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Click here to subscribeSET OF FOUR QUEEN ANNE STYLE WALNUT AND INLAID CHAIRS BY KNIGHT & SONS, BATH, CIRCA 1900 the shaped splats inlaid with thistles and central motif depicting `John` and `Jesus` after the resurrection entitled `Noli Me Tangere`, above stuffed over seats and raised on foliate inlaid square cabriole legs, united by shaped stretchers (4) Each chairs bears an oval plaque `Knight & Sons, Cabinet Makers, MIlsom Str. Bath`
MAHOGANY METAMORPHIC LIBRARY STEPS ARMCHAIR BY J DENT OF KENSINGTON, AFTER A DESIGN BY MORGAN & SANDERS, CIRCA 1839 the gadrooned bar back above a moulded middle rail and down scrolling arms, the split cane seat with moulded rail above channelled sabre legs ending in brass cappings and ball feet, a lever releasing the back to form four treads inset with later carpet material 54cm wide, 95cm high, 60cm deep Note: John Dent is recorded as a cabinet and chair maker in the 1839 edition of `Pigot`s Directory of London and its Suburbs` and is listed as working at 45 Ernest Street, London around 1839 in the `Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1600-1840` ed. Geofrey Beard and Christopher Glibert.
WHYTOCK & REID, EDINBURGH CABINETMAKERS AN ARCHIVE OF MATERIAL RELATING TO EDINBURGH CABINETMAKERS WHYTOCK & REID 31 binders and a box of photographs and drawings dating from c.1890s - 1980s, to include 45 pencil, ink and watercolour drawings various church projects across Scotland including a staircase at Dunblane Cathedral, the lesser room of Cambuslang Church, memorial furniture at Newtown Church, items for Cullen Church; Wardrobes 5 pencil drawings, c.1968-69 relating to wardrobe fitments including a project for Lady Grizelda Balfour, average size 38 by 53cm; Lighting 84 pencil, ink and watercolour drawings depicting a wide range of lighting designs, average size 33 by 24cm; Chairs 94 pencil, ink and watercolour drawings depicting a range of single chairs and small sofas, average size 30 by 23cm; Chests 109 pencil, ink and watercolour drawings of chests, commodes and dressing tables, some shown in situ, average size 33 by 23cm; Library Furniture 77 pencil and ink drawings of open and glazed bookcases, average size 33 by 23cm; Fire surrounds 127 pen, ink and watercolour drawings of fire surrounds and mantles, average size 32 by 24cm; Easy chairs 24 technical drawings on linen-paper, c. 1970`s, showing elevations and plans with exact dimensions, average size 30 by 21cm; Church Furniture 148 pencil, ink and watercolour drawings [in 2 folders] of various church pieces including altars, lecterns, memorial plaques, pews, etc., average size 27 by 23cm; Settees & Armchairs 98 pencil, ink and watercolour drawings depicting various designs for settees and armchairs, average size 23 by 32cm; Cabinets 109 pencil, ink and watercolour drawings depicting various glazed and unglazed display cabinets, average size 33 by 23cm; Sideboards 99 pencil, ink and watercolour drawings of various sideboards and tables, average size 33 by 22cm; Chairs 91 technical drawings, mainly of chairs, each complete with elevations, plans and dimensions, average size 29 by 39cm; Tables 174 pencil, ink and watercolour drawings of various dining, side and centre tables [in 2 folders], average size 33 by 23cm; Desks 116 pencil, ink and watercolour drawings of desks, average size 30 by 23cm; Beds 97 pencil, ink and watercolour drawings of various beds and cribs, average size 30 by 22cm; Bedside Tables 89 pencil, ink and watercolour drawings of bedside and hall tables, trolleys, pedestals and revolving bookcases, average size 33 by 23cm; Bureaus 87 pencil, ink and watercolour drawings showing various style of bureau and bureau bookcase, average size 33 by 20cm; Bedroom Suites 85 pencil, ink and watercolour drawings and plans of bedroom suites, average size 38 by 56cm; Dining Room Suites 54 pencil, ink and watercolour drawings and plans of dining suites and boardroom furniture, average size 38 by 56cm; Dining and Lounge Furniture 40 pencil, ink and watercolour drawings of dining, lounge and library furniture, average size 38 by 56cm; Design Sources A collection of magazine clippings showing period interiors and furniture examples, pasted onto card leaves; Catalogue Photographs A large quantity of catalogue photographs of pieces from the company`s collections, c. 1950s-60s, including a collection of images from the National Bank project, pasted onto card or paper leaves; majority drawings and photographs filed in ring binders of various sizes, many of the drawings and sketches blindstamped from various locations including John Reid in Glasgow, Whytock & Reid George Street and Charlotte Square in Edinburgh (32) Note: A remarkable archive from Edinburgh cabinetmakers, Whytock & Reid, depicting nearly 100 years of furniture and interior design.Whytock & Co. was originally formed by Richard and William Whytock in 1807, retailing in drapery and haberdashery goods. Their reputation grew throughout the first half of the nineteenth century and by Richard Whytock`s death in 1857 the company had received international recognition in the fields of upholstery, decoration, cabinetmaking and high quality furniture. In 1876 Richard Whytock & Co. amalgamated with the Reid family upholstery business, then trading in Ayr and Glasgow as well as Edinburgh. Initially they traded under the name of Whytock, Reid & Co. before changing to Whytock & Reid in the 1900`s. The partnership was made up of Alexander and William Whytock, the original founder`s nephews, and Robert and Hugh Reid, John Reid`s sons. The retail premises of the merged firm were consolidated at the Whytock showrooms in George Street, by this time at numbers 9/11. The upholstery workshops remained in Rose Lane, and cabinetmaking was carried out at Reid premises at Bell`s Mill, on land acquired in the early 1870s.The Glasgow operations moved a number of times over the next seven decades, eventually closing in 1939. From this point on the firm concentrated on operations in Edinburgh. It was shortly before this closure that the company moved to their most memorable premises, No. 7 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh - an address they would keep for over 40 years. During their 120 year history, Whytock & Reid, produced pieces for prestigious projects throughout Scotland. One of the firm`s most notable patrons was the eminent architect, Robert Stodart Lorimer. A relationship built up between Lorimer and the designers of Whytock & Reid, who successfully transformed Lorimer`s ideas and sketches into working pieces of furniture.The Whytock & Reid standard of craftsmenship allowed them not only to produce fine pieces for their patron`s particular projects, it also gave them the ability to develop ideas for their own stock items. The firm created its own distinctive style over the years, the now renowned "Whytock & Reid look." The firm`s forte was certainly the top-end of the market, the high degree of handwork in the production of its furniture dictating that its products would be "expensive". This has had a favourable outcome in that Whytock & Reid pieces are now intrinsically regarded as high quality and with an increasing rarity value.The final pieces of the firm`s property were eventually dispersed by this house in a 2004 - the success of the sale became a celebration of the achievements of the firm and its eminent position in the Scottish cabinetmaking, upholstery, and decorating tradition. (Smith, Dr. Ian 2004)
SET OF TEN OAK AND UPHOLSTERED DINING CHAIRS IN THE MANNER OF SIR ROBERT LORIMER WHYTOCK & REID, EARLY 20TH CENTURY including one armchair, covered in foliate patterned blue fabric, raised on cabriole legs with stylised foliate carved decoration, ending in faceted pad feet (10) Provenance; Bardrochat House, Ayrshire
WHYTOCK & REID WALNUT WRITING DESK CIRCA 1930 the rectangular top with matched burr veneers enclosed by shaped three-quarter gallery raised above an ogee frieze with two drawers, on cabriole legs with lappet-carved capitals, terminating in pointed pad feet 135cm wide, 78cm high, 65cm deep Provenance; Midfield House, Lasswade, Midlothian Note: Midfield House was built originally in the 18th Century but rebuilt following a devastating fire in 1912. Home to coal-baron James A. Hood, who lost his daughter Margaret in the fire. The reconstruction was carried out between 1914 and 1918 by Sir Robert Lorimer, retaining the original Georgian style, while improving the south-facing side and adding internal grandeur. Lorimer gave the southern aspect house an Italianate flavour, with a water feature and a distinctive loggia, similar to that constructed by him at Ardkinglas.
Alderson (E.A.H.). With the Mounted Infantry and the Mashonaland Field Force, 1896, 1st ed., 1898, ten b & w plts. including two folding, correct as listed, publisher`s cat. at rear, some spotting, author`s presentation inscription to Major General Sir F. Carrington, dated 1898 and inscribed to front pastedown, hinges sl. cracked, orig. cloth gilt, sl. rubbed and marked with one small split at head of spine, together with Sykes (Frank W.), With Plumer in Matabeleland, An Account of the Operations of the Matabeleland Relief Force During the Rebellion of 1896, 1st ed., 1897, num. b & w plts. and illusts., mostly from photos, folding map and publisher`s ads. at rear, some spotting, author`s presentation copy to Frederick Carrington, inscribed to front endpaper and dated 1897, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and soiled, spine browned and upper board sl. creased, plus Fitzpatrick (Sir Percy), Jock of the Bushveld, 1st ed., 1907, col. frontis., b & w plts. and text border illustrations, signed presentation inscription to Frederick Carrington from H.J. Elwes [1846-1922, botanist and author], dated Christmas 1907, orig. cloth gilt, sl. rubbed and a little frayed at spine ends, all 8vo, plus other turn-of-the-century African interest including two with Carrington ownership associations. Provenance: By descent from Sir Frederick Carrington (1844-1913). After education at Cheltenham College, Carrington entered the 24th Foot (South Wales Borderers) in 1864. In 1895 he fought in Africa on several occasions and for his important part in quelling the Matabele uprising in 1896 he was created KCB. In 1897 he married Susan Margaret, only daughter of Henry John Elwes of Colesborne, Cheltenham. See also lots 48-51. (8)
Allen (Captain William). The Dead Sea, a New Route to India: With Other Fragments and Gleanings in the East, 2 vols., 1855, eight col. litho plts. by Hullmandel, one b&w plt., two folding maps (one repaired to gutter margin and tape repair to verso.), ex libris bookplate for Andrew Morrison to front pastedown and newspaper clipping stuck to rear pastedown of first vol., later qtr. morocco gilt, spines faded, 8vo (2)
Arrowsmith (Samuel). The Bible Atlas with Ancient and Modern Names, being a Delineation of the Geography and a Chronological Arrangement of the History of the Holy Bible, 1835, calligraphic title page, twenty maps, plans and charts (only?) several with orig. outline colouring, spotted throughout, contemp. half calf with printed label to upper board, upper board near detached, rubbed and worn, slim 4to, together with,Simkin & Marshall, Hamilton Adams & Co. pubs.A Concise Historical, Biographical & Genealogical Atlas of the Principal Events in the Histories of England, France, Spain, Portugal, Germany and Italy, 1851,calligraphic title page, eleven (only?) engraved maps and genealogical tables with orig. hand colouring, occ. spotting, contemp. cloth gilt, lacking spine, slim folio, with Heaphy (Thomas),The Likeness of Christ: Being an Inquiry into the Verisimilitude of the Received Likeness of our Blessed Lord, 1880front free end papers and frontis. detached, title page printed in red & black, twelve litho. plates enhanced with gouache, gilt and bodycolour (complete as list), numerous b & w wood engravings to text, some spotting, contemp. white cloth gilt, stained and bumped at extrems., folio, with two othes similar (5)
Barclay (Rev. James). The Complete and Universal English Dictionary, the whole revised, with many additions by Willm. Shorton, pub. Nuttall, Fisher & Dixon, Liverpool, May 1816, engraved allegorical frontis., dec. title page, twenty-seven engraved maps, including two folding and one with orig. outline colouring, some maps trimmed to margins, foxed and stained throughout, orig. diced calf with gilt dec. spine, joints weak and cracked, rubbed and worn, 4to (1)
Bell (W.D.M.). The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter, 1st ed., pub. Country Life, 1923, half-tone plates (one loose with frayed margins), occasional light spotting, original buckram-backed boards, rubbed and soiled, 4to, provenance: C.E.D. Stiebel, owner label and signature, inscribed in pencil beneath: ÒIn memory of old MacAllister who spent some years with Karimoja Bell, Mac sent me this book, 1948. MacAllister back in Uganda living at Fort Portal - very old - but still bagging his 3 elephants each yearÓ, together with Rowland Ward`s Records of Big Game. African and Asiatic Sections Giving the Distribution, Characteristics, Dimensions, Weights and Horn & Tusk Measurements, 10th ed., 1935, illustrations, original buckram, slightly rubbed, 4to (2)
Bell (Gertrude Lowthian). The Desert and the Sown, 1st ed., 1907, col. frontis., num. b&w illusts., folding map at rear, split to folds, near contemp. brown cloth, morocco label to spine, 8vo, together with Amurath to Amurath, 1911, b&w illusts. from photos, spotting, near-contemp. green cloth, tear to lower spine, 8vo, plus The Letters of Gertrude Bell, 10th imp., 1928, b&w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth gilt, spines faded, 4to (4)
Bird (Isabella L., `Mrs. Bishop`). Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1891, thirty six b&w plts. and illusts. (as list), ex-libris bookplate for Andrew Morrison to front pastedown of first vol., 8vo, together with Ainsworth (William Francis), A Personal Narrative of the Euphrates Expedition, 1st ed., 2 vols., 1888, folding map to first vol., large 8vo, plus Soane (E. B.), To Mesopotamia and Kurdistan in Disguise, With Historical Notices of the Kurdish Tribes and the Chaldeans of Kurdistan, 1st ed., 1912, six b&w plts, folding map at rear (small handling tear), two b&w illusts. pasted in at front and rear, occ. spotting, large 8vo, plus three others, comprising, The City of the Sultan..., by Julia Pardoe, 2 vols., 1837; A Year Amongst the Persians..., by Edward G. Browne, 1893 (lacking map), all later red uniform half morocco gilt (8)
Blackie (W.G., ed.). The Imperial Atlas of Modern Geography; An Extensive Series of Maps Embracing the Most Recent Discoveries and the Latest Political Divisions of Territory in all Parts of the World, 1860, 100 engraved maps with original outline colouring (complete as list) but with faulty pagination, water stained throughout, contemp. half morocco gilt, upper board detached, rubbed and worn, folio, together with The Comprehensive Atlas & Geography of the World, pub. Blackie & Son, 1883sixty-seven col. printed maps (correct as list) some marginal finger soiling, occ. marginal closed tears, contemp. half calf gilt, rubbed and worn, folio. Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. (2)
Blunt (Wilfrid & Stearn, William T.). Captain Cook`s Florilegium, a Selection of the Engravings from the Drawings of Plants Collected by Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander on Captain Cook`s First Voyage to the Islands of the Pacific, Lion and Unicorn Press, 1973, title printed in gold and black, thirty eng. plts., list of subscribers loosely inserted, orig. black morocco-backed and edged silk boards by Zaehnsdorf, large folio, contained in orig. solander box with a copy of Captain Cook`s Florilegium, a Note on its Production by Joy Law, Lion and Unicorn Press, 1976, orig. morocco-backed buckram, 8vo. Limited editions, 86/100 and 86/175 copies respec. Subscriber number 86 was Bernard Meadows [1915-2005, sculptor]. The thirty engraved plates were printed by hand from the actual plates prepared directly after Captain Cook`s first voyage. The original sketches were made into engravings under Sir Joseph Banks`s supervision on the return of the expedition to England. The plates were never printed until this publication, which took thirteen years to complete. (2)
Buckingham (J.S.). Travels in Assyria, Media, and Persia, Including a Journey from Bagdad by Mount Zagros, to Hamadan, the Anceient Ecbatana, Researches in Ispahan and the Ruins of Persepolis, 2 vols., 2nd ed., 1830, wood. engs. throughout, together with Fraser (James Baillie), A Winter`s Journey (Tartar,), from Constantinople to Tehran; with Travels Through Various Parts of Persia, &c, eng. frontis. to each, title to vol. 1 cut down with loss to blank areas and remounted in three sections, all later green qtr. morocco gilt, spines faded, 8vo (4)
Cassell & Co. (publishers). The Universal Atlas, 1893, title page printed in red & black, 117 colour printed maps (complete as list), many with two maps to one page, hinges and joints broken, contemp. cloth, lacking spine, soiled and worn, folio. Sold as a collection of maps not subject to return. (1)
Charle (J. B. L.). Nouvel Atlas National de la France par Departemens, Paris, n.d. c.1835, eighty-four b & w engraved maps on seventy-seven sheets (only), heavily water stained throughout, disbound and lacking title pages, index and all prelims., folio. Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. (1)
Cochrane (Captain John Dundas). Narrative of a Pedestrian Journey through Russia and Siberian Tartary, from the Frontiers of China to the Frozen Sea and Kamtchatka, 2 vols., 4th/3rd eds., 1825, port. frontis., hand-col. aqua. plt., folding eng. map (torn and a little stained), recent half calf gilt, small 8vo, together with Oliphant (Laurence), Narrative of the Earl of Elgin`s Mission to China and Japan in the Years 1857, `58, `59, 2 vols., 2nd ed., 1860, half-titles present, b & w illusts. to text, folding maps, orig. gilt-dec. cloth, rubbed, darkened on spines and some minor wear to extremities, 8vo, plus Bishop (Mrs. J.F., nee Isabella L. Bird), The Yangtze Valley and Beyond. An Account of Journeys in China, Chiefly in the Province of Sze Chuan and among the Man-tze of the Somo Territory, 1st ed., 1899, num. b & w illusts. from photos, folding map at rear, contemp. apple-green cloth gilt, rubbed and minor wear to extremities, 8vo, and other miscellaneous travel (15)
De Bode (Clement Augustus, Baron). Travels in Luristan and Arabistan, 2 vols. in one, 1st ed., 1845, fifteen tinted and b&w plts., discoloured with some foxing, two folding maps, t.e.g., later blue cloth, with morocco label to spines, slight fading, 8vo, together with Fraser (J. Baillie), Travels in Koordistan, Mesopotamia, &c..., 2 vols., 1st ed., 1840, vol. 2 lacking frontis., titles neatly reattached, ex libris bookplate for Andrew Morrison to front pastedowns, t.e.g., later blue cloth, with morocco label to spines, 8vo (4)
Diack (Hunter & Mackenzie, R. F.). Road Fortune. An Account of a Cycling Journey Through Europe, 1st ed., 1935, eighteen b&w plts., folding map at rear (all as list), orig. cloth gilt, mottled fading, in d.j., rubbed with some loss to edges and spine ends, 8vo (1)
Egerton (T., pub.). A Treatise on Military Finance; Containing the Pay of the Forces on the British and Irish Establishment; with the Allowances in Camp, Garrison and Quarters &c., 1800, half-title and title pages, several folding tables, contemp. sheep with contrasting label to spine, rubbed and worn, 8vo, together with pub. The Admiralty,The Signalman`s Handbook for use in the Royal Navy, 1898,occ. pencil marginalia throughout, twenty-two col. litho. plts. (including two folding), contemp. cloth gilt, worn & rubbed, 8vo, with Marshall Arthur,A Short Account of Explosives, 1917,numerous b & w photographic images to text throughout, contemp. boards with title printed in red to upper board and spine, slight staining, 4to, with another nine pamphlets, photographic albums and periodicals, all with a military theme with several relating to the Boer war, various sizes and condition (12)
Havelock (Captain Henry). Narrative of the War in Affghanistan in 1838-39, 2 vols., 2nd ed., 1840, folding map, unobtrusive blind stamp to each title, contemp. red half calf gilt, refurbished, small 8vo, together with Thorburn (S.S.), Bannu; Or Our Afghan Frontier, 1st ed., 1876, half-title, double-page map (spotted), errata slip before ÒContentsÓ leaf, orig. green cloth gilt, rubbed and soiled, spine ends restored, 8vo, plus James (Lionel), The Indian Frontier War, Being an Account of the Mohmund and Tirah Expeditions, 1897, 1st ed., 1898, half-title, ten maps and plans, b & w illusts. from photos and drawings, contemp. newscuttings pasted to rear endpapers, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, short closed tear at head of spine, 8vo, and others related (9)
Hay (W. R.). Two Years in Kurdistan, Experiences of a Political Officer 1918-1920, 1st ed., 1921, b&w plts. after photos, orig. cloth, very sl. rubbed, together with Soane (G. B), Two Mesopotamia and Kurdistan In Disguise, with historical notices of the Kurdish Tribes and the Chaldeans of Kurdistan, 1st ed., 1912, b&w plates after photos, one or two leaves at front of vol. loose, orig. brown cloth, rubbed and frayed with some wear to extrems., plus Wigram (W. A. and Sir Edgar T. A.), The Cradle of Mankind, Life in Eastern Kurdistan, 2nd ed., 1922, b&w plts. after photos, later plain cloth, and other Middle Eastern travel, all early to mid 20th c., a few in d.j.s, all 8vo (44)
Jessen (B.H.). W.N. McMillan`s Expeditions and Big Game Hunting in Sudan, Abyssinia, & British East Africa, 1st ed. (for private distribution only), 1906, b & w port. frontis., numerous b & w plts. & illusts. from photos. and drawings, large folding map contained in rear pocket, orig. red cloth, lettered in gilt, slightly faded to spine and upper board, large 8vo (1)
Keppel (George). Personal Narrative of Travels in Babylonia, Assyria, Media, and Scythia, in the year 1824, 2 vols., 3rd ed., pub. Henry Colburn, 1827, folding map, four hand-coloured aqua plates of costume, b&w wood eng. illusts. to text (all correct as list), t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, later cloth with gilt morocco label to spine of each vol., a little rubbed, 8vo. Blackmer 908. (2)
King Leonard W. A History of Babylon, from the Foundation of the Monarchy to the Persian Conquest, 1919, b&w plts. and illusts. throughout, neat inscription to half title, t.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, 8vo, together with Byron (Robert), First Russia then Tibet, 1933, col. frontis., num. b&w plts., t.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, 8vo, plus Childs (W. J.), Accoss Asia Minor on Foot, 1917, b&w illusts. from photos throughout, orig. printed cloth gilt, spine faded, 8vo, plus sixteen other Middle Eatern travel, mostly early 20th c., incl. Shorter Encyclopaedia of Islam..., by H. A. R. Gibb & J. H. Kramers, Leiden, 1953; Nile to Aleppo..., by Hector Dinning, 1st ed., 1920, etc. (19)
La Roque (Jean de). Voyage de l`Arabie Heureuse, Par l`Ocean Oriental, & le Detroit de la Mer Rouge. Fait par les Francois pour la premiere sois, dans les annees 1708, 1709 & 1710..., Amsterdam, 1716, eng. frontis., title printed in red & black and with eng. vignette, folding eng. map and three folding eng. plts., occ. minor spotting, contemp. vellum, 12mo (1)
* Matabeleland. A good album of fifty-seven mounted b & w photos relating to the Second Matabele Rebellion [compiled by Sir Frederick Carrington], 1896, the first (and largest) image a group portrait of Grey`s Scouts by E.B.S. Mercer (20 x 25cm), the remaining photos largely 20 x 15 or 10 x 15cm and mounted one or two to a page, some with caption and photographer details in image, photographer`s name being either [Joseph] Barnett of Johannesburg or C.H. Newberry of Bulawayo, images include a portrait of Colonel Baden-Powell on horseback with a rifle, Rhodes, Jarvis, Metcalf and Earl Grey, C.J. Rhodes reclining on a mattress out of doors, a hanging of three native people, fort at Shiloh, a Matabele chief, Belingwe Scouts and troops, Umshebaye Valley and fort, Umluzulu fort, Inyanda (the late King`s brother) and his mother, Inuyu fort, group of natives at Inuya, the scene of Captain Laing`s fight, group of signallers, gorge in Matoppos, ?Babyame & Umgau, field telephone, Tati, Wanetzee River, shooting Matabele spies at Mangwe fort, the Africander Company, Sir Frederick Carrington and staff (partly faded and bleached at margin), the Limpopo River, Toque River, Macloutsie camp, Lord Carrington and staff showing eleven people with negative number 539 in the image, approx. thirty images captioned on mounts in Carrington`s holograph, a.e.g., contemp. morocco gilt, a little wear to extremities, 4to. Provenance: By descent fromf Sir Frederick Carrington (1844-1913). Carrington had been military advisor to the High Commissioner in the First Matabele War and then commanded the British Force in the Matabele Rebellion in 1896 where Colonel Baden-Powell was his chief of staff. (1)
* Matabeleland - Trial of Baden-Powell. An archive of printed and manuscript papers relating to a court of inquiry set up to investigate the circumstances connected with the trial by Lieutenant Colonel Baden-Powell, and subsequent execution, of the Maholi Chief Uwini at Uwini`s mountain on 13th September 1896, including an autograph report signed from Gerald H. Upton to Captain P.H. van Niekerk dated 11th September 1896, concerning the build up to and the capture of Chief Uwini, a three page report from the day following signed by Captain van Niekerk giving details of action on the 9th, 10th and 11 September where he had captured Chief Uwini, `I called to the chief to come out promising to spare his life [the last five words underlined in red at a later date] or threatening to shoot him if he refused to do so. He came out shortly afterwards finding he was cornered`, together with the form of proceedings for Field General Court Martial comprising four printed leaves completed in manuscript and five related additional manuscript leaves including a schedule and an order for the assembly of a Field General Court Martial (marked G), various signatures including those of the Court Martial President Major H.M. Ridley, the final page signed by Baden-Powell, plus a four-page carbon copy of an autograph letter by Baden-Powell dated 13th September 1896, reporting `I have taken another step, which I hope you will not disapprove of - viz - trying Uweena by Court Martial. He is the big chief of this part, we have lots of evidence that he instigated rebellion and murders of whites, he is badly wounded, we cannot send him to Buluwayo, and I must be leaving this with some of the senior officers tonight. So if the court find him guilty and sentence him to be shot I shall take on myself the responsibility of confirming it. The effect too should be very good for being carried out promptly and at his own stronghold - and we have a good number of rebels, prisoners and refugees, here to witness it & report it to the remainder. I will send you the proceedings`, plus three manuscript documents marked enclosure A, B, C, the first a two page autograph letter signed from Baden-Powell to Frederick Carrington, also dated 13th September 1896 enclosing the proceedings of the Field General Court Martial and confirming that the sentence of execution by shooting was carried out at sundown, `The moral effect among the natives of this district where Uweena was the chief Induna, will, I think, be all the greater for the sentence being carried out promptly and at the chief`s own stronghold and should save further bloodshed`, the second enclosure an autograph letter from N.D. Fynn, Buluwayo, 1st October, 1896, a long three-page report giving his soundings on the death of Uwini, `There can be no doubt that the action of Colonel Baden-Powell in causing the death of Uwinya has had the very best results in ridding the country of the chief obstacle to the peaceful settlement of the Natives and of a most dangerous and plotting man`, the third enclosure being a letter to Baden-Powell of the same date from Val Gielgud, giving his opinion and good reference for Baden-Powell`s actions, plus a letter from Captain Vyvyan to Baden-Powell dated 25th September 1896, notifying him of the court of inquiry set up to investigate the trial and death of Uwini, one page with integral blank and Baden-Powell`s signed autograph response to verso dated 29th September 1896 in which he acknowledges the letter, gives his current movements and suggestions for a suitable date for the inquiry plus an autograph memorandum from Captain Vyvyan to Lieutenant Colonel Paget and his autograph note reply to the same leaf, plus a series of mimeographed extracts from General Orders and copies of telegrams, plus a few typed carbon copies of covering letters from Paget, Vyvyan and Carrington in November 1896, Paget saying at the end of his report, `The order for the trial was signed by Lt. Col. Baden-Powell, and with that authority I was prepared, when on Active Service, to try anybody I was told to. I did not know Lt. Col. Baden-Powell meant to carry out that sentence without reference to the GOC`, mostly folio sheets. For Baden-Powell`s account of this murky affair see his book `The Matabele Campaign`, 1897, pp. 288 ff. Baden-Powell was Frederick Carrington`s Chief of Staff during the Rebellion and gives his opinion on Baden-Powell`s actions on a duplicate of the proceedings of the court of inquiry (but written in ink in another hand), `I am of opinion that the military exigencies of the circumstances in which Lt. Col. Baden-Powell found himself at the time of Uwini`s capture was such as to call for strong measures and subsequent events have, to my mind, clearly proved that the prompt punishment, at his own stronghold, of Uwini as a powerful and notorious instigator of crime and rebellion exercised a very wholesome influence on the surrounding district and undoubtedly expedited its final pacification`. For his good work in the Matabele campaign, Baden-Powell was promoted to Brevet Colonel. Provenance: By descent from Sir Frederick Carrington. (a folder)
Mitchell (W.F.). The Royal Navy 1872-80 in a Series of Illustrations Lithographed in Colours, 2 vols., pub. Griffin & Co. Portsmouth, 1880, title pages printed in blue & black, contents lists with pencil marginalia, forty-nine colour litho. plts. (complete as list), front free end papers detached, a.e.g., orig. blue cloth gilt, worn at extrems., 4to (2)
Mitford (Bertram). Our Arms in Zululand: Being the Three Great Battles of the Zulu War, in Verse. Together with the Death of the Prince Imperial, 1st ed., pub. Griffith & Farram, 1882, orig. hand-col. illust. of a Zulu shield and crossed spears on flyleaf, four orig. albumen prints on stiff card leaves, a.e.g., contemp. brown full morocco, upper cover lettered and decorated in gilt with a representation of a Zulu shield and crossed spears, small 8vo (16 x 11cm) (1)
Muir (Sir William). The Caliphate its Rise, Decline, and Fall, from Original Sources, 2nd ed., 1892; The Life of Mohammad, from Original Sources, a New and Revised Edition by T. H. Weir, 1912, together 2 vols., b&w plts., num folding maps, both orig. cloth gilt, some rubbing to extrems., 8vo, together with Fraser (David), Persia and Turkey in Revolt, 1910, b&w illusts. from photos throughout, orig. printed cloth gilt, rubbed to extrems., 8vo, plus Empson (R. H. W.), The Cult of the Peacock Angel, 1928, b&w plts. from photos, orig. cloth gilt, some rubbing, 8vo, plus fourteen other Middle Eastern travel, mostly early 20th c., incl. Arabia Infelix or the Turks in Yamen, by G. Wyman Bury, 1915; Across Coveted Lands or a Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta, Overland, by A. Henry Savage Landor, 2 vols., 1902, etc. (18)
Philby (H. St. J.B.). Arabia of the Wahhabis, 1st ed., 1928, num. b&w plts., plans and maps, incl. folding map at rear, orig. cloth, 8vo, together with The Empty Quarter, Being a Description of the Great South Desert of Arabia known as Rub` al Khali, 1st ed., 1933, b&w illusts. from photos., three folding maps (as list), orig. cloth, spine slightly faded, 8vo, plus Sheba`s Daughters, Being a Record of Travel in Southern Arabia, 1st ed., 1939, b&w illusts. from photos, folding map at rear, orig. cloth gilt, fading to spine and covers, 4to, plus two other similar, comprising, Forty Years in the Wilderness, 1st ed., 1957; The Land of Midian, 1st ed., 1957, both in d.j.s (5)
Robinson (G. & J., pub.). The Field of Mars: Being an Alphabetical Digestion of the Principal Naval and Military Engagements, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, Particularly of Great Britain and Her Allies, from the Ninth Century to the Peace of 1801, 2 vols., 1801, eng. frontis. to each, eng. plts. and maps, endpapers crudely repaired, contemp. sheep, gilt dec. spines, joints cracked and wear, some loss of leather, worn, 4to (2) PLEASE NOTE: The Linnet's Life volume has been withdrawn from this lot
Russia. A Picture of St. Petersburgh, Represented in a Collection of Twenty Interesting Views of the City, the Sledges and the People. Taken on the Spot, at the Twelve Different Months of the Year: and Accompanied with an Historical and Descriptive Account, Printed for Edward Orme, [1815], twenty fine hand-col. aquas., drawn by Mornay, printed captions in English and French, the first twelve plts. having the name of the month within eng. wreath in the centre (a few plts. watermarked H. & S. 1820), some minor scattered spotting, contemp. half morocco, gilt-dec. spine, rubbed and scuffed, small portion at foot of spine missing, folio. Abbey, Travel, 226. (1)
Sackville-West (V.). Passenger to Teheran, 1st ed., Hogarth Press, 1926, b&w illusts. from photos., together with Twelve Days. An Account of a Journey Across the Bakhtiari Mountains in South-western Persia, 1st ed., 1928, b&w illusts. from photos, ex-libris bookplate for Andrew Morrison to front pastedown, both orig. brown marbled cloth gilt, 8vo (1)
Salmon (Thomas). The Geographical Grammer of Universal Geography, n.d. c. 1780, lacking prelims., title page, three plates, folding map of the world and all leaves to pp. 16, twenty-one uncoloured folding engraved maps, one map (England & Wales) split along old fold, occ. spotting and dust soiling throughout, modern cardboard and paper wrappers, 8vo, together with Van den Keere (Pieter),Glocester Shire, 1627,uncoloured engraved map, torn with slight loss to lower right corner, bound with two pps. of original text, later paper wrappers with printed label to upper wrapper, 12mo. Sold as a collection of maps not subject to return. (2)
Smith (Charles). Smith`s New General Atlas, c.1820, lacking prelims. & title page, thirty-three maps with orig. hand colouring (complete as list), world map on a Mercator projection with marginalia in purple caryon, not affecting map, occ. staining and marginal dust soiling throughout, rear board detached, upper board near detached, lacking spine, contemp. half calf, worn rubbed and soiled, 4to, together with Smith (Charles),Smith`s Classical Atlas, Containing Distict Maps of the Countries Described in Ancient History, both Sacred and Profane, 1817,calligraphic title page, fourteen engraved maps with orig. outline colouring (complete as list), near contemp. half calf gilt, with contrasting morocco label to spine, slim 4to. Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. (2)
Stark (Freya). Seen in the Hadhramaut, 1st ed., 1938, b&w illusts. from photos, inscribed on front endpaper `To Charles Rice (?), with greetings & love from Freya Stark, 28.11.38`, ex-libris bookplate for Andrew Morrison to front pastedown, orig. printed linen, 4to, together with A Winter In Arabia, 1st ed., 1940, b&w illusts. from photos., orig. cloth gilt, spine slightly faded, 8vo, plus Perseus in the Wind, 1st ed., 1948, orig. cloth gilt, fading to spine, 8vo, plus five others by Freya Stark, incl. The Valleys of the Assassins and Other Persian Travels, 1934 (8)
Staub (Rudolf). Der Bau der Alpen. Versuch einer Synthese, pub. Berne, 1924, maps and diags. to text, five folding maps and geological sections contained in rear pocket, recent crimson quarter morocco gilt, folio, together with Daubree (A.), Etudes Synthetiques de Geologie Experimentale, 2 vols., Paris, 1879, num. wood-engs. to text, six small mounted col. illusts., double-page map with overlays, recent black half morocco, red morocco labels to spines, tall 8vo, plus Hein (Albert), Geologie der Schweiz, 2 vols. in 3, Leipzig, 1919-22, num. folding maps and diags., b & w illusts. to text, orig. half parchment, gilt lettering to spines, large 8vo, and others related (21)
Stewart (P.M.). Round the World with Rod and Rifle, 1st ed., 1924, b&w plates, mostly after photos, orig. green cloth gilt, spine very lightly faded, together with Strachan (Arthur W.), Mauled by a Tiger, Encounters in the Indian Jungles, 1st ed., Moray Press, 1933, tipped-in colour plates, orig. cloth in sl. frayed d.j. (some fading to spine), plus Haggard (Andrew Charles Parker), Sporting Yarns Spun Off The Reel, 1st ed., 1903, b&w frontis., numerous b&w illusts. by Griff, occn. sl. foxing, orig. green cloth gilt, generally in clean condition, all 8vo (3)
Sykes (Percy Molesworth). A History of Afganistan, 2 vols., 1940, b&w plts., seven folding maps, one folding col. litho map contained in pocket at rear of vol. 2, orig. cloth gilt, 8vo, together with The Glory of the Shia World. The Tale of a Pilgrimage, 1910, four col. plts. (as list), b&w plts. and illusts., orig. gilt dec. cloth, slight fading to spine and rear cover, 8vo, plus Sykes (Ella C.), The Story-Book of the Shah or Legends of Old Persia, 1901, twelve b&w plts. (as list), later red qtr. morocco, spine faded, 8vo, plus one other similar (5)
Sykes (Mark). The Caliphs` Last Heritage, A Short History of the Turkish Empire, 1st ed., 1915, twenty-seven mostly b&w plts. after photos, nineteen mostly folding maps, including many in colour, three additional folding route maps contained in pocket at rear, orig. green cloth, very sl. rubbed, 8vo, together with Warkworth (Lord), Notes From A Diary in Asiatic Turkey, 1st ed., 1898, b&w half-tone plates, folding map at rear, t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, orig. green cloth gilt, very sl. rubbed (generally in clean condition), large 8vo (2)
Sykes (Mark). Dar-Ul-Islam, A Record of a Journey through Ten of the Asiatic Provinces of Turkey..., pub. Bickers & Son, 1904, num. b&w plts. from photos., folding maps and charts etc. (correct as list), orig. cloth gilt with map panel to upper cover, slight fading to spine, some wear to extrems., large 8vo (1)
Taylor (Major Neville). Ibex Shooting on the Himilayas, 1st ed., 1903, b & w frontis. and plts., occ. scattered spotting, recent endpapers, orig. cloth gilt, spine strengthened, 8vo, together with Tyacke (Mrs. R.H.), How I Shot My Bears; or, Two Years` Tent Life in Kullu and Lahoul, 1st ed., 1893, folding litho map frontis., b & w plts. and illusts., ownership signature to upper margin of title, occ. light spotting, orig. cloth gilt, spine slightly faded, 8vo (2)
Thomas (Bertram). Arabia Felix: Accross the Empty Quartwer of Arabia, with a Foreword by T. E. Lawrence, 1932, b&w illusts. from Photos, recent half calf gilt, 8vo, together with Richmond (Elsa, ed.). The Earlier Letters of Gertrude Bell, 1st ed., 1937, b&w plts. from photos, later qtr. morocco gilt, spine faded, 8vo, plus Malcolm-Smith (E. F.), The Life of Stratford Canning..., 1st ed., 1933, port. frontis., later qtr. morocco gilt, spine faded, 8vo, plus Bray (Major N. N. E. Bray), A Paladin of Arabia..., 1st ed., 1936, folding maps, b&w illusts. from photos, later qtr. morocco gilt, spine faded, 8vo plus twenty-two other related, incl. The Heart of the Middle East, by Richard Coke, 1st ed., 1925; Persia as it is..., by C. J. Wills, 2nd ed., 1887; Early Architecture in Western Asia, by Edward Bell, 1924, etc. (26)
Tunison (Henry Cuthbert). Tunison`s Peerless Universal Atlas of the World, Jacksonville, Illonois, 1892, dec. title page, frayed and torn with slight loss, contents page, maps of the solar system and the world with closed tears, numerous col. printed litho. maps, many printed back-to-back, state maps of Kentucky and Ohio replaced in facsimile, some staining and marginal closed tears throughout, orig. cloth, rubbed and worn, spine partially lacking, folio, together with The Times, pub.ÒThe Times AtlasÓ, 1897,title page printed in red & black, 116 of 118 col. printed maps (lacking the general map of Asia), many with two maps to a page, slight toning throughout, hinges weak, a.e.g., contemp. half morocco with gilt dec. upper board, worn and frayed, folio, with Black Adam & Charles, pub.Encyclopaedia Britannica 10th ed. vol. XXXIV, Maps, 1903,numerous col. printed folding maps, t.e.g., contemp. half morocco, joints weak, frayed and rubbed, large 4to (3)
Wellsted (J. R.). Travels to the City of the Caliphs, Along the Shores of the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean..., 2 vols, 1840, folding map to vol. 1, some closed tears and repaired with tape to verso., two eng. plts. (one trimmed to outer edge), plts., map and several leaves reattached at stubs, together with Loftus (William Kennett), Travels and Researches in Chaldaea and Susiana; With an Account of Excavations at Warka, the ÒErechÓ of Nimrod, and Shush, ÒShushan the PalaceÓ of Esther, in 1849-52, pub. 1857, three eng. plts and three folding maps (as list), b&w illusts. to text, plus Tancoigne (M.), A Narrative of a Journey into Persia, and Residence at Teheran: Containing a Descriptive Itinerary from Constantinople to the Persian Capital..., 1820, lacking frontis. and map, title reattached to stub with some loss to hinge margin, occ. spotting, all later half morocco gilt, 8vo/large 8vo (4)
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