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Warder True Amazons: Monarchy of Bees Being a new Discovery and Improvement of those Wonderful Creatures second edition engraved portrait frontispiece short split within image repair to lower margin some loss not affecting image browned bookplate of Walter B. Coates contemporary marbled boards rebacked in modern calf spine gilt corners a little worn [cf. British Bee Books 74] 8vo for John Pemberton 1713.
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Habington William The Historie of Edward the Four first edition lacking engraved portrait frontispiece some light browning tear to K1 at head of page corner missing K2 last page with closed tear contemporary and early signatures and annotations to title and verso of title inside front and rear boards contemporary sheep rebacked. bit worn lacking front and rear paste-downs and endpapers [STC 12586] folio by Tho. Cotes for William Cooke 1640.
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Woolley (Hannah)Gentlewoman`s Companion second edition engraved portrait title in red and black lacking final leaf S8 (advertisements) portrait and title trimmed and laid down browned and stained small rust-hole to C1 cropped later half calf spine rubbed and faded 8vo by A.Maxwell for Edward Thomas 1675; sold not subject to return
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Erasmus Twenty Select Colloquies 1680 translated by Roger L`Estrange edition with `Church` and `Rome` on title in capitals and lower case letters engraved portrait frontispiece offsetting ink inscription of Agnes Yonge 1717 to verso of portrait contemporary panelled black morocco gilt spine slightly faded some chipping to joints rubbed [Wing E3210] a very good copy 8vo Tho. Newcomb for Henry Brome 1680.
![[Swift (Jonathan)] “T.N. Philomath.” 2pp. woodcut vignette portrait at head drophead title folds [Teerink & S](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/1574/2793278/104-201042793828_468x382.jpg)
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[Swift (Jonathan)] “T.N. Philomath.” 2pp. woodcut vignette portrait at head drophead title folds [Teerink & Scouten 499] A. Baldwin 1709 bound with Preamble (A) to the Subscription-Books for Enlarging the Capital-Stock of the Bank of England 4pp. drophead title docket title [ESTC lists 2 copies only located at the Bank of England and Huntingdon Library] [1709] bound with Humble (The) Address of the... Relating to the Province of Carolina 4pp. folds [ESTC lists 9 copies] Charles Bill 1705 bound with Account (An) of the Dismal Storm... which occasion`d great Damages both by Sea and Land 2pp. drophead title [not in ESTC] Dublin Re-printed at the Post Office Coffee House in Fish-shamble street 1703 bound with Mobb`s (The) Address to my Lord M***** 2pp. drophead title [ESTC lists 4 copies only] 1710 bound with Free (The) Debates Betwixt The H---- L----- and the H--- C---- on Doctor Sacheverel 1p. drophead title small stains at head [not in ESTC] 17[0]9-10 bound with Plain (A) Answer To that Part of the Memorial Presented to the States General 2pp. drophead title [not in ESTC] J. Nutt 1702 bound with Church (The) and Stanhope! The Church and Stanhope! 1p. drophead title [not in ESTC] [c. 1710] bound with To the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament Assembled: For the preservation of the Kingdom and the preventing of Popery... “I humbly beseech Your Lordships for God`s sake not to Naturalize any more French”... Elinor James 2pp. drophead title [not in ESTC] 1701 bound with Queries. Whether any Parliament ever did better than this has done or better deserv`d to sit again? 2pp. drophead title small tear at tail not affecting text folds [Wing Q177C lists as 1696 but almost certainly 1710] [1710] bound with Hale (Sir Matthew) A New Years Gift. The Sum of Religion 1p. broadsheet woodcut portrait at head tear affecting woodcut initial and title folds foxed [a Henry Hills pirate not in ESTC] Henry Hills [c. 1710] bound with Poem (A) Humbly Dedicated to... William Lord Cowper 2pp. drophead title [Foxon P528; ESTC lists 9 copies] John Morphew 1711 bound with List (A) of the Names of all the Subscribers To the Loan of 250000l. to the Emperor of Germany For Support of the Army under his Highness Prince Eugene of Savoy 4pp. drophead title folds [ESTC lists 4 copies only] [1706] bound with Speech (The) of the Late Lord Russel to the Sheriffs [Wing R2356A; ESTC lists 8 copies] [1683] bound with [Louis XIV]. The Most Christian King`s Letter to the States General of the United Provinces upon his recalling the Count d`Avaux his Ambassador... at the Hague 4pp. drophead title [ESTC lists 7 copies] Edward Jones 1701 bound with Resolution (The) of the States General of the United provinces... Upon... the Death of... William the Third... 4pp. drophead title folds slight staining at head [ESTC lists 5 copies] Edw. Jones 1701 [1702] bound with Kentish (The) Petition 1p. drophead title slightly water-stained at head and title [ESTC lists 3 copies only] n.p. n.d. [1701] bound with Queries relating to the Bill against Occasional Conformity 2pp. drophead title [not in ESTC] [c. 1702/3] bound with Humble (The) Representation... 4pp. drophead title [ESTC lists 6 copies] Charles Bill 1704 bound with [Charles VI] The Translation of Several Letters to Her Majesty from the King of Spain drophead title 3pp. [ESTC lists 4 copies only] Edw. Jones 1705 bound with R. (P. translator) A Short Relation of the Most Remarkable Transactions in Several Parts of Europe Between the Christians and Turks; Including an Exact Diary of the Siege of Buda 18pp. hole in last f. some slight creasing [Wing S3622 ESTC lists 8 copies only] T.B. for Randolph Taylor 1685 bound with Atkyns (Sir Robert) The Lord Chief Baron Atkyns`s Speech to William Ashhurst Lord-Mayor Elect of the City of London At the time of his being Sworn in Their Majesties Court of Exchequer title soiled and stained and with hole slightly creased some other soiling and marking [Wing A4142] R. Baldwin 1693 bound with Report (The) of the Committee of the House of Commons To whom the Petition of the Royal Lustring-Company... was Referred... relating to the Smuggling Trade imprimatur f. before title last f. blank ink note at beginning: “Found Chancellor of the Exchequer” [Wing E2705] E. Whitlock 1698 bound with Report (The) of the Commissioners... To Enquire into the Irish Forfeitures half-title (small tear browned and slightly stained) [Wing E2231] Edw. Jones and Tim. Goodwin 1700 bound with Paschall (John) Mr. Paschal`s Letter to a Friend in the Country Stating the Case of Mr. Parkhurst and Himself Together with the Rest of the Principal Commissioners for Prizes second edition title and text stained [ESTC locates 5 copies only] A. Bell J. Barnes and B. Lintot 1701 bound with Humble (The) Address... of the Lords Spiritual & Temporal... [ESTC lists 7 copies] Charles Bill and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb 1704 bound with Monthly (A) Account of Cruizers 1 sheet folded [ESTC lists 10 copies] [1705] bound with Daily (The) Courant nos. 1468-1470 2247 & 2248 2370 & 2372 2730 Sam. Buckley 1706-1710 bound with Post-Man (The): and the Historical Account &c. nos. 1746-1750 1752 1756 1709 bound with Post (The) Boy nos. 1245 & 2249 1709 bound with [Addison (Joseph)] The Whig Examiner no. 2 1710 bound with Observator (The) no. 48 1710 together 60 items in 1 vol. bound in differing order a few incomplete or ff. taken from larger periodicals the vast majority complete all browned some water-stained a few with tears many folded some ink marks the majority in good condition v.s. v.d. bound in contemporary calf-backed boards covers rubbed and edges and corners worn spine defective folio. ***An outstanding collection of pamphlets parliamentary publications and newspapers relating to the last contentious years of the seventeenth century and the fevered politics of the reign of Queen Anne.
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Cowper (William) Poems 3 vol. new edition portrait frontispiece occasional spotting a few marginal tears contemporary ink ownership inscription at head of title contemporary morocco gilt slightly rubbed 1817 § Moore (Thomas) Irish Melodies new edition illustrations occasional spotting contemporary morocco richly gilt rubbed 1873; and 3 others similar 8vo & 4to(7)
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Hogarth (William) The Works edited by Rev. John Trusler 2 vol. engraved portrait and 107 plates only (of 108) tissue guards some soiling spotting and marginal water-staining ink signature at head of titles armorial bookplate on front pastedowns contemporary half morocco spines gilt and faded covers water-stained a little rubbed 4to 1833.
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“Little Red Book” compiled and edited by Tian Xiao Guang first edition first issue Chinese half-title printed in red title in red & green portrait of Mao printed in brown 1p. facsimile of Lin Biao `s calligraphic endorsement printed in brown without errata slip original red vinyl the upper cover with title in Chinese characters and a star blocked in blind 16mo Peking General Political Department of the People`s Liberation Army n.d. [May 1964]. ***Containing all the correct issue points which define a first edition: it consists of 30 chapters which end at pp.250 (text with pp.82/3 in correct state); it includes the first state of Lin Biao`s endorsement which includes a superfluous brush stroke in “ting” the second character down in the second column from the right (the whole endorsement leaf is often lacking as after Lin Biao`s alleged attempt to assassinate Mao in 1971 an instruction was issued that loyal Party members should remove this leaf [see lot ***]).
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Little Red Book compiled and edited by Tian Xiao Guang first edition first issue Chinese half-title printed in red title in red & green portrait of Mao printed in brown 1p. facsimile of Lin Biao `s calligraphic endorsement printed in black original white wrappers printed in black & red slight rubbing to spine ends small mark to head of upper wrapper 16mo Peking General Political Department of the People`s Liberation Army n.d. [May 1964]. ***The scarce first edition of Mao`s famous Little Red Book this one in the first issue white paper wrappers rather than the red vinyl covers. This edition also has the one page endorsement (in black) by Lin Biao leader of the People`s Liberation Army which was subsequently removed.
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Pullman (Philip) A Outrance mohawk the “Mohawk” edition number 107 of 260 copies from an overall limitation of 315 signed by the author printed in red & black with additional woodcut title author`s portrait initials and 4 woodcut plates by Andy English Chris Daunt and Harry Brockway woodcut device on colophon original half cloth with marbled boards an excellent copy folio Oak Tree Fine Press Fyfield 2009.
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Strachey (Lytton) Books and Characters frontispiece modern half morocco 1922 § Middleton (Richard) Letters to Henry Savage one of 750 copies portrait discolouration affecting lower fore-corner of some ff. modern half morocco Mandrake Press 1929 § Emmons (Robert) The Life and Opinions of Walter Richard Sickert plates modern half calf 1941 first editions; and 6 others 20th century similarly bound 8vo(9)
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Wodehouse (P.G.) Photograph portrait signed black & white near full-length studio portrait of the author holding a pipe against painted pastoral backdrop mounted with photographer`s studio address printed beneath signed by Wodehouse from lower fore-corner of photograph onto mount actual image 153 x 102 mm. Florence Mason 23 Walpole Street London S.W. n.d. [c.1899]. ***An excellent photographic study of the author as a young man. The contemporary signature contains many elements that can be identified in later examples though the first `e` in `Wodehouse` is different to that more commonly known (see also the following lot).
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* Henschel He. 121/122/123/124 and 126. A collection of manufacturer’s, press, publicity, Luftwaffe and other photographs of these aircraft, many good air-to-air aircraft portrait and formation views, static aircraft portraits, with personnel, accidents, technical details and others of similar interest, approx. 70 images, most inscribed to verso (approx. 70)
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* Lockheed “Hudson”. An exceptional collection of military agency, manufacturer, press, private and publicity photographs of this renowned aircraft of WWII, including numerous images, in Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force and other military service, good air-to-air portrait and formation views, on operations (Dunkirk 1940), damage from enemy fine, accidents, air and ground crews, armament, operations in various theatres of war and many others similar, approx. 90 images, contained in a modern ring binder (approx. 90)
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* Republic P.47 “Thunderbolt”. A miscellaneous collection of press, publicity, and private photographs of this aircraft in service with the USAF, RAF and other Air Forces, including some good ground aircraft portraits, aircraft servicing, some accidents, machines being armed, portrait of pilots, fuselage artwork and others of similar interest, approx. 60 images, contained in a folder (approx. 60)
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RFC Manuals. Department of Aircraft Production. Air Board Technical Notes, Rigging Notes, [1918], numerous b & w diagram plts., orig. printed wrappers with yapp edges, 8vo, together with Air Board Technical Notes, issued by Controller Technical Department, Engine Notes, c.1918, numerous b & w diags., orig. printed wrappers, 8vo, with two portrait photographs of a serviceman loosely inserted (one modern fascimile copy) (2)
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* Mitchell (R.J.). A group of original professional photographic portrait studies, 1920s-1930s, including a profile portrait of RJ by Chandler of Southampton and a three-quarter length by Vandyk, London (signed by the photographer) showing RJ in formal dress on the occasion of his receiving the Order of the British Empire, in 1932, plus others various, together with later copies for promotional and publishing purposes, and with sundry related ephemera etc., largest 15 x 10in (38 x 26cm) (approx. 30)
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* Montaut (Marguerite, “Gamy”). Aviation Militaire, an original colour lithograph pochoir print, 1911, untitled, depicting Adolphe Pegoud demonstrating his loop-the-loop manouevre on Bleriot monoplane, inset portrait of subject to margin, hand-coloured by stencil with printed artist’s signature, shows some discoloration, un-framed, 17 x 35in (43 x 89cm) (1)
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* Bearman (Robert). Portrait of Johnny Johnson in RAF Battle of Britain period flying helmet and jacket, orig. wash drawing, signed by the artist, with window-mounted autograph of Johnny Johnson to lower margin, image approx. 26 x 21cm, framed and glazed, together with two fragments of air frame from Supermarine Spitfire Mk 1A, X4918, one of two Squadron Spitfires who successfully intercepted and probably destroyed a Ju88, April 10th, 1941, but was later destroyed in 1943 in an accident with a Tiger Moth, mounted on board and produced to accompany a special limited edition (100 copies) of Dilip Sarkar’s sixteenth book published in 2002 (2)
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* Commemorative Sword. A “Battle of Britain” commemorative sword by Wilkinson, the blade captioned “Dedicated to “The Few” and many who helped make victory possible”, etched with figures of a pilot mechanic, W.R.A.F. plotter, N.C.O. and armourer on one side, the other with a “scramble” scene of pilots running to their Hurricane and Spitfire aircraft, the guard shaped as an eagle with outstretched wings, with hardwood grip and pommel with Battle of Britain inscription and embossed portrait of Winston S. Churchill, 114.3cm long, mounted on display board, 129.5cm long, (plating on sword blade defective) (1)
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* WWI Royal Flying Corps. “In Memoriam” Raymond W. Stanley, two mementos of a pilot of the RFC comprising a fine enlarged portrait photograph of the subject by F.N. Birkett of London, c. 1916, depicting the aviator in full flying attire beside his early biplane trainer, three-quarter length portrait, signed in black ink lower right by the photographer, mounted in original stained-oak frame with gilt liner (26 x 22in 66 x 53cm), together with a propeller souvenir from an early aeroplane flown by the subject, which crash-landed during a training flight at Hounslow, mahogany and laminated hardwood with damage and loss to the end of one blade, variously stamped markings inscribed “J5 No. 4”. Also with a full obituary notice appended to the photograph detailing his career and untimely death in an accident dated Jan 17th 1917. Raymond Stanley had qualified as a First-class Air-Mechanic serving with the RFC during the early years of the war, qualified as a pilot via membership of the Royal Aero Club in June 1916. Training on a variety of machines he was due to leave for service with 42nd Reserve Squadron on the Western Front, but suffered a fatal accident on his last trial flight the day prior to departure on January 17th 1917. (2)
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Maxwell (Sir Herbert). The Life of Wellington. The Restoration of the Martial Power of Great Britain, 2 vols., 1899, portrait frontispieces, folding maps, plates, t.e.g., original red cloth gilt, 8vo, together with Rambling Collections of a Soldier of Fortune, by W.H. maxwell, Dublin, 1842, engraved portrait frontispiece, four engraved plates after H.K. Browne, a few light spots, contemporary green calf, lightly rubbed, 8vo, plus A Voice From Waterloo. A History of the Battle Fought on the 18th June 1815..., by Sergeant-Major E. Cotton, 3rd, 1849, engraved maps, plates and illustrations, folding map at end splitting along folds, hinges breaking, original cloth gilt, a little rubbed and faded, 8vo, with fourteen others including William Herbert’s The Defence of Plevna 1877, 1895 and Lord Gerald Wellesley’s The Iconography of the First Duke of Wellington, 1935 (19)
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* Airship Photographic Archive. A collection of original and copy photographs, postcards and correspondence from the Peter Green archive, covering the development of British dirigibles and other airships with contemporary magazine articles, some copy literature and further material on Zeppelin airships and the later Skyship types, numerous airship portrait images, others of wrecked machines, air and ground crews, a fascinating archive for the historian, contained in a modern ring binder, approx. 200 images (approx. 200)
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Clarendon, Edward. The Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon, Lord High Chancellor of England,and Chancellor of the University of Oxford. . . . Written by Himself. . . . Folio, Oxford, 1759. Engraved portrait frontispiece, heavily offset on to the title page, text generally clean. Contemporary full diced calf binding, slightly rubbed, front board with some faded discolouration.
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Capper, John. The Three Presidencies of India:A History of the Rise and Progress of the British Indian Possessions, From the Earliest Records to the Present Time. . . . Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, and a Map by Wyld. 1853. Wood engraved portrait frontispiece, wood engraved plates and text illustrations and a fold lithographic map. Some scattered foxing. Contemporary full calf binding, rubbed. Malcolm, John. A Memoir of Central India, Including Malwa, and Adjoining Provinces, with The History and Copious Illustrations, of the Past and Present Condition of that Country. Third edition, two volumes, 1832. 2 engraved maps (1 hand-coloured) in volume one. Contemporary full green calf bindings, gilt. (3).
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Arkell-Hardwick (A.). An Ivory Trader in North Kenia. The Record of an Expedition Through Kikuyu to Galla-Land in East Equitorial Africa. With an Account of the Rendili and Burkeneji Tribes, 1st ed., 1903, half-tone portrait frontispiece, 15 b & w plates, folding coloured map at end (short marginal tear), a few light spots, original blue cloth gilt, slightly rubbed, 8vo. Presentation copy, inscribed to frontispiece verso: ÒA.E. Hukins. 1907. From the authorÓ, signed by the author to frontispiece, with additional inscription: ÒKilled in aeroplane accident at Wembley Dec. 1912Ó, with `A H’ pencil initials. Alfred Arkell-Hardwick, manager of the Handley-Page Aeronautical Company was killed in a monoplane accident, along with pilot Wilfred Parke, when their aeroplane crashed at Wembley golf course enroute from Hendon to Oxford.. (1)
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Barrow (John). Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations and Comparisons Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey Through the Country from Pekin to Canton, 1st ed., 1804, hand-coloured stipple-engraved portrait frontispiece, four hand-coloured engraved plates, three uncoloured engraved plates, occasional light spotting, bookplate of Lady Marjory Binney, contemporary half calf, lightly rubbed, 4to. Abbey Travel 531; Tooley 84.. (1)
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Bromfield (William Arnold). Letters from Egypt and Syria, Printed for Private Circulation, 1856, additional lithographed title, lithographed portrait (adhered to additional title verso), some light spots, library stamps and marks, a.e.g., contemporary calf gilt, shelf number sellotaped to lower spine, rubbed, 8vo. (1)
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Letcher (Owen). Big Game Hunting in North-Eastern Rhodesia, 1st ed., 1911, photogravure portrait frontispiece, 50 half-tone plates, slight browning to endpapers, original cloth, spine faded, 8vo, together with Baldwin (William Charles), African Hunting and Adventure From Natal to the Zambesi. Including Lake Ngami, the Kalahari Desert, etc., From 1852 to 1860, 3rd ed., 1894, lithographed portrait frontispiece, folding map, plates and illustrations, a few coloured, scattered light spots, original cloth gilt, lightly rubbed, 8vo. (2)
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Mohr (Edward). To the Victoria Falls of the Zambesi. Translated from the German of Edward Mohr, by N. D’Anvers, 1st ed., 1876, half title present, portrait frontispiece, folding map, four chromolithographed plates, eleven wood-engraved plates, 42pp. publisher’s list at end, some light spotting, original green gilt-dec. pict. cloth in bright condition, 8vo. (1)
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Speke (John Hanning). Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile, 2nd ed., 1864, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding map (with closed tear), wood-engraved plates and illustrations, a few minor spots, original green cloth gilt, 8vo. A fine copy. With a one-page undated autograph letter, signed by J.H. Speke, regretting he will be late for an appointment. (1)
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Stanley (Henry M.). In Darkest Africa, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1890, portrait frontispiece to each, three folding coloured maps, 36 full-page wood-engraved plates, illustrations, map endpapers, scattered light spots, original red pictorial cloth gilt, minor shelf wear, 8vo. With an autograph letter, dated November 1892, tipped-in to verso of vol. I frontispiece: ÒDear sir, I greatly regret that the evening in question Nov. 16th is already engaged, otherwise I should be very happy to attend at what I am sure will prove exceedingly interesting, Yours faithfully, H.M. StanleyÓ. (2)
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Stanley (Henry M.). The Congo and the Founding of its Free State: A Story of Work and Exploration, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1885, portrait frontispieces, folding map in rear pocket of each, three other maps, 42 b & w plates, illustrations, partly unopened, original dec. cloth, 8vo. A fine set.. (2)
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Stanley (Henry M.). Through the Dark Continent, or the Sources of the Nile Around the Great Lakes of Equitorial Africa and Down the Livingstone River to the Atlantic Ocean, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1878, portrait frontispieces, folding map in rear pocket of each, eight other maps, wood-engraved plates and illustrations, some light spots, original pictorial cloth, 8vo. A fine set. (2)
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Stanley (Henry M.). Coomassie and Magdala: The Story of Two British Campaigns in Africa, 2nd ed., 1874, half title present, portrait frontispiece, two folding maps (one repaired), wood-engraved plates and illustrations, single leaf publisher’s list at end, a few light spots, original green pictorial cloth gilt, 8vo. (1)
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Thomson (Joseph). To the Central African Lakes and Back: The Narrative of the Royal Geographical Society’s East Central African Expedition, 1878-80, 2 vols., 2nd ed., pub. Houghton, Mifflin, Boston, 1881, half title present in vol. I, photographic portrait frontispieces, folding coloured map at end of each, label remnants to rear pastedowns, presentation bookplates of Mrs. Elbert B. Monroe, a few spots, original brown pictorial cloth, minor shelf wear, 8vo. (2)
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Tanner (Thomas). Notitia Monastica; Or, an Account of all the Abbies, Priories and Houses of Friers, Formerly in England and Wales. And Also of all the Colleges and Hospitals Founded Before A.D. MDXL... And Now Reprinted by James Nasmith, Cambridge, 1787, engraved portrait frontispiece (trimmed and remounted), three engraved plates of armorials, scattered light spots, bookplate, a.e.g., early 20th c. full tan morocco by Riviere, covers with panelled rolls enclosed by ornaments and corner tools, spine with raised bands, lettered and decorated in gilt, joints and edges a little rubbed, some light fading, folio. (1)
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Thoresby (Ralph). Ducatus Leodiensis: Or, the Topography of the Ancient and Populous Town and Parish of Leedes, and Parts Adjacent in the West-Riding of the County of York, 1715, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved folding map, eleven engraved plates, some light browning and scattered spots, 20th c. brown full morocco, slightly rubbed, folio. (1)
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White (Gilbert). The Natural History of Selbourne, pub. Thornton Butterworth, 1929, portrait frontis, seventeen mounted wood engs. after Eric Daglish and one uncoloured folding map, (correct as list), plus one extra wood eng. plt. signed and titled by artist in pencil, untrimmed, contemp. half vellum, slight soiling, slight splitting and rubbing at head and foot of spine, rubbed at extrems., 4to. Limited edition of 13/125. (1)
![* Scrap album. Sketches from Nature by J[ohn Natt] so titled on first leaf, late 18th and early 19th c., containing two penci](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10729/2793331/429-201054175718_468x382.jpg)
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* Scrap album. Sketches from Nature by J[ohn Natt] so titled on first leaf, late 18th and early 19th c., containing two pencil drawings by Mason Chamberlin RA (1727-87), the first a head and shoulders portrait in profile of the infant John, 9.5 x 6.5cm and mounted as a frontispiece, the second a study of trees (somewhat browned), 13.5 x 9.5cm and mounted towards rear on a leaf following a mounted four stanza poem by Chamberlin dated 7th October 1780 and written on the anniversary of the Reverend Anthony and Mary Natt’s wedding day, all three items unsigned and identified on mounts beneath, plus thirty-six mounted drawings believed to be by John Natt, the majority rural views but including Oxford scenes and the Isle of Wight, the majority pencil and monochrome wash but including seven watercolours, three pencil drawings, one pen and ink and one graphite copy of a Rembrandt portrait (this being the only one signed, dated 2nd April 1793), the largest approx. 23 x 31.5cm and the smallest approx. 14 x 10cm, mostly tipped on to album leaf rectos with cut corners and captions beneath, often with dates, the back of the album including four further watercolours and one drawing of various scenes, all but one identified on the mounts as being drawn by Mrs Natt (the album’s compiler?), additionally one autograph letter to John Natt dated 3rd February 1798 tipped on to an album leaf and relating to Natt’s recovery from an illness, contemp. half roan gilt over marbled boards, crude paper repairs to joints, 4to. John Natt (1778-1843) was the son of Nathan, of Netteswell, Essex, a clergyman. Natt went up to St. John’s College, Oxford and matriculated on the 28th June 1795; BA 1799, MA 1803, BD 1808, Scholar & Fellow 1795-1831, Librarian 1822, Bursar 1824, Vice-President 1826, Lecturer of St. Giles’s, Oxford, 1809, Rector of St. Sepulchre’s, London, 1829, until his death on 12th February 1843 (see Alumni Oxienses). Mason Chamberlin (1727-87) was an English portrait painter and one of the founding members of the Royal Academy in 1768. (1)
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* Tiret-Bognet (Georges, 1855-?). Portrait of a soldier, Montmartre, pen & ink and watercolour, signed to lower right corner, 196 x 128mm (7.75 x 5ins), tipped-in on mount, together with two original pen & black ink on paper French political cartoons of WWI period, satirising the German Kaiser, by E. Tat, both signed and with pencil inscription to lower edge, plus another similar political cartoon in black ink and blue wash, by Lubin de Beauvais, plus six other original drawings and prints (10)
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* Churchill (Sir Winston Leonard Spencer, 1874-1965). Head-and-Shoulders Portrait by D. Tillett (?), c. 1950, full face with spotty bowtie and jacket, oil on board, somewhat smoke stained, 20 x 15cm, framed with label pinned beneath, together with a second oil portrait of Churchill in amateur style, oil on board, signature indistinct, 41 x 30cm, plus two vintage b&w photos showing Winston Churchill on the platform at West Essex Conservative Club, 23rd November 1954, 20 x 25cm, framed and glazed with typed details to verso, the second showing Churchill coming down the steps at Woodford Conservative Association at the 1947 election, 16 x 21cm, card mount torn with ink details to verso, plus two framed and glazed photographs of Margaret Thatcher, one smiling from a car window, the second smaller one at her desk, 12.5 x 10.5cm, signed on mount beneath but now somewhat faded, both somewhat soiled, plus other related items, including West Essex Conservative Club minutes, 2 vols., 1931-38, reproduction photos of Churchill, etc. Provenance: West Essex Conservative Club. It is believed that the smoke stained portrait was displayed there.. (16)
![* Elizabeth (The Queen Mother, 1900-2002). Head-and-shoulders b&w photographic portrait by Dorothy Wilding, [1937], showi](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10729/2793331/456-201054175733_468x382.jpg)
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* Elizabeth (The Queen Mother, 1900-2002). Head-and-shoulders b&w photographic portrait by Dorothy Wilding, [1937], showing the Queen wearing a tiara and strings of pearls, bromide print on tissue and card mount with Wilding’s copyright credit lower right, 48.5 x 36cm, signed and dated on mount beneath image, `Elizabeth R, 1940’, faint smudge to signature, framed and glazed, overall 84 x 64cm (1)
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* Tenniel (John, 1820-1914). Autograph letter signed `John Tenniel’, 10 Portsdown Road, Maida Hill, W., 19th May 1892, to Gerald Christy, regretting that he is unable to accept Christy’s polite invitation to be present at Mr. du Maurier’s lecture due to a prior and unavoidable engagement, and so returning the tickets [not present], one page, 8vo, paper window mount, together with Browne (Tom, 1872-1910), Autograph postcard signed `Tom B’, franked Dorking, 21st August 1904, addressing Ma B and including a vignette head and shoulders photo pasted to right of message as promised and `similiar to Clara’s. It is one for you Òto tear in little bits and paste together againÓ - hope to see you at Tennis tomorrow (Monday) night, red and brown watercolour outline border to vignette, address panel marked for Miss A. Attree of 71 High Street, Dorking, minor soiling, 9 x 14cm, plus Patti (Adelina, 1843-1919), Autograph letter signed `Adelina de Caux’, n.d., to Madame Schilezzi, in English, thanking her for sympathy explaining that it would be impossible to find tickets for that evening and sending a portrait (not present), `therefore I shall be deprived of the extreme pleasure of seeing you in the stalls. However I hope to see you soon again, either in Paris, or else positively, I shall call on you in London’, 3 pp. on black-edged paper, 8vo, with orig. envelope (stamp removed), both with album mount remains to versos (3)
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* Trade cards. A collection of ninety-seven late 19th c. Continental trade cards depicting French Departments, fine chromolithographic printing, some heightened with gold, each depicting a map of the Department set against a scenic background incorporating arms of the Department, produce and sometimes a medallion portrait of an historical figure, nine cards have printed backs and measure 8.5 x 11.5cm, the remainder have plain backs and measure 8 x 11cm. All in fine condition (97)
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* WWI - Autograph Album. An autograph album entitled A Great War, containing a total of seventy-one autographs on 26 card leaves, mostly clipped signatures mounted above or below b&w portrait photos, a mixture of real photo postcards and magazine reproductions, the majority mounted three-to-a-page with subject details in white on a black background and page captions in gold, British Minister autographs include H. H. Asquith, D. Lloyd George (2 signatures), Edward Grey (authograph letter signed), A. Bonar Law (plus typed letter signed), Edward Carson, Walter Runciman, Augustin Birrell, A. J. Balfour, Lord Lansdowne, Lord Derby (together with a repaired typed letter signed), John Redmond, Arthur Henderson, Lord Milner, Frederick Smith, A. Stanley, Robert Cecil, George Barnes, Lord Rhonnda, Austen Chamberlain (plus brief typed letter signed), George Cave, Herbert Hoover, Neville Chamberlain, Lord Northcliffe, plus European officials, including V. E. Orlando, Maharajah of Bikane, Lewis Botha, A. Millerand, etc., one additional leaf broken and crudely sellotaped in near front with a few other sellotape repairs to inner margins, contemp. cloth with gilt titled red morocco label to upper cover, sl. rubbed, oblong folio (1)
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