BOTHA LOUIS: (1862-1919) Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa 1910-19. T.L.S., Louis Botha, one page, 4to (small area of paper loss to the lower edge), Capetown, 7th December 1910, to the Honourable J. W. Sauer, on the blind embossed stationery of the Prime Minister's office. Botha refers to a letter and other documents which he has received from Colonel Greene, remarking 'The contents thereof considerably surprised me' and continuing 'The state of affairs in regard to the Administration of the Railways as it is stated to be in this correspondence does not agree with what I understood from you from time to time in Cabinet'. Two file holes to the upper left edge and some light age wear to the edges, not affecting the text or signature, about VG
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HISTORICAL: A vintage 4to album containing over 70 signatures by a wide variety of famous individuals including Queen Victoria (a good example on a piece neatly clipped from the head of a document, with a portion of the pale blue blind embossed seal affixed), Count Frigyes Wenckheim, Countess Krisztina Wenckheim and seven of their children, Jerome K. Jerome, Edward Lloyd, Emma Albani, Amy Sherwin, Vivian Dering Majendie, Henry Irving, Albert Chevalier, Hermann Vezin, Phyllis Bentley, Garnet Wolseley, Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Maud Beerbohm Tree, Stuart Cumberland, Harry Plunket Greene, Belle Cole, Thomas Claughton, Max O'Rell, Begum Ahmadee (of Delhi, 1894), Frank R. Benson, Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton & his wife Edith Lytton, Wilson Barrett, Antoinette Sterling, Ada Crossley, H. H. Asquith, Arthur James Balfour, Fred Terry, Julia Neilson etc. Some of the pages are multiple signed and the majority are good fountain pen ink examples. Lacking spine and covers loose (FR), the contents generally about VG
GRAWITZ ERNST-ROBERT: (1899-1945) German Physician in Nazi Germany during World War II, present in Adolf Hitler's Fuhrerbunker towards the end of the war. D.S., Grawitz, one page, 4to, Babelsberg, 16th February 1945, in German. The partially printed document, on the printed stationery of the President of the German Red Cross, featuring the Nazi Eagle and Swastika, appoints Ulrich Pusch to be a DRK-Oberfeldfuhrer with immediate effect. Signed by Grawitz at the foot alongside a blind embossed seal. A few very minor faults to the edges, not affecting the text or signature, otherwise VG
An eight day walnut veneered longcase clock, the 10 inch brass dial signed John Wise, Londini Fecit beneath the silvered chapter ring, the matted centre with slender subsidiary seconds and date aperture, ringed winding holes, winged cherub spandrels, the movement with four ringed pillars, bolt and shutter maintaining power, the countwheel on the backplate; in a slender case, the rising hood flanked by barley twist columns and with blind fret, panelled sides, on ebonised bun feet, 73.5in (187cm) high.
A 19th Century painted and gilded bookcase cabinet, the moulded cornice with egg and dart decoration above a blind fretwork decorated frieze over two astragal glazed doors opening to reveal various shelving, on a floral medallion carved plinth base, 148 cm wide (at widest point) x 210 cm high CONDITION REPORTS Please note original dimensions in catalogue incorrect - dimensions should read 148 cm wide (at widest point) x approx. 210 cm high. Various chips and missing sections to cornice, various chips and small losses throughout, some splits to shelves, putty to the back of the doors holding the glass needs attention and there are losses in places, general signs of wear and tear throughout. Probably later repainted.
An unframed black and white photograph of Prince George (later George V), Queen Mary, Princess Victoria and Edward (later Edward VIII) signed by all and dated 1908, bearing William U. Kirk & Sons of Cowes, Isle of Wight blind stamp, together with another unframed black and white photograph of Prince George and Edward, and a Royal Christmas card depicting Harewood House inscribed "To Dear Sir Edward from Mary 1958", bearing gilt Royal cypher to front (Provenance : Air Vice Marshall Sir Edward "Mouse" Fielden GCVO, CB, DFC, AFC [deceased], personal pilot to Edward VIII when Prince of Wales, Chief Air Pilot and Extra Equerry, then Captain of the King's Flight/Queen's Flight - for further information please contact the Auctioneers) CONDITION REPORTS The signed photograph dated 1908 is 28 cm x 23 cm, has various creasing and section missing to one corner, small nicks and tears around edges, bears blind stamp bottom right "Copyright Wm U. Kirk & Sons Photo, Cowes. I.W", photograph bears a pencil inscription verso (please see condition report photographs), and the ink from the signatures is showing through slightly to the reverse. The unsigned photograph is of the same size, has various creasing and some small areas of loss to corner. also bears the blind stamp bottom right, and is inscribed in pencil verso "No 3", also has some small tears around edges. Harewood House Christmas card has some wear, dirt and scuffs, some yellowing and spotting, card bears gilt "M" cypher to front and to back "Raphael Tuck Sons Ltd", size of card when closed approx. 12.5 cm x 16.75 cm.
Dickens (Charles) - The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, first edition , second or later issue bound from the original monthly parts, frontispiece, engraved title and 40 etched plates, closed tears to 3 plates without loss, contemporary calf, blind-stamped and gilt, rebacked preserving original backstrip, lightly rubbed, 1837; The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, first edition in book form , portrait frontispiece and 34 plates, closed tears to 2 plates, 1 with loss, 2 text leaves loose, contemporary half morocco, extremities a little worn, 1839, both lacking half-titles, plates oxidised (as often), some light soiling and browning, 8vo (2)
Josephus (Flavius) - The Complete Works…, engraved plates and illustrations The Complete Works , engraved plates and illustrations, some slight staining and foxing, ink inscription on front pastedown, contemporary blind-stamped calf, rubbed, upper cover detached, gilt spine, n.d. [1875]; and c. 50 others, v.s., v.d. (c. 50).
Huth Library (The). A Catalogue..., 5 vol., one of 130 sets, frontispiece portrait, 1880; Huth (A.H.) A Catalogue of the Woodcuts and Engravings in The Huth Library, one of 150 copies , 1910, titles printed in red & black, blind-stamp on titles and last ff., library bookplate, contemporary leather-backed cloth, worn at spines, t.e.g., others uncut, 1910, 4to (6)
James (Henry) - The Spoils of Poynton, first edition, first issue , original blind-stamped cloth, uncut, spine ends frayed , 1897 § Mann (Thomas) Early Sorrow, first edition , original patterned boards, dust-jacket, torn with a little loss , 1929 § Mathers (Powys) The Book of The Thousand Nights and One Night, 4 vol., original cloth , dust-jackets, a little soiling, a few nicks to spine ends , 1956 § Otway (Thomas) [Works], 3 vol., cloth-backed boards, uncut , 1926 § Llewellyn (Richard) None But the Lonely Heart , first edition , full morocco , 1943, rubbed ; and c.90 others literature, some first editions, 8vo (c.95)
Turbervile (George) - The Heroycall Epistles of the Learned Poet Publius Ovidius Naso, one of 350 copies, plates, a little spotting, quarter morocco , t.e.g., 1928 § Hunt (Leigh) The Poetical Works, first edition , half-title, lacking subscribers' list, original blind-stamped cloth, rebacked, uncut, rubbed , 1832 § Lear (Edward) Laughable Lyrics , first edition , half-title, soiling, original illustrated cloth, rebacked , 1877 § Sitwell (Edith) The Pleasures of Poetry, 3 vol., first edition , original cloth , 1930 § Milton (John) Paradise Lost, upper hinge pulling, contemporary calf, creases splitting, worn with loss to spine ends , Edinburgh , 1755; Paradise Regained, contemporary calf, upper crease splitting, worn, Edinburgh , 1762; and c.50 others poetry, some first editions, most gilt calf , 8vo & 4to (c.55)
Greene (Graham) - The Little Fire Engine, first edition , illustrations, a little soiling, original illustrated boards, worn with a little loss at spine ends, [1950] § Richards (Frank) Backing up Billy Bunter, first edition , frontispiece, half-title, illustrations, spotting to extreme edges, original cloth, dust-jacket, soiled, torn with a little loss at spine ends, 1955 § Gale (Norman) Songs for Little People, illustrations, original pictorial cloth, gilt, t.e.g., a little rubbed , 1896 § Grahame (Kenneth) The Wind in the Willows , frontispiece, half-title, original blind-stamped cloth, spine gilt, rubbed , 1922; and c.30 others children's fiction, most illustrated, most cloth , 8vo & folio (c.35)
Christie (Agatha) - Five Little Pigs, spine ends and corners a little bumped, jacket browned, spine ends and corners chipped, light rubbing and creasing to extremities, 1942; The Moving Finger, blind-stamp to title and half-title, ink ownership inscription, jacket price-clipped, spine a little browned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, damp-staining to foot of lower panel, some light rubbing and creasing to extremities, 1943; The Hollow, jacket spine a little faded, spine ends and corners a little chipped, 1946, first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets ; and another by the same, 8vo (4)
Portraits.- - Biographical Magazine (The), containing Portraits & Characters of Eminent and Ingenious Persons, of every Age & Nation , engraved title and 136 engraved portaits only, of 136, lacking Fletcher and Hawkesworth, with text below, one f torn without loss, one with inner corner defective, some spotting and marking, contemporary half calf, spine gilt and decorated in blind, 8vo, Harrison & Co., 1794.
Africa.- Denham - and Capt. Hugh Clapperton. Narrative of Travels and Discoveries... ( Major Dixon) and Capt. Hugh Clapperton. Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, in the years 1822, 1823, and 1824, first edition , engraved frontispiece and 36 plates & plans by Finden after the authors, one printed in sepia and hand-coloured, large folding engraved map, vignettes, title a little foxed, some other light spotting and soiling, mostly marginal, large folding map creased at edge, contemporary blind-stamped calf, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked with gilt spine, 4to, 1826. Account of the expedition to discover the course of the Niger.
Asia.- Price (David, Major) - Chronological Retrospect, or Memoirs of the Principal Events of Mahommedan History, from the Death of the Arabian Legislator, to the Accession of The Emperor Akbar, and the Establishment of the Moghul Empire in Hindustaun, 3 vol. in 4, hand coloured folding map to vol. 1, toned, mis-matched contemporary half leather and half calf, joints splitting, some letter pieces missing, all with Conservative Club bookplate and gilt stamp to upper board, J. Booth et al, 1821 § Chesney (R.A.) The Expedition for the Survey of the Rivers Euphrates and Tigris, Carried Out by Order of the British Government in the Years 1835, 1836, and 1837, text vols. 1 & 2 only, text vol 3 not issued, lacking maps portfolio, folding hand coloured map, damaged with loss, to front pocket of vol. 1, folding tinted lithographic frontispiece and 30 plates on 29 pages with first 2 plates stained, in vol. 1 and frontispiece and 29 plates in vol. 2, original blind stamped cloth, marked, head and foot of spines chipped and torn, Longman, Brow,Green , and Longmans, 1850, 4to (6)
Golding - Autograph letter signed to "Dear Mr Heffner" , 1p, sm ( Sir William, novelist, 1911-93) Autograph letter signed to "Dear Mr Heffner" , 1p, sm. 4to, blind-stamped personal letterhead, 2nd January 1968, recalling sending the typescript of 'Lord of the Flies' to a number of publishers before Faber accepted it for publication, "I've had no similar trouble since" , later inscription in red pencil in top left, framed and glazed.
Darwin (Charles) - The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, second edition, twenty-first thousand, lacking half-title, spotting on a few ff., endpapers soiled, original blind-stamped cloth, gilt, rubbed and marked, 1888 § Darwin (Francis, editor ) The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin , 3 vol., frontispieces, spotting, hinges of vol.I repaired, ex-library set with labels, original cloth, rubbed, spines faded, 1887; and c.20 others, natural history, 8vo (c.25)
Barletta (Gabriel) - Sermones, double column, initials and headlines supplied later in red, title with blank lower half missing and laid down, damp-stained, marginal repairs to a2-b1, last few ff. frayed without loss of text, bookplate of Paul Schmidt, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, blind-stamped roses of upper cover picked out in red, lacking 1 metal clasp, upper joint starting at head, worn in places, particularly lower corner of bottom cover, rubbed, [Not in Adams], small 4to, [Hagenau], [H.Gran], [1510]. sold not subject to return. A rare edition in any condition.
Hulme (F. Edward) - Plants, Their Natural Growth and Ornamental Treatment, first edition , 44 chromolithographed plates (most colour), faint offsetting, original illustrated cloth, gilt, recased, worn at corners and spine ends , 1874 § Lamond (Henry) The Sea-Trout , first edition , 9 colour plates, illustrations, scattered spotting (none to plates), original cloth, gilt, uncut, worn and marked , 1916 § Jefferies (Richard) Wild Life in a Southern County, first edition , a few ff. spotted, original blind-stamped cloth, rubbed , 1879 § Goldsmith (Oliver) A History of the Earth and Animated Nature, 2 vol., plates (many hand-coloured), illustrations, browning and spotting, a little soiling, modern calf-backed boards, Glasgow, 1855; and c.60 others natural history, v.s . (c.65)
Morris - A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds , 3 vol ( Rev. Francis Orpen) A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds , 3 vol., second edition, 3 frontispieces, chromolithographed plates, upper hinge of vol.1 split with some ff loose, scattered foxing, inscription to front free endpaper of vol.3, original blind-stamped pictorial cloth, gilt, spines gilt, extremities rubbed and bumped, spine ends chipped wth slight loss, lightly soiled, 4to, 1875.
Stoddart (Thomas Tod) - The Art of Angling as Practised in Scotland, first edition , wood-engraved vignette title, bookplates, original blind-stamped cloth, spine gilt, corners slightly bumped, a little rubbed, [W p.203], Edinburgh, 1835 § Granby ( Marquess of ) The Trout, number 154 of 157 copies on hand-made paper , plates, bookplates of Henry Ashworth James and John McKinley on front endpapers, original mock vellum-backed cloth, gilt spines, slightly browned, edges uncut, [W p.246], Fur, Feather and Fin Series , 1898 § Dimock (A.W.) The Book of the Tarpon, first edition, mounted cover illustrations, original cloth, New York, 1911; [Another copy], first English edition, ink inscription, spine ends and corners a little bumped, 1912 § Skues (G.E.M.) The Way of a Trout With a Fly, third edition, plates, contemporary ink inscription to pastedown, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine a little browned, a little creased at head and foot, 1935; and 14 others, similar angling, 8vo (19)
Tobacco.- Cohausen (Johann Heinrich) - Dissertatio satyrica physico-medico-moralis de pica nasi, sive tabaci sternutatorii, additional engraved title of a Dutch market place with a tobacco salesman, title in red & black, errata/advertisement leaf at end, [Arents 504], J.Oosterwyk 1716 bound after Beronicius (P.J.) Georgarchontomachiæ Boeren- en Overheidsstrijd, text in Latin and Dutch, additional engraved pictorial title and 4 plates, Nicolaas ten Hoorn, 1716 and Mencken (J.B.) De charlataneria eruditorum declamationes duæ, engraved frontispiece, title in red & black, [Caillet 7367], 1715 together 3 works in 1 vol., contemporary blind-stamped calf, rubbed, upper joint split, corners worn, spine chipped at foot, 8vo, Amsterdam "Cohausen sought to demolish forever the custom of snuffing, through the most vitriolic attack published to that date." Arents
Selden (John) - The Historie of Tithes, first edition , title in red & black, fore-edges damp-stained, loss to fore-edges of peripheral ff., wormed, loss to text on a few ff., soiling, upper hinge detached, contemporary vellum, marked, worn, loss at lower cover fore-edge & spine ends, [Kress 360], 1618 § [Glanvill (Joseph) & George Rust.] Two Choice and Useful Treatises , engraved allegorical frontispiece, title in red & black, edges of text block nicked & gnawed, soiling, contemporary calf, blind tooled, upper board gnawed, worn along extremities & at corners, loss to spine, [Wing G833], 1682 § Ittig (Thomas) Historiæ Ecclesiasticæ , general title in red & black, engraved title vignettes, initials, & head-pieces, ink inscription to front fly-leaf, browning, contemporary vellum, soiled, Leipzig, 1709 § Cobbett (William) A History of the Protestant Reformation , 2 vol., a little spotting, contemporary marbled calf, gilt, worn, creases a little split, 1829, 4to & 8vo (5)
Humphrey Spender (1910-2005) - Newcastle United FC Changing Room, 1938 Gelatin silver print, printed later, signed, titled and dated with photographer's blind stamp in the margin, signed, titled and dated in pencil verso, 32 x 24cm (12 5/8 x 9 1/2in) IMPORTANT: This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
after: Pablo Picasso, Spanish (1881-1973) Color Lithograph on Arches Paper "Maternite au Rideau Rouge" from the Estate of Pablo Picasso, Collection Marina Picasso. Estate Signed Lower Right, Numbered 89/500 Lower Left, Embossed Blind Stamp. Slight Fading Otherwise Good Condition. Measures 21-3/8 Inches Tall and 15-3/4 Inches Wide, Frame Measures 37 Inches Tall and 28-1/8 Inches Wide. Original COA to Accompany this Lot. Shipping $245.00
After Laurence Stephen Lowry (British, 1887 - 1976): 'Three Men and a Cat', lithograph, hand signed in pencil, blind stamped, H 24 x W 16 cm. Provenance: Labels verso for the Newgate Gallery & Phillips. Please note that Artist's Resale Rights may apply to this lot CONDITION REPORT: Signature faded, otherwise good
A late 19th Century Oak cased Bracket Clock, Winterhalder & Hofmeier, the case with overhanging cornice surmounted by a shaped pediment and three spherical finials to a blind frieze and moulded base set with Brass presentation plaque dated May 1893 and raised on compressed bun feet to a 5" square Brass dial with applied winged mask spandrels enclosing a Roman and Arabic silvered chapter ring with outside minute track to a matted centre and blued steel Fleur de Lys hands to a movement with plates united by four screwed pillars and with anchor escapement strike on two blued steel coiled gongs, together with its matching wall mounting bracket, height of clock 14" (2) 150-180
An oil painting on board in the abstract manner in tones of yellow and white, signed bottom right Annand and dated 1972, inscribed Sun on Snow, with label verso Louise Annand with Glasgow address, 52 x 50 cm, a coloured signed print of a street scene and figures viewed through an archway, signed bottom right D Y Cameron, published by Alfred Bell 1930, with Fine Art Trade Guild blind embossed stamp, 36 x 43 cm, also together with a print of a shoulder length portrait of a young girl, probably after Toulouse Lautrec, 40 x 31 cm, all framed
A CHINOISERIE FAN with red lacquered sticks, heightened with gilding, the two guards inset with blind fret ivory panels, painted on one side with five figures (one a fisherman), each with ivory faces & silk robes by a tree & plant with mother of pearl embellishment, with a lake, mountains & pagodas in the background, the reverse painted with a floral design, mid 18th century, with an embroidered silk case; 11.1" (28.2 cms) long
An Edwardian carved oak square pedestal:, the stepped top with a moulded and dentil edge, the panelled sides with blind fret scrollwork decoration centred by moulded roundels and with turned columns at the corners, on a moulded fluted base with bracket feet, 111cm (3ft 7 3/4in) high, 44.5cm (1ft 5 1/2in) square.
BLUES/R & B - Great collection of 40 x original title LP's to include hard to find records. To include Blind Lemon Jefferson/Willard "Ramblin" Thomas - S/T (Collector's Classics CC5), Albert Collins - Love Can Be Found Anywhere (LP-12428), Jimmy Reed - At Carnegie Hall (Stateside mono SL10012), John Lee Hooker - Folk Blues (Crown Records CLP 5295), Champion Jack Dupree - The First 16 Sides From Joe Davis 1944-45 (Red Pepper RP 701) and Various - Rare Blues Of The Twenties (Historical Recordings). Condition is generally VG to Ex.
ROCK/PSYCH/SPOKEN - Collection of 8 x original title LP's. Titles to include The Zombies - Time Of The… (EPC 68262 - Ex/VG+), Blind Faith - S/T (Polydor stereo 583059), Thunderclap Newman ?– Hollywood Dream (Track 2406 003 - Ex/VG+ w/ inner), Murray Roman ?– A Blind Man's Movie (Track 613 015 - Ex/without book, generic sleeve) and Arthur Brown - The Crazy World Of... (Backtrack 12 - 2407 012 - Ex/VG+).
ROD STEWART/FACES - Collection of 3 x original titles LP's. Titles are Rod Stewart - An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down (original Vertigo Swirl "Philips" credit - VO 4 847 200 VTY - splendid Ex+/Ex+), Faces - The First Step (Warner WS 3000 - great Ex+/Ex) and Faces - A Nod's As Good As A Wink To A Blind Horse (Warner green label K 56006 stereo - stunning Ex+/Ex w/ hard to find large poster).
CARAVAN - Collection of 4 x original title LP's. Titles are In The Land Of Grey And Pink, very sought after 1st UK stereo pressing (brown label Deram SDL R1 - Ex/Ex w/stereo inner), Back To Front (KVS 5011 - brilliant Ex+/Ex), Blind Dog At St. Dunstans (BTM 1007 - Ex+/Ex) and S/T (compilation on W German Decca 6.24017 - Ex/VG+). Also to include an annotated set list from the November 2002 tour.
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