Sarah Louise Kilpack (1840-1909), Mount Orgueil, oil on card, 9.75 x 6.5cm, together with, Longboat approaching rocks, oil on card, 10 x 6.25cm, Figures on steps approaching a castle, oil on card, 9.75 x 7.75cm, Stormy shore with castle on a hill, initialled bottom left, oil on card, 9.25 x 7cm. (4) Sarah Louise Kilpack (1840-1909) was born at 42 King Street, Covent Garden, London and from an early age showed a great natural aptitude for music and drawing. At the age of 11, she played a Beethoven sonata at the Old St James’s Hall, near Piccadilly Circus. As she grew up, she played more and more concerts, the fees from which enabled her to journey out of London to the country where she would sketch ‘plein air’. In Jersey she struck up friendships with two families; the Brooke family who lived at Tamworth Villas, Colomberie and a Mrs Renouf who lived with her daughter in St Saviours Road. By all accounts, Sarah Kilpack found it difficult to place trust in people and was a rather solitary person. Her paintings seem to express her moods; dark and threatening in the storm pictures with occasional glimpses of her renowned warmth and affection in her languid sunset paintings and calm coastal landscapes. She exhibited each year from 1867 at the Society of Female Artists Exhibition (now known as The Society of Women Artists) London. Despite her earnings of some £500 a year throughout the 1880’s, she died in relative poverty in 1909. An exhibition of Channel Island paintings by Sarah Kilpack was held at The Cook Gallery, Jersey in 1989. This coincided with, and marked, the 150th anniversary of her birth. In the same year a set of commemorative stamps were produced entitled ‘Jersey Calms and Storms’. The views depicted were Gorey Harbour, La Corbiere, Freve De Lecu, Bouze Bay and Mont Orgueil. This, probably unique collection, depicts a complete range and subject matter. They are all small size, originating from sketch books in the artists collection. Provenance: Viola Gardener, Dulverton, Devon. Mrs June Day, nee Spanton-Brain, Devon. Mr William Elmhurst.
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Sarah Louise Kilpack (1840-1909), Gorey Harbour, signed bottom left, oil on card, 7.25 x 9.5cm, together with, View towards Gorey Harbour, oil on card, 7.25 x 10.25cm, Unloading a barque offshore, signed bottom left, oil on card, 8 x 6.75cm, Coastal trader and fishing boat off a harbour, oil on card, 7.75 x 9.5cm. (4) Sarah Louise Kilpack (1840-1909) was born at 42 King Street, Covent Garden, London and from an early age showed a great natural aptitude for music and drawing. At the age of 11, she played a Beethoven sonata at the Old St James’s Hall, near Piccadilly Circus. As she grew up, she played more and more concerts, the fees from which enabled her to journey out of London to the country where she would sketch ‘plein air’. In Jersey she struck up friendships with two families; the Brooke family who lived at Tamworth Villas, Colomberie and a Mrs Renouf who lived with her daughter in St Saviours Road. By all accounts, Sarah Kilpack found it difficult to place trust in people and was a rather solitary person. Her paintings seem to express her moods; dark and threatening in the storm pictures with occasional glimpses of her renowned warmth and affection in her languid sunset paintings and calm coastal landscapes. She exhibited each year from 1867 at the Society of Female Artists Exhibition (now known as The Society of Women Artists) London. Despite her earnings of some £500 a year throughout the 1880’s, she died in relative poverty in 1909. An exhibition of Channel Island paintings by Sarah Kilpack was held at The Cook Gallery, Jersey in 1989. This coincided with, and marked, the 150th anniversary of her birth. In the same year a set of commemorative stamps were produced entitled ‘Jersey Calms and Storms’. The views depicted were Gorey Harbour, La Corbiere, Freve De Lecu, Bouze Bay and Mont Orgueil. This, probably unique collection, depicts a complete range and subject matter. They are all small size, originating from sketch books in the artists collection. Provenance: Viola Gardener, Dulverton, Devon. Mrs June Day, nee Spanton-Brain, Devon. Mr William Elmhurst.
Sarah Louise Kilpack (1840-1909), Coastal scene in a gale, figures by a harbour wall in the foreground, oil on card, 7.25 x 9.25cm, together with, Coastal Fortification, figures on a shore in the foreground, oil on card, 6.75 x 9cm. (2) Sarah Louise Kilpack (1840-1909) was born at 42 King Street, Covent Garden, London and from an early age showed a great natural aptitude for music and drawing. At the age of 11, she played a Beethoven sonata at the Old St James’s Hall, near Piccadilly Circus. As she grew up, she played more and more concerts, the fees from which enabled her to journey out of London to the country where she would sketch ‘plein air’. In Jersey she struck up friendships with two families; the Brooke family who lived at Tamworth Villas, Colomberie and a Mrs Renouf who lived with her daughter in St Saviours Road. By all accounts, Sarah Kilpack found it difficult to place trust in people and was a rather solitary person. Her paintings seem to express her moods; dark and threatening in the storm pictures with occasional glimpses of her renowned warmth and affection in her languid sunset paintings and calm coastal landscapes. She exhibited each year from 1867 at the Society of Female Artists Exhibition (now known as The Society of Women Artists) London. Despite her earnings of some £500 a year throughout the 1880’s, she died in relative poverty in 1909. An exhibition of Channel Island paintings by Sarah Kilpack was held at The Cook Gallery, Jersey in 1989. This coincided with, and marked, the 150th anniversary of her birth. In the same year a set of commemorative stamps were produced entitled ‘Jersey Calms and Storms’. The views depicted were Gorey Harbour, La Corbiere, Freve De Lecu, Bouze Bay and Mont Orgueil. This, probably unique collection, depicts a complete range and subject matter. They are all small size, originating from sketch books in the artists collection. Provenance: Viola Gardener, Dulverton, Devon. Mrs June Day, nee Spanton-Brain, Devon. Mr William Elmhurst.
Sarah Louise Kilpack (1840-1909), Church and churchyard, oil on card, 8.75 x 7.25cm, together with, Windmill on a hill, figures in the foreground, oil on card, 10 x 7.25cm, Church on a hill, sheep grazing in foreground, oil o card, 7 x 7.75cm, Figures on a path before a house, oil on card, 5.25 x 12cm. (4) Sarah Louise Kilpack (1840-1909) was born at 42 King Street, Covent Garden, London and from an early age showed a great natural aptitude for music and drawing. At the age of 11, she played a Beethoven sonata at the Old St James’s Hall, near Piccadilly Circus. As she grew up, she played more and more concerts, the fees from which enabled her to journey out of London to the country where she would sketch ‘plein air’. In Jersey she struck up friendships with two families; the Brooke family who lived at Tamworth Villas, Colomberie and a Mrs Renouf who lived with her daughter in St Saviours Road. By all accounts, Sarah Kilpack found it difficult to place trust in people and was a rather solitary person. Her paintings seem to express her moods; dark and threatening in the storm pictures with occasional glimpses of her renowned warmth and affection in her languid sunset paintings and calm coastal landscapes. She exhibited each year from 1867 at the Society of Female Artists Exhibition (now known as The Society of Women Artists) London. Despite her earnings of some £500 a year throughout the 1880’s, she died in relative poverty in 1909. An exhibition of Channel Island paintings by Sarah Kilpack was held at The Cook Gallery, Jersey in 1989. This coincided with, and marked, the 150th anniversary of her birth. In the same year a set of commemorative stamps were produced entitled ‘Jersey Calms and Storms’. The views depicted were Gorey Harbour, La Corbiere, Freve De Lecu, Bouze Bay and Mont Orgueil. This, probably unique collection, depicts a complete range and subject matter. They are all small size, originating from sketch books in the artists collection. Provenance: Viola Gardener, Dulverton, Devon. Mrs June Day, nee Spanton-Brain, Devon. Mr William Elmhurst.
Sarah Louise Kilpack (1840-1909), Beached two-masted ship before a harbour and lighthouse, initialled bottom left, oil on card, 9 x 7.75cm, together with, Fishing boats off-shore, initialled bottom left, oil on board, 9 x 7cm. (2) Sarah Louise Kilpack (1840-1909) was born at 42 King Street, Covent Garden, London and from an early age showed a great natural aptitude for music and drawing. At the age of 11, she played a Beethoven sonata at the Old St James’s Hall, near Piccadilly Circus. As she grew up, she played more and more concerts, the fees from which enabled her to journey out of London to the country where she would sketch ‘plein air’. In Jersey she struck up friendships with two families; the Brooke family who lived at Tamworth Villas, Colomberie and a Mrs Renouf who lived with her daughter in St Saviours Road. By all accounts, Sarah Kilpack found it difficult to place trust in people and was a rather solitary person. Her paintings seem to express her moods; dark and threatening in the storm pictures with occasional glimpses of her renowned warmth and affection in her languid sunset paintings and calm coastal landscapes. She exhibited each year from 1867 at the Society of Female Artists Exhibition (now known as The Society of Women Artists) London. Despite her earnings of some £500 a year throughout the 1880’s, she died in relative poverty in 1909. An exhibition of Channel Island paintings by Sarah Kilpack was held at The Cook Gallery, Jersey in 1989. This coincided with, and marked, the 150th anniversary of her birth. In the same year a set of commemorative stamps were produced entitled ‘Jersey Calms and Storms’. The views depicted were Gorey Harbour, La Corbiere, Freve De Lecu, Bouze Bay and Mont Orgueil. This, probably unique collection, depicts a complete range and subject matter. They are all small size, originating from sketch books in the artists collection. Provenance: Viola Gardener, Dulverton, Devon. Mrs June Day, nee Spanton-Brain, Devon. Mr William Elmhurst.
Sarah Louise Kilpack (1840-1909), An album containing twenty nine oils on card, mostly coastal scenes, some fixed to leaves some loose, some signed or initialled, all small size. *There is a postcard stating that the miniatures were to bequeathed to the Rev. Charles Gardiner by the artist. Sarah Louise Kilpack (1840-1909) was born at 42 King Street, Covent Garden, London and from an early age showed a great natural aptitude for music and drawing. At the age of 11, she played a Beethoven sonata at the Old St James’s Hall, near Piccadilly Circus. As she grew up, she played more and more concerts, the fees from which enabled her to journey out of London to the country where she would sketch ‘plein air’. In Jersey she struck up friendships with two families; the Brooke family who lived at Tamworth Villas, Colomberie and a Mrs Renouf who lived with her daughter in St Saviours Road. By all accounts, Sarah Kilpack found it difficult to place trust in people and was a rather solitary person. Her paintings seem to express her moods; dark and threatening in the storm pictures with occasional glimpses of her renowned warmth and affection in her languid sunset paintings and calm coastal landscapes. She exhibited each year from 1867 at the Society of Female Artists Exhibition (now known as The Society of Women Artists) London. Despite her earnings of some £500 a year throughout the 1880’s, she died in relative poverty in 1909. An exhibition of Channel Island paintings by Sarah Kilpack was held at The Cook Gallery, Jersey in 1989. This coincided with, and marked, the 150th anniversary of her birth. In the same year a set of commemorative stamps were produced entitled ‘Jersey Calms and Storms’. The views depicted were Gorey Harbour, La Corbiere, Freve De Lecu, Bouze Bay and Mont Orgueil. This, probably unique collection, depicts a complete range and subject matter. They are all small size, originating from sketch books in the artists collection. Provenance: Viola Gardener, Dulverton, Devon. Mrs June Day, nee Spanton-Brain, Devon. Mr William Elmhurst.
A pair of Sèvres Seaux a bouteille, of conventional type with gilt shell and scroll handles, painted with a band of flowers within thin dark-blue and gilt borders above a similar blue and gilt basal band, 19cm high, interlaced ‘L’s’ marks, date letters qq for 1793 (?) and decorator’s mark P (one with chipped handle). See Rosalind Savill, The Wallace Collection Catalogue of Sèvres Porcelain (Vol. iii), (1988), p. 1059 for notes on Pierre, Jean-Jaques who used various forms of ‘P’ and p. 1164 for notes on the problems of dating.
Walter William Burgess, RE (1855-1908) ‘Design for Reredos Decoration to be executed in Venetian Mosiacs’. Pen & ink and watercolour. Titled to label verso, 43cm x 62cm, arch-top. Burgess was an etcher and architect and exhibited at the leading London galleries from 1874, chiefly at the Royal Academy. Elected R.E. 1883, his membership ceased on 18th August 1908. He lived in Chelsea, London. He was called ‘The Pretty Burgess’ to differentiate him from William Burgess, ARA, the greater architect, who was ‘not pretty’.
Gordon Forsyth (1897-1952); watercolour of two stained glass windows for a centenary of a church in 1911 showing John and Charles Wesley of the Methodist church, with signed paper label and address verso, Gordon Forsyth was the head of art room at Pilkingtons tiles Clifton. Provenance: given by Gordon Forsyth to Mr A E Barlow who worked in the art room at Pilkingtons tiles from 1903 to 1914, and by direct descent to present vendor, 32.5 x 17cm, framed and glazed
A World War II medal group awarded to Margaret Helen Patricia Gettings of the WAAF service no.452462 who spent part of her wartime as a plotter at RAF Biggin Hill, her later career went on to being a nurse, the medal group comprises a 1939-45 Medal and the Defence Medal, also included in this lot is a nursing certificate to Margaret Gettings dated 1951, a quantity of RAF buttons, badges, including two sweetheart badges, a United Sheffield Hospital school of nursing badge, two WAAF identity badges, a photograph album showing Margaret Gettings in her RAF uniform and other family photographs etc, also nursing photographs including one on retirement, also included is an autograph book from her time in the RAF with numerous autographs and drawings written and drawn by RAF personnel including some fighter pilots, additionally some signatures from actors and comedians including `Big hearted` Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch (Stinker), Jack Warner, Maurice Miles etc, a World War I medal group awarded to 11030 Private G S Gettings of the Honourable Artillery Co Infantry comprising 1914-18 medal and Great War for Civilisation Medal, also a silver George V silver jubilee medal (illustrated)
Dennis Nilsen Letters; a collection of letters written by Dennis Nilsen immediately after his arrest, and during his imprisonment to a former work colleague. She regarded Nilsen merely as a working colleague, he however regarded her as a rare friend, hence the correspondence. Nilsen was convicted of the very gruesome murders of at least fifteen men and boys between 1978 and 1983. He was sentenced to life imprisonment and will never be released. He was arrested by Detective Chief Inspector Jay who is mentioned in the letters. In the lot there are eighteen letters and one Christmas card. In the letter Nilsen talks about his case and his intention to defend himself, he however later decided to appoint Ronald Moss as his defence. He also talks about prison life, the food, solitary confinement and his decision to create his own educational programme studying criminology as his subject on the basis that he was in an ideal place to study this subject. He also talks about the fate of his dog `Bleep`, who he regarded as his substitute child. The letters date from the 17th of February to the 4th of November 1983, also included is a Christmas card dated 16th December 1984 in which Nilsen has written a poem "Christmas time is something, almost tailor made, for sending someone pressies, perhaps a hacksaw blade?"
Franklin Mint American Cars: twelve classic models with wood wall-display shelf unit, G-E :. Previously sold by Humberts Auctioneer 21 April 2005 Contnets of ‘Quarwood’, Home of The Late John Entwhistle, lot 323 two ‘Who’ casino chips, copy of sale catalogue and newspaper cutting; and green Packard (from another source (17)
Annuals: Collection of thirty-seven annuals, majority 1970’s including Dandy, Beano, Beezer, Topper, Whizzer and Chips, Buster, Cor!, Knockout, Dr. Who 1977 and Dalek Annual 1977; collection of 1970’s comics including Whoopee, The Crunch, Monster Fun, Crazy, Action and large selection of Dandy, Annuals F-G, comics VG-E
Rare 1963 Football Association 100th Anniversary presentation set given to ex-players and dignitaries for the dinner held at the Dorchester Hotel October 1963. Set consists of 2 Royal Crown Derby Pin Dishes with England motifs in centre, Engraved Pen and His and Her Badges. Housed in a blue box, also comes with original invite for the person who it was presented to.
Schwabe (Randolph) Mary Sargent Florence bust-length in pastel over charcoal" 335 x 240mm. signed and dated lower right framed and glazed 1942. ***Mary Sargent Florence (1857-1954) trained at the Slade and became a mural painter in fresco. She was a noted early feminist and suffragette and was the mother of Alix Strachey the psychoanalyst who translated the works of Sigmund Freud into English. Their home with the latter`s husband James Strachey was Lord`s Wood in Buckinghamshire " an occasional if unusually austere retreat of the Bloomsbury Group. .
C.A.T. (19th Century) `The man who at once is a judge of a horse, a judge of a country - "A rum one to follow, a bad one to beat"`, 13 3/4" x 14 3/4", and a companion piece, `The Ladies-man, but a good sportsman to boot`, 14" x 15", hand coloured lithographs, Messrs. Fores of Piccadilly labels verso (2) (see illustration)
Richard Sharah, Australian, late 20th century- Portrait of Marie Helvin reclining full-length on a terrace by the sea; oil on canvas, signed and dated 1980, 122x183cm. Note: Richard Sharah was a make-up artist who, during his career made-up a cross section of famous faces including Zandra Rhodes, Jerry Hall, Marie Helvin, Faye Dunaway, David Bowie, Marvin Gaye and Steve Strange. Sharah studied fine arts in Australia, worked for Revlon and thereafter as a free lance make-up artist working in London after 1973.
Zhao Shao`ang, Chinese, 1905-1998- Ducks and lilies; hanging scroll; ink and bodycolour on paper, with inscription and two seals, 94x43cm: together with two other hanging scrolls to include examples by Huang Binhong 1864-1955, Mountain view, ink on paper, with inscription and one seal; and one further hanging scroll depicting an eagle perched upon a branch by a different hand, Note: Zhao Shao`ang, a native of Guangzhoi, was the most influential artist in the second generation of the Lingnan School of Guangdon painters, who are known for Western-inspired realism in their work. Extensively exhibiting his art abroad, Zhao may have had a greater impact on the West than in China. (MMOA)
Pu Ru, Chinese; 1896-1963- Extensive mountain view; opaque colour on paper, with inscription and two seals, 135x70cm: together with three other hanging scrolls by various hands, Note: also known as Pu Hsin-Yu, was a native of Beijing, and a member of the Manchu imperial family, born near the end of the Qing Dynasty He was cousin to the last Emperor Pu Yi and was one of the children who presented themselves at the palace as candidates for the future emperor. Being a prince, he was an honoured student in Berlin. After he returned from Europe, he retreated into the Western Mountains, where he spent many years at the Jie Tai Monastery to concentrate on his studies.
* J J Foster, Author, Published 1903- "Miniature Painters, British And Foreign, With Some Account of those Who Practised in America in the Eighteenth century"; publ. Dickinson`s, London, E P Dutton & Co, New York, 1903, two volumes, Author`s Edition, hard covers, red cloth spines, gilt tooling, 36x27cm,ea.: George G Williamson, Author, Published 1893- "Andrew & Nathaniel Plimer, Miniature Painters, Their Lives and their Works"; publ. London, George Bell & Sons, printed by the Chiswick Press, 1893, numbered 19, from an edition of 75 containing various hand-coloured plates after the Plimers, hardcover in cream linen, gilt tooling, 110 examples on hand-made paper, as issued, 33x24c: "One Hundred Silhouette Portraits, Selected from the Collection of Francis Wellesley", 1912; printed by Horace Hart at the University Press Oxford, for Francis Wellesley, 1912, with preface by Weymer Mills, one hundred copies printed for private circulation, unnumbered copy, hardcover, cream cloth, gilt tooled spine, 41x30cm: together with other similar assorted art reference books, various titles, (6)
Felstead (S. Theodore) STARS WHO MADE THE HALLS: A Hundred Years of English Humour, Harmony and Hilarity, second impression, lacks dustjacket, tape repairs, spine sunned, photos, 8vo, London: T. Werner Laurie, 1947, inscribed on front blank, `To my dearest & sweetest fan. Without your support I`d have been in the workhouse long ago. G.H. Elliott, 1948. * P.S. Please don`t keep belching during my act.`; Epstein (Brian) A CELLARFUL OF NOISE, dustjacket (edge wear, short tears), 8vo, London: Souvenir Presss, 1964, FIRST EDITION. Provenance: Ted, Lord Willis (some with his inscription/book stamps); with approx. 50 other books on music hall and popular song from Lord Willis`s library.
A Collection of Autographs of Entertainers, on photographs and programmes, including John Cleese, Charlton Heston, Anthony Hopkins, Laurence Olivier, Peggy Ashcroft, Melvyn Bragg, George Cole, Brit Ekland, Adam Faith, Magnus Magnusson, Ralph Richardson etc., in a ring binder. *These were obtained by the vendor’s friend who worked at the Theatre Royal, York.
School and College Registers.- 2 vol." 1911 § Ogilvie (Joseph) The Church of Scotland Training College in Aberdeen. Records of the Classes... Aberdeen privately printed 1907 § Lyttelton (E.) The Old Public School-boys` Who`s Who; Eton 1933 § Loretto Register 1825 to 1925 (The) Edinburgh1927 plates and illustrations original cloth a little rubbed; and a quantity of others similar" 8vo and 4to(qty)
Gilpin (William).- A sketchbook the majority studies of ruins and trees" original boards covers loose stitching defective 8vo. ***The book has an autograph note by Gilpin stating that the landscapes are by Mr. Smith and a long inscription giving the book to his grandson who "possesses a taste for drawing which ...may be a very useful as well as a pleasing amusement to him" Vicar`s Hill" April 19. 1800..
Broadsides.- The Banks of the Dee wood-engraved vignette" all within a typographical border Durham Walker n.d. § Hi O who`s for the bank wood-engraved vignette chipped at egdes no place n.d. § Nancy lee the Sailor`s Wife wood-engraved illustrations typographical border lightly browned Baltimore Wm. J. Scmidt n.d.; and 8 others similar" v.s.(11)
Bates (H.E.) Down the River"1937 wood-engraved illustrations by Agnes Miller Parker 1937; The Woman who had Imagination lightly spotted 1934; The Hessian Prisoner No.2 of the Furnival Books one of 550 copies signed by the author frontispiece by John Austen 1930; The Country Heart illustrations by John Minton printed in green new front endpapers1949 first editions original cloth the third with faded spine the first two with soiled dust-jackets; and 11 others by the same" 4to & 8vo(15)
Cockerell & Tebbutt - Gogol, Nokolay The overcoat. Verona: Officina Bodoni, 1975. 4to, number 129 of 160 copies, ten etchings by Pietro Annigoni who has signed the colophon in pencil, full vellum gilt by Sydney Cockerell with designs by Joan Tebbutt, binder`s stamp and dated 1976. Note: See Cockerell, S.M. & Tebbutt, J.R. Thirty recent bindings. Foss: K.D. Duval, 1980, number 13 in catalogue.
Hawkesworth, John - Cook, Captain James An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His Present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere. London: printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1773. Second edition, 4to, [xii], xxxvi, [iv], [viii], 456; xiv, 410; [i-vi], 7-395, 3 volumes, 52 engraved plates, charts and maps, folding maps & plates backed on linen, some foxing, some offsetting to maps; Cook, Captain James A voyage towards the South Pole and round the World. London: printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1784. Fourth edition, 4to [xl, 378; [viii], 396, 2 volumes, engraved portrait frontispiece after W. Hodges, 63 plates, charts and maps, some folding, folding printed table at p.364, foxing to plates, two plates shaved; Cook, Captain James & King, Captain James A voyage to the Pacific Ocean... for making discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. London: printed for G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1785. Second edition, 4to [x], xcvi, 421; [xiv], 548; [xiv], 556, 4 volumes including the Atlas folio, 87 engraved plates, charts and maps, some folding, folding letterpress table in volume 3, bound without the supplementary Death of Cook plate, offsetting and foxing to plates, maps and text; text volumes uniformly bound in 19th century tree calf gilt, brown and black labels, Northern Lighthouse gilt stamp to backstrips, majority of maps and charts bound in folio plate volume, 19th century half calf gilt, Northern Lighthouse gilt stamp to backstrips, all volumes rubbed, hinges splitting (9) Note: An attractive set of Cook`s Pacific voyges, one of the great classics of maritime exploration. The original purpose of Cook`s first voyage was to observe the transit of Venus. This was accomplished at Tahiti but six months were then spent on the coast of New Zealand, which was circumnavigated and charted for the first time, as was the east coast of Australia. It was of course Cook who named New South Wales and naturalists on the expedition who named Botany Bay. The second voyage disproved the myth of the existence of a further southern continent and made the first crossing of the Antarctic Circle. Numerous further explorations were undertaken and discoveries made, including the New Hebrides, New Caledonia and South Georgia. Knowledge of the South Pacific was given a firm basis for the first time and the maps made then remain valid today. The final voyage was principally directed towards the search for a Northwest Passage from the Pacific, culminating in Cook`s tragic murder in the Hawaiian Islands. The second edition of the first voyage differs from the first in that it contains a Preface to the second edition, in which Hawkesworth replies to the charges made against him by Alexander Dalrymple, and in that each volume is separately paginated. M.K. Beddie. BCJC 650; 1229; 1552; Hill, pp. 61-63; Sabin 30934; 16245; 16250
Park, Mungo Travels in the interior districts of Africa. London: printed by W. Bulmer for the authors, 1799. Second edition, 4to, [iii-xxviii, 372, xcii], portrait frontispiece, 3 folding maps [linen backed], 5 plates, [bound with] The journal of a mission to the interior of Africa in the year 1805. London, 1815. 4to, [[10], cxxx, [1], 219], folding map frontispiece [linen backed], [bound with] The narrative of Robert Adams, a sailor, who was wrecked on the Western coast of Africa, in the year 1810... London, 1816. 4to, [xxxix, 231], folding map frontispiece [linen backed]; bound in 19th century calf gilt, Northern Light Board gilt stamp to backstrip, some fading to backstrips, scuffs to boards
Vancouver, Captain George A voyage of discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and round the world, in which the coast of north-west America has been carefully examined and accurately described. London: G.G. & J. Robinson, and J. Edwards, 1798. First edition, 4 volumes including atlas, 3 volumes, 4to, [viii], xxix, [vi], 432; [vi], 504; [viii], 606, [ii], text with 18 engraved plates; folio atlas [540 x 426mm.] with 16 engraved maps, charts and coastal profiles, folding maps and charts mounted on guards, half-title in volumes 1 & 3, text contemporary russia gilt, Northern Light Board gilt stamp to head of spines, spotting to, and offsetting from, plates in text volumes, spines worn, joints splitting, atlas contemporary half russia with marbled sides, Northern Light Board gilt stamp to upper cover, slight spotting of coastal profiles, minimal offsetting to a few folding charts, head and tail of spine worn Note: ``Vancouver, who had served on Captain Cook`s second and third voyages, was made commander of a grand-scale expedition to reclaim Britain`s rights, resulting from the Nootka Convention, at Nootka Sound, to examine thoroughly the coast south of 60° in order to find a possible passage to the Atlantic, and to learn what establishments had been founded by other powers. This voyage became one of the most important ever made in the interests of geographical knowledge. Vancouver sailed by way of the Cape of Good Hope to Australia, where he discovered King George`s sound and Cape Hood, then to New Zealand, Hawaii, and the northwest coast of America. In three seasons` work Vancouver surveyed the coast of California, visited San Francisco and San Diego and other Spanish settlements in Alta California... investigated the Strait of Juan de Fuca, discovered the Strait of Georgia, circumnavigated Vancouver Island, and disproved the existence of any passage between the Pacific and Hudson Bay`` The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages, pp.303-4. Sabin 98443; Provenance: Chas. Ellis, 25 Soho Square, contemporary inscription on title-pages; Raymond Barker, armorial bookplates
Wales, William Astronomical observations made in the voyages... for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere. London: sold by P. Elmsley, 1788. 4to, [[iv], xii, *4, 146], 2 folding maps, contemporary tree calf gilt, red label, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp to upper board, rubbing to backstrip, some offsetting to title Note: Wales was appointed by the Board of Longitude to accompany Captain James Cook on his second voyage of 1772–75, replacing the astronomer (and Wales` brother-in-law) Charles Green, who had died during the return leg of Cook`s first voyage. A major part of Wales` duties was to test Larcum Kendall`s K1 chronometer, based on the H4 of John Harrison. Wallis and Carteret had been to the South Pacific in 1766. It was in 1778 that Wales was given the task of producing the official astronomical account of Cook’s first voyage following the death of Charles Green. In order to clarify Green’s accounts earlier observations had to be included, and with Cook’s untimely death during the third Voyage Wales had a mammoth task producing this work without Green or Cook’s assistance. Once published however the information was of great value to seamen. The first edition of 1777 contains four plates and maps.
A group of Corgi Junior blister pack models with a James Bond theme, to include two No. 40 Aston Martin DB5`s, a Drax Jet Ranger No. 73, a No. 3 Stromberg Jet Ranger, a Lotus Espirit, a Moonraker Space Shuttle, a Moonraker Twin Pack comprising helicopter and spaceshuttle, a Twin Pack The Spy Who Loved Me Lotus Espirit and helicopter and a James Bond boxed For Your Eyes Only Citroen 2CV
A French Masonic apprentice piece arch panel, with a blind balustrade base and pilasters above, the centre inlaid compass, square and chisel, with initials UVGT (Union, Valeur, Genie, Travail), with a vaulted arch above, late 19th/early 20th century, 18.5in (47cm) h, 11.75in (30cm) w. It is likely that the mason who made the above piece belonged to the company of Carpenters and Joiners.
Erte (Romain de Tirtoff) Russian 1892-1990, an original Gouache on cream card/paper, a costume design for Juliet Prowse, the well known performer who was principal dancer in the 1954 Victoria Palace production of Mother Goose. Signed and stamped `Production department Moss` Empires Limited`, annotated in pencil, written verso is `No. 13.696 La Fil de la creme Fouettee` and studio stamped "Composition originale", 13 11/16" x 10 5/8" (small tear to left and right edges).
W * GAUNT - `Dilemma of a group of fashionable English people who having thought it the right thing to visit an exhibition of pictures by D.H. Lawrence do not know whether to give the social cachet to the facts of nature and say `Ah! What Fun!` or on the other hand to preserve their.... with a `Really Shocking`, a cartoon sketch satirizing the nude paintings by D.H. Lawrence, pen, ink and colour washes, 13" x 10".
Layard.Early Adventures in Persia..,2v,1st,1887 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, chromolithograph frontispiece, 3 wood-engraved plates, 3 folding maps, A.L.s. dated 1889 from the author to Henry Gibbs acknowledging receipt of catalogue of Gibbs`s books loosely inserted, with ink signature of Gibbs on front free endpaper and his bookplate, a fine copy in original decorated cloth, corners very slightly bumped, 8vo, 1887. ***Henry Gibbs (1819-1907, 1st Baron Aldenham), merchant and scholar who served as director and governor of the Bank of England. He was an enthusiastic bibliophile, member of the Roxburghe Club, and a philologist and lexicographer who assisted in the production of The New English Dictionary. A catalogue of some printed books and manuscripts at St.Dunstan`s, Regent`s Park, and Aldenham House, Herts. was privately printed in 1888..
Flaubert (Gustave) Madame Bovary translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling, first English edition, plates, 32pp. advertisements, slight splitting to front hinge, original blue cloth, gilt and black, very slight rubbing, overall a very good example, 8vo, Vizetelly & Co., 1886. ***The tragic tale of Emma Bovary`s attempts to escape marriage & motherhood`s failure to live up to her own romantic expectations, through doomed affairs & excesses, ending with her own suicide in the face of insurmountable debts. Translated by Karl Marx`s daughter, who also took her own life by poison..
[Sale Catalogue].- Bibliotheca Pinelliana. A Catal later marbled boards, chipped at spine ends, 8vo, Robson and Clarke and Mr.Edwards, 1789. ***James Edwards (1757-1816) was a London bookseller who bought the whole library from Pinelli`s heirs and brought it from Venice to London for auction. Sales were held in 1789 and 1790. The success of this venture led to the Paris d`Illens sale in 1791..
Gruz (H) Motifs de Peinture Décorative... chromolithographed additional pictorial title and 60 plates, most chromolithographed and heightened with gold, a few tinted, some mounted, some spotting, mostly marginal, Brussels bookseller`s label pasted over imprint on title, contemporary half morocco, spine gilt, rubbed and a little stained, folio, Paris, Liege and Berlin, Ch.Clasen, 1860 [but after 1867]. ***Pattern book of Second Empire interior decoration by a painter-decorator who worked for distinguished clients of the day including Lefuel and Viollet-le-Duc. The pictorial title is dated 1860 but the preface refers to work by Gruz up to 1867..
Carew (Bampfylde-Moore). The King of the Beggars; or, the History of Bamfylde Moore Carew; Who Was the Son of a Gentleman Near Plymouth, and Ran Away from his Father and Joined a Gang of Gipsies, Detailing the Numerous Tricks and Impositions, Practised by Him in Various Disguises, Derby, Thomas Richardson, [1840], 24 pp., folding hand-col. frontis., orig. green printed wrappers, spine split, frayed to edges, slim 8vo, together with Darton (William, & son, pub.), Rural Amusements and Employments, n.d., c. 1836, twenty-four hand col. engs. on 12 leaves, some offsetting, orig. pale blue printed wrappers, spine worn, rubbed to extrems., slim 8vo, plus Hughes (T., pub.), The Shipwreck; Or the Adventures, Love, and Constancy, of Paul and Virginia..., [1809], eng. frontis., orig. printed wrappers, spine worn, frayed to extrems., slim 8vo, plus two others similar (5)
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[More, Hannah]. Black Giles, the Poacher; With Some Account of a Family Who Had Rather Live by Their Wits Than Their Work, Part 2 only, pub. Dublin, [1796], 24pp., together with Covey (James), The Brave British Tar, or, the History of James Covey, Who Had His Legs Shot Off in the Battle of Camperdown; With an Account of His Extraordinary Dream, and How Remarkably it was Fulfilled, c. 1800, 8pp. edges frayed with slight loss to lower margin, plus Chace (Chevy), The Famous and Memorable History of Chevy-Chace, by the River Tweed, in Scotland, c. 1800, 24pp., all bound in recent wrappers, 8vo, plus nine others similar, a few with slight loss to text, two vols. defective (12)
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