ELLIS, Henry (1788-1855). Journal of the Proceedings of the Late Embassy to China, London, 1817, 4to, 7 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 2 engraved maps only (lacks folding map), calf (worn). FIRST EDITION. With another related book (incomplete). (2)ELLIS, Henry (1788-1855). Journal of the Proceedings of the Late Embassy to China; Comprising a Correct Narrative of the Public Transactions of the Embassy. Of the Voyage to and from China, and of the Journey from the Mouth of the Pei-Ho to the Return to Canton. Interspersed with Observations upon the Face of the Country, the Polity, Moral Character, and Manners of the Chinese Nation. London: Printed by John Murray, 1817. 4to (264 x 210mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece of Lord Amherst, 7 hand-coloured aquatint plates by J. Clark after Charles Abbot, 2 engraved maps only (of 3, lacking the large folding map), errata leaf at the end (frontispiece spotted, the maps browned and spotted, some light mainly marginal spotting and staining but the aquatint plates generally very clean). 19th-century calf gilt decorated in blind (worn, covers detached along with the frontispiece, title and errata leaf). FIRST EDITION. In the "Directions for Placing the Drawings" the entry for the folding map, lacking from this copy, has been deleted with a series of small printed typographical ornaments [illustrated], as if amended by the printer. This map is often lacking: was it, perhaps, removed from later printings? and, if so, why? Abbey Travel 536; Cordier Sinica III, 2393; not in Hardie; Hill I, 94; Prideaux pp.250-1; Tooley 208. With Edward Daniel Clarke's Travels to Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa ... Part the Second. Greece, Egypt and the Holy Land. Section the Second [only] (London, 1814, 4to, engraved plates and maps, some folding, contemporary calf with [volume] "3" stamped in gilt on the spine, worn, upper cover detached). The lot sold not subject to return. (2)
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BRYANT, Arthur (1899-1985). The Turn of the Tide 1939-1943, London, 1957, 8vo, original black buckram. FIRST EDITION, ANNOTATED AND HIGHLIGHTED IN PENCIL BY ANTHONY EDEN THROUGHOUT. With another book by Bryant. (2)BRYANT, Arthur Wynne Morgan (1899-1985). The Turn of the Tide 1939-1943. A Study based on the Diaries and Autobiographical Notes of Field Marshal The Viscount Alanbrooke. London: Collins, April 1957. 8vo (208 x 132mm). Half title, half tone portrait frontispiece of Field Marshal Viscount Alanbrooke, maps, 2 full-page. Original black buckram, spine lettered in gilt (some faint white staining, without the dust-jacket). FIRST EDITION, third impression. ANNOTATED AND HIGHLIGHTED MAINLY IN PENCIL BY ANTHONY EDEN THROUGHOUT. For example, on p.48 (commenting on the printed passage 'Not until the anxious summer of 1938 ... had the possibility of sending two of its five divisions to the Continent in the event of a German war been considered'), Eden writes: "I raised [the] matter several times while still in Govt."; on p.53 (commenting on the printed passage 'Those at home were thinking in terms, not of the swift mechanised and air warfare of the mid-twentieth century, but of the huge troglodyte armies and continuous trench-lines of twenty years before): "Were they? I was clamouring [?in] cabinet for armour"; on p.78 (commenting on Giffard Le Quesne Martel, Commander of the 50th Northumbria Division): "Very much a Winston man. Winston was always pushing him"; on p.83 (commenting on the printed passage 'Despite repeated requests for it Britain's only armoured division was still at home awaiting its long-promised equipment'): "I used to ask about it at Cabinet after Cabinet. Minutes may show this. Winston would remember; he recalled the matter to me"; on p.169 (commenting on the 'Inter-Allied plan to hold Brittany'): "De Gaulle advocated this plan. I had never understood [sic] it was approved. [Maxime] Weygand & [Alphonse Joseph] Georges were there"; on p.192 (on the formation of 'The Home Guard'): "In fact W. [Winston] had nothing whatever to do with raising of Home Guard. The plans had been made before I reached [the] W.O. I decided to make the broadcast myself & did so. W. did not [illegible word] with this matter at all until later & then [illegible word] about the name"; on p.308 (on Admiral Dudley Pound): "Splendid old boy. W. went wrong when he did not heed him - e.g. [illegible word]"; and with heavy annotation to rear endpapers, some possibly in preparation for a speech ("Tell the story of the mistaken message for invasion of Britain ...") ; and with an autograph note loosely-inserted, with one partly indecipherable note written (unusually) in ink: "Resignation speech care about Spain & not affording [?]cover to double crossing." [sic]. With the same author's Triumph in the West 1943-1946. Based on the Diaries and Autobiographical Notes of Field Marshal The Viscount Alanbrooke (London, 1950, original red buckram, FIRST EDITION, without any annotation or highlighting, but with a loosely-inserted note with Eden's pencil annotation). (2)
SPEARS, E. L. (1886-1974). Prelude to Victory, London, 1940, 8vo, plates and maps, original buckram. FIRST EDITION, second impression. ANNOTATED AND HIGHLIGHTED IN PENCIL BY ANTHONY EDEN THROUGHOUT.SPEARS, Edward Louis, 1st Baronet (1886-1974). Prelude to Victory ... With an Introduction by The Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill. London: Jonathan Cape, January 1940. Large 8vo (222 x 146mm). Half title, half tone portrait frontispiece of the author, 30 half tone plates, 5 folding maps, other maps in the text. Original mauve buckram, spine lettered in gilt, uncut (spine a little faded, light stain to upper cover and spine, some very light scratching to lower cover, without a dust-jacket). FIRST EDITION, second impression, of this account of the last two years of the First World War. ANNOTATED AND HIGHLIGHTED IN PENCIL BY ANTHONY EDEN THROUGHOUT, often in scathing terms of the British wartime leadership in general and of General Hubert Gough in particular. For example, on p.40 (commenting on the printed passage 'Another point in General Nivelle's favour was that Mr Lloyd George liked the shape of his head. He was a great believer in his own powers as a phrenologist'), Eden writes: "He liked Nivelle's but not Neville's 'pin-head'"; on p.73 (commenting on the printed passage 'The personnel of the G.Q.C. changed more often than ours, for their large body of staff officers enabled them to enforce a rule that brooked no exception, whereby each staff officer before being promoted to a higher grade must serve six months with the fighting troops'): "A very good rule. We should have had it"; on p.604 (commenting on the passage 'General Gough ... allowed himself to stake far too heavily upon what the tanks might accomplish'): "Gough was always doing this. His men had to pay"; on p.605: "Haig was always backing Gough - that was why 1917 was such a mess ..."; on p.610 (commenting on the passage 'The 4th Division lost over 3000 officers and men'): "Yet Gough was not sacked!"; and on the same page: "It was not the fault of the tanks but of Cavalry Generals, who, like Spears, had never spent 24 hours in a trench." Woods A Bibliography of the Works of Winston Churchill B33.
ATTLEE, Clement (1883-1967). As It Happened, London, 1954, 8vo, illustrations, original cloth. Reprint. ANNOTATED AND HIGHLIGHTED IN PENCIL BY ANTHONY EDEN THROUGHOUT.ATTLEE, Clement Richard (1883-1967). As It Happened. London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1954, 8vo (215 x 140mm). Half title, half tone frontispiece portrait of the author, half tone illustrations. Original scarlet cloth, spine lettered in gilt (spine faded, without the dust-jacket). Provenance: Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon (modern armorial bookplate loosely-inserted). "First published 1954. Reprinted 1954" (from verso of title). ANNOTATED AND HIGHLIGHTED IN PENCIL BY ANTHONY EDEN THROUGHOUT. For example, on p.90 (commenting on Attlee's speech to the Geneva Institute of International Relations in 1934), Eden writes: "Playing party politics while an official, as no doubt in [the remainder illegible] ..."; on p.96 (commenting on the printed passage 'following the First World War when it had been laid down that there was no danger of war for ten years'): "Winston's ten year rule"; on p.105 (commenting on Attlee's recuperation in North Wales when Germany invaded Poland): "I had forgotten he was away"; on p.165 (commenting on opposition to the nationalisation of the iron and steel industries): "He [i.e. Attlee] always attributes the lowest motivation to his opponents & assumes the highest in himself"; on p.170 (commenting on Marshall Aid): "& I who suggested it to Ernie [Bevin] in his room in the House"; and on p.172 (commenting on Attlee's claim that Western Europe 'is today a collection of disunited elements lying between two great continental Powers'): "Much stronger than that." In 1955, Attlee contested the general election against Anthony Eden who was seeking a mandate as the new leader of the Conservative Party following Churchill's retirement in April of the same year. It resulted in a victory for the Conservatives who achieved the largest party share of the vote at a post-war election: a triumphant vindication for Eden. Attlee, having led the Labour Party for an unparalleled twenty years and widely regarded as one of Britain's greatest 20th-century Prime Ministers, retired as Leader of the Labour Party to enter the House of Lords as Earl Attlee and Viscount Prestwood. He was succeeded by Hugh Gaitskell.A note on the illustrations in the Anthony & Clarissa Eden section of this catalogue (lots 1-89). Anthony Eden, like any true bibliophile, annotated his books almost entirely in pencil. Consequently, they can be a little difficult to read in the illustrations. They are generally much clearer to read in the books themselves and many of the more significant are recorded verbatim in the descriptions.
CAMPBELL-JOHNSON, Alan (1913-98). Sir Anthony Eden. A Biography, London, 1955, 8vo, plates, cloth. PRESENTATION COPY, ANNOTATED AND HIGHLIGHTED IN PENCIL BY ANTHONY EDEN THROUGHOUT.CAMPBELL-JOHNSON, Alan (1913-98). Sir Anthony Eden. A Biography. London: Robert Hale Limited, 1955. 8vo (218 x 135mm). Half title, half tone frontispiece portrait and 16 full-page plates (frontispiece detached). Original black cloth (lightly stained, some white marking to spine, without the dust-jacket). Provenance: Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon (modern armorial bookplate loosely-inserted). A printed note on the verso of the title states, "A Biography under the title of 'Anthony Eden' by Alan Campbell-Johnson was first published in 1938. This present Edition is completely revised and brought up to date." PRESENTATION COPY, the front free endpaper inscribed, "To Sir Anthony, with the author's kindest regards, Alan Campbell-Johnson, 12th May 1955." ANNOTATED AND HIGHLIGHTED IN PENCIL BY ANTHONY EDEN THROUGHOUT. For example, on p.9 he highlights the following printed passage from Campbell-Johnson's Preface: 'In a most illuminating appreciation of Eden written for the Strand Magazine early in 1939, Winston Churchill - himself politically isolated - wrote, "He [i.e. Eden] is the only representative of the mutilated generation who has achieved a first-class political position and has held high and dominant office with significance and distinction ...'; on p.89 (commenting on the printed passage 'On 21st February [1934] a diplomatic barrier was broken down when Hitler took lunch at the British Embassy [in Berlin] for the first time. Neurath, Hess, and Goebbels were there as well ... It was during this lunch that Corporal Hitler and Captain Eden exchanged their war memoirs to the extent of working out on the back of a menu the location of their sectors on the Somme. They discovered they were opposite each other'), Eden writes: "Menu card - look for it"; at the foot of the same page: "I was attacked in [the] 'Observer' by Garvin for exceeding my [?]instruction. Van [i.e. Robert Vansittart, Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign office] had done this!"; on p.90 (commenting on the printed passage '... Eden had decided to leave Rome a day earlier than he had originally arranged'): "because London insisted"; on p.102 (commenting on the printed passage '... at the Moscow Grand Opera ... the Lord Privy Seal of Great Britain was applauded long and warmly by an entirely proletarian audience which clapped enthusiastically as God Save the King was played. Then followed the Internationale'), Eden writes: "George V not at all pleased."
JOHNSON, Samuel (1709-84). The Works, London, 1825, 11 volumes, 8vo, engraved portrait frontispiece in vol. one, attractively bound in contemporary half burgundy calf gilt. (11)JOHNSON, Samuel (1709-84). The Works ... In Nine Volumes. Oxford: William Pickering and Talboys and Wheeler, 1825. 11 volumes, 8vo (212 x 135mm). Half titles, engraved portrait frontispiece of the author in vol. one (portrait stained, occasional light spotting and staining). Attractively bound in contemporary half burgundy calf gilt (extremities rubbed, some scuffing to spines). Provenance: Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon (old armorial bookplate in first vol.); William Charles Henry (armorial bookplates in the remaining vols.). Volumes X and XI, which are supplementary, contain Parliamentary Debates. (11)
WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900). Essays, Criticisms and Reviews, London, "Privately Printed," 1901, 4to, original blue printed paper boards (covers detached, rather worn). FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 221 OF 300 COPIES. RARE. With 4 other books of related interest. (5)WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900). Essays, Criticisms and Reviews ... Now First Collected. London: "Privately Printed" [for Wright and Jones], 1901. 4to (260 x 200mm). Half title, small woodcut ornaments (variable mainly light spotting and staining throughout). Original blue printed paper boards, the upper cover with a decorative foliate border (covers detached, pieces torn away from corners, some fraying and staining). FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 221 OF 300 COPIES. RARE. Mason 589. With 4 books of related interest, namely the same author's The Portrait of Mr W. H. (Portland, Maine, 1901, 12mo, original wrappers printed in red and black, slipcase (slipcase defective), ONE OF 425 COPIES ON "JAPANESE VELLUM"), the same author's Salome. A Tragedy in One Act (London, 1907, 4to, plates by Aubrey Beardsley printed on "Japanese vellum", decorations, fine original green decorated cloth gilt, the first edition to contain all of Beardsley's illustrations, old armorial bookplate of Anthony Eden), Aubrey Beardsley's Under The Hill and Other Essays in Prose and Verse (London, 1904, 4to, plates by Aubrey Beardsley, fine original blue decorated cloth gilt, FIRST EDITION) and the same author's The Story of Venus and Tannhäuser ... A Romantic Novel (London, "For Private Circulation", 1907, 4to, original vellum-backed paper boards, printed label on upper cover, FIRST EDITION THUS, ONE OF 250 COPIES ON "HAND-MADE PAPER" [this copy unnumbered]). (5)
BOOKS PRESENTED TO ANTHONY EDEN. Please see the full listing below. (c.90)BOOKS PRESENTED TO ANTHONY EDEN (arranged chronologically) - George MEREDITH. Modern Love, London, 1892, reprint, 8vo, dark blue buckram, inscribed, "From Dolly, Xmas 1892," and further inscribed in a different hand, "& handed on to Anthony Eden, Feb. 1923", bookplate [please see the note regarding bookplates at the end of this lot]; Walter PATER. Greek Studies, London, 1904, 8vo, morocco, inscribed, "Robert Anthony Eden, Honoris causa, from E.L.C. [identity unknown for certain, but presumably a school friend - please see lot 26 for some idle speculation], Eton, Xmas, 1912", bookplate; Louis BARTHOU. Mirabeau, Paris, [c.1913], 8vo, buckram, wrappers bound in, inscribed, "A son Excellence M. Anthony Eden ... [followed by a lengthy, partly illegible, inscription in French] ... Louis Barthoud, Genève, 1934", bookplate; The Book of Common Prayer [bound with:] Hymns Ancient and Modern, London, [n.d., 2 works in one vol., "Elon. 48mo. Thin", suede wallet with button-down flap, the upper cover lettered in gilt "R.A.E. [i.e. Anthony Eden] 1915", the front free endpaper inscribed, "Anthony from Mother, Xmas 1915", with inserted photographed portrait of Eden's mother in oval "window" on front pastedown, slip with the words of the National Anthem laid down on rear pastedown; MOLIERE. Théâtre complet illustré, Paris, [n.d.], 7 vols. bound in 2, 8vo, attractively bound in dark blue calf gilt by Bickers & Son, inscribed, "R.A. Eden, from H.M.B. [identity unknown, but presumably a school friend], honoris causa, Eton College, July 1915", bookplate; Laurence HOUSMAN. Angels & Ministers, London, 1921, 8vo, boards, inscribed, "Anthony from Mummie. Jan 1. 1922. 'Most of the stones of the building of the City of God, & the best of these were made by Mothers'", bookplate; Timothy EDEN [i.e. Sir Timothy Calvert Eden, 8th Baronet (1893-1963), and Anthony Eden's older brother]. Five Dogs & Two More, London, 1928, 8vo, cloth, inscribed, "Anthony, from Tim, Auctori Auctor! October 10th, 1928", bookplate; Ragnar ÖSTBERG (Swedish architect). The Stockholm Town Hall, Stockholm, 1929, 4to, wrappers, inscribed, "Anthony Eden, from the Author, Stockholm, 15/10/34"; Timothy EDEN. The Tribulations of a Baronet, London, 1933, large 8vo, hessian-backed boards, inscribed, "Anthony from Tim, 1933", bookplate; Ragnar SVANSTRÖM & Carl Fredrik PALMSTIERNA. A Short History of Sweden, Oxford, 1934, 8vo, cloth, inscribed, "For Mr Anthony Eden, on his journey to Sweden Oct. 1934. [illegible words], [?C.] Palmstierna", bookplate; G. LOWES DICKINSON. A Modern Symposium, London, 1937, 8vo, cloth, reprint, inscribed, "Anthony, from S. B." [possibly Stanley Baldwin], bookplate; Nicolas de BASILY. Russia Under Soviet Rule. Twenty Years of Bolshevik Experiment, London, 1938, 8vo, cloth, inscribed, "To the Right Honble. A. Eden with the kind regards of N. de Basily"; C. TEMPERLEY. The Whispering Gallery of Europe, London, 1938, 8vo, cloth, inscribed, "Anthony Eden, in gratitude & remembrance, from A. C. Temperley, April 1938"; Sonia DE CONTADES. Pénombre, Paris, 1938, small 4to, wrappers, inscribed, "A Anthony Eden, Sonia de Contades"; F. ROSSEL-STALDER. Morale Nouvelle ou Vers la Paix, Monte-Carlo, L'Intercontinentale d'Edition, [n.d. but ?c.1939], 8vo, red morocco, inscribed, "A Monsieur Anthony Eden, Londres [followed by a long unidentified quotation in French] F. Rossel", with, in addition, a printed dedication to Eden; Alan Campbell JOHNSON. Viscount Halifax. A Biography, London, 1941, 8vo, cloth, inscribed, "To Anthony Eden, With the author's compliments and best wishes from Alan Campbell Johnson, October, 1941"; Bomber Command. The Air Ministry Account of Bomber Command's Offensive Against the Axis September, 1939 - July, 1941, London, 1941, 4to, wrappers, detached, inscribed, "To the Right Honourable Anthony Eden ... from the author, [?illegible name but possibly Saunders]; Hugh R. WILSON. Diplomat between Wars, New York, 1941, 8vo, cloth, inscribed, "To Anthony Eden with warm regards, Hugh R. Wilson, New York, 1941"; Emery REVES. A Democratic Manifesto, New York, 1942, 8vo, cloth, inscribed, "To the Rt. Hon. Anthony Eden, in esteemed recollection of our past collaboration, E. Reves, New York, July 14, 1942"; Wanda WASSILEWSKA. Rainbow. A Novel, London, [1943], 8vo, cloth, inscribed "Farewell greetings to Mrs Eden, Agnes Maisky, 13/9 - 43, London" [Agnes Maisky was the wife of The Soviet Union's Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Ivan Maisky]; Jacques DEBU-BRIDEL (also using his pseudonym 'Argonne'). Angleterre (D'Alcuin a Huxley), Paris, Aux Éditions de Minuit, 1943, 12mo, wrappers, ONE OF 25 "H.C." COPIES, inscribed by the author to Eden on the half title, the inscription incorporating the printed word 'Angleterre'; Nicolas G. LÉLY. [After the title in Greek:] Victorial Poems, New York, 1943, 8vo, buckram, inscribed, "To the Right Honorable Anthony Eden, A Companion of the Muses and great friend of Greece, with highest regards, Nicholas G. Lély (Nickel!), The Hague, May 10, 1948"; G. Lynn SUMNER. Meet Abraham Lincoln, Chicago, "Privately Printed", 1946, large 8vo, buckram, inscribed, "For the Right Hon. Anthony Eden, with all good wishes and enduring admiration, G. Lynn Sumner, New York, 2/7/46"; Samuel HOARE, Viscount Templewood. Ambassador on Special Mission, London, 1946, 8vo, cloth, inscribed "In memory of your help and patience at the F. O., Templewood"; Herbert AGAR (editor). The Formative Years. A History of the United States during the Administrations of Jefferson and Madison by Henry Adams, Boston, 1947, 8vo, 2 vols., buckram, vol. one inscribed, "For Anthony, with deepest affection from Barbie & Herbert, March 1947"; The Lands of the Bohemian Crown. Their History and Glory. Published by M. Hipmanová, Prague, 1947, 4to, wrappers, inscribed "[indistinctly in Czech], Milka Hipmanová", with note on upper wrapper indicating page numbers with illustrations of Eden; Brian FITZGERALD. Emily, Duchess of Leinster. 1731-1814, London, 1949, 8vo, cloth, inscribed, "Anthony Eden, from Betty & Bobbity [i.e. not the author, but Robert "Bobbity" Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury], Christmas 1949"; Stéphane DE CHALON. Notes sur l' Élégance Masculine, Paris, 1949, 8vo, wrappers, inscribed "A Monsieur Antony [sic] Eden, le plus élégant des ministres anglais, Hommage de l'autre, S. de Chalon"; Alexander PAPAGOS. The Battle of Greece. 1940-1941, Athens, 1949, large 8vo, stiff wrappers, inscribed, "With the compliments of the author, A. Papagos"; Helen D'ABERNON (editor). Stolen Fruit, Welwyn Garden City, 1949, small 4to, leatherette boards, inscribed, "A. E. from H. D'A. June 1950", with Eden's highlights to 2 aphorisms, namely Robespierre's 'Avoid the ancient insanity of Governments - the mania of wishing to govern too much' (p.59) and John Morley's 'In recent years Progress has been technical not mental' (p.62), bookplate; Richard LAW, 1st Baron Coleraine. Return from Utopia, London, 1950, 8vo, cloth, inscribed, "Anthony Eden, from the author, with affection & regard, November 1950", with the author's printed name crossed out on the title and replaced with his signature; Yves DELBARS. Le Vrai Staline, Paris, 1950, 8vo, wrappers, inscribed, "à Monsieur Anthony Eden, qui [illegible words], Yves Delbars, 21/11/50"; A. ROSSI. Les Communistes Français Pendant la Drole de Guerre, Paris, 1951, 4to, wrappers, inscribed, "A M. Anthony Eden, en hommage [illegible words], 1951, A. Rossi"; Moustapha EL-HEFNAOUI. Les Problémes Contemporains Posés par le Canal de Suez, Paris, 1951, wrappers, inscribed, "A l'Honorable M. Anthony Eden, avec l'expression de ma haute consideration, Paris, 2 juillet 1951, Moustapha El-Hefnaoui"; John BIGGS-DAVISON. George Wyndham. A Study in Toryism, London, 1951, 8vo, cloth, inscribed, "To the Right...
NELSON, Horatio (1758-1805) - The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton, London, 1814, 2 vols., 8vo, contemporary half morocco gilt. FIRST EDITION. With 5 other works of related interest in 12 vols. (14)NELSON, Horatio, 1st Viscount Nelson (1758-1805) - The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton; with a Supplement of Interesting Letters, by Distinguished Characters. London: For Thomas Lovewell & Co., 1814. 2 volumes, 8vo (207 x 130mm). Half titles (occasional light spotting). Contemporary dark blue half morocco and marbled boards, spines lettered and decorated in gilt (boards and extremities of spines rubbed). FIRST EDITION. With another copy, the two volumes bound in one, in original or contemporary cloth, and with old signature of "[?]August. [?]B. Hamilton" on the titles [see illustrations] (head of title of first vol. torn away with loss of one word), and with an unusual bookplate with "Nelson" printed beneath an engraved profile portrait; together with Nicholas Harris Nicolas's The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson (London, 1845, 7 vols., 8vo, engraved portrait, original cloth, some modern repairs), The Collection of Autograph Letters and Historical Documents formed by Alfred Morrison (Second Series, 1882-1893) ([London], "Printed for Private Circulation", 1893-94, 2 vols., 4to, original hessian-backed paper boards), The Barker Collection. Manuscripts of and relating to Admiral Lord Nelson briefly noted by Sir John Knox Laughton, Knight, with Three Facsimiles ([London], 1913, 4to, 3 folding plates, original tan-morocco green cloth boards) and Warren R. Dawson's The Nelson Collection at Lloyd's (London, 1932, 4to, original armorial cloth, remnants of dust-jacket). (14)
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GRIFFITH, Elizabeth ([?]1727-93). The Morality of Shakespeare's Drama Illustrated, London, 1775, 8vo, engraved portrait frontispiece of Shakespeare, contemporary calf (worn). FIRST EDITION. With another related work in 2 vols. (3)GRIFFITH, Elizabeth ([?]1727-93). The Morality of Shakespeare's Drama Illustrated. London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1775. 8vo (214 x 125mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece of Shakespeare, woodcut typographical ornament on title, printed dedication to David Garrick, one-page of errata on the verso of the last page of the preface (portrait almost detached, some very light spotting and staining). Contemporary calf, spine gilt (worn, head of spine torn, some erosion to foot of spine, lacking lettering-piece, rubbed). Provenance: Robert Prescott Esq. (old armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION of this pioneering work of Shakespearean criticism - in part a rebuttal of Voltaire's "single discordant voice" (see the author's Preface) - and, arguably, the first to establish Shakespeare's status as "National Poet." Of particular interest are the author's comments on "King Lear", comparing Shakespeare's original tragedy and Nahum Tate's (now infamous) re-working of it in 1681 which remained the preferred version among audiences and critics even into the first half of the 19th-century. Griffith's printed introduction to the play, on p.351 (preserving her original eccentric punctuation), states: "It may be necessary to many Readers to premise, that the Piece here under consideration, is the Play as originally written by Shakespeare, lest the bearing it in mind as altered by Tate, and generally acted so, might occasion confusion or mistakes, in the following notes and observations. The Critics are divided in their opinions between the original and the altered copy. Some prefer the first, as a more general representation of human life, where fraud too often succeeds, and innocence suffers: others prefer the latter, as a more general description of what life should be ... However, if pity and terror, as the Critics say, are the principal objects of Tragedy, surely no Play that ever was written can possibly answer both these ends better than this [i.e. the original] performance, as it stands in the present text." The author's stance may have been influential in eventually restoring Shakespeare's original play to the stage and to print. RARE. With [Charlotte Lennox's] Shakespear Illustrated: or the Novels and Histories On which the Plays of Shakespear Are Founded, Collected and Translated from the Original Authors. With Critical Remarks. In Two Volumes. By the Author of the Female Quixote (London, 1753, 2 vols., 12mo, contemporary calf, worn, upper cover of vol. one detached. A supplementary third volume, not present here and not called for on the title page of vol. one (where it states "In Two Volumes"), appeared in 1755). (3)
MACKENZIE KING, William Lyon (1874-1950, Prime Minister of Canada from 1935-48, and before). Canada at Britain's Side, Toronto, 1941, 8vo, red buckram. FIRST EDITION, IMPORTANT PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed extensively by the author to Anthony Eden.MACKENZIE KING, William Lyon (1874-1950, Prime Minister of Canada from 1935-48, and before). Canada at Britain's Side. Toronto: The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited, 1941. 8vo (219 x 135mm). Half title, half tone frontispiece portrait. Original red buckram, spine lettered in gilt (spine and top edge of upper cover a little faded, without the dust-jacket). Provenance: Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon (modern armorial bookplate loosely-inserted). FIRST EDITION, IMPORTANT PRESENTATION COPY, the front free endpaper inscribed, "To the Right Honourable Anthony Eden, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the House of Commons in the government of the United Kingdom. With gratitude for the inspiration of his visit to Canada at this time of war, and with every good wish for years of continued service to the cause of justice and freedom throughout the world, from his friend, W. L. Mackenzie King, 'Laurier's House', Ottawa, Canada, April 1st 1943." The publisher's printed note at the beginning of the work concludes: "Canada entered the war as a free and united nation at the side of Britain. Mr Mackenzie King loses no opportunity of emphasizing the determination of the Canadian people to put forth their utmost effort till the hour of victory, and to remain to the end, freely and unitedly, at Britain's side." William Lyon Mackenzie King was the longest serving Prime Minister of Canada, holding that office for three terms from 1921 to 1926, 1926 to 1930 and 1935 to 1948.
LIE, Trygve (1896-1968). In The Cause of Peace. Seven Years with the United Nations, New York, 1954, large 8vo, original cloth. FIRST EDITION, IMPORTANT PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by the author to Anthony Eden.LIE, Trygve (1896-1968). In the Cause of Peace. Seven Years with the United Nations. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1954. Large 8vo (210 x 140mm). Half title, half tone frontispiece portrait of the author. Original two-tone cloth, spine lettered in white (without the dust-jacket). Provenance: Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon (modern armorial bookplate loosely-inserted). FIRST EDITION, IMPORTANT PRESENTATION COPY, the front free endpaper inscribed, "H. E. Mr Anthony Eden. Dear Mr Eden, I hope you or your charming wife will get a chance to read the book. My [?]desire is that it will serve our common ideas and cause, Yours Trygve Lie, [illegible Norwegian place-name], Norway, August 9th, 1954." The author was the Norwegian Foreign Minister during the Norwegian Government's exile in London from 1940-45 and, from 1946 to 1952, the first Secretary-General of the United Nations. On p.11 of the book, the author describes (in print) his relationship with Anthony Eden and the high esteem in which he held him: "During the war I had formed a warm friendship with Anthony Eden. I had known and admired his courageous stand against the prevailing mood of his own Conservative party in the later 1920's, his opposition to appeasement and effort to revitalize the League of Nations and make it a real force for collective security against aggression before it was too late ... Now he was out of office as Foreign Secretary, and I regarded him as an ideal choice for Secretary-General [i.e. of the United Nations]. I am not sure that he would have accepted, but he did not object when I told him I should like to sound out the Labor[sic] Government and Moscow."
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ACCADEMIA DEL CIMENTO - [Lorenzo MAGALOTTI (1637-1712), editor] & others. Saggi di Naturali Esperienze, Florence, 1691, folio, 75 full-page engraved illustrations, contemporary vellum-backed boards. Second edition.ACCADEMIA DEL CIMENTO - [Lorenzo MAGALOTTI (1637-1712), editor] & others. Saggi di Naturali Esperienze fatte nell' Accademia del Cimento sotto la Protezione del Serenissimo Principe Leopoldo di Toscana e Descritte dal Segretario di essa Accademia. Seconda Edizione. Florence: Nella Nuova Stamperia di Gio: Filippo Cecchi, 1691. Folio (351 x 255mm). Half title, title printed in red and black with engraved illustration, engraved portrait of Cosimo III, elaborate woodcut initials, head-pieces and tail-pieces, 75 full-page engraved illustrations (half title and final leaf stained, some light mainly marginal spotting and staining, marginal closed tear to one full-page illustration, some creasing). Contemporary vellum-backed [?]later paper boards, spine with remnants of old lettering-piece, new endpapers. The "Accademia del Cimento" was a scientific society established in Florence in 1657. During its short existence, the Saggi was its only published work. Brunet IV, 163 (citing the first edition of 1666, but mentioning the present edition in the note): "Cet ouvrage estimé ..."; Cinti 163; Dibner Heralds 82; Gamba 853; Krivatsy p.25; Riccardi II, 407; Wellcome III, p.23; Wheeler 196.
LACE - Augusta Godin, Baronne LIEDTS (1850-85). Anciennes Dentelles Belges, Anvers, 1889, folio, 185 phototype plates of lace, contemporary dark blue half morocco. FIRST EDITION.LACE - Augusta Godin, Baronne LIEDTS (1850-85). Anciennes Dentelles Belges, formant la Collection de Feue Madame Augusta Bnne. Liedts, et donnée au Musée de Gruuthuus à Bruges. Anvers: Phototypies Jos. Maes, 1889 [but dedication leaf dated 1890]. Folio (555 x 365mm). Title and dedication leaf printed in red and black, portrait of Augusta Godin Liedts, 185 "phototype" plates of lace including 35 supplementary plates at the end (title and dedication leaf lightly stained and spotted, some light mainly marginal staining to plates). Contemporary dark blue half morocco gilt, spine with 6 raised bands and lettered in gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut (rubbed). Provenance: from the Collection of the late Professor Bernard Nevill (1930-2019). FIRST EDITION of this monumental catalogue of Baronne Liedts' renowned collection of lace which, following her untimely death, was donated by her husband to the city of Bruges where it remains to this day on display at the Gruuthusemuseum. Cf. Siegelaub Bibliographia textilia historiæ p.209; Whiting A Lace Guide for Makers and Collectors ... Bibliography 1073. RARE.
HOGARTH, William (1697-1764, illustrator). The Works, London, 1821, 2 volumes, 4to, engraved portrait and 159 plates by William Hogarth, contemporary black morocco gilt (rubbed, scuffed and scratched). (2)HOGARTH, William (1697-1764, illustrator). The Works ... With a Comment on their Moral Tendency, by the Rev. John Trusler ... A New Edition, Revised and Corrected. London: J. Sharpe and R. Griffin, 1821. 2 volumes, 4to (300 x 242mm). Engraved portrait of William Hogarth, 159 engraved plates by Cooke and Davenport after Hogarth, one folding (occasional spotting and staining, some offsetting of plates onto text). Contemporary black straight-grained morocco gilt, gilt edges (rubbed, scuffed and scratched). Provenance: unidentified armorial bookplate with motto "Auspicium melioris æui." This edition, with Trusler's commentary, is not listed in Brunet. (2)
A mid 19th century French ebonised and gilt wood wall clock with jasper insets in the Italian 17th century styleLagarde, Paris No. 3993The case surmounted by an architectural top with brass beading and jasper panel, surrounded by gilt brass finials cast with portrait busts on a moulded cornice with brass beading, over volute scroll sides set with further gilt brass mounts to the front and sides, terminating in a moulded and brass-beaded base with gilt toupie feet. The gilt brass Roman dial with enamel numeral plaques under fleur des lys steel hands. The twin spring barrel movement with Brocot escapement and outside count wheel, the backplate stamped Lagarde a Paris with an upside down 3993. Ticking and striking the half and full hours. 44cms (17 ins) highFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Drury (Paul) Collection of seven portraits, including 'Le marchand de vin' 1925, 'Alfred Drury in soft hat' 1935, 'Alfred Drury listening to Bach', the portrait of a young black man, and three portraits of old white men, etchings with drypoint, on various old and modern papers, all signed in pencil, various sizes, all unframed, 1925-1936 (7)
Gill (Eric) Four variant intaglio prints, and three relief prints of 'The Sofa', including two variant working proof engravings, delicately printed with plate tone, signed in pencil with initials, both inscribed 'proof', two unsigned engravings on thick wove paper with wide margins, and the three unsigned wood-engravings, the former each platemark approx. 105 x 70 mm (4 1/8 x 2 3/4 in), the latter images each approx. 110 x 70 mm (4 1/4 x 2 3/4 in), mostly good margins, some scattered spotting and minor surface dirt, all unframed, [cf. Physick 306], 1925 (7)⁂ Scarce at auction. Included with the lot is a manuscript pen and ink list of the prints, probably in Gill's hand, which describes the number of variant editions and their prices and dates, as well as identifying the nude: 'Portrait of Mrs Gibbings/ (nude, sitting in chair)'.
Burckhardt (John Lewis) Travels in Nubia, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 3 maps (2 folding), lacks advertisement leaf at end, some foxing, contemporary calf, gilt, spine darkened and chipped at head, a little rubbed, [cf.Blackmer 238, second edition], 4to, 1819.⁂ Burckhardt travelled from Aleppo to Cairo and then made two journeys, one along the Upper Nile, the other through the Nubian desert.
Holy Land.- Burckhardt (John Lewis) Travels in Syria and the Holy Land, first edition, half-title, lithographed portrait frontispiece, 6 engraved maps (2 folding), scattered spotting, occasional faint off-setting, armorial bookplate of 'Weston Library', near contemporary half-crushed morocco, very slight rubbing to corners and extremities, [Blackmer 237], 4to, 1822.⁂ Burckhardt "spent three years in Aleppo studying Arabic in preparation for his African travels, and while resident there he travelled through Syria and the Holy Land. Burckhardt was the first European to visit Petra in 1812." (Blackmer)
Fryer (John) A New Account of East-India and Persia, first edition, half-title with engraved portrait on verso, title printed in red and black, 7 engraved plates and maps, 3 folding, and one full-page engraved map in text with printed slip pasted below, engraved or woodcut illustrations, Ss1 with marginal repaired tear, some light foxing and browning, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, spine ends chipped and joints starting, [Wing F2257], folio,Printed by R[obert] R[oberts] for Ri. Chiswell, 1698.⁂ In 1672 Fryer embarked on a 10-year tour to India, Goa, the Arabian Gulf and Persia, before returning to England. The work includes a detailed account of Surat and Muscat and mentions pirates in the Gulf, and the natural history of the region.
Moritz (Friedrich Wilhelm, 1783-1855) and others. Album comprising 35 drawings and watercolours, five watercolours by Moritz, including the 'Loggia dei Lanzi in Florence' signed and dated '1829', the other 4 unsigned but including 'The Temple of Hercules Victor', a monastery cloister, a sepia view of the 'Inner courtyard of Palazzo Vecchio, Florence', and a view of 'Lac du Bienne', several heightened with gum arabic, together with 30 other drawings and watercolours by various hands, including a fine watercolour portrait by Michel Ghislain Stapleaux (1799-1881), a moonlit scene sign 'C. Aymonier', a landscape watercolour with pencil inscription verso with attribution to 'Cristall', and others variously signed and monogrammed, various sizes between 140 x 180 mm (5 1/2 x 7 in) and 285 x 380 mm (11 1/4 x 15 in), all neatly tipped onto album leaves, some stubs from a few leaves having been removed, contemporary morocco, gilt, spine splitting, rubbed and scuffed, presented in marbled slipcase, very worn, oblong folio, [19th century]
Norden (Frederick Lewis) Travels in Egypt and Nubia, 2 vol., first edition in English, half-title to each volume, 2 engraved frontispieces, one a portrait, 162 plates, maps and plans, numbered 1-159 plus 1 unnumbered, with nos. 140-141 and 142-143 together, plates 17, 27, 66, and 108 on two plates each, numerous engraved vignettes, initials, head- and tail-pieces, occasional offsetting but generally clean and with good margins, contemporary calf, gilt, worn, rebacked, [Blackmer 1211], folio, Printed for Lockyer Davis and Charles Reymers, Printers to the Royal Society, 1757.⁂ First edition in English of 'the earliest attempt at an elaborate description of Egypt' (Blackmer). Norden made a voyage through Egypt all the way down to Sudan in 1737-1738 at the request of King Christian VI of Denmark. He was the first European to penetrate as far as Derr in Nubia and to publish descriptions of any Nubian temples.
Thévenot (Jean de) The Travels...into the Levant, 3 parts in 1, first English edition, second issue, engraved portrait frontispiece and 3 plates, errata leaf and 2ff. Alphabetical Table present at end, later half morocco, covers slightly stained and foot of spine chipped, [Atabey 1217; Wing T887; cf. Blackmer 1650 (first edition)], Printed by H. Clark, for H. Faithorne, J. Adamson, C. Skegnes, and T. Newborough, 1687; and another copy (lacking the portrait and one plate, but Atabey's copy), folio (2)⁂ The Ghani copy of the second issue, the first issue had only Clark's name in the imprint. First copy with part 3 leaf I4 cancelled; second copy with I4 present.
Malta.- Acciard (Michele) Mustafà Bassà di Rodi schiavo in Malta, o sia la di lui congiura all'occupazione di Malta, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece after Richard Dalton, title with woodcut ornament, decorative woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials, engraved armorial bookplate, some light browning, scattered foxing, small damp-stain to fore-margin towards end, contemporary vellum, rubbed and lightly soiled, spine with a couple very small portions of loss, 4to, Naples, Appresso Benedetto ed Ignazio Gessari, 1751.⁂ A controversial account of the 1749 Muslim slave revolt in Malta, a failed conspiracy to assassinate Grand Master Manuel Pinto da Fonseca and take over the island. This work, also attributed to the historian and patriot Francesco Agius de Soldanis, attacked the order and argued for the rights of the Maltese, questioning the governing ability of the Grand Master. Following its publication copies were sought out and destroyed, with de Soldanis having to defend himself to Pope Benedict XIV. Scarce, we can trace only one copy at auction (Sotheby's, 1974).
Middle East.- Lawrence (T.E.) Secret Despatches From Arabia, one of 1,000 copies, portrait frontispiece, scattered spotting, foxing to endpapers, original morocco-backed cloth by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, some light soiling to covers, t.e.g., others uncut, [Pertelote 145], Golden Cockerel Press, 1939; Seven Pillars of Wisdom, first trade edition, maps, plates and illustrations, original buckram, shallow dent to lower cover and bump to head, dust-jacket, spine a little chipped, some chipping to corners, a few short nicks to head and foot with light creasing, small internal tear to lower panel, a very good example, 1935, 4to (2)
Sri Lanka.- Knox (Robert) An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon, in the East-Indies, first edition, title within double-rule border, engraved folding map and 15 plates, one with repaired tears, licence f. before title, without the portrait (as usual), advertisement f. at end, the odd spot or burn-hole, some marginal browning and staining, later calf, worn, upper cover and licence leaf detached, lower cover almost so, [Wing K742], folio,Printed by Richard Chiswell, Printer to the Royal Society, 1681.⁂ The first account of Sri Lanka in English, and one of the sources for Defoe's Robinson Crusoe. While sailing for Persia in 1658, Knox's ship lost its mast in a storm and was forced to put ashore on Ceylon. Knox, along with his father [not elder brother] and crew, was captured by King Rajasinha II of Kandy and refused permission to leave the kingdom. Knox and a companion eventually escaped after 19 years of captivity and fled to a Dutch fort in the north of the island.Provenance: Frederick Lock (bookplate and ink name on verso of licence leaf).
World.- Le Bruyn (Cornelius) Travels into Muscovy, Persia, and part of the East-Indies, 2 vol., first English edition, engraved portrait frontispiece and engraved frontispiece, 3 double-page maps, 114 plates, many double-page and/or folding, engraved illustrations, previous owner's ink signature to title, vol. 1 & 2 with occasional marginal worming, not affecting text or images, vol. 1 final ff. becoming loose, water-staining to front pastedowns, faint abrasions marks to front pastedowns where labels removed, contemporary calf, rubbed, bumping to corners and spine extremities, small loss to spine extremities, vol. 1 with cracked upper joint but holding firm, folio, for A. Bettesworth, 1737.
Trinity College prize bindings.- Shakespeare (William) The Plays...To which are added Notes by Sam. Johnson, 8 vol., first Johnson edition, first issue with Corbet listed as the second bookseller and Johnson's preface unpaginated, all but vol. 1 & 2 with half-titles, engraved portrait frontispiece, vol. 3 with worming to lower margin of first few sig., a few times just touching text, vol. 4 with worming up to O5, mostly to upper margin but the occasional worm hole/trace within text, 2P6 with small hole touching printed footnote, vol. 8 with small worm trace to inner gutter of first few ff., some light browning, occasional spotting or light staining, but generally clean copies, 18th century prize bookplate and contemporary calf with arms of Trinity College Dublin to upper and lower covers, spines with red and black morocco labels (little chipped), spines with contents listed in ink manuscript, one or two small worm holes, a few chips to ends and old glue repairs, vol. 4 & 6 covers worn with loss to arms, rubbed and scuffed, some joints split but holding, 8vo, for J. and R. Tonson, C. Corbet [&tc], 1765.⁂ A landmark in Shakespeare studies.
Dickens (Charles) Dombey and Son, first edition in the original 19/20 monthly parts, early issue of part 11 ("Capatin" for "Captain" on p. 324, final line), both early and late issue points in part 14 ("431" present on p. 431 but "if" omitted on p. 426, line 9), part 19/20 with the 8-line errata, 40 plates by Hablot K Browne, most front adverts present (parts 3 & 4 with additional slips, part 8 lacking pp.7-8 of "Dombey & Son Advertiser"), most back adverts present (part 4 lacking "Lett's Diaries" advert & specimen leaves, part 6 lacking "Portrait of a Horse" and "Introduction to Zoology" adverts, part 8 with additional advert at rear for "Heath's Illustrated New Testament" and additional slip, part 9 lacking "Just Published..." adverts, part 15 with 10 of 18 Diary specimen ff.), all other slips and advertisements as called for, occasional light spotting, mainly to plates, original printed blue wrappers, some ink ownership names to wrappers and plates verso, some spines repaired (part 19/20 spine rebacked), some light soiling and nicks to extremities, a clean and excellent set overall, [Hatton & Cleaver pp.227-25], 8vo, Bradbury & Evans, 1846.
Binding.- Mazot (François) Le Tableau de la Croix representé dans les ceremonies de la Ste. messe..., engraved throughout with 49 leaves incorporating pictorial title ('Advis au Lecteur' on verso), dedication, portrait of dedicatee Charles de l'Aubespine by de Gheyn, 89 plates with text on 45 leaves and final privilege leaf, contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper, very occasional light soiling, handsome contemporary red morocco elaborately tooled in gilt with lobed panel of ornaments in pointillé within floral roll-tooled border and with small brass clasps, spine gilt in compartments with five raised bands, g.e., a little rubbed, slight stain to upper cover, short split to upper joint at head, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, 8vo (binding 174 x 116mm.), Paris, F.Mazot, 1651-52.⁂ A lovely copy of this collection of engravings of Saints with flowers, insects and angels, scenes from the Mass and portraits of Jesus and Mary, all in an attractive contemporary binding. The number of plates appears to vary. Similar bindings are known on other copies of the work.
Pufendorf (Samuel) De Rebus a Carolo Gustavo Sveciæ rege gestis Commentariorum ..., first edition, additional engraved title, 12 engraved portrait plates, 113 only (of 115) engraved double-page plates, plans and maps, large panorama bound upside-down, engraved illustrations, engraved initials, head- and tail-pieces, I3 becoming loose, 3Y1 with tear into text and neat old repair, 2Z1 with small marginal hole, 4K1 with short marginal tear affecting odd letter, bookplates, contemporary calf, rubbed, bumping to corners and spine extremities, small tears to spine head, folio, Nuremberg, 1696.⁂ Including the large panorama of Stockholm, which depicts the funeral procession of Charles X Gustav. Provenance: Bookplate of Lord Walpole of Woolterton; and of Mannington Hall.
Circle of Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt (Delft 1567-1641) Portrait of Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey (1582-1642), General to King Charles the First, bust-length, in armour, with a lace-trimmed collar and silver embroidered blue sash Unsigned, titled in the upper left-hand corner, oil on panel.68cm x 53cm (26.75in x 20.75in)Robert was the eldest son of Peregrine, 13th Baron Willoughby de Eresby and his wife Mary de Vere, daughter of the Earl of Oxford. He succeeded his father as 14th Baron Willoughby in 1601 and married Elizabeth Montagu of Boughton in 1604. In 1626, he was created Earl of Lindsey and was made a Knight of the Garter the following year. King Charles I appointed him First Lord of the Admiralty from 1635 to 1636 and Lindsey also established his claim, through his mother, to the hereditary office of Lord Great Chamberlain of England. Lord Lindsey supported King Charles I in the Civil War and, as an experienced military commander, the King appointed him General of his Royalist troops in August 1542 prior to the Battle of Edgehill. Lindsey fought on foot at the head of his infantry regiment at the battle, but was shot through the thigh and captured by the Roundheads. He was taken to a nearby barn, but died of his wounds the following day on 23 October 1642. He is buried at the church of St Michael and All Angels, Edenham.The painting is in good, restored condition. Under UV light there is evidence of cleaning and overpainting. There is a repaired split to the panel running from top to bottom with corresponding inpainting and a repair strip on verso. There is some minor craquelure across the surface of the painting and some light surface scuffs and scratches with some small areas of paint loss around the edges of the panel. The painting is ornately framed but not glazed. The frame has the odd minor knock and loss commensurate with age.
British School (19th century) Portrait of a seated girl, in a purple dress Unsigned, oval, oil on canvas.44.5 x 34.5cm (framed 59.5 x 49.5cm)The painting is in good, restored condition. The painting has been re-lined. Under UV light there is evidence of cleaning and overpainting. There is craquelure and cracking across the surface of the painting. The painting is ornately framed but not glazed. The frame has some cracking, knocks and losses.
*JOYCE MORGAN (20th Century) A portrait of a man depicted bust-length in a studio interior, signed to the stretcher verso, oil on canvas, 60cm x 50cm (unframed on stretcher) Joyce Morgan was better known for her work as a paintress for Chelsea PotteryProvenance: The residual contents of Claveys Farmhouse, Mells Green, Somerset.
Malta, c. 1909: 43 photographic postcards and 12 photographs, many of the Royal Naval Hospital including staff, officers, shipping and the R.N.H. football team, 1908-09, in a group portrait with officers; also Turkish Military Cemetery, Malta Railway, shipwreck, social history, street scenes, island landscapes.
After Sir Thomas LawrenceA portrait of the Duke of Wellington, standing full length, wearing a cloake and holding a telescopemixed methord engraving, proof before letters92 x 62cm together wiith A portrait of Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, standing full length in his librarymixed method engravingproof before letters82 x 52cm
After George Romney, RA Portrait of Mrs Rachel Drake (1761-1784), seated by a red draped curtainoil on canvas74 x 61cmProvenance:Ottilie, Viscountess Scarsdale (née Pretzlik, 1905-1998),Her sale, Christie's, London, 28th July 1978, lot 21, as 'Romney - Portrait of a lady said to be Lady Hamilton', when acquired by the late Barry Lock (1934-2021) Literature:cf. Alex Kidson, George Romney: A complete catalogue of his paintings, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2015, no. 378 and 378a The present painting is a copy after Romney's portrait of Mrs Rachel Drake (1761-1784) dated to 1783 which is now in a private collection. The sitter was the daughter of Jeremiah Ives of Norwich and married in 1781 William Drake, MP for Amersham.The painting is executed in oil on a canvas support which is unlined. The canvas tension is slightly slack, but the picture is in plane. The paint layers are in a stable condition overall. The varnish layer is thick, glossy and yellowed. There are localised areas of overpaint visible under ultraviolet light. It is unclear if some elements of the composition have been reworked, this requires further investigation.Framed 90 x 77cm
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