival showing Wagner in a close-up profile portrait pose. All are signed to clear areas of the images. VG, 3
OPERA: Selection of vintage signed postcard photographs and slightly larger etc. by various male Italian opera singers including Giuseppe De Luca, Mattia Battistini (small signed magazine portrait, neatly laid down), Gino Bechi, Armando Borgioli, Sesto Bruscantini, Giuseppe Taddei, Giorgio Zancanaro, Roberto Savoia, Enzo Sordello, Cesare Formichi, Tancredi Pasero, Ezio Pinza, Aldo Protti etc. Some of the images depict the singers in costume poses. A few FR, generally G to about VG, 15 Provenance: From the Collection of an English Gentleman.
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D[onne] (J[ohn]) Poems...with Elegies on the Authors Death, third edition, lacking engraved portrait, woodcut initials, title lightly soiled, water-staining to first few leaves, cropped shaving one or two head-lines or side-notes, bookplate of Arnold Trinder, later calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving old label (mistakenly stating "First Edition"), corners repaired, [Keynes 80; STC 7047], 8vo, M[iles] F[lesher] for John Marriot, 1639.⁂ First published in 1633, this is a reissue of the second edition with the errata corrected and some minor additions.
Paracelsus (Theophrastus Bombastus) Opera Omnia Medico-Chemico-Chirurgica, tribus voluminibus comprehensa. Editio novissima et emendatissima ad Germanica & Latina exemplaria accuratissime collata, 3 vol. in 2, first Tournes edition, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece and title vignette to vol.1, some light foxing, titles in red & black, woodcut initials, head- & tail-pieces, and illustrations, contemporary Dutch vellum, blind-stamped centre-pieces, rubbed with some dark spots to boards, joint to vol.1 split but holding firm, [Caillet 8283; Heirs of Hippocrates 215; Wellcome IV, 293], folio, Geneva, for Joan. Antonii, & Samuel De Tournes, 1658.⁂ First Tournes published edition, 'the best and most complete edition of Paracelsus' collected works' (Neville), complete with the often-lacking portrait after Tintoretto. Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim (c.1493-1541), who wrote under the pen name Paracelsus, was a Renaissance pioneer of medicine, an astronomer and alchemist. As native of Switzerland, he was educated in Basel, Vienna, and Ferrara, and travelled extensively throughout Europe during his life as an itinerant physician. He is credited with establishing the role of chemistry in medicine, and is often referred to as the "father of toxicology." His most known legacy is his record of the first clinical descriptions of syphilis and epilepsy, and his advocation of the humane treatment of the mentally ill in an era when they were believed to be possessed by demons.
Ridley (Mark) A Short Treatise of Magneticall Bodies and Motions, first edition, second issue with X3 cancelled and containing errata, with first and last blanks, engraved architectural title by Elstrack showing planets and scientific instruments, engraved portrait on a4v, woodcut initials, head-pieces and printer's device at end, 21 engraved and one woodcut diagrams and illustrations, some full-page, one with volvelle (pasted down), damp-stained throughout with purple mildew but stabilised and restored, a few minor tears and repairs (mostly marginal), resewn and recased in old vellum wrapper (part of a contemporary manuscript indenture), also stained, [Honeyman VI 2649; Sabin 71297; STC 21045.5], small 4to, Nicholas Okes, 1613.⁂ An important work in the history of experimental science in England, and the most important work on magnetism after William Gilbert's De magnete. "Ridley gives directions for carrying out experiments on the lodestone, magnet, and terrella. He includes numerous engravings and descriptions of his improved instruments for determining the declination of the magnetic needle and for making use of the inclinatory needle for finding position at sea" (ODNB). There is also a map showing New England, Virginia, and Terra Australis.
NO RESERVE Salmon (William) Synopsis Medicinae. A Compendium of Physick, Chirurgery, and Anatomy. In IV. Books, second edition, fine engraved portrait by Burnford and additional pictorial title, 18 engraved plates only (of 23, lacking plates XI-XV at end of second book), printed in double column, some light browning, old contemporary ink inscription "Liber Gulielmi. Peche" and red seal to front pastedown, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked with gilt spine and red label, crack to upper joint, [Wing S455], 8vo, for Th.Dawks...sold by L. Curtiss, 1681.⁂ First published in 1671 this was Salmon's first medical work, compiled while he was in practice in London near the Smithfield gate of St.Barthlomew's Hospital. A good copy of a work often lacking some plates.
Baxter (William) British Phaenogamous Botany, 6 vol., second edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, titles within wood-engraved borders, 509 hand-coloured engraved plates, tissue guards, very minor and occasional spotting, bookplate of Mary Frances, Lady Elphinstone, later blue crushed half morocco, gilt, by Morrell, [Nissen BBI 107; Pritzel 524], large 8vo, Oxford, Published by the author, 1834-43.⁂ Lovely presentation set of this charming work, vol.1 bearing a leaf mounted to a front endpaper with engraved vignette of Oxford Botanic Garden beneath which is the following inscription: "This copy of British Phaenogamous Botanany [sic] is, with the most lovely feelings of respect and esteem, presented to Mrs Mary Ann Watts, on the anniversary of her birthday; by her affectionate cousin The Author. September 6, 1853."
Birds.- Rickman (Philip) A Selection of Bird Paintings and Sketches, number 334 of 500 copies signed by Rickman, with an original pencil sketch by Rickman mounted, frontispiece, portrait and 31 colour plates, illustrations, original half-morocco, gilt, original slipcase, a little rubbed, folio, 1979.
Grew (Nehemiah) Musæum Regalis Societatis. Or, a Catalogue & Description of the Natural and Artificial Rarities belonging to the Royal Society, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 31 engraved plates (1 folding), corrections inserted by hand, occasional spotting, short marginal tear not affecting text (O2), bookplate, previous owner's ink stencil and signature to front pastedown, near contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed and worn, [Wing G1952; Wood p.369], folio, by W. Rawlins, 1681.
Bible, Arabic & Latin.- Sacrosancta quatuor Iesu Christi D.N. Evangelia arabice scripta, Latine reddita, title in red and black and with woodcut arms, large woodcut vignettes in text after Antonio Tempesta, lacking Latin dedication f., portrait and colophon f., f.207 tear within text, without loss, f.457 torn at inner margin, some foxing and browning, occasional spotting or staining, 20th century half vellum, [D&M 1643], folio, Rome, Medici Press, 1619.⁂ A scarce reissue of a 1591 edition (D&M 1637) of the Bible in Arabic, with interlinear Latin gloss added. Provenance: 'Ex lib, Domus Antonii Florentia...' (17th century ink inscription to f.9v).
Brandt (Gerard) Het Leven en Bedryf van den heere Michiel de Ruiter, additional engraved pictorial title, woodcut title vignette, 8 engraved plates, of which 6 double page and 1 folding, engraved portrait, initials and head- and tail-pieces, occasional spotting, including to a couple of plates, occasional light browning with I1-I4 more heavily browned, bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary vellum, covers slightly toned, spine with red morocco label, joints beginning to crack, folio, Amsterdam, for Waasberge, Boom and Goethals, 1701.
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Shipbuilding.- [Allard (Carel) & others.] L'Art de Batir les Vaisseaux et d'en perfectionner la Construction...avec...les pavillons de divers etats, 2 vol. in 1, vol.2 in 2 parts, titles in red and black with engraved portrait vignettes of Erasmus, 22 engraved plates and 34 illustrations in text of ship-building and tools, most plates folding, 'Les Pavillons...' with additional title dated 1718 and with engraved illustration & 90 plates of flags, with 6 leaves of Table at end (often lacking) and catchword on verso of final plate, contemporary ink signature of D.Humbert at head of first title with several annotations in ink in English and French including a list of contemporary Dutch ships and their details on verso of title of vol.2 and to some plates, some light soiling or staining, a few plates torn at folds and repaired, engraved bookplate of Daniel Comte de Schulenburg Cheval Teuton, contemporary mottled sheep, spine gilt, rubbed, spine worn at head, 4to, Amsterdam, D.Mortier, 1719.
Proust (Marcel).- Hahn (Reynaldo) Portraits de Peintres, 4 parts in 1, first collected edition, 4 musical pieces for piano, each preceded by a leaf with printed poem by Proust in italics beneath a portrait of the artist who inspired the poem, original printed wrappers bound in, small ink stamp of "Au Menestrel" to verso of final leaf of last piece and inside of lower wrapper, wrapper edges browned and chipped, contemporary morocco-backed marbled boards, slightly rubbed, 4to, Paris, Au Menestrel, Heugel & Cie, 1896.⁂ A pencil note to front endpaper says this was John Hayward's copy, the one lent to the 1955 Wildenstein Gallery exhibition: Marcel Proust and his time. A copy of the exhibition catalogue accompanies the lot. The four melodies, dedicated to Madeleine Lemaire, with poem and portrait, were originally published as separate fascicules by Heugel in 1896 and also offered in this combined format, price 5fr. The poems were then published in Les Plaisirs et les Jours later the same year.
Binding.- Book of Common Prayer (The), engraved frontispiece and additional pictorial title, Oxford, Thomas Baskett, 1760 bound with Holy Bible (The)..., 3 parts in 1, engraved portrait of George II and additional architectural title with vignettes in roundels, 5 folding engraved maps and 47 plates, most with 4 images, one large and folding of Solomon's Temple, [Herbert 1130], Oxford, Thomas Baskett, 1760 bound with Downame (John, editor) A Brief Concordance or Table to the Bible..., C.Ware, 1757, together 3 works in 1 vol., all maps and a few plates torn and frayed at edges (all silked, also frontispiece), some spotting or browning, light water-staining to inner margins, ex-library copy with a few ink stamps, bound in contemporary red morocco with elaborate gilt border and onlaid central lozenge of black morocco tooled in gilt within gilt starburst, rubbed, rebacked preserving most of old gilt spine, corners repaired, 4to⁂ A handsome binding on a scarce 18th century Bible. ESTC lists only 3 copies of this edition of the Book of Common Prayer (National Library of Scotland, Albert Sloman Library at the University of Essex, and the Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia), and 2 copies of the Bible (BL, and the American Bible Society in New York).
Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) & T. E. Lawrence.- Coote (Capt. M. H.) A Collection of material relating to Churchill and Lawrence, including printed books by and about them, loose photographs, photograph albums, and a typed diary, v.s., v.d., 1920-1968 (qty)⁂ Archive includes: (1). Photograph album of the Middle East, with shots of Ismalia, Suez, Alexandra, Bethlehem and Jaffa, 96 black & white or sepia photographs mounted on 24 leaves, each c.60 x 105mm, most captioned by hand, including 2 loosely inserted, original cloth, lightly rubbed, 4to, c.1920.(2). Photograph album of the Churchills travelling round Egypt and the Middle East, including captioned photographs of 'Winston painting outside Cairo', 'Mrs Churchill mounting a camel, WSC watching anxiously', 'WSC making a speech at British military cemetery, Easter 1921', 'Col Lawrence & Gertrude Bell', 31 black & white or sepia photographs on 9 leaves, each c.60 x 105mm, most captioned by hand, including a copy of the Bell/Lawrence photograph (laid down on endpaper, see (6.) & (7.)), original cloth, very lightly rubbed, 4to, c.1920. (3). Syndicated Photograph of Churchill, Gertrude Bell, T. E. Lawrence, and M. H. Coote, and others, on camels in front of the Great Pyramids and the Sphynx, 172 x 229mm, handling creases, 1921. (4). Coote (Capt. Maxwell H.) Typescript diary on Coote's experiences with Churchill during the Cairo conference, 52 pp. on recto only, occasional minor corrections in ink, ink ownership signature to front endpapers, bookplate of Coote's wife to pastedown, original cloth, gilt, very lightly rubbed at extremities, 4to, 1921. (5). Coote (Capt. Maxwell H.) Flying Logbook, printed pages with manuscript insertions, 50pp., 2 typewritten combat reports loosely inserted, original wrappers bound in, contemporary half calf, gilt; and 2 other logbooks, 8vo. (6). Collection of loose photographs or negatives, including: Winston Churchill painting on easel in Cairo; portrait of Gertrude Bell and T. E. Lawrence sitting together, views of Gaza and reception at the government house in Gaza, printed photographs or original negatives, 160 x 120mm or smaller; and 2 others, v.s., v.d.The second is believed to be the only photograph of Lawrence and Bell together, taken by Coote. (7). Lawrence (A. W., editor) T. E. Lawrence by His Friends, original cloth, spine gilt, 8vo. Includes published photograph of Bell and Lawrence together, taken by Coote, with his manuscript note below: "this photo (the only one of T.E. and Gertrude), taken by M. H. C.".(8). Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) Painting as a Pastime, photograph of Churchill painting laid down to endpapers, 1948 § Garnett (David, editor) The Essential T. E. Lawrence, 1951; Lawrence (T. E.) Seven Pillars of Wisdom, newspaper cutting laid down to endpapers, 1935, ownership inscription of Coote to endpapers, original cloth, lightly rubbed or occasional stain; and 4 others, by or about Churchill and Lawrence, 4to & 8vo (7)(9). Manuscript poem "Cootebye to Yatesbury", illustrations in pen, spotting and browning, c.370 x 265mm, framed (chipped and rubbed). ⁂ An excellent collection of material relating to Winston Churchill and T. E. Lawrence in the Middle East. Maxwell Henry Coote (Wing Commander, 1895-1920) joined the Royal Field Artillery and saw service at Gallipoli in 1915, later transferring to the Royal Flying Corps. After the war he served as Churchill's aide de camp at the Cairo Peace Conference in 1921. The diary records his experiences with Churchill and his meetings with Lawrence throughout the Conference, documenting his time guiding the members of the party around the area. It includes novel insights as "Col. Lawrence has also joined our party tonight...he is most awfully nice to talk to, so quiet and unassuming and no 'side' whatsoever"; "I had breakfast about 9 o'clock. It is one great thing about Winston that he never gets up early"; "[Winston] took me out with him when he went off painting: we went to the most wonderful old Derwish monastery...I don't ever remember having seen anyone painting in oils before...he was quite amusing to watch and very typical in the way he slapped on paint and scraped it all off again, but he is very clever and has a great eye for colour...". The Conference was a series of meetings by British officials for examining and discussing Middle Eastern problems and to frame a common policy, which conclusively approved a plan for giving control over two large pieces of the former Turkish territories that Britain controlled to princes in the Hashemite family. The collection provides a fascinating insight into the workings and practicalities through this pivotal diplomatic event of Churchill, Lawrence and Bell, three of the most influential of the 39 delegates gathered in Cairo for the conference.
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[Chaucer (Geoffrey)] [The Workes...], black letter, double column, lacking a1-6, b1, 3 & 4, c4, G2, 3T1 & 6 and 3V7 & 8 (including title with woodcut border, divisional title with woodcut coat-of-arms, engraved portrait and errata leaf at end), woodcut illustration to head of Knights Tale and head- & tail-pieces and initials, with missing G2 leaf supplied in near contemporary ink manuscript on 5pp., 2Y signature supplied from another copy (cropped, soiled and frayed at fore-margin), 3K2 defective at lower outer corner with loss of a few letters on verso), several old ink signatures and inscriptions in various hands (Edward ?Bird at beginning and other leaves, Chessborough Le Poer-Kennedy to Knight's Tale, Richard Blagrave 1659 at end), slight worming to first few leaves, some light soiling and occasional water-staining, final leaf a little frayed, old bookseller's ticket of Attwood's of Dublin loosely inserted, contemporary calf, worn, rebacked, new endpapers, [STC 5080 or 5081], [printed by Adam Islip or George Bishop], [1602]; with a rather damp-stained but complete copy (bar initial blank) of the Adam Islip 1602 edition, containing all the missing leaves from the mentioned copy (including woodcut title, coat-of-arms, engraved portrait and errata leaf), folio (2); sold not subject to return⁂ The second Speight edition, additionally edited by Francis Thynne; including Lydgate's The Storie of Thebes and much erroneously attributed to Chaucer.A note at end of the leaves supplied in manuscript reads, "This copy of Chaucer is of a very rare edition. The order of the tales differs from that adopted in the ordinary editions. I purchased this book at a sale in Dublin (Lewis auctioneer Anglesea St.). Le Poer-Kennedy MA. Harbertonford, Totnes Devon 1863...".
James I and VI (King of England and Scotland) Apologie povr le serment de fidelite' que le serenissime Roy de la grand' Bretagne requiert de tous ses sujets, tant ecclesiastiques que seculiers, tel que tout autre prince souuerain le peut & doit legitimement requerir des siens, [translated by J. Loiseau de Tourval], 2 parts in 1, titles with small woodcut ornament, errata at end of part 1, water-stained, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary limp vellum, creased, detaching, [cf. STC 14408], 8vo, London [?but Paris], "John Norton", 1609-1608.⁂ Rare at auction. The internationally controversial 1606 Oath of Allegiance required Catholics to swear allegiance to James I over the Pope. 'The imprint is false; in fact printed abroad (in Paris?)' (ESTC). Our copy interestingly set differently to that recorded by ESTC, including the title and the omission of the portrait found on Aii in the recorded issue. Our collation: A-I8 K4; A-Q4, and pagination: 152; 132. The second title is dated 1608.
Homer. The Whole Works, 3 parts in 1, translated by George Chapman, engraved general title by William Hole with portrait to verso, engraved plate of memorial to Prince Henry, Odyssey lacking engraved and printed titles, (engraved supplied in facsimile), also lacking R8 and Ii8 at end (both blank), Iliad lacking engraved title and 'faults escaped' leaf at end of preface, Bb2 and Bb6 with lower margins repaired, Batrachomyomachia lacking title, occasional soiling, browning and staining, modern calf, [STC 13634; 13637 and 13628; Pforzheimer 169 and 170], for Nathaniell Butter, [c.1612-15]; and another copy of the same, also defective but with engraved title to Odyssey present, folio (2); sold not subject to return
Drayton (Michael) Poems..., with engraved additional title with allegorical figures by William Hole (name erased at foot) but lacking letterpress title with engraved portrait on verso, woodcut initials and ornaments, engraved title with old ink inscriptions to upper & lower margins and a little soiled & water-stained, some light marginal staining, contemporary calf, a little worn, joints split, spine repaired at head and foot, [Pforzheimer 307; STC 7222.3], folio, [by W.Stansby for John Smethwicke], [1619]; sold not subject to return⁂ One of several variants issued the same year.
Shakespeare.- Drayton (Michael) The Battaile of Agincourt, first edition, lacking engraved portrait and final blank, woodcut initials, preliminary leaves misbound, old ink signature of W.Dalton Scoones to dedication (twice) and inside front cover, cropped, C2 folding at foot, some light water-staining and damp-spotting, a few leaves slightly frayed at edges and reinforced, no endpapers, contemporary calf, rubbed, repaired, [STC 7190; Pforzheimer 301], small folio, for William Lee, 1627.⁂ The elegy to Henry Reynolds includes mention of Shakespeare, Marlowe, Chapman and Jonson.
Shakespeare (William).- Mulberry wood carved portrait of Shakespeare, irregular shaped carved portrait in profile within an oval laurel decoration, portrait flanked on either side by floral swags with an actor's mask and a dagger, all within a carved border, 2 small cracks affecting swags, lower margin slightly abraded, small paper label "P.B.?H 1893" on verso, contemporary ornate gilt gesso frame, some wear with small loss to gesso and gilding, mulberry wood carving 95 x 135mm. tallest and longest sections, frame 186 x 245mm., n.d. [?c. 1800].⁂ A souvenir of Shakespeare and Stratford from the late 18th century. The Rev. Francis Gastrell (d. 1768), a canon residentiary of Lichfield Cathedral, cut down the famous mulberry tree, due either to invasive tourism or possibly that it grew too close to his house.Provenance: "A Present from the Rev.d Mr. Gastill [Gastrell] owner of the House, & Gardens, where the late Wm. Shakespear liv'd, at Stratford on Avon: to James Hunt Esqr the present proprietor of the Garden."
Emblemata.- Wither (George) A Collection of Emblemes, Ancient and Moderne..., 4 parts in 1, engraved additional pictorial title by William Marshall, engraved portrait of the author, engraved circular emblems after Crispijn van de Passe the elder, lacking initial 'Preposition to this frontispiece' leaf and all after 2N3 (including final leaf with 2 woodcut dials and index), engraved title torn and frayed with some loss to corners (laid down), soiled and stained, many tears and repairs, mostly marginal but with occasional slight loss, with charming pen, ink & watercolour drawing mounted on front free endpaper dated "August XXX, MDCCCXVII" in ink below, later ink inscription to facing leaf, engraved bookplate of Lichfield Close, attractive eighteenth century green morocco with gilt roll-tooled scalloped border and small flowers to corners, spine gilt in compartments with title, floral tools and five raised bands, g.e., rubbed, [STC 25900a], folio, by A[ugustine] M[athewes] for John Grismond, 1635; sold not subject to return⁂ The watercolour drawing appears to show Christian from Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress on his journey to the Celestial City with some of the allegorical figures and experiences he encounters on the way.
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