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DICKENS (CHARLES)The Battle of Life, FIRST EDITION, wood-engraved frontispiece, additional pictorial title (in fourth state) and illustrations by Daniel Maclise, Richard Doyle, Clarkson Stanfield and John Leech, some light finger-soiling, publisher's deep red horizontally-ribbed cloth, covers decorated in blind, upper cover gilt-stamped with two cherubs mounted on wasps above a floral spray, spine with a similar gilt design, g.e., lower cover with some minor stain marks [Smith II:8], 8vo, Bradbury & Evans, 1846Footnotes:First edition of the fourth of the Christmas books, presented to a Liverpudlian woman on Christmas Day 1846, six days after publication.Provenance: 'Marion Stuart Mills from Tho. Mills Liverpool 25 Dec. 1846', inscription on half-title; 'From McGoff 10.4.1928', loosely inserted note from Collis.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

[DICKENS (CHARLES)]Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by 'Boz', 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, second issue or later state (with grotesque border to last plate and more elaborate binding), half-titles, engraved portrait, 12 etched plates after Cruikshank, 36pp. publisher's catalogue at end, some oxidisation to plates, detailed condition notes by Collis loosely inserted, publisher's purple cloth, covers with blind-stamped corner-pieces and large arabesque, spines elaborately decorated in gilt with clown figures, covers spotted, spines slightly faded [Eckel pp.140-42; Gimbel B64], 8vo, Richard Bentley, 1838Footnotes:Provenance: 'From Elly, 28 Feb 1938', note from Collis at foot of loosely inserted sheet of notes.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

DICKENS (CHARLES)A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, FIRST EDITION, Smith's's first issue, first state, with title-page dated 1843 printed in red and blue, the text uncorrected, 'Stave I' on p.[1] and yellow endpapers, hand-coloured etched frontispiece and 3 plates after John Leech, 4 wood-engravings by W.J. Linton after Leech, 2pp. advertisements at end, a little light soiling and one or two spots, publisher's cinnamon vertically-ribbed cloth, stamped in blind and gilt (Todd's first impression, second issue, first state, with 12-13mm. between closest points of blind-stamping and gold wreath on upper cover, and the 'D' of 'Dickens' unbroken), g.e., 3 or 4 small ink spots on covers, corners knocked, head of spine chipped [Eckel pp.110-115; Smith II:4; William B. Todd, in The Book Collector, Winter 1961, pp.449-454], 12mo (164 x 100mm.), Chapman & Hall, 1843Footnotes:FIRST EDITION OF DICKENS'S FIRST AND MOST ENDURING CHRISTMAS BOOK, the first issue with 'Stave I' in the first chapter heading, the text uncorrected, the red and blue title-page dated 1843, and yellow endpapers. Dickens had requested the title be printed in red and green with green endpapers to match, but he was disappointed with the appearance of the green printing. The title was subsequently printed in red and blue, the title-page date changed to 1843 (rather than the gift book convention of using the following year's date), and the green endpapers replaced with yellow ones. However, the sheets continued to be issued in various combinations with no clear priority.With Scrooge as is central character, A Christmas Carol was published on 19 December 1843, at 5s. 'Its popularity was extraordinary and by every post he received letters from complete strangers, telling him about their home and hearths, and how this same 'Carol' was read aloud there, and kept on a little shelf by itself' (Kitton, Minor Writings, p.34). It ran through fourteen editions between 1843 and 1860, with the text comparatively unchanged and printed from the same original setting of type.Provenance: 'From McGoff/ 27.3.1929', loosely inserted note in Collis's hand.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

DICKENS (CHARLES)Sketches by Boz Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People... New Edition, with a typed letter signed by Thomas Hatton loosely inserted along with notes from Collis, etched frontispiece, additional vignette title and 38 plates by Cruikshank (these with varying degrees of oxidisation, mostly at edges), publisher's blind-stamped brown/purple vertically-ribbed cloth, rebacked preserving original gilt lettered backstrip (faded), rubbed, corners knocked [Eckel pp.14-15; Gimbel A7; Smith II:2, note 4], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1839Footnotes:THE FIRST SINGLE VOLUME OCTAVO EDITION OF THE COMPLETE SKETCHES BY BOZ. In 1837 Chapman and Hall acquired the copyright of both series of Sketches by Boz, issuing them in parts with the Cruikshank plates enlarged and an additional thirteen new illustrations. In May 1839 the complete series was published in this one volume edition, which includes the following first issue points: page 3 is unnumbered; the 'Parish Engine' plate is bound between pages 4 and 5; the 10 plates up to p.120 have no imprint; and the last page has 'reeled before' as one word six lines from the bottom.The letter from Thomas Hatton is dated 6 June 1936, and includes a paragraph on the advertisements not present in Collis's copy of Sketches: 'I do not agree that the earliest issue should have the 4 leaves of advertisements. When they appear, you may be sure it is a later binding of the book'.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

DICKENS (CHARLES)A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, thirteenth edition, hand-coloured etched frontispiece and 3 plates after John Leech, 4 wood-engravings by W.J. Linton after Leech, 1p. advertisements at end, publisher's red cloth, stamped in blind and gilt, g.e., spine bumped [Smith II:4], 12mo, Bradbury & Evans, 1855Footnotes:Provenance: 'McGoff, 8/11/35. 20s/- untouched', pencil purchase note in Collis's hand on paper wrapper.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

DICKENS (CHARLES)Hard Times. For These Times, FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, with all 11 of Smith's flaws in uncorrected state, half-title, occasional minor spotting, publisher's first binding of olive green moiré horizontally-ribbed cloth, covers with outer line and inner ornamental blind-stamped borders, gilt-lettered spine with price 5/- and decoration in blind, light yellow endpapers, slightly shaken, faded and stained, spine ends chipped, tear to lower joint [Eckel, p.131; Gimbel A136; Sadleir 689; Smith I:11], Bradbury & Evans, 1854; The Mystery of Edwin Drood, FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, engraved portrait and additional title with vignette, 12 wood-engraved plates, 40pp. of advertisements at end (2pp. of advertisements for the author's other works; 32pp. W.H. Smith & Son catalogue of 'New and Second hand books', dated may 1872; 6pp. of additional advertisements), occasional foxing, publisher's green cloth blocked in blind and gilt (Carter's binding B), light yellow endpapers, worn at edges, 2 ink blots on lower cover [Eckel p.96; Gimbel A155; Smith I:16], Chapman and Hall, 1870, 8vo (2)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

DICKENS (CHARLES)The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, half-title, etched frontispiece, additional vignette title and 41 plates by R. Seymour and H.K. Browne ['Phiz'], plates all later issues with publisher's imprint, caption and signature, occasional minor spotting and slight creasing, publisher's purplish fine-diaper cloth (primary binding), covers stamped in blind with borders, spine lettered in gilt, edges and spine slightly faded, recased with repairs to free endpapers [Eckel pp.17-78; Hatton & Cleaver pp.1-88; Smith I:3], 8vo, Chapman & Hall, 1837Footnotes:Provenance: W.E. Forster (1818-1886, industrialist, philanthropist and Liberal Party statesman), presentation inscription to R.B. Fox on front free endpaper. Forster is best remembered for his Education Act of 1870, which established the elements of a primary school system, whilst his staunch advocacy of lethal force against the Land League earned him the nickname 'Buckshot Forster'; 'Bought from McGoff 4 July 1934/ Cleaned & repaired by Morrell 27 Aug 1934', note from Collis loosely inserted.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

DICKENS (CHARLES)Sketches by 'Boz,' Illustrative of Every-day Life, and Every-day People, 2 vol., 1836; ...The Second Series, 1837, together 3 vol., , second editions, [first series:] with the additional Preface dated 1 August 1836, 16 etched plates by Cruikshank, foxing and soiling, plates oxidised, volume 2 with first 3 leaves repaired with tape at gutter, front hinge slit, publisher's blind-stamped green cloth with arabesque design, [second series:] etched frontispiece, additional vignette title and 8 plates (oxidised), publisher's rose-morocco grain cloth, spine and upper cover detached, faded and worn [Gimbel A2 & A5; cf. Smith II:2, note 5], 8vo, John Macrone, 1836-1837; and 2 others (5)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

DICKENS (CHARLES)A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, FIRST EDITION, Smith's second issue, with the 1843 title-page printed in red and blue, the text largely uncorrected, 'Stave One' on p.[1] and yellow endpapers, hand-coloured etched frontispiece and 3 plates after John Leech, 4 wood-engravings by W.J. Linton after Leech, 2pp. advertisements at end, publisher's cinnamon vertically-ribbed cloth, stamped in blind and gilt (Todd's first impression, first issue, with 14-15mm. between closest points of blindstamping and gold wreath on upper cover, and the 'D' of 'Dickens' unbroken), yellow endpapers, g.e., one or two very minor marks, spine ends slightly bumped [Eckel pp.110-115; Smith II:4; William B. Todd, in The Book Collector, Winter 1961, pp.449-454], 12mo (162 x 100mm.), Chapman & Hall, 1843Footnotes:VERY FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION OF 'A CHRISTMAS CAROL', considered by Todd to be the first impression, first issue due to the binding, but traditionally described as the second issue, with 'Stave One', the text uncorrected, red and blue title-page dated 1843, and yellow endpapers. 'Dickens' changes of mind [regarding the production] led to a period in December of 1843 when there were on hand at the printers and the binders different endpapers, title-pages, half-titles and text pages already printed, though not yet cased--a situation that led to copies going out with mixed features' (Lee Biondi, Firsts, September 1997, p. 30).Provenance: Lorraine Wilson, pencil signature on front free endpaper; Thomas Thorp, 6 July 1935, note in Collis's hand loosely inserted.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

DICKENS (CHARLES)A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, ninth edition, hand-coloured etched frontispiece and 3 plates after John Leech, 4 wood-engravings by W.J. Linton after Leech, 2pp. advertisements at end, occasional minor soiling, stitching working loose, publisher's cinnamon vertically-ribbed cloth, stamped in blind and gilt, g.e., spine bumped and slightly faded, hinges weak [Smith II:4], 12mo, Chapman & Hall, 1844Footnotes:Provenance: William Elly, pencil purchase note in Collis's hand dated 14 October 1937, on paper wrapper.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

DICKENS (CHARLES)Dombey and Son, FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, early issue, half-title, etched frontispiece, additional vignette title and 38 plates by H.K. Browne ['Phiz'], 2-line errata leaf after list of plates, foxing to most plates and occasionally text, publisher's green cloth, variant binding with blind-stamped borders on sides and arabesque-style pattern on spine, cloth at lower joint split and fraying, spine faded [Gimbel A103; Smith II:8], 8vo, Bradbury & Evans, 1848Footnotes:Early issue of the first edition in book form, in a variant green cloth binding. This copy has the following issue points: 2-line errata slip; the frontispiece and plate at p.238 with Captain Cuttle's hook on his left arm; 'Delight' for 'Joy' in 3 lines on p.284; 'Capatin' on p.324, last line; 'if' nor printed on p.426, line 9; p.431 with page number printed.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

DICKENS (CHARLES)A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, eleventh edition, FIRST BRADBURY & EVANS ISSUE, hand-coloured etched frontispiece and 3 plates after John Leech, 4 wood-engravings by W.J. Linton after Leech, 2pp. advertisements at end, publisher's red cloth, stamped in blind and gilt, g.e., spine bumped, with a letter from Thomas Thorp loosely inserted [Smith II:4], 12mo, Bradbury & Evans, 1846Footnotes:A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST BRADBURY & EVANS ISSUE, which resulted from the author's temporary dissatisfaction with Chapman & Hall.The Christmas Day inscription on the half-title is intriguing, reading as it does 'J.G. Gardiner from M.B./ Decb. 25th 1843'. In reply to Collis's enquiry on the subject, Thomas Thorp writes: 'I cannot account for the date of the inscription... The book was no doubt issued during Dec. 1845 & dated 1846. I came to the conclusion that the date 1843 was a slip of the pen. Such mistakes frequently occur. The half-title has certainly not been inserted from another copy'.Provenance: J.G. Gardner, presentation inscription from 'M.B.' on half-title dated 1843; Thomas Thorp, purchased by Collis for £25 on 9 September 1937, note on printed catalogue description loosely inserted.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

SMITH (PHILIP)RABELAIS (FRANÇOIS) The Complete Works of Doctor François Rabelais... Rendered into English By Sir Thomas Urquhart and Peter Motteux with... many illustrations by Frank C. Papé, 2 vol., limited to 4,300 copies, plates and illustrations, bound by Philip Smith in purple goatskin, covers and spine with abstract design of onlaid maril edged with feathered orange paint, gilt lettered spines, purple velour pastedowns with leather label blind-stamped 'CRSmith 1969' at rear, housed in single purple cloth solander box with 2 compartments, 8vo (235 x 150mm.), John Lane, 1927This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

ARISTOTLEEthicorum Nicomachiorum paraphrasis, 2 vol. bound in 1, edited by Daniel Hensio, text in Greek and Latin, engraved pictorial title, and engraved portrait by W. Swanenberg, lacks 4 leaves (pp.297-304) in the first volume, seventeenth century blind-stamped calf, spine and corners worn, 4to, Leiden, Johannes Patius, 1607Footnotes:Provenance: Andrew Fletcher (1655-1716, Scottish writer and politician), ownership inscription to title; Kenneth Garth Huston, bookplate.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

CLEMENTS (JEFF)OWEN (WILFRED) Mapping Golgotha, Wilfred Owen: Letters & Poems, Selected, edited, and with an Introduction by Jeremy Hooker, number 92 of 200 copies, wood-engraved and linocut-tinted frontispiece and illustrations by Harry Brockway, chestnut crushed morocco by Jeff Clements, covers with design of intersecting blind-embossed arcs and black and white rules, design echoed in pastedowns, grey Alcantara free endpapers, solander box, small folio, Newtown, Powys, Gwasg Gregynog, 2007This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

DICKENS (CHARLES)A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, seventh edition, hand-coloured etched frontispiece and 3 plates after John Leech, 4 wood-engravings by W.J. Linton after Leech, 2pp. advertisements at end, occasional soiling, offsetting from frontispiece and plates, a few corner creases, Lending Library label on front pastedown, publisher's cinnamon vertically-ribbed cloth, stamped in blind and gilt, g.e., small dampstain to upper cover, spine a little faded and bumped [Smith II:4], 12mo, Chapman & Hall, 1844Footnotes:Provenance: 'Hector, B'ham, 20s/- 8 Aug: 1936', loosely inserted purchase note in Collis's hand.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

DICKENS (CHARLES)Hard Times. For These Times, FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, half-title, publisher's first binding of olive green moiré horizontally-ribbed cloth, covers with outer line and inner ornamental blind-stamped borders, gilt-lettered spine with price 5/- and decoration in blind, light yellow endpapers, covers spotted, spine bumped and with wear affecting part of title lettering [Eckel, p.131; Gimbel A136; Sadleir 689; Smith I:11], 8vo, Bradbury & Evans, 1854Footnotes:Along with Great Expectations, this was the only first edition of a Dickens novel to be issued without illustrations. This internally clean copy has nine of Smith's eleven flaws in uncorrected state, and only those on pp.122 and 231 in corrected state.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

DICKENS (CHARLES)A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, fifth edition, hand-coloured etched frontispiece and 3 plates after John Leech, 4 wood-engravings by W.J. Linton after Leech, 2pp. advertisements at end, offsetting from the 3 plates, publisher's cinnamon vertically-ribbed cloth, stamped in blind and gilt, g.e., slight staining, spine bumped [Smith II:4], 12mo, Chapman & Hall, 1844Footnotes:Provenance: Isabel Julia Elizabeth Howard, inscription dated 26 March 1844 on front pastedown recording gift from Robert Petre; William Elly, pencil purchase note in Collis's hand dated 14 October 1937, on paper wrapper.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

DICKENS (CHARLES)A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, sixth edition, hand-coloured etched frontispiece and 3 plates after John Leech, 4 wood-engravings by W.J. Linton after Leech, 2pp. advertisements at end, publisher's cinnamon vertically-ribbed cloth, stamped in blind and gilt, g.e., edges of covers and spine slightly faded, spine bumped and with a few small ink spots, but a good copy [Smith II:4], 12mo, Chapman & Hall, 1844Footnotes:'The fiddler's vest is coloured bright red/ In early editions the vest is almost black. W.H.C. 11/11/33' (Collis's loosely inserted note).Provenance: A. Atherton, pencil ownership signature dated 1844 on title-page.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

CAPON (LESTER)SPENCER (EDMUND) The Shepheards Calendar Conteyning Twelve Aeglogues Proportionable to the Twelve Monethes, one of 350 copies on handmade paper, with coloured stencil illustrations by John Nash, FULL GREEN MOROCCO DESIGNER BINDING BY LESTER CAPON, the sides in deep ridged wavy bands with decorations (landscape, sky, 'weather') in coloured morocco onlays and gilt tooling, spine gilt lettered on 24 small circular coloured morocco onlays, blind-tooled brown morocco pastedowns, folio, Cresset Press, 1930Footnotes:Lester Capon started bookbinding in 1975, was elected Fellow of Designer Bookbinders in 1986, and was their President from 2003-2005 and from 2009-2011.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

DICKENS (CHARLES)Sketches by 'Boz'. Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People. Second Series, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, without list of illustrations on p.[x] and with 'Vol. III' on all plates, half-title, etched frontispiece ('Vauxhall Gardens by Day'), additional vignette title and 8 plates by Cruikshank, 20pp. publisher's catalogue dated December 1836 at end, publisher's rose sand-grain cloth, spine with gilt lettering and decoration on black background, neatly rebacked preserving original backstrip, new endpapers, slightly soiled, corners worn [Eckel pp.11-13; Gimbel A4; Sadleir 700; Smith I:2], 12mo (197 x 120mm.), John Macrone, 1837 [1836]Footnotes:FIRST EDITION OF THE SECOND SERIES OF 'SKETCHES BY BOZ', EARLY ISSUE. According to Michael Sadlier, 'a few copies are known with no List of Illustrations and with 'Vol. III' unerased and these would certainly seem to represent an earlier (and perhaps suppressed) issue of the book, which was evidently unknown to J.F. Dexter'. Smith found six comparable copies, but concludes that priority is uncertain in terms of text, make up and binding. The spine of the present copy does have the black pigment, but the design of the blind panels differs very slightly from other copies seen, Collis describing it as '2nd issue cover' with no explanation.Provenance: 'Text with loose cover bought from Mr. Byram 23 May 36/ Recased etc. by Morell. June 1936', note in Collis's hand loosely inserted.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

DICKENS (CHARLES)[Reading Editions] A Christmas Carol; The Chimes; The Cricket on the Hearth, 2 copies; The Story of Little Dombey; The Poor Traveller: Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn: and Mrs. Gamp, together 6 vol., 'Little Dombey' with old ink splash at foot of title and ticket of Gilson, Bookseller, publisher's pictorial printed green wrappers, spines neatly restored, 'Cricket' with small blind-stamp of W.H. Smith on inner rear wrapper [Eckel p.215; cf. Gimbel A84, A91, A97, B171, D31], 16mo, Bradbury & Evans, 1858 (6)Footnotes:A nice set of these uniform reading editions edited by Dickens, issued as part of the 'Cheap and Uniform Editions of Mr. Dickens's Christmas Books' (as advertised on the rear wrappers). Eckel wrote that 'in 1858, Bradbury and Evans printed special reading editions arranged by Dickens... each was a 16mo in size and uniformly bound in a green, pictorial paper wrapper. The scarcity of these little books have caused fairly high prices to prevail, particularly in America'. Notes from Collis on additional brown paper wrappers indicate that five of the volumes were 'cleaned etc. by Morrell, May 1936'.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

DICKENS (CHARLES)[Christmas Books] A Christmas Carol, fourteenth edition, 4 hand-coloured plates and wood-engraved illustrations after John Leech, advertisement leaf at end, Bradbury & Evans, 1860; The Chimes: A Goblin Story, engraved frontispiece and additional title (first state) after Maclise, wood-engraved illustrations by Doyle, Leech and Stanfield, advertisement for tenth edition of A Christmas Carol at beginning, some light soiling to upper cover, Chapman & Hall, 1845 [1844]; The Cricket on the Hearth, wood-engraved frontispiece, additional title and illustrations by Leech, Doyle, Stanfield, Maclise and Landseer, second state of Oliver Twist advertisement at end, Bradbury & Evans, 1846 [1845]; The Battle of Life, wood-engraved frontispiece, additional pictorial title (in fourth state) and illustrations by Daniel Maclise, Richard Doyle, Clarkson Stanfield and John Leech, thin ink splash to upper cover, Bradbury & Evans, 1846; The Haunted Man and The Ghost's Bargain, advertisement leaf at the beginning, wood-engraved frontispiece, additional vignette title and illustrations by Leech, Stanfield, Tenniel and Stone, Bradbury and Evans, 1848, all but the first FIRST EDITIONS, publisher's deep red ribbed cloth decorated in blind, upper covers pictorially gilt, spines and upper covers lettered in gilt, g.e. [Smith II:5, 6, 8, 9], 8vo (5)Footnotes:A FINE SET OF THE CHRISTMAS BOOKS, comprising a Bradbury & Evans fourteenth edition of A Christmas Carol, and first editions of the other four.Provenance: Each with Collis's purchase note, respectively: 'Weatherhead 11/12/34'; 'Spencer 21.6.1927'; 'From Elly 24/11/30'; last two 'From Exors of W.J. Harris 16.1.1930' (the first pencilled on Collis's wrapper, the other four with loosely inserted note).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

NAVAL – LOG BOOKSi) Two Naval Log Books from the General Elliott, the first titled 'Captain Drummond's Journal in a Voyage to Bombay & China commencing 20th December 1788 & ending 19th June 1790', commencing with a five-page manuscript list of officers and men, a daily precis of the weather encountered on voyage, followed by some 90 pages of printed forms with manuscript insertions detailing the course, wind direction, observations and other notes of the voyage from England to Bombay and return via St Helena, also including list of ships belonging to the English East India Company in 1789, list of cargo on return journey ('...170 half chests China ware... 55 chests Peko... 70 Bales Raw Silk...'), eight pages of pen and ink profile drawings of islands such as Madeira, Trinidad, Comero, Socatra, Pulo Timoan, some leaves excised, bookplate of Robert Drummond Esq, Megginch Castle, c.60 leaves, dust-staining and other marks, some water damage, reverse calf with blind-stamped decoration, folio (367 x 232mm.), 20 December 1788 to 19 June 1790; the second concerning the voyage of the General Elliott from Blackwall Dock to Bengal and back via St Helena, commencing with a daily precis of the weather and some 140 pages of printed forms with manuscript insertions on the weather etc., some leaves excised, c.130 leaves, dust-staining and other marks, rough canvas cover sewn over calf boards, stained, binding loose and partly detached, folio (380 x 240mm.), 14 November 1793 to 22 July 1794ii) Manuscript order book for HMS Dryad under Captain Adam Drummond, comprising some 80 separate orders including 39 numbered general orders covering duties, procedures and discipline ('...No Women to be permitted on board... The men to be accountable for the cleanliness of their wives...'), additional specific orders for The Master ('...he will never suffer any liquor to be drawn off but upon deck...'), The Surgeon ('...for stoves for the use of the sick, application must be made to the quarter-deck...'), The Purser ('...Provisions from the steward Room to be issued out between 7 and 8 in the morning...'), Marines, The Boatswain ('...The Forecastle being immediately under his command, he is expected to keep it very clean, the ropes neatly coiled...'), The Carpenter ('...the earliest discovery of any leaks...'), and The Gunner ('...He is to examine the magazine frequently and cause the Powder to be turned every six weeks...'), each entry signed by 'Adam Drummond, Captain' and the relevant parties, c.52 pages, dust-staining and marks, original vellum boards with title inscribed on upper cover in ink, binding worn, spine detached, 4to (234 x 190mm.), [1805-1807] (3)Footnotes:'170 CHESTS CHINA WARE... 55 CHESTS PEKO'. The British East Indiaman General Elliott (so named to honour General Elliott's defence of Gibraltar) undertook six voyages between 1783 and 1795, captained by Robert Drummond (1759-1815), 6th Laird of Megginch. The first copper-bottomed ship in the East India fleet to make the voyage to Bombay, she was then sold into the West Indies trade and was eventually broken up in 1802 after coming to grief in 1798. On coming into his family estate, Megginch Castle in Perthshire, Drummond commissioned a hexagonal dovecote topped by a weathervane in the shape of the General Elliott to commemorate the vessel in which he had made a record-breaking voyage to Bombay in 1783. Robert Drummond's brother Admiral Sir Adam Drummond (1770-1849) succeeded him as 7th Laird in 1815 after a long career in the Navy and had also served under him as a teenager on the General Elliott. The Dryad was his second command as captain, a post he held from 1805 to 1807. In November 1805 aboard the Dryad he harried four French ships fleeing from Trafalgar into the path of a British squadron resulting in their capture at the Battle of Cape Ortegal.Provenance: Robert Drummond (1759-1815), and his brother Admiral Sir Adam Drummond of Megginch (1770-1849); thence by descent.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

DICKENS (CHARLES)A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, FIRST EDITION, Smith's second issue, with the 1843 title-page printed in red and blue, the text largely uncorrected, 'Stave One' on p.[1] and yellow endpapers, hand-coloured etched frontispiece and 3 plates after John Leech, 4 wood-engravings by W.J. Linton after Leech, 2pp. advertisements at end, some soiling, publisher's cinnamon vertically-ribbed cloth, stamped in blind and gilt (Todd's first impression, first issue, with 14-15mm. between closest points of blind-stamping and gold wreath on upper cover, and the 'D' of 'Dickens' unbroken), g.e., slight damp-staining and some fading of gilt, spine ends bumped, front hinge starting [Eckel pp.110-115; Smith II:4; William B. Todd, The Book Collector, Winter 1961, pp.449-454], 12mo (162 x 100mm.), Chapman & Hall, 1843Footnotes:FIRST EDITION OF 'A CHRISTMAS CAROL' IN THE FIRST ISSUE BINDING: Todd's first impression, first issue due to the binding, but traditionally described as the second issue, with 'Stave One', the text uncorrected, red and blue title-page dated 1843, and yellow endpapers.Provenance: 'ML Dec 26/43', faded inscription on half-title; '[erased] Lockwood/ Book/ May 18 1855' inscription on verso of front free endpaper; John Ingram, ink signature n front free endpaper; from Spencer', note in Collis's hand loosely inserted.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

NONESUCH PRESSThe Holy Bible, 5 vol. (including Apocrypha), one of 1250 copies, engraved titles and vignettes by Stephen Gooden, black morocco by Best & Co. (signed in gilt), sides and spine with blind-stamped design of lines and dots, gilt lettered on spines g.e., joints slightly rubbed, preserved in 2 cloth-lined solander boxes, with gilt morocco lettering label and lettering 'FM.'s Copy', small folio, Nonesuch Press, 1924-1927Footnotes:Provenance: ?possibly Francis Meynell, founder of the Nonesuch Press, and typographer. The cloth boxes are lettered on spine 'F.M.'s copy'.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

DICKENS (CHARLES)The Chimes: A Goblin Story, second edition, engraved frontispiece and additional title (second state) after Maclise, wood-engraved illustrations by Doyle, Leech and Stanfield, advertisement for tenth edition of A Christmas Carol at beginning, publisher's red vertically-ribbed cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, g.e. [Smith II:5], Chapman & Hall, 1845 [1844]--[Anon] The Wedding Bells. An Echo of 'The Chimes', hand-coloured lithographed frontispiece and one plate 'by the author,' vignette title printed in red and blue, some soiling, publisher's red horizontally-ribbed cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, stained, and worn with tears to spine/joints [Gimbel H472], Thomas Allman, 1846, 8vo (2)Footnotes:A fine copy of the second edition of the second Christmas Book, together with the anonymous work inspired by it, issued in a similar style binding.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

STANISLAW I: (1677-1766) Stanislaw I Leszczynski. King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania 1704-09, 1733-36. L.S., Stanislas Rey, as King, one page, folio, Luneville, 25th May 1740, to the 'Venerables chers et amies' at the Abbaye de Rangevel, in French. Stanislaw I writes following the death of Antoine Rollin, an oblate at the abbey, and notifies his correspondents that it is his intention to send Claude Vayeux (?) to replace him as an oblate, and to whom the abbey will provide sustenance for his life time. With integral address leaf bearing a blind embossed seal. A few neat, small slits and some light overall age wear, about VG   

PEDRO II OF BRAZIL: (1825-1891) Emperor of Brazil 1831-89. Also known as "the Magnanimous", second and last ruler of the Empire of Brazil. Rare A.L.S., `D[om] Pedro´, a large and bold good example signature, one page, 4to, n.p., [Rio de Janeiro], n.d., [circa 1860], to `Senor Vasconcellos´, in Portuguese, untranslated. The Emperor responds to his correspondent on a twelve autograph lines letter, referring to the points raised up and suggestions related to economic matters. With a blind embossed Canson seal to the upper left corner. With two extremely small holes not affecting the text or signature. Small creasing to the right border. G    The Emperor´s correspondent Señor Vasconcellos could be Jose Pinheiro de Vasconcellos (1788-1884) President of the High Court of Justice under Pedro II. 

CHARLES II: (1630-1685) King of England, Scotland (1649-51) and Ireland 1660-85. An unusual D.S., Carolus R, at the foot, as King, in exile, one page, oblong folio, Brussels, 4th July 1657, in Latin. The manuscript document, to which the King has added one word in his own hand, is addressed to 'The most serene, powerful, elevated, and illustrious, emperors, kings, princes, marquises, counts, orders, barons, dynasties and all their inheritances….from military camps, divisions, provinces, walled cities, rivers' ships, ports, roads and bridges' administrators and all the relative….' and regards Lord Jacob, Count of Castlehaven (whose name, Jacobus, King Charles inserts in his own hand), requiring that he and his servants, horses and weapons are able to move safely and freely on their journey, and concluding 'And above all these friends, the benevolence, the favour, and protection of the duties surround them and turn out; and according to their facts for this, it will be very pleasant for us, when the opportunity will come, to return the same grace to them'. Countersigned at the foot by Sir Edward Nicholas (1593-1669) English politician who served as Secretary of State to both King Charles I and King Charles II. With blind embossed paper seal affixed. With blank integral leaf. Some light staining and age wear and with a few small holes and areas of paper loss at some folds, none of which affect the King's signature. About VG    James Tuchet (c.1617-1684) 3rd Earl of Castlehaven. Irish soldier who played a prominent role in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.

ANNE: (1665-1714) Queen of England, Scotland & Ireland 1702-07 and Queen of the Kingdom of Great Britain 1707-14. D.S., Anne R, as Queen, at the head, one page (vellum), oblong folio, given at the Court at St. James's, 1708 (the day and month not stated). The manuscript document is a military commission appointing Simon Parry to be a Captain of a Company in the Regiment of Portuguese Foot, led by Lieutenant Colonel Constantine de Magny, and 'to take the said Company into your care and charge and duly to exercise as well the officers and soldiers thereof in arms and to use your best endeavours to keep them in good order and discipline'. Countersigned at the foot by Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland (1675-1722) English statesman who served as Secretary of State for the Southern Department 1706-10 and later as First Lord of the Treasury 1718-21. With remnants of the blind embossed paper seal. Some light staining and age wear and small areas of paper loss to the lower edge, G  Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland, was one of the five Whigs, collectively called the Junto, who dominated the government from 1708-10. However, the Earl had many enemies and was disliked by Queen Anne who dismissed him in June 1710.

GEORGE IV: (1762-1830) King of the United Kingdom 1820-30. D.S., George PR, as Prince Regent, on behalf of King George III, two pages, folio, Carlton House, 15th June 1818. The manuscript document is addressed to Lord Eldon and is a Warrant for affixing the Great Seal to the acceptance, in duplicate, of the King of Wurttemberg's Accession to the General Treaty signed in Congress at Vienna on the 9th June 1815, and to the Acts thereunto annexed. Countersigned at the conclusion by Viscount Castlereagh (1769-1822) British Statesman, who served as Secretary of State for Foreign Affais (1812-22) and was central to the management of the coalition that defeated Napoleon Bonaparte. With blank integral leaf and blind embossed paper seal affixed. About EX    The present document relates to the settlements made at the Congress of Vienna, which met from the end of September 1814 to June 1815 in order to re-organise and settle the shape of post-Napoleonic Europe.

ELIZABETH II: (1926-   ) Queen of the United Kingdom 1952- . D.S., Elizabeth R, as Queen, at the head, one page, large oblong folio, Court of Saint James's, 26th March 1966. The partially printed document, completed in typescript and manuscript, appoints Harold Halliwell to be a Consul in Costa Rica and grants him 'full power and authority under the superintendence of Our Consul-General there by all lawful means to aid and protect Our Merchants and others Our Subjects who may trade with or visit or reside within his Consular District'. Countersigned at the foot by Michael Stewart (1906-1990) British politician who served as Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 1965-66, 1968-70. With blind embossed circular seal. Some light age wear and a few small stains to the edges, not affecting the text or signatures. About VG  

GARIBALDI GIUSEPPE: (1807-1882) Italian General and Politician, one of Italy's 'fathers of the fatherland'. A clean A.L.S., G. Garibaldi, one page, oblong 8vo, London, 12th April 1864, to the French-Polish Committee in Paris, in French. The page bears the blind embossed letters of the Stafford House. Garibaldi states `Je crois que la somme recueillie par vous, pour la Pologne, serait utilement employée pour la cause Polonaise, telle que vous et moi nous la comprenons, si elle était remise aux mains du Centre Révolutionnaire Polonais, en contact avec moi. A vous de coeur´(“I believe that the sum collected by you, for Poland, would be usefully used for the Polish cause, such as you and me understand it, if it was handed over to the Polish Revolutionary Center in contact with me´ Very small minor age wear, otherwise VG    Garibaldi visited to London in 1864. Whilst in England he was the guest of the third Duke of Sutherland at Stafford House, the Duke's famous London residence.

TITO JOSIP BROZ: (1892-1980) Yugoslav Revolutionary and Statesman, Prime Minister of Yugoslavia 1943-63 and President of Yugoslavia 1953-80. A good D.S., `J.Broz´, one page, 4to, Belgrade, November 1960, to Lieutenant General Milos Milojevic, Commander of the First Army, in Serbian. On the printed stationery of the President of the Republic, bearing a blind embossed seal to the upper left corner, Tito states `I cordially thank you for the congratulations you sent me on behalf of the soldiers and officers of the First Army on the occasion of the Republic Day´ With blank integral leaf. Extremely small staining the right edge, otherwise VG   

SALISBURY MARQUESS OF: (1830-1903) British Prime Minister 1885-86, 1886-92 & 1895-1902 whose period in office oversaw the entire Second Boer War. A.L.S., Salisbury, two pages, 8vo, n.p. (London?), 28th November 1883, to James Redfoord Bulwer, on the blind embossed stationery of the Foreign Office. Salisbury states that he will take note of his correspondent's wish, adding 'No decision is come to at present, but I need not tell you that the number of applicants is very great'. With blank integral leaf (small area of paper loss to the upper edge). About VG    James Redfoord Bulwer (1820-1899) English lawyer and cricketer who served as Member of Parliament for Ipswich 1874-80 and for Cambridgeshire 1881-85.

ASQUITH H. H.: (1852-1928) British Prime Minister 1908-16. A good T.L.S., H. H. Asquith, with holograph salutation and subscription, one page, 4to, 10 Downing Street, Whitehall, 18th December 1912, to Earl Grey, on the blind embossed stationery of the First Lord of the Treasury. Asquith states that he regrets not being able to attend the Inaugural Meeting of the British Committee to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Peace between the English speaking nations and continues to remark 'That peace, which has stood the strain of a century of changing governments and varying circumstances, is an example to the World of the possibility of harmonious and sympathetic interaction between nations equally proud and equally independent, thus constituting an influence for good scarcely less important for the Old World than for the New. The objects which the Committee are met to promote have, I need hardly say, the cordial support both of myself personally and of His Majesty's Government'. With blank integral leaf. A letter of fine content. VG   Albert Grey (1851-1917) 4th Earl Grey. British politician who served as Governor General of Canada 1904-11 and as President of the International Co-operative Alliance 1895-1917.

[INDIA]: BULWER-LYTTON VICTOR (1876-1947) 2nd Earl of Lytton. British politician and colonial administrator who served as Governor of Bengal 1922-27 and Viceroy of India 1925. Vintage signed 6 x 9 photograph of Lytton in a head and shoulders pose. Photograph by J. Russell of Baker Street, London, and bearing their blind embossed credit stamp to the lower mount. Signed ('Lytton') by the Earl in fountain pen ink to the lower photographer's mount. Some very slight corner creasing and minor age wear to the edges, otherwise VG 

[INDIA]: Selection of signed Free Front envelope panels, a few signed pieces, some A.Ls.S. etc., by various British colonial administrators, a few military officers etc., all of whom were associated with India, most serving as Viceroy and Governor-General, comprising Marquess Wellesley (Governor-General 1798-1805), Marquess of Hastings (Governor-General 1813-23), Earl Amherst (Governor-General 1823-28; addressed to Lady Maxwell in Rochester), Lord William Bentinck (Governor-General 1828-35; addressed to Lady Jane Montgomerie at Eglinton Castle), Earl of Auckland (Governor-General 1836-42), Lord Ellenborough (Governor-General 1842-44), Earl of Dalhousie (Governor-General 1848-56), Viscount Canning (Governor-General 1856-58; addressed to Lady Stuart de Rothsay at Eglinton Castle), Lord Northbrook (Governor-General 1872-76; A.L.S. to Lord Sidney, commenting 'So there has been a game of “post” in the Cabinet. I am very glad they have not changed me, for I am very happy where I am, & I might fail [?] to do work about which I know even less than I know about ship building & great guns', 20th December 1882), Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford (1827-1905, British General who fought during the Indian Rebellion of 1857; A.L.S. regarding the disposal of shares of the Cheltenham College, 29th November 1890), Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere (1773-1865, British Field Marshal, Commander-in-Chief, India 1825-30; addressed to General Sir Henry Torrens at the Horse Guards, London), George Harris, 1st Baron Harris (1746-1829, British Lieutenant-General, Commander-in-Chief of the Madras Army), James Skinner (1778-1841, Anglo-Indian Colonel with the Bengal Army), Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742-1811, Scottish politician, instrumental in the expansion of British influence in India as president of the Board of Control for Indian Affairs 1793-1801; A.L.S. regarding the recommendation of a regiment for his correspondent, 6th December 1791) and Cecil Beadon (1816-1880, English administrator in British India, Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal 1862-66; incomplete A.L., lacking the signature, in part, 'I shall be delighted to propose Andrew Hunter but you must ask his father to send me particulars as to his present position and profession and residence….', on the blind embossed stationery of the Oriental Club, 9th December 1878). Many of the free front envelope panels are laid down to portions of pages removed from an album and with a collector's neat ink annotations mounted below. Generally G, 15    

CLINTON BILL: (1946-     ) American President 1993-2001. T.L.S., Bill, as President, one page, 8vo, Washington, 9th February 1994, to Daniel Patrick Moynihan ('Dear Mr. Chairman') on the blind embossed printed stationery of The White House. Clinton thanks his correspondent for their kind note following the State of the Union and remarks 'Of course, you're right: the estimated number of women and children who stay on welfare to collect health benefits is one million total, not one million people as I said in my remarks. As you know, this is a very difficult number to measure, but I believe the estimate you suggested is one we can defend'. Clinton concludes by adding that he enjoyed a meeting with Moynihan the previous week and looks forward to further discussions in the future. About EX   Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1927-2003) American Politician & Diplomat, United States Senator from New York 1977-2001.

CESPEDES DEL CASTILLO CARLOS MANUEL: (1819-1874) Cuban Revolutionary. Known as the ''Father of the Motherland'', Cespedes is considered a Cuban hero who freed slaves and leaded the declaration of Cuban Independence in 1868. An attractive signed printed document, one page, folio, Bayamo, 27th December 1868, in Spanish. The document being a decree is entitled ''Slavery Conditioned Abolition Decree - Carlos Manuel de Cespedes - Captain-General of the Liberator Army of Cuba and Leader of the Provisional Government'', and bears a very attractive and large vignette to the heading. The decree contains nine articles, and starts stating `The Cuban Revolution, proclaiming the independence of the Homeland and with it all freedoms, cannot accept the inconsistency of restricting it to only one part of the country´s population. A free Cuba is incompatible with a proslavery Cuba..´ further saying in its first article `All slaves are declared free..´. Boldly signed by Cespedes at the base of the document `C. M de Cespedes´. Bearing a large blind embossed seal to the head and an ink stamp of the ''Ilustre Ayuntamiento Libre de Bayamo'' (“ Illustrious Free Townhall of Bayamo”) at the base. The document grants freedom to `Tomas, Labourer, 23 years old, black,..´ Overall age wear and toning, with edges trimmed. Partially repaired to the verso. F to G   

MARTI JOSE: (1853-1895) Cuban Poet, Writer and Revolutionary Philosopher. Martí is considered a national hero as well as a leading figure in Latin American literature. He became a symbol for Cuba's fight for independence in the 19th century, and is referred to as the ''Apostle of Cuban Independence''. A rare and attractive L.S., `Jose Marti´, two pages, large folio, New York, 15th April 1892, to Juan Domingo Stoble, in Spanish. The partially printed document bears the printed heading of the Delegation of the Cuban Revolutionary party, being a title given to contributors in favour of the cause, the Revolution and the Independence of Cuba. The attractive document, bears two printed palms to the left border, and a blind embossed seal of the Cuban Revolutionary party and acknowledges at the base the receipt of ten pesos. The document is signed by Marti in his capacity as delegate and is countersigned by Gonzalo de Quesada as Secretary of the delegation and by Benjamin Guerra as Treasurer. The written text, entitled ''El Club Aguilera'', is a manifesto in favour of Cuban Independence and freedom, and refers to a wealthy Cuban who had to go into exile to Florida, and about to die in misery, he explains to one of his sons what he is legating to him in Cuba, and asks him to create the Club Aguilera in order to support the Cuban Revolutionary Party. With remnants of a former red wax seal. Small overall minor age wear, otherwise G to VG    

BEGIN MENACHEM: (1913-1992) Israeli Politician, Founder of Likud and Prime Minister of the State of Israel 1977-83. Nobel Peace prize, 1979. T.L.S., 'M. Begin', one page, 4to, Jerusalem, 26th August 1979, to Mr Arthur Shackman. The document bears to the heading a blind embossed seal with a menorah, and beneath both in Hebrew and in English “The Prime Minister”. Begin states in full `Dear Friend, I thank you from the heart for your kind get-well message. I am feeling fine, thank God, and am now back at my desk in the best of spirits, with every good wish´ About VG   Written only a few months after signing the Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty of March 1979

AMERICAN GOSPEL MUSIC: A square folio printed programme for an American Spiritual & Gospel Festival tour of Europe in January - February 1965, individually signed to the inside pages (largely to their images) by the majority of performers comprising Inez Andrews, James Conley, Dolores Davis, Bettie Jones Sims (The Andrewettes), Henry Johnson & Rev. Willie Mincy of the Original Five Blind Boys of Mississippi, Lena Jones of the Congregation of Temple Church of God in Christ, Charles Williams, Rev. John Little, Bishop Samuel Kelsey and La Monte Flowe. With text in English and German. Centre pages neatly detached and with some light age wear, VG

ADAM ADOLPHE: (1803-1856) French Composer. Best known for his ballet Giselle (1841) and his worldwide acclaimed Cantique de Noel `O Holy Night´ (1847). A.L.S., `Adolphe Adam´, one page, 8vo, n.p., Monday, n.y., in French. The letter bears to the upper left corner a blind embossed monogramme with the composer´s initials, a double ''A''. Adam, in his usual small writing apologizes stating in part `I am really sorry for not being present at home when you made me the honour of visiting me… I am always at home in the morning until twelve, the time the rehearsals start since long ago…´ further expressing his strong interest in meeting him. With address leaf in his hand, bearing several postmarks. Overall creasing. G   

SAINT-SAËNS CAMILLE: (1835-1921) French Composer. A.L.S., `C. Saint-S´, one page, 4to, brown paper, n.p., 25th August 1920, to a friend, in French. The letter bears to the upper left corner Saint-Saëns´ blind embossed monogramme with his initials “C.S.S”, stating in part `My dear friend, I think that the acknowledgment of receipt is necessary…´, further supplying an address, and saying `I think that I will be able to make send to you other things of the academy. Our dictionary has been… for several years and for a weird reason which would be too long to explain now. It will start again… but before it reaches the letter Z!´ Few tears to edges, only affecting one word but not the signature. F to G   

TAGLIONI MARIE (1804-1884) Swedish ballet Dancer of Italian descent. One of the most celebrated ballerinas of the 19th century, and a central figure in the history of dance. Taglioni is credited as the first ballerina to truly dance En Pointe. A good A.L.S., `Marie Taglioni´, two pages, 8vo, Paris, 22nd March 1867, in French. The letter bears a blind embossed crowned monogramme to the upper left corner. Taglioni refers to a pupil recommended by her correspondent, and states in part `I am therefore coming to inform you that I will start them on Tuesday April 2nd, from 4h30 to 6h, they will take place every Tuesday and Friday at the rate of fifty francs per month… I will be pleased to count on her among the young girls who meet at home..´ With blank integral leaf. Very small minor age wear, otherwise VG   

PIUS XI: (1857-1939) Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1922-39. Pius XI was the first sovereign of Vatican City from its creation as an independent state on 11th February 1929. A good signed 12.5 x 18.5 photograph (32 cm x 47 cm), the G. Felici from Rome image depicting Pope Pius XI in a half length pose. Signed `Pius P.P. XI´, in large bold black ink letters, beneath a written Apostolic blessing request from Giuseppe Spano and family. The photograph bears to the bottom matted left corner a blind embossed Papal seal. Overall age wear and small staining mostly to the matted edges, and few scratches to the left edge photograph, otherwise G   

PIUS XII: (1876-1958) Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1939-58. An excellent manuscript Apostolic blessing in the hand of Pope Pius XII, signed `Pius PP. XII´, beneath a large 13.5 x 18.5 photograph (33.5 cm x 47 cm). The image shows the Pope in a head and shoulders profile pose, wearing his Papal habit. The Pope´s blessing states `Alla diletta figlia Fernania Ojetti imprtiamo di cuore, come pegno di abondante grazie celesti, la Nostra Apostolica Benedizione´, also dated in his hand `Dal Vaticano, 2nd February 1941´. The photograph bears to the bottom matted border an attractive blind embossed Papal seal. Extremely small minor creases, otherwise VG   

JOHN PAUL II: (1920-2005) Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1978-2005. Canonized in 2014. A good signed colour 7 x 9.5 photograph by John Paul II, as Pope, 1984, the image depicting the Pope in a half-length pose. Signed `Giovanni Paulus II´, to the lower light matted border, beneath a written blessing stating `A Mong. Osvaldo Balducci nel 50º anniversario della sua ordinazione presbiterale rivolgo fervidi voti augurali e, invocando da Cristo Sommo ed Eterno Sacerdote nuova effusione di grazie celesti perché il suo servizio ecclesiale continui ad essere allietato da copiosi frutti spirituali, gli invio di cuore l´implorata Benedizione Apostolica che volentieri estendo a tutti I suoi Cari.´, dated `Dal Vaticano, 22nd December 1984´. The photograph bears to the bottom matted border an attractive blind embossed Papal seal. VG

THOMSON BASIL: (1861-1939) British colonial administrator and prison governor who served as Assistant Commissioner 'C' of the Metropolitan Police (1913-21). As such Thomson was head of the CID and during World War I he played a key role in arresting wartime spies and was also closely involved in the prosecution of Mata Hari and Sir Roger Casement. Thomson was also a successful novelist. Small group of letters comprising a T.L.S., Basil Thomson, one page, 4to, New York, 24th January 1923, to the publisher F. N. Doubleday, on the attractive printed stationery of The Waldorf Astoria. Thomson thanks his correspondent for their sailing instructions and further continues 'I have received from Mr. Beecher Stowe a note to say that you do not see your way to republish any of the books which I sent you. I am now venturing to send you two more just received from England. The “Indiscretions of Lady Asenath” does not bear any date. I should be glad if you could have both books considered by your reader and let me know your decision. “Lady Asenath” won a good of credit from the English reviewers'; an A.L.S., Basil Thomson, one page, 8vo, New York, 29th January 1923, to Mrs. Doubleday, on the printed stationery of The Waldorf Astoria. Thomson states that he enjoyed his 'little visit' to her and adds 'I wish it could have been longer but I did not realize what American after-luncheon oratory could be!', further remarking that he is looking forward to seeing her in Nassau. With blank integral leaf; a second T.L.S., B H Thomson, one page, small 4to, Hotel Majestic, Paris, 2nd January 1919, to Wellesley. Thomson writes, in full, 'I was delighted to see your name in the list this morning. I felt sure it must come before long, considering the important work you have been doing, but the Foreign Office appears to be not over-lavish in its recognitions'. Together with John Nott-Bower (1892-1972) English police officer who served as Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police 1953-58. T.L.S., J. Nott-Bower, one page, 8vo, London, 29th June 1954, to the noted autograph collector R. E. Donaldson Rawlins, on the blind embossed stationery of New Scotland Yard. Nott-Bower states that he is happy to oblige his correspondent, remarking 'I take it my signature to this letter will suffice'. Also including Milovan Zoricic (1884-1971) Croation criminal judge and football official, one of the founders of HASK Zagreb in 1904 who translated the rules of football into Croatian in 1908 and who, in 1912, became the first president of the Croatian Football Federation. Blue ink signature and three additional words in his hand on a small oblong 12mo card. Generally VG, 5   

LAFARGE MARIE-FORTUNÉE: (1816-1852) Also known as Marie Capelle. French woman convicted of murdering her husband by arsenic poisoning. First person convicted on forensic toxicological evidence. Rare A.L.S. by Lafarge, four pages, 8vo, n.p., 7th June 1847, written while in prison, to a woman, a close relationship, in French. The letter bears to the upper left corner a blind embossed seal. Lafarge refers to a woman and to several members of her family, and to the difficult situation they are experiencing after the huge storms, and for several other different reasons, stating in part `..il faut du temps avant que leurs biens se retrouvent dans l´état ou ils étaient avant ces désastreuses innondations et reprennent leur valeur, que de maux a la fois dans une meme famille…´ (“.. it takes time before their goods are back to the state where they were before these disastrous floods and regain their value, what ailments at the same time in the same family”) Further saying, `Si je commandais aux circonstances, madame, aux évenements, je passerais dix ans près de vous, pour choir dix autres dans un cloitre par nécessité, et puis je mourrais après, mais de tout cela qu´en serait-il? Ce que Dieu voudra, n´est-ce pas?O mon Dieu, si j´étais meilleure, je me contenterais…. Mais je ne vaux pas le Diable, et je suis aussi tentée de me décourager que de me corriger, priez pour moi… moi je ne sais ce que je suis…´ (“If I could control the circumstances, madam, the events, I would spend ten years near you, to fall ten others in a cloister by necessity, and then I would die afterwards, but what will happen about all this? What God wills, right? Oh my God, if I was better, I would be satisfied…. But I am not worth the Devil, and I am as tempted to discourage myself as to correct myself, pray for me… I do not know what I am..”) To a post-scriptum line at the base of the letter Lafarge asks if the correspondence they have is secure.G to VG 

[BOUGUEREAU WILLIAM-ADOLPHE]: (1825-1905) French Academic Painter. GARDNER ELIZABETH JANE (1837-1922) American Academic and Salon Painter, the paramour and second wife of Bouguereau. A.L.S., Wm Bouguereau, par E. G. B., on behalf of her husband, one page, 8vo, Rue Notre-Dame des Champs, Paris, 12th April 1902, to a friend, on blind embossed monogrammed mourning stationery, in French. The letter states that the response from London is not favourable and that Mr. Tooth has no pictures available, further explaining that he absolutely wants to keep the ones he has as the season of sales is approaching. About EX   Arthur Tooth & Sons, the London art gallery founded in 1842 by Charles Tooth (1788-1868) and which remained in the family until its closure in the 1970s.

Carpeaux lists his best works CARPEAUX JEAN-BAPTISTE: (1827-1875) French Sculptor and Painter. An unusual and interesting A.L.S., `J.Bte Carpeaux´, signed twice, also with his full name to the beginning of the letter `Jean Baptiste Carpeaux´, four pages, 8vo, Auteuil, 29th August 1869, in French. The letter bears to the upper left corner an attractive blind embossed crowned monogramme with his initials J.B.C. Carpeaux sends to his correspondent what we would call today a Curriculum Vitae, including his full name, birth date, address, schools and academies where he studied, and the most important a lengthy list of what he considers his main and works and where some of them are located or who acquired them. Carpeaux states in part `Jean Baptiste Carpeaux born 14th May 1827 in Valenciennes - Student at the small school of Arts. 14 medals - Award of Rome in 1854 - Second class medal in 1859 - Medal of first class 1863 - Knight of the Legion d´Honneur in 1866 - Medal of 1st class in 1867 at the Universal Exhibition - Medal of Honour at the Exhibition of Brussels´ To the second and third page, Carpeaux lists his main works, adding interesting comments `The Groupe d´Ugolin with one of the bronze samples at the garden of the Tuileries - The Pecheur Napolitain and the Jeune Fille a la Coquille, which originals are owned by Mr. the Baron of Rothschild and the duke of Mouchy - The busts of the laughing Napolitans - The statue of the Imperial Prince which original is at the dining room of the Palace of the Tuileries - Another statue of the prince with his hat in hand and a bust of the Prince, bare chest, executed for H.M. the Empress who received it at Compiegne delivered by the author, to which it was a huge success…. The group of the Dance at the Opera, a work mutilated during the night of the 26th to 27th August 1869 because of malevolence or jealousy…´ A letter of very interesting content for biographical purposes. G to VG         To be noted that Carpeaux states that his birth date is the 14th of May, while many or most biographers indicate the 11th of May.Nathaniel Mayer Rothschild (1840-1915) 1st Baron Rothschild. British Banker and politician.Antoine Just Leon Marie de Noailles (1841-1909) French nobleman. 5th Duke of Mouchy. He married Princess Anne Murat, daughter of prince Napoleon Lucien Murat.

SAND GEORGE: (1804-1876) French Novelist who used the pseudonym of George Sand, her real name being Amantine Dupin. Also known for her romantic affairs with artists, including Frédéric Chopin and Alfred de Musset. A very unusual L.S., `Lu et approuvé L.a.a. Dupin, one page, 4to, Nohant, 18th February 1860, in French. The letter signed is an administrative agreement between the parties, being `Madame Aurore Lucile Amantine Dupin, owner, wife separated, physically and belongings too,..´ and `Mr Félicien Paillot, farmer..´, both parties accept a holiday date fixed according to law. Signed in bold black ink by Sand, at the base of the document, also signed by Félicien Paillot. An unusual signature with her real name. With two ink administrative stamps at the heading, also bearing a blind embossed seal. EX    

STOKER BRAM: (1847-1912) Irish Author of the horror novel Dracula (1897). A rare A.L.S., Bram Stoker, four pages, 8vo, Victoria Hotel, Bradford, (although on the blind embossed stationery of the Lyceum Theatre), 10th June 1890, to David Cunningham. Stoker writes under the direction of actor Henry Irving, who sends his love, and informs Cunningham that 'our Tour of Recitals is being received enthusiastically', further explaining 'We opened at Liverpool on 3rd inst and you will see from the Press Cuttings enclosed (no longer present) what they all thought of the go off. We played or rather read on 5 at the Free Trade Hall Manchester - at Hanley on 6th and at St. Georges Hall Bradford last night. In each place we had a full hall - they are pretty big ones and the greatest enthusiasm with crowds waiting to cheer in the street', Stoker also adds that Irving hopes to see Cunningham soon and that he will 'come over to London to see our new play on the novel The Bride of Lammermoor in September next'. In a postscript Stoker asks for his writing to be excused as he was on a train. Some light staining and minor age wear, generally about VG    

KELLERMANN FRANÇOIS CHRISTOPHE: (1735-1820) Marshal of France, Duc de Valmy. An excellent Autograph Manuscript Signed twice by Marshal Kellerman, to the heading `François Christophe de Kellermann, Duc de Valmy, Marechal et Pair de France´, and at the base of the autograph document `Le Marechal de Kellermann, Duc de Valmy, Pair de France´, one page, 4to, Luneville, 9th July 1818, in French. The document bears two attractive ink stamps and one blind embossed seal, and at the base a red wax seal in good condition. Kellermann grants a power of attorney to his secretary Mr. Beraud, stating that he is residing in Paris at the Rue St. Dominique, and authorizing him to receive the payment of dividends on his behalf. The document bears a watermark. VG  

MACDONALD ETIENNE JACQUES JOSEPH ALEXANDRE: (1765-1840) Marshal of France. Duc de Tarante. Two D.S., Macdonald, one page each, 4to, both dated in Paris, 29th October 1827, in French. The partially printed  documents bearing the printed heading "Grande Chancellerie, de l´Ordre Royal De La Legion D´Honneur" and are issued by Macdonald in his capacity as Grand Chancellor, certifying that officer Vacher de Tournemine, Lieutenant Colonel and future General, was made a Cavalier of the Order. One of the documents bearing an attractive blind embossed seal of the Grand Chancellor of the Legion d´Honneur. Both documents with blank integral leaf. Small overall age wear, mostly to edges, otherwise about VG, 2  

BONAPARTE JEROME: (1784-1860) King of Westphalia 1807-13. Younger brother of Napoleon Bonaparte. A very good A.L.S. `Jerome´, two pages, 8vo, Milan, 13th September 1843, to his daughter Princess Mathilde, in French. The letter bears a blind embossed seal to the upper left corner. Jerome Bonaparte explains that he has not received any courier from Stuttgart, and referring to his son Jerome, states in part `..what makes we expect that my dear child will arrive tomorrow, and if the passport arrives we will depart after tomorrow´, Jerome further reports on his day by day and the updates family situation saying `Milan is a desert; Princess Marie is gone since before yesterday.. I am Royally bored..´ With blank integral leaf. VG     Napoleon-Jerome Bonaparte (1822-1891) also known as Jerome Bonaparte and by his nickname Plon-Plon. Prince Napoleon, Prince of Monfort and Count of Meudon. He became the De Facto head of the House of Bonaparte from 1879.Mathilde Bonaparte (1820-1904) Princess of San Donato. Daughter of Jerome Bonaparte.Duchess Marie of Wurttemberg (1799-1860) Second wife of Duke Ernest I, and stepmother of Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria.

[BRAZIL]: A World War II date national flag of Brazil (measuring 71.5 x 50.5”), the Verde e amarela featuring a blue disc depicting a starry sky (which includes the Southern Cross) spanned by a curved band inscribed with the national motto Ordem e Progresso ('Order and Progress') within a yellow rhombus, on a green field. With the manufacturers label of Casa Patria, Rio de Janeiro, stitched to the hoist. Accompanied by a T.L.S. by J. de Sousa-Leas, Charge d'Affaires at the Brazilian Embassy, one page, 4to, Mount Street, London, 27th November 1944, to Mr. H. Fryman, Chairman of the Grimsby and District United Youth Movement, on the blind embossed stationery of the Brazilian Embassy, stating, in part, 'I have much satisfaction in sending you a flag of Brazil to add to those you already possess of the Allied Nations. I regret it will be impossible to accede to your request for the autograph of the Brazilian Ambassador, as unfortunately His Excellency is abroad on leave and will not return for some months'. Also including a partially printed oblong 4to card stating that the flag was presented to the United Nations Senior Youth Federation and that 'to the gracious courtesy of the distinguished donor of this historic and priceless gift must ever be extended the deep and sincere gratitude and thanks of all'. Rare. Some light age wear to the flag and some creasing and light overall staining and a few small tears to the letter. G to VG, 3